Solareon : The Forgotten One
Chapter IX - A Reunion - And An Enemy
After following a path for what had seemed like ages, Alex had walked into another forest, and was lost in waist-high grass, covered over by tall trees, blocking out the emerald skies. Behind him was a small cliff, in front was a wide expanse of overgrowth, ending abruptly to trees.
Suddenly, Alex heard a voice scream from behind him.
"Houndour, Flamethrower!"
The next thing Alex knew was searing heat and pain, and when he opened his eyes the entire area around him was burned to ashes. He peeked around. A female trainer stood on the outcrop, dressed entirely in black. She looked up, and her smile twinkled with evil.
"What have we here? No Pokémon, but a small boy. Lovely.." she rubbed her hands together.
Alex stood up. He recognised the voice.
"Lisa?"
"Ah, you've heard my reputation then." Lisa continued.
"Lisa, it's me."
"Alex?" She gazed at him. "It is you - you're still as pathetic as ever. I will destroy you, send out my old Larvitar. Let him see how he should have stayed with me."
Reluctantly, Alex opened the Poké Ball containing Conker. It crawled out, and looked up at Lisa's cold, hard face.
"Lar?" it asked.
"Houndour, Fire Blast!"
Conker was hit unexpectedly with a gigantic burst of flame. It was blown brutally backwards.
"Conker, recover and use Bite!"
Flipping itself upright, it leapt at Houndour, grabbing it's skullcap between its teeth. As Houndour desperately tried to shake it off, it clung on, and when it finally let go, there were toothmarks on Houndour's bone helmet.
Houndour, oblivious to Lisa, charged at Conker. Conker leapt from its path in the critical moment, and Houndour smashed into a tree outskirting the clearing, causing quite a sizable dent.
Growling, it turned its head, and leepred at the Larvitar, who was flitting deftly away from it, flapping its tiny fins back and forth furiously.
Alex, amazed, drew out his Pokédex.
"There are myths about flying Larvitar. However, one has yet to be documented. This is the first time in human knowledge that this has been seen."
Alex recalled the strange feeling he had had back in the alley when he had caught Sneasel, that Conker stayed in the air longer than usual.
With a sudden lifting feeling, he called "Conker, divebomb it from above!"
Conker soared above Houndour, folded in its fins and dived headfirst. With a slicing sound that resounded throughout the forest, its skull-fin slipped between Houndour's skin and the bone that covered it.
Houndour roared in agony, and scampered over to Lisa, whining.
"Weak puppy. You don't deserve me." She gave the dog a kick.
It yelped, and was still writhing on the floor when it disappeared in a cerise glow.
"You've not seen the last of me, Alex Davis!" Lisa shouted at him. With that, she turned and left.
Alex stared after her, wondering why she had turned against him. Shrugging, he walked over to a nearby bush, luckily flourishing some Ice Berries. He rubbed them on his singed body, feeling the coolness spread throughout him.
He turned around, and looked at Conker, who was washing itself. It stood up, and sniffed the air, and moved over to the bush Alex was standing nearby.
Pawing underneath it, it dragged out a red wrapper, and started licking it.
"No, Conker! You don't know where that's been!" Alex snatched out the paper from underneath Conker's jaws, and inspected it. He put it in his pocket, mentally telling himself to put it in a waste basket when he got the time.
A white glow caught his eye, he looked round, and Conker was shining eerily. Soon the glow had enveloped it entirely, and it slowly started to change shape, growing larger and more rounded. Large fins grew from its back, and the glow faded. Standing there was a large grey Pokémon.
"Tar? Pupi..." it asked.
Drawing out his Pokédex once more, he aimed it at the new arrival.
"Pupitar. The Rock Cocoon. This Pokémon evolves from Larvitar, and then evolves once more. Not much is known about this Pokémon, but rumour has it that it is related to Kakuna and Metapod."
Alex grinned. Returning the newly-evolved Conker, he made his way through the forest growth, suddenly inexplicably drawn towards the unknown force again.
Chapter IX - A Reunion - And An Enemy
After following a path for what had seemed like ages, Alex had walked into another forest, and was lost in waist-high grass, covered over by tall trees, blocking out the emerald skies. Behind him was a small cliff, in front was a wide expanse of overgrowth, ending abruptly to trees.
Suddenly, Alex heard a voice scream from behind him.
"Houndour, Flamethrower!"
The next thing Alex knew was searing heat and pain, and when he opened his eyes the entire area around him was burned to ashes. He peeked around. A female trainer stood on the outcrop, dressed entirely in black. She looked up, and her smile twinkled with evil.
"What have we here? No Pokémon, but a small boy. Lovely.." she rubbed her hands together.
Alex stood up. He recognised the voice.
"Lisa?"
"Ah, you've heard my reputation then." Lisa continued.
"Lisa, it's me."
"Alex?" She gazed at him. "It is you - you're still as pathetic as ever. I will destroy you, send out my old Larvitar. Let him see how he should have stayed with me."
Reluctantly, Alex opened the Poké Ball containing Conker. It crawled out, and looked up at Lisa's cold, hard face.
"Lar?" it asked.
"Houndour, Fire Blast!"
Conker was hit unexpectedly with a gigantic burst of flame. It was blown brutally backwards.
"Conker, recover and use Bite!"
Flipping itself upright, it leapt at Houndour, grabbing it's skullcap between its teeth. As Houndour desperately tried to shake it off, it clung on, and when it finally let go, there were toothmarks on Houndour's bone helmet.
Houndour, oblivious to Lisa, charged at Conker. Conker leapt from its path in the critical moment, and Houndour smashed into a tree outskirting the clearing, causing quite a sizable dent.
Growling, it turned its head, and leepred at the Larvitar, who was flitting deftly away from it, flapping its tiny fins back and forth furiously.
Alex, amazed, drew out his Pokédex.
"There are myths about flying Larvitar. However, one has yet to be documented. This is the first time in human knowledge that this has been seen."
Alex recalled the strange feeling he had had back in the alley when he had caught Sneasel, that Conker stayed in the air longer than usual.
With a sudden lifting feeling, he called "Conker, divebomb it from above!"
Conker soared above Houndour, folded in its fins and dived headfirst. With a slicing sound that resounded throughout the forest, its skull-fin slipped between Houndour's skin and the bone that covered it.
Houndour roared in agony, and scampered over to Lisa, whining.
"Weak puppy. You don't deserve me." She gave the dog a kick.
It yelped, and was still writhing on the floor when it disappeared in a cerise glow.
"You've not seen the last of me, Alex Davis!" Lisa shouted at him. With that, she turned and left.
Alex stared after her, wondering why she had turned against him. Shrugging, he walked over to a nearby bush, luckily flourishing some Ice Berries. He rubbed them on his singed body, feeling the coolness spread throughout him.
He turned around, and looked at Conker, who was washing itself. It stood up, and sniffed the air, and moved over to the bush Alex was standing nearby.
Pawing underneath it, it dragged out a red wrapper, and started licking it.
"No, Conker! You don't know where that's been!" Alex snatched out the paper from underneath Conker's jaws, and inspected it. He put it in his pocket, mentally telling himself to put it in a waste basket when he got the time.
A white glow caught his eye, he looked round, and Conker was shining eerily. Soon the glow had enveloped it entirely, and it slowly started to change shape, growing larger and more rounded. Large fins grew from its back, and the glow faded. Standing there was a large grey Pokémon.
"Tar? Pupi..." it asked.
Drawing out his Pokédex once more, he aimed it at the new arrival.
"Pupitar. The Rock Cocoon. This Pokémon evolves from Larvitar, and then evolves once more. Not much is known about this Pokémon, but rumour has it that it is related to Kakuna and Metapod."
Alex grinned. Returning the newly-evolved Conker, he made his way through the forest growth, suddenly inexplicably drawn towards the unknown force again.