Misty and Tracey had already packed their belongins, and had taken a path torwards the next town, a path that, through the night, had been engulfed by a thick bank of fog. The fog, strangely pale, with blueish glimmers shining like stars in it, flowed around them with a dead silence, a silence that, at the same time, whispered words of sorrow and moans of deaspair. Tracey shook his head, looking around with wide eyes, his skin pale with fear and his night hair falling over his face in humid strands. A drop of sweat mixed with the humidity of the enviroment, tickled his forehead as it traced a shiny path of salt across his forehead. Misty shivered, not of cold or of fear, for she was not one to fear things easily, but of the strange sensation of emptyness and finity, something Elves didnt know about, for they are inmortal. Tracey stopped dead in his tracks, his chocolate eyes gazed at the area nervously, his sight scanned the misterious place as his stomach felt a knot forming inside, and a cold wave of fear flowing through the ocean of sensations that was his body. Misty trembled again, although this time the concern was substituted by fear and worry, "Tracey? What is it?" she asked in a feeble, whispery voice. Tracey turned around to focus his eyes on her, a serious look could be read in his fine features, "look around yourself Misty, what can you see?" he asked in such a serious tone, it frigthened Misty. Misty did as was told, but her answer was a simple word, for the fallen cloud was so thick it seemed to be trying to suck them in, "fog" was the Elf's answer, a word so simple and that hid so much fear and destruction. Tracey nodded solemnly, but his face efforted in containing the great weight that had settled over his young, elven heart, "the world is dieing, Mist, the world is dieing" Tracey whispered in a weak voice, that was pushed out of his mouth with much strength. Misty gasped loudly and covered her mouth with a slender hand, a terrified look expanding across her pretty features as her skin paled to such a level, she seemed trying to blend in with the fog. However her shock was soon to be replaced by one of larger dimensions when the trees started to lean down over them, their moans echoing into their ears as the large vegetables closed their branches around them like a fence. A loud shriek escape Misty's mouth as the reality of the events started to sink in. The trees werent dead, but they had become nothing but souless beings searching for their anima to return to their millenary simple, and peaceful life.
Oblivious to these events the two eevees had awoken with hunger, and upon realizing the departure of the pokemon trainers, the two canines had decided to hunt something in the way to finding them. The much more experienced female followed the trace of a little rodent with pale violet fur. The scent of the rattata was fresh so it wouldnt take them long to find their possible breakfast, that is until the also fresh scent of a large feline got in the way, making Elly stop to consider the posibilities. Ash sat a couple of feet from her from her, licking his lips impatiently and ignoring the continuous rumbling of his stomach as the young female sniffed and gazed all around herself, glancin at several points where she though were located the burrows of these slippery creatures. The acute sound of a prey bird reached the female's ears,and her gaze snapped to the skies in time to see a large bird hovering over them. It was an enormous avis, with the largest wingspan she had ever seen, although for Ash, this creature was small compared to Silver and the legendary birds. With golden beak and claws, sharp in the edges, it was easily seen this bird was made to kill and hunt, flesh and bones would not be a problem for the animal. The feathers, shinny, were the colour of caramel, pale creamy in the stomach and chest, and black in the tip of the poweful wings. Yellow eyes stared at them menacingly, and black stripes covered them, one of the features represented in the ancient paintings and sculptures of the God of the Skies, ancient tribes' culture. And to finish with, a long crest extended from the beak to the tail, this one a bright reddish colour pointing it was a male, and one searching for a mate, for mating season was close.
The enormous creature folded his wings and steered his fall torwards the young male, using his tail. As ironic as it might seem, the powerful hunters that eevee were (specially in packs, since they could hunt down a tauros), were an easy prey to pidgeots due to their small size. Ash hadn't noticed the large creature attacking him from the skies until the bird's cry of war reached his acute senses, as his gaze moved up in time to see the sharp, golden beak open viciously, and the prensile claws ready to grab his little figure. However he saw no more, for Elly had noticed the animal's ideas and had seen the beggining of the attack. A wave of frozen wind had filled her stomach and blood as the fear of loosing her only friend in the claws of a pidgeot overwhelmed her. Her ideas remained cool and before she could think of a plan, her affection to the creature became stronger than her grip to life, and her elegant and long legs carried her swiftly across the grass, torwards the young creature. She tackled Ash away from the bird's path, falling on the spot where the young eevee had been previously. The large male pidgeot didnt care if his prey was male or female as long as he ate, and although surprised about the canine's actions, the move had been too swift to confuse the avis. He closed his claws around the female teenager and flapped his wings strongly to lift his enormous weight back into the air, carrying Elly with him. Elly felt the pressure of the animal's claws closed around her body, and her breathing became hard and laboured, even painful. Fear drowned her with the coldness and weight of a large block of ice, but closing her eyes, she resigned to the fact that even if she was eaten, Ash would be all right, and her heart was in a solemn peace. The sudenness of familiar barks startled her, and she oppened her eyes to see the male eevee trotting quickly behind her, his brown eyes wide and a great fear glittering in them. He leapt gracefully over rocks, not really seeig them but almost as if sensing their pressence, for his gaze was fixed on the great animal, "Elly NO! Pidgeot, please! Let her go! Take me instead!" he yelled at the top of his lung, his voice a desperate shriek. The avis emmited a squeak that sounded like a chuckle and remained on his flight, ignoring the little pup that hopelessly attempted to save the female of his own specie. Elly shook her head, tears itching her eyes with their salty structure, "Ash NO! Go with your friends, go with Misty and Tracey!" Elly yelled, her voice drowned with a sob reaching her throat passively, but still managing a loud and clear howl. Ash shook his head vigorously, ignoring the obvious fact that he had lost the best friend he ever had, "no Elly, have you forgotten already? I'll never leave you Elly, I'll never leave you, I promised!" he squeaked in a feeble but still powerful voice. Elly cried, he had meant it last night when she thought they would have to separate, and he meant it now, when even although his exhausted body couldnt go on, his will and caring for her was too strong.
AN:Sorry about the delay and short length of this chapter, I wanted to make it longer but i believe that if anyone cared about the story it was worth posting what i've got already. So there, any critic is more than welcome. Also i know that this is sort of rushed, forgive me for such, i'll work harder in the next chapter. Special thank you to all who reviewed, specially the_Maelstrom_mephisto and Twilight_the_umbreon.