Story 4 - Trouble. (4-30-02)
Celeste ran as fast as her legs could carry her through the thick foilage of Viridian forest, Eon close on her heels. In her arms was the fallen Alpestreon, victim of a stun spore. She was running as fast as she could to the Viridian Pokemon Center so they could save Alpestreon before the paralysis became permanent. Carrying the pokemon was extremely difficult, it weighed 90 pounds and she didn't know what would happen if her strength gave out. Luckily, fate intervened before this could happen.
"Eon... we need... to go... much faster... Viridian... is still far away..." She gasped between breaths. Eon yipped an agreement as the tiny pokemon struggled to keep up with her.
While running along the side of the heavily vegitated path, she ran through several clumps of thick grass. Unfortunately, obscured in one of these clumps of grass was a Pikachu, whose tail Celeste stepped on. The Pikachu squealed a high-pitched cry of protest, making Celeste stop in her tracks out of fear. She slowly turned around to see what had happened, but when all she saw was a Pikachu, she continued to run in the direction of the city, relieved it wasn't a larger, more dangerous pokemon.
Pikachu watched the girl take one look at it and run. He misinterpreted this as fear, and wanting to throw its little weight around as much as possible, darted after Celeste, quickly catching up to and overtaking the panting girl. It stopped directly in front of her, blocking her immediate route of escape. It glared up at her, arms extended and fur raised.
"I'm sorry little Pikachu, but I don't have time to play right now, my Pokemon is very sick. I'll come back soon!" Celeste panted out, not waiting for a reaction from the Pikachu before she vaulted over its head, Eon following suit, but landing on the Pikachu's tail, crushing it a second time.
The Pikachu stared after them yet again, this time with tears in its tiny eyes. It finally understood that this girl hadn't been scared, but had thought nothing of the little Pikachu and had run away twice without considering it a worthy opponent for her Pokemon. The Pikachu's pride had been hurt, and it simply wouldn't settle for an escape. It sent up a loud call that echoed through the forest trees, and all over Pikachu poked their heads out of their nests, hearing the call of a fallen comerade that wanted revenge. They came to the spot where the crying Pikachu was, and after hearing its tale of woe, the large group of about 30 Pikachu set off at a run in the direction Celeste had gone.
Celeste had been running for several minutes. Of course, heavy running for those who are not used to it has its consequences, as was proven by the sharp pain in her side and the weakness in her arms Celeste tried to ignore for the sake of Alpestreon. She was just about to stop to take a short break and try to ease Alpestreon's suffering with a potion when she found her path blocked yet again by the small Pikachu she had found earlier.
"Please, I TOLD you I don't have time to play right now, Pikachu!" She replied weakly as she tried to catch her breath. She took a couple wobbly steps backwards to prepare to take another running leap over its head, but was stopped by a small noise behind her. She turned to look.
There were dozens of pikachu blocking the path around her, and upon her noticing them they spread out in a circle around Celeste and her two pokemon. Celeste could see that this would escalate into a dangerous situation, and she also knew that Alpestreon didn't have much longer and that none of her pokemon were strong enough to fight off this many Pikachu.
Celeste set Alpestreon's body gently on the ground at her feet next to Eon, then pulled a Pokeball out of her backpack. Zephyreon materialized, and she had it bend down so she could put both Eon and Alpestreon on its back. The Pikachu were closing in a tighter ring around the four of them, so Celeste spoke with an urgency in her voice.
"Zephyreon, I know you can't run very fast and that you can't fly since we're in the middle of the forest, but your big enough to carry both of these two on your back and also big enough that most of the small Pokemon in this forest won't try to fight you. Run straight down this path as fast as you can, you'll get to Viridian City. As soon as you enter the city limits, there should be a Pokemon center there. Enter and make sure the Joy there gets the message that she is to heal all three of you. Once you're done, wait for me there, I promise I'll come. Now hurry before these Pikachu attack, just jump over their heads and run, I'll distract them." She whispered urgently as the big Pokemon bent its head down to listen.
Once she had completed her instruction, Zephyreon quickly cleared the ring of Pokemon with a powerful jump and a quick beat of his wings. When the Pikachu started after them, Celeste quickly drew their attention back to herself with some incoherent yellings. Zephyreon glanced back over its shoulder and faltered a moment in its steps, wondering what she was going to do to outsmart the Pikachu.
"Don't worry about me, don't look back! Just run, run as fast as you can! Alpestreon's life depends on it!" Celeste yelled harshly at Zephyreon.
Hearing those words, Zephyreon took off at a slow canter, the quickest pace it could manage at its size and build. It could hear the chants of many Pikachu and some more incoherent yelling from Celeste, but it did what it was told and ran down the path as fast as it could. After about 10 minutes, Viridian Forest began to clear and some low buildings hinted at the city to come. Just as Celeste had suggested, Zephyreon burst into the Pokemon center and walked up to the somewhat shocked looking Joy behind the counter.
"Oh! Those pokemon on your back need healed. This one looks in especially bad shape..." The Joy muttered, fingering some of the wilting Forget-Me-Nots that grew around Alpestreon's ears. "I'll take all three of you to the back right away! Do you have an owner?"
Zephyreon nodded.
"Are they joining you soon?"
Again, Zephyreon nodded.
Well, that's good. I'll have you and the small one fixed up in no time, you two just look exhausted. It'll take some time with this plant pokemon though. I've never seen anything like it or you!" Joy said with amazement as she opened up a small door that admitted Zephyreon to the back area with the two pokemon on its back.
Celeste ran as fast as her legs could carry her through the thick foilage of Viridian forest, Eon close on her heels. In her arms was the fallen Alpestreon, victim of a stun spore. She was running as fast as she could to the Viridian Pokemon Center so they could save Alpestreon before the paralysis became permanent. Carrying the pokemon was extremely difficult, it weighed 90 pounds and she didn't know what would happen if her strength gave out. Luckily, fate intervened before this could happen.
"Eon... we need... to go... much faster... Viridian... is still far away..." She gasped between breaths. Eon yipped an agreement as the tiny pokemon struggled to keep up with her.
While running along the side of the heavily vegitated path, she ran through several clumps of thick grass. Unfortunately, obscured in one of these clumps of grass was a Pikachu, whose tail Celeste stepped on. The Pikachu squealed a high-pitched cry of protest, making Celeste stop in her tracks out of fear. She slowly turned around to see what had happened, but when all she saw was a Pikachu, she continued to run in the direction of the city, relieved it wasn't a larger, more dangerous pokemon.
Pikachu watched the girl take one look at it and run. He misinterpreted this as fear, and wanting to throw its little weight around as much as possible, darted after Celeste, quickly catching up to and overtaking the panting girl. It stopped directly in front of her, blocking her immediate route of escape. It glared up at her, arms extended and fur raised.
"I'm sorry little Pikachu, but I don't have time to play right now, my Pokemon is very sick. I'll come back soon!" Celeste panted out, not waiting for a reaction from the Pikachu before she vaulted over its head, Eon following suit, but landing on the Pikachu's tail, crushing it a second time.
The Pikachu stared after them yet again, this time with tears in its tiny eyes. It finally understood that this girl hadn't been scared, but had thought nothing of the little Pikachu and had run away twice without considering it a worthy opponent for her Pokemon. The Pikachu's pride had been hurt, and it simply wouldn't settle for an escape. It sent up a loud call that echoed through the forest trees, and all over Pikachu poked their heads out of their nests, hearing the call of a fallen comerade that wanted revenge. They came to the spot where the crying Pikachu was, and after hearing its tale of woe, the large group of about 30 Pikachu set off at a run in the direction Celeste had gone.
Celeste had been running for several minutes. Of course, heavy running for those who are not used to it has its consequences, as was proven by the sharp pain in her side and the weakness in her arms Celeste tried to ignore for the sake of Alpestreon. She was just about to stop to take a short break and try to ease Alpestreon's suffering with a potion when she found her path blocked yet again by the small Pikachu she had found earlier.
"Please, I TOLD you I don't have time to play right now, Pikachu!" She replied weakly as she tried to catch her breath. She took a couple wobbly steps backwards to prepare to take another running leap over its head, but was stopped by a small noise behind her. She turned to look.
There were dozens of pikachu blocking the path around her, and upon her noticing them they spread out in a circle around Celeste and her two pokemon. Celeste could see that this would escalate into a dangerous situation, and she also knew that Alpestreon didn't have much longer and that none of her pokemon were strong enough to fight off this many Pikachu.
Celeste set Alpestreon's body gently on the ground at her feet next to Eon, then pulled a Pokeball out of her backpack. Zephyreon materialized, and she had it bend down so she could put both Eon and Alpestreon on its back. The Pikachu were closing in a tighter ring around the four of them, so Celeste spoke with an urgency in her voice.
"Zephyreon, I know you can't run very fast and that you can't fly since we're in the middle of the forest, but your big enough to carry both of these two on your back and also big enough that most of the small Pokemon in this forest won't try to fight you. Run straight down this path as fast as you can, you'll get to Viridian City. As soon as you enter the city limits, there should be a Pokemon center there. Enter and make sure the Joy there gets the message that she is to heal all three of you. Once you're done, wait for me there, I promise I'll come. Now hurry before these Pikachu attack, just jump over their heads and run, I'll distract them." She whispered urgently as the big Pokemon bent its head down to listen.
Once she had completed her instruction, Zephyreon quickly cleared the ring of Pokemon with a powerful jump and a quick beat of his wings. When the Pikachu started after them, Celeste quickly drew their attention back to herself with some incoherent yellings. Zephyreon glanced back over its shoulder and faltered a moment in its steps, wondering what she was going to do to outsmart the Pikachu.
"Don't worry about me, don't look back! Just run, run as fast as you can! Alpestreon's life depends on it!" Celeste yelled harshly at Zephyreon.
Hearing those words, Zephyreon took off at a slow canter, the quickest pace it could manage at its size and build. It could hear the chants of many Pikachu and some more incoherent yelling from Celeste, but it did what it was told and ran down the path as fast as it could. After about 10 minutes, Viridian Forest began to clear and some low buildings hinted at the city to come. Just as Celeste had suggested, Zephyreon burst into the Pokemon center and walked up to the somewhat shocked looking Joy behind the counter.
"Oh! Those pokemon on your back need healed. This one looks in especially bad shape..." The Joy muttered, fingering some of the wilting Forget-Me-Nots that grew around Alpestreon's ears. "I'll take all three of you to the back right away! Do you have an owner?"
Zephyreon nodded.
"Are they joining you soon?"
Again, Zephyreon nodded.
Well, that's good. I'll have you and the small one fixed up in no time, you two just look exhausted. It'll take some time with this plant pokemon though. I've never seen anything like it or you!" Joy said with amazement as she opened up a small door that admitted Zephyreon to the back area with the two pokemon on its back.