"CHIRP...PHEET...KAW KAW…"
"I think this is the way." you think to yourself as you wade through the deep forest, fallen leaves and twigs snap and crunch beneath you. You hear the sounds of the wild Taillow and Zigzagoon in the distance. As you look around you see Wurmple munching on leaves and docile Silcoon strung up in the trees, occasionally a Cascoon bears it's spikes at you but it refuses to attack.
"Shroomish, Shroomish, Shroomish." a duo of Shroomish walk past as you continue to look for a way back to the main path.
"SNAP… THUMP!"
"KAW KAW!"
"FLAP FLAP FLAP!"
In the distance you hear the sound of a large tree falling over and a flock of Taillow flying off scared. You walk over to see if it's a fellow trainer engaged in a battle in order to help you out of this labyrinth of woods.
"ROAR!"
As you approach you hear the cry of an unfamiliar Pokémon, you begin to pick up the pace in order to catch the trainer before they leave.
"Oh thank God, finally another… OH SHIT!" upon entering the clearing you are welcomed by a scene of grand horrors. There you see a Breloom gutted blood still pooling from it's newly opened slash wounds, it sees you with its dying eyes and meekly reaches out for your assistance. Unfortunately as it reaches out it's small red claw falls limp into its own blood.
"GROWR! GROWR! GROWR!"
In the moment of seeing this sad cry for help and loss of life, you are pulled back into the moment by the coordinated calls of a pack of Vigoroth, whose white fur was stained red and yellow with the blood and pollen of the Breloom's corpse. Fear instantly paralyzes you but after a split second you ready your Pokéball.
"Go! Torchic!" As you throw your newly gifted Pokémon at the lead Vigoroth it is immediately taken down in one swipe of it's sharp claws. With a flash of red light the Pokéball returned Torchic to you, now out of usable Pokémon you step back with fear as you begin to run away shouting for help hoping to avoid the wrath and fury of these strong forest rulers.
"PLEASE! ANYBODY! HELP ME PLEASE!" you scream as you keep running, stumbling on roots and rocks as you push your legs to go on.
"SHOOF, SHOOF SHOOF."
As you continue running you hear rustling in the canopy overhead, you see shadows dance menacingly as the sun pokes through the trees.
"Oh dear God they're so fast!" your thoughts race as you realize that they're swinging from tree to tree in order to gain a lead on you. You twist and turn your way through the forest hoping to escape the pack.
"SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! PLEASE FUCKING SAVE ME!" you scream as you feel yourself wetting yourself. Running is all you can think about forcing your legs despite their exhaustion.
"HELLO! I HEARD YOUR CRIES FOR HELP! LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU ARE!" echos an ownerless voice as you run.
"I'M BEING CHASED BY A GROUP OF VIGOROTH! PLEASE HELP ME!" as you shout back hoping to find the owner soon in order to escape this nightmare.
"Ninetales, go. Tell me where this trainer is." the trainer orders their fox Pokémon to guild himself to you. As you continue to run you hear footsteps running towards you and as you approach a break in the woods for a path you see a young man in his early twenties approaching on his nine tailed Pokémon as you head towards him you hear the trees rustling above you.
"Oh thank you. Oh thank you." you sob as the trainer catches up to you.
"Are you okay?" he asks. You can only muster up a shaky nod as you try to catch your breath.
"GROWR! GROWR!" roared the wild Pokémon as they jump from the trees in front of you and your newly found saviors.
"So it appears your meal was interrupted. While I'm sorry for that, it does not excuse your actions of terrorising this young trainer. Now Ninetales, let's teach them a lesson and dispatch them with a Flamethrower." as the trainer spoke the Ninetales covering you with it's tails unleashed a mighty flame that had the Vigoroth scurry off into the trees. "Now let's get this trainer to Rustboro City where they can rest at the Pokémon Center and such." as the Ninetales walked down the path with you and the trainer on it's back, you look up to see the pack leader staring down at your face still stained by it's kill.
"Here you go young one." you look up to see the trainer hand you a cup of tea, he purchased from the cafeteria of the Pokémon Center.
"Thank you, sir." you meekly state as you accept the cup.
"You did well to escape that situation, I'm sorry you had to see that poor Pokémon suffer." As he sits down next to you to try to comfort you after you both made it to Rustboro. While your Torchic was being healed by the Nurse you told him about everything that you saw. "Now, now, it's okay you were strong and that's important." he says as he sees you grip the knee of the scrubs the Nurse gave you once you arrived at the Pokémon Center.
"I'm thankful to you sir, you saved my thank you." you say as you hold back tears.
"You're very welcome now I have to go now, because I've been called away on business from another region." stated the trainer as he stood up. "But if you want to not fear Pokémon, I'd recommend going to the trainer school down the road. But I look forward to seeing the strength you gain, now then I'll be off." finished the man as he walked towards the door.
"Wait, sir!" you shout in the lobby of the Pokémon Center placing the cup of tea on the table beside your seat. "What is your name?" you ask as he stops at the door.
"Oh well, trainer, my name is Kabu." and with a smile and a light bow he exited the doors.