The Protector
Chapter 2
I looked at the dark figure before me. It had dark blue fur that was matted down and covered in scars from the conditions of living in the wild. The figure turned to face me with bright red irises and a tan underbelly. I recognized that the figure standing before me was a Typhlosion. It reached one of its paws down towards me. I flinched as I prepared myself for the worst. The paw grabbed me at my arm. "Casey I love you and I forgive you for leaving me" I whispered as I awaited my fate.
The paw had a strong but gentle grip on me. The Typhlosion pulled me to my feet and proceeded to dust off the dirt and leaves from my fur. Then in a rough and masculine voice he asked me "Are you alright?"
I was too terrified and shocked to answer. My whole body shook as I tried to explain. My mouth opened but nothing came out but gasps.
"It's ok I have a place where you will be safe for the evening" the Typhlosion said as he turned and headed deeper into the forest.
I followed behind cautiously. As we walked I tried to channel my still developing psychic powers to try and read the pokemon's mind, nothing. 'Maybe I am too inexperienced, or maybe he has no thoughts to read. What if he wants to kill me like the other pokemon did. Wouldn't he have just killed me when he first saw me? Maybe he has a family and he is leading me right to them to be their meal.' My head was flooded with so many different thoughts on what might happen, but still, I was following this stranger deeper into the woods.
After about 15 minutes of walking we came into a clearing. In the clearing there was a tree that went up about 15 feet and then it looked like it was cut. The Typhlosion moved to it and picked up a heavy log that was leaning against the tree. After he had moved the log I saw that there was a crevice in the tree. I walked through the crevice and saw that the tree was hollow. The Typhlosion moved the log back into place making a loud clunk noise. This made me jump and I reached back at my tail for my branch. With shaking paws I pointed my stick at the Typhlosion hoping that if I needed to, I could produce an attack.
He walked past me and motioned to a small blue bed near the back of the tree. As I looked at it I recognized that the bed was indeed a pokemon bed that trainers usually got bought for their pokemon to sleep in. This bed was clearly old and the color had faded a long time ago.
"Lay down there and I will be back with food" the Typhlosion said as he walked back to the entrance.
I watched carefully as he left, returning the log to block the entrance. I realized that I still had a death grip on my branch and placed it back in my tail. I turned to the bed and wondered how a wild pokemon managed to get one of these. Other than the bed the tree was pretty bare with a few miscellaneous items scattered around and a few stones positioned in a circle near the center. The tree had cracks and holes all over its bark allowing natural light to illuminate the inside. Something stood out and caught my eye, it was a collar.
I picked it up and looked at it. It was very old, beyond the point of wearing because it would fall apart. The blue coloring on the band had long since faded away. I ran the fragile material through my paws, careful not to cause any damage to the collar. My paws came to rest on a metallic gold coin. I brushed away the dirt and read the engraved name to myself, "Blazer." On the back of the collar was another name but it had not endured the test of time.
I placed the collar back down and laid down in the old bed. 'This is softer than it looks' I thought to myself as I got comfortable.
The log in front of the tree moved and I sprang up ready to react to my situation. The Typhlosion walked in and once again returned the log back to its resting position. He came forward and placed a handful of berries before me. He watched me as if waiting to see me start eating. I looked at the pile and saw a prisim berry in the group, my favorite. I ate it happily as well as some of the other berries in the group.
I had relaxed quite a bit and took a long look at my gracious host.
His fur was matted down and in some areas it was shorter showing that it had been cut in battle or sustained from some other injury. I looked at his face and saw a scar that draped over his left eye and came down to his muzzle. He turned around and focused his attention at the front of the tree. His back was riddled with scars but the most noticeable one was a big circular scar in the middle of his back.
I was so far lost in my thoughts and observations that I didn't realize my ears were twitching, picking up sounds from outside of the tree.
"Stay here" the Typhlosion told me with a low growl in his voice. He left the tree and blocked the entrance.
I moved to the entrance and found a medium sized hole and looked through it. I could see the Typhlosion, but also three other pokemon. The same three pokemon that tried to kill me earlier.
Okay that's it for today. Stopping here builds the tension and suspense. Please leave a review if you like it. I will try to upload two more chapters tomorrow.