Death Berries
"Ouch!" she cried.
Dawn was licking furiously in order to make her fur look neat and clean.
"Hold still!" Dawn yelled.
"Why do I have to be groomed?" Crystal asked.
Her mother replied, "May I remind you today is when we go pick more berries. Once we do, we go to Poke' Exchange Market. Then, we exchange berries for ones we don't have.
When we're done, we'll plant the ones we have little of in our Berry Garden. The rest we'll store in our cave for later."
"But I still don't know why I have to be groomed."
"This is your first time in the market. An I want you to make a good impresion," Dawn said.
"Okay mother, but, Ouch!, where are we going to get the berries?" she asked.
"We're going to the Berry Woods. Now get up I'm finished with you, we're heading there now." She added, "Jolt and Flare are coming too."
"Yes!"
Jolt complained, "Yawn! How long is this gonna take, days?"
Flare told him, "Minutes always seem like days to you. If your so fast, how come time doesn't seem any faster than a slopoke?"
"At least I don't sit in the sun ,being lazy, like you are!" he argued.
"For your information I train every day, just not around an annoying little brother," she shot back.
They were really into it now. Sparks were flying from Jolt's back and Flare's eyes were likw fire.
"That's enough!" Dawn shouted.
"Fine then, let's race to the Berry Woods."
"You're on! Ready, Set..." she said,"GO!"
They sped off into the distance.
"Wait for me!" yelled Crystal,"I wanna race too!"
She ran after them. She kept running until she reached a tree with a couple of berries hanging down. They were black, blue, and purple.
"Hey look! I must have reached the berry Woods! Mother will love those berries. But how am I gonna get up there?"
A pair of yellow eyes watched her from a bush,
following her every move.
"I guess I could try to climb the tree. There are a few low branches." she thought.
Crystal jumped on the first branch and almost slipped, but regained her balance.
"This is easy once you get the hang of it. Now, to get those berries."
They were a little out of her reach.
"Great, there are no more branches to climb, now I'll have to jump, ."
Crystal lept for the berries, and made contact.
She bit hard on the stem and then.
CRACK!
The branch woudn't support her weight.
Oh no! I forgot to find out which branch to land on! Land on your paws, Crystal, land on your paws!
She straitened out her legs and then,
"I did it I landed on my paws! The berries are safe too! But where is mother and the others?"
Crystal heard a low growl.
Panic stricken she asked,"Wh-who's, th-there?"
Crystal heard a rustling in the bushes.
"Come out, show yourself!" she shouted.
"You have something of mine!" said a voice.
A Mightyena lept out of the bushes, snarling and bearing it's teeth. The Mightyena shouted angrily, "Those berries belong to me!"
"No way I found them first!"
"Such big talk will cost you your life!"
He let out a yowl and ran toward Crystal, jaws wide.
She ran, fearing for her life.
I have to find the others, or I won't make it home, alive.
my second chappie what do ya think? R&R!!