All characters are owned by me. The Poke'mon theme belongs to the Poke'mon co. Also Nathan's Vulpix form is based on Naruto's Nine-Tailed Fox form so I need to give credit therel

Ambushed by Wolves

Nathan a boy about the age of 10 and Ethelia a Nine Tails are traveling towards0 the woods talking about life as they head towards Rustboro city to collect a package from the famous Devon Corporation. However they don't realize that they are about to learn a painful lesson about Poochyenas and their species.

"So Ethelia exactly why did you push me down when I was trying to protect you from that poke'ball?"

"Because you're a poke'mon now. If that thing had touched you, you would have been trapped inside it."

"WHAT?!" Ethelia's ears twitched in annoyance at the volume. "Oh sorry I forgot." Ethelia just rolled her eyes and kept going forwards.

"All right you can let the poochyena join us. Then you can talk with him instead of me."

"All right! Come on out Poochyena!" The poke'ball released a beam of red energy and soon a black and gray puppy pokemon stood on the path.

"Where am I? Who are you? Where's my pack?" The poor little thing was obviously scared and shook with fear.

"Petalburg Woods. Nathan and Ethelia. And don't know." The small creature began to whine and shook even more than before. After they managed to calm down the poor creature they walked on. Suddenly a trainer came running down the path and crashed into Nathan and Ethelia. He hadn't stepped on her tails but Ethelia was extremely ticked. Nathan was no better off. "Hey! Watch where you're going!"

"Don't go into Petalburg Woods! My friend was kidnapped by a Mightyena pack. They're unnatural and dangerous. Don't go in there!" Then the frightened teen saw poochyena, screamed and ran off.

"What was that all about?"

"I don't know Ethelia. Well whatever the problem is we have to get through those woods to reach Rustboro." Meanwhile Poochyena had finally calmed down as soon as they reached the entrance to Petalburg Woods.

"So am I part of your pack now?" Ethelia rolled her eyes and looked at Nathan.

"Great now I have two idiots to look after." Nathan simply smiled a scratched behind his ears which he enjoyed.

"Kind of. But you'll have to train with us and help us win battles with other pokemon." Simply the word battle seemed to excite the young poochyena and he began to jump up and down in excitement yipping nonstop which annoyed Ethelia. The trio entered the woods and immediately the sun was blocked by the thickness of the trees.

"I don't like it here. It's too scary." Poochyena had begun to shiver and shake.

"But I caught you here. Shouldn't you be used to this place?"

"Sure I was born here but that doesn't mean I liked it here." The two continued to walk on the path in complete silence. Nathan desperately wanted to catch one of the Shroomish they were constantly seeing but didn't have any pokeballs left. They finally realized that night was coming when they saw the Volbeat and Illumise coming out.

"Well team it looks like we're going to have to rest here for the night. I'll collect the wood." Nathan left entering the woods and Poochyena walked over to Ethelia and laid down.

"Mmmm. You're really warm like my mama was." Ethelia was half tempted to walk away but the young pup had fallen asleep on her and she didn't have the heart to wake him up. She was just about to fall asleep himself when they were both woken up by a horrendous yell. Smelling Nathan's scent Ethelia ran to Nathan's location. She found him on the ground quivering under the glares of many Mightyena.

"You are a trespasser on Mightyena territory! Leave now or else!" The biggest of the group was in front of Nathan and glaring the worse.

"I'm sorry! I was just collecting fire wood for my team." The Mightyenas stepped back in surprise. This was the first time a human had actually understood them. The biggest glared at Nathan even more and signaled the pack to block off all escape.

"Take him to the pack. This one is different." Ethelia and Poochyena were still unnoticed by the pack and continued to hide in the shadows of the trees. Quietly they followed the pack.

"Why are you doing this?! I was just collecting firewood I didn't know you owned this part of the forest."

"Keep quiet human. We'll let the chief decide your fate." They continued on through the forest until they finally came to a clearing. Mightyena were everywhere and Poochyena were in even more abundance. They all glared as Nathan walked by them. They stood in front of their young as hough they were afraid Nathan would try to catch one of them. On the far end of the clearing was a cave and in front of the cave was an even bigger Mightyena and a Mightyena female. Nathan was led to them without a word. The Chief glared at Nathan and spoke grumpily to the leader who had caught him.

"Why have you brought this human here? We have already added a new member to the pack."

"This one understands and can speak our language great chief. He could be very useful to us. A perfect slave…

"Hey! I'm no slave!"

He was head butted by one of his captors and groaned in pain.

"Show some respect human scum."

"No let him speak." Nathan bowed his head to the chief and told why he was found.

"And that's why I'm here. I didn't know that this was your territory." The chief looked thoughtful. "You look human but you smell of something else. The chief turned away.

"Prepare him for the ritual. He will make a fine member of our pack. He smells of fire and that could be useful." Nathan was fighting for all he was worth but the amount in numbers soon overwhelmed him.

Still hidden in the shadows Ethelia began to shake. Poochyena was curious and asked her what was wrong. It was a sign of her fright that she didn't snap at the pup. Instead she answered the question in a frightened tone.

"Legend states that any canine pokemon can curse any person to become one of them on the night of a full moon. Of course that kind of power takes a lot of energy and usually can only be performed once in a life time.

"So you're saying that their going to turn Nathan into a Mightyena?"

"Worse. At his age he'd become a poochyena like yourself but…because I cursed him. He'll become a mix between vulpix and poochyena and likely a powerful opponent.

"So how are we going to stop them?" For the first time in her life Ethelia didn't have an answer.