To o-CrystalSakura-o(Now x-SwiftyGirl-x): thanks for reading the story :D And about the "mareepish" thing, i thought it'd be a little clever X)
Here we go with chapter two of A Shot At Friendship!
It was early in the morning as the sun shown down through the awning of branches, deep in the forest that surrounded Dragonspiral Tower. Below was a group of deerling and sawsbuck. Some drowsily shook the sand from their eyes, while others were up and eagerly prancing around in the patches of sun. One of the deerling who was filling up on chlorophyll hopped over to one of the sleepy deerling and nudged him saying, "Morning, morning, morning Mack!"
Mack yawned, "Come on Max. I haven't had my tree sap yet."
Max smiling said, "Well hurry up then! Mom said she might let us go play in the tall grass today!"
Mack perked up and looked to the wakening sawsbuck. "Mom, did you really say we could play in the tall grass?"
She looked to her fawns and said, "I'm sorry Mack. I said that to your brother, I would much rather you stay in the tree line where it's safer."
Mack got upset, whining, "But mom! I'm not a little fawn anymore! I'm getting strong enough to defend myself!"
She shook her head. "No Mack. You're not ready yet."
Max frowned, saying, "I'm sorry Mack. I thought she meant the both of us. But at least you won't have to worry about those… humans."
Mack hadn't thought of that, but he was still unsure that he wasn't ready yet. He thought, "Well maybe I can go near the tower. Maybe I'll see that big white dragon pokémon that kurt told us about!" He ran under the green shrubbery growing on his mother's horns and nudged her neck. "Okay mom! I won't go into the tall grass!"
She didn't reply that quickly. "Okay, I know you're up to something but as long as you be careful around druddigons. Understood?"
"Yes mom," he said rolling his eyes.
"Now run along and play."
"Bye mom!" they both said as they headed out.
"Bye mom! I'll be back before dinner!" Hima said as he headed for the door.
"Don't forget to grab a snack before you leave, Hima!"
Hima looked at the big plate of combee honey biscuits and sighed. "I won't…" he said putting a few in his bag and tossed it over his shoulder. "I'll be at the bridge to the tower!"
His mom walked into the main room. "The Dragonspiral Tower?"
"Yep."
She looked at Hima, concerned, "be careful. There are strong pokémon in the tall grass and the forest."
"Don't worry, I won't go into the grass," Hima assured her as he walked out the door.
Once he got there, he sat down on the bridge and swung his feet above the water. He grabbed a notepad and his new pens out of his bag and watched the swimming underneath the surface. As he began to sketch the basculin though, he heard some rustling come from the trees. He stared at them for a while before he saw a yellow flower and green ears poke out from the bushes. Hima started to stand up and the pokémon fled. Confused as to what just happened, he shrugged and went back to sketching. It wasn't long before he heard the rustling again. This time he ignored it and kept to his picture. After a bit though he looked back up and saw a deerling staring at him. They locked eyes and stared each other down until the deerling simply walked off. Hima figured it must have just been curious and went back to sketching.
All of a sudden the deerling burst out of the trees and started aggressively stamping back and forth, showing off a double kick. Hima crawled backwards, startled and fearing he would be attacked. The deerling then growled and dashed back into the forest. Unsure what just happened, Hima decided it was time to go back home. He stopped momentarily to look into the brush but didn't see anything again, to his relief. At the same time however, he was disappointed. He liked that pokémon, even if it was a bit of an oddball.
So just to let you know, this chapter took place a few days after chapter one. I'm not too sure myself how others would like the story; everytime I try to get an RL friend to review it for their opinion, they don't feel like it :/ So reviews would be appreciated!