The Growlithe was blown back by the Confusion attack and slammed straight into a tree, fainting. Lian stood over his opponent, smirking. After the puppy came to its senses, it scrambled off.
"... Guys, do you really need to beat up every pokemon you come across?" Nina sighed.
"Yes." Leo replied instantly. "Hey look, a map!" He yelled, running over to a sign. The map showed the Sinnoh region.
Lian inspected the sign. "Well, we started at the Valley Windworks." He said, pointing to a spot on the map. "And we're going towards the mountains..." He said, sliding his finger down.
"The nearest city is Oreburgh! That's where one of my first shows was!" Nina chirped up.
"To Oreburgh then!" Leo said.
"Oh wow! A Ralts! Go Magikarp!" A voice called from behind a tree.
The group sighed. They were used to being attacked by now. An orange fish splashed in front of Lian.
"Oh boy, food!" Leo said, diving to nibble on the fish.
"Gah! The thing has rabies! Return Magikarp!" The trainer screeched, running away.
Nina shook her head. Lian walked over to something on the ground. He picked it up.
"Guys look. He dropped a map!" The pokemon exclaimed.
The group cheered. Lian dropped the map in the sack made of leaves he was carrying on his back.
"Okay, let's go already." Leo said.
So the group began marching towards the mining city known as Oreburgh.
A few days later they were hopelessly lost, trudging throw puddles of rain in a downpour. Tall mounts surrounded them, and wind constantly blowing in their faces.
"Lian! Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Nina yelled over the wind.
"Not really!" He yelled back, squinting at the map. A gust of wind blew it out of his hands. "That wasn't supposed to happen!"
"GUYS THE FREAKING MAPS FLYING AWAY." Leo yelled, running after it.
"Leo! Get your tails back here!" Nina yelled. Leo either didn't here her or ignored her. He kept running.
"LEO. THERE'S THIS CREEPY THING BEHIND YOU!" Lian screeched. A serpentine shadow casted over Leo as he leaped up and grabbed the map.
"Got it! Guys come h- GAH!" A purple tail grabbed him, causing him to drop the map. It hit Lian in the face.
"LEO. GET BACK HERE!" Nina cried.
But alas, poor Leo was gone. Lian and Nina huddled in a small cave for the night, staring at the opening that their friend had vanished into.
"Ugh..." Leo blinked open his eyes, stirring. Light poured in from an opening at the end of the tunnel he was in. Leo looked around him. He was surrounded by purple snakes.
"Gah! Why am I here?" He yelled. He tried to back away, but Leo realized that his entire body was stuck to the wall, incased in a purple sludge. "Ew..."
"Ssssilencssee, fool. Thissss issss the lair of Arbok and his Ekanssss." A voice hissed. A large purple snake slithered up to the otter, smirking. "Ssso tell me tressspassser. What bringsss you here to my territory?" The pokemon hissed, flicking his tounge out.
Shoot. This is bad, Leo thought, narrowing his azure eyes. If only I could convince them to let me go. There's too many to fight so... His eyes widened as an idea came to mind.
"Well, sir. I was travelling with my band."
"Your band? Sssing then!" The snake said, sneering.
Leo cleared his throat. He began to sing horribly off key. "BRRROOOTHHHER MY BROOTTHHHER. TELL ME WHY WE CAN'T PRETEND THIS FIGHT NEVER BEEEGAANN. BRROOTTHER MY-"
"FOR GOODNESSS SSSAKES BOY, SSSTOP THAT HORRIBLE SINGING." The snake screeched.
Leo smirked. "I'll stop if you let me go."
The poison snake smashed his head against the wall. "Fine, fine. Jussst get of my territory."
Leo smirked. The snakes tore of the sludge that captivated Leo. He skipped happily out of the tunnel.
"Oh and... SOOMMEEWHEERE OVER THE RAINBOW SKKKIES AAREEE BL-"
"JUSSSST GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE!"
"Geez."
Leo emerged out of the tunnel, shaking the remaining bits of sludge off his fur.
"Lian, Nina! I'm- Wait. Where'd they go."
There was no sign of Leo's companions.
"I am screwed." Leo sighed.