"So now what?" Nina said, sighing and sitting down. Still no sign of Leo. Lian and Nina had just about given up on ever finding him.
Lian sat next to the Snorunt. "I guess we should look for a Dawn Stone?" He suggested.
"Good enough. Maybe they sell them in Oreburgh. IF Leo didn't die, he might go there, right?"
Lian shrugged. He got up and started towards Oreburgh City, Nina trailing behind.
Meanwhile, a poor sea weasel blindly wandered around, looking for his friends.
"UGH. WHERE ARE THEY?" Leo shouted. He had wandered around in circles for what seemed like hours, and still no hope of ever seeing his friends again.
Leo sighed, leaning against a tree. "Well, there was this trick with my tails that Grandad Floaty taught me..." He stepped away from the tree and began to wildly spin his tails around.
The otter's feet left the ground. "Woah!" Sure enough, Leo was flying through the air using his tails as propellers. "I should do this more often!"
A Swablu floated gracefully through the mountainous air. She almost flew straight into a certain Buizel's bum. "WOAH. HEY. PUT THAT THING AWAY, IT'S UNNERVING." She kicked her foot in between the tails, causing them them to stop spinning.
"What the? HEY LADY. WHAT ARE YOU- GAHHH!" Leo plummeted towards the ground, crashing into a tree. "Urgh..." He mumbled before passing out.
"OH MY GROUDON DID YOU HEAR THAT?" Nina cried as a crash sounded through the region.
Lian jumped at the sound of the crash. "Yeah, let's go see what that was." He began sprinting towards the sound, the miscolored Snorunt following.
Suddenly, Nina stopped. "Lian..." She said.
Lian skidded to a stop. "What could you possibly want?" He hissed.
Nina giggled. "Are you... wearing a dress?"
Lian narrowed his eyes and dragged Nina behind him as he ran.
"Heyhey, Boss."
"Looklook! Intruder!"
Leo awoke to the sound of a bunch of snickering birds. "Huhwuzzah?"
He was surrounded by dozens of Murkrow, all cackling. They surrouded him completely. The water type struggled a bit. He winced as thorns dug into his fur. Looking down, he saw that he was in a briar patch. The tree he landed on must have given out under his weight. Man, he was fat.
"Intruder, you say?" A new voice snickered.
"Yesyes! Intruder, Intruder!"
"Gethimgethim boss!"
A Honchkrow flew down from the sky, landing neatly in front of Leo. A smirk was on his beak.
"So what brings you here, little pokemon?" It cackled.
Leo glared at the bird. "I was hoping to find someone who took a bath around here buuuttt..."
The Honchkrow jumped back. "I HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM VERY CLEAN!"
"Very clean! Veryvery clean, boss!"
"SHUT UP."
The Honchkrow turned back to Leo. "I have you know that I am Honckrow, leader of the Murkrows!"
Leo rolled his eyes. "Okayokay. What is with all the groups here. First Arbok and his Ekans th-"
"DID YOU SAY ARBOK?" The Honchkrow shouted.
"... Uh yeah."
"Arbok is our sworn enemy!" The dark type said, sneering.
Leo blinked. "Aaannnd?"
Honchkrow lept back, taking to the air. "Enough talk! Get him!"
The Murkrow lept off their perches. They were about to fly at Leo when a blast of snow knocked them back.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM POOHEADS." A voice said.
Leo glanced towards the direction of the voice. Sure enough, Nina stood there, glaring. Lian ran towards Leo, moving the briars away using his psychic abilities. Leo shook himself, running over to join Nina.
"Prepare for battle men!" Nina said.
Leo smirked. "I love killing things."
He recieved a kick to the side from Lian before the trio leaped into battle.
A few minutes later they were all doomed.
"There's too many!" Lian cried, knocking back a bird that tried to peck his helmet.
"Yeah, no kidding!" Leo growled, chomping down on a Murkrow's wing.
"We're so screwed." Nina groaned, ducking to avoid a beak stab.
And at that moment, it appeared that all was lost. And really, it was.
Suddenly the birds stopped attacking. The dark types cleared a walkway for their boss. Honchkrow flew over to the exhausted pokemon, smiling.
"Had enough?" He asked.
"He may, but we're jussssst getting sssstarted!"
Honchkrow blinked, looking up just as poison darts hit his face. He flew back, dazed.
"Darnit, Arbok!" Honchkrow hissed.
Leo blinked, turning around to see Arbok and his band of Ekans smiling at the birds.
"Ssso, you got in more trouble, did you?" Arbok hissed, slithering over to the trio.
"Yeah, but why are you helping us?" Leo asked, confused.
"Sssssimple. An enemy of our enemy isssss our friend," an Ekans hissed.
Nina shrugged. "Works for me. I'm Nina. This is Lian and Leo." She said.
"Pleasssssed to meet you. Now let'sssss kill ssssome birdiessss." Arbok hissed. "Sssstay back, we're take care of thissss." Arbok's snakes slithered up. Honchkrow's birds narrowed thier eyes, ready to fight.
The two sides launched into battle.
The three pokemon watched at the snakes effortlessly knocked the birds aside, hissing. In mere minutes, Honchkrow's entire flock lay on the ground, groaning. The bird stepped back.
"Arbok... H-how did you get so strong?" He stuttered.
"Sssparring." Arbok answered. He launched a ball of mud from his throat.
"Eeew." Nina groaned as Honchkrow collasped, fainting.
Later that day, the snakes were healing Leo, Lian, and Nina's injuries.
"Honchkrow and I have a feud with eachother. It'sssss jusssst our nature." He hissed softly as he lay a dish of Oran Berries in front of the pokemon.
"We can't thank you enough for helping us." Lian said while Leo shoveled the berries down his throat.
Arbok nodded. "Sssso. Why are you travelling, anyway?" He asked, coiling up.
Leo stopped devouring food to answer. "Well I'm trying to be the strongest pokemon and those two are looking for a Dawn Stone." He went back to eating.
"Dawn Sssstone? You might find thossssse in the Oreburgh Mine." Arbok said.
Leo smirked, wiping his face of food. "That's good, because that's exactly were we're going!"
The next day the travellers wave goodbye to their friends.
"Be sure to visssit usss!" An Ekans yelled.
"Yeah!" Leo shouted back.
They turned and began walking back.
"But to be honest, I never ever ever want to see this place again." He mumbled, shaking his head.
Nina sighed, rolling her eyes.