Leo's eyes cracked open to see a small Eevee staring at him.
He screamed.
The Eevee screamed.
He shot up and hit his head, knocking himself out.
"Wake up." Lian ordered, prodding the sea weasel.
"Hnnghurhgh." Leo grumbled. He opened his eyes and rubbed his head. "Ow."
"Finally. You woke us all up with your stupid screaming." Nina growled as she started to prepare the morning's breakfast.
Leo shivered slightly. "Where's the Eevee."
"Right here. My na-"
"AGH." Leo leapt up again, being careful to avoid head damage. "Geez. How do you do that?"
"... My name's Ria." The Eevee said quietly.
"How'd you get here, anyway?" Lian asked.
"I... I think I was attacked... By something. I was too weak to defend my self and... And then.." Ria stuttered.
"WEAK. Oh my Groudon. Woman are not weak. They are STRONG." Leo yelled and pumped a fist in the air. "... And scary." He whispered into Lian's ear. The Gallade rolled his eyes.
"So anyway. I say that I show how to fend for yourself!" Leo continued. "Outside, now."
"Oh... Okay." Ria murmered and followed the Floatzel outside, leaving behind Nina and Lian.
"... Nina..."
"Yeah?"
"Was... Ria... Blushing?"
"... Oh crap."
"Come on Tackle me already." Leo groaned.
"N-no! I'll hurt you."
"Tackle me."
"But..."
"TACKLE ME."
"Eek! Okay, okay."
Ria sighed and closed her eyes. She charged at Leo and rammed into his stomach. He didn't budge.
"Niicee." He rolled his eyes. Ria lowered her ears.
"Okay, okay. Don't give up yet." The sea weasel ordered. "Tackle me again."
Ria sighed and charged at Leo. This time, the Floatzel fell over.
"Ohmygosh! Are you okay?" Ria ran over to him, helping him up.
"Yeah, I've dealt with worse. But now it's time we found you a sparring buddy."
"Sparring buddy?!"
"Yeah, wait here."
Leo ran into the woods, and emerged minutes later with a Snover. "Okay, this guy shouldn't be too hard." He leaned over and whispered in the tree's ear. "Go easy on the chick."
The Snover nodded approached the very nervous Ria. At that moment Lian and Nina emerged with breakfast.
"What's going on now?" Nina asked as she set down the plates- or rock plates, more like it.
"Ria's going to spar with that Snover." Leo replied with a smirk on his face.
Lian snorted. "More like she's going to get herself killed."
"She'll be fine, Lian." Leo snarled.
He turned to see Ria get hit by an Ice Shard.
"... Yeah she's doomed."
"Ahh, nothing like a nice bubble bath in a pit of hot boiling lava." A creature said.
Another creature nodded. It looked exactly like the first, but smaller.
Suddenly, a figure appeared before the two.
"Mr. and Mrs. Heatran. I have news." The cloaked figure said.
"Ugh. Phantom. Can't you see we're busy here?" Mr. Heatran groaned.
"... Making out again." Phantom flew farther away.
Mrs. Heatran giggled. "No, silly. Relaxing."
Phantom rolled his single eye. "Whatever. I just want to warn you that a mysterious creature has attacked Mt. Coronet and-"
"Yeah yeah. Just get out of here." Mr. Heatran waved a hand and tickled his wife, who giggled.
Phantom sighed. "Don't say I didn't warn you." With that, he vanished.
Mr. Heatran sighed. "Can't we get some time alone... Wait. What is that?"
The lava had started to bubble. Suddenly, a huge beast emerged, lava dripping off its massive body. It lifted its head up and roared before lunging at Mrs. Heatran.
"Shouldn't we help?" Nina asked Leo.
Ria was taking a beating, her attacks use less.
"Fine. I hoped that he would go easy on her. I guess Ria just sucks." Leo opened his mouth and fired a jet of water at the Snover when Ria tackled him again.
When the Eevee opened her eyes, she was surprised to see the Snover knocked out.
"Wha... Wha... What just..." She stumbled and ran into a large rock.
Leo dashed towards the small fox and gave her a hug.
"You did it, Ria! You showed that tree!" He cried.
Ria was blushing, fumbling for the right words. Her blush soon disappeared when her body was encased in a glowing icy blue light.
Leo dropped her. "What the- Is she? Wait, what? How?" He stumbled for the right words as she watched Ria's form changed.
Lian and Nina walked over to the two. The Snover was already rewarded and on his way.
Finally, the glow stopped. And in Ria the Eevee's place stood a very confused and still blushing Glaceon.
"OH MY GROUDON RIA, YOU'RE EXTREMELY HOT NOW." Leo yelled, hugging the newly evolved pokemon.
She blushed even redder.
Lian and Nina sighed. "I feel bad for Ria. She has no idea who she's falling in love with."
"THERE THEY ALL. THE CREEPS WHO LAUGHED AT ME FOR BEING PINK."
"GET 'EM."
The four pokemon turned to see the pink Weavile and his horde of Sneasel looking very angry.
"AGH. RUN." Leo grabbed Ria's paw and started sprinting away, Lian and Nina following close behind. But Ria stayed.
"You moron! Run!" Nina called, still trying to get away.
Ria remained still. She closed her eyes and opened her mouth. Icy energy swirled around it, and soon she was shooting off several ice shards at her attackers.
The Sneasel and Weavile stopped their charging as the Ice Shard attack met its mark.
"Wait! Don't go any further." The Weavile called.
Leo, Lian, and Nina stopped in thier tracks. "Why?" Lian demanded. He ran back to Ria and the Sneasel.
"Someone is at Lake Acuity. They've taken control of the place. And they attack anyone that they do not approve. That's how we lost our home." Weavile explained.
"So why did you attack us, exactly." Nina looked like she was doubting the whole thing.
"Well. I wanted to see if you were really the people we thought you were." The Weavile said.
"SAY WHAT?" The trio of pokemon cried out.
"It's true, you three have become quite popular. ... Well... The five of you... I don't know where the other two are." A Sneasel looked around for the two pokemon he was talking about.
"They went their own way." Lian explained sourly.
"... Oh. Well anyway." The Weavile continued. "My name is Weavile. And these are my Sneasel."
"LAME NAME." Leo shouted.
Weavile shot him a glare. "And well... We were hoping that you might be able to help us out with the Lake Acuity problem."
Leo yawned. "Not like we have anything better to do. Lead the way."
Ria looked up at Leo. "Wh- What about me?"
"You're coming too, obviously." Leo snorted and began truding through the snow.
About an hour later, the group were hiding behind some trees and staring at the frigid Lake Acuity.
"So, Uxie's here. And... Who are we looking for?" Leo hissed.
"Tucker. He's an Empoleon and he leads a pack of Piplup and Prinplup with his mate, Alexandra." A Sneasel whispered.
Leo peered at the lake. "That's a crap load of penguins." He declared.
Maybe over a hundred of them were on the shore or in the water. Eating fish and talking.
On top of an icy cliff stood a proud looking Empoleon, clad in icy blue armor.
"That's Tucker. Ruler of Lake Acuity." Weavile said.
"... Isn't Uxie the ruler?" Lian asked.
"He's probably playing cards somewhere." Weavile whispered.
"... Well. Crap then." Leo groaned.