Chapter 3
As Echo's name was called, there were shocked gasps and uncertain hisses. They hardly knew her since she was so new. Streamer began to speak again, " Haven't you all noticed something strange about her? Everyday for the fresh kill pile there's always a Mightyena without a doubt, making her very susceptible to being the one, I bet she wanted the Mightyena to rampage on our kind. All because poor little Echosong is an outsider. She probably wanted us to feel her pain, death-wise. Then again maybe she really did have the unlucky Murkrow shadow follow her." There was a stunned silence. Then outrages roars came from all around. Streamer glared at her, and she met his gaze with hostility right back. Before anyone could stop what she was about to do, she had leapt up from Leaf and Rain's side and slashed her leaf blade right toward Streamer. He gasped in shock, as adrenaline filled his senses. He back-flipped out of the way and cowered down. Echo had finally had enough, she had hated Streamer since she could remember being in the clan. As a young Grovyle he would mock her ways and pretend to act like her. But since she was now a senior he couldn't boss her around no more. He screamed in rage, and sped over to bowl her over. She merely chuckled and dodged, appearing right behind him. She slapped her claws around his neck and whispered "Surprise!" before kicking him out of her way, letting her claws drag themselves down his right shoulder bone. Then she took off running. Panting for breath, Streamer got up, humiliated, and then full fury took him. Glaring at the rest of the crowd who had been watching the scene with utmost horror. He screamed at them, "GET HER!!!" All the Grovyle did massive war cries and plunged into the murky forest beyond.
Echo had never run as fast as she was now. Trees blurred past her as she raced away, hoping her head start gave her some time to rest. She pricked her ears as she stopped and heard the war cries, gathered her breath again and sped away. As she ran, she cried with relief, the largest tree in all of the Melody Forest was up ahead. If she could just climb it all the way to the top she could be able to get away. She reached the tree then jumped on it quickly testing the bark for firmness. Then she scrambled up faster then she had ever climbed. Most Grovyle couldn't climb, Echo was exceptional, she loved to climb trees and sit in the canopy watching the sun go down. But not today, she was on the run, perhaps forever. Finally reaching the top she camouflaged herself by holding the leafy branches against her body. Echosong scanned the clearing for the Grovyle and finally spotted them. Echo pulled the branches closer, then closed her eyes, stilling her still rapid breath. Then she froze in horror, one of the Grovyle had caught her scent up the tree. She strained her ears to hear the Grovyle say, "Streamer, you don't think she climbed this tree? Her scent goes up it ." Streamer bounded over, took a good whiff, oh yeah, she was up there. But that thought confused him, there was no way Grovyle could climb, unless.. Rage for the earlier humiliation filled his mind and decided for him. He tried to climb, for the first time, and slid down, crumbling on the floor. He hissed in rage, hoping none of the other Grovyle saw his latest feat. He screamed again, and then with a huff, he stalked away to meet up with the other search party. Echo sighed with relief, she needed to go before the other Grovyle tried to climb the tree as well. As the sun began to set, her eyes began to flicker, before she succumbed sleep. A nearby hoot, woke her up and she hissed as her senses cleared away her foggy sleep. It was only a Noctowl, but something about it felt foreboding like she'd seen him before. The Noctowl gave a final hoot before plunging off his perch and flapping silently away in the night. Echosong slowly balanced on the highest tree limb before spreading her arms, preparing to glide down. Echo took a deep breath and then leapt off the limb. She fell a few feet before her leaves gave momentum and caught a nearby thermal. She glided, though falling fast, though the world beyond her birth-region.
Days past, Echo slowly began to starve. The night was her only friend, the day might give her away. The cold nights didn't help her sleep well, nor did it help her find decent food. She tried to fish at a nearby lake called the Ricochet lake. Only Magikarp served as her food, and as slimy as it was, it helped her keep going. Soon she reached the mountains no Pokemon has ever tried to scale. Snow flew in flurries around her, and the wind sliced through her like Leaf Blades. A musky scent filled the air, overpowering the wintry snow smell. This smell seems familiar, she thought and kept her eyes and ears open. Then came a crash in the fallen branches and a large figure leapt up and bowled her over, dragging its claws down her sides. Echo snarled and bit at the leg of her heavier opponent. He rolled out of her biting range. Then stood up with proud demeanor. "Do you remember me!?" it growled showing all of it's teeth. "I've battled many Mightyena in my time, sure I can't remember the name of every lowly Pokemon I face." The Mightyena shook with anger as he tried to compose his fury from the insult. "Oh, but you will!" It snarled. "I remember a little Treecko's mom that got in the way of a very fair punishment." The little Treecko had tromped all over my tail because of a so called "accident". Echo hissed, voice colder then the wind slicing at them, "How would you know about this!" "Because I am that same Poocheyena!" The Mightyena sniped right back. Then he flicked his tail impatiently at her. It took her a second, to see the strange looking kink. "Oh…." she said softly. "Yea… now I can finally avenge this!!" Then he leapt onto her, teeth shinning red from a recent kill, snapping at her neck. Echo grunted then slashed at the Pokemon's neck. The Mightyena winced as the cut slashed a neat wound into his neck. Echo smirked and kicked, digging her claws in deep. With a howl, the Wolf landed with a thud. Echo didn't let the Pokemon recover his bravado. She raced and bowled him over. The Mightyena gasped, breath knocked out of it. Echo then slashed her way to the Pokemon's abdomen. She slashed a claw slowly across his stomach, cutting deeper and deeper. The Mightyena saw the maddened look in her eyes, and thrust up with his paws. Echo rolled away just in time, blasting him with a bullet seed. Then she sapped some of his energy with Giga Drain. Both adversaries were panting and bleeding, to Echo it was the first time her body had felt real pain in a long time. Soon the Mightyena was the first to fall. Echo walked over then stopped when he spoke, "You're Echosong, aren't you"? That famous Mightyena hunter?" "Kind of, Yeah." she answered. "I have always wanted to battle you to see how strong you really were. But I never thought that I would lose. the Mightyena introduced himself "My name is Jetstream by the way." "You already know mine." Echosong said, looking sheepish. "You weren't thinking of going in the Shiver Mountains… were you?" Jetstream asked. "I actually was." Echo said. "I'm on the run" "So am I" Jet rasped. "I was kicked out, they didn't think I was powerful enough, and they hated the tail" "I'm really sorry about that" Echo replied and her eyes shone with apology. "Well, now, I have told my story now tell me yours" So Echo did, the cold biting wind had made them both numb but it was bearable. Once Echo finished, Jet slowly sat up and said, "I don't think a Mightyena killed your leader."
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