Laila picked up the shiny Zoura and rushed him to the house. Eric, Liza and Aaron joined shortly after. Max roared when all of them burst through the door.
"Can you PLEASE be quiet for just FIVE SECONDS?" Liza asked Max as he kept yowling.
"This isn't the time. We have a crisis going on!" Eric replied. Laila carefully set the Zoura down on the table.
The zoura had many scratches on him and one of his ears was badly torn. Liza dug through her bag and pulled out gauze and potions. Liza sprayed the potion on the Zoura. He yelped and yowled while it was being applied.
"Shhhh...it'll be fine," Laila stroked the Zouroa, "No matter how much it hurts, I promise you it'll be much much better."
The zoura's cries became less and less louder. Soon, he started whimpering and nuzzling Laila.
"Wow! You can talk to pokemon!" Aaron exclaimed.
"No. I just know how to calm them down. My dad was a part time pokemon breeder, and he taught me how to calm them down if they were in pain" Laila responded. She picked up the Zoura and took him out by the pool.
"Drink" She ordered the Zoura. He took a few sips and then laid down in Laila's arms.
"I'm going to name him Taylor!" Aaron whispered. Eric walked outside and sat next to Aaron.
"We're going to have to let him go," Eric said.
"What? Why? We're keeping Max. Why can't we keep him?" Aaron wondered.
"Max chose to stay with us. And, this is probably his home too. But if Taylor wants to stay, he can."
"Awww." Aaron looked down at the pool.
"Besides, there'll be tons of other pokemon out there," Eric stood up.
"Come on. Dinner. Let's see what monstrosity Liza cooked for us tonight!" They all ran inside.
They had salad for dinner (and it wasn't half bad) and gave the leftovers to max and Taylor.
"Alright everyone, let's get some rest," Liza announced as they all climbed the stairs to their bedroom.
The next day was a farewell to Taylor. As he ran off, they all shouted goodbye.
"BYE TAYLOR!" Laila shouted.
"WE'LL SEE YOU SOON! I PROMISE!" Aaron yelled.
A few minutes after Taylor ran off into the bushes, there was a horrible screaming noise.
"Liza, I am telling you this right now...if you go-" Eric started. Liza ran into the woods and followed the sound, "IF WE DIE I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Eric and the other two ran after Liza.
They followed Liza until they found her. She was hiding in the bushes looking at a pack of Luxurays trying to attack a giant Aggron.
"Holy Arcues..." Liza marveled at the Aggron.
"ARE YOU INSANE? GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS NOT SAFE!" Eric tried to drag Liza out but she swatted him away.
The aggron seemed to be winning the fight, because the Luxurays were beginning to retreat. Soon after, all of them were gone, leaving the aggron by itself.
"Oh my god!" Aaron ran towards the Aggron. But something weird happened.
The aggron glowed in a white light and shrank, until it was nothing but a shiny Zoura.
"TAYLOR!" Aaron grabbed Taylor and hugged him tight. The other three ran out of the bush too.
"I forgot! Zoura can be an illusion of any pokemon!" Eric remembered.
"Let's go home for now...we're all tired. And we should rest for awhile" They all walked home