Snowbelle City was just as the name suggested. It was a city full of snow. Nobody really had a need for a jacket in Alola so it didn't occur to me to buy one until the weather became unbearably cold.

While nurse Joy took care of my pokemon and Greninja, I bought a heavy purple jacket from the store next door. By the time I came back my pokemon should've been healed.

Nurse Joy met me at the door, panting, "Greninja and Treecko are-" She never finished, an explosion came from the next room where pokemon should be healing and I heard Greninja and Treecko yelling. Next I heard the distinct sound of leaf storm.

I ran to the next room and saw Greninja and Treecko, injured once again, and Decidueye was scolding them. "What happened?" I asked Nurse Joy, who coward behind me.

"Treecko wouldn't go back into his pokeball and then Greninja said something to upset him. They argued and the next thing I know they were having a battle!"

I sighed with frustration. "They'll be okay walking around, I guess." I knelt down to Treecko, who was turned away with his arms folded. "Hey, what's going on?" I poked at his shoulder.

Treecko wouldn't look at me. Behind me, Greninja watched the TV that was mounted on the wall with little interest. I sighed and rubbed my head. "Okay, well, let's go. We have to get to Avignon town."

The stubborn green pokemon wouldn't move. I shook my head. How would I get him out of here? "Fine, stay here. I won't force you to come with me but I can't come back for you because after Avignon Town I'll be going back on the other side of Kalos and then I'm going home." I stood and walked to the front of the pokemon center. Greninja followed behind me.

I stopped when I heard the door open again and Nurse Joy came running outside with Treecko dodging her legs to get in front of her without tripping her. "You said you were going to Avignon town?" She waited until I nodded. "Be careful. Pokemon have been randomly attacking each other and other people. There have been reports of all sorts of destruction because of it."

I thought of Greninja and Scizor the night I was caught by the pokemon trap. The ghostly whispers of pain shot up through my ankle. I also thought of the other pokemon inside the tree hollow. "I'll be careful, Nurse Joy. Take care." I walked with Greninja. Soon, I felt something clawing up my back and perch on my shoulder. It was Treecko, staring straight ahead of us.

Nurse joy wasn't kidding when she said there was a lot of destruction. Pokemon coward behind whatever was still standing as we approached. Something about all of this didn't sit right with me. Something was happening, my gut told me. Something only the pokemon are aware of.

None of us were really intimidating. Greninja looked the most intimidating, if you ask me. He could've looked like a pirate with the one black eye alone but other than that it was some aura he gave off that made him naturally intimidating. I didn't remember Oaky having that same aura. But, sometimes an evolution can change a pokemon's personality. Some pokemon suddenly become cool and confidant and others who were once clumsy can lose the clumsiness. It was like going through the stages of life that humans slowly go through but a bit more rapidly.

Treecko was alert on my shoulder. Well, he sat on my backpack but his arms rested crossed on my shoulder as if hanging himself from my shoulder.

"Treecko, what is it that you sense?" I whispered. The quietness was eerie and something I almost didn't want to break for fear that I would lose the eeriness and think myself crazy.

Treecko jumped from my shoulder and ran ahead.

"Wait up!" I spoke a bit louder as I followed him. Greninja kept up with us very easily. Treecko continued to sprint forward until we came across badly injured pokemon. Others that were not seriously injured tried to help their injured friends escape. I stopped so as not to frighten them further.

Treecko approached a less frightened pokemon, a snover, and inquired quietly. Greninja stood by me, watching the other pokemon run around, some of them even handed out Oran berries. After he was done speaking to the pokemon he ran back over and I kneeled in front of him.

"What's going on?"

Treecko explained that a pokemon came through demanding to know why the land was dying and claimed that they knew so, when he wasn't given answers, he went on a rampage. The other pokemon could sense it too, the land that they once knew and loved is slowly dying and taking its place is a world that would soon be engulfed in darkness and death.

Where was Xerneas in all of this? Wasn't it the one who gave life to trees and pokemon? More important where was Arceus? Did it decide this world was not worth saving? The wind lifted my fiery red hair into my face. I held it against my neck with my hands. "Where is this pokemon now?"

Treecko pointed to the direction we were already headed in. This pokemon was headed toward All-earth forest as well. "Then let's hurry to Xerneas."