The fire is burning, its faint sparking and snapping noises echo around this small clearing we're in. My friends are already sound asleep around our little fire. Saur, Shock and Fay are sleeping side by side, while Vixie is snuggled-up beside me.
I can't sleep.
Ever since yesterday, when we came into this thick and snowy forest, I've felt really uneasy. Vixie made me feel worse by suggesting that we should find a den or something to 'to help me relax', saying that I 'should leave her with something before I go away.' Shock positively jumped in to tease me about it. I just kept on saying 'no.' As tempting as that sounds, I still...am not...ugh...
Anyway, aside from that, this forest really... I dunno. But I don't like this forest. I could barely sleep the night before, so I doubt I'll be able to sleep tonight...
I told my friends about it, but they shrugged it off. Although they did find it weird about the lack of wild Pokémon living in the area after I pointed it out to them yesterday. Still, they insisted of going through the forest.
...it's not like there are any other ways to reach our destination... We're in a snowy valley, and the mountains look too steep for us to climb.
I raise my head up, like how dogs do while still lying down, and I look around. I can't see anything beyond the darkness, where our little fire's light couldn't reach. I sigh and lie my head down on my paws, and I then close my eyes, hoping that I will fall to sleep. It's not really fun walking through the forest while yawning all the time.
...and speaking of...I open my mouth wide and let out a very long sig—
A bluish-white ball suddenly appears above our little fire, and it flashes in bright light that can blind me if I let my eyes open. I close my eyes. I'm not that stupid to let it ope—
"Whooo... Pretty!" ...and then there's Fay.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
"...ngh...five more minutes..."
The light finally starts to dim, and when it seems like it is safe for my eyes, I open them both to take a look.
Fay chuckles. "I'm seeing black spots everywhere!"
I fight the urge to roll my eyes. Instead, I concentrate on the green little fairy that is still glowing above our little fire.
Vixie blinks. "Bi?"
When the glow around her body is gone, and our little fire is the only light source left, Bi wobbles from where she hovers, and immediately opens her eyes.
"Hot!" she screeches, and immediately lands on the cool snowy ground with a relieved smile. "Ah...much better."
"Bi?" Shock finally wakes up, rubbing an eye with a paw. "What are you doi—GAH!"
The Celebi immediately shots herself towards Shock and locks herself on him with a hug. It looks like a very tight hug, judging from how Shock gasps the air out of his lungs.
"Oh my gosh! You guys are still alive!" Bi cries. Really, she sounds like she's crying. And she then begins to sob.
Shock grits his teeth, and starts to pull the little legendary off of him. He didn't need to, 'cause Bi immediately lets him go and hovers away to have a better look at all of us. She looks relieved, but it only lasts for a moment before she looks so worried, looking around the area.
"Y-you guys have to get outta here!"
"Nice to see you, too, Bi..." Shock rubs his neck.
Vixie looks at her with worry. "Bi, what's wrong?"
"This place..." Bi still is looking worried, glancing around and behind. "...t-this place killed all of you!"
I...arch an eyebrow. "What?"
Fay frowns and turns to Saur. "Saurie, are we dead?"
Saur frowns back. "I told you not to call me that..."
"You're not making any sense, Bi..." Vixie lightly shakes her head. "Please, calm down an—"
"N-no!" Bi shot her a glare. She then frowns. "I-I'm sorry... B-but there's no time! You guys have to get away from here befo—"
I feel the snowy ground shaking lightly, and as soon as it did, Shock yelps as the snowy ground beneath him erupts, throwing him back. Something sharp slices in the air. My friends gasp. Shock lands on the ground on his back. A dark figure jumps out from the still-settling snow and earth, towards the Pikachu. Celebi shouts. The figure was a Sneasel, its razor-sharp claws at the ready for—
A distorted air collides with the dark type, pushing him away from the startled Pikachu. The Sneasel slams itself on the ground, and rolls away in a very painful speed through the bushes.
Suddenly, small and snowy eruptions are everywhere, and immediately, the sounds of sharp claws follow.
"What in blazes—" I got cut off...
"Attack them!" a loud and commanding voice shouts, and immediately, the Sneasels rush towards us, claws ready. "While they're still startled and surprised!"
I grit my teeth as my ears twitch. There are sounds everywhere, but something inside me is telling me that something behind me is closer and... I jump forward, headbutting the frozen Vixie in the process. I hear slicing noises from behind me, and a 'tsk.'
Electricity flies over both our heads. As Vixie gasps in surprise, I sharply turn and see both Fay and Saur evading our attackers' attacks.
"We're gonna die, huh?" Fay asks nonchalantly, tail glowing and using it to parry the Sneasels' attacks.
I quickly got back to my feet, and so did Vixie. We jump in different directions to avoid another Sneasel-sweep attack.
"Not," Saur grunts, parrying the sharp attacks with his vines. "...a good joke, Fay..."
Fire immediately joins the electric attacks.
Most of the Sneasel suddenly got blown away, courtesy of an angry Celebi flying overhead.
I turn and jump in time to evade the slashing attacks from two Sneasels. I quickly charge up a shadow ball and fire it at them, but they easily manage to dodge it, to my annoyance.
The two suddenly got hit by a bolt of electricity.
How many Sneasels are there?! I'm guessing a dozen of them...
Everyone is busy dodging and attacking to notice a Sneasel putting out the fire. Bi fires a beam at it, throwing it away, but the fire was already out, dimming the area.
...does Bi's psychic attacks hurt them? Gah, whatever...
The air got colder, but I didn't care at the moment. I need to concentrate if I don't want to end up into a meal!
Shock's electric attacks, Vixie's fire attacks, Bi's psychic attacks, Fay's rare Swift attacks, and Saur's lighting bulb are the only sources of light we have now. It's difficult to see where the Sneasels are, but I need to concentrate.
"Ah!" Fay shouts in pain.
My heart stopsfor a moment.
"Get away from her!" Bi flies over, but I can't risk looking what is going on back there.
I grit my teeth as a rush of cold air passes me by, making me shiver and almost making me unable to jump in time to avoid the attacks. I quickly fire another shadow ball, this time managing to hit a yelping Sneasel.
But another one quickly rushes towards me. I charge another one, but my target suddenly finds itself being swallowed by thick waves of fire.
I turn in time to see Vixie disappear, tackling another Sneasel with a quick attack.
A quick attack... I can do that, can't I? I can vaguely remember Vixie teaching me how to do it...
I turn and growl at an approaching Sneasel. I duck in time, the Sneasel slashing nothing but air, and I quickly kick my hind legs, headbutting my attacker's belly, and throwing it back.
I shiver a bit when cold air passes by.
"Now would be," Shock grunts, slamming his glowing tail on a thrown Sneasel from Vixie's quick attack, "...gkt, a good time to evolve, don't ya think?!"
I hear the Sneasel in front of me snicker, probably thinking that what Shock had said is absurd...
I fire a shadow ball, the Sneasel easily dodging it. I fire a quick yet small shadow ball again, startling it as I hit it, and I immediately follow it with a headbutt. "I-I'm trying, but I can't concentrate!"
"Use a fire move then!" Saur shouts, startling me bit.
I make a quick glance, following his voice, and see him and Bi fighting off a horde of Sneasels, while trying to protect Fay, who is lying down on the ground in between them.
"Fay?!" I shout, but quickly turn back when I hear Sneasels approaching me again.
My eye twitch as I take a gulp of air, and breathe out an ice beam, startling the two Sneasels, and freezing the feet of one of them.
I blink. "Um... Wrong move..."
"An ice beam?!" the other Sneasel yelp as a cold air rushes pass me.
I immediately take the opportunity to fire another attack at it, this time a white version of a shadow ball. I hit the Sneasel, and is thrown back from the explosion.
"W-what was that?!" the frozen one asks.
...I guess fairy moves wor— "gah!"
"Jay!"
I kick my hind legs, hitting something, and pushing my attacker back enough for me to fire a desperate wave of fire. I wince as my brain tells me how deep and painful my wound is, and I shiver when the hot liquid that is oozing from my wound quickly gets cold.
Vixie tackles my attacker to the ground with a snarl, but suddenly, she screams in pain after she got hit by chunks of ice from somewhere. She runs away in time to dodge the pinned-down Sneasel's claws.
...and I suddenly notice the lack of electric attacks.
I see Vixie running back to our fallen Pikachu friend, firing waves of fire at the Sneasels who are approaching him.
"B-Bi?" I hear Saur's weak voice. I turn to see Bi lying on the ground, shivering.
...and then another cold air passes me by, and it feels like it was heading towards where Saur and Bi are.
Chunks of ice hit me on my side, and I cry in pain, the impact making me lose my balance and I fall on my side.
"Ack!" Vixie cries in pain as she desperately tries to pull herself away from the Sneasel that stabbed her from behind. Her captor yelps in pain when a sharp leaf stabs him from behind, freeing Vixie. She turn and spits a fume of fire, enough to startle the Sneasel and making him stumble back.
But another Sneasel tackles her down beside Shock.
...Saur hisses at the Sneasels that surrounds him, Fay and Bi.
...I ignore the Sneasels that are approaching me.
I hear a faint jumping noise from the branches, and something lands on the snowy ground a few feet in front of me, blocking my view of Vixie and Shock.
"Good job, boys!" the...Weavile...says, smiling as it looks around. "Dinner's served!"
...I forgot how scary and dark this world is...
...I snarl as I felt very hot, literally exhaling fumes of smoke and fire from my nostrils as I glare at an umimpressed Weavile.
The Sneasels gasps, and those who are approaching me are now distancing themselves away from me.
The Weavile turns to me with a glare. "...light's out." He is suddenly gone..
SMACK
...and so is my consciousness...