I stepped through the doorway and a whole group of Mightyena were there. Staring at me. I froze, petrified of all the glowing red eyes and fangs in front of me. All of them looked alike, sitting straight and no one smiled. It almost looked like a creepy family portrait, expect for some Poochyena pups in the front that were smiling and wrestling.

"Nokto.." I whimper. All eyes turn to him, and he grins. He speaks to them in his native language, some of the Mightyena turn back to me, one of then licked their lips. I let out another small whimper," What is happening?"

Nokto turned to me," This is my family, Violet. They wanted to meet you, well technically they wanted to meet the new girl who has he whole pack gossiping, but same thing," he winked.

I swallowed my fear,"Why do they all look...hungry?," I whisper cowering behind him, afraid of all of them.

He chuckled," Don't be so naive, Vulpix, you have too much fur," he whispered then spoke up," You've met my mom," he walks to the line of Mightyena. "This is my father," he nods to a large, muscular Mightyena next to his mom. Once he introduced them to me, he spoke his language to introduce me to them. "My Aunt, My uncle, my other uncle.." he rambled labels with walking down the line. It was all so confusing, since they all looked alike, no differences at all, except for his grandmother who had more gray hair than the rest. He went to the front and pulled one of the Poochyena's from a wrestling match.

"This little monster is my brother, Xap. Watch out!," he threw the boy in my face without letting him go. The boy wasn't really scary, but the sudden movement caught me off guard. I screeched and back away, all his family chuckled and laughed at my cowardliness. "He might just eat you... if he hasn't had his snack yet," he shrugged and put the pup on the ground. The pup stuck his tongue out and then retreated behind the group of his relatives. Nokto laughed and started to walk away from his family, down the trail of the Forrest, I began to follow, but then turned.

"It was nice to meet you all," I smile and jogged to catch up to Nokto. "You have a lot of family!"

"I haven't even introduced you to my sisters," he smirked," and yeah, that's what happens when no one leaves or moves," he sighed.

"You have sisters," I was intrigued.

"Yes, my baby sister Darah and my older sister, Tusma," he frowned," I don't think I'll have you meet Tusma."

"Why not?," I asked offended. "Is she that rude?"

Nokto turned to me," Do not speak ill of my family, you have only just met them and haven't had the chance meet my sister," he said irritated. "You think you're so great don't you? High and mighty Vulpix." He looked at me in disgust and turned away.

"That's not what I meant at all!," I ran in front of him. " You just accuse me of all these things but give me no time to explain. If anyone is acting high and mighty here, its you," I stared him down. His red eyes burn into me, making me feel more uncomfortable than I did back there in front of his parents. I am such an idiot, he is gonna kill me. Or have his pack do it, same thing.

He looked away first, turning his face to the sky, humming slightly," Okay, fine. Explain what you meant," he returned his gaze to mine, but I looked away and started walking again.

"What I meant was, you just introduced me to your whole family, Nokto. When I say that, I mean your WHOLE FAMILY! And to be honest, not all of them seemed to thrilled to meet me," I glanced to him briefly.

He nodded while looking at the ground," Yes, that is true."

"Sooo... I was just thinking, that if the members of your family that didn't want to meet me, came to see me, what would be so bad about your sister? That's all, no high and mighty thinking, just curiosity," I look to the trees, avoiding his gaze.

It stayed silent for a few minutes until spoke," Okay...," he paused," I can see your thinking in that. Alright, I'll tell you. Tusma doesn't really like any other kind of pokemon, only Mightyena and Poochyena. Usually there is no problem, most pokemon living nearby know to steer clear of our tribe, but since you were just passing through and in trouble, I made an exception. When she heard I rescued you, a Vulpix, she refused to speak to me... she still hasn't yet."

I turned my head back to Nokto," I'm sorry," I bow my head," for causing so many problems in your pack."

He looked to me," It's not you. There are always problems in a family, especially mine," he smirked," But you do add on to it," he nudges me.

I chuckle," You could say that again. My family is pretty messed up... and your welcome?"

"What's so bad in your perfect little world, Violet. Did your parents say no to you?," he asked widening his eyes in fake sympathy.

I roll my eyes," Forget it."

"Violet, wait. I'm sorry. I can be an ass sometimes, but you should know that by now. Tell me. I want to know," his said, his eyes were sincere and apologetic.

"Fine. My parents kinda... well they kind of don't want to see me anymore. Not until I break up with my boyfriend," I tell him. Boyfriend? Chance was my boyfriend, wasn't he? We had never made it official, but the 'I love you' is kind of a relationship definer. Yeah, he is basically your boyfriend.

"That's harsh. What so bad about your boyfriend, did he kill someone? Is he like 30 or something?," Nokto asked curiously.

"What?," I snorted in disbelief," No! Nothing like that. He is just not... Uhm, well... My parents don't approve that I'm dating a Growlithe."

"Oh, is that it? That is so stupid," he mumbled.

"Ohh really?," I say matter of factly," Are you trying to say that if you brought home a Pidgey as your girlfriend, your parents would be okay with it?"

"Uhmmm, No," he laughed," But unlike you I don't have a lot of choices. I can date this Mightyena...or maybe that one, there is no variety."

"True," I say, thinking about how hard it must be not to meet too many different Pokemon types. I was always meeting new pokemon on account of my job. Never meeting any new types, must make some of them closed minded, Nokto was. Always calling me spoiled and thinking I look down on him, he had a long way to go before he could begin to understand other pokemon.

"You're family have very... unusual names," I speak, choosing my words carefully, trying to change the subject.

"Maybe to you," he replied," But to my people they make sense."

"Do they have meaning?"

"Yes," he saw that I was expecting an explanation, and he sighed. "Most people believe Mightyena to be evil and cruel because we are Dark Pokemon, so my mother named us all Dark names. My name, Nokto means Night in Esperanto."

I look at him like he has gone crazy, and he rolls his eyes," Esperanto is a human language."

"How does your mom know human languages, but not know simple pokemon?," I ask confused.

He rolled his eyes again, annoyed,"My grandmother used to be a pet pokemon, but her trainer got bored with training pokemon so he released them all. You know that once you are caught in a pokeball you learn all human languages?" I nod and he continues," Well, my grandmother returned and started a family, and when my mother had my sister, she wanted to be ironic and name us all kind of evil names. You know, in spite of everyone thinking we already are evil? So, my grandmother helped her by using the human languages. Mine, is Esperanto. Tusma is 'darkness' in Lativan, Xap is 'black' in Mongolian, and Darah is 'blood' in Indonesian," he smiled proudly, flashing his pointed teeth. "A lot of our pack thought it was quite clever and are now doing the same with their own children."

"Oh... I guess that makes your mom a trend setter," I smile a fake smile, not knowing what to say. What am I supposed to say to that? That cool, your mom has a wicked sense of humor.

He laughs," I guess you could s-" Nokto was saying when he was knocked the ground. He fell into me, knocking me over too, making me tumble and my ankle scram in agony. Even in it's cast, extreme movement hurt like a bitch.

I was pushed into the bushes on the opposite side of the trail, I didn't try to move at first because of my ankle. I heard grunting and growling coming from the path and I was scared. What if it's the Hunters? How can I run and get help? I crawled to peek out through the leaves and saw the fight that was happening. Nokto and some orange dog were biting and clawing at each other. Wait? That's not some random orange dog, its..

"CHANCE!"