Something stirred beside me, waking me slightly from my pleasant dream. I slowly opened my eyes to the darkness around me, panic enveloped me, where am I? My eyes adjusted to the cave, a fire pit in front of me, Jack in the Corner snoozing softly, and Theresa snoring loudly in her bag. Oh...the cave. Right. I put my head down, closing them drowsily then rolled over to snuggle up to Chance but there was nothing there. My head shot up so fast, and looked at the spot where Chance hould have been and how it was bare. My ears perked to hear even the slightest sound, my nose sniffing for his scent, I scanned the cave, but he wasn't here.

I ran to the entrance of the cave, sniffing, following his sweet smell of pine cones. I was ready to run out into the darkness of the night to find him, but saw him sitting at the edge of the woods. I took a sigh of relief and annoyance, one of these days I'm gonna have a heart attack!

The wind blew slightly, sending a chill down my spine; I wanted to go back inside and snuggle up to a warm fire, but I stepped outside in to the cold night. If Chance heard me coming, he didn't show it at all, he just sat there looking into the dark trees. I sat down beside him looking at him then turning to look into the forest, all I saw was trees and bushes blowing in the breeze of the night.

I turn to Chance again confused, "Hey there..."

"I thought I heard something," he spoke softly, never turning his head to me.

"Oh.. something like Hunters?"

"Something...," he said," I don't know what, but something."

"You don't think we've lost them, do you?"

"No. I don't. I think these are professionals, they'll find us, it's only a matter of time," he said so monotone I was slightly surprised. This whole time when he acted cool and calm he was really panicking about being caught.

"Oh, Chance," my heart swooned for him," I wish you wouldn't worry so much," when I said that he finally turned to look at me. His eyes were a deep chocolate brown, they were so wide and eager, he wanted to believe we would all be okay but I knew he would always worry. I wished I could take the burden away and help him but there was nothing I could do.

"Do you want to go back to sleep? We have to get up in a few hours and I-"

"Shh," he hushed me, perking his ears.

I just sat there quietly, with a sad smile on my face. I love you, I thought to myself. I wasn't scared of something coming out of the woods, I thought we lost the Hunters. Jack had always been so careful to cover the trail and lead them the wrong way on different trails, I had confidence in him.

After a few more minutes of complete silence in the woods, I stood up and walked to the cave," I'm going to go back to sleep, buuuutt it would be a lot easier if I had someone to cuddle up with," I spoke suggestively. I turned and saw Chance was still looking into the darkness of the night but after a second he stood and turned to me.

I smiled," Come on, grumpy growltihe."

I watched him walk to me, something flashed in the background of my vision. This time my ears perked and I peered past Chance into the trees, searching for what had caused the disturbance in my vision. Chance noticed my change in attentiveness and looked to the trees too, with ears perked, listening.

"Did you see something?"

"I thought I saw something," I took a step closer to the tree line. "I just can't see anything..," I say to myself. I look back at Chance and give an evil smile," Brace yourself."

He started to say something but I was already concentrating on my inner energy, summoning the light from inside me. Since it was night time, I had to really focus; without the help of the sun, I would have to make my own light. I kept building it, concentrating it all into a ball in my stomach until the power became too overwhelming. I opened my mouth and the light escaped, brighter than the sun for a split second lighting up the entire clearing. I could now see into the woods with the "sun" shinning high and that's when I saw it. A tail. In an instant it had vanished from sight, but it had been there.

"There! There, Chance! I see it," I shout turning to him. He was sitting behind me blinking rapidly with a dazed look on his face. Oh brother!

I was still holding on to the light, slowly I let it go, which made the darkness consume us again. Since the "sun" was gone, it looked like night again and Chance was waiting for his eyes to adjust.

"What the hell was that!," he blurted.

"Sunny Day," I sat down in front of him," Can you see now?," I waved my paw in front of his eyes.

"Yeah, it just-it just got me off guard is all," he said, still blinking.

"I told you to brace yourself," I defended myself.

"Yeah, but not what to brace myself for! I had no idea what you were talking about!," he retorted angrily rubbing his eyes.

I took a step back, Chance has never spoke like that to me. "I'm sorry," I said quietly.

Chance took a deep breath," No, I'm sorry. It's just that... that really surprised me," he chuckled weakly. He looked at me and smiled," No harm, I can see." He stepped forward and nuzzled his snout into my shoulder, I snuggled into his warm soft yellow fur, wrapping myself in his warmth.

He stepped back and looked at me" You saw something?"

"Yeah, I saw a tail."

Chance's eyes widened," What kind of tail?! Was it like a Mienshao?"

"No. No Chance, it wasn't her. The tail was large and yellow with a red color on the end, it wasn't her," I assured him.

His eyes returned to a normal size while he considered the possibilities of the identity of the tail.

"Did you see anything else?" he asked me.

"No, all I saw was the tail."

"Could it have been an Eevee?"

"No... this tail was yellow, not brown."

"Flareon?"

I thought about it," Yeah, maybe. What do you think it's doing?"

"That's what I want to find out."

A laugh rang through the air, making the hair on my back stand up. I turned to the source and saw a pair of red eyes glowing at me from beyond the tree line. They weren't angry or happy, just a pair emotionless eyes Chance lowered his head, behind in the air, snarling at the eyes. Who is that? I was so curious, but also scared, This could be any pokemon, Violet! It may be ale to kill you right now!

I found my voice and spoke out to the red eyes," Who are you?"

The shrieking laugh pierced the air again, making me shiver then a solemn voice floated over the wind," Since you know I'm here, should I reveal myself?" It was a male, I didn't doubt that, but the voice sounded muffled and odd.

Chance spoke through gritted teeth," As long as you mean no harm to us!"

"I mean no more harm to you as you mean to me," it replied and this time I heard an accent to his voice.

"Okay...," I wasn't sure if that meant he was a danger or harmless," come out."

The red eyes that were once level with me, rose higher to the trees. He must have been crouching, I thought. Even though the creature had stood up, it made no movement forward to us.

I looked back and Chance," Come here and stop growling. He thinks you're a threat."

"I am a threat. I need to be ready in case he attacks."

"Please come sit with me, Chance," I widened my eyes to look big and innocent. He sighed and slumped over to me unhappily. "Thank you," I whisper to him. He was still rigid an tense, ready to fight, but on the outside he looked calm and patient.

The towering red eyes, drew closer coming into the clearing showing us it's face and body. It stood on 2 black legs with yellow fur covering his stomach and tail, he also had a white mane and with arms. His face was sharp with a pointed snout, it was also a snow white which contrasted with his deep red eyes. His ears really caught my attention, they were yellow like his stomach but had brilliantly wild orange fur coming out of them.

It definitely looks like a fox, I thought. "Hi...," I tried to fill the awkward silence lingering in the air.

"Hey, mate," he spoke with a thick accent on his words.

Chance hadn't moved, he was still tense and on edge," Hi, I'm Violet," I told the stranger. "I'm a Vulpix." I know I sounded stupid but I hoped he would then ay his name and what he was.

He laughed," I can see that with my own eyes, Sheila. Name's Singe, a Braixen."

A Braixen? Oh.. No idea what that is...just stay quiet about it. Remember when Nokto got really upset when I didn't know he was a Mightyena. Better just keep this to myself.

Chance growled next to me and I nudged him gently.

"I'm Chance," he said through his bared teeth.

"Well aren't you just a pleasant bloke," he snickered to himself, "Well now that these introductions are done, are you going to attack me?," he crossed his arms.

I turned to Chance who looked like he just might pounce, but before he could I spoke up," No. We don't want to fight."

"Speak for yourself," he grumbled.

"So... You're just out here watching us...?," I say loudly covering up his mumble, but at the same time not trying to sound rude. I wanted to know what he was doing and what he wanted without there being a battle.

"Actually yeah, I am. You see, this is my den," he pointed behind us," I was just coming home when I saw the lot of you laying around, I was about to attack, you know? To mark my territory when this bloke," Singe jabbed his finger at Chance," started to wake up so I ran. Not out of fear, just to be cautious."

"Why run? We would have just talked it out with you and most likely left the cave before dawn."

"I'm sure that would be your plan, ankle biter, but I know his type. Attack the first chance they get," he spat. "Now, I don't want trouble. I just want to sleep in my den. I've been out all night."

"Of course! How can we deny you your own home?," I chuckled nervously.

"Wait," Chance spoke up," Maybe we should wake the others and leave, if he thinks that low of us, why not just leave on peaceful terms."

"That's a plan, but I'm not rude enough to kick a lady out in the middle of the night with nowhere to go. You on the other hand are welcome to sleep outside," he grinned.

The wind picked up causing me to shiver," Can we discuss t-this inside?," I asked, my teeth chattering.

"I agree with Bluey here, it's freezing!," he walked toward the entrance of the cave.

Chance growled but let him pass us, then we turned to follow him into the den where the wind would no longer find us.