It was a beautiful morning. Winter was almost over, and spring was quickly approaching. Shuppet had just woken up from a very peaceful sleep. He looked over to his left to find something very peculiar. Vulpix was laying down on her rock, head resting on her paws, eyes closed. Her six tails were wrapped around her body.
Shuppet floated up closer to her to make she was still breathing. He was about a foot when he heard quiet snores coming from the little fox.
He smiled.
"Oh my god, she's so cute when she sleeps." Elgyem squealed.
Shuppet glared at the psychic Pokemon, as Vulpix started to stir.
"What?" She asked.
"You're going to wake her up." He hissed.
"Oh, sorry." She mumble before floating away.
Shuppet sighed in relief as Vulpix relaxed and continued to sleep.
He smiled and sat at the bottom of the rock, to make sure Vulpix got as much sleep as possible.
About fifteen minutes later, Growlithe walked up to Shuppet, a look of worry and confusion on his face.
"Uhh, Shuppet?"
"Yeah, what's up man?"
The fire Pokemon sat next to him. "Is she dead, or something?"
"Who?"
"Vulpix."
His eyes went wide before he started laughing. "What? No she's just sleeping."
"She actually needs sleep?"
"Of course she needs sleep. Haven't you seen her sleep before?" He asked.
Growlithe thought for a second, before shaking his head. "Not really, she's always wake listening for trainers."
"Listening for trainers? Why would she do that people rarely come by here."
"I don't know man, she hates them for some reason." He said getting up. "Me and Duskull are going to ask Pelipper to fly us to the forest to get some food, the pile's getting pretty small. Wanna come?"
"Nah, I'll go next time. I'm going to make sure Vulpix sleeps well."
"I thought you guys weren't friends."
"She says it more than I do, I really don't mind her."
Growlithe nodded before walking away. "See ya later."
"Yeah, see ya."
After about ten minutes, a yawn could be heard from atop the rock. Shuppet floated up, and landed on top of the rock.
"Good morning." He greeted cheerfully as the fox started stretching her legs.
"Good morning, I'm going to get some breakfast." She stood up, and jumped off her rock, making her way to the food pile, as Shuppet quietly floated behind her. The pile was in the corner of some walls made up of rocks, with some rocks surrounding it, in an effort to make it harder for trainers to find and steal their food.
Vulpix sat next to the pile and grabbed an apple from the top. "The pile's getting small, we need to gather more food." She stated, before biting into the apple.
"Growlithe and Duskull left to go get some ten minutes ago." He said sitting next to her.
Vulpix nodded as she continued eating. Once she was done she held the apple core in her paws and set it on fire, watching as the flames licked at the fruit until it was nothing more than ash, which quickly blow away in the wind.
"Doesn't that hurt?"
"No, not at all the fire doesn't even touch my fur." She explained, getting up and starting to walk towards her rock with Shuppet following closely behind her.
"Uhh, Vulpix?"
"Yes?" She asked turning her head to look at him.
"Why are you always awake?"
She sighed. "I'm just making sure no trainers steal our stuff."
"You know trainers rarely come here, right?"
"Yeah I know." She said quietly. "But they still do come occasionally."
"I guess." He said before dropping the subject.