Mienshao, Deino, and Terrakion
Lately, people have been complaining that we humans have been mistreating Pokemon with the culture that has grown around the idea of the traveling Pokemon Trainer, out to become a Master. It confused many who heard those speeches, and rightfully so. A long time ago, humans were much more unfair to Pokemon than they are these days. The cruelty grew to the point where the Pokemon fought back, in a war that was damaging to both sides. It's an old epic of many events, but the stories are still told today...
Some humans recognized early on what their kin were doing wrong, but others were determined to subjugate the Pokemon so that humans held dominance in the world. Both factions were relatively small, though. Most humans were afraid as the previously cooperative Pokemon turned on them. They begged their leaders, almost all of them being those who wished to dominate, to protect them. So humans build massive stone and concrete walls around their cities, with steel and wood protecting the hefty gates. The majority of Pokemon couldn't even leave a mark on such castle walls, save by wasting the whole of their energy. Such was the superiority of the materials under human craftsmanship.
Within the walls of one such castle town, a group of Pokemon remained. They were forced to work for the humans still, kept under tight security to satisfy the townspeople. One of them was a Mienshao; she was kept just outside the house of the ruling lord. With a tight collar around her neck, she was chained close to the door. She was to keep unwanted humans and Pokemon out of the home. Under the threat of a cruel form of training, she was to attack anyone who came within her reach unless they passed the approval of the door guard. Only those guards knew the secret command to get her to stay still.
She watched humans go in and out, hating all of them. But no matter how dismal things seemed, she still had hope. This life was wrong and the guardians of the land couldn't ignore the plight of downtrodden Pokemon like her. One day, she would be free of this.
Gnaw gnaw.
Terrakion woke up to little teeth pressing into one of his legs curiously. Opening his eyes and looking down, he saw a dark blue Pokemon back up, then tackle him very weakly. Shaggy black fur covered much of its face, but the rest of its body was made up of battered scales. Must be a very young Deino, he thought, wandered away from its nest. "Leave me be," he said to it.
"Momma?" the Deino asked, tilting its head to hear him better.
"I am not your mother," Terrakion said. "Go back to your nest."
"Nest, go." The Deino sniffed the ground, then turned and retraced its wandering path. Every now and then, it gnawed on something to remember what it was.
After shaking himself awake, Terrakion decided to follow after the Deino. Its kin weren't good at getting along with others, but he could handle them. The child wandered through a number of tunnels, eventually coming to one that was marked with bones as a warning. Inside, there was the nest and a dead Hydreigon. From the looks of things, she'd been struck with human weapons, but survived long enough to return to her nest. The egg pieces seemed to indicate that the child must have been born only a few hours ago.
This wasn't looking good for the young Deino. Terrakion could try to find another Hydreigon or a Zweilous, but there was a strong chance that they wouldn't accept a hatchling not their own. If times were quieter, he wouldn't mind looking after the Deino himself. However, there was now a war being waged between humans and Pokemon. He couldn't stay away from those battles, not as one sworn to protect innocent Pokemon and fight for their freedom.
"Deino, come over here," Terrakion said, stopping the child from tackling its mother to awaken her. "I've got somewhere to be today, but we'll figure out what to do with you."
"Okay, Momma," the Deino said, coming back over to him.
Terrakion caught the child gently on one of his horns, then flipped it onto his back. "Hang on there," he said, then headed out of the nest to run through the tunnels. The Deino clung close to his rocky back, but occasionally made pleased noises at how fast they were going.
In a few minutes, they exited onto a cliff of the Durant colony that made the tunnels. Terrakion made a tremendous bellow to call on his allies. The Deino crowed along, although its young voice was rather squeaky. Then he climbed down the cliffs to head to the woods that led to his destination: one of the castle towns constructed by the humans.
He waited and was soon met by a crowd of Pokemon. They were all strong ones that lived around here: Durants, Mienshao, Sawk, a Braviary, a Hydreigon, and more. Once enough time passed in his mind, Terrakion stamped a hoof on the ground and called for attention. "We're here today to free some of our peers from enslavement within this town," he said. "From intelligence gathered, we know that they were up late last night for a celebration of some kind. They are unlikely to be at full strength this early in the morning due to that. Our priorities are to find the other Pokemon and free them. Take them into the forest to one of our safe zones, unless they wish to fight with us. Show no mercy to any humans who get in your way. Also, would someone take this Deino child to the safe zone and act as a guard there? It was alone and I'm not going to take a newly hatched Pokemon into battle."
"Oo, I'll watch over the little one, yes," the Hydreigon there said, grinning.
For a moment Terrakion was hesitant. He doubted the Hydreigon would want to stay away from the battle. But, none of the other Pokemon there volunteered to take the Deino, although a couple of Sawk agreed to guard the safe zone. So he let the Hydreigon take the Deino.
That left one obstacle to starting their battle and rescue effort: the town walls. But Terrakion wasn't going to let that stop them. He positioned himself within sight of the walls, with nothing standing in his way. After a moment preparing himself, he lowered his head and put all of his power into his horns as he charged at the wall. A yellow light of power shone as he collided with it, punching his way right through the thick rock wall. It hurt a little and rubble fell on his back, but he didn't let himself show that pain. Instead, he bellowed again within the city, a warrior's shout that preceded the other Pokemon pouring through the hole and running into the streets.
Today's battle had begun.
Overhead, the Hydreigon held the Deino with his legs. He watched as Terrakion moved to another street to charge at the wall again. The Hydreigon laughed. "How marvelous," he said. "I am so glad that I was born during this time, so that I get to see this glorious war first-hand. Mehehehe, such beautiful battles, held without restraint."
There was another booming crash as Terrakion put another hole in the castle wall. "Momma?" the Deino asked.
"I'm not your mother, squirt," he said, not caring to know anything about this whelp. Might be his, might not be, but whatever the case, he only agreed to get a good look at the chaos before joining himself. "That was Terrakion wrecking all the humans' hard work, bless him." He headed off towards one of the larger buildings in the town. That looked like an interesting place to start.
The Deino opened its mouth and tried to chew the air. "Flying!"
"Yes, you dolt, I'm flying. You're just being a dead weight. Here, die with honor and make good of yourself!" He dove in front of the large building, dropping the Deino to the ground and laughing as he took off.
Bouncing on the pavement, the Deino got back to its feet. Just a couple of feet away, the captive Mienshao tensed, gripping her paws tightly into fists. It was in her reach; hurt it, attack it. Then the Deino sniffed the air. "Where's Momma?"
The Mienshao relaxed at that. Even with her training, she couldn't bring herself to attack a hatchling Pokemon. Not even one of such a notorious lineage. "Get away from here," she growled.
Instead, the Deino wandered closer. "Hi," it said, then came alert to the moving of the chain. It walked over there and gnawed at one of the links. "Umph, tough."
"Of course, it's metal," the Mienshao said. "It's all metal and I should be able to break it myself. But it's much too strong; I hate it!"
The Deino put its head on the chain, then followed it to the stake that was secured into the ground. It put its mouth over the stake, causing the Mienshao to grumble and look away. What had that Hydreigon been thinking, dropping its child down here? And what was all the noise? Was there a battle going on? Then her thoughts were broken by the crunch of wood. She turned around and the Deino was eating the stake. "Mm, wood," it said.
Bu-but... it was metal too, she was sure. Stuck firmly into the ground to where she couldn't yank on the chain and get it out. Her thoughts stumbled for a moment, remembering the many times in the past months when she tried to stretch out the chain and it always held, always secure. And now... the stake was actually wood painted to look metal? The child was continuing to eat it.
There was a bewildered call from one of the hated door guards, coming out of his little hut to see what was going on. Snarling, the Mienshao leaped straight into action, turning her movements into blurs as she whipped her arm fur at the guard in retaliation for all the times they taunted her. He shouted in fear; if it hadn't been for the metal chain still attached to her neck, she could have dispatched him before he made a sound, before he even saw the attack. Once he was down, she searched his belt for what she knew was there: keys, one of which could take the metal collar off her neck. The shape of her paws and the thickness of her fur made it awkward to use the keys, but she gave it a try.
Thankfully, the third key she tried twisted inside the lock. A twist more and the collar popped open. The Mienshao pulled it off immediately, then turned to look at where the Deino child was. While she had been busy, some other guards had come out of the house, trying to figure out what was happening. One was looking at the Deino with greed. She grabbed up the chain and hurled it and the collar at the man, keeping him away from the Deino. Then the Mienshao dashed over to attack them. They retreated into the house, slamming the door shut behind them.
She could have kicked the door down and pursued them anyhow. But, the Deino would be left alone. It was still oblivious to what was going on around it, now testing out the mud and grass on the ground for edibility. The Mienshao went to the child's side. "You freed me, hatchling. I owe you greatly."
The Deino looked up at her. "Owe?" Then, on hearing the loud sound of hooves running, it looked to the street and smiled. "Momma!"
Puzzled as that didn't seem right, the Mienshao braced herself as a group of Pokemon came running down the street. With them was the great Terrakion. Then, she really could get her vengeance. "Great Terrakion, you came," the Mienshao said, bowing. "I've just been freed by this child, but I'm ready to fight with you against the humans. I'll put my life on the line so that they don't win."
"Hi Momma," the Deino said, trotting over to Terrakion.
Terrakion looked at the child and grumbled, something about not trusting a Hydreigon even with one of their children. Then he looked to her. "Mienshao, I appreciate your passion, but your body does not look well enough for a battle like this."
"I can handle it," she said, showing her fur whips off. "I don't care, I just want to fight."
"Later, when you are stronger," Terrakion insisted. "For now, would you please take this child out of town to a safe zone we set up? There should be Pidoves along the way to guide you."
The Mienshao frowned; she really wanted to fight. But, the Deino had saved her and thus she should see it to safety. "I'll hold you to your word," she said in warning, then went over and picked up the Deino. "Come on, little one."
"Momma?" the Deino asked sadly.
"Go with her," Terrakion said. "You'll hear me later, I promise."
"Okay, Momma," the Deino said, then didn't give the Mienshao any trouble as she took it out of town.
It was a victorious day.
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Terrakion White entry: Its charge is strong enough to break through a giant castle wall in one blow. This Pokemon is spoken of in legends.
Mienshao Black entry: It wields the fur on its arms like a whip. Its arm attacks come with such rapidity that they cannot even be seen.
Deino White entry: They cannot see, so they tackle and bite to learn about their surroundings. Their bodies are covered in wounds.
The games imply such conflicts happening in the past, mostly in the fifth gen games. Although there is a 'fairy tale' in the fourth gen games about a man scaring Pokemon away from him because he starts using a sword.