My first fic. You can give constructive criticism if you want. Hope you enjoy.
~Chapter 1~
The sun always seem to shine the hottest in Hoenn, especially in a town that's at the foot of an active volcano. Endell departed her house, shouted a "goodbye" to her mother and strutted down the dirt roads of Lavaridge Town. She was on her way to Fortree City for her sixth badge, confident that it'll be in her grasp before long. Her beloved Ninetales, who was named Deidra, was at her side, her majestic tails flowed in the brisk, ashy wind.
Endell was only thirteen, but she had a lot of experience about battling. Her long wavy hair was midnight black, but it often showed different values of brown in sunlight. She was tall for her age, being 5' 2" and a little over a hundred pounds. She wore a red T-shirt with black vines and roses being the design, grayish cargo pants that covered the majority of her black and white checkered shoes, and a thin pitch black sweater with shades of red all over.
She had a couple of battles on the way to keep her occupied. Even though none of them were a challenge to her, she thought of it as training.
"Okay, so it'll take about a week to reach the end of Route 112", She thought to herself. " I'm just going to do that and worry about the rest when I get to Mauville"
Her thoughts were interrupted by a mysterious figure staring right at her. Deidra glared and snarled at the man, but he just cracked a grin and walked away. Endell raised an eyebrow.
"What the heck was that?" She asked her Ninetales. "What a freak, looking at you like that..."
Deidra smirked at the figure who was walking to the horizon, giving the expression, "Whatever." Endell laughed as if Deidra really talked to her. It was easy for Endell to understand Deidra since they both had a very close spiritual relationship, sometimes it seemed liked Deidra actually used human speech and expressions. Endell had Deidra ever since she was a baby Vulpix. As they grew up with each other they developed a spiritual bond that is now so close they can talk to each other in their thoughts and feel one another's emotions.
The scorching summer sun finally settled to the west as Endell looked for a good place to spend the night. She found a flat area with a couple of tree stumps.
"This looks like a good place to sleep for the night". Endell said as she set down her backpack filled with Pokemon medicine, a month supply of food, and a few Pokeballs. She placed her sleeping bag by a tree stump and put some food in a pan over the fire Deidra made. As the insta-noodles cooked, Endell released her other three Pokemon, Bellosom, Skarmory, and Lanturn to feed them the usual Pokebrand Pokefood. After everybody ate, Endell and Deidra gazed at the trillions of stars in the night sky, trying to identify all of them while the other three went out and played by a pond.
It was about two hours after they ate, so Endell decided. "Alright guys, it's time to sleep. So whoever wants to return to their Pokeballs, step toward me".
Of course, everyone but Deidra stepped forward to return to the safety inside their Pokeballs. Deidra always wanted to be close to Endell, just as Endell always wanted to be close to Deidra.
The next morning was brisk and humid which woke Endell from her deep sleep. Deidra was still sleeping, purposely giving off her body heat and brushing it on Endell's light brown skin, which always soothed her and bring a smile to her face. She brought out her other Pokemon to feed them some berries she picked yesterday. She left some Razz berries by Deidra, for when she woke up, and went to the nearby pond to fill her water bottle. The next Route that led to Mauville was nothing but a stupid godforsaken sandstorm, so Endell had to stock up on as much water as she can.
When Deidra finally woke up, she stretched her lean body and her flawless golden fur glistened at the water's reflection. Endell double-checked the campsite and decided that they were set to go.
Now it was mid afternoon and Endell was surprised that she didn't see any trainers so far.
"Maybe they're too lazy to take the long way to Route 113". She said to Deidra with a smile. Deidra smiled and showed the expression of agreement. They talked to each other to pass the time.
It was hours since they saw a trainer and it was well in the evening. Endell grew suspicious at the short number of trainers in the road, and none of them even wanted to battle. A moment later, Deidra stopped dead in her tracks. Endell looked confused and asked.
"What's wrong, Deidra, did you see something?"
The Ninetales thrust her head forward, telling her to look forward. Endell looked straight ahead and her mouth dropped wide open. It was the mysterious figure from yesterday. He slowly approached the duo, reaching for a Pokeball from his belt. Deidra snarled even more than yesterday, then rashly released a flamethrower. The stranger quickly moved out of the way then grinned.
"That's a pretty aggressive Ninetales you have".
Endell narrowed her dark brown, almost black eyes then replied.
"She's aggressive for a reason. Now get out of the way, freak. I'm in a hurry".
The stranger laughed and said.
"Freak? My, my! What a feisty little trainer you are!"
"Shut up! You want to battle or what?!"
"Fine. But don't call me 'freak', ok?".
"Then you must have a name... Well?"
He completely ignored Endell and threw the Pokeball in the air. It released an eerie glow while sending out what seemed to be a huge crab with a star on its forehead.
"Make yourself useful Crawdaunt. Rain Dance, now!".
Crawdaunt said nothing and commanded rain from the heavens. Seconds later it was pouring, soaking Deidra and Endell to the bone. Endell didn't like how the stranger talked to his Crawdaunt like that, or making it rain this hard.
"Deidra, let's start out with a Confuse Ray!"
Black blobs with a yellow outline soon appeared over Deidra's front leg, then unleashed it toward the crab. The blobs made contact with Crawdaunt, slowly seeping inside it's head. The stranger looked distressed.
"What is wrong with you?! Rock Slide, NOW!"
The Crawdaunt just ran to a wall, badly hurting itself, but it still caused a massive landslide of boulders toward Deidra.
"Protect, Deidra!"
But it was too late. Masses of boulders crashed onto Deidra, she yelped due to the pain. The pouring rain didn't make anything better by turning some of the dirt to filthy mud.
"Deidra! Try to get up!"
Miraculously, Deidra squirmed her way out of the rock tomb and was willing to battle more. Crawdaunt shook its head and locked its eyes to Deidra's, showing that it regained sanity. The man seemed to have liked Deidra in pain.
"Well? Don't just stand there! Night Slash!"
Crawdaunt's right claw turned pitch black, over-flowing with dark energy, running toward Deidra at an incredibly slow pace. With no effort what so ever Deidra moved out of the way and answered Endell's thought by boiling the air around her. The hot air caught on fire and circled around Deidra, catching every nearby drop of rain and evaporating it from thin air. After building enough fire, Deidra unleashed a powerful Heat Wave that crashed onto Crawdaunt. The attack wasn't as strong as usual because of the rain which seemed to last forever. The stranger's temper was hotter than that Heat Wave.
"Ugh! You stupid piece of meat! Stop wasting my time and use Crabhammer!"
It took a while for Crawdaunt to recover from that heat wave, but it successfully landed a Crabhammer on Deidra. The spiteful rain, the horribly painful Rock Slide, and a direct Crabhammer finally took Deidra to the ground in defeat. Endell ran up to Deidra, assuring that she did her best and put up a good fight.
Then out of nowhere a Sludge Bomb landed on Deidra, making her shriek in pain.
"Hey! The battle's over! You won!"
Ignoring Endell, he ordered his Crawdaunt. "Waterfall."
The crab approached Deidra at an incredibly fast pace, delivering a bone-crushing Waterfall. Deidra couldn't take another hit like that.
"Stop! I said you won! Please, stop!"
"Blizzard".
Every drop of rain turned to ice, every blade of grass turned bitterly cold, and the air turned to a powdery snow. All of the frozen rain drops pelted Deidra, the cold grass froze her paws, and her tears were frozen solid and fell to the ground. Endell started to cry at a horrible sight; her best friend dying right in front of her eyes.
"I beg of you, please stop... stop killing my Ninetales!"
The stranger just cracked a familiar grin. Endell's eye's widened, whispering.
"No..."
"Crabhammer. One last time".
Crawdaunt's right claw turned to water, but since the blizzard was still whirling, it was more of an ice punch. In less than a second the final blow made contact with Deidra's head, cracking her skull. Deidra screamed so loud far away Swellow flew off into the distance.
"DEIDRA!!"
"Well that was a nice battle."
"What!?! my Ninetales, it's about to DIE!!"
"That's why it was fun!"
"YOU MONSTER!!"
"Am I?"
The stranger looked at Deidra, who was throwing up blood and laughed.
"Pathetic weakling. Can't handle a little battle? HAHAHA!!!"
Endell was furious at the man.
"That was no battle!! It's murder!!"
He just walked away and his laughter never stopped, just like the rain, washing away Deidra's blood.
It was midnight by now and Endell never took her eyes off of Deidra for one second. Endell kept saying that she'll be alright, that she'll make it through this. She felt Deidra's neck, it was warm, the kind of warm that Endell felt every morning. But all too quickly her neck turned cold, cold as that blizzard, Endell couldn't feel pulses anywhere. Deidra, who always had her eyes on her master, her best friend, her only reason of existence, finally couldn't keep eye contact anymore. Endell's eyesight went blurry with tears and she found her self sobbing, her tears mixing with the rain and Deidra's blood. Deidra rested her cold head on the colder grass and slowly closed her eyes. At that moment the spiritual tie broke. Forever...
~Chapter 1~
The sun always seem to shine the hottest in Hoenn, especially in a town that's at the foot of an active volcano. Endell departed her house, shouted a "goodbye" to her mother and strutted down the dirt roads of Lavaridge Town. She was on her way to Fortree City for her sixth badge, confident that it'll be in her grasp before long. Her beloved Ninetales, who was named Deidra, was at her side, her majestic tails flowed in the brisk, ashy wind.
Endell was only thirteen, but she had a lot of experience about battling. Her long wavy hair was midnight black, but it often showed different values of brown in sunlight. She was tall for her age, being 5' 2" and a little over a hundred pounds. She wore a red T-shirt with black vines and roses being the design, grayish cargo pants that covered the majority of her black and white checkered shoes, and a thin pitch black sweater with shades of red all over.
She had a couple of battles on the way to keep her occupied. Even though none of them were a challenge to her, she thought of it as training.
"Okay, so it'll take about a week to reach the end of Route 112", She thought to herself. " I'm just going to do that and worry about the rest when I get to Mauville"
Her thoughts were interrupted by a mysterious figure staring right at her. Deidra glared and snarled at the man, but he just cracked a grin and walked away. Endell raised an eyebrow.
"What the heck was that?" She asked her Ninetales. "What a freak, looking at you like that..."
Deidra smirked at the figure who was walking to the horizon, giving the expression, "Whatever." Endell laughed as if Deidra really talked to her. It was easy for Endell to understand Deidra since they both had a very close spiritual relationship, sometimes it seemed liked Deidra actually used human speech and expressions. Endell had Deidra ever since she was a baby Vulpix. As they grew up with each other they developed a spiritual bond that is now so close they can talk to each other in their thoughts and feel one another's emotions.
The scorching summer sun finally settled to the west as Endell looked for a good place to spend the night. She found a flat area with a couple of tree stumps.
"This looks like a good place to sleep for the night". Endell said as she set down her backpack filled with Pokemon medicine, a month supply of food, and a few Pokeballs. She placed her sleeping bag by a tree stump and put some food in a pan over the fire Deidra made. As the insta-noodles cooked, Endell released her other three Pokemon, Bellosom, Skarmory, and Lanturn to feed them the usual Pokebrand Pokefood. After everybody ate, Endell and Deidra gazed at the trillions of stars in the night sky, trying to identify all of them while the other three went out and played by a pond.
It was about two hours after they ate, so Endell decided. "Alright guys, it's time to sleep. So whoever wants to return to their Pokeballs, step toward me".
Of course, everyone but Deidra stepped forward to return to the safety inside their Pokeballs. Deidra always wanted to be close to Endell, just as Endell always wanted to be close to Deidra.
The next morning was brisk and humid which woke Endell from her deep sleep. Deidra was still sleeping, purposely giving off her body heat and brushing it on Endell's light brown skin, which always soothed her and bring a smile to her face. She brought out her other Pokemon to feed them some berries she picked yesterday. She left some Razz berries by Deidra, for when she woke up, and went to the nearby pond to fill her water bottle. The next Route that led to Mauville was nothing but a stupid godforsaken sandstorm, so Endell had to stock up on as much water as she can.
When Deidra finally woke up, she stretched her lean body and her flawless golden fur glistened at the water's reflection. Endell double-checked the campsite and decided that they were set to go.
Now it was mid afternoon and Endell was surprised that she didn't see any trainers so far.
"Maybe they're too lazy to take the long way to Route 113". She said to Deidra with a smile. Deidra smiled and showed the expression of agreement. They talked to each other to pass the time.
It was hours since they saw a trainer and it was well in the evening. Endell grew suspicious at the short number of trainers in the road, and none of them even wanted to battle. A moment later, Deidra stopped dead in her tracks. Endell looked confused and asked.
"What's wrong, Deidra, did you see something?"
The Ninetales thrust her head forward, telling her to look forward. Endell looked straight ahead and her mouth dropped wide open. It was the mysterious figure from yesterday. He slowly approached the duo, reaching for a Pokeball from his belt. Deidra snarled even more than yesterday, then rashly released a flamethrower. The stranger quickly moved out of the way then grinned.
"That's a pretty aggressive Ninetales you have".
Endell narrowed her dark brown, almost black eyes then replied.
"She's aggressive for a reason. Now get out of the way, freak. I'm in a hurry".
The stranger laughed and said.
"Freak? My, my! What a feisty little trainer you are!"
"Shut up! You want to battle or what?!"
"Fine. But don't call me 'freak', ok?".
"Then you must have a name... Well?"
He completely ignored Endell and threw the Pokeball in the air. It released an eerie glow while sending out what seemed to be a huge crab with a star on its forehead.
"Make yourself useful Crawdaunt. Rain Dance, now!".
Crawdaunt said nothing and commanded rain from the heavens. Seconds later it was pouring, soaking Deidra and Endell to the bone. Endell didn't like how the stranger talked to his Crawdaunt like that, or making it rain this hard.
"Deidra, let's start out with a Confuse Ray!"
Black blobs with a yellow outline soon appeared over Deidra's front leg, then unleashed it toward the crab. The blobs made contact with Crawdaunt, slowly seeping inside it's head. The stranger looked distressed.
"What is wrong with you?! Rock Slide, NOW!"
The Crawdaunt just ran to a wall, badly hurting itself, but it still caused a massive landslide of boulders toward Deidra.
"Protect, Deidra!"
But it was too late. Masses of boulders crashed onto Deidra, she yelped due to the pain. The pouring rain didn't make anything better by turning some of the dirt to filthy mud.
"Deidra! Try to get up!"
Miraculously, Deidra squirmed her way out of the rock tomb and was willing to battle more. Crawdaunt shook its head and locked its eyes to Deidra's, showing that it regained sanity. The man seemed to have liked Deidra in pain.
"Well? Don't just stand there! Night Slash!"
Crawdaunt's right claw turned pitch black, over-flowing with dark energy, running toward Deidra at an incredibly slow pace. With no effort what so ever Deidra moved out of the way and answered Endell's thought by boiling the air around her. The hot air caught on fire and circled around Deidra, catching every nearby drop of rain and evaporating it from thin air. After building enough fire, Deidra unleashed a powerful Heat Wave that crashed onto Crawdaunt. The attack wasn't as strong as usual because of the rain which seemed to last forever. The stranger's temper was hotter than that Heat Wave.
"Ugh! You stupid piece of meat! Stop wasting my time and use Crabhammer!"
It took a while for Crawdaunt to recover from that heat wave, but it successfully landed a Crabhammer on Deidra. The spiteful rain, the horribly painful Rock Slide, and a direct Crabhammer finally took Deidra to the ground in defeat. Endell ran up to Deidra, assuring that she did her best and put up a good fight.
Then out of nowhere a Sludge Bomb landed on Deidra, making her shriek in pain.
"Hey! The battle's over! You won!"
Ignoring Endell, he ordered his Crawdaunt. "Waterfall."
The crab approached Deidra at an incredibly fast pace, delivering a bone-crushing Waterfall. Deidra couldn't take another hit like that.
"Stop! I said you won! Please, stop!"
"Blizzard".
Every drop of rain turned to ice, every blade of grass turned bitterly cold, and the air turned to a powdery snow. All of the frozen rain drops pelted Deidra, the cold grass froze her paws, and her tears were frozen solid and fell to the ground. Endell started to cry at a horrible sight; her best friend dying right in front of her eyes.
"I beg of you, please stop... stop killing my Ninetales!"
The stranger just cracked a familiar grin. Endell's eye's widened, whispering.
"No..."
"Crabhammer. One last time".
Crawdaunt's right claw turned to water, but since the blizzard was still whirling, it was more of an ice punch. In less than a second the final blow made contact with Deidra's head, cracking her skull. Deidra screamed so loud far away Swellow flew off into the distance.
"DEIDRA!!"
"Well that was a nice battle."
"What!?! my Ninetales, it's about to DIE!!"
"That's why it was fun!"
"YOU MONSTER!!"
"Am I?"
The stranger looked at Deidra, who was throwing up blood and laughed.
"Pathetic weakling. Can't handle a little battle? HAHAHA!!!"
Endell was furious at the man.
"That was no battle!! It's murder!!"
He just walked away and his laughter never stopped, just like the rain, washing away Deidra's blood.
It was midnight by now and Endell never took her eyes off of Deidra for one second. Endell kept saying that she'll be alright, that she'll make it through this. She felt Deidra's neck, it was warm, the kind of warm that Endell felt every morning. But all too quickly her neck turned cold, cold as that blizzard, Endell couldn't feel pulses anywhere. Deidra, who always had her eyes on her master, her best friend, her only reason of existence, finally couldn't keep eye contact anymore. Endell's eyesight went blurry with tears and she found her self sobbing, her tears mixing with the rain and Deidra's blood. Deidra rested her cold head on the colder grass and slowly closed her eyes. At that moment the spiritual tie broke. Forever...
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Can't wait for the next installment!
