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The forest is dark and chilly . The whispers of other night-owllish creatures can be heard around, dancing through the trees and into sensitive ears.
One such night-owl, a purple furred Meowth wearing a white scarf, is simply on a nightly stroll, when it happens.
All is quiet rustling of leaves and undeciphered murmurs, and then the sky cracks open.
It sounds just like one would think, or, maybe less so. It is akin to that of a loud bang of thunder, the kind that comes before a mass of rain floods an unfortunate area.
Screams sound. Nearly everyone who watches has the same terrified thought. The Ultra Beasts? Were they rampaging again? Hadn't they made peace? Were there more?
But no, the source of it is something far more insignificant.
Currently.
Back to the issue at hand, though.
With frenzied thoughts whirring in their heads, most are starting to flee, and our Pokemon of prior mention is about to do so herself, the sound building and quickly becoming unbearable.
But then, she sees it. A small black silhouette hurling towards the ground, the light from the portal seeming to reflect off them.
And before the she's even thought about the pros and cons of it, Caprico's off on all fours.
Her padded paws pelt against the forest floor, hardly making a sound, and as she heads for the middle of the forest, she has trouble convincing herself that this isn't a horrible idea.
She wishes she was going the other way.
She then looks up, trying to catch sight of the creature through the trees, but can't find anything.
Worry spreads through her chest like ice, and she tries to push herself faster, almost falling in the process.
She knows she won't possibly make it there before the other pokemon falls, she was too far away, and she wasn't all that fast. But maybe she could at least help in the aftermath. Leaving them there after she saw them fall didn't seem like an option. Well, it was, but it wasn't a very appealing one.
A thought of, I wish Dakota was here, crosses her mind more than once, but she shakes it away, and she continues to run.
A small while into her running, her breathing laboured, she hears a creak, and at first she dismisses it. But as the sound continues, and gradually seems to be getting closer, she scans her surroundings, and there's a tree coming right for her.
She screeches in shock, and leaps backwards, the trees burrowing into the spot she was in seconds ago, barks shards and leaves flying.
Caprico lands on her side, which throbs in a pulsing pain. She pants, eyes blown wide and terrified, then shakily raises to her back paws. I almost died. Oh God, I should've ran away.
With that thought though, the Meowth is pretty sure that's she's come too far to just back down. So she hops the tree in an easy bound and then she's running again.
You better not be dead when I get there, pokemon.
Snowflake darts awake at a loud thundering noise.
She reflexively covers her head with her paws. And then her ears because, wow, that honestly hurts a lot. The Vulpix looks around, necklace swishing and nose twiching, before sighing in slight relief at the sight of her friend.
"Dakota, you know what that was?"
Dakota, a Riolu, shakes his head, golden fur standing on edge, while gently trying to massage his ears from the asult.
"No idea."
Snowflake lowers her paws and shuffles to her feet. She looks around, expression one of budding concern.
"Where's Capri?"
A beat passes.
The two exchange glances.
"Shit."