The Fox and the Mouse

"Stupid hag," thought the Vulpix. "I knew it. He's just TRYING to give me nightmares with his dumb folktales." (He pronounced it like fawk-tales). "I don't know HOW Zeeri loves that guy so much. I mean, come on, all he does is think up this crazy stories and tells 'em to us! He probably came up with those at the asylum."

Zeeri was a Cyndaquil and was Cinch's (the Vulpix) best friend.She wore a necklace with a gray rock on it, and she loved hearing folktales and stories from the village's wise one, a Golduck named Oldtell. Cinch despised Oldtell. No one really knew why. "Because he's an old lying rat," Cinch would say. But apart from that, Cinch was very nice.

Cinch got up and walked out of his hollow in the tree. He walked to the village market to get himself some breakfast. He paid twelve leaves (those were Pokemon currency) for some breakfast(a Barboach). Halfway through his meal, Zeeri came waddling up to him. "Hey, Cinch! What's up? Hey, are you doing anything today? I wanna go to-" "The 10th Annual Storytelling Festival, yes, I know." Cinch said blankly. "It'll be really cool. Trust me." "Fine..."

At the festival, Zeeri and Cinch (he was being extremely stubborn) walked over to Oldtell. Zeeri and Cinch sat down and (one of them reluctantly) listened. "Far in the West.... across the Sea... there are humans." Cinch perked his ears up a tiny bit. "Even farther west than the humans...there is an island. An island with unspeakable Pokemon. On that island, normal Pokemon mutated into terrible, terrible, things." Cinch got a tiny tiny bit interested. "On that island... Is the Pokemon Of Darkness." Cinch was not being stubborn any more. "That Pokemon is more dangerous than Mewtwo was when he was evil. Only one Pokemon can conquer it. No one knows what Pokemon that is." Cinch was giving his full attention to Oldtell now.

The day after, Cinch paid many leaves for an HM Surf. "But we can't use those," Zeeri said. "Ohhh yes we can!" Cinch called over another one of his friends, a Dragonair. He used the HM on Dragonair and they set off. Zeeri was uneasy.

The trip was long. The three had forgotten to bring food and water, and they couldn't sleep while riding on Dragonair. It was like trying to lay on a broom. After a few days, a faint seashore was visible. Finally, they were there. They landed and fell asleep instantly on the shore.

Cinch woke up first. He had had a strange dream about something weird and pink that was talking about the West. "Man... it's all that dumb Oldtell's fault. He keeps cramming these freaky dreams into my head." He kept trying to convince himself that he hated Oldtell, but he wasn't doing very well. He didn't particularly LIKE him, but he didn't hate him, either.

Zeeri ran (or waddled really fast) over to Cinch. "Cinch! We're on the Western Shore!" "So?" "So the humans are here!!" she hissed. Cinch hadn't seen any, but he agreed. "We have to get through here, quick!" Dragonair came over and said he could swim them over to the south side of the region. "Because that's the wilderness area." he had replied.

About an hour later, Zeeri and Cinch leaped off of Dragonair's back, and walked ashore. About a hundred yards away from where they landed, a line of trees was visible. "We can spend the night here." Zeeri said happily. "But we need food!" Cinch cried. "Leave that to me." Dragonair said darkly. "Okay...?" Zeeri and Cinch said in unison.

"Once Dragonair had gone out of sight to get some food, Zeeri said, "Hey Cinch." "What?" he replied. "Let's explore." Cinch felt his temper rising. "Are you crazy??? Dragonair is gone! He'd freak if we weren't here! And besides, it's our luck that we'd probably get caught or something!" That shut her up. She really hated humans but said, "Cinch! Places like this are way too rough for some little ten-year-old who wants to catch wimpy Pokemon like Caterpie or something!! The only humans that would be here must be really tough, and those are the adults. And all the human adults have these things called 'jobs'. So they're too busy to come here." Cinch though of a very nasty reply, but he didn't say it.

Dragonair came back with grapes and oranges (he had them in the bag Cinch had tied around his neck earlier). "May I ask where you got those?" Cinch asked. "Swam to the human wharf. Went to the market. Stole." Dragonair said dully. "Ahhh good," Zeeri replied happily. "They deserve it."

Cinch catapulted himself at the human and attacked. He used Flame Wheel, Ember, and Bite repeatedly. "Ow! Ow!!!! Stupid Vulpix!!!!" screeched the human as he kicked Cinch away. Then Dragonair wrapped himself around the Bayleef and its breathing began to slow. Zeeri used Quick Attack on Bayleef. With a soft groan, it fell over, unconscious.

Zeeri and Dragonair ran over to Cinch. With a growl, he said, "This is MY fight! Leave this jerk to me!" Then, he closed his eyes and began to gather energy. Suddenly, his eyes glowed white and with a cry of "VULLLLLLLL!!!!!" he used Hyper Beam!

The three fell back to sleep. In the morning, they ate the last of their fruit and set off for the Western Island. It was a long way from the island they were at ( the Langen region ), so Dragonair got to eat a bit more than the others.

340 miles later, Cinch, Zeeri, and Dragonair landed on a beach with black sand. There were very few trees on the island, and the trees that were there were all dead. If there was grass anywhere, it was scorched and black. "Wow." said Cinch. "Not exactly the place for a picnic, eh?" There were a few ponds, and one waterfall, but the water was dark and murky. It was not a happy place.

They trudged on through the sand, until they got to a weird burrow. The burrow was on the edge of a cliff, so that was the only way to go. Cinch squeezed through first, followed by Dragonair and then Zeeri. On the inside, there were no skylights or torches. It was pitch dark.

Suddenly, they heard a terrible sound. If you could ever hear the sounds of a dying donkey, a moaning cat, and an injured bear, all combined, that was what it sounded like. "AI!!! WHAT THE HECK IS-" Zeeri screamed (something had brushed across her face). Cinch put his paw on her mouth. "Shut it," he said, not being rude, but trying to make them unnoticed. "I don't think we're alone."

Then, torches were illuminated on the walls like dominoes. As the burrow grew lighter and lighter, the three saw terrible, terrible things surrounding them. Their heads were round, and they had blonde hair, which looked like it was that of a teenage girl. They had no eyes or nostrils, just a mouth with two rows of sharklike teeth. They had four legs, without fingers or toes, and they positioned the legs like a spider. They could walk on two or all of their legs. The things were tannish-brown, and were all over the sides and the ceiling and the ground of the tunnel. Zeeri gawked.

"I guess Oldtell was right." Cinch said quickly. Then one of the things spoke. "We Pokemon. Me and us hungry! You not know what we are?" Then it spat on the ground as it threw a dirty Pokedex at them. Probably from a human they ate, Dragonair thought. Cinch read it aloud. "Chondon. Tunnel Pokemon. Type: Ground/Dark. Info: Chondon live in groups of 20 or more..." Oh great, thought Cinch. All the more to eat us. "...and they like to eat any kind of meat or bone. They can "see" with their sensitive blonde whiskers."

All of a sudden, Dragonair launched himself at the group and began to attack. This must have boosted the others' courage, because they attacked too. It appeared that the Chondon knew Dig, Crunch, Rock Tomb, and Quick Attack (although some of the bigger ones knew Ancientpower).

Cinch was using Hyper Beam, Ember, and Flame Wheel on the repulsive creatures. Zeeri used Quick Attack, Swift, Ember, and Smokescreen on the Chondon. Then, while using Swift, one of the Chondon jumped on her and tore her necklace off. The Chondon all jumped back as a white light as bright as the Sun suddenly surrounded Zeeri. Cinch and Dragonair had to look away to avoid going blind. Then the light died down, and where Zeeri had been stood a Quilava!

Zeeri said (in a different, slightly lower and richer voice) "Ignore me. Keep fighting!!" Then she opened her mouth and lava blasted out of it as she used Lava Plume. Meanwhile, Cinch catapulted himself at a Chondon as he extended his claws and breathed fire on them. They glowed red and he started ripping at a Chondo so fast that his claws were a blur. He was breathing fire all over the Chondon as well.

Finally, after the battle was over, no less than 27 Chondon lay dead around them. Zeeri walked over to her necklace (she didn't waddle anymore) and picked it up. Cinch picked up the Pokedex for future reference, and they ran out of the burrow as fast as they could.

After Cinch, Zeeri, and Dragonair woke up, they kept on going towards the north side of the island. "Because that's the likeliest-" "Is that a word?" "the likeliest place for the Pokemon Of Darkness to be." Cinch had said (Zeeri had interrupted).

In about an hour, they all got tired so they stopped to take a rest in a forest clearing(Remember- all of the trees were dead). A small rabbit-like creature stepped out of the shadows of the trees. It looked like a rabbit except for the fact that it had a sharp tail end , white eyes, and a spike coming out of each ear. "Hey, Dragonair, can you get me the Pokedex?" Cinch asked. Dragonair gave it to him and Cinch looked up the rabbit-thing.

"Bumglum," the Pokedex said in its droning computer voice,"The Deciever Pokemon. Type: Normal/Dark. Info: Bunglum lives in forests, where it eats constantly to be strengthened before it evolves. A Moon Stone or a Dusk Stone is used to evolve this Pokemon."

Zeeri went up to it and spat fire in its face. The Bunglum made a small noise, but did nothing else. Zeeri then punched it hard. Again, a small noise was emitted from the tiny Bunglum. Finally, Zeeri laid on her side with her back to the Bunglum and her back exploded in the poor rabbit's face. "Just checking to see if it's dangerous." Zeeri said.

Dragonair noticed two shadows coming out of the forest. He couldn't make out what they were but he ecould tell they weren't good. "Cinch...Zeeri....There's something coming out-" He didn't finish his sentence because something large and white leaped out from the tree line and tackled him. "Crap!" Cinch fumed. The thing attacking Dragonair had a bunny's head, white eyes, six legs with three toes and three sharp talons(not claws like a bear, they were the talons of a bird) on each, a tail with two spikes on it, and two curvy spikes on each ear. The other shape that was flying out of the forest has the head of a rabbit, white eyes, six huge wings, a tiny wing on the end of its tail, and two curvy spikes on each ear. Cinch's eyes balled as he made a stunning realization....."Mom and Dad are here!!!!" he shrieked, telling Zeeri to check the Pokedex, and fast.

Zeeri checked the flying one first. "Raboost. Flying Bunny Pokemon. Type: Dark/Flying. Info: This Pokemon evolves from Bunglum with a Moon Stone. It flies around in the sky, using almost no effort to keep it aloft." Then she checked the other one. "Clarab. Talon Rabbit Pokemon. Type: Dark. Info: Clarab is a carnivore, eating any small creature that gets in its way. These Pokemon are very fierce, so use caution around them."

Cinch flew at the Clarab, using the claw-blur attack he had used on the Chondon. Dragonair jumped into the air and, surprisingly, found that he could float around as if in anti-gravity. A few seconds after this discovery, he soared over to the Raboost. Right before he hit the Raboost, he began to fly in circles. "He's using Twister!" Zeeri said, glancing momentarily up at Dragonair and then returning to her fight.

Dragonair went around in at least twenty circles, and gathered up momentum as he did so. At about the fourtieth circle(he was going about seventy miles an hour), he came out of the twister and slammed into Raboost with a WHAM!!! Raboost was instantly knocked out, as it is hard to endure the feeling of something slamming into you as fast as a car on a highway.

Zeeri was fighting the Clarab with Cinch. She opened her mouth and lava gushed out of it onto one of the Clarab's feet. It screeched in pain. Then, it attempted to shake it off and dug its teeth into Cinch's back. "YAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Cinch fainted.

Dragonair flew back down to Zeeri and fell on the ground. Zeeri groaned. How would she fight off this mutant bunny by herself? Then, (he had been gathering energy) flames that were blue, purple, and black leapt out of Dragonair's mouth at the Clarab. While he was spitting the flames, he was whipping Clarab with his tail. Finally, it was knocked out.

After they woke up from the nap, they kept on walking toward the north side of the island (that was where the Pokemon Of Darkness was supposed to be). As they walked, there were less trees and it became a cold wasteland(it was considerably colder in the forest than it was on the beach). In their fourth mile of walking they noticed a figure walking toward them. They went up to it.

It was a white Pokemon, with a blade on its forehead that looked like a backwards Z with and elongated top line. It had spines on its back that looked like black lightning bolts, and it had two claws on each foot. Two claws that looked remarkably familiar...
"It reminds me of an Absol," Cinch stated. "Its claws look like they were cut and pasted from one. Don't you think so, Zeeri?" "Yeah," Zeeri replied.

"Felack. Mutation Pokemon. Type: Normal. Info: Felacks came to be when a scientist performed an experiment on an Absol, and it went wrong. Felacks evolved from the mutated Absol." the robotic voice said.

"Greetings, friends.You are on an exiled island, one that has not been visited for decades. The Pokemon of Darkness is very near. Leave the island immediately if you want to live a peaceful life." the Felack said in a calm voice. Cinch snorted. "No offense, Mr. Felack, but we had peaceful lives till we got into the burrow. That was enough chaos for one lifetime. But we kept going! On and on! Until we found what we came for."

They kept on walking toward the north, until an extremely large rock came into view. It was about one hundred and fifty feet tall. "Wow." Cinch mouthed, for he was too stunned to speak. Then, a small pink creature came out of the hole in the rock. "No way!! It's...It's..." Cinch finished the sentence for Zeeri. "Mew!"

"Hello, Cinch. Zeeri. Dragonair. I see you are seeking to defeat the Pokemon Of Darkness. I will help you defeat it, for I know where it keeps its lair and I know you will need help. But together, we can beat it." The three agreed, but Dragonair was a little hesitant. Something didn't seem right.

Mew told them to follow it, so they followed it into the hole in the rock. They went through a gigantic cave, with water dripping from the walls and Zubat hanging overhead. After many,many, turns and winding passages, they reached a stone door. Mew stopped them. "This is where the creature is. Make sure you are ready, then say the word, and we shall go." After a few minutes of preparation, Cinch told Mew they were ready. Mew opened the door.

Suddenly, Mew turned black. His shape changed, until his legs grew longer and claws sprouted out, and his tail turned into a head, and his eyes glowed red. Then a helmet came out of nowhere and placed itself on Mew's head and the head kept changing, until all you could see of the head was two rows of sharp teeth and two pupiless, red eyes.

"Haahahahhaa... You stupid creatures thought you were safe...You thought you could conquer ME, The Pokemon Of Darkness, so terrible it can't be named....Fortunately, one of you is wiser than the other two. Dragonair knew I was not Mew. Mew would not lead three innocent Pokemon to their deaths. It seemed that Cinch and Zeeri did not know that, however..." The Dark Pokemon growled. Then it leaped at Cinch and used Shadow Ball on him. His head was instantly clouded with terrible thoughts, so he couldn't concentrate on fighting. Then The Pokemon Of Darkness disappeared, and the whole room went black. Then The Dark Pokemon came out of nowhere and slammed into Cinch (it had used Shadow Force) and Cinch was unconscious.

Zeeri attempted to use Lava Plume, but The Dark Pokemon turned the lava black and made it fly towards Zeeri. She moaned, and then The Darkness Pokemon changed again. Its tail-head became a normal head again, and it became furry. The helmet disappeared from its head, and its nose grew into a snout. A tiny gold clock formed on its chest, but instead of numbers around the rim, all there was was the word "midnight" over and over again. A large black wolf with a clock on its chest stood in front of Zeeri.

Dragonair tried to use Slam on the Pokemon, but it was useless. He tried to use Dragon Rage, but his fire had gone. Now all he could do was send out puffs of indigo smoke. The Pokemon Of Darkness had stolen his fire. It tackled Dragonair,and as it did so, its entire body went up in a black blaze, like a phoenix. Dragonair was barely clinging to consciousness when something appeared in front of them. The Pokemon Of Darkness' jaw dropped.

It had an extremely light purple skin color. Its tail was a deep purple, and it had three fingers on each hand. It had a cord that connected the back of its head to its neck. It was.......
"Mewtwo." Dragonair whispered.

The black wolf got off of Dragonair, and walked toward Mewtwo. "So," it spat, "ickle Mewie is here to wescue his ickle friends." Mewtwo remained silent. "I thought you were busy with your pal Mew, keeping the world in order and such." This time Mewtwo replied. "I am doing so. The world is unbalanced with you in it." "Well guess what Mewtwo? The world is unbalanced with YOU in it too. But of course, that's only when we're using the Ugliness and Prettiness scales. You put quite a bit of weight on the Ugliness si-" It never finished its sentence, because Mewtwo flung a dark blue ball of power at it and it was knocked out.

It was sunny in the square of the Pokemon village. Mew was waiting for them there, the real Mew. "Hello my friends. I heard from Mewtwo that you were confronting the Pokemon Of Darkness." "Yes, Mew, we were, and we were foolish to do so." Dragonair said. "Do not despair. I have come to explain. I presume you have all heard the legend of Darkrai and Rapidash?" "Yes." the three replied. "In that story, there is a Quilava and a Vulpix. Cinch, the Vulpix is your great-grandfather." Cinch couldn't speak, he was so surprised. "Zeeri, the Quilava was your great-grandfather." It had the same effect on Zeeri. "Zeeri, there are more facts to reveal. Your necklace had a stone on it, as you know. You probably wondered why you evolved as soon as the stone was removed. The truth is that that was an Everstone. Also, Cinch, never despise me. Now, I must leave. Mewtwo and I have pressing matters to speak of. I bid you three farewell, and luck to you all." And with that, he was gone.

Cinch, Zeeri and Dragonair never spoke of their journey to anyone. Cinch figured out why Mew had said "never despise me". "He was Mew in disguise! Oh, what an idiot I was!" So, after that, Cinch used his manners when talking to Oldtell. The Pokemon Of Darkness was imprisoned, Mew was among them. The adventure was over.


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