Inside And Out (Rewrite In Progress!)

Chapter One

7 Years Later

Click. Creeeeak...

I shot up out of my bed at the sudden noise. 'What in the world would that be?' As I quietly crept toward the bedroom door, I glanced at the window to my right. I could see my light green fur, and white mane in the reflection. I could see my eyes as well, one of which was a bright, warm shade of amber yellow. The other however, was completely black. A constant reminder of what had happened the one time I'd left the den. I frowned at the thought, and turned back to the door. I put my paw on the knob, and slowly opened the door. I heard two voices in the main room of the den. "So, this is it, huh?" "Yeah, seems strangely well taken care of for a place that's been abandoned for so long." I froze just behind the corner. 'Someone's... here? Oh... oh no. I need to get out of here. Now.' I quietly ran back to my room, and grabbed my bag. I turned back and ran to the back exit. I swung the door open, slamming it into the wall. I ran into the woods. I heard whoever was in the den yell, but I couldn't tell what they said. I ran through the dark forest for who knows how long. The forest didn't have any signs of life at all, except for the occasional bug type. 'Huh, strange. I thought there'd be more pokemon in this forest....' I let that thought linger, and continued running. Soon, I started to get a bit tired. I slowed down, and stopped next to a tree. I looked around, just to make sure no one was around, then I laid down, and fell asleep.

I suddenly woke up. It was still nighttime, so that meant something had woken me up. I quickly stood up, and listened for any noises. A very faint sound caught my attention. It sounded almost as if something had been slammed into something very large, and hard. Almost like a tree. I looked in the direction of the noise, but I couldn't see anything too far ahead. I quietly ran in the direction of the noise, while sometimes glancing at my surroundings. I heard the noise one more time, but it was much closer. I came across a clearing, and I could make out 4 figures. 3 of them were facing a tree, and one seemed to have been thrown at the tree. 'So that's what the noise was... but what's going on here?' I watched as the figure against the tree slowly stood up, but was hit with a flamethrower. I continued to watch, but readied a shadow claw. I began to creep up behind the 3 figures, who I soon recognized to be a Houndoom, Luxio, and an Umbreon. I couldn't see the 4th figure very well, so I wasn't sure what it could be. I heard them talking. "Ha! Weakling!" "What're you gonna do now? We've got you surrounded!" "Heh, they can't do anything now, should we finish em' off?" I heard a weak male voice come from in front of them. "P-please... s-stop...." He sounded incredibly weak, almost unable to talk. "Ha, listen to his voice! We should just finish him here, he's gone through enough." I let out a low growl, my shadow claw ready. "Hm?" 'Great, so much for a stealthy approach.' The Houndoom turned his head to look at me. I instantly shot myself at him, and slashed his side. He screamed, and fell to the ground. I turned to the other two. They stared at me in shock. "W-what... what are you...?" I stared at them. "Take your friend and get out of here, before I slit both of your throats." They turned to each other. The Luxio picked up the Houndoom, and the two ran off into the woods, the Houndoom on the Luxio's back. I turned to face the pokemon against the tree. I could see what it was now, a Flareon. It had fainted around the time I'd been noticed. It was terribly wounded, and was just barely living. 'Arceus, what did they do to you...' I pulled out my map, and looked for the nearest settlement or town. There was one about a mile away. I put my map back into my bag, and got the Flareon on my back. "Hang in there..." I turned, and ran in the direction of the town.