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Breeze - Leafeon

MENTIONS BLOOD N GORE

Leafie sat in their room next to Evie. "Where did Glacie go?" they asked, tapping their foot. "I'm kid going out to look for her, stay here, if you feel scared go to Silver, she'll keep you safe," Leafie said, standing up. As they left they heard Evie get up to follow them. "Fine, you can come, just be careful and don't go far from me," they sighed. Evie smiled and ran to catch up to them, grabbing their hand. Leafie smiled back and began to exit the tent. "Be careful out there and be back before 5!" Leafie heard Esper shout from her room. "Alright!" they called back.
         Leafie and Evie walked around their side of the town and saw a human pacing around near the poké center. "Are you alright?" they asked. "No, a friend of mine said she'd meet me here, she hasn't arrived yet..." she said. "Oh, well i'm Leafie, you are?" Leafie asked. "Rachel," Rachel said. "Alright, and who is it you're waiting for?" they asked. "A girl named Glacie, she-" Leafie cut her off. "Wait, you've met Glacie? That's who i'm looking for too, she hasn't come back in a day, so i went to look for her. Did you see where she went when she left?" Leafie asked. "She went down that alley over there, on the other side of town. I don't know why, no one goes over there," she said. "We live on that side of town," they explained. "What?" Rachel asked. "Me, Glacie, Evie, Vapor and a few others live over there, at the little carnival circus tent thing," Leafie said.
        Rachel just stared. "You alright?" they asked. "Yeah, but most people say it's dangerous, which is why we can barely see over there," she said. "It's only dangerous if you get into fights or anger someone, otherwise you're fine," Leafie said. "Anyways, come on, we have to try and find Glacie." Rachel just nodded. Leafie grabbed her hand with their free one and took her and Evie over to where Rachel had last seen Glacie. Leafie held Evie's hand tightly and let Rachel stay behind them.
       Leafie looked down at a Buneary who was sitting on her doorstep. It was the one from the other day, who was at Esper's act. "You okay?" they asked. "Yeah! It's just, i thought that Glacie would come back, i saw her yesterday!" she said. "Did you see where she went?" Leafie asked. "That way, i think she tripped or something," Buneary said. "Thanks," Leafie said, walking forward.
       Leafie almost gasped when they saw a small pool of dried blood. "This must be Glacie's, but how did she even fall that badly?" they questioned. They saw a small trail of blood on the floor and small spots on the walls. "How has no one cleaned this up?" they asked. Both of them shrugged. The alley narrowed into a place where only one pokémon (or person) could fit through at a time.
          Leafie turned into a leafeon and Evie turned into a eevee, and then hopped on their back. Rachel let out a soft gasp. Leafie rolled their eyes and then remembered Rachel was a human. Leafie followed the trail and was stopped by a Granbull blocking their way. "Evie run!" they shouted, turning back and throwing Evie over his head. "RACHEL GO FIND ANOTHER WAY OUT!" they said, the Granbull trying to punch them. Leafie kicked him onto the ground and made sure Evie and Rachel got out safely, and found them both running to the carnival. "What is your problem!?" Leafie hissed at him. His eyes were a deep red.
He isn't himself, they realized. They swung around the corner and ran in the direction of the poké center. Their ears and tail flailed around in the breeze, and their eyes burned. Leafie looked behind them to see the Granbull still chasing after them. Just a little farther to go, they thought, seeing the poké center. They almost collapsed as the entered, turning into a leafeon again. Humans stared at them curiously. Leafie's eyes went wide as they heard stomping. They stormed out of the way as the doors burst open. Some of them screamed, others just stared even more curiously and a little cautiously. Leafie sent a cascade of leaves at the Granbull, causing it to faint.
         They sighed happily as Nurse Joy rushed out to see the commotion. Leafie laid down to rest next to the counter, exhausted. The Nurse Joy picked them up and took them with her. Maybe she's going to heal me, i guess i did- their thoughts were cut off by Nurse joy going down a couple stairs. Stairs?!? They thought. They jumped out of her arms and turned into a human. "What the-?" she said. Leafie rushed out and jumped over the Granbull, swerving as they left. Leafie ran and ran all the way back, tired. They almost fainted twice as they ran. As they got to the door they saw Rachel and Evie waiting for them.
     "Hi-" they said, out of breath. Evie waved at them and Rachel helped them up. Leafie thanked her and walked inside to see Esper peeking out of her room. "Are you alright? Who's she?" Esper asked. "This is Rachel," they wheezed. "Oh dear, come on, you need to sit down," Esper said helping Leafie over to a seat. "Tell me everything."
     Leafie and Rachel did their best to explain everything they had collected. Esper looked shocked. "Have you seen Glacie? Has she come back?" Leafie asked. Esper shook her head. "Not that i know of," she said. Leafie sighed. "She'll come back soon, i hope," they said, "and  Vapor. He's the reason she left." "He is her brother..." Esper said.
      "I need some sleep, come on Evie," they said. "Rachel you can stay in Joltie and Flares old room, the one with the yellow and red curtain, it's empty now," Esper said. Leafie felt sad just remembering their deaths. Leafie began walking to their room, when they smelled something that smelled like it was rotting. It's probably just my imagination. They sat down on their bed and passed out immediately.
        Leafie woke up about an hour later to someone screaming. They rushed out of their room to see Rachel standing looking scared outside of Joltie and Flares old room. "What is it?" they asked. Rachel just ran to the nearest trash can and threw up. What's in there that could make someone puke? They thought in horror. They slid the curtain aside and-
      Laid there was Glacie's rotting corpse. Chunks of flesh were missing and her leg was broken. "How did this happen?" they stuttered. Two figures rose from the shadows. Joltie and Flare, but their skins were different shades of greens, Flare's limbs were stitched back together, Joltie had a giant stab wound through his heart, and they both had blood dripping from their mouths. "WHAT THE FUCK?" they shouted. Joltie and Flare looked concerned. "I thought you were against cussing?" Joltie asked. "Yeah, what happened to that?" Flare followed up. Leafie's heart raced.
      "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?" they spat. "We got hungry-" they started. "THEN GET OUT OF THE FUCKING ROOM AND GET ACTUAL FOOD AND NOT EAT YOUR BEST FRIENDS FUCKING SISTER YOU ACTUAL FREAKS!?!" Leafie cried, dropping to the floor next to Glacie. Leafie noticed writing on her blood stained notepad.
                     "Vapor"
               "Poké center"
                      "Down stairs"
     Leafie remembered they were about to be taken down there, where Vapor was, before they escaped. They felt sick. They hugged Glacie's body tightly. "Wait, if you two managed to come back to life..." they said. "Maybe she could too..."
      Leafie put all three into their pokéballs, making sure Joltie and Flare couldn't hurt anyone else. Rachel looked up from the trash can for a second before going back to vomiting. Leafie held the notepad in one hand and a small bag with the pokéballs in the other, running into the poké center. The Nurse Joy from before saw them and looked a bit confused. The place was closed now, so it was only them. "Please," they finally said, handing her the bag.
      Nurse Joy put the pokéballs in the machine and it healed them, but only Glacie to half health. "Can you try hers again?" they asked, pointing to Glacie. "Fine," the nurse said. Glacie was finally at full health when Leafie heard something.
Tap.
      Tap.
            Tap.
                  Tap.
                       Tap.
                             Tap.
                                   Swish.
                                            BANG.
     Leafie felt something hit their head and then saw Nurse Joy take all three of their friends and then the one who hit them took them down the stairs, hopefully to Vapor.