The Ereri Project (#2)

Frozen (Pokémon)

"S-sorry about this A-arcanine," Eren shivers.

The great fire-dog makes a noise that Eren interprets something like, "It's okay, I'm just glad to be out of my ball for a while."

Eren is perched on his Pokémon's back as they trudge through the blizzard. Eren regretted not letting Levi talk him into bringing a parka.

He was expecting to come back before the height of winter so he only brought his coat that only did a mediocre job of keeping the wind from stinging his skin.

He really hates early storms.

Normally Arcanine would have no problem running through snow like this but they were in the forest leading to Levi's farm and they can't see to dodge trees quick enough.

"I'm going t-t-to get you a n-nice big snack and a good grooming session o-once we're out of this storm, okay bo..."

Arcanine is confused by Eren's voice trailing off, a moment later he panics when he feels his trainer sliding off his back.

Arcanine growls and shifts his weight to try and keep Eren from falling but the brunet ends up laying in the snow, accidentally falling on his belt and releasing Marowak.

The skull headed Pokémon looks around with confusion and then notices Eren laying in the snow. She starts to panic as well. Arcanine curls up around his trainer, attempting to keep him warm.

"Go find help," he tells Marowak.

Marowak, nervous as she always is, is afraid of getting lost. But she's even more nervous that there could be something wrong with Eren to she breaks off into a run, memorizing her path.

She gets to the farm in no time and uses her bone club to knock on the door.

"Marowak?" Levi asks when he opens the door.

In a panic, she can barely speak but she tries to tell him she needs help. "Slow down," Levi says, kneeling in front of her and petting her head.

"What's the matter?" He looks past her into the snow. "Where are Eren and the others?"

She whines and points toward the forest.

"The forest."

She nods vigorously.

Levi looks confused. "What are they doing out there in this weather?"

Marowak can't talk so she tries to act it out. She rubs her arms and shakes like she's shivering and then falls over with her eyes closed.

"What?" Levi asks. He tries to piece it together. "Is someone hurt?"

She nods, whining again.

"But then why isn't..." Levi's eyes widen. "Is Eren hurt?"

More frantic nodding. Levi hurries to put on his coat and boots and finds a blanket.

He gets his Rapidash and saddles her up before picking up Marowak. "You can lead me to him, right?" he asks.

Marowak nods. Rapidash has no trouble cutting through the blizzard, the fire of her hooves melts the snow beneath her quickly so it isn't long before they find a thick mound of snow.

Marowak jumps out of Levi's arms in a panic. "Maro –"

She climbs on the mound and shoves the snow away. Levi gasps, that's Arcanine. He gets off of Rapidash and helps Marowak clear the snow away. Arcanine looks at Levi weakly. "Where's Eren?" he asks.

Arcanine moves to show him Eren lying beneath him.

Levi hugs the fire-dog and pets him. "Good boy, you're such a good boy," he says. "Thank you so much. As soon as we get home I'll run you a nice, warm bath, okay."

Levi pulls Eren out from under Arcanine and finds his pokéballs to put Arcanine away. "Do you wanna go back in your ball too Marowak?" he asks.

She shakes her head and hands Levi the blanket.

Levi wraps Eren up before getting him up on Rapidash and putting Marowak up on her back as well.

As soon as they're back in the house, Levi let's all of Eren's Pokémon out so they can warm up outside of their balls.

His Gardevoir and Roserade get blankets and warm food for all of them.

Levi gets Eren out of his wet clothes and into warm ones before tucking him into bed.

Sylveon immediately abandons her food and blanket in favor of offering what heat she has to keep Eren warm. He doesn't wake up until a few hours later and with a cold.

Levi can't express his relief to see the brunet alive and breathing. "Thank goodness," he says.

"What happened?" Eren sniffles, sitting up.

Sylveon looks up at him from his lap and smiles, also relieved. "You nearly killed yourself and your Arcanine is what," Levi chastises. "The two of you would've frozen to death if Marowak hadn't come to find me."

"Marowak?"

Levi smiles at the skull-headed Pokémon sleeping beside Arcanine. "I know she's usually anxious but your girl can be pretty brave when she needs to be."

Eren smiles. "She's good like that."

Levi flicks Eren's ear. "The next time I tell you to bring a bigger coat with you, you better fucking do it, are we clear?"

Eren frowns. "Yes sir."