"... Are you sure I should do this?"
"Yes, you evolved it and it still couldn't win a single fight."
"But..."
"Just leave it, it won't account to anything, anyway."
Broken, shattered, I lay there unmoving. My mistress had gone; left me to die. Her and that boy had not even bothered to heal me properly before throwing me out into the wild. ... Why? Why did she abandon me? I tried my hardest for her. I did everything she asked, but still it wasn't enough. Yes, I couldn't fight but, was that reason enough to throw me away?
Tears blurred my vision, but I couldn't even find the strength to brush them away. My normally golden coat was now a pallid yellow; I was a pale reflection of my former self.
I sighed. My heart ached painfully.
There was nothing I could do, nowhere I could go... So I just continued to lay there.
I became weaker and weaker with each passing hour, until eventually it was all I could do to hold my head up. Then, soon, the darkness came and I was lost to unconsciousness.
"Hey look... isn't that a Ninetales? What is it doing out here?"
"I dunno, don't ask me."
"Hm, maybe we can test to see if that rumour is true?"
"Rumour?"
"Yeah, you know, that one where they say a Ninetales can lay a curse on you if you tug on their tails."
"Huh... yeah. That's all just a load of rubbish. If that kind of thing could happen, then why would there be a bunch of Ninetales Trainers around here?"
"Hehe, yup, exactly! We could show all those silly kids that what they're always moaning and muttering about is not true."
Somehow, I found myself waking; coming back to the painful reality that I was reluctant to return to. Two blurry shadows stood before me, I blinked, but they remained where they were. It wasn't my imagination. What did they want? ... Was it... my mistress? Had she returned for me?
"I'll go ahead and do it, since you're too scared to!"
There were footsteps... My eyes were half-open, I could barely keep them that way. As I strained my eyes and ears, hoping against hope, it was she, a pain ran down my spine. I yelped, paws digging involuntarily into the dirt. It burnt...! I writhed, snarling, jaws snapping open and closed.
"What's... wrong with it? What's happening?"
"Quick, leg it!"
I yowled, then collapsed in a heap, panting heavily. Numbness now reigned where agony had began. I felt cold, as if the last of my energy had been drained from me, leaving my an empty husk. I sunk back into the darkness, letting it envelop me, not caring whether I never woke up. Nothing mattered anymore...
A feral Pokémon saved me! A Marill had awoke me, nudging me with its head, then offering me berries it had picked. It dropped them before me, then smiled encouragingly. Soon, more came. Many different kinds of Pokémon came to offer their help.
Every day it was the same. Slowly my strength returned. However, a cold fury had now settled in my heart. First, the abandonment, then someone had attempted to kill me off. ... I pondered on these thoughts all day, all night; laying there, pacing, sitting staring at the sun and, then when it set, the moon.
Soon, the realization came. Soon I understood. ... Humans were bad. There was nothing good about them. They must be punished.
I would make the ones who hurt me suffer first, then look for the worthless girl who had chosen to throw me aside.
Scarlet eyes glowed in the darkness of her room. The girl had just settled down to sleep for the night, curled up close to her toys and dolls. Her breathing was the only sound that could be heard. Until... She sat up suddenly, her breath released in an audible gasp. She could feel the stares of something... Something eerie. The air crackled and the temperature rose, until the child was looking through a shimmering effect. She pushed herself to the far corners of the bed, grasping at her closest teddy and holding it close.
The Ninetales quietly sat in the middle of the room, watching her. It's red eyes glinted, then shone; cloaking the walls, floor and ceiling in their light.
"Nine... tales."
I will punish you for your actions...... BURN FOREVER!
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Pokédex Entry 1: Ninetales casts a sinister light from its bright red eyes to gain total control over its foe's mind.
Pokédex Entry 2: Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse.
