Pokémon Platinum (Currently being rewritten as Pokémon: Platinum Chapter)

Chapter 10: Eterna Forest

[Chris' POV]

We all walk down the flower-covered path. I yawn and look into the sky, thinking. It's almost night time. I feel Dawn grab my hand, pulling me back into reality. I turn to her. She is smiling. Kirlia is sitting on her shoulder. We've been traveling at a faster pace due to the extended amount of time we spent in Floaroma Town. We left yesterday, when I fully recovered. Piplup is walking beside me and the four of us are right behind Monferno, Roark, and Barry. Dawn and I hold hands as we walk down the path. "How much longer are we going to walk?" I ask.

"A few more hours," Barry says. "We lost a lot of time."

I hear Dawn yawning as well. She leans against me as we walk. "Dawn and I are pretty tired."

Barry chuckles. He grabs a pokéball from his belt and throws it in the air. "Use Gust!"

His Staravia appears and blows a strong gust of wind at the two of us. When the wind stops, we're both wide awake. "Never mind."

He returns Staravia and continues walking. I sigh and let go of Dawn's hand. She pulls out a brush and starts to straighten her hair.

A few hours later, we reach the outskirts of a forest. "Alright," Roark says. "Let's call it a day."

I sigh and sit down in the grass. I put my backpack beside me. I stretch and lay down. Dawn lies next to me and grabs my hand. "You going to sleep?" she asks.

I nod. "Yeah. It's been a long day."

I close my eyes and Dawn puts her arms around me. I quickly fall asleep.

I wake to rustling leaves. The sky is dark, but is starting to light up. I slowly get out of Dawn's grip to not wake her. I walk to the edge of the forest, accidentally waking Piplup. Piplup steps in front of me and sees something. She runs into the bush and rolls out an egg. "An egg?"

Piplup nods. "Pip."

"Maybe we should leave it right here in case some pokémon are looking for it."

"Pip piplup pip," Piplup says.

"Maybe if no one comes looking for it, we can take it with us?" I guess.

Piplup nods. Ever since we started our journey, I feel like I've been able to understand Piplup more than other people. "Piplup."

"Okay, I'll watch it."

Piplup nods and sits with me as we watch the forest for other pokémon. Dawn even joined us when she woke up. When Roark finishes cooking he looks over to the three of us. "Breakfast is ready."

Dawn gets up and starts walking to Roark. "Come on."

Piplup sighs and gets up. "Pip."

She walks over to the others. I keep watching the forest for the egg's parents. I hear footsteps from behind me. I turn to see Barry with a plate. "It's been a while. I got some food for you."

I smile and take the plate. I start eating as Barry sits down next to me. "No luck, huh?"

I groan. "I thought the parents would be here by now."

"We're about to get going. Just take it with you. Maybe the parents will find us later."

I nod. Roark comes over with an incubator to put the egg in. I put the incubator with the egg in my bag and walk into the forest with the rest of the group.

We fight a few trainers, but we won't make it out of the gigantic forest for a few days. As we start of on our second day through the forest, we see a Buneary running from a Ponyta. "Bun buneary!"