Four Paws and A Tale

Chapter 7: Pixie

Ugh, this creep again, look at him, lying on his back, drool running down the corner of his mouth, stupid Eevee, what a pathetic furball. Damn, I can't remember what happened, I do have a killer headache though.

Uh, looking around now, where am I? I don't recognise this place, time to leave. I'll give him one last glare before I go, he even looks like an idiot when he's sleeping. I hope he has a headache as bad as mine when he wakes up.

Anyway, time to go, what is this place? It reminds me of Sharpedo Bluff, I'm making my way down a stone corridor when I come out into the cave's main atrium. My mouth drops, there are Pokémon milling about all over the place, the sooner I get out the better.

There, what looks like a door on the far side. Keeping to the wall I slowly make my way around the edges towards the exit. I don't know what this place is, but I have to get out of here, now. I reached the exit and was about to pass through it when I heard voices.

An Arcanine, large with glossy fur, and a gorgeous mane. Damn, maybe this place isn't so bad after all. Come on, notice me, notice me! (Senpai!) Ah, he looked at me! He made eye contact and smiled, I couldn't help it, I giggled at him, he laughed heartily and walked past. He's dreamy. A Rotom floated after him, not so dreamy.

"Glad to see you're doing better."

I yelped and jumped backwards peering at the Pokémon who had startled me, when did he get there? It was a Tirtouga, just sitting there with a dopey smile.

"Please don't scare me like that."

"Right, sorry, feeling better?"

"Yes thank-you, not that I really remember what happened, so I got a few questions; who are you, where am I, how did I get here and what happened?"

He opened his mouth to reply when a Gligar jumped atop his shell.

"Hiya, I'm Glair and this is Tertle."

What is with these Pokémon and scaring me?

"As for where you are, well this is Alpha's crossing, Pokémon come here when they die, and they pick a Pokémon they'd like to be, and then Arceus brings them back to life as that Pokémon! Mind you, you won't remember anything about your previous life. As for how you got here, you died! Surprise!"

"O-oh-okay."

"Wait there was one more question, uh, what was it, wait don't tell me! Got it! 'what happened?' am I right! Well what happened is, you died! Yay!"

This Gligar is scaring me more every second, if she's telling the truth and I really am dead, but then, that Arcanine...

*Smack*

Damn that Tirtouga looks annoyed, he just slapped, what was her name? Glair? Yeah, he just slapped her off his shell, I don't know how, I wouldn't have thought his flipper (flipper?) could reach that far.

He sighed before starting his explanation.

"Pay her no mind, she's delusional, no you're not dead."

Ha, that Arcanine will be mine yet.

"I'm Tertle, she's Glair. This is Simipour's Safehouse/Guild, as for what happened and how you got here, well we found you in the woods being attacked by savage Pokémon."

Now I remember but I wish I didn't, it sent shivers down my spine.

"We scared them off and then you're Eevee friend showed up."

Excuse me, friend? Not with that perverted creep, no thanks!

"He thought we had attacked you and he was quick to protect you from further harm, even going so far as to challenge us to a 2-on-1 fight."

He did what?

"Once we cleared things up he carried you all the way here, so you could get some help."

...

I couldn't think of anything to say except:

"Oh."

"Speaking of him, is he getting some rest?"

"Uh, yeah." I mean, technically, he is.

Tertle gave a satisfied nod.

"Good, he deserves it."