Author's Note: Hey all welcome to Chapter 5 of Midnight Hound! (Yay) All I have to say for this chapter is get ready to meet a brand new character! (Yes, another one I know.) Also today it's been a week since I started this story and I wanna say a special thanks to all of the viewers! I hope you all enjoy!
Next Morning... (I swear I need to start with something better or-)
Dusk, his eyes fluttering open as dawn has approached, he has made sure to wake up early this morning for specific purposes. He decided that today, he was going to train, and of course this was something that Dusk preferred to do alone, more than likely because he doesn't want to be held back by the others and eventually become soft, he wasn't up for that bullshit.
He stood up slowly and stretched without a sound. With no second thoughts he began to walk away from Silver and Ray's home. Which the two introduced him to sometime the previous day before night fall.
Once the sneaky hound was far enough away from their home, he began to suddenly burst into a dash. He speed could easily put Manectric to shame, and he wasn't even running his fastest. (To reserve his energy.) Dusk trained himself usually everyday in the most extremist of ways, even if he knew he was gonna take a few scratches in the long run. Of course, his strength and special abilities were the only thing he had until he met Ray and his sister, Silver. Thinking about them, Dusk knew that he was going to have to train himself harder than ever now and he probably should be a bit more forceful when it came to his alone time, of course he didn't really want to say that to them.
As the lone hound continue his run basically piercing through the wind, something called out catching the attention of Dusk's large horns, which of course were generally sensitive.
"You're pretty fast now, but still maybe a little bit too slow." It called out, but Dusk kept running even though he did completely hear that statement. His plan was to draw this guy out into the open, and boy did it work! It wasn't long until a blur was running straight past Dusk with a cocky grin that Dusk of course notice.
"Was that a Mightyena?" Dusk thought to himself taking a look at how he was running, and it was some pretty intense speed. This wasn't just any other Mightyena. He quickened the movement of his already rapidly moving paw steps to catch up to him. The Mightyena grinned before bumping into Dusk. (Suddenly turns into Stardust Speedway...)
"Gotta be quicker than that!" He announced, that smirk on his mug never ceasing.
What was the deal with this Bite pokemon? Dusk supposed it didn't matter really, he wasn't really a threat at the moment and at the same time sort of interesting, if not already worthy opponent. But just racing with Dusk didn't seem to be the hyena's objective, only known when he proceeded to tackle Dusk onto the ground.
Dusk did not expect such a, cheap shot, and was knocked onto his back as the Mightyena stood triumphantly and laughed.
"And once again Shadow wins the race! Even after all these years!" The Mightyena announced with a cocky scoff.
Dusk tilted his head, wondering if this dog needed some type of mental therapy. The Mightyena, name assumed to be dubbed Shadow. Shadow eventually tilted his head becoming silent as well realizing Dusk wasn't laughing with him.
"What's wrong Dusk you forgot how to laugh?" He asked as Dusk's eyebrow raised of speculation.
"How do you know my name?" Dusk asked getting up on his paws now as Shadow mulled over his head awkwardly. He wasn't really expecting a question like that to hit him.
