The VICTORY team

Everyone was fighting to the best of their abilities; Oliver wasn't sure if he could match up to them. Both Stavros and Pyth had knocked themselves unconscious with the effort they were making. The little Growlithe was scared that he'd end up knocked out too, leaving half of the group unable to fight. The Onix looked like it was weakening though; its rocky hide was badly cracked where Pyth had rammed into it and it had been knocked over my Stavros's Shadow Ball. It groaned and let out a thunderous roar of rage as it got back up. How is it so strong?!

Oliver decided to help the others out a little, even if he couldn't attack the beast himself. He narrowed his eyes and used Leer to lower the Onix's Defense. Then he waited to see who would attempt to attack it next, and prepared a Helping Hand to boost their power.

By Arceaus her back was hurting. She was simply not the young miltank she used to be, she used to be able to jump off the barn roof with no harm befalling her when she was a rambunctious calf, now falling from basically the same height made his unable to rollout and made it hurt to run too fact.

When she finally did catch up to the rest she was horrified to see the young poochyena right at the snake’s face firing a shadow ball only to fall down unconscious immediately afterwards. She wouldn’t be able to get there in time, she would have lost a young’un because she got too reckless and hurt her back, but thankfully Mr. Pyth was around to protect the young ones. She had heard him yell for her while falling so she thought he was busy trying to take down the rock snake, but she was glad to see him rushing in to protect the younger generation, even using his whole body to attack the snake so that it could take his attention away from the fallen poochyenna.

She would do no good attacking the large rocky snake, her last attempt had proven just that…So instead she mad a mad dash to the fallen pup, the adrenaline rush slightly helping her to ignore her back and a quick milk drink bringing back a bit of her stamina.

She managed to dodge a swipe form the Onyx, and there was an instance were the beast left itself wide open so that Lola may attack, but that was not her goal, he only goal was to protect the young’uns. And that she did as she dragged him away from the commotion and danger and closer to were Oliver was giving out a Helping hand.

She might not be able to protect them by defeating anything dangerous, but she’d be damned if she’d let them get hurt.

((Sorry, forgot i was after Oliver now. and Question...how are we going to write Scarlet off?))

Pyth struggled to get up, his vision hazy and his hearing muffled. He saw Lola dash up to grab the Poochyena just as the Onix was about to attack again.
Pyth couldn't help but feel grateful for the bovine as he shoved his hooves into the soft earth and shakily pushed himself up.
"Urrgh..." He groaned, shaking his head. Suddenly, something caught him hard on his side, sending him flying a few feet away. He bellowed in rage and pain as he landed, hearing the Onix approaching him, its snake-like body making the earth rumble.

Blood trickled down his face and into his eyes, forcing them closed. He scrambled to his hooves and began to charge the Onix again, this time, his horns glowing with a dark aura.
This has to take it down...with as much...urgh...damage as it did to me...he thought as he blindly rammed the beasts' chest, an explosion of eerie purple light enveloping the bull.

(OoC- he used payback. Oh and I don't know how we'll phase her out...maybe...just have her teleport away in fright or something...?)

(Meh, I really want to post, but I have no idea's. Just say he's still knocked out and Tryvex, you can pick up or move Stavros if you want. He will either evolve in the next post or the one after that.)

(Alright I am going on vacation guys and I have no time to write up a nice post so here's what Yoru and Armonia are gonna do and I have permission to write Scarlet out. Yoru is running to the forest with Scarlet on his back when he stopped because of a sound he heard. Turning around, an Abra is watching his every movement. Snarling, Yoru went into attack mode to protect Scarlet but the Abra teleports away. Yoru sighs and they finally make it to a safe clearing area a bit away from the fighting and Scarlet slides from his back. Before he can nuzzle her and make sure she is okay, the Abra teleports back in behind her, grabs her and teleports away. Yoru is beside himself with guilt and lays on the ground with his head on his paws and a tear down his face.

For Armonia she uses Megahorn one more time and cracks a part of the Onix which chips and falls away. She rushes over to Pyth who is bleeding and seems in pain and uses Protect around them after she smiles to the courageous bull.)

((So, so sorry, did not want to skip, but school is being hectic >.< Just say Lola is trying desperately to wake up Stravos))

(I'm sorry for skipping again, but I need to wait to post for Stavros' evolution and it'll be awesome! So be ready;D)

By Arceus, Seraida loved to run. With the dark canopy of leaves hiding her abnormally colored coat beneath the cover of darkness, her paws fleeting expertly across the ground. The Meowth's breath came is fast gasps as exhaustion tugged at her limbs, but she did not stop. Seda never stopped running. It was a very nice thing considering how nearly every nook and cranny of the world heald undead monsters. The memory of Ven and Missy being attacked by the undead and a whimper escaled her, making the young pokemon hault in her tracks. Sarrow and regret were coursing through her, many guilt ridden enotions making her pelt crawl. Her clear blue eyes clouded with pain and misery before she forced her paws to keep comving forward. She had to get stronger. She had to evolve. She had to suvive. For her.

Seda shed the negative emotions with a huff and continued to sprint forward, her lithe body stretching and contracting in perfect unison with her slim legs. Her spots and stripes did wonders to blend in the small Meowth with the limited cegitation in the dark. No one would notice the blur flashing by. However, Seraida did notice the loud booming roar echoing through the air. The kitten's fur spiked and her eyes became impossibly wide, but Seda refused to stop, even with her heart now pounding in her ears. The heck was that?! An undead? She shuddered in horror at the thought of meeting such a beast.

But that was just what she did.

Seda suddenly emerged right out of the foresty path and onto a rockier outcropping, giving her a good veiw of a group of oviously struggling survivors. Her small rounded ears suddenly perked forward and she gasped out loud. Survivors! However the moment was short lived as she also, unfortunately, noticed the ovious undead that was thrashing about. Metalic fear was the taste on her tounge and she immediately jumped backwards, back into the saftey of a bush. They could no longer see her. But Seraida was still curious... She slowly stepped forward, barely letting her small pink nose poke out of her shelter. She watched with wide blue eyes as a beautifully colored Rapidash bravely charged the Onix, the spike of a horn on it's face making massive wounds in the rock snake's side, but only managing to irritate it in the end.

Seda also didn't like the look of a pup in the arms of a pink and cream cow looking pokemon- it was passed out preety good. And as the beautiful equine ran over to another collapsed pooemon, the undead was quickly losing intrest in her. The kitten watched in horror as it whipped around, setting it's eerily crimson eyes on the cow and the dog. Seda cried out, shooting forward without realizing what she was doing until it was actually too late. The thing was lunging, opening it's mouth wide to swallow them both whole, but the rash Meowth intercepted. She had run  just fast enough to catch the undead a few feet from the two. With an angry hiss she released a massive power right onto the Onix, her Iron Tail attack making contact with it's only weakpoint- the eye. 

The beast roared again with so fury it nearly knocked Seraida right off of her four paws. She looked up in horror only to realize that the thing now wanted her and only her. She mewed in fear before spinning on her paws and booking it. She moved as fast as the small cat could, aiming right for her hiding bush, but she was easily trapped as a massive impact literly knocked her off her paws and knocking her to the ground. The Onix's tail was now surrownding her. Seda was trapped.

Holy crow. She was in trouble now.

((Ooc; I was writing this at one a.m. and fell asleep lulz.
But someone mind savin my girl? C:.)

Once more, Oliver did not know what to do. Everyone was attacking to the best of their efforts and somehow the little Growlithe felt that there was nothing he could do to help them. His abilities were far inferior to theirs, after all; what if he just got in the way or distracted someone? Oliver saw Yoru run away with Scarlet on his back and decided to follow them in case the Umbreon needed any help.

Fatigue was starting to get to Oliver as he lumbered after Yoru into the trees. By the time he reached the red-ringed Umbreon he was lying with his face in his paws on the ground. Scarlet was nowhere to be seen.

"Mr Yoru! Are you all right?" Oliver asked, his voice tainted with concern as he trotted up to the fallen Umbreon and gently nuzzled his face. "Are you hurt? Wh-Where's Miss Scarlet?"

Before a reply could be given, Oliver's ears flickered as he heard a cry as the Onix erupted an enormous roar. The cry sounded female, so the brave young Growlithe ran off back the way he came. Maybe Scarlet had fallen off Yoru's back and was calling for him...?

When he got there, instead of Scarlet he found that the Onix had bound a small cat-like Pokemon that he vaguely recognised as a Meowth. He let out a loud yelp to alert the others. "Hey guys! There's a Meowth trapped!" The beast had his cracked tail wrapped right around the Meowth's little body. Just one squeeze and it would be all over for her. Oliver narrowed his eyes; he would not let that happen! He cloaked his body in flames and charged forward towards on of the cracks on the Onix's body. He delivered the most powerful Flame Wheel attack he could to the huge beast's hide. His head hurt from the recoil, but he charged again and again. "Let - her - go!" he yelled between rams.

Things were looking worse by the minute. Poor Stravos would not wake up no matter how much she called to him, and she feared shaking him in case he had a concussion from when he collapsed. And now he wasn’t the only one to get hurt. Pyth was badly hurt, though judging by his payback attack, she was starting to guess that he had let himself get hurt on purpose to make for a bigger attack.

It was a smart idea, but she would need to reprimand him later, getting hurt on purpose was a stupid and selfish tactic. Who knows what they would do if he had taken it too far and died, he may have the best intentions, but he wasn’t think about how the rest would feel about it….

This team was filled with pokemon who were both brave and put themselves in danger. She wanted to both praise them and smack them outside the head for worrying her so. The stranger newcomer also followed the same mindset. A meowth came to the rescue, diverting the onyx’s attention from the wounded Pyth while Armonia protected him. She came to their rescue, but not without angering the rocky snake and getting its attention on her.

Lola out down Stravos gently, she didn’t want to leave him, but right now that meowth needed immediate help, if not, she would be crushed by that mammoth’s tail. Oliver had the right idea, he may be a fire type, and she may not be that strong, but she was tired of seeing those around her get hurt and tired of feeling helpless. He was attacking the cracks between the boulders, which made more sense than attacking the boulders directly. Lola kept using Zen Headbutt on a different section of the tail, it hurt but it would hurt for the meowth if she failed.

Pyth opened an eye painfully as he looked up at the Rapidash who had thrown a protective shield around them. A grunt escaped his mouth as he pushed himself up to his hooves. Steadying himself, he looked at her and smiled.

"Much obliged." He muttered in his gravelly voice as he surveyed what he could through the searing pain in his eye.

Charging forward, he lowered his horns once more, aiming for the Onix' tail that had been shattered by the others' attacks. As he made contact, there was a loud shattering noise and give in front of him- the Onix' tails had been severed, releasing the Meowth in its' clutches. The undead rock snake roared in rage as pitch-like liquid poured from its' body.
Now's our chance! None of us are strong enough to take down this thing!

"Everyone run! We can't win this fight! Follow, now!" He bellowed as he ran ahead of them to guide them into the darkness of the forest.

With any luck, we can shake this monster!

Everything went by quickly. Stavros had been out cold for along time and he heard the screams and yells from his friends. His ears twitched at the sound of Oliver's voice. "Hey guys! There's a Meowth trapped!" A Meowth? That was a feline and being a canine, Stav never got along with felines. Then he heard it mew in fear and the Onix grabbed it. He could feel his friends trying to save the feline, but Stavros just layed in the dirt, his life slowly slipping away. That's when he heard a scream. The Onix roured and he heard the others start to panic. He slowly moved his ears to listen and the air shifted and he smelt a Meowth. Then another scream and the Onix roured. Stavros had to do something, but what? Then under his foot something moved and was absorbed into his body.

His body shot up and his Silk Scarf fell off. He gingerly picked it up and tided it to his leg. He then looked up and growled at the Onix. His body started to glow with a faint purple glow and he charged the rock infected. When he rammed into the Onix, Six appeared next to him, but in a wispy, mist form. He didn't look pleased, but he smiled his toothy grin at Stavros.

It's time son. Your time has finally come to prove your worth to these living or become one of the dead. It's you choice my son.

Six vanish before he could ask what he meant and the Onix roured in a rage as it charged Stavros with a Double Edge. Then as the Onix charged, Stav's body was cloaked in that purple glow and he charged. When the two pokemon clashed, Stav's body started to glow with a black light. Then as he held his ground against the Onix, he started to push it back. The Onix tried to change attack but Stavros pushed back with new found strength and he attacked with Payback.

All the damage he had taken earlier was used right back at the Onix. It roured and used Slam on Stavros. He growled and was slightly damaged by the Slam attack, but as he was pushed back he stepped on something and felt it being absorbed into his body. He grinned and his mouth started to burn as he let loose with a small fire. The Incinerate attack burn the Onix and it fell to the ground, burned and crushed to death. He howled in triumph. He knew he had evolved, but what had Six meant it was his time? He just shook his head and held it high in pride.


He turned and grinned at his friends. Hey guys! It's alright to come back! Stav yelled back at his friends. He blinked his moonlight eyes at his friends, then he looked around for the Meowth. He ran over once he had catch her scent and he looked at her with concern, You alright feline? He asked as he took in his new surroundings. It had been almost three years sense he had taken off his Silk Scarf. He looked down at it and remembered Rune and Kat and Luna. All the people and pokemon he loved were gone or he had no idea if they were still alive. He sighed and turned to the feline and grin softly.

(FINALLY! Stavros has evolved<3)

So much happened pretty darn fast. Seda was out in the clear one second and suddenly there was a horrible pressure around her body. She screamed out in pain as the huge rock snake wracked horrors on her small, soft body. It paused in it's Wrap for just a second and the Meowth sucked in a breath if air, beginning to go limp as she panted against the undead's body. She could hear voices and sounds around her but Seraida could not focus much, even when she could feel impacts begin to vibrate through the Onix's body. Her blue eyes began to cloud over as the black threatened to overwhelm her. She really needed to think more before she acted. 

There was a loud, deep voice belowing for retreat and panic spiked her fur up. She just risked her like for these strangers and they were going to just simply leave?! It was then that the huge Pokemon roared, suddenly tightening it's grip on her. Seda cried out again, a dry screech as all air was pushed from her body again. But then suddenly the grip was gone. The Onix released her, droppingthe near uncontious kitten to the ground. She tried desperately to land upon her paws but swayed violently and collapsed to the ground. Her breathing came in short gasps as she tried to stay awake. Seraida could hear the sounds of battle around her and realized that she had to move or she risks being crushed, but there was no more energy left in her limbs- Seda felt as if she were a ditto that went through a taffy machine.

And suddenly the sounds ended with a violent crash. Still the Meowth lay on the ground, exhausted, but she heard pawsteps near her and forced her eyes open as her ears flicked in the direction of the sound. She found a large dog staring at her, a shadow wolf known as a Mightyena. She simply blinked at him from where she lay, feeling no fear. "You alright feline?" His question was laced with concern and Seda flattened her ears with annoyance, glaring at him for a few seconds before letting them close again. Oh yeah, I'm FINE. Just nearly smashed to freaking death by the stupid Onix. But when she opened her clear eyes again, the Mightyena was smiling at her. Instant regret laced through her but she forced it away. Memories of her old home flashed through her head- more specifically the female Houndoom named Karma, male Mightyena named Gunner, and the old lady herdier named Pepper. She had dealed and gotten around those three mutts, she was sure that she could deal with this dog. With a soft groan, Seda managed to pull her legs beneath her body and straighten them, forcing herself to her feet. A groan escaped the kitten and she flattened her ears as the real aching pain throbbed everywhere. She opened her eyes again and looked at the Mightyena with less hosility, a more aloof attitude coloring her tone. "Y-yeah; I'm alright," she responded, turning not to meet his eyes with a flick of her tail. Seda regaurded the others, her eyes widening with wonder. They were all so BIG! Her jaw almost dropped open but she resisted the urge. "Oh, my name is Seda," She introduced herself to the group with a smile. She had a feeling she was gonna like these guys.

Finally ... they'd finally done it. The Onix shook the earth as it fell to the ground, dead for good. Oliver's head hurt from all the Flame Wheels he had delivered to the rock snake's solid body, but his tongue hung out and he sighed in immense relief. They'd won! Oliver's ear twitched as he heard a mighty howl that sent a shiver through him; it had sounded just like his father's howl. He turned to see a black canine with a scarf tied around his leg-- Stavros?!

The little Poochyena had evolved in mid-battle, it had seemed. Oliver instantly took a liking to the new Stavros; he wasn't sure if it was the canine's larger size or whether it was the fact that the Mightyena could actually see him now! He had spent so long wearing his blindfold that the little Growlithe felt excited to see it off. He looked Stavros straight in his eyes as he happily trotted up to him, his tail wagging.

"Hey Mr Stavros, you evolved! And you're not wearing your blindfold anymore! Hey, did you know I was a Growlithe all along? I bet you did!" Looking round, Oliver noted with relief that everyone was reletively unharmed apart from a few minor injuries. The small Meowth that the Onix had seized was all right as well. As Oliver approached her, he couldn't believe her size; she was even smaller than he was! "Hi Miss Seda!" he beamed, wagging his tail again after the Meowth had introduced herself. "My name is Oliver!"

He took a moment to compose himself in all the excitement and remembered the moment that he'd had with Yoru. The Umbreon had been crying and Scarlet was missing. Oliver drooped his ears and turned to face everyone else. "Um ... I think something's happened to Miss Scarlet," he said. "I saw Mr Yoru looking very sad during the fight and Miss Scarlet wasn't there anymore! So..." He looked towards the trees where he had see Yoru. "I-I think we should go and see what happened ... Miss Scarlet could be hurt! We need to help her!"

The tide can turn in a split second while battling it seems. Mr. Pyth completely took off the snake’s tail, freeing the meowth before it was crush to death like it was made of paper, while hers and Olivers attempts only served to give her a growing bruise on her head. He didn’t stay to see what came afterwards, his urge to make sure we all fled to safety being ignored by the rest as he ran ahead.


In a surreal display, the poochyena that had been unconscious a bit ago came alive and rejuvenated, running straight into battle and taking down the onyx who was causing so much trouble with ease. It was slightly unnerving, to think someone so small could do so much damage, he didn’t even evolve till AFTER the thing went down for the count.

Again, they had barely managed to defeat a large unrelenting snake due nothing short of a miracle, and as much as she wanted to relax and enjoy what little time they had of peace until the next giant beast came, Mr. Pyth had run off thinking they were following.

Lola’s back still agitated her too much to let her use rollout, so she was stuck running after the faster bull. “Pyth! Mr. Pyth! It’s all right now, the Onyx is taken care of!” She was tired, It was dark, she had been in that cave so long without the view of the sky to see how long it had been, so she couldn’t remember how long it had been since she last slept. But as long as they were out in the open, they couldn’t sleep, maybe it was best that they follow Pyth, maybe he could find them shelter…


((OOC: Was written a bit hastily, so sorry >.<))

Pyth skidded to a halt as he felt the ground shake underneath his hooves.
What the-!
Where are they?!

“Pyth! Mr. Pyth! It’s all right now, the Onyx is taken care of!” he heard Lola shouting after him.
Pyth growled as he turned and trotted back, his eyes growing wide as he beheld the fallen Onix.
A fire attack doing so much damage to an Onix?...I don't believe it. Pyth knew that almost all of them had a type disadvantage against the beast.
That pup must have used something else; a fire attack would do next to nothing to this thing...
Pyths' eyes narrowed as he turned and snorted to the triumphant wolf, now much larger.
Still a pup...especially with behavior like that.

The large bull stomped towards him and confronted the canine, fresh blood streaming from his head.
"What do you think you were doing, pup?!" He growled, enraged.
"You don't just run off half-caulked, attacking when I say to retreat! In a herd, we stick together. If one puts themselves in danger, you put everyone in danger, you got that?!" Pyth fumed, his thick fur bristling.

Snorting angrily, he turned to the others and glared at them all with one eye forced shut. The large bull looked at each and quickly took note of the damage. All of them seemed in decent condition, though they all showed signs of exhaustion. It was then that his expression changed, albeit very subtly, when he saw the small feline.

Pyth took a deep breath and trotted slowly up to the Meowth and bowed his head.
"Can you walk Ma'am?" he inquired, his gravelly voice still strong despite his fatigue.

Suddenly, the young Growlithe piped up.
"Um ... I think something's happened to Miss Scarlet," he said. "I saw Mr Yoru looking very sad during the fight and Miss Scarlet wasn't there anymore! So..." He looked towards the trees where he had seen Yoru. "I-I think we should go and see what happened ... Miss Scarlet could be hurt! We need to help her!"

Pyths' sour face grew even more bitter as he contemplated on the pups' words.
"Well, we better not waste anymore time. Let's go find them."

"Y-yeah, I'm alright. Oh, my name is Seda." Stavros heard the Meowth say and he smiled at the feline. Well, it's nice to meet ya Seda. Names Stavros, or Stav for short. The Mightyena said as his body started to moan with exhaustion. He shook his head as black spots started to blur his vision. Then he heard pawsteps coming toward him, as he heard Oliver speak, "Hey Mr Stavros, you evolved! And you're not wearing your blindfold anymore! Hey, did you know I was a Growlithe all along? I bet you did!"

Stavros looked at his fellow canine and couldn't help but laugh alittle. Thanks Oliver and please, don't call me mister. I'm not as old as you'd think and yes, I did know you were a Growlithe. Same as I knew Yoru was an Umbreon, Lola was a Miltank and Pyth was a Tauros. Having my eyes covered for over three years means that my sniffer is alot more sensitive then most. As he spoke, he pointed a claw at his nose. As he talked to Oliver, Pyth came over and boy, did he look mad.

"What do you think you were doing, pup?!" The Tauros bellowed in rage. Stavros made a small yip at the rage in Pyth's voice. Stav wasn't really sure what to do, he only did what he thought was best and that was to help his friends. Besides, "You don't just run off half-caulked, attacking when I say to retreat! In a herd, we stick together. If one puts themselves in danger, you put everyone in danger, you got that?!" Pyth was the one who said retreat when Stav was still knocked out. At the thought of that Stavros wanted to yell at the grumpy Tauros and say that HE was the one who said retreat when Stav was still out cold. He dug his claws in the ground and growled, but he keep himself in check.

Fine, i'm sorry. I did what I thought was best at the time. So i'm sorry for causing anything. The Mightyena had his ears pinned back and was ready for the bull to blow up in his face again, but then he heard Oliver say something about Yoru and that Scarlett may be hurt or something. Stavros imediently thifted his head to the sky and took and deep breath. He catch a whiff or Oliver's, Lola's, Pyth's, Seda's and even Yoru's scent, but he couldn't smell Scarlett. He lowered his head, but nodded at Oliver. Alright Oliver, lead the way. The Mightyena motion for the fire type to start moving. His face was grim, but he had to be sure. He had to wait and see before he told the others; Scarlett's not hear anymore.

"Thanks Oliver and please, don't call me mister," Stavros replied with a chuckle. "I'm not as old as you'd think and yes, I did know you were a Growlithe. Same as I knew Yoru was an Umbreon, Lola was a Miltank and Pyth was a Tauros. Having my eyes covered for over three years means that my sniffer is alot more sensitive then most."

"It's really clever how you did that," Oliver smiled, his tail wagging a mile a minute. "Maybe I should try that so my nose can become stronger too, haha!" He was going to say more but he yelped in surprise and quickly jumped away as Pyth marched straight up to Stavros and started to scold him. Oliver laid back his ears and decided not to get involved; he didn't want Pyth to shout at him as well. He felt a little sorry for Stavros since he was the one who had delivered the finishing blow to the Onix and no one was giving him any praise. Oliver always loved to receive praise and he knew that Stavros would too. When Pyth looked away, Oliver whispered to the black canine: "I think you're really big and strong, Mr-- er, I mean Stavros. I hope that I'll be as tough as you some day."

Pyth and Stavros then expressed their concern for Scarlet and the Mightyena told Oliver to lead the way. "OK. I think I saw Mr Yoru over ... that way." He pointed his nose towards the undergrowth and began trotting towards it. Miss Scarlet ... please be OK!

((Sorry, but I'm having writers block with Lola right now, so i will have to skip for now))

"OK. I think I saw Mr Yoru over ... that way." the little Growlithe said hesitantly as he pointed at a cluster of bushes with his snout.
Pyth snorted quietly as he followed the pup, his head turning in an exaggerated fashion as he searched with only one eye open.

The blood and dust had clumped together on his face, leaving his fur matted and encrusted with the dark substance. His eye burned, even with it sealed shut from the gunk. The Tauros' scowl grew even more sour as he tromped through the bushes and found nothing.
"Kid, you sure he was over here?" He asked the Growlithe quietly.
Pyths' heart grew heavy in his chest as he feared the worst.

(Trying to stall for some time. Blitz' deadline is coming up in the coming week, so hopefully she'll be back by then)

(I'm sorry, but i'm having a breakdown, so please skip)

Suddenly everyone was around the small Meowth. Seda flattened her ears with slight unease at all of the bigger Pokemon around. However, when a striped orange pup that she recognized as a Growlith approached, she could easily see that this one at least was harmless. "Hi Miss Seda!" Seda smirked in response. Miss? Since when was she a miss? but regaurdless she liked his attitude. His clear joy was contagious and the kitten found her tail raising happily in response to his own wagging fluff. "My name is Oliver!" The bengal gave him a genuine smile. "Nice to meetcha Oliver," she purred in response. However the nice moment was ruined when a whole new, not to mentiong simply  gigantic, Pokemon approached. It was thick and oviously strong muscled. And a booming voice that could wake a dead Snorlax.

Seraida jumped clear in the air as he roared at Stav. Her impossibly wide blue eyes regaurded him with a startled hiss, her tail and pelt fluffed out. Was he always this LOUD? The kitten would have fled right then and there, but Oliver seemed relatively calm enough. Seda looked at him with suspicious eyes but the puppy really was just staying quiet. He was not frightened with the big bull thing, but rather simply keeping to himself. Seda sighed, forcing her pelt to flatten despite the loud, gravelly voice. But her legs were still stiff and spread out, ready to flee if needed. 

The last thing Seraida expected after the thurough chewing out was for the bull to turn his hardened eyes to her. He moved a little closer, asking calmly, "Can you walk Ma'am?" Seda trembled slightly, her heart still aflutter from the fright, but managed to nod shakily. "Y-yes. Yeah. I am okay," she replied, using all of her courage to looking him in the eye. 

Oliver then began barking about someone named Yuro or Ruyo and a 'Miss Scarlet'. It became hard to follow, to say the least, and the Meowth found her head spinning. Before she could ask about it- or any of their NAMES for that matter, as only Stav and Oliver had spoken their's- everyone was on the move. The kitten had no real choice but to stick with the peppy Growlith, finding him the least unnerving of the whole group. Finally she turned to him and muttered her inquiries. "Hey, uh, Oliver... What exactly are we doing? I don't know anyone and am a little lost." But not a second later the big bull guy was there, asking Oliver a question of his own. 

Seda fought the urge to groan. Was she just invisible?

The fight had left Armonia a little weak but nonetheless ready to find her long time friend with the others. Following Oliver, she stayed close to Pyth since she was a little worried due to the wounds he had received. The night was dark and ominous after such a tough battle and she was in awe of the power the newly evolved Stavros had shown. Thoughts fluttered through her mind of things she had seen around him, dark shadows that seemed to cling to his body, but she dared not say a word about it for fear of him getting angry.

Noticing the small frightened kitten, Armonia trotted towards her and bent down her muzzle to blow gently in her fur. "Don't worry dear, Pyth may be a little scary but he has the heart of a teddy bear." She chuckled a bit. "My name is Armonia." Her smile was hopefully contagious to the little one. "It is a pleasure to meet you Seda." Her colorful mane flickered a bit in the darkness casting shadows among them. She meant to settle down and stay near the young Meowth but worry made her look around for Yoru once again.

An odd feeling fluttered through her heart. This was so unlike the Yoru she knew that wouldn't abandon his friends and fear for his life flickered through her. Taking the lead from Oliver, she flared up her mane and tail to lead them through the dark night hoping Seda would follow behind her so she could help keep her safe.. Blinking when Pyth didn't find Yoru in the bushes, Armonia sniffed the air through her powerful equine nostrils. She wasn't the best of trackers but years of being the leader of a herd had heightened her ability to find those she cared about. Tilting her head, she looked up to a small rocky outcrop near them and breathed out a sigh of relief when she watched Yoru jump down to meet him. Galloping forward, Armonia meant to nuzzle her friend but stopped short, her breath catching in her throat and making her blood run cold. The look on Yoru's face was of deep sorrow. Something of which she had never seen him exhibit before.


Yoru surveyed his friends and the many wounds they had gained from the fight and he sighed in deep anguish for what he couldn't prevent. Padding forward a bit more to be closer to them, he bowed his head with guilt before saying what needed to be said. "I was protecting Scarlet when an Abra appeared out of no where. I tried to fight it but before I knew, it had grabbed her and teleported away." Looking up, Yoru waited to meet their gazes.

As Oliver kept his nose on the ground and continued to sniff, Seda wandered up to him and asked what was going on. "Mr Yoru is an Umbreon who travels with us," Oliver answered her, briefly raising his head. "During the fight he took Miss Scarlet - a baby Ralts - away to safety, but then I found him and Miss Scarlet was missing. He looked very sad. Now we're trying to find them and see if they're OK."

"Kid, you sure he was over here?" Pyth asked him as they moved deeper into the trees. Oliver looked around nervously and stepped into the lead a little more. "I-I'm sure he was! It was right around here somewhere ... Oh! Mr Yoru!" Oliver quickly trotted up to the Umbreon and stared upwards into his crimson eyes. "I'm glad you're OK, Mr Yoru," he smiled, but he quickly dropped his grin when he saw Yoru's expression. The Umbreon looked utterly distraught. Oliver whimpered and lowered his ears. "Wh-Where's Miss Scarlet?"

Yoru lowered his head and answered, "I was protecting Scarlet when an Abra appeared out of no where. I tried to fight it but before I knew, it had grabbed her and teleported away." Oliver blinked and continued to look Yoru in the eyes. Maybe he was pulling a joke and then Scarlet would poke her head from behind and surprise everyone and everything would be OK. But Scarlet did not appear and Yoru continued to look sombre."Wait ... so ... Miss Scarlet is gone?" Tears appeared in Oliver's eyes. "Well we ... we have to find her! We just have to! She's only a baby ... She'll be so scared!" He looked around in desperation at the others, waiting for their word to start searching while a single tear escaped his eye and disappeared into his fur.

Lola couldn’t help but smile when Pyth went on his little angry tirade. Sure, to an outsider the big old Tauros may look intimidating, harsh, and grumpy, but you could tell that the only reason he got angry at Stravos was because he was worried. It made her happy to know that this small group of survivors had both Yuro and Mr. Pyth to look out for them if things went wrong. Which really only made her think about her position in all of this. She had stayed to make sure that Oliver and Scarlet would be safe, but with so many adults to protect the young’uns, she was free to continue her search to find her miltank family…yet why was she still here….

By the time she snapped out of her musing she realized she had been following the group absentmindedly as they went over to yuro’s location, where they heard the horrible news.

Scarlet, sweet innocent Scarlet had been taken away by some random Abra, it was enough to send tears to her eyes, but Lola willed them away, sadness could easily spread like the plague, and at this moment they needed to remain calm and level headed if they wanted to find the young ralts.

Lola kneeled down next to Oliver, he was panicking; he was as worried about Scarlet as she was, heck, maybe even more since they were closer in age. “I know you’re worried about her, we all are, and we will go out and find her. But if we go right now we’d only get ourselves into more trouble.” Lola looked around at the entire group, just about everyone looked worse for wear right now, “A lot of people are hurt right now, and everyone has been walkin all night, if we were to go right now, who knows how many would collapse from exhaustion and get lost in the wild. The best thing we could do right now is rest up and wait till the morning, when we can actually see where we are goin. We can’t find her if we can’t even see where we are walkin.”

She had lead search parties before when she lived on the farm, young miltanks would sneak off the farm in the middle of the night looking for adventure but only finding trouble. And they had learned after the first few searches that searching in the dark would only slow things down. Bovines would get lost, making them all search for more lost pokemon, others would hurt their legs while not being able to see and would need to be carried back to the ranch….It was best they waited till dawn.