Fallen Champion

However, now Red had an angel that was going to sit right in the middle of the pillows. He wasn’t going to use his weapon to harm someone that wasn’t willing to attack him physically, so this would have to do until they managed to either fight or work something out. Probably the former.

However, he was not pleased to see Dark Pit in his pile. Great, now it was going to smell like him and probably have loose feathers in it or something. Red would make a comment, but no. This angel was going this to upset him, and so he’d have to show he wasn’t upset at all.

He dropped down from the door frame and gave the plant-like creature a small look. Something about it reminded him of the rodent that he had fought, although he didn’t know why. It seemed like more of a threat than Red, at any rate.

Noticing Dark Pit’s look, he looked down to meet the gaze of his partners. he gave an indignant huff, which resulted in her resting her head against his leg is absolute exasperation. Nobody was happy with this.

He was shaken from his thoughts by a sound at his door an he got up. He knew the layout of his shared room well enough that he didn’t stumble all that move, reaching the door quickly. He pulled it open slowly, revealing his own tired face, bags beginning to form from numerous nightmares. He put on a smile anyway, reaching out.

“{It’s Aveline, the Ivysaur. Would you care to join my partner and I for breakfast? I look like you could use the pick me up.}”

What to do? His final Pokemon couldn’t take a hit. He wanted to at least tie this match. Seems like he was going to have to come up with a better strategy. As he looked at his Pokemon, the dark type gave a nod of understanding, accepting he would fall no matter the choice.

“… Call your guardian angel, Crow.”

The poisoning was still hurting his Charizard. Red hissed in annoyance. He didn’t have anything for that right now. After the battle, he had some berries he could use, but he remembered them agreeing on a no item battle. Items always made it unfair in his opinion, but he wished he had some now. Poison was a nasty way to lose a battle.

“Partner, try not to move.” The poison worked faster if the heart was pumping harder. “Let’s see how long he can keep that up.”

“I was trying to find my pillows, and it looks like I managed to find the culprit. However, give me what you have in your hands and I might forgive you.”

It was obvious that Dark Pit was threatening the owner of the room to go along with his plan. Whether Red wanted to follow that was a completely different story.

“Your pillows? If they aren’t in your room or your arms, they aren’t yours.” It was how Red saw things, and the reason he could justify stealing from everyone. Only his friends had been spared. “Now, these pillows are mine, so are the ones in my room. So let me through, unless you want to do something about this.”

Dark Pit frowned as he walked through the halls, looking into rooms and trying to pretend to be calm. However, he was angrily searching for something. One might expect that it would be one of his weapons, especially the angel’s Silver Bow, but they were still with him if one looked closely.

No, the person had taken Dark Pit’s pillows.

With a small huff of irritation, he looked into the next room, only to pause. There was a whole pile of pillows on the ground, and some of them had dark feathers on them. He walked quickly into the room after a quick glance and went to them, taking a feather off and inspecting it.

It was just Red’s luck to be carrying pillows back to his room just as Dark Pit was checking his room out. He did not yet know the danger he was in. He gave a small huff as he noticed a pair of black wings, attached to an irritated angel, blocking the entrance to his room.

Someone’s excited, a skip in his step as he approaches Red. He can’t resist picking up Ivysaur and swinging her around before hugging her and setting her down again.

Teleportation..?? What?? This wasn’t one of Porky’s tricks again, was it?? Then again…he didn’t look like a pigmask…And his…companion certainly didn’t look like any chimera he’s ever seen.

That didn’t stop Boney from growling however, In fact, it just made him more suspicious of the intruders. 

“W-Well who are you?? A-and where did you come from? D-did Porky send you here??”

The Ivysaur beside him proceeded to step out front. She was not liking this strange Growlithe. It wasn’t going to hurt her partner, but she understood it’s motives. He was just protecting his human so no hard feelings.

It took Red a moment to be able to speak again. He really wasn’t expecting Lucas here. It was harder to lie to the blond than strangers. In the end, he ended up telling too much the truth.

Petey rested on his stomach against the floor. His large head, however, remained above the ground as he cocked his head to one side momentarily, then to the other. The plant was intrigued by the creature before him. His jaw opened and closed repeatedly, producing the sounds of clicking with his sharp teeth. It was clear he had never seen such a creature before. 

Its body had a blue-green color with patches of a darker tone on various parts of the body. There appeared to be four healthy-looking leaves, and what appeared to be a vibrant pink flower bud protruding from its back. It had short, pointy ears at the top of its head, two tiny fangs protruding from the upper jaw, and the creature was much smaller than the big oaf himself for sure.

The clacking of teeth continued as he proceeded to stare at it in wonder.

“Hey Perry.” Red reached into his bag to grab some of the PokéPuffs that he had made. He mostly made the cocoa type, as they were the ones most of his team liked best. He doubted that Perry carried much with how fast he ate them. You would think they were starving the poor plant. Without hesitiation, he threw one over to the massive plant. “This here with her vine around by waist is Ava. She’s an Ivysaur and a bit protectively.”

The look that the Ivysaur was giving Petey didn’t just say she was a little protective. She was a lot protective. Red mostly ignored this. She was like this with Lucas a first too, and then she had ended up liking him.

Lucas was sitting indian style in the middle of his living room, eyes closed, breathing even as his hands rested in his lap. He was not asleep, not at all. But he was in a trance-like state. He didn’t know if meditation would help his PSI in any way, but what was the harm in trying? It helped his anxiety at least and it was nice. 

Boney was not far away, always keeping a vigilant eye on his owner and best friend. With the loss of his vision, Bony became even more protective of Lucas, especially from that darn Commander. He smells him on Lucas every time he goes out on his own and it drove Boney nuts. He was planning something! He had to be…right?

Unfortunately, all thoughts and trance-like states were completely halted and broken, respectively by a sudden intruder in their household. Especially one that was coming through some strange portal that certainly was not normal. Lucas nearly fell over in shock from the noise and Boney was at his side on no time, growling threateningly. 

The boy muttered these, unable to yell them out as the air had been forced from his lungs with the source of the fall. As he swore, however, he examined his situation. It was just some house. He didn’t know whose house it was, but he imagined they were mad. People tended to dislike when he just walked into their houses (but he did it anyway).

Red somewhat recognized the voice, but he couldn’t place it at the time. As got up, he managed to mumble out and explanation. However, upon realizing the other probably couldn’t hear, he repeated it in a louder tone.

“Err, sorry for the mess. There was a teleport accident that I am completely not to blame for.”

<It’s okay! I had a best friend who was even grumpier than Red. And it’s understandable since you guys are his family.> It was weird seeing the reptile when he remembered the final evolution once being used in past tournaments. Part of him wondered if Red would ever evolve her.

The Ivysaur had decided that Ness’ lap was good place for her, which only incited Red’s jealousy more. He shook his head at the scene and pretended like it didn’t both him. Unfortunately, he was a poor actor.