"HEY! Wait!! Where are you going, Snivy? Stop that right now!" a voice came from inside Professor Oak's Lab. Oak chuckled as he watched the young Snivy race past him soon follow by a lab assistant.

"Need some help there, Ivan?" He asked, raising a brow as the duo raced past him in the other direction.

"N-No sir!" Ivan called.

"Sniiiiivy!" the small grass pokemon chirped as he raced by, clearly overjoyed at his antics. Another chuckle escaped Oak as he walked outside to leave the task to his assistant. He sighed as he walked outside the door, raising his head to watch the wispy clouds float by. A small smile formed on his face as he thought about Pharros. He was scheduled to visit them soon, he had to wonder how they were all getting along.

He let out a heavy sigh and walked back in. As he did the Snivy raced past him again, but this time he leaned down and snatched up the rambunctious pokemon with one hand. Ivan skidded to a halt in order to avoid crashing into the professor.

"Well, then. Why don't we get you some medicine, little one?" He asked the pokemon, smiling at it.

"Sniii..."

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A loud, rather obnoxious yawn could be heard from the Alpha's nest as he woke from his slumber. His eyes slowly opened and closed and finally he pushed them open, only to see Akira's butt in his face. He blinked, a blank expression on his face, and sat himself up, lifting his head up.

Feeling the prickling of the nesting chips on his skin, he shook, hoping it wouldn't wake Akira. She needed her beauty sleep after all. And besides, the last time he'd messed with her while she was sleeping, which was pretty funny, they'd needed another new nest built. Satisfied that he'd gotten it all off and that he hadn't woken his mate, Luke slide his way out of their nest quietly, keeping his body low as usual. With narrowed eyes, he looked out over the other nests from his hill and blinked, trying to blink the sleepiness away from his eyes. He let his body plomp against the grassy hill as his head fell against it and he rolled, letting the wet dew that remained on the ground to grace his skin.

With a smile now on his face, he got back up and slide his way down to the village, wondering what was going on. It was nearly midday judging from the sun. It had been a while since he'd slept that long. He was still yawning as he entered the main part of the village.

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Rin had been up since dawn and was currently running around the field, chasing the birds that flew by. However, he'd been doing this for quite some time and decided to take a quick break.

"Man! It's boring around here!" He shouted to himself, promptly rolling himself onto his stomach as he gazed up at the blue sky. His eyes suddenly gleamed with idea as he bounced up just as quick as he'd gotten down and ran over towards the nearest rock. It was about 5 feet high and Rin stood on it like he owned the world.

Just watch me. I'll be the first flying Poochyena! He thought to himself as he took a running leap off of the rock. He felt the wind rush past his fur as he flew threw the air a few feet and then tumbled to the ground in a rolling heap of black and gray fur. He continued to roll down the hill, quite enjoying himself. He could have stopped himself from rolling but it was fun to roll too!

Iron

"C'mon Honey, I just know there's something over there! Help me dig it up!" Iron was running as fast as his little feet could to the village. He had picked up the scent of evolution stones in the ground, and with any luck he could dig them out and trade them to some of the villagers. They fetched quite a high price, or so he thinks. But he needed help breathing through the topsoil; his stubbly little legs just weren't suited for digging holes, and his iron head was better suited for smashing rocks then digging holes. That's where the Buneary came in. Honey was following Iron with a brisk pace. Normally Honey was much faster then Iron, but Honey had a basket full of treats his mother told him to deliver to the Alpha's wife. Iron happened to find him and figured that since they were both heading to the village they might as well look for these rare stones. Soon enough Iron was standing above where he thinks one of the stones were, but he'd need Honey to dig into the earth to find it. "Over here Honey!"

Honey Buns

"Wait up! This basket is heeeaavy!" Honey hopped as fast as he could towards the village, careful not to spill anything in his basket. Inside was not only some Lumiose Galette, but also berry juice made out of Watmel Berries. Over overpoweringly sweet, though Honey could drink the whole thing in seconds if she had one of her own. His mother promised to make him one once he brings the basket to Akira. He was being very careful to make sure that nothing slipped out, even if he had the basket closed. Sometimes he's just klutzy enough for that to happen. Still before he'd find Akira Honey was going to help Iron find an evolution stone. He had no real need for it himself, but enjoys digging in the dirt and may even find something for himself to use keep. When he finally caught up to Iron he set the basket down and started to limber up. "Okay! Clear the area Iron, I'm about to get to work!" Honey didn't really need a lot of space but he liked showing off. He did a back flip in the air and landed right where Iron said the stones should be at, and quickly started to dig through the dirt with his ears. They punched holes into the ground, allowing him to send the dirt flying.

Skòll has a nest at the grassy plains, roughly 4.8km (~3 miles) north of the main village. Skòll does not mind being alone. He does go to the village every now and again but mostly stays in the grassy plains. Skòll spends most of his time doing exercises, to help him keep his slender body. He is not as strong as other Arcanines but he is a whole faster. He is doing endurance training at the moment. After he was done, Skòll went to his nest and lay down outside the entrance. Despite exercising, Skòll likes to bask in the warm sunlight like a lizard. He dozes off to sleep and snores softly. Skòll might be alone but at least he is content with life. For now...

Akira (eventually) woke up.

Slowly opening her eyes, she listened and then looked around to discover, much to her delight, that Luke had successfully left the nest without waking her. He was getting better and better at that, which was good for her, good for him, and at the very least good for the nest. So far, this one had gone an incredible two weeks without being burned down. Akira surmised that that had to be some kind of record.

Assuming that Luke was now busy greeting all of the young Pokemon as he usually did, Akira very leisurely got up. Rolling, sliding or jumping off the hill was definitely not on her to-do list, so she merely sat down at the top of it observing the village below. Eventually it was possible that something interesting might happen, but she was perfectly content to witness nothing. Eventually she might go down to see Luke and the others, but for now she focused her energy on waking up.

He could feel himself drifting, farther and farther down the river of his dreams. It was gentle and it was calm, like a mid-afternoon breeze. However, it wasn't long before he hit something. A log, perhaps? It touched his head with a sharp 'tack.' He opened his eyes to see the field around him and looked up to see Scorch staring at him. A soft smile appeared on the Musharna's face as he drifted slowly around to face Scorch, his dream world still permeating the real one.

It was rather interesting, actually, to watch Magikarp fly by and around his friends and children. He'd grown us to it as just something that happens and often ignore it.

"Ohh. If it isn't Mr. Scorch." Aster spoke, his voice soft and gentle, like a mere whisper but audible to those he wanted to hear it. "It seems I've drifted away again. Was there something you needed?" He asked the young Combusken, a smile still held on his lips.

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As he walked through the village, he stopped every now and then to talk with the residents, making sure they were doing okay, asking if they needed anything. One particularly old Snorlax wanted to see if he could get him some pokebaby powder for the rash on his back. Luke smiled and backed away, telling him he'd try.

A chuckle escaped his lips as he left that nest to visit the others. He turned his head just in time to see pink Buneary feet flash through the air. He blinked for a moment before realizing what it was. What were Honey and Iron up to now? Deciding to take a detour, Luke slithered he his way between two nests, greeting those in them as he went, and made way for where he'd seen Honey. He made it just in time to see the pink pokemon make his final jump bash.

"And what are you two up to?" Luke asked, coming in from behind them to see what they were after.

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Rolling...

Rolling...

Laughing...

Rolling...

BAM!

Wait... what? Rin felt himself hit something rather hard but when he went to feel with his feet exactly what he'd hit it was soft and kinda warm. He blinked for a moment, before calling up the courage to look down. At his feet, was rather rudely awoken Arcanine.

"S-S-Skoll!" Rin shouted, his eyes wide. He was going to get it now. Though, it could have been worse. He wasn't actually imagining worse. I mean, there weren't too many warm and soft pokemon around. But... At least it wasn't Akira! Rin thought for a quick moment and tried to come up with someway to possibly make this better. 2 seconds later, he was moving into action. So much for putting much thought into it.

The young Poochyena jumped onto Skoll's back and began pouncing up and down, 'attacking' the pokemon's fur. "Skoll, you should come play with me! Play with meee!!" Rin whined, nawing on Skoll's ear playfully.

Piper made no noise as she crept up the hill. On her way to find Rin, She couldn't help but notice Akira was just waking up, sitting contentedly in her nest, and couldn't think of a better time for a surprise attack. She was coming up the hill behind the ninetails, directly in her blind spot, just a few meters away.

"Pwah!" She yelled, spitting out an Ember at Akira. She barely put any strength behind it, just enough for a playful joke, and knew there was no way it would hurt her, but hoping it might surprise her enough to get a reaction. She immediately tipped backwards and rolled down the hill to get away from the inevitable counter.

"Well, of course, Mr. Scorch! I may have drifted away from my mother but that doesn't mean I don't still follow her rules!" He replied cheerfully. Aster watched the young pokemon silently as his expression changed to a more serious one.

...

He floated over, now floating just above Scorch's head, watching him with a smile. Ran out of berries? Aster blinked, watching still. A pack of Ursaring?! Aster let out a soft chuckle as he floated down to rest on Scorch's head. He watched as a wailord floated by him, another part of his dreams and then turned his head down to Scorch.

"Well... if you think you're up for the climb, I know of a place those Ursaring can't reach. Are you?" Aster asked, his eyes closed in a smile as he waited for a response.

Moon

Moon gave out a yawn as she awoke, batting her eyes, she stepped out of her cave and took in the fresh forest air. Moon then spotted and apple that had seemed to fallen from a tree. "Breakfast!" she exclaimed happily, gnawing on the fruit She let out a small burp and a sound that resembled a giggle. Though she was very depressed inside, today was a new day for Moon. She happily trotted through the forest to what seemed like an opening. Little did Moon know that this was a nearby Pokemon village. As Moon stepped onto the village grounds, she was amazed by the view. "It's beautiful."

Skòll was taking a nice nap until a poochyena, called Run if Skòll remembers correctly, bump into him and woke up him up. Skòll glared at Rin and Ein stared back Quite scared. But 2 seconds pasted, the Run proceeded to jump his back. Skòll shouted " First you wake me up and now you torture me by jumping. I should flamethrower you in my right mind." Skòll then thought a little. Still a little angry, Skòll says "Sorry, I did not mean it. Play with you? Okay, Race you back to the village." Skòll gets up once Rin gets off his back. Skòll draws a start line and says "we start here and the finish line is the village square. Are you ready?"
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When Skoll apologized for threatening Rin, the young Poochyena gave him a toothy grin, one of his best! He jumped up as Skoll agreed to play with him, suggesting a race.

"Hurray!" Rin shouted, bouncing up and down on the Arcanine's back. Rin hoped off and watched as Skoll draw some sort of a line. Rin blinked, a tad bit confused and looked up at Skoll. They would... start here and finish at the village square? Rin stared down at the line and then in the direction of the square.

"Are you ready?"

Rin made a strange noise akin to a happy yelp and shot off in the direction of the village, not a care in the world if Skoll was even following him. Rin grinned as he bounced and raced his way towards the village, leaping and hopping over small hills here and there. He weaved his way through bushes and lept through the rest of them. He lept so well, that he couldn't stop himself from crashing right into someone... again.

"Waaaatch ouuuuut!" He shouted before he made impact with the purple furred pokemon. Hooked together, the two tumbled down the hill away from the village for a few moments. Once they stopped, Rin found himself standing ontop of a pokemon with purple fur and even deeper purple eyes. He blinked, looking down at her. He sniffed her for a bit before deciding she was okay.

"HI! I'm Rin! You should play with me and Skoll. We're having a race!" He shouted. After he did, however, his body froze as he remember. OH NO! He was going to lose the race! "Sorry! Gatta go!" He told the strange pokemon before leaping off of her and racing up the hill towards the village.

Moon

Moon blinked as the pokemon bumped into, and then tumbled with her down the will then ran off. "Well ,better try to make some friends then. She then Sprinted after Rin, catching up to the two racers. Moon ran with almost perfect form. So this is what you guys do for fun?" she asked, looking at Rin. "Oh, sorry, forgive me. I'm Moon, I live in a cave within the forest, just outside of this village."

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Before Skòll can say go, Rin bolted towards the village. Skòll ran and shouted after Rin. "You little pesk. I did not say go yet." Skòll is still a little tired from his training but he has a lot of stamina. Skòll saw in the distance that Rin ran into an espeon. "Rookie mistake" Skòll thought. But shortly afterwards, Rin was off again. Skòll raced past the espeon. Skòll was catching up but it was not enough. Although Skòll could have use extremespeed ,he knew it would cheating. When Skòll had come to the the village square, Rin was there jumping up and down. Skòll smiled...

A tall, tower like hut stood in the village adorned with a plethora of interesting, shiny trinkets and objects of mystical value, their shine making the tower like hut glow with ephemeral glory, gifts all given to the mystic bird within the hut, his wisdom told through his dreams...

The Xatu bird slept soundly atop the tower hut, in a rather luxuriously decorated nest shiny with medallions,masks and Unknown decals, the view of his home was definately close to something a human would have, though not quite, more primative aztec so to speak, to give his place a roomy feel like his old home, and it hasnt changed.

The birds nest sat next to an open window, as its cold, yet soothing touch brushed along his feathers and from the cold, the psychic birds eyes gently opened, tired and droopy as they had always been, the bird stood up, slow and non-chalantly, before mistepping one of his talons as he stood back, causing the exhausted sleepy Xatu to fall backwards out of his window. Reefer barely made a sound as his back comically slapped against a thick branch under his window, and with a lengthy yawn, the droopy eyed bird gazed at the world around him, not even affected.

"Duuude... *yawn* How long was I napping...?" He questioned himself, an aura surrounded him, and using his telepathy he sensed the cycles which have passed day by day. Finding his answer, reefer groaned in dissapointment.

"Only two weeks? Bummer... I was hoping a month~!"

His vision then caught Asters, causing reefer to smile, too lazy to yell over, he simply used telepathy to communicate with the dream pokemon.

"Thanks for the nice dreams~! Though they were a bit too short, you know~" *Yawwnn* "Im still... Waking up and Im famished~! Could you get me a meal~?"

Iron

Iron waited patiently for Honey to dig. The usual way this worked out was that Honey would dig until they hit something, like the loot or a pocket of air, and then Iron would go in and handle the rest of it. it was rather dangerous; unknown to either of them they could get buried alive. Honey at least had the ability to dig himself out, but Iron has yet to develop the methods to do so himself. Still they were naive youth; Honey never considered the dangers and Iron thought he was invincible. Soon the Alpha of the village, Luke, arrived to question the youth. "I smell stones! Magic stones, like the one that turns pokemon into adults!" Evolution stones, though Iron didn't know them as such. He knew they were "Fire Stones" and their variants or "Magic Stones".

Honey Buns

Honey couldn't hear Luke as by the time he arrived the little rabbit had got about waist deep into the dirt, causing a small pile of the stuff to build up around the hole. A few minutes later and the entire bunny was gone, digging strait down to find that loot Iron was looking for. Honey could only move about a foot a minute, but soon he hit a rock and came up. "Iron, I think I found it!" Honey proudly held up... An Everstone. It was then that Honey noticed Luke and waved to him. "Oh! Hello Chief Boss King!" It was Honey's thing to give Luke and Akira combinations of somewhat respectful and regal titles.

Shizuka woke up early that morning before her parents, as usual. She swears sometimes she's an insomniac because of how little she slept. but better then Masamune; she didn't sleep at all. Just... Sat at the corner. At least that's where Shizuka usually finds her when she wakes up. "Shizuka! Good morning! Want me to make breakfast?" Yawning Shizuka nodded her head as she went to was up. Unlike most, Shizuka actually lived in a house. It was a small house, two bedrooms and a main room had a kitchen and the entrance. But they had a larger, more impressive building where Shizuka's mother keeps the village records. There was also a well outside their house where Shizuka draws water, use for both cooking, drinking, and cleaning. She first got a bit a water in a pail to wash face and help her wake up. then she took a fuller pail of water which she'd bring inside for cooking.

Masa in the mean time was chopping up berries and vegetables for a stew. She was a hard worker despite being a one-armed sword, and by the time Shizuka came in Masa had everything ready except the water. Together the two young pokemon made breakfast for them and their parents. Shizuka's mother and father woke up together and they too went outside to wash up, before coming in for breakfast. They thanked Shizuka and Masamune for the breakfast and ate together, talking a bit about what they planned to do. Shizuka's father wouldn't be back until a few days later, as he and his patrol has heard word of some restless pokemon in the mountains. Fearing a possible raid on the village they'll meet with them and try to sort something out. This worried Shizuka, but Shizuka's parents ensured her that he'll be fine. He's not going alone and besides that, quite powerful himself. Masamune chimed that she'll protect the village and Shizuka while they were gone, which got a hearty but appreciative laugh from Shizuka's parents.

Today was mostly a free day, as the gardens didn't need Shizuka and her mother didn't have any particular chores for them. They had enough food at home to last them a few months, and the berry plants themselves were being tended by more experienced gardeners. So Shizuka and Masa roamed around the village looking for things to do. Masa rode on Shizuka's back, wrapping it's tassel across her shoulder. Shizuka had her notebook out and a piece of charcoal which she used to write her observations. Clean and quick marks decorated the otherwise white sheets of paper, written in a language Shizuka only knew. She would teach Masa one day, when she could find another book for Masa to use. Books and paper were important but also rare, too rare for Shizuka to give out freely. Her mother, as much as she wants Shizuka to have fun writing, did not allow her daughter to take paper out of the village records office. They were much to valuable to play around with.

Shizuka just wondered around the village documenting the things she saw. What pokemon was doing what, the colors of flowers, the shape of clouds. Random everything.

Shani woke with a start; the lack of warmth around her was a sure indication that her mother wasn’t in the nest anymore, and that meant it was time for her to get up too. The young fire-fox bounded out of her home-burrow, which was just inside the village borders, looking about for her mother as she went. “Mama, what’re you doin’?”

Her mother was sitting just outside the burrow, soaking up the morning sun. She nudged over a couple of berries for Shani to eat for breakfast, and spoke. “Just waiting for you, darling. Now, I’m going to be helping out with the berry picking today, so I want you to go find someone to play with, okay?”

“Okay!” Shani chirped happily as she munched on her breakfast. She gobbled the berries up quickly, before turning on her hind legs, tripping over them slightly as her tail failed to turn with her, and bouncily ran towards the village square. Hopefully someone would be there to play with her!

“And stay within the village boundary!” Her mother called after her. Shani flicked an ear back in response, calling a hasty “Okay!” before she was out of sight of the older Fennekin.

Rin could feel the wind running through his fur as he ran, bouncing and pouncing his way towards the village. He could hear the footsteps of someone behind him which made him push himself just a little bit harder.

COME ON! GO~

GO~ RIN~ GO~~

He skidded to a halt as he reached the village center, nearly colliding with Shani, which would have been his third Crash of the day. (Geddit, DP? Chuks?) He grinned as he came to stop, nearly inches away from her.

AND THE CROWD GOES WIIIIIILD!

"Hiiii Shani!" He shouted, happy that he'd won AND managed to stop himself from colliding once again. He turned when he heard a new voice and saw the espeon from before. "It's you!" He shouted, pouncing up and down around her excitedly. "Yeah! Yeah! We do lots of things for fun! Do you wanna play with us, Moon?" He asked, grinning at Skoll as he made his way. He bounced up and down again and ran over to Skoll (Without waiting for an answer from Moon, he just assumed the answer would be yes), jumping to his back.

"What took you so long? Are you getting oooold?!" Rin asked rather loudly, gnawing on Skoll's ear again.

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Luke chuckled at Iron's response, looking into the whole that Honey was digging for them. It was a bit dangerous, but he would reprimand them later. For now, he would humor them.

He raised a brow, if he had one, as Honey held up a plain looking stone. From the stone, Luke could feel the powers it held within it and chuckled once more. It stopped, as Honey address him, waving. "Alpha or Luke will do, Honey." He told her, lifting his tail to gentle lift the stone from her hands. Sure enough, as he touched it, he could feel it slowing his growth, not that he had anymore to do.

"Iron, Honey... I believe what you have found... is an everstone. Do you know what those are?" He asked, looking down at them with naturally narrow eyes. It often looked like he was looking down on people, which he often was, but for the children, he meant nothing by it. After all, when they grow older, they will become the leaders of the village one day.

Skòll snarls at Rin, " I am not old. I am still recovering from my exercise. On top of that, I did not use my extremespeed. Futhermore, you ran off before I said go. Can you please stop gnawing my ear and get off my back?" Skòll looks at the espeon ,who calls herself Moon and says " Hi, Moon. My name is Skòll. I live alone in the plains, north from here. Yes, I run for fun." Skòll notices that Rin is still his back, gnawing his ear. He tries to shake him off.