Quietly in the distance, birdsong could be heard as the sounds of nature filtered in through the window of a two story house. Said house stood within the boundaries of the town called Petalburg where the normal type gym leader, Norman, resided. Inside the quaint yellow house's second floor was a young boy's room, and his name was Lyonell.
At the sound of the birds chirping their morning song outside, Lyonell yawned as he tried to wipe the sleep away from his eyes. With a quick sweep of his arm the boy easily pulled the blanket from on top of him and brought it to the wall on the left side of his bed while swinging his legs over onto the right. He was still quite sleepy as he sat there, pondering if he should go back to bed or not. There was no need to get up so early, it was summer vacation now; it had started only a few days ago. Telling himself it's probably best to stay up now since he was sitting upright, Lyonell proceeded to get to his feet, sliding his slippers on before walking towards the bedroom door at the far side of the room.
As quiet as it was though, just barely below the sound of the birdsong he could hear the low sound of growling? Lyonell looked around his room, eyes still blurry from trying to wink the drowsiness from his body which didn't help his observational skills. There was a few moments of silence before he saw a flash of light brown fur race across his bed beside him before he felt a weight on his chest, toppling the very unsteady human to the ground. A second later his face began to get covered in licks from a small and sandpaper-like tongue to which he quickly tried to push the owner of the tongue away while laughing. "Noah! Noah stop that!" The boy laughed as he picked up the rather large Eevee and held him above his body with a smile.
Noah barked in response, his tongue trying to lick him again as his tail swished back and forth behind him in the air. Lyonell has had Noah since he was six, and the two had been best friends from the second they laid eyes on one another. Noah was only a few months old at the time, but now the large Eevee was almost eleven, which would put Lyonell at sixteen, seventeen tomorrow. The last time Lyonell made any measurements on Noah had been only a few months ago he weighed about twenty-eight pounds and stood at almost two feet tall.
"Hold on, boy. I just got up; I told you that I don't like it when you jump on me as soon as I wake up." Lyonell told him, and Noah cocked his head to the side, but seemed to acknowledge what he said and yipped his response, but all that the boy heard was the all too familiar word "Eevee!"
With a smile and a rub to the top of his head, Lyonell stood up and opened his bedroom door. "Come on, let's go and get some breakfast!" Noah would 'Vee' in response to that and take off out of the bedroom and towards the stairs going down into the rest of the house. Lyonell was about to follow after his life long friend when he realized with a start that all he was wearing were a pair of slippers and his underwear. As fast as the boy could he reached for his dresser only a few feet away and pulled out a pair of blue jeans from the bottom drawer and a pink shirt from his second from the top drawer. Once he was at least properly dressed so nothing was revealing itself, Lyonell quickly headed for the stairs himself, passing by the bathroom and down the staircase to enter his kitchen across the hallway.
Inside there was his mother, clothed in a magenta V-neck top and a pair of white pants that looked way too tight to be comfortable enough to walk in much less sit. His mom had always been one to try and be 'hip' and because of it would almost constantly embarrass Lyonell whenever they went anywhere public such as the food store or and clothing department, despite the fact that he was wearing an article of pink clothing. Its not that what she wore was what made him embarrassed, and his choice of clothing was too much different, in fact his favorite color was pink, but it was simply the fact that she tried to hard to act like a teenager whenever she saw him.
"Oh, Lyonell!" His mother quickly spoke as she noticed him walking into the kitchen. "Good morning, dear. I thought you might be up, Noah came down here so quickly he almost swept me off my feet!" Lyonell chuckled at her words as he watched his Pokémon standing at his bowl of Pokémon food and munching it down quite ravenously as if he hadn't eaten in days. "Boy its sure is amusing watching him eat. He's so adorable, he's almost as big as his evolutions should be." She noted to him, smiling down at the Eevee she knelt beside.
"He is quite adorable mom." He agreed while pulling out a ceramic bowl and box of wheat squares from the cupboards; as well as a jug of white milk from the fridge before heading to the counter to prepare his food. As he poured his milk and cereal in, he looked back at the fridge and noticed a yellow piece of paper that was attached to it by a small round magnet. Looking closely enough to read the flier he noticed that it was about recent wild Pokémon commotions in the nearby forests.
Lyonell's mother must of seen him starring at the paper because she had asked him about it. "Do you know about what has been happening out there?" She asked him, but after a few seconds of silence she explained herself. "They say that a lot of the Pokémon living in the forests are becoming more hostile to anyone who is traveling through, whether they be Pokémon, human, vehicle. It's as if the entire food chain has been flipped on its head." The older female stood up and placed a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it a bit. "I'm sure it'll solve itself out in no time, but until this all blows over I would like you to stay in town, okay?" Her warning didn't fall on deaf ears, but he never gave any verbal response as he had been starring at his bowl of cereal the whole time; he did give a nod however. In another room they could hear the door open and his mother raised her hand as she left Lyonell in the kitchen. "Karl honey! I need to tell you something before you leave!"
The door closed again as his mother and father stepped out of the house and Lyonell continued to stare at his food in front of him. "Wild Pokémon have been attacking people who travel through the forest? What's going on? I've met and play with a few of the forest Pokémon and they've never acted in such a way." Beside him, Noah had jumped up onto the counter next to him and found him in a state of apprehension. That went away quickly, however, as Lyonell looked at Noah and scratched under the Eevee's chin for a few moments. "Hey bud, wanna go out to the forest today? I need to see some of our friends to make sure they're okay." Though his voice only told him of his species name, Noah had cocked his head in confusion, possibly he had overheard what his mother had said they shouldn't enter the forest. "I know she said we shouldn't, but I can't keep still knowing that." The boy explained. "I need to know that our friends still know its us and won't attack us."
Noah was a bit apprehensive at this. He had fully understood what the woman in purple had said, and that worried him as well, but something just didn't seem right about going out to see them. Nonetheless, The Eevee nodded in understanding at his master's words and yipped his response, which to Lyonell he could easily tell that Noah understood, and was okay with such actions. The boy smiled, eyes closed as he scratched behind his Pokémon's ears. "Thanks buddy, let's get going then before mom figures out what we're up to."
Lyonell was quick to finish off his cereal before placing it, and rinsing the bowl out inside of the sink before heading for the front entry way. He knew his mother and father were just outside so he couldn't go out the door that way, but there was still the back door. As quietly as possible he grabbed his running shoes and black backpack; then headed for the back door, putting both his shoes and backpack on as he left the house.
Outside was his backyard, nothing fancy but a few bushes along the chain link fence that covered quite a large expanse of grass, almost larger then his entire house. Noah followed him out the door before Lyonell closed it, locking it with his key before placing it in his jean pocket. There were no words exchanged between them as they needed to remain quiet for their trip to the forest, which in the distance was visible and only a couple hundred yards away. Both, Eevee and human, streaked across the yard with speed unlike any they've tried before, but at the same time as silent as possible. Noah was the first to reach the fence, easily bunching up his leg muscles on the last stride and launching himself just high enough to clear the metal bar at the top. Lyonell came second, the fence was only waist high to him so when he approached the fence, he had his left arm out to catch the top of the fence. As his hand touched the metal he latched onto the bar and in one swift motion leaped over the short barrier sideways, his left leg barely skimming the metal pole that lay across the fence and landing on the other side quite easily before resuming his sprint.
It only took a minute for the two of them to reach the forest boundaries on the north end of Petalburg City and they were quickly swallowed up by the shadows of the forest canopy. Lyonell took this time to slow down and catch his breath by bring his pace down to a jog, and soon after to a walk. His Eevee slowed down as well, keeping his ears pricked for any sounds of approaching Pokémon in the area to which there were none for the moment. "They have to be around here somewhere." The boy mumbled just barely above a whisper, but Noah still heard and looked around as well for their Pokémon friends, though their search was short lived.
Through the rustling of the wind in the trees, the human could hear the sound of crackling electricity only a few yards away. As he searched for the source of the noise he was compelled to walk up to a rather large oak tree, Noah following behind him curiously and staying low, growling very quietly as he hid in a bush near the tree. Immediately in front of the both of them were a small group of Pokémon which had no reason of being together: A Pichu, Azurill, Togepi, and Munchlax. "Baby Pokémon? What are all of these guys doing here?" All four of them seemed to be cowering together as the looked to his left, and Lyonell probably would've done the same if he was in their position. To his left only a few yards away were couple of Nuzleaf who looked outraged for whatever reason he had no idea about.
Something seemed off about the Nuzleaf though, they seemed distressed somehow, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Even as he thought, his time was running thin as the trio of older Pokémon seemed to shout something in their native tongue before one of them formed a Energy Ball using Nature Power and the other two began to summon leaves into the air for a Razor Leaf attack.
Time seemed to stand still, Lyonell couldn't move his body as he stood there beside the tree, his mind fractured as he couldn't make his mind of what to do in that moment. "What am I going to do? Do I attack the Nuzleaf, or do I Take cover from their attacks?"
