//------------------------------// // Ancient Rivalry // Story: Luna's Pokémon Journey // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// After helping the Winstrate by catching a Gible, James and Luna was now in another forest on their way to Falander Town. While walking, James keep looking in the forest, like he was looking for something. “James, can you stop looking in to the forest? Its making me nervous, what are you looking for anyway?” Luna ask him. “I’m looking for Zangoose and Seviper, they live in this forest.” “Zangoose and Seviper. Those are Pokémon, right?” “Yep, they have been at war witch each other for a very long time.” When Luna hared that she was shocked, what kind of Pokémon would do that? Before she could say anything, they heard a noise in some bushes out came a Pokémon Luna had not seen yet, it looked like a giant cat. The Pokémon had white fur with some blue on it, so she took out her Pokédex. Zangoose the Cat Ferret Pokémon. Zangoose usually stays on all fours, but when angered, it gets up on it hind legs and extends its claws. This Pokémon shares a bitter rivalry with Seviper that dates back over generations. “It looked like Zangoose is hurt.” Said Luna. They look at Zangoose, it was breathing heavily, Zangoose had cut on its arms and face. “Your right, that means Seviper is close by.” James was right, right after he said that three snake came out from the same bushes and surrounded the Zangoose, one of them were bigger than the other two. “Crap, Seviper.” Luna pointed her Pokédex the snake Pokémon. Seviper the Fang Snake Pokémon. Seviper’s sword like tail serves two purposes, it slashes foes and douses them with secreted poison. This Pokémon will not give up its long running blood feud with Zangoose. The biggest Seviper’s tail stared to glow pink and it attack Zangoose, Zangoose tried to doge it but thanks to the other two Seviper the attack hit. Zangoose fell to the ground and it looked like it was suffering. “We got to do something.” Said Luna with concern in her voice. “What do you want to do? Interfere? I don’t do that.” James answer. Luna was shocked of what she heard that from James, here was there a Pokémon that need help and he wasn’t going to do anything. “Well if you aren’t going to help then I’m going to.” She took out a Pokéball and threw it up in the air. “Come out Onix and use slam on Seviper.” Out came the giant Pokémon and he slam its tail on the closest Seviper, it flew in to the forest. The other two Seviper ran away of fear. Luna ran over to the Zangoose who was lying on its stomach, it was breathing very heavily. “What’s wrong with Zangoose.” She asked. “It’s been poisoned, her.” James took out a berry from his bag, it was orange. “It’s a peach berry, if you can get Zangoose to eat it the poisoned will disappeared.” Luna took the berry and bent down. “Look Zangoose, the berry will make you feel better.” Zangoose tried to knock it out from her hand but the poison kick inn. “I know you don’t want to accept help but please accept mine.” Zangoose looked into Luna’s eyes and what he saw something he never seen before, concern. So, he swallowed that pride he had and ate the berry, Zangoose feel asleep. Luna stared to stroke its head. James approached them. “I suggested we use your Onix to move Zangoose somewhere else, there we can set up camp.” “Alright, you heard him Onix.” Onix moved its body so James and Luna could put Zangoose on it back and they stared to move through the forest again. After a while of walking Luna decide to ask James something. “You knew that I would help Zangoose, didn’t you?” “Yep, even if you haven’t help Zangoose I would have done it. They may have been in war with each other for generations but three again one, now that’s not fair.” As night came they soon found a side where they could set up a camp, James was busy setting up tent while Luna and her Onix was by the campfire watching over Zangoose. James stopped for a moment. “How are Zangoose doing?” He asked Luna. “I think that the poison is gone.” She answered. “That’s good, now we just have to wait Zangoose wake up.” He went back to work. “How do you Zangoose will feel when he wakes up?” James shrugged his shoulder. “Don’t know, but my best guess is that Zangoose bride have taken a hit.” “What do you mean?” “Well, as far as I know Zangoose and Seviper has always settle things whit out humans and other Pokémon interfering.” Luna hung her head by his words and James saw that. “Hey, you did the right thing and if Zangoose is to stubborn to realize that then it his fault not yours.” That made her feel a little better. “Do you think that those Seviper will return?” She asked. “Yes, but as long you have Onix out I doubt that they will attack.” He hit the last pole in the ground and walked over to the campfire and silence came over the camp, the silence stared to get on Luna nerves so she decided to ask about the Pokémon she saw last night. “James, are there Pokémon that looked like bats?” “Well, we have Zubat, Golbat, Crobat, and Woobat. Why do you ask.” “Last night before I went in I saw something, a Pokémon I think. It looked like giant bat.” She answered. James stared to think out loud. “Interesting, maybe you saw a Pokémon that had not been discovered yet. Or, maybe the moon was playing tricks on you.” That last part made Luna angry. “The moon wasn’t playing tricks on me, I know what I was.” James but up his hands in defence. “I don’t know what you saw and I can’t confirm it because I didn’t see the Pokémon, you did. There’s no reason to get mad.” Luna calmed down. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to shout at you and your right I was the only one to see that Pokémon.” “Don’t worry about it, but still, if you really saw a new Pokémon. You have to wonder what kind of Pokémon it was.” He was about to say more but then he yawned. “Well, I’m going to bed. What about you?” “I’m going to stay up a little longer.” He nodded. “Alright, but don’t stay up too long.” “I won’t.” James went to the tent leaving Luna alone with Zangoose and Onix, she looked up at the moon. ‘Did I really see a new Pokémon?’ She thought to herself. Next morning. Zangoose woke up by the sun hitting it face, the first thing he saw was rocks and closer look it was a sleeping Onix. Zangoose stared to panic over why there was a Onix trapping him like a prisoner. “Your awake, that’s good.” Zangoose turned his head towards the voice, he saw a human boy sitting by the fire cooking in pot. It was the same human from yesterday. “It looks like the poison is gone, that’s is also good.” Zangoose stared to wonder what the human was talking about, then it remembered what happened yesterday. Seviper and poison tail, he looked down in shame. James was about to say something. “James.” James looked to the tent. “Have you taken my brush?” Luna’s voice woke Onix up. “Why would I do that?” He answered. “I can’t find it.” James heard that Luna empty her bag. “I have looked everywhere.” “Again, why would I take your brush? I know better than take stuff from girls.” He mumbled that last part. “What did you say?” She asked. “Nothing, your brush is in the tent because I…” Before he could say anymore. “Found it, it was in my sleeping bag.” James just rolled his eyes and went back to cooking. ‘Girls.’ He then saw Onix and Zangoose looking at him with amused face. “What?” He asked them, they just keep looking at him with the same amused face. “Your food is in front of you both.” He could see that both laugh a little, they found their food and stared to eat. ‘This world has gone crazy.’ James thought. It did take long before Luna came out from the tent, James serve her food and they stared to eat. While eating, Luna stared to talk. “James, how much future is there to Falander Town?” “If we are lucky, tomorrow.” “Good, it will be good to sleep in a normal bed. I’m tired of sleeping in a sleeping bag.” James couldn’t help but laugh of what she said. “When you’re traveling, you can’t expect to sleep in a four star hotel all the time.” Luna just rolled her eyes. “I know that but still, you get tired of it.” While James and Luna talked Zangoose was done eating, he was about to leave when he noticed that Luna’s Onix was blocking hid path. He saw that Onix was still eating, he couldn’t attack the giant Pokémon because he would certainly lose. “Let him go Onix.” Both Pokémon looked at Luna who was looking at them, Onix listened to what Luna said and move so Zangoose could leave. Zangoose ran towards the forest, he stopped by some bushes and looked back at Luna who was smiling. He smiled a little before disappearing into to the forest. “Where do you think Zangoose are going?” Luna ask James. “Probably to find Seviper.” He answered her. That shocked Luna. “He’s going to find those Seviper from yesterday?” James just nodded. “Why would he do that, it doesn’t make any sense.” She looked at James for answer. He saw that. “I don’t know, look. Zangoose and Seviper has been at was for good how long and nobody know why, it’s just in their nature.” Luna was not happy by that answer. “That’s your answer?” “Yes.” “Well, I’m not going to sit here and let Zangoose kill himself.” She ate up her food and went over to the tent. “What are you doing?” James asked her. She opened the tent and went inside. “I’m going to find Zangoose and help him.” “Are you crazy?” James almost shouted that. She came out from the tent. “All my life I have lived in a castle looking down at citizens of Equestria and done nothing, I always made my decisions by paper and hope for the best. This time I can help, so I’m going to help Zangoose. Come on Onix.” She stared to walk where Zangoose had disappeared to, she and Onix stopped and looked over to James how just sat there in shocked. “You coming?” James just shocked his head and couldn’t help but smile of Luna speech, he eat up his food and gathered his stuff and put down the tent and followed after them. After a while of walking they had not seen a sign of Zangoose or Seviper. “You know they could be anywhere.” James told her. “I know but I not given up that easy.” She told him. “I never said that you should give up, this is a big forest.” Luna stopped. “Then what do you suggest then?” She asked him. “I thought you never ask.” He took Pokéball. “Come out Lucario.” Out came Lucario and he was ready. “Use your aura to locate a Zangoose and three Seviper.” Lucario knelt down and put on hand on the ground and closed his eyes, it didn’t take long before Lucario found them. He opened his eyes and stood up. “Did you find them?” James asked, Lucario nodded. “Then lead the way.” That he did. After a while they arrived at a clearing and there were Zangoose and three Seviper, they were just standing there, talking. “Zangoose, zangoose zang zang zangoose.” “Seviper.” “What do you think they are talking about?” Luna whispered to James. “I’m not sure but I think that Zangoose is challenging the Seviper that is biggest to a one on one battle, I hope.” The big Seviper walked out in the opening to face Zangoose in one on one. They stared to circle each other. Then Seviper tail stared to glow purple again. Luna was about to ask James what kind of move that was but he was a head of her. “It’s call poison tail and there a 50 present chance that the target that get hit will be poison.” Luna just nodded of his answer. Seviper stretched his tail towards Zangoose, Zangoose manged to doge the attack. Then Zangoose hand stared to glow blue. “Crush claw, a normal attack.” Zangoose attack hit Seviper, but that gave Seviper a change to bite Zangoose hand and it looked like it hurt. Zangoose manged to push Seviper away but thanks to the bite he couldn’t stand on four legs anymore, which was a bad thing. Then Zangoose crossed its arm and he stared to glow. “That’s hone claws, it raised the user attacks. I’m surprised that Zangoose know that move.” Then Zangoose good claw stared to glow. “That’s slash.” He struck Seviper hard. Then Seviper fangs stared to glow purple and that made James eyes to widened. “That’s poison fang, Zangoose better watch out.” Seviper stared to try and bit Zangoose, Zangoose manged to doge the first attack but Seviper but he continued to attack. The more Seviper attack the more Zangoose had trouble dogging the attacks because he was standing on two leg and not four. Eventually Seviper manged to bite Zangoose in the shoulder, you could see it on Zangoose face that it hurt. Luna was about to go and help but James hold her back. “Let me go, I have to go and help Zangoose.” She told him. “This is a battle between them and what do you think Zangoose would think if you interfered.” She was about to answer but she didn’t, she kept watching. Zangoose claws stared to glow again he manged to slash Seviper away, he grabbed his shoulder in pain. Seviper wasn’t done his tail stared to glow purple again and was headed towards Zangoose, Luna covert her eyes with her hands because she didn’t want to watch anymore. She didn’t hear anything so she opened her eyes and saw that Zangoose had manged to catch Seviper tail between his hands. But he was struggling to holding it because of the damage. James and Luna watch as Zangoose struggled with Seviper’s tail, then Seviper stared to push its tail and Zangoose was losing its foothold Then Zangoose open its mouth and flames came out from its mouth. Seviper was covert in flames and it looked like it hurt. 'What's that?' Luna wonder. “That's flamethrower.” Said James. Seviper stared to run around in circles, when the fire was gone the snake turned to Zangoose to finished him but what he saw was a Zangoose using slash. Seviper was hit so hard that he flew a few meters, he landed on the ground unconscious, when the two other Sevpier’s saw that he both attack Zangoose. “That’s not fair, go Lucario.” “You to Onix.” Both Pokémon went into action and manged to scare away the two Seviper while Zangoose just wonder where they came from, them he saw Luna and James coming out from the forest. He couldn’t believe that two humans help him but if they had not done it he would probably be a goner right now. Zangoose saw that the Seviper on the ground was waking up, he walked over to the snake and stood over him. He raised its hand ready to finished Seviper off, then he saw how defenceless he looked. Zangoose lower its hand. “Zang, zangoose.” Zangoose pointed at the forest, Seviper didn’t had to be told twice, it disappeared into it. “I guess Zangoose showed mercy on Seviper.” Said Luna. “It looked like it.” Said James while he was searching his bag. “What are you doing?” Luna asked him. “I’m trying to find a potion for Zangoose.” He searched a little more and he found what he was looking for, he pulled up something that looked like a hair spray. He gave it to Luna. “Her, spray this on where Zangoose were bitten.” She took it. “Why me?” “I think Zangoose trust you after you gave him that peach berry.” James told her. Luna walked over to Zangoose who was watching her closely, she showed Zangoose the potion. “This will make you feel better if you let me spray it on where you where bitten.” Zangoose wasn’t sure of he should trust her but she has help him before, he nodded. That made Luna smiled, she sprayed some of the potion on where he was bitten, he winched every time the spray hit him. “Sorry.” Soon she was finished. “There, how do you fell.” Zangoose tried to moved his shoulder, it hurt a little but not so much before. He then dropped on all four and the same was with his hand. “So, what are you going to do now Zangoose?” She asked. Zangoose looked at where Seviper had disappeared to, then looked at Luna. “What?” “I think that Zangoose want to come with you.” Said James who came with Lucario and Onix. Luna looked at James then at Zangoose. “Is that true?” Zangoose nodded, Luna couldn’t help but smile. She took out an empty Pokéball and Zangoose touched it with one of it claws and he disappeared into the Pokéball, it made the famous click and disappeared. “I just caught a Zangoose.” “Nice work Luna, how about we get out of this forest.” “I’m not arguing with that.” With a new Pokémon on her team, she and James was again on their way to Falander Town.