//------------------------------// // 5 - Shiny Pokemon! // Story: V for Victory, V for Victini! // by zelkova48 //------------------------------// Victini awoke to the gentle sound of chirping birds and the light snoring of Drilbur as a new day began for him and his roomy. He slowly got up from his grassy bedding and began stretching, eliciting a few audible pops from his achy bones. He rubbed his big blue eyes with his little hands, smacking his dry lips before prodding Drilbur to try and wake him up. Drilbur stirred, but only to roll onto his side and continue sleeping the day away. Victini tried prodding again, this time a bit more forceful. This time, Drilbur tossed and turn as a horrible dream plagued his mind. "...But I don't want to go swimming grandma Excadrill... Infernape might see me..." Drilbur muttered as he cringed in his sleep. Victini rolled his eyes at his slumbering friend. He only sighed, reeled back his hand and slapped Drilbur squarely on the cheek, causing the sweat covered mole pokemon to hop in distress, throwing his claws into the air and spouting wild nonsense "Ah! Infernape! I swear, that red patch on my bottom is just a birthmark, not a rash!" he cried. Drilbur's eyes darting around the burrow like a loose pinball that escaped its machine. He let out a relieved sigh to see that he was back in reality and not trying to convince Infernape, the love of his life, that his butt had a rash on it. He turned to find Victini who was holding back a snicker with both his hands covering his mouth. "You heard nothing" Drilbur said quickly before walking over to his basket of food and fishing out some breakfast "So, what's on the agenda today buddy?" he asked nonchalantly as he chew on an eggplant. "How about we wash up after breakfast?" said Victini as he brushed his arm, allowing for some dirt to shake off his fur "Ugh, I'm all dirty" "Eh, I don't know what you're talking about. We're both covered in dirt all the time and you don't hear me complaining" said Drilbur as he took another bite out of the eggplant. "It's not that, honest. It's just... I want to smell clean when I show up at Pinkie's party today" said Victini as he snacked on a cauliflower beside Drilbur. "Oh yeah, that pony you helped yesterday" said Drilbur "I completely forgot about that party you mentioned to me after we went to sleep" he blushed. "Besides, wouldn't a bath do us both good?" Victini asked. Drilbur pondered his question for a moment and then proceeded to sniff himself. Once he got past all the dirt that was around his fur, his eyes widened to a horrible realization that hit him in the face like a ton of bricks. He stunk worse than a Skuntank after it wrestled with Muk and Garbardor for a meal of canned beans and broccoli. His face scrunched up in disgust as he resisted the urge to throw up when he fanned his out odor away. "Why wait?" Drilbur replied almost immediately as he swallowed the last of his eggplant whole. * * * Ponyville seemed to hustle and bustle with much life as it always has, even for a relatively normal day. Remnants of the bake off remained in the forms of leftover crumbs being eaten by the pigeons, stands that have yet to be cleaned up, and a staggering amount of colorful streamers and confetti that were all scattered across the mains square after Pinkie used her party cannon to perform her own rendition of a twenty one gun salute for her first place victory. It was messy, and the local cleanup crew was still picking confetti out of their hair long since the bake off ended. Drilbur walked out on the streets with his nose high in the air. The smells permeating from the local bakeries and restaurants made his mouth water, plus they took his mind off the fact that he smelled like the underside of a sweaty Mamoswine in the middle of summer. He walked down the street towards the little brook right underneath the bridge that connecting the town to the local park, blissfully unaware of the fact that many pony were staring at him. It wasn't everyday you get a mole his size walking down the street, yet no one said a thing aloud. Victini was floating beside him the whole time, albeit invisible, and gingerly strode by all the ponies as he made his way to the babbling brook. He was still a little nervous around them. So far, he only trusted Pinkie with his identity. He still hadn't gotten used to appearing around humans even after the whole Zekrom and Reshiram debacle. So it made sense that he wouldn't feel comfortable around ponies either, especially if they make up most of the general populace this world had to offer. Without hesitation, the two hopped into the brook with a light splash. Although some passing ponies were scratching their heads as to why there were two splashes when there should've only been one. The confusion only got more severe when they saw all saw that the mole was playing with some invisible playmate, which in turn also had mind boggling splashes of its own. The ponies simple kept quiet, looked straight ahead moved on with the rest of their day pretending that they didn't see a thing. After about fifteen minutes of washing and cleaning, and a little deodorizing with the help of some lilacs that was growing nearby the bank of the brook, the two walked out and shook themselves dry, revealing two shiny pokemon. Drilbur sniffed himself again and smiled, he was as sweet smelling as a bouquet of freshly pluck flowers, and so did Victini. "You were right" said Drilbur "A wash did us both wonders" "Told you" Victini replied with a smug grin "So are you going with me to the party, or are you going ot do your own thing?" he asked. "I think I'll do some more exploring. I'll meet up with you by that yummy looking building in an hour or two" said Drilbur. "Sounds good, I'll see you later" Victini and Drilbur then separated after that. They both went in opposite directions. Victini headed towards Sugarcube Corner while Drilbur decided to visit the local market to see if there would be anything interesting thing there. Little did they know that both of them would be in for quite a surprise upon reaching their destination... .