New Faces, New Friends

by ZephyrStrife

Interlude 2: Lake Drago

Terry stopped quickly, his lithe body arching up as his ears twitched in several directions. The twitch of his tail had caused the two Eevee behind him to stop and listen as well, searching intently for whatever had caused their Furret leader to stop. After a few tense seconds the Furret finally gets down on all fours and uses his tail to indicate that they should keep moving. They silently nodded as they continued following the ferret pokemon while trying to cause as little noise as possible. The forest they were in was absolutely massive, and filled to the brim with more pokemon than Terry had ever seen in his life, with quite a few of them being far outside of the strength-range that he estimated he could handle on his own.

While Minna and Todd had both offered to help, they were too inexperienced to deal with many of the threats here, those two were still in their too-cute stage to be of help. Todd certainly had speed going for him but he couldn't hit worth a Rattatta, While Minna could take a hit well, she didn't have the speed or stopping power yet to help either. He let out a small sigh as he continued looking for a safe place for them to stay, searching the forest was turning out to be a bigger pain in the butt than he had initially anticipated.

"come on... There's got to be somewhere... near-... by...?" He paused again as a familiar scent reached his nose, Minna and Todd even stopped and noticed the new scent.

Todd spoke up in a near whisper. "...M-Mom is here?" His mouth began to curve into a smile as the three of them cautiously made their way in the direction of the new scent.

Minna began to get excited. "I wonder if Dad is here too!" She tried to reel in her excitement but it was certainly showing as Terry kept the two Eevee behind him.

He had a different train of thought. "it's definitely her scent... but... it's faint... We're lucky we picked up on it at all... but... What's the stronger scent?" as they got closer to the source he had them all drop low to the ground as he crawled to look past some of the really tall grass, He couldn't believe what he saw though.

A Goodra was sitting on the edge of a small lake, surrounded by several other pokemon, Terry squinted his eyes as he tried to figure out why this dragon seemed so familiar. Then a lucky twitch of his ears caught her voice.

"You two be safe now, Try to stay close to the bank and do stay where I can keep an eye on you, we wouldn't want you two to get hurt again would we?" She coos to a Poochyena and Houndour that quickly nod to her before dashing off down the bank of the lake like pups.

As Terry's jaw dropped Minna and Todd both recovered first and in their excitement they sprinted from the bushes. "MOM!" they both shouted as their run took them directly on a collision course with the dragon. She had just looked up from the small group of other small pokemon before both of them leapt into the air and had her catch them.

They both looked up at the same time, the front of their bodies coated in slime from the hug, "Hey mom!" Terry cheers as he nuzzles up against her.

"I can't believe we found you!" Minna added as she mimicked her brother. At the Goodra's confused look Terry smirked and spoke up.

"Don't tell me you forgot us in such a short time Melissa..." He chuckles, getting her attention. "It's Me, Terry."

She let out a gasp as realization crossed her face. "Oh! OOOH! I knew that something was familiar about you two!" She squealed happily as she hugged the two Eevee in her arms a bit firmer, quickly standing up and shifting Minna over to the same arm that had Todd so that she could scoop up the Furret (much to his panic as he tried to escape) and hug him as well. "I was wondering when I would find little Mick and his team! So, Where is my boy?" She asks with a smile.

Terry, Minna and Todd all lose their smiles as she look down in shame. "We... We haven't found him yet..." Terry replies. "We got separated when Arceus brought us here... I don't know where he is..."

"Oh..." Melissa says quietly as she gives each of them a firm hug again. "Well... Mick is a tough boy... he's probably asking Arceus about us right now and we'll see him soon... Till then... How about you three stay here?" She asks with a hopeful smile.

The Eevee twins smile again and cheer, getting the Furret to lighten up a little. "Sure, I think it would be good for them to have a strong dragon watching over them while we train anyway."

Melissa smiled as she put the three of them down. "Good! you three can even help me take care of the local pokemon who can't get past all the big, mean ones."

Terry smiled. "I'd be happy to help."

Author's Note:

Short chapter is short... but sweet!

Le Wild Goodra appears!

What are your thoughts and Theories on who this is?

Will I ever stop asking questions in these authors notes?

Find out when I get the answers ready!