Snippet #8047

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Natalia stared at the TV screen grimly, watching the panicking reporters running around frantically.. skillfully dodging the massive flames the rampaging pokemon was blowing. She sighed and turned off the TV as the reporters abruptly disappeared from the screen. The static sound filled the silence."I wonder what caused it to snap like that.." she pondered. Natalia hesitated for a minute before standing and smiling not-so-optimistically."Well.. at least we don't have to go out there, right, Corrine?" she asked the small, cat-like figure comfortably lounging on her friend's pink bed sheets. Corrine was a Laefeon.. a grass-type pokemon who followed Natalia loyally to wherever she went. Corrine stood and gave an excited yelp. Natalia picked up the green pokemon and snuggled it close, its leafy tail hitting her waist. She struggled under the weight of the pokemon.. for he was already bigger than half her size. But that wasn't really an accomplishment since she was damn short anyway. Natalia gazed out the window into the howling wind and spitting rain. "Yeah.. We're definitely not going out there.." she muttered, gripping Corrine even closer to her.

Steps thundered up the stairs and the door burst open with a loud "BAM!" as it hit the wall. It probably left a dent there. Marie, my friend who has been so kind to let me stay in her home, was now panting heavily and staring at me with with wide eyes.
"NATALIA!" she shouted, stepping closer to small girl.
"What's up?" Natalia asked, nodding and grinning foolishly. Probably not the most appropriate thing to do and say. She frowned.
"I can't find Ash!" Marie sobbed once and then regained her composure. Ash is the nickname she gave to her Poochyena. He was named after a famous pokemon trainer. Original, right?
Before Natalia could even suggest anything, Marie began speaking in a hurry again.
"M-Maybe he went outside?!?! Could you find him for me?!?!! Oh, my poor baby... "
"You want me.. to go out.. in this weather?"
She stole a quick glance out the window.. one of the trees was falling down from the pressure of wind and rain. Damn.
"Yes, dammit!" she replied angrily.
"I'll die out there! And besides, we're not even supposed to go out!"
"GO!" she yelled, tears welling up in her eyes.

Corrine slipped through the narrow crevice just as Natalia was about to slam the door on his green tail. She sighed and unfolded the map Marie had given her. The house was just outside of a town.. Pallet Town. Wasn't that the town that had been evacuated? She narrowed her eyes and stared into the darkness. 30 seconds outside and already soaked through. "C'mon, Corrine." she beckoned the to the Laefeon as she ran along the slippery path. The girl stumbled and fell a countless number of times until she reached Pallet.

Natalia dodged the cracks and fallen trees that had fallen around the town. She had no idea where to find Ash. It was a hopeless mission. In the middle of Pallet Town, she took shelter under a tent-like roof a nearby shop and sat there, waiting for the missing Poochyena to come along.