Today was the day! An exciting day! They were meeting another pair of Pokemon by the edge of the desert for the sake of exploring the area around them that had become saturated with some sort of mysterious mist. This sort of mystery was exactly up their alley!
At least, it was up the alley of
one of them.
"Trev!" the Charmander called out to his partner, a smaller than average Riolu who was slowly following the freckled and ruffled up Charmander.
"What are you doing? Come on, come on!" he insisted, bouncing a bit in place to urge the Riolu forward.
Trev — or Trevor, his full name — barely hurried his step as the Charmander continued to bounce.
"I'm following you, Leon," he pointed out with a quiet, bland voice as he finally caught up.
"Aren't you happy to be back around your place?" Leon asked, putting his small fists on his hips, tilting his head at the Riolu.
"Maybe we'll get to pass by your folks's place while we're out there!"Trevor gave little reaction to Leon's question; not even a shrug; but he did look around a little bit. He had no real thoughts on the matter; neither positive nor negative. Truthfully, it was a little worrisome. He hoped his clan and family were fine out there, despite this rising mist that confounded many a Pokemon right now.
Since Leon wouldn't move on until he got an answer, Trevor quietly said,
"Maybe."Leon gave his partner a huge grin, sharp teeth shining in the desert sun.
"Let's look for those two Pokemon! They're probably super experienced explorers! They're like, a Raichu and an Arcanine, right?" Impressive! Leon was but a small Charmander still, but his heart was that of a Charizard's: no doubts about that.
Trevor, who had been more observant than self-absorbed, managed to catch a glimpse of something nearby that seemed to match those descriptions. He tilted his body to the side to get a better look, and then pointed.
"They're there." With their bags handy, they seemed to be exactly who Leon and Trevor were looking for.
"Eh?" Leon mumbled, blinking, and turning to look in the direction Trevor was pointing.
"Hey! You're right!" he gasped, and without waiting for Trevor to say or do anything, he rushed towards the other pair.
"Hey! Hey!!" he screeched as he waved frantically at the Raichu and Arcanine.
"Are you here to explore the mist?!"Trevor blinked as Leon rushed onward. For all they knew, these two weren't the pair they were looking for. For all they knew, these two Pokemon could be hostile. This did get the Riolu to hurry a little bit faster than before. If things turned sour for any reason, he could try to drag Leon away from trouble. From his position, though, he couldn't feel anything malevolent from the auras of those two Pokemon.