Caught in a Blitzley Blizzard

Natasha ‘Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....’

Natasha the Snivy had spent too long at the beach. It was a really snowy night at Pik-island.

Natasha ‘...I-I-I tttthink m-m-my sssn-n-now-achu w-w-w-will h-h-havvvve t-t-to w-w-w-wait. I-I have t-t-t-to g-g-get b-back t-to tttttthe ffffforest b-b-b-before...’

She started to walk back when suddenly, a burst of cold air blasted towards the unfortunate Snivy. She began to freeze.

Natasha ‘GASP! AAAAAAH! IT’S TOO COLD, NOW! CHARMY!! BLITZL-MMMPH!! MMMMMMMPH!! ...........Mmph.......mmmmmmmmmmph....................’

She became incased in an ice-cube. Another Pokemon had found her, and froze her solid. It came closer to her position, and tapped its left-hand fingers on the cube, smiling at its latest prey.

??? ‘.....Hmhmhmhmmm. You’ll make a fine addition to my other sculptures in my cave, sweety. Now, what other easy targets do you think are foolishly playing outside tonight? ....And who are these...‘Charmy’ and ‘Blitzle’ Pokemon that you called out for? ...Well, don’t you worry, my little green snake. Soon enough, they’ll find you, and they’ll be with you....and me.

We only have to wait....’



Meanwhile, at Dragonair cave, Dragonair was worryingly slithering back and forth in her cave, waiting impatiently for her son, Charmy the Charmander, and his best friend, Saphire the Vaporeon, to come back from their little trip in the snow. It had only began to snow for two hours since the sunset, but since the beginning of night-time, she had let her twosome out to play in the snow at the beach.

...Oh, how foolish of her, she thought to herself. She had specifically told them to only play in the snow for one hour, but now, they were supposed to be back HALF AN HOUR ago. How can young Pokemon like them keep track of time, anyway? It’s hard to say.
Nether-the-less, things were getting desperate for Dragonair. She couldn’t think of losing her only son, again.

Just then, a figure emerged from the fog-like gusts of the snow. Dragonair could tell though, it was too big to be either Charmy or Saphire.

Eventually, the figure turned out to be Blitzle’s tough-yet-understanding father, Zebstrika. He could manage the cold. Dragonair moved to let Zebstrika in the cave and shake-off the snow that his body had caught. Dragonair didn’t mind the snowy mess, as long as if Charmy and Saphire came back, their presence would melt the snow and absorb it.

Dragonair ‘Welcome. What are you here for?’
Zebstrika ‘...I was about to ask if your kids were back yet, and by the looks of things, they’re not. You’re worried about them, aren’t you?’
Dragonair ‘Sigh, where ARE they?’
Zebstrika ‘I could also say the same thing. Because, well, I let Blitzle out, too. I was also hoping he’d be here if his friends were.’
Dragonair ‘What about Shinx?’
Zebstrika ‘He’s fine. He’s at my shelter, sleeping. He doesn’t want to play in the snow until the morning. But Natasha went out with Blitzle, and SHE’s not back, yet. I haven’t visited Serperior yet, but I can tell, she’ll be worried sick about her daughter.’
Dragonair ‘And they’re both part-grass. I’m not sure if Natasha could take the temperature in this weather.’
Zebstrika ‘Begging your pardon, but....haven’t you thought about going out there to find them?’
Dragonair ‘I don’t like night-time snowstorms. I can still remember getting lost in one when I was a very young Dratini. It took my mum an hour to find me. I....I don’t want to....’
Zebstrika ‘...............’
Dragonair ‘....Hey, don’t look at me like that! If you’re that concerned, I’m sure YOU would be brave enough to go out there than I am!’
Zebstrika ‘...That’s exactly what I was going to do as soon as I have visited Serperior. In the meantime though, you should really think about doing so, too.’
Dragonair ‘.....O....okay......’

The worries (and guilt) within Dragonair made her shed a tear. Zebstrika saw this and came closer to comfort her by nuzzling the side of her head, slightly. He then looked at her in the pitch-black dragon-eyes.

Zebstrika ‘....Don’t worry. I’m sure they’re fine. I’m going, now. I’ll look for the four kids, then I’ll bring Saphire and Charmy back for you.’
Dragonair ‘...Zebstrika......you’re....not usually this kind. ....Thank you.’
Zebstrika ‘No problem. I still remember the lesson I was taught that day I almost lost Blitzle forever. Children can’t always fend for themselves. I’ll see you later.

He then left.



Fifth-teen minutes passed. Still no sign of Charmy or Saphire from the cave.

Dragonair tried her hardest not to panic. Don’t worry, she thought. They’ll be back, she thought.

That’s when it occurred to her though; what if....SHE....was out hunting for weaker Pokemon than her?
They say that this icy-Pokemon freezes weaker Pokemon when the wintery weather is at its worst. She then takes them away. But where? And what does she do with them, then? That’s what every other Pokemon who knew about her wondered. And unfortunately for Dragonair, that’s what was concerning her, right now.

Dragonair then decided to brave into the weather, herself. She may be afraid of snowy weather, but she wasn’t afraid of enemy Pokemon, whatever the level they were at.

Dragonair ‘Don’t worry, Charmander. And you, Saphire. I’m coming for you two.’

She then slithered outside.

But she merely made it two meters from her cave when she saw CHARMY and BLITZLE!

Dragonair gasped in relief, seeing her son and the boy-zebra Pokemon carrying small piles of wood with their arms and back.

Charmy ‘Char!’
Blitzle ‘Hi, Dragonair! Sorry about Charmy being late. We were collecting fire-wood for us!’
Dragonair ‘...That....that’s okay.....that’s....’

Immediately moving from her surprised state, Dragonair then coiled her tail around Charmy, making him drop the wood he was carrying, brought him to her head and nuzzled him in a loving-manner, almost crying in happy-tears.

Charmy ‘-CHAR?!’
Dragonair ‘You’re back! You made me so worried!!’
Blitzle ‘...Um...I’m sorry if we WERE out that late...’
Dragonair ‘It’s okay! Please Blitzle, come into my cave!’

Dragonair then slithered back into the cave carrying Charmy in her tail, with Blitzle safely following behind, trotting from the snow into the cave.

Dragonair ‘By the way, how come you two are not....shivering?’
Blitzle ‘Because Charmy’s lit-tail has been keeping us cool. It’s great to have a fire-Pokemon as a friend, right, Charmy?’
Charmy ‘Char-char!’
Dragonair ‘...Really? Wow....Charmy...’
Charmy ‘Ch-har! (Giggle!)’ ^^

Charmy was special, unlike many other Charmanders in existence. Dragonair gave birth to him years ago and somehow, being born from a dragon Pokemon, gave him unusual abilities. Besides his personal attacks having a boost, the main feature was his fiery tail, which could not even be extinguished in water, what-so-ever. And now, Dragonair had figured out that Charmy wasn’t effected by the cold weather that much, which was something that was supposed to happen to a plain Charmander.

Truly, Charmy never ceased to amaze his mother...

Dragonair then put Charmy on the floor of the cave, and then slithered back out to get the wood he dropped.

When she came back and piled the wood with the stack that Blitzle lay down, she just realised that something was not right...

Dragonair ‘Hold on, where’s Saphire?’
Blitzle ‘...What do you mean? She said to me and Charmy that she would be on her way back by herself.’

At the sound of this, Charmy looked more worried.

He dashed with his small, clawed feet to the sleeping area of the cave. Saphire wasn’t there.

Charmy ‘Char....mander?’

Dragonair looked over. As Charmy looked at her, she saw that she was dissapointed. Charmy then looked down with sadness;

Dragonair ‘(Sigh), I thought I told you two to stick together.’
Charmy ‘...Ch....ar...’

Dragonair then stroked her son’s orange back with the end of her tail as a sign of saying that he wasn’t in trouble.

Dragonair ‘Blitzle, what happened while you were out there?’
Blitzle ‘Well, I was playing in the snow with Natasha nearby, making a snow...‘achu’....apparently. We then noticed a small light in a dark distance. I guessed it would be Charmy’s tail, so I asked Natasha if it was okay to leave her to see if it was Charmy. She didn’t mind, so I....left her.’

Blitzle then looked as if he was unsure if that was the right thing to do. A sweat-drop ran down Dragonair’s head. Charmy looked concerned, too.

Blitzle ‘...Anyway, I ran towards the light, and it did turn out to be Charmy. He was with Saphire. They were making fun marks in the snow. I decided to join in. A while later, I saw trees a bit further away. I then suggested to Charmy that we collected wood, so that our families could use them for warming us in our homes. Charmy wanted to come with me, but Saphire still wanted to make marks in the snow, so I....I mean, WE....

...left...her....’

Blitzle was looking more worried, now.

Blitzle ‘....She...she SAID she would walk back by herself and that I would bring Charmy back, so....
...I....I can’t believe....I separated them...’

Blitzle then began to panic, realising what he had done.

Blitzle ‘...This....this whole thing is MY fault! AAH!!! THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!! I LEFT NATASHA AND SAPHIRE OUT THERE!! What’s DAD going to say?!’

Blitzle looked out from the mouth of the cave and began to cry. Dragonair then slithered up to him, and comforted him by nuzzling her head into his. Charmy came up to Dragonair and hugged the middle part of his mother’s whole snake-like body to stay comforted too, wondering if his best friend was okay....and Natasha, too. Dragonair then raised her head up, and made up her mind, looking determined.

Dragonair ‘....We’re going to find them.’
Blitzle ‘....(Sniff)....what?’
Dragonair ‘You, me and Charmander are going back out there to find the two girls.’
Blitzle ‘But...it’s more snowy than it was a while ago, now. That’s why me and Charmy came here. Besides, I want to stay here where it’s more warm. Why do all of us have t-’
Dragonair ‘Because I don’t want you or Charmander waiting in my cave, worrying about me and your friends. It’s much better if we stick together.’
Blitzle ‘...(Sniff-sniff), Yo-you’re right.’
Dragonair ‘Shall we find them, Charmander?’

Charmy then wondered about the idea of going out there again, without getting lost. But he also wanted to see Saphire again as soon as possible, so he nodded.

Charmy ‘Char!’
Dragonair ‘Good! Let’s go, then.’

Dragonair then moved the end of her tail, like a hand that was reaching for something, to a rocky hanger on the cave wall. It had Charmy’s red, rescue-team collar on it. She picked it up and gave it to Charmy. Charmy got the collar and managed to tie it around under his head. Saphire had taught him how to do this, for whenever he was on a rescue mission.

And so, with Charmy already on her back, Dragonair started to slither out of the cave, but then halted to look behind. Blitzle was still where he was, looking upset. Dragonair looked at him with concern.

Dragonair ‘.....Blitzle....’

Blitzle looked at Dragonair.

Dragonair ‘...Come on, let’s go...’

Blitzle then slowly trotted out into the cold. Soon, Dragonair resumed slithering through the falling snow, and she and Blitzle were moving forwards, side by side.

Dragonair ‘You know Blitzle, I think getting the firewood was a good idea.’
Blitzle ‘...It is?’
Dragonair ‘Yes. Some of us will need more warmth while we are sleeping, especially Natasha and Serperior. I think you’ve done us a good favor.’

After that remark, Dragonair smiled at him, then Blitzle smiled in response, now knowing that his choice was not in vain. They moved on through the forest just outside their cave...



Saphire ‘.............’

Saphire couldn’t move an inch.

No, she wasn’t frozen in ice, let alone caught by..........her....but she was deeply buried in snow. She had spent too long outside, and now the temperature had its full grip on her. As soon as she couldn’t walk anymore, her legs had given up and fainted into the snow. She had unwillingly let lots of raining snow cover her whole body. It turns out, that as well as a grass-type, being a water-type in extremely low temperatures was bad.

Saphire, her whole body made of water, was turning into ice, and looking very pale. She could do nothing but think of what happened earlier. Think of her best friend, Charmy. Think of anything to comfort her thoughts and keep her from thinking of her dire situation. If she didn’t get any source of warmth soon, she would die......of being frost-bitten to death.

Saphire thought to herself;

Saphire ‘(...I....don’t want to die. Not like this. I don’t think I would mind dying on the beach....but not this way. I can’t believe what happened after what I saw behind me when I was walking back. It looked....shadowy....and floaty. I went back to try and find it, but it just had to go away and disappear....and make me lost. I want to be free......free of this......this......)’

The cold was way too much for the poor, poor Vaporeon to handle, now. These would be her last thoughts before she......moved on.

Saphire ‘(...........Charmy............someone............please...save me.........

         ..........I......I don’t want...to go.......................please............

                                                                 ..................some......one.................................

                                                                        ..............................................

                                                                    ..............................

                                                              ................!!!)’

Saphire felt a slight warmth.

She could hear....something...treading closer to where she was buried. Whatever it was, it kept walking, making slight crunching noises in the snow, until it literally treaded onto one of the fins of Saphire’s beautiful mermaid tail, which was cold as ice, too.

The foot of the creature felt warm to Saphire....and small. It felt as if the thing had noticed what it had just treaded on, so it removed its foot away.

Saphire thought it would then go away, only making her last a little bit longer, thanks to the warmth, but then, it sounded as if the creature knelt down in the snow....and started to dig.
It dug out the end of Saphire’s tail. Saphire couldn’t hear it, but a small gasp came from the creature. It then picked up the tail, and hugged it. From the feel of the tail, the creature felt very warm to her. Its temperature started to defrost Saphire’s tail. With the energy she had in her tail left, Saphire touched the creature’s face with one of her fins. And she knew it would be okay to do so, because she could tell...

           ...It was CHARMY, who had found her.

Charmy was happy to know that his friend was moving slightly, at least. As ever, he loved the feel of Saphire’s tail. He had to let it go, though. Charmy ran to the furtherest lump of snow of what he assumed was Saphire’s head. He knelt down, and started digging the lump. Soon, he could see a bit of dark blue in the hole he was digging.

Saphire could feel her head being touched by Charmy’s warm hand. Oh, how relieving and refreshing it was to her. The snow around her head was being scooped away by Charmy’s hands until her face was fully in the chilly air. Charmy then tried to lift Saphire’s head towards him, her fin-like ears dropped and motionless.

She tried opening her frosted eyes, but they felt like they were stuck, or worse, frozen shut. But she then felt Charmy’s warm tongue licking her face, including her nose and eyes. Thanks to this, she could sniff through her dog-like nose and just about open her weary eyes. And there he was. His cute, relieved face right in front of hers.

Saphire still felt ninety-percent cold, but she looked at Charmy and managed to speak;

Saphire ‘..........Ch......Ch....Ch..Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cha-a-a-a-a-rrrrrrrrrrr.........m-m-m-m-m-my-y-y-y-y-y-y-y........y...........’
Charmy ‘.........Char......(Sniff)...!’ <:’)

Charmy then had an idea. He hugged Saphire’s head into his tummy. Her whole face was engulfed in his hot, yellow, reptile-like skin. It was SO comfortably warm. Her whole face was defrosted, even though the rest of her body couldn’t take it in. Still, she smiled as she managed to get a small part of her mouth to be free of the tummy and breathe. She would, for the fun of it, blow bubbles into Charmy’s belly right now, but she didn’t have the energy to do it, so she kept smiling and managed to lick it with her tongue, instead.

Charmy didn’t see that coming and giggled. He was slightly tickled by Saphire’s other small facial movements. To him, her face was so cold, but he could handle it. He then called out for Dragonair and Blitzle;

Charmy ‘CHAAARMAAANDEEERR!!’

As he waited for their response, he continued to hug Saphire’s head, and managed to hear a few words from her;

Saphire ‘....Thththtthtthhthththaank.....y-y-yy-yyy-yyyyoooooou-uuu-uu-u-u........’

Charmy, upon hearing this, smiled and hugged her a bit tighter. Eventually, he heard a faint voice from a distance.

Blitzle ‘Charmy?! Did you find someone?!’
Charmy ‘CHAAAAR! CHAAAAR!’

Both Blitzle and Dragonair arrived at the scene, immediately over-joyed to see that Saphire was found by Charmy, and that she was alive. Dragonair edged her head closer to Saphire’s, with Charmy now moving her head away from his tummy, but still holding on.

Blitzle ‘(Gasp)! Saphire! Are you okay?!’
Dragonair ‘Oh, Saphire! Sweetheart! You look in really bad shape!’
Saphire ‘............D....D-D-D-D-Drrrrrrrag-g-g-g-g-on...na-a-a-’
Dragonair ‘It’s okay. I’m going to take you back to our cave, now.’

Dragonair moved her tail and started to coil it around Saphire’s whole body. Charmy gave one last lick to Saphire’s weak face before they gave one last smile to each-other. He then let go of her head when Dragonair’s tail had its full-grip on her.

Although Dragonair wasn’t quite as warm as Charmy, it was a satisfiable temperature to Saphire, at least. She was completely lifted from the snow and given a slight, comforting squeeze from the hugging dragon-coils. The shell necklace that she wore was dangling from her neck.

Dragonair ‘Blitzle. Charmy.’
Blitzle ‘Yes?’
Charmy ‘Char?’
Dragonair ‘I’m going to take Saphire back. I want you, Blitzle, to take Charmy with you to the spot where you last saw Natasha.’
Blitzle ‘You said that Dad’s still out here, too. You don’t think...?’
Dragonair ‘Just incase he hasn’t got there first, it would be good to check. I’m going to stay at the cave to look after Saphire now, so weather you find Natasha or not, you two have to come back if she’s not there.
...And I MEAN COME BACK. Alright, Charmy?’
Charmy ‘Char, char!’ 8( (Nods franticly)
Saphire ‘.....N-no-o-o-o-o-o-o........Ch-Ch-Cha-a-a-a-r-r-r-m-y-y-y-y-y............’

Saphire didn’t want Charmy to leave her, again. She looked at him weakly with worry in her eyes. Ofcourse, Charmy didn’t want to miss her again too, and he raised one of his hands half-way up to show it, as well as his sad-puppy face.

Blitzle ‘It’s okay, Saphire. He can take the weather really well!’
Dragonair ‘Yes, but still....’
Blitzle ‘...Yes, Dragonair?’
Dragonair ‘....Be careful. Other Pokemon say that there’s a certain monster that hunts for weaker Poke-’

Dragonair’s eyes widened as she put the end of her tail on her shut-mouth as soon as she realised that she didn’t want to get Charmy all worried, again. Luckily, he wasn’t paying attention; He was making melted prints in the snow with his lit-tail. Blitzle had listened though, and he seemed more wary.

Dragonair ‘......Just.......be very careful, both of you. I’ll see you two back at the cave. If I see Zebstrika on the way, I’ll tell him everything.  Keep each-other safe.’
Blitzle ‘...O....okay....’
Charmy ‘...Char.’

Dragonair nuzzled Blitzle and Charmy’s heads and then she slithered off, hugging Saphire in the middle of her warm coils and taking her to the cave. It didn’t take her long to disappear into the snowy distance.

Blitzle and Charmy were now both alone.

Blitzle ‘....Well....I hope I remember the way back to the Snow-achu from here. Let’s go, Charmy. It won’t be far.’
Charmy ‘Charmander.’



They travelled through the blizzard-infested beach for a while, and they hadn’t come across anything. The storm was at its thickest now, and Charmy kept thinking if Blitzle really did know where they were. He had his hand on his zebra-like friend’s furry and stripy body, so that he wouldn’t lose him.

Blitzle ‘...It’s okay, Charmy. We’ll find her.’
Charmy ‘.........’
Blitzle ‘I have you to thank, you know. In fact, we should be thanking each-other! You’re keeping me warm and I’m taking care of you, just like Saphire usually does. I couldn’t ask for a better warmer-upper, Charmy.’
Charmy ‘....Char.’

.........Something was watching them from a distance.........

Blitzle then stopped. Charmy did so too, when he realized that his hand was moving away from his friend’s body. Blitzle was looking to his right.

Blitzle ‘....Hey....what’s that?’
Charmy ‘...Char?’

Blitzle saw a silhouette in the distance. It looked like it had two pointy ears.

Blitzle ‘...What Pokemon is that? Why is he just standing there? C’mon, Charmy. Let’s go and see him.’

They treaded in the snow towards the mysterious two-eared creature. When they were very close they could make out what it was...

Blitzle ‘Hey! This is the same snowy-Pokemon that Natasha was making! We’re on the right track, Charmy!’
Charmy ‘Charmy ‘Char!’

But when they looked around, they couldn’t see Natasha, anywhere. Not in the thick weather.

Blitzle ‘......Do....do you see her, Charmy?’

Charmy turned his head to Blitzle. He shook his head with sadness.

Blitzle ‘.......‘Sigh’.....where is she...?’

Blitzle didn’t know where to look next. He knew that if his girlfriend wasn’t here, she could be anywhere. But that’s when it struck him.

Blitzle ‘Hang on....maybe my DAD found her first!’
Charmy ‘...Char?’
Blitzle ‘Well, I hope he did, anyway. Also, Dragonair said to come back to her cave whether Natasha was here or not, right, Charmy?’

Charmy nodded in response.

Charmy ‘Char-char’.
Blitzle ‘Yeah, then I guess we can go back, now. ...Still though, I really hope my dad did find her.’

They started to walk back to the direction that they assumed, without doubt, would lead back to the forest, and then the cave. Blitzle looked back at the snow-sculpture.

Blitzle ‘Oh, I see. Natasha called it a snow-achu, because it’s like a Pikachu. I get it, n-’
Charmy ‘CHAAAAR!!!’ D8
Blitzle ‘What?! What is it, Charmy?!’

Things became frantic, all of a sudden. Charmy was running from Blitzle’s left-hand-side, to a half-cube shape-like object.

And that object was NATASHA the Snivy, all frozen up in ice. She appeared to be in a running position, facing away from the snow-achu with a scared, surprised face on her. Charmy could quickly make out who it was in the block, and eventually when he walked close enough, so could Blitzle.

Blitzle ‘’GASP’! NATASHAAA!’

He ran up to her icy-cage and stopped in front of it, in horror. He looked at Natasha’s wide-eyed face.

Blitzle ‘....N-no......Na...tasha....’

Blitzle shed a few tears. Charmy shared his concern by licking the ice-cube that had claimed victim of their snake-like friend.

...Unfortunately, Charmy’s tongue was now stuck to the ice.

Charmy ‘Chrrr?! CHRRR!!’ 8P
Blitzle ‘Huh? Charmy! Are you okay?’

Thankfully, the warmth in Charmy’s tongue melted part of the ice that had stuck to it, before he was completely free of it.

Blitzle ‘We’ve got to get Natasha out of the ice! Charmy, do you think you can melt it without hurting Natasha?’
Charmy ‘Char!’ >: (

Charmy and Blitzle stood back from the ice, and the boy-lizard breathed in, about to use his fire-blast on it. But before Charmy could make action, Blitzle heard...something...behind him. He turned around.

Blitzle ‘..........AAH! Charmy, look out!!’

Blitzle immediately galloped and pushed Charmy out of the way of the big spell of cold air that was heading towards them fast. But thankfully, it just missed both of them. Charmy hit the snowy-ground face-first, but he wasn’t hurt much. Blitzle landed on his side. He got up and checked on Charmy as he got up, too.

Blitzle ‘Charmy! Are you hurt?! Sorry I had to push you!’
Charmy ‘Char...’
??? ‘.........Well, well, well........’
Blitzle ‘......!’
Charmy ‘........!’ 8(
??? ‘No-one has ever evaded my cold air, before...’

An air-floating figure came from the snowy, dark distance and revealed itself.

It was a FROSLASS. This Pokemon had a skull for her head, with yellow-eyes peeking through the eye-holes and two icy-horns on the top. Her wing-like arms were attached to her head, and the rest of her body was like a white-dress with a red bow-tied ribbon in the middle.

She was smiling evilly at her next two victims. Charmy and Blitzle have never seen a Froslass before and they stared at her with fear, until Blitzle figured out something.

Blitzle ‘...’Cold air’? ...So YOU froze Natasha!!’
Charmy ‘Chrrrrrrrrr!’ >: (
Froslass ‘...Indeed, my sweet-looking children. And you two must be Charmy and Blitzle.’

The Froslass’s voice was creepy enough to gain a chill on Charmy’s spine. But Blitzle spoke for the both of them.

Blitzle ‘...You know us?’
Froslass ‘...No, but those are the names that your green friend called for before I put her to sleep. I would have left and taken her away if she didn’t call you. I had to wait until you two ‘answered her’, and here you two are, ready to join her.’
Blitzle ‘How could you do this to her?! She’s our friend!’
Froslass ‘Yes, and now you two can share her slumber. All you have to do is hold still.’
Blitzle ‘But we’ll be sleeping in freezing pain, you crazy monster!’
Froslass ‘Hmhmhmhmhmmmm! I know. And I’m afraid that’s the way I love it. To look at little children who don’t like me at first, but when I have them, they do nothing but admire me, my lovely features, and what I can do. And in return, I watch over them like their mother.’
Blitzle ‘Pff! Some mum YOU are! If you want us, you’ll have to fight for it.’
Froslass ‘YOU two? Heh! Just one hit on the both of you, and you’ll be mine to watch over, forever.’
Blitzle ‘And we’ve beaten tougher Pokemon than you! Especially Charmy! Right?’
Charmy ‘...Ch-ch-cha-a-a-r-r-r-r-r-r........’ 8[

Charmy didn’t look like he was entirely up to the challenge. He had never been so afraid of the cold weather in all his life, thanks to the Froslass.

Froslass ‘Hmhmhmhmm. I can see that your orange friend already wants to be with me so that I won’t have to hurt him. ...Much. In the meantime, my children, let’s turn the temperature down more, shall we?’

The battle between them began as Froslass blew icy-wind from her small mouth. Charmy and Blitzle jumped out of the way, avoiding being frozen again, and splitting them up. They ran around Froslass at a distance in different clockwise directions, but Froslass was keeping her sight and face on Charmy, who had the type-advantage, but seemed like the easier target out of the two.

She wasn’t looking at Blitzle and he took the opportunity to try and zap her with a thunder-shock from his cool-looking mane. But Froslass heard the attack from behind and quickly hovered upwards, dodging the attack. She still had her sight on Charmy, who was getting ready to use his ember.

As soon as Charmy fired his small, yet high-flying flames out of his mouth, Froslass glided downwards towards him fast, dodging his embers in the process. She then hit him with an ice-punch, sending him backwards and making him hit the snowy-ground. The experience was painful.

Charmy ‘CHR!’ DX
Blitzle ‘Why you...!’

Seeing Charmy hurt, Blitzle made a charging gallop at Froslass with his mane full of sparks, but then she turned around and shot a confuse-ray at Blitzle, and the hit was precise. The zebra was now confused.

Blitzle ‘GuUuh?! Wh-? Who am I....hitting again??’
Froslass ‘Hmhmhmhm. That one never fails.’

With Blitzle unable to prevent Froslass from doing anything, she turned back to Charmy, who was still trying to recover from his injury, and she flew towards him.

Charmy ‘Ch...ar? CHARMANDER!’ D8

Froslass grabbed Charmy by the waists, having him face her skull-like face, and stopped in mid-air, a few meters off the ground.

Charmy ‘Charmander!! CHARMANDER!!’

Charmy tried calling for Blitzle, but he was still in his confused state, twisting and turning about.

Froslass ‘Oh, don’t worry about him. He’ll join you and your green friend in your cold blankets, too. Now, my sweet Charmander, how about a good-night kiss...?’
Charmy ‘(Gulp)!’ 8(

Charmy wriggled to try and break free of his captor’s grasp, but Froslass brought his head much closer to hers, and opened her small mouth as if she were about to kiss him on the fore-head, but instead, began to use her frost-breath on him. White, extremely cold air surrounded Charmy’s screaming head and he couldn’t see anything. The freeze was beginning to take effect, too.

Charmy ‘CHAAARMANDER!!! CHAAAR!!!!!!! CHMMMMMMMMPH! MMMMPH-MM-MMMMPH! MMMPH............mmmph....................mmmmmmmmmmmmph.......’

Charmy’s head was completely frozen in ice. Somehow, the rest of his body became immobile as his arms, legs and fiery-tail were dangling in mid-air, motionless. Froslass finished the job by moving her hands from his waists to his now-frozen head and blew more icy-air onto the rest of his body.

Eventually, his whole body became frozen-cold, except for the lit part of his tail, which managed to withstand the cold-air. But that didn’t bother Froslass.

Froslass ‘Hmhmhmhmhmhmm. You look really lovely and sweet in my snugly ice. Even more lovely than the snake.’

Froslass looked back at Blitzle, who was still confused, using his thunder-shock blindly in all directions. She had a thought, then turned back at Charmy’s frozen screaming face.

Froslass ‘You know what? I’m taking you to my home right now. Your other two friends don’t look as sweet as you, so don’t worry, you’ll see them in my sanctuary another time. Now, let me carry you to my nest as you peacefully sleep....my child....’

Froslass held Charmy around her arms as if she were holding a baby in a still-rocking position, and flew off from the battle.

...UNTIL...

Blitzle ‘Ooooh, look daddy! A flying Pidgey! I wanna shoot it!’

Blitzle awkwardly fired his thunder-shock.

Froslass ‘ARGH!?!’

...A DIRECT HIT! Froslass was electrifyingly shot down by Blitzle just before she could escape! The surprising pain made her drop Charmy’s ice-frozen body onto the snowy ground, but it didn’t shatter a bit. Froslass quickly recovered from her shocking flinch and looked back angrilly at the dizzy Blitzle.

Froslass ‘Wha...? How?! I can’t BELIEVE you just shot me!! A cheap-shot!!’
Blitzle ‘Uh, does that mean it’s price isn’t worth- huh? What did I do? I mean....WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO ME?!’

Blitzle had finally recovered from his confusion status. But he was too slow to know that Froslass came up to him and started to use her freezing air on Blitzle’s legs. The temperature was unbearable.

Blitzle ‘AAAH!! I can’t feel my hooves!!’
Froslass ‘That’s what you get for hurting your future guardian, you naughty boy!!’
Blitzle ‘Shut up!! I told you, you don’t even know the first thing about being a mother!!
Froslass ‘Maybe not, but the good thing is that you won’t even be able to hear me once I’m done with you!’

Froslass resumed freezing Blitzle’s whole body from hoof to head. The ice was up to the top of his legs, now.

Not far away, incased in ice, Charmy was slowly beginning to bring himself back to consciousness, making his eye lids move from fear....to anger. The fire on his tail was getting slightly bigger, too.

Froslass had now frozen half of Blitzle, and stopped blowing cold air at him to mention a threat.

Froslass ‘You know what? I don’t like you. As soon as all of you are frozen, I’m throwing YOU into the sea to be lost, forever!’
Blitzle ‘WHAT?! NO! WHY? This whole island means EVERYTHING to me!!! And what about when I’m free of the ice?!?’

Froslass didn’t answer. She angrily continued to freeze Blitzle. The ice was reaching his neck, now.

Blitzle ‘AAGH! NO!! CHARMY! DAD! SOMEONE!!! HEEEEEEEELLLP!!!!!!!!!!’

Charmy ‘........Mmmmmmmmph....mmmmmmmmmmmMMMMM-MMMMMAAANDEEERRR!!!!!!!!’ D8<

Thanks to his heat, Charmy finally broke free of the ice as his icy cage exploded and smashed into pieces and a huge chunk of it hit the back of Froslass’s head!

Froslass ‘ACK!!’

The frosty air stopped flowing from her mouth, just before the creeping-ice reached Blitzle’s head, and Froslass hit the ground hard.

Blitzle ‘.........Whew.’

Froslass was about to get herself up until Charmy jumped onto her back and scratched her with his small but sharp claws, slicing her red ribbon in the process. Froslass became enraged at the sound of the rip and shoved Charmy off of her with one of her arms.

Charmy hit the snow again, but got up immediately, getting pumped and ready for Froslass’s next move as she got up, too.

Charmy ‘ChrrrrRRR!!’ >: (
Froslass ‘.....M.....my RIBBON! My beautiful ribbon!! ..........YOOOU!!!!!’

Froslass was getting deadly serious, now. Her mouth charged up an ICE-BEAM, and she fired it at Charmy. But Charmy used a fire-blast from his mouth, too, and both of the attacks met in the middle, starting a clash of their own.

Both of the blasts seemed equal in power, pushing each-other back and forth, until the ice-beam started to push the fire-blast back, getting closer to Charmy.

Charmy started to worry about his chances....until Blitzle interrupted by firing a thunder-bolt at Froslass, causing her to scream in pain as she lost her ice-beam and unwillingly let Charmy’s fire-blast hit her. Froslass was now being sizzled by both fire-blast and thunder-bolt. Fire and electricity.

Froslass ‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!’

The heat from Charmy’s fire-blast was beginning to melt the ice around Blitzle, too. Eventually, both him and Charmy’s combination of attacks caused an explosion, sending Froslass flying unconsciously, out of Charmy and Blitzle’s sight-range in the weather, and into the sea.

The sea was especially cold at this time in the night, even more colder than the air. Not even the Froslass could handle it. The surrounding water began to, ironically, freeze the icy villain into very thin, yet strong ice. Soon, her frozen body floated up onto the sea-surface, and began to drift away from the island.


Charmy and Blitzle, who was still half-frozen in ice, panted of exhaustion after that epic fight.

Blitzle ‘...You were.....great, Charmy....’
Charmy ‘...Char....man.....der...’ -.-
Blitzle ‘.....Can you......unfreeze me......now, and......then unfreeze......Natasha?’
Charmy ‘.......Char.’ <

Charmy nodded. He managed to gently use his fire-blast on Blitzle’s ice and he was soon free of it. Before he could unfreeze Natasha though, Blitzle ran up to Charmy and managed to hug him.

Blitzle ‘Hahah! Thanks for saving me again, Charmy! I know I saved you too, but still!’
Charmy ‘...(Clears throat), Char?’

Charmy pointed at Natasha, reminding Blitzle that he had to unfreeze her next. Blitzle let Charmy go and then the young lizard blew another fire-blast at the ice that Natasha was stuck in.

It took Charmy some time, but Natasha was finally free from the ice, and her pale, limb body fell to the ground. Blitzle, now looking worried again, galloped to the unconscious Snivy, and Charmy followed behind. Charmy lifted her head up, and Blitzle tried to wake her.

Blitzle ‘Natasha? Come on, Natasha! Wake up!!’
Charmy ‘Char?!’
Blitzle ‘Grrrr! Why are me and my friends always getting knocked half-dead?!’

Blitzle put one of his ears to her small chest. .....Heart-beats could be heard.
Blitzle then sighed, relieved that his crush didn’t die of being frozen, especially since she was a grass-type.

But then, they were interrupted by the sound of galloping. It was louder than Blitzle’s. Soon, Zebstrika was seen, galloping towards the three-some. He stopped in front of them.

Zebstrika ‘I heard something and saw a huge light! Are you two okay? And what happened to Natasha?’
Blitzle ‘Dad!!’

Blitzle trotted to his father and nuzzled his own head on Zebstrika’s furry neck. The bigger zebra immediately understood how he felt and his head then nuzzled into Blitzle’s.

Zebstrika ‘Are you okay, too, Charmy?’
Charmy ‘Char.’ (Nods)
Zebstrika ‘Now, tell me, what happened, here?’
Blitzle ‘We found Natasha here, frozen in ice........’

While Blitzle was explaining everything, Zebstrika told Charmy to put Natasha on his back. It took some effort, since the Snivy was a bit bigger than Charmy, but she was eventually put onto Zebstrika’s back.

Blitzle ‘......And then Charmy unfroze me and Natasha.’
Zebstrika ‘Really? So the way you described the monster....Did you two face a Froslass? And where is she, now?’
Blitzle ‘...I don’t know. I think we fired her into the direction of the sea. Oh and...dad?’
Zebstrika ‘Yes?’
Blitzle ‘...Why weren’t you around to help us?’
Zebstrika ‘............(Sigh).........I thought you kids were playing at the field within the forest and not the beach. I searched everywhere until I heard sounds coming from here. I almost gave up on you all! Dragonair told me about you two, but she didn’t say where you two were!’

Though Charmy and Blitzle could’ve used Zebstrika’s help sooner, they quietly giggled at each-other because of the fact that Blitzle’s father thought they were playing elsewhere.

Just then, Natasha began to move a little. Blitzle saw this happen.

Blitzle ‘(Gasp)! Natasha!’

She weakly opened one of her eyes. Blitzle was excited to see that she was awake. That is, until she looked at him and managed to say...

Natasha ‘..................B.............B......B-B-Blitz-z-z-z-zl-l-l-l-le.........
                     ........y.............y-y-y-yoooouuu-u-u......l-l-l-l-leffffffffft m-m-m-m-meeeee........’

After Natasha fell asleep again, she left Blitzle......unsure of himself.

Was she mad at him? Did she hate him for leaving her unprotected? These thoughts were going through Blitzle’s head as he went sad and his ears dropped.

Both Charmy and Zebstrika heard what Natasha said too, and they felt sorry for Blitzle.

Zebstrika ‘It’s alright, my son. Dragonair told me that you left Natasha behind. And I don’t blame you for this.'
Blitzle ‘...You don’t?’
Zebstrika ‘Ofcourse. You almost died, the last time I blamed you for a big matter. I’m sure Natasha will understand when she feels better.’
Blitzle ‘.........’
Zebstrika ‘Charmy, I think you should climb onto me and keep Natasha warm.’
Charmy ‘Char-char.’ (Nods)

Charmy first climbed on top of Blitzle, then leaped from his back onto Zebstrika’s. He then laid his chest and crossed arms on Natasha’s back, so that she wouldn’t be effected by the cold, that much.

With nothing else to do at the scene, Blitzle, Zebstrika and Charmy took Natasha back through the dark snowy beach and eventually through the forest.


Soon, they arrived at the garden accompanying Dragonair’s cave. Charmy had to be dropped off, here.

Zebstrika ‘Heh, the snow will be around tomorrow, too. Do you think you’ll want to play outside again, boys?
Charmy ‘Char!’
Blitzle ‘............’
Charmy ‘....Char?’ \: |

Blitzle was still a bit upset. Charmy decided to hug him again to make him feel better, and did so. Blitzle embraced him with one of his legs, too. They then looked at each-other.

Blitzle ‘Thanks for tonight, Charmy. And if you’re going out again tomorrow, I’ll go with you, too. I wouldn’t mind another adventure in the cold!’
Charmy ‘Char!’
Blitzle ‘See you tomorrow, Charmy!’

With that, they went their separate ways for the night. Blitzle and Zebstrika went away to deliver Natasha to Serperior, her mother, and then they’ll be going back to their shelter. Charmy headed for the cave, where Dragonair was waiting.

As soon as he entered, he caught his mother’s attention.

Dragonair ‘Oh, Charmander! You’re back! Did you and Blitzle find Natasha in the end?’
Charmy ‘Char...(Yawn)’ (Nods)
Dragonair ‘Good! You need sleep now. Come; Saphire wants you more than this fire I set up.’

Charmy took a few steps forward, but at the sound of ‘fire’, he stopped in his tracks and turned his head around. He looked to the cave’s exit, thinking about the other Pokemon that needed the firewood. He looked disappointed in getting them for nothing until...

Dragonair ‘Oh! Don’t worry. When I met Zebstrika again, I gave him some of the wood for him and Serperior. They need it, very much.’

With that said, Charmy’s face lit up again at Dragonair. So with nothing else to worry about, he walked to Dragonair, who had her long tail around Saphire and the cozy-looking fire. Finally, he would get to sleep with her.

Charmy climbed over his mother’s white and blue snake-like coils, slid down the other side, walked up to Saphire and nudged her head gently with his hands. She awoke, still a bit weary from her dreadful time outside, but she smiled as soon as she saw Charmy. She wasn’t shivering anymore, and she was less pale than before. She was on the mend.

Saphire ‘...........Hello, Charmy.’
Charmy ‘Char.’ <: )
Dragonair ‘I’m sleeping, now. Good night, you two...’

Dragonair, the guardian of Charmy and Saphire, smiled at them before she settled down to sleep around the twosome.

Saphire lifted one of her front legs so that Charmy could snuggle right next to her. He settled down and nuzzled on Saphire’s watery-blue chest as she closed her front legs  around her best friend. She sighed in delight, giving Charmy a friendly squeeze. They then touched nose to nose.

Saphire ‘You’re as warm as you were when I hugged you after I saved you from drowning for the first time. Dragonair and the firewood are two things, but you’re......the warmest. (Giggle!)’

She then kissed him. It wasn’t the first time they shared one; The first time was when they were in the deep sea after their first adventure, when Charmy almost died.

The kiss felt different, this time; Saphire breathed the cool, hot air from within Charmy, and then blew softly into him again. As ever, Charmy felt really loved whenever he got a kiss from his best friend Vaporeon. She breathed Charmy’s cooling air a few more times, and then let go of his mouth. They looked at each-other one more time before closing their eyes to begin sleeping in their embracement.

Charmy ‘........Chaaaaaaarrrr..........’
Saphire ‘.......Good night, Charmy.........I love you.’


THE END