Twilight Wolf
The Alpha Female
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- Atop Mt. Everest leading the ultimate pack
- Seen Jul 27, 2011
Crystal Estrada
Crystal Estrada's cerulean eyes glittered in the bright sunlight as the girl in the sky blue kimono stared up at the clock at the very peak of the clock tower, sheilding her eyes from the unrelentless rays of sun. A slight but steady breeze had picked up, making the bottom of her kimono move freely around her legs. A hint of worry was in her eyes-she was obviously worried about being late to class. She frowned as she read the clock- 8:05 A.M. Was she late already without knowing it? She pushed the thought out of her mind and began to walk forwards toward the entrance.
Following her like a puppy was a cream-colored, fox like-Pokemon, nine long, slender tails trailing after it as it walked. Its legs visibly rippled with muscle, showing really that, to the powerful Ninetales, that she was flexing more than walking. Her eyes were an unusual color-blue like her owners, azure like sapphires. The Ninetales was in extremely good condition despite living outside of a Poke Ball and having to hunt for herself at times.
Crystal reached the door, which was being held open by a young, kindly gentleman. Crystal said a quick "Thank you" along with a nod that said the same and continued on through the door in a hurried manner, not wanting to be late for class. Her Ninetales trotted along behind her.
As Crystal began looking around at the interior she began having to hold back gasps as she continued through the halls, following the map and schedule she had withdrawn from her bag and was now in her hand. As she arrived at her designated classroom- Battle 101, she reached up to her bun of blonde hair one her head and removed the Ninetales pin from it, letting her silky, straight hair fall to her mid-back. She tossed her head a few times, relieving her eyes of the strands of hair that blocked them, and entered the room and took the first seat she saw.
Her neighbour was a long-haired brunette with petite, blue glasses that perfectly fit her eyes. She gave a warm smile along with a little wave, and Crystal replied with an unsure motion of the hand, but returned the smile gladly.
The teacher announced that they would be battling so he could observe their skill level and reveal what was most in need of working on. He split everyone in the room up in pairs, and Crystal ended up with the brunette since they were right beside each other. Crystal guessed that this was time to make her first friend, and her first battle at this school. She was not exactly a beginner, more advanced than most at this school probably were. Wildfire had been taught almost all of the TM's she could learn, for TM's are easy to lose and drop in a forest, and Crystal or Wildfire always found them.
"So, what's your name?" the brunette inquired, obviously an outgoing character, for there was no shyness in her soft, gentle voice.
"My name is Crystal Estrada, yours?" Crystal replied, sharing her similar side. Even though she had been deprived of human contact at a young age, and, unlike most would, it had increased her outgoingness-she wanted to meet new people and stray away from her usual lonely ways.
"My name is Annabell Hemmington. A pleasure to meet you, Crystal," the brunette answered, extending a hand for Crystal to shake, which she did. Annabell's emerald eyes shined with excitement as well as anticipation of the upcoming battle. She suddenly glanced down at Wildfire with a gasp, as if she had just noticed the graceful Pokemon, which was highly understandable due to the fact that fox Pokemon tend to be very sly, sneaky creatures. Annabell extended her open hand once more for Wildfire to sniff, just so the Ninetales would see that she meant no harm to her or her owner.
The Ninetales, usually extremely cautious of strangers, completely paid no mind whatsoever to the hand, instead nudging it away and leaping on her as if Annabell was an old friend that she hadn't seen in a year. She licked Annabell's chin as both of them stumbled, abvious joy shining in Wildfire's cerulean eyes while Crystal stood there and gaped at the two. Annabell scratched Wildfire behind her chin, also confused. Annabell gently giving the Ninetales a small push. And as obidient as a Growlithe, she backed away and sat down.
Crystal courteously helped Annabell to her feet, mouth still wide open.
"Does... she usually do that?" Annabell asked curiously.
"No, certainly not! She usually would sniff one's hand and act warily for a long while before gaining complete trust in someone...but you... you must have a good aura that she can sense. I know it. She may not be a Lucario, but she can sense aura as good as one. But, this has never happened before..." Crystal said, her train of thought wandering. When she remembered the rest of the class, she looked up suddenly to see that everyone wasn't wathing (to her immense relief) was taking their spots for battle.
Crystal and Annabell both wished each other fine luck in the battle, though Crystal didn't care if she won or lost-the thrill of the battle was certainly undeniable. The two young girls took their places at the opposite sides of the arena. The arena floor was made of packed dirt, as to try and prevent terrain advantages. Wildfire gracefully pranced to the first fourth of the arena where she was supposed to stand.
The moment had finally come for Annabell to reveal her Pokemon. The red and white ball flew through the air, brusting open in a bright flash to reveal a blue, dog-like Pokemon with a tail similar to a dolphin's or a mermaid's. A Vaporeon, and Eeveelution.
Water against fire. Who whould win? There was only one way to find out.
Deep, rumbling sounds erupted form the two Pokemon's throats, and would have drowned out the starting whistle if the shrill noise had not hurt their unexpecting ears slightly. The growling and snarling drowned out the final fading notes of the whistle-the battle had finally begun.
When you have to live alone in the forest, you have a lot of free time after you set a firm routine. Crystal had gone through intense training with her Pokemon, teaching her three ways to battle-hand and body movements, dance, and verbal commands. This time, Crystal would use body and hand gestures-and dance. Wildfire had already focused one eyes on the Vaporeon and her trainer, swivelling the other one towards Crystal.
Crystal silently stood on the tip of her toes, sweeping her right hand in front of her body, making Wildfire tense up. Suddenly, Crystal's feet were moving across the ground, leaving it a few times in a form of ballet. Her Ninetales moved with her as the teacher's eyes averted to the battle immediately.
The Ninetales burst forth as Crystal did a leap, spinning in the air. Wildfire darted to the right as Crystal jumped to the left, then the right as Crystal lunged to the right, reaching the Vaporeon quickly. The awestrucken Annabell had not yet commanded her Pokemon to move, so the obedient Vaporeon did not.
Wildfire opened her jaws wide, clamiping down on the Vaporeon's right leg with immense force. The Pokemon screeched in pain, which brought Annabell back to her senses.
"Water Pulse, now, Arashi!" Annabell commanded. The Vaporeon gladly shot a beam of water forcefully at the Ninetales, who yelped in surprise and leaped back, except this time both eyes were on Arashi as she listened for Crystal's footsteps.
The girl in the sky blue kimono danced forwards, lifting her hands to the sky, then letting them fall to her side. Stillness.
The still of the arena was suddenly shattered by the Vaporeon acting on its own, charging forth at Wildfire, who was concentrating on the sun. Arashi rammed her head into the Ninetales, knocking her off of her feet, and yet Wildfire still managed to maintain her unwavering focus. She glowed with an emerald and yellow light as she summoned the solar energy of the sun to use Solar Beam. The powerful beam of natural energy erupted from the Fire Type's mouth, slamming into Arashi head on, knocking the Vaporeon back at least ten feet with a distressed cry.
Crystal paused in her dance step as she waited to see if the Vaporeon would rise. It lay still, obviously battered, it's eyes closed. Then it struggled to get to it's feet, failing three times before finally standing.
"Please, Arashi, hang in there, girl! Try a Double Team!" Annabell cried out in desperation.
The Vaporeon, hearing her tone of voice duplicated itself to form a circle around Ninetales and trainer, both whom were wearing smirks on their faces, even though Wildfire's gaze was flooded with pain from the water damage that was dealt to her. Crystal threw herself into another dance, spinning with her arms outstretched like a top. She spun herself in a circle, signaling the noble creature besdie her to use a Fire Spin.
The Ninetales lifted it's muzzle as to howl at the sky, but instead of a howl flame erupted from her slightly ajar lips, falling into a circle directly atop the Vaporeons, the duplicates vanishing almost like holograms. As the smoke and cleared Crystal and Wildfire could see that the remaining Vaporeon had doused the flames under it's owner's command.
Crystal, wishing to finish this battle, kneeled suddenly, slapping her hands on the ground once, then leaping backwards to give her Ninetales some room. The Ninetales did what it was told-to use Dig. The Pokemon began digging frantically with her paws, creating a large tunnel within a few seconds. By then Annabell had everything planned out.
"Arashi, quickly! Spray water down that hole with a Water Pulse!" the brunette yelled. The Vaporeon limped fairly quickly over to the hole, conjuring up the H20 inside of it, then releasing it in a relentless stream of gushing water. It ran through the tunnel, closely pursuing Wildfire, who finally leapt through the final layer of topsoil, sailing through the air in a diagonal manner.
A deep groaning came from the ground as the water found the exit and exploded from the ground, hitting Wildfire's back legs directly, causing ehr to flip and crash to the ground as the supply of water spraying from the hole dwindled. Wildfire struggled to regain the very same breath that had been knocked out of her upoin both the impact from the water and ground.
"Let's end this, Arashi!" Annabell shouted, watching as her Vaporeon lunged forward (frowning as she almost stumbled from fatiugue) and take off towards the gasping Pokemon at a full speed sprint.
Then, just in the knick of time Wildfire recaptured her breath and rose a bit groggily, riddled with scrapes just as Arashi was. She snarled and took the battle in her own hands since Crystal was standing still-and she took that as a command to decide what to do herself, anyways.
The lightning fast Ninetales lunged forwards, meeting Arashi in mid-leap, as both of them had jumped. The two passed each other, any attacks used unnoticable since it all only lasted a moment.
Both landed lithely, but in the end Vaporeon's balanced wavered first, and Arashi collapsed to the ground, followed by Wiildfire exactly ten seconds later. Crystal had won the battle! Adrenaline coursed rapidly through her veins from the thrill of a marvelous battle of two equal opponents. Crystal ran to her Ninetales, kneeling over her and cradling her head in her arms, stroking the Ninetales' fur gently and talking softly.
"You did a fine job, Wildfire, you really did," she whispered gently, taking out a slightly dusty Poke Ball from the flap on her kimono. She returned her Pokemon, then went to check on Arashi, who was being comforted and talked to by Annabell. Crystal stroked the Vaporeon's extremely short fur gently, trying to avoid scrapes and wounds. Annabell returned her Pokemon as well, and both girls ose at the same time, each shaking hands.
"That was a fabulous battle," they said in unsion, smiling. When they diverted their attention to the teacher, they saw the awestruck look on his fast and couldn't help but burst out laughing, which brought him back to his senses, even though a hint of awe lingered in his eyes and facial expression as he took their Poke Balls. He placed them in the healing machine, returning them to Crystal and Annabell after the healing process had finished.
The bell rang and Annabell left the room, but the teacher, Mr. Arnato, held Crystal back. Worry filled both of the girl's eyes.
"Don't worry, Crystal, you're not in trouble," Mr. Arnato said in a reassuring tone after the last student exited the room, closing the door behind him. "I am just... amazed by your advanced battle style. Even the best of trainers are uncable of such a feat, either that or none have ever tried. I am awestruck by your performance and the intelligence of you Ninetales. You have cared for her well."
Crystal nodded, her eyes glistening brightly as she replied, "Thank you, sir."
With that, the teacher guided her out of the door, holding it open for her. Crystal hurried off to her locker, making haste to gather her supplies for the next class.
OOC: Wow... longer than I anticipated. Sorry to put you trhough that long post, I hope it was interesting enough to burn youir eyes out of their sockets. xD
Following her like a puppy was a cream-colored, fox like-Pokemon, nine long, slender tails trailing after it as it walked. Its legs visibly rippled with muscle, showing really that, to the powerful Ninetales, that she was flexing more than walking. Her eyes were an unusual color-blue like her owners, azure like sapphires. The Ninetales was in extremely good condition despite living outside of a Poke Ball and having to hunt for herself at times.
Crystal reached the door, which was being held open by a young, kindly gentleman. Crystal said a quick "Thank you" along with a nod that said the same and continued on through the door in a hurried manner, not wanting to be late for class. Her Ninetales trotted along behind her.
As Crystal began looking around at the interior she began having to hold back gasps as she continued through the halls, following the map and schedule she had withdrawn from her bag and was now in her hand. As she arrived at her designated classroom- Battle 101, she reached up to her bun of blonde hair one her head and removed the Ninetales pin from it, letting her silky, straight hair fall to her mid-back. She tossed her head a few times, relieving her eyes of the strands of hair that blocked them, and entered the room and took the first seat she saw.
Her neighbour was a long-haired brunette with petite, blue glasses that perfectly fit her eyes. She gave a warm smile along with a little wave, and Crystal replied with an unsure motion of the hand, but returned the smile gladly.
The teacher announced that they would be battling so he could observe their skill level and reveal what was most in need of working on. He split everyone in the room up in pairs, and Crystal ended up with the brunette since they were right beside each other. Crystal guessed that this was time to make her first friend, and her first battle at this school. She was not exactly a beginner, more advanced than most at this school probably were. Wildfire had been taught almost all of the TM's she could learn, for TM's are easy to lose and drop in a forest, and Crystal or Wildfire always found them.
"So, what's your name?" the brunette inquired, obviously an outgoing character, for there was no shyness in her soft, gentle voice.
"My name is Crystal Estrada, yours?" Crystal replied, sharing her similar side. Even though she had been deprived of human contact at a young age, and, unlike most would, it had increased her outgoingness-she wanted to meet new people and stray away from her usual lonely ways.
"My name is Annabell Hemmington. A pleasure to meet you, Crystal," the brunette answered, extending a hand for Crystal to shake, which she did. Annabell's emerald eyes shined with excitement as well as anticipation of the upcoming battle. She suddenly glanced down at Wildfire with a gasp, as if she had just noticed the graceful Pokemon, which was highly understandable due to the fact that fox Pokemon tend to be very sly, sneaky creatures. Annabell extended her open hand once more for Wildfire to sniff, just so the Ninetales would see that she meant no harm to her or her owner.
The Ninetales, usually extremely cautious of strangers, completely paid no mind whatsoever to the hand, instead nudging it away and leaping on her as if Annabell was an old friend that she hadn't seen in a year. She licked Annabell's chin as both of them stumbled, abvious joy shining in Wildfire's cerulean eyes while Crystal stood there and gaped at the two. Annabell scratched Wildfire behind her chin, also confused. Annabell gently giving the Ninetales a small push. And as obidient as a Growlithe, she backed away and sat down.
Crystal courteously helped Annabell to her feet, mouth still wide open.
"Does... she usually do that?" Annabell asked curiously.
"No, certainly not! She usually would sniff one's hand and act warily for a long while before gaining complete trust in someone...but you... you must have a good aura that she can sense. I know it. She may not be a Lucario, but she can sense aura as good as one. But, this has never happened before..." Crystal said, her train of thought wandering. When she remembered the rest of the class, she looked up suddenly to see that everyone wasn't wathing (to her immense relief) was taking their spots for battle.
Crystal and Annabell both wished each other fine luck in the battle, though Crystal didn't care if she won or lost-the thrill of the battle was certainly undeniable. The two young girls took their places at the opposite sides of the arena. The arena floor was made of packed dirt, as to try and prevent terrain advantages. Wildfire gracefully pranced to the first fourth of the arena where she was supposed to stand.
The moment had finally come for Annabell to reveal her Pokemon. The red and white ball flew through the air, brusting open in a bright flash to reveal a blue, dog-like Pokemon with a tail similar to a dolphin's or a mermaid's. A Vaporeon, and Eeveelution.
Water against fire. Who whould win? There was only one way to find out.
Deep, rumbling sounds erupted form the two Pokemon's throats, and would have drowned out the starting whistle if the shrill noise had not hurt their unexpecting ears slightly. The growling and snarling drowned out the final fading notes of the whistle-the battle had finally begun.
When you have to live alone in the forest, you have a lot of free time after you set a firm routine. Crystal had gone through intense training with her Pokemon, teaching her three ways to battle-hand and body movements, dance, and verbal commands. This time, Crystal would use body and hand gestures-and dance. Wildfire had already focused one eyes on the Vaporeon and her trainer, swivelling the other one towards Crystal.
Crystal silently stood on the tip of her toes, sweeping her right hand in front of her body, making Wildfire tense up. Suddenly, Crystal's feet were moving across the ground, leaving it a few times in a form of ballet. Her Ninetales moved with her as the teacher's eyes averted to the battle immediately.
The Ninetales burst forth as Crystal did a leap, spinning in the air. Wildfire darted to the right as Crystal jumped to the left, then the right as Crystal lunged to the right, reaching the Vaporeon quickly. The awestrucken Annabell had not yet commanded her Pokemon to move, so the obedient Vaporeon did not.
Wildfire opened her jaws wide, clamiping down on the Vaporeon's right leg with immense force. The Pokemon screeched in pain, which brought Annabell back to her senses.
"Water Pulse, now, Arashi!" Annabell commanded. The Vaporeon gladly shot a beam of water forcefully at the Ninetales, who yelped in surprise and leaped back, except this time both eyes were on Arashi as she listened for Crystal's footsteps.
The girl in the sky blue kimono danced forwards, lifting her hands to the sky, then letting them fall to her side. Stillness.
The still of the arena was suddenly shattered by the Vaporeon acting on its own, charging forth at Wildfire, who was concentrating on the sun. Arashi rammed her head into the Ninetales, knocking her off of her feet, and yet Wildfire still managed to maintain her unwavering focus. She glowed with an emerald and yellow light as she summoned the solar energy of the sun to use Solar Beam. The powerful beam of natural energy erupted from the Fire Type's mouth, slamming into Arashi head on, knocking the Vaporeon back at least ten feet with a distressed cry.
Crystal paused in her dance step as she waited to see if the Vaporeon would rise. It lay still, obviously battered, it's eyes closed. Then it struggled to get to it's feet, failing three times before finally standing.
"Please, Arashi, hang in there, girl! Try a Double Team!" Annabell cried out in desperation.
The Vaporeon, hearing her tone of voice duplicated itself to form a circle around Ninetales and trainer, both whom were wearing smirks on their faces, even though Wildfire's gaze was flooded with pain from the water damage that was dealt to her. Crystal threw herself into another dance, spinning with her arms outstretched like a top. She spun herself in a circle, signaling the noble creature besdie her to use a Fire Spin.
The Ninetales lifted it's muzzle as to howl at the sky, but instead of a howl flame erupted from her slightly ajar lips, falling into a circle directly atop the Vaporeons, the duplicates vanishing almost like holograms. As the smoke and cleared Crystal and Wildfire could see that the remaining Vaporeon had doused the flames under it's owner's command.
Crystal, wishing to finish this battle, kneeled suddenly, slapping her hands on the ground once, then leaping backwards to give her Ninetales some room. The Ninetales did what it was told-to use Dig. The Pokemon began digging frantically with her paws, creating a large tunnel within a few seconds. By then Annabell had everything planned out.
"Arashi, quickly! Spray water down that hole with a Water Pulse!" the brunette yelled. The Vaporeon limped fairly quickly over to the hole, conjuring up the H20 inside of it, then releasing it in a relentless stream of gushing water. It ran through the tunnel, closely pursuing Wildfire, who finally leapt through the final layer of topsoil, sailing through the air in a diagonal manner.
A deep groaning came from the ground as the water found the exit and exploded from the ground, hitting Wildfire's back legs directly, causing ehr to flip and crash to the ground as the supply of water spraying from the hole dwindled. Wildfire struggled to regain the very same breath that had been knocked out of her upoin both the impact from the water and ground.
"Let's end this, Arashi!" Annabell shouted, watching as her Vaporeon lunged forward (frowning as she almost stumbled from fatiugue) and take off towards the gasping Pokemon at a full speed sprint.
Then, just in the knick of time Wildfire recaptured her breath and rose a bit groggily, riddled with scrapes just as Arashi was. She snarled and took the battle in her own hands since Crystal was standing still-and she took that as a command to decide what to do herself, anyways.
The lightning fast Ninetales lunged forwards, meeting Arashi in mid-leap, as both of them had jumped. The two passed each other, any attacks used unnoticable since it all only lasted a moment.
Both landed lithely, but in the end Vaporeon's balanced wavered first, and Arashi collapsed to the ground, followed by Wiildfire exactly ten seconds later. Crystal had won the battle! Adrenaline coursed rapidly through her veins from the thrill of a marvelous battle of two equal opponents. Crystal ran to her Ninetales, kneeling over her and cradling her head in her arms, stroking the Ninetales' fur gently and talking softly.
"You did a fine job, Wildfire, you really did," she whispered gently, taking out a slightly dusty Poke Ball from the flap on her kimono. She returned her Pokemon, then went to check on Arashi, who was being comforted and talked to by Annabell. Crystal stroked the Vaporeon's extremely short fur gently, trying to avoid scrapes and wounds. Annabell returned her Pokemon as well, and both girls ose at the same time, each shaking hands.
"That was a fabulous battle," they said in unsion, smiling. When they diverted their attention to the teacher, they saw the awestruck look on his fast and couldn't help but burst out laughing, which brought him back to his senses, even though a hint of awe lingered in his eyes and facial expression as he took their Poke Balls. He placed them in the healing machine, returning them to Crystal and Annabell after the healing process had finished.
The bell rang and Annabell left the room, but the teacher, Mr. Arnato, held Crystal back. Worry filled both of the girl's eyes.
"Don't worry, Crystal, you're not in trouble," Mr. Arnato said in a reassuring tone after the last student exited the room, closing the door behind him. "I am just... amazed by your advanced battle style. Even the best of trainers are uncable of such a feat, either that or none have ever tried. I am awestruck by your performance and the intelligence of you Ninetales. You have cared for her well."
Crystal nodded, her eyes glistening brightly as she replied, "Thank you, sir."
With that, the teacher guided her out of the door, holding it open for her. Crystal hurried off to her locker, making haste to gather her supplies for the next class.
OOC: Wow... longer than I anticipated. Sorry to put you trhough that long post, I hope it was interesting enough to burn youir eyes out of their sockets. xD