Finally! It’s your day off. You’ve been waiting for this day for ages. You woke up early, gathered your things, and set off for your favorite hiking trail. It takes you through the woods of a Kalos mountain and loops back around to the parking lot, but it is a rather lengthy trail. Six hours at least, but you like to take your time and maybe feed a Pidgy or two. So for you, it’s ten hours. But you love the outdoors. You love the wilderness. So you set out. You checked the weather on your phone. Clear skies, all day. Tomorrow was meant to be stormy, but that’s tomorrow’s problem. You park your vehicle, a rather nice and newer truck, and set out for the trail with your backpack of supplies in tow. The trail’s beautiful, as always. For the first thirty minutes, that is. At about the half hour mark, it starts to get rather windy. And cold. Tomorrow’s storm is coming in very, VERY early. And you need to find shelter. Fast.

You quickly dive into the nearest cave before you get too wet. The cave’s nice. A bit dark, but not nearly as cold as you’d assumed. A few moments after you settle in and place down your backpack, you hear the scrambling of little paws and the yip of an excited creature. You turn to the inky void of the deeper cave, and out comes a small, quadrupedal fox-like Pokémon. It’s covered in pale yellow fur that is longer on its haunches. It has a white muzzle with longer fur on its cheeks, large, dark orange eyes, and a pointed, black nose. When its mouth opens to yip and bark at its newly found intruder, two pointed teeth are clearly visible in its upper jaw. Tufts of dark orange fur cover the interior of its large ears. The creature also has small paws with no visible toes and slim legs, and tail is fluffy with a dark orange tip. The little guy scrambles up to you, making you a bit uneasy, since you know that even the smallest an weakest of Pokémon should be treated as if they’re dangerous. Suddenly, it hits you. You know what species this one is! A Fennekin. A Fire-type that your very region of Kalos employs as a starter for newly minted Pokémon trainers. Then a second realization hits you. Its mother is just out of sight, in the dark, growling at the intruder that’s way too close to her young. You see her amber eyes reflecting in the dark like two evil orbs of death as she stalks forward. Its mother, a bipedal version of her young, is covered in a coat of long fur that resembles a robe. This "robe" is primarily dark red with red-orange, flame-like markings near its knees. There is also a thin tuft of white fur on its torso, which is flanked by yellow fur draping down from its shoulders. Its forearms feature long red fur resembling sleeves, and its hands and feet are dark gray with three clawed fingers and toes, respectively. A tail covered in yellow fur protrudes from its "robe". Its head is yellow with longer white fur on its cheeks. It has red eyes and a slender snout with a pinkish nose. Three tufts of red-orange fur protrude out of each ear. When mouth is opens again to growl, two pointed teeth can be seen on its upper jaw, ready to rip you to bits. The young Fennekin scampers back and behind its irate mother as the Delphox draws a stick from its massive, bushy tail. As the stick is drawn, it lights on fire like a match. But this fire had a purplish hue.

You quickly try to scramble back but are stopped by a sharp bark from the creature. The Delphox slowly stalks forward, keeping her eyes on you the whole time. When she gets close enough to touch, she points at you and makes a quiet growling noise, as if asking what you’re doing here. Delphox are highly intelligent, Fire-Psychic types. This one, like every other Delphox, can’t speak, but she’s likely smarter than your average human. You might be able to talk her down…