Definitely Not The Shadows

The outside of the building was a depressing streaked gray. A darker brownish color crusted the wall from about the handle downward. Grimacing, I backed away my heels slipping on the slick ground. The door apparently let out into an alleyway. Dark and shadowy as if straight out of movies. I swallowed glancing around nervously. It was dimly lit by lights that flashed and pulsed sporadically. Some lights died and never came back on. I shivered.There was something about those shifting lights that did not seem right.

The vaporeon struggles in my arms wringing her thick slippery body. She slides through my arms and flops to the ground landing with a loud thump. Then, raising her hackles she purrs or maybe growls. "porrreon. vaporrreon"

"Cute. You say your name. Can you say anything else?"

"Vaporeon!" She barks swinging her finned tail.

"Well my name is J-" I paused remembering what I told Oak "Jericho"

"Nice to meet you Jericho!" said a voice from behind me. I jumped startled turning around. Behind me was a man a little older than me. He had a familiar smile, but his dark hair covered his eyes with shadows.. He was wearing fingerless leather gloves. Fingerless. That was odd.

"We normally don't talk to the Pokemon around here. They're dumb as mud. Will only reply with their name y'know." He said fingering something in his pocket.

My eyes involuntarily shifted to Vaporeon who stood in front of me in a protective stance.

"You really aught not wander around here with a freshie. Eevolutions are highly prized. You must have been deemed special."

I backed up the wall pressing against my back.

"Heck when I was released I only got a diglett. Doomed me to a life in the tunnels." I looked up just now noticing his dark stained skin and his torn fingers. His smile and turned malicious the shadows darkening his eyes and stretching the lines on his face.

"I- I'm sorry" I stuttered trying to edge around on the wall.

"Don't leave" He insisted. "You haven't met my pokemon yet". At those words the ground shook slightly and opened up in front of vaporeon. Vaporeons frills flared. A small smooth brown head with a pink oval nose popped up. A laugh bubbled forth with relief at the small harmless looking creature and just as quickly died as his face darkened.

Silence enveloped the alley. The sound of my heavy breathing was loud in my ears. "Do you find my diglett funny?!" he screeched. His face seemed to elongate his mouth gaping open with a bulgy tongue sticking out. 

First charcoal piece of the blog. A bit creepy...

That was definitely not the shadows, the shadows that were now creeping around them in unnatural tendrils. The diglett in a flash striked vaporeon across the face with long hidden claws. I shrieked along with vaporeons cry of pain.

"Stop!!" I screamed half lunging for vaporeon but pulling back as she ferociously pounces on the diglet opening her mouth to let out a torrent of water. The diglett disappeared leaving a hole.

I wish you could see the water spray better.

"Was that funny!!" The man yelled. The diglett popped up behind vaporeon slashing her. "Did you find that funny!!!" he repeated.  I cried out as the voice echoed around me splitting my skull. The darkness flashed ever growing. A sound of thunder rumbled in the back of my mind. A wiff of smoke flitted my eyes open just in time to see flame engulf the man."Was that funn-" The flame was followed by a white horse with a mane and tail of flame pulling a wooden carriage that ran right through where the man was. A great pressure was lifted and the shadows fled. I froze in disbelief staring.

Alot of details... I tried to simplify it.

A man with a balding drove the carriage. "Well what are you waiting for? Get in! Quick before he gets back up" The horse snorted smoke curling from its nose and pawed the ground furiously. I scooped up vaporeon glancing at where the man was. He was twitching on the ground his clothes on fire.

"You... You... ran him over and..."

"Yes, yes. It was either going to be you or him. Hurry! I'll answer questions later" He shoved a door open. With one last glance at the twitching man, I held my breath as I rushed through the thick gray cloud of smoke surrounding the carriage.

This post took awhile. Not because of the writing or even the crocheting, but the drawings. Go figure. Now, here's the pattern I picked out for the cute and deadly diglett.
http://nanettecrochet.blogspot.com/2011/07/diglett.html

I have to admit, though I have never bothered training him in the game, they are sooo adorable! Really easy to make as well. I learned how to do the popcorn stitch which is about the hardest part of making diglett and it was easy. I did lose track on that last round, but it wasn't a big deal since the rocks are supposed to appear random. The only brown I had that was dark enough was a really dark brown. I liked how it turned out, though. The eyes were embroidered with yarn. He turned out bigger than I imagined, but a very nice size about 4-5 in tall. His name is Slash.

Slash! Ah ahhhh Savior of the universe!

Next time, Jericho meets the mysterious man with the ponyta. Hmm I wonder what pokemon will be crocheted next time? Spoiler! It will be ponyta. I know, huge surprise. This ones special as it is my first patternless amigurumi. It has a pattern now though! I am done with the pattern part as well as crocheting. All thats left is sewing her together and making the mane and tail, which is going to be a chore (psst it involves brushing out yarn). The good news is this week is the perfect time to finish it, so the next post should be coming soon. 

I was going to just adapt an existing horse pattern, but could not find one I was satisfied with. None of them are very realistic, so I made my own. Plus, its huggable size! Which is always my foremost goal. The great thing about this pattern is it can be adapted into a lot of things like a normal horse (Spirit!!), My Little Pony, animals similar to horses (zebra, donkey, deer, etc), and more pokemon which I do plan on making (Girafarig, Stantler and Zebstrika. Girafarig is guaranteed).