As you started to adjust your vision, you could finally see the outline of a person, a teen to be exact. “Looks like somebody’s going through a phase” you say to yourself, rolling your eyes as the kid did indeed have that punkish emo rebel vibe to him, it would have made you laugh if not had you been in this situation. “Alright...let’s start walking” you say to yourself as you begin your long trek towards him. The weird thing is, he looks like somebody you’ve seen before on tv or something, maybe he was related to a celebrity or maybe your mind was just playing tricks on you. Another thing you notice is the Pokémon sitting next to him, it was one that you had never seen before; it had a dog-like appearance yet a fishy tail and a large metal mask on it, must have been an evolved form of something.
Gladion was sitting by the fire, getting some rest after he traveled across half of akala just to get some food from the store that gave away free coupons. He looked down at his faithful companion and gave him a pet with a smile. “Alright null, it’s about that time” he said, reaching for his Pokémon’s ball in his bag which he quickly locates. “Type: null, return” he said, and with a flash of light the creature had returned to its containment unit. “Maybe it’d be a good idea for me to get some rest too” he said while packing up some things in his tattered bag. So he put out his fire and head back for his small torn up tent.
Yes, good, this was your chance, it would be much simpler to get his attention without that crackling fire and guard dog right next to him, this could have only been a good sign. You then approach the large zipper door of the tent, which even at your diminished size, looked kind of sad. Sure it was huge but you could easily tell it used to be white and he just tried to spray paint it black to make it look “cooler”. You could also see a faint logo under the paint, resembling that of that Pokémon rehabilitation company with the floating island, what were they called again? “It doesn’t matter, as long as I can get this boy to see me I’m good” You think to yourself as you crawl in through a small gap in the zipper. The moment you enter you notice how sad this tent really was, there were full complete holes in it, the air easily getting in, and while alola didn’t have winter, it still wasn’t warm at night. Hell, even the boy had to sleep fully clothed and with his bag on top of him to stay warm, which could actually be used to your advantage. At this size you most likely wouldn’t be able to wake him up so you could easily crawl into ____________ to stay warm until morning.