Finally Exploring.

Ciriya stepped into the Icicle Woods and looked around. It was kind of pretty if you thought about it. The glittering icicles hanging from the branches, the sparkling stems of the frozen leaves. And the soft coating of snow that littered the ground.
The Swellow spread her wings and took off, deciding to make the most of the air time she had before the next snowstorm.

A orange and black striped wolf like pokemon stood on top of a large mound of snow in the Icicle woods. He heard the shuffling of wings and began to bare his teeth. "Who goes there!? I am Roman, Leader of Team Blazeburn!" the arcanine called

"I am Ciriya!" she chirruped, zooming past the Arcanine and gracefully landing behind him. "Its not a crime to be in these woods."

"When you're an explorer you learn to be a tad more cautious then you ought to be" he woofed,his guard still up. "Anyhow there a quite alot of bad pokemon in these woods and who knows if a shuffle of wings means bad or good?"

She narrowed her eyes. "Well if you are okay with me not being a bad pokemon. I'll be on my way...."

He sniffed "I suppose" he said with a shrug. "Go on then and don't cause any trouble or i'll be back" he winked and continued padding onward

Ciriya, rolled her eyes and took off again. She zoomed through the skies until she noticed a cave below her. She dived downwards, and daintily landed on the rocks near the cave mouth. She peered in but couldn't see anything because it was so dark. She looked around then walked in, deciding that if there was anything in there, it couldnt be too bad.

Roman crept after her, not liking the way she talked. His ears laid back, he pushed through the forest,stopping at the cave where she sat. He growled quietly,his paws fidgeting in suspicion

Ciriya's keen senses heard the quiet growl, but she kept on going, into the dark cave and out of sight as if she hadn't heard anything.

Roman slipped into the cave after her. (you need to do something suspicious XD) He wrinkled his nose as the fowl scent of rotting mushrooms reached his keen nose.

Ciriya kept on walking, but stopped suddenly, her face a picture of amazement. In front of her was a giant deep blue crystal, with a few smaller ones, littering the ground around it. The crystals gave off an eerie glowing that partially lit the cave.
She walked up to one of the smaller ones and picked it up in her claw. Admiring it, she turned it from side to side. The glow, lighting up her feathers and giving them a light blue tint.

Roman,thinking the bird had stolen these beautiful crystals, leapt out of his hiding place onto the bird in a whirl of snapping teeth and flying paws

Ciriya had heard him coming and used Double Team. She dissapeared and lost of Swellows, identical to her in every way appeared around the cave. Each of them spoke at the same time as they stepped closer, one foot at at time. Synchronised movements, like an army. "Why did you follow me?!"

"Well it seems good that i did!" he yowled,not answering the swellows questions. He shot a fire blast,burning through several of the copies. Running in a large circle he used extremespeed,dashing through more and more copies until he met the real solid one,his head butting her across the cave floor

The real Swellow used Double Team again, then Mirror Move. All fifteen copies that she had made of herself, dashed towards Roman, using Extremespeed. All but one hit harmlessly.
Ciriya clawed at Roman, but then took off and hovered in the air, above the massive crystal. "I dont get what you mean." she said before using Double Team for a third time, the copies all speaking at the same time once again. "I havent done anything wrong..."

"Stealing a crystal is extremely wrong!" he growled. "Anyway you aren't playing fair" he commented,shooting a fire blast into the sky towards the swellow's

"I havent stolen anything!" Protested the many Swellows that were still alive. "I only just discovered this cave!"

The swellows dived into each other to become one single swellow again. Ciriya used aerial ace to zoom past the Arcanine until she reached a darker part of the cave. "Im an Independant Explorer. I have no connection with your guild, and i dont wish to if you all plan to treat me like a criminal." Her voice echoes from the darkness.

Avia had been once more trudging through freezing snow. She was set on conquering the icy scape, and had somehow stumnled upon the cave. The snow had settled in heavily, and she decided to rest in there until it calmed a bit. It was when she heard voices that she stopped but continued on until she could see the familiar face of an arcanine."Excuse me." she chirped, settling herself in at the mouth of the cave.

The Swellow stayed completely still as she heard the Staraptor's voice echo through the cave. She hid in the shadows, waiting for the Arcanine to walk past her to find out whose voice it was.

Roman stopped. "It looks awful suspicious of you. Hiding in a cave with a beautiful blue crystal. You can't blame me for thinking yo were an outlaw." he took out a notice like the ones seen on the guild notice board. It looked old and yellowed as if he had carried it around for years. "This Swellow." he woofed. "Is what i have been searching for for years. And a swellow wth a mysterious blue crystal seems rather suspicious no?"

"I wasnt hiding." she chirruped, her voice echoing through the darkness as she moved closer to the entrance now that she knew the Arcanine wasnt a threat. "I was exploring the cave. Do you even know the Swellow outlaw's name?"
She carried on walking until she reached the light. She had forgotten about the Staraptor at the cave entrance and immediately froze incase this pokemon intended to mistake her for an outlaw aswell.

"Well.. No" he said. "But i'm not accusing you anymore. I can tell you aren't the swellow this is talking about." he said,rolling up the notice and putting it back in his bag.

Avia twitched her "ears", at the sound of outlaws. She turned her head in a quick,, bird-like way."What do you mean by outlaw?" she questioned, suddenly seeming more lively.

"For the last time THERE IS NO OUTLAW HERE!"
Ciriya was looking almost bored at the mention of outlaws. It certainly wasnt her area, but if they kept on like this, I might as well just become one. She thought.

the Arcanine covered his ears. "For the love of all that is good! I thought the swellow is the outlaw i aws looking for she isnt and now we can all move on wiht our lives!" he shouted,exasperated