Frozen Resolve

Chapter 6 : Catnip

Nobody understood what he meant, his friends went to the mountain to search for sights of his friend...nothing was found...not even a bone. Nobody found anything, not even the world's famous team ACT could find him" she said quietly. "Wait, team ACT?! The legendary team of rescuers?!" I exclaimed. "Shhhhh!" "Oh sorry!"

I then saw Boros at the mouth of his tent, staring at us. "Sorry Boros, it's my fault for mentioning the topic" I apologized. "Hmm...it's fine, I was quite the mmm...hard working mon back in the days, hmmm...?" he said with a small blush. "Psst...Icy, it would be better if we leave him by himself for now...nobody can tell what he's thinking by looking at his face, his expression always makes others think he's a laid-back and relaxed pokemon" Ivy whispered in my ear. "Okay guys, see you later!" I said to them as I padded back to our mushroom house. "Who was Boros...? And who would his partner be if he was important enough to make team ACT go and search for him?" I wondered.

"AAAAHHHHH!" I heard a scream come from our house when I arrived at the door. "Oh~ this is going to be really interesting~," I thought to myself as I opened the door and padded in. "What were you doing in my sleep?!" Randy yelled. "I just thought your fluff was comfy, so I decided to sleep while using it as a pillow" Blossom replied with a smile. Looking at those two made me burst out laughing, how Randy freaked out was hilarious.

"Randy, it can't be that bad! It was just a night...and probably a little drool on your fluff that you have to wipe off" I said with a grin. "Icy, what do you mean?! I've just known this girl for about a week, and she's just hugging me, smooching me, and sleeping on me!" Randy growled. "You can't blame me for your fluff being so soft and fluffy!"

"Randy, you have to calm down. You're not Icy!" Blossom said with a grin. "Yeah!...wait, what?!" I exclaimed. "Ugh...Icy, Blossom...give me some personal time, alright?" Randy muttered and padded towards his backpack.

"Hey, Blossom! Catch!" Randy called out all of a sudden with something in his paw, then threw it towards Blossom. "What is it?" Blossom asked as she caught whatever Randy threw, but as soon as she caught it, I smelled some kind of weird fragrance. A few seconds later, Blossom was tossing and turning on the bed while making some squealing noises with the small bag in her paws.

"Randy, what did you do?!" I asked frantically. "Not much, she'll be fine" he replied with a sigh. "What did you give her?" I asked. "Catnip" he replied. "What...what's that...?" I asked. "You don't know? Wait...of course you don't...just give me a minute to think of how to describe it..." he muttered.

"In short...it's some kind of cat pokemon herb...? Drug...? I'm not exactly sure, teachers never gave us a detailed explanation, I only know that it works on cat pokemon" he started. "What? DRUGS?! YOU DRUGGED HER?!" I exclaimed in shock. "Hey, it's not going to hurt her or anything. It's only going to make her a little high for quite a while, I'm pretty sure she can't even hear us now either" he continued.

"But...how does it work? And why did you even give it to her?...more importantly, where did you get it?" I asked. "Remember how I reacted when we first went into Boros's tent?" he asked. "Oh yeah...the drug thing...that's what you meant" I wondered out loud. "I got the catnip there, I first wanted it as some kind of prank or whatever...never thought I'd use it. I also got the yarn there" he said. "Wait, so Boros got more balls of yarn?! I must ask him for more!"

"As for why I gave it to her...do you know something called a heat cycle?" he asked. "Uh...my mom mentioned it before. She told me it's something for female field egg group pokemon, but I stopped listening after she told me Vulpixes weren't affected by it, " I replied. "At least you're not as outgoing as Blossom...if I remember correctly, Vulpix heat cycles only last for a few days...and nowhere near as drastic for those of Shinxes" he muttered. "How do you know this kind of stuff?" I asked. "Biology class in middle school"