PMD-Missing(DISCONTINUED)

PMD-Missing(rewritten)

Teeth clenched, I remembered how life for me went downhill after that. We changed the team name, first of all. The one both Lance and I had agreed on(Stormchasers) was now gone. Lance and she had changed it to team Treasure without my consent. They didn't even let me share my opinion! (I was the team leader, wasn't I?) Lance also became more and more distant from me, and more fond towards the newbie. Soon Rejina even took my bed beside Lance, and I had to take hers, which was by the wall. When I protested, he pointed out that I had even said I liked being alone. And now he hardly even spoke to me. It seemed like I was a background character now. Rejina took jobs, Rejina sat by Lance at dinner, Rejina even led the team. I was simply a lone presence on the team.

Shaking my head, I jumped back to reality. I noticed that my claws were coming out, and I quickly sheathed them. I didn't need to get them caught on anything.

But they were quickly out again as I felt a blinding anger towards everything. Towards Lance, towards Rejina, towards them for not seeing how this felt, for everyone. My teeth bared in a silent snarl. I hated this. I wanted out. I wanted to be away.

At my breaking point, my claws dug into the lichen-covered stone. I raised a paw and raked my claws across the stone, making a soft scratching noise. I did it again and again, feeling a stabbing pain when one caught, but continued anyways. When I stopped, the sill had slash marks in the soft stone, and there were flecks of red around them. With a jolt, I looked down at my paws. I had ripped out one of my claws on the lichen and stone, and it bleed profusely.

I quickly bent down to lick it, wincing at the salty tang of fresh blood on my tongue. After a while, the bleeding stopped. But my fur was matted with drying blood, which I knew would be noticed. I quickly cleaned it as best as I could.

After covering the marks with some moss, leapt gently from my perch. I hissed softly at the new pain in my paw, eyes narrowed even further. That was stupid of me. Now I had a limp, and I would have to hide it.

Or maybe not. Lance wouldn't noticed either way.

With another slow sigh, I limped to my bed. I collapsed into the soft hay, eyes closing. I would force myself to sleep. I needed to get some sleep if I wanted to get through this.

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"UP AND AT EM' IT'S MORNING!" Loudred's wake up call shattered the sleepy quiet. He left almost immediatly after this typical alarm, probably wanting to get to the morning adress early.

I snapped out my pathetic excuse of a 'good night sleep' with a jerk. My limbs felt heavy with exhaustion as I slowly tried to get up, opening my eyes.

Lance was already up, a blush on his cheeks. I guessed it was from he and Rejina's position a moment ago. The piplup was sitting up, rubbing her eyes.

"Good morning." Lance said, facing Rejina. I put my usual indifferent mask on as I slowly dragged myself into a standing position, biting back a yawn. Rejina returned the greeting with a cheerful expression on her face. But I wasn't fooled.

As soon as Lance turned away to go to the main room, the pokemon's smile turned into a sneer. But I couldn't draw attention to it, since a moment later she turned to follow Lance.

"Thanks for waiting.." I grumbled, flicking my tail. They couldn't even wait for me to join them? Sighing, I slowly trudged after them, my tail dragging across the ground. I glared at the pairs' backs the whole time.

The morning briefing had already started when I got to my spot. Rejina and Lance were standing side-by-side, leaving my to stand behind them resentfully. I mumbled along the regular lines, my mind wandering back to the days where I wasn't ignored. I pushed them away with a huff. No need to even consider that a possibility anymore.