I'll admit I overreacted. I took WAY too long to actually start fighting again, what with me acting like a drama queen and darting my eye all around myself. Just why the heck did I have feathers? Well, I certainly didn't know, but it didn't mean I'd find an answer by stalling in the middle of a fight.

Speaking of which, I had noticed the remaining Pokemon were on their last legs, obviously defeated and being humiliated at this point. That would send a clear message to those idiots, who tried to uppercut us using nefarious tactics. Well, if they failed with that then I don't even know why they'd even bother the next time around. What would they do, grab a doomsday device and strap a team-mate onto it?

I calmed myself down, remembering I had cast myself something on the lines of Agility. "Oh, right!" Just as I was going to fight with the others, another random Pokemon (as if that random Beldum wasn't enough) dived in and essentially demolished that Sneasel, earning my appraisal as I mouthed 'woah.' Said appraisal dissipated quickly though; I wasn't sure what it was, but there was something off about that new guy. (New, [i]new[/i] guy, not the Beldum - he was alright). Spruce was also in awe somewhat, asking for the mysterious figure's name, getting him to say 'Daniel' with a raspy voice. Celes looked at Spruce and then back to Daniel, while Kamina went on blabbering about something. I leered on, realising something quite grim once everyone's voice said the same thing: 'shadow.'

"Are you kidding me? He's a shadow Pokemon?!" I growled, moving through and brushing shoulders/magnet with Spruce. There was hostility in the air and surprised he even turned up: but the fact Daniel seemed to be capable of free will/attacking the right people... that refrained me from immediately electrocuting him. "They're damn right evil! We've spent half our journey battling Desia's minions!" I let myself go, barking but holding some guilt (and causing myself not to follow the rage I expressed during that battle). Not everything was black and white in this world, and I immediately turned down my tone when Celes suggested that by our logic, Spruce should also be somewhat villainous. "Alright then... alright Celes. Maybe it could be another one of her tricks though, or maybe he is in fact our saviour." I said, still tense but more calmly while ignoring whispers in our group.

Celes left to immediately go napping, leaving the rest of us who've apparently forgotten about this oddity. "I dunno about you 'Daniel', but some of us here aren't exactly used to seeing your kind around." I got a rather stern look from the Murkrow, but that was expected in response to my attitude. Anthony was also going to bed/sleeping under a shelter of a tree, though he did slip a fact he knew the Murkrow and wasn't prepared to let him go. Supposedly he was trustworthy, so maybe I was just being paranoid. I looked away from Anthony and back to Daniel, the background quiet as everyone snoozed off for sleep. "Just keep your feathers to yourself, we don't want trouble around here." I went off to follow the others, glancing at Daniel at least twice before resting on a branch peacefully. [i]Just another day in this life, I guess.[/i]