Zorua kept crawling away from Celebi, until his legs couldn't hold him anymore. He fell flat on the ground, looking exhausted.
Celebi felt a pit of guilt in her stomach. Seeing Zorua like that, exhausted and delirious, made her partly regret shrinking him and leaving him with Lopunny for a week.
"I-I'll get you some water," she repeats.
"Don't move."
With that, the fairy fluttered off, leaving Zorua by himself.
And, slowly, the fox started to fade away...
More specifically, the illusion of the fox started to fade away, leaving the real Zorua, standing at full height as he stared at the distant festival.
He started snickering.
"This is gonna be sweet." he muttered to himself as he started walking towards the town.
Right after he left, Celebi came back, holding a glass of water. However, Zorua was nowhere to be seen.
"Z-Zorua?" she called out as she looked around.
"If this is another one of your pranks, it's not funny!" she cried.
"Celebi?" Lopunny called from behind as she too came into the deserted clearing.
"Who are you talking to?"
Celebi swallowed nervously as she brought the glass to her mouth, taking a few sips of water.
"Oh... no one... I was just thinking aloud..." she responds.
Lopunny smiles.
"Oh, I do that a lot!" she exclaims cheerfully, clueless about Zorua.
The big bunny walks over Celebi, wrapping a paw around her shoulders.
"Come on, the festival has begun! Let's get going!" she suggests as she starts walking, Celebi following.
"Yeah... just no dancing..." Celebi replies distractedly.
"We'll see~"
Celebi didn't really care about the festival... if she cared at all. Right now, her thoughts were occupied by a single pokemon: Zorua.
She saw him. She saw the way he was snickering as he looked at the festival. That could be no good.
‘Behave Zorua... don't pull anything and we'll go straight home and forget what happened...’ she thinks.
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"Come on Celebi! Have fun!" Lopunny exclaims, her voice almost as loud as the music.
The bunny grabbed Celebi's paws in hers as she started gleefully spinning around, doing a silly dance, taking the fairy along with her.
"Lopunny! I said no dancing!" she exclaims, trying to pull off.
She was in no mood to have fun right now. Her mind was still fixed on Zorua. He was still missing, and he was possibly planning for his reveng-
Loud screams.
Celebi turns around.
Confusion. Frightened faces.
"Wh-Wha..." she mutters breathlessly as she looks at something in distance.
A cloud of dust. As it nears the festival, Celebi notices that it's actually a herd of Tauros. Heading straight for the festival.
Everyone was stumbling away to find somewhere safe to hide.
In confusion, Celebi feels something tugging on her arm. She looks around to see... an oddly calm Lopunny.
"Celebi, we need to get away!" she says, dragging Celebi away.
Lopunny stops on top of a small hill. Both her and Celebi pant.
"Is this... does this happen often...?" Celebi asks.
Lopunny giggled.
"Oh no~" she sang cheerfully, while grinning down at Celebi.
"This is new! Don't you think it's beautiful?" she asks.
Celebi looks shocked.
"Lo-Lopunny...?" she stutters.
Lopunny' giggling changes into snickering... and Lopunny too changes.
An illusion dispels, leaving a snickering Zorua where once was Lopunny.
Celebi went pale.
"Z-Zorua?!" she exclaimed.
He laughed upon seeing her face.
"Where's... where's Lopunny?" Celebi asks the fox, unable to believe this all is going on. Zorua snickers even more.
"Oh~ your friend Celebi told me to tell you she went ahead. She also said you should catch up with her at the festival~" he laughs maniacally.
"That idiot even thanked me! Would you believe it?" he says.
Celebi stares at him breathlessly.
"Look Celebi!" he said, pointing to the ruined festival.
She does as told, noticing the Tauros running through the town... without causing any damage at all. One of them passed right through a building. Zorua's eyes glow, and some windows around the town shatter.
"Just to make sure~" he snickers.
Apparently, the illusion was real enough for the running pokemon, as they kept going, trying to find safe sports from the illusionary herd.
Celebi stares at them without moving or talking, mouth and eyes wide open. She spots Lopunny among the crowd. She looks scared as she runs, occasionally tripping.
"You know, they say ‘Revenge is sweet’. Man, are they right!" Zorua snickers as he observes the scene, remembering how he was tortured during his stay with Lopunny... although she was unaware of him. Nonetheless, payback is sweet for the dark type fox.
Lopunny is scared to death, and Celebi is suffering from watching the startled town. Zorua grins madly.
This was the best prank he ever pulled! And he got his revenge, too!
But, as much as he enjoyed the 'show', he quickly recalls that Celebi would be furious when she recovers from the shock... and she would surely shrink him to a nanoscopic dot again if he didn't get away soon.
Zorua snickers again before turning around.
"Now, if you'll excuse, I'll be on my way! Oh, and don't bother to show your face to me ever again!" he states, starting to walk away.
Celebi stands still, before slowly turning around to look at the leaving fox.
"Zorua." she quietly calls out.
"Hm?" Zorua asks, turning around.
Discovering Celebi with a glare and glowing eyes.
Zorua tensed up.
"Oh no you don't!" he seethed as he stood on his hind legs, before slamming his forelegs on the ground, a wave of pure darkness forming as Zorua performed Night Daze.
Celebi was knocked back as the darkness blinded her.
When she was able to see again, she noticed Zorua running away.
"Oh no, you don't!" she snarled as she gave chase.
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