An Island for you and me~(Private)

Wisp glanced up at the Swaddle for a few second. "He looks squishy." he stated as he continued to walk around, sniffing occasionally. He stopped when he came to a mound of dirt that he quickly wiped aside with his paw.

The Larvitar pouted once he was found. "You cheated!"

Aspen hopped off of the Scolipede's back without word.

Wisp stared down at Malcom, then back to her. "I hope this doesn't make me the official babysitter or anything."

The Larvitar originally started to run toward Wisp, but headed toward the Scolipede once he noticed. He stopped directly in front of her, staring at her in awe. "Wow! You're big!" he giggled.

Wisp sat down, his eyes inspecting the Swaddle carefully.

The Larvitar giggled again. "My name's Ross!" he chirped excitedly. "What's yours?"

Wisp made a sound reminiscent of a yelp. "Aye kid. Calm down." he said, trying to refrain from his habit of growling.

Ross tilted his head to the side. "Bella? That's a funny name!" He paused, his eyes gleaming at the sight of her horns. "Can I touch?" he asked, pointing at them.

Wisp spun around in a circle in an effort to get Malcom off. "How do I get runt-two to calm down?"

Ross grabbed the middle portion of one of the horns. His small size made it so he was dangling off of it. "I have a horn too, but I wish it was bigger." he said.

"Great." sighed Wisp. He reluctantly trotted to the pool to make sure Malcom was alright. Always the bug pokemon. . .

"Wisp said I'll be a big runt!" said Ross merrily.

Wisp was partly relieved, yet still a bit annoyed. He placed his paws within the pool moved them back on forth, lightly splashing the Swaddle.

"Really?" squeaked Ross, his eyes lighting up. "That'll be cool! I wanna grow up now." he said, pouting again.

The water struck Wisp directly on the nose, causing him to sneeze. His paws moved with more vigor to create more splashes.

"The grown ups told me I had to eat a mountain to get big! So if I eat eat two mountains, I'll be twice as big then." chirped Ross. He let go of her horn and landed on the ground with a dull thud.

Aspen, who had been dining on berries, walked back inside, a pile of berries in hand, when a Focus Blast from the outside flew past him. The attack flew past him and struck the ground near Wisp and Malcom.

Wisp stopped splashing and took a defensive position in front of the Swaddle. The fur on his body starting to stand on end.

Ross looked to the direction from where the attack came and pointed to a lone Zangoose out in the snow. "Who's that?"

Aspen dropped his berries and placed himself just near the mouth of the cave.

Ross stared at the Zangoose, still deciding on whether he was a threat or not.

The Zangoose scanned over each of the hotspring's occupants. His eyes pausing on the ightyena and the Scolipede for a second longer. "I'll keep this simple. Give me the Larvitar and I'll leave in peace, resist and I'll make your day bad."