It was an accident. It definitely was. While looking for the exit, Sleigh stumbled upon a pathway that was reasonably warmer compared to the otherwise freezing temperatures in the Ice Path. You couldn't really blame her for getting lured in and wanting a bit of that toasty atmosphere. Little did she know, she was walking into a Heatmor nest. The Anteater Pokemon weren't too happy to see a human poking around their cave and suddenly the fisher girl found herself getting chased around by the angry Fire types.

While most of them were satisfied just driving her out of their cave, one of the Heatmor was determined to run after her and cornered her in another passageway that had a dead end. Sleigh had no choice but to fight.

"Seadra, a little help here!"

The Dragon Pokemon came out, a little surprised to find himself in an icy environment. But seeing Sleigh in a panicked state, he decided to take care of what was causing her distress. He locked his gaze on the offending Heatmor who stopped in its tracks after seeing the Water type. It seemed to be torn if would continue its pursuit or back down. But for Seadra, attacking his trainer was not an offense he would forgive easily. Summoning a large amount of water on his tail, he jumped up and slammed the column of water on the still undecided Heatmor who tried to guard with its claws. The Anteater Pokemon was forced back against the cave wall, taking heavy super effective damage.

The Heatmor winced in pain. It was probably cursing its luck at having to run into a water Pokemon, but Seadra wasn't going to let it go so easily. While the Anteater Pokemon was still trying to regain its bearings, a second Aqua Tail would send it flying across the cavern. It wasn't going to bother them again.

"Whew, thanks a lot Seadra."

Sleigh walked over to the Dragon Pokemon but her legs gave out from all the running and she ended up giving Seadra an unexpected "hug" from behind. Seadra's eyes widened with surprise as this wasn't something the girl would normally do.

"Sorry, let me just stay like this for a bit to catch my breath."

It was an awkward moment for the Dragon Pokemon who wasn't really a fan of being touched let alone hugged but seeing as it was a slight emergency, he would forgive Sleigh this "offense" just this once.

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Sleigh was convinced it was all one big trap. On one hand she was still cold and shivering and needed to find the exit asap. On the other hand, the Fire Pokemon that lived in the icy cave gave off such a tempting warmth that even if she knew it was probably a bad idea, she couldn't help but try and get close to the heat to try and warm up. It was around this time that she spotted a Magby playing with some rocks. It was probably one of the hottest Pokemon around. Even standing several feet away from it she already started to feel a bit better. Sleigh was kinda terrible at hiding her presence though and Live Coal Pokemon perked up at spotted her inching closer at it.

"Uh, hi. Sorry for disturbing you but I was hoping to warm up a bit. It's reaaaally cold in here. Don't mind me."

Unfortunately the Magby did mind. Its eyes narrowed, suspicious of Sleigh's intentions. As though issuing a warning, it suddenly exhaled a large amount of smoke, causing the girl to start coughing and get teary eyed. Stepping back from the smokescreen, she tripped backwards on a rock and dropped one of her Poke Balls. It was the one containing Seadra and once again the Dragon Pokemon appeared at the scene.

Seadra noticing the smoke almost immediately thought Sleigh was under attack. Gathering water around his tail, he started swinging around Aqua Tail to try and disperse the smoke but it wasn't too effective. Without seeing what it was, Seadra's Aqua Tail connected with something and a tiny form was knocked away along with the smoke it was generating. The Magby had gotten hit by accident and fainted with a single blow.

Glad that the smoke was finally gone, Sleigh was able to breathe properly again and looking around, she saw the knocked out Magby.

"Oh no. Ahh, Seadra I didn't want to hurt it. It was my bad for startling it. But I guess while it's out cold like this I can warm up a little without it getting mad?"

Seadra looked sorry enough for the misunderstanding at least before she recalled him back to his ball. As for Sleigh, she had mixed feelings about the situation. In the end she decided that she might as well take the chance to get toasty. Otherwise the little Pokemon would have gotten hurt for no reason. She would leave once she was feeling better to try and find the exit again.

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After about half an hour of walking, the cold was starting to get to Sleigh again. To prevent similar situations as earlier from happening again, she resisted with all of her might the urge to go too near to places that felt warm. She wasn't even going to take a look. If Fire Pokemon were there, then it probably wasn't the exit. In the end her patience was rewarded. Seeing a faint light up ahead, the way out of the cave was finally within sight.

"Finally!"

She quickened her pace, walking briskly while being careful not to slip or bump into anything. Knowing her luck, something could screw this up if she got too complacent. She'd start celebrating after she actually got out of the icy cave. And finally after a minute or so, she found herself outside. She had done it.

It was also a bit cool outside though nowhere near as cold as the caverns. The first thing she was going to do when she got back to town was take a nice long hot bath. She desperately needed it. Just when she thought she was in the clear however, a loud snort would snap her back to reality. Sleigh glanced at where the sound came from and saw maybe the scruffiest looking Pokemon she had seen in recent memory. It was a Swinub and it looked like it just lost a fight. Staring up at Sleigh, it figured it would take out its frustration on the weak-looking trainer.

"Wait, what did ever do to you!?"

Sleigh ducked down as the Swinub flung some mud in her direction. She had no idea why it was attacking her, but she wasn't just gonna stand there and be a target. She reached for her Poke Balls, and sent out... Wooper? She had meant to call Seadra. Even Octillery would have been fine. But seeing the angry Pig Pokemon, this was no time to be picky. As for the Water Fish Pokemon, she found the whole scene kinda hilarious and was giggling at Sleigh's predicament.

"Yeah, yeah it's very funny. Just end this will you Wooper? Muddy Water!"

Wooper was laughing but it was still loyal to Sleigh. Summoning a large wave of muddy water, she washed away the Swinub, defeating with one move. The silver haired fisher girl was reminded that the Wooper was actually pretty strong. She would have given her a head pat as thanks if not for the fact that Sleigh knew she was kinda slimy.

Wooper would snicker and try to jump into Sleigh's arms as a way of teasing her, but she dodged the Water Fish Pokemon's attempts.

"Cut it out! I appreciate the help but I'm not hugging you."

Suddenly, Wooper was surrounded a shroud of light and the tiny Pokemon's form grew larger? Sleigh was surprised speechless and that moment allowed Wooper to finally get her. Except she wasn't a Wooper anymore. Sleigh found herself lying on the ground, pinned by a Quagsire nearly as tall as she was and almost two times heavier. Not to mention covered with slime.

"Get... off!!!"

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