(A/N. It's TrayC_Child_of_Mine 's birthday but it's short notice so here's a super smol writing! Happy birthday Lilly!)

Tracey trudged through the forest, grunting as he pushed back a tree branch which then proceeded to smack him in the face. He pushed back the evil branch and continued forward, eyes scanning the ground for his Pokémon.

"See anything Venonat?" He asked.

Venonat's antennae lowered as it shook its head in despair.

Tracey looked to Marill, "Hear anything?"

Marill shook its head solemnly.

Tracey sighed, "Damn. I coulda sworn that Pokémon was around here somewhere..." he said, looking around at his surroundings.

Trees. Nothing but trees. Occasionally a Mankey swung from the trees or a Pidgey made its home on a branch.

Tracey took a long, deep breath. He exhaled.

"Alright...let's head home."

Just then, a Sandshrew dashed in front of him. It stopped just a few feet from Tracey, sniffing the air and twitching its ears.

Tracey's Pokémon froze. Slowly, the Pokémon watcher pulled his sketchbook out and flipped to a clean page. He just barley got his base shapes down before the Pokémon lost interest and took off again.

Tracey gasped and went after it, "Hey!" He shouted, "Wait!"

Tracey ran through the trees, batting away branches that dared to get in his path. His Pokémon ran as fast as they could at his best, though their best was more like a quick waddle.

Eventually the trees formed a small clearing where the Sandshrew was happily sitting under a Pecha berry tree, eating a Pecha berry.

Tracey laid down onto his stomach and began a new drawing. Venonat and Marill sat next to him, out of breath. They watched quietly as their trainer drew the ground type Pokémon with his usual precision. He did some rough shading after his initial sketch was finished.

The Sandshrew noticed him. It finished one of its berries and walked on all fours over to Tracey. It went right up to him and sniffed his nose. Tracey held his breath. The Pokémon looked down at the drawing and gave the top of the paper a small lick. It cringed at the taste and ran away, back into the forest.

Tracey sighed and looked down at his drawing.

"Didn't quite get to finish..." He grumbled, "But it's nice, don't you think?" He asked his Pokémon.

Venonat and Marill nodded and chirped in agreement. Tracey stood up, took a deep breath, and took off after the Sandshrew. Marill and Venonat groaned and waddled after their trainer.

Tracey was going to get a good, finished picture of that Sandshrew if it killed him.