#if you couldnt tell dusknoir's name is noks

[speckostardust]

Hero Partner Week - Day Two: Role Swap

He woke slowly, the setting sun's bright light invading his eyes.

He didn't remember falling asleep near a window.

With his trembling arms, he tried to turn himself upright on the ground. His hands met the grainy sand under him.

He didn't remember falling asleep on the sand.

As his mind starts clearing up some of the fog from sleep, the sounds and crashes of waves near him.

He doesn't remember falling asleep by the ocean.

His eyes adjusting to the light, he looks around him, taking in the scenery. He's woken up on the edge of a beach, a cave to his left and a cliff that resembles something he recognizes to his right.

He doesn't remember this place at all.

As he takes in the scenery, he sees someone approaching him from the right. He can't make out anything but their silhouette, a small ball with a wisp of something behind them.

The figure approaches him, and speaks. "Excuse me, are you hurt?" The voice is deep, and sounds concerned.

He goes to speak, but is thrown into a coughing fit as his body realizes his throat is dry. The other moves closer, offering something that he recognizes as an apple.

He takes it, and after eating a couple bits, attempts to speak again. "N-no, not really." His voice is rough and hoarse from disuse.

"Are you sure you are?" the figure asks. "Because I've never seen you around here before, and you look like you've just been thrown out of the ocean."

"I'm pretty sure," he reaffirms. Just as he goes to speak again, he's thrown into another coughing fit.

As he comes out of it, he takes another bite of the offered apple and chews, leaving silence filled with the sounds of waves between them.

"Well, first things first," the figure says, "what's your name? I'm Noks, a Duskull."

"I'm," he starts. "I'm..."

Almost expectantly, Noks waits for an answer.

"My name, it's..."

He doesn't remember his name.

He doesn't remember his name.

Almost panicking, he turns to Noks. "My name... my name, it's... I'm..." He can feel tears well up in his eyes. "I can't... remember. I can't, I can't..."

"Hey, hey," Noks says. "It's okay, I'm sure you'll remember in no time! Do you think I could call you by your species name?"

For the first time since he's woken up, he remembers something.

"Grovyle," he says. "I'm... a Grovyle."

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Phew, that took me a while. I completely forgot about day one of Hero Partner week cause I had work for the whole weekend. Anyways, just finished writing this at work.

Thanks for reading! I'm gonna start on the prompts for day one and three.

(This still counts as Hero Partner still, right)

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