I was looking at a lot of stories, and there were many that didn't feature Roark in them (and none of them centered around a Rampardos), so here's my story in which a Rampardos plays a huge role. I don't own Pokémon.
Roark was in Unova at the Relic Castle. He was with his Rampardos and a team of other excavators at the site. He was invited there to study the fossils found only in Unova, and he was excited to study fossils from another region. He carefully looked at a Plume fossil with a magnifying glass, studying the detail of each feather indentation on the rock when he heard his Rampardos acting up. "Rampardos?" he said before his dinosaur pokémon went running off. "Rampardos! Wait!" called out Roark, but his dinosaur couldn't hear him.
Rampardos charged and stopped when he saw a Krookodile hiding in the sand. Without thinking, he charged at it, but missed when Krookodile buried himself. He looked around in confusion, before Roark came running after him, calling him. "Rampardos! What were you thinking? Neither of us has ever been to the Unova region before, so we don't know what types of pokémon are around here. It could be dangerous!" scolded Roark. Rampardos drooped his head in shame before he heard Roark scream. The Krookodile had Roark's leg in his mouth. With an evil glint in his eyes, he dragged the Gym Leader down into the sand, with Roark kicking and screaming until the desert sands swallowed him up. Rampardos roared in anger, and tried digging up his trainer, but no matter how much he dug, he couldn't find Roark. "Somebody help me!" screamed Rampardos "That thing has my Roark!" The wind began picking up in the desert, sending sand flying, but Rampardos kept on digging, trying to find Roark. A loud roar came from behind Rampardos, and he turned around. At first, he could see nothing, but a shape emerged from the sands, becoming more clear as it approached Rampardos. Rampardos couldn't believe his eyes, but he saw somebody that he never thought he would ever see again. "Little brother?" said Rampardos.
Izzy was digging in the desert with some of her pokémon. Her trusty Rampardos, Mickael, was by her side. He always enjoyed the desert, and he loved looking for fossils with his trainer. He would try digging up rocks, looking for any signs of a fossil in any of them. Izzy had managed to find a few fossils, but none of them of a pokémon fossil. Mickael looked to the sky, and saw a few dark clouds coming from the mountains along the horizon. He never did like the dark dust clouds along the horizon. They always reminded him of the day that he died several million years ago…
Mickael and his siblings were busy munching on a few ferns in a forest millions of years ago. Many prehistoric pokémon were munching on plants and berries in peace when a huge fireball lit up the sky. It disappeared along the horizon, before a huge flash lit up the sky once again. Silence came, before a huge shockwave shook the earth, shaking Mickael off his feet. Mickael looked around, before another shockwave hit the area again, followed by another one. Many of the prehistoric pokémon began running away from the blast, but Mickael had no choice but to run out of the way or get flattened. Bastiodons rushed through the forest, but Mickael had difficulty getting rammed by them. In the confusion, he got separated by his family from the herds of stampeding pokémon as the sky darkened. Mickael screamed as a rouge Bastiodon rammed into his side, breaking his leg before it thundered off into the forest. Breathing heavily, Mickael looked to the sky one last time before smoke and dust choked off his lungs.
Mickael opened his eyes. That was then, and he had been alone in the earth for millions of years before he found a new family. He loved Spectral the female Dusknoir, and he loved her son, Night Shadow the baby Darkrai. He roared in pain from the loneliness that he endured that night as the sky darkened above him. Izzy looked up from her digging, then got up and walked to Mickael, placed a hand on his back, and said, "You were thinking about the night that you died, weren't you?" Mickael drooped his head as a single tear ran down his cheek. "Don't worry, Mickael. You're safe here with us," said Izzy. Mickael looked at Izzy and smiled, and gave a small wag of his tail. Izzy was right, he had family here now, and he wasn't alone anymore. Just then, the both of them heard screaming before they rushed off in the direction that it was coming from. They managed to see some trainer getting pulled under by a Krookodile with a Rampardos roaring at it. While the trainer was being dragged under, the Rampardos tried digging up his trainer, but he couldn't match Krookodile's speed. Without warning, Mickael headed for the other Rampardos without giving a pause. "Mickael! Wait!" called Izzy, but Mickael wasn't listening. "What is he up to?" asked the trainer to herself.
Mickael was hugging his older brother when his trainer approached. "So, I take it that you know this Rampardos, Mickael?" asked Izzy. Mickael nodded, then pointed to himself and lowered his other hand. He then pointed to the other Rampardos and moved his hand up high. He repeated the motion several times before Izzy said "So…he's your long-lost older brother, right?" Mickael nodded happily before the other Rampardos began shouting something. "Oh, right. Serperior, come out!" called out Izzy as a Serperior appeared. "Serperior, this Rampardos' trainer got pulled under by a Krookodile. Can you bring him to the surface by using Dig?" asked Izzy before Serperior nodded before she used Dig to go underground.
Izzy sat down and waited for Serperior to resurface, while Rampardos looked at his little brother and said to him "Is she crazy? That thing has my trainer, and she sends the weirdest-looking Serviper to go after him! I don't see how a Serviper can defeat a Feraligatr that dragged down my trainer!" "Listen brother, you're wrong on several accounts. That wasn't a Feraligatr, but a pokémon known as a Krookodile, a mix of both Dark and Ground types. She send down a Serperior, a Grass type. Krookodiles tend to have underground burrows where they keep their prey and nest. Your trainer should be alive when Serperior gets down there, that is if Krookodile hasn't started eating him already," said Mickael. Rampardos looked sad, but Mickael placed his hand on his back and said "Listen, I know these Krookodiles. They tend to keep their prey alive until later when they can't find food, and food is pretty hard to find in the desert as it is. Most likely, Krookodile went off to find more food to store until further notice. If your trainer has pokémon on him, he will use them to battle Krookodile first." Rampardos looked up at his brother, smiled, and said "Thanks, little brother."
Roark wasn't having much luck staying alive in Krookodile's den. He first sent out Geodude to battle the desert crocodile, but the little rock pokémon got crushed to nothing in Krookodile's jaws. Roark looked scared before he sent out Onix. Onix didn't fair much better as Krookodile dodged the rock snake's attacks before he used Brick Break to sever Onix's head from his neck vertebrate. Roark was terrified as Krookodile approached and opened his jaws. Roark couldn't think much as panic rushed through his systems as the desert crocodile approached the Gym Leader closer and closer. Suddenly, Krookodile screamed as a green tornado swallowed up the dark crocodile.
Roark looked and saw a gigantic green snake pokémon in the den with him. The snake slid to where Roark was and wrapped its tail around his body before dragging him to the new hole that it was digging. "Wait! Leave me alone!" screamed Roark, but he was dragged through the hole before he knew what was happening. The Leaf Tornado died down; leaving Krookodile slightly dizzy before he realized that his dinner was missing! He snarled before he started digging after Serperior. No one got away with his dinner, no one!
Serperior dragged Roark up to the surface and deposited him in front of Izzy. She looked at Mickael and said "That guy was kicking and screaming like a little boy. I hope that I never save a guy like that again. Plus, I think that he peed while I was digging ourselves out." "He did pee. Look at the dark stain in his…uh…pants I think," said Mickael as he pointed to a dark spot between Roark's legs. The comedy was short lived as they heard an angry roar as Krookodile dug himself out of the ground and snapped at all of them. "No one gets away with my dinner! No one!" roared Krookodile. "I'll handle this. Lancelot, I choose you!" called Izzy as Lancelot, an Escavalier, appeared. Lancelot's armor gleamed in the moonlight. "Lancelot, X-Scissor!" exclaimed Izzy as Lancelot braced his lances for the attack. Krookodile charged, but was flung back by Lancelot's attack. Krookodile crashed headfirst into a rock wall, and lifted his head up, only to find Cottonees flying by. "Oooh, look at all the little Cottonees. Goodnight!" he said before he passed out.
Roark was breathing in heavily as he struggled to comprehend what had happened. He felt a hand on his shoulder, and nearly jumped before a voice said "Easy. No one's going to hurt you. You're safe now." Roark turned his head and saw a woman next to him with two pokémon that he's never seen before, a Rampardos, and…his Rampardos. "Rampardos?" said Roark as his Rampardos roared happily as it ran over to him and hugged his trainer. Roark felt relieved that his Rampardos was there as he embraced his pokémon. "Brother?"said Mickael. "Huh? Oh, I'm just happy that my trainer is back," said Rampardos as Roark petted him on his dome-like head. "Thank you for saving my life" said Roark to the female pokémon trainer. "Actually, it was Serperior who saved your life," said Izzy as she pointed to her grass snake pokémon. "Serperior" it said as she raised her body. "What was that thing that attacked me? I've never seen it before in my entire life" said Roark. "That was a Krookodile, a desert pokémon. Those things are both very aggressive and very sneaky when it comes to hunting down prey. You'll be surprised how many people disappear when wandering this desert," said Izzy. Roark looked worried when he looked to his right. "I came here with a team earlier today for a fossil excavation, but I'm worried since there's a number of pokémon that I've never seen in this region" said Roark. He then screamed out loud when he moved the leg that the Krookodile had in it's jaws. He clutched it as he hissed in pain. Izzy bent low and inspected it, then looked at Roark and said "I'm surprised that you leg is in a good condition as this." "Good condition? That thing broke my leg!" shouted Roark. "Listen, I've seen those things snap off limbs completely with their jaws. I've even seen one crush a car in half with its jaws once. You're lucky that your leg is still attached to your body, but you still need to go to a hospital," said Izzy. She turned her head to Mickael and said "Mickael, will you carry this man as the way you carry Night Shadow? His leg is broken." Mickael nodded, then picked up Roark, with Rampardos saying, "How come you get to pick up Roark? He's my trainer." Mickael looked at Rampardos and said "Have you every carried anyone gently?" Rampardos thought for a moment, then said "Well, I did carry some fossils once, but I kept on dropping them…" Mickael shook his head, then followed Izzy, Lancelot, and Serperior as they trekked across the desert. "By the way, I never did get your name. I'm Roark, by the way" said Roark. "Nice to meet you, Roark. I'm Izzy," said Izzy.
When they got to the campsite, they saw what was a massacre. Equipment was destroyed, belongings were scattered, and there were blood stains everywhere. Roark looked pale as he surveyed the damage, then said "Wha-what happened?" "Looks like a whole group of Krookodiles attacked your campsite. Did your group have any pokémon to defend themselves?" asked Izzy. "Well, we did, but they were pokémon to help with the excavation. They weren't really well experienced for intensive battling," said Roark. Izzy shook her head then said "In a Krookodile-infested desert, having a few powerful pokémon to defend yourself is necessary," said Izzy as she pointed to Lancelot. "Escavalier" said Lancelot. Serperior hissed as she stood tense. Izzy looked on in concern, then looked at Roark and said, "Serperior only does that when she senses danger. Lets go" as she started walking. "Wait! What about all the fossils around here" said Roark. Izzy stopped, then looked at Roark and said "Are you mad? There's Krookodiles and who knows what else within this section of the desert. It's best that we get out of here while we still can." "Cof…agri…gus" a voice said before a body materialized out of the desert. Izzy looked at the Cofagrigus for a second before she turned around to her pokémon and screamed "Run!"
Rampardos, Mickael, Lancelot, and Serperior ran as fast as they could with Izzy running besides Mickael. Roark craned his neck to watch all the fossils that they left behind, but saw a few Krookodiles, Krokoroks, and Sandiles emerge from the sand. A Krokorok crunched a fossil and Roark passed out. "Your trainer…did I hurt him?" asked Mickael. "No, he always acts like this whenever a fossil gets destroyed," said Rampardos.
Later that night, Roark woke up in the hospital with his leg in a cast. Rampardos was next to him, sleeping with his head on the bed. Roark smiled, then stroked Rampardos behind the neck as he stared outside and watched the moon rise in the Unova sky. "Onix…Geodude…I'm sorry that I failed you" said Roark as a few tears appeared in his eyes.