Are...Are you okay?
No! Don't let go!
Just a little longer...Come on, hang on!
N-n-n-no! I can't hold on...
Waaaaaah!
...
Underneath a crimson sky, a young Mudkip paced back and forth nervously on top of a tall cliffside. As soon as he stopped, he sighed deeply and shouted softly to himself, "That's it! I refuse to be paralyzed by this anymore!" The young Pokemon dreamed of becoming an explorer one day. He knew he needed to be brave, it was his calling! But to become an explorer, he needed to form an exploration team; and that meant confronting an intimidating guild.
"No! I need to be brave..." He stepped towards the guild and onto a grate. as soon as his paw touched the grate, an alarm went off!
*Pokemon detected!*
*Pokemon detected!*
A siren began to flare! The young kid let out a brief scream, grabbing onto the grate.
*Who's pawprint?*
*Who's pawprint?*
*The pawprint is Mudkip's!*
*The pawprint is Mudkip's!*
Eventually, the young Mudkip ran away! The poor thing was clearly startled by the guild's primative security system. He eventually settled down on the side of the beach. This was the one place he would walk to whe his spirits were down. The calm ocean, the golden sand, and the many Krabby that blew bubbles at sundown were surely enough to calm even the most anxious of pokemon.
As the young Mudkip lays on the beach, he pulls out a mysterious rock from his pocket. He thought to himself, "I tried my best, and I still couldn't overcome my childish fear. I even brought my personal treasure with me, my good luck charm. But even then that was not enough." He was trying to overcome his fears, only to seemingly fail every time.
That is, until he heard groaning, and saw a seemingly dead body in the sand that one particular night...
