Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Shadowed Skys
Prologue: Neibāzu
I had no intention of ever forming an Exploration Team. When I was just a little chick in my nest my father and mother had always told me these stories about how one day I'd grow up to be the strongest Pokémon in my forest, and then the sky. But first I had to eat my dinner, which consisted of Wurmple or Caterpie or some other insect. Thankfully I don't remember those days to well since I could hardly open my eyes at the time. But I always remembered what my parents said, because I never saw their faces.
They would always tell me this stories about the great flying Pokémon that flew the sky's. Nobody was quite sure what it was or what it looked like, but it was always watching over us, and that someday I would be stronger then it. My parents just loved to spoil me with stories like that. I honestly believed those stories too, just how I believed I would one day become the strongest Pokémon in the sky.
I had made my own Exploration team at one point, not because I wanted to make one but because I needed to. I had been running low on poké at the time and needed work, and all I ever did was train and explore. So I figured I could get money for doing just that. Ha, that sure turned out well. Needless to say my days as an Exploration team leader didn't last very long. I still had my badge though, never used it. I didn't need it to prove I was strong, I could do that on my own. I was destined to be the greatest Pokémon in the sky! I didn't need to be part of an Exploration team nothing could beat me!
"Oh my gosh, nobody's going to believe me when they hear about this!" I rolled my eyes and winced as I forced myself to sit up. Nothing could beat me except for a tiny bug…
"Whatever, so you beat me, big deal." I muttered.
"Well yeah you are kind of a big deal! I mean you might be kind of skinny for a bird Pokémon but-"
"You had the type advantage. Wish I would have realized that sooner though." I muttered. I ruffled my feathers in annoyance. "Will you get off of me!" I complained. The small little pest crawled out of my feathers and down onto my beak. Stopping at the end of it and turning to look at me. The tiny little yellow fur ball looked like it was about to explode from joy. I half wished it had, then I'd have one less problem to worry about.
"But you have the SIZE advantage!" He pointed out.
"Look, I already know you beat me, do you really have to rub salt in the wound?" I asked. It was bad enough I lost to this water flea without him rubbing it in every other second. To be fair though, I was already tired when we started to fight and I had engaged in plenty of fights earlier today. A Caterpie could probably knock me out pretty easily at that point. No seriously, I'm not making up excuses.
"Hey, you were going to eat me. So yes I get to gloat!" He said smugly.
"I wasn't going to eat you, that was just a misunderstanding." I said.
"Uh-huh, sure." He said. I rolled my eyes and stood up.
"Look, if we're done here I need to get going. So if you'd please." I said while glaring down at the little fuzzball.
"…You talk funny." He said. I frowned in confusion.
"Come again?"
"You have like, an accent." He said.
"I do? Huh, I didn't know that." I said with honest surprise.
"Yeah, its losernease." He said while making a gesture with his mouth that I guess was an attempt to stick out his tongue (although I wasn't really sure if he even had one).
"Go suck a Miltank!" I growled. He stared at me with his wide blue eyes, and for a moment I thought I had gone too far. When he suddenly burst into laughter and fell onto his back. His tiny legs kicking into the air as he laughed.
"You-haha-are hilarious!" He said as he rolled back onto his stomach. Still giggling madly to himself.
"Uh, thanks." I said. Not really sure how to respond to his outburst. Last I checked that was a really bad insult, not a joke in any way shape or form.
"I'm Marty Joltik. What's your name?" He asked.
"…I don't have one. But my friends," Which was one Pokémon in total but I didn't mention that. "Call me Sargent." I said.
"Sargent-?" He ventured.
"My breeds obvious enough isn't it?" I said. He nodded and saluted to me with one of his tiny limbs.
"Right Sergeant! Understood, reporting for duty!" He exclaimed.
"Haha very funny. Will you stop bugging me, no pun intended, and go home already?" I asked.
"Okay." He said while crawling into my feathers.
"Hey! Get out of there!" I yelled while slapping at my chest with my wings, ignoring the soreness in them. "I said go home!" I snapped.
"But this is my home now!" He popped out my feathers for a split second to look me in the eye and winked. "Lets be good neighbors okay?" He asked.
"…" I sighed and face palmed. "You don't seem to understand. I don't want a neighbor." I said.
"To bad, so sad. I beat you so now I get to live in you and," He suddenly changed his voice to what sounded like a bad interpretation of a zubat "Suck your vlood!" He giggled to himself.
"Suck my blood?" I asked a bit nervously.
"Nah, just kidding. I'll only eat what ever excess electricity you produce." He said.
"But I'm not a electric type." I pointed out.
"You don't have to be." He said simply, not elaborating on what he meant.
"Either way I don't want you living off of me!" I said while flicking at him with my wing. He let out a little squeak as I flung him off. "I travel a lot and go to a lot of dangerous places. Places you wouldn't last in even for a second." I told him. He looked up at me with those wide eyes of his, and I could have sworn I saw some form of admiration in them. Even so, I continued on. "It's not safe for a small Pokémon like you, so you should just stay here. Okay?" I asked. He stared up at me for a long second, then shocked the living day lights out of me.
"Yeah right, can't be that dangerous if I can beat you!" He said while sauntering back and forth. I fell onto my back, my foot twitching in the air. I would have yelled at him if I wasn't in so much pain.
"How does a Joltik know Thunderbolt to begin with?" I wondered aloud. The water flea jumped onto my stomach and smirked at me.
"I saved up all my Poké to buy that TM!" He said proudly. "Got it at a discount, just in case I ever had to fight something that was trying to eat me." He said.
"I wasn't trying to eat you!"
"Sure you weren't." I sighed and sat up again. He climbed back up onto my beak and I found myself in the exact same position I was in earlier.
"Fine, if you want to come then you can come. But don't say I didn't warn you." I suppose it wouldn't be that bad of a partnership. I had been having some trouble with territorial bird Pokémon lately so I suppose having him tag along wouldn't be that bad.
It was a stupid thought.
I always wanted to join an Exploration team. I had five hundred brothers and sisters that wanted to create one too. I didn't want to be like them though; the extent of their sense of adventure was as far as a fire Pokémon's want to get wet. They just wanted to create one to say 'we did it!' not cause they wanted to explore.
Maybe because I was the youngest was why I thought differently. There's an old folk tale among Joltiks that the oldest is destined for greatness while the youngest is destined for pride. Not to sure what that means but I definitely am prideful, I won't lie. I hate being belittled just because of my size, I think the birdbrain finally realized that after about the fifth time I shocked him. Oh, its just so funny when he freaks out after it to X3
It was kind of strange way how the two of us met. I was looking for something I could absorb electricity from when he suddenly fell from a tree branch and almost squashed me. Of course my natural reaction was to shock the Tauros dung out of what had just fallen next to me. The poor bird looked like he was just taken out of an oven for a while, but Its not my fault if I'm jumpy! The world is a dangerous place after all.
For a while I wasn't honestly sure if he was trying to eat me or not that day. He was a bird Pokémon so it made sense that if he was. I still didn't fully trust he wouldn't eat me in my sleep though, so I made sure to shock him till he fainted every night. He didn't seem to mind too much.
"Are we there yet?" I complained.
"No." Sargent gruffly replied. "Now shut it."
"You know, for such a small bird you sure have an attitude." I said while crawling onto his shoulder and snuggling into the feathers there, he was awfully warm and cozy. We were walking for some odd reason, I didn't ask him because I figured he'd start flying right then and there out of spite.
"Does it look like I care about your opinion?" He asked with a roll of his eyes.
"Totally! Everyone loves me opinions." I said while smiling up at him, he scoffed but didn't reply to me directly.
"Stupid water flea…" He seemed to mutter under his breath. "Has the nerve to call me small when he's not even the size of a pebble-" He didn't get any farther because I shocked him again. He glowered at me before continuing his walk.
"Where are we going anyway?" I asked.
"I left my traveling gear with a friend, I have to go visit her before setting out." He said.
"Really!" I squealed. "We're going exploring!"
"No, I'm going to train. You can explore if you want." He said. I pouted at him but he ignored me.
"But its no fun if I explore alone!" I complained.
"Well I already know where everything is, so it won't really be 'exploring'." He said. This blockhead…that wasn't the point! It wasn't any fun exploring alone, he could at least 'pretend' to be interested!
"There it is." He said while motioning to the distant town. "Nyūrīfu no machi."
"…Eh?" I asked.
"The town of New Leaf." He elaborated.
"Oh, okay. Why didn't you just say that from the beginning?" I asked.
"Because-"
"Sargent!" I was suddenly jerked from his shoulder and tumbled onto another's. Sargent was tackled to the ground as an equally sized green body hugged him. It let out a girly scream as the both of them fell back.
"A-Asami?" Sargent stuttered. A blush creeping in through his feathers as he looked up at the Pokémon on top of him. For the first time I noticed it was a Petilil, and she was giggling rather cutely as she tapped the bridge of Sergeants beak with the end of her arm (she didn't have any hands).
"Booop!" She said with a giggle. Sargent threw her a glare, but it was a weak attempt as a grin quickly creped onto his face. He sat up and she slid down his body till she was sitting down and looking up at him. "Its been forever since you last visited!" She said, pouting at him.
"I know it is, I've been busy training is all." He said.
"Training training training. That's all I ever hear from you!" She exclaimed while throwing her arms up into the air, almost tossing me off in the process. "You never relax anymore. Why not just stay for a bit and play?" She asked excitedly.
"I can't. I'm traveling again so I need to get all of my stuff from town." He said while offering her a sad smile. Her chipper attitude suddenly left her and she looked up at him sadly and with large teary eyes.
"Y-you're leaving? Again!?" She said. I had to hand it to Sargent, he must have had some strong willpower for not giving in right away, but I could see his resolve slowly crumbling.
"It's because I asked him!" I jumped in. Sargent's head snapped to me, his eyes widened in surprise as if he had forgotten I was there. Thanks buddy. Asami's reaction was more reactive; she squeaked in alarm and flinched, nearly throwing me off again. She looked at me curiously and tried to pick me up with her other arm, which I let her.
"Hi! My names Marty Joltik. Sargent and I are partners now, he was going to take me exploring!" I said happily. Sargents brow furrowed in confusion while Asami continued to look at me. She suddenly hopped to her feat and started to twirl in a circle with one leg.
"Oh my gosh! You are just the most adorable thing I've ever seen!" She said with glee. "You're just so small, and cute and fuzzy! Oh I could just eat you up!" She said while holding me away from her with both arms. Only two things kept me from shocking her. One, I was rather flattered by her compliment even if she did say I was small, and two I wouldn't have really hurt her if I did shock her since she was a grass type. So naturally, I shocked Sargent instead.
"W-what was that for!" He squawked. Asami had a giggle fit and hugged me close to her chest.
"Sorry, she kind of squeezed it out of me." I lied. He glared at me, clearly not believing what I had said. Guess he's not as much of a birdbrain as I thought.
"So you're really going exploring?" Asami asked.
"N-"
"Yeah totally. We're partners now!" I exclaimed.
"You mean he offered to let you join his exploration team?!" Asami said, more then a little shocked.
"Exploration-HE'S PART OF ONE!" I exclaimed while turning to look at Sargent, who was shifting from one foot to the other nervously. How-why-huh?!
"Yep, been part of one for years." She said.
"I'm retired. I needed funds." He elaborated. "I thought I could get money for exploring and fighting, which is something I usually do in my own time."
"But you mostly got chores request since nobody believed you were strong because of how small you are." Asami continued. Sargent nodded and I could see the anger boiling behind his eyes. An anger I could relate to.
"To small?" I asked.
"I'm small, even for bird Pokémon standards." He said, sounding irritated. So I wasn't the only one who had noticed how thin he looked…
"Yeah, he could be bigger if he just ate more." She complained with a pout. He forced a smile and I knew instantly he was hiding something.
"Yeah, I'd evolve too but I have a diet I need to keep up with." He said.
"A diet?! You're nothing but feathers and bones!"
"Or a feathered sack of bones!" I chipped in.
"Thanks a lot you two." He said while rolling his eyes. I offhandedly wondered how many times he did that in a given day. He started to walk toward New Leaf town, and Asami followed.
"So anyways, your part of an exploration team?" I asked.
"Duh." Was his simple response.
"Could I join your team?" I asked sincerely while giving him the best kicked Lilipup expression I could. He glanced over at me.
"Of course n-" I shivered as I felt a dark aura surround me and looked up to see Asami with a dangerous glint in her eyes. How could something so cute look so scary! Sargent gulped. "O-of course he can!" He said. It was kind of funny seeing him scared of a grass type when he had the type advantage over her.
"Great!" She said while making an expression akin to smiling. "You've been needing a friend to travel with!" He looked down at me despairingly.
"Right, a friend." He said.
"Aren't you his friend? Why don't you go exploring with him?" I asked her while looking up at her.
"Me, explore?" She asked as if I had just offended her. "No way, I'm much to weak, I'd only be a burden." She said.
"Nonsense!" I said. "All you have to do is put your heart into it and you can take on anything you want!" I said with determination. Sargent scoffed at this and I glared at his back.
"Yeah, maybe if I trained for a while I could but Sargent's too strong." She said. I scoffed and he glared at me.
"Oh please, he's not THAT strong." I said. "I beat him." She stopped completely and looked down at me in complete shock.
"W-wha?" She said.
"It was a long day, and he has the type advantage." Sargent said quickly, trying to save face no doubt.
"What about all those other times?" I asked.
"You shocked me in my sleep! That doesn't count!" He snapped.
"It does too!" I yelled back. Asami looked at Sargent then down at me, then back up at Sargent. She started to do that 'smile' of hers and burst into a fit of giggling. We both looked at her in confusion, by then her giggling had become a large burst of laughter. I couldn't help but smile and I could of sworn I saw Sargent start to smile too in the corner of my eye but it was gone by the time I looked back at him.
"You two are great. I'm sure you'll be the best of friends." She said.
"That certainty won't happen." Sargent said while turning his back to us.
"Why not!" Asami and I yelled, I had the feeling we were sharing the same angry red tick.
"Because I'm already best friends with you, Asami." He said.
"That's different!" She yelled. He looked over his shoulder and raised an eyebrow.
"How so?" He asked.
"…Ano…" She said hesitantly in some foreign language before blushing deeply. "I-It just is okay!" She yelled. Now that I think about it, they both had distinct accents. They must have been from a different land or something.
"Okay, if you say so." He said. "Now come on, I need to-"
"Move it!" Asami let out a small scream as a Beedrill suddenly zoomed past us, bumping into Sargent and pushing him down to the ground as he flew by.
"Hey, that was rude!" I yelled, jumping out of Asami's arms and next to Sargent. The Beedrill simply ignored me and continued to fly in the direction of New Leaf. Then another passed us, and another. Then screams filled the distant air.
An: Hello everybody and welcome to my first story of 2013! Yeah, you're probably not as excited as I'am and I'm like 4 months behind schedule XD
Anyway, this is my attempt to write a Pokemon fanfic which has been something I've been planning on doing for a very long time. Although this is a Mystery Dungeon fanfic instead of a regular Pokemon fanfic. There will still be references to the Pokemon world as well as Pokemon rangers. Although the latter will be a very high maybe. I will also be making some references too a fanfiction written by Thanos6 called A Beginners Guide To Pokemon. It's a great Fanfic but sadly hasn't been updated since 2011.
So, thats about it for this authors note. I had to explain some stuff. Hope you all enjoy my story~
Also, random images of Pokemon so far (minus Sargent)
Deviant Art: type in: Joltik Nom Nom Nom in the search bar. It'll be the one that's noming on a finger
Type in : Pokemon Black and White Doodle Petilil (should be the first one)
Neither are mine but they are such great pieces of art! Cudos to the artists!