It was so tempting to create a prequel for my PMD2 story, explorers of nonsense, so I'm making one!

Disclaimer: Pokemon does not belong to me. It belongs to Nintendo.

Chapter 1:

The consequence of helping a friend

BOOM! A loud explosion woke a young boy up from his sleep. The young boy picked up a white suitcase labeled "first aid" and headed toward the source of it, ready to help anyone who was injured. His mom also woke up, and tried to stop him.

"Shinji! Come back here this instant!" His mom yelled out to her son.

"What if I don't?" Shinji responded.

"I'll..." His mom paused.

"I'll what?" Shinji said. His mother just looked at him. "Ma, why won't you let me go outside of the village? I just want to help injured people and Pokemon who got hurt by traps," He complained.

"It's too dangerous! I don't want you to run into HIM. Lord Dusknoir would kill us all if any of us even talked to that guy! Shinji, you know what happened to your father. We were very lucky to not be executed with him," Shinji paused.

"Ma! I don't know why he was killed, and I don't care! I'm going now, and don't try to stop me!" Shinji ran off to help the Pokemon or person who triggered the explosion. His mom did not try to stop him, but she did say one thing to herself.

"He's just like his father..." She started to cry.

***

After one hour of walking through a forrest-themed mystery dungeon, Shinji found an injured Grovyle. He had finally found an injured Pokemon, but when he tried to help the Grovyle, it tried to run away.

" Go away!" The Grovyle backed away from Shinji, but its injuries prevented it from running away. The Grovyle took a closer look at Shinji and noticed he resembled someone he once knew.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Shinji was a little nervous.

"I'll explain later, but first help me get to the stairs. This is the last floor of the mystery dungeon. I'll be healed automatically once we get out," He pointed to a conveniently placed staircase in the same room they were in. Shinji helped Grovyle get out of the mystery dungeon safely.

***

Once they were outside, Grovyle looked around to make sure they were alone. "Good, we're all alone," He said after checking his surroundings.

"Why do we have to be alone?" Shinji wondered.

"Because if you are seen with me, everyone in your village will be killed," Grovyle said.

"What?! Why the whole village and not just me?!" Shinji did not want to die.

"Kid, it's very complicated," Grovyle looked away.

"I can handle the truth! Please trust me!" Pleaded Shinji.

"You're just like your father, aren't you?" Grovyle said.

"You knew my father?!" Shinji said, surprised.

"Yes, I knew him quite well. He was a nice man," Grovyle remembered

"I miss him, why did he have to die?" Shinji held back tears as he said this.

"Wheh-heh-heh!" A voice cackled in the distance.

"Dusknoir's here! Kid, you need to come with me!" Grovyle grabbed Shinji by the hand and started running far away.

***

"What was that for?! That was only a Sableye, not lord Dusknoir. Also, stop calling me kid! My name is Shinji!" Shinji angrily said.

"Sableye are Dusknoir's underlings, you should know that, kid," Grovyle said. Shinji was boiling with anger, but he didn't say anything about it. "Come with me, I want to show you something," Shinji reluctantly followed Grovyle to a strange circle shaped piece of temporal tower, which had collapsed a long time ago. "Touch this," Grovyle pointed to the strange object.

"You were going to see if the boy has the scream or not, weren't you Grovyle? Too bad you'll both be dead before you find out!" Dusknoir laughed in his deep and creepy voice. Dusknoir and his Sableye popped out of their hiding places.

"Dusknoir!" Grovyle was prepared to fight. Dusknoir just laughed. Somewhat panicked, Shinji touched the circle-like object. He soon got dizzy and had a dimensional scream.

Male Voice: Peach! You don't look like a Piplup anymore! What's going on?!

Peach: Don't worry about me! Just put the time gears in the slots!

What happened next was very quick and unexpected. Grovyle was knocked out and the Sableye blindfolded Shinji. When the blindfold was taken off, he found himself tied to a stockade. This was the last thing he saw until he became a Riolu.

That's my longest first chapter ever! From now on, this story will be told from Peach's POV. Please review, but as usual, no flaming!