Hello, all! This is my first PMD fanfic, and yes, there will be multiple arcs. Also, side stories and other things will be posted for the pasts of characters and special episodes. Yes, Claus is named after the character from Mother 3, so... Yeah. This is based off of my adventures for PMD Sky directly, with some plot twists to be expected. Just warning ya!

I do not own Pokemon, Mother 3, or any other reference to anything else.

Let's Go!

The night sky was being plagued by a harsh storm. Lightning fell all around, along with wind churning the waves of a blue ocean underneath the dark gray blanket of clouds. Two figures were fighting the twisted currents of the water.

"A-are you okay? H-hold on! Don't let go!"

"I-I can't! My grip... I can't keep hold of your hand!"

"Try to hold on!"

Lightning flashed harshly, cracking the night sky like a pane of broken glass.

"W-waaah!"

On a small beach, a red Pokemon stirred from her slumber. She could hardly see anything, it was all so blurry.

"I-I can't... Drifting off..."

The Pokemon lost all grip of reality as darkness consumed her vision like a black swamp.

A small, blue, bipedal fox-like Pokemon looked up at the giant Guild. "Today. I can do it!" The Pokemon stepped on the bamboo-covered grate that rested in front of the Guild. He was startled as two odd voices swept over his ears.

"Pokemon detected, Pokemon detected!"

"Whose footprint, whose footprint?"

"The footprint is Riolu's! The footprint is Riolu's!"

"G-gaah!" The blue fox rushed off of the grate and sighed. "I-I just couldn't do it," The Riolu placed an odd stone in front of him. "I thought having my personal treasure with me would help, but..." The blue fox picked it up, torchlight wavering in his face. "I need to calm down..." The Riolu walked towards the beach, south of the Guild entrance. But...

Two shady-looking Pokemon appeared behind a rock, one, a purple, toxic, floating ball. The other, a dark-blue bat-like creature.

"Hey, Zubat? That kid's little rock seem special to you?"

"Heh-heh-heh, yeah Koffing. It seemed kinda rare, if you ask me!"

"Shall we go after it?"

"We shall."

The shady-looking duo followed the blue fox Pokemon.

The Riolu walked steadily across the cool sand. The sun was currently setting, and big, beautiful bubbles blown by the local Krabby floated freely below the sunset. The sun reflected off of the water onto the bubbles, creating a wonderful array of colors.

"I always come here when I'm feeling sorry for myself." He said as he gazed at the gorgeous sight to behold. He glanced to the left and saw something red on the sand. "Wh-what's that?"

As the Pokemon stepped closer, he could make out a passed out Vulpix. "Wah! Somebody collapsed on the sand," The Riolu ran over to the Vulpix, and picked her up gently, not to hurt her. "A-are you okay? Are you hurt?!"

The Vulpix stirred slightly, and eventually opened her eyes, which were a stunning and unnatural violet. "H-huh?" She muttered.

"Thank Arceus you're okay!" The Pokemon set her down softly, and then the red fox stood up shakily.

"C-can you walk?"

The Vulpix nodded her head, and then surprised filled her violet eyes. "H-how can you speak? You're a Pokemon!"

"Yeah, and so are you."

"N-no I'm not! I'm a human!"

"But you seem just like a normal Vulpix to me!"

The Pokemon in question stood there dumbstruck, then looked at her reflection in the crystal-blue sea water. She jumped back with a mix of surprise and fear. I-it's true! I am a Vulpix! But... How? I-I can't seem to remember...

"You're a strange Pokemon, aren't you? My names Claus, what's your name?"

M-my name? My name... My name is...

"M-my name is Hikari."

"Hikari... That's a really cool name!"

Hikari smiled happily. "Thank you!"

Just then, two Pokemon bumped into Claus, knocking him forward. A stone flew from the blue fox's grasp. "Whoops! Sorry, excuse me!" Claus stood up and glared at the Pokemon, a Koffing and Zubat. "Hey! What was that for!?" The Koffing looked at the odd stone. "Hey, is that yours?"

Claus started to stutter, "N-no, that's...!"

"Sorry, kid. We'll take that!" The Zubat picked up the stone and ran into a large, red cave, Koffing following shortly behind.

Claus looked at the ground, defeated. "M-my personal treasure... They took it from me..." Claus looked up at Hikari. "Hikari, please! Help me get my treasure back! It means everything to me! P-please..." Claus began to show tears from his eyes.

Hikari nodded, "You can count on me! We'll get your treasure back!"

And with that, these two began on their first adventure, into the depths of Beach Cave.