Pain. Right now, all Daniel Bravo could think and feel was either excruciating pain or extreme numbness. He moaned and groaned as he tried to look at his surroundings that are slowly become clear. He saw trees. A lot of trees. Holy shit those are a lot of trees. He looked at what he thought was the sky only to see more trees. He swore that he could see trees growing on trees. Great, I'm slowly dying in a forest, he thought as he tried to find anything that wasn't a tree.

"Mom!" He heard a voice, but it was too far to make out. "Dad!" The voice was coming closer; the extreme panic in the voice sounded familiar. "Danny!" He knew who's voice it was! Now, all he had to do was call him out. Through all the pain and exhaustion, he managed scream out…

"MATHEEEEWWWW!" Daniel could here birds flapping away from the sheer power of his scream. Heh, still got it, he thought as he heard footsteps getting closer. He turned his head to see a familiar face and something that wasn't a tree. While one of those things were true, he did not see his brother's face. He, instead, saw a face of a monkey thick blue eyebrows. He saw a Monferno. The Monferno, as well, didn't seem very happy to see Daniel at first, but as they looked into each other's eyes, they knew.

"Danny?" Mathew Bravo asked.

"Mathew?" Daniel replied. "Did you, um, get a haircut?"

Mathew snickered. "You also seemed to have done something to yourself. I almost didn't recognize you. Almost."

"Very funny. Now, can you help me up? I can feel the upper half of my body, but I still can't feel my legs."

"Well that makes sense," said Mathew, who was now holding back laughter. "You don't have any."

"What!?" Daniel tried to move his legs, but he felt something… else move. "Mathew? What Pokémon am I?" He asked on edge.

"I don't really know but…" He began, still holding back laughter but this time he's getting bad at it, "I didn't expect your spirit Pokémon to be a… ballerina seal!" Unable to contain it anymore, he started laughing at full force now.

Daniel, upon hearing this, quickly sat up to check his body. 2 flippers, a tail, and ruffles in between; he knew exactly what Pokémon he turned out to be. He turned to his brother to say something, only to see that he is still laughing. Unamused, the newfound Brionne said, "Go ahead, keep laughing. Distract yourself from the anxiety attack you're about to get when I tell you that we are in another world inhabited by Pokémon with no way to get back to our own world."

Hearing his brother's claim, the once-laughing Monferno quickly became extremely anxious as he looked around his surroundings. He saw trees. A lot of trees. Holy shit those are a lot of trees. He looked at what he thought was the sky only to see more trees. He swore that he could see trees growing on trees. With the realization slowly and painfully coming to him, he knew there was only one thing to do. He screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Some Stupid Baguette Presents

The Baffling Bravo Brothers

Chapter 1: Some Kind of Fanfiction

It was a warm summer day in West Virginia. Sun was shining and there was nary a cloud in sight; a good day to go to the local fair. The Bravo family was preparing to do just that, I nice family trip to have some fun during their summer break.

Elizabeth Bravo was standing at the doorway, waiting for everyone to get ready, when her son, Daniel Bravo, walked by. While Elizabeth had on a nice dress, makeup, and even some high heels, her son just had a black Elder Scrolls t-shirt and some jeans. Elizabeth wasn't too happy about this. "Daniel, you're going dressed like that?" She says.

Daniel looked at his attire, and then his mother's attire, and then said, "I'm to have fun, not to impress people, Mom."

"Well, it's no reason to look like you picked out two random pieces of clothing." Daniel shrugged as that is exactly what he did. "Come with me," Elizabeth said as he dragged Daniel to his room. She looked though his clothes and pulled out a red blazer and handed it to Daniel. "Put it on." Daniel, slightly annoyed but going along with it, put it on. Elizabeth smiled at how nice her son looked. "See? You look nice, clean, and people can still tell that like that fantasy… magic game."

"Yeah, okay, Mom. But I'm not buttoning this."

"You don't have to. That's the best part." The proud mother looked down and saw the bulge in her son's pockets. "What are you bringing with you, Daniel?"

Daniel checked his pockets and said, "My phone, wallet, and DS." Elizabeth seemed a little bothered when he said "DS".

"Why are you bringing that? It is supposed to be family time."

"It's for the car trips."

"But Danny…" Elizabeth sighed and sat on Daniel's bed, which wasn't made. "Sometimes I worry that you're getting a little disconnected from us. Remember when you were younger, and you would not leave me alone? I miss those days."

"Yeah, but now I'm twenty, in college and having to do a bunch bull- "

"Daniel!" His mother warned.

"…poop. We barely see each other for three quarters of a year. We can't go back to those days anymore."

"I know that. It's just even more reason why this trip so important for us. To reconnect."

Daniel sighed. He knew his mother was right. "Right. Don't worry the DS is just for the car trips. Once we get to the fair it's no game and only family… except for the games they have at the fair. Okay?"

Elizabeth sighed understandingly. "Okay. Give me a hug." Not being allowed an answer, Daniel was pulled into his mother's arms. Daniel, understanding his mother's worries and emotions, hugged her back. After several seconds, the loving mother released her son. "Okay, now go tell your brother and father to hurry up."

"Alright." Daniel left the room to go to his brother's room, which was just next door. He knocked and the door and yelled, "Hurry up, Mathew! Mother's waiting!"

Mathew, in his room, was with his father, Johnson Bravo, getting ready for the upcoming trip. They both had on a suit and tie, dress pants, and dress shoes; Mathew's outfit, however, was much lighter than his father's. After combing his son's hair, Johnson made sure he had everything he needed. "Cell phone? Charged?"

"Yep."

"Wallet with ID?"

"Yep."

"If Daniel gets lost and you can't contact him, what do you do?"

"Report to a nearby security guard."

"And you see him get kidnapped?"

"Call 911."

"And if hurts himself."

Mathew, tired of his father pestering him about Daniel's safety, said, "Okay, Dad, he can take care of himself."

"You're his older brother- "

"By only two years! Dad you can't expect me to keep him safe all the time."

"Even if you can't, it doesn't mean you can just leave him alone. You two are brothers, it's different from a father-son or mother-son relationship. It means you two support each other, protect each other. I've never seen a pair of brothers as inseparable as you two."

"That doesn't mean I wanted to be with him all the time."

"Even if you aren't with him all the time, you two will still be together. Even when you two are married only see each other once a year, you two will still be together. That's not just brothers anymore, that's what family is. Together, always. Got it?"

"Yes, Dad."

"All right. Let's not keep your mother waiting, let's go."

The father and son went out of the room to meet Daniel and Elizabeth at the front porch. The family all went outside and into their car; Johnson was on the driver's seat, Elizabeth on shotgun, and the brothers rode on the back. With the car started, Johnson drove the car out of the driveway, out of the neighborhood and into the highway.

Daniel, wanting to start a conversation with his brother, asked, "Hey, Mathew. Have you seen the trailer for DC's Titans yet?"

"Oh god," Mathew groaned in disgust.

"Fuck Batman," Daniel said in a gritty voice, but quiet enough so that only Mathew could hear it.

"Why do they have to do it, like, ultra-edgy?"

"At least they're trying something, unlike another dumb adaptation."

"True," Mathew agreed, "Are you excited for the fair?"

"Not especially, but this is for our mother, so, at least look excited."

"Right. Hey, at the fair, do you think they're going to have-"

"LOOK OUT!" screamed Elizabeth, pointing at the car that was driving full speed at them. But it was too late; the cars crashed. The Bravo family's car flew into a tree, almost cause much damage to both the car and the family inside. The engine was now on fire, the windows were shatter, and the whole family was unconscious except Mathew. Mathew looked at his brother, he was bleeding and unconscious, or worse. He turned to look at his parents in the front of the car, but they were gone. He tried to look outside to find them, but he was slowly losing whatever consciousness he had left. And then, Mathew blacked out.

. . .

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod," was Mathew's current mantra as he continually paced left to right in the forest. "Whatdoesthismean? Whyarewehere? Whereareourparents? Howdowegetback?"

"Could you stop having an existential crisis?" asked Daniel. When Mathew turned his head expecting his very human brother, but when he saw a slightly annoyed Brionne in place of him, he went back to his mantra. "Okay, it was funny the first few minutes, but now it's just annoying. So, please, STOP IT!"

"I'm sorry, but any normal person would freak out right about now!"

Hearing this made Daniel more annoyed. "First of all, you are no longer a 'normal person'. Secondly, you were never a 'normal person'. And lastly, freaking out right now is an inefficient use of time and energy, so STOP IT!"

Mathew tried to force himself to calm down, which worked a little, but a thought came to his head. So, he asked Daniel, "Why are you so calm about this?"

Daniel thought about his answer and said, "Well, one of us had to be," Mathew gave an accepting shrug as Daniel continued, "And, technically, we both been through this before."

"What are y-" Mathew started but gave his brother's response a but more thought. "You don't mean Pokémon: Mystery Dungeon, do you?"

"Yeah that's what I mean."

"That's just a video game."

"Well, now we're in one."

"We are!?" This made the already freaked out Mathew freak out a bit more.

"W-Well… maybe."

"'Maybe'?"

"It IS kinda up in the air whether or not we are actually in a video game, but I think we can still follow the same rules of those stuck-in-a-video-game shows and movies we've seen."

Mathew was finally calm enough to start following his brother's logic. "Which means to get back to our world… we need to 'beat the game'."

"Exactly!"

"So…how do we do that?"

"Well, in the Mystery Dungeon games there's usually this global threat and it's up to the human, in this case, us to put a stop to it."

"And what's the global threat?"

"The answer to that question is the Reaper shrug," answered Daniel as he gave his brother a huge shrug along with a stupid smile. "It varies from game to game. I can't even be sure if we are just re-enacting one of games." The Brionne gave a little thought, then gave a disgusted sigh. "God, I feel like we're in some kind of… fanfiction."

Mathew laughed at Daniel's sudden revelation when he heard something rustling in the bushes nearby. Suddenly, a Raticate and a black, puff cheeked Pokémon the looked a like a Raticate jumped out. The both growled as they inched toward the brothers, and the brothers inched backwards in response. "Here's a commonly asked question: who's that Pokémon?"

"Those are two Raticates," Daniel answered.

"Okay, I know I haven't played Pokémon in a while but the one on the left is not a Raticate."

"It's an Alolan Raticate."

"Alolan?"

"Yeah, gen seven introduced Alolan Pokémon, which usually differs in design, typing, and sometimes stats and- oh, now's not the time!"

"Are they friendly?"

"Do they look friendly?"

Mathew looked at the Raticates the were still growling and inching towards them and said, "No?"

"Of course not."

"Well, you're the Pokémon expert, what do we do?"

"Do you want to fight them?"

"No?"

"Neither do I."

"So… it's running?"

"Yeah, it's running."

The brothers both sprinted away at full speed, and the Raticates chased them down. Mathew put in a good two yards in a second before looking back and seeing that the two Raticates were already on top of Daniel. "Danny!" He screamed in worry. The Monferno started charging at the Raticates with a readied fist. The fist started to glow a bright white color as he punched the two rat Pokémon off his brother.

As Daniel got up with Mathew's help, he asked, "Dude, how did you do that?"

Mathew ignored his question. "Are you okay!? I thought we were running!"

"I tried to! You try running with these!" the Brionne exclaimed as lightly tapped Mathew's face with his flippers multiple times.

"Well, if you can't run, why did you say we should run?"

"Well, I kinda forgot I didn't have legs…"

"How do you forget that!?"

"Don't judge me while we're in a predicament." The brothers looked around to see a horde of Raticates surrounding them, all of them looking ready to attack at any point. "Okay… looks like running is OFFICIALLY out."

"I have a bad feeling about what plan B is."

"Do you have a better idea?"

"Pray to God that this is all a dream?"

"Is that REALLY a better idea, Mathew?"

"No…"

"In that case, we're fighting."

"How?"

"Did you just ask me- GO IN THERE AND PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE!"

On command, Mathew rushed up to a Raticate with the same glowing fist and punched it in the face. The Raticate ran away. "Hey, it worked!" exclaimed the exhilarated Monferno.

"Yeah, what a genius," groaned the slightly annoyed Brionne. He turned around and saw a very angry Raticate in coming near him. Now, he knew, it was his turn to force one to retreat. "Okay, Daniel," he said to himself, "You've done this hundreds of times in the shower and in the pool. It shouldn't be so different." Daniel took a deep breath opened his blasted a high-pressure stream of water from his mouth. At least, that's what he expected. What he got was a small stream of water that barely went 12 inches from him. Daniel looked at the failure that is a small stain on the ground, then he looked at the Raticate who just seemed confused. Daniel saw this chance to spit right into the Raticates eye, forcing it to screech in pain and run away. "Fucking nailed it."

Daniel looked to his brother to find that the monkey was actually kicking ass. He was easily handling three or four Raticates at the time, all the while his fists were either on fire or conducting electricity. Flabbergasted, Daniel asked, "Dude how are you doing that?"

"You mean the fists?" Mathew askes, "Honestly, I don't know; they just kinda started doing that."

"Oh, I know you have no idea about the Pokémon moves. I'm not having much luck with that either. I was walking you… actually kicking ass."

"Oh, well our father taught me some boxing some time ago. I didn't think I'd have to use it like this."

"Well, keep it up," Daniel said. Daniel, then, saw a wild Raticate gunning towards his brother from behind. "Look out!" he shouted as he lightly shoved Mathew to side for another attempt at shooting a water gun. Instead of a high-pressured stream of water, he shot a stream of snowy wind from his mouth, freezing the Raticate he aimed for.

The brothers looked at the frozen rat on the floor. Mathew looked at Daniel and said, "Some breath mint."

"Dude…" said the wide-eyed Brionne, "if we weren't fighting for our lives, I'd be geeking out so hard right now."

"I'm sure you would be. But in the meantime, look around us."

Daniel looked around to see that they were still surrounded by Raticates. "Okay, what the actual fuck?"

"Take out one, two more pop out."

"I feel like these kinds of situations should be mathematically impossible."

"Well, any bright ideas?"

Daniel thought for a while as the Raticates moved closer and closer. Between him and his brother, most of the moves they know are single target based, and icy wind is probably too weak a move to handle a whole bunch of Raticates. The best chance they got came down to luck. "Okay, I have an idea that might not work."

"What do you mean 'Might not work'?" question Mathew.

"Just do what I say and cover your ears."

"Why should I-"

"YOUR EARS!" On his brother's command, Mathew plugged up his ear with his hands. Daniel, ensuring the Mathew did plug up his ears, took a deep breath. And then…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The piercing scream that came from the Brionne did more than cause major ear damage to anyone too close. It did actual physical damage to the Raticates as well as cause major disorientation, messing up the Raticates' senses. Unable to fight back, the Raticates all ran away from source of the painful noise. Daniel ended his scream once he saw that the Raticates disappeared, panting from exhaustion due to using a powerful attack.

Mathew, with a headache caused by the scream, asked, "The hell was that!?"

"One of two things," answered Daniel, with a noticeably weaker voice, "Either I successfully used hyper voice to take out an entire horde of Raticate or I just screamed really loudly they found me annoying and ran away."

"Could it be both?"

"Maybe."

Daniel coughed and wheezed due to his extremely sore throat. Mathew, worried about his brother's health, asked, "Danny, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm more worried about you though. I'm not sure covering your ears did a whole lot."

"Yeah, I came out with a headache. No loss of hearing though, surprisingly enough." Mathew saw Daniel mouth some words, but no sound came out. Not wanting this kind of bullshit, Mathew punched his brother in the arm.

"Ow!" Daniel yelped in pain.

"Yeah, you know that wasn't going to work."

"You could've at least pretended to be fooled."

"That would be called enabling." Mathew heard another rustling in the bushes. He instinctively put his arm in front of is brother. "Who's there!?" he yelled.

"Hello? Are you two lost?" said a feminine voice. From the bushes appeared a big, green, snake-like Pokémon.

"Who are you? What do you want?" questioned Mathew.

"Easy, Mathew. This Serperior is not hostile," said Daniel, slowly getting his voice back.

"How do you know?"

"Because she hasn't tried to kill us yet."

Mathew thought for a second and said, "Okay I'll give you that," he turned to the Serperior and said, "But why are you here?"

"Well," The Serperior replied, "A little Pidgey told me that there was a lost, screaming little girl in the forest. Would that be one of you?"

"Um," Daniel laughed nervously, "Was it a defensive scream or an existential crisis scream?"

"I assume the defensive scream was the hyper voice I heard that caused a horde of Raticates to nearly trample me?" the Serperior asked sharply.

"Yeah…" Daniel nervously raised his hand, "I would be guilty of that one."

"Hmm." The Serperior closely examined the two mysterious Pokémon before her. She had never seen either of them before, and their ability to chase off a horde of feral Pokémon was suspicious to say the least. Impressive, but still suspicious. She knew she shouldn't let these two out of her sight anytime soon. "I'd like to repeat my previous question: are you two lost?"

"Very lost." The brothers answered.

"If that's the case, would you like to come with me? I can provide shelter for one night."

The brothers, hearing this proposal decided to huddle. "What do you think?" asked Mathew.

"I think we can trust her."

"What!? You're going to trust some random stranger."

"Mathew, you're smart. I want you to REALLY think about our situation here. We are in another world where, right now, there is a one in, like, thirty chance that the next Pokémon we see might be hostile. Right now, everyone but the two of us are strangers. Right now, we have two options: take our chances with the Raticates at night or take our chances with a random Serperior. Both COULD get us kill, but only one of them could give us reliable shelter. Now, using my amazing Until Dawn decision making skills, I'd go with the one that provides better benefits."

"You got everyone killed in Until Dawn," argued Mathew.

"Intentionally," corrected Daniel, "which means I know a bad choice when I see one."

Mathew, impressed with his brother's logic, said, "Bro, when did you get so good at using logic?"

"I played Phoenix Wright."

"Alright then, we go with the snake."

"Serperior."

"… Right. Uh, is it a bad time to mention I only know, like, half of all the Pokémon."

"Yeah, which is why I'm the smart one now. Oh, how the tables have turned."

"Fuck you."

Daniel smiled and turned to the Serperior and said, "We'll come with you."

"Wonderful!" she said ecstatically, "Please follow me, it shouldn't take long at all."

The Serperior starting walk- slithering away as the brothers followed her. Mathew was deep in thought, he wasn't entirely sure what their future was. Were they really destined to save the world? Was there a grand adventure wait for these two brothers? What will become of them when this all over? He looked at Daniel, who also seemed to be deep in thought; looking at his three fingers on one of his flippers. "What are you thinking about, Daniel?" Mathew asked.

"Well, I have three fingers now."

"Yeah?"

"Which is an odd numbered amount of fingers."

"Okay?"

"Which means if I close my first and third fingers like this…"

He proceeded to do so holding it up in front of Mathew. Seeing how Daniel successfully flipped him off as a fucking seal, Mathew smiled and said, "Of course you'd be quick to figure that out."