Leafshroud Forest

It was very dark and the moon was high in the sky, as a lone Treecko walked through Leafshroud forest, constantly avoiding the big rocks and the fallen logs which blocked his path. The Treecko suddenly stopped as he squinted at the map in his hand.

"I am presently around here" said the Treecko as he pointed to location on the map. "Hmmm then I guess I just have to continue on this path and I will reach the base in no time." Saying this, the Wood Gecko Pokemon closed the map and stuffed it in his bag.

He had barely even taken a step forward when he heard a loud sound which seemed to come from his left it didn't sound as if it had emanated from nearby so curiously turning towards the sound he started to walk towards the direction he heard the sound come from.

After a few minutes of walking he reached the edge of a clearing, he kneeled down behind a Oran berry bush and scanned the clearing, it was quite dark and he could not make out what had made the sound. Disappointed he was just about to leave when a small light popped into existence on the opposite side of the clearing. The light moved to the center of the clearing and then it suddenly stopped moving. Curious the young Treecko kneeled down again. The light then suddenly started to walk in his direction; slowly it came closer and closer until it was just about a few feet away from him. Only then could he make out from where the light was coming from, because in front of him was a Chimchar and the light was coming from the fire on its tail, the Chimchar looked quite worried.

"A Chimchar is quite a rare sight around these parts" called out the Treecko. Surprised the Chimchar started to look around for the source of voice, his expression was visible due to his tail flame and the Chimchar was really frightened and his head was swiveling form one side to the other searching for the place from where the voice had emanated from. The Treecko knew that as long as he was hidden the Chimchar could not find him. Treecko's were almost invisible when hidden in forests. Slowly the Treecko walked out from his hiding place, the Chimchar immediately spotted him.

The Chimchar warily spoke out "I need your help, there is an unconscious Squirtle near the center of the clearing so could you help me in taking him someplace safe"

The Treecko slowly sized up the Chimchar and he was sure he could take him down even though he was at a type advantage. So the Treecko nodded his head and said "Ok, but if you try anything funny I may need to knock you out". The Chimchar just nodded his head and started to walk towards the unconscious Squirtle.

As he neared the center of the clearing he saw the Squirtle, it was lying face down on the grass with its tail under its head for support. But it wore a pained expression on its face.

"Wait. First I am going to give him and Oran berry because we don't know if he is wild or sentient "the Chimchar again just nodded its head. So the Treecko fished out a Oran berry from his bag and forced it into the Squirtle's mouth. And the Squirtle slowly started to munch on the berry.

"What's your name? And where have you come from since it is quite rare to see a Chimchar around these parts" asked the Treecko suddenly.

"My name is Flint and I am from the Ash Valley. And I came here to join the Resistance Force." Said the Chimchar

"Hmm, interesting my name is Alan and I have come here for the same reason as you, to join the Resistance" said the Treecko.

Flint opened his mouth to ask a question, but he was interrupted when he saw the Squirtle, who was now wide awake and staring at him.

"Look who's awake, took you long enough" said Alan teasingly.

"W….. where… am I" asked the Squirtle looking around.

"You are in Leafshroud Forest and I think we go somewhere safe, then we can talk" stated Flint

"Ok then help me carry him I know a place nearby where we can stay for the night" said Alan as he helped the Squirtle up by his shoulders. Flint just nodded and grabbed his other shoulder and then they started moving. After a few minutes they were out of the clearing and had gone a bit deeper into the forest.

Then suddenly Alan halted and whispered "Wait I think I hear something"

"But I don't hear anything" whispered back Flint still maintaining a firm hold on the, now sleeping, Squirtle's shoulders.

"Come on move faster the safe house is just a bit further" said Alan as he increased the pace of his walking. Flint quickly caught up. After walking for another three minutes or so, they reached another small clearing.

"The safe house just up ahead" said Alan. Once they reached the far end of the clearing Alan left Squirtle's shoulder as he reached forward and pressed a loose rock in the huge stone wall which was blocking their path. Suddenly there was a small tremor as a cave started opening up on the stone wall. Alan quickly took the Squirtle's free shoulder and with Flint's help dragged him into the cave.

" I guess we should be safe here " Said Alan as he fished in his bag for Apples. He quickly took out two apples and offered it to the other two pokemon.

" Where exactly are we and who are you guys" asked the Squirtle

" We are in Leafshroud forest, and to answer your second question I'm Alan and the Chimchar is Flint" gesturing towards himself then at the Chimchar who was nibbling his apple.

"How do you see in this place, I can barely see around in this cave even though my tail fire is lighting it up" questioned Flint, as it was true that the cave was quite dark and Flint couldn't see so clearly in the darkness. Alan just shrugged.

"By the way you haven't told us your name" pointed out Alan, as he looked at the Squirtle.

"Uh… My name, my name is Tierno" said the Squirtle as he munched on his apple hungrily.

A few minutes passed as the three Pokemon sat in silence eating their apples peacefully. Alan was just about to take out a few more apples when suddenly he heard a voice coming from outside, it seemed like something was scratching a sharp item against the stone wall. Alan gestured the other Pokemon to maintain silence as he tip toed to the sealed entrance of the cave and pressed his ear against the huge boulder which was sealing the cave.

"I'm sure that they went this way, we need to nab them as soon as possible those are the orders the Emperor gave us". said a gravelly voice.

"Oh just snap out of it your senses have not been right since the battle" came an annoyed reply.

"But I am sure that I sensed a tremor from here not long ago" replied the gravelly voice again.

"Boss lets go back to the General and report what we saw and besides our shift is almost over" said other voice now sounding more tired than annoyed.

"Well I guess you're right but let me just make sure of it, I am sure there is something behind this huge stone" said the gravelly voice.

Alan quickly jumped away from the door and whispered "Guys get moving quick we have company". The boulder which was covering the entrance blasted apart and voice shouted "Hey, I told you. Now go catch them." Flint and Tierno were quickly back on their feet and started running behind Alan who was heading deeper into the cave.

All of a sudden Alan stopped briefly waiting for the other two to catch up. As soon as they caught up he said " It's a Mystery Dungeon, get ready". Then all three Pokemon quickly entered the Mystery Dungeon.

Boulder Cave 1F

Alan sat up rubbing his head, looking around he saw that Flint had fallen on top of Tierno who was struggling to sit up. Alan just shook his head as he helped Flint to stand up and then he helped up Tierno, who looked quite grateful towards Alan.

"Do you guys have any experience in fighting" questioned Alan as he scanned the surroundings. They were in a room which had stone walls and held two passages one forward and the other one to the right.

"A little" came the reply from Flint

"Yeah me too" piped up Tierno

"Well in that case be ready, but it should considerably be easy as most of the pokemon who live in the cave are rock types like Geodude, Nosepass, Bonsly, Sandshrew and the occasional Zubat." Announced Alan as he started moving towards the passage ahead of them.

But before the others even took a step a Geodude shot forward from the passage and attempted a Tackle in Alan's direction but missed by a lot as Alan jumped to the side and hit the Geodude with a Pound, causing the Rock Pokemon to crash land on the ground, before it could recover it was knocked out by a powerful Bullet Seed from Alan, who just resumed walking towards the passage as if nothing happened.

Flint and Tierno looked at each other before shrugging and following Alan deeper into the Dungeon.

Boulder Cave 4F

Except that one Geodude the dungeon was unnaturally silent and they managed to make quick progress, and now they were standing in front of a huge opening in the wall which leads out of the dungeon. All of them briskly started to walk out of the dungeon and soon all three of them were out of the dungeon. The door that lead them out of the dungeon mysteriously disappeared, this caused both Flint and Tierno to look towards Alan for a possible explanation.

But Alan was crouched on the floor studying the floor. Then he suddenly got up and turned towards them, his expression was well hidden but his eyes were scanning the trees surrounding them, as he said out loud "Stop being a coward and show yourself, unless you are too scared and have to hide behind your minions. Otherwise stop hiding in the shadows and show yourself so that I can handle you myself"

For a few seconds the night was quiet and the forest was silent before they heard a chuckle coming from the woods.

"Quite clever young Treecko even though most seasoned rescue teams will mostly fall into the trap you managed to spot it and that to when the sky is dark. I have to applaud you for your instinct and attention, but will you really be able to face me. I have fought many rescue teams and none have managed to bring me down. So do you really want me to come down little one. My minions are not here but I could easily take all of you down on my own" said the voice. It was very soft and gentle but yet the voice was scary, it was like it knew what is going to happen and in the end the result was inevitable and it was going to have its way with them.

All the three Pokemon started to huddle together standing back to back in a small circle, but then suddenly a thick fog set in and they could barely see an inch forward, but it cleared as suddenly as it came and in front of them descending slowly from the trees was a Pokemon, it slowly made its way down and asked "Now are you ready to play young ones" asked the Pokemon. Flint and Tierno were looking at it with wide eyes which showed that they were very scared, while Alan studied the Pokemon In front of him and he knew in an instant that they could not win this fight alone, for they were not strong enough to take it down the only way to win was if they had help.