Hello, everyone! This is my first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon story! It's my own original story with Pokemon from all six Generations. Anyway, short and simple, this is my first time making a PMD story, but I have experience playing the games to know some things about it. Either way, I do like to hear from you afterwards. Please do R&R. We authors put in lots of time and effort you know, but that's your choice. I won't force you or anything. :)
Well, enough of that. Here is the first chapter of my Pokemon Mystery Dungeon story! Enjoy, everyone! :D
DISCLAIMER: The following is an original fan made story. I don't legally own the rights to Pokemon, but I do own my original story.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Unknown
Chapter 1: Sam and Fiona
-The Void between Worlds-
Somewhere within the void between realities, a white empty space that appeared to go on forever, a small Pokemon was seen floating in the empty space. Looking closely, the Pokemon appeared to be a small blue canine looking Pokemon with black legs and black torso, round white bumps on the back of its forepaws, a black mask on its face, and bright red eyes. The Pokemon was a Riolu.
'... Oh... Where... Where am I?' the Riolu thought, its voice sounding like a young boy, gazing up at the empty void, seeing absolutely nothing everywhere, 'How... How did I get here? Wait, what happened? I don't...remember anything. Did I die or something? No, that can't be right. I still feel alive. But then...'
So many questions on his mind, the Riolu looked left and right and still saw nothing. But that changed when he noticed a bright light appeared above him, 'Huh...? What's that? A light?'
Seeing the light above him, he slowly reached his paw out towards it. But when he noticed his paw, he was shocked all of a sudden, 'Wait... Is that... my hand?! Or paw? Wait a minute... A paw?! I don't remember that! Do I remember that?'
Again with so many questions on his mind, he looked at the rest of his body and was shocked beyond belief, seeing that he was indeed a Riolu, 'W-What?! M-My body... What's with my body?! I don't remember this either! Was I always like this? Or maybe...'
But before he could ask himself more questions, he started remembering something. He saw an image of a young human boy with black hair and glasses, smiling it seemed before it disappeared. When it did, he did remember something about himself. 'That was... me! I was a human! That's right, I remember! But then, how did I...? How did I turn into a... a Pokemon?! H-How?!'
But then, suddenly, his train of thought was stopped when he saw the light intensify, blinding him to the point where he used his new Pokemon arms to shield his eyes, just barely getting a glimpse what was happening as the light got brighter and brighter each second. And then, in a flash, everything went blank...
-Outside Oakweed Forest, Day Time-
After that flash of light, the strange Riolu groaned a bit, feeling that his body was laying down on solid ground again. But as he groaned, he heard small footsteps coming towards him. A small figure looking down at him.
"Hey... Are you okay? Hello?" the figure asked, its voice sounding like a young girl, "Are you alright? Come on, answer. Wake up."
Hearing the girls voice, the Riolu slowly opened his eyes and saw a different Pokemon gazing at him with a worried expression. It appeared to be a small fox-like Pokemon with pale yellow fur that's longer on its haunches, tufts of dark orange fur inside its large ears, a white muzzle with longer fur on its cheeks, hard large dark orange eyes and a pointed black nose, two little pointy teeth on its upper jaw, small paws with no visible toes, slim legs, and a fluffy tail with a dark orange tip. It was a Fennekin.
'Huh...? W-What...?' the Riolu thought, seeing the Fennekin above him, but when he opened his eyes to her, she made a big open mouth smile at him.
"Oh thank goodness!" she exclaimed happily before letting out a breath of relieve, "For a moment there, I thought you were dead or something."
"Maybe I am and I just don't know it yet." he replied, but that made the Fennekin giggle in response.
"Hehehe... You're a funny one, and also strange." she stated before sitting down on the ground and smiled friendly, "I like that."
As the Riolu slowly lifted his small body halfway off the ground, he placed a paw on his forehead, feeling a small headache after witnessing that flash of light earlier. But then he realized the Fennekin in front of him, which got him confused now.
"Okay... Either I'm dreaming, or I'm actually talking to another Pokemon." he stated out loud, which made the Fennekin confused.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, tilting her head to the side, "Last time I checked, I've always been able to talk. And I'm no dream. I would know if I was."
Hearing that, the Riolu was surprised, knowing that what was happening was no dream and actually talking to another Pokemon. He quickly got up on his toes, which also surprised him for not being on his entire foot, then he looked around to see the forest they were in and the blue sky above. Taking the area in, he looked at himself again, then at Fennekin, still confused by what he was doing, and afterwards...
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed for the whole forest to hear, even shocking Fennekin as he backed up quickly to a nearby tree, letting out gasps for air with a paw on his chest, "This... This can't be real! None of this can be real! Wait, is it all real?! I don't know!"
"Whoa, whoa, calm down..." she said, getting back up and walked a bit towards him worryingly, "You sound like you haven't met another Pokemon that could talk before."
"Because I haven't!" he exclaimed back, but his reply confused Fennekin again.
"What do you mean you haven't?" she asked, "Every Pokemon can talk. Well, some more than others. But you know what I mean."
"Uh no, not really." he replied, slowly calming down, letting out a few deep breaths before continuing, "And last time I checked, I was human, not a Pokemon. So I never met another talking Pokemon before."
"What...? You...? A human?" she asked, but then she giggled and smiled at him, "Hehehehe... That's funny. You probably hit your head or something, cause you don't look a human to me."
When the Riolu heard that, he was surprised. He could tell instantly she had no idea that he was once human. Knowing that, he brought his paws to his face and gazed at them, seeing who he was now, or at least to the eyes of the Fennekin.
'She's right... I don't look human anymore. But...' he thought, thinking back on the image of himself as a human, 'I know what I saw. That was me. I was a human. But, I can't remember anything else. And now I got so many questions. I... I...'
However, despite all his questions, he didn't believe they would be answered by a Fennekin that just met him. And knowing that he didn't have much answers either, he dropped his arms and head in defeat and let out a sigh towards the ground, "Oh forget it... I don't understand anything anymore."
"Hey, cheer up." the Fennekin said, giving another friendly smile towards him, "I'm sure you'll understand eventually. Though, I'm not sure what you're trying to understand, but guess that doesn't matter much right now."
"Yeah... I guess." he replied, bringing his head back up as the Fennekin walked a little closer toward him, noticing she was almost a foot shorter than him.
She sat on the ground and smiled up at him, "So anyway, what's your name, stranger?"
"My name?" he asked, pointing at himself confusingly, which Fennekin nod in reply.
"Yes." she answered, "You do have a name, don't you?"
"Hmm..." the Riolu replied, crossing his arms and took a moment to think about his name, but because of his memory lost, he couldn't remember it, "I'm not sure. I can't really remember it. In fact, I can't remember a lot of things."
"You mean you don't remember anything about yourself?" the Fennekin asked, a bit surprised, while the Riolu nod in reply, surprising her more, but then she felt bad for him, "Aw... You poor thing. You must have hit your head really hard or something."
"Yeah, maybe..." he replied, still trying to at least remember his name, "There's so much I don't know about myself, where I am, or anything. Not even my name."
"That's sad." she replied, feeling more sorry for him, but then she smiled and decided to introduce herself first, "Well, in that case, how about I tell you mine. That'll give you something to remember. I'm Fiona."
Hearing her name, the Riolu was a bit surprised, but then he smiled for the first time at her, "Well uh, nice to meet you, Fiona."
Seeing him smile, Fiona closed her eyes in delight at him, making him feel better despite his memory problem. But then, suddenly, he felt another memory come back to him, shocking him. What he was remembering this time was not just his former human self, but...
"Wait a minute, I remember my name now!" he exclaimed, surprising Fiona as she reopened her eyes at him.
"You do?" she asked, curious to know, while the Riolu took a moment to think with his eyes closed about it, "What is it?"
"Hmm... It's still a bit foggy, but I can make it out." he stated before reopening his eyes at her, "It's Samuel. That's who I am."
"Sam...uel?" she asked, tilting her head in confusion, but then straighten it and smiled again, "I'll be honest, that's a weird name. I'm just gonna call you Sam instead. That okay?"
"Uh... Yeah, that works." the Riolu now called Sam replied, which made Fiona close her eyes again delightfully before reopening them and ran around him a few times, giggling, which made him confused before seeing her stop on his right, "What are you doing?"
"Sorry, but I tend to do stuff like that when I meet a new friend." she replied, smiling up at him, but her reply surprised Sam for a moment, but then he smiled, "By the way, what are you doing all the way out here anyway? Trying to take a nap or something?"
When Sam heard her question, he didn't know what to say at first. He looked away from her, crossed his arms again, and pondered about it. But, all he could remember was that flash of light earlier before waking up. Other than that, nothing else came to mind. Not that he could remember anyway.
"You know, I don't really know why myself." Sam replied, looking back at Fiona, uncrossing his arms, "I don't remember that either. But why are you all the way out here? If you don't mind me asking."
"What...? Can't a girl like me go exploring every now and then?" Fiona replied as she got back in front of Sam, but her answer confused him a bit.
"Exploring?" he asked, tilting his head at her.
"Yeah." she answered, giving another friendly smile at him, "You see, I really want to be an explorer someday and see many great places, find valuable treasures, and so much more."
When Sam heard this, he nod his head in understanding, but then Fiona gave an embarrassed look at him, "But um, I'm not very experienced at it yet."
"You know, somehow, I'm not very surprised." Sam stated honestly, but understood her though, "If I know this right, it's natural not to be really experienced at something yet."
"Right... Exactly..." Fiona replied, smiling friendly again, "That's why I came out here, to get some experience in. I was actually planning on joining the town's guild today, but um... I got nervous and chickened out."
When she said that, Fiona grew another embarrassed look on her face. But for some reason, Sam just smiled at her, "Well, maybe you could try again next time."
"Yeah... That's the plan." she replied, giving another smile at him, feeling a bit better now, but then, an idea struck her, "Hey, I know... You can come with me back to the guild."
"Wait, what...?" Sam asked, surprised by what she just said.
"I know it sounds like much, since we just met and all, but I thought it be a good idea since you don't really remember anything." Fiona stated, but then she had that embarrassed look again, "And besides, I'd probably chicken out again if I go back there by myself. So what do you say, Sam?"
Hearing her question, Sam took a moment to think as he crossed his arms and looked up at the sky. Though he had no idea what he'd be getting himself into, he did knew that he didn't have much else to do, due to having no memory on what else he needs to do, 'Hmm... I guess it wouldn't hurt to join her. I mean, it's not like I got anywhere else to be. I think. So... what the heck...'
After taking a moment to think, Sam uncrossed his arms and smiled back at Fiona, "Alright, I'm in. I'll come to this guild with you."
"You will...?!" Fiona asked back, making a big open mouth smile and her eyes sparkling a bit before she squealed happily, "Yes! Thank you so much, Sam!"
"Okay, okay, no need to get so excited." Sam replied, holding his paws out at her, smiling embarrassingly by her reaction.
"You're right. Sorry." Fiona apologized, calming herself down and smiled embarrassingly too at him, "I can get like that sometimes."
For some reason, Sam closed his eyes and actually laughed at her, making Fiona confused at first until she decided to join the laughter, too. Then, once they were done enjoying their first friendly moment together, Fiona turned her body slightly and motioned her head towards the nearby forest.
"Well then, let's get going." she stated, "The town isn't far from here. If we hurry, we can make it back before sundown."
"Okay then... Lead the way, Fiona." Sam replied, which made Fiona giggle before she ran down the trail towards the forest, while Sam followed behind, sprinting after her.
However, before Sam went any further, he stopped to think again about what he was doing, unsure for some reason, 'Hmm... I hope this is a good idea. I don't know anything about Fiona. But, she doesn't seem bad. And I don't feel anything bad about her either. But, still...'
"Hey, Sam, come on!" Fiona shouted in the distance, snapping Sam out of his thoughts as he quickly sprinted again to catch up to her.
"Right! Sorry!" Sam apologized as he quickly caught up to her and they headed into the forest.
-Oakweed Forest, Day Time-
Once they've entered the forest, the trees covered most of the sun and blue sky, only a bit of light coming through, while the Pokemon living within the woods were silent for some reason as Sam and Fiona entered and continued sprinting down the trail back to town.
"So uh, how far is this town again?!" Sam asked, shouting to Fiona a little ways ahead of him as she smiled back at him while sprinting.
"Not far!" she replied before looking back ahead, "We should be there in no time at all! But you may wanna watch your step around here!"
"Watch my step...?!" Sam asked back, but suddenly felt his foot hit a small rock in the road and tripped over it, landing hard on the ground on his front. "Gah! Ouch..."
Hearing what happened, Fiona stopped running and looked back to see that he'd tripped. When she did, she couldn't help but giggle and smiled as Sam slowly pushed himself back up with his paws, shaking his head like a dog would to get the dust of him.
"Hehehe... I told you to watch your step." Fiona stated as Sam got back up on his toes and dusted himself before giving an annoyed look at Fiona, but she only closed her eyes in delight and continued down the trail, walking this time, "Alright, we'll just walk from here, okay?"
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Sam replied as he started walking behind her, still a bit upset by her smart mouth a second ago.
As they continued down the trail, they saw a bridge coming up ahead. When they came out of the woods, they saw an old wooden bridge hanging over a small gorge. Sam and Fiona slowly made their way to the edge of the gorge, looked down, and couldn't see the bottom. Nothing but white steam clouds within the gorge.
"Yep... Still the same since I came here earlier." Fiona stated, but Sam gulped at the fact of how deep the gorge might be as they looked towards the old bridge, "Well, there's only one way to cross. Come on."
But as Fiona made her way towards the bridge, Sam was shocked for some reason before following her.
"Are you crazy?" he asked, catching Fiona's attention as they got to the starting point of the bridge, "You really wanna cross this thing?"
"Well, yeah." she answered, giving a slightly confused look at him, "I crossed it earlier, so it should be fine."
But, Sam wasn't so sure as he looked over at the old bridge and saw some planks missing. Then he looked down at the gorge again, getting more nervous before looking back at Fiona.
"I'm not sure about this." he said worryingly, but Fiona just smiled.
"Trust me, it'll be fine. Watch." Fiona said as she suddenly ran across the old bridge, shocking Sam as he watched her run, shaking the bridge in the process as she made it to the end, having no difficulty at all as she looked back at him on the other side, "See?! Nothing to worry about! Come on, Sam! Your turn!"
However, Sam wasn't so sure he could cross. But, not wanting to let Fiona down, he slowly made his way toward the first plank of the bridge and stepped on it, making sure it was secure before putting both his toes on it and slowly walked on the bridge. But then, as he held the ropes with one paw, he looked down and again saw how deep the gorge was. But, before he could take another step further, another memory came to him, surprising him again.
This time, he saw his human self trying to cross a bridge too, but the planks below him broke and he almost fell into a river. Luckily, someone was there to pull him up, but that experience traumatized him. Remembering this, Sam started to panic as he shuck in fear. Fiona noticed this and started to worry for him.
"Sam?! Are you alright?!" she asked, but Sam just shut his eyes tight and grabbed the rope with both paws, not wanting to let go.
"No, I can't do this!" he shouted back before reopening his eyes to the gorge below, "I... I can't cross."
"What?!" Fiona asked, a bit surprised before giving a serious look towards him, "It's just a bridge, Sam! I crossed it, and so can you!"
"Easy for you to say!" Sam shouted back, "You don't have a fear of heights!"
When Fiona heard that, she was surprised. She didn't think Sam was scared of high places, nor did she think he would remember something like that. Though, knowing that he was scared, she gave a concern look at him for a second before giving another friendly smile.
"Sam, it's okay." she said, hoping to calm him down, "Just slowly walk across and don't look down, okay?"
"O-Okay... I'll try." Sam replied, calming himself down after hearing Fiona's gentle tone and slowly made his way across the bridge again, holding one paw on the ropes and not wanting to look down.
Seeing him slowly cross, Fiona was glad seeing him working through his fear, "See? You're doing it, Sam. Just a little further. You're almost there."
Hearing her encouraging words, Sam kept going, trying to keep calm though. But then, as he was about halfway across, when he took another step, the plank he was about to step on broke off and fell into the gorge, which caught his attention as he saw it go, but then got scared when he saw how deep the gorge was again.
"Um, Fiona... I looked down!" Sam exclaimed as he quickly grabbed hold of the ropes with both paws and continued looking down the deep gorge, a scared expression returning, which made Fiona sigh in disbelief.
"Sam..." she said to herself before looking back at him, "Well, guess I can't blame him. Heights are a common phobia after all. At least that's what I've heard."
But as Sam tried to muster his courage again, suddenly, he heard crowing and flapping of wings coming towards him, and so did Fiona. They looked towards the sky to see a small group of small bird Pokemon that have rough brown plumage on their heads with short hooked beaks, a beige color underside with two thing stripes, light pink feet with three talons, pinkish red wings with lighter edges, black backs, and three brown tail feathers. They were Spearows.
Seeing the group of Spearow coming, Sam and Fiona were shocked as the group of bird Pokemon swarmed around Sam, pecking at him ferociously for no reason. In response, Sam closed his eyes tight and used one paw to try to shoo them away while holding on the ropes hard with the other, "Gah...! Go away! Go away!"
"Sam!" Fiona exclaimed worryingly as she ran closer to the bridge, seeing her new friend being pecked hard by the Spearows, "Those annoying Spearow! Leave him alone!"
Angered by this, Fiona concentrated fire in her mouth and fired a barrage of small fire shots at them, using her Ember attack and managing to hit some of them away from Sam.
"Sam, hurry...! Cross the bridge!" Fiona shouted as she fired her Ember attack again at the coming Spearows, managing to keep them away from Sam as he let go of the ropes and just ran across the bridge with his eyes closed.
At this point, he was more worried about being pecked than falling as he manage to make it across at last, while the Spearows pulled out and headed away from the Riolu and Fennekin duo. While Sam took some deep breaths of relieve with his paws on his bent knees, Fiona let out a breath of relieve and smiled towards him.
"Well, you made it." Fiona stated, while Sam finished taking in some air and looked back at her.
"Yeah, thank goodness." Sam replied before giving a small smile at her, "Thanks for helping me back there."
Hearing his thanks, Fiona giggled friendly at him, "Anytime."
But then, the ropes holding the bridge was seen catching fire from Fiona's Ember attack and suddenly snapped off from each other. Hearing this, Sam and Fiona looked to see the bridge falling apart and fell into the gorge below. Seeing this, Sam was really glad he wasn't on it now, while Fiona looked back at him with a guilty smile.
"Oops... Guess I kinda overdid it there." she stated, which Sam looked at her with his eyes widened.
"You think?" he replied before they looked back at the destroyed bridge, "I'm just glad I'm off that thing."
"And I can't believe you have a fear of heights." Fiona stated as they turned and walked a bit from the edge of the gorge.
"Well, I didn't know I had a fear for them until I stepped on that bridge." Sam stated back as he stopped and looked down at the grass, "I'm not sure how, but just like when you introduced yourself to me earlier, a memory came back to me."
"Really...?" Fiona asked, stopping too and gazed up curiously at him, "Interesting. Maybe your memories slowly come back whenever a certain situation comes. I think."
"Maybe." Sam replied, crossing his arms, thinking about it more before looking back at where the bridge use to be, "But right now, what was up those weird bird Pokemon? They just attacked me out of nowhere and with no reason."
"Oh you mean those Spearow?" Fiona asked, understanding what he's saying, "They tend to do that a lot in this area. Nobody really knows why, they just do. Though in my opinion, their brains aren't that big."
"Not sure how to reply to that one." Sam replied, believing that Fiona may be right about that as she smiled again at him.
"Well, anyway, now that that's over, nothing can go wrong from here." Fiona stated, but for some reason, Sam got a bit worried about that.
"No, no, please don't say stuff like that." Sam stated, which made Fiona confused, "You say stuff like that, something will go wrong."
"Oh come on, you're just being superstitious." Fiona replied, smiling again as she headed for the woods with Sam behind her, "Nothing wrong can happen now."
But just then, out of the bushes in front of them, a tall bear Pokemon glared angrily down at them for some reason, shocking them. The bear appeared to ursine-like Pokemon with a broad body covered in brown fur, except for its muzzle, inner ears, and paw pads, which were light tan. Had narrow eyes, a triangular black nose, a wide mouth with small fangs in the upper jaw, a large tam ring-shaped marking on its chest, long forelimbs with five claws ending on each of them, short hind legs with three claws ending on each of them, and had a spherical shape tail. It was an Ursaring.
Seeing the Ursaring come out of the bushes and taking a step towards them, Sam and Fiona stepped back in fear. But then, Sam looked towards her, "Nothing can go wrong she says!"
"Oh please don't start that now." Fiona replied as Sam looked back scared out of his mind with her, while the Ursaring looked over at where the bridge was, seeing it was destroyed, which for some reason enraged 'em.
"What happened to my bridge?!" the Ursaring asked, its voice sounding like a male as he grit his teeth in anger at Sam and Fiona below, "Did you two do this?! Do you have any idea how long it took me to make that bridge?!"
"I'm guessing a while." Sam replied, chuckling nervously at Ursaring, but that just made him angrier.
"A long while!" he shouted, making them back up more as he readied his claws for an attack, "You two are gonna pay for this!"
"Would it help to say we're sorry?" Sam asked, but Ursaring just roared furiously and came charging at them, "Guess that's a no!"
"Run!" Fiona shouted as they quickly ran from Ursaring's coming strike and headed for the woods.
However, Ursaring saw them run off and decided to give chase, heading into the woods after them.
As they ran into the woods, Sam and Fiona sprinted as fast as they could to escape Ursaring. But the big bear Pokemon was slowly catching up to them. They looked back to see him coming closer and closer each second before looking back ahead.
"He's fast!" Sam exclaimed.
"Just keep running!" Fiona exclaimed back as they picked up their speed, managing to hold some distance from Ursaring.
"Get back here, you brats!" the Ursaring exclaimed, getting angrier and picking up speed too, catching up to them again and worrying Sam as he saw him do so.
"It's no good, he's just to fast!" Sam exclaimed before looking ahead again, "At this rate he'll catch us!"
"Well we can't stop and fight him!" Fiona exclaimed back, "He's to strong for us to take on!"
Sam knew that was true, and was starting to panic even more as Ursaring almost caught up to them. Sensing that he was almost on top of them, Sam shut his eyes tight and prepared for the worst. But then, suddenly, he felt something flow through his body as he gave off a white glow, surprising himself.
He wasn't sure how, but he felt a strange feeling flowing through him as he grabbed Fiona, surprising her, and he quickly sprinted faster down the trail at high speed, shocking Ursaring as he saw them flee just as he was about to grab them, "W-What the...?! How the heck did they...?!"
Further down the trail, Sam came to stop after a full minute of running and the white glow around him faded as he let go of Fiona and took a moment to catch his breath, while Fiona couldn't believe what he just did.
"Sam, what did you just do?" she asked, looking towards him as he caught his breath and looked down at her.
"I'm not sure." he answered, "But, for a moment there, my body felt weird and this strange feeling came to me. And next thing I knew, I ran like no tomorrow."
"Wow..." Fiona replied, fascinated as she took a step closer towards him, "Then, you used Quick Attack. You must have used it to get us away from Ursaring."
"Yeah, maybe..." Sam replied, finally getting his second wind, but then they heard loud stomps coming back down the trail and looked to see Ursaring still coming for them, "Oh you gotta be kidding! He's still coming?!"
"Quick, hide!" Fiona exclaimed as she jumped into a berry bush.
Knowing it's their best chance, unsure if he could do that Quick Attack again, Sam jumped into the bush just as Ursaring got to their spot. He looked around angrily. His nose picking up a scent around the area.
"I know smelled them here a second ago." he said to himself, unknown to him that Sam and Fiona were listening behind the nearby berry bush, "My nose doesn't lie, I know they were here. Unless, they masked their scents and kept going. Yeah, that's gotta be it."
Following his assumption, Ursaring sprinted down the trail again, "Those brats can't escape me."
A minute after Ursaring left, Sam and Fiona poked their heads above the bush and saw that everything was clear and safe for now.
"Phew... We lost him that time." Fiona stated, smiling again, while Sam let out a breath of relieve, "Luckily his nose can't smell us when our scents are covered by berries."
"Yeah, thank goodness." he stated, "The last thing I need is something else coming out at me."
But just as he said that, he turned his head around and saw a small green spider-looking Pokemon gazing at him, surprising him. It had black eyes with white pupils, a white horn on its head, red mandibles, six yellow legs, a greenish-black stripe encircled in the middle of each of its legs and the end of its abdomen, and the greenish-black spots on its abdomen resembled a face. It was a Spinark.
For a moment, Sam and the Spinarak gazed at each other, making no movements. But then, Spinarak suddenly shot a String Shot at his head, catching Sam by surprise as his head was encased in the sticky web, while Fiona was shocked by this as Sam just burst out of the bushes, screaming inside his encased head and ran in circles until he it a nearby tree, cracking the web off him as he fell to the ground on his back, dizzy from the impact.
"Hehehehehe... And you told me not to say stuff like that." Fiona stated as she walked out of the berry bush, smiling towards Sam as he suddenly got back up, enraged as he swiped the last of the web off his face with his paws.
"Okay, that's it!" he exclaimed, confusing Fiona as he turned toward her, "I want no more things coming out and jumping at me! I am sick of it already!"
But just then, something suddenly hit Sam on the back, knocking him down by surprise as his face went splat in the dirt, surprising Fiona as she looked to see a strange zigzag red shape, like it was floating in mid-air as it went up a tree.
"Like that..." Sam mumbled, his head in the dirt as Fiona saw something appear where the zigzag was.
The strange zigzag marking revealed to be on a green reptile chameleon-like Pokemon that was in camouflage state. It had yellow frills on either sides of its head, which are connected by lines on its yellow lips and rings around its eyes. It had small ridges on its shoulders, a red zigzag stripe around its midsection, hands and feet had three short digits each, yellow soles, and had a long skinny tail that was curled in a spiral. It was a Kecleon.
When the Kecleon revealed itself, it climbed up the tree, grabbed an apple, and took a bite out of it, like it had no care in the world. Seeing this, Fiona smiled towards the Kecleon as Sam slowly pushed himself back up.
"Oh, it's Cameron..." Fiona stated, "Hi, Cameron!"
Hearing Fiona, the Kecleon called Cameron looked down and smiled towards her too, "Oh... Hey, Fiona! Love to chat, but I gotta bite and go today! See ya!"
With that said, Cameron, its voice classifying it as a male Kecleon, went back into camouflage stated and headed elsewhere. Seeing him go, Fiona just smiled and slowly turned back towards Sam.
"That Cameron never changes." she stated before turning her head to where Sam was, "So anyway, let's..."
But before she could finish her sentence, she looked to see Sam was nowhere to be found, surprising her as she looked around to see where he went, but found no trace of him anywhere. "Sam? Where are you? Sam? Hello?"
Where Sam was, he ran off somewhere else in the woods, trying to get some space to think. After running a certain distance from Fiona, he placed both paws on the sides of his head and just strolled down the trail.
"Okay, this is getting to much for me to handle." he said, looking like he wanted to scream in frustration, "Despite all the crazy things that's been happening to me so far, but the fact of being a Pokemon, in a world I don't know, and having no memory is starting to get to me!"
With his frustration up, he stopped and placed a paw on a nearby tree, trying to calm himself down. When he did, he grew a depressed look on his face as he looked down and brought his free paw to his sight, gazing closely at it, flashing back from his human self to what he is now, 'I know I was human. But, that's all I can remember. What was I before this? And... am I stuck like this...forever?'
Unsure of himself now, Sam dropped his arm and continued looking down at the ground depressingly. But then, he looked up to see a spot where the sun was shining through. So, he slowly walked over to the spot, looked up, and gazed at the blue sky, seeing no clouds at all. Yet, even the gentleness of the blue sky wasn't helping him feel better. Sadden by so many unanswered questions, he felt like he wanted to whimper like a dog, since he was a canine Pokemon now, but didn't want to come to that.
"Well, guess I better go find Fiona." he said as something was slowly emerging from the bushes behind him, "She's probably worrying about me or something."
But before he could go anywhere, he looked to see the huge figure coming out was the same Ursaring that was following him and Fiona earlier, still enraged by the fact that his bridge was gone because of them. Seeing him towering over him, Sam looked like he was about to panic, while Ursaring growled angrily down at him.
"You!" he shouted, pointing a claw finger at him.
"Me?" Sam asked, pointing a paw finger at himself before Ursaring came at him, which Sam quickly responded by running back where he came down the trail, but Ursaring gave chase like before.
Sam ran as fast as he could away from the angry Ursaring. However, when he came out of the forest, he was shocked when he saw the same gorge from before ahead and stopped right at the edge, taking a look down before turning back to see Ursaring coming out slowly, grinning menacingly at the pleasure of finally catching Sam.
"Well, well, well... No where to run this time, brat." he said as Sam stepped back in fear, but noticed he was so close to the edge that he couldn't go back anymore, then saw Ursaring making his way toward him, "Now, I'm gonna teach you what happens when you mess other Pokemon's stuff. Like that bridge I built! And once I'm done with you, I'll go find that other friend of yours and teach her a lesson, too!"
Once Ursaring was on top of Sam, he looked up in horror as the bear Pokemon took out his claws and was about to strike him, shouting furiously. Seeing this, Sam screamed, shut his eyes tight, turned his head away, and extended his right paw at him. However, suddenly, Sam's paw started to glow just as Ursaring was about to strike him, surprising the bear Pokemon as he made contact with his stomach on Sam's paw-pad, making it glow brighter until it exploded at Ursaring, making him scream in pain as he was sent stammering back and fell to the grass on his back hard, feeling the sting of Sam's attack go through him.
Then, Sam reopened his eyes and saw Ursaring down and his paw letting out a little smoke. Seeing this, he brought it to his face in fascination, then looked back at Ursaring, took a step forward, then looked at his paw again confusingly, "Whoa... Did I do that?"
But then, Ursaring slowly got back up and glared angrily at Sam, catching his attention as he saw him slowly come back towards him.
"Hey, that was some Force Palm, kid." he said, a bit impressed by Sam's super effective attack, since fighting types are stronger against normal types, but he truthfully didn't care that much, "To bad that won't help you a second time."
Not sure what to do next, Sam dropped his arm and shut his eyes tight, ready for whatever Ursaring was gonna do to him. But then, just as Ursaring was about to come at him again, suddenly, Fiona jumped out of the woods behind him, catching the bear Pokemon by surprise. He turned to see her shouting at the top of her lungs as she used her front paws to scratch at his face before landing next to Sam, surprising him as he reopened his eyes and saw her turn back towards Ursaring while he just stood there, feeling the sting of the Scratch attack go through him.
"GAAAHH! My face!" the Ursaring shouted, while Fiona took this moment to smile back at Sam.
"Well, looks like I came just in time." she stated, but Sam was still surprised she was here.
"But, how did you...?" Sam asked, but Fiona looked back at Ursaring before answering.
"Never underestimate my tracking skills." she stated, giving a somewhat cocky smirk, "Ursaring isn't the only one who can smell, you know."
Thinking that, Sam was impressed, but still couldn't believe she came looking for him. But then, they looked to see Ursaring turning and glaring angrily again down at them. His face showing the scratch marks Fiona left, "Why you little. You're gonna pay for that!"
"We'll see about that!" Fiona exclaimed back, a brave look on her face, "You don't scare me!"
Then, she fired her Ember attack at the bear Pokemon, making a direct hit on him as Ursaring moved back a bit, shielding himself with his arms. When the attack subsided, Ursaring grinned cockily back at her, "Hehehe... Is that all you got?"
"Not yet!" Fiona shouted as she ran at Ursaring, surprising Sam as she leaped up at the bear Pokemon, shouting at the top of her lungs again, "HAAA!"
However, Ursaring again grinned cockily as he easily smacked Fiona back, sending her back towards Sam's side, almost knocking her over the gorge. Seeing this, Sam was shocked, while Ursaring laughed mockingly at this.
"Hahahaha! Well, guess that's all she had after all! Hahahahahahaha!" the Ursaring laughed, while Sam couldn't believe what he just witnessed.
"F-Fiona..." he said, seeing her down for the count, and after she tried to help him too.
As Ursaring kept laughing in the background, something inside Sam snapped as he shut his eyes tight and grit his teeth hard before turning towards Ursaring and reopened his eyes, showing anger and determination in them. But, at that moment, somehow, he felt something strange flow through him as he brought his paws to his right side and started concentrating a sphere of light blue energy with them while growling angrily towards the bear Pokemon.
As Sam concentrated his energy into the energy sphere, Fiona manage to shake herself up, reopened her eyes, and looked towards Sam, and was shocked by what he was doing.
"W-What...?! Sam...?!" she exclaimed as Sam unleashed the sphere of energy with a mighty shout at Ursaring.
"Hahahaha... Okay, that's enough of that. Time to... What?!" the Ursaring asked in shock as he saw the energy sphere come at him at high speed, shocking him beyond belief as it made direct contact on him, exploding on impact, and he screamed loudly in pain, "AAAAAAAHHH!"
Seeing this, Fiona was shocked again, while Sam stood where he was after firing the attack. Out of the smoke, Ursaring was seen falling on his back to the grass, looking like he took a huge amount of damage from that attack as he groaned in pain. Seeing that he was down, Sam took a few deep breaths before standing normally again. But then, he realized what he just did, shocking himself as he brought his paws to his face and looked at them again.
"Whoa...! How in the world did I do that?!" he asked himself as Fiona slowly walked towards him, amazed still by what he did.
"That... That was... You used Aura Sphere." she stated, catching his attention as he dropped his arms and looked toward her as she grew a smile at him, "Sam, that was amazing. I didn't know you could use Aura Sphere. I didn't think a Riolu could learn that before they've evolved."
"Oh... Well uh, to be honest, I kinda surprised myself, too. Hehehe..." Sam replied, giving an embarrassed smile and rubbed the back of his head with his paw, but Fiona just smiled at him, looking like she was admiring him for saving them, which started to make Sam a bit uncomfortable as he put his arm down, but he kept smiling at her.
As the Riolu and Fennekin duo just smiled at one another, Sam couldn't help but think about what he just did, and not to mention all the other moves he used till now. 'Hmm... You know, if I could do stuff like that...Aura Sphere, then maybe... maybe being a Pokemon...isn't so bad after all.'
But as they were silent, they didn't notice a crack in the ground by Ursaring's impact slowly reaching its way towards them. Silently splitting into two and moving around where they were standing, slowly breaking their spot.
"So uh, anyway... Maybe we ought a...get going before he wakes up." Sam stated, pointing towards Ursaring, snapping Fiona out of her thoughts as she gave another friendly smile at him and nod in reply.
"Yeah, good idea." she replied, slightly turning her body away, "We can talk about that Aura Sphere of yours on the way to town."
"Hehe... S-Sure." Sam replied, smiling nervously about that though.
But then, before they took another step, they heard the ground beneath them cracking up. They looked down to see the cracks around them, shocking them before looking back at one another worryingly.
"That sounds bad." Sam stated, which Fiona nod in reply.
"Yep." she replied as the ground suddenly cracked underneath them, breaking the area where they stood near the gorge and fell into it, screaming at the top of their lungs in panic before they were out of sight.
"Well, looks like Sam and Fiona got themselves into some 'deep' trouble here. They just met, and now all this craziness happens? What will happen next? Stay tuned to find out next time on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Unknown!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, what do you guys think of the story so far and the first chapter? I did my best with what knowledge I had about Mystery Dungeons to make this as good as possible. Please do tell me how it was in the review. I don't mind if it's good or a critique review. As long as I hear your honest opinions that's all that matters to me. :)
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I can't guarantee when the next one will come, or any future chapters by that matter. So, you'll have to be patient to find out what happens next. So with that said, till next time! See ya later! :D
Special Guest Appearances:
Cameron the Kecleon (A small request from a friend that encouraged me to make this story. Thanks so much, man.)