Char: Hey there people of FanFiction, and thanks for clicking on my first story!

Rose: *sarcasm* Yea, sure, they definitely clicked here on purpose.

Char: R-Rose! You're supposed to be encouraging me!

Rose: *shrugs*

Char: *sighs* Anyway, enjoy part one of my Super Mystery Dungeon fic.

Part 1: Humble Beginnings

The day had started as any other. Totodile awoke in her bedroom, staring up at the ceiling tiredly.

She yawned as she sat up slowly and took in the sight that was her, so called, bedroom. The walls were cardboard, and the entire room was filled with leaves and straw to sleep on. She sighed as she pushed one of the walls and it separated down the middle, creating a doorway to

the outside.

Totodile emerged from her box slowly and walked down the alley it was situated in miserably.

She plopped herself down on the sidewalk of the street. Around her sprawled a large town, it was called Victree Village.

The town obtained it's strange name for two main reasons. Firstly, the huge areas of forest surrounding the Village. Secondly, because of the legends that have been told about the small town.

It was rumored that whoever lived withing the town was destined to succeed in life at whatever their dream my be. Totodile wished more than anything that was true. She sighed as suppressed memories began to rush back to her. She swallowed down her tears and began to do what she had to do to afford food, beg.

That's right, Totodile was homeless. She had lived like this for as long as she could remember.

Everyday was the same for her, wake up, begged for money, and slept. It was a dull life and she despised it, she longed for adventure and thrills.

This, however, was impossible, and she was reminded why as another coin fell into the cup she was using to beg. She could not go on adventures because she could not afford supplies, heck, she could hardly afford to feed herself.

Still, she had nothing else to do but dream. That's why she kept going each day honestly, the idea of her exploring, treasure hunting, or even making friends! Just the thought of it gave her an excited feeling.

Another coin was added to her cup, snapping her out of her daydream.

She looked into her cup, thirty Pokedollars, enough to buy food later.

Satisfied, she replaced her cup and the money in her box and made her way out of her alley.

She looked around at all the Pokemon moving up the street and wondered what it was like to use the road as transportation, not as residence.

She began to traverse the small town, looking for means to take her mind off of her dreams. Up ahead she saw a large group of Pokemon moving on the road. She glanced at the signs on the side of the street to see where they were going.

She saw their destination and perked up instantly, the coast. Totodile loved visiting the ocean, she could swim around and just forget about her daily stress and worries.

With that thought she ran off down the dirt road towards the coast, and, unknowingly, her future.

Totodile arrived at the coast and looked around, it was packed. Her excitement died down slightly as she saw there was no way around the huge mass of Pokemon blocking the waterline.

She was about to give up after several minutes of searching, until she found her saving grace.

Through the trees behind the dunes she spotted a narrow path that lead further down the beach.

She smiled to herself before running off down the path without hesitation. At the end of her trek she discovered a small area of beach with no one on it.

She clapped and squealed with a mixture of joy and excitement before running to the water's edge, stopping just before diving in.

At the other end of the stretch of beach was a cliff face, a moderately sized cave was carved into the side of it. The entrance to the dark cave was illuminated by a small flame, something orange seemed to be situated under it.

She stared at the flame until it moved back further into the cave a little, paused, then moved again. It only took Totodile a second to realize what was going on to whatever that fire was set on.

Whatever it was, it was being dragged further into the cave by something.

She soon found herself unconsciously inching closer to the entrance to the cave, drawn to the blaze, until she found herself standing just within the opening in the cliff, surrounded by darkness.

It took her eyes a minute to adjust to the low levels of light, but when they did, her jaw dropped.

There in front of her, laying on the ground unconscious was a smaller, orange Pokemon with a yellow colored underbelly that ran to the tip of its flaming tail.

"A Charmander," she breathed to herself quietly.

She leaned down low over the creature and listened closely. It was breathing, but each breath was labored.

She looked around the cave quickly and, deciding whatever was dragging it in there was not present, grabbed the Charmander under its arms and began to pull it out of the cave and to safety.

It weighed more than she thought it would and her progress was slowed, all the while hoping that whatever brought it to the cave would not return any time soon.

After what felt like hours, Totodile was breathing heavily by the time she had the Charmander a safe distance away from the cave and propped up against a large stone.

once again she checked to see if they were, truly, a safe distance from the cave and after deciding they were, turned to the Charmander.

Totodile grabbed the Charmander by the shoulders and shook it in an attempt to wake it up.

It grunted as its eyes slowly opened, "w-wha...?"

The first thing that Charmander saw was Totodile looking over him worryingly. "What happened? Where am I," The Charmander said tiredly.

Totodile stopped her examination for injuries to look it in the eyes. She could tell from the deepness of his voice that the Charmander was a male,

"Uh, I'm not really sure. I saw you get dragged into that cave over there, so I went in to get you out."

Charmander shook his head a little, "W-well thanks," he was still dazed slightly.

"Are you hurt," Totodile inquired.

Charmander shook his head again, "No." Then he froze in place and looked over to Totodile, "W-what did you just say?"

Totodile was puzzled, after all he had already acknowledged her question, "Uh, are you hurt," she repeated slowly.

Charmander began to tremble, "H-how can you speak? I thought Pokemon only said their name."

Totodile was beyond confused, "Uh, no, last time I checked we could always talk to each other."

The strange Charmander was still shaking violently, "N-no you can only talk to each other like that, humans can't understand!"

Totodile was begin to worry, "What do humans have to do with this?"

Charmander stood up, "We shouldn't be able to understand you!"

Totodile was really worried about the strange Pokemon in front of her, "We? You look like any other Charmander would normally."

At this Charmander again froze for a second and slowly looked to his hands, running off to the ocean after.

"H-hey wait, be careful!" Totodile yelled, running off after him.

Charmander waded into the water a little and looked down at his reflection.

Totodile arrived next to him in time to see him hyperventilating and stumbling backwards.

Totodile caught him as he was about to fall back. "Whoa, watch yourself, remember, if the fire on your tail goes out, you're done!"

Charmander regained his balance before retreating to a safe distance. "I- I'm a Charmander, w-what! How! W-why," he yelled as he paced the sand, Totodile watching him carefully.

"What do you mean, how," she asked, still confused. Charmander stopped to look at her, "I'm supposed to BE a human!"

Char: And that's all for now! I'll work to get more up soon!

Rose: Alright, I'll admit it, that wasn't horrible.

Char: Thank you

Rose: Too bad you left it at a cliff hanger.

Char: Well, yea, this is people's chance to read chapter one and leave a Review to tell me how I did, or to submit suggestions and Original Characters they would like to see in the story!

Rose: Ah, I see, well then in that case, see everybody later *waves*

Char: Yea! See everybody in chapter two!