Chapter 1:
Seeds of Freindship
My mouth was dry and burned. My feet ached, my vision swam, and my head pounded with my heart. I opened my eyes, and the colors assaulted my retinas. I squinted, eyes hurting. I opened them again, my vision returning to normal and eyes adjusting to the light and colors. I sat up, and my muscles screamed in pain, and my head hurt. I groaned, closing my eyes again. When the pounding subsided, and my muscles relaxed again, I opened my eyes for the second time. In front of me was an endless expanse of ocean, and the sun. I sat, silent, and watched it set. The sun reflected beautifully off the water, refracting throught the water. The sky was a vivid purple, turning to orange, red and yellow. I looked down at my body. All I could see were my feet. They were tan, with no toes, and a small, thin black line. The small portion of my lower body I could see was brown. I tried to move my arms, but I didn't have any. I stood, very short. I looked around. I tried to remember where I was. My brain supplied nothing, but my name, and two incredibly meaningless points of information. My name was Mythril. I knew how to fight, and I liked fire.
"Hey!" I turned. There was an orange lizard walking towards me. It walked on two legs, with short arms, and blue eyes. At the end of its tail was a small flame. "What's your name?" I tried to speak, the words getting caught in my throat. I cleared it, and then spoke in a scratchy, high voice.
"Mythril." The lizard nodded.
"My name is Honō." She pronounced the first o like a u, and spoke rather fast. I nodded. "So where are you from?" I shook my head.
"I don't know." I scratched out. She raised a scaly eyebrow, smiling a little. She was very cute.
"You don't know? Do you know anything? How you got here? What you're going to do?" I shook my head.
"I only remember my name." I said, voice returning slightly. The other points weren't important, were they? The lizard laughed.
"Well, Seedots don't just turn up on beaches by themselves!" I frowned.
"What's a Seedot?" She stopped smiling.
"You're joking. There's no way you don't know. Come with me." Before we could move, another, larger lizard came out of the tree line. His arms were longer, as were his tail and legs. He didn't move his right arm, which meant it was broken, or at least damaged. It's left eye blinked faster and more often then it's right, and his tail flame was the same size as the smaller, female, which meant it was sick, or that something was wrong. A monkey followed it out of the bush. It also had a flame in its tail, but it's left foot was swollen. He rammed his shoulder into the smaller lizard's back, knocking it over. A small green fragment fell out of the smaller's hand, and the larger picked it up.
"It seems we've stumbled upon two love birds. Whatya say you let me take this, and in return you walk away with all your digits? Fair?" The smaller lizard whimpered, and was about to nod, when I rememberd something else. I hated bullies, thieves and injustice.
"No deal." I managed. The lizard and monkey looked surprised, but regained their composure.
"And what's your counter offer?" I would've grinned, but I realized my mouth was covered by my brown body shell.
"You give that back, and I don't hurt your right arm anymore than it already is." The smug grin evaporated.
"How the fuck did you know I hurt my arm?" I laughed. It was scratchy, wheezy, and I could tell it was disconcerting.
"I also know about your eye." The lizard frowned. He tossed the shard back to the small lizard, who was watching on in awe. He stalked away, whispering to his companion. "Don't worry monkey dude! I know about your foot too!" With that, they sprinted away, out of sight. I looked back at the small lizard. She was astonished.
"Seriously, how did you know that?" I shrugged, as well as I could without shoulders.
"It's all in the way you carry yourself." She didn't look convinced.
"Well, what can you tell about me?" She crossed her arms, and I looked her up and down. I walked around her, noticing some subtle bruising on her lower back, from the other lizard's attack. I stepped back in front of her, but glinting sunlight caught my eye. I looked down inconspicuously, and another small drop of liquid fell. My brain was like "dude, I know what that is," and I blushed. She couldn't tell because of my shell, and she tapped her foot.
"Well..." I cleared my throat, mouth screaming for something to drink. "You run into that pair quite often. They often beat you to get what they want." Her mouth dropped open. But, against my better judgement, I trundled on. "Also, you're in heat." The lizard blushed furiously, and her tail blazed a little brighter. She crossed her legs, and arms. I felt really bad. "Sorry. I didn't mean to embarrass you." She waved that off.
"I-it's fine. I just didn't expect you to pick up on that." Suddenly, a scream filled the air, echoing from a nearby cavern. I ran towards it, hearing a soft "Help." Honō grabbed a stem on the top of my head, wrenching me backwards. I slipped out of her grasp.
"Someone needs our help!" Honō shook her head.
"We aren't an exploration team! We aren't allowed to go into Mystery Dungeons!" I sigh, pain in my mouth and throat forgotten.
"Fine don't come. I'll rescue whoever is stuck, and then I will form an exploration team, or whatever, so then, technically, I didn't break any rules." I start to walk into the cave, and the ambient noises surround me.
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I ran through the cave, occasionally hearing whimpers and growls, going deeper and deeper into the cave. Occasionally I ran into other creatures, but none had screamed. At last I came to a dead end.
"Hello?" I called out. I heard soft footsteps behind me. I whipped around. It was just Honō.
"Hi." She said meekly. I ran towards her.
"What's wrong?" I asked. She shed a single tear.
"They took it." I was confused.
"Who took what? She looked up, fury in her eyes.
"Team Blaze. The two who hit me on the beach? They came back as soon as you walked into the cave." I was astounded.
"As soon as I get out of here, I am going to take it back. I promise." Honō shed a tear.
"You don't understand. He's my brother." I was stunned. Before I could respond, a skull floated through the wall.
"Thank goodness you came! I need you to escort me out of here!" I jumped back. Honō spoke up.
"Of course. What's you name?" The skull emerged from the wall completely, and I realized it was merely a mask.
"Dusky works well." Honō nodded. We walked out of the dungeon, and Dusky turned.
"So are you two like a thing?" Honō blushed furiously.
"No no! We just met, and-" Dusky held up his shadowy hands.
"That's not what I meant! I wanted to know if you were an exploration team." Honō blushed again.
"Oh, yeah. No, but we're going to go sign up now, so..." I shook my tiny little Seedot body. Honō frowned, lip quivering ever-so slightly. "What? Why not?" I spoke.
"Because we need to get that shard back."
Honō smiled, and led the way.
"Wait!" Dusky said. We turned. "Can I be in your exploration team? I would hate for what happened to me happen to anyone else." I nodded with Honō. Dusky floated off into the trees. "I'll come back to the post office and check for the notice of your team forming. Au revoir!" Honō and I looked at each other, before walking off, from where they saw the Team Blaze walk off.
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The Charmeleon walked towards the center of the cave. He placed the green shard on a low-hanging chandelier that looked like it was compiled of junk. A Monferno walked into the cave, limping on it's left foot.
"That was a nice shard your sister had, Char." The Charmeleon smirked.
"I know! I've taken shit off her before, but that was nice." His voice was tighter than usual, and Monferno picked up on it.
"What's wrong?" The Charmeleon turned.
"I don't like her hanging out with that Seedot. He is creepier than a Duskull, and as scary as a Luxray! How the fuck did he know about us?"
"It's all in your presentation, buddy." I said, walking into the cave. They scrambled back, firing weak Flamethrowers my way, which were easily dodged. Honō walked through the entrance after me. Dusky floated through the wall behind them, but they didn't notice. I launched a fast stream of glowing green seeds at them. I struck the Charmeleon in the left forearm, and he screamed. The seeds pelted every other part of his body. Dusky launched a shimmery purple wind at the pair of fire types. They were launched into my barrage of seeds, and one struck Charmeleon in the side of his head. He crumpled onto the ground, leaving only his Monferno partner. He charged up a bright ball of orange and yellow light in his mouth, before launching the stream of flames at me. In that moment, everything moved in slow motion. I could here Honō scream, and Dusky canceled his attack. The flames licked closer, moving in the hypnotic way flames danced. I couldn't move. Only watch as the flames free until they took up my entire field of view. Then, the flames consumed me. They wrapped around me, but I didn't feel them. The licked against my shell, but nothing happened. I stood, waiting for the assault to end, and the look of pure outrage that was sure to adorn the Monferno's face. The flames stopped, and there I was. Honō, and Dusky were exited, seeing as I wasn't dead. The Monferno looked terrified, and I launched another barrage of seeds at him. He was pelted, until he fell to the floor, knocked out. I smiled at my new friends. They ran over, and Honō wrapped her small arms around me as best as she could, tears streaming down her face.
"I saw him shoot the F-flamethrower, and I... I..." Honō realized she was hugging me, and I saw Dusky raise a shadowy eyebrow, and smile his ghostly smile. I grinned and blushed, but my shell hid my face. She pulled away quickly. "Um... Let's get the thing, and then go sign up as a team." Dusky raised his hand like a child.
"Oo! Oo! I have a name! For the two founders!" I laughed.
"What is the name, Dusky?" Dusky grinned.
"The Flaming Seeds of Justice." I laughed again.
"Yes! That is the name! Right there. There is no other. That's it, we're decided." I walked into the cavern to explore, leaving no room for argument. I found a fanny pack, which I mentally listed as something Honō would have to pick up for me. As I walked, I came across a cabinet. I shot the lock off and looked inside. There was a pink bandana, a group of three Oran berries, and a dark, ominous cloth. "Hey guy and girl! Come look at this!" My team ran over, and nodded. Dusky grabbed the cloth and clutched it to his chest.
"Can I keep this? Please?" We nodded, and Dusky pumped his shadowy fist. Honō picked up the pink bandana. I spoke up.
"You should tie that around your neck! It would look pretty." Not that much could improve on what I see now. I didn't say the last part, but the first was enough to make her blush. She did as I said, and ether small bow in the knot was adorable. I restrained myself from hugging her, and from complimenting her. I walked over to the fanny pack, and Dusky drifted over.
"Do you need me to clip that on for you?" I nodded, and he did. Honō placed the Oran berries in it, then jumped and grabbed the green shard. It had small white engravings, but they were cut off by the edge. We walked out of the cave, squinting into the sunlight. Dusky floated off into the forest, and Honō looked at me.
"Shall we?" Honō asked. I nodded, and we walked through the cool shadows of the forest, towards the bluffs along the coast.
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Hey guys. I know, I know. Another fanfiction. But! As a big fan of the Mystery Dungeon series, I felt compelled to write a custom adventure. So, if you don't like it, read my other fanfictions. This is Petrous, signing out.