The cave that Leon the Kecleon was in was wet and almost pitch black. He could barely even see the paw in front of his face. But he knew that there had to be some way of lighting the place. He couldn't use a Luminous Orb, that was for sure. His father told him that the only good that would do is blind yourself and make it even harder to see. He fumbled around the cave wall until he felt what seemed like a rock jutting randomly from the wall.

He smiled and pushed it in. A spark lighted out of nowhere and suddenly two rows of torches lit up in front of him, one on each side. They were obviously old, and it seemed a miracle that they even lit. "Must be some special oil or something," Leon muttered to himself as he continued on his way in between the torches. Suddenly, he felt the floor depress under his foot and he quickly stepped back as a wall of fire lit up right where he was standing.

"A booby trap, huh? Please, just try to stop me," he said confidently. Leon looked at the floor and tried to see any difference. When he didn't see any, he looked up and down the torches, and suddenly saw the pattern. The bases of the torches were variably colored red and green, reminding him somewhat of the color scheme of his species, which he's thankful he doesn't share. The torch he stepped in front of was ringed with red, while the torch just beyond it was ringed with green.

Deciding to take a plunge, he leaped over the area marked with the red torch and landed right next to the green torch. He cringed and waited to be burned to a crisp, but when nothing happened, he smirked to himself. "Knew it. Too easy." He hopped from one green torch zone to the next, almost barely landing where he needed and setting off the traps one too many times, nearly singing the end of his tail. Finally, he passed the final torch and landed safely on the steps of a raised altar.

Leon climbed up the steps, the excitement in his chest growing with every step. Finally, he reached the top of the altar, and looked upon the biggest chest he ever saw. "Amazing! With this big of a chest, there's bound to be a ton of treasure inside!" Leon rushed over to the chest, and saw that the chest was locked by a push-button. He pressed it in, and watched as it slowly opened. The divine light of the treasure inside glowed through the growing crack, shining on the floor and rising until it met Leon's eyes. He was momentarily blinded by this intense light, but as his eyes adjusted, he looked in and saw…

"LEON! WAKE UP!" a loud voice screamed, knocking Leon out of his dream and his bed. Wiping the tears out of his bleary eyes, he looked up and saw his brother, Kenan. The green lizard-like Pokemon had a red-zigzag stripe around his middle, and was fringed with yellow, from his crest to his claws. His yellow lipped mouth was turned in a huge frown. "You're late for breakfast, Lazy'mon. If you don't get down here soon, I'll eat it."

"Sure, why not?" Leon snapped back, "You're already growing a gut. You might as well add to it."

Kenan looked at Leon with a look of surprise, which quickly evolved into anger as he whipped out his tongue and smacked Leon on the head with it. "Just get down here, Leon. Or else, I'll be getting Dad to get you up." He slammed the door to Leon's room and tromped down the stairs.

Leon rubbed his aching head, but was still smiling due to his witty comeback. He got out of his straw bed and stretched himself out paws first, much like a cat. He got up and walked over to his mirror to look himself over. Besides a little crust in his eyes and red spot where Kenan smacked him with his tongue, he looked overall normal, if being a shiny, purple Kecleon was considered normal. Unlike his brother, his skin is mostly purple, and his zigzag stripe was blue instead of red. The only thing he shared with his brother was the yellow fringe he had around his body. Most people looked at him with a look of interest and almost pity, but he was always comfortable with himself. He thought he looked unique, and that suited him.

He pushed open his door and walked down the stairs of his two-story house. Leon felt he was extremely lucky to live in such a nice home, especially since his house is in Treasure Town, home of the legendary Wigglytuff Guild. Leon turned around at the base of the stairs and walked right into the kitchen. Both his father, a shiny Kecleon, and his brother were already seated at the small, wooden table, eating. Leon walked over and sat himself down in the seat farthest from the walkway. Another seat that was across from Leon was empty.

"So," Leon's father began, "had some trouble waking up?"

"Um, well," Leon glared at his brother, who was smirking into his Chansey egg omelet. "Yeah, I was having a good dream. I was in a cave, and I leaped through a bunch of booby traps, and I was standing in front of this huge-"

Leon's father sighed. "Leon, just stop. I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. You're a Kecleon. You don't go adventuring. You serve the wares for the ones who do."

"B-But, Dad-" Leon started, but his father held up his paw, which was his sign that the conversation was over.

"Hey, Dad!" Kenan spoke up. "I got the inventory reorganized and the shop swept out."

The elder Kecleon nodded at Kenan. "Good job, Kenan!" He turned to Leon. "Why can't you be more like your brother? At least, he's taking the job seriously."

Kenan smirked at Leon, beaming with pride. Leon just scoffed and gulped up the rest of his omelet. He pushed his seat out and walked towards the front door. "I'm going out," he called back, and before anyone could say otherwise, he opened the door and rushed out of the house.

He didn't stop running until he was in the Treasure Town Square. Panting, he looked back to see if either of the Kecleon decided to follow him, and was glad to find that they hadn't. He walked over to one of the totem poles surrounding the square and leaned against it, watching the various Pokemon walk by. "What does Dad have against me becoming an explorer? Is it because of Mom?" Leon barely knew his mother, but he knew that she had forgone family business to become an explorer, just like Leon wanted to do, too. Unfortunately, she disappeared on one of her missions, and no one heard from her since. Leon sighed. "Maybe that's why my dad won't let me be an explorer. It's too bad I can't just leave."

"Oh, I might have a solution to that," a voice whispered in his ear, and before he could react, a clawed paw reached over and clamped around Leon's mouth and he was dragged into a dark alleyway between two buildings.

And, that happened. I hope everyone's happy with this new project I've started on this wonderful day of my birth! This is one half of two PMD stories which I've started, which both follow one overall plot. This one I'm especially excited about because, finally, I have a story featuring a Kecleon! The other story is PMD: Pursuit of Fate, which follows a more traditional route for a PMD story, so check that out when you get the chance. I may not update in a while, but I'll try to when I get the chance. I'll also try to make my chapters longer, since I've gotten complaints that my chapters are too short. Anyway, thanks for reading, and leave a review to tell me what you liked about it, and what you think I could improve. And, as always, stay tuned to find out what happens next!

*Note: I wrote this last bit on my birthday, but I wasn't able to upload it then. So, that's why I'm talking about today being my birthday, even though it was a few days ago.