Hello!
This is a re-imagination of the story in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. I'll try to actually complete this one (unlike the last story which I started several years ago). Chapters will be divided and named by how they were in the game, so there will be some filler in shorter chapters which will be more on the 'friendship' side than 'adventure' that the story will be for the most part. That's the plan at least. Things may change slightly throughout the writing process so well see. Enjoy :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or any part of it. Characters Jun and Spark are OCs based around existing specieses of Pokémon.
Chapter 1 – A Storm at Sea
It was a normal day for Spark, a Shinx who lived in Treasure Town. It was a small town located far in west. Treasure Town was best known for begin the place where Wigglytuff's Guild was located, a place where Pokémon go get trained as explorers. Several shops were also located around the town's main square, where Pokémon from the guild go to prepare for explorations ahead.
Like most Shinx, Spark resembled a young lion, who had a light blue front half and black rear. He has small tufts of fur on his head an cheeks, large round ears with four-pointed stars on the inside, yellow eyes and red nose. His tail was slim with a four-pointed star in the end of it. He has a black collar like marking around it's neck and yellow bands above it's forepaws.
Spark was going to the beach near Treasure Town. It is a calm place where he goes watch Krabby, a red and light brown crab Pokémon, blow bubbles during sunset whenever he was upset. He wanted to join Wigglytuff's Guild, but he wanted to have a partner. There aren't many Pokémon of his age in Treasure Town, mostly adults and children, so finding a suitable partner was not an easy task.
Just as he arrived to the beach, he noticed something blue and black on the sand at the other end of the beach. He was curious about what it was. Upon walking closer he recognized it as begin another Pokémon, a Riolu more specifically, who apparently had fainted. He ran over to the fainted Pokémon.
"Hey, are you okay?", he said to the Pokémon nudging him lightly with his paw.
"Ngh...", the Riolu groaned. He opened his eyes as he sat up. He had black upper body and legs, blue lower body, tail and arms, that had white bumps on their forepalms. He had a black mask like pattern on his face, short blue ears, red eyes and black appendages hanging from both sides of his head and a yellow collar. He didn't remember looking like this, he was supposed to be a human, not a Riolu.
"Hey...", the Shinx said, causing the Riolu's attention to turn back to him. "I asked are you okay..."
"Oh... yeah, I guess so", the Riolu said unsure if the Shinx would understand him.
"Well that's good.", the Shinx said with a smile on his face. "Can you tell me what happened?"
"I don't remember... The only thing I seem to remember is my name.", he answered after thinking a while. He decided to keep the part that he was supposed to be a human to himself, because he had a feeling that the Shinx would think that he'd be weird.
"Well, my name is Spark", the Shinx said.
"I'm Jun.", the Riolu replied as he stood up, noticing that he was 20 or so centimeters taller than Spark. He couldn't explain it, but for some reason it mabe him happy.
As Jun looked up past Spark, he noticed two Pokémon approach them. The other one was Zubat, a bat with blue body, big ears with purple insides, purple wings, two thin legs and no eyes. The other Pokémon was Koffing, a round floating Pokémon with purple skin and a skull and crossbones pattern under it's face. Before Jun could say anything, they forcefully bumped Spark from behid causing him to fall towards Jun. He wasn't ready for it which caused him to fall over as well.
"Hey, what was that for?", Spark said with a hint of irritation in his tone as he jumped up and turned around.
"Oops, by bad.", the Koffing said with obvious sarcasm in his voice.
"Hey, what's this", the bat Pokémon said as he picked up a rock with a strange pattern on it.
"Ah, that's...", the Shinx started.
"See ya later, he he", the Koffing said and flew to the nearby cave with Zubat.
"I must have dropped it when those two bumped into me...", he muttered to himself. Then he looked up to Jun and said "I have to get it back. Can you help me?"
"Sure, but I don't know how much of a help I can be.", the Riolu said sligthly concerned if he knew how to fight as a Pokémon.
"It's fine.", the Shinx reassured. "Let's go."
As the two walked into the cave Jun noticed that it was pretty dark in the cave. His eyes adjusted to the darkness pretty fast, but he still had some trouble seeing. He still had some getting used to walking in his new body. He seemed to be doing fine if you don't count the occasional feeling of losing balance.
"Do you think we'll be able to find them?", the Riolu asked.
"Yes, this cave isn't very big and it doesn't lead anywhere so finding them shouldn't take long", Spark replied looking back at Jun concerned as they walked. "Are you okay? You look like you might fall over."
"I guess I just feel a bit dizzy after whatever happened to me.", Jun said trying to hide the fact that he can't walk very well as a Riolu.
"Well, I hope the dizziness passes before we find those two. I don't think they'll give up without a fight.", the Shinx said. "The Pokémon in this cave are not particularly strong so they'll probably leave us alone."
"Or they are afraid of electric type.", the Riolu added.
"That too.", Spark said. "We are getting close to the end of the cave by the way."
Jun could see the two in the distance. There were several holes in the ceiling of the cave where sun light shone through. It was much brighter than the rest of the cave. As Jun and Spark closed in on them they turned arund.
"Give my Relic Fragment back!", the Shinx yelled at them.
"Come and get it if you dare.", the Zubat said.
"Well, I guess there is no other way.", Spark said looking over to the Riolu. "Let's do this."
"Sure.", Jun said as he nodded to the Shinx.
Jun was begin targeted by Zubat who attempted to Tackle him. He attempted to jump to the side to avoid the attack and was surprised how big leaps he was able to make. Begin a fighting type Pokémon and having a small, light body sure seems to have it's advantages. He staggered a bit as he landed but recovered quickly and attempted to punch the Zubat. The attack missed as the Zubat eveded the attack taking the chance to Tackle him. Jun fell to the ground and readied a kick for the Zubat that was about to tackle him again. The kick hit him in the face. It didn't seem to affect him much, but it got Jun enough time to get back up. Before either of them could do anything Spark tackled the Zubat while begin covered in electricity. It was a move called Spark, which seemed to knock the Zubat out.
"You seemed to take quick care of the Koffing if you were able to get to help me this fast.", Jun said to the Shinx who was picking up the stolen Relic Fragment.
"Well, they weren't particularly strong. Although you seemed like you could use some help.", Spark said a bit worried. "I guess you have also forgotten how to fight."
"I guess so.", the Riolu replied. "We probably should leave before those two wake up."
"Yeah, let's go.", the Shinx nodded. On the way out Spark told Jun a story about the Relic Fragment. He said that he found it one day. It's condition and shape makes it seem like it's very old and part of something bigger. He wanted to become an explorer to one day find out it's origins. "...so, what do you think? Can you become my exploration partner?"
"I don't know if I'm suitable for the job. I really didn't do that great back there against those two.", Jun said a concerned.
"Don't worry I'm not an expert either. I just know the basics, which I can teach you.", Spark said as they walked out of the cave back to the beach. "It's getting late... I guess the teaching will be left for tomorrow."
Jun nodded to him and they kept walking through the beach. When they arrived to the stairs that lead back to the town, a thought came in Jun's mind. He doesn't have a place to stay for night.
"Um... I just remembered that I don't really have a place to stay, so...", he started and the Shinx turned to look at him. "Can I stay at your place over the night?"
"Of course. You don't seem like a bad Pokémon, so I don't think it'll be a problem.", Spark said. The two of them walked up the stairs and arrived to cross roads. They took the left turn to Treasure Town. There didn't seem to be many Pokémon in the town this late. Jun looked around the town as they walked through it. It seemed pretty small and most buildings seemed to be some kinds of shops or services.
After walking past the main square they arrived to a cliff that was shaped like a Sharpedo, a Pokémon that mostly looked like a shark. Spark walked over to a bush and pushed it aside revealing a staircase. They walked the stairs down and they arrived into the Sharpedo's mouth. There was few barrels to the right of the stairs and a small fountain to the left with few piles of hay placed next to it.
"Well, here we are. We probably should eat something before we go to sleep.", Spark said walking over to one of the barrels.
"Don't you think it gets cold in here?", Jun asked noticing that there are almost no walls to keep wind and cold away.
"Not really. These parts almost never get that cold. There is a little bit of snow during winter, but most Pokémon don't seem to think it's too cold.", the Shinx replied as he returned from the barrel with two apples, handing one of them to Jun.
"Thanks.", the Riolu said as he took the apple and sat on the floor to eat it. After they were done with the apples, Spark went over to the fountain and pulled two of the hay piles to the middle of the cave.
"We should get some sleep now. We'll have a lot to do tomorrow.", Spark said laying down on one of the hay piles. Jun nodded an laid down on the other one. He was surprised how soft it was despite of begin just hay. Soon after he fell asleep...
The next morning Jun woke up to someone poking his shoulder. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed Spark standing next to him.
"Good morning.", the Shinx said smiling to him. "Time to get to training."
"Good morning.", the Riolu replied as he got up. After breakfast they took the stairs up and took a safe distance away from the cliff. They didn't want to risk falling off the cliff during the training.
"I guess we could start by testing your evasion skills.", Spark started. "Try to dodge my attacks as well as you can."
"Alright.", Jun said feeling somewhat confident of his evasion skills. He was right, he was pretty good at dodging the Shinx's attacks. They kept going until he failed.
"Ha, I got you now!", the Shinx said as he jumped at Jun causing him to fall over. Spark was standing over the Riolu with his front paws on his chest. "Your evasion skills seem to be just fine."
"Can you let me up now?", Jun said after a while.
"Of course not! Remember that we are training. You're not gonna make enemies let you go by asking them", Spark said.
"Okay then...", the Riolu sighed. He quickl grabbed Spark from his sides and tossed him to the side, which caused the Shinx to let out a yelp. "Well, how was that then?"
"That was more like it.", Spark complimented. "Let's turn it around now. You try to hit me while I try to dodge your attacks."
They kept the training going until high noon. Jun's accuracy seemed to be the one that needed more practice. He did get better little by little, but he stil needed more practice. During their break, Spark explained a bit about Pokémon types, weaknesses and some moves he knew were common for a Riolu to have.
"...Well, I now that Riolu commonly know Bite, Quick Attack and Force Palm.", he started. "Most Pokémon actually learn new attacks by chance during battles so you probably don't need to worry about those for now. Bite should be something that you can do."
"I guess so.", the Riolu said.
"So, what do you think about joining the guild now that you have practiced fighting a bit?", the Shinx asked.
"Well, I guess I can try, but I guess we need to practice fighting more than once. If we happen to have any free time in the guild that is.", Jun said a bit more confident about his fighting skills, but still unsure if it'll be enough.
"I'm sure we'll get enough practice in the guild's training.", Spark said smiling. "I think we should go to the guild and get our team registered."
"Sure.", Jun replied.
"To get to the guild we need to go back to the cross roads and turn left. It's in the opposite direction of the beach where we met.", the Shinx said as they started walking towards the guild.
Well, that's the first chapter. It ended up begin longer than I expected, so I hope I can make rest of the chapters as long as this one. English is not my main language, so I hope that everything that I wrote makes sense ^^;; If it doesn't, let me know so I can fix it c:
See ya in next chapter!