So, no more adding characters unless you want to pm me and ask for the form, but now they will be graded a tad bit harsher because they need to fit in with the story and I can't have a bunch of pokémon that don't fit together! So, here's the prologue of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: The Power Within!

"Ugh… Where am I?"

A teenaged, female pokémon slowly opened her eyes to adjust to the sunlight that was shining brightly on her face. She slowly sat up, still not fully awake yet to take in her surroundings. After about a few moments of looking around the area, she realized that she wasn't in a place that she has been before. She quickly jumped to her feet, unsure of what to do next in the grassy field that she woke up in. However, she spotted what looked like a dirt path about twenty meters away from where she stood.

"Well I guess that's a start," She mumbled to herself as she began to walk toward the path, "but why do I feel… weird?" Even though she had a slight headache and felt a bit lightheaded, she knew something else was wrong, but what? She put her hand on her forehead to try and ease away the small pain when it hit her. "I have three, black fingers!" She nearly toppled over in a mix of surprise and fear as she stared at her hand. She eventually realized that her hand wasn't the only problem because a majority of her body was a slightly faded, yellow-like color.

"Am… Am I… Am I a pokémon?"

She rubbed her teal-blue eyes, but her sight couldn't have been any clearer. She was a pokémon, a Mawile to be exact. How is this possible? I'm not a pokémon! I'm a human! A HUMAN! What happened to me? Am I going crazy? "I must be dreaming," she finally said out loud, relived that she most likely wasn't going nuts. "But out of all the pokémon in the world, I turned into a Mawile? That's lame. I would much rather be a fire type or a dragon type, but instead I get the weakest steel type out there. I don't even have a Mawile! What is my brain thinking turning me into this tiny thing? At least I have a giant set of chompers coming out of the back of my head. That's pretty cool!"

As the teen continued talking to herself, she didn't even notice the Luxio that approached her from behind, but not directly behind so that he wouldn't get accidently bit by the huge, black jaws. "Hello there. Is something wrong?" The Luxio's voice sounded smooth, his words flowing effortlessly as he spoke in an attractive manner towards the Mawile, causing her to instinctively jump in surprise. "Geez, you scared me! I thought I was the only one here, but then again, this is a dream and anything could happen. Oh, I'm Styx by the way. Styx…" She suddenly realized that she forgot her last name. Did she even have a last name? Something wasn't right here. However, Styx's thought process was interrupted by the Luxio.

"Pleasure to meet you, Styx. I'm Nolir," he said, introducing himself to Styx before tilting his head slightly as if he was a bit confused. "A dream you say? I'll assure you that I'm here and in the flesh, though some pokémon might dream of me when they're lonely," he cooed with a wink.

"You've got to be kidding me," Styx replied, nearly groaning at Nolir's failed attempt to flirt with her.

"What?" Nolir beamed smugly at her annoyance.

"Forget it," Styx grumbled, but right when she opened her mouth to ask Nolir a question, she heard yelling coming from two figures father down the path. Nolir noticed them too, and stood on his hind legs to get a better view of what the commotion was all about. A moment later, it was clear that a Gallade and an Ampharos were running at a very fast speed, the Ampharos carrying a young female Nidoran and the Gallade carrying a male Nidoran in either arm. They didn't even acknowledge Styx and Nolir as they sprinted past except for a quick order to "get out of the way."

Styx looked at the two wide-eyed as they ran past, and then looked at Nolir with an extremely confused expression plastered across her face.

"That's Shatter and Ebony. They're in team Alpha," Nolir exclaimed, not even needing to be asked because by the look on Styx's face, she was obviously going to ask who they were.

"Team Alpha?" Styx's confused expression never left her face as yet another question came about.

"You're not telling me you've never heard of team Alpha!"

She shook her head, wondering on the inside how her mind came up with such an odd dream.

"You've got to be kidding me! They're only the best rescue team that ever existed! The Great Lucario himself said so back when he used to have a team here! Where have you been you're entire life? Living as a hermit in an abyss? That could explain why you're darker than a normal Mawile I guess, but that's not the point!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, and to be honest, I don't even know what I've been doing my whole life. I can't remember anything about myself other than my name. I can't remember what I was even doing yesterday, let alone my entire life. All I know is that my name is Styx and that I'm a human. Well, I was a human anyway."

"A human? What's a human? Are those the creatures that stand on two legs and have no fur, scales, or stone growing out of them other than the top of their head? They don't know any moves either right? Were you dropped on the head or something? Maybe I should take you to the town doctor?"

"Well I guess that's basically what a human is, but I'd expect all pokémon to know what they are. Haven't you ever heard of pokémon trainers that catch and train pokémon?"

"Only in the folklore that Old Whiscash tells younger pokémon. I always thought it was funny how they would have survived without knowing any moves, but if you say so. Are you sure you don't want to see the doctor? He's very smart, and I'm sure he'll find out what's wrong with you."

"Yes I'm fine. I just need to wake up is all. There isn't anything wrong with me!"

"You sure there isn't anything wrong with you? You are already up if you haven't noticed."

"I'm leaving." Styx turned around, having enough to do with the stupid Luxio. Who does he think he is anyway, questioning her when she obviously knows what she's talking about?

"No wait! I'm sorry. What can I do to make whatever I did up to you?" Nolir swiftly moved closed to Styx just in case she was going to walk away from him, but he was quickly engulfed by darkness in the blink of an eye.

"Help! Styx, what happened? What did you do?" He started to panic and trash about, not knowing where he was or what in the world just happened to him. His tail began to glow a bright yellow, and in a flash sparks started shooting everywhere, managing to cause a small explosion. Nolir faceplanted into the ground as he fell from the air. He woke up, soaked in spit for some bizarre reason, but at least he could see the sun again, and boy was he happy to be back in the light.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay, Nolir? I didn't mean to- I mean, I didn't even know I was doing anything. My larger mouth just grabbed you, and then you shot out into the air, and you were unconscious so I started freaking out. Please tell me you're okay!" Styx was now shaking Nolir's shoulder's, trying to get him to stand up.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. Geez, you scared the living hell out of me! Never do that again! You owe me one now," Nolir grumbled as he stood up. He shook his body in a dog-like manner in an attempt to dry himself, before plopping down on his rump. "I'm going to be taking ten baths a day to clean myself," he groaned as he looked as his tattered fur.

"I'm sorry, Nolir. I didn't know my mouth had a mind of its own. I'll make it up to you somehow," Styx said after he was done shaking.

"Damn right you are. You're going to join my rescue team," he announced proudly.

"I'm what?"

"You're joining my rescue team. We're called Team Pokéknights, and we stare down fear in the flesh to save anyone in need!"

"Umm… Okay, I guess I'll join your rescue team. Is there anyone in the team that has a place for me to stay?"

"About that… The rest of my team ditched me to start a new one in another town. I'm the only one left, so I haven't really been doin' much because I'd feel lonely just going into a cave or volcano by myself, and the team base gets really quiet at night and it's just flat out depressing in there. You can stay in the base though! It's kind of small, and we were going to expand it one day, but it never happened. At least we have a lot of land to practice in, and there's a small pond in the back were you can get fresh water. Trust me, you'll like it!"

"Fine, I might as well join because I have no idea what I'm doing here and have nowhere else to go," Styx said after letting out a loud sigh.

"That's great! Follow me! I'll take you to the team base!" Nolir excitedly stood up and turned on the dime to face the other direction. "Off we go!"

Styx followed behind him, muttering a single sentence, "I should really lay off the sugar before going to sleep."

Sorry for taking so long to put this up, and terrible quality too! I had Laryngitis, then Bronchitis and a sinus infection, and now exams. I bet you wish you have my life, am I right? Well hopefully this will get better later on, especially because this only took me about an hour (maybe not even) to type. Feel free to yell at me for making your eyes bleed at all of the dialogue!