Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Stardust

Chapter 2: Awakening

There is a town, not to far from Crystal Cave, called Miracle Town. The morning sun shone upon this town is full of houses, restaurants, stores, and many other types of buildings. Pokemon walked to and from these buildings, talking and laughing without a care in the world.

Located in the center of Miracle Town there stands a structure, that looks similar to the head of a Gallade. In this building there is a small white room. This room would be completely bare if it was not for the blue mat, that looked to be covered in footprints, a bed, a small window located across from the bed, and two wooden doors, the one by the window that led to a hallway and the other, that was by the bed, led to a small bathroom. The room was currently empty, save for one little Riolu that used to be a human named DJ.

"... Ugh," stated DJ. "My head is killing me."

Slowly DJ opened his eyes, wincing at the light that was pouring in. He quickly raised, what he thought to be, a hand in front of his eyes, to shield them, but as soon as he raised his hand he gasped. Instead of a hand he had a blue paw. He began to panic until he remembered what happened.

He frowned. "I guess that wasn't a dream," he said miserably. "I really am a Pokemon." He then began to look around the room before saying, "I wonder where I am. And where's that Froakie?"

He attempted to get out of the bed, but he felt something holding him down. He through off the covers and saw that there was a leather strap binding him to the bed. He immediately began to panic again, trying frantically to remove the strap until the door next to the window opened.

He froze watching the door open not knowing what to expect. As the door opened a Froakie with a bandage wrapped around their torso, walked in followed by another Pokemon wearing a nurse hat. Said Pokemon was about three times the size of the Froakie and twice as wide, with startling blue eyes. It was primarily pink, except for it's torso, hands, and face, which were cream colored. Something that drew DJ's attention were the big ears that it had, that curled up at the base of it's ears. DJ recognized it as an Audino. The three Pokemon stared at each other in surprise until the Froakie spoke up.

"So you're finally awake, huh?"

DJ immediately recognized the voice and said, "Katara?"

"The one and only," said Froakie.

Katara walked over to DJ and looked at him for a second before hitting him on his head.

"OW!" DJ cried angrily holding his head in pain. "What was that for?!"

"That's for not listening when I told you to run!" yelled Katara, equally angry.

"So you wanted me to just leave you there to fight that thing alone?!"

"I could have handled it!" Katara said indigently.

"No you couldn't have! You were almost unconscious by the time I got to you!"

Before Katara could say anything else, the Audino smacked the backside of Katara's head. Katara turned around, about to yell, and paled. The Audino had it's eyes closed and was smiling kindly, but the smile seemed to lower the temperature of the room, making DJ shiver.

"I do believe I said not to excite him," said the clearly female Audino, who's voice was light and kind, but it had a hint of anger in it (Just imagine Retsu Unohana's personality from Bleach). "I must kindly ask you to calm down or leave."

"Y-y-yes Nurse Audrey!" said Katara, who was sweating bullets.

"Good," said Audrey, the coldness instantly disappearing. Nurse Audrey then turned to DJ, began to panic again, due to the Audino's sudden mood shift. "Hello there what is your name?" asked the Nurse in a kind tone.

"It's D-D-DJ," stuttered the still fearful DJ.

"There is no need to be afraid," said Audrey. "My name is Nurse Audrey. You are at Gallade's Guild. Master Gallade brought you Katara in two days ago. Your injuries were not as severe as Katara's, but you were suffering from EDS."

"EDS?" asked DJ.

"Energy depletion syndrome. It occurs when Pokemon uses too much of there energy. It puts the Pokemon in a comatose like state until they are able to recover their energy. Honestly, I am surprised that you recovered so quickly. Most Pokemon take at least a week to recover, even fighting types take at least four days."

"Ookay?" said DJ uncertainly, not knowing how to respond.

"Your other injuries," continued Audrey. "consisted of a few cuts and bruises. I had to strap you down because you kept moving in your sleep and I did not want you to reopen any of your cuts. Though I must say you are very lucky. Not many Pokemon can stand up to a Druddigon."

DJ just nodded, again not knowing how to respond. As Audrey stepped closer to the bed to undo the straps holding him to the bed he then turned to Katara.

"Are you okay?" DJ asked Katara with concern.

Katara didn't respond at first because she was surprised that he was asking about her. 'He's worried about me?' thought Katara. 'He was out cold for two days and he's concerned about me?' She quickly snapped out of her thoughts and said, "I'm fine. Just a scratch, nothing to worry about."

"Nothing to worry about?" asked Audrey, who suddenly got a stern look on her face. "That dragon claw tore through your first few layers of skin. Any deeper and it might have torn your muscles. You should have been more careful, if Gallade hadn't gotten there in time you could have bleed to death."

DJ looked down guiltily, knowing that Katara only got hurt because of him. He was broken from his depression when a voice came from the door.

"So you're awake," said the voice.

The three Pokemon turned towards the door to see a human-like Pokemon standing there. The Pokemon walked into the room and stopped next to the bed. The Pokemon had long white legs and wide hips. It's was completely green with a strange red horns sticking out of it's chest and back. It's arms were long and shaped almost like tonfas (a weapon used in martial arts). It's head resembled a gladiator with a white face and a teal fin on the top of it's head. It's eyes, which were red, were stern, but also there was a kindness in them. It was a Gallade, and a very powerful one judging by the way it carried itself.

"Hello DJ my name is Master Gallade," said the Gallade in a kind voice. "I'm the one that got you and Katara out of Crystal Cave.

"Thank you sir," said DJ. "Thank you for beating that Druddigon. It probably would have killed us if you hadn't showed up."

"You are quite welcome," said Gallade. "Though I didn't beat the Druddigon."

"Huh?" said DJ, Katara, and Audrey. Then DJ said, "Then who did?"

"I believe that you did," said Gallade. Upon seeing the surprised looks on everyone's face he continued. "When I arrived I saw the Druddigon go flying into the wall. When I looked around the only one I saw was you and Katara. Seeing how Katara was unconscious at the time I have reason to believe that you defeated the Druddigon."

Katara and Audrey looked at DJ with a mixture of awe and surprise. DJ, however, was deep in thought.

'I beat the Druddigon?' thought DJ. 'That's weird I don't remember doing it.'

Katara, meanwhile was having similar thoughts. 'He claimed that he didn't know how to fight,' thought Katara. 'But he was able to beat a Druddigon?! Just who is this guy?'

"Katara has told me what you had said while you were in the cave," said Gallade, pulling DJ and Katara out of their musings. "I would like to ask you a few questions, alright?."

DJ nodded slowly, not knowing what to expect. He shot a glance to Katara, but she apparently found the mat very interesting.

"Don't worry," said Gallade with a small smile. "You will not be harmed unless you are deemed as a threat. Now, Katara said that she found you in the middle of Crystal Cave, how did you get there?"

"I don't know," said DJ truthfully. "I just woke up there without any memories, except for my name, and, strangely enough, knowledge about Pokemon."

Gallade nodded. "Katara also stated that when you awoke you were surprised that you were a Pokemon. Is this correct?" he asked.

"Yes," said DJ. "I know I don't look like it, but in reality I'm actually a human."

Audrey gasped at this, but said nothing, Katara rolled her eyes, but, strangely, Gallade merely nodded. "I see," said Gallade calmly. "That might be the reason why your eyes are blue instead of red."

"Y-you believe me?!" DJ asked incredulously.

"Yes I do," said Gallade. "This is not the first time something like this happened."

"It's not?" said Katara with a shocked look on her face.

"No it's not," said Gallade. "There have been several instances where a human has been brought to our world. In fact, not to long ago, a former human graduated Wigglytuff's Guild and helped stop the planet's paralysis."

Katara just stood there and gaped at Gallade until DJ interrupted.

"So there are others like me?"

"Yes," said Gallade. "However I don't know where they are.

"Oh," said DJ sadly. "I was hoping that one of those humans could help me, but I guess not."

Katara noticed DJ's expression and said, "Do not give up hope. You can always go and look for them. And I'll help you."

DJ looked up with a shocked expression on his face. "Why would you help me?" DJ asked.

"Because," said Katara. "like I said before, I'm a member of The Gallade Guild and I will always help a Pokemon in need, even if they were not always a Pokemon. Besides," she looked to the ground and shuffled her feet nervously before continuing. "I still owe you for saving my life."

DJ looked at her, a little misty-eyed, before saying, "You don't owe me anything. You saved me from that dragon claw remember?"

"So that's how you got hit," Audrey commented.

DJ again looked guiltily at his paws, while Katara looked at him, wanting to say something to comfort him, but not knowing what to say. Gallade looked between the two young Pokemon before speaking.

"By the way, what were you doing at Crystal Cave Katara?" Katara suddenly became very interested in the floor mat again and did not respond. "Katara?" said Gallade with a little edge in his voice.

Katara visibly flinched when he said her name before speaking. "Well... I was taking a walk through the town when I saw some kind of glowing object falling from the sky, towards Crystal Cave. Soooo, I went to investigate.

Gallade breathed deeply, as if trying to control his anger. "So if I understand you correctly you went off, without telling anyone, to a dangerous location because you saw something shiny?" he asked.

Katara guiltily looked down before nodding. An exasperated look appeared on Gallade's face, while Audrey gave Katara a reproachful look.

"Why the hell would you do such a stupid thing?" asked Gallade with barely contained rage.

Katara's guilty expression intensified before she said, "Well," began Katara. "I am part of an exploration team, so I thought I would...explore."

"You are only a rookie member," said Audrey sternly. "You should not have gone anywhere outside of Miracle Town without a senior member from your team!"

"You could have been killed," continued Gallade. "If your leader hadn't informed me that you were missing I would have never have been there to save you. I'm afraid that I will have to contact your father about this."

Katara visibly winced when her father was mentioned, and her eyes began to tear up. After seeing this, DJ immediately felt the urge to defend Katara.

"Cut her some slack," said DJ to the two adult Pokemon. "If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be here."

The two adult Pokemon turned to DJ and stared at him. DJ shrunk back a little at the gazes of the two Pokemon.

"Your crying," noted Gallade.

"Huh?" said DJ. He rubbed a paw across his eye and realized that he was indeed crying. He also noticed that his whole body was shaking, uncontrollably"That's weird. I don't know why, but I feel really sad for some reason."

Gallade looked at him with an odd look. He then looked at Katara and he gained a look of understanding.

"You're feeling Katara's emotions," said Gallade.

"Huh?" said both DJ and Katara.

"You see," said Gallade. "Riolu are known as the Emanation Pokemon because they can feel the emotions of others. You are merely reacting to Katara's strong emotions. Normally a Riolu is trained, at birth, to read the emotions of others and how to keep those emotions from affecting them, but seeing as you never had that training, your mind doesn't know how to react."

Audrey turned to Katara and addressed her. "I have to ask you to calm down, your emotions are affecting his health." she said.

Katara nodded and tried to reign her emotions. Gallade then turned his attention to Katara. "Katara," began Gallade in and kind voice. "I know I may seem to be picking on you, but you have to learn that

the world is dangerous and you have to be more careful." See Katara nod he continued. "Though I have to admit, you handled yourself remarkably well, I am proud of you."

Katara cheered up considerably after hearing these words, thus causing DJ to cheer up.

"Now," began Gallade turning back to DJ. "What do you intend to do?"

DJ looked down in deep thought. 'What should I do,' thought DJ. 'I don't no anyone and I lost my memory. Where can I go?'

"Might I make a suggestion?" asked Gallade. Upon receiving a nod he continued. "Why not join my Guild. It would give you the opportunity to explore and potentially find some of the other humans that were brought here. Plus it would give you chance to train. I happen to know a Lucario could teach you."

DJ perked up when he heard Gallade's proposal. "Really?" asked DJ excitedly. "You know someone that can teach me?"

"Yes," chuckling at the young Riolu's enthusiasm. "He would be more than willing to teach you."

"Alright I'll do it!"

"Good," said Gallade suddenly serious. "As of now, you are now apart of my guild and you will now refer to me as Master Gallade or just Master. You will be expected to work hard and to listen to the leader of the team you are assigned to. Do I make my self clear?!" Gallade asked loudly, emphasizing to his point.

DJ got out of the bed and saluted before saying, "Yes sir, Master Gallade sir!"

"Good," Gallade said with a smile. "I'm assigning you to Team Stardust, which is lead by my son Asura, do except?"

"Yes sir!" said DJ, still saluting.

"Cool!" exclaimed Katara happily. "You'll be on my team. Finally I'm not the youngest member anymore!"

Katara then began to jump around, doing front and back flips, causing the two adults to sweat-drop.

"Katara," said Audrey. "You've only been part of Team Stardust for three weeks."

"So?" said Katara. "I'm still happy. And if his wagging tail is anything to go by, DJ is too."

DJ turned and saw that his tail was indeed wagging. He quickly grabbed it and blushed, causing everyone in the room to laugh. After about a minute of laughing at DJ's suspense, Gallade spoke.

"Why don't you show DJ around the town Katara? Get him acquainted with everything that the town has to offer."

"OK," said Katara enthusiastically. She then grabbed DJ's arm and began to pull him towards the door. "Come on. You're going to love Miracle Town!"

Before they could make it to the door Audrey blocked their path. The gave them both her sweet/evil smile. Everyone, including Gallade, shivered at the look. "Please make sure you do not overexert yourselves," she said in her sweet but cold voice. "I would hate to see you two back here so soon."

"Y-y-yes Nurse Audrey!" said the two in unison.

The atmosphere instantly changed back to normal. "Good," said Audrey. "Not run along you two."

Katara quickly ran out with DJ in tow. Audrey then turned to Gallade. "Do you think it was a good idea to allow him to join your son's team?"

"I do," replied Gallade. "What do you think Asura?"

Audrey looked at him strangely, but then a monkey-like Pokemon entered. It had a light blue body and white feet. It had white bands around it's wrists and what appeared to be a diaper. It's white head was shaped like an onion with two, round, swirled ears (a Meditite). The Meditite looked at Gallade for a moment before speaking.

"You can always tell when I'm near, can't you Father."

"Indeed," said Gallade. "Tell me Asura, how much of that did you hear."

"All of it," responded Asura.

"Tsk, tsk," said Gallade. "What have I told you about eavesdropping?"

"I was not eavesdropping, I was merely checking on my teammate."

"Then why were you here and not in Katara's room?"

"..."

Gallade sighed at his son's attitude.

"Anyway," said Gallade. "What do you think of your new teammate?"

Asura was silent for a moment before saying, "I don't trust him."

"Why is that," asked Gallade.

"He's a human. Something not of this world. There's no way of knowing what his intentions are."

"I can tell you now," stated Asura.

"I recommend that you give him a chance," Gallade said, a little aggravated at his nephew's answer. "I can assure you that he has no ill intentions. He has a good heart and I'm sure that he will be a great asset to your team."

"I will... take your words to consideration Uncle. If that is all, I shall go check up on my team."

With that Asura turned and left.

Gallade sighed again as his son left the room. He then turned to Audrey, who had been standing there silently, watching the two relative interact. "He can be handful," said Gallade with a sad smile. "Especially after what happened to Jet."

Audrey nodded before saying, "He still hasn't recovered from that incident has he."

Gallade shook his head. "No," stated Gallade. "I fear he may never recover. That incident affected the whole guild, but he was hit the hardest."

There was silence until Gallade said, "I'm hoping that add DJ to his team will help him recover, considering how alike he is to Jet."

"But still," began Audrey. "There are somethings about DJ that worry me."

"Oh?"

"Besides the fact that he is human, he has a ridiculous healing rate. Even though he is a fighting type, and they generally heal fast, he recovered faster then I thought possible. That and the fact that he was able to defeat a Druddigon without any training. I just do not know what to make of this."

Gallade looked towards the window and stared out of it. He said nothing for awhile until finally he spoke.

"I have a theory of what is going on," said Gallade quietly. "But I pray to Arceus that I am wrong." Audrey looked at him with curiosity. Then Gallade turned to her and spoke in a cheerful tone.

"Now I must go and send word to an old friend to tell him that he has a new student."

With that Gallade left, leaving Audrey to ponder about what he had said.

Author's notes:

Hey. This is AuraFighter23. This chapter was recently updated due to it containing multiple grammar mistakes.