Chapter Two

The Dreamyard

It had been a few weeks since I had started my journey, and I had gotten my first badge fairly easily. I still didn't have another Pokémon, but Snivy was all I needed for now. I was heading to the Dreamyard now to find something called dream mist. When I walked in, I saw a tree standing in my way.

"Snivy, use cut." I said. Snivy gladly cut the tree down, and we walked through the gate. Suddenly, I felt someone next to me. I spun around to see my friend Bianca.

"Hi, White! Are you looking for the mysterious Pokémon too?" she said. I shook my head slowly, but she had already run by me. When I caught up, we both heard a strange sort of Pokémon call from yard.

"Hey, did you hear a sound coming from the other side of the wall? Come on! Let's go see what it is!" She exclaimed, running through the doorway. I followed her. When I got in, I saw a small pink Pokémon standing, or, rather floating, in front of us.

"Muuun…." It said sadly. I looked at it, placing my hand on it softly. It then backed up to the tall grass behind it.

"Oh! Wait!" Bianca cried out after it. We both perused it to the grass. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a man and women from the plaza in Accumula town appeared in front of us.

"We found you Munna!" The girl said. They both ran over to it, surrounding it completely. I stared at them in shock, as did Bianca.

"Come on! Come on! Make some Dream Mist!" the man said, kicking it roughly. They both began kicking it.

"….Mu!" Munna cried out sadly. It searched for an escape, but continued to be kicked fiercely. Bianca looked at them, making a sound of protest.

"Huh? Who are you? What are you doing?" She yelled at them. I just stared at them in astonishment. They turned to look at us.

"Are you talking to us? We're team Plasma. We battle day and night to liberate Pokémon from foolish humans." The man said.

"What are we doing? The Pokémon Munna and Musharna emit a mysterious vapor called Dream Mist, which shows people's dreams. We're going to use that to make people want to release their Pokémon. We'll show them dreams to manipulate their hearts." The girl said. I finally snapped into action.

"Liberate? Really? Well, I think that you should spend less time focusing on trying to ruin the balance of nature and focus more on how much more you are hurting them than any of us." I growled. They looked at me angrily.

"We are doing this because we have to. We have to free the Pokémon from their evil trainers." One of them spat out at me.

"But, you're trainers too, right?" Bianca stammered out. They then turned to glare at her rather than me.

"Yes, we are trainers too. But we are trainers for a different reason. While you enslave Pokémon to battle for you, we are simply working to liberate Pokémon. And now, we shall take your Pokémon as well." The man said, approaching me.

"Whaaat? No! Don't hurt White!" Bianca said. I put my hand on her shoulder, smiling encouragingly.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I turned to glare at the man in front of me. I took Snivy's poke ball out of my backpack slowly.

"Anyways, it won't take long to beat these clowns anyway, even if I do have just one Pokémon." I said, glaring at them. Then, we began to battle. It didn't take long for my Snivy to beat his Patrat.

"Plaaaasma! Oh, our beautiful dream…" he cried out. I scoffed, hugging my Snivy. But, it wasn't nearly over yet.

"Were you not taking them seriously because they're kids? Well, whatever. I'm next." The woman said, approaching me. I put my Snivy down, ready to battle again. Her Purrloin gave me a bit more trouble, but it was still very easy to defeat.

"Plaaaasma! This is a nightmare!" She cried out, returning her Purrloin hastily. I smiled, congratulating my Snivy. I returned it, just in case they had some trick up their sleeve. It would be easier to protect Snivy if it was in its Poke ball.

"…I can't believe we lost. But we have to obtain the Dream Mist!" They said, returning to the Munna. Bianca yelled at them to knock it off, but they wouldn't listen. Suddenly, Ghetsis appeared to our left.

"What are you two doing goofing off?" He asked. Suddenly, he appeared to our right. I looked back and forth between the two. What kind of illusion was this?

"We, Team Plasma, shall separate Pokémon from foolish people!" he continued. Suddenly, he appeared behind the man and woman. The other two clones had disappeared.

"If you cannot fulfill your duties…" he said menacingly. The apparent Team Plasma Grunts looked at each other, frightened. I heard them mutter something about being forgiven and they ran off. Soon, Ghetsis disappeared too.

Suddenly, we heard another cry and a larger pink and purple Pokémon appeared next to Munna. Bianca and I looked at it in amazement.

"What was that just now that person call Ghetsis appeared all over the place, and it wasn't actually real, right White Was it a dream?" Bianca asked with a shaky voice. I shrugged, looking at the Pokémon in front of us.

"Oh!" I heard a voice cry out from behind us. I turned to see Fennel running up from behind us. I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, someone we could trust.

"I couldn't wait, so I came over! Wow, is that Musharna?" she exclaimed loudly. The Pokémon made their calls and floated away. However, they did leave something behind them.

"Did something happen you two?" Fennel asked, looking worried. Bianca turned, facing her, still shaking.

"Oh, Fennel. Well, you see, Munna was here, but team Plasma and Munna, and Musharna came, and it showed us something like a dream? Then, Team Plasma…." Bianca stuttered. Fennel looked at her confused. Finally, she looked like she understood a bit.

"I think I followed that… See, Musharna evolves from Munna. So, seeing Munna in trouble, it used its power-making dreams into reality- to save Munna. Which means… wait a second!" Fennel said, walking over to the thing the Pokémon had left behind.

"Is this…Dream Mist? It is! With this, I can complete my research! You two come to my house later, okay?" she asked. We nodded. Then, Fennel ran back to her lab.

"Phew, how random was that? White, why don't you go to Fennels house? I'm going to go look for the Pokémon we just saw." Bianca said. I nodded.

"Okay, I'll see you later. Good luck." I said, smiling. She nodded, walking off through the tall grass beyond us. I looked after her, still thinking about what I had just witnessed.

So… Musharna had made that illusion just to protect Munna, the one it loved. I smiled to myself as I thought of how brave a human would have to be to protect the one it loved like that. With all of my heart, I wished that I would one day find someone to protect me, and someone that I could protect in return. I giggled to myself. I was such a typical teenage girl.