Chapter 2:
A Lost Weedle And A Happy Beedrill
"My son wandered into the nearby Mystery Dungeon," Dr. S explained, "When I went in after him, the native pokémon attacked me."
We were talking along the way deeper into the Blank Woods. "Dr. S, you're telling me that your only son, went into a Mystery Dungeon?" Karly asked.
"Yes, he said he wanted to find a treasure to bring to his sisters in the woods. I told him it was dangerous, but he ran in without anyone to supervise him." Dr. S finished. "Also, you've graduated from my class, you can just call me Sammie."
"Wait, what's a Mystery Dungeon?" I asked.
"It's a place where time and space are inconsistent," Dr. S explained, "the layout is always changing and although you might feel as if you've been in it for days, only an hour or so has actually passed."
"It's also a place where wild pokémon become more aggressive than usual" Karly continued, "Most pokémon steer clear of them because it's easy to become lost inside of one, although some think that there is a reason they need to go in there. Only the strongest, bravest pokémon venture into Mystery Dungeons, Rescue Teams," Karly's eyes began to shine. "They find pokémon who have gotten lost in dungeons and teleport them out with their Wonder Badge. But Sammie, why couldn't you go into town and request a rescue team?"
"Well, my wife is very protective of our children, and if she found out that I lost our son and came back to own without them, she would have my stingers." Dr. S answered. "So I've been looking around for some pokémon to go in there and help me."
"And then you found us." I finished, "Karly wants to help you, and I owe my life to her; I'll help too."
"Thank you, please go save him, the entrance to the Mystery Dungeon is just ahead of us." Dr. S pointed to a small arch made by tree limbs and trunks, "Good luck" he said as me started to head for the entrance.
"Thanks." Karly yelled back.
Blank Woods S1
"Okay, now is probably the best time to teach you about your basic attack and move." Karly began, "Pawniard start out knowing scratch. Your basic attack is where you kick, punch, head-butt, or slam into your opponent. Your basic attack is weaker than your move, but you can use it more and faster than move; you have to hold back your energy to basic attack, but if you don't, you might end up badly injuring yourself more than your opponent. To use scratch, you should put your energy into jumping forward and slamming your body into the enemy's."
"Wait, I thought you just said not to use my energy." I said confused.
"Your energy can't be used in basic attacks, but scratch is a move where you are at least thirty-three centimeters, at most half a meter, away from the enemy. You push yourself forward at a speed that would be unattainable if you didn't use your power and swing your blade forward to scratch the enemy; a basic attack is when you are right next to an enemy and you slam into them or hit them."
Blank Woods S2
When we walked through, we saw a Teddiursa curled up asleep next to the only passageway out of the room we were in. I went in close to it hesitantly, but when I was a few centimeters away, it woke up; I immediately pushed myself of the ground towards the small bear and swung my blade, when it saw me, a look of surprise flashed across his face before I hit him and he hit the floor. What happened next surprised me, it began to fade away until nothing was left.
"Did I kill it?" I asked in horror.
"No, the spatial anomaly takes heavily damaged pokémon and returns them to the entrance of the dungeon, they then wake up and wander off." Karly assured me.
We encountered very few pokémon on this floor and the one after.
Blank Woods S4
"Daddy, where are you?!" a sad voice cried from up ahead. "I'm sorry Daddy, you were right, I shouldn't have come here."
"Hello, are you the Weedle that got lost in this dungeon?" I yelled. "Your dad sent us to find you."
We then walked into a room where a rock was covering the exit to the dungeon, on top of the rock was a small yellow worm with a red oval (is that his mouth or his nose? Do worms even have noses?) Below two beady eyes and a horn on the top of its head. "Did you come to save me?" The Weedle asked.
"We didn't come for the scenery," I joked, "yeah we did come to find you." I said getting serious. "I don't know how we'll get out considering that rock blocking the exit though…"
"Leave the rock to me," Karly said, "I'm a psychic type and I can use confusion to lift this rock. Weedle, I need you to hop down from the rock so I can move it out of the way."
"Okay," Weedle said as he complied.
Karly focused on the rock and, though it clearly took a toll on her stamina, she raised the rock and moved it to the side of the cave. Bending over from exhaustion she said "Due… to the spatial… anomaly… We'll… be brought… to the entrance… of the dungeon."
Blank Woods
When we got outside the dungeon, Sammie was there to greet us. "Son! I'm so glad you're okay." He exclaimed when he saw his son follow us out. "Thank you, I don't have much but please accept my thanks, and let me know your name Pawniard."
"Rick's my name." I said.
"Rick… cool!" Weedle exclaimed with a gleam in his eyes.
"Rick, Karly, allow me to escort you back to the village." Sammie said.
"Sure" Karly and I said in unison.
A/N: Hey everybody, thanks for reading this far, if any of you have a better name than blank woods tell me either by PM or review. I know I marked this as a romance, and eventually it will be, but that will happen slowly. This chapter did lack a lot of action, but don't worry, as the story progresses farther and farther, the action will get bigger and better; right now we're only in this world's equivalent of Tiny Woods, and I couldn't think of any other pokémon to put into it. Give me ideas for the thunder wave cave-like dungeon, Which I'm just gonna let you know will be chapter 4, I can't sit still long enough to write a lot, which is why I'm adding these author's notes in today. The riddle I've chosen ( it's the only riddle I got, but it's a good one) Is from Kyokotheeevee:
Before the day and during the night
Everyone goes here to avoid fright
Dreams of colors, all red white and blue
Realistic nightmares with ghosts that go boo.
Oh, young traveler, answer me this
On cold winter nights, what most will you miss?
Maybe you're baffled, but here is a clue: the first of the sentence will serve to guide you.
Another thing, I got the spatial anomaly thing from Sytherider's fic Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Silver Resistance, but changed it a tiny bit so it wasn't too alike.
