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They held on to each other for dear life as they tumbled through time. The strain on their grip was great, yet they held. They held on with one hand/claw as Stardust held tight to Pup. Grovyle looked at Stardust's face, the joy he saw as she looked around would make anyone humble. Her eyes met his, he loved that look of excitement from her. She then looked past him, her eyes went wide.
The shock wave hit them hard. Their grip faltered for a second, but their held.
"NO! Don't let go!" Grovyle shouted at her. The shock waves kept coming at them. He looked at Pup who was rapped up tight in Stardust's grip. His eyes closed with his face pressed hard to her chest, he was terrified. Grovyle could feel with each wave their grip became more loose. Fear swept over Stardust's face.
"Just a little further!" He encourage her. "Come on, hang on!"
Stardust watched in horror as a wave came closer. She barely heard what he shouted at her before a wave hit him dead on. His grip slacked off completely and without his help she couldn't hang on.
"GRRRRRROOOOOOVVVVVVYYYYYYLLLLLLEEEEEEE!" She screamed after him. The pain in her heart as she watched him tumbling away was almost to much. Another wave hit her and Pup, sending them further from him.
She felt them leave the time stream. They fell, hitting a wall of rain. Stardust grabbed her dagger at her hip.
"Protect," She whispered. The dagger glowed white and gold as a barrier formed around them. They went through the branches unharmed. Stardust landed on her back, pain exploding through her mind. She opened her mouth to breath, but instead of air she got water. She chocked, flipping to her front, coughing up her lungs.
"Stardust!" Pup yelled over the storm. She looked up and saw Pup, his golden fur drenched by rain. She stood up, grabbed the child and started running. The rain was heavy on her back, it drench her clothes and made it harder to run. Was it the rain effecting her or was it the pain of lose? She couldn't tell. All she knew right now was the ground was uneven, a lighting storm was in full force around them and she just lost her best friend.
As she ran a large tree, a few metres in diameter, came into view thanks to the random flashes of light. She ran up to it, took out her dagger and placed it flat against the bark.
"Secret Power," She commanded. Again the dagger glowed as it worked it's power, her mind screamed in protest. A moment later the dagger and her hand fell into the tree. Stardust stepped forward through the bark and into the tree.
As soon as they were in the dry Stardust fell onto her knees. Pain, both physical and emotional, overwhelming her.
"Stardust?" Pup asked worriedly from where she dropped him.
Stardust didn't respond. She just stayed on her knees, breathing deep, laboured breaths.
"Stardust?" Pup questioned her again. She looked up at him. He could see the tears she was trying to hide.
He watched her move to a solid wall and lean against it. He walked over to her and placed his head on her lap. There were no words, just quite sobs as Stardust lightly scratched behind his ears.
"What are we going to do now?" Pup quietly asked her. Stardust leaned her head back against the wall and closed her eyes.
"We have to keep going. No matter what stands in our way, no matter what happens to us, no matter who we have to kill."
Pup looked up at her on the final point in shock. She looked down at him, sadness evident in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Pup. That's why it was so hard to bring you along. Grovyle and I knew the risks, we knew what we were getting ourselves into. You on the other hand, your still so young and still so innocent. We knew we would have to kill or be killed."
"You've killed before?" Pup asked her with sadness. Stardust gave a small, sad nod.
Pup climbed up onto her lap and smuggled up. Stardust rapped him up with her arms and cuddled softly.
"Do you think Grovyle will be alright?" He asked.
"I don't know, Pup. I don't know."
Xxx
His vision was blurry. His thoughts jumbled. He tried to think but a dull throb echoed through through his head.
"Stardust!"
The name jumped thought the confusion, clear as crystal. He tried to concentrate but all he could feel wind and rain blasting into him. It felt wrong feeling those things and it stopped him from focusing.
He couldn't focus, couldn't...
xxx
In front of entrance of Wigglytuff Guild, a Torchic paced back and forth.
"I'm not a wimp. I'm not a wimp. I'm not a wimp." She chanted to herself. She stopped suddenly and focused on the grate hole near her feet. "I can do this, today is the day!" With confidence she stepped onto the grate. Almost immediately said confidence disappeared.
"Gate Keeper! Pokemon detected, Pokemon detected," The sentry's voice called.
"Who's FOOTPRINT, Who's FOOTPRINT," The gate keeper asked.
"A Torchic's footprint. It's a Torchic's footprint," The sentry replied.
"AAAAHHHHH!" She jumped of the grate in panic. She looked at the grate, disappointed in herself. "Why can't I do this?" She demanded of herself as she pulled out a small rock from in her down. "Not even my Relic Fragment can help me, maybe later." With a final look at the grate she walked away and down the steps, "I'm such a coward."
As she walked two Pokemon came out from behind the totem polls.
"I don't believe my eyes," The Koffing said to his friend, Zabat. "I knew that Torchic was a coward but that was priceless!"
"She took out something, seemed like a rock of some kind. She called it a Relic Fragment."
"Yeah, had some sort of weird pattern on it. Think it's worth taking?"
"Definitely. We are professionals after all."
With a nod to the other they followed the Torchic, hoping for a chance to grab their prize.
Xxx
She kicked at the sand, frustrated at her own lack of courage. For so long she had dreamed of joining Wiggletuff guild, to learn from the best of the best and then discover countless forgotten treasures across the land. Yet, despite the desire to conquer every dungeon she saw, she couldn't even get through the front gate of a guild.
With a final kick she landed on the sand, facing the ocean. The sun would set in a couple hours but the Krabby where already blowing their bubbles. A peaceful feeling washed over her as she watched the tide rolling in and out. The bubbles the Krabby were blowing gently floated everywhere. She watched as some moved over the ocean. A few fell into the waves while others popped suddenly. Only one survived as the wind pushed it back over land. She watched it float to her left and further away. The bubble popped just as she saw a green lump on the far left of the beach. She stood up, trying to get a better view. What she saw was an unconscious Pokemon lying face first on the sand, she ran to help.
"Hey! Are you OK? Please wake up!" She begged the unconscious Pokemon as she tried to shake him awake. She rolled him over onto his back and dusted the sand of his face. She watched the Pokemon breathing as she tried to identify him. He was green with red all down his front, had hands that looked like they where good for climbing and two dark green tails. "Treecko! He's a Treecko!" She remembered.
"Treecko! Treecko! You have to wake up. Get up will you!" She shouted as she gave him another shake. The Treecko opened his eyes and started coughing. They were heavy, almost violent coughs. He rolled to his side, facing Torchic as he kept coughing.
"That's it," She encourage him. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." From her down she pulled out an Oran Berry.
"Here, eat this," She told him as she hovered the berry near his mouth. He stopped coughing and opened his mouth. He caught the berry and ate it.
"Grrrrrr," Treecko growled as he sat up. He blinked away the blur in his eyes.
"Where...?" He asked as he looked around.
"Your on the Beach, near Treasure Town," His rescuer answered. "You remember how you ended up here on your face?"
He looked at Torchic and was about to answer when he realised he had no answer. He tried to remember what had happened but everything was cloudy and hard to make out.
"A storm," He answered, his voice unsure. "I was in a storm, in the waves. I-I can't remember anything else."
Torchic smiled, well as best one with a beak can smile. "Are you alright? You don't seem so sure about what your saying."
Treecko shock his head. "I'm not sure either. All I remember is the storm, nothing else."
Torchic tipped her head to the side, "Nothing else? What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is that I don't remember anything about me. I know it's all there but I can't see it, just small things, flashes even."
"You have amnesia." "Oh Treecko, I wish I could help you."
Torchic's heart went out to this Pokemon. She wished she could help him but she couldn't even help herself. Treecko was confused by what she called him.
"No, no my name's Grov, not Treecko," He told her.
"Grov? As in Grovyle?" Torchic asked, Treecko nodded. "But that's your evolution, so why would your personal name be that?"
"But I am a Grovyle, not a Treecko."
Now Torchic was really confused, "No, you're definitely a Treecko. Look in the water, you'll see."
Treecko looked at her, doubtful for a second. He looked in her eyes, trying to find any dishonesty in them. There was none. With reluctance he stood up and walk over to the waves. He looked down into the water, shock filled him to the brim. From the water a Treecko stared back at him. He touched his face and the Treecko did the same. Then, he actually looked at his hands and his body.
"Nononononononono. This is wrong," He panicked, moving backwards out of the water and turned back to Torchic.
Torchic watched him move into the water and look at his reflection. She saw him freeze up and only moved to touch his face. She scratched the sand with her talon, "This is so weird," She thought to herself. "He's really acting like this is all new to him. How can I possibly help him?" She watched him back out of the water and turn around in panic. But before she go to him she was knocked to the ground by a great force.
"Ow!" She yelled in pain. She flipped herself to see who had knock down. Koffing and Zubat were standing over her, grinning. Zubat landed on the ground and picked up her Relic Fragment.
"NO! That's mine!" She screamed at them. They laughed at her plight.
"No it's not," Koffing teased.
"We found just laying here in the sand," Zubat smiled with mock innocence.
Before she could stand they flew off, strait into Beach Cave.
Treecko watched as Torchic was knocked down and stolen from in a matter of moments. He wanted to help her. He wanted to move. Yet everything was just too much for him to handle. He didn't even hear the thieves mock her before flying off into a nearby cave. With a deep breath he found the strength to move forward. She was still on the ground, a tear fell from her eye.
"Torchic? Who were they?" He asked her.
"They're thieves who pray on helpless Pokemon," She answered, defeated.
"You don't seem helpless to me," Treecko told her. She looked at him.
"What? I just let them steal from me without even fighting back!"
"You helped me, didn't you?"
"But- But that's different, you were hurt," She defended.
"No, it's not." He walked over to her and helped her up. "Helping someone out takes just as much courage as defending yourself. All you have to do is realise that then you can do anything." He stopped, the words he just spoke were echoing through his mind.
"Even if your right," Torchic whispered. "They ran into Beach Cave. It's a water type dungeon, I'm fire type..."
"I'm grass type, we can take them," He told her.
"But your memories..."
"I can't help myself right now but I can help you," He offered out his hand. "Let's get back what they stole."
Torchic looked at his hand, the gesture was foreign to her but the sentiment she could understand. She looked at his face, he wasn't lying to her. He truly believed they could take them on, take on the world even. She brought up her wing and he took it. He moved their hand/wing up and down.
Treecko gave a dangerous smile, "Let's get the pricks!"
