Lucky the snow caused my work to close for today giving the time I need to finished this chapter. Beware this story does contain heavy spoilers. Please enjoy this Chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or PMD that belongs to Nintendo, only the OC characters is what I own.
Key:
"Speech"= Talking
"Speech"= Thoughts
PMD Explorers of Time
Chapter three
Dawn broke out into the sky as we moved forward to a plateau approaching a window. "HEY! HEY THERE! RISE AND SHINE!" Shouted a voice in the morning before continuing, "Why are you still ASLEEP?! WAKE UP!" "Ugh!" said a dark male voice. "M-my poor ears…" moaned another voice. As we enter through the window, we see Neo lying in his bed on his stomach with his eyes tightly shut and his claws covering his ears tight. Pikachu was lying in his bed on his back was swirls in his eyes with foot occasionally twitching and a crossed looking Loudred looking at them. The Loudred continued shouting at the heroes in a male voice saying, "C'mon! Snap OUT of it! I'm Loudred! And I'm a fellow apprentice! If you're late for our morning briefing, you'll be SORRY! So MOVE it! Guildmaster Wigglytuff has got a BIG temper. If you make him lose it…" Loudred looked away as thought of the scene saying more to himself, "YOWEE! That would be one very scary scene! I've got goose bumps just thinking about it! YEESH!" Then he turned back to the heroes and continued screaming at them saying, "So ANYWAY… I'm not about to get in trouble because you rookies got up LATE! SO GET IT IN GEAR!" After that he left leaving the heroes ears still ringing and them confused. "Urk!" moaned Pikachu before continuing, "My ears are still ringing… What did he say? Something about getting ready?" Then both Neo and Pikachu jumped as if they just remembered something and Pikachu said, "Er… Oh yeah! We signed up as apprentices at Wigglytuff's guild, that's right! But that means… Waaaah! We overslept! Come on, Neo!" And two ran for the other apprentices.
When they finally met with the other apprentices, the two rushed to their place. "You're LATE, ROOKIES!" shouted Loudred shouting the word "rookies" even louder. Neo hissed at Loudred while Chatot said angrily at Loudred, "Hush! Your voice is ridiculously loud!" "Humph…" said Loudred as he sweat-dropped with Neo crossing his arms smirking at Loudred's predicament. After looking around Chatot then said, "Everyone seems to be present. Very well. Let us conduct our morning address." He then turned to the door and called out, "Guildmaster! The guild is in full attendance!" Wigglytuff came through the door and Chatot said to him, "Thank you, Guildmaster! Please address the crew." "Zzzz… Zzzz… Snorfle… Zzz…" spoke Wigglytuff as he was somehow still asleep with his eyes wide open. "Psst…! Guildmaster Wigglytuff never ceases to amaze me!" "Yeah, you got that right!" "Yup, looks like he's wide awake." "Eek! His eyes are wide open! But he's fast asleep!" "What an oddball!" whispered the apprentices to one another. Chatot nodded his head to Wigglytuff saying, "Thank you, sir! We all value your…words of wisdom!" "Wisdom? My tail." Thought Neo. Chatot turned to the apprentices spreading out his wings, he said, "Ok, Pokémon! Take our Guildmaster's words of wisdom to heart! Finally, let's not forget our morning cheers! All together now!" All the apprentices except Pikachu and Neo said, "A ONE, A TWO… A ONE-TWO-THREE! ONE! DON'T SHIRK WORK! TWO! RUN AWAY AND PAY! THREE! SMILES GO FOR MILES!" "Ok, Pokémon! Get to work!" ordered Chatot. "HOORAY!" cheered all the apprentices and all went to their stations leaving Neo and Pikachu.
"We have to do that every morning?! F#$ !" thought Neo with disbelief on his face. Pikachu turned to Neo and asked him, "What… What should we do?" Just then Chatot called out to them saying, "Hey, you shouldn't just be wandering around there. You two come here." He led them up the ladder to a billboard on the left side of the wall. Chatot started explaining, "You're just beginners. We'll have you start off with this assignment." He pointed to the billboard with his wing and continue explaining, "This is the Job Bulletin Board. Pokémon from various regions post job requests here. You're aware that bad Pokémon are cropping up in greater numbers, right?" "Yup. Because the flow of time is getting messed up. It's wreaking havoc, right? Which is why lots of bad Pokémon are appearing!" answered Pikachu. "The flow of time is getting messed up? Time? As in hours and minutes? Do they mean something has gone wrong with time here? And, because of that, more and more bad Pokémon are popping up? What's going on here?! And why do I get the feeling that somehow I know what is going on around here? …I better keep that quiet since I don't know why I have this feeling." Thought Neo. "Precisely. Time getting out of whack has caused an outbreak of bad Pokémon. Perhaps because of all that… We have noticed an increase in the number of jobs. In addition…and it's unknown if this because of time's influence… There has also been a mass outbreak of…mystery dungeons." Said Chatot. "Mystery dungeons?!" asked Neo confused. "So, Neo! You know how we got my Relic Fragment back yesterday? The cave where we found it was a mystery dungeon." Answered Pikachu before he went explaining, "A mystery dungeon changes each time you go into it. There's a different layout and different items every time you enter! If you faint in the middle of a dungeon, you lose half of your money or all of it… You can even lose half your items or more or altogether…. Finally, you get kicked right out. They're very strange places. But every time you go inside one, there are always new things to discover! They really are fantastic places to go explore!" "Well! You're quite informed, aren't you! That makes things much easier for me to explain! Jobs all take place in mystery dungeons." Said Chatot quite pleased. "So… let's look for a job that you should perform!" said Chatot as he looked for a job. "Ah, yes. Maybe this will do?" he said and handed it to Neo. "Let's see what in here. Um… Er… Ugh!" said Neo as he tried to read the letter before handing it to Pikachu who read, "Hello! My name is Spoink! An outlaw has run off with my most prized possession. My precious pearl! That pearl is life itself… to me! I just can't seem to settle down if that pearl isn't in its proper place atop my head! But I've heard my pearl has been sighted! It's said to be on a rocky bluff. But this bluff is reported to be extremely unsafe. I could never go somewhere so frightening! Oh, friendly readers! Would you be so kind as to go to the bluff and get my pearl? I beg your help, exploration team members! From Spoink" "Wait a second… We're going to fetch an item that someone dropped?!" said an angry Pikachu before calmly saying, "I'd rather go on a bigger adventure than that. I'd rather look for treasure or explore unknown places. Things like that!" "Hush!" ordered an angry Chatot "Yikes!" jumped Pikachu. "It's important that you rookies pay your dues! Now pay attention! I'll repeat the warnings again to make sure they stick! You'll be forced out of a dungeon and sent back here if either of you faints. You'll lose half or all your money! And you could lose half your items or more or altogether. You'd best be careful! If you've understood all that, I suggest you get on with the job!" ordered a still angry Chatot. "Hmm…" moaned Pikachu as he and Neo left to do the job.
Sometime later, Neo and Pikachu arrived at the entrance of the dungeon. Pikachu turned to Neo and said to him, "This must be the Drenched Bluff's entrance. Spoink's mission description said the pearl is located at the bottom. It's supposedly very dangerous. Let's be really careful. Let's do our best, Leader!" Pikachu then hopped on to Neo's shoulder and the two entered the dungeon. During the time they were traveling through the dungeon and Pikachu hits a West Sea Shellos with a Thunder Shock then Pikachu said, "Hey Neo can I ask you something?" "What?" ask Neo as he launched an armful of Shadow Balls and hits 6 Lileep, 4 Anorith, and 8 Chingling knocking them all out. "What does Heolstor means? You said that you would tell me later." Asked Pikachu as he jumped off Neo and smacks another West Sea Shellos with a Tail Whip in the face. "It means Darkness." Answered Neo as he threw a Shadow Ball at a different West Sea Shellos which hits it in the face knocking it out. "What?!" gasped Pikachu as he missed the Shellos with Thunder Shock and quickly use Sweet Kiss on it leaving it confused. After hitting it this time with a Thunder Shock, Pikachu asked, "But darkness is a bad thing right?" "No you are thinking that Darkness and Light are the same thing as Good and Evil, Sparx. They are completely different. Ghost and Dark type Pokémon are related to Darkness, but they aren't evil." Said Neo as they enter a room filled with Pokémon which he took all out with Icy Wind and Ominous Wind combined. "I guess so…" said Pikachu as he hits an Anorith that was sneaking behind Neo with a Thunder Shock knocking it out.
After a while Neo and Pikachu, who was riding on Neo's shoulder again, enter the bottom level of the dungeon. Pikachu jumped off Neo and said to him, "This is the level where Spoink's pearl should be. Let's split up and look for it." Pikachu went one direction while Neo went the other. "Found it!" shouted Neo as he picked up the pearl. Pikachu rushed towards Neo and says, "Great! Now we can go back to the guild." Just then their badges glowed, then there was a bright light and Neo and Pikachu have vanished. Back at the guild's entrance, there was a flash of light and Neo and Pikachu reappeared. Neo looked at his badge which he had in his hand said to Pikachu, "I think these act as a way to get back home really quick after you complete your mission." "Cool!" said Pikachu as he looked at his badge before saying, "Come on Neo! Let's report to Chatot." And the two entered the guild.
Sometime later Spoink thank them saying, "Th-thank you! That pearl must be propped on my head, you see. I missed it so much! I just couldn't settle down without it up there! So I was just boinging and sproinging everywhere! That's why I'm covered in dings and bumps. But thanks to you, that long nightmare is over! You have my sincere thanks!" Spoink then gave them a bag that contained a Protein, a Calcium, and an Iron. Then Spoink gives them a bag that contained 2,000 Poké. "Wow, you're giving us this money?" asked Neo amazed. "Of course! Of course! That's nothing compared to my pearl's value! Farewell!" answered Spoink and he left. Pikachu turn to Neo and said, "We're rich, Neo! All of a sudden, we're rich!" "I know! I just can't believe it!" said Neo. "Well done, team! Now hand that money over, if you please!" said Chatot. "What?!" said Neo as Chatot swiped the bag of money out of Neo's hands. "Most of the money from jobs goes to the Guildmaster, you see! And your team's share of the money comes out to this much…!" explained Chatot as he handed back the bag. "Huh?!" said Pikachu after he finished counting before continuing in an angry tone, "We only keep 200 Poké?!" "That's not fair!" shouted an angry Neo. "Well that's the guild's rule. You simply have to accept it!" said Chatot. "Ugh!" said Neo.
Much more time later… "Everyone! Thanks for waiting! I finished making dinner! Come on! Dinner's on!" said a Chimecho in a female voice. "YEAH!" cheered everyone mostly the males. Then all the males went stampeding into the mess hall. However on the way to the mess hall, Neo grabbed Loudred's head with his claws and send Loudred rolling backwards to a wall. "That's for the wakeup call!" shouted Neo and rushed towards the mess hall at such a speed that he appeared as a black blur. Soon all were in the mess hall eating their dinner except Neo who watch them eat shouted with disgust, "Arceus! You all eat like pigs!" Before looking away to eat his dinner. Later everyone finished their dinner and went to their room. Later in Neo's and Pikachu's room both were in their beds as Pikachu said, "Say, Neo… Today was pretty hectic with everything we went through, wasn't it? But I'm glad our first job trued out so well. I was really mad about how Wigglytuff's Guild took most of the money… That's just the cost of training, I guess. We can't do anything about it. But what made me really happy today, though, was getting thanked by Spoink! Yawn…I'm getting tired. I'm going to sleep. Let's try our best again tomorrow." As our heroes sleep for the night, little do they know that they would discover a power hidden within Neo in the following morning.
Chapter complete! I have to admit that I had fun typing that wake-up call scene. Please leave a review. I will update as soon as I can. Snivy24 signing off!