Chapter Three: A New Quest
We got into Twin Leaf Town just as the sun set completely. Darkness was creeping up on the town and people were turning in for the night. We walked into the town square and headed for Professor Oak's lab. The whole town had turned off their lights except for Professor Oak, the lab was still ablaze with light.
"Should we knock or just go in?" I asked Twilight.
"I suppose there's probably no problem in just walking in. Professor Oak is expecting us you know."
We opened the door and Jewel was rummaging in a bag near the door. She saw us and came over, "Welcome back, the Professor is out for the night and I was just closing up. Do you have anywhere to stay?" she asked.
"Well we woke up in two houses in the town. I don't know if that means anything." I said.
She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. She seemed to be thinking for a moment then she opened her eyes again and said "Well how about you girls come stay with me. My house is near the water's edge at Lake Verity, you passed the entrance to it as you went to Sandgem Town. You just take a left at the crossroads instead of a right."
"Oh so it's a lake that's there. I thought it was some forest clearing or something."
"Oh well no, you two didn't go in it did you? Well yeah, it's a lake. A very pretty lake at that, it's said that a mystical Pokémon once lived there named Mespirt and that Mespirt was the giver of all emotions. Very interesting stuff, a few years back a trainer apparently met Mespirt and captured her. After that no one knows what happened with her." Jewel explained as she finished up in the bag and put it on a table. "That's why my parents wanted to build the house there and that is also the cause of me working here with the Professor. Not all of us can be famous Pokémon trainers you know. Well let's head out shall we?"
I shook my head yes. I thought it was a perfect plan since we didn't even know if those houses we woke up in were owned by people or not. We followed Jewel out as she locked the door and started to go up the town square towards the crossroads.
The night was beautiful, a clear sky and a soft warm breeze ruffling my mane. I could hear the breeze in the trees and other than that not a sound was being made. It was like having a little piece of pony Heaven right here in Twin Leaf Town.
"Are nights always this quiet in Twin Leaf Town Jewel?" I asked.
"Most of the time yeah. Sometimes you get those crazy people who just run through the woods yelling all night long. They get attacked by wild Pokémon at some point though, I'm sure of it. Poor guys, I mean yeah you have to be stupid to do it and they probably deserve some sort of injury but still. Pokémon can be really brutal sometimes."
We walked past the gate into town and turned left. The opening in the forest looked more intimidating in the dark than it did during the day. I swear I could still hear something softly whispering my name but I wasn't going to point it out to anyone.
We walked past a few tall trees and into a small clearing right next to a rather large lake. "This girls is Lake Verity. Such a pretty sight isn't it?" Jewel asked us.
Twilights eyes were large as she gazed onto the water's surface. The water was as clear as the night sky above us and the stars shined brightly onto it. I couldn't help but stare at it myself thinking of how amazing it looked.
"Beautiful night, isn't it?" Jewel asked with a smile.
I shook my head and she led us to a house that was right next to the water. "Wonderful location for a house Jewel." I said.
She laughed. "I told you my parents wanted to be as close to the lake as they could. It is lovely to be so close to it though."
We entered the house right behind Jewel. There was a woman at the table reading a book. "Hey mom, I'm home and I brought some friends." Jewel said.
Her mom looked up and I was astounded by how much they looked alike. Jewel had silver hair that went down to her shirt collar and sparkling blue eyes with some freckles dotted across her face. Her mom had the same silver hair but it was a bit longer, the same sparkling blue eyes but no freckles. They both wore the same bright, kind smile.
"You mean these Pokémon? Are they the Professors?" her mom asked. She was looking intently at me and Twilight.
"Hey now, we aren't Pokémon. Actually we are Pokémon trainers!" I said.
Her mom jumped. "They can talk? What are they?" and so Jewel jumped into explanation about how we came to be in the Sinnoh region. "A spatial disturbance? That sounds serious, and you say it's affecting the Pokémon as well? What can be done about it?"
"Nothing right now. The Professor is putting his faith into these two to help return the world to normal. That's all we can do is hope right now. Actually though I'm getting pretty tired so I'm going to show them to my room and then get some sleep."
I yawned. I didn't think I was that tired but it seemed I was ready for bed as well. We followed Jewel up to her room and she laid out a few blankets for us and we crawled into them and said goodnight. Before I knew it I had passed out.
The sun shone brightly through the open window and landed on my face. It woke me up instantly and I had to squint when I opened my eyes. I rolled over and heard a loud squalling noise under me and I jumped up. "Ouch you big oaf!" Twilight said as she stood up rubbing her left hoof.
"I'm sorry Twilight, I didn't mean to squish you." I yawned. "I just woke up, darn sun was in my eyes."
She was squinting as well and I laughed. "Oh shut it Rainbow." Twilight walked over to Jewel and started pushing on her.
"Uh… What time is it?" Jewel asked as she pried her eyes open.
I looked at her clock that was next to her bed and said "Seven forty-two in the morning."
She sat up really fast. "Seven forty-two? Are you kidding me, I'm late." She ran to her closet and started throwing clothes around.
"Late for what?" I asked as I watched her pick out an outfit.
"The Professor is always in at seven in the morning and he likes it when I'm there before him. I'm nearly three fourths of an hour late!"
She threw the outfit on and grabbed her bag, slipping on her shoes as she raced out the door. We followed and got downstairs and heard a loud gasp in the kitchen. We walked in there and Professor Oak was standing at the kitchen table looking over at us.
"Professor, what are you doing here?" Jewel asked him.
"Oh you were a bit late so I thought I'd see what was holding you up. Hello again Twilight and Rainbow Dash." Professor Oak waved to us.
"Good morning Professor." Twilight said. I just nodded my head and went to pick up my saddlebag that I left next to the counter.
"Good thing you girls are here. I found some more information out about the spatial distortion last night. It seems that a great deal of power is coming from a top the Pokémon League. It would be wise for you two to go check it out."
"The Pokémon League? Why there?" Jewel asked.
"I have no clue but it would seem that Twilight and Rainbow are the only two here able to take the journey to the Pokémon League." The Professor answered.
"Good, where is this Pokémon League?" I asked.
"Well I can tell you where it is but it does you no good."
"Why not?"
"Because you cannot enter the Pokémon League unless you have all eight badges from around the specific region you are in. It is customary in every region that a trainer does this to show their worth to the Pokémon League."
I stood there thinking. "So all we have to do is get these badges from around the Sinnoh region and then we are pretty well home free?"
"Not completely but yes it would get you closer. Of course I would have to have a way to keep in contact with you. So how is this, give me your Pokédex's for a moment, I made a new invention that I wanted to try out." The Professor extended his hand. We both gave him our Pokédex's and he went straight to work.
It took a few minutes but he handed it back to us. "Okay what I just did to your Pokédex makes it just like the Pokétch. It will be able to tell time and make phone calls and the whole spill. So that way I can keep in contact with you as you go on your journey to obtain all eight badges from the Sinnoh region. Now to get the badges you have to train your Pokémon to be strong and face the eight gym leaders of Sinnoh. They are each strong trainers but it will be good experience for you. The first gym you should get to is in Oreburgh City. To get there you have to go north from Sandgem Town and east out of Jubilife City. You understand all of that?"
It took a tiny to process all of what he said but I nodded my head. "Go to Oreburgh City and face the gym leader there. Do we have a map on this now?" I pointed to my Pokédex.
"Oh yes, how could I forget that. Your Pokédex will now be able to show you the map of any region you find yourself in."
"Do you think we may find ourselves somewhere other than the Sinnoh region?"
"Anything is possible. Now go, the faster you get it done the faster you can get home." Professor Oak started to push us out through the door. "Oh and one more thing, call me if you see any traces of the legendary Pokémon."
We nodded our heads and started down the road again. "If we are going to beat these strong trainers to make it to the Pokémon League then we have to train. Do you want to stay on Route 201 to train our Pokémon for the first gym battle?" Twilight asked me.
"Probably a good idea to do that. Yeah, let's train up our Pokémon."
So we headed into Route 201 and started rustling in the grass. It wasn't long before I heard rustling behind me and a Pokémon jumped out. It looked like a little acorn with a grey top and the rest of its body was brown. It had tan eyes on its body and tan feet. I pulled out the Pokédex and it read "Seedot, Acorn Pokémon. When it dangles from a tree branch it looks just like an acorn. It enjoys scaring other Pokémon."
It waddled towards us and gave Twilight a mean look. "What does it say for its type?"
I clicked the type button and a voice rang out saying "Grass type, weak against Fire, Poison, Flying, Bug, and Ice types."
"Does that answer your question Twilight? Go ahead, he's all yours"
"Yeah, I'm ready. I was practicing at Jewel's house. I learned a new move with Charmander. Go Charmander!" she threw her Pokéball and Charmander popped out with his tail fire blazing brighter than before.
"Okay Charmander, we got this. Tackle him." Charmander obliged. He rushed forward with a bit of momentum and lunged. Seedot rolled out of the way and started shooting seeds at Charmander. They flung at him really fast and pelted him all over. He didn't seem too phased by it though and Twilight was on the offensive here.
"Don't let it get to you Charmander. Use tackle again but this time don't miss." Twilight was standing her ground while watching the fight. Charmander was weaving in and out of the seeds that were flying all over and I decided to check the Pokédex's move section for it. "Bullet Seed, grass type move. It pelts its enemies with super speed seeds that cause damage over a short amount of time."
Charmander had found his opening. To the left was a clear area so he dove in and then smashed into the Seedot with all his force. The Seedot was pushed back but the move did nothing. Twilight wasn't fazed though, it seemed she had something up her sleeve.
"Okay Charmander, I think it's time to end this. Use Ember Charmander!" Twilight smirked as the Seedot rushed towards Charmander, playing right into the trap. I saw it coming before it happened, Seedot went to tackle Charmander and Charmander dodged to the side. He was too quick for the Seedot and then Charmander spit fire at the Seedot. It hit its mark and the Seedot ran for the forest clearing. The match was decided so Twilight returned Charmander to his Pokéball, a look of triumph on both of their faces.
The day went by and we had trained as much as we could. We decided to get a hotel room in Sandgem Town and rest for the night then head on towards Jubilife City at dawn. It was a long road ahead of us but I was proud of my Pokémon and read for the journey ahead.