Okay, before the names, I just saw something that I want to talk about. If you actually like the stories that I write about these (which would be a surprise :P), I highly, HIGHLY recommend searching up Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Starstruck. It is a really good fan fiction that the author recently discontinued, but asked if anybody would want to continue it. I'm not forcing you guys, but just a recommendation. I would love to see that story go on. Thanks! Also, I thought that I was so clever with the name Avalanche Mountain in the last story, but, because I have not played to that part of the game in a while, so I didn't know until recently that there is a dungeon called Mt. Avalanche. Sigh, I thought I was so clever, but I guess I'm not. Finally, the names of Vulpix and Mudkip are Sarah for Vulpix and Flow for Mudkip. Oh yeah! BeforeI forget, I didn't mention that they were next to a river that flows from Grand Lake and goes to the ocean. Anyways, onwards and upwards!
Chapter 2: How They Met
After Vincent and Raz walked out of the city, they noticed that the sun was beginning to go down.
"We need to stop here and rest since it's getting dark," Vincent said. "We also need to drink and eat up since we don't know how long we were out."
"I think that we should go on," Raz said.
Vincent looked at him before saying, "Your leaf's wilted, which means you're thirsty, so we will stop."
"Fine," Raz said, defeated.
The two of them set up right next to the river, and Vincent decided to go and get some sticks from the nearby forest for the fire.
Back at Grand Lake, Sarah and Flow had also decided to make a fire, since they had nothing else to do. After they finished making it, Sarah lit it and they sat down beside it.
"How long have they been gone, now?" Flow asked.
"Three weeks, I think," Sarah replied. "They couldn't be that far from here."
"Well, we did explore that river, and it was going at a pretty good clip," Flow said.
"What, so you think they could've gone down it by their attackers?" Sarah asked.
"Could've been," Flow replied.
Vincent had just finished picking up firewood and was heading back to start the fire...somehow. He hadn't really thought of that part yet.
However, he didn't need to think about it since, once he got back to where the camp, a fire was blazing with Raz warming himself up.
"Okay, I know that I didn't make that fire, just like I didn't make any of the other ones," Vincent said. Raz, noticing he was there, sighed.
"I guess that I've been holding it back for too long," Raz said, which immediately got Vincent's attention.
"About what?" he asked.
"Here," Raz said, coming up to him and raising his head. "Notice anything different about my jaw?"
Vincent looked at it and noticed two things. "The main part of your jaw is a creamy color instead of yellow, but, at the back of the jaw, it's red," he said. "Why's that?"
"Let me show you," Raz said, backing up and facing towards the river. He opened his mouth and looked like he was charging up an energy ball, but instead of the grass-type move, a stream of fire came out, startling Vincent.
After he was done, Raz looked back at Vincent, who still had a shocked look on his face.
"Since when have you known Flamethrower?" Vincent asked.
"When I was still on the old landmass," Raz replied.
"And you didn't use it...why?" Vincent asked.
Raz looked away "I was scared that others would be scared of a fire and grass-type Turtwig," Raz replied.
Vincent nodded his head. "Understandable," he said.
The two sat quietly for a few minutes.
"So, what do you want to talk about for a bit?" Sarah asked.
Flow thought about it for a bit before replying, "Have you ever heard of how Raz and I met?"
"No, I haven't, so I guess that would be a good idea," Sarah said.
"Okay, so, first off, I was in a normal family of Swampert on Serenity River," Flow began.
"When I was born, my father had already left, but my mother was still there," Raz said.
"Who was your father?" Vincent asked.
"I heard he was a Blaziken from a faraway land, where, instead of Exploration Teams, they have Rescue Teams," Raz said.
"I wonder what they do," Vincent said.
"Anyways, because of my unusual composition of parents, I was born a grass and fire-type. My mom, however, was very weak after I hatched, almost sick, and would never get any better. One day, about thirteen years after I was born, a group of wild Houndoom came across my mother and I. My mother protected me by shielding me from the blasts of fire, but died doing so. Heck, I barely escaped with my life. I got a good amount of scratches and was losing a great amount of blood," Raz said.
"Ouch. That's bad," Vincent said.
"I made it to Serenity River, which was as far as I could go, lay down, and closed my eyes for what I thought would be the final time," Raz continued.
"I was swimming down the river for fun when I spotted a hurt Turtwig on the side of the river," Flow said.
"I'm guessing that was Raz?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, but I didn't know it at the time. The only way I could bring him back was to drag him into the river and pull him back up the river. One thing that I never figured out was why the water warmed up when I dragged him into the river, but I just shrugged that off as coincidence," Flow continued.
"What happened next?" Sarah asked.
"Well, I brought him back to our nest, were we took care of him," Flow continued. "Since I was the one who found him, I was the one who had to watch him. I watched over him for four days while the others healed him. Then, on the fifth day, he opened his eyes."
"Lemme guess," Vincent said. "You opened your eyes and stared into Flow's."
"Well, yes," Raz said, sheepishly. "When I looked into her eyes, I was entranced in a way. After a few seconds, she snapped her head back and yelled, 'The Turtwig has woken up!' After she said that, two Swamperts came in and checked me over. It took me few more days to recover, but I was soon able to walk around and greet the others. The problem was that I was a Turtwig who was also part fire type, which I didn't tell anybody, and I was surrounded by Mudkips and Marshtomps, so I was lonely other than Flow. She was the only one that stated around with me. About five years after that, and after I told everyone of what happened to me, Flow and I left to become an exploration team, and, well, you know what happened after that."
"Five years...At the time that you were knocked out on Serenity River, I had washed up in this unknown and unforgiving world," Vincent said.
"Actually, you and your team were our main influences to start an exploration team," Raz said.
"Well, I guess that that's good, but we need to get some sleep. We have a long trek ahead of us, and we need as much energy as possible," Vincent said, putting out the fire.
"Good night," Raz said, laying down.
"Good night," Vincent replied.
Sarah was still awake in the team base after Flow had fallen asleep. She was looking out over lake at the moon and its reflection on the water.
"Wherever you two are, Vincent and Raz, I hope you get back quickly," she said quietly before returning to her bead and falling asleep.
Yes! Finally finished! I liked to make this chapter. Another thing about PMD: Starstruck, if you have any interest in continuing it, please PM me or review. Also, about my last chapter, how do you like how I explained how a city looked to a person who thinks that humans are nothing more than a myth? Pretty good, eh? Yeah, for this chapter, I switched around the views like when Lapras and Wigglytuff were talking about how they knew each other and such. Anyways, I will see you next time!