She stepped outside and went to the Mailbox. Much to her disappointment, there was nothing there. Hope came walking up at that moment.

"Good morning, Chelsey! Aren't you up early? Oh! So, you checked the Mailbox...So, was there anything? Were there any rescue requests?"

"It was empty."

Hope jumped.

"Huh?! Empty?! Hmm... I guess so. After all, we've only just begun. Oh, well. We should go to Pokemon Square. We should check the Pelipper Post Office. I think they'll have jobs posted. Pokemon Square is over here. Let's go."

The Torchic then headed towards the right. Chelsey followed without a word.

"This is Pokemon Square. That's the Kecleon Shop. You can buy and sells items there."

Waiting were two Kecleon, one green and the other red.

"That's Felicity Bank. You can save your money there."

Sitting behind the counter was a Persain.

"This is the Gulpin Link Shop. Gulpin can link moves for you."

"I don't mean to interrupt, but what is linking exactly?"

"Huh? What's linking? Well, if you link moves...You can use them at the same time. You should just ask Gulpin for details."

"This is Kangaskhan Storage. If you store items here, they'll never go missing. You should store improtant items here before you go out on any dungeon adventure."

There was a Kangaskhan waiting for business.

"What do you think? The businesses here help us. Oh, and there's also the Pelipper Post Office. That's up past here. I think we can get rescue-job information there. So, how about we go to the Pelipper Post Office first?"

Chelsey nodded, then the two made their way through the Square to the Post Office. Once they reached it, Hope nodded towards it.

"That building is the Pelipper Post Office."

Indeed, one could tell. After all, it was shaped like a Pelipper's head and said sea bird Pokemon were flying to and from it. Now Hope led her over to the Bulletin board.

"This is where information is gathered from Pokemon needing rescue in various locations. See? Have a look at this Bulletin Board. It lists rescue jobs. Check it out?"

Chelsey peered closer. There was one from a Poochyena and another from a Nidoran female calling for help from Tiny Woods. The cries for help from a Sunkern and two Voltorbs were in Thunderwave Cave.

"See? There were jobs listed, right? While we're starting out, we should handle the jobs that are posted here. Doing that should get out team some recognition. That should pull in job offers to our Mailbox soon."

Chelsey quietly pulled out the three job offers from Thunderwave Cave, accepted them and they headed off towards that cave. Once again facing Rattata and Poochyena, they first came across Sunkern.

"Thank you! Please come see me at the Pelipper Post Office later."

With that, the first client escaped. Soon, they ran into the two Voltorb. Their words were the same as Sunkern's. They too, escaped the dungeon. With the rescues complete, they partners headed towards the Post Office. There were their clients, ready to hand over their rewards for helping them. Sunkern went first.

"Thank you for rescuing me! Here's your reward! 100 poke!"

One Voltorb went next.

"Thank you for rescuing me! Here's your reward! The promised Gravelrock 10!"

The elcetric Pokemon also gave them a Cheri Berry. Once he left, the second Voltorb came up.

"Thank you for rescuing me! Here's your reward! 100 poke!"

And like the first Voltorb, the second gave them an extra item: a Reviver Seed. They also recieved in total 15 rescue points. With their jobs currently done, the partners headed back to Chelsey place.

"Didn't we do good today? Let's call it a night and get some rest. OK, see you tomorrow!"

Hope wandered home and Chelsey went inside. She dropped onto her bed of leaves and fell asleep. And in the middle of the night, the same dream came to her.

"...Again? Am I dreaming again...? ...It's that Pokemon again. Huh? They're... talking to me...? ...I can't hear them clearly. What are they saying?"

As she strained to listen, the place began to shake.

"Huh? It's shaking. An earthquake...? Whoa! It's getting worse. For a dream, this feels strangely real, but..."

Her eyes weren't open, but she was awake. A voice had been calling to her.

"Uhh... Hello?"

The grass Pokemon yawned, opened her eyes, stood up and looked around. She was no one, and became confused.

"Hello? Uhh... You are Chelsey... Aren't you?"

Still, she looked around, trying to locate the invisable speakers.

"...Oh! You can't see us, of course! How very rude of us!"

Out of the ground popped a Dugtrio. Chelsey jumped, startled.

"We're pleased to meet you. We are Dugtrio. Last night, during the earthquake... Our child Diglett was attacked... He was whisked away to the peak of a tall mountain. We couldn't possibly climb somewhere so high up... That is why we mucst call upon you for your help, Chelsey. Diglett was abducted by a Pokemon named Skarmory. It's a vilely vicious ruffian! Please do be careful. Please, we need your help! We must go!"

With that, the three Pokemon vanished back underground. Chelsey sweatdropped.

"...That was so sudden, there was no time to even say no... It's too bad. I'd better go."

To be continued.

Chapter 3 is up. This is it for now. I'll update this soon, and hopefully, I'll also be updating my other stories soon.

Mini-Marianne