Yay! We're trying to get as many chapters up before the new Mystery Dungeon game comes out in...
Maisy: 16 DAYS!~
YAY! We still do not own Pokemon.
-Embarrassment-
After a few hours of searching we had finally found Dusk Shores... Unfortunately another rescue team had beat us to the client... So we went home penniless. Claire was mad at me for most of the time because I was supposedly in charge of the wonder map. And Roku? He just shrugged it off.
When we got back to the guild there was a Riolu and Ralts waiting for us. "Sorry new guys. Dinner's over. We brought you some berries though!" The Riolu told us and handed out three Oran berries, one for us each. The Ralts looked up at us and chuckled.
"You were going to let Janie help you weren't you?" She laughed. The Riolu laughed too. Claire was the first to ask. "So?"
"Janie doesn't do anything unless it some how benefits her or her team. She was going to point you to Team CGM's room and let you get bitten." She told us with a snort. "Kristin and I have been here almost as long as Team Charm. It's only natural we would know." The Riolu, who I later learned was named Vain, added.
"Well thanks..." I whispered. I almost couldn't help but to blush from the niceness of complete strangers.
"Please excuse her, she's really anti-social." Claire said, Vain laughed and nudged his partner. "Sounds like you two would get along Kristin." He giggled and elbowed her. She huffed and went in the tent. Vain was quick to follow with a wave of good-bye's to us.
"Well they're nice." Roku pointed out. Claire nodded and bounced inside. Roku and I followed in suit. When we walked in we were met with Absol who offered to lead us to our room. He led us to the second floor's hallway. There were seven rooms in the hall. From there I could see a few beds and items sprawled in the rooms.
Absol led us to the room at the very end of the hall. In it lay three neat and tidy straw beds and a small fire pit. The room itself was medium sized and had enough shelves for a store. And the very end of the room there was a large rectangular window, secured by a weak metal hatch that could break at any moment. From it you could see the eternal midnight sky and the shining stars. It was comforting to say the least.
"Wait... I sleep HERE?!" Roku shouted at the Second-in-Command. He gave Roku a mischievous smirk and silently crept out the door and to the man lounge. "I have to share a room... With two GIRLS! Rah!" He cried and sulked into the bed nearest to the door, I was quick to claim the bed next to the window.
"You've lived with me for most of our lives and Rose was over last night... What's the big deal?" Claire asked, settling into the last bed left. A blush crept across Roku's blue face that really made his glowing purple and yellow ringed iris' stand out. Not that they didn't before.
"It was only one night with her and you... I'm used to... But now I live with two girls... It's just... Girls are different." He choked out, his face grew more red with each word. He shrugged his backpack of next to his bed and curled up. I guessed he didn't want to talk anymore.
"Night Rose. Night Roku." Claire said with a final yawn and settled herself in her bed. I tried to do the same but... I wasn't tired. I walked out of our room careful not to wake the two electric types, and into the main room. It was pretty basic. Closest to the rooms there was a stand with a bell at the top that said 'Assembly'. Directly across from the hallway was yet another hall that led to the dining room.
I automatically assumed going up the stairs unless for important matters was forbidden. And the only thing downstairs were the mission boards.
I walked up to the Assembly booth and touched the bell. Hard enough to make it jingle but soft enough that only my expert hearing could detect it. I soon lost interest in the bell and moved on towards the massive half-opened window in the corner of the room. I stood on the window sill and looked skywards.
There was a certain appeal to the stars and the moon. Always hovering above Midnight Meadow. It was a wonder how anything lived here... One star in particular caught my interest. Unlike most of the other white and blue sparkles this particular star glew a mysterious red color. I almost didn't notice when I took a step or two forward, towards it.
Actually I didn't notice until I had completely walked off the window sill and into the air. Gravity took hold of me and I fell forward. It wouldn't be to bad a drop if this mountain wasn't a cliff leading onto Dark Shores. I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable fall to come. Not that it ever did.
I did get a painful bite and pull on my poor pre-injured tail. Eventually the pokemon pulled me fully into the guild it dropped my poor tail. "Thanks..." I breathed. I turned and looked and my Saviour to find none other than-
"You're stupid you know that?! Were you trying to die?! Really? Do I have to be with you at ALL times?" Roku growled. I only gave him a sheepish smile back. I didn't mean too. But at the risk of sounding like a whining child I remained silent.
I looked up at Roku's purple and yellow eyes. They were practical on fire with anger. And something else... Worry? Concern? I looked down again, my own face burning red. "Sorry... I wasn't paying attention..." I muttered.
"Obviously. Come on let's go back to bed." His face lit up when he realized what he had said. "Not like! I meant...! ... Oh you get it!" He growled and stomped back to the room. I had no choice but to follow him. He grumbled and lay back down in his bed. I sat in my bed but didn't fall asleep at first. I looked out the window for the red star I had seen. But strangely enough it was gone.
'Maybe I can only see it from the window in there...' I was tempted to go back out there but Roku would have a fit if and when he found out. 'That's to be avoided.' I reminded myself. With a lack of options (That didn't end in Roku getting angry.) I decided to rest up for another day tomorrow... Or was it night?
In the morning I expected to have to get up early but... The way they woke us up was startling... I was in my dreamland when I suddenly got a slamming headache. I screamed and screamed but the more I did the stronger the pain got. Suddenly I found I couldn't open my mouth anymore. I opened my eyes to find Roku and Claire holding my mouth closed.
Behind them there was an Espeon.
"I'm terribly sorry but it's my job to wake you up using Psychic on you... Since you're new I tried to go easy on your head... My name's Nin by the way..." She nervously giggled and awkwardly backed out of the room.
I looked out the window. To my surprise the sky was still black and the stars still shone brightly. But the moon was gone, instead replaced by the sun.
"The sky never changes here but technicality the moon and sun aren't part of Earth, and can't be frozen in time." Claire said when she noticed my far of gaze. I tore my sights away from the stars and to the door. "We should hurry... Don't want to be late." I said.
I grabbed our wonder map off one of the shelves and tucked it away in my pufflet of pink fur. Claire wrapped a ribbon around her neck and wore a miniature badge in front of it. Roku and I had similar badges, but they were full sized. Mine was on the middle of my bow, also around my neck, while Roku had his tucked away in his backpack.
We quietly walked out of our room and into the main hall where all of the Teams had already gathered. "Hey you three! Stand next to Team Aurora." Absol yelled at us from his position in front. We complied, with Claire on my head. Next to us were Vain and Kristin from yesterday, I assumed they were Team Aurora.
"Everybody this is our new team. They call themselves Team Star. Please introduce yourselves." He looked at me first. Was I the leader?
"Uh... I'm Rose... The uh... Leader?" I scratched at the ground, I could practically feel everybody staring at me in wonder. 'Stupid pink fur...'
"I'm Claire! I'm the most talkative of my team. We can all hold our own in a fight though!" Claire said as she bounced up and down on my poor head.
"I'm Claire's big brother, Roku." He plainly stated. I could hear his tail swatting back and forth as I noticed it did when he was nervous.
"Thank you Team Star. Now everyone if you'd please." Absol nodded his head and walked up the stairs to the guild master's room. Everyone in the room dispersed to either their rooms or downstairs to the mission boards. We just decided to follow them.
When we got down there the only pokemon we recognized were Vain and Kristin who were looking at the board in the back of the room. We deciced to check it out. We walked up behind them and looked at all of the posters. From poster to poster there were faces of pokemon or plea for help. I grabbed one of each. This caught Kristin's attention.
"Interested in the hunter board?" She asked. I felt Claire shift atop my head, I assumed she nodded. "What do they mean by the possessed?" I asked her. Even though her eyes were covered I could tell she was shocked.
"Where have you been for the past few months? Under a rock? Anyway... That's the name we've given to the mysterious red pokemon popping up."
"Red pokemon? Like fire types?" 'What the heck is she talking about?'
"No. Normal pokemon like say me, have turned red and black and are out to hurt normal pokemon." She explained.
"Remember that Cubone that attacked us and pierced your tail?" Roku asked from beside me. I nodded, nearly dropping Claire. "That's a possessed! Those things are evil!" I cried.
Kristin took the poster about a Possessed mob out of my paw. "We'll deal with this. You handle... That." And with that she and Vain left. I looked down at the poster I had been left with. Claire took the silence as the signal to read it aloud.
"Outlaw Wanted: Mai the Buneary- Has stolen an array of inventory from local markets and Kangaskan Storage units. She has been seen given these items to other pokemon. If found please apprehend the criminal and turn her in to us. You're cooperation will be rewarded." Claire looked up at us happily. But when she gets that look I knew we really had no say in the matter.
"Great. She was last seen... at Mt. Thorn." She told us. She folded up the paper and leaped up on my head, grabbing hold of my ears. "Ride us there Nobel Steed!" I growled and blushed when everyone around us started laughing at me for being literality ridden by a Pichu.