"Master, we're coming in!"
Ash and Kobold had many ideas on what the guildmaster would be like, but they never expected an old man wearing a brown business suit, doing paperwork while a small Abra sat next to him, sleeping. This is Master Rowan, the guildmaster of the Order of Time.
"Hmm, what brings you here today, Dawn?" Rowan asked, one eyebrow raised in confusion.
"Umm we have a new recruit, master," Dawn replied timidly Why are they all so scared? Ash thought.
"Oh really?" Rowan finally looked at the two. Ash then understood why everyone was terrified of the guy. Those eyes staring right into one's soul... it's unnerving!
"What's your name, son?" the old man asked, glaring at Ash like a Noctowl.
"A-Ash sir, and this is my partner, Kobold," the raven stammered.
"Don't you have a last name?" Rowan inquired.
"Ash Quetzal," Ash blurted out, saying the first foreign plant that came into his mind, not that he knew how he knew about it.
"You don't seem like you do criminal acts, just one more thing," Rowan declared, moving face-to-face to the raven and gecko. "My guild is one of the toughest in Japonia. There aren't many here because they all quit after a month or so. Are you ready to handle the guild's rigorous training?"
Their training's tough if everyone quits after the first month, Ash thought. But I won't back down! "Yes sir!"
"Are you willing to put your life on the line, not backing out of anything, to help others in need?"
"Yes sir!" the raven repeated, hazel eyes burning with determination.
"And will you always protect your comrades, no matter the cost?"
"We will, sir!" Ash and Kobold exclaimed, clenching their hands into a fist in excitement.
"Then welcome to the guild!" Rowan smiled, hand outstretched.
"Thank you sir," Ash replied happily, accepting the handshake.
A/N: And the Order's Guildmaster is Rowan! I wonder what made everyone so scared of him... And if you're wondering why I changed Ash's last name it's because I find "Ketchum" a little weird so I changed it to something that almost sounds the same. Anyway let's go on with the show!
Sometimes it's hard to know,
Where you are supposed to go;
Where you belong, where you fit in,
Where you can bring out the you within!
But know, that with your friends,
Your adventures never end!
Yeah, deep inside, you know you're strong,
If you follow your heart, you can't go wrong!
Stand up! For all that is right,
Be brave! Prepare to fight for the light,
Hold on! We're friends for life,
And if we come together as one,
To claim what's ours, to right what's done,
Hand in hand, we will stay strong,
Complete the quest that we've begun,
We will win the battle,
Our lifelong battle!
Pokémon!
The Order of Time
Episode 4: The Viridia Tour
Order of Time, First Floor
"Hey Dawn, look at this," Ash exclaimed, him and Kobold racing to Dawn and Yellow, who were eagerly eating their meals. Ash showed off his new guildmark, a black gear on his upper chest, near his collarbone. Kobold also displayed his similar mark, which was on his left shoulder.
"Congrats, Ash! You're now an official member of the Order of Time!" Dawn congratulated as she finished the last mongrels of food on her bowl. "And as an older member, I get to give you the traditional tour around Viridia!" she puffed proudly.
"Hope you won't just show us the major shopping districts," Kobold remarked, making Ash and Yellow snicker.
"No I won't because unlike you I'm mature," Dawn retorted.
"I don't really think so, Dawn," Max interrupted as he sat next to the four. The bluenette just stuck her tongue out.
"By the way, where's your big sister?" Ash asked.
"Oh May? She went on a mission with Paul," Max answered. "Can't say the two of them get along, but there's not much we can do about it."
"Since you're not doing anything else why don't you join us?" Dawn suggested.
"Yeah, help us make sure Dawn doesn't lose us while checking the markets," Kobold remarked, which made Dawn sweatdrop.
"Good point," Max replied, suddenly smiling. "Okay, I'm in!"
Viridia City
"Welcome to Viridia City Square!" Dawn and Yellow introduced, showing Ash and Kobold a large plaza with many stalls filled with humans and Pokémon alike.
"So many people..." Ash and Kobold muttered in unison.
"There's naturally many people because this is where all of the important facilities are," Max explained.
The three humans and two Pokémon first went to a stall with a pink-haired woman and a Chansey.
"Welcome to the Healing Center! I am Nurse Joy, how can I help you?" the woman now known as Joy smiled.
"It's okay, Nurse Joy, we're just showing our new friend around," Dawn reassured, then went to face Ash. "As Joy said, this is the Healing, where injured Pokémon are treated and nursed back to health."
The next stall was quite big, which was connected to a large builiding. By the entrance of the building was a Kangaskhan and a woman that eerily looks like a grown-up May.
"Oh my gosh, Max! How are my two favorite children?" the woman exclaimed, wrapping Max in a bearhug.
"Mom... too... tight..." Max whimpered, trying to escape the hug of his mother.
"Well this is Caroline, Max and May's mother, and the owner of Kangaskhan Storage, where you can store items you can't afford to lose in dungeons," Dawn sweatdropped as Max's cries for help were heard as she explained.
"I can see whose genes May inherited..." Kobold muttered.
The next stall was... weird, in a lack of worda to describe it. The entire stall had two clashing designs, which look like a combination of a Meowth and a Duskull. It's evident that the person- er, people, who painted the area colored the building clumsily with splotches of grey and apricot.
"Welcome to the Meowskull Bank!" two people exclaimed, before glaring at each other with static in between their foreheads and arguing, as Yellow tried to stop the duo.
"This is the Meowskull Bank, led by Nyar and Dusk, where you store your money and treasures," Max explained. "However, once you store your money with one of these two blockheads," he pointed to the duo who was on the ground because of Yellow's Thundershock, "the other will refuse to attend to you."
"Okay?" Ash sweatdropped, grabbing a small Pokéjewel on the street and giving it to the black-haired man, which smiled creepily and stuck his tongue out to the blond-haired man, who huffed and looked away.
"This is the Kecleon Market, where you can buy necessities for exploration or for home use," Dawn remarked as the group entered a small market where a single person sat by the counter and several Kecleon crawled throughout the place, grabbing and storing different stuff.
"Hello, Dawn and Max!" the green-haired attendant smiled and waved at the bluenette.
"Hello to you too, Cilan!" the two aforementioned replied back.
"Who's the new guy? His flavor is quite interesting," the young man identified as Cilan asked, pointing at Ash.
"I'm Ash Quetzal," the raven introduced introduced himself.
"Well, hello, Ash! I'm Cilan Cleonis. If you need anything of any flavor, my shop will have it!" Cilan replied, bowing towards the three.
"Do you have eucalyptus flavor?" Kobold asked curiously, before Dawn and Max dragged him and Ash out, leaving the greenette with a rain cloud above is head.
"And here is the Police Station, where reports are made, which are then turned into missions for guilds," Max concluded as they went to the last part of the tour. As they entered the small building several police officers with Wingulls and Arcanines were entertaining different people who needed help with something.
"Hey, I know you, you're the kids who were being chased by Spearow!" Officer Jenny exclaimed as her eyes landed on Ash and Dawn, who were rubbing their heads sheepishly.
"Sorry ma'am", the two apologised, which made Jenny laugh.
"It's alright," Officer Jenny smiled. "After all, helping is what guilds and officers do!"
"I was wondering, are there any new jobs?" Dawn remarked, putting her finger on her chin.
"As a matter of fact, yes," Officer Jenny replied, leading them to a big board. "Five, to be exact."
"Since this is Ash's mission, we should do something easy," Dawn thought aloud, looking at the different missions. Ash also glanced at the different missions, before one caught his eye. He went to touch it, then everything went black.
A/N: Dun dun dun! I hope you like the different characters I introduced (especially the bank owners hahah), and shoutouts to those who can guess what happened in the end! Please review, and non-constructive flames will be deleted (aka that other guy).
to be continued...