!!!DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!!!

Hey guys, sorry for taking so long xD I've been busy/procrasinating. Haha, I'm so irresponsible. I've finally gotten my own laptop (YAYS) so now I don't have to borrow my mom's. Anyways, here's the update you guys have been waiting so long for!

Three: Tide Takes a Razor Leaf to the Face

Chansey studied the Eggs in her care. Occasionally, one of them would twitch in their nests, but Chansey had learned long ago that that was normal. Instead, she picked up the stone-colored one and examined it.

The Egg had grown slightly since this morning, when she first saw it. Now, after Chansey's lunch, it was about… a pound or two heavier. Chansey knew that this wasn't the best sign in the world. Abnormal Egg growth -be it growing excessively or barely at all- wasn't good for the health of the Pokemon. Not only was it so large, but now it was warm- somewhat like touching a heated lamp. Warm, not quite to hot, but you couldn't hold it for long. Chansey set it back in its nest.

The only thing she was sure about that mystery Egg was that it held a Fire type.

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Bidoof flinched as a spray of leaves rocketed toward him at terrifying speeds. The green projectiles sliced at his nose and the rest of his already battered body. Exhausted- and terrified- he scrambled back towards the wall, admitting defeat. Sunflora was just too strong for him, even with the whole guild battling her. Well, not the whole guild- Tide was keeping watch in the pine tree, safe from Sunflora's attacks since he was sick.

Bidoof watched as Sunflora shot more leaves toward Chimecho. A few hit her, but several missed, and headed straight at Bidoof. With a yelp, Bidoof scurried under the tarp that Sunflora "brought" down from above. The Razor Leaves pounded on the tarp, but thankfully didn't slash through it. Bidoof, still scared out of his fur, peeked out from under the tarp.

The only other Pokemon that was done battling was Diglett, so Sunflora was still surrounded by most of the guild. Loudred shot a Hyper Voice at the Sun Pokemon. She braced herself against the attack, momentarily immobilized. Chatot spiraled in from overhead, and Pecked at Sunflora. Sunflora shot another volley of leaves at Chatot, sending him flying into the wall, but not knocked out.

Corphish projected a Bubblebeam at Sunflora. Although it hit her square in the chest, she was barely fazed. She aimed carefully yet quickly, and hurled more leaves toward Corphish. Immediately, Corphish set up a Protect. The Razor Leaves ricocheted off of the Protect, and flew off into the air, outside of the pit.

But soon Corphish's Protect faded, and Sunflora defeated him with a Giga Drain. Bidoof watched as Sunflora turned and continued to battle the rest of the guild.

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Tide continued to watch the clouds, mesmerized. Over to his right he saw one that looked like a gigantic treasure chest overflowing with jewels. Next to that cloud, he could see one that he swore looked just like him. But his mood continued to be gloomy. One cloud that he didn'tsee was the cloud that looked like Olivia. No, there wasn't a Charmander in the sky- nor a cloud one that looked like a human.

Down below, he heard the hum of battle coming from the pit trap. In fact, the noise was very loud, the low hum quickly becoming a loud whizzing. Startled, Tide sat up and- Wham!

Razor Leaves pummeled his face, sending him backward. Tide expected to land on his branch, but his fall went farther than that. The horrifying sensation of falling overtook him, and then- Wham! He bounced off a branch. Tide wanted to cry out, but his face was frozen. Everything about was frozen. He continued to plummet, and he felt pine needles rake his thick coat feathers. Wham! Tide bounced off another branch, and then finally landed in a holly bush.

Tide scrambled out of the bush; thankful his feathers prevented the prickly holly leaves from poking at his skin. When he emerged from the bush, a leaf was covering his face. Annoyed, he blew it off. "This is not my day," he grumbled as he rose to his flipper feet.

Quickly, Tide assessed his injuries. Luckily, nothing was broken (he thanked Mew for that) but he was pretty battered, and sure that he was going to have many bruises.

It took a minute for Tide to catch his breath that he'd been holding when he fell, but when he did, he realized that he wasn't in the clearing. In fact, he couldn't see the pine that he'd been sitting in.

Please… Please no…

Tide looked around desperately for his Treasure Bag. If he really was where he thought he was…

Tide swore. His words were more colorful than his upchuck earlier. He couldn't find his Treasure Bag. Desperate, he pushed his way through the undergrowth in the direction he thought was the clearing. Instead, he came along a thin path.

Mystifying Forest, Who Knows Where Section

Now Tide was fuming. He'd fallen into Mystifying Forest! He was stuck until he could find the exit. And, he had no Treasure Bag!

A rustling sound came from up ahead. Wary, Tide looked for what made the sound. A Munchlax stumbled out of the undergrowth. Its head whipped from side to side, until it spotted Tide.

"Munch?" The voice was male, and Tide knew that the Munchlax wasn't repeating its own name.

Slightly panicked, Tide sent a Bubblebeam to blast the Big Eater Pokemon. The Munchlax was thrown back a few feet, now afraid. Even from just one attack, the low-level Munchlax was done. It scurried away into the bushes on the side of the path.

Tide sighed in relief. He hoped all Pokemon were as weak as the Munchlax.

But, of course, that wasn't true.

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Bidoof watched, still under the tarp, as Sunflora battled the Guildmaster. Sunflora had skillfully knocked out all the other Pokemon, but she was wounded. She twirled, sending a shower of petals towards Wigglytuff. Wigglytuff screamed, launching a Hyper Voice attack and stopping most of the petals. A few hit him, causing to draw some blood, but he had also injured Sunflora, who was holding her leaf arms against the sides of her head. The Guildmaster immediately struck a Double Slap, causing Sunflora to forget about her ears. The Sun Pokemon shot one last spray of leaves, one leaf striking Wigglytuff square between the eyes.

"Retreat, minions! Retreat!" Guildmaster cried. Surprisingly quickly for such a chubby Pokemon, he climbed the rope ladder up and out the pit.

More than happy, Bidoof raced up to the rope ladder and climbed out. He followed Wigglytuff across the clearing and behind a line of bushes next to Tide's lookout pine tree. Soon, the rest of the guild was clustered with them behind the bushes. They watched as Sunflora climbed out and looked around quizzically. Then she shrugged and continued on her way to Luminous Spring.

Wigglytuff turned to address the group and clapped his hands together. "Our friendly friend only has to retrieve the treasure, and then she'll be able to graduate from the guild. Isn't that wonderful?"

The guild cheered. Wigglytuff went on.

"But now, we must go back to the guild and prepare for Sunflora's graduation! Chatot, if you will please fetch our friendly friend Tide."

Chatot tweeted in agreement to Wigglytuff, then took off, flying high into the sky to where Tide was keeping lookout. But quickly, Chatot came back in a rush, carrying Tide's Treasure Bag in his talons.

"Guildmaster!" he cried frantically. "Tide isn't up there! All that's there is his Treasure Bag!"

Wigglytuff looked puzzled, and then smiled. "Tide's playing hide and seek! Come out come out wherever you are!" he called, dashing off to look around the clearing.

Chatot covered most of his face with his wing in embarrassment. But quickly, he brought his wing back down. "Everyone spread out. Bidoof, please continue to look around the clearing with Wigglytuff. The rest of us will look for Tide in the Forest. If you get badly injured, or too hungry, use an Escape Orb." He fished around in Tide's Treasure Bag until he found three Escape Orbs. He passed one to Bidoof, one to Croagunk and his group with Corphish and Dugtrio, and the last to Chimecho, who was with Diglett and Loudred.

"Once it gets dark, use that Orb if you're in any way wounded or starving." Chatot turned and flew into Mystifying Forest with Tide's Treasure Bag. The rest of the dungeon party marched after him.

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Mystifying Forest, Who Knows Where Section

Tide wandered aimlessly through the dungeon, unsure of which way to go. If he'd had his Treasure Map, he would be able to tell which paths he'd already gone down. But he had left it in his Treasure Bag. At this point, Tide was getting pretty mad.

A few more Munchlax crossed his path, but he defeated them all with a single Bubblebeam. Once, a small group of Oddish had surrounded him, but he managed to defeat them all with Peck attacks, but he didn't get out of that one unscathed. He had a few cuts on his wings, and his energy was slightly sapped.

Blinking, he stepped into a tiny, circular clearing. His heart soared when he saw a ripe apple in the center. Without hesitation, he rushed toward it and picked it up. He devoured it in famished gulps until there was only the core left. Licking his beak, he turned around with renewed hope that he would make it out alive.

And stood, face to face, with a Beedrill.

The Beedrill made to stab at Tide with its left stinger, but Tide was quicker. He darted his face forward and Pecked the Poison Bee Pokemon in the eye.

The Beedrill let out a piercing cry, and four Beedrill appeared behind it. Trying to hold down his panic, Tide fired a Bubblebeam at the wounded Beedrill. The Beedrill plopped onto the ground, but was soon back up in the air. The eye that wasn't wounded was narrowed in anger. It let out another cry and the all the Beedrills shot forward.

Tide ducked under the oncoming attack, but a stinger grazed his head, creating a long, shallow cut. Tide straightened up and ran as fast as his short legs would allow. He dove into a bush, turning around and shooting Bubblebeams at the Beedrill. He was slightly protected from the bush, but the Beedrill were still scraping him. He felt a grumble in his belly, but it wasn't hunger. It was his Torrent ability.

Tide opened his beak to shoot out more Bubblebeams, but instead a forceful blast of water hit two Beedrills at the same time. He continued to launch the Hydro Pumps, but the Beedrills weren't backing down.

Great, Tide thought. They're probably close to using their Swarm ability.

The Beedrills continued to jab at Tide, scraping his face or wings, and sometimes his torso. Then one of the Poison Bees opened its mouth, and shot an array of tiny purple needles at Tide. Tide closed his eyes as the Poison Sting attack landed directly in his face. A horrible pain fired through his skull, and he felt his strength ebbing. Stupid poison.

Black spots started to envelop his vision. He aimed one last Hydro Pump at the Beedrills, but even with his Torrent ability, the force from his attack was weakened. He blinked, and one more stinger jabbed at him before he blacked out.

Tide blinked opens his eyes. At first, all he could see was something brown and hazy. He blinked again, and when his vision cleared he realized that he was looking up at the ceiling. His ceiling, the one at the guild! He was home! Delighted, he sat up, and saw that Chatot and Bidoof were sitting next to him. Chatot, whose feathers looked rather ruffled, spoke first.

"I hope you're grateful that I rescued you!" he snapped. "Those Beedrill were about to kill you! Why did you even go into the Forest?! Especially without your Treasure Bag! Goodness Mew, we might never have found you in that wretched Dungeon."

"An attack knocked me out of the tree!" Tide retorted. Although he was still tired, his Arrogant Piplup Pride was hurt, "I couldn't help where I landed! I can't fly!"

Chatot's eyes narrowed. In a voice that sounded completely like Tide, he said, "'an attack knocked me out of the tree!'" He returned to his normal, tempered voice. "Am I supposed to believe that? Until you are better, you are confined to the guild. No exceptions." Tide tried to argue, but Chatot ignored him and stormed out of the room.

Tide, still mad, turned to Bidoof. Trying his best to stay calm, he asked, "What happened to Sunflora?"

Bidoof shifted a little. "Well, you see, Tide, you've been out for a while. It's after lights out. Sunflora already graduated, and she's leaving in the morning. We've already eaten our supper. I saved some for you." Tentatively, he pushed a plate of fruit toward Tide.

Tide's anger melted slightly when he saw the food. In no time flat, the plate was polished off, shinier than it had been before. Tide wiped his beak with his wing and thanked Bidoof. Bidoof nodded, but he was already half asleep.

Although he was still too angry to sleep, Tide laid down in his bed of hay. In one day, he'd been sick, gone to Luminous Spring, and gotten lost and defeated in Mystifying Forest; not to mention he was now confined to the guild. How could things get any worse?

A/N Okay guys, guess what? The Egg is going to hatch in the next chapter. (And that's when this story will start to get interesting xD) "Free" cookies (xD) to whoever can guess what Pokemon is in it! Also, here's a hint: it IS a Fire type.

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