Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Colt's POV
Before moving on we met up with Trevor and Tierno again, Shauna and I had a battle with them in which her Chespin evolved into Quilladin. After that Shauna started stalling.
"Do we have to go in there?" she shivered.
"It's the only way forward." I told her "It's just a small cave come on."
"But it's scary!" she cried.
"Just…hold my arm or something." I said.
"O-okay." She mumbled grabbing my arm as we walked forward.
"Aren't you two just cute together." Viola took a picture.
"S-stop teasing!" Shauna said "Delete that picture!"
We walked into the dark cave, I sent out Braixen to light the path for us, the cave was more like a tunnel and soon we were on the side of a cliff base overlooking a sandy shore.
"Wow!" Shauna gasped "It's so pretty."
"What a view!" Viola said taking a picture.
"It's certainly something, the water on the shore, we don't have this where I'm from." I said.
"What do you mean?" Viola asked.
"Well I was born and spent most of my life up to this point in my home region of Sinnoh." I told here "There are some beaches there but we have mostly lakes and mountains."
"Well let's go down there and get a better look!" Shauna said getting ready to run off.
"Stop right there!"
"WAH!" Shauna yelled.
"Aologies we hadn't meant to scare you." Dexio smiled walking up to us with Sina.
"Do you know these two?" Viola asked.
"They work for Professor Sycamore." I said.
"So we're here to power up your Pokedex." Sina said pressing buttons on my device "Ta-dah, you now have access to the Costal Kalos Pokedex!"
And with that the two left, as if nothing happened.
"They were weird." Viola said.
"Yes I think so to." I nodded "Hey Viola do you know where the next Gym is?"
"Yeah I'm pretty sure the next closest gym is in Cyllage City." She told me "To get there you have to pass through Ambrette Town."
"No use in waiting let's get to going." I smiled.
"That's the spirit!" Shauna cheered.
We started making our way down the cliffs and before we realized it we were just outside of Ambrette town.
"Hey there." Serena ran up to us "Fancy seeing you guys here."
"Hi Serena!" Shauna smiled.
"Are you guys passing through on your way to Cyllage city?" she asked.
"We sure are." Viola told her.
"Well if you're here for a bit care to check out the Fossil Lab with me?" she asked.
"Why not, that sounds interesting, I just have to stop by a Pokemon Center first." I told her "I'm gonna switch out my Snorlax with Swirlix."
"Go ahead we can meet you there." Serena told me.
The girls split off for a bit while I ran to the Pokemon Center and made a change in my team from the PC.
"Oh an E-mail from Mom." I said reading it "Hope you're doing well, Ryhorn misses you, stay safe and let me know how your doing…also meet a cute girl."
"Dear Mom." I typed back "I'm doing well, having lots of fun and making many friends…also leave me alone about girls."
I headed out of the Pokemon Center and found the girls at the Lab. We all went in together and met one of the scientist who told us that he heard Mega Evolution had something to do with stones. He also told us about the wonders of fossils and resotring prehistoric Pokemon from them, and lastly he told us that his assistant in Glittering Cave may know more about Mega Evolution.
"We should talk to that assistant." Serena said "Glittering Cave is on the end of Route 9, let's go!"
We headed out to Route 9 and saw the state of that traveling path, it was a chewed up rocky mess.
"The sign says you can only cross on a Ryhorn." Viola said.
"I don't know how." Shauna frowned.
"Can't say I do either." Serena added.
"Don't worry I can teach you." I said "My Mom was a professional Ryhorn Racer so I know a thing or two."
I found the one Ryhorn waiting.
"DO you mind if I get on?" I asked it.
"RY!" I grunted and stood up.
"Okay it's pretty simple." I said climbing on "Just sit between the plates, and hold the spike on the back, this Ryhorn knows the path so don't worry about steering, but if you have to just nudge it lightly on the side. Also it's a bumpy ride so hang on."
"I think I've got it." Serena said climbing on.
"WAH!" Shauna got thrown off hers "I can't do it!"
"I don't think this'll work." Viola laughed "You two go on ahead Shauna and I will go check out the Aquarium."
"If you're sure." I said "Come on Serena."
The two of us headed out towards Glittering Cave, the ride was bumpy but we were holding on well.
"HA!" I heard a snorting yelp.
"Whoa!" I gasped as Ryhorn jumped forward a bit.
"Uh-oh." Serena said as a pokemon came out from under the earth "I think you stepped on that Hippopotas."
The Pokemon that surfaced was a small and had a round head with two big nostrils. It's skin was mostly dark brown with a few lighter spots.
"Go Skiddo!" I threw out my Pokemon "Use Razor Leaf!"
"Skiddo!" it cheered throwing off an attack.
The Hippopotas took the attack before hurling mud at Skiddo who happily jumped around the rocks and tackled it, flipping the Pokemon over, I tossed a ball out and it wobbled before shutting.
"I caught it!" I smiled as Hippopotas was transported to my PC.
"Wow great job." Serena said as we arrived at the entrance to the gave "You're a natural at that."
"Thanks." I shrugged "I've never really been into Pokemon till you came to my house that morning but now I really love it. So I guess I owe you a little thanks."
The two of us walked into the cave and called out for the aide but got no answer.
"I wonder where he is?" Serena said.
"Is that the aides?" I asked pointing at a people just standing around in the cave.
The people standing there was in an obnoxious orange suit to match their hair and glasses.
"What's this?" the man said turning around.
"A nosy trainer." The woman with him said.
"Go home kiddos." The man said "This is Team Flare business."
"Team Flare?" I asked.
"Team Flare." The woman said "the most fashionable group with the goal of making ourselves happy. Don't you know not to play with fire?"
"No." I said "What are you doing here."
"I don't think these are good people." Serena said.
"Yeah, I know." I told her.
"I don't know who they are but we better take them out." Serena said taking out a pokeball.
"I agree." I said doing the same.
"Scraggy, Croagunk." The two grunts said tossing their Pokemon out.
"Espurr!" Serena said sending out her Pokemon.
"Swirlix!" I tossed out one of mine.
"Swirl!" the puff ball hopped in place.
"Swirlix Fairy Wind!"
"SWIRL!" the puff let off a gust that blasted the Scraggy.
"Croagunk use Poison Sting!"
"Cro!"
"Poison-Tpye moves are super effective on a Fariy type like Swirlix." I said "You have to dodge."
"There's no time Espurr take the hit!" Serena said.
"Espurr!" the Pokemon jump in front of Swirlix and took a punch from the frog.
"Return Espurr." Serena called her now injured Pokemon back.
"You didn't have to do that." I said.
"It's fine." She told me "Frogadier!"
Serena sent out a Pokemon that I quickly realized was the evolved form of her starter. We quickly double team knocked out the Scraggy and I pulled Swirlix back for its own safty.
"Braixen!" I threw out my starter "Use Psybeam!"
"BRAI!" I waved it's stick.
"Frogadier get in with Water Pulse!"
"FRO!"
Our two attacks hit the Croagunk and K.O'ed it.
"We…lost!" the two grunts yelled fleeing.
"Let's go check in on the scientist." I said.
"You're right he may be in trouble." Serena nodded running with me.
We found the man around the tunnels working like nothing had happened.
"Hello there." He said "Are you looking for Fossils as well?"
"Kinda? Are you alright?" Serena asked "Did Team Flare hurt you.
"Team what?" the man asked "Is that some sort of Pokémon?"
"He's clueless." I laughed.
"Don't worry about it." Serena smiled at the man.
"Well you two are lucky." The man said "I just found two fossils, but their duplicates of ones if already found so why don't you take them? I have a Jaw Fossil and a Sail fossil."
"You pick first Colt" Serena smiled.
"Well…the Sail Fossil looks cool." I said "It has a rainbow shininess too it."
"I'll take the other than." Serena said.
"You can have them restored at the lab if you like." The aide said "I hope to see you there."
The aide left and Serena and I looked around the cave a bit.
"That group was strange." She said "We should train more to travel safely."
Later
Serena and I got back to town and went right to the Fossil Lab to have our Fossils restored.
"Here you go." The man said walking out with two pokemon, one walked on two legs and had a big jaw and the other was on all fours with a long neck.
"The Jaw Fossil was restored to a Tyrunt." He said pointed to the big headed one before the other "And the Sail Fossil is now an Amaura."
"Amaura!" the pokemon smiled walking up to me.
"Hey there." I rubbed it's head "Aren't you adorable."
I quickly scanned it with my Pokedex.
"Amaura the Tundra Pokemon, an Rock-Ice-Type." The Dex said "This calm Pokémon lived in a cold land where there were no violent predators like Tyrantrum."
"Well I'll be seeing you around Colt." Serena said "Let's have a battle against each other next time okay?"
"Yeah let's do that." I smiled.
I walked out of the lab and it was only moments before Shauna came running out.
"You missed it Colt that Aquarium was so cool, there were all kinds of fish Pokemon there." She said.
"How was the cave?" Viola asked.
"Eventful." I said "I'll tell you on the way to Cyllage City."
AN
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