"This is getting boring." Leo groaned. Still travelling in the mountains, heading for Oreburgh.
"Shut up, Leo." Nina snapped. "It could be worse."
"Yeah, how can it get any worse than this?" Leo rolled his eyes.
"We could be climbing up to the top of Mt. Coronet." Lian said, glancing over the map. It was a newer map, Arbok had given it to them after their old when kinda got all messed up and crap.
"Yikes. Good point."
Nina sighed. "Are we almost out Lian?" She asked him.
"Yep. Just a little more mountains..."
"HEY GUYS LOOK AT THIS." Leo's voice made both pokemon stop and look up.
Leo was spinning his tails and flying through the air. "I forgot to show you I could do th-"
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO STAY OUT OF THE AIR."
WHAM.
"Ow." Leo moaned, on the ground after a certain Swablu kicked him.
Nina grabbed Leo by the tails and dragged him across the ground.
Some time later...
"Well we finally made it! Oreburgh City!" Lian said, staring at the map.
"Wow, Lian, It's great. Everything is just like I remember it. COMPLETELY BARREN." Nina yelled.
The group lie at the base of a hill, starring at a peaceful grassy field.
Lian took a closer look at the map. "Well, Oreburgh is South of here. And Eterna City is North. Up this long road that bikers take."
"... Oh." Nina murmered.
"SOUTHWARD THEN!" Leo cried, pointing in that direction.
They set off, and in a few minutes, the group stood before the actual Oreburgh City.
"It's just like I remember..." Nina mumbled, dazed.
"It looks like a crappy town to me." Leo snorted.
He couldn't lie. Truthfully, the ground was mostly dirt, with a few roads here and there.
"Well, it's a mining town. Arbok said we might find a Dawn Stone here." Lian said, folding the map and placing it back in his sack.
"Well, let's start looking then!" Leo shouted, running forward.
"Wait just a minute, we need more supplies first!" Nina declared, pulling Leo by the scruff. "Go get us some potions from the mart."
"Fine." Leo groaned.
"Uh... I'm not sure that's a goo-" Lian started to say, but Leo had already taken off.
This wasn't going to end well...
"Hey, lady. Give me a couple of potions, will you?" Leo asked, leaping up on the mart's countertop.
"AHHH. A RABID BUIZEL." The lady called.
"REALLY? TURTWIG, RAZOR LEAF!"
"DIE BUIZEL!"
"OH MY GROUDON!"
Leo burst out of the store, dodging several razor leaves.
He ran over to his friends, who looked like they were enjoying their friend's pain.
"YOU KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, DIDN'T YOU NINA?" Leo yelled.
"No, of course not." Nina replied sweetly.
"Anyway. We should head for the mine. I bet we can find a Dawn Stone there." Lian said. "I think it's South of here, at the edge of the city."
The group headed in that direction. When they arrived in front of the mine, they found a group of people gathered.
"They don't look too happy." Leo declared.
"Thanks for stating the obvious." Nina snorted.
"Be quiet, I'm trying to listen." Lian hissed.
"... I'm serious. It's too dangerous to go inside!"
"A few pokemon can't cause too much trouble!"
"A few pokemon! I saw dozens of them!"
"And they're tough looking too!"
The crowd started shouting and yelling at eachother. Suddenly, they stopped. Another person appeared in the crowd.
"Miners, I assure you that this problem can be handled. I'll settle this." The man said.
"Who's that?" Leo asked.
"Roark, the gym leader." Nina answered, staring at the scene.
"Gym leader? What's that?" Leo blinked, confused.
"One of eight trainers that give out badges to trainers who defeat them. They're very experienced pokemon trainers." Lian replied.
"Sweet! I wanna battle him!" Leo smirked.
"You can't, moron, you're a pokemon." Nina snapped.
"Testy, aren't we?"
"That gave me an idea. We should go help Roark fight whatever is happening in the mines." Lian said.
"Finally. Action around here!" Leo started walking towards the mine, the others following him.
They slinked by unnoticed by the crowd, slipping into the mine.
After thier eyes adjusted to the dark light, the pokemon took a look around the mine. It looked pretty quiet.
"Well I don't see a pr- OH MY GROUDON. WHAT IS THAT." Leo shouted as red eyes began appearing.
"Aw great more of yo- Oh wait. They're not humans." A voice said.
Pokemon appeared from the shadows, surrounding the group of very confused looking pokemon.
"Come with us, let's get out of here before more humans come skipping in here." A pokemon said, dragging the travellers further in the mine.
Once they were all in the mine, the pokemon sat down.
"Forgive me for failing to introduce myself. My name is Galestripe the Aerodactyl. This is Blacktail the Cranidos and Shadow the Shieldon." The voice, known as Galestripe said.
Closer inspection showed that Galestipe had swirly stripes down her back, Blacktail indeed had a black tail, and Shadow was a deeper shade of brown than normal.
"Why are the people all worked up about you guys?" Lian asked.
"Simple. We were going about our business when they decide to dig up our home. I knew we shouldn't have chosen to live here." Blacktail sighed.
"They're sending Roark after you guys." Nina told the trio of ancient pokemon.
"ROARK!" The three cried in unison.
"OH MAN WE ARE SO SCREWED." Shadow cried.
"No. We shall stand our ground and fight." Galestripe declared.
"AND WE'LL HELP YOU." Leo yelled, leaping to his feet.
"... We will?" Lian asked, stunned.
"It's not like we have anything better to do." Nina snorted.
"And I'm sure that the other pokemon'll help us." Blacktail smirked.
"LET'S KILL STUFF." Leo and Shadow yelled, leaping up in the air.
