Chapter 8 Groudon's Heart

Foggy Forest was similar to Apple Woods, they both had plants and trees almost everywhere and they also were about the same size, although apart from that, they couldn't be any more different from each other. It was very foggy, so visibility was very limited.

It was so limited, that Yoshi almost ate Pika and Char 10 times each. Also, Pika and Char almost walked straight into wild Pokémon, but fortunately, Char usually had a type or power advantage and Pika was able to power up his ThunderShock with a Special Band.

After getting through, Team FlameTail found themselves in a foggy clearing with waterfalls that appeared to be falling from the sky... "We've finally gotten through the forest, although I can't see Fogbound Lake, only waterfalls falling from somewhere into large pools of water..." Pika said. "They have to be coming down from some source of water, maybe a lake?" Yoshi thought aloud. "Well, even if there was a lake above us, I don't know how we'd ever be able to get up there" said Char.

"Hey, hey, hey, there's something here!" shouted a familiar voice. "Hey, look over there, I think its Corphish, let's see what he's found" said Pika. The three ran over to Corphish, who was standing next to a large statue of a Pokémon. "What is that?" asked Pika. "It appears to be a statue of the continent Pokémon, Groudon" explained Yoshi. "Hey, hey, how do you know so much about Pokémon?" asked Corphish. "Yeah, it's like you're a Pokémon Encyclopaedia!" Char said.

"I actually don't know how I know these things; I guess I'm just lucky..." Yoshi said. "Hey look, I found an inscription on the side of the statue!" Pika shouted. Everyone ran over to Pika, who started reading the footprint runes. "It says, 'Re-ignite the life that burned within Groudon...then the path to the treasure will be revealed.' Path to the treasure? That must mean that the statue holds the secret to getting to Fogbound Lake!" cried a very excited Pika.

"I'll go report to the Guildmaster while you figure out the secret" Corphish said as he ran off. "Hey Char, I just thought of something, try touching the stone" Pika suggested. "Oh yeah, the visions, good idea." "What? How will touching the statue help you at all?" asked Yoshi. "Char has a special ability where sometimes if he touches something, he can see or hear about its past or future." "Oh, you mean the Dimensional Scream."

"Huh? Is that what it's called?" asked Char. "Yes, some Pokémon or humans are born with the ability, so it can't be learned. When someone who has this ability touches something, sometimes images and/or sounds travel through the dimensions and into the Pokémon, human, or in your case, human turned into a Pokémon."

"Oh, ok, well I'm going to see if I can use the Dimensional Scream now." Char touched the statue. "...Well Char, do you feel anything yet?" "Hmmm, not yet...! The familiar dizziness...Here it comes..."

Everything went black, then Char heard someone strangely familiar yell 'It's here! The Groudon Statue!', then Char returned to the present. "What was that? I only heard a voice, but who was it?...! What?...one straight after another?...Oh well..." thought Char as he blacked out yet again.

Char heard another familiar voice saying 'Place the Drought Stone into Groudon's Heart, which lifts the fog! Well done, good job partner!'

Then Char returned to the present, but he wasn't leaning on the statue anymore. Instead he was lying on the ground near the statue with Pika and Yoshi watching him, both looking worried. "Hey, what's wrong?" asked Char. "You just collapsed" said Yoshi. "What happened to you Char? We were worried" said Pika. "Well, I had two Dimensional Screams, so I became extremely dizzy so the dizziness must have caused me to collapse. But, I know what to do now, Yoshi, get that warm gem, or Drought Stone." Yoshi got the stone.

"Now, place it into Groudon's chest." explained Yoshi. "You mean here? Ok." Yoshi placed the Drought Stone into Groudon's Chest. Suddenly, the statues eyes flickered a brilliant red. Shortly after, the ground shook, then the whole statue glowed white. "Quickly, get away from the statue!" yelled Char as Team FlameTail ran away from the statue.

Suddenly, the light engulfed the whole area and Pika, expecting something bad to happen, shouted "Wahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Then, the light faded, and Team FlameTail found themselves in a visible clearing in the middle of Foggy Forest, which wasn't so foggy anymore.

"Hey, it looks like the runes were right! The path to the treasure must have been revealed when the fog disappeared! Let's go..." Pika said. "Wait! Before we head off, look up!" said Yoshi. Char and Pika looked up to see a lake on the top of a huge rock tower.

"Wow, that's amazing!" said Pika. "It looks like a tower of rocks, like Sky Tower, but smaller" Char said. "Huh? Oh, the lake, I guess that's amazing, but I was talking about the sun, it's in the middle of the sky, that means we've spent all night and almost all day in this forest." "Ok, well then, we'd better hurry then! Let's go! To search for the path to the treasure!" exclaimed Char.