No, no, no. I don't own pokemon. Don't try to convince me otherwise!

Chapter 7

The Start of an Adventure: Part 2

It was late, though Cyndaquil couldn't seem to fall asleep. He had tried, though the thought of an adventure ahead was keeping him awake. He kept thinking about what would happen here if he never came home. He couldn't clear his head, and he couldn't sleep, so he decided to go to the hill near the Moon Temple. He found it relaxing here, and came whenever he could.

He heard a voice behind him say, "Cyndaquil? Is that you?" It was Chikorita. He hadn't been expecting that.

"Yeah, it's me. You can't sleep either?"

"Pretty much. What are you doing here?"

"I came here because I couldn't sleep. What about you?"

"Oh, I came here because I thought I saw you come here, and I was wondering why."

"Well, I really should try to get to sleep. See ya tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you."

They went home and, after a long enough time, managed to fall asleep. The next morning, everyone was gathered at the Sun Temple to see them off. They were still a little nervous, though they knew Mew would tell them where to head first. They once again traveled down the tunnel, and descended the tower.

Once they were outside, Mew told them, "Young ones, you need more information on the enemy that you are going to face. Uxie should be able to provide you with this. You must seek passage to the Isle of Knowledge, and, once there, work your way towards the heart of the island, and speak with Uxie. I will meet you at the docks when you return." It then flew into the forest, leaving Cyndaquil and Chikorita to figure out not only which town has a boat that they could use, but also how to get there.

"Well, it looks like Hurricane City is the closest to the ocean. Maybe they have a boat."

"It's worth a try, Chikorita. How do we get there?"

"It looks like we have to go through a small forest, over a mountain, and across a river."

"Okay, let's get going." They headed off in the direction of the forest, known as Soul Forest. It began well, but they were soon swarmed by the Beedrill in the forest. There were so many, not even Cyndaquil could handle them all. He was using as many embers as possible, but several still came close. Then, all of a sudden, the Beedrill began to stop attacking and fly off. Cyndaquil and Chikorita were confused, but continued on anyway. For the first time, they noticed the trees seemed so full of life, as if they would get up and follow them around. There were also many flowers on the floor of the forest. It was so serene and captivating.

The mountain was easier to get over than it was to get through the forest, though it wasn't easy by any means. There were rocks, boulders, and pebbles everywhere, with hardly any vegetation. They were lucky that nothing attacked them, though Chikorita would've had an easy time. They were glad once they finally made it down, as well as exhausted.

Then, there was the river. They realized that there wasn't a bridge, so they had to figure out how to cross it. "Chikorita, how about you shape a boat out of a log?"

"Hey, that could work! I'll get right on it." They worked together to get a log to an open area, and then Chikorita began shaping the boat. It took a while, but when it was done, it was very neatly carved, with a small flowers carved into some parts. They rode it across the river, and began heading toward Hurricane Village.

Hurricane village was built very close to the sea, and as such, was extremely vulnerable to storms, which is how it earned it's name. There were several boats in the harbor, so Cyndaquil and Chikorita began looking for someone who owned one. After asking a few Vaporeons, a Squirtle, and a Croconaw, they found a Wartortle who was sitting on a bench near a ship.

"Excuse me, but are you the owner of this ship?"

"Hmm? 'Aye, Matey. This be me prized possession, it be. Ye aint lookin 't buy it, are ye, laddies?"

"Oh, no, it's nothing like that, sir. We were wondering if you could take us to the Isle of Knowledge."

"'Aye, 'course I can! Me ship can get ya there in a heartbeat!"

"That's great! My name's Cyndaquil"

"And mine's Chikorita."

"'Tis a pleasure 'ta meet ye, laddies! Me name's Surge, and this be the 'Aqua King'"

"Nice to meet you, Surge!"

"Now, maties, let's shove off! Set course fer the Isle of Knowledge!"

To be continued…


Yeah, I made Surge sound like (if not, similar to) a pirate. What of it?