((Malik challenged Roxanne and won the Stone Badge))
Mawile and Seedot were tired from their battle so I got them healed up at the Pokemon Center. After that we were back on the road
"So we head back over to Mr. Briney right?" I asked
"That's right" Tyler answered
"Okay but can we go threw Route 116 first? I heard there's cute Pokemon there" Taylor said
"Seriously?" Tyler and I asked
"What?" Taylor shrugged
Tyler and I kept saying we should just head straight for 's place but Taylor used her secret weapon. She made her Im gonna cry face. I always hated it when she used that against me so I agreed to go to make her stop. Before we could do anything some type of scientist asked us for our help. Apparently some people known as Team Aqua had stolen some parts from him. We reassured the man we'd get his property back to him. We headed down Route 116 and it didn't take long for Taylor to set her sights on a Pokemon that had crossed our path. It was the Kitten Pokemon known as Skitty. The little kitten looked tired, like it had just woke up from a nap
"A Skitty" I pointed out
"Are you gonna catch it?' Tyler asked
"Not yet" Taylor said giving the Pokemon a berry and some water to give it energy
Taylor said it didn't seem fair to battle a Pokemon if it's head wasn't in the game. She battled the Skitty with her Ralts and caught it
"Yay!" Taylor cheered holding her new Pokemon
"Our we done yet?" I asked
"Don't be so down. The whole point of a journey is to have fun" Taylor said walking forward
"Gotta give a point for that" Tyler smirked
"Hey I thought you were on my side" I whined
We walked for a short while when we came up to a cave and ran into a familiar face
"Mr. Briney?" we all wondered
"Oh, hello kids..." Mr. Briney frowned
"What are you doing here?" Tyler asked
"And why do you look so sad?" Taylor followed up
"Peeko and I were on our walk when we were attacked. He took Peeko!" Briney cried
"What?!" we all gasped
"Don't worry Mr. Briney, I'll find her!" I glared and ran inside the cave
"Malik wait!" the twins yelled
Mawile and I ran inside Rusturf Tunnel and saw a man wearing a blue outfit. Standing next to him was a Wingull
"Peeko!" I smiled
Mawile seemed relieved that he was okay "Wile!"
Wingull saw us running up and became very happy. The man stopped Peeko from coming over to us so I concluded that was the one who took the Seagull Pokemon in the first place
"Give Peeko back!" I demanded
"If you want it back so bad come and get it!" the man growled
The man threw out a Poochyena. I sent Mawile to take care of this
"Feint Attack!" I yelled
"Mawile!" Mawile disappered and slammed into the enemy
The Poochyena took the attack and used Howl to raise it's Attack power. I wasn't gonna give that man the chance to use anymore moves so I had Mawile use Fairy Wind to knock the Bite Pokemon out of the battle
"You want those parts so bad?! Here just take 'em!" the man growled giving me back what he stole and taking off
I dusted my hands off "Good riddance"
"Win!" Peeko cheered jumping on my shoulder
"Glad to see you're okay, Peeko" I smiled
Mr. Briney and my friends caught up to me and Peeko showered her trainer with love
"We saw that man running out. Was it Team Aqua?" Taylor wondered
"Yeah. I got those parts the guy was talking about too" I laughed
"You've saved my Peeko! Thank you so much! If there's anything you need from me just ask!" Mr. Briney said hugging his Pokemon
Mr. Briney back to his house and we went to Rustboro City. We met up with the scientist and gave him back his stolen parts. He introduced his to the president of the Devon Corporation, Mr. Stone. He thanked us for our assistance and asked us for one last thing
"These guys really like asking for help don't they?" I whispered to the twins
"Shh!" Taylor shushed me
Mr. Stone gave us a letter and asked us to deliver it to a man named Steven. Luckily he said could find him in Dewford, which is where we were going anyway so we accepted. We headed out and met up with Mr. Briney once more. He gladly gave us another ride to Dewford Town and we headed off. Dewford Town was really nice. Fresh air, the ocean, it was like a small vacation spot
"So, are we going to the gym of finding Steven first?" Taylor asked
"Gym first!" "Mawile!" my partner and I answered
"Calm down,Malik. The gym isn't going anywhere. We just track down Steven before he leaves town" Tyler said
Mawile and I sulked immediately. Taylor picked up Mawile and started walking while her brother pushed me along. We asked around town but know seemed to know where we could find Steven. After assuming he had left already, we got a tip that might be in Granite Cave so that's where we went. Mawile didn't seem too excited about going back there but had to get this letter to Steven. We went into the cave and entered and room with drawings all over the wall. There was man staring at the drawings as if he was studying them. He had light blue hair and was dressed very professionally. He seemed to be talking to himself about how the Pokemon looked didn't than how they should have and something called Mega Evolution. After that he noticed us and introduced himself as Steven. We gave Steven the letter and he asked us that if we found the drawings strange in any type of way. They didn't really seem weird to us, just a couple of Pokemon by the looks of it. Steven thanked us for our trouble of tracking him down and took his leave. Steven was very nice. We looked foward to seeing him again. After Steven left I took another hard look at the drawings. I didn't know what it was but I had felt like these images were important
"Alright Malik we can go to the gym now" Tyler smirked
"Huh...?" I responded
"Malik?" Taylor asked concerned
I was in some sort of trance of the drawings
Tyler and Mawile shook me "Malik! Hey!" "Mawile!"
I shook my head and came back to reality "Huh? What?"
"Are you back?" Tyler asked
I tilted my head "Where'd I go?"
"You tell us. Are you okay?" Taylor asked
"Why wouldn't I be?" I shrugged
"You were staring at the wall like you hypnotized or something" Tyler said
"Was I? Sorry. It was like it was telling a story... I couldn't help but listen" I said
"What kind of story?" Taylor asked
"Something about wreaking havoc? I... I can't remember" I answered
Tyler didn't like that I lost my memory by looking at a picture "Let's get outta here"
We left the cave and the twins kept asking me if I was okay or not
"Guys, I'm fine. Whatever it was it's gone now" I said
"I'd still feel better if we took it easy for a while. Let's just call it a day and go to the gym tomorrow" Taylor said
I wanted to take the Dewford Gym now but something told me Taylor was right. We checked into the Pokemon Center and got changed into our more comfortable clothes. After dinner I got in a little more training and went off to bed. We all let out our Pokemon so they could sleep with us
"Goodnight" I said lying down
"Goodnight" the twins replied in their bunk beds
Mawile got next to me and fell asleep. I looked at the bed over mine and saw Plusle, Minun, Seedot, Slakoth, the Ralts siblings, and Skitty asleep as well. I smiled and peacefully went ot sleep. Everything was good for a while until I suddenly couldn't stop coughing. I opened my eyes and I was standing in a molten area sorrounded by a vast ocean. I heard loud roars and saw two Pokemon fighting each other. I couldn't make them out but they reminded me of the images I saw back in Granite Cave. The Pokemon were bringing there fight towards me but my legs wouldn't let me move. I couldn't tell if it was some sort of trick or if I was just too scared. It was almost engulfed by the fight when a bright green light filled the sky. I covered my eyes to prevent myself from being blinded
"Ah!" I yelled jumping up and hitting the head on the bottom of the top bed "Gah...!"
I fell back unto my pillow and held my head. I looked around to find myself back in my bed. I concluded that it was all dream and went for a walk to calm myself down. I went outside and slashed water on my face
"Okay... That was weird..." I panted
"Mawile" a voice called out
I looked back and saw my team
"Hey guys. Did I wake you up? Sorry" I said as Seedot jumped on my shoulder and Slakoth crawled onto my back
Mawile came up and sat next to me. The fresh air felt nice so we just sat there on the beach for a while. The moon looked so beautiful shining off the water like it did. The waves kept hitting my feet whenever they came up. This is just what I needed to help me relax. My Pokemon fell back to sleep but I didn't want to wake them. They looked at peace as well. Sooner or later I followed their lead and drifted off to sleep too. A bright light woke me up and I somewhat panicked, thinking I was in that dream again until I looked up and saw it was just the sun rising. I calmed down and noticed my team was still passed out so I just kept still to keep from disturbing them
Taylor walked outside rubbing her eyes "Malik? What are you doing up so early?"
"I had a bad dream and came out here to calm down. These guys decided to keep me company" I smiled "What are you doing up?"
"I woke up and saw you were gone" Taylor said sitting next to me "The sun sure is pretty"
"You should've seen the moon" I smirked
"The moon? How long were you out here?" Taylor asked
"All night" I shrugged
"You sure everything's alright?"
I smiled at her "I sure"
Taylor smiled back at me and yawned
"Maybe you should go back to..."
Before I could finish my statement Taylor rested her head on my shoulder on fell asleep
"...bed" I said finishing my sentence "When did I become a pillow?"
((Is Malik psychic is something? What do you think happened to him in the cave and in his dream? Let me know. Questions, comments, and concerns are expected and accepted. Thanks for reading!))