The Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series of games are owned by Gamefreak and Nintendo and are not my property.
I own 2 OCs in this, that being the main character Pokemon in the Time, Darkness, Sky games and their partner. Their names will be Trish the Vulpix and Maxi the Mawile and the story will be told by Trish's POV.
If I add any new OCs, I will introduce them with their names in bold.
With this out of the way, let's begin.
Chapter 10
When we returned back from our jobs, we had a hearty dinner that I managed to get through despite Team Skull eating right next to me and Maxi, which we didn't like, but had to suck it up. We then went to bed and I had yet another dream.
The place looked to be an area that was full of dark skies and I saw a tower in the distance. One that looked to have been broken apart from the middle and it had partially fell down, but with the rest of it being suspended in the air, frozen in time. "There it is. Temporal Tower. The place where all of this chaos unfolded," Groovy said to me with a frown, his figure still as shadowy as before. "We shouldn't be here, Groovy. Primal Dialga and his lackeys could be anywhere here," I frowned at him in my memory. "I know... we just need to learn if there is anything from this area that is important, like how to get here in the past," Groovy frowned at me.
I sighed and put my hand on what looked to be a small pedestal, which was covered in strange letters. "Mm..." I hummed as I looked to be struggling until I finally opened my eyes. "It was just a few words I got this time... I got the words "Hidden Land", "Proof of a Hero", and "Sea of Time". I don't know what these could possibly mean, but they sound like they all correlate to Temporal Tower," I said to Groovy. "Well, at least that's something... now we just need to go back in time and stop this from happening," Groovy said to me. "Yeah... we need to find Celebi before these Sableye goons find us, or else we'll never be able to save the world," I said with seriousness in my voice as me and Groovy suddenly vanished. Why did that happen? Simple...
"UP AND AT 'EM! IT'S MORNING!" Loudred exclaimed. "Rgh... Getting up," Maxi groaned as I got up as well. "Did you have any dreams last night, Trish?" Maxi asked me. "Yeah... and now I know what the tower's name is... Temporal Tower. I also know that there are a few things relating to it, but just a few words... those being "Hidden Land", "Proof of a Hero", and "Sea of Time." We need to find out what and where those things are before we make a move," I frowned at Maxi as we got out to the meeting. We did our cheer and after everyone dispersed, Chatot looked at us with a smile.
"Ah, you two. Today, your task is going to be gathering supplies to replenish the larder," Chatot said. "Um... what do you mean? You mean we need to get more food?" Maxi asked. "Precisely. We inspected the food stock this morning... and for some unexplainable reason, it has sharply declined... and moreover, our entire stock of Perfect Apples have dropped to 0. That was the only item to get wiped out completely," Chatot explained. "What's a Perfect Apple?" I asked. "They are very big and very delicious apples. But more than that, they are the Guildmaster's favorite food. If the Guildmaster doesn't have his supply of Perfect Apples... th-then... urk... it's too horrifying to mention..." Chatot said with a shiver. "Sounds serious... almost like what happened yesterday morning, huh?" Maxi asked. "Even worse than that! It's imperative that we get Perfect Apples. You'll need to go to Apple Woods in order to get more, which they are in the deepest part of the forest. Find them and bring them back. It's crucial that you do not fail in this mission," Chatot said to us. "Got it! We'll get those Perfect Apples, don't you worry," Maxi smiled.
We then went on our way out of the guild, but just as we were about to leave, we got stopped by someone shouting at us. "W-WAIT! I forgot to give you something!" Chatot exclaimed from behind us as he rushed out and had something in his hand. "What is that?... Wait... that stone!" Maxi gawked at the item in Chatot's hand. It looked to be a strap-on headband that had a single stone inside of it, that being the Mawilite! "This headband has the refined Mawilite within it. Once you have it on you, Maxi, simply touch the stone and you will Mega Evolve!" Chatot smiled. "Thank you, Chatot! This is going to be sweet!" Maxi smirked as we then went off on our way to Apple Woods, which was placed on our map as a forest with red dots in it.
It took about as long as it took to get to Waterfall Cave, about a half hour, but we eventually made it to the start of the woods where we saw the trees had smaller apples on them at the start of the area. "Let's go and get those Perfect Apples," I smiled as we proceeded our way into the wooded area, finding out that it too was a Mystery Dungeon. It was filled with mostly grass and bug type Pokemon that Maxi pointed out as we traveled through, which included Caterpie, Butterfree, Oddish, Gloom, and some others such as Combee, Paras, and a few allies that joined us in the form of Beedrill, Burmy, and Exeggutor, all three of them proving that they were tough, which was doubly cool for Burmy, given he was incredibly short. We actually had to send back Beedrill in favor of Exeggutor, which she didn't really mind at all. "I'm sure I'll join up with you at some point in the future, so I'll stay behind for this," Beedrill smiled as she returned back to her home from our badge shining on her.
We continued through until we reached a clearing, our stomachs rumbling from all the walking we had to do. "Ah! There it is! Those are Perfect Apples!" Burmy smiled as we approached the gigantic tree and we saw quite a few hanging on the branches. "Okay, now how do we get them down?" Maxi asked. But then I caught something on the breeze. The horrid stench of our enemies. "Chaw-haw! Nicely done!" said the familiar voice of Skuntank as he and his fellow lackeys appeared out of the tree and landed on the ground in front of us. "W-What?! You three again?! What were you doing in that tree?" I growled at them. "Hehe, you wimps took so long, we're about ready to burst! BURP!" Zubat smirked, which I could tell they weren't joking by their big bellies. "You have been eating all the Perfect Apples?! You knew we were going foraging for them, so you decide to just mess with us?! You know you could do much better things than messing with innocent people like us, right?!" Maxi growled at them.
"Why are you going to fight? I was even going to offer to help you," Skuntank smiled, catching us off guard. "You want those Perfect Apples? Couldn't be simpler," Skuntank smiled as he tackled the tree a couple times so that at least 10 different Perfect Apples fell onto the ground around them. "Well, what are you waiting for? Pick them up," Skuntank smiled. We simply stood in place, not daring to move forward. "What's wrong? Aren't you going to pick them up?" Skuntank smiled. "We're onto your mind games, you bullies! You were probably planning on attacking us the moment we went to get them, huh?!" I exclaimed at them, which I could tell shocked them. "Color me surprised, they didn't fall for it!" Zubat gawked. "Total bummer," Koffing frowned.
"We knew it! We knew you were up to no good!" Maxi exclaimed. "Like we care... we didn't want to have to do this, but we gotta stop you right here," Skuntank smiled as he and Koffing stood side by side and looked to be snickering. It was then that I had an idea of what they were planning on doing. "Maxi. Touch your stone. We're taking these thugs out," I smiled at her. "Got it!" Maxi smiled as Skuntank and Koffing looked at us with a smile. Maxi touched her Mawilite headband and her body became cloaked in bright light as she suddenly grew a couple of inches in height, she gained another giant jaw, and she gained extra fur on her body that made her look regal! "W-WHAT?!" Skuntank gawked. "Bah! Like that's going to matter! Koffing and I will use our... Noxious Gas Special combo!" Skuntank smiled wickedly as I instinctively covered my nose as a giant flume of horrid fumes came at us, which I could immediately tell didn't effect Maxi at all!
She simply walked right through the horrid gas and threw Koffing and Skuntank behind me with her giant mouths alone! "How do you like my special Seismic Toss?! Learned it from my papa Primeape," Maxi smirked widely as she simply picked up 7 of the Perfect Apples before Zubat caught on and grabbed a few apples too, trying to tackle Maxi to the ground... but he got stopped in place by her using Sucker Punch to attack Zubat, which sent him directly back to Skuntank and Koffing, all of them running off after that. I groaned and let my nose go of the stench as I saw Maxi lose her Mega Evolved status and return to normal, her nose immediately scrunching up at the stench. "UGH! T-THAT REEKS!" she exclaimed as I noticed that Exeggutor and Burmy had passed out from the gas. "Let's all return to the guild now with our Team Badges. Without washing off. This horrid stench should be enough to paint Team Skull as the bad guys," I frowned. "Good thinking... we'll probably have these two looked after by Chimecho in the meantime..." Maxi frowned as we all warped back to the guild.
"UGH! Why do you all smell so rank?!" Chatot immediately exclaimed when he smelled our bodies. "Think about who made this exact same stench yesterday morning. They ate nearly every single Perfect Apple in the tree and then tried to knock us out with a horrid gas attack. Luckily, I caught onto their act and Maxi managed to Mega Evolve and sent them all packing. We also managed to get 7 Perfect Apples in the end," I explained as I showed him the 7 we obtained, luckily none of them being tainted from the stench. "Well... I don't know why Team Skull would try and prevent you from getting these Perfect Apples, but I will have an honest talk with them about this," Chatot frowned.
"It's because they're bullies that tried to steal my treasure when we first met, then they attacked Trish with a gas attack a few days ago, and I have a sneaking suspicion that they were the ones that depleted our food stock. After all, before we fought them, they outright admitted that they ate most of the apples in the tree," Maxi growled. "We'll discuss this later. For now, we should add your Perfect Apples to the food stock and give them to the Guildmaster. We'll also need to get some help from other guild members to get more Perfect Apples in the next couple of days, as 7 won't last us for long," Chatot frowned. "Just be sure that Team Skull is punished quite badly for doing this. Oh, and make sure the food stock is locked up tight from now on," I frowned at him.
"Of course," Chatot said grimly as we were soon joined by Team Skull appearing from the ladder, which was followed by Chatot and our group glaring at them. "Whatever they told you, it's all lies, Chaw-haw-haw!" Skuntank chortled. "Their horrid stench says otherwise, Skuntank. You and your exploration team are in HUGE trouble!" Chatot growled at them. "Peh. Whaddaya gonna do?" Zubat smirked. "The only thing that will ensure you don't pull a stunt like this again! You are not to eat dinner with us for the remainder of your stay here!" Chatot exclaimed at them, which I could tell shocked the trio big time.
"W-WHAT?! Y-You can't be serious!" Koffing exclaimed. "I am DEAD serious! Attacking your fellow members, interfering with their work, and trying to steal one of their personal items?! You're lucky that I'm giving you this punishment instead of turning you all in to Officer Magnezone!" Chatot growled at them. "Rgh..." Skuntank growled as Maxi and I simply went over to our two allies in Exeggutor and Burmy, both of them starting to stir from their state of unconsciousness. "Ugh... t-that stench... horrible..." Burmy groaned.