Pokemon Ranger Pokemon Ranger: The Mystery of the Reverse World- Chapter 11: Comments and Mysteries

"Looks like we'll have to stay here for the night…"

Kate looked around and turned to her friends, after she looked at the map on her Styler at a sunny afternoon.

"Anyone have a tent?" Lucas was looking around to everyone.

Dawn was rummaging in her bag, and then she pulled out a roll of cloth and sticks.

"I'm always prepared," Dawn spoke proudly, along with Piplup. "That's what my mom always says."

Kate, Dawn, and Keith (although Barry persisted in helping, Dawn told him to go get food with Lucas) were setting up the tent. Staravia, Grotle, and Bibarel were looking for firewood. After pitching up camp with little difficulty, everyone wiped his or her hands, and Barry looked at his Poketch.

"We still have a long time before night," He looked at everyone. "Why did we pitch the tent, anyway?"

"I know what we can do!" Dawn's face suddenly lit up. "You promised me that battle earlier, Barry."

"Wanna battle now?" Barry was in his competitive I'm-gonna-beat-you tone.

"Let's get started then!"

"Grotle is unable to battle!" Lucas was mediating the battle's end. "Dawn wins the match!"

Dawn and her Piplup wore their proud faces.

"Well, Barry," Dawn looked at her rival. "I must say. You almost won, if you hadn't took a risk in Dig."

Barry wanted to say something back, but everyone knows not to argue with Dawn when she asks for improvement, so he stayed quiet. Kate, who had never seen a battle before, was rather amazed at how Dawn's Piplup could dodge so quickly. She walked off from the clearing to see what Keith was doing back at camp. And there he was, standing on the banks of the passing river, releasing a captured Chingling.

"Preparing for the Capture Arena, right?"

Keith suddenly turned around, and saw his own rival standing before him. Kate approached him with a little smirk. She released her Capture Disc to capture a nearby Buneary.

"You should try wider circles to avoid certain attacks," She looked at her Styler when it blubbed an "OK!" and then she immediately released Buneary. "Don't forget to use those Poke Assists, too."

"You don't always have to coach me," Keith looked at her. "That was in Ranger School."

"I know," Kate was still smiling. "I just like having more competition. You should work harder to challenge me."

Her Piplup chirped with satisfaction, while Buizel crossed its arms at Piplup. Although Buizel could get angry at bit at Kate, Keith didn't seem to be anything near angry. What Kate said was a nice compliment for improvement. The two stayed silent for the moment, until Barry, Dawn, and Lucas returned.

"Apparently, Barry couldn't find any food," Dawn sighed.

"How about we fish?" Lucas looked at everyone. "Dawn, remember those old rods?"

"Absolutely not!" Barry looked at Lucas as if he was crazy. "I'm vegetarian, remember?"

"Oh, right."

"Look!" Dawn pointed a berry tree. "Those are Mago Berries! How can Barry miss those?"

"Fruit salad, then?" Lucas trailed off.

Everyone was inside sleeping bags (Dawn had extras for Kate and Keith). Dawn, who was awake, wondered about what happened at that moment when Jupiter's Skunktank used Smokescreen. The reason why she fainted so quickly… She didn't know how it happened. At that moment, she heard an agonizing screaming in her head. It was hurting her head so badly that she had to fall. Dawn suddenly closed her eyes to sleep.

A fading picture of a light was flying at her, and then someone jumped in front of them, and then someone screamed behind her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Dawn was looking into the blurry image of a blast of light, and a body then falling…

Dawn's eyes suddenly fluttered open, and she sat up and looked around. Everyone was asleep still. She glanced at her Poketch. It was four in the morning. Piplup, who had felt her stir, raised its head and looked at its trainer exiting the tent.

Dawn paced around the camp. What the heck was that? She sat down on a deserted log, and thought. So many things had been done, and they had to do something with her. Piplup refusing to get in its Pokeball… She was communicating to her Pokemon without speaking… Those terrible screams in her head when the smoke came… This dream… What's going on with me?

Dawn didn't know. She decided not to get to bed, but to prepare for the day. She should train her Pokemon for the Gym Battle with Maylene while the others wake up…

"Whoa. Dawn," Lucas was surprised to see Dawn already ready when he woke up. "What made you get up so early?"

"Oh, it's nothing," Dawn grinned. "Sometimes, you've got to be an early bird, you know."

Everyone else was up, and Lucas proceeded to make breakfast and some Poffins for the Pokemon. As Lucas got up and rolled his sleeping bag, he was still going over what he did at the Gallant Contest. Why did he hug Dawn, anyways? At least it gave him enough confidence to win the ribbon, and beat that obnoxious Harold…

Dawn was pacing around at the creek, only to be found by Kate.

"Dawn?" Kate was suddenly concerned. "Keith told me all those things you did that were weird."

Dawn wasn't so surprised. "Yeah."

"I need to ask you something. Did you wake up this morning? I mean, really early?"

"Yeah."

"Because of a nightmare?"

"Uh-huh."

"What did you see?"

"It was just a scream at first. Then someone who was in front of me fell…"

"Hmm… I might have a theory…"

Dawn looked at Kate who was trying to think the problem through. Then Kate looked back at her friend.

"I think it has something to do with the Guardians of the Lake, and a Pokemon whose power is darkness. I don't know anything about this… But if Galactic has anything to do with this, then I think they might be the cause… But it's a theory, okay?"

"Okay, then."

"Now that you know something, why don't you join everyone else over there? We have all day to get to Solaceon."

Keith was just finishing his report to Rhythmi when Isaac had come into the room. He was trying to pass without notice, but Keith was done with his report, and then Rhythmi's chair wheeled around.

"Oh!" She was stunned to see Isaac again. "You're here again?"

"Um…" Isaac was pondering on what to say. He shouldn't really tell her his real purpose.

"How many ideas do you have for Hastings?"

"Loads of them! And… I found some stuff about Galactic!"

"Okay. He in the research room downstairs."

Isaac rushed downstairs. He really wanted to say something to Rhyth, but it just didn't come. Perhaps another time.