Act I - Scene viii-ii: Team Rocket and the Moon Stone Initiative

"Ugh... why is it so dark in this cave?" Pokey complained to Ness. "It's a cave, of course it's dark." Noticing how big Mt. Moon is, Ness decided that they should split up. Pokey flailed around, saying: "I want to go with Midna!" "But I thought that the last time... Never mind, let's go!" Pokey had his reasons for wanting to go with Midna...

On the northern side: Pokey and Midna ran into a lot of encounters, mostly with Zubats and Geodudes... but mostly with Zubats "OH MY GOD! IF I RUN INTO 1 MORE ZUBAT, I'll..." "Pokey, calm down... Look at it this way, at least your Pokémon are getting some training done! And besides, Chameleon makes for a great light source." "Yeah... I GUESS so." Just then, a wild Hiker ambushed them. "Ah... such young traine-" "Just shut up and battle us already!" The battle began. "Pokey you didn't need to act so harsh... Why don't you let me take the battle?" He nodded. "Even though Wartortle would be the wisest decision, go Caterpie!" The opponent sent out 2 Geodudes. "What?!" "If you're going to send out that weakling, then I'll bring out my Geodudes." "Fine, Wartortle! Go!" Caterpie used String Shot and after that Squirtle only needed to perform a Water Gun to defeat the Geodudes. "Wait, how did you beat two at once?!" "If you were going to cheat like that, then I'll use some crafty tactics too." "Tch... kids.. Go Onix!" "Alright, Wartortle! Use-" "Wait, let me finish the battle!" Pokey screamed. "Why, we're already winning." Not listening to whatever she said, Pokey called for Charmeleon to use Flamethrower. The Onix fainted. "Wha- How could you kids beat me like that?! Team Rocket ain't payin' me enough to stop you wimps! I'm out!" "See how good training is?" "Yeah, yeah."

While walking aimlessly, Pokey muttered to himself. "Team Rocket..." Midna was worried, she knew that he was thinking of them. They stumbled into a Clefairy while walking around. "Wow, a real life Clefairy!" "Eh... it seems girly." It turned around, aggravated. In the Pokémon language, it said: "Who you callin' girly!?" The Clefairy was a very... manly one. "Ah, cool! I wanna catch it!" It was quite a resistant Clefairy, it continuously came out of the Pokéballs Pokey threw at it. On the last one, he was finally caught! "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah! I got one heck of a manly Clefairay!" He then let the Clefairy of of it's Pokéball. "I think I'll call you... Redd. Oh! And I'll call my Beedrill, Stingy."

After some more walking around, they found a ladder. "Uh... ladies first!" "Oh, just go down there! You have the Charmeleon!" After they made their decent, Pokey remembered (or at least thought it was the right time) why he asked to travel with Midna. "Uh... Midna?" "Yes?" "I was wondering..." "Oh Hylia, if he's in love with me..." she thought to herself. "...What were you and Ness talking about earlier?" Pokey said, perhaps using telepathy. "What?!" Midna said out loud. "What about what?" But Pokey asked the question again. "Um... well.." They were silent when climbing the ladder. But when they reached the bottom... They saw Team Rocket mine carts all over the cave. They were forcing the native Clefairy to mine their own Moon Stones as well as Fossils. In the distance, Pokey, Midna, and the rest of the Pokémon heard: "Ready... Set.. GO!" With that explosion, pieces of rock and smoke were all over. And now speaking in the human language, Redd screamed out: "You can't do this to mah people!" Team Rocket Grunts turned around and looked at Pokey and Midna while Redd started kicking and gnawing on various grunts' legs. "Is this 'thing' yer's?" "Uh..." They screamed and fainted.

When they awoke, they were handcuffed to each other and their Pokémon were missing... except for Redd. "Wha! Were did our Pokémon go!" Pokey freaked out, "And why are we handcuffed?" Midna looked at Redd. "What? I had to speak the truth!" "Yeah Midna, his people are trapped!" "Yeah, yeah, I know that, but you should have been more stealthy." "Me and stealth don't mix! I go straight out for the kill!" "Yeah, and why don't you just use your alien magic powers or whatever to break us loose?" "I keep telling you, they're not alien!" Just then, a Team Rocket Grunt appeared and whipped them. "OW!" "Well then get workin'!" "Pokey, I will have to talk to you la-" She him him staring at the Team Rocket Grunt. "Um.. What are you doing?" she whispered. "I have a plan."

Pokey decided to talk with the grunt. "So.. what's it like in Team Rocket?" "Huh?" "You know, how is Team Rocket?" "Oh, well you see..." Just when the Grunt was about to get into a tangent, Redd decided to attack. "Oh, I see! You'se was distractin' me so this Clefairy could attack, eh?" He beat Redd until he fainted. Then the Grunt tossed him into a mine cart that was leaving to wherever they go. "No, Redd! You were so rad!" 'Uh.. no one says 'rad' anymore, kid." He was about to strike again when Midna sent Ness a message: "Ness, if you're hearing this..."

On the southern side: Ness had the same problem as Pokey and Midna did, he ran into a lot of wild Pokémon. "Ugh... At least Pokey and Midna have Charmeleon to use as a light, I've got nothing. I'd use Pidgey, but the poor guy can't see in the dark." Ivysaur felt a bit bad. "Ah, no worries! That means they're taking the easy way out. And we got a new team member, Geodude!" He was next to Ness and Ivysaur. "Man, Brock was right! Geodudes are awesome!... Hey, speaking of which, since you live here, can you show us the way around?" Geodude happily obliged.

While he was walking, they found a ladder. "Hm... you know, let's walk around a little, get some items or something?" About ten minutes later, he and his Pokémon were exhausted from battling. "Okay... at least we got some items..." But his Pokémon just glared at him. "Alright, to make it up to you, I'll go down the ladder first.." While they were walking down, Ness complained. "I really should have taken some of that water..." When they got to the bottom, they saw a crater. "Hey, Geodude. What's up with the crater?" Geodude, using the Pokémon language, explained the origins of Mt. Moon to Ness. "Oh... Duh! That's why Team Rocket said they had a plan!" Just then Team Rocket appeared!

Jessie: Prepare for tro-

"Yeah, yeah. I heard it now long ago. Now let me pass!" Trying to lure him into a trap, James said: "Alright, go ahead. You know, there are some pretty good items coming up. We haven't taken them yet, so go and take a look." Ness was about to walk right into their trap, but Geodude reminded him to use his PSI. Ness sensed the ground he was about to walk on was weak, so he decided no t to continue. "What? Why don't you go?" "Well, I just remembered, I have to heal my Pokémon." Angered by this, Meowth tried pushing him in, with Jessie and James following, but Ness side stepped, and Team Rocket fell into their own pitfall. "What! How did ya know?" "First off, don't use the same trick twice, and in a row, might I add. Second, I'm psychic." "Curse you!" Ness had a hearty laugh and thought to himself, "How am I going to get pass this?" Then, it hit him. "Ivysaur, use Vine Whip to throw me across. Pidgey, just fly over it. And Geodude, when Ivysaur is done, carry him over." Ivysaur threw him over, but he hit his head. "Ouch... Can you be careful next time?" Ivysaur apologized while he has being carried across the wall by Geodude. "That would have been so much fun..."

Then, out of nowhere, Pokey and Midna's Pokémon appeared. "Huh, what are you guys doing here?" Wartortle and Charmeleon tried explaining it to Ness, who panicked. "We have to save them!" While he was running, right before he reached the ladder, he heard a message from Midna: "Ness, if you are hearing this, Team Rocket has captured us. I've teleported our Pokémon to you so that they may not be hurt. All but one have escaped. That one was a Clefairy that Pokey recently caught. It has been thrown in a mine cart and I have no idea where it is going, so please be very cautious."

While Ness and the other Pokémon walked up the ladder, he asked what it was like to be teleported. They responded: "Well, it was really freaky and fast... not to mention pretty trippy." "Oh, cool! But, I have to return you guys, for safekeeping, you know." When Ness reached the top, he was so surprised to see all of the Clefairies enslaved by Team Rocket. "OH MY HYLIA! We have to do something!" But, Ness was to loud and a bunch of Team Rocket members ambushed them. "So you the kid the boss warned us about, eh?" "Yeah... Hey, who's this 'boss' you're talking about?" "All in good time. We can have a bit fun while we're, with a trade. You see we have your little friends." "Yeah, I know! Give 'em back!" "Wait, how'd you know!" "'Cause we're psychic! (*gasps*) Really shouldn't have said that out loud..." "Ah.. I see..." The grunt, now using a walkie-talkie, talked to the grunt by Pokey and Midna. "You, did ya know that these kids are psychic?" "Nah.. just the girl.. And she's also apparently an alien." "Wow! So we can sell her with the Clefairy! Make quadruple the profit!" Ness, Pokey, and Midna screamed: "WHAT?!" in unison, though separated. "Yeah... I'll bring the kid to ya now." Just before Ness was about to scream, Team Rocket Grunts tazed him. "Night, kid."

When Ness woke up, he was in a different room, a room where all the mine carts led to. He woke up to find his backpack missing and Pokey, wearing white Team Rocket grunt clothes, shaking hands with the grunt from earlier, just like in the premonition. "I'm too late.." The grunt walked away and left Midna and a mine cart with them. "Pokey... why..?" "Why what? Why did I just save your lives?" "... Wait, what?" "That's right, I'm a trainee to being a Team Rocket member! I just have to 'dispose' of you three." Pokey motioned them to get in the mine cart and make as much pained noises as possible. "Ya! Take that, you... uh.. menace! And.. uh... PILE-DRIVE!" Pokey then whispered to Midna "Do you have anything that will make you guys seem dead?" "Um... yeah. Here it goes!" And with that, Ness and Midna were temporarily, legally, dead. "Wow, you took care of your friends that fast? Aw.. but that alien girl is dead." "Yeah, she went in to protect that other kid." "Makes sense... But.. just..Wow, you're really somethin' kid. Okay, be prepared, we're gonna blow this mountain!" "WHAT!?" "Yeah, well, only this part, we've mined it out. But, who cares, right? You killed your best friends, so this should be a piece of cake!" "Um... yeah!" "Alright, 10 minutes and counting." The Grunt ran off.

"Uh... Please wake up soon! Please! Please!" Pokey just started wheeling them out of the area. "Uh... Ness! My new Pokémon and your backpack are in here! Midna! The other day I found $20 and spent it all on snacks! You guys can have some! Just wake up!" They woke up after three minutes passed. "Okay, explain what happened." After a 5 and a half minute tale, they were finally caught up. "Alright, where is the bomb? I'll tell you what to do with it." Midna wrote the instructions on his arm and Pokey proceeded to his 'comrades'. "Hey! it's that kid I told you about! How would you like to be the one who uses the bomb?" "Yay! It's been my lifelong dream! But first, I should investigate it, see if it works y'know? Wouldn't want it to backfire on you guys." "God, this kid is priceless! Alright, you've got it!"

Midna wrote down the most simple instructions, that a toddler could do it. "Okay.. cut that..." When it reached 30 seconds, Pokey ran back and began the exciting countdown with Team Rocket. "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..!" An explosion occurred and Pokey was caught in it. "No!... KID!" Team Rocket (and the trio) were able to make it out. "That poor kid... Ah well! Time to go back to the base!" The TR trio asked if they should come. "You know what, sure." They were so happy, but James got caught up in something else, so they didn't leave.

Back in the cave... Pokey got back into his normal clothes and helped Midna and Ness out of the cart. "Wow... I've got to admit, illusions rock!" Pokey screamed "Yeah.. (*yawns*) but it takes a lot out of me..." "Now to help free the Clefairy..." An old couple descended a long ladder. "Hello fellow adventurers! We run the shop at the Mt. Moon Square, on the top of the mountain. We would like to thank you for freeing the Clefair-" "Yeah, about that... we're gonna need help." "Oh-ho! That'll be no problem, boy!" After about an hour of walking around the cave, all the Clefairy left. "I wonder where they're going." "No worries, you'll see them soon." "So can we spend a night at this Square?" "Oh sure! I mean it is getting late." "Thanks!"

After that, the trio saw a beautiful thing... All the Clefairy danced around a giant Moon Stone. Pokey let Redd out, as well as all his other Pokémon out. And low and behold, Redd had evolved into Clefable! "Huh, I guess that means that all of the Pokémon on your team have all evolved at least once or have reached their final stage... congrats Pokey!" Ness and Midna gave Pokey a hug. When Midna released her Pokémon, her Caterpie decided to evolve too. "Wow! A Metapod! Just wait until he evolves into a beautiful Butterfree!" The three and all their Pokémon fell asleep under the stars that night...

The next morning, the old couple let Ness and co. stock up on items for free and led them out of the cave. "Thanks so much! And remember to tell others about the Mt. Moon Square!" "We will!" And with that, the group made their way through Route 4 in a breeze and ended up in Cerulean City!

Author's Note:

Hello fellow readers! Stuff got pretty serious, huh? Will Pokey's question be answered? Well, continue reading to find out what happens next in the next chapter (when it comes out)! But, let us go into the references:

References:

- This Mt. Moon was based off of FireRed and LeafGreen

- Zubats and Geodudes are ALWAYS in caves (except in Black/White, since... you know, I won't drag Gen 5 hate into this). You know there's an old saying: 3 Things are infinite - God, the Universe, and the amount Zubats in caves.

- I am pretty sure 1 or 2 trainers were working for Team Rocket in the originals, but if not, I always believed a few were... I'll go check later

- The manly Clefairy, Redd, is the Blockhead Clefairy from the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, which you'd probably only know if you were a super geek, like me, or you read mangas. The Redd part is actually a joke since he's supposed to be dumb (and there's already a Red in this), but is also a pun on Redd from Animal Crossing, since Redd will be greedy (later...)

- Beedrill as "Stingy"... it's pretty easy to figure out

- Team Rocket being really cruel and having whips is a reference to how they originally were. Look at their Gen I sprites, they have whips!

- When Ness cut off the motto and foiled the pitfall trap so easily, it is a reference to how repetitive the TR trio can be sometimes

- The "teleporting is trippy" thing is also kinda self-explanitory (because it probably would be), but it is also a shout out to EarthBound's trippy battle backgrounds

- I am also pretty sure Team Rocket blew a lot of stuff up in the original anime (at least they weren't afraid to use guns!)

- Mt. Moon Square didn't appear until Generation II, but I threw it in there because if a region changed in a remake, as long as it isn't something that would be over a period of time, I'll throw it in.

Until next time! N Nintendo Wii Trust! Do U?