Still sitting here, feeling like crap. I've got a bucket here, just in case my stomach decides to empty itself, with or without my consent.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: The Shroud of Darkness

Chapter 13 – Discovered

"People?" asked Ian quizzically.

I tried not to look too suspicious as he pondered more on this.

"Uh…what about it?" asked Katie.

Ian snapped back to reality from his daydre-er, thoughts. "Huh? Oh, right. Y'see, my dad had a good friend that used that when he talked about where he was from. Turns out, he was a human."

If this had been done in Japanese Anime/Manga style right then, my pupils would've been the size of a grain of sand.

Mido looked at Ian a bit weirdly. "I remember him, but wasn't he a bit…crazy? I thought humans were just a myth, something we told ki-"

Ian cut him off, saying, "No, they're real. In fact, my da-"

"He's right," Katie almost whimpered out, "I'm a human…"

Ian gave what might've been a smirk (would he have been born without a beak) to Mido.

Mido looked a bit embarrassed. "Oh, well, I just thought they were a myth…"

I sighed inwardly, as one part of my brain was working on getting the words out of my mouth and the other part was taking cover for an expected outburst. The words, though somewhat quiet, did eventually come out.

"Okay, at the risk of being thrown out, I'm admitting to being human as well."

Mido gave me a strange look before responding, "I don't care what you are, really; it doesn't really matter. You could be a Mamoswine in a Sproink's costume and I would still like you the same."

Ian, too, gave me a strange look. "I won't throw you out because of that. I just think it's kind of interesting that you're a human, nothing more," he said, waving a clawed wing as if dismissing the notion.

In mock frustration, I threw my hands up. "Well, if I'd known you'd be this good of friends, I would've told you this ages ago!"

Amanda force-fed me a knuckle-sandwich before stating the fact she was human too. Brent hesitated slightly before revealing that he was human as well. Following the tide, I began telling them of the powers I'd developed, and the conversation with the Lugia, Vazir. Amanda then told us of her powers as well, that she'd discovered a few nights prior: her ability to control the winds.

To be honest, that was about all that we did before retiring for the night, as it had gotten rather late. Later that night, however, I was awoken by a knock at the door. Opeining it, I saw nobody immediately, then a voice spoke:

"Great, it really is you guys!"

I looked down, somewhat surprised to see Tim the Electrike on our front doorstep.

"What are you doing here, it's like…dark 'o clock in the morning or something…"

"Look, I need your help."

Grabbing my bone, I followed him out the door. I lifted my skull while I rubbed my eyes. The look on Tim's face of me removing my skull was akin to the expression of someone who had just seen the underside of a Diglett.

Curious, I asked him a question. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

He stared at me a moment more before shaking his head, as if clearing his mind of some dream. "Nothing," he said, "just never seen a Cubone without a skull before."

Putting the skull back on, I replied. "Guess today is your lucky day, or something to that effect."

Looking back at me, he said, "man, you're weird."

"Weird, or used to doing things in my own fashion perhaps?"

This confused him even more. Poor guy.

"Anyway," I continued, "what did you need me for?"

"Oh, yeah, right. Anyway, my friend, Serena – you've met her before, right? – anyway, she's been acting all strange recently. Considering you two are the same type and all, I figured you could help me figure out what was wrong."

Eventually, we reached Serena the Vibrava. She kept muttering to herself something about "it's not working" or something, and I honestly couldn't make heads or tails of it. I looked her over, trying to ask her questions. All she did was mutter more to herself. A few attempts at conversation, and I located the source of all this, and oh boy was I upset.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked no one in particular as the realization occurred.

The Vibrava had red eyes.

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Sorry for yet another outrageously short chapter, I just can't do it with this headache and stuff.

Anyway, so next is Reviewer's Corner time. This time, we got a few people to reply to.

pokemonkatia168757: I don't mind the short chapters. Long or short, it doesn't matter. Awesome chapter. It looks to me like the team is going to find out they are humans. Well, I'll see next chapter probably. Very nice! Thank you for the amazing work. :-)
Thank you, thank you, and another thank you. Also, you're right, they did find out. I was originally considering having Ian ponder it, and having them NOT find out, but then Ian suprising them later with an "I-knew-it-all-along"-type thing, but this works better in my mind. Also, I think I should be the one thanking you. :)

IHazBazooka50: Well written! I like the way it looks, and I can't wait to see more!
Good to see more fans of mine! :D

TheMezzerino: Oooooohhhhhh someones been found out (dun dun dun) Doing well, I'm enjoying it c:
Man, I thought you went over a cliff or something, because you just stopped doing this story, but you're back. Also, yeah, you're right, they got found. Glad you're enjoying this.

StrawberryFurret: I ate a mushroom. I think I'm dead .3.
I have no idea what to make of this, so…thanks for your concern or something?

Oh, and one more bit of interesting trivia before I go: this version of the story actually is different than the one in my head. A few examples: Ian and Mido find out the 4 humans are humans at separate times AND before the beach, the original conversation with Vazir is shorter than the version in my head, the 2nd visit to the "Spaghetti Bowl" didn't even occur in the original, Jacob finds his powers earlier, and Brent was originally a different character altogether.

Funny story, Brent was originally named Braden, and was a tough-like Tropius. Then, he was Brandon, the mischief-making Tyrunt. Eventually, he became the somewhat timid Brent we all know and love today.

(PS, Brent and Jacob are my 2 favorite characters in Team Terra.)

With that aside, I should really be getting some decongestants for my nose, or at least some cold medicine or something. So, you folks all have a lovely day (because I'm certainly not) and I'll see you in the next chapter. And, also if you have questions for me, the team members, or just want to give me moral support, go ahead and leave me a review. It'll at least give me something to read while I'm bed-ridden.

:( Darn colds.

- JacobDaGun