Lore Before The Legend #20: The Fire Province is the only province in all of The Known World to be completely landlocked. They have no immediate access to water, are surrounded on all sides by barren wastelands, craggy hills, rocky gorges and canyons, or large scorching deserts. Without much wind, and no water, the Fire types of the Fire Province had to rely on the only source of energy they could find. Themselves. The Geotherm Plant located in the badlands near the border to the Electric Province is the Fire Province's main source of electricity, created by the various fire attacks of those who work there.
Flying Province: City of Cloudfront: Age of Mew: Year 656: Do Your Research
" Betyouloserscan'tgetpastthelightscreen!" Trauma cackled as he glided back and created transparent gold forcefields around himself and Green.
"Hmph." Gary grunted as Jerry shot the Flamethrower third of a tri-attack in Trauma's and Green's directions. "The classic tactic of a coward, hiding behind a shield because you're too chicken to face us head on!"
"Um…" Harry began to point out.
"What?!" Gary snapped. Harry crooked his head towards Green, whose stomach had swallowed the Tri-Attack Flamethrower completely.
"Delicious." She smiled as her hair patted her stomach. "Here, Moonbrand, why don't you have some?"
She reached into her stomach's mouth with her hair and tossed a purple flame in Aaron's direction.
"I'll deal with you later, Roygbiv." Aaron responded as the flame engulfed him and then disappeared without a trace. Aaron turned towards Trauma. "I'll deal with your little minion first!"
Aaron then shot out a Dark Pulse attack towards Trauma. As the attack reached Trauma's vicinity, the dark tendrils bounced off of the forcefield that Light Screen had created.
"Hahahaha!" Trauma cackled again. "Isthatyourstrongest?I'mreallydisappointedinyou,IthoughtamemberofTeamMoonbrandwouldbebetterthanthis." He said as he seemed to get his footing sorted and began to focus on the battle in front of him rather calmly for someone spouting insults at the speed of sound.
"Well, you obviously needed to calm down, didn't you?" Gary said as he nodded to both Jerry and Harry and the three of them shot a Tri-Attack in Trauma's direction.
Green giggled as she disappeared from the battlefield in a puff of shadow when the Tri-Attack passed over her.
The Tri-Attack shot towards Trauma and much like the Dark Pulse, bounced off of Trauma's Light Screen and hit Aaron right in the face.
"Argh, Mother of Mew…" Aaron grunted.
"S-sorry!" Jerry called out.
"It didn't hurt did it?" Harry asked.
"Now that you mention it…" Aaron realized. "I didn't feel much of anything at all. It was just really annoying." He turned to Trauma. "But not as annoying as you have been so far!" He summoned a large rock and shot it at the Alakazam. "Rock Tomb, bitch!"
"Howaboutthisinstead?" Trauma laughed as he used a Psychic attack to slam the Rock Tomb into the Dodrio, knocking Gary's head completely unconscious.
"Gary!" Both Jerry and Harry exclaimed with surprise at their unconscious brother.
"Acupressure?" Harry asked Jerry.
"A-Acupressure…" Jerry nodded, and both heads gently pecked certain pressure points on their body, and almost instinctively assumed a physically defensive position.
"What are you doing?" Aaron asked, losing his patience.
"I know, right?" Green asked as she reappeared behind Aaron, who froze up.
"Boo." She giggled before she slammed herself into Aaron with a Phantom Force attack, knocking him right into Trauma's line of fire.
"Comeoncomeoncomeongetup!" Trauma sneered as Aaron slowly got to his feet and his face rose to meet Trauma's. "Manareyoupathetic,I'mgonnahavefuntoyingwithyouforawhile." The Alakazam snickered.
"We'll see about that!" Aaron said as he grabbed Trauma with both his arms and opened up his chest cannon.
"I hope to Arceus this works…" Aaron mumbled to himself before he concentrated as hard as he could to fire the weapon.
The cannonball fired shattered Trauma's Light Screen and knocked him over onto his feet.
"That uh…" Aaron said to both the Dodrio and Green, neither of which were impressed. "That was my first time firing...I'm kinda new at this."
"Indeed…" Green agreed with him as she flicked her hair to reveal that she had stolen the Gold Amulet from around Aaron's neck during her Phantom Force attack.
"But I have no further use for the two of you. Trauma, I think its time you stop playing for now. We ought to return to Blood Island Chasm where poor Indigo and Blue are waiting all alone."
"Hrmph." Trauma grumbled. "Someonewhoisn'tRedslashshouldn'tbetellingmewhattodo…*grumble*Fiiiiiine."
He moved next to Green and looked back at Aaron and Jerry, Harry, and the unconscious Gary.
"Goodbye." He stated as he got ready to fire a Charge Beam at the Dodrio."
But before he could fire off his attack, he let out an immense wail of agony as Arman the Aerodactyl used a Crunch Attack on him from behind.
"OwwwwohmyArceusthathurtsofreakingmuch." He knelt down and began to blow on his hand.
"Forget this." Green sighed, "I've got somewhere to be, I don't care what you do otherwise." She turned to leave and came face to face with Natalya.
"Excuse me but...That Amulet doesn't belong to you. It belongs to my brother, and that Aggron is holding onto it for him right now. Please give it back."
"I stole this fair and square." Green replied. "Look, I didn't even kill either of them when we both know it was within my power. So I'll just be leaving and taking the Amulet with me. It's the least I can do after escaping that hell of a prison that Lightgrasp has."
"I asked nicely." Natalya shrugged before she let loose a large Hurricane attack, nearly putting out the flames inside Green's stomach, and causing the Gourgeist to drop the Amulet unwillingly.
Harry quickly snatched it up off the ground.
"We have retrieved the stolen amulet!" He cheered.
Aaron brought his hand up to his forehead. "I can't believe how poorly that fucking went."
"See Arman? I'm powerful enough to join one!" Natalya began pleading with her bodyguard once more.
"Natalya, your joining of a Mercenary Band is not up to me, it is up to your brother. Besides, we snuck up on them, they were caught off-guard."
Natalya pouted as she followed Arman back to their home. "Good luck keeping the Amulet safe, guys!" She said as she waved goodbye.
"Oh...um...okay." Harry said as he gently put on the amulet.
"Nice. Don't you think it's nice Jerry?"
"I-I don't know…" Jerry stuttered. "I-I'm not sure."
"Die!" Gary's head woke up with a jolt and began to peck at nothing.
"It's over." Aaron informed him. "We...uh...tied." He bended the truth of their sad defeat.
"I don't think we'll be allowed into Moonbrand after this…" Jerry said.
"Well, I certainly won't put in a good word, considering you sucked, but I think Conlan will still let you join. He seems pretty lax about that sort of thing. You should have seen this one member we had, all he focused on were these dumb items. So you're welcome to head to Lightgrasp with me."
Fire Province: Capital Town of Lightgrasp
Aaron and Jerry, Gary, and Harry arrived at the Team Moonbrand HQ to find absolutely no one there, and three notes, two of which were legible, one of which was chicken scratch handwriting that required a few reads to determine what it said.
"Everyone is fucking gone." Aaron sighed angrily. "All twelve of everyone else are on some kind of mission right now."
"Well...what do we do?" Harry asked.
"You…" B said calmly as he handed Aaron a large pile of debris. "Can collect the debris around the town before we send it off to Geotherm City."
He turned to the Dodrio. "And you…"
Patricia the Pyroar brought up a couple of buckets and brushes.
"You can work on repainting the buildings we've managed to rebuild. Every Mercenary band has to help. And you better work extra hard if you want me to keep quiet, since your band has taken a mission that's not an official one."
"Whatever." Aaron sighed as he began to walk around the town, while Jerry, Gary, and Harry found a house to begin painting.
Bug Province: Spinster Jungle (24F Mystery Dungeon): 24F (Violet's Hive): Separated in Spinster Jungle
"What?" Violet asked as she punched the wall of her hive after hearing Green's report.
"I told you!" Green's voice replied. "Yellow is dead, and Moonbrand has the Gold Amulet!"
"Dammit!" Violet shouted. "This is why I told Red that splitting everyone up like this was a bad idea, but of course he's too stubborn to listen to me."
"Violet, calm down, I've got some more information. Apparently Team Moonbrand has a small group headed to you right now."
"After the Strength Amulet are they?" Violet asked in response. "I'd like to see them try. I've set aside quite a few unique surprises for them. I'm not the second in command of the Roygbiv Thieves for my power alone. I'm also great at breaking intangible things like spirit as well."
"Violet." Red's voice announced. "This is Red. I've brought the Esteem Amulet back to Blood Island, along with a few...other gifts that I got while passing through Lightgrasp on my way back. Listen carefully. There's something special I would like you to do."
"Y-yes, leader!" Violet said, excitedly. "Anything, you name it!"
A wide grin appeared on her face as she learned of Red's plans. "Oh, you got it, Leader." She laughed. "Consider it done!"
Spinster Jungle Entrance
"This is the entrance…" Catlyste said as she, Rudo, Gina, and Zack all stood outside a very small opening in an incredibly dense thicket of trees.
"I didn't like the heads on the spikes we saw earlier…" Gina voiced her concerns. "It reminded me of a certain group of pokemon that I'd rather avoid if at all possible."
"I agree." Catlyste agreed. "Which is why we should get moving quickly. No reason to give them enough time to realize that we're here."
"Wait!" Rudo stopped as everyone else began to walk into the jungle.
She rushed over to the Arcanine Statue just outside the trees, covered in moss. She reached inside its mouth.
"Aha!" She pulled out her purple cloth with the black crescent moon on it. "I knew he'd return it." She smiled as she stuffed it in her bag.
"Alright!" She charged into the entrance. "Moonbrand, away!"
"Whoa, at least tell us you're ready before you take off like that!" Zack said as he followed in after her.
Catlyste followed in behind them, and Gina brought up the rear.
1F
The canopy of the jungle blocked nearly all incoming sunlight, making the forest floor incredibly dark.
"Hey, hey!" A Hoothoot called from atop a nearby tree.
"You looking for the Strength Amulet?"
Rudo was about to open her mouth when Zack stopped her.
"It's a trap." He said, distrusting of the Hoothoot. "Think about it...Hoothoot don't live in the jungle."
"Hey, hey!" The Hoothoot repeated. "You looking for the Strength Amulet?"
"Ignore it." Gina suggested. "It seems that it'll only keep asking the same things if you don't respond. Let's continue on our way."
"Hey, hey!" The Hoothoot began again as Team Moonbrand left towards the next floor.
Once it was sure they were gone, the Hoothoot squinted its eyes. "Have fun getting lost then." It sneered before it flew off.
2F
"Um…" Rudo said as she noticed that Gina was the only pokemon behind her. "Where are Catlyste and Zack?"
"I'm sorry to say I don't know…" Gina lamented. "They appeared to be with you up until the staircase. I'm unsure where they could have gone."
2F?
"Rudo?" Zack called as he and Catlyste walked through the branch filled jungle. "Gina? Either of you there?"
"I'd give up if I were you." Violet appeared on a high branch of one of the tall trees at the canopy of the jungle. "The trees are as thick as walls in this Jungle. I'd know. I grew up here."
"Is that Vespiquen talking to us?' Zack asked Catlyste, who looked up at Violet. "Who are you?" Catlyste asked.
"I'm just here to make sure you poor souls don't get lost traversing this jungle." Violet replied. "Listen, in this Mystery Dungeon, every staircase leads you to one of two random locations on each floor, both of which are completely separate from one another. The 2F you find yourselves in is a completely different 2F from your friends! Be careful though, because although it split you up evenly this time, that was only a fluke, you may find yourselves all together on certain floors, or maybe one of you will be all alone on others. I'll be following you to help as best I can though! For instance…"
Violet blew a large whistle.
"M'lady?"
"M'lady?"
"M'lady?"
A Seedot, a Nuzleaf, and a Shiftry all jumped out of the bushes.
"Look boys!" Violet exclaimed enthusiastically. "I've brought you dinner! You finish up quickly and you might be invited to my hive for brunch tomorrow!"
"Yes, Lady Violet!" They all announced in unison.
"Nature…
"Nature…
"Nature…
POWER!" They all shouted as they announced Nature Power at the same time.
"Attack Order!" They all shouted as various Grass and Bug type pokemon all charged out of the bushes and trampled over both Zack and Catlyste.
"Ughhh…" Catlyste's eyes rolled in her head as Zack helped her back up.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"I...think I'm fine…" Catlyste collected herself. She looked at the Seedot, Nuzleaf, and Shiftry, all of whom were laughing merrily,
She reached into her bag and pulled out a One-Use Disc.
"What the-?" Zack asked. "How many of those do you have?"
"I stockpiled them when I visited Koffman and Farman while we were in Flamewater. I used to work at that shop."
She applied that disc and began to glow brightly as she let out a Dazzling Gleam attack towards the Shiftry, who instantly fell over.
The Nuzleaf and Seedot looked at each other, startled, and then ran away back into the bushes.
As the Shiftry got to his feet and noticed that his allies had left him, he too ran away.
"Oh, that was unfortunate…" Violet said from the canopy.
"I thought they would have more spine than that. I suppose I know three pokemon who won't get to dine with me tomorrow morning. Ta-ta for now!" She chimed as she buzzed away and out of sight.
Zack and Catlyste looked at each other.
"That's Violet?" Zack asked. "She seems kind of...strange…"
"They all do." Catlyste sighed as the two continued.
3F
"Gina, Rudo!" Zack called as he and Catlyste noticed Gina and Rudo walking around the same area. "We found you!"
"Where did you even go?" Rudo asked, curious. Her aura sensing appendages then shot backwards. "N-not that you have to tell me if it's something that's private or anything! I won't make you say anything that might be personal, Catlyste, okay?"
"Um...nothing personal happened…" Catlyste responded.
"But we did run into Violet of the Roygbiv Thieves." Zack continued. "And apparently the staircases in this Mystery Dungeon have an equal chance to transport us to two different versions of each floor. This time we were lucky enough to all end up on the same version, but apparently it's a coin flip for each person."
"I see…" Gina put a paw to her mouth. "And did Violet say or hint anything about where the Amulet might be located."
"The only place she mentioned was her hive." Zack responded. "But I sincerely doubt-"
"Then that's where we're going!" Rudo decided. "I'm calling your bluff Violet!" She shouted into the canopy. "You hear me? I'm coming over to your hive for a visit!"
"Ohohohoho...We'll see…" Violet's laughed.
7F
"Oh…" Zack looked around and noticed that he was all alone. "This bites…"
"It certainly does, doesn't it?" Violet asked from her canopy.
"But I don't think you should be worrying about yourself right now. It's your female friends who drew the short end of this stick."
"I'm sure they can handle whatever it is that you threw at them."
"Not likely." Violet sipped some honey from a tea cup. "The savages I set upon them are brutal, lawless, and to be frank, quite disgusting in their actions. It would have to take someone incredibly experienced with this group's behavior to be able to calmly put up with them.
7F
"Catlyste…." Rudo pleaded. "Come on…."
"Why is she giving you the silent treatment?" Gina asked as she carefully stepped around the bodies and puddles of various fluids.
"She's getting tired of witnessing that kind of thing." Rudo explained. "And I think she hasn't had a break from it really since Cloudfront…"
"Well, let's just hope that we don't run into any more of them." Gina said as she looked at the various unconscious Pansage and Simisage with unease.
13F
"Hey, we're all together again!" Rudo cheered as the group rested in a nice clearing, where light managed to shine through the canopy, giving a beautiful hue to the surrounding plant life in the jungle. An Arcanine Statue lay in the center of the clearing.
"Look at it." Gina admired. "Does it not give you a sense of relaxation and rejuvenation? I feel as though I could climb another 23 floors if I have to."
"I know…." Zack agreed. "It's so nice here, I almost don't want to go anywhere else. Almost."
"We're just over halfway there." Catlyste spoke for the first time since 6F. "Let's pick up the pace and get the Strength Amulet."
14F
"Hey, hey!" The Hoothoot from the first floor reappeared as Rudo, Zack, Catlyste and Gina entered the next floor.
"I bet you would have liked my advice earlier, huh? You didn't forget about me did you?"
Team Moonbrand all stepped back worried as the Hoothoot illusion dissolved to reveal a Zoroark with an anarchy symbol on her forehead.
"Because I certainly didn't forget about you, and lucky for you…"
She snapped her fingers and the trees on the floor began to glow. "I'm waking up some new friends!"
That's when the buzzing began.
It was hard to tell because of the way they swarmed, but there seemed to be about 20 of them.
"As you've probably figured out…" The Zoroark laughed. "They're all Beedrill. Have at it boys, your dinner's here!"
Fire Province: Magma Pass(10F Mystery Dungeon) Entrance: Age of Mew: Year 656: The Bittercold Fragment
1F
"Oh Arceus why did I choose this mission?" Charlie gulped as she noticed how high up the rickety bridge she was crossing happened to be.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Magdalene, who was in front of her, asked. "I couldn't hear you over the wind!"
"You could say that Charlie's words are gone with the wind then?' Bennett asked with a grin, looking for a reaction.
It was Charlie who gave him one.
"Newbie, you better shut up before I come over there at shut it for you!"
"Not if I do it first…" Krystal mumbled.
"Huh?" Bennett asked.
"Nothing." Krystal replied curtly. "It'll be fine, Charlie! She called. "We're almost across!"
"So, refresh my memory to pass the time, what exactly are we doing here again?" Charlie asked.
"We're trying to recover an item called The Bittercold Fragment." Krystal replied. "And we need to do it before a Moltres named Eden gets her hands on it, or, if it comes down to it, take it away from her."
"It sounds like Eden is kind of...hotheaded." Bennett said.
"Oh that's it." Charlie grunted as she picked up the pace across the bridge.
"Magdalene, make room, I'm gonna show newbie here not to make dumb jokes around me."
"C-Charlie, w-wait." Magdalene said she began to hurry across the bridge as well. "I'm on all fours, I can't move as fast as you're going…"
Somehow, nothing happened, and as Charlie made it across the bridge, Bennett grinned. "I had a feeling that would motivate you across." He almost laughed.
Charlie's eyes widened as Krystal also gave a little chuckle.
"I guess he's smarter than you thought, huh?" She smiled at Charlie.
"W-we mention none of what just happened to the others, understood?"
Everyone nodded with grins before heading up the staircase.
4F
"More bridges?" Charlie asked, exasperated. "You've got to be kidding me…"
"It's Mount Immolate." Magdalene responded. "These bridges are the only way up that don't involve the risk of lava overflow."
"I'd be fine with lava!" Charlie answered immediately.
"Yeah?" Krystal asked. "Well I wouldn't. And not that you care, but neither would our other new member...um...Bennett?"
"Bennett." Bennett nodded.
"No, I mean, what are you doing?" Krystal asked as she noticed Bennett playing with his headphones.
"Wondering if I can pick up some alien signal or something."
"Not down here." Magdalene shook her head. "But maybe at the summit…"
"No, don't encourage that kind of behavior!" Charlie exclaimed.
"Let's all focus on our task at hand." Krystal said. "I'm sorry for distracting all of us with that question of mine. It won't happen again unless I feel it's necessary."
7F
"So….I have a question." Bennett said.
No one responded.
"Guys, it's serious this time."
"You said that last time, but it turned out to just be an awful pun about volcanoes." Magdalene sighed.
"I promise it isn't a joke. It's super serious. It's about The Bittercold Fragment."
"Fine." Krystal said. "What is it?"
"If it's being kept atop a volcano, why hasn't it melted?"
Charlie raised a claw to chastise Bennett, but stopped herself.
"Yeah...actually that is a pretty good question. If the Bittercold Fragment has been kept up here, why hasn't it melted? If it's just that cold, then there shouldn't be a way for Eden to pick it up without hurting herself so…"
"Hm…" Magdalene began to think. "Maybe it's kind of like Rudo's blanket…" She mumbled to herself. "And it's connected to some kind of demonic power…."
"Hey, care to share with the rest of the group what it is you're mumbling about?" Krystal asked Magdalene.
"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry about it." Magdalene said. "I was just wondering if maybe the fragment has some sort of dark power behind it?"
"That would explain why that Erin Riolu doesn't want the fragment to fall into the wrong hands and is okay with us destroying it." Krystal seemed to agree with Magdalene's hypothesis.
She turned to Charlie.
"You've got one on your right."
Charlie raised up her right fist and knocked the wind out of an attacking Spearow.
"Nasty little things." She mumbled as it fell out of the sky.
9F
"Alright." Krystal turned to everyone as they approached the final staircase.
"This staircase is the last one before the summit. We haven't run into Eden yet, so she's either already up there, or hasn't gotten here yet. Either way, remember that our objective is to either recover The Bittercold Fragment or destroy it. The mission dossier also clearly states to not kill Eden unless it is deemed absolutely necessary. Personally, I believe it won't ever come to that.
Now that we all know what we're planning to do, I want to make sure that everyone is ready.
"Ready." Magdalene nodded.
"Ready." Charlie replied.
"Hang on…." Bennett held up a finger and began to run around a corner.
"Where the heck are you going?" Krystal asked.
"Don't follow me!" Bennett poked a head out from around the corner. "I need privacy for this! I've been holding it in since we entered the dungeon!"
Magdalene began to giggle but stopped herself.
10F
"Is...is that it?" Krystal asked as Team Moonbrand approached the small shrine housing a strange shard-like item that seemed to exude an icy chill along with a dark presence.
"That's...the Bittercold Fragment?" Bennett asked. "I don't want to sound bitter, but I thought it would be bigger."
"First, stop that." Charlie said. "Second, it's called The Bittercold Fragment. I don't know what you were expecting but that is undoubtedly what a fragment looks like."
"I don't think we should touch it directly." Magdalene said. "I feel like something bad might happen if we do."
"In that case…" Krystal moved up to the shrine and began to push on the stone. She turned her head. "Charlie, you help me. Let's knock this thing into Mount Immolate and be done with the mission!"
"Right." Charlie said as she took the other side of the shrine and began to push.
"S-s-stooopppp!" A female voice called.
Team Moonbrand looked in the direction that the voice had come from, and noticed that a Moltres was flying towards them, the sky above her gaining the slightest red tint as she moved.
"Stop! Don't do it!" The Moltres announced as she landed on the mountain. "I-I w-won't let you d-d-destroy what I've worked s-s-so hard for!" She stuttered.
"M-my name is E-Eden and y-you'll h-hand that Bittercold Fragment over t-to me!"
Team Moonbrand all looked at each other, shrugged, and Krystal and Charlie went back to pushing the shrine.
"H-hey!" Eden exclaimed, shocked. "I-I didn't want to have to do this...but since you w-won't l-l-let me h-have the f-f-fragment...I'll j-just have to f-f-fight you for it! Gyaaaooohhh!" She let out a battle cry that seemed more to psych herself up than anything else.
The sky above Mt. Immolate turned a dark crimson red.
Team Moonbrand now gave Eden their full attention as the battle began.
AN-1: (because more than one person apparently wants to know these things), Aaron and the Dodrio(Jerry Gary and Harry) are both in Lightgrasp now, not active on any missions.
Rudo, Zack, Catlyste, and Gina are in Spinster Jungle attempting to retrieve the Strength Amulet from Violet the Vespiquen, second in command of the Roygbiv Thieves
Rose, Shock, Fyrium and Conlan are in Smuggler's Hideaway, about to start bringing a slaver to justice.
Krystal, Bennett, Magdalene, and Charlie are in Magma Pass, both about to fight Eden and attempting to destroy The Bittercold Fragment.
All Moonbrand Members Accounted For
AN0: Eden the Moltres was submitted by Darkfuzz, thank you Darkfuzz! Also, Magma Pass was submitted by Darkfuzz! Thank you Darkfuzz!
AN1: Zack, Gina, Catlyste, you three all need to have strategies for how to deal with the swarm of 20 Beedrill that you've got to get rid of. To help you three out, Rudo will be using Detect and Copycat in order to double up on the moves that you guys use.
Krystal, Bennett, Magdalene, Charlie, you all need strategies for the Eden fight. Remember your mission goals when thinking these up.
The rest of you, sit tight. Smuggler's Hideaway will begin the next chapter.
AN2: We all know what I'm about to say next.
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