AN: I uploaded two chapters last time. Make sure you guys see chapter 15 because there was a plot point that a lot of people seemed to skip. Make sure you read that and read the little warning at the bottom of that chapter.

Chapter 17

Black. Black is all this person can see right now. However, flames and embers can be seen among the black with a woman screaming.

"NOOOOO! GIVE ME BACK MY BABY!"

A child screams, "MOMMY!"

Then the flames died out. What happens next is electrical sparks are seen flying among the black background with a child screaming.

A voice of a man says, "No changes. Prepare for the next stage."

The electricity dies down and some sort of machine with a needle on the end of it the machine and is injected right towards the person's view before fading away. What happens next is red lights and alarms being heard with some people shouting, "The subject is escaping! The subject is escaping!" Then the lights and alarms fade and everything becomes submerge in water. Then the person gets whacked in the head by a rock while drowning in water, which woke the person up.

Franklin wakes up in the middle of the night gasping for air as he sits up right and sweats around two in the morning. He breaths heavily as he wipes the sweat on his forehead. Sylveon presses her paw on Franklin's left hand and gives him a worried look.

Franklin notices and pets Sylveon, "I'm alright, Sylveon. I'm okay. Just another bad nightmare."

Blake is awake and peeks over from her bunk, "You okay?" She sounds really sleepy.

Franklin looks at Blake, "I'll be alright. Just a bad dream."

"Okay. Goodnight." Blake goes back to sleep.

Franklin gets up and heads over towards the bathroom. He turns the lights on and turns on the hot water to wash his face. When doing so, his right golden eye is swollen and completely bloodshot. He takes a closer look as he says, "Not again. I need to get Musharna back on my team in order to stop these nightmares. These nightmares have to stop."

Dangling over his neck appears to be dog tags with some of the writing scratched off or chipped. It reads:

SUBJECT: 8899123-_

FRANKLIN _

PROJECT A_

Franklin pulls out some eye drops and drops a few into his right eye and heads back to bed.

Song: Pokemon Theme (Version XY)

Artists: Ben Dixon and the Sad Truth, John Siegler, and John Loeffler

I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause

(Pokémon!)
(Gotta catch 'em all), it's you and me
(Pokémon!)
I know it's my destiny
(Pokémon!)
Yeah, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
(Pokémon!)
(Gotta catch 'em all)
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all!
Pokémon!

Around four o'clock and Franklin gets dressed and packs-up while the girls are still sleeping. Sylveon presses her right paw on Franklin's right leg. Franklin looks down and sees that Sylveon is still giving her worried look on her face and wonders if Franklin is alright.

Franklin kneels down and pets Sylveon, "I'll be okay girl. I'll always be alright. But I think I might need to head towards the professor for a check-up."

Sylveon asks Franklin about something.

"No, Sylveon, no hospitals. I don't trust doctors. You know that, right?"

Sylveon still looks worried but nods in agreement.

Franklin stands up, "Good. Now lets head out. We got a lot to do today."

Franklin and Sylveon left the Pokemon Center while leaving a note that thanks Team RWBY for allowing him and Sylveon to spend the night in their room and leaves.

Ruby wakes up, yawns and stretches from the bottom bunk. She rubs her eyes and smiles. She looked over to see if Franklin is still around but her smile turned upside down when Franklin is gone. But she did noticed the note left behind on the desk. Ruby quickly but quietly grabs the note and reads it.

To Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang;

I do apologize for leaving so early, but I have to get ready for the Pokemon Contests and Pokemon League so I have to get up early until the day I beaten them. Thank you for letting me stay in your room last night and letting me sleep. And to Blake, sorry for waking you up in the middle of the night when I woke-up from one of my nightmare episodes. I forgot to get Musharna to help me with that problem. Any way, I hope our paths cross again.

From,
Franklin

Ruby's face starts to blush as she holds the letter close to her chest. She giggles a little like a schoolgirl receiving a letter from her first crush. Yang snorted and wakes up from across the bedroom from the bottom bunk.

Yang yawns and stretches, "Morning."

"Morning, sis." Ruby greets her sister.

Yang looks over to see if Franklin is still asleep but is disappointed when she sees him gone. "Aw man. Franklin's gone! Should've sneaked into his bed when I had the chance. But that Sylveon of his..."

Weiss wakes up immediately and goes, "Sylveon is gone!"

Blake wakes up from the top bunk and falls down to the floor. "...ow..." She lifted her head, "What's going on?"

Yang replies, "Franklin walked out on us."

Ruby then says, "He did apologizes for waking you up last night with a nightmare he was having. What's up with that?"

Blake stands up and rubs her forehead, "Nightmare? Oh, yeah. He was gasping very loudly last night and woke me up but went back to sleep."

"Huh." Ruby went. "I wonder what kind of nightmares Franklin has." She shows the letter, "It says that he does have episodic nightmares."

Yang swipes the letter, "Let me see."

"HEY!" Ruby gets upset.

Yang reads the letter and smells it. "Darn."

"What?" Ruby asks.

"No lavender scent. Sometimes when a boy and a girl really love each other, they usually scent the paper with lavender."

"Oh yeah." Weiss says before jumping down. "But I think we need to get ready. We have a long journey ahead of us."

Ruby jumps out of bed and says, "TO THE HOT SPRINGS!"

Team RWBY heads off to the east in search of the Onsen Resort. While traveling to Greendale town, they manage to catch a few Pokemon while evolving some of their own (except those that require special stones and those that don't have another evolutionary form). They even encountered a few trainers and earn some money while traveling to pay for a few expenses that comes with traveling. As for the Pokemon they caught, Yang caught herself a Cheepip (Vert [From Pokemon Solar Light & Lunar Dakr]) and a Tikiki (Tiki [From Pokemon Uranium).

Cheepip. The chirping Pokemon. Grass and flying-type. Cheepip travel in large flocks. Sometimes there are such large amounts of them together that, when resting, they make can make entire rock faces look covered in grass.

Tikiki. The tiki mask Pokemon. Grass-type. It hides its true face behind a wooden mask. They will often convene in order to dance elaborate dances.

Ruby caught herself a Sewaddle (Florence) and a drifting Jigglypuff (Poofy). She caught a Jigglypuff that was drifting in the air and catches it while also using its cure charm ability on her which made Ruby wanna catch Poofy even more. Weiss manage to catch a Feleng (Kitty [From Pokemon Uranium]) but managed to evolve into a Felunge. Then she caught herself a Butterfree (Monarch). Yet it is an Ultima variant which means it has a pink body that is both bug and fairy-type but it is a male.

Feleng. The bad kitten Pokemon. Normal-type. Although Feleng is small and weak, it can manipulate other Pokemon just by giving them a pleading look and meowing cutely.

Felunge. The nimble cat Pokemon. Normal-type and the evolve form of Feleng. Felunge are expert hunters, able to see in very low light and move without a sound. Many people keep them to deter pests such as Chyinmunk.

Blake manage to capture two very distinct bug-types that are also from Pokemon Uranium. These include Smore and Tricwe. Both of which are female.

Smore. The cute ant Pokemon. Bug-type. If a Smore approaches your picnic, it's not trying to steal your food, it just wants attention. Still, some people are afraid of them. They are related to Sponee and Tricwe.

Tricwe. The shock but Pokemon. Bug-type. Related to Smore and Sponee, Tricwe is very hyperactive and loves nothing better than sneaking up behind trainers and scaring them.

While exploring the are, they noticed that there are a lot of bug-types creeping about.

Weiss says as she looks around, "Is it me, or is there a lot of these bugs hanging about? More so than the regular Pokemon?"

Blake takes a good glance around them and notices, "Yeah. There seem to be a lot more than any birds or something like rodents or cats. Or any sort of Pokemon made of rocks."

Yang then says, "Being eyed on by all these bugs gives me the creeps." She crosses her arms and starts to shiver.

Ruby is a little scared, "Hope we don't come across anything that looks like spiders."

And right on cue, a Spinarak comes down on its thread and right in her face. Ruby froze in fear for a few seconds before running and screaming in the opposite direction.

"RUBY!" Yang shouted.

Ruby uses her semblance to get away from Spinarak with her teammates trying to catch-up. However, she stopped when she sees a giant web right in front of her and notices eight Ariadoses looking down at her. Ruby turns completely white before she runs off and bumps into her teammates. She then screams at them while dragging all three of them, "LET'S GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE!"

Ruby runs as fast as she could while carrying the three with her. Guessing the adrenaline has increased her strength in order drag all three of them.

Weiss shouts while getting bumpy, "RUBY! STOP! STOP! PLEASE! STOP!"

Ruby then quickly uses her semblance and everyone become a tornado of red, white, black, and yellow rose petals as Team RWBY heads east as fast as they can until they come across a clearing. Ruby stops as the other three get launched into the air by the sudden stop. Blake manages to land on her feet, Weiss uses her glyphs to stop herself and Yang from falling onto the ground.

Weiss gets on the ground and yells at Ruby, "WHAT WAS THAT!? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!"

"I'M SORRY!" Ruby quickly apologizes, "BUT I HATE SPIDERS! SPIDERS ARE GROSS AND SCARY!"

"That's true." Yang says. "Ruby and I hate spiders."

"Just what kind of Pokemon were those that look like spiders." Blake pulls out her Megadex and learns about Spinaraks and Araidoses. "I see." But later learns more about Jolticks and Garvantulas along with many other Pokemon that looks like spiders.

Yang and Ruby's faces go pale and look when they learned about the giant spiders this world has.

Blake notices and tries to change the subject as she notices the town. "Over there!" she pointed. "That must be Greendale Town!"

"About time." Weiss says in her usual attitude and crosses her arms. "I just hope they have a Pokemon Center. I really need a shower."

"You and me both." Yang agrees. She shows a few strands of hair, "My hair is loosing its shine and I need to take better care of it. Being out in the wild is soooo not my style."

"Then let's head there." Ruby says. "Once we get rested up for the evening, we should head out to the Onsen Resort in the morning!"

"I can't wait to get to those hot springs." Weiss says. "Hope it is worth the walk."

Blake says, "If we had Pokemon that we can ride on we would get there in two days rather than four."

"But we haven't seen any Pokemon that look like we can ride on." Yang states.

"Let's just head into town and worry about that later." Weiss says. "I am in need of a bath."

The four get closer to town and it has a very unique style to it. The buildings look like they are made of white adobe that have many forms of art on them. Some look like paintings of some scenery or family moments on the sides of buildings. There are also paintings of artistic expressions on them as well. The town looks very artsy and looks wonderful. There are even statues, sculptures, and metal works around as well.

"Now this is an artists town." Yang says while enjoying the view.

"It does seem very cultural." Weiss says.

They all enjoy the sights until someone says, "Charmeleon, use flamethrower!"

Team RWBY look at the direction where the noise was coming from and sees Neo (Not Neo Politan) in a middle of a Pokemon battle against another trainer. It looks like Neo has won the match and claimed his winnings. Yet when he turns around, his eyes are locked onto Team RWBY's. And we all know what happens when trainer's eyes have met.