Ryan's Pokémon Adventure

by Kellnoa's Sorrow

The very first fanfic I ever wrote, unfinished. Alot of people liked this story, and it was a shame that I had to stop writing it. But I'm actually writing a new versioin of this fanfic, and decided to post the original version. Please take the time to re

8. *Mt. Moon, or Mt. Conspiracy?

Ryan's Pokémon Adventure
Special Edition Chapter ^#1
Ch. 8 Mt. Moon, Or Mt. Conspiracy?
By BlastSage

The day was hot and tiring. Ryan and Karen were about to faint from the busy yet boring day they had. After Ryan had won his first badge, they had set out on the nearest route toward Mt. Moon. So far they had only encountered a few bug trainers (which Ryan and Karen won easily thanks to his Abra and her Beedrill), and a mysterious group of shorts-loving trainers. Indeed, they had done a lot of battling, but saw no Pokémon to catch. So they were quite relieved when they reached the Mt. Moon Pokémon Center.

When they entered the center, a man ran up to them, then shook each of their hands.

"Hello there." He said in a really fast voice. " Do I have a deal for you! I have a rare, very expensive Magikarp! They are hard to catch, so this will probably be your only chance to get one. They are for a small price of ¥500. What d'ya say?"

"I'll" Ryan began to say. But then he took quick glance at Karen's disbelieving face. "I – I don't think I'm interested." He finished.

The man's face went disappointed. "But Magikarp evolve into Gyrados, a very rare feat to accomplish by how weak err um"

"Sorry, but I'm not interested." Ryan said, as he and Karen walked past the guy. As they approached they desk, Karen talking about how Magikarp were very common and very weak, making them very hard to evolve, Ryan was sure that he had heard the guy mutter under his breath "Wait until Aftran gets his hands on you" But he shook that thought out of his head. "It couldn't be," He thought.

After they healed their Pokémon, the two trainers sat at the café area for something to eat. They had a map open all on the table, planning on how to get through Mt. Moon.

" It's very easy to get lost in Mt. Moon." lectured Karen. " And the Clefairy and Clefable that are supposed to guard the mountain like to trick trainers into getting lost. So we can't split up, and we have to plan a path..."

"Yeah" Ryan said dreamily. He stared at the window, looking at the towering mountain. His mind wandered back about two years ago to his brother, who he had just spotted while in Pewter City. He remembered how his mother had got off the phone, a sullen look on her face. He remembered how she had taken him for a walk onto Route One, how she said that his brother had disappeared, and how he had wept weeks after. He kept on dreaming until a sudden bright flash of blue appeared over the mountain. Ryan tried to squint his eyes to see what it was, but the flash of blue vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. That was when he realized that Karen was packing her stuff away.

"Got it?" She got up, ready to go.

"Uhyeah, I got it." Ryan stood up and left with Karen, both not knowing that they were in for a couple of very big and secret surprises.

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They entered the cave entrance, as a rush of cool, damp air came up to meet them. They had only taken a few steps when they were engulfed in darkness.

"It's too dark!" shrieked Karen as she felt something slither next to her leg.

"Charmander, light the way!" Ryan said in a whisper. For that brief section when the pokéball flashed open like a bolt of lightning, Ryan and Karen saw a group of Zubats covering every inch of the cave wall. When Charmander was fully out, the bats took off too destroy the light source.

"Zubat: A Bat Pokémon: Forms colonies in perpetually dark places. Uses ultrasonic waves to identify and approach targets."

"Aaaaahhh!" screamed the two as they tried to escape the cloud of Zubats trying to bite their necks. They dove through different openings in the mountain trying to lose the bats. Charmander was close behind using Ember attack to keep them from following.

Ryan noticed this and stopped running. "Charmander is right." He said to Karen. " We have to fight. Go! Abra! Use your Swift attack!" Abra obeyed, and tons of sharp, tiny stars flew at the cloud. A couple of them fell down to the ground, wounded, but still more kept on pouring in.

"Beedrill, use Twineedle! Caterpie, use String Shot!" Karen commanded as she released her pokémon. Beedrill started to peck rapidly at five Zubats at the same time with its stingers, while Caterpie made some others stick together and fall in clumps. But they both along with Abra weren't doing so well because the Zubats had used Supersonic, confusing all three.

Suddenly, Ryan got an idea. "Go Fearow! Cyclone now!"

"Fearooow!" the bird squawked as it flew from the pokéball and into the air. Near the top of the ceiling, it started to spin in circles, as if an ice skater. Small pebbles were starting to rise into the air, as the oxygen left as if it were being sucked by a vacuum. When Fearow was nothing but a blur, it spread out both its wings and slashed them down as if it were slamming a sword down. The following winds were devastating, as hundreds of Zubats were blown away, shrieking in terror and pain.

Ryan, Karen, and their Pokémon were lying on the floor, shielding themselves from the wind, and refused to get up until they could hear no more shrieks. When they all felt that it was safe to come out, they found Fearow fainted on the ground. Ryan gave Fearow a revive he had saved, then recalled his pokémon back, except for Charmander. Karen did the same.

"That was too scary." Said Karen. " Those Zubats were way too aggressive."

"I agreeKaren, you might want to see this." Ryan said, pointing to a small opening. Karen looked where he pointed and gasped, for there standing in front of them were three Clefairy, who had come up from hiding to see what all the commotion was about. And they didn't look very happy to see humans.

"Clefairy: Fairy Pokémon: A rarely seen Pokémon found only at Mt. Moon that are said to come from another planet."

The Clefairy put their arms into the air and started to wave them back and forth, chanting, but were interrupted by Charmander's Flamethrower attack it had learned after beating the Zubats.

"Clefairy! Clef clef clefairy!" they cried as two jumped away and ran off in fear. One was too badly injured and lay on the floor.

"Oh, you poor thing." whispered Karen, as she took out a potion from her backpack. She sprayed some formula on the pokémon.

"Clef." It said quietly, then fell back, ready to faint.

"Don't worry." Karen took out a pokéball and placed it in front of Clefairy. Clefairy slowly touched the button on front, and was zapped inside. It shook three times, then stopped. Karen put the pokéball in her backpack.

"Blahh." Ryan said. "That was sickening."

"Oh, shut up!" said Karen.

"Yeah, yeah." He said as he picked up three rocks that the Clefairy dropped. His Pokéwatch scanned the items into his inventory.

"Helix Fossil: Fossil of Omanyte."

"Dome Fossil: Fossil of Kabuto."

"Moon Stone"

"A Kabuto fossil! I can have a Kabutops just like I wanted. Here" He tossed the Helix Fossil to Karen. "There is your Omanyte."

"Wow!" Karen was excited. "Umcould I also have that Moon stone?"

"Sure." Ryan replied, as he handed her the stone.

"Char! Char charmander!" Charmander reminded them that they were to get going. So Ryan and Karen followed.

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The next day, Ryan and Karen stilled continued to try to get through the mountain. Ryan had left the map back at the Pokémon Center, so they were officially lost.

"I'm tired, and I miss the sun." whined Karen. Charmander nodded its head in agreement.

"Well, you don't have to worry anymore, because I can see light up ahead." He announced, almost screaming. All three ran up ahead. The light was only twentyten feet away"

They burst into the outside. "Finally, we ma-." Ryan started, but suddenly stopped because they did not reach Cerulean City, or anywhere near it. They had come across something that they knew was forbidden.

Up ahead, a flock of Zapdos were flying in the sky, playing a game with a family of Houou. Marills, Lugias and Articunos rested and swam in a nearby a lake, and up in the distance, they could see Moltres diving into and out of a volcano. A glance at the forest on their left revealed a bunch of Mews playing Hide and Seek.

"Articuno: An Ice Pokémon: A legendary bird pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost on icy mountains."

"Zapdos: An Electric Pokémon: A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts."

"Moltres: A Fire Pokémon: Known as the legendary bird of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flash of flames."

"Mew: A Psychic Pokémon: Is so rare it is claimed to be a mirage by many people. Only a few people have seen it worldwide."

"Marill: A Water/Electric Pokémon: The evolved form of Raichu. A new species of the Pikachu family."

"Houou: No further information."

"Lugia: No further information."

There were many more rare Pokémon, but were too unreal to describe.

"Ryan" Karen stammered. "Wewe are looking at rare Pokémon!"

Ryan couldn't believe the site. "How could it be that these Pokémon were behind Mt. Moon, but nobody noticed?" he thought.

"Because we try to keep it hidden, and nobody without their authorization codes should be here right now." said a voice behind them. Karen and Ryan slowly turned around to see who had caught them. Behind them stood a teenager, about sixteen, with jet black hair. He wore a purple lab coat with the Psychic symbol imprinted on the back. But the creepiest part that stood out the most about the guy was his eyes, which was a steely gray. And he didn't look very happy.

"Uh" Ryan just said.

"We got here by accident." Karen stammered, her voice slightly shaky.

The guy looked off into the distance. "I told them Zubats and Clefairy were to easy." He gave a sigh, then turned back to Ryan and Karen. "Well, there is no way PL can hide this from you, so come with me." And with a flutter of his coat, he led Ryan and Karen down the mountain.

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Meanwhile

Aftran had just come out of the cave that the two other trainers came from. He looked around at the pokémon paradise, amazed in awe. "The boss can make a load off of this place. You have got to see this." He reached his hand down the cave, and helped someone else out. She was a head shorter of Aftran, with long blond hair reaching down to her waist. She looked around, with the same look of interest as her new partner had shown.

"This place is a gold mine." She said. "It was a good thing that we sent that spy following those two twerps."

"Sure was, Nwad" he said as he slowly bent down and slowly kissed his new partner on the cheek. Nwad blushed. She had a huge crush on Aftran. "Now let's go and find out more about this place"

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"So what are your names, anyway?" the man asked.

The two looked at each other, then they both replied.

"Ryan Sasako." Ryan said.

"Karen. Just Karen." said Karen.

"Now that you know who we are, you mind telling us who you are, and what this place is?"

He seemed to hesitate, then turned around to face them. His eyes reflected the sun, making it seem as if he had some kind of power. "Very well. My name is Ttocs. And this," he said, as he motioned over to the rare pokémon, " Is the PLPreservation. And it is supposed to be kept a secret, only known to authorized personnel." He explained. They continued walking.

"Well, what does PL stand for?" Karen asked.

Ttocs gave a grunt. "Pokémon League."

"You mean the Pokémon League is in charge of this, and never told the public?!" Ryan stated.

"Don't you kids ever shut up?" Ttocs warned, and that was the end of the conversation.

When they had gotten off the mountain, Ttocs went over to a tent, told them to wait outside, and entered it. They could hear voices discussing something. Then Ttocs came out and motion them in.

"Inside were all sorts of pictures of dragons, like Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite. The tent emitted incense that made Ryan and Karen feel relaxed. They walked all the way to the end of the tent, up to a desk. The chair that was behind the desk swiveled around, and Ryan and Karen gasped at whom was sitting in the seat.

"It's Lance, from the Elite 4!" they both squealed.

Lance cracked a smile. "Well, even here I am still a celebrity." He said. Then his smile disappeared. "Anyway, I have found out from Ttocs that you stumbled into this preserve by accident." Is this true?"

"Y-yes sir." Ryan replied. He was starting to get uncomfortable, if he was in trouble with one of the top Pokémon Trainers in the world.

"Well, judging by your ages and being that you are new trainers, I will let you go under one condition." He said. "That you never, ever tell anyone about this place, understand?"

The two nodded their heads in agreement. "Yes sir."

"Good. You can stay for the rest of the day, but tomorrow, Ttocs will show - "

Lance was interrupted by a scientist that burst through the tent flap. "Lance, the female Articuno. She just laid to 4 eggs!"

Lance rushed out of their in a heartbeat, followed by the man who interrupted them, Ttocs, and Ryan and Karen, who would never miss out at a thing like this. The ran half a mile in the direction of the lake. When they all reached there, there was a crowd of people surrounding what was probably the new mother Articuno. Pokémon had also gathered, hovering over the spot. Everyone let Lance go past, allowing Ran to slip through with Karen. At the front lay a beautiful sky blue Articuno with soft, white feathers, making the bird look like a living sky with clouds. Beside her lay three blue, ice covered eggs.

"Rick," called Lance, referring to the gut in the tent earlier, "didn't you say there were 4 eggs?"

Rick looked horrified at that moment. "Oh my goshsomebody stole an egg!" Commotion started to sound around the crowd. The Articuno gave out a high pitched, angry tone. The Pokémon started to power up for an attack to whoever was caught. Lance stood up.

"Well, it wasn't you kids because you were with me." said Lance. He tried to yell over people's voices. "Did anyone see anyone or anything strange going on while you were here?"

"Sure did." Said a voice behind everyone. They all turned. Ryan and Karen's curiosity turned into anger. Aftran stood quite a distance away, along with Nwad, who was holding the egg in her arms. They both let out a laugh.

Aftran spoke up. " So, Lance the Dragon Master, and the trainer Ryan with his girlfriend. Hey Ryan, how's that Raticate of yours? A ha ha ha ha ha."

That comment made Ryan fume. His Raticate had nearly died from that attack. Aftran was going to get his fair share now.

"Give back that egg, and maybe you can go free without a harsh punishment." yelled Lance.

"Oh, I don't think so." replied Nwad. "This egg rightfully belongs to us, now." She smiled evilly.

"That's right." continued Aftran. " And soon, this whole valley will belong to the two of us, or at least our boss."

Ryan took a look at the Articuno. She was looking extremely tired, but he could also feel her sadness and despair. "I can't let them hurt her like that." he thought.

"I choose you, Charmander!" Charmander zapped out from the pokéball, shouting out its name and standing in a fighting stance, ready for battle.

"Could I take care of the kid and his pokémon?" Nwad whispered to Aftran.

"Sure." he whispered back. "The battle should buy us some time."

"Right." Nwad handed the egg to Aftran, then faced her challenger. "Ditto, come out!" Ditto appeared, stretching after being in the pokéball for a couple of days.

"Let's do it! Charmander, Ember attack!" Charmander whipped his tail about, sending embers flying toward Ditto.

"Ditto, Transform!" Ditto glowed a multicolored light, which faded away to reveal another Charmander. The embers hit Ditto/Charmander, but with little damage. "Ditto, Flamethrower!"

"Charmander, Flamethrower!" The two flames met, one trying to push the other. But thanks to the fight with the Zubats, Charmander's experience was higher than Ditto's, so the flames had reached the Ditto. "Now, Slam and Tackle attack!" Charmander lowered its head, gave a running start, and headed toward Ditto.

"Ditto, dodge it, now!" But Ditto was two slow, as the pokémon was sent flying to Nwad's feet, unconscious. Ditto returned to its natural form, limp. "Grrrrr. Return." Ditto was recalled back to its pokéball. "Now I will really teach you not to mess with me. Go Muk! Poison Gas attack!"

"Eww." the spectators all said at once as they covered their noses from the horrible smell. Even Aftran and the other Pokémon were holding their breath.

The only one who wasn't holding their nose or breath was Nwad. "Well, I like the smell of it."

"What a freak." Karen muttered to Ryan.

The Muk took a huge breath of air, and blew it out it a smell so bad that it was toxic. Charmander automatically fainted, no matter how it tried to keep the smell away.

"Charmander, return." He switched pokéballs. "Abra, go! Confusion!"

"Muk, Sludge attack!" Abra got to Muk first. Muk got confused and started to attack itself. "Muk, what are you doing!" Nwad started to yell. " Stop attacking yourself and attack thatbug! Do your Acid Armor." Muk didn't obey, but instead started to fling sludge in every direction.

"Abra Hypnosis." Ryan said, barely dodging a poisonous sludge ball.

"Abra." he chanted as he focused hypnosis waves at Muk. Muk started to slow down at its performance and became calm. Finally, it fell asleep.

"Looks like I win." triumphed Ryan. "Now give us the egg."

"Never." replied Nwad. She kicked at the Muk. "Wake UUPPP!"

"Muk!" it said at an angry tone, as it started to suck in her leg, and advance slowly toward its master.

"Muk, return!" she commanded as she called off the disgruntled Muk. She turned toward Ryan. "You little - "

She was cut off by the sound of a helicopter approaching. It stopped and dropped a ladder down to Aftran and Nwad."

"Bye, losers." They both said as they started to climb the ladder.

"Vaporeon, use Water Cannon and get that egg." Ryan turned around to see who had given that command. Ttocs stood behind Ryan; next to him stood a Vaporeon, blowing a huge spray of water at Aftran. It was just enough, as the egg slipped from his arms, and into Ryan's hands.

"I'll stay behind and get the egg." suggested Nwad.

"Forget the damn egg, we have to go now." They both climbed into the helicopter. The helicopter glowed a dark red – purple, then took off.

A cheer erupted from the team scientists. Ryan walked past them and walked up to the mother Articuno, who looked down at him with flaming red, but soft eyes. "Cuno. Arti Articuno." It called.

Ryan held up the egg. "Here is your egg."

The Articuno stared at Ryan, thinking hard. After a moment of hushed silence, the Articuno spoke. "Arti arti ticu cun cuno articuno art."

"Articuno says that she is grateful that you fought for her baby, and in return, she would like for you totrain the Articuno as her reward to you." Abra translated, loud enough for everyone to here.

"Are youare you sure?" Ryan asked, stunned. The Articuno lowered her head yes.

"Congratulations, Ryan." said Lance. "That bird may prove useful in the Pokémon League." Lance winked.

Ttocs was next. "Good work." He said, and walked away, angry at something. Karen ran up to him, but when she got to him, they both just stared at each other.

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It was sunset as Ryan and Karen walked away from the celebration of Articuno giving birth and the defeat of the villains. Lance had also put up an announcement for all gym leaders to keep a look out for Aftran and Nwad.

The two kids walked up the side of a hill, where they set up their camp for the night. As soon as they were done, they sat and stared at all the rare Pokémon of the planet, having their own celebration; the birds were doing aerial dances in the air, and the Moltres used fire attacks to recreate fireworks. The Marills sprayed fountains of water into the air, and the Mews made colorful light appear, making the effect of colorful fountains in the air. It certainly was beautiful. Ryan and Karen had let out their pokémon to join the celebration.

They said nothing for a few minutes. Then Karen broke the silence. "That was really brave of you, handling Aftran and his partner by yourself."

"Thanks." he said. Then he spoke up. "Do youdo you want to help raise the Articuno."

Karen looked up at him. "Of course. But are you sure?"

"Yeah." he said. They stopped talking. Then, very slowly, he put his arm around Karen's shoulder. He expected her to slap him, but instead, she moved up closer to him.

They continued to watch the celebration until it was time to fall asleep. They both climbed into their sleeping bags.

"Goodnight." whispered Karen.

"Goodnight." whispered Ryan.