Chp 2: Off we go
Ann and I packed up her camp and headed south. We saw very few pokemon during this time which, considering my experience with the Whooper earlier in the day.
"Ann?"
"Yes?"
"How do you plan on finding your brother?"
"Well…I was just following my gut feeling."
"What! You have no plan what so ever?!?!"
"Not really…"
"What does he look like?"
"He's a short skinny little blonde haired boy. He came here with the Charmander I caught him for his 10th birthday. He went out training. He called from Goldenrod City and told us that he was coming here."
"So where are we going?"
Just then a hot dry breeze blew over us from the south.
"We're heading out into the desert. I feel that he went there."
I recalled from my not-so-fun descent from the upper atmosphere that this island had a small desert in the south that jutted out in the ocean. It didn't look like a very fun place to be traveling through on foot.
"Is there any chance that we could find something to ride so we don't have to walk?"
As if on cue, a huge Rapidash appeared on the small hill in front of us. And then two more appeared. And then 15 more appeared!
"Oh my!" Ann cried out.
"Lets just stay calm. Maybe they will leave us alone."
No such luck. All 18 unusually large Rapidash headed straight towards us. They stopped about 5 feet in front of us. Then the lead horse spoke.
{Hello strangers, welcome to the land of the Stone. How may we be of service?}
"Um…what is the land of the Stone?" I asked.
{All that you see from the western plains to the eastern sea, from the southern desert to the northern cliffs. That is the land of the Stone.}
"I'm looking for my brother…"
{Ah yes} interrupted the Rapidash {We know of the child of fire.}
"Child of fire?"
{Yes, we have not seen him for many weeks. We will take you to where we were last blessed with his presence.}
Two almost regular sized Rapidash stepped forward. The lead horse motioned for us to climb on. We did. Moments later all sign of the lush grass had disappeared. We were surrounded by hills of sand with strange rock formations jutting out from deep beneath the sand. Far ahead of us was glimmer in the sand. It almost looked like water but not quite. The herd of Rapidash stopped just before the glimmer in the sand. Ann an I hopped off to investigate.
"It's glass, " Ann exclaimed.
And it was. It was a pool of glass about 10 feet across.
{This is where we were last honored with the child of fire's presence.}
"Oh my, what has James gotten himself into."
{We shall be around. Just call.}
Then the Rapidash were just gone.
"How odd…"
I wondered around the center of the pool. It was very slick and you hear the sand crunch beneath it when you walked…except for one spot. This spot was almost exactly in the center. It made a very hollow sound when you walked on it. I had been so busy investigating the pool that I hadn't paid attention to Ann.
"Ahh!! Help!!" Ann called out from behind me.
I spun around to see where she was and promptly fell on my butt.
When I opened my eyes I saw Ann being attacked by these little spiny plant pokemon.
"Get the off of me!"
I got up and raced towards her being careful not to fall again. I pulled her out of the fury of attacks and back towards the glass pool. Several of the spiny pokemon followed. We slipped several times crossing the pool. I fell flat on my back right on top of that spot in the center. I heard the glass crack beneath me. One of the pokemon Tackled Ann from behind and she slipped and fell on top of me. The glass cracked some more. The pokemon that Tackled Ann backed up and jumped high into the air. It landed right on top of us. The glass fell away into the large black pit beneath us…
Ann and I packed up her camp and headed south. We saw very few pokemon during this time which, considering my experience with the Whooper earlier in the day.
"Ann?"
"Yes?"
"How do you plan on finding your brother?"
"Well…I was just following my gut feeling."
"What! You have no plan what so ever?!?!"
"Not really…"
"What does he look like?"
"He's a short skinny little blonde haired boy. He came here with the Charmander I caught him for his 10th birthday. He went out training. He called from Goldenrod City and told us that he was coming here."
"So where are we going?"
Just then a hot dry breeze blew over us from the south.
"We're heading out into the desert. I feel that he went there."
I recalled from my not-so-fun descent from the upper atmosphere that this island had a small desert in the south that jutted out in the ocean. It didn't look like a very fun place to be traveling through on foot.
"Is there any chance that we could find something to ride so we don't have to walk?"
As if on cue, a huge Rapidash appeared on the small hill in front of us. And then two more appeared. And then 15 more appeared!
"Oh my!" Ann cried out.
"Lets just stay calm. Maybe they will leave us alone."
No such luck. All 18 unusually large Rapidash headed straight towards us. They stopped about 5 feet in front of us. Then the lead horse spoke.
{Hello strangers, welcome to the land of the Stone. How may we be of service?}
"Um…what is the land of the Stone?" I asked.
{All that you see from the western plains to the eastern sea, from the southern desert to the northern cliffs. That is the land of the Stone.}
"I'm looking for my brother…"
{Ah yes} interrupted the Rapidash {We know of the child of fire.}
"Child of fire?"
{Yes, we have not seen him for many weeks. We will take you to where we were last blessed with his presence.}
Two almost regular sized Rapidash stepped forward. The lead horse motioned for us to climb on. We did. Moments later all sign of the lush grass had disappeared. We were surrounded by hills of sand with strange rock formations jutting out from deep beneath the sand. Far ahead of us was glimmer in the sand. It almost looked like water but not quite. The herd of Rapidash stopped just before the glimmer in the sand. Ann an I hopped off to investigate.
"It's glass, " Ann exclaimed.
And it was. It was a pool of glass about 10 feet across.
{This is where we were last honored with the child of fire's presence.}
"Oh my, what has James gotten himself into."
{We shall be around. Just call.}
Then the Rapidash were just gone.
"How odd…"
I wondered around the center of the pool. It was very slick and you hear the sand crunch beneath it when you walked…except for one spot. This spot was almost exactly in the center. It made a very hollow sound when you walked on it. I had been so busy investigating the pool that I hadn't paid attention to Ann.
"Ahh!! Help!!" Ann called out from behind me.
I spun around to see where she was and promptly fell on my butt.
When I opened my eyes I saw Ann being attacked by these little spiny plant pokemon.
"Get the off of me!"
I got up and raced towards her being careful not to fall again. I pulled her out of the fury of attacks and back towards the glass pool. Several of the spiny pokemon followed. We slipped several times crossing the pool. I fell flat on my back right on top of that spot in the center. I heard the glass crack beneath me. One of the pokemon Tackled Ann from behind and she slipped and fell on top of me. The glass cracked some more. The pokemon that Tackled Ann backed up and jumped high into the air. It landed right on top of us. The glass fell away into the large black pit beneath us…