Welcome to the Town of Rivet

Brian sat up. He was in a stone house, sitting on a bed. Everything seemed so old-fashioned. An old lady came into the room he was in.

"Hello. Are you feeling ok?" she asked. The last thing he remembered was helping his Treecko after it had been defeated by that Haunter.

He yelled, "Where's my Treecko?" The old lady pointed to the table across the room. Professor Girdon's lab coat was bundled up neatly there. On top of it were three Pokeballs.

Brian jumped out of the bed, only to fall face first on the floor. He just remembered that his leg was injured. The lady helped him up and he released all three Pokemon. Treecko, Charmander, and Totodile appeared. They all seemed refreshed.

"I tended to their wounds. My, they looked as if they had fought a serious battle."

"They had. Thanks. By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Christina. What would yours be?"

"Brian. Brian Veron."

Brian limped back onto the bed. Then Celia walked in.

"Totodile!" The little crocodile jumped into her arms. "Brian, oh my gosh! Is your leg ok?"

"It's nothing. I'm just in extremely excruciating pain." Celia's sweat dropped.

Brian asked, "How's Andy doing?" Celia looked down. "Not good. He has a gash on his shoulder." Brian thought How did he get so hurt? My leg is injured from the debris. Celia wasn't hurt before we got here and she isn't hurt now. Andy wasn't hurt. What happened to him?

"Hey Christina, what is this place?" She replied "This is a small town called Rivet." It's about a week's journey to the main city. We found you three lying unconscious near the Rivet entrance to the Forbidden Woods."

"Hey! This town's name is the same as my town's name!" "Oh really? That is amazing. You must've come a long way. You don't look like you are from near here."

"I'm not. Come to think of it… I don't even know how I got here. We had battled a weird looking Haunter. After we lost, it made a tornado thing and sucked us all in."

Christina looked as if she was in deep thought. "A weird looking Haunter. Could you tell me how it was weird?"

Brian thought for a moment. He thought and thought until Celia answered the question for him. "The Haunter's body looked like it was a big ball of purple fire. It's eyes had no expression whatsoever."

Christina then said, "I know what that thing was. It was the Black Specter. It, along with many other evil Pokemon, work for the King of Shadows, who is in control of the entire region. He dwells in that castle." She walked to the window and pointed at a dark shape off in the distance. It was a tall castle that seemed to have a black aura around it.

"The King of Shadows somehow brought the entire east region of Omni to a separate realm 700 years ago. The east region of Omni consists of all the land near the Castle. This town, the main city, Utila, and the Forbidden Woods. There are five nobles that work for the King of Shadows. One is here, two are in the main city, and one is inside the Castle. The fifth one resides inside the Forbidden Woods. It is said that those five are extremely powerful. Their job is to control the regions they are assigned to. And all over East Omni are evil soldiers called Shades that work for the King of Shadows. They maintain order around here. Like if there are any rebellions they will stop them. Oh, and one more thing. Night time is about three hours longer than day time."

Brian and Celia were still taking in all this information when suddenly a brown form flew through the window. It crashed onto the table with Professor Girdon's lab coat. Three Pokedexs and a relatively large case fell out. The case opened and about two dozen shrunken Pokeballs rolled out. Brian immediately knelt down and tried to help the Zigzagoon. Celia picked up all the stuff. The Zigzagoon's furry body was covered in blood. There were claw marks where its opponent attacked it. Brian got a closer look at it and saw that instead of brown fur and white stripes, it had brown fur and silver stripes. It had a silver stripe running from its nose to its forehead. Christina walked outside.

Brian tried to console the little creature. "Hey little guy. You'll be ok. Christina will fix you up." Then Christina walked back in. She said, "That bully! It always picks on poor Silver here. There was a reason we named it Claws."

Brian was filled with indignation. He limped outside. Treecko followed him. Christina followed him. She explained, "My husband and I own a farm. We raise Miltank and Mareep to sell milk and wool. We have Zigzagoon as herders. We got a new litter half a year ago. There was an unusual one that looked different. But we still accepted him. The thing is, a Linoone, Claws, keeps attacking it. It is almost 4 years older. It probably likes fighting, so it picks on the smallest one. Silver is always so discouraged.

Brian was really mad. "I'm gonna show that Linoone to not mess with Silver again."

Brian walked straight toward the barn. He saw three Zigzagoon and two Linoone sleeping on the floor. Brian instantly recognized the one called Claws. He was almost three times as large as Treecko. There was a scar on his left paw and its left eye.

Brian walked over to Claws. He yelled, "WAKE UP!" Claws instantly shot up. It glared at Brian.

"Listen, Claws, I'm gonna teach you not to mess with Silver! Treecko, let's take this outside!" Treecko dashed outside, followed by Claws. Claws was almost as fast as Treecko.

"Treecko, ricochet off that boulder and use Quick Attack!" Treecko sped toward the rock, planted both of his feet on the rock, and pushed off, straight into Claws. Treecko connected, sending Claws flying straight into a tree. Claws got back up. It lashed at Treecko with a Slash attack. Treecko managed to dodge it and retaliate with a Pound attack right on Claws's face. Claws did a 360 degree spin and landed on the grass. It got back up and kicked sand at Treecko. Treecko was covered in sand. It couldn't see the oncoming Tackle that knocked it onto a boulder.

"Treecko! Are you ok?" Treecko slowly got up. "Good job! Let's change our tactics. Use Bullet Seed!" Treecko fired multiple seeds at Claws. Claws ran in a zigzag motion, dodging the attack.

"Treecko! Quick Attack!" Treecko launched itself toward the Linoone. Claws lifted its claws. It slashed down. Treecko managed to stop right in front of Linoone with the Slash attack flying over its head. Linoone didn't have time to recover. Treecko blasted it with all the force it could use in a Bullet Seed attack. Linoone flew back, stunned by the rookie Pokemon mopping the floor with him.

"Good job Treecko! Now use-" A boulder flew toward Treecko. It jumped over it. The boulder flew past and toppled a tree. Brian looked over in the direction the boulder came from. There was a man wearing black uniform. He had black mask that covered everything but his eyes. A Graveler was in front of him.

"Hey! Watch where you're throwing those things!" Despite Brian's comments, the Graveler hurled another boulder, this time at Brian. He jumped just in the nick of time.

"Ok. That's it. Treecko! Bullet Seed! Treecko fired energized seeds at Graveler. They bounced harmlessly off its tough body.

Christina walked out front. She gasped. "Brian! Call off the match! You don't stand a chance!" Then Celia stepped out. "He doesn't stand a chance…unless he has me! Totodile! Use Water Gun!" A stream of water was sent flying toward the Graveler. Graveler rolled into a ball. It spun so fast the water bounced right off. It trampled both Treecko and Totodile in one attack. It then whacked Brian and Celia. Brian hit a tree and Celia was slammed on the ground.

The Shade said, "If you ever attempt to fight me again, I will show no mercy to your Pokemon…or you."

Brian yelled, "You…you…" He charged at the Shade. The Graveler jumped into the air. It spun around and flew straight at Brian.


Author's Notes: ooh suspenseful. Is Brian gonna get squashed like an overcooked squash?

(that didn't make any sense whatsoever.) Please review. And thanks Voidmoon for reviewing. Just to let you know, you can use the Ho-oh vs. Lugia scenario anytime. It's always good to see a coupla overpowered legendary Pokemon beat the shitaki mushrooms outta each other.