Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Shadows of Ganderosa
Chapter 8
Spirits of the Dark
When Dillan got to the outskirts of Poltress, he lurked behind one of the buildings. He poked his head around the corner. He didn't see anyone down the sandy streets. Dillan was hoping he would see at least one pokemon. The fact that he didn't meant they were somewhere else, stalking him... Don't think like that! he scolded. Dillan ran around the corner to the next alley as quietly as possible. If I were a bunch of ghosts, where would I take my captives? Dillan looked around for a building that was different. There was nothing out of the ordinary. Dillan ran to the next alley, then the next, then the next. No one was there. If I could catch one of the ghosts, maybe I could get it to tell me where my friends are.
Dillan felt a breath on his shoulder. His pupils dilated. He tensed up and slowly turned around, facing the shadowy alley. Dillan squinted his eyes to get a better look. He didn't see anything except a doll that was as big as Ryan. Dillan walked slowly towards the doll. It was a bleached yellow with a wooden stick for a tail. There were eyes that looked like a child scribbled a black crayon on the face. The child also drew a zigzag smile with red cheeks. The doll looked eerie. The base of the doll was a dome. It had two little slits in the chest that revealed nothing but darkness. It also had ears with black tips.
The doll just sat there, staring at him. Dillan, being the freaked-out pokemon he was, eyed the doll as he backed out of the alley. When Dillan realized he was out of the alley, he also saw he was in the middle of the street. Anyone who was near could see him. The gabite bolted down the street and ducked into a hole in one of the houses. He sat there and regained his breath. The house was very dark. There was a broken window that revealed the street. Dillan got up and strode over to the window. He looked out to see if anyone had followed him. Nothing.
Dillan suddenly heard a cry coming from behind him. It sounded like a baby's. He turned around to find a wave of pink ripples forming a circle blasted him in the face. Dillan felt a surge of agony run through his body coming from his snout. He kneeled on one leg for stability. He looked at the creator of the blast. It was the doll. Its head was tilted. The shadows around its face seemed to make it look menacing. Dillan was frightened. No! You can't let fear take hold! Attack!
Dillan focused on his fins. They started growing longer. They illuminated Dillan's section of the room in a blue light. The gabite lunged at the mimikyu. It just stood there. When Dillan's fins made contact with the mimikyu's face, they shrunk into Dillan's arm. What on Ganderosa? The doll whipped around and a shadow stretched from under its feet. The shadow seemed to consume all of the light in the room as it grew into a massive arm with claws like razors. The claw came down onto Dillan. He isn't know a shadow could become solid, let alone slice his scales. Blood started trickling down Dillan's arm. He decided to counter with a Dragon Claw. Once again, it didn't touch the doll. That's not working! I need to try something else. Maybe dig. He tapped his foot on the wooden floor. He dodged another shadow claw attack. That won't work! I need something else!
"Die!" the mimikyu shouted as a flash of light irradiated off of the pokemon. Dillan put his arms up to protect his eyes. His chest burned as if the light emitted U. V. rays that seared his scales. Dillan let out a scream.
When the burning finished, Dillan dared a look. The light was gone, but no such luck with the mimikyu and the shadowy claw that arched towards Dillan. He lunged right and avoided the attack. The only other move I know is the Flame Thrower... Dillan focused on his chest, trying to conjure up the flame. He felt nothing. The mimikyu shrieked like a child and another wave of pink circles flew towards Dillan. I can't lose! I need something to focus on! A passion! He leapt to the right again to dodge the rings. I need to focus on my friends! He thought about the memories he had made in the past few days with Ryan and Hazel. The fire appeared. He drew his head back and launched a breath of flame towards the mimikyu. The doll threw its head in front of the flames. Once Dillan stopped, the mimikyu's head was seared. Its neck seemed to be snapped as its head flopped around like a sack. Dillan had no idea what was happening, but the mimikyu wasn't fazed by pain.
"It'll take me hours to fix that!" it shouted in rage.
The doll started glowing again. Dillan was ready this time. He dove for the broken window. With a "crash" the remaining glass shattered with Dillan flying through. His feet were singed by the Dazzling Gleam, but other than that, he was fine; though, he felt exhausted due to the fight. The doll jumped after him. Perfect! Dillan dug under the ground. His miracle sense kicked in. He saw the mimikyu from above. Dillan emerged from underneath, throwing the mimikyu into the air. He then cocked his head back and sent another wave of flames towards the doll. It had no traction to dodge. The attack hit it full blast. With a scream, the pokemon fell to the floor with a "thud". It didn't get up. The doll's ears were on fire. Dillan ran over for fear of the pokemon incinerating. He started piling dirt on top of the mimikyu's ears. He didn't want to kill it, just wound it to make sure it couldn't kill it. After the fire was extinguished, Dillan looked around. H was in the wide open. He was surprised no one else had heard him. Where are they?
He started speed walking down the street, ducking into alleyway to alleyway. He tried not to think about the mimikyu.
Dillan walked down the streets until he came into the town square. He stared at the gengar statue. He was looking at its left side. It still freaked him out. What is with that statue? Something doesn't feel right about that thing. The sapphire around Dillan's neck started getting heavier. He clawed at the sapphire lightly. He remembered how it had led him back to Poltress. What are you trying to show me? The sapphire seemed to pull him towards it. Dillan walked to the statue. He walked around it, trying to find something abnormal about the gengar. He stopped in the front of the statue. Dillan found a plaque on the statue's base. He read it aloud.
"With red eyes that pierce into one's soul, look towards the rising sun to find the entrance to the underworld." Like hell? That underworld? Is that where my friends are being held? Dillan thought about that for a few seconds before returning to the riddle.
Red eyes... He saw the statues beady eyes were glowing red. It has to be talking about the statue's eyes, but they can't look at the sun... Can they? Dillan looked at the sun. It was still setting. He faced the statue. Can it rotate? The gabite grabbed at the statue with his arms. He tried to move it. It didn't move. I have to try more force. With all of the energy Dillan could muster, he tried to move the statue. It started rotating slowly. A smug grin formed on his face. He kept rotating it until it faced the sun. Dillan waited for a few seconds. Nothing happened.
Dillan thought about the riddle again. "With red eyes that pierce into one's soul, look towards the rising sun to find the entrance to the underworld." The rising sun... That's what's missing! The rising sun is towards the east, not west. Dillan grabbed the statue and started rotating it again. This time, he made sure it was facing away from the sun. There was a "click" and a "Ka-Chunk" noise. The statue's eyes started getting brighter. There was a rumbling in the sand as the floor started shifting below Dillan. The gabite ran away from the statue. It started to spin as the floor collapsed to form a stair case leading into the darkness of the earth. Dillan looked at the new entrance. Dillan started descending down the stairs, into the darkness.
Once he was at the bottom, there was no light left. Dillan's miracle sense kicked in. He saw a corridor leading into a doorway. He could hear faint shouts echoing from the entrance. Once he was at the doorway, the shouting got louder. There was another path. There was light at the end of this path. Dillan proceeded down the hall. He could sense a massive room that steeped downwards to a stage. There were pokemon flooding the room.
Dillan entered the room. It was more like a dome. It had pillars going up towards the roof for support. The dome lit by candles. The room had a slope with stairs big enough to be seats. It was filled to the brim with ghost types. He looked downwards towards the stage. Hazel and Ryan were tied to a stick in the back. They were both gaged.. There were candles surrounding them. Hazel looked petrified with fear. Ryan looked like fighting every one of the pokemon in the room.
There was the dusknoir from earlier on the stage, motioning the pokemon to lower their voices. There was a table in the middle of the stage. It had a stone sitting on top.
Once the room was quiet, the dusknoir spoke. "Pokemon of Poltress! Thank you for coming! On this day, Poltress has had its fiftieth visitors!" He gestured towards Hazel and Ryan. "With these souls, we will be sad no more! We will offer these souls to our great leader! He will bring back the town to its former glory! The oasis will rise! The buildings will re-form! Our town will flourish in a new era! Spiritomb will bring us peace!" The ghost types started chanting the name Isac. The dusknoir opened his arms, receiving their praise. He then lowered his hands slowly, signaling the other pokemon to quiet down. "All those who do not agree," he started. "let him speak now!"
I have to think of something quickly! Dillan dug into the floor and shouted from the hole, "Isac, sir!" The crowd turned towards him, but the hole wasn't very visible, so it left them wondering who was speaking.
"Yes?" Isac asked.
"What are we giving Spiritomb in return for his deeds?" Dillan was terrified, hoping no one would notice his hole. He was also trying not to let his fear taint his voice.
"We are offering him sacrifices!" he said with dignity. "We are bringing him back from his wakeless slumber!"
"But why would he stay?" I hope I'm not making a mistake...
The crowd gasped in horror.
"Because we are his loyal subjects!" Isac shouted over the whispers that filled the room.
"It just feels like if Spiritomb was as smart as you- I mean WE think he is, he would leave Poltress. It just feels like we are using him for our benefit.
"Who is talking?" Isac shouted. He wasn't letting his anger cloud his profound tone. "Stand so we know who you are!
Dang it! What do I do now?
"I agree!" a crowd member shouted. "It does feel like we would be using him. Why wouldn't he leave?"
"Yeah, Isac." another chimed in. "Why not?"
Pretty soon, the whole place erupted into a debate of "why"s or "why not"s.
"Silence!" Isac shouted. He kept his look of dignity. "If you all feel as though Master Spiritomb needs more! Everyone! Go out and find all of your most treasured possessions; whether it be a watch or your own child. We shall give the possession to Master Spiritomb to show our allegiance! Bring them here!" Dillan could sense him pointing to the crowd. "You two. Stay here and guard the offerings. I will be back shortly." With that, Isac motioned for the ghost types to rise through the sandy ceiling to the surface. He floated through the ceiling to join his ghostly supporters.
Dillan looked on with amazement. I can't believe that worked! He jumped out of the hole to get a look at the remaining pokemon. They were both haunters, just like the one from Team Force. Dillan rushed towards the two remaining haunters. They didn't see him coming. Dillan's fins extended into a glowing Dragon Claw attack. He lunged at the first haunter. It was caught completely off guard. Dillan started hitting it with his fins, beating whatever features the ghost had. Hazel and Ryan saw Dillan and started shouting at him, but the gags didn't help Dillan understand their warnings. The second one quickly realized what was going on. With a grin, the haunter slashed at Dillan. He felt his back being sliced. Dillan winced in pain. He slashed the first haunter one more time before lunging at the second one. He slashed at its face. The haunter shrieked in pain. Dillan then planted his feet, brought his head back, found his flame, and exhaled fire. The haunter gave another cry before falling to the ground.
Dillan looked at the haunter as they lay there unconscious. He then went over to Hazel and Ryan. He used his Dragon Claw to cut the rope that bound them to the wooden post. Hazel and Ryan proceeded to take off their gags.
"Guys," Ryan began. He was scowling at Dillan. "We need to leave before those pokemon get back."
"Agreed." Dillan said. Even though he saw Ryan's scowl, he didn't have time to dwell on that. "Follow me." Dillan faced a wall and started digging into it. Once it was big enough, everyone got inside. Dillan wasn't digging as fast as last time because he didn't want to fling dirt into his friend's eyes. He dug for five minutes before going at an angle as to reach the surface.
Once he broke through, Dillan gave a quick look around to view his surroundings. They were outside of Poltress Town. It was about forty feet from the town. Team Rapture exited the hole.
"Let's keep moving." Ryan said. He didn't make eye contact with Dillan. "They'll know we've escaped pretty soon and I don't want to be here when they do."
"Wait!" Hazel shouted to Ryan. "Are you mad?" Hazel asked the pachirisu.
"No." Ryan said flatly.
"Did I do something?" Dillan asked.
"Exactly." Ryan said.
Dillan understood. "It was because of what I didn't do, isn't it? It's because I couldn't decide which one of you to save... My lack of decision made sure you and Hazel were both captured..."
"Exactly." Ryan said. Silence flooded into the conversation.
"Hey," Hazel said to the white squirrel. "relax Ryan." She sounded sympathetic. "Dillan may have been flustered. We were both scared-"
"I don't get scared." he said with annoyance.
"Fine." Hazel said with the same tone. "I was scared and you were yelling-" Ryan gave a stern glance in her direction. "from pure adrenaline. Dillan was confused about who to save. I know I would be; and you would too. Even if that was a mistake, in the end, Dillan showed courage by coming back for us." She turned towards Dillan. "By the way, was that you questioning the dusknoir?"
"Yeah..." Dillan said. He was still ashamed by what Ryan said.
Hazel looked at Ryan and gestured her arms in Dillan's direction.
Ryan looked towards Dillan. He sighed and said, "She's right." He sounded like he was sincere. "You did save us, so that makes up for not helping. Sorry I was cold."
"Don't be." Dillan said with a light smile. "You're right. I needed tom make a decision and I didn't. I promise I'll make a choice next time, though I don't think I'll let there be a next time."
Ryan looked behind Dillan at the town. His face turned into a look of horror. "We need to go." he said.
Dillan looked behind and saw the ghost types searching for them. They were like little spots on the horizon in a model.
"Agreed." Dillan said. The Team looked at the sun to get their sense of direction and ran off towards Kerroshia Castle, their next destination.
It had been roughly five hours since Team Rapture left the ghost town of Poltress. The sun was just about to go behind the horizon, turning the sky into a painting of pink, orange, and blue. It was getting cold, though Dillan didn't feel it. His bandanna seemed to be doing it's job. Hazel's tail started shining more light as the sky turned darker. She looked about ready to fall over due to pure exhaustion. Ryan was looking back and forth from the map to the sandy hills. Dillan's legs felt like giving out. The energy he had earlier dissipated with the heat.
"Are we almost there?" Hazel asked.
"Please stop asking that question." Ryan said as he tried to identify some kind of land mark.
Hazel thought about his answer for a few seconds. She then said, "That's not very helpful." She had a playful tone to her voice.
Ryan looked at her and smirked. He then shook his head back and forth as he went back to his map.
"What are you looking for?" Dillan asked.
"I'm trying to find the sand dunes." Ryan answered. Dillan looked around. He saw a lot of sand dunes.
"Take your pick, Ryan." Hazel said.
"That's not what I meant." Ryan started. "I think we left Poltress in the wrong direction."
"What makes you say that?" Dillan said.
"Just a feeling I have."
"Well, that feeling was wrong." Hazel said as she pointed ahead. There was a little grey spot in the distance. Ryan squinted at it. He then looked from his map to the spot. "It looks like it'll take another hour to get there."
"Then, let's pick up the pace." Ryan told his team as he started to jog.
"Ryan!" Hazel shouted after him. He turned around.
"Would you like to see how cold a desert gets in the night?" Ryan shouted to them. Dillan shuddered involuntarily. He then started jogging after Ryan.
"Dillan!" Hazel called out.
"No offense," Dillan said to Hazel. "but I hate the thought of the cold. Also, I don't want to find out if this bandanna has a limit."
Hazel looked at her team as they started jogging together towards the castle.
"Fine!" She surrendered. "Just wait up!"
It took a half hour of jogging to reach the castle's doors. By then, Dillan, Ryan, and Hazel felt like collapsing. The sun had vanished. Dillan looked at the big, wooden doors that were lined in steel. He walked up to it and knocked three times. A hole opened up at eye level to Dillan.
"H-Hello!" a male voice said from the hole. His voice was a little high pitched. "Welcome t-to Kerroshia Castle!" Dillan looked at the eyes.
"No, not like that!" another voice called out from behind the door. It was harsh.
"Oh..." The high voice said. His eyes turned away from Dillan. "Well then how do I do it?" Ryan gave a huff from behind Dillan as he tapped his foot on the sand.
"You need to say, 'state your business'." the harsh voice said.
"A-Alright." The eyes looked back to Dillan. "State your business."
"Uh, to deliver a package to the Guildmaster." Dillan said nervously.
"From who?" the voice said with a hint of concern.
"Guildmaster Lawrence."
"Oh. Um..." the eyes turned away from Dillan. "What now?"
"Uh..." Dillan was at a loss for words.
"Excuse me!" Ryan shouted. The eyes looked at him. "I'm sorry to interrupt whatever you guys are doing, but we were attacked by a group of cultists in Poltress a few hours ago and we just want to deliver our package so we can be on our way."
The eyes stared with worry.
"Move over." the second voice said. "You're doing it wrong."
"Well excuse me!" the higher one called.
A new pair of eyes appeared in the hole.
"You want to deliver a package to the Guildmaster?" the second voice asked.
"Yes, sir." Hazel said with her usually cheery voice.
"I hate to break it to you," the voice said. "but the Guildmaster just got back. She isn't seeing anyone at the moment, so you'll have to give it to her tomorrow."
"What?" Ryan asked. He sounded annoyed. "Look buddy, you might not have caught this, but we were almost sacrificed by cultists! I really just want to deliver-"
"Um," Hazel cut in. "could you let us in? We're really exhausted from the trek and we just want to get some rest."
"Alright." the eyes told them. The hole shut. The team waited for a few seconds. A "click" and a "crank" sound came from the other side of the doors. They opened inwards and revealed a big town nestled inside of the castle walls. Not many pokemon were in the streets due to the time of day. Two pokemon walked from behind the left door to the front of Team Rapture.
The first pokemon was as short as Ryan. It was a brown, bipedal bunny with yellow fluff around it's waist. It also had one ear that was scrunched up. The other ear extended into the air and ended with a yellow ball of cotton. It's yellow rabbit feet barely left its fluffy waist. The second one was taller than Dillan. It looked like it had armor plating its chest, shoulders, and feet. It had fins like Dillan's; except these ones were metal and shiny. The pokemon's armor was red with yellow tips.
"You guys gonna sleep here tonight?" the bunneary asked. His voice was the first voice that came from the hole.
"Why do you ask?" Ryan said with a skeptical glance.
The bunneary looked worried. "I-I was just curious!" He said with a nervous smile.
"I don't see why that's any of your business." Ryan stated.
"Don't be so judgey." Hazel said to Ryan.
"We are." Dillan said.
"Cool!" the bunneary said. "Well, don't let me bother you! Have a good night!" The bunneary left to his original position behind the door. The bisharp was still there.
"Sorry about the wait." the bisharp told them. His voice belonged to the second pokemon at the door. The pokemon you just met was my... apprentice."
With a few more skeptical glances from Ryan, the team went on. They walked up the streets. Ryan started searching the roofs while Dillan and Hazel followed. The buildings weren't all that different from Fericia's. The only difference noticeable difference were the sand-stone columns that held balconies above the streets along with the occasional bridge connecting two buildings together. It was cool to see.
Ryan spotted a yellow-roofed building. He signaled the rest of the group to follow him. The team went into a building that had a sign that said, "The Good-Night Club".
They found that the inside was almost as dark as outside; except for the occasional blue torch. There was massively loud music playing. It rattled Dillan's ear-drums. He was shocked he hadn't heard the music from outside. The room had a few multi-colored torches lighting a stage where pokemon got up and danced in some of the strangest ways Dillan had ever seen. He wasn't comfortable watching them. Ryan looked just as horrified. There was a bar that had a few pokemon who were laughing like they were drunk. The bartender was acting like everything that went on around him was normal. Hazel took the lead because Ryan was too occupied with the erratic movements of the dancers.
"Did that poliwrath just-..." he started. "and the-... with the-...What the heck is this place?!"
Dillan gently pushed Ryan onwards to meet Hazel. She was at a counter that had a bunch of slots along the back wall. There was a pokemon who was watching the dancers. It was a bipedal pokemon with a white robe on equipped a black belt around its waist. The pokemon's skin was blue with small black stripes making a netting pattern on its skin. The pokemon's head was round with a nose and black eyebrows. When Hazel approached it, the sawk turned around to face her. Its face filled with horror.
"Hey you three!" the sawk yelled. "How old are you guys?!"
"Does it matter?" Ryan asked.
"Are you kidding?!" the sawk asked. His jaw dropped. "This is a night-club! No kids allowed!"
"Excuse me," Hazel said over the music. "we're sorry we aren't full-fledged adults yet, but you don't seem to have a sign out side that says 'no teen-agers allowed'. We could take this issue to the guild and get you guys shut down for your lack of competence in making sure that kids can't enter. Now, this can all be avoided if you would be so kind as to forget the rule and give us two rooms that are side-by-side, please."
The sawk stared at Hazel. He either didn't understand what was just said, or couldn't believe he was being blackmailed by a teen. After about ten seconds, the sawk finally said, "You can't be serious. How dumb do you think I am? Even if you did get to the guild, what makes me believe you can convince them that you're telling the truth?"
Hazel reached into her bag and pulled out the package Lawrence gave to them. She handed it to the sawk. He read the package. His face filled with horror as he realized Hazel had the power to do as she said.
"Lawrence?" the sawk asked. "As in the Guildmaster Lawrence? Of the Fericia Guild?"
"The very same." Ryan said. The sawk stared for three seconds before turning around. He pulled two keys from the slots in the back. He then turned to Hazel and set the keys on the table. "L-Looks like you're credentials check out! Will that be all, miss?"
"How much for the rooms?" she asked.
"F-Free of charge!" the sawk said with a nervous smile.
"No, I insist that I pay for the rooms."
"No, no! You've already been so kind to point out our flaws in security! Please take the keys! On the house!"
"Thank you!" Hazel said as she snatched the keys off of the counter. She set them into her bag.
"Sir?" Ryan started. "Our package?"
The sawk realized he was still holding it. "Oh, yes! Right! Here you go!" He tossed the small box to Ryan. He caught it and gave it to Hazel. She then proceeded to set it back into her bag.
"Right up the stairs on your right." the sawk told them as he pointed to a hallway. "The second floor has all of our rooms."
"Thanks!" Hazel said as she started marching towards the hall. Dillan didn't know what to think of Hazel's actions. He was impressed that she noticed that there was no sign. He was even more so when she hustled the sawk into two free rooms. The other thought that came to him was, Hazel can be vicious when she wants to be... Better remember that.
The team found a set of stairs at the end of the hallway. They walked up the stairs and found a door. When they closed it behind them, the noise level died down significantly. Hazel pulled out the two keys. She looked at their numbers. She found doors that corresponded with the keys. She was about to hand Dillan one of the keys. She looked at his claws and thought better of it. She opened the door for him.
"This is your stop." she said. "Try not to be too loud. I'll be in the next room."
"We're not gonna be sleeping in the same room?" Dillan asked.
"Yeah..." Hazel looked uncomfortable with the question. "As much as like being on the team, I don't feel comfortable sharing a room with you and Ryan."
"What's the difference between this and a tent?" Ryan chimed in.
Hazel stood there for a few seconds. Her face turned a brighter shade of crimson. "It just is." She answered.
"Hazel," Ryan said. "Earlier today, that machoke-"
"Dean." Hazel corrected.
"Right." Ryan said. "He called you 'Sig'. Why? Was it a nickname?"
"It..." Hazel started. Her face got brighter. "It stands for Sigourney."
"That's what the waiter called you back at Hailey's," Dillan said. He felt happy that he remembered a detail.
"Yeah..." Hazel said. "It's my real name..."
"It is?" Ryan asked.
"That's what I just said!" Hazel told him sternly. "I hated that name! I wanted to get rid of it ever since Dean left me alone and teamless... It reminds me too much of our past. I wanted to start over with you guys, so I changed my name."
"That's cool." Dillan said with a smile. "The name 'Hazel' is better, anyways."
Hazel looked at Dillan with a light smile. Her scales were starting to go back to normal.
"I'll be in this room if you guys need me." Hazel said as she turned towards the next door. She inserted the key and turned the lock. With a "click", the door opened. "Good night, guys." Hazel said. With that, she entered the room and shut the door.
Dillan pushed the door open with his claw. The room's interior was made completely of wood. The only things that weren't at one point a tree were the two hay beds. There wasn't anything else in the room. No pictures on the walls, no furniture, just the beds. There was a window between the two beds. There was also a torch on the wall. It was the only source of light. The music from downstairs could be heard through the floor. This place is a dump...
Dillan and Ryan walked into the room. It was big enough for the both of them, but he couldn't see a way that Hazel could be in the room as well.
Dillan shut the door behind him while Ryan jumped into his bed. Dillan turned towards his fuzzy friend. Ryan was staring at the ceiling. Dillan got into the bed that was next to Ryan's. Dillan stared at the ceiling with Ryan. The gabite thought about when they had met. The pachirisu had no hope at that point. He was convinced he wouldn't get away.
"Hey Ryan..." Dillan said.
"Yeah?" Ryan answered.
"Why were we kidnapped by the nuzleaf..." Silence filled the room. "I can't remember anything past being captured. I can't remember when I was taken or why. I figured since you don't have amnesia, you would know something more..."
Ryan laid there in silence, contemplating. He finally spoke up. "I'm not sure why they captured you... But I know why they took me... I was traveling when I heard a large group of pokemon coming my way... I didn't think much of it; not until I heard the screaming. I tried to run before anyone saw me... I was too late. A nuzleaf was scouting. He saw me. I tried to fight him. I would have won, but the others showed up and I was overrun. They took me because I saw them... I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time..."
Dillan sat there. It didn't help him understand what happened or why he was taken.
"I'm sorry it doesn't help..." Ryan told Dillan.
"It's cool." Dillan said.
Ryan smiled. "I'm glad they took me. I wouldn't have met you if they hadn't." That thought made Dillan smile. He hadn't thought of it that way before.
"Let's get some rest." Ryan said. "We've got a long trek tomorrow after we deliver Lawrence's letter. Good night."
"Good night." Dillan said.
It didn't take much for Dillan to pass out. He was already tired from the journey they had today. Once he closed his eyes, he instantly fell to sleep.
Author's Notes:
Good news! To everyone who's stuck around, I have a Deviant Art Account! It's pretty barren, but I'm only using it for fan art from KALIFEO (or you guys if you want to make it. Totally up to you ;)) as well as the map of Ganderosa.
I want to start a poll to see which character you guys like more in the story (though I'm not sure enough people will take part in it :P) so when I start it, I'll let you all know!
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