Chapter 4: Where two Pokémon roam around at night.

It was already night. Somewhere on a plain near Baram Town Mo an Amy were watching he stars. The sky was clear this night and the wind very calm for this time.

"There are so many starts. So many different worlds and secrets.", said Amy to Mo while sitting next to him. "Will we ever discover all of them?"

"Maybe?", answered Mo. Right now, he was just happy to here. Happy to be with her.

Amy started squeezing and rubbing one of Mo's fake ears.

"They're so soft!"

Mo found this a little embarrassing.

"You are such a cutie!", she continued and gave Mo a hug. Her tummy pressed against Mo's eyes.

This surprised him. He could feel her body heat and smell her fur. Amy snuggled against him, like a little girl would snuggle her teddy bear.

Mo reached for Amy's arm. He wanted her to stay this way.

"Amy?", Mo asked her. "Would you ... like to be my ... girlfriend?"

Amy hugged him even tighter. Her eyes were closed and she was smiling a wonderful smile. She rolled over and was now laying on top of Mo. He could feel her whole body on top of him. It became hard for him to breath.

"Amy? Could you ...?", Mo tried to say. Her weight started to hurt him and it became even more harder to breath. He tried patting her on her back.

"Amy?! It hurt!", he called out.

No response. She seemed to be much heavier then he thought.

"Amy!"

Mo woke up and found himself under his friend Aaron. He seemed to have rolled on him while sleeping. Mo quickly crawled away. While doing this, his fake tail got stuck underneath Aaron's belly. Mo carefully pulled it out.

It was in the middle of the night and the full moon was shining through a small window, brightening the room a little. After what happened yesterday they decided to move in a team room together with Charlotte inside the guild. Beside of a big pile of hay and their adventurer kit the room was empty. Yesterday they already made arrangements to move all of their belongings to the guild. But it would take some time for it to arrive. Aaron also got rid of his old job. His old boss received a letter from Hilarius, explaining Aaron's decision. They never heard from him again.

Mo looked behind him and saw Aaron and Charlotte snuggled together on the hay bed. Charlotte seemed to be even more asleep then during the daytime. After what just happened and the fact that Aaron was snorting one thing was clear. They will not share a room!

Mo still couldn't believe what happened before. He was a kidnapping victim two days ago and now an adventurer himself. He, Aaron and Charlotte were wearing their purple scarfs. It was a strange colour for an adventurer team, but he was okay with it. What was not okay for him was Charlotte herself. Mo didn't knew what he expected when he was told there will be third member. Someone bigger? Someone who already declared him- or herself leader? At least not someone who can't talk and is probably not even self aware. At least she could write. Or that's what Alfons and Hilarius told Aaron and him.

Mo was still tired, but right now he couldn't find any motivation or urge to go back to sleep again. He carefully opened the door of their room. Trying not to wake up anyone.

It was in the middle of the night and of course the halls were way darker than in the morning when they arrived here first. What Mo thought yesterday was true. It looked even better and spookier during the night. It was awfully quiet and the candles flickered, creating figures on the walls when passing by them. It was also much colder around and Mo was happy his cloth were always warm and cozy. The day before, Alfons already showed them around. The team rooms, the bath, training ground, dining room, infirmary, library, etcetera. They still hadn't time to properly meet the other teams. Almost all of them were already on missions at that time and because of the many preparations that had to be made, including quitting Aaron's former job, there was not much time anymore before sleeping time.

Mo was just wandering around aimlessly. Trying to see if there is something interesting at night He then decided to head to the library. See if there are some interesting books. While on his way, he had the feeling someone was following him. A night guard? Other adventurers walking around at this time? Aaron? Mo started looking around but couldn't see any trace of other Pokémon. He tried to ignore it. Maybe he's just nervous. The last two days were very exciting and there was more to come in the future.

Near the library, the feeling of someone nearby came back. Not only that, he had the feeling someone was following him. as if someone was right behind him, ready to strike. Mo quickly turned around. There was still no one.

"Aaron?", Mo whispered still trying to be loud enough to sound serious but still quiet enough to not wake someone up. "If you are trying to scare me, this is not funny!"

Mo turned around again and almost bumped into someone. He could only see yellow fur at that moment. Mo gasped loud and fell on his back.

"I've never seen you here before. Who are you?", the other Pokémon said to Mo with the voice of a little girl.

Mo looked up and saw a Mienfoo standing in front of him. She seemed to be much younger than Axel and Amy and too young to be a member of the guild.

"I have the same question for you.", answered Mo as he got up again.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?", asked the Mienfoo back.

Mo pointed at his scarf: "My name is Mo. Adventurer Team Purple. I came here yesterday. And what is a little girl like you doing here all alone in the middle of the night? Do you need help?"

The Mienfoo took on a fighting pose: "I'm Yinping, sister of Bao from Team Yellow and I can take care of myself!"

Mo remembered the Mienshao from yesterday.

Yinping took on another pose: "I'm going to be the greatest adventurer there ever was!"

He didn't impressed Mo so much.

"That doesn't explain why you're roaming around at night. And why are you even here? Does the guild has a day care or something?"

Yinping stopped her poses and seemed to be sad now.

"I ... I'm sick actually. My parents and my brother helped building this HQ so we are honorable members. While my parents and my brother are busy, the teams and the guild master take care of me. I'm not allowed to leave my room, so I walk around and train at night when no one is watching."

"I'm sorry." said Mo. He didn't knew what else to say in response. "What kind of sickness do you have?"

Yinping seemed to be happier again.

"I'm not sure. But I'm feeling better. It used to be worse some time ago. Brother is still worried about me though."

"I'm heading to the library.", said Mo. "Good night then and don't get caught."

Yinping grabbed him as he walked past her.

"Can I come with you. I'm lonely sometimes. I'm just sleeping all day and brother doesn't talk to me often."

They both arrived at the library. There were some tables and chairs and many huge bookshelves along the walls and ladders for Pokémon to reach higher places of the shelves. It was too dark to read the book titles, let alone the text in them, so Mo took one of the candles to have more light.

"So. Your family build this place?", asked Mo Yinping.

"We helped.", she replied. "My mother designed it. The old master was fond of this style of architecture. Just sad he help about two years later."

"Why?", asked Mo, while searching for some interesting books.

"Searching for is former partner. He left one day. According to him and Pokémon from the old square his partner was a human. They saved the world from a meteor."

"And I thought Aaron is a show-off.", Mo thought to himself. He never heard something like this ever happened. Also, wasn't his partner a Charmander?

Yinping quickly climbed a ladder, picked a book and came back down as fast as she went up. Mo was impressed by her speed as she showed him the book:

"Stories from the Pokémon Square."

"The old master used to live there!", Yinping said with her eyes glowing and full of joy.

They both sat at one of the tables and flicked through the pages. Stories about it's foundation, mentionable Pokémon who used to live and work there and the rescue teams the town became famous for. After the end of the many rescue teams and the natural disasters, also around the same time the Feraligatr's partner disappeared, the town was abandoned. Today, no one lives there anymore. It's only a place for tourists and delinquents.

They talked about the Pokémon square for some time. After a while Mo became tired again. He doesn't wanted to be sleepy in the morning and maybe even on a mission. Especially not on his first day. Yinping understood and promised him she will always be there if he needs her.

"I can come and visit you with the other if want. Where is your room?", Mo asked her.

"Please.", replied Yinping in a sad tone. "There are not many that even know I'm here. Hilarius and my brother want it to stay a secret. Only they are allowed to know where I am. Do yourself a favor and don't talk about me. Do not mention me. You will be in big trouble if my brother finds out."

This sounded strange to Mo. Very strange.

"Do you need help?", Mo asked her. "If they do something to you, let me know! I can get help!"

Yinping gave Mo a hug. She felt cold and gave Mo almost a chill.

"I'm fine. Please don't worry about me."

Mo left the library, leaving Yinping with the book.

"And ... thank you.", she said after him. "I'm around here every night."

Mo waved her and headed back to his room.

"What a strange girl.", he thought.

Aaron and Charlotted were still sleeping. Nothing had changed the time he was away. He didn't knew how long it was.

He snuggled between both of them and felt their body heat as he closed his eyes.

Then Charlotte turned in her sleep and pressed her log against him.

"Well. This is my live now.", Mo thought.