January 16, 2020 - Pecha town

Raymond's Perspective

I woke up to the sound of a flock of birds chirping outside, I lazily opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling for a minute. The incident yesterday was still engraved in my mind.

I slowly got out of bed and looked around my room, it was mostly empty, there were a few books lying on the floor, and there was my bed, and my schoolbag. Oh yeah… it was a Thursday.

I went over to my bag and put the straps over my arms, as i left my room i called out to my mom, who was a Serperior,

" mom, i'm going out to school "

she popped out of her bedroom, " OK Ray, have fun at school! ", I never told her what everyone else thought of me.

'' breakfast is on the living room table "

she motioned towards a coffee table in the living room.

I went over there, it was just a plate with a pecha berry, not that it was bad, I liked the taste.

I extended a vine and had it grab the berry, I took a bite and turned towards mom.

" When is dad coming back? " I said with my mouth full.

"in a month ", I sighed.

I walked out the door and into the street. Pecha Town is a really peaceful place, there was a bright blue sky and I could see the pecha berry plantations extending all the way to the horizon.

My house was on the side of a dirt road, it was a five minute walk to school, a droplet of sweat trickled down my face, I knew what was coming on the way there.

During the walk there I heard some snickering behind me, " oh no, not again… ",

I turned around, it was Jimmy's gang.

Ever since Jimmy evolved into a wartortle he developed a really bad superiority complex, his friends ( Lackeys ), did not help either.

" oi!, it's a celery stick! "

"nah man he looks more like a cucumber "

"oh yeah i can see that "

my eyes started watering.

The wartortle walked over towards me, he extended his hand

" I don't have any…", I packed my own lunch this time so I left my wallet at home.

"of course you do you walking pickle! "

suddenly a hand grabbed my bag.

" Shake him down boys! ", i was shoved to the ground and my bag fell off, i think i scraped my knee, i heard rustling where my school bag fell,

" i'm telling you i got nothing! "

" Yep, only some books and an apple " a charmander said, looking through my bag, he tossed the apple to jimmy.

Jimmy gobbled up the apple, it would've been funny if it wasn't my lunch.

" let's make a deal eh?, you bring me an apple every day, and we won't shake you- GAH "

I couldn't see much since my eyes were still watering, but I could see that a blue blur casually bumped into Jimmy and continued walking.

" Oi! Who the hell you think you are!, you better apologize right now mutt! ".

I wiped my eyes and looked at the blue blur.

No way…

Earlier…

Evie's Perspective

I woke up to the sweet smell of a scented candle besides me, I sleepily got out of bed and looked around my room. maps, papers and notes were strewn around the place.

Resting in the corner of my room was my schoolbag, with a sable fedora sitting besides it, that was a gift.

I went over to my bag and wrapped its straps around my front legs, unfortunately they don't make special school bags for Eevees, so they always felt uncomfortable and fell off a lot.

I pushed open my bedroom door, it took some force to open, we had to remove the handle since i couldn't reach it.

I felt something fall out of my bag, it made a sound similar to a marble, I looked down, it was a pair of clackers.

I found them yesterday, during the mt Cyrus incident. It was a total mess on the school's end, they got slammed by the media and parents were threatening lawsuits, I felt bad for the principal.

I got them while I was running out of the cage with the freed rescue team members while that Riolu was pummeling those fighting types, what was his name again? right, it was Jojo.

While I was running with the rest I saw something shiny on the rocky ground, it was a pair of clackers, both acrylic balls had a J engraved on them. I assumed they belonged to Jojo.

I didn't really have time to think about it though, so I picked it up and stored them in my fur scarf.

I snapped back to reality, I picked up the clackers and securely stuffed them in the bottom of my bag.

I exited my room and went to the living room, sitting on the couch were my grandparents, they were the only family I had left.

my mind flashed back to that damned ancient temple... A lump formed in my throat

" good morning pops! ", I cheerily said to my grandpa, who was a Jolteon.

" good morning Evie, going out to school are you?"

" yeah! "

Gramps picked up an apple from a basket and handed it to me.

" now don't go rooting around in those mystery dungeons, oh what am i saying, oh course you will .

grandma chuckled, who was a Leafeon, " just come back before 8:00 okay? ".

" yes ma'am! ", i ran out the door, hearing my grandparents happily laugh behind me.

I began my trek towards school, it was pretty uneventful. I thought about mt Cyrus again, who the heck was that kid? Where was he now?

My thought process was interrupted by a loud commotion, I looked over to where it was, there was a crowd of people chanting " fight! fight! fight! "

I immediately ran over to the crowd, I saw large dust clouds in the middle of the gathering.

I shoved my way through the crowd and saw Jimmy, that entitled pest… I frowned, but to my surprise, he looked hurt, and losing..

There was a huge dust cloud on the opposite end of Jimmy, when it passed, I finally saw who he was fighting….

" It's him… "

Earlier

Jojo's perspective

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted with the sight of a ceiling, a nice looking one too. I was laying on something, I shifted around a bit, I was on a bed, a high end one, it was really big and comfortable.

"How did i get here?" I thought. I brought my hands… paws on my face, i was still a blue dog person. This new body was still extremely unfamiliar. I thought back to that mountain.

I didn't know how I was so skilled at fighting, nor how I had proficiency in hamon. It was gonna come back to me someday.

I looked around, still laying in bed, I was in a luxurious bedroom, the walls were covered in a white and bright blue striped wallpaper, a painting was hanging on one of the walls, there was a dresser with a large mirror. And a huge wardrobe.

It was something you would expect a celebrity to live in.

I then felt a sore feeling on my arm, i went to touch it, there was a bandage wrapped around where i cut myself, i rubbed the bandage

I then heard a creaking sound coming from the bedroom door. It was Lucario.

" hey there " Lucario smiled,

" hey...", Lucario was holding a tray, she placed it on my lap. The tray had a grilled cheese sandwich with a glass of water.

I immediately started eating the sandwich, I didn't eat at all ever since i ended up in that cage

Lucario watched, she was holding in a laugh, I probably looked really goofy, after i finished the sandwich i chugged the glass of water, i put the glass down on the tray and laid back.

A minute passed, " how did you do it? " Lucario asked me,

" do what? ",

"beat those fighting types, a normal Riolu wouldn't have a chance against them…"

so that's what i was called, a Riolu,

" well, i can do this thing… "

Lucario's ears perked up, I began doing controlled breathing, I extended out a hand, it started glowing yellow from hamon.

Lucario had a stoic expression, but I could tell she was interested.

"Well we don't really have the time to discuss this ",

"what do you mean? ",

"you gotta get to school! "

I was dumbfounded, did she really enroll me into school while I was unconscious? Is that legal?

" well, get going! ", I was dragged out of the bed with extreme force, she was strong.

Before i could process anything a bag was thrown on me and i was shown the front door,

" you have about 10 minutes before school starts, it's only about a 4 minute walk there though, we can talk about your power after school "

"Aright… where is the school? "

"It's just down the road…."

I started walking down the dirt path

"And by the way… " Lucario added

I looked behind me.

"Welcome to Pecha Town "

Raymond's Perspective

Present day

It was Jojo…

Jimmy called out to him again, " are you deaf or something! ", Jojo turned around.

He stared at Jimmy straight in the eyes with a neutral expression for about 5 or 10 seconds before turning around and walking away.

" you ain't leaving here without a fight you twat!, water gun! "

Jimmy shot a beam of water from his mouth at Jojo, he quickly dodged to the side.

The stream of water hit a tree behind Jojo, the force of it was so powerful it knocked it down!

I immediately got up and went to get my bag, Jimmy's goons were too busy cheering him on to notice.

I picked up my bag and slung it over my shoulder, before I could get away though, a bunch of kids going to school saw the commotion.

" dude look, Jimmy's fighting someone! "

" we gotta check that out "

Out of nowhere a bunch of kids surrounded Jimmy and Jojo.

" fight! fight! fight! " the kids chanted, wow they were bored.

I stood there for a second, wondering if I should watch or not.

"Screw it"

I shoved my way through the crowd and watched.

Jojo still had that neutral expression.

" Are you gonna fight back or not! ", Jimmy shot another stream of water.

Jojo stepped to the side, avoiding the blast.

" you slippery dog! bubble! "

Jimmy then shot out a stream of razor-sharp bubbles at Jojo, I covered my eyes with vines, this was not gonna end well.

I heard a gasp from the crowd.

" oh no… "

I slightly moved one vine from my left eye.

To my surprise Jojo was unharmed, and got closer to Jimmy. He probably jumped over the bubbles.

" I'm gonna end you! " Jimmy charged at Jojo, going for a tackle.

"Tac-"

BANG

Jimmy's battle cry was interrupted by Jojo caving his nose in with his fist.

Jimmy was sent flying backwards.

He struggled to get up, and his nose was bleeding.

He put a hand against his bloody nose. And scowled at Jojo.

The audience went silent, this was a first.

Before Jimmy could say anything Jojo side-kicked him, sending him back to the ground.

This was straight up overkill, the Wartortle was now lying on the ground, clutching his stomach in pain, with nose blood dripping on the path..

I made a mental note to never piss him off.

Jojo walked over to him and grabbed him by the neck and pulled him closer.

" I'm sorry….could you repeat what you said earlier, something about a mutt? " Jojo said in a formal manner

Jimmy squirmed in Jojo's grasp.

" let's strike an agreement… you don't screw around with Raymond or anyone else… "

Jojo pulled the wartortle's face closer.

" and I wont pound you in… "

Jojo relaxed his grip on Jimmy.

" Deal? "

Jimmy muttered something.

Jojo gripped tighter

" something seems to be wrong with my hearing… "

Jojo then kneed him in the stomach, causing Jimmy to yelp in pain

" could you say that louder? "

" i wont mess with Raymond… "

" hmm? " Jojo cupped one of his ears towards the blue turtle.

Tears started to form on Jimmys face..

" I wont mess with Ray just leave me alone please! "

Jojo nodded and tossed Jimmy aside. The crowd was completely silent.

Jojo reached into his bag, I was half expecting him to pull out a gun.

He pulled out an oran berry and flicked it towards the now terrified Jimmy, he caught it with both hands and hesitantly ate it, his wounds gradually began to heal.

Jojo began walking towards school, everyone else followed his lead and slowly made their way as well, some murmurs were heard.

Evie's perspective

That was the craziest thing I have ever seen.

He was definitely the same Riolu from before, what was curious to me was that he never used any actual moves, just basic punches and kicks. A 14 year old Riolu would have at least used something like a force palm.

I started to make my way to school, until I accidentally bumped into a certain green snake.

Raymond fell over, I reached to him and helped him up.

" sorry, didn't see you there "

" its okay "

We both walked towards school.

" so, what happened over there? "

Raymond explained what happened, and how Jojo swooped in on Jimmy.

" that's crazy " i was still awestruck, " at least that brat won't dare to mess around with you "

" yeah… "

We were both silent the rest of the way.

Jojo's Perspective

Later

To be honest, I had really low expectations for the school.

So I was surprised to find that the place looked pretty good!

The entrance to campus had this enormous gate followed by a cobblestone path..

The school itself was huge! It looked more like a university then a place for teenagers. It was several stories high, with at least 10 windows on each floor.

I made my way inside, it was just as cool as the outside, the floor had this neat white and orange tile pattern, while the walls were just plain white. Lockers were lined up against the wall.

While I was observing the hallway, someone came up behind me.

" Hello there young Riolu, " the person said, I turned around to face him.

" I'm Wobbuffet... Lucario called in, i'm your teacher for the school year "

The teacher resembled a… raindrop? He was hard to describe, he was fully blue, the same shade as my fur, he was in the shape of a raindrop, his arms were just 2 rectangles. His eyes looked like 2 black arrows, and his mouth was constantly in a grin, with a zig-zag pattern on his upper lip.

" follow me "

I followed my teacher into a classroom filled with kids. They were all talking to each other about how a new guy Riolu beat up the most powerful pokemon in school.

" quiet down class, we have a new student joining us today " Wobbuffet motioned towards me.

The entire class stared at me, there were some familiar faces in there, I saw Evie and Raymond, and some kids from the crowd that formed when I fought with that blue brat.

Oh wait…

The class definitely knew me, either as the guy that saved everyone from a bunch of ransomers or the guy that beat up a turtle.

Mostly the guy that beat up a turtle.

" you can sit in that empty seat where Raymond and Evie is"

He pointed towards an empty seat. I walked over there and sat down.

Evie and Raymond both gave faint but nervous smiles at me.

" Well then, let's start the class, a few days ago we discussed… "

Half an hour later

Mr Wobbuffet rambled on about something called type weaknesses, it was pretty simple. Each pokemon is put into a category based on their abilities, i was a fighting type, each type had weaknesses and advantages on other types.

I had weaknesses to "psychic", " flying " and " fairy " types, I would have to look out for those.

Then the bell rang, Wobbuffet took the class outside and into the entrance to a forest, it went on for what seemed like forever.

Apparently they were called " mystery dungeons ", areas that change their layouts on their own. And their inhabitants are hostile to anyone that comes in.

The teacher called this an "adventure class", the students were divided into groups of 3 and sent in to retrieve 1 of 2 flags, the first team to bring back a flag wins, a team could also bring both flags to prevent the other from winning.

Wobbuffet let us all get into our own teams. I was immediately bombarded with kids asking me to join them. I gave them disapproving looks and walked away from them.

I saw Raymond leaning on a tall rock, he was by himself.

I walked up to him, " wanna join my team? "

His eyes widened, " y-yeah sure " he said with a smile.

" now we just need a third… "

We both looked around the crowd, some of the students giving bewildered expressions at us.

" hey! Can I join you guys? "

It was Evie.

" yeah sure ", I looked over at the teacher. Groups were lined up near him, waiting for the adventure to start.

We lined up with the others.

" ey! " said someone behind me

" Are you that dense to be working with that useless salad snake! "

I looked behind me, it was some orange lizard with a tail that had a flame on its end.

" you have absolutely no comm… " the lizard person suddenly realized who i was and awkwardly shuffled away.

I turned to Raymond and shrugged.

After a minute or two Wobbuffet called out, " alright students!, i will call out the first two teams to go in"

We all stood up straight.

" first team! Scraggy, Pansage and Totodile"

The mentioned students walked up front, Scraggy was mostly orange, he had a sphere-shaped head with two oval shaped eyes. His torso was beige, with a red oval in the center. He also seemed to have some kind of baggy orange pants with an angular tail.

Pansage resembled a green monkey, his torso was beige, with a green head and green legs, he also looked like he had broccoli growing on his head.

Totodile looked like a small blue crocodile, he had red spikes on his back and a beige stripe on his upper torso.

" next, Raymond, Evie And Jojo! "

We all stood beside the other team, they looked really nervous. Some quiet chattering was heard from the other students.

Evie was really excited to go in for some reason.

" You will all be monitored with small cameras worn on your head, and we can contact you with these radio's " Wobbuffet handed us these weird devices, I had no idea what to do with them.

One of them was this strange headwear with a little cube shaped contraption on the front, I saw my teammates putting on the hat with the cube facing in front of them, I did the same. I only had to adjust it so it could fit the black tendrils on my head.

The other device was this small plastic box, it had dozens of small holes, with a trigger and an antenna.

After the other team put on their helmets, Wubbuffet stood in front of us,

" I will lay down some ground rules, first… no taking off your helmets, rule two, fighting between teams is allowed, but you can't seriously injure another student, third, always listen to instructions given on the walkie's " he held up the plastic device.

" both teams line up at the entrance! "

We all lined up at the entrance to the dungeon, I took the stance of an Olympic runner, Raymond did the same, Evie lowered her head towards the ground, ready to dash in.

" three… "

I grit my teeth.

" two… "

Raymond started taking deep breaths in.

" one "

Evie was giggling in excitement

" Go! "

To Be Continued - Chapter 3 End

I was experimenting with character perspectives to see how chapters would look like, I think it turned out pretty good.