Glimmering gold

by Nei The Maiden Of Mirrors

it has been 2 years after the events of shining silver, Josh has entered the Sinnoh region where he uncovers strange behaviour from a disbanded group called Team Galactic and meets new friends. when he meets up with a new friend, they both embark on an adventure to uncover the disbanded teams plans and what they intend to do. this takes place after the game, pokemon platinum.

21. chapter 21: nature or nurture

Chapter 21: nature or nurture

3 days earlier

Nei:

After meeting up with tank he handed me a file on the lake spirits, which is part of Team galactics plan but neither one of us knows what that plan is or what the ultimate goal is. Sadly, before I could give any attention to the file, I have to work at the Sunyshore City's pokemon centre. Me, Glaceon and Sylveon headed for the pokemon centre where the nurses were waiting for my arrival. The nurses all bowed.

"good morning, it's a pleasure to meet you" they speak in such a manner full tone, polite yet firm. I replied "good morning to you too, I assume preparations have been made for my arrival" they all nodded and walked into the building and I followed. As i walked up the stairs of the pokemon centre following the nurses, there was afew people in lab coats and there was an old man in a long brown coat. It was the professor of the region, Professor Rowan then he turned and sat at the table.

"let the meeting begin" he spoke sternly as the guys in lab coats and nurses took their seats as I did the same but Glaceon and Sylveon sat on the table. Rowan continued "as you all know, pokemon have been acting differently from their social norm and so far no explanation can be given as they happen randomly every couple of months" a nurse asked

"isn't this because something new has been added to their habitat?" Rowan shook his head as he answered "when the lab men had searched the area where wild pokemon were behaving off, they didn't find anything that wasn't meant to be there. So, it isn't something added to their area" a guy in a lab coat raises their hand and questioned

"have other pokemon moved down from other areas as a result of say urbanisation?" Rowan shook his head and answered "it showed nothing was out of the norm, long story short there was nothing added object or pokemon to make these change their behaviour. It's like nature itself shifted, so far as you all are aware we have ideas but none of it can be proven. We have a lot of ideas but nothing to confirm any of them so the cause of them is still in question" Rowan passed everyone a file of the incidents of either pokemon attacks of people or sudden changes in the area that caused damage to buildings. I flipped through the file with Glaceon on my left and Sylveon on my right. The more we read, the more we can see how finding a cause is hard. I noticed that the file mentioned something Rowan didn't, it says that the attacks and damages were caused by a mix of not just wild pokemon but also pokemon people had caught and befriended. Odds are no one else in the room considered it as we still dont know the primary cause. I asked "according to this file, the damage and attacks are not all done by a mix of wild and tamed pokemon because of this, doesn't that mean that it seems the problem is natural?" Rowan nodded as everyone else looked confused.

Rowan spoke "indeed, it has theorised that it might be nature related as pokemon are more in tune with nature but the problem is none of us can say what aspect of nature is the cause" Glaceon looked along with Sylveon and was confused as to why they are happening. I was getting the same feeling, asking what natural action that has happened might not give us an answer as according to the date none of the natural factors takes part. This like weather patterns, migration routes and even times of the year plants grow fruit won't help discover the problem. My gut tells me this is a mix of natural and unnatural work at play. I thought about the file Tank gave me and decided to have a look at it. Glaceon tilted his head, as did Sylveon and I asked "are these the day recorded of the incidents?" Rowan nodded as I read both files and connected the dots. The dates around this city along with the damaged building report dates co-resides with the times and dates that Team Galactic agents attempted to find the lake spirits by force. The data given by Rowan was of Sunyshore City, veilstone City and Pastoria City. They're Cities that surround Lake Valor he doesn't have data from the other cities around the other lakes and I have data on Team Galactics raids on the lakes, so i need to go to the pokemon centres around the lakes to find out if it's true. If this one was then odds are in my favour the others are true too.

Glaceon rested his head on my hand as I read his thoughts "think we should go to Canalave City to check out Lake Verity?" I nodded as the reports there would be a lot smaller than the reports here. Rowan spoke "your reputation has proceeded you, in the last 2 years you have become more well known as a first-class healer and an ace trainer too, you are a valued person we need to help with this problem" as he finished, Volkner entered and sat to listen to the meeting as Rowan continued "i even asked GYM leaders to aid in the problem as many people have got hurt and many buildings are under construction"

i agreed that the situation is dire and needs to take action as quickly as possible. Volkner turned to me and said "i think me and you will be working together, it makes sense for a battle type trainer to pair with a healer like yourself" I get the feeling he wanted to see what I could do both in and out of battles. It even seems like they want me to analyse the data provided alittle more with someone who knows what they're doing. Glaceon and Sylveon have no problem working with the gym leader Volkner and with how nice he is, neither do I.