Chapter 1
(Disclaimer: We, as in my writing partner and me, do not own Pokémon, or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. All rights to Pokémon and related names go to Pokémon Co. and Nintendo)
Location: Oblivion Forest
Thick black rain clouds were covering the sky above the Oblivion Forest. It had been a while since the last rainstorm of this magnitude and many pokémon took shelter from it already.
Some pokémon however, didn't find it in them to care about the streams of water running through their fur. Just like Bibarel who was currently on her way back home from her daily berry search.
Bibarel was happily marching on with a full bag of berries hanging at her side while humming a tune of her favorite song. Every pokémon she passed gave her weird looks, but she didn't care….or notice. You could never be sure of that with a Bibarel. They only ever noticed what they wanted to notice and right now the only thing she cared about was to get home as fast as possible. After all, the berries tasted best when eaten fresh.
When Bibarel almost reached her home something did catch her attention though. There, on the side of the little path that led to her burrow, right under the big oak tree she used as a sort of landmark for orientation (yes she had many of them), she saw two lying pokémon.
Somewhat concerned, Bibarel carefully approached the two. As she neared them she noticed that the one lying closer to her was mostly gray-blue with specks of dark-gray. The other one was a bright leaf green with two streaks of yellow. Then she noticed their sizes. They were awfully… little. At least compared to the common pokémon that normally lived in this forest.
She didn't recognize their species either, not that she knew that many, but still.
Curiosity finally overtook Bibarel so she sat down her bag, careful not to spill her precious berries on the ground and walked over to the gray-blue pokémon. A little hesitant at first, she reached out and poked the pokémon in the cheek. When nothing happened panic began to well up inside her so she put one foot on the side of the stranger and began to shake.
"Hey! Come on, wake up!"
It didn't take long until the foreign pokémon began to stir. Slowly it opened it's eyes and Bibarel stared into two crimson orbs.
"Oh thank Arceus, your awake! Are you alright?"
The now awake pokémon sat up with a low grunt and placed one paw on his forehead.
"Ugh… my head feels like it's about to explode..."
Bibarel guessed from the voice that the stranger had to be a "He". After the stranger sat up she finally managed to get a good look on his face. He had two gray-blue ears on top and a pointy snout. His eyes were surrounded by dark-gray fur that looked like a mask which continued down into, well Bibarel guessed they were a second pair of ears? (AN: We do know that they are sensors, but Bibarel doesn't. She never knew any Riolu 's). The rest of his body was equally colored as the head except for a beige colored fur-collar.
"Where-where am I?" he asked as he looked around in confusion until his gaze rested on Bibarel once more.
"You're in Oblivion Forest. I found you two passed out in front of my burrow. Maybe you hit your head?"she asked as she turned around and went for the other stranger. "Come on inside and let me have a look at your head. Can you walk?"
"I… I guess I can."
Sam 's POV
A little sluggish at first, I stood up and tried to steady myself with the help of the nearby tree. Meanwhile, the Bibarel lifted the other, still passed out, pokémon from the ground and went on ahead. Slowly we made our way through some bushes till we reached a small river where this Bibarel had built her home. My look drifted over to the other pokémon that was being carried by her. Is there a reason this Snivy had been lying beside me? I couldn't tell. My memories were all scrambled up. The only ones I had were my knowledge about pokémon and my name.
It can't be helped, I thought as I shrugged and continued following the Bibarel inside. I wanted a dry place to think about everything and this wet fur didn't help. It was clinging to my body by now and as I looked at my gray-blue arm a faint pain formed in the back of my head. It felt like it was blocking some thoughts that wanted to come to my mind. What pokémon was I anyway? I didn't even remember that…though, blue fur was definitely a new thing for me.
I tried to take a quick glimpse at my reflection in the river when we walked by and through the distorted surface I made out a confused looking Riolu. Was that me? I confirmed it by touching my face and watched the image mirror my movements. So I was a Riolu, huh? I found it weird that I didn't remember, but considering I lost most of my memory it made some sense. The voice of the Bibarel pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Come on inside! Or do you want to stand there 'til you're drenched to the bones?"
I rushed over to her and then through the door she kindly held open for me. I immediately felt a sense of comfort rush over me when I stepped inside the cozy and dry den. It had some lovely brown and red furniture and even a fireplace.
"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet. You can call me Bibarel." she said while gently placing the Snivy on some pillows of a bench, next to the entrance. "This is my den, make yourself at home, but please don't break anything."
"I- I wouldn't!" I quickly assured her "My name is Sam. Nice to meet you Bibarel and thanks for saving me and this Snivy. We probably would have frozen to death in this rain."
Bibarel looked at me in a mixture of shock and confusion.
"Wait, you don't know this pokémon?" she asked, pointing at the passed out pokémon.
"Uh, no I don't. I barely have any memories at all. I know that my name is Sam and that this is a Snivy, but I don't know if I ever met it before you woke me."
"That's… odd. Maybe you'll remember come time… anyway, first come here and let me look at your head. Do you have any injuries?"
"Gladly, I don't think that I have." I said as I walked over to the bench and sat down besides the Snivy. "Only a slight headache, but other then that I feel fine."
Bibarel examined the back of my head for a few moments until she stepped away and mumbled something about no injuries.
"Here have some oranberries, they'll help with the headache. Would you like me to fire the furnace?"
"Thanks" I said and took a bite out of the blue berry she handed me. "And yes that would be very kind of you, I feel a little chilly and I bet the same goes for this one." I said while pointing at the grass type pokémon.
After Bibarel examined the Snivy and didn't find any injuries on it either, she stood up and walked out of the room, saying she was going to cook something for dinner and that I was to keep a look over the Snivy. Now, I finally had some time to think for myself about everything. To say I had a few questions would have been the understatement of the year. I didn't know "Oblivion Forest". I didn't know what country, or even what continent I was in and I definitely didn't know anything about this Snivy. I was so sunken in my thoughts that I almost didn't notice the movement beside me when the Snivy began to regain it's consciousness.
Jak 's POV
When I woke up I felt as if I had been working for months, or at least the past whole day. The first thing I noticed was the comfortable warmth and the sweet smell of fresh vegetables. I opened my eyes and saw a Riolu that was looking at me strangely. I was startled to say the least and I sat up in panic, but my head immediately protested with a sharp pain. I hissed and clutched my head with both arms and lay back down. I groaned and looked over to where the Riolu was. It just sat there, looking at me with some sort of knowing expression, nonetheless I was able to discern the faint smile it tried to hide. How rude, I thought. Has this stranger been watching me sleep this entire time?
"Are you OK? You shouldn't move around too much yet."
The Riolu had a deeper voice then I suspected. So the Riolu was a male, huh? Well what did I expect? Never would a girl just be staring at someone. I thought that that was common courtesy, but I guess I was mistaken.
"Here," the Riolu said before he reached for the table and held something in front of me "Eat this and it'll make you feel way better. I know that it worked for my headache, at least."
At least he has some manners, I thought as I grabbed the berry he was offering me.
"Thank you, you are too kind."
The Riolu waited until I had finished eating and I took my sweet time consuming this delicious fruit. It was very refreshing and soon I didn't feel any headache, or exhaustion anymore. As soon as I ate the last bit of it the Riolu sat forward in anticipation.
"So… my name is Sam" he said and held out his paw for me to shake. "Nice to meet you."
"My name is Jak and I'm..."
I started introducing myself, but stopped when I noticed a major detail. My memories where almost completely gone, except for my name. Well, that plus my knowledge about pokémon, of course. How could I not remember anything else? Trying to think about it only seemed to bring forth the seething pain in the back of my head again so I dropped the thought for now.
"… You are~?" Sam asked motioning for me to continue. "A Snivy? Is that what you were going for?"
I looked down on me. A beige belly, green arms, stubby legs of the same color and a tail with a leaf at the tip. Indeed, I was a Snivy. Then why did it feel so foreign to me? Sam looked at me, again with his worried expression.
"Is everything alright? You seem surprised to know that you're a Snivy."
His expression changed to one of shock and sudden understanding as he punched his right fist into his open, left paw.
"Could it be that your memories are gone too!?"
So at least he wasn't as dumb as I expected him to be, I had to give him that. Wait… did he just say that there was someone else with amnesia?
"Who else has lost theirs?" I asked him leaning forward a little.
"Me" Sam said, pointing at his face.
The Riolu filled me in on what he knew, where we were right now and how we got here in the first place and I have to say, it wasn't much.
"So we were lying in this forest, passed out and right next to each other, we both suffer amnesia and know nothing about this world at all?"
"Yeah, that about sums it up."Sam said and nodded in confirmation.
The door on the other side of the room opened then and through it strolled who I supposed was Bibarel that Sam had told me about. She had plates of food in both hands and quickly placed them in front of us.
"Oh so you're up and going already? That's great to see."
I hopped down from the bench and went over to her.
"My name is Jak, a pleasure to meet you and I thank you for saving my life. I am eternally in your debt." I said as, followed by a deep bow.
"Oh, please. You don't need to thank me. It was the least I could do with all these strong and vicious pokémon living in this forest."
She waved me off with a flick of her paw and turned back towards the table.
"Go on and eat something. You two must be starving by now."
"Will do ma'am!"
"Thank you very much!"
The Riolu and I said in unison. I got up on the bench again while Sam made himself comfortable and started to eat. We ate in silence, even when Bibarel rejoined us with a plate of food for herself. Apparently I hadn't eaten anything for days, because for once I could not hold myself back from stuffing myself full of this food. I have to say that this dish on that day tasted like nothing I have ever tasted before. It was like I ascended into heaven and came back with a full plate of fruits from Arceus itself.
When we had finished with eating we helped Bibarel clean the dishes and the kitchen. After that we sat by the now lit fireplace and let her tell us a few things she knew about the forest and the surrounding areas. Turns out that Bibarel hadn't had the best of memories herself, but she tried her best to explain as much as she could for our sake. Apparently this so called "Oblivion Forest" was what pokémon around here called a mystery dungeon and a dangerous one at that.
Though apart from the strong pokémon that roamed this forest, someone who wasn't experienced enough could easily get lost. That sounded like a major problem to me and apparently the Riolu thought the same. Maybe I had been too hasty to think of him as one of the slower ones. He seemed to have a sharp mind, although he rarely seemed to make use of it.
After another few hours of holding a conversation we decided to leave the rest for tomorrow. Sam and I were completely exhausted and I'd like to think that a good night 's sleep always worked wonders on finding solutions to a problem. So Bibarel led us to two of her guestrooms.
I thanked her and wished her a restful night. As I closed my door I heard Sam wish me a good night as well, but the door closed before I had the chance to respond.
I shrugged and immediately collapsed onto the bed. I must have been even more exhausted then I first thought because I can't even remember anything else before I was pulled into a
End of chapter one.
Author Notes:
Sam: Welcome! (puts hands in the air and begins to wave frantically)
Jak: Yes… hello. (looks at Sam dropsweating)
Sam: We are the Authors behind this new fanfiction and before you ask, yes we are writing this together and will continue to do so.
Jak: Please don't expect too much of us. We are new here on and due to our different lives we can't always come together for writing.
Sam: So as you can imagine there won't be a consistent update schedule. Rather we will be updating this story whenever we are ready to do so.
Jak: Nonetheless we will write this story until the end. Even if it may take some time. We have much planned out already.
Sam: That 's right. You can expect this story to go crazy in the future.
Jak: Define crazy.
Sam: You know what I mean (nudges Jak with his elbow while wriggling his eyebrows)
Jak: I really hope I am mistaken…
Sam: ANYWAY! We are aware of the fact that there are no speech marks in the Prolog and we are deeply sorry for that. Although that one is on me. I didn't notice that didn't keep the speech marks until I posted the story (UwU).
Jak: Hopefully we won't make the same mistake twice. And if we do… well you may tell us of this, but since we don't really know how to fix that, or how to re-upload a chapter there's really nothing we can do about it at the moment.
Sam: Also, despite the name of this fanfiction it will NOT be a Kingdom Hearts crossover. We may reference the game here and there, but it will never be more then that. Otherwise this story would have been posted on the crossover section and not here.
Jak: Last point for now, please let us know if the length of the written chapters is OK. Please keep in mind that if you request longer chapters it will take that much more time to write for us and upload.
Sam: The following chapters may take longer than this one since I will be working most of the time instead of having my days off like today. Lastly, feel free to review this story and stay tuned for the next chapter! \ (^-^) /
Jak:…right. See you all soon.