POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: DARK DIMENSIONS

CHAPTER 1

DARK ALREADY?

1st Person

"Verrukt!"

"Verruuuuuukt!"

"Where'd that damned Vaporoen go off too! VERRUKT!"

As I lie in my bed at night, twisting and turning, shoving the blankets out from covering me, I hear these words in my sleep. Some weird female calling out for someone... Verrukt...

If it wasn't obvious already, that wasn't my name. I'm Jesse, actually. I know no one named Verrukt, I don't recognize that weird female shouting out to whoever Verrukt may be, all I can ever grasp from that is that someone is missing, and there's a Vaporeon involved. So yeah, it's definitely a dream.

I must've been playing far too much Pokemon Games recently... Which admittedly, I have. It's all I really do these days, I play them to have fun, re-capture what I used to like about them as a younger one. I'm almost always held up in my room playing them.

As I think back on it now, everything that's happened today... Finally evolving Eevee into Vaporeon like I've been hoping to do...

I remind myself of the decent day I had, curtains shut along the window to my room, left in darkness only lit up by my 3ds screen, and my computer, and only leaving my room for food and other things. I look toward the blue wall of my room, snuggled up under the blankets, real tight due to the winter seasons nowadays making my room practically freezing, and finally shut my eyes, off to sleep I go.

3rd Person

He wasn't asleep for long before being taken over by the world of dream. Jesse wasn't left hearing the voices amidst a black view, as usual. This time he was left to the visions of a lovely, sunny day around him, clouds surrounding the areas around him. Including where he currently stood.

Jesse would look around the area curiously, eyeing its particularly gorgeous sights, gold and blue and white and just... It was quite the view for one to experience.

He didn't get a lot of time to experience it though, flinching suddenly as a massively deep voice poured down over him, "Human!" It would shout, the humans dark blue eyes growing wide as he rapidly looked around for the voice, his long black hair wavering against himself.

"H-Huh? W-Who's there...?" Jesse would stutter out that question, the loud booming voice already causing him to tremble in fear, hands behind his head, eyes wide as he kept looking around.

"Do not be afraid! I am not looking to hurt you! Nor though, am I looking to help you! However... Looking for someone to help me is another story!"

"W-What do y-you want...?" Jesse still seemed pretty damn nervous, lips wiggling some as he spoke up again, "I-I'll do anything, j-just... D-Don't hurt me!"

"I will state again that I am not looking for harm, but for help! I need someone to help me save my world below, and you seem one of many that could be of assistance!"

"M-Me?!" Jesse seemed in disbelief, gasping out that word, "Y-You need me t-to h-help save th-the WORLD?!"

"Not your world, if you may have been confused! My world, the world where Pokemon live and grow! And yet, they choose to viciously divide against each other! Whilst that isn't the problem, the growing problem of my worlds soon demise is! And you could be of assistance!"

Jesse was in a complete shock at what he was hearing, trembling over the god-like voice, gulping... Oh goodness he was so nervous right now he felt nauseous... "T-This is j-just a dream..." He would mumble out...

"I'm afraid not human!" Would retort the deep voice, "This is all real! You are speaking with Arceus, the god of Pokemon himself! Look at your hands human, look at them! Touch them together! Does this not feel real to you?"

Jesse wold do what the Pokemon god requested of him, gulping even more as he pulled his hands out from behind his head, looking at them... He would move his white-skinned fingers around, feeling the air soar between their openings... And he would push them together, feeling the particular claiminess... "I-It feels... S-So real..."

"That's because it is, human! You are going to be entering my world, the Pokemon world! And as time goes on, you will find out what evil is lurking on my world, Lura! You and many other humans will help save it! But!"

"B-But...?"

"Having a bunch of humans around would be a deathwish for them all, an immediate failure! You will not enter as a human, But as a Pokemon!"

"W-What?!" Jesse wold exclaim in shock, looking down at his hands with wide eyes, watching as a pins and needles feeling soared throughout his body, watching as his hands would seemingly start to form the shade of blue, starting to get significantly smaller, form into something much different... And then, his vision started to fade some... He was starting to lose consciousness... In a dream? No. It was very obvious now.

This was no dream.

"You will hear from me again soon, perhaps in another dream, at another time! But for now, carry on with your new life on my Lura! Hopefully the problem will be solved soon and you'll get to return home!"

And it's not long before Jesse fades into complete darkness... He feels his body as it topples over, colliding with the ground... Taking in only s few more deep breaths before going unconscious entirely...

3rd Person

"Verrukt!"

"Verrukt, where the hell are you?!"

The scene was painted clear as day, a Floatzel rapidly running through a mass of trees and bushes, throughout a large forest with small trees. She would be calling out loudly for someone, rapidly looking around with widened eyes as she looked...

"Right Here!" A male voice spoke back to her, hopping out from a nearby bush and pouncing onto her, causing the Floatzel to squeal out in shock as this happened, being knocked over and pinned down to the ground, gasping as her eyes strained, before looking up at who had pinned her. A Vaporeon, larger than a normal one himself, grinning down at the female.

The Floatzel would instantly glare, struggling under his wait, "Damnit Verrukt, you can't just run off and surprise me like that, especially in Dark Type Territory!"

"Pfft, Well Marissa, you shouldn't be shouting and squealing at the top of your lungs, especially in Dark Type Territory," Verrukt would prone back to the Floatzel, apparently Marissa, chuckling out a little as he padded back off of her.

Verrukt would watch as his longtime friend would push up to a stand, before turning and glaring at him, letting out a little snarl, "I was seriously worried about you Verrukt, and that's how you treat the situation?!"

"Hey, keep it down Marissa. Look, I'm not even half a mile out from the Dark-Water Border, I'm completely fine. There's no reason to freak out."

Marissa's right eye would twitch some, and she would reach one of her paws out, aggressively poking the shoulder of the male, pushing him back just a little bit, "I'm through being your friend Verrukt, and I mean it this time! You are just so insensitive and rude, and I can't take it!" She would huff out after her speech, turning around and starting to stomp away from the Vaporeon.

"D'aww, Marissa, don't be like that! I know you'll come back, we'll always be friends! Come on, if I bag us a Dark Type will you forgive me?!"

Marissa would only respond with a little snarl and a shake of her head, continuing on her way, Verrukt watching her as she did so, rolling his eyes.

"Fine than," He would start, grinning as he shut his eyes pretty tightly and turned around, "I'm still gonna bag me a Dark Type though!"

Verrukt would open his eyes back up, but they would almost instantly go wide at what they caught sight of. A Shiny Umbreon, practically twice Verrukt'a size, standing over him, eyeing him down with a glare and a grin, "You can bag a Dark Type all you want," The Umbreon would glare, licking his chops, "But you should learn to be careful... Before a Dark Type bags you."

SLASH

1st Person - Jesse

My body was sore... I was sore... Everything about me was just...

Sore...

I could feel myself being dragged across through grass, or something similar to it at least... Feel the blades tickle my nose...

I felt so much different than usual...

I couldn't explain it, I just felt... Weird...

I groaned out lowly, my eyes starting to slowly open to see just what my situation was... And yeah, I was actually being dragged across grass... My legs were elevated, lifted up by something... It was all my head and upper body against the grass... Only...

Nothing felt like it was supposed to...

I sputtered some, giving off a weak wiggle, try and maybe stop whatever's dragging me... Though my movements all feel different... I don't understand it entirely...

"Oh, so the little shits awake now, huh?" A voice suddenly spoke out, a pretty deep one... It sent chills throughout my body, including... Some weird... Thing...? Extending off part of my back... "You've been sleeping since I found you, pup. About time you pay the price for it."

What the...? Suddenly, I feel my lower body drop against the grass, which earned me a low grunt, letting out a... Whimper...?

By this point I was already a trembling mess, all sorts of things rambling throughout my mind.

Whats happening?

Whos dragging me?

Am I being kidnapped?

Am I gonna... Die...?

When the behemoth of a person dragging me would walk into my line of sight, only one thing was truly revealed. That may not have been a dream earlier.

I had to look up to see all of him. He was giant, strong and tough looking, powerful... He was an... "U-Umbreon..." I spoke out shakily, gulping in fear, my breathing picking up.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm an Umbreon, and you're being taken prisoner by the dark type kingdom. Whether you live or die is all up to me, so you best make a good impression."

My breath would hitch as he heard that, eyes widening... I would gulp again, a bulge traveling down my throat as I looked up at the four legged Pokemon...

"Stand up."

I wasn't about to not listen to that and risk dying. I felt so weak and in pain... But I tried to do so anyway, slowly rolling over onto my gut and sighing shakily.

I extend my arms out to... Arms... My arms, I...

Paws... In place of my arms, I see blue paws... This was enough to make me go entirely still, remembering back to what I had just seen... In complete shock...

I-I'm a-

"Vaporeon, come on, hurry the hell up, or suffer the consequences!"

I'm a Vaporeon...

There were many questions I had at this very moment, but... I knew it was best for my life to try and stand, listen to this guy.

So, I did. I knew now that I'm a Vaporeon, so I probably stand on four feet. I gulp again, placing my paws against the ground, turning my head to look back at my hind side, spotting a giant, thick tail... No time to admire it now... I made sure my hind paws pushed against the ground, before shakily pushing up to a stand, legs wobbling quite a bit... Like, scarily so...

I slowly looked over to the Umbreon who's practically in total control of my actions at this point, slowly tilting my head...

I dunno, it just felt kinda right...

"Good. Now, name, I need to know. And don't bullshit me, I'll know."

Crap. Crap Crap Crap Crap Crap Crap Crap.

"J-Jesse..." I stuttered whilst revealling the name, whimpering a little after revealling it...

And the Umbreon would seem a bit taken aback by the name, flinching back some, revealling a small amount of... Surprise...?

Though he shook it off almost instantly, growling out some in response to that and shaking his head, turning around and starting to walk, "Follow me."

I flinched back at his demanding there, slowly and shakily maneuvering on my paws to turn around... I managed to turn entirely, looking up to see the Umbreon having stopped a bit always and turned back to look at me, sending a ferocious growl, "NOW!"

I yelped, nodding out quickly and bouncing forward. With my being completely unused to this form, it was no surprise that two steps in and I was left yelping out again, tumbling down to the ground, the side of my face colliding with the ground. And it started to hurt a lot, like much more than usual... I slowly lifted my head to find the Umbreon looking absolutely furious and stomping back... But out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something red, looking down at the ground where I had fallen...

B-Blood...

I reached one of my paws over, gently feeling my cheek to try and guess what had happened, and it definitely didn't feel like something that happened from the falling... These felt like... Claw marks... Slash marks... Pretty deep...

I looked back up just in time to see a large black paw reach over my head, snapping down along the nape of my neck, right behind it... I whimpered as I felt his claws poke into my nape, scrambling some, before yelping loudly as I was yanked up into a standing position!

"Can't even walk for himself, damnit! You aren't getting no Tepiggy Back ride if that's what you were wondering, I will drag you like this until you start walking!"

And so before I cold argue against him, or at the least apologize and beg for another chance like I most likely would, I was yanked forward as he started to walk, scrambling softly as he dragged me against the ground again, whimpering loudly... This wouldn't be good...

This terrible dragging would continue on for a long while... I was drug far by this Umbreon, that was for sure... It felt like it had later hours, though in reality it only took half of one... And that entire time I was left softly scrambling, trying to push up to my paws, and yet unable to...

Those claws were sunk deep into my nape, I could feel them, bringing tears to my eyes, my scramblings slowing to a stop, whimpering pitifully...

"Oh shut it Vaporeon, you got yourself into this situation-"

"And you got yourself in this one!" A loud voice would suddenly shout out from behind, Matt coming to a sudden stop, and roughly pulling his claws out of my nape, forcing loud cries of pain from me as he did so. He would turn around, blood dripping from his claws, as I only allowed myself to curl up into a ball and softly cry... I couldn't see just what was going on, but I could hear it clear as day... The encounter between the Umbreon and the unknown other...

"Why am I not surprised to see you Jace? You and your little ragtag group of brats undeserving of the opportunities they were given?" The Umbreon would reveal the name of the unknown character, Jace, also revealing that... There were others.

"You know exactly why I'm here Matt! Water Types are reported missing at least twice a month, and you've been behind almost all of them!" This Jace would spark out again, releasing a low growl...

"Yeah," A female voice entered the group, one of strong, tough sounding nature, "We know the first Pokemon to come to every time. And it's you."

"They should really ban you 'Survival Teams' from withdrawing from the Nuetral Territories! You're nothing but a stick in the mud! Whatever, who are you little bugs on the search for anyway?!" Matt seemed very effectively pissed... Which probably isn't good...

"You know exactly what were needed for, to assure the survival of all pokemon, of all types! And were looking for a Vaporeon going by Verrukt Ein, looking pretty damn familiar to that Vaporeon you got behind you!" Jace had been talking there.

"Pfft, Verrukt is long gone pal! Saw him a good week ago but he split! This one goes by Jesse, and-"

Matt is interrupted by the Female, "Still seems to be in just as much need as Verrukt could have been! Look at him, crying as a puddle of blood slowly pours under him! You've gone too far Matt, once again!"

"Too far for you maybe, but this is my regular!" Matt would jostle, as I could feel his paws push around against the darkened grass of... Wherever we were... I could hear his paw steps stomping over through the grass, getting louder and louder...

I let out a loud scared yelp as I feel something suddenly connect with my body, trembling heavily and keeping my eyes shut tight... It isn't long before I realize Matt had just rested a paw atop my side, turning his head to look back at the others with a smug grin, "Fine, take him. Was planning on handing him over to the dark type leader anyway!" Matt would state, pushing down a bit harder on my belly, causing me to whine out lowly...

That's when I finally noticed that his paw wasn't left bare... It felt sorta wet with something... And whatever it was, it was being smudged onto my body... Into my... Fur...

Matt would roll his head after a little, pulling his paw off of my side, and continuing to stomp onward... Hopefully away...

"But as usual, this won't be the last the patrol of little brats sees of me!" He pauses for just a few moments, "And this won't be the last poor old Jesse will be seeing of me either, I can assure you that!"

Matts paw steps would continue to be picked up by my ears, getting smaller and smaller, until I couldn't hear them anymore...

But then, my ears are flooded with the sound of quick paced stompings, causing me to flinch back and whimper out loudly, whimpers growing as I feel another paw connect with my body, this time gracing my head...

"Shh Shh Shh, it's okay... It's going to be okay guy, Team Oran Blood's got you... Rank 5 at the Ninetales Guild... We got you bud..." Despite the attempt at reassurance form a more light-voiced female of whom I didn't know, I was still left a mess of fright, trembling and whimpering, eyes kept shut tight...

"Matt said your name was Jesse, right?" Another new voice asked, again Female, causing me to nod slowly and shakily...

"Good, good... Well Jesse, you try and calm down man... Okay? It's a bit late right now to travel all the way back to the guild to get you properly patched up, so we'll go half way, set up camp, get you a bunch of Oran Berries to try and temporarily heal your pain. Got it?"

I once again nodded slowly, groaning out lowly in pain, before I suddenly start to feel woozy again, like previously with the dream... I can hear the voices of the others speaking to me, but I can't make out what their saying at all...

Up until suddenly... Those voices disappear...

3rd Person

"Guys, he's stopped responding!" Shouts a female from the group in panic, the one who had been trying to calm him down, an Absol! "Maria, we're gonna need to carry him!"

"No time," intervenes a different females voice, another Vaporeon actually, and a pretty slim, one at that, "Let's just set up camp here! Maria, drop that bag, there should be a tent in there! Jace, go look for some firewood!"

Maria, a large, powerful looking Arcanine had a very large bag on her, strap around the back and side of her neck, and also hooking under one of her legs. She would nod quickly, reaching the paw that is uninvolved with the strap up and pushing it up off from around her neck, watching as the bag drops, as well as the strap falling to the ground, now surrounding her previously involved paw.

While she opens up the bag and goes digging in, a large Raichu known as Jace turns and walks back through the woods, scoping around for firewood.

Its not even fifteen minutes after that that the camp is all set up! The large tent is pitched, with enough room for four... And there's a small fire going near it, a nice large pile of firewood beside it for needed use.

Maria and Liz both had worked together to get the tent pitched in five minutes, and it had taken another ten minutes to get the unconscious Jesse moved into the tent.

Once Jesse was inside, taking up a sizable quarter of the tent, Liz was straight back to examining his wounds, his cheek and his nape specifically... And even gave that muddied paw print of Matt a quick gloss over before returning to the important matter at hand...

"I know we don't have any stitches, and either way all of us are garbage when it comes to stitching some mon up, but we gotta at the least have some bandages in the bag! Try and keep the blood flow contained throughout the night and the trip!"

"Yeah, last thing we need is a Vaporeon close to death and the need to clean the tent or just get a new one," Maria would speak up, revealing herself as the deeper voiced female who had earlier stepped up, stepping out of the tents opening and poking back into the bag.

Once Maria had found the bandages and brought them back in, as well as tossing the bag into the tent as well, there were left the two remaining mons on the supposed 'Survival Team', Lana the Absol and Jace the Raichu, sat down on opposite ends of the small fire, with Jace tending to it, attempting to make it grow. Thankfully it was surrounded by stones.

"You think that Vaporeon's gonna be alright Lana?" Jace asks, taking a moment to glance up at the female, only to focus back on growing the fire.

Lana slowly nods some at that, giving off a small smile as she turned to look at the tent, "As long as we get him there tomorrow, should be fine. The healers will tend to his wounds properly," Lana gives a bit of a pause, her previous smile turning into a slight frown, "What if he's like the others we've heard reports of throughout the week?"

"You mean, with a lack of most memories?" - Jace

"Yeah... I really hope that's not the case but, what happens then?" - Lana

"Nothing different that's for sure. Memories or not, his health is a priority right now. His survival. Worst comes to worst he goes into treatment like the others." - Jace

"But..." Lana could be heard letting off a low sigh, looking down at the ground, "I don't know... It just seems so... Bad... Not remembering almost their entire lives... Only knowing their names..."

"Look, we can focus on that if it comes to happen, alright? Right now, trying to fix what that damn Umbreon did is a top priority..." - Jace

"Yeah..." Lana nods, letting out a second soft sigh, continuing to eye the ground, the fire more specifically.

"Okay!" Liz suddenly spouts out a good hour after the previous talk with Lana and Jace, smiling as she slips out of the hole of the tent, wearing a smile, "We bandaged him up, managed to get him to swallow some chunked up Oran berry, he should be good throughout the night! Tomorrow we may have to re apply the bandages and give him more berries for the walk though!"

Liz would let out a happy sigh, padding up to the fire and sitting down, watching as Maria walks around it, sitting on the other side...

Things go quiet for a moment, everyone silently eyeing down the soft fire, hearing it crackle beautifully in the open air...

This quiet is interrupted by all four stomachs giving off simultaneous growls, causing eyes to go wide at their sudden in-syncness, before it's all rambled off with a group of loud giggles and chuckles, "Heheheh, Welp, I think we may be hungry!" Announces Lana, smiling cutely to the others, and pushing up to a quick stand on her four paws, "I'll go get us some food from the bag! You guys wouldn't mind if I checked up on the injured guy, do ya?"

"Go right on ahead hon." - Liz

Lana would give off a small nod, turning and padding into the tent, through the hole still left unzipped. She would spot the bag right beside the entrance to the tent, but eyed down Jesse in his currently unconscious mode, sending him a small frown.

She would decide to give the Vaporeon a little visit first, padding up to him slowly and eyeing down his bandaged up features, frown unfortunately growing... And is not long before she reaches a paw over, gently gracing it against his bandaged up cheek, sighing out...

"You're gonna be okay big guy..." Liz starts, letting off a little smile, "There will be no need to be afraid when you wake up. You'll be safe in our custody, and we'll guide you back to our town, and our guild, where you'll be healed right up and left out to return to your old life..."

Once again, her smile would fade, "If you're one of few who remembers their old life, that is..."

She continued to eye the sleeping Pokemon for quite a little while longer, before nodding slowly, and pulling her paw away. She would pad back over toward the bag, opening it up and pulling out eight various berries, two for all, and closing the bag back up. She wasn't just holding all eight berries in her paws, no, that was pretty much impossible for her.

No no, she would grab a berry, toss it out toward one of the remaining three members of the group, doing so with six berries, until two were left for her. A Pecha Berry and a Cherri Berry, the latter being her favorite.

She slips back out of the tent with her meal, gathering back up with the others and sitting back up by the campfire, continuing the night with the remainder of the team.

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