Chapter 3: Point of No Return
The duo stood near the entrance to the Guild's tent.
"I can see why the Guild intimidates you, Muddy. The torches, the tent, and the ominous atmosphere give me the chills too."
The two young pokemon slowly stooped to the entrance to the guild. Of course, both of them were clearly intimidated; they were just kids after all. But they needed to be brave. It was their destiny, the path they truly thought was chosen for them.
HEY!
YOU TWO!
The two kids gasped loudly and stopped right over a large grate paced under their paws.
Pokemon Detected!
Pokemon Detected!
WHO'S PAWPRINT?!
WHO'S PAWPRINT?!
The pawprints are Mudkip's and...
The softer voice seemed to stutter to silence. Could he not identify Andy's species?
HEY DIGLETT! WHAT'S THE HOLDUP?!
I have no clue what the second Pokemon is!
WHAAAT?! WHY?! I, KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF POKEMON THAT IS!
Sorry Loudred, I don't know what I don't know!
CAN YOU AT LEAST GUESS, YOU MAGGOT!?
*sigh* Fine. The Pawprint is...uhhhhhhhh...Meowth's! Yeah! That's right! The Pawprint is Meowths!
Muddy and Andrew had no clue what to think of the sentries. But in a way...they found the little argument to be somewhat humorous, to say the least. Both of them laughed hard.
A blue and white bird stood on the other end of the portcullis "Ahem, sorry about the ruckuss, visitors, I am the guildmaster's assistant, Chatot. What brings you to the guild today?"
Muddy and Andy stopped laughing.
"We were hoping to form an Exploration Team today!" Both of them gleefully said.
Chatot's eyes seemed to bulge with a look of shock and awe. Were those kids crazy? Did they even have a clue what they were getting into?!
"Now now kids, visitation ended an hour ago, you need to go now, okay BYE!" But before Chatot could even try to get rid of them, Loudred rudely interrupted; "JUST LET THE KIDS IN! DIGLETT CLAIMS THAT MUDKIP IS THAT ONE GUY WHO SHOWED UP AT OUR FRONT DOOR TEN TIMES ALREADY, AND ONLY COULDN'T STAY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO SCARED!"
Chatot peered into the grate, and gave diglett a glare. "is this ture? What about the Meowth? How many times was he here?"
Diglett told chatot that it was in fact true. He also had nothing to say about the Meowth since he never even knew what one looked like before he showed up.
"Fine, diglett, tell Loudred to open the door. I'm sure the guildmaster would love to have a nice chat with them." Chatot's words were passed on to Loudred. The portcullis rose. Muddy and Andrew finally stepped into the guild.
Once inside, the duo realized what they were in for. Several teams could be seen gearing up for adventures for the next day. Other teams were looking at a pair of buliten boards and attatching small blocks of wood to the text poasted on the board.
But there was no time to look around, not now at least. They needed to see the Guildmaster. Andy was surprisingly calm as he entered the guild, even as Chatot led them to the Guildmaster's chamber. Everything in this world was new to him, after all. But his partner wondered what exactly the Guildmaster would do to them. Was he a nice Pokemon? Or was he stern and cranky?
All Muddy could do is be strong. Be brave. And of utmost importance, be the greeted the guild could ever offer.
I have to do this. I have to.