Chapter 6:

The Mountains-Mudkip

After days of traveling, I finally reach the edge of the mountains. To carry berries, I devise a strategy. It consists of these steps:

Find a berry bush

Find the branch with the most berries

Carry it in your mouth

When hungry, take out branch and eat berries.

It's simple, really.

So now I have two sticks in my mouth, a full stomach, and a brain prepared for a treacherous journey through the mountains.

I remember from the dream where the Eevee was-the top of the highest mountain in the range.

Nothing can be easy.

At least, even being the highest part, it still wasn't too tall.

Well time to begin.

I pop a berry in my mouth and start walking forward.

The first part of the journey is the best. The terrain is smooth, it is just the right temperature, there are no wild Pokemon around…. It's amazing.

And then came the next part.

The next part of the journey is almost the worst. It is rocky, kind of cold, at a slight slant, jagged, full of wild Pokemon…. It's horrible.

I keep on walking, with a bored expression on my face. Suddenly I yelp when I step on a jagged rock.

"I hate this place," I mutter to myself.

Suddenly a sharp pain spreads through my leg.

"Well then," I say to myself with a grimace, "That'll teach me not to break into a cave that's right under me. I must've landed on it wrong."

Also, there is still stinging pain from where I had been stung by the Beedrills. And part of my head is slightly burnt from the explosion. Also I had lots of various scratches from various things.

And now I had yet another injury.

Yay.

Suddenly I realize I had not had any water since I got here.

I guess I can eat the snow near the top of the mountains.

I pop another berry in my mouth and decide to keep going and while I do so try and remember something.

Anything.

I try to remember a Mudkip mom a father and maybe a brother or two.

Nothing.

I climb further, now reaching a part that was less sharp but more steep.

And then it began to snow.

On one hand, it felt nice, with the cold snow melting on your face, having something to drink. It seemed like the perfect temperature. Also the terrain wasn't as bad in this part. Everything was starting to seem happy, until you look at the darker side of things.

On the other hand, it felt absolutely horrible, with the snow seeping into my wounds, having sore legs. The cold was starting to get to me. The surface of the terrain was covered in snow, making me slip. Everything was starting to seem gloomy after I thought of the cons of this part.

I was now starting to wonder why I even agreed to do this journey.

Well, I guess the answer is curiosity. Plain curiosity.

And also stupidity.

It is getting dark now, and I am close to my destination.

Then I see it.

In the snow, there are faint tracks. Each track was close together, leading me to the assumption that either the Pokemon who made these tracks were small or they were very tired. But who would go on an adventure high in the mountains? Well, there was only one way to find out. Follow the tracks.

The last part of this journey was very cold. From the snow it was hard to walk. I was very tired. But at least I had a better idea of where I was going, as I could follow the tracks.

Suddenly the tracks veer into the mountain, disappearing.

"What is going on here?" I ask myself, wondering how someone could just disappear into the darkness of the mountain. Then I finally realize that they had gone into a cave that was too dark to see.

Well, time to go into a mysterious cave in a mysterious mountain on a mysterious island following some mysterious footprints because I had a mysterious dream with a mysterious Eevee on the mysterious mountain on a mysterious island. How mysterious.

Well, however mysterious this whole thing is, I'm gonna do it.

I pop a berry in my mouth and take a deep breath.

Whatever was in here was probably going to change my life. What if there was a big, angry Moltres in there, and if I went in there he would kill me? But what if the Eevee was in there? The Eevee could probably answer all my questions and my curiosity would finally be gone.

I walk into the cave.

Inside were five sleeping Pokemon, a Floette, a Magby, a Starly,a Combusken, and an Eevee.

An Eevee.

I walk over to the Eevee, and slightly nudge him to wake him up. I hear a groan from the body and a voice say, "Ugh, what is it?"

"It's me, the Mudkip!" I say, almost boiling over with excitement and stuttering over my words.. "You know, the one you sent the d-dream to and the one you made come to the mountains. I have so m-many questions like w-why I'm here and who y-you are and who these p-people are and so much more!"

"Uh..You're a what..?" The Eevee sounds tired and looks dazed.

"I'm the Mudkip," I respond, my smile slowly fading. "You know who I am, right?"

"Sure, sure. Can I just go.." the Eevee yawns, and his head droops a bit before he snaps it back up, "I'm tired."

"Aren't we all?"

"We'll," the Eevee yawns again, "We'll talk in the morning g'night." The Eevee puts his head down and quickly falls back to sleep.

I thought the Eevee would answer all my questions, but I might be wrong. If anything, the meeting has made everything even more confusing. The Eevee might not know nothing about me and the dream. Who had sent the message, if it wasn't the Eevee? Another one of the Pokemon, lying amongst the shattered rocks?

Hm.

Didn't see those shattered rocks before.

I see that there is even more near the Combusken, around him. The Combusken also seemed to be sleeping uncomfortably, like something bad was replaying through his mind.

I guess I'll find out more in the morning.

I pop my last berry into my mouth and lie down. How did I get into this mess? Or, the better question, who put me in this mess? Who gave me the dream and why did I have it? Was this some sort of organization? Who were these other five Pokemon, friends or foes?

I yawn and close my eyes, deciding I should finally go to sleep.

It had been a long few days, including Ninetales, a bee swarm, an explosion, a dreary climb up into a mountain, a head-basing fall, a horde of Vulpixes, and one tired, confused Mudkip.

And I finally went to sleep.