"Hello? Wake up, I'm tired of waiting. If you don't wake up, I'mma hurt you. Waaaaake up! C'mon! WAKE UP!" I was shaken vigorously, I couldn't tell what was up, or what was down, "Wake up!" A searing pain was going through my entire body. "WAKEY WAKEY! Or I'll ZAP you again!" It zapped me again.

"STOP, OW, STOP, STOP, STOP!" I yelled, "I'm up… Stop zapping me! Hey, where am I?"

"You're in my… house I suppose. It's in the middle of a mystery dungeon… I don't know how to explain it otherwise. Strange how you showed up just in the middle a mystery dungeon like this, wanna help me get out? Someone came by and told me about this 'Dream Town' I wanna go there, see if any exploration team's willing to pick me up." My eyes were still sealed shut, I wasn't willing to open them yet. "Come on, open your eyes, it's time to goooooooooo." Whiny little guy, I felt a white hot pain coursing through my veins.

"FINE, STOP THAT ALREADY!" I said, opening my eyes, it appeared to be a Pikachu, but not one with the coloring that I was used to seeing, which was always just the normal yellow. This one was orange, must have been shiny, "Let's go, it seems simple enough. Usually I work with another partner."

"Really? Sounds cool! You work with someone else in an exploration team? Maybe I'll find a partner and help you! In some way. It'd be a great return payment."
"If you really want." I glared at the Pikachu, it smiled back, "What's your gender?"
"I'ma girl!" She yelled, I merely facepalmed. I walked out of the room, with her hopping with excitement after me. It was a short journey up some stairs, then we stood on the edge of a cliff.

"Where are we?" I asked, she just shook her head and jumped off, "WAIT! What now? WHAT NOW?"

"Jump!" I barely heard, I looked over the edge, and saw the pikachu waving from the surface of the water. I shook my head, and dove after the stupid girl. A loud splash echoed around me. "No problems right? You're perfectly fine."

"Be glad that it isn't anything major, or you won't be talking. Let's get a move on. Let's get to Dream Town." I said, extremely cross. Shaking my head, I could count, but I was afraid to lose count.

"Let's get moving! Now, the best way to go is around the shore, and into the the tunnels… The least dangerous is over the top of the mountains." She said, "But the fastest way is probably the best for someone of your strenght."

"I don't care, it seems that I'm stuck with you for a little. Let's get off and do this." I muttered. This is almost as bad as that in-universe sing along to my favorite show, me and my friends agreed on the 'Never Speak of It Again.' list addition.

"So, if we do actually put our time into going, it shouldn't be long." She muttered, smiling slyly.

"What's on your mind?" I asked, noticing her smile.

"Nuthin', and what's got you askin'?" She smiled wider, oh dear.

"That smile. I'm interested in knowing what's behind it. Some sort of devilish plan." I shook my head, and walked the direction she was pointing. I felt it was going to be long before we reached any landmarks.

"Nuthin', at least until we reach the dungeon. You're going to have fun when I do it. That's for certain." She smiled even more, almost didn't think it was possible. I sighed, and picked up speed. "Hey, I know that it's not that nice to run from someone who has technically saved you!"

"Still running, it's not too effective, but I'm gonna keep up speed!" I yelled.

"If you don't stop, then there's no guarantee that you'll get home!" I slowed down immediately, and glared at her, she was still right on my tail, but she still wanted me to stop. "Good, even though I'm much faster."
"Let's have a race, just point me in the direction of the dungeon. I'll go as fast as I can, let's see who wins!" I said, stretching.

"Fine, it's that way. You won't win." She said, pointing.

"On go… Three…" I got into position, "Two…" I made sure I was looking the right direction, "One…" She took off, "GO! I SAID ON GO!" I took off, I was a second behind, that's a big hindrance in foot racing. It was not good to be so far behind, I pushed myself to go as fast as I can, it wasn't that fast, or at least it didn't feel that fast,but I knew it was as fast as I could go.

I knew it wasn't much further, it seemed like I was running for ever, I could see that I was slowly catching up on her. I was about one fourth of a second now, it seemed like she was pushing much harder than stamina was good for, "DARN IT, the dungeon is just over there! I gotta…" She collapsed, I stopped, or attempted to stop, it was more like a long slide.

"Was I going THAT fast?" I muttered, turning around and going back to pick the Pikachu up. It was a shortish walk, and I was determined to not leave the poor girl behind.

"H-hey, why are you doing this?" She said as I was picking her up.

"Can't be that rude, and it helps that you're my only way home." I said.

"Hey, does your home involve a guild? I've heard of one in Dream Town…"

"Yeah, I suppose, but it's nothing too major. It's just a small guild." I smiled, shaking my head, "It's antics are nothing to be reputable about."

"Any guild's a good guild." She muttered.

"Meh, could be, Let's get into this dungeon. It's best if we get a move on." I said, she nodded, and we set into the dungeon. It was almost an exact copy of the Sandstorm Caverns, except much wetter.

"This place is the dungeon called 'Seastorm Caverns.' It's a fun place to be, it's got all the muddy types, water and ground." It's almost as if the entire world is childish. Such a simple naming technique.

"Let's go. It seems that the best type to be here is… hrm… Not either of us." I said, forgetting which type was strong against both water and ground.

"Grass-type, grass-type is the best. Why don't you know of this? Not that hard…"

"I haven't memorized which type is strong and weak to which." I whined.

"Oh, alright, let's go, I'll take any water-type, you take ground, I'm strong to water types. But can't affect ground." She said, sighing.

"Fine, but we better go on." I said, stepping forward. I inside wished that it was easier to explore, but I knew that it was almost impossible, the traps, and the Pokémon determined on attacking you were preventing it.

"Yaaaay!" She cried, smiling, "Let's go play with the water Pokémon."

"Why? What makes you want to play with them?"

"Nothing much, just that they're usually really friendly. Especially here." She smiled wider.

"Don't worry, we'll take the time to play with them if you want to." I said, smiling.

"Yaaaay!" I shook my head, she was so childish, I wonder if she was payed to be this way, "Wait, is that Klefki? Oh my god… She's like my personal hero! Well other than Shawn of course… She does something no-one else does, unlocks boxes."

"Cool, I haven't come across that. Maybe someone else will find use in her." I said, shaking my head.

"Let me flag her down," She started waving, then yelled, "Hey! Klefki! OVER HERE!"

"Huh? Oh me? Is there a box you want unlocked?" Klefki asked.

"Ohmygoditsheritsheritsher! No, we want you to come back to Dream Town!... It might be my first time there, but It'll be nice knowing that you're coming with!" The pikachu yelled.

"What's your name? And what's with Mr. Sulky there?" Klefki asked.

"My name's Pikachu! He's just Mr. Sulky, I don't know his name... " Pikachu said, but seriously? Pikachu's her name?

"I'm not sulky, and my name is Derrek." I said, cross.

"Oh, sorry Mr. Derrek, I'm sorry. I'll follow you though. Never been one for combat." Klefki stated.

"Don't worry, you only have to worry about the rowdiest, then we'll deal with it. You just stay in the middle…" Pikachu said.

The journey was long, but it felt short, the two others were swapping stories, and I just listened. I didn't want to participate, because I knew I didn't have any good tales. Though there never was just one good tale. The best was from Klefki, it was an early tale of the town, it started with a lesser known exploration team, Team Pokéfriends, they were exploring a dungeon, not the easiest, but the worst and toughest. Ragnarok Mountain, The place where Pokémon go to die, called the "Land of Fire and Brimstone" by many, called hell on land by more. The legendary Ho-Oh was mad with power, and trying to take over the entire land, his power was nearly absolute, with only a couple of people standing against him left. The main two people from Team Pokéfriends, and a handful of store owners. They battled and battled to get to the core of the volcano. The home of Ho-Oh, All they wanted to do was protect those who could not themselves. The fear held them in no power, but the hope took them no further than the door, everything else they'd completed was pure determination. The only enemy that was worth their strength was Ho-Oh, they wiped the floor with everyone else. The world was slowly burning, the sun seemed to be getting closer, and the worst was at the peak of Ragnarok Mountain, and it was hotter as you went down. No one could escape the pain, and the only way to guarantee that you'll be free is through the destruction of Ho-Oh. No one else had the strength. The two solemn heroes were silent, they weren't happy with the situation. They wanted this to be that one last job, they were tired, every Pokémon was waiting on them, hoping on them. When they did reach the core, the team was annoyed, it seemed that all that awaited them was the death by a thousand cuts. They were tired of what was withstanding, they wanted out. Nothing was worth a second of time to them. Ho-Oh was the final goal to them, the partner used to be human, nad always told people that his escape back to the Human World would always involve finishing this task he was given. He always promised that he would take his partner with him. It was a hard battle, they left Ho-Oh alive on the promise that he would NEVER attempt to take control of the region, and protect it. Ho-oh swore, and the team of two disappeared into a strange ball of light. They never understood that what they'd done would stick around forever, forever altering the future…

"Oh yeah… Well I still prefer my story." Pikachu said, crossing her arms.

"I dunno, I preferred Klefki's, it had a lot more… synchronicity, to this current adventure." I said, smiling, It was a short, but good tale.

"FINE THEN, but when we get to Dream Town, you are sooooo going down!" Pikachu cried.

Author's Note

A whistle permeates from behind the scenes of the written story, Oh, hello. I'm just taking a little while writing my poor, sad, writer's block story. I enjoy writing it, but I can't tell which direction it should go. Other than forward anyways. If any of you find any grammatical mistakes, I would LOVE a review, even if it isn't relevant, a review (positive or negative) would be really helpful. Goodbye! The scene pans away from the author writing at his computer desk to a calendar, it shows the entire week open, except for his day job.