Chapter 2: New friends and new enemies

They woke up the next morning to Krabby blowing bubbles in their faces but as soon as they woke up the Krabby scurried off.

"Perhaps we look around." Sally suggested and they all agreed. They took the path that lead away from the beach and came to a signpost.

"Ancient Village to the west

Beach to the south

The Port south-west

The Xatu Guild to the north "

"I think we should go to the Xatu Guild maybe we'll be able to get some help with remembering our pasts" they agreed and headed north. They crossed a bridge leading to a small island separate to the one they were on.

They came to a medium sized tent when a voice shouted "WILL ONE OF YOU PLEASE STAND ON THE GRATE" they were startled by the loud voice and Sally stood on the grate. After a minute the same voice shouted "YOU MAY PASS. NEXT!" Sarah and Louisa got the same result. But when Natalie stood on the grate she stood there for a little longer and was wondering what was taking them so long.

Below them

? : This is most unusual I have never seen anything like it.

? : You said that she was small how much damage could she do

? : Okay she may pass.

Back with our heroes

Natalie was about to ask if anything was wrong when the booming voice shouted "SORRY FOR THE WAIT. YOU MAY PASS. PLEASE WAIT AT THE ENTRANCE"

They waited as asked until a Noctowl came up the steps in front of them. "I am Noctowl. May I ask what brought you here?"

Natalie stepped forward "We have come to ask for Xatu's help for we have heard he is very wise and we could use his wisdom" she assumed that psychic types would be wise.

"I'm sure that Xatu would be able to assist you. Please follow me" Noctowl said and proceeded to go down the stairs and the girls followed. After several flights of stairs they reached their destination.

"Here we are Sublevel 4. Xatu I bring with me some Pokémon that seek your wisdom" Noctowl said. As soon as he finished the doors opened they stepped into a small but beautifully decorated room.

There were desks which contained treasures all place in such a way that you could see each and every one of them. Rugs off all shapes and sizes were hung up on the walls all of which had a picture of a Pokémon on them and behind Xatu was a rug that bore a Pokémon exploration team badge on it.

"How lovely" all four friends said at the same time.

"Why thank you. Why do you have need of my wisdom young ones?" Xatu asked and gestured for Noctowl to wait outside the door.

As soon as Noctowl left Natalie spoke "We do not remember anything of our pasts, except for our friendship and we hoped that you might have any ideas to help." Carefully leaving out the fact that they were once humans.

Xatu smiled "Do not worry I have been expecting you and I know that you were not born as Pokémon. Rest assured I will not tell anyone. How about you become an exploration team? Exploration teams help other Pokémon in trouble, capture outlaws and as the name implies explore things such as ruins. In doing so you may find out why you have been turned into Pokémon and you will make many new friends who might be able to help too."

They all huddled together.

"I like the idea of becoming an exploration team." Sally said.

"I would love exploring" Louisa agreed

"I doubt we'll get bored" Sarah put in.

"Then it's agreed." Natalie said and to Xatu she said "We would very much love to become an exploration team."

Xatu nodded and using his telekinesis lifted a pen and paper "Now who will be your leader."

Before Natalie could say anything her friends pushed her forward which meant that they chose her. "Excuse us a moment will you" Natalie said and turned to her friends "Why me?" she asked.

"You know more about Pokémon than all of us put together" Sally said.

"You were able to tell us what Pokémon we had become when we woke up" Sarah added.

"Basically what we're saying is that we chose you because it would be pointless to have a leader who knew jack-squat about this place. But you do know about this place." Louisa said.

"Okay if you're sure about this" Natalie said.

"We're sure" they told her firmly.

Natalie turned to Xatu and said "I will be team leader."

"May I have your name?" Xatu asked.

"Natalie" she answered.

"Only one more question what will be your team name?"

Again they huddled and they agreed on a name rather quickly.

"We…" Sally began

"Have decided…" Sarah continued

"That our team name…" Louisa continued

"Will be…" Natalie continued

"Team Starlight!" they finished.

"A lovely name." he said and wrote it down. "There you are now officially an exploration team. Noctowl you may come in"

Noctowl came in "Yes Guildmaster."

"Please introduce our newest apprentices to our other apprentices." Xatu said

To Xatu he said "Of course" and to Team Starlight he said "Welcome to the guild"

The left Xatu's room and went up one set of stairs to Sublevel 3 and Noctowl told them to wait there.

Ten minutes later Noctowl came followed by several other Pokémon.

First a black zebra-like Pokémon with white stripes that occasionally flashed yellow stepped forward "My name is Blitzle."

Next was a Grey Chinchilla-like Pokémon with tufts of white hair at the end of her tail and the tips of her ears "I am Minccino"

A bipedal jackal-like Pokémon with spikes on the back of his hands and on his chest and yellow fur on his chest stepped forward "I'm Lucario"

After Lucario a Pokémon with a huge mouth stepped forward, he had a large tongue and sported two hippopotamus-like teeth. He also had roughly 15 extruding tubes on his body. "I'm Exploud. I'm going to apologize in advance because sometimes I forget how loud I am"

Next was a Pokémon with a white body that resembled a tutu with bangs that reached to her shoulder and horns that looked like hairpins. "I am Kirlia. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

The last Pokémon was a blue mouse with a white belly, a wiry black tail with a small bubble at the end "I'm Marill."

"My name is Natalie and these are my teammates."

"I'm Sally."

"I'm Sarah"

"And I'm Louisa…"

"And we are Team Starlight." They finished.

Noctowl came forward and said "Please return to your duties and Blitzle would you kindly show Team Starlight around."

"Sure thing" Blitzle replied "Follow me" Blitzle was heading down the stairs and the team followed.

They went as far down as they could go when Blitzle started speaking "This is Sublevel 5. The rooms are to your left and the lunch hall is to the right." And he proceeded to go up the stairs to the next level.

"Sublevel 4 as you probably already know is where the Guildmaster's room is we don't normally go in there unless we're called in." he said and went up the stairs again.

"Sublevel 3 is where the morning briefings take place. They're pretty much the same each day but if you're late you're going to get a good scolding from Noctowl." Again he went up the stairs.

"This is Sublevel 2 we get our missions here. The normal jobs like finding a lost item are on the right and the outlaw board is on the left." And he went up the stairs again.

"Finally Sublevel 1 the last level in the Guild. Here is the milk bar run by the Miltank family. Although us apprentices are only allowed to have some milk here unless we've completed our jobs for the day. But it gives us something to look forward to. Now I'll show you around Ancient village and the port." He went up the final set of stairs and out of the tent with our heroes following. They headed to the port.

"The port is a busy place. Lapras, Wailmer and Wailord act as ferries to other countries it depends on how many are going which one you take." He headed off to the last part of the tour.

"Ancient village is named as such because of all the ruins surrounding it. In Ancient village there is the Liepard Bank, the Blissey Day Care, the Kecleon shop, the Kangaskhan storage and the Reuniclus appraisal. "He paused and took a breath.

"The Liepard bank is where you store your money to keep it safe when you're on a mission. The Blissey Day Care is where eggs are looked after by Blissey, you sometimes get eggs on missions. The Kecleon shop is where you can buy and sell items and last but certainly not least Kangaskhan storage. It's a bit like the Liepard Bank except you store items for safekeeping instead. I'm going to head back to the guild Noctowl will meet you on Sublevel 4."

They decided to look around a bit. They had gotten to know some of the villagers and they were about to head back to the guild when Natalie bumped into someone.

"Hey watch where your going you little runt." Said a very annoyed Pokémon.

Natalie looked up to see a black and purple bipedal Pokémon with a black head. "Well you bumped into me." And as soon as the words escaped her mouth the village gasped.

'You watch your mouth" the other Pokémon said menacingly and walked away.

After the Pokémon walked away a small Cleffa walked up to them "You don't want to get Gothitelle mad she's really mean."

"Well she doesn't scare me. We should get back to the guild" Natalie said and they headed back to the guild.

Second chapter is up already. I think that this chapter will be the longest one in the story. Constructive critiscm is welcome Please R&R