Chapter 3: First Mission.
Our heroes had arrived back at the guild and went to Sublevel 4. When they got there Noctowl was waiting for them just as Blitzle had said and he gestured for them to go into the Guildmaster's room.
"I have something that will be very useful on your explorations." He said and pushed forward a box.
In the box was a map, a treasure bag and an official Exploration Team Badge.
"The map is of our lovely country it's vital for explorers. The treasure bag is a necessity it holds items such as berries. As a reward for doing something special the Exploration Team Federation will enlarge your bag making it so that you can hold more items and last but most defiantly not least the Exploration Team Badge which is proof of being an exploration team."
"Thank you very much" they all said at the same time.
"Look inside the Treasure Bag and you will find a surprise."
They all looked inside and saw four different colored bows in Purple, Red, Green and Blue.
"Lucario told me the color of your auras. Sally's is Green, Sarah's is Blue, Louisa's is Red and Natalie's is Purple." Xatu told them.
They each took their colors and let Xatu continue.
"I will give you some advice. You will have to battle and to use your moves is just instinct. You will understand on the mission. Noctowl will help you pick out a simple one to start off with." Xatu said and they headed out the door.
"Now follow me." Noctowl said and they followed him to Sublevel 2. He then walked over to the notice board on the right.
"As I'm sure Blitzle explained this notice board contains missions such as finding a lost item or a lost Pokémon. Jobs are ranked by difficulty E is the easiest so let's do an E ranked mission to start off with. You may look over the board to find a job. I will still be here if you have any questions." Noctowl said and waited where he was.
They looked over the board and one caught Natalie's eye. "Here's one" she called to her friends and she read it aloud (since they're Pokémon now they can read Footprint runes)
Dear Exploration Team
My name is Emolga. Yesterday my twin sister lost her most prized possession her Sky Gem in Seashell Cave. We don't have much money so we can't pay much but please help us.
From Emolga
"Let's do it" they all said at the same time.
"We've found a job" Natalie called to Noctowl.
"Let me see. Seashell Cave is at the west end of the beach it's very easy to find. Before you go are you sure you don't mind the fact that you might not get a reward?" Noctowl enquired.
"We don't care at all" they said in unison and headed out for Seashell Cave.
"They're good kids" Noctowl said and smiled.
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They had reached Seashell Caveand met the Emolga twins outside it.
"Are you Explorers?" the one wearing a pink flower in her hair said
"Yes we are. My name is Natalie and these are my teammates Louisa, Sally and Sarah. We are Team Starlight"
"My sister lost her Sky Gem as we stated in our letter. I have a Thunder Gem they are the last things we have to remember our parents by. Someone had been stupid enough to enrage a Druddigon and it went on a rampage. Our parents died protecting us."
"I'm sorry" all of Team Starlight said.
"Don't worry it helps talking about it." He said and took out a yellow gem. "This is my Thunder Gem. My sister's looks like this but its light blue. Thank you for agreeing to help us."
"You're welcome. Now let's go find that Sky Gem." Natalie said and they all entered.
They started off in a small room. "Now we MUST stay together. As team leader I will lead the way. Let's go"
They headed down the only corridor that was there and they saw a Basculin and whenever they moved he advanced and soon he was right in front of them.
"What do we do?" Sally whispered.
"What did Xatu say?" Sarah whispered back
"Battling is just instinct." She whispered.
She thought about it and something inside of her was nagging her to use tackle.
"Tackle!" she shouted catching the Basculin off guard and doing some damage.
"Follow your instinct! Just trust me."
Soon enough her teammates got that same nagging feeling and followed her example.
'Tail Whip!" Louisa said and wagged her tail at Basculin.
"Growl!" Sarah said and gave a rather loud growl.
"Tackle!" and Sally finished it off.
"If we work together we can do this" Natalie said and they set off once more.
They made their way through Seashell Cave by working together. If they ran into a Pokémon along the corridor Natalie would attack and Sarah and Sally would use Growl from behind. When Natalie was low on health she would swap places with whoever was behind her and use Helping Hand.
Eventually they reached the end of Seashell Cave and the Sky Gem was in their sight.
"Look there it is!" Louisa pointed it out. But just as they were getting close a group of two Corsola blocked them.
"If you want this you will have to go through us" and they prepared for battle.
The battle was hard. The Corsola's high defense made it hard to knock them out. But after many tackles, growls and Tail whips the two Corsola fled.
Later at the Guild
"Thank you so much!" the female Emolga twin squealed with excitement and gave each of them a very tight hug.
"It was no problem." Natalie had said after regaining her breath.
"I'm sorry we don't have a reward" the male one said.
"Forget about the reward what's important is that you have your parent's memento back just be more careful with it."
"I will" and the Emolga Twins left.
"Good job you two. You can have some milk at the Miltank Bar. It's very good."
They all went to Sublevel 1 and asked the miltank for some milk. When they took a sip they said it was the best milk they ever had.
Soon they heard a bell ringing and Marill who was at a nearby table walked over to them.
'That bell ringing means that it's time for dinner at Sublevel 5. Come on." And they followed her to Sublevel 5.
The food not only looked delicious but was delicious too.
When they had finished Minccino leaned over and whispered "You're lucky you came when you did. Kirlia is the best cook here. We all take it in turns to cook. Blitzle is definitely the worst although he is getting better. His first time cooking dinner we all got really bad food poisoning that was so bad it lasted past his turn to cook. Good thing too if he did cook we probably would have got food poisoning again."
"Off to bed everyone. Team Starlight I will show you to your room." Noctowl said and they followed him.
They followed him down a long hall and led them to a room with "Team Starlight" above the door.
"This is your room. It's the biggest room in the guild and you may decorate it if you wish, but when you graduate from the guild you must take your belongings. Goodnight." He said and left.
They lay on their straw beds and instantly fell asleep.
Sorry about the delay. A combination a school, internet problems and other stuff kept me busy. Please R&R.