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Chapter 3

It wasn't a long walk back to Jewel town, but most of the day passed them by with meeting Skittles, by the time they had reached the bridge linking Jewel town to Prism Forest it was almost sundown, the orange sky casting a peaceful glow amongst the quieting town.

"Welcome to Jewel town Skittles." Hazel said cheerfully as she led the group into the main square.

Skittles looked around in wonder, never before had he seen such a large collection or variety of different Pokémon. Well not that he could remember anyway.

Hazel chuckled at his reaction. "C-mon, ill give you a quick tour before everything closes." After her offer, and before waiting for his answer she grabbed his paw and pulled him along.

Skittles blushed the moment she grabbed his paw. Looking back at Miu she had a pout on her face but followed along regardless. After a few moments of Hazel dragging him they reached the first shop.

"This is the Kecleon store, run by the Kecleon brothers." Hazel Explained as they watched the two Pokémon put their stock away for the day.

"Yep that's us. We supply items and equipment for the whole town. You want it. We got it" The green Kecleon said as he cleaned up the last of the items.

"We both have our own area of work though, my brother takes care of general supplies and I take care of move disks. But I'm afraid we are closing up for the night could you maybe come back tomorrow?" the purple brother said before turning back to the work.

Hazel nodded and once again pulled skittles along. "Ok, next stop, Sableye bank." She said as she took him to a fairly large building. "Any money you store here will never go missing." She continued as they approached the owner of the bank.

Sableye flashed a toothy smile, showing off all his white fangs. "That's right my friends, any Poké I get will be stored away until the owners come to collect it. I've been stationed here for 17 years and never once had a displeased customer." He said proudly and continued his smiling.

Skittles shivered, something about that Pokémon's smile went right through him.

Seeing this Miu placed her paw on his shoulder and led him away. "Come on Skittles, I'll take you to the Kangaskhan storage depot then we can head over to the guild." She said in usual soft voice. A voice that can only be matched by her touch. Even though Hazel was just as soft he couldn't help but smile even if he could hear Sableye mutter something and chuckle softly to himself.

Miu led the group towards the Kangaskhan storage area but only to find it vacant and locked up. "Looks like Kangaskhan has left already, but like the bank you place your items here. And they will never ever get lost or misplaced." Miu said and looked at the two of them.

"I think that's the most important bits down now, how's about we head to the guild now?" Hazel suggested and started walking up the path to the mountain Jewel town was built against.

It was a short ten minute walk up the path so it wasn't long or difficult to get to. Along the path the group passed a number of other Pokémon either walking in two's, three's or fours.

"Other exploration teams." Miu told Skittles quietly and lowered her head to avoid the gazes of the other Pokémon. Hazel on the other hand just shrugged it off and continued on as normal.

They suddenly came across the entrance to the mountain. Once they walked in Skittles was amazed at the size of it. The interior was so big it looked like it could hold the entire populace of Jewel town. It was well lit and warm and it had multiple ladders that led either up or down to the other layers of the guild.

Skittles looked amazed. There was so much stuff here, he never thought it would be this big.

The girls giggled at Skittles' reaction, bringing him back round to his senses.

"C-mon Skittles. Its getting late and I'm tired." Miu wined and walked over to a ladder at the back of the main area, signalling for him to follow her she then climbed down the ladder Hazel and Skittles following close after.

After they descended all the way down they came to another well lit and ventilated room, this one was smaller however but it had a more, homely feel to it. In the room there were four other Pokémon engaged in chat and occasionally laughing with each other.

To the middle of the room Hazel had walked past Skittles and Miu and started talking with a pachirisu pair. One of the pachirisu was wearing a red bandanna and he was slightly taller then the female Pachirisu, who was not wearing any clothes but her fur was a lighter colour, and she had a purple pink strand of fur that ran down from her head to her tail.

To the other side of the room stood a Cyndaquil and Eevee pair, both talking about what seemed to be a mission they had finished earlier that day.

Miu smiled and looked at Skittles "Welcome to the den."

Everyone stopped their chats and looked over at Skittles with curious expressions.

Skittles backed up a little and whispered to Miu. "Did I do something wrong?" he asked her timidly.

Miu shook her head and continued to smile. "no, don't worry about it they do that to every new member we have." She assured him and led him past the other Pokémon to a doorway.

Skittles looked in awe at the large door. It was made of stone and had 2 Dragonite portraits etched into the stone at both sides. The door also looked like it was in two parts suggesting either or both sides could be opened.

"This is our guild masters room." Hazel said popping up next to them all of a sudden, startling them both.

Hazel giggled and knocked on the door. "Master, its Hazel and Miu may we come in?"

There was a few moments silence before a voice from the other side called back. "Alright come in girls" It called back out.

The door was surprisingly easy to open and they went in without difficulty.

The room they went to next was incredibly hot and humid. Hazel and Skittles found themselves panting a little while Miu seemed not to notice the change in the atmosphere. But for Skittles, it wasn't the heat or the sand on the floor that was his main focus, what really struck skittles was the massive green dragon. He looked like he was wearing red goggles that protected his eyes and his body was different shades of green except for his wing edges that were a light red colour.

"A Flygon." Miu said plainly as she noticed Skittles shocked expression.

"Greetings young Emolga, welcome to Jewel town. My name is Zion Guildmaster of Myst guild." Zion said and bowed his head politely, each one of Zion's words were perfectly pronounced.

Skittles found himself lowering his head a little in embarrassment "T-thank you sir, my name is Skittles it's an honour to be here." He replied nervously.

Zion smiled but stayed where he was. "There is no need to be nervous Skittles, you are amongst friends here" he said calmly before looking at the girls. "Did the two of you come across him while on your mission?"

Miu nodded. "Yes master Zion, we found him passed out along the way. After we helped him he came with us on our journey."

"And the only thing he said he could remember was his name" Hazel finished

Zion thought for a moment before looking at Skittles. "So, you remember nothing at all." He asked, more for confirmation then an actual question

Skittles shook his head. "N-no sir, nothing besides my name. I cant even remember why I even passed out." He said solemnly and looked down.

Zion nodded before turning to the girls again. "What did you find out there?"

For the next few munities Miu and Hazel took turns describing their day. From finding Skittles right through to the black tar like substance they found at the spot the black lightning struck. At the end of their description of the goo they both stood there shivering.

Zion thought for a moment. "so, even here now too..." he said quietly to himself so no one else could hear. "Ok, good work you two you may be excused." He said and sat down on the sand to think.

Just as they were about to leave Miu turned to Zion. "Umm, master. Is it ok if Skittles joins our team?" she asked quickly, her cheeks turning pink for a moment.

Skittles and Hazel looked startled at Miu's question but kept quiet.

Zion looked up for a moment. "he will have to take and pass at least two of the three guild trials first. But I have no objections otherwise." He said before going back to thinking.

Miu cheered a little and took hold of Skittles' paw and pulled him out of the room, Hazel following after "C-mon Skittles, ill show you around" she chimed as she burst through the double doors. "I think you'll like everyone they're all really- AHH!"

As soon as Miu had run through the doors she crashed into someone, Skittles not having time to react fell into Miu and Toppled over with her.

The group of pokemon were lying in a heap on the floor. The other apprentices, obviously eavesdropping from the other end of the door. Only Hazel had avoided the crash and was laughing hysterically.

Miu groaned and rolled off the top of everyone and stood up dizzily. "W-well, I was going to say everyone was nice, if only a little nosey" she said placing her hands on her hips

"Get… get off of me!" A Cyndaquil grunted from the bottom of the pile and soon after, everyone was jumping up and looking sheepishly.

Miu rolled her eyes. "Skittles, meet Lea Eevee, Moegi and Milo Pachirisu and Dax Cyndaquil. Everybody, Skittles Emolga." Miu introduced them all in turn

Milo looked at skittles curiously. "wow, another unusual sight around these parts. First we had sparkles over there" he said and pointed to Moegi, the shiny Pachirisu. "And then we had a Mythic Pokémon join when we discovered Miu. And now you, a rare Pokémon in this region.

Miu and Skittles looked at each other, flustered at being told how uncommon they are.

"Humph, you know you love me really, Milo sweetie." Moegi joked and flicked a turf of fur out of her eye, causing a few sparkles to fly over in his direction.

Milo chuckled nervously and looked away, his cheeks glowing red at her words.

Everybody laughed at the display.

Hey, Skittles. As our new teammate looks like you'll be sharing a room with us. Lets get you settled in shall we?" Hazel said suddenly and walked over to one of the side corridors.

Lea smirked and looked at skittles with a sly grin. "Looks like the new guy gets to spend his nights with the girls." He said with a playful wink

Skittles and Miu nearly tripped over themselves at that point, they paused only for a moment before dashing off after Hazel and screaming her name.

Later that evening Skittles was in Hazel and Miu's room, the three of them were trying to think of a way around the bed situation, as there was only 2 beds.

"Umm, I don't mind sleeping outside if you two don't feel comfortable with me here." Skittles started but Hazel cut him off

"Nope, you are staying here." She said plainly "Now, what to do. Hmm" She thought and paced back and fourth for a few moments.

Skittles looked at Miu with a look that said. "Is she always like this?"

Miu noticed his look and simply nodded

"AH, I know!" Hazel said suddenly, causing Miu and Skittles to nearly jump out of their skins.

"Me and Miu could share a bed and Skittles can have my old bed"

Skittles looked thoughtful for a moment. "I don't know Hazel."

Hazel giggled. "Oh why not, are you saying you want to share a bed with me? Ooh you sly Growlithe you." She teased and winked at him.

Miu's jaw dropped "H-He'll have your bed Hazel" She stuttered, her whole body glowing red.

Skittles just nodded like a robot.

Hazel laughed as quietly as she could, it was getting late and she didn't want to disturb anyone else. "Aww, you two look so cute together when you blush." She continued teasing. But before either of them could respond she jumped into Miu's bed. "Night" she said before she closed her eyes.

Miu looked at Hazel completely astonished. "Skittles I'm so sorry" She started but Skittles, who had regained his senses waved the apology away.

"Don't worry about it Miu. I'm sure being a part of your team I'll be seeing a lot of that."

Miu nodded and climbed into bed next to Hazel. "Yeah. You and me both, but I do hope she will calm down before long." She said and lay down yawning

"here's hoping" Skittles said and crossed his fingers.

Miu giggled. "Goodnight Skittles. Rest well" she said and closed her eyes.

"Night Miu, night Hazel. See you guys tomorrow" Skittles said and drifted off as well.
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