~Author's Note~
Salve omnes! Joy of joys! I got to fifteen reviews! Thanks to Sapphire Cannon, Yin Yang Zodiac Girl, and kuroiyou63 for the three reviews I asked for! All of my readers are Prussia-level awesome! Enjoy the chapter written when I was supposed to be studying for midterms!
~Chapter Twelve~
After the two brothers woke up, they gathered their belongings together. They thanked Gilbert for his help, and left for the next city. They traveled through the Petalburg Woods. Soon they made it to Rustboro City.
They went to the pokecenter and met up with Raivis as they were healing their pokemon. He told them to wait for him at the east entrance of the city so that he could get his stuff.
After they left Rustboro, they went through the Rusturf Tunnel, a man-made tunnel connecting Rustboro City to Verdanturf Town. After making it through the tunnel, they decided to bypass the pokecenter and continue on to Mauville City. On the path connecting the two places, Arthur tripped on yet another plate.
This time the plate was a vibrant green. 'This is the Meadow Plate,' Arceus informed Arthur. 'It contains the power of grass.'
"Good to know," Arthur grumbled, getting to his feet. He picked up the Meadow Plate, and put it in his bag. "Let's get to Mauville," he said to his two companions. They made it to Mauville rather quickly, and unexpectedly met with Lilli.
"Lilli? What are you doing here?" Arthur asked.
"Jirachi told me that this was supposed to go to you. I found it on the slopes next to Lavaridge." Lilli handed Arthur another rectangular tablet, this one pale blue in color.
"Thank you Lilli. Do you need help getting back to Lavaridge?" Arthur asked.
"No, Ludwig said that he would take me back home. Thank you for offering. Bye, Peter. Bye, Raivis."
The two boys said farewell to their friend, and the three continued going east. They soon came across a wide body of water. Arthur decided to get help from his pokemon to get across.
Arthur brought out Gyarados, and he ferried Arthur, Peter, and Raivis across the water. On the other side of the river, the three saw a person with dark hair. Arthur recognized him as Kiku Honda, the person that he had met in the cave in Dewford.
"Hello, Arthur," he said. "Have you met many kinds of pokemon since I last saw you?"
"I have," Arthur replied. "I have also defeated many gym leaders on my travels, and my brother, his friend, and I are journeying to Fortree City to face the next one."
"That is good. There are many different pokemon in this world. Do you think it is better to raise only a few pokemon or many?" He asked. Then he added, "Never mind. It is none of my business. It would be nice to meet you again somewhere. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," Arthur said, as Kiku walked off. The three trainers continued on their journey to the next city. As they made their way there, they came across a long bridge in front of a large glass building, blocked by a few Team Magma people.
"Ugh, lookout duty is so boring!" One of the people said to the other.
"I know, right?" The other said. Then they caught sight of Arthur, Peter, and Raivis. "Hey, you!" The person said to them. "Don't go near the Weather Institute! It's not safe." Then both of the lookout people turned to face the other side of the bridge.
Arthur looked at the glass building. "Obviously, since they told us not to, I have no choice but to go in,' he thought.
'Common knowledge. Let's go!' Arceus said.
The three trainers entered the building and found a bed and a computer. They also saw a young boy in that little separate room. He said, "While I was sleeping, everyone went upstairs! There's a bunch of strange people in here! I don't want to go out there!" He seemed to be scared and confused. This was enough to ring some of the alarm bells in Arthur's mind.
"Peter, Raivis, you stay here with this boy. I'm going to go see what is going on in the other rooms and upstairs," Arthur said. He walked out before they could argue, and saw that the other room was filled with Team Magma members. He snuck his way past the people on the bottom floor, and climbed to the second floor. He made his way to the end of the room, and found who seemed to be the leader of this little Team Magma campaign. It was a female member who was blocking the only entrance to the room behind her. She laughed as he came into her line of sight, "You're going to meddle in Team Magma's affairs?"
"I am indeed!" Arthur answered.
"You're either absolutely fearless, simply ignorant, or both! You're so cute, you're disgusting! I'll put you down, kiddy!" She said, brandishing a pokeball.
"How dare you call me an ignorant child! Have at you!" Arthur said angrily, bringing out a pokeball of his own.
The Team Magma senior officer sent out a Numel, and Arthur sent out Gyarados. Gyarados used the move Water Pulse on the fire-ground type pokemon, and knocked it out in one hit. The next pokemon that was sent out was a Mightyena.
This pokemon was faster than Gyarados, and managed to knock out Gyarados. The next pokemon that Arthur sent out was Mudkip, because Solrock would be at a disadvantage. Mudkip used a variety of moves to knock out the pokemon.
After the Team Magma person lost, she said, "You're disgustingly strong! It's bad enough that we have to deal with Team Aqua! Now you? Why do you want to be in our business anyway?"
"Well," Arthur started to say, but then he was interrupted by a Team Magma lower officer barreling past him.
"We have a situation here! A Team Aqua mob just passed the Weather Institute! They appeared to be heading for Mount Pyre!"
The senior officer looked startled. "What?!" she shrieked. We can't waste any more time! We have to hurry to Mount Pyre, as well!" The entirety of Team Magma vacated the premises of the Weather Institute in a matter of seconds.
After they left, the people in the room behind the senior officer approached him. "Thanks!" One of the scientists said. "Thanks to you, we're safe!"
"It was nothing really," Arthur said. He mentally vowed to find out what was going on with Team Magma and Aqua at Mount Pyre.
"This might be an odd means of thanks, but please, take this pokemon," the scientist said, handing Arthur a pokeball.
Arthur released the pokemon and saw a small, white blob with a face. The scientist said, "That's a Castform. It changes forms depending on the weather."
"Interesting," Arthur said. "Thank you, I must be on my way now."
"Farewell, trainer!" The scientist said. "Take care of Castform!"
Arthur made his way down to the bottom floor, where Peter and Raivis were waiting. "Those Team Magma people just left out of nowhere!" Peter said. "Do you know why?"
"Yes, they needed to go to Mount Pyre. I don't know for what reason, but I intend to find out. Come on, we need to get to the next city."
~Author's Note~
Alright, so now Arthur has given himself a quest! Please tell me what you all think, and who you think that the Gym Leader of Fortree City will be! Vale omnes!
