Me: Hallo everyone! Chapter 5 is up and running and where I'm am it's three more days till CHRISTMAS! YAY! I hope Santa has put me on the nice list…
Eve: What are you hoping to get from him this year?
Me: Well, let's see (pulls out list) My top one is Season 1 and 2 of Ben 10. And if I DO get it, it'll be my greatest joy and my sibling's greatest horror (evil laugh). Anyway, I don't know when I'll be able to write more chapters during the holidays. So, I'll probably be writing more in January. Well, enjoy this chapter.
Eve: Woohoo! Vacation time! WhiteWolfDragon doesn't own Pokémon, she owns me, Soren and Claire.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Chapter 5
Eve opened her eyes only to be greeted by the same light-green void that she had visited the other night. For some reason, this place made Eve feel peaceful and calm.
"… Again? Am I dreaming again…?" Eve asked not only herself, but also the void that she was in. As if answering her question, a faint silhouette of a Pokémon appeared in front of Eve as the same, ghost-like whispers from the other night began again.
"… It's those voices again. Huh? They're …talking to me…? … I can't hear them clearly. What are they saying?" Eve said to herself as she strained her ears to hear the whispers clearly. Suddenly, Eve felt tremors underneath her feet.
"Huh? An earthquake…?" Eve muttered, not noticing the silhouette Pokémon and the whispers disappeared as the tremors became rougher and bumpier.
"Whoa! It's getting worse. For a dream, this feels strangely real, but…" Eve sentence was cut off as the void once again vanished into nothing.
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(The next morning)
The sun gently warmed the morning air as it rose into the sapphire-blue sky, telling every living creature to awake. But Eve did not notice this as she rolled over in her doze, allowing the other side of her body to soak in the suns warm rays.
"Uhh… Hello?" A male voice muffled, causing Eve to blearily open her eyes, only to see no one in front of her. Startled at this, she stood up and scanned around herself in alarm.
"Hello? Uhh… You are Eve… Aren't you?" The same muffled voice asked.
"It's official, I'm insane. Not only am I having strange dreams, I'm hearing voices now." Eve said miserably, out loud.
"…Oh! You can't see us, of course! How very rude of us!" The muffled voice exclaimed somewhat embarrassed. Suddenly, Eve saw a bump appear on her floor before a three heads with beady eyes and big pink noses popped out.
"AAHH! MOLE PEOPLE!" Eve cried out in fear. Realising what she said, Eve muttered an apology while hanging her head in embarrassment.
"Happens all the time." The three heads said in unison before continuing. "We're pleased to meet you. We are Dugtrio. Last night, during the earthquake… Our child Diglett was attacked… He was whisked away to the peak of a tall mountain."
"Uh, couldn't you rescue your son by yourself?" Eve interjected, not trying to sound rude. But it was somewhat impossible not to be impolite while you're staring at a mole Pokémon who was talking very fast.
"We couldn't possibly climb somewhere so high up… That is why we must call upon you for your help, Eve. Diglett was abducted by a Pokémon named Skarmory. It's a vilely vicious ruffian! Please, we need your help! We must go!" And with that, Dugtrio disappeared back into the ground, leaving hole it had stood.
Eve continued to stare blankly at where Dugtrio was before snapping out of her daze and thought of the request.
"…That was so sudden, there was no time to even say no… It's too bad. I'd better go. And maybe if he shows after this, I'll tell him to fix the hole he left."
As Eve walked out to her mailbox, she saw Charmander skip up to her cheerfully.
"Good morning, Eve!"
"What's so good about this morning?" Eve replied with an unhappy expression on her face. "I was woken up by some sort of mole Pokémon called Dugtrio to go on a rescue mission at some place he didn't mention. And to make matters worse, he left a hole in my floor that I can easily fall into and…"
"You were just asked to go on a rescue mission?" Charmander questioned Eve. Not only because of the request she was given but because he wanted Eve to stop complaining.
"Yes!" Dugtrio answered before he popped out of the ground between the two Pokémon. "Our child, Diglett, was kidnapped! He was taken to Mt. Steel's summit! Please, we need your help! Bye-bye!" And once again, Dugtrio disappeared into the ground while leaving a hole in the pathway.
"My pathway…" Eve quietly mourned.
"…Uh, OK… Let's go…" Charmander said, slightly confused with previous ordeal, and discovering Eves' affections with her floor and pathway.
After visiting the Kecleon shop for two Reviver Seeds and dropping off money at Felicity Bank. Team Mystery made their way to Mt. Steel.
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"Here we are… Mt. Steel…" Charmander trailed off as he and Eve took in the full view of the gigantic mountain that stood ahead of them. "So, Diglett was whisked to its peak…"
"That's right!" Dugtrio muffled before popping out of the ground. "The peak is the 9th floor! Thank you for helping! Farewell!" And once again, the mole Pokémon fell back into the ground.
"… Uh… Let's go." Charmander said slowly, freaked out by Dugtrio's sudden appearance and disappearance.
After bracing themselves, Eve and Charmander stepped into Mt. Steel.
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"Hey Charmander, what's this thing?" Eve asked partner. Turning, Charmander saw Eve crouched down, looking at a seed on the ground.
"Oh, those are called 'Blast Seeds'. I think if you throw or eat them, they'll burn your opponents, thus hurting them."
"Oh, I get it. It's like your Ember attack, only in seed form." Eve said as she placed the seed into their toolbox.
"I guess so, if you put that way. It might be useful for later. Now let's get moving and save Diglett."
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The journey to the peak of Mt. Steel was exhausting for the two rescuers, but they finally made it. And top it all off, there was no Skarmory in sight.
"Look, Eve! Diglett's over there!" Charmander exclaimed as he pointed towards the small mole Pokémon who sat on a small, wide rock platform on the other side of a cliff. "Hey! Are you alright? We've come to rescue you!" Charmander called to Diglett, who responded by shivering in fear.
"…I… I'm scared." Diglett began to cry. Suddenly, out of nowhere, came Skarmory with malice gleaming in its eyes.
"You!" Skarmory screeched in anger at the two Pokémon that dared to enter its territory. "What do you think you're doing here?!"
"We're here to rescue Diglett Skarmory!" Charmander replied, trying desperately not to show the fear in his voice. "Don't do this! Release Diglett!"
"And sign up for 'Anger Management' classes." Eve muttered under her breath. Unfortunately, everyone (including Skarmory) heard the comment.
"How dare you! It's their fault!" Shrieked Skarmory, pointing a steel wing at Diglett, who continued to cower in fear. "I haven't slept in days because the earthquakes frighten me so! Every night we heard them! Those earthquakes are caused by this brat's ilk running wild underground!"
"That's not true!" Charmander protested, fear all gone from his voice. "Well, it's true there have been many earthquakes lately, but…"
"It would take more than Diglett's family going wild under the ground to cause earthquakes, Beakbreath!" Eve continued with a brave look on her face.
"You be quiet!" Skarmory screeched again in rage. "We'll fight if you keep that up!"
"It's no good." Charmander said to Eve in a low whisper. "Skarmory is too agitated to listen to reason. We'll have to fight it out! So Eve, ladies first."
With a nod, Eve took a battle position…only to pull out a pair of pink pom-poms and started to chant. "Charmander, Charmander, he's our man, if he can't do it, no one can, go Charmander!"
"What the?! What are you doing?" Charmander asked the Eevee in front of him.
"I'm using Helping Hand, since you're the only one who can use fire attacks." Eve replied, throwing the pom-poms over the cliff.
"Oh… Thanks, I guess." Charmander said before sending fire embers towards Skarmory. Screeching in pain, Skarmory tried to take out Charmander with its claws, only missing the fire-type by inches.
"Hey, Chicken Wings! Over here!" Eve taunted as she threw a Gravelerock at Skarmory's head.
"You'll be the first to go!" Skarmory roared as it used Peck on Eve. Seeing the damage on his team mate, Charmander pulled out an Oran Berry from their toolbox and tossed it to Eve, who ate the berry in one gulp and was back to normal health.
"Hey, Charmander, why don't we give Skarmory a WARM reply?" Eve asked as she pulled out the Blast Seed from the toolbox. Grinning with understanding, Charmander used his Ember attack while Eve popped the seed into her mouth and blew fire, both attacks hitting Skarmory. With a final cry, Skarmory fell to the ground, defeated.
"Grr… I can't keep up! I'll flee for now!" Skarmory growled in frustration as it spread its wings and flew away from Mt. Steel.
Wasting no time on their victory, Charmander and Eve went closer to where Diglett was.
"Hey there! We chased Skarmory off!" Charmander called to Diglett, who was still shivering in fear. "It's OK now. Come down over here."
"I can't… I'm too scared to move…" Diglett cried, barely moving an inch.
"OK, no problem. We'll come to you. Just wait." Charmander said reassuringly as he walk to the edge of the cliff, looked down, and yelled in fear. "…Whoa. Sheesh! Look at this cliff… I can't see the bottom." Charmander said as Eve pulled out another Gravelerock and tossed it over the edge… it took two minutes for them to hear a faint bang as the Gravelerock hit the bottom. "Eve, what'll we do? We can't get across this."
Before Eve could answer, two Magnemites floated towards Diglett before turning.
"Oh, hi!" Charmander said enthusiastically as he waved to the Magnemite. "You're the Magnemite we saved!"
"BZBZBZZ! WE GOT WORD OF THIS." The first Magnemite explained. "WE CAN RESCUE DIGLETT FROM THE SKY. BZBZBZZ! HOLD ON TO US TIGHT. BZBZBZZZ!" It said to Diglett, who looked somewhat reluctant to grab onto a Magnemite.
"DON'T BE SCARED." The second Magnemite reassured to Diglett. "WE WON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ZAPPING YOU. BZBZBZZT!"
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After saving Diglett from his cliff prison, Team Mystery and the Magnemite escorted him to the Team base.
"Ohhh… I was very scared." Diglett squealed cheerfully. "Maybe because I was somewhere up so high… My feet feel like there're still walking on air…"
Unknowing to the small mole Pokémon, everyone around him had sweatdropped.
"(Feet…?)" Charmander inwardly asked himself as he stared at Diglett.
"(HE HAS THEM? FEET?)" the first Magnemite also asked himself, finding it strange for a Diglett to have feet.
"Well, you're safe now. That's what counts." Charmander said to Diglett.
"Yes. Thank you very much." Diglett said as he smiled at his saviours.
"Oh! You've been rescued! Great! Great!" A muffled voice said, earning confused looks from everyone.
"Huh? What was that? Am I hearing voices?" Charmander asked, not noticing that Eve face had gone slightly pale.
"… Whoops! You can't see us? That's terribly rude of us!" The muffled voice exclaimed before Dugtrio popped up next to Diglett from underground. "Hello. Dugtrio here."
"Oh! Papa!" Diglett said, hugging his father with all his might.
"Diglett! You had us worried! You're not hurt?" Dugtrio asked worriedly.
"Nope!" Diglett replied bore continuing. "It was scary, but I'm all right. It's all thanks to Eve's team."
"Thank you for everything." Dugtrio said to Eve and Charmander. "You're heroes."
"You should be thanking our Magnemite friends." Charmander replied with a blush on his face. "This rescue was impossible for us to do on our own."
"Oh, how very rude of us! Thank you so much!" Dugtrio said to the two Magnemite floating infront of him.
"NO, NO. IT WAS THE ONLY THING TO DO." The first Magnemite said to Dugtrio. "AND… HOW BOTH OUR EVOLVED FORMS ARE JOINED TRIOS… I FELT A CERTAIN KINSHIP. AFTER ALL, POKéMON MUST HELP EACHOTHER."
"I'm impressed." Dugtrio said with a smile on his three faces. "Sincerely thank you. We must be going. Eve."
"Charmander." Diglett added.
"Thank you. Farewell!" Dugtrio nodded as he gave Eve and Charmander their reward before he and Diglett went underground. And like before, Dugtrio left another hole where he was.
"WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY TOO…" the first Magnemite said to the second one.
"Oh, wait! Don't go away!" Charmander called to the Magnemite.
"WHAT IS IT?" the first Magnemite asked.
"Uh… Would you like to join our team?"
"JOIN YOUR TEAM?" the second Magnemite repeated in a surprised tone.
"Yes. We couldn't have done the last job if you weren't around, Magnemite. I thought we would need more help for doing rescues in the future." Charmander explained before turning to Eve. "Eve, don't you think so too?"
"Yes! More members needed!" answered Eve in a cheery voice.
"So, how about it? Will you join us as members of our rescue team?" Charmander once again asked the Magnemite that floated before him.
"RESCUE TEAM… THAT SOUNDS FUN! BZZ BZZ BZZ!" The second Magnemite said to the first one. "… BUT… IF YOU NEED US TO RUSH OVER TO RESCUES… WE NEED SOMEWHERE TO LIVE CLOSE BY. IS THERE ANYWHERE WE CAN LIVE IN THIS AREA?"
"… Umm…well…" Charmander mumbled, trying to think of a place where the Magnemite could live.
"OH…THERE ISN'T… TOO BAD. SORRY BUT WE CAN'T JOIN YOU. SEE YOU. BZZ BZZ BZZ!" The first Magnemite said in understanding before he and his friend floated away from Eve and Charmander.
"That is too bad." Charmander said to himself before turning back to Eve. "It looks like we need to find places for Pokémon to live if we want some to join our rescue team…"
"How are we going to do that?" Eve asked, wondering if Pokémon had real-estate.
"I know!" Charmander shouted in joy. "Let's go to the Pokémon Square tomorrow. There's an interesting place called the Wigglytuff Club."
"Hmm… Didn't see that place yesterday." Eve muttered to herself.
"It wasn't open the other day when we went to the square." Explained Charmander. "It should be open tomorrow, though. It's next door to Felicity Bank. Wigglytuff is usually there every day. We may be able to get some information. OK, that's what we'll do tomorrow. We'll go to Pokémon Square."
"But first things first…" Eve said before continuing. "You're not leaving until you helped me fill these holes that Dugtrio left!"
Me: Well that's Chapter 5 folks, hope you enjoyed it.
Claire: What are we getting for Christmas?
Me: Vacation and cookies.
Eve, Soren and Claire: Woohoo!
Me: Now from Eve, Soren, Claire and I…
All: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.