Ch. 1: A Mouthful of Mystery
Five minutes later….
I had told everything I knew to bolt. He walked beside me in silence while scratching the back of his right ear. We decided to walk since the sun was setting.
"It's very strange what happened to you. Are you sure you don't remember anything?"
"Is an Oran Berry blue?"
"In that case, you should keep it a secret. I'm glad you told me though.
After some thought, keeping the fact that I'm a human turned Pokémon a secret would benefit me. I mean not have other think you're nuts is preferable. The thing I didn't understand is Bolts position. "What is your place in this?"
"I'll tell you when we get to my house."
"Then let's go!" I began to run until I saw a round hole in the middle of a dune. I stopped in front of it and examined it. I decided to go through it. It seemed to go through the dune and on the other side was a small path that led to buildings. What could go wrong?
"Wait that's a...," Pikachu couldn't finish. I had already gone through the hole.
What I didn't expect was that the walls of the valley towered high. The path seemed to fork into four a little down.
"I was about to tell you this is a mystery dungeon." Bolt had surprised me. I then noticed that the hole was gone.
"What's a 'mystery dungeon' and why did that hole disappear?"
"A mystery dungeon is a place where time and space distorts. Once you enter one, you can't get out until you find the exit."
"What do you mean by 'distorts.'"
"You can be in one for what seems like a few hours but you could be in one for a few days, weeks, months, or even years. You can even be in only a few minutes."
"So you can lose time or gain time."
"Correct. At the same time, you can go up, or down, numerous flights of stairs and stay at the same ground level."
"Okay?"
"Every dungeon has a certain number of floors. Our objective is to find the stairs to the next floor until we're at the last one."
We then ventured off. We found the stairs after quite a few forks. They were almost perfect squares cut in the stone floor. It was so dark in there that you couldn't even see the first step.
Ancient Desert B2F
When we were off the stairs, the ceiling and the stone steps disappeared. The sky was still lit with tones of red. After some walking we encountered a wild Pokémon.
Bolt tackled the Geodude, I followed with pound. Both attacks seemed to do close to nothing. The Geodude fought back. It fainted after a while.
After many twists and turns, we found the stairs yet again. Before we could go down them, however, we were attacked by a Spearow. With a quick Thundershock from Bolt, the Spearow was out of it.
Ancient Desert B6F
We faced a handful of Pokémon by the time we reached the 6th floor. It wasn't easy, we had many cuts and bruises but we still walked at normal pace. It was also harder to find the stairs. Each floor, it took a while longer to find them.
Ancient Desert B10F
When we reached this floor, we finally found the exit. I ran towards it and Bolt eagerly followed.
When we were out of the dungeon, the sun was still setting. I guess Bolt was right about time being distorted.
"There are the ruins," Bolt said, "We are nearly there!" We ran to the ruins. They were a few almost toppled down houses and untouched rubble. It looked like that there were once coble-stone sidewalks.
By the time we reached Bolt's house, it had been dark. "Can you tell me about the ruins?" I asked as we lay in straw beds.
"Long ago, it is said that there was once humans here. There weren't very many, only a few towns were mainly populated with them. The ruins were once a part of the town. One day, Hideki, the town we are in; was attacked. The forest area around the ruins was destroyed."
"The desert was a forest?"
"Yep, but because the trees keep shade, the temperatures are cool."
"Since those trees died, the land dried out."
"Exactly, now let's get some sleep. We have to go to Central Park tomorrow."
On the next chapter of Mystery Dungeon: "What's Central Park?"
Okay, now some info on Kate's team. Disclaimer: I don't own really anything.
Team Name:? (You'll find out.)
Members: Kate the Minccino, Bolt the Pikachu, - (third member will join later)
Member's Personality: Kate- A true friend who is brave and never lies. She doesn't like to fight with friends. She bursts with energy when things get rough or she cleans. Otherwise she is very laidback and lazy.
Bolt-He is very helpful and somewhat of a coward. He has great knowledge on places. He will only fight when the need arises. He rarely fights if angered. He is almost never mad.
Likes: Kate-Napping, friends, long walks, and traveling
Bolt-reading, meeting new people, traveling, and getting stronger
Dislikes: Kate-anything messy and/or dirty, losing, and being made fun of
Bolt-Being teased, losing, or not knowing something
Where each likes to be: Kate-training at dojo, Central Park, or sleeping at base
Bolt-Library, Central Park, dojo
Rank: Normal