"You guys are gonna love my folks." Leo chirped as the group trotted through the forest.

"Didn't your mom hate your or something?" Nina asked as she floated next to him.

Leo's smile faded instantly.

They finally emerged from the forest into a small meadow with some small ponds here and there. Up ahead was a cave.

Sapphire ran ahead of the group. "If we go through the cave, we should make it to Floaroma. Hurry!"

Hank scurried to catch up with her. Leo shot him a glare. Lian smirked.

"Jealous, Leo?"

Leo growled and ran to catch up with the others, Lian tagging along. Nina sighed and shook her head.

The five pokemon stopped and stared at the cave. Sapphire took a step forward and sniffed the inside.

"Seems safe." She declared and walked inside, the others following her.

As the light dimmed, the cave seemed to become less and less welcoming. Countless amounts of creatures scurried around.

Leo tripped over a rock and landed face first onto something. He rubbed his head and picked it up.

It glowed for a second then exploded into blue dust.

Leo screamed and ran around in a circle.

"THE CAVE HAS BOMBS IN IT RUN RUN FOR YOUR LIFFFFFEEEE."

The other four blinked before dashing off in the direction farthest from the "bomb"'s location.

Light poured out from an opening. Lian dashed ahead of the others and ran out of the cave, the others close behind him.

They collasped outside the entrance, gasping for breath. Finally, Hank stood and looked around.

"We're... ... Wait a minute." He ran over to the edge of the cliff and let out a cry.

Sapphire was next to him in an instantly. She narrowed her eyes.

"WE'RE ABOVE WHERE WE JUST STARTED. WE COULD HAVE JUST CLIMBED UP."

"WHHHAAT?" Leo, Lian, and Nina cried in unison.

They all sighed and sat down.

Suddenly, there was a quake.

Lian stood up, looking in both directions.

Another quake.

"GRRRRRAAAAWWWWWRRR."

Leo screamed and hugged Hank.

"WHAT THE. GET OFF ME." The Skitty yelled.

A Steelix appeared from the cave, looking very very annoyed.

Oh crap.

The pokemon shivered and backed into a corner of the cliff, the steel snake creeping over to them.

Leo growled and step forward, getting down on four legs. Moisture started to gather around him.

The Steelix roared again and charged.

At that moment, Leo let loose a ring of water, hitting the steel pokemon square in the face.

It roared in agony. Finding its opponents too tough, it turned and fled back to the cave.

Silence fell over the five.

"... Leo..." Nina started to say.

"YOU IDIOT. THAT WASN'T A BOMB. THAT WAS A TECHNICAL MACHINE. YOU LEARNED WATER PULSE." Sapphire finished.

Leo blinked and then smiled. "Really! Sweet!"

Nina slapped a hand to her face. "No you idiot. You made us run away FOR NO REASON."

"WHAT?"

"YOU MORON."

"I DIDN'T KNOW."

Lian and Hank watched as the two females began to fight Leo.

"Do they do this often?" Hank asked.

"More than you know." Lian replied, sighing.

An hour later, the group came across Floaroma Town.

Sapphire sighed and sniffed the air, the scent of flowers lingering in ever corner of the small town.

"Ah, I remember this place." She said, closing her eyes contently.

When she opened them again, she saw that the others were already walking through the town.

She growled and ran to catch up to them.

When she did, she snarled. "What'd you do that for?"

"I sensed a story coming on." Leo replied plainly.

"Neat! A Mightyena!"

The pokemon turned to see a young looking trainer behind them, pokeball in hand.

"I'm gonna catch it!" He said.

Leo sighed. "Oh boy, here we go again."

The boy threw a pokeball. It hit Sapphire's head and opened, encasing her in a red light.

Before she could be sent inside it, the red light stopped at the sphere fell to the ground.

The trainer blinked, confused. "What? Oh! You must have a trainer then." He turned and walked away, leaving behind a very confused group of pokemon.

Sapphire turned and continued to walk through the town and towards the Windworks.

Leo caught up to her. "You have a trainer? Why were you in Pal Park to be captured then?" He asked.

Sapphire didn't look at him but continued walking. "She didn't release me. She's going to come after me." The canine murmered to herself.

Leo stopped walking and scratched his head. "Saywuh?"

"Valley Windworks! Finally!" Leo said and dashed into his home.

Nina looked around. "Not as bad as I thought." She commented and followed behind him.

The pokemon found a group of Buizel and Floatzel plus some Starly and Bidoof huddled close together.

Leo ran for them. "Guys! Guys! It's me, Leo! I'm back!"

One Floatzel turned around, eyes widening. "Leo?"

She then took out a branch and hit him with it, knocking him to the ground.

"LEO. YOU MORON. WHY THE HECK DID YOU LEAVE?!" The sea weasel grabbed Leo and began shaking him violently.

"I'm guessing that's his mother." Nina said, floating over to the otters.

"Leo? Leo!" A voice said.

Emerging from the crowd was a black tailed Rampardos followed close behind by a darkly hued Bastiodon and an Aerodactyl with wind like markings.

Leo's mother finally stopped shaking him, dropping her son.

"Ugh... Galestripe? Blacktail? Shadow? Why are you here?" He asked, rubbing his head.

"BECAUSE SOMETHING KNOCKED DOWN OREBURGH MINE." Shadow yelled, running over to Leo.

"SAY WUT." Lian, Nina, and Leo cried.

Sapphire blinked, raising a brow. "Who are these guys?" She asked.

"We met them in Oreburgh City. They're Galestripe, Blacktail, and Shadow. Three ancient pokemon that lived deep in the mine... Until it collasped, I guessed." Lian explained.

"If the mine collasped, then that means that a bunch of people lost their jobs!" Nina exclaimed.

"Which is exactly why we're going back there to find the rascal who collasped it." Leo said.

"SAY WUT." Galestripe, Blacktail, and Shadow cried.

An Onix shook his head. "No way. I'm not going back there." The other pokemon murmered in agreement.

The three ancient pokemon shook their heads. "Not us either." Blacktail said. "You should see how powerful it is."

Leo smirked. "Well, we're still going right guys!" He turned to his friends.

Silence.

More silence.

Even more silence.

"Guys..."

"ALRIGHT FINE." Sapphire snapped. "We'll go."

"And so will we." A voice chirped up.

Sandy, Salty, and Blanca ran through the crowd.

Leo embraced them in a giant hug. "Ohmygroudon. I MISSED YOU SO MUCH."

The three Buizel squirmed in his grip.

"No." Lian told them.

The sea weasels broke away.

"What do you mean no?" Sandy yelled.

"No." Lian said again. "You're too young."

Salty growled. "What? We're able to handle ourselves? Right?"

The other two nodded.

Lian shook his head.

"Lian, this was supposed to be a reunion." Leo whined.

Nina nodded. "We could use help."

Lian glared at them.

"... Fine."

"Horray!" The three Buizel gave Leo another hug.

Lian groaned. "Can we go now?"

"No, first we have to have a reunion." Galestripe said.

Lian groaned again.

"Heh. The entire mine. In ruins. Wasn't here when I was around." A creature said, looking at the crumbled rocks.

It had a blue body and a pink face with four horns. Its fur was shaggy and thick.

The creature laughed again.

"I wonder what the other Mespirit is like..."