"I'm so b-"

"Don't even start, Leo." Nina snapped and crossed her arms.

Leo groaned and flopped down on top of Louis. "We're never going to get there. Where are we anyway?"

Louis turned his head around. "Golly. I think Veilstone City's in the distance." He pointed a fin at the distance buildings.

"Wait. I think I see land." Lian stood up and peered at the horizon. Leo shot up and stared.

"OH MY GROUDON. LAND! LAND HO LAND-AUGH." Nina had pushed him in the water.

Louis stared at the sea weasel who had emerged from the water, looking very angry.

"Swim faster, Louis. Don't look back." Lian ordered.

The Wailord blinked. He picked up the pace, leaving the poor Floatzel behind to try and catch up.

"Are you sure we should be doing this." Sandy asked as he worriedly looked behind him.

"Yes. Now let's go." Salty hissed.

It was early morning, most creatures were still asleep by now, and the three Buizel were planning their escape.

"But... But we don't know where to find Leo and the others." Blanca murmered.

"Ah, we'll find them. Now lets hurry up before the guards wake up." Salty said.

The three Buizel slinked passed the sleeping pokemon and dashed into the forest taking the same path that Leo had taken when he first left.

...

And started this whole stupid thing.

"Urgh." Ria blinked her eyes opened. The first thing you noticed is the fact that the air around her was no longer frigid. Oh. And the fact that she couldn't lift a limb without searing pain.

She flinched as she stood up. The Glaceon tried to think about what exactly had happened. Hm. Something had attacked and carried them away. Maybe she was blown back... But how far away could she be from home.

She turned to see windmills in the different.

Well.

So much for going back home.

"Ha! I told you it would work!" A Pachirisu wearing a blue cape said.

A green striped one wearing gloves sighed. "We've been away from home for hours... Are we even near a town."

"I think we're near the Valley Windworks." The blue caped squirrel said.

"Well, Thunderstreak, I think you're OHMYGROUDON! WINDMILLS. LET'S GO OVER THERE. CAN WE? CANWECANWECANEWE?" A red striped Pachirisu started leaping around.

The one called Thunderstreak sighed. "I can't believe we are all cousins."

"WHAT?" The trio of pokemon cried in unison.

"Golly, I said I'm going to Hoenn." Louis said.

"But... We just met up." Leo clung onto the whale's face.

"Well yeah but... Golly. This is hard enough. We'll meet again, right?" Louis sighed.

A few minutes later, he had turned around to leave the trio alone.

"Stark Mountain." Lian whispered.

"Where Groudon resides." Nina said.

"AND WHERE WE'LL KICK IT'S SORRY TAIL. LET'S GO." Leo dashed forward.

The other two shook their heads and followed.

The sun had risen by the time the trio of Buizel had finally passed through the forest and into a clearing.

"Yes! We're a step closer to finding Leo! To Snowpoint!" Salty cried and dragged the others behind him as he ran forward.

He crashed into a Glaceon.

"Oof." Salty groaned and rubbed his head. He blushed as he saw the Eevee evolution shaking her head.

"Oh! I-I'm sorry." Salty was at his feet. "I... Didn't see you there."

The ice type smiled. "Oh, no. It's okay. I'm Ria. Who are you?"

"I'm-"

"He's Salty. I'm Sandy, and this is Blanca." Sandy interuppted.

Ria tilted her head. "Hm. You sound familar." Her eyes brightened. "Ah! Do you happen to know Leo?"

The Buizel recoiled. "Yeah! We were just going after him and-" Sandy started to say.

But Ria cut him off. "He's in Stark Mountain."

"STARK MOUNTAIN?" They cried.

Ria nodded. "I met up with them in Snowpoint not that long ago but..." She raised her head and watched the clouds. "Something attacked me and..."

It was Salty who interuppted her thoughts. "How about you come with us!"

The Glaceon blinked. "Well... I don't have anywhere to go so... Okay."

The other two had to restrain Salty from giving Ria a hug on the spot.

"So... Where do you wanna g-" Sandy was caught off by some screaming.

"HYAAAHH." The blue cloaked and spiky haired Pachirisu known as Thunderstreak glided into the group...

And tripped over his cape.

"Gyaah!" He fell facefirst into the dirt.

"Ugh... Lucky... Did you touch me again?" He groaned.

Ria and the Buizel looked disgusted.

The green striped Pachirisu, Lucky, ran up to him and helped him up. "No, moron. I'm wearing gloves. It was your clumsiness."

Finally, the red striped one appeared. "YAYAYAYAYAY." He squeaked. "Frrrieeennndsss buddies! Amigos! HOLA. COMA ESTAS."

He was given a spank and he fell to the ground, twitching.

"Sorry. My name's Lucky. These are my cousins Thunderstreak and... Pepirisu." Lucky glanced down at the now foaming squirrel. "Uh. We were going to be in a movie in Jubilife but we... Ran away." She shot Thunderstreak a glare.

By now, the four pokemon had retreated as far away as possible.

"Uh... So are... You guys... Travelling?" Lucky asked.

They nodded and hugged eachother, scared.

"... Mind if we tag along?" Lucky continued.

"N-" Salty started to say.

"Oh sure, why not." Blanca said nervously after kneeing Salty in the side. She whispered in his ear, "We need all the help we can get."

Later, the group had settled down to talk about thier pasts and exchange stories. And also eat. You have to eat.

"So, you saw Leo and his friends?" Sandy asked.

Ria nodded. "On Coronet Mountain... And ... Phantom said something about it... I think we should go there next."

Salty glanced towards the direction of the mountain. You could faintly see it. "Well. If it means that Leo'll be there... Good enough! To Coronet Mountain!" He lept to his feet, charged.

"OHMYGROUDON CORONET MOUNTAIN. EEEKK. I'M SO EXCITED I COULD JUST JUST JUSTJUST EE-" Pepirisu was caught off by a thwack to the side.

Thunderstreak shrugged. "You get used to it."

"... Is that a desert?" Lian asked as he shielded his eyes from the sunlight and peered into the distance.

"Yeah. There's a desert near Stark Mountain." Nina said. "And we'll have to pass through it."

Leo groaned.

The Froslass shot him a glare. "HEY. I'm an ice type. I'll be much worse off than you two."

The trio were coming to the edge of the forest and the desert became closer and closer.

Leo moaned as his foot touched sand. "Ugh. I think we're in the desert."

Lian sighed. "Best we get this over with."

So the trio began their quest through the desert.

...

Yeah. Something bad is bound to happen.

"Hey, Wanizame. Is that?"

"Yeah... Yeah it is!"

Two pokemon dashed forward to great the already tired group of pokemon.

Leo glanced up and groaned. "Urgh. Is that an illusion, or is that Wanizame and Rhino."

Nina shrugged and collasped on the ground, Lian and Leo soon following.

The Rhyperior and Garchomp quickly met up with the three, prodding them.

"Hey guys... What's wrong."

"So hot..." Leo stood up shakily. "How do you guys stand it?"

"They're used to the desert, Leo." Lian answered. He was already at his feet.

"Well, I didn't doubt I wouldn't see you here. You guys are always meeting up with us." Rhino said.

"Yeah... He's a stalker, alright." Nina grumbled.

Wanizame raised a brow. "What's with her?"

Leo lifted her onto his back so that he was piggybacking her. "It's the heat... And this is a good chance for me to hold her."

Nina still had the strength to slap him on the back of his head.

"Urgh." Leo grumbled, "Let's just get to Stark Mountain. We'll explain what the heck is going on on the way."

The young man wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Hmph. Three hours and no l- Omi Groudon! Is that a Kabuto fossil!?" He screeched high pitched... Like a giddy schoolgirl.

His pokemon, an Aerodactyl and a Bronzor stared at him as he shrunk down to chibi size and held up a sign that had "Success" written on it. He started to dance around.

The Aerodactyl touched the Kabuto fossil.

...

It crumbled.

The trainer stopped and grew back to normal size, staring.

"Nice Orville." The Bronzor whispered.

"Shutup, Machu Picchu." The Aerodactyl hissed.