"Let us go!" Mrs. Heatran ordered.

The massive beast roared with laughter. "Or what?" His voice echoed in the cave. "You're going to hurt me?"

"… Yes!" Mr. Heatran growled.

The beast only laughed more. "Such pitiful creatures. You really think you can take me on!?"

"No, not really. But we can pretend we think we can." Mrs. Heatran admitted.

She only got more laughter of the beast. "Silence now." He ordered. With one swipe of his mammoth claw, he severed the rope that kept the two legendaries above the lava. They fell into the huge pit and sank downwards.

"Too easy." The beast smirked and submerged himself in the lava as well.

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"It's amazing how treasure can pull everyone together." Nina grumbled.

"Hey! Are you a trainer?" Someone shouted.

Iwark looked towards the direction of the voice. "Uh… Yeah?"

"WOW. That's a crap load of pokemon you got there!" The trainer continued. "Wanna trade?"

The wild pokemon stared at him. Leo fired a water gun at his face.

"They're uh. My… Cousins?" Iwark explained.

"Grr. Well fine then! I challenge you to a battle!" The trainer grabbed a pokeball from his belt.

Lian sighed and rolled his eyes. "Ooh big surprise. What could it possibly be?"

"GO TYRANITAR." With a click of a button, a huge dragon like beast appeared, towering over the group.

"… Uh…" Leo stared blankly at his opponent.

"We should run and scream now, shouldn't we?" Wanizame sighed.

"Mhm." Rhino nodded.

"RUN, IMBECILES, RUN!" The Tyranitar cried.

And that's exactly what they did.

They ran until after they had lost sight of the Tyranitar. And they kept on running. Before they knew it, they were at the base of the mountain, half conscious.

"I… I think we're… Here…Yo." Flygo huffed.

"… Iwark's… Passed out." Orville wheezed.

"Oh! Oh! I know what to do!" Leo piped up. He ran over and kicked Iwark.

Nina slapped him. "Just use a water attack on him to wake him up."

"Ow… Fine." He inhaled and gently squirted on Iwark's face.

He leapt to his feet. "HUH. WHAT HAPPEN- Ew. Why is there water… Did someone pee on me?"

The others blinked.

"Yeah, we should just go into the mountain." Lola suggested.

They all agreed without hesitation.

So our explorers trotted up the mountain path. There weren't man obstacles since a smart person had carved a perfect path in the mountain. In fact, Nina only pushed Leo off once! After about one hour, Flygo reached the… Reached the…

"HEY WAIT A MINUTE. WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST FLY US UP!?" Leo yelled as he reached the peak.

Flygo merely shrugged.

"Hey guys, look. An entrance!" Rhino pointed out.

Sure enough, there was a cave that led into Stark Mountain. Relieved, the pokemon walked inside of it.

"Ugh. It's humid in here." Nina groaned.

Iwark blinked. "Oh wait. You're an Ice Type so…" He reached into his backpack and pulled out an icepack, handing it to the Froslass. "This'll help."

Nina smiled and placed the ice on her head, sighing contently.

Leo punched Iwark when Nina wasn't looking.

At that moment, a singed Golbat screeched and flew over head. "Owowowowowowwww! Don't go in there, man. There's this huge flaming thing and. YOWCH." He flew upwards and disappeared in a crack.

"… Should we be scared?" Machu asked Nina.

"WHOOT. SOMETHING TO KILL." Leo yelled and charged in the direction the singed Golbat flew out of.

"… Hey, How's he still alive?" Carlos whispered.

"… How come I haven't killed him yet?" Nina asked herself.

"YOU. FLOATZEL. YOU DARE DISTURB MY CAVERN?" A voice boomed.

"Yeah." Leo's voice replied.

The others were glancing and trying to find out where the voices were coming from.

"THEN YOU SHALL P- OW! What the heck? Did you just pee on me?"

"It was a water gun, idiot."

"I SHALL STILL KILL Y- AAAAHH" CRASH.

"Shoot. IF YOU'RE DEAD, DON'T SAY ANYTHING." Leo called down.

"…"

"Yeah he's dead."

The Floatzel appeared, dragging a Staraptor behind him.

"… He fell." Leo tried to explain.

"Ow. I think I… Broke m' wing." It groaned.

"Only one way to find out." Leo kicked the Staraptor's wing. He let out a screech of pain.

Nina slapped him. "Here." She blew softly on the Staraptor's wing. Cool air enveloped him.

"Ahh… Thanks, beautiful."

Leo shot him a glare.

"M' names' Bird of Prey. Or Bird, if you will. I'ma Staraptor, as you can see. Thing is, I'm not a normal one. I wanted to keep people out of here since Groudon showed up…"

Lian raised a brow. "Not normal, what do you mean?"

Bird stood up and flexed his wing. "Ah, no. It was just dislocated. I can fly now. Anyway, allow me to show you what I can do." Bird lifted up both of his wings and…

Set himself on fire.

Everyone gasped.

"FRIED CHICKEN." Leo shouted with glee.

Nina slapped him.

"I'm fine. I'm a Phoenix Staraptor, that's all."

"Sure, it's not unnatural or anything, heh." Pablo grumbled.

"Well, anyway. I need you to leave." Bird ordered.

"No way, man. We're here to take Groudon down." Leo declared and held his head up proudly.

Bird set out his flames and peered at the Floatzel more closely. "Hey… No way." He glanced at Lian and Nina. "Y- you're that kid! That kid that everyone's talking about. Oh my Groudon! I'm so s-"

"Yeah yeah." Leo waved a paw. "Speaking of Groudon, mind TAKING US TO HIM SO WE CAN KILL HIM?"

Bird blinked. "Uh… Sure. Come with me." He flapped his wings and took off, gliding down a path. The others glanced at each other with worry in their eyes, but followed him anyway.

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"YAYAYAYAYAY! Mt. Coronet! Mt. Coronet!" Pepirisu skipped around.

The other inexperienced group smiled as they looked up at the mountain.

"Finally." Sandy grumbled.

"Let's get a move on, everyone." Salty ordered.

The group cheered and walked into the cave to began their long trek up the mountain.

Ria's eyes flashed for a moment. Suddenly, her vision clouded and a single voice rang through her head. "YOU!" It yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'LL SHOW YOU NOT TO ME-" The voice disappeared. Ria shook her head. It was the second time that thing happened. She shook her head and ran to catch up with the others.

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The creature sunk into lava, snarling. "Eh. Who the heck is intruding this stupid place. I thought that that bird was keeping everyone away after I beat him up."

He smiled to himself. "No matter… I can always eat them. I need a snack."

A smaller head emerged from the lava. "Let us go!" Mr. Heatran snapped.

The massive beast sighed and pushed the Heatran under the lava. "Tsk tsk. I told you to stay under there."

The group finally reached a clearing. A pit of lava boiled at the bottom of the hole. There was a path going around it and an entrance on the other side.

"That's where the treasure must be." Iwark said.

The pokemon's eyes sparkled as they took a step forward.

FREAKING HUGE MISTAKE.

"ALRIGHT, WHO IS IT NOW." A voice echoed in the area.

The lava bubbled and a huge read beast emerged.

He was coated in huge red plates, spikes lining the sides of his body. Red eyes glinted with anger and huge teeth poked out of his mouth. His arms rippled with muscles and were also covered in spikes. He set his head down on the rocky path, steam blowing out of his nostrils.

"WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF YOU." Leo yelled.

"Yes you are." Groudon plainly replied.

"… SO?"

Groudon tilted his head up and roared.

The opening that the group had come out of was soon covered by rocks, Iwark behind it.

"Iwark!" Orville yelled.

"… Lian?" Leo said.

"Yes, Leo."

"I ate your snow cone when we were in Snowpoint."

"OH YOU A-"

"NOW YOU SHALL ALL DIE." Groudon roared.

Well.

CRAP.