Oh god. I just realized that I have to make a story on how Mudkip and Turtwig met up. That will be for another time, but still, I need to make it. That will be as big of a problem as making up the names of the dungeons, and that is a very large dungeon. Anyways, lets continue with this and have fun reading this!

Chapter 6: New Dungeons

The next morning, Riolu got up before Mudkip and Turtwig and decided to look around. He found out that they were on the edge of another mystery dungeon that had a plethora of apples.

"Hmmm, looks like another Apple Woods," Riolu thought. "I wonder if there are any Perfect Apples in the deepest part of the woods."

As he headed back to the campsite, he heard that Mudkip and Turtwig had woken up. They were probably wondering where Riolu was when he walked in.

"Ah, I see the two lovebirds are up," Riolu said, and that made Turtwig and Mudkip blush.

Riolu got out some apples that he had just picked and began to explain his plan. They were going to go around the south side of the lake, which had a lot of forests, and then go a small bit north to get to the new town. Everybody seemed happy with it.

"I guess that means that we would have to go through these woods to get closer, even though these don't look very big on the wonder map. We'll have to go through the woods to get to it," Riolu said. "I want to check something out inside the woods while we're at it."

When they got into the woods, it wasn't as easy, or short, as they had hoped. It was midday when they got to the deepest part of the forest, which was halfway through the forest.

Just as Riolu had expected, a huge tree was in the middle, and Perfect Apples were growing on it.

"You guys wait here," Riolu said, and he ran up to the tree and jumped to the closest branch and started to pick the apples. He got ten by the time he was at the top and decided to go down after that. As he went down, he slipped off one of the branches and comically fell to the ground flailing his arms. He hit the ground on his back, and then got up with his aching back.

"I guess I'm still as clumsy as usual," Riolu said with a laugh.

After that incident, they found themselves fighting to also get out of the forest. By the time they got to the end of the forest, the sun was already setting as they looked ahead onto the plains in front of them. Riolu looked at the map again and was shocked.

The dungeon that they had just gone through must have been forty floors, yet it was extremely skinny on this map. The plains that they were on stretched on until the lake, and was at least ten times bigger than the forest, and the lake itself was eight times the size of the forest both by width and length.

"This may take a while," Riolu said to himself.

The three-some quickly ate their apples and bid each other good night.

The next morning, the three-some got up at the same time and began to walk towards the lake. The plains were gusting in the wrong direction which kept them going quickly, yet it was another mystery dungeon. This one was filled with flying types of all kinds, and kept all three of them on their feets. Even though they made even better progress, the lake was not in sight.

The next day, the same thing happened, and then it happened again the next day, and so on for two weeks. They passed a river that was on the map, which was yet another mystery dungeon, and got their waters refilled at it, and also got some more food. The wind just kept on blowing, and for the last four days, was blowing in the opposite direction of where they were going, and slowed them down a lot. They were so close, but got exhausted at a half day and had no energy for the rest of the day.

Eventually, trees began to come more and more common, and the roots got higher and higher off the ground. The air got humid, and the wind stopped blowing. They had finally made it out of the plains.

"We finally made it out of Gusting Plains," Riolu said.

"Gusting Plains?" Mudkip asked.

"Yeah, the name for the incredibly long mystery dungeon that was there," Riolu replied. "We must be close to the lake by now. I would like to see how big it actually is."

It took them another day to make it to the lakeside, which was a giant cliff like at Treasure Town. Riolu was just beginning to wonder what his team would use to make a base for themselves.

Riolu decided to get a better look of the lake, so he climbed up a tree. He still couldn't see the other side of the lake, but he could see another mystery dungeon in the middle of the lake, which was six to seven miles out.

"It's such a grand lake, isn't it, Turtwig," Riolu could hear Mudkip say. "A grand lake...," Riolu thought. "That's it! That will be the name of the mystery dungeon!"

Riolu was so excited to tell Mudkip and Turtwig that he fell out of the tree...again.

This time was different, though. When he hit the ground, a black locket flew off of his neck and landed near Mudkip and Riolu. It was in the shape of half a heart.

Mudkip and Turtwig looked at it, and then Turtwig picked it up and went over to Riolu to give it back.

Riolu thanked him for not opening it.

"What is it anyways?" Turtwig asked.

Riolu sighed before saying "I'll tell you when we have Vulpix back with us, okay? But, anyways, in the middle of the lake is another mystery dungeon, and I fell down because I figured out its name. Its name is Grand Lake."

"Hmm, seems good. So, will we go onwards?" Mudkip asked.

"We shall," Riolu replied, and, with that, they were getting to the last leg of the journey. Riolu sighed as he thought back to what had just happened. His secret was almost revealed too early for him.

PLEASE READ THIS! I'm looking for the name of a jungle-like mystery dungeon. Also, this story will be ending soon, but this will continue as I have liked to write about this. This is also a shorter chapter as I couldn't think of the plot of it for a while, but I got to it eventually, so yay! Anyways, R&R and I will see you next time!