Ranger log - .0947

After a tip from a fellow Ranger We arrived onto the scene of Caramel Beach were the Trainer, Cameron and myself went to ask locals for the legends of the mysterious island and the Manaphy Stone.

"Hey!" said Cameron. "You want some cotton candy?"

"What? You're supposed to ask the locals questions, not gorge yourself."

"Hey, you lost, so it's only fair. Anyway I did ask, the cotton candy guy said the island usually appears around the harvest of the sitrus berries around this time. It's like the island knows when the locals harvest."

"How?"

"The old man said that off the beach there's an area where they grow there sitrus berries in the ocean water itself. The local harvest these berries and use them for most of their town income. Pokemon Centers come from all over and buy in in surplus."

"And the sweet ocean water?"

"Some of the berries get stepped on since it under water, it releases their enzymes and over power the saltiness of the ocean making it seems like its sweet instead of salty. The local take the sea foam off the beach and use them in their salt water taffy. Here, try one."

"You got salt water taffy too!"

"Why not? You were buying."

"Uhh…I'm regretting this truce already." Leonard said in a groan. "So is the island going to appear soon?"

"I don't know the harvest was a couple of days ago, so it can come at anytime. Want some taffy?"

*sigh* "Yeah." Leonard took a piece and ate it. He turned his head and saw something in the distance. A man in a dark suit carrying a pet carrier. He looked at his face. It was Riley. Leonard try to talk but the taffy he was chewing on kept him from doing so. He tried to take to Cameron.

"What's up?" Leonard struggled to talk but couldn't. He was pointing in the direction of Riley but Cameron didn't get the hint. "What you want to collect shells, at a time like this?" Leonard shook his head furiously still trying to get a word out. "You want to go water skiing?" Leonard was getting angrier. Then as a joke, Cameron said, "What Timmy stuck in a well?" Leonard finally swallowed his taffy and grabbed Cameron's shirt.

"YOU IDIOT! Riley is over there and your gorging yourself, and acting stupid."

"You ate some too."

"Shut up and go! He is going to get away!"

"Okay, calm down." The two ran to catch him. Riley turns his head and saw the two coming his way. He began to walk into the busy market place, Leonard and Cameron followed. They got mixed into the crowd.

"Damn it! We lost him!" Cameron yelled. Leonard saw him head toward the marina.

"There he is!" Both began to run to him. Riley jumped into a boat and sped off.

"He's getting away!" Leonard screamed.

"Not for long, Go, Mantine!" Mantine splashed into the ocean. "Follow that boat!" Cameron and Leonard hopped on. Mantine manage to catch up to Riley. Riley took a bomb and threw it in the ocean. "Look out!" Mantine stopped before the bomb went off. Soon when the smoke cleared, there was a Kingdra in front of them. The Kingdra used a Dragon Rage attack to knock them off Mantine. Leonard and Cameron sprang from the ocean and saw the pokemon lunge at them. "Mantine, Whirlpool" Mantine swam around Leonard and Cameron.

"What are you doing?"

"Saving us, Mantine, Dive." Mantine grabbed the two and it dove taking the whirlpool down with it. The Kingdra got caught and was brought down deep. As the Kingdra came the capture stylus circled it. The stylus beeped. Leonard signal for the Kingdra. It came and lifted them all to the surface.

"Thanks Kingdra. Quick thinking with that whirlpool."

"It's a gift. Mantine, good job, return." Mantine retired to its pokeball. "Rest up you worked hard."

"Well, Riley is gone, now what?" At that time, some sea water went into Leonard's mouth. "Hey the water out here is sweet."

Cameron took a drop, "Hey your right. I bet Riley know where the island is. He has must have heard of the same legends as well." They looked around but didn't see anything.

"Nothing."

"Damn!" Leonard thought of the Kingdra. "Hey Kingdra, do you know of an island that appears around here." The Kingdra nodded. "Really? Great, can you take us there?" The Kingdra pick them up and sailed them out to sea.

They traveled for a few miles to come to a stop.

"Is this it?" Leonard said to the Kingdra. Just then, the oceans began to stir. "What the hell?" The waves were getting bigger as the held on to dear life. Then a huge island began to rise. As it rose, it created bigger waves that nearly washed the Kingdra and its passengers away. After the waves calmed down, Cameron and Leonard looked up and saw the island on top of a huge Kyogre.

"Whoa, that explains why the island never exist and why it doesn't stay long. It's a Kyogre." said Leonard.

"A pokemon island. Now I've seen everything"

"Come on, Riley heading this way. Kingdra take us there please." The Kingdra nodded and took them to the mysterious island. The two saw the boat Riley took and came next to it. "He's here, let's go." They jumped off Kingdra and waved it good-bye. "So, where do we start?"

"The temple, find it, we'll find him. Let's go!"