Ch. 3: Perception

Wilfred was in deep thought while he was walking with Snivy, who was looking around at different directions. After he looked at different places, Snivy looked back at Wilfred, who was still in deep thought. When they're about to take a right turn, Snivy supported the Oshawott, who didn't noticed the right turn they are going to take, by guiding him to take the right turn. Both of them took the right turn as they normally would and Snivy just watched the Oshawott who was walking with eyes closed and in deep thought. The grass-type just followed Wilfred since he has nothing else better to do.

"I've got it!" Wilfred suddenly said and startled some nearby Pokémon. "Why don't we ask some guild members?"

Snivy didn't utter a word about Wilfred's idea.

"Come on! Let's find some guild members!" Wilfred ran back to the corner of the street and he bumped into a green pokémon. He quickly recovered and apologized for what happened. Snivy ran and stopped beside the Oshawott.

"A Pansage," Snivy said.

"Oh! It's Wilfred," the Pansage said.

"Mark?" Wilfred just realized whom he just bumped into. "Just in time!"

"Just in time for what?" Mark the Pansage asked.

Just then, Mark noticed the Snivy.

"Hey, is he your friend? Wait! Is he going to be your teammate, huh?" Mark asked.

"No. You see…" Wilfred explained how things happened and how he ended up helping the Snivy. Mark understood all of it and he felt sorry for the Snivy.

"Speaking of teammates, where's Mincy?" Wilfred asked.

"She's doing some errands and we're going to meet later," Mark said. "Going somewhere, Wilfred?"

"Yeah. That reminds me—do you know any Snivy that might fit the descriptions of my friend here?" Wilfred asked.

"No. Actually, it's my first time seeing a Snivy up close," Mark said. "Maybe the others might know a thing or two."

"Oh…" Wilfred said. "Thanks by the way."

"Don't mention it," Mark said. "See you soon!"

Mark went past Snivy and walked the road that was straight ahead. Then, Wilfred noticed that Snivy was spacing out.

"Hey! You okay?" Wilfred snapped Snivy back into reality. "Why are you spacing out like that?"

"I—don't know," Snivy said. Wilfred noticed that Snivy was sweating.

"Is it hot today?" Wilfred asked. "I don't think anyone will sweat just by standing at this nice weather."

"I don't know but I felt something hot a while ago," Snivy said.

"I didn't felt anything like that," the Oshawott said. "Why don't we take a short break? Maybe you're just tired."

Snivy just fell silent as he followed Wilfred to a nearby ice cream shop. Wilfred bought two ice drops, a green one for Snivy and an ocean-blue one for himself.

"What's this?" Snivy asked as he accepted the cold food from the Oshawott.

"It's an ice drop. My ice drop is in Ocean Salt flavor," Wilfred said. "And yours is a Grass Mint ice drop."

Snivy looked at his ice drop and stared at it for a while before he looked back to the Oshawott who took a bite from his ice drop and he was delighted at the ice cream's flavor.

"Sweet yet salty like always," Wilfred said and he took another bite. Snivy looked back at his ice drop, which was starting to melt, and decided to take a bite out of it. The sweet flavor exploded in his mouth with an added mint effect afterwards made the Snivy smile as he took another bite from his ice drop.

"I knew that you'd like it," Wilfred said.

Both of them ate and enjoyed their ice drops until it's all gone. After they disposed the ice cream sticks into a nearby trash can, they looked around and asked a bunch of teams about the Snivy's identity but to no avail. They ended up taking a break at the town's square, which is located at the center of Central Town.

"What should we do now? No one knows anything about you and they haven't met a Snivy before too," Wilfred said.

Snivy, who's just silent the whole time, just stood beside Wilfred. After a moment, Snivy saw something. A dark sphere moved across the air and towards a green creature besides a blue one, which Snivy recognized as an Oshawott. He cannot tell who exactly the green one is since the green one was facing the other way. Then, everything went black and his sight returned after a second. He saw some Pokémon moving around the town's square.

'What was that?' Snivy thought after he saw the strange scene.

"Why are you sweating again?" Oshawott said and Snivy faced him. "It isn't really that hot here," Wilfred added.

Just then, Snivy felt something strange, which gave him some goose bumps. His instincts told him to duck quickly and he did just that. Not a moment too soon, a dark sphere almost touched the Snivy's head and it continued moving in the air until it exploded due to a collision with a blade formed by some kind of energy.

"Hey! That's a Shadow Ball and Psycho Cut!" Wilfred said.

"What—are those?" Snivy asked after he stood up.

"Oh right," Wilfred realized Snivy's condition and thought of a good explanation. Then, he said, "These are special attacks that we Pokémon can do. These special attacks have a lot of variety and some of these moves can only be learned by a certain Pokémon. They can be pretty nasty sometimes."

Snivy thought about it for a while and after a moment, he said, "I don't think I can do those."

Wilfred tried to encourage the Snivy and said, "That's not true! Every pokémon can learn a certain move although it requires training and experience."

Snivy still doubted himself and Wilfred remembered something.

"By the way, where did that Shadow Ball came from?" Wilfred said.

Just then, someone shouted, "I'm very sorry!" Both of them turned around and saw a jet-black Pokémon. Wilfred was the first to react. As the pokémon approached him, he said, "Cindy?"

"Wait! Is that you Wilfred?" the Zorua said as she fully stopped right in front of the Oshawott.

"Sure am!" Wilfred happily said. "Anyway, where's Elaine?"

"Looking for me?" an incoming Vulpix said.

"Speaking of the devil," Wilfred suddenly said.

"WHAT did you say?" Elaine the Vulpix said as she glared at Wilfred.

"Don't mind him, Elaine," Cindy the Zorua said. Just then, she noticed the Snivy beside Wilfred. Curious, she asked who was with the Oshawott.

"Well, that's the problem. You see…" Wilfred explained to the two females about the situation. The two of them felt bad for what happened and Cindy was the one who was most affected.

"I'm sorry that I asked," Cindy said and she looked to the Snivy, whose attention was not on the group but on a different direction.

"He's just like that," Wilfred said. "Anyway, do you know any possible information that might connect him with someone?"

The two replied negatively, which made the Oshawott sigh for the umpteenth time. Then, Cindy recalled something, which hit her curiosity.

"So, if Snivy can't recall anything, how did he dodged my attack like he's been doing it for quite a while," Cindy said which made Wilfred realize it as well.

"Hey! You're right!" Wilfred said and he caught the attention of the Snivy. Wilfred asked the Snivy about it and the latter thought about it for a while before he said, "It's kinda like my instincts told me."

"What a strong instinct," Elaine commented.

"I agree," Cindy said.

"That's a pretty good thing to have," Wilfred said.

"Now that I remember, I think I saw it before it happened," Snivy added, which surprised the others.

"What?" Wilfred clearly shouted.

"That's out of the ordinary!" Cindy commented.

"It's something I've never heard before," Elaine said.

"Are you sure about it?" Wilfred asked and Snivy had a silent moment for him to have some deep thoughts. Then, he said, "I'm—not that sure."

The other three were quite depressed when they heard that.

"Oh well," Cindy said.

"Maybe you're just daydreaming," Wilfred said.

"For once, I'd have to agree with this Oshawott," Elaine said.

Then, they noticed that Snivy was not on his original position. Wilfred saw Snivy, who stood right in front of a tree near a building. The other three approached the Snivy and watched the Snivy, who was staring at the tree.

"What are you doing?" Elaine said and she approached the Snivy.

"Wait, Elaine!" Cindy said and she stopped the Vulpix from advancing further.

"What is it?" Elaine said.

"He might have remembered something so don't disturb him," Cindy said, which made Elaine settle down and the three of them went silent as they watched the Snivy. Snivy still stared at the said tree for quite a while. Elaine was getting impatient but Cindy calmed her down. Then, Snivy stepped backwards a bit and the other three noticed it.

"What's wrong, Sn…" Wilfred was about to move closer to Snivy but then, a vine extended from the Snivy and it swept the other tree aside. Just then, there was a loud crash. The other three recovered and Elaine was angry about being pushed aside but then, she and the other two realized that a tree fell into their original position. They were shocked about it and they noticed the Snivy, who was on the ground. Wilfred helped Snivy to stand up. Snivy was a little bit shaken but he regained balance.

"Wow! Did you save us there?" Wilfred said.

"Thanks a lot!" Cindy gratefully said.

"I'm pretty sure a vine pushed us out of the way," Elaine said after she went near Cindy.

"Vine? Hey! Maybe Snivy knows Vine Whip!" Wilfred said.

"Vine Whip?" Snivy asked.

"Yeah. Vine Whip is a move that you can learn," Cindy added.

"I—don't know if I did that or not," Snivy said.

"Come on! Try to remember that time when you used it," Wilfred encouraged the Snivy and the grass-type thought about it for a while and then, two vines extended behind him and went in front of him.

"That's it! It's Vine Whip," Cindy gladly said.

"It does feel like a part of me," Snivy said and suddenly, Snivy closed his eyes and he growled in pain while his vines pressed his head. Wilfred saw this and tried to help him.

"Snivy, please calm down," Wilfred said.

"I can't! It hurts!" Snivy said as he continued to suppress his pain.

"Snivy, take some deep breaths," Wilfred said and Snivy did what the Oshawott said. He did some inhales and exhales but the pain still lingered.

"Just continue and don't even think about the pain. Cindy, do you have those pain-killing herbs?" Wilfred said.

"No. I don't have any right now," Cindy said.

Then, the pain slowly faded and Snivy retracted his vines but his deep breaths continued. The other three noticed it and calmed down a bit.

"Here's an Oran Berry just to be sure," Cindy said.

"Thanks," Snivy said and took a bite out of the berry before he stopped and remembered something.

"You okay?" Wilfred asked.

"I think I remembered a name," Snivy said.

"What name?" Wilfred asked.

"Jason," Snivy said and the others thought about it.

"Never heard that name before," Elaine said.

"Me too," Cindy added.

"Wait! If that's the first name you remembered, then it's your name!" Wilfred said.

"My name?" Snivy asked.

"Makes sense, you know," Cindy said.

"And that will help us to search more information about you," Wilfred said. "We could just ask if they know someone named Jason."

"So my name's Jason?" Snivy asked.

"We'll call you by that name. It's not that good to always call you Snivy all the time," Cindy said.

"Okay," Jason the Snivy said.

"Now, let's ask anyone if they know you," Wilfred said.

"We'll help too," Cindy said.

"We?" Elaine said.

"Come on! We have nothing else better to do," Cindy said.

"Alright. As long as I stay distant from Wilfred," Elaine said.

"Then, let's go!" Wilfred said and he and the others walked around and asked everyone around about Jason.


A/N: End of chapter. More information revealed XD. Anyway, wait for the next chapter guys! Also, I saw the upcoming Third Mystery Dungeon! It is called Magnagate and the Infinite Labyrinth. Anyway, if you want to know more, check your favorite pokémon site (mine's ). Anyway, please review!

Update: Corrected some grammatical errors.