Chapter 3

She could not believe it. She was a Skitty.

"You're acting kind of weird…" Squirt said. "Can you tell me your name, at least?"

Hmm...What is my name? Oh, that's right. It's…

"Nepeta." The Skitty said. Squirt snorted, and began to giggle.

"Well…that's a funny name!" he said. Nepeta scowled.

"Well it's my name." she hissed. "So please don't laugh at it." Squirt looked at her and stopped laughing.

"I'm sorry. It's just that you don't find Pokémon named Nepeta here…" Squirt said. Suddenly, a purple Pokémon with wings, and some resemblance to a butterfly, flew up to them. "What's wrong?" Squirt asked. "Please help! My name is Butterfree, and my baby Caterpie fell into a fissure in Tiny Woods and I can't get him out!" Butterfree wailed. "When I tried to get in, some savage Pokémon attacked me! I think they're enraged by the fissure!" Butterfree stopped to take a breath. "Oh who will save my baby?" she cried.

"Hey Nepeta, we should go rescue this kid!" Squirt said.

"Rescue…" Nepeta said wistfully. "Ok."

"Great! Tiny Woods is this way!" Squirt said. And with that, the two dashed into Tiny Woods.

Nepeta looked around the forest. It was beautiful, but kind of small. Trees and flowers were growing everywhere, the sun was shining brightly, and she could hear a river flowing somewhere. How can a fissure form in such a beautiful place? I'll have to ask Squirt after we help this Caterpie. Nepeta saw a staircase in the corner. "What? A staircase…in the middle of the forest!" Squirt stared at her.

"That wasn't always there. You see, lots of natural disasters have been occurring lately. They form places called Mysterious Dungeons, like this one. It has floors, and you advance up or down. And you can find items…" he paused to pick up a yellow seed with a red marking through the middle that looked like a fire. "…like this Blast Seed…." Then he picked a blue berry from a low branch. "…or this Oran Berry." Nepeta looked at the items.

"Cool." She said. "So we climb up the staircase?"

"Yes, Caterpie should be on 3F. And watch out for…"

Before he could continue, a Wurmple jumped in front of them, its eyes narrowed.

"…savage Pokémon…" Squirt finished. He dived at the Wurmple with a Tackle.