Pokemon: New Generations
A/N: It's been awhile, and I know you probably don't care. I guess I'm just writing for the sake of writing these days. (sigh) please review.
Today, Axon, Christy, and David are hiking their way over a tall mountain top. They are now joined by a new friend, Macy, a pokemon investigator, who helped the gang out after all seemed lost. They all are now hiking over Mt. Fiery, and will soon head to the port off the side of the route. There, they will board the ferry, which will take them to Crystal Island, and Christy's very first team competition. "This is Macy here!" The chipper reporter, spoke into her tape recorder, "on her first day traveling with the famous, Axon, David, and Christy. Everything is going swell so far. The sky is blue, the birds are chirping. All except for one tiny little detail. THIS IS TOTALLY KILLING MY LEGS!"
"Macy," Axon rolled his eyes. "Would you give it a rest already. You've been complaining since we left this morning. Besides, it's just a little hike."
"We passed a 'little hike' about 3 hours ago." Macy continued to whine. "I feel like I'm climbing the empire state building, and the elevators are broken. Come on guys, what do you say we ditch this never ending climb, and go look for the goon-trio."
"No way!" David exclaimed, "For the first time in like 2 months, we've gone a day without seeing those guys. I'd like to keep it that way."
"Yeah, and besides," Axon shrugged, "it's not like we can just make them appear when ever we feel like it."
"Sure you can," Macy encouraged them, "all you have to do is do something really outstanding and noticeable, that'll catch their attention. Then I bet they'd come running."
"Ugh," Axon turned to Minun on his shoulder, "it's going to be interesting traveling with this one."
"Hey guys!" Christy called back, Plusle on her shoulder, about 30 feet ahead of everyone else. "Quit yapping, and let's get going. You're dragging behind real bad today. Let's go already!"
"I'm moving as fast as these feet can carry me." Macy sighed, she turned to David and Axon. "Is she always like this?"
"No, I think she's just excited to get to crystal town." Axon shrugged once again. The three caught up to Christy and began walking at a leveled pace. Macy was still sulking though. It wasn't long before David stopped and turned his head. Christy rolled her eyes.
"What is it now?" She said.
"I…I think I just heard something." David said, itching his head and looking around for the source of the noise. "There it is again. It…sounds like it's coming from inside the mountain."
"Hey, I think I hear it too." Axon put his ear up to the side of the mountain. "It's definitely coming from inside the mountain. It almost sounds like something is screaming inside there."
"Ooooohhh!" Macy quickly ran up, putting her ear up to the mountain as well. "There could be something going in here. Maybe something even news worthy to the pokemon daily. Oh boy oh boy! Let's find out what it is!"
"Okay, let's climb up a little higher." David nodded, using his hands to pull him up on the side. Axon and Macy followed him doing the same. Christy and plusle stayed on the ground. "Weird…it's like the surface is getting hotter as we climb higher."
"er….hold on guys. I'm not sure this is such a bright idea." Christy hesitated a bit.
"Christy, I know you're excited for your competition and everything," Axon said continuing to climb higher, "But just because you're impatient, doesn't mean we should stop exploring other pokemon stuff."
"Hmph, FYI, I wasn't even talking about that." Christy crossed her arms. "Something about this whole thing seems a bit…I don't know….wrong."
"Hold on, what do you mean?" David stopped to look down at Christy.
"Well, it just feels bad." Christy looked around with a paranoid look. "It's almost as if someone is watching u-"
"Hey you kids!" Christy was interrupted by a stern loud voice coming up the mountain. It was a man dressed up in a red uniform. Besides him a was a ferocious looking dog pokemon that was barking loudly. "Get down from there this instant! I'm placing you under arrest for trespassing."
"WAH!" They all screamed, jumping down. Christy was already turning around. "See, I told you, let's get out of here now!"
"Hey, get back here. Sick 'em mightyena." The man shouted. The dog pokemon began chasing after them at a high speed. The four were running faster than they could ever imagine. They took every twist and turn around the mountain as possible. Stumbling over rough places, and kicking up lots of dirt and dust each time their feet hit the ground. Soon they came to a much more narrow part of the mountain. Axon, Christy, and David all stopped. Macy was wondering what the hold up was.
"Um…hello?" Macy shouted. "Crazy man-eating wolf pokemon right behind us. Move already!"
"In case you haven't noticed, there's not much room to move to." Christy said, hesitating to move forward.
"We can get across, but we're going to have to move steadily." David said thinking hard of how to get across in one piece. Macy looked back behind them. The man and the ferocious pokemon had spotted them and were about to catch them.
"Unless you want to die, we're not going to have time for that. GO NOW!" Macy cried desperately. They all began to move as fast they could across the narrow edge. None of them were paying attention, all too afraid of what would happen if they paused for even a second. It was then that Christy tripped over a rock, knocking into Axon, who fell into David. The three all fell off the side of the mountain
"AUUUGGGHHHHHHH!" They all screamed as they fell through the air. Would they make it?
"Uh-oh! Oinky hurry!" Macy quickly threw up her poke-ball. Her spoink, Oinky, appeared out of a strong gleam of light. "Don't let them fall! Use psychic!"
"Spoink!" Spoink closed it's eyes in concentraition. It became glazed over with a blue haze, and in a matter of seconds, the same happened to the three falling trainers just before they hit the ground. They sat hovering the air in fear.
"Good, now bring 'em up high!" Macy ordered. Spoink raised it's arms, it's eyes still closed. Axon, David, and Christy were all thrown up in the sky, passing Macy and her Spoink. "Gah! Not that high Spoink!"
"HELP US!!" Axon and Christy cried, closing their eyes. Macy and Spoink looked like a small dot from where they were. David looked distracted. His eyes were wide open, and he was looking down at the mountain. From the top, David could see what looked like an opening, and a small red figure sitting in it. He tried to get a better look when he felt him self being pulled down by Spoink. He landed next to Macy along with Axon and Christy.
"Are you guys okay?" Macy bent down to them.
"Just dandy," Christy said sarcastically rubbing her back. "Oinky, you need to work on your landings."
"Halt! Put your hands up now!" The ranger had approached them, with his pokemon growling angrily. All four put their hands up without a word, afraid the dog would suddenly pounce. "You kids are under arrest for trespassing. Any sudden movements and Mightyena here will take care of you. Understand?"
"Please sir!" Christy tried to rationalize. "We're just trying to get over the mountain. We were told that we could cross it, and get to the port on route 11."
"It's true." Axon spoke, "We had no idea it was a private area. Honest, we didn't."
"Hmm, calm down Mightyena." The ranger said. "Well, you don't look like out right criminals to me. I guess I could let you slide off with a warning. I'm sorry I accused you."
"It's okay. We understand." Christy shrugged. "You were only doing your job. But unfortunately, that little chase seems to have gotten us completely off track. I think we may be lost. Is there anyway you might be able to help us?"
"Well, there's a lot of paths that can get you to route 11, but I'm not sure I know the best one." The Officer thought hard. "Hey, I know. If we head back to my ranger station, I bet I could find the best pass through the mountain that can get you down there."
"Ha! You'd really do that for us?" Axon's face lit up.
"I'd be happy to help in anyway I can." The ranger smiled. "I'm ranger Jonathan, and this here is my mightyena."
"Nice to meet you." Christy nodded, getting ready to introduce everyone. "My name is Christy. This is my brother Axon, And our friends David and Macy. These are all our pokemon, but I'm sure you already know there names. We're all traveling together."
"That's grea--"
"Not so fast!" Macy suddenly appeared next to Jonathan. She stroked her chin in suspicion. "Don't think I'm just over looking this. I'm a pokemon investigator, and exposing crooks like you Is my job."
"Crook?" Axon, Christy and Jonathan all exclaimed in confusion.
"That's right. I didn't stutter did I?" Macy began to circle the Ranger. With her eyebrow raised, and her right hand still stroking her chin she said. "Do you expect me to believe that you just happened to be roaming this side of the mountain, exactly where four innocent little kids are walking. From the sounds of it, it doesn't seem like you get a lot of people up here. So why exactly are you patrolling here. Perhaps you were going somewhere? Could it have anything to do with why that side of the mountain felt so hot?" The ranger began to look sweaty and nervous. "You may think you have us fooled but I see through you. You want us to think you're taking us into your humble police station when in actuality you're really taking us to your tribe of KILLER POKEMON, WHO ARE GOING TO SACRIFICE US ALL!"
"Er…what?" Jonathan cooled off.
"Hey," Christy grabbed a hold of the end of Macy's bandana, and pulled her head up to her mouth. "You want to come up with conspiracy theories, I suggest you find some facts to back it up."
"Heh. Let's just hurry to the cabin." Jonathan smiled. So they all made there way down the mountain. It felt like they had just backtracked all of their hours up the mountain, but before long, they arrived at a wooden house in between a pile of rocks. Jonathan unlocked the door, and walked in, the rest close behind. Inside, there was a front desk with a computer, a couch for sitting, another room to the left, and down the hall there was a cell, most likely used for any criminals the ranger found on the mountain. "Please, make yourselves at home on the couch, while I go look for my map." He said, before he disappeared into the next room. The gang sat down on the couch with their pokemon. Christy looked over at David and noticed his nose buried in the pokemon guide book.
"Hey, David." She called his name. He suddenly looked up, as if snapped out of a trance. "Erm…sorry, but what's going on with you? You haven't said a word since…well….since Ranger Jonathan stopped us. His mighteyena didn't scare you that bad, did it?"
"Oh! No way!" David exclaimed. "I just can't shake this feeling I have. Ever since we felt the side of the mountain, I've been trying to find out everything I can about Mt. Fiery in the pokemon guide book. Something's just aren't adding up."
"Like what?" Axon asked, confused with Minun on his head.
"Well for starters," He said taking another look at the guide book, "This mountain isn't private property. There's no mention in here about a pokemon preserve for miles."
"I told you he was hiding something." Macy said with her arms crossed. "Look, I know the whole pokemon killing thing seemed a bit over the top, but you still got to listen to me when I say something's wrong. I'm 10, but when it comes to investigating and snuffing liars out, I know what I'm talking about."
"Alright, so Jonathan lied." Axon sat deep and thought, "But, what do you think his intentions are?"
"I don't know, but we have another problem." David closed the guide book. "There's no ranger station plotted on this mountain. This isn't a ranger station. I'm not even sure if Jonathan's a ranger."
"WAH! Then what do we do?" Christy quickly stood up along with Axon and Macy.
"I don't think we have a choice, we have to attack!" Axon nodded to her. The four all lined up side by side. Minun, Plusle, and Charmander lined up in front of them, ready for when Jonathan walked out of the room.
"I'm not sure If this map is too outdated but--huh?" Jonathan jumped startled seeing the furious looking trainers, and their even more ferociously looking pokemon. Mightyena beside him began to growl. "Just what do you kids think you're doing. Stand down or I'll have you arrested for assault of an officer."
"Stand down, or we'll have you arrested for impersonating one." Macy smirked.
"Wha--" Jonathan's face turned read, looking guilty. "I-I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Perhaps you'd like to explain why there's no pokemon preserve anywhere near this mountain pass." David said firmly, "Much less a ranger station. My guide book is the newest edition so I know it's not outdated. You lied to us!"
"I-I-I…." Jonathan backed up in fear. He finally let out a long heavy sigh. "You're right…I did lie."
"Why?" Christy asked.
"Because…I was trying to protect something." He said down on his knees. "Something very important to me. Something important to nature."
"Yeah right! Enough of your lies!" Axon said angrily.
"Hold on!" David said, stepping forward, and picking up Charmander. "I'm not sure he's lying this time. Jonathan, this 'something', does it have anything to do with that side of the mountain being so hot. And the screaming we heard?"
"Yes, yes it does." Jonathan continued to confess.
"When I was up there…" David said, while thinking hard, "when Oinky accidentally took us up real high before, I could've sworn I saw an opening at the top of the mountain, and a red figure standing in the middle of it. Does it have to do with that too?"
"Yes! It sounds like you know a lot."
"Just explain why you did all this." Said Axon.
"I will. But I'll have to take you up to that opening so you can truly understand." Jonathan stated standing up again with confidence. "Of course that means you'll have to trust me."
"Gee, I don't know, but it seems like we're running a little on trust with you right now." Macy rolled her eyes sarcastically.
"I think we need to trust him. I want to see." David nodded. Axon and Christy nodded along with him. They all turned to Macy who wasn't budging.
"Ugh, fine. But if we get eaten by pokemon I'm blaming you guys." Macy gave in. Jonathan walked passed the four, and lead them out of the cabin. Once they were outside again, they headed back up the mountain, taking a different way this time. As they walked, Jonathan began to tell them about how he came to be on the mountain.
"I found an abandoned Ranger station up here." He explained, "It must've been almost a year ago. There was still a cell inside, and some Ranger uniforms left over. So, I spruced the place up to look like it was still in use, and put on this Ranger uniform to make people think that I really was one."
"But why?" Christy asked, "did you really want to be a ranger that badly?"
"No, not at all." Jonathan continued, pointing to a pile of rocks. "But I had to protect this place in anyway I could."
"This place?" Axon itched his head in confusion. "It's only a pile of rocks. You brought us up here to see a pile of rocks?"
"Haha, not exactly. Mightyena, use shadow ball!" Jonathan smirked, looking down at his pokemon. Mightyena took in a deep breath. A dark purple sphere of power began to form in it's mouth.
"RARRWWWGGHHHHH!" It roared as it let the ball free, and crash into the wall of rocks. There was an explosion, that created a large cover of smoke. Everyone held onto each other, except for Jonathan who seemed to be expecting it. When the smoke cleared, the rocks were gone, and a path was revealed.
"Follow me, and don't make a lot of noise." Jonathan said beginning to step forward. The four followed him single file, anxious to see what exactly it was Jonathan had been trying so hard to protect. As they climbed higher and higher, they finally came to what seemed like the highest point on the mountain, They turned to the left and there they saw something amazing. Something David recognized almost immediately. It was the opening at the top of the mountain he saw when he was in the air. And inside of it, what seemed like an entire family tree of fire pokemon. Flareon and Torchic to Slugma and Chimchar. All living in harmony together.
"There all fire pokemon." Axon said astounded. "Look at all of them, they look so happy. There must be one of each fire type in here."
"Now I see." David nodded, turning to Jonathan, "You saw how many fire pokemon there were here, and how happy they were together. You were afraid that if trainers came by and saw this, they would try to capture them."
"Exactly." Jonathan nodded back to him, "You see, I was a trainer just like you when I stumbled onto this place. I was with Mightyena here when I almost fell into this pit. One of the fire pokemon saved me. Ever since then, I realized that my goal in life wasn't to catch pokemon, but to protect them. So I decided to start with this group here. I disguised myself as a pokemon ranger, and made others think this place a pokemon preserve to scare others away."
"So you were only trying to protect nature." Christy said deep in thought.
"That's right, but I don't want to keep lying to people." He continued, "Which is why I've decided that the best way to protect these pokemon is to seal them in."
"Seal them in?" Macy jumped, along with the others. "You mean as in, trapping them in the mountain for all time?"
"Well, basically…yeah." Jonathan tried to explain, "There's lot of room down here in this pit, so if we pile rocks, rite at the top, it'll be just like a roof to there home. That way, no one will know they're here, and the pokemon will still be safe."
"But--" David began to say but was interupted.
"That sounds like a great idea." Christy said. "You should protect these pokemon in anyway possible. And we want to help you do it, right Plusle?"
"Puuhh!!" Plusle cheered.
"I'm glad. It would take me forever if I had to do this by myself." Smiled Jonathan. "Okay, well there are rocks everywhere, just move them up here, and we'll begin to pile it over the pit."
"Okay." Macy, Axon, and Christy all nodded. David muttered a bit unsure of himself. "Yeah…okay…."
So they all got right to work. Searching the mountain for the biggest rocks they could find. Everyone worked together to get as many as they good back up to the mountain top. At some points, taking a break, to hang around with the fire pokemon. Everyone seemed to be determined at what they were doing. All except for David, who was still gluing his eyes to the guide book. Jonathan noticed and walked up to him. "Hey," He said, "We're about to get started again. Are you ready?"
"Oh right, sorry." David shook himself out of the book, and closed it.
"Look, if I haven't said it enough, I'm sorry." Said Jonathan, "You seem a bit hesitant, and I think it may be because you still don't trust me fully."
"What? No of course I trust you." David said, "It's just this pit I've been thinking about. It's huge, it looks like it goes down forever. Have you ever been to the bottom?"
"Um….no. Now that you mention it, I've barely gone down there. Other than the time I almost fell."
"Well then, I can't help but wonder. Where did this opening come from? And why did the fire pokemon choose to live here out of all places?"
"It doesn't matter." Jonathan stated. David looked up at him confused. "Soon, these pokemon are going to be safe, and you won't have anything to worry about."
"R-right, let's get back to work." David shook his head clear. The gang worked until it got dark, and then headed back to the cabin. They were all more tired then they had ever been before. "Well" he said, "I'm tired. You guys can sleep here in the living room. Thanks for everything guys. Those pokemon are almost safe. Goodnight!"
"Goodnight!" Everyone said. They all began to pull out their sleeping bags and got right to sleep. In the middle of the night, Macy woke up to see David on the computer that was behind the desk. She looked at the clock, it was barely 4:00 am yet. Macy walked up beside him without him noticing. She spoke, "You know, the internet still works in the day time."
"Yikes!" David jumped out of the chair startled. "Oh, Macy it's you. Don't scare me like that."
"Yeah, whatever." She said, looking on the computer screen. "Why are you searching Mt. Fiery at 4 o' clock in the morning?"
"The guide book won't tell me enough about it. I need to know more."
"Whatever. Time to go back to sleep." Macy said heading back to her soft spot on the floor.
"Wait a second Macy." David stopped her in her tracks. "I think I may need your help."
"My help? What for?" Macy turned around.
"You're a pokemon investigator. You know how to figure stuff out real well. Well, there's something strange about Mt. Fiery and I want to know what it is. If there's anyone who knows how to find that out it's you. Will you help me?"
"Move over." Macy pushed him out of the computer chair. "I'm going to need coffee, lots of coffee."
"Coffee?" David exlaimed with a disgusted look on his face.
"Yes, I'm tired, and I'm going to need lots of energy for this." Macy stared at him. "Well, don't just stand there! Do you want me to get this done or not? Jeez!"
Macy stayed hard at work straight through until the sun came up. Using every skill she knew to hack her way through information on Mt. Fiery, and drinking almost 7 cups of coffee. David stayed by her side the whole time. It was noon when Jonathan finally came out of his room. "Hey guys." He smiled, "I think we may be able to finish up today. Are you ready to go?"
"Sure." Axon and Christy both smiled.
"Actually, Macy and I…are…um…..emailing our parents." David lied nervously, "Yeah. We'll just meet you up there."
"Erm…okay. We need your help though so don't take too long." Axon said, walking out the door.
"We won't!" David put on a fake smile. The door closed behind Axon, and David let out a sigh of relief. "Man, if they found out what we were really doing they would've made us come with them for sure."
"Emailing parents, though?" Macy laughed a bit, "Pretty lame lie don't you think. Look, you haven't slept. Why don't you go get dress, and rest a bit."
"Okay, if you say so, if you find anything, please tell me." David said, walking into the bathroom with his backpack. He got in the shower, washed his clothes, and brushed his teeth. After about two hours, he heard Macy call his name. He quickly ran into the room. "What is it? What's going on?"
"Well, I finally found something that you might want to see." Macy said gesturing to the scream. "I researched articles on how Mt. Fiery got it's name. It turns out there was an explosion almost years ago. Fire and ash, piled and formed, and eventually created the mountain."
"Okay, but what does that have to do with the name?" David asked.
"Well, it turns out that opening with all the fire pokemon isn't a pit inside a mountain." She continued, "It's the mouth of a volcano."
"Wait! Than that means, Mt. Fiery is a volcano!" David almost jumped 10 feet in the air. His heart was beating faster than ever, but piece by piece everything began to make sense. "Jonathan said he had never been to the bottom of that pit. Which means he never saw any sign of lava. And those fire pokemon, they were drawn there because it's a volcano. And that side of the mountain was hot, not because of the fire pokemon, but because of the lava! Well, I don't know if we have much to worry about right now."
"Uh, ya we do!" Macy bumped David on the head. "Have you forgotten that Jonathan and the others are up there right now, sealing a bunch of pokemon into this volcano? We have no idea when it's going to erupt. We have to stop them now."
"WAH! Right." David said. He turned to Charmander, "Charmander, fire pokemon are in trouble. We have to hurry."
"Char!" Charmander nodded. They all ran out of the cabin and up the mountain as fast as they could. As fast as they were running it didn't take them long to reach everyone else. When they got there, they were still busy, piling rocks over the whole.
"Hey, you're finally here!" Jonathan smiled at them. "Grab a rock, and start piling, we don't have much more to go."
"Wait, you have to stop!" David said. Axon, Christy, and Jonathan all stopped. "I know you've been working really hard, but you have to stop and move these rocks now!"
"What are you talking about? We need to protect these fire pokemon." Jonathan dropped the rock he was holding.
"It turns out that this won't help. Mt Fiery is really a volcano." Everyone jumped when David uttered these words. "We did the fact checking and everything. If you seal them in there, you'll be sending them to their own doom."
"Liar!" Jonathan suddenly shouted out. "I know you're type. You're trying to stop us so you can capture these fire pokemon for yourself. I'm going to protect them from you."
"You're one to talk!" Macy shouted back at him, "You've been on this mountain for almost a year now, and you didn't even bother doing any research did you? You want to help these pokemon? Than I suggest you listen to us."
"I won't listen to you--wah?" Jonathan was interupted by a large boom sound. The entire mountain top began to shake.
"Oh no! It can't be happening, not now!" David said in fear. The tremor died down. "Was that enough proof for you? This volcano could erupt at anytime now. Are you really just going to leave these pokemon to die."
"What? B-but I-I." Jonathan looked confused and nervous. Axon and Christy took a look at him, then ran down to David.
"David, what can we do to help?" Axon asked.
"Release all of your pokemon! We're going to need lots of help to get everyone out of here safely." David answered.
"Okay then," Axon quickly reached for his poke-balls. "Ready, Totodile, Pidgeoto come help us get these pokemon out of here!"
"Teddiursa, Caterpie, you guys too!" Christy threw up her poke-balls. The four pokemon appeared ready to help. Axon and Christy ran with their pokemon, and disappeared into the pit.
"Let's get going too Macy." David said pulling out his poke-ball. "Ariados, you've got to do what you can!"
"Oinky, we're going to need your psychic attack." Macy shouted as she released Spoink from it's poke-ball. The two ran for the pit with their pokemon. Macy dived into help. David was about to do the same when he saw Jonathan on his knees with his head down.
"I…I don't understand…I let this happen…how could I?" He whispered to himself.
"Jonathan!" David shouted over, "I know how you're feeling right now. You feel like you've failed. But you can make it up. You can help us. You can help these pokemon!"
"Y-you're right!" Jonathan shook his head clear, and ran up next to David with Mightyena. He turned to David before he jumped into the pit, "We'll do whatever we can do to help." A smile came across David's face, turning to Charmander and nodding. The two both jumped into the whole together. Once they were in, the heat was almost unbearable. The air seemed thicker, and the smell started to change. They looked around at their friends who were sweating, and tired.
"Okay, the heats getting bad." David said wiping his forehead. "Axon, you and your pokemon, take that section off on the right. Christy, you guys on the left. Macy and Jonathan, you and your pokemon need to start moving all these rocks out of the way, so its easier to move around. Charmander and I will help guide the pokemon out. Okay, lets start." The job began. It wasn't hard to gain the trust of the fire pokemon once they explained what was going on. Axon and Christy were sure to bend down at eye level, and talk with an open heart. Once they were trusted, they took the pokemon to David, who would guide them out, and to a certain spot on the mountain, where they were told to wait until everyone was out safely. Charmander, did the same. The pit became hotter and hotter as the minutes went by. Christy was helping a baby Magby, when she noticed something bright orange rising through the rock she was standing on.
"LAVA!" She screamed, quickly picking up the Magby and, running to David with the rest of her pokemon. "David, Lava is starting to rise through the upper part of the opening." She said just before another tremor was felt. The volcano would erupt soon.
"Alright, get out now. Axon, take the pokemon you have and get them out." David shouted, "Macy, Jonathan, stop what you're doing and just try to get the rest of the pokemon out. We don't have a lot of time left!" Macy and Jonathan quickly dropped the rocks they were holding, and carried as many pokemon as they could out of the crater. David did the same. It seemed as if everyone was out. "Okay, everyone down the mountain no--wait, Charmander, where's Charmander?" David quickly stopped, letting the other fire pokemon down the run for themselves.
"David, what are you doing, we've gotta go!" Axon shouted, from down on a lower level. An explosion was felt. The eruption was seconds away. "Hurry!"
"Charmander is still down there, just get yourselves out of here." David called out, right before he disappeared back into the pit.
"No, what are you doing?" Christy cried, when she felt Axon take her hand.
"We don't have time, come on!" Axon said pulling her away, yet still worried about his friend. David was climbing carefully down the crater. He could see more and more lava starting to rise. Soon, no rocks were seen anymore. Just a pool of orange. He started to get nervous when he saw Charmander, desperately trying to climb out of the crater as well.
"Charmander!" David quickly jumped from his spot to where Charmander was. He embraced his red friend in a hug. "I'm so sorry I left you. I thought you were safe with everyone else."
"Char!" Charmander let out a weep as it hugged it's trainer back. Another explosion was felt, and they could see the lava starting to rise again. Charmander clutched on to David's shoulder as David began to climb out. They were almost out when there was another tremor that forced David from the side of the crater, and to fall to the lava.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed along with Charmander. He closed his eyes, holding tight to Charmander when he felt something grab him.
Meanwhile, Axon, Christy, Jonathan, and Macy were all running down the mountain with their pokemon, and the group of fire pokemon. Christy happened to look back when she saw the final explosion of volcano, and the lava beginning to shoot out of the top. "Guys look!" Christy pointed at the top of the mountain. Lava started to pour all down the mountain, and was coming for them. They all began to run even faster. They had no idea where they were going but, they took every twist and turn they could to avoid and evade the lava. Soon, they saw what looked like grass. They had made it to the bottom of the mountain.
"We're safe now right?" Macy stopped to take a breath.
"I don't think the end of the mountain is going to stop that!" Jonathan pointed. A large wave of lava was rushing towards them. They all huddled together thinking it was the end, when suddenly, a blast of fire shot in front of them. They moved back quickly. The fire blast distorted the ground in front of them creating a ditch. The blast stopped, and the lava filled into the ditch, stopping it from going any further.
"We're safe, but what was that?" Axon said, on the ground. Everyone looked up. A large figure was flying towards them, with large claws, pointed ears, a tail and large wings. In the clutched of its paws was something hanging down. It was David, holding Charmander in his arms. And the figure carrying him was none other than the one and only, Charizard.
"Charizard!" Everyone exclaimed. Axon spoke, "And David too!" The Charizard landed in front of everyone, with the scene, of lava flowing down the mountain behind it. It let David down, and David ran to his friends in a big hug.
"David, we really thought you were done for." Christy said, leaning out of the group hug. "But Charizard saved you? I didn't even see a Charizard down there."
"Neither did I." David smiled looking up at it. "I don't think it was inside the crater. I think this Charizard maybe some kind of guardian of this tribe of fire pokemon."
"Speaking of these fire pokemon," Macy said turning to the large group of red and orange pokemon, "There home has been destroyed. Where will they go?"
"Oh no! Jonathan, you're home too!" Christy exclaimed looking back up at the mountain "Everything on that mountain is gone! What will you do?"
"First, I'm going to go back Cosimo town, to make sure everyone is okay." He began, "I'll confess to them what I have done, and if they let me go…Then I'm going to devote myself to find another good place for these pokemon to live in."
"That's amazing Jonathan." Christy smiled back at him.
"No, it's not. It's just what I'm supposed to do." Jonathan shook his head, walking up to David. "What is truly amazing is you David. I've been here for a year, trying to figure out how I can protect these pokemon. You we're for barely 24 hours and you did it. Thank you so much for helping them. I couldn't have done any of this without you."
"You're welcome Jonathan." David smiled. He then walked over to Charizard, "and thank you Charizard. Please continued to look after and protect this group of fire pokemon. They need you." Charizard gave a growl and a nod, then flapped its wings and flew off. A warm feeling came across all of them as they watched it fly off into the sunset, as the eruption died down, and the mountain came back into view.
So, the gang seperated from Jonathan, and the rest of the fire pokemon, and continued down the road. "Um…guys, do we even know where we are? How do we know what side of the mountain we came off on."
"Ha! Does that answer your question." Macy happily pointed to a sign on the road path. It was a wooden sign that read "route 11 - .5 miles." with an arrow pointing straight ahead. "Yes! No more hiking! We're almost there!"
"Ha, then its time to start moving again everyone. Come on plusle." Christy said with an enthusiastic smile on her face. She began to run far ahead of anyone with Plusle by her side. The rest followed, as they left behind the legendary mountain that held the secrets, only they, and their new friend Jonathan would ever know.