Wooo once again i fail at uploading on time! Yayy.

Anyway, sorry this took so long. Guess I kinda forgot to go on my computer...

Anyway, I don't really have much to say on this chapter, so Read, Review, and Enjoy!

Cheren, Bianca, and I sat around one of the tables at the Striaton City Gym. We decided that we should eat before continuing with our journeys. The trainers who won at the gym got free meals, so we were good.

"So, what do you guys wanna do next?" I asked, taking a sip of my victory milkshake.

"Ooh!" Bianca said. "I wanna check out the Dreamyard!"

"The Dreamyard?" I repeated. "What's that?"

"It's a plant site used as a playground for people and Pokemon," Cheren explained. "It's also the only place you can find the Pokemon Munna and Musharna. It just east of the city."

Wow. I didn't even know that place existed.

"That sounds pretty cool," I said. "This could be fun! Let's get going, then!"

The three of us ran out of the restaurant. I smiled the second we got outside. It was actually a really nice day. There were barely any clouds, and it wasn't too cold, either.

"Cheren, can you lead the way to the Dreamyard?" I asked.

Cheren nodded, and lead Bianca and I through Striaton City. I was really glad Cheren was with us. Without him, Bianca and I would get hopelessly lost.

The Dreamyard was actually pretty impressive. There were crumbling buildings everywhere, and there were plenty of places to look for Pokemon. I'm glad we decided to go to the Dreamyard.

"This place is great!" Bianca said. "There are so many cool ruins here!"

Cheren sighed. "I'm glad you enjoy it, Bianca. But we should probably leave for Nacrene City soon. I want to challenge the Gym Leader there."

"Oh, Cheren," I said. "Gym Battles aren't the only important things on a journey! You have to enjoy yourself, too!"

"Calanthia's right!" Bianca said. "I wanna explore a bit more before we move on!"

Cheren sighed again. "All right. Let's just get this over with."

Cheren, Bianca, and I walked into the ruins. There was a giant house thingy that had a few holes in the ceiling.

"Hey, guys…" Bianca said. "Do you hear voices?"

I closed my eyes. The only thing I heard were some Pokemon calls. I didn't recognize the Pokemon, but there certainly weren't any human voices.

"I don't hear anything," I said.

"Me neither," Cheren said.

"That's strange…" Bianca said. "I think I hear voices coming from inside that house…"

I grinned. "Well, let's check it out, then!"

I ran into the house. Cheren and Bianca followed me. There was a small, pink Pokemon in the middle of the room. It had purple flowers scattered across it's body.

Bianca gasped. "Ohmigosh! That's a Munna! It's so cute!"

That pink thing was a Munna? If Munna's were so rare, I thought they would be more camouflaged than that. But it really didn't matter.

"Cheren, I want it!" Bianca said.

"Why are you asking me?" Cheren said. "If you want it that badly, you can capture it yourself."

Bianca pouted. "But Cheren! I don't know how to catch Pokemon. You only taught Calanthia!"

"She's got a point, you know," I said. Cheren turned to me. "Bianca wasn't with us when I caught Leila."

Before Cheren could say anything, a new voice shouted, "We finally found you, Munna!"

Two people ran into the room. They were wearing weird tunicy things, that looked strangely familiar…

I gasped. "Cheren, aren't they-"

Cheren's eyes widened. "These are the guys from Accumula Town! What are they doing here?"

Bianca glanced at us. "Huh? You guys know these people?"

"They were giving a speech in Accumula Town," I explained. "You were probably still in the Pokemon Center or something while it happened. They called themselves Team Plasma, or something stupid like that."

"Hey!" one of the tunic guys said. "Team Plasma is not a stupid name!"

"It kinda is," I said. "But whatever. What are you guys doing here, anyway?"

"Team Plasma battles day and night to liberate Pokemon from foolish people!" one of the Team Plasma grunts shouted.

"And this mission is a part of that initiative!" the other grunt said. "The Pokemon munna and musharna emit a mysterious vapor called Dream Mist, which shows people's dreams. We're going to use that to make people want to release their Pokemon. We'll show them dreams to manipulate their hearts."

I leaned over to Cheren. "Why are they just telling us their plans?" I whispered.

Cheren shrugged. "Don't know, but I'm not going to complain."

Suddenly, one of the Team Plasma grunts kicked the Munna. Bianca, Cheren, and I gasped. He shouted, "Come on! Spit out that Dream Mist!"

"You're kicking a Pokemon to make it give off Dream Mist?" Bianca said, in disbelief. "That's mean! You're Trainers, too, right?"

The two grunts turned to us. "That's right," one of them said. "We're Trainers too, but we're fighting for a different reason. Unlike you two, we're fighting for the freedom of Pokemon!"

Wait, they were fighting to free Pokemon from abusive Trainers, yet they're hurting the munna…? This made absolutely no sense. Something was off here…

"And setting Pokemon free means that we win Pokemon battles and take Pokemon by force! So, on that note, we are going to rescue your Pokemon from you!"

The grunt pulled out a Pokeball, and prepared for battle. I also reached for my Pokemon, but Cheren stepped in front of me.

"I'll handle this guy. You girls go help that munna!" he said. "Tepig, let's go!"

As Cheren battled the Plasma Grunt, I grabbed Bianca and dragged her over to the other grunt.

"We're not going to let you hurt that munna!" I shouted. I held out Shuman's Pokeball, in case the grunt still wanted to fight.

"Yeah!" Bianca agreed, also pulling out a Pokeball. "Now let it go!"

The grunt glared at us. "I'm not giving it up without a fight! Purrloin, come on out!" There was a flash of red light, and a purrloin appeared in front of me.

I rolled my eyes. "We're really going to do this? Fine. Shuman, let's go."

Shuman emerged from his Pokeball.

"Let's just get this over with," I said. "Attack that purrloin!"

Shuman nodded, and leapt up into the air. I watched, confused, as he turned upside down and started spinning in a circle. A bunch of leaves began forming around him, into a tornado shape. He flung the tornado at the purrloin, and it went flying.

"Calanthia?" Bianca said. "What was that?"

"I have no clue," I admitted, pulling out my beeping Pokedex. When I opened it, the screen was flashing, "Your Shuman has learned Leaf Tornado!"

"Leaf Tornado, huh?" I said. "Not bad, Shuman!"

Shuman grinned at me. I returned the grin, then glared at the Team Plasma grunt. His Purrloin was lying on the ground a few feet behind him, defeated.

"Now, let that munna go!" I said.

"No way!" the grunt said. "We have to obtain the Dream Mist!"

Both of the grunts started to walk toward the Munna again. Bianca stood next to it, holding out her Pokeball.

"Hey!" Cheren said. "We beat you fair and square! Now knock it off!"

Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light. It actually hurt my eyes a bit. When the light cleared, I gasped.

The guy who gave the speech, Ghetsis, I think, was standing in the Dreamyard with us.

What? How did he get there? Where did that flash of light come from? What was going on? This made no sense.

Even the grunts were shocked by Ghetsis randomly appearing. They also gasped.

"What are you two doing goofing off?" Ghetsis demanded.

Now, if this situation wasn't strange enough, another Ghetsis appeared on the opposite end of the Dreamyard. Now there were two of him. This was just freaky.

"We, Team Plasma, shall separate Pokemon from foolish people!" the new Ghetsis said.

Suddenly, the two Ghetsises disappeared, and one of them reappeared behind the two grunts. This… couldn't really be Ghetsis, could it? People couldn't do this! What was going on?

"If you cannot fulfill your duties…" Ghetsis said.

The two grunts exchanged glances. "T-this isn't… Ghetsis when he's gathering followers…" one of them said.

"Or Ghetsis when he is trying to control people by tricking them with speeches!" the other one said.

That speech in Accumula Town was trying to trick people? What did the grunt mean by that? From what I had seen, Team Plasma actually kind of believed in freeing Pokemon. None of this was adding up. At all.

"This is Ghetsis when a plan has failed, and he is about to issue punishment…" the first grunt said. "Let's get out of here!"

The first grunt ran off. The other grunt recalled his Purrloin before following the first one. Those grunts were scared of Ghetsis… I mean, he freaked me out a bit, but this… this was just something else.

There was another blinding flash of light, and Ghetsis vanished. Another pink Pokemon appeared from behind the wall. It kinda looked like a bigger version of munna, but it had a pink thing on it's head. I assumed this was a musharna.

The musharna floated over to the munna.

I turned to Bianca and Cheren. "What on earth was that all about? That couldn't have been real, right? Did Ghetsis really just, like, appear and disappear all over the place?"

"Of course!" Cheren exclaimed. I jumped. "That must've been a dream created by Musharna! There's no way Ghetsis would be able to do that!"

"Wow!" Bianca said. "Musharna and munna are so cool! But… who's Ghetsis?"

"Ghetsis is a member of Team Plasma," I explained. "He was the one giving the speech back in Accumula Town. But I didn't think he was that important…"

"Well, that was still pretty weird," Bianca said. "I didn't know munna and musharna could do that! I want one even more now!"

"I'm afraid you've missed your chance," Cheren said, pointing at the two Pokemon. "Look."

Musharna was leading the munna away from us. Bianca pouted. "Aw, man! I really wanted to catch one of them!"

"Well, if you want, I can help you find them again," Cheren offered. "Besides, I still need to teach you how to capture Pokemon."

Bianca smiled. "That would be great! Thank you so much, Cheren!" She turned to me. "Calanthia, do you wanna help, too?"

I hesitated for a second. I really liked being with my friends, but I already knew how to catch Pokemon. I didn't really want to go through that lecture again.

"Sorry, but I think I'll pass on this one," I said. "I wanna head over to Nacrene City."

"Are you planning on challenging the Gym Leader there?" Cheren asked.

I didn't even know there was a Gym Leader in Nacrene City! I would have to keep track of that more...

"Probably not today," I replied. "But I wanna get to the city ahead of time. So I can figure out where everything is and stuff."

"Maybe you can check out the Nacrene City Museum," Cheren suggested. "I've never been there, but I heard they had some pretty interesting exhibits."

I smiled. "Good idea, Cheren! I'll be sure to check it out! See ya guys later!"

"Bye, Calanthia!" Bianca said. "See you in Nacrene City!"

Bianca waved cheerfully as I ran out of the Dreamyard.

Okay so now I actually have no clue when I'll update next. Because now I'm into the chapters where I've been procrastinating on writing Pokemon battles. Hopefully this will give me motivation to do them... sorry about that.

Hope you enjoyed!