Cyndaquil looked around soaking up the atmosphere of the new living place. She was rolling around on the hay bed. Snivy was drinking some Water , although it tasted rather old , she was glad to have any water outhere. Charmander was lying on his bed , he had bruises all over him , but the pain slowly died some time , they were just taking it easy. "So what are we going to do for the rest of the day?" The lizard asked his teammates. "How about about, we ask Toarkoal , he probably knows what we should do" Cyndaquil said. The three newbies walked back into the hallway and to the room of the rather old and slow Pokemon. Next to him , was little brown Pokemon with fur , she was bleeding pretty badly , hard to tell if she was going to even tell about the causes. She was on a little cusion , unconscious.
Cyndaquil cringed: "What did that " the Fire Pokemon said , his bright burning back indicated , that Cyndaquil was struck with fear. " There is a gang of robbers out there , but hardly anyone here has had any luck even finding them…" The Turtle Pokemon said , he was worried about his patient ." How about you go find a job on that mission board " he suggested. The three Pokemon nodded , then they walked to the central part of the cave system.
A big wooden board was standing on the left hand side , it was big , almost intimidating and most notably , covered with little paper notes . "What a waste of Gras" Snivy complained. "Charmander scanned over the amassment of job requests. Until one of them caught his attention. "hey everyone , look at this one" Charmander said. The two female Pokemon looked at the little note , which had drawings of two familiar dog Pokemon on them. And underneath a text : These houndour threw me out of my own cave and are now probably living inside. Anyone who can get those feisty dog pokemon away from there , will be rewarded.
Snivy extended her vines from her back , then she curled them up , until they kind of looked like giant fists. "Time for some sweet revenge " she sneered. "can we beat them , I mean last time they owned us" Cyndaquil said , she was pretty afraid that they might be facing another defeat. "We did get stronger since last time and we got them outnumbered" Charmander said , patting Cyndaquil's head."Well if you say so , I´ll give it my best shot " Cyndaquil said , looking into the lizards eyes. "That´s what I like to hear" he said.
"Oh your taking on them tomorrow? Anyway Ninetails told me to assist you in your first mission " Totodile explained. "I don´t mind " Snivy said quickly , looking at Totodile , she did like him but she was not yet ready to admit it. Charmander explained , how their first encounter with them ended. "Holy cow , you got lucky, because rumours have it that they rarely leave any wounded ones , so the stay undetected" The blue Pokemon explained. "But I´m optimistic." He added with a grin.
"It´s almost sundown to, so Ninetails is probably in the event hall. We can have dinner, while we talk about stuff" Charmander , Snivy and Cyndaquil nodded , while they walked into the last room they haven't seen yet. Inside were a bunch of tables and a little Pedestal. As expected , Ninetails was waiting there . Around the tables were many Pokemon who had gathered for eating , to chat but also to listen to Ninetails speech. The room was interesting, as it had a little pothole at the top, which brought in light from the top. "This is my table" the crocodile said , giving the other three a sign to sit down to. In the middle of the table was a big bowl with some fruit , such as Apples and different berries.
After a few bites of food, Ninetails started to talk and everyone listened. " Well even though we face times of hardship …" she started. "what does she mean " Charmander asked. " it has to do with the earth's balance " he explained . " Snow falls , where it never has and lava spouts in the most unbelievable places. That´s why you must all pay attention , if you find anything unusual. But enough of the bad news , I also have an announcement to make . We got three new members!" She said , finishing her sentence and pointing directly at the new team. Many Pokemon cheered after those last words. But that changed to a rather silent grin after they found out , that a grass type was now within their guild. Cyndaquil blushed a little , she hated being in the center of attention. Snivy raised into the air, trying intimidate the looks of the many fire types here. Charmander just grinned , although he new , no one of his teammates liked that situation."Okay bon appétit ," Ninetails said, finishing her short speech. Little whispering could be heard as Ninetails left the room . sentences like " You got to be kidding " me could be heard as the rest of the guild started to murmur about the content."Believe me , I went through a lot here , before they truly accepted me " Totodile whispered , then he grabbed an Apple and started eating.
After about an hour just about every edible item that was in the room had made it into the stomachs of the Pokemon here. Meanwhile Charmander Cyndaquil and Snivy explained, what lead them here . Totodile was fascinated by their tales. Totodile explained, that he wanted to be part of a famous guild and that´s why he left his home , which was very far away from him now. After some time Charmander , Snivy and Cyndaquil slowly tumbled over to their sleeping rooms as todays action was very broad , from harrowing battles , to new encounters. It was filled to the max…
Charmander shut the door to the sleeping room after the firey Hedgehog and Snivy made their way to their beds until they realized , how far away they were from each other. Meanwhile Totodile was on the way to his own room. The two fire types and the grass type agreed to push the hay beds together to make a big one. Charmander laid down on his back after they were done, then Cyndaquil rubbed her head against his cheek . " At least I could redeem my self a little for how much you are always helping me she said, kissing the lizards rough skin . Snivy decided to lay down in the right arm of Charmander and with that setting they fell asleep . But like nightmare waiting to came they all knew , how hard tomorrow could be turning out if things went bad , but still they knew that if they wanted to stay here they had to try…
-End of chapter 18-