Harmony stood at the edge of Sharpedo Bluff. The wind ruffled her fur; the sun was starting to set in the distance, staining the sky with rich oranges and yellows. A month had passed since Storm's kidnapping and she couldn't stop wishing with all of her heart that it had just been a dream. If only I could go out and look for him! She thought wistfully.

Harmony put a paw to her neck and felt the smooth, round pearls she had found on that fateful day. With the help of the Pokémon of Treasure Town, they had painstakingly fastened tiny metal loops to the pearls and Sharpedo teeth and bored small holes through the shells; the objects had then been strung on a slender, but strong piece of twine. Harmony hadn't taken the necklace off since the day it had been finished. The necklace constantly reminded her of her mission: To find Storm and bring him home.

|Call me crazy, but back then, wearing that necklace was the closest I could get to Storm. Even then, I loved him, although I didn't quite know it yet.|

She sighed mournfully and glanced down at the beach. She hadn't gone there since the event; Harmony missed the place, going there had always calmed her down when she was nervous or angry, and soothed her when she was feeling sad. Inside, she knew that that soothing feeling was exactly what she needed.

Harmony turned and padded through the small huts and shops that made up Treasure Town, greeting the residents settling in for the evening. She reached the crossroads and turned right, down a gently sloping dirt path lined with trees. The dirt and gravel became soft, white sand that gently tickled her paws.

She turned towards the setting sun and gasped in awe. Dozens of Krabby were perched on the rocks surrounding the beach. Bubbles streamed out from their claws, reflecting the colors of the sky and the water. "Wow!" A bubble floated near her and she reached out and popped it. More bubbles drifted over and soon, Harmony was leaping and twirling in the air, trying to pop all of the bubbles.

|Ah, I love coming down to the beach to see the Krabbys blow their bubbles! Ever since we defeated Da—Oops! I didn't just say that, ok? Forget all of that!|

A soft groan from somewhere on the beach made her freeze. Could it be Storm? Harmony cautiously padded over to where the sound was coming from. The noise came again, and Harmony realized that the voice was too deep to be Storm; she sighed and continued walking towards the noise.

Further ahead, she spotted a green Pokémon passed out on the shore. Harmony ran the rest of the way and saw that it was a Treecko.

"Uggghhh." The Treecko moaned, trying to stand up.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Harmony offered a paw.

The Treecko staggered and sat down on the sand with a muffled bump. "A t-talking Pokémon? Where am I?"

Puzzled, Harmony said. "You're on the Beach, not far from Treasure Town, and of course Pokémon can talk, I mean, you're speaking to me, aren't you?"

The Treecko paled. "Me? I'm a.. A Pokémon?" He leaped up and ran to the water's edge; seeing his reflection, he took a step back. "No way.. This can't be real! I'm a human!" He felt his face and looked at the water again. "I'm a Pokémon. That's.. Something new." He turned to Harmony. "Sorry about freaking out, I'm Kyle."

"I'm Harmony. You said you were a human?"

"Yeah, but I don't—"

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!"

"Heh heh heh!"

The two whirled around as two Pokémon, a Koffing and a Zubat, came racing down the sand. They stopped just short of the gaping entrance to the cave on the other side of the beach.

"Give it back!" Another Pokémon, a Vulpix, ran up to them. She skidded to a halt, sending sand flying into the air.

"I don't think so." Koffing said in a sing-song voice. "I think the boss will be interested in this. Whoa-ho-ho!"

Harmony and Kyle jumped up and stood on either side of the Vulpix. "You heard her, give it back!" Harmony snarled.

"Yikes! We've got company!"Zubat yelped. "Catch us if you can! Heh heh heh!" With that, the two crooks turned and fled into the cave behind them.

The Vulpix sighed and turned to Harmony and Kyle. "I'm Blair. Sorry about that, those two stole my Relic Fragment, my personal treasure!"

Harmony spoke. "I'm Harmony, and this is Kyle. We'll help you get your Relic Fragment back, right?" She shot a meaningful glance at Kyle.

"Of course!" Just because I'm a Pokémon doesn't mean that I can't help! Kyle thought.

"You really would?" Blair gasped. "Oh, thank you so much!"

"Not a problem! Let's go!" Kyle cried; he turned and marched into the cave with Harmony and Blair right on his heels.

"Whoa!" Kyle gaped at the cave walls, varying shades of blue and gleaming wet. "What is this place?" Blair shot him a questioning glance and Harmony quickly spoke up.

"This is a Mystery Dungeon. They have various floors that are connected by stairs. Pokémon sometimes get lost in them and send pleas for help. Exploration Teams then come in to rescue them. You can find a lot of good items in a Mystery Dungeon. The layout is different each time though, so no Mystery Dungeon is the same twice. The one we're in is called Beach Cave."

"Right, ok then." Kyle nodded slowly. Suddenly, a jet of water hit him from behind; he fell onto his knees and jumped right back up. "What was that?"

The trio turned and saw a Corsola advancing on them. "Oh, I may have forgotten to mention that there are bad Pokémon in Mystery Dungeons!" Harmony said sheepishly. "Look out!"

Kyle jumped to the side as the Corsola fired another Water Gun at him. Blair opened her mouth and a small jet of flame shot out at the enemy Pokémon. The Corsola stepped back, but kept coming.

"Any Fire-type attacks I use won't be very effective." Blair called out to the others. "You two will have to take this one down."

"Helping Hand!" Harmony cried.

Kyle felt a surge of strength, he ran at the Corsola and jumped at it, striking down on its back at he sailed over it. "Pound!"

"All right! Now we're getting somewhere!" Harmony said. She rushed at the Corsola. "Tackle!" She rammed the enemy Pokémon in the side.

Further back, Blair was wagging her tails furiously, muttering to herself, "Tail Whip! Tail Whip!"

Kyle shot a glance at her. "What are you doing?"

Blair blinked at him questioningly. "I'm lowering its defenses, surely you would know that?"

Kyle hesitated. "Um, yeah. I was just making sure."

Blair looked at him skeptically before jumping to the side to dodge another Water Gun. She retaliated with Ember, shouting, "You can do better than that!"

While the Corsola was distracted, Kyle ran up to it and attacked with another Pound. The Corsola suddenly became transparent, and then vanished completely. On the other side of the room, Kyle saw Harmony standing up painfully, her fur dripping wet. He rushed to her side, "Are you ok, Harmony?"

"Yeah, I think so." She muttered. "Got hit while I was distracted."

Blair came running up to them, delicately holding a bright blue berry in her teeth. "Here Harmony, eat this."

"An Oran berry! Where did you find it?" Harmony asked, taking a bite.

Blair shrugged. "The Corsola dropped it."

Harmony leaped to her feet, full of energy. "What are we waiting for? We have criminals to catch!"

Kyle nodded, remembering the mission. "Let's go!" The others followed him down one of the passageways that branched off from the room, leading the way into the unknown.

"It's so wet in here." Blair grumbled a few minutes later as they turned into another corridor.

"We'll get through in no time." Harmony promised. As she spoke, the corridor widened into a large room. Water had pooled on the ground in various places and the ceiling was dripping. Harmony's gaze drifted to a corner of the room. There was a large, square hole in the ground.

The trio peered into the hole and Kyle gasped, "Stairs!" He turned to Harmony and Blair. "These will take us to the next floor, right?"

Harmony nodded and they raced down the stairs with Kyle in the lead.

On the next floor, they were immediately confronted by a blue Shellos. Harmony and Kyle struck with Tackle and Pound. Blair supplied with Tail Whip and even threw in an Ember attack.

With the Shellos out of the way, the team proceeded down a small hallway into the next room, which happened to contain the stairs.

Harmony let out a sigh of relief as they crossed into the third floor. "That wasn't too hard."

"I wouldn't speak so soon if I were you." Kyle said. He had fixed his gaze onto a single passageway leading out from their room. As he watched, two Kabuto scuttled in.

"I stand corrected." Harmony muttered. Behind her, Blair chuckled.

Kyle sighed. "You just had to say it, didn't you?"

"Oi!" Blair called. "Shut up and fight!" She had leaped ahead of the others and was engaging in battle with the Kabuto. She waggled her tail, and then shot a jet of flame at them. "Tail Whip! Ember!"

Kyle and Harmony rushed to help her, each taking on one of the Kabuto. Blair darted around from battle to battle, helping the best she could with her Ember.

The Kabuto that Kyle was battling flashed out a leg and scratched Kyle's arm. "Ouch!" He cried, leaping back from his opponent. Blood welled out of a long slash on his arm. Luckily, the cut wasn't very deep. Kyle ran at the Kabuto, preparing a Pound. He slipped on the wet floor and slid underneath the Kabuto's belly. Thinking fast, Kyle stuck upward into his enemy's belly. "Pound!" It sailed into the air and disappeared. Kyle turned around to see Harmony finishing off her Kabuto with one last Tackle.

He let out a sigh of relief. "That wasn't so bad was it?"

"Careful," Harmony teased. "Next, you'll wind up jinxing us too."

Kyle laughed. "Thanks for warning me. Come on guys, I think we're almost there."

The team trudged on, winding their way through all of the passageways and rooms. Every time they reached a room, they'd look inside to see if the stairs were there. On their third room, Blair peeked inside. She saw a sleeping Corsola, and what looked like a hole in the ground. "There's nothing he—" She looked back inside. "This is the one!" Blair tiptoed quietly inside, signaling for the others to follow. As quietly as they could, they began descending the stairs.

Suddenly, Harmony tripped and bumped into Kyle. "Hey! Watch where you're going, Harmony!"

"Shhh!" Blair hissed. Her eyes widened, "Oh no, we woke it up!"

"Oh man!" Kyle cursed. "Run!"

The three young Pokémon raced down the stairs. As soon as they were on the next floor, they stopped running. "Do you think it can follow us?" Kyle panted.

Blair frowned, "I'm not sure."

"Great, that's just—" Kyle said, just as Harmony yelled, "Look!"

Kyle and Blair whirled around to see what she was talking about. "The stairs!" Blair gasped. "Great work, Harmony!"

They raced down the stairs, their weariness forgotten. At the bottom, they entered a large cavern. Water filled the floor, lapping at the sandy floor on which they stood. Large rocks jutted out of the floor, surrounded by water.

Harmony gasped. "This place is so pretty!"

Suddenly, laughter peeled out through the cavern, bouncing off of the walls and echoing eerily back to the young Pokémon, causing them to freeze.

"Looking for something?"