Disclaimer: Pokémon is by Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon BW: Yin-Yang Quest

"Tepig, return," Mia said as she recalled Tepig. "Emolga, you're on!" Mia called as she threw Emolga's Poké Ball. Emolga came out, ready for a fight.

"Let's go, Cress's vintage! Panpour!" Cress said as he threw Panpour's Poke Ball. Panpour came out as well.

"Begin!" Cilan declared.

"Emolga, Quick Attack!" Mia declared. Emolga sped to Panpour at a fast speed.

"Double Team!" Cress commanded.

Copies of Panpour formed up and surrounded Emolga, causing it to look around.

"Scratch attack!" Cress commanded.

Glowing white claws appeared on Panpour and its copies and slashed Emolga. He was thrown backward as the silver trail broke off. Emolga tried to get up as the copies faded away.

"Way to go, Cress!" One of the cheerleaders cheered.

"Always keeping cool!" another noted.

"Water Gun!" Cress commanded. Panpour blasted a jet of water from its mouth and skyrocketed Emolga into the air.

"ThunderShock!" Mia ordered, a little nervous. Outline glowing yellow, he fired a beam of electricity at Panpour.

"Dodge and use Mud Sport!" Cress ordered.

Panpour jumped out of the way, and upon landing, slammed its hands onto the ground. A portion of the ground ahead of it got muddy and negated the ThunderShock.

"Water Gun, one more time!" Cress commanded. A blast of water was enough to knock Emolga out. He landed on the ground, completely dazed.

"Emolga!" Mia yelled in concern as she went to check on him.

"Emolga is unable to battle!" Cilan announced. "Panpour wins! Therefore, the winner of the second battle is Cress."

The cheerleaders cheered as Cress stepped off to the side. Cilan got into position, Chili taking his place as judge. "Return, Emolga," Mia said in concern. Emolga was recalled back into his Poké Ball.

"You've clearly impressed us with your planning skill," Cilan complimented. "Now, let's see how you handle this! Come out, my vintage! Pansage!"

He threw the Poké Ball and out came Pansage. 'Pansage!' Mia thought. 'Emolga still needs to rest and I can't risk using Oshawott with her burn, so…' she planned as she got out Tepig's Poké Ball. "Tepig, let's give it another go!"

Tepig came out of her Poké Ball. "Let the battle begin!" Chili declared as he raised his hands up.

"Tepig, use Ember!" Mia ordered. A cloud of flames was shot from Tepig's snout.

"Use Bullet Seed!" Cilan commanded.

Pansage fired a barrage of yellow green seeds from its mouth. This negated the Ember and covered the area with sparks.

"Time to do what Chili did earlier!" Mia said. "Tepig, use Tackle!"

Tepig burst through the sparks and tackled Pansage. The added sparks cloaked Tepig in fire and hit Pansage for much more damage.

"You are impressive, I admit," Cilan said. He looked up at the glass ceiling. The sun was shining down on the arena. "But I can think quickly as well."

"What?" Mia asked.

"What's he saying?" Taylor asked.

"Time for the battle to be served!" Cilan declared, to the delight of the cheerleaders. "Pansage, use SolarBeam!"

The plumage on Pansage's head began to glow yellow as it collected sunlight. "Mia, the sun!" Taylor warned.

Mia looked up to find the position of the sun. She looked around and saw a mirror hanging on the right wall. "Head over there, Tepig!" she commanded.

Tepig ran as fast as she could and positioned herself behind the mirror. A ball of sunlight formed in Pansage's hand. "Fire!" Cilan commanded.

"Duck!" Mia warned.

Pansage fired the solar energy in a beam of yellow light. Tepig ducked, and the beam hit the mirror instead, reflecting it back at Pansage with double the power. A large explosion occurred on the battlefield, and when the dust cleared, Pansage was out of commission.

"It seems I was the faster strategist," Mia realized proudly.

"Pansage is unable to battle," Chili judged. "Tepig wins. And the winner of the Striaton Gym Battle is Mia from Nuvema Town."

In the Pokémon Center, Mia put her newly-earned Trio Badge in her Badge Case. An Audino pushing a medicine cart came over to her.

"That's…" Taylor began, recognizing the Pokémon from the one in Accumula Town's Center.

"Audino!" Audino greeted. Taylor looked up the Pokémon on his Pokédex. The screen showed profiles of the Pokémon.

"Audino, the Hearing Pokémon," the Dex explained. "It touches others with the feelers on its ears, using the sound of their heartbeats to tell how they are feeling."

"Pokémon and humans working together on the job," Taylor began. "Similar to the Professor I work with."

"Yeah, it's pretty nice," Mia replied.

Mia suddenly got a surprised look at what he said.

"Hang on a minute. You work for a Pokémon Professor?" Mia asked in shock.

"She specializes in studying Pokémon dreams," he explained. "I worked for her before she sent me off on my journey. I loved to play with her Munna, the two of us were pretty good friends."

"Munna..." Mia repeated while looking up the Pokémon. She soon got the result and the screen showed profiles of the Pokémon.

"Munna, the Dream Eater Pokémon," the Dex explained. "It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats pleasant dreams, it expels pink-colored mist."

"Nurse Joy! Nurse Joy!"

Two children, a boy and a girl, came running into the Pokémon Center holding their Pokémon. The Pokémon were asleep and covered with a pink light. Taylor recognized the pink light and followed the children to the desk.

"My Sandile's acting weird!" the boy exclaimed.

"So is my Minccino!" the girl added. "We were playing with them when a weird pink light suddenly appeared in the sky. Next thing you know, they fell asleep!"

Taylor suddenly recalled a story he was told one day. There was a Pokémon that could release a special mist that reacted with the dreams of Pokémon. However, as it was being researched for a cleaner energy source, people's evil thoughts and desires corrupted the mist and the Pokémon destroyed the lab when it released a deadly discharge of it.

"I think I know what happened, you two," Taylor said, bending down to their level. "And I think I know the answer to your problem."

He stood back up and pressed a button on his Xtransceiver. After finding the right number, Mia approached him.

"Who are you calling?" she asked.

"The Professor," he answered.

"Professor Juniper?"

"No, but she's a friend of hers," he answered. A long, dark blue haired woman with blue eyes, flower hairclips in her hair, and a lab coat covering her body appeared on screen.

"Hello?" the woman asked.

"Professor, it's Taylor," Taylor replied with an urgent tone. "You know that story you told me long ago? Well, it's real. I'll fill you in later, but right now, head over to the Center with your Munna. Some kids need her Dream Eater to cure some Pokémon."

"We'll get there as soon as we can," she affirmed in a serious tone. They hung up.

The same black-haired woman from the phone call came into the center with her Munna floating next to her. "Hello, Taylor," she greeted.

"Hey," he greeted. "Mia, meet Professor Fennel, my boss."

"A pleasure to meet you," Mia greeted as the two females shook hands.

"The pleasure's mine," Fennel replied. "Now then, Munna, use Dream Eater on that Sandile and Minccino."

Munna floated over to the Sandile the boy was holding. She opened her mouth and swallowed the aura as it turned to mist. The floral pattern lit up as it beamed in happiness. A pink smoke emitted from her head. Sandile woke up, to the younger boy's surprise and joy.

"Must've been a happy dream," Fennel noted. "Anyway, I'm glad you called, Taylor. My Munna has been sensing something very strange lately."

"Strange as in the pink light in the sky those kids were talking about?" Taylor asked.

"Yes, that," Fennel answered.