It was evening in the town of Treasure Town. Some lights – or torches – were lite up in the place of the sun, the air growing cool with the wind. Mostly people were packing up for the night, ready for another busy day tomorrow. However, there were some places in which they were still quite busy, and the guild was one of them.
If you were the kind to traveler to like seeing new places and having adventures in a team, the Wigglytuff Guild was the best place to go to. Although from rumors, it was heard that there training was rigorous, and most people scattered before they were nearly half way through. However, those whom made it all the way said that it was some of the best times that they ever experienced. [Of course, that was usually debatable.] While some people were often well older when they joined the guild, there were a few youngsters; however that was really rare in a sort. Minus one evening, a young Pokémon rarely ever joined the guild due to the rumors; however it seemed that this night was going to be slightly different.
"Are you coming, brother?" cried the large-sized Beldum. Although they needed no use for the stairs leading up to the top of the surrounded hill – Beldum merely floated, even if they didn't have the Ability Levitate – they still seemed slightly tired from the venture up. Or at least the smaller one did.
"Shock, wait up!" the smaller Beldum cried, still panting as he came to a stop by his brother at the top of the stairs. "Brother, why did you have to go so fast?" He paused again to catch his breath a little bit better before turning and giving his brother a sour look through his eye glass. "We don't have to be in a hurry, you know! It's not like the guild is going to leave with out us."
"Heh, says the dude who didn't want to be here in the first place," scoffed the older Beldum, floating past his brother and towards the pink building. "Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get this started."
"Nurf," the younger Beldum could only mutter, before slowly forcing him self to follow his brother. Ahead, before the large Wigglytuff-shaped building, a large hole with a grate covering it so no one would fall in. "B-brother, do we really have to do this today?" questioned the smaller, giving a gulp and a frightened look as they stopped before the grate. "I'm not too sure about this."
"That's what you said the last several times, Gizmo," Shock said as he held back a whine in his voice. He turned to face his brother with an almost serious expression. [However it was hard to do with only one eye and no mouth.] You know, it could be much worse." At that Gizmo again gulped.
"How worse?" he asked neurotically, backing off a bit and unconiously sliding near the grate. With a smirk, his brother said in an overly loud voice, although low enough for any people nearby not to hear,
"WE COULD BE EATEN BY MONSTERS!"
"EEP!" Gizmo cried bounding away from his brother's loud voice. He seemed to have a heart attack at the sound of his brother's loud voice, and quickly dashed away, over the grate without realizing he had done so. Instantly a voice wafted up from inside of it.
"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!" a voice cried from underneath, Gizmo still quivering from his brother, whom was chuckling at his victory. "Whose footprint? Whose footprint?..."
"Er?" Gizmo asked shaking as he looked down the grate. However it was too dark to see down and probably too far anyway. However, who ever was down there could see him perfectly fine, enough to see his footprint.
"…. The footprint is Beldum's! The footprint is Beldum's!"
"Er-er, brother, I can't do this!" Gizmo finally managed, backing off of the grate quickly to make sure that who ever – or what ever - was down there wouldn't say anything more to him. "I-I, erm, I don't think I can d-do this j-just yet." The small Beldum quaked and quivered, and if his eyeglass wasn't magnetized to him, it would fall right off and break on the ground. Shock merely gave a groan and rolled his eye.
"Fine, fine, okay," he said calmly. "What you plan on doing, then? I mean, I still want to join the guild, you know! And honestly, you're not helping at all." Shock quickly placed his legs on the ground, looking to be standing straight up, and mentally crossed his arms as he gave his brother a stern look. Obviously he didn't plan on giving on too quickly. Gulping, Gizmo took another look towards the guild before placing – or rather levitating – an odd piece of stone in front of him. Shock leaned over to give at look at the strange piece of stone.
"I thought my treasure would be able to help me this time," Gizmo muttered aloud, eying the rock on the ground. It had a strange pattern bearing on the top, of which was completely smooth. Which was unlike the sides, of which were rough and rugged, and even Gizmo was sometimes surprised that it could stand up on it's own. "But…. But I guess I was wrong, huh?" The larger Beldum slightly jumped at the question, and cleared his throat as he levitated back up.
"Erm, Gizmo," he said, getting his brother's attention. "Why don't you go to the beach to calm down? I-I mean, you know, we could always try later."
"R-REALLY?" Gizmo said, slightly surprised and happy as he turned back to his brother gleefully. If he had a mouth, he would be smiling widely. "O-okay, I'll make sure not to take too long." Quickly he turned to pick up his treasure before turning and nearly zooming down the stairs.
"I'll be waiting down by the watering hole," Shock managed to shout after his brother before he got out of earshot, before slowly following his path down the stairs although not as fast; he was too big, and would likely hurt someone if he happened to fall or go too fast. It was hard to stop for him, if you didn't guess.
However, the Beldum seemed too distracted by the guild and fright to notice anyone in the bushes nearby. Quickly the bushes rustled, and two Pokémon appeared, stopping where the Beldum once stood.
"Hey, Poison, did ya hear 'bout what the kid said 'bout that rock 'oh his?" asked a small, black dog-like creature as it wagged its tail happily at the thought. [What ever that may have been, no one would want to know.]
"Why yes I did, Roman," the large lizard-like Pokémon said with a nod, giving a very toothy grin that seemed totally un-natural. "And you know what we have to do to get it, right?" The Chameleon grabbed the air and clenched his fist with a sinister chuckle that didn't mean much good for anyone.
"Yup yup, let's do this thing and follow 'em!" yipped the Poochyena, wagging his tail happily at the thought of their mischief. And with that, they were off, showing no good for our heroes in the near future.