Chapter 4

The guild was hugging part of the cliff, the back part dipped into the ocean. The building looked like it was made from smoothed out red coral, with dried seaweed serving as the door.

The trio walked on the large rocks that served as the pathway to the guild. The rocks' white-gray surface was surprising dry considering it was right by the ocean, but it allowed pokemon, like rock types, to easily cross the area.

Lupe was already at the entrance, bouncing slightly as he waited for Muddy and Spark to arrive there with him. Muddy was getting much more comfortable with her new body, but was still having problems, while Spark just wanted to stay away from the place for as long as possible. Maybe if she believed strong enough she'd wake up and this would turn out to be just some crazy nightmare, or so she told herself.

Just as the two arrived at the door, someone came out. A krabby, about has large as it's evolved form, kingler, and had an annoyed look on its face as he looked at Lupe. Even guild members had heard about him.

"Need something?" the krabby half asked, half growled.

"Well, someone's crabby," Lupe mumbled.

The krabby wasn't very amused.

Seeing this, Muddy quickly intervened, "We're here to form an Island Locator Team."

This seemed to startle the large pokemon in front of them.

Looking at Muddy, then at Spark, he wondered if the eevee had somehow learned confusion, then said, "Um…okay. Right this way."

The three followed the krabby inside. Spark could here him grumble about how Lupe had formed a team and couldn't help but wonder herself. She was usually against the fur ball, too.

"My name's Sandshell, I'm the headmasters right hand man," the krabby told the other pokemon.

Muddy would of raised an eyebrow if she had one.

"He doesn't look like a man at all," Lupe grumbled to himself while Spark and Muddy quietly agreed with silent amusement.

It wasn't very long before they entered a room. It had pokemon all over, looking at the boards they had up. Some of the pokemon were in the water that was flooding in at the sides of the room, while others were on the smooth floor provided. The boards were hanging over the water in a way that allowed everyone to be able to access it.

The trio was a bit stunned by everything, and stood there in awe for a moment.

Sandshell huffed impatiently. "Well, we don't have all day!"

The three pokemon all turned, half sheepishly, towards him, who was pointing one claw towards a door they hadn't noticed.

Like the front, the opening had seaweed hanging over it acting like a door. It appeared from the outside as if the room went into water, as the rocks that hid it also dipped into it.

Sandshell moved forward, not looking back to see if they were following, which they did immediately.

At the door, Sandshell called, "Headmaster, we have some kids who are looking to form an Island Locator group."

Lupe held back a growl at the humor in the krabby's voice, mainly because he had never managed to get this far to being an Island Locator, and didn't feel like blowing it now.

"Come in," a smooth, female voice answered sounding much more calm and collected than Sandshell.

As Muddy walked in, she was surprised to see that the floor did sink into the water, although it made sense once she saw the headmaster.

She was a rather large lanturn, her eyes watchful, her body slim and sleek as she floated in the water watching the newcomers.

The first thing she said was, "That's an odd group."

Muddy looked at Spark and Lupe, realizing that that was true. Spark was an electric type, while Muddy herself was a water type. Throw in an eevee that could transform into any type he wanted, who was also the town's famous trouble maker, along with the fact that they were still considered 'kids' and they could be considered an 'odd' group.

"What are you're names?" the headmaster asked.

Lupe quickly stepped forward, eagerly introducing himself.

"I'm Lupe," he motioned towards the others, "and that's Spark and Muddy."

The other two cautiously stepped forward alongside with Lupe.

Lanturn shot Lupe a slightly skeptical look. "Oh, so you're that eevee that everyone talks about. It's nice to meet you all."

Lupe's confident expression turned into a sheepish one as Lanturn spoke. He'd been hoping that she hadn't known a thing.

The trio became slightly uncomfortable as the headmaster examined them closely.

It felt like hours before she said, "Are you sure?"

Spark looked like she was ready to say, 'Not in a million years or more,' but Lupe beat her to it with a, "Would we be here if we weren't?"

"So be it. What will your team be named?"

Sandshell looked like he was having a stroke at that. "But they're children! How could they possible manage to be Island Locators? The y wouldn't last a day!"

Lanturn shot Sandshell a sharp look that shut him up, then looked back at the other pokemon.

"Your name?"

"Team Lupe!"

"Wha-?" both Muddy and Spark exclaimed at the same time.

Chuckling softly, Lanturn said, "How about a name you'll all approve of?"

"Yes, please," Spark told the eevee dryly who only made a motion equivalent to a shrug.

"I thought anyone would approve of that name."

"Get over yourself," Spark mumbled to herself which Lupe pointedly ignored.

Muddy, however was in deep thought.

'A name that'll fit all of us…hmm. An odd group…'

Interrupting the two's bickering, Muddy asked, "How about Team Harmony?"

Spark blinked, then looked at Muddy for a moment. "I like it."

"Did you do that in hopes that me and Spark won't argue anymore?" Lupe asked dryly.

Muddy chuckled. "Well, it doesn't exactly suit us yet, but look at us. We're a bunch of different types of pokemon. So it kind of fits, don't you think?"

Spark nodded. "Definitely."

"It sounds too feminine."

"I'm surprised you even have that word in your vocabulary."

Lupe glowered at Spark before sighing. "Fine, it's not as great as Team Lupe, but we can go with it."

Muddy turned towards Lanturn satisfied. "Our name is Team Harmony."

No one noticed it, but Lanturn nearly smiled.

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"And this is where you'll be sleeping tonight," Sandshell told Spark and Muddy.

Lupe had the room next to them, since he was a guy and it was required for a group's members to stay as close as possible.

The rooms had been in another hallway that branched off that they hadn't noticed in all the ruckus. When they had left, the place had been slightly cleared out, and they were now able to see all of the things they'd missed. Like the four tunnels, for example, that lead to rooms.

"Oh yes, this was to be given to that fur ball, but since I forgot, I'll give it to you," Sandshell suddenly told Muddy, handing her a bag.

She blinked startled as he said, "Good night. We have a quick meeting in the morning and a wake up call. Be ready," then promptly left.

Spark walked over to Muddy. "What is it-Hey! It's an explorer kit!"

Seeing her partners confused look, Spark started to explain. "It's for new explorers. They're given not only to Island Locators, but to Exploration Teams and Rescue Teams, too."

Opening it, Muddy found a bag, a bronze badge that reminded her of a pokeball, a few berries, and a map.

"That's our Locator badge. It shows how strong we are as a team, and how many missions we've done," Spark said pointing at the bronze badge, "The map is a wonder map. The places we've never been to are shrouded by clouds, and part only when we've gone there."

"How?" Muddy questioned slightly confused.

Spark laughed. "That's the wonder part. And the berries are to help us on our first mission."

Muddy stared at the map in awe, before yawning suddenly. She hadn't even realized that she was tired.

"We should go to sleep now. We're going to have a long day tomorrow, I can feel it," she told Spark.

They both agreed and curled up on their new soft beds of hay, both excited at what tomorrow may bring.

A/N: They're finally in the guild! Whether it's because I dragged things out or because my chapters are short, I don't know...Thanks for reading so far