Chapter 2: The Shinx

It hadn't been that long of a trip for both pokémon. Terrence's house wasn't far away from Blissful Town, and it was a nice day.

In the middle of the path, they found a nearby river.

"¡Wait! I need to do something" said Emma.

"Take your time" said Chimecho. They weren't in a rush since it was still early.

Emma approached the river, which fortunately for her, had crystal clear water. Emma looked down once she was close enough, and what she saw surprised her, although not much by then. Her head was of a round shape, and had two big electric blue eyes, which had two sail-like structures above, yellow at the bottom, and faded into pink at the tips.

"No… no, no, no" whispered Emma. "I knew this, but it's still surprising, and I…"

"¿Emma?"

I better get going, she thought. I can think about this later

Emma and Chimecho resumed their trip, and a few minutes later, they could see pokémon nearby. They seemed happy, and behind them there was a populated area with many more pokémon inside.

"We're here, Emma" Chimecho said. "My house is a bit more inside of the town, but I'm sure we'll have no problem finding it"

"Interesting," Emma replied. She had been looking at the town, part of her amused by what pokémon had been able to build, part of her terrified about that and even more.

"And we're here! Hope you like it. I have an extra room, you can sleep there and do usual activities"

"And… ¿What would classify as usual activities?"

"I, personally, just like to go buy berries and rearrange important errands, however, usual for you could be looking for guilds and exploration teams. I still don't recommend the guilds, though," Chimecho answered, as he went to another room.

"Hmm. I should get going, then. And Chimecho…"

"Yes?"

"Thanks"

"No problem, it's really interesting to get to know about the world of the humans"

"…Yes. Anyway, I guess I have to go. See ya" Emma said, as she walked out of the tent.

However, as soon as she got out of the tent, a pokémon, tackled her down.

"¡Wow! ¡An Amaura!" said the excited pokémon.

"What…?"said Emma. She barely could process what just had happened, and the headache caused by the fall didn't help much.

However, it still only took her a few seconds to recover. And then she needed even more when she saw that, the pokémon that tackled her, was a Shinx.

Halley.

"Halley?"

"¿Uh? ¿Who's Halley?" asked the Shinx "I don't know anyone called Halley. However, you could meet someone called like that maybe in another town, or region. It's not a common name around here"

Emma came back to her senses. "Uh, right, Shinx-"

"I'm Kate!"

"Yes, Kate, ¡Get off of me!"

"Oops, sorry" said Kate, as she got up. "¡I'm just really excited to get to meet an Amaura!"

"¿Why is that? ¡¿And why to do it you felt the need to tackle me?!"

"¡Sorry! It's just that Kalos' pokémon aren't common around here"

"¿Kalos?"

"¡Yes! You're an Amaura. Which makes you an even rarer pokémon!"

"I just… Goodbye"

"¡No, wait! I want to meet you. Like, really meet you!"

"¿What do you mean with that?"

"I'd be really excited to get to be friends with a pokémon from Kalos"

"I just want to go. I need to go to the… ¿guilds? Yes, guilds. Goodbye, Kate," said Emma, as she walked towards the right side of the town.

"Amaura..."

"¿Now what?"

"The exploration guilds are over there" said Kate, as she pointed to the left side of the town"

"Yes, I need to go," said Emma. "… ¿What's a guild?"

Kate looked at her with a confused face. Just before bursting out in laughs.

"Hahaha! ¿You want to go to the Underpath Guild, ¡¿And you don't even know what a guild is?! Oh, Arceus, what a silly situation"

"¡It's not my fault! I have been here for around a day!" Emma said. And then, she realized her mistake "I- I mean, I-"

"¿Just a day? You don't look like you recently hatched to me… In fact, I could say you're at least ten years old"

"¡I'm thirteen!"

"Then that means that you're foreign. But as long as I know, there are guilds and exploration teams everywhere. You have had to live in a hole your entire life to not know what a guild is. Unless…"

"¡I did not live in a hole my entire life!"

"It is a mystery, then. If we are friends, you should tell me sooner or later"

"¡I'm not your friend!"

"Oh, c'mon. Look, here's a deal. I'll lead you to the guild, and I'll even assure you, you'll know what they are by then"

"…Fine"

"¡I can even make sure you form part of it!"

"And how do you plan to do that, then?"

"You obviously don't know it, but I'm a proud member of the Underpath Guild," said Kate proudly.

"Whatever"

"Jeez, you are a moody Amaura. However, I have not told you your part of the deal. Yet"

"And what do I have to do, then"

"¡Be my friend, of course!"

"¿Do I have a say in this?"

"Nope"

"Just lead me there…"

"¡Amazing! Now, let's get going. We have a long path ahead"

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"Now, to get to the guild, we have to go through the Eon Forest"

"¿Eon Forest?"

"Yeah, a mystery dungeon. Really common around here"

"…"

"¿What? You look like the Purrloin got your tongue," teased Kate. "¡Oh, I know the answer to this one! ¿You don't know what a mystery dungeon is?"

"…"

"¡Hahahaha! You sure are a weird pokémon. Ok, you don't know what a guild is. That's passable. ¿But a mystery dungeon? ¡That's where most pokémon live!"

"Shut up"

"Nah. You've got to tell me where you been that you don't know what any of those things are. The last straw would be that you don't even know who Arceus is"

"I know who Arceus is, you little naughty Shinx!"

"I'll say I'm jolly, or rash. Maybe even quirky, but that is something that applies to you"

"If I just had a pokéball…"

"¿Pokewhat? Now you're making up stuff"

"I'm starting to regret this deal"

"There's no way back. We're here"

Emma looked in front of her, and even then, she had to look to a higher point. She got to the point where she could note ven look higher.

"Awesome, right? I'm surprised you didn't notice it earlier"

"I…"

"You…?"

"I've never been more enlighted in my entire life"

"What a weird way to express your feelings towards a building. Anyway, inside it's better" said Kate "Wait, no, don't do that!"

Emma had ran towards the entrance. However, just before reaching the entrance, a loud noise under her startled her.

"¡What is that!"

"¡Pokémon detected! ¡Pokémon detected!"

"¡¿Ahh?!"

"¿Whose footprint? ¿Whose footprint?"

"¡¿What's happening?!"

"¡The footprint is…! ¡¿Amaura's?! ¡The footprint is Amaura's!"

Emma could hear a different voice from the one screaming from behind. Even though it wasn't as loud, she could still understand what they were saying

"¡¿What do you mean with Amaura?! ¡No one has witnessed one in the region in the last six years!"

"I'm just doing my work, sir! The footprint has been recognized as Amaura's!"

"Let that Amaura enter immediatly"

"¡Yes, sir!" said the screaming voice.

Just a few secons after that, the two big doors in front of the pokémon had been opened.

"¡¿What was that, Kate?!"

"I should have warned you earlier. Every time a pokémon wants to enter the guild, their footprints are first analized through the gate behind you. Moody and reckless, I see"

"¿And why do you do that?"

"I don't know, ask Guildmaster Kingdra about that"

"Guildmaster Kingdra?"

"Think about a Mastermind, the creator of everything that this guild is. Yeah, that's Guildmaster Kingdra. She's awesome! Wait until you get to meet her. Oh, and there's also second-in-command Roserade. She's awesome too. And there's third-in-command Weavile is a cool guy too. Oh, and-"

"¡Stop it!"

"Sorry. Anyway, the doors are open, we better get in"

They entered the guild, but found themselves outside.

"Oh, c'mon, ¿Another door? What, ¿there's going to be another crazy pokémon screaming my species at my feet?"

"No, we're inside"

"We're outside"

"Inside the guild, outside any kind of indoors. Sort of. We train here, so nothing gets messy inside. At the back, you can find the dojo, which goes underground and has all kinds of strong pokémon to fight"

"I just want to get inside"

"Yeah, yeah. Guildmaster Kingdra is probably waiting for us. You should cheer up, we're one step from getting you in the Underpath Guild, the best guild of the Junya region!"

"And how do you know this is the best guild of the entire region"

"The title has been oficially asigned by some council or something. Most Rukario ranked exploration teams have belonged or belong to the guild"

"Rank? Exploration team?" asked Emma

"You… You're the most oblivious and ignorant pokémon I have ever met"

"I said, it's not my fault! I have been here just a day! And that day is not over yet!"

"May Lord Arceus have mercy on me," whispered Kate.

"I could hear you"

"Anyway, Amaura… ¿Do you have a name, anyway? Some pokémon just go by their species, you know"

"I'm Emma"

"Anyway, Emma, welcome to the most wonderful adventure you would have ever come across with!"

"I dunno, I could probably leave this guild. Maybe just to learn and train, or something"

"You won't say that once you from part of it. Im sure you'll love it. And me, by the way"

"Whatever. I doubt that"

"If you want to learn, go to the school, which is at the very top of the building"

"An entire school!?"

"Hey, it's bigger than it seems!"

"¡¿It's BIGGER?!"

"...And if you want to get stronger, then you should just go to the dojo. Either way, you have to be a member"

"And I suppose, you have to be some kind of prodigy to be a member, amirite?"

"No. Unlike other famous guilds, Underpath Guild welcomes every kind of member who wants to join them," said Kate "Let's talk that out later. For now, we better-"

"See ya"

Emma rushed to the door. As she got closer, she coud see that it was open. And so she ran and sprinted, until the door was just inches away from her. However, right when she thought she had broke in, she collided with something.

More specifically, someone.

"Not again! Arceus, you're really fast, Emm-" said Kate. However, she stopped talking mid-sentence

"What?"

"Emma"

"¿Yes?"

"You just ran into Guildmaster Kingdra"

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Hey! Welcome to the madness Wish of Ice is. Again. And new readers, welcome. Sorry for the length of the chapter, this week was kinda rushed for me, so I didn't have that much time to write. However, I guess I at least brought something decent.

You wonder, "¿What happened with the Shieldon, Amaura story?" Well, this story goes for the long haul, so be patient.

Oh, and, as of now, I'm gonna introduce three OC's throughout the whole story. So, if you're interested in submitting your own, send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE with the following information:

Name:

Species:

Guild/Team (if it belongs or belonged to one):

Acquantainces/Friends:

General Personality:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Nature (Ex. Jolly, Impish, Bold, Docile):

Quirks:

Backstory/Additional information (optional):

You have enough time to send your OC until Chapter Five, and the selection will be, either random, or based on it's fitting in the story. So, now you know, and, Goodbye!

Until next Sunday.