Chapter 3: A New Home

Dr. S led Karly and Rick to the village outskirts

"Thanks Sammie, I can take it from here." Karly said

"Okay, have a good day. Weedle, we need to get home before your mother realizes we were gone for longer than we promised." Dr. S said.

"SAMUEL, WHERE ARE YOU AND MY SON! SO HELP ME, IF YOU TWO ARE LATE FOR THE PICNIC AGAIN..." They heard an angry female voice call out from somewhere near to where they were.

"Too late, RUN!" Weedle yelled.

Dr. S and Weedle fly/squirm away from the direction of the voice as quickly as possible. The angry voice still shouting about what it'll do to them along with an occasional slew of curses. As the voice got louder, they turned around to see a Butterfree using Tailwind to zip past them. When she reached Dr. S and Weedle, she grabbed Weedle by his horn, and grabbed both of the Doctor's antennae. "I'm so sorry about them, they shouldn't trouble you anymore." She said as passed the stunned friends.

"Okay... do you think we should go help him?" Rick asked.

"Na, he's survived being married to her for ten years now; he'll be fine." Karly said

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Karly led Rick around the city, staying in the outskirts of the village until they came to an abandoned hut.

"Here we go, as my grandpa used to call it, 'The Dojo'," she snickered as she said this."This is where he lived until he passed..." Her face fell as she said this.

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine, don't worry. This place is perfect."

"In what way?"

"It's not much but this place is good for pokémon who use martial arts and swordplay."

"Huh?"

"Inside, my grandfather created a training area under the main hut, he even left psychic projections of himself there to teach his grandchildren and even his great grandchildren."

"Okay, how do I get into the training area?"

He never said, he only told us that when the time was right, a certain pokémon would figure out this riddle:"

Before the day and during the night.
Everyone goes here to avoid fright.
Dreams of colors, all red white and blue.
Realistic nightmares with ghosts that go boo.
Oh, young traveler, answer me this.
On cold winter nights, what most will you miss?
Maybe you're baffled, but here is a clue: the first of the sentence will serve to guide you.

"Nobody has figured it out, even though all the smartest pokémon in the village have tried." Karly stated, "They've looked at the first sentence in every possible way; but no answer has presented itself.

"Hmm, I think they've been going at this all the wrong way. The riddle says the first of the sentence, not the first sentence." Rick wrote the riddle down in the dirt.

"You know unknown script?" Karly asked with a surprised look on her face.

Rick ignored her and continued, "If you take the first letter of each sentence, B-E-D-R-O-O-M, it spells bedroom, so the entrance to the training room must be in the bedroom."

"But, the only place in things in the bedroom are the bed and-" Karly's eyes grow wide as a realization dawns on her. "Come with me."
Karly led Rick to the bedroom,on the way she asked Rick, "How do you know unknown script?"

"I'll tell you later," Rick replied, "Right now, lets focus on finding this secret training area your grandpa made."

When they entered the bedroom, Karly led Rick behind the bed, there was a weapons rack there, where a rusty sword laid. "My grandpa said this sword was his first, and his most prized. When I asked him why it was so rusty, he simply replied to me that someday I would see."

"Do you think I should try to pull it out?" Rick asked.

"With what? Your feet?" Karly joked making both of them laugh. "I'm the only one with hands so Ill pull it out."

"I have hands, I just don't have any fingers" Rick said, acting hurt.

Karly rolled her eyes and just grabbed the sword, she pulled it up and it came out easily, the room started to shake and the bed moved away from the wall we were at, revealing a dark square with stone steps leading down into the darkness. Rick and Karly went down and emerged in a large spacious room.

"Wow, this place is so big."

"Who's there? Can't a retired Gallade get a little shut eye in the world today?" They heard a voice call out from the darkness.

"Grandpa?" Karly asked in an incredulous voice.

"Karly, is that you?" An older looking Gallade walks out. It looks like a normal Gallade, but it's hair was more grayish than green.

"Grandpa!" Karly exclaimed in joy she ran up to him and said, "Wait, but I attended your funeral, you're supposed to be dead."

"I faked my death young one, I needed to in order for you to learn to rely on yourself." The Gallade says, he then looks up and notices Rick for the first time. "Who's your friend? Last time I checked, no Pawniard live in the immediate area. Well whoever you are, my name is Aeruthael."

Rick knelt on one knee and said "Nice to meet you sir, my name's Rick."

The old Gallade just started laughing, "I forgot how disciplined Pawniard were," He calms down "But you aren't a normal Pawniard are you."

"How did you-" Rick began to ask.

"I'm a very old, very powerful psychic type," Aeruthael interrupted, "I can see into even a Dark Type pokémon's mind. I'll train both of you later, Rick in the art of fine swordsmanship, and Karly in mastering her psychic powers."

The old Gallade brought us to the top of the stairs, as he went back down, the rusty sword flew back into place. Karly walked Rick to the door. "See you tomorrow" She said, as she was leaving, she stopped and turned around. "What did you think about the Mystery Dungeon?" She asked.

"It was kind of fun," Rick replied.

"If we become a rescue team, we could do stuff like that every day." She said with a sly grin on her face, "What do ya' say, Partners?"

"Partners." Rick confirmed.

"In that case, I have to hurry to the Pelipper Post office before it closes. See ya tomorrow." She called back to Rick as she ran towards the center of the village. She stopped, turned around and ran back. "Wait, we need a team name."

Rick stopped to think for a moment, he then said "How about Team Psi-Blades?"

"It's perfect, I'll go register us now." Karly called back as she began to run back towards the village.

Rick just smiled and shook his head, he closed the door and decided to call it a day.

Karly got to the plaza, the center of commerce in this town, as she walked to the Post Office, she saw Weedle and Dr. S being scolded by Butterfree in front of the small medical clinic that the bug type family owns. She passed a few different pokémon, saying hi to each one that looked her way. Finally, the small Kirlia arrived in front of a large building in the shape of a bird, it's giant mouth was open and the pokémon the building was made to look like flew out of it. When Karly arrived inside, a rather large flying type pokémon stood behind the counter, like the building, this bird's jaw reached down to it's feet, it's mouth looked large enough to carry her around in, and the crest of it's head was a deep sea blue. His wings were folded at his side, and they had a band of blue matching his crest imprinted in his wings; his eyes were large and had a major defining feature, there was a strip of white that covered the very center of the pupil.

"Hi Karly, here to check for another package from your folks?" It asked.

"No thanks, I'm here to register both myself and another to form a Rescue Team." Karly replied.

"So, who did you trick this time, hmm?" The large bird asked as he grabbed some paperwork, "The Diglett, or the Magnemite?"

"Neither. He's a Pawniard, and I didn't trick him." Karly said as she began to pout.

"Oh, it's a him, huh." Pelipper said. "How did you manage to make him form a Rescue team, huh." Pelipper arched his eyebrows when he said this, his voice was that of someone teasing a sibling.

Karly began to blush; not much, but any amount could be seen on her pale skin. "No, it's not like that." She insisted, "I found him in the middle of the blank woods, he was unconscious and couldn't remember a thing other than his name. Dr. S found us and asked us to help him get Weedle out of a Mystery Dungeon; he went in looking for treasure. We went back to the doctor and Butterfree..."

"No need to explain that one to me, I heard her yell from in here." Pelipper shuddered.

" I took him to my grandfather's old shack; and when I asked him, he agreed."

"Alright, do you want me to send the jobs and things to your house or you're friend's?" Pelipper asked.

"Rick's."

"That's a strange name for a Pawniard." Pelipper commented.

"That's his name." Karly stated.

"Okay, all that's left is the Team Name." Pelipper said, looking expectantly at Karly.

"Team Psi-Blade is what we decided on." Karly said.

"Are you sure?" Pelipper asked.

"As sure as possible." Karly replied in a strong unwavering tone.

"Okay, you're all signed up. Tomorrow morning we'll send the Rescue Team Starter kit to you. Good Luck" Pelipper grinned. "It wouldn't be as exciting here without you."

"Thanks!" Karly said, she ran outside and, feeling tired from running around so much today, she decides to turn in and call it a day.

A/N: Hey everyone. First I want to thank kyokotheeevee again for the riddle and for being the first person to favorite my story. Just to let you know, the Aeruthael in this story isn't either of the characters with the same name in Galladefenrir's fanfic The Blade and The Embrace, nor do I own Pokémon, or any games of Nintendo or Game Freaks' franchise. Also please leave a review, even if it's to tell me that I'm not doing a good job. Also, next chapter will be in Rick's Perspective.