Chapter 7: I met a fool and his name's Ronfork
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"Ti'e'yong, Zan oh boy am I glad to see you, please tell the guard to let us out" said Rhen with relief when she saw their faces, "silence in there!" said the Lucario guard as he hit the bars with his spear forcing them to button up "this must be some misunderstanding, surly these lot couldn't have" questioned Zan "well we shall see, my friend please explain and present what they have stolen to me" asked the Ursaring king "ok you see your honour the crime took place not long ago over at a nearby clothes store where this Gardevoir dressed this young Gallade into some unusual clothing" the Lucario guard began explaining as he pointed towards Rhen while Welton quivered when the Lucario guard mentioned the clothing issues "ok, so then what" again asked the Ursaring king rising an eyebrow at Welton "after this Gardevoir purchased some clothing which she then hidden it from the Gallade's sight I then noticed something shining in the Gardevoir rucksack, I went up and asked for inspection and she agreed to it, and as I searched I found these and made the arrest" finished the Lucario guard and presented the Ursaring king three gemstone which surprised Zan and Ti'e'yong "well then clearly this is robbery, in that case they shall stay here for..." "your honour you got this all mixed up, those are the gemstone we were gathering, and they happen to be my friends in that cell" interrupted Zan as he felt uneven as he just interrupted the king "well if they are then surly they could at least remember your names, you there do you know these two?" the king asked Trivain "of course I do, he's Zan and she my closest friend Ti'e'yong" answered Trivain as the king nodded his head "so sorry about that Zan, release the prisoners my friend" ordered the king, the Lucario guard saluted the king as he reached for the keys and unlocked the cell door as Rhen, Welton and Trivain walked out of their cell and stood behind Zan and Ti'e'yong, then Rhen felt a tap on her shoulder and as she turned round she noticed the Lucario guard handing the three gemstones back to her "thank you" said Rhen as she took the gemstones and put them back into her rucksack "I must apologise for that little misunderstanding, how about I repay you by lending you one of my best trooper?" asked the king, "really? That would be great" answered Rhen feeling excited since Forlore is home to the most charming guards "then it shall be done, guards bring Ronfork to me" ordered the king but the Lucario guard just stood there "you honour Ronfork isn't here right now" said the Lucario guard "then where is he?" again asked the king "the last thing I heard from him was that he was standing guard at the outdoor spa" answered the Lucario guard "now why would he be guarding such a place?" wondered the king, "if we may, we shall go and find Ronfork for you" suggested Zan as he looked behind him to see the others nodding their head in agreement "thank you Zan, here present this scroll to him so he clearly understands that he is now with you" instructed the king and handed Zan a brown rolled up scroll with a red ribbon wrapped around it "it shall be done your honour" said Zan as he bowed down at him and left the prison chambers along with the others, shortly after they were now standing on the castle's bridge "ok now, where do you think the outdoor spa is?" wondered Zan "oh that spa, it just behind the castle walls, come on I'll lead you to it" said Rhen and escorted them out of the city of Forlore and began to walk around the castle wall which would take a long time "Rhen, something tells me you're not just going to find Ronfork are you?" asked Zan with suspicion "you got me, I also wanted a relaxing time in there, my body feels tense" laughed Rhen as Welton grew worried hoping he wouldn't catch the Gardevoir changing or worse catching her relaxing in the spa.
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After a long tiring walk around the back of Forlore's wall they spotted a lonely house with a tall boxed fence behind it with hot steam emitting from within it, "ahh just smell that sweet aromatic steam" said Rhen as the steam continued to travel up towards the sky "ok, let's split up and look for Ronfork" suggested Zan and then noticed Rhen, Trivain and Ti'e'yong were already in one group "me and the girls will check inside while you two can search around the outside" suggested Rhen and quickly took them inside as they giggled silently to themselves "well we'd better just let them get on with it" said Welton as Zan nodded his head and began to search the nearby trees, after a little talk with the owner of the spa Rhen and the girls were walking down towards a nearby changing room each with a towel over their shoulders "Rhen shouldn't we be helping Zan and Welton?" asked Ti'e'yong as Rhen opened the wooden door "oh would you just relax, since when was the last time we girls did something together for a change?" Rhen asked back, Ti'e'yong just went off without a word as she and the others went inside, after a few minutes they all came out with nothing but a towel wrapped around them "I don't feel comfortable with this, what if the boys decide to continue their search inside?" worried Ti'e'yong "they won't we'll only be in there for a while" answered Rhen and soon they all stopped in front of a square door, without hesitation Rhen slid the door open to reveal an empty luxury spa surrounded by little bamboo pourers "this is so going to feel good" said Trivain as this was her first time in a spa and one by one they all stepped into the spa which reached up the their knees except for Ti'e'yong as she was slightly smaller than the other girls, "oh wow I'm in heaven" said Rhen as she felt the warmth of the water as she sat down "we should do this more often" suggested Trivain sitting right next to Rhen while Ti'e'yong sat on the other end of the spa "what's wrong Ti'e'yong, don't you want to join us?" asked Rhen as Ti'e'yong just sat there with her head tucked in "ah no thanks, I'd just like to think on my own for one second" answered Ti'e'yong as she looked at her hand like flowers underneath the steamy water "oh it's about Zan isn't it?" again asked Rhen in a desperate way as she and Trivain got up and slowly began to walk up to the Roserade "no it's not about Zan" worried Ti'e'yong as she blushed deeply "don't lie to us, see your blushing, you'd better tell us or we'll have to force you to say it" tempted Rhen as Ti'e'yong quickly got up and was about to run out of the spa but then she was captured by Trivain, she struggled to break free but Trivain had a firm grip on her "now then, what can we do to make you spill it" wondered Rhen as she walked up to Ti'e'yong as Trivain stretched her arms outwards "oh I know how about this" said Rhen and began to tickle her from under her arms, Ti'e'yong began to laugh loudly as her nerve systems kicked in, back outside Welton and Zan had just heard Ti'e'yong screaming with laughter from over the fence "those lot are up to no good again aren't they" said Welton as Zan went off without saying a word, "you know I don't get you, your just a plain druid who wields powerful magic and yet never does anything fun in life" again said Welton as he followed behind Zan "well that is how we druids are" answered Zan as they both continued with the search, suddenly they both saw something shining from deep within a bush which then gave off some mysterious snickering "you don't think he's in there do you?" asked a puzzled Welton as Zan lead him behind a tree and looked closely at the bush and noticed to see a Lucario and golden plated armour eyeballing a hole in the fence with a cheeky smile on his face "it's him" moaned Zan.
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Zan and Welton decided to just sit and wait to see what Ronfork would do next "some guard he is" said Welton as he continue to watch Ronfork's every move "he hasn't changed at all, what a pervert" groaned Zan, quickly on the other side Rhen continued to torture the poor Roserade until she came out with it "alright, alright I am thinking about Zan ok, is that too much to ask!" shouted Ti'e'yong as her towel almost fell from her upper body and was nearly out of breath "oh I get it now, you've developed a relationship with him because he was very generous to you" said Rhen as Trivain let her go so she could sort herself out "are you saying I'm in love with him? Because I find him more comfortable as a friend" said Ti'e'yong hoping Rhen would just stop "oh sure, a friend who shares his bed with you" replied Rhen as she caught Ti'e'yong off-guard by seeing her face going red "shut up Rhen!" shouted Ti'e'yong as Rhen and Trivain laughed a little, back outside Zan and Welton had overheard the girls conversation and with curiosity Welton looked to the right side of Zan's face as he noticed he was sweating slightly "something wrong?" asked Welton raising an eyebrow "it's nothing, just the steam that's all" concluded Zan as he then noticed Ronfork getting out from his hiding spot and sneaked up to the small hole in the fence, Zan and Welton watched with their eyes squinted as Ronfork kneeled down and poked his eye through the hole "surly the fun got to continue" Ronfork snickered to himself as he gave off a creepy smile when he stared at the Gardevoir wearing nothing but a towel "that's it, I can't stand him eyeballing our girls in there" said an angry Welton "hold it, let's just wait a little longer" suggested Zan as Welton sneaked back behind Zan as they both continued to watch.
After half an hour Rhen and the girls decided that they should head back to Zan and Welton so they can all find Ronfork "well I don't know about you girls but I think my skin can't take much more of this" said Rhen as she got up to reveal her arms and legs sparkling clean which put Ronfork to a fantasies moment "man I'm too embarrassed to even get up" worried Trivain thinking that she was still a bit rough but she was wrong for when she stood up she looked much whiter that she was before "ok that's nice ok now your turn Ti'e'yong" said Rhen as Ti'e'yong nervously stood to reveal her clean leafy skin "this water must be magic or something" wondered Ti'e'yong as she followed the girls back into their changing room, back on the other side Ronfork just stood there on his knees with his head against the fence "god those were some hot girls, but why do I get the feeling that they are not from around here?" said a curious Ronfork "that's because they aren't" said a voice from behind, Ronfork jumped with fright and turned around to see the Xatu and Gallade looking at him with their arms folded "oh umm, how long were you standing there?" worried Ronfork sweating in his golden plated armour "long enough to get you kicked out of the service" answered Welton and walked right up to him and lifted him by the lip of the amour "now hold on, what is the meaning of this" demanded Ronfork as he was trying to reach for his sword but then was magically levitated over towards Zan "oh I think you know, spying on our girls why don't you" replied Welton showing him an angry face "ok Welton I'll take it from here" said Zan, and with one last look at Ronfork Welton dropped him as he landed on his backside "thank you, now then if you don't mind, what are you doing here?" asked Ronfork hoping he could trap Welton and Zan but instead they both looked over Ronfork's head to see the girls heading their way.
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Ronfork wondered what Welton and Zan were looking at so he turned round to see Rhen and the girls heading their way "hay Zan, I guess you finely found him!" called Rhen as she, Trivain and Ti'e'yong ran up to greet the perverted Lucario guard, "yes indeed we have, care to introduce yourself?" asked Zan as he push Ronfork up to the girls "certainly, hello there ladies my name is Ronfork and If ever you get into trouble you can always count on me" introduced Ronfork giving them a thumbs up, the girls giggled to each other "well that very kind of you, my name is Rhen" Rhen introduced herself and gave him a curtsey while Ronfork fixed his eyes upon Rhen's body "umm my name is Ti'e'yong, nice to meet you" introduced Ti'e'yong but then noticed that Ronfork wasn't paying attention as he watch Rhen lift her head back up to neutral position, suddenly Ronfork felt his spine shaking when he had a feeling that someone was behind him and soon enough Trivain hugged him from behind "you can call me Trivain, and just so you know I'm a dark type, sweetie" Trivain whispered into Ronfork's ear as her warm breath blew down it, Ronfork broke her hold and stood in front of Rhen with his sword drawn "why have you got this fiend on your team?" asked Ronfork as Trivain walked up and held the end of the sword "come now, surly you wouldn't hurt a gorgeous Absol such as myself" said Trivain and winked at him, Ronfork grumbled and put his sword away "you neck's not worth cutting, but why are you guys here? Can't you see I'm busy spying on... ah I mean studying on things" panicked Ronfork as he didn't want to draw the girls attention "by studying, you mean looking at the parts of a girl's body" said Welton as he noticed all the girls faces gone red "Welton, are you saying that he was spying on us while we were bathing?" asked Rhen as she clicked her knuckles while she glared at Ronfork "no of course not! Now can you guys please just tell me why you are here" worried Ronfork knowing that he was going to get beaten down by Rhen "your king wanted us to give you this" said Zan and handed him the scroll, Ronfork opened the scroll and began to read, after he finished reading he closed his eyes and nodded to himself "well I can't say no to the king, I'd be glad to aid you on this quest" said Ronfork as he looked over his shoulder to see Rhen looking to one side with her arms folded with a moody face on her, Ti'e'yong hiding behind Rhen and Trivain still looking at him very strangely "glad to have you on our team then, you understand as to what we're going through?" asked Zan as Ronfork stepped away from the girls "I already know, just keep those girls away from me" Ronfork whispered to Zan, Zan just ignored him and gather the team round "alright team, times are now wasting, we must head off to Barksap right now" Zan issued out as everyone nodded their heads in agreement and they all began to head out of Forlore and then began to follow the stone path towards Barksap "what were we thinking, bringing a pervert with us" Rhen said to the girls "well that may be, but we need his help to even up this mission" suggested Ti'e'yong "I don't mind him, I think he'd be a handsome guy to have along" said Trivain as she admired Ronfork from behind "how can you like this guy, he's a freak" Rhen said back when Zan turned his head round "is something wrong back there?" asked Zan with suspicion "oh it's nothing" the girls answered back "maybe it's something to do with Ronfork" Welton whispered to him "I'm not surprised, but at least be thankful, with him on our side we can bring this mission to a quicker end, not to mention keeping the girls away from us" replied Zan as they both laughed to themselves as they reached a crossroad.
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The team had already remembered this crossroad since they went by it to go to Forlore "the next gemstone should be in here, so long as another one of Trifong's elite demons haven't got here first" said Zan as he looked at his team, "well then lets hurry before Trifong starts making progress" said Rhen as they all followed a beaten path leading towards Barksap.
Barksap was a huge mystical forest that had trees as tall as a watchtower, all around them were colourful leaves falling down on them, "I think I feel comfortable with this place" said Ti'e'yong as she looked up while turning around until she nearly fell over "looks like this place hasn't been invaded by Trifong's demons" said Zan as he noticed a few little Volbeat's and Illumise's floating about doing their usual things, the bug types came in many colours even some with more than one colour, suddenly a green Illumise flew up to Ronfork's face and placed herself on top of Ronfork's helmet "hay did I say you can sit comfortably on me?" said Ronfork and shook the Illumise off which made it mad, "dear me what is with you, they only trying to welcome us" said Rhen as she pointed out her green finger as the Illumise flew over and sat down on it, the Illumise giggled as Rhen tapped her head gently with her other green finger "who goes there?!" said a voice, everyone looked to see a Noctowl perched on a branch nearby to them "did that Noctowl just talk?" questioned Rhen as the Illumise flew up towards it "yes I did, what you never seen one before, you kids today" said the Noctowl as he scratched his wing with his beak when the team walked up to him "well it just that it's very unlikely" again said Rhen as the Noctowl leaned his head with his beady eyes fixed on her "oh sure, now what are you doing in my forest? Non-forest Pokémon aren't allowed in these parts" asked the Noctowl "we're here to claim a gemstone you have kept here for years, would you kindly ask as to where it is?" asked Zan "hoot well I'm afraid you're too late" answered the Noctowl which made everyone a little uneasy "what do you mean?" asked Welton in a grumpy way "why a strange little Eevee came here not so long ago, said that she needed the stone to save her dying grandmother" again answered the Noctowl "what?! Well I can understand that since rumours said that gemstone can heal others" mentioned Rhen "is she still in this forest?" asked Trivain "as a matter of fact, I think she's still down at that damp cave over there" said the Noctowl as he lifted a wing and showing then the way "I fear for her safety, we must find her and bring her back with us" said Ronfork noticing that the others except Trivain weren't paying attention "thank you Mr. Noctowl we'll go see if she is still there" thanked Rhen but then the Noctowl stopped them for one second "oh before you go take this, I don't know if this will come in handy but take it anyway" said the Noctowl as the green Illumise flew up to her house inside a tree and then came back out with a big glass jug filled with light blue liquid and handed it to Rhen "oh thanks, what is it?" asked Rhen as she passed it on to Ti'e'yong who held if firmly "I'm not quite sure, but its best to see for yourselves, well I'd best he off, it's still daylight you know" again said the Noctowl and flew into the Illumise's home and was now roosting comfortably "well we'd best be off, that Eevee is more likely to be in danger" suggested Welton "but hang on a sec, shouldn't we at least see what this jug of liquid does?" asked Ti'e'yong still holding onto it "good point, Ronfork since your new why don't you test it" said Rhen as Ronfork groaned "fine" he said and took the jug from Ti'e'yong's hands and took a sip from it only to find out that it didn't do anything "great, we been had" was Ronfork's answer "well lets be off" said Zan.
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Everyone then began to make their way towards the cave which wasn't far and with no surprise there was no sign or any evidence of Trifong's demons "this should be more easier than I thought" laughed Welton as everyone continued to walk quietly "I can't believe that potion was a dud, I was hoping it would turn Ronfork into a Psyduck" moaned Rhen as she watched Ronfork disappointedly as he marched onwards as his golden armour shined "I couldn't care less, if that was a love potion however I'll make sure he lays eyes upon me first" Trivain snickered to herself "what gotten into you? Ever since we introduced ourselves to him you've been on him like a ball and chain put together" Rhen asked suspiciously "it's his looks, with my help I'll make him the perfect Lucario" answered Trivain "not as perfect as my Welton over there" Rhen said right back at her "what did you say about me?" asked Welton "oh nothing, handsome" snicker Rhen as Trivain looked at her with surprise while Welton turn his head to the front and tried to forget what he had heard, soon the team had arrived at the cave which was kind of small but it lead down to an abandon mine "wow do you think it would be a maze down there?" asked Rhen out of curiosity "could be, this cave used to be a mine filled with crystal but no one knew that the miners who worked there never came out" answered Zan "maybe it's Trifong's demon who was behind all this" said Ronfork thinking the obvious "come now, why would Trifong want to get his hands on some plain crystals" said Welton, shortly after their discussion they entered the cave.
Inside was very cold and damp that even a few puddles and some leftover mining tools still remain "what do you think may have happen to them now?" wondered Ti'e'yong as she walked closely by Trivain side, soon they all stopped to see the path divided into three paths with no intention as to where they might lead "looks like we are going to have to take our chances here, ok we will divide ourselves into tree teams and each take a path, if it leads to a dead end meet here, does everyone understand?" issued Zan "we understand!" everyone answered back "ok then, now let's see..." said Zan and began to arrange three teams of two, Zan and Welton, Ti'e'yong and Trivain and Rhen and Ronfork which Rhen was not pleased about "ok now let's be off then" said Zan as he and Welton took the right path as Ti'e'yong and Trivain went down the middle path leaving Rhen and Ronfork behind, "well now, I guess that just leaves me and you to see what's beyond the left path" said Ronfork feeling pleased since he will be tagging with the beautiful young Gardevoir "watch it you stalker, if you do anything I find disturbing I'll tie you up and then..." "And then what? Entertain me for a bit" interrupted Ronfork when he just got a strong slap across the face leaving a mark "you're a disgusting rat, I should just leave you right now" said a angry Rhen "too bad it was under the kings orders for me to tag along, now shall we get going?" said Ronfork with a sly smile on his face "oh shut up before I make you!" shouted Rhen which made Ronfork laugh a little to himself, with a little time wasted Rhen stormed off into the left passageway with Ronfork pacing behind her "don't bother trying to keep up, if you can't take it why not rest and see what happens to you" suggested Rhen as she continued to march down the dark passageway "you're so eager to get yourself into trouble so I can save you, and maybe understand one another" replied Ronfork which put Rhen into shock and immediately pegged it with Ronfork behind.
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"whoa slow down there girl, you might fall and hurt yourself" said Ronfork as he slowly began to catch up to her "leave me alone you pervert, I know what you are thinking in that sick mind of yours!" cried Rhen as she slowly began to lose energy and was slowly losing speed "no I mean it, look there's a loose plank of wood dead ahead of you!" Ronfork shouted back and watched to see Rhen trip over the plank of wood and landed flat on her chest while Ronfork looked with a cheesy grin on his face when her gown flipped over her head "nice landing" Ronfork snickered to himself as Rhen got up as she flipped her gown back over her legs, she was covered with mud and was now facing Ronfork with a furious look on her face "you saw it didn't you!" yelled Rhen grinding her teeth together as she went to get her sword out "now now, let's not get too hasty, don't want to make things hard on us" said Ronfork in a teasing way "shut up!!!" roared Rhen as she quickly drawn out her sword and swooped it down only to be blocked quickly by Ronfork's sword which made a load clinging sound as is echoed throughout the cave "nice swing, you'd make a wonderful sidekick" said Ronfork as he kept Rhen's sword locked in the hold "I shall never be your sidekick!" shouted Rhen as she quickly withdrawn her sword and tried to calm herself down by breathing slowly "look I'm sorry ok, I didn't mean to upset you and also accidently looking at you when you fell over" apologised Ronfork which surprised Rhen "ok then, well I'm sorry to for trying to kill you back there" Rhen apologised back, with all that put aside Rhen and Ronfork continued their travel down the long passageway until they came to a stop in front of a very muddy medieval door "that's very unlikely" said a puzzled Ronfork thinking why was there a door deep inside a mine "it sure is, maybe this was where the gemstone was hidden" said Rhen and approached the door and reached her hand towards the latch and lifted it up, with a gentle push the door creaked open to reveal an open cavern and as Rhen and Ronfork walked through the door they both looked ahead of them when they noticed the little Eevee the Noctowl had mentioned just standing in the dead centre of the cavern "hay you there, are you alright?" Rhen asked at one end of the cavern, the Eevee turned round revealing what turned out to be the rose quartz of joyfulness in her paws the Eevee was also sweating a bit "don't worry we're not here to eat you, we're here to help you get out of here" Rhen said calmly hoping the Eevee wouldn't panic and she didn't in fact she just smiled and walked up to them "that's it, what a brave girl you are, and don't worry no one is going to get us" said Ronfork as he slightly bended down to hold onto the little Eevee's paw "maybe I was wrong about you Ronfork" said Rhen when she noticed the Eevee comfortably holding onto Ronfork's paw "really? Why thank you, here give me a high five" said Ronfork with joy but Rhen decided not to and instead he hit the upper part of her chest plate which made Rhen blushed disappointedly "on second thought, you haven't changed at all" said Rhen turning round and walked out the door "hay wait for us" moaned Ronfork and escorted the little Eevee out of the cavern and down the passageway with Rhen close up in front, "the others should be making their way back now let's just hope that they are ok" said Rhen as she checked on the Eevee behind her who continued to smile politely "oh come now Rhen, there's not a demon in sight, clearly this should be a breeze" said Ronfork as his back began to grow with pain but continued to hold her paw, after a long walk they manage to reach the chamber where all three paths would meet "I guess we're first to arrive" said Rhen noticing Welton, Ti'e'yong, Trivain and Zan all emerged out of the shadows and began making their way towards Rhen and Ronfork.
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"Well now I take it no one was harmed" said Zan seeing that everyone came out clean from scratches well except for Rhen "and what has happened to you Rhen?" asked Welton who seemed like he wanted to know "oh it's nothing, just a little trip that's all" said Rhen as she gave off a silly grin "well at least your alright, ah I see you found the Eevee, mind if I have a little word with her?" asked Zan, Ronfork nodded his head as he let go of the Eevee's paw and watched her and Zan walked to a corner for a little chat while the other couldn't pass up a little chat "so tell me Rhen, was Ronfork too much for you?" asked Trivain folding her arms and lifting an eyebrow at her "boy I'd wish you'd just leave Ronfork out of this" Rhen said back "don't look at me, Zan made the teams not me, although I didn't mind tagging up with you" said Ronfork hiding a smile as he lowered his head till he got slapped on the helmet by Rhen which she than flapped it around as it began to sting "I guess he has been hard on you then" laughed Trivain as Ti'e'yong stood there silently since she wasn't good at conversations "you want to see how hard it is, why don't you let him tag along with you for a while" suggested Rhen thinking that she had her trapped "I would gladly take you up on that offer" answered Trivain smiling at Ronfork as he took a step back "what's wrong with you? I thought you like teaming up with girls" said Rhen as she began to feel a bit evil "I do, but that's different when it comes to dark types" said Ronfork "she won't bite, we had a deal back over at Vampton" again said Rhen as she watched Trivain walk behind him and quickly hugged him "oh god someone get her off me, she's going to bite me!" panicked Ronfork as Trivain began to tighten her grip, luckily Zan had just finished speaking to the little Eevee and was now wondering what was going on with Ronfork "hay what's happening?!" demanded Zan as Trivain looked while her whole body was over Ronfork's back "oh it's nothing but girl talk Zan" Welton answered as Rhen forgotten that Welton was listening to the whole conversation "ok then, listen our friend here said that her grandmother is currently resting over at the doctors house and since visiting hours are over I guess we have to wait for tomorrow" said Zan as the Eevee looked at the rose quartz she was still holding which made everyone except Zan, Rhen and Ronfork look with interest "look at that cloudy colour, it's pretty" said Ti'e'yong as she walked up to the gemstone to get an even closer look but before she could the Eevee hid the gemstone behind her back "oh now don't worry, I only want to take a closer look" again said Ti'e'yong but the Eevee still refused to show it to her "leave her be for now, it almost sunset and we better find a place to stay for the night" suggested Zan but there was one problem "but we don't have enough money to rent a room for the night" said Rhen as she opened her rucksack and pulled out a small little bag which turned out to be empty "then we'll just have to set up camp here" suggested Ronfork till yet again was again slapped by Rhen only this time on the cheek which made it go red "we got a little girl here who was on her way out" said Rhen and then noticed the Eevee walking up with a little bag filled with gold coins "oh no I couldn't" refused Rhen but the Eevee just ignored her and handed the bag filled with coins over to her "well I guess that's settled, now come on let's head back to Forlore before nightfall" said Zan and lead everyone outside, after having a chat with the Noctowl of Barksap they continued their walk to the crossroad until Rhen stopped and look at some nearby cliffs which is where Riverkeep resided, after that she walked on along with the others to Forlore as the sun began to set over the horizon.
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Once they made it back to Forlore they looked up to see the orange sky over their heads "ok clearly there should be an inn somewhere around this city" said Zan as he looked around hoping to find a sign "let go ask those Lucario guards over by that shipping cart, surly they would know" said Rhen and was about to walk over there and ask them when her path was blocked by Ronfork's arm "allow me, I'm one of the king's royal guards" said Ronfork and made his way over to the two Lucario guards who were chatting away happily until they noticed Ronfork approaching them, they all watched Ronfork taking away with the other guards nodding and pointing as they did and shortly after that Ronfork walked back over to the others "so what did they say?" asked Welton "they say there's an inn just near the central plaza" answered Ronfork as all of them began to make their way to the central plaza, they then came to a stop when they noticed a large fountain spewing fresh clean water "well this is no doubt the central plaza, just look at the size of it" said Rhen as she walked over to watch the cool rippling from the water when then all of a sudden she got splashed by Trivain "hay, what was that for?!" shouted Rhen as her face was cold and wet "you looked a bit tired" answered Trivain and was about to be splashed back until Zan interrupted them "now girls, no need for that, the inn just right this way" he said and pointed to a sign saying it was the inn and soon everyone made their way inside.
Inside was nice and cosy the walls were nicely insulated, all around them they couldn't hardly see any cobwebs, and the people around here looked friendly, Zan and everyone else made their way to the reception desk and greeted themselves to the clerk who was a Honchkrow "excuse me sir but we like to rent a night for seven of us?" asked Zan as the clerk lifted his head after reading some paperwork "oh I'm terribly sorry kind sir but we only have four available room" said the clerk as he went over his paperwork again "that's ok, our girls here can have them, how much?" again asked Zan "for these lovely lot, well let's see, youngling are about six gold pieces while over sixteen's nine gold pieces" again said the clerk as Rhen pulled out the little back fill with gold coin and began counting until she had the right amount "here you go thirty gold pieces" said Rhen as she handed them to the clerk and reached under the counter and picked up four keys and handed them to each one of the girls "enjoy your stay" the clerk said kindly "thank you" said the girls as they walked up the stairs with the boys following behind them, on the first floor they looked to see a short corridor with loads of doors on each side "ok let's see if we can find our rooms" said Rhen as she looked at the tag saying the number 12 and began to walk down the corridor looking at the doors until she found it as so did the others, as they unlocked their doors they then noticed and elderly male Shuppet and a old female Misdreavus leaving their room dressed in smart clothing "oh hi there, you looking forward to parade happening tonight?" asked the elderly Shuppet "a parade? I never heard of it" said Rhen "oh you must see it, it's going to be a wonderful night, fireworks and all" suggested the elderly Misdreavus as she and the Shuppet then said goodbye and floated over to the stairs "oh that sound wonderful, I got to get changed" said Rhen and dashed into her room as the door closed behind her "I guess we'll see you lot outside then" said Welton as the girls nodded their heads and entered their room and then locked the doors "couldn't this get any worse, who knows what those girls are planning for us" worried Welton as he and the boys quickly headed outside.
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Once outside the boys noticed the it was getting late and already all the houses windows were wide open as people and children looked out of them ready for the parade "I got to say this place sure is active today" said Welton as he looked at the crowd standing on the pavement to get a closer look "It should be, every year we celebrate our victory from that dreaded war 17 years ago" said Ronfork as he looked at all the colourful light strung from one house to another "I see, I guess it a good job that me, my druids and your men fought them off" said Zan when he and the boys then noticed the inn's door opening as out came Rhen, Ti'e'yong, Trivain and the girls all came out in fabulous clothing, Rhen was wearing a glamorous black dress suitable for night outs, Trivain also had the same dress as Rhen only hers was radiant red, and as for Ti'e'yong and the girl they just wore their ordinary clothing "well, how do I look?" Rhen asked Welton as she posed for him, Welton eyes were fixed upon the Gardevoir's new look as he struggled to even say a word "umm wow Rhen, you look... beautiful" said Welton as his face went red while Rhen smiled as she blushed with the outcome "come on Ronfork, you know this was what you wanted" said Trivain as she noticed Ronfork almost drooling until he quickly recomposed himself "I guess so" said Ronfork as he looked at her "what do you mean I guess so?" said Trivain demanding to know "well that dress is a bit too bright don't you think" again said Ronfork which angered Trivain "how dare you, I thought we Dark types look good in red!" shouted Trivain but then realised she had said it too loud so see looked around in case the villagers had heard her but luckily they didn't "ok I apologise, I'm just used to normal ladies" Ronfork pointed out and then noticed Trivain feeling down "so you'd rather take Rhen out rather than me?" said Trivain in a upsetting voice "no I didn't mean that, I'd be happy to take you out" Ronfork said quickly and walked up to her and reached out his hand, Trivain looked up to see the charming golden Lucario guard smiling at her "you really mean it?" sniffed Trivain as she dried her eyes "would I ever leave you all alone in the dumps" said Ronfork and with that answer Trivain held his paw and looked at him cheerfully "aww that was romantic" said Rhen as she then turned round to Welton "well then, would you care to take this beautiful Gardevoir somewhere to pass the time?" Rhen asked Welton but he was too nervous to speak, but when he was about to speak Rhen put her finger on Welton's lips "you don't have to say anything, I can tell from your face" whispered Rhen as Welton nodded and slowly held out his hand as Rhen held it "I guess we'll see you back here then" said Zan as the two lucky couple nodded their heads and headed out admire a few things, Zan and the other girls waved goodbye to them and then Zan faced the two little girls "well I guess that leaves me with you two, so let say we go and find a few fun things to do" said Zan as he couldn't help but feel cheerful as Ti'e'yong and the Eevee looked up at him and smiled "yes that would be great, thank you Zan" Ti'e'yong said as Zan smiled back and soon held the girls hands as he walked off with the girls hand in hand, "I can't wait till I'm older" said Ti'e'yong as she skipped along happily "and why is that may I ask?" asked Zan looking down at her "I'd would just love it if I could find the Pokémon of my dreams who would take me out on a date like this" again said Ti'e'yong as she dreamed of being in that spot "I can guarantee you will have a bright future ahead of you" said Zan as he then looked at the Eevee who was doing the same "indeed a bright future for all of us, well except for me" Zan thought to himself and continued moving.