Earlier update today! Not by much though, only like ten minutes...

Disclaimer: Pokémon, along with any people, places or things from it are not mine, nor do I claim it to be. The only thing I do own is myself and the dream this all started from.

My next goal was to get to Lavender Town, which meant going back through the Underground Path. Luckily it was still fairly early in the day, so I could get a start even though I had to make a two hour walk back to Cerulean.

I quickly stocked up on some items while still in Vermilion City before heading down the long underground journey back to Cerulean City.

Mew decided to appear beside me while we were in the tunnel; no one else was ever in it, which I found strange. Though I knew Mew was always nearby it felt nice to have some visible company. She had to vanish again when we got to the end of the tunnel.

While in Cerulean City I got myself a bike using the Bike Voucher the Pokémon Fan Club chairman gave me, not that I would be using it much.

I then ventured out along a path leading east from Cerulean which I wouldn't have been able to go down before because of a small tree blocking the way. Now that I had my HM slave, Meowth it was simple to get around.

The route, Route 9, was very long and hilly with many ledges to jump down. There were some trainers on this route, though that was to be expected on any route. On the whole route I only found three items, a hidden Ether, a Burn Heal, and the TM for Aerial Ace, which I used to teach the move to Fearow. I battled mostly picnickers, campers, and hikers on the route, with the occasional bug catcher. The hikers all used similar Pokémon, Geodudes, Onixes, and Machops. These Pokémon were easy to take out between my three Pokémon. The campers and picnickers, Chris, Drew, Alicia, and Caitlin used a variety of different things, from Oddishes and Bellsprouts to Growlithes and Charmanders, as well as Rattatas, Sandshrews, Ekans, and a Meowth. The one bug catcher, Brent, used Beedrills, while the other, Connor used a Caterpie, a Weedle, and a Venonat all at level 20. Through battling Ivysaur grew to level 29, Kadabra grew to level 29 and Fearow grew to level 28.

Eventually I reached the Pokémon Center on Route 10 just as sunset started. I entered the red roofed building, which was empty, with exception of Nurse Joy and a couple of Chancies.

"Oh, welcome to our Pokémon Center!" Nurse Joy said as I walked in to the large lobby, "I wasn't expecting anyone else until morning."

"Is anyone else staying the night?" I asked, curious about just how remote this PokéCenter was.

"No," the pink haired nurse answered, "Everyone who passed here today, though there were few, got here around midday."

I nodded, "Must be lonely out here."

"Yes," she said, "But I took the job knowing that. Some of the nurses in this world are way overworked."

"Is there a reason you're all called Nurse Joy?" I asked, a question that I had always wanted an answer to, "Do only people named Joy get hired?"
"No," the nurse laughed, "We all actually have other names. Only joyful and cheery people are hired to be Pokémon nurses. Nurse Joy is an unofficial title for us that one of us made up. I believe it was the nurse in Celadon."

"And why do you all have pink hair?" I asked. I decided I would get all of my questions answered about these nurses while I had the chance.

She laughed, "When the title of Nurse Joy was created we thought it would be fun if we all looked almost identical. Then a nurse, who was apparently named Joy who had pink hair would run every Pokémon Center. It would seem like it was one person managing to run all of the 'Centers in the world."

I chuckled, "I see."

Once I had finished chatting with the nurse I decided to head to bed early so I could get an early start tomorrow morning. As I climbed into a bed Mew appeared in the bed next to the one I was getting into.

"Mew, what are you doing?" I asked.

"There's no one around," she said, "It's perfectly safe for me to be visible."

"I don't want to have anyone know though," I sighed, "It could be illegal, what I'm doing."

"Don't worry," Mew winked, "I won't get you into any trouble."

I sighed again and plopped down into the bed, "Does Arceus know that you're travelling with me?"

"She knows everything that goes on in the world of Pokémon," Mew replied, "But I haven't officially told her, no."

"Don't you think you should?" I asked.

Mew gave a little shrug, "Maybe."

I smiled at the little pink Pokémon, "Well goodnight."

"'Night," she replied as I turned out the light.

Where was I?

Wait, I knew where I was, I had relived the same dream enough times to recognize my surroundings. I was in a large expanse of grass in the center of an impossibly thick forest. I was in the clearing where all of the legendaries met. This felt different though. I seemed to be looking from a different spot in the clearing than every other time I had this dream.

"Do you know the danger?" I recognized the voice, also from my reoccurring dream, Arceus, though who she sounded like still eluded me.

"I know Arceus," a second voice, one that I also recognized, from my dreams and reality, Mew, replied, "But I figured my this way was a good way of going about it."

"How much does she know?" Arceus asked.

It hit me, this dream was new, that I was certain of, but what they were talking about made sense. Mew had gone to tell Arceus about travelling with me, or at least she did in my dream. Whether she did or not in reality was another story, though it wasn't very likely. I would have noticed her leave.

"Nothing much," Mew replied, "I told her that we need to guard something that is close to you, and that Team Rocket is the thing we're guarding it against."

"You didn't tell her what we need to guard?" Arceus pressed.

"No," Mew replied, "I knew that would have been too much confidential information."

"You take this too lightly, my friend," Arceus sounded almost pained, "You could bring too much attention to this girl if you're not careful. This would cause problems, the absolute simplest being that Team Rocket would go after her. Team Rocket, with the help of the forces growing in the other regions could easily kill this other girl because of how radically they think. Then you would have to deal with the consequences of killing a human."

Mew shuddered, "That's true."

"So be careful, and don't do anything stupid," Arceus said gravely.

"Who? Me?" Mew laughed lightly, softening the mood a bit before flying off into the trees.

"What has she gotten herself into?" Arceus muttered as she headed in a different direction, exiting the clearing herself.