The closest that I could describe the ruins though, was that they looked like they were made out of bricks that were used to build the pyramids back in Egypt. The entrances, I mean, since they all lead inside this huge mountain. Anyway, yeah, these bricks were old and yellow, and so freaking huge! I haven't really gone to see the pyramids myself but, I've seen images online.

And just like the pyramids, the walls here have patterns on them. They looked like they've been carved, and then painted black. Whatever paint the old people or Pokémon used, it sure could withstand the test of time! I mean, just wipe the dust away, and I could still clearly see each and every Unown markings that were written.

I was quite thankful that Shock and the others were stubborn enough to rest first before we went inside. After a good rest and...a berry-filled belly...we went inside and began our little exploration inside one of the many entrances that didn't have any human presence.

At first, we went back outside 'cause it was too dark. Shock volunteered to shed some light, but he might be drained out of energy if he did, reminded by Vixie. Shock argued that he was stronger than before now, but still accepted that fact. So Saur volunteered, absorbing some sunlight and his bulb actually glowed while we were inside the dark chamber!

Do Bulbasaurs normally learn Flash? Eh, whatever...

Aside from the fact that the place was dark, the air here was also cool, and carried the smell of old and...weirdness. I can't describe it pretty well. It just felt really weird in here. The closest I could guess is that we were feeling a faint psychic wave around the place. If that was true, then that would explain why we could listen to the Unown through the radio in the games.

I haven't played HeartGold or SoulSilver, unfortunately. I skipped to Black after Ruby, and then skipped to X. Damn, Unown knowledge is pretty useful right about now...

Anyway, Saur and Fay were on one group, chatting quietly yet excitingly. They sounded really amazed though. Shock went on his lonesome, studying a different wall, while, as usual, I was stuck with Vixie.

I decided not to trouble myself with her for now. At the moment, I'm wondering where on earth these Unown messages start...

"May I ask," Shock asked, squinting his eyes as he leaned closer to a particular spot on the wall, "what are we looking for here?"

I returned my attention back to the wall in front of me. "I don't know yet." I started 'reading' the letters.

Shock sighed. "That's useful..."

"Hmm..." I hmm'ed as I mentally read what was written on the wall.

"You can read these?" Vixie asked.

Her question broke my concentration, and I blinked as I turned to her. "Y-yes?" I blinked again. "Wait...you can't?"

She closed her eyes and shook her head. "Nope."

I blinked again. "Really?"

"None of us can!" Fay chirped cheerfully.

I felt my two ears droop. "...really?"

"Yes, really," Shock replied, irritated.

"B-but I thought—"

"Well, you thought wrong," Shock angrily said. He then took a deep breath, and sighed as he rubbed his forehead with a paw. "Sorry... Anyway, no, we can't." He took another breath and fully turned to face me. "Wait... You weren't expecting us to know how to read these, right?"

...I guess my sheepish smile was enough of an answer to him.

He groaned and shook his head. "You can at least read these, right?"

I nodded. "Yeah. At least, I think so..."

"Wow, really?" Fay asked cheerfully, hopping from where she stood. She spun around, facing a wall, and pointed. "Oh! Oh! Read this one! Please, please, please, plea—"

"All right, all right," I hurried over, Vixie following me behind with a chuckle. "Sheesh. Don't wet your pa—fur?"

"What?" Saur blinked.

I shook my head as I reached them, Shock approaching us. "Never mind," I said.

Fay stepped aside and faced me as she pointed at an Unown letter on the wall. "What does it say?" she asked.

Huh... Strange that this letter followed a blank space. I guess this is a start of a new line of sentence or something. I looked right, to the following letters, and wiped the dusts off of them as far as I could reach just by standing on this spot. Vixie wiped the rest.

"Okay," I said, squinting my eyes a bit as I realized that whoever wrote these didn't know how to separate each new words with spaces... "It says... 'us get agua plants grow make food'..."

Fay giggled at how silly I sounded. "You talked silly..."

"Wow," Shock said with a deadpan, "that was reeeaaalllyyy informative."

"Well," I shot him a soft glare, "that's what was written." I looked back at the wall and wiped the top parts. "Hm... 'unown act weird many people stand in unown home'... Well, that's something..."

"Try that one," Saur said, pointing on another wall with his vine. He was pointing at a drawing of a sun.

"Huh," I blinked as I got closer. I actually didn't expect other symbols besides the Unown letters were used here. "'Sun too hot we pray unown rain and sky rain'..."

Fay giggled again as Shock sighed.

"This is useless," Shock shook his head. "There's nothing here but gibberish texts of ancient humans!"

I shook my head. "Wrong," I said as I read it again, a small smile forming on my lips. "What I just read is proof!"

"Proof of what?" Shock asked, unconvinced.

I turned to him with a smile. "The Unown made it rain that day!"

"So?" Shock arched an eyebrow. "They just rain danced. Drought problem solved."

"Nah ah ah! That's the thing!" I said happily. "Unowns can't do rain dance, or any other moves! They only know hidden power!"

"What's a hidden power?" Vixie asked.

I ignored her as I looked back at the wall and went to read a random spot. "They can grant requests! They're the true wish makers! Or wish granters? Whatever! Like this one! 'Food not enough pray unown food and unown give food'!" I ran and stopped and read a random spot. "'Unown make dead tree alive again!' Or this one! 'angry magical beast attack we pray unown protection and unown help us!' Or this! 'cannot make mate pregna...' ...er..." I took a step back and shook my head. "Whatever! You get the idea!"

I turned back to my friends, a giant grin on my face, actually feeling overjoyed.

"Can't you see? They can help me! They can help me go back home!" I was actually jumping in place from joy. "I can go back home!"

Saur was smiling calmly at me. Fay was smiling and jumping on the spot as well. Shock was somehow smiling at me as well while his arms were crossed. Vixie...has a sad smile.

But whatever. This is good news! Definitely good news! "This is great! Now all we have to figure out is to how to call them ou—"

I landed on some sort of scrabble piece on the floor. I stopped as I stared at the spinning piece on the ground, and then it settled on the floor...and then it glowed in blue... and went back to normal.

"...uh..."

The walls glowed in a blue aura, and a few of us yelped in surprised as we grouped together, and nervously staring at the glowing walls.

"Wh-what did you do?!" Shock asked.

"Th-they look pretty though," Fay said in a nervous tone and followed it with a nervous chuckle, failing to help us calm down.

I...was starting to feel like every hair around my body were standing.

"L-let's get outta here!" Shock said, grabbing Fay and Vixie as he dashed towards— "Where'd the exit go?!"

I gasped after I nervoulsy took a glance up. The others did as well, and we saw a swirling white and blue other-worldly cloud swirling on the ceiling, a starry world in the black and blue hue beyond.

Aside from the faint sparks and air current, an other-worldly hum echoed all around us. The ground was starting to shake as I slowly felt gravity malfunctioned. I felt a vine wrapped around me and saw Saur, already floating, has grabbed me as he grit his teeth, trying not to let his other vine lose its hold on a jagged spot on the floor.

"Jay!" Shock shouted. I turned, and saw him extending a paw towards me. I caught him. "Wh-what's going on?!"

I nervously stared at Fay and Vixie, who were grabbing on Shock's tail. They both looked really terrified... I nervously looked back at the confused and nervous Pikachu. "I...I-I don't know!"

There was a loud noise, and everything went white.