To Know the Unknown
The next stop was Ecruteak City. On the way, the heroes came to a national park. It hosted a bug Pokémon catching contest. The disappointing news was competitors had to be younger than sixteen to enter and Yugi and his friends were too old. But it was nothing to fret about. The heroes could come across bug Pokémon anytime.
Although everyone stocked up on supplies before leaving Goldenrod City, they figured it wouldn't hurt to gather fruit from the trees. Joey reached and tried to grab a peach from a tree, but it moved further from him. As Joey reached for the peach again, it moved further again. Looking closely, Joey saw that it wasn't a tree at all. It was actually a Sudowoodo. Researchers had often debated that Sudowoodo was a plant-type Pokémon because of its tree-like appearance. But it was plain to see that Sudowoodo was a rock-type Pokémon because it disliked water and had a solid structure.
Sudowoodo taunted Joey by moving the peach up and down and taunting in song. Irritated, Joey groaned and turned away. He was too hungry to play hard-to-get. Sudowoodo didn't want any trouble either and got further into the forest.
Joey caught up with his friends and they were standing before the Ruins of Alph. Archeologists had come here to unearth Pokémon fossils and take them back for research. The ruins also contained another great mystery. When Yugi and his friends stepped inside the ruins, they felt like they were in an ancient temple. "Look at this place," Emily whispered.
Joey shuddered. "It gives me the creeps. The last time we were in a temple, we fell victim to a lot of traps."
"Maybe not this time," Emily reassured him.
Yugi looked closely at the symbols on the walls. "These look like the rare Pokémon Unown," he said in awe.
Emily agreed. "They don't look like they have any arrangement. That or maybe they read a foreign language." She smiles and tells Yugi, "But if anybody can understand what these symbols say, it's you, Yugi."
Yugi was flattered. "I can read a little," he admitted. It wasn't very surprising to his friends. If Yugi's grandfather could read Egyptian hieroglyphics, maybe he could read and interpret symbols and images too. He started with the Unown because they were shaped like the letters of the alphabet and had eyes in the centers of their bodies. It was even believed in ancient times, people used the Unown symbols in their writings.
What made Unown incredible Pokémon was that they had the power to tap into the thoughts of other life forms and bring them to life. They could make dreams into reality or transport others into someone else's thoughts. It led a great path of intelligence and discovered a lot of personal truths. Because of these incredible mysteries, Unown would not let themselves be captured by humans so easily. Those who had often encountered Unown ended up driven mad in their own dreams and forgotten to live. Yugi and his friends didn't want to meet the same misfortune and agreed to let the Unown continue resting in the Ruins of Alph. Speaking of rest, everyone decided to head to the next town and rest up at the Pokémon Center.