-We head west after our odd encounter determined to find a friend for Mifune.
-My mom catches me walking and gives me running shoes with a, "Get a move on it Knost!!"
-Battling my way through route 2 (and avoiding trainers so as not to exceed the level cap) Bianca finds me and insists we battle.
BIANCA
-......Based on this fight and the last I don't think Bianca is going to be much of a threat lol Mifune wins easily gaining enough exp to hit level 10.
STRAITON CITY
-After exploring a bit, a creepy guy in a back Ally way gives me a Dusk Ball. With the Pokeball I found on Route 2 that brings my brings my total Pokeballs to 7.
-An old man in sunglasses tells me that the gym leader is at the Trainers school so I head that way.
-Hmmm. There's a good amount of trainers in the school wanting to battle...with Mifune Already at level 10 and the level cap at 14 I retreat, east of Straiton to find another Pokémon to soak up exp.
DREAMYARD
-.....There's no grass here so an encounter is out of the question. :/
-Luckily there a girl trying to give away a Pokémon! She says that he's hard to handle.
Welcome PYRO the PANSEAR!!!!
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Exactly 30 seconds after I released Pyro from his ball to introduce myself I knew why his former trainer had called him "hard to handle". R.I.P. eyebrows.
NATURE: Hardy
ABILITY: Gluttony
Male
LEVEL: 10
HP: 32
ATK: 18
DEF: 15
SP ATK: 17
SP DEF: 15
SPD: 19
-Found a Great ball!!
-Now that Mifune has a bit of help we head back to the trainer school!
TRAINER SCHOOL
-...and no wants to battle -__-
-Cheren tells me the gym leader just left, but challenges me to a battle. We need the exp so I accept.
-Pyro easily takes out Cherens Pokémon and we walk out unscathed. ON TO THE GYM!!!!
STRAITON CITY GYM
-Whelp....no more trainers to grab exp from. Guess we go into this gym under leveled. Mifune level 12 and Pyro level 11.
STRAITON GYM LEADER - CILANA
Mifune: Water gun
Lillup: Work up
Mifune: Water gun
Lillup: Bite crit to 9 hp
Mifune: Water gun, KO!!
Cilan sends out Pansage so I call back Mifune and send out Pyro as the Pansage uses Work Up.
Pansage: Vine whip
Pyro: Incinerate
Pansage: Vine whip
Pyro: Incinerate
Pansage: Vine whip
Pyro: Incinerate
Pansage: Potion
Pyro: Incinerate
Pansage: Vine whip to 8 hp
Pyro: Incinerate, KO!!!
We win!!!!!
We receive the Trio Badge!!!!
I exit the Gym victorious. My head held high and my shoulders back I smile as a breeze whips through my hair. This must be what victory feels like.
"Hey there!" A shrill voice screams behind me causing me to fall to the ground in fear.
"Holy mother of....!" I roll to my back clutching my chest as I look up to see a woman in glasses wearing a white lab coat as dress laughing at me. "What is wrong with you? Who sneaks up on someone like that?"
"Sorry..." she giggles, "Hi, you can call me Fennel."
"Knost" I reply standing to my feet. "Nice to meet you."
"I know who you are..." she says fixing her glasses. "I mean, ugh that was creepy, I know this is a bit of a strange thing, way to meet, but...Your mom called me."
"Oh, you're the Dream lady?"
"Yes, well not 'Dream lady', I'm a scientist, but, yes I've been studying dreams and..."
"My mom called you to help with my day dreaming."
"Yes! It can become quite dangerous you know." She says with a hop. "And Oh! I come with gifts! Professor Juniper gave me something to help you!" She says shuffling through her pockets and pulling out a disc. "This is a Hidden Machine for you!"
"Hidden machine?" I reply taking the disc with a puzzled look.
"There are some moves that a Pokémon can use even when it is not fighting! With this Hidden Machine, you can teach your Pokémon a move called Cut." She looks around and then grabs my hand. "Here come with me!"
DREAMYARD
"With HM01 your Pokémon can cut small trees like this one." Fennel says stepping to the side a point at a small tree blocking the entrance to what seems to be an abandoned building.
I load up the disc in my Pokedex and allow Pyro to learn the move. Within seconds he masters his new skill and cuts down the tree.
"Great!" Fennel says with a huge smile. "Now that we're in we need to find something called Dream Mist. A Pokémon found here called Munna is said to leave piles of it laying around."
"Are we even allowed to be in here?" I say noting the orange construction cones. "Maybe..."
"Shhhh, I need it to help you. And look!" She says pulling me further into the building. "There's a Munna in the court yard now! Let see if it's left any Dream Mist for us!"
As we step into the courtyard of the building we see that the Munna is not alone and is in fact being abused by two Team Plasma grunts. Before I can move we see Ghetsis, leader of Team Plasma, appear out of nowhere causing the two grunts to stop their abuse. Fennel and I slink further into the wall trying to hide ourselves as Ghetsis approaches the grunts with anger in his eyes.
"Leave..." he speaks in a low, gravely tone.
"B-but, boss..." the grunts reply shaking. "You's said..."
"Leave!" Ghetsis says louder his body literally stretching, his overall size doubling as he stands over them barring his teeth. "Leave!! LEAVE! LEAVE!" He repeats as the grunts obey running out of the building. Ghetsis disappears.
"Wow! Did you see that?!" Fennel exclaims excitedly. "I think I followed that! This is exactly what I'd hoped!.. See, Musharna evolves from Munna. So, seeing Munna in trouble, it used its power-- making dreams into reality-- to save Munna. Which means it may have...wait a second!" She runs off into the courtyard to where the Munna had been. "Yes! It's Dream Mist!" She bends taking a baggy out of her pocket and scooping the pile of sparkly dust into it. "With this I can complete my research! Come on, my lab is close!"
FENNEL'S LAB
As we step into the lab Fennel explains that she will enter my Dream in an attempt to "Find the issue my brain can't work out." She explains further that she will put the Dream Mist into two separate sensory deprivation tanks that share the same water and that this process will allow us to share the same dream. Before we enter our separate tanks I hesitate.
"Maybe this isn't a good idea." I say, shaking my head.
"Knost," she smiles putting a hand in my shoulder. "This is important. You have to promise me you won't give up."
"I'm just saying that maybe..."
"You will be ok. I promise." She nods. "Now promise me. This is about more than just the here and now, this is about your life, your journey." She takes both of my shoulders in her hands and bends to catch my gaze as I dip my head. "This world needs good strong trainers like you. You can't give up. Not now, not ever. You have accomplish your goals. You have to follow through. You promise me that and I promise I will help you with your dreams."
"I promise." I nod. "Yeah, ok. Let's do this."
I sink, laying and floating in the water. Fennel shuts the lid. I hear nothing. I can see nothing. I feel nothing. Time slips away. I relax into the water, finding solace in the silence when..."Knost," a small voice whispers. "Knost," it calls again. I walk, towards the voice. The voice grows louder.
"I, I can't see you..." I say walking further into the a darkness so absolute I can't even see my hand as I touch my face. "Is there something wrong?" My voice echos in the darkness. "I can't seem to use my..."
"Hello there!!" Fennel appears out of no where as if someone turned on the lights around me all at once.
"Holy mother of...." I fall over, my heart beating out of my chest.
"Sorry," she smiles a guilty smile. "Sorry."
"WHY?!"
"I'm sorry.." she giggles again helping me to my feet.
"I'm going to die." I laugh looking around as my senses seeming to return to normal, the echo fading.
"You're not going to die." She smiles. "Here sit down."
I look around and see nothing but the two of us and darkness. "Where...?" a bright pink chair appears next to me as the words escape my lips, "Witchcraft...."
"Hahaha," she bursts into laughter again causing me to almost jump out of my skin. "No, not witchcraft. We're in a Dream. Well, you're dream...a shared dream really. But yes, we can do anything we like here because of the Dream Mist."
"Anything?" I smile with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, try it out." She smiles with a hop.
'Anything', I think...the possibilities. I close my eyes tight and clinch my teeth together. When I open my eyes...
"Really?!" Fennel says looking up to me like an ant looks up to a human.
"AWESOME!!!!!" I hold out my hands which are now less hands and more claws. "I'm a dragon!"
"Ugh boys...." she smiles shaking her head. "Well, while we're in here let's figure out what's causing the daydreaming. Obviously your brain is trying to work something out."
"Ok, how do we do that?" I say whipping my tail around and flapping my wings.
"Do you remember anything from any of your daydreams?"
"Ummm...." I close my eyes and tap my foot.
"Think hard..." I hear her giggle.
I close my eyes tighter. I see Green eyes. Green eyes? The professor?, "Yes, um, I saw the Professor..." I say keeping my eyes closed. "She was explaining something..."
"Ok, what was she explaining?"
"My starter or...no that's not right." I shake my head. "I'm sorry I'm not doing this right. I..."
"Keep trying." She places her hand on my massive dragon toe. "Close your eyes again. What was she explaining."
"I have to stop, something...." I clench my eyes tighter. "someone....or...."
"Yes....?"
"It's fuzzy....." I shake my head keeping my eyes closed tight. "I'm running..."
***ROAR***
"Did you hear that?!?!" I shout my eyes shooting open.
"Yes it ok you're in control." She insists in a calming voice. "What did you hear? This is something you need to start to remember as your journey is coming to a close, but you have to do it on your own. I can't just tell you. Think hard..."
"It's big." I yell glancing around in panic. "One electabuzz, two electabuzz, three...."
***ROAR***
"It getting closer!!" I scream closing my eyes.
"Knost, it's just a Dream!!!" She shouts.
I feel tears fall down my face as fear drapes over me. I open my eyes once again, no longer a dragon, but once again a scared boy looking up to Fennel.
"Knost you're in control here." She envelopes me in a hug. "Calm down. Think. You're so close. What are you running from."
I pull away from her and grab her hand yanking her into a run, "RUNN!!!!!!" I shout as we pick up speed. "Look a door! Come in here!!"
"KNOST CALM DOWN!!!" She yells as I pull her into the door and close the door behind us with a kick. "It's just a Dream!!! END SEQUENCE!!!! END SEQUENCE DAMMIT!!!!"
"Shh, it will hear you!!!! Shhhh!!!!" I whisper. It's quiet in here. Quiet is good. The kind of... I hear scratching...I look down...
"Knost, what is this?!" Fennel cries. "You need to get a hold of yourself...KNOST!!!"
"Hey bud what are you drawing?" I ask looking down to see a boy kneeling next to a pile of crayons, coloring. "What are you drawing there buddy?!"
The boy stops coloring and holds up the picture in front of his face. I see what looks like a man. The head dark blue, red, and light blue. The torso dark blue and light blue. The right arm colored as a rainbow, while the left arm was colored pink and Blue. The left leg different patterns of the same brown and the right leg grey and green.
"That's great," I say with a smile taking the picture from the boy as he dips his head, "it's all done huh? Hey bud, can you look up at me? I just want to make sure you're..." he looks up and I gasp in fear as the boy has no face.
""AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Fennel screams in fear pulling me backwards, back into the darkness closing the door between us and the faceless boy.
***ROAR***
"ONE ELECTABUZZ! TWO ELECTA...
"END THE FUCKING SEQUENCE!!!!!!" Fennel screams.
I'm hit with a blinding light as Bianca pulls me out of the tank, dripping wet.
"KNOST ARE YOU OK?!!" Bianca yells, her voice causing me to recoil back as it reverberates in my head.
"I-I'm fine," I say soaking wet and shaking in fear and from cold. "I'm..." I look over to the other tank as my teeth chatter. "Fennel! Get fennel!"
Bianca runs over and opens the tank as I collapse to the floor. Bianca throws open the door to Fennel's tank.
"HELP!!! Bianca screams to the ceiling, "HELP!!!"
I pull myself to my feet and step towards them. I see Fennel seizing in the water. Bianca places her hand on my forehead and I pass out.
Next: Promises.