Alright, first fanfiction I post on the site! Hope this one gets more fans than the other two on Fimfiction, tho.

Anyways, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky! Best game of the series, hands down.

This will be my own take on the game. Yeah yeah, same plot, same enemies, yadda, yadda. Well, no actually. This is basically to see my point of view if the main character really acted like I would, though this isn't a self-insert by far. There will be training between missions, new characters, different dialogues, and all that, just to spice things up.

Even then, here's a few things that will be special here:

1 - Power levels are bullshit; a level 5 Zorua can learn Night Daze if it tries hard enough, but it will be way harder than learning Feint Attack, for example.

2 - Every Pokémon will have an Egg Move, and it is possible learning TM and Egg Moves via training; that's basically anime canon, by now.

3 - Pokémon can invent and mix moves; that will be pretty important later, when our protagonists meet a certain high-level Explorer Team.

4 - None of that 'It's little effective' crap; if it's immune, it's immune.

5 - No evolution my ass; there's an explanation for why future Pokémon are blocked from evolving, but present time Pokémon can evolve if they want. Yeah, they can stop their evolution for as much time as they want too.

I think that's all; if I remember anything else I'll put on the next chapter or something. Without further ado, enjoy the story.

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I don't own Pokémon or its characters. If I did, Ash would have a Ninetales.

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"Alright! Today is the day!" Sounded an eager voice through the whole cliff; the voice belonged to a Riolu who was eagerly looking around. He smiled at the decorations scattered around the area, snickering for a moment at the sight of the Pokémon totems before recomposing himself and narrowing eyes at the Wigglytuff-shaped house. "We'll finally join Wigglytuff's Guild!"

His companion, a small Zorua, walked behind him with a strained smile. "I-I don't know, Spike. They're supposed to have a super hard training, and while I know we'll be able to pass through it, I want to train a bit more before trying to join. I want to impress the Guildmaster."

Spike deflated a bit, clearly disappointed, but shook his head and smiled at his friend. "It's okay, Luna. We're doing this for you, remember? We're turning into Explorers to find out more about this treasure of yours." He nodded towards the collar around the Zorua's neck. "If you want to train a bit more then okay." He looked back towards the guild with a frown. "I was really hyped, though. Oh well."

Luna walked behind his friend and patted him on the back. "I'm sorry." She muttered. "We'll train today just to be sure we're ready and then we'll come back tomorrow, alright?" She asked with a hopeful smile.

Spike sighed with a small smile. He couldn't understand his friend, normally she is forceful, brash, short-tempered, panicky in certain circumstances and a bit foul-mouthed, but sometimes she did a complete one eighty and became meek and self-conscious; he was used to it though, being friends for eleven years, ever since they were eight-years-old kids tended to do that. "Alright, at Beach Cave as always?"

Luna nodded in both affirmation and gratitude. "Sure."

The moment they started to walk down the stairs, two figures, a Zubat and a Koffing, revealed themselves from the hiding spot they were in. They looked at the pair before turning to each other and grinning evilly.

A few minutes later they were walking in a confortable silence through the beach, heading for the nearest Mystery Dungeon. Luna looked around and stopper, taking in the sight of the sunset, with Bubbles blown by the Krabby floating around, making the view even more beautiful. "No matter how many times I see this, it never loses its magic."

"Yeah…" Spike murmured, staring at the Bubbles floating in the air. He slowly lifted his hand and popped one that came close, smiling at the resulting sound and small spray of water. They kept looking for a few moments, before Luna turned back towards the cave and Spike quickly followed her.

They walked for a few more moments before Spike caught sight of something ahead. "What…" He squinted, trying to identify whatever it was before gasping when he finally succeeded. "Luna, someone collapsed in the sand!" He cried and dashed towards the fallen Pokémon.

"What-" Luna stopped herself and widened her eyes when she saw it. "The fuck?!" She shouted and dashed forwards as well.

They reached the fallen Pokémon in seconds, Spike kneeled besides it to see if it was alive while Luna stopped near and examined the Pokémon. It was a quadruped like her, and seemed to be some kind of fox as well; it had a short reddish-orange fur, six red tails that curled in the ends and a red curled mane. "She's alright." Spike sighed in relief, Luna following his example. "Thank Arceus for that, eh?"

"Do you know her?" The Zorua asked.

"No, never seen her before." Spike murmured. He put a hand on the Vulpix's shoulder and gently shook her. "Hey, wake up please. Are you alright?" He asked gently.

The Vulpix stirred for a moment and slowly opened her eyes. She came to her feed unsteadily and looked at the other two present. She tilted her had to the side. "Uh, hi? Where am I?"

"Shit." Luna hissed under her breath. "You're in the beach near Treasure Town; the one that leads to Beach Cave."

"Oh. Never heard of it." She said with a sheepish smile.

Spike and Luna sweatdropped. "Do you remember where you came from?" Spike asked the Vulpix, who paused for a moment before shaking her head. "Do you remember anything at all?"

The Fire-type looked at her body. "Well, aside from the fact that I was a human, nope." She said nonchalantly.

The local duo blinked in shock. "Human?" Luna asked in disbelief before trading looks with Spike. "Were you smoking Rare Candy or something?"

"All I know is that last night I was a human." The Fire-type shrugged.

"That doesn't answer my question." Luna muttered with furrowed eyebrows.

"Alright, okay." Spike stopped them before they could derail even more. "Should we call you Vulpix or do you like another name?" He asked the Vulpix.

She paused for a moment, looking down with a paw over her lower lip. Suddenly she started to remember… voices…

"H-Hold on!"

"Don't you dare release my hand now, or I swear I'll-"

"N-No! FAIRY!"

"Well… I do remember something, but I think is more of a nickname than anything." She said hesitantly. 'What the hell was that?'

"Anything we can call you works." Luna shrugged.

The Vulpix nodded and extended her paw forwards. "Then call me… Fairy."

Spike smiled and shook her paw. "Spike, it's a pleasure meeting you."

Luna did it as well. "Luna, I say the same."

Fairy smiled with a nod. "So, what were you two doing before you found me?"

The other two looked at each other. Spike raised an eyebrow in a silent question, and Luna looked away for a moment before nodding. "We were going to train at the Beach Cave." Luna started.

"We're training to become Explorers! I think we're ready, but Miss Shifty Personality here thinks we should make sure." Spike scoffed, causing Fairy to snicker and Luna to narrow her eyes at him.

Fairy shook her head and looked at the Riolu. "What are Explorers anyways?"

Luna's eyebrows shot up. "Wow, you really aren't from here, are you?"

"I told you, I was a human until yesterday." Fairy rolled her eyes.

"Basically Explorers are Pokémon who go around exploring places, making discoveries, searching for treasure and helping Pokémon in need, basically." Spike simplified before Luna could throw herself into a rant about how Explorers were awesome.

Luna recoiled as if in pain. "That explanation was so bad it hurt!" She cried out. "But yeah, that's the gist of it. I was always a sucker for legends and lore, you know? And the day I found this-" She pointed to her collar. "-it became my personal treasure instantly." She smiled with pride. "My dream is to discover and explore new places and find out where my Relic Fragment fits!"

Fairy approached the Zorua to have a better look of the collar. It was a small rock with a flat side wrapped with a string to form a collar; the flat side had a drawing of sorts, and the other seemed to fit into something. "Cool."

Suddenly, a purple blur shot between them and ripped the Fragment from Luna's neck, causing the Zorua to gasp and turn to the thief. "Heh-heh-heh, look at this, Koffing!" A Zubat said to a Koffing.

"Whoa-hoh-hoh! Good find, Zubat!" The Koffing replied.

"Hey! What the ever-lasting hell are you two doing?!" Luna barked at the thieves.

The Zubat looked at the Zorua, then looked around for a moment. "Who, us?" He smirked. "Collecting our reward."

"That's Luna's treasure!" Spike shouted.

"Treasure you say? Oh-hoh-hoh, this should be valuable then." Koffing commented.

"No way we're giving it to you wimps now. Eheh-heh-heh-heh!" Zubat laughed.

"Who the fuck are you calling a wimp?!" Fairy yelled.

"Why, you of course! Or are you going to do something about it?" Koffing inquired.

"Quick Attack!" Spike shouted and rushed towards the Poison-types; Zubat and Koffing did a double-take and quickly dodged the attack. Spike landed on his feet, turned, and jumped again, paw ready to strike. "Force Palm!" He called and struck Koffing. The round ball of poisonous gas was sent flying a few feet back, stopping short from impacting the border of the Beach Cave.

Zubat looked at his partner and tightened his grip on the Relic Fragment before turned to the other two just in time to see Fairy preparing her own Move. "Ember!" She shouted and sent forwards a volley of small fireballs, nearly all of them heading straight at Zubat. The bat flinched and started to dodge the attacks, but a few of them still made contact.

Just as the incoming barrage stopped, Luna appeared out of thin air, Dark-typed energy coursing through her body, and she slammed her tail hard at the Poison/Flying-type. "Feint Attack!" She cried as her foe was sent flying towards her partner, unfortunately still holding her treasure. "Give me back my Relic Fragment!" She roared.

Zubat shook his head as he flew up a moment before impacting Koffing. "So they can actually fight, eh? Let's go, they can't follow us in the cave!" He told his partner. While Koffing bobbed up and down, his version of a nod, and shot towards the mystery dungeon, Zubat turned to the incoming trio. "Supersonic!" He cried out and sent forth a wave of discordant sound.

Spike and Luna stopped on their tracks and gripped their ears, trying to block the sound. Zubat laughed before flying inside the Cave, following Koffing. "Gah, that was awful!" Fairy whimpered as she rubbed her ears. "I guess having an improved hearing can be a double-edged sword."

"Nonononono- OW!" Luna started to panic and shake her head wildly, but a blunt impact in the back of her head – courtesy of a certain six-tailed fire fox – snapped her out of it.

"Calm down, girl!" Fairy admonished and turned to the Cave. "They're in the Beach Cave; it shouldn't be too hard to catch up with them."

"Looks like we'll be training after all, eh?" Spike chuckled while cracking his knuckles.

"Yeah. I'm going to make those two pay." Luna snarled. She shook her head and turned to Fairy. "Alright, gotta go. See you around!" She said before running to the Cave.

"What?! Hell no, I'm not leaving you like this!" Fairy shouted and started to run after the Dark-type besides Spike. "It became my problem when they decided to fuck with one of my friends."

Luna slowed enough for the other two to be able to catch up with her and sent a grateful smile towards Fairy. The trio looked forward in determination as they finally entered the Mystery Dungeon.

"What is this place anyways?" Fairy asked, observing the rock formations around her. "It feels… off."

"It's a Mystery Dungeon. It's a… something something anomaly in the space-time that spawns around sometimes. But time is messed up right now, so they're popping around like balloons." Luna explained.

"And you said mine was bad." Spike grumbled. "But yeah, the time flow is weird in some places; out of synch with the rest of the world or something. Never really seen it myself, but I heard the rumors."

"The Mystery Dungeons are always changing their layout and items, most of the Pokémon inside are mindless or are being controlled or something and only want to battle, and if you get knocked out you'll wake up outside with half your money and way less items than when you entered." Luna finished. The trio turned a corner and almost immediately found themselves face-to-face with their first enemies, a Kabuto and a Corsola.

"Oh, come on! Double resistance, really?" Fairy groaned.

"Don't worry, those guys are ridiculously easy to deal with." Spike said with a dismissive wave. "Our training is more 'let's see if I can send this guy to the other side of the room with my attack' than a real battle. Seriously, look at this." He walked towards both Rock/Water types and grinned. When the Kabuto jumped at him with a Tackle, Spike ducked under the tackle. "Force Palm!" He called and struck the Pokémon, sending it flying. Then he approached the Corsola and spun on his right leg, delivering a swift kick before the pink coral could react. "Low Kick!" He shouted with a grin, the kick with enough strength to send his foe flying and impact the other mid-air, knocking both of them out. "See? Ultra easy." He said with a nonchalant shrug.

Luna and Fairy sweatdropped. "Kinda disappointing." Fairy commented.

"An immense let-down, you mean." Luna murmured.

The trio turned to see a Shellder jumping into view. The Water-type located them and steadily started to jump towards the group. "Dibs!" Fairy shouted. "Alright, earlier I remembered my attacks, must be some kind of instinct for Pokémon-"

"It is." Spike and Luna confirmed with a nod.

"So I'm pretty sure I can do it again, let's see…" She trailed off, squinting her eyes in deep thought before they widened. "Ohhh~ I'll keep that one as a surprise for Dumb and Dumber, for now I'll use…" She narrowed her eyes at the Shellder, who stopped a few feet from her. "Energy Ball!" She shouted and a sphere of Grass-typed energy formed in front of her muzzle before shooting towards her foe. The sphere exploded and sent the Shellder tumbling back until it finally impacted the wall.

Spike applauded her with an impressed look and Luna facepawed. "Darkrai dammit, even she is stronger than me! And if she's telling the truth, then she wasn't even a Pokémon for a full day!" Spike sent her a look.

"Whoever the fuck dropkicked me into this place at least had the courtesy of giving me useful moves." The Vulpix giggled with a wink.

"That's convenient. Hey, what was that about another move?" Spike asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You'll have to wait and see." Fairy struck her tongue at him. "But I'll tell you one thing: it's my Egg Move."

"Or at least it would be if you actually had hatched from an egg." The Riolu pointed out.

Luna frowned. "I can see this getting confusing pretty fast."

Fair shrugged as she led them towards another corridor. "If I'm going to stay like this for whoever knows how long, then I at least need to get used to talking like I was always a Pokémon. It'll save a lot of headache and won't raise suspicions from the others. You guys are cool with the fact that I was a human, but what if someone that isn't finds out? I don't want to get chased out of the dimension with torches and pitchforks."

Luna opened her mouth to say something, but quickly shut her mouth. "I see your point." She conceded. She looked around for a bit and nodded. "We must be getting near to the staircase."

"What." Fairy deadpanned.

"Yeah, I see it." Spike pointed forwards.

"What." Fairy repeated, looking to the direction Spike was pointing, and sure enough there was a hole on the floor with stone steps leading to a lower level of the dungeon.

"We didn't tell you?" Spike asked. "Mystery Dungeons has multiple levels, and the way you get around them is by walking up – or down, depends on the Dungeon – those stairs."

"…what."

"Oh, for fuck's sake." Luna groaned and walked behind Fairy so she could push her forwards. "Come on, I want my Relic Fragment, and I want it today!"

"Anything else I should know about those dungeons before my brain blue-screens again?" Fairy asked drily when she finally rebooted herself a few minutes later. "Seriously, what the hell?"

"Nothing comes to mind. Honestly, I guess we're so used to it that we just don't question what happens in these places." Spike shrugged.

"Well there's some Pokémon who use the Dungeons as hideouts or even shops." Luna pointed out. "Practically every outlaw uses a Mystery Dungeon as a place to hide until they can come out without half of the world chasing them. Never really works."

Fairy shook her head. "I know I should be freaking out about the messed up place I ended in – no offense –, but I find myself unable to."

"Why?" Luna asked, not bothering to hide her curiosity.

"Because I've probably seen worse." Fairy grimaced. "Which really worries me."

They spent a few more minutes walking around the Beach Cave, almost walking face-first into dead-ends once or twice, and fighting a seemingly endless horde of Pokémon that few to only one hit, no matter the move they were using; even Fairy's Ember.

"Man, this is… kinda sad" Fairy commented as she held a Shellder closed with a paw. The Water-type tried to jump out of her grip or open its shell to launch an attack, but it simply couldn't. "I almost feel bad for those guys. They're so weak I think I can knock them out with a Tail Whip."

"But Tail Whip doesn't deal damage." Luna deadpanned from atop a Corsola she was riding cow-girl style. The pink and blue Rock/Water-type tried its best to knock her down, but ended up running in circles.

"My point exactly."

"Alright girls, let's go already. There are two Poison-typed chickens who are long overdue for a beating." Spike pointed out from near the stairs that led to the Beach Cave Pit.

"Eh, I saw Zubat flying around the room earlier; he saw us and flew up the stairs." Luna said. "And the next level it the end of the cave, remember? It's a dead-end. But yeah, you're right. Let's go beat those two up." She jumped down from her place atop Corsola and immediately disappeared. "Feint Attack." She said as she reappeared behind the Rock/Water-type and shoulder-slammed it.

"Alright then." Fairy shrugged as she grabbed the Shellder and hurled it above her shoulder. She disappeared just like Luna and appeared directly under the falling Pokémon, attacking it with her tails and sending it flying to a wall. "Feint Attack."

"Are you sure that's not your Egg Move?" Spike asked as he stood up and walked to the next level.

"Trust me, it's worth the wait." The Vulpix said with a feral grin. "They won't know what hit them." She suddenly paused when she entered the next level. "Hey Luna, how good are you with your Illusions?"

"I never got an unbiased opinion – a mom will always tell her children they're awesome – but I think I'm alright. What do you have in mind?" Luna asked her friend, Fairy just grinned mischievously and whispered her plan on the Zorua's ear. Luna was quick to copy her expression. "Oh~ this is going to be good."

A few minutes later Koffing and Zubat flew down from the place on the ceiling they were hiding in. They both looked around, and seeing no sign of the trio they stole the Fragment from, they relaxed. "Are they gone?" Koffing asked with a sigh.

"Looks like it." Zubat nodded before growling. "Dammit this is humiliating! We're hiding from freaking children!"

"To be fair, they are pretty strong." Koffing pointed out.

"And because of this thing that maybe isn't even valuable!" He released an exasperated sigh. "Let's just go while they're gone, hopefully we won't bump into them on the way out."

"Do you really think you're that lucky?" Both thieves froze in place, and slowly turned to look behind them, coming face to face with a smirking Riolu leaning against a rock. Spike waved at them. "Sup?"

They started to head the opposite way, and found themselves looking at a Zorua inspecting her paws. Luna looked up with an 'innocent' smile. "Going somewhere?"

They started to back off against a rock and upwards, hoping that their enemies couldn't reach them if they were high enough. They didn't take on account the fact that one of the Pokémon was missing, and that this Pokémon was laying atop the rock they were floating close to. "Heeeeere's Fairy!" The Vulpix whispered on their ears.

The absolutely did not scream like the little bitches they are.

"H-How did you sneak on us?!" Koffing yelped. Luna cleared her throat with a deadpan. "Oh, right."

"And for the record, everyone here is older than eighteen, we just didn't evolve yet." Fairy said. "Why do you think we're swearing like it's the end of the world and not giving a flying fuck about it?"

"Because this generation is pretty much a lost cause?" Zubat meekly asked.

Spike opened his mouth to reply, but closed it with a grimace and a nod. "Point taken." He finally conceded.

"Doesn't matter, you have something that's mine, and I want it back. So, are you going to give it to us, or will we need to take it from your unconscious selves?" Luna growled menacingly, Dark energy coursing through her body.

Zubat and Koffing looked at each other and narrowed their eyes at the trio. "Sorry, but we won't give it to you that easily." Zubat sneered.

Fairy grinned maniacally. "I was hoping you'd say that." She laughed and jumped down to her friends. "Alright then, it's a battle!" She announced and crouched down, ready to pounce. Luna mimicked her and Spike ease into his own stance, legs separated, left in front, left forepaw forwards and right forepaw parallel to his torso.

A random tune started to play in Fairy's head.

"Wing Attack!" Zubat shouted and rushed towards the trio. Spike and Fairy easily jumped out of the way, and Luna grinned as she stood her ground.

"Sucker Punch!" She called and punched Zubat between his eyes, turning his own inertia against him. "Scratch!" She scratched him with her other paw, sending him flying.

Spike turned to the other Pokémon and jumped towards him. "Quick Attack!" White energy blazed around him as his speed doubled and came really close to hit his foe, but twisted in the air to try another hit. "Force Palm!" Unfortunately, Koffing backed out of the range and Spike fell to the ground, knees bent. "I can handle this, help Luna!" He shouted to Fairy. The Vulpix weighted her options, remembering what they talked when they were planning their strategy.

"Alright, we know how to surprise those two, now let's talk about how we'll fight." Fairy said. "Any of us can handle them, I'm sure, but I still want to know what you two have."

"I know a few of moves, but most of them depend a lot of the occasion." Spike admitted. "Quick Attack, Force Palm, Low Kick, Copycat, Endure, Counter, Feint, Iron Tail and Blaze Kick."

"Nice set." Fairy whistled.

"I have fewer moves, but they are more offensive." Luna said. "Feint Attack, Pursuit, Shadow Ball, Fury Swipes, Scratch, Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse."

Fairy stared at her blankly. "You know Dark Pulse. And you said I'm more powerful than you."

Luna looked away with a blush. "I learned it very recently; it may be powerful, but I'm having some problems with the aim and the recoil."

Fairy nodded in understanding. "I see. Well, I have Quick Attack, Ember, Energy Ball, Feint Attack, Confuse Ray, Tail Whip, Roar and-" She smirked at the other two. "Secret."

Spike and Luna groaned in exasperation.

Fairy looked down. While Spike had no ranged attacks, and his stronger Moves would do less damage because of Koffing's typing, but he looked way more experienced than Luna when it came to fighting. Also, Luna only had three attacks that were useful against Zubat; Feint Attack to come close without being noticed, Pursuit if he tried to go too far, and Shadow Ball as a ranged attack. Dark Pulse would be there too, but if she couldn't aim for the broad side of a barn, then it would be impossible to hit the bat.

One look at Luna's battle was all it took for Fairy to make her decision.

Luna evaded another Wing Attack coming for her and ran to a nearby boulder, climbing atop of hit for height. "Shadow Ball!" She shouted and fired the Ghost-typed sphere of energy, but Zubat's chaotic flight made it easy for him to evade and prepare his counter-attack.

"Supersonic!" He fired another wave of sound, making Luna yell in pain and fall against the rock, clutching both of her ears. Zubat smirked and darted forwards, preparing for the kill as he opened his maw. "Bite!" Unfortunately for him, Fairy had other plans.

Coming out of her invisibility, Fairy slammed her Dark covered tails on Zubat before he could reach the fallen fox. "Feint Attack!" She called as the bat rocketed away until he impacted the wall. Fairy blinked. "Damn, I'm asking Spike to teach me Iron Tail. If this is any indication, I'll be hit-killing a Tyranitar in no time." She joked.

"Yeah, I don't want to be on the receiving end of that." Luna chuckled as she stood up. "Thanks for the save."

"No problem." Fairy smiled.

Zubat slowly lifted himself from the ground and growled. "Alright, no more Mr Nice Guy, I'm knocking you both out right now! Air Cutter!" Both his wing glowed for a moment and he whipped both forwards, sending forth a crescent wave of wind.

Fairy and Luna jumped to opposite sides, evading the attack by inches, and landed on their paws. "We need to bring him down already." Luna growled.

Fairy nodded and narrowed her eyes. "Could you bring him close to Koffing? I have a plan." Luna looked at her for a second and nodded in confirmation. Fairy turned to the other fight and saw Spike struggling against Koffing, who was bombarding the area with Sludge Bombs; Spike could dodge them easily, but he was unable to attack. "Spike, Steel is immune to Poison!" Fairy shouted before turning to the Zorua. "Take care."

The Riolu looked at her in confusion before blinking and smirking. He waited for a Sludge Bomb to come close to him and jumped into the air with a twirl. "Iron Tail!" His tail gained a metallic glint and batted the incoming Sludge Bomb, sending it back flying towards a wide-eyed Koffing.

While the Koffing shook himself to take the sludge out of his face, Fairy sped towards him. "Quick Attack!" The attack was sufficient to send Koffing flying back a few feet, coming close to the Zubat that was escaping from being hit by a storm of Shadow Ball, courtesy of Luna. Fairy changed her course and stopped beside Spike, whispering her plan to him. Spike smiled and nodded, and they both began to corral the thieves. "Quick Attack!"

Instead of hitting the thieves, they just passed near them, causing them to flinch back and recoil a few inches. Luna saw what they were doing and decided to help. "Shadow Ball!" She fired the Ghost sphere near Zubat, causing the same effect.

Under the repeated assault, Zubat and Koffing were forced to retreat a few feet, hovering on top of a boulder, with Koffing on top of Zubat. "Drat, they are strong!" Zubat yelped when Spike attacked a bit too close for confort.

Fairy came out of the invisibility of her Feint Attack a few feet on top of Koffing, near the roof of the cave. "You saw nothing, Jackasses!" She grinned maniacally as she fell. "Face my most powerful attack!" Her body started to glow faintly, embers starting to lick her fur.

Spike went wide-eyed when he realized was her attack was, and decided to change things slightly. He Quick Attacked his way on top of the rock below Zubat and twisted himself into a handstand, his own feet starting to blaze. Koffing was paralyzed with fear because of the attack coming from above, and Zubat was too stunned by the Riolu to move.

Fairy's body was engulfed with fire as she fell on Koffing like a comet and Riolu launched himself upwards, spearing Zubat on the gut. "Flare Blitz!" "Blaze Kick!" Both attacks impacted their targets and then each other, causing an enormous explosion that rocked the whole cave.

Luna had to carve her claw on the floor so she wouldn't be send flying by the shockwave, and she whipped her head towards the cloud of smoke and dust that followed afterwards. "Spike! Flare!" She cried fearfully.

From the smoke, two figures emerged; Spike, bearing a few scorch marks, scratches and a smug smirk, and Fairy, with her own bruises and glowing faintly. "I love Flash Fire." She sighed.

Spike chuckled. "Yeah, you look way better than I am, at least."

Luna sighed in relief. "Thank Yveltal you're both safe."

"That sounds contradictory." Fairy commented.

"She reverences Dark-type legendaries. Kind of like the Psychic-types do with Mew." Spike clarified.

"Oh yeah, she did say 'Darkrai dammit' earlier." Fairy mused before looking back at the slowly clearing smoke, straight at the fallen Zubat and the artifact near him. She walked towards it, grabbed it, and threw it towards Luna. She started to walk back to her friends until she stopped and turned to the recuperating Pokémon. "Quick question, why didn't you flee using the passage?" She pointed at the hole on the far wall that let the Sunlight come through, with enough space for a medium-sized Pokémon o pass without touching the water coming from the same hole. Both thieves stared blankly at the passage before groaning and flopping back to the ground. Fairy smirked and resumed walking towards her group.

They sat on the sand of the beach, letting the waves hit them as they stared at the setting sun. "So, what now?" Fairy asked.

"Honestly, I think I'm finally ready to enter the Guild." Luna said with a nod.

Spike turned to her, grinning. "Really, now? I think they're still open, y'know?"

"I know, we can go there in a few minutes." Luna nodded absentminded. "For now, we need to talk about another thing." She turned to Fairy. "What are you going to do now?"

Fairy blinked and looked upwards with a frown. "I have no idea. Aside from you two, no one knows me, and there's also the thing with me being turned into a Pokémon." She looked at her body. "Honestly, I don't know if I actually mind being a Pokémon, but I want to know who I was and why the hell I turned into a Vulpix in the first place."

Spike and Luna looked at each other and simultaneously nodded. "You could come with us." Spike offered.

Fairy blinked in surprise. "Come again?"

"Yeah!" Luna smiled. "You seem to be a natural when it comes to fighting, you maintained your calm during the whole Dungeon – except for the stairs thing – and you came up with a good strategy on the fly, helping us win the fight way easier than we would if you weren't here. Also, Explorers discovers all kinds of things, it would be a matter of time until we stumbled into a lead on what happened to you."

Fairy nodded in understanding. "And I'll have someplace to stay and with friends at that." She paused for a moment before shrugging. "Eh, why not? It's not like there's anything better than that for now." She said with a smirk.

"Yes!" Spike and Luna shouted and high-fived. "Let's go to the guild, we can join now!" Spike called and started to run to the Wigglytuff's Guild.

"Wait!" Luna called and ran after him, Fairy following them with a laugh.

And with that, our trio of friends started the biggest adventure of their lives. An adventure where they will find power, make friends as well as enemies, and end up as heroes for the Pokémon-kind.

Arceus help us all.

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Aguion: So, what do you think?

Fairy: Eh,could be worse.

Spike: Considering how bad the first chapter of the first fanfic he wrote was, that's really good, actually.

Luna: Even then, I hope you improve in the future.

Aguion: *sigh* Everybody is a critic. But I appreciate it. If you have something to say, do not hesitate! Unless it's just hate, then you can shove you review up your ass.

This is Aguion12 signing off!