New Story! Gosh it has been ages. College has been keeping me busy. Please let me know if you have any ideas to add and I may consider them. I will plan on following the game's plot-line, but mini missions and stuff like that I am a bit short on ideas for. (Poll up on my profile for a certain major plot point!)
Full Summary: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/of the Sky Adaptation... with a few twists. I didn't know who I was, or why I was found unconscious on a beach, but I am almost certain that I was not a Pokémon before. I can only hope that with the help of my new friend, Volt (who is a Rotom), I can regain my lost memories. I cannot shake the feeling that I am forgetting something very important, but what...?
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon and sadly never will. The OC's are mine though. I've named my characters Volt (partner Pokémon) and Nera (my main character).
Talking
Thinking
Yelling/Flashback
~Flash~ *Ba-Boom* *Wind howling* *Ba-Boom* *Cr-rack* *BA-BOOM*
?: "Whoa... wh-whoa!"
?: "Are... Are you okay?!"
*Boom* *Booom* ~Flash~
?: "No! Don't let go! Just a little longer... Come on! Hang on!"
~Flash~
?: "N-no! I can't... Hold on...! Waaah!"
~FLASH~
?: "... Urgh... Where... Where am I?... I can't... Drifting off..."
Chapter 1: A Storm at Sea
(Volt's POV)
"Oh, wow! What a pretty sight!" I exclaimed. The Krabby were blowing bubbles at the beach. The slowly fading light creating beautiful and colorful sparkles in them. A gently breeze carried them along slowly. It was a beautiful sunset. The water too shimmered as the light shone upon it.
"When the weather's good, the Krabby come out at sundown to blow bubbles... All those bubbles, catching the setting sun's rays off the waves... It's always beautiful," I thought with a content sigh.
"... This is where I always go when I'm feeling down on myself. But it makes me feel better, like always. Coming here is uplifting." I said with a small smile as I remembered why I was feeling upset.
*Flashback Volt's POV*
"Hmm..." I sighed, pacing back and forth outside of the Wigglytuff Guild tent.
"No, I refuse to be paralyzed by this any longer!" I declared. "I will become an official Explorer." I said, floating forward and jumped when I heard a voice coming from below me. I observed that I had stepped onto a platform that looked like it was made out of bamboo covering a hole
"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!" a voice called out from below my feet.
"Whose footprint? Whose footprint?" another voice echoed.
"The footprint is Rotom's! "The footprint is Rotom's!" the first voice called back to the second.
"Waah!" I yelped floating backwards. "That was too shocking!"
"... Whew... *sigh*... I can't... I can't work up the courage to go in, after all..." I mumbled to myself.
"I told myself that this is the day, but..." I placed my most prized possession in front of me.
"I thought that holding onto my personal treasure would inspire me... *sigh* I just can't do it. I'm such a coward... This is discouraging..." I gave another dejected sigh as I put my treasure back. (Wherever that magic space is)
I decided to head to the beach. Maybe seeing the sun set would make me feel better.
*Flashback End*
I saw something further down the beach that catches my eye.
"Hey... What's that over there?" I wonder aloud as I approach a figure lying in the sand.
(Nera's POV)
"..." *the sound of waves crashing loudly in the background* "... the ocean?"
"... Hey... -re you ok?" I hear a voice asking frantically. Urgh. My head is pounding and the sound of the waves drowns out some of what he says.
"...Who is it? Are they talking to me... ugh... my head hurts... but... I guess I should answer... ," I thought to myself.
"... Hey!" the voice called out, sounding a bit anxious. I opened my eyes slightly to see to big turquoise-blue eyes staring at me. I blinked. I opened my eyes a bit more now that my eyes had adjusted to the light. I saw an orange body that was floating. Little bits of plasma (?) shaped like lightning bolts that twitched at the slightest wind. Definitely a Rotom.
"The owner of the voice... is a Rotom... Wait, WHAT!" I mentally screamed. The only sound that left my mouth was a small "Eep." The Rotom floated close to my face with a curious expression on its face.
"Oh, good. You're awake!" the Rotom sighed floating back a few paces. It's voice still had a faint echo, something that I found was a common trait amongst most ghost types. I shuddered slightly. "Odd... have I had bad past experiences with ghost-types... this Rotom seems very nice, after all..." I wondered as I finally got the world to stop spinning. I am on a beach (that much is obvious. But why... Where am I exactly...?
"You weren't moving at all. I was seriously worried!" the Rotom said.
"What were you doing out here? Do you remember how you ended up zonked out here?" he asked with a curious expression. Kinda cute...
"Well, I'm Tetravolt, but you can call me "Volt". Glad to meet you! And who are you?" he greeted cheerfully.
"I'm a human" I say simply. "Although, how I can understand you is beyond me..." I muttered under my breath.
"What! You're a human?!" he exclaimed sounding extremely shocked.
"Is he saying I don't look human?" I thought to myself feeling slightly disturbed and a bit annoyed.
"You look like a totally normal Froslass to me!" he continued sounding concerned. My jaw near dropped. I slowly looked down at myself. I floated there gasping slightly.
"It-it's true! I've turned into a Froslass!" I mentally screamed. I looked at my arms which were shaped like the wide sleeves on a kimono with three small clawed fingers at the ends of each fin. A red stripe went all the way across my stomach around to my back where I felt two red fins were sticking out of my back giving the impression that I was wearing a red obi sash. I felt the top of my head and felt two short pointy horns on top of my head. Looking down, I felt that was what gave me the greatest shock: I was floating and... I have NO LEGS!
"How did this happen?" I wondered in shock. "I don't remember anything..."
"You're... a little odd..." Volt said looking at me strangely.
"Are your pulling some kind of trick on me?" he asked with a slightly wary expression. I shook my head no so rapidly that I thought my head might fall off. It feels so weird to have my arms being attached to my head...
"... All right, then. Your name?" he said shaking his head a little. "What's your name?" he asked repeating the question since I had not really taken notice of it before because I was still getting used to the fact that I had somehow woken up as a Froslass.
"My name is Nera," I finally answer.
"Nera? That's an interesting name," Volt said with a smile.
"Well, you don't seem to be a bad Pokémon, at least." he sighed happily with a smile. He winced as he added, "Sorry that I doubted you. It's just that there have been more and more bad Pokémon turning up lately, you see!"
"Many Pokémon have gotten more aggressive lately, so things have grown somewhat lawless-" he started to explain when two Pokémon suddenly crashed into him.
"Ouch" he cried out as they knocked him to the ground. I saw something fall on the ground; it looked like a rock. Odd, why would anyone be wandering around with a rock...
"Well, I do beg your pardon." a Pokémon that I recognized to be a Koffing sneered. Volt was quickly back upright with a disgruntled look on his face.
"Hey!" he shouted, "Why'd you do that?!" he asked/demanded.
"Heh-heh-heh! Can't figure it out?" another poison type, a Zubat asked condescendingly. "We wanted to mess with you! Can't face up to us, can you!" he added cockily. Volt's face fell. His confidence seemed to have disappeared.
"Wh-What?!" Volt asked fearfully.
"That's yours, isn't it?" the Zubat asked pointing a wing at the stone that Volt dropped. Volt gasped.
"No! That's...!" Volt sputtered helplessly.
"Sorry, kiddo. We'll take that!" Zubat said as he swiped it off the ground. Koffing laughed.
"Not gonna make a move to get that back?" Koffing asked, "What's the matter? Too scared?"
"I didn't expect that you'd be such a big coward," Koffing shrugged.
"C'mon," he said facing his partner, "Let's get out of here."
"See you around, chicken." Zubat taunted as the two flew/floated off into the nearby cave laughing. I watched them go with disgust etched into my masked face. Volt looked devastated.
"Wh-what should I do?" Volt asked. "That's my personal treasure. it means everything to me... if I lose that..." tears started to form in his eyes. Oh dear lord... please... not the sad kicked-Growlithe-look... Oh, Arceus... *Phew* It looks like he is snapping out of it. I thought to myself. I know it sounds kind of mean, but he didn't grow up in a world of dar-... Odd... wonder where that thought came from...
"No! There's no time to waste! I've got to get it back!" he said with determination.
"Can I ask you to help me?" he asks turning to me
"... Sure. I'd be happy to," I replied cracking my knuckles. He flinches at the sound.
To Be Continued...
A/N: So how do you all like this story so far? Have any of you played the Mystery Dungeon series? It is so much fun. The Time, Darkness, and Explorers of the Sky are my favorite versions with Red and Blue being my second favorite versions. Which ones are yours? Please be sure to let me know what you think of this story so far and if I should continue it. It could technically be a one-shot if I tie up a couple of loose ends. I would like to make this a story that I actually complete though. Anyways, I'm not rambling so I'm gonna stop here.
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