Super Friendship Dungeon
Chapter 4: Running from Mysteries
Previous ChapterNext ChapterApplejack and Spike charged through the woods, leaves whipping their faces as they ran blindly from the monsters chasing them. As such, they didnt notice when they had hit a path and ran straight in to someone else.
"Gah! What in tarnation!" Applejack said as she tripped up. Spike helped her up and turned to see who they tripped over.
At first glance, it looked like an oddly shaped root. Until it moved. And spoke.
"What in the world? I reckon that'll hurt in the morning. Just what was that for, huh?" It said in a masculine voice, with an accent comparable to Applejacks. He stood and looked over at the two with a glare.
"S-Sorry!" Spike stammered. "We were being chased by these wierd creatures. They had big dome heads and light on their fingers, and they were attacking us!"
The creature looked shocked. "Sounds a lot like a Beeheym to me." He nodded. "Well, if you were attacked, you'd be safer in the village. I was actually out looking for someone like you two."
"Us?" Applejack asked. "Why?"
"Well, we ran in to two pokemon named Rarity and Rainbow. Oddly colored pokemon, they were. Said that their friends would be around, and probably oddly colored too, and you two have abnormal colors for your species."
"You found Rarity and Rainbow?" Applejack said happily.
"Can you take us to them?" Spike asked.
"'Course I can!" The creature said. He held his hand out to the two. "Names Vine, the Nuzleaf. What about yourselves?"
"I'm Applejack." Applejack said. "And this is Spike."
Spike nodded ad shook Vine's hand. "Nice to meet you, mister Vine."
"You too, youngn's. Now, lets get goin'. Before them Beeheym show up again."
"Alright!" Applejack cheered, following in step behind the Nuzleaf.
"If you woudnt mind telling us, Vine, what is a pokemon?" Spike asked. "You mentioned it before. Is it out species or something?"
Nuzleaf shook his head. "Pokemon is the name given to the race of creatures who live on this planet. I'm a pokemon, you two are pokemon, those Beeheym are pokemon, etcetera. You're a Riolu, and Applejack there is a Turtwig."
Applejack nodded. "And, what about the odd colors?" She questioned.
"Well, Spikes species normally has full black sensors, and are pure blue rather than blue-green. And Turtwigs tend to be totally green, with yellow eyes." The Nuzleaf informed them.
Applejack nodded. "And what about our friends? What hav-"
"Shhh!" Vine suddenly hissed. He crouched and looked around warily.
"Whats wrong?" Spike whispered.
"The areas changed. I can feel it. We're in a mystery dungeon."
"A what?" Applejack asked.
"Mystery Dungeon. Random feats of nature. Layout's different every time you go in to one. You can find items, money, and all sorts of other things here. But there's danger, too. Wild pokemon live in them, and attack upon sight. They're very territorial."
Applejack shuddered. "Well, what do we do?"
"Find the stairs." Vine said. "Years ago, old explorers came through the dungeons and build stairs to find exits. Despite the format changing, the stairs always stayed somewhere in the dungeon."
He turned to the two of them. "Do you two know any attacks?"
"Attacks? Well, eariler i shot leaves from my shell. Is that one?"
"Razor Leaf." The Nuzleaf nodded. "I know that one too. What about you, Spike?"
"Um... I'm not sure." Spike sighed.
"Riolu tend to be physical fighters. You probably know something like Bite or Vacuum Wave. It will come naturally when you're in battle. Follow my lead."
Vine led the two through oddly neat paths and clearings in the dungeon. The stairs were in sight just across the room. "Come on!" He said. "Lets hurry!"
Applejack and Spike ran after him, but were stopped by a fierce growl. Looking over, they saw a two headded, wingless bird had blocked the path.
"Darn it! A Doduo. None of us have an advantage over it." Vine sighed.
"Advantage?" Spike asked, but was drowned out by the Doduo growling and charging the group. Applejack lept out of the way, then charged the bird at full speed. She slammed the full weight of her body against it, causing it to fall and become unresponsive.
"Did i beat it?" She asked.
"Nice Tackle!" Vine cheered. "You knocked it out! Come on, lets go, before it wakes up."
Spike followed behind the two, thinking. "How would i use a move?" He thought. "Maybe I should try to battle..." He nodded and looked as they approached the stairs. "I'll take on the next pokemon we find!" He thought proudly.
And find they did. After reaching the next floor, the trio took a random path and began searching again for the stairs to the next floor of the dungeon. Applejack called out to Vine and pointed to something on the ground. "What's that?" She asked.
Vine took a step back. "A hoard of oran berries... Meaning that this is a wild pokemon's home. Be careful." He said, looking around. He turned to leave, but came face to face with a fluffy white bat. He fell backwards with a yelp. Applejack turned around and gasped when she saw the bat. She lept to attack it, but stopped when a large tornado whipped up behind it. The bat turned and saw the tornado get condenced to one place, specifically, Spike, then shot out in a blast of energy. The energy struck the bat and knocked it out cold. It dropped a blue berry it had been holding, letting it roll to a stop at Spikes feet.
"Wow..." Applejack said in awe. "What was that?"
"Vaccum Wave." Vine provided. "Nice job. You guys are good at this."
Spike blushed. "Thanks." He said proudly. "Come on, lets get going!"
And the dragon-turned-pokemon led the way through the dungeon until they found the exit.
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