Ponymon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Friendship

"Urg... My head..." I groaned, opening my eyes into slits, "Wh-where am I?"

The room around me was changing every colour of the rainbow, while contrast with streaks of white. I felt the undoubtable feeling of being watched by thousands of eyes. Suddenly a voice smashed the eyrie silence.

"Answer these questions as truthfully as possible..." the voice creaked, like it was an old pony, who hadn't used his voice in a while.

"I think I'll be doing the asking!" I shouted back, my voice shuddering with fear that I did my best to hide. What was this pony going to do- if it's even a pony. Will it kill her?! Maybe even-

"What would you do if your friends were in trouble?" the voice asked, in a cold, dark tone.

"Wha- oh... I'd do my best to help them." I replied to the ever-changing colours, "Now, where am-"

"When your friends are talking out of earshot, what do you do?"

"I join in there chat." I replied, in a bored tone, realising I'm not going to get any answers.

***MEANWHILE***

"Ok, Hoppip, the time is now... Be brave..." a small plant-like beast muttered to himself, "Ok... Be brave..."

The small Hoppip stepped onto a small, bamboo grate, and took a deep breath.

"POKEMON DETTECTED!! POKEMON DETECTED!!" shouted a voice up from below the grate, "WHO'S FOOTPRINT? WHO'S FOOTPRINT?"

There was a short pause, and Hoppip was shaking violently with fear.

"IT'S HOPPIP!! IT'S HOPPIP!!" the voice shouted, and Hoppip jumped off the grate, fear locked in his eyes.

Hoppip turned, and walked away from the grate, "Who am I kidding... I'll never become a rescue team..."

Hoppip took out his relic, and looked at the gorgeous designs on the top of it. Hoppip closed his eyes, and clenched his relic tightly in his small hand. He flicked the left leaf on his head, and stuck out his tiny chest, trying to salvage some bravery. When he was about to put his tiny foot on the grate again, he heard mocking laughter coming from behind him.

"Meh-he-he-he-he! Whets wrong, pinkie, you gona cry and run home to mummy?" a small, blue bat, mocked from a distance, and a small purple ball with small tubes all over it, excreting harmful gasses.

"Cwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Nice one Zubat! Or dose the little cowardly Hoppip disagree?" snarled the other Pokémon mockingly.

"Come on Koffing, we have more IMPORTANT things to do with our time, than hang with a dip stick like you!" called the Zubat, turning away.

Once the two Pokémon were out of sight, Hoppip turned away, from the small grate, and let a tear drop from his left eye, "Koffing and Zubat are right... I am just a coward..."

Hoppip gently used his large leave on his head to glide down to the beach. The sun was just setting, and the glaze of the sun sent beautiful rays across the water.

Hoppip looked down over his relic, and sighed. Obviously, he couldn't hear the evil laughter of Zubat and Koffing.

"Ke-he-he-he-he-he! You see that thing there?! We can steal it and sell it!" grumbled Zubat, with a huge grin on his face.

"Yeah, it'll be worth a fortune!" Koffing replied, and both of them laughed evilly, and went behind a large, sand-stone boulder.

***BACK TO RAINBOW***

"Finally, think of a colour." the voice creaked at last.

"Rainbow!"

"Hmm... You have a lot of bravery, but you are loyal to your friends. You like showing off, but hate loosing. Am I right?"

"Yes." I replied after a short pause.

"Then you have the true heart of a Totodile." croaked the voice, with a little bit of relief.

"A what-now?!" I replied, but I knew the thing that asked me questions was gone.

"We'll, young Totodile, there is a small Hoppip down below, who is trying to be brave, but can't muster up enough courage." a new voice entered, a soft, female voice, which made me jump.

"A Hoppip?!" I cried, confusion messing with my thoughts, "What the heck is a Hoppip?"

"That doesn't matter at the moment. But right now, you need to fulfil your destiny, and save your world -everyone's world- from certain destruction." the voice replied gently, and my hooves felt numb, and I looked down, wishing I didn't.

The sight was enough to make me scream in terror, but when I tried to, I noticed my body was frozen stiff, and I could only watch as a small, while light travelled up my legs, turning them into small, claw-tipped hands. Soon the light had consumed my entire body, and I was completely changed into some sort of blue alligator thing. I began to freak out, and I regained movement, and began to thrash about wildly. Suddenly, the rainbow-y room I was in, soon faded to navy blue, and I began to fall through the sky.

"I'll just fly outa here!" I murmured, trying to keep my fear under control, "Uh, wings?"

I looked onto my spiked back, noticing immediately that I had no wings. My eyes turned into pin-tops, and I screamed as I fell. Soon my back collided with an ice-cold wall of water. The stench of salt overwhelmed me, and the pain in my back wasn't helping either. Soon the pain was overwhelming, and the world around me faded to black...