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Pokémon PMD Blessed Protectors

Chapter 2: Cave Foraging
  • LtMagnum

    Youngster
    Pronouns
    he/him/his
    After my rough ride with the Cramorant and the hard fall on the beach, I needed the rest. During my nap, I was contacted by an unknown figure through my consciousness. The voice had a melodic female charm to it.

    “Ace!” said the figure. “How do you know my name?” I replied. I was very confused. The voice was too smooth and disarming to sound like Poli’ahu. It clearly was not Spinda. And besides Manaphy, who is male, I have not talked to any other Pokemon in the Pokemon world yet. “I can predict the near future and you are the hero who saved Kalos from the Ultimate Weapon. You will meet me in due time.” she replied. “Wait. Who the hell are you? Show yourself.” I said, desiring to know answers as the unknown figure faded.

    “Wake up Ace! I am going to Beach Cave to forage. You should go with me so you can know your moves.” Poli’ahu said, interrupting my sleep. I felt very groggy like a frat boy during a hangover. “Gimme a moment.” I replied as I stretched my limbs and slowly got up. We proceeded to walk through the beach and went to the cave.

    I talked to Poli’ahu about my odd dream during my nap. “Which Pokemon can see through the future and communicate in dreams, Poli’ahu?” I asked. “Xatu and Gardevoir can see the future but I do not think they can communicate in dreams. Absol can too but it is limited to detecting disasters. Munna, Musharna, and Cresselia can communicate through dreams but I am not sure any of them have precognition.” replied Poli’ahu. “It has to be something. The vision was vivid and the figure knew my name.” I said to Poli’ahu. “Let’s do some foraging to get this off your mind right now. You will find the answer eventually.” Poli’ahu said with confidence.

    As we entered the cave, Poli’ahu whispered in my ear “A lot of the Pokemon in this cave are hostile to any outsiders. We are searching for food but it will be inevitable that we will be attacked. Please avoid any unnecessary fights because you do not know your own strength yet.”.

    During my first few steps in the cave, I was suddenly attacked by a hostile Anorith. “Damn it.” I said in a voice low and quiet enough to prevent myself from drawing any further attention. “Do not worry, it is not your fault.” Poli’ahu said giving me some comfort. “Take care of that Anorith. You could use the training, not to mention, you are a water type. You should have a super effective move on it.” Poli’ahu insisted.

    I opened my mouth, hoping I would use Water gun, Bubble, or Bubblebeam. But nope, when I tried to exhale to use a move, I ended using ice beam by accident. “Why didn’t you use a water type move?” asked Poli’ahu. “I don’t know any. I tried to use any water type move that came into my mind but I am not having my day today.” I countered. “Let me know if you need backup. I am going to get some apples and ribbons.” Poli’ahu said. She did not want to interfere with my fight unless it was absolutely needed because she knew that I was still getting used to my form as a Froakie.

    The Anorith hit me very hard with a rock blast. My ice beam seemed to have little to no avail. I had to use another attack. I dug underground. I can dig much faster than I thought. I sprang up and hit the Anorith, who immediately hit me again with a Rock Blast. It felt much more feeble than last time. And at this moment, I realized that I had protean as my ability. I found a pebble in the cave and threw it at the Anorith. “Play stupid games. WIn stupid prizes. You just asked for a WWE Smackdown.” I shouted after the first pebble hit Anorith. It used Rock Blast again and it was just as feeble as the 2nd attempt. I threw a 2nd pebble at the Anorith and the Anorith was down. “Next time, if you mess with me, you are gonna be part of a gumbo serving.” I taunted as the Anorith was knocked out.

    It was a miracle that this Anorith was the only Pokemon in the cave that attempted to attack me. I was concerned that a huge horde was going to swarm me and Poli’ahu, which would have likely been bad news because I do not perceive Poli’ahu as being a good fighter due to her lack of self-confidence in combat (she forages in a stealthy manner) and this is still my first 24 waking hours as a Froakie.

    I caught up with Poli’ahu, who was about 50 yards away from me. “I knew you could do it.” Poli’ahu smiled. “A piece of Alcremie” I replied in a sarcastic manner while trying to conceal my blushing by covering my face, somewhat unaware of the difficulty of the fight. “You are going to have to a lot more of that in a couple days.” Poli’ahu said. “I know that I have a lot of work to do.” I sighed. “Let’s call it a day.” Poli’ahu said. She showed me the food and treasure she collected. “This should be enough for the 2 of us until the tourney arrives.” said Poli’ahu expressing content in her little journey with me.

    After we exited the cave, we ate a nice dinner of gummies and apples at the spot we napped earlier that day. After dinner, we both decided to go to sleep for the night. Right before I fell asleep, I saw 2 Pokemon. A Houndour and a Litwick appeared. Poli’ahu was asleep. “WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!” I yelled at Poli’ahu. The 2 Fire Types were attempting to rob her loot. Poli’ahu woke up and immediately knew why I woke her up. “This is not as easy as I thought it would be.” The Houndour said. I confronted the two troublemakers. “It’s on now. You will not like me when I am slangry.” I said. “Slangry?” Litwick jeered. “Yep. Sleepy and Angry. Litwick. I will make it as quick and painless as possible for your two delinquents.” I declared. “Let me take them too.” Poli’ahu said.

    To be continued…
     
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