//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Starlight Joins the Expedition Society // Story: Pokemon Ultra Mystery Dungeon // by FandomPlays1234 //------------------------------// Emi silently ate her breakfast while she thought about the dream from last night. If only she could find out who was calling out to her, maybe she could ask Ampharos about it. But right now she knew very little. She didn't know the Pokemon asking for help or what it was he or she wanted. They had mentioned something about the world in danger but other than that she didn't know what it is they needed. "Hey Emi are you alright?" Ralph asked. "What..... oh uh yeah I'm fine," answered Emi. "Alright, well hurry up and finish breakfast so we can go explore this new dungeon," said Ralph. "Yeah ok," said Emi. Ralph went back to attacking his pancake but Emi couldn't bother to finish her food. After breakfast the two approached Ampharos. "What now?" asked Ampharos. "I can't help it, I need to go today!" beamed Ralph. "Well I you two have been giving your best with work especially as kids so I suppose it's all right," said Ampharos. "Alright thanks!" cheered Ralph as he ran out. "Oh but be careful!" Ampharos called out. "We will thanks!!!" Ralph called back. "My, my what a sweet boy he is," laughed Ampharos. "Well Emi you should go after him," "I know, said Emi running after her partner. "So this is it huh?" gasped Ralph. From the looks of the entrance it definitely looked like something little kids would normally be excited about. From the flowers on the gates and the beautiful greenery. "Well let's go!" said Ralph running. "Al-alright," stuttered Emi running in after him. It was just as Mawile and Bunnelby had explained, for the first seven floors, Emi and Ralph fought past enemy Pokemon and by the time they reached the 8 floor, no enemy presence could be detected. "Wow Mawile and Bunnelby weren't kidding were they?" asked Ralph. "Definitely, this is strange," answered Emi. "Well, let's keep going!" said Ralph running ahead. "Geez, if he keeps running off like that, he's going to run into trouble," sighed Emi. The two eventually reached the end of the dungeon on the 9th floor where they soon found themselves in the middle of a grass field. "What the heck?" Emi asked. "Let's go ask someone where we are," said Ralph. "Wait!" Emi called out to him. But he ignored her and kept running. Emi sighed and ran after him. Starlight took a bite of her sandwich as Fluttershy poured her another cup of tea. "Fluttershy this is delicious!" she beamed. "I did my best so I'm glad you like it," squeaked Fluttershy. "No really it's good," said Starlight taking another bite. Fluttershy gently pushed the cup towards Starlight as Angel bunny jumped next to her and tugged on her mane. "What is it Angel?" asked Fluttershy. Angel quickly pointed behind her with a confused look. 'What is it Fluttershy?" asked Starlight. "I don't know but I think Angel wants to show me something," answered Fluttershy. Starlight got up and walked next to Fluttershy as Angel turned around. "Wait do you hear that?" asked Starlight. "Hear what?" Fluttershy asked confused. Starlight hushed Fluttershy and raised her ears. Sure enough voices of children could be heard coming over the hill. "Fillies?" asked Fluttershy. "Possibly," answered Starlight. Suddenly a small figure emerged from the other side of the hill. The figure was definitely not a pony, but rather a small creature with blue fur. It red eyes and small white spikes on the back of it's paws. "What is that?" asked Starlight. "Some kind of animal?" Fluttershy suggested. "Maybe," answered Starlight. Just then another small creature emerged from over the hill. This one walked on all fours and had bright white fur. Large amounts of fur surrounded it's neck like a collar and it's large white ears twitched occasionally. Both creatures had green scarves around their necks. "Should we get closer?" asked Fluttershy. "Probably not, we don't know if those things are safe," answered Starlight. "For now let's watch from here," "Ok," said Fluttershy. "Ralph I know you're excited but slow down will you?" gasped Emi. "Oh come on, you're no fun," Ralph pouted. "I'm just trying to keep an eye on you," gasped Emi. "Yeah ok, but oh my Arceus this is awesome!" beamed Ralph. That's when he noticed two ponies watching them from a distance. "Hey look ponies!" Ralph cheered as he ran towards them. "Ralph wait!" Emi called out. But once again he paid no attention to her. Emi sighed as she ran after him. "Hi there!" Ralph beamed approaching the two. Suddenly the purple colored pony jumped up and pointed her horn at him. "Stay back, don't take another step towards us!" she warned. Ralph froze and stepped back. "Wait don't attack him!!!" Emi called out to them. Emi ran up to them gasping as the yellow pony crawled out from behind the purple. "Sorry about that, he didn't mean to scare you," said Emi. "Aww she can talk," cooed the yellow. "Wait so can you!" gasped Ralph. "You can understand us?" asked Starlight. "Yeah apparently we can," Emi answered in a shocked tone. "Hi I'm Ralph and this is my friend Emi," said Ralph shaking the purple pony's hoof. "Nice to meet you both I'm Fluttershy and this is Starlight," said Fluttershy introducing themselves. "Wait Fluttershy be careful we don't know if we can trust these two," said Starlight. "Don't worry we're not here to cause trouble, we just came here to visit," said Emi. "Visit?" asked Fluttershy. "Where are you two from?" "Lively Town, we work for the Expedition Society there!" announced Ralph. "Where and you work for who?" asked Starlight. Emi sighed as she began explaining to the two their situation. All the while Fluttershy listened with a cute smile and eventually the defensive Starlight lowered her guard eventually earning their trust. "And that's all there is to it!" beamed Ralph. "Wow, sounds like a wonderful place," cooed Fluttershy. "Yeah, it's a nice place alright, no trouble just peace," lied Emi. "Now if you'll excuse us we must be going," "Wait why don't you stay a little longer, we can give a tour around ponyville and I'm sure our friends would like to meet you," said Starlight. "We appreciate the offer but if we stay away too long, then Ampharos will start worrying about us," apologized Emi. "Hey I know why don't you come with us?" asked Ralph. "Well I would love to go but,I have other things I need to take care of here," answered Fluttershy. "Oh, what about you Starlight?" asked Ralph. "Sorry kiddo, but same," apologized Starlight. "Oh," said Ralph. He lowered his head disappointed. "But don't worry I'm sure we can meet again," said Fluttershy. "Yeah i guess that's true," said Ralph. "Well I guess this is goodbye then," The four exchanged goodbye and Ralph and Emi was about to start heading back when a stream of fire suddenly struck the ground in front of them knocking them back. "Oh no," said Fluttershy. Starlight ran over to them helping them up. "Are you two alright?" "Yeah we're fine, but what hit us?" asked Emi. Suddenly a sinister laughter rang out throughout the area. "We finally found you!" a voice hissed. The four looked towards the forest as a black dog with horns and a large red muzzle stood before them smirking. 'Um who's that?' asked Fluttershy. "I don't know but he doesn't look friendly," said Emi. The dog walked over to them still smirking. "If it isn't the two brats from the Expedition Society, you two sure run around a lot, getting ready for a marathon I suppose?" sneered the dog. "Well excuse me, but who do you think you are?" asked Emi. "I am Doom the Houndoom, the Ultra Prism Squad's trusty henchmen," he answered. "And you, you have something that belongs to us," "What?" asked Ralph nervously. Suddenly a smaller version of Doom appeared next to Ralph and grabbed his bag before running back to it's leader. The dog flipped the bag upside down emptying it's contents. 2 bracelets with notches fell out along with three berries, three bottles, five seeds, two orbs, six sticks, and a bright red key. "There it is," said Doom. He picked up the key with his mouth and snickered. "Thanks for the key runts!" He and the smaller dog ran off leaving the bag and it's contents behind. "Hey give that back!" Ralph yelled. "Ralph, forget it, we have to get back to HQ, we'll have to explain it to Ampharos," said Emi. "Come on Ralph, I'll take you two back," said Starlight. "What are you sure!?" gasped Emi. "It's the least I could do for you two," answered Starlight. "Is that alright with you Ralph?" "Yeah that'll be great," answered Ralph picking up their belonging. "Alright then let's go," said Starlight. She turned around to face Fluttershy. "I'll be back," Fluttershy nodded as Starlight followed after the two.