A few days later, Team Frozen Thunder HQ
"You got everything?" Hunter asked as he finished packing.
"Almost." Abyss said as he levitated the last thing into his saddlebags. "And done." He said as Star landed on the windowsill.
"I just delivered the Bits to our landlord. It should cover 'till we get back." Star said.
"Great. Then let's go." Hunter said as he headed out the door.
"Wait." Star exclaimed as she flew after him.
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On the outskirts of town
"Let's see. We need to go through this forest." Hunter said as he looked at his Connection Orb.
"This forest goes to a small town somewhere in the middle of it. We can stop there for the night." Abyss said.
"That's if this dungeon is not long. How long was the walk there before?" Hunter asked.
"Ahh... About 10 hours through both forests. Why?"
"That means there's going to be a lot of floors to go through then." Star said.
"Precisely. Let's get going before the sun sets." Hunter said as they walked into the forest.
In a bush nearby
"That's them." Spearow said.
"Be patient."
Frost Forest, F12
"Boy, this place is huge." Abyss said as he sat down. They just got to a small room.
"Yeah. I have no idea how much farther we need to go." Hunter said as he look at the Connection Orb.
"It's getting dark. We should camp out on the next floor." Star said as she flew to the stairs.
On the next floor
"Wow. What is this place?" Abyss asked as he saw a lot of small Pokémon running around and hiding.
"Welcome to Leaf Village. We don't get many visitors." Quagsire said as he walked up.
"Leaf Village. Wait, that means...?" Hunter said as he looked around.
"I'm afraid so." Quagsire said in a sad tone.
"What?" Abyss asked
"Leaf Village is a place where Pokémon that lose their parents tend to be sent. It's like an orphanage in a way." Star said as she hid in Abyss' mane.
"Does that mean their parents... Got turned to stone then?" Abyss asked as a bunch of little Pokémon came around him.
"Yes, that is what happened... They seem to like you. It's the first time they've seen a pony." Quagsire said.
"What's with your mane? It's not on fire, Mr. Rapidash." a Smuchum asked.
Abyss kneeled down. "I'm not a Rapidash; I'm a unicorn." he said.
"We need a place to stay for the night." Hunter said as he watched Abyss cast some fireworks from his horn.
"I don't see why not. Follow me; you three seem like nice Pokémon... and pony." Quagsire said as he lead them to a small house.
"Thanks. What can we help with?" Abyss asked.
'Ummm... Thats not necessary... But if you want, you can go cut some fire wood for us." Quagsire said.
"Sure. I'll be right back." Abyss said as they walked towards a small opening.
He heard some rustling leaves. "What the-" he said before something swooped in and took him.
Sometime later back at the village
"What's taking so long?" Hunter asked as he paced back and forth.
"Maybe he got lost." Star said as she sat on a table.
"Then we should go and look for him." Hunter said as he went to the door.
As they walked, they saw Quagsire talking to some of the young Pokémon. "What seems to be the problem?" He asked them.
"Abyss hasn't come back yet. So we're going to look for him." Star said.
"Good luck." Quagsire said as he waved them off.
In a clearing on floor 15
"Ugh... Where am I?" Abyss said as he woke up. Looking around, he saw that he was in a cage.
"Ahh, you're up. Good." a large brown bird with a very large beak said as it stood right beside the cage.
"Who are you and where am I?"
"It's rude not to introduce yourself. But I already know your name, Abyssal Shield, so it's only right you know mine. My name is Fearow, you've run into some of my flock before." Fearow said as he walked around the cage.
"You're the leader of those two that attacked that Wurmple then." Abyss said. He charged up his horn, but he got a headache from it, causing his concentration to break. "What the...?" As he put a hoof to his head, he felt something on his horn.
"Nice. We 'found' it laying around. It seems to work just fine." Fearow said with a squawking laugh.
"What do you want!?" Abyss yelled.
"My my... Aren't we impatient?" Fearow said with a smirk. "Very well, you see..." Screams beyond Abyss' sight interrupted. "What now?" Fearow said with a irritated sigh as he flew up to see what was going on.
As he neared a corner, he saw many Spearow flying away. "Where is he?!" Fearow heard someone scream.
He turned the corner and saw a Luxio using Discharge to zap any Spearow that flew by. With a smirk he flapped his wings to create a big gust of wind that pushed back the Luxio.
"Ahh... Hunter. It's nice to see you again." Fearow said mockingly as he flew into the room.
"Enough. Where's Abyss?" Hunter asked as sparks flew from his body.
"What? No 'hi, how are you doing?'" Fearow said as they glared at him. "You both are so inpatient." He flapped his wings to created a giant twister.
"Let him go!" Hunter said. He tried to use Spark but he kept being blown back.
"Ow! What the-" Fearow said, letting the twister go as he got hit by something.
Star flew behind him. "Let him go, you meanie!" She said as she let loose a Fury Attack, giving Hunter enough time to run up and use Spark, knocking Fearow down.
"Argh. Fine, you win... This time." Fearow said as he flew away.
They both searched the area and found Abyss. "Finally. Now, can you take this off of me." He said as Hunter opened the cage.
"What is this?" Hunter asked as he took off the black ring on Abyss' horn.
"It's a magic dampener. Those Pokémon must've stolen it." Abyss said as he rubbed his horn. He felt his magic flow again.
"We should head back then." Hunter said as he put the dampener in his bag.