Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Broken Ideals

Chapter 13: The Grave Findings

Chapter 13

The Grave Findings

It was the very next day for Terron and Zekra.

The two had already gone on their daily mission, which involved yet another fetch quest regarding a lost item, known as a Heal Ribbon by their Froakie client. The children had felt they needed to redeem themselves after how their last item-search mission ended.

Despite how the two had been slightly nervous about being on their own again, they did well. Their mission took place in yet another Mystery Dungeon, this one called Nemesis Forest. There had been resistance, of course, in trying to accomplish the mission. Many times, wild Pokémon would try to kill the children or steal their food, almost getting away with it. Sometimes, the two even thought they were going around in circles. However, the two remembered King's lessons and were able to fare well against the attacks and managed to find their way through the forest. Eventually, the two had succeeded in their mission. They had found the item and brought it back to the original owner via flying over to the city the owner lived in. The owner, once verifying they brought back the right item, then gave them their payment of 450 Poké.

The two had then reported their success to Emdox once they got back to Aurora Town, who ended up taking a fraction of their money due to the Fellowship's deductions. However, the two weren't too bothered by this, and bought some supplies before storing the remaining amounts of the money away at the Sandslash tunnel.

With much of their day spent, it was thought that the two would go to the gym and train until evening, just as they had done the previous day. Then they would go to the base, eat dinner, select a mission, and go to bed. It seemed like an ideal routine.

Today, however, they decided to try something else.

They were going to go to a special destination they had looked up the previous night on the Fellowship's guide to every location in Shiron; a place where Terron's assignment could be fulfilled.

It had taken about an hour of searching to find a suitable location that fit the needs of both their abilities and types of wild Pokémon, but eventually the two found a dwelling that fulfilled all their qualifications.

Terron and Zekra sat in the arms of Drifblim, enjoying the warm breeze blowing through the air as they were carried towards this special destination.

Terron watched from his seat, with the Fellowship bag around his body and temporary bone club in hand, as the landscape passed by. He still felt the nagging sense of discontent a ground-type feels when separated from the ground, but he tried not to focus on it.

He looked over at Zekra, who was humming an upbeat tune to herself.

"Hey Zekra," Terron started to say, "We'll be back by sunset, right? I mean, what time is it?"

Zekra stopped humming and started to think.

"Hmm, it's a couple hours after noon right now," Zekra answered. "So, depending on how quickly we get to the place, we should be able to get back on time."

Zekra then looked up at the Drifblim carrying her.

"Do you know how long it takes to get to the destination?" Zekra then asked.

"I'd say about an hour from Aurora Town," the Drifblim said. "From where we are now, though, I'd say we have fifteen minutes left."

"Alright, thanks," Zekra said with a smile before looking back at Terron. "So, yeah, we should be back by sunset. And even if we're not, well, it's not a big deal. Just as long as we get there within a couple of hours after dusk. You know, so we can get enough sleep for tomorrow."