Silent Conversation
Chart obsessed wanker
The Personalities of Adventurers #1:
The Araistan Cave of Mystery
Chapter 1:The New Kids
"Welcome class!" said the teacher of the Rustboro City Trainers School. "Good morning, Ms. Roxanne" said all of the children. "We have 2 special things today, class" said Roxanne. "What are they?" asked a kid. "#1 today's the 100th day of school celebration!" said Roxanne excitedly. "And the other thing is that we have 4 new students in our class!" said Roxanne, again excitedly. At those words, 1 kid came into the class. This kid wore a gold necklace, gold sunglasses and very fancy clothes. "This kid's name is Michael" said Roxanne to the class. "Michael, this is the grade 1 trainers’ school class. I hope everyone will respect Michael as a new student" added Roxanne. Suddenly, half the class jumped up and started crowding around Michael. "He's the famous kid that's on Hoenn's Funniest Kids Movie Stars!" shouted out one kid. "I love that show!" said another kid. "Wait... he's the famous Mike!" screamed another kid. "Oh my gosh! Please sit next to me!" shouted a lot of kids. "Hey, hey, hey! Hold on, everyone!” said Mike. Then, he pointed to an empty desk in the corner of the class. "I'll sit there" said Mike. "That's not a problem" said Roxanne. "Oh my gosh! I cannot believe this is happening! That's next to my desk!" shouted one kid. Mike went to sit at the corner desk. "Okay! And here's our 2nd kid!" said Roxanne, still very excited. At those words, another kid came. He was carrying a science kit and a laptop computer. "This is Aaron!" said Roxanne. "I'll sit there" said Aaron, as he pointed to an empty desk in the front of the class. "Not a problem, either" said Roxanne. Aaron went to his seat. Then, the kid who was sitting next to Aaron starting talking to him. "You look pretty smart" said the kid. "Why, thank you. My mom says that when I was born my brain cells were stronger then normal, so not to brag, but I'm super-smart" explained Aaron. "Well, can you please help me with my homework?" asked the kid. "Sure. When I was at my old school, I always helped kids" replied Aaron. "Okay, here's our 3rd kid" said Roxanne. Then a Geodude entered the class. "That's the kid?" asked a kid, puzzled. Then, a kid with strong muscles entered the class. "Wow, he looks so strong he probably thinks Golem's are feathers!" said a kid. "This is Joshua!" explained Roxanne. "Just call me Josh" said Joshua. "Okay, this is Josh!" said Roxanne to her class. "Return Geodude! Oh yeah, I think I'll sit there" said Josh as he pointed to a desk in the middle of the class. "Again, that's fine with me!" said Roxanne, as Josh walked to his desk. "You're strong" said a kid near him. "Thanks for the compliment" said Josh. "Now there’s 1 more kid to go! His name is Benjamin! But I'm guessing that he will want to be called Ben, so call him that!" said Roxanne. Then, a boy came in with an Ariados on his left hand, and a Spinarak on his right. "Aaarggh!!" screeched most of the kids. "How do you tame those things!?" asked a kid, shocked. "They only attack you if their scared of you, and if you're not scared of them, they won't be scared of you" replied Ben. "Where do you want to sit, Ben?" asked Roxanne. "Over there" said Ben, as he pointed to a seat in the back of the class. "That's it!" said Roxanne. "And I just got a good idea! Since we have 4 new kids, when the old kids aren't playing with the new ones, the new ones can play with each other!" added Roxanne. Then, all the new kids looked at each other, and all at once they said. "Not gonna happen."
Chapter 2:Famous VS Brave
Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The loud recess bell rang at 10:00 am. “Okay kids, out to recess!” shouted Roxanne. Everyone was playing quietly. Then a kid was walking by Ben and Mike and he started to eavesdrop on their conversation. “I’m better than you!” shouted Mike to Ben. “No way! Let’s battle it out now!” shouted Ben to Mike. “Fine!” said Mike. The kid who was listening ran to tell his friends. Soon, the whole school was watching. Josh and Aaron came to watch. “Now this, I gotta see” said Aaron to Josh. As soon as they each saw whom they were standing next to, they moved away from each other. “It will be a 1 on 1 pokemon battle!” said Mike. “Fine! Go, Ariados!” replied Ben, as he threw his poke ball and Ariados came out. “Okay, then! Go, Shiftry!” shouted Mike. “Ariados, String Shot!” shouted Ben. “Dodge it!” shouted Mike, as the String Shot hit a tree. “Ariados, pull that tree and throw it on Shiftry!” commanded Ben. Ariados pulled on the tree that got hit by String Shot, loosened the string and shot it at Shiftry. The tree collapsed on Shiftry, but Shiftry got right back up. “Shiftry, Razor Leaf!” commanded Mike, as sharp, leaf-like razors shot at Ariados. Ariados got hit, but it too got back up. Suddenly, Roxanne came outside. “What’s all this noise?” she asked. Then she saw Shiftry and Ariados. “Michael! Benjamin! You know the rules! Students in grade 1 are forbidden to start pokemon battles at school!” she shouted. “But, but-” Mike and Ben started to say. “No but’s! At 4:00 this afternoon, you 2 will not be leaving this school! I will call your parents to tell them to pick you up at 5:00 not 4:00!” shouted Roxanne. “And recess is over!” she added. Everyone went inside. At 11:30 am, the school bell rang. “Lunch class! Josh, Aaron, remember to come back here at 12:00 to get your jackets for lunch recess, which ends at 1:00” explained Roxanne. “Okay!” said Aaron and Josh. “What about us?” asked Ben and Mike. “Well, I called your parents and none of them can pick you up at 5:00, so instead of detention from 4:00 to 5:00, you will be having lunch in this classroom and you will be staying here for recess” explained Roxanne. “Now get your lunchboxes, I’ll be back in this classroom at 12:00, so you better not leave” added Roxanne. Ben and Mike got their lunchboxes and instead of sitting at their normal desks, they each sat at opposite sides of the classroom. Then, they started talking. “Famous is so much better. You get to be in movies, everyone knows you and you get anything you want!” whispered Mike to Ben. “Oh yeah? Well, being brave has it’s good things too” whispered Ben. “Like what?” asked Mike. “Well, let’s see. When someone asks you what you’re afraid of, you can say nothing and be telling the truth and you then get admired by people” whispered Ben. “Well, look what the director of ‘The Pokemon Brothers’ gave me” said Mike. “Go, Absol!” he shouted this time. “Oh yeah? Well, look what my dad caught me because I’m so brave. Go, Absol!” shouted Ben. Suddenly, Mike and Ben looked at each other. Then they looked at both Absol’s. “Hey, maybe we do have something in common” Mike and Ben said at the same time. Then, for the 1st time, Mike and Ben smiled at each other.
Chapter 3:Absol Love, Human Love!
“Hey, it looks like are Absol’s like each other” explained Ben to Mike. “Ya. I think so too” agreed Mike. Then, Mike and Ben noticed that they were talking nicely to each other. “Arrghh! Was I just talking nicely to you!” asked Ben, in shock. “Ya! And I was too!” said Mike. “I’m never doing that again! Return, Absol!” both kids said. The 2 Absol’s looked at each other one last time, looking like they wanted to stay with each other, before they went inside their poke balls. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The recess bell rang for lunch recess. “Wow, 12:00 already” said Ben to Mike. “Ya” agreed a voice. “Who was that?” asked Ben. “It’s me” said the voice. The voice came closer. It was a figure. A human. It was Roxanne. “ Ms. Roxanne!? Were you here the whole time!?” Ben and Mike asked Roxanne at the same time. “Yes, and I heard your conversation too. I also saw what your Absol’s looked like” replied Roxanne. “What do you mean?” asked Ben. “Didn’t you see it? When you both were talking nicely to each other and you both sent out your Absol’s, your Absol’s really liked being with each other. But when you returned your Absol’s and started getting mad, your Absol’s were sad because they were leaving each other. Don’t you get it?” explained Roxanne. “No” both the kids replied. “Listen. You control your pokemon. You’re smarter than your pokemon. So if both your Absol’s can like each other, why can’t you two?” asked Roxanne. “Because he thinks being brave is better than being famous!” shouted Mike, getting mad again. “But you were both talking about the good sides of your things and not the bad sides of the other persons’ things” said Roxanne. “So that means that Ben couldn’t think of bad things about being famous, and Mike couldn’t think of bad things about being brave! That means being brave or famous is equally good!” explained Roxanne. “You’re right! All that time Ben and I were fighting over which special thing is better when we couldn’t even think of bad things about the other persons’ special thing!” realized Mike. “Ya! It’s actually kind of funny that we had an argument about that topic” realized Ben. “Let’s be friends!” both kids said. “Oh yes! I almost forgot! I received an envelope in the mail for you two. Here it is” said Roxanne. Both kids opened it together. Then they looked shocked after they read it. This is what it said:
THE ARAISTAN CAVE
OF MYSTERY HAVE BEEN OPENED!
ENEMIES OF TOMER, BEWARE!
“Who’s Tomer?” asked Ben, actually looking scared for once. “Oh my gosh! Tomer’s the person who’s always causing trouble at the Slateport City Directing Studio!” gasped Mike. Then Ben thought of something. “We’re going to need to solve this mystery. But to do it, we’re gonna need help”
Chapter 4:Seeing is Believing!
“Who can we get?” asked Mike. “I don’t know. But to find some clues about this, we’re going to need help from someone really smart” guessed Ben. Then, both kids looked at each other. “Aaron!” they both shouted at the same time. They quickly rushed to Roxanne. “Ms. Roxanne, can we please go outside?” Ben asked Roxanne. “I’m sorry, but you’re being punished” replied Roxanne. “But we need to talk to Aaron” said Mike. “Okay then. You can talk to him at 2:00 recess or when we leave at 4:00” said Roxanne. “Now please go back to your seats” she added. The kids did what they were told, but this time, Ben and Mike sat next to each other. “What’s the point of asking Aaron to help us, anyway? He doesn’t even like us” said Mike to Ben. “Because if we can explain to him what the envelope said, Aaron may help us” explained Ben. “But he won’t even believe us” said Mike. “Good point” said Ben. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The school bell rang telling all the kids to go inside their classes. “Well, we better go back to our desks” said Mike. Then, Roxanne came in. “Welcome back, class” said Roxanne. “Oh yes. I forgot to tell the new students that I am also the principle of this school. So I have an important announcement to make. Today is Parent Teacher conferences so I can tell your parents how you did on your 1st day of school. So class is dismissed at 2:00 instead of 4:00” explained Roxanne. So then, Roxanne passed out some worksheets for her students. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! An hour later, the school bell rang. “Class dismissed” said Roxanne. While everyone was leaving, Roxanne came up to Mike and Ben. “Oh yes. I’m sorry but while I had the letter, I smudged the ink so the word “Tomer” is wrong” said Roxanne. Then Mike and Ben went outside to talk to each other. “Let’s go get Aaron” Mike whispered to Ben. The kids went running around the playground until they found Aaron. “What do you want?” Aaron asked Ben and Mike. “You need to come with us” said Ben. “Ya! We need to show you something” added Mike. “And why should I come with you?” Aaron asked. “You don’t need to start liking us, but you need to come with us” said Mike. “Fine” said Aaron. The 3 kids went inside and to their surprise, on the wall; they saw the message from the letter painted onto the wall of the school. But instead of the name “Tomer” it had “Roxanne”. “Oh my god, I see why you needed me. This is a big mystery!” shouted Aaron, in shock while looking at the wall. Then, Mike and Ben looked at each other and they both said “It never said Roxanne before!”
Chapter 5:Tomer Recker
“Well, didn’t Roxanne say that the word “Tomer” got smudged?” asked Ben to Mike. “You’re right” replied Mike. “But it’s impossible to smudge a word into a totally different word” said Ben. “She never smudged it” Aaron explained to the other 2 kids. “What do you mean?” Ben and Mike asked Aaron. “The message always said Tomer. She lied to you saying that Tomer got smudged. She’s saying Tomer to protect somebody. And now Roxanne’s pretending she’s the guilty one” explained Aaron to the others. “I believe you except for the last part” Mike said to Aaron. “You’re right. Roxanne might not be protecting somebody” agreed Aaron. “You’re really smart. If you could become friends with us, we’d be a great team” explained Mike to Aaron. “You know. It may not have been long that we were together, but I think it wouldn’t be so bad to be friends with you. I’ll stay” decided Aaron. “Thanks!” said the other 2 kids. “Wait! I hear footsteps!” said Aaron. Then, the 3 kids saw somebody go by. “Hey! That’s Tomer!” shouted Mike. Then, all 3 kids jumped up at Tomer. “What’s the matter with you kids! Wait! Oh, 1 of you is Michael Movie!” realized Tomer. “You’re last name is Movie?” Aaron asked. “Guys! Don’t talk about it! It embarrasses me!” explained Mike. “And who are these freaks that are with you?” asked Tomer. “These are my friends, Ben and Aaron! Now you know: Recker!” shouted Mike. “Don’t you ever call me by my last name!” screamed Tomer. “Oh yes. I quit being a movie thief and started working for an evil doer” explained Tomer. “Hey! That’s probably the thief that wrote this on the wall and the message in the envelope!” realized Mike. “Yes. And you may not believe it, but that person is Roxanne” explained Tomer to the 3 kids. “Ya right, Recker!” said Mike. “Fine! Don’t believe it! But when you’re teacher kills you all, don’t come complaining to me!” said Recker and he left. Then, Aaron looked at some small words under the message on the wall. “Hey guys! I see a smaller message! It says:”
This message is the entrance to the Araistan Cave of mystery. To get inside this cave, you’ll need the strong J.
“What’s the Strong J?” Mike asked. “I get it! It’s a riddle! It’s a person who’s really strong whose name begins with a J!” realized Aaron. Then, all 3 kids looked at each other, and all at once they said, “Josh!”
Chapter 6:The Power of the Strong J!
“But how are we going to get Josh to come with us? He’ll beat us up!” said Mike. “Good point” said Aaron. “So, what are we going to do?” asked Ben. “I don’t know” said Mike. Then there was a pause. “I’ve got it! I have an idea!” shouted Aaron. “What is it!” asked both Mike and Ben. “I’ll explain later. All I want to tell you is that it involves lots of work” said Aaron. The next day at 8:30 am, the school bell rang and everybody went inside. “Hello class” said Roxanne. Then she eyed Mike, Aaron and Ben suspiciously. Then the class started working. At 10:00 am, the school bell rang again. Mike, Ben and Aaron were the 1st to go outside. “Okay, what’s the plan?” Mike asked Aaron. “I have all the equipment. Ben, you take these” replied Aaron. Aaron handed to Ben a Geodude stuffy, a Graveller stuffy and a Golem stuffy. “What am I supposed to do with these?” Ben asked Aaron. “There’s more” replied Aaron. He then handed Ben 3 empty poke balls. “What do I need to do with all this stuff?” Ben asked Aaron. “Well, we’re all going to have walkie-talkies. When I say ‘Ariados, Go!’ you go and put the stuffies into the poke balls. You’ll hand them to Josh and when you’re done you’ll say ‘Stage 1 complete’ ” explained Aaron. “What about me?” asked Mike. “You. Well, as soon as Ben says ‘Stage 1 complete’, you go and steal the poke balls from Ben. Josh will of course run after them. You will run to us and when he sees us he will of course ask for the poke balls. I will then say that if he wants the stuffies, he’ll have to be our friends. And that’s my plan” explained Aaron. “OK, we’ll operate plan… uh…” started Mike. “We’ll call it Plan Power of Strong J” said Ben. “Okay. We’ll operate plan Power of Strong J at 12:00 recess. It’s an hour” decided Mike. “Okay” agreed the other 2 kids. At 12:00, the 3 kids followed Josh outside with their walkie-talkies and other equipment. “Ariados, Go!” said Aaron into his walkie-talkie to Ben’s, once all 3 kids were separated. At 12:15, Ben shouted into his walkie-talkie to Mike and Aaron’s “Stage 1 complete”. Then Mike went to do his job. At 12:25, Mike and Ben came back to Aaron, followed closely by Josh. The last stage of the plan was hard. At 12:40, the 3 kids had succeeded. “You guys aren’t actually that bad friends” realized Josh. “Thanks” said the other 3 kids. “Now come with us” said Aaron. Josh followed the other 3 kids, until they got to the scene of the crime. “See this message. It says you will need the Strong J. That’s you. Now punch those words” explained Ben. Josh did what he was told. Suddenly, the ground started to shake. Then the room stopped shaking and there was a small door on the wall. All 4 kids opened the door carefully then went inside the room. Then they heard a voice. “Who is that?”shouted Josh. His voice echoed. But that wasn’t his echo. That was somebody repeating his words. Then the person making the echo walked towards the kids. That person was Roxanne.
Chapter 7:The Araistan Cave of Mystery!
“Roxanne!” shouted all 4 kids. “Recker was right! You are the thief!” realized Aaron. “Yes I am. And guess where you 4 are?” asked Roxanne in a mischievous kind of voice. “In the school wall?” guessed Josh. “Oh yes. I thought you might say that. But no. You might not believe it but you are in the Araistan Cave of Mystery” explained Roxanne. “But how? We came through the school wall” said Mike. “I can prove it. Try to get out of here” said Roxanne. All 4 kids went to the spot where they came in. Ben looked for a doorknob but nothing was there. Josh pushed the wall but nothing opened up. “But that’s impossible!” said Aaron. “Well, while you try to figure out the mystery of the Araistan Cave doors, I’ll leave” said Roxanne. Then, she walked through a door. The 4 kids rushed to follow her but there was no door. “I don’t get it” said Mike. “Me neither” agreed Ben. “Me neither” agreed Josh. “I think I’ve got it!” shouted Aaron. “When somebody walks through a door, the door disappears. But when everybody is out of the room the door resets. So what we’ve got to do is find a door that Roxanne never went through. Then we’ll come back into this room and go through the door to Roxanne” explained Aaron. “But where is another door?” asked Mike. Then Mike spotted something. “Josh, see that crack on the wall?” Mike asked. Josh nodded his head. “OK, well bash that crack” said Mike. “OK” replied Josh. He ran into the wall and a door appeared. “Good Job, Mike and Josh!” shouted Aaron and Ben. All 4 kids entered that door then came back into the room they were in. There was still no door where the school was, but the door Roxanne went through reappeared. The 4 kids went through and they saw Roxanne. Next to her was a table with 8 potions on it. “Good job. You completed Level 1. But there is more. Now you must figure out the Araistan Cave Potions” said Roxanne. There was a fire blocking the next door. Roxanne took a potion from the table, drank it and went through the fire into the next room. “We need those potions” said Josh. “Wait! There’s a riddle” said Aaron. “It says: To get through the fire you need certain potions. There are 8 potions on the table with different colours and sizes. Now this will tell you which potions you will need to get through the fire. 4 potions get you through, 3 potions send you back to the entrance and 1 potion kills you” read Aaron. “Read on” said Ben. And Aaron did. “Here are 2 clues that’ll help you. 1.I wouldn’t mind the colour green and I wouldn’t mind the size big. 2.I hate the colour orange and I hate the medium size” read Aaron. “Okay I don’t need to know what this guy likes” said Josh. “Don’t you see? ‘I wouldn’t mind the colour green and I wouldn’t mind the size big’. That means that the big, green potions will send you back to start. ‘I hate the colour orange and I hate the medium size’. That means the medium-sized, orange potion kills you. That must mean the purple, small potions let you through the fire” explained Aaron. “But there are only 3 small, purple potions left” said Josh. “I won’t go” said Mike. “Why not?” asked Ben. “Think about it. You need braveness not to be scared of unexpected things. You need smartness to solve puzzles like Aaron’s been doing. And strength will help move big things and smash walls. Why d’you need famous?” Mike explained. “Are you sure?” Josh asked Mike. “I’m sure. Not to worry. I’ll just drink a big, green potion” said Mike. And he drank the potion and disappeared.
Chapter 8:The Araistan Cave Monster!
“Well we better get going” decided Josh. So the 3 kids drank the small, purple potions and went through the fire into the next room. Then they saw Roxanne again. “I see you have passed both tests” said Roxanne. “Yes and we’ve come to bring you down!” said Ben. “But wait. There is still 1 more test” said Roxanne. “What!” said all 3 kids at once. “To defeat the ARAISTAN CAVE MONSTER!!” screamed Roxanne. “So where’s the monster!” asked Aaron. “You’ll see” said Roxanne. Suddenly, she took out some letter magnets and formed two words.
Roxanne Stone
“As you can see, that is my full name. Or should I say MY SECRET IDENTITY!” shouted Roxanne. “What do you mean?” asked Ben. “You’ll see. Now go Unown!” shouted Roxanne. “Unown, you know what to do!” Roxanne commanded to her Unown. The Pokemon went straight to the magnets. “You may know me as Roxanne Stone, but THIS IS ME!” shouted Roxanne, as she pointed to the same magnets, but they were switched around. Now they said:
Strone Axenon
“That is my real name. My EVIL NAME!” shouted Strone. “And there’s more. Not only am I the evil mastermind I… am… the… ARAISTAN CAVE MONSTER!” shouted Strone. “TRANSFORM!!” Strone shouted. Suddenly she began to glow. Then she grew bigger and bigger and bigger. Then she turned into a giant, flying Dragonite. “Oh my gosh!” shouted Josh. “Guys. To beat Strone, we’re gonna need to use all our special abilities. My smartness, Josh’s strength and Ben’s braveness. Now I’ve got a plan” said Aaron. “I’ll say to Strone that I give up and I’ll teach her how to make good Dragonite fireballs. While I’m distracting, Ben will go onto Strone’s back and grab her neck. Then, Josh will jump up and, since Ben will be holding Strone’s neck, Josh can jump up and pull Strone’s neck down” explained Aaron. “OK!” agreed Josh and Ben. Then they started the plan. “Now Josh, pull down her neck!” shouted Aaron when that part of the plan came. So Josh sprung up. “YOU’RE NOT GETTING PAST ME!” shouted Strone. And she breathed fire right on Josh’s hand. “Ouch!” shouted Josh, as he fell to the floor. “You don’t hurt my friend!” said a voice. Then somebody entered the door. It was Mike. “Mike!” shouted Aaron and Ben. “How did you get here?” Josh asked, trying to cool off his hand. “That doesn’t matter. But I know Strone’s weakness” said Mike. “What!” asked the other 3 kids. “ME!” said Mike. “That’s impossible. You’re a kid!” said Aaron. “Watch!” said Mike. “TRANSFORM!” he shouted. Then Mike started to glow just like Strone. Suddenly, Mike became a giant Aerodactyl. “NO! MY WEAKNESS!” shouted Strone. Both poke-humans started to fly. Then Mike scratched Strone. Then Strone scratched Mike. Then Mike flew very high up to the top of the cave and swung down at Strone. Strone fell down but got right back up. Then Mike attacked Strone again. That time Strone never got back up. “NO! YOU DEFEATED ME!” shouted Strone. And she transformed back into a human. “Good job, Mike! You did it!” shouted the 3 kids. Then Mike transformed back to human. Suddenly the room filled with white. When it was back to normal, there was a giant door. “Let’s go through!” said Mike. The 4 kids then went through. Then they ended up back in the school. “Safe and sound” said Josh. “But Mike. How did you get to be a poke-human?” asked Ben. “Well, it’s kind of a sad story. When I was born, Strone came to my house and transformed. She killed my parents. And she tried to kill me, but I never died. So I got some of Strone’s power. And we’ve been enemies ever since” explained Mike. “So you knew all of this was gonna happen?” asked Ben. “Correct” replied Mike. “So why didn’t you tell us?” asked Josh. “ ‘cause I wanted you to figure out the tricks by yourselves” replied Mike. “So that’s why you left at the potions!” realized Aaron. “Correct again!” said Mike. “So 1 more question. How did you get to us?” asked Aaron. “Oh yeah. That’s a secret between Strone and I” said Mike. “You have to admit, this was a very fun 1st year” said Aaron. “Definitely” agreed everyone. “But you guys do know that we’re going to have to get a new principle and a new teacher for Grade 2” said Josh. “I heard the principle is going to be Drake from the Elite 4” said Mike. “Drake! We’re so lucky!” said Ben. “But I don’t know who the new teacher’s gonna be” said Mike. “Any of you guys know?” “No” everyone else replied. Ding- Dong! Ding-Dong! “I guess it’s home time” said Mike. And the 4 kids walked out of the school.
The Araistan Cave of Mystery
Chapter 1:The New Kids
"Welcome class!" said the teacher of the Rustboro City Trainers School. "Good morning, Ms. Roxanne" said all of the children. "We have 2 special things today, class" said Roxanne. "What are they?" asked a kid. "#1 today's the 100th day of school celebration!" said Roxanne excitedly. "And the other thing is that we have 4 new students in our class!" said Roxanne, again excitedly. At those words, 1 kid came into the class. This kid wore a gold necklace, gold sunglasses and very fancy clothes. "This kid's name is Michael" said Roxanne to the class. "Michael, this is the grade 1 trainers’ school class. I hope everyone will respect Michael as a new student" added Roxanne. Suddenly, half the class jumped up and started crowding around Michael. "He's the famous kid that's on Hoenn's Funniest Kids Movie Stars!" shouted out one kid. "I love that show!" said another kid. "Wait... he's the famous Mike!" screamed another kid. "Oh my gosh! Please sit next to me!" shouted a lot of kids. "Hey, hey, hey! Hold on, everyone!” said Mike. Then, he pointed to an empty desk in the corner of the class. "I'll sit there" said Mike. "That's not a problem" said Roxanne. "Oh my gosh! I cannot believe this is happening! That's next to my desk!" shouted one kid. Mike went to sit at the corner desk. "Okay! And here's our 2nd kid!" said Roxanne, still very excited. At those words, another kid came. He was carrying a science kit and a laptop computer. "This is Aaron!" said Roxanne. "I'll sit there" said Aaron, as he pointed to an empty desk in the front of the class. "Not a problem, either" said Roxanne. Aaron went to his seat. Then, the kid who was sitting next to Aaron starting talking to him. "You look pretty smart" said the kid. "Why, thank you. My mom says that when I was born my brain cells were stronger then normal, so not to brag, but I'm super-smart" explained Aaron. "Well, can you please help me with my homework?" asked the kid. "Sure. When I was at my old school, I always helped kids" replied Aaron. "Okay, here's our 3rd kid" said Roxanne. Then a Geodude entered the class. "That's the kid?" asked a kid, puzzled. Then, a kid with strong muscles entered the class. "Wow, he looks so strong he probably thinks Golem's are feathers!" said a kid. "This is Joshua!" explained Roxanne. "Just call me Josh" said Joshua. "Okay, this is Josh!" said Roxanne to her class. "Return Geodude! Oh yeah, I think I'll sit there" said Josh as he pointed to a desk in the middle of the class. "Again, that's fine with me!" said Roxanne, as Josh walked to his desk. "You're strong" said a kid near him. "Thanks for the compliment" said Josh. "Now there’s 1 more kid to go! His name is Benjamin! But I'm guessing that he will want to be called Ben, so call him that!" said Roxanne. Then, a boy came in with an Ariados on his left hand, and a Spinarak on his right. "Aaarggh!!" screeched most of the kids. "How do you tame those things!?" asked a kid, shocked. "They only attack you if their scared of you, and if you're not scared of them, they won't be scared of you" replied Ben. "Where do you want to sit, Ben?" asked Roxanne. "Over there" said Ben, as he pointed to a seat in the back of the class. "That's it!" said Roxanne. "And I just got a good idea! Since we have 4 new kids, when the old kids aren't playing with the new ones, the new ones can play with each other!" added Roxanne. Then, all the new kids looked at each other, and all at once they said. "Not gonna happen."
Chapter 2:Famous VS Brave
Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The loud recess bell rang at 10:00 am. “Okay kids, out to recess!” shouted Roxanne. Everyone was playing quietly. Then a kid was walking by Ben and Mike and he started to eavesdrop on their conversation. “I’m better than you!” shouted Mike to Ben. “No way! Let’s battle it out now!” shouted Ben to Mike. “Fine!” said Mike. The kid who was listening ran to tell his friends. Soon, the whole school was watching. Josh and Aaron came to watch. “Now this, I gotta see” said Aaron to Josh. As soon as they each saw whom they were standing next to, they moved away from each other. “It will be a 1 on 1 pokemon battle!” said Mike. “Fine! Go, Ariados!” replied Ben, as he threw his poke ball and Ariados came out. “Okay, then! Go, Shiftry!” shouted Mike. “Ariados, String Shot!” shouted Ben. “Dodge it!” shouted Mike, as the String Shot hit a tree. “Ariados, pull that tree and throw it on Shiftry!” commanded Ben. Ariados pulled on the tree that got hit by String Shot, loosened the string and shot it at Shiftry. The tree collapsed on Shiftry, but Shiftry got right back up. “Shiftry, Razor Leaf!” commanded Mike, as sharp, leaf-like razors shot at Ariados. Ariados got hit, but it too got back up. Suddenly, Roxanne came outside. “What’s all this noise?” she asked. Then she saw Shiftry and Ariados. “Michael! Benjamin! You know the rules! Students in grade 1 are forbidden to start pokemon battles at school!” she shouted. “But, but-” Mike and Ben started to say. “No but’s! At 4:00 this afternoon, you 2 will not be leaving this school! I will call your parents to tell them to pick you up at 5:00 not 4:00!” shouted Roxanne. “And recess is over!” she added. Everyone went inside. At 11:30 am, the school bell rang. “Lunch class! Josh, Aaron, remember to come back here at 12:00 to get your jackets for lunch recess, which ends at 1:00” explained Roxanne. “Okay!” said Aaron and Josh. “What about us?” asked Ben and Mike. “Well, I called your parents and none of them can pick you up at 5:00, so instead of detention from 4:00 to 5:00, you will be having lunch in this classroom and you will be staying here for recess” explained Roxanne. “Now get your lunchboxes, I’ll be back in this classroom at 12:00, so you better not leave” added Roxanne. Ben and Mike got their lunchboxes and instead of sitting at their normal desks, they each sat at opposite sides of the classroom. Then, they started talking. “Famous is so much better. You get to be in movies, everyone knows you and you get anything you want!” whispered Mike to Ben. “Oh yeah? Well, being brave has it’s good things too” whispered Ben. “Like what?” asked Mike. “Well, let’s see. When someone asks you what you’re afraid of, you can say nothing and be telling the truth and you then get admired by people” whispered Ben. “Well, look what the director of ‘The Pokemon Brothers’ gave me” said Mike. “Go, Absol!” he shouted this time. “Oh yeah? Well, look what my dad caught me because I’m so brave. Go, Absol!” shouted Ben. Suddenly, Mike and Ben looked at each other. Then they looked at both Absol’s. “Hey, maybe we do have something in common” Mike and Ben said at the same time. Then, for the 1st time, Mike and Ben smiled at each other.
Chapter 3:Absol Love, Human Love!
“Hey, it looks like are Absol’s like each other” explained Ben to Mike. “Ya. I think so too” agreed Mike. Then, Mike and Ben noticed that they were talking nicely to each other. “Arrghh! Was I just talking nicely to you!” asked Ben, in shock. “Ya! And I was too!” said Mike. “I’m never doing that again! Return, Absol!” both kids said. The 2 Absol’s looked at each other one last time, looking like they wanted to stay with each other, before they went inside their poke balls. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The recess bell rang for lunch recess. “Wow, 12:00 already” said Ben to Mike. “Ya” agreed a voice. “Who was that?” asked Ben. “It’s me” said the voice. The voice came closer. It was a figure. A human. It was Roxanne. “ Ms. Roxanne!? Were you here the whole time!?” Ben and Mike asked Roxanne at the same time. “Yes, and I heard your conversation too. I also saw what your Absol’s looked like” replied Roxanne. “What do you mean?” asked Ben. “Didn’t you see it? When you both were talking nicely to each other and you both sent out your Absol’s, your Absol’s really liked being with each other. But when you returned your Absol’s and started getting mad, your Absol’s were sad because they were leaving each other. Don’t you get it?” explained Roxanne. “No” both the kids replied. “Listen. You control your pokemon. You’re smarter than your pokemon. So if both your Absol’s can like each other, why can’t you two?” asked Roxanne. “Because he thinks being brave is better than being famous!” shouted Mike, getting mad again. “But you were both talking about the good sides of your things and not the bad sides of the other persons’ things” said Roxanne. “So that means that Ben couldn’t think of bad things about being famous, and Mike couldn’t think of bad things about being brave! That means being brave or famous is equally good!” explained Roxanne. “You’re right! All that time Ben and I were fighting over which special thing is better when we couldn’t even think of bad things about the other persons’ special thing!” realized Mike. “Ya! It’s actually kind of funny that we had an argument about that topic” realized Ben. “Let’s be friends!” both kids said. “Oh yes! I almost forgot! I received an envelope in the mail for you two. Here it is” said Roxanne. Both kids opened it together. Then they looked shocked after they read it. This is what it said:
THE ARAISTAN CAVE
OF MYSTERY HAVE BEEN OPENED!
ENEMIES OF TOMER, BEWARE!
“Who’s Tomer?” asked Ben, actually looking scared for once. “Oh my gosh! Tomer’s the person who’s always causing trouble at the Slateport City Directing Studio!” gasped Mike. Then Ben thought of something. “We’re going to need to solve this mystery. But to do it, we’re gonna need help”
Chapter 4:Seeing is Believing!
“Who can we get?” asked Mike. “I don’t know. But to find some clues about this, we’re going to need help from someone really smart” guessed Ben. Then, both kids looked at each other. “Aaron!” they both shouted at the same time. They quickly rushed to Roxanne. “Ms. Roxanne, can we please go outside?” Ben asked Roxanne. “I’m sorry, but you’re being punished” replied Roxanne. “But we need to talk to Aaron” said Mike. “Okay then. You can talk to him at 2:00 recess or when we leave at 4:00” said Roxanne. “Now please go back to your seats” she added. The kids did what they were told, but this time, Ben and Mike sat next to each other. “What’s the point of asking Aaron to help us, anyway? He doesn’t even like us” said Mike to Ben. “Because if we can explain to him what the envelope said, Aaron may help us” explained Ben. “But he won’t even believe us” said Mike. “Good point” said Ben. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The school bell rang telling all the kids to go inside their classes. “Well, we better go back to our desks” said Mike. Then, Roxanne came in. “Welcome back, class” said Roxanne. “Oh yes. I forgot to tell the new students that I am also the principle of this school. So I have an important announcement to make. Today is Parent Teacher conferences so I can tell your parents how you did on your 1st day of school. So class is dismissed at 2:00 instead of 4:00” explained Roxanne. So then, Roxanne passed out some worksheets for her students. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! An hour later, the school bell rang. “Class dismissed” said Roxanne. While everyone was leaving, Roxanne came up to Mike and Ben. “Oh yes. I’m sorry but while I had the letter, I smudged the ink so the word “Tomer” is wrong” said Roxanne. Then Mike and Ben went outside to talk to each other. “Let’s go get Aaron” Mike whispered to Ben. The kids went running around the playground until they found Aaron. “What do you want?” Aaron asked Ben and Mike. “You need to come with us” said Ben. “Ya! We need to show you something” added Mike. “And why should I come with you?” Aaron asked. “You don’t need to start liking us, but you need to come with us” said Mike. “Fine” said Aaron. The 3 kids went inside and to their surprise, on the wall; they saw the message from the letter painted onto the wall of the school. But instead of the name “Tomer” it had “Roxanne”. “Oh my god, I see why you needed me. This is a big mystery!” shouted Aaron, in shock while looking at the wall. Then, Mike and Ben looked at each other and they both said “It never said Roxanne before!”
Chapter 5:Tomer Recker
“Well, didn’t Roxanne say that the word “Tomer” got smudged?” asked Ben to Mike. “You’re right” replied Mike. “But it’s impossible to smudge a word into a totally different word” said Ben. “She never smudged it” Aaron explained to the other 2 kids. “What do you mean?” Ben and Mike asked Aaron. “The message always said Tomer. She lied to you saying that Tomer got smudged. She’s saying Tomer to protect somebody. And now Roxanne’s pretending she’s the guilty one” explained Aaron to the others. “I believe you except for the last part” Mike said to Aaron. “You’re right. Roxanne might not be protecting somebody” agreed Aaron. “You’re really smart. If you could become friends with us, we’d be a great team” explained Mike to Aaron. “You know. It may not have been long that we were together, but I think it wouldn’t be so bad to be friends with you. I’ll stay” decided Aaron. “Thanks!” said the other 2 kids. “Wait! I hear footsteps!” said Aaron. Then, the 3 kids saw somebody go by. “Hey! That’s Tomer!” shouted Mike. Then, all 3 kids jumped up at Tomer. “What’s the matter with you kids! Wait! Oh, 1 of you is Michael Movie!” realized Tomer. “You’re last name is Movie?” Aaron asked. “Guys! Don’t talk about it! It embarrasses me!” explained Mike. “And who are these freaks that are with you?” asked Tomer. “These are my friends, Ben and Aaron! Now you know: Recker!” shouted Mike. “Don’t you ever call me by my last name!” screamed Tomer. “Oh yes. I quit being a movie thief and started working for an evil doer” explained Tomer. “Hey! That’s probably the thief that wrote this on the wall and the message in the envelope!” realized Mike. “Yes. And you may not believe it, but that person is Roxanne” explained Tomer to the 3 kids. “Ya right, Recker!” said Mike. “Fine! Don’t believe it! But when you’re teacher kills you all, don’t come complaining to me!” said Recker and he left. Then, Aaron looked at some small words under the message on the wall. “Hey guys! I see a smaller message! It says:”
This message is the entrance to the Araistan Cave of mystery. To get inside this cave, you’ll need the strong J.
“What’s the Strong J?” Mike asked. “I get it! It’s a riddle! It’s a person who’s really strong whose name begins with a J!” realized Aaron. Then, all 3 kids looked at each other, and all at once they said, “Josh!”
Chapter 6:The Power of the Strong J!
“But how are we going to get Josh to come with us? He’ll beat us up!” said Mike. “Good point” said Aaron. “So, what are we going to do?” asked Ben. “I don’t know” said Mike. Then there was a pause. “I’ve got it! I have an idea!” shouted Aaron. “What is it!” asked both Mike and Ben. “I’ll explain later. All I want to tell you is that it involves lots of work” said Aaron. The next day at 8:30 am, the school bell rang and everybody went inside. “Hello class” said Roxanne. Then she eyed Mike, Aaron and Ben suspiciously. Then the class started working. At 10:00 am, the school bell rang again. Mike, Ben and Aaron were the 1st to go outside. “Okay, what’s the plan?” Mike asked Aaron. “I have all the equipment. Ben, you take these” replied Aaron. Aaron handed to Ben a Geodude stuffy, a Graveller stuffy and a Golem stuffy. “What am I supposed to do with these?” Ben asked Aaron. “There’s more” replied Aaron. He then handed Ben 3 empty poke balls. “What do I need to do with all this stuff?” Ben asked Aaron. “Well, we’re all going to have walkie-talkies. When I say ‘Ariados, Go!’ you go and put the stuffies into the poke balls. You’ll hand them to Josh and when you’re done you’ll say ‘Stage 1 complete’ ” explained Aaron. “What about me?” asked Mike. “You. Well, as soon as Ben says ‘Stage 1 complete’, you go and steal the poke balls from Ben. Josh will of course run after them. You will run to us and when he sees us he will of course ask for the poke balls. I will then say that if he wants the stuffies, he’ll have to be our friends. And that’s my plan” explained Aaron. “OK, we’ll operate plan… uh…” started Mike. “We’ll call it Plan Power of Strong J” said Ben. “Okay. We’ll operate plan Power of Strong J at 12:00 recess. It’s an hour” decided Mike. “Okay” agreed the other 2 kids. At 12:00, the 3 kids followed Josh outside with their walkie-talkies and other equipment. “Ariados, Go!” said Aaron into his walkie-talkie to Ben’s, once all 3 kids were separated. At 12:15, Ben shouted into his walkie-talkie to Mike and Aaron’s “Stage 1 complete”. Then Mike went to do his job. At 12:25, Mike and Ben came back to Aaron, followed closely by Josh. The last stage of the plan was hard. At 12:40, the 3 kids had succeeded. “You guys aren’t actually that bad friends” realized Josh. “Thanks” said the other 3 kids. “Now come with us” said Aaron. Josh followed the other 3 kids, until they got to the scene of the crime. “See this message. It says you will need the Strong J. That’s you. Now punch those words” explained Ben. Josh did what he was told. Suddenly, the ground started to shake. Then the room stopped shaking and there was a small door on the wall. All 4 kids opened the door carefully then went inside the room. Then they heard a voice. “Who is that?”shouted Josh. His voice echoed. But that wasn’t his echo. That was somebody repeating his words. Then the person making the echo walked towards the kids. That person was Roxanne.
Chapter 7:The Araistan Cave of Mystery!
“Roxanne!” shouted all 4 kids. “Recker was right! You are the thief!” realized Aaron. “Yes I am. And guess where you 4 are?” asked Roxanne in a mischievous kind of voice. “In the school wall?” guessed Josh. “Oh yes. I thought you might say that. But no. You might not believe it but you are in the Araistan Cave of Mystery” explained Roxanne. “But how? We came through the school wall” said Mike. “I can prove it. Try to get out of here” said Roxanne. All 4 kids went to the spot where they came in. Ben looked for a doorknob but nothing was there. Josh pushed the wall but nothing opened up. “But that’s impossible!” said Aaron. “Well, while you try to figure out the mystery of the Araistan Cave doors, I’ll leave” said Roxanne. Then, she walked through a door. The 4 kids rushed to follow her but there was no door. “I don’t get it” said Mike. “Me neither” agreed Ben. “Me neither” agreed Josh. “I think I’ve got it!” shouted Aaron. “When somebody walks through a door, the door disappears. But when everybody is out of the room the door resets. So what we’ve got to do is find a door that Roxanne never went through. Then we’ll come back into this room and go through the door to Roxanne” explained Aaron. “But where is another door?” asked Mike. Then Mike spotted something. “Josh, see that crack on the wall?” Mike asked. Josh nodded his head. “OK, well bash that crack” said Mike. “OK” replied Josh. He ran into the wall and a door appeared. “Good Job, Mike and Josh!” shouted Aaron and Ben. All 4 kids entered that door then came back into the room they were in. There was still no door where the school was, but the door Roxanne went through reappeared. The 4 kids went through and they saw Roxanne. Next to her was a table with 8 potions on it. “Good job. You completed Level 1. But there is more. Now you must figure out the Araistan Cave Potions” said Roxanne. There was a fire blocking the next door. Roxanne took a potion from the table, drank it and went through the fire into the next room. “We need those potions” said Josh. “Wait! There’s a riddle” said Aaron. “It says: To get through the fire you need certain potions. There are 8 potions on the table with different colours and sizes. Now this will tell you which potions you will need to get through the fire. 4 potions get you through, 3 potions send you back to the entrance and 1 potion kills you” read Aaron. “Read on” said Ben. And Aaron did. “Here are 2 clues that’ll help you. 1.I wouldn’t mind the colour green and I wouldn’t mind the size big. 2.I hate the colour orange and I hate the medium size” read Aaron. “Okay I don’t need to know what this guy likes” said Josh. “Don’t you see? ‘I wouldn’t mind the colour green and I wouldn’t mind the size big’. That means that the big, green potions will send you back to start. ‘I hate the colour orange and I hate the medium size’. That means the medium-sized, orange potion kills you. That must mean the purple, small potions let you through the fire” explained Aaron. “But there are only 3 small, purple potions left” said Josh. “I won’t go” said Mike. “Why not?” asked Ben. “Think about it. You need braveness not to be scared of unexpected things. You need smartness to solve puzzles like Aaron’s been doing. And strength will help move big things and smash walls. Why d’you need famous?” Mike explained. “Are you sure?” Josh asked Mike. “I’m sure. Not to worry. I’ll just drink a big, green potion” said Mike. And he drank the potion and disappeared.
Chapter 8:The Araistan Cave Monster!
“Well we better get going” decided Josh. So the 3 kids drank the small, purple potions and went through the fire into the next room. Then they saw Roxanne again. “I see you have passed both tests” said Roxanne. “Yes and we’ve come to bring you down!” said Ben. “But wait. There is still 1 more test” said Roxanne. “What!” said all 3 kids at once. “To defeat the ARAISTAN CAVE MONSTER!!” screamed Roxanne. “So where’s the monster!” asked Aaron. “You’ll see” said Roxanne. Suddenly, she took out some letter magnets and formed two words.
Roxanne Stone
“As you can see, that is my full name. Or should I say MY SECRET IDENTITY!” shouted Roxanne. “What do you mean?” asked Ben. “You’ll see. Now go Unown!” shouted Roxanne. “Unown, you know what to do!” Roxanne commanded to her Unown. The Pokemon went straight to the magnets. “You may know me as Roxanne Stone, but THIS IS ME!” shouted Roxanne, as she pointed to the same magnets, but they were switched around. Now they said:
Strone Axenon
“That is my real name. My EVIL NAME!” shouted Strone. “And there’s more. Not only am I the evil mastermind I… am… the… ARAISTAN CAVE MONSTER!” shouted Strone. “TRANSFORM!!” Strone shouted. Suddenly she began to glow. Then she grew bigger and bigger and bigger. Then she turned into a giant, flying Dragonite. “Oh my gosh!” shouted Josh. “Guys. To beat Strone, we’re gonna need to use all our special abilities. My smartness, Josh’s strength and Ben’s braveness. Now I’ve got a plan” said Aaron. “I’ll say to Strone that I give up and I’ll teach her how to make good Dragonite fireballs. While I’m distracting, Ben will go onto Strone’s back and grab her neck. Then, Josh will jump up and, since Ben will be holding Strone’s neck, Josh can jump up and pull Strone’s neck down” explained Aaron. “OK!” agreed Josh and Ben. Then they started the plan. “Now Josh, pull down her neck!” shouted Aaron when that part of the plan came. So Josh sprung up. “YOU’RE NOT GETTING PAST ME!” shouted Strone. And she breathed fire right on Josh’s hand. “Ouch!” shouted Josh, as he fell to the floor. “You don’t hurt my friend!” said a voice. Then somebody entered the door. It was Mike. “Mike!” shouted Aaron and Ben. “How did you get here?” Josh asked, trying to cool off his hand. “That doesn’t matter. But I know Strone’s weakness” said Mike. “What!” asked the other 3 kids. “ME!” said Mike. “That’s impossible. You’re a kid!” said Aaron. “Watch!” said Mike. “TRANSFORM!” he shouted. Then Mike started to glow just like Strone. Suddenly, Mike became a giant Aerodactyl. “NO! MY WEAKNESS!” shouted Strone. Both poke-humans started to fly. Then Mike scratched Strone. Then Strone scratched Mike. Then Mike flew very high up to the top of the cave and swung down at Strone. Strone fell down but got right back up. Then Mike attacked Strone again. That time Strone never got back up. “NO! YOU DEFEATED ME!” shouted Strone. And she transformed back into a human. “Good job, Mike! You did it!” shouted the 3 kids. Then Mike transformed back to human. Suddenly the room filled with white. When it was back to normal, there was a giant door. “Let’s go through!” said Mike. The 4 kids then went through. Then they ended up back in the school. “Safe and sound” said Josh. “But Mike. How did you get to be a poke-human?” asked Ben. “Well, it’s kind of a sad story. When I was born, Strone came to my house and transformed. She killed my parents. And she tried to kill me, but I never died. So I got some of Strone’s power. And we’ve been enemies ever since” explained Mike. “So you knew all of this was gonna happen?” asked Ben. “Correct” replied Mike. “So why didn’t you tell us?” asked Josh. “ ‘cause I wanted you to figure out the tricks by yourselves” replied Mike. “So that’s why you left at the potions!” realized Aaron. “Correct again!” said Mike. “So 1 more question. How did you get to us?” asked Aaron. “Oh yeah. That’s a secret between Strone and I” said Mike. “You have to admit, this was a very fun 1st year” said Aaron. “Definitely” agreed everyone. “But you guys do know that we’re going to have to get a new principle and a new teacher for Grade 2” said Josh. “I heard the principle is going to be Drake from the Elite 4” said Mike. “Drake! We’re so lucky!” said Ben. “But I don’t know who the new teacher’s gonna be” said Mike. “Any of you guys know?” “No” everyone else replied. Ding- Dong! Ding-Dong! “I guess it’s home time” said Mike. And the 4 kids walked out of the school.