Siam Only Knows[ Omega Ruby Nuzlocke ]

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I really don't know how to introduce this story. Each time I try writing a blurb it just seems stupid or cliche. So here's the deal, this is an Omega Ruby Nuzlocke that is very action heavy. I know you'll enjoy reading the story if you give it a chance. I appreciate all comments and feedback.
Feel free to comment at any time. Even if you've not caught up. Though it would be appreciated if you preface with the number of the last part you read, so I have some context

Without further ado, here is

Siam only knows:
Part 1: Taking new roots.
Part 2: A furred stalker.
Part 4: Whispers of Fate.
Part 5: Echoes
Part 6: Exertion
Part 7: New friends.
Part 8: Brawl in the Streets.
Part 9a: Granite Cave(Steven)
Part 9b: Granite Cave(Siam)
Part 10: Warriors.
Part 11: Meeting Magma.
Part 12: A contest Spectator
Part 13: Cloudy Strife
Part 14: Error
Part 15: Fragmentary
Part 16: The Winstrad Family

Spoiler: Part 1: Taking new roots

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Name: Siam
Species: Human
Type: Normal
Nature: Adamant
Level Met: 1
Characteristic: Strong Willed
HP 12, Atk 7, Def 6, S.Atk 5, S.Def 6, Spd 6
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"Hi! Sorry to keep you waiting! Welcome to the world of Pokemon! My name is Birch, but everyone calls me the Pokemon Professor. This... is what we call a Pokemon- " The video continued to play on his PokeNav, but Siam had tuned out. The one window in the truck let him look out at the landscape as he was driven past. He had begun trying to count the trees as they whizzed past, but the moment he started, they were gone. The Truck stopped shortly after, and the doors were opened, revealing Siam's mother and a couple of the moving company's Machoke.

As Siam hopped down out of the truck his foot landed on a fluffy brown tail, which promptly retreated under the truck, sending him toppling down to the ground face first.
"Siam!" His mother exclaimed, helping him off the ground "We're here at last! It must have been tough riding in the back of the bumpy moving truck all that way" She said, brushing him off.

"It was ok, a little warm but fine, I think I just chipped a tooth!" He checked each tooth with his tongue, a rough edge and slight sharpness told him that yes, a tooth had been chipped.

"It'll be fine. Well, this is Littleroot town. What do you think? This is going to be our new home!" She got more and more excited as she spoke, leading him towards the house the truck had pulled up beside.

"Kind of boxed in with the forest surrounding it." He responded, taking note that the only way into the town was the road the truck had come, or the forest.

"It has a quaint feel, but it looks like it should be a nice place to live, don't you think? And you get your own room this time, Siam!" She followed him as Siam rushed inside, ignoring his obvious nerves about the size of the place.

"I assumed as much since Atlas said he was moving in with Uncle Boyd over in Violet City" Siam muttered as he avoided the Machoke shifting the lounge. "I'm going to go have a look at my room" Upstairs and to the left Siam found his open room, nothing of interest to be found there, but the Machoke moving in and out seemed to be pressing in on him. He rushed back downstairs to get a measure of fresh air.


Downstairs his mother waved him over to the TV, a news report was ending about the Petalburg gym, it would seem Siam had just missed seeing his father on the report. "Oh... It's already ended. Looks like your dad was on, but we missed his part. What a shame. But that reminds me... One of Dad's friends lives in this town. Professor Birch is his name, he lives right next door, so you should go over and introduce yourself" His mother said once the report had finished, and had begun trying to usher him out the door. Which is something Siam considered very strange, but went with it all the same.


He approached the front door of one of the few other houses in the town and rapt at it only three times before awaiting an answer. A woman about his mothers age answered the door "Oh, Hello. And you are?"

"Sorry to bother you, my name's Siam Taillon, My family has just moved into town" He began, attempting to keep his eyes on the woman and ignore the closeness of the edge of the forest.

"Oh right, you're Siam, our new next-door neighbour! Welcome!" She smiled wide and invited him into the house, the ground floor looked very similar to the house he had just moved into, and Siam guessed the floor plan wouldn't be very different at all.

"We have a daughter about the same age as you. She has been excited about making a new friend, she should be in her room upstairs. I hope you'll go and introduce yourself!" She smiled and pointed up the stairs, then it dawned on him; These two, this woman and his mother, may be trying to set him up. He shook his head and smiled, it would be rude not to introduce himself anyway.


Siam advanced up the stairs and approached the room that would be his in the floor plan; The door was open and a young woman was standing at her desk across from the door. "Pokemon fully restored, items all ready, and...!" She had spotted him in the mirror, just before he started to knock on the door frame "Who... are you?"

"Hi, I'm Siam, I moved in next-door and thought I'd come over and introduce myself, your mother said to look for you upstairs, I hope I'm not-" He had begun an introduction that started to get a little long winded.

"Well, I'm May! Glad to meet you! When Dad- oh I mean Professor Birch- told me about you moving here Siam... Well I was hoping you would be nice and we could be friends... B-but that's just silly, isn't it? I've just met you! Oh no! I forgot! I was suppose to be going out to help Dad catch some wild Pokemon! Siam, I'll see you later" at which point the excitable young lady rushed out of her room and down the stairs. Preferring not to enter the young woman's room unescorted, Siam also retreated down the stairs and out the front door.


Siam stepped outside to hear a loud scream from north of the town, along the road the truck had come. Rushing to the edge of the forest he saw a man being attacked by a Poochyena; "H-help me! Halloo! You over there! Please! Help me out!". Siam had never used a pokemon, but seeing the bag on the ground and the three pokeballs spilling out of it, he knew he had to help. He ran to the bag only to be cut off by another Poochyena, looking around he counted six Poochyena surrounding Siam and the man, one of them had grabbed onto the man's leg and was shaking at him. Siam heard one of the small bite pokemon growling behind him, turning he kicked at it as it lunged towards him. The one standing over the pokeballs attempted to jump onto his back, only to be hit square in the side by a smaller brown critter, which Siam immediately recognized as a Zigzagoon.

Turning about heel, Siam punched the Poochyena on the man's leg square in the snout "RUN" he yelled at the started and only lightly bleeding older man. The man ran for his life back to the village as Siam and the very weak Zigzagoon, struggled against and fought back the Poochyena. As they managed to beat back one, another would launch onto them. Seeing an opening, Siam scooped up the helpful ball of fur and dashed back into the village, following where he saw the man go and running straight into the biggest house in the village.

"You saved my hide. Thanks a lot! Oh? But you're Norman's body, Siam!" The man said as he locked the door behind Siam. "I didn't even realize who you were at first. You've grown into quite the young man." Siam wasn't paying attention, once he'd gotten inside he'd recognized the man, but was already too busy checking the Zigzagoon's wounds. "-Looks like you really are your father's son!"

"Do you have anything to heal this pokemon? It really got beat up getting us out of there" Siam said, noticing the broken tail-tip and scratched face.

"No sorry, I think you should try and give it some rest back at your new house. You're mother will certainly be interested to hear what you did!"


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Name: Antony
Species: Zigzagoon
Type: Normal
Nature: Brave
Level Met: 2
Characteristic: Often lost in thought
HP 13, Atk 6, Def 7, S.Atk 6, S.Def 6, Spd 6
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Professor Birch accompanied Siam to his house, his mother made a fuss when she saw them, but let them in all the same. While Siam took some time to check the Zigzagoon over, Birch explained to Siam's mother everything that happened. "You know, if you work with your Pokemon and gain experience, I think you'll make a pretty excellent Trainer. My girl, May, Happens to be out on Route 103 right now, surveying Pokemon for me. That's just past Oldale town, there is a Pokemon centre there, It might not be a bad idea for you to head out that way yourself. What do you think?"

"Absolutely not!" his mother interjected "Not after what you just said happened on Route 101!"

"This thing is hurt, if I don't get it to a Pokemon centre then I might as well bury it right now" Siam spoke up, vivid language yes, but it got his point across.

"Great! I'm sure May'll be happy to see you. She can help teach you what it means to be a Trainer." Birch said, offering Siam a pokeball to capture the Zigzagoon with.

"I'm not a pokemon trainer, I'm repaying a favour" Siam finished as he lifted the pokemon in his arms and carried it out himself.

 

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Part 2, Spoiler'd for your convenience The story does get darker, don't worry!

Spoiler: Part 2: A furred Stalker.

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal
Nature: Adamant
Level: 5
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 24, Atk 18, Def 13, S.Atk 10, S.Def 14, Spd 14
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Siam burst into the pokemon centre, beaten and bruised, perhaps poisoned, he wasn't certain. Seeing his condition and the condition of the Zigzagoon in his arms, the nurse rushed over to him immediately. He tried to hand her the Zigzagoon, but it would not let go of him, as he tried to lay it on the table it whined and cried weakly, painfully. The nurse led him into the back rooms, where she sat him down to treat them both. When the pokemon finally fell asleep, Siam lay it on the table beside him, and stood to leave. "Where are you going?" The nurse asked as he stood.

"I'm leaving, it'll be fine now, just release it back into the wild when it's ok" He smiled and started to leave.

"You're abandoning your pokemon? What kind of trainer are you?"

"I'm not it's trainer, it helped save me from some Poochyena, it was hurt, so I brought it here. End of Story" Without listening to anything else the nurse intended to say; Siam left.


"Well, Birch said that May would be out on Route 103, might be fun to go say hi, as long as nothing jumps out at me" He thought to himself, smiling as he began walking north of the small Oldale town. He made sure to scan the area around him as he went, keeping an eye out for any pokemon. A ledge rose up ahead, while long-ish grass on either side of it stifled his movements. Deciding to save time, and avoid any possible encounter, Siam climbed up the ledge. As he stood and brushed himself off, Siam heard a noise behind him, a light scratching and grumbling. Turning around, he saw that Zigzagoon climbing up behind him, looking considerably healthier, but annoyingly dedicated to getting to him. "Shoo" he whispered, shaking his fingers dismissively, but it would not leave. "I said shoo!" he pushed the pokemon lightly with his foot, but it wouldn't budge. Deciding to simply ignore it he turned back and approached May.


"Oh! Hey, Siam!" She exclaimed as he neared "What's that? Oh! My dad gave you a Pokemon as a gift, huh?"

"No it just-" Siam looked down at the Zigzagoon, but before he could continue she cut him off.

"Well then, why don't we go ahead and have a quick battle?" May grabbed a pokeball and readied to attack.

"I don't really-"

"I'll give you a taste of what being a Trainer is really like!" She released the pokemon from it's ball, and in a flash of red light a Mudkip had appeared. The Zigzagoon moved around in front of Siam, it's front end lowered, slowly shifting it's back end from left to right.

"This is ridiculous! I'm not a pokemon Trainer, this thing isn't my pokemon, it's just following me around because har-har why not!" his sarcastic taunts seemed to make the pokemon wriggle faster.

"You mean, this is just a wild Zigzagoon?" May lowered the pokeball, a confused look on her face.

"That's what I've been trying to say, I wouldn't even know how to Tackle being a pokemon trainer!" Suddenly the Zigzagoon leapt forward, slamming it's body into the Mudkip and forcing it to the ground. The Mudkip struggled for a moment before throwing the Brown ball off itself and up onto Siam.

"Ha! You tried to trick me!" May grinned, revelling in the contest.

"No really, I don't like pokemon, I don't want to be a p-" The Zigzagoon's tail was flicking around in front of Siam's eyes "get that Tail out of my face!" he pushed the pokemon off him, it landed with a soft thud on the ground, simply wagging it's tail and looking quite pleased about something. The Mudkip was rather taken aback, and jumped at the Zigzagoon, Only to fall short by quite a ways.

"This stupid, I'm leaving before something jumps out and Bites me" Siam turned to leave, he heard a thump and whimper behind him, followed by some excited yipping.

"That was a good battle Siam. Let me heal up both our parties real quick." He didn't turn as she spoke, but he did stop, bewildered. "Wow... I think I know why my dad has his eye on you now."

"What are you talking about?" He finally turned around, almost tripping over the bundle of fur coiling between his legs happily.

"I mean, you just got that Pokemon, and you've already got that strong of a bond. I bet you could probably befriend any kind of Pokemon you meet" She smiled and shook his hand, after returning her Mudkip to it's pokeball. "Phew... I guess I'd better head back to the lab!" She smiled and took off running back to Littleroot.


"Are you kidding me? You attack her pokemon and she gives me the credit" He looked down at the Zigzagoon, scratching behind its own ears. "No, I'm not a trainer, and you need to stop following me" Siam began the trudge back to Littleroot, and his new home. Occasionally noting the pokemon still following him, he didn't turn around but simply ignored it. A collection of Poochyena seemed to be stalking him in the trees as he moved through Route 101 and back to Littleroot. Every step of the way his head darted back and forth, watching the pokemon as he passed them, making sure he wasn't being- Siam almost jumped out of his skin when he looked behind him only to see the Zigzagoon, still following him. He ran as fast as he could back to the Professor's lab, and it ran with him. It kept pace until he managed to get inside and slam the door behind himself.

"Oh! Siam! Over here!" The professor called to him just as Siam locked the door. "So I hear you beat May on your first try. Amazing!" Birch was really impressed with him, but as he prattled on Siam tuned out. If that Zigzagoon was going to continue following him, he might as well go see his father, he'll know how to get rid of it. He vaguely noted being handed some folded metal thing, probably a phone, he has one already if it is, but might as well just take it and keep quiet. "-Though I'd love it even more if you came back from time to time to show me what progress you've made" Siam snapped out of his daze, what did the professor say? come back? like that'd ever happen, these people are too obsessed with Pokemon for his liking.

Outside the lab, no sign of the fluffy pest, but Siam set off to Petalburg just in case. Bugs all through Route 101, crawling close to him and he simply kicked them aside. They didn't put up much of a fight, which was good to see once he finally left the tree'd area and out into the large open Route 102. Siam breathed in the warm open air "why does it have to be so hot? Why can we never go some place cool? Olivine now here, always close to nature, always too darn hot". It was easy to avoid the longer areas of grass, the water was very tempting however, to get out of this heat would be brilliant!

"Hey! If you have pokemon with you, that makes you a Pokemon Trainer! You can't say no to my Challenge!" A young boy came up to him, holding a pokeball out eagerly.

"Sorry kid, I'm not a pokemon trainer" He said as kindly as he could "And if you see a Zigzagoon following me, it's not mine, it's just a stalker!" He laughed a little and continued on. Ahead he heard some chittering and barking, as he neared he could see a Seedot, backing away from and trying to avoid a group of Zigzagoon. "Not this again!" He ran towards them, and roared at the Zigzagoon. Siam's sudden and loud appearance was, in this case, quite enough to scare the Zigzagoon away from the poor hurt Seedot. Feeling a little better he continued on over the hill and into Petalburg.

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Name: Lucilla
Species: Seedot
Type: Grass
Nature: Timid
Level Met: 5
Characteristic: Strongly Defiant
HP 19, Atk 8, Def 10, S.Atk 8, S.Def 9, Spd 8
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Spoiler: Part 4: Whispers of Fate

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal
Nature: Adamant
Level: 7
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 29, Atk 25, Def 17, S.Atk 13, S.Def 18, Spd 18
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The heat, unbelievable scorching, baking heat, falls without mercy upon the face of Hoenn. Every plant suffers burns, every leaf browns and coils in the immense heat that spreads forth. Shroomish and Oddish lay against rocks, their skin cracked and brittle, the few breaths they take laboured and painful. The sea retreats from the land further and further, leaving peaceful water pokemon to lay roasting in the open air, cooking beneath an unforgiving sun. The skin of Luvdiscs everywhere; wrinkled and leathered, but still tight to the body. A taste of copper and salt in the air at every turn, blood and water mixing in vapors above the dry and splitting soil. All grass has died, crumbled to dust and ruin. Finally the people, caring people kneal beside husks of pokemon, lines burnt down their cheeks as their tiers boil on their skin. Everywhere you look, even the people are collapsing under the weight of the heat, the burden of everything around them, humans turn to ash in the wind, and the smoke of burning corpses waft into your face.

Siam snapped awake in a bed in the Petalburg Pokemon center. He could faintly remember a nightmare, but with every bead of sweat that broke his skin the memory of it became fainter and fainter. On a seat beside his bed sat his father; a tall, brown haired man who looks quite like Siam himself. "Siam, calm down, you're ok, you're safe" He said reassuringly, Siam tried to reply but his dry throat made no noise, a panicked and confused look painted his face as he stared at his father "You got in an accident, you're ok, but they think you may have difficulty remembering what happened". Siam nodded slowly, as he started he found his father's hand quickly placed on his head, to stop him moving. Siam tapped the back of his left wrist twice with his hand and looked questioningly at his father; "They don't know, it takes a different amount of time for each person to recover your memory, though it is possible you won't be able to ever remember yesterday. I'm sorry". Siam said nothing, laying there with his mouth open, breathing slowly. Gradually he moved a hand to his own throat, massaging it lightly before looking at his father once again "You got hit pretty hard, the nurse thinks you might have difficulty talking for a while", to this Siam repeating the tapping of his wrist "They don't know, you could recover quickly. You should be fine". The tone seemed off, something was out of place and Siam knew it, his eyes narrowed and his head tilted ever so slightly, his left hand circled in a slow repeating pattern. Norman, Siam's father, sighed before answering his son's question "They think there is a small chance, less than a percent, that you might never speak again. You'll be fine though! Don't worry!"

For almost five hours, Siam lay in that bed simply staring at the roof, thinking. At some point his mother had come in and his father had left. The Birch family visited later in the day, the professor left Siam an empty pokeball, so he might catch a pokemon to help him. It was at the four and a half hour that Siam turned his head to look at the pokeball on the table beside him. It's red top brought back images of the nightmare, images of fire and pain. But it sat there, unmoving, uncaring, it was a taunt to him; the universe was laughing at him. Siam seized the pokeball in his right hand, and threw it with all his might at the wall, it slammed into the wall with a definite crack, splitting both the ball and a small part of the paint of the wall.

Sitting up in his bed, Siam's head swam for a moment before he snapped to reality. He swung his feet over the edge of the bed as quietly as he could and moved to the corner where his belongings lay. After re-dressing and gathering his things, Siam stormed silently out of the pokemon center and into Petalburg city. Unawares as to where he was headed, Siam's feet bore him West to Route 104, where he sat down at the waters edge, staring out into the ocean.

At some point he couldn't remember, a warm body sidled up beside his, and lay down alongside his leg, while something sturdy and rough stood at his back. Looking down to his side Siam finally saw that damnable Zigzagoon. "Leave me alone" he thought, trying to scream at it; every bellow, every yell and scream was nothing but a toneless exhale. His fists clenched and tears streamed down his cheeks as he tried, fruitlessly, to yell at the sweet creature. The more he tried to yell, the harder it became to hold the tears, he was broken, and a from where he sat there was a good chance that he could never be fixed. His hands clutched at his face, trying in vain to hold himself together. A small furry face rubbed against his leg as he couldn't see it, he wanted to swipe at it, to make it leave him alone, but it just wanted to make him feel ok. He couldn't blame it for trying to comfort him.

The sun was setting to his right as Siam stared out to sea, two pokemon curled up with him. The Zigzagoon lay on his right with it's front paws over his leg, the Seedot lay on his left. It had taken quite a while after he had finally calmed down before the Seedot had gotten close enough to touch him. He didn't say anything, they didn't say anything, no matter what he did these two would not leave his side. Without thinking about it, his idle hands had moved to gently stroke the pokemon, it's quite possible he didn't even know he had been doing it. After the sun had set fully, Siam decided it might be time to get to sleep. "I won't go home" He thought as he stood, a single click of his fingers and both the pokemon were immediately alert. Looking down at them he gestured to the Zigzagoon and then tapped his own shoulder, it was very gentle as it climbed him to rest along the back of his neck. Though it was heavy he didn't mind it, Siam then leant down and picked up the Seedot, so much lighter that he could carry in his arm "If they're not going to leave me alone, I might as well carry them a bit". As he re-entered the Petalburg Pokemon center, all eyes were drawn to Siam.

"Are you ok sir?" The nurse asked him sweetly, Siam only nodded. "Would you like us to take a look at your pokemon?" He looked at the Seedot and the zigzagoon that had sprawled across his shoulders, then lightly shook his head. "Well, if you would like a room you will need to check in" she smiled and showed him the register. Spaces were included in the register for a trainer's pokemon and their nicknames, though he didn't consider himself a trainer, Siam figured it would be rude to sign in and not include the two deadweights that had attached themselves to him.

"Siam; Antony- Zigzagoon, Lucilla- Seedot" he scrawled across the page without thinking about it; the nurse looked at him and sighed. Nodding silently as he walked away up the stairs.

Entering his room for the night, Siam let the pokemon down and went to look in a mirror, for the first time since he had woken. A few scratches had bandages on his face and shoulders, but around the top of his head were wrapped several large white bandages. A small amount of blood could be seen on the bandages across his head, above his right eye and back a little bit. Siam took a moment to stare at the blood, but never lifted a hand to it. When he decided it had been long enough staring, he returned to bed.

 

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Spoiler: Part 5: Echoes

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal
Nature: Adamant
Level: 9
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 35, Atk 30, Def 20, S.Atk 16, S.Def 21, Spd 21
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The sun hadn't even risen when Siam woke, though he felt slightly nautious and the room rotated slowly around him, he slid out of the bed and onto the floor. Propping himself up on his toes and palms, Siam proceeded to do pushups, until such time as the nautia and dizzyness subsided. Once done, he left the pokemon centre, with the two pokemon hot on his heels. No-one sat in the room downstairs, and the town too was empty when he emerged into it. The first dregs of sunlight were beading over the horizon to the east, a crimson hand slowly reaching out to break a new day. The sound of waves to the west however called to him, and Siam found himself wandering once again onto Route 104.

The morning wind off the water was icy cold, it stung in his eyes and the top of his head, but he enjoyed it. A whisper of a yell into his ear had Siam turn to look away from the water, and north into a thick and shadowed forest. Looking at the forest he could hear whispers of crying, grunts and shouts, he could hear barking and growling. Curious about what he heard, he approached the forest. As he drew nearer the sounds grew no louder, but they weren't moving away. The sounds ended with a crack, an audible, almost painful snap and the air was still. Siam walked slowly into the almost pitch dark woods, the hand of morning light had not yet had a chance to break through the dark canopy overhead. The forest was still, silent and unmoving, no pokemon reared their heads. Siam bent down to lift up Lucilla the seedot, she was as still and quiet as everything else around him. He looked down at Antony, then with just a snap of his finger and a gesture, he sent the zigzagoon ahead to climb a small ledge. It looked around a moment and then barked back at Siam.

The bark rang in his ears, it took him a moment to compose himself as more barking and grunting seemed to echo on the wind. Rubbing his ears with his free hand seemed to stop the echo, and once again all was still and silent. Siam placed Lucilla on top of the ledge before climbing up himself. From atop the ledge he noticed something snagged on a tree branch nearby, a long red cloak with a hood. "This might stop people staring at the bandages" he thought as he slipped it on. "Best get moving, something in here has to be watching, only a matter of time before they attack".

As light trickled into the undergrowth, everything began to stir. Wurmple and Zigzagoon appeared in spades, as long as he moved straight past, many did not bother with him. On occassion though, one would stray too close to them and Antony would strike out at it. Only once did one of the grubs fall out of the trees above and onto Siam, his immediate reaction was to whip his head around and bite it. The Wurmple left quickly, but the sudden movement made Siam dizzy.

By the time Siam, Antony and Lucilla emerged from the forest to greet Rustboro City, the sun was already past the highest point, and the heat was making Siam nauseous and uneasy. As he entered the pokemon centre, several people glanced at him and began to talk in hushed whispers, he pulled the hood further down his face and approached the nurse. "H-hello sir, may I help you, do your pokemon need healing?" She asked shakily. Siam looked to the zigzagoon and seedot, and then back to the nurse. He shook his head slowly, to avoid further headaches, somehow this made her more nervous "W-what do you want?" she asked, visibly shaken. Siam could hear a couple people leave the centre as he closed his hands around an invisible cup, and raised it to his lips. "Water? You want water?" she looked confused, but relieved as Siam nodded.

Once he had water for himself and the two others, Siam sat at a nearby table "What was her problem, and where did everybody go?". Once all were watered, and the air seemed to have cooled off somewhat, Siam and the two pokemon left the centre and headed through the city. A huge building loomed to the side as they walked past, a triumphant display of wealth. As Siam walked past, two men burst from the front door; one wearing a cloak similar to Siam himself, and the other, a man with glasses, wore a long white lab coat. The man in  the red cloak smiled at Siam as he ran past, carrying a small parcel.
"Wait! Stoooooop!" The man with glasses yelled as he ran after the other. Out of breath and panting heavily he approached Siam "Why do you- Wait, You're that trainer! The one from Petalburg woods!" His face relaxed when he apparently recognised Siam. Siam though became more puzzled. "Help me please! I was robbed by Team Magma! I have to get the Devon parts back! If I don't..." he became frantic and attempted to run after the man in red. Siam glanced at his cloak, then in the direction the man ran, bending down he picked up Lucilla and had Antony climb onto his shoulders. Then like a shot, he persued the man in the red cloak.

As he ran through the open field, Siam's head hurt and arms grew heavy, but he pressed on. Bird pokemon swooped him constantly, many not pleased with the idea that this humans shoulders seem to bite back. As he ran, Siam noticed an older man crying about a kidnapping near the entrance to a cave. Assuming a clue, he dashed into the cave.

The room inside housed a great many small pink pokemon Siam had never seen, they did however, have a very nervous and quiet demeanour, one he immediately recognised as a warning to move slow. He placed Lucilla and Antony on the ground as they slowly made their way through the room, further and further they went. Ahead; rough cursing and frantic searching could be heard. Rounding the corner he came face to face with the man in red "What? Who are you? You must be new!" He said, stepping a little closer "Wait, that's Derek's cloak! GAH! Keelhaul it all!" The man in red became furious, backing up to only a few steps from the back wall of the tunnel. "To think I made a getaway... into this tunnel to nowhere!" He threw the weakened wingull he had been carrying to the ground in disgust, drawing a gun and pokemon immediately after. "Here's the deal asshole, You're the hostage now! Now withdraw your pokemon and turn around!" He demanded, pointing the gun at Siam, and unleashing from the pokeball yet another Poochyena, it growled angrily and readied itself to attack. Siam slowly patted the side of his leg twice, both Lucilla and Antony moved to behind him. "Return them!" The man demanded, thrusting the gun menacingly at him. Siam pulled the cloak away from his sides and held his palms out, showing no pokeballs "Fine, come pick this thing up!" he gestured with the gun to the wingull laying limp on the ground "Yen, Keep an eye on those two behind him", the poochyena growled.

Siam slowly, with both hands still out at his side, empty palmed, slowly walked closer to the man. As he moved the gun was kept trained on him, and the Poochyena by the man's side growled loudly. Siam stopped, knowing the growls meant that either Lucilla or Antony was following him. The growls subsided and he advanced a little more, and though the man in red did not notice, Siam closed his right hand, all but the pointing finger. What happened next happened in a blur. Siam's right hand swung for the wrist that held the gun, pushing it down and to the man's side, away from everyone. The man fired the gun in surprise, letting out a deafening crack that hurt not only Siam's ears but his very brain. The gunshot so close to the poochyena startled it, momentarily dazing it, giving Lucilla the time she needed to close the gap and attack exactly where Siam's finger was pointing, slamming straight into the poochyena's legs. As this happened, Siam's left hand balled to a fist and struck the man straight across the jaw. The force of his spin helped Siam swing his left leg to between the Wingull and the man in red. As the man went to swing a punch at Siam, Siam's left hand slid down to the gun, and his right hand clamped on the man's wrist. The punch landed solidly on Siam's left cheek as he turned to face the same direction as the man. He tilted the barrel of the gun up as he pushed the man's arm down, ripping the gun from his hand. Lucilla continued to bash at the poochyena, which tried clawing and biting at her incredibly tough shell. Antony though, grabbed the wingull and had pulled it away from near the feet of Siam.

Now holding the gun, Siam swung it as a weapon and slammed it across the man's head, knocking him unconscious. He had enough energy remaining to drag the man out of the cave, while Lucilla and Antony each carried another party in the fight. Once out, Siam looked at the old man, and promptly passed out.

 

[CronusNuzlocker]

Spoiler: Part 6: Exertion

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 15
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 52, Atk 47, Def 31, S.Atk 25, S.Def 32, Spd 32
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Siam woke quickly, laying on the grass outside the cave as a small group of people crowded around him. He could feel himself being lifted by a pair of quite small but rather strong hands. As he looked up he saw not far from him the old man, hugging the Wingull "Peeko! Am I glad to see you're safe!" he smiled and turned to Siam, helping him the little bit further to his feet, it was at this point that Siam grew curious enough to look for his little lifter. There to his right stood a small masked pokemon with a leaf sprouting from it's head, Siam flinched at its sudden appearance, it seemed to cower in return. Siam stepped to the side "My Peeko owes her life an' freedom to you, my boy. They call me Mr. Briney, and you are?" The old man interrupted Siam's train of thought. Siam looked away from the strange pokemon, not noticing it edge back to next to him, he placed a hand to his throat and then waved it away "Oh, can't you speak lad?" he asked as Peeko the Wingull began to circle them. Siam shook his head slowly, but even that made him slightly dizzy "Well I sincerely thank you. If there's ever a thing I can do to help you in turn, don't you hesitate to tell me. I'll be at my cottage by the sea, near Petalburg woods" and with that the old man scurried off with the Wingull in tow. Looking around for the creepy little leaf-headed pokemon, Siam saw it standing immediately beside him. He backed away slowly, keeping it in his sights, but it didn't move. One click of his fingers and Antony came trotting over from where it had lain on the grass, and the strange pokemon smiled wide and trotted over to stand on Siam's right once again.

"What's the matter? You look like you've never seen a Nuzleaf before" A large man with plenty of camping gear, the only person not to have moved off, asked after seeing Siam's confusion. Siam merely shook his head lightly "It's an evolved Seedot, yours evolved while you were unconscious." Siam looked down at the little pokemon, grinning up at him and standing strangely close to his leg. Without looking away from the Nuzleaf, he slowly lifted an arm and pointed to the parcel the man in the red cloak had stolen. The Nuzleaf, Lucilla, shuffled over to the unconscious man and took the parcel from him which she carried back to Siam. "Don't worry about that thief mate, I'll make sure the police get him, you run along and get yourself checked out, you're not looking too good." Siam bowed slightly and began trudging back to Rustboro.

The strange man with the glasses was sitting outside the large building when Siam returned. "Oh! It's you! How did it go? Did you get the-" His fast paced, high pitched voice, stabbed at Siam's ears. The man calmed a lot when Lucilla held up the parcel "You did! You got them back!" he sighed and took them from the Nuzleaf. "As my thanks, please, take this Great Ball" He thrust a blue pokeball into Siam's hand and grabbed his wrist immediately after "Oh! yes, young man! Please come with me!". With this Siam stopped cold, he pulled his hand from the grasp of the man with glasses. Siam fixed the cloak he acquired in the forest, before handing the blue pokeball back to the man and crossing his arms "Please! My boss, the Devon Corp. president, wants to meet you!" Siam's eyes narrowed and he looked at Antony and Lucilla, both of which happy to be where they were. Exhaling quietly; Siam gestured to the building. The man nodded excitedly and hurried off, with Siam and the
two pokemon trudging after.

Siam was shown to a room at the very top floor of the enormous building. Inside at a desk was a greying, but quite friendly looking, man in a business suit. "Come in, come in! Sit down friend" He gestured warmly, Siam stepped inside and closed the door behind him, moving no closer than that. "Fair enough, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Mr. Stone, the president of the Devon Corporation. I've just heard how we have quite a bit to thank you for." Siam raised and eyebrow and placed his hand back on the door handle "So you helped out my staff not just once, but twice!" Siam's hand released from the handle and instead moved to his head, which had started to throb "There's a favour I'd like to ask of a reliable man like you, but I wouldn't want you to think I would ask a favour with nothing in retu-" Siam's left hand reached out in front of him and made the same circular motion he did from the pokemon centre bed to his father, but faster, apparently more irritated "Alright, I'll get straight to it. I would like you to deliver this letter to a man named Steven, you should find him in Dewford, across the sea." Siam's waving finger clicked as he pointed to the man's desk. Antony sniffed at his cheek, but Siam repeated the point, the Zigzagoon hopped down off Siam's shoulders and darted over to the desk. Mr. Stone held the letter out, which Antony took in his mouth before scampering back to Siam. Siam took the letter, patting the Zigzagoon lightly on the head, he bowed goodbye and left the office, not letting the man say any more.

Darkness was closing in faster as clouds rolled with it, the air was cool and smelt heavily of water as Siam knocked at the door of a small, weather-beaten cottage. The old man with the Wingull opened the door, "ahh lad! A pleasure to see you, come in, come in" The building was small, but cosy, Siam took a seat at the kitchen table "You don't look too well matey, you should rest". With the throbbing of his head, and the sharp pain behind his eyes, Siam had difficulty noticing that every time Mr. Briney spoke; his hands would move in strange patterns. "Relax lad, I've seen my share of hurt, you'll be right here" The old man led him over to the lounge, which folded out just enough for the 5'10" Siam to lay comfortably.

The burning clouds coiled back toward the pillar of golden light. Pokemon high in the air can be heard faintly screaming, their pitiful cries die out as they plummet, burning meteors and sizzling pokemon hides fall from the sky, terribly beautiful, fiery rain. The heat, unbelievable scorching, baking heat, falls without mercy upon the face of Hoenn. Every plant suffers burns, every leaf browns and coils in the immense heat that spreads forth. Shroomish and Oddish lay against rocks, their skin cracked and brittle, the few breaths they take laboured and painful. The sea retreats from the land further and further, leaving peaceful water pokemon to lay roasting in the open air, cooking beneath an unforgiving sun. The skin of Luvdiscs everywhere; wrinkled and leathered, but still tight to the body. A taste of copper and salt in the air at every turn, blood and water mixing in vapours above the dry and splitting soil. All grass has died, crumbled to dust and ruin. Finally the people, caring people kneel beside husks of pokemon, lines burnt down their cheeks as their tiers boil on their skin. Everywhere you look, even the people are collapsing under the weight of the heat, the burden of everything around them, humans turn to ash in the wind, and the smoke of burning corpses waft into your face.

Siam awoke in a cool sweat, laying on the lounge of the old sailor's cottage, a wet cloth sitting on his forehead. The red cloak from the woods hung over the back of a nearby chair. Siam's right hand hung over the side of the lounge and was resting on the rough skin of the Nuzleaf curled on the floor beside him, his legs were slightly raised by the mass of Zigzagoon that had crawled under them in the night. The cloth on his forehead drained away the heat and memories of the dream, Siam didn't try to remember it, he didn't want to remember it. The Wingull sitting above the fireplace squawked, "You awake in there lad?" Mr. Briney's voice called from out of sight, all Siam could do was to raise his left arm. "Good, You should probably just take a little break, my boy. Too much activity too quickly can be a serious risk in your condition." Siam sat up defiantly, but slowly. Mr. Briney was at the table nearby with a pot of tea, Siam tapped his wrist where the old man could see it. "Ahh, mid- to late-morning I'd say, around 7 or 8 AM" Siam smiled and tapped his fingers above his eyes, and then to his wrist. "This isn't something you can rush my boy, rushing makes it worse. You need to relax. Peeko!" Siam had begun to stand up just before the old man called his bird, it's rapid scoot past his eyes made him dizzy and forced him back down onto the lounge, albeit sitting now. "I said you have to rest, no strenuous activity. I mean it" Siam knew he was being serious, but simply held up the envelope Antony had fetched from 'Mr. Stone'. "What's this then? Peeko, fetch" Siam loosened his grip on the letter, knowing what was about to happen. The Wingull moved close to him but didn't fly past, instead gingerly taking the letter from him and returning it to it's master. "For Steven, Who would that be then?" Siam placed a hand to his temple and waved it away "Ok, do you remember where you were suppose to find him at least?" Reluctantly, and with an eye out for that pesky bird, Siam stood and walked to the window facing south, facing the ocean. He pointed out the window and made an ocean wave motion with his hand. "Across the sea? Ahh you mean Dewford! Well that'd be about a day's sail, and the ocean air should do you well. I'll take you lad, because you saved my Peeko, but you have to promise to relax along the way!". Siam raised a fist and shook it up and down, as if copying a nodding motion.

 

[kintsugi]

Woah, hello! Sorry for the lack of reviews earlier; I've been a tad busy and actually have quite a bit of catching up to do. Anyway, welcome aboard!

Also, I'd suggest not to update so quickly--it's really great that you actually have chapters to post (seriously, this sounds sarcastic, but I wish I had so many chapters in my backlog instead of scrambling to try to keep some semblance of a schedule), but it's kind of hard for people to read/review when you post almost once a day! This is more up to you, but I'd also keep those extra chapters for rainy days when you're stuck with writer's block and haven't written new material for, like, quite a while.

Anyway, Nuzlockes are pretty solid. There's the fact that we know that everything is going to die, which tends to limit plot, but you don't seem to have that problem--there's a lot less focus on catching and killing Pokemon and a lot more on the specific few that Siam is raising (although, actually, I kinda forgot about that Seedot; oops). Also, I really liked how you focused on the Zigzagoon as the starter. Maybe I've got a soft spot for the regional rodents or something, but it's a nice change from the typical regional starters (this does, however, raise the question regarding where the actual starter went if this was based on an actual Nuzlocke, but that's a meta-question that really has nothing to do with your actual story, so heh.) Also, Siam's characterization was pretty nice given how little we actually have to go off of, and there's a lot of promise for development in that regard.

I would highly recommend, however, not just using the game dialogue. I haven't actually played ORAS, and I haven't played RSE for many a year, but from what I can tell, this seems like the ORAS dialogue--it's kind of stilted, and it also doesn't fit terribly well with a lot of the actions you attribute to your characters. For instance, when Siam falls out of the moving van, you just give the ORAS Mother's dialogue to moving-in, even though he's chipped a tooth (which is actually problem because you can get abscessed teeth and then there's infections and gross dead teeth everywhere and basically not a good thing to leave untreated or to treat like nothing's happening). In addition, for people who actually have played ORAS (and they would've had to do so recently, seeing as the game just came out), there's not much fun in re-reading all of the dialogue again--it makes the fic seem boring and stuff, even though you've actually got quite a lot of original material here. Like, that accident in Petalburg? That sounds legit, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it actually was. Cutting back to "Peeko, Fetch!" NPC dialogue? Less intense, and kind of disjointed from the kind of tension you'd just opened the chapter with. Don't feel constrained to adapting the game so faithfully; this is fiction, after all, and you've literally got free reign to do whatever you'd like!

(Also, re-reading, the bit with the grunt saying his standard, child-friendly lines while holding a gun and getting the shit beaten out of him by Siam, who suddenly knows anti-gun hand-to-hand (which is really difficult, actually, because guns are almost always better than people, especially young trainers of ambiguous age), is a lot of a disconnect. If the story is going to get darker, as you say it will, then I really don't think the in-game dialogue is going to get you very far, so look out for this!)

Anyway, I do think this is a pretty solid start, and I'll keep following. If you need any help with this or URPG stuff, shoot me a VM or something and I'd be glad to offer more logical/coherent/organized feedback when I don't have work in six hours!

 

[CronusNuzlocker]

Thanks for the comment. Sadly the story is done, though I hope as it goes, it'll grow on you. Anyway, here is the next part. I'll wait a week between uploads from this point on

Spoiler: Part 7: New friends

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 15
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 52, Atk 47, Def 31, S.Atk 25, S.Def 32, Spd 32
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Mr. Briney's boat was a sailing yacht, a little bigger than the average. Siam was invited to lay on the deck, as the trip would be a long and slow one. The sky was clear, the wind was cool, and the sea smelled wonderful, Siam was quite content to lay there on the deck of the boat and relax. After a while though, he began to wonder something, he held a hand up above him and click his pointer finger and thumb "fft"
he clicked his middle finger and thumb "tic"
he clicked his ring finger and thumb "tict"
he clicked his pinky finger and thumb "ltt"
Antony's head was tilted to the side as he did this, unsure what it was Siam wanted. Siam sat up and looked at the Zigzagoon, he patted the deck beside him and Antony bounded over. Siam stared at it for a moment, then pretended to shoulder bash the air beside him "fft". Antony cocked its head to the side again, Siam then switched the order; "fft", shoulder bash. The Zigzagoon's head straightened and it barked excitedly, "fft", Antony jumped forward as if Tackle'ing some invisible thing. The light pat it received on the head had it rolling on the floor almost instantly.
"tic", Head thrust.
Head thrust, "tic".
"Bark, Bark"; "tic" Headbutt. Pats.

Much to his surprise, it took no more than twenty minutes for this little brown ball of fur to learn what Siam meant when he clicked each of his fingers. Though Lucilla had a bit more difficulty understanding what was wanted from her, Siam didn't blame her, charades can only go so far to explain Razor Leaf or False swipe, complex moves that a human cannot easily replicate. He hadn't expected it, but he'd actually enjoyed getting his point across, after all they had been following his clicks before. Now the clicks actually mean something.

It was a little after noon, as Siam was sitting on the edge of the boat looking out, that he noticed something ahead. Ahead of the boat, but not in it's line seemed to be a circle of blue blobs. Siam waved to Mr. Briney and pointed it out "Looks like a ring of Tentacool, they're attacking something in the center but I can't make it out", Siam could, amidst this ring of blue blobs were two shapes, one red and one purple. The purple thing was hard to make out against the blue of the water, but stood out when a Tentacool moved behind it. A Zubat was laying in the water, apparently exhausted and unmoving, just laying on the surface as these Tentacool tried to close in on it. Though the Purple spot may not have moved much, the Red was definitively active. Siam could faintly make out the outline of a Magikarp as it swum rings around the Zubat, slamming into any Tentacool as it approached.

Siam raised a open palmed hand, and felt the boat slow gradually. There was a ladder over the edge, he made note of where. Siam removed the red cloak and dropped it on the deck, with a running jump he leapt overboard and into the clear blue. He was a good swimmer, and swam swiftly to the ring of blue bodies. As water soaked into his clothes and the bandages around his head, he could feel them weighing him down, but they also seemed to drain from him his headache and dizziness. He could swim hard and fast, power forward with head swinging side to side with no dizziness or sharp stabbing into his brain. He dove slightly and passed under the tendrils of the outer Tentacool, he passed inwards and past the Magikarp into the center ring. He bobbed to the surface beside the weak and unconscious Zubat which lay face up on the water. Siam blew on the little creature and it wriggled slightly. Looking back at the boat he could see; Mr. Briney with Peeko on his shoulder, Antony above the ladder and Lucilla wearing a red cloak. Unable to see much of a choice now, Siam grabbed the weak Zubat and swam to the outer ring, to the Tentacool. As he neared he flattened out most of his body on the surface but kept his legs bent. He had the Zubat that that Magikarp was guarding; and it was not happy. As Siam neared the ring or Tentacool he heard the -karp swimming up behind him, he braced himself and kicked off as it slammed into his feet. The force helped him out of the water enough that Siam landed on top of a Tentacool before sliding into the water on the other side. With only one arm to swim and an army of pissed off fish behind him, Siam sped toward the boat as fast as he could. He grabbed the ladder and was pulled aboard to safety, with a surprising amount of time to spare.

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Name: Vipsania
Species: Zubat
Type: Poison/Flying
Nature: Bold
Level Met: 12
Characteristic: Capable of taking hits
HP 33, Atk 16, Def 17, S.Atk 12, S.Def 15, Spd 20
CALCULATED IV'S
HP 16/17, Atk 21, Def 26, S.Atk 0, S.Def 8, Spd 21
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Safe aboard the ship, Siam took the time to dry the Zubat and give it some fresh water to drink, before moving it below deck and out of the sun. Lucilla had followed him down, so he placed a finger above each of her eyes and pointed at the Zubat. The Nuzleaf nodded and sat down beside it, as Siam returned to deck. "Oh dear, I'll get you some fresh bandages lad. That was brave but foolish! Take the helm, we should be on a steady course, but you'll need to keep an eye out for hazards" He nodded to Siam and rushed below deck.

Standing at the steering wheel, it was nice to have the wind in his hair, Siam was content to enjoy the moment sailing. But a glimpse of red out of the corner of his eye grabbed his attention, when he turned to look it was gone. Then again, the same glimpse of red out of the same corner of his eye, but when he turned it was gone. The old sailor returned above deck in a short moment, but since he'd left Siam had seen the red glimpse twelve times, every time he looked it was gone. As the old man passed him the bandages, Siam moved away from the wheel, sitting down to apply the bandages to his head. As he sat there, he noticed the red glimpse again, this time on the other side of the boat. Not needing to turn away any more he simply watched the area, and watched as the Magikarp, not A Magikarp, THE Magikarp, passed up by the railing on the side of the ship, and seemed to scan the deck as it descended again. Then again it popped up, scanned, and fell into the water. Once done applying his bandages, Siam moved to the edge of the boat, and watched the Magikarp swimming along side it leap out of the water and stare him straight in the eyes.

Trying to discourage it, Siam swung a punch at the great red fish as it leapt again. But it spun in the air, avoiding the hit and yet still scanning the deck. Siam watched as it disappeared under the ship, and heard it splash down into the water again on the other side. He took the time to study the fish as it leapt about, what was it searching for? Why was it still following the boat? When an idea dawned on him, he traipsed down to below deck and gently scooped up the still weak Zubat. He carried her above deck and to the edge, where he sat with her in his arms. It took two more jumps before the Magikarp was leaping in front of Siam. It seemed to study the Zubat with interest in a couple leaps, then fell back into the water and returned to swimming, though it never left the side of the boat.

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Name: Duilius
Species: Magikarp
Type: Water
Nature: Serious
Level Met: 15
Characteristic: Likes to Thrash about
HP 35, Atk 12, Def 25, S.Atk 14, S.Def 15, Spd 33
CALCULATED IV'S
HP 31, Atk 31, Def 28, S.Atk 31, S.Def 31, Spd 31
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They landed in Dewford not long before sunset, with the Magikarp still keeping pace with the boat. As Siam moved along the dock toward the pokemon centre; Zubat in arms. The Magikarp kept leaping over the deck in front of him, making passage difficult though not impossible. Upon reaching the other side, Siam heard the fish splashing about in the water behind him. The splashing subsided and was replaced quickly by a sudden and terrifying roar. A sound that froze Siam on the spot. He turned slowly to see a gigantic blue sea serpent rising out of the water. It leant down close to Siam, so close he could reach out and touch it, it unleashed a puff of exhalation, which made the Zubat cry out. Antony and Lucilla moved as close to 'between' the two as they could get. Lucilla pushed Siam backwards slowly, edging him closer to the pokemon centre, and as he got further from the Gyarados, he began to slowly walk backwards again. The Gyarados was staring now at Antony, and Antony at it. Siam didn't see any more as Lucilla pushed him gradually into the pokemon centre.

 

[CronusNuzlocker]

Spoiler: Part 8: A Brawl in the streets

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 15
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 52, Atk 47, Def 31, S.Atk 25, S.Def 32, Spd 32
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With great difficulty, Siam handed the small Zubat over to the nurse within the Pokemon centre, having to unhook its claws from his shirt to do so. "It'll be OK sir. Does she have a name?" She asked sweetly, Siam reached down and scribbled onto a note beside the little bat "Umm, Vipsania? Daughter of Agrippa? Interesting choice". Siam blushed at this, and bowed slightly to hide it.

A scream pierced the air, followed by a loud roar and the sounds of crashing. A young boy rushed into the Pokemon centre "A Gyarados is attacking! It just ate someone's Zigzagoon!". Almost every person in the building who had been sitting rose to their feet, most grabbed pokeballs from their belts and rushed out the door, the crowd stuck in the entry and oozed slowly outwards. One man continued to sit at a table nearby, a collection of pokeballs rolling about in front of him, he looked rejected and depressed. Siam moved over to the table and placed a hand on one of the pokeballs. "Take it, they're all empty, I'll never catch a pokemon!" He patted the man on the shoulder twice, before rushing to a nearby window to climb out.

Out in the city a fierce battle raged, the giant serpent rose out of the water, striking at buildings and people indiscriminately. The pokemon of an unknown count of trainers ran about, some trying to move people out of the way, some attempting to fight against what was perhaps the largest and strongest Gyarados many had ever seen. Siam slipped out the window and ran across the open street, as he ran he grabbed a stone from the ground. Stopping only a few feet from the great beast, he pegged the stone up at it. Amidst all the fighting, the mighty creature did look down at the man by it's gut. Teeth bared and growling powerfully, the magnificent serpent reached down and with only one bite; swallowed Siam whole.

Screams and shouts erupted from the citizens, many trainers redoubled their efforts to stop this rampaging beast, before it killed anyone else. Unbeknownst to them, Siam was awake within the gullet of this wyrm, and against all instinct, he began to crawl downward. His right hand clutched the pokeball as he forced himself down the tight passage of the throat, his left hand stretched out ahead of him. After what felt like an eternal instant, Siam's hand slid over a furred tail, slowly he moved further and further, until he could pull the small furry creature close to his chest. The passage was tight, so much that he could not breathe. Siam could tell he was upside down, and through the shifting of the muscles about him that the fight still raged outside. The creature wrapped by his left arm whimpered lightly, and Siam felt a cold rough tongue on his chin. It took all his effort to turn the pokeball in his hand, to the angle he'd seen so many pokemon trainers use, the button facing away from his palm. With no room to swing or throw, all he could do was press the ball against the beast to be caught, which was exactly what he did; how could he possibly miss? the walls themselves were his target.

He felt himself grow fainter, everything around him was bathed in a brilliant red light. The walls, the pokemon he clasped in his arms, even his own arms and the pokeball, shed and were made of this brilliant red light. Darkness shot through the red light, a definitive barrier between the shapes that would otherwise have melded into one constant colour. Siam pulled his legs close and felt himself grow heavier once again. The true colours of his arms returned, and once more he felt the texture of fur against his skin. But then there was a sense of weightlessness; of falling, and then landing with a crash into the water beneath them. While the fall stung at his muscles and bones, the cool saltiness of the water ebbing over him washed the pain away. "You're crazy lad. Impressive, but crazy." The old sailor's arm reached down for Siam's. As he took the arm, Siam felt an extra pair of hands lifting him out of the water. As he stood up the crowd of trainers simply stared, A light tug on his shirt made Siam look down to his right, where Lucilla stood offering him the Red Cloak. He donned the cloak, scratching the Nuzleaf's head lightly with a few fingers as she walked beside him. "Let's go. You can look for Steven in the morning lad, now you need to rest." As Mr. Briney led him back to the boat, Siam took a moment to look at the pokeball in his hand. It didn't look like any pokeball or great ball he'd ever seen, it was white both on top and on the bottom. The few spots of red were running off as the water drained from the ball.

A light-handed knocking on the side of the boat awoke Siam, outside he found the nurse from the Pokemon centre "I just, I came to, Thank you. For saving everyone last night. Oh! Vipsania is doing much better! Come bye when you have a chance OK?" She lowered her head and moved briskly back to the pokemon centre. Siam watched her leave, smiling to himself. It wasn't long after that the old sailor surfaced "Good morning my boy. Where's that Zigzagoon of yours? I didn't see it last night" He asked puzzled, Siam look around for a moment, then slapped the top of his leg a couple times. Lucilla rushed up from below deck and sat on his right, and a streamlined brown and white pokemon, Siam knew to be a Linoone, scurried up over the edge of the boat. He looked at it for a moment, watching as it scurried over to him and attempted to climb him as gently as it could. This creature weighed almost twice that of a Zigzagoon, but it knew how to lay across his shoulders, and Siam knew immediately why. "Well that's an impressive sight I will admit. How do you expect to find what's his name?" Siam smiled and pointed to the pokemon gym. "Brawly? I suppose, he should know everyone in Dewford, sounds like a good place to start." Siam nodded and trudged off the boat.

Almost instantly upon entering the pokemon centre, Siam was swarmed. A mob of trainers surrounded him, asking loudly what it was like inside the Gyarados, if he meant to do it, how the pokeball caught the Gyarados and not the Linoone. As they closed in on him, he became more and more anxious. The more anxious he became, the deeper the growling came from his shoulders. Someone reached out to touch the cloak, only to have their fingers clawed. The moment Antony lashed out, everyone backed off. When he finally had room to move, Siam approached a table where sat the man from the night before. No pokeballs sat on the table in front of him, but he looked little different to the night before. Siam placed the only pokeball he had on the desk in front of the man and patted his shoulder. "No! No I can't take this! You caught it, you saved the town!" He placed the pokeball back in Siam's hand, Siam tried to push it away but the man would not have it "I gave you this ball, and you used it. What was caught is yours and yours alone!" They could see a stubbornness in each others eyes, Both stood there for close to twenty minutes, the pokeball between their hands, each pushing it lightly to the others. It was a battle of wills that Siam had never had to face, and though he was certain the pokeball belonged to the man, something told him this was a losing battle. Siam's arm relaxed and the man let go, the pokeball was slipped into a pocket on the inside
of the Red cloak.

As Siam tried to leave, a voice called out to him "Sir, your Zubat?" He turned to see the Nurse standing behind the counter, with a cheerful Zubat flitting around her. Siam clicked his fingers once, every head in the centre turned to look at him, which caused him to shrink a little into the cloak. The Zubat swooped over to him and began to sniff at him as she scooted around above his head. Soon she started to chitter excitedly and rub against the parts of his face she could get to under his hood. He pushed her back gently, she hovered in the air beside him chittering away happily. Ignoring everyone else in the centre, Siam tapped the Zubat lightly on the head twice with a finger, but was then struck by a thought. He reached into the cloak and produced the only pokeball, he handed it to the Zubat, which happily took it in her legs and flew around with it. Assuming it was done with him, Siam left the centre for the Gym.

Siam was taken aback for a moment, he was use to seeing exercise equipment in gyms, but gyms for humans. A pokemon gym doesn't sound like a place for weight benches and presses, but they were there anyway. A man near the door welcomed him "Hey there, name's Brawly! Dewford's Gym Leader! I've been churned in the rough waves of these parts... and I've grown tough-" He stopped his obviously well rehearsed speech when he saw the look on Siam's face, boredom. Utter Boredom "What's your deal anyway?". Siam showed the envelope "Steven? Oh! yea he's a friend of mine. Probably in Granite cave at the moment, full of fascinating stuff that place; like rare stones and wall paintings. He rushed off to it when I told him." Siam bowed and turned to leave, immediately in front of his face was a pokeball, a completely white pokeball held in the legs of a little bat "So you don't want a gym badge?" Siam shook his head and left.

 

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Spoiler: Part 9a: Granite Cave(Steven)

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Steven Stat Tracker
Type: unknown
Nature: unknown
Level: unknown
Characteristic: unknown
Ability: unknown
HP ??, Atk ??, Def ??, S.Atk ??, S.Def ??, Spd ??
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The cavern was huge, flooded with light through a fracture in the roof as wide as a man and as long as a boat. Though stalactites were rare in this chamber, the stalagmites rose from the floor with such frequency, few places could be found in the chamber where one could stand solely on what could be called the floor. Steven stood in one such place, staring up at and admiring a great and ancient mural.

The mural showed a great beast towering above the land, standing twice the height of a volcano by it's side. A lava plume from the volcano reached to the creatures neck, above the volcano was a large dark spot, a rupture in the sky? a great cloud? The mass was hard to identify. But from it spewed forth ovals placed like the rays from a sun, and a meteor flew above them across the sky. The great beast stood with arms outstretched, spewing forth a pillar of fire as long as the volcano and lava plume was tall. Silhouettes of people could be seen hurtling through the air in various parts of the right side of the mural, while the beast and volcano claimed the left. Six smaller volcanoes, half the size of the larger one, made a line across the bottom of the mural. With the addition of the sea, the volcanoes framed the base of the image. "Mm-hmm. So in the ancient world, their primal forms once held this much power? The super-ancient Pokemon" Steven whispered to himself, though his whisper echoed in the great chamber, as he placed his hand on the depiction of the enormous beast. "What terrible strength" He shook his head and stepped slowly backward, each step echoing in the room around him. "But this appearance here... It seems somehow different from Mega Evolution" A sliding sound followed by the sound of footsteps repeated themselves off the walls. "Hmmm. It seems my questions will not be answered today." Steven smiled to himself, he could hear at least one person, and perhaps a humanoid pokemon in the room with him. Without turning, he said simply "Do you feel anything in particular when you look up at this wall? A primal world, lost thousands of years in the past" Steven stepped back a little more to see the wall in all its glory. He pointed at the terrible beast depicted "A Legendary Pokemon of tremendous power became humanity's greatest threat". It was amazing, the detail and effort put into the depiction truly astounded him "The terror aroused by that power is clear to see in this ancient artwork". At the sound of a bark Steven finally turned around, near the center of the room, in one of the few places with floor and a good view of the mural was a man. The man was on both knees with his head bowed "Yes. But not all power is terrible." Steven said as he began to walk towards the man.

This man on his knees made no sound and moved not a muscle. He was draped in a hooded red cloak, but beneath it Steven could make out a light blue singlet and reddish brown shorts. A Linoone lay across the man's shoulders and a Nuzleaf sat quietly beside him, it was leaning close and sniffing him quietly. "Hello?" Steven said, moving slowly closer to the man. At about 10 feet away the man began to shake, and Steven could hear him panting heavily. Four quick short exhales "My name is Steven" he stepped a little closer, the Linoone had climbed off the man. Three deep exhales "Are you OK?" The man's head lifted, his green eyes seemed to be staring straight through Steven at something behind him. One deep exhale, the Nuzleaf had begun to lightly shake the man, Steven could now see bandages wrapped around the man's head under the hood, the man's nose started to bleed lightly. "Oh geez" Steven bent down and pulled the man's hood off his head. Four quick short exhales, the bandages were stained with blood to the right of near the top of the man's head. Three deep exhales, the man's hands suddenly shot up and grabbed the sides of his head, his mouth dropped open and his eyes screwed up, as if he was trying to shut them but some force was wrenching them open. One deep exhale, the man appeared to be screaming but continued to make no sound, his fingers gripped into his head, though not near the blood spot. Four quick short exhales, a Zubat swooped down and was nuzzling at the man's chest while the Nuzleaf tried to pry one of his hands away from his head. Three deep exhales, The man's skin was warm to the touch, Steven's first thought was to take the cloak off, it would trap heat and possibly make this fit worse, seeing what he was doing the Nuzleaf and Zubat endeavored to help while the Linoone sat at the man's knees and barked up at him. One deep exhale, the man began to shake again, bucking his head and stretching his jaw out as far as it was capable of going, Steven sent out a pokemon; A large disc shaped iron pokemon with a pair of thick arms with three claws on the ends. "Metang, Try using Psychic to put this man to sleep... before he hurts himself".

Steven could feel a slight ripple in the air as the Metang's eyes glazed over, the bandages man slowly stopped shaking, his hands pulled away from his head. Instead of collapsing as he should have the man began to staggeringly walk forward, each step a half lunge-half stumble. The Metang began to growl with effort as the man got closer and closer. Steven could see a small trickle of blood leaking down from under the man's bandages and behind his right ear. The man's eyes no longer squinted but were open fully, though they seemed not to focus on anything. His face had relaxed and no longer had the pained scream etched into it, but tears had begun to run down from his eyes, sizzling on his hot skin as they traced a path down to the man's chin. He stopped face to face with Steven, Steven didn't move or flinch, he could see the man growing weaker. The bandaged mans hands clasped onto Stevens shoulders and he began to squeeze. "ไฟไหม้และน้ำร้อนดวล" he whispered weakly, his grip weakening slowly "ไม่ได้หนึ่ง แต่หลายด้าน คน". Steven didn't understand the strange sounds the man was speaking, the man was finally weakening, and the pokemon all seemed to know it. "ดวงอาทิตย์จะเอื้อมมือออกไป สัมผัสเรา" He let go of Steven and collapsed back to his knees, "เราจะเผาผลาญ" his eyes closed heavily and he began to fall backward. "ทั้งหมดจะเผาไหม้" were the last sounds he uttered before collapsing unconscious onto the stone floor.

Steven tentatively knelt down beside the strange man, he was breathing rhythmically. "It's ok" He said, looking at the three pokemon that had gathered around the man "He should be fine, we just need to get him to some proper help", he signalled his Metang closer. With the help of the Nuzleaf, Steven lifted the man onto the Metang. The Linoone tried to climb up onto the Metang with the man, but Steven gently stopped it "It can only carry him, you might make it a bit too heavy", it lowered its head and resigned itself to walking beside the Nuzleaf. The strangers three pokemon made no sound as the group travelled back up the tunnel and out of the cave into Dewford Town. Once outside and in the fresh air, the Nuzleaf and Linoone seemed to try and direct the Metang away from the town. The pokemon were trying to lead it to the ocean, but Steven would not let the stranger be resigned to such a fate without at least trying to help him. The sight of the group drew quite a lot of attention as they moved through Dewford to the pokemon centre.

 

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Spoiler: =Part 9b: Granite Cave(Siam)

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 20
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 66, Atk 61, Def 40, S.Atk 32, S.Def 42, Spd 42
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Siam headed north of the Island town of Dewford toward Granite Cave, along the way he was passed a couple berries by Lucilla. Siam ate his slowly, but Antony near swallowed his whole he ate them that quickly. Granite Cave was a hole in a large rocky cliff by the seaside. It smelt cool, damp and inviting, Siam had no problems entering. The somewhat lengthy tunnel was well lit by holes to outside at semi regular intervals. Siam noticed out of the corner of his eye several rocks move by themselves, and more than once he noticed a Zubat scoot by his head, though most of the time it carried a pokeball as it did so. After about ten minutes walk Siam happened along an off shooting tunnel moving downward. A quietly echoing voice whispered out of the tunnel "What terrible strength", he half walked-half slid down the sloped tunnel into the cavern below. The room was enormous, and lit by a fractured roof, Siam began to cross the room. On the far side he could see a tall man who seemed to be wearing a business suit standing in front of a mural.

The man was looking at the giant mural, but Siam found himself looking into it, it was if the great drawing held a depth that stretched on forever beyond the rocks surface. At the top was a great hole in the sky, clouds shifted around the hole, or caught fire and were sucked into it, rolling and coiling on themselves as they did so. Great balls of fire and rock fell from the rift and struck down all across the world, everywhere they landed sent skyward a plume of smoke and debris, tearing up the ground and launching people and pokemon alike. On the top right of the mural was a shooting star, it pulsed an evil green light that Siam could almost feel ripple through his body. A giant creature rose in the middle of the picture. A great red and gold monstrosity with magma flowing through crevices in its skin, almost as if the beast itself was a tectonic mass. As it stepped, the stalagmites around Siam began to melt, the heat emanating from them burned at him as he was forced to his knees. The creature breathed an explosion of fire and stone, levelling everything in it's path. People everywhere were thrown around by the shock-waves of the meteors and boulders slamming into the ground, those caught in the path of the great beast were turned to ash by its very presence and dissipated into the wind at it's passing.The man standing at the mural turned, as he did so his suit momentarily vanished. He wore a long red cloak and held a pistol in his hand as he walked towards Siam. The man's footfalls sank into the magma pool that was raising about the ground around them, but he seemed not bothered by it. Siam struggled to move, but the sheer heat that pulsed about the room seemed to rob him of all strength. The ground around him burst into flames and all the walls but the mural began to melt and warp. As the man in the red cloak bore closer, Siam struggled to lift himself, looking around he could not see the pokemon that had followed him, he was alone in the heat and molten stone. Alone but for the man now so close he could almost touch him.

Siam chanced another look at the man, but he did not stand there, in his place was the great beast made flesh. No longer an image on the wall of the cave; the great beast thundered toward him. Siam pulled himself to yell at the thing but made no sound. Behind it in the wall he could see the bodies of hundred of thousands of people, and millions more of pokemon, every one of them twisting and contorting in agony as they roasted alive within the stone. "SIAM!" a pitched voice called to him, it cried out from both beside his ears and deep, deep within the mural. A voice both familiar and not, a young boy "SIAM!" it repeated, urgent and fearful. Though he searched for the source he could see no-ones mouth part to sound his name. No-one he could see called to him, but it was beside him none the less. The man in red was back now; he reached out and placed his hands on the sides of Siam's head, they scalded him and began to burn into his skin. Siam reached up in agony to pull them off of him, screaming with all his might as he clawed at the burning coal hands pressing themselves against his skull, boring into his flesh with ease. Siam's fingers clutched about the hands as best they could and tore at them, his fingertips were shredded by the heat but he could not stop. He could feel the heat in his brain, boiling him from the inside out.

A loud rumbling roar echoed in the cavern as Siam struggled to pull the beasts hands off his head. The great magmatic monster before him clutched at his skull, snapping his head from side to side. "SIAM!" the voice echoed again, and immediately the beast was gone, the hands on his skull had released. But what terrified him most had just begun, standing not 6 feet from where Siam found himself welded to the spot, stood a 1 foot tall creature. It stood on two short bent legs with long handless arms. It's body was covered in a white velvety skin that seemed to ripple and crawl with some unknown effect as fires from the ground climbed and coiled around it. Magma flowed down it's face from the top of it's head, dripping away evenly just below it's eyes. Two large bone plates protruded from it's skull like weapons, one in front and one behind. Behind the curtain of magma shined two deep red eyes, which he could feel bore directly into him.

Behind the small creature, out of the magma grew the great beast, this time to it's full and terrible height. It's roar shook the cavern. The smaller creatures stare cut hard into Siam's mind, like thousands of knives had been slid into his skull all at once, the knives seemed to twist and rotated at random, a stabbing swirling sensation that tore into his brain. "SIAM!" The voice was deeper, a thousand times deeper, and it rippled through him. It took every ounce of strength he had in him, but he stood, towering above the tiny demon ahead of him. He could feel the magma as he walked, plunging his feet deep into searing, blistering heat, and then ripping them out again for every single step.

He advanced slowly, every part of his body and mind screaming at him to turn, to flee this place and this creature, but it had him hostage. Every step closer drove the knives deeper into his mind, until he was near enough to wrap his hands around the things neck. The moment his fingers clasp the flesh it changed. Instead of the white demon, his hands had wrapped around the throat of the man in the red cloak. He struggled, gripping as tight as he could, while a loud booming voice echoed throughout the entire chamber. "ไฟไหม้และน้ำร้อนดวล" It said, the sound weakening him. "ไม่ได้หนึ่ง แต่หลายด้าน คน" Siam would not release his grip on the man, the only thing now that seemed remotely familiar. "ดวงอาทิตย์จะเอื้อมมือออกไป สัมผัสเรา" it was impossible, Siam collapsed to his knees in front of the man "เราจะเผาผลาญ" it boomed. He looked up at the man's face, unable to even summon the water to spit at him. "ทั้งหมดจะเผาไหม้" were it's last rumbles, Siam then heard an ear splitting crack, and darkness descended.

 

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Sorry about the huge break, I've been feeling rather down lately.

Spoiler: Part 10: Warriors

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 20
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 66, Atk 61, Def 40, S.Atk 32, S.Def 42, Spd 42
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Siam awoke, though refused to open his eyes. He could feel a wet cloth being dabbed against his forehead, the cool water leaked out and across his face. As slowly as he could, Siam opened his eyes, to find himself looking up at the Dewford nurse. She pulled the cloth away and smiled at him "Good morning", he smiled back and gauged his surroundings; he was in the Dewford pokemon centre, "It's OK, you're safe. You had a slight fever, but it's coming down now". He began to sit up to be greeted by her hand gingerly resting on his chest, trying to lightly push him back down. "Please don't get up, You're not well" her eyes drifted to up past his eyes, Siam knew what she was looking at. He gently took her hand and pulled it away from his chest while he confidently sat up, not taking his eyes off hers. "Y-You have some people who want to speak to you" She said, blushing under his gaze and gently pulling her hand out of his.

She opened the door and gestured in two men, Siam recognised the old sailor immediately, but the other man was strange to him. "I'm glad to see you are doing well" the stranger said, approaching Siam "My name is Steven, I was in the cave when your fever started, do you remember me?" Siam shook his head slowly, a slight twinge of pain shot through him, but he ignored it. Realising the name, Siam looked around the rest of the room; Sitting beside his bed were the Nuzleaf and Linoone, and hanging above him was the happy little Zubat. When she caught his glance, Lucilla smiled open mouthed and chirped a little. Siam smiled only slightly, and with the pointer finger and thumb of each hand made a rectangular shape. Lucilla tilted her head and furrowed her brow for a moment, before hopping up and trotting over to Siam's bag. After rifling through his bag, the Nuzleaf trotted happily back over to the bed and offered Siam the Letter. Taking the letter, Siam took a moment to scratch Lucilla's head before turning back to Steven, handing him the envelope "Oh? A letter for me?". Steven took the envelope gratefully and tucked it away "Why thank you, It must have been some trouble to track me down. I suppose I must repay you in some way." Siam shook his head, but Steven did not see it "Here, take this TM" He placed a memory drive on the table beside the bed "Please accept it. It contains my favourite move, Steel Wing.". The man then back away a few steps, bowed low to each person in the room, and left.

The old man stood beside Siam's bed with an enormous grin "Oho! It looks like you delivered your chit good and proper. Though in a roundabout way" They both laughed, Siam's chuckles making no sound. "Ah, but that reminds me!" He pulled a hastily scrawled not from his pocket "You got a call from President Stone, says he has another favour to ask" Mr. Briney seemed to have difficulty reading his own handwriting "It's about them Devon Parts that you recovered for him before." A pokeball dropped on Siam's lap, he tossed it back up where it came from absent-mindedly "Seems as though they should go to some fellow called Stern at Slateport's shipyard, the bird that was carrying them could only make it as far as here in Dewford." The old sailor shoved the note back into his pocket "This old sea dog will see you there safely! Weigh anchors lad! We're for Slateport!" The old man was headed off before the door by the Nurse.

"He's not going anywhere. He needs to rest, and he can't do that on some random errand." The nurse had a serious expression, and would not move from the doorway. Siam grabbed the pokeball off the bed and tossed it upwards without thinking. "I'm sorry but you're in no condition to be out of bed." She looked pleadingly at Siam, who simply tossed the Pokeball in his hand back up into the air while he swung his legs out of the bed. The nurse looked shocked from the old man to Siam "By rights you shouldn't even be awake right now, let alone able to sit up" He wiped his eyes and smiled faintly, he placed his hands on either side of him as he sat on the edge of the bed. "You won't be able to stand though-" She began sweetly, but her face twisted in confusion when Siam did stand, though shakily. "B-but you can't!" The poor woman's face had a mixture of fear and bewilderment as she watched Siam start to walk around the bed to his bag. "N-No, you've had enough sedatives to take down a Primeape for at least three days. You can't be awake, let alone walking" Siam had noticed that his red cloak was gone. He grabbed his bag, and weakly walked to the door. "Please. Don't do this!" The shock on her face was plainly evident as he drew closer and closer. He nodded slowly, almost going as far as to bow, before continuing past her. The old man shrugged his shoulders and tried to assure the nurse that Siam was in good hands, he would be fine, but she just stared after him for a while. Lucilla, Antony and Vipsania, carrying the pokeball, followed Siam down the stairs and out of the centre. "Wait!" She yelled, racing down the stairs after him. Siam stopped only a few steps outside of the Pokemon Centre, the nurse running up behind him. "If you're not going to rest, please at least accept this?" She held up a large square of green fabric. "I got a bunch of them at one of those contest halls, a man was just handing them out" she folded it in half along the diagonal and held it up for him. Siam sighed and lent forward, which she took as encouragement. The nurse quickly tied the Green bandanna onto Siam's head and tucked it in at the back. "Now people might not stare at the bandages at least. Be careful?" Siam smiled and nodded, before turning away and continuing on to the boat.

Siam was sitting at the bow of the yacht as it bounced along in the waves. It was mid afternoon when, after a short set of push-ups, Siam walked back to the helm. "Do you see something up ahead lad?" Siam shook his head and attempted to mimic the weird finger movements he'd seen the man make from time to time when talking. "Ahh, signing? Didn't know if you read lips or something, so this old seaman assumed you might be more comfortable with signing." Siam's head started to slowly roll to the left as one eyebrow raised "But when I saw your bandages I realised that this might be new and not a problem with your hearing, just your voice" Siam nodded slowly, quite impressed with the old man's perceptive capabilities "The course to Slateport will take another full day, when we anchor for the night I can try and teach you a little if you like" Siam nodded thanks and moved away, best to leave the sailor to full command of his vessel. At the side of the ship he held out his right hand; palm up and fingers slightly curled. He held this position for only a short time before the Zubat closed in and lowered the pokeball into his waiting fingers. He turned it over in his hand for a few minutes before tapping it twice with the pointer finger of the hand he held it in. A streak of red light erupted from it, and the great blue serpent materialized in the sea beside the boat. Vipsania the Zubat became ecstatic, flitting around the beasts head happily.

The great serpent, Duilius, kept pace easily with the boat, easily cruising along beside it. Siam simply stood on deck and stared at it for a while, he didn't move a muscle as he focused on the creature's eyes. After little less than an hour, the boat slowed to a stop. While Duilius watched, Siam moved to stand at the bow of the yacht, hands by his sides and feet apart. The Gyarados moved around to the front of the ship, towering over the small man. It roared, but Siam did not flinch. Instead he simply lowered his body, sliding his left leg forward and pivoting his torso to face ro his right. Siam's right arm hung up behind him and his left down by his left leg. Duilius lunged forward, spraying the ship with water in the process. The head of the Blue serpent went over Siam as he slid himself underneath, with his left hand he pushed up on Duilius' underside while turning. His right fist was brought up and crashed hard into the now lifted chin of the Gyarados. It pulled back from the ship and eyed Siam once again. After a moment it struck again at Siam, which again he avoided and struck back. For close to three hours the giant serpent lunged and snapped its mighty jaws at the man. But in time Siam tired, his heavy panting and sweating finally catching up to him. The moment Siam walked away however, Duilius stopped, he reached beneath the water and returned to the surface with a collection of fish pokemon, which Mr. Briney eagerly prepared for dinner. "After an show like that, we likely won't get into Slateport until after nightfall tomorrow lad"

 

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Spoiler: Part 11: Meeting Magma

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 22
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 72, Atk 67, Def 43, S.Atk 35, S.Def 45, Spd 45
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Strong winds and easy sailing carried them faster than they expected along the route to Slateport. A small dock was set aside at the beach for approaching ships, which is where the yacht pulled in. Seeing the trek up the beach and into the town, Siam held his hand out palm up and with fingers curled. Once the pokeball was placed in his hand he returned Duilius in a flash of red light and tossed the ball back into the air. "Before you go lad, there is no guarantee I'll be here when you get back. President Stone has been calling me for a few errands myself" The old sailor said, passing the parcel to Siam.

The sand of the beach was hot from the long day's sun, he could almost feel the scorching heat through the soles of his shoes. Siam moved quickly off the beach and onto the grassy parts of Slateport city. A nearby building had large cranes and pipes erupting from it at impressive angles. Assuming this to be the Slateport Shipyard, Siam approached. The building looked impressive in size, and from the interior it was no different. Hundreds of moving parts; cranes, jacks, pulleys and more were all working in tandem to manoeuvre pieces together to build a strange, mast less ship. Siam approached one of the men and showed to him the Parcel. "Oh! Those must be the Devon Parts!" The man looked flustered and seemed to search the cabinets around him "Hmmm, this won't do. They'll need to go straight to Captain Stern" Siam began to lightly tap his foot, not that the man noticed at all. "I guess he'd be off at the Oceanic Museum again. Sorry, but you'll need to give the parts to him directly". Siam left the man to search under papers and cabinets for some unknown thing.

The 'Oceanic Museum' was surprisingly not far from the shipyard, A smaller more well kept building with large glass windows. As he entered, Siam saw the main floor filled with a crowd of people, each and every one wearing a long red cloak, some wore ridged helmets also, but that familiar red cloak and guns are what he saw in spades. He walked light footedly into the room, trying to avoid garnering too much attention. Lucilla closed in beside him, almost taking his hand in her paw. Antony began to growl quietly as they passed a man, at the sound the man turned to look at them, and his face instantly drained of all colour. "It can't be" he whispered, horrified expression on his pasted white face "You're dead". The man dropped a small memory drive he was holding and backed slowly out of the building. Lucilla picked up the drive and slid it into Siam's pocket quietly. The stairs were not far, as long as he kept his head down he might make it to them unnoticed. "I have yet to use this, haven't fired a single shot!" one man said to another as Siam passed, "I don't think you'd ever need to, not with Maxie in charge. That man's never missed his mark" his friend replied. Siam sneaked up the stairs into a large open-plan room filled with glass cabinets and displays. The only other person he could see here was an older gentleman standing in the back corner, admiring a display of a model luxury liner.

Siam approached the man as quickly and quietly as he could, the man looked up as he grew nearer "Can I help you lad?" The tag on his jacket read 'STERN'. Siam showed the man the parcel "AH! Those must be the parts I ordered from Mr. Stone at Devon!" Siam immediately moved a finger to his own lips and looked frantic back to the stairs. Several sets of footsteps could be heard, before long three people in red cloaks and carrying pistols reached the top and, smiling, approached the two. "Who are they?" The old man looked confused.

One of the three laughed heartily and loud. "Team Magma, at your service.", One of the men bowed as he spoke. "We'll be taking those parts now" The one woman pointed her pistol at Siam, who was still holding the parcel. "Hand them over" she demanded, but Siam placed the parcel on top of the glass case behind him and patted his leg twice. Antony scrambled down from his shoulders and stood on Siam's left, while Lucilla sat at his right. Again the one man laughed as he drew a gun also. Siam raised only two fingers together, and flicked them down, the three thugs all looked down for that moment, to see a small white pokeball rolling across the floor. The distraction gave Siam the time he needed to close the distance. As he slammed a pointed fist into the woman's face, one of her associates released from a pokeball a strange fat pokemon, low to the ground with a hole in its large hump of a back. Siam clicked his pointer finger of his right hand and pointed to the strange creature, As he heard Antony rushing at it, he covered his eyes with the pointer finger and thumb of his left hand. The sound and sensation of rushing wind followed. Hands away from his eyes he saw the two men dazed and the woman holding her eyes.

A gunshot rang across the floor. Everyone stopped and looked to its source. A tall slender man stood by the stairs, he held a well maintained, classic revolver. He wore a perfectly pressed red tuxedo and a pair of sharp horn rimmed glasses. "That is quite enough." He lowered his revolver to his side and took slow deliberate steps towards the group. "Now here I was wondering how you could be held up in the simple act of seizing a case." The three in red cloaks backed up a little, each taking a knee. "Am I to take it you are being stymied by this courier?" He turned to look at Siam, a stoic expression on his face. "Hmm, There is considerable determination in your eyes for a courier. I am Maxie, I stand as the head of Team Magma, a noble organization whose goal is to propel humanity to even greater heights of progress and evolution." As he spoke, Siam stepped lightly forward, but Maxie raised the gun to pointed at him. "For us to continue growing and evolving, humans require a grand stage upon which to stand." He began a slow, deliberate monologue. "A land upon which we can stride forward" Siam tapped his leg twice "A land we can explore" Two steps closer "develop" Maxie's gun moved to pointing at Captain Stern instead "exploit..." Siam stopped his advance. A slight, almost invisible, smirk slid across Maxie's face. "This is why we, Team Magma, must increase the landmass of this world!" Siam chanced another step closer, in response the hammer of the gun was cocked. "Humph. At least I've tried to open your mind. I will take my leave for now." He looked past Siam to the three cloaked people. "I suggest you take care that you never again stand against Team Magma." He lowered and disarmed the revolver. "I will not be so lenient the next time." His glare at the three made them cower. Maxie turned and left, the three cloaked people hot on his heels.

Captain stern moved to stand beside Siam "Young man", Siam ignored him and moved over to pick up the small white pokeball. Vipsania flew over to him and hovered around him quietly, Siam scratched the top of her head a little before handing her the pokeball once again. "That was quite a tense situation! Thank you for helping me out! *I didn't even know you had a Zubat with you!" Siam turned to facing the captain, and then looked upwards. Vipsania was quietly flapping about near the roof. "No-one ever really looks up do they?" Stern had joined him in watching the little Zubat. "Oh, yes, I almost forgot that you brought the parts from Devon!" Stern exclaimed, trotting back to the display and taking the parcel from on top of it, "This is it! I can't be standing around here! It's finally time for us to set out on our ocean-floor expedition!" He held it under his arm and looked back at Siam "Uhh, Thanks" were his last words before he rushed off out of the museum, leaving Siam standing there somewhat confused.

The sun had finally set when Siam made it back to the docks. But there were no ships there, the old man had left, and left Siam stranded. Siam stood in the cool ocean breeze for a moment, considering his options. With every thought he had, the first two steps were all the same. Step one: Dinner. Step two: a good nights rest.

 

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Returning with Part 12. Life got a little crazy, so I apologise.

Spoiler: Part 12: A contest spectator

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 24
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 78, Atk 72, Def 47, S.Atk 37, S.Def 49, Spd 49
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Though the sun had not risen, Siam had, he was up early again, wandering the pokemon centre with plenty of pokemon company. Examining the lay of the building, Siam found a small work-out room he did not know the centres had. He approached a chin-up bar and pulled himself up onto it, as his head passed the bar he noticed Vipsania hovering only a few inches from his nose, smiling a large open mouthed grin. Lowering himself, she closed her mouth, until his head passed the bar again and she grinned. Lucilla stood on the ground beside him trying her darnedest to jump up and grab the bar beside him, however her short legs were not strong enough to throw her that far.

Siam dropped down off the bar and patted his leg. The three pokemon came immediately to his side, He knelt down and gently moved Lucilla to a spot directly in front of him. She looked at him bewildered as he moved her hands to holding onto her own hips, but she didn't move when he stood back up. Siam hopped back up to grab the chin-up bar, with two swings of his legs, he'd slid his feet into the holes between Lucilla's arms and body. She looked up confused at first, but suddenly excited as Siam began to move his legs from dangling straight down to a horizontal position. It took all his strength to get his legs parallel to the ground and hold them there, but it became easier and easier as the repetitions went on.

The workout went on for an hour before Siam began to grow hungry. Breakfast was light, cheap and quick. The clouds outside promised heavy rain, not something Siam really wanted to miss out on. Stepping outside, Siam was surprised to see a small crowd gathering by a gaudy building nearby. "HIIIII every-bodii" came a shrill woman's voice that lightly cut into Siam's ears, in the cool air he decided to chance it, joining the crowd to see what the fuss was about. A quite attractive young woman and her Altaria stood in front of the building with what seemed to be a TV camera pointed at her. "Lisia here!" She flamboyantly pointed to herself "Me and my Altaria, Ali, have come to magnificent Slateport city's Contest Spectacular Hall for a bit of fun!" Her emphasis on the last word felt like a kitchen knife in his ear. "Well then, watch me as I dive right in again today! To bring another fantastic Trainer into the wild world of contesting!" He knew what the word 'contesting' meant, but her tone made it sound like a bizarre and fake word. She had begun walking around the people in the crowd, apparently studying everyone. When she looked at Siam, her eyes lit up at the sight of Antony draped across his shoulders, but he could tell from her face, that something about him unnerved her and she moved on to a girl nearby. "You there! Hai!" She said, giving the woman a hug that seemed slightly awkward for at least one of them. "Have you ever joined a contest?" the girl shook her head "Just what I want to hear! The let's get this show on the road!" The woman, Lisia, grabbed this poor girl's hand and pulled her to in full view of the camera. "This is the Trainer I'm gonna scout today! Her name is-" She looked at the girl expectantly. The girl whispered something and Lisia lit up "Jessabel! When I took a good look, I could easily see that Jessabel is a powerful Trainer, with several Badges of her own already!" Jessabel feigned an awkward smile as Lisia pulled her to the gaudy door "This is a Contest Pass, which is the first thing that anyone needs to take part in a Contest Spectacular! And this one is a Pokeblock Kit, which will let you make Pokeblocks for your Pokemon out of Berries!" She handed the girl a card and box, before suddenly grabbing her and pulling her close while looking excitedly to the camera. " Now, everybody out there watching... You'd better expect great things from Jessabel, because I do!" There was a rumble from the sky and a few light drops of rain, which was immediately followed by the packing up of the camera and dispersal of the crowd. "Come Jess, can I call you Jess? A bright new chapter of your life is about to begin" Lisia led the apparently shell-shocked young woman into the large gaudy building.

Curiosity grabbed Siam by the chest and pulled him into the building. Inside the building he followed the signs that were to guide spectators. Smiling he stood in the back of a room and watched as the pokemon talent contest began. It was at about the third or fourth talent round when Vipsania started to flit about in front of Siam's eyes, the rapid movements gave him a splitting headache and he glared at her. The Zubat flew to a nearby door and flapped around frantically. As he got close, she flew through and down to a turn in the corridor, flapping about like mad. When he was close enough to almost grab the little bat he heard some quiet and unsteady sobbing, it seemed to be coming from a nearby exit, propped open with a small book. Siam pushed the door open into the rain. sitting beside the door was a young lady, curled up, with an Electrike nuzzling her leg. "Please, just go!" she sobbed, Siam lowered himself onto one knee beside her "I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me.". Unable to say a word, Siam simply sat down against the wall beside her. The rain fell gently on them, lightly pattering about the ground, drenching each of the pokemon and the two people. Slowly, as he cries evened out, the girl looked at him "I'm sorry, wh-who are you?" Jessabel asked as she wiped her eyes. Siam shook his head "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm just very- very-" the girl began to break into the uneven sobbing again. Siam waved his hand a small distance in front of her face until he had her attention. His right hand was in front of his chest, palm up. As he took a long deep inhale, he slowly lifted the hand, as he exhaled he turned it over and lowered it. It took three of these mantra-esc breathes for the girl to start copying his breathing. Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out. "I, I do want to do the contests, it's not that. I- he-" She looked from side to side, obviously terrified. Siam stood and held his hand down, the Electrike sparked as she placed her hand in his. He pulled her up and led her inside the building through the exit nearby. "I can't do this!" She began to shake, Siam turned her to look at him and began the breathing, she copied. He gestured to the exit and she shook her head, he gestured to the backstage doors and again she shook her head. "I want to! I do, but he won't let me!" Her eyes met his for the first time "Will you protect me?" He look at her for a moment, simply searching in her eyes, before finally nodding with a smile. How hard can an Electrike be to handle? "Thank you!" she hugged him and, with the Electrike by her side, headed backstage to ready for her contest.

Augustus, the Electrike, was entered in the 'coolness' contest. Siam was actually quite impressed by the performance it put on, being wet from the rain really helped it show off it's electrical moves. Twice, it's very presence was able to startle or unnerve the other contestants. It's victory was by no means surprising, Jessabel was overjoyed, hugging Siam in the heat of the moment as he was announced winner. The receptionist was just as happy for her, telling her that someone was waiting in the 'Green room" for her. "Could you wait out here please?" She asked, Siam nodded and took a seat, Augustus was very well behaved, it didn't really make much sense for her to need protecting from him.

 

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Spoiler: Part 13: Cloudy Strife

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Siam Stat Tracker
Type: Normal/Fighting
Nature: Adamant
Level: 24
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Sturdy
HP 78, Atk 72, Def 47, S.Atk 37, S.Def 49, Spd 49
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Through the door and across the hall, Siam could feel the voice of that starlet cutting into his ear. Despite the splitting headache her voice was building in him, Siam was vaguely aware of a man who sat down beside him in either a dark blue, or maybe black outfit. The man said nothing, but simply sat there in silence. Siam could hear Antony on his shoulders, grumbling as if suppressing a growl, he patted the Linoone's head. It was a considerable wait, but just as Siam stood to leave, the door across the hall opened and Jessabel backed out. The smile on her face dropped away almost instantly when she turned around "It's umm... can we... can we talk in private?" Siam nodded sharply, an act that did nothing to help his growing headache. She led him to an exit, watching behind anxiously as they left the building. The storm had kicked into full force by the time they had gotten out into it. In the strong winds, fresh air, and cool rain, Siam could feel his headache subside. "I don't-" It was incredibly difficult to hear her talking over the rumbles of the storm "I don't even know your name" She blushed and laughed shakily, but continued to look very frightened "But can-". She grew quieter and began to walk further away from the building in the rain, becoming harder and harder to hear "Can I ask you a serious favour?". Siam moved up to walk on her left hand side, which annoyed Lucilla who found herself trailing behind this strange woman "Can you walk with me to Verdanturf?". Siam grabbed his PokeNav, a device he'd not used in days, and flicked to the satellite map of Hoenn Island. Verdanturf was a small village, difficult to find, looked to be at least a three day journey. Putting his PokeNav away, Siam looked around in the storm before moving Jessabel to the side, just outside the city walls. Her eyes widened as she looked around for whatever it was he must have seen. Siam held up three fingers "I know it's three days away. Please?", she was pleading more fiercely than he'd heard her before, so he nodded. As he began to lead her back to town she stopped dead "Can we leave now? I don't mind the rain".

The storm grew stronger, aside from the brilliance of occasional lightning, one could only see at most 5 feet around them clearly. The road was long and winding, it sat on what appeared to be a land bridge, solid stone winding through a lake. Siam could not see much of the lake on either side, but he knew the waters edge was a sheer drop, to step off the path would mean instant submersion. Though the rain fell nearly sideways, and the wind howled past them, Siam had never felt better. He felt he could carry Jessabel, Antony and Lucilla should the need arise, and still easily power through the storm. The sensation was amazing. A roaring screech pierced the rain, it was loud and sharp, though it did not pain him.

The knife however, did.

A sharp stabbing pain slammed into the small of Siam's back, it's serrated edge ripped at him as it pulled out of his back. With how drenched his clothes had become, he could not feel any blood coming out of the hole that stung in his back. A shriek sounded from close by as Siam was shoved by strong hands into the water beside the path. In an instant Siam was sinking, the water all around him felt like thick air as he slowly fell through it's cool mass. Some large cold sense was pulling him down, which he did not fight. It felt nice to be embraced by the heavy, cool, water. "I promised" the thought was cruel, disrupting the tranquillity he found himself in. He fought the thought, but it returned quickly "I promised", it ate away at him. Finally, unsure of which way was up or which way he was sinking, Siam let go of a drop of the breath still in his lungs. The darkness was all encompassing, but in a brilliant flash of light he saw the bubble, drifting gently away from him. Siam swung his body around and let out the last breath he held, another flash, or more a crackle, of bright light showed him the bubble floating away above his head. With surprising vigour, he launched himself upward. The lack of air in his lungs burnt, clouding his eyes and stinging his head, by instinct his swallowed the water around him. Perhaps the inhale had tricked his mind into thinking there was still air there, because the pain was gone almost instantly, and Siam continued his rapid ascent. He burst from the lake surface and onto the stone bridge in the rain. The water was almost thrown out of his lungs when he crashed into the rock "Heeeeeeey!" He roared, standing and staring at a shape nearby.

Two bodies were by the waters edge, the figure on top held the face of the other in the water as it flailed about helplessly. A large bird with dark, cloud covered, wings stood nearby. The large Altaria pecked and clawed at Antony and Lucilla, stopping them getting to the two people. Vipsania, the Zubat, fluttered down to near Siam's head. Looking at Vipsania, Siam placed his fist to the side of his head, then pointed it at the Altaria. She hovered there for a moment, obviously confused. Shaking his head, Siam launched off, running at top speed at the nearby battle. A thunderous roar of wind rocketed past his head, the wake of it almost throwing him off his feet and into the water again. A thunderous sound accompanied by what felt like a solid ring of air followed the wake of this thing. Siam chanced a glance away from the man and Jessabel, only to see a very large, bat-like creature ripping into the Altaria with nothing more than the wind on the edge of its four wings.

Finally arriving at the two people by the water, Siam dropped to his knees and with his right fist slammed the back of the man's head, with his left hand pulled the girl out of the water. The man scuttled away, fumbling with a pokeball he returned his Altaria. "I'll have her! No-one gets between me-" He spat over the rain, before diving into the water. Siam turned back to Jessabel, he pulled her fully onto the rocks and checked her breathing. She was alive and breathing, but barely. He had no idea which way to go, so he sat on the stone beside her. It wasn't long before Lucilla carried over a small mass and laid it beside the girl, Antony sat beside Siam and lay his head across his lap.

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Name: Augustus
Species: Electrike
Type: Electric
Nature: Sassy
Level Met: 13
Characteristic: Quick Tempered
HP 35, Atk 20, Def 19, S.Atk 23, S.Def 18, Spd 19
CALCULATED IV'S
HP 15-19, Atk 29, Def 26/28, S.Atk 6/8/10, S.Def 14/16/18, Spd 1
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Name: Augustus
Species: Electrike
Type: Electric
Nature: Sassy
Level Lost: 14
Met: Route 110
Lost: Route 110
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Siam pointed to the little mass, which Lucilla picked back up. He then picked the soaked and unconscious girl up in his own arms and began to walk along the stone bridge "There are only two directions this goes in, both lead to cities"

 

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Spoiler: Part 14: Error

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• Siam Stat Tracker
• Type: Normal/Fighting
• Nature: Adamant
• Level: 26
• Characteristic: Strong Willed
• Ability: Sturdy
• HP 83, Atk 79, Def 51, S.Atk 40, S.Def 53, Spd 53
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It was impossible for him to tell just how long he'd been walking, carrying this unconscious girl in his arms. But as the clouds passed and the stars winked down on him, Siam began to feel the weight of her in his arms finally, and his legs began to give under the strain of an unknown hours walking. Finding that he'd just broken past the end of the bridge, Siam spied a small rocky overhang nearby, under which he lay the girl. Lucilla lay the body of Augustus beside the girl, and the group curled up on the grass nearby.

Siam awoke to a painfully familiar sound of crying "Augustus? Please!". Opening his eyes and looking over to the sound he saw Jessabel on her hands and knees over the Electrike, gently shaking it "Oh, please no!". She placed her face in the fur of the small creature and sobbed, Siam slowly, quietly stood up "You can't be dead, don't do this to me". She picked the small body up in her arms and looked at Siam "What happened?" She screamed at him. "You said you would protect me!" tears streamed down her face at a rate that would have made the storm of the night before impressed "How could you let this happen!" She pulled the small mass closer and stood up completely. "I shouldn't have trusted you" She spat at him through clenched teeth before running off away from the bridge, cradling the body of the Electrike in her arms.

He couldn't say anything, truly, there were no words he could think to say if at all he could have said them. She was right to be angry at him, he had promised to protect her, and by extension her pokemon. He had failed, worse than that, for a moment he had given up. Siam had surrendered to the prospect of dying in that water, he'd welcomed it, fought against fighting it. She should have told him what the problem really was, not that that would have mattered, he still would have been stabbed, he still would have been pushed into the water to drown. Siam's eyes furrowed and he moved a hand to the small of his back, his fingers ran across the hole in his shirt, his fingertips lightly brushed the scar on his back. The scar was too well healed for it to be new, but still too tender for it to be an old wound. It wasn't a hole covered with clotted and dried blood, it was a true scar, raised scar tissue and all. Was it really last night? Was he really stabbed in the back? His attentions were snapped back to reality when his eyes glazed over the sight of the Linoone, Antony, rolling playfully in the grass nearby. He shook his head and set about collecting some berries for breakfast, since they were nearby anyway. Each of them; Siam, Lucilla and Vipsania, ate slowly and enjoyed the meal, Antony however almost swallowed his hole. Siam let Duilius out of the pokeball and into the large, crystal clear lake, he rose some berries to his own mouth and ate them. Duilius dove under the lake and surfaced several minutes later, swallowing a last fish.

Passing through the gate of the city, Siam felt like he'd entered a shopping centre. The streets were roofed, the buildings were built into the walls, no dirt or grass could be seen. It was a large; sterile place, and at the intersection ahead, stood two people. A large, rounded man, and a smaller sickly looking boy with sharp green hair. "Uncle! I'm begging you!" the boy pleaded, his voice wasn't sharp or high pitched, but it seemed to ring in Siam's head none-the-less. The boy's voice almost seemed to echo "I want to challenge this Gym to see how much stronger I've become!", the older man's head and eyes drooped as he sighed. Siam couldn't hear the other man for the ringing voice in his head "Please! You'll let me, won't you?" it continued, the man placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. The man's lips moved, but Siam couldn't make out any words. Siam had to bring his hands to his head as the echoing voice continued to ring, stinging at his skull. "If it's me and my Ralts, we can beat anyone!" The man caved, nodding slowly, the boy grew excited and dashed away down, a path? a corridor? a street? These roofed streets confused Siam, thankfully there were street-maps. The maps themselves even looked like Shopping centre guide points.

Since the city seemed so much like a place to shop anyway, Siam thought to sell a couple things he'd picked up on his travel, the shopkeeper offered to sell him pokeballs. Siam turned his head to the side, Antony took the chance and rubbed his face along Siam's cheek, Siam turned back to the shopkeeper and shook his head. The sudden quick movements made him dizzy and he collapsed to sitting in a nearby chair. "Are you OK sir?" The shopkeeper became suddenly concerned, Siam nodded slowly and grabbed the side of his head with one hand. He felt two small paws rest on the other side of his head, his other hand he brought to his mouth and, clasped as if around a glass, made a drinking motion. "Water? Water, just a second" the man rushed through the back door and returned quickly with a large glass of water "You should drink that slowly-" he began, handing the glass to Siam. Siam threw the glass back, and in three gulps had drunk all the water. "Ok, never mind then, just relax" he accepted the glass back from Siam, Siam's head cocked to the side as he pointed to a set of bottles of water on a nearby shelf "Oh, I would have to charge for stock, and legally I cannot refuse someone water if they look to need it" Siam smiled and nodded, slowly this time. Placing a hand on the man's shoulder for balance, he stood "No, sir, you've just had a spell, you should probably sit down for a while" Siam shook his head slowly and grabbed six of the water bottles, taking them to the counter. Once he'd bought the water, he stored them in his backpack and left. Stepping out the door, a strange sense came over him and he walked back into the store, grabbed one more bottle of water, paid for it and left. Outside the store he ripped the label off the bottle before putting it into his bag with the others.

Turning a corner into a new street/alley, Siam came face to face with the young boy with green hair. "Siam!" The boy said, excited but without much energy. Siam was taken aback by this, he'd never seen this boy before, he would remember hair as blue as that. "Ralts and I have gotten a lot stronger since we first met!" He smiled, Siam noticed the tall lanky man the boy had called uncle earlier standing behind him. "We've been growing together! I want to prove that to you and my uncle both, Siam." Something about this boy was familiar though, a weak, niggling sense of familiarity in the recesses of his mind "Please... help me once more? Have a battle with me!". Siam sighed, he wasn't a pokemon trainer, but this poor boy was sickly, could be pretend? Just for a moment? Siam's shoulders dropped and he nodded slowly, the boy's face lit up and he moved back to give duelling pokemon room.

A flash of red light, and before the boy stood a small pokemon. It was about one foot tall, standing on two legs, with long handless arms. It's body was covered in a white, velvety fur. The entire room around them exploded in flames, but from the faces of everyone he could see, Siam was the only one who could see it. He could feel the lick of the flames burn across his hands as he stared at this small white pokemon with a green-haired bowl cut. It was as if his head had ruptured, he felt his skull split starting between his eyes and fissuring backward and over his scalp, branching out like a bolt of lightning as his bones shattered apart. No-one was moving, as if every person was frozen while the flames melted him. The floor seemed to turn to the carapace of the great beast, the monster that haunts his nightmares. A nightmarish whisper sliced in his right ear, shredding his brain "โปรดจำไว้ว่า ความทุกข์ทรมาน" it taunted him. Siam's hands rushed to his head, vainly trying to hold his skull together as he felt every muscle in his body ripping apart and baking in the insane heat "มัน จะเป็นของคุณ อีกครั้ง"


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Spoiler: Part 15: Fragmentary

WARNING
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Siam could feel blood trickling out of his nose and onto the carapace where he knelt. With all the strength he could muster, he lifted himself up onto his feet. The demon in front of him didn't move, but through a part in its slimy green hair he could see its large red eyes staring at him. A force was pushing him back to his knees, an impossibly strong force. He could feel something reaching into his head and prying the parts of his skull apart as he backed away from this demon. Something was attempting to hold him back, but he fought against it, ripping through this invisible force; to flee.

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Turning about heel, Siam punched the Poochyena on the man's leg square in the snout "RUN" he yelled at the startled and only lightly bleeding older man. The man ran for his life back to the village as Siam and the very weak Zigzagoon, struggled against and fought back the Poochyena. As they managed to beat back one, another would launch onto them. Seeing an opening, Siam scooped up the helpful ball of fur and dashed back into the village, following where he saw the man go and running straight into the biggest house in the village.

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A pressure was compressing Siam's mind as he staggered through the streets. After getting far enough away from that creature the walls and floor had returned to normal. He had no idea where he
was, but he had the need to throw up and could not see any place nearby it could be possible. The streets, or are they corridors? Seemed to snake in every direction, though there were no dead ends; there were no ends at all. No matter how long he staggered down the street it still seemed to stretch on forever, any alley he squeezed down seemed to close in on him as he passed along it. Eventually a great gate loomed before him.

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"I shouldn't have trusted you" Jessabel was standing on a lake of ice, cradling a decaying pokemon in her arms. "No one could ever trust you" The ice around her feet began to crack and split, she dropped below the surface. Siam ran to her, but when he reached the hole it had frozen over and no matter how much he beat at the ice it somehow would not break. Beneath the ice he could see her face, half eaten away and burnt, rubbing against the underside of the ice. No matter how hard he bashed at the ice, every hit felt like he was pounding himself.

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Siam could feel blood trickling out of his nose and onto the carapace where he knelt. With all the strength he could muster, he lifted himself up onto his feet. The demon in front of him didn't move, but through a part in its slimy green hair he could see its large red eyes staring at him. A force was pushing him back to his knees, an impossibly strong force. He could feel something reaching into his head and prying the parts of his skull apart as he backed away from this demon. Something was attempting to hold him back, but he fought against it, ripping through this invisible force; to flee.

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Through hazy senses, Siam could feel himself being turned over and picked up. Antony's Barking was close by but not aggravated. He could weakly hear a voice "It's OK little guy" the voice was closer than any other sound he could hear "He's going to be fine, good boy" The barking stopped. A faint sound of a door opening was followed by what Siam could see, the blend of colours, growing darker. "Found him by the water's edge" he heard the door swing closed, a sound that shot through and seemed to split Siam's head. "Let them in Victoria, they were with him when I found him." Siam could feel himself being laid down on something soft "I doubt he'd still be alive if they hadn't have grabbed my attention".

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Siam pulled the gun back out of the man's mouth. Grabbing the barrel he swung it down with tremendous force to strike the roof of Maxie's skull. The tall man flinched and staggered under the blow. Siam raised the revolver again, bringing it down over and over with renewed and vicious vigour. He could faintly hear the people behind him yelling for him to stop. Large iron arms wrapped around his waist, but the creature could not move him. Nothing would stop him from smashing this man's head apart with his own gun. Maxie had dropped to a crumpled heap on the floor as Siam followed onto his knees, using the force of his fall to help bring the weapon down, now smashing against a raised arm. The sound of wheezing and the sensation of blood against his skin drove him to smash harder and harder. A collection of large, soft leaves, wrapped around his arm.

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[CronusNuzlocker]

Spoiler: Part 16: The Winstrad Family

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• Siam Stat Tracker
• Type: unknown
• Nature: unknown
• Level: unknown
• Characteristic: unknown
• Ability: unknown
• HP ??, Atk ??, Def ??, S.Atk ??, S.Def ??, Spd ??
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Slowly easing his eyes open, once again Siam found himself staring at an unfamiliar roof. Though this roof was unlike those of any pokemon centre. He could feel a strange hot object on his feet and another behind his neck. Siam pulled the strange hot object out from under his neck, recognising it as a hot water bottle he hung it off the edge of the bed and let it go. Footsteps could be heard coming up a flight of stairs followed by the opening of a nearby door "Oh thank goodness you're awake!". Siam turned his head to see a middle aged woman with long brown hair standing by the door, she approached him "How are you feeling?" she placed the back of her hand gently on his forehead before quickly retracting it "Victor!" she called out "Call the pokemon centre!". Siam's eyebrows furrowed at this "You've had a slight run in with something, we're not sure what. Help is coming OK?" she tried to reassure him, patting him on the shoulder. Siam's hand quickly snapped to grab her at the wrist before she could hurry off. He only held on with his thumb and long finger, but for all her wriggling, the woman couldn't break free. Horrified she glanced from Siam's eyes to her hand and back again "Please let go!" her voice was actually very nervous and shaky. Siam let go and she bent down, picking up the hot water bottle off the ground and held it wrapped around her wrist. The woman nervously rushed out of the room.

A very strong looking man, about the age of the woman, entered the room shortly after she had left. "Feeling better I see?" the man leant over Siam and seemed to be inspecting his head. Pulling a nearby chair over he sat beside him, "You really scared us, what with those bandages and all" Siam rolled his eyes and tapped his wrist with two fingers twice "I don't know, I can go check if it's important, though if you had an appointment you've probably missed it by now" Siam slowly shook his head, he drew a circle in the air and tapped his wrist again. "Oh? Umm, do you mean how long have you been here?" Siam nodded lightly, "About four days". Siam's eyes widened and he looked around the room. Lucilla and Antony were asleep on a nearby chair, Vipsania held the pokeball as she curled around a small blue mass with four long spindly legs. His attention was stolen away from this small mass when the man began to speak again "We've been trying to keep your temperature up, but for the longest time it didn't seem to be doing anything." Siam tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow "You've been ice cold to the touch ever since I found you" he placed his hand against Siam's neck and pulled it away quickly, with a confused look on his face "That's impossible".

The man called out to his wife to bring more hot water bottles, at hearing this Siam shook his head. "You shouldn't do that" the man said, watching Siam shake his head "Were you aware that a portion of your skull has been cut out?". Siam nodded slowly"Is it why you can't speak?", he shrugged, at this point he didn't know anything about what was wrong with him, only that he could push through it. "You can't be moving around mate. You need to stay still and stay warm. A nurse is coming from the Mauville Pokemon centre to have a look at you again" Siam made a slow drinking motion "I'll have the wife make you some hot tea" again Siam shook his head and made a slow drinking motion. The man sat there confused, Siam patted his leg twice and noticed all the pokemon stir. He pointed to Vipsania made a short drinking motion and pointed weakly at his bag nearby. The man was impressed to see the Crobat flutter over to the bag and fish out a bottle of water, bringing it over to Siam"You've got some well trained pokemon there. Didn't leave your side since you got here" the man remarked impressed. Siam began to drink quickly, the man reached to pull the bottle of water away from him but stopped as some deep growling could be heard from the pokemon nearby.

The water was warm, but refreshing, it seemed to chill as it slid down his throat. As he finished the bottle, Siam noticed the small blue mass had crawled up onto the bed with him and curled up beside his leg. "That Surskit has been very helpful, tapping you each day while you were asleep so that you could stir just enough to have water and something to eat." The man became quite concerned as Siam began to sit up, he tried to gently push him back down, but even in his weakened state; Siam would not be moved. The man backed away as Siam swung his legs off the bed and stood up. Running his hand up the left side of his head, Siam noticed he wasn't wearing any bandages. He looked confused at the man, "We- We replaced them each day. Victoria was coming to give you the new ones when you woke up" Siam crossed the room and gathered his belongings, he patted his shoulder and was quickly joined by Antony. Siam bowed to the man and walked past him down the stairs.

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• Name: Stilicho
• Species: Surskit
• Type: Bug/Water
• Nature: Gentle
• Level Met: 14
• Characteristic: Alert to sounds
• HP 35, Atk 17, Def 13, S.Atk 22, S.Def 25, Spd 27
• CALCULATED IV'S
• HP 1/2, Atk 28/29, Def 10/11, S.Atk 26, S.Def 29, Spd 31
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Halfway down the stairs, Siam stopped, he ran his fingers across the small of his back, rubbing his
skin through the hole in his shirt. He could not feel any scarring in the flesh, no scar tissue or sore points. Deciding it probably wasn't something he should worry about, Siam finished his trek down the stairs and terrified the little girl sitting at the dining table merely with his appearance. The little girl hid behind her grandmother, Siam bowed to the older woman and made a motion of wrapping bandages around his head. The obviously unnerved older woman grabbed some dressings out of the nearby medicine cabinet and threw it to him. Siam took a moment to wrap his head, once done he passed the spare bandages back to the old woman and bowed. She shook her head when he took out his wallet, he bowed once again, smiled at the little girl and left the building.

The house was by a lake, Siam circled the lake a ways before releasing Duilius into it. The Gyarados enjoyed its freedom in the water. After a while fishing, Duilius loomed over Siam. Readying himself for a fight, Siam was surprised by Duilius dropping a small green stone at Siam's feet. He looked at it confused for a moment before placing it in his bag. Whatever it was could wait for another day.