Pokemon Brick Bronze: A novel

The Brimber gym

Play woke up in a pool of sweat. His white sheets were quite similar to his at the Pokémon center, looking all around, he actually was. Turning his head right, he saw Sebastian sitting on a chair, waiting for him.

"Wh-what happened." Play said, clutching his head.

"It was Groudon." Sebastian said gravely. "The great legendary Pokémon who lives in Brimber volcano." Play swung his legs out of his bed and looked to his Pokémon, all of them were asleep. Prinplup, Mareep, Rookidie, and Nidorino.

"With Groudon, it was about to kill everyone there, but I arrived just in time, then, Groudon went away, but before that, it looked at you, as though it saw something special in you. And oh, That Prinplup of yours, he carried you all the way home." Sebastian said, continuing his grave tone.

"Really?" Play asked. His Prinplup was only around two feet and seven inches, but it carried HIM? All of his Pokémon were asleep. Fast asleep. And once again, Prinplup had pulled it's bed away from the others. Sebastian noticed Play looking that way.

"You know, I think I can explain why it behaves like that." Sebastian said.

"You can?" Play said, all this time...

"I'm not really the water specialist, you should ask gym leader Quentin, in Rosecove city, but you see, every Prinplup thinks itself as the most important, like in the Pokédex, and when it evolves into it's final form, Empoleon, it'll hurt anyone who damages it's pride. It'll destroy them. But anyway, that's just my perspective." Play took a moment to let all of that information sink in, he was going to have to be careful when his Prinplup evolved into an Empoleon.

"Say, why don't you come by the gym today and challenge me, this is your second badge, am I right?"

"Umm, yes." Play said. Sebastian smiled.

"I'll leave you to it then." He said. 

After Sebastian had left, Play leapt to work. Prinplup opened an eye, while this was happening. He washed his face, brushed his teeth, and put a fresh T-shirt on.

"Okay guys, let's go challenge the GYM!" Play said loudly. Mareep stretched and yawned, Rookidie chirped and flew up, while Nidorino and Prinplup slowly got to their feet. "Let's go." Play said. At the snack-bar, Play ordered some lunch, and some food for His Pokémon. After lunch, he strolled out of the Pokémon center, and turned toward the Brimber gym, it was much bigger than the Silvent gym, despite being an actual Volcano, it wasn't that hot. The door was made out of dark brown wood, again, if the gym was fire specialty, then it might not be smart to use wood for your interior. But on the inside, the walls, and floor were all made out entirely of stone, was it even a Volcano then? And unlike the ACTUAL Brimber volcano, it wasn't blazingly hot. The exterior was in the shape of a volcano though, and at the top, if Play squinted, he could see Sebastian proudly standing at the top of the gym, to get to the top, the volcano was in a twisted pathway to the top, like a spiral. And just before Play was about to begin the climb, when a man with tanned skin, and a yellow top, grabbed his shoulder, and stopped him.

"In this gym." He started. "You're going to want to not touch lava. If you touch it, it will hurt, a lot, but don't worry, you should be able to jump pretty high in here. Jump, climb and jump more to avoid it. Gym Leader Sebastian is all the way at the top. Got that?" Play slowly nodded his head, even though, the only bit he could hear, was don't touch the lava.

So moving carefully forward, he jumped over strings of lava that had stretched over the floor. He hadn't gotten far, but a pyro with red dyed hair stopped him.

"Careful, you nearly stepped on a tile back there, Oh, I also need to battle you. GO Slugma!" Knowing the type matchup. Play sent out Prinplup.

"Prinplup, use bubble beam." Play said.