PMD Pure Spark: Rise of the Legend

Prologue: Tremors in the Night

This story begins where many others end.

It begins after the countless adventures and vicissitudes that a human and a Grovyle had to face to avoid the planet’s paralysis.

Her name was Amber, a girl who suddenly arrived from the future along with her trusty Pokémon companion and a mission of vital importance. For reasons as yet unknown, the human was transformed into a Pokémon when she arrived in the Land of Grass. She became a Torchic, to be precise, but that was probably just an advantage for them, as it was easier for her to be accepted by the inhabitants of Treasure Town.

What obviously wasn’t easy at all was explaining who she and Grovyle really were, why they were in that place… and what they actually had to do to save the future and the whole world. Not everyone was able to grasp the idea of the two foreign travelers just coming in and removing the Time Gears.
Who could have blamed them, after all?

It was at this point in the story that the Guild came into play, to which Amber and Grovyle turned to discuss the situation with the major local authority: the Guildmaster Wigglytuff.

Thus, their journey within the Grass Continent began…

In a matter of few days, the pair kept their word, saving the future from the planet’s paralysis, but such heroic act came at the price of their lives. Their sacrifice was never forgotten, and never would have been.

Five years passed from that day.

And here, in the Guild where it all began, a trio of young explorers was going to rest. They were unaware that the wind, after five years of peace, was bound to change again.

It was an evening like any other at the Wigglytuff’s Guild. The apprentices had just finished eating their dinner after a long day of work and they were going to go and enjoy a well-deserved sleep.

Among them, Team Spark, the most promising team in the Guild, was no exception. After saying goodnight to the fellow apprentices, they set off to their room, the last one down the hall.

They had chosen a simple name for them. After all, they were just three kids with big dreams. “Team Spark” was also a tribute to their leader: a brave and ambitious Shinx named, ironically, Sparx whose main move was, in fact, Spark. In addition, they felt that their name reflected their roaring and sparkling spirit.

As for the other two members of the team, one was a keen Mudkip called Ardin. He was an attentive and intelligent explorer, able to exploit the environment that surrounded him to his advantage and grasp even the smallest details, as well as having vast general knowledge as the good scholar who he has been.

Last but not least, there was Yeaf, a charming emerald-eyed Eevee. She came not from one, but from two lineages who had different colored eyes than normal Eevees. Behind her adorable appearance and character, however, there was a strong and capable fighter, able to knock out anyone who got in her way with a few powerful hits.

It may sound strange that these three Pokémon had personalized names, but truth is that, inspired by Amber’s influence, giving names to the newborns was becoming a more and more common practice amongst the population of the Grass Continent.
Such thing happened in the past already, even before Treasure Town’s foundation, but at that time they were really rare cases.

Going back to the trio, once back in their room, the Eevee collapsed face down on her bed, sinking her face in the straw and letting go a long sigh.

«I’m… exhausted…» she then muttered, her soft voice smothered by the straw. «I want to sleep without interruptions until I hear Loudred’s voice bashing my ears…»