Risk's Journal

December 15, 2015

So I was out and about, stocking up on supplies, when a hastily-scrawn note fluttered through the wind and landed at my feet. I glazed over it for a second before realizing that it was another SOS.  Unfortunately, the place this particular Pokemon was trapped in just so happened to be deep underwater, under the one place that I never wanted to revisit- the Vivid Rainforest. At first, I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, but, I knew that I had to steel my nerves and go- help was needed, and I couldn't just sit back and wait for fate to do its job. I flipped the note over, and I saw that a map had been drawn  on the back of it, highlighting one of the many lakes in that forest.

Breathing heavily, I went to the location in question, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary over the water. Then, something caught my eye. I went closer to it, but I didn't want to touch it. It was a scale, like one that comes from a dragon, but I couldn't place what Pokemon had shed it. Then, I heard it- a few bubbles coming up to the surface of the water. By their erratic popping pattern, I knew they were air bubbles, most likely from whatever Pokemon had sent me the SOS note. How he got it out of the water, I have no idea, but I knew what I needed to do next.

I took a deep breath and dove into the water, but not before something grabbed my leg and pulled me under, forcibly. I cried out for rescue and tried to free myself from the now-visible cream-colored coil that was wrapped tightly around me.

"Let me go!" I cried out to the unseen monster below the water. Surprisingly, the coil unwound, enough for me to break free from it and swim to the surface. I took a deep breath of air, and I quickly swam back to shore before that thing could grab me again. One thought rang in my mind,

But that Pokemon's still down there... How can I save it?! 

Before I could come up with a half-decent plan, a large cream head, sporting two red antennae and two hair-like fins under its red eyes, surfaced. I could tell, immediately, by the sorry gaze in this massive Pokemon's eyes, that it meant no harm to me.

"That scarf that you wear..." the Pokemon said.

"Are you part of a rescue team?" it asked. I nodded, quickly. Even though the Pokemon didn't want to harm me at the moment, I didn't want to change the mind of the massive serpent-esque Pokemon. I didn't really know how long the Pokemon really was, as its lower half was submerged.

Best to just help it out, I guess... I thought to myself, looking at the Pokemon with a blank expression on my face.

Relief seemed to wash over this other Pokemon, which then introduced itself as a Milotic and directed one of its antennae at the water. It seemed to be pointing at something, before it broke down in tears. 

"There's a large fisherman's net down there, under the restless river. And it... It entangled one of my friends! I... I tried to get rid of it myself, but I... I just couldn't..." The Milotic showed a small crevasse in its body, where it looked like it had been sliced there.

The scale that I found earlier. This Milotic's skirmish with that net must have been what caused this...

"Do you want me to go down there and try to free your friend?" I asked it. Again, that look of compassion spread across the Milotic's face.

"Yes, but... I think it's far too deep for you to go alone. You'd run out of air by the time you hit the bottom of the river!"

She has a point. I could get down there, but I'd drown if I did anything else...

We sat in silence for a few seconds, before a gentle blush crossed the Milotic's face.

"I have an idea," she finally said, opening her mouth widely. The opening was the size of a large cave to me, and I jumped backwards in alarm.