On The Road

Chapter Nine

"We have to go in there?" Wally asked, looking into Granite Cave.

"Why?" Larance asked, smirking at him. "Are you scared?"

"I've never been in a cave before!" Wally replied, narrowing his eyes.

"Well, there's a first time for everything," Larance chuckled, folding his arms.

"Hey, while you two were bickering like an old married couple, Arriete already ran in," Bina interrupted, pointing over her shoulder at the cave.

"First one in get's Steven's autograph!" Arriete's voice came from the cave.

"Hey! I want to meet him first!" Wally yelled, before running into the cave.

"Wally! Take it easy! Your asthma!" Bina yelled, running after him.

"H-Hey! Don't leave me behind!" Larance yelled, running after them.

***

After they all caught up to Arriete, the friends continued to walk through the cave in silence. Water dripped from above, cutting through the silence with drip, drip. Wally nervously looked around, coughing time to time. Suddenly, he let out a little yelp as he tripped over something and fell.

"You okay Wally?" Bina asked, holding out her hand for him to grab.

"Y-Yeah," Wally coughed, taking her hand and standing up. "I just tripped over something."

"Uh...Wally..." Larance began, smiling a bit. "You tripped over an Aron."

"A what?"

Startled, Wally turned around to see an angry Aron glaring at him. Said Pokémon jumped at him, ready to attack.

"Ralts! Psybeam!"

Ralts jumped in front of his trainer and attacked the Aron with Psybeam. The attack hit, and the Aron fell to the ground. It shook off the attack, but before it could attack again, Wally threw a pokeball at it. The Aron disappeared in a flash as it was captured. The four friends stood silently as the pokeball stopped shaking, letting everyone know that Aron had been captured. 

"Wh-" Arriete began before Bina shushed her. 

Wally's eyes grew wide as Ralts evolved into Kirlia right before his eyes. He let out a laugh as he scooped up the Pokémon in his arms.

"My first Pokémon ever evolved!" Wally cried with joy.

"Wally, keep it down in here," Bina chuckled. "Or else there'll be more angry Aron coming for you."

"Oh, right," Wally grinned sheepishly, placing Kirlia down. "I need to see my new Pokémon as well."

He released Aron, who looked up, blinking at him.

"Seems like she's calmed down," Bina stated, leaning down to pet Aron. 

"Well that's good," Larance commented. "Come on, guys. Let's go find Steven."

***

"Guys, wait a minute," Arriete whispered, holding out her arm to stop them.

Larance suddenly came to a halt, resulting in Bina and Wally walking into him.

"What is it?" Larance whispered.

Arriete held a finger to her lips as she began to lead them down a tunnel. Soon, they entered a cavern that held many ruins carved into its walls. Facing one of the walls was a tall man with a dark grey suit and silver hair. Arriete looked to Larance, who looked to Bina, who looked to Wally, who was trembling slightly from excitement. He walked forward until he was a few feet away from the man before speaking.