Pokemon: The Lost Quest

Rocky Trails: Part I

Author notes:

The Alps- I think it goes without saying that the Alps overall is one of the largest mountain ranges in the world. Depending on where you are the mountains could be very rocky with limestone and other minerals with light vegetation while other areas are greener. Of course when people think of the Alps they think of snow covered mountain peaks. But that's only part of them since it depends on the elevations of the mountains themselves...the higher you go the colder it gets

Montes Jura- The Jura Mountains are their own mountain range. I just realized I said they were apart of the Alps...their not exactly in real life...but for the sake of this fanfiction they will be...that's probably where my head was at when I wrote that note. Hence the name "Jura" is more like a forest compared to the Alps. However for this story Montes Jura will be adapting to the Alps scenery but still aligned with the Rhine/Rhone River.

Alemaca valley- Based off of Alemannic, Alemannic is a German dialect that spoken across the Rhine.

The Hiker Family- You know how you always run into those hikers in the games...yeah.

Chapter 5: Rocky Trails: Part I

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"What was that?" Meowth stopped in its tracks as it looked on ahead at the tallest peaks of Montes Jura.

"Pi...Pika Pi" Pikachu tapped Ash's shoulder to get his attention causing him to stop to look back at Meowth who has fallen behind. It was just standing in one place while staring aimlessly as a vacant expression adorned its features.

"Those mountains...they're just like the ones in my dreams." Meowth continued its gaze onto the lightly snow-covered mountain peaks that were in the far off distance. Montes Jura happens to be one of the largest mountain ranges in the world. It even stretches out into other regions, so as far as Meowth could tell those tall peaks in the far off distance could be a part of a different region near Kalos. Those mountain peaks in the far off distance were covered in snow while the mountains they were about to hike through were rocky with minor vegetation and pockets of small wooded areas consisting of tall pine trees and other species of plant life. As they keep getting closer to the dryer atmosphere of the mountains the further away they got from the lush green meadows and forests that they were in before. Looking at the conspicuous mountains, Meowth felt drawn to them somehow as if something was pulling him towards them.

**Click, clack, click, clack, click, clack**

Snapping out of his daze, Meowth looks up to see Ash and Pikachu looking down at him suspiciously.

"What's the holdup?" Ash asked calmly. Meowth maintained its blank stare as it tried to speak but the words failed to come out. Meowth's ears suddenly started to twitch as its posture stiffened.

**Click, clack, click, clack, click, clack**

The sound of shoes hitting the graveled path came from behind, Meowth slowly turned to see who it was. A hefty built man with a brown beard and a safari like hat was covered in all sorts of mountain climbing gear continued to close the distance as he walked up behind them. On his belt seemed to be a very distinctive stone. The man had a happy go lucky kind of aura around him as he had a cheerful expression walking towards them.

"Howdy! You kids headed through the mountains?" he asked cheerfully in his deep booming voice. Up close the man's round face made his eyes seem smaller than other humans. But this was also due to the way his thick brown beard framed his face. He sort of reminded Meowth of a Snorlax. Just then, an image of a Snorlax with the man's beard, outfit and gear sneaked into its head causing it to burst into a giggling fit. Trying to contain its soft giggles by putting a paw over its mouth didn't stop the strange looks it was getting for the bizarre behavior.