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Eryn and her Pokémon entered towards the cave, and found it to be quite dark. However, they did not have to walk far before they were greeted with… moonlight?

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A moon hangs high in the cave. It is a cave, correct? Regardless, a moon presented itself high above, shining down on a small grove of trees in the middle of the rocky cave. As strange as that sounded, the trees just kept on going, becoming a little underground forest, which the moon shone down on. Before the trees started, however, there was a sign right in front of them… and a bird which stood right on top of it.

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[color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #198 – Murkrow, the Darkness Pokémon. Commonly found near forests when it’s dark, they’re [b]feared[/b] as alleged bearer of ill fortune upon those who see it. If spotted, it will attempt to lure the chaser onto mountain trials or forests where they’d get lost. It shows strong interest in anything that sparkles, and will attempt stealing it.[/i][/color][/center]

Murkrow turned and looked at Eryn for a second, and then, with a bird’s best impression of a smile, it spread its wings. 

[color=4b7094]‘Mu-KROOOW…!’[/color] it called out, probably audible to the entire cave. The signal was obvious. The trial had begun. Murkrow waved its wings and flew off among the trees…

The sound of a flute could be heard. It was a pretty flute, yet somehow there was something incredibly eerie about it, and even more so there was something even more chilling about the howl that could suddenly be heard from the far end of the cave, a more sinister sound difficult to find. While Eryn might maybe have a hard time placing the sounds, the Pokédex could easily recognize them.

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[color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #274 – Nuzleaf, the Wily Pokémon. It lives in densely overgrown forests, where it bores holes in large trees to live in. It pulls a lead from its head and makes a flute with. The flute, sometimes heard by forest-land travelers, have special powers that strike [b]fear[/b] and uncertainty into people’s hearts. It dislikes having its long nose pinched.[/i][/color][/center]

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[center][color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #229 – Houndoom, the Dark Pokémon. The one with its horns raked sharply towards the back serves a leadership role. These Pokémon choose their leader by fighting amongst themselves. Their fiery breath is filled with toxins in that causes burns to hurt forever, supposedly. Their eerie howls have been likened to the call of the grim reaper and inspires [b]fear[/b] in those that hears it.[/i][/color][/center]

… And then she identified something else. Something large and purple was resting by a tree over there, yet it was clearly not asleep. It had made no motion of recognizing that something had started, but there it lay anyway, large, and possibly threatening.

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[color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #24 – Arbok, the Snake Pokémon. It unnaturally transfixes prey using the face-like pattern on its belly, freezing them in [b]fear[/b]. When frozen, it then constricts with a grip strong enough to flatten steel oil drums and poisons its prey. It has a vengeful nature, and rarely gives up chase once it has picked a prey.[/i][/color][/center]

And… eyes. There was eyes in the darkness. Looking at her from between the trees, were eyes, which should she meet them with her own it would certainly be a bit uncomfortable. The moon still hung above, lightly illuminating the underground woodland cave, yet it revealed nothing about those whose eyes she could see. Her Pokédex could, however, and in fact she’d already seen those kinds of eyes before.

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[color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #302 – Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon. They live quiet lives in dark caves where they dig for their favorite food, raw gems. These gems surface on their eyes as glittering jewels. They tend to be [b]feared[/b], for it is said that those who meet with these glittering eyes in a dark cave have their spirits stolen away.[/i][/color][/center]

The objective of the trial was to get through this forest, most assuredly, and quite a few Pokémon inhabited them. The sign before Eryn still stood, and it was a bit hard to read it with merely the moonlight, but the message when read was loud and clear.

[i]”You walk upon the Trial of Fear.

Multiple Pokémon that are either known for or unnaturally causes fear are spread ahead. Some that could be fought, others that may be better avoided. How will you overcome the challenge?”[/i]

… What would Eryn and Pokémon do?