Welcome to Gaia! ::

Objective:
---Travel to the Moor of Icirrus in Unova and journey into the forest around it. Brave your way through it and find the Millenium Rose while surviving all the trials presented to you.
---Once you have the rose go to Pinwheel Forest and convence Boyce to teach you his ways, and win at any game he presents you with.

Opposition:
---The Grass Pokemon that live in the forest around the Moor of Icirrus.
---The forest its self around the moor will attempt to lead you astray and trip you up, it's alive.
---There is one more tale of a fierce Serperior that claims the forest as its kingdom, it would be best to stay clear of this powerful Serperior, its strong enough to command the entire forest and its Grass Pokemon, and surely it won't be happy if you take the Millenium Rose.

Pokemon:
---You may capture one Grass Pokemon in either forest, you may not capture the Serperior.

Rewards:
---The Millenium Rose, which is required to call upon your future teacher, Boyce.
---The ability to take on the next Grass Master Mission.
---Varies from there based on story.

Boyce. It was a fairy tale, and nothing more! Then again.... What if they were true? She only had a day left to live, so either way she wins right? Either it's true, and she lives, or it's not and she dies. At least then she wouldn't be sitting around crying like a wuss. So, Maia got to work with the information gathering.

It took her about an hour to sift through all the information GRAY was able to give her. According to the clock, she had about 10 hours left on this douse of medicine.

"Are you done yet?" GRAY asked, sounding tired and bored. "You humans and being afraid to die. I mean, come on! It's not even that bad. Just try it a little bit."

"What would you know about it? You're some kind of weird computer thing-- HEY. I don't have time to waste on you! Just get Claydol here, now!" Maia snapped, barking into the SNAG with a renewed fury in her voice. Fury? why Fury? Well, Maia just wasn't sure what to feel. She knew she didn't want to be sad, and couldn't be happy, so an oddly therapeutic anger settled in.

As soon as Claydol appeared, Maia grabbed on and commanded the pokemon to take her to the Moor of Icirrus. In an instant, she was gone.

As quickly as she had vanished, she reemerged outside a line of trees at the Moor of Icirrus! The place was actually kinda beautiful, in a swampish sort of way. The way the fallen logs just melded with the pools of sparkling wa---

"THERE'S NO TIME TO ADMIRE THE SCENERY!" Maia shouted at no one. Several pokemon made themselves scarce. Who'd stick around when someone came out of nowhere and started shouting? "GRAY."

"Ughhhh.... what is it now? I was defragging some data near a really sensitive port, and I just get to the good part when I have to come crawling to you. Aren't you late for your date?"

"I need to-- Date?"

".... The joke doesn't work if I have to explain it."

".......?"

"Date with destiny?"

"...Ugh, whatever. Why am I out here? Where's the Millennium Rose?!" Maia asked, shaking her SNAG and taking quick looks around.

GRAY didn't respond at first. Maia, frustrated at a lack of a response, shook the device harder, expecting it to somehow trigger some kind of function that would allow her to kick GRAY in his computerface.

After a small delay, GRAY spoke up. "Despite your insistance that shaking the SNAG will do something, I've done a quick scan of the area. There's a powerful Chi signature coursing through this entire part of the forest. It's like a system of veins or roots. Claydol was unable to take you any closer because of this large collection of Chi. It's acting like a bramble patch. So, Claydol's put you outside the Moor at the closest point."

Maia calmed down a bit. GRAY was cooperating a bit more now. It was obviously because he was relaying information and didn't have much need for snarking. "Ok, so if they're like veins, then there must be a heart some where, right?"

"Hm, so your brain does work. I guess that ruins my plans for a new paperweight. The scanner is picking up a large mass of Chi deeper in the forest, but it can't pinpoint it. The most I could do was get you in the general area."

"Anything you can do to help, GRAY." Maia replied before taking off into the forest.

Maia rushed along, making great time with a quick jog. The forest path was pretty easy to follow, since there were trees and thick foliage blocking the sides. So, Maia raced along the path. The various sounds of pokemon was pretty calming... well, except for the fact that they seemed to be getting closer. The path took a particularly sharp turn, and when Maia got around the corner, a Sawsbuck was standing in the path. It had a few beams of light shining down onto its branchlers, causing them to have a wonderful yellow glow... wait, if it's summer then the leaves on its head should be green, not any kind of yellow.... Maia took a few steps back, and bumped into something.

She spun around to find a few Lilligent staring her down. They gave her a cute little curtsy, and raised their arms like debutantes about to dance with invisible suitors. They took a few sweeping steps, and petals began pulling away from the flowers on their heads. Behind her, Maia heard a low whining sound, as if something was charging! She was in some deep doodoo, that's for sure. Maia reached for a pokeball, which in retrospect was a mistake.

She'd barely gotten the pokeball out when the Lilligent's dance's activity skyrocketed. Their subtle dance became a whirlwind of spins and leaps, a storm of razor sharp petals whirling around them. They buzzed around Maia like tops, threatening to shred her like fresh cheese and a hot cheese grater. Sense? who makes sense when they're being attacked?!

"Hank! Help me out!" Maia screamed, hurling the pokeball indiscriminately. She had to tuck and roll as soon as she let it go, however, as one of the Lilligent had thrown its whirling cloud of razor petals at her.

Hank emerged from her Pokeball and landed on her feet. She took a quick second to look to her right and be engulfed by a Solarbeam.

The sound was deafening. The beam of light blasted away from the Sawsbuck and lit up the entire area. Maia saw Hank be hit dead center... well.. dead everything, and be thrown clear into the forest. The beam had blasted through several trees.

"Hey, I know you're trying to not die sooner and all..." GRAY spoke up a second or two after the solarbeam shot. "But whatever just happened seems to be helping out. For whatever reason, for the last two hours you've been walking in a ten foot circle."

"TWO HOURS?!" Maia screeched. In her momentary lapse of judgement, a cloud of petals scooped her up, spun her in a weird 360 3d circle, and threw her onto the ground. All the while, she clung to the SNAG for dear life. In a way, it was true! "It can't be. It's been like, half an hour, tops." Maia groaned. Learning her mistake, she got to her feet and did her best to dodge the other attacks. the Sawsbuck was charging another solar beam.

"Remember that Chi vein system I talked about? It's been pulsing and reacting to something. I guess it's you. It's been sending ripples of chi here and there, and drawing big chi signatures to your location. I'm guessing they're pokemon, huh?"

"great job, Sherlock." Maia grunted. She managed to dodge another whirlwind of petals, but these pokemon just kept dancing! Shouldn't they be getting tired now?

"Anyway, I picked up the chi of the pokemon you sent out. Since it's of a different type, It stood out like a beacon amongst all this.... green. When it got nuked, it was sent off deeper into the forest. It's about halfway to the heart. So, follow the trail of destruction and bam. you'll be halfway there. also, careful, there seem to be more chi signatures coming towards you. Have fun!"

The Lilligent's petal storm seemed to stop. Their dance changed. It was less swirling motions and leaping around! They were kind of dancing with themselves, gathering energy into their bodies! As they danced, they joined up with the Sawsbuck. Once all four were in position, they began gathering sunlight.

"Sh+t."

The Resulting solarbeam would have incinerated Maia had she not taken refuge behind a tree. Thankfully the tree was coursing with the same energy that the pokemon were using, so it survived a lot longer than Maia would have. It did, however, snap off of its base and be thrown deeper inside.

When the world stopped being a blinding mass of pure white death, Maia opened her eyes to find herself in a small lake. Hank was here, too! She was just kinda... knocked out and laying face up in the mud. Maia returned the pokemon to her pokeball and took a look around. The direction she'd come from had a clear path. In fact, she could see the Lilligant and Sawsbuck coming to join them. OHSNAP!

Maia jumped up out of the mud and fell into the water. She tried to get up again, but found her foot stuck, and then her hands!! in a matter of seconds, little water tubers had grown up and wrapped around her! She didn't have time for this!!!! Maia mustered up her strength and ripped the plants from the ground. They must have been some kind of Katniss, since they had weird Bulbs on their bottoms. Frankly, cooked right, these things would be a good meal. This place grew a vegetable like no one's business.

Maia took a quick glance at her SNAG. The heart was close. dead ahead, even! gah, gotta stop using all these "dead" expressions. Another glance was given to the clock. about 7 and a half hours to go. A sudden Energy ball the size of a small lawn chair buzzed passed her head, signalling that it was time to go. Maia rushed forward. Into the chest high grass that she could have sword wasn't there before.

"Where are you going?!" GRAY shouted at her from her SNAG. "Take a left here."

"What? why?!" Maia asked, ducking to dodge another solarbeam. She came back up to find the grass now rose higher than her head. Yup, this place was messing with her. Maia took GRAY's advice and made a hard left.

"Ok, now another left."

Maia followed the direction.

"Now another left."

Maia obeyed again!

"Another left!"

Finally, Maia caught on to what was going on. "You're leading me in circles!" She shouted, pushing grass away. "If I keep going left, the pokemon will catch up and kill me!"

"Dumb+ss, haven't you noticed? This place is always turning you right. You humans have no idea how to do anything. I bet the only reason you guys can solve puzzles is because another human made it. Haven't you noticed the pokemon haven't been on you as much? They're not that fast, and their ability to go in a straight line in this place made them seem faster. UGH!"

Suddenly, it clicked. If the forest always turned her right, by zigzagging, she'd get to where she needed to be! Awesome! So, she allowed GRAY to inform her of where to turn left at.

Maia pushed through one last patch of grass and stumbled into what could only be described as the garden of Eden. There were bushes, and trees and flowers. All of which were bearing fruits of every size and color. Huge vegetables poked out of the ground, and the air itself smelled of fruit punch and fresh salad. This place was pokemon heaven! Well, grass pokemon heaven. In the center of it all, was a large mass of thorns. Each thorn was about the size of a computer mouse, and there were so many pointed outward that even approaching the mass was dangerous. If that was the worst part, that would be a blessing. The worst part was that at the very top of the pile was a singular, pure white, glowing rose.

It didn't matter! This was it, the rose! If the rose is real, then maybe... MAYBE!Maia took off, fully prepared for the forest to wrap her up in vines and strangle her, or spawn huge melons to block her. Or even spawn some pokemon to kill her outright! But.... nothing came. This orchard just remained in its tranquil state. So, Maia slowed down. She took her time, and even tried a few of the fruits. She'd later recount that these were the best thing she'd ever tasted, and that if she wasn't on a mission, she'd stay here for the rest of her life... which wouldn't have been very long.

Maia checked the time. Man. Either time sped up here or something, or she'd really lost track of time. There was about ten minutes until she'd die or whatever. Something in the back of her mind told her not to take the medicine. She could curl up in the brambles and sleep here forever.... Yeah, no. She had a man to get back. She had pokemon to raise! She had friends to make! People to punch!

Maia dragged the eppipen from her bag, rose it high, then drove it into the crook of her arm. The medicine injected itself with a small hiss, and Maia felt refreshed. Another 12 hours left in her life. Right, the rose.

Maia walked over to the pile of thorns, and took a look. If she placed her foot carefully, she'd be able to walk through ok.... So, she placed one foot in, and then the other. She was taking the shape of a wishbone, and just swinging her legs through this patch. Like the rest of the garden, it remained peaceful, like it was unaware she'd gotten this far. Soon, the patch of thorns rose up into a pile of thorns. She'd have to climb, and this wouldn't be pretty.

...And it wasn't. The climb was uneventful, aside from the few cuts she'd gotten, and how sore her hands were. From the top of the pile, Maia looked up. She hadn't noticed it before, but the sun had been going down for a while. Through the space in the treetops, Maia could see the orange-red glow of sunset. Her eyesight fell slowly until it rested on the White rose in front of her.... and the Deerling behind it.

"...Hello, there." Maia said, raising a hand in greeting. The pokemon returned the gesture as best it could. They stared at each other. "Well, I don't have time for this." Maia reached for the rose, and her hand was slapped away by the Deerling's hoof.

"Ow! What's wrong with you?!" Maia asked, reaching for the rose again.

The Deerling slapped her hand away.

The two stared at each other again, both looking angry with the other. It was obvious the Deerling didn't want her to touch the rose, and it was obvious Maia wanted to rip the rose from its perch and go get the help she needed.

"Ok, this is how this is gonna go. I'm gonna take the rose. You're gonna do whatever Deerling do. OK?" She asked, nodding slowly. The Deerling mimicked her again, so Maia reached out, only to have her hand slapped. "UGH! ok, I know a way to stop this. Finn!" Maia released her Beautifly, Finn! He soared around a bit before coming to a halt "Ok, Finn. Get that flower."

Finn obeyed. He fluttered closer to the Rose, and was promptly shooed away by the Deerling. Finn was... perplexed! The deerling hadn't used an attack... or acted aggressively... it had just kinda said "Step back for a sec, kay?"

"OK I REEAAALLY don't have time for this! Finn, Use Gust!" Maia commanded, taking a battle stance!

Finn, feeling a bit glad to start fighting started flapping his wings! He kicked up a gust directed at the Deerling! The only problem? The rose was in the way. That peoblem ended up resolving itself, however, As the Deerling leaped into the attack's path, taking the brunt of it in order to protect the flower.

"Oh I get it. This thing is some kind of guardian...."

"A DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Came from Maia's Snag.

The Deerling stomped its feet and gave a shrill "Deeeeeeer!" The vines below them flashed green, then shone bright green! Root like veins rushed out around the ground, then whooshed back to the pokemon. The Deerling put its head back and opened its mouth. The energy leaped from the ground and formed into a ball. It was energy ball! The surrounding forest had boosted its power!

The Deerling fired the ball, but Finn was able to fly out of the way in time. "Finn, counter with Poison sting!" Maia shouted, trying to find a time where the Deerling wasn't shielding the rose with its body! Finn fired the needles, and the Deerling took the hit in order to protect the flower! "Don't let up! Don't give it a chance to retaliate!" Maia ordered, watching Finn bombard the Grass type with the purple chi needles. The bombarded quickly became the bombardier as the Deerling flashed green, then fired a Seed Bomb into Finn's face. The explosion rocked Finn out of the air and to the ground below.

Maia looked at the Deerling. It had a funky look on its face, and a few of Finn's needles on its back. It was poisoned! Finn flew back up to where they were and let out a call! He was determined! heavily injured, but determined! Finn began fluttering around! His moves were... coordinated, graceful even! As he danced, energy bloomed from inside of him. It was the same dance the Lilligant had done. It was Quiver dance!

Now faster and stronger, Finn let loose another barrage of Poison Sting, catching the Deerling on the back some more! It was a bit unfair, since they were beating it up while it was on the clock and couldn't let the rose get hurt. Maia smiled a bit. She liked how stubborn this pokemon was. If she did take the rose, then it would only be fair to let it keep guarding it, right? So, Maia whipped out her Premeir ball and whisked it at the Deerling!

The ball struck and pulled in the surprised pokemon! The ball wobbled aggressively at first, almost rolling off the edges of the pile, but as time went on, the wobbling weakened as the already poisoned pokemon lost its energy. While it was disconnected from the source, it just couldn't keep going like it was. The ball gave a final wobble... then "ping"ed! The Deerling was caught! woot!

With the guardian out of the way, it was very simple for Maia to reach down and simply pluck the rose off of the pile of thorns. The part where things get complicated followed immediately afterward...

Sitting in what used to be the pile of thorns, sat a Serperior. Maia could tell this pokemon wasn't ordinary, as it was roughly three times the size of a normal grass snake thing. Not only that, but this thing was covered in thorns. As if to make matters worse, it had a giant bouquet of Millennium roses inside its always popped collar.

The Serperior threw open its mouth and a sound like a mix of the roar of a crowd and a weed whacker. Its fangs were huge, and dripping with venom! Well, no, not venom. By the color of it, it was probably something stereotypically plant themed. Maybe chlorophyll. Anyway, The Snake reared its floral head back and glared at Maia.

Rose in hand, Maia stared back into the pokemon's eyes. There was something in them. a sparkle, a glimmer, a shining beacon of power that threatened to drag one's soul into the bowels of hell just for looking too long. Maia took a step back. This serperior radiated power, and was even emitting a low grass-whistle like hum. The very air shuddered at the thought of brushing up against this thing.

Maia broke the eyecontact. She spun around and ran for the gap in the trees. As she ran, the ground gave a mighty heave, and fully grown oak trees exploded into the space, blocking the exit. Maia managed to stop herself due to a combination of digging her shoes into the ground, and being hurled off her feet by the ground erupting again. Oak trees began shooting out of the ground all around them, forming a great wooden ring around the garden.

She was trapped. Trapped like a rat in a steel drum. It was now that Maia regretted not having a flying type with her. The Chi in the area was too thick for a teleportation anyway, so that was out of the equation.

Maia turned to face her captor. The snake hadn't moved... well, it hadn't moved until she'd made the conscious observation that it hadn't. As soon as she turned, the Snake began moving towards her, slithering slowly. With every inch it moved, grass grew to impossible lengths, then bowed out of the way. Nearby plants dropped their fruits and grew better ones. There was no doubt that this was the reason behind the forest's weird ways. This thing... this beast... this behemoth needed a name.

"Wreath Drake." Maia gasped. Some artsy part of Chirp knew that this wasn't exactly what would qualify for the term "drake", but serpent was just so overused.

The Wreath Drake slithered closer and closer, its eyes locked onto Maia.

Maia's stomach tied itself into knots. Would any of her pokemon be able to stand up to this? Hank was KO'd, Finn was weakened from the fight with that Deerling, and the Deerling, who shall be named Anne, was in no condition to fight. That left Jack... JACK! That's right!

A sudden smirk came over Maia's face. She grabbed Jack's pokeball and hurled it into the air. "Jack! Come be a martyr!" she chirped. The Wobbuffet was released, and... he did nothing. Jack stood there, arms hanging. It seemed he enjoyed being able to close his mouth for once. He stared at the snake infront of him, and let out a very depressed "Wobbuffet."

"Ok, Jack, Dooooo your thing!" Maia cheered, confident that her plan would work. She'd planned to use Jack's Destiny bond to blast the Wreath Drake in the snake genitals!

The Wreath Drake, which is actually sounding more kick a\ the more I say it, let out another loud hiss, and fired a weird green cloud of energy from its mouth. The cloud sped straight for Jack! Maia shouted, "Now! Use Destiny Bond!" Jack flared the flames of darkness around himself just in time to be engulfed by the cloud. The energy turned blood red, and jumped straight back into the Serperior's mouth. It had been a Gigadrain. Now, Jack lay on his back, drained of any kind of energy. His final thoughts before passing out were: "I need to find a better job."

The flames however, were still around. They were glowing brighter, in fact! From their depths, a shadowy hand burst forth. It flew across the ground, mimicking the motions of the snake! It took a second to leap into the air before diving into the Shadow of the Wreath Drake. The large pokemon screeched in pain, the darkness boiling its shadow, and pulling its veins to the surface. Several of the flowers on its neck seemed to wither momentarily. Thorny tendrils grew from around them and latched onto the Serperior, seeming to pull a weird recycling trick. It sucked the energy from the pokemon to revive itself, then gave the pokemon energy tenfold. It was a very broken system.

This system of revival didn't do much for reviving Maia's spirits. She'd just sacrificed a pokemon to buy herself a minute or two. Surely, she'd made the most of it. While the Serperior was screeching and trying to recompose itself, Maia had taken the time to scale a tree just high enough to get between some of the Oaks and out into the field beyond. If her memory served her right, it was a straight shot out of the field,back into the treeline, and then boom, home free!

The main problem with that? The field that had been almost empty on her way in was now filled to the brim with Grass type pokemon. They'd gathered here once they felt the disturbances in the Chi flow, and were now staring at Maia and the rose as if they didn't know what to do. They wanted to protect the rose, but destroy the girl. Could they destroy one without harming the other?

Maia took advantage of their confusion. In an act of desperation, she released Finn, her Beautifly. He wasn't sure when he'd been returned, but he was here now! He let loose a little Quiver dance before ripping a Gust out at the crowd. This caused a ripple of confusion as pokemon toppled over. They collectively figured out that they no longer had their passive boons from the forest, and were kinda defenseless. Well... in a "we don't have a mega advantage" sort of way.

It only took a few seconds for the crowd to realize they were an army and this was just a human and one bug type. Their confusion gave way to anger, and they began gathering chi for a variety of attacks! Powders, vines, bullets, seeds, beams, you name it, it was there! It was the Used car lot of pokemon attacks! Finn couldn't help but take a few... guh, can't say "steps" as he's flying, but he went backwards.

Suddenly, Maia jumped at the pokemon. "HEY." she yelled at them, "IF I SEE ONE MORE ATTACK, I'M EATING THE FLOWER." The pokemon seemed to shuffle around a bit, as if they didn't understand. "....pewpew!" Maia said, shooting a finger gun. She followed it up with making biting motions at the Rose. This seemed to get some of them to understand, and they passed the message on.

This seemed to calm the pokemon down a bit. some dispelled their attacks all together, others just lowered them. Either way, Maia and Finn used this moment of peace to push their way through the crowd. Maia brandished the rose at the pokemon, thrusting it at her mouth if they didn't do as she wanted. They'd waded halfway through when the oak trees exploded.

The Wreath Drake, back at 100%, came flying through the clouds of bark and splinters. The trees groaned as they fell, one toward the garden, the other towards the field. The sheer size of the tree caused many pokemon to flee in panic. Seems no one wants a tree to fall on them, not even grass types!


Maia wasted no time in getting out of there. There was just no time to go on threatening pokemon to get them out of the way. She pulled her arm back, and placed a clean punch square in the face of a Simisage. It stumbled backwards into a Servine, and the two collapsed into a tangled green pile. Maia used the Simisage's belly like a springboard, and although it didn't propel her like she wanted, it would keep at least two pokemon on the ground for a bit.

Maia threw herself into a group of Deerling, and grabbed one by the face. A simple shove threw it into the one next to it. A few reered up for an attack, but found themselves slapped with a Gust from Finn. Somewhere behind her, pokemon were crying out, as if they were being knocked out of the way in a very comical fashion. Maia knew the Drake was on her heels. She had no time for any of this.

"Rose!" She shouted, hoping this would work. To her surprise, the flower seemed to shiver a bit, as if it recognized her. "Hold on tight." As soon as the words left her mouth, roots grew from the bottom of the flower, wrapping themselves around Maia's arm, save for the thorns this time. Maia let out a tiny breath she didn't know she'd been holding, and took off at a sprint.

The pokemon became a blur. The grass was a blur. She could only see the edge of trees where she and Hank had been blasted through. Could only smell the roses on the pokemon coming after her. Could only hear the chaos that came before the snake. One missed step, and the beast would be on her. Finn moved ahead of her, dancing as he went to boost his speed. Maia could feel the Drake closing in. Its breath was raking across her nose and stinging her eyes.

Maia clamped her eyes shut as the Drake's tongue grazed her. Was this it?! No! Noo!!!

SNAP!!

Maia tumbled to the ground and scrambled to her feet. The Serperior's jaws had missed her by mere inches! She patted herself down to make sure.Adrenaline could have been keeping her from feeling that her entire backside was missing, for all she knew. Turns out the Drake hadn't missed.... Maia had to fight the urge to fall to her knees and weep, mourning her disfiguration. Now wasn't the time! She had to keep going!

The Drake pulled its head back once more, but maia ducked behind a tree. It didn't do much in the form of cover, as it was snapped in half by the snake in less than a second. Splinters rained down on Maia as she sprinted out from cover. "Finn! Do something!" she called out, having lost track of the pokemon.

From off to her right, Finn came flying in to the rescue, using his boosted Special attack to hurl thick purple needles at the Serperior. Maia was glad that this thing wasn't invincible. The Drake screeched and did its best to dodge the purple needles, waiting for a break in the onslaught. Maia took off once more, jumping over stumps and tall grass and rocks, and even smaller pokemon. Finn was right behind her, and so was the Drake.

The farther she went, the thicker the trees got. They seemed to be leaning inward, their branches falling strategically, their roots raising higher. This was clearly the work of the Roses adorning the snake's hood, but they didn't account for how slippery Maia was. She'd ducked and jumped over roots, rolled away from branches, and kicked off of trees in order to stay out of the reach of that snake. The Drake wasn't as agile, but had no problem in smashing his way through the trees in order to get that rose back. This human was not leaving this forest with that thing in hand! wait, what? SHT! She'd gotten out of the forest. No matter. The Drake simply crashed out of the tree line and continued chasing her through the marshy area.

Maia screamed. "DO YOU EVEN GIVE UP?!" She howled. Finn made a quick aerial move and ended up facing the Drake. He fired off a Gust, but the winds seemed to have no effect. Mainly due to the fact that his winds were swallowed whole by the hurricane of leaves he'd been engulfed with.

Maia returned the pokemon and stared down the snake. No pokemon to battle with. No real way to escape... what to do?

"So, I guess you forgot about me, huh?"

THAT'S RIGHT, GRAY!
"THAT'S RIGHT, GRAY! Is probably what you're thinking, there, fakey. You're out of the forest there, sweet cheeks. Chi scanner says that this thing is acting like a bubble, the big bad is the source, but the chi itself is confined to that forest." GRAY droned from Maia's snag. "The chi here is significantly thinner"

"So I can take em?" Maia asked, standing as still as the Drake was.

"Yeah, go get em tiger. Say, what do you want me to write on your tombstone?"

"Ok, I'm guessing he's no weaker than before."

"Oh look whose hunk of grey matter still works!"

"Huh? whatever, just get Claydol to get me out of here!"

Suddenly, Claydol appeared infront of Maia. She leaped at the pokemon and grabbed on, feeling a hurricane of leaves erupt around them. a chunk of the attack seemed to come with them during the teleport, cutting into the both of them to a point where Maia and the chunk of the Leaf Storm were thrown into a puddle outside the forest.

Maia laid there in a crumpled heap until the ministorm calmed down. She was cut up something fierce, and could see blood mixing with the puddle's water. She stood up as best she could and looked around.

Chirp remembered this as the other side of the Pinwheel forest. The Nacrene side. There was a road that cut clean through the forest around here, but getting through wasn't her goal.

Maia checked the time. Almost an hour and a half had passed. Gah, that had seemed like an eternity. She could see Nacrene city in the distance. Should she get medical attention? She took a quick inventory of her injuries. Loads of cuts and bruises were scattered on her body. Her shoes were on the verge of falling apart. Lastly, there was the results of her most recent snake bite... Almost the whole thing was gone. What was left was jagged and messy. It was hot and sticky with hot chlorophyll.... Maia was glad she wasn't able to look at it. the feel alone was enough to make her want to throw up.

That thing had cut her hair.

Objective:
---Travel to the Sevii Islands and collect the items required, the first being the Golden Spores of an ancient Parasect deep within the Pattern Bush maze.
---The next item is either a Starf Berry (for hybrids) or an Enigma Berry (for Channelers) growing deep within Berry Forest, protected by either the Oddish line (For hybrids) or the Bellsprout line (for Channelers).
---Once you have both items head to Cape Brink and till the soil at the top of the waterfall, mixing into the soil the ground up remains of the Golden Spores and the berry you gained. You are then to plant your Millenium Rose in this prepared land and guard it from wild Pokemon for twenty-four hours, giving it time to undergo change and become the De Novo Rose which will grant you your power.

Opposition:
---The wild Pokemon of Pattern Bush will surely get in your way as you make your way through the maze. Various Bug Pokemon live here, enemies to Grass types, they consist of Spinarak, Ariados, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill, Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree, Heracross, Ledyba, and Ledian. This also include the Golden Mushroom Parasect, which will not allow you to take its precious spores without a difficult fight, it's incredibly old and wise, having fought many battles its self.
---The wild Pokemon of Berry Forest will also prove to be a problem, these Pokemon include Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Venonat, Venomoth, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Drowzee, Hypno, Psyduck, Slowpoke, Exeggcute, and Exeggutor. There is also the leader of the groups of Oddish/Bellsprout, a powerful Vileplume/Victreebel, the alpha male of the packs which will not allow you to take a berry from their precious trees, not without a fight first.
---Finally you must also deal with the wild Grass Pokemon which will be attracted to your Millenium Rose as it slumbers, these Pokemon include Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Oddish, Gloom, Hoppip, Skiploom, and Tangela.