Welcome to the Expedition Society

Ian and Patience watched as the Expedition Society members chowed down on their foods at the dining table. They decided to pass on the meal because they had sneakily took a few apples and berries from the supply crates to compensate for their efforts.
The sun had already begun to set when Ian and Patience were finally able to get enough food to fill 4 crates, Buizel said that the food "should be able to last until winter if Swirlix wasn't snacking from it". It was easy getting food from the residents of Lively Town, all they had to do was ask, and they flooded them with all kinds of food, thinking that the two were mere children that were travelers. The hard part was getting the food back to the Expedition Society Headquarters, Gadget was kind enough to help take two of the four crates, Ian and Patience took the other two, slowly pushing their way to the Headquarters.
This better be worth it for my poor legs. Ian thought to himself.
"Phew! That was a good dinner!" The Pokemon known as Bunnelby said.
"I thought I was done for!" Swirlix said.
"You're the reason we ran out of food in the first place!" Buizel exclaimed feeling annoyed.
"Remember the last time you ate too much Swirlix?" Glaceon said. "You fell ill from overeating that I had to pump you with my digestion concoction to make sure all your food actually went down."
Swirlix winced at the memory, not wanting to remember it.
"So Gadget." The tiny mouse Pokemon, also known as Dedenne said. "Care to explain your sudden return?"
"I would explain everything once the chief comes back." Gadget replied. "Where is he anyway?"
"He's out on a mission with Mawile." The bird Pokemon, Archen replied. "They should probably be back soon."
"And here we are!"
Ian and Patience turned to the voice and saw a familiar face.
"Ampharos!" They both exclaimed in surprise.
"Well well well." The lighthouse Pokemon said. "if it isn't The Hydroflames, and... Gadget?"
"Reporting back for duty... Sir." She replied.
The room fell silent, the Expedition Society members were both shocked and happy to hear Gadget return, Ampharos was happy as well, but couldn't show it to the rest of his colleagues to maintain his professionalism.
Ampharos cleared his throat to get the attention of everyone in the room.
"Anyway, what brings you two here?" He asked Ian and Patience.
Ian looked over at Patience, who nodded. She'll do the talking.
"W-we like to join the Expedition Society!" She declared.
"WHAAAAAT?!" The room boomed with the voices of the Expedition Society members.
"T-this is sudden...!" Buizel said.
"Two more members?! Aw man! That means less leftovers for me!" Swirlix said.
"Great! The more the merrier!" Glaceon happily said.
"Cool." Bunnelby said.
Ampharos looked like he wasn't surprised, as if he knew that they would eventually want to join, but there was a question that he had to ask.
"Do your parents know about this?" He asked. "It's hard to believe that they would let you travel to the other side of the continent."
"Well..." Ian trailed off. "Sort of."
"That's good enough then." The lighthouse Pokemon replied. "Very well, would you two step up please?"
Ian and Patience did as told and stepped up towards Ampharos, Mawile stepped over to the side to give them room.
"Do you, Ian and Patience, wish to join the Expedition Society as official members?" He asked.
"Yes!" Patience excitingly replied.
"Yep." Ian replied.
"Then it is settled! As leader of the Expedition Society, I hereby declare The Hydroflames official members of the Expedition Society! Congratulations!"
The room erupted into thunderous claps and cheers, happy that two new members have joined the family.
"We'll save introductions for tomorrow." Ampharos said. "Dedenne will show you to your room."
"Roger that boss!" The antenna Pokemon said. "Follow me you two."
Dedenne got out of her seat and made her way out of the dining room, Ian and Patience followed after her.
"Gadget," Ampharos said, getting the gleam eyes Pokemon's attention. "report to my office immediately."
Gadget nervously gulped, something she had never done in a long time.
"Yes sir." She said, as she followed Ampharos out of the room, leaving the remaining Expedition Society members to themselves.
"You know what this means?" Buizel asked everyone.
"Initiation?" Archen replied.
"Initiation." He repeated.
"Oooh yes! I've been waiting so long for this again!" Glaceon said exactingly said.
"I'll go get the bottles and cups!" Swirlix said. "It's time for the traditional Expedition Society Initiation!"
----Gadget remained still as Ampharos shut the door to his office, leaving the two of them in this confine space. Gadget never really liked small, cramped places. It felt like the world would close up and crush her at any second, but that seemed like nothing compared to what Ampharos might have to say.
All these years... He had took her in, train her, and made her the best. How did she repay him? By turning her back on him just because of her foolish opinions. If Ampharos went to a fit of anger and started yelling at her, she deserved every single second of it.
But it didn't happen, instead he approached and gave her a pat on the shoulder, smiling.
"It's good to have you back." He said. Gadget was confused, bemused at her mentor's attitude, her mouth hung open.
"I- I don't get it..." She said.
"Hmm? What is?"
"Why are you... happy to see me? After leaving I thought you would be upset, angry..." She trailed off, looking down towards the ground.
"...disappointed in me."
"Me? Disappointed? Goodness no." Ampharos said. "What's a leader who has no faith in their colleagues?"
"But six months, six months I turned my back on the Society because I was blinded by revenge, I felt nothing else, until now..."
Ampharos raised an eyebrow, curious at her last words.
"The two kids, Ian and Patience. After getting to know them I've came to care for them, protect them." She turned around, feeling embarrassed with her next few words. "They reminded me of who I was, the Gadget who would come back after every mission, smiling with pride for another job well done, one filled with enthusiasm and happiness. It reminded me of you, Ampharos, of how you invited me to join the Expedition Society because you saw potential in me, potential in becoming a great Pokemon."
Ampharos remained silent, unsure as to how to respond with Gadget's sudden speech. Sure, he had taught her everything she needed to know about dungeon exploring and how to survive, but had he really left such a big impact on her?
"I'm flattered to hear that Gadget." Was all he managed to say. "Now go on, I think we should properly welcome our new recruits."
"Indeed, goodnight sir."
"Goodnight."
Gadget left the room and shut the door behind her, leaving the lighthouse Pokemon alone with his thoughts.
Well, that was one good news out of a sea of bad news. He thought to himself as he went into his bedroom, collapsing onto his bed and immediately fell asleep.
----"And this will be your room!" Dedenne said, opening the door to Ian and Patience's new room. It turned out that the sleeping quarters were at the left side of the main hall. There were eight doors along the hallway, four on each side, he assumed there were rooms for the other members.
Ian and Patience stepped into the room, it was pretty spacious, a light, sky blue wallpaper covered the room, there was a small round table with two chairs by the side, an empty shelf, and two beds placed right by the window.
"With that settled, I think I'll be heading home now." Dedenne said.
"Huh? You don't live here Dedenne?" Patience asked.
"Nah, I live down the street with my family. You should meet them some day."
"I see."
"In that case, see you tomorrow Dedenne." Ian said.
"See you tomorrow! And also, welcome to the team."
Ian nodded back and closed the door to the room, he turned back and faced Patience, she had the biggest grin on her face. She suddenly squealed in excitement and started jumping around the room, the mudfish Pokemon was confused at first, but then understood what it was all about.
Patience had finally achieved her dream.
"I've finally joined the Expedition Society!" She proudly exclaimed.
"Indeed you have." Ian replied.
"I couldn't have done it without you Ian," She said. "thank you."
Ian smiled and nodded back at her. "You're welcome."
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Ian hoped that it wasn't a member who wanted to complain about Patience rather loud squeal. He opened the door and saw Buizel by the door.
"How do you like your new room?" He asked.
""It's pretty spacious and nice." Ian replied.
"Well, once your down settling down, head over to the last room on your right. We got something planned for you."
Buizel then walked off into the hallway, Ian looked over his door and saw the float sac Pokemon enter the room that he had instructed them to go to. Ian looked over at Patience, who simply shrugged in confusion as well.
"Might as well do as he says." Ian said.
Ian and Patience placed their bags down and exited their room, as the two walked through the hallway Ian noticed that they were signs for two of the rooms on the left, one of them read "Infirmary" and the other read "Storage". When they reached the final room on the right, it too also had a sign on the door. "Crew Room" was written on it. As Ian opened the door, they were greeted with the Expedition Society members, standing around when they turned to see their new recruits, all the members including Gadget were present, except for Ampharos, in place of him was a floating, white Pokemon with half a star as a head with paper looking objects stuck to his head. The room was just big enough to fit everyone, in one corner there was a long table with chairs, similar to the one Ian saw in the dining room. Ahead were a few tables and chairs, a bookshelf nearby filled with books. The one thing that peaked Ian and Patience's interest the most was a wall to the left of them, on the wall were multiple picture frames arranged in a orderly manner.
"Are these the two recruits that you woke you me up from my sleep for?" The floating Pokemon said.
"Yup, meet Ian and Patience of The Hydroflames." Glaceon declared.
The room clapped once more, Patience feeling a little embarrassed from all the excitement, her face turning slightly red.
"Aw shucks, you don't have to clap that much." Patience shyly said.
Ian turned and looked at the pictures on the wall, upon closer examination he realized that they were group pictures of the Expedition Society each one a new member of the Society is present.
The first picture merely showed Ampharos and Mawile, smiling with the entrance of the Expedition Society Headquarters behind them. Next picture, Dedenne was present, then Bunnelby, Archen, Swirlix, a young Gadget, back then a Luxio, Swampert and Charizard, who back then were Marshtomp and Charmeleon, Buizel, the star Pokemon, and finally Glaceon. The final picture was the entire Expedition Society members posing in all sorts of manners.
"That's our Society Wall." Bunnelby said. "Their pictures of the members of the Expedition Society every time a new member joins. It's actually a pretty good method of tracking how much time has passed to be honest."
"So does that mean we-"
"Yeah, we're going to have to call Meowth to get our picture done for the wall." Mawile added. "But enough with that, let us all gather at the table."
The members all gathered around and sat down by the long table. Ian and Patience sat down on the remaining chairs.
"Now, it is time for you to perform the Expedition Society Initiation." Mawile announced.
Ian and Patience looked at each other, Ian wasn't aware that this was a thing, judging by Patience's expression, nether did she.
Swirlix placed ten cups and passed it around the table, along with it was a plain white bottle.
"Before we commence, I think we should all introduce ourselves to our new recruits." Mawile said. "Who would like to go first?"
"I'll go first." Buizel said, he stood up let out soft cough to clear his throat. "The name's Buizel, I'm in charge of underwater and marine expeditions, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Buizel sat down, Bunnelby went next.
"My name is Bunnelby, my primary role is underground and excavating expeditions, pleased to meet you."
"Oh oh! I'll go next!" Swirlix said excitingly. "My name is Swirlix, and I'm the Expedition Society's steward! I'll be cooking up all your meals while you're here, although sometimes the food just looks so good that I can't resist-"
"And this is why we our food supply always runs short!" Buizel exclaimed. "Because our chef is a complete glutton!"
"Alright alright, enough you two." Archen said. "Allow me to go next, my name is Archen and I'm in charge of sky expeditions, going where no one else can! Although I can't actually fly though eheh..."
"I'm Charizard, a veteran here. I'm the one who mainly goes on sky expeditions in Archen's place." 
"He's completed more sky expeditions than I have." Archen confessed.
"My name's Swampert, another veteran of the Expedition Society. I help Buizel with the underwater expeditions." Swampert told them.
"I'll go next." Mawile said. "My name is Mawile and I'm the XO, or second in command of the Expedition Society, anything you wish to discuss or complain about, you come see me, other than that, it's a pleasure meeting you!" She smiled sweetly at Ian and Patience.
"Guess it's my turn then." The star Pokemon said. "My name is Jirachi, the genius."
"Wait, I know that name." Ian interrupted. "You're the Pokemon who created the Expedition Gadget correct?"
Jirachi nodded, impressed at the mudfish Pokemon's extensive knowledge of him.
"I see you're well aware of my work. It's only natural since I am such a genius after all. Anyway, I'm the Expedition Society's tech specialist and astronomer, it'll be a pleasure working with you two."
Boy, isn't he full of himself. Ian thought.
"My turn now." Dedenne said, she stood on the table instead of sitting on the chair because of her relatively small size compared to everyone else. "my name is Dedebne and I'm in charge of running communications in the the Expedition Society."
"Communications?" Patience asked, what's that supposed to mean?"
"I'll explain that tomorrow." She replied, to the fire fox Pokemon's disappointment.
"You already know me but I guess I'll has to reintroduce myself for the sake of the tradition." Gadget said. "My name is Luxray, AKA Gadget and I'm the Expedition Society's Ranger, whenever there's a dangerous dungeon or an expedition that the other members are unable to do, I'll be sent in for the job."
"I cannot count the number of times Gadget has bailed us out from dangerous expeditions and succeeded." Archen commented. "She's a huge asset to the Society."
Gadget merely grunted at the compliment.
"Huh, guess that leaves only me then." Glaceon said. "My name is Glaceon and I'm the Expedition Society's doctor, if you get food poisoning or took a Hyper Beam to the face, you come see me." She then giggled. "I was the Society's most recent addition and youngest until you came along, it's nice to meet you two!" Glaceon smiled at Ian and Patience. Ian didn't know why, but her smile made his heart melt, the friendly and welcoming smile made him instantly comfortable with Glaceon.
"Now that we've all introduced ourselves." Buizel said. "it's your turn to introduce yourselves."
Ian was about to introduce when suddenly Patience decided to go first.
"I'm Patience from Serene Village! My dream has always been to join the Expedition Society!"
"Well, I see that you've finally achieved it then." Glaceon said.
"And I'm Ian." Ian said. "And uh... Same."
With the introductions finally over, the Expedition Society all nodded, Swirlix went around pouring a strange yellow liquid from the white bottle into everyone's cup Ian and Patience included.
"That right there is Shuckle Juice." Gadget said. "It's probably the sweetest thing ever to be made by Pokemon. We only drink this for occasions such as this."
"Don't drink too much though," Glaceon added. "When I joined I drank a little too much of it and there were... interesting side effects."
"Our resident doctor was knocked out for almost the entire next day, ironic isn't it?" Bunnelby said.
"Ahem, with everything all said and done." Mawile said. "It's time we recite the Expedition Society's motto."
"You guys have a motto?" Ian asked.
"Untied we stand, anything we can." She said. "We're all going to say it and we drink the Shuckle Juice, now is everyone ready?"
Everyone nodded, expect Ian who had hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"Alright, on three. One, two, three!"
"UNITED WE STAND, ANYTHING WE CAN! HUZZAH!" The room roared and after that drank their Shuckle Juice. Ian consumed it in one gulp, the overwhelming sweetness of the drink was both mesmerizing and felt like it was going to kill him, but all in all, it tasted amazing. Patience placed her cup on the table, letting out a loud burp that echoed through the room, she covered her mouth in embarrassment as everyone laughed in amusement.
"Welcome to the Expedition Society Ian and Patience." Mawile declared. "we're going to make a great team."