Treasure Hunters (Aura Realm)

Treasure Hunters is the first episode of Season 1 of Pokémon - Aura Realm, and the first episode overall.
==Plot==
Ryder, an aspiring Breloom who watched his treasure hunter friends from afar in the past, gets caught up in a conflict between the Treasure Hunters and a group of bandits from the Dark Sector.
==Transcript==
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A camera pans over an overhead view of the region of the 18 kingdoms. An unknown narrator starts speaking.
:Narrator: Pokémon have roamed this Earth since the very beginnings. They form the very life of our planet, populating it with their kind. Peace has been attained through our greatest living beings, the Legendaries. 
We soon see various different Sectors, like Normal, Fire, Ice, Water, Dragon, and Dark.
:Narrator: Long ago, Pokémon lived together in harmony, with the kingdom of legendaries that were the primary rulers. However, war broke out between the kingdom, where even some Legendaries were forced into hiding. After a long war, the legendaries agreed that a complete kingdom wasn't the solution to harmony. With this, the legendaries split the kingdom into eighteen different sectors, with a respective kingdom to rule over each. The legendaries went to their own sectors and built them each out of the type of Pokémon: Normal, Fire, Grass, Water, Electric, Ice, Bug, Poison, Ghost, Rock, Ground, Fighting, Flying, Psychic, Steel, Dark, Fairy, and Dragon.
We then see various ancient cave pictures, each detailing various actions: Dark-type Pokémon attacking innocents, Dragons terrorizing the Ice Sector, and a group of Pokemon silhouettes with light surrounding them charging the Dark Sector.
:Narrator: While the kingdoms currently prosper today, evil forces are controlled by some kingdoms, and, as such, bad Pokémon exist to this day. With this, Pokémon who fought for good started to counter this darkness. These are the treasure hunters: groups of Pokemon who explored this world, fighting the darkness we were cursed with.
The camera finally comes to rest on what appears to be the Psychic Sector.
:Narrator: However, there was once an ancient evil that not even Treasure Hunters could defeat at times. It lived during the intertwined kingdom's time period, and it lives today. This evil is the existence of Pokémon themselves: the awful things that our kind has done, the hurt that we have caused. The destruction of our race would lead to the destruction of our world. This means our greatest evil can never be destroyed...unless we destroy each-other. This leads other Pokémon to question the existence of their own species, and research on another solution to lasting peace. This brought us to a new discovery: a possible alternate realm. This realm could bring the peace-seeking Pokémon to true power and destroy darkness for good.
We then see the Grass Sector.
:Narrator: The existence of this realm hasn't been proven, but research shows even larger potential for this existence with every passing day. The name of this realm is the Aura Realm. And the key to discovering this new dimension lies somewhere in the world. One question remains, however: the question of what this realm can hold.
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We then see a shop filled with what appears to be different types of tools: ranging from weapons, orbs, medicine, and TMs. Sitting behind the counter is a male Breloom, nervously watching as a female Infernape angrily talks to him while she is holding what appears to be an expensive Orb.
The Infernape slams her hand on the counter.
:Cynder: What? What the hell do you mean this isn't enough?
Cynder holds up a sack of gold coins.
:Ryder: I told you! You're a few coins short of paying for that! I can't just give you a free discount and send you off.
:Cynder: Oh, come on! You know I need to get this or Azure will kill both of us.
:Ryder: He wouldn't go that far. Otherwise he'd somehow be acting more ridiculous then you are.
:Cynder: YOU LITTLE—
Cynder points a hand out, as if to punch Ryder, but stops herself and steadies her breath.
:Cynder: Listen, would it kill you to knock off five coins from this? 
:Ryder: Then I'd be putting my job on the line, and you know I don't want to lose that.
Cynder is about to reply, but she is distracted when the front door opens, with a small bell ringing to denote the enter of another customer. This new enterer isn't a customer however; this is a Lucario, and one that both Ryder and Cynder know.
:Azure: Now, what's taking you so long, hothead? 
:Cynder: Jeez, Azure, you're never gonna lay that nickname off, are you?
Azure snorts and looks at Cynder like she said the most ridiculous thing possible.
:Azure: Nope. Let me guess, you forgot to bring the right amount of coins? Again?
:Ryder: Hello to you too, Azure.
Azure starts rifling through a bag, presumably filled with gold.
:Azure: Ah, sorry, Ryder. Y'know, Cynder, you should really get a list of prices here. This is the third time this week you've been short.
:Cynder: Oh, shut up.
:Ryder: Thanks, Azure. And you should listen to Azure, that's not a bad idea.
:Cynder: You can shut up, too.
:Azure: Then we can all shut up together, that'll be fun.
Ryder rolls his eyes, obviously used to the banter between the other two.
:Ryder: I don't mean to interrupt the process of shutting up, but what do you need this for, anyways?
Azure snorts.
:Cynder: It's a Tracker Orb. It can point to the end of a dungeon during exploration, or it can point to a malicious Pokémon. Pretty useful, when you think of it.
:Ryder: Huh. That is pretty helpful. 
:Azure: While I'd love to let Cynder teach you the ABCs of item use, we have somewhere to go.
Cynder rolls her eyes at Azure's remark.
:Ryder: Really? Is this confidential information?
:Cynder: Actually, no. Us and the others are going to a Mystery Dungeon, we discovered it along the coast of—
Azure clamps his hand over Cynder's mouth.
:Azure: It IS classified, thanks. 
:Cynder: Oh, come on, I'm allowed to tell the guy something.
:Azure: Well, what if he's a Dark Sector spy?
:Ryder: ...you guys know I'm still here, right?
A look of regret flashes over Azure's eyes.
:Azure: Whoops, haha, got a bit carried away.
:Cynder: If "a bit" means accusing your best friend of being in the sector that could destroy every single other sector and-
Ryder sighs and puts his head down on the counter.
:Ryder: Are you two asking me to kick you both out?
The two stare at Ryder, once more forgetting that he was right there.
:Azure: Uhhh...yeah, we should probably go.
:Cynder: Smartest thing you've said all day. See you later, Ryde. 
:Ryder: You too.
Cynder and Azure walk out, starting to argue about something again. Ryder watches them leave, looking at them almost a bit longingly, before another customer comes in. Ryder quickly snaps out of his gaze and starts to talk to the customer.
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Likely a few hours later, we see Ryder leaving his shop with a leather bag over his shoulder. He walks for a few seconds as we see that it is early evening.
Ryder then bumps into a surly-looking Scrafty wearing a black scarf.
:Ryder: Oh! U-uh, sorry!
Ryder picks his pace up, as we see the Scrafty staring at his bag.
Ryder walks for a few seconds before an orange blur takes him by the body and slams him into a brick wall. A silver knife is pointed at Ryder's neck all of the sudden.
:Scrafty: Alright, shroomhead. Hand it over.
:Ryder: (clearly panicked) U-uh, can I help you?
:Scrafty: Yeah, give me the damn bag.
:Ryder: What, this one?
Ryder glances at the leather bag. It contains various valuable items from the shop, which Ryder would normally be bringing to his house for storage.
:Scrafty: Yeah, the bag! Hand it over!
:Ryder: I, uh, I'm afraid I can't do that.
:Scrafty: Well, I could give ya incentive.
The Scrafty holds the knife closer. Ryder gasps for air for a moment.
Ryder drops the bag. The Scrafty smirks and picks it up.
:Scrafty: About time. Next time I won't hesitate to—
Ryder swings his arm back, and punches the Scrafty in the stomach. While the Scrafty is distracted, Ryder picks up the bag and starts to walk away.
:Scrafty: (gasping for air) Hey! Get back here!
The Scrafty starts running towards Ryder. Darkness starts materializing in his palm.
The Scrafty jumps at Ryder, and hurls a Shadow Ball at him. It hits Ryder, who flies forward and almost drops the bag, as a few items fall out; specifically, various orbs fall and shatter. However, he does not hesitate to keep it with him, as he runs the other way, away from the Scrafty. The Scrafty starts running towards Ryder, at a faster pace then the latter. Ryder stops to catch his breath, too only find the Scrafty almost where he is.
:Scrafty: RUNNING FROM A FIGHT, GRASSASS? ONLY WIMPS DO THAT, YOU LITTLE S—
Ryder doesn't move until the Scrafty starts getting closer. He then swings his arm back and punches him right in the face. The Scrafty falls back, unconscious.
:Ryder: (to himself) I wouldn't want to know what else he had to say.
Ryder starts to walk away, adjusting his bag on his shoulder. As he turns the corner, we see two other figures running down the same area. We see one of them is Cynder, while the other is an unnamed Floatzel.
:Floatzel: Is that him? Seems like an odd place to stop.
:Cynder: Much less be unconscious. Who the hell stopped this guy? We lose track of where he is, and the next thing we know someone beat the shit out of him. 
:Floatzel: Well, that's one less weight on my back. Help me carry him.
The Floatzel hurls the Scrafty up by the legs.
:Cynder: I'm good, thanks. Let's take him to the police station and—
Something catches Cynder's eye; a broken Tracker Orb on the ground.
:Cynder: What the...Seiden, did you drop this?
:Seiden: I left mine at the base. I thought it was yours.
:Cynder: Whoever stopped this edgy asshole over here must've dropped it. 
:Seiden: Does it have a label or trademark or anything? 
:Cynder: Yeah, "Fiona's Forest Explorer Shop". It's that shop Ryder works at, isn't it?
:Seiden: That Breloom you have to try and haggle with every other day? 
:Cynder: Don't start with me. Whoever owns this, we should bring it back tomorrow. 
:Seiden: Whatever, let's just go before he wakes up. 
:Cynder: Sure.
The two walk the other way, Seiden still holding the fallen Scrafty.
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Presumably the next day, Ryder is once again at the shop, taking the payments of a Scizor buying various precious stones. The bell at the door rings as Cynder walks in. She's holding the broken Tracker Orb in an orange cloth, likely to prevent further damage.
:Cynder: Mornin', nerd. I have someth-
:Ryder: Hold a sec. (He nods towards the Scizor, who glares at Cynder before leaving with their goods.)
:Cynder: Here. (She holds out the broken Tracker Orb.)
:Ryder: ...hm.
:Cynder: I found it near the area where we found one of our runaway criminals, and since I know you can fix broken orbs I figured I'd bring it back.
:Ryder: Huh, thanks. (distractedly) Say, who exactly was this runaway you were chasing?
Cynder shrugs tiredly.
:Cynder: Scrafty, probably at a young adult's age. He had this weird black scarf?
Ryder quickly stands up, accidentally knocking over an Orb and breaking it. He grimaces and picks it up, putting the pieces underneath the counter.
:Cynder: You know the guy? He's from the Dark Sector, so we're probably talking about someone else, but...uh, are you even listening?
Ryder is staring at nothing with a large amount of intent. He quickly snaps out of the gaze and starts paying attention to Cynder once more.
To be continued...
Category:Pokémon —Aura Realm
Category:Episodes