The First of Many Adventures

Ian woke up with a sharp pain in his head, wait, he felt a sense of Deja Vu. He opened his eyes and a flash of light blinded his eyes. His eyes took awhile to adjust to the lighting of the room. The last thing he remembered was being body slammed by Patience, knocking him out cold.
Ian got up from the bed that he was on and saw a pink Pokemon who was busy placing medical equipment into a box. The Pokemon turned around when it heard Ian awakening.
"Oh! You're finally awake!" The Pokemon said.
Ian limped towards the pink Pokemon, his legs still aching.
"Urgh... Where am I...?" Ian asked.
"You're in the school nurse's office. You've been out cold for quite awhile now."
"I'm sorry, but I didn't catch your name." Ian said.
"Oh, where are my manners? My name is Audino, and I'm the village doctor here!" Audino said.
"For some reason, I have the sudden urge to punch you right now..." Ian mumbled.
"What was that you said?"
"Oh! Um, nothing! I didn't say anything!"
"Okay then, if you're feeling better I suggest you join back with the class, it went on without you."
"Alright then, thanks for patching me up doc!" Ian said, walking to the exit.
"Anytime my child!" Audino said, smiling and waving at the Mudfish Pokemon as he left the office.
As he walked out of the building and headed towards the class, he noticed that class had long begun. With the class listening to the teachings of the bird Pokemon with the leek. Patience was the first to notice Ian up and about.
"Hey, look! He's finally up!"
A few seconds later Ian was crowded by the students. Wanting to see if he was okay.
"I'm soooooo sorry that I ran into you Ian!" Patience apologized.
"It's fine." Ian said. "I've been through worse."
"Thanks again for saving Goomy yesterday!" The pink deer Pokemon said.
"Wait, what?!" Patience exclaimed. "You both met already?!"
"It was nothing." Ian said embarrassingly. He was never used to being praised excessively. "By the way, I never got your name."
"Me? Well I'm Deerling! Nice to meet you!" She said.
"Oi! If all of you are done introducing yourselves to the new student, there's still a class in session!" The bird Pokemon said.
"Sorry Mr Farfetche'd!" Everyone said as they got back to their seats. Ian following behind. Farfetche'd turned to face Ian.
"Ah, Ian was it?" He said.
"That's me." Ian replied.
"Allow me to first introduce myself first, my name is Farfetch'd, and I'm a your new teacher."
"One question Mr Farfetch'd." Ian interrupted. "What's with the big leek that you're carrying around?"
Ian heard the entire class snicker at his question.
"Well you see Ian, this is not a leek but a stalk. And it'll be FARFETCHED if I didn't carry one now would it?"
The entire class burst into laughter at the pun based joke that he had made.
"Anyway, if you're done asking questions, take the empty seat right next to Patience." He said.
Ian nodded and made his way to the empty seat right next to Patience, who was smiling sheepishly at him.
"Now that everyone has settled down. Let's continue with our lesson." Farfetch'd said.
As class went on as usual, Ian felt time slowing down. With the lessons feeling like a drag. Until the recess bell finally rang.
"You have 10 minutes." Farfetch'd said, as he dismissed the class.
Ian slammed his head on his desk, feeling extremely sleepy on his first day of school.
My goodness this is such a drag. He thought to himself.
"You alright Ian?"
He looked up and saw Patience, Deerling and another small Pokemon standing next to him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine..." He replied. "Who's the other Pokemon with you?"
"Oh? You mean Espurr?" Deerling said.
"It's nice to meet you." Espurr said.
"Yeah, nice to meet you too." Ian said. Feeling uneasy at Espurr's dead looking stare.
"And if you haven't known already, those two snoozing off over there are Shelmet and Pancham." Deerling said. Pointing at the two Pokemon in the back who were snoring away.
"Ring-ding Ring-ding Ring-ding Ring-ding."
As class continued on, the day continued dragging on. From Mr Farfetche'd's storytelling about a Pokemon rescue team that saved the world from a meteor, to Vice Principal Watchog's "illustrious" teaching about Pokemon moves. Until the final bell of the day rang. And Ian made his way back to Nuzleaf's house.
"Wait up Ian!"
He turned around and saw Patience, catching up to him.
"Let's walk together!" She said.
Ian decided to only nod. Not because he didn't want to talk. It was more of feeling awkward after being body slammed by her.
"Sorry about leaving you so suddenly yesterday. I had other things to attend to."
"Yeah, I noticed." Ian said.
"So what did you do after I left?" Patience asked.
"Oh you know, met up with Deerling and Shelmet, saved Goomy from the Foreboding Forest, that kind of stuff."
"What?! You WENT to the Foreboding Forest?!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, got a few bruises but I'll manage."
Patience just stood there, in shock at Ian's bravery, or recklessness.
"The bruises weren't so bad, until SOMEONE rammed into me. Making it sting like crazy!"
"I'm sorry! That was completely my fault, for being late and everything." Patience said.
"Yeah, no kidding."
"Hey, tell you what? I'll make it up to you, I know a place that would totally with a view that would totally blow your mind!"
"Sure, why not." Ian said
"Great! Let's get going then!"
Patience ran on ahead, with Ian following behind. Not even noticing Pancham and Shelmet, who were waiting by the side of the path.
"Hey! Ian!" Pancham yelled. But was simply ignored by the both of them.
"HEY!"
The two turned around, only noticing Pancham and Shelmet.
"Oh, it's you two." Ian said in an annoyed tone.
"I admit, I'm impressed at what you did at the Foreboding Forest yesterday. But I got another challenge for you, complete it, and we'll admit that you got guts."
"A challenge? Oh boy! What kind of dungeon are we going to?" Patience exclaimed, always excited for a new adventure.
"Hey! We're not talking to you!" Pancham yelled. "So, there's this place nearby, it's called the Drillbur Coal Mine. Deep in the mine there's a restricted place that no one is allowed to enter. Rumor has it that there is treasure there."
"Treasure? Oh wow!"
"Could you PLEASE keep quiet?!" Pancham yelled. Annoyed at the fire fox's energetic personality.
"I assume you want me to go down to that mine and find the treasure right?" Ian said.
"Right, but don't think it's going to be a walk in the park. Cause there's also a monster there!"
"Monster?" Ian asked.
"The supposed "guardian" of the treasure that lies at the deepest part of the mine. So, I want you to bring back a red stone from the mine. Do that, and I'll admit that you got guts." Pancham explained.
Ian hesitated for a second not knowing he should take up the challenge or not. He could just walk away from this, not having to deal with them and put himself in danger. But a part wants him to take up the challenge, to show these bozos that he has-
"We'll do it!" Patience said.
"Patience! What do you think you're doing?!" Ian exclaimed.
"Yeah, we're not asking you, we're asking Ian." Shelmet said.
"Come on Ian! Let's do it! Who knows what we'll find there." Patience whispered.
Ian thought for a second, and made his decision.
"All right Pancham, I'll bite, I accept your challenge." He said with a sense of confidence in him.
What's the worst that could happen? He thought to himself.