Riddles riddles riddles. YAY.

[Sylvia]

Leonard jogged into the stadium, setting Sylvia down. Anima was near behind, but Leonard was just a bit too fast... "It appears I went to fast." Leonard looked back, sticking his spoon into his honey and taking a drink of it. "So good..." Sylvia looked around. "Isn't this where he's supposed to be? I didn't see a house on the way up here." Leonard squinted. "Master, you were fighting with Anna half way here." Leonard pointed at the Shedinja clinging to Sylvia's head.

[Anima Everhart]

Anima walked over to the stadium, following pitifully behind the Alakazam known as Leonard. She wasn't going to jog all the way to a Gym Stadium when she could just walk and enjoy the peaceful sights. As she walked up she noticed a man walking towards the stadium. He seemed very experienced, and seemed to fit the description Anima herd about him. Maybe that was Cliff? If so then Leonard and Sylvia missed the stop a little.

"Excuse me, are you Cliff?" Anima asked the brown-haired man.

"Ya, why you ask?" The man answered back.

"Ah, good. My name is Anima, I'm a breeder. I was wondering if I may receive the riddle, a friend of mine who is also a breeder hoping to receive it is also here, but I believe she ran up into the Gym looking for you." Anima explained the the rock-type Gym leader.

"I see. Very well." He simply said and began to walk up to the stadium.
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Inside the gym, something watched Sylvia and her Pokemon with powerful, red eyes. This large dinosaur walked closer to the trio, Cliff had not returned yet. He came out of his spot and walked in front of them, should he chase them off? He wasn't sure when Cliff would return and it wouldn't be very good for people to just hang around the Gym, especially ones he didn't know. Thankfully he didn't have to wonder for long as the doors opened up. Revealing Cliff and another human.

"So, you must be the other breeder, hm?" Cliff said, not really wasting much time. " My name's Cliff, Gym leader of Quakita City. However, you won't be needing to worry about that, now will ya? You're only needin' the riddle." Cliff pulled out the Scroll and began to read out the words that met his eyes.

In a place with a mine,
You would think "underground".
Yet for this one that is not fine,
Listen in the trees, there is a sound.

It's call is quite screechy
And sometimes it pops.
The feathers are itchy
On his poor Archeops."

"Well there you have it. Now unless you want anything else, you better get going so you can find that breeding Center."

[Sylvia]

Sylvia looked at the trees. "Uh." Leonard looked at her with a look of disapproval. "Maybe I will sit this one out." Leonard just ate his honey. "Lazy." Sylvia walked to some trees and began searching, searching. Listening. "Anima, any ideas?"

[Anima Everhart]

Anima looked around as well, she too was unsure about what to do next. They found an area with a lot of trees in them and were looking in a lot of areas. Without Leonard's help of course. Finally after a while, Anima found what looked to be an abandoned mine. Curious...

Before any thing else could happen. A loud, surprised scream was herd. Who was screaming? Anima was of course as something grabbed the hood of her hooding and began to lift her high into the air. The creature who had hold of Anima laughed rather obnoxiously. Already it could be told that who ever had her had a very wild, masculine voice "Well lookie what I found!"

[Sylvia]

"AYE, MATE!" Leonard floated into view from the mountains. "They finally found you, did they?" Sylvia looked up with a scowl. "LEO!" She was pouting over the fact that he knew the entire time what was going to happen. "LAZY BOY!" Leonard looked at the Archeops with a kind old smile. "It took them long enough."

[Anima Everhart]

"Heh! Ya! It always takes people a while to find me, humans never seem to bother looking up!" Archeops laughed. "So I take it you two are breeders?" he asked, still having a firm grip on Anima's Hoodie.

"Uh, ya we are, sir....Um, might I ask when I may be put down?" Anima asked, a little uncomfortable with the idea of hanging in mid air. It's only a straight drop to certain death.

The Archeops laughed. "Well arn't you a polite one. Hm, I'll put'cha down when I feel, is that cool with you?" He asked, though it was quite obvious he wasn't going to take her answer.

"Um...Alright."

Archeops gestured Sylvia and Leonard to follow as he flew over to a huge slab of rock. Carved into that slab was a cave, Archeops simply flew inside the cave. " 'Ey Tucker! we got two comin' your way!

Surprisingly, the cave was well lit. In fact, it was the Breeding Center! Because of the good lighting Everyone could see the makeshift pens formed by Stalagmites and Stalactites at various odds and ends. After a short moment of walking, or in Anima and the Archeops' case, flying. They reached the end of the cave.

At the end of the cave, a man loomed over a desk made out of rock tat came out of the ground, looking at various rocks before he turned to see his Archeops accompanying three people. With a smile, he gave the trio a salute before leaning back.

"Well, hello there. My name's Tucker. Come on, I'll help you get started with this test." He said, taking a sledgehammer and smashing his desk into pieces.

[Sylvia]

"Sylvia, my master, you must understand, I've known about this for ages now. That Archeops there is a friend, to say the least." Leonard floated into the breeding center, talking with Sylvia who was sitting in his lap. "Doesn't mean you could just leave Anima and I to this crud." Sylvia got off, leaving Leo to go back to the Archeops. "Tell me old friend, how've you been holding the place up?" Sylvia scowled. "Shush, Leo." Sylvia straightened up and greeted Tucker. "I will pay for anything my pokemon break." Leonard shot her a glare, Anna merely squirmed.

[Anima Everhart]

"Ah, place's been holdin' up well!" Archeops said gladly.

"Speaking of holding up, why are you still holding on to that one breeder?" Tucker asked, laughing a little. It was obvious that Anima was not to comfortable, and possibly choking a little as well. "Well she didn't tell me to let go of 'er, so why not?"

"Heh. Well then, carry on." He said before turning to Sylvia, much to Anima's displeasure. Is she just gonna be left hanging? Cruel...

"Don't worry about paying if your Pokemon breaking anything. As you can see, I already broke my table!" Tucker picked up pieces of his once used table. "Actually, this was just a slab of a special rock." Tucker showed Sylvia a piece of the table slab rock. The dark part of the rock was revealed to actually be a black coating, and inside was a clear and shiny mineral that looked an awful lot like diamonds.

"Now, do you know what this mineral is?" He asked, handing the rock to her.

[Sylvia]

"I uh... I don't know." Leonard looked at her and snickered before turning back to the Archeops. "Shush." Sylvia looked at it. "I can't tell, really. I'd say obsidian but that would make no sense whatsoever, y'know? I am pretty sure that obsidian is more glass-like than this." Sylvia shrugged.

[Anima Everhart]

Tucker smirked. "Well, you're right about one things, this isn't Obsidian. This is a rather special mineral. It acts a lot like Eevee in that it can take on almost any form. Or at least, in the stone world, ANY form. See, I feel that evolution is an important part of raising Pokemon, but I don't find enough evolution stones. So what you are going to do to help you on your way is MAKE an evolutionary stone using basic Alchemy, hence the name of my Center." He explained as a Tyranitar appeared and held out a basket. Inside were multiple test tubes filled with all kinds of colorful chemicals and a couple bowls.

"Were making evolutionary stones? Anima said, surprised and interested in the idea. "Interesting...So how are we going to be making these stones?"

"So, what you two are going to do is fill the bowl with the contents of one of the test tubes, then carefully put one of these rocks inside it. Don't mix colors and don't go too fast. When it's fully engulfed, you will need to attack it with the type that represents it. So if you wanted to make a water stone, you would need a water type attack. A moon stone would need a normal type attack. You can make any kind of stone you want and as a bonus you get to keep it. If you are successful in making your evolutionary stone, you pass." He finished and leaned against the wall.

"Begin when your ready."

[Sylvia]

"I know what I'm doing. Anima, mind letting me use Kari?" Anima sent out Kari for Sylvia. "Hey doll, who's a pretty doggy?" Sylvia then looked at Leonard who was mingling with the native FOSSILS. "Leonard, come here." Sylvia said in a strict voice. Leonard floated over. "Get the Sky blue phial and a bowl." Leonard looked confused, this wasn't normal for her. "Very well." He raised a finger, raising the phial and the bowl into the air. He filled the bowl and placed it in front of Kari. "Now the stone." Leonard did that as well. "Uh..." Leonard just sort of floated back to Archeops. "Alright, Kari! Icy Wind!"

[RESULT: 8]

[Anima Everhart]

Anima kind of noticed a small problem. She couldn't exactly reach the phials and bowls and rocks from the sky... She sent out Cenric who landed on the ground with ease. "Um, Cenric, forgive me, but may you get the blue phial, a bowl and one of the rocks?"

Cenric blinked as he noticed his trainer was...Kind of floating. He followed orders though, still rather uncomfortable with the idea the his trainer was kind of being held hostage. The Samurott got the materials together as told and poured the blue liquid on the rock inside of the bowl. "Thank you, now. Lets try making a water stone using water gun."

[RESULT: 8]

The first shot was close, but not strong enough. "Close, some on, Cenric, lets try this again!

[RESULT: Miss]

Oh this wouldn't do at all, Cenric accidentally missed this time. Things were not looking good at all. With this, their chances of succeeding were falling quite short.

[RESULT: Miss]

How was Cenric still missing? It was obvious that things were not looking too good, Cenric's bad eye must be hitting him rather badly again.

[RESULT: 8]

Finally! Cenric shot one last time, hitting the mark and powerfully enough to change the stone.

Tucker watched as the water and the ice attacks bonded with the compounds, and shrank around the once-clear colored rocks. As it continued to absorb the mixture the rocks began to glow. After they absorbed all they could, the rocks stopped glowing and the liquids had almost completely disappeared. In the place of the rocks, a bright yellow stone sat in the bowl. A Shiny Stone lied in Sylvia's bowl while a blueish water coloured stone lied in Anima's

Tucker reached in the bowls and pulled out the two stones, examining them carefully. "Yes, these will do nicely. Two genuine stones. Great job you two. I'll go grab your eggs."


Slyvia:

Rarity: Fossil
Obtained From: Alchemy Breeding Center
Battles until Hatching: 6

Anima:

Rarity: Fossil
Obtained From: Alchemy Breeding Center
Battles until Hatching: 6