And so Pikachu and his friends crossed over into...Well, that part of the Hundred Acre Wood...which Noctowl called "the great unknown." It was the start of their quest for Ash Ketchum.

"They would find him," Noctowl said, "if they could get through the woods."

"For the woods," Noctowl said, "were filled with Heffalumps...and woozles...and..."

Who knew how much worse.

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Pikachu was leading his friends through the dark woods when he spotted something up ahead.

"Look!" Pikachu shouted, pointing to a giant rock formation.

The giant rock was shaped into what appears to be a face. Bunnelby and Persian walked up to the electric mouse, as they wanted to take a look at the map.

"The upside-down rock," Bunnelby said while reading the map. "If you've made it this far, you're where monsters...are."

All of a sudden, the group hears a distant howling sound. They turned around to see what was making that sound, as they continue to hear the howling.

"What was that?" Piplup asked.

"Sounded too hungry for a Heffalump," Persian answered.

They heard the distant howling again and the rest of the group quickly walk over to where Pikachu and Persian were standing.

"Too plump for a jagular." Persian continued, as he and the group start walking backward slowly.

They paused when they heard a distant growl, and then, resumed slowly walking backward.

"I'd say it's, uh...the old...buggy-eyed...saber-toothy...Skullasaurus." The feline Pokémon said, with a tone of fear in his voice;

"Skullasaurus?!" Everyone shouted in unison., as they started to panic.

"Which way do we run?" Persian asked Pikachu, as he was the one who holds the map.

'Where do we hide?" Piplup asked, quickly going behind the group to hide.

"What's the shortest shortcut home?" Bunnelby asked as well.

Pikachu opened the map, to see which way he thinks is good to run towards.

"I believe, uh, that way is a good way," Pikachu said while extending his right hand to the right.

The moment he did that, everyone, except for the electric mouse, ran towards that direction. Pikachu then took another look at the map, while placing his honey pot onto the ground. He wanted to get a better look at the map.

"Although," Pikachu said while looking at the map and extending his left hand to the left. "this way could be better."

His friends then started to run towards the left, away from Pikachu, who couldn't seem to make up his mind on which way they should run off to.

"If not over here," Pikachu said while pointing to the right again, which everyone immediately run towards.

"Although," Pikachu said while chuckling. "there might be particularly pleasant as well."

Everyone continues to panic, except for Bunnelby, who stopped and realized that they aren't getting anywhere fast. He decided to do something about it.

"Stop it!" The rabbit Pokémon yelled, causing everyone else to stop running.

'We're getting nowhere fast, Pikachu, and that just won't do!" Bunnelby exclaimed, walking over to where the electric mouse was standing.

"A leader must be someone leaderly, quick-thinking, informed." The rabbit Pokémon explains to Pikachu.

"Someone like..." He said while thinking quickly on who should be the leader. He then grabs the map from Pikachu. "Me."

Suddenly, the growling noise is heard once again, as the rabbit Pokémon quickly looks at the map, to find a spot where they could lose the beast.

"Well...there," Bunnelby stated while pointing to a spot on the map.

"Anyone with half a set of smarts can see we lose the beast by cutting across this lovely meadow." He explained.

Everyone then rushed over to where Bunnelby claimed to be a lovely meadow...

Sounds of a crow shrieking can be heard, as the group travels through a path that has spiky thorn plants all around them.

"And a lovely meadow it is," Bunnelby said.

He paused when a pointy thorn was near his face. He then notices something very interesting.

"Why, look." He said while looking at a green plant, which had sharp-like teeth inside. "Is that a golden dahlia daffodilus? Rare for this location."

The plant quickly shuts its mouth, while spooking the rabbit Pokémon as well.

"What exactly is this location, Bunnelby?" Pikachu asked his friend, as he climbs over the blockade of spiky branches while helping Piplup climb over as well. "And might it be nearer Ash Ketchum than farther?"

"Why we're right here," Bunnelby answered, with hesitation in his voice. "On course, of course. Where else would we be?"

The sounds of birds squawking distracted the rabbit Pokémon for a moment, before he quickly refocused his attention onto figuring out where they were, as this didn't look like a peaceful and lovely meadow.

"Noctowl, where are we?" He said to himself while looking at the map."

"Nice, peaceful spot." He scoffed. "Indeed."

Piplup is walking through the spiky forests until he quickly notices a pointy spike in front of him. He jumps and starts slowly walking backward. He didn't notice the pointy spike behind him, as it pokes his back.

"Oh, d-d-dear!" The penguin Pokémon exclaimed. "This is not the place for a small and frightfully fearful animal, such as myself."

"Or myself." Persian proclaimed, as he also tries to walk through the spiky forest while being careful to not be poked by the spikes sticking out from the branches.

"Or himself." Persian finished his statement.

He was referring to Slowpoke, who was below the feline Pokémon. Slowpoke was crawling through the spiky forest, as there were spikes above him.

"Thanks for noticing," Slowpoke said sarcastically.

"Yes, well, precisely why I chose it," Bunnelby stated, while Pikachu and Piplup were following behind him. "No Skullasauruses would dare follow us in here."

At that moment, they hear something howling, causing the rabbit Pokémon's ears to curled up. There was a look of horror across his face. He was thinking how could the Skullasaurus followed them in here.

The howling caused Piplup to scream loudly and started to run through the small opening that the branches formed. Pikachu tried to follow his scared friend, but couldn't fit through the small opening.

"Piplup, come back! I can't lose you, too." Pikachu exclaimed.

But his words couldn't make it to Piglet's ears. The penguin Pokémon was too scared to listen to his best friend, as he continues running away from his friends.