At the Grotto's mouth the water was shallow, the rock having been worn down over the centuries. Beyond stretched a cavern, flooded. The rock at the Grotto's mouth had formed a tidal barrier so that the water within the cave didn't suffer the often tumultuous waves that the lake proper did, but rather seemed at a constant state of calm, easy undulation. The light which struck the water's surface outside the cave reflected through the waves, causing the walls of the cave to dance with countless ribbons of light. Beneath the surface of the water, the stone and rock had been worn, and almost seemed to glow in shades of green and blue beneath the crystal clear water. Along the cave's edge ran a shelf of rock which was above the waterline.<br/><br/>The cave itself was large enough for a person to stand in, though its generally round ceiling fave it a tunnel like quality. A few stalactites hung from the ceiling, evidence that the cave had been at one time sealed, though the expansion of the lake over the millennia had warn down the coast until the cavern's wall collapsed and opened it to the elements.<br/><br/>The cave extended for about fifty meters. Beyond the drop, the ceiling did not end, showing the cave continued and likely opened into a chamber, though to see what was beyond, one would likely need to reach the drop and peer over its edge. Though someone could not be sure given the luminous quality of the grotto's entrance tunnel, there seemed to be a pale glow emanating from beyond the drop.<br/><br/>The water from the tunnel halted at the drop, though only just. There was a dam of rock that prevented the water from pouring over into the chamber beyond. The dam, though was extremely smooth, evidence of water flow. It was likely that during storms that would cause the water level to rise, the clear water within the grotto would pour over the dam into the chamber. The drop wasn't sheer like a cliff, but rather was a sharp descent. Its center, where water would pour over the dam was smooth, offering no foothold. Where the rock shelf met the drop, however, were numerous jutting rocks, creating a safe, though difficult, descent to the chamber floor below.<br/><br/>The chamber below the drop was large and circular, nearly 40 meters in diameter. It was rimmed by a mostly flat shelf like the tunnel above. At the chamber's heart was a large pool filled slowly, inch by inch since the cavern's entrance opened to the lake, rising each time a storm passed and spilled more water over the lip of the dam above. The water was dark and ominous, so deep that it seemed black, whatever cavity the water had filled having been massive.<br/><br/>Upon reaching the drop and looking out into the chamber below, it would be unmistakable. It was glowing. Rising like jagged lines of of lighting, the chamber's wall were rich in mineral deposits. The deposits glowed yellow and blue, illuminating the cavern. Only a select handful of minerals were known to glow as such, and the yellow and blue veins would be unmistakable to the trained eye. They were deposits of raw Thunder Stone, and Water Stone.<br/><br/>Perhaps even more tantalizing was the scene within the chamber that the glowing veins illuminated. Lazily laying on a jutting rock overhanging the water's edge was a<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Slowbro_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slowbro</a>, content to idle watching the water below where a half dozen<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tentacool_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tentacool</a>bobbed beneath the surface. The crystal clear water glittered in the glow with the tiny plankton that grew within, no doubt the food source which drew the Tentacool. At the water's edge, half within the water, half out, waited a<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cloyster_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloyster</a>. A<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Vaporeon_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vaporeon</a>lay curled up in a nook near the water's edge, sleeping while a<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Froakie_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Froakie</a>nearby batted at the water when a Tentacool swam near.<br/><br/>At the far end of the chamber was another slender tunnel which went further into the cavern, though to enter it, one would need to shimmy sideways. At the tunnel's entrance was a large vein of Thunder Stone, near which a<a class="externalLink" href="http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Magneton_(Pok%C3%A9mon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magneton</a>hovered.<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/>The group reached the treeline and Eleyna steadied herself.<span style="color: blue">Alright, Charlie... here we go.</span>she said and headed into the lightly forested area,<b>looking for a Pokemon encounter</b>.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>