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Winter nodded thoughtfully, "That's not such a bad- WATCH OUT!"

He reached out to try and grab Titania, but was definitely too far out of reach. Luckily, she had the reaction time to jump back before she caved in with the floor. Winter breathed a sigh of relief.

"I guess that warning goes for both of us. We're not as light as a Squirtle." he joked, making levity of the situation. But all concentration went towards the gap in the floor as he spotted something glimmering from the light of the sun peeping through it. The roof was obliterated, after all.

"Huh..." Winter noted, "Titania, come take a look at this."

The Champion crept closer and closer to the large hole in the floor, spreading his weight across the floorboards so that they wouldn't give way under him. He realized then and there that he didn't have a flashlight, but he would at least try to get a better glance with the lighting he had.

"There's something down there, actually. They must have a basement then. Only...why does everything look like it's made of stone?"

From his perspective, he was looking down at a corridor made of cool granite. The inside wasn't lit up, but easily looked like it could've from the metal torch holders that was what actually caught Winter's attention earlier. An idea came to him.

"Hmm..." he thought as he carefully reached for his belt and pulled out the PokeBall he knew contained Mane. A flick of the wrist and he chucked the PokeBall into the cavern, releasing the Typhlosion into the cavern. Mane blinked, glancing arounda t his surroundings in puzzled bewilderment.

"I'm up here, buddy!" the Champion called out to him.

Mane glanced up at the sound of his trainer's voice, giving him a bleary eyed look that said: Why'd you wake me up?

"I know. You were probably sleeping. But I need your help. Along the side walls are some torch holder thingies. Can you go ahead and light the torches that are in them? This way, we can see where you're at."

Mane reared back and unleashed Inferno around the surroundings, lighting all the torches at once. In the same movement, however, the hot blast of air from the attack shook the boards around them, causing the floor Winter was lying on to finally give way.

"WoooOAAAAH!" came Winter's cry as he plummeted downward, into the corridor.