//------------------------------// // Friends & Rivals, New & Old Part 1 // Story: Pokemon; World Collision // by Ty The Draco //------------------------------// "So Mr. N? How are we gonna get out of here?" asked changeling Apple Bloom, though by this time, since the two young changelings came to the conclusion they may run into other versions of themselves, they gave themselves nicknames, with the changeling Apple Bloom taking the name Bloomling and changeling Sweetie Belle being called Sweetieling. Right now, the two changelings were following N, with all three of them doing their best to stay out of sight while N's Carracosta carried the unconscious pony from earlier. "Either we leave without being seen or we force our way out. You two still have the Pokemon I gave you?" asked N. Both changelings looked at a belt made from their own slime and on them, one single Poke Ball as seen on them. They turned back to N and nodded. "Good. Keep them. I know they won't mind being with you and you'll need them in case we need to use force." said N. The gang of three kept moving, being careful not to get noticed. After some time, they soon arrived in some sort of big room. Ahead of them was some sort of light and from the look of it, clouds were seen. "We're almost there. Come on!" said N as he, Bloomling, and Sweetieling started to run for the exit, but suddenly, some sort of electrical bolt from above cut them off. They looked up and suddenly, they saw an unwelcome sight. Coming down to them was a muscular changeling with a large bird Pokemon with a drill like beak, pointy yellow and black wings, and khaki colored legs. "Who are you?" asked N. The changeling didn't respond, but the moment he looked at the group of three, they knew something was wrong. Instead of the blue eyes that faded into white like Bloomling and Sweetieling had, this ones was red that faded into black. "I know who that is! Dreadnaught, snap out of it!" yelled Bloomling, but the changeling named Dreadnaught did not respond. Suddenly, he used some sort of spell from his horn to make the unconscious pony suddenly appear next to him. "The one you know as Dreadnaught is not in control right now." said the muscular changeling. N suddenly recognized the voice he just heard. "Wait, I know that voice! Ghetsis, why are you here and working with Team Rocket!?" asked a shocked N. Ghetsis then started to laugh through the changeling. "The info of why I'm working with Team Rocket is none of your business for someone without a human heart, but I will say why I'm here. I'm using this creature's body to do my bidding thanks to my new partner Giovanni's newest invention. Now let's test something." said Ghetsis. Suddenly, the changeling's horn started to glow brighter and then, the orange pony's eyes started to open. But her eyes were glowing the same as the controlled changelings eyes. The bird Pokemon's eyes also took the same color as it stood right behind the pony. "So Applejack, care to give your sister and her friends a parting gift?" asked Ghetsis. The orange pony, who was revealed to be an alternate version of Applejack, suddenly got into a battle stance with a wicked smile. "Of course master Ghetsis." said Applejack. Ghetsis laughed as he looked at N and the two changelings, with Bloomling looking confused for some reason. "Oh my, it seems like your sister doesn't remember you still. Well I'll leave you to make sure that you can make her remember...in her last moments. HAHAHAHA!" laughed Ghetsis as he used the changeling's magic to have his controlled minion to teleport away. "What? She's...my sister?" asked Bloomling. N looked at her and gritted his teeth as he realized something. 'Something must have been done to her memory to make her forget who her own sister is...and sadly, Ghetsis is taking advantage of it. I've got to stop him. but first, we need to get this pony to snap out of his control' thought N. He then took out the Light Stone and threw it in the air. Soon, it burst into a ball of fire which Reshiram emerged from. "You're going to try and stop me? Funny. Alright Zapdos, Thunder!" yelled the controlled Applejack as the legendary bird Pokemon launched a strong bolt of electricity. "Alright Reshiram, let's free this poor soul from Ghetsis! Use Fusion Flare!" yelled N as Reshiram launched it's attack to start the battle between two legendary Pokemon. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 10: New Friends & A Royal Rival! "How are you feeling Pikachu?" asked a concerned Twilight as the group was making their way towards the castle. "I'm okay. Don't worry about me." said Pikachu. He didn't want to admit it, but his body was wanting to give out on him. But he had to be strong for the others. Besides, he was hoping to see Team Rocket again at some point. Not to get revenge for hurting his friends, but he wanted answers as well. Like how did they get to Equestria and how James got back and tamed his Gyarados. "Hey, what's that over there?" asked Dash suddenly. Pikachu got out of his thoughts and looked where Dash was pointing. In the distance was another carriage and Pikachu swore he saw a familiar shape in that carriage. ------------------------------------------------------ On the way towards Canterlot Castle, one of the royal guards escorting Blanked Bloom and her friends had given the zombie filly a magical cloak to protect herself from the sun by just wearing it, seeing as how she would burn to death if she was exposed to the sun for too long. Meanwhile, Keldeo was thinking about the reasons Paul decided to face Sombra alone. 'Why did he want to go alone? It doesn't make any sense.' thought Keldeo. But he was soon taken out of his thoughts by Scootaling. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" asked Scootaling. Keldeo shook his head, deciding it was best to forget about what happened for now. "Nothing. Don't worry about it." responded Keldeo. Scootaling looked suspicious at first, but decided to forget about it for now. "Whatever. We're almost there." said Scootaling. Keldeo, as well as the others, looked up and saw Canterlot coming into distance. "Yeah...hey, is that another carriage over there?" suddenly said Blanked Bloom. The other looked towards where Blanked was pointing at and saw the second carriage. ------------------------------------------------------ Both carriages soon landed in a remote area of the castle, however both parties on each carriage had no idea who was on the other. However, Keldeo's party had an unexpected company with them, who's ears perked up as the yellow figure suddenly looked from under the carriage it was hanging onto and, with his very good sight, saw another yellow figure getting escorted out of the carriage by a weird looking bunny. "Is that...it's him!" suddenly said the yellow figure as it rushed out from under the carriage and ran past Keldeo's team, heading towards the other group. "What the heck?!" said a surprised Uxie. "Come on, that thing is heading for the other group!" said Keldeo as it started running after the yellow figure, with the others close behind it. Meanwhile, the yellow figure was quickly approaching Pikachu's party. Suddenly, Pikachu's eyes perked up. "Hmm? Something wrong Pikachu?" asked Buneary. The others stopped and looked at Pikachu. The mouse Pokemon looked to the side and saw something rushing towards them and, more specifically, him. "Get out of the way!" yelled Pikachu as he pushed Buneary to the side just as the yellow figure tackled him to the ground. As soon as Pikachu recovered, he saw he was pinned down by...another Pikachu? "How are you here!? Let me guess, did you have something to do with these portals appearing in the Pokemon world!?" yelled the new Pikachu. The original Pikachu then saw that this Pikachu's ears had black spikes coming down from it's ear tips. This allowed Pikachu to recognize who this newcomer was. Before he could answer, Twilight and Applejack pulled the new Pikachu off. "What the hay is your deal!?" asked Applejack. The new Pikachu wanted to shock both ponies to get away, but something told him not to do it. "Huh? YOU!?" suddenly came a new voice. The others turned just to see some black figure tackle Rainbow Dash to the ground. Dash recovered and saw a weird creature on top of her, looking her in the eyes with a look that could kill. "Hey, get off me!" said Dash, trying to escape, but this creature was strong. "Not until I'm done with you!" said the black creature, who's horn started glowing green. Before she could do anything, a voice was heard from under the carriage Pikachu's party was on. "Hey, leave Rainbow Dash alone!" came the voice. The others looked and saw Scootaloo there. And not alone, as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were with her. "What are you girls doing here!?" asked Rarity. Before the Crusaders answered, Scootaloo charged at the black creature and tackled her off Dash. "Get off me!" said the black creature. "ENOUGH" suddenly boomed a new voice. Everyone completely stopped at the sound of the voice as they looked up and saw Princess Celestia flying down to them. "P-Princess, I'm so sorry for any trouble we caused!" said Twilight as she bowed as well as the rest of the mane 6 and even Pikachu, but Buneary, who was still holding a bit of a grudge, didn't even try to bow. "It's alright Twilight, I had expected this. And before any of you ask, yes, all of you have been invited by me. As well as the others who are about to come up." said Celestia. Just then, the rest of Keldeo's group came up and Uxie immediately saw Mesprit sitting near a bush. "Mesprit!" said Uxie, going over to greet Mesprit. The Emotion Pokemon, upon hearing it's name called, looked over and saw Uxie coming over. "Uxie!" cheered Mesprit as it got up and the two legendaries hugged after not seeing each other for a long time. Pikachu smiled a bit before looking over and seeing Keldeo. "Huh? Keldeo!?" asked a surprised Pikachu. Keldeo looked over at him and looked surprised, not believing this Pikachu knew him, until it hit him. "Wait, are you Ash's Pikachu? What are you doing here?" asked Keldeo. "You can answer any questions as we head for our destination. All of you, even our uninvited guests, are welcome to come." said Celestia as she walked back into the castle. Everyone, after a bit of thought, then followed her. As soon as they were inside, Blanked Bloom took off the hood of the cloak given to her, allowing Apple Bloom to see the darkened, torn ribbon in her mane that looked a lot like hers. "Hey, why do ya have a ribbon in yer mane that looks like mine?" asked Apple Bloom, causing Blanked to sigh a bit, not wanting to tell her counterpart what happened, but knew she would have to eventually. "Well...ya see Apple Bloom...ya know that town in the Everfree Forest?" asked Blanked. Apple Bloom immediately nodded. "Ya mean Sunny Town? That place with the zombie ponies?" said Apple Bloom, causing Blanked Bloom to nod. "Not this again. Apple Bloom, ya know that place doesn't exist. Me an' Twi looked everywhere for it." said Applejack. "Well, Ah hate to be a bearer of bad news...but it does Applejack...because I'm a zombie version of your sister." said Blanked. This caused both Apples and even Twilight to stop dead in their tracks and look at Blanked. "Y-ya mean...yer me...but dead?" asked Apple Bloom. Blanked nodded. "Oh...may...lord..." said Applejack, shocked to see a zombie version of her little sister. "Wh...what about your world's version of me? Didn't she...I...whatever, were you found?" asked Twilight. Blanked look at her with sad eyes. "Twi...in mah world...ya died tryin' to bring me home...as well as Applejack..." said Blanked regrettably. Now Twilight and Applejack were even more shocked. Apple Bloom felt sad instead, knowing another version of her was unintentionally involved in the death of another world's version of her friend and sister. "HEY! What's the hold up!?" suddenly came Scootaloo's voice. The others realized they had fallen behind and soon ran to catch up just as Scootaloo walked up beside Scootaling, unaware of the changeling beside her being her own counterpart. "What do you want?" asked Scootaling. "Well in case you can't tell, I'm still upset at you attacking Rainbow Dash. So I've got my eye on you." answered Scootaloo. Scootaling just glared at her. "I had my reasons...I bet you will soon enough anyway. After all, I'm just another version of you."said Scootaling, revealing herself as Scootaloo's counterpart, though the pegasus filly seemed unfazed. "Heh, you're another me, huh? Well, something tells me you might be a good rival to me." said Scootaloo, almost with a smile on her face. Scootaling soon faced her with an annoyed look. "Rival? You know I'm much more stronger then you are. Heck, I can even fly while you can't! I could wipe the floor with you!" said Scootaling. Scootaloo's smile just seemed to grow even more. "Just gives me a reason to push myself further to catch up with you. I won't stop until you see me as an equal." said Scootaloo, looking her counterpart in the eye. As they continued sharking glances, Pikachu looked away from the two with a sort of smile on his face. "Those two remind me of Ash and Gary back in the old days. Man, I kind of miss those days." said Pikachu, thinking about all the times Ash & Gary fought. As he did, Keldeo came up to the electric mouse. "Hey Pikachu, how long have you been in this world?" asked Keldeo. Pikachu, noticing Keldeo next to him, answered of course. "At least a week and a half. And you would not believe what I've already gone through." said Pikachu. Keldeo didn't seem surprised though. "Same goes for me. I've had to protect that changeling who looks a lot like that orange filly you're with, battle Kyurem again, and even team up with someone named Paul." Keldeo said, but the thing he said that caught Pikachu's attention the most was the mention of Paul. "Wait, Paul!?" Pikachu was in shock. One of his and Ash's biggest rivals during their travels through Sinnoh was now in Equestria? The news of that took the mouse Pokemon by surprise. "Yeah. I don't know who he was going up against up in the frozen north of this land, but it seemed like Paul was serious about defeating him." said Keldeo. Now Pikachu was more in question. How could Paul be in Equestria? Did he come the same way Pikachu himself and the others did?" And what kind of opponent could make Paul serious about traveling through a frozen area just for him to defeat said opponent? Pikachu made a mental note for him to search for the trainer at a later point. However, before he could think things further, he saw everyone come to a stop. He then saw that Celestia was in front of a door along with her sister. "First off, I'd like to thank Twilight and her friends from saving Ponyville from Team Rocket. My sister informed me about the attack before I had arrived myself to stop them." said Celestia. "Yeah...but you nearly killed Pikachu..." Buneary muttered under her breath so no one could hear her. "And the reason I've gathered you all here in this castle, especially our other guests, is because of the threat of other dangers as well as Team Rocket. We know that a lot of you are strong in your own fields, but I'm afraid that is not enough. But as luck may have it, someone came to us with knowledge of this world of Pokemon and has told us all we need to know." said Celestia. "Behind these doors is this pony, or person I should say, who has given us this knowledge as well as gifts for all of you to combat these dangers. My sister and I have already been given the gifts you are all about to receive." said Luna. The others gave nodsas Pikachu noticed something a little off about the princess'. That's when he saw their own appearances had changed. Around the top half of their front legs were belts in the same colors as their crowns and shows and one belt on both sisters...was a Poke Ball. 'Whoever this guy is...he's made Celestia & Luna official Pokemon Trainers. So it must be someone like Professor Oak or Professor Rowan' Pikachu thought as the door behind the royal sisters opened. When they were fully open, they saw on the other side what appeared to be a huge lab. The sight of it made Twilight gasp. "This...it's amazing!" squealed Twilight as she ran into the lab, looking all over the place while the others sweat dropped before stepping in, looking around as well. "I've got to admit, even I'm surprised to see this kind of stuff in this castle." admitted Scootaling. She knew about Twilight's own lab in her home's basement, but it was nothing compared to this. "Ah could get my homework from school done with this in no time if Ah knew how work these things." said Apple Bloom. "Maybe that's what we could try doing for our cutie marks girls!" said Sweetie Belle. "Being scientists? Yeah, we've yet to try that!" said Scootaloo. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER SCIENTISTS! YAY!" cheered all three Crusaders as the others, except for Twilight, sweat dropped again. The other Pikachu, seeing all this stuff, shuddered a bit. "This stuff brings back bad memories..." said the other Pikachu, making the real one look at him. "Does it, my clone?" asked Pikachu. The others looked at him in confusion. "Wait a minute, clone?" asked Dash. "Yeah. I don't know or even remember how it happened, but I guess one day I got captured and cloned by Team Rocket or someone. This other Pikachu with us is said clone." explained Pikachu. "Yeah...but call me Pikatwo for now. Just to get the confusion out of the way," said 'Pikatwo', getting a nod from the others. Suddenly, they heard a thud. Everyone rushed to where they heard it and saw Twilight on the ground, holding her head. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going. I was so excited seeing all this stuff." said Twilight to whoever she ran into. "Don't worry about it. It's actually kind of good to see a fellow researcher." said the unknown person. But Pikachu recognized the voice of this new person. "Wait, is that...?" Pikachu questioned as the new person stepped into the light, showing himself. While most others wouldn't recognize him, Pikachu knew this person all too well. It was a former rival of his, now turned friend. It was Gary Oak.