The orange earth pony sat at the wooden table, a chair beneath her as she sat in between Matt and Roxanne who were at either end of the small square table The kitchen/dining room itself wasn’t very large, with only enough room for the cooking appliances, the table, and a window along with Ohm’s comfy chair shoved discreetly into one of the far corners. As her gaze shifted from the light blue wallpaper back to the mostly empty plate in front of her, Applejack had to admit that Roxanne could cook some good pasta.
Roxanne brushed her black hair out of her eyes as she finished her own meal, chewing down a last meatball and letting out a happy sigh. “Mmmm, there are very few things I like more than spaghetti and meatballs for a number of reasons,” she glanced at Matt and grinned. “Not the least of which is that it’s easy to make when my ‘lazy husband’ is too tired to make me, his pregnant wife, something himself.”
“Aren’t you the one who sometimes complains that there’s nothing for you to do if I help you out all the time?” the man remarked with a small chuckle. “Beside, how hard was it to actually cook the pasta, and warm up the sauce and the meatballs? Hmmm?”
The woman snickered. “Fine, fine, you caught me, I’m just complaining because it’s fun, mon amour,” she replied with a smirk, her accent getting thicker. “Don’t say you dislike it.”
“Oh I’m not, the pasta and the meatballs were great,” Matt replied with a grin, leaning over to kiss her on the cheek.
“Nothing better than Tauros meatballs,” Roxanne agreed with a smirk as she leaned down to pet Belle who had mooched half of her meatballs. “Isn’t that right my little Belle?”
“They are one of my favorites,” Belle agreed with a happy smile, licking her lips free of some remaining sauce.
“Traitor,” Cres replied with a smirk from Matt’s lap. “Clefairy meat, that is the undisputed best meal around, cooked or raw.”
“I’m sure it is,” Matt said to the Absol, giving him a small pet down Cres’s back.
Applejack just ate her pasta silently, trying to tune out their talk of what Pokemon was considered as having the best meat. Though as she was slippering up one a noodle, a sudden thought clicked into her. “Wait a second... how are you willing to eat Pokemon if y’all consider them friends?” she asked, not directing it at anyone specifically but she glanced around to both Matt and Roxanne.
“Ah, that’s a good human question that Matt can answer, after all, he’s able to talk to all of us,” Belle said with a smile, glancing up at Matt and translating Applejack’s question to the man.
Matt blinked his eyes for a moment, a finger tapping against the table. “Yeah... that is rather a good question.”
“What question?” Roxanne inquired, looking up curiously. “I can’t speak Pokemon dear.”
“Applejack is wondering why do we eat Pokemon if we consider many of them to be friends,” he told her.
“Well, it’s deeply rooted in our culture for one thing,” Roxanne replied with a small shrug. “Back before we invented Pokeballs, Pokemon weren’t as closely tied to humanity, though we certainly had Pokemon as friends. Humans are omnivores and as such we can eat meat and there are Pokemon that are very good sources of that like Tauros, Bouffalant, and Farfetch’d. Over the years people have been making the argument that in these enlightened times we shouldn’t be eating meat at all but...” she trailed off and shrugged. “Most of us just like the taste, I know it’s a sorry explanation but that’s the way that history writes itself. Not to mention that most people can’t understand Pokemon the way Matt can.”
“Yeah... though that’s not to say we are still doing what our ancestors did,” Matt continued on. “Most meat we get comes from breeding farms who breed Pokemon solely for... well to be processed. That way we aren’t poaching Pokemon from the wild anymore. Like Gale Corporation, they’re one of the biggest in the business.”
“Personally I don’t see what the problem is,” Cres spoke up. “After all, Pokemon hunt and eat other Pokemon, no reason for humans not too.”
Yeah... though many of these Pokemon seem to be able to think and talk a lot like you, the mare pointed out flatly in her mind, but kept her mouth shut. The way Matt described the process of keeping a ‘farm’ of the Pokemon sound a bit familiar to what she heard the gryphons did in their kingdom. Yet those animals weren’t as fully thinking as she seen Pokemon, so the thought kinda just struck a sour chord to her. “Right...” was all she said before resuming in finishing her pasta.
“Honestly, it’s a topic that I prefer not to think about,” Roxanne said with a small sigh.
“Me too... but it’s the way world works,” Matt said, taking a sip of his water.
“All I know is that it tastes good,” Xav put in from his spot on the floor (they only had three chairs), licking his lips clean after emptying his bowl. “MMmmm... really good. Can I have more!” he ask with a gleeful smile glancing up at his father and Matt.
Cres grinned and looked at Belle. “Hmmm, think he can some more Belle?”
Belle frowned for a moment before shaking her head. “No, you had eight already Xav, that’s a fourth of your weight,” she said with a stern expression.
“But-”
“No Xav,” Belle shot him down. “Do you want to be a fat little Absol who loses to Scorch, or a fighter like your dad?”
“...a fighter like dad...” the young Absol replied in a muttered.
“Then you’ll only get what you’re given,” she said with a short nod. “Unless you do want to laze around all day and turn into a red cheese wheel.”
“No.... I don’t,” Xav replied, his head hanging down a little.
“Probably for the best Xav,” Cres told him, smiling at his son. “There are enough for a great lunch for you tomorrow!”
The young pup blinked his for a moment before his face brightened. “Yeah, you’re right dad!”
“Always am,” Cres replied with a smirk. “Mostly, sometimes, sorta,” he added, nuzzling Matt’s neck.
“Mhmmm,” Belle said, thoroughly unimpressed, though a small smile stretched across her lips at her mate’s antics.
Matt gave a little scratch across the side of Cres’s side before pushing back on his chair and started to stand up. Cres took the cue of jumping off his lap, landing easily beside his son and giving him a lick. “Now then, I think it’s time for a certain pup to do some practicing isn’t it?”
Xav’s eyes brightened more. “Are you going to practice with me?”
“Of course not, I’m just going to lay on the couch and sleep,” Cres replied with a playful smirk. Xav’s expression fell like a rock drop off a cliff and his tail suddenly stopped wagging in disappointment. A small chuckle rolled out of Cres as he leaned down and nuzzled him. “Of course I’m going to practice with you Xav, it goes without saying.”
Xav’s expression picked right back up as his small blade tail wagged happily. “Alright! Let’s get going dad! The sun is almost down!”
“The best time for a Dark Type to train,” Cres replied with a small smirk before he glanced up at Matt. “We’ll be back later Matt, going to go down to the gym for some quality training.”
“Have fun, and safe travels,” Matt replied to him. “Make sure you close the gym doors all the way, and say hi to Joe and Eclair for me.”
“Of course, and I’ll open up the skylight as well, nothing better than training in the moon and starlight,” Cres said, giving Matt a bow of his head before he glanced at AJ. “... sleep well.” He then turned for the window, casually opened it with his blade, and ushered Xav out into the oncoming darkness.
“Those boys of mine...” Belle said with a small chuckle. “Nothing but training except when I can pry Xav away to the library to give him a proper education.”
“At least he is spending time with him,” Applejack said as she grabbed a napkin with a hoof and clean her muzzle.
“True, and neither of them are angry with one another,” Belle agreed, moving off of Roxanne’s lap as her human started picking up dishes, singing a song under her breath. “Cres was worried about that happening often when Xav was still in the egg.”
“....egg?” Applejack asked slowly, as if she didn’t heard it quite right. “Aren't you a mammal?”
“Yes, I produce milk,” Belle said with a frown. “Why?”
“Then how did Xav came from an egg?” the mare replied, a still confused frown from across her muzzle.
“What do you mean?” Belle asked. “All Pokemon come from eggs regardless of Kingdom. Well, excepting those who were once objects of course, or Ghost types.”
Applejack just blinked blankly. “...this world is just too strange,” she muttered, mostly to herself as she got off her chair and walked into the living room.
“Explain what you’re talking about, I may be able to help it make a little more understandable,” Belle said with a small, interested frown. It was a frown that AJ recognized from... once again, Twilight.
The mare let out a small sigh. “Where I come from, the only creatures that lay eggs are birds or reptiles. Yet I hear you say even mammals do that, and there are Pokemon who are objects and even ghost. I mean, the last part just sound ridiculous. Ghost aren’t real, they’re just imaginary .”
Belle blinked and then sighed heavily. “This is going to come as a shock to you, but Ghosts are very real Applejack,” she stated, looking down before she shook her head. “The way that humans label us is ‘Monotremes’ which essentially means that we lay eggs rather than giving live birth... and thank goodness for that. I’ve seen human birth, it’s a rather... disgusting process to be honest. Dangerous too.”
“Well sorry if I find it strange that you call your mammal yet lay eggs still; it’s just rather, bizarre from my point of view,” Applejack said. “Plus, ghost? Really? Am I supposed to believe there are Pokemon who are also ghosts as well?”
“Matt, could you bring Shade out of his ball at some point tonight?” Belle called towards the other room. “Much as I loath his personality he will make an excellent introduction for Applejack to the world of Ghost Types.”
“...why would we want to do that?” he called back from the kitchen, pausing in his scrubbing of the plates. “I mean, I would have to go back to the gym to get him.”
“Oh, never mind then, she can meet him tomorrow,” Belle replied. “Don’t bother yourself Matt.” She turned back to Applejack. “Shade is a Spiritomb, a Dark/Ghost Type. He’s... a collection of spirits who have ‘fused’ together and occupied a stone.”
Applejack blinked blankly once more. “Why would Matt even have a Pokemon like that? Heck, why would anyone?” she asked out bluntly.
“I believe Shade was a gift from Cynthia... but honestly I have a serious dislike for him... though that IS my own personal bias after being trapped in an illusionary house and... well let us just say that I have a dislike of ghosts,” Belle explained, shaking her head. “Though that doesn’t mean that you should judge them all badly because of my experience.”
The mare shook her head. “I’m still just having a hard time warping my mind around this world... everything seems to work differently than what I’m used to.”
“Well, it is another world,” Belle pointed out with a small chuckle. “I’m surprised that you only have one, very yellow sun personally. If you’re from another planet in space then it stands to reason that you might have come from some place with multiple, multicolored, suns.”
The pony shrugged lightly. “I wouldn’t know anything about that, all I know is that Celestia raises and lowers the sun while Luna raises and lowers the moon.”
Belle stared at her for a moment. “...” she slowly nodded. “... and here I thought that Cres was making that up...” she frowned. “Hrmmm... I would enjoy talking to one of them about that particular subject.”
“What, you don’t have two of these Legendaries who do the same?” Applejack ask with a small frown.
“No, Earth just spins around the sun while the moon spin around the Earth. It’s the rotation of the Earth along with many other factors that creates the sight of the sun and moon raising and lowering in the sky,” Belle replied. “Though there is a certain species of Bug Type who ancient humans believed did it.”
Applejack’s mind was having a hard time processing what she was being told. “Spin... around the sun? How does that-you know what, I don’t want to know. My brain is overworking as it is,” she said, rubbing a hoof across her forehead.
“Ah, say no more then,” Belle replied with a small chuckle. “I’ll leave you be if you’d like.”
“Thanks...” The mare slowly took a deep breath and slowly let it out. “So... is there anything to help pass the time that’s not training or battling?”
“Well, we have books or you could watch T.V,” Belle said, nodding towards a plastic/metal/glass contrapption that AJ had seen in the background alongside a bookshelf.
“T.V?” Applejack ask with a small frown as she look at the rectangle black glass.
“Yes, also known as a television,” Belle answered with a small smile as she walked over to the T.V. and picked up a rectangular device, bringing it over to AJ and sitting down beside her, tapping a few buttons on it and then... the screen came to life.
The mare’s eyes opened wide at the scene of what looked like another two Pokemon battling out in an arena somewhere. It was like she was watching a movie, just in color and there was no projector around.
“Not a very smart trainer...” Belle noted as the almost rabbit like creature was backhanded by the dark almost insubstantial one. “Bringing a Nidorino to fight a Gengar, that’s a ghost type by the way, the black one.”
Applejack looked over the Gengar and felt a bit... unsettled by it’s appearance and constant grin. Then the Gengar wrapped it’s... monstrously large tongue... around the Nidorino and began to squeeze it. Belle changed the channel.
“Heh... right, anyways, welcome to the world of Television,” Belle said with a shake of her head before directing Applejack at a pair of ‘up and down’ arrows on either side of the remote. “One set changes the channel which determines what’s being showed, and one controls the volume.”
The mare nodded her head, part of her wanted to ask what that Gengar was about to do the Nidorino, but the other really just wanted to forget about it. “Thanks... any suggestion what ‘channel’ I should turn to?” she asked, moving a hoof to one of the arrows that Belle pushed before and pressed it down.
“Well, personally I like music channels and occasionally news... most of Television is lost on me truthfully,” Belle replied, shrugging her shoulders. “I’m a book Absol in case you couldn’t tell. If you wanted something actiony I could get you on a stream of the current League challenge or maybe a movie? I don’t know, I’ll leave it up to you.”
“Right... thanks I guess,” Applejack said as she continued to slowly flip through the channels.
“You’re welcome,” Belle replied, getting down from the couch and walking over to the book case, grabbing a rather sizeable looking book and bringing it back, laying down on the other end of the couch and opening it up. She then adopted an expression Applejack had come to associate with both Twilight and Rainbow Dash when they began to read, absolute focus on said book, paying attention to nothing else at all.
Applejack glanced at the familiar position, part of her wondering how her friends were doing on her... missing and wishing whatever Giratina was doing he would come back soon to take her back as fast as possible. She let out a small sigh and glanced back up the T.V, looking for something that would catch her eye... or at least keep her up as long as possible.
*sits back with popcorn to watch comments* I love discussion provoking chapters.
A nice bit of description, I give this chapter a
amazing chapter as always.
ah, that explains it...
and i thought that the phantumps were strange...what if the phantumps CAN be born like than, but they can also be born normally?
anyway, keep up the good work
5510455 is that kettle corn?
Then again I probably can't tell because my current sickness has caused me to losse all feeling of taste in my mouth
So now I can't enjoy my torchic chicken wings and my tepig bacon balls
actually you are WRONG! THEY DON'T RAISE POKEMON TO BE EATEN... THEY EAT POKEMON THAT HAVE BEEN "RELEASED" FROM PC: http://s138.photobucket.com/user/Avrillie10/media/20070425.jpg.html
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why do you think you can only release pokemon from PC?
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Gonna throw up, gonna throw up, gonna throw up
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errm nope only mon that says those are: phantumps, Frostlass, Maybe Banette ( but then again that is more like an object becoming a Yokai... fellow Touhou fans would understand thing becoming yokai and actuall ghost haunting are different) and famously Yamask.
NONE OF OTHER GHOST TYPES HAS A SUGGESTTION THAT THEY COME FROM ACTUALL GHOSTS.
Plus dex is full of unrealable information like Slugma being hotter then the sun
Plus some ghosts like Jellicent actually have a physical body
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THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST THING EVER!
5510640 I'm okay with that.
The entire thing is like raising a cow. You'll still eat hamburgers, just not from your cow. or if you sell that cow off, you won't know. Therefore you would be okay with it. Also doesn't mean you didn't really love that critter. Just means that your love for the few doesn't change the love of the rest of them in your stomach.
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About... I'd say half of all Ghost types are dead humans or possessed objects (The ones's you said, Cofagrigus, Honedge and a few others). The rest are spiritual begins that have to have some way to reproduces (Gengar, Mismagius, Dusknoir, etc.) You're right about Frillish, it's one of two Ghost type lines with a permanently physical body (the other being Golurk) and the only one that is for sure biological. Then Rotom is the odd one, as we don't really know where it comes from.
Then Hoopa and Giratina.
5510776 I'd think that Ghost-types are actually a pokemon that have "ghost-like" characteristics. They are NOT actually a ghosts. ( in fact in FR/LG and R/B/Y actual GHOST appeared separate from Gastly family.) They are called "Ghost-types" because early humans mistook them from actual ghosts and now the name stuck.
5510790 I never know what to believe from the Pokedex entries, nor has the anime been particularly helpful on the subject... or any in the real world sense. I just assume most if not all Ghost types are capable of some form of reproduction, and a few are actually the remnants of a once human spirit.
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That may or maybe not be true, but in our universe most Ghost types are the spirits of either human or Pokemon. Who either can't move on, or something is holding them here. There might be a cannon explanation, but it is mostly unknown. As far as Ed and I are concern, we are trying to use the cannon material as much as we can, but this is still our fan-cannon universe. So expect some things not to line up exactly.
Most animals have the ability to express needs and emotions, even opinions. They just can't express those things via language. Many primates be taught to use sign language effectively, and some birds can imitate human speech even though the communication they can accomplish is rarely meaningful. There is no reason to assume the vast majority of pokémon are, in fact, more intelligent than their animal analogues. If all animals could talk their level of intelligence would be determined by their ability for sapient thought (abstract reasoning) and the complexity of their brains (smoother and smaller brains = less intelligence).
The argument becomes whether pokémon live less civilized than humans because they are better physically adapted or too specialized to their habitats or because they are not intelligent enough. Considering that gardevoir [sp] are intelligent, powerful, tool-capable, and their abilities would allow them to easily rule over humans, who knows?
Oh pleases, we all know who's the dumbest trainers is.
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I agree with Zeus on this one. In my headcanon some Ghosts are born from dead people/pokemon, other are born from other Ghosts in "normal" eggs. That also point the difference between usually mean and good Ghosts.
First category, Ghosts that form from unresting spirits are usually the meaner ones, as they experienced death and that left some consequnces on them and how they think. They know they are not Pokèmon like all the others, they constantly feel like they don't really belong to this world, and because of this they are usuall not really approachable and, sometimes, just plain dangerous.
Second category. Egg-born ghosts, one the other hand, don't feel that way. They never experienced the trauma of death and think about themselves as "normal" Pokèmon, trying to bond with other and being generally more happy-go-lucky, as on a instinctive level they know they don't have to fear death and because of this have less inhibitions. They understand the concept, but not quite feel it as a normal living creature.
Of course, as the ones they bonded with grow old and die, while they stay living for centuries to come, they start to understand they are not quite normal pokèmon. Some of them just will themselves to die and fade away because they can't bear seeing all their loved ones wither, other just became increasingly more bitter and lonely until they act like the first category ones.
You seem to be missing a word.
Nice RBY/anime opening reference!
curiosity has been gained
5511536 Shhhhh salad....
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No. I will point out typos.
While you make a good point about meat I would like to point to some SInnoh mythology. In one story a man slays a bunch of Pokemon with a sword and that made them stop appearing. Only after the man broke the blade and repented did Pokemon resume appearing before humans. Of course there is another story about people eating the flesh of Pokemon, specifically eating all of the meat and not wasting any, thanking the Pokemon for the meal and tossing the bones into the ocean. The first story shows that killing Pokemon is taboo and the latter shows that humans do in fact eat the meat of Pokemon. Perhaps the meat comes from Pokemon that died of natural causes? Like they raise them on a farm and eat them when they die rather than kill and eat? It's the only answer I can think of that doesn't conflict with any mythology.
As for Pokemon eating meat. In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon it is shown that all species pf Pokemon can live on a diet of apples, berries, seeds, gummies, vitamins, and bananas. This is shown for all species whether it's Pikachu, Absol, Clefairy, Tyranatar, or Groudon. Then again, several Pokedex entries do talk about Pokemon hunting prey and Team Tastys Wurmple admits to being scared that it's partner, a Swellow, will ear him. Perhaps geography has something to do with it with Pokemon living in areas with little or no vegetation hunt? Or maybe certain species of Pokemon prefer vegetation but will hunt if hungry enough?
Just my thoughts, what to you think?
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Admittedly, I heard about the two legends too in the game. However, Ed and I decided to take the approach you see in the chapter. I think we did say all Pokemon are omnivore in one way or another, but many just weigh heavily in eating meat more often than berries.
5513333 I was just trying to be funny salad I didn't mean for you to stop pointing them out.
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I do agree that Pokemon are omnivores in one way or another though I'm sure that many are herbivores and some are insectivores. For the ones in this fic, I think you pretty much got their diets right.
Over all I find various information sources to be rather conflicting at times. I stand by my position that the Pokemon the humans eat died of natural causes due to the legends.
It's certainly a complex issue isn't it? Don't get me wrong when I say the above though, I do enjoy this fic a lot and I look forward to more.
Fun fact: It's against the rules for anybody that works on official material to show the source of the meat eaten in the anime.
P.S. What's your favorite Pokemon? I'm just curious.
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Yeah, I believe that fun fact, don't want to scare of the kids eh? As for my favorite Pokemon (you're talking to Omega but I figure I can pitch in too heh) I'd go with Arcanine, I've got a soft spot for the big orange dogs.
I just want to say it here: the comment section here is not about vegetarianism, and it's still hilarious!
I feel that the chapter is the continuation of the previous, and it would be acceptable to be in the previous. However, this chapter could fully stand on it's own. I couldn't really find anything wrong with the story (I wasn't trying to). So have a free line of 3-4 compliments
-it was a smart (if intentional) move to have the chapter take place in the same room as this one. The stage is already set, so I could rest easy on the description. Even if the image is not canon, the scene is still wonderful.
- tackling the whole important questions from Applejack is a very interesting task to take. However you surprise me again with the delivery and theory itself. The explanation of farm raised livestock is very common, but the delivery doesn't really feel like a story anymore. It felt like a real life conversation. The same comment applies to the Pokémon reproduction and ghost types.
- I really enjoyed the little screen time xav has, he reminds me of a young kid aspiring to be in the legends one day/ my dog. That's the magic of good literature, having a character come to life and have a personality, but not have any time on the story itself.
-you also fixed the description of the house! I had to re-read the chapter after the description, it completely passed me by, since it was so seamlessly added into the story.
AS before, mostly expositional. However the delivery is very lifelike and a breeze to read: 9/10
Ps I haven't really taken the time to thank you for an absolutely wonderful story, so thanks my good sirs
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My favorite Pokemon is a tough one to pin down to just one.... So I'll cheat a bit. My favorite non-legendary Pokemon is Zoroark and my favorite Legendary Pokemon is Giratina.
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Thank you for the compliments We like readers who give use feedback so we can learn from our mistakes or know what we are doing right. So I would like to thank you for writing these small reviews.
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Arcanine is cool. Too bad it's so outclassed by other fire types in the game. It's not my fave but I do like dogs.
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Zoroark is up there on my fav list, especially after catching a shiny one, purple ftw. Ultimately, I'm in the same boat as you in that it's hard to pin down just 1 with my favs being Gardevoir, all the Eeveelutions (especially Glaceon and Flareon), and Absol. As for legendary Pokemon, I'd say Keldo, Pokepony FTW.
Rule 63?
I never really followed Pokemon beyond the first season and a few of the movies so the explanations are somewhat lost on me, however; it's a great story, I appreciate the backstory, and I follow it for the Applejack. Carry on.
I wonder what team Matt would use against League level trainer, the level that the player got when facing the Kanto gyms in Gold and Silver.
And what Applejack's opinion would be from watching such a high level battle.
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Well, it depends on how the trainer will like it to go down. If they want, they can face the team Matt used when fighting Cynthia or his high level Dark Type Pokemon. As for what AJ would think of seeing like that, don't really know, it would depend on if she sees it and how intense the battle is.
Wait a minute the Pokemon battle on the T.V. was an reference to the opening cinematic in the Gen 1 games isn't it? It was between an Gengar and an Nidorino! Also A.J. welcome to the world of television!
My personal headcannon for the Pokémon universe is that (while we don't see them in the show) there ARE non-Pokémon animals. The basis for this theory is in the Pokedex entries.
To choose a random example, let's look at Tentacool. According to the Pokedex, it's the Jellyfish Pokémon. Does that not indicate that there must be regular ol' jellyfish swimming around the oceans of their world? Otherwise, why would they even have the word 'jellyfish' in their vocabulary to begin with? Perhaps that's not the greatest example, since Tentacruel is ALSO known as the Jellyfish Pokémon, in which case one could argue that 'jellyfish' is simply a catch-all term.
Okay, so how about Tauros? Tauros is the Wild Bull Pokémon. The only 2 Pokémon similar to a bull are Bouffalant (in fact, when he was first leaked, I assumed that Tauros was finally getting an evolution) and Miltank. However, Bouffalant is the Bash Buffalo Pokémon, and Miltank is the Milk Cow Pokémon. Here, 'bull', 'buffalo', and 'cow' are clearly NOT catch-all terms for a group of similar Pokémon. So why would those words exist in the first place? Because there are regular, non-Pokémon bulls, buffaloes, and cows roaming the countryside (and the farms) of the Pokémon world. These are the creatures that humans are breeding for consumption, NOT Pokémon.
However, as I said, this is simply MY headcannon. I doubt Nintendo ever anticipated people delving this far into a philosophical debate about the culinary habits of an imaginary world, after all. This question sits right next to one of my best friends' frequently asked Pokémon questions: How is it that, in all of his travels through forests and caves and what-not, Ash has never once stepped in Pokémon shit?
Couldn't it be that the eggs of ghost pokemon act as beacons to, or focuses for spirits, drawing them in and helping them to (somewhat[?]) physically (re)manifest back into the world of the living? Perhaps they allow for the setting of anchors into the world of the living for some ghost pokemon?
EDIT: Perhaps the term "catalyst" would be somewhat appropriate.
Somewhat off topic, a little while after reading this chapter, while I was eating an apple, I realized that in fics. like this one, an author could actually easily justify making Applejack a poison type, due to apple seeds containing trace amounts of cyanide.
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I kinda hope they go more in depth for Pokemon breeding with the RPG they've been talking about...like if you want a ghost type they could make the rare by requiring you create or collect an item first then take it to a tower to present the item for a ghost to possesses easier on a dias,then battle them.
Same with things like porygon...special requirements to find one.
Also...love how most pokemon are basically are like platypus and lay eggs.