New World, New Mystery

by Shadow Hero

Chapter 1-A Brand New Wold(Edited)

Pokémon World, atop Destiny Tower

"Arceus, they're not returning. Why aren't they returning?"

"I don't know, Celebi..." Arceus replied. "I guess... they've failed. We have no choice." He turned to his granddaughter. "How many Pokémon are left?"

"Uh... quite a few, but many have been turned to stone." Celebi said. "What are you planning?"

Arceus sighed. "We don't have a choice..." He looked behind his granddaughter to the Tree of Life, faintly glowing with the last of its power. "We have to take the Pokémon... and leave."

The ring around his abdomen glowed as the light from the tree seeped from the wood to the god. Arceus glanced at his granddaughter and nodded. "Get the other legendaries ready, those that haven't been turned to stone. We must evacuate the planet."

Celebi nodded and flew off, alerting the other legendaries of the plan. Arceus looked towards the Tree, absorbing its power until it went dark. He then rose in to the air, the power gathering in the ring around him. The god looked down apon the world he had created and sighed. "Okay..." He looked forward, closing his eyes and concentrating. "Here we go."

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"Ha! I got you now!"

A Luxio glared at a Persian, his teeth bared. The scar over his eye made it all the more intimidating, but the Persian didn't seem to care.

"Hmm, perhaps." The Persian smirked. "But this is my domain."

At his words, many Pokémon came out of hiding, surrounding the Luxio and preparing to attack.

"Hmph. Discharge." The Luxio said confidently. Electricity sparked from his fur, spreading out and shocking every Pokémon in the room. He jumped aside as a large boulder shot at him.

"Rock Blast!" The boulder shouted, unrolling to reveal a Golem. The Golem shot a large, sharp rock at the Luxio. Off balance, the Luxio cringed as he waited for collision.

"Ice Beam!" A female voice called out. The Luxio opened his eyes to see a the rock had frozen and fell to the ground. Turning, the Luxio saw a Glaceon approach him. "Really, Hunter? Again with the running in to trouble?"

"Well it's our job to catch these crooks, Melody." The Luxio, Hunter, said to her.

Melody chuckled, looking over Hunter's shoulder at the Persian. He was backing away, preparing to run. As soon as Melody saw him, he darted, hoping to escape in the maze of the Mystery Dungeon.

"Oh no you don't. Blizzard!" Melody yelled. A burst of freezing air filled the room, freezing the Persian solid and knocking out the Golem.

"See?" Melody smirked. "If you didn't recklessly charge in to every mission, we could get things done faster." She walked past Hunter.

"I guess." Hunter chuckled. "Still, I-" he stopped as the floor began to glow. "W-What's happening?"

"I don't know!" Melody looked around glowing floor. Suddenly, the light grew brighter, nearly blinding the two. "Hunter!" Melody called. The attempted to leap for him, but the light was too bright. She couldn't see anything.

And then the light overtook them.

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Equus, Vanhoover

"Ugh... another dead-end job. I get nothing from these..."

A grey unicorn stallion walked the streets of Vanhoover, grumbling to himself. His spiky, dark red mane flowed a bit in the breeze, getting in the way of his sunglasses. A black shirt clung to him, providing some warmth from the wind. The stallion sighed, sitting on a nearby bench. "I should just head back to canterlot and join the guard like my parents..."

The stallion looked up as a blinding light suddenly shone from an alleyway nearby. He stood and trotted to the entrance of the ally, peeking inside. The light faded, showing a strange, blue and black cat with yellow stripes, with a bag hanging over its side. It seemed disorientated and confused.

"Hey! A-Are you okay?" The stallion rushed to the animals side, lightly touching it with a hoof.

"Ugh... my head..." the cat spoke, in an obviously male voice.

"Gaah! It talked!" The stallion jumped back, looking at the cat warily.

"Um, yeah? I talked." The cat looked at the stallion. "Well you're a funny looking Rapidash." He said, standing and stretching.

"Ah... a what now? I'm a unicorn. See?" The stallion lit up his horn to show the cat.

"Hmm. That's pretty neat." The cat looked at the golden light coming from the horn.

"Hey, do you have any food? I'm starving. Haven't eaten since before that Mystery Dungeon with Melody. Speaking of, where is she?"

The cat looked around. Apon realizing Melody wasn't nearby, he began frantically searching. "Melody! Melody?!"

"Hey, calm down." The stallion said. "I'll help you look for her. By the way, my name is Abyssal Shield." He held out a hoof.

"Okay... I'm Hunter, the Luxio." Hunter said, reaching out a paw and shaking the stallions hoof.

"Okay, Hunter. Let's go find Melody." Abyssal said, leading Hunter out of the alleyway.

As they walked the streets, many ponies hid from Hunter, or gave the two a wide berth.

"Why are they scared of me?" Hunter asked. He tried to give a smile to the ponies, but they screamed and ran.

"Well, you're something they've never seen before. Ponies tend to be scared of new things." Abyssal explained.

"What about you?" Hunter glanced at the stallion. "You don't seem to be scared of me."

"I've seen a lot of things in my life." Abyssal said. "I'm a mercenary by trade, so I've seen some things that are much scarier than you."

"Hmm. I guess that makes sense." Hunter pondered. The two continued walking along the street until suddenly they heard someone yell at them.

"Freeze!" Said a voice. It was deep and commanding, obviously someone who was in charge. Hunter and Abyssal turned around to see a group of ponies with police outfits, many with horns alight or wings spread. Hunter's fur began to spark up defensivly.

"We mean no harm." Abyssal said. "And we've done nothing wrong."

"A group of mares said that animal bared its teeth at them!" One police said.

"I smiled, for Arceus sake! Get a grip!" Hunter growled, the electricity building up. The police stepped back, cautious of the electricity coming from the sparking cat.

Before anybody could act, a loud, booming voice protruded from all directions.

"Citizens of Equus. My name is Arceus, god of the Pokémon world."

Hunter immediately ceased his sparking, looking around. The ponies were obviously confused, glancing around for the voice.

"Some of you may have noticed new creatures appearing in your lakes, cities, and forests. These creatures are Pokémon. Do not harm them, and do not treat them as animals. Pokemon are fully sentient and will fight back if threatened."

The police began to back off from Hunter, understanding he was one of the Pokémon race.

"To my dear Pokémon subjects, I have brought you here to save you from the Dark Matter. Please do not harm the inhabitants of this world. You've been brought here to be saved from the evil."

"If any of you wish to speak with me, myself and the legendaries that survived the Dark Matter onslaught will be situated in the Castle of the Two Sisters, in the Everfree forest, until I see fit to make my own castle. That is all."

The police ponies looked back towards Hunter and Abyssal. "Uh... alright then. Carry on." He said quickly, turning and leading the police away.

"Huh. So, that was Arceus?" Abyssal asked, continuing to walk. Hunter followed behind. "Yeah, he's basically our god. Many doubted his existence until recently when the Dark Matter attacked."

"I heard him mention that. What exactly is the Dark Matter?"

"Well, its kinda hard to explain." Hunter began. "It's basically all of the negative emotions of every Pokémon in the world given form. It was ravaging the world and turning Pokémon to stone. Even some of the legendaries couldn't escape it."

"Legendaries?" Abyssal questioned.

"They're like Demi-gods. They control a lot of things. Arceus is on top, and below him are Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Dialga rules time, Palkia rules space, and Giritina rules antimater and keeps the two in balance."

"Wow. That's... they must be powerful." Abyssal said in slight awe.

"Yeah. I've never actually met a legendary myself though. Very few ever have." Hunter said. He stopped walking as his stomach growled loudly. "Heh... I forgot I was hungry."

"I know a good place to eat." Abyssal smiled. "Follow me."

Abyssal led Hunter through the town to a restaurant called "Sugar and Spice". They sat at an outside table and waited for a waiter to serve them.

A pale white mare with a blonde mane approached them. "Hi! My name's Sugar Belle, and I'll be..." she trailed off, looking at Abyssal. "Oh, Abyssal! I didn't see you there!" She smiled brightly, then looked over at Hunter. "And who's this?"

"My name's Hunter." The Luxio smiled. "Pleasure to meet you."

"Well, Hunter, I assume you're one of those Pokémon that that voice mentioned eariler?" Sugar asked.

"Yeah, I'm a Pokémon called Luxio."

"Well I'm happy to meet you. So, what can I get you two?"

"I'll just have a water, please." Abyssal said. Sugar wrote on a notepad and turned to Hunter. "And you?"

"Tamato berry juice would be great." Hunter said. Sugar looked at him, confused.

"I've never heard of that." She said.

"Oh. Hmm... must have different berries here. Well then, I'll just have a water too." Hunter said. Sugar nodded and wrote that down too. "Coming right up!"

Abyssal looked to Hunter as Sugar left. "So... how come you're not, you know, freaking out? I'd be panicking if I was suddenly uprooted and sent to a new world."

"Well, I was a bit scared at first." Hunter said. "But what kind of leader would I be if I wasn't prepared to deal with crazy things?"

"Leader? Of what?" Abyssal asked.

"Here's your waters!" Sugar suddenly cut in, placing two waters on their table. "Now, what do you want to eat?"

"A salad for me, please." Abyssal said.

"Uh..." Hunter seemed confused, flipping the menu upside down.

"Are you okay?" Sugar asked. Hunter peeked over the menu and sighed.

"I can't read your language."

"Oh... um..." Sugar stammered.

"Do you guys have fish?" Hunter suggested. Sugar brightened considerably.

"You're in luck! We're one of the few restaurants that serve meat around here. So a salad and fish? I'll be back with those soon."

"As you were saying," Abyssal continued as Sugar left. "Leader of what?"

"Team Frozen Thunder." Hunter said proudly. "We're bounty hunters. Melody is my partner."

"Um... did you say Frozen Thunder?" A small voice asked. Hunter looked around and saw a Starly hovering near him.

"Yes, I did. Who are you?" He asked kindly.

"My name's Star! I think you and Melody helped my mom once. Where is Melody anyways?" The little Starly said, looking around.

"Uh... not sure." Hunter said. "We got separated during the whole world transfer thing."

"Why not use that globe thingy that the exploration foundation gave you?"

"The glo- Oh, you mean the connection orb?" Hunter's eyes widened. "Why didn't I think of that!"

Hunter lifted his paw off the chair, showing an orb on a bracelet around it.

"What is that?" Abyssal asked curiously.

"The Connection Orb. It shows all of your friends in the world."

"Wow. That's impressive!" Abyssal said in awe. He watched as Hunter reached in to the bag and pulled out a tablet. The Luxio took the orb off of the bracelet, placing it in to a socket near the top of the tablet. Instantly, it came to life, the screen flickering on. It held for only a second before going white and dying.

"Uh... it's not supposed to do that, is it?" Abyssal asked.

"No... it just have been damaged when we made the transfer." Hunter sighed. "Well, it was worth a shot."

Sugar Belle approached the two with their food. "Did I hear you say that's broken?" She asked, placing their food down. "I know someone who can fix it."

"Really?" Hunter smiled. "That would be great. Thank you so much!"

"Of course! Come see me when you're done eating and I'll bring you there. My shift is almost done anyways." She nodded to the two, then set off to wait other tables.

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Somewhere between Ponyville and Appleoosa

"What is this forest doing in the middle of the train tracks?" A train conducer asked, looking at the forest that had suddenly sprung where there was none.

"I don't know, but we should head back and tell the princesses." His assistant said.

"Yeah. More than a few ponies are going to be mad." the conducter grumbled as he walked back into the train. "I'm gonna need a raise..."

Author's Note:

Both Team Frozen Thunder and Abssyl Shield are my OC.
Also if you want to me to add any other Explorer Teams just ask me.
This story well be update at least once every two weeks.

As all ways and Comment good or bad is appreciated.

Comments

[SolarEclipse912]

If you need more people for pokemon, I can offer myself as an enemy or an ally.

[Robot972]

The story is great, but there are quite a few errors in spelling, word order, and grammar. Otherwise, great job, hope the story stays great.

[HorrorYen]

I'm so confused

[KyleeTheShinyStealer]

So far, the story is alright. The main, glaring issue I see here, however, is the pacing. I would reccomend getting a pre-reader to go through and help make edits to the story to make the pacing flow smoothly and help it feel more realistic.