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// Dynamax Crisis 
// Story: My Little Pokémon 
// by Amarvax 
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A crisis is occurring.

Across Equestria, many Dynamax dens that were hidden in secluded areas have finally gone off. And the unfortunate Pokemon who come across them are forcefully Dynamaxed under Eternatus's influence.

However, this crisis is what brought the appearance of the Disaster Pokemon, Absol. With Absol's presence here, it was guaranteed that something like this would happen. 

Standing atop a hill, Absol gazed over Lapras Lake, where he first sighted a Dynamax power spot due to the tall red pillars of light they exhibit. He saw the lake covered in foam with bubbles popping and flowing across the water. But this wasn't a naturally beautiful sight.

This was the cause of Gigantamax Kingler. A Pokemon who had previously been Dynamaxed and went on a rampage out of confusion underwater. Many Water Pokemon were caught by the move G-Max Foam burst including Ponyville's Night Watch. Jade Skies and Cold Colt.

Just like the Water-Type Pokemon in Lapras Lake, their current status is unknown. The last thing they saw was G-Max Foam Burst coming right at them. And that was it.

Absol looked over at the distance, spotting another Dynamax pillar rising in the distance over at the North. He knew that he was too late for Kingler since it had already been affected. But if he hurries, he could prevent other Pokemon from reaching the power spot. 

So the Disaster Pokemon hopped off the hill, dashing like the wind as he made haste to prevent this crisis from spreading. 



Ponyville, morning.

It was yet another beautiful day in Ponyville like always. Or at least, in terms of the vibrant sun beaming down on the town. As for everything else, once the ponies woke up, the first thing that caught their attention was the red pillar of light coming from Lapras Lake. It was impossible to ignore.

"What's that?" Derpy wondered.

"Maybe somepony's putting on a light show? A bit too early though." Amethyst theorized.

They went on about what the red light could be with their own assumptions and theories. However, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rarity felt like they recognized that familiar red glow.

"Do those colours remind you of the Dynamax colours?" Rarity squinted her eyes.

"Same shade of red too." Pinkie nodded. 

"Yeah, but we didn't see any red pillars popping up with a Dynamaxed Pokemon." Applejack shook her head. "How long do you think it's been there?"

"Who knows? Oh, but Jade and Cold do!" Pinkie shot up. "Where are they anyway?" She looked around, searching for Jade and Cold. But there was no sign of them. "Jade hasn't returned to SugarCube Corner yet, actually."

"Neither has Cold. He ain't at Sweet Apple Acres right now. Or at all." said Applejack.

"You don't think..." Rarity paused for a moment, thinking of where the two of them could be. She looked over at her two friends as they looked back at her.

The trio froze for a moment as their brains were processing the same thought. They all simultaneously turned their heads towards the red pillar of light and came to the same conclusion.

"Oh no." Pinkie's neck strained as her pupils dilated. Her, Applejack and Rarity believed that the red pillar could have something to do with Jade and Cold not being present at the moment.

Out of everypony here staring at the light, the three of them were the only ones who decided to explore it up close. Or rather, see if their friends are alright.



Once they arrived at Lapras Lake, they had graced their eyes on both the Dynamax pillar and the foam generated from Kingler's last attack. Although, they weren't aware that this foam came from an attack at all.

The lake was silent and quiet with not a single Pokemon in sight. Not even on land. The only sound the three of them could hear was the energy of the Dynamax lights and nothing else.

"It's coming from the water. You think they went down there?" Applejack got closer to the water, peering her head over.

"If they did, it's way too early to go for a swim." Pinkie replied.

"I don't think they went for a swim, Pinkie Pie. Look." Rarity used her magic to pick a familiar item. That item being the binoculars that Jade had on her last night. They had washed up on the shore with foamy bubbles around them. The foam had ruined the binoculars as they were partially melted.

"Jade's binoculars!" Pinkie rushed off as she witnessed the half-ruined binoculars. "Oh no, no, no, no." PInkie was fearing the worst as she shook her head violently. From how it looked, Pinkie feared that something horrible must've happened to Jade.

Rarity could see that Pinkie Pie was about to break into tears, but she wasn't about to let that happen since there was something they could do. "Pinkie!" Rarity shoved her hoof in Pinkie's mouth. "Now is not the time to jump to conclusions. There is a way we can work around this!"

"T-There is?"

"Right. Do you have any of your Slurpuff's on you?"

"Mhm." Pinkie nodded gently.

"Good. Use your Slurpuff's sensitive nose to track them down. If the binoculars are here, then Jade must be somewhere close."

"Alright." Pinkie held back her tears as she sent one of her many Slurpuff's out to search for their friends.

"Slurpuff!"

"Slurpuff! Please use your nose to track down Jade and Cold." Pinkie Pie pleaded.

"Slur!" Understanding her trainer's desperation and worry, Slurpuff got to work. By using its sensitive nose, Slurpuff was already picking up a trace of Jade and Cold as the Meringue Pokemon made its way towards the water. That's all the distance it needed to go as it suddenly stopped walking. "Puff! Slur!" The Meringue Pokemon pointed its stubby arms at the water.

"So they really are underwater." Rarity said. "Oh, I hope they haven't drowned!" She gasped.

"I know somepony who's resistant to water. Grovyle." Applejack turned to her partner. "Grovyle. We're heading down there together.

"Gro!" The Wood Geck Pokemon nodded in understanding as he shot his head to the water.

"I know you haven't really done much but..." Rarity reached into her saddlebag, taking out a Rarityball. "But we need your help. Feebas!" She sent out the Fish Pokemon, Feebas

"Fee..."

"Before we enter, aside from Feebas, we'll all need something to breathe underwater. Luckily, Twilight's practical magic proved to be useful." Rarity used her magic to perform the same spell Cold and Twilight used to breathe underwater for 20 minutes. "Good luck."

Each of them was more than ready to submerge themselves underwater to find the duo and see if they were alright and well. By immersing themselves in the lake, the trio could see that the number of Water-Type Pokemon was practically non-existent.

The sea wasn't in its usual lively state anymore. Not since Kingler attacked. In fact, Kingler was the only Pokemon currently residing in the sea at this point.

Speaking of Kingler, the cries of the Pincer Pokemon could be heard as the sound waves echoed throughout the sea, causing tremors that almost reached the surface.

"Not a single Water Pokemon here." Rarity commented.

"Just like on land. Where'd they all go?" Applejack wondered.

"Grovyle?"

"Slur. Slurpuff." Slurpuff picked up on a brand new scent. That being the scent of Kingler and its foam. The scent was so strong that it blocked out Jade and Cold's scent completely, making it hard for Slurpuff to continue tracking them down. "Slur."

"Found anything yet, Slurpuff?" Pinkie asked.

"Slur." She shook her head.

"Feebas." Feebas was just as lost as Slurpuff and Grovyle. Despite being a Water-Type, this lake was unnerving to the Fish Pokemon. Before Kingler, Lapras Lake was a peaceful and beautiful area. But not any more thanks to Dynamax.

But even with all that faith, finding them was proving to be a challenge. At this point, it looked like Jade and Cold weren't even here at all. But Slurpuff could still feel a tiny bit of their scent. It was faint but even with the overpowering aroma of the foam, the Meringue Pokemon hadn't lost them yet.

Their venturing continued until they came across the one area that they most likely shouldn't have come across. From the corner of Grovyle's eye, he had spotted something unusual. A large shadow could be seen around the corner, along with a red glow. This glow came with a very furious sound.

The sound of Kingler that is. The Gigantamaxed Pincer Pokemon had come out of the corner, smashing its large pincer of the corner as it crumbled into nothing.

Finally, They had all seen the Gigantamaxed Pokemon with their own eyes. Its imposing figure complimented by its large left pincer and red aura was striking to the eys.

"So it is Dynamax?!" Rarity gasped.

"Dynamaxed Kingler?!" Pinkie took her dex out which was thankfully waterproof. 

"Kingler. The Pincer Pokemon. Gigantamax Form. The flow of Gigantamax energy has spurred this Pokémon’s left pincer to grow to an enormous size. That claw can pulverize anything. The bubbles it spews out are strongly alkaline. Any opponents hit by them will have their bodies quickly melted away."

"Wait...then does that mean..." Pinkie thought for a moment. She saw the bubbles on the binoculars earlier. This made her heart sink as she now believed that Jade and Cold might've met a gruesome end.

"KINGLER!" Still enraged and confused, Kingler's rampage continued as it spotted the trio of Pokemon that stood before it. Now they were its next targets as it swung its massive pincer towards them.

"Grovyle, Dragon Breath!" Applejack commanded.

"Gro!" Grovyle grabbed Slurpuff and Feebas as he swam down with them, avoiding the pincer as it caused mighty ripples and shockwaves in the water. "Gro...vyle!" The Wood Gecko Pokemon attacked back by using Dragon Breath. 

A blast of blue and purple flames came out of his mouth as it went straight for KIngler. Dragon Breath may be a strong move, but against a Gigantamaxed Pokemon, it was unfortunately not enough as a tiny explosion happened in front of Kingler's face as he was slightly phased by it.

However, one extra part of the Dragon-Type move was that it has a chance of paralyzing. And that's with it did. Dragon Breath had paralyzed Kingler, slowing the Pincer Pokemon down. As if it wasn't slow enough already in its currently gigantic form.

"GLER!" Kingler, obviously now more enraged than ever, began swinging its pincer violently at Grovyle and the others whilst the Wood Gecko Pokemon held his friends close to him.

With how ferociously Kingler was attacking them, the group found it challenging to find time to pause and relax. They had to continue evading Kingler's humongous pincer whilst the spell slowly runs out of time. And if they tried to escape, Kingler was too big to avoid.



Back at Ponyville, everypony was still looking right at the pillar. It was hard not to due to how visible and out of place it was compared to everything else.

Some ponies, however, haven't woken up yet. One of them being Twilight. Although, eventually, she did wake up from her slumber. She only slept a bit longer ever since last night when she first saw Absol. Seeing the Disaster Pokemon meant a disaster would come. And indeed, a disaster was coming. But it was more a crisis.

Twilight had finally woken up, stretching her hooves as her Pokemon were all looking outside of the window along with Starlight, Spike, Nyx, Cocoa and Rosestar. They all woke up much earlier than her like most of the ponies here, they had already seen the Dynamax pillar.

"Mrrgh..." Twilight rubbed her eye. "What's everypony staring at?"

"That." Cocoa pointed her hoof over at the Dynamax lights. 

Once Twilight joined her friends over at the window, she was the next citizen of Ponyville to see the power spot pillars beaming through the sky.

"A pillar of light?" Twilight narrowed her eyes. "Where did that come from?"

"No clue." Rosestar shook her head. "But it's been like that for a while now. Hasn't even moved or flashed at all."

"It's not any light I recognize," said Nyx. "Unless it's another spell exclusive to only this universe."

"What do you think, Twilight? Got any clues?" Spike asked.

"Hmm..." Twilight examined the pillar for a moment. From all the books she's read so far about Pokemon, she has yet to discover something like this. Although, seeing it made her recall something from a while back. "Spike...Does that red remind you of something?"

"Like what?"

"The way that red looks. It kind of reminds me of Dynamax a little bit."

"Oh yeah." Spike nodded. "It does have that same colouring."

"Dynamax?" Nyx turned to Twilight.

"Ah, it's just another phenomenon from the Pokemon World. They have a few. Dynamax is a temporary transformation that affects Pokémon, enlarging its size. That's all I know about it for now."

"Hm. So is that what the red light is?" Cocoa tilted her head.

"Not sure. This is my first time seeing something like this. When we saw Dynamaxed Pokemon, it was with Pikachu, Charizard, Gyarados, Drednaw and Duraludon. They all had the same red glow around them with these weird red clouds."

"...Did you say red clouds?" Nyx replied.

"That's right." Twilight nodded.

"Then in that case...you might want to take a closer look." Nyx grabbed everypony's attention by showing them what was occurring in the sky.

The clouds were starting to move, revealing the unexpected to Twilight. At first, she believed it was a coincidence that the colouring was similar to Dynamax. But once the clouds moved away and showed the full height of the pillar, her jaw dropped in shock

Indeed, it had the same red clouds as Dynamax. And once Spike saw this as well, his reaction was similar to Twilight's. Although Twilight's was on the more extreme side. 

"That's Dynamax..." She said under her breath. Seeing this made the young alicorn conclude. If Absol appeared last night and there was a Dynamax pillar right here in Equestria, then the disaster has already arrived. "Oh, this is not good. This is not good at all!"

"It's not?" Cocoa scratched her mane.

"I remember what Sonia told us! Something about the Darkest Day." Twilight backed up. "How one day a great black storm covered the Galar Region and the land was assaulted by gigantic Pokemon. The same thing could be happening now!"

"I don't see any great black storms." Starlight moved her head about. It was a clear and sunny day even with the Dynamax pillar.

"Probably not for long! If Absol predicts that a disaster is coming, then it's bound to happen!" Twilight spread her wings as she was ready to leave and investigate the Dynamax pillar.

"Who's Absol?" Rosestar questioned.

"A Pokemon that can foretell disasters. I met one last night in Ponyville. And that's not a good sign at all!"

"Twilight. Remember the last time you thought a disaster was about to happen. It just ended up-" Spike was about to finish his sentence when Twilight interrupted him.

"This isn't like before Spike!" She spoke up. "An actual disaster is coming! Come on! We're going to investigate!"

"She sounds serious..." Cocoa whispered to Rosestar as she nodded in agreement.

Twilight didn't have time to sit around wondering and panicking. She could already tell that this single Dynamax pillar could lead to something horrible.

Up in the sky of Cloudsdale, the pegasi weren't strangers to it as well. They were the ones who had seen the Dynamax lights first along with the red clouds circling them. It had even woken some of them up from their peaceful sleep. Which was a shame. The rain from last night was soothing and it had been ruined.

Rainbow Dash recognized the clouds and light to be Dynamax as well. Although, her reaction to it was on the more defensive side. She had no idea what Dynamax power spots actually did just like everypony else in Ponyville. She didn't know if they were dangerous or not. 

All she remembers is what Sonia told her about the Darkest Day and the four Dynamax battles she got the pleasure of witnessing. For now, she simply stayed indoors, looking outside of her window at the pillar. But she was curious about the possibility of seeing another Dynamaxed Pokemon. Perhaps even a Gigantamaxed one.



Back at Lapras Lake, the struggle against Kingler continues. All this evading was tiring the group out. They couldn't keep it up for much longer. Meanwhile, Kingler looked like it hadn't even broken a sweat yet. But then again, it's in a fit of rage and confused still.

"This is taking forever!" Applejack ducked as Kingler clipped her tail with a single strand coming off.

"Doesn't Dynamax eventually run out?! Why is it still in this state?!" Rarity screamed as she was almost hit by Kingler's pincer. 

All the while, Pinkie Pie was still thinking about the possibility of Jade being melted away by Kingler. She couldn't stop thinking about those horrible thoughts as Grovyle was the one to hold her and keep her from getting hit by the Pincer Pokemon.

"KING! KINGLER!" Kingler's rage was only getting worse due to all the evading the others were doing. Even with the paralyzed effect from Dragon Breath, Kingler could still move a lot. It had decided to put an end to this feud once and for all. And the only way to do that was with its widespread move.

G-MAX Foam Burst. By opening its left pincer, a blast of foamy water formed inside of the Pincer Pokemon's claw, building up the biggest one yet.

Applejack gasped, knowing that Kingler was about to hit them with a disgustingly powerful move from how the attack was charging up. "Up! Swim-up!" She warned the others who had also taken notice of the build-up.

They all swam up with Grovyle holding on to Applejack. But, Kingler's Foam Burst was fully charged and the surface wasn't close enough. The Pincer Pokemon sent a blast of foam in their direction as it yet again covered the entire area with no room to escape.

It looked like they as well would share the same fate as the others from last night as they turned around, seeing nothing but foam in front of them. However, something came dashing in at high-speeds, tearing through the water itself.

Before they could all gasp, their bodies had been grabbed by three fast-moving entities. They were so fast to the point where they were capable of avoiding G-Max Foam Burst as the attack had finally missed its target. But, Kingler thought it connected since its prey was nowhere to be found at all, believing them to have melted into nothing.

"KINGLER!"



In truth, Applejack and the others had been saved by some Pokemon. Not just any Pokemon. But Sharpedo's. Three of the Brutal Pokemon had grabbed onto them with their sharp teeth, which weren't actually harming them this time since, like most Pokemon, Sharpedo can control how dangerous and lethal their teeth can be. Applejack and the others were surprised that Sharpedo's teeth weren't causing any damage and that they had saved them considering how they constantly attack others who are nearby.

"Shar!" All three of the Brutal Pokemon swam through Lapras Lake at top-speeds, leaving the area and entering a nearby area with a similar layout to Lapras Lake. 

That being Bidoof Beach. The Water-Types returned the ponies and other Pokemon to the surface of Bidoof Beach, giving them time to finally relax as the spell was still active.

"T-T-Thanks, Sharpedo." Applejack was breathing in and out after seeing G-Max Foam Burst.

"Vyle." Grovyle shook the water off his body along with Slurpuff and Rarity. They were grateful to Sharpedo for saving their lives and preventing them from being melted into nothing.

However, Pinkie Pie wasn't feeling the same way as her friends. She was still thinking about Jade and Cold and how they could've possibly been melted from Kingler's foam. The thought of it was enough to make her break into tears and cry uncontrollably. 

But she wouldn't have to cry at all. Because at the corner of her eye, Pinkie Pie noticed some familiar figures along with Applejack and Rarity.

Near the rocks of Bidoof Beach, the two ponies they were searching for had finally been found. Jade and Cold were alright along with the other Water Pokemon.

Their bodies were still healthy without any signs of there being any foamy bubbles. The same can be said for the Water-Types. Not a scratch on them.

"Jade! Cold! You're both okay!" Pinkie Pie dashed over, hugging the two of them as she did end up breaking into tears anyways. But they were tears of joy thankfully.

"Phew! That's a relief." Applejack wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Ya'll doing well?"

"Great." Cold responded by nodding his head.

"I thought Kingler got you with all that foam that can melt stuff!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"It almost did," Jade replied. "But luckily, we were saved. By Frillish and Lapras over there. They used Protect and Light Screen at the last moment to protect all the Water Pokemon here. So the foam wasn't a problem at all."

"Lapras!"

"Frillish..."

"I see. Well, I didn't except the Sharpedo's to assist us. Usually, when somepony comes by this lake, they're already on the hunt for us." Rarity looked over at the Brutal Pokemon.

"Sharpedo!" 

"But now we have a problem." Jade stood up. "We're facing a bit of a Dynamax crisis right now."

"A Dynamax Crisis?" The trio said.

"Yeah. When we were brought to Bidoof Beach by Lapras, we ended up seeing another Dynamax power spot in the near distance. In fact, there's a bunch of them. Take a look." Cold pointed his hoof over at the East. A single power spot could be seen as it was only covered by a weak mist.

The weak mist was also covering more Dynamax power spots as some were harder to see due to how far away they were. It wasn't just the East. North, South and West areas had their own Dynamax pillars. Some of which were purple.

"H-How are there so many...?" Pinkie's jaw dropped.

"Not a clue." Cold shook his head. "But they're there alright. And if Kingler was anything to go by, then any other Pokemon that Dynamaxes is a problem for all of Equestria."

"He's right about that." Rarity nodded. "After all, our world isn't built for Pokemon. At least...not yet anyway. So if there are multiple Dynamax Pokemon running around..."

"They'll flatten Equestria!" Applejack replied as she shot up. "We gotta warn Twilight and the others! They should've noticed this by now! Kingler might come up from the lake too!"

"What about everywhere else in Equestria? Dodge Junction might have a Dynamax pillar there as well." Rarity questioned.

"We'll just...warn Twilight first. And then we'll all head out like we usually do! Cold. Get home now, alright?" Applejack ordered. "And make sure everypony stays inside and doesn't come out."

"S-Sure!"



Speaking of everywhere else, it was only a matter of time until there were other Pokemon who had been Dynamaxed thanks to Eternatus's influence.

Over at the Crystal Empire, the citizens there were still looking over at their own Dynamax pillar. It has been here since night and has yet to really dazzle them. For a brief moment, it had become a tourist attraction. Although, not one they're allowed to go near due to Shining Armor's orders.

"It's not harming anypony. So it might just be there for show." Shining Armor commented as he stood on the balcony with  Cadence who had Flurry Heart on her back along with Manaphy.

"Seems that way. I thought it would be harmful to the eyes. But it is a bit pleasing to look at." Cadence replied.

As of now, the Dynamax pillar was deemed safe but there was still no permission to go near them whatsoever. And if it stayed that way without doing anything, then the Crystal Empire would deem it apart of the empire and a nice sightseeing view.

But that didn't last at all. Over at the Dynamax den, one of the many Pokemon that inhabit the Crystal Empire, Sableye, had come across the power spot after searching for some sweet delicious crystals.

"Sable?" The Darkness Pokemon, out of pure curiosity, decided to check out the Dynamax den. Since it had a hole where the pillar of light came from, it assumed that it would find some gemstones down there since they're usually found underground.

However, once the Dark-Ghost-Type got close, its foot made contact with the power spot. And that one single collision is all that it took for Sableye to feel Eternatus's energy build-up from within it.

"Sable? Sableye?!" Sableye felt its body growing in size all of a sudden without any control of its body. It was losing its balance due to the constant growing as its feet dug through the ground due to how sharp they were.

It didn't take long for the Crystal Empire to notice the clouds turning red along with the sky gaining a darker tint to it. Their view of the pillar had changed to focus on the sky itself.

But even that view changed once Sableye had grown to an outstanding 400m. Not close to the level of Kingler's 430m, but still huge nonetheless.

"SABLEYE...!" Just like Kingler and every other Pokemon out there, Sableye was enraged and confused thanks to the influence of Eternatus. But the citizens didn't know that. Their response to this suddenly massive Sableye was a mixture of worry, confusion and awe as they started to chatter on why there was a giant Sableye in the distance.

"What's up with that Sableye?!" A pony gasped.

"Maybe it's their mom? Pretty huge though." Another pony squinted their eyes.

"You'd think we would've noticed a while ago, if that's the case." A smaller pony said.

Whilst they all chatter about the giant Sableye, Shining Armor, Cadence and the guards were put on high alert. And for good reason. Cadence's Sylveon had read the Darkness Pokemon's current emotion and from the way Sableye was standing around, it looked like at any moment, it would go berserk.

"Sylveon!" The Intertwining Pokemon nudged Cadence's hoof, warning her about Sableye's potential rampage.

"What's wrong, Sylveon?!" Cadence turned to her. Unfortunately, Sableye's rampage had already begun thanks to the rapidly growing rate of Eternatus's energy.

"EYE! SABLEYE!" The Darkness Pokemon took a single step, shaking the entire ground as it made its way towards the Crystal Empire. It may have no control over its body, but its hunger for crystals was still there.

Now the Crystal Empire had a Dynamaxed Sableye to deal with.

As for everywhere else, Manehattan was given the introduction of a Dynamaxed Lopunny, Dodge Junction, A Dynamaxed Wooloo, Trottingham, a Dynamaxed Corvisquire, Appleloosa, a Dynamaxed Nidoking and so on.

Not everywhere in Equestria had been affected. One of them being Canterlot which had no nearby Dynamax power spots. But, that didn't mean they couldn't be seen from afar. 

Celestia used her telescope to look in the distance, spotting red and purple pillars of light scattered everywhere. Like everypony, she was curious as to what those lights were. 

The Dynamax Crisis had finally come into fruition as multiple Dynamaxed Pokemon towered over their respective areas, full of nothing but rage due to the uncontrollable energy within them, courtesy of Eternatus.

But, despite all of this, Absol was still determined to stop this crisis. He was already too late with the Crystal Empire and the others. But that didn't stop him whatsoever. His horn sensed another power spot coming from the Pikachu Highlands and Deerling Forest. The Disaster Pokemon was off to reach those two areas, in hopes of preventing any other Pokemon from reaching there as the journey continues.


Chapter 271 End.