Harmony of Heroes: Ultimate Multiverse Explorers

by Lucar


Chapter 5: Finding New Friends And a New Battle

Sweetie Belle woke up the next morning with already a to-do list in her mind. So, as she and her Pokémon took the breakfast offered by the Pokémon Center, she took a paper, a pen, and began to write what she will do helped by the Pokédex.

First, she wanted to complete her Pokémon team, starting with a Pichu. From the moment she saw one on the shoulder of a trainer the previous day, she wanted to have one. It was absolutely adorable. Well, she saw on the Pokédex that there were many adorable Pokémon, but Pichu came first in mind, and shouldn't be hard to find. Pichu could be found in the Viridian Forest, although they apparently generally remained out of the way of trainers. She may have to turn herself back into her pony-form to gain their trust more easily. And Pichu being children Pokémon, she didn't intend to get one the normal way. It would be too cruel. She will just ask around if a Pichu will accept to follow her. Hopefully, one will accept.

Then, she would search for a Jigglypuff. A Pokémon that loved to sing was obviously made for her. And thankfully, it shouldn't be hard to find either as they could be found a little everywhere in Kanto, mainly around Mt. Moon and Saffron City.

Then, a Dragonite, because dragon, and also because it seamed to be the less threatening-looking of the Dragon-types. The problem was that it was extremely difficult to find one in the wild, so the better choice will be to find a Dratini or a Dragonair and make it evolve. The problem was that, in Kanto, they could be found only in the water of the Safari Zone, but since the Safari didn't exist anymore... No choice, she will have to go to Dragon's Den, in Johto.

Which was good because she also needed to go to Johto to find a Ghost Pokémon. Really, having a ghost in her team along with a dragon, how cool will it be? And it will be perfect for Nightmare Night. Finding a Gastly should be very easy, although she could also go to Mt. Silver to find a Misdreavus. But she will have to be careful. She read some Pokédex entries about various Ghost Pokémon and... Well, Ghost-types weren't just feared because most of them looked scary. Many of them were really dangerous, even the most innocent-looking like Drifloon.

She would have liked capturing more Pokémon but she wanted to bring all of them to Equestria, and because of that whole "capturing a Pokémon beyond six will send said Pokémon inside a computer", she couldn't. Not before she found a way to deactivate whatever caused the Poké Balls to be transferred into a PC with the Pokémon inside. She may have to ask Magolor and Susie about that.

Anyway, once her team will be complete, she will battle Red, deciding that she wanted to get this over with before she would return to Equestria. But not knowing where Red was, and not wanting to search him, she decided that she would simply go ask Blue if he had a way to contact him.

Then, if there was some time remaining, she will simply move around and do some more battles and exploration.

And thus was the planning for the whole day.

But first, before entering Viridian Forest, she used the remaining of her money and some more obtained after a few battles to buy more Poké Balls as well as a few Potions, Antidotes, Paralyze Heals, and so on, for potential battles against trainers as she searched for her chosen Pokémon.

Once she was ready, she went North and exited Viridian City, traversed Route 2 (where she went into a few more battles against eager young trainers), and entered Viridian Forest.

The forest was home to a large number of Bug-type Pokémon, but Tank and Ratzo were already trained enough to face them without problems. She also encountered a few Bug-type specialist trainers and a few others that wanted a fight, but she easily defeated them, already getting back the money she spent earlier.

Not wanting to lose too much time battling trainers, she eventually turned herself back into her pony-form, making sure to leave the belt with the Poké Balls and to turn her backpack with all the stuff she bough into a saddlebag. In this smaller form, she was much less visible, so she could easily sneak around the humans, and if any wild Pokémon searched a fight with her, she easily made them regret with a powerful beam on the face.

Eventually, she managed to find a small den with a family of Pikachu and Pichu inside. She made sure to look as non-threatening as possible as she looked at them from the entrance, the parents already getting ready to defend their little ones.

"Hello, I'm not searching a fight, I just want to ask something," she said with a small voice, attempting to appease the couple of Pikachu.

This worked as the Pikachu relaxed a little, but remained ready to attack. "What do you want?" asked who Sweetie supposed was the father.

"I'm searching for a Pichu who would want to come with me on adventures and all that stuff. If you refuse, then I will accept your decision and go search elsewhere. I will not forcefully take one away. I promise."

At that, both Pikachu raised an eyebrow before they exchanged a look. The mother then looked at the Pichu behind her and asked "Any of you want to go with her?"

The Pichu all answered with a shake of their head, refusing.

Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow in wonder. "You were ready to accept to let one leave with me? Just like that?"

The father smiled at her. "You are a trainer? You aren't human, but you seem to have the material," he asked. Receiving a nod from Sweetie Belle, he continued. "It was a great occasion for one of our Pichu to leave the den. All Pokémon know that there is no better opportunity to grow than to go with a human, or whatever you are. Normally, we wouldn't let our Pichu leave the den until they are ready, but since you didn't try to fight us, then we thought that maybe we could let one go. You seem very nice."

"Thanks. I like to fight, but I would never separate a child from their parents like that. Well then, I will go search elsewhere. Bye!" At this, the filly left.

But then, as she walked away, one of the Pikachu, the father again, left the den shouting "Wait!" to stop her and gain her attention. When she looked at him, he pointed at a direction in the right. "Over there, in this direction, is another den. They have a Pichu who is impatient to leave and discover the world. I'm sure she will accept to come with you."

Sweetie Belle nodded. "Alright. Thank you for telling me."

So she walked in the direction pointed by the Pikachu and, after a few minutes, found the den. Inside, she found another family of Pikachu and Pichu.

Before the parents could react to her, she said "Hello! I was told that there's a Pichu here who can't wait to go on adventures! That's great! I love to go on adventures, and I'm searching some companions to come with me!"

One of the Pichu got stars in its eyes at this, and began to wave a paw to gain her attention. "That's me! That's me!"

"Who are you?" asked the mother with some mistrust. "And what kind of Pokemon are you? Last I heard, there are no Pokémon who are also Pokémon trainers."

"My name is Sweetie Belle, Pokémon trainer beginner. And I'm not a Pokémon or a human. I'm a pony who comes from another world."

The stars in the eyes of the Pichu became bigger. "From another world?! You're an alien?!"

"Yup! And if you come with me, you are gonna see worlds beyond your imagination, battle foes that no Pokémon ever fought before, and make countless friends of all kinds!"

The Pichu seemed ready to explode, and even some of her siblings seemed eager to join.

"You can come, of course, if your parents accept," continued Sweetie Belle as she looked at said parents.

The Pichu immediately went in front of her parents and began to beg them. "Please please please pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplmmh!"

Amused, the mother put a paw on the Pichu's mouth to stop her. She then looked at the father who looked back at her. The father then returned to stare at Sweetie Belle crossing his fore paws.

"What if we refuse?" he asked, making the Pichu pleadingly look at him.

"Then I will go ask another family," answered the filly. "I will not forcefully take her away. But if you accept, then I assure you that she will be well taken care of and that I will protect her with everything I have. And of course, I will help her grow to become a great Pikachu, and maybe even a Raichu. Well, that is if she doesn't drown under the pile of hugs she will certainly receive back in my home world." Speaking of, I should warn everypony to be careful if they don't want to get a shock, especially if she has Static.

The father smiled, then looked at the mother and nodded. And so, the mother nodded to the Pichu. "You can go."

The Pichu exploded. "YYYEEESSS!!!" she yelled in joy before she hugged her parents. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" Then, in the blink of an eye, she ran toward Sweetie Belle and tackle-hugged her, unconsciously liberating some electricity in her joy.

Not even flinching at the electricity, Sweetie Belle put a leg around the Pichu to return the hug as she giggled. "Welcome to the team, Volta."

Hearing the name, the Pichu stared at her, not believing it.

"You like it?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"I love it!" answered Volta.

It was then that Sweetie Belle remarked that Volta had a particularity: the color of her fur was a darker shade of yellow than usually. A shiny? Those were really rare. This will make it easier to recognize her.

Sweetie Belle then stepped back from the entrance of the den and put Volta on her back, much to the Pichu's joy again. Volta's family then came out of the den, and after exchanging goodbyes, Sweetie Belle walked away, Volta giggling on her back.


Sweetie Belle walked out of the forest and went toward Pewter City, still in her pony-form with Volta on her back. A few humans spotted her but didn't dare to try to capture her. They certainly heard about her easily defeating a powerful trainer and thought, rightly, that they wouldn't stand a chance against her.

So she rapidly reached Pewter City and entered Route 3 where Jigglypuff could be found. She rapidly found one, or rather, heard it as it was singing, and she just had to follow the sound while resisting the sleeping effect of it. She quickly put Volta inside a Poké Ball when she saw that the Pichu was falling asleep. Eventually, she found the singing Jigglypuff on a stone facing three Spearow, all asleep.

Seeing the three birds sleeping, the pink, spherical Pokémon stopped, giggling, pleased with itself, before it saw Sweetie Belle approaching. It then began to Sing again, only for Sweetie Belle to Sing too in perfect harmony. Despite its shock, the Jigglypuff continued to Sing, but this time, not to make Sweetie fall asleep, but for the pleasure of singing with someone else that wasn't a Jigglypuff.

Before long, they both stopped singing, and Sweetie Belle smiled at the Jigglypuff, showing it a Poké Ball. "Want to come with me?"

"I would love to," answered the Jigglypuff.

Thus, the female Jigglypuff Lulla joined the team.


Direction Johto now. Rather than going by hooves, she flew, making it much faster (she had to levitate the saddlebags because they impeded her wings). She passed above the Indigo Plateau, went through the mountain range separating Kanto from Johto (getting a close view of Mt. Silver), and arrived at Blackthorn City where the entrance to Dragon's Den was situated.

Seeing that the entrance was guarded, she teleported behind the man before she moved down the ladders to the main room of the cave where there was a shrine surrounded by an underground lake. Some trainers were present and, apparently not knowing what she was, attacked her with Dragon-type Pokémon that she very easily defeated with some powerful Ice Beams.

After that, she jumped in the lake in search of a Dratini or a Dragonair.

She rapidly found a Dratini who confronted her, and knowing that it was probably more powerful than any of her Pokémon currently, she decided to fight it herself, underwater. Well, fight... She avoided a Dragon Rush, grabbed the Dratini, flew out of the lake to the ceiling of the cave with it, and plunged back into the lake like a meteor. She then slammed the Dratini at the bottom, knocking it out before capturing it inside a Great Ball.

With the deed done, she teleported out of the cave.

And so she got Drako, the male Dratini.


After healing Drako, Sweetie Belle found herself with a tiny bitty problem concerning Gastly: both in Bell Tower and in Sprout Tower, as well as in the few Routes where they could be found, they only appeared in the night. During the day, they remained hidden.

A fellow trainer told her about it inside the Bell Tower as she had been searching for a Gastly.

Well then, since she couldn't wait for the night, this meant she had to play hide and seek with a ghost, with her as the seeker. Great!

Thankfully, she had a great method to make a ghost come out of its hiding place when they didn't want to see the light.

She went to a part of the tower where there was nobody (because the tower was full of trainers, obviously) and plunged said part into total darkness. It was only a matter of seconds before a Gastly came and attempted something on her, only for her to shape the darkness into tentacles of shadows that wrapped around the ghost, trapping it. She then tightened the tentacles until she judged that the Gastly was weakened enough to capture it with a Great Ball.

And now, with the arrival of Smily (male Gastly), she had her full team.

A quick healing later, she teleported to a secluded place in a random Route, under the shadow of a tree (for Smily), and let out her six Pokémon.

Tank the Squirtle (who she was certain was almost ready to evolve), Ratzo the Rattata, Volta the Pichu, Lulla the Jigglypuff, Drako the Dratini, and Smily the Gastly.

She was feeling so proud! And so happy!

Drako and Smily, however, looked at her as if she was Giratina. Yeah... She could understand them after the show of power she demonstrated against them... And she hadn't explained what she was to them.

So she turned into her pony-form and sat in front of them, Volta quickly coming to sit at her left, snuggling against her.

"So, the team is complete. Now, how about we pass some time getting to know each others? I am Sweetie Belle. I'm a dimensional traveler who came from the land of Equestria on planet Equus, and I'm what we call an alicorn pony, and to be more exact, the Alicorn of the Void. To put it simply, I'm very powerful, and I can pretty much use every moves existing, excepted maybe a few very powerful moves that only godly legendaries can use."

"No kidding..." said Smily.

"As a dimensional traveler, I explore dimensions. I just started, and you will be happy to learn that your world is the first that I'm exploring. For what reason? Easy! To live adventures, make friends, and have fun. To discover new incredible things, and kick some evil butts if I encounter some. And probably make Discord proud by unconsciously spreading chaos like I tend to do. And with me being taken for a legendary Pokémon by the humans, I think it already started.

Anyway, outside of that, when I'm not exploring worlds, I go to school with my friends. I help my sister sometimes with her dresses, modeling for her. I protect Equestria from any villain attempting to conquer it, although this hasn't happened since I defeated the most powerful dark mage of my world. And I visit other friends I have in another universe where I lived for over a year. Oh yeah, in said universe, I'm the queen of a kingdom, but it doesn't matter right now because I don't start my duties until I am an adult. And in the far future, I'm fated to become a Goddess, but again, it doesn't matter right now.

It's really nice to have all of you with me. The more the merrier like we say. I'm sure we will live some great and very crazy adventures together. Any question?"

Silence. The Pokémon just looked at her in shock as she said the full extend of what she was. Excepted Volta who just looked at her with stars in her eyes, probably already imagining all the adventures she will have with someone like Sweetie Belle as her trainer.

Then, Tank raised a foreleg. "Uh... What was the part about you becoming a Goddess?"

"I said it didn't matter. But if you want to know, right now, I'm pretty much a half-goddess, and once I will have fully matured, I will become a Goddess. But it won't be before a century or two, so don't think about it."

"How did you become so strong?!" Volta suddenly shouted at her side.

"Uh... It's a really long story and I don't think I have time to tell it. I'm planning to return to Equestria tonight, you see, and there's a trainer I want to battle before. But the short story is that I got transported accidentally to another universe where I trained a lot and fought many powerful villains."

"So, if I train, I can become as strong as you?" asked Volta.

"Uuuuh... You will become strong, and I can even train you to use things other than moves, but... You see, a good part of how powerful I am is related to me being the Alicorn of the Void. Alicorns are very powerful beings in Equestria, the equivalent of legendary Pokémon, and like legendary Pokémon, you don't become one just like that."

Volta looked down with a disappointed "Aww..." at this before she got excited again. "But I will still get very strong?"

"The strongest Pikachu, or even Raichu, of the world," Sweetie confirmed with a nod. "Same for all of you," she said to all the others. "You will not be legendaries, but I will make you as strong as one. It won't be easy, however."

"Don't worry!" Tank said, determined. "I can take whatever you throw at me!"

"I don't think so. I don't think you would survive to taking a punch that could crack a planet in two."

Drako sweated profusely at this. "You... You are joking, right?"

Sweetie Belle giggled. "Nope! Totally serious! What I used against you was not even 0,1% of my full power."

Drako fainted.

"Uh. I will have to think about this. This could be a funny way to win a Pokémon battle."


Sweetie Belle, back in her human form, entered the Viridian Gym for the second time in two days. Now that her team was complete, it was time to fight Red. After a quick lunch during which her Pokémon got to know each others around a good meal, she teleported all the way back to Viridian City, making sure to appear on a roof where she was certain nobody would be there.

Blue was present in his usual place, waiting for challengers, and was surprised to see her coming.

"Sweetie Belle? What are you doing here? I thought you said you wouldn't start the League right away."

"And I'm still not planning to, especially starting with you after you said that you only take challengers with seven badges. I'm here just to ask you something. Do you have contact with Red?"

"Uh, yeah. I have his phone number," Blue answered, wondering what the filly had in mind.

Sweetie Belle wasn't sure what was a phone, but she already had an idea of its use. "Then can you ask him to find me wherever you think would be the best place to fight him without causing collateral damage, please?"

"Oh! So you want to fight him now, uh? Alright, wait a second," Blue said. He then took a device, pressed some buttons, and put it beside his ear. After a few seconds, he then began to talk. "Yo, Red. You know that new legendary Pokémon that you want to fight? Yeah, well she is just in front of me and told me... Yes, told me, that she will await you at the summit of Mt. Silver. She's interested to fight you. Yeah. You're welcome. Smell ya." He then turned the phone off before saying "Alright, so he should reach the top of Mt. Silver in a few minutes. It's the most out-of-the-way place I could think of."

"Great! Thank you! I should be able to teleport there, I flew not far of it today when I went to Johto."

"You went to Johto?"

"Yup," Sweetie answered as she showed her belt. "To get some Pokémon. I now have a full team."

"Already? That was quick! I can't wait to see what you have cooked up."

Blue then visibly thought about something, said, "Wait a second," and walked into a room in the back. He quickly came back, holding six Poké Balls.

"Before you go to Mt. Silver, I would like to have a battle against you with my strongest team, my Champion team. Since you said you can teleport to Mt. Silver, then I'm sure you will be able to reach it before Red gets there. That should leave enough time for me to see how strong you are. I don't doubt you will crush me, but I want to witness this power that you will use against Red."

Sweetie Belle immediately accepted and quickly took off her backpack and her belt with all her Poké Balls. She then let the Pokémon out so they could see the show.. "Hey guys! I'm gonna battle an ex-Pokémon Champion! It would be sad if you couldn't see this! So, go on the stands and watch!"

"Oh my gosh! Yes! I'm not missing it!" shouted Volta before she ran to the stands, followed by the others.

Blue looked at them for a few moments before he said "Nice team you got. Alright! Now, get ready!"

Sweetie Belle nodded and walked on her side of the arena before turning into a pony.

"Ready!" she shouted

Blue smirked as he took his first Poké Ball. "Here I come!"

The ball opened, and out of it came a Sandslash, one of these scaled mammals which Sweetie wasn't sure how it was called. This one had claws that looked like they could cut anything to shreds.

Sweetie knew that it was a Ground-type, and so, flew up, already turning ineffective a good part of its moves.

"Mpf... Of course..." muttered Blue before he yelled "Use Poison Sting!"

The Sandslash sent several purple, poisonous darts at Sweetie Belle who teleported out of the way and appeared beside it.

"Iron Tail!" shouted Blue.

The tail of the Sandslash became metallic and it attempted to slap Sweetie Belle with it only for the filly to teleport behind it. Expecting a physical attack, it quickly curled into a ball, its quills ready to protect it. But it turned out that it expected wrongly as Sweetie Belle didn't attack with a punch or whatever. Instead, she fired a powerful stream of water that sent the Sandslash to crash at the bottom of the stands. She then immediately followed it by a beam of ice that totally froze the Pokémon, leaving it unable to continue the fight.

So Blue called it back and sent an Alakazam, a yellow and brow bypedal, humanoid Psychic Pokémon.

"Use Calm Mind! Then Psychic!"

Sweetie Belle used the time it took the Alakazam to use Calm Mind to teleport in front of it to stop it from using Psychic with a punch.

But instead... "Use Thunder Punch and Ice Punch!" shouted Blue.

The right hand of the Alakazam got covered in electricity, and the other in ice, and he attempted to punch the filly with both of them. Only for Sweetie Belle to use Sucker Punch, sending the Alakazam flying.

"Use Recover!" shouted Blue.

Darn! This move! thought Sweetie Belle as the Alakazam healed itself.

She then got an idea and began to use Poltergeist on the Alakazam's spoons, making them float out of its hands before attacking it violently. Alakazam eventually managed to grab back the spoon, but when it looked back at Sweetie Belle, its eyes widened in terror.

To it, Sweetie Belle now looked like a horrifying monster made of shadows with bloody red eyes and a big maw full of fangs. The shadows seemed to move around her, forming silhouettes of shapeless beings staring into its soul, laughing. The Alakazam was petrified with terror as the filly approached.

"Move, Alakazam!" shouted Blue, hoping to get his Pokémon out of whatever nightmarish vision was making it this terrified, but it didn't work.

Sweetie Belle then suddenly charged at the Alakazam, two claws of shadows forming on her front hooves before she attacked Alakazam with them. The Pokémon fainted after that.

Next to come out was an Exeggutor, but before Blue could yell the first order, Sweetie Belle attacked it with a huge stream of fire that circled the Pokémon to form a powerful fire tornado. When the tornado disappeared, the Pokémon was barely conscious.

"Giga Drain!" shouted Blue.

A beam came out of the Exeggutor and went toward Sweetie Belle who teleported out of the way before counterattacking with Pin Missile, sending countless pins from her horn at the Pokémon who fainted.

Blue then sent a Cloyster, a pearl-like black Pokémon inside a big shell. Water and Ice-type. This one may be a little tougher to knock out.

"Ice Beam!"

Sweetie Belle avoided the beam with a side jump and sent electricity in return. She then teleported in front of the Pokémon and readied to give it a powerful Brick Break.

"Iron Defense!" quickly shouted Blue.

Thanks to it, the Cloyster's defense was raised, and the attack did less damage than it should have.

"Tackle!" Blue immediately shouted.

The Cloyster suddenly charged, ramming Sweetie with its hard shell. She used electricity again, paralyzing the Pokémon. She used the occasion to materialize several boulders that she sent at the Cloyster, hurting it more.

"Self-Destruct!"

"What?!" shouted Sweetie Belle in surprise before she quickly turned her body into metal while covering herself under a shield of stone. Even with all his, the explosion still managed to hurt her, but only slightly.

Blue then sent a Ninetales, a gorgeous fox Pokémon with nine tails. A Fire-type.

So... Water! Sweetie Belle dodged an Inferno and sent a huge wave of water at the Ninetales, sweeping it off the floor. Seeing that it wasn't enough to knock it out she quickly sent more water in the form of a big shuriken, finishing it.

This left Blue with only one Pokémon: his Jolteon.

"Rain Dance!"

"Uh?"

The Jolteon summoned a big storm cloud, and the next instant, it began to rain on the arena, drenching both fighters.

Now, the electric attacks will be more effective against her!

Blue smirked. "Quick Attack!"

To Sweetie's surprise, instead of directly attacking her, the Jolteon used the Quick Attack to very rapidly run around her, waiting the opportune moment to strike!

"Thunder!"

But it was Sweetie's turn to smirk as, just as Jolteon used Thunder, she transformed into a Sandslash, becoming a pure Ground-type. As a result, the Thunder had no effect on her.

Both Blue's, Jolteon's and the other Pokémon's jaws dropped, making Sweetie giggle.

"What? I can turn into a human, so I can turn into any Pokémon too."

She then used Dig, successfully hitting the Jolteon with it. She immediately followed it with a series of Metal Claws, and then an Iron Tail, before she jumped, curled into a ball, and dropped back on Jolteon, knocking it out.

With the fight over, she turned back into a pony. "Thanks, Blue! It was a nice warming up! Now, I should go! Red must be almost at Mt. Silver, if not already here! Can you take care of my Pokémon while I'm gone, please? Thanks! See you later!"

And then, she was gone, leaving everyone gawking.

Blue turned to look at the Pokémon on the stands. "You got one heck of a trainer, you know that?"

They all nodded.


Sweetie Belle appeared not far of Mt. Silver. After a quick look at it, she teleported again, this time near the summit.

She landed on it.

Just in time as she saw a silhouette approaching in the falling snow.

Once it came close enough, Sweetie Belle could finally see the man. Red cap with a white part at the front, a white shirt with red sleeves and a red 96, a blue jean with the man's hands currently in the pockets, and red and white shoes. On his shoulder was a Pikachu.

Red looked up at her, smiled, and climbed the stairs that still separated him from her. Once at her level, he just stared at her, still smiling, but saying nothing.

"..."

Then, he got his right hand out of his pocket, holding a Poké Ball, and opened it, sending a Dragonite.

A Dragonite as his first Pokémon... Something tells me this battle won't be as easy as against Blue.