The Pokemon School day.
It was back to the school since the Pokemon Festival had ended. And further lessons can continue. But right now, there was a teachers meeting going on, so the students were on their own this time and could do whatever they want so as long as they don't cause too much trouble. Some could even work without the teachers here by following the project brief of their respective class.
"You're here now. You can head back to your Poke Ball, okay?" Applejack spoke to Golett who was still clinging onto her even after the Pokemon Festival had ended.
"Golett!"
"According to this brief right here, we'll be doing possession soon." Twilight looked at the project brief for Fantina's class.
"Possession?" Fluttershy looked at the brief. "You mean we'll have Ghost-Type Pokemon enter us eventually?"
"I don't know if I like that..." Starlight grumbled.
"But if it makes us understand Pokemon better, then I'll take it." Rainbow Dash laid on her back.
"We could get a head start." Pinkie appeared in between. "Golett's a Ghost-Type so maybe we can see what it's like. I mean, I've never been possessed by a ghost before."
"Lett?" Golett looked over at Pinkie Pie.
"Eh? Eh?" Pinkie Pie was offering a chance to be possessed by Golett if she could.
"Gol." But Golett couldn't actually perform it. "Lett."
"Golett says that it can't possess anyone. It's not that kind of Ghost-Type." Fluttershy translated.
"Huh?!" Pinkie pulled back. "Seriously?!"
"I guess not all Ghost-Types can possess others. Golett here's hard as a rock. Or ground...somehow." Applejack patted Golett on the back, feeling its solid body.
"Gol."
"So what do we now? Just sit about?" Starlight asked.
"Well, I'll be working on the brief," Twilight said. "What about all of you?"
"Don't know actually." Rainbow Dash yawned. "I mean, we know a lot about Pokemon now because of what we've been through."
"Right." Fluttershy nodded. "Even before the Pokemon School came along. But I guess right now, we're just learning how to survive against certain Pokemon Types and that's it."
"There's always something new to learn." Twilight stood up. "Mewtwo himself said it best. The Pokemon World is vast after all. There's still a lot we don't know that is out there. So having this school with so many experienced trainers is what we need, really. They can teach us so much."
"Guess so." Starlight replied.
"By the way, Twilight. I heard you found an amazing egg the other day at Frenzy Forest." Fluttershy said. "One that has a fully evolved Pokemon in it!"
"Mhm. A Togekiss." Twilight nodded. "Right now it's at my lab, resting. Hopefully, it doesn't hatch soon cause I think Delphox wants it back in its egg form. But anyway, let's try one of these tasks from the project brief."
"Like possessing?!" Pinkie grinned.
"M-Maybe. We have other Ghost-Types to choose from anyway."
The Principal's Office, Teacher's meeting.
Cynthia and all the teachers here had gathered for the meeting as they were currently discussing matters that only focused on the students.
"So it's agreed?" Cynthia spoke. "To take our students to the next step as Pokemon Trainers, we take them to the new Kalos Training Facility in Shalour City."
"Most of my students in my class are capable trainers," Fantina said. "They've been around Ash the most so they already know a lot about Pokemon by this point."
"She's right on that." Brawly raised his finger. "By this point, we won't have much to teach them if we go on."
"Then the training facility's the best place for them to go," Olympia replied to Brawly. "It has an entire simulation room that replicates many Pokemon habitats. It's perfect for the students to learn how to act through disaster situations."
"Can't we just use the Frenzy Forest like before?" Roxie asked while holding her guitar. "It's the real deal anyway, so wouldn't that be better."
"It's simply just a forest and nothing more. The simulation room has entire environments of different varieties. From mountains, dunes, marshes and all sorts." Roxanne explained.
"Oh. Okay, I guess that's better." Roxie nodded.
"Good. The training facility had just opened up 4 weeks ago, so it's relatively new and fresh. I believe this is a good opportunity to have them have a small test run now before the practical, wouldn't you all agree?" Cynthia asked everyone.
And they all agreed. Today, the students all had something to look forward to. Something they won't expect at all. A simulation of all things. With the agreement, the teacher meeting came to an end as they were all preparing to head out and bring the students along to Shalour City.
But before, that one other thing had to be done with every class and student here.
Fantina opened the door to announce two things. The first being about the training facility and the second was yet to be revealed.
"Attention à la classe!" Fantina exclaimed as she grabbed everypony's attention. But when she entered the class and called for the students, she noticed that something was off.
One of the students was possessed. And that student was Pinkie Pie as she was currently on the ceiling, moving around like a spider with her eyes and pupils being completely back and hollow. Fantina noticed a Poke Ball on the ground. One of which came from the box of Poke Balls that had Ghost-Type Pokemon in them.
Pinkie stuck her tongue out as it was purple as she kept crawling around the ceiling while Twilight and the others had a poker face while staring at Fantina.
"Oh, mon Arceus...What happened?!" Fantina gasped.
"Ehehehe..." Twilight laughed sheepishly.
"We uh..." Applejack came forward and told the truth. "We were gonna test out that whole possessing thing on that brief. We sent out a Duskull and this happened..."
"ʂαƚɾσɱ ყɳσρ ƚɳҽʅσʂɳι ,ყƚιʅαυϙ ƚʂҽԋɠιԋ ҽԋƚ ϝσ ყɾƚʂαρ ԃɳα ʂҽƙαƈρυƈ ҽɱ ɠɳιɾႦ ʅʅιɯ υσყ!" Pinkie Pie spoke undescribable words that were hard to understand.
"I see." Fantina nodded in understanding. "Alright, stand back." She dug into her pockets, bringing out a Poke Ball to deal with this odd and eerie situation. "Dusknoir! Aidez-nous!" Out came a Dusknoir when she tossed the Poke Ball upwards.
"Dusknoir!"
"Could you be a dear and help remove the Duskull inside of Pinkie Pie over there?" Fantina pointed over at the possessed Pinkie Pie who was licking the ceiling while standing on it.
"Noir." Dusknoir understood as it flew up to the possessed pink pony who had its first stage evolution inside of her.
"Hυԋ?" Pinkie looked up at the Gripper Pokemon with soulless eyes.
"Dusk...Noir!" Not wasting any time, Dusknoir shoved its hand into Pinkie Pie's mouth, going straight for Duskull as everypony gasped.
"Bɯααɠԋ!" Pinkie Pie squirmed as she could feel something being ripped out of her body while Dusknoir's hand was through her throat and stomach.
But Dusknoir wasn't grabbing any of her body parts. Instead, it pulled out a purple stream of Ghost energy from Pinkie Pie's mouth, flying back as the stream got longer.
"Oh my..." Fluttershy closed her eyes.
"Urgh..." Rainbow Dash felt like she was going to be sick as she was on the verge of hurling.
"Dusknoir!" Effortlessly, Dusknoir pulled the purple stream out as it transformed back into a Duskull, freeing Pinkie Pie of her possession.
"Mm...Mm?" Pinkie Pie blinked as her usual eye colour was back to normal and everything. And what was also back to normal was her non-existent ability to climb up on walls. It took a few seconds for Pinkie Pie to realize what position she was in. "Uh oh."
After coming to that realization, she fell from the ceiling screaming. But thankfully, Dusknoir grabbed her with one hand while having Duskull in its other hand.
"Dusk."
"Phew...Thanks." Pinkie Pie sighed as she was placed down.
"Return." Fantina returned both Duskull and Dusknoir to their Poke Balls, solving the issue fairly quickly with ease. "Ah. There. Simple enough."
"Sorry Ms Fantina." Pinkie Pie and her friends apologized.
"C'est Bon. At least now you know what to expect very soon. But never mind that right now. I have two important news to give out now."
"Oh?" The students all gathered up.
"First. We'll all be heading to Shalour City in Kalos for some training. Training that involves certain disasters in habitats if you understand what I mean. Us teachers will explain everything along the way."
"Disasters? Oh, I get it!" Twilight and Starlight understood immediately.
"But before we leave, we need to one little thing first!" Fantina rubbed her hands together, building up suspense for everyone here. "First, I'll have you decide on a class representative."
Oh!" Everypony immediately burst out with sound, minus a few after hearing those words.
"Oooh! Ooh! Pick me!" Rainbow Dash raised her hoof, immediately going first.
"Me too!" Amethyst Star aggressively waved her hoof.
"I'd like to attempt it too!" Rarity chimed in.
"Well being a class representative sounds-" Fluttershy was about to speak until Twilight smashed her hooves onto a table.
"Yes please!" Twilight shouted.
"Right here! Look at me!" Pinkie Pike was blowing confetti everywhere, trying to be the loudest in the classroom. Then again, mostly everypony here was hyperactively loud with constant bellows and screams filling the place, even going as far as to be heard from the outside of the class.
James and Meowth, who were acting as the janitors of the school, were passing by on duty as they heard all the commotion nearby in the room to their left.
"Calmez-vous..." Fantina settled everypony down. "We'll just vote on it instead of random choosing. Besides, all of you know each other well so I trust you can find the right pony for the role. Just don't vote for yourself, compris? It needs to be done quick before we leave."
"Yes, Mrs!"
8 minutes later.
The votes were in. Everypony had decided who they were going for via papers. The decision of who would be the class representative had been made. Including a deputy class rep.
The one who won was Twilight who received 14 votes. And right behind her was Fluttershy who obtained 10.
"Yes!" An overjoyed Twilight flew up, feeling successful for gaining the role. She seemed to be the one most determined to receive it anyway. She aggressively clapped her hooves together, feeling like a little kid at this moment. "Knew I could get it!"
"Oh." Fluttershy made a poker face, surprised that she actually received second place. "I didn't think I'd get that far..."
"Zero votes..." Rainbow Dash placed her face on a table, feeling defeated.
"Castform..." Castform came out of Rainbow Dash's saddlebag to pat her on the head and comfort the pegasus.
"Aww!" Pinkie Pie pouted. "Just 6 votes?
"Surprised I even got 7..." said Starlight.
"C'est décidé! Princess Twilight is the class rep and Fluttershy is the deputy class rep!"
"That's not so bad," Lyra said. "Really works actually."
"She's already the Princess of Friendship so it makes sense, right?" BonBon replied.
"Every time she 1UPs me..." Just like Rainbow Dash, Amethyst Star felt defeated when Twilight came out on top.
"Alright then. Now that we've finished that. It's time for us to leave for the training facility. Let's not waste any time, okay?"
Shalour City, Kalos. The City of Awakening. The seaside home of the Tower of Mastery, where the legend of mysterious Mega Stones lives on.
Everyone was currently on a bus since the training facility was fairly far away and couldn't be easily accessed by just passing through a gateway. During the ride, Fantina and the other teachers had broken down everything to the students along the way, so that they know what they're getting themselves into.
"A simulation of Pokemon environments? Boy, the technology in the Pokemon World sure is advanced, isn't it?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Kinda scary too..." Applejack grumbled.
"We've only been to a few environments with Pokemon right?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah, but most of it is just forests, mountains, islands and grasslands. And one desert." Pinkie rambled. "We might get to go on a volcano today! Or maybe even a tropical savanna! That'd be fun!"
"From Terrestrial, Marine and possibly even the skies themselves." Twilight listed what the teachers told her and the other students. "It's a good thing we're allowed to bring our Pokemon with us. I know Absol will be great in this because of his time in the wild."
"Sceptile's been through a lot of forests and is like the king of them or something like that. So I ain't got nothing to worry about." Applejack laid on her back on the seats.
"I've got 3 Pokemon that can fly no problem." Rainbow grinned. "The skies are mine."
"Not sure how different Ultra Space is from our world but...Pheromosa might have an easier time there," said Rarity. "If not then I can also count on my Leavanny's and Ampharos."
"Easy for you all to say. None of my Pokemon have that much experience." Pinkie Pie pouted. "My Slurpuff's and Spinda's aren't like yours. But I'm not scared. I've got Spinda's Metronome to ride on."
"Isn't a bit of a wild card that move?" Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes.
"Very unpredictable in every way. Are you sure you want to use a move like that in any of the environments?" Twilight questioned.
"No need to worry. I'm totally 100% sure that Spinda won't let me down. We'll get moves that won't cause too much damage. Right, Spinda?"
"Spinda." Spinda popped out of Pinkie Pie's mane, nodding in agreement.
"If it doesn't end up being 100% it might as well be 50%." Rarity wasn't sure about the safety of Metronome when they get to the facility.
None of them knew what to expect either way. The environments they've been to so far have all been tame, gentle and safe. Like the Pikachu Highlands, Deerling Forest, Evolution Valley, Lapras Lake etc. All places where anyone can settle down and relax. They have yet to really come across a location that can be considered life-threatening.
Not yet at least.
Over at the back of the bus, the teachers were there conversing with each other. Their job was to keep the students safe and protected at all costs in case something goes out of hand.
And since so far, the Pokemon School only had students who were at lower levels as of now, the only teachers that came along were Roxanne, Brawly, Roxie with the exception of Fantina who is a higher level than the three of them considering her role in Sinnoh.
"I kinda wanna try that facility out myself..." Brawly closed his eyes, wanting to involve himself with the training if he wasn't a teacher.
"You've already been through harsh environments, Mr surfer. You've even surfed on a tsunami. Why would you need it?" Roxanne asked.
"You surfed on a tsunami?!" Roxie gasped.
"Hehe!" Brawly grinned, feeling really proud of himself. "Sure did. It was light work. No problem at all."
"Yeah with some destruction in the process..." Roxanne shook her head.
"But are we just gonna stand there and watch? Can I rock out there to kill some time?" Roxie asked.
"We're there to keep them safe. So there's no time for anyone to 'Rock Out'." Roxanne wagged her finger. "The safety of the students is more important."
"Mmm...Still wanna rock out anyway." Roxie slumped on the seat.
"No need to be so strict, Roxanne." Fantina placed her hand on Roxanne's shoulder. "Learn to cut-loose and have some fun from time to time."
"I-I know how to have fun." Roxanne stammered.
"You sure do. Like when you went crazy on one of my guitars during the Pokemon Festival, remember?" Roxie reminded Roxanne. "You were really getting into it."
"It was just the heat of the moment." Roxanne tried to play it cool by crossing her arms.
While the teachers and students had their own exchanges, the bus was finally approaching the Pokemon Training Facility that was located on the far North of Shalour City.
Everyone looked through the window to see the facility in the distance. It was a dome-shaped building that scaled so high it could be considered an entire landscape of its own. Many trees surrounded the building as well as a huge blockade made entirely out of Skarmory wings.
The windows were all transparent so they got a quick glimpse of what was inside the dome and what to look forward to. Pinkie pressed her face on the window, gazing at the facility as well as everyone else.
Pokemon Training Facility.
Entering the facility, they were all greeted by the workers here as the entire room was a plan and flat white room that was seemingly empty. Definitely confusing to the eyes since the students all thought they had seen environments when looking through the window.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Training Facility!" The workers greeted. "Glad to have you here."
"Wait...where are the environments? Were we looking at the same thing outside?" Rainbow Dash moved her head around the flat white room.
"It's just...empty," Twilight said as her voice echoed through the room along with Rainbow Dash's voice.
"Ah, don't worry. You'll be seeing them very soon." One worker clapped his hands together. "This is just the room that starts the simulation."
"Starts?" All the students said. They did not understand how any of this works since this would be their first time being in a simulation. Ever.
"Get this." Brawly raised a finger. "This whole place is gonna change into a bunch of different environments with just a click of a button. Like you're being transported into another world or something."
"Oh? Really?!" Twilight's mane shot up. "That easily."
"Show them." Roxanne gave the order.
"Right!" With that, the workers all collectively pressed the same button, kicking off the simulation. The entire flat room suddenly changed as its white texture became black with green lines everywhere.
Twilight and everyone could feel the atmosphere around them changing as well as the area itself. As they all gasped, they looked around to see that various forms of landmass were being generated in front of their very eyes.
Titanic trees, hills, mountains, glaciers and even volcanoes appeared in just a matter of seconds that towered over everything and almost passed through the generated clouds of the generated sky.
And there was more than just the traditional green and lush forests, grasslands and islands that they were all so used to seeing. Dusty dunes, marshlands, icy tundras, shrublands, crags and so much more, all had various Pokemon living there. Everything here was disaster-prone.
These were all meant to replicate actual habitats that exist in the Pokemon World where the Pokemon live. And the cause for these disaster-like events is mostly the Pokemon because of their existence alone and what they do on a daily basis.
Needless to say, they were greatly impressed by what they were seeing. And what they had just witnessed. It was like experiencing the creation of an entire planet. Truly surreal to the eyes.
"It's all new and fresh so this is just a test run. Remember that." Roxanne said to the students. "Your practical for this has yet to come."
"So you're gonna spend some small time and go for the easier environments first. But if you wanna go big and wild for the rougher environments then knock yourself out." Brawly suggested.
"And don't worry. Everything here is fake as well as the Pokemon." Fantina shook her head. "But be careful. Parts of this simulation can still be nuisible. The Pokemon there won't go easy on you on as well."
"But we'll be there to help if things get rough. But then again...it's only gonna last for 20 minutes anyway..." Brawly adjusted his goggles.
"20 minutes is fine by us," said Rainbow Dash.
"Well then? What are you all waiting for? Let's see how you do against disaster situations then shall we?" The worker spoke as everyone immediately got a move on.
For safety measures, they all sent out their Pokemon early to protect them. But in this case, some of their Pokemon would have to learn how to act against these disaster situations themselves. Most of them aren't built for this with the only exceptions being Absol and Pheromosa who have both lived most of their lives in harsh conditions. So this will be a lesson for the Pokemon too.
First were the crags.
A mostly rocky area that had Rock-Types residing here. It had a black ground with bright speckles, large crystal outcroppings, gems and jewels everywhere as well as large rolling black hills and craters with fluorescent sparkles. Instead of trees, there are occasional crystal structures in a sort of tree shape, as well as large hooked crystalline structures and smaller bush-like structures. Large boulders could be seen scattered across the ground as they were larger than all the trees here by 2X.
Unfortunately, the crystals, gems and jewels were all fake so there was no point in taking them. But they felt real. Everything did.
"Oof..." Rarity could feel the rocky substance of the ground as she was with Applejack in this area. The rocks, despite being fake, felt authentic and real, like they were actually stabbing into their hooves. "They sure did go the extra mile of making it feel authentic, eh?"
"I'll say. I don't understand this tech stuff but it's impressive." Applejack replied as she kicked the rocks away with her hoof. Alongside her were Sceptile and Golett while Rarity had her Pheromosa out first. "So, when's the disaster gonna start?"
"Sceptile..." Sceptile narrowed his eyes, trying to spot where the direction of the disaster could occur. He hopped onto the trees via his speciality as he got to higher ground.
"Mosa." Pheromosa was getting a bit of odd nostalgia from being here. The gems and jewels reminded the Lissome Pokemon of her home.
For a while, there seemed to be little action happening while they wandered the rocky area of the crags. They were already far away from most of their friends by this point.
But, this simulation was not programmed to hold back at all even for newcomers. And it was new itself. The trick of the simulation is that it lets everyone feel the stillness of the atmosphere, making it seem like nothing eventful will happen for a long time. And then, it strikes at the right moment.
And that moment was now.
Coming straight from the rolling black hills, rumbling could be heard. But not the usual rumbling like an earthquake. Instead, to the ears of Rarity, Applejack and their Pokemon, it sounded like something was rolling so hard it was creating a force equal to that of an earthquake.
"What's that? Where's it coming from?" Rarity stopped walking as Applejack bumped into her because of the sudden halt.
"An earthquake?" Applejack adjusted her hat. "Nah. This doesn't feel like any ordinary earthquake."
"Tile...Sceptile?" Sceptile was the first to notice what was causing this since he had the high ground.
And what he noticed was a large cloud of black dust that was moving forward across the hills, acting a little bit like a hurricane as well. And in that gigantic dust cloud, there were large boulders being carried and currently airborne because of the hurricane properties, slowly on the verge of falling and crashing if given the chance.
And what was causing this dust cloud? A herd of Donphan were the cause. Their rolling was so aggressive and fast that they were forming up the black dust cloud themselves. And the large boulders managed to become airborne because of their actions.
"Don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don-don!" Each of them cried while rolling.
"Sceptile?!"
"What in tarnation is that?!" Applejack screeched as she spotted the Donphan and the black dust cloud large enough to consume this entire area. But the boulders were the biggest threat here as they were twice the size of the trees.
"Whatever it is...Run!" Rarity made the right call. Pheromosa quickly picked up Rarity, Applejack and Golett, using her amazing speed to run off while Sceptile utilized the trees around the area.
The black dust cloud consumed the nearby trees as the boulders were finally flying out of the dust cloud, falling from above. The boulders crushed the trees with their overwhelming size, leaving nothing but small pieces of bark behind.
Sceptile looked back to see that the trees behind him were dwindling in numbers as very soon, he wouldn't have any to jump and swing from when it's all said and done. But for now, he kept moving on by using the remaining trees in front of him, trying to outpace the approaching dust cloud.
But the cloud isn't what he and the others should worry about. Because two of the large boulders managed to get ahead of the others, heading straight towards Sceptile's direction.
"Tile?!" The Forest Pokemon looked up to see two boulders coming his way as they were in a perfect position to crush Sceptile. Seeing that in all likelihood, he would be crushed by the boulders, Sceptile decided to prevent that from happening.
He stopped by the nearest tree, halting his escape for a moment as he held his breath in, building up draconic energy inside of him. Meaning that he was about to use Dragon Pulse.
"Sceptile!" By exhaling with all his might, Sceptile fired a dragon-shaped shockwave from his mouth. This time, wider than what he usually has.
The Dragon Pulse was the right move for the job as it not only stopped the boulder from hitting Sceptile, but it shattered it into tiny little pebbles upon contact. Sceptile moved his mouth, redirecting the Dragon Pulse to hit the second boulder, obliterating it as well.
With those two boulders gone, Sceptile could keep moving forward. But there were still many more boulders within the cloud as it was getting closer by the minute.
Pheromosa, thanks to her amazing speed, was able to easily get a great distance away from the dust cloud as Applejack looked back to see her partner destroying the two rocks that almost crushed him, making Applejack sigh in relief.
"Excellent job, Pheromosa!" Rarity said. "But how are we going to stop it? It looks like it won't stop advancing."
"Ain't it obvious? We stop the Donphan's don't we?" Applejack replied. "As long as they stop that dust cloud's not a problem anymore."
"Oh, good point." Rarity nodded. "But they're all moving at such intense speeds. Any suggestions on how to slow them down?"
"Hold on let me think..." Applejack thought. She had to think fast because her partner was still on a high probable scale of being crushed or consumed by the dust cloud. And Pheromosa noticed that even with her amazing speed, she couldn't run forever.
But in truth, none of that mattered. Because the tides were beginning to change. The large dust cloud wasn't just coming from the front of the hills and behind them.
There was another. One that was coming from the side. And there were other Donphan's there as well with more boulders being seen.
"Mosa?!" Pheromosa and the others noticed that there was a dust cloud coming from both sides now instead of behind, further making things a bit trickier for them.
"More?!" Rarity gasped.
The boulders inside both dust clouds flew out earlier than the one behind them as multiple were raining down from above instead of just two this time.
The boulders couldn't catch up to Pheromosa but they didn't need to. Because of their overwhelming size, the second they crashed onto the ground, they created tremors. Tremors strong enough to disrupt Pheromosa's balance when she was running.
"P-Phero!" Pheromosa almost tripped because of the tremor and nearly dropped Rarity, Applejack and Golett with a loose grip and her very supple and light body. But thankfully, with great vigour, she was able to maintain her composure, holding onto her friends as she kept running.
The same couldn't be said for Sceptile. With three dust clouds near him, he was getting himself into a rough spot. And it was only going to worsen from hereon as one of the boulders crash-landed near him.
It created a tremor powerful enough to affect the trees themselves. The nearest tree that Sceptile wrapped his vines around had been toppled, breaking the Forest Pokemon's flow.
"T-Tile!" Sceptile's vines fell off as he no longer had any momentum.
"Ah! Sceptile!" Applejack noticed this as she saw her partner fall to the ground as the tree next to him fell over.
"Pheromosa! Turn around!" Rarity ordered, thinking about the safety of her friend first rather than continuing without Sceptile.
"Mo!" Understanding the situation, Pheromosa quickly veered on the ground before swivelling around. With a second burst of speed, the Lissome Pokemon ran to Sceptile's side while leaving her own dust cloud behind.
Pheromosa came across some falling boulders that almost made her lose balance when they crashed on the ground. Not only that, but one of them was heading straight for Pheromosa and the others, most likely to squish them all.
"Triple Kick!" Thankfully, Rarity had an answer for that.
"Pher!" Pheromosa quickly turned to the side, facing the boulder that was coming her way. Once the boulder got close enough, the Ultra Beast smashed her foot onto it with a single kick, shattering the boulder to pieces.
"Scep...tile?" Sceptile got up from the ground, feeling the tremors as the dust cloud was closing in on him.
"Sceptile! Bring your vines out!" Applejack commanded.
"Tile!" Sceptiole held his hand out, sending a single vine out as it targeted at Pheromosa. This was the result of teamwork in play as Pheromosa grabbed onto Sceptile's vine.
"Mosa!" With Pheromosa holding onto a vine from Sceptile, she could bring her friend along by dragging him. And that's what she did. She curved herself once more, gaining a third burst of speed as she took off, this time, dragging Sceptile along.
Sceptile was now surfing on the ground with Pheromosa pulling the vine. A downside was that Sceptile would have to feel the hard rocks scrape on his feet. The Donphan were still rolling along, causing the dust clouds to grow more ferocious.
"Sceptile! Use Dragon Pulse!" Applejack finally found a way to potentially stop the Donphan and their movement.
"Scep...Tile!" Rotating his head, Sceptile fired a single Dragon Pulse forward, only going for the Donphan in the cloud instead of the rocks this time.
"Don?!" Dragon Pulse had connected with one Donphan only. But that one Donphan was a good start. The Armor Pokemon lost its balance, exiting its curled-up position.
Donphan tumbled on the ground, which prompted the other Donphan's behind it to come across an unfortunate little debacle. The Donphan behind the one Donphan that was tumbling ended up crashing into their fellow Armor Pokemon. That's when the chaos began.
The moment the other Donphan crashed into each other, it created a somewhat sideways domino effect. The Donphan at the back had all lost their momentum, weakening the dust cloud they created.
Not only did it weaken the dust cloud, but it also made the boulders around them drop. And since the boulders were closer to the Donphan than anyone else, the tremors affected them the most.
Soon, all of the Donphan from the back had all lost their momentum, crashing and smashing into each other as the black cloud of dust had faded away with each of the Armor Pokemon falling over.
"Nice!" Applejack cheered.
"Sceptile!" Sceptile felt proud of himself for stopping that avalanche of boulders, smoke and Donphan.
But it wasn't over yet. There was still the left and right avalanche that they had to deal with. And they were closing the gap faster than the one behind.
"There are other ways to escape from situations such as this..." Rarity came up with her own idea. "Pheromosa! Smash through the ground!"
"Mosa!" Pheromosa nodded as she tossed Applejack, Rarity and Golett into the air while still holding onto Sceptile.
"W-Woah!" Applejack yelled.
"Golett!"
"Pheromo!" The Lissome Pokemon raised her leg, channelling all her strength into one juggernaut of a kick as her friends were currently airborne. Sceptile noticed that he had suddenly stopped moving because of Pheromosa. Thankfully, he didn't have to worry about the back since he stopped the Donphan from behind.
But he did have to worry about the sides since the gap was being closed at a very aggressive pace. Almost as fast as Pheromosa's speed.
"Mosa!" Pheromosa then smashed her foot on the ground, creating a large hole from the sheer impact of it. This is what Rarity was planning. Deep within that hole, a small little cave system with glowing gems and jewels could be seen.
"Now, jump in!"
"Phero!" Pheromosa, after making a hole, jumped off the ground as she grabbed Rarity, Applejack and Golett with one arm while still holding onto Sceptile and his vine.
"S-Scep?!" Sceptile was being lifted because of Pheromosa's jump as he held on for dear life. With the three of them in Pheromosa's hold, the Lissome Pokemon jumped into the hole while bringing Sceptile along.
The Forest Pokemon was the last to enter the hole as the dust clouds finally closed the gap, merging as one stronger black dust cloud. Thankfully, Sceptile entered at the very last second, escaping the clouds as one of the large boulders ended up clogging the hole, wedging itself in.
Everyone was safe as Pheromosa landed safely on the ground. Sceptile's landing wasn't as pleasant as his face and stomach hit the ground.
"T-Tile!"
"Whew..." Applejack exhaled as she climbed out of Pheromosa's hooves. "Way too close...that was just the first one..."
"No need to worry." Rarity was placed down along with Golett. "It's just for 20 minutes. And so far, I'd say we responded well to that disaster. Hopefully, that was the right way to do it actually."
"Mosa." Pheromosa helped Sceptile up, apologizing for harming him a bit with the dragging and falling into the hole parts.
"Sceptile..." Sceptile said it was fine.
"Now. Should we head on to the next location and see how we do?" Rarity asked.
"Doesn't this cave count?" Applejack stood up.
"I suppose so. But what disaster would a cave have?"
"Hopefully no more of that dust clouds." Applejack walked forward. "Let's hope everypony's having an easier time in their areas."
"Hopefully." Rarity nodded in agreement as she, Applejack and their Pokemon got a move on, advancing in the cave.
Just 14 precious minutes remain until the Pokemon Training Facility test run focused on disasters is over as the journey continues.
Chapter 363 End.