//------------------------------// // Arceus. The First Dreamer // Story: My Little Pokémon // by Amarvax //------------------------------// Another dream. Out in nothingness. In this dream, there was nothing. Only a black void of nothingness with no sound and no flow of anything. It was truly nothing at its best. However, there was something there. Only one thing. An egg. Just floating out there in the endless nothingness. However, that egg started to emanate a golden light. And ut of that golden light, everything was beginning to change. Life was sprouting as the egg. And with this life, other lights showed themselves. Various lights of different colours burst out of the egg as they all resembled the colours of Pokemon-Types. From Electric, Normal, Dragon, Fire, Fairy, Flying and more. Afterwards, the egg was finally fully hatching with the final light being a golden light. The golden light burst out of the egg, shattering it as the shells transformed into light as well. That wasn't the only transformation that took place. The golden light started forming into a shape. A shape of a creature. The shape appeared to be a four-legged entity that was nothing but a pale yellow blob with red eyes. But seconds later, that blob started morphing into something else. Still remaining on four legs, the head shape and size of it increased. The shape became clearer, appearing more like a centaur or even a qilin. The red eyes became fully realized, gaining extra intensity. Then, a silhouette filed this creature due to all the darkness. But soon, the darkness would be replaced with light. And that came from a ring that surrounded the body of this creature. The creature looked at its surroundings, seeing that there was nothing but itself. There was a moment of silence in the already silent void. Until there was light. And giving this light to the black void while also making the silhouette clearer, the creature behind this had been revealed. The Creator Deity of the Pokemon World and the Alpha Pokemon. Arceus. Arceus, with just the slight usage of his power, had given colour to this blank space. But there was more to his slight power. Out of his body, a thousand arms had emerged. Rather, a thousand Unown that were essentially his arms. They moved around the place, using just mere fractions of Arceus' power to create more of the cosmos while Arceus also spread out his light. They formed reality with ease. Stars began appearing, all varying and unique colours. Interstellar clouds also emerged too. with different colours too, full of plasma and other cosmic sources. But, despite all of this splendour that even the most beautiful being ever would be jealous of, it was all lacking something. Time and space. That was when an odd circle appeared around Arceus. This circle had a triangle in the middle. And around the triangle on all three sides, were smaller circles, accompanied by even smaller circles in the shape of what looked to be atoms. There was certainly an array of circles everywhere in this larger circle. The three smaller circles all let off three specific lights. Blue, pink and purple. Emerging out of them were orbs that correlated with the colours they dazzled with. The three coloured orbs orbited around Arceus for a moment before splitting off into different directions. Once they left, on the top of Arceus' head, a golden sphere started forming. The cosmos trembled from his omnipotent might. It felt like everything was going to collapse. But this was not a power that destroys. This was a power that creates. Arceus unleashed this sphere of golden light as it expanded to be even larger than the universe itself, eclipsing it all entirely. And once the light faded as soon as it appeared, new life was brought into existence. Appearing everywhere were galaxies as well. Rapidly from various directions, galaxies formed around these newly birthed cosmos. In a wonderful and mind-blowing spectacle that was impossible to be perceived by almost anyone. Except for Arceus himself. Stars began appearing, all varying and unique colours. So did galaxies with their own stars within them as well. Arceus, after making the universe, began walking, observing what he had done. But it wasn't over yet. As there was something missing. Time and space. That was where the orbs came in. At the same time, arriving here was the appearance of Luna and Nightmare Rarity. They entered this dream with Luna winning the beam struggle, knocking Nightmare Rarity away. Luna took some time to catch her breath as she was naturally exhausted from all this moving around. But once she caught her breath with Nightmare Rarity hurling through the void, she took in the scene around them and now there was nothing but light. "W-What dream is this...?" Luna wondered. But before she could take everything in, recovering instantly, but still also feeling slightly out of breath was Nightmare Rarity. "Curse you, Luna...!" The agitation of Nightmare Rarity was finally starting to show. The simple mission of erasing Manaphy's dream wasn't going as smoothly as she hoped. Even with the absorption of parts of the Hyperdream, this was still a struggle for her. Luna stayed cautious, seeing Nightmare Rarity's magic erupt into a giant pillar of magic that broke through the interstellar clouds. She levitated upwards, using magic to levitate her. "I'm already wasting enough time as it is! I could be having my pedicure! I'm practically already late for tonight's late-night talk show and have to postpone it an entire month...! Frankly...I should've just taken Manaphy herself instead of her Dream Variant. But, Equestria forbid that Daybreaker gets all pressed and whiny about family! It's not even her world's family! Why do you care so much?!" At this point, Nightmare Rarity was going on a rant instead of getting to the action. There was certainly more of the original Rarity still in there. But as Luna watched the prolonged rant, she felt something larger than life coming this way. Squinting her eyes, Luna looked through the interstellar clouds of the cosmos. This was space after all. An entire universe. Meaning that the size was absurd and hard to comprehend. But by using a bit of Lunar Ire's magic, she could look further. And what she saw was a familiar face, but a grander size. Arceus had approached this area, towering over even the various galaxies in the cosmos. And he did so while Nightmare Rarity was still ranting. "I mean, get over it! Not your universe, not your problem!" Nightmare Rarity ranted as Luna's mouth was agape. Arceus raised his head, making the universe rumble as he was so gigantic here, covered by the interstellar clouds, that only a bit of his head could be seen. And with his head came his red eye. The Alpha Pokemon's eyes were locked onto Nightmare Rarity and to an extent Luna. Just as Nightmare Rarity would about to continue ranting, that's when she soon felt the presence of someone greater than her. Someone above all. "A-Arceus..." Luna uttered with a slightly weak voice as Nightmare Rarity was frozen in fear. She hadn't even turned around yet she knew that something intimidating was nearby. "..." The corrupted fashionista gulped. Right after that, she took a deep breath, preparing herself for the worst. And with a slow turnaround, Nightmare Rarity had met the most powerful Pokemon in existed for the first time. "H-Hello..." Hyperdream. Meanwhile out in the Hyperdream, the Tantabus was threatening a 5-year-old Ash Ketchum and an older Twilight Sparkle in the future who was now Celestia-sized. She still had her trusty Espeon by her side. Twilight vowed to protect young Ash Ketchum, even if this young Ash didn't truly know who Twilight was. But Twilight did and after all the times he's saved her, she decided to pay him back. "Eve, use Dazzling Gleam!" "Esp...!" Espeon dashed through the zone of Hyperdream with Eve's body being covered by a rainbow sphere. As for Twilight, standard magic was her go-to. However, at this point, her magic was greater than ever. So much so that once usage of it managed to slice a part of the Tantabus off. "Eon!" Espeon's sphere released a bombardment of rainbow rays that rapidly pelted the Tantabus, pushing it back with extreme force. And since this was a dream, Espeon made it bigger for extra weight. The Tantabus was pushed back, only to retaliate by sending an extended part of itself. This extended part latched onto Espeon and Twilight immediately, splitting into various parts. The Tantabuses tendrils had then expanded, wrapping around the duo rapidly. "E-Espeon!" "Absol! Ninetales!" Twilight called for the rest of her Pokemon as she was zapping away at the tendrils. But they just kept coming. Emerging within the Hyperdream and from their Poke Balls were Absol and Ninetales. "Absol!" And once they showed up, Absol had used Superpower while Ninetales used Extrasensory. Absol smashed the tendrils to bits with raw power alone, forcing the Tantabus away. The Tantabus screeched transforming into a horrifying 40-armed creature that flailed its destructive tendrils around, sharp enough to cut even within a dream. "Minccy! Togekiss!" Twilight then called for the rest of her Pokemon. Appearing in the dream were two more. Her first Pokemon ever and the current Pokemon she had in the present timeline. "Cinccino!" Cinccino emerged with Trie Attack already prepared. As for Togekiss, she went with Aura Sphere. In unison, two spheres of different colours were unleashed, flying side by side. The Tantabus and its tendrils had been stopped by these spheres as Tri Attack's effects took place. Usually, only one status effect can work with Tri Attack, but Cinccino dreamt for all three of them to occur. The Tantabus had been paralyzed, burnt and even had parts of its tendrils frozen. "Wow..." And naturally, the young Ash Ketchum from a past dream couldn't help but marvel at this. This was a treat for his young eyes. And at this instance, he saw Twilight as the coolest individual ever. The Tantabus shattered the ice away from its tendrils before suddenly casting a surprise attack. Without anyone reacting fast enough or even knowing, a few tendrils had been masked, hiding around some of the dream bubbles. They showed themselves instantly, whacking all of Twilight's Pokemon with it. "Toge!" Togekiss and the others cried out after being slapped repeatedly. The tendrils also came towards Twilight aggressively. The Princess of Friendship held Ash close to her, slicing up as many tendrils as she could but they were getting faster each time. "Queen Serperior!" She called for one final Pokemon. Emerging from the Hyperdream and revealing to be a Pokemon of Twilight Sparkle was Queen Serperior. The same Serperior from PokePark. "Serperior!" The Regal Pokemon had used Leaf Storm after her initial appearance. She whipped up a storm of leaves by simply putting her tail out. She saved her teammates, pushing the tendrils away and even the Tantabus with the amount of force registered by Leaf Storm. "All of you! All together now!" Twilight stood aligned with her Pokemon after they were saved by Serperior. All 6 of them had lined up, ready to listen to Twilight's next and biggest command. "Giga Impact! Psychic! Thunder! Sky Attack! Flare Blitz! Leaf Storm, go!" A 6 Pokemon assault on the Tantabus. And leading the way would be Absol, Togekiss and Ninetales. The three of them had their bodies laminated with different auras. Like rockets, they took off approaching the Tantabus and leaving beautiful streams. And backing them up were Espeon, Cinccino and Serperior from afar. They released an invisible blast of Psychic energy, a gigantic bolt of lightning and a fierce whirlwind of leaves. And all at once, these 6 attacks struck the Tantabus at full force. Enough force to slightly rumble the Hyperdream. Colours of different varieties shined out after this attack. And the assault ended with the attacks going straight through the Tantabus, leaving a massive gaping hole in it. "Yes!" Ash jumped for joy. "You did it! You guys are awesome!" After his cheering, Twilight and all of her Pokemon turned to the excited 5-year-old, smiling afterwards. The Tantabus had been weakened slightly. The coordination between Twilight and her Pokemon was immaculate. Seeing how troubling this was for it, it called for assistance. And the only assistance it could call for was from the other Tantabus. However, the Tantabus on the other side was occupied, meaning that this Tantabus had to have another option. And the only one it chose was the dream bubbles. It aimed to corrupt them next. "We can't defeat a Tantabus, only weaken it," Twilight said. "We'll need extra help if we want to give Luna enough time. Ash." "Yeah?" Ash looked at her. "Dream. Dream whatever you can. Your biggest dream is to become a Pokemon Master, right?" "Uh-huh!" He nodded rapidly. "That's what I'm gonna be!" Taking Twilight's advice, Ash dreamt big. He didn't need to be told to dream big. Ash is always dreaming big. He closed his eyes as the dream bubbles were wobbling once more. Specifically, the ones that had Ash within them. All the while, the Tantabus created a tiny tendril that snuck out of it. However, it could only affect one dream since it needed the combined might of the other Tantabus to even enter a new dream. But before the tendril could do so, a multitude of Ash's dreams had been affected due to the 5-year-old. And emerging out of six dream bubbles were 6 variations of Ash. One of which had knocked the tendril away. Arriving at the scene was Ash during his Kanto to Johto years joined by Hoenn Ash, Sinnoh Ash, Unova Ash, Kalos Ash and Alola Ash. All 6 of them had been summoned as they were currently dreaming as well. But they weren't alone. As always, Pikachu was always there. In this case, 6 ages of Pikachu. "Oh! I was right! Whatever we dream our specific dream bubbles can be affected by it too! The Hyperdream is so amazing!" Twilight got giddy, alerting the attention of the other Ash's. "Hm?" Sinnoh Ash paused for a moment, looking at his surroundings before noticing his older and younger selves. They all did the same. Even the young Ash at the age of 5. After an awkward pause, they all pointed at each other, noticing the similarities. "OH! YOU'RE ME!" They equally shouted. "PIKACHU?!" So did the 6 Pikachu. "Man, this dream escalated pretty fast!" Alola Ash gawked. "And I get to see myself in the past! So cool!" "How come you're bigger than me?! You even sound kinda different too..." Kanto Ash pointed at the other Ash's and their height differences compared to him. But he was nowhere near shorter than 5-year-old-Ash. "Yeah, but check him out." Unova Ash aimed at 5-year-old Ash. "What's going on?" Kalos Ash wondered before observing the Hyperdream. He and the others then noticed Twilight and all of her Pokemon present here. Fittingly, each Ash Ketchum recognized one Pokemon from each generation. From Kanto to Unova. Some obviously haven't arrived at certain regions in their point of times so to Kanto Ash, the only one that was familiar to him was Espeon since he had seen one in Johto. Only Kalos and Alola could recognize all of them including Unova Ash to a certain extent, limited to just Cinccino and Serperior. Hoenn Ash, while only noticing Absol, felt like he had seen something related to Togekiss before. "Who's that Pokemon?" 4 of the Ash's said, aiming to take out their Pokedexes. Altogether, their Pokedexes had gathered information about each of the Pokemon. "Uh, this is awkward..." Twilight squeed. But before she could explain anything to the 6 Ash's, the Tantabus had recovered, howling ferociously at its prey. "Sorry if all of this seems sudden! But long story short! That thing over there can threaten the dreams of everyone we know" "That's all you needed to say." Kalos Ash replied as they all faced the Tantabus. "I don't know what's going on, but that thing's the main problem, right?" "I was hoping to have a battle with all of you since you're me. But this works too!" Kanto Ash exclaimed as the Tantabus approached them with the appearance of a massive scissor. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Each of the Ash's bellowed, commanding their Pikachu to use Thunderbolt at the same time. "Pika...!" The 6 Pikachu leapt from the shoulders of their partners. It would be a Thunderbolt for the ages but it would only ever take place in a dream. Their bodies sparked with lightning, accumulating 100,000 volts maximum. "CHUUUU!" But with all 6 of them attacking together, they added up to 700,000 volts maximum. And enough power to grow to a stupendous size. The Tantabus tried cutting the Thunderbolt in half, only for the Thunderbolt to overpower it. Now the Tantabus was beyond slightly weakened. It was weakened enough for it to shudder and stagger. It had already taken damage from Darkrai and Luna earlier, followed up by Twilight and her Pokemon and the overwhelming bolts of electricity from the 6 Pikachu's only amplified that. "Wow...I'm gonna be like them someday?" The young Ash pointed at his older selves, idolizing them the same way he did for Twilight. "One day you will. And you'll be amazing. Trust me. I know." And with a nod, Twilight basically confirmed what was already to be expected in the future for this kid from Kanto. "It isn't over yet." But just then, Sinnoh Ash spoke as the other Ash's knew the Tantabus was still active. The Tantabus knew it had to gain help from its other-self which was occupied with Darkrai. Arceus' Dream. There he stood, staring down Nightmare Rarity and Princess Luna. The Alpha Pokemon Arceus. Nightmare Rarity had only heard about Arceus, but she never expected to meet him. She was frozen with fear at the moment, unsure of what to do. Nightmare Rarity was intimidated by Arceus to the point where her will to continue was waiting. "H-He's way more fearsome than they made him out to be!" Fully staggered by Arceus' glare, Nightmare Rarity soon realized that this was not a favourable situation. She looked at Arceus and then right back at Luna. Seeing the scenario before her, Nightmare Rarity concluded on one decision. Retreating. "I'd prefer not to be caught up in here!!" She used magic from the Hyperdream. Her body was fizzling out of the area. "Come back here!" Luna sighed, knowing that she would have to use Lunar Ire's magic once more. "Perhaps I can still pursue her." "You." Just then, Arceus spoke as his mind was gathering events that had happened in the far future. In this dream, this was the beginning of time. But even this far back, Arceus could gather the memories of the future. "You are Luna." "Y-You remember me?!" Luna gasped. "Even in a dream, I can remember everything. There is no memory that escapes me. What brings you here?" "My deepest apologies, Arceus. But I and my friends ran into some trouble along the way when journeying to the Sea Temple. I apologize for disturbing your dream." [b]"Don't. An apology isn't needed. I am just dreaming of creating the universe right now. I will always have the same dream of how I made it possible. But you should pursue that other pony from before. I sense that she might not return to confront you. "What? Y-You can tell what's happening within the Hyperdream?" Luna stuttered. "I can perceive any kind of dream. No matter how large in scope and size it may be. She will be retreating from confronting you for now. The magic that she had taken from this Hyperdream is too much, even for a pony of her magical potential. And I can sense the same in you." "You are right. I have so much potential in me and yet I can barely bring it out without hesitation or harming myself..." Luna lowered her head, feeling a tad bit disappointed in herself. "Sometimes I wish I was like the other Luna's from other worlds. Then I wouldn't be burdened with something like this." "Maybe. Maybe that would be for the best to be rid of a burden such as that." Arceus looked to the height of the universe as the three orbs were starting to pulsate. Soon, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina would emerge out of them. And Time and Space would flow naturally. "Or perhaps you break past it. I don't need to say anything else about what you have to do. You already have friends that can encourage you to do so." Luna did not respond at first. Instead, she only thought of the words said to her before. And these words came from Ash In fact, they came from the same day at a late afternoon as he passed these words of advice along to her. "No need to worry, Luna. You've got this. Whatever this stuff is, I know you'll find out somehow. You're the nighttime master after all. No one knows it better than you. Well, plus Darkrai." And even words from back at the Glittering Island scenario that was said by Darkrai. He passed on his own advice to his trainer. "Better to try than to do nothing, Luna. You and Equestria have taught me that." And once she recalled those words plus taking Arceus' advice, Luna had made up her mind. She held her head high before taking a deep breath. "All of this is still so much. Even after I had returned from my banishment to the moon. But I'm more than ready to make everything as simple as I can make it. Just like how my friends can." "If that is your choice, then go and seize that goal." "I shall. Thank you, Arceus!" Luna thanked the Alpha Pokemon as she had witnessed a pulsation of three separate energies go off. Dialga, Palkia and Giratina had awakened. "They're awake. Would you like to see how I envisioned it? The Creation of Time, Space and Antimatter?" "I would but I have some friends to help. Maybe another time." Hyperdream. Nightmare Rarity decided to retreat, fearing that she could end up failing in this zone if things go too awry. And her point was only backed up even further once she entered the Hyperdream. She had seen 6 different Ash Ketchum and Pikachu in the same area. As if Arceus wasn't intimidating enough. All 12 of them plus Twilight and her Pokemon have been overwhelming the Tantabus, keeping it at bay this entire time. Nightmare Rarity opened a hole through Hyperdream to try and retrieve the second Tantabus that was stuck battling Darkrai. And once that hole was opened, out came the second Tantabus. But not before being blasted out by Darkrai's Dark Pulse. The opposing Tantabus had struggled against Darkrai, even with the assistance of Nightmare Forces. The Pitch Black Pokemon flew out of the Hyperdream hole, appearing in the zone. And finally, joining the zone as the last member was Luna after returning from Arceus' dream. Now the Hyperdream was more crowded. And on the first time being here too. "Oh, A Darkrai!" Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Alola Ash pointed out, noticing the Pitch Black Pokemon's presence here. Luna was just as shocked as Darkrai to see the other Ash's. But they quickly dismissed that, focusing on the threat here. "You're surrounded, Nightmare Rarity!" Luna exclaimed. "We both are unaware of the Hyperdream's capabilities. And frankly, I'm ready to test those capabilities for the better." "And I don't mean to rain on your parade, but if you return here, Princess Luna can always just fetch me again," said Twilight. "We could go through this same song and dance over and over again but maybe with more of ourselves." "Tch!" Nightmare Rarity hated to admit it. But they had a point. This could happen a second time if she returned to the Hyperdream. If 6 Ash's and Pikachu could assist, then there was no telling how many other variations could intervene. She was beaten. Not by batting but by a harsh reality. Despite this, she kept a pompous smirk as the two Tantabuses re-entered her body. "I hate that you're right. But if you believe I'll make the same mistake again, you'd be wrong." She then turned to Luna. "You can keep your guide to the Sea Temple, Luna. Doesn't change the fact that you have a steep competition coming your way." "Wait, the Sea Temple? " All other Ash's except for Kanto Ash said, recalling the Sea Temple. "But apart from this Hyperdream, there's more I'm searching for. But this will have to do in the meanwhile. It seems both of us will have something to learn about this new breed of magic." And instead of taunting Luna, Nightmare Rarity decided to leave but she left in style. An by style, she made an outburst of nightmare mist that forced everyone to close their eyes. Luckily, it didn't do anything. It was just for show. After that, silence filled the air. "Finally...It's..." Exhausted to finish her last sentence, Princess Luna felt like sleeping. After all of that, she needed it. Especially when using Lunar Ire's magic. The Princess of the Night closed her eyes as Darkrai caught her. "You did good, Luna," Darkrai said, patting her on the back. Once within his grasp, Luna felt comfortable with a smile on her face. "Now get some rest." "Woah...Now what?" Kanto Ash spoke, scratching his hair. "Oh! Can we have our battle now?!" "All of you should be getting back to your dreams now," Twilight replied. "Your younger self just summoned you for help against the Tantabus." "Oh, so that was you? Great job." Hoenn Ash went to his younger self. "T-Thanks!" Excited, 5-year-old Ash had a blushed face, feeling like a hero. "But...You can have your battle if you want. I mean, you're all dreaming so make it happen. But maybe do it inside of a dream instead of out here." Twilight suggested. "We don't want any damage done to this." "Hold on. You gotta tell us what all this stuff is?" Unova Ash intervened. "What's a Hyperdream anyway?" "Yeah, and I'm still pretty confused." Alola Ash crossed his arms, grumbling. "Even for a dream." "You all figure that out yourselves. It's about time we left." Darkrai uttered, flying the entrance hole that led to the Dream Realm. "Guess that answers it. We may see each other again." "Wait!" Kanto and Hoenn Ash exclaimed. "We wanna know more about you! Don't go!" But it was too late. They had left the Hyperdream once entering into the Dream Realm. Twilight used her magic, holding Kanot and Hoenn Ash from rushing ahead. "Were you this hyperactive back then?" Twilight sighed, looking at the other Ash's. "Yeah! Hahaha!" The rest of them laughed, relishing in their old selves. They were still the same person after all, no matter what. Manaphy's past dreams had been protected. Nightmare Rarity failed to eliminate them all. Now the Hyperdream was aware to them and even those that have been in it. For now, this tale of the Hyperdream closes. But it was just one massive tale connected to the Sea Temple as the journey continues. Chapter 611 End.