Equestria. Canterlot. The Pokemon School. Day.
Here at the Pokemon School, there were a group of teachers who hailed from Pegalysium and were the descendants of the Legendary Windkiss. However, even though they have been assigned as teachers since they seem to have plenty of experience with Pokemon, they weren't exactly showing signs of it.
At this moment, Windflash was still trying to take in the Pokemon School and she was too fixated on gazing at the Pokemon. She was used to the outdoors and had yet to get used to the indoors. Considering how her family was brought up, this was not surprising but the students wondered how and why she became a teacher in the first place.
"So um...What are you actually going to teach us?" A student asked.
"Hmm...Not sure yet." Windflash spoke while gazing at Smolder's Charmander. "Would you mind teaching me how?"
"You're supposed to be teaching us though." Sandbar pointed out.
"Yeah. We can't teach a teacher." Gallus scoffed before blinking, seeing Windflash's serious expression. "Can we?"
"Ah! There is no shame in that!" Windflash raised her voice while putting on a happy face. "I do the same thing with my brothers and sisters all the time. We help each other by teaching other new things."
"I guess that's true. That's something Ash taught a lot of ponies." Sandbar agreed.
"And besides. I think I work better on the outside than the inside. All of this is a bit confusing to me." Windflash uttered. "I've never been anywhere else that wasn't the outdoors. I'm supposed to be teaching you about how to feel safe around certain Pokemon. These creatures showed up at Pegalysium and out of any pegasi there, my family has interacted with them most."
"Well, you're not really giving off that impression." Smolder pointed out due to how Windflash was gazing at her Charmander. "I've been around all kinds of Dragon-Type Pokemon. I'm perfectly fine with whatever comes my way."
"Uh, same." Ocellus spoke. "I spend all my time with Fairies and Bugs."
"That's nice and all. But how about unique Pokemon? I know all of you have seen your fair share of Pokemon of all kinds. But the ones my family and I found in Pegalysium will surprise you."
"I doubt that" Gallus chuckled. "We've seen or even heard everything under the Sun. What else is there?"
"Well. It's right here, if you wish to know." Windflash would suddenly dig her hoof into her mane. And out of it appeared a Pokemon no one expected to see. But they certainly didn't expect to see it in such a state. It was a Snorlax. One of the larger Pokemon out there and right now, it was as miniscule a hairpin.
"I-Is that Snorlax?!"
"Why is it so small?! How'd you do that?!" Silverstream let out a prolonged gasp.
"He's not the only one in there. You all can show yourselves now." But Windflash wasn't done. Snorlax was not alone in there.
More Pokemon were actually in Windflash's mane who would finally show themselves. Many Pokemon of different types such as Flying, Grass, Ghost, Fire, Fairy, Normal, Rock, Steel and Electic would show up. Each and every one of them were poking their heads out of Windflash's mane. And of course, they were much smaller.
"Are there small Pokemon over at Pegalysium?!"
"Oh, no, no, no. There are actually massive Pokemon in Pegalysium. These are them right now." Windflash answered. According to her, these Pokemon were supposed to be colossal. Even the smaller ones such as Pidgey were gigantic.
"So then...how come they're smaller than all of us?" Ocellus asked.
"That's my magic. It's not just making them small. My mane just leads to a pocket dimension. They look so cute when they show up like this. Unfortunately, I need a mirror to see them."
"Wow! Your mane is magical?! Born or obtained?" A student questioned.
"It was born like this. It's something left behind by my ancestor Windkiss. Each generation inherited her magic, down to every single family member out there." Windkiss was responsible for this. But this made the students wonder. From what they've heard about Pegalysium, Windkiss' Status as a Destiny Pegasus was not chosen by Family Ties. Each Pegasus of Destiny comes from a different family line, after all.
"I thought it didn't work like that." A confused Sanbar blurted.
"I'm not a Destiny Pegasus. There's a reason why our ancestor was the first one. It's something that's just in our family but we don't have the same status as her. Never have and it's a bit too late for that."
"You and your family just casually have magic like that? Isn't that a bit dangerous?"
"Our family has stayed away from civilization for a long time. So not really. But anyway, as for the giant Pokemon, you can try and get used to them. They appeared one day along with an entire island, growing Pegalysium just a little bit. They fit in perfectly well with the giant pegasi we have. Not sure what the name of the island is but it's fine."
"Y-You're not going to make them grow in here, are you?" Gallus pulled back, fearing that the Pokemon might enlarge inside of the classroom which would be critically dangerous.
"Not at all. We're going outside instead. I was thinking of sending you all inside of my mane but...I'm more used to the outdoors. Is this what you call a field trip?"
"Yes, yes!" Smolder nodded her head aggressively. "That's it! That's the one! We can head outside right now and you can show us. But maybe somewhere vast. Like Deerling Forest."
"Deerling Forest isn't vast at all." A unicorn student replied.
"I wouldn't mind going inside of your mane, Ms Windflash." Suddenly, speaking to Windflash was none other than Cozy Glow, he made herself rather unassuming while being here. "I'm sure it'd be very fun seeing what's in there."
"Well, I don't have permission from the principal yet. Or any of the teachers. I'm not sure how this all works anyway."
"You can leave it me! I've been to school before so this will be a breeze. Believe me." Cozy Glow proudly said. "Everyone else can head outside into the vast wilderness."
"Hmm...I think I should just stick to the outside." Windflash stuck with her decision. Cozy Glow had a rather displeased look on her face, not getting what she wanted but she soon kept up that smile. "Alright. Just to warn you all. These giant Pokemon act differently from their regular species. But if you stay close to me, you'll be perfectly fine."
The students had left to experience the giant Pokemon on the outside. But staying behind and refusing to go with her class was Cozy Glow. She made sure to move as slowly as possible, being behind everyone so that no one would suspect a thing. After losing sight of them, she would return to the classroom, having something else in mind.
When sitting alone in the classroom with no one else around, from her saddlebag, revealed something peculiar. Something to do with the Rift. It appeared as a grey bowl. A rather slim and small bowl with a blue light on top of it. And out of that light emerged Rift Energy as it would show a projection. A projection of Daybreaker.
"Can you come and pick me up? I've got nothing for today."
"Already? But School hasn't finished yet." Daybreaker raised an eyebrow. "Are you planning on skipping school? Perhaps even truanting?"
"Nuh-uh! Well, kind of. I just can't find anything of use here, honestly." Cozy Glow pouted. "I tried going for those potions from before but it looks like they were moved after what Team Rocket did."
"Well, even if that is out of the picture for now, you can always just learn here." Daybreaker thought otherwise.
"Ugh! Who'd wanna learn here? I'd rather learn about Pokemon the way I've been doing for the past 4 years now." Cozy Glow groaned. "What can I even gain here?"
"A lot, if you must know. Knowledge is power. And I should know a thing or two about that. I'm too busy gathering light from Necrozma and I have quite a lot to learn. But I'm far too old for school and you are incredibly lucky to be in it. The wealth of education is splendid. I remember when I was a student."
"Bleh." The young pegasus simply stuck her tongue out at such a notion.
"And besides. You're also there to handle that universe until it's time to take the light away from it. It's a massive threat, no doubt and I don't think even Ghetsis is ready for it just yet. The odds are greatly stacked against that.
"Oooh! Can I at least go to Ghetsis' place?! Please?! I know it's far away but I can take the trip."
"Not for a second. Someone could notice you, little troublemaker.
"Ghetsis's place is way more interesting than this school though. What if I said I was...sick?" She squeed, trying to convince Daybreaker in any way she could.
"If you were sick, I'd make sure you wouldn't go anywhere. But you're not. Learn what you can. You will most definitely find something of value here that we can use." Daybreaker would end her message, leaving Cozy Glow. The young pony would have to stay behind until it was time for her to leave and return to Universe 11.
However, since she stayed behind, all of her classmates were long gone. She was going solo now with no one else to learn or do anything with her. She would slump her head on the table, devoid of any ideas. Unable to decide on anything, the pegasus would take Daybreaker's advice. She would have to learn but with no teachers around, this classroom was pointless. Ecept for the always reliable library which was available.
Kanto. Pallet Town.
Meanwhile, over at Pallet Town, for Ash, it was a perfect contrast to Cozy Glow's day. While Cozy Glow was stuck with absolute boredom and lack of a purpose, Ash had all the purpose in the world and was never bored. It was another day for him to venture out there with his friends to see what they could find.
"Today's gonna be Pallet Town's Yard Sale, Pikachu. I kinda miss out on it a lot. Ever since I started my journey, I haven't been to many Yard Sales ever since I was little. But today's gonna be totally different!" Ash would dash off, ready to tackle this Yard Sale
Before that, he checked up on his mother, who was currently glued to the small PC in the house. Delia rarely uses the PC and every single time she uses it, it's to call someone. Delia was rather fixated to it before suddenly unleashig a light giggle. "Whatcha doing mom? Who are you calling?"
"Pika?"
"Not calling anyone this time. I'm writing to a Pen Pal."
"You have a Pen Pal?"
"A rather recent one too! We started writing to each other recently. About 2 weeks ago or so." Delia said with a giggle. "Oooh, this takes me back to my younger years when I had another Pen Pal. "She comes from Galar and she's a fellow mother such as myself."
"Really" Ash and Pikachu leaned in, observing the image. At this moment, Delia was writing to her Pen Pal who was apparently in the Galar Region.
"We've been exchanging a lot. I've decided to send her cute pictures of you and I back in the day."
"Wait! Those pictures?!" Hearing that put on Ash on high alert. The pictures had already loaded in. One of them showed a Young Ash Ketchum clamping his teeth onto a massive block of fake cheese. It was clearly just a plastic toy but that didn't stop Ash from nibbling on it. He was so dedicated to it that his legs left the ground. Another was of Ash with very shaggy hair. So shaggy that it covered his eyes.
Another was of Ash mean-mugging. It was an accidental picture as Delia caught Ash while he was yawning. But that looked more like a scowl than a yowl with how fierce those eyes looked. A majority of these had Ash making various faces that could get a laugh out of anyone. "Aw, Mom!"
"P-Pikachu!" Pikachu has already seen these pictures before but seeing them again reminded him of how funny they were.
"They're not so bad, Ash. Your friends didn't think so either."
"Wait, you showed it to everyone back at Ponyville?"
"The ones you hang around the most have definitely seen it." Delia winked. "Now she knows about it. But don't worry. The Motherly Code involves both parties exchanging images. She has a son as well and there are some pictures similar to yours. Besides, Melony got a good chuckle from them."
"Melony? You mean the Gym Leader from Circhester?"
"Is that who she is? You already know about her?"
"Oh, for sure. I met her back at Circhester. She's ranked pretty high in the Pokemon World Championships. I didn't think she was your Pen Pal."
"Oooh, how wonderful!" Delia clapped her hands excitedly. "I can always count on you to know a lot of people, Ash. And one of them is my new Pen Pal. I suppose this means I can maybe visit her. Circhester, was it?"
"I'm gonna battle Melony one day. I know it's gonna be a fun one." Ash was mainly thinking about throwing down with Melony when he gets the chance. "Maybe soon if we head over to Circhester."
"Ah. Before that. I have to do a few things before we go. We'll make this a family moment! Two families from both sides meeting with each other."
"So, Melony's entire family is gonna show up here?" It sounded like Melony was coming to Ash instead of him going straight to her. That would still be an opportunity to battle with her "Is it for the Yard Sale?
"Well, of course," Delia replied. This Yard Sale was going the distance by bringing someone from another region over. Ash didn't think too much of it at first until it hit him. If news of this were to spread, many would flock to his house just to see him. "Is there anything you need to take out, Ash?"
"Not really. Maybe." Ash was rather unsure about that.
"Ah, it's fine. It'll be a small Yard Sale either way. I'm sure not that many people will show up. Even if we're getting a visitor from another region."
Pallet Town Yard Sale.
But a lot of people did show up. It wasn't just limited to Pallet Town which was a small town. This reached Ponyville, prompting its residents to pass through the gateway just so they could get involved in this. It was not limited to Ponyville, however. Canterlot and other locations from Equestria came flooding in as it was much bigger than what Delia predicted.
This small informal event soon expanded faster than Pallet Town predicted. And just as Ash expected, some of them came straight for him, using this as an excuse to meet with their idol.
"Nice turnout, wouldn't you agree?" Delia said with a innocent smile on her face as opposed to Ash.
"Guess so. Uh, how long is this Yard Sale gonna last, Mom?"
"This year's Yard Sale will last for 4 days. That's enough for Melony's family to show up here in time before it finishes up. And believe me, we have plenty of items to give out. You may have been exploring the world with Pikachu and all of your friends but everyone else in Pallet Town has been rather busy too. We have a lot to offer."
"Oh, that's-" Before Ash could say anything, he was instantly surrounded by a crowd of ponies. Mainly kids and teenagers. They immediately started blurting out requests and questions to Ash.
"Well, it looks like you're going to be busy. I have to sell some things, so have fun." Delia would waltz off, leaving Ash to handle his fans. Ash's first Yard Sale was definitely going to be something.
On the bright side, at least he had many familiar faces here at Pallet Town so perhaps, it wouldn't be so bad. He was going to make the most out of it and even though he still wasn't used to overwhelming fame, he wouldn't want to disappoint anyone.
However, for Ash, he had no idea what this seemingly simple event was about to turn into. On this fateful day, Ash Ketchum was about to be hit with the most staggering case of dualism. Lookalike Dualism to be exact. And this Yard Sale was about to pull all of that in as the journey continues.
Chapter 250 End.