//------------------------------// // On that Spatial Day // Story: My Little Pokémon: Grander World // by Amarvax //------------------------------// Unova. Near the outskirts of Virbank City. The Pokemon Festival. Afternoon. During a viewing of Lucas's film, something rather interesting came up. Ash never pieced these two things together but he felt like he was getting somewhere. They made their way to the Infinity Gateway that Lucas came from as Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom were seen consuming popcorn and other cinema food. "Here it is. Right where I left it." Lucas said, gazing upon the Infinity Gateway over the Unovan Seas. "This thing's glued to me and I can only get so far from it. I came through here just like how Red and the others did. But obviously, I've got something different to offer." "Lucky you." Rarity said, followed by Rare giving an approving nod. "If only we had a gateway following us. "Check this out." Digging into his pockets, Lucas held out two Poke Balls. Throwing them into the air, he summoned two Pokemon. His Infernape and the Pikachu that another Ash Ketchum gave to him. "Infernape!" "Pikachu!" As for Pikachu, he was indeed wearing Ash's Sinnoh Hat, being yet another Pikachu from a different time. And upon arriving, Pikachu's eyes immediately met with a familiar face. A face far more familiar than Lucas. And that fact was none other than Ash's face. "Pi...? Pika-Pi!" Without even hesitating, he would lunge at Ash, using Volt Tackle to do so. "Ough!" Ash grunted after being hit with an electrifying hug. His body would receive a shock, making his hair frizz up. Pikachu was absolutely elated. "Hey, Pikachu! Yeah, it's me!" "I figured you'd like to meet him again. It's been around..." Lucas tried pinpointing the years. "16 years? Or less? Or more? I think. Point is, it's been a long time." "Good to see you too, buddy." Ash chuckled while having electricity crackle around his body. "I mean, I'm always with you but it's awesome seeing another you." "It's pretty weird seeing Ash's Pikachu in a Poke Ball. I thought he hated them." Fluttershy pointed out the obvious. Each version of Ash's Pikachu that she's seen have all appeared in Poke Balls, not minding them at all. "Mhm." Applejack agreed. "Maybe in that other world, he doesn't mind as much." "Wait, why bring out Infernape?" Apple Bloom asked. She could figure out why Pikachu's Infernape was brought out but why Infernape? "You'll see." With just his hand out, Lucas would demonstrate something rather special. He flicked his finger and by this one single movement, the Infinity Gateway was moving towards him. Ash and the others had their jaws drop in disbelief. Lucas's sudden connection to the Infinity Gateway and Space was as real as it gets as it moved under his control. "H-How did you...?!" Sweetie Belle stammered, unable to finish her sentence. "Heheh." Lucas grinned. "I said it as glued to me. I didn't mention that I could mess with it. That encounter with Palkia changed a lot, believe me. And the same goes for Infernape. I took on Palkia with Infernape at the time and just like how all that spatial energy hit me, it got Infernape too." "Infer! Infernape!" Infernape jumped. He was also a result of being hit by Palkia's cosmic power and receiving something special in return. As for what Infernape could do, he demonstrated by approaching the Infinity Gateway. With his bare hands, he would grab onto the gateway, the same way Discord did. But Discord was only capable of doing this because of his Chaos Magic. Infernape was doing this because of what was granted to him. Using his brute strength, Infernape started stretching the gateway, increasing its size. The view of Sinnoh's Jubilife City was present through the gateway and the rest of it was being shown thanks to Infernape. Ash and the others got a full view of Jubilife City instead of just parts of it. "Neat, huh? Even though we're going to the same place, because it's way bigger now, we can cover greater distances." Lucas explained. "It's a shame it only connects to Jubilife City though. At least, so far." "Man! If the other gateways were still here, who knows what you could've done!" "Yeah, true. It's weird though. That was my second time encountering Palkia." Lucas pondered for a moment. "I encountered Palkia just like how I encountered Dialga. I met them both at the same time but even when I had my first battle with Palkia, none of my Pokemon who got hit didn't get something as special as this. It was only the second time and I never thought I'd take it on again." "Really? Why not?" Ash asked while holding his Sinnoh Pikachu. "Well, things were cool with Palkia and me Heck, Dawn caught Palkia but just a few years later, I ended up battling it again. And it didn't seem like it was a different Palkia at all." Lucas continued. "It was the same Palkia Dawn caught but it just had it out for me for some reason." "Do you think it has something to do with Prisma?" Fluttershy wondered if it was related to Prisma. This was one of the reasons why they came to the location of the Infinity Gateway. "Maybe Prisma is that other Ash. Sheena said that they were practically the same person, right? And the same goes for you, Lucas." "Well...I don't know but, during my second battle with Palkia, something else that was pretty weird happened." There was more that Lucas could share as he closed his eyes, thinking deeply. He could even recall that very moment when Palkia struck him and Infernape. 7 Years Ago. Sinnoh. Eterna Forest. Day. It was at Eterna Forest that day. I was just relaxing with my Pokemon for a little while when Palkia just showed up one day. It was Dawn's Palkia but I wasn't sure why it was targeting me all of a sudden. Dawn wasn't even there at the time so it was even weirder. Standing in front of the Spatial Pokemon was Lucas, alongside his Pokemon. It was a surprise to be sure but much like his counterparts, Lucas was very much ready for anything. Even sudden attacks from Deities. Lucas held onto his hat as the winds were blowing fiercely across Eterna Forest thanks to Palkia's mighty roar. Why was the Guardian of Space so hostile towards Lucas all of a sudden? That much was unknown. But Lucas knew one thing for sure. He couldn't let himself seen as defenceless. "I don't know what your deal is, Palkia! But if it's a battle you want, you got one!" Lucas exclaimed. "Infernape, use Mach Punch!" "Infernape!" Leaping through the air, Infernape was the first to strike. With his fists glowing, the Fire-Fighting-Type would strike at the Dragon-Water-Type, targeting the face. Palkia received a quick blow to the face, only to then swing its own head to knock Infernape away. Infernape went flying, hurling through the air from just the head swing. "Fernape!" "Staraptor, use Brave Bird! Garchomp, use Dragon Rush!" "Star!" Staraptor followed up for Infernape, taking flight and encasing itself in a brilliant blaze. After taking flight, the Normal-Flying-Type would burst through the air at high speeds. Performing the same action was Garchomp, who flew at the Guardian of Space as the two appendages on its head glowed light blue. Then, its body becomes enveloped in a light blue aura with the same colour streaks as it joined Staraptor. These two bodies of energy would approach Palkia, crashing directly into it. Palkia roared, taking a super-effective hit from one of these attacks. And yet, that wasn't enough to stop it. With its eyes flashing, Palkia manipulated space, twisting the space around Garchomp and Staraptor. Suddenly, they would feel their bodies fly into the air but without them doing it themselves. "G-Gar!" Garchomp gasped as the space itself was attacking it and Staraptor. Afterwards, the twisted space would spin them around before shooting them into the ground, causing a heavy impact. "Staraptor! Garchomp!" Lucas cried out before looking back at Palkia with narrow eyes. "Luxray! Use Superpower! Floatzel, use Blizzard!" "Lux...Ray!" Luxray would soon approach Palkia as well, surrounding its entire body in an explosive energy while Floatzel started whipping up a fierce blizzard from its hands. The cold weather formed around Palkia, even if the Spatial Pokemon could resist it with its Secondary Typing. In response, Palkia would manipulate space and immediately contain the Blizzard. Floatzel's Blizzard was teleported, going straight for Luxray instead. Luxray didn't get the chance to land Superpower as it was carried by the raging snow instead. Palkia would roar once again, creating a fierce gale that would lift Floatzel off the ground. It was unusually aggressive today and Lucas just couldn't understand why. Just then, Palkia would go for Lucas next, preparing to use Spacial Rend of all moves. The pearls on Palkia's shoulders glow pink, its eyes glow orange, and its forearm starts to gather energy, also glowing pink. "Flare Blitz, go!" "Infernape!" Getting back up and swinging back into action, Infernape's body was surrounded by red-orange fire as he shot himself at the Guardian of Space like a missile. Palkia unleashed Spacial Rend at the same time, slashing the air and releasing a pink crescent-shaped blade of energy from its arm at the opponent. Flare Blitz clashed with Spacial Rend, sending a great spark across the area. Infernape growled, trying to push through the Spatial Rend with all of his might as the pressure of these two attacks going against each other was causing another gust of wind. At that moment, Infernape managed to push through the Spacial Rend, but something strange occurred. The attack still went through Infernape, making his body pulsate, but it also went through Lucas. Lucas gasped as his pupils shrank. Right as the attack went through him, he also felt that same pulsation. But for Lucas, it was far more noticeable as his body would pulsate multiple times. In that instance, Lucas saw and felt something. He saw what appeared to be someone else that he ust couldn't recognize. It was so instant too. On top of that, he also felt a strange presence. It was almost as if his soul was being attacked. Lucas would fall back as afterimages of his body were shown in 10 different colours. At the same time, Infernape would crash into Palkia, landing a hit. Palkia roared once more, but this time, there was no retaliation. Palkia would simply fizzle out. Its body would flash, letting out a pink glow with particles flying out. Palkia was gone, just like that. Lucas groaned, feeling rather bewildered. All of his Pokemon would get back up, still conscious even after that surprise attack. This was the team that battled Dialga after all. I had no idea what that was all about. Palkia just up and left. Even when I met up with Dawn again, she said that Palkia ust went missing all of a sudden and showed up again. Palkia never left its Poke Ball after that and we never figured out why it suddenly attacked me. "It was just a weird experience all around. But that figure I saw...It might've been Prisma, but I don't have a clue 7 years later." Lucas finished. "But hey. I can do cool new stuff the others can't, so there's that." "If Twilight were here, she'd figure this out already," Applejack said, wishing Twilight were here to solve this conundrum. Lucas certainly had an experience. "But forget about that. Right now, I'm here to enjoy the Pokemon Festival." Lucas shrugged it off. "Worry about the Prisma and Gateway stuff later." "Hold it!" Rare would speak up all of a sudden, startling Lucas. "Darling. Could you do one favour for me?" "Uh yeah? What's that?" Lucas asked. "Well, since that gateway follows you around, there's one place I want you to go to..." Rare had one place in mind. She wasn't about to let this Infinity Gateway go to waste. It was already obvious where she wanted to take it. The Human World. More specifically, the portal near the Human World. Equestria. Ponyville. PokePark. The Tech Area. "Okay...That's everyone." At last, Twilight gathered all the Pokemon from PokePark. She laid on her back, appearing at the Tech Area, which was the final known area in PokePark. The Tech Area appeared to be a warehouse where many different trains are stored. The Pokémon of the area all dwell within the warehouse or outside, mixed around with the various trains. Surrounding her were some of these Pokemon. Gurdurr, Conkeldurr, Golett, Golurk, Zebstrika, Tyranitar, Salamence, Gigalith, Mawile, Kirlia, Accelgor and Scizor. And that was just the Pokemon from the Tech Area. The previous area, the Crag Area, also had some Pokemon around her. And the leader of that entire area, Emboar, was right next to her. "Emboar?" Emboar spoke, looking down at the Princess of Friendship. "I'm fine..." Twilight groaned. "That just took a while. But now, we can all head for the Pokemon Festival at last." "And I'll escort you there. Appearing next to her with his face on the ground was none other than Discord. He startled Twilight, causing her to jump up. Discord then pulled his entire body out of the ground. " "Discord...!" Twilight grumbled. "Is this your first time here?" "Why yes. It's impressive that you have another dimension behind a garage door of all things." Discord commented. "But never mind that. I was just checking up on the only pony working hard to bring those gateways back. How goes it, by the way?" "It could be better," Twilight grumbled. "I just can't figure out how to make a new gateway. The fragment is all we have and that sucks. And anyway, it was Starswirl who did most of the work. What about you? Can't you do anything?" "Oh, don't look at me. I'm not your daily problem solver. Believe me, I've tried making a new gateway, but those circular things are just so difficult to handle." Discord answered honestly. "That's why I came to you. But it looks like you're hit a brick wall too." "I don't want to think about the gateways right now. I mean, I want them to show up again but...whatever. I just want to spend time with my friends in this year's Pokemon Festival. More than anything else. Nothing more, nothing less." She crossed her hooves. "Well, you'll be glad to know that another you showed up not too long ago." Discord was already aware of the Twilight from another universe. "Twilight Moonlight?! She's here?!" The young alicorn bellowed. "Not her. But someone else you might recognize." Holding his paw out, Discord would show a miniature version of Twilight. Immediately after seeing her, Twilight Sparkle did in fact recognize that appearance. She briefly took on that appearance when a Desire affected the entirety of Ponyville. "And she's here for the same reason that Moonlight character shows up." "No way..." Needless to say, she was stunned. However, her amazement soon subsided after her next batch of words. "...I'll ignore that." "Hm?!" Discord shook his head in disbelief. "There's no chance I'm approaching her. If she's also targeting Ash, then I'm going to Ash. If we meet up, it's because of that, but I'll do everything in my power to keep her away from Ash." "Hm. Alright then." Discord couldn't say much to that as he made the miniature Twilight vanish. "But what about the Moonlight character? It will be hard to ignore her. She's a persistent one." "That's true..." Twilight paused. "But I'll do my best when she enters the picture as well. Now then, allow me to get this Pokemon Festival started. I want to meet up will all of my friends and see what they're doing." "Let me get you a head start then." Discord offered to transport her. But he wasn't taking her straight to Ash. With a snap of his fingers, he sent himself and Twilight elsewhere. Snowbelle City. Snowbelle City. The City of Everlasting Winter. They say the cold air flowing from the Pokémon Gym is responsible for this city's frozen state. For Snowbelle, they were embracing the cold for the Pokemon Festival. enormous open-air market nestled within the heart of a snow-covered forest. The stalls are all made from intricately carved ice, reflecting the shimmering light of countless lanterns. The joyful sounds of laughter and merriment carried on the cold winter breeze. A group of children gleefully building snow sculptures, their mittened hands hard at work shaping fantastical Pokemon. an enthusiastic Jynx teaching a group of Smoochum how to ice skate on a frozen pond, their laughter twinkling like magic in the chilly air. Present here were Yaks, who were used to such weather. They chose this place as one of their first stops for the Pokemon Festival and already felt like they were back home. The Yaks found some attractions that they could enjoy themselves with. There was also a temporary Pokemon Contest Hall that ha been placed here for any coordinators. And appearing here at Snowbelle were none other than Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and Spike. They also chose Snowbelle as one of their first spots. Already, they were near a group of Fire-Types who were warming them and many others up. "Aaah...After this, I'm paying the Pokemon School a visit." Pinkie said. "They still have school and I wanna make sure I get enough food to them for the rest of the Pokemon Festival. What about you, Rainbow Dash?" "Mmm...Maybe the Battle Frontier." Rainbow Dash felt like melting with all of this soothing heat. "The Equestria League's still not ready. Aren't you taking on the Equestria League too, Spike?" "Yeah. But I'm doing my own thing. You don't see me practice that often with my Pokemon." Spike uttered, having his eyes closed when feeling the heat. "I wish I could take it on," Scootaloo commented as she had Rapidash and Quilava next to her to give her some warmth. "But I'm not ready yet." "Well, if you wanna try something new, try this." Pinkie checked her surroundings, quickly grabbing a poster from one of the tables. "There's a Pokemon Contest going on and you've never tried one of those before. Some rising stars could be there. Like Dawn...Oooh, Dawns here! And ummm..." Pinkie wasn't sure if she recognized any of these names that were being presented. These names were all the Coordinators that would be participating. Some of them even looked like vampire names. "May...Serena and uh...I don't know who these are but you get the point!" "Pass. Pokemon Contests aren't my thing." Scootaloo shut it down, immediately. "I mean, I could do them but..." "Hold on. Look at the prize for a moment." Pinkie Pie showed off the rest of the poster, revealing the prize. "700,000 Pokedollars!" "Eeh..." She still wasn't all for it. "I wanna do something else. For once, maybe not a Pokemon Battle but...Uh..." "I've got something you can try." Rainbow Dash already had something in mind as she would stand up. "Just like how Pinkie Pie went places to get ready for the Pokemon Festival, I was doing the same. Of course, I wanted to be in a battle, but some other stuff came up." "Yeah?! Like what?!" Scootaloo stood up. "You know how these Pokemon Festivals go. There's a contest here and there. And this time, there's one that's gonna be the best one yet, if you ask me." Rainbow Dash rubbed her hooves together. The pegasus certainly had a lot on her mind. Not just for her, but for her friends. She was going to disrupt Scootaloo's boredom with something she's never done before. Not even Rainbow Dash has attempted it or even Pinkie Pie and Spike. "Get this. Have you ever heard of Pokemon Boccer?" As the journey continues. Chapter 285 End.