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// Sparks of Revenge 
// Story: My Little Pokémon: Grander World 
// by Amarvax 
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Equestria. The Crystal Empire. The Pokemon Festival. Late Afternoon.

After being spotted here at the Crystal Empire, Lucas's fame was displayed after everypony instantly threw requests at him. Since he was capable of opening new gateways, of course they would pursue him. Literally. Lucas found himself fleeing from the horde of ponies and Pokemon.

"Whew..." He managed to escape such a large crowd, outrunning them all. The Speed of Fear was a wonderful thing. Lucas was still drained after opening up a gateway to the Crystal Empire minutes ago and needed the time to relax. But unfortunately, with so many ponies and Pokemon wanting the chance to travel easily again, he had some wild moments coming his way.

Losing sight of them, Lucas carefully shuffled and shimmied to the side. He couldn't be too careful after all. The Crystal Empire was heavily populated. "I'm in the clear. Geez, they missed those gateways a lot, huh? News travels fast in this world too..."

"It does, doesn't it?" Alas, someone did find her after all. Sneaking up on Lucas without making a sound was a young filly. This filly was joined by many other foals who all had the same devious grins on their faces. They snuck through the large crowd thanks to their small stature, using it to reach Lucas.

"P-Please...! I don't have the strength!" Lucas wailed. But the children did not care. It was obvious that they wanted to head to certain places with ease. If anything, they were far more terrifying the grownups. At least they were only throwing requests at Lucas. The children wanted it by force, unfortunately.

"Get him!" At that moment, they leapt at Lucas and attacked his legs, acting like anklebiters. 

"Gah!" He cried out as he was swarmed by the foals. Lucas's arm could be seen rising out of the pile of foals who were trying to force the power of the gateway out of him.

"Maybe we have to pull something to get him to use! Pull his ears!"

"I've got his nose! Somepony pull his arm!" They were hoping to make it quick and easy by ripping the power of the gateways out of Lucas. In Lucas's mind, he wondered how he got to this point. All he did was visit this universe for the first time and was immediately swarmed with attention. Even more so than his original universe.

"Oh, there you are! Found you first!" Finding Lucas before anyone else was Ash who came sliding in. 

"Ash! Help!" Lucas bellowed.

"Ash!?" All it took was the voice and appearance of Ash to quickly freeze the foals. Seeing Ash here, they promptly stopped any harm being done to Lucas. "Uh, we were just uh..."

"Come on. Let Lucas rest. He'd love to make new gateways but he's still working out the kinks. All Lucas needs is some rest." Ash said.

"Alright..." Thanks to Ash's influence, they pulled back, letting of Lucas. The Trainer from Sinnoh had a red nose and ears as the strength of some of these foals came from earth ponies, which certainly didn't help. "Sorry, Lucas..." They all apologized, soon leaving Lucas alone.

"Thanks, Ash..." Lucas sighed. "Could you do the same for everyone else?"

"That's gonna be tough compared to the kids. They really want those gateways back after all and I don't know how much longer they can wait until all of them show up again."

"Why'd it have to be me?" Lucas lowered his head before raising it instantly. "Elio's got more stamina than me and the others! He should've gotten this instead!"



Meanwhile, Zeraora, who planned to find Lucas as well, was promptly stopped when his attention was steered elsewhere His eyes immediately locked onto yet another familiar face. This time, it was the older Princess Flurry Heart. But unlike Sci-Twi, Celestia and Twilight, the appearance of this pony wasn't a mistake. She recognized her without a doubt.

"Uh oh..." Flurry Heart gulped, sensing high hostility. Zeraora and her both recalled memories of the universe that lost its light. Flurry Heart was there to see it all vanish while Zeraora was captured by Ghetsis at the same time. Her entire home had been ruined and she became a fuel for this cruel alliance.

While she has mainly been restrained by Rainbow Dash who managed to convince her that both Twilights and Celestia were not Empress Twilight or Daybreaker, this was most definitely the Flurry Heart who was once part of that alliance. But Zeraora wasn't aware that she was no longer a part of it and Rainbow Dash wasn't focused on the Thunderclap Pokemon right now.

It was only until she saw that Zeraora wasn't running anywhere around the Crystal Empire or even the lack of thunder being heard that Zeraora wasn't on the move. "Hey, wait a sec. Zeraora?"

"Zeraora!" With electricity building up in her body and her memories of that horrible experience returning, the Thunderclap Pokemon was about to lash out once more. Zeraora immediately took off, targeting Flurry Heart. She tried her best to contain her anger, but it was no use. With no one to calm her down, Zera took action, approaching the older Flurry Heart

"Wait, wait, wait!" Flurry Heart frantically moved her hooves around. But there was no use trying to talk to her right now. Screeching, the young alicorn would teleport away right as Zeraora's paw came flying in. Teleporting out of the way in time, Zeraora struck the ground, letting out a crash of lightning.

"Ze?!" Zeraora then looked up, spotting Flurry Heart moving to the distance. But she wouldn't let her escape as shown by her running immediately. Zeraora was taking all of her built-up rage and unleashing it on those who took her away from her home and ruined it.

"Wait, Zeraora!" Flurry Heart still tried explaining herself. She would once again teleport as soon as Zeraora got too close. Yet again, she had to distance herself from a Pokemon that could clear distances at high speeds. Zeraora kept chasing after Flurry Heart who kept teleporting to avoid these hits. She knew that Zeraora's lightning was always bound to hit so she couldn't afford to make her teleportations too close. The young alicorn had to be away from her until she calms down.

"Golurk!" Stepping in front of the older Flurry Heart was one of the Golurks. Something like this wouldn't be ignored by the guards of the Crystal Empire, especially since it involved royalty. A Golurk appeared, using its massive hand to catch Zeraora's next attack. The lightning didn't affect the Golurk at all thanks to its immunity to Electric.

"Princess! Are you alright?!" The guard asked as all the other Golurks and Crystal Empire Guards appeared to defend the Princess.

"Yeah, I'm fine. But listen! She-" Right as she was about to simmer the situation, Zeraora interrupted it in an instant.

"Zera!" Even with the type disadvantage, Zeraora instantly forced the opposing Golurk out of the way with brute force, knocking it back. The Golurk was moved back, bumping into its own trainer as they both fell down.

"Listen! That Zeraora's just taking out her anger against me because of the alliance I used to be in!" Flurry Heart quickly explained. "She's mad for a good reason! It's not what you think it is!"

Zeraora!" But even with those words, Zeraora's rage had already built up for a longer time. Without Rainbow Dash to hold her back, she was becoming more and more hostile. The Golurk stood in the way of Flurry Heart, which meant they were instantly her enemy. Lunging at the Golurk, Zeraora would strike at them. Some of the Golurk retaliated, only for Zeraora to hit them before they could hit her. 

She delivered swift and sharp hits to the Golurks, using attacks that weren't electricity-based. Just then, Rainbow Dash finally spotted Zeraora as it wasn't that hard to do so. The sound of thunder returned as soon as she started chasing Flurry Heart. This battle would soon be noticed by the crowd here at the Crystal Empire as they witnessed the Young Princess being attacked by the Thunderclap Pokemon.

"G-Gol!" The Golurk cried out after being knocked aside. But more stood in Zeraora's way, trying to stop her. Three of them used Ground-Type moves to try and halt her actions, only for Zeraora to leap over them in an instant. The Thunderclap Pokemon, after avoiding the Ground-Type moves, performed a dive kick to strike those three Golurk. They immediately fell over.

"Wait, Zeraora! Stop!" Rainbow Dash cried out, quickly zooming in. But it was too late. Zeraora had gone too long without anyone calming her down. Thus, her rage was starting to be her guide this time. As soon as Rainbow Dash tried getting in close, she was instead hit with a surge of lightning that flew out of Zeraora's body. "Gh!" She cried out, receiving the sharp jolt that instantly knocked her out of the sky.

"Zeraaa!" Lost in her rage and not even noticing Rainbow Dash being harmed, Zeraora advanced, leaving behind a trail of lightning as she shoulder-bashed the Golurk standing in her way. She started pushing them away, only for the Golurk to grab onto her since she was this close to them. "Zeraora!"

"Gol!" The Golurk managed to restrain her, but only in terms of movement. Her rage was still very much strong and the Golurk certainly couldn't restrain that. Zeraora growled, sending out a fierce burst of electricity from her body while being held by the Golurk.

"Rainbow Dash! Are you alright?!" Flurry Heart quickly rushed to Rainbow Dash who had been downed by the frantic flash of lightning. 

"Yeah..." She groaned. The lightning harmed her to the point where her wings were letting out static. So were parts of her hooves but her wings certainly took the most damage. There was even a burn mark on it. "I was too late to show up and calm her down. What happened between you and her? You're obviously the same Flurry Heart who was with Daybreaker."

"It's not a pleasant story...Zeraora's home was attacked by Great Auntie Daybreaker and her team. Not only was she captured, but the light in her world was taken away."

"The light? From an entire world?" The injured pegasus groaned while trying to sit up. "How?"

"Necrozma." The only Pokemon capable of doing it. The Devourer of Light. The Prism Pokemon Necrozma. That was the only way the light in an entire world could be expunged and Zeraora's world was unfortunately a victim of this. Flurry Heart saw it all for herself that day. The day an entire world lost its light and just how dangerous Necrozma could be.



Zeraora's World. Alola.

Another Earth. Another Alola. This was one of the many worlds out there that shared similarities with each other but always had differences. But the region of Alola wasn't any different at all. For the most part, it was the same as the Alola Region back in Ash's world, showing off its Golden Sun. And when the time changes, it can show off that Silver Moon.

Zeraora could be seen residing in this world's version of the Poni Wilds. But what was supposed to be a peaceful day would not last. Not when they showed up. Breaking through this universe with the power of Rift Travel, Team Plasma's Airship arrived.

They were here for two reasons. For Ghetsis, he was here for Zeraora and for Daybreaker, she had one thing in mind. To fuel Necrozma and there was no brighter place than Alola. On the airship, Ghetsis and Daybreaker were joined by the Young Flurry Heart, who was dragged along.

This all took place before the Empress lost to Universe 1's Equestria. And even before I betrayed the Twilight Imperium and fled to Universe 1. Everything that happened in Zeraora's world is way before that. When they showed up, they didn't hold back on Alola, raining destruction down on it just so they could force Zeraora out.

Zeraora could be seen with scratches already on her as this attack had already begun. The Thunderclap Pokemon was facing off against Team Plasma who tried capturing her. Thanks to her stellar speed and strength, she managed to knock down many of Team Plasma's Pokemon.

"Zeraora" The Electric-Type roared when standing before Team Plasma. The field had been scorched with plasma and ruined with other Pokemon Attacks being unleashed. As for everyone else in Alola, to keep them from interfering, the troops of the Solar Empire had been sent to deal with them while Team Plasma dealt with Zeraora. 

I watched it all happen while I was in the ship. I wanted to do something but I couldn't. I saw Zeraora protect her home for over 5 hours, trying her best. But that's when things took a turn for the worse.

"Not bad. Not bad at all." Walking past all of his grunts was Ghetsis. This is exactly why I need you. Not only will you be a wonderful fuel source with all of your power, but you will also be a mighty Pokemon to battle with."

"Hydreigon!" Descending from above was Ghetsis' Hydreigon, ready to brutally attack the Thunderclap Pokemon.

"Ze...!" She growled, still having enough energy to continue. But against Ghetsis, the difficulty for Zeraora was greatly increased. With that devious grin on his face, Ghetsis knew that he could expend more of Zeraora's energy with a battle compared to his grunts. Zeraora had already taken a lot of damage after trying to protect her home for 5 hours straight and with Ghetsis's team at full strength, she was bound to be in for a rough time.

"I wish I had a Master Ball on me right now but...Subdue it! Use Dark Pulse!"

"Hy...Drei!" Attacking Zeraora was all three of Hydreigon's heads. Each of them unleashed a blast of darkness that closed in on the Thunderclap Pokemon.

"Ze!" Zeraora gasped, quickly zipping back to avoid the attacks. But while two of them missed, a third one was re-directed by Hydreigon. It homed in on Zeraora, properly connecting. "Z-Zera!"

"Excellent! Flamethrower!"

"Dreigon!" Hydreigon continued his assault, unleashing a burst of fire from his mouth.

"Zera?!" Zeraora, who slid on the ground after being struck by Dark Pulse, quickly put up her arms to block it. Zeraora was certainly hanging in there. After withstanding the Flamethrower, Zeraora would quickly rush at Hydreigon, leaving behind a flash of lightning.

She would try juking him out by rapidly zipping from place to place, going around him. Surely even with three heads, Hydreigon couldn't keep up with Zeraora's speed. But due to how much he has been mutated because of Ghetsis' actions, he could most certainly keep up.

And so could Ghetsis.

"Ora!" Zeraora went in for a strike, using Close Combat for a quick win. However, Hydreigon managed to avoid the attack by swaying all three of his heads. However, the lightning from Zeraora's body still managed to land, shocking the Brutal Pokemon.

"Retaliate with Dragon Rush!"

"Hydrei!" Hydreigon unleashed a burst of energy from his body, forcing Zeraora back. The aura around him was brimming with draconic energy as he would strike back with his own speed. Rushing in with the ferocity of a Dragon, he would try crashing into the Thunderclap Pokemon. Zeraora responded by continuing to use Close Combat.

The two Pokemon clashed here on the scorched battlefield, sending sparks flying. They would back and forth with flashes of lightning draconic energy going all over the place. Flurry Heart ducked as some of the lightning reached the ship, dealing damage to it.

"Drei!" Hydreigon tackled Zeraora with Dragon Rush, managing to land a hit. Zeraora groaned before retaliating with a swift hit to one of Hydreigon's hits. Both Pokemon exchanged hits, going back to back. All three of Hydreigon's heads would use different attacks to subdue Zeraora. Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse and Flamethrower.

Zeraora barely managed to avoid each of them, zipping and swaying as these attacks combusted after hitting the ground, unleashing a ferocious explosion. Zeraora twitched as she was suffering too much damage when taking on Hydreigon. A Hyper Beam was then used by the middle head, prompting Zeraora to respond with something just as strong or even stronger.

The best she could do was Giga Impact, which was the opposite of Hyper Beam. Leaping off the ground, she enveloped her body in an invisible aura, meeting with the Hyper Beam. The two powerful Normal-Type moves encountered each other, initiating another clash. The clash was fierce with Zeraora trying to push through the Hyper Beam.

Unfortunately, with two heads still available, they snuck in two more Hyper Beams. It was now a triple Hyper Beam against Zeraora as the two beams merged into one. A larger Hyper Beam was created, instantly overpowering Zeraora. The Thunderclap Pokemon gasped as her Giga Impact was completely destroyed. Her body was soon engulfed by the attack as everything around her was turned white followed by a devastating explosion. Flurry Heart covered her ears and closed her eyes after the attack went off.

It was a rough and unforgiving endeavour for Zeraora. Battling for 5 hours while Alola was under attack was rough on her. The Thunderclap Pokemon could be seen in a crater, groaning and on her knees. As she took in all the damage she accumulated, her eyes soon met with the rest of the Pokemon trying to defend their home.

In the distance, she saw it. The Prism Pokemon Necrozma, commanded by Daybreaker. And at this moment, Necrozma was going up against the Guardians of Alola. The Tapus. 

But even the Island Guardians couldn't stop what was about to become. They took on Necrozma and the Solar Empire, doing their absolute best. While they managed to stop some troops of the Solar Empire, their battle with Necrozma was anything but easy. It was also a struggle, similar to what Zeraora went through. They have also accumulated plenty of damage taking on this Light-absorbing invader.

All the while, Daybreaker appeared behind Necrozma with a stern face. Daybreaker had no sympathy or emotion for this world. It wasn't a place she planned to conquer to expand her Solar Empire, nor does it have any enemies who threatened her Empire. It was simply a feeding ground of Necrozma. 

Zeraora gasped as she saw Tapu Bulu fall after Necrozma grabbed onto its body. By holding the body of the Land Spirit Pokemon, Zeraora began taking away all of the energy from within its body. By doing so, Necrozma grew stronger, tossing Tapu Bulu aside.  Tapu Bulu was drained and unable to battle, completely unconscious with every ounce of its Legendary Power gone. When Tapu Fini and Tapu Lele both tried avenging Tapu Bulu, they were quickly disposed of by a powered-up Necrozma. The Prism Pokemon simply stole their energy as well, draining them of all their reserves.

Drained of their energy, the two Tapus fell, defeated.  The last was Tapu Koko, who did its absolute best to avenge its friends and defend Alola. Or rather, the entire world. If Necrozma succeeds here, the light from this world will surely vanish. Tapu Koko used all of its power to unleash Nature's Madness. A great blast of nature emerged from below the lands of Alola itself, rising up as a pillar to strike Necrozma.

And while the attack landed, Necrozma blew it away, having the power of three Island Guardians to easily overpower this one Island Guardian. Tapu Koko was no longer strong enough to hold Necrozma back. And after dispersing the attack, Necrozma zoomed over, grabbing Tapu Koko.

Soon, Tapu Koko's energy was absorbed by the Prism Pokemon. The Island Guardians of this universe had been defeated by Necozma. Zeraora saw it all happen. And after absorbing the energy of the legends, Necrozma went a step further.

He hungered for her. His condition which made it difficult for him to ever get a good enough fill of energy was still strong and even the power of the Island Guardians wasn't enough. All of Alola had to be absorbed. Necrozma did just that. By building up all the energy he gathered from his five hours of being here, a great surge of power could be heard going off.

From the earth, the land, the sea and sky, energy was being ripped out from every corner of Alola. Poor Alola had suffered massive damage in the span of 5 hours thanks to the Solar Empire, leaving it completely vulnerable to anything beyond this devastating attack. Such as Necrozma. All forms of light were being stripped away from Alola, turning this once-bright region into one of perpetual darkness. And Zeraora couldn't stop this. Neither could Flurry Heart.

"It's a shame. I would love to conquer this world and use its reserves as well." Ghetsis commented when walking up to Zeraora. "But, you will simply have to watch as Alola and eventually your world loses its light. But fret not. I won't let Daybreaker and Zeraora end up as the greater superpower in all of this. With your help, I will be the greatest power in existence." 

By holding an Ultra Ball, Ghetsis would toss it at the enraged Zeraora. Zeraora tried moving out of the way but it was too late. The ball landed, sucking her in. With three shakes, Zeraora had been caught by Ghetsis.

After that, when we captured Zeraora, Necrozma continued until the entire world lost its light. Anyone who tried to stop Necrozma were too late to reach him by the time he was done. That Necrozma could absorb light faster than any other Necrozma but it was also hungry, never satisfied.

Just like that, the light from this Pokemon World was expunged. Darkness now took over across every single region out there. All that remained were the Electric and Fire-Types, who could at least generate some form of light. Zeraora, who was soon restrained onto a machine made by Colress, would have to watch all of this transpire.

She unfortunately received a view of the horrific event before her eyes. Unable to defend her home, the light was gone, lacking any colour or vibrance. And Flurry Heart just had to stand by, even though she wished to do something about it. But even as a prodigal alicorn, with this kind of company around her, she was unable to act.



Current Day.

"Zera...!" Zeraora was also thinking about that experience and that only built her rage some more. While still being restrained by the Golurk, she did her best to break free just so she could exact revenge. At that moment, something else snapped inside of her. 

The essence of Ghetsis was able to properly act. With enough time passing, Zeraora's rampaging state was finally able to be unleashed. It was too late to calm her down since she had only felt rage this entire time. Rainbow Dash and Flurry Heart gasped as the outburst of blue lightning suddenly turned red.

This red lightning was the result of Ghetsis' Influence as Zeraora's eyes would also flash red. With a sudden change in power, Zeraora blew away the Golurk who surrounded her, causing them to fall over. Zeraora freed herself as the red lightning was soon joined by black lightning.

"Zeraora...!" After breathing in and out, that red and black electricity would viciously pulsate from her body with small bits of her original blue lightning leaking out. Zeraora was now going berserk and the most obvious target here was the older Princess Flurry Heart.

Her drive to exact revenge was burning intensely. And unfortunately, her surroundings and all the innocents living here will not matter at all. Rainbow Dash was unable to properly restrain Zeraora, but she didn't see this as a total failure. Not yet. Not when the chance to calm Zeraora was still available. If there even was a chance.

As the journey continues.


Chapter 312 End.