//------------------------------// // Sun Princess vs Lich Princess // Story: My Little Pokémon: Grander World // by Amarvax //------------------------------// Equestria. Magehold. Entertainment Commune. Magehold Stadium. The Pokemon Festival. Day. Here at Magehold, the battle between Princess Celestia and Dimstar was ongoing. With Arcanine successfully defeating Toxicroak, it was now Alcremie against Indeedee. In his hands, Indeedee harnessed the Dark Magic that was above the battlefield, gravitating it towards his hand. The magic would flare, releasing a maelstrom of darkness that appeared behind Indeedee. Alcremie closed her eyes as the vanilla cream that made up her body would be sent flying in the form of smaller drops thanks to this pressure. She would luckily stay on her non-existent feet while keeping her eyes closed. "I've trained my Pokemon to harness Dark Magic for themselves, not just Indeedee," Dimstar revealed. "All of them?!" The Sun Princess exclaimed. This battle she was in was going to have a consistent theme here. "That's right. Each with their own benefits. One example is how it goes exceptionally well with Stored Power!" "Dee!" After harnessing the Dark Magic, Indeedee used Stored Power, which meshed well with the magic that was gathered into one single point. Alcremie swung his arms, unleashing a combination of Psychic Energy and Dark Magic. "Alcremie! Use Dazzling Gleam!" "Cremie!" Alcremie would have to counter the incoming blast with a brilliant flash of Fairy Magic. From her body, a flash of rainbow rays were unleashed but the brightness was toned down to keep the vampires safe. The rays reached the blast of Stored Power, initiating a clash. But it did not last long at all. The Stored Power overpowered the Dazzling Gleam, consuming the rainbow rays into the darkness and reach Alcremie. The Fairy-Type gasped as she was struck by the darkness. "C-Cremie!" She screamed after being enveloped in it to the point where it was impossible to see her entire body. "Ah! Alcremie!" Celestia gasped. Alcremie's body flew out of the darkness as she was about to crash into the ground at this rate. "We're not done just yet.! Bring it down, Indeedee! Mystical Fire!" "Indeed!" Indeedee wouldn't let up. By raising his arm, he would generate a spiral of flames that was affected by the Dark Magic, using it to the fullest and not holding back at all. From above, a darkness would arise, following a spiral of magical flames which came down. And thanks to the Dark Magic, the flames were split into multiples. There wasn't just one spiralling magical flame now. "There's no way this is fair!" Scootaloo bellowed. "It's fair to us! Go, Dimstar!" Night Sprout cheered. "I think not! Use your own Mystical Fire!" "Al...Cremie!" Lo and behold, Alcremie had her own Mystical Fire. And much like how Arcanine used Flare Blitz around his entire body, Alcremie did the same with Mystical Fire. The most beautiful of flames would form around her body, acting as a shield. In the nick of time, the shield appeared the second the opposing flames approached. The opposing flames crashed into the Fire Shield, leaving behind a powerful impact. Alcremie barely managed to save herself there, blocking the attacks. She would stumble on the ground, lowering her shield once all the flames were gone. Alcremie took a deep breath as she generally thought she was a goner there. Everyone was now getting truly invested in this battle. They were invested before, but the way these two were battling was better than anything they've seen in this stadium without a doubt. "Whew...That Dark Magic is going to be a problem. But I can't exactly do anything about it. All I have to do is best it." "You can try. Indeedee! Hyper Voice!" "In...DEEEE!" From his mouth, Indeedee unleashed a harrowing and potent soundwave. Thanks to the dark magic, the soundwave was full of corrupted and sinister words. Alcremie heard it all play out which immediately made her wince and grimace. The things she was hearing were truly uncomfortable. "Alcremie...!" The Dark Magic made it so that Alcremie would hear the suffering of the souls that were wronged. Even though they have now passed on and found peace, the Dark Magic tapped into the past, returning to the time when they were upset and vengeful, giving Alcremie a hard time. "Cre! Alcremie!" "Now, condense!" "Deedee!" By clutching his hand, Indeedee manipulated the Hyper Voice without needing to use his voice. He condensed the soundwave, causing it to close in on Alcremie. The soundwave would combust thanks to this surprising action, dealing more damage to the Cream Pokemon. Truly a powerful follow-up. So far, Indeedee was using the Dark Magic to the best of its abilities, making sure that Alcremie wouldn't have an easy time. And not a single hit has been done to the Emotion Pokemon who was still sitting pretty, completely healthy. "From this point on, your defences against the Dark Magic will fail you. As we speak, Indeedee is gathering more of it to unleash a greater surge of Stored Power." Dimstar announced. "Bring out your next Pokemon. "It isn't over yet." But Celestia's words said otherwise. Alcremie wasn't done yet to the point where another one of her friends had to show up. Getting up from the smoke was Alcremie, who was still hanging in there. "You withstood that?!" "Cre...Cremie!" She would try and flex her non-existent muscles, manipulating the cream around her body and bulging them. "Alcremie has great defences, that's why!" Sweetie Belle flailed her hooves around when cheering for Celestia and Alcremie. "Al...!" But even if Alcremie had great defence, those hits did a number on her. The Dark Magic certainly boosted the strength of these attacks. "There's one thing we can try, Alcremie. Use Misty Terrain!" "Cremie..." By putting her arms together, Alcremie would generate a beautiful pink energy that would emerge from her body. She was about to switch up the terrain from something gloomy to a more dazzling and beautiful appearance. "Mystical Fire!" "Dee!" In response, Indeedee would unleash Mystical Fire at full force, burning through the pink energy that was approaching. While it didn't stop the magical energy, it did break through and make its way to the Cream Pokemon. A direct hit, followed by an outburst of flames. The aftermath was the entire terrain being filled with Fairy Magic. This was the main approach for Celestia. "Alcremie..." In exchange for this Misty Terrain, Alcremie had fainted. "Alcremie's done! This one goes to Indeedee!" Applejack declared, making the home team of Dimstar cheer after their representative received a win. Thanks to how intense this battle was getting. More and more ponies and people were showing up to spectate it. "Thank you for your help, Alcremie. You did what you could." Thanking the Cream Pokemon, Celestia returned her tasty friend. "With this Misty Terrain, I can fight against the Dark Magic. Maybe. It'll protect my Pokemon status effects, that much is true." "Perhaps. But here at Magehold, we already have our own terrain that is constantly active. In fact, this whole arena is also surrounded by a Dark Terrain. It's all thanks to a special phenomenon we heard about. My father mentioned that it was known as the Harmony Phenomenon." "You tapped into the Harmony Phenomenon?!" Celestia was shocked to see the phenomenon appearing her. Dimstar was full of surprises. And one of them was the fact that she discovered the Harmony Phenomenon. "It only makes sense, doesn't it? Because the Great Evil has been purged and unseen Fantina possesses a new type of energy, the Harmony Phenomenon responded to Magehold." This was all thanks to Fantina, who brought harmony back to Magehold after centuries of dread. Dimstar could still remember the day the phenomenon appeared. And it had a special appearance too as oppossed to what Celestia's group saw. 3 weeks into Fantina's Reign. It was only 3 weeks after Fantina became the new Lich Queen. And the end result was a sense of harmony filling the area. Opal Vivacity's magic had been replaced by Fantina's new magic. The Entertainment Commune and everything else enjoyable was being brought back to the vampires at last. All the while, Fantina giggled gleefully, glad she could help out the entirety of Magehold by rebuilding what was lost. Thus, the Harmony Phenomenon reacted. It appeared one day in two colours. Purple and Black. Purple was there to represent Fantina and the Black represented all of the Vampires of Magehold. The Harmony Phenomenon has been dormant ever since the two worlds met each other and now it had a reason to arrive. The two energies appeared in the form of pillars. These pillars stood next to each other, reaching the very top of Magehold. Fantina and all the vampires watched in amazement. The two energies were essentially coming to an agreement with each other, deciding to unify as one now that the Great Evil was gone and peace was being brought to Magehold. Truth is...it was always there. Father even sensed that when Fantina was captured and brought to Magehold, the Harmony Phenomenon was beginning to wake up. It needed that push and Fantina was the right one. Because of her influence on all the vampires and what she did, the Harmony Phenomenon awoke. The Harmony Phenomenon would grant Magehold its own equivalent to Misty Terrain. A Dark Terrain. It ended up creating a new Pokemon Move thanks to the unity that Fantina created. This was just an example of what the phenomenon was capable of doing, creating moves that do not exist yet. "As you can imagine, it worked itself to favour us. And I knew right away I had to harness it. As the daughter of the First Lich King and the Royal Guard of the Lich Queen, that's my role." Dimstar finished explaining. "We have ways to go, Princess Celestia. The Harmony Phenomenon is just another step in where Magehold will turn out in the future. Obviously, Queen Fantina won't be here forever." "That's right...She already plans to relieve her position one day. So eventually, a new Lich Ruler has to rise. It's you, isn't it? You're the heir after all." "Undecided." Dimstar closed her eyes. "One thing's for sure, the next Lich Ruler will have to be someone with good intentions, steering away from the Great Evil. But as of this very moment, none have proven to be eligble for it. That's why I'm working hard to make sure I'm next. It doesn't matter if I'm the heir or even if my sister Merry Dread is also the next heir." "Hm-hm." Celestia nodded her head as that was something she quite liked hearing. "You don't prioritize blood or lineage for that position. Not bad. Not bad at all. And you're battling me not just to have fun, but to be strong enough for your subjects. If you do become Queen." "That's right. I have to be strong enough to defeat anyone, Princess Celestia. Including you." "Please. Call me Celestia." However, Celestia decided to revoke the princess title from Dimstar's mouth. "After all, we're both Princesses here. No reason to be so formal." "Oh..." Dimstar paused. She's not quite used to speaking to others without a sense of formality, opting to always be respectful, no matter who she was facing. But Celestia was fine with it. "Um...Very well. Celestia. Now then. Your next Pokemon, please?" "Alcremie set us up for something wonderful." Celestia's eyes would glow and so would Gardevoir's. It was high time that her ace Pokemon made an appearance. But instead of just moving forward, a powerful burst of Fairy Magic came out of Gardevoir's body, making Indeedee and Dimstar flinch. This would be Celestia's favourite chant by far. "What is this?!" Dimstar gasped as all the other vampires were in awe. Passion then became a body of light, moving through the air before touching down in front of Celestia. "Descend from above and carve a ray of light! Passion!" "Gardevoir!" Gardevoir was up next, ready to take the stage. Cheers would resound the second Gardevoir showed up. Celestia's Gardevoir was a fan favourite across Equestria for a reason. "I've been waiting for this one." Dimstar grinned. Gardevoir was the one Pokemon she was expecting and couldn't wait to take down. "Indeedee! Stored Power!" "Indeedee!" All the Dark Energy that Indeedee stored could finally be unleashed. It was the biggest one yet. A devastating Dark Energy was shot out at full force. "Thunderbolt!" "Garde...!" Gardevoir held her arm out, generating a small flare of electricity. This flare would then accelerate rapidly, growing in strength before meeting with the massive energy that came her way. With one arm, Passion managed to stop the Dark Magic from going any further. To everyone's surprise, with one hand, Gardevoir sliced the Dark Energy in half, using Thunderbolt as a bladed weapon. Dimstar gasped as the Dark Energy fell in two directions before blowing up. In the middle of this double-sided explosion with the serious yet beautiful stare of the Embrace Pokemon. "If you're going to use unique traits with this Dark Terrain, allow me to do the same." Celestia said. "I hope you're ready." "Voir." Gardevoir kept the Thunderbolt energy on her arm, shaping it to appear as a blade. Gardevoir now had her own Lightning Sword and it already looked like she was very efficient with it. But while this battle was about to heat up, entering the land of Magehold was the closest neighbour to this eerie area. Showing up here of all places was the Royal Family of the Crystal Empire. Shining Armor, Cadence and the two Flurry Hearts. Being back here was odd considering what they had to go through. But it was all in the past. Hopefully. "Hah..." However, it appeared as if they were walking for a while despite how close the two locations were together. The older Flurry Heart fell over, landing face-first onto the concrete. "We made it...That took way longer than it should've." "Gave us some good exercise though. You're the young one here. You should have more stamina." Cadence didn't seem all that tired as she would help her alternate daughter up. "Auntie Celestia is going to be pleased pretty soon. You're positive this is where she is?" "100%." Flurry Heart nodded. "She's waiting for you right now. Somewhere here in Magehold." The one she was referring to towered over Shining Armor and was the one individual that Celestia was searching for ever since this year's Pokemon Festival began. "Mmm." Cobalion was dragged all the way here by the Royal Family, who went the distance to make sure that these two new Lovers would reunite. "This is going to be wonderful!" Cadence squeed. "I got to take part in bringing two lovers from far away distances close to each other!" "Easy for you to say..." Shining Armor sighed. "You had that sixth sense or whatever." "This is beneficial for another reason though. With this. I can reach Zeraora since she's with Celestia's group." Cobalion was here for a second reason as he could not ignore his duties. "But...Are you sure the other swords cannot join in?" "Ah, they can still enter Magehold, but we wouldn't want them getting in the way of your relationship, right? Eh? Ehhh?" The Princess of Love nudged Cobalion, hoping to get a reaction out of him. Unfortunately, Cobalion wasn't one for showing that much emotion. "You get it." "We should give you something romantic to wear!" "No thank you." Cobalion shut it down immediately. "I do not do suits and they are non eligible for my size." "Bah! That's silly!" Flurry Heart begged to differ as she started pushing the Iron Will Pokemon forward. "Try it out and I'm sure you'll love it! Great Aunt Celestia's sure to love it too!" "Hm. I'd like to see how this would turn out." Cadence knew that it doesn't matter all that much if Cobalion wears a suit or not. Celestia loves him for who he is. But she still wished to see the outcome of this, following the duo. "Now, Passion! Approach and use your Thunderbolt!" "Voir!" Gardevoir was about to get up close and personal, continuing to use the Lightning Blade around her arm. "Stop her, Indeedee! Shadow Ball!" "Dee!" By using Shadow Ball, he merged it with the Dark Magic, causing a powerful spectral energy to appear. The Shadow Ball had a gravitational field around it thanks to the Dark Magic and its main intention was to push Gardevoir away instead of pulling her in. However, Gardevoir powered through it, enveloping her body in a beautiful flare of Fairy Magic. She used this magic to resist the Gravitational push, helping her advance. Plus, the Misty Terrain also gave her some resistance to the Dark Magic. And once she came into contact with the shadow ball, Gardevoir sliced it in half with her electrical attack. Sweetie Belle was already taking notes as this could be used as a Contest Move in the future. Shocked to see Gardevoir slice through the attack, Indeedee pulled back and was soon met by a powerful slash from the Embrace Pokemon. The Thunderbolt Blade connected, shocking him with 100,000 volts. He was electrocuted and launched back which was rather perplexing. "Quick! Mystical Fire!" "Indeed!" Indeedee quickly unleashed Mystical Fire from his hands while sliding back, using the Dark Magic to alter its properties. Indeedee would try and weigh Gardevoir down with it. "Garde!" However, by flipping over the flames with grace and elegance, she avoided the attack before finally unleashing Thunderbolt in its original form. Gardevoir would smite Indeedee from above, giving him another 100,000 Volts. "Deedee...!" "Such a swift Pokemon...But this isn't over yet! Stored Power!" "Indeedee!" Indeedee still had more Stored Power within him. This was naturally stronger than the last one as it was unleashed a massive black forcefield. "Garde!?" Gardevoir had to actually defend herself against this one. She put her arms up as the destructive ark Magic reached her in seconds. Celestia would grimace after the magic enveloped her partner, causing the stadium to rumble. Indeedee then manipulated the darkness to trap Gardevoir inside. Now that she was within the darkness, she would be kept there, paralyzed in midair. And thanks to Stored Power, Gardevoir's body was also being smacked by a barrage of invisible Psychic Energy that was all around the Dark Dome. The sound of Gardevoir being hit could be heard by everyone even if they couldn't see what was going on in there. Gardevoir kept up her blocking stance, taking the hits repeatedly. "Break through the darkness, Passion! Dazzling Gleam!" "Garde...!" But that would not last. From the darkness, rays of light were piercing through, summoning cracks all across it. Dimstar as her eyes met the most beautiful breakthrough ever. A dazzling and majestic flash shattered the dark field. Gardevoir was practically a butterfly breaking out of her cocoon. Unintentionally, Gardevoir unleashed a huge chunk of light, but the vampires didn't mind it at all. Instead, they were so enamoured by its beauty and this battle was getting too good to require any limitations. Applejack held onto her hat, whistling at this spectacle. "With Passion and I working together, nothing and no one can stop us! Psychic!" Celestia declared. "Voir!" Gardevoir would then descend, using the energy of Psychic to move her body. She would dive directly at Indeedee by using her body as a weapon. Indeedee expected Gardevoir to use Psychic from afar, but that was not the case. Dimstar didn't expect it either. Thus, Gardevoir would headbutt Indeedee at full force, sending her fellow Psychic-Type flying. The Emotion Pokemon yelped and screamed, rolling and tumbling across the stadium floor. Indeedee slid right past Dimstar, who looked back to see her partner come to a halt by falling out of the ring and hitting the walls. That was it. That was enough to do him in. "Indeedee..." "Indeedee's down and out! Gardevoir wins this one!" Now this was a battle that everyone in Magehold would definitely remember. Celestia had the most satisfied look on her face. Aside from that brief battle against an Ace Trainer and that one battle against Livadi, she's never had one that has gone on this long before with such a lively crowd. This is what Celestia wanted. Pure unbridled entertainment. "Hmph. I knew she was going to be the problem. No surprise there." Dimstar shrugged, bringing Indeedee back. "You did what you could, Indeedee. Well done." "That's two of her Pokemon down! We're sitting pretty here!" Rainbow Dash cackled. "It isn't over yet!" Spectrum Shade grizzled her teeth. "What are you doing, Dimstar?! Finish her, already!" "Are you fine with staying in for a while longer, Passion?" Celestia asked. "Gardevoir." The Embrace Pokemon put on a thumbs-up, revealing that she could still go for more. She had the strength and energy to do so. "This is only ramping up...Celestia." Dimstar grinned before going for her third Poke Ball. "Victory is still within my sights. All I have to do is take down your Gardevoir and my victory is assured." "You think it's that easy, eh?" Celestia flipped her mane. "I'd love to see you try, Dimstar. You'll find that me and my Pokemon are as stubborn as they get." "Gardevoir!" "So are mine...Appear! Tyranitar!" Dimstar revealed a rather hefty Pokemon in her party. She really managed to find some new Pokemon in just a short amount of time. Whether it was by Fantina or other means. And this time, she summoned the fearsome Tyranitar. "Tyranitar!" "Tyranitar..." Celestia narrowed her eyes. "Even with type advantage, that Pokemon can be fierce. But there isn't a slither of a Mega Stone anywhere. And yet, I can't be too cautious." "Hmph. You won't have to worry about a Mega Stone." Dimstar let out a light chuckle. "I told you about how I made sure all of my Pokemon could harness Dark-Type magic. Indeedee was practically the Mage of using that magic. Tyranitar uses it far differently than him. And you're about to see how." This battle between the two Princesses was raging on. While there was no prize involved, that wasn't going to stop them from giving it their all, even if there was one Pokemon that Celestia was contemplating using. But there was technically something waiting for Celestia. Or rather, someone. Cobalion. As the journey continues. Chapter 346 End.