//------------------------------// // Explanation Time // Story: Pokemon; World Collision // by Ty The Draco //------------------------------// "Hey, anyone home?" asked Pikachu as he knocked on Fluttershy's door. There was no answer for some reason. Pikachu was about to knock again until he heard something come from the other side of the house. He went to the other side of the house and saw Buneary entertaining Fluttershy and her animals with some contest moves. She had made a small slide out of ice that allowed the small animals to slide on them and have some fun. She was also using Bounce as well as Ice Beam together to make a small ice chandelier. Meanwhile, Fluttershy was watching with amazement at what Buneary was capable of and was unaware to the fact that Pikachu was next to her. Pikachu always enjoyed seeing contest moves, but for some reason, he liked Buneary's moves even more. Soon, Buneary go done with the chandelier and started the finishing touches by concentrating energy into her right paw, which had the same kind of blue sphere she used against Discord appear in it. '!!! That's...!' thought Pikachu out of surprise at seeing what Buneary was using, since it was his first time seeing her do that. Buneary then fired the sphere into her chandelier, lighting it up and giving it a soft blue glow, which illuminated the slide against the setting sun, giving the entire scene a picture of beauty. "Ooohhhhh, pretty." said Fluttershy. Pikachu agreed, but he was stunned to see what move Buneary had used. Buneary landed gracefully on the ground and bowed before looking up and seeing Pikachu standing there. Buneary blushed at the fact that Pikachu had seen her moves. Fluttershy then noticed that Pikachu had arrived. "Oh, Pikachu, hello there." said Fluttershy. Pikachu had gotten to know Fluttershy as a shy animal care taker, but she was able to quickly get comfortable around Pikachu and his friends. Pikachu smiled at the pegasus. "Hey there Fluttershy." said Pikachu. Fluttershy smiled at him before going over to check and see if her animals were alright. Pikachu then faced Buneary, who was still blushing and trying to hide her face behind her fur. "So...when did you learn Aura Sphere?" asked Pikachu. Buneary immediately lowered her fur down to reveal a look of shock. "Aura Sphere? That's what the move is? Wow...I remembered using it when I fought Discord on my own moments after we got here. It helped me beat him, but I never knew what move it was." said Buneary. Pikachu couldn't believe his ears. Buneary had learned Aura Sphere moments after they had arrived in Equestria. Though Pikachu did remember he learned Extremespeed while racing Rainbow Dash and relearned Volt Tackle at the same time. "Wow. I guess we're all getting stronger. But Buneary, I just wonder, what do you have planned for this Nightmare Night thing tonight?" asked Pikachu. Buneary then got wide eyed as she realized what time it is. "Oh no! I don't have a costume! What should I do!?" asked a worried Buneary. Pikachu then realized he also needed a costume. He then got an idea. "I've got an idea Buneary. And I promise to make our first Nightmare Night the best one yet." Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 6: Explanation Time Up in norther Equestria, Paul's group was taking shelter from a blizzard in a cave in a mountain. Paul had his Magmortar use it's Flamethrower move to warm the place up while Uxie and Apple Bloom tried to heal Scootaloo and Keldeo's wounds. "Ah still don't why Scoots is a changeling..." said Apple Bloom as she wrapped the final bandage that she had gotten from Paul around Scootaloo's head. "She's from a different world then yours. Let's let her rest first before we ask any question." said Uxie. Apple Bloom knew that Uxie was right. She needed to let Scootaloo as well as Keldeo rest before any questions could be asked. "I've got some questions and I know they can be answered right now." said Paul. Uxie and Apple Bloom knew they were going to be the ones answering, so they dragged the other two next to the fire so they could stay warm before sitting down, though Apple Bloom seemed to be afraid of the fire. "So where are we first of all?" asked Paul. "We're in a world called Equestria. There are other versions of it, like the ones Apple Bloom and Scootaloo come from, but this is the main version." said Uxie. Paul nodded. "Okay. Next one is for you Apple Bloom. What has happened to you in your world?" asked Paul. "Well...Ah don't like talkin' about it, but Ah know Ah need to tell you at some point. Ah went into the Everfree Forest with mah friend Twilight Sparkle when Ah wandered away from her and found a place called Sunny Town. Ah first thought it was a regular town, but turns out it was cursed after Ah found the remains of one pony. The inhabitants of the town had become zombies and one of them bit me, turnin' me into this. Luckily, Ah was not fully affected by the curse, so Ah could leave the town. But after that, Ah found out Ah could only leave the forest at night. Also, the reason Ah'm afraid of the fire yer...creature is makin' is because fire is the only thing that can kill me. But after some time, Ah saw mah friends Scootaloo, not the one with us though, and Sweetie Belle. Ah lost control of mahself to who Ah assume to be the leader of the zombies, who are called Blanks who's leader is called Grey Hoof, afterwards and bit Sweetie, turning her into a Blank just like me. Scootaloo then somehow died, but got resurrected by a zebra called Zecora. But sometime later, my sister, Applejack, died from blood loss after encountering me and Sweetie because her hoof got cut off. After Ah lost my own hoof, Zecora used her magic to turn mah sister's hoof into mah own. Mah own brother, Big Macintosh, then became a Blank sometime later as well, though he was able to keep his cutie mark..." said Apple Bloom before getting cut off by Paul. "Cutie mark? What's that?" asked Paul. Uxie decided to answer it. "It's a mark that appears on a pony when they discover their talent." said Uxie. Paul just nodded as Apple Bloom continued. "Anyway, my brother was able to keep his cutie mark, because Blanks view cutie marks as curses and by makin' me and Sweetie Blanks, we're now unable to earn our marks. But sometime after Zecora gave birth, Ah found out mah sister's spirit was still livin' in the forest and was visible to everyone. Ah felt better knowin' mah family was still with me. But then, today, when Ah was walkin' around the forest looking for somethin' to eat, which had to be meat since Blanks have to eat meat to live, Grey Hoof suddenly took control of me and the next thing Ah knew, Ah was with you two." said Apple Bloom as she finished her story. Paul was surprised about what he heard from the young pony. To suffer such a cruel fate so young. "There's on thing Ah don't get...how come Ah haven't lost control of mahself yet?" asked Apple Bloom. "That's because of me. I used a special power I have to make sure you don't lose control of yourself. And it was easier to do in this world then it would in your world because Grey Hoof would have a harder time controlling you from another world." said Uxie. Apple Bloom smiled and hugged Uxie as a thanks. Just then, the young changeling started to move. "Hey, Scoots is startin' to wake up!" said Apple Bloom. Just as she said that, the changeling started to open her blue eyes. "Ugh...where...where am...I...?" asked Scootaloo as her vision was starting to get less blurry. But then she remembered what had happened and opened her eyes wide before sitting straight up, only to be met with pain as she held her stomach in pain. "Don't move so much. You'll only make it worse." said Paul, getting Scootaloo's attention. She looked at him and also saw Uxie and Apple Bloom, who made her eyes get wider. "Huh?! Apple Bloom!? I thought you were frozen! And why do you look like that!?" said Scootaloo, confusing Apple Bloom. Uxie and Paul were about to say something to the changeling before out of the corner of Scootaloo's eyes, Keldeo started to wake up as well. "Wait...You! Where are we!? Where did you take me!?" yelled Scootaloo at Keldeo, who was now starting to sit up slowly. "Wait Scoots, before you start saying some crazy things, let us tell ya what's happenin'." said Apple Bloom. Scootaloo still wanted answers from Keldeo, but she knew that in her condition, she couldn't argue. After Paul and Uxie introduced themselves and many things, Apple Bloom told Scootaloo about both of them being from different worlds and what had happened to her. "I see...so I'm in another Equestria...but why am I here?" asked Scootaloo. "I'll answer that." said Keldeo suddenly, getting the attention of everyone. Keldeo seemed to be struggling more to sit up right then Scootaloo, but he wasn't letting it show. "You see, me and the other Swords of Justice had gotten word from a Pokemon called Celebi about a major event that would take place. It was suppose to happen much later, long after we're all gone." said Keldeo. "And what is this event?" asked Paul. "This event is called the Planetary Fusion. An event that takes place every 10,000 years...and it was suppose to take place more then 900 years from now...but something is making it happen now." said Keldeo. Everyone gasped at this info except Paul, who seemed to remain calm. "Anyway, me and the Swords of Justice felt the power of the fusion happening and it was being caused by a dark power. And we also saw portals to this world and other worlds similar to this one. So we decided to split up to try and stop this. Terrakion went into a world that seemed to be at war, Virizion entered a world that seemed like there were weird creatures trying to take over, and Cobalion entered a world that looked like he would appear in a town in the middle of a forest. I first decided to explore before I went on my journey, but then...I found out that Kyurem had been captured by Team Rocket..." said Keldeo. Scootaloo flinched at the word 'Kyurem' as it was the same Pokemon who tried to take her out and froze her friends. Apple Bloom saw this and wrapped a leg around the changeling to try and comfort her. Keldeo continued his story. "After I saw this, I decided to go warn Virizion about this since the portal to the world she had gone in was the only one open. But I instead saw a battle between a changeling queen and Kyurem, who was being controlled by a man, who had Kyurem...destroy her. After this, I was Scootaloo's friends save her from being frozen like many others I saw. But then Kyurem was about to hit the young one with his signature Glaciate move and I couldn't sit back anymore, so I jumped in and saved her. But then an explosion from a blast sent both of us flying and falling." said Keldeo. Suddenly, it all came back to Scootaloo. "Now Kyurem, Glaciate!" yelled Giovanni as Kyurem had many icicle spears appear and fire them at Scootaloo, who closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow to hit her. "Secret Sword!" came a new voice suddenly. Another creature suddenly appeared with a long glowing yellow horn shaped like a sword, which it used to destroy the spears. Scootaloo then saw that the creature looked just like a pony. After it's horn stopped glowing, she saw it's horn was not as long as she thought, but it was still shaped like a sword. It had a tan body with long blue fur around it's neck with a red mane and blue tail. And coming from it's mane was three long pieces of it's mane, one each color. One was a different shade of blue, one was orange, and one was green. "Who the hay are you?" asked Scootaloo. The creature turned towards her and smiled. "I'm Keldeo and I'm here to help." said Keldeo. Keldeo then fired a Focus Blast attack at Kyurem, who blocked it with a Shadow Claw attack. Giovanni just smiled and gave off a sinister snicker. "How great. Someone else wants to meet their doom. Alright, I'll take both of you out! Kyurem, Dragon Pulse!" yelled Giovanni as Kyurem fired powerful blast of flames at the two. Scootaloo, knowing that something had to give, suddenly jumped in front of Keldeo with her horn glowing. "Huh, what are you doing!?" asked a shocked Keldeo. "...Helping." was all Scootaloo said as she fired her own beam at the Dragon Pulse attack, with the two attacks colliding and Kyurem easily gaining the advantage and overpowering Scootaloo's attack, but Scootaloo got the results she wanted as she took the attack, which was no longer at max power. Her attack had weakened it enough to where she could take it not at full force, but she took severe damage as she was blasted into Keldeo, with the two getting blasted through a wall and falling down a cliff outside the cave. Scootaloo was barely conscious at this point, but saw she was falling probably to her doom. But suddenly, she felt Keldeo grab her and felt Keldeo put itself underneath her. "W..wha...what are...you...do...doing?" asked Scootaloo weakly. Keldeo, who was also hurt, just smiled at her. "Returning the favor." was all Keldeo said before he hit the ground, causing him to yell in pain. Scootaloo couldn't believe what she saw. But she had no chance to think about it as Kyurem landed next to them with Giovanni on top of it. "You're still alive? Well, I'll finish it right now." said Giovanni. Scootaloo slid off Keldeo, who struggles to get up and the last thing she saw before she blacked out was Keldeo charging at Kyurem. 'That creature...saved me...' thought Scootaloo. She then noticed that Apple Bloom was still next to her and she was thankful the undead pony had stayed by her side. "I took a lot of damage from the fall, but I was able to help save that one from taking even more damage. After that, Kyurem appeared again and despite my injured state, I still fought it. But without my full power, I was finally taken down but something teleported us to this world and after I was able to get up, I carried the changeling as far as I could. That's when I saw you guys before I finally passed out." said Keldeo, finishing his story. "First of all...Keldeo, is it? My name is Scootaloo and...it's not really in my nature...but thanks for helping." said Scootaloo. Keldeo just smiled weakly at her before Paul came up to the Resolute Pokemon. "I've got one last question. You said Kyurem was being controlled by a man. Do you know who it is?" asked Paul. Keldeo shook it's head, since it did not know who it was. "I do." said Scootaloo. Everyone turned to her as she closed her eyes and breathed deeply before answering Paul's question. "The...man...controlling the monster who froze my friends and took down so many other changelings...calls himself Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket." said Scootaloo. Paul's eyes went wide at Scootaloo's words. "What!? Giovanni!? The leader of Team Rocket!?" asked a shocked Paul. Scootaloo nodded as her response. Paul turned towards the entrance of the cave. He now had a serious expression on his face. "First King Sombra...now Giovanni...this is getting more serious then I thought." said Paul. He then threw a Poke Ball into the air and out of it came a large bird Pokemon he had borrowed from his brother. "Now Staraptor, use Heat Wave and make a path for us north!" said Paul. Staraptor let out a large screech before flapping it's wings, causing flames to come from them. The blizzard seemed to weaken because of this and Paul expected a path to be made. As he did this, Apple Bloom suddenly realized something. "Hey Scoots, ya know we're in a different world then the ones we come from, right?" asked the zombie pony to the changeling, who only nodded in response. "Well, we might end up meetin' this worlds version of us, so we're goin' to need to make nicknames for us." said Apple Bloom. Scootaloo then realized how right she was. She might be a changeling in her world, but in this world, she's still a pony. So making nicknames for them would help with prevent more confusion. "Alright...I guess since I'm a changeling, I'll call myself Scootaling." said Scootaloo. "Scootaling...Ah like that. Well, since Ah'm one of those darn Blanks...Ah'll call mahself Blanked Bloom." said Apple Bloom. Both of them agreed to that and decided to go with those names. They then noticed that the Heat Wave attack was almost done clearing out a path...but it did something everyone never thought would be possible. The Heat Wave attack somehow made an entire battlefield appear. And on the other side of the battlefield was Sombra himself. "Again, you've proven yourself worthy, Paul, is it? Now to see if you are worthy enough to face me at the empire." said Sombra. Paul growled a bit before going to the side of the battlefield closest to him. For some reason, the area surrounding the battlefield was not covered or getting covered in snow and it seemed warmer. "You're not going to stop me Sombra! Staraptor, Brave Bird! Magmortar, Fire Blast!" yelled Paul as Staraptor charged at Sombra with a blue flaming aura while Magmortar fired a fiery blast shaped like a star at Sombra, who turned into smoke to easily avoid both attacks. "Don't be so hasty. I would save your strength for this opponent I've set up for you. Someone I did some research for to give you the ultimate challenge." said Sombra as the smoke he had suddenly started to form into a shape all too familiar to Paul. "You think you can mimic a champion to perfection? I don't think so. But to be honest, I'm grateful that you're helping me get ready to face Cynthia...by making a copy of her." said Paul as the smoke finally took the form of the Champion of the Sinnoh Region, Cynthia. The fake Cynthia then had the same smoke Sombra was using form a Poke Ball in her hand as she threw it. "Come on out Gastrodon!" yelled the fake Cynthia as the Poke Ball has a black smoke come from it and form into the shape of the Pokemon Gastrodon. "This will be easy. Torterra, stand by for battle!" yelled Paul as he threw a Poke Ball into the air and from a burst of light came Torterra. The others came out to watch the battle between Paul and the fake Sinnoh Champion. This was a major battle to stop King Sombra and possibly get to Giovanni and Kyurem. What will happen in this battle? And how did Sombra find out about Cynthia? Find out more... "So, how do I look Pikachu?" asked Buneary as she stepped out of Fluttershy's home to let Pikachu get a good look at her Nightmare Night costume. She had done something simple, but creative. Buneary had taken a small pumpkin and cut it to look like a jack-o-lantern. then fit it over her lower fluff as she had also made holes for it to go around her fluff, then put the top of the pumpkin on her head to use as a hat. "A simple, yet creative design. Nice job Buneary." said Pikachu, who had found some black ink and used it to make himself look like a mouse skeleton. He also had found some small plastic pumpkins and decided to use them to hold their candy. "Wow Pikachu, you look cool." said Buneary, complementing Pikachu's look. Pikachu didn't know why he blushed a bit at this, but he decided to shake it off. He then handed Buneary her candy holder and the two headed into Ponyville for their first Nightmare Night, which promises to be a memorable experience as the journey continues. To Be Continued...