//------------------------------// // Prologue - V is for Victini! // Story: V for Victory, V for Victini! // by zelkova48 //------------------------------// It was a wonderful spring in Eindoark town. The sun was high in the sky and all of the pokemon that resided within the kingdom were all out and about enjoying themselves. Drilbur and Purrloin flocked to the various bushes that grew oran berries nearby the vast verdant forest and partook in a delightful snack that was sure to put them in a good mood. Many Petilil danced around in the sunlight while a group of Cottonee flew overhead as they followed the wind. The sounds of laughing pokemon and humans alike echoed throughout the air bringing solemn joy to an elusive guardian that watched from the skies. Floating invisibly above the meadow where the pokemon were playing was none other than Victini. He was one of the legendary pokemon that helped to maintain the delicate balance of the world. Although his small size and relative cuteness deterred many from believing so unless they witness what he was truly capable of. That is to say, his ability to generate near infinite amounts of energy within his tiny being and the mysterious power to somehow grant victory, no matter what. Victini was a small rodent like pokemon. His head was big in comparison to the rest of his body, with large blue eyes that caused you to melt at the sight of. His fur was cream colored, which was round and bulbous near the ends of his arms and legs forming some kind of cuff in the process. He also had two tails which were shaped like adorable little wings. The rest of his extremities, namely being his three fingered hand, two toed feet, and signature V shaped ears were all colored a bright orange, most likely to represent one of his main types, fire, with the other type being psychic. Victini soared through the skies a bit, watching and making sure that there were no humans around. When the area was at most clear, Victini descended to the ground and landed with a light thud. He dropped his invisibility and greeted his fiends, who in turned greeted him back. He pranced around and chased Purrloin during a fun little game of tag. Then he went and dug holes with Drilbur to help plant some of the seeds that they'd acquired once they finished their berries. Lastly, Victini playfully danced with the Petilils, all before falling onto his back to catch his breathe with a big smile on his face. Together, they all shared a good long nap until something frightening made them all jump with surprise. A violent crackle sound resounded around them accompanied by some shaking, causing poor Victini to turn invisible again due to being so frightened. Everyone else scattered to the edge of the forest. Drilbur quickly went underground, only to pop his head up to the surface to see what all of the hubbub was about. When all was quiet, everyone rejoined at the meadow again to seek out the cause of the disturbance. Shockingly enough, what they found was some kind of crack within the boundary that separate the various dimensions of the universe. The sight that everyone was all looking at mind boggling. It was as if the scenery before them was like a glass window that had a rock thrown at it, causing visible cracks to web outwards. What was on the other side could only be best described as pure black, abyssal nothingness. The only thing that came out of the crack was a cold wind that caused the Petilil to huddle together in warmth. In a moment of estranged curiosity, Drilbur walked up to the crack to further examine it. He peered through it, seeing nothing for as far as the eye could see. And then the strangest thing happened. An Unown, shaped like the letter A to be exact, flew straight by him, causing him to stumble backwards and falling onto his bottom. The Unown looked around, spinning side to side in confusion before turning and flying back into the void. Unfortunately, Drilbur, who was just getting up, got knocked in the back of the head by the passing Unown. Once again, Drilbur found himself stumbling around, only this time he was falling forward, much to everyone's horror. In his dizzied state, Drilbur tripped and fell directly into the crack, but not before being hastily caught by Victini. Victini grabbed Drilbur's foot just as he fell in but found himself falling in as well. He used all of his strength and struggled to pull Drilbur out from the crack. It turns out that the mole pokemon was heavier than he thought. Victini pulled and strained himself, but to no avail, he was slipping. Just when things were looking dire, he felt something tugging on his own leg. He turned to find that Purrloin and all of the Petilil had joined in to help pull him and Drilbur out. It was working, he could feel the tugging inch them all slowly backwards. Drilbur let out a relieved sigh as he made his way out of the crack, just a few more inches and then he would be back onto solid ground where he will be able to dig again. When Drilbur saw the light, he didn't know if he could celebrate or not. Because at that time, the violent crackling and shaking started again, much to everyone's dismay. Purrloin and the Petilils did their best to hold their ground, but the shaking was far to powerful, causing them to lose their grip. The sudden jolt in motion shook Victini, disorienting him and he found himself falling into the dark void while still clasped onto Drilbur, who by then was screaming his lungs out... * * * Victini and Drilbur had been falling for a couple of minutes now. But that all changed when they realized that their falling slowly changed into brief floating. Floating around in the dark void was a terrible experience for the two who by then had been huddling close to each other in fear. To their surprise, a group of Unowns flew right by them, eliciting an annoyed glare from Drilbur that was directed straight by them. Unowns by the boatload flew all around them, in all directions with no real rhyme or reason behind their flight patterns. In was then and there that Victini finally realized where they were. Victini and Drilbur were trapped within one of the dimension of which the legendary pokemon Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina resided. But whom, to be exact, was the question. Their answer came in the form of Palkia who flew straight by them without even batting an eye towards the trapped pokemon. Victini did his best to signal Palkia, even doing so by lighting up his big ears to catch his attention. He tried his hardest but by then, Palkia was long gone to who knows where. As grim as things were looking, it only got worse when a roar drew their attention to where Palkia was headed. What they saw made their eyes widened in disbelief. For whatever reason the time pokemon, Dialga, was in Palkia's space and was fighting with him again. According to some migrating Starly and Staravia that they spoke to back then, the last time that those two fought it ended up causing an entire town to disappear into thin air. A battle of the giants raged on beside Victini and Drilbur. The resulting shockwave from each pokemon's respective blows rocked the void and sent the duo hurdling faster and faster to an unknown. At wit's end, the duo found themselves falling out into another crack, but to who knows where? * * * Far off the edge of Ponyville, a small crack in the boundaries wavered and flickered like a dim light bulb. Unbeknownst to the equine citizens residing there, two new arrivals to their world were unceremoniously spat out of the crack like yesterday's lunch. Like a wound in time and space, the crack in which they were spat out of from quickly repaired itself, leaving no trace of it being ever damaged at all. Victini and Drilbur landed onto the dirt with a soft pitter patter as they skidded across the ground in a humorous fashion. Even though they were safe now and out of the horrible void, they still hugged each other with an iron grip, eyes squeezed shut lest they be open to experience something else traumatizing. They waited for a while, even though the soft soil beneath them comforted them and told them that everything was fine. Drilbur was the first peek with one eye open. He peered around for a bit. It looked as if they had landed within some kind of carrot patch. He patted Victini on the head a bit to get his attention. When Victini opened his eyes, he was surprise to see that they were back on solid ground. But they weren't back in Eindoark town that was for sure. All the two knew was that they were on some kind of farm, a farm that specialized in growing carrots. The two stood up and walked around, scratching their heads in confusion. "Where are we?" Victini asked Drilbur. Although if you were listening to pokemon speak all you would probably hear is Tini, tini, tini? and Drilbur going dril, dril, drilbur! "Heck if I know" Drilbur replied before walking over to a nearby carrot patch "I don't know about you Victini, but having a near death experience has made me kinda hungry" he went over and pluck up a carrot from the ground with his shovel like claws. Licking his lips, he took a big chunk out of it "Mmmm. It ain't oran berries, but it'll do" Victini stared at Drilbur with his mouth agape and flew by him, waving his hands in a manner that spoke don't do that! "Hey! You can't just do that! These carrots aren't wild!" Victini shouted "Put that down, what if a human sees you eating their crop!" Drilbur didn't pay much mind to Victini. He only continued to enjoy his meal and waved off Victini. "Relax" he paused to swallow "It'll be fine, it's not like they know it's me when I'm done. They'll probably think that a wild Buneary ate them or something" "Just put it down and let's leave!" Victini pleaded with his hands together "We have to get back home. I don't even know where we are! I'm scared..." his expression visibly sank. " *Munch* *Munch* *Swallow* Eat first. Home later" Drilbur repiled as he finished a carrot "Hmm... still not full. Maybe I'll have another one" "Hey!" a voice called out from behind. Victini instantly turned invisble and hid right behind Drilbur. They turn slowly turned around to find the source of the voice, expecting some human to be fuming at Drilbur for eating their carrots. However, when they finally turned, they were greeted with an odd sight. It looked like a pokemon, granted it may have had some of the qualifications of one but there were still too many things about it that was off. It was shaped like a horse and had a yellow coat with an orange mane. Now, it looked like a Ponyta, but it was far too short and didn't have awesome manes of flames to be one. If the two wanted to compare it to someone they know, Keldeo would've been the obvious choice. But this wasn't Keldeo, and it wasn't exactly a pokemon either. Whatever it was though, it could talk and it was very angry at them, probably because Drilbur pilfered its crop. in its hooves was a broom which it held up high with a scowl on its face. "Filthy moles eating my crops eh?" the pony thing spoke "Taste broom you thief!" Drilbur frowned as he looked at the broom coming down on him. He stood like a deerling in headlight, pupil's dilated as the broom came closer to his face. "Oh, drilbur..."