//------------------------------// // 6 - Shiny Pokemon, For Reals This Time! // Story: V for Victory, V for Victini! // by zelkova48 //------------------------------// Victini flew overhead Ponyville, stopping and hopping upon the many rooftops in town every so often in a playful splendor as he made his way to the ever so popular Sugarcube Corner. He was eager to meet Pinkie Pie again, so much so that he decided to pick up his pace and sped past by all the shops and restaurants en route to his destination. As he approached the gigantic gingerbread house in the center of town, he lifted his head to partake in the sweet aroma that wafted from the bakery. However, the scent that assaulted his nose was far from sweet. Before he knew it he flew straight into a tower of black smoke, causing him to tumble down towards the roof of the bakery. He fell upon the roof face first with an incredibly and soft thud, shaking his head to get rid of the flying group of Torchic that were circling his head. When he finally came to, he shook his head to remove any weariness that may remain and gazed around his surroundings to find the source of such a horrific stench. He looked all around until he finally came face to face with the dreaded tower of smoke that impeded his flying. Whatever it was, it came from a multi-fluted chimney. The chimney of Sugarcube Corner. His interest piqued, Victini deftly flew into the upper window of the bakery/home, the one that was shaped surprisingly enough like a massive cupcake with pink frosting and three decorative candles on top of it. The windows creaked loudly as he flew into the room. The room itself looked like a normal bedroom, complete with a bed in the center of the room and a bathtub with a shower curtain that had some really neat candy patterns on it. But what really made the room pop was the fact that it looked like the inside of a party supply store. There was oddly enough confetti on the floor, balloons tied to the bedpost, party favors left unceremoniously upon the bed, and some snacks neatly set in the corner of the room by a small table that was seated by a stack of rocks, a sack of flour, a bucket of turnips, and a ball of lint. It was overall weird, but a brief moment of clarity struck Victini causing him to make an educated guess. "This must be Pinkie's room..." he whispered softly as he lowered his invisibility. His train of though however was interrupted when his gaze met with that of a shiny Sandile that gawked at him with his unusually large purple eyes and trademark smile. His eyes both blinked separately as he continued to stare at Victini with interest. Huh, strange, he thought. I didn't know that there were pokemon here. Victini looked around the room to see if he truly was seeing that he and the gator were the only two around. He figured that the Sandile was being nice to him, so he decided to return his gesture by befriending him. It was nice to make another friend, especially one that he and Drilbur can relate too. "Hi, I'm Victini. How are you" Victini greeted the Sandile as he extended his hand out in friendship. The Sandile reached out his claw to shake in response. "I've been having an extraordinary day my fellow pokemon friend, thank you for asking. My name is Gummy, by the way, Victini. I'm my dear master Pinkie's pet and close friend" Gummy replied normally and fluently as though his lack of teeth had no impairment on his poke speak whatsoever. "I take it you're here to see her, correct? She told me all about you last night in one of her sugar induced trances that I am so joyfully accustomed to. Please, follow me" he said as he motioned for Victini to follow him downstairs. Victini gladly followed his new friend and continued to hop down all of the stairs that spiraled into the second floor of the bakery. "Thank you for guiding me to her, Gummy" said Victini as he strode beside Gummy "By the way, I've been meaning to ask. How did you end up here?" he asked. "Probably the same way that you did my legendary friend, but my life story is probably a bore. You wouldn't like it" said Gummy. But Victini was insistent. "I would like to, actually. I may be a few thousand years old but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy a good story every once and a while" he said. Gummy's eyes shot open more than he thought he could and smiled a toothless grin that no one else would probably be able to see outside of his new pokemon friend. "Well, if you insist..." Gummy started as he began to reminisce "I was, as the humans from our world say, the runt from momma Krookodile's litter of twelve beautiful, shiny Sandile. I may not have been the biggest or the strongest, or even the shiniest, but mother still loved and cared for all of us regardless. What I lack in size, however, I quickly discover that I make up for it in brains. I was smarter than most Sandile, and possibly, most humans too." He continues as Victini listened intently, walking right past the babies room. "By the young age of only three years old I had completed a book on theoretical quantum physics that a human abandoned out near the desert. One year later, when I gained my freedom and independence from mother, I stumbled upon a spacial anomaly that happened near a river that captured my attention. Before I knew it, I was sucked in by it and hurdled across the dimensions at a staggering rate" "When I finally woke up, I ended up in a sewer grate near this town. Scared and alone in a new world, I was eventually found, taken in, and cared for by the pony you're about to meet. Since then I have came to love her, this world and all of that inhabit it, even if they are all less sane than master Pinkie is. Ah, here we are" said Gummy as the two finally reached the doors to the kitchen "Master Pinkie and right through this door. I do hope you enjoy your time spent with her" "Wow, thank you Gummy. And thank you for telling me such an great story" said Victini. "No, no. I should be thanking my friend" said Gummy as he hugged Victini "You helped her out in quite a bind yesterday. Your kindness has made her smile even more radiant than it has in recent day. Anyone who can make my master smile like has my complete and total truest" he pulled away from the hug "Now, I must bid you good day my new friend. There is a hot bath up in the bathroom with my name on it. Enjoy the rest of your day" said Gummy before he turned to head back up the stairs.. Victini thanked his new friend once more and then turned to face the large double doors that Pinkie was on the others side of. Without hesitation, he pushed the door open and was assaulted by the same scent that caused him to stumble in his flight earlier. Not only that, there seemed to be even more smoke here than there was up on the roof. He waved his little hands to clear away the smoke to get a clear view of what was going on in the kitchen. Through his blurry vision, he could make out the faint image of a pink blog in an apron holding what looked to be a tray of charcoal. However, upon further inspection, it turned out to be a tray of burnt macaron biscuits. His heart sank to see such good food gone to waste. But his heart sank even further when he saw the frown that was on Pinkie's face. "Oh... Hey, Victini" Pinkie said with a weak grin as she held out the tray "....Macaron?"