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// Triple Threat 
// Story: The Caterpie Effect 
// by Flames173 
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	"So Twi, what do yah want me to do?" Applejack asked.
"Fluttershy has found these two creatures called pokemon, and they aren't native to our world." Twilight explained.
"So, what do ya want me to do Twi?"
"I need you to help her get as much information about them as you can."
"And how will I do that?"
"I don't know! Just, go and talk to her get her to ask the pokemon questions or something! I need someone to actually do some research while I search my archives, and Fluttershy isn't answering her phone or going into town anymore. I'm kind of worried, but I know that Caterpie and that new one, Aggron, will keep her safe."
"Ok then, uhh, bye." Applejack said sceptically before leaving. When she left the library, she turned her head back to look at the door. Maybe I should help her, something is obviously wrong. She thought. Nah, it's probably just because she can't get a stallion and its getting to her, heh, maybe I'll hook her up on a date with Mac. Applejack turned back and happily trotted back to Sweet Apple Acres. "Ohh Maaac." she shouted upon entering her family's property.





Fluttershy was sitting at home with plenty of pokeballs, rare candies, poffins, and other pokemon delicacies. She fed Caterpie and Aggron their fill of foods, and she set the pokeballs aside in case any more pokemon appeared in Equestria.
"So, do you two want to battle to, train or whatever?"
[Sure.] Caterpie agreed.
[All right.] Aggron also agreed.
"Well, there's a fairly open field out back. You want to go there?"
[Sounds good. Caterpie said then jumped onto Fluttershy's back, waiting for her to take him there.
"Follow me Aggron." she said as she went through the house to the back door. "Oh yeah. I forgot you were so tall." Fluttershy laughed when Aggron struggled through the door. "I'll never understand how you made it through that. Well, Caterpie, get off, we're here."
Caterpie jumped off of Fluttershy's back [Thank you. Now, lets battle!] Caterpie and Aggron went to opposite ends of the small field.
"CATA!" Caterpie charged at Aggron full speed and smashed heads together.
"AGG!" Aggron reeled from the impact then charged at caterpie with his head down, ramming his horn into the bug's side.
The two pokemon continued to exchange attacks for a few minutes, both refusing to lose. Eventually, they got so exhausted that they barely tapped each other when they attacked.
"Aggron agga ron?" Aggron asked.
"Pie Cata ter." Caterpie agreed.
"What?" Fluttershy asked.
[We're calling it a draw.] Caterpie said.
"Oh, ok, here, you two take a break." Fluttershy took the pokeballs off of her sash and returned the pokemon. Then she went back into her living room and stared out the window down the path to Ponyville. She saw her good friend Applejack coming towards her house, a satisfied grin on her face. She opened the door and waved to the orange Earth pony.
"Fluttershy!" She shouted happily then picked up her pace.
"Hey Applejack, whats up?"
"I'm worried about ya. Twi said something about you doing something with your pokemon or something, I just wanna know, what is that exactly?"
"Oh well, here, a pokemon is..." Fluttershy started to explain before she trailed off, staring at a purple oval just off the trail. Several bugs and small birds fell out of it.
"What is it Shy? Yoohoo, you there? Anypony home?" Applejack waved a hoof in front of Fluttershy's face. Fluttershy grabbed her friend's hoof and put it on the ground then pointed at the purple oval, her friend followed the hoof and looked. "What the buck is that?"
"I don't know, but I have a feeling those are pokemon." Fluttershy darted into her house and came back to her friend with several pokeballs quickly thrown into a satchel. "I'm going to find out." Fluttershy cautiously trotted up to the portal.
"Ugg, now don't do that, aww Shy, come back here!" Applejack chased after the butter yellow pegasus.
The two mares hid behind a bush.
"What are you doing Shy?" The orange pony asked.
"I'm going to catch them, to keep them safe!"
"Aww, don't tell me that you're going through stallion withdrawal too!"
"What? No. I'm not kidding."
"Come on, this is obviously some magical spell from Twilight to clear out her basement again, you know how it gets when she doesn't go there for a while."
Fluttershy was about to give a clever retort when there was a large blast from the portal followed by the crackling of instantly frozen plants.
"What was that?" Applejack asked, her voice filled with worry.
"Don't worry, I got this." Fluttershy stood up and pulled out a pokeball. She put it in her forehoof and pulled it back to throw. A huge bird flew at her and knocked her to the ground then flew away. She fell to the ground, unconscious, and her bag's contents were spilled.
"HEY! THATS NOT NICE!" Applejack shouted at the bird. She picked up a pokeball and threw it. The ball hit the bird's cheek and the bird vanished instantly. The pokeball fell to the ground and Applejack walked up to it slowly. "What the heck?" It made a bing and then there was a voice in Applejack's head.
[What did you go and do that for?] it asked.
"What the?"
[You captured me idiot, now you'll be forced to hear me forever.]
"Where is that voice coming from? SHOW YOURSELF!" Applejack punctuated her command by stamping her hoof to the ground.
[I'm in the pokeball, now can you do me a favor and go capture the Snorunt and Growlithe please?]
Applejack walked up to the pokeball and held it. "The what and the what?"
[Oh dear Arceus, I'll walk you through it then. Stupid novice trainers.]





"Where is it?" Mewtwo asked no poke in particular.
"What are you looking for sir?" Dialga asked.
"Celebi."
Dialga roared. "I hate that lousy piece of crap! Hes so annoying!"
"Go torment someone else ok, I'm finding Celebi no matter what you say." Mewtwo said as he made a purple vortex to clear the several forest pokemon standing in his way.
"Fine, PALKIA, your turn." Dialga flew out of the woods and Palkia flew in.
"I heard your conversation, so why get Celebi? Why not go get Groudon first?" Palkia asked
"This is why!" Mewtwo took one hand from his vortex and made the sapphire orb appear in his hand. He gripped it and it shattered. "It's not the blue orb. I'm getting Celebi so we can go back to before the blue orb was switched for a fake!"
"Well, sir, I think I can locate Celebi."
"DO IT, I DEMAND YOU OBEY MY COMMAND!" Mewtwo shouted after grabbing Palkia's neck and staring in his eyes, his gaze alone making Palkia feel as if his soul were being stolen.
"OK, ok, whatever you command master!" Palkia said, panicked. Mewtwo released him and he used his spatial powers to locate all moving creatures in the area. Mewtwo continued going through the woods with his vortex in search of Celebi.
"Pidgeot, gust! Growlithe, flamethrower! Snorunt, ice beam!" Tim shouted, flying in at high speeds. His pidgeot flew in place while the three pokemon attacked Mewtwo.
"I don't have time for this!" Mewtwo aimed the vortex at Tim and his pokemon. Tim jumped off and got out of the way in a state of adrenaline, barely escaping.
"NOOO, NOT AGAIN!" Tim's eyes welled at the corner and tears began to fall.
"What does a human, like you, weep over pokemon. You do not love them, you use them as tools!" Mewtwo scolded.
"No, you're wrong, pokemon are my friends, they are my partners! You use the legends as weapons of war! When you achieve your goal, you won't grant them any power, you'll just use them to destroy each other so you are the only pokemon left and you control the world! You are a heartless fiend!"
"LEAVE!" Mewtwo's voice reverberated around inside Tim's head, then he blacked out. Mewtwo continued on his search. Palkia soon came up to him.
"Sir, I have captured Celebi, and Dialga has managed to temporarily disable her time travel ability."
"Good." Mewtwo touched Celebi's forehead. "You are now mine!"





"So, you're telling me that Twilight wasn't kidding? You guys are pokemon?"
[Yup.]Pidgeot said.
"Wow, I owe her so much."
[Where are we?] Snorunt asked.
[Looks like someone finally woke up] Growlithe said with an edge in his voice.
[Shut up man, some of us fell in head first, what even happened?]
[Trainer, that worthless jerk, abandoned us!]
[No way, really?]
[Yeah, maybe if you weren't sleeping, you would know these things!]
"Woah, guys, calm down! Look, after all that explanation from Growlithe and Pidgeot, I see where you guys are coming from. I understand why you'd be mad or sad or whatever you are, but hey, you got me now! Here, you guys just take a nap, when you wake up you'll feel a little better and we can talk about it."
[Some of us don't need one.] Growlithe said, Applejack could feel him staring daggers through the pokeballs at Snorunt.
"GO TO SLEEP!" she commanded.