On the road to Viridian City via route 22, one day before the universe altering event.
“You know we’ve come a long way from home Nao, heck we’ve come a long way from Johto.” The trainer sighed as he continued to walk; his heavy breathing continued on showing that he’d been walking for quite a distance. “Think we can take a break now?”
“Maybe if you had accepted the bike back at the last station we’d be there already.” Speaking to her trainer had become second nature to her by this point. “Come on keep going, we’re almost there.”
That was rather far from the truth, his Pokgéar was enough to tell him that much. “That’s easy for you to say since I’m carrying you.” And from here it seemed like the trail went on forever. “Can we at least see if there are any Pokémon around? It’s been a while since we picked up a new friend.”
Crawling up from his arms Nao would stand just behind his head, using her trainer’s hood as a perch. “Fine but you’re getting me fish for dinner.” Finding both new Pokémon and fish meant the same two things, one being they’d have to get off the trail and second it would likely add hours on to their travel time. Lifting her ears into the air she would pulse the area around them with her psychic abilities, locating Pokémon this way ‘might’ be cheating but only if she was looking for Pokémon, this time she was looking for a river or stream. “Go that way Jayce.” Using her paws she would physically turn Jayce’s head, causing him to stumble in the desired direction.
A stumble, a branch, and a trip later Jayce was rolling down the side of a small hill, his roll stopping with a rather loud thud. Once the dirt settled the scene would appear very comedic, him upside down with Nao standing a few steps away licking a paw. “First step’s a dozy.”
“Nao… I am not… a cat… I don’t always land on my feet.” No, it seemed he landed on his face more times than not. Turning over Jayce would stand and wipe the dirt from himself. “And you should have warned me before!” Taking a few steps he would stumble again but would catch himself, finally reasserting his dominance over gravity.
Jayce 1, Gravity 8.
Only Jayce could make Nao laugh, she proved this by laughing as she walked towards the nearby stream. “If it hurts I’ll lick it later, after you catch some dinner, now this way to the stream.” A thudding along the ground caused the Pokémon to stop, the squawk got Jayce’s attention. “Great, company, Jayce your new friend is here.”
Unfortunately for it a Doduo had decided to look for the sound, unfortunate because Nao was looking for dinner and Jayce was wanting to battle. “Duo?” The cute little bird ruffled it’s feathers as it looked to the trainer, it knew what was about to happen.
“Alright! A Doduo, I haven’t seen one of them in a long time.” Jayce quickly ran across his check list of Pokémon, right now he only carried three including Nao and there wasn’t a Doduo amongst his friends yet. “Nao start off with Mean Look followed by Scratch.” That would keep the Doduo from running and would start the fight off just the way he wanted it.
Nao had already been moving towards the Doduo, her face would appear grim but what really set the look off were her bright red eyes. “Look at me...” And thus the battle took off, Nao’s look seemed to affect one head but the other one squawked at her. Quickly the unaffected head pecked the other and the Doduo started running at Nao.
Once the two were close enough blows would be traded, Nao scratched across Doduo’s body while Doduo’s left head managed to peak at Nao.
Seeing the attack Jayce would slowly raise his hands and start to clap, urging Nao on. “Come on Nao, follow up with Psychic!” He would clap once every two seconds, keeping track of his time in his head.
“You do realize you can’t do helping hand right?” Saying as she followed Jayce’s command, her two ears flipping up to reveal two eyes. “Psychic!” A blue outlining would appear around Doduo as it was stopped in its tracks, the glow matched that which was coming from Nao. The wild Doduo quickly found itself slung into a nearby tree.
“Sure I can, see. Clap clap clap” Jayce would continue to prove his point by continuing to clap despite Nao’s words. “I’m doing it cause I can.” It was his way of cheering on Nao and it oh so amused him very much.
Doduo tried to stand from where it was, managing to do so a few moments later. “Duo!” It moved forward and promptly fell forward, eyes swirling as it fell unconscious.
While Nao face palmed Jayce walked over to the fallen Pokémon, dropping to a knee to look it over. “There there little one, mean old Nao hurt you didn’t she?” Pulling a Pokéball from his belt he would bring it forward and lightly tap the Doduo on the head. “You know I don’t think I would ever willingly throw a Pokéball at a Pokémon, I mean really, ow.” Rising from the ground he would kiss the Pokéball and smile. “Rest for a while.”
”Are you done yet? there’s fish over there.” Meowstic’s were somewhat known for their lack of emotion, Nao just wanted food.
“Yeah yeah…” With a bit of a sigh he would scoop up the Meowstic and walk towards the sound of running water. “Let’s get some dinner.”
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Stream near Route 22, roughly fourteen hours until universe altering event.
Nao sat near the stream with a fishing rod braced in the dirt. “Jayce we have been here for hours and haven’t…” The sound of the fishing reel suddenly pulling stopped the words in her… mind. “Of course now it chooses to feed me.” The Meowstic just stared at the rod which began to float and wind back the line.
Nearby under the shade of a tree Jayce laid with his eyes closed and hat pulled down just enough to cover his face. “Always when you least expect it right? Take it easy precious we’ve got all the time in the world but not a whole lot of line left on the reel.” The last thing they needed was the line snapping again, fishing required patience and Nao didn’t always have a ready supply of that. Tilting the hat back he would look Nao over and notice her predicament, it was an advantage he wasn’t going to let get away from him. Turning over Jayce would start to inch towards his unsuspecting pray, slowly like a Caterpie he approached. “Say Nao…”
The possibility of fish for dinner was more than enough distraction Nao needed, the rarely smile she showed around others prominent on her face. “We’re going to have fish and Oran berries, and then we are going to get to town. Fried fish or grilled fish, all fish is good fish.” The mantra the small Pokémon had been going for was abruptly interrupted by an ill timed pounce from her partner. Now the surprise of Jayce suddenly jumping her wasn’t enough for Nao to unfurl her ears but it was plenty for the rod to be snapped. “JAYCE!”
The psychic reverb literally echoing through his head was well worth being this close to his oh so fluffy Nao. “Your voice, in my head, oh so very loud Nao. Quiet for snuggles please.” So clearly this happened more often than not, Jayce loved his little Nao. The reverb would come to an end as he and the now relatively helpless Pokémon rolled backwards.
“That was going to be our dinner…” There was no helping her current situation, not that she’d change it for love… nor fish… possibly fish depending on its size. “I can’t help but think you like your mind being shaken; you remember what happened last time?”
“Nope, don’t’ remember a thing.” The scowl the answer earned him quickly changed his mind. “Of course I remember. Splitting headache, seeing spots for ages, fluffy thing in my arms, what wasn’t to love?” His love for Nao might be confused for Poképhilia and honestly if they were a bit more compatible it might have been, but as it was all he could really do was hold her as close as possible.
Nao would squirm a bit until she was face to face with Jayce, eyes staring into his. “Will you ever learn?”
“Oh eventually, either when you beat it into me or my head pops.” Leaning forward he’d peck her on the forehead, smiling warmly. “I can accept the former; the latter seems a bit too much for me. I kind of like my head they way it is.”
Pushing up from his position Jayce would carry his little Meowstic towards his sleeping bag and other little odds and ends he used for camping, pot of stew, canteen of water, and clothes line for cleaning. The sun was already starting to set in the background. “Besides at least I managed to set up camp while you fished, so not everything’s lost, heck I even managed to some stew going if you’re hungry.” Motioning with his somewhat free hand he’d point to Doduo who was recovering from the fight, his close friend Hazel a Skiddo, and finally Splash the Totodile “Oh and I think I’ll call Doduo Zippy.”
“Let’s just go to bed Jayce…” It appeared Nao wasn’t in the mood to share Jayce and honestly he was fine with that, since he didn’t like sharing either.
With a warm smile he’d walk towards the sleeping back and whisper. “Anything for you.”
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Somewhere along route 22, making way towards Viridian City. Half an hour till universe altering event.
The sky had darkened over the night, rain was coming but that didn’t affect Jayce’s mood what so ever. “Isn’t this great Nao? With the clouds we don’t have to worry about the sun bearing down on us all day. I feel like I could walk all day if I have to.” He was content to do just that actually.
Looking up from his arms Nao frowned a bit. “It’s your fault we’re starting out so late, I can’t believe you fell in the stream.”
“What I had to clean the-“ Being cut off mid sentence wasn’t a very nice, being cut off by the sound of a rather loud motorcycle suddenly coming to a screeching halt made it oh so much worse. From the back of the bike a Jenny dismounted with a whistle blowing.
“Stop right there criminal-“There wasn’t much time to get the rest of her speech out when Nao’s ears snapped open and were surrounded by a light blue glow. Within a moment the bike that had been next to Jenny and part of the trail was obliterated by a powerful psychic blast, bits and pieces of both falling to the ground as if a bomb had just gone off. “Scum…” Jenny’s eye twitched as her head turned to the spot her bike had been. “You…are…” It was obvious that this might have been the first time she dealt with a Meowstic, or really a Pokémon that could destroy something so quickly. Dropping the whistle she would smack her cheeks before forcing herself to continue. “You are hereby under arrest for suspicious activity and destroying official property! Growlithe go!”
By the time Jenny’s Growlithe appeared both Jayce and Nao had enough time for a somewhat full conversation, the majority being how long it would take them to give up. The decision to run hadn’t been very hard, it wasn’t the first or last time they’d run away, people often tried to get them tagged for Poképhilia or did something stupid enough to scare Nao. “Shadow Ball the ground, we’ll take off to the left, they always go right first.”
Jumping back Jayce would avoid the pouncing Growlithe, the gap giving Nao to shadow ball the ground. “Shadow Ball!” The dirt that was kicked up was enough to create a bit of a dirt cloud for them to dash off. Running from the trail they would have to jump two bushes and down a small hill. From behind them they could hear a coughing before a loud barking that was in fact coming in their general direction. “Run faster Jayce that Growlithe is REALLY unhappy.”
“Got it! Run… ing.” An odd sensation started to overcome Jayce; it was as if his body started to get heavier. “Nao... are you messing with my head?” No answer would come for the two as he fell to the ground, his mind starting to go blank as an odd…peace overcame him.
“Rest now my children, for when you awake a whole new world shall be your home.”
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Meanwhile in Equestria, a dark grey Earth Pony found himself wondering in the forest east of Hollow Shade.
"Haha hello all my little ponies!" The stallion said to nobody as he looked to the right and smiled. "it's time for your favorite show, that's right it's time for 'Cooking with Rock Soup!' and I am your humble host Rock Soup!" Stopping for a moment he stood up on his hind legs and struck a pose, all the while making special effect sounds like 'fwoosh' and 'kaboom'. "On today's episode of 'Cooking with Rock Soup' I the awesome Rock Soup am taking you on a rock hunt!" Pausing for dramatic effect he would continue. "Today we're looking for the right rock to put some delicious Chowmane into"
Smiling a bit he looked back towards the camera. "First for you first time viewers, I bet you're wondering how I became a chef!" Kicking over a rock he passed he would break it in half. "Well it's a great story! Once day I was just your everday rock farmer, yeah I know boring right." Laughing at himself for a few seconds. "Well one day I got bored and broke a rock to see what was in it and to my surprise it was empty! So I thought hey it was a good shape for soup and so I put some in it and thus I became a chef!" This had been yesterday.
It was obvious that he was as cracked as the rocks he worked with.
Stopping he pointed forward in a dramatic style. "There! That has to be the right one" Running over now he stood before a piece of granite that was easily two times larger than he is. "Now now you're asking yourselves 'Rock Soup that is obviously too big what do you intend to do?'. Well now fillies and gentlecolts since you asked so nicely I'll tell ya" Tapping a hoof on the granite he began to chip away at it. "Over the next hour I am going to chisel this down into the perfect bowl!"
It was at that exact moment that Arceus began transferring pokemon. It was also the same moment a Geodude jumped off a cliff. What happened next was one for instant replay, if such a thing existed.
A loud whistling sound broke the silence. "Hey what's that? Who's messing with my pefect-" THUD!
"Dude!"
The moment Rock Soup looked towards the sound was the moment said Geodude collided with his face. "...alright everypony...take five" He promptly fell over, Geodude falling free of his face once he hit the ground.
"Geodude."