//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A spell and a trainer // Story: The Trainer of Friendship // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// It was a beautiful day in the land of Equestria, and here in the scenic little town of Ponyville where the castle of friendship resided. And inside, Princess Twilight Sparkle was busily teaching her children, Nyx, Joshua, Trinity, and Crystal a teleportation spell that teleports something from one point, to another. "Ok kids, to teleport, you need to focus on where you want to go, and build up enough magic energy to use as a grappling hook at the location you want," Twilight explained. "Sounds easy enough," Josh commented. "Doubtful, it took me 3 months to get one teleportation spell down pat without problem," Twilight smirked at her son. "But you can teleport without any problem now!" Crystal squeaked, causing her mother to blush. "Well, yeah, so now it's time for you to learn how to teleport, the way I did," Twilight explained. "Now then, start by charging up some magic," she instructed, looking at her children, who did as she said. "Good, now focus on just over to the door," she instructed, and Trinity and Crystal were able to do it, but Josh on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. A sharp pain shot through his head, and he began to lose focus. When this happens, the spell usually fails, but it didn't stop when Josh fired beams of energy from his hands. Twilight was getting really worried. After a while, Josh was able to stop his magic, and when he did, he was scooped up into a comforting hug, "Oh Joshua, are you ok my sweet little baby?" Twilight asked like any worried mother would've asked her child who was in pain. "I'm ok mommy, but what was all that magic that happened? I thought you said that when a sharp pain occurs and when you start to lose focus, the spell stops," Josh asked with curiosity. Twilight then lit her horn to try and check what it was, and when she finished, she gasped with surprise. "Well, the good news is that what ever spell you cast didn't hurt anyone in anyway, but you did something very unusual," Twilight explained. "What did he do mommy?" Trinity asked looking up at her mother. "Instead of teleporting something, Joshua summoned something," Twilight answered. This made the children gasp. Just then, Spike came running in, with a scroll in his claw. "Message from Cadence!" he said giving Twilight the scroll. After reading it over, Twilight gasped in shock. "What is it Mommy?" Crystal asked with worry. "Cadence wants me and all of you to come with me and my friends to the Crystal Empire! Apparently, there is another human there, with a lot of strange creatures," Twilight explained, looking at her children who all had wide smiles on their faces. "WE'RE GOING TO THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE AND VISIT AUNTIE CADENCE!" they all squealed with delight. With a slight giggle, Twilight gently spoke up, "Ok, you go and get our friends, and I'll stay behind and pack our things," Twilight said with a smile. "Ok Mommy, we'll be back in a few minutes. we love you!" they chorused. "Mommy loves you too, now come back safely!" Twilight called to her children as they ran out to go and find their friends. "What was all that about?" Twilight heard the voice of her eldest son, Cory, who was standing behind her, with Kelly nodding in agreement. "We're going to go and visit Cadence," Twilight simply said. "AUNTIE CADENCE?!" Kelly squeaked excitedly. "Yep, and there's another human there with a bunch of strange creatures too," she explained. "Did she say what they were?" Cory asked curiously. "According to the letter, the new human called them, Pokemon," Twilight replied. Earlier, in the Johto regions Mahogany Town, It was here, in the peaceful outskirts of Mahogany Town where a young Pokemon trainer named William resided on his enormous Pokemon ranch, where he took care of his Pokemon. He was looking out onto the ranch to see all the Pokemon walking around, playing with each other, or just napping. He smiled as he saw how peaceful it was on the ranch, but then, he noticed one of his Psychic Pokemon just standing still, without a single twitch. This was Mewtwo, the Genetic Pokemon. Feeling concerned, William walked over to his Pokemon, "Hey Mewtwo, are you ok?" he asked the feline like Pokemon, who then looked to see his master standing behind him. "No, and I must say, it has been quite peaceful here on the ranch, no more tournaments to enter, no more long journeys. No, I was just making sure everyone was staying in order," Mewtwo replied with a small but warm smile. "Yeah, I know what you mean, but it would be nice to get out of the ranch and go another journey," Will said, reminiscing on all the amazing places he had traveled. Just then, another Pokemon came rushing towards them. It was a small tortoise like Pokemon, with red hexagons on its shell. "TORKOAL!" the little tortoise cried to its master. "What, what is it Torkoal?" Will asked his fire Pokemon. "He's saying that something's happening in the sky," Mewtwo said. After that, Will, Mewtwo, and Torkoal all looked up to see a swirling vortex. Just then, they felt themselves being pulled in. Looking over at the Pokeball storage area, Will saw everyone of his Pokeballs being sucked up. Looking up, Will saw that the vortex was sucking all his Pokemon and the Pokeballs up, and he soon found himself being sucked in too. "Oh no! Oh my God! HOLD ON EVERYONE!" he called to all his Pokemon, who were all screaming in terror. After being sucked up, Will found himself, and his Pokemon all floating above what appeared to be a kingdom made of crystal. "Whoa, this is amazing!" Will commented, but then he realized that he and his Pokemon were not on a solid surface, and they began to fall, except Mewtwo, and all of Wills flying type Pokemon. They screamed in terror as they fell. Mewtwo was about to catch his master and everyone else with his psychic powers, but something beat him to the punch. Will and all his Pokemon opened their eyes to see they were being held in some sort of light blue magic aura, and were slowly being lowered to the ground. He looked around and saw a bright pink horse creature, with a horn and wings, with pink, gold, and purple in her mane, and a shiny crown on her head. "Are you all ok? That would've been a nasty fall if I didn't hear your screams," she said in a loving tone. This made Will very shocked. "HOW CAN YOU TALK?! And who are you?!" he asked hysterically. "I'm guessing this is the first time you've met a talking pony, am I right?" she asked with a soft smile. Will only nodded. "Ok, and as for who I am, I am Princess Cadence, I rule here in the Crystal Empire, with my husband, Shining Armor," she replied answering Wills question of who she is. "Ok, so now can you answer this? How did we get to this 'Crystal Empire' in the first place?" they heard a voice say, and when Will turned, he was shocked to see his Raichu covering his mouth, with an equally shocked expression. "Did I just speak English?!" Raichu asked with surprise. "You did, and I did too!" they the turned their attention to Wills Gardevoir, who was surprised to be speaking in English. "It appears that everyone can speak English here," said Wills Magmortor, who had a smug look on his face. "Well, to answer Raichus question, I saw a big swirling vortex open up above the Crystal Empire, and saw all of you falling out of it, and it was impossible to miss you all, what with those two big serpentine creatures right there," Cadence said, pointing a hoof to Wills Gyarados, Rayquaza and Steelix. "Huh, I guess being big really saved our skin just now Gyarados," Steelix commented with everyone nodding in agreement. "Tell me about it," Gyarados said with surprise in his tone, despite his usual angry expression. "Mommy! What's goin' on out..." they heard a Southern accent speak, and turned to see Cadences son, Nathan, who had a look of joy filled shock on his face. "Allow me to introduce my son, Nathan, Nathan, these are some new friends that may possibly be staying with us until we can get them back home," Cadence told her son, who slowly walked over to the many strange creatures, with only pure joy on his face. "Real...Pokemon," he muttered. This made Cadence worried, so she scooped up Nathan, and tried to see what was wrong. "Nathan sweetie, what's wrong?" Cadence asked, wanting to keep her son comforted. "Huh? Oh, nothing, it's just, ah never expected to see real Pokemon before!" Nathan exclaimed with a joy filled sigh. "Is that what these creatures are? Pokemon?" Cadence asked incredulously. "Yep, and these are only a handful of the many species there are," Will explained with a proud smirk, which soon turned into a look of confusion, "And what do you mean 'real Pokemon' kid?" he asked the small child with bat wings. "The world ah came from only had Pokemon as a video game, trading card game, toy line, etc." Nathan explained, which shocked Will and all his Pokemon. "Whoa, well, my name is William, but you can call me Will," Will introduced himself. "You know, you can go around and have a look at all the Pokemon I have, if you want," he said to the bat winged boy who had an incredibly wide smile on his face. "Can Ah Mommy?" Nathan turned to look at his mother, who then looked at the trainer. "None of these Pokemon creatures are dangerous, are they?" she asked looking at the young trainer with a soft, yet serious expression. "Don't worry your majesty, they're all trained so they won't attack unless I tell them to, because that's when they can be dangerous," Will replied with a serious face of his own. "Well, as long as they don't hurt him, then Nathan can go and look at these creatures," Cadence said with a softened expression, and let Nathan down so he can walk over to see the Pokemon. "THANKS MOMMY AND WILL!" Nathan said before walking over to meet all the Pokemon in Wills collection. "So, what now?" Will asked turning towards the pink alicorn. "I should get a letter to my Aunt Celestia and sister in law, Twilight Sparkle, who are also Princesses like me," Cadence replied with a smile. "Very well, I guess I can stay out here and keep everyone in check," Will said turning his attention to the large group of Pokemon, who was mingling with the young boy with bat wings. "Ok, I'll go and write those letters now," Cadence said before trotting inside. "Hey Will, what are these necklaces around some of your Pokemons necks?" Nathan asked pointing to the necklaces. "Those necklaces have a special stone, called a Mega Stone in them, which, with the aid of my Mega Ring, allows my Pokemon to surpass normal evolution, but unlike regular evolution, Mega evolution is temporary, so they'll go back to their original forms after a battle," Will explained, which intrigued Nathan. "Where did ya get the Mega Stones?" Nathan asked curiously. "I first discovered Mega Evolution when I journeyed through the Kalos region, and after I was finished there, I was called back to the Hoenn region b my friend, Steven Stone, who informed me of even more Mega Stones scattered around the Hoenn region, so I went to go and collect one of every Mega Stone I could find," Will explained, which made Nathan even more intrigued. "Can ya show me a Mega Evolved Pokemon?" he asked politely. "Think you can wait until the other princesses are here, so I won't have to repeat the demonstration?" Will asked politely. "Oh, ok," Nathan replied with a defeated tone. "Hey, don't sound so glum, all good thing come to those who wait," Will reassured him. Just then, Will saw Mewtwo flyover to him, with every Pokeball that was sucked in. Nathan was shocked to see a Mewtwo under a humans control. "How did ya get a Mewtwo?!" Nathan asked with excitement. "I caught Mewtwo after I defeated the Kanto Elite Four," Will explained, hold up a Master Ball. "So, ya caught Mewtwo a Master Ball?" Nathan asked looking at the Master Ball Will was holding. "Yep, same with the Rayquaza you see up there," Will said pointing up to the large green serpent like Pokemon. "Whoa! You even caught Legendary Pokemon?" Nathan asked in awe at the Rayquaza that was flying around and looked to see a Darkrai, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, along with a Deoxys. "Yep, it was tough to get them, but I eventually caught the ones I wanted to catch," Will explained.. Just then, Cadence walked out with her husband, Shining Armor. Nathan ran over to them, and gave them a big hug. "It's like a dream come true Mommy and Daddy," he said looking up at his parents. "Your son sure loves Pokemon, he reminds me of myself when I was his age, always wanting to adventure out and see new Pokemon and people," Will commented. "He must love them, he has posters all over his room," Shining said gaining a whack in the back of his head with Cadences wing. "Oww! What was that for?!" he asked looking at his wife, who just flicked her mane at him. "I sent a letter to Aunt Celestia and Twilight, and they'll be here in a few hours," Cadence informed the Pokemon trainer. "Ok, I guess that gives me some time to relax a while before I meet them," Will said walking over to a tree and sat under it with a sly smile on his face.