//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Ponyville and Metagross // Story: The Trainer of Friendship // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// Twilights point of view As Will explained how those "Pokeballs" of his worked to catch Pokemon, I became even more intrigued as to what they could do. He explained how the red and white Pokeballs were standard capture units, how the blue and white Pokeballs with red spikes on them, which he called Great Balls, worked to catch Pokemon slightly better than a standard Pokeball, how the black and white Pokeballs with yellow markings, which he said were called Ultra Balls, had a higher catch rate than the Great Balls, and he explained how the purple and white Pokeballs with a "M" on the top with red dome like objects were called Master Balls, and how they were able to catch any Pokemon without failure. As he continued to explain, I noticed my sweet little Joshua looking down with a saddened frown on his face. Feeling concerned, I walked over to see if he was feeling sick. "Joshua? Is something wrong sweetheart?" I asked my youngest son with care, as not to frighten him. Looking up, I saw a scared look in his eyes, "O-oh, I'm ok mommy," he replied, but I could tell he was hiding something. "Now Joshua, it's ok to tell me. I promise I won't be mad at you for anything. Now tell Mommy what's wrong," I said, wrapping my wing around him for comfort. "I'm sorry for lying to you Mommy about nothing being wrong, but I think it's my fault that Will is here in the first place," he sadly said, laying his head against my chest. "Shh, it's ok, I'm not mad at you, and I don't want you to think it's your fault that Will is here in the first place, ok?" I asked him, with a reassuring tone. Looking up at me with a reassured smile, Joshua then hugged my forelegs, "Ok Mommy, thank you for that," he said without any shakiness in his voice like before. "You're very welcome sweetie, now lets go back to the group, ok, and we'll figure out what to do about how Will got here later, ok?" I asked him, leading him back to the group. "Ok Mommy, but I sure hope Will and his Pokemon won't be too mad at me," Joshua replied, with a bit of unease in his voice. "Shh, don't worry about it, I'm sure he won't be too mad," I said, reassuring him again. When we got back to the group, Will was still explaining special Pokeballs. Third Person View "...And that brings us to the apricorn Pokeballs," Will said, continuing his explanation. Just then, Mike raised his hand. "What are apricorns?" he asked "They're a type of fruit that can be made into special Pokeballs, depending on what apricorn you have," Will replied. "And what types of apricorns are there?" Melody asked curiously. "There are red, blue, yellow, green, pink, black, and white apricorns. If memory serves, red apricorns make a Fast Ball, which is used to catch a Pokemon at the start of the battle, blue apricorns make Lure Balls, which can be used on Pokemon that were encountered by fishing, yellow equals Level Balls, which makes catching a lower level Pokemon easier, Green makes a Friend Ball, which can help strengthen the friendship between a trainer and Pokemon, pink makes Love Balls, which can be used to catch opposite gender Pokemon, black apricorns are made into a Heavy Ball, for Pokemon that are super heavy, and finally a white Apricorn can be crafted into a Moon Ball, for catching a Pokemon that can evolve with a Moon Stone," Will explained. Just then, Melody raised her hand, "What's a Moon Stone?" she asked curiously. "It sounds pretty!" Kelly commented. "Oh, it is. It allows certain Pokemon, like Clefairy to evolve," Will explained. "Can you show us a Moon Stone?" Trinity asked with an adorable twinkle in her eyes. "I would if I could, but all the stones in my collection are back in my storage room on my ranch," Will said with a slight chuckle. Just then, they felt the train start to slow down. Looking out the train, Will could see an old Medieval style town up ahead. "I'm going to assume that's Ponyville?" Will asked, looking at the group. "Yep! And don't worry, all the ponies of Ponyville are really nice, so you don't have to worry about being treated poorly," Twilight reassured him. "I hope you're right," Will said, a bit uneasy. As the train pulled to a stop, the ponies lead the trainer out the carriage. Once outside, Will saw everyone at the station began to stare at him with surprised looks on their faces. Leaning over to Twilights ear, he whispered, "Uh, Twilight, why are they all staring at me like that?" he asked her, looking around the group. "Oh, that's because there aren't any other human adults other than Chris here in Equestria, so they must be surprised to see another adult here," Twilight explained. "Ok, so, where should we go first?" Will asked, looking around at the group. Rarity was about to speak up, when they heard a mares voice shout "STOP THIEF!" Turning towards where the voice came from, and saw that the tomato stall keeper was chasing a black earth stallion, with a red mane and blue eyes with a treasure chest full of produce on his flank. "Just give up! I will never follow any laws passed by those second rate princesses anymore!" the stallion yelled back. This infuriated Twilight and her friends and family. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Twilight yelled in her Royal Canterlot voice. As soon as the stallion saw Twilight, he quickly changed direction, and ran away from her. "NO! Your laws are no longer worth abiding!" the stallion snapped at her. Rainbow Dash was about to chase him, but then Will raised his arm and stopped her, "Please, may I try to catch him?" Will asked casually. It was a wave of nods from the mares that made him pull out one of his Pokeballs, "Ok, Metagross, I CHOOSE YOU!" he yelled as he threw the Pokeball. When the Pokeball popped open, a rather large mechanical looking Pokemon popped out. It was bluish grey in color, and had a large X on its face with a nasty scar, and had four large legs on four sides of its head. "Metagross, use Psychic on that stallion right there, and bring him back here!" Will instructed, pointing towards the stallion. "You got it boss," Metagross replied, before its eyes began to glow light blue. As the stallion was running, he soon found himself no longer moving. He turned his head to see that he was being brought back over to where the mane 6 were at, and boy were they mad. "I'll take that!" the stall keeper said, taking the bag away from the stallion. "Thank you for stopping him for me," she said, looking at Will. "You should be thanking Metagross. He was the one who caught the thief," Will corrected her, looking at his tank like Pokemon. When the stall keeper saw the large Pokemon, she smiled nervously, but she saw that it was very considerate in stopping the thief. "Thank you Metagross for stopping this thief," she hesitantly but politely said. "It was no trouble at all madam," Metagross said with the gesture of a smile. The mare nodded, and returned to the farmers market. Turning her attention back to the stallion, Twilight immediately went into interrogation mode, "I want you to tell me who you are," she demanded with a glare. "I will never fulfill the wish of a princess that thinks of inferior apes as children," the stallion snapped, returning the glare. Twilight then turned to Will, "Will, you wouldn't happen to have any Pokemon that might help with the interrogation?" she asked, looking curiously. "Well that depends, what type of methods would you like to use?" Will asked, looking at the lavender alicorn. "We'll start with a tickle torture," Twilight replied with an evil smile on her face. Will nodded, and pulled our a black and green Pokeball, "Ok, Honchkrow, we need you help!" Will said, throwing the Pokeball and releasing a large black crow, with a crest that looks like a mobster hat, and a large collar of white fur. "Hey boss, what do ya need?" Honchkrow asked with a laidback tone. "I need you to help squeeze some info from this thief right here," Will said, motioning towards the thief stallion. "You want me to do that how exactly?" Honchkrow asked, preening her feathers. "Twilight, if you would explain it to Honchkrow please?" Will said, giving the right of way for Twilight to speak with the big boss Pokemon. "I would, thank you," Twilight said with a smile, turning towards the bird Pokemon. "This stallion was stealing from the farmers market, and if you could use your feathers to tickle him if we feel if he's hiding something, that would be very much appreciated," Twilight asked with a hopeful smile. "I did just cleaned my feathers while I was in that Dusk Ball, but if it is to bring justice, then I shall do it," Honchkrow replied reluctantly, flying over to the thief. "Now I'll only ask once more, what is your name?" Twilight asked with a glare. Noticing that Honchkrow would tickle him if he did not cooperate, he reluctantly started to speak, "My name is Market Raider," he spat with disgust. "Ok, now second question, why were you stealing from the market?" Twilight asked with a glare still on her face. "I was stocking up on supplies for when I had to escape Equestria," Raider replied with venom in his response. This made the mares, and humans all looked at him curiously. "Why would you want to leave Equestria," Pinkie asked, being suspicious of thief. "Because Celestia was a fool for allowing Nightmare Moon to stay alive," Raider snapped, glaring at Nyx, who shrank with fear. "And those two legged rats you call children are a mockery of pony society," he snapped, glaring at the human children, who all flinched at the glare. Without warning, Raider felt a very sharp pain on the side of his face as he felt a buck slam across his face. He then turned to see Rainbow Dash, looking not at all pleased with his remarks. "You jerk! How dare you speak that way about our children!" Rainbow yelled angrily at the thief. Fluttershy got in his face now, glaring into his soul, "My precious little Toby is NOT inferior to ponies, nor are an of the other kids!" She spat angrily. "And you should learn to respect Celestia's decisions, Nyx is NOT Nightmare Moon anymore, and she never will be, ever again," Twilight snapped at him. "You must be really foolish to believe that just because Nightmare Moon has taken the from of a filly means she isn't who she was before," Raider spat with venom. Twilight was about to continue to scold him, when she saw some guards walking up to the group, "Princess Twilight, is something the matter?" one of them asked. "Yes there is, this stallion not only was caught stealing from the farmers market, but he insulted Celestia, and our children," Twilight said, looking down at Nyx, Josh, Kelly, Crystal and Trinity, and looking up at Cory. "Would like for us to take this stallion to the castle dungeons?" the other guards asked. "Yes, and I will call up the other Princesses and we will discuss his punishment," Twilight replied. Giving a bow of their heads, the guards then took Raider away, while he was kicking and screaming, after Will asked Metagross to let the thief go. "Thank you for helping catch that thief, and with the interrogation," Twilight said, smiling up at Will, Metagross, and Honchkrow. "Ah, it wasn't any trouble at all," Will said with a shrug. "I am always willing to help," Metagross said, turning towards the alicorn. "Whatever, at least my feathers didn't get dirty," Honchkrow said with a smug smirk. Just then, she felt something pound on her head. "OW! What did you do that for?!" she said, looking up at her trainer. "Remember, since we are guests here, we should not be rude to our hosts," Will explained, which made Honchkrow make a pouty face. "How was this 'Metagross' creature able to catch that guy without magic?" Vibrant asked Will. "Metagross is a Steel/Psychic type Pokemon, so of course it could use psychic powers," Will explained. "I-if you d-don't m-m-mind my asking, h-h-how did Metagross get that awful s-scar?" Serenity asked innocently. "Well, that scar is linked to one of the reasons I retired from battles," Will said. "What happened that made you want to stop battling?" Conner asked curiously. "Well, it was because we lost a battle against the legendary Pokemon, Ho-Oh" Will replied.