Terra slumped at the kitchen table, holding a bag of frozen peas to her head. “Owww,” She groaned. “I had a nightmare about volleyball last night.”
Octavia nods and slides the Mawile a cup of coffee. “I can imagine why,” She sighs.
Last night’s attempt at setting up Nick and Elena had been the biggest failure yet, and by far the most spectacular, leaving Terra unconscious and Tavi a hundred some bits poorer.
“I assume you’ll be taking a break from the match making for a while then?” Octavia ventures.
Terra groans. “Only if I can’t get Mage to fill in for me.”
Octavia lets out a sigh as she heard hoofsteps coming down the stairs. “That’ll be Vinyl, possibly with an ‘I told you so’.”
The unicorn trots into the kitchen a moment later and, after saying good morning to both her friends, trots over to the fridge. “We got any waffles left?... Never mind, I found ‘em,” Vinyl whistles as she trots over to the toaster and pops in a few waffles. “So, what did you girls have planned for today?”
“Gotta track down a Ghost,” Terra mumbles into her coffee.
“And I am going to have a chat with two of our housemates,” Octavia said. “As soon as I figure out where they are,” She added, trotting out of the kitchen.
Octavia left, Vinyl trotted over to Terra. “You’re not trying to get Mage to help you are you?”
Terra tried to nod, but the motion hurt her head. “My quest for love... will not go... unfinished.”
“Did you hear anything I said last night?” Vinyl asked, she thought the Mawile had at least been a little conscious when she gave her speech.
“You’re voice sounded like wubs.” Terra deadpanned. “Now I must go find my one time partner in crime.” Terra dropped from the chair she was sitting in and began walking out of the kitchen. “Tallyho!” She cried, before falling flat on her face.
Vinyl sighed and picked up the Steel-type in her magic. “Come on you, maybe Zecora’s got something to help with your headache.”
As the door to the house opened and shut, what appeared to be a blank spot in the kitchen wavered, as if it were a mirage. As it soon turned out, it was.
Nick and Elena smiled as Vinyl and Terra left. As since Octavia had left to go look for them, they had some time alone.
“You sure everyone’s gone?” Nick asked.
Elena nodded. “I saw Octavia leave to look for us, and you just heard Vinyl and Terra go out.”
Nick nodded. “That’s good.”
The two of them stood there for a moment, Nick rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly before saying. “So... about last night,” He began, only for Elena to stop him with a raised paw
“I meant it all,” Elena said, as she held his paw.
Nick smiled softly and blushed. “Yeah, great...so...now what?” he asked. Elena was honestly the first girl he had EVER been in a relationship with, so...this was uncharted territory for him.
Likewise, Elena was also nervous, since same as Nick, she had never been in a relationship with a male before, partly due to her harboring feelings for Nick for quite some time.
As the two of them held paws, Nick remembered something that he had wanted to do since they were reunited in Manehattan, and with shaky paws, he pulled Elena closer. The closeness caused both of them to blush harder, but one look into each others eyes and they soon felt lost in each others gaze, and seemingly by instinct, their muzzles had started to close the gap between them, before they were soon pressed against each other. The pair stayed like that for a few moments, before breaking away from each other, panting slightly.
“Wow….just wow…” Nick breathed, both of them blushing heavily.
“Yeah,” Elena agreed, her face practically red from the feelings that had just elicited.
“Should we tell Terra or anyone?” Nick commented, as the thought came to mind.
There was a short pause as they two looked questioningly at each other, before the answer became clear. “Nah,” they both agreed. The Mawile was annoying enough normally, and if she found out about them now...they wouldn’t hear the end of it.
“So... um... you wanna go for a walk around town or something?” Nick asked.
Elena smiled. “That sounds... nice,”
Nick smiled and, still holding Elena’s paw, led her out of the house, smiles on both their faces.
Terra paced back and forth across the wooden floor. “Alright men,” She began. “You all know why we’re here, we all have one goal in mind, and that goal is-”
“Do you always act like some kind of general when you do this?” Mage asked, looking up from the book she was reading. “Cause while it might actually be effective on people, I really doubt your ‘men’,” She gestured to the piles of book Terra had had her drag down. “Are going to be inspired.”
Terra glared at the Mismagius. “As I was saying, since our last few attempts to get Nick and Elena together failed.
“Miserably,” Mage added absentmindedly.
“- We need to come up with new plans, preferably foolproof ones that will guarantee them hooking up. So,” Terra clapped her hand together. “What have you got?”
Mage sighed and shut her book. “How many times have you tried to set them up since you got here?”
Terra tapped her chin. “... Ten, maybe eleven.”
“Uh huh, and did any of those get even close to the desired outcome?”
Terra pouted. “Almost...” She turned to Mage and shouted. “Look, we’re not here to talk about past plans, we’re here to make new plans, stronger plans!” She pointed an accusatory finger at Mage. “And you’re suppose to be helping with your knowledge of the macabre and hocus pocus.”
Mage chuckled. “Alright, alright, give me a second,” Mage closed her eyes for a second, then opened them as several of the spell books she’d dragged down began to circle her.
Terra took a step back as Mage’s eyes flickered from on book to the next, after a while, Mage frowned and the books dropped to the floor. “Ok, I have some good news and some bad news.”
“What’s the bad news?” Terra asked.
“Only an Alicorn or a high level Unicorn can use the spell,” Mage blinked once then shook her head. “Who asks for the bad news first?”
“It saved us some time, didn’t it?” Terra asked.
Mage sighed and reopened one of the books, unlike the others, this one was a small purple journal looking book, with the words. ‘Memory Journal’ written on it. “Apparently Twilight’s old babysitter can use a spell that quote, ‘strengths the bonds of love two ponies feel for each other,’” Mage shut the book and shrugged. “I’m willing to bet it’ll translate to Pokémon too.”
Terra smiled. “Perfect, where can we find her?”
“The Crystal Empire, about a day long train ride north. Apparently the Crystal Empire is near the polar regions.”
Terra groaned. “Well... did you find any more potion recipes?”
Mage shook her head. “Pretty sure Twilight’s hiding them, I’ll probably find them eventually but as of yet? No such luck.”
The Mawile banged her head against the leg of one of the lab tables, not a good idea given what she went through the night before. “Ow... why is the universe set against me?”
“Aww, don’t think... like... that...” Mage developed a contemplative look. “Hm, you know, it just occurred to me that we’re only a few hours walk from the most powerful beings in the world.”
“So?” Terra asked.
Mage smiled. “Including Lady Cresselia.”
Terra stared at the Ghost-type in disbelief for a moment, then a grin spread across her face. “Yes,” She said, rubbing her hand together like so movie super villain. “Yes! Together, we shall brave the dangers of the Everfree forest, and request the help of Cresselia for our noble cause.” Terra said with a laugh, an audibly evil laugh
Mage smiled and began to laugh as well, hers rising into a witch-like cackle.
“Ahem,” The pair’s laughing was interrupted by Twilight, who was standing at the top of the stairs to her basement, staring down at them.
“Princess Twilight,” Terra laughed nervously. “What are you doing here?”
“I live here,” She deadpanned.
“Oh... right, small world huh? Mage and I were just... how much did you hear?”
“Everything from, ‘dangers of the Everfree’,” She answered.
Mage chuckled and began to back away, hoping to make it through the wall. She was stopped by a wall of energy.
“I think we need to have a chat,” Twilight said, pulling both Pokémon upstairs in her magic.
Nick smiled as he and Elena walked down the streets of Ponyville. The town wasn’t as fancy as places like Lumiose, but then again, Nick had always liked rural towns like this better anyway.
Nick looked to his left and smiled at Elena, she smiled back at him. “This really is nice,” Elena said. “This entire place just seems so peaceful,” She chuckled. “At least when Terra isn’t around.”
Nick nodded, ever since they had arrived, aside from Pinkie’s party and last nights date, Ponyville had been-
“Nooooo!” Nick and Elena flinched as Mage flew by them, followed by Princess Twilight.
"Give me back the book Mage!” She cried.
“But it’s the History of Hearts and Hooves Day!”
The pair looked at each other. “Ignoring that?” Elena deadpanned, not wanting to let one incident ruin their day.
Nick nodded. “Definitely,” he deadpanned back. As nice as Ponyville was, it seemed to be a magnet for odd things.
“So... it’s getting close to lunchtime, you wanna grab a bite to eat?” Nick asked.
Elena smiled and nodded. “Sure, you have anywhere in mind?”
Nick thought for a second, then said. “Well, Applejack said we could stop by her farm anytime, why not around lunch?” He said with a smile.
Elena chuckled. “Sounds like a plan.”
“Quick Charmander, use Ember before it gets away!”
“Char!”
The Fire attack just missed the Weedle and the little Bug-type began crawling in the opposite direction as a result.
“Scootaloo,” Apple Bloom said. “We’re suppose ta be gettin’ these critters away from here ta make sure they don’t eat our apples.”
“Sorry,” Scootaloo apologized.
Earlier that day, while the CMC’s and their Pokémon had just been goofing around the farm, they had come across a group of trees completely infested by Weedles.
The Pokémon Trainers in training had taken it upon themselves to clear out the Bug-types before they could do any damage, though it mostly consisted of chasing the little Pokémon around, trying to get them off the farm.
“Squirtle, use Bubble again,” Sweetie Belle ordered.
“Squirt Squirtle,” The stream of bubbles that left the Water-types mouth did little more than... actually, most just popped on the Weedles sharp heads, though some hit their mark and the sent them scurrying.
“Come on Sweetie, do it like you two did in that battle yesterday,” Scootaloo shouted.
Sweetie Belle sighed. Official battles might be one thing, but she still didn’t feel comfortable attacking wild Pokémon.
While Sweetie was distracted by her thoughts, and Scootaloo and Apple Bloom by the Bug Pokémon, none of them noticed on of the Weedles, a clearly distressed look on its face, squirm off further into the orchard.
After a moment, all the Weedle paused and looked off in the same direction, then scampered back into the apple trees.
“Oh fer pete's sake,” Apple Bloom cried. “How’re we gonna get ‘em now?”
Scootaloo tapped her chin in thought, then smiled. “I know, Sweetie Belle and Squirtle can flush ‘em out. Water can’t hurt trees so-”
“Shhh!” Sweetie said suddenly.
“Hey!” Scootaloo began again. “I was trying to-”
“SHHHH!” Sweetie said again. “Do you girls hear that?”
The fillies listened closely, and they heard the sound of...buzzing? Yes, it the was buzzing of wings, but from the sound of it...there were a lot of them. “What’s….?”
The question died in Scootaloo’s throat as a swarm of the same Pokémon that’d been attacking Big Mac on the first day... Beedrill, flew into the clearing. One of them holding a crying Weedle.
The Bee Pokémon glared at the fillies for a moment, before they let out a battle cry and flew towards them.
“I wonder if they have anything that’s not apple based,” Elena said jokingly as she and Nick made their way up the path to Sweet Apple Acres.
Nick laughed. “If they don’t well probably be having Apple Pie for lunch. Not that that’s a problem, cause Pinkie says their Apple Pie is to die for.”
Elena nodded, recalling the praise Pinkie had given her friends cooking. She was about to add her own thoughts, when her ears twitched, picking up a buzzing sound from off the main path.
“Nick?” She asked. “Do you hear the buzzing?”
The Zoroark paused for a second and listened. “Yeah,” He answered. “What do you think it-”
“AAAHHHHHHH!” Nick jumped back as three fillies and three Pokémon rushed out of the trees and ran up towards the house.
Nick looked at Elena, who shared a worried glance in the direction of the buzzing. A few moments later, a Beedrill swarm emerged from amongst the trees. At the sight of the swarm, their eyes bugged out, before they promptly turned around and ran after the fillies, the swarm gaining on them bit by bit. ”Oh come on! Can’t we have some lunch WITHOUT an angry Beedrill swarm after us?!” Nick shouted as he and Elena continued to run for their lives.
An hour later, Nick and Elena were walking down a path through Whitetail Woods. Applejack had been able to calm down the Beedrill with some help from Vespiquen and her hive, and had then scolded Apple Bloom for attacking the Weedle, Nick and Elena had slipped out in the middle of that.
“Well today’s been... strange,” Nick said with a sigh. “Not really much of a first date huh?”
Elena chuckled at the question. “While it might not have been the most... normal date, there’s ever been,” She said, taking his paw in hers. “I actually had fun today.”
“Really?” Nick asked. “You remember us being chased by Beedrill right?”
Elena rolled her eyes. “Nick, everytime we gave you a map or something to do with traveling, you ran the risk of walking straight into a Beedrill hive. I lost count a long time ago,” she deadpanned with a wry smile.
Nick blushed at the memories of all his traveling mishaps. “I guess you have a point,” He said with a laugh.
Elena laughed along with him, and Nick wondered just what he had done to deserve a girl as wonderful as her.
Taking her other paw in his, Nick drew Elena close to him, both of them blushing deeply once more. Smiling and looking into each others eyes, the leaned in and pressed their muzzles together, neither of them wanting that moment to end.
Author's Note:
WeedleAh, more romance. I just love love, don't you?
"I must admit, those two are adorably awkward.
Oh, another side story of mine and I kinda had a crossover. A New World, a New Ranger Goes into Gene and Belle's past.