Scootaloo walked outside. Why wouldn’t anypony believe her? What she had seen was real even if everyone thought there was something wrong with her mind. In fact, the thing that she had saw wasn’t even a pony and she was sure of it. Oh that dark ninja suit and the way it masked the creature that saved her…
“Pika!”
She knew that sound. It was the sound of the same masked creature that saved her. It only appeared when there was danger though, right? So who was in trouble?
“AH!”
Scootaloo began to run towards the screams. She came around towards the point where the Everfree Forest began to touch the edges of town. A timberwolf was advancing on Sweetie Belle.
“Hey ugly!” Scootaloo shouted and ran towards it. “Over here!”
The timberwolf looked up but before it could move, it got a fist full of paw. The mysterious masked creature was back and it punched the timberwolf right in the jaw.
“Pikachu!” The creature shouted and slapped its shiny metallic looking lightning bolt shaped tail into the timberwolf’s face. The timberwolf stumbled backward while the creature landed lightly on the ground in front of Sweetie Belle. The timberwolf shook its head and growled at the creature.
“Pi-ka-chu!” The creature shouted as bright yellow electricity shot out of its body and hit the timberwolf. The timberwolf shook and then collapsed into branches. Scootaloo turned to the creature. It ran up to Sweetie Belle who stared at it. Scootaloo ran over to them.
“Hey!” She said and ran up to it. “I didn’t get a name from before.”
“You know him?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Yes.” Scootaloo said. The creature stuck out a paw.
“Pikachu.” It said.
“So your name’s Pikachu?” Scootaloo asked. Pikachu nodded. It was some kind of animal, possibly a squirrel, but more her size. It had a lightning bolt shaped tail which was odd and only its brown eyes and yellow ears with the black tips came out through the suit.
“Well, I’m Scootaloo! This is Sweetie Belle.” Scootaloo introduced. “Thanks for saving my life from before.”
“Pika.” Pikachu said and looked past Sweetie Belle. Twilight was running right towards them. She seemed frantic and unhappy.
“Pika Pi.” Pikachu said and turned to run straight into the Everfree Forest. Scootaloo stared after it even as Twilight began to call her name. She didn’t answer. All she could see were those brown eyes that stared at her in concern. Those twitchy yellow ears. All she could think about was the Pikachu.
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Pikachu jumped over the trees of the Everfree. He ran through the grass and hopped over a couple of bushes. A shadow passed over him, but he didn’t stop until he came to a small clearing. The clearing had two others there. He slowed down and walked into the campfire.
“Hello Pikachu.” Said one of them. She seemed to be a creature that stood on two legs, was very short with white fur covering her entire body. She had two tails that curled up at the ends. Her legs were short and blue, and she had blue fur covering her neck in the shape of a small scarf. Her head had a blue furry top like a hat and two ears that were folded together on the top.
“I set up the psychic field so we can talk telepathically.”
“Thanks.” Pikachu said and looked at the clearing.
“So where have you been?” She asked and picked up a hammer from a tool box.
“There’s a town a couple miles that way.” Pikachu said and pointed towards the town. “I was only exploring.”
“Uh huh. You know that I completely heard your Thunder attack. What was really going on?” She asked. Pikachu sighed and his ears drooped.
“I was saving some of the local kid creatures from something.” He explained.
“Zaps Pikachu!” She scolded. “You know the rules! We can’t mess with anything in this universe! We aren’t natural here and causing any sort of disturbance here might alert our presence. We can’t do anything that mess up the flow of the world here!”
“I know, but she was falling!” Zaps protested. “I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.”
“At least tell me you wore your ninja suit.” She sighed. He nodded. “Good. If these… whatever they are find out what we are, they’ll go ballistic! We’re not naturally a part of this world. If we attract attention to ourselves then who knows what will happen!”
“I’m sorry, Tufts.” Zaps apologized. “So how’s the portal coming along?”
“Fine.” Tufts said and began to walk away. Pikachu followed her across the clearing towards another creature who was sitting down and eating a sandwich.
“Steel sent out the distress signal.” Tufts said as she walked up to Steel. “We’re going to get help, but not for a while.”
“Hey Lucario.” Zaps said. “I mean, Steel.”
“What have you been doing for the past couple of days, Stripes?” Steel asked.
“My name isn’t Stripes! It’s Zaps!” Zaps said angrily.
“Whatever.” Tufts said with a roll of her eyes. “It’s just a name.”
“Yeah well, if what if I called you bunnelby?” Zaps asked Tufts who gasped.
“You wouldn’t dare.” Tufts said angrily. “I’d fury swipe you to pieces.”
“Try me.” Zaps growled. Steel set a paw between the two.
“Stop fighting. Fighting won’t get us home sooner.” He said and looked up at the sun went down. “It’s getting dark. The sun goes down fast here so I’ll keep the first watch this time. You guys sleep.”
“Are you sure, Steel?” Zaps asked.
“Yeah.” He said. “I’m sure.”
“Ok.” Zaps said and as he watched Tufts make her way over to the campfire, he sat down beside Steel who was fiddling with an odd machine.
“This will take us home.” Steel explained. “I just keep sending out signals.”
“You don’t look so good.” Zaps commented.
“This object only works by using the strength of an aura. Mine is strong enough to make this work but it drains my energy.” Steel said. “I heard from Tufts that you saved a local kid.”
“Yeah.” Zaps replied. “I’ve always wanted to be a hero, you know?”
“And now you get your wish.” Steel said. “It’s hard to believe that we all got here by making a wish.”
“What do you mean?”
“On the night we all got transported here, there was a shooting star. I made a wish and so did you and Tufts it seems. We all got put here by mistake because of a wish we made. Now, this object that came with us is our only chance back it seems.”
“Oh.” Zaps ears fell. “I wished to be a hero. I guess I can here. What did you wish for?”
“A chance to begin again. A chance to start over with a new life.” Steel said. “I got that wish.”
“Do you know what Tufts wished for?” Zaps asked. Steel shrugged.
“Dunno. She’s very mysterious.” Steel said and looked behind him at Tufts who was warming her paws by a small fire. “Very.”
“Do you know what kind of Pokémon she is?” Zaps whispered. Steel only stared at his object. He sighed and looked at Pikachu.
“Hardly.” Steel said. “She’s nice though.”
“I suppose.” Zaps said. “She’s a little bossy though.”
“I am not bossy!” Tufts said as she came around the side of them too. Zaps jumped but Steel only stared at her. “I am simply taking charge since neither of you seem capable nor wanting to do so.”
Zaps’s cheeks sparked with electricity. Tuft’s eyes glowed. Seeing that a fight was about to start, Steel slammed a fist between the two.
“I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TWO TO GO TO BED! BED NOW!” He barked. The two jumped then scuttled off towards the fire. Steel watched them take place on opposite sides of the fire and snuggle into the unfamiliar grass before falling asleep. Steel turned back to his object which began to glow blue. It shot a blue light clear into the sky as if a beacon and it pierced the heavens and a wave of blue light echoed across the dark sky.