Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Xavier yawned loudly as he woke up. He and his team were still angry about the princess’s words the day before, and it showed. His sleep hadn’t been as restful as he’d have liked, leaving him with bags under his eyes and a solid frown.
“Stupid princess and her stupid accusations…”
His complaining was halted when Gabrielle put a dainty arm around him and pulled him closer. He couldn’t help but smile at her touch, something about it was innately soothing, especially in what could be considered such an intimate setting. “Good morning to you, too,” he said happily.
Hmm? Her eyes fluttered open. Oh. Good morning, Xavier. Are the others awake?
“I don’t think so. Why?” he asked. “Gabby…”
What? she asked innocently as her hand travelled down his bare chest, tracing his muscles.
“Really? Now?”
Why not? Who knows what that witch might do to us. Best make use of what time we have, the Gardevoir replied, using her other hand to place one of his between her chest horns.
“Well, when you put it like that…” Xavier grinned as he pulled her on top of him.
Oh! The pair moaned happily as they explored each other’s mouths with their tongues. Oh Master…
Xavier was enjoying himself too much to remind her not to call him that. Instead he moved his hand below her gown.
Gabrielle let out a yelp and pulled away from the kiss. Ooh, Master, she said seductively. You know what that does to me…
“That’s why I did it,” he growled, squeezing her again.
She giggled as she slowly removed his pants with her telekinesis. I hope you’re ready…
Suddenly, there was a loud THUD from outside, killing the mood. “What the hell?” Xavier asked, looking over at the door.
Great, Gabrielle thought bitterly, and it was just starting to get fun.
“There’ll always be another time,” Xavier said confidently, pulling his pants back up.
I hope so, Gabrielle answered as she got out of the bed. Or I am going to be really angry at them, she added.
“Because we can’t have sex?” he asked, pulling on a shirt.
That’s not what it is to me, she replied. Well, not everything, she conceded when Xavier gave her a look. It lets us express how much we really love each other, in a way that brings us together like nothing else could.
Xavier couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah, guess it makes sense that you’d see it like that.”
And we both know that if you asked Daphne she’d set your shirt on fire, Gabrielle added cheekily.
“What, and make Luca angry?”
Wait. Those two? But they’re always fighting, she replied, struggling to imagine the pair not being snide to each other.
“I wasn’t being serious. Now come on, let’s see what that noise was,” Xavier said, opening the door.
What in the…?
The pair found themselves staring at a purple horned ‘pony’ on the other side of the barrier. It had smooshed its face against the barrier and had two hooves next to its head, as though it was trying to push its way through.
“We got out of bed for this?”
Luna facehoofed at the sight before her. Twilight, in her eagerness to meet their guests, had ran face first into the barrier, and was even now trying to... dig her way through it. What made this worse was that Luna could clearly see the aliens identified as Gabrielle and Xavier standing in the doorway, staring at Twilight.
So much for a good first impression, Luna thought to herself as she walked up and grabbed Twilight in her magic, electing a squeak of surprise, and moved her back. “We will have a discussion on professionalism later,” she said disapprovingly. “For now, observe.”
Twilight’s face lit up with a scarlet blush as she realised what she’d been doing and looked down.
“Sorry,” she muttered. “I’m just excited...”
Luna sighed. “I understand, but we need to make a good impression to our guests,” she explained. “And I’m afraid your display has damaged our chances,” the bigger pony added as Xavier retreated to his housing.
I’ll deal with this, Gabrielle said warily. Xavier, put some clothes on, would you?
“Don’t you like it better when I don’t have clothes?”
Yes, but I’d rather we make a better impression, and you half-naked doesn’t exactly accomplish that, she pointed out. Please?
“All right. I’m pretty sure I can find a pair of jeans or something…” Xavier turned and walked back into the house.
That’ll do, she said to herself. This way I won’t be constantly distracted… she muttered as she focused her gaze on the two ponies beyond the barrier.
They shared the same features of Cadenza, though one was smaller while the other was taller. The larger one was a deep indigo, with a mane and tail that looked like slices of the night sky. The other, smaller one, had a violet coat and a slightly darker purple shaded mane with a single line of pink running through it, she was also grinning widely once again. The larger shot the smaller a glance and closed her eyes tiredly, as if she’d dealt with this type of behavior often.
Hello? Gabrielle asked cautiously, projecting her thoughts.
Luna’s eyes widened momentarily when the being known as Gabrielle contacted them. “Now, Twilight, leave this to me. We must tread carefully.”
Twilight was too busy saying “Omigoshanalienjusttalkedinmyheadandaahahahha!” over and over again to respond. Luna rolled her eyes and pressed onwards, hoping that the youngest alicorn would regain control of her sanity.
Hello? Are you Gabrielle? she asked.
Yes, the biped answered, nodding her head a little. Who are you?
I am Princess Luna and this is Princess Twilight Sparkle, Luna said, gesturing at the still-stammering Twilight. Please excuse her, she is rather… excitable, she added.
Oh. Luna noticed Gabrielle’s mental tone became strained, as though she was controlling her emotions. A pleasure.
We are here on behalf of Equestria to apologise for Princess Mi Amore Cadenza’s earlier actions, Luna said, pressing on.
We expect the apology to come from her and her alone. Luna could definitely pick up the frost in her tone.
I… see. Luna coughed. Could you explain to us how you came to travel here with Xavier? she asked.
Do you want to know how we came to this land, or why we travel with Xavier? Gabrielle asked.
Can you answer both? Luna asked, keeping her mental voice neutral and unchallenging.
If it proves that we are not slaves and Xavier did not enslave us… Gabrielle looked to the house. When someone called back, she faced Luna and nodded. I was one of the first to join Xavier’s team, after he defeated the Santalune City’s gym leader. I was just a young Ralts at the time, and I could sense that Xavier was a good person. I very nearly defeated Daphne before he managed to capture me.
Captured? Luna asked.
It sounds worse without context, Gabrielle admitted. In my world, many Pokémon view being captured by a trainer as being deemed worthy to travel with one. With Xavier I have travelled across the world and seen and done things the likes of which most cannot imagine. In giving up life in the wild, I was able to reach my full potential. For that, I am truly thankful.
Does he treat you well?
Gabrielle snorted. We are equals. Family. And if any of wanted to leave, we would. He made that clear years ago.
Luna remained quiet for a moment before nodding her head slowly. I see... that answers my second question; now, what of my first?
Xavier decided we were powerful enough to face Arceus, creator of… everything, in battle. He was wrong.
Luna’s eyes widened. You faced a god and survived? she asked in awe.
Well, it wasn’t the first time we had done such a thing, Gabrielle stated casually.
The alicorn’s eyebrow rose archly, not from disbelief... but more out of curiosity. Indeed?
Oh yes, there are Pokémon who are responsible for controlling time, space and antimatter. We bested them.
Lina had to struggle to not gape. I… I see, she replied, trying to remain calm. An almost amused smile had time to cross Gabrielle's lips before Luna asked her next question. Though that does not explain why this 'Arceus' did not kill you for an assault of that nature.
Arceus saw us as a nuisance, not worth the effort. When Xavier expressed a desire to do something he had never done before, we were sent here.
And why did you choose to face down such a powerful being?
We didn’t choose, she replied simply. We trust Xavier’s judgement, though I... may have had some reservations against facing such a foe, Gabrielle admitted. He has rarely steered us wrong. The few times he has, he admits his mistakes and learns from them.
Luna nodded I see. I must leave for now.
Oh?
Yes. I hope we can speak again soon. Luna turned and walked away, leaving the other pony to stare at Gabrielle in awe. Luna came back and picked up Twilight, dragging her along the ground long enough for the smaller pony to realise what was happening.
“What’d I miss?” Gabrielle turned around to see Xavier walking towards her, putting his arm through the sleeve of a black jacket.
Oh, nothing, she replied with a smirk.
“Luna?” Twilight asked as she walked alongside Luna towards the Crystal Empire.
“Things are much worse than I expected,” the indigo alicorn muttered.
“But was she telling the truth?”
Luna looked at Twilight with a raised brow. “What do you mean?”
“If they can make us believe they’re that powerful, then don’t they get to dictate the terms of any agreement we make?”
It took a moment the meaning of her words to dawn on Luna. “Ah. I see it was wise of me to bring you along. I was worried you would be too busy gawking at Gabrielle.”
“Can you blame me? She looks so fragile!”
“And she has bested gods,” Luna added darkly.
“Well, that’s what she says,” Twilight replied as they entered the palace.
“She did say that it was done as a team with the five other empowered beings, but the implications…”
“If they really are that powerful, they could take over the world…” the younger alicorn muttered. “What are we going to do?”
“We are going to give them what they want. For now, at least. Cadance!” Luna bellowed, announcing herself as she entered the throne room.
“Auntie!” Cadance replied, hoping her heart would stop trying to force itself out of her body. “Why are you yelling?”
“Are the tests back? Are they carrying anything that may harm anypony?” she asked loudly, ignoring the pink alicorn.
“Well, no, everything seems to indicate that we are not at any risk. Why is that - ”
“Have the quarantine barrier lowered. Immediately!” Luna ordered.
“Auntie Luna, you can’t just - ”
“Cadance, I’m sorry, but as your superior I can and will overrule your decisions. Especially when they can prove disastrous for us all.”
“So is that all I am, a puppet ruler?” Cadance accused. “Somepony to be swept away when I say something you and Auntie Tia disapprove of?”
“When you anger beings who have faced and bested gods, then yes,” Luna stated bluntly. “We may only have the one chance to make things right. And to do that you need to march yourself down there and apologise.”
“I… I…” The pink alicorn stammered.
“Or would you rather they break out? Luna asked pointedly. “The only reason they remain within quarantine is that they do not know they can escape.”
“Fine! Fine, you’ve made your point.” Cadance rose from her throne, grumbling at her aunt. “I still don’t like this, though. I don’t care what you or anypony else says, their entire relationship reeks of a slave-and-master arrangement.”
“Regardless, it is in our best interests to placate them,” the elder alicorn pointed out.
“Twilight? What do you think?”
“Who-wha-me?” the purple alicorn stammered, her mind still playing catch-up.
“Twilight? Are you okay?” Cadance asked.
“Sorry. Just, didn’t expect to watch you two argue like that,” she admitted.
“It wouldn’t be any good if Cadance were a yes-mare, Twilight,” Luna pointed out. “Healthy debate is a good thing between rulers.”
“Right. Well,” she cleared her throat, “even if they’re exaggerating or outright lying about their accomplishments, it wouldn’t be right to keep them imprisoned. I doubt that any of them would cause harm to anypony without a good reason, and with the tests saying that they won’t be responsible for any kind of pandemic…”
“Always the voice of reason, Twilight,” Cadance said with a tired smile. “Okay. They will be kept under guard though, both to protect them from the citizens and to protect the citizens from them.”
“A valid concern,” Luna mused. “It must be subtle, though. Otherwise, they may react negatively.”
“Or…” Twilight said slowly. The other two turned to look at her. “Or we could have somepony accompany them under the pretense of being a guide, to ease them into our world. We’re not sure just how much our cultures differ, so having somepony to work as a go-between should help smooth over any incidents.”
Luna smiled. “Sister was right in telling me to bring you along, Twilight.”
“But who would the guide be?” Cadance asked. “I can’t think of many ponies that could be considered trustworthy enough.”
“And it can’t be one of us,” Luna added.
“What? Really?”
“Auntie’s right. It could be seen as an attempt to twist their perception of the world in our favour,” the pink alicorn added.
“But wouldn’t that be a good thing?” Twilight asked.
“Right up until they realise that is the case. Then they may turn violent,” Luna replied darkly.
“So… what?” Twilight asked. “Who can we trust with something like that?”
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I'd like to add that Tony did hint at their relationship in earlier chapters.
I think you already have to.
Is it wrong that between this and "A New World, A New Way" that I am able to beat the notifications when theres a new chapter?
As for the story itself:
In general, I am throughly enjoying this. As for the early part of this chapter here, I am neutral. I can understand how some people may not like it, but lets face facts here.
A good portion of readers who will read this have at least glanced at a little clop so they cannot really say anything. For myself, if it works for the plot, it works for me.
Now I don't think anyone can blame Luna for her reaction, I mean if you meant creatures who could do stuff like that, you'd be browning your britches too. As for Cadence, for me it seems like she has been sorta getting the short end of the stick personality wise. Then again having her husband quarantined with the rest might be part of her aggravation.
Anyway, back to my hourly patrols of the latest updates for the next chapter of this story and the other.
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I kind of have to agree. There isn't really a set line between teen and mature, but this is definitely on the mature side. Tony, if nothing else, put a small warning at the chapter's beginning.
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But because of Twilight 'Cock-Block' Sparkle, nothing actually happened.
It not pokeporn it's Pokephelia
And I've seen worse under a teen tag
Just slap a sex tag on it
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Unless an admin comes along and outright tells me to, I won't. However, I have added the 'sex' tag to the story proper.
ummmm ah..... hmmmm..... Okay. You are the author, I respect that all artistic decisions are yours to make, if Xavier wants to do a vaguely human shaped pokemon, go for it, I'll probably just not read the scenes or (please no) chapters dedicated Xavier and Gabreilles 'Epic Quest' where Xavier will 'release the Gyarados' into Gabreilles 'Terminus Cave' where it will 'use Hydro Pump' after a few turns of Gabreille 'using surf' and 'Screech'.... I think you get what I'm saying right?
I'm sorry I actually thought I was reading" A New World, A New Way" because that fic actually hinted at some-what romantic relationship between a trainer and his pokemon. But here... I'm sorry but that came out of nowhere... From last chapter I never saw the relationship between Gaberial and her traniner as nothing more than typical friend relationship ( kinda like Ash and his pikachu or Red and his Venusaur in Pokemon Adventure.) but here... I think you just wrote a sex scene for the sake of writing sex scene... I mean WTF....
Did I miss couple of chapter building a romantic relationship?
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It's more to do with what Gabrielle is. She's a Mega Gardevoir. Gardevoir is already a Pokemon that is undyingly loyal to their trainer, to the point of sacrificing themselves. Mega Evolution happens when the bond between a Pokemon and their Trainer is as strong as it can be. Mega Gardevoir gains a wedding gown, and the horn (its heart) in its chest open up.
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yeah but... you mean upon mega evolving mega Gadavior all of sudden feels love? HUH
I am sorry but that dose not make a good reason for a romantic sex scene... because I as a reader NEVER got to see how the "love" had formed... I mean even in MLP they gave us a brief back story of how Cadence and Shinning Armour had fallen in love here you are saying " there is a Trainer and a Gardevoir, they were good friends, A trainer found a mega-stone and Gardevior fell in love, they had sex, the end." WTF? 
There is difference between loyalty and love you know... take RD for example, taking away all the shipping, in cannon she is shown to be extremely loyal to ALL of mane six. Dose that mean she has her own harem and is in Romantic love with ALL of mane six? Of cause not!
What I am saying is that loyalty dose not necessary equal to romantic love and if you are going to make PokemonXTraniner fic great but you have to show PROCESS or at least HINT of the love. I feel you just shoe honed the sex scene just because you wanted to write one.
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Keep in mind that they have been together for a loooooooong time. Much longer than the aside comment Xavier made about 'eighty years ago'. That, and I've barely done much explaining how to things progressed to that point. I'm not just gonna ignore that, it will come up.
As for hinting at it last chapter, Cadance made a brief comment about the love she could feel for Xavier radiating from Gabrielle.
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yeah... but still I thought it was talking about sibling love like Disney talked about between Elsa and Anna. Because that is what most pokefans think about relationship between Trainers and Pokemon and that is how most official material (e.g, Manga/anime/game) portrays the relationship. They never portrays romantic love between a Pokemon and its trainer. So of cause I understood as sibling love...
Oh and... I still think sex scenes are kinda unnecessary and it will probably push some pokefans away or cause them to skip scene with the sex in it. I like the interactions with ponies and pokemons but as for THAT scene... It looked like awful sex scene from awful movie ( kinda like
film series.)
Now I understand why she calls him master...... its a fetish thing
anyway, hope you dont get to much backlash for the pokemon/human couple thing, I honestly dont care about it that much, keep up the good work, but god damn those cliffhangers.
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It's canon, actually, that relationships between humans and Pokemon of that nature are a thing. There was something in the Sinnoh Legend about Pokemon and humans once 'eating at the same table', when the actual words used in the Japanese version outright stated that marriages occurred between the two. And in SoulSilver and HeartGold, the Pokemon following you around can start developing a crush on the trainer.
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Not so much a fetish thing as a thing she does to tease him. By doing it without his consent, it's a sort of ironic nickname.
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Also, you've got your cause and effect mixed up. The love doesn't come from Mega Evolution (which would imply their emotions are controlled by how powerful they are), but the other way around. Because Xavier loves her and vice versa, she can mega evolve.
To Speven
I don't mind the pokephilia at all. Also, where is Discord in all of this? He alters Time and Space like like they are features in photoshop, so he has to meet the 'god-tier' pokemon.
I will never understand how a pokemon that controls time or space can be defeated, seeing as the time one could simply reverse time and try again and the space one could move the space his enemies are in to the ends of the Universe or smush the space into a singularity, etc.
Sex, maybe, if you're feeling particularly prudish. Mature, not even close. If it were a movie, this would get a PG rating no problem.
I wouldn't be too sure of that. I don't know the characters outside this story, but I don't have the impression they would just sit there if the really wanted to leave right this minute.
Yet another great chapter. That scene with Xavier and Gabrielle, loved it. It really opens up for more emotional chapters later on, maybe some relationship issues even. Though that is all up to you as it is your story and you should feel free to write/type whatever kind of thing you want.
For the record, I'm all for the pokemon/human relationship.
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If that's how Pokemon view their trainers it might explain why Pokemon caught by the same trainer have a decreased chance of breeding. They'd see one another as siblings.
Still, Gabby's comment on Daphne and Luca always fighting brings to mind the expression "like an old married couple."
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3773845 I also believe in one of the coliseum games an old lady refers to her mighteyana as her boyfriend
3776240 This is why Gardevior mega-evolves. So it can hug you.
Darn it, Twi! So close!
Oh, right... oops!
What? Don't look at me like that! In case you haven't noticed, Nowi's a manakete, Namine's a Nobody, Emily is my adopted sister, Oichi is from another time frame, Blaze is an anthropomorphic cat, and you're a pony! And according to Lilly and Lucas, I have kids with you all! This hardly stacks up!
What.
On the whole issue Cadence has, I have something to say.
Consider what a battle would look like from the point of view of a Pokémon who grew up in a wild, predatory environment where he or she could be chomped in half by a Fearow or broiled-to-order by a hungry Arcanine at any moment; and that's if you don't piss off your own pack and get viciously crippled and left to the previous fate.
A carefully regulated, low-risk trainer battle, often under quite friendly circumstances, would seem positively tame by comparison when the Fearow and Arcanine you're staring down aren't trying to reduce you to chewy paste anymore, and the worst thing to worry about is waking up in a comfy bed the next morning to the sight of a hot Chansey.