New Faces, New Friends

by ZephyrStrife

Chapter 4

Emma took a deep breath as she started walking around her room once more, her body felt a lot less numb now that she was able to pick up speed and wasn’t confined to the bed. Gleaming Gem had only consented as long as she was supervised, just to make sure that someone was there in case she got hurt. The other day everyone in the house had gotten a shock when a voice seemed to be trying to shatter their ears with his psychic speech. They didn’t even know it was possible… but this guy was trying to do it somehow.

"I am Lord Arceus, creator of the creatures that you have seen over the past few days. You have no reason to fear me for I come in peace.”

Gleaming Gem chuckled a little to himself. "Someone's been reading too many sci-fi comics."

Mick was actually looking around a bit skeptically. “Arceus? He’s been gone for so long… I thought he was Just a myth”

“I am the one who brought the creatures you see to this world, they are known as pokemon.”

Emma nuzzled her old trainer. “Well… Maybe to humans he was a myth… but all Pokemon know of his existence.”

“I have my reasons for bringing them here, I will be holding a summit with the world's leaders so that they can help inform their citizens the best. For now I issue a warning; Even if some do not appear as such, the pokemon are just as intelligent as any other creature that calls this world home. Since they are MY subjects I will not tolerate their mistreatment or abuse. Treat them as you would your own neighbor.”

“Pokemon who have awoken in this new world, do not seek to harm the natives of this world. To the pokemon that experienced certain... Changes... when you arrived; You are the ones who proved that not all of your kind deserved vengeful retribution, consider this your reward. To live new lives, free of the burdens of the old world, a chance to start anew. As sentient beings of varying intelligence, the laws of the respective countries you now reside in apply to you, and ONLY those laws.”

All four occupants of the house looked at each other in confusion.

“That is all for now, the Pokémon are not to be harmed simply out of spite. If you have any qualms with what I have done, I reside in a temple located within the Everfree forest and welcome all who would like to speak, or a pocket dimension outside of the space time continuum, so if any of you wish to face the sheer power of a god, feel free to come by.”

“Goodbye for now, though I doubt this will be the last you hear of me, and peace to you all.”

The only one who actually had anything to say when the speech was over had been Widget.

“Well… Someone’s a bit arrogant…” Her blunt statement at the time had given the four of them all something they needed a good laugh about. letting them forget, at least for a while, the near death experience that Emma and Mick had.

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About an hour after Arceus' speech everyone was sitting in the living room. Emma had fallen asleep shortly after Arceus' speech but she had curled up around Mick so the little Cyndaquill couldn't move, both because she was definitely larger than him and was using him like a teddy bear, and because he couldn't bring himself to wake her up again. He gently nuzzled under her chin, getting her to let out a sound that was a cross between a coo and a purr as she hugged him closer.

It actually impressed him, She had never been in such a deep, restful sleep whenever anyone but his parents were around. Ever since Mick had gotten her from Professor Elm she had always been protective of him, it was so adorable as a Cyndaquil. Then she evolved, she refused to leave his side, to the point where his parents couldn't even get her to patrol the rest of the grounds while they were asleep, she only ever kept to Mick's side. While he had never thought about the attraction while he was doing his schoolwork, chores, and training... now that he looked back on it... He saw the completely devoted love she had for him...

But... Did he have that same love? He had always seen her as a friend, or at least a sibling... Did he have the love that his 'sister' showed him?

Was it gross? That his mind began to imagine scenes of him and Emma being intimate? Or... Was it not so much since she wasn't actually related to him? Was it all right... to love those you considered to be family... more than that?

After a few minutes of quiet contemplation he simply decided to file it in the {problems to deal with later} folder of his mind and get some rest, breathing in the scent of his Quilava... His... Quilava. The slightly smoky smell of an oak fire with a tinge of Grepa berry. A smile crept onto his face as he drifted off to dreamland. Setting all his worries aside to deal with when he finally was able to move his entire body again... It's not like he could visit Arceus in his current condition. He would have to journey across the ice wastes of wherever they were so that he could get to this 'everfree forest' and speak with the supposed god.

Besides, it wasn't like there was some magical door he could walk into in order to avoid the whole trip entirely.

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“Alright! I know what we’re going to do!” Mick said proudly as he paced in front of Emma, who was thinking he was just so adorable walking around on his cute, stubby legs.

“What’s that?” She asks, deciding to flatter his muse.

“We’re going to talk to Arceus!” Well… That had floored her a bit, and left her with a completely shocked expression as she sputtered out what she was trying to say.

“I-... But you-... Wait! What!?!?!” She says as she recovers from the sudden surprise. “Why would we be talking to him!?” Like most pokemon, Emma had instinctually known that Arceus existed, even if he hadn’t been seen for so long. But Humans? They never had such instinctual levels of fear… While inspiring… was not healthy sometimes, especially when there were rumors of humans getting eaten by pokemon in more unrefined frontiers. And thus, her surprise that mick would tell her he was just going to walk right up to THE MOST POWERFUL COSMIC BEING IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

“Because… I want to see if he can at least get most of my gear back and let me know if our family is okay.” Mick replied evenly, the nonchalantness of the statement only seeming to make Emma’s eye twitch.

“How are we going to get there?” She asks, trying to dissuade her (former) trainer from walking up to the MOST POWERFUL COSMIC BEING IN THE UNIVERSE and possibly saying something that will get him obliterated.

“Well… I’ve uh… I can’t really say I’ve been talking with Widget, but I’ve actually managed to use drawings and a little bit of writing to let her know what I needed to do. Which is actually a lot harder than I was hoping with paws.”

Emma couldn’t believe what she was hearing, sure, she absolutely loved Mick’s parents and the rest of her team, but going up to THE MOST POWERFUL COSMIC BEING IN THE UNIVERSE to have him locate everyone?

Not only was it stretching her disbelief, but she was at least… Ninety percent sure it wouldn’t work.

“So yeah, Widget said that when it was time for her to report to their king and switch back to her real home… that she would help us get to him.”

From there Emma had taken the liberty to faint.

Author's Note:

Whew! Finally, getting started on the Adventure portion...

And NEXT TIME! ON... Wait, wrong show... But a To be continued would suck here, anyways.

Within the next few chapters, Le Wild King shall appear! And his name is! *Paws for dramatic effect* King Grimm Halfpaw! Leader of the Diamond Dogs.

I hope that you will all enjoy him when I finally put him in the story.

Edit: For anyone who is wondering why this skips to chapter 4 right now, it's because a reader of mine pointed out that I did miss a few key points in the chapter. While nothing much happened after Arceus' speech because the main characters were still recovering and couldn't do much, Serpentking789 did point out that yes, there would need to be a scene where Emma actually confronts the Cyndaquil she found so that she could find out it was Mick. This chapter kinda pointed out major events over the whole week that they were recovering.

That said, I'll add in a chapter that does show the morning that Emma finally gets to see the Cyndaquil again to determine what happened to Mick, I don't know how big it will be, although I will try to get it out soon.

Special thanks to Serpentking789 for making that information clear

Edit 2.0: Got the chapter fixed, since a little of this chapter was covered in the new chapter three I had to introduce a completely new scene, I hope you all enjoy, and as always! Like, Comment, Favorite! It makes me feel like you guys really like me for my talent.

Edit 3.0: Took a look at a thread in the A new world, A new way fan group and realized that while the speech for arceus is a major thing, it could definitely have used revision. and I think I like my version a lot better.

Comments

[Serpentking789]

Wait, wait, wait... I think you may have accidentally skipped over a chapter because we are missing some important information here. When did Emma learn that the Cyndaquill she found in the snow was actually her trainer Rick? I would assume that happened in the morning between everyone falling asleep at the end of the last chapter and Arceus' mid-day global announcement at the start of this one. And at the start, you described said global telepathic message as happening the PREVIOUS day? What happened to the rest of that day? I mean, you can't just skip over time like that without a proper explanation like that, we're missing some critical developmental scenes in the narrative.

[ZephyrStrife]

5015899 I see where you're coming from, I'll edit in another chapter then detailing a bit more before the announcement so that there isn't that loss of information, although I can't get on that at the moment, I will be working on that later today then.

And his name is Mick

[Serpentking789]

5015962
Right, must've misread the name. In the time I found this whole series a couple weeks ago I've read and faved about 20 other "New World, New Way" side-stories, so sometimes I loose track of the character names (I'm a quick reader with a lot of free time).

[ZephyrStrife]

5016493 no problem, I certainly do hope that you like the new chapter three and the edited chapter 4

[Deathpony]

pretty good

[ZephyrStrife]

5020525 Thank you very much! I do try to bring out the best in my story.

[Eonflare]

Does sound a little crazy I must admit.