My Little Pokemon: Sun and Moon

by WezzaHD

Preparation

The winds blew through the open area, rustling the leaves of the orchard. The small Gligar watched others of its kind fly through, smiles on their faces as they pillaged and ate the prized fruit. They didn’t understand why they were there, why they had been taken from their homes and placed here, but they didn’t really care. It was a hospitable area with lots of yummy fruit. They likely would have migrated to this area regardless. Humans were on the edge of this forest, always on the edge. Good. But also bad.

Sometimes they could fly into the human’s habitat and take as they pleased. But it also meant the humans would come in and try to attack them. Though they had never managed to completely capture all of the Gligar, they were getting better. The one looked up at its elder, who was currently panting. He had sustained a good few injuries and had managed to escape without being caught. The large one was strong, but did not feel strong enough, and resented its that. Its ears twitched, many fluttered in panic. They recognised the scent approaching: Human. Immediately the large one spread its wings, flying towards the source. Its pincers were raised, before it was smacked to the side by an invisible force. Even so it stood up, only to get smacked around some more. The small one tried to fly in to help, only to be met with the same force and slammed into a tree trunk. The larger one hissed at its junior, before roaring and trying one last time to attack the human, its claw darkening. It was forced to the floor, made to look up at the human and

“...You’ll do. You are strong, but not strong enough. Let’s change that, shall we?”

---

“Damn it!” Thunderhooves punched a wall, a look of rage on his face. Silverstar tipped his Stetson over his eyes.

Earlier in the morning, a group in Appleloosa had begun setting up a manhunt. While Applejack and Braeburn had worked to catch the thief in the act, they had intended to take this problem right to the source, apprehend her at that stupid moving town and if she did happen to be acting in the orchard that night, then they’d simply wait for her to return or chase her to the ends of the earth. They had been prepared to even brush aside their obstacle of a gym leader and had figured they could get a drop by going early in the morning. What they hadn't expected, however, was for said gym leader to bring the fight to them. He only had two thirds of his Pokemon and was fighting a group. His Pokemon were injured, but that was true across the board.

It was only when the traveling girls appeared, Twilight’s Exeggcute and Pinkie’s Shroomish had leapt up in the air, spraying Stun Spores down at them that reached further thanks to being lifted in the air by Taillow and Hoothoot. They had been stuck in place as the group went between them, both sides shocked to see her there. They explained what happened with Flim and Flam, before giving them Cheri Berries from Fluttershy’s supply and taking them back. They had been confused but didn’t want another bout of Stun Spores, each side having someone they trusted within that group. It wasn’t until they were back in Appleloosa when Thunderhooves was the first to speak up. Rather, vent his anger at the realisation.

“So we were made fools out of.” He growled, walking and kicking a boulder. Strongheart put a hand on his back, giving him a sympathetic look.

“I-I guess but… It’s ok now!” Pinkie piped up. “I mean, Strongheart’s here and fine.”

“Listen…” Twilight walked up to him. “We need to focus right now. They might’ve given you the runaround but we can still set things right! We still have the brothers and can find out where their base of operations is.”

“We can strike back against them!” Applejack said. “Ain’t not way we’re lettin’ ourselves get duped again.”

“We were messed around by one Gliscor.” Strongheart looked to them.

“Not to mention half the town’s still tryin’ to pick itself back up.” Braeburn sat on the floor with a sigh.

“B-But we have to do something!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Do something with what, exactly?” Braeburn asked. Twilight paused. This would be a bit of a quick job, but they would need all the help she could get.

“Anything but let this keep going! Come on, these people are manipulating people and Pokemon! They’ll keep doing it if we let them! That Gliscor was beaten once before, we can defeat it again. But for numbers I might have a little help with that.” She said, before running off into the town.

“...Twi’s right, you know.” Rainbow stood up. “We’re not just gonna take this lying down. They messed with your friends, your family. We can’t just take it! It’s like spitting in the face of all the ones you were fighting for like 5 seconds ago. Sure ya messed up, but you all did it because you care about those important to you!” They looked to Rainbow, nodding to themselves. She was right, but they still needed to get better. They couldn’t push their Pokemon like that and would need to wait.

“What a mess this has been…” Thunderhooves sighed. “Perhaps I’m getting too old for this anyway.”

“Umm…” Fluttershy stepped forward, removing her rucksack and showing her variety of berries and medicine. “I-It’s not enough for the whole town, but if I can make up for it at all…”

They looked at many of the berries and healing items that the shy girl had on her person. Yes, this would do.

---

Applejack rubbed her head as she walked through the streets, looking around at it all. She remembered when she had first set out, wanting to spread her family’s name across the region. She had initially planned to start with Los Pegasus but then the attack happened and that was that. Of course, here her family had already taken shop there so there was no real need to sell or advertise anything really and this was nice if she was being honest. She had been looking forward to coming here, even though it hadn’t been long since she had gone off she had already missed her family. She thought it would be nice going to see her cousins but it had just been stressful, and now she had got her friend hurt.

The friend in question was sitting on one of the benches near the orchard. They had wanted her to stay in bed but she couldn’t just stay there.

“Eep!” Fluttershy squeaked, before looking to AJ. “Oh, hello there Applejack.”

“Howdy Flutters.” The farmhand gave a small smile to her timid friend before putting on a stern face. “Ya should be restin’.”

“Oh, it’s no trouble at all. I’ve been doing much better after all. Pinkie has been telling the funniest jokes.”

“That’s great!” Pinkie cheered, juggling her three small Pokemon with a smile. “I was gonna Raichu a get well soon card but that’d be too Farfetch’d!”

Fluttershy giggled and clapped.

“Right… Uh, Flutters I just wanted to apologise again, I had no idea-”

“Oh no no no it’s fine really, I suppose I should have been more careful is all.”

“...Ya don’t need to blame yourself at all. You were being controlled. I… I let my guard down and it meant ya got involved with those- HEY!” She looked up to see that small Gligar looking down at them with an apple in its claws, jumping slightly and looking around.

“Yeah, YOU!” I see ya up there!” She pointed at the Fly Scorpion Pokemon who frantically flew away, dropping its apple.

The apple fell with a splat to the floor. On further inspection the half-brown apple seemed to have gone off quite a while ago.

She stared at the thing with a sigh. “Can’t get anything done, can I?”

“D-Don’t say that!” Fluttershy insisted. “You’re a great sister and your family are so lucky to have someone like you looking out for them. Just like the Pokemon do! M-Maybe we could… Possibly… If we consider it… Work with them?”

“Work with pests?! That hypnosis musta messed with your head more than I thought.”

“I-It could work.” Fluttershy insisted. “Please, it isn’t their fault, they came to survive just like you. Pleeeaaase?” She looked up at Applejack pleadingly.

“I… Wait, Pinkie? What are you doing?” The party girl had joined in with the pleading look.

“Looked like fun.” She smiled.

“We’re havin’ a serious talk here.” Applejack put her hands on her hips.

“Aww, come on!” She waved her hand dismissively. “Not like blaming yourselves helps or anything! We know who’s really to blame anyway. Those evil guys who hired those dummy brothers!”

AJ and Fluttershy listened to this. She was right after all. Part of Fluttershy wanted to go with them to help, but a bigger part knew she wouldn’t be of much use and was still quite exhausted from the night before. She would only slow them down.

“We’ll give those meanies a piece of our mind for ya!” Pinkie smiled, wrapping them both in a tight hug. Pinkie was always like this, and they couldn’t help but appreciate it. Even Fluttershy who was squeamish about others was smiling at her friend. Pinkie grinned and giggled. To them the bubbly girl seemed like someone who could laugh off any adversity, and it was an infectious quality so they couldn’t help but laugh with her. Yes, everything would be okay.

“Dang it… Where did that thing fly off to?” Even so, AJ squinted trying to see where the Gligar flew off to. Pinkie joined her friend in her efforts, and did not see a Gligar. She did, however, see something else.

This was not an unfamiliar Pokemon to her. She had seen it a few times in her life. A white Pokemon almost like snow, dark claws, dark tail and a dark face that was such a deep indigo it almost seemed pitch black. She could tell its red eyes were looking directly at her. She had seen it before, she saw it a few days before Marble almost fell into the quarry, a week prior to. She had not, however, seen it when she returned to the farm to visit when her dad was sick. Rather, she had a sense that something else was at play and knew that it would be alright. She considered it a friend, her magic friend who always seemed to show up when things went wrong. She in a way had managed to develop her own little sense for these things. It was hard to describe but usually worked. Yet here she saw it and in one blink, it was gone.

“Didya see it?” Applejack asked the two of them.

“Nope!” Pinkie said.

---

After they all broke up to recuperate from the previous night Twilight was on her own for a bit, walking through the town. She knew that they had to rest for a bit, but she couldn’t help feeling restless, like even this short amount of time was something being wasted just sitting around, but her Pokemon right now were all eating berries and recuperating. Maybe Dash was rubbing off on her. Looking around at the half-broken town, she saw a bench that had managed to maintain its stability. So she shrugged, sitting down. Might as well use this time to prepare.

So she put a video on, one she had taken of someone near and dear to her. Dust cleared on the video, exposing a well-worn battlefield contrasted with the pristine Canterlot buildings around it. At the centre of it all was a pair of Pokemon. One a muscular simian that almost looked like a ball of fur and anger from the hateful expression on its face, metal braces on its wrists. The other meanwhile, floated a few inches off the ground. It looked like a large sword, crafted beautifully. By all accounts it shouldn’t have been able to move, yet it stood there with its eye staring back at its opponent, a Primeape whose coat was full of dirt and sweat. The fighting-type snorted as it pumped its fists, charging at its opponent, yet…

“Aerial Ace!”

A familiar voice called out and Aegislash moved like a blur, she couldn’t keep track of it and neither could his opponent. Her big brother smiled, his arms folded, enjoying this match as much as his sword Pokemon. None of the Challenger’s Pokemon had been able to get past Aegislash and now Primeape was the last on the list. The angry thing panted, shakily standing up.

Ra…” She heard a voice below her and turned her head. Ralts was there, looking up at her.

“Hm? I thought you were with the others?” Twilight raised a brow, but Ralts just raised its hands shakily climbing onto the bench. “I guess you were eager to get in there too, huh? I can’t wait either. I’ve just been trying to prepare.”

Ralts looked up at Twilight, before turning its attention to the video. The bookworm blinked for a moment.

“Oh, this? This is from when I was a kid. It’s my brother battling on here. He’s one of the strongest there is, the sword and shield of the region.” She said with no small amount of pride. “I never expected to be battling like he was, but if anyone knows about battling, it’s him. I haven’t been able to reach him recently, he’s a really busy guy. I was just wondering what he’d do if he were here...”

There was a screech from the video.

Despite itself, Primeape was madder than it ever had been before. Each pummeling had made it angrier, but it had no answer. It clenched its fist, which accumulated with a phantom-like energy. Even on the low resolution Twilight could still see the veins on its arm bulging like it was watching, and its braces shattered from its wrists.

Its fur had turned a dark grey, its hair floating like wisps. It roared as it changed and grew. This new Pokemon rushed forward and struck Aegislash with all its rage, knocking it out as the crowd roared from the changing tides of battle.

Ralts gasped, but Twilight smiled. “Don’t worry… It’s not over yet.”

Shining smiled and just threw another Pokeball out. A humanoid Pokemon stood resolute. It was much thinner than Aegislash, a green upper body and a white lower body. Sharp protrusions hung out its elbows, a red point hanging from its chest.

“Ra…?”

“Gallade is one of his best Pokemon, and if you thought Aegislash was fast…”

“Rage Fist!” The ghost fighter rushed forward, jabbing as hard and fast as it could, even after its power boost and recovery, it couldn’t land a single blow on Gallade as it backed away.

“Psycho Cut!” On Shining’s command its arm glowed with a pink energy. The next moment it was behind Annihilape. The angry Pokemon fell. Shining won and the crowd cheered, one little girl behind the camera was cheering especially loud. Ralts was left in awe.

“Most of his Pokemon are quite durable. Gallade, though? That one’s fast. He switched up his strategy on the fly and took on a different type of battling. He really is an amazing fighter.” She smiled, and so did Ralts, but the psychic sensed something else. Twilight sighed.

“I… Never expected to be doing something like this. I always thought my place would be in a lab or library, but between this and that… Thing I saw. Nobody takes me seriously, so I have to do what I can and that means getting stronger no matter what it takes.”

She rubbed her forehead, but looked up from her video with determination. Ralts moved towards Twilight with its arms outstretched, only for her to suddenly shoot up and knock the psychic down by mistake. “So that’s what we’ll do! We don’t let chaos prevail, will we?”

Ralts stood up, nodding with a smile.

“Still, we’ll need all the help we can get…” She hummed in thought, watching the town. Then she saw a familiar electric trainer.

Author's Note:

Hey everyone! This was originally going to be part of the next chapter but felt it worked quite well as an interlude of sorts, just to slow things down a tad since we've had quite long chapters as of late. Remember when they were like 2-4000 words, haha?

I won't do the trainer files since it doesn't need to come up this chapter. Regardless I'd love to hear your thoughts and such! Hope you have a Happy New Year!

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