Talk smack, get whacked
It had taken a few weeks, but life at Canterlot High finally seemed to be returning to normal. The events that had unfolded at the quadrennial Friendship Games had taken their toll on the staff and students.
Nobody felt it more than Twilight Sparkle, who after a long two weeks, had finally completed her transfer to CHS. The classes at her new school were… easy, to say the least. So easy that the only enjoyment she found came from hanging out with her new friends when it came time for lunch. Admittedly, she didn’t know them too well, but one thing became quite obvious as she took a seat next to Sunset Shimmer.
“No way, I’ll kick your butt! Nobody’s beat me, and you won’t either!”
“That’s what you think!”
“It’s what I know, Applejack!”
“What’s going on?” Twilight whispered, nudging Sunset, and grabbing the attention of their other friends. “Hey, guys,” she waved, garnering smiles from them.
“They’re about to play some dumb game,” Sunset sighed. “They do this every Friday…”
“It’s not dumb!” Rainbow Dash retorted, drawing a bit of attention from the other tables. “You’re just mad you don’t have a 3DS!”
“I don’t want one,” Sunset calmly replied. “Just play your game, everyone is staring,” she continued, eyes darting back and forth.
“What game?” Twilight spoke up.
“Why, only the best game ever created. Pokemon!” Rainbow Dash grinned, her soon to be opponent doing the same.
“Oh my gosh, I love Pokemon!” Twilight practically squealed, eliciting some groans.
Applejack laughed at that, eyeing their other friends. “They don’t even know how to play it, so they think it’s bad.”
“WHAT!?” Twilight freaked out, turning back to Sunset with a death stare. “How can you hate Pokemon!?”
“First of all, I never said I thought it was bad.” Sunset slowly pushed Twilight back into her seat as she said that. “Second, I have no desire to play it because they won’t even tell us how it works. Right, girls?” She beckoned to Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, who all nodded. “Lastly, I don’t want to buy a gaming system for one game. That’s dumb.”
“You’re dumb!” Rainbow Dash shot back, blowing a raspberry and getting some of her spit on the table.
“Um, actually, I think you’re being dumb, Rainbow Dash,” spoke up their shy yellow friend, to the shock of everyone. As they all turned to her in disbelief, she looked a little confused. “Wh-what? Is there something on my face?”
“Dang. Shut down by Fluttershy, of all people,” Sunset closed her eyes, smirking. “Tsk, tsk, I’m disappointed in you, Rainbow Dash.”
“Uh, not to interrupt your bickering’, but we only have fifteen minutes of lunchtime left,” Applejack reminded her friend, who turned back with renewed determination.
“Right! Okay…” She trailed off, pressing a few buttons. “Are we doing a three v. three or a six v. six?”
“Six against six is fine with me,” Applejack replied, taking a sip from her milk carton. It didn’t take long for their virtual battle to finally begin, and everyone watched as Applejack picked her first monster. “Oh, so now you guys are interested?”
“We just want you to beat Dashie so we can actually talk to her,” Pinkie explained.
“I’m inclined to agree,” Rarity smiled. “Knock her right off her high horse, Applejack.”
At that, the two competitors finally started the game, and their first Pokemon flew out to face off against each other. A smirk appeared on Rainbow Dash’s face as she looked at Applejack’s choice. “A Breloom? Seriously? My Blaziken is gonna mess it up!”
“Oh my gosh, she really doesn’t know…” Twilight muttered, grabbing the attention of her friends. She ignored any questions they had as Rainbow ordered her Blaziken to use Flare Blitz. The move had an immediate effect, and the blue-skinned girl began celebrating. Too soon. “Applejack’s Breloom has a Focus Sash, meaning it can take a hit that would normally knock it out, and survive with one hit point.”
“Eeyup, but here’s the best part,” Applejack chuckled as her Breloom used Spore, putting the Blaziken to sleep. “Didn’t expect that, didja, Rainbow?”
Her friend’s only response was a guttural growl, and it didn’t take long for her Breloom to finish off the Blaziken with a couple Rock Slides.
“Wow, someone actually beat one of your pokemon,” Sunset laughed. “Maybe Twilight is Applejack’s good luck charm.”
“Applejack is gonna beat Dashie, yay!” Pinkie exclaimed, and Twilight swore she could see a vein throbbing in Rainbow’s forehead.
For the next ten minutes, their “battle” raged on, until they Rainbow Dash was down to her final pokemon. Applejack, on the other hand, still had five. Looking across the table at her friend, she smiled. “Nervous?”
“Not even a bit!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “My Tyranitar has a secret ability.”
“It’s that it can transform, right?”
“It can transfor-- Okay, when and how?”
“Fluttershy told me.”
“Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash freaked out, shooting a glare at her closest friend. “Why would you do that!?”
“Because you’re mean when you play that game!” Fluttershy cried out, making Rainbow Dash reel back in shock. Shaking off her confusion at her friend’s outburst, she turned back to Applejack, ready to commence.
“She doesn’t have a chance,” Twilight muttered. But hey, she’d at least gotten some enjoyment out of watching her friends play.
“Let’s do this,” Rainbow Dash sighed. It didn’t take long for Applejack to knock out the Tyranitar with a Scald, and Rainbow slammed her 3DS shut in a rage. “Stupid game…”
“That’s too bad,” Sunset chuckled. “Maybe you won’t talk so much smack next time?”
“At least I know how to play!”
“Clearly not, or you would have put an Assault Vest on your Tyranitar, giving it a one hundred percent boost to its special defense with Sandstorm active, allowing you to tank a few hits.”
At that, everyone’s jaws dropped, even Twilight’s. “Wait, I thought you said you didn’t play Pokemon,” she asked, bewildered.
“Hah! I can beat all of the games with my eyes shut. I just didn’t want to embarrass Rainbow Dash,” Sunset tittered. The bell rang, signalling the end of lunch, and she popped some sunglasses out of her jean pocket. Putting them on as she walked away, she looked back at her stunned friend, and said one thing. “Deal with it.”
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Okay, now I want to see Sunset beat Rainbow Dash in a video game.
I luv fluttershy. . .
Sunset motherbucking Shimmer...
6929500 I agree
Lol, Sunset is freaking amazing!
Please do a all out tournament Sunset shimmer vs Rainbow Dash vs Twilight Sparkle hmm now I'm even thinking of playing Pokemon now
They're not annual. They take place every four years. It's stated near the beginning of the movie.
Honestly, this was...kinda boring to read. It's like reading GameFAQs board with kids bragging about their mad Pokemon skillz.
6929920 Sorry you were bored, but I did write it pretty quickly as a joke. Can't please everyone by doing that, but eh, no big deal. Thanks for taking the time to read it and let me know about that error, though as well as being honest. Most people don't even bother to do that nowadays.
10/10
Oh, now I want to see a CHS-wide Pokémon tournament. That would be awesome.
Especially considering Luna would probably win.
6930083 I've seen some great artwork of the MLP cast as trainers with Pokemon.
Did her breasts get bigger?
You think she sucks now, you should have seen how she played when she was younger.
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Not bad, though I do have a few (slight) issues.
Unless RD is genuinely hurting somebody, which is not the case here, I don't buy Fluttershy working up the courage to say something about it.
If Sunset is really that good, and just didn't want to embarrass RD, don't you think she'd be more amused than irritated at her bragging?
I don't care who you are, if you're in high school, you know what Pokemon is and have some understanding of how it works (in fact, I think Sci-Twi should've assumed they were playing Pokemon on the simple fact that they each had a 3DS in their hands)
It feels kind of weak and empty that we didn't get to see any of the matches outside of the first one. I really would've liked to see each of their teams, and hear some of the jabs made towards each other over their picks (which may have allowed you to lead up to the Sunset thing a little better)
The punchline was meh.
Overall, I don't think any of these points especially hurt the story. These were just small things that bother me and probably me alone. The only points that should be seriously considered are the last two. The ending didn't really do much for the story, and it kinda just came out of nowhere. Still, I enjoyed it enough to give it a like.
6932724 I actually agree with all of your points, especially the one about Fluttershy being a bit OOC. This was written in about half an hour on a dare from a friend to write something dumb in that time-span, so it's easily one of the worst stories I've written. But eh, what can you do when it comes to a challenge like that?
except strangle the friend
I appreciate the criticism, and I'll likely come back to this story in the future and give it a proper rewrite, and use your points as the groundwork for it
THIS is why Sunset is best human.
Instead of "Deal with it." she should have said "Smell ya later!"
LOL!!
THIS IS SO GOOD
Nice
6932729 I never thought about using an assault vest Tyrranitar before, usually I use a choice scarf. Thanks for that, I'm gonna go breed one now.
6936272 i use it's mega stone i love me some mega evolution also i chalange sunset to battle my pokemon Y team any time any where i'll whop her but
Love it. I love Pokémon so... this was awesome. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at competitive but I've been getting better. I'm getting better at battling though.
Still, awesome story.
7032637 I love The Lonely Island, haha. Good eye :P
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“Not even a bit!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “My Tyranitar has a secret ability.”
“It’s that it can transform, right?”
“It can transfor-- Okay, when and how?”
“Fluttershy told me.]
Dragon ball z abridged reference
6929920 why'd you read it
I saw that Dragon Ball z abridged joke there, classic
And then in the sequel (if any) Dash gets shut down again because she didn't EV Train, think through her moveset, or pick good natures.
honestly thought sunset would bring out a small container full of badges or show off badge pins that were on her jacket to her friends
i suck at playing poke'mon too i know most of the 700+ up to X and Y and type they are and weakness's of each type but i'm so bad a pickin a team
i'm trying to level up lampent up to chandorlore he get KO by everything
why did u make Rainbow Dash lame. Why?
(Pinkie peeks over shoulder)
Yeah why? I am awesome!
Uh, sure,
Look, (shows AJ D.S screen)
Dam Dashie
Next time dash go to showdown so that I can beat your team of rayquaza with a lvl 1 magnamite*smiles
Dashie is best Punching Bag!
>Focus Sash Breloom
>not using Counter
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sunset iq 100000
6932724
i've done a story like this
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/496700/the-pokmon-showdown
i've done a story like this
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/496700/the-pokmon-showdown
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Greetings. I hope you don't mind but I did a reading of your story which can be found below. I hope you enjoy.