My Little Pokémon: Grander World

by Amarvax

Mystery of the Infinity Gateway

The Human World. Canterlot High. Afternoon.

Back at the Human World, Ash was still conversing with his friends while setting out to find that one gateway which was somewhere in the east. At the moment, he was speaking with Sunset Shimmer's Human Counterpart who was given the nickname Fiery along with Sci-Twi. They could be found outside the school instead of inside and right now, noises were coming from it thanks to Rarity's films, which had their volumes raised.

"So. Your new home's treating you good, right, Fiery?" Ash questioned her.

"It is. I mean it's not complete yet. All it needs is a TV and some music and it'll be just right. I miss jamming out to my tunes as loud as I can." Fiery Shimmer added. "I'm sure Pyroar would love to hear it. She's back home right now, keeping guard of it. I can't let anyone try and mess up my new home. Plus, I'm thinking this video I posted will get me enough money to buy something."

"But she still doesn't go to this school. She only showed up for today to pay a visit." Sunset Shimmer explained. "Not sure what you're gonna be doing here, other me."

"Whatever I want. I'm a free girl now." The Human Counterpart to Sunset Shimmer said with a smile, having her arms behind her back, feeling as free as she could be. "Well, as free as I can be. I still get looks here and there thanks to the news but at least it's not in the Big City."

"It's a good thing it isn't too confusing for everyone when they see doubles of us. Not everyone from Equestria's passing through here and eyeing down their counterparts." Twilight added. "That'd be utter chaos actually."

"Right..." Sci-Twi agreed. "Maybe it wouldn't be such a problem if we still had gateways. Even before all those Jirachi unified your worlds, we only had gateways that led to the Pokemon World. It was just the portal over at the statue that led to Equestria."

"Rarity. Aren't you coming along?" Twilight turned to face her world's Rarity, who was currently pressing her face against the windows. Rarity was eyeing down those within the classrooms to see how they were reacting to her films that she made in PokeStar Studios.

"Hold on...What do they think?" Rarity replied. Just as she expected, the students here had a unique reaction to these films since they featured Pokemon and also Rarity who was a pony. One of the students ended up being startled by Rarity's face with how creepily she was looking at them. "Excellent. I believe my plan's working out just fine." She gave a thumbs-up to her friends.

"Don't you think you should've recorded yourself as a human? They could mistake that pony for their world's Rarity." Sci-Twi then hit Rarity with something she didn't think about.

"Ooh, she's right!" The Human World's Rarity laughed as Equestria's Rarity scrunched her face, realizing that one mistake that could easily be spotted. And right now, it couldn't be avoided since everyone's eyes were glued to the movies. Her plan was currently working but could potentially backfire on her soon.

"Drat. Oh, well." Rarity pulled her face away from the window. Afterwards, Rarity would follow her friends, leaving Canterlot High before then taking out her Xtransceiver. Rarity knew very well that Sweetie Belle was wandering around in this new place. Thankfully, the Xtransceiver could stave away any potential issues that come with that by tracking her sister down.

---

Speaking of Sweetie Belle, she had recently fooled this world's variant of Scootaloo and Apple Bloom, pretending to be their friend for a while before revealing that she came from the other world. The three of them recently encountered a Pokemon known as Espartha that ran once Sweetie Belle and her Meowstic retaliated.

"Oh? So you're something known as a Pokemon Coordinator back in your world?" Scootaloo said as Sweetie Belle was sharing information and knowledge about her world, what it was like and what she does there considering she was a good Pokemon Trainer compared to everyone else here.

"That's right. I'm looking to be a Top Coordinator and me and my Pokemon are gonna become world famous because of it." She explained before holding out each of her Poke Balls to reveal her Pokemon. "Here they all are!" Out of the Poke Balls came Meowstic, Prinplup, Pluse and Minun and Teddiursa. Nearly a full team of 6 even if Plusle and Minun like to come as a duo in Pokemon Contests.

"Wow, look at all of them! You just have them come along with you?!" An amazed Apple Bloom expressed her wonder, looking at these Strange and Wonderful Creatures.

"What about us then?!" Scootaloo then asked about her and Apple Bloom's counterparts. "What are we like back there?!"

"Oh, you two? Well..." Sweetie Belle rubbed her hands together, feeling how different it was from rubbing hooves. "Oh, this is nice. Anyway! Scootaloo, you're a lot like Ash. You wanna win all the Gyms and become the Equestria League Champion. You've got a nice team too. And Apple Bloom? Well, you're just taking care of Pokemon and you have a lot of Grass-Types with you."

"That sounds nice." Apple Bloom didn't mind that at all. In fact, it sounded wonderful, being surrounded by so many Pokemon, even if it was just one Type that sometimes came with a secondary Typing.

"Aw, that sounds awesome..." Scootaloo gushed. "I wish that was the same here. But...We suck at catching Pokemon."

"Mhm. It's been like 4 years, I think." Apple Bloom shrugged. "Still nothing. We were thinking of catching that one Pokemon that just ran off. What's it called again? Espa...Es..."

"Espartha!" Sweetie Belle gasped. "Oooh, I should've gone after it! It's just roaming around now and it's pretty dangerous." It was just now that Sweetie Belle noticed how dangerous it was for Espartha to roam around. There was no telling what it would do when catching someone in its Psychic Gaze or if it's already done it to someone before.

"There you are!" Eventually, this world's Sweetie Belle had caught up to them. She came bolting over, calling out to her two friends after they mistook her for the Sweetie Belle from another world. Speaking of which, it didn't take long for their Sweetie Belle to notice her counterpart.

"Hiya!" Equestria's Sweetie Belle would greet her counterpart with a wave, causing her to come to a screeching halt. She would almost crash into Apple Bloom and Scootaloo only for Meowstic to save each of them with her Psychic abilities. "Nice save, Meowstic."

"Meow."

"I caught up with you two. And you're hanging out with another me? What's up with that?" A rather upset Sweetie Belle uttered as she was not only mistaken for someone else who was also her, but she completely missed Espartha as it was long gone by now.

"Our bad." Apple Bloom rubbed the back of her head. "We were so eager and it could've been gone by then. And we just thought this was you..."

"I'm not even wearing the same clothes as her." She pointed out that Equestria's Sweetie Belle had a completely different outfit that was automatically given to her once she entered this world for the first time. "We saw each other today too. I never even had that bag on me!"

"Hm?" Equestria's Sweetie Belle would take a look at her saddlebag which had been enlarged a bit and morphed into a side bag, better fit for a human instead of a pony due to her new stature. "Oh, right. I'm surprised you all didn't see that."

"You couldn't have at least told them you weren't me? I mean you are but you're not me." Sweetie Belle grumbled at her Equestrian Counterpart, who knew she could tell her but chose to trick them instead.

"Yeah, we goofed up on that part." Scootaloo sighed. "But it's fine! We got to see a Pokemon Battle, even if it was short. Plus, isn't it great seeing another one of you and all of these Pokemon?"

"I mean...I guess." She pouted. She may have missed Espartha but at least she had these Pokemon to view. Speaking of the Pokemon, it was rather surreal seeing another version of their Trainer. "This does make up for it. These are some of the cutest Pokemon I've ever seen!"

"But that Espartha...How long have you known about it?" Equestria's Sweetie Belle asked. "It sounds pretty dangerous with that gaze it has."

"Oh. For a bit." Scootaloo answered. "It's been running around, jumping on people's cars and all that. It's a pretty wild Pokemon."

"I'm pretty sure they're all Wild," said Apple Bloom.

"I hope no one got hurt from that." Equestria's Sweetie Belle scratched her face before receiving a call from Rarity via her Xtransceiver. Quickly, she answered it. "Hey, Rarity! How goes that movie thing?!"

"Eh...It's going well, but I may have not taken a few things into account, but it's fine." Rarity replied with a bit of worry in her tone. "What about you? Where are you?"

"Just hanging around with me and my otherworld friends. That's all~"

"Ah. I see what you mean. Well, as long as you're safe. Right now, we're off to see if we can spot that gateway. It should be at the east of here."

"Gateway? Oh you mean that blue thing that was flying by a few minutes before I got here?" The Human World's Sweetie Belle replied, surprising the ears of her Equestrian Counterpart along with Rarity.

"What did you say?!" She and Rarity collectively uttered. "You saw it?!"

"Y-Yeah. It went that way, I think." Sweetie Belle pointed in the distance. "It's not at the east anymore. I'm not sure where it's going."

"It changed directions again? Strange." Sunset Shimmer spoke through the Xtransceiver as her face appeared on it. "Where did you see it go?"

"Ahh?" She shrugged, having no clue about where the location of the gateway was. She only saw it move elsewhere and most likely, it was somewhere around Canterlot Town or Canterlot High.

"We should hurry before it gets too far. And I know just how to do that." Rarity would take out a Poke Ball, throwing it into the air. Out of it came her fastest Pokemon and one of the fastest Pokemon of all time. Pheromosa.

"Pheromosa!"

"Pheromosa. I need you to look for the gateway. It might be close by. And if anyone can spot that gateway it's you. I'm counting on you, darling."

"Mosa!" Pheromosa saluted. She certainly wouldn't let Rarity down, believing in her speed.

"T-That Pokemon is tall!" Rainbow Dash stuttered at the absolute height of Pheromosa. And before she knew it, the Lissome Pokemon was off, leaving behind a powerful dust cloud. Her take-off speed was so great that the sound waves even passed through the Xtransceiver from how loud it was. "And fast too..."

---

Pheromosa would dash through the land, already leaving Canterlot High by now, seeing if she could find the gateway. And that would mean passing by Canterlot Town. She became a white blur, being invisible to the eyes from how fast she was moving.

"Say Aaahh~" A couple would completely miss Pheromosa when trying to feed each other as a white blur passed by their home, leaving behind a small wind pressure. Pheromosa could also scout the area with her eyes despite her tremendous speed, being able to keep up with everything around her.

She would hop over buildings, taking large leaps to get around through the air. The people of this town barely even saw her. All they managed to spot was a white figure in the sky, moving ridiculously fast before vanishing. They had to wonder what was that. Pheromosa kept looking, leaving behind a dust trail that followed her, making a unique pattern with how she was navigating the town. Eventually, she would leave the town, ending up elsewhere.

Pheromosa would then enter the road, running alongside the cars. The people in those cars would spot Pheromosa running by, having their jaws drop at this strange creature. Pheromosa, being the distinguished, lady-like and gentle Pokemon that she was, waved at the people in the cars before accelerating.

They were flabbergasted by what they were seeing. This Pokemon was easily outpacing their vehicles, going ahead of them. She would even stylishly and carefully avoid hitting any of the cars before soon entering the highway. She hadn't spotted the gateway just yet and she was far away from Rarity by this point. But she had to keep moving either way.

And as a bonus, Pheromosa got to view the world for free, seeing the sights for herself in this parallel world. It wasn't like Equestria, lacking all the magical and fantastical properties. It was more akin to the many regions but even those regions had magical areas of the dozen. This, for the most part, was just an ordinary world with a bit of magic hiding in specific areas.

"Mosa!?" Eventually, Pheromosa came to a screeching halt. She saw what she needed to see. By stopping at a nearby gas station, the Lissome Pokemon witnessed the gateway in the sky. She found the other half of what used to be the Infinity Gateway, floating across the world.

And from the speed it was moving at, it wasn't that fast. At least, compared to Pheromosa. The Ultra Beast eyed down the gateway, watching its every movement while she was also being eyed down by the people in the Gas Station. She was ready to chase it down when needed. But there was the issue of having it stay around.

Pheromosa would follow the movements of the gateway, wishing that she could quickly head back to Rarity and her friends to tell her. But would she be fast enough for that? Even Pheromosa doubted herself on that part. However, she would soon stop once she noticed something strange happening with this gateway.

It was once again wobbling, sending energy ripples out of it as it was undergoing another change. Just like before, the gateway would suddenly extend, coming to a halt as it was creating a part of it that was missing. Pheromosa watched in awe as the Infinity Gateway gained a new part. She saw it for herself how this gateway worked as it once again made the Infinity Symbol.

"M-Mosa..." She was taken aback by this but did not fully understand what this meant. However, when looking at the gateway, she saw where it led to. It previously led to the Alola Region's Humilau City. But this time, the visage of the gateway's location was now Jubilife City in the Sinnoh Region.

Pheromosa had a hard time figuring out what this meant. The best that she could think of was the fact that this gateway could change locations. That made it rather inconsistent as no one could possibly know what else it could show them. This used to be a gateway that led to Eindoak after all.

At least Pheromosa could share that information with Rarity and the others when she gets back. She could also leave it to Twilight to figure this out since she's been researching gateways. Now the Lissome Pokemon wished she brought Twilight along. For now, the Infinity Gateway was staying there, motionless.

"Phero"? However, before Pheromosa could head back, the gateway was reacting once more. She would try and keep a close eye on this development instead of leaving so soon. And this development brought some familiar faces into this.

Hopping out of it were four humans who stuck their own landings. One was cool and professional, the other was sloppy and resulted in this human falling on his back, another was almost as sloppy as the second one but with some balance being maintained and the final one was just for flair and showboating.

"P-Pheromosa?!" Pheromosa gasped after seeing who came through this gateway. Four familiar trainers who all reminded her of Ash had shown up.

"Haha! Stuck the landing!" The one who was showboating was none other than Hilbert which was to be expected with how much he hypes himself up.

"Ow...ow..." The one who fell on his back ended up being Ethan.

"Phew...That was close." The one who nearly fell over was Brendan.

"..." And the one who stuck the most professional landing was Red. Silent as ever and up at the front. All four of them found their way here, passing through the Infininty Gateway.

"Mosa!" Pheromosa now had a lot to share about as these four trainers from the same world made their way here, discovering the Infinity Gateway. However, much like the Pidove that passed through the gateway and how Ash and his friends first went through it, it would not last here forever.

Once more, the Infinity Gateway would leave. No one else was coming through it after these four made a quick travel from Jubilife to here. Thus, it would leave to find a location.

"Huh. It's leaving again. How come it keeps doing that?" Ethan looked up at the Infinity Gateway as this wasn't the first time he's experienced this. None of them looked surprised as they have all seemingly witnessed this before.

"That gateway sure does act differently from the others." Brendan, who was the smartest out of his friends here thought for a moment. "So far, it splits apart after it leaves, makes a new Infinity Gateway and repeats the cycle. It might have something to do with when someone passes through it."

"Oh, hey there!" Hilbert would swivel to face Pheromosa. "Pheromosa?! And a Shiny one at that too!"

"I-Is it a wild Pheromosa just out here in this world?!" Ethan gasped before sitting up, wondering if this was a random Pheromosa since she didn't have a trainer nearby.

"Mosa! Phero!" Pheromosa would rapidly talk. She hoped that they would recognize her as Rarity's Pokemon.

"Ah, it's just Rarity's Pheromosa." Thankfully they did, with Ethan being the first to do so. "Ah, what brings you here? This is more surprising than the gateway."

"If you're here then Rarity's here, right?" Brendan asked. His question was confirmed when Pheromosa nodded her head. The Lissome Pokemon was only here to investigate the gateway and its actions and she certainly found something to report. But even better than that, she had Brendan and the others who could report about it.

"Pheromosa!" The Ultra Beast pointed at the distance, wanting them all to come with her so that they could explain it better than she could.

"..." Red understood her, walking past the Lissome Pokemon. Despite being a man of few words, he could understand Pokemon very well. All of them could which is what made them such great Pokemon Trainers. Red looked at Pheromosa, asking her to lead the way. Not too quickly though.

"Pheromo!" Pheromosa saluted. She soon realized that Red, Ethan, Brendan and Hilbert were a bit too tall compared to the ponies. Usually, she'd pick the ponies up with her towering stature and run with them. But while these humans weren't that tall, she certainly couldn't carry them all. Thus, it would be a slower trek back to Rarity.

"By the way...Did Lucas pass through?" Hilbert asked while he and his friends followed the Ultra Beast with many eyes being on them. "I thought he was coming with us."

"He said he had something to do first." Ethan shrugged. "I'm sure he'll keep up eventually. But he's gonna end up somewhere soon with that gateway moving around." Indeed. Wherever that gateway goes next, the next individual that goes through it won't be in a consistent location. There was nothing consistent about it at all.

---

Canterlot High.

"Red! You guys!" And of course, Ash was surprised by their appearances. He didn't expect to see the four of them here today after Pheromosa returned with them. "Man, I didn't think you guys would be here!"

"Hey, Ash! We keep running into each other more often, huh?!" Hilbert greeted Ash back with a powerful high-five. "And what's up with this?" He would soon recognize Twilight and everyone else but in their Human Forms. But even more confusing than that, he was seeing double. Double of Twilight, double of Rarity and double of Sunset Shimmer, however seeing two Twilights wasn't that surprising.

The girls felt the same way. Mainly with Ash and Red. They could see similarities between the two despite their different appearances. They even saw a bit of Ash in Ethan, Brendan and Hilbert but at least they weren't identical to Ash compared to the girls.

"I'm confused. What's going on here?" Ethan approached Pinkie Pie, eyeing her down. "How come there's two of them?"

"Duh, don't you remember?" Brendan nudged Ethan. "That right there's the Twilight Hilbert met at the Pokemon Festival. So this is obviously the counterparts to everyone we know."

"Sharp eye. How did you two get here exactly?" Rarity asked. "I didn't expect Pheromosa to return with you all. Did you come from the Infinity Gateway?"

"We sure did. But it's gone now." Ethan shrugged. "It did that before when we went through it the first time."

"So you've seen it more than once?" Ash asked. "Huh. I guess it just does that whenever someone passes through it?"

"Pikachu."

"But why though?" Twilight thought for a moment along with Sci-Twi. "That's the only gateway that's around aside from the one that leads to Kanto and Pallet Town. But you all have a machine back in your world that brings you here, don't you?"

"Actually..." Brendan had something to share. "That might not be the case. Get this. That Infinity Gateway might be making more gateways."

"More gateways?" Ash and the others collectively said. This piqued their interest greatly.

"Mhm. Whenever someone passes through the Infinity Gateway, it leaves all of a sudden, heading elsewhere. I'm not sure where it decides to go and when it chooses to stop but it always ends up splitting itself in half. The Infinity Gateway's bigger than a regular gateway, so when it splits up, the two halves are just as big as a regular gateway."

"Oh, I see! And then they both leave elsewhere and make more gateways?" Sci-Twi added.

"That's right. Not sure why though." Hilbert's knowledge didn't go that far. There were still things about that gateway he wasn't sure about, especially with how it decides on a new location.

"Well, so much for heading back to Unova. Oh well." Equestria's Rarity shrugged it off, deciding to call it a day for now. "I can at least enjoy my time in this world instead.

"Oh you'll love it here, darling." This world's Rarity walked up, placing her shoulders on her counterpart. "I'm sure your friends here will as well."

"This place is weird so sure." said Hilbert. "I mean, how come you all look like that? It's kinda creepy how you look like your pony counterparts but ya don't at the same time."

"How's it creepy?" Rainbow Dash went up to Hilbert. "I mean, sure it's weird but..."

"But it makes it feel familiar, that's for sure!" Hilbert laughed. "I'm glad to see that my protege's in this world too! But I bet you're even more of a rookie than your pony counterpart, huh?"

"R-Rookie?! Protege!" Those words hit Rainbow Dash like a truck. "I-I'm not a rookie or a protege! I mean I'm still new to this but not that new!"

"Don't worry about it, protege. I, the Number One Trainer in the world, can teach you as well. I'll be known for teaching on both sides then my name will really get out there!" Hilbert was at it again. This time in this world, much to the chagrin of Rainbow Dash. She would soon find out how her pony counterpart felt with Hilbert around.

"..." Red wasn't too interested in this world. It didn't catch his eye or strike his fancy at all, but he would go along with it. He was just roaming the world along with the others.

"We'll have tons of fun. You're Red, right?" Sunset Shimmer approached the Silent Trainer Red. "Sunset, by the way. We've never met before."

"..." Red would greet her back with a slight hand wave, keeping that intensive stare in his eyes. He wouldn't even say Hello back or anything like that. It was all about emotions, mannerisms and eye contact with Red which made him hard to communicate with.

"He doesn't talk much..." Fiery added, pointing out Red's silence.

"Oh, yeah! Tons of fun!" Ash put his arms around Red, Ethan, Sunset and Twilight, prepared to have a blast here at the Human World. Sure, it wasn't as magical as Equestria or that tied with Pokemon like the many regions across the world. But it had room to grow.

And with the Pokemon Trainers that show up here, sharing their knowledge, this world may not hit the ground running but it could get somewhere with these Strange and Wonderful Creatures living in it as the journey continues.

Chapter 99 End.

Comments

[ArcticAce01]

Nice to see the Red,Ethan, Brendan and Hilbert together.

Now, just gotta wait for Lucas to show up

[schorpioen007]

or tobias

[Rider09]

i wonder why those infinity portals making new ones?