My Little Pokémon: Grander World

by Amarvax

Auras from Beyond

Equestria. Lapras Lake. Balance of Day and Night.

After receiving a powerful blow from Dimstar's tendrils, Ash, Pikachu and Lucario found themselves in the waters of Lapras Lake. And in there, the dreadful feeling that Dimstar generated could be felt. With her Lich Abilities, she summoned the horrific aura of those who have long passed when living around this area, way before the worlds crossed over. And underwater was not an exception.

Many sea creatures have come and gone in the past, resting beyond the Earth. However, with the power of the Lich, their skeletons were being used unwillingly. The presence that these deceased creatures gave off sent a gut-wrenching and cruel presence which permeated the lake, affecting the trio. But it went beyond that. Deeper, the skeletons were also being affected. They gave off a similar presence, buried in the seafloor.

"This is what it feels like...? Everyone that's left this world?" Ash shuddered, thinking to himself. His body was still taking in that devious punch from Dimstar which made it hard for him to swim upwards. He was essentially floating there with Pikachu and Lucario who were shuddering. Lucario took the hit better thanks to this Steel-Typing but he'd be lying if he said it didn't hurt.

On top of that, Ash was at risk of drowning if he didn't leave the lake soon. Lucario looked over at his trainer, feeling Ash's Aura diminish slowly. The Aura Pokemon Pokemon couldn't afford to let himself be stuck now. Quickly, he would swim over to Ash and Pikachu, holding onto them both.

Moving was also painful. Lucario felt the deadly presence in the seas when swimming to his friends. It felt like the afterlife was gripping onto him. His Aura could sense it all which made it all the more unfortunate. The Aura picked up on these deceased Auras, confused as to how they could be sensed so clearly. Dimstar's magical influence was greater than Lucario thought as he felt the dread from the Auras.

Lucario shouldn't even be sensing them and yet, he was. The Auras from these creatures that were long gone were sad since most of them came from lives that were taken away by predators of the sea or other events. The Auras were essentially crying out and it was worsened since Dimstar was tampering with them, refusing to let them rest anymore just for the chance to overwhelm her opponents.

And the worst part was that Lucario could not stop this. He couldn't ignore it at all since his Aura was picking up on everything. If anything, Lucario got the worst of it. He never knew that his Aura could go that far to the point where it could involve the dead.

The sounds he heard from all of these presences were filled with rage. This rage stemmed from Dimstar's interference with life. All of them managed to rest at last and now this had occurred, ruining their rest. It was all too much for Lucario to handle as the various mortifying Auras were mercilessly hitting his own Aura, essentially taking out their anger out on him.

"L-Lucario?" Ash would notice Lucario's sadness as seen by the expression on his face. He could tell the Aura Pokemon was being dragged down by the sad Auras around him which filled the lake at every angle. And even though they were underwater, a tear could be seen.

Feeling this as well were the Water-Types and regular sea life that resided here. They were caught completely off guard by these mortifying auras. All motion in the sea essentially stopped just because of this. All motion except for Lucario, who was powering through just to try and get Ash and Pikachu out of here.

Back up at the surface, Delta Riolu was in a similar position. He possessed Aura much like the full evolution of his Sinnoh Counterpart. However, instead of feeling sadness, Riolu only felt anger. The Embalming Pokemon was furious at Dimstar for tampering with the dead.

Especially since he's lost his own parents already. "Rio...!" The Delta Variant growled while feeling the morose aura of the deceased who once lived here. His eyes gleamed over at Dimstar, disgusted at this disrespect for the dead.

"Bay...!" Bayleef also had to use a huge part of her leaf to evade the previous attack by changing fate. And with the Sun and the Moon still up at the same time, it was hard to know if her leaf could regenerate quickly enough. There wasn't enough sunlight at all. Then again, neither was there that much moonlight. It all seemed rather mute.

"Are you willing to have that Bayleef of yours use up all of her leaves at a time like this? I'd be happy to continue attacking just so that she can save you all and waste everything." Dimstar questioned, raising her tendril fists into the air. "That is if you can all manage with the presence of the deceased around you."

"W-We'll be fine!" Applejack groaned with one eye open. She and the others would try their best to power through it but it wouldn't be an easy task. They could barely stand tall at all.

"Bayleef...You have to converse all of your leaves. Don't use them all here." Fluttershy pleaded as she did not wish to see Bayleef use up plenty of her leaves. With no proper timezone, she couldn't rely on the Sun to heal her at all.

"Bayleef?"

"Horrible suggestion," Dimstar added, throwing her two tendril fists as the trainers, their Pokemon and the Timberwolves who were whimpering from the dreadful aura.

"P-Poison Jab, Roserade!" Roseluck stammered as yelling was also rather vexing to the body.

"Catch it, Sceptile! Thunder Punch!"

"Sceptile...!" The Pokemon persevered. They wouldn't let themselves stand around and be punching bags for Dimstar. Alas, that seemed to be the case instantly the moment their hands came into contact with the fists. They failed to hold them back as they came in at full force.

The two Grass-Types were bashed by the fists, gasping as they felt their bodies vibrate. This was the hardest hit by far and it showed with how the duo trembled before being thrown back. But the fists did not stop there. Right as the Grass Duo went flying, they were hit a second time by the fists moving forward as it would push them, targeting the others now by using their friends as weapons.

"Bellossom! Dazzling Gleam, quick!"

"B-Bello...!" Bellossom would try and generate that beautiful light from her body a second time while shivering. However, she was too late. Not only was the light that was about to emerge from her body faint and weak, but it did not have enough time to build up as Bellossom was soon met with these two fists.

"Raboot...!" Raboot, with all of his strength rushed in to try and stop one of them himself. He held his leg out, going for a High Jump Kick which could barely even be called high with how low the jump was. The kick wasn't that strong either once it hit the fists. He was instantly overpowered, unable to use his full power, becoming one of the punching bags for Dimstar.

"Rio!" Riolu managed to avoid it by rolling to the side being the only one to be safe from its blow. But the same couldn't be said for everyone else. Audino immediately used Protect, using whatever strength she could muster in this dreadful atmosphere. The green shield appeared once more, standing in front of Bayleef, Fluttershy, Roseluck and the Timberwolves.

"A-Audi...! Audino!" However, the Protect was not as perfect as it used to be. Not when two of these massive fists crashed into it. The fists smashed Audino's barrier by using her friends as the catalyst, sending a powerful shockwave which rippled her body and almost reached the others. Audino put up her best defence but it was not enough as the barrier shattered, sending them all back.

Each of them dropped to the ground once the Tendril Fists got through them all. Their faces met the sand which also felt cold thanks to Dimstar's magic. All of them fell, rolled and tumbled in their own way which was utterly painful for them. The two large hands hovered over the downed group once they kissed the sand, eerily moving these fleshy fingers that came straight from Dimstar's body.

"That should be it." Dimstar commented before pointing at Fluttershy, lowering one of the fists in her direction. "I'll need to bring you in for the chance to become a vampire like the rest of us. The bat within you is waiting to be unleashed."

"Aura Sphere! Electroweb!" However, with a cry from the lake, Ash's head popped out as he gasped for air. Lucario successfully brought them all up and after he resurfaced, the Aura Pokemon would attack. With two arms out, he unleashed an Aura Sphere which wasn't at its best as it always appears to be.

That didn't stop the Aura from moving rather quickly. And the same went for Pikachu's Electroweb which joined the Aura Sphere. The sphere ended up hitting one of the fists, dealing some damage to it but it didn't matter all that much. However, Pikachu's Electroweb mattered as the dreadful presence did not hinder the web that much.

It was still viable enough to land on at least one of Dimstar's tendril fists. One of them had been caught by the web, receiving a shock that made Dimstar scoff. Dimstar moved back, shaking her fist to remove the web. Her eyes locked onto Ash, Pikachu and Lucario who returned from the lake, where the presence of the Sea Creatures struck them.

"Still up?" Dimstar commented as Ash got back onto land, getting on one knee. "For a human, you are rather durable. That punch should've shattered every bone in your body or anything like that to render you immobile."

"It's not over yet," Ash replied, exhaling a deep and powerful breath while gazing back at the Half Vampire Half Lich. "This feeling...it's just the worst kind of feeling. You're using them as a way to stop us...?"

"This is nothing compared to what the Lich Queen is capable of." Dimstar shook her head. "As a Half Lich, life is something that works in my favour as well. I can use it to my advantage as you can see."

"Rio!" Riolu yelled at Dimstar just for that comment as he stood back up in a better condition than everyone else. Even though he could feel the deceased, it did not deter him as much.

"Honestly, I'm surprised that Riolu of yours is standing up in a much better condition than all of you." Dimstar pointed out how Riolu seemed to be doing better than the others. "Why is that, I wonder?"

"Riolu?" Applejack soon noticed how Delta Riolu stood so strong around this dreadful atmosphere. She gasped, remembering what Delta Riolu did back at the Holon Pyramid. He had some kind of experience with the deceased after all.

"You can cease your struggling. I've already acknowledged you all as formidable opponents. But you can only get so far with your limitations. You cannot compare to a vampire or even a Lich." Dimstar suggested that they should simply give up while they had the chance. She seemed perfectly healthy while everyone else was trembling just from her presence.

"Yeah, right!" Ash bellowed. Giving up was not in his dictionary. The thought of giving up would never cross his mind or even become a possibility. Ash gripped the sand, using his strained strength to slowly stand back up. And this unrelenting persistence and spirit rubbed off on his friends.

It's always rubbed off on them during the earlier days of the two worlds meeting. Applejack and everyone else would try and stand up with the best of their strength. Dimstar witnessed the others get up, not staying down at all as their manes covered their faces, messy and ruined from the battling they had.

"It's unforgivable to mess with life like that...And it's going to be even worse with what you're going to do to Yveltal and everyone else." Roseluck expressed as Roserade helped her get up. Both helped each other up, using their combined strengths to do so. "It makes me so mad that my sister endorses that as well."

"I showed you no special favours even though you are her majesty's little sister. She has already expressed that family is not that important to her." Dimstar shook her head. "Your anger means nothing to her at this point. However, you will not have the opportunity to express it to her with this feeling. The deceased will not rest until I let them. And you will be the ones to feel their pain."

"We can't handle it that well..." Ash raised a Poke Ball into the air before letting it roll off his hand. It looked like he couldn't grip it any longer but he simply let it happen as it touched the ground. "But he can. Gengar...I choose you!" Ash then yelled out, calling for his next Pokemon.

"Gengar!" And when Gengar showed up, he stuck his tongue out at the vampire.

"If there's anyone who can handle it, it's Gengar, without a doubt!" Ash said with confidence. "If you wanna tamper with the dead then deal with Gengar first!"

"Gen-Gen!" And when out in the open around this atmosphere, Gengar looked way better than Riolu. In fact, he looked like his old self. He acted like his hold self as well, laughing hysterically, ready to throw down with his opponent.

"Impossible...Gengar is immune to the presence? How can that be?" Dimstar narrowed her eyes after seeing Gengar casually zip around.

"We're gonna full force for this one! Lucario!"Ash turned to Lucario. "Don't let it get to you. I know you can sense their Auras, but we can fix this..."

"L-Luca?"

"All we have to do is let them continue resting. And that's by beating her. I know it's painful to hear them all so upset and angry. A part of me can hear their Auras too ya know..." Ash lowered his head as he admitted easily that he could sense it to a degree. Not on the same level as Lucario or Delta Riolu but still. "Together, the saddest things won't get us down."

"Rrrr!" Lucario growled, tightening his paw as he greatly agreed with Ash. While he was still sad by what he was hearing, he couldn't let it stop him from putting an end to it. Especially when the reason for it was right there.

"Let's go, everyone!" Instantly, Ash would hold out his fist, revealing the Keystone in his glove. Applejack and Fluttershy would do the same, revealing the hatpin and the bracelet. The time for Mega Evolution was now. Seeing their keystones revealed, Dimstar would immediately try and intercept this, swinging her large arms at them.

"Gengar!" But refusing to let that happen was Gengar and even the Timberwolves. Gengar would fly in, using Psychic to hold back these arms. His eyes unleashed a blue glow as his mental power managed to hold the two fists in place, stopping them from reaching the others. "Gar!"

As for the Timberwolves, they would bite into Dimstar's Tendril Arms, digging their teeth in with a vicious nature. Even though the presence of the deceased made them tense, their bites were not weak at all. Dimstar growled, attempting to move her massive arms by unleashing her core strength.

She managed to break out of Gengar's Psychic, immediately throwing the Timberwolves away by swinging her massive Tendril Arms. Gengar moved back, narrowly evading the swing as the fist nearly struck his body. But Gengar and the Timberwolves succeeded in giving the others enough time to use Mega Evolution.

"Mega Evolve!" All three of them yelled. Together, Lucario, Audino and Sceptile would have the energies within them fly out. Right as Dimstar went to strike the Pokemon, the light from the keystones and Mega Stones would clash, unleashing a radiant light which held her back.

Dimstar hissed as her arms burned up from the powerful light that the Mega Evolution process emitted. All three of them were gently embraced by it but the outburst was vicious as out of it came three Mega Evolved Pokemon. Mega Lucario, Mega Audino and Mega Sceptile.

Stronger than ever, they managed to gain some of their composure back even with this dreadful atmosphere. Mega Evolution helped give them some resistance, thankfully but they could still feel it at all.

"Mega Evolution..." Dimstar's eyes widened slightly upon witnessing these three Mega-Evolved Pokemon. They gave off their own presence upon making an appearance. "You still wish to battle with these conditions? Even if Gengar is immune..."

"We will. As if this is gonna stop us. All we gotta do is beat you and it's all over." Ash said, confident that this one simple task would put an end to it all. And that would be one major player from the Dread League taken down. "I've got my mom that I gotta see after all and you're just in the way right now..."

"Very well then." Dimstar crackled the knuckles from her tendril fists, putting a smirk. "If you're so eager to continue, so be it. But the presence of the deceased will be your downfall. Mark my words."

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Ponyville.

Back at Ponyville, the Creatures of the Everfree were doing their best. But the vampires with their Shadow Chains managed to hold them down. The Hydra had all three of its head captured by the shadow chains. Even the Cockatrice had been stopped in its actions because of its chains, no longer turning anyone to stone.

And the same went for the Ursa Major and Minor. Even they were not exempt from these chains. Their necks had been grabbed by the abundance of chains, bringing pain to them. These massive creatures had their attacks held back by the chains, struggling to break free.

The Ursa Major was brought down by the chains, even with its weight. When brought down, it crushed the various buildings, ruining whatever else was left of Ponyville's original structure. So many of them were covered by the Ursa Major's body but it didn't really matter anymore with the state of Ponyville.

However, the Dark Magic in the area was beginning to subside. Thanks to Sombra replacing it with his own dark magic, he was making it easier for everypony else outside to enter. Thanks to the creatures of the Everfree giving him enough time, he could work without that many distractions. The only thing that startled him was the Ursa Major falling over, hitting many of the buildings here.

"There...That should be good enough." Sombra said, finally finishing his process. "Now! Come through!" He raised his voice as loud as he could, letting it reach the residents of Ponyville. It also ended up alerting the vampire ponies too thanks to how loud it was. It was a good thing Sombra was a former king. He certainly had the powerful voice of a king.

"That's our cue!" Pinkie Pie replied after hearing Sombra's bellowing voice. Once he gave them the call, all of them would approach Ponyville, finally being able to enter it safely. The vampires turned their attention to Sombra now that he made himself known to them.

However, the second some of these vampires went for Sombra, they were met with the light that his body generated. The vampires hissed at the mere sight of him, bewildered and unable to approach him. Sombra put on a cocky smirk, knowing he was now unapproachable. And the amount of light he was giving off was just the right amount. Not enough to blind Ponyville's residents but enough to harm the vampires. And he immediately took advantage of this, shooting one of them with his own Dark Magic.

Afterwards, everyone else would enter Ponyville and they came with overwhelming numbers. All of its original residents made a return, swarming the town and surprising the vampires. The Dread League gasped at the sight of this massive light swarm. They put a stop to what they were doing and let go of their shadow chains once the light approached them.

The radiance along was enough to reach the Dread League and force them to hiss violently. They had never been exposed to this much light before and it was absolutely overwhelming in so many ways. They couldn't even find time to retaliate since everyone was one big body of light. And since they all stuck together, their light sources increased in size. The Pokemon even took the opportunity to attack them while they had these light bodies, gaining a larger advantage.

But while everyone was here to take back their homes, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack were going straight for Ash's home. The gateway to Pallet Town still remained, unaffected by Dark Magic at all thanks to its Rift Properties. Quickly, they would run to the gateway, avoiding everything in their path. They had to make sure how Ash's mom was doing while the Black Crusade was up. After all, the gateway to Kanto was very visible.

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Kanto. Pallet Town. Ketchum Household.

"Mrs Ketchum! Mrs Ketchum!" Crying out her name with a bit of worry in her tone was Twilight Sparkle. She and her friends arrived instantly to Kanto when passing through the gateway. The Ketchum Household was always the first thing here. But so was the scenery of Pallet Town.

And speaking of Pallet Town, it looked fine. Completely fine. Everything was how it was. The grass was clean, the trees were healthy and the Pokemon sleeping on top of these trees or around the area were peaceful. Everything was peaceful. Some lights were on, indicating that some were still awake. And that was mainly due to the Sun and Moon issue.

And one of these lights was from the Ketchum Household. Twilight would not hesitate to break down the door at full force, making herself present just to see how Delia was doing. And the moment she opened it, she could believe her eyes. Not one bit.

"Oh, Twilight. Didn't expect to see you tonight." Delia Ketchum was there. Safe and sound. But it was who was next to her that caught her off guard. It certainly wasn't Mr Mime.

But Spectrum Shade.

"Hm?" Spectrum, who was having a bite from Delia's food, looked over to spot Equestrians making an appearance. Her eyes widened, locking onto the eyes of Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. This was quite the odd encounter, especially since Spectrum Shade was casually sitting on the couch with Delia. Truly, neither of them saw this coming.

There was indeed a vampire here but not in the way they expected. Why was Spectrum Shade in this position in the first place, especially since the Black Crusade has finally begun? As the journey continues.

Chapter 158 End.