My Little Pokémon: Grander World

by Amarvax

Moonlight Double

Unova. Virbank City. Poke Star Studios Afternoon.

"Oooh! They have this?!" Over at PokeStar Studios, Ash held up a cape that had a unique pattern to it that made it stick out from the rest. It resembled a certain character. In his hands, a cape with stars could be seen as it was modelled after Galaxy Master's cape. His popularity was clearly present, especially with how he appeared. "Sweet...!"

"He got some faster than we did now that I think about it..." Twilight said while holding up a Galaxy Master head from the prop box. The potential for a Galaxy Master film was there because of his popularity rise and the equipment that had been found.

"Ash, you should 100% take advantage of this. He is your creation. That goes for everything surrounding him." Rarity said while being suited up for her film scene. "Copyright it."

"Nah, it's cool." Ash didn't mind at all. "Plus, I don't know how copyright works."

"Do you think he'll show up since he's getting so popular?" said Pinkie Pie, setting up a plethora of food for everyone to eat in case that Munchlax Rarity mentioned comes storming in to consume it all. "Where'd he even go?"

"He'll show up. Probably when something big goes down." Rainbow Dash said. "But do you think he'll be the same? He's still technically on our side, right?"

"For me, he is. He did save my sister and her friends, after all." Rarity said. "Applejack feels the same way too after all. Even if he was being lied to by the Rift, he's good at heart. That's why he was made after your father, Ash."

"Alright, Rarity. You're on." A voice called out to Rarity as it was her time to act. Just in time as her makeover was completed while this discussion about Ash's father and Galaxy Master went on.

"Yeah. I wanna meet both of them again someday. But meeting Galaxy Master again would be just like meeting with my dad." Ash placed the cape on as it fit him surprisingly well. "I bet he's out there helping as much as he can."

"Wait, he's your father?" One of the workers here who was dressing Rarity up for the next scene obviously heard it all. Everyone did. The staff here saw an opportunity since the son of this trending character was right before their eyes. Unbeknownst to them, Ash was also rather popular for various reasons.

"Don't worry about it." Ash grinned before spinning with this cosmic cape. He would then fall on his back, laughing afterwards "Yeah...I know I'll meet them both soon someday."

---

Appearing at PokeStar Studios, saving the Cutie Mark Crusaders from a seed that could turn them into Despair Plants was a Twilight Sparkle Counterpart. Her name was Twilight Moonlight and she had sent out a Shiny Umbreon to face this seed.

"Let's make this quick and head home." Twilight Moonlight said. "Umbreon! Dark Pulse, now!"

"Umbreon!" By leaping into the air, Umbreon fired multiple black orbs of energy with a purple outline from in front of its head at the black seed, aiming to finish this as soon as possible as the orbs had black rings of energy, imbued with dark thoughts.

The seed would be very defensive in this scenario, immediately flying to the side to avoid the devastating pulse of darkness that came this way. The pulse would miss, hitting the wardrobe of clothes instead. The wardrobe was blasted apart with the clothes being obliterated in the process.

"You won't get away from us! Again!"

"Umb! Umbreon!" Umbreon would eye down the Despair Plant seed, having a clear view of it. It would unleash repeated Dark Pulses, pressurizing the seed to keep dodging in this small room. With minimal room to move in, this would make things easier for Umbreon and harder for the seed. The Despair Plant Seed kept zipping and zooming around, using various objects as cover while Dark Pulse started obliterating everything.

"This gonna ruin a lot of what we need...Let us help and it'll be quicker!" Scootaloo felt the urge to help out. So did her friends. Collectively, they would all take out their Poke Balls, ready to chime in.

"Stay out of this." Twilight Moonlight said with a rather harsh tone, shutting them down immediately. They would lower their hooves as their Poke Balls would not have the opportunity to be thrown.

"But..." Sweetie Belle uttered, wishing to help. But judging by the stare she gave them all, it was probably for the best that they do not act in this instance, much to their chagrin. Twilight Moonlight faced the seed once more, seeing that it was losing space to flee. Eventually, the seed would find itself at the corner of the room

"I've cornered you. Use Psychic!"

"Umbreon!" Now that the seed ran into a corner, Umbreon had used Psychic, telekinetically holding the seed in the place. Now it was truly stuck. The seed found itself being held back, struggling to move.

"This will finish you." Using her magic, Twilight Moonlight brought out another Poke Ball from her hood, throwing it. "Go! Lilligant!" Twilight Moonlight called for another Pokemon. This time it was a Lilligant. However, it wasn't the usual Lilligant that everyone knew.

"Lilligant!" Emerging from the Poke Ball was a Lilligant with a different look to it. Something was missing from it as the eyes of the fillies lit up.

"What's up with that Lilligant?" Sweetie Belle took out her Pokedex, immediately collecting the data of this unique Lilligant.

"Lilligant. The Spinning Pokemon. Hisuian Variant. This Lilligants' well-developed legs are the result of a life spent on mountains covered in deep snow. The scent it exudes from its flower crown heartens those in proximity."

"Oh! That's a Hisuian Pokemon?!" Scootaloo gasped as yet another Hisuian Pokemon had been seen at last. Surprisingly, it came from another Twilight, making this a double-shock with different layers.

"Use Solar Blade at once, Lilligant!"

"Lilli...!" With all of this strong sunlight, Hisuian Lilligant gathered light energy which then formed into a massive blade that it held above its head. "Gant!" With a downward swing, Lilligant brought the massive blade of nature down on the seed which was completely immobile and unable to move at all.

Thus, the seed was sliced in half along with whatever was near it. The ceiling, props, clothes and other things for PokeStar Studios when it comes to design had been cut in half. The one that suffered the most was the Despair Plant Seed. After being cut in half, it could be seen disintegrating, leaving behind a horrific screech afterwards. Nothing was left of the seed. Not even tiny pieces once it disintegrated. It was like it never existed. The CMC watched the ruthless display of power that this Twilight Sparkle Counterpart presented. And frankly, they were rather intimidated.

"That's done with. Return, you two." After clearing it up, she would return Umbreon and Lilligant to their Poke Balls. They did what they needed to do. The Poke Balls would return to the hood which would also be placed back onto the unicorn.

"Um...Thanks for saving us." Sweetie Belle thanked Twilight Moonlight. "That could've gone pretty badly but...I still touched it though. Am I going to turn into a Despair Plant?!"

"No, you won't. Since I took it out, all of its effects are gone with it." Twilight Moonlight revealed. "You'll be you."

"How'd you take it out though? I thought you needed something specific to really hurt a Despair Plant." Scootaloo asked, pointing out how Twilight Moonlight didn't use anything special on the seed.

"That was just a seed. They're far weaker than the full-grown Despair Plants so they're easier to take out." Twilight Moon explained. There was one weakness for the Despair Plants and that was their vulnerability when they were seeds. "This area's clear now, so I'll take my leave." Now that she did what she needed to do, Twilight Moonlight would trot away while this room was in shambles.

"Wait!" Scootaloo cried out. "How'd you get a Hisuian Lilligant!"

"You don't have to worry about that." Twilight Moonlight continued walking. "The important reason is that Twilight is safe." Those were the last words they heard from this counterpart before she would leave. A box would drop after she left the room, breaking apart.

No acknowledgement of the damage or her appearance. She only explained her name and a few things about the seed and that was it. The fillies were left there feeling a bit perplexed.

"That just happened." Apple Bloom said. "So...are we still gonna make that movie?"

"I don't think so..." With how the room turned out, Sweetie Belle shook her head.

"Girls! What happened?!" Rushing into this room was none other than Twilight. Their Twilight. Twilight Sparkle. Showing up with Espeon on her side, Twilight came sliding in to see if the little ponies were alright.

"Twilight!" They collectively yelled her name.

"Uh..." After entering the dressing room, she would see the destruction that befell it. Ruined clothes, shattered boxes and wardrobes, an entire ceiling being sliced in half along with a large mess on the floor. There was a lot to take in here as the fillies innocently stood in the destruction. "W-What happened here...?"

"It wasn't us!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, immediately fearing that the blame would be placed on them. "Honest! It was you!"

"Me?!" Twilight pulled back after that response. To her, it didn't make a whole lot of sense.

"Yeah! Well, not actually you! It was a counterpart of you that showed up and totally cut a Despair Plant in half!" Scootaloo continued the explanation, giving some context.

"I'm sorry what? Despair Plant!?"

"It was actually more a seed." Sweetie Belle added. "I almost got turned into one which would've been super gross! But it's a good thing it's gone now, right?"

"..." Twilight and Espeon stood still with static poker faces. There was quite a bit for them to process. Twilight would then hold her face, recollecting her mind. "Um...okay then. I can tell a lot happened so...just tell me again and we can clean up this mess."

"Aw, but we didn't make it!" Scootaloo groaned. It would be unfair if they had to clean up this mess since it was Twilight Moonlight who was responsible for this.

"I'll do it myself." Twilight sighed offering to fix this mess. "Just...head out while I clean it all up."

"Thanks a lot, Twilight! We'll tell you all about it later!" Sweetie Belle said as she would run out with her friends, leaving Twilight and Espeon to clean this all up. Technically, Twilight would be owning up to the damage she caused. It just wasn't the correct Twilight that would do it. With another sigh, Twilight would get to work at once.

"Hah...They have a lot of explaining to do."

---

Outside and back at the alleyway that she hid in, Twilight Moonlight once again concealed herself, leaving PokeStar Studios after doing her job. In the shady alleyway, she would take something else out of her hood. This time, it looked to be a scroll. And alongside that was the colourless necklace from before. The scroll would glow purple as the unicorn spoke into it.

"I've gotten rid of that Despair Plant Seed. It won't be growing anymore. I'll leave the remaining ones to them unless she heads to those locations." Twilight Moonlight said. Immediately, a voice from the scroll replied to her.

"That's good, Twilight. You'll have to return here soon one day. I have a feeling. Keeping your counterpart safe is imperative and with how both worlds have come together, the risk has gone up. What about the necklace? How does it look?"

"It's the same." She looked at the necklace. "There's no colour to it still. I haven't seen her but I doubt that would've given it some colour unless something would've happened."

"It's not yet time to put that pendant back on unless they're all together. As for him, we cannot let his counterparts reunite or else the worse possible outcomes will come true. Return home and we'll continue from there."

"What about this world's Twilight? She'll figure it out because I ran into the Cutie Mark Crusaders."

"Don't worry about it too much. She'll just see you as another counterpart. But I suppose she'll wonder how you entered this universe despite the lack of gateways. If something comes up, we'll handle it. Right now, let's focus on getting that necklace back to how it originally was."

"I got it." Twilight Moonlight nodded before her body started flashing. Particles of energy emerged out of her as she would close her eyes, groaning for a bit. This did not look comfortable judging by her expression. After particles took over her entire body, she was gone.

There was no sign or her and no trace. Twilight Moonlight had returned to her universe. Wherever it may be.

---

Hours had passed until the morning sun was starting to set, letting out a deep orange glow. By now, Rarity had done all of her work, acting out scenes while her friends watched and chimed in. And thankfully, there was enough food to spare despite the fact that there was a Munchlax devouring everything it could.

But it didn't help that Pinkie Pie and Mew were doing the same, practically working alongside Munchlax to chow down all the delicacies that were meant for the actors. Today was a fine day at work at the PokeStar Studios, despite many being oblivious to the battle that happened in one of the dressing rooms.

"So, that's what happened? A counterpart showed up and took out a Despair Plant you say..." Twilight was finally filled in by the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who by extension, shared it with Ash and the others once they were ready to depart.

"Mhm. She didn't stay behind which is a bummer." Scootaloo pouted. "She had such a cool Lilligant too and I wanted to see more!"

"She was pretty harsh though." Sweetie Belle scratched her mane.

"How'd she even get here? There's only one gateway left in this world and that's the one that goes from Pallet Town to Ponyville?" Starlight asked. "Are we missing one?"

"No clue." Twilight shrugged. "But that's got me curious. She stopped a Despair Plant from growing and said something about me being safe. I mean, I'm obviously safe now thanks to what she did."

"We haven't seen much from all your other counterparts, Twilight." Rarity replied, packing up all her things in her bag. "It's nice to know that we can still see someone from another world even with the lack of gateways. Maybe next time, we can greet this other Twilight."

"I don't know...She looked like she wanted to be out there as fast as possible." Sweetie Belle shook her head, knowing how serious Twilight Moonlight was. Twilight Moonlight certainly didn't feel like someone who was willing to stick around and chat for a long time.

"Welp. I'm just glad we didn't have to deal with those plants." Applejack smiled with Roseluck nodded in agreement. "I'd say that Twilight did a great job handling it for us."

"Right. But how'd she even know there'd be one here? She'd have to know that Roxie was there at Hearthome City with the others." Fluttershy wondered.

"It's a mystery until we find out. But...let's leave that for another time. I've got an elixir to work on tomorrow." Twilight uttered, stretching her hooves. "What about you all?"

"I'll be over at the Human World tomorrow helping another Twilight out." Ash would assist Sci-Twi by tomorrow. "Who wants to come along and transform?!"

"Oh! Me!" Pinkie Pie raised her hoof, wishing to head back to the Human World just for the fun of it.

"Right here!" Rainbow Dash raised her arm. "I've been thinking...I could catch myself an Alpha Pokemon too, ya know. I mean, they're only showing up there so why not?"

"I thought we were going to leave it to Sci-Twi to catch all the Alpha Pokemon?" Goh asked.

"Eh. There's probably more of the same species that are Alpha, so it's all good." Rainbow Dash shrugged. "She won't mind, right, Ash?"

"You'll have to find out tomorrow!" Ash replied before dashing off, prompting Rainbow Dash to also speed up. They all walked off into the sunset, letting today pass by and ready to embrace tomorrow.

However, it would be impossible to forget this day. From the battle between Applejack and Roseluck to the arrival of another counterpart of Twilight Sparkle. Twilight Moonlight. Twilight Sparkle herself had to wonder about this counterpart of hers. The CMC shared everything after all. Especially with how Twilight Moonlight mentioned how she differed from her other counterparts. What did that mean exactly? Twilight Sparkle had yet to figure that out and hoped to see her again one day herself as the journey continues.

Chapter 27 End.

Comments

[ArcticAce01]

So she has a Hisui Lillgent too. Interesting

More questions and mysteries. Very curious on how this will go

[GamePlayer64]

I've been thinking about Twilight Moonlight and I now see what she reminds me of, a rejected character like those other characters in Epic Mickey.
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I think it involves a Time Travel spell in the Pokémon World's past.

[Anaylze]

Will Missingno be added to this sequel?