My Little Pokémon: Grander World

by Amarvax

Petals and Petalburg

Pegalysium. Mistlove Jungle. Afternoon.

Captured by Sentient Flowers, Cozy Glow found herself being taken away after the flowers sensed her weakness. Due to what she saw not too long ago in space, she was unable to think straight. The flowers sensed this and immediately trapped her in one of them, taking off to the skies to who-knows-where. Only Windflash knew where.

"What do I do?! Do I go for her or...Oooh...!" Windflash wasn't sure who to go to first. One student or multiple students.

"It's alright, Miss!" Scootaloo yelled. Luckily for them, their Pokemon would simply keep them safe, showing no fear. The flowers did attempt to grab the other students due to their reaction, but that was promptly stopped once Rapidash stepped forward.

His hoof hit the ground hard, causing the flowers to halt and immediately back away. Even they knew that messing with Rapidash would result in immediate destruction. They were flowers at the end of the day and those flames are greater than any standard fire out there.

"Oh." Impressed, Windflash saw how the students staved off their fear, forcing the other flowers to retreat. "But still. I can't leave you all here."

"It's fine! We'll be safe!" Sweetie Belle waved her hooves. "We've got our Pokemon to keep us safe, so don't even worry about it!"

"Mhm! You can go on ahead!" Apple Bloom bellowed. All the other children had the same opinion. Surprisingly, each of them were confident in defending themselves and because of that, the flowers did not target them whatsoever. Windflash put on a smile, amazed by what she was seeing and hearing.

"Alright." She would put her faith in them since they were this confident. "Just be safe, children." Ascending higher, she would continue to pursue Cozy Glow, making sure the flowers do not evade her. Windflash went south while the students were left to handle things on their own while the other students looked through the Pocket Sky.

"That's rough," Gallus spoke. "Shouldn't you go with her? I mean, you all sound brave enough?"

"We'd just make her worry if we came along."

"I don't know. We sounded pretty confident when we said we could take care of ourselves." Smolder pointed out, shrugging afterwards. "Check out those flowers. They aren't gonna target us anymore. Not when we're so brave and we've got Fire-Types on our side."

"I wish I was there right now!" Silverstream grizzled her teeth out of jealousy. "If I could bring those flowers back-"

"You'd just cause trouble." Another Hippogriff said, already knowing what might happen if Silverstream ever took one of them back.

"Yeah, I probably would. Hey, Sandbar. Grab me one of those flowers. So when we get the chance to come back to school, I can take them home with me. Oh, and those singing flowers we learned about."

"I'd have to ask first." Sandbar replied. "But we shouldn't leave right now and-"

"Ah, what's there to worry about?" Scootaloo shrugged it off. "Those flowers won't get anywhere near us now. If there's more of us, we can support miss Windflash that way. Easily! How's that sound?"

"I mean...sure." Sandbar uttered. "We could do that.

"Yona thinks you should do it!" Yona immediately entertained the idea and so did the other Yaks as they all spoke in unison. The Griffons didn't help by also encouraging it and so did the Dragons and some of the Hippogriffs. All of them wanted to see it since they were mainly stuck here.

"Don't do it." Speaking through the Pocket Sky and coming into frame was none other than Queen Chrysalis. "The worst case scenario is that you run into something you're not ready for, especially with no guidance in the sk. It's best to stay here where you have absolute control."

"What about her? She could guide us?" Smolder then turned hers and everyone's attention to someone else. Pointing in the distance, the nearest island had someone else running on it.

it was none other than May, who was also following Cozy Glow as she had New Breeze right behind her. Immediately upon seeing her, Sweetie Belle recognized the Trainer from Hoenn from when she was in that brief contest back at Las Pegasus. While she didn't get her name, she recognized that face.

"Hey! It's her!"

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May was moving as fast she can, eyeing down Cozy Glow who was screaming and kicking inside of the bulb. She hopped over the terrain around her when trying to get closer and closer. And to her credit, she was closing the gap.

"I just have to reach her! Go, Beautifly!" From her waist bag, she would throw a Poke Ball into the air. Emerging from it was none other than her Beautifly.

"Beautifly!"

"Beautifly, use Aerial Ace!"

"Beauti!" Covering her wings in a bright self, Beautifly would move at high speeds, zooming through the air. This allowed her to immediately catch up with the flowers, but not before passing by Windflash.

Windflash, who had just come into a view, was startled by the swift movements of Beautifly. She didn't expect a Pokemon to start zooming past her at such speeds, let alone go straight for the flowers. Beautifly got closer and closer as it looked like she was about to connect.

"!!" Cozy Glow grimaced once she saw Beautifly getting closer, fearing that she was a target for this Pokemon. Beautifly connected, but the other flowers got in her way, preventing a direct blow. However, the impact sent a shockwave that affected the main flower either way. With the other flowers falling aside, the main one would start dropping, losing its balance.

Windflash and May watched as the flower started hurtling downwards, spinning a few times and making the young pegasus dizzy. She came to a halt on the sky island she was above and thankfully had a safe landing.

"Oooh..." Cozy Glow groaned while in the flower. Despite this, she was still stuck in it. The flower had yet to leave her alone, still preying on her weaknesses.

"Cozy Glow!" Windflash yelled when descending, coming to her student's aid. Not only that, entering this part of the island was May, who moved through the bushes with Beautifly also descending. "Are you alright?!

"No..." The young pegasus grumbled.

"Sorry about that!" May apologized as that wasn't what she had in mind. "I was hoping for Beautifly to grab the flowers instead!" When showing up, she immediately got Windflash's attention, who was just now seeing her. It caught Windflash off guard to see a Human here who was also right next to her little brother.

"New Breeze? Who's that?" Windflash asked.

"Afternoon, sister!" New Breeze would glide over to his elder sister. "I met a powerful Pokemon Trainer today! Her name is May!"

"Hi there!" May came to a screeching halt upon meeting with Windflash. Both would stop just a few feet away from the flower. Speaking of the flower, the other ones from before flew back in, immediately surrounding themselves once more around the main one. Cozy Glow was quivering, fearing that she might not leave this flower. Then again, compared to what she saw up in space, this was small potatoes. "So you're Windflash. Are these flowers playing around like the other ones?"

"No. These are different." New Breeze replied. "The Ensaring Embrace Flowers are the most dangerous ones we have here in Pegalysium."

"I just explained it to my students, but it looks like Cozy Glow was captured either way. These flowers prey on weak wills, fears and anything negative happening around someone." Windflash would give a quick rundown to May while looking over at Cozy Glow. "They can't harm anyone but they can trap them there forever, I'm afraid."

"That's harsh. All that because of those emotions and traits?" May grimaced at such a fact.

"But that's rather strange..." Windflash thought about something for a moment. "These flowers usually use one of themselves to capture others. It always takes one flower to catch one pony. I've never seen multiple of them appear around another."

"It's not common?" May questioned.

"Mm-mm." Shaking her head, Windflash revealed that this was a new development. "It's never that serious. Then again, we haven't come across many ponies in our life that have gone through this."

"I got trapped in it once when I was really afraid." New Breeze grinned, already going through this experience.

"I remember being told about this when I was young by my grandfather. If multiple flowers are around one pony, that can mean only one thing." Windflash cleared her throat. "It means the person inside is pathetic."

"Gh!" A heavy hit to Cozy Glow's spirit and heart after hearing that. But that was just the first example.

"A nuisance."

"Agh!" Another strong hit. Super-effective this time as Cozy Glow raised her head, her body shivering.

"Distasteful."

"Ngh!" A very super-effective hit to the spirit as another negative word was thrown her.

"And above all else, Hopeless."

"Aah!" A critical hit to the young filly. Everything that was said about her struck her ego right in the core, even if she agreed with some of it.

"But you aren't any of that, Cozy Glow." Windflash, despite spouting all of those words, had faith in the young filly. "I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding from the flowers. It's also my first time coming across this much that are this active."

"Y-Yeah...Just a misunderstanding." Cozy Glow grinned while tears ran down her eyes. "You're gonna pay for this, Windflash! One day! I swear!" She thought to herself.

"So, how do we free her? If you need me to take those flowers down, don't worry!" May grinned, already prepared for some destruction if necessary.

"Well, usually, the best thing to do is a Sincerity Offering. That always frees someone from the flowers. When ensnared by the flower's tendrils, anypony has the opportunity to reflect on their actions and offer a heartfelt apology for any deception or harm they may have caused. If any. That way, they'll be freed."

"That's it? Should be pretty easy." May commented. "I hope so at least. All you have to do is confess."

"C-Confess?" Cozy Glow repeated as things went silent for her. She was once again speaking in her mind. "Rats. If I confess, my cover will be blown. I can't afford that. I was already getting somewhere with the Dragon Matter and Fairy Matter and it'd be the worst if I failed here!"

"It's alright, Cozy Glow. We won't judge you at all, I promise." Windflash encouraged as she had absolute faith in the young pegasus, unaware of what she was capable of. It was because of this, she only saw the good in Cozy Glow and anything negative was seen as childish shenanigans. Possibly due to her having such a huge family. "Neither will the flowers."

"Mmm...!" Cozy Glow's face would be scrunched. Her ears would droop and so would her wings. She had to say something since she definitely didn't want to stay in here. "But instead of confessing the deepest things that mattered, she instead went for a different route.

Not wanting to risk the possibility of the flowers doing something worse to her if they find out she was lying, she had one thing that was technically true but wouldn't be as bad as the events in space and the alliance with Daybreaker.

"I'm the one who caused all those potion problems!" Cozy Glow shouted at the top of her lungs. "The giant potion in school and the ones at the Battle Frontier! Those were all me! I did my best to stay silent about it! I also added my own potion in one of the Battle Frontier's foods and that brought Dragon Matter and Fairy Matter into the world!"

"Oh." Windflash uttered as that didn't really affect her. She wasn't well-versed in potions or even the Dragon Matter. "Alright then. That isn't so bad. Well, she confessed so, I think it's best you let her down."

"That was her?" May was actually taken aback by that. This little girl is the cause of Dragon Matter and Fairy Matter entering the entire universe? Truly a shock.

There were a few seconds of silence that filled the area and yet the flowers were not letting go of Cozy Glow. In fact, after hearing all of this, not only did they keep her in, they started glowing, letting out an aggressive sound.

"W-What's happening?!" Cozy Glow panicked. After sugarcoating and holding back all of the information, the flower's demeanour shifted from passive to aggressive. Its delicate tendrils transform into thorny coils, and its once enchanting aura became tinged with an ominous energy. They turned deep red along with a black crackle of magical energy that reverberated across the atmosphere.

"They didn't accept that?!" A stunned Windflash stepped back. The sure-fire method of escaping these flowers was down the drain.

"Elder sister?! Have you seen that black electricity before?!" New Breeze gulped, tugging his big sister's tail. "What does that mean?!"

---

The students who were making their way to Windflash would soon witness the effects that these aggressive flowers brought once they saw through Cozy Glow's sugarcoating. What started as jolly prance and flutter in this jungle eventually shifted into a dreary place for the other flowers.

Scootaloo and the others saw how the other Sentient Flowers in this jungle started booking it. Rapidly, they were moving across the ground, carrying their dirt and soil while some would hop by using their stems. The black electricity crackled across the jungle area, grabbing some of the flowers.

The students watched as these flowers were restrained by the black electricity, carried through the air. The flowers made sounds that resembled fear and for a good reason. After being lifted into the air, these flowers feared the worst as they were incredibly fragile.

"Charmander! Use Dragon Claw!"

"Charmander!" Saving the flowers from destruction was Charmander, who leapt into the air and slashed one of the black electricity in half. The flower would be dropped, landing perfectly on Charmander's head.

"Meowstic, use Psyshock!"

"Meow!" Doing the same was Meowstic who would pierce some of the black electricity, freeing eight sentient flowers in general. These eight flowers were immediately caught by Rapidash, who didn't even burn them. The flowers were rather worried about that but since Rapidash trusted them, he was able to control his flames so that they took no damage.

The flowers, after being caught and landing safely on Rapidash's back and Charmander's head, would start jumping for joy, letting out little squeaks of happiness with their serene voices. But the area around them wasn't looing so serene at the moment.

"What is Miss Windflash going through over there?" Sweetie Belle had to wonder.

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"Do something!" Cozy Glow screeched while still in the flower. "I wanna go home now!"

"Oh dear. Not only don't they accept it, but they're going too far. I've heard from grandfather that something like this is only used for those who are truly wicked."

"You're saying she's wicked?!" May and New Breeze collectively said when looking at Cozy Glow. They looked at her face, seeing how petrified she was. Nothing about that face screamed wicked or even her reactions.

"I-I don't get it myself! This is my first time witnessing this!"

"Well, I'm not gonna sit by and let this go on. Not on a kid." May's face would tighten up as her gaze intensified, getting serious. Digging into her bag once more, she held two Poke Balls out. "Keep those flowers still! Blaziken! Venusaur!"

"Blaziken!"

"Venusaur!" Immediately after appearing, Blaziken and Venusaur knew what they needed to do. Blaziken leapt through the air, its arms wide as it grabbed onto the flowers. Blaziken's grip was strong but its leg grip was even stronger as it used those to lock the flowers too.

Venusaur was straight forward. Her vines would meet with her fellow plants, bringing them to one spot with ease. There was just one problem. The main flower, which was the most aggressive of them all.

"Alright. What do we do about the main one then? If confessing won't do, what else is there?" May questioned as her Pokemon were holding the flowers as close as they could, keeping them under control for the time being.

"There is one more way. The Release Dance." Thankfully, there was a second option on the table for these flowers. "But this is said to be a last resort and I haven't seen that either. To free someone strongly trapped within the flower's embrace, one must perform a dance of liberation while simultaneously confessing personal truths, no matter how embarrassing or difficult."

"Say what now?" May blinked.

"Mmm. That's what it says. It has to be that kind of dance. Someone else must confess something to the flowers in place of the victim. That's how it works. It can be as deep as it can be."

"Well, I don't have anything deep to hide." New Breeze shook his head. The young pegasus wasn't really hiding anything that really mattered that much to him. Neither did Windflash as she also shook her head.

"Neither do I," Windflash commented. "Anything I have might not be enough for the flowers or matter all that much, but I'm not exactly sure.

"Okay. I have some things to say." May closed her eyes. She would step up, deciding to be the one to reveal some things just for the sake of his child. "I'll dance and confess."

"Miss May, are you sure?" New Breeze asked.

"Very sure. All I need to do is dance and say what needs to be said from my side, right?" She looked back at Windflash.

"Yes. But the dance must also be embarrassing."

"Wait, the dance too?!" May exclaimed. It wasn't just her words but also the dance itself. Truly a display of bravado and confidence was needed for this one scenario. "Oh...I'm a bad dancer any way so I guess this'll work in my favour. Alright. Here I go."

The flowers would old back a bit, waiting to see what May had to offer. They agreed to let May try and free Cozy Glow with whatever she has to say. Even her Pokemon were about to watch this.

Showing up at the worst possible time or technically the best possible time were the students of the Pokemon School when trying to find Windflash. All they had to do was follow the pressure of a fearsome energy and they immmediately found themselves at this area. But they were not prepared for what was coming next.

With a flourish, May began to dance, her movements a whirlwind of spontaneity and silliness. She twirled and spun, leaping with abandon as she channelled all her energy into the liberating dance. As May danced, she began to speak, her words a mixture of heartfelt confessions and deep, embarrassing truths.

"I once tried to impress a cute guy by pretending to be a master chef... and ended up burning the entire kitchen down!" she confessed, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment. "I had to let Wartortle and Blaziken handle the rest of it and they took the fall for me!"

"I have a secret fear of butterflies! I didn't want to admit it to Beautifly from the start! It just happened all of a sudden and I didn't wanna make Beautifly sad when I saw her evolve at last!" She continued, her voice tinged with laughter despite the seriousness of the situation.

With each confession, the Ensnaring Embrace flower seemed to respond, its grip on Cozy Glow gradually loosening as if moved by the honesty and vulnerability of May's words.

"I once convinced a group of tourists that I was the queen of an imaginary kingdom in the clouds! I even had them bowing down and calling me 'Your Highness' and it didn't help that there was actually a place in the sky! I had to walk around like a giant cloud for weeks with Flying Pokemon even entering my costume as if it was a nest!"

As the dance reached its crescendo, May threw herself into one final, exaggerated flourish, her laughter mingling with tears of relief.

"And... and sometimes, I dress up as Ash when we travel across Hoenn together!" She exclaimed, her voice filled with unabashed joy. "The clothes just looked so cool!"

Hearing all of that, the flowers were satisfied. These confessions, while nowhere near as impactful as what Cozy Glow was hiding, were still strong. Strong enough to make the flowers giggle as they found it rather humorous and so did everyone else.

Since it came from the heart and May held nothing back compared to Cozy Glow who was definitely holding something back, this was a good enough reason. The flowers dispersed, freeing Cozy Glow at last.

Everyone else could be heard laughing. From New Breeze to all of the students that had shown up. May twiddled her fingers, her face red from confessing all of that. Especially the last one. That last part was the hardest-hitting one.

"You dress up as Ash Ketchum." Windflash let out a light giggle. "Honestly?"

"Well, I'm shocked they let that one slide since I was holding something about why I really dress as him." May giggled. "But no one else has to know that."

"Hah..." Cozy Glow would lie down, flat on her face too. "Finally."

"I'm positive the dancing contributed to it," Windflash said. "But well done, May. That was rather sweet of you to do all of that for Cozy Glow."

"Yeah. Hopefully never again. I have a lot more that I don't want to share." May then approached Cozy Glow, picking her up from the ground. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine..." Cozy Glow grumbled. "A bit woozy. The inside of that flower was so weird. I don't think I wanna come up here again..."

"Pfft! Nice dancing, lady!" Gallus laughed along with the Griffons. All the Dragons would do the same, laughing at what May had pulled off.

"Yeah, do it again!" Speaking through the Pocket Sky was Garble who was wheezing to the point that he breathed fire.

"Mmmrrgh!" But that only prompted them to receive a vicious stare from the Hoenn Trainer. Her eyes flared like a supernova as she stared into their souls.

"Eeeeeek!" The Griffons and even the Dragons all screeched, leaving the view of the Pocket Sky.

"May?" Just then, something was clicking for Apple Bloom. The name May and the name Ash being brought up in the same sentence reminded her and the rest of her friends of something. "Hang on a second...Are you...the Queen of the Sea?!"

"Queen of the Sea?" May repeated.

"Oh, right! Ash talked about someone called may when he told us the story about the Sea Temple! Weren't you there too!? Are you the same May?!" Scootaloo had to know if she was standing before the May that Ash brought up.

"Yeah, that's me. I guess you've all met Ash. He even told you about what happened with Samiya?" May put on a smile.

"It is you!" Right now, they were standing in front of the true Queen of the Sea before Delia took that spot. The Mother of Prince Manaphy, May Petalburg.

"I was next to her this entire time..." Little Sweetie Belle realized she was in the presence of May during the Pokemon Festival this whole time. She just didn't have an appearance to go off and there was the fact that no names were called out during that contest since it was so different.

"Is she now?" Hearing Queen of the Sea was Chrysalis, who moved her children aside to look at May Petalburg. Her eyes narrowed at the Hoenn Trainer, eyeing her up and down. "Hmm...Queen of the Sea, are you? Hmph.
"
"Is something wrong?" May asked.

"Nothing, nothing." Chrysalis rolled her eyes. "Uh, if you wouldn't mind, would you like to come over to the Changeling Lands for a while?"

"How about we go home first?" Cozy Glow asked, wanting to get out of Pegalysium pronto.

"That'll be for the best." Windflash agreed. "For your own sake. But we'll need someone to help you get down to Equestria and I have to stay up here for the children. Our lesson isn't quite done yet."

"I'll take her." May, who was already holding onto Cozy Glow would take that role. "Don't worry about it. She'll be back in Equestria safe and sound. I've already gotten some good views and ideas for next contest I'll go to"

"Oh, oh! Don't leave yet!" Sweetie Belle, Diamond Tiara and other ponies participating in the Pokemon Contests would jump around May. "You're a Top Coordinator, right?! Are you?! Share some stuff with us, please! Especially since you've been with Ash!"

"Uh...I think it's best I get her home before anyone else." May prioritised Cozy Glow's wellbeing. But I guess along the way I can share a few things with you. What's the rush anyways?"

"Yes! And tell us the side of your story when you were at the Sea Temple?!" Sweetie Belle also wanted more details about that event. "I bet you did something amazing there too! Ash said you stayed in a ship a lot of the time or something!"

"Well, umm..." Truth be told, May really did stay inside of a pod the entire time and very soon, they were about to hear her side of the story.

But while they were walking away from this area, Windflash had to wonder about something. She looked back at the flowers, curious as to why they didn't accept Cozy Glow's confessions. They were true, but Windflash had no idea what was beyond that.

A weird feeling coursed through her body that she managed to feel as she then looked over at Cozy Glow. Windflash wanted to believe she told the truth. She even chalked it up to her first time seeing those flowers act in such a way. The descendant of Windkiss wouldn't know for sure. Not yet at least.

As the journey continues.

Chapter 447 End.