> Pokemon; World Collision > by Ty The Draco > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Awakening; Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long ago, in the beginning, there was only a void of chaos. From this chaos, a single egg appeared and from it came the Original One, who created the entire universe with it's 1,000 arms. After the universe was first created, a single planet was born. And on that planet lived many different species. But there were two species who were more dominant then the others, Equines, who were born in the Original One's appearance, and Pokemon, who were born as the same species as the Original One. The two leaders of the species were assigned to protect the most powerful item, the Creation Emerald. But because of rivalries formed between the two species, an all out war broke out, nearly destroying the planet until the Creation Emerald was destroyed in the battle and a heavenly light came from it's remains. From this light, the Original One appeared and took the remains of the planet and split them into several other planets, each one holding it's own species.The only two left on the remaining piece of the original planet were the leader of the Equines, the first Alicorn, and the leader of the Pokemon, the ancestor of all Pokemon, who had remained friends throughout the whole war. The Original One saw their friendship and with their powers came some of the most powerful weapons of them all, the Elements of Harmony, each one holding a tiny fraction of power of the Creation Emerald itself, and the Elemental Plates, which are said to be shards of the Creation Emerald. The Original One then told them that a day will come where a "chosen one" will appear in the Equines home world in order to restore the peace between the two tribes. The two friends departed to their worlds. But as they did, a lone figure watched with an evil aura coming from it's on body with such power that it spread to all corners of the universe. Now, each world now has more then one species with the two friends watching all of them. But they are still awaiting the day that the "chosen one" will appear and bring peace to the bloody history of the two tribes. But little do they know that the chosen one...has already appeared. That was the strange dream young Twilight Sparkle had as she and her corrupted friends, minus one Rainbow Dash, prepared to fire the Elements of Harmony at Discord, but then the light coming from them disappeared and the 5 ponies dropped to the ground. "What's going on?" asked a confused Twilight. "Mine's workin'. There must be somethin' wrong with yours." said the corrupted Applejack. "I HATE the Elements of Harmony!" yelled the gray Pinkie Pie. "Hmph! Garbage." said the gray Fluttershy as she threw her element away. "MINE!" yelled the corrupted Rarity as she grabbed the Element of Kindness. "Sorry Twilight, I guess I better get back upstairs and clean up the mess. Good luck with-WHOA!" yelled Spike as he tripped over Fluttershy's tail. "Oops, sorry Rainbow Crash!" said Fluttershy as she snickered to herself. "Bravo ponies, bravo! Harmony in Equestria is dead. Discord rules, Celestia drools." said Discord as he laughed while skating away on the soap roads. "It's your fault it didn't work!" said Pinkie. "Who are you talking too?" asked Twilight. "Any of you! All of you! I'm outta here!" said Pinkie as she hopped away. "Ah better go too. Ah got new better friends waitin' fer me as the farm." said Applejack as she trotted away. "Yeah, I'm sick of you losers!" said Fluttershy as she flew away while Rarity pushed her boulder away. "Fine, leave! See if I care! I don't need you guys either! With friends like you, who needs... enemies...?" said Twilight as her colors started turning gray. After she was fully gray, a tear fell from her eye and it formed the shape of a broken heart on the ground. But in it's reflection, a yellow mouse was seen out cold laying on top of a hill Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 1: Awakening The first thing Pikachu saw when he finally started to open his eyes were...cotton candy clouds? Pikachu immediately opened his eyes wide and sat up, looking at his surroundings. 'Where am I?' was Pikachu's first thought as he saw the ground looked like it had several blue and dark blue tiles, yet it still felt like grass. The buildings almost looked like they were just stage props. And there was chocolate milk coming from the clouds instead of rain. 'This is crazy! How did I even get here?' Pikachu thought. But then he remembered the last thing that happened was Team Rocket's machine exploding, then getting sent blasting off again for who knows how many times. 'I lost count after I got done in Johto.' thought Pikachu as he softly chuckled to himself at how many times Team Rocket had failed to get him. But then he remembered a portal appearing and he and Bu.. 'Oh my gosh! Buneary! She was with me when her and I fell in the portal! Where could she be!?' Pikachu panicked as he looked around, looking for his friend. After not seeing her anywhere around where he was, Pikachu started running around the chaotic town, looking for his friend. 'She's got to be around here somewhere! We need to get back to Ash and Dawn ASAP!' Pikachu thought as he was running down one path. As he did, he saw something up on a cloud. It looked like a gray horse with wings on it. 'Is that a new Pokemon? I hope it doesn't do anything like Zekrom did.' Pikachu thought as he remembered what happened as soon as he got in the Unova region. Pikachu cleared his throat and began to talk. "Hey...!!!" as soon as those words left Pikachu's mouth, his eyes went wide. He spoke!? Spoke actual English!? 'This is getting even more crazy! First I end up who knows where thanks to Team Rocket, then I don't know where Buneary is, and now I can speak perfect English!?' thought Pikachu. He just let those thoughts slide for now and decided to figure it out later. He had to find out what was going on. "Hey, you up there!" yelled Pikachu up to the creature up on the cloud. "What's up!?" said the creature without turning around to see who was talking. Pikachu realized by the sound of the voice, the creature was a female. "Are you going to come down here?I need to ask you something." said Pikachu. "HA, why would I come down there!? Have you seen Ponyville!? It's a disaster! I'm staying up here in Cloudsdale where it's awesome!" said the creature. 'Ponyville? Cloudsdale? I don't think I'm in my own world anymore., but I need to get her down here.' thought Pikachu. Pikachu then got an idea and jumped up into the air. "You're coming down one or another! Take this, Electro Ball!" yelled Pikachu as he fired the electric orb at the creature, who saw it coming and quickly grabbed the cloud and flew away from the attack just in time. "Whoa, how did you do that!? Who, and what, are you anyway?" asked the creature, completely in awe from Pikachu's attack. "Well first of all, my name is Pikachu. I'm something called a Pokemon. And that thing you saw was one of my many attacks, called Electro Ball. The faster I am then my target, the more damage it does." said Pikachu. "You think your fast!? Heck, I'm the fastest pegasus in all of Equestria! I'm not called Rainbow Dash for nothing!" said the creature, unknowingly answering the question Pikachu was going to ask. "Equestria? Rainbow Dash? I don't know why...but the sounds...strangely familiar. But why is she gray instead of...'rainbowy'?' thought Pikachu. But something told him he needed more answers and there was only one way to get them. "Well how about your prove it then? I challenge you to a race. If I win, you have to answer every question I have." said Pikachu. "A Race? Hahahaha, you think you can keep up with me? You know what, you're on, but if I win, then you have to admit that I am the most awesomest thing you've ever seen!" said Dash. Pikachu sighed, but he needed to do this so he nodded. 'Something tells me I am in for the ride of my life.' thought Pikachu as he and Rainbow Dash headed for the place they would start their race at, completely unaware of a brown, furry creature out cold in a bush near where they were. > Awakening; Part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Wh...where am I?' thought Buneary as she seemed to be walking through a forest. The further she walked, the more darker it got. Soon, she came upon a house and when she entered it, there seemed to be only a table and a lit fireplace. 'Seems nice. But why am I getting goosebumps?' the rabbit Pokemon thought as she walked further into the house. But then, when she looked in the fireplace she saw...a skeleton? 'Wh...what!?' thought Buneary as she saw the skeleton, terrified of the sight. Someone must have been killed and their body was left in the burning fireplace. But then she heard something. "Help us..." the voice said. Buneary, as soon as she heard the voice, immediately started looking around. All of a sudden, however, she saw movement...from the fireplace? As soon as Buneary turned towards it, she saw the skeleton come to life! "HELP US PLEASE!" yelled the skeleton as it came towards Buneary. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" yelled Buneary as she suddenly sat up in the bush she was in. Her entire face was covered in sweat. That was one of the weirdest nightmares she had ever had. "What the heck was that all about...!!!" Buneary went wide eyed when she spoke. She had spoken perfect English just like her trainer Dawn does. But then, she remembered what had happened before. She remembered Ash and Pikachu coming to watch her and Dawn compete in the Grand Festival in the Hoenn region, but after they had actually won it, Team Rocket, claiming to have gone back to basics appeared and tried to get Pikachu by holding Buneary hostage. But when Pikachu was able to take out their machine, they had fallen through a portal. "This must be where I appeared after falling through that portal. But...where's Pikachu?" asked Buneary. She knew just sitting around wasn't going to help anything, so she made her way out of the bush and as soon as she did, she saw...cotton candy clouds? She also saw that the ground looked like it had several blue and dark blue tiles, yet it still felt like grass. The buildings that were seen far in the distance almost looked like they were just stage props. And there was chocolate milk coming from the clouds instead of rain. "Man, and I thought what happened in Alamos Town was chaotic." said Buneary before she made her way to the town. As soon as she got there, she saw two more creatures. One looked like an animal with several different body parts, the other looked like a gray unicorn with what looked like stars on it's rump. "Come now Twilight Sparkle, you've got to get into the spirit of things!" said the taller creature as he made a paper cone appear in his hands and took the cotton candy cloud that was over the unicorn's head into the cone. Buneary realized that this was the creature who had been causing all this chaos. And by the look of things, he was causing the unicorn some bad problems, so Buneary did the only thing she could think of. "Hey, stop it!" yelled Buneary, causing both Twilight and the other creature to look at Buneary. "Who the hay are you? And why would I stop all this wonderful chaos? My name is Discord and I'm the spirit of chaos for a reason." said Discord, but Buneary was not amused. "Spirit of chaos? Well if you ask me, I've seen more chaotic things then you ever will. Try, I don't know, an entire town floating between dimensions." said Buneary before smiling at Discord's confused look. "I don't mean to copy Discord...but who are you anyway?" asked Twilight, who, even though she had completely lost hope in beating Discord, was still curious to know who Buneary was. "My name is Buneary, a Pokemon from a place called the Sinnoh region." said Buneary, finally introducing herself to Twilight and Discord. "I've never heard of this place, but at least there's a new player to my game." said Discord as his eagle claw took a magic aura. He then tried to touch Buneary with it, but Buneary suddenly jumped and did the Spin move Dawn had taught her to avoid it while flying past Discord. "What!? How did you know I was going to try and do the same thing I've done to others!?" Discord said, completely thrown off guard to Buneary's movement. "So that's what you were trying to do to me? Good thing I dodged it then." said Buneary, now having an idea as to why Twilight was gray. Discord, however, was mad now. "Well, let's see you try to dodge this!" yelled Discord as he suddenly made a bunch of glasses of chocolate milk appear. Buneary, having an idea it was not normal chocolate milk, got ready. "Let me show you what a Pokemon born for Contests can do!" said Buneary as she bounced high into the air. Discord then sent the glasses at Buneary, but Buneary did a twirl in mid-air as she used Ice Beam to freeze each glass, each one falling to the ground and exploding. The smoke from the explosions temporarily blinded Discord, but when he was able to see, Buneary suddenly hit him with her Bounce attack, knocking the draconequus down to the ground. Twilight just looked on, completely amazed by Buneary's actions. "Wow...what kind of magic is this?" asked Twilight. Discord got back up and used his powers to fire cotton candy clouds at Buneary, but Buneary once again used her Spin move to dodge and then hit Discord with a Dizzy Punch, once again knocking him down. 'Wow, this is too easy...I just wish Pikachu was watching this. He'd probably cheer me on.' thought Buneary as she blushed at the thought of Pikachu cheering her on, but was oblivious to Discord suddenly having a large glass of chocolate milk appear over her. "Take this you stupid rodent!" yelled Discord as he had the glass drop. Buneary got out of her thoughts in time to see the glass hit her and explode, causing her to crash against a tree, which was actually Twilight's home. "Ugh..." said Buneary as she got on the ground. Discord, however, suddenly grabbed her and slammed her into the tree. "This is what you get for messing with me." said Discord as his eyes took on a multicolored hue, beginning to corrupt Buneary. But Buneary, refusing to give up, fought back with a close range Ice Beam into Discord's face, causing him to stumble back, trying to thaw his now-frozen face. "I can't give up...no matter what...I will beat you!" said Buneary as her paw suddenly had a blue orb appear in it. As soon as Discord got his face thawed, he saw what Buneary was doing. "I have no idea what you're doing, but I won't let you!" said Discord as he teleported in front of Buneary and tried to corrupt her again, but Buneary wasn't going to let him. "You won't stop me!" yelled Buneary as she flung the blue sphere in her paw with as much force as she could muster up and slammed it into Discord's gut, causing it to explode and it sent both Discord and Buneary flying in opposite directions and both landing with a hard thud. (End music) Discord was the first to get up, but then he saw something in the distance. It was a Sonic Rainboom with electricity coming from it. "Hmmm...you win this round you rodent, but next time, I will win." said Discord as he teleported away. Twilight then came up to Buneary, who was covered in bruises. "You...wh..what are you?" asked Twilight, to which Buneary tried to respond to, but quickly lost consciousness, causing Twilight to panic a bit. Suddenly, a purple dragon came out of the tree, holding his stomach in pain. "Ohhh, my stomach...hey, Twilight, what was with the explosions? And why are you gray now" asked the dragon, but then he saw Buneary out cold next to Twilight. "No time to explain Spike, I need your help!" said Twilight as she picked up Buneary and ran into her home with Spike right behind, now ignoring the pain. What is going to happen to Pikachu and Buneary now that they're in Equestria? And can Discord be stopped? Find out next time as this new adventure continues. To Be Continued... > Shining Victory Star; Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pikachu and Rainbow Dash had made their way to a clearing in Sweet Apple Acres where they would start their race. "Okay, first one to finish 3 whole laps around Ponyville and make it back here is the winner. Hehe, of course, I already know who's going to win." said Rainbow Dash. "You know getting overconfident is going to be your downfall, right?" asked Pikachu. Dash rolled her eyes at the comment. "Whatever. On your marks,,," said Dash as she flapped her wings. "Get set..." Dash continued. Pikachu felt his muscles tense up as he set up for what we thought was going to be the toughest race in his life. "GO!!!" yelled Dash as her and Pikachu raced at blinding speeds, completely unaware of a small creature that got sent spinning they raced by. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 2; Shining Victory Star On the farm, the creature Rainbow Dash and Pikachu passed recovered from getting dizzy thanks to it's spin trip. "Whoa...what the heck was that?" asked the creature. But then it realized it spoke perfect English and was on some sort of farm that had flying pigs over it. "This is crazy. I knew that portal was strange, but this is even stranger. And how can I talk now?" asked a creature with light tan fur and red hands, feet, and ears with it's ears forming a V shape on it's forehead. On it's lower back were a pair of wings. It was holding a pendant that it had gotten from some mysterious creature. The creature started walking around on the farm, looking for it's friends. "I really hope I can find Pikachu soon. We need to get back home." said the creature. However, as it was walking, it suddenly bumped into a grey mare. "Hey, watch were yer going' fella." said the mare. The creature got a good look at the mare and saw it had three apples on it's behind and was wearing a stetson hat. The creature then went wide eyed. "Hey, by any chance is your name Applejack?" asked the creature. "Nope, that's not mah name." said the mare, but she then shifted her eyes a bit while scrunching up her face. The creature knew all to well it was the face of someone lying. "You're lying. So you must be Applejack." said the creature. The mare turned her back to the creature and began to walk off. "So what if Ah am? Ah've got no business with ya?" said Applejack. However, the creature was determined to tell Applejack a message. It used the wings on it's back to fly in front of AJ. "Sorry, but I do have something to tell you." said the creature. Applejack, seeing the creature fly, was shocked. "Whoa! How are ya doin' that!? Ah thought only pegasi could fly?" said Applejack. The creature giggled a bit at AJ's confusion. "I'll explain everything later. But I need to tell you something. Do you know anyone by the name of Apple Delight?" asked the creature, making Applejack's eyes become as big as dinner plates. "How...how do ya know my mother?" asked Applejack. The creature then help up the pendant and gave it to AJ. As soon as the farm pony opened the pendant, she saw a picture of her mom and dad and a small note next to it, which she took and opened it to red it. Dear Applejack, If you're reading this, I'm going to be long gone. This is my parting gift to you. Just know that me and your father will always love you. Your Mother Apple Delight Applejack found herself in tears. Her mother had left her a parting gift to help her remember her parents. She then looked up at the creature and for the first time in quite some time, she smiled as she hugged the creature. Her colors then started to come back, allowing the creature to see her true colors. The creature saw no longer a gray mare, but a mare with an orange coat and blonde mane and tail with three bright red apples on it's rump. "Thank ya so much. But...who are ya anyway?" asked Applejack. The creature smiled as he let go of the hug and landed on the ground before giving a wink to AJ and putting two of it's 4 fingers into a V shape. "Call me Victini." said the creature. Applejack was still curious as to what Victini was, but she then remembered something. "Oh horseapples! Mah friends! They're still corrupted thanks to Discord! Ah need to help them! But...how?" asked Applejack, completely stumped as to how she could help her friends. Victini saw the look on Applejack's face and smiled suddenly. "Hey, I don't know who Discord is, but if it makes you feel better, I'll help you help your friends." said Victini. Applejack looked up at Victini with a surprised look. "Y...Ya'd really help me?" asked Applejack. Victini gave her a thumbs up and smiled again. "Of course! Let's go!" said Victini as he flew off. Applejack felt herself smile event more at Victini's generosity before running off after Victini. Meanwhile, on the other side of Ponyville, Pikachu and Rainbow Dash continued their race. Pikachu was struggling to keep up with Dash, who seemed to always be a few steps ahead of Pikachu no matter how fast he went. "Hey, try and at least give me a challenge! But since you can't, see you at the finish line!" said Dash as she suddenly sped up and sped away, living a cloud of dust behind her with Pikachu nearly getting blinded by it. Pikachu tried to use Quick Attack to catch up, but he was not fast enough. "No...I can't lose this." said Pikachu as electricity came from his cheeks. He had developed a desire for speed and realized this was the ultimate challenge of speed. "I can't lose!" said Pikachu as the electricity suddenly started flowing from his cheeks, spreading to his Quick Attack speed. Pikachu suddenly became enveloped in a yellow electrical aura as his speed suddenly increased to near-super sonic speeds. "I CAN'T LOSE!!!" yelled Pikachu as he suddenly caught up to Dash. As soon as he did, Pikachu had realized one thing. He had just re-learned his old signature move and combined it with a new move he just learned. Pikachu now knew both Volt Tackle and Extremespeed. Dash saw Pikachu next to her and got a surprised look. "Whoa! That looks so awesome! Well, this is where the real race begins!" yelled Dash and her and Pikachu finished their first lap at the same time. They knew deep down this was the greatest race in their lives. > Shining Victory Star; Part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ugh...where am I?" asked Buneary as she started to wake up. she realized she wasn't hurting at all anymore. She opened her eyes and saw both Twilight and Spike on the end of the bed she was in. They were talking about something. "Twilight, you can't be serious about leaving Ponyville?" asked Spike. "I am Spike. This place has become to chaotic thanks to Discord and...my friends have abandoned me. So we're leaving as soon as we get some answers from that one creature who actually took Discord to the limit." said Twilight. Buneary then remembered the fight she had with Discord and realized not only did she survive it, but she may have actually won it. "Hey there..." said Buneary, allowing both Twilight and Spike to know she's awake. "Oh, you're awake. That's good. After that fight with Discord, you were pretty beat up." said Twilight. Buneary then remembered that near the end of that fight, she had used some sort of blue sphere to send herself and Discord flying from an explosion. 'What was that move I used? I've never used any move like that before.' thought Buneary. "Oh, I guess we should introduce ourselves. My name is Twilight Sparkle." said Twilight. "And I'm Spike, Ponyville's only dragon resident." said Spike. "Twilight and Spike...well, like I said before, my name is Buneary, a Pokemon from the Sinnoh Region." said Buneary. But then, Twilight suddenly gasped in shocked. "Hey, what's wrong Twilight?" asked Spike. "Buneary...did you say you're...a Pokemon?" asked Twilight. Buneary nodded at Twilight, who then got a concerned look on her face. "The reason I asked was because...right before me and my friends tried to use these magical artifacts called the Elements of Harmony to beat Discord, I got these strange vision." said Twilight. Spike got a confused look on his face while Buneary then got curious to what Twilight's vision was. "The vision told me a story. I think it went like this. 'Long ago, in the beginning, there was only a void of chaos. From this chaos, a single egg appeared and from it came the Original One, who created the entire universe with it's 1,000 arms. After the universe was first created, a single planet was born. And on that planet lived many different species. But there were two species who were more dominant then the others, Equines, who were born in the Original One's appearance, and Pokemon, who were born as the same species as the Original One. The two leaders of the species were assigned to protect the most powerful item, the Creation Emerald. But because of rivalries formed between the two species, an all out war broke out, nearly destroying the planet until the Creation Emerald was destroyed in the battle and a heavenly light came from it's remains. From this light, the Original One appeared and took the remains of the planet and split them into several other planets, each one holding it's own species.The only two left on the remaining piece of the original planet were the leader of the Equines, the first Alicorn, and the leader of the Pokemon, the ancestor of all Pokemon, who had remained friends throughout the whole war. The Original One saw their friendship and with their powers came some of the most powerful weapons of them all, the Elements of Harmony, each one holding a tiny fraction of power of the Creation Emerald itself, and the Elemental Plates, which are said to be shards of the Creation Emerald. The Original One then told them that a day will come where a "chosen one" will appear in the Equines home world in order to restore the peace between the two tribes. The two friends departed to their worlds. But as they did, a lone figure watched with an evil aura coming from it's on body with such power that it spread to all corners of the universe. Now, each world now has more then one species with the two friends watching all of them. But they are still awaiting the day that the "chosen one" will appear and bring peace to the bloody history of the two tribes. But little do they know that the chosen one...has already appeared.' I think it went just like that." Twilight said before looking at Buneary, who had a shocked look on her face for some reason. "What's wrong Buneary?" asked Twilight. "Th...that story...it's the same one my father told me once before! And you said it the exact same way!" said Buneary. Now it was Twilight's turn to be shocked. "This just can't be a coincidence...wait right here Buneary. Spike, we need to find a certain book." said Twilight as she and Spike went downstairs to find a book. Buneary then decided to think about what has happened so far. She was saved by Pikachu from Team Rocket, they had fallen into a portal to this new world, Buneary had defeated a spirit of chaos, and now, the story her dad told her before was seen in Twilight's vision. Something told her things were going to get interesting around here. But she had no idea about the race Pikachu and Rainbow Dash were in. Those two were still neck and neck thanks to Pikachu now knowing both Volt Tackle and Extremespeed. The race would have stayed like this until Pikachu noticed something Dash didn't. Pikachu saw a falling right towards Dash, who was completely unaware to it. "LOOK OUT!" yelled Pikachu to Dash. Dash, at first, thought it was a trick until she saw a shadow loom over her. She then looked back and saw the tree coming towards her. And she was going to fast for her to change directions. "AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Dash yelled as she closed her eyes, waiting for the pain. But the next thing she knew, she felt Pikachu pushing her out of the way of the tree. Pikachu had jumped onto the side of a wall and jumped off it, using the momentum to push himself and Dash out of the way of the tree, which landed hard with a loud thud. Both of them had come to a complete stop and Dash then saw Pikachu next to her, gasping for breath. "You...you saved me?" asked Dash. Pikachu looked at her and gave her a smile. "Of course. That's what friends are for, right?" asked Pikachu. Dash had a surprised look on her face. Even though they had just met and she wasn't loyal to anyone or anything, Pikachu still considered her a friend? Dash then remembered all the thing she had done with her other friends and how much she cared for them. Dash then looked at Pikachu and smiled as her colors returned, allowing Pikachu to see Dash no longer as a gray mare, but a mare with a sky blue coat, rose colored eyes, and a mane and tail that had the 6 colors of the rainbow. This was the true Rainbow Dash. Dash then hugged Pikachu suddenly. "Thank you." was all Dash said. Pikachu smiled before returning the hug, which felt weird to Pikachu somehow. Almost felt like it was a hug between siblings for some reason. Dash released the hug and then gave Pikachu a confident look. "I believe we still have a race to finish." said Dash. Pikachu then got a confident look, knowing it was time to finish the race. The two then took off at incredible speeds. No time to question my moves I stick to the path that I choose Me and my friends are gonna do it right You'll never see us run away from a fight The two came up to where they started their race. Pikachu and Rainbow Dash looked at each other, then nodded as they entered the final lap at the same time. To be a master is my dream, All I've got to do is believe (I believe!) I've got a chance to win I'm on my way to victory (Pokémon!) I can be a champion if I just believe 'This is it. One more lap and I can possibly get some answers.' thought Pikachu as he and Dash went pass a lake with such speed that the lake water was nearly blown away from the wind. I'm on a Master Quest (Master Quest!) I want the whole world to see (I believe!) I'm gonna be the very best, 'Cause all I've got to do is believe in me. Pokémon! "You know what, I think you've earned the opportunity to see my grandest move of them all, the Sonic Rainboom! See you at the finish line!" said Dash as she started flying up very high. I believe! "You're not getting away from me!" said Pikachu as he jumped as high as he could and was able to bite onto Dash's tail. Pokémon! I'm on a Master Quest (Master Quest!) I want the whole world to see "Hey, let go!" said Dash as she tried to make Pikachu let go of her tail. But Pikachu was determined to not let go just yet. Pikachu then saw how high they were and then slingshotted himself from Dash's tail back towards the ground at an incredible speed while using Volt Tackle. No time to question my moves I stick to the path that I choose Me and my friends are gonna do it right You'll never see us run away from a fight "Where do you think you're going!" yelled Dash as she sped up to catch up with Pikachu and was able to, both of them feeling a mach cone forming around them. I believe I've got a chance to win I'm on my way to victory (Pokémon!) I can be a champion if I just believe "HERE WE GO!" yelled both Dash and Pikachu as they broke through the sound barrier at the same time, causing a Sonic Rainboom with electricity also coming from it. 'm on a Master Quest (Master Quest!) I want the whole world to see (I believe!) I'm gonna be the very best, 'Cause all I've got to do is believe in me Pokémon! 'This is it!' thought Pikachu as the finish line came into view. He could see Dash in the corner of his eye. They were neck and neck. Pikachu tried his best to go a little bit more faster. Before Pikachu even knew it, however, his feet was on the ground. Pikachu and Dash made one final rush to the finish and they both crossed it. "YES! I won!" said Dash as she raised her hooves up high. "No you didn't, I won!" said Pikachu. "You tied!" came a new voice, one that was unknown to Pikachu but very familiar to Dash as she looked behind her and saw Applejack with another creature on her back. "Huh!? What do you mean we tied AJ!?" asked Dash. Pikachu got a good look at the farm pony before noticing the creature on Applejack's back. If it wasn't for the V shaped ears, Pikachu might not have known who it was. "Wait, Victini!?" asked Pikachu, who was very surprised. The creature hopped of AJ's back and was revealed to indeed be the legendary Pokemon Victini. "Hey there Pikachu." said Victini. With Applejack and Rainbow Dash back to normal and Victini now on Equestria, Pikachu knew that something was going on. And he intends to find out what's going on and how to get back home as the journey continues. To Be Continued... > A Chaos Finale of Legends > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first thing that Discord didn't expect after he teleported to the place the electrical Sonic Rainboom was at was to end up in some sort of distorted space area. When he looked around, he saw many pictures of some legendary Pokemon and other powerful creatures around him. He also felt power unlike anything he'd ever felt before. He knew he could only feel just a fraction of this power, but it was still enough to make the spirit of chaos feel like he was being crushed with power. "What is this place?" asked Discord. He kept looking around until he saw a man near him with a large creature behind him. The man seemed to snicker so sinisterly that it sent chills down even Discord's spine. "Who are you?" asked Discord. The man looked at him with cold, evil eyes and suddenly held up some sort of plate. It was colored an reddish orange. "You want to take over that world you're in, right? Then use this Draco Plate, one of the 17 Elemental Plates made by the Original One, to control your new minion and make it unstoppable and with it, nothing can stand in your way." said the man as the plate floated to Discord, who took it and suddenly, the creature walked over to Discord. Discord was only half of the size of the creature coming to him, so he felt very nervous. But then the creature suddenly seemed to bow to him, accepting Discord as it's new master. "Hm...HeheheHAHAHAHA! Thank you for this most chaotic gift! I just have 2 questions. What is this creature...and who are you?" asked Discord. The man looked at him and suddenly, a bit of light showed a yellow letter G on his shirt. "My identity is of no concern to you. But as for the creature, it's a legendary Pokemon. The most powerful of all Pokemon that are also dragons. But it's incomplete. So how about you use that Draco Plate to make it complete." said the man. Discord then looked at the Pokemon and held the Draco Plate up high. putting his chaos powers into it and suddenly, the plate went to the legendary Pokemon and it got absorbed by it. The Pokemon then let out a large roar as it's colors changed and new power came from it. Discord smiled. "Now Equestria will be mine forever! HAHAHAHA!" Discord laughed. But above them, a small pink creature looked at the two and the large legendary Pokemon before teleporting away. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 3: A Chaos Finale of Legends Back in Ponyville, Buneary was still recovering while Twilight was still looking for a book. Buneary looked out the window and suddenly saw a rainbow in the sky. 'A rainbow? Huh, that reminds of that the day me and Pikachu had before we came here.' thought Pikachu. 'You like looking at rainbows too Pikachu?' 'Huh? Oh, Buneary. Yeah, I do. I don't know why, but they always give me a feeling of confidence and makes me want to win battles. It's hard to explain.' 'Wow. You know Pikachu, maybe we do have some things in common after all.' "'Huh, what do you mean Buneary?' 'Well...' "Hey, Buneary, you okay?" came Twilight's voice. Buneary snapped out her day dream and looked at Twilight, who was still gray but had a look of concern on her face. "You looked like you were focused on something. Is something wrong?" asked Twilight. Buneary sighed before looking back out the window. "Well, I know I have a...'friend' who is also here I think. But I have no idea where he is, if he;s even safe, and if I'll ever see him again." said Buneary as tears started to form in her eyes. Twilight knew her friends may have betrayed her, but that didn't mean she had to not have anymore friends at all. She went over to Buneary and brought her into a hug. "Buneary, I don't know who this friend of yours is, but I promise you'll meet him again." said Twilight. Buneary buried her head into Twilight's coat, trying to stop herself from crying. Twilight smiled as she felt her colors returning, giving her her normal purple coat, her tail and mane it's dark purple color with the magenta stripe in her mane, and the white and magenta stars on her cutie mark. Buneary noticed this, but didn't say anything. Suddenly, the two felt an earthquake. "Whoa, what's going on!?" asked Twilight. Suddenly, Spike came in with a panicked look on his face. "Twilight! We got a problem! A huge dragon has appeared in Ponyville and Discord is using it!" said Spike. Twilight and Buneary went wide eyed as they quickly made their way to the balcony. There, they saw Discord with a large dragon which was firing a blue beam that seemingly had images in it at some pegasi. Buneary suddenly got scared and backed away. "Buneary, what is it?" asked Twilight. "N...no way. How did he get control of THAT!?" asked a scared Buneary. She remembered the creature she was looking at very clearly. "Wait, you know what it is? What is it then?" asked Spike. "...Dialga." was all the Buneary said. Meanwhile, back at Sweet Apple Acres, Pikachu, who was riding on Rainbow Dash's back, and Victini, who was riding on Applejack's back, was making their way to Ponyville after their meeting and Victini telling Pikachu how he came to this world, Right now, they were telling each other some adventures they've had. Pikachu just finished telling a story about how he met a Lucario for the first time. "...After we saved that tree, we made our way to the next town. But I'm sure I'll meet Lucario again some day." said Pikachu, finishing his story. "Wow, I can't believe it. And this Ash guy sounds cool." said Rainbow Dash, who actually enjoyed the story. However, Applejack and Victini suddenly went quite as they stared straight ahead, coming to a complete stop. "Hey, what's wrong?" asked Pikachu as he and Dash came to a stop. They then noticed the look of fear on AJ and Victini's faces and looked at what they were looking at. They saw a creature rampaging through Ponyville. And the size of it was incredible. But Pikachu then noticed another creature next to the bigger one. Dash and AJ seemed to notice it too because they got angry faces suddenly. "How in the hay did Discord get something like THAT!?" asked Dash. Pikachu didn't know who Discord was, but knew he was up to no good as he then raced off towards him and the large creature. "Hey, wait up!" yelled Dash as she went off after Pikachu. Applejack rolled her eyes at this. "Gosh darn it, doesn't that girl get into enough trouble already!?" asked AJ as she followed the two with Victini, who was actually scared of the large creature, still on the farm pony's back. Pikachu soon arrived in Ponyville square, where the creature and Discord was. "HEY!!!" yelled Pikachu, getting Discord's attention. The draconequus turned to Pikachu and smirked. "Another one huh? My, these Pokemon creatures are certainly showing up more then I thought. Who might you be?" asked Discord. Pikachu growled before calming down to answer. "The name's Pikachu. And I don't like what you're doing to this place." said Pikachu. Rainbow Dash soon showed up with Applejack and Victini right behind. "Well, seems like almost the entire gang is here. How wonderful." said Discord. This confused Dash and AJ. "What are ya talkin' 'bout Discord?" asked AJ. Discord smiled before snapping his fingers, causing 3 new ponies to appear in mid air next to be Discord, seemingly in pain. Pikachu and Victini didn't know who they were, but Dash and Applejack knew. "Pinkie Pie! Fluttershy! Rarity!" yelled Dash. The 3 ponies had the same gray coats AJ and Dash had before, but the painful look on their faces was too much for anyone except Discord, who just laughed. "This is so much fun! I'd like to see you try and save these 3! Though with my powers and this wonderful dragon with me, there's no way you can!" said Discord. Pikachu gritted his teeth as he tried to think of a way to save those 3. "GO!" came a new voice. Suddenly, a brown blur appeared covered in a magenta aura and with incredible speed, snatched Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie out of the air and land on the ground next to a unicorn. AJ knew who the unicorn was. "Twilight! Thank goodness you're alright! Ah'm sorry for everything Ah did!" said Applejack. Twilight just gave her an 'It's fine' look. Pikachu then saw the brown blur he saw and his eyes went wide as he saw who it was. "BUNEARY!?" asked Pikachu. Buneary turned to Pikachu and smiled and her best thumbs up. "Hey Pikachu. Sorry we couldn't be here earlier." said Buneary. Dash and AJ went over to Twilight and the 3 began to try to wake up the other 3 ponies. As they did, Pikachu faced Discord and the large creature and growled at them. "That's it! I won't let you hurt any more innocent lives!" said Pikachu as he charged at Discord with Volt Tackle. Discord just smiled as this. "How lovely. Well my minion, show them your most powerful move!" said Discord. The large creature suddenly began to charge up a attack. Suddenly, some sort of energy drained from 3 gray ponies, causing them even more pain, as the energy came into the attack, charging it up even more. Pikachu sped up to try and strike it before it could fire it, but Pikachu was not fast enough. Buneary looked at what was going on and saw the creature fire a large blue beam at Pikachu. "PIKACHU!" yelled Buneary as Discord's creature struck Pikachu with the strong move, causing a large explosion. When the smoke cleared, Pikachu was seen down, but struggling get back up. "Ugh...what..is that thing? And that attack...it's so familiar." said Pikachu as he looked at Discord and the creature behind it. Victini, no longer able to just stay and watch Discord punish Pikachu as well as Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity, charged at Discord. "GET AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS!" yelled Victini as he used V-create towards Discord. However, the spirit of chaos smirked. "How cute. Now then my minion, Roar of Time!" said Discord, causing the creature to fire another beam at Victini, with the attacks almost meeting at the same power. 'Roar of Time!? No...it can't be!' thought Pikachu. Soon the Roar of Time attack overpowered Victini and the small legendary fell to the ground with a hard thud. Victini tried to get up on it's own, but Applejack came up to help him. "Easy partner, that thin' is too much fer ya." said Applejack. Victini wanted to help, but he knew that this creature was too much for even him. Pikachu then got a look at the creature and confirmed his suspicions. The creature Discord had summoned was none other then the controller of time itself, Dialga. But the legendary Pokemon looked different. Instead of the light blue color and sky blue markings along with the deep blue jewel, it's body was dark blue, it's markings were a bright orange, and the jewel in it's chest was red. "Discord, what...what did you do to Dialga!? Answer me!" asked a furious Pikachu. Discord got an even more confident smile on his face before answering. "Oh I just introduced it to the wonderfulness that is chaos. And now this creature has been reborn as Primal Dialga!" said Discord. However, Buneary suddenly got an idea and turned to face Twilight. "Hey, that crown you have, it's one of those Elements of Harmony, right?" asked Buneary. "Yes, it is Buneary. Why do you ask?" asked Twilight, curious as to why Buneary was asking this. But before she could even get an answer, Buneary suddenly grabbed it and focused on it. "Hey, what are you doing!?" asked Twilight. "Evening things up." was Buneary's only answer as she started to concentrate something into the Element of Magic crown. 'I don't know if anyone can hear me, but if you can, please help! Someone known as Discord has corrupted and is controlling Dialga! Please, we need your help!' Buneary thought. And just seconds later, it seemed as if her thoughts were reached as both Element of Magic and the rest of the Elements of Harmony started glowing. Discord noticed this. "What!? How are they working!?" asked a shocked Discord. Twilight was also shocked, but had no time to ask Buneary what she did as the Elements of Harmony suddenly flew high into the sky and made a circle in the sky. They then made a portal appear. And from the portal came another Pokemon as large as Dialga, but it was pink with purple markings and pink jewels in it's shoulders. It landed on the ground, facing Discord and Primal Dialga, then let out a large roar. "Buneary...what did you do?" asked Twilight. "...The legends...they really are true...because the Elements of Harmony...have summoned the controller of space." Buneary said. Pikachu noticed the new Pokemon and smiled knowing they had a new ally to help. "Thanks for the help...Palkia." said Pikachu. Palkia was face-to-face with Primal Dialga, who let out a large roar. Palkia answered with it's own roar before the jewels in it's shoulder glowed. Palkia then went into the air and swung it's arm, launching it's most powerful attack, Spacial Rend. Discord didn't expect the speed of the attack at all, because Primal Dialga was hit and fell to the ground. Palkia then launched a barrage of Aura Spheres at Primal Dialga and since it was a part Steel-type, it did massive damage. However, Discord just laughed as he pulled out a plate. 'What is that?' wondered Twilight. But then the plate glowed a bright reddish orange and suddenly, Primal Dialga got back up, looking like it had taken no damage. '!!! That dragon...it's completely healed! Then that plate...Is it...?' wondered Twilight. Primal Dialga then flew into the air and it and Palkia engaged in a mid-air battle. Pikachu took advantage and charged at Discord with his tail glowing. "Hey Discord, get a taste of my Iron Tail!" yelled Pikachu as he swung at Discord. However, Discord grabbed him and held him up by the tail. "Well, you seem to be determined to protect the ones you care about. What if I told you you're best friend had betrayed you?" said Discord. Pikachu, however, didn't listen and suddenly shocked Discord with a Thunderbolt, causing him to fall back and drop the plate. "Discord...you don't know Ash at all. He would never betray and abandon me. Because that's what best friends are for." said Pikachu. He then looked at the others, who had succeeded in waking the others who were only watching. He then turned back to Discord. "I've made so many enemies during my journeys...but at the same time, I've made even more friends. And even though I've fought and have sometimes felt betrayed by them...I never give up on them because deep down, I know they will always be my friends!" said Pikachu. Suddenly, the plate next to Pikachu suddenly glowed a bright light. Pikachu looked at it and picked it up. "Hey, give that back!" said Discord as he flew towards Pikachu. But the next thing anyone knew, an explosion of light came, blinding everyone. Then, from the light, something flew from it and suddenly struck Primal Dialga with such force it sent the Time Pokemon right into the mountain. Then, the thing that blasted Primal Dialga landed on the ground in front of Discord and was revealed to be Pikachu himself. But his appearance had changed. His yellow fur had changed to a reddish orange color, his tail was no longer the same lightning shape tail. It now looked like a dragon tail with spikes in it. Dragon wings had sprouted from Pikachu's back and they seemed to make Pikachu twice as big then he did. Finally, Pikachu's eyes now looked like lizard eyes. Everyone who was watching couldn't believe this. Suddenly, Primal Dialga came from the mountain, enraged from Pikachu's attack. It tried to fire a Flash Cannon attack, but Palkia suddenly got in it's way and blasted it away with Hyper Beam. As the mid-air battle continued, Pikachu looked at the changes he had. 'Whoa, what happened to me? I look more like a dragon then a mouse...Could it be?' thought Pikachu. He didn't have anymore time to think as Discord suddenly fired some sort of blast at Pikachu, which he deflected back using his new tail, which was glowing a different color then before. The blast harmlessly hit the ground a few miles away from Ponyville. "Whoa! Did I just use Dragon Tail? What is this power!?" asked Pikachu. He didn't get a chance to ask again because Discord suddenly grabbed him by the throat. "This is what happens to those who mess with me!" said Discord as his claw had a magical aura come from it and suddenly, Pikachu's eyes began to take a multi colored hue, but suddenly stopped. Pikachu shook it off and tried to look behind him. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Fluttershy, who was still gray, staring at Discord. The stare seemed to be more effective then what he thought it would, because Discord seemed to be frozen in fear. "Discord, you do not hurt any one of my friends! I repeat. You do NOT! HURT! MY! FRIENDS!" yelled Fluttershy while she was still using The Stare. Rarity suddenly flung 'Tom' at Discord, knocking him down and making him lose his grip on Pikachu, who got caught by Pinkie Pie. "What? But..."Twilight began to answer, but Rarity put a hoof to her mouth and looked at her as color suddenly began returning to her. "Twilight darling, your new friend's words apparently got all of us to see what horrid things we've been doing. I hope you can forgive us." said Rarity. Twilight then saw both Fluttershy and Pinkie. Fluttershy had her colors return to her, but she kept The Stare on Discord. Pinkie put down Pikachu and as her colors returned, she pulled out some sort of cannon and fired many things seen at parties at Primal Dialga, distracting it enough for Palkia to KO it with a Spacial Rend. Discord got up and saw Primal Dialga out cold and suddenly, it's colors reverted back to it's normal colors, meaning the regular Dialga was back. "What!? But that's not possible!" said Discord. But then Pikachu suddenly got back up and glared at Discord. "Discord...time to end this!" said Pikachu as he suddenly fired a Flamethrower attack at Discord, who tried to teleport out of the way, only to suddenly get shocked by a Thunderbolt attack. Pikachu then flew into the air and glowed an orange color. "Discord, take this! DRACO METEOR!!!" yelled Pikachu as an orange orb appeared in his hands and he flung it high into the air, where it exploded into several orange orbs that came down onto Discord like meteors. Discord was down, but not out. Twilight then realized what she needed to do. "Girls, now!" said Twilight as she put the Element of Magic crown on her head. The other ponies gathered around her with necklaces on, each one with a different symbol on them. They then began to concentrate power into the Elements of Harmony to take Discord down. The spirit of chaos got back up and saw what they were doing. "No...I won't let you!" said Discord as he began to fly at the Mane 6, but suddenly, a Roar of Time attack cut off his path. He looked to his side and saw Dialga, who was back up and looked angry. Discord looked back at Twilight and her friends as they floated into the air. Twilight then opened her eyes, which glowed white with power as a rainbow beam fired from the Elements of Harmony and hit Discord. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" yelled Discord as his body began to turn to stone. The last thing he gave was a look of fear as he was completely petrified. The rainbow beam the began to form a dome over Ponyville before spreading to the rest of the land, healing it of all of the chaos caused by Discord. A flash of light then came, blinding everyone for a moment before they could see again. What they saw was completely unimaginable as Twilight and everypony else landed on the ground. The entire town looked completely free of any signs of destruction caused by Discord. Above them, Dialga and Palkia was seen floating above them. Pikachu came up and exited his new form, with the plate appearing next to him. Pikachu gave the two legendary Pokemon a thumbs up before Dialga and Palkia let out a thankful roar before a portal appeared above them and the two legendary Pokemon went into it before the portal closed. Pikachu turned around and saw everyone looking at him. "Thank you for helping us Pikachu." said Twilight. The others nodded in agreement. Pikachu nodded before he felt Victini put his arm around him. "Pikachu, you really have got to stop having the spotlight on you all the time." said Victini. Buneary then came up and suddenly snuggled up to Pikachu a bit, causing the electric mouse to sweat drop. "That was so cool Pikachu!" said Buneary. Pikachu just sighed a bit, though he did feel something in his stomach. But the sight of Buneary and Pikachu caused the others to laugh. Pinkie then stopped laughing and suddenly got excited. "Hey, you know what this calls for!? A PARTY!!!" yelled Pinkie before she zoomed into the nearest building, which Twilight recognized as Sugarcube Corner. She walked up to Pikachu and the other 2 Pokemon. "When Pinkie gets like this, it's best if you party with her." said Twilight before going into the building, giggling a bit. The others went it as Pikachu looked up to the sky. "Well...since it seems I'll be here for a while, might as well make the best of it." said Pikachu as he went into Sugarcobe Corner to party. Discord has now been defeated and Equestria has been saved. But the only question now is, what is next for Pikachu and his friends? The answers will be revealed next time... "So, Discord failed...no surprise. But my next weapon will be more powerful then some of my others...Mewtwo was cloned from Mew...and now, this one will have it's own clone." said the man. In a tube in front of him floated a small blue Pokemon with two antennas with an orb at the end of each one. It had several yellow dots on it and a red jewel on it's chest. It was none other then the Prince of the Sea himself, Manaphy. The man put his hand on the tube Manaphy was in and laughed maniacally at the thoughts of his master plan. The plan to clone Manaphy... ...and make a killing machine... ...As the journey continues... To Be Continued... > Unlikely Friends and Dangerous Foes (Mini Episode) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a hilltop sat two ponies. One was yellow stallion with brown stripes on his back, a lightning bolt shaped tail the same color as the pony except for the base of it, which was brown and long, pointy ears coming from his brown mane. He had a lightning bolt for his cutie mark. The other was a brown mare with a light brown mane that had rabbit ears coming from it, one ear fully extended and the other curled up. She also had tan fluffy fur covering her rump, preventing a cutie mark from being seen, with the back legs being the same tan color. The two were looking at each other with a deep blush on both of their faces. "So, there are over 600 known kinds of Pokemon from where you come from?" came an unknown voice. Buneary suddenly woke up from her nap at the sound of the voice. She turned her head to see Twilight and Pikachu talking. 'Man, what kind of dream was that?' thought Buneary. She looked out the room towards the open sky, wondering where her trainer was and how she and the rest of her friends was doing. But what she, nor anyone else, didn't know was the somewhere in northern Equestria, a mystical lake had appeared with a yellow portal in it...and next to the portal was a purple haired boy with a large yellow creature with him. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 4: A Clash of the Memories "What happened?" asked the boy. The boy was none other then Paul, who had been training at Lake Acuity near Snowpoint City in the Sinnoh Region to get ready for the upcoming Sinnoh League, but the next thing he knew, both Lake Acuity and some of it's surroundings started glowing a rainbow light and Paul had been caught in it and the next thing he knew, he was in a new area but was still near Lake Acuity. Next to Paul was his Electivire, who was in the middle of his training until the incident occurred. "What ever happened, I've got a bad feeling about this." said Paul, only getting a nod from his Electivire as a response. They soon started making their way north from the lake, oblivious to the fact that a silhouette of a small Pokemon was following them. As they made their way, the suddenly saw something sticking out of the ground. It looked like a large black crystal that was red near the top. Paul could feel some sort of energy coming from it, but then he saw something that looked like a large fist in the base of it. "Well, that seems simple enough. Electivire, use Thunderpunch!" yelled Paul. Electivire sped at the crystal and put an electrified fist in the fist shaped hole and as Paul thought, it was a perfect fit as the black crystal began to glow. Suddenly, smoke came from the crystal and Paul felt pure dark energy coming from it. "Agh! What is this!? Electivire, use Protect!" commanded Paul. Electivire got back in front of Paul and put up a green sheild around the two. But the power of the smoke was so powerful, it caused Electivire to struggle heavily to keep the shield up. But then, the smoke started to circle around them suddenly. "You have finally awoken me...chosen one..." said a unknown voice. Paul heard it and began looking around for the voice. "Who are you!? Show yourself!" yelled Paul. Suddenly, the smoke suddenly began to take shape. The smoke took the form of a unicorn pony with red eyes and purple smoke coming from them. It's horn resembled the crystal and it had a red cape coming from it. "My name...is King Sombra, ruler of the Crystal Empire! An empire that I've cursed to be off the face of this world for 1,000 years. But thanks to you chosen one, that curse is broken and I am free once again!" said Sombra. Paul growled at this, annoyed by the fact this 'fake' king used him to get free. "Chosen on you say? Well I think otherwise! Electivire, use Thunder!" yelled Paul. Electivire then fired a large lightning bolt at King Sombra, who suddenly made a black crystal appear in him to block the attack. The crystal went back in the ground as Sombra laughed. "Is that all you got!? Let me show you real power!" yelled Sombra as he fired a dark magic beam at Electivire. Paul was ready for it though and was about to tell Electivire to use Protect until something happened. Before Paul knew it, the entire land underneath everyone started shaking violently. Then, a large dark green crystal with some red in it suddenly shot out of the ground. The crystal was right between Electivire and King Sombra, so the unicorn's attack was deflected. "What!? What is this!?" asked Sombra. But then next thing he knew, Paul had thrown some sort of ball into the air. It was his Poke Ball which had one of his other Pokemon in it. "Go Torterra! Use Frenzy Plant to keep this guy down!" yelled Paul as the ball opened and from a flash of light came a large Pokemon that looked somewhat like a large turtle with a tree on it's back. Torterra let out a large roar before it used it's power to make large vines appear, which then circled Sombra and held him in place. "Agh! Let me go!" said Sombra, trying his best to get out of the Frenzy Plant, but he was trapped. "I'll let you go alright after I beat you!" Now Electivire, end this with a max power Brick Break!" yelled Paul. Electivire rushed up to hit Sombra with a glowing fist. But before it could even hit the move, something suddenly came from the new crystal from earlier and tackled Electivire to the ground. Paul looked to see what Electivire was fighting and it looked like a small pony with a dark red mane and faded yellow body. The pony's eyes were glowing a blood red as it was trying to bite Electivire. "Must...eat...must...kill..." said the pony suddenly, making Paul flinch. The pony was trying to kill his Electivire. Paul looked over at King Sombra, who was getting ready to fire a bolt of energy at Electivire. Paul tried to think of what to do to stop Sombra and save Electivire. "THAT'S ENOUGH!" came a new voice suddenly. Above them all, a small flash appeared and suddenly, floating above them as a Pokemon Paul never thought he would see. It was the legendary Pokemon of Lake Acuity, Uxie. Uxie turned to the pony trying to get Electivire. "Grey Hoof, I believe it's time you stop controlling that young one for some time!" said Uxie suddenly as he suddenly fired some sort of energy beam at the pony. When the beam of energy his the pony, it fell off Electivire and it's eyes stopped glowing. Paul took advantage of this as he looked at King Sombra, who was ready to fire his attack. "Take this!" yelled Sombra as he fired an even more powerful dark magic beam at Electivire. "Oh no you don't! Electivire, time to show you're new move! Use Electro Ball!" yelled Paul. Electivire put both of his arms to the side and formed a sphere full of electricity. Electivire then flung the ball at Sombra's attack, which collided with the Electro Ball. The two attacks were at equal power for a bit until Torterra suddenly fired a Leaf Storm attack at Sombra, who was hit with it, causing him to lose his attack which allowed the Electro Ball to hit him. Sombra fell to the ground nearly out cold. "Ugh...my power has yet to return to me...we will finish this another time." said Sombra as his body suddenly turned into smoke and blew away in the wind. Paul returned Torterra and Electivire to their Poke Balls before going over to Uxie, who was checking on the pony from earlier. "Okay Uxie, you seem to know what's going on here. Tell me." said Paul. Uxie sighed a bit before talking. "We're in another world Paul. And somehow, my home got sent to this world as well. How that happened is beyond my knowledge. But something tells me you'll need my help. And so will this pony." said Uxie. Paul looked at the pony. By the looks of it, the pony looked to be a young filly. "This pony here is called Apple Bloom, but she's from a world that's similar, yet different then the one we're in now. How she's here is also beyond my knowledge. But this pony is sometimes controlled by a being known as Grey Hoof, who forces this poor filly kill others and sometimes eats them. It's part of some sort of curse." said Uxie. Paul actually flinched somewhat at this. He knelt down next to the filly and put his hand on her. She felt cold, yet warm at the same time. The filly suddenly started to open her eyes, revealing yellowish orange eyes surrounded by a black color instead of the usual white. "Where...am....ah?" asked Apple Bloom. Paul was about to tell her where she was until he heard something behind him. His eyes widened because he thought he saw a familiar looking figure going north. "We'll tell you later. Right now, I suggest you come with us." said Paul as he threw a Poke Ball into the air and a Froslass came from it. "Froslass, I need you to make a path through this blizzard. Something tells me we want to go further north." said Paul. Froslass turned to the north and used a Psychic move to make a path. Paul and his Froslass then started going down the path. Uxie decided to follow him and Apple Bloom, who was still confused as to why she got here from the Everfree Forest, knew that the only way she could get some answers was to go with Paul and his group. She quickly ran to join the new team. What could Sombra want with Paul? How is Uxie in Equestria? And what is in store for Paul and his team? Find out as the journey continues. To Be Continued > Nightmare Night Preperations > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Just a little more now." said some sort of voice. In one of the caves in Equestria, there are a race of creatures who feed on others love, called changelings. But right now, there were three specific ones taking the love out of a certain purple unicorn. "It didn't have to be this way Twilight. But we need food and you're right now the best source for it." said one of the changelings. Suddenly, one of them stopped and looked the other way. "Crrikikri?" said one of the other changelings in their own language. The other two looked at it with looks of confusion on their faces. "Huh? What do ya mean it's gettin' colder Sweetie Belle?" asked the last changeling, this one with a familiar bow in her mane. They all soon looked back and suddenly saw ice on the cave walls. "What?! Ice?! What's goin' on here!?" but before an answer could be received, a piece of the ceiling above them suddenly collapsed on top of Twilight, burying her underneath it. "Twilight!" yelled all three of the changelings. One of them saw her hoof sticking out of the rubble after some smoke cleared up and the changeling with the bow checked on it, looking for a pulse. "...Not that I care anymore...but how is she Apple Bloom?" asked the now unknown changeling. The one with the bow, now revealed to be Apple Bloom, kept looking for a pulse...but she couldn't. All she felt was a cold hoof. "Scoots...Twilight's dead." said Apple Bloom. The other two gasped, but didn't have time to feel shocked as they could hear some sort of fighting come from deeper into the cave. The three changelings rushed to the source of the voice, only to see more of their own kind on the floor, either completely frozen solid or motionless on the floor. They checked on a few who weren't frozen, but they were the same as Twilight, dead. "Who...who could have done such a thing?" asked Scootaloo. They then continued heading for the source and found themselves in the changeling queen's throne room. In there, they saw two things. They saw Apple Bloom's sister frozen solid in a large chunk of ice and they saw the queen fighting against a large creature that looked like it had ice on it. Next to it was a tall figure wearing what looked like to be battle armor. The large creature suddenly used some sort of dark slash on the changeling queen, knocking her back and snapping her horn in half. "Ugh...how dare you...take out my servants...who do you think you are!?" yelled the queen at the man, who simply responded with a laugh. "Take these words in, for they will be the last words you will ever hear. I am the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni! And your kind will simply get in the way of my master plan, so goodbye! Now, Hyper Beam, max power!!" yelled Giovanni. The creature next to Giovanni fired a powerful beam at the changeling queen, who got hit with the full brunt of it. One moment, there stood a once powerful queen and the next moment, there was nothing there. The changeling queen was dead. Killed by the hands of the leader of Team Rocket. "How...how dare you!?" yelled Scootaloo at Giovanni, who looked at the three changelings and simply smiled a sinister smile. "Now you three want to get in my way? This is what happens to those who get in my way! Ice Beam, go!" yelled Giovanni. The creature began to charge up another attack. Scootaloo wanted to do something, but knew she couldn't do anything against this thing. Suddenly, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle got in front of her. "What!? What are you two doing!?" asked Scootaloo. The two changelings looked back at her and only smiled. "Take care Scoots...and fer us, find a way to take him down." said Apple Bloom, seemingly fighting back tears. Sweetie only gave Scootaloo a salute before her and Apple Bloom faced the creature, who fired the Ice Beam attack. The attack struck the two changelings, freezing them in place right in front of Scootaloo, who tried to hold back tears, but couldn't. Her two friends just sacrificed themselves to protect her. "Heh, pitiful. That's just more of these useless bugs out of the way." said Giovanni. Scootaloo looked back at him and saw that in his eyes, was a cold, heartless, merciful monster who would dispose of anything useless to him. "Others may call me and the other changelings monsters...but you're the bucking monster here!" yelled Scootaloo at Giovanni. The Team Rocket leader only laughed at this. "Monster? Me? No, you're mistaken. I am no monster...I am this world's new king!" said Giovanni. Scootaloo could see the creature setting up some sort of move and was too scared to move. "Now Kyurem, Glaciate!" Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 5: Nightmare Night Preparations "So Pikachu, can you tell us how you and your friends got here?" asked Twilight. It had now been 3 days since Discord was sealed back in stone. Since then, Pikachu, Buneary, and Victini had experienced one of Pinkie Pie's party, had gotten to know many of Ponyville's residents, and even met Princess Celestia when they were in Canterlot for the celebration of Discord's defeat. Celestia even agreed to help with trying to help Pikachu and his friends find a way to get back home. Right now, Pikachu had been asked by Twilight to answer some questions. "Well, I was on my way back home to a place called Pallet Town in a region called Kanto with my friend Ash, who's called a Pokemon Trainer, and our friend, a Pokemon Coordinator named Dawn, had joined us. But these guys, Jessie, James, and another Pokemon called Meowth, who are part of a group called Team Rocket, appeared, claiming to have gone back to their original ways, and captured Buneary, trying to use her as ransom to try and make me go with them, since they've been after me for many years. However, I was able to destroy the robot they were using and send them flying, but as me and Buenary were coming down to the ground, a portal appeared underneath us and we fell in it. That's how me and Buneary came here. I still don't know about Victini though." said Pikachu. Twilight finished writing down notes about what Pikachu said so far. "So that's what happened? Well, I hope we can get you back to your friends." said Twilight as she finished writing down notes about the Pokemon world. "Thanks Twilight, but until we can get back there, we might as well make ourselves comfy here." said Pikachu. He looked outside and saw Victini and some of the others watch Rainbow Dash bounce a ball. But suddenly, three blurs appeared and spun Dash around, making her lose the ball. The three came in and came to a stop, revealing themselves to be young ponies. One was an earth pony with a yellow coat and a red mane and tail with a bow in her mane. Then there was a unicorn with a white coat and a mane and tail that had light purple and pink in it. The last one was a orange pegasus with a purple mane and tail. "Hey, where is he Twi'!?" asked the earth pony. "Where's who?" asked Twilight. "The awesome mouse who beat Discord, duh!" said the pegasus. Pikachu knew they were looking for him, so he came up to them. "Hey, I'm right here." said Pikachu. The fillies turned around and almost immediately came up to him. "Wow, you're not as big as I thought." said the unicorn. "So you're the one who beat Discord? That's so awesome! But you're not as cool and awesome as Rainbow Dash!" said the pegasus. "Uhhh, excuse me, but who are you three anyway?" asked Pikachu. The three fillies backed away a bit before answering. "Mah name's Apple Bloom." said the earth pony. "My name is Sweetie Belle!" said the unicorn' "I'm Scootaloo!" said the pegasus. The three then got together for their next words. "And we are...THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!" yelled the three fillies. Pikachu only sweat dropped at this. He then noticed that the three fillies rumps were blanks, unlike some of the others. "Hey, why are your rumps blank?" asked Pikachu. "Huh? You mean are flanks? Well, see, we've yet to find our cutie marks. So the three of us formed out group so we could help each other get our cutie marks!" said Sweetie Belle. Pikachu got confused. "Huh? Cutie marks?" asked Pikachu. He looked at Twilight, thinking she would have the answer he needed. Luckily, she did. "A cutie mark symbolizes a pony's special talent. For instance, mine shows that I am talented with magic." said Twilight as she showed her cutie mark to Pikachu. Pikachu nodded, as he now got it. "Hey Twilight, you almost done! It's almost time for getting ready for Nightmare Night!" came a voice from upstairs. Pikachu knew it belonged to Twilight's dragon assistant, Spike. But what was Nightmare Night? "Oh! Just a second Spike!" said Twilight before facing Pikachu. "I guess I should tell you about Nightmare Night. It's a night where ponies go around dressed in costumes, going to other ponies homes to get candy. Then near the end of the celebrations, ponies go to the statue of Nightmare Moon and leave some of their candy there." explained Twilight. This celebration reminded Pikachu of Halloween in his world. It surprised him how much things were similar here. "Hey, why don't you so see some of the others about it. I need to go get ready for tonight." said Twilight as she went upstairs. Pikachu then bid the Crusaders farewell before heading towards Fluttershy's, because it was where Buneary had been staying. Meanwhile, back where Paul's team was, they were still going after King Sombra, with Paul's Froslass still leading the way. Uxie was floating right behind him and the other Apple Bloom was also right behind him. "So...what the hay is goin' on anyway?" asked Apple Bloom. Both Uxie and Paul knew this question was going to be asked eventually. Uxie answered first. "First of all, let's introduce ourselves to you. My name is Uxie, the being of knowledge." said Uxie. "And the name's Paul. I'm a Pokemon Trainer from Veilstone City." said Paul. This confused Apple Bloom. "Pokemon? Veilstone City? Ah've never heard of those things." said Apple Bloom. Paul decided to waste some time explaining things. "Pokemon, like Uxie and my Froslass, are creatures with amazing powers. They can control weather, alter the land, and even travel through time and space. And sometimes, they spend time with Pokemon Trainers, like me. They get stronger together and battle other trainers. They even enter tournaments in order to battle the toughest trainers, like Gym Leaders, who are some of the strongest Trainers. There are several Gym Leaders in many regions from my world. Veilstone City is home to a gym in the Sinnoh Region. There are other regions like Hoenn, Kanto, Unova, and Johto. And trainers who collect 8 Gym Badges, which are earned from beating Gym Leaders, enter that regions Pokemon League tournament and the winner of it gets to battle that regions Elite Four, who are even tougher then the Gym Leaders. Those who are able to beat them can battle that region's strongest trainer, the Pokemon League Champion. And right now, I've been training to battle my home region's Champion, Cynthia. In order to do that, I must get stronger. And facing this King Sombra guy will help me get stronger, possibly enough to face Cynthia." said Paul. Apple Bloom nodded, now knowing some things about Paul and the world he was from. But there was something she was still wondering. "Ah still need to know one thing...where am Ah?" asked Apple Bloom. Uxie began to explain, but something interrupted him. All of them stopped in their tracks as they saw something ahead of them coming towards them. It looked like a weird pony." "Hey, what they hay is somepony doin' out here?" asked Apple Bloom. Paul, however, felt something was weird. He then took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the pony. "That's not a pony." said Paul as his Pokedex activated to scan the creature ahead of them. "Keldeo, the Resolute Pokemon. Said to have been abandoned in a forest fire, it was trained by Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion as one of the Swords of Justice." the Pokedex said. Paul's eyes got big at the mention of this. The legendary Pokemon Keldeo was right in front of them. But as soon as Keldeo's came into clear view, it was seen with many injuries on it's body. And on it's back laid an unconscious creature. "Ugh...help...us...please..." said Keldeo before collapsing into the snow. Paul's group rushed to him and saw the creature on Keldeo's back was also heavily injured and was hardly breathing. Apple Bloom got a good look at the creature and recognized it as a female changeling, but there were some features on this changeling that were all too familiar to her. "This creature...Ah know her! It's Scootaloo!" said Apple Bloom out of shock. Uxie looked around and felt the area getting colder, then saw a cave nearby in the side of a nearby mountain. "Let's get them in there. I feel a blizzard coming and these two won't survive it." said Uxie, pointing to the cave. Paul and Apple Bloom nodded as they got Scootaloo and Keldeo and dragged them into the cave with Uxie right behind them. Whatever was going on, they knew things had to be explained soon. And how will Pikachu, Buneary, and Victini do during their first Nightmare Night? "So sister, do you think you'll be ready for your trip to Ponyville tonight?" asked Celestia to her sister, a night blue alicorn named Luna. "Yes 'Tia. You're always telling me I need to get out since the incident with Nightmare Moon. And these celebrations tonight will be perfect for me. Besides, I've got a perfect entrance for it. See you later 'Tia!" said Luna as her guards flew into the air towards Ponyville, carrying a chariot with Luna in it. "I hope they welcome you Luna." said Celestia as she wisher her sister good luck as Luna made her way to Ponyville for Nightmare Night as the journey continues... To Be Continued... > Explanation Time > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hey, anyone home?" asked Pikachu as he knocked on Fluttershy's door. There was no answer for some reason. Pikachu was about to knock again until he heard something come from the other side of the house. He went to the other side of the house and saw Buneary entertaining Fluttershy and her animals with some contest moves. She had made a small slide out of ice that allowed the small animals to slide on them and have some fun. She was also using Bounce as well as Ice Beam together to make a small ice chandelier. Meanwhile, Fluttershy was watching with amazement at what Buneary was capable of and was unaware to the fact that Pikachu was next to her. Pikachu always enjoyed seeing contest moves, but for some reason, he liked Buneary's moves even more. Soon, Buneary go done with the chandelier and started the finishing touches by concentrating energy into her right paw, which had the same kind of blue sphere she used against Discord appear in it. '!!! That's...!' thought Pikachu out of surprise at seeing what Buneary was using, since it was his first time seeing her do that. Buneary then fired the sphere into her chandelier, lighting it up and giving it a soft blue glow, which illuminated the slide against the setting sun, giving the entire scene a picture of beauty. "Ooohhhhh, pretty." said Fluttershy. Pikachu agreed, but he was stunned to see what move Buneary had used. Buneary landed gracefully on the ground and bowed before looking up and seeing Pikachu standing there. Buneary blushed at the fact that Pikachu had seen her moves. Fluttershy then noticed that Pikachu had arrived. "Oh, Pikachu, hello there." said Fluttershy. Pikachu had gotten to know Fluttershy as a shy animal care taker, but she was able to quickly get comfortable around Pikachu and his friends. Pikachu smiled at the pegasus. "Hey there Fluttershy." said Pikachu. Fluttershy smiled at him before going over to check and see if her animals were alright. Pikachu then faced Buneary, who was still blushing and trying to hide her face behind her fur. "So...when did you learn Aura Sphere?" asked Pikachu. Buneary immediately lowered her fur down to reveal a look of shock. "Aura Sphere? That's what the move is? Wow...I remembered using it when I fought Discord on my own moments after we got here. It helped me beat him, but I never knew what move it was." said Buneary. Pikachu couldn't believe his ears. Buneary had learned Aura Sphere moments after they had arrived in Equestria. Though Pikachu did remember he learned Extremespeed while racing Rainbow Dash and relearned Volt Tackle at the same time. "Wow. I guess we're all getting stronger. But Buneary, I just wonder, what do you have planned for this Nightmare Night thing tonight?" asked Pikachu. Buneary then got wide eyed as she realized what time it is. "Oh no! I don't have a costume! What should I do!?" asked a worried Buneary. Pikachu then realized he also needed a costume. He then got an idea. "I've got an idea Buneary. And I promise to make our first Nightmare Night the best one yet." Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 6: Explanation Time Up in norther Equestria, Paul's group was taking shelter from a blizzard in a cave in a mountain. Paul had his Magmortar use it's Flamethrower move to warm the place up while Uxie and Apple Bloom tried to heal Scootaloo and Keldeo's wounds. "Ah still don't why Scoots is a changeling..." said Apple Bloom as she wrapped the final bandage that she had gotten from Paul around Scootaloo's head. "She's from a different world then yours. Let's let her rest first before we ask any question." said Uxie. Apple Bloom knew that Uxie was right. She needed to let Scootaloo as well as Keldeo rest before any questions could be asked. "I've got some questions and I know they can be answered right now." said Paul. Uxie and Apple Bloom knew they were going to be the ones answering, so they dragged the other two next to the fire so they could stay warm before sitting down, though Apple Bloom seemed to be afraid of the fire. "So where are we first of all?" asked Paul. "We're in a world called Equestria. There are other versions of it, like the ones Apple Bloom and Scootaloo come from, but this is the main version." said Uxie. Paul nodded. "Okay. Next one is for you Apple Bloom. What has happened to you in your world?" asked Paul. "Well...Ah don't like talkin' about it, but Ah know Ah need to tell you at some point. Ah went into the Everfree Forest with mah friend Twilight Sparkle when Ah wandered away from her and found a place called Sunny Town. Ah first thought it was a regular town, but turns out it was cursed after Ah found the remains of one pony. The inhabitants of the town had become zombies and one of them bit me, turnin' me into this. Luckily, Ah was not fully affected by the curse, so Ah could leave the town. But after that, Ah found out Ah could only leave the forest at night. Also, the reason Ah'm afraid of the fire yer...creature is makin' is because fire is the only thing that can kill me. But after some time, Ah saw mah friends Scootaloo, not the one with us though, and Sweetie Belle. Ah lost control of mahself to who Ah assume to be the leader of the zombies, who are called Blanks who's leader is called Grey Hoof, afterwards and bit Sweetie, turning her into a Blank just like me. Scootaloo then somehow died, but got resurrected by a zebra called Zecora. But sometime later, my sister, Applejack, died from blood loss after encountering me and Sweetie because her hoof got cut off. After Ah lost my own hoof, Zecora used her magic to turn mah sister's hoof into mah own. Mah own brother, Big Macintosh, then became a Blank sometime later as well, though he was able to keep his cutie mark..." said Apple Bloom before getting cut off by Paul. "Cutie mark? What's that?" asked Paul. Uxie decided to answer it. "It's a mark that appears on a pony when they discover their talent." said Uxie. Paul just nodded as Apple Bloom continued. "Anyway, my brother was able to keep his cutie mark, because Blanks view cutie marks as curses and by makin' me and Sweetie Blanks, we're now unable to earn our marks. But sometime after Zecora gave birth, Ah found out mah sister's spirit was still livin' in the forest and was visible to everyone. Ah felt better knowin' mah family was still with me. But then, today, when Ah was walkin' around the forest looking for somethin' to eat, which had to be meat since Blanks have to eat meat to live, Grey Hoof suddenly took control of me and the next thing Ah knew, Ah was with you two." said Apple Bloom as she finished her story. Paul was surprised about what he heard from the young pony. To suffer such a cruel fate so young. "There's on thing Ah don't get...how come Ah haven't lost control of mahself yet?" asked Apple Bloom. "That's because of me. I used a special power I have to make sure you don't lose control of yourself. And it was easier to do in this world then it would in your world because Grey Hoof would have a harder time controlling you from another world." said Uxie. Apple Bloom smiled and hugged Uxie as a thanks. Just then, the young changeling started to move. "Hey, Scoots is startin' to wake up!" said Apple Bloom. Just as she said that, the changeling started to open her blue eyes. "Ugh...where...where am...I...?" asked Scootaloo as her vision was starting to get less blurry. But then she remembered what had happened and opened her eyes wide before sitting straight up, only to be met with pain as she held her stomach in pain. "Don't move so much. You'll only make it worse." said Paul, getting Scootaloo's attention. She looked at him and also saw Uxie and Apple Bloom, who made her eyes get wider. "Huh?! Apple Bloom!? I thought you were frozen! And why do you look like that!?" said Scootaloo, confusing Apple Bloom. Uxie and Paul were about to say something to the changeling before out of the corner of Scootaloo's eyes, Keldeo started to wake up as well. "Wait...You! Where are we!? Where did you take me!?" yelled Scootaloo at Keldeo, who was now starting to sit up slowly. "Wait Scoots, before you start saying some crazy things, let us tell ya what's happenin'." said Apple Bloom. Scootaloo still wanted answers from Keldeo, but she knew that in her condition, she couldn't argue. After Paul and Uxie introduced themselves and many things, Apple Bloom told Scootaloo about both of them being from different worlds and what had happened to her. "I see...so I'm in another Equestria...but why am I here?" asked Scootaloo. "I'll answer that." said Keldeo suddenly, getting the attention of everyone. Keldeo seemed to be struggling more to sit up right then Scootaloo, but he wasn't letting it show. "You see, me and the other Swords of Justice had gotten word from a Pokemon called Celebi about a major event that would take place. It was suppose to happen much later, long after we're all gone." said Keldeo. "And what is this event?" asked Paul. "This event is called the Planetary Fusion. An event that takes place every 10,000 years...and it was suppose to take place more then 900 years from now...but something is making it happen now." said Keldeo. Everyone gasped at this info except Paul, who seemed to remain calm. "Anyway, me and the Swords of Justice felt the power of the fusion happening and it was being caused by a dark power. And we also saw portals to this world and other worlds similar to this one. So we decided to split up to try and stop this. Terrakion went into a world that seemed to be at war, Virizion entered a world that seemed like there were weird creatures trying to take over, and Cobalion entered a world that looked like he would appear in a town in the middle of a forest. I first decided to explore before I went on my journey, but then...I found out that Kyurem had been captured by Team Rocket..." said Keldeo. Scootaloo flinched at the word 'Kyurem' as it was the same Pokemon who tried to take her out and froze her friends. Apple Bloom saw this and wrapped a leg around the changeling to try and comfort her. Keldeo continued his story. "After I saw this, I decided to go warn Virizion about this since the portal to the world she had gone in was the only one open. But I instead saw a battle between a changeling queen and Kyurem, who was being controlled by a man, who had Kyurem...destroy her. After this, I was Scootaloo's friends save her from being frozen like many others I saw. But then Kyurem was about to hit the young one with his signature Glaciate move and I couldn't sit back anymore, so I jumped in and saved her. But then an explosion from a blast sent both of us flying and falling." said Keldeo. Suddenly, it all came back to Scootaloo. "Now Kyurem, Glaciate!" yelled Giovanni as Kyurem had many icicle spears appear and fire them at Scootaloo, who closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow to hit her. "Secret Sword!" came a new voice suddenly. Another creature suddenly appeared with a long glowing yellow horn shaped like a sword, which it used to destroy the spears. Scootaloo then saw that the creature looked just like a pony. After it's horn stopped glowing, she saw it's horn was not as long as she thought, but it was still shaped like a sword. It had a tan body with long blue fur around it's neck with a red mane and blue tail. And coming from it's mane was three long pieces of it's mane, one each color. One was a different shade of blue, one was orange, and one was green. "Who the hay are you?" asked Scootaloo. The creature turned towards her and smiled. "I'm Keldeo and I'm here to help." said Keldeo. Keldeo then fired a Focus Blast attack at Kyurem, who blocked it with a Shadow Claw attack. Giovanni just smiled and gave off a sinister snicker. "How great. Someone else wants to meet their doom. Alright, I'll take both of you out! Kyurem, Dragon Pulse!" yelled Giovanni as Kyurem fired powerful blast of flames at the two. Scootaloo, knowing that something had to give, suddenly jumped in front of Keldeo with her horn glowing. "Huh, what are you doing!?" asked a shocked Keldeo. "...Helping." was all Scootaloo said as she fired her own beam at the Dragon Pulse attack, with the two attacks colliding and Kyurem easily gaining the advantage and overpowering Scootaloo's attack, but Scootaloo got the results she wanted as she took the attack, which was no longer at max power. Her attack had weakened it enough to where she could take it not at full force, but she took severe damage as she was blasted into Keldeo, with the two getting blasted through a wall and falling down a cliff outside the cave. Scootaloo was barely conscious at this point, but saw she was falling probably to her doom. But suddenly, she felt Keldeo grab her and felt Keldeo put itself underneath her. "W..wha...what are...you...do...doing?" asked Scootaloo weakly. Keldeo, who was also hurt, just smiled at her. "Returning the favor." was all Keldeo said before he hit the ground, causing him to yell in pain. Scootaloo couldn't believe what she saw. But she had no chance to think about it as Kyurem landed next to them with Giovanni on top of it. "You're still alive? Well, I'll finish it right now." said Giovanni. Scootaloo slid off Keldeo, who struggles to get up and the last thing she saw before she blacked out was Keldeo charging at Kyurem. 'That creature...saved me...' thought Scootaloo. She then noticed that Apple Bloom was still next to her and she was thankful the undead pony had stayed by her side. "I took a lot of damage from the fall, but I was able to help save that one from taking even more damage. After that, Kyurem appeared again and despite my injured state, I still fought it. But without my full power, I was finally taken down but something teleported us to this world and after I was able to get up, I carried the changeling as far as I could. That's when I saw you guys before I finally passed out." said Keldeo, finishing his story. "First of all...Keldeo, is it? My name is Scootaloo and...it's not really in my nature...but thanks for helping." said Scootaloo. Keldeo just smiled weakly at her before Paul came up to the Resolute Pokemon. "I've got one last question. You said Kyurem was being controlled by a man. Do you know who it is?" asked Paul. Keldeo shook it's head, since it did not know who it was. "I do." said Scootaloo. Everyone turned to her as she closed her eyes and breathed deeply before answering Paul's question. "The...man...controlling the monster who froze my friends and took down so many other changelings...calls himself Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket." said Scootaloo. Paul's eyes went wide at Scootaloo's words. "What!? Giovanni!? The leader of Team Rocket!?" asked a shocked Paul. Scootaloo nodded as her response. Paul turned towards the entrance of the cave. He now had a serious expression on his face. "First King Sombra...now Giovanni...this is getting more serious then I thought." said Paul. He then threw a Poke Ball into the air and out of it came a large bird Pokemon he had borrowed from his brother. "Now Staraptor, use Heat Wave and make a path for us north!" said Paul. Staraptor let out a large screech before flapping it's wings, causing flames to come from them. The blizzard seemed to weaken because of this and Paul expected a path to be made. As he did this, Apple Bloom suddenly realized something. "Hey Scoots, ya know we're in a different world then the ones we come from, right?" asked the zombie pony to the changeling, who only nodded in response. "Well, we might end up meetin' this worlds version of us, so we're goin' to need to make nicknames for us." said Apple Bloom. Scootaloo then realized how right she was. She might be a changeling in her world, but in this world, she's still a pony. So making nicknames for them would help with prevent more confusion. "Alright...I guess since I'm a changeling, I'll call myself Scootaling." said Scootaloo. "Scootaling...Ah like that. Well, since Ah'm one of those darn Blanks...Ah'll call mahself Blanked Bloom." said Apple Bloom. Both of them agreed to that and decided to go with those names. They then noticed that the Heat Wave attack was almost done clearing out a path...but it did something everyone never thought would be possible. The Heat Wave attack somehow made an entire battlefield appear. And on the other side of the battlefield was Sombra himself. "Again, you've proven yourself worthy, Paul, is it? Now to see if you are worthy enough to face me at the empire." said Sombra. Paul growled a bit before going to the side of the battlefield closest to him. For some reason, the area surrounding the battlefield was not covered or getting covered in snow and it seemed warmer. "You're not going to stop me Sombra! Staraptor, Brave Bird! Magmortar, Fire Blast!" yelled Paul as Staraptor charged at Sombra with a blue flaming aura while Magmortar fired a fiery blast shaped like a star at Sombra, who turned into smoke to easily avoid both attacks. "Don't be so hasty. I would save your strength for this opponent I've set up for you. Someone I did some research for to give you the ultimate challenge." said Sombra as the smoke he had suddenly started to form into a shape all too familiar to Paul. "You think you can mimic a champion to perfection? I don't think so. But to be honest, I'm grateful that you're helping me get ready to face Cynthia...by making a copy of her." said Paul as the smoke finally took the form of the Champion of the Sinnoh Region, Cynthia. The fake Cynthia then had the same smoke Sombra was using form a Poke Ball in her hand as she threw it. "Come on out Gastrodon!" yelled the fake Cynthia as the Poke Ball has a black smoke come from it and form into the shape of the Pokemon Gastrodon. "This will be easy. Torterra, stand by for battle!" yelled Paul as he threw a Poke Ball into the air and from a burst of light came Torterra. The others came out to watch the battle between Paul and the fake Sinnoh Champion. This was a major battle to stop King Sombra and possibly get to Giovanni and Kyurem. What will happen in this battle? And how did Sombra find out about Cynthia? Find out more... "So, how do I look Pikachu?" asked Buneary as she stepped out of Fluttershy's home to let Pikachu get a good look at her Nightmare Night costume. She had done something simple, but creative. Buneary had taken a small pumpkin and cut it to look like a jack-o-lantern. then fit it over her lower fluff as she had also made holes for it to go around her fluff, then put the top of the pumpkin on her head to use as a hat. "A simple, yet creative design. Nice job Buneary." said Pikachu, who had found some black ink and used it to make himself look like a mouse skeleton. He also had found some small plastic pumpkins and decided to use them to hold their candy. "Wow Pikachu, you look cool." said Buneary, complementing Pikachu's look. Pikachu didn't know why he blushed a bit at this, but he decided to shake it off. He then handed Buneary her candy holder and the two headed into Ponyville for their first Nightmare Night, which promises to be a memorable experience as the journey continues. To Be Continued... > A Lunar Rocket Return, part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ugh, come on Twilight. We're going to be late for the Nightmare Night festival." said an annoyed Spike, who was dressed in a larger dragon costume, to Twilight's room upstairs. The violet unicorn finally came down, sporting a star covered blue cape and hat with bells attached to them and a fake beard hanging from her ears. She looked at Spike with a look that told him to say what he thought about her costume. "Huh? Are you that one kooky grandpa from Ponyville Retirement Village?" asked Spike. Twilight grew a look of surprise at this before getting a bit angry. "I'm Star Swirl the Bearded. Father of the amniomorphic spell?" asked Twilight, trying to see if Spike remembered something, only to receive a look of confusion. "Did you even read that book I gave you about obscure unicorn history?" asked Twilight. Before Spike could answer, a knock could be heard at the door. Uh, that sounds important!" said Spike as he zoomed past Twilight, twisting her into her own costume, before answering the door. Next thing Spike knew, he was being knocked to the floor by a hug from Victini, who was wearing a small version of a black t-shirt Rainbow Dash somehow owned, modified by Rarity for Victini's size, that had the words 'Hustle, Loyalty, Respect' on it and he was also wearing a cap with a U, 2 C's, with one C crossed out, and the word 'Me' on it. "Hi there Spike!" said Victini excitedly. Spike just giggled a bit before giving the Victory Pokemon a one armed hug. Ever since the events with Discord, Victini and Spike have gotten to become very close friends, acting like they were actually brothers. Twilight giggled a bit at this sight, finding the whole thing a little cute, before she heard a knocking at the entrance. She looked towards the entrance to the library and saw Pikachu and Buneary. "Happy Nightmare Night!" said both of them. Twilight got a bowl full of candy and levitated some into their containers. "Same to you. And to think you're having your first Nightmare Night here." said Twilight as she put some candy in Victini's container, with Victini taking it out immediately and eating it. The others laughed a bit. "Thanks Twilight. Nice costume by the way." said Pikachu. Twilight smiled at the compliment, but then Pinkie suddenly came up, wearing a chicken costume. "Enough talk, time is candy!" said Pinkie before holding a container out to Twilight. "Pinkie Pie, aren't you a little old for this?" asked Twilight, causing Pinkie to gasp like a chicken. "Too old for candy? Never!" said Pinkie as Twilight rolled her eyes and put candy in Pinkie's container, which she ate the candy out of. She then looked at Twilight and saw her costume. Twilight flicked one of the bells and looked back at Pinkie. "Do you like it?" asked Twilight, wondering what Pinkie had to think of her costume. "Yeah! Great costume, Twilight! You make a fantastic weirdo clown!" said Pinkie before zooming off. "A clown? Look at the borders on these robes. These are hoof-stitched!" said Twilight, annoyed by Pinkie's comment. Pikachu came up to her. "Don't worry Twilight, it's a great costume." said Pikachu before heading out with Victini and Spike. Buneary came up to Twilight next. "Hey, maybe later, I'll tell you some more about my world and the things me and other Pokemon can do." said Buneary, which got Twilight's spirits up. "What are we waiting for then? Let's have a great Nightmare Night and then you can tell me more about Pokemon." said Twilight before galloping out the door, causing Buneary to giggle and hop after her, all unknown to three figures watching them from above in a hot air balloon. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 7: A Lunar Rocket Return! "Well, it may have a different name, but it's just like Halloween." said Pikachu as he and Buneary were taking a break from getting candy. Pikachu was stuffing his face with candy, not caring about getting sick at all, but Buneary was hardly eating at all. Normally, she would be admiring Pikachu, but tonight was different. She was not doing anything but looking out the window. Eventually, Pikachu noticed this. "Hey Buneary, what's wrong?" asked a worried Pikachu. Buneary snapped out of her little trance and looked at Pikachu with the best smile she could muster up. "Nothing Pikachu, I'm fine." said Buneary. Pikachu didn't believe her though, because he could see some pain in her eyes. His friend was in pain and he saw it as his job to find out what's wrong. "Buneary, please don't try and hide it. I know you're enjoying tonight as much as I am, but I can see in your eyes pain. Something happened Buneary and I want to know what's going on. I know it's not my business to know your personal stuff, but I hate seeing others be in emotional pain. So Buneary, tell me what's going on." said an even more concerned Pikachu. Buneary saw the look in his eyes and in them was the same look of determination she had fallen for. Every time Pikachu had gotten this look, he was determinde to win any kind of battle he found himself in. "...I'm not winning this, am I? Okay Pikachu, but let's go somewhere else. This place isn't the kind of place I want to tell you." said Buneary. Pikachu nodded and the two started to leave the area, but suddenly, storm clouds appeared in the sky. "What's that?!" asked Pikachu as his cheeks sparkled with electricity. The two Pokemon rushed outside, joining Twilight and Spike, who had also appeared, and looked towards the sky, where suddenly, a chariot appeared in the sky. From it, a hooded figure came down and landed on the ground. As all of the other ponies shook in fear of this appearance, the figure took off her hood and Twilight instantely recognized the pony who had revealed herself. "Princess Luna." said Twilight. Pikachu instantely remembered Celestia having a sister and realized this was the one she was talking about. The lunar alicorn gave a friendly face before suddenly doing her next action. "Citizens of Ponyville! We have graced your tiny village with our presence, so that you might behold the real princess of the night! A creature of nightmare is no longer, but instead a pony who desires your love and admiration! Together we shall change this dreadful celebration into a bright and glorious feast!" said Luna in a booming voice. 'My poor ears...' thought Pikachu as he held his now aching head in pain. Buneary was doing the same. Pinkie immediately gasped afterwards. "Did you hear that everypony!?" asked a scared Pinkie. But before she could continue, a smoke bomb suddenly came up and exploded, causing everyone to lose their sight. "What is the meaning of this!? Thy Princess demands to know!" asked Luna. As Twilight tried to use her magic to clear the smoke, Victini looked at his fellow Pokemon and saw something coming for them. "Look out!" yelled Victini as he sped towards Pikachu and Buneary, pushing them out of the way of what was apparently a giant hand, which grabbed Victini before going up to a balloon in the air. "Victini! Somepony has to help him!" said Twilight as she cleared the rest of the smoke. Pikachu got a good look at the balloon Victini was trapped in and instantely recognized it. "No...it can't be!" said Pikachu. Everyone's attention had turned to the balloon and suddenly, three new figures appeared from the it. "Prepare for trouble!" said a female voice, with the girl having long red hair. "Make it double!" said the male, who had short purple hair. "To protect the world from devastation!" said the girl. "To unite all peoples within our nation!" said the boy "To denounce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!" "Jessie!" said the girl. "James!" said the boy. "Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!" said Jessie. "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" said James. "Meowth, that's right!" said their partner, the catlike Pokemon Meowth. "I never thought you'd show your faces hear Team Rocket! But you're not getting away with my friend!" said Pikachu as he fired an Electro Ball at the Meowth shaped balloon. "Not so fast! Seviper, deflect it with Poison Tail!" said Jessie as she threw a Poke Ball and the snake Pokemon came out, using it's glowing, sword like tail to send Pikachu's attack flying harmlessly away. "How dare thee! Those who attack our subjects shall be shown no mercy!" said Luna as she fired a magical beam at the balloon. "Too slow! Yamask, use Shadow Ball!" yelled James as the ghost Pokemon appeared from it's Poke Ball and met Luna's attack with it's own. The lunar alicorn was gaining the advantage easily until Seviper crash it's tail onto her back, allowing the Shadow Ball to hit Luna and send her crashing to the ground. "Princess Luna!" said a worried Twilight as she tried to rush to Luna' side, but was immediately blocked by a burst of light and from it, a bat like Pokemon was in front of her. "Woobat, use Air Slash!" commanded Jessie. Woobat prepared the attack, but was stopped by an Aura Sphere from Buneary. Buneary charged into battle and Twilight tried to think of what to do. She then faced Spike. "Spike, send a letter to Princess Celestia ASAP! Hurry!" said Twilight. Spike quickly ran back to the library to send the letter. Pikachu came up to Luna to help Twilight and felt her head. "Oh no, Seviper's attack poisoned her. She's very weak." said Pikachu, only to suddenly get blasted with an Energy Ball attack from a mushroom like Pokemon. "After we take you out Pikachu, we'll be more then happy to take you to the boss. Amoonguss, use Sludge Bomb! And Mime Jr., come out and use Psybeam!" said James as he released Mime Jr. from it's Poke Ball and it and Amoonguss fired their attacks, with Pikachu and Twilight countering with a magical beam combined with a Thunderbolt, causing an explosion. "Leave my friends alone!" came the sudden voice of Rainbow Dash, who came in and used the explosion to hide her attack and knocked down James' Pokemon in a blink of an eye. She took off the goggles for her Shadowbolt costume and glared at Team Rocket, with Jessie holding another Poke Ball. "Don't get in our way! Yanmega, use Steel Wing!" yelled Jessie as the bug Pokemon came out and tried to hit the rainbow maned pegasus with it;s wings. Dash easily dodged it and regrouped with the others. "So why are these guys!?" asked Dash. "Team Rocket, a group of Pokemon theives bent of world conquest using the very Pokemon they steal or obtain. They've been after me ever since me and Ash started our journey." said Pikachu. "And we'll keep on doing it until the end of time or when we finally are able to do it! And today is that day, especially since it's time for our secret weapon." said James as he held up what looked like a golden Poke Ball. Pikachu was confused for a bit until he remembered a event that happened after the St. Anne sank. "Oh no...guys, we've got to get out of here!" said Pikachu, confusing the others. "Too late! Now then, let's go!" said James as he threw the gold Poke Ball and from it came a giant Pokemon, almost as big as Dialga and Palkia, with pale yellow and sky blue scales. Pikachu and the others looked at this Pokemon in fear. "Pikachu, today, Team Rocket fianlly catches you! Now then Gyarados, use Hyper Beam!" yelled James as his Gyarados fired a powerful golden beam at the others, who were too scared to do anything. "AHHHHH!!!" yelled Pikachu as he waited for the attack to hit... ...but it never did. Pikachu's Jukebox! Double Trouble > A Lunar Rocket Return, part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Huh?" asked a confused Pikachu. He looked and was surprised beyond belief when he saw some sort of creature that had put up a green shield, which was blocking James' Gyarados' Hyper Beam attack. The move ended and soon, everyone saw who had block that attack. It was a Pokemon who had two tails that each have a red jewel encrusted in them and had a partially magenta face with four long, drooping appendages of the same color and another red gem encrusted in its forehead. "It can't be?! Mesprit?!" asked a surprised Pikachu. The legendary Emotion Pokemon looked back at Pikachu and winked before facing Team Rocket. "You know you guys are really starting to get on my nerves. So how about you let go of Victini and leave peacefully or else." said Mesprit, who sounded very calm, yet somehow everyone could sense the anger Mesprit had. "I'm not afraid of you! Frillish, come out and use Hydro Pump!" yelled Jessie as the jellyfish like Pokemon came out and blasted a stream of water at Mesprit, who countered with Extrasensory. The attacks somehow were at equal power until Applejack, who was wearing a scarecrow costume, suddenly came up and used her hat to blind Frillish, allowing Mesprit to overpower the Hydro Pump and make a direct hit. "Alright, Ah have no idea who ya all are, but ya better let mah friend go!" yelled Applejack. Meowth just laughed at this though as he pulled out some sort of controller. "Yeah right, this little legendary Pokemon is going to power up our newest robot, which we got the idea from thanks to your so called princesses! Activate, Rocket Alicorn!" yelled Meowth as he pressed a button and suddenly, the balloon started to transform. The balloon disappeared and the basket it was carrying began to morph into a large metallic pony shape with a large metal horn and robotic wings and the letter R on it's chest. Where the eyes would be was a control room behind a glass wall and Team Rocket could be seen in it with Victini, who was now in a glass ball, being put in some sort of containment chamber, which started absorbing his powers, causing Victini to yell in pain. The power being absorbed powered up the machine and it let out a mechanical roar. "Erll, what do you think of our machine? We made it have the same power either one of your princesses have, but powered up thanks to Victini's power." said Jessie, who sounded very proud. Pikachu just growled at Team Rocket. "This is the last straw Team Rocket! First you ruin my first Nightmare Night, then you poisn one of the rulers of this land, and now you're using my friends power to give your machine energy! You're going to pay!" yelled Pikachu with a more furious tone in his voice then ever before. Pikachu suddenly charged at the machine with Volt Tackle, but Team Rocet just laughed. "You honestly think that will work?" asked James as he pressed a button. The machine suddenly fired some sort of beam from it's horn, which hit Pikachu right in the stomach, causing him to skid on the ground and slam into a building, nerly knocking him out cold. "Hey, not cool! You're going down!" yelled Ranbow Dash as she charged at the Rocket Alicorn, but James' Gyarados got in her way. James then pulled out another Poke Ball as the glass window opened up. "Time for you to get out of the way! Come on out Carnivine!" yelled James, only for Carnivine to suddenly bite his head the moment it came out of it's Poke Ball. "How many times must you do this!?" yelled a annoyed James, causing everyone else to sweat drop and for Twilight to ask Buneary, who was very worried about Pikachu, something. "Has that thing done that to him before?" asked Twilight. Buneary just sighed. "Several times. I lost count sometime after it reached 50." said Buneary before she suddenly fired an Ice Beam at the machine, but was stopped by Gyarados. James had finally gotten Carnivine off him at this point. "Carnivine, use Solarbeam, Yamask, use Shadow Ball, Mime Jr., use Psybeam, Amoonguss, use Sludge Bomb, and Gyarados, use Hydro Pump!" yelled James. "My turn now! Seviper, use Night Slash, Yanmega, use Sonicboom! Woobat, use Air Slash, and Frillish, use Blizzard!" yelled Jessie. All 9 Team Rocket Pokemon fired their attacks as Meowth had the Rocket Alicorn fire another beam, Twilight immedately tried to counter with her own beam combined with an Extrasensory from Mesprit and an Ice Beam from Buneary. Dash went back and scooped up Appejack, with the twogoing for a combo attack. "YEEHAW! Take this!" yelled Applejack as her and Dash sped towards Team Rocket, but Jessie just smiled as she pulled out yet another Poke Ball. "I still have one Pokemon. Go, Wobbuffet! Use Counter!" said Jessie as her large blue Pokemon cme out and became enveloped in an orange aura, which blocket AJ and Dash's combo move and dealt twice as much damage they would have dealt at them, causing them to fly back and crash into the others, allowing Team Rocket's combo move to hit them and send all of them flying into the Everfree Forest. "We did it!" Jessie said with happy giggle. But her celebration was cut short when a Thunderbolt hit Gyarados, causing it to fall down to the ground out cold. Team Rocket was shocked by ths and turned to the source of the move, which was revealed to be Pikachu, who was barely standing and was covered in bruises. "How can you still fight!?" asked a shocked James as he returned his Gyarados back to it's Poke Ball. Pikachu didn't respond and suddenly blasted Mime Jr. with an Electro Ball, knocking it out. "I am going to say this to you only one time...I will never forgive you." said Pikachu as he used Extremespeed to go find his friends, though went slower then usual because of his injuries. But Pikachu had to be sure his friends were alright first, only to suddenly get stopped by a Poison Tail from Seviper. "Where do you think you're going Pikachu!? Seviper, use Poison Fang!" commandedJessie, but Seviper suddenly got blasted by a magic beam. Pikachu looked to his side and saw Rarity and Pinkie helping Luna back up and smoke was seen coming from Luna's horn. "Go, see if our friends are alright darling. We'll hold them off." said Rarity as she picked up a familiar looking boulder with her magic and launched a at the machine while Pinkie fired at it with her party cannon. Luna just nodded at Pikachu and charged into battle, despite being weakened from the poison. Pikachu gave them a thumbs up and went into the forest. After sometime looking, Pikachu found them in front of the Nightmare Moon statue, trying to get back up. Mesprit was already up, but was holding it's arm in pain. "You guys alright?" asked Pikachu. "I think so, though I can't feel hardly anything in my arm." said Mesprit. Pikacghu immediately though the emotion Pokemon's arm could possibly be broken. "OW! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh, my wing hurts!" yelled Dash. Pikachu saw her wing completely folded in half, indicating it was broken. "I am going to have a headache for a while, but I'll be fine." said Twilight, though there was a little bit of red coming down her forehead. "Ah've taken worse." said Applejack, who had only suffered bruises from the crash. Pikachu was a little bit happy his friends, despite Mesprit and Rainbow Dash having broken bones, were alright. But then he realized something. "Wait, what about Buneary!?" asked Pikachu. Everyone then panicked, looing around for the rabbit Pokemon. Pikachu then looked behind a bush and found Buneary, who was probably in the worst condition. She had gotten a bad cut across her forehead, almost right on the eye, and her left foot was twisted in the wrong way. Further more, she was still out cold. The sight of this made Pikachu's heart skip many beats as he was paralyzed for a bit. The others soon came up to Pikachu and saw the condition Buneary was in. "Oh horseapples! She needs help!" said Applejack as she tried to help Buneary, only to suddenly get hit with a Shadow Ball, knocking her out. Everyone then turned around and saw Team Rocket approaching them. "Was those 3 the best you could do!?" asked Jessie before she laughed. The others tried to get themselves ready, but pain shot through their bodies, causing them to flinch in pain. "You honestly think you can beat us in your condition? Don;t make us laugh cause it's time to finish this!" yelled Meowth as he flipped some sort of switch. Suddenly, the Rocket Alicorn flew up into the sky and locked in on the others. "Sky Barrage, fire!" yelled Meowth as the robot fired seveal small missiles, which was aimed at the others. Mrsprit tried to put up a Protect, but was unable to as pain suddenly shot through it's head. Mesprit then saw a smll red shard fall down and felt the gem on it's forehead, fidning a crack in it. "Oh no!" said Mesprit right before everyone was hit with the missiles, causing them to go flying and hit the ground out cold, except for Pikachu, who was barely holding onto his consciousness. Team Rocket laughed at this. "To think this machine would be the one we used to finally capture you Pikachu." said Jessie. Pikachu, not wanting it to end like this, struggled to get back up. "Fighting to the end huh? Not going to help, but I commend you for that Pikachu. You'll be very good for the boss!" said Meowth as he fired a net at Pikachu, who suddenly found second whim and dodge it, then fired an Electro Ball at the Rocket Alicorn, knocking it off balance. Pikachu then jumped with as much strength he could muster up and knocked it down with an Iron Tail. The crash of the Rocket Alicorn falling down was enough for the glass window to break. "AH! I though you said the glass was unbreakable!" said Jessie. Pikachu then fired a Volt Tackle at the chamber holding Victini and destroyed it, freeing the victory Pokemon, who was completely drained of it's strength. But suddenly, Meowth hit Pikachu from behind with a Fury Swipes, causing Pikachu to fall down to one knee. "Well Pikachu, we win." said Meowth. Pikachu growled at Team Rocket, but suddenly saw something appear outside. Team Rocket soon noticed it too and turned to see what was there. Standing there was none other then Celestia herself, who looked very mad ans was charging up a powerful spell. "I'll give you one warning, leave them alone or else." said Celestia. Pikachu knew tha Team Rocket wasn't gonig to give up that easily and he knew he had to take one for the team. He used his last bit of strength to toss Victini out of the machine and Celestia caught him. "Quick, do it now! Don't worry about me, just make sure the others are safe!" yelled Pikachu. Celestia thought Pikachu was crazy, but the look in his eyes made her know he was serious. Just as she fired the beam, Buneary had woken up and saw the beam fire at the machine, which she saw Pikachu in. "PIKACHU, NOOOOOO!!!" yelled Buneary as the beam hit the Rocket Alicorn and it exploded, sending Team Rocket flying. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" yelled Team Rocketas the disappeared into the sky with a twinkle being left where they were sent flying. Buneary immediately rushed towards the remains of the machine, despite not being able to walk, and began trying to find Pikachu. Celestia tried to say something to her. "Buneary, I-" began Celestia, but was cut off by an Aura Sphere going by her head. Buneary was facing her with her paw facing her and tears in her face. "SHUT UP! You knew Pikachu was in there! You could have killed him! You monster!" yelled Bunear at Celestia, who gasped and realized how upset Buneary was. She knew telling her that Pikachu told her to do it right now was not a good idea and she would stay quiet for now. Buneary soon foun Pikachu's hand and immediately pulled him out as Spike, along with other ponies, appeared and began helping the other ponies and Pokemon get to the hospital. Buneary just cried ono Pikachu's chest. He was severly injured and was out cold. And Buneary thought it was Celestia's fault, even though she didn't know the whole story. Will Pikachu survive? Will the others make a full recover? Find out next time... "So, this is one of the portals that is causing some worlds to come together, huh?" said a tall purple cat like Pokemon wearing a brown hood. It was looking at one of the portals it was told about by one of his friends, who had gone into the portal to see what was going on. "This power causing it...it's more powerful then anything I've ever felt...no matter, if going into this portal will help me find the one behind my creation and finally have my revenge, then so be it. Giovanni, be ready...the wrath of Mewtwo...shall soon begin..." said the genetic Pokemon as he sped into the portal in search of his creator. Mewtwo was on a mission to get Giovanni and is going to take down anyone and anything that gets in his way as the journey continues. To be continued... > Rising Feelings & The Fake Champion > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wh...wha...?" said Pikachu as he started to wake up, though his senses told him he was still out cold. He was in a pitch black area and there were two lights around. "What the...?" asked a confused Pikachu. He then heard something come from one light. It seemed to be calling for him. And the light coming from it...felt good. 'Son...' suddenly came a voice from the light Pikachu was looking at. The silhouettes that soon appeared in front of him took the shape of a Pikachu with a heart shaped tail and a Raichu. "Mom...Dad..." said Pikachu. The last time he had seen his parents, they had gotten him out of a forest fire but couldn't save themselves. It had been so long since he had seen them, but now there they were. Pikachu reached a paw out to them, wanting to be with his parents again. 'Please son...let's be a family again...' said Pikachu's mother. 'Let's live together like we use to'. said Pikachu's father. Pikachu drew closer and closer to them. He was about to be with them again. "DON'T LEAVE ME!!!" suddenly came another voice from the other light. Pikachu immediately stopped in his tracks as he recognized the voice. It was Buneary's voice. Pikachu's senses suddenly came back to him and he remembered what happened to him. Seeing Princess Luna for the first time, the battle with Team Rocket, and him telling Celestia to blow up Team Rocket's machine with him still in it. He turned back around and faced towards the other light. 'What are you doing son?' asked Pikachu's mom. Pikachu turned his head towards them. "...My friends need me more..." was all Pikachu said before charging at the light he heard Buneary's voice from using Extremespeed. As he drew nearer, pain started going through his body and grew more intense with each step he took. But Pikachu couldn't let that stop him. As soon as he got close, he reached out as far as he can and touched the light, causing his entire world to go white. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 8: Rising Feelings & The Fake Champion The first thing Pikachu heard as the world slowly returned to him was a faint beeping. He also heard some others crying. As soon as he got his vision back, the first thing he saw was Buneary crying on his stomach. "Hey...who...died?" asked Pikachu in a weak voice. Buneary's heads immediately shot up at the sound of Pikachu's voice. Buneary then suddenly hugged him almost immediately with tears still in her eyes. "You're alive!" Buneary said, almost nearly shouting. "Wh...what do you m...mean by that?" asked Pikachu. Buneary looked at him and Pikachu suddenly saw the pain and fear in her eyes. "Pikachu...for a little bit...you...you..." said Buneary, who seemed to be struggling to say her next words. Pikachu saw this and was about to say something, but was cut off by Buneary's next words. "You were dead!" Buneary said suddenly. Pikachu immediately gasped at this. 'I..I was dead!?' thought Pikachu. He looked back at Buneary, who looked like she was shaking not only in fear, but anger as well. "I...I'll never forgive her..." said Buneary suddenly. "What do you mean?" said Pikachu, trying his best to shake off the fact that he was dead for a while. "Celestia...I saw her fire that beam at Team Rocket's machine with you still in it. It was because of her that I almost lost you forever. I will never forgive her!" said Buneary as she suddenly fired an Aura Sphere out the window and it exploded near some clouds, dispersing them. "Buneary...you...you're not going to...like this, but...I told her...to do it..." said Pikachu. Buneary suddenly looked at him with disbelief in her eyes. "W...WHAT!? Why would you do something like that!?" yelled Buneary. "First of all, don't wake up the hospital...and secondly...I...I did it...because I had no way to escape...and if Team Rocket had...continued...so much more damage would have been done...I..had to take that risk...just to stop them...from destroying our current home...and hurting everyone else...mostly you...even more...I'm so sorry...for worrying you so much..." said Pikachu, slowly letting tears fall from his eyes. He suddenly felt Buneary's paw wipe them away. Pikachu then looked at her and she had a soft smile and a blush on her face. "You did that...for me?" asked Buneary. "Well...I did it...for our friends...but...I guess...mostly you..." said Pikachu. Buneary responded by suddenly hugging him, making Pikachu's face turn red a bit. "...Thank you..." was all Buneary said. Pikachu smiled a bit, but then noticed Buneary's ankle wrapped up and part of it being red. Pikachu also noticed red stains on the floor leading out of the room. "Buneary...did you...come here..by yourself?" asked Pikachu. Buneary suddenly released the hug and looked down. "The...injury I got in that fight was much worse then anyone thought it was. My ankle was twisted so much the muscle tore off the bone a little bit. Not only that, but there was a very deep cut in it. The doctors were afraid that they might have had to amputate it, but I got lucky. I wasn't suppose to walk on it for a few weeks, but when I saw the doctors rushing to your room, I ignored their orders and came here to help...It hurts a lot right now, but...if I had lost you...there would have been a pain I would have never recovered from..." said Buneary. Pikachu came to realize the red stains in Buneary's bandages and the ones on the floor were Buneary's own blood. Pikachu then saw more tears in Buneary's eyes and this time, it was his turn to wipe them away as he looked at Buneary. "Buneary...when I was...'dead', I saw...my parents, who I lost a long time ago, and they invited me to be a family with them again. I almost did it too...until I heard your voice...I then declined their offer and...let's just say decided to come back...but Buneary, I think if I hadn't heard your voice...I would be gone..." said Pikachu, letting a couple tears fall at the mention of his mom and dad, but then he gave Buneary a smile and pulled her into a hug, both of them blushing a bit. "What I'm trying to say is...in a way,,,you saved my life Buneary...thank you..." said Pikachu. Buneary blushed even more then before, but she responded by smiling and hugging Pikachu back. "...You're welcome Pikachu..." said Buneary, who felt very warm right now. Unknowingly to her, so did Pikachu. 'Why do I feel so warm and good in this embrace? Am I that thankful?' wondered Pikachu. Buneary was the first to release the hold and she began to go back to her room. "Well...I guess I better go back to my room...before I get in trouble..." said Buneary as she began to jump down, though obviously had trouble even standing up. Pikachu didn't know why, but seeing Buneary hurt and struggle so much made him hurt a little inside, not that he could notice it because of how hurt he was, but mentally, Pikachu still felt it. "Wait Buneary..." said Pikachu. Buneary stopped and looked back at Pikachu. "If you don't mind...c-could you...stay with me...for tonight? I-I...kind of...don't want to be...alone after...you know...that experience I had..." said Pikachu, doing his best to try, and fail, to hide a blush. Buneary did no better as her face looked almost like Pinkie's with how hard she was blushing. But she had a feeling Pikachu was scared of being alone for the night and she also knew she couldn't make it back to her room anyway. "O-Okay...Pikachu..." said Buneary as she crawled into Pikachu's bed as Pikachu let her get under the sheets next to him so she could stay warm, feeling the bite of the cold hospital air as she did. Buneary was still shivering a bit as she was exposed to the air much longer then Pikachu had. 'She's still cold...' thought Pikachu. He knew how to warm her up, but the thought made him blush a deep red, but he wasn't going to let Buneary stay cold. He suddenly wrapped his arms around Buneary, making her blush even harder, but she immediately stopped shivering as she looked at Pikachu, who gave her a smile. Buneary could only smile back as she wrapped her arms around Pikachu, making him blush even more. "Thanks..." was all Buneary said before closing her eyes. "...No problem..." said Pikachu as he closed his eyes. But before he could fall asleep, he heard Buneary mutter something, but sleep took him before he could realize what she said, though Pikachu did swear one of the words Buneary said was 'love'. But what neither of them were even aware of was something going on in northern Equestria. A battle involving a fake champion. "Now Torterra, use Leaf Storm!" commanded Paul. His Torterra fired a storm of leaves at the fake Cynthia's Gastrodon, who dodged it by jumping into the air. "Now Gastrodon, use Blizzard!" yelled the fake Cynthia. "I don't think so, block it with Stone Edge!" yelled Paul. Both Pokemon fired their attacks at the same time, but since Stone Edge had a type advantage over Blizzard, it overpowered it and struck Gastrodon, who suddenly exploded into dark smoke. "Very good. Now let's see if you can outdo yourself." came Sombra's voice. The fake Cynthia had another Poke Ball appear. "Now Glaceon, go!" yelled the fake Cynthia. The Ice-Type Eeveelution appeared and just like the fake Cynthia, had green eyes with smoke coming from them. Other then that, it looked just like a normal Glaceon. "Hmph...Torterra, return!" said Paul as he aimed his Poke Ball and fired a beam at Torterra, who disappeared into the Poke Ball. Paul suddenly turned to Uxie. "Uxie, I don't ask for much, but if Sombra knows so much about the real Sinnoh Champion, then I need as much help as I can get, even though I'm afraid to admit. I need your help." said Paul. Uxie immediately understood and went onto the battlefield to face Glaceon. Paul immediately took the time to use his Pokedex to find out what Uxie's moves were. "Extrasensory, Future Sight, Protect, and...hmm, that could be helpful." said Paul as he put his Pokedex away. "Glaceon, Shadow Ball!" the fake Cynthia suddenly commanded. Glaceon suddenly had the dark smoke form into a giant ball and fired it at Uxie. "Uxie, use Protect and follow up with Extrasensory!" commanded Paul. Uxie immediately put a green shield up, which blocked the Shadow Ball with ease, before firing some sort of rainbow colored beam at Glaceon at a blinding speed. The impact immediately made Glaceon explode into the same dark smoke. Paul was in shock of how strong Uxie was, but shook it off quickly. 'Of course Uxie is that strong. It's a legendary Pokemon after all.' thought Paul. "Impressive, but now come the final test. Let's see how you do when the Pokemon are giant!" suddenly came Sombra's voice. The fake Cynthia threw one more Poke Ball and from it came the ace Pokemon of the Sinnoh Champion's team, Garchomp. But suddenly, it absorbed the dark smoke and grew to 10 times it's normal height before letting off a massive roar. While everyone else flinched at it, Paul stood unphased. "You think just because a Pokemon is giant makes it more powerful. I'll show you. Uxie, use Future Sight!" said Paul. Uxie fired a lighting bolt into the air. "Garchomp, Draco Meteor!" said the fake Cynthia. Garchomp, due to it's size, fired a massive orange orb into the air, which then exploded into several large energy meteors. "Uxie, Protect now!" said Paul. Uxie put it's shield up, but the impact from one of the meteors immediately destroyed it, allowing another one to hit Uxie. "Uxie, no!" yelled Paul, only to get his attention taken away by a scream. He looked behind him and saw another meteor heading towards Blanked Bloom. "Oh no!" yelled Paul. Suddenly, Scootaling, with some sort of burst of energy, flew at Blanked Bloom and pushed her away, allowing the meteor to hit the ground harmlessly. Blanked Bloom looked at Scootaling afterwards. "Ya...saved me?" asked Blanked Bloom. Scootaling only looked away, trying to hide the painful look in her face. "I only did it because you helped me in a way. We're even now." said Scootaling. Blanked Bloom continued to look at her. 'Same as the regular Scootaloo, but just darker...' thought Blanked Bloom, both her and Scootaling not paying attention to the other meteor heading towards them. "Secret Sword!" suddenly came Keldeo's voice as he appeared in front of them and sliced the meteor in two. He cringed in pain, but looked at the other two. "What are you two doing, we need to get out of here!" said Keldeo. The other two nodded and headed towards safer ground. Paul looked back on the battlefield and saw Uxie, with bruises all over it's body, doing it's best to get back up. "HAHAHAHA! Face it, you can't win!" came Sombra's voice. Paul growled a bit until suddenly, a blue lighting bolt came down and struck Garchomp, causing it to yell in pain. "What!?" came Sombra's voice. This time, it was Paul's turn to laugh. "You forgot about Future Sight! And now it's time to end it, Uxie, use Giga Impact!" yelled Paul. Uxie flew at Garchomp at a high speed while being surrounded by a pink and yellow aura. Uxie hit Garchomp with all of it's might and it was enough for both Garchomp and the fake Cynthia to explode into dark smoke and drift away. Paul then caught Uxie, who was hurt from the battle, before looking up as the dark smoke was going away. "Very good, Paul of Veilstone City. You really do deserve to be the chosen one. I will be waiting for you...in the Crystal Empire..." said Sombra as he flew towards the north. Paul, annoyed that Sombra got away again, immediately pursued him, unknown to the fact that Blanked Bloom, Scootaling, and Keldeo were heading that way as well. As they were, Scootaling looked at Keldeo, who seemed more determined to do something. "Hey, what the hay has gotten into you?" asked Scootaling. Keldeo suddenly stopped and only turned his head slightly so she could see him looking at her. "The same thing that you have to do. I need to beat Kyurem...more then ever now." said Keldeo as he looked onward. He closed his eyes as he took some time to remember some things from his past. "A long time ago, back on my world, there was a forest fire in my home, which was known as the Moon of Icirus. I...lost my parents in that fire and what they looked like is just a foggy memory for me because I was so young. I was saved by the Swords of Justice and they raised me like a family is suppose to do as well as train me to become one of them. Several years later, I thought I was ready to face Kyurem, because I needed to defeat him to become a Sword of Justice. But during that battle, my horn was broken...and I ran. Kyurem continued to chase me, angered that I ran away from our battle. But after some time of running, it took some words of encouragement from my friends Cilan, Iris, and Ash for me to face Kyurem. This time I didn't run, but I still lost even after learning Secret Sword. But even though I lost, I still become a Sword of Justice. But the memory of my defeat still haunts me..." said Keldeo. He looked into the sky as he continued. "When this whole thing started, the last thing I expected was having a rematch with Kyurem, though I wish it was under better terms. I had to save Scootaling from Kyurem, who was being controlled by Giovanni...and even though I saved you Scootaling...I lost again..." said Keldeo. Scootaling remembered that event clearly and after hearing that story, realized that taking down Giovanni and Kyurem not only meant a lot to her, but it meant a lot to Keldeo as well. "And this time, I'll finish what I started!" suddenly came a familiar voice. All three of them looked up and floating right above them was Team Rocket's leader himself standing on Kyurem. "You! Get down here you bucking coward! Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle better be alright!" yelled Scootaling, who immediately got angry at the sight of Giovanni, who simple chuckled. "They couldn't be more fine even if I tried. In fact, they're helping me with something I could only dream of having the power of." said Giovanni. Scootaling immediately began to charge, but stopped when Blanked Bloom grabbed her tail. "Don't charge into a fight ya can't win Scoots, especially in yer condition.! Yer just like Rainbow Dash!" said Blanked Bloom. "DON'T MENTION THAT BUCKING MARE!" yelled Scootaling suddenly, causing Blanked Bloom to gasp in shock. But before she could ask why Scootaling called Rainbow Dash that, Keldeo looked towards them. "This is no time to fight! And speaking of fights, this is one we can't win! We need to get out of here!" said Keldeo. The other two immediately nodded and turned to run the other way, but were stopped by a Dragon Pulse. "You aren't going anywhere! Kyurem, hit them with Shadow Claw!" yelled Giovanni as he suddenly got onto a hover craft. Kyurem charged at the three with a claw covered in a shadow aura. But before it could strike them, a purple blur suddenly appeared and blocked the attack, causing an explosion. Kyurem immediately was sent flying. "What!?" asked a shocked Giovanni. When the smoke cleared, standing there was a tall, feline like Pokemon glowing with blue energy. Giovanni suddenly smiled. "You may have removed my memories of you before...but thanks to a certain someone, I remember you...Mewtwo." said Giovanni. Mewtwo glared at him, knowing Giovanni was the one behind his creation. Before doing anything else, he looked at the three behind him and used his powers to heal Scootaling and Keldeo. "You three, get out of here." was all Mewtwo said before turning back towards Kyurem as the blue energy surrounding him suddenly seemingly erupted as Mewtwo prepared to face the strongest Dragon-Type Pokemon in existence. Giovanni just laughed as Kyurem let out a roar at Mewtwo before the two charged at each other. The battle of legends is about to begin as the journey continues... To Be Continued... > Kyurem's Icy Battle & Future Plans > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...What has Team Rocket done to this place?" asked a hooded boy. He had been transported, along with his old castle, by one of the strange portals to deep beneath some sort of cave. As he traveled through the cave, trying to stay low, he saw some weird creatures, which were a dark gray color, almost black, had holes in their legs, and their eyes looked completely blue with only white parts playing as the part of their eyes that helped them see. Most of them had machines, which had the Team Rocket symbol, attached to their back, which shocked them if they stopped for a while, while others were either frozen, mostly because of the freezing air that was felt, or at least that's what he thought, or non moving on the ground, meaning they were either out cold or, worse, dead. He tried to shake that thought out of his head as he continued. After making it as far as he could for now, he saw something very unwelcoming. There were three pillars of ice, each one having a different creature in it, two of the same kind he saw before but the other one looking different. Each ice pillar also had a machine to it and the two that had the dark gray creatures in them was, for some reason, absorbing energy from the other one, who looked like a pony. "I don't want to cause any attention, but...I've got a feeling those three will be of some help." said the boy as he pulled out some sort of white stone. "Now Reshiram, I need your assistance!" said the boy. All of a sudden, the white stone started to absorb the very energy that was coming from the pony and then it floated into the air. Afterwards, the stone began to spin uncontrollably as the energy was sent back as the stone started to turn into a large dragon like Pokemon. It looked like a white-colored, bipedal Pokemon of seemingly draconian and mammalian basis, with some of the avian features of feathers. Streaming out from the upper side of the snout and outward from the head is a long, voluminous wispy mane, the top of which forms a spike or small head-crest of some sort. It's tail resembled some sort of electric turbine, which seemed to have fire going through it. "What is it? I thought we agreed I would not be summoned unless it was an emergency." said Reshiram to the one who summoned it. "Well this is an emergency. See those 3? I don't know why, but something is telling me I need their help and they need mine. So if you can, may you please unfreeze them?" asked the boy. Reshiram nodded before firing a stream of blue fire at the ice, which somehow withstood it. "..Just as I feared. This ice was made by Kyurem. It'll be tough for it to melt and I don't think we have that much time before we get noticed." said Reshiram. The boy nodded and faced the cave that served as the only entrance and exit to this place. "All this...just to revive an ancient evil...Team Rocket, I'll make sure that me and my friends take you down." said the boy as Reshiram was able to melt the ice, freeing the 3 creatures. The boy came up to them and immediately got them together and put his coat over them. The 2 black ones were awake, but shivering severely. The orange pony was not shivering, but wasn't awake either. "S-s-s-so c-c-c-cold..." said the one with the black bow in it's mane. The other one looked like it wanted to say something, but couldn't. The boy immediately sat down beside them and put an arm over them to give them some warmth. Reshiram also helped by having fire go through it's tail to warm the place up. The two, as soon as they felt the heat, stopped shivering as much and looked up at the boy. "T-thanks mister...M-mah name's A-Apple B-Bloom and may f-friend here is Sweetie B-Belle. W-we're both a race c-called changelings. B-But neither of us k-know what has happened t-to the rest of our h-hive after we got frozen." said Apple Bloom. The boy immediately took a look of sadness before explaining. "I hate to tell you, but whoever froze you has completely taken control of this place and the rest of your species here are being used as slaves." said the boy. The two changelings were shocked by this, but then they saw a look of confidence in the boy's face. "But I promise you I won't let Team Rocket get away with this. Let me introduce myself. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, I am going to be your partner until we take care of Team Rocket once and for all." said the boy. The two changelings gave him a weak smile, knowing they had found a friend. "Thanks...But, can we at least know yer name?" asked Apple Bloom. The boy gave them a smile before giving them his answer. "Just call me...N." Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 9: Kyurem's Icy Battle & Future Plans The first thing that Paul saw as he and Uxie made their way back to the group was an explosion high in the air. Soon, two Pokemon appeared from the smoke, one looking like an ice dragon while the other looked like some sort of humanoid feline. "What have they gotten themselves into now!?" asked Paul as he rushed to the battlefield, being careful not to drop Uxie. Meanwhile, after coming out of the smoke, Mewtwo quickly fired a series of Shadow Balls at Kyurem, who swiped them away with Shadow Claw. "Grrr...this Pokemon...how strong is it?" asked Mewtwo. Every attack he has used so far had been countered. He soon tried to use Disable to try and block Kyurem's attacks, but Kyurem used Protect to block that as well. But Mewtwo soon got an idea and fired a Psychic attack at Kyurem as soon as the Protect was down, resulting in Kyurem finally taking a hit and falling down to the ground. "Ugh..." groaned Kyurem as it got back up, only to be met with another Shadow Ball from Mewtwo, who then surrounded himself in a blue sphere and charged at Kyurem. "Don't think that will work Mewtwo!" yelled Giovanni as he suddenly threw a Poke Ball and from it came his Persian, who looked ready to battle. "Persian, Hyper Beam!" yelled Giovanni. Persian fired the beam at Mewtwo, but was suddenly met by Keldeo's Secret Sword attack. Keldeo landed on the ground in front of Giovanni and Persian in a battle stance. "No way I'm going to let you make things unfair!" yelled Keldeo. "Like you can make a difference! Go, Lopunny!" yelled Giovanni. And out from his Poke Ball came the rabbit Pokemon, but there was something off. It's normal brown color was a pitch black color and it's tan colored fluffy fur was a purple color. And it's eyes, when it opened them, looked like blue lizard eyes with gem like gleams in them. "That's weird for me, but whatever! I'm not scared!" said Keldeo as he fired a Focus Blast at the Lopunny, who suddenly held it's paw up and caught the attack, catching Keldeo off guard. "What!?" asked a confused Keldeo. Suddenly, the Focus Blast suddenly turned from it's normal light blue color to a dark purple color. This shocked Keldeo even more until the Lopunny suddenly fired it at Keldeo at a blinding speed. Keldeo quickly used Aqua Jet to get out of the way, but just barely. 'What the heck is up with that Lopunny!? It's not a normal one!' thought Keldeo. He didn't have time to answer as the Lopunny suddenly bounced up towards Keldeo and suddenly nailed him with a powerful Thunderpunch. However, the Lopunny was blindsided from behind when Scootaling got it from behind by tackling into it while Blanked Bloom gave it a powerful buck in the face, sending it flying. "Impressive. You two certainly have some fight in you." said Giovanni before he looked back up at the battle between Mewtwo and Kyurem. The two were evenly matched as Kyurem went for Glaciate, but was met with a Psychic from Mewtwo. "You're certainly a worthy challenge, whoever you are. But there is something I must ask you." said Mewtwo. Kyurem immediately stopped in mid air and faced Mewtwo, curious to know what Mewtwo's question is. "Why are you helping Team Rocket? I can sense Giovanni has no control over you. So why do you side with him?" asked Mewtwo. "...Mewtwo...I have no choice...I can't tell you...I'm sorry..." was all Kyurem said. Mewtwo just got angered as it fired a shadow ball at Kyurem, who was taken down by it. Giovanni saw this and immediately recalled the Lopunny before looking at Mewtwo with a sinister smile. "Well, seems like you all survived today. We will meet again." said Giovanni before taking off. Mewtwo suddenly took off after Giovanni, still focused on his earlier objective and completely forgetting about the others. "Hey, come back here!" yelled Scootaling, but Mewtwo was to far out of earshot. Unaware to them, however, was that Kyurem was getting back up. However, Scootaling looked behind her and saw Kyurem up. "Grrrrrr...YOU! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU!" yelled Scootaling as she charged at Kyurem. Blanked Bloom and Keldeo immediately tried to stop her, but she was too far out of reach. "Dang it...looks like we got no choice. Are you ready?" asked Keldeo to Blanked, who sighed before taking a fighting look. "Ah am. Let's go!" yelled Blanked as she charged, with Keldeo right behind her, ready for battle. "You will not stand in my way." said Kyurem as it fired a Dragon Pulse at Scootaling, who flew out of the way and tackled Kyurem, only to be bounced off. "Dang, how strong is this thing!?" asked Scootaling as she landed on the ground next to Keldeo and Blanked. "It's a legendary Pokemon. So try this!" yelled Keldeo as it jumped into the air and used Secret Sword on Kyurem, who was knocked back from the impact. Kyurem bounced back, however, with a Shadow Claw, knocking Keldeo back, but Kyurem was then blindsided from behind with a powerful buck kick from Blanked Bloom, knocking Kyurem off balance. 'Just like that, huh?' thought Scootaling before getting an idea. She began to concentrate energy into her horn. Meanwhile, Keldeo took advantage of Kyurem being off balance and fired a series of Focus Blasts, which knocked Kyurem down. But Kyurem once again got up and caught Keldeo, who was charging in for another Secret Sword, and swept it away with a Shadow Claw followed by a Glaciate, which dealt heavy damage to Keldeo. "Don't think you can beat me. I will win this, just like I always have Keldeo." said Kyurem to a weakened Keldeo, who was struggling to get up. However, Kyurem suddenly felt a sharp pain on it's back and looked to suddenly see Blanked, who had bitten into Kyurem's back. Kyurem immediately began trying to shake her off, but Blanked Bloom was keeping a firm hold on the bite. "Get off me!" yelled Kyurem before suddenly charging up a Glaciate, which was set to hit Blanked from all sides. She saw this and immediately let go of the hold, scared of what was about to hit her. "Oh no you don't!" yelled Scootaling as she once again charged at Kyurem. 'I know my magic is only good for feeding...but please, I need something to help me stop Kyurem. Give me something!' thought Scootaling. And it seemed as if her thoughts were heard as the green magic surrounding her horn suddenly began to go up from her horn while giving it the look of a sword. Keldeo saw this and was surprised at what he was seeing. "That's...!!!" said Keldeo before Scootaling used the magical sword to strike Kyurem, who was knocked down from the explosion caused by the attack, cancelling and Glaciate attack. Scootaling then flew to catch Blanked, who was falling, and caught her. "Whoa...thanks Scoots." said Blanked. Scootaling looked back and gave her a wink before landing next to Keldeo, who had an odd smile on his face. "Why are you smiling in a time like this?" asked Scootaling. Keldeo responded by giving off a bit of a proud face. "Seems like I'm a bit of an inspiration since you just a different form of my move." said Keldeo. Scootaling was confused at first until it hit her. She had just used her own version of Secret Sword. Not only that, but she was able to get a big hit on Kyurem because of it. A smile grew on Scootaling's face. "Yeah...Yeah, I did, didn't I! Heh, how's that for awesome!" said Scootaling. Blanked Bloom and Keldeo just laughed a bit at this. (End music) "It was impressive..." came Kyurem's voice. All three turned to see Kyurem again getting back up. Suddenly, electricity started coming from Kyurem. "But now, you will see my full power!" yelled Kyurem as it flew into the air as the electricity suddenly formed into an large orb of electricity, with Kyurem being inside. Keldeo immediately grew scared. "What the hay is up now!?" asked both Scootaling and Blanked Bloom. "Kyurem...is changing forms!" was all Keldeo said as Kyurem emerged from the orb in a new form. Kyurem let out a huge roar as it began to charge up an attack. "What is that!?" asked Scootaling, who was shocked to see Kyurem in this form. "Black Kyurem..." was all Keldeo said as Kyurem finished charging. "Freeze Shock!" yelled Kyurem as it fired a blue orb of ice cold lightning at the three, who was frozen in fear. All of them closed their eyes, waiting for the inevitable. But then, they felt something appear in front of them. Keldeo opened it's eyes and saw an Electivire using Protect to stop the Freeze Shock attack. "I leave you alone for a few minutes and you already got into more trouble!" suddenly came Paul's voice. Blanked and Scootaling opened their eyes and they, and Keldeo, looked behind them and there was Paul. "Seriously, can I get a break these days? Electivire, use Thunder!" yelled Paul. As soon as the Freeze Shock attack was gone, Electivire launched a large lightning bolt at Kyurem, who had no time to dodge and was knocked back down the ground. "Now, use Brick Break!" yelled Paul. Electivire then rushed at Kyurem and delivered a powerful chop to Kyurem's head. The legendary Pokemon was dazed from the shot and Paul knew the end was near. "Now, Giga Impact!" commanded Paul as Electivire charged at Kyurem, surrounded by a pink aura. However, Kyurem suddenly flew out of the way, changing back to it's regular form in the process. "You've raised your Pokemon well. When my strength returns, I will return." said Kyurem. However, before it left, Kyurem then looked at Scootaling. "As for you, as an reward for showing courage, I will tell you this as your reward. A boy by the name of N has freed your friends." said Kyurem. Scootaling couldn't believe what she had just heard, but soon her excitement turned into doubt. "Why are you telling me this?" asked Scootaling. But she never got her answer as Kyurem suddenly roared, causing a short blizzard and when it cleared, Kyurem was gone. Scootaling was still in doubt, but then Blanked Bloom came up to her. "Scoots, if it means anythin' to ya, Ah'll help ya reunite with yer friends." said Blanked. Scootaling only nodded, still trying to figure out of Kyurem had told her the truth or not. "And you know what..." Keldeo said, getting the attention of the young changeling. "Since we're probably going to face tougher challenges, I think it'll be best if I teach you how to use Secret Sword. Since you seem to be able to use it after all." said Keldeo. Scootaling just nodded at Keldeo. "I think that is for the best." said Paul suddenly, getting everyone's attention. "Because I won't be watching all of you forever. I'm not some babysitter. You all better learn to defend yourselves." said Paul. Scootaling gave Paul a little bit of a scowl while Blanked Bloom and Keldeo just gave an annoyed expression. "And that time will come sooner then you think." suddenly came a new voice. Soon, three ponies descended from the sky. Two of them being black pegasi stallions with dark blue armor and bat wings carrying a chariot and another pony dressed in a black cloak, making it impossible to see what the pony looked like. "What do you three want?" asked Paul. "I'm here on orders from Princess Luna to bring you all to Canterlot Castle. She and I have known about you all being up here for some time now." said the cloaked pony. While all the others went wide eyed, Paul remained silent. "...This Princess Luna...she seems pretty important." said Paul. "Not that I care, but here in Equestria, she's the one who raises the moon every night. And apparently, she also rules this place along with her sister Celestia, who raises the sun every day." explained Scootaling. Paul stood there thinking about something when Blanked Bloom suddenly realized something. "Wait a second. Why does yer voice sound so familiar?" asked Blanked to the cloaked pony, who looked at her before gasping. "Wait, is that you Apple Bloom!? I think you'll recognize me." said the cloaked pony as it took down the hood, revealing a gray mare with a bright yellow mane and glowing yellow eyes. The moment Blanked saw her, her eyes went wide. "Ruby!? Is that really you?" asked Blanked, surprised to see Ruby. Ruby nodded at her as she smiled as Blanked Bloom. "We can explain things later, we need to-." began Ruby, but was suddenly cut off by Keldeo. "Hang on, we still have something to do north of here! There's no way we're leaving now!" said Keldeo. "I have to agree with Keldeo on this, there's no way I'm missing this." said Scootaling, though she wondered why she was agreeing with Keldeo on this so much. However, Paul decided on something. "You all go with them." said Paul, making the others turn towards them. "What!? But you can't do this alone!" said Blanked Bloom. "Are you really that dumb!? What if you get attacked again!?" said Scootaling. "Listen! Yes, I know I'm at a disadvantage alone, but all of you are more hurt then you think!" said Paul as he rubbed his hand behind Keldeo's mane and when he pulled back, there was some red on his hand. "You're no good in your current conditions. If we go into this battle the way we are, we're just digging our own graves! I'm in more better condition then all of you combined! Besides, I may be hard, but there's no way I'm going to be responsible for your doom. So that's why I want all of you to head to this Canterlot Castle to heal up and when you are able to and if you want to, come back and bring reinforcements. After all, strength in numbers, right?" said Paul. It was hard for the others to argue with what Paul said because it made perfect sense. They were in bad shape and if they went to Canterlot, they could come back not only stronger, but with others to help them. "...Alright, I'm going." said Uxie as it floated into the chariot before sitting down in it, still feeling weak from the battle with the fake Cynthia from earlier. Blanked Bloom soon joined Uxie in the chariot with Scootaling and Keldeo coming in afterwards. The two guard then got ready to take off when Ruby came up to Paul. "Before we go, Princess Luna wanted me to give this to you." said Ruby as she suddenly pulled out, to Paul's surprise, a Poke Ball that looked gold on the top and silver on the bottom. "What is this and how does this Luna know me?" asked Paul. "She can see everything in the night. And this item. from some information a new researcher at Canterlot told us, can be unlocked at where you're going. Best of luck." said Ruby before taking off into the sky with the two guards carrying the other 4 following them, though everyone was unaware of a yellow mouse hanging on to the chariot. Paul saw them leaving as the sun finally started to rise over the snowy land. Paul looked at the Poke Ball in his hands. "I might have just gotten my newest Pokemon." said Paul as he put the golden and sliver ball in his pocket before continuing towards the north. Meanwhile, back at the Ponyville Hospital, the sun was also rising there and the light was leaking into the room Pikachu & Buneary were sleeping in. The light hit Pikachu's eyes, causing them to slowly flutter half way open. He still felt weak, but felt very warm. He blinked his eyes a few times to clear his blurry vision and found Buneary sleeping on top of him, causing his eyes to go wide and his face to turn a bright red. 'Why is she on top of me?' thought Pikachu. But he didn't want to wake Buneary after what happened last night. They both needed some rest and he needed someone with him. Besides... 'She looks really cute anyway...!!! Did I just think that?!' thought Pikachu, who grew confused at the feeling he had right now. But he decided to put those thoughts away for now as he weakly put a paw on Buneary's back and slowly rubbed it to comfort her. Buneary smiled in her sleep as she cuddled against Pikachu's chest, which made Pikachu blush again. 'Dang it Buneary, why do have to make yourself cuter?' thought Pikachu. But he couldn't enjoy the scene for very long as Buneary started to open her eyes. When she had them open, she blinked a few times before realizing she was on top of Pikachu,making her her face turn red. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Pikachu!" said Buneary as she rolled off of him, but before she could get up, Pikachu suddenly grabbed her paw, making her look at him, both of them now with a light blush on their faces. "It's alright Buneary, but I do want to say...thanks for staying with me last night..." said Pikachu while he gave Buneary a warm smile, which made Buneary blush even harder. 'Dang it Pikachu, that smile of yours gets me every time. But...I guess that's just one of your cool features.' thought Buneary. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. When it opened, they saw Twilight walk into the room with everyone else. "Hey, your alive!" suddenly came Pinkie's voice as she rushed to the side of the bed and gave Pikachu a crushing hug. "Yeah...but...can't...breathe..." said Pikachu, gasping for air. Pinkie immediately released the hug and allowed the others to join her at Pikachu's side, allowing him to get a good look at them. For some reason, Pinkie looked as fine as ever while Twilight had a bandage around her forehead and horn, Dash's wing was completely wrapped up, Applejack looked fine despite the bruises, Rarity had her entire right rear leg wrapped up, and Fluttershy had her mid section wrapped up. As for the other two Pokemon, Victini had no visible injuries, yet everyone could tell how weak it was. And Mesprit had it's entire right arm in a cast. "Guess Team Rocket did a number on all of us. I'm sorry for all this." said Pikachu. However, it was Fluttershy who spoke up first. "It's not your fault. You had no idea those bad people would be here. They took all of us by surprise. But next time, we'll be ready." said Fluttershy. "Yeah, Flutters is right! My wing maybe broken, but I'll make sure I get back into the air in no time!" said Dash. The others gave Pikachu a confident nod, which seemed to raise Pikachu's confidence as he gave them a smile. "Yeah...next time, Team Rocket better watch out. Because next time, all of us will get stronger and make sure they harm no one ever again!" said Pikachu as he raised his arm high into the air, with everyone doing the same. Just as they lowered them, Spike suddenly rushed into the room. "Everyone, I have some news! The doctors are letting you all go per orders by Princess Celestia!" said Spike. This caused everyone to gasp, except for Pikachu, who look relieved. Spike was not done however. "And another thing, she has requested all of us to see her at Canterlot Castle immediately. Something about some others she wants us to meet. We need to get going." said Spike. Everyone nodded and the Mane 6, Spike, Victini, and Mesprit exited the room to a large chariot waiting for them outside. Pikachu got up and left his bed, feeling a bit stronger now. Buneary attempted to as well, but she nearly fell. But she was caught by Pikachu, who lifted her arm over his head and began to carry her out. "Pikachu..." was all Buneary said as her face turned red. Pikachu just gave her a smile. "Don't worry Buneary, I've been through worse. Besides, I'll always help those important to me, no matter what." said Pikachu. Buneary could only smile at this as her and Pikachu finally made it outside and got on the chariot, which took off immediately towards Canterlot Castle. Meanwhile...in another world, a darkness had come over it, disturbing the worlds only resident, a large dragon Pokemon. As it looked on through a portal to another world, it saw that on it's moon, forces were highly active and were apparently the cause of this darkness. The Pokemon let out an angry roar, knowing what it had to do to protect it's home and it will do anything to do so as the journey continues... To Be Continued... > Friends & Rivals, New & Old Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So Mr. N? How are we gonna get out of here?" asked changeling Apple Bloom, though by this time, since the two young changelings came to the conclusion they may run into other versions of themselves, they gave themselves nicknames, with the changeling Apple Bloom taking the name Bloomling and changeling Sweetie Belle being called Sweetieling. Right now, the two changelings were following N, with all three of them doing their best to stay out of sight while N's Carracosta carried the unconscious pony from earlier. "Either we leave without being seen or we force our way out. You two still have the Pokemon I gave you?" asked N. Both changelings looked at a belt made from their own slime and on them, one single Poke Ball as seen on them. They turned back to N and nodded. "Good. Keep them. I know they won't mind being with you and you'll need them in case we need to use force." said N. The gang of three kept moving, being careful not to get noticed. After some time, they soon arrived in some sort of big room. Ahead of them was some sort of light and from the look of it, clouds were seen. "We're almost there. Come on!" said N as he, Bloomling, and Sweetieling started to run for the exit, but suddenly, some sort of electrical bolt from above cut them off. They looked up and suddenly, they saw an unwelcome sight. Coming down to them was a muscular changeling with a large bird Pokemon with a drill like beak, pointy yellow and black wings, and khaki colored legs. "Who are you?" asked N. The changeling didn't respond, but the moment he looked at the group of three, they knew something was wrong. Instead of the blue eyes that faded into white like Bloomling and Sweetieling had, this ones was red that faded into black. "I know who that is! Dreadnaught, snap out of it!" yelled Bloomling, but the changeling named Dreadnaught did not respond. Suddenly, he used some sort of spell from his horn to make the unconscious pony suddenly appear next to him. "The one you know as Dreadnaught is not in control right now." said the muscular changeling. N suddenly recognized the voice he just heard. "Wait, I know that voice! Ghetsis, why are you here and working with Team Rocket!?" asked a shocked N. Ghetsis then started to laugh through the changeling. "The info of why I'm working with Team Rocket is none of your business for someone without a human heart, but I will say why I'm here. I'm using this creature's body to do my bidding thanks to my new partner Giovanni's newest invention. Now let's test something." said Ghetsis. Suddenly, the changeling's horn started to glow brighter and then, the orange pony's eyes started to open. But her eyes were glowing the same as the controlled changelings eyes. The bird Pokemon's eyes also took the same color as it stood right behind the pony. "So Applejack, care to give your sister and her friends a parting gift?" asked Ghetsis. The orange pony, who was revealed to be an alternate version of Applejack, suddenly got into a battle stance with a wicked smile. "Of course master Ghetsis." said Applejack. Ghetsis laughed as he looked at N and the two changelings, with Bloomling looking confused for some reason. "Oh my, it seems like your sister doesn't remember you still. Well I'll leave you to make sure that you can make her remember...in her last moments. HAHAHAHA!" laughed Ghetsis as he used the changeling's magic to have his controlled minion to teleport away. "What? She's...my sister?" asked Bloomling. N looked at her and gritted his teeth as he realized something. 'Something must have been done to her memory to make her forget who her own sister is...and sadly, Ghetsis is taking advantage of it. I've got to stop him. but first, we need to get this pony to snap out of his control' thought N. He then took out the Light Stone and threw it in the air. Soon, it burst into a ball of fire which Reshiram emerged from. "You're going to try and stop me? Funny. Alright Zapdos, Thunder!" yelled the controlled Applejack as the legendary bird Pokemon launched a strong bolt of electricity. "Alright Reshiram, let's free this poor soul from Ghetsis! Use Fusion Flare!" yelled N as Reshiram launched it's attack to start the battle between two legendary Pokemon. Ooh ooh oh ohoh I'm Unbeatable! Walking down this endless highway! Nothing but my friends beside me! We'll never give in, We'll never rest! Advanced Battle is the ultimate test! From the earth, the land, the sea and sky They can never win, but they sure can try! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! From the stars and the ancient past, They come to play, but they never last! Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm unbeatable! Pokemon Advanced Battle Ooh ooh oh ohoh, I'm undefeatable! Oooh hooo hoo Advanced Battle! I'm Unbeatable! Pokemon! Episode 10: New Friends & A Royal Rival! "How are you feeling Pikachu?" asked a concerned Twilight as the group was making their way towards the castle. "I'm okay. Don't worry about me." said Pikachu. He didn't want to admit it, but his body was wanting to give out on him. But he had to be strong for the others. Besides, he was hoping to see Team Rocket again at some point. Not to get revenge for hurting his friends, but he wanted answers as well. Like how did they get to Equestria and how James got back and tamed his Gyarados. "Hey, what's that over there?" asked Dash suddenly. Pikachu got out of his thoughts and looked where Dash was pointing. In the distance was another carriage and Pikachu swore he saw a familiar shape in that carriage. ------------------------------------------------------ On the way towards Canterlot Castle, one of the royal guards escorting Blanked Bloom and her friends had given the zombie filly a magical cloak to protect herself from the sun by just wearing it, seeing as how she would burn to death if she was exposed to the sun for too long. Meanwhile, Keldeo was thinking about the reasons Paul decided to face Sombra alone. 'Why did he want to go alone? It doesn't make any sense.' thought Keldeo. But he was soon taken out of his thoughts by Scootaling. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" asked Scootaling. Keldeo shook his head, deciding it was best to forget about what happened for now. "Nothing. Don't worry about it." responded Keldeo. Scootaling looked suspicious at first, but decided to forget about it for now. "Whatever. We're almost there." said Scootaling. Keldeo, as well as the others, looked up and saw Canterlot coming into distance. "Yeah...hey, is that another carriage over there?" suddenly said Blanked Bloom. The other looked towards where Blanked was pointing at and saw the second carriage. ------------------------------------------------------ Both carriages soon landed in a remote area of the castle, however both parties on each carriage had no idea who was on the other. However, Keldeo's party had an unexpected company with them, who's ears perked up as the yellow figure suddenly looked from under the carriage it was hanging onto and, with his very good sight, saw another yellow figure getting escorted out of the carriage by a weird looking bunny. "Is that...it's him!" suddenly said the yellow figure as it rushed out from under the carriage and ran past Keldeo's team, heading towards the other group. "What the heck?!" said a surprised Uxie. "Come on, that thing is heading for the other group!" said Keldeo as it started running after the yellow figure, with the others close behind it. Meanwhile, the yellow figure was quickly approaching Pikachu's party. Suddenly, Pikachu's eyes perked up. "Hmm? Something wrong Pikachu?" asked Buneary. The others stopped and looked at Pikachu. The mouse Pokemon looked to the side and saw something rushing towards them and, more specifically, him. "Get out of the way!" yelled Pikachu as he pushed Buneary to the side just as the yellow figure tackled him to the ground. As soon as Pikachu recovered, he saw he was pinned down by...another Pikachu? "How are you here!? Let me guess, did you have something to do with these portals appearing in the Pokemon world!?" yelled the new Pikachu. The original Pikachu then saw that this Pikachu's ears had black spikes coming down from it's ear tips. This allowed Pikachu to recognize who this newcomer was. Before he could answer, Twilight and Applejack pulled the new Pikachu off. "What the hay is your deal!?" asked Applejack. The new Pikachu wanted to shock both ponies to get away, but something told him not to do it. "Huh? YOU!?" suddenly came a new voice. The others turned just to see some black figure tackle Rainbow Dash to the ground. Dash recovered and saw a weird creature on top of her, looking her in the eyes with a look that could kill. "Hey, get off me!" said Dash, trying to escape, but this creature was strong. "Not until I'm done with you!" said the black creature, who's horn started glowing green. Before she could do anything, a voice was heard from under the carriage Pikachu's party was on. "Hey, leave Rainbow Dash alone!" came the voice. The others looked and saw Scootaloo there. And not alone, as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were with her. "What are you girls doing here!?" asked Rarity. Before the Crusaders answered, Scootaloo charged at the black creature and tackled her off Dash. "Get off me!" said the black creature. "ENOUGH" suddenly boomed a new voice. Everyone completely stopped at the sound of the voice as they looked up and saw Princess Celestia flying down to them. "P-Princess, I'm so sorry for any trouble we caused!" said Twilight as she bowed as well as the rest of the mane 6 and even Pikachu, but Buneary, who was still holding a bit of a grudge, didn't even try to bow. "It's alright Twilight, I had expected this. And before any of you ask, yes, all of you have been invited by me. As well as the others who are about to come up." said Celestia. Just then, the rest of Keldeo's group came up and Uxie immediately saw Mesprit sitting near a bush. "Mesprit!" said Uxie, going over to greet Mesprit. The Emotion Pokemon, upon hearing it's name called, looked over and saw Uxie coming over. "Uxie!" cheered Mesprit as it got up and the two legendaries hugged after not seeing each other for a long time. Pikachu smiled a bit before looking over and seeing Keldeo. "Huh? Keldeo!?" asked a surprised Pikachu. Keldeo looked over at him and looked surprised, not believing this Pikachu knew him, until it hit him. "Wait, are you Ash's Pikachu? What are you doing here?" asked Keldeo. "You can answer any questions as we head for our destination. All of you, even our uninvited guests, are welcome to come." said Celestia as she walked back into the castle. Everyone, after a bit of thought, then followed her. As soon as they were inside, Blanked Bloom took off the hood of the cloak given to her, allowing Apple Bloom to see the darkened, torn ribbon in her mane that looked a lot like hers. "Hey, why do ya have a ribbon in yer mane that looks like mine?" asked Apple Bloom, causing Blanked to sigh a bit, not wanting to tell her counterpart what happened, but knew she would have to eventually. "Well...ya see Apple Bloom...ya know that town in the Everfree Forest?" asked Blanked. Apple Bloom immediately nodded. "Ya mean Sunny Town? That place with the zombie ponies?" said Apple Bloom, causing Blanked Bloom to nod. "Not this again. Apple Bloom, ya know that place doesn't exist. Me an' Twi looked everywhere for it." said Applejack. "Well, Ah hate to be a bearer of bad news...but it does Applejack...because I'm a zombie version of your sister." said Blanked. This caused both Apples and even Twilight to stop dead in their tracks and look at Blanked. "Y-ya mean...yer me...but dead?" asked Apple Bloom. Blanked nodded. "Oh...may...lord..." said Applejack, shocked to see a zombie version of her little sister. "Wh...what about your world's version of me? Didn't she...I...whatever, were you found?" asked Twilight. Blanked look at her with sad eyes. "Twi...in mah world...ya died tryin' to bring me home...as well as Applejack..." said Blanked regrettably. Now Twilight and Applejack were even more shocked. Apple Bloom felt sad instead, knowing another version of her was unintentionally involved in the death of another world's version of her friend and sister. "HEY! What's the hold up!?" suddenly came Scootaloo's voice. The others realized they had fallen behind and soon ran to catch up just as Scootaloo walked up beside Scootaling, unaware of the changeling beside her being her own counterpart. "What do you want?" asked Scootaling. "Well in case you can't tell, I'm still upset at you attacking Rainbow Dash. So I've got my eye on you." answered Scootaloo. Scootaling just glared at her. "I had my reasons...I bet you will soon enough anyway. After all, I'm just another version of you."said Scootaling, revealing herself as Scootaloo's counterpart, though the pegasus filly seemed unfazed. "Heh, you're another me, huh? Well, something tells me you might be a good rival to me." said Scootaloo, almost with a smile on her face. Scootaling soon faced her with an annoyed look. "Rival? You know I'm much more stronger then you are. Heck, I can even fly while you can't! I could wipe the floor with you!" said Scootaling. Scootaloo's smile just seemed to grow even more. "Just gives me a reason to push myself further to catch up with you. I won't stop until you see me as an equal." said Scootaloo, looking her counterpart in the eye. As they continued sharking glances, Pikachu looked away from the two with a sort of smile on his face. "Those two remind me of Ash and Gary back in the old days. Man, I kind of miss those days." said Pikachu, thinking about all the times Ash & Gary fought. As he did, Keldeo came up to the electric mouse. "Hey Pikachu, how long have you been in this world?" asked Keldeo. Pikachu, noticing Keldeo next to him, answered of course. "At least a week and a half. And you would not believe what I've already gone through." said Pikachu. Keldeo didn't seem surprised though. "Same goes for me. I've had to protect that changeling who looks a lot like that orange filly you're with, battle Kyurem again, and even team up with someone named Paul." Keldeo said, but the thing he said that caught Pikachu's attention the most was the mention of Paul. "Wait, Paul!?" Pikachu was in shock. One of his and Ash's biggest rivals during their travels through Sinnoh was now in Equestria? The news of that took the mouse Pokemon by surprise. "Yeah. I don't know who he was going up against up in the frozen north of this land, but it seemed like Paul was serious about defeating him." said Keldeo. Now Pikachu was more in question. How could Paul be in Equestria? Did he come the same way Pikachu himself and the others did?" And what kind of opponent could make Paul serious about traveling through a frozen area just for him to defeat said opponent? Pikachu made a mental note for him to search for the trainer at a later point. However, before he could think things further, he saw everyone come to a stop. He then saw that Celestia was in front of a door along with her sister. "First off, I'd like to thank Twilight and her friends from saving Ponyville from Team Rocket. My sister informed me about the attack before I had arrived myself to stop them." said Celestia. "Yeah...but you nearly killed Pikachu..." Buneary muttered under her breath so no one could hear her. "And the reason I've gathered you all here in this castle, especially our other guests, is because of the threat of other dangers as well as Team Rocket. We know that a lot of you are strong in your own fields, but I'm afraid that is not enough. But as luck may have it, someone came to us with knowledge of this world of Pokemon and has told us all we need to know." said Celestia. "Behind these doors is this pony, or person I should say, who has given us this knowledge as well as gifts for all of you to combat these dangers. My sister and I have already been given the gifts you are all about to receive." said Luna. The others gave nodsas Pikachu noticed something a little off about the princess'. That's when he saw their own appearances had changed. Around the top half of their front legs were belts in the same colors as their crowns and shows and one belt on both sisters...was a Poke Ball. 'Whoever this guy is...he's made Celestia & Luna official Pokemon Trainers. So it must be someone like Professor Oak or Professor Rowan' Pikachu thought as the door behind the royal sisters opened. When they were fully open, they saw on the other side what appeared to be a huge lab. The sight of it made Twilight gasp. "This...it's amazing!" squealed Twilight as she ran into the lab, looking all over the place while the others sweat dropped before stepping in, looking around as well. "I've got to admit, even I'm surprised to see this kind of stuff in this castle." admitted Scootaling. She knew about Twilight's own lab in her home's basement, but it was nothing compared to this. "Ah could get my homework from school done with this in no time if Ah knew how work these things." said Apple Bloom. "Maybe that's what we could try doing for our cutie marks girls!" said Sweetie Belle. "Being scientists? Yeah, we've yet to try that!" said Scootaloo. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER SCIENTISTS! YAY!" cheered all three Crusaders as the others, except for Twilight, sweat dropped again. The other Pikachu, seeing all this stuff, shuddered a bit. "This stuff brings back bad memories..." said the other Pikachu, making the real one look at him. "Does it, my clone?" asked Pikachu. The others looked at him in confusion. "Wait a minute, clone?" asked Dash. "Yeah. I don't know or even remember how it happened, but I guess one day I got captured and cloned by Team Rocket or someone. This other Pikachu with us is said clone." explained Pikachu. "Yeah...but call me Pikatwo for now. Just to get the confusion out of the way," said 'Pikatwo', getting a nod from the others. Suddenly, they heard a thud. Everyone rushed to where they heard it and saw Twilight on the ground, holding her head. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going. I was so excited seeing all this stuff." said Twilight to whoever she ran into. "Don't worry about it. It's actually kind of good to see a fellow researcher." said the unknown person. But Pikachu recognized the voice of this new person. "Wait, is that...?" Pikachu questioned as the new person stepped into the light, showing himself. While most others wouldn't recognize him, Pikachu knew this person all too well. It was a former rival of his, now turned friend. It was Gary Oak. > Friends & Rivals, New & Old Part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Gary!" yelled Pikachu as he happily hopped into Gary's arms and gave him a small hug, happy to see another familiar face. Gary laughed a bit. "Haha, good to see ya Pikachu! Long time no see!" said Gary as he petted Pikachu a bit, getting a happy sigh from the electric Pokemon. The others seemed surprised to see their friend knowing this newcomer, but then they realized that he must have come from the same world Pikachu and Buneary live in. Gary then put Pikachu down and faced the other Pokemon and ponies. "Hello everyone, my name is Gary Oak, a Pokemon researcher. My job is to research the different kinds of ways Pokemon live. Though if you want that kind of advice, then you'd best ask my grandpa. But I'm happy to help you all in anyway I can." said Gary. The others suddenly started to ask Gary many questions, but Gary just raised a hand to silence them. "Now now, I know you all have many questions and I'll be glad to answer them at some point later. For now, I want to show you all something." said Gary as he lead the group towards the Canterlot Gardens, which was a grim reminder now for how Discord nearly broke Twilight and her friends bond forever. When they got to a certain part of it, they were amazed at what they saw. There were many creatures all over the place. "Wow, this looks awesome!" said Dash, almost in disbelief at the scene in front of her. "Are all of these creatures...Pokemon?" asked Twilight, getting a nod from Gary. "Yep and you're all going to be choosing one of them to take with you." said Gary, confusing everyone except the princesses, who smiled a bit as they knew what Gary meant. "You see, Princess Celestia told me about what happened with Team Rocket and you're all still banged up from that. And knowing how that group works, they're going to try again. So to get you all ready for this, as a Pokemon Professor, I am hereby making all of you official Pokemon Trainers as of today. Now normally, there are 3 Pokemon you all can choose from, but I have recently gotten a special selection so all of you have up to 18 choices or more if the normal starter Pokemon don't please you. But for now, meet your potential partners." Gary then took out a little whistle and blew it. Suddenly, as if on cue, many Pokemon came rushing up to everyone, all of them looking cheerful and happy to meet some new faces as Gary got underway with the introductions. "We have the Grass Type Pokemon Bulbasaur, Chikorita, Treecko, Turtwig, Snivy, and Chespin. The Fire Type Pokemon Charmander, Cyndaquil, Torchic, Chimchar, Tepig, and Fennekin. And finally, the Water Type Pokemon Squirtle, Totodile, Mudkip, Piplup, Oshawott, and Froakie. These are all starter Pokemon from 6 regions in the world of Pokemon." explained Gary as the others looked on in amazement. "Oh my, their so cute!" squealed Fluttershy as she flew in the middle of the group and picked up the nearest Pokemon to her, which was Torchic, and hugged it, with Torchic happily accepting the hug. "Torchic Tor!" chirped the Torchic. Fluttershy seemed surprise that the Pokemon didn't talk like the ones she already knew did. "Oh my, it didn't talk. How come?" asked Fluttershy. "I guess that some Pokemon that got transported here only speak English if they're lucky." guessed Pikachu, who then looked at Gary. "Wait a second Gary, you said WE'RE all becoming trainers? Do you mean me, Buneary, and the legendaries as well? But how is that possible?" asked Pikachu as Gary smiled. "Don't you worry Pikachu, me and Gramps found a way before I ended up coming here." said Gary, leaving Pikachu confused as to what he meant. Meanwhile, three figures were seen in a balloon high in the air. "Ohhh, look at all of those Pokemon! Starter Pokemon from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and even the Kalos Region!" said James. "Just imagine the award we'll get if we capture all of them and hand them over to the boss." said Meowth as he fantasized about handing the Pokemon to Giovanni and all three of them getting a huge award for it. "Then it's settled. We'll capture those Pokemon and make them the newest Pokemon that will belong to Team Rocket!" said Jessie as all three of them laughed until a shadow appeared behind them, catching all of their attentions as they turned around and saw a Pidgeot along with several Pidgeotto and Pidgey. "Hey, what's your big idea!?" yelled Jessie at the Pidgeot, who chirped very loudly and threateningly at the group. "Uhh, Meowth, translation?" asked James. "It says 'I never thought I'd see you three again, but you better leave now before I lay a smack down on you!' Hey wait a minute, you're the twerp's old Pidgeot!" yelled Meowth as the realization came over him. Just at that moment, Pidgeot launched itself at the balloon with Double Edge, going right through the balloon and making two big holes as the balloon, with Team Rocket in it, was sent flying with all of them screaming. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" yelled Team Rocket as, back on the ground, Pikachu's ears twitched and he looked up. "What's wrong?" asked Blanked. "I thought I heard something. Must have been my imagination..." said Pikachu shrugging as he saw the others checking out the starters as well as some other Pokemon there as Gary had told them that while the 18 starter Pokemon are the most common choices, they could choose any Pokemon in the area to have as their starter. Twilight was interested in a small Pokemon called Ralts, Rainbow Dash was seemingly not impressed with most of the Pokemon until she saw an Oshawott standing up for some baby fish Pokemon against some other animals, impressing her. The Crusaders seem to have already found their starters as Scootaloo was having a playful fight with a feisty Chimchar, Sweetie Belle was playing with a very cute Igglybuff, and Apple Bloom was also playing, but with a Mareep instead. Fluttershy still had the Torchic she had before, apparently already deciding to make it her starter as Applejack took an interest in a Turtwig while Blanked had already befriended a Snivy, who had apparently taken pity on the zombie filly's condition and was comforting her. Pinkie has apparently found hers already in a Drifloon and Spike had also found a new friend in a Totodile. Scootaling, however, was still looking. "I don't see anything that looks tough and strong like me. What would be good enough to take down those darn people who invaded the hive?" asked the changeling as she continued looking around. Also still looking was Rarity herself, looking for any kind of Pokemon that she would think would fit her. "Well it seems the others have found their starters, so I must hurry and find mine. Now where would the perfect starter for I, Rarity, be...hmm? What is that?" asked Rarity as she could have sworn she heard what seemed like crying. She followed the sound of it to a tree in the middle of the garden, where she saw a pale yellow lizard Pokemon with a flame on it's tail crying for some reason. "Oh dear, I wonder what's wrong." asked Rarity as she started to make her way towards the lizard Pokemon until she felt a hand on her back. She turned and saw Gary. "I see you found this one." said Gary, who seemed to have a sad look in his face. Rarity seemed confused about this. "What's wrong with this one darling? It's just like that Charmander, but it's completely different." wondered Rarity. Gary quickly answered. "You see, that Charmander looks different because she's a Shiny Pokemon, very rare versions of Pokemon that have different coloring then any others you'd see. As to why it's crying though...that's a whole different story. You see, with the princesses help, I found out that it was abandoned by it's own family when it was just a baby and made fun of by other members of it's species, all because it was colored different. It's had a very sad life and it doesn't trust hardly anyone." said Gary. Rarity wiped a tear out of her eye after hearing that. "The poor dear...maybe I can do something about it?" Rarity said as she trotted up to the shiny Charmander. The Charmander heard her hoofsteps and turned to the white and purple mare, giving her an angry growl, causing Rarity to step back a bit. "Oh my, please dear, I don't mean to cause you any harm." said Rarity, however the Charmander, seemingly ignoring her, shot a Flamethrower attack at her, making Rarity move out of the way, singeing her tail a bit. This angered Rarity a lot, but she knew she couldn't last out at the Charmander for burning her tail because it thought that Rarity meant harm to it. Rarity decided it might be best just to back off for now. "There we go!" Gary exclaimed as he finished putting a special device on Pikachu, Buneary, and Victini. They were all fit to fit their sizes and were put on their arms. The devices seemed to have a glowing Poke Ball symbol on them. The three tested them out by moving their arms around. "Wow, it feels like I'm wearing nothing." Pikachu said, impressed with how natural it felt to move around the device on his arm. "Good, then it's working. Me and Gramps have worked on these for some time. We made them in the crazy case that a Pokemon wanted to be an actual trainer. These are just prototypes however because of their size, but we're working on making sizes for bigger Pokemon. But with these, you three can now be considered official trainers." said Gary. "Cool! Now at least we don't have to do the work by ourselves when we're injured, like we are now." said Buneary, who's still injured leg was heavily wrapped up. "Yeah, but that's not the only reason we made them...." suddenly, Gary's face seem to take on a serious expression. Victini noticed this. "Hey, what's wrong?" asked the Victory Pokemon. "Listen you three, I'm about to tell you something very important. You see, before I came to Equestria, me and the other professors got word about some weird Pokemon causing havoc. We tried to figure out what was going on, but then we got contact from a professor in the far off Orre Region. And he told us that these weird Pokemon are called Shadow Pokemon." explained Gary. "Shadow Pokemon?" asked Pikachu, everyone else unaware of Buneary's sudden reaction to the mention of Shadow Pokemon and her going completely still. "From what we gathered, Shadow Pokemon are Pokemon who's hearts are sealed away in darkness and are turned into fighting machines. They won't hesitate to hurt others or worse, no matter if they're people or Pokemon. They only ones they listen to are their evil trainers. They were said to have gone extinct when two heroes purified all of them from their makes, but we've received word that they're being made again by Team Rocket." continued Gary, the mention of Team Rocket shocking everyone. "When we discovered Team Rocket were turning poor, innocent Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon, we all looked into how we could save them like the ones in Orre were. Apparently the two trainers who saved over a hundred Shadow Pokemon used a machine called a Snag Machine, which is apparently used to steal Pokemon from their trainers. It's a terrible machine, but me and Gramps knew it was the only way we could get these Shadow Pokemon back from Team Rocker and find a way to purify them. Pikachu, Buneary, and Victini, the devices you three are wearing now that have made you official trainers...are also Snag Machines." finished Gary as the three Pokemon were even more shocked to here this. Pikachu was the first to recover. "So...you're saying that you need our help in finding these Shadow Pokemon and 'snagging' them from Team Rocket?" Pikachu asked, getting a nod from his old rival. "Wait, what happens when we snag them?" asked Victini. "Well it'll be just like capturing a wild Pokemon. You'll be allowed to keep them, even after we purify them. Don't worry, they can't influence you to become like them." said Gary. "Easy for you to say..." mumbled Buneary. "Did you say something Buneary?" asked Pikachu, worried about his friend. "Uh, nope, nothing!" Buneary said quickly. Pikachu seemed suspicious, but decided to forget it for now. They started to ask more questions when suddenly, Twilight burst into the room. "Everyone, come outside quickly!" yelled Twilight. Pikachu and the others got outside and they saw the starter Pokemon that weren't chosen by everyone earlier in a large cage. "What's going on!?" asked Gary, only to be answered by a familiar trio of laughter as three figured appeared on top of the cage. "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it double!". "To protect the world from devastation!" "To unite all peoples within our nation!" "To denounce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!" "Jessie!" "James!" "Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!" said Jessie. "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" said James. "Meowth, that's right!" came in Meowth. "Wobbuffet!" said Wobbuffet. "Mime mime!" chimed in Mime Jr.. "Team Rocket! What are you doing here!?" asked Gary, angry to see the trio once again. "Isn't it obvious, we're here to take these rare starter Pokemon to the boss. They'll make fine additions to Team Rocket." said Jessie. the others looked angry as Rarity suddenly saw the Charmander from earlier, making her gasp. "Oh no, Charmander dear!" said Rarity, wanting to help the shiny Pokemon so much. "You're not getting away with this. Umbreon, let's go!" Gary yelled as he threw his Poke Ball into the air, releasing the dark type Eeveelution. "Ha, an Umbreon is going to be great to test out our new Pokemon. Come on out Inkay!" yelled James as he released a squid like Pokemon that floated easily in mid-air. "You too Pumpkaboo!" yelled Jessie as she released a pumpkin- looking Pokemon that also floated in the air. "Who are they?" asked Pikachu, never seeing them before. "Two more Kalos Region Pokemon. Pumpkaboo, a Grass & Ghost type and Inkay, a Dark & Psychic type. This isn't going to be easy. Now Umbreon, use Shadow Ball!" commanded Gary. "Pumpkaboo, counter it with your Shadow Ball!" yelled Jessie as both Pokemon fired their attacks, causing a mid-air explosion. "Inkay, now, use Foul Play!" yelled James as the squid Pokemon rushed at Umbreon and hit it with some powerful shots since Umbreon was stronger then it. "Umbreon, stay strong! Use Dark Pulse now!" yelled Gary as Umbreon shot multiple dark waves at Team Rocket's Pokemon. "Alright Wobbuffet, how about a Mirror Coat please?" asked Jessie as her other Pokemon got in front of the other two and reflected the attack back at Umbreon, who took even more damage. "Umbreon, no!" yelled Gary, worried for his Pokemon. Suddenly, the others got in front of Gary. "Hey, we're trainers now, so we're going to help!" said Dash as Pikachu noticed that his friends now held belts on their legs just like the princesses. "But this isn't like a battle against a wild Pokemon or regular trainer, these guys are part of a world wide criminal organization." said Gary. "True, but they're also the reason we're all injured. Besides, we won't let them get away with that or those Pokemon." said Applejack. Soon, they all released their Pokemon that they befriended or got their attention earlier. "Hahahaha, amateurs, you think you can beat us in a battle! We flattened you the last time!" said Meowth. "All the more reason to beat you! Drifloon, Shadow Ball!" suddenly commanded Pinkie as her new Drifloon fired it's attack, hitting Inkay and doing some damage to it. "Pinkie, how did you know what it's attack was? We never found out what they were." Fluttershy questioned Pinkie. "Don't be silly, I took the time to find out all their moves. For instance..." suddenly, Pinkie whispered something in Twilight's ear, making her question what Pinkie was saying, but decided just go with what Pinkie said. "Alright, um, Ralts, use Confusion." said Twilight and suddenly, her Ralts used a special power to lift Jessie's Pumpkaboo into the air and keep it in the same place as Pinkie then whispered something in Fluttershy's ear. "Umm, use Ember Torchic...if you want to that is..." said Fluttershy and her tiny chick Pokemon shot several sparks of fire at Pumpkaboo, the barrage doing some heavy damage as Jessie growled. "Alright, you asked for it! Yanmega, use Sonicboom!" yelled Jessie as she released her flying bug Pokemon from it's Poke Ball and it fired it's attack at the others as Pinkie finished whispering something in Apple Bloom's ear. "Mareep, use Thundershock!" commanded Apple Bloom as the tiny sheep Pokemon used Thundershock to counter the Sonicboom as Pinkie finished up with the other crusaders. "Alright Chimchar, Flame Wheel!" yelled Scootaloo as her Chimchar rushed at Yanmega in a ball of fire, crashing into it and sending Yanmega against the cage, bending the bars a bit which the shiny Charmander noticed. "Okay, Gyarados, go and use Dragon Rage!" yelled James as he released the dragon Pokemon, but Sweetie Belle seemed to be ready. "Okay Igglybuff, use Attract!" yelled Sweetie as her tiny puff ball Pokemon floated up to Gyarados and sent hearts at it, making Gyarados fall in love with it, stopping it's attack in the process "Come on Gyarados, snap out of it!" yelled James when suddenly, they heard a familiar call. As everyone looked around, they then saw Pidgeot land in front of them. "Hey, is that...?" asked Pikachu. "Yeah, it's Ash's old Pidgeot! It's been staying with me for some time!" explained Gary. "That thing looks so awesome!" said Scootaling, getting Pidgeot's attention and the bird Pokemon giving it a weird look. Scootaling was confused at first until Pikachu said something to her. "I think Pidgeot wants to battle and it may be wanting you to help with it." said Pikachu as he then told Scootaling Pidegot's attacks as the changeling got a smirk on her face." "I hope you three are ready! Pidgeot, use Gust!" commanded Scootaling as Pidgeot took to the sky and flapped it's wings hard enough to cause a small twister, sending Team Rocket's Pokemon flying as Blanked Bloom noticed the shiny Charmander trying to escape. "Snivy, use Vine Whip and help that Pokemon." said Blanked as her new Snivy released two vines and helped the Charmander get free, but it quickly clawed at the vines, indicating that the Charmander still didn't trust anyone. "It's still won't listen. Poor dear..." said Rarity, who still wanted to help the Charmander. However, suddenly, Gyarados snapped out of the attraction. "Alright, now Gyarados, use Hyper Beam!" yelled James as his Pokemon fired a powerful beam at everyone else's Pokemon except Dash's Oshawott, sending them all flying. "Hey, not cool! Oshawott, Razor Shell!" yelled Dash as her Oshawott took off the scalchop on it's belly and formed it into a blade before charging at Team Rocket's Pokemon. "Yanmega, Steel Wing!" yelled Jessie as Yanmega counted Razor Shell with it's hardened wings, sending Oshawott flying in the process as Dash caught it in air. "Now to catch the loose one!" said Meowth as he noticed the shiny Charmander had escaped and was charging at it with a prepared Fury Swipes. "Oh no you don't ruffian!" yelled Rarity as she got between the Charmander and Meowth and blasted Meowth away with a weak blast of magic, but strong enough to send the cat Pokemon flying. The Charmander looked at Rarity with a surprised look. "Don't you worry darling, I won't let them take you away!" said Rarity as she got ready to defend Charmander against Team Rocket. "Resistance is futile! Pumpkaboo, use Frustration!" yelled Jessie as the pumpkin ghost Pokemon charged at Rarity. "Inkay, use Tackle!" commanded James as his Pokemon followed right behind Jessie's as Rarity got ready for the impacts. Suddenly, she saw out of the corner of her eye Charmander leap out in front of her and fire a glowing blue orb at the two Team Rocket Pokemon, knocking them down. "Charmander..." was all Rarity could say, surprised to see the Charmander having come to her rescue. Charmander then turned towards Rarity and gave her a smile, indicating it wanted to battle with her. Rarity understood completely and got ready as Pinkie, having known all of the Pokemon's moves already somehow, whispered Charmander's moves to Rarity. "Alright, Charmander dear, use Dragon Pulse!" yelled Rarity as the shiny Charmander fired another blue ball at Inkay and Pumpkaboo, sending them flying. "Why you little...! Yanmega, Silver Wind!" yelled Jessie. "Use Air Cutter!" yelled Rarity as Chamander fired a bunch of wind like blades as Yanmega's Silver Wind, causing an explosion which Rarity took advantage of. "Now use Flamethrower!" commanded Rarity as Charmander fired a powerful stream of fire, which hit Yanmega and continued going forward, also hitting Gyarados, who was still resting after the Hyper Beam, knocking it against the cage and causing the bars to bend even more, enough for the Pokemon in the cage to escape. "Oh no, this looks bad." said James as he and the rest of Team Rocket saw the Pokemon escape before they turned back towards Rarity and Charmander, with Charmander looking very angry. "Alright, now it's time to finish you ruffians off! Charmander, use Blast Burn!" yelled Rarity. "BLAST BURN!?" yelled everyone else except Pinkie as Charmander suddenly fired a huge ball of fire at Team Rocket like a missile, causing a big explosion and Team Rocket was seen flying out of the explosion. "Well, I guess are chances of winning just went up in smoke." said Meowth. "I'm really feeling a burning sensation about this loss." said James. "Would you two knock it off already!?" yelled Jessie. "LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" yelled Team Rocket as they disappeared into the sky. Rarity smiled. "We did it!" happily exclaimed Rarity as Charmander ran up to her and hugged her. Rarity returned it as Pikachu looked on with a smile. "It's crazy that that Charmander knows the most powerful Fire-type attack without being a Charizard, but it saved the day, so I'm not complaining." said Pikachu, getting a nod from everyone who heard him as Rarity suddenly felt a light bulb turn on in her head. "IDEA! Hey Charmander dear, would you like to be my starter?" asked Rarity. Charmander seemed to think about it for a while, but then it looked at Rarity with a smile on it's face and nodded. Gary took that as a sign and handed Rarity a spare Poke Ball. "Well Rarity, what are you waiting for? Make it official." said Gary. Rarity knew what to do as she threw the Poke Ball high into the air. Charmander happily leaped up and hit the Poke Ball, disappearing into it as the ball landed in front of Rarity and shook a couple of times before clicking, making the capture complete. "Alright, I now have a Charmander!" happily cheered Rarity as the others came up and congratulated her as Gary then took something out of his pocket. "Way to go Rarity, I know you and Charmander will make a great team. Here, I have something for you. I found these in the Kalos Region." said Gary as he handed Rarity two stones, a large green one and a smaller blue one. "What are they?" asked Buneary. "All I'm going to say is that they're called Mega Stones and you'll be able to use them once Charmander evolves into Charizard, which might not happen for some time." "I see. Thank you though dear, I'll keep them with me at all times." said Rarity. "Aww, we missed all the fun. I wanted to battle as well." said Keldeo as he, Mesprit, Uxie, and Pikatwo had missed the battle with Team Rocket as the three legendaries were getting their wounds healed while Pikatwo was getting another device from the princesses, making him a trainer as well. Everyone except Scootaling was now waiting for the train for Ponyville. "Yeah, but we had things under control. So Pikatwo, you're coming with us?" Pikachu asked his clone. "Yeah, someone's gotta make sure you don't push yourself and who else but someone who knows your limits. Besides, when you heal, we're going to battle." said Pikatwo, issuing the challenge to Pikachu, who smiled and nodded as Scootaling suddenly flew down on Pidgeot. "Hey, what are you doing on Pidgeot?" asked Blanked. "You don't know? Pidgeot here is now my starter!" said Scootaling as Pidgeot gave off a loud chirp. "No fair, you're starter is already really powerful!" said Scootaloo to her rival. The changeling shared glances with her before turning her attention to Pikachu, Buneary, and Victini, noticing their looks had changed. Pikachu was wearing a blue jacket with gold trim and white collar and sleeves, green fingerless gloves with light green borders, and a hat that was red and white with a green, stylized "L" on the front. Buneary was wearing a mini dress which was mostly black with a white undershirt inside a V-shaped neck with a short pink skirt and a white beanie with a pink Poké Ball print on it. And Victini was wearing a green vest, which had four large pockets on the front and was wearing it over an orange short-sleeved shirt. "Hey, what's with the outfits?" asked the changeling as she returned her new starter to it's Poke Ball. "Well after we became trainers, I asked Rarity to make these for us." said Pikachu. "And I was more then happy to oblige." finished Rarity. At that moment, the princesses and Gary walked up to them. "We want to wish you a safe trip back to Ponyville. After everything that's happened, I hope no more crazy stuff happens." said Celestia. "Me too, I think we all could use a break from everything that's happened these past few days." said Twilight. "Indeed and we are happy to inform you that Ponyville is going to be redoing Nightmare Night after the incident with Team Rocket. And we shall be there." said Luna. "Might have ta work on the language a bit princess. After all, it's been a while since you've been with anypony." said Applejack, making the lunar princess blush from embarrassment. Gary then walked up. "Safe trip everyone. Pikachu, Buneary, Victini, and Pikatwo, remember what I've asked the four of you to do." said Gary. "Don't worry, we'll save those Pokemon. I've got a thing or two with Team Rocket anyway." said Pikatwo. At that moment, the train arrived and Celestia, Luna, and Gary said their goodbyes to the group as they got on board and headed for Ponyville. "I hope they're save on their trip. Hmm? Oh, I just remembered something." said Gary. "What is it?" asked Celestia. "I could have sworn there was one more Pokemon in the gardens today that Gramps sent before I came here. But I haven't seen it." said Gary. Suddenly, a shadow loomed over the three and they turned right around to see what looked like a large purple blob towering over them. "Muk muk!" happily said the Pokemon as it suddenly glomped on the three in a big hug. "AHHHHHH!!!" yelled Gary and the princesses as they tried to get Muk off them, their struggles being heard from a fair distance as the journey continues. To be continued... Pikachu's Jukebox! Winter Wrap Up > Previews of later chapters (Will be deleted eventually) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomling approached her brainwashed sister, who was now in front of the weakened Zapdos as Applejack, who turned and faced the changeling that was her sister. "Well sis, Ah reckon it's time we finally settled the score once an' for all." said Applejack, the mind controlled pony getting herself in a battle stance. Carracosta walked up next to it's new trainer, ready to fight but Bloomling put one of her legs in front of it. "Applejack, if the real you is still in there, then Ah'm so sorry for what Ah've done to ya...but as yer younger sister, I'm going to do what's best and...bring yer suffering to an end, one way or another. Please forgive me for what Ah've got to do...big sis'." said Bloomling, a tear coming from her eye as she readied herself. "Huh, who are you?" Pikachu asked the shadow that stood in front of him. The shadow suddenly opened his eyes, revealing that his eyes had unusual patterns in both, one eye having a weird red and black pattern in it and the other completely white with black circles and weird dots one some of the lines. "So you're supposed to be my descendant, huh? It's a shame you still have yet to unlock your hidden power." said the shadow in a very deep voice as Pikachu was left confused. "What, hidden power? What are you talking about?" questioned Pikachu, but before he could get an answer, the shadow drew what appeared to be a sword and pointed it at the electric mouse. "If you want answers, then show me just how strong you are right now and then maybe I'll tell you what you want to know." "GRAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" roared Buneary as she charged towards the stage, her claws stretched out as she made her way past the ponies and towards the Tyranitar that was her target. "Now Tyranitar, use Hyper Bea-" the Marauder didn't get a chance to finish giving the command as the dark Pokemon was suddenly launched by a shadowy punch from Buneary, causing Tyranitar to crash right through the stage as the ponies as well as the legendaries and Pikachu saw Buneary's eyes, which were now a blood red with black pupils that seemed to complement black fur and white fluff that made up her appearance now. "W-what kind of power is that?!" Twilight questioned, a hint of fear in her voice at her friends sudden transformation. "Buneary, what happened to you..." was all Pikachu said before Buneary once again let her rage get the better of her and she charged at the Marauder. "Admit it, you want power. True power. Power to defeat those who you wish you defeat and show them their place in this world, am I right?" said Sombra as his voice invaded Paul's mind, trying to distract him from the task at hand. "I can give it to you chosen one, all I need you to do is obey me..." Sombra's voice continued to echo in Paul's mind, but Paul, knowing that it was all a trick to make him a puppet of Sombra's, tried to push the voice out of his head. "Argh, listen you wannabe king! If I want power, I'll get it myself, I don't need it from some weirdo who's too blind to realize what I really want." said Paul as he looked up at the giant dragon that was summoned by Sombra, then at the man who was watching him and ready to assist him if needed. 'I hope you see this Brandon, I'm going to show you why I can do what my brother couldn't do and that's defeat you!' thought Paul as he threw out his Electivire, ready to do battle with the behemoth in front of him. "So how are you feeling?" N asked the Lopunny, who was surprised to hear the kindness in his voice after what she had done while under Team Rocket's control. "Oh, ummm, I'm alright, thank you for asking. But I need to speak with Pikachu please." said the Lopunny, getting Pikachu's attention as the electric mouse Pokemon came up to her. "What do you want?" Pikachu asked as the Lopunny looked down to the ground, as if hesitating to say what she wanted to say. Before Pikachu could ask again, the Lopunny suddenly started to cry. "P-pikachu...I-I've seen how much you care about her...a-and I feel horrible for asking you this, b-but you're the only one I can ask t-to do this." the Lopunny said before she suddenly hugged Pikachu, much to his surprise. "Please, I beg of you...help Myo out, please..." said the Lopunny as Pikachu was now confused at the sound of the name he had never heard before. 'Myo? Who is that...wait, she couldn't mean Buneary, could she?' "Pikachu, are you okay?!" asked Twilight as she and the others ran up to Pikachu, who held the unconscious Buneary, who was still in her shadowy state, in his arms. "Yeah, I'm fine, but those guys won't be. Take care of Buneary for me, I'm going to finish this." said Pikachu as he placed Buneary in Fluttershy's hooves before turning back to face the army of changelings they were facing. "Hahahahaha, you still think you can win by yourself?! Give up, all of Equestria will belong to me!" said Chrysalis as her changeling army closed in on Pikachu, who closed his eyes. "You can ruin a great wedding, you can capture my friends, and you can try and take all the love in the world, but when you hurt Buneary, that's when I reach my breaking point. Chrysalis, the time has come...for me to take you down once and for all!" yelled Pikachu as he opened his eyes, which had changed as they were now red with a black pupil and two black circles surrounding the pupil, connected by a nearly invisible line as the electric mouse readied himself to battle the changeling queen.