Once upon a time there was a pathetic little writer who thought it would be a good idea to play Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky and name her hero and partner Pokemon after Maxie and Archie.
This writer soon had a crazy idea that would not leave her alone. This is that crazy idea. These are the adventures of Maxie and Archie as they explore the Pokeworld and… do various stupid shit.
This story will follow the basic outline of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't read. If you're not interested in eventual Hardenshipping (Archie x Maxie), don't read. If you're not interested in humanoid versions of Pokemon, don't read. And if you're not interested in some random OOC shit for the sake of humor, don't read.
Now that you know what to expect, carry on. I'm writing this to amuse myself rather than you, so like it or not this story is going to be continued. And it is clearly on crack.
And to think, it all started with another one of Archie's stupid ideas.
They had been defeated nearly a year ago - not that Maxie was keeping track or anything - by a lone Pokemon Trainer named May. A girl who, as it turned out, managed to defeat the Pokemon gods Kyogre and Groudon, summon the legendary Rayquaza to calm their ire, and go on to defeat the Pokemon League. She was a special one indeed - one that both the Team Aqua leader and the Team Magma leader would have eagerly accepted into their ranks. She was too high-and-mighty for that though - and she destroyed both their plans simultaneously.
Since then, the two had gone back to petty rivalry. One would try something, the other would intervene. One would do some good, the other would screw it up. It didn't matter what it was, as long as Archie and Maxie were at one another's throats - sometimes literally.
And it was very literal that day. The two hadn't actually seen each other since the Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza event, but when they did run into one another it erupted into a screaming match. It wasn't surprising that they attracted the attention of the public - but thankfully they took things away before the press could get ahold of them. They were still wanted men, after all. They had taken it to an old Team Aqua base - it was the closest thing to Lillycove that wouldn't be accessable to anyone who wanted in. Both Magma and Aqua Grunts guarded the entrance from intruders while their bosses shouted obscenities at one another.
Maxie didn't know what happened next, but something certainly caused his vision to begin fading - and if he wasn't mistaken, he thought he saw Archie look surprised, perhaps even horrified - before all went black.