Eddy, the diminutive leader-figure of the Eds sat pink-faced with frustration as his two friends stood nearby. His latest ill-fated scam earned him a light beating from a few of the other neighborhood kids.

"Our future is NOT in the coin laundry business, Eddy. " Eddward or Double D as he and the others tended to call him.

"Well how was I supposed to know you weren't supposed to mix colors in a bleach load?" The three haired short stack barked. "My mom does all that stuff anyway!"

"I do my own laundry!" Ed called, his body stuck in a dead tree stump with only his buzz-cut unibrowed head sticking out. Clearly animals had dug out the area around it to make their den. Luckily none were home at the time he fell through.

"Really? I couldn't tell with all the food and appliances stuffed inside your family washing machine." Double D noted sarcastically.

The two of them focused what strength they had to hoist Ed from the tree stump and the three of them started walking toward the creek on the border of the forest.

"We've pulled scam after scam after scam and still nothing to show for it but bruises!" Eddy bemoaned, shaking his arms. "And when we do fleece those suckers outta some cash we always lose it!" He angrily slapped the water. "Just once, I-huh..." He saw the water take on a bluish white hue as it rippled, as if a light were shining underneath.

"Eddy, has it ever occurred to you that we should have better things to worry about than absconding with our classmate's allowances only to spend it on jawbreakers, which we know to be only a nickel a piece?" Double D added, only for Eddy to grab his chin and pull him over by the water.

"Did you see that?" He asked.

"Was there something I should've seen?"

"It was shining like someone had a light under it!" Eddy replied.

"Water doesn't shine, Eddy. There are no freshwater bioluminescent fish species I'm aware of, and I'm sure there would be no reason for someone to go diving in it with a light in the middle of the day."

"Are you calling me a liar?!"

Double D frowned.

"What!?" Eddy asked, flailing his arms.

Ed knocked into the both of them and pointed into the water. "Look!" The three of them observed a figure floating in the water. A boy with tan skin wearing a blue polo shirt with striped black and yellow shorts had surfaced, seemingly unconscious.

"My word, is he okay!?" Double D asked, concerned.

"He could drown! Ed! Save him!"

Ed threw his jacket to the ground and ripped his shirt off. "I am Aquatica Lad!" He shouted angrily before leaping into the water and swimming toward him. He grabbed the collar of his shirt in his mouth like an animal and with the boy in tow, paddled to shore.

He laid him down on the bank and Double D felt his pulse. "He's alive, but he's not breathing! Good thing mother had me take CPR classes."

The sockheaded Ed-boy thrusted on his chest with both of his hands and proceeded mouth-to-mouth recucitation. After a few moments, the boy coughed up a mouthful of water and started breathing laboriously.

"Are you alright, kid?" Eddy asked.

With a few more coughs and breaths full of air, he nodded.

"That's a relief."

"What were you doing out here?" Double D asked.

"Out here?" The boy sat up, opening his amber hued eyes before surveying his surroundings. "Where am I?"

"Uh, doy!~ You're at the Creek! You know, as in Peach Creek? Near the town?" Eddy said in a mocking manner, prompting Double D to scowl at him.

"Not by...Pallet Town or Cinnibar?"

"Pallet...Cinna...what kinda name for a town is that?"

"Not a town, a City. I was going for my eighth badge…"

"Badge?" Eddy recoiled. "Oh great, you aren't with those Urban Ranger milk curds, are ya?"

"Urban who?"

"Eddy, you're overwhelming him." Edd intoned before offering his hand. "My name is Eddward, but friends call me Double D. What is yours?"

The boy accepted his hand and rose to his feet. "My name's Grey. Nice to meet you."

"'Grey'? Who names their kid 'Grey'?"

"Umm, apparently my parents." Greys replied, before turning his attention to the backpack on his back. He removed and opened it, retrieving a black cap from inside, with a strange white ball design on it. "Whoo! Safe!" He put it on at a slight angle.

"Hello, Grey!" Ed said, grinning like a horse. "My name is Ed and I love chickens and gravy and cookie dough, and a whole bunch of other stuff!"

Grey took a whiff of a peculiar scent, before turning and wretching out of Ed's sight.

"Nice...to meet you, Ed." He said nasally.

"And I'm Eddy. Sorta the head-honcho around this place. Soooo...where ya from?" The much shorter boy asked.

"Pewter City." Grey replied.

"Pewter City? Is that East or West of Apple Lake?"

"Never heard of it."

Eddy leered at him. "You are freaking me out here, kid."

"If you don't know where you are, perhaps we could be of assistance. Do you have any identification?" Double D inquired.

"I have this?" He reached into his pocket and produced a plastic card, handing it to the smart Ed.

"Hmm…'Trainer Card?' What does this mean?"

"You know, it's a Trainer Card!" Grey described bluntly, as if annoyed at Double D's ignorance. "A Trainer's ID?"

"Train what?"

"You seriously don't know? When a kid turns 10, they can register as a Pokemon Trainer!"

"Poke...mon?" Double D asked again.

"I don't think I read this comic." Ed said.

Grey sighed. "You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding."

"I think he hit his head on a rock when he dove into the creek." Eddy mused with a grin.

"I did not!" Grey protested.

"You'll have to excuse Eddy, Mr. Grey. And I suppose myself. What is...a Pokemon?" Double D asked.

The slightly younger lad took a ball from his pocket. The Eds stared intently at the sphere. It was red on top, white on the bottom, with a black line seperating them at the equator, and a white button in the center.

"So what? It's a ball!" Eddy groaned.

"It's not the ball, doofus. It's what's in the ball!" Grey pointed out.

"'Doofus'?!" The pink skinned boy growled, rolling up his sleeves. "Why you little-"

Grey turned around and hurled the Ball into the air. "Come out, Venus!"

The ball whirled around in the air, before opening with a metallic popping sound, releasing a flood of white light that coalesced into a form.

The Eds stood, jaws hung agape as the form of a large frog-dinosaur like quadraped took shape before them, with bumpy green-ish blue skin, a wide mouth, thick, sturdy legs, and a large flower bulb on it's back. The creature turned around and opened it's red irised, white pupiled eyes to look on them as the bulb opened into a gigantic pink flower blossom with a seed in the center.

"Venusaur…" It vocalized in a husky voice, with a barely recognizeable feminine tone.

"What is that thing!?" Eddy screamed as he ducked behind Ed. "It looks like Jurassic Park crossbred with a greenhouse!"

The animal lifted it's head lightly and gave an curious grunt of "Saur?"

"COOL!" Ed shouted, reaching forward to pet the creature on it's head. Oddly, it accepted his touch and gave happy noises.

"My word...Charles Darwin would have to rewrite his Theory of Evolution if he saw this!" Double D marvelled. He grabbed a pen and notepad from his pocket and started scribbling notes. "The specimen is a large, reptillian organism that appears to be a strange cross between flora and fauna, displays a strange form of intelligence, and manifested...from…a...small...orb... " He repeated as he wrote.

"What...is it?" Eddy asked, still wary of the monster.

"It's a Pokemon, duh!" Grey said, folding his arms. "Venusaur to be specific."

"Venusaur...is that the species name?" Double D chimed in.

"Yup! I just call her Venus though." He petted the 'Venusaur's' head casually. "This big gal's been my friend since I chose her at the Professor's Lab in Pallet Town. She was just a little Bulbasaur back then."

"What do you mean, 'back then'?"

"She evolved. Here, I'll show you." He reached into his bag again and pulled out a device resembling a blue Game Boy Advance system, with a design similar to the ball that produced Venus on it. The screen powered on.

"No time for games, Grey! Show us!" Ed commanded.

"I am! This is a Pokedex! An encyclopedia that shows you data on them!" Grey countered, annoyed. It displayed a small creature that resembled a juvenile version of Venus with a closed plant bulb with smoother skin and dark, forest green spots in places.

It read:

Bulbasaur

Seed Pokemon.

A plant bulb is placed on it's back at birth, and it absorbs nutrients through it via photosynthesis. It can go days without eating a morsel.

"Fascinating…" Double D said.

"Right? Pokemon like Bulbasaur can evolve through experience, and become stronger.

"So...what do you carry 'em around for?" Eddy asked.

"And HOW do you carry them around in those small spheres?" Double D added.

"First, it's called a Poke Ball." Grey said. "Inside is an infinite virtual world that's comfortable to whatever Pokemon is in it. We use them to catch Wild Pokemon so we can train them."

"For what?"

"Battle." Grey said with a smile.

"Making animals fight for human amusement?" Double D described, shocked.

"No, no, not entirely!" The boy quickly retorted. "Pokemon are natural competitors. People raise them, and spend their whole lives as partners with them. Sweating together, bleeding together, and eating together."

"I see…" Double D said, still thinking shady of him.

"There's even an organization called the Pokemon League where everyone meets up and fights to be the best but you have to beat 8 super-strong trainers called Gym Leaders and get badges from them to get in. So far, I've got seven. I was going for my eighth, travelling on a ferry to Cinnibar Island, but...I can't remember how I got in the water. Or here."

He went silent, pondering.

"That is a pickle...I've never seen or heard of these creatures or any of these concepts…" Double D said. "I've heard of multiverse theory, but I didn't think such an idea was any more than science fiction…"

"Do you have any more of these cool pets!?" Ed asked, shaking his fists with glee.

"He said they weren't 'pets', stupid!" Eddy growled.

"It's cool, Eddy. I have a bunch caught, but a Trainer can't have more than six on his person, so I'll show you guys what I have!" Grey smiled, bringing out five more Poke Balls. "Hey everyone! Show off time!" He hurled them all into the air and they popped open.

In a massive flood of light, five more creatures showed themselves.

A red fox-like creature with a yellow mane, and hair on it's head resembling an ember. A puffy large yellow tail as well followed behind it. "Presenting Flareon, nicknamed Burner!" Grey added as the Pokemon made a mur of "Flare?"

Secondly, a small pink biped, with fairy-like wings on it's back, blunt pointed ears with black tips, and a curly tail. It's cheeks blushed as it eyed the Eds. "Clefairy, nicknamed Leffa!" "Clef?"

Next came what appeared to be a rock, with sturdy arms, eyes and a mouth. "Geodude, nicknamed Geo!" "Dude?"

Fourth was a tall bipedal duck-like creature with arms bearing webbed hands and claws, a four pointed crown-like head and a red gem in the center of it's face. "Golduck, nicknamed Gold!" "Duck?"

Lastly, was a small bipedal cat-like creature with white fur ending like a dress, and folded ears. It's yellow eyes fixated on Eddy, seemingly annoyed that it was there. It had a blue scarf-like tuft of fur, and two long puffy tails with blue curled tips. "And finally Meowstic, nicknamed Mystik!" This one remained remained silent, save for a scoff and a turn to the side.

"Wow…" Eddy said.

Ed smiled and bent down to pet the Meowstic, but as soon as he laid his hand on the creature, it's eyes gave a violet glow as it's ears unfurled, with eye-like organs inside. Ed too took on a glow as much to the other Ed's shock, was lifted into the air as if by magic.

"Hands off." It said in a high-pitched femminine voice.

"It spoke!" Double D gasped.

"That's the common reaction." Grey mused. "Put him down now, Mystik."

"As you wish." It said again as Ed dropped to the ground.

"Ow." He added in an unhurt manner.

"Meowstic is a Psychic-type Pokemon. There's rare reports of some of them using telepathy to talk to people they're close to, but Mystik here took it a few steps further and actually learned how to talk."

"What have I told you about cramping me up in one of those stupid balls? It makes me mad…" Mystik griped menacingly.

"S...sorry, but I don't know what all happened on the ferry." Grey apologized.

"Typical human male." She groaned.

Grey returned every other Pokemon back into it's ball, and the two of them turned back to the Eds.

"You called her a Psychic-type? What does that entail?" Double D asked.

"Well, each Pokemon has at least one 'type', sort of like a category. There's a whole bunch, like Fire, Grass, Rock, Flying, Steel, Fairy, Dragon, Dark, so on and so on. They match up differently to determine which is stronger or weaker against the other. Meowstic are weak to Dark and Ghost-Type attack."

"Most. Meowstic." Mystik chimed, matter-of-factly.

"So, if there are no Pokemon around here, what do you guys do for fun?" Grey quieried.

"Well, we're on Summer break...sometimes we go swimming...hiking in the woods...I'm an intellectual person, so I research insects and the like." Double D replied.

"And I like to watch monster movies and play games and run and jump and roll around in the grass-" Ed said, only for Eddy to shove him away.

"And I spend my time making get rich schemes!"

Grey frowned. "Uh...huh...how does that work out?"

"Well, SOMETIMES we manage to get a little spending change, but other times things go sour. No thanks to this lump."

"Gravy." Ed said as he stood up.

"Well, I gotta be going then. I have to find out exactly what part of Kanto I washed up in and get back to my challenge."

"Hold up, Grey!" Eddy said, his arms cartoonishly stretching to grab the younger boy's shoulders. "Leaving so soon? We only just met!"

"You're kinda hurting my shoulders."

"So, how's about it, sport? Wanna help us make some quick cash?"

"Pass." Grey replied before walking off.

"Wait! Come on!" Eddy followed him, but a light explosion thundered in front of them.

"What in the world!?" Double D cried.

Grey, Mystik and Eddy had been knocked back as a the force that attacked them showed itself.

It was a pair of large electric wire clusters that converged into large bluish-white mass resembling a crystal and a spark. "ZZZ-urk!"

"Friends of yours?" Eddy asked.

"They don't look like Pokemon…" Grey replied.

"Oh they're Pokemon alright." A cocky voice called. A person wearing a white uniform stepped out from behind the trees. He wore a helmet that obscured his face, save for his chin and mouth. He also wore a red scarf. A large rainbow-colored capital 'R' adorned his chest, seemingly painted on. "Xurkitree to be precise. A form of Pokemon called an Ultra Beast."

"What's the big idea blasting at us like that!" Grey barked.

"You could've hurt us, jerk!" Eddy added.

"That was more or less the plan." The man grinned. "My people and I are here to take control of this world, and destroy any that stand in our way! And I think I'll use your Pokemon as enforcers!"

"You're a Pokemon thief?!" Grey gasped before scowling. "That's low, you!"

"Bite me." The aggressor said flippantly.

"I don't bite…" Mystik growled, stepping forward and glowing before levitating and lightly unfurling her ears. "I obliterate!"

"Two against one's still not fair." Grey noted, throwing a Poke Ball. "Burner, help Mystik out!" The ball opened, producing the Flareon.

"Reo!" The Fire creature called, taking an offensive stance.

"Oh, you wanna battle, huh?" The man asked. "That's fine by me. It even sounds fun."

"Hey, uh, we're not really...Trainers are whatever, so we're just gonna…" Eddy began before turning tail. "RUN!"

Double D and Ed followed suit only for a bolt of lightning to hit a tree that they were running near, blowing it apart.

"You three aren't going anywhere. I've got strict orders to silence all witnesses!" The man's "Xurkitree" as he called them chittered as he said so.

"Oh man...how do we get ourselves outta this…" Eddy muttered.

"Don't worry guys! We've got this!" Grey said, tilting his cap and sticking his tongue out. He waved his arm. "Mystik! Psybeam! Burner! Flamethrower!"

Burner opened it's maw as Mystik's ears quickly shot up and the two discharged attacks, the Flareon shooting flames from it's mouth, and the Meowstic shooting a colorful pair of twin energy beams from it's ear organs.

The two Xurkitrees shielded themselves with their wires, but gave pained shrieks as the beams and fire hit them.

"What are you two idiots doing!? Power Whip, the both of you!"

The two Beasts threw their wiry arms out like whips, naturally and slammed them into the two smaller Pokemon.

"Flaaaare!" Burner wailed as it was sent flying.

"Gah!" Mystik grunted as she was pushed away.

"Those things are...strong…" Grey whispered.

"They don't call 'em 'Ultra' for nothing!" The aggressor boasted. "Now, hit 'em with Wring Out!" The two monsters grabbed the smaller Pokemon and started squeezing their limbs. The two gave pained cries.

"Mystik! Disarming Voice!" Grey commanded.

"AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhh!" Mystik wailed in an echoing manner, as a magic-looking aura emanated from her form. The Xurkitrees immediately released them, flailing around.

"Now Burner! Bite!" The Flareon lunged and bit down hard on one of the monster's wires, growling. It flailed around more, prompting Burner to release it.

"Discharge!" The enemy called, the spare Xurkitree glowed and launched electricity around in all directions, the Eds struggling to dodge and keep from getting shocked.

"Mystik! Light Screen!"

"Don't make me use a move a male would use!" The Meowstic snarled, stomping lightly.

"Don't argue, just do it!"

Reluctantly, Mystik unfurled her ears again, producing a barrier that protected them all from the attack.

"That protects from Special Attacks, but nobody ever said anything about Physical ones! Power Whip!" The masked man commanded. The two Xurkitrees slammed their wires into the barrier. Mystik struggled, and finally, her Light Screen shattered and the wire monsters attacked her, pummeling her and Burner into the dirt.

The two's energy was depleted. Neither of them could muster enough strength to move.

Grey scrambled to grab the both of them. "No! Guys!"

"Wake me when dinner's ready…" Mystik said weakly before she and Burner passed out with a groan.

The boy looked up to see the stranger's Xurkitree looming over him ominously. A red aura had enveloped the both of them, signalling some form of power boost.

"Got any other moves you wanna pull?" The masked man asked again.

Grey produced Venus and Leffa's Poke Balls. His hands shook with rage.

"Aerodactyl! Hyper Beam! Machamp! Dynamic Punch!" A voice called. Grey turned his head to see what appeared to be a lizard-headed humanoid with four hulking arms and massive muscles wearing spandex wrestling shorts and a belt dash in and slam two of it's mighty fists into a Xurkitree.

"What…" Grey asked.

"Where'd that thing come from!" Eddy exclaimed as Ed pointed up to the sky as a shadow loomed overhead.

A large grey skinned pterodactyl-like monster flew in and dove at the other Xurkitree, as a ball of energy formed in it's jaws. It roared, shooting a powerful beam at the wire beast, sending it flying back into the other one which was scrambling around on the ground.

"What the heck!?" The masked man blanced at the two new Pokemon's appearance.

Another person approached. Everyone looked at the orange haired individual that showed himself. He wore a black shirt and kahki pants, with his hair styled in messy spikes.

"The Gym Leader of Viridian City…" The Ed's and Grey's Attacker said, shocked. "Blue…"

"Your Beasts are looking a little hurt there." The young man known as Blue smirked. "Might wanna get them some medical attention."

"Grr…" The attacker growled, retrieving two strange looking balls from his pocket, blue with strange yellow pieces with a grid-like pattern. The two Beasts were turned into energy and sucked inside. "I won't forget this. You punk!" He took off running into the woods.

"That was a close one. You're all lucky you weren't hurt." Blue said, returning the pterodactyl and humanoid Pokemon to their Poke Balls.

"That was cool!" Ed shouted as they all ran up to Blue. "You ran in and saved us from those monsters!"

"I did, didn't I?" Blue boasted, wiping his upper lip in a cocky manner.

"You're Viridian's Gym Leader, right?" Grey asked. "Nice to meet you." He outstretched his hand. "I'm Grey, from Pewter City. I WAS on my Pokemon League Challenge until I wound up floating in a lake."

"Nice to know. But we have problems bigger than a Gym Battle or a challenge. I'm sure somehow you've discovered that this isn't the world we're from."

"It is most definitely NOT." Double D added. "Such power these animals have. I would love to study them in more detail. But definitely in a...safer setting."

Blue smiled, but it was a distant, almost forlorn smile. "I guess you'd make great friends with my grandpa…"

Double D raised his eyebrow. "So...research of these 'Pokemon' is a regular practice in your world?"

"It is, but we should probably focus on the dillemna at hand. I need you four to come with me." Blue took another Ball from his pocket. "Come on out, Alakazam!" He tossed the Ball, and it popped open, releasing a light that coalesced into a tall humanoid creature with a transcluscently armored torso and groin, with lanky arms, and a long, yet thick manchu-style mustache, pointed ears, toting a pair of silver spoons.

"Alaka…" It vocalized.

"Put your hands on my shoulders and back, and I'll have it use Teleport to take us where we need to go." Blue instructed them, placing his own arm around Alakazam's.

"Nightcrawler!" Ed exclaimed loudly, tightly gripping Blue's shoulders.

"Can you ease up a little there, big guy!?" The Gym Leader croaked, as he felt his shoulders might shatter.

Eddy, Edd and Grey put their hands on Blue's back as Ed released him and instead touched Eddy's head.

"Okay, Alakazam. Teleport!"

"Alaka-zam!" The creature called, as it's eyes took on a whitish blue hue.

The five of them were enveloped in a similar glow, before vanishing.

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A few miles away, a young man with blue hair and dark tan skin looks about his yard, which was littered with farm equipment, some of which seemed ransacked.

He uttered what sounded like a curse in another language. "Poppycock! The baggage handlers have absconded with Rolf's livestock! This shall not be forgiven, no matter the difference in caste!"

Suddenly, light particles started to emanate from his form.

"Hallo?" He whispered. "Have the sprites come to make jokes on Rolf again?" More light began to charge around his form before encompassing him. "EEEH!"

The light died down, leaving another form in a charred crater. Ed raised his head up and looked around. "Uh...guys?"

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And that's all she wrote for chapter 1. I got to admit it. This was kind of annoying to iron out all the dialogue. Crossovers are hard to write intro chapters for. Not my strong suit.

I know I've been gone a hella long time due to computer issues but with another chapter for this fic, I'm going to start back to work with my other fics, but please be patient if you will.

That being said, reviews are much appreciated. Especially help with any sort of mistakes. Thank you for your time.