The Last Pokémon
1996-2016 20 years of Pokémon
Chapter 1
Pikachu awoke when he heard Dedenne struggling and whimpering in his sleep. He and the other Pokémon were sleeping outside by a stream. Chespin tried to sleep, but couldn't, not with Dedenne whimpering in his sleep.
"Pikachu." He said, awake. He rubbed the sleep in his eye. "Can you calm down Dedenne? I'm trying to sleep."
"Sure." Pikachu said, and ran over to the sleeping fairy mouse Pokémon. "Dedenne. Dedenne." Dedenne then woke with a start.
"BONNIE!" Dedenne shouted.
"Dedenne." Dedenne looked at Pikachu. "Calm down." The little mouse looked around. Every Pokémon was now awake, all looking at him.
"Sorry, guys." Dedenne apologized. "I just had an awful dream where all of our trainers left us."
"Sorry to tell you, Dedenne." Chespin began telling him. "But it did happen. It wasn't a bad dream. Our trainers left us for an unknown reason." Pancham nudged him.
"Chespin!" He scolded.
"What? Sorry, but it's true."
"So, they're really gone?" Dedenne asked.
"I'm afraid so." Pancham nudged him again. Dedenne then broke out crying. Chespin sighed. "I should really keep my mouth shut."
"Dedenne!" Pikachu said, trying to calm him down. "Dedenne; calm down." Dedenne stopped crying, and looked at Pikachu.
"How can you be so calm, Pikachu?" Dedenne wanted to know. He looked at the others. "How can you all be so calm? All of our trainers are gone. Aren't you worried?"
"We are." Pikachu told him. Dedenne looked at him again. "But no matter how much crying we do, it won't do any good."
"Pikachu's right." Luxray told him. "We may be in pain, but we have to move past it, and figure out why they're gone."
"Which is why we're going to find them!" Bunnelby said.
" I know you're sad, Dedenne." Pikachu told him. "We all are. But, get some sleep, and we'll go looking again first thing in the morning. We have to stay strong."
"Okay." Dedenne agreed. "I'll try."
"Want to sleep by me?" Dedenne then smiled.
"Sure; I'd love that!" And with that, the smaller mouse went over to the bigger mouse, and snuggled close to him as Pikachu laid down. "Night, Pikachu!"
"Night, Dedenne." And he and the others all went back to sleep.
But, Pikachu didn't sleep well. He too was having a bad dream. The same dream as Dedenne. The reason why he, and the others, were alone.
Ash and friends were out walking, when Bonnie noticed something like pink waves in the sky.
"What's that?" The little girl wanted to know, The friends stopped, and all looked at the sky with her.
"Don't know." Ash admitted.
"Sure is strange." Clement said.
"Let's go find out!" Bonnie said, and began running towards them. The friends panicked.
"Bonnie!" Clement called after her. He and his friends all ran after her. "Come back!" Then, something happened. They all stopped.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked. Ash then grabbed him, and put him on the ground. "Pika?" What was happening?!
Ash then put his poke balls all on the ground. The others did too. Bonnie took out Dedenne, and put him down. Pikachu and Dedenne noticed this. "Pika?"
"Denne?" Ash bent down, and patted his Pokémon's head. Pikachu was still confused. Ash then stood back up.
"Goodbye, Pikachu." He said like a zombie. "You don't deserve a trainer like me." Bonnie said the same thing to Dedenne. She and the others then went off. Puzzled, Pikachu and Dedenne went after them. Ash stopped, and turned around. "No, it's okay. I release you. You don't deserve a trainer like me."
"You too, Dedenne!" Bonnie said as well. She went off with her friends again. Pikachu and Dedenne again, followed them.
"Pika; pika!" The mouse Pokémon cried.
"Denne, denne!" The trainers all turned around, and waved to him.
"Bye, Pikachu and Dedenne!" They all said simultaneously.
"Tell all of the others goodbye as well!" Clement added. They all left. Pikachu and Dedenne, determined to get them back, ran after them. But, as he ran, they ran too.
"Bye, Pikachu, bye, Dedenne; goodbye!" They all said. Pikachu and Dedenne saw other trainers join them, and looked around. They, too, were leaving their poke balls out in the open, and leave them.
"Pika?"
"Den, dedenee?" He looked at Pikachu.
"What's happening, Pikachu?" He wanted to know. Pikachu shrugged,
"Don't know." He admitted. "But, we can't let them go." Dendenne nodded with agreement.
"Right!" The two ran and ran, but got tired of running, but just kept on running.
Suddenly, a Weezing appeared out of nowhere, and let out a smokescreen. The two electric mice stopped, and coughed and coughed.
Pikachu awoke with a start. He then realized where he was. Those pink waves in the sky! What were they? But he knew one thing. Once Ash and the others saw them, and they ran towards them, that's when they started acting strange! Those waves were the cause of all this! He knew Ash and the others wouldn't abandon them like the way they did, a mysterious force forced them! Ash's eyes, the way he acted like a zombie; that was proof that something had gone wrong. And he was determined to get to the bottom of it! And with that, he fell asleep again.
The next morning, Pikachu told his friends what he thought what had happened to their trainers.
"Yeah!" Dedenne agreed. "Those waves were weird. It has to be them!"
"So, you really think those pink waves made our trainers act all wacky?" Chespin wanted to know. Pikachu looked at him.
"What else would it be?"
Chespin shrugged.
"That's the only explanation I can come up with. I know it sounds strange, but I'm taking a wild guess, and saying that's the cause." The Pokémon were unsure, but all nodded, as they couldn't think of anything else that it could be.
"Okay, Noibat, Talonflame," Pikachu told them as the bat-like Pokémon and the falcon Pokémon took to the sky. "Operation: Find Ash and Friends day two is under way! Report to me every hour."
"Right!" The flying Pokémon both agreed, and went off. Pikachu looked at his other friends.
"Come on, guys!" He urged. "Let's go!" His other friends agreed, and went off. Then, they all heard something.
"Jessie!" A familiar voice called. "James! Oh, where are you guys!" Pikachu was about to ask if that was Meowth, when that said Pokémon bumped into him! Wobbuffet was beside him. Both cat and mouse fell to the ground. Pikachu's friends gasped, and Wobbuffet gasped. Dedenne scampered over to his fallen friend. Eevee hid behind Bunnelby.
"Pikachu!" Dedenne cried. "Are you okay?" Pikachu shook himself.
"Yeah." He answered. They then saw the cat Pokémon get up. He then turned and gasped as he saw Pikachu.
"Jessie; James!" He called. "I found Pikachu! Jessie, James; I found…" He then realized they were gone, and hung his head in disappointment. "Oh, yeah, they're gone."
"Are you okay, Meowth?" Wobbuffet asked him.
"Yeah, I'm okay." The cat answered. He then panicked when he saw the sparks in Pikachu's cheeks. The mouse was mad at him.
"Alright, Meowth!" He said to him. "You and Wobbuffet get out of here; I don't want any trouble." Meowth flailed his paws around in defense.
"Whoa, trouble?" He said in a panic. "I don't want any trouble; I'm just trying to find my posse. I swear!" Pikachu scoffed.
"A likely story!"
"It's true!" He then thought of something. "Hey, Pikachu, are you and friends looking for the twerps?"
"That's right." Braixen said. "How do you know that?"
"Did you also see the pink waves in the sky?" Chespin questioned. Meowth nodded.
"Yeah, I did. That's when things started going kooky."
"Did your trainers start acting like zombies, and just left you and their other Pokémon?" Braixen wanted to know.
"Yeah; I don't have a Pokeball through, so Jessie and James are my friends. They don't own me. Is that what happened to you too?"
"That's what Pikachu said." Bunnelby said. "We were in our Pokeballs at the time."
"I wasn't!" Dedenne added. "I saw the whole thing!" He then grew sad as he thought of Bonnie. "Bonnie!" Pancham put a comforting paw on him.
"It's okay." He assured him. "We'll find Bonnie, as well as the others."
"You sure?" Pancham nodded.
"Cross my heart and hope to die."
"Hey, Pikachu." Luxray told him. "I know that Meowth is usually the bad guy, but how about we all call truce? Just until we find all of our trainers."
"No way!" Pikachu said. "Whenever we do that, he betrays us, and try to do something bad!"
"I won't!" Meowth promised the mouse. "I swear!"
"Pikachu," Braixen told him. "Please. This is no time for a fight. We must work together if we want things done faster." Pikachu hesitated. He wasn't sure.
"Please, Pikachu!" Meowth begged. Pikachu looked at him, then at his friends, then at Meowth again. He sighed.
"Fine!" Meowth got up, and cheered.
"Oh, thank you; I knew you'd come around Pikachu ol' buddy!" Pikachu glared at him.
"I'm watching you!" He glared at Wobbuffet too. "I'm watching you too." Wobbuffet saluted.
"I promise I won't do anything harmful to you unless Meowth or my mistress orders me to." He promised.
"Meowth!" Someone called for the cat Pokémon. "Meowth!" All of the Pokémon looked up to see Inkay and Gourgeist coming towards them. Meowth went to them.
"Did you find Jessie and James?" The two Pokémon sadly shook their heads.
"Sorry; we looked everywhere, and we found nothing."
"Only trainers abandoning their Pokémon." Gourgeist added. Meowth pondered out loud.
"Hmmm, we need to find out why that is." Inkay and Gourgeist nodded in agreement. They then saw Pikachu and friends.
"Stand back!" An angry Inkay said. "I'll attack them with Shadow Ball." Meowth tried to make him stop.
"Whoa, chillax guys! We're all chill!" Inkay and Gourgeist were confused.
"We are?" Meowth nodded.
"If you stop trying to hurt them; I'll explain everything." The cat explained everything.
They were on the road looking when they saw a gathering of Pokémon up ahead.
"Come on," Pikachu told his friends. "Let's go find out what's happening."
"You're like your twerpy trainer." Meowth said to him. "Always sticking your nose in other people or Pokémon's business; aren't you?"
"Yep; I am!" And with that, he went towards the gathering of Pokémon, while shy, little Eevee clung close to him. The others followed.
Worried Pokémon were chattering as Herdier tried to calm them down. Audino was with him.
"Calm down, everyone!" Herdier assured them all. "Come on, calm down; please!" But it was no use; the Pokémon kept chattering away. Herdier sighed.
"It's no use." The dog said. Dedenne looked determined.
"HEY, EVERYONE" The small mouse yelled at the top of his lungs. Every Pokémon stopped, and looked at him. They were shocked that a Pokémon so tiny could scream that loudly.
"Thank you." Herdier said to him.
"No problem!" Dedenne responded. "My trainer has a little sister who takes care of me, so I know how to be loud". Herdier cleared his throat.
"Right, so anyways…" He looked at the Pokémon. "I know you are all worried about your trainers; I am too, But, this is no time to panic. I assure you it'll all be fine. I promise that each and every one of you will be with your trainers soon." The Pokémon all nodded.
"Herdier's right." A Rhydon said. "If we all want our trainers back, we must
be strong, and look for them. It'll do no good to panic like this." The Pokémon agreed.
"And don't forget." Audino added. "If you are feeling weak, or unwell, you can always come to a nearby Pokémon Center. My sisters and I will take care of you." The Pokémon all went off in search for their trainers. Herdier sighed.
"Don't worry, Officer Jenny." He said to the sky. "I will find you." He left as
well.
"Come on," Pikachu told the others. "Let's go." He was about to go,
when a Pokémon stood in his way. His friends all gasped. Pikachu looked up, and couldn't believe it. Standing in front of him was Charmeleon. Charmeleon smiled. Behind him was a Wartortle and an Ivysaur, as well as Shauna's, Trevor's, and Tierno's other Pokémon.
"Hey, Pikachu." Charmeleon greeted.
"Hey, guys!" Pikachu greeted back. "It's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you too." Ivysaur said. Wartortle frowned.
"But unfortunately, this is a very dark time." The turtle put in. Pikachu
frowned.
"I know."
"But don't worry." Charmeleon said. "We'll find them."
"You bet we will!" Pikachu agreed, changing his mood. "We have to!"
"Well, nice to meet you. Hope you guys reunite with your trainers."
"Nice to meet you guys too; hope you find your trainers also!" And with that, the Pokémon all said their farewells, and Trevor's, Shauna's, and Tierno's Pokémon all left. Pikachu looked determined again.
"Okay you guys." He began. "Let's go!" And so, they went off.
"My feet are killing me!" Dendenne complained. "Can we take a break?"
Pikachu shook his head.
"Sorry, Dedenne." He apologized. "No breaks right now; we have to find them before something bad happens!" Dedenne then collapsed. The heroes gasped, and stopped.
"Dedenne! Dedenne; can you get up? Dedenne!"
"It's no use, Pikachu." Meowth observed. "The tiny twerpette's Pokémon is out cold."
"But, we must go on!" The big electric mouse then had an idea. He looked at Frogadier. "Frogadier, do you think you can carry Dedenne on your back?" The frog nodded. He went to the exhausted mouse, grabbed him, and put him on his back.
"Okay, Pikachu, I'm ready!" Frogadier said.
"Great; now, let's go!" They all went off again.
They then saw Noibat and Talonflame flying towards them.
"Noibat; Talonflame!" Pikachu called to them. "Any luck?" The flyers then shook their heads.
"Sorry, no luck." Noibat explained. Pikachu sighed.
"Well, keep on searching then."
"Right!" The flyers said at the same time. They were about to take to the sky once again, when they saw Meowth and Jessie and Jame's other Pokémon. They glared at them. Meowth panicked.
"P-Pikachu," The cat said with fright. "I think it's a good time to get your Pokémon friends up to speed." Talonflame was about to attack.
"Stop!" Pikachu said in a firm voice. Talonflame and Noibat was confused.
so Pikachu explained.
"Oh, I get it."" Noibat said after Pikachu explained it. The bat looked at Meowth. "Sorry we tried to attack you."
"Yeah, sorry!" Talonflame said as well.
"It's okay." Meowth told them. "I'm just glad Pikachu stopped you just in time." The fire bird looked at Pikachu.
"Okay Pikachu, Noibat and I will continue the search in the sky. This time we won't let you…"
"Step right up, Pokémon!" A Pokémon shouted. "Popplio's amazing circus is
about to start!" Circus music began playing. This woke Dedenne up.
"CIRCUS!" The excited mouse shouted with joy. . Eevee started dancing to the lively music.
"Who's Popplio?" Chespin wanted to know.
"Don't know," Pikachu admitted. "But, we can't lose focus. We…"
"Let's find out!" Dedenne spoke. The tiny electric fairy-electric type hopped
off of Frogadier's back, and scampered towards where the voice shouted from. The Pokémon panicked.
"DEDENNE!" Pikachu shouted after him. "Come back, we need to resume searching!" But, the fairy type didn't come back. Pikachu sighed in defeat. Pancham then saw Eevee's dance.
"This is no time for dancing, Eevee." He told the evolution Pokémon.
"I can't help it." Eevee responded. "When there's music; I gotta dance."
"It is pretty groovy." Meowth pointed out.
"It is." Wobbuffet agreed, bobbing his head to the music. "I can't stop my head from bobbing to the music." Pikachu looked at Talonflame and Noibat.
"You guys continue on searching." He told them. "We'll go get Dedenne."
"But, what if we want to go to the circus too?" Noibat questioned.
"I think looking for our trainers is more important then a silly
circus." Talonflame said. "They need some Pokémon out looking. Don't you think?" Noibat sighed.
"I guess."
"Should I go with them?" Hawlucha asked Pikachu.
"Yeah; go search with them." The electric mouse told bird-like Pokémon. "We
may be here a while." Hawlucha nodded. He flapped his wings, and flew to the
sky.
"Should we go with them?" Inkay asked Meowth. Meowth thought about this a second.
"Nah!" He said. "The twerp's flying Pokémon has this. Besides, wouldn't you rather go to a circus?" Inkay looked at Gourgeist. He then looked at the cat again.
"Yeah, but…"
"Then stay, and go with us. Let them handle this." Inkay and Gourgest nodded.
"Okay."
The Pokémon said their farewells, and then the three flew off. Pikachu's friends and Team Rocket's Pokémon (Meowth had to drag Wobbuffet at first and tell him to get moving) went off towards the circus. Pikachu looked at the sky.
"Ash," He said to no one but himself. "Bonnie, Clemont, and Serena, wherever you are, stay strong. We'll find you, and be together again before you know it."
"Pikachu!" Braixen called back. "You coming!"
"Yeah!" Pikachu answered. "I'm coming!" And so, he ran to join his friends.