The 5 of us continue to travel toward New York as we passed by some notable cities near the Turnpike but eventually cross into New Jersey. SNT who was the most impatient out of all of us tried to figure out how long we had until we could make it there.
"It looks like there is a lot of people who live there." SNT mentioned.
"Well it is the largest city in America." I explained.
"That explains all of the density here." SNT points out on the map looking at the legend.
The more I looked around, the more I realized, there where a lot of Pokemon, like what I mean is... more than usual. So I slowed down in case any deer came to commit suicide in front of me.
"Hey!" Courtney yelled at me describing what I was thinking. A little disturbed.
"Oh... sorry."
Eventually, we got near Newark, or what I like to call it, discount New York. At that point, SNT knew we made it as you could see across the river the skyline of the city piercing the sky above.
"That city reminds me of Station Square." SNT mentioned.
"I think New York was based off of it a little according to Sega." Courtney added.
"What is this Sega you both keep mentioning?" SNT asked.
"SNT, don't worry about it, let's just get into the city and get what we came for." I responded.
Kel and Rosechu who were also looking around the area was quite amazed but across the river seemed like a different world compared to the side we were on as it was more industrialized.
"This is completely different from CWCville." Rosechu mentioned.
"Yeah, the city is more linear than this one." Kel added.
I then turn onto the Lincoln Tunnel entrance to enter the city. Right when I start making the loop to enter the tunnel, something was off. The tunnel was flooded. Water all the way up to the surface. I slowed down right when the water reached the tires of the car.
"Is the tunnel supposed to look like that?" Courtney asked.
"What do you think?" I responded. "Well, that's ok, We have the George Washington Bridge we can cross instead. I think thats 5 miles up north here.
"Well at least they built other ways to get in." Rosechu mentioned.
"Worst case scenario, we could swim across." SNT added.
"Last time you suggested that SNT, we almost drowned due to Bubbles kidnapping us." I added.
Courtney then looked at me. "That was your fault! If you didn't try to do your so called battle methods then we wouldn't almost be in a perpetual tentacle porn."
SNT, Courtney and I all cringe at that idea but Rosechu and Kel had no idea what we were talking about.
"What are you all talking about? Bubbles did what?" Rosechu asked.
"Please explain, its sounding a little interesting." Kel was getting turned on by that story.
All of us look at each other knowing we did not want to talk about what happened. "Um... nothing, the less Houston I remember... the better." I responded. I didn't want to think about what Bubbles wanted to do to us if SNT lost against her.
I turned about and headed back to the Turnpike then headed north to the bridge. It wasn't that far away so It was no big deal. But Rosechu was noticing something a little off. There where more and more pokemon looking at the car we were driving. It wasn't really friendly or anything but was more like we were not welcomed.
Soon enough, we reach the bridge but there was another problem. "Wow... well, this is going to be harder than I thought." I mentioned.
The bridge deck was now a pile of rubble on the river bed below with only the wires connecting iconic towers. It was obvious that there was no getting across.
"Ok, this changes somethings." Courtney mentioned. "Kel, you still have Dragonite with you?"
"I do." Kel smiled. "He is ready to get his body up and running again."
We all got out of the car as Kel then grabbed the Pokeball from out of her pocket. "Alright Dragonite! Let's do this!" She then threw it into the air as then Dragonite flew out of it.
"Alright we can get to Station Squa... I mean... New York in no time!" SNT yelled in excitement. But suddenly a large lighting bolt then comes out of the sky from the other side of the river and strikes Dragonite point blank. He fell to the ground with his wings smoking. It reminded SNT of her first time in CWCville as she had a similar experience with her tails.
"Well... I guess that explains why we can't just fly across the river." Courtney mentioned. "Where did that even come from?"
"Who knows." SNT responded. "I guess we have to swim."
"Wait SNT, if we can't get across by flying, what is the chance we can cross by swimming?" I added.
"Oh..."
Courtney then got out another notepad. "You know, I could just draw the bridge."
We all then looked at her. "Good thinking." SNT said.
Courtney then looked at the bridge then started stretching it. Just like that the bridge deck was coming back. "Its working!"
"Wow, I didn't think it would be so..." I was interrupted.
"DON'T JINX IT!" She yelled as she kept looking at the bridge parts and recreated it.
Suddenly a laser coming from the other side of the Hudson then hit the bridge and then took down one of the towers in a load explosion. You saw all of the steel parts crashing into the river just like that airplane that flew in there years ago.
"Wow." I said shocked. "I really must be a Jinx."
Courtney smacked me. "Nice going."
"Ouch!"
"That's great, now how are we going to get across the river knowing that if we try to cross, possibly something will try and kill us?" SNT asked.
All of us sat there to think about what we could do to and we looked at each other. But Rosechu was the only one that was looking around us. She noticed all of the pokemon gathering around. "Um... guys?"
"What is it Rosey?" Kel asked her.
"Have you noticed the... Pokemon in the area?" she asked.
"Yeah... that's normal, Pokemon can do what they want." Kel mentioned still looking at me trying to come up with an idea. "Pokemon like you right now may be getting busy if you know what I mean."
"Um... Kel, right now, I don't that's what their doing." Rosechu added. "I... don't think we are welcomed here."
That was when the 4 of all decided to finally look up at the pokemon to see what was up. Around us where groups of Bulbasaurs and Vioplums. It was strange that it was just a bunch of just these two Pokemon around us.
All of us then stood against each other back to back to prepare ourselves. "I sure hope that they are just native to the area." Courtney hoped.
"You call New Jersey native to these Pokemon, the industrial side of the New York area?" I asked.
"Honestly, Colorado changed to fit Equestria, maybe this place as well?"
"Courtney... New Jersey will always be terrible... always and no changes are going to change that."
"But why are they here?" SNT asked.
Suddenly, all the Bulbasaurs then use wrap to capture us all within their vines. All of us now restrained from the vines tried to escape. SNT tried to spin dash but was unable to because with all of us in a group and the vines getting tighter and tighter around us, she was not able to bend down to form herself into a ball.
"Let us go!" Kel yelled. Just when she said that, the Vioplum around us then use Sleep Powder. As the mist of the powder surrounds us, our bodies start to lose their grip on reality.
SNT yawns. "I'm... sorry... I wasn't able to do... anything."
"It's not your... fault." Courtney responded then yawned after her.
"Well, nighty night." SNT fell asleep.
"Courtney... SNT... Stay... with me." I responded then also yawn. But both of them were fast asleep. "There so... similar." That's when I fell asleep.
Rosechu was the last one to fall into a slumber as she then saw a small glimpse of another pokemon who looked a little pink and seemed that there where tentacles around it suddenly appear, but didn't get a good look at it as her visioned blurred. She fell asleep as the said with the last of her breath. "But... why?"
...
SNT opened her eyes inside of a box it seemed with the light from the holes inside where the only aids to help her see. The rest of us where all still asleep next to her like we were all keeping each other warm. She could feel the box moving like they were on a trailer or something and she saw the trees on the sides of the box with the holes pass us by. That was when she noticed that her hands were tied up behind her making it harder to get off of her feet.
"Are... we finally going to be in a zoo?" she asked herself. Weirdly enough, she always feared because of her specialness with the fact that she was a clone, she would end up in a zoo one day. She got in a position to get on her knees and looked at all of us.
"Ugg... what happened?" Rosechu was the second one to wake up.
"Rosechu!" SNT yelled in excitement.
"What... SNT? Why are we tied up?" Rosechu asked.
"Ah... sounds like the prisoners are awake." said an outside voice.
SNT and Rosechu then tried there best to get closer to the source of the noise. "Who is this?" Rosechu asked.
"Who wants to know?"
SNT then jumps in. "What do you think?" she snarked
The male voice then laughed. "It looked like the chemical worked, you understand what we are saying do you?"
"What?" Rosechu asked.
SNT looked to find a small bandage on her arm along with the rest of us. "What did you put in us?"
He then laughed again. "Well, it does nothing really, Seviper just put you to inject you with a little poison. It just lets you understand Pokemon, you are all going to need it for the trial."
Rosechu panicked. "POISON!"
"It was just a little to make you think your talking to us. It's just for the trial."
SNT looked at Rosechu. "Trial?"
"Yes, all of you will be put on trial for attempting to cross to the enemy from this Kingdom. For your crimes, you will all face the Queen and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Gardevoir."
SNT reconsided the name as she fought something named that when she was in CWCville. But then remembered something that happened in the same zone that she didn't even want to think about.
"Ah, we are here!"
"Dump them here!"
Suddenly, the box opened up and all of us came tumbling as the box them tipped over and we all then crashed into a table right in front of us. That woke us all up.
"Ouch... what happened." Courtney asked while she noticed that she was on top of me and tied up just like the rest of us.
"Get off!" I said. "You need to stop being on top of me like that Courtney."
"That's what she said." Kel responded smiling a little. Both of us look at her and paused.
"I would totally want to smack you for making that joke right now if I could." Courtney mentioned.
The pokemons Blaziken and Machamp then stood us all up and faced us against the table. Then the sounds of horns made out of leaves then sound as Greninjas sound them out loud.
A little Odish then comes out. "Presenting, her majesty, Queen Gardevoir."
Suddenly, the curtains open revealing the pokemon Gardevoir, it was the shiny version of it with the light blue helmet on its head. It then sat down on its thrown. There was a gavel on the table in front of her and she uses her psychic powers to move it and bang it on the table.
"I call to order the trial of these... 5 individuals." she smiled giving off of slight posture. She had a slight cute voice but seemed almost stuck up just like a lot of privileged people from Beverly Hills. "This trial is to decide if they are guilty of attempting to cross the border into enemy territory."
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"I don't know, you tell me." Gardevoir turned it around. "What where you all doing trying to rebuild that bridge?" she asked.
"All we were trying to do is get the next Chaos Emerald." SNT explained.
Maybe next time all of you incompetent fools should watch what your doing." Said another voice.
Courtney quickly recognized it. "Oh... no!"
"Oh... Prime Minister Sylveon." Gardevoir smiled being a little snarky. A small ribboned pokemon that had pink tipped ears and paws then walked right behind the Queen.
"Let me deal with them your majesty, they look easy." she said smiling a little. She then looked at Courtney first. "The first thing I like to say is, your parents must love you very much considering that one of them is a cat."
"It's just the way I draw myself." Courtney mentioned. "My parents are human."
"You must hate the way you look if you just want to portray yourself as a lazy do nothing cat." Sylveon added.
"I did it because I look cute."
"So your not cute in real life?" she came back. Courtney then shut up knowing that there was no winning that fight.
Then Sylveon looked at SNT. "What are you, a rejected Pokemon?"
"No, I'm really a clone of Sonic, Knuckles and Tails really." SNT answered.
Sylveon did smile. "You're a clone of 2 body parts, that's the most original thing I have ever heard."
"Hmm... You're quite sassy for a small pokemon. But I think you want to watch your month because you will be sorry." SNT smiled.
Sylveon smiled. "You think you can out sass me?"
SNT looked at her. "Watch me you discount cartoon cat!"
"Oh... nice comeback furry. You should watch your tails because they are about to be on fire after I'm done with you."
"You look very intimidating with those ribbons I bet. That really compliments your trolling." SNT said.
"The fact that your a clone kind of reminds me of Mewtwo fan fictions. I bet those fanfictions where more original than your design."
Courtney then face palmed. "I'm starting to regret my life and my OCs."
"Like you should." Sylveon added.
"Hey hey hey!" I interrupted. I was enjoying the sass wars but decided that this was going nowhere. "Let's talk this out. We will explain why we are here I guess and we will help you, I promise."
"What do you know?" Sylveon asked. "Your not a diplomat like I am. Maybe you should have never been in this story as your a pointless character just like the rest of y'all."
Kel then came in. "Listen Sylveon, we will explain everything if you just listen."
"Don't care enough. I was elected with a Majority Government in the Kingdom Parliament and the Ribbon Party governs. I represent the Pokemon values in this Kingdom for the Queen." Sylveon mentioned. "Do you really think I care for you? I have never seen any of you before or your kind in these parts."
"And I never seen a Kingdom set up in a terrible part of this world." SNT snarked. "Just look at this place." She looked at the setting around with all of the industrialised area. "Who would want to live in a place like this?"
"Well... it's not like we had a choice." Sylveon responded. "Honestly, this kingdom was set up in another world but we where... unfortunately misplaced here. "
Rosechu then came in. "We know what you mean. The Dimensional Merge is still going on and I see what is happening here."
"Dimensional Merge?" Sylveon questioned.
Gardevoir's eyes then widened. "Great Arceus, what is this Dimensional Merge?"
The 5 of us then look at each other and finally find a way to get out of this trial. SNT nodded. "The Dimensional Merge is an unstable process and it's putting all of our lives and this world in danger. And we are on a quest to collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds spread across the world to help us defeat the one that is causing all of this. If we win, you will get your homes back in the old worlds you lived in."
"Not only that, it is only a matter of time until the person who is controlling the merge who is Magi-chan loses control of it and destroys this on once and for all." Courtney added.
"This is why we needed to cross the river," I continued. "There is an emerald on the other side we need to collect."
"If you don't set us free from this trial, that puts our world officially in danger and it's only a matter of time before it goes and we go with it." Kel mentioned.
"You think you can just create fan fictions out of the blue like that?" Sylveon asked snaking up trouble. "Original by the way, it's a fetch quest, how cliche." she laughed.
But Gardevoir looked at us like she cared. "Hmm... I demand that you show me proof of this dimensional merge."
All of us then stood there for a second to think. That was when SNT thought of something. "I must ask the court to untie me so I can present the proof."
Gardevoir then nodded. "Alright, permission granted, just don't attack or you will regret it."
A Bulbasaur then untieds SNT and she then goes into the pockets on her skirt to pull out 5 Chaos Emeralds and set them down on the table in front of them. They all sparkled their colors brightly. "These are the Chaos Emeralds we are collecting."
"Really?" Sylveon smiled. "Emeralds are green, and they look more like diamonds."
"They are from a different world." SNT explained. "If you collect them they have unbelievable power. You can use them to do anything."
Gardevoir then looked from the bench then thought to herself. Then she smiled. "I think you have proven your point."
"You believe us?" SNT asked.
Gardevoir nodded. "I see accomplishing this mission and all of you helping each other out on this quest to get the world back to normal is acceptable. I would like to restore our kingdom back to its former glory. Have you seen this land? Its awful, there is remnants of pollution everywhere."
"That's New Jersey for you." I responded.
"I respect your motives in crossing the river, but you still broke the law. I would punish you but I also understand why you wanted to cross. So I would want to cut a deal with all of you." She announced.
"And what is that?" SNT asked.
"If you agree to help our kingdom in some way or another. I will agree to let you off of your crimes. And I will tell you what you need to know about the other side of the river."
"What? We... we can't do that. The fate of the world is at stake." Kel complained.
"That or 200 years in the dungeon!" The queen added.
All of us look at each other knowing now that we have no other choice no matter what. So SNT nodded. "Deal, we will help you."
"Alright, I hereby declare that on behalf of the court, we have declared that the defendants are... Not Guilty. Court is dismissed." She then banged the gavel on the table then got up from her seat. Prime Minister Sylveon joined us from the other side of the table and Gardevoir stood next to her. The Bulbasaur then untie us all. It was obvious that both the Queen and the Prime Minister wanted to talk to us.
"Before you all continue your quest, I must tell you all... what is on the other side of the river." Gardevoir started to announced.
SNT knew this information would be the most important for her because she is usually the one who retrieves the Chaos Emeralds. "What is it?"
Sylveon continued. "The land across the river living in that abandoned city is the Steel Empire. And it is run by... President Lucario."
Courtney then caught on to why they are enemies. "This is my fault." she said under her breath while facepalming. "The Dimensional Merge for me has happened here out of all places."
"What's so bad about him." SNT asked.
"Lucario has a double type, Fighting is weak to Fairy but not Steel." Courtney explained. "Steel has a 2x multiplier to Fairy which is why Sylveon can't defeat Lucario."
"Thanks captain obvious, way to explain to the audience something they could have figured out themselves." Sylveon snarked. "But in basic terms, our army is not as strong as Lucario's."
SNT then laughed a little. "I'm not a Pokemon, so I'm not affected by these multipliers or whatever they are. I will just do what I always do. Go in for the kill."
That was when I came in. "SNT, you are affected by Pokemon move Multipliers. Remember when Sonichu struck you down with an electric attack while you flew over him. That's because flying is weak to electric SNT. And flying is something you do."
SNT then looked at me an paused. "This is why sometimes, I hate you fanfiction writers and your convoluted limits you put on me."
"So you hate Courtney too?" I responded. SNT then looked at Courtney as she knew she also counted as a fanfic writer. "Hey, I could have been a lot worse." I announced. "That fan fiction could have been about you and Sonichu having se..." I was then interrupted by Courtney.
"Ok, don't put that thought into my mind." Courtney said.
SNT then looked behind to see the city skyline. "How will we get there?"
"We can help you." Gardevoir announced. "We will cover you. In fact, I think this is the greatest chance to invade the Steel Empire."
That was when Sylveon looked at Gardevoir like she was crazy. "WHAT! NO NO NO NO NO! We should not cross the river. We are dealing with President Lucario here. PRESIDENT LUCARIO!"
"Prime Minister, please calm down. I know you are not strong enough to take him down. But this time, I feel that we may have hope on our side today." Queen Gardevoir touched the red horn on her chest.
"You're crazy!" Sylveon yelled. "I know my party and I have called you a prostitute during the campaign."
"You think I forgot your Garde34 comment?" Gardevoir asked in a snarky way.
"Um... I... um..." Sylveon had nothing to say.
"Maybe next time you should think about your champaign slogans against your own Queen. May I remind you who is really in control here?" Gardevoir asked
Sylveon paused for a second. "But wait! I object to your frivolous warfare you human sized sex machine. The Parliament will vote against this, I know it."
"I would have you locked up for saying that, but I think going to war across the river would be more fun. I demand you to cross as well Prime Minister and meet with the President so we can make a deal!" she demanded.
"WHAT! Now your trying to torcher me!" Sylveon was shaking.
"And reminder, who do you have to talk to to have Parliament approved bills to become laws?" The Queen said while smiling. She was obviously having a field day with this. "I refuse to sign any of your legislation until you talk to the President."
"But... how about the lives we are about to put in danger?" Sylveon mentioned. "I'm sure the people would be angry for going to war for no reason. The media will report this scandal and everything and once that happens, you might as well flush yourself down the toilet because you would rather drown yourself in sewage then deal with this country again."
"Don't remind me!" SNT interrupted obviously having Vietnam type flashbacks of Bubble's Sewage Zone.
"Oh yeah, the media! They will totally report on how crazy I am. Too bad that your so power hungry that you banned them last month because you called them all fake. Remember?" The queen laughed.
"CURSE YOU CAMPAIGN PROMISES!" Sylveon yelled at the top of her lungs. She nodded reluctantly in agreement. "We have... *sighed* arsenal to help you cross the river. But you have to be stealthy. If you get caught, maybe you will end up as the prison's first furry."
"I understand." SNT nodded. She ignored the sass.
"Prepare the ships." Gardevoir demanded. "We are going... across the river."
Every Pokemon nodded in agreement then went off to get ready.
SNT then thought to herself as she looked at the 4 other helpers that where with her. "This is the last Chaos Emerald we have to get until we go to the final rush in CWCville. After that, who knows if Sonichu will be guarding that Last Emerald in CWCville or not. But I better mentally prepare myself for the final battle. And I have to prepare myself to do it without all of them." She took a deep breath knowing that this won't be easy. "I need to believe in myself... because... I know in my heart... I can do this."