Some things you may need to know.
"What are you thinking of?" People talking.
Things. People thoughts.
G'day. Legendary Pokémon or Celestial beings talking.
"Morning." Pokémon talking being understood when near people.
"Fire!" Attack or Pokémon's moves names.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any other things that I may reference to.
Now to the story.
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A bright light engulfed the empty void, changing it from a dull black to a blazing white.
A humanoid body stood on an invisible floor as the space in front of him slowly turned into a hallway of doors.
"This place again?" June said. "Does Cosmo need something again?"
*Slam*
June turned around and saw someone that looked similar to him but had grey hair and wore a grey, the grey doppelganger held an aura of shyness and depression as he shut the door behind him.
The doppelganger spun around and saw him." Oh, it's you, creator, "the copy-cat said. "Um... Creator, could you please follow me... Prudice needs you for something..."
Creator? Is this one of my personas? June thought, giving a strange look at the retreating figure.
Shrugging, he pursued the depressed being.
His doppelganger lead him to a door labeled 'Dream Maker'.
June went in and saw four other lookalikes sitting in front of a giant screen.
A purple-haired one, wearing a lab coat and glasses gave him an analytical stare.
The one sitting beside him had a stetson hat that had covered a portion of his orange hair, he wore an outfit similar to Indiana Jones except in many different bright shades of orange.
A pink-haired one whom he had already met before, gave him a face-splitting smile. His outfit was very casual compared to the others, he wore a white shirt with blue shoulders and on the chest were images of balloons, he had a blue hoodie wrapped around his waist, he wore yellow shorts and his pink hair was in an interesting style as it was very, very poofy, looking like it was made of cotton candy.
The last one disturbed him slightly, he held a crazed-look with his teeth showing canines that were the size of a wolf's. His hair stuck out in random directions and his hair changed color almost every five seconds. The clothes he wore were in the same state as his hair, the types of outfit changing every ten seconds, changing from casual wear to formal to even a sailor outfit.
"Oh, you're here," the purple-haired one said. "Come, sit with us, creator."
June gave off an uncertain 'Uhh' but complied anyways.
"So you're the creator, huh?" The stetson-wearing teen said, smirking at June. "Nice to meet you, I'm Judice but you can call me, Jude," he said, extending his arm in a friendly gesture.
"Uh, nice to meet you too?" June said, taking the hand in a gentle grip.
"Ooh... so you're the creator!" the pink one said. "I've always thought that you were the sixth persona or something."
"Wait..." The purple teen began. "Are you saying you've met him before?"
"Well duh. Didn't I tell you before?"
"No." Were the responses of Jude and the others.
"Oh... huh," he said with a dumbfounded look. "Well then... A pleasure to meet you, June. I'm Ausgelassenheit, I represent your child-like joy and excitement as well as your happiness, love and a whole bunch of other things."
"Ausgela-what-now?"
"It's German for... something," Jude said before placing his hands on his hips as he gave a small glare at Aus. "And when did we say that we were gonna tell him what chemicals we're suppose to represent?"
The purple one sighed. "Well it's no use keeping it a secret now," he said. "You, creator, may call me Prudice. I am the persona thar represents your analytical, logical and scientific brain. I am in charge of almost every single thought that requires me to solve a problem."
"He changed his name to Prudice when he realised what Prude actually meant," Aus whispered to June.
Prudice blushed. "Quiet, you." He tossed a nearby pillow at Aus, smacking him in the face with it.
The pillow muffled the giggles of the teen. Jude chuckled a bit as Prudice stifled a small laugh.
"So, what are you suppose to represent?" June said to the spiky-haired one who was currently dressed in a tuxedo.
He gave June a toothy grin. "Oh, me? Well... I represent your deepest and darkest desires. The desire to maim everyone who has wronged you, the violent images that haunts your mind. The one who will not give mercy if let loose, the one that gives you all the cruellest, most gruesome thoughts when you're angered."
"Oh... oh..." He's my cracked sanity? N-no wonder he feels so unstable.
"Don't worry about it, creator. I won't try to take over, after all, it's only a matter of time for me to either control you or disappear." He smiled. "You can call me whatever you like, I don't really care."
"R-right."
Aus elbowed June gently, getting his attention. "We usually call him 'Fou', it's French for 'Craze'."
June felt a tap on his shoulder. Looking back, he saw the one who had brought him here in the first place.
"I represent your depression, shyness, lack of confidence and self-hatred," he said in a monotonous voice. "It's great to meet you, I guess. I'm Feiminn."
"And you should already know who I am," Jude said, cutting between them. "I represent your determination, adventurous spirit and the desire to learn new things."
Prudice turned June around to face him. "Now that introductions are over, may we ask something from you, creator?"
"What is it?"
"How did this happen?" he said in a low tone.
"What?"
"This- How did this happen? How are we alive? How can we feel emotions? How can we feel anything? How- no, why are we different?"
The grip on his shoulder hardened as June gained a thoughtful look.
A moment passed by as June let out a understanding 'Oh'.
"You mean, Cosmo, right? Cosmo said the leftover energies from transporting us here had been absorbed by our bodies. He said it had created you six-"
"Six? There's a sixth persona?!" Aus exclaimed.
"A sixth one?" Fou said.
"Oh no, not another freak," Feiminn muttered.
"There's a sixth?" Jude shouted.
"You mean, you guys don't know about Crude?"
"Crude? Is that what he chooses to go by?" Prudice asked, his interest was piqued. "Tell us, creator. Tell us more about this Crude."
The staring gazes of the five made June uncomfortable as he let out a nervous chuckle. "Sh-shouldn't guys know who he is? I mean you guys have access to my memories, right?"
"Yes, that is true, I suppose," Prudice said. "In fact, we're viewing your past right now." He pointed at the screen in front of them. "We still haven't gotten to the current ones yet. Right now, we're at your six-year-old self's memories."
"Then how the heck do you know we're in the Pokémon-verse?" June asked.
"I-uh may have spoil that little tidbit for them." Aus chuckled, rubbing his cheek with his finger.
"Well, I guess you guys just have to wait and see if you wanna know who Crude is." June grinned mischievously.
Prudice sighed as he shook his head. "You're lucky that the brain can do most of these cognitive thoughts by itself."
"Well see you guys later! I can practically feel myself waking up!" June stood up, stretching his arms outwards in a 'T' pose.
A brief second of silence passed by as the five looked at June as if he was an idiot.
A drop of sweat dripped from his head when he saw that they were looking at him." Heh heh, it seems like I must be a little early."
"You think?" Prudice shook his head. "It's only possible for you to wake up if the brain wants you to, moron."
"Well, I can give you a little boost," Fou said. "It'll wake you up pretty well, I think."
June didn't like the look that Fou was giving him.
"Jude, Aus. Nab him," Fou ordered.
"You got it, Fou." Aus snickered, appearing beside June in an instant as he held his outstretched arm in a tight grip.
"Oh, this'll be interesting," Jude said, taking the other arm of the nervous teen.
"He-hey what d-do you think you're doing? Hey! Don't you dare use that thing on me! Hey! Ah-" June's body faded away as the giant hammer smashed onto the ground below.
"Should we had told him what position he's in right now, Prudice?" Feiminn said.
"Nah, it's better this way, Feiminn. Let him suffer a bit more." A knowing smirk appeared on his face.
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Soft.
Warmth.
And fluff was what June felt as he snuggled closer to the soft object. He slowly opened his eyes, rubbing them to clear the blurriness from his sight.
The deadpan face of an Eevee was certainly not what he had expected to wake up to.
"You done?" Evie said, still maintaining the dull look.
"Uhh, done what?" June said before a look of realisation made its way onto his face. "Oh... was I hugging you in my sleep?"
"Yes."
"Oh... heh, sorry." June blushed.
Evie shook her head at him. "It's nothing to apologize about. Zeal would always snuggled into my nest when she's feeling down."
"Yeah... but I'm not Zeal."
"And?"
"Y-y'know what, let's just not mention this to the others," June said.
"Whatever floats your boat." Evie shrugged.
"Is it still night?" June asked when he realised that the room was still as dark as the night's sky.
"It's five in the morning."
"How the heck do you know that?"
She pointed at the clock on the wall.
"Huh, how convenient," June said. "Well what do you want to do before they wake up?"
"Well, usually I would gather some food in the forest for Zeal and I... But this isn't the forest, so I'm not sure."
"Hmm... Mind helping me learn how to use Aura?"
"Aura?"
"Uhh, Pokémon moves?"
"Well, I guess I could teach you a few."
"Awesome," June said, "Though I guess we should really go to somewhere safer, first."
"Alright."
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"Man, I had an amazing night! Who knew a Mareep's wool could be so soft~" Zeal said, leaving through the sliding doors.
"Easy for you to say, I had to dodge my brother's tail flame for like half the night," Ane said with an irritated look.
"At least Professor Oak told Nurse Joy about us 'cause I do not want to sleep on dirt again," Quil said with a satisfied smile.
"By the way, do any of you know where Evie is? Because I haven't seen her at all in the cafeteria nor did the Machokes I had talked to knew where she was," Zeal said.
"Now that you've said it, I don't think I've seen my brother anywhere too," Ane said.
Quil took a short glance at Ane. "You don't think they've-"
"Been captured by that Crude guy and being held as hostages so that we have to save them?" Zeal said in a hasty and nervous tone.
The two gave her with a look.
"Oh, cut the crap, Zeal. There's no way that could happen again," Ane said.
"Well, how would you know? They could literally be anywhere!"
The two brothers looked at each other. "Zeal, you're overreacting. I'm sure they have a perfectly good explanation for why they've left us here," Ane said, placing his paw on her head.
"Right, right... you're probably right..." Zeal took in a deep breath. "Just the leftover energy from yesterday making me feel more... overreactive or whatever words could be better used for this."
"Let's get going if we want to find them," Quil said.
"Maybe they're behind the pokécenter," Ane suggested.
"Nah, that'd be too obvious. Maybe they'd went into the forest over there." Quil pointed at the forest that was at the edge of the town.
"Well Evie did use to go to the forest to get berries. Hmm..." Zeal hummed in thought. "Maybe she's there."
"Beats staying here and getting stared at by the people," Ane said, shrugging.
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"Look deep within, June. Search for the energy within-"
"Aura."
Evie rolled her eyes. "Look for the 'Aura' within, channel your energy through your body and let it flow like water in a river," she said, "Then."
She lifted her paw, her claws glowing a pure white as they grew sharper. "Channel your 'Aura' into your claws, sharpening them and allowing them to grow stronger, enabling them to cut down anything in your path." She made a leap into the air and landed on a nearby rock.
She turned around with a smile. "But of course, that's only possible if you are strong enough and have channeled enough energy into your claws."
"I-uh-I- h-how did you-"
"Cut that rock in half?" Evie smiled. "Pretty darn easy if you've been fighting for your life for nearly ten years out in the wild. Scratch is just one the basics that you can train to improve its power although you shouldn't rely on it much, there are tons of other moves that can do the same but with more power and requiring less training to master them."
Just how strong are the Pokémon in this universe? June thought, reaching into the dimensional backpack to get his pokédex.
"Eevee, the Evolution Pokémon. Its genealogy and DNA are a mystery as it is one of the few Pokémon to be able to evolve into multiple evolutions, this particular Eevee seems to have genes that are more stable than any other Eevees, its DNA contains several different kinds of genes, including some of a human's.
Level: 26.
Age: 18 years of age
Fp: 314
Attack: 123
Sp. Attack: 78
Defense: 132
Sp. Defense: 89
Speed: 160
"Holy crap! What kind of universe did I stumble into to have this kind of Eevee?"
"Is something the matter?" Evie said.
"Nothing, it just seems like either my whole perception of this universe's Pokémon's strength are wrong or Ferb is glitching out," June said. "Ferb, tell me what does a level mean."
"A level is the approximate calculation of a Pokémon's strength and power, each level is estimated to be twice the power of a previous level. This estimation can and had been wrong before, so don't trust it to a fault."
"No wonder." He sighed. "A level twenty-something back in the anime could definitely not do something like that with a Scratch... but wait a second, does that mean... Craaap, that means everything in this world is several times stronger than originally. God-bloody-dammit! Not only is unlocking Aura so goddamn hard but in order to survive this damn world I need to unlock it quicker or gathered more fricking Pokémon!" June shouted, cursing at the rising Sun.
"R-right." Evie sweat dropped at the dramatic pokéhuman.
June let out a heavy sigh. "Y'know what, let's just take a break."
"Sure," Evie said, nonchalantly.
"Want to help me see what could be in this backpack?" June asked.
"Well, it's invisible for me so I'm not sure I would be of much help."
"Eh, I don't really care if ya gonna help me or not, I'm just gonna show you what I've found so far," June said, placing the backpack on the ground.
"Oh, it's visible now," Evie said, "So that's how it looks like."
"Wait,you can see this now?"
Evie nodded.
"That's... interesting..." June trailed off. "Anyways, I think I've gotten through the 'first' layer of the backpack."
"A paper straw? A pebble? And whoa! Is that an anchor? How did that get in there?"
"I have no idea." He shrugged. "There's also this weird remote thing and a book taped with it."
He held the book forward, allowing her to read it. "Instructions on how to operate D.A.R.T.H."
"Not sure whether DARTH would be useful in the future but right now, it's useless,"June said, putting the remote back.
"Anything else in there?"
"Yes, yes there is."
Evie looked at him. "Why are you saying it like that?"
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"What?" Evie exclaimed in shock. "What do you mean they're gone?!"
"Evie, calm down," June said. "She can't understand you."
June placed his hand on the agitated fox as he flashed an awkward smile at Nurse Joy. "Can you please tell us where they went?"
"Sorry, June. I have no clue where they're heading. Maybe some of the town folks would know where they are."
"*Sigh* Thanks anyways," he said. "Come on, Evie. Perhaps somebody knows where they've went."
June dragged the frustrated Pokémon out of the building.
"The nerve of those three! Don't they realise just how dangerous going alone would be!"
"Jeez, Evie. Calm down, Zeal can handle anything out there in Viridian Forest, after all if my memory's correct. The worst thing that they have to worry about is a hive of Beedrills, and probably a Pinsir or two."
"Look, June," she said, looking at him. "I know you're new to this world or whatever you say. But let me tell you something... you see this red on my mane?"
"Yes?"
"This color had appeared on my mane when I'd realised just how dangerous the world is, all the brutality I've seen. The horrors, terrors and all that life has thrown at me, it has cut itself into my body, making me different from the rest. My mane is one of the things it had affected and I will not let Zeal or anybody else experience what I have gone through.
"Hmm..." June glanced at the surrounding area. "You!"
He pointed at a ginger man. The man looked surprised at the sudden command. "M-me?" he said, pointing to himself.
"Yes, you. Did you happen to see a Pikachu, Bulbasaur and a Zorua around here? 'Cause we need some help finding them."
"Uh... sure... I think I saw the three heading to that part of Viridian Forest over there."
"Okay, thanks." Politely bowing down at the man, he turned around, just in time to see Evie heading towards the direction that the man was pointing at. "Hey, wait for me, dammit."