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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"Let's set up camp," Evie said.
"Hrn... all... right... " June said, pushing the Vulpix off of his body and onto the ground. "Whew! Man, this Vulpix's heavier than she looks."
"I'll go collect some berries," she said. "You can gather some firewood, June."
"Got it." He nodded.
The two headed in opposite directions, each heading to do their own respective task.
When June returned, the sun had already gone behind the horizon, allowing darkness to take over the land.
June dropped the timber onto the ground and dusted off his claws before glancing at the still-unconscious Vulpix.
"Hm... now how the hell do I burn this thing?"
June took a moment of clarity before smacking himself on the head. "I'm a Charmander," he said before taking hold of his tail.
He took a nearby leaf from the ground and held it above his tail flame.
The leaf burned up and then he tossed it onto the pile of wood.
He hovered his tail above the pile, slowly heating up the timber.
He smirked at the slowly growing fire before turning back to the sleeping fox. "I wonder how strong you are..."
He took out the pokédex from his backpack and held it in front of him, a familiar yellow light shortly flashed over the fox.
"Vulpix. The Fox Pokémon. At the time of its birth, it had only one tail, the tail splits into six others as it grows. Its tails are very popular amongst breeders and fashionistas as its species require very diligent brushing and care to maintain its fluffiness and beauty. This specific Vulpix seems to have strange DNA that are slightly more advanced than a typical Vulpix.
Level: 15
Age: 13 years of age
Fp: 130
Attack: 68
Sp. Attack: 97
Defense: 45
Sp. Defense: 54
Speed: 89
"Hmm... she's pretty strong, wonder what it means by advanced DNA though?" He hummed in thought.
At the corner of his vision, he spotted Evie with a bunch of berries on her back.
Evie dropped off the berries onto the ground near the fire, giving June a smile. "Looks like you're useful after all."
"Ha ha," June said, his face mocking Evie. "Very funny."
Evie giggled. "Anyways, how's the Vulpix?"
"Eh, all right, I guess? I'm not an really an expert on injuries." June shrugged.
Evie trotted to the downed fox. "She looks fine. June, pass me that rock over there."
"Um, all right," he said, unsure of what she may need it for.
He took the stone on the ground and threw it at her before she quickly caught it with her mouth.
The rock in her mouth glowed a bright white before taking on a sharp edge.
"Stand back, June," she said, her voice slightly muffled by the stone.
"Um, all right?" June said, doing what she'd ordered.
Evie closed her eyes before muttering something. The stone in her mouth illuminated a brilliant white before she vanished from sight.
A moment later, the tree in front of him fell down with a fatal swoop. Bark and timber flew into the air as the wind produced by the falling tree, blew against them.
In the middle of the tree was a giant hole, about the size of a basketball. Evie stood on top of the fallen tree, a crudely-made bowl twirling around her tail.
Stars gleamed, comically, in the eyes of June. "Th-that was awesome!" he exclaimed.
"Nice, right?" Evie said with a smile. "It's a little technique I've created whenever Zeal was too sick to chew anything. It takes a bit of my energy and directs it to the material I want it to go to. It takes any point or edge of the material and sharpens it immensely. I called it Blunt Edger, pretty cool, right?"
"Cool? That was like twenty percent cooler than anything I've seen in my life," June said, before fixating a confused look at the bowl. "So what's with the bowl?"
"You'll see," she said before grabbing some of the berries and putting them into the bowl.
She held the rock with her paw before crushing the small fruits with the blunt edge of the rock.
Hm... she knows how to ground things? That's... interesting... He observed, his mind beginning to ponder on how she could've learn such a skill.
Her posture and technique made her look very human-like as it briefly reminded June of how he'd seen Iris did it. There's more to her than what she lets on... wonder if I could coax some information about her previous life.
Evie let out a satisfied grin as she trotted back to the downed fox, pouring down the grounded-up berries into the Vulpix's mouth.
"So... Evie..."
"Yeah?"
"How was life back in the, um, forest?"
"It was..." Her face scrunched in thought as she racked her mind for the correct word. "Life changing, I guess. Why are you asking?"
"Just curious," he said, simply. "By any chance, have you been out of the forest before? Like were you born in the forest or did you stumble upon it?"
"I-I -"
"Don't wanna talk about it? It's fine, sorry for prying." June bowed, apologetically.
"No, no... I.. think talking about it could help me..." She took a deep breath.
"Ba-"
A sudden and loud gasp cut her off as the Vulpix woke up.
"Wh-where am I? she asked before taking a moment to observed her surroundings.
As she laid her eyes onto the nearby Evie, she quickly tensed up before backing up a few meters from her.
"An-an Eevee? Wh-what are you doing here?" she stuttered out, looking at Evie with a nervous face. "St-stay away, I don't want the curse to affect us."
The curse? June and Evie, unknowingly, thought in unison.
"What curse?" June asked, confusion etched on his face.
The Vulpix stared at him with a confused look. "D-don't you know? The curse that my ancestor cast upon the world? The one that causes every type to take on an irrational anger at anything that's not their own type."
"Uh... what?" June said.
"How can you not know? Surely, a Charmander like you would've learned about it back in school."
June chuckled nervously. "Um, look here, Vulpix. We're not from around here, uh, you could say that we're from another dimension all together."
Now it was the Vulpix's turn to be confused. "What?"
"*Sigh* Let me explain..."
(One Explanation Later)
"So... You're saying that our world is in a pocket dimension in another world filled with humans and you're a human that came from another universe and has transformed into a Pokémon, and that Eevee over there is also from another pocket dimension that is separate from ours," she said. "That sounds..."
"Bizarre? I know. But it's the truth and sometimes, the truth can sound crazier than any lie," said June, arms held in a shrugging pose. "Life can be like that sometime."
The Vulpix nodded, though from the look of her face, it didn't seem like she believed him. "Uh huh,"
June ignored that look as he said, "So what's this curse thing?"
"Huh? Oh, the curse was placed by my ancestor from a millennium ago. He was a very... specist and typist kind of Ninetales, he hated any type of Pokémon that weren't a fire type. He didn't like how all of his allies and friends were working with 'potential enemies' as my grandfather had put it.
"So one day, he decided that enough was enough and started working on a project. It took him several years but he had gathered up enough strength to cast a worldwide spell that would last forever. When word got out of what he did, nobody was happy... th-that was when the first world war happened. I don't exactly know what had happened but from what I heard from my grandad, it wasn't pretty."
"Damn... even here, racism had caused another war," June said.
Evie took a brief glance at the two before asking, "Wait, you said that the curse causes every type to act aggressive towards one another."
The Vulpix nodded.
"Then, how come you two aren't trying to 'attack' me?"
"Yeah, that's something I wanted to ask too," June said.
"Well... I don't really know why but I think daddy had said something about Eevees being one of the best negotiators or something because of their ability to evolve into eight different types and that the curse doesn't affect things that can evolve into a certain type."
"So... you're saying that I'm immune to the curse?"
"Well, no. It's just that you're immune to it if you're interacting with a type that you can evolve into. For instance, if you talk to a Dragon-type, you'll be mauled to death by them. But if you're talking to a Water or Grass-type, you'll be able to have a friendly chat with them."
"Oh... that's interesting..." Evie trailed off, "At least I can still talk to my sister without angering her."
"Hm..." June looked at the ground in thought. "Is there a way we can dispel this 'curse'?"
"I'm not sure but I think daddy said there was a way, ugh, I can't seem to remember what was it that he said."
"It's all right," he reassured. "Maybe tomorrow you can tell us where you live and your dad could tell us."
"Hm... all right!" she said with a child-like excitement.
"Here, take some. You must be hungry," Evie said, tossing some berries at her.
"Aw thanks," she said with a smile. Then she blinked. "By the way, I'd never got your names."
"I'm June and this is Evie," he introduced. "And you?"
"Pixels!" she exclaimed. "And it's a pleasure to meet you two." She bowed at them.
"It's nice to meet you too," Evie said.
"Likewise," June said.
Evie glanced at the crescent moon. "C'mon, let's eat up and go to sleep. We got a busy day tomorrow."
"You got it, ma'am." June saluted, playfully.
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Pain rocked her mind as she felt herself coming back into the conscious realm.
She slowly opened her eyes before shortly closing them when a bright light flashed into her irises.
She hissed out in pain as she slowly wobbled onto her feet.
"Hey... wak... up..."
She heard someone speaking but the ringing and dulling pain of her head prevented her from locating its direction.
Again, she tried opening her eyes and was subjugated to a blurry view.
She blinked several times before rubbing her eyes, satisfied at having her vision back.
However, as she slowly observed her surroundings. She realised that she was in some sort of underground mine.
"Wh-where am I?" she said to no one in particular.
"You're in the water village's mines, little one," a voice said from beside her.
Quickly, she turned around and saw a black dog-like quadraped. Its coat were as white as snow and its mane had covered a part of its face. It had a scythe-like horn, and a small and thin tail.
"Who are you?" asked Zeal.
"Solace, I was apart of the dark village's elite guards before being ambushed and brought here. I've been here for several months, how about you?"
"Um, I'm Zeal," she said before looking around with a panicked look. "Hey, um, do you know where I can find my friends?"
"Your friends?"
"Yeah, we had an argument and..." Her eyes began to water up as she looked at the ground in regret. "I-I- I shouldn't have snapped at them like that."
"Hey, whatever's done has passed. You gotta let bygones be bygones and apologize to them, if they're truly your friends, they'll forgive you." Solace placed a paw on her shoulder.
Zeal smiled at him before wiping away the tears. "Thanks. I-I needed that."
"You're welcome. I could never leave a citizen of the dark to spiral into a world of depression." He patted her head. "Now, tell me, Zeal. How do they look like?"
"A Bulbasaur and Pikachu," Zeal exclaimed.
Solace blinked. "A... what?"
"A Bulbasaur and Pikachu, y'know, a dinosaur with a bulb and a yellow rat."
"No, no. I know what they are..." He gave her a confused look. "Are you sure they're not other Zoruas or something?"
"No." She shook her head. "Why you ask? And what's with that face?"
"Ze-Zeal, where did you say you're from again?"
"Well..." She chuckled nervously as she scratched the back of her head. "Would you believe me if I told you I was from another dimension?"
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The morning star rose from beyond the horizon, blanketing the world beneath it in its glorious light.
The light of the sun quickly traveled through the forest, before settling onto the face of a Charmander.
June growled before covering himself from the sunlight.
He shifted his body a bit, trying to find a comfortable spot.
Eventually, he gave up as he let out a groan. "What is that bloody noise?" he asked, standing up with a irritated look.
He proceeded to the location of the sounds, it had sounded like shouting and fighting but he couldn't be sure of that just yet.
As he crept through the forest, the noise grew louder and louder, and he could make out some voices.
"Surrender my precious daughter to me, and you may leave this place unharmed, Eevee," a regal and masculine voice commanded, his voice carrying out a tone of authority.
"Your daughter? Who the hell is your daughter?"
"Don't talknto, Normal-type. That Charmander couldn't have possibly left the village all on his own, especially at such a young age. Only a cretin like you with your silver tongue would be able to convince a royal member of the family to leave the village."
June gasped silently in shock, seeing over a dozen different kinds of fire-types with two Ninetales standing in front of the group.
Evie stood opposite of them with a strained look, fur rising slightly as she growled at them.
June's heart began to race as he weighed his options, eventually, he swallowed his fear and called out, "What the hell is going on here?"
He immediately regretted that choice when everybody turned their heads towards him.
"June!" Evie exclaimed in shock. "Run! I don't know who these guys are but they think we took the Ninetale's daughter or something."
"Silent your tongue, welp," a yellow and orange bipedal chicken said. "That is no way to talk to a king."
"A king?" June muttered. So this dimension's a medieval type thing? Or is it in a Chinese empire era? He looked at the group of fire-types, remembering what Pixels had said to them. Those two Ninetales must be her parents, and what's happening is just another cliché misunderstanding, huh?
He sighed, knowing what he had to do.
Taking a breath, he made his way between the two sides, with Evie giving him a look that just screamed 'What are you doing?!'
"Look, guys..." He paused for a brief moment, trying to think of what to say next. "I know that it may seem like, erm, whatever the heck you guys are thinking she's doing but I can assure you. That's not true."
Faktlar rose an eyebrow at him. "Continue," he said, deciding to listen to what he may say.
"Your daughter, Pixels, had bumped into us," Literally. "And she was unconscious and dirty, we'd took her in and nursed her back to health, your-uh highness."
He took a bow, trying to be as formal as possible.
"She's currently sleeping near our campsite, and may be awake by now," he said. "We can take her to you if you want."
Faktlar looked at him in distrust before signalling his troops to surround Evie. "All right, Charmander. You may lead us to your campsite."
"Great!" he said before looking behind them. "But, um, do you really have to surround my friend like that?"
"It is for the safety and security of the royal guards that the Eevee be monitored to determine whether she could be a spy sent by any of the other villages."
"Ri~ight?" June said, giving Evie a slight glance. "All right, then. Follow me, your lordness."
The two trotted behind him, keeping an arm's distance away from him, as they couldn't be sure whether he was lying or not.
As the three quietly made their way through the woods, June couldn't help but try to break the tension between them.
"So... What're your names?" he said before receiving a raised brow from Faktlar.
"Strange, I thought for sure that everyone in the village was informed of our names," Anjo said.
"Well, you can say I'm not from around here." June scratched the back of his head. "Honestly, Evie and I aren't even from any 'villages' or whatever this world has. And well... the truth is far weirder and will sound bizarre, I don't even think your daughter believed what I said to her yesterday."
"I... see," Faktlar said, giving his wife a glance. "I am the fourth emperor of the Kakagure, and you may call me Faktlar, this beauty here is Anjo, my wife. She and I keep the peace of the village and protect our village from any threat."
"Huh, well I'm June. Unknown number of Cosmo's Champion and teenage multiverse traveller, it's an honour to meet such royalty." He bowed rather formally, arm held under his chest as he grinned. That sounds so much more epic than I thought it would.
"Multiverse traveller? That's an odd tittle," Faktlar said.
"Well, considering your time era, I'd say you guys have never heard of the multiverse nor began the thought process of a multiverse, right?" Seeing the two nodding, he continued. "Well, I'm not really an expert on the multiverse but I like to dabble on the subject a lot. The multiverse is basically a bunch of universe connected to each other, whether it be a parallel universe, an alternate universe, or something else. Essentially, the multiverse is like a group of universes and honestly, I'd really like to explain more but I don't think my theories are anywhere close to the truth. Maybe when I get more knowledge of the multiverse, I could tell you two."
"Interesting," Faktlar said.
"Very." Anjo nodded.
"Hey, I think we're here," June said, looking at the familiar pile of ash on the ground. "Now where could she be?"
He held his arms beside his face then he shouted, "Hey, Pixels! There's someone I'd like you to meet!"
Seconds passed by, as the forest began to fill with another awkward silence.
Goddammit, thought she'd be here. *Sigh* Now I look like an idi-
A red blur cut off his train of thought as it darted towards the two foxes.
Alarmed at first, the two tensed up their bodies.
Shortly, they relaxed as they heard the familiar voice of their missing child. "Mommy, daddy! I can't believe it! You're here!"
While stunned at first, they'd quickly recovered and embraced their daughter. "Where have you been, my dear child?"
"Oh, daddy. It was terrible! Three Squirtles had ambushed me when I was taking a walk beside the walls of the village and I'd barely escaped from them," she said, nuzzling the two. "Oh, I missed you two."
Faktlar gave his wife a look, a cold dead stare on his face. "Pixels, I'll do whatever it takes to bring those fiends to justice, their actions today have given me enough reason to start a war with them."
A-a war? June thought, a horrified look on his face. N-no, I won't allow it.
Taking a deep breath, he steeled his gaze onto the two. "I'm not sure that'd be a good idea, your highness," he said. "From my perspective, a war between the two of you could lead to a devastating end for either your village, their village or both of yours. It's just not logical to start a war, not unless you got justifiable evidence or they do something more tragic than kidnapping Pixels."
June rose his claw in front of him. "Now before you say that them trying to kidnap your daughter is enough reason for it, just think of what it would mean for the rest of the villages if they heard that you'd started a war just because of your daughter, they'd use that as their advantage in the future; trying to exploit your daughter to get to you."
Faktlar growled, but nodded in acknowledgement, seeing the logical points in his little speech.
"Well, what do you suggest we do?" Anjo asked.
"Hm..." June took his thinking pose. "Well... I have an idea but I need some more information in order to be sure of it."
"That is?" Faktlar inquired.
"How much do you guys know about the curse?"
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A/N: A wonderful morning/evening to all of you, I'm sorry for being unable to upload anything on November.
I was very busy with real life, as over sixty percent of my free time was occupied by my new part-time job.
But don't worry, I'll try and get things back to schedule next year.
And, have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you! Hope to see you all next time. Ciao, for now....
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{Zilch's Interlude #1}
Greetings, mortals of universe 23415.
Readers and the Author alike.
I, Cosmo's brother, now being temporary named as Zilch, would like to show you... a new world.
Brother, what the heck do you think you're doing?
Ah, Cosmo. How wonderful of you to join us. I was just about ready to tell the readers about a new connected 'story' as they may call it.
So that's why you've been contacting one of the Gaias in Multiverse '14-1-18-21-20-15'.
Yup and unlike you, I won't be making any more mistakes in creating a new world.
Right... Still reworking on my other universe again...
You just gotta give it a different Perspective, Cosmy. Now let's cut this short, I don't think their universe can take anymore of this.
Right... now what do they call their winter celebration again?
Christmas.
Right, right.
Merry Christmas to you all, readers and the author alike. Hope you all have a prosperous new year!