Pokémon Journey: XYZ

Hey guys Paradox here and welcome to Chapter 88 and Chapter 5 of XYZ. Here we reach what maybe the most supernatural chapter of this entire story. This will play very differently compared to the anime so this will almost appear like an OC as I mention before. This chapter will dwell into fantasies and future events. Expect some dark shit to happen. With that, have fun.


"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."-Frida Kahlo


Chapter 88: Knightmare

A long day of traveling through the forest and the gang was preparing for bed. Since there were no Pokémon Centers along their route, the gang decided to camp out. "We made great time today." Drake said. "It won't be long until we get to the Snowbelle Gym." Said Ash,thinking about his final Gym Battle. "I'm wondering when they'll announce the date of the Master Class." Serena said. "That's still along way to go. Besides you gonna on your final Princess Key." Rene reminded.

"Well tomorrow is another day." Clemont said. "I'm actually glad for once we had a nice normal day. No disputes, no Team Rocket, no unpleasant situations." Serena said. "Savor it because who knows when we're gonna have another day like this." Drake said. "Why you'd have to remind me." Serena whined.

Pretty soon, everyone was sleeping outside in their own sleeping bags outside. After saying goodnight the gang went fast asleep into the night. As soon as everyone was asleep Squishy mover out of Bonnie's bag since Dedenne had a habit of occupying personal space and moved to a tree and climbed a tree branch. Finally with plenty of space, Squishy went to sleep.

Unfortunately this was going to be a real long night as a full moon was out and someone was on the prowl. In the skies a flying pitch black Pokémon with no legs and long white mane was watching the ground hone in on some sleeping campers. Thinking he's now found some new quarry to haunt, Darkrai investigates. At first glance, they seem just harmless young campers resting for the night but two drew its attention. The Chosen One and The Guardian right before him. They would make his work much more interesting. With that, he reatreated to the top of a high pine tree overlooking the group and commence his dirty work with its eye glowing blue and emitted a wave.


Clemont was having trouble sleeping. His eyes danced around his eyelids until he suddenly snapped awake. Clemont sat up but to find himself alone with everyone missing. "What. Where is everyone?" Clemont said as he stood up still in his PJs. "Hello?...Ash? Bonnie?...Everybody!?" Clemont yelled out but got no response leaving him worried. Clemont preceded to walking around the forest but each passing moment fills him with dread. At a turning, a saw a brief shadow going into a large burrow. "Hey excuse me." Clemont ran after it going into the dark hole.

To his surprise he wound up going out a door and wound up on a battlefield. To more shock he was actually in the Lumiose Gym battlefield, his battlefield. But the condintion of the field was anything but balanced much less clean. The dirt was shook, holes of missing rock on the ground, debris everywhere, the bleachers destroyed the walls bent and broken. Clemont was more mortified about his credibility tarnished because his Gym was more then just a position it was representation of his life's work.

Clemont then walked outside Prism Tower but to only see that much like his Gym, the surrounding plaza of Prism Tower was also as equally destroyed. Cars smashed, windows shattered, plant life whittered, and even pieces of infrastructure missing from buildings and left on the roads. "What happened here?" Clemont said as he walked only to step on something. He looked down to see two different kinds of Staff pieces with metal faded but Clemont knew whose property this is.

"Ash...Drake." Clemont said sadly only for a loud roar to catch his attention. He turned his right to see a rather large Pokémon,bigger then buildings, on the horizon. He couldn't tell what it was only to see an outline of it. A large red flame appeared and started to consume it, only for it roar loudly one last time.


Rene was asleep until a sudden jerk on her spine made her awake instantly. But instead he looked around to see she was in black limbo. "What the hell? Where am I?" Rene said as she tried walking around but felt she wasn't going around anywhere. Suddenly she felt a jab of pain to her side as she tried to look in the general direction only to then feel pain on lower leg causing her kneel down in recovery.

Rene tried to reach for her Staff only to not have it on her. "Great!" She spits out and went to a defensive stance. "Where are out. Come out!" Rene dares only to feel pain on her right cheek, then her left ribs followed by left thigh, and finally her pelvis. Lastly Rene was thrown right across the space and landed hard on her front. Spitting out blood, Rene groaned out as she kneel on all four as more blood dripped from her mouth. "I'm not done!" Rene ravaged out loud. "Show your face coward!" Rene said.

Suddenly behind her a spotlight turn on, drawing her attention. Slowly she walked towards the light source and once she got under the light, Rene went through a massive makeover. Rene noticed her hair was longer down to her shoulders and was wavy. She looked further down to she was wearing a long magenta dress that fit her body's aspects perfectly,around the shoulders part was embellished and transparent and the straps were attached to her upper arms, allowing her shoulders to be exposed.

Rene remembered this dress as the one that she would perform in during her rein as Kalos Queen. The same dress she was also wearing when she flat out quit in front of all of Kalos but that wasn't the thing Rene was concern about. Instead she noticed white rose sitting in a vase full of water but in front of it was the one thing she felt her soul being torn apart. On the stage was a chalk drawing of her sister laying in death with daisies in her arms. On top of the drawing was the word "Abandoned" laid out as a message.

Broken down, Rene began to cry as tears went down her face. She then looked up only to see that she was now kneel before this torture right in front of Prism Tower but what she felt like was in a post apocalyptic Lumiose City (like in Clemont's dream. This will play out for everyone.) On the windowsills of the Tower was a symbol on fire. Rene recognizes it instantly.

It was the Team Flare symbol in flames design as a messenge.

"Beware of the Flare."


Bonnie was running and running through the ruin streets of Lumiose City. After waking up suddenly, Bonnie felt she woken up to a nightmare when she woke up in the middle of the road. Bonnie was beyond scared when she didn't noticed there were no people around or Pokémon. Not even Clemont or Serena or any of the others were around. "Someone help!" Bonnie ran and yelled until something literally jumped in front of her. In front was a large shadow pitch black and red on top who stared at her with big red glowing eyes. Bonnie didn't recognize it but felt that she was drawn to the creature.

"Sq-..Squishy?" She asked. Unfortunately the creature merely roared loudly,scaring her straight.


Serena felt like she was in a paradox. She woke up inside her room and went on like a casual day. Her mom wasn't home or so she thought as she serve herself some cereal. Before she could take a bite of however an explosion cuts her off in front of her house. She run outside but to only find herself walking out running out of a storefront in front of a ruined Prism Tower.

When she did walk out, a squad of what appears to be Team Flare Grunts from before saw her and two of them restrained her, making Serena squirm. "No! Let go of me!" Serena demanded. "Sir we caught a straggler." A Grunt said as someone walked to Serena. Serena' blood went cold and fear overfilled her body as she also felt a pang of hurt in her heart. In front of her was Ash but not the Ash she knew. She saw the outline of dark Aura surrounding his body, his eyes red and pupil shrunk to a dot. This was Evil Ash from back in Dahara City when the evil presence of Hoopa possessed him,causing a bit of trouble for the group that night.

"Ash...honey?" Serena said with tears leaving her eyes but Ash said nothing but only look at her with disgust and a moment later with lust. "Take her to my quarters. I have some...ideas I would like to try with her." Dark Ash smiled as he played with her hair. The two grunts took her away,leaving a bucking, screaming Serena in their mitts, beckoning her to try anything.


Ash was looking around his surroundings, as he was in a ruined stadium. Ash was alone, not even Pikachu was with him on his shoulder. "Hello...anyone?" Ash said until he was jumped and knocked to the ground. He quickly retaliated with a punch to his adversity's position only for the shadow to completely disintegrate,baffling Ash.

"What the Hell is this?" Ash asked as he was then knocked to the ground as he was being forced on himself knees. Ash quickly saw he was no longer inside a stadium but on top of Prism Tower. His hands were held by two strong Team Flare Grunts with a shadow outline of a person, by the looks male, standing on the edge of Prism Tower staring right at him.

"You will join us or die!"

"Never!" Ash glared back but failed to see the bargaining chip the shadow had. In back of him was Serena bounded by rope and in tears. "Serena?" Ash asked. "Ash. There's one I want you know. I will always love you." Serena choked through her sobs. "Don't say it like that. We'll get out of this." Ash said.

"Wrong answer."

With that the shadow man kicked Serena off the edge, sending her to her doom. Ash screamed loudly as he forced himself out of the Grunts's grips and raced to the edge to look below but only to see the entire plaza in ablaze.

"Se-Serena." Ash cried out as he saw a large red snake shadow Pokémon destroying the whole city.


For Drake it was nothing but flashes and voices of the past for him as he was floating endlessly in limbo.

"You are nothing but a slave to an imperfect society."

"I don't think the boy is ready for this."

"A son continues a father's crusade. That is your legacy."

"You're just like me. You complete me."

"If you're all powerful, you can't be all good and if you're all good, you can't all powerful."

The more voices echoed in his ears, causing Drake to attempt to block them out but can still hear them. "Stop it." He cried but still they kept coming.

"ENOUGH!" Drake yelled to his fullest causing the limbo to ripple and send him somewhere. Drake opened his eyes to see he was in front of Prism Tower but like in everyone else's dream (unknown to him) the whole city was ruined, scaring Drake emotionally.

"Is this...is this really the future?" Drake questioned until he suddenly he was stabbed through the chest,literally. Choking on his own blood, Drake looked down to see a blade of a sword went right through his heart,causing him to kneel down. Coughing up blood Drake saw the Team Flare symbol on the windowsills of Prism Tower.

"All this buildup...you'll failed and burn...That is your fate." Drake spoke his last and collapsed and then died with his vision fading to nothingness.

"Come on really?...Drake..wake up...I know you better then anyone. You're stronger then anyone I know. You can't lose yourself to Fate."

"Wake Up!"

That moment Drake woke up and stood. "Drake." Drake turned back to see none other then Sara in the flesh, armor and all. "S-Sara?...you're here too." Drake asked. "Only because I need to be." Sara said.

"What is all this?" Drake said. "Only of what you're deepest fears shows." Sara said. "So is this...really the future. I know Team Flare is the grand threat we have to stop but...will we fail? Am I destined to fail...like how I failed you?" Drake cried. "Difficult to see...always in motion is the future...beside,you need to stop holding yourself in that regard. This is the reality fear has shown you. Don't believe in it." Sara said as Drake continues to cry softly.

"You never once failed me. Even at one point I wanted you to but you didn't falter...I appeared before you to remind you of the Journey you started. The deepest part inside a Guardian remained locked and this is a pathway you must travel. This piece will be key to unlock ever grand powers beyond imagining." Sara said. "Can I beat Team Flare without it?" Drake asked. "Perhaps but remember this...you are not alone. You still have your friends and family." Sara said,leaving Drake still in tears. "Know that I still and always love you." Drake said,causing Sara to giggle.

"Even in Death, I'll love you forever...we could've made such strong Guardian babies." Sara played causing Drake to laugh in his tears. "I'll be leaving now Drake. But be forewarned: to achieve this path and be rewarded is to dance with the devils of the individual. Conquer them. Also this nightmare isn't natural. When you wake up, look to the trees." Sara said until she slowly disappeared,leaving Drake alone but for the first time gave hope in his time here.


Darkrai was still emitting the pulse, too caught up in his play that he failed to see the Aura Wave coming at it until it struck it,causing Darkrai to fall through the tree and down to the ground. Dazed and confused, Darkrai floated back up but was then pinned against the tree by force. With his one eye, he stood before a group of angry campers with The Guardian pinning it by its throat.

"Darkrai." Drake glared angrily. "Well...its an..honor to see...you..once again." Darkrai spoke while being choked through telepathy. "No thanks to you. I suspect this wasn't by chance!" Ash said. Meanwhile Serena pulled her Pokédex to scan Darkrai.

"Darkrai, the Pitch Black Pokémon, It chases people and Pokémon from its territory by causing them to experience deep, nightmarish slumbers."

"Wait the nightmare I just had. That was Darkrai!?" Serena questioned. "It was all of us honey but yea, because of Darkrai." Ash explained. "If you...would be so...kind...free me or..I'll torture you for...sport." Darkrai theaten. Drake merely unleashed his sword and held the blade at Darkrai's throat. "You'll lose your head before you could blink you bastard." Drake nearly yelled. "Alright you two. I think you made your points. Now let's just play nice." Rene stood in between of them.

Eventually the duo stepped back and Drake sheltered his sword back into its scabbard. "Now...what are doing here Darkrai?" Drake asked. "Merely passing through but when I saw you all. I decided to play." Darkrai explained.

"Play?" Rene asked. "He means by the nightmares we all just had." Drake cleared the air. "He creates nightmares and he qualifies that as 'play'?! That's sadistic." Rene said. "But so much fun to see what makes beings squirm. Being trapped in your deepest, darkest fears. To let me snatch you up like a big pair of hands." Darkrai said.

"you made your point. Now it's time for you to leave." Drake said. "Very well. I must now find some new quarry to play with." Darkrai said. "And don't even think about returning back here because if you do...I shall know and we'll see what's your deepest, darkest fears are like." Drake threaten. Darkrai nodded and simply flew up and away.

"*sigh*...Sadistic son of a bitch." Drake muttered. "Well...so much for a nice normal day." Serena said. "You could say that again. I never thought I'd go through another one of Darkrai's illusions again." Ash said. "It was so scary. I dreamt I was running through a destroyed Lumiose City." Bonnie said.

"Wait did you say a ruined Lumiose City. I dreamt I was there to." Serena said. "Same here." Ash added. "Me too." Rene joined. "Me fourth." Clemont said. "We all dreamed that we were in a post apocalyptic Lumiose City. That's not just a coincidence." Drake said as the group agreed. "What is it wasn't just Lumiose City. What about all of Kalos?" Ash said. "Most likely the case. Quick question: did anyone dreamt of Team Flare?" Rene asked as Ash,Serena,Drake, rose theirs hands.

"I saw a giant snake like Pokémon that was black and red in my dream." Bonnie said. "I saw that too but only a shadow of it." Clemont added. "I dreamt that I was being held by the soldiers of Team Flare." Serena said. "Me too." Ash said. "I saw the symbol of Team Flare on Prism Tower." Rene said. "That's what I saw too." Drake added.

"Guys..what does all this mean?" Ash said. "In my dream it was close to a premonition. I don't think we're gonna stop Team Flare until we reach the end." Drake said. "We still can. We can prevent the destruction before its starts." Rene said. "I didn't say we don't have a chance. It's just that it's more then likely we won't." Drake said.

"In my dream, I stood before a shadow who was leading the Grunts." Ash said. "That could've been just an Admin." Drake said. "No, because by his voice he was male but it was only a silhouette." Ash said. "All our nightmares are connected. Pieces of who,what and where." Drake said. "Too bad we aren't close to figuring them out." Rene said as the group seem to agree.

The nightmares are connected and soon the threat and vanguard of Kalos's reckoning will become reality.


"Have we found any tracings of Z-2 as of yet." Lysandre asked. "Nothing Sir but we'll double our efforts." Mable said. "See that you do." Lysandre said as the video screen was cut. "I still think you should have Celosia and Bryony continue their efforts with Z-1." Malva said.

"Until we are certain of Z-1's vulnerability it'll too dangerous to go after it. Not while it's under the protection of the Guardian Knights." Lysandre said. "Then let me go get it. You trust me right?" Malva pouted. "I trust you to understand the logistics of this operation. Plus you're critical to keep the League's focus away from our plans." Lysandre said, leaving Malva disgruntled.

"You know this will never work and those Guardian Knights will only get in our way." Malva said. "Just worry about your cover Malva and I'll worry about them." Lysandre said as Malva then walked away. Lysandre then watched the old footage from Guardian Knight's battle with his troops. So far everything was going as planned and with a bit of luck, their goal will become reality and the Guardian Knights will become one of them.


Done guys, so this is Chapter 88 with of course is very different compared to the anime but I felt that this is tailored to this story's plot line and to the events of what's to come.

So next chapter is you guess correct..we finally reach Ninja Village so you could expect a more rivalry chapter and it's split into two parts so this will be a two chaptered Arc. Expect a lot of action, maybe some blood in this but it be so much fun.

So Like,Comment,and tell me what you think of this chapter and what you expect in the future. Thanks for reading. This is Paradox signing off. Goodbye.