Pokémon and Ponies

#14-A Pokémon fit for a Princess

The Hoenn Region. The current visit for Celestia and Luna. And the spot in Hoenn they arrived in was Lilycove City.

"Ah, Lilycove City. I'm already remembering May's contests here." Ash reminisced to May's contests in the contest halls of Lilycove.

"Contests? What sort of contests?" Luna asked.

"Well, how do I describe them? They're basically a show of skill and style. Who can perform the more appealing style with moves and so on."

"We must see this with our own eyes. Style and skill are something we adore."

"Sounds thrilling. I'm with Luna."

"Sweet. Although I don't think the contest halls are open this early." Ash said. As they wandered Lilycove City, they were being watched by a peculiar pokemon. One who was drawn to positive feelings. Ponies were also in Lilycove, as they bowed down to Celestia and Luna when they were walking by. The mystery pokemon followed the group, aiming to keep a low profile. Celestia could sense that they were being followed as she moved her eyes about.

"Who goes there?" Celestia said out loud. Ash, Pikachu, Spike, Luna and Twilight caught attention to this, wondering who Celestia saw. From behind a house, emerged the small, timid and frail psychic and fairy type. Ralts.

"Oh, it's a Ralts!" Ash said.

"A Ralts?" Twilight responded. Ralts was keeping its distance by using the back of the house as it was eyeing down Celestia.

"It seems like it won't stop looking at me.."

"Ralts have the ability to sense the warm feelings of people. And I guess in this case ponies too. They're drawn to people with positive and strong emotions. Though they kinda hide if things get hostile. So I guess it's drawn to you, Princess."

"Drawn to me..?" Celestia and the Ralts kept looking at each for a bit until Ralts stepped forward. "You don't have to be afraid, little one. You can come close to me." The little feeling Pokemon walked over to the Alicorn Princess, feeling those warm and positive emotions. And with that, the little Ralts had hugged Celestia's hooves. Sticking to her like glue. "Oh?"

"Ralts.."

"Sister, We believe thou now has a burden on thou shoulders," Luna said. Ralts looked up at Celestia as she looked down at her too.

"How sweet. It's been fun seeing you... but I have to get going, little Ralts." Ralts, let go of Celestia's hooves, respecting her decision to leave. "Farewell." The others walked off, waving goodbye along with Celestia, saying goodbye to Ralts. However, Ralts had still not gotten over Celestia. So it decided to follow them by sneaking around via teleport.

Elsewhere, Rarity and Applejack have reached Alola. Where the sun gives off passion and the moon courage. "Woowee. This sun is something else. Feels kinda nice though." Applejack said, still holding on to the nearly fainted Rarity. "Come on now Rarity. Ash said that this place is great for relaxation, so why not rest up and save all that energy you wasted."

"Resting sounds good. I like that." Rarity replied.

"Oh! Applejack is that you?" A familiar voice called out to her. To her sight, she saw her cousin. Braeburn.

"Braeburn? Why are you here?"

"Well, the funniest thing happened. It was just a normal day in Appleloosa, nothing too out of the ordinary. Then all of a sudden these little critters that were bouncing on their tail for some odd reason, came through. Flooded all of Appleloosa and then bounced off to who knows where. That's when we saw this swirly thing that led right here, and I gotta say. It feels great."

"It does?"

"Mhm. The sun here's got a much different feeling than Appleloosa. A pretty warm and good feeling too. Goes right through the skin too. Anyways. I'm just about to head back to Appleloosa. Nice seeing you, cousin." Braeburn was taking his leave, bidding farewell to his Ponyville cousin.

"Take care! Come on Rarity. The hotter a place is, the longer the sun stays. Don't wanna waste it now do ya?" Rarity was asleep, resting on a nearby chair. She was saving up energy, finally. Applejack sat down next to her, looking far out at the Alolan Sea. Out of it popped Pokemon she had never seen before. Magikarps were splashing about in the water as they were outshined by the further evolved Gyarados which flew out of the ocean and dived back into it with style. Applejack was impressed as she could watch this for a while.

"Mmm... Bug clothes." Rarity mumbled in her sleep, obviously referring to her Sewaddles' back at her shop.

Moving away from Alola, all the way back in Kalos, Rainbow Dash is still on her trainer practice, accompanied by Fluttershy.

"Okay. So that previous encounter was a bust. But no worries. I'm positive the next one will go much smoother. Without any trees falling that is."

"But who was that frog-like Pokemon. I've never seen anything like it."

"No idea. I think its tongue was some sort of scarf or something?" They were referring to Ash's Greninja who had just saved Rainbow's Rufflet and the Eevee from earlier. "You know, I bet I can spot some real good Pokemon if I just look from above!" Rainbow Dash took off into the sky, looking over Santalune Forest. Fluttershy followed but in a much lighter lift-off.

"Do you see anything that catches your eye Rainbow Dash?"

"Hmm... Well, I found that Eevee from earlier, but nothing too interesting. I ain't for catching bugs anyways."

"Oh now don't be like that Rainbow. You never know, Bug types might become a favourite of yours."

"No way. I still haven't gotten over what happened back in Ponyville. Those bugs were blocking out path. For me, I'm aiming for a Pokemon that speaks to me!"

"Well, why not go for all flying types? After all, there's a lot of them compared to most other types besides water."

"That'd be cool and all Fluttershy, but I want a spicy team. If I had only flying types, it'd just be redundant. Now electric types have got me interested. Or maybe even a fire type if I can find one." Rainbow was eager to get the best team she could have. If she had a great collection of Pokemon, she feels like she'd be unstoppable.

"Why not continue to grow with the team you have? I bet you, Whirlipede and Rufflet can bond even if you are a small band. Learning to grow with your current Pokemon will help you learn and understand any potential future team members." Fluttershy had spoken like a true trainer. She wasn't a Pokemon Trainer but she knew how they felt. After all, Pokemon and animals aren't too different from each other.

"Hm.. you got a good point Fluttershy. I'm surprised you managed to understand Pokemon this easily. We've only been mixed with this world for like what a week?"

"Let's head back to Lumiose. I hear there's this place called a Pokemon Center. Your Rufflet might need some healing anyways." The two pegasi flew off, heading back to Lumiose as Greninja stood from a tree, watching them go along.

Lilycove City. Time had come for a contest to begin as the Celestia and the group had already entered the contest halls.

"This'll be exciting. I wonder what a Pokemon's moves like in style. Don't you Luna?"

"Isn't this just parlour tricks? We doubt this will be THAT entertaining." Luna was not for this. She didn't think too much of what contests are capable of. The announcer for the Pokemon Contest, stepped onto the middle of the field, tapping his microphone.

"There we go. Ladies and Gentlemen! And some ponies in the crowd. Today is a new day and the day where the next Pokemon Contest begins. Our first contestant.. hailing from Circhester in the Galar Region, is Contestant Harper!" A female contestant wearing a dress that resembled her partner Pokemon, Roserade.

"And her opposing contestant, hailing from Azalea Town in the Johto Region is Contestant Victoria!" A female contestant who's wearing a dress that had a black and yellow circled pattern that resembled her partner. "The objective is the same and simple as always. Whoever can perform the most wonderful display of skill, will be rewarded with a ribbon. The judges today are Mr Suziko from the Pokemon Fan Club, Mr Contesta and the Nurse Joy from the local Pokemon Center."

"I can't wait to see this. Harper's tricks were my favourite last time." Nurse Joy said.

"Now then. Contestants.. bring out your Pokemon!"

"Roserade! Let's impress them once more!" Harper tossed her Pokeball, sending out her partner Roserade. The Bouquet Pokemon.

"Umbreon. Come out!" Victoria sent her partner out as well. Umbreon, The Moonlight Pokemon.

"Let the contest begin!"

"We'll use something that'll leave this crowd with a great sensation! Roserade! Magical Leaf!" Harper's Roserade spun around, summoning mystical and magical leaves that swirled around it, rising in the air. "Now follow up it up with Sweet Scent!" Roserade puffed out a Sweet Scent from its rose hands. The enticing aroma it has only boosted the Sweet Scent. The entire crowd got a whiff of it, feeling relaxed and good just by its scent alone. The wafting aura of Sweet Scent could be seen as it merged with the leaves, creating a nice combo of pink and green.

"Wow! Not only is it beautiful but it makes you feel so good, don't you think?" Nurse Joy gushed.

"Indeed. Takes me back to my youth, you know." Mr Suziko replied.

"Not bad... Umbreon Moonlight." Umbreon gave the entire halls a nighttime feel. In the middle of the air, a light similar to that of the moon emerged. "Now. Dark Pulse." Using a pulse of darkness, the glow of the moonlight was surrounded by the dark pulse, making it a mix of light and dark. "We've been working hard on this one."

"Ooh. It's like a solar eclipse but reversed. Very nice." Mr Contesta said.

"So far, they've both used some form of colour merging. Let's see what else they can do." Joy retorted. Celestia, Luna and Twilight were into this. They were gawking on how impressive this was. They didn't think Pokemon moves could be used like that.

"Our style is going to that extra oomph, ey? Roserade! Merge Leaf Storm and ride it!" Harper commanded her partner to unleash a storm of leaves as the grass and poison Pokemon began riding on the leaf storm. Since Roserade was known for their graceful movements, they had no trouble moving to the flow of other attacks, especially their own. As Roserade rode on the leaf storm, it twirled around as well, making the leaves apart of its body as it moves around like an ice skater. Then with one final trick, it jumped up with the surrounding leaf storm following it. It then spread its arms and legs, separating the leaf storm as leaves flew everywhere, gently landing down.

"Amazing! I've never seen anything like that before! Using the leaf storm as a ride and becoming on with it. I'd say that could be its own grass type move!" Mr Suziko said, with both the judges being in awe.

"Roserade truly is one of the most elegant Pokemon out there, wouldn't you agree Nurse Joy?"

"100% Mr Contesta!"

"Try and top that Victoria." Harper guffawed at her opposing contestant, thinking that no one could outdo her.

"Oh.. we'll do more than a just top that.." Umbreon. Shadow Ball. Umbreon fired a shadow ball, high up into the air. "Now use psychic and jump on it!" The Moonlight Pokemon then jumped high up, standing on the airborne shadow ball. "Let's more too it. Use Moonlight and then psychic once more!" Umbreon then let out Moonlight once more, but this time, it used psychic. The psychic controlled moonlight was next to the shadow ball as Umbreon directed the two balls into the air with psychic. The darkness of the shadow ball and the brightness of the moonlight accompanied by the purple glow of psychic. Now it truly looks like a solar eclipse. And here came the cherry on top. Umbreon's golden circles begun glowing, giving the shadow ball more light. Now there were beautiful light rays all over the place, shining almost as bright as the sun.

"Spectacular! It actually IS like a Solar Eclipse! The way they stand together with their opposing colours is brilliant!" Nurse Joy said with excitement and wonder in her eyes and voice. Harper was even impressed herself.

"Holy moly."

"Alright. That's the time! The judges will make their decision." Time had run out since this was a much shorter contest than most other ones. It was time for the judges to decide, who had the better display of style and skill.

"Hm. Roserade's first show was both beautiful and had a sweet feeling to it. The sweet scent,s pink wafting aura really helped bring it out. Especially when it became apart of the magical leaf." Mr Suziko said.

"Umbreon's first show was just as good. Having it use dark pulse around the moonlight gave it the feeling similar to that of an aurora. Not to mention how the pulse kept coming out of it like a heartbeat." Mr Contesta followed.

"And for both their second acts, they both did unexpected feats. Riding the leaf storm while dancing around it with such ease and using psychic on both attacks while one of them is truly spectacular." Nurse Joy finished off.

"So to conclude.. we have decided.. that the winner is.." Mr Contesta was about to announce the winner as the crowd and the contestants were waiting for the answer.

"Contestant Victoria!" The three of them said in unison. "That Umbreon trick was brand new. Felt like it was sitting atop a planet!" Sukizo said.

"Yes! Victoria had a look of joy on her face as she gave Umbreon on a hug. "Great job Umbreon!"

"Aw, man... You did your best Roserade." Harper kneeled to comfort her sad and defeated Roserade. Victoria and Umbreon walked over to their defeated opponents.

"Good show." Victoria extended out her arms as Harper held it as they shook hands.

"Yeah. Good show indeed. I might have to visit the Johto Region after this to learn new tricks. The crowd clapped, cheering with applause to such a good show. Celestia and Luna as well. Luna seemed to enjoy this much more than Celestia considering she wasn't too much for it at first.

"That was amazing. They had such grace and beauty doing it!" Twilight said while looking at Ash.

"Yeah. it is pretty wonderful to look at."

"Pikachu!"

"I do wish it was longer but that was wonderful anyways. Thank you for telling us about this Ash." Celestia had thanked Ash. All this time, Ralts had been watching Celestia and the contest going on. Ralts was amazed by what she saw. So much amazing and wonderful tricks were put on display. It was enough to put a big smile on her face.

Time had come for the crowd to leave the contest hall. Every human and pony let themselves out, heading home.

"That was AMAZING! WE ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH, ASH KETCHUM!" Luna yelled with happiness and joy.

"Glad you liked it. There are more contest halls out there and they all have something to bring to the table."

"Pika Pika."

"I guess Pokemon can be beautiful themselves. I mean that Roserade was beautiful and that Umbreon too. Despite being a little bit creepy." Twilight said.

"Though it did look kinda cool when those yellow circles on it started glowing. You gotta admit." Spike replied to her.

Ralts kept teleporting, sneaking around just to see Celestia. However, the sun alicorn already knew Ralts was near.

"I know you're there Ralts." Ralts jumped in surprise as it hid behind another building, peeking out.

"That Ralts sure does like you princess," Spike said. Ralts walked up to her again, hugging her hoof once more. Celestia looked at Ralts, thinking for a bit.

"Ralts. Do you... want to come with me perhaps?" When Ralts heard this, its happiness grew. It nodded its head aggressively, jumping for joy as it was about to go with the pony that caught its attention. "Then it settled. I'll take very good care of you." Ralts jumped onto Celestia's back, unable to contain its happiness. Neither could Celestia. "Hehe. My very first Pokemon... This is all new to me."

"Congratulations Princess!" Twilight congratulated her teacher.

"Having a Ralts is super special. Not many can have one ya know. What are you gonna call her?" Ash asked.

"Well.. she looks timid and shy but can be very expressive and happy. So I believe I'll call her Passion. Does that sound nice Ralts?"

"Ralts! Ralts!" Ralts obviously agreed 100%.

"Great. Now then. How does the Sinnoh Region sound?"

"We should be careful not to waste too much time, sister. We have to bring up the moon eventually."

"Oh right right." As the group walked on off to the rift gateways. Their next visit is up ahead.

The Sinnoh Region. The first region. And the region where the creation trio is worshipped and well known. Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. Here, Twilight Sparkle will learn about the history of the Pokemon world. After all, the rift was watching over all of this.

"They have arrived in Sinnoh. Considering how that Twilight Sparkle pony is... I can already tell that she will keep all of her focus on this world." The rift said to itself, knowing what was coming.

"Here we are. Sinnoh. Man, I missed this. And we're in Canalave City too."

"Pika..."

"So this is Sinnoh.. something about it feels so familiar. Arceus maybe?" Celestia said, feeling a bit of Arceus around here.

"That's because Sinnoh is the first region out of all of em. And where Arceus and the Creation Trio are worshipped.. at least from my memory anyways."

"Hold on. First? So that means this entire region is.." Twilight took a moment to realise where she was standing right now. She was here at the origin of it all. "This is perfect!"

"It is?" Spike asked.

"Yes! The Pokemon World is still so confusing to me and has me wondering so many things. But now that I'm here, where it all began, I can learn more about it!"

"Well, there's the Canalave Library just up ah-" Twilight immediately zoomed off once she heard Ash say library. She was long gone now.

"She'll be busy for a while. Let's let her go on about her business." Celestia knew how caught up Twilight gets in her studies. And with something like this, who knows how long it'll take.

Canalave Library. The only library in Sinnoh. Here there lies a plethora of books containing the myths of Sinnoh, which also connects to the Pokemon world itself. The librarian, the one ran the place saw the purple pony rush in, heading towards her.

"Hi there. Do you by any chance have books that are about the origins of this world? Your world of course, not mine. Anywhere I can find one?" Twilight was speaking rapidly, trying to contain her excitement. The librarian looked at her with a worried look on her face as she pointed right to bookshelves.

"Section O.," She said.

"Thank you!" Twilight headed over to Section O, browsing through constant books just to find the most important one.

"Let's see... Origin of the True Dragon, Origin of the Pokeball.." The catalogue of books contains origins of not just Sinnoh but other regions as well so this library wasn't limited to only Sinnoh. Then, Twilight spotted the book that caught her attention. "Aha! That's it!" She used her magic to grab the golden book that stood out to her.

"Origin of the Universe. This is what I need!" The book that'll answer all of her questions right in front of her. Opening the book, she was met with the insight and knowledge of this world.

"In the beginning, there was a single egg that laid in the centre of darkness. Out of the egg hatched Arceus. The Alpha Pokemon who birthed the universe. Arceus?" Twilight hadn't seen Arceus yet. Even when he arrived at the party once Malamar was defeated, Celestia and her guards are the only ponies that have seen him.

"With him came a thousand arms consisting of Unowns. After that, he created the Creation Trio. Dialga, Palkia and Giratina." Twilight continued. "Dialga was the guardian of time, making sure that time flows normally throughout the universe. And Palkia was the guardian of space, making sure that space is intact. Then there is Giratina, who was banished to the Distortion World due to his destructive nature. Distortion world?" Twilight was curious about this Giratina figure and this other world.

"So it's these 4 that make the Universe the way they are.. but what about the world itself?" Twilight continued reading on the next page, finding out about the Pokemon Earth.

"4,600,000,000 years prior, the World of Pokemon was created. Arceus created three Pokemon that represent only three traits. Knowledge, Emotion and Willpower. The Pokemon that represented this were Uxie, Mespirit and Azelf. Guardians of Lake Verity, Lake Valor and Lake Acuity. So does that mean that all Pokemon aren't naturally made? Are they all just creations made up by this Arceus being?" Twilight had to know more. If this was the case then how were the humans made?

"Wait a minute.. what's this? The seas of the Pokemon world were formed by Kyogre, deep in the Trenches. And deep inside the earth, the grounds were created by Groudon. While Rayquaza formed the minerals in the ozone layer. These two Pokemon battle it out until Rayquaza steps in to put it all to a halt. AMAZING! Now I know about the seas and the land. But still no lead on naturally made Pokemon. Let's see... Regigigas moved the continents to place regions where they are right now.. wow. Talk about strength."

That is when something caught Twilight's eye.

"The ancestor of all Pokemon on Earth. Mew. Oh really now? Mew's were a race of Pokemon that lived in plentiful numbers, however as time went on.. the Mew species began to evolve. Every single one of them becoming new Pokemon as all Mew's were fading away into newer species. That is when Humans appeared. So there's no lead on how Humans came to be. Well, now I know how the universe and earth came to be. I might have to continue this back at home." Twilight closed up the book as she walked up to the librarian.

"Excuse me. Would it be okay for me to borrow this for a while?" She asked the human.

"You can borrow it but I expect it to be returned in at least 3 weeks... Actually considering how long and huge the book is.. make it 4."

"Right! I will! Thank you!" Twilight walked out of the library with all the knowledge she needed. Out of the library and into the City, Celestia and the others were long gone by now. "Princess Celestia? Where did they go?"

Celestia and the others were currently busy as a trainer had come up to Ash all of a sudden.

"You're Ash Ketchum aren't you? I've heard a lot about you.. and how you won the Alola League a few weeks ago." The boy said.

"Yeah, that's me. I can already guess why you're here.."

"You know it. I challenge you! I did the math and found out that if I beat you that will make me Champion automatically! At least I think that's how it goes.."

"I'm not sure you need math for that.." Spike said.

"Challenge accepted! I and Pikachu are up for one."

"Pikachu!"

"Oh, my Luna. We get to experience a Pokemon Battle! But this time for fun instead of what happened with Malamar." Celestia got excited, talking to her sister.

"Meh. We've probably seen much more exciting events."

"Go! Heracross!" The trainer sent out his Pokemon. The Single Horn Pokemon Heracross.

"Heracross!"

"Heracross huh? This'll be a bit tricky. Pikachu I choose you!" Pikachu hopped off his partner's shoulders, readying himself.

"Pika!"

"I actually wanna see this too!" Spike sat down as some residents in Canalave gathered around to see this as well.

"I like making the first move to deal some damage! Heracross, Bullet Seed!" The boy's Heracross shot out bullets made out of seeds from its mouth, which could barely be seen as they moved just as fast a bullet would.

"Knock em back with Iron Tail!" Pikachu's iron-clad tail knocked away the seeds, preventing any one of them from dealing damage.

"Get in close and use Megahorn!" Heracross flew forward with its horn glowing. It struck its powered up horn onto the chest of the electric rodent, knocking him upwards.

"Pika!"

"Pikachu! Relax and use Thunderbolt from above!" Pikachu recovered mid-air, sending down a bolt of thunderbolt towards the opposing Heracross.

"Dodge it!" Heracross barely managed to dodge the thunderbolt by the skin of its bug body.

"There's more! Electroweb!" Pikachu while falling mid-air sent out his electroweb which encased Heracross, shocking him in the process.

"Ah what? No way!" The trainer said, being surprised.

"Finish it with Iron Tail!" Pikachu ran forward, slamming its iron tail down on the head of the trapped Heracross, granting a certified knockout. Heracross had fainted.

"That's the match!" Ash said as everyone cheered, including Celestia and Spike. Luna let out tiny applause as she was mildly impressed.

"Ah, man... Good job Heracross." The young trainer returned his Heracross to its Pokeball as Ash walked towards the young one. "Man I can see why you're a champion and all. You've got a whole legacy to you."

"Ah, thanks. But ya know, you can be just as good as me someday if you train with your Pokemon and bond with them too. If I ever enter another league, I hope you'll be there."

"Right! Thank you, Mr Ketchum!" The boy thanked him as he ran off elsewhere.

"Mr Ketchum?"

"That was wonderful Ash! I could feel the thrill. Although.." Celestia looked back at her new and first Pokemon Ralts who was shaking due to the battle. "Its okay Passion. No harm is done to you." Celestia comforted her shaking pokemon who had stopped cowering.

"Sister. We do believe that it is almost time. The sun shall soon set. We should probably return to our world." Luna explained. Their nice little visit was coming to end. At least for today.

"You're right. What a shame. I was hoping to visit the other regions today as well."

"You can always come back another time and see them for yourself ya know." Ash retorted.

"Of course. And I did get something great out of it all. My little Ralts. Now we should probably get going. A wedding is due in a few days and we have to prepare."

"What about Twilight? What if she gets locked in at the library?" Spike worried.

"She'll be fine. If anything she might sleep in for the night." Celestia replied.

"I'm here! I'm here!" And speaking of Twilight she had caught up. "You won't believe what I found. I've learnt so much about this world and how it was made.. but there's still more to it."

"You catch up on that. Right now, me and Luna best be going. Will you come along or stay?"

"I'll come along. I can keep this at my home for 4 weeks in the meantime. By the way Princess Celestia? Are you sure you want to keep a Pokemon in your castle at Canterlot? Let alone your room. I mean you already have Philomena don't you?"

"I'm more than capable of handling it Twilight. Phoenix's aren't easy to raise either you know. Every creature needs time to raise."

"Yeah... I suppose that's true. They all exited through the gateway, entering the north side of Canterlot. Rainbow Dash and the others had just finished their visits, as well as they had all gathered up in one spot. "Everypony's here. I guess we all enjoyed our time there right?"

"Yeah! We did have some fun. I'm gonna back here every time to train myself." Rainbow said."

"And I'll be here to make sure Rarity doesn't overwork herself on a certain Pokemon."

"It was only a few, Applejack. I could've kept going."

"Glad every pony had their time. But boy oh boy... I'm out of it. I think I'm gonna need a long nap after this.." Twilight said with her body getting tired.

"We all do. Best we all head home now." And they did just that. Celestia and Luna returned to the castle which was only nearly done along with Celestia's own Pokemon Ralts. Fluttershy back to her cottage, Applejack back to Sweet Apple Acres after she gets Rarity, Pinkie had already gone home long ago and Twilight and Spike headed back to Golden Oak Library.

Ash and Pikachu had to clock out for tonight as well. "Well, buddy. We can get back home to Pallet Town quicker now."

"Pikachu.."

"You know the more I look at this world, there more I kinda want it to stay merged with ours.. but I guess that's a bit selfish huh?"

"Pika-pi. Pikachu."

"Yeah, you're right. Anyways, let's head home and see what happens tomorrow." And with that, they take a gateway to Pallet Town, returning home as they prepare for tomorrow.

At Golden Oak Library, Twilight couldn't rest on the book she borrowed. As she was reading through the history of the Pokemon world, learning about different legendaries and fossil Pokemon, something had caught her eye.

"What is this..?" A page describing an event where Arceus lost its Jewel of Life. And how it came back to him, saving the universe from extinction. But in the pages was a drawing of two humans and one other human. One that resembled Ash.

"What the..?"

The Origin of the Universe. The book that Twilight Sparkle had borrowed. And in one particular page, where it describes the event of when Arceus lost its Jewel of Life and the entire universe was almost erased because of Arceus slowly dying. However, in that story, a group of people and Pokemon helped save Arceus. Five people in total. They had a mural based on those five people and one of them looked like Ash. Not just like him, identical. This shocked Twilight.

"Ash?" Was it an ancestor? If so then Ash's family must have a fondness for Pikachu's since it was also in there. But was it an ancestor? Because in the mural, the hat was there, but the clothing was similar to what they wore long ago.

"It's definitely an ancestor.. it has to be." She had only seen the picture of the mural. That is until she turned the page, reading the words on that page.. and that's when she saw the name. The words said... "The entire universe had been saved due to the efforts of five heroes. Damos, Sheena, Brock, Dawn and Ash. The land of Michina and the universe lived on without the jewel of life.. as Arceus and the Creation Trio returned.. back to their realm." Twilight knew she wasn't going crazy. Ash's name was right there.

"That long ago..." It became much clearer to Twilight. And the name Dawn was also something she recognized. When she was with Celestia and the others in Lumiose City yesterday, juice shoppe owner mentioned the girl with the unique catchphrase that went "No need to worry" Ash recognized it as his old friend's saying. Dawn. Now it was 100% clear. This was no ancestry situation. Twilight looked out of the window, glaring at the gateways.

"Ash. Who are you?"

A new day has come in both worlds. Today was a much more calm day. Nothing too extreme and nothing too boring. Just a nice warm standard feel-good day. The Bellossom was enjoying this the most. Dancing to that nice Equestrian Sun. Everypony was going about their day in Ponyville. Fluttershy was taking care of both the animals and some Pokemon that had decided to live with her. Rainbow Dash was in her home, learning to bond with her Rufflet and Whirlipede, while Pinkie Pie and her Slurpuff helpers assisted her. A normal and nice day. For mostly everypony that is. Because Twilight was ready to uncover the mystery behind Ash. At least the one she thinks is there.

"Twilight. What's with all this focus on your face?" Spike asked.

"Spike. I've discovered the most unnatural thing yet."

"What?"

"It's about Ash. I think he may be something else."

"What him? He just looks like a young kid that's all. Nothing out of the ordinary."

"That's just it Spike. He looks young, but apparently, he's been around for billions of years now!"

"Billions of years?! Come on Twilight, that's impossible-" Before Spike could finish, Twilight showed him the page where it mentioned Ash and also showed him the mural.

"Look at this. This all takes place billions of years in the past. And there's Ash right there. Along with his Pikachu."

"Woah. That is convincing. It could just be a distant relative or an ancestor."

"I thought so at first.. but then I saw the name Dawn. You remember how Ash mentioned one her friends was named Dawn back in Lumiose?"

"Oh... Woah.." It all clicked to Spike.

"This means one thing. Ash is older than even Celestia and Luna themselves. But how can he look so young compared to others who are much older than him?"

"No idea. But I don't think you should worry about it too much Twilight."

"Mincinno." Her Mincinno agreed with him.

"Ash might help us figure out how to fix all of this. If he's friends with Arceus the Creator Pokemon...Then his billions of years of knowledge can help us sort this rift issue in no time."

"Uh sure.."

"I'm off Spike. I'm gonna go find out who this Ash Ketchum guy really is." Twilight set out, ready to ask any human who Ash Ketchum is as Spike could already sense an incoming disaster.

The Pokemon World. Right now, Twilight is going around each region asking every human who Ash is. Just to get some answers.

"Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town? Oh yeah.. he's got a name for himself. That kid's been around every region so far. I don't think he'll ever stop until he's explored all of em." A man from Hoenn said.

"Aha! So he's explored every region for all these years. He must've taken millions of years to go through the ones he's been in. He probably has so much knowledge on each of them." Twilight said, getting a solid answer. Although she misunderstood the man on what he meant by explored every region.

"Yeah, that Ash kid had made some milestones. You should've seen him at the Sinnoh League. He made some sort of shield by getting his Pokemon to spin." A woman from Sinnoh said.

"The kid from Kanto? If I could describe him, it'd be tenacious. The kid doesn't know the meaning of the word gives up. Even when he loses he's always positive." A trainer from the Unova region described him.

"I like him cause he has so many cool flying type Pokemon!" A young child said with glee.

"His Pikachu's like.. pretty cool ya know.." A girl said with a monotone voice.

"The kids almost became a Frontier Brain.. but he liked turned it down." A surfer said.

"I wonder how he manages to come up with nigh-impossible tricks that guarantee him victory most of the time. I'm still blown away by that battle he had with Conway." A pondering girl wondered.

"His Greninja's pure speed. I mean I could barely keep up with it when it was battling against that Sceptile!"

"His Pikachu is like... CUTEST!"

"He can pull off a lot of things even with Pokemon that aren't fully evolved."

"I remember that time he won the Cameran Palace Battle Tournament and was rewarded the title of Hero of the Year. Man, that battle against Kidd Summers was awesome.."

And the final person she talked too...

"I saw him in like sort of golden light while flying in the air with water.. it was weird but pretty nice."

Twilight had gotten a lot of answers and info about Ash. Based on all the info she's gathered, only one of them grabs her attention. The region part. The rests were just feats and character descriptions.

"Okay.. so from what I can tell.. he's got a name for himself. But that exploring every current region is great. I'll just go and ask him what he's all about and if he has any long-lasting knowledge that can help us." Twilight took the gateway towards Ash's house, entering Pallet Town.

Once she entered by opening the door, she was met by his mother. Delia Ketchum.

"Oh hello. Can I help you?"

"Hi. Is Ash here?"

"Oh, you must be one of Ash's pony friends. No, he's not here at the moment. He's gone off to venture in your world with Pikachu again. In the meantime would you like Mimey to make you some poffins?"

"No thanks. But quickly... can you tell me what's up with Ash?"

"What's up with him? Well, where can I start..? I guess with the fact that he has one major goal."

"What is that?"

"To become a Pokemon Master. He hasn't let that dream go away not once."

"Pokemon Master? What could that be?"

"No one knows."

"Hah?" Twilight was confused.

"There's never been a Pokemon Master before. No one even knows what it is, how it's achieved or if it even exists. Most high ranking people in this world are mostly Champions. But even they aren't close to this master rank that is unheard of. That's why Ash is so dedicated to this goal. He wants to be the very best, but not just that. He doesn't just want to become a Pokemon Master.. he wants to be THE Pokemon Master. The first of its kind."

"A Pokemon Master.. unknown to everypony... Sounds like he's a real go-getter despite how long he's been around."

"Oh, you don't know the half of it, dear. Despite how many times he journeys the world, he's never once thought about stopping. Even when he comes home he can't wait to explore the world more."

"I see.. well it's been great talking to you... but I gotta go. Bye!" Twilight headed off, returning to her world in Ponyville.

"This is bizarre. Billions of years old. Region explorer. Pokemon Master? How hasn't he achieved a goal like that if he's been around for so long? He's older than everypony in this world! Unless... could it be?" Twilight thought hard for a minute... thinking and thinking until she came up with a ridiculous idea. Maybe... Ash is some sort of deity that roams this world as an immortal!" Clearly.. that wasn't it. She came up with this ludicrous answer... if only she knew the full story of why and how Ash was in the mural.

"Alright. Time to find Ash and get some answers." Twilight headed off, asking anypony if they had seen Ash.

"The boy with the thunderbolt markings on his cheeks? I saw him go into Rarity's shop." Lyra said. Twilight entered the said shop, only to find Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Opalescence and the Sewaddle in there.

"Rarity! Have you seen Ash?"

"Oh yes darling, he came by earlier. Just missed him though I'm afraid."

"Ugh.." Twilight zoomed out, heading to the next pony who she hoped had seen him anywhere.

"Oh that Ash kid? He came here to buy some plums.. then I believe he was headed to Sweet Apple Acres."

"Oh you gotta be kidding me.." Twilight felt like she was moving all over the place, looking for this one guy. At Sweet Apple Acres, she asked Applejack, Big Mac and Granny Smith if they'd seen him.

"He just came by to get a few pieces of Apple Pies. And that's about it. He is headed to Fluttershy's cottage though." Applejack explained.

"Eeyup."

"Why is he moving all over the place?!" Twilight rushed out, hoping to get to Fluttershy's cottage before Ash leaves. Arriving there.. she was too late.

"Oh, Twilight. Can I help you?"

"Fluttershy.. please tell me Ash is here."

"Sorry. He left a while ago."

"Oh come on! I've been moving all over the place!"

"But.. he is gonna stop at Sugarcube Corner and just there alone. I don't think he'll be moving around anymore."

"Perfect! I'd better get there to make sure!" Twilight moved as fast as she could, teleporting to save up some time. She had arrived at Sugarcube Corner, hoping that he was still there. "Please be here." Opening the door, there he was with his partner Pikachu.

"Aha!"

"Oh hey, Twilight."

"Pikachu."

"Wait.. what is all of this?" Twilight got a good look at the room and saw that it was ready for some sort of birthday party. "A birthday?"

"It's actually an Anniversary! For these two chuckleheads here!" Pinkie Pie said, pointing to Ash and Pikachu. The rest of the Mane 6, including some ponies, had entered SugarCube corner.

"Your anniversary?"

"Yeah. Todays' the anniversary of when I and Pikachu first met. Good times ya know."

"We heard about this, so he came to us to prepare a special occasion. He hasn't had anything special for their anniversaries you know. He came to me asking for a special outfit." Rarity started.

"Then he came to me for some plums, since his friend here started to like the plums that I make." The earth pony followed.

"After that, he came to Sweet Apple Acres to get some pies for everypony to eat. His treat for their anniversary." Applejack then continued.

"And finally, he asked if I could help decorate for him." Fluttershy finished off.

"And I did the invitations."

"Oh.. that explains a few things," Twilight said.

"Mhm. This is gonna be the best anniversary ever. We've never had a party during our anniversaries!"

"Pika-Pikachu!" Everypony began to start the anniversary party, congratulating the two of them. Ash had put on Rarity's outfit as it fit him perfectly. A blue jacket with yellow lines on the side followed up with grey jeans and some red and white shoes similar to that of his Kalos getup. This was Rarity's first time dealing with human clothing also.

"Awesome! Thanks, Rarity."

"You're a welcome darling."

"You rock blue just as good as me Ash." Rainbow Dash complimented him. They were enjoying the anniversary along with Twilight who walked up to the two of them.

"Well. Happy Anniversary Ash and Pikachu. Being around for this long.. billions of years even isn't easy. I can only imagine all the things you've been through."

"Billions?"

"Pika?"

"Your age. How long you've been around for."

"We haven't been around for billions of years."

"..Hah? But you were around when you saved Arceus and the universe billions of years ago. I saw it in the book.. and you were in a mural too! You've explored many regions through your years!"

"Oh that. Yeah about that.. Dialga sent us back in time to help Arceus get back the Jewel of Life. Our friend Damos just made a mural of us since we helped him out."

"Pikachu-pi!"

"S-So you're not an immortal deity who's been around for billions of years?"

"Nope. Truth is, this is our 22nd Anniversary."

"22nd?! You don't look like it though! How are you so young?!" She yelled.

"I uh don't know... but I think it might have something to do with Ho-oh... We don't quite know yet. But we're enjoying our adventures while they last ya know!" They both had a grin on their faces.

"Hahaha...hahaha... Time Travel.. that's it huh... Silly Twilight. Should've known. Hahaha! Immortal Deity." She was starting to go a bit crazy as Spike walked up to her.

"You know Twilight.. you could've just continued reading. The next page tells you about this Dialga guy."

"OH... Oh..." Twilight sank into the ground, feeling foolish for overthinking all of this.

"No need to worry Twilight. It's in the past now. In the meantime.. enjoy the party." Ash said. Twilight sighed as she got up, joining in. After all that, she could now see that Ash is just a boy with an electric mouse for a friend. He wasn't out of the ordinary. He was just a Kid from Kanto who has had a lot of adventures.