A sound of Magicarp by Schell
You know I own none of the characters. This occurs somewhere in the first series.
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"Hey Ash" Misty called. "I noticed you haven't caught that many pokemon"
"Yeah" Ash said embarrassed. "I am only waiting for the ultra rare pokemon. The kind nobody can ever get"
"The way I see it," said Brock "We have probably seen more rare pokemon then anyone else. But there is always something stopping us. Whether it's Team Rocket, it belongs to someone, some moral dilemma," he listed.
Ash turned a further shade of red. "Yeah, but I want the really, really, rare ones" he explained.
They then find themselves conveniently in front of a poster.
"Maybe this is what you are after" misty pointed.
The poster looked quite recent. it read:
Updated safari notice. Tired of catching ordinary day to day pokemon? Need a little variety? We can help. Trips are being organised on a hunt through time, of which YOU could be the lucky trainer to catch the most rarest, dangerous pokemon that ever walked the earth. For details, come to our head office. Price is reasonable.
"What do you think?" Asked Brock.
"It must be a joke" Said Misty.
"What? Time travel?" asked Ash.
"No, that the price is reasonable."
"Oh. Well let's give it a try"
The trio walked towards the city.
*************
A few moments later, Jesse and James came along. They walked past the notice, realising what it said, they quickly turned towards it.
"Rare pokemon?" James read out loud.
"Through time?" Jesse also read.
"Lets do it!" They both cried as they ran.
Meowth tailed after them. "Hey wait for me!" he cried.
**************
Things were going normal in Veridian City. Tall buildings, a wonderment of architecture sprawled about the place in almost perfect order. Which one of these magnificent buildings held the fabled pokemon safari though time?
"Are you sure this is the place?" Brock asked staring at the shanty broken down house before him.
"That is what the notice said" Misty held up the address.
They walked inside.
The exterior of the house was nothing like the interior. Complex machines lined the wall, that made you wonder if they were from this century. A desk was in front, sitting behind was a sixteen year old girl. She had purple hair and thick glasses. "Are you here because of the safari trip through time?" She said.
They nodded.
"My name is Lucca" She introduced herself. "I organise the trips and come with you as a guide."
Brock looked at her. "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
"No! I am a completely original character. I have nothing to do with any RPG you might have played, or anything like that!"
They took a step back, glancing at the author with an accusing look. They then forgot about it (To their distaste!)
"So, how much is it?" Asked Ash.
"Like the poster said, quite reasonable"
She handed Ash the letter.
There was a number. "So far so good," thought Ash, then he saw the trail of zeroes that followed. He took a deep breath, but his hand started shaking. He fainted. The paper flew into the air, to Brock. He too read it.
All in all, he took it quite calmly.
"We can't afford this!" He shouted half tearing the paper to shreds.
"What did you expect," replied Lucca calmly, charter flights?" she then saw Pikachu. "Get that electric pokemon out of here! Don't you know how sensitive this equipment is?"
The lights suddenly went red. Lucca cried in surprise and went back to her computer. "Oh great" She shook her head in dismay. She looked out a window where a craft materialised in the back of the building. Next to it was an identical craft. On the one that materialised was an identical Lucca, and a few passengers. Gary was amongst them.
"I tell you I could have got it!" Gary was saying for the first time ever in his life.
Lucca ran to the craft and was talking to the other Lucca.
"There has been a misalignment in the chrono-reggirt-equilibrium . You have materialised a few days in your future, into my present!" She said with careful simplicity.
"Sorry" the newly materialised Lucca apologised, understanding the futility of explaining in non linear terms what happened.
Ash and his friends caught up with them.
Gary saw them with surprise. "Don't tell me you're here too for this trip," he said. "There's no way 'you' could afford it"
"I can!" said Ash, until he remembered the long line of zeroes making him feel faint for a moment. "Just how could you?"
"Don't talk to him" said present Lucca. "He belongs in the past. You could mess things up in the present."
Gary ignored her. "Gramps paid. I just said it was for the chance to get a pokemon he would really enjoy studying" he said.
"Did you get pokemon?" Asked Ash.
"No one has yet. I 'nearly' had it, I was so close" Gary emphasised just how close by clenching his fists.
"What were you trying to get?" Ash asked, but the craft was already powering up.
"Bad luck Ash, Maybe Ill see you later." Gary and the craft then vanished.
Ash stood quiet for a moment. Then a look of what could almost be described as insanity came to his eyes. He started laughing to himself. "I am going to get that pokemon he couldn't. You wait and see!"
"I accept all major credit cards" Said Lucca.
Ash was brought back down to Earth.
"I tell you what," Lucca began.
Ash looked hopeful. "Yes?"
"There is the competition I have organised for a free trip. Its a one time only promotion offer..."
"Really?" Ash said excited.
"Don't get your hopes up. The chances of winning are incalculable. Almost infinite to one."
"Let me try," said Ash confidently.
"Okay, come back inside."
They went back to her office.
"First, I need 300 credits for you to register in the lottery" Said Lucca.
Combined together, Ash Misty and Brock had just enough. They handed it in.
"I guess we will be sleeping rough for a long time" Brock thought.
"Now, you need to pick a date. It can be of any date in the past or future. I have placed an object in a certain time randomly, and if you pick the correct date, you win."
They all began to think of what date it could be.
"How many digits does the year have" Asked Brock.
"I can't say" Replied Lucca, "It was 'completely' random"
They all sat in frustration. How about my birthday" said Misty.
"Or mine" said Brock.
"How about the date I met Pikachu" said Ash.
"Have you thought of it yet? Here, write it down on this piece of paper." Lucca gave them a clean sheet, which was placed in the table. It was incredibly large, so that they could enter whatever date came to mind. (With extra paper available ^_^)
Ash held the pen on top of the piece of paper, ready to enter something. "I can't decide! Pikachu you do it." He handed the pokemon the pen.
"Ash! Pikachu doesn't know how to write!" Misty pointed out.
Pikachu already started doodling on the sheet happily, then put it down.
Lucca picked up the paper. Her eyes became wide. "Wow, you just might be the lucky one!" Lucca entered it into her computer.
Ash caught a glimpse of the paper. It didn't have a date on it, just a silly doodle that Pikachu made. It looked like a flat figure eight on its side.
"Congratulations! You won!" Said Lucca. "Out of all the possible places in time and space, you picked the correct one." She began to wonder if anyone else knew about the nexus…
"Yes! We won!" Ash shouted. The unusual luck that followed him had struck again.
"Here sign this," she handed a contract. It had really small writing on it.
"What's this for?" asked Ash.
"Just the usual contract. That we are not to be held responsible if you get erased from existence and that you will observe the strict code not to interfere with even the smallest of events in the past."
Ash signed the paper.
"Okay, You are allowed to take one pokemon to battle." said Lucca.
"What! Just one?" Ash thought that was really unfair.
"Take it or leave it."
"Then I choose... Pikachu!" Ash said.
"He said it like he was really considering something else" whispered Misty to Brock.
"I know." Brock whispered back.
"Hey, What about us?" Said Misty realising they haven't been mentioned.
"Sorry, the lottery was only for one winner" Lucca replied.
*************
Meanwhile, Team Rocket was watching through the window.
"He is going to the past," James said.
"Lucky twerp. Why can't we ever get that luck." Jesse whispered to herself.
"Do I have to explain everything?" Meowth said annoyed. "All we got to do is sneak onboard that thing. Then we capture the pokemon and bring it back."
"Then the boss will be really pleased and reward us handsomely" James finished.
They crept around the house towards the back. They saw the time machine. It had 'Epoch' written on it.
"Hey Jesse, what does Epoch mean?" James asked.
"How should I know? Quick, find somewhere to hide inside!"
On the back was a small compartment, which Meowth opened.
"There's lots of junk in here" James said. He started to throw some of it out.
Eventually they cleared out enough space for them to go inside.
"Its still too cramped" said Jesse with meowth's foot sticking into her ear. "Let's put meowth in a pokeball"
"No way!" said Meowth.
"Shhh" said James. "I hear them coming"
************
Ash climbed aboard the strange vehicle.
"Don't forget Ash! If you do capture a pokemon, you need to share it with us!" Misty said.
"No problem Misty," Ash was really glad they helped him. "What kind of pokemon are we after?"
Lucca turned to him with a solemn expression and spoke slowly. "Magikarp"
They blinked. They then laughed on the floor.
Even Team Rocket in the back compartment was laughing, though they gagged each other.
"Really?" Ash sad in between giggles. "I thought it was the most dangerous pokemon"
"Back then it was," Lucca began to describe the ferocious pokemon. "Imagine a pokemon about three times the size of an adult Garados. It looks like the magicarp of today, but it has razor sharp teeth that can pierce titanium. It can swim in any environment possible. Land, air, water, fire, maybe even outer space. Its scales are super hard such that nothing I have seen so far can even pierce it. Imagine now that it also has full telekinetic powers, and is extremely aggressive."
Team rocket, hearing this, started to whiten in fear.
"Well it's a water type. I picked an electric type, I should have no trouble." Ash said with his trademarked cockiness.
"That's what Gary thought," Lucca remembered. "Just remember, do not stray from the designated path. If you do, don't touch anything. The slightest change could horribly alter the futures in ways you can't imagine."
"Such as?"
"Do you think pokemon evolved naturally?" Lucca questioned.
Ash thought about that. "What do you mean by that?"
He didn't get an answer as Lucca started activating the time machine.
"Hold on!" she shouted, as the machine started to hover.
Misty and Brock stood in front of the area they vanished.
"He's going to mess up time isn't he?" Misty said aloud.
Brock stood quiet for a moment. He gave a glance at Misty, then at the world around him. "Well, its been great knowing ya," he sighed.
There was no flash, no noise, nothing that could even hint at the alteration of the time stream.
And the world was changed forever.
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You know I own none of the characters. This occurs somewhere in the first series.
*************************************
"Hey Ash" Misty called. "I noticed you haven't caught that many pokemon"
"Yeah" Ash said embarrassed. "I am only waiting for the ultra rare pokemon. The kind nobody can ever get"
"The way I see it," said Brock "We have probably seen more rare pokemon then anyone else. But there is always something stopping us. Whether it's Team Rocket, it belongs to someone, some moral dilemma," he listed.
Ash turned a further shade of red. "Yeah, but I want the really, really, rare ones" he explained.
They then find themselves conveniently in front of a poster.
"Maybe this is what you are after" misty pointed.
The poster looked quite recent. it read:
Updated safari notice. Tired of catching ordinary day to day pokemon? Need a little variety? We can help. Trips are being organised on a hunt through time, of which YOU could be the lucky trainer to catch the most rarest, dangerous pokemon that ever walked the earth. For details, come to our head office. Price is reasonable.
"What do you think?" Asked Brock.
"It must be a joke" Said Misty.
"What? Time travel?" asked Ash.
"No, that the price is reasonable."
"Oh. Well let's give it a try"
The trio walked towards the city.
*************
A few moments later, Jesse and James came along. They walked past the notice, realising what it said, they quickly turned towards it.
"Rare pokemon?" James read out loud.
"Through time?" Jesse also read.
"Lets do it!" They both cried as they ran.
Meowth tailed after them. "Hey wait for me!" he cried.
**************
Things were going normal in Veridian City. Tall buildings, a wonderment of architecture sprawled about the place in almost perfect order. Which one of these magnificent buildings held the fabled pokemon safari though time?
"Are you sure this is the place?" Brock asked staring at the shanty broken down house before him.
"That is what the notice said" Misty held up the address.
They walked inside.
The exterior of the house was nothing like the interior. Complex machines lined the wall, that made you wonder if they were from this century. A desk was in front, sitting behind was a sixteen year old girl. She had purple hair and thick glasses. "Are you here because of the safari trip through time?" She said.
They nodded.
"My name is Lucca" She introduced herself. "I organise the trips and come with you as a guide."
Brock looked at her. "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
"No! I am a completely original character. I have nothing to do with any RPG you might have played, or anything like that!"
They took a step back, glancing at the author with an accusing look. They then forgot about it (To their distaste!)
"So, how much is it?" Asked Ash.
"Like the poster said, quite reasonable"
She handed Ash the letter.
There was a number. "So far so good," thought Ash, then he saw the trail of zeroes that followed. He took a deep breath, but his hand started shaking. He fainted. The paper flew into the air, to Brock. He too read it.
All in all, he took it quite calmly.
"We can't afford this!" He shouted half tearing the paper to shreds.
"What did you expect," replied Lucca calmly, charter flights?" she then saw Pikachu. "Get that electric pokemon out of here! Don't you know how sensitive this equipment is?"
The lights suddenly went red. Lucca cried in surprise and went back to her computer. "Oh great" She shook her head in dismay. She looked out a window where a craft materialised in the back of the building. Next to it was an identical craft. On the one that materialised was an identical Lucca, and a few passengers. Gary was amongst them.
"I tell you I could have got it!" Gary was saying for the first time ever in his life.
Lucca ran to the craft and was talking to the other Lucca.
"There has been a misalignment in the chrono-reggirt-equilibrium . You have materialised a few days in your future, into my present!" She said with careful simplicity.
"Sorry" the newly materialised Lucca apologised, understanding the futility of explaining in non linear terms what happened.
Ash and his friends caught up with them.
Gary saw them with surprise. "Don't tell me you're here too for this trip," he said. "There's no way 'you' could afford it"
"I can!" said Ash, until he remembered the long line of zeroes making him feel faint for a moment. "Just how could you?"
"Don't talk to him" said present Lucca. "He belongs in the past. You could mess things up in the present."
Gary ignored her. "Gramps paid. I just said it was for the chance to get a pokemon he would really enjoy studying" he said.
"Did you get pokemon?" Asked Ash.
"No one has yet. I 'nearly' had it, I was so close" Gary emphasised just how close by clenching his fists.
"What were you trying to get?" Ash asked, but the craft was already powering up.
"Bad luck Ash, Maybe Ill see you later." Gary and the craft then vanished.
Ash stood quiet for a moment. Then a look of what could almost be described as insanity came to his eyes. He started laughing to himself. "I am going to get that pokemon he couldn't. You wait and see!"
"I accept all major credit cards" Said Lucca.
Ash was brought back down to Earth.
"I tell you what," Lucca began.
Ash looked hopeful. "Yes?"
"There is the competition I have organised for a free trip. Its a one time only promotion offer..."
"Really?" Ash said excited.
"Don't get your hopes up. The chances of winning are incalculable. Almost infinite to one."
"Let me try," said Ash confidently.
"Okay, come back inside."
They went back to her office.
"First, I need 300 credits for you to register in the lottery" Said Lucca.
Combined together, Ash Misty and Brock had just enough. They handed it in.
"I guess we will be sleeping rough for a long time" Brock thought.
"Now, you need to pick a date. It can be of any date in the past or future. I have placed an object in a certain time randomly, and if you pick the correct date, you win."
They all began to think of what date it could be.
"How many digits does the year have" Asked Brock.
"I can't say" Replied Lucca, "It was 'completely' random"
They all sat in frustration. How about my birthday" said Misty.
"Or mine" said Brock.
"How about the date I met Pikachu" said Ash.
"Have you thought of it yet? Here, write it down on this piece of paper." Lucca gave them a clean sheet, which was placed in the table. It was incredibly large, so that they could enter whatever date came to mind. (With extra paper available ^_^)
Ash held the pen on top of the piece of paper, ready to enter something. "I can't decide! Pikachu you do it." He handed the pokemon the pen.
"Ash! Pikachu doesn't know how to write!" Misty pointed out.
Pikachu already started doodling on the sheet happily, then put it down.
Lucca picked up the paper. Her eyes became wide. "Wow, you just might be the lucky one!" Lucca entered it into her computer.
Ash caught a glimpse of the paper. It didn't have a date on it, just a silly doodle that Pikachu made. It looked like a flat figure eight on its side.
"Congratulations! You won!" Said Lucca. "Out of all the possible places in time and space, you picked the correct one." She began to wonder if anyone else knew about the nexus…
"Yes! We won!" Ash shouted. The unusual luck that followed him had struck again.
"Here sign this," she handed a contract. It had really small writing on it.
"What's this for?" asked Ash.
"Just the usual contract. That we are not to be held responsible if you get erased from existence and that you will observe the strict code not to interfere with even the smallest of events in the past."
Ash signed the paper.
"Okay, You are allowed to take one pokemon to battle." said Lucca.
"What! Just one?" Ash thought that was really unfair.
"Take it or leave it."
"Then I choose... Pikachu!" Ash said.
"He said it like he was really considering something else" whispered Misty to Brock.
"I know." Brock whispered back.
"Hey, What about us?" Said Misty realising they haven't been mentioned.
"Sorry, the lottery was only for one winner" Lucca replied.
*************
Meanwhile, Team Rocket was watching through the window.
"He is going to the past," James said.
"Lucky twerp. Why can't we ever get that luck." Jesse whispered to herself.
"Do I have to explain everything?" Meowth said annoyed. "All we got to do is sneak onboard that thing. Then we capture the pokemon and bring it back."
"Then the boss will be really pleased and reward us handsomely" James finished.
They crept around the house towards the back. They saw the time machine. It had 'Epoch' written on it.
"Hey Jesse, what does Epoch mean?" James asked.
"How should I know? Quick, find somewhere to hide inside!"
On the back was a small compartment, which Meowth opened.
"There's lots of junk in here" James said. He started to throw some of it out.
Eventually they cleared out enough space for them to go inside.
"Its still too cramped" said Jesse with meowth's foot sticking into her ear. "Let's put meowth in a pokeball"
"No way!" said Meowth.
"Shhh" said James. "I hear them coming"
************
Ash climbed aboard the strange vehicle.
"Don't forget Ash! If you do capture a pokemon, you need to share it with us!" Misty said.
"No problem Misty," Ash was really glad they helped him. "What kind of pokemon are we after?"
Lucca turned to him with a solemn expression and spoke slowly. "Magikarp"
They blinked. They then laughed on the floor.
Even Team Rocket in the back compartment was laughing, though they gagged each other.
"Really?" Ash sad in between giggles. "I thought it was the most dangerous pokemon"
"Back then it was," Lucca began to describe the ferocious pokemon. "Imagine a pokemon about three times the size of an adult Garados. It looks like the magicarp of today, but it has razor sharp teeth that can pierce titanium. It can swim in any environment possible. Land, air, water, fire, maybe even outer space. Its scales are super hard such that nothing I have seen so far can even pierce it. Imagine now that it also has full telekinetic powers, and is extremely aggressive."
Team rocket, hearing this, started to whiten in fear.
"Well it's a water type. I picked an electric type, I should have no trouble." Ash said with his trademarked cockiness.
"That's what Gary thought," Lucca remembered. "Just remember, do not stray from the designated path. If you do, don't touch anything. The slightest change could horribly alter the futures in ways you can't imagine."
"Such as?"
"Do you think pokemon evolved naturally?" Lucca questioned.
Ash thought about that. "What do you mean by that?"
He didn't get an answer as Lucca started activating the time machine.
"Hold on!" she shouted, as the machine started to hover.
Misty and Brock stood in front of the area they vanished.
"He's going to mess up time isn't he?" Misty said aloud.
Brock stood quiet for a moment. He gave a glance at Misty, then at the world around him. "Well, its been great knowing ya," he sighed.
There was no flash, no noise, nothing that could even hint at the alteration of the time stream.
And the world was changed forever.
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