Blitzle, Roggenrola, Ducklett, and Foongus
Hopping down a sidewalk, Itake the Foongus made his way to a warehouse. He crouched down to resemble a Pokeball whenever humans walked by him. It was an instinctual habit, one that was hard to break. Many times, he wished his predecessors had not chosen the red and white look. It was supposed to make them look like a harmless item. Unfortunately, they managed to look like a desirable item to humans, so the camouflage didn't work as it should. More often than not, he was bothered less if he simply kept hopping.
The right warehouse was easy to pick out even before he learned to read human numbers. His partner had placed a small staircase by the entrance, giving Itake access to the card reader. Bringing his card out of his cap, the Foongus hopped over and slid it through the reader, using his weight to pull it through. This opened the flap on the lower half of the door. Once inside, he bumped a button that locked the Pokemon entrance again.
Okay, today's plan required... good, the warehouse workers had moved the crate to the front of the building. He flipped a switch that opened the crate to prepare for today's job.
After school, the three girls and their Pokemon partners met up at a sushi bar. Darla, who had blond hair in large poofy curls, place a dab of wasabi on one roll and a swirl on a second. Then she took two sets of chopsticks, one to give the wasabi-dabbed roll to her Blitzle and the other to eat the wasabi-swirled roll herself. "This place is seriously the best in town. I don't know what it is about the others; they don't put as much skill or effort into it."
Ashley, an athletic beauty with short dark blue hair, poked Darla with her one set of chopsticks. Her Roggenrola was sitting on the table in an empty spot; he didn't eat sushi, but his one large eye showed no disappointment. Instead, he twisted his single ear (poking out of the top of his head) around to listen to the girls. "Yeah, but you should really stick to the shashimi if you don't want to get chubby," Ashley said teasingly.
"I am not gonna get chubby," Darla huffed. "I have a naturally high metabolism, you know that."
The third girl at the table, Melanie, wasn't sure how to get into the conversation, so she looked over her sushi rolls. Darla had said a few kinds were milder, since Melanie had never had sushi before, she went for one of those. Her white hair often fell into her face, so she tried to push it aside while she tried it. In the seat by her, her Ducklett happily ate the wetland Pokemon salad she had, pushing some of the peat moss aside to fully enjoy it after the seaweed. Lucky Pokemon, not having to worry about how to talk to two super-popular girls who, a week ago, probably wouldn't have even looked at Melanie. There was always the reason why they invited her out today...
After a few minutes of Darla and Ashley having friendly arguments and trying to outdo each other with jokes, Darla looked over at Melanie. "So how do you like the sushi? It's great, isn't it?"
"Oh, um, yeah, it's really good," she said. "So, um, about that thing we do... how does it work?"
"Don't worry about it," Darla said, shrugging. "It just works, and it's real easy if you follow your heart."
"It would have to be easy or Darla wouldn't be so good at it already," Ashley said.
The blond haired girl stuck her tongue out at Ashley, then crossed her arms over her chest. "Hey, I'm the first one who answered the call. That means I'm the leader and you shouldn't be the one to antagonize the leader."
"If I don't, then you'd never try to improve," her friend said.
"Um, but aren't you curious how it works?" Melanie asked. "It's... well... it's not normal for humans. I've found some records of incidents that seem remarkably similar to what happened to me the other day, but it's rare. There is something that Pokemon can do that's kind of like it, but you don't see it often either due to rarity, something called Mega..."
"You can look into it if you like," Darla said. "I just need to know that it works, and that we can use it to do something great! We're going to be famous someday, I know, and all kinds of people will admire us. Why worry about it?"
Melanie blushed. "There has to be a reason for everything."
"It'll probably be a confusing reason, like most anything else," Ashley said with a shrug.
At that point, all three of them got an alert from their phones. But it wasn't just any alert. It was that alert. Darla and Ashley immediately had their phones out; Melanie took a moment longer to get her's out of her purse. "We're all here, what's going on this time?" Darla asked.
When Melanie connected, her screen showed the other two girls along with a strange silvery shadow. "I've got a mission for you three," their benefactor said. After a brief discussion, Darla and Ashley immediately agreed to take it.
On the other hand, Melanie hesitated. "Wait, er, sir? Who are you?"
"I'm your angel," the benefactor said. "If you perform well, I may let you know. But for now, the public is in danger and you'll have to trust me."
It was very odd. But then, she wasn't going to get a chance like this ever again. "Okay sir," Melanie said. The girls went to pay for their sushi snack, then headed out with their Pokemon.
"I am the stone-tough beauty, healthy and strong! I stand up for the weak and will not tolerate intolerance! I am Rockella!" Ashley transformed into the mysterious heroine that had only appeared recently, fighting the strange crimes that police couldn't stop. She had dark blue armor, including a helmet with orange diamond-shaped ear extensions. Although it was an unusual costume, there was nothing that should have hid the fact that she was also Ashley, just fused with her Roggenrola. Magic, maybe? "See, just with that, I get great armor and power."
Melanie put a hand to her lips. "Um, armor? It looks like rock armor if it came in a monokini style with some tall boots."
"It's protected me so far," Ashley said.
"Okay, you try it," Darla said.
"Uh, I dunno," Melanie said. "I thought you were both going to demonstrate."
"But I'm the leader, so I should transform first or last," Darla said, acting like that was obvious.
"I guess." Melanie took a deep breath and looked at her Ducklett. The blue Pokemon spread her wings out, looking happy to cooperate. Follow her heart... she still wasn't sure what to say. "I am the studious student, um, responsible and curious. I, um... will fight for the quiet and meek to be heard. I am... Swanlett!"
That feeling of power filled her once again, cool and refreshing. For moment, she didn't see anything. A glittering glow must be surrounding her like it did with Ashley. When it passed, she found herself dressed in a sparkling leotard in the blues of a Ducklet. It was skin-tight, but somehow made her look like she had a better figure than she thought she had. A dark blue mini-skirt and a short white top lay over the leotard, but most impressively, a pair of pale blue cherub wings sprouted from her back.
"The name's nice, but the recital could be more exciting," Darla said. "I'll help you out with coming up with a better one later. Okay then! Watch a pro, or someone like it. I am the friendliest sweetest girl you'll ever meet! I stand for the rights of all girls and I fight to break down false beliefs! When you see a thundercloud of justice and love, I will be there! I am the Storm Queen!" She then transformed into a girl wearing an awful lot of black wires with bright yellow rings, and an outfit (for lack of a better term) that covered even less than Ashley's outfit. She got to wear a black tiara with large lightning bolt decorations that resembled a Blitzle's mane.
"I'm still not sure that's age-appropriate," Melanie said.
"Oh forget about that," Darla said. "We look fabulous, even with your modesty. Okay girls, let's get into action! After that robot!"
As their benefactor had said, there was a nine foot tall human-shaped robot tromping around the streets. Although it looked like it had shoulder guns, it kicked in store windows like it was looking for something. Darla rushed straight into battle, running so fast that sparks flew from her shoes. She fired a spark attack at the robot. If it was a normal robot, that would have severely impaired its abilities. But like the robot that had kidnapped her, it was only a minor irritant. Ashley followed after, a little slower due to being fused with a Roggenrola. When she hurled a rock at the robot, it did leave a sizable dent.
Melanie hung back, trying to get used to her Swanlett form. To her delight, she soon heard her Ducklett speaking in a way she understood. "Aw, there's no water. We can swim really really good! But, well, I was never good at walking on land."
"I don't have flippers," she said, glancing at her feet. She ran closer, looking around. A car screeched to a halt as it came upon a crash caused earlier by the robot, getting another car to smash into it from behind. She flicked her wings in worry, then had a thought. "Hey, can we fly?"
"Maybe," the Ducklett said. She thought about what it was like to fly. "I don't like flying as much as I do swimming. But I can do it, so maybe together we can."
Melanie focused on flapping her wings, then jumped into the air where she stayed. "All right1 let's see if we can help from up here." She thought of a water attack that her Ducklett could perform and in a few motions, she managed to call on it herself. How did it work? She didn't have time to think about it as the robot was fighting back, punching the other two girls (as Rockella, Ashley could take a punch without flinching, but Darla's Storm Queen form didn't fare as well) and firing its guns at Melanie. When she tried to dodge, she tripped over a store's sunshade and fell to the ground.
After getting back to her feet, Darla struck a determined pose while a thunderstorm brewed overhead. The storm only covered the area of a city block, but it rumbled like the worst of them. "You're not going to get the better of us, robot!" she declared, right before a strong bolt of lightning struck her. Because she was fused with a Blitzle, it didn't hurt her at all. The lightning didn't even mess up her hair. Instead, she redirected the energy into a punch that knocked the robot to the ground. A large stone barrage from Ashley destroyed it entirely.
Melanie flew back into the air in time to see a dozing Foongus tumble out of the robot's wreckage. It looked at them in a startled daze. Wondering how it had gotten into the robot, Melanie flew over to the small Pokemon. "Oh, what are you doing in there? Are you okay?" She reached down to pick it up.
"Don't go near it!" Darla called, but too late. The Foongus shook itself in a fright, causing a cloud of spores to fly into Melanie's face. They made her skin itch and her nose get stuffy. When she flew back and sneezed, the Foongus hurried away.
"Here, take this Antidote," Ashley said, handing a Pokemon's medicinal spray to her.
"Thanks," Melanie said, although she hesitated for a moment before spraying herself in the face with it. It worked, but she still felt like she was going to sneeze again.
"You'd better listen to me next time," Darla said. "And don't be so passive. We're heroes; we need to be ready to act right away when danger's about. Well come on, let's go practice somewhere!" She ran off down an alleyway.
"W-wait!" Melanie said, flying for a few feet before dropping down to run. That was easier, as she had the Ducklett's weak flight but not its feet. "What if there's more robots around?"
"I don't hear any more of them," Ashley said. "And believe me, I would hear it. Roggenrolas have better hearing than most people think." The two girls ran with each other, trying to catch up with their leader.
Later that afternoon, Itake the Foongus swiped his way into another secured doorway, entering the office of a very powerful human: his partner. Itake hopped along the floor, then climbed up a wire planter that had been re-purposed into another staircase for him. Up on his master's desk, he saw that a video of his fight against Storm Queen, Rockella, and Swanlett was playing on the display monitor. It hadn't been a good battle for him. Then again, he'd been told to use one of the weaker robot suits. There were much much stronger ones in the warehouse, but it wasn't time to use them yet.
His master waved him closer, then stroked him on the cap. Itake nuzzled against the hand, keeping his spores in his cap. He would never hurt this human.
"The new girl is asking questions," the master said. "She may be more trouble than she's worth. But we need a girl on the team with intelligence... just not enough to figure out the truth." The recording was rewound to check what made Swanlett fall out of the air. "When they get their full team going, we need them investigating what I want them to find, not me."
Itake looked up curiously. Even though he had his master's confidence, he didn't know what the ultimate goal of this strange plan was. But for his master, Itake would do anything.
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Blitzle White entry: When thunderclouds cover the sky, it will appear. It can catch lightning in its mane and store the electricity.
Roggenrola Black entry: Its ear is hexagonal in shape. Compressed underground, its body is as hard as steel.
Ducklett B2/W2 entry: They are better at swimming than flying, and they happily eat their favorite food, peat moss, as they dive.
Foongus Black entry: It lures people in with its Poke Ball pattern, then releases poison spores. Why it resembles a Poke Ball is unknown.
Originally Roggenrola wasn't part of this request, but it seemed better for the magical girl group to have three members for this. This seems like something interesting to pursue, though I don't have time for it.
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