The Next Morning...
"Boop!"
Sarah heard Prince and felt her smacking his right paw onto her face as she opened her eyes and saw him with a cheeky smile up close, making her scream in surprise and fall off her bed as the Titan laughed after he got off her before the little princess fell off as the sunlight beamed through where she was act. Prince was still laughing by the time she got her bearings and she glared at him, not appreciating the unexpected wake-up all she got from him.
"You little gremlin! I hate it whenever somebody does that, I didn't think you would be my new alarm clock when I'd be expecting this from Lolita and Wooloo!" she snapped angrily at the amused Titan.
"Hey, don't blame me! I'm not the one having a bedhead in a time of war, your twin was okay with it given her military schedule so what's your beef?" Prince retorted, still amused as he giggled at her.
"That's my Titan alarm clock, never failed to wake me up every time I overslept," chuckled Alternate Sarah as she entered and noticed her double in a mess while being joined by the Cat Palisman (whom Sarah named Mittens) as she meowed in greeting along with Race's Dog Palisman, Casper. "You're finally up after that little 'boop' of his? That bedhead of yours tells me he did his job well."
"It's not funny!" Sarah whined as she rubbed her eyes.
"Sure, it is! Well, you better hurry up, your squad's having breakfast and it's already 8:00 in the morning along with my mom's daughters," Prince noted as he left.
"Fine..." Sarah grumbled as she fixed herself and took up her family's heirlooms, her satchels, attached her Dino Bracer and Dino Gadget back to her left forearm and belt, and her Dragon Blade (since she slept with her Key Stone Glove, her Wrist Com, and her Z-Power Ring on) before following her double and Prince to the dining room.
"Hey, look! There's Mommy's twin!"
"Pretty...!"
"Oooh!"
"Yeah!"
Upon arriving, not only was her family having breakfast as Prince told her but she and Alternate Sarah were greeted by four happy voices before they were joined by seven others, making a total of eleven, revealing their owners to be four more fillies flanked by seven puppies joined by Flax and his siblings (who were called the Secret Six) and Amber, Sunlight, Cupcake, and Hippy.
The four fillies appeared to be two Pegasi and two more unicorns with the first of them being a snow white Pegasus filly with a black mane fixed with a bun on the back that had light-blue, light-yellow, and light-pink stripes, the second Pegasus filly with a cream body that had a thick yet beautiful forest green mane and tail with her mane having a small bun on the back as well and the other two unicorns also being snowy white with the first unicorn filly having a curly violet mane and tail and the second unicorn having a neon-blue mane and tail that clashed with a baby-blue stripe and turquoise shading on the edges.
Amongst the seven puppies that flanked the fillies, two of them are a male and female Akita, three of them are German Shepard x Border Collie pups (two males and a female), the sixth being a German Shepard, and the last being a female Collie.
The Akitas have brownish fur but to tell them apart, the male had a white mouth and white paws while the female had tan paws, the tip of its tail being tan, a majority of the ears were tanned as well, and a small tuff of fur on her head was also in tan.
Among the German Shepard x Border Collie pups, the first male had brown eyes and was grey with white fur on his ears, underbelly, the middle of his face, and his muzzle with patches of the same color on the bottom of his front legs, on his back, and on half of his tail. The second male also had white on the tuff of his head, the underbelly, a line in the middle of his face, his muzzle, and his front paws. Dark gray patches around his eyes gave the illusion of him wearing a mask while sharing a similar patch on his back. His fur is of a mud-brown coloration on the bottom half of his front and back legs as well as his paws while his tail was gray while having a white and dark gray stripe. And, finally, the female had mud-brown fur with gray shading halfway down before it turned to white on the lower half of her front and back paws and like her older brothers, she shares a white fur tuff on her head, a white underbelly, a white muzzle, a white stripe running down the middle of his face, and a white tail tip.
The male German Shepard pup looked like Chase but he had brown eyes that were mostly gray with a black 'mask' over his eyes, a black tail tip, black back paws, and a black stripe that split on his back that separates a white spot. He even had a white mouth, underbelly, white fur on his front paws, a white stripe on his tail, white ears, and a white fur tuff on his head.
Finally, the female Collie was mostly white with only red ears, a red back, and a red tail tip.
This got the attention of Nikki and James' Palismens (newly named Harley and Oreo, respectively) as they gave happy chirps in greeting and flapped their tiny wings.
"Heh, Ponchita, I had a feeling you'd sleep in as usual. Some things never change if Prince did his job as we've been told," chuckled James as he and Nikki smiled knowingly at the little princess.
"Very funny, Uncle," Sarah deadpanned (who decided to call James and Nikki 'Uncle' and 'Aunt' so as not to confuse them as her parents after reuniting with Doug and Delilah while doing something similar with her adoptive and real grandparents).
"Sssssssssorry, a-about P-P-Prince, M'lady. But, y-y-you'll g-get usssssssed t-to it after a w-w-w-while," another voice rang out, the owner revealing itself to be a Basalisk but a female one as was the case with Sho and Arriety's old friend, Slither.
The female Basalisk before didn't share Slither's menacing and intimidating look as she was more of a double inspired by Vee from Disney's The Owl House as well (a Basalisk Beast Demon) for she didn't have her species and Slither's Death Stare and she was 5-6 ft long rather than being 50 ft long in length and she had a small yet chubby serpentine body with two arms, a small tail, a round face with wide eyes, and a turned-up nose. Two small teeth poked out of her catlike W-shaped mouth's bottom jaw with her lower lip being in maroon and she had brownish scales with cream-colored spots on her head, tail, underbelly, and the bottom half of her face.
What also sets her apart from Vee was that she had white tuffs of hair on her head, back, and ears coupled with white fins or hair tuffs on both sides of her tail and its tip topped off with a blue ring piercing on it, and her eyes had golden yellow pupils, black irises, and aqua sclera.
Of course, Sarah now knew that the pups, fillies, and basalisk before her were actually the daughters and pets Alternate Sarah, Alternate Race, and Prince told her and the other heroes about the day before.
"I see..." she began with a nod, looking at the pups and fillies and the basalisk before she turned to her twin. "Are they the ones, then?"
"That's them, our girls: Luci, Rainbow Rain, Amina, Swan Song and Blizzard Silk. Blizzard Silk is our seventh daughter we've found recently that barely made it during the evacuation but lost her family to Team Rocket, took her in as our own after finding her and she's been living with us since," Alternate Sarah nodded as she briefly mentioned Blizzard Silk's past before turning to the pups.
"Our seven pups in addition to our Secret Six: Benji, Bear, Corozon, Molly,Wiz, Ranger and Cherry. They were left alone with no parents, no guardians, no other and older siblings to protect them and while we were doing reconnaissance, we came across them in some abandoned animal shelters. We realized that nobody had the chance to take them in nor wanted to deal with the extra weight and responsibility they would've unintentionally thrown upon anybody during the evacuation so my husband and I took the initiative to adopt them as well. Trained and cared for them ever since, never missed a trick, those little guys."
"Siblings and family, all of us... Heh, sounds fun, am I right?" Prince joked with a chuckle.
"Yeah, thank you, Ms. Sarah."
"Thank you for saving our sisters," Amina and Luci thanked gratefully and innocently as they bowed to Sarah.
Sarah smiled, "I'm just glad we were able to find and help save them."
"How about it, Mother? She really is your double or twin; six fillies, a basilisk, all your adopted daughters in another world, seven puppies, an adopted son of a Titan... Now, I've seen everything," Silvally quipped.
"I swear, if there are any more doubles of her within my eyesight no matter how many worlds we end up, I'm gonna freak to no end!" Eternatus griped from outside, having heard everything.
"So, since Luci's a basilisk, does she have any powers for a creature of her kind?" Sarah inquired to her double.
"It's okay, I'm a shapeshifter and can use Magic Absorption," Luci reassured.
"Shapeshifting, like me? SWEET!" Beast Boy cheered in response.
"Here, Sarah," Izzy (unicorn smiled, nudging a plate of pancakes and a small bowl of berries and apples she brought over from Equestria).
Sarah smiled as she joined her family and friends and sat down at the table and the happy-go-lucky unicorn set the bowl and plate down in front of her along with a glass of orange juice, "Thanks, Izzy."
"I have to say, kid, your pony friends really surprised us with their magic. I didn't think it was possible for anybody such as them to grow fresh fruits and vegetables with a single stomp of their hooves," Alternate Race admitted, chuckling as he put away some extra fruit from Hitch in the fridge. "I wish our ponies and horses could use magic as they do, maybe then we wouldn't be so strained for food even if we still have plenty to go by in the war."
"Even I'm impressed by the fact that they can even control the weather, the rain they made in the farmland areas did the farmers a world of wonders when they demonstrated their prowess," Alternate Sarah agreed, taking an apple from one of the fruit bowls.
"I, for one, would take that as a compliment," smirked Zipp in response.
Along with the PAW Patrol and the Dragonstone Patrol, the Secret Six, Benji, Bear, Corozon, Ranger, Wiz, and Cherry were helping themselves to some pup treats while the Cat Pack and the Kitten Rescue Soldiers were having some kitten chow.
Alternate Sarah gave a sigh as she recalled the ordeal they all went through with Commander Cynthia and told everybody, "I'm sorry about the commander, she was in a...rough spot throughout this entire war, as we warned you. What happened to Sinnoh and the rest of the world safe for Twinleaf Town, Alola, and Paldea hit her hard, more so than anybody else we can think of."
"I can't believe she would be such a jerk and for a dumb war to make her a total hothead of all things!"
"I guess she's got Eternatus beat for mood swings," Rainbow Dash and Burnet remarked.
"I HEARD THAT!" snapped the Darkest Day from outside.
"What'd you expect? She lost it after Team Rocket pummeled everybody and left us in a sorry state which is why we formed the resistance in the first place, that's life in a war. A life we don't intend on living again once we get rid of those freaks, remember what they did to Jublife City? When we came there last before Team Rocket ambushed the world two years ago, maybe earlier, it was a lovely city amongst many others but it's now reduced to a dilapidated junk land when they laid waste to this world faster we can say 'You Muppet!'. But, you get used to how soul-crushing she can be after a while," Prince replied with a shrug.
"Honestly, I understand why she would be broken but did she really have to take her anger out on us? She didn't need to be so harsh about it," Sarah sighed as she ate her breakfast, taking a bite of her pancakes.
"You're forgetting already, Sis. She's been hit with post-traumatic stress disorder after Team Rocket's takeover took place and many people, Pokemon, and creatures would've died during the evacuation and the war that followed, so many lives lost and there are so many she and her forces could save until they're forced to pull the plug, salvage, and rescue who and what they can find," Asha reminded, pouring some maple syrup on her pancakes before she grabbed a pear and ate it.
"If you kids prove yourselves to her and everybody else you're true to your word, they can ease up. To the commander, talk is nothing but wind, actions always speak louder than words," Prince suggested as they all continued to eat with Dawn's double looking at Sarah and everybody else before her attention turned to her counterpart and her Piplup, becoming sad yet sentimental as if there was something she wanted to get off her chest for some reason.
After breakfast, everybody joined Dawn, Sarah, and Race's doubles over at the park bordering Twinleaf Town, the heroes' presence drawing all sorts of looks from everyone around them as they went along.
The heroes, especially Dawn and Brock, all couldn't help but get sentimental and give off concerned smiles as they saw some kids and the Pokemon they have on them along with some younger friendly creatures living in the park playing near a large lake. The feeling was small yet neutral to see them being happy and having fun and it was also bittersweet for them because they were forced to live in makeshift and artificial conditions since they've been living in Twinleaf Town's dome for all their lives because of Team Rocket with the same being said for everyone else living in it.
"Oh, dear... Is that all that's left of the human, Pokemon, and creature populations ever since the evacuation and Team Rocket's world conquest?" Queen Glory asked, feeling a little heartbroken at the sight.
"Unfortunately, yes. Most of the creatures we rescued were kept in another section while the younger and friendlier ones remained out here until they can be moved once they mature and grow," Alternate Race nodded, a feeling bittersweet in his chest as he sighed. "By the time we were all able to make it to Twinleaf Town and rescue every creature we could find, all of the animals here are now endangered. Their survival is critical at this rate..."
As they walked about, several roars sounded off before Shadow, Winter, and their friends as well as their children bore witness to a flock of dragons who are essentially their doubles of Alternate Sarah, Alternate Race, and Alternate Dawn's world. Unlike them, however, the adults were Titan Wings, landing them on the same size criteria as Aegis, Phoenix, Nova, Mist and Spark, Ruby and Sapphire, Elder, and Alder and their younglings were Broad Wings rather than Tiny Tooths.
On the back of one of them, there was the strange Pikachu from the night before, and on the TW Night Furies' backs, there were three more of it.
"No...!"
"Are you kidding?"
"What...?"
"What is this?!" Winter, Shadow, Pouncer, and Aegis gasped.
The other dragons were speechless as Camo gasped in realization, "Guys, look at the wings of the adults! The adults, they're all Titan Wings!"
"The young ones there are all Broad Wings as well!" added an astounded Rosa.
"Whoa...!" Dart cooed in awe.
"Cool!" Ruffrunner cheered before he yawned, still feeling sleepy.
"What are they, Shadow?" Melody asked, unsure of what to say next in his shock and surprise.
"I think we're seeing double here! We've run into our own Parallel World twins!"
"And, they're all fully grown!" Flo exclaimed, stunned.
The Parallel Sinnoh dragon flock eyed their counterparts in surprise as well but the TW Night Furies and the Alternate Aegis spread their wings as they landed, looking at the heroes and their own counterparts with suspicion and feeling wary of the newcomers to their "home" until Alternate Sarah went over to them and gently rubbed them by their snouts.
"Easy there, you guys. They don't mean you any harm, they're here because of an unfortunate misunderstanding involving the Piplup Dawn got yesterday. And, they're going to help us put an end to Team Rocket, once and for all," Alternate Sarah reassured.
"...What?"
"How can you be sure they can be trusted if they're not pulling the wool out of our eyes?" the TW twins of Winter and Skystorm, Palm and Nagaji, questioned.
"Try figuring out why they saved us yesterday while we're out on the wasteland for the last two years," Flax remarked as he, his siblings, Amber, and Sunlight came forward, shocking the Titan Wing adults and the Broad Wing younglings.
"Flax, kids! You're all-!" Nagaji gawked in shocked relief as she rushed over to them and tenderly caressed each of the rescued pups and fillies. "But, how? I thought we lost you two years ago during the evacuation!"
"Ms. Sarah and her family found us along with Cupcake and Hippy at a junkyard and brought us back here and they saved us from that Team Rocket," Amber chirped.
The Parallel Sinnoh dragons were even more shocked when they heard this as Palm blurted out, "What?! Those strangers without busted up Team Rocket protecting you, all by themselves?"
"A platoon of twenty grunts and some drones, really. But, they can kick big-time butt since they've beaten them and sent them flying while confiscating some of their Capture Gun equipment," Jingle clarified with a nod.
"That doesn't sound like much but it's a good thing you're all back with us safely. However, don't expect us to give them the welcome wagon after everything we've been through. Our savior's done us a big favor by shielding our homeland from those monsters so forgive us for not trusting them of anything yet."
"Oh, really? I suppose that means you won't hear us out on the fact that we do want to help you end Team Rocket for good, even if it meant total salvation of your world and everyone else here, then?" Tempest rebutted, narrowing her eyes with a growing hostile glare thrown at Palm.
The Parralel Sinnoh just continued to glare at the heroes and their counterparts in silence and even the strange Pikachu were unwilling to trust the newcomers as one of them crossed his arms and gave all of them the stink eye, something Silvally noticed as he asked, "Hey, got any clue as to who those shrimps giving us the stink eye are?"
"That, my boy, is a million-dollar question with an answer so easy, your head will spin just thinking about it. Those fellas over there are genetically-engineered Pikachu with a new form called Inuan Form, making them Ice and Electric Dual Types," Prince explained, shocking everyone on the heroes' side.
"Ice and Electric?!"
"DUAL TYPES?"
"But, that's impossible!"
"Pikachu can't be Dual Types, they're mainly Electric Types in our world!" Sarah, Race, Brock, and Dawn gasped in shock as their eyes bugged out.
"Okay... Am I the only one who heard that?"
"They're Ice Types, too?! Pikachu aren't Ice Types!" Robin and Cyborg balked.
"Yep, but Inuan Pikachu can't generate any electricity whenever they're asleep and that makes them at their most vulnerable when they wake up. They're very weary and are quick to attack anyone that encroaches upon their territory, as you just saw. You can thank Team Rocket for making them the sad and tragic mess they are," Prince went on.
"That smackdown last night was just a warning shot and if you don't want any trouble around here or anywhere else, don't try and cross our family, or the next moment you breath might be your last, see?" warned the first Inuan Pikachu, still glaring while he continued to cross his arms at the heroes.
"I doubt they would since they haven't made a backstabbing blow yet," remarked the second Pikachu, holding his glare while raising an eyebrow as he placed his paws on both sides of his waist.
"Well, sorry for giving you a bad first impression after we came here to help you!" huffed Curly, glaring back at her altered species.
"Hey, you wouldn't be smug for long if you had to go through a human gutter as we did, Sweet Cheeks!" snapped the third Inuan Pikachu scornfully as he seethed at Curly and Blitz. "Those bastards from Team Rocket made our lives a living misery and seeing you two with humans, you make me sick, ugh!"
"Hey, don't diss my girlfriend while you're at it, and also, don't you dare compare my mom to Team Rocket, got it? I know humans haven't given you a good first impression after what you've gone through that made you Ice Types as well but my mom and her human family and friends are nothing like Team Rocket! You don't understand anything about human compassion and kindness since that's what she does on a daily basis! I feel sorry for you, really. I get that you hate humans but you comparing my mother to Team Rocket is where I cross the line!" Blitz snapped back, seething at the Inuan Pikachu who just glared back with hatred at their male counterpart as he defended Sarah adamantly.
"You, feel sorry for us, wimp? HA! Humans that treat us Pokemon as nothing but dirt under their feet are but an absolute plague on this world and Team Rocket's a prime example of human cruelty! Go ahead and try to convince us not all humans are like them, we'll believe it when we see it which we won't. Besides, you can't possibly help us end this stupid war! Twenty grunts is a cakewalk if you can't hit them where it really hurts!" sneered the fourth Inuan Pikachu, irritating Blitz and Curly as they groaned in aggravation.
"UGH! Forget it, why are we even talking to you four idiots, anyway?" Curly spat as she angrily turned her back on the Inuan Pikachu who seethed at her scorn towards them.
"That's a fine 'hello and how do you do?'," added an unimpressed and insulted Mudsdale, also hating the Inuan Pikachu.
"Jerks!"
"Hotheadsssssss," snorted Talonflame and Sarah's Seviper, the latter hissing and sticking his tongue out scornfully at the Inuan Pikachu that dared to insult their family who just returned the gesture.
"Hey, Mom, you mind showing these thickheads your powers so you can convince them that we really are here to help them?" Blitz called to Sarah, stunning the Inuan Pikachu as they muttered angrily under their breath about Blitz.
"Actually, I have to admit, I am curious to know what these powers your Pikachu mentioned are. You and I may be one and the same but we're not that identical, really. What's the story on your powers?" Alternate Sarah questioned, raising a curious eyebrow at her counterpart who struggled to answer as she trailed off for a moment.
"Am I interrupting?" asked Commander Cynthia as she, her squadron, and Garchomp arrived and caught everyone's attention as they approached, causing Sarah and Race's twins to join and salute them.
"Commander?"
"What's wrong?" they quizzed.
"Perhaps, it's time you introduced your squad to our esteemed guests. I see they don't trust them as far as they can throw them as well."
The two of them agreed but seeing the tension stirred up by the Inuan Pikachu not making the best first impression they can give along with the trepidation of the twins' dragons towards their saviors, Bear, Benji, Wiz, Corozon, Molly, Ranger, Cherry, Prince, the Secret Six, Luci, Rainbow Rain, Amina, Swan Song, Blizzard Silk, Amber, and Sunlight wanted to stay with them if only to try and keep the peace as well as ensure the Inuan Pikachu didn't stir up any more trouble. Alternate Race and Alternate Sarah, having heard the entire spat between the thickheaded Pikachu and Blitz and Curly agreed.
Soon, Commander Cynthia and her officers all took the heroes through Twinleaf Town over to what appeared to be Alternate Dawn's house but unlike that of her real counterpart, her home had a giant front yard that was not different from that of Sarah and her family's home.
"Your family will stay out here until we begin our operations, however..." Alternate Sarah informed before she took out her Palisman and pointed to her counterpart's family and the others.
"Make not just the Pokemon of my twin but her friends and family, too-humans, Pokemon, and more-immune to strange events of our world until to remove this I see fit..."
The eyes of the Palisman glowed along with Sarah and Race's briefcases and their Pokemon and dragons, a new enchantment being set in place for the remainder of their and the other heroes' time in her, Alternate Race, and Alternate Dawn's world.
"What was that for?" Amelia asked curiously.
"What strange events, exactly?" Ravi added.
"You'll find out soon. But, first, there's something you'll want to see to show you our friend is like your friend but on a whole other level," Alternate Race told them before he, his wife, and Alternate Dawn entered with the rest following apart from the larger Pokemon and dragons that stayed outside with Reader joining the group heading into Alternate Dawn's house.
They entered a large living room and at first, the heroes didn't notice anything too different from Dawn's house in their world could be like. There wasn't anybody else in it as well until Brock noticed what looked like some pictures and trophies that looked like they had been won in different Pokmeon competitions but there were no contest ribbons on display and the one trophy that stood out was a 2nd Place trophy given to runner-ups of a Pokemon League which was, in fact, the Sinnoh League. There were even two pictures next to it with the first one showing Alternate Dawn and amazingly, a Piplup of her own, participating in the Sinnoh League while the other showed them in the aftermath of their 2nd Place finish and feeling proud of themselves despite having not won 1st Place.
"Hey, Dawn! Look at this!" the breeder-turned-doctor called to his coordinator friend, getting Dawn's attention as she came to him and gasped in surprise as Brock read the plaque on the silver trophy. "Sinnoh League, 2nd Place."
"So, this really isn't my house, after all. And, it's obvious my double is somebody else, but... Her partner is the same as mine, she has a Piplup, too," Dawn confirmed, deep in thought as she looked at the second Piplup.
"You're right," Alternate Dawn sniffed as she came up to the pair, wanting to cry. "That Pokemon, that Piplup...He was mine."
"Are you okay...?" Dawn asked, worried for her twin along with her Piplup as he chirped with concern, now realizing why his partner's twin had mistaken him for her own Piplup.
"Come on, we haven't got all day. Their squad's waiting," Commander Cynthia ordered as Sarah and Race's twins went to the fireplace and the former of the two pulled back on a large base, triggering what looked like a secret entrance as the fireplace moved outward to the right and revealed a high-tech elevator called a Hyperlift.
Once they were inside, Alternate Race pressed a button on a nearby pad and soon, they were instantly transported to a Command Center built underneath Alternate Dawn's house which is very much similar to the Command Center of the Ultra Rescue Rangers at the Pokemon School only much larger and the design of it was also inspired by the Command Center of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
"Whoa..." gasped the heroes, marveling in awe of the Command Center before them.
"Sarah!"
"Race!"
"Dawn, you're back!"
"Thank heaven!" some voices cried out, revealing themselves to be twin versions of the Pokemon School Gang along with Ash as they looked more like the Cyber Gang from Sarah and her family's Cyberspace misadventure.
There was also a group of twin versions of Nikki, James, Tsukumaro, Delilah, Doug, David, and Donna (former queen) as they looked almost identical to the little princess' family yet they were wearing colorful scarves around their necks and Brock's twin along with Asha's were joining them, the former having black hair instead of the usual brown of his counterpart.
Asha's Parallel Sinnoh twin had a small diamond-shaped birthmark in the middle of her forehead with her eyes were orange-yellow. Their Pokemon partners with them are all Shinies barring the Sceptile and Samurott before the heroes. As for the twins of Donna (Pikachu) and Sirius, they were Cosplay Pikachu as Pikachu Popstar and Pikachu Ph.D. respectively.
"Are you them, the ones who wiped out a 20-man platoon from Team Rocket?" Alternate Ash interrogated.
"Well, looks like we now know who were the lucky ones who saved your asses out there," Alternate Kiawe frowned, looking skeptical as he eyed the heroes with suspicion. "Thanks for saving our head honchos. Word spread fast since you came last night but you're not getting any warm welcomes from us as of now."
"Gee, wonder if the sarcasm gave it away?" Race muttered, frowning back at him as Alternate Kiawe scoffed in response.
"Guys, our counterparts. They came through a gate to help us and rescue your doubles, their friends, from Team Rocket. They were captured protecting my twin and I was just about to ask how she got her powers," Alternate Sarah introduced.
"Protecting her? Hmph. By the sound of it, I'd say they're weak, the girl's not worth their time protecting if they were outwitted by them very early on in that fight you've mentioned."
"You got that right, dude. What powers do they have that got them in their clutches so easily? Or better yet, what's the deal with your 'gifts', missy?" mocked the first Inuan Pikachu, sneering at the heroes and then at Sarah which hit a nerve with Curly and Blitz as they sneered back before Donna (Pikachu) and Sirius had to calm them down before they could fight with the Inuan Pikachu again.
Sarah was apprehensive about telling the war-hardened twins of her friends and human family, Dawn, and Brock about her powers and the history that coincided with them, especially since she was also put off by the first Inuan Pikachu's sneering (which got her blood boiling as she wanted to pound him for his insufferable attitude and his latest zing). But, when she looked at Tsukumaro and Reader, they just nodded in confirmation, deciding that they could be trusted with her backstory on her powers despite their suspicions and their own disapproval of their attitudes.
An hour had passed since Sarah told her story and what happened after she was brought to the future and needless to say, the little princess left out no small detail as she told them everything up until her and her family and friends' current point. The entire group of her friends' twins, Alternate Sarah and Alternate Race along with their family, Alternate Dawn, Alternate Brock, and Commander Cynthia and her soldiers were left stunned, shocked, in disbelief, awestruck, and horrified by what they just heard despite much of them being skeptical about it all.
Even the four Inuan Pikachu that previously mocked and sneered at the heroes were left completely speechless, blinking in stunned shock over the accomplishments and struggles their savior's twin and her family and friends had to go through in their world. They realized now they were not the only ones who had it rough with a powerful enemy such as Team Rocket in their case.
"Yeesh, family drama to the max. I can't believe you had a lunatic like that for an uncle," Prince remarked, also totally stunned.
"Let me get this straight; with the majority of your powers, you have both Lion DNA and Solgaleo DNA in your body..."
"The Animal Spirits of the Phoenix, African Lion, American Lion, and Smilodon..."
"You can change into a white lion as this Animagus person-type thing from this Wizarding World of yours..."
"You use magic from that era and what is called Elemental Manipulation from this Solar Magic and Lunar Magic from this gem from what's called a Dragon Phoenix and Shapeshifting..."
"You can change into a pony like those guys there and you have this so-called Element of Harmony..."
"And, not only are you a princess of your Alola Region in your world but you're also a princess of another kingdom with two of your dragons being rules of this Berk place after beating a giant dragon and getting this stick or scepter used to create what are called Spirits of Harmony and control what is known as Animus Magic?" Alternate Sarah, Alternate Race, Alternate Kiawe, Alternate Sophocles, and Alternate Mallow began, balking.
"Yep, that's the basic gist of it," Sarah confirmed.
"And, while you all worked to stop your own uncle from killing you and your family due to a 500-year-old grudge against you and your family and a supposed key of hope against Necrozma of all Pokemon and Ultra Beasts, YOU and your so-called friends were able to beat him and his entire syndicate in only two years since you first became Power Rangers?!" added a shocked Commander Cynthia.
"Don't forget the times when her friends helped to put an end to Zin and his madness when he entered the fray, the Copycat, Ladybird, and Harold Humdinger, rescuing the Ultra Pillars, and bouncing back from their lowest point at the tail end of our royal journey for the girl's birth parents," Discord added matter-of-factly in a science professor's outfit.
"Right, thanks Discord. Now, if you please," the princess said, trailing off so as to allow Discord to move back and let her speak again, which he did so as she breathed a deep sigh as she recalled the first Inaun Pikachu's comment and Alternate Kiawe's skepticism and still felt steamed from them.
"Okay, I told you everything about my powers and when I say this, I do mean 'everything'. What you just heard are all the things that not only I went through but also what my friends had to deal with. I took them for granted and they were at several lows they had to overcome without me being able to help them at times. It wasn't until they were at their lowest low, right when they were near death, I realized at that point I would've been lost without them no matter where I'd be or what happened to me. Not like any of you cared, you think you had it rough fighting it out with Team Rocket? My family and friends and I were also put through the wringer because of what my uncle and his stupid syndicate did and we barely won by the skin of our teeth many times beforehand, you don't know anything about us beyond the surface! I know I said we didn't understand how you felt given what Team Rocket did when they took over much of your world but did you let that stop you from fighting them to take back what you lost? Did anything my own madman of an uncle did to my friends and family stop them, stop me, from fighting him and his syndicate, did it? Did it?!"
None of the war-torn doubles, the commander's officers, Alternate Sarah's Pokemon and dragons, Prince, and the Inuan Pikachu didn't know how to respond so they said nothing.
Sarah groaned as she felt like she didn't get her point across and she was talking to a brick wall as she got up from her seat on the roundtable, "Look, I know you're all scared and my family, my friends, and especially, I, know it hasn't been easy for you. I get that you can't afford to trust anybody knowing that at any point, any other friends you do make and any of the people that you continue to save will die tomorrow. But, you're not alone in this fight anymore; we now know what we're up against and you now know what we've been through in our world! You don't have to fight alone anymore, my friends are not idiots and there's more to them than any of you might ever think!"
She then went to the Hyperlift in a huff but before she entered, she turned back towards her twin and the other doubles along with her twin's Pokemon and dragons, the commander and her officers, Prince, and the Inuan Pikachu before warning them darkly, "You get it? If you dare to mock me and my family, and especially, my friends let alone tell us that they're no longer worth our time because they're weak, I'll never forgive any of you."
"...You don't understand, Princess! There's no way you can understand how it felt like for us to lose so many people, creatures, and Pokemon we tried to protect from Team Rocket while they wasted away everything that made our world so beautiful just like yours!" Alternate Lillie snapped, breaking down while trying to deny what she and the other doubles had been told.
Sarah steeled herself as tears welled up in her eyes before she gently spat, "...That's true but I can say the same thing; you'll never understand how it felt like not to even get so much as a farewell or to truly know anything about friendship and love until they've been taken away from you without warning after you take them for granted for so long. Next time, before you start to act like you know everything, be sure to think things through with a clear head and an open heart."
And, with that, Sarah turned her back and left with Liberty and Mittens following her out, leaving her twin, her husband, their family, her own friends, the commander along with her officers, the Inuan Pikachu, and Prince once again in stunned silence while the rest of the heroes sighed and gave unimpressed and annoyed glares at the group before them.
Prince managed to recompose himself before he snarkily remarked to the Alternate Pokemon School Gang, Alternate Sarah's Pokemon and dragons, Commander Cynthia, her officers, and the Inuan Pikachu while raising a glaring eyebrow, "Convinced that she's untrustworthy and her friends are weak, eh?"
Celestia wasn't showing the doubles much mercy either as she angrily added, "You've made a grave misjudgment, all of you. Do you have anything else you would like to sneer at us or Sarah?"
Deciding to walk to another part of the base away from the doubles of herself, Race, her friends, and everybody else with them to cool off, Sarah paced around for a minute while wondering if she managed to get through to them despite being a little harsh on them. She knew that her friends are important and she and her family and friends had to get them back no matter what but she realized that she should've dialed back on her harsh words to them before she left. Right now, though, as she fought through her emotions, she was too annoyed by what the first Inuan Pikachu and Alternate Kiawe quipped about her friends to care and didn't want to see them until later.
She then sighed while rubbing her face in exhausted exasperation as she sat at a nearby bench just as Mittens and Liberty came, the former meowing worriedly before she jumped on the bench next to her owner and nuzzled her with Liberty joining her, looking just as concerned.
"...Hey, you hip, girlfriend?" the Dachshund began gently.
"...No, not at the moment. No thanks to that alternate Kiawe and that stupid Inuan Pikachu let alone the others with them," Sarah grumbled.
She gently petted Mittens as Liberty went on, "Look, don't get your guts twisted. What those fellas need is a little one-on-one to themselves to think your story over, you got them good with it so what's to say they won't take a page from it for their own good?"
"Didn't you hear what that first Inuan Pikachu spat earlier? And, don't get me started on Kiawe's twin; it's clear to me that my friends' twins along with my own, Race's, that crazy commander back there, and all those doubles of my Pokemon and dragons are so damn thickheaded to the point where I can't even get them to realize that they know nothing about my friends! Ash and the others are not weak and they're not pawns, they're the best thing I could ever have and what kept me sane when I didn't know what happened to my real family after I was brought here following the Ultra Beast War and Lothor's attack 500 years ago back home!"
"I know you're not in your right mind and you're about to lose your head over this but taking losing them so early on again but by our new enemies' hands on them is not helping you! They had a lot on their plate with this war of theirs against Team Rocket and they're already losing their sanity as long as those rocket dorks go on the offensive against them and the rest of the resistance they're in. Even then, it doesn't give you the right to lash out at them as you did. Besides, what happened to the old family-friendly saying of 'good intentions aren't enough'? You know, the old saying that good intentions can turn bad and lose meaning if taken too far, like one step forward, two steps back?"
"You think I don't know that?"
"Of course, I don't! You know that as much as I do; you know better than to lay it on them like that. You're becoming just as bad as Sokka and Sceptile are when they rated Ash and the others' efforts while training from low to near 0 before we met up with the Quest Team! Are you aware of how much of a jerk you were to them before running off like that?"
"If I can't get it through their thick heads and make them realize that they're not the only ones who also didn't have it easy during a crisis as big as this and that they don't have to do everything alone even if we don't think so, what else can I do to help them? If they want to scrape around in this dome while fighting the same battle as they had been for the past two years in their world while knowing that the Team Rocket they're facing is not playing the same game, that's their problem! But, I'm not an arrogant stooge content on sitting back on my hands when we should be taking the fight to them! What else can we do if they can't accept our help and do what's right for everybody regardless of what they think?! WHAT ELSE CAN THOSE COWARDS DO?"
SLAP!
Sarah was shocked beyond belief as a shocked and angered Liberty was forced to smack her owner hard in the face by her right cheek, if only to get her to stop and seeing she was emotionally charged since everything that was thrown at them, their family, and their friends by the doubles had reached a boiling point for her and it had come out without warning. She knew there was only so much in a certain period of time that Sarah could take from those who insulted her and everyone else she loved until it all came to a head before any of them knew it.
"...The right thing," Liberty finished firmly, glaring at her owner as angry tears welled up in her eyes for her stunned owner's wellbeing while she held her reddened right cheek.
The Dachshund sighed heavily as she continued, "I know how you feel about them, girl. But, that don't mean you have the right to give them a spanking when all they really need is hope and you've already forgotten about and blown that out of your hothead after you told them your story. They may have been wrong to hit a nerve in ya with what they said but you have to keep a cool head about it and try to show them that there are some good things worth trusting and fighting for."
Then, deciding that her owner needs some time to think things over as well, Liberty gave Sarah a nuzzle before she jumped off the bench and made her way back to their family and friends but not before telling her, "Try and think about it, okay? They'll come around if you show them you're worth trusting and that some things including your friends are worth fighting for..."
Without waiting for Sarah to respond, the little Dachshund left, leaving Sarah to her thoughts and with only Mittens for company. A few minutes went past before Sarah finally calmed down and the pain on her right cheek from Liberty's slap became bearable but now that she's exerted herself from her talk and spat with Liberty, she realized that she had indeed gone too far with her double and her own friends and family along with Commander Cynthia and she didn't know what to think now.
"...Come on, Mittens, let's go for a walk," she eventually decided, Mittens quickly following her as they went for a short walk aimlessly around the base as she pondered what to do now.
They haven't gone far as they walked past another room off to their left before her Dragon Heart Scepter appeared (the little princess having forgotten her satchels when she left everybody else in her hidden anger and her own mistrust over her double and her own family and friends and the commander) as it shimmered and blinked lightly. The light drew her attention as she saw it floating in front of the door to their left they just passed before she and her Palisman (who became curious about the scepter) returned to it and she took it in her hands, the jewel in it (which contained Athi and Blizzard's spirits) sending out a tiny beam at the door.
Realizing that Athi and Blizzard's spirits wanted her to look inside, the little princess and Mittens went inside, the door automatically opening to reveal what looked like a large egg incubator that had a lilac and purple-spotted ego inside it which looked similar to Sparky's egg.
"Meow...?" Mittens meowed in surprise, looking between her owner and the egg.
"Yeah, it looks like an Equestria Dragon egg," Sarah replied in shock before she thought, "If it is an Equestria Dragon egg, why is it-? Wait a minute, those gates; Palkia's power must've opened another gate but a tiny one to Equestria and some grunts must've grabbed it from wherever it came from. If Opaline made it unless it was hidden away from her somehow until she found it, she must've kept it so it could've been a backup since she failed to capture Sparky."
Sneaking closer to the incubator, the two of them watched as the egg rested inside, the life support monitors and equipment picking up a steady beating rhythm as it beeped that told them as Sarah placed her right hand on the glass.
Sarah and Mittens (climbing onto her human owner's right shoulder) watched the egg remaining as healthy as can be but not understanding how the doubles could've found out about Equestria when they somehow found out about the egg Team Rocket once had. They were so entranced by it that they didn't notice footsteps coming through the door and behind them.
"...Mom?" Blitz called, Sarah turning swiftly towards her Pikachu only to find that the others are with him and the doubles looking especially apologetic.
Sarah wasn't pleased to see the doubles as she gave them a tired yet solemn glare before quietly demanding, "What do you want?"
Commander Cynthia and the Alternate Pokemon School Gang looked at each other, inwardly cringing from how brief and blunt Sarah was until Alternate Kiawe sighed and said, "Look, I...I'm sorry for what I said. We've been doing a lot of thinking after you left and, after what you and your friends had been through, the fact that you had to kill your own uncle just to make sure he doesn't destroy your world and establish peace..."
"I get it, it's not easy. It took a while for it to finally sink in; while I don't regret it, it was a little hard on me..."
"Your Viking friends also told us about you and your family's adventure with them which led them to do some, well...unforgivable things and make some mistakes that once cost them their pride and their own..."
"...We, realized you and your folks are...worth trusting," Alternate Mallow and Alternate Lana replied slowly and carefully.
Commander Cynthia sighed heavily and with some remorse on her part as she then told Sarah, "You told us you, your family, and your friends also suffered through traumatic events of your own, some of which nearly led you to your deaths... And, not only did we try to deny it and kick you out, we wouldn't give you a chance. It wasn't fair for us to think that because of Team Rocket, anybody who doesn't pose any threat is not worth trusting let alone saving. Frankly, this is exactly what Team Rocket wanted from us. We would've been toast had they somehow broken through and ambushed us if you haven't come along thanks to our Dawn and her mistaking your friend's Piplup for her lost partner."
"Commander, this is the situation you're in and whatever Team Rocket's planning now involving me and my family... We're here now, especially since they still got my friends. Whatever happens, we have to do it together; you're no longer having the brunt of this whole war against them on your shoulders alone. You have the rest of my friends and my family and I to help you. If we give Team Rocket an opening as long as you're fighting the same battle over and over again, endgame..."
"...I see where you're coming from, finally. Everything you all went through must've left you with your own form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and we should've realized that. Well, you're right; Team Rocket now has something different since you've entered the picture and if that's so, this time, we'll go with whatever plan you, your family, and your friends have. We'll take the fight to them and you'll take the lead, just tell us what you need."
"...Thanks."
The two of them shared a handshake, finally on equal footing and humbled by what everybody just went through. Not long afterward, the lilac egg in the incubator began to shake a little, eventually falling onto its side and trying to roll into the little princess' current spot. It was as if the egg was reacting to her presence just now and everybody else was just beginning to notice.
"The egg!" Alternate Lana gasped.
"It's moving!" Alternate Sophocles cried in surprise.
"But, that's impossible! The little guy hasn't been out of there for months after we bailed it out! How is it moving now?!" gawked a baffled Alternate Race.
"Hmm, maybe, Dad, you, Mom, and everybody else never bothered to check on it after you saved its hiney? You never bothered to check and care for it and passed it up as a nuisance to the bigger picture," Prince remarked, raising an annoyed eyebrow while deadpanning.
Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Zipp, and Izzy (unicorn), however, gasped in shock as they made their way to the egg, Sunny crying out, "It's a dragon egg!"
"It's similar to the egg Sparky hatched from! But, what's it doing here?" Hitch gawked, stunned as he watched the eye trying to break out.
"I think I know... Sarah, you mentioned that Palkia is the Sinnoh Deity of Space, right?" Zipp questioned, to which Sarah nodded. "Maybe Palkia's power opened a gate to Equestria for a brief period. It must've been hidden away from Opaline's last attack or if Edge found out about it, she must've taken it and hidden it somewhere else as she did with Sparky's egg, to the spot where Hitch eventually found it."
"Is there a way to open the egg incubator? It looks like it's trying to break out," Pipp noted, seeing the egg continuing to try to knock and bang its way out and reach Sarah.
This prompted Alternate Race to go over and open the incubator and let it roll toward Sarah until it touched her feet, the little princess picking it up while Mittens meowed at it curiously.
Sensing her warmth and comfort as she held it, the egg slowly rolled out of her arms until it got to her chest while she haphazardly tried to keep it from falling before she held it close to her chest and then relaxed as the egg slowly shook against her as if it was nuzzling her.
Zipp had to smile as she said, "Well, I guess it really is like Sparky."
Izzy (unicorn) pondered for a moment before she voiced, "You think Opaline created it since she couldn't get her hooves on Sparky and his dragon fire?"
"Most likely. Opaline, for how mad she is, is a crafty unicorn and she's smarter than anypony back then had given her credit for. We'll be expecting another Sparky soon, if possible, which could mean trouble if she realizes this already," Edge Blade nodded.
"Moving on, we've no time for this scene. You see, we have an idea as to what happened to your friends after they were captured and where they might be," Commander Cynthia informed.
Returning to the Command Center, she went to a panel and activated the supercomputer, typing and bringing up what looked to be digital schematics/blueprints of what looked like a large factory (which Alternate Race and Alternate Sarah and their companions had most likely stolen from Team Rocket during one of their reconnaissance missions that involved spying on their operations).
"What you're seeing is the blueprints of a prison facility in the wasteland where Team Rocket is currently holding the unlucky civilians and Pokemon they've already captured during and after the evacuation captive. Ever since we formed the resistance and began our operations to destroy those bastards, we've been trying to mount a rescue attempt to free the prisoners from that syndicate's grasp."
"We've scouted the whole facility as best we could but those morons got it tied up with guards everywhere and electronic locks that are only unlocked through one of their own members. And, that's if we can sneak inside the damn place," Alternate Mallow added.
Reader then thought for a moment until she gasped in realization, finding a workaround that will help them get past the guards, "I have a suggestion!"
"And, what might that be, bookworm?" Prince inquired, prompting the Albnisim NightWing to take out and show everyone what looked like a glittering oblong piece of black obsidian in the shape of a handheld mirror.
"What's this?" one of the commander's officers questioned, looking at the gem piece in confusion.
Sarah gasped in surprise as she took the mirror in her hands, "Yes! That's it, why didn't we think of it sooner? Good job, Reader!"
"It's...a mirror," blinked Alternate Sophocles as he raised an unimpressed eyebrow at Sarah. "Princess, is this some kind of joke?"
Reader chuckled as she told him, "My man, what you may call a joke, that is what we in Dragonstone back home call: the Obsidian Mirror. It's a device that is enchanted with Aniums Magic that shows the current words and actions of a named dragon or organism to its user, allowing that person to easily spy on their intended target easily and discreetly."
"You're kidding! How's a piece of jewelry gonna allow us to see what's going on in that prison cellar let alone find a path for us to waltz through unseen before Team Rocket can pick us off when we get there?" asked another officer replied doubtfully.
"If this mirror leads us to where Ash and the others may be in the abandoned factory you've scouted, they may be in another room or cell separate from the rest of the prisoners and that would be one meant for my family and I," Sarah replied before she held the mirror to her face and then said, "Show me: Ash and my friends."
The Obsidian Mirror's glass end showed via a plume of smoke that billowed upward after wrapping itself around it as she spoke, the smoke turning into a beige color before it expanded to show the mirror itself showing an image of the real Ash as both his and a Pokemon's were heard.
"You let us out right now!"
"You'll pay!"
"SHUT UP! YOU BRATS ARE NOT LEAVING HERE UNTIL OUR BOSS SAYS YOU CAN!" screamed an irritated voice as a dark gray tendril popped up, revealing an aggravated grunt at his wit's end who was one of three guarding what looked like a prison cell holding Ash and the Pokemon School Gang, only much of their Pokemon were now eggs and Ash's angry Pikachu was now a Pichu (also protesting against being held captive).
The others were shocked and horrified by what they saw as the Jungle Guard voiced what everyone thought, "Impossible!"
"It's Ash and the others!"
"They're okay!"
"But, what happened to their Pokemon?"
"Look at Pikachu!"
"He's a Pichu!"
"The others, they've been turned into eggs!"
Dawn and Brock were also gobsmacked as they blurted out, "All of their Pokemon except Pikachu, now eggs?!"
"But, how did they even become eggs in the first place?"
Alternate Dawn looked like she was about to cry as if something similar had happened to her Piplup and left a hole in her heart as she turned away with a sniffle just as the second grunt asked the first and third grunts, "Y'know, lads, I've been thinking, why do we even bother watching over these little tykes if the princess is going to make things harder for us? Why not just kill them now and get it over with and collect our pay?"
"Oh, Horace, you idiot! The Boss wanted them alive, not dead, so we can use them as bait to lure her and her family to us! And, as long as those simpletons for deities keep on egging each other in their fight, if she keeps on resisting, she'll make it easier for us to make her do our bidding."
"You'll be sorry once Sarah gets here and she and her family get ahold of you!" seethed Lillie as an arctic blue tendril showed her and her voice rang out from it.
"As we've said, you powerless clods, your leader can't run away forever, especially since we have what she holds dear to her and what she wants back with her and her family as well as her other friends, you."
"Oh, yeah? Well, don't be on it!" spat a defiant Kiawe via a red tendril appeared.
"What are you planning to do with Dialga and Palkia since you and your stupid boss and the Team Rocket that captured us are the ones responsible for everything that happened to us and those people that lost their Pokemon back in our world?" Mallow grumbled from a green tendril.
"And, I have to agree with you on one point; why bother keeping us alive if you're just using us as bargaining chips for our leader?" added Sophocles through a yellow tendril, narrowing his eyes darkly at the grunts.
"That's for us to know and you to find out and what's more, you're much more useful to us alive than you would be in death. Besides, this is all done according to plan," snorted the third grunt.
"With Dialga and Palkia, we've managed to capture a number of Pokemon from the other regions already in the last two years since we've taken over this world. We all know how headstrong and extremely defensive as well as deeply caring for humans and Pokemon and creatures of all kinds so if she and her family should come to this dump, we'll be waiting for her right here with a little surprise for her and her family. And, once she and her powers are safely within our reach, all the Pokemon and a dead magical royal will be a bonus and a victory for Team Rocket. Be it by a new and improved platoon of at least 200 of our best soldiers or otherwise, she'll be as good as you all and as good as dead once we wrench her army away from her..."
A blue tendril appeared and showed Lana as she seethed with fury at the grunts, "You'll never get away with this, Team Rocket!"
The third grunt sneered venomously as he glared at the Ultra Rescue Rangers and spat quietly, "Oh, we already have..."
Outraged and horrified at what the grunts told her captured friends, Sarah fiercely unleashed a small flame and dispelled all of the tendrils and she placed the Obsidian Mirror back in her main satchel.
"So, that's it..."
"Team Rocket has somehow already gotten hold of Dialga and Palkia," Alternate Sarah and Alternate Race breathed, stunned.
"If anything, they think we're so stupid when, in fact, they're the ones who should be watching out for us. They have no idea what they're up against and what they've taken on is a group of tigers that will skin them, piece by piece," Marena quipped, wanting to punch the grunts repeatedly in the face.
"Ms. Marena is correct, Princess. Team Rocket, despite their prowess when they took over this world, has no idea what kind of power you truly have when we fight together so we can use their pride and arrogance to our advantage. The fact that they also foolishly said that they have a trap waiting for us grants us the element of surprise so we can prepare a counter for it," Magearna agreed.
"Yes! Now that we know your friends are in that metallic prison camp along with the other prisoners, we'll bail everybody out in no time!" Glaceil smirked, pounding his right paw in his left paw and eager for a fight.
"That's perfect and all but how exactly are we going to take advantage of that trap they've set up let alone use it against them?" Camille pondered.
"Where there's a will, there's a way, Camille. If those grunts want the only other humans left alive in this world, we can change them all into something new through Animus Magic so as to pull the wool over their eyes and hopefully, get the drop on them," Sarah replied as she held the Dragon Heart Scepter.
"Honey, are you sure you want to go through with something that drastic?" asked Nikki.
"This world has suffered enough from this war they started and too many people, Pokemon, and creatures have died by their hands for us to ignore. At this rate, all bets are off; so, by using a spell from my Animus Magic, once Team Rocket is at our mercy, we'll give them new forms so as to help our doubles rebuild this world which are basically: the Pyrrah and Pantala Dragon species."
"...You know, I like your style, kid. That could work but while your floating friend made out of animal pentominoes introduced us to the eight giant dragons waiting outside, he failed to mention what kinds of dragons they are," Alternate Race nodded in response.
Reader was only too happy to oblige as she labeled, "Oh, that's easy, our kingdom's queens are as follows: Queen Glory - RainWing, Queen Ruby - SkyWing, Queen Thorn - SandWing, Queen Coral - SeaWing, Queen Moorhen - MudWing, Queen Snowfall - IceWing, Queen Jewel - HiveWing and SilkWing, and Queen Sequoia - LeafWing. As for me, I'm a NightWing."
Commander Cynthia nodded thoughtfully as she crossed her arms and eyed the NightWing seer, "And...?"
"Each of our species has an array of unique abilities that we use in combat; LeafWings, SilkWings, HiveWings, and SeaWings don't exhale fire compared to normal dragons while MudWings, NightWings, and SandWings can breathe fire at any given time. The IceWings use a freezing breath called Frostbreath that turns anything and everything it touches to ice and RainWings spit out corrosive acid affecting only biological matter which can kill a dragon in seconds should it touch the eyes or any wounds. Apart from the occasional poison or acid HiveWings spit out, LeafWings can communicate with plants and help them grow. As for the SilkWings, they produce different kinds of strong silk so you can use that as makeshift dragon rope to wrap up those grunts."
Sarah nodded as she then continued, "If you want anything specific, RainWings can even camouflage themselves and SeaWings have bioluminescent scales while NightWings can read minds through Mind Reading or see the future depending on how many moons they hatched under back in our world and their home. And, to top it all off, all of them can use Animus Magic."
"That makes the odds about even, then," Alternate Lana remarked as the rest of her squadron nodded in agreement.
Race then replied as he agreed with his girlfriend's plan, "Plus, with an Animus enchantment, Island Girl and I can change those guards and have them become each of the queens' species. We'll even erase the memories of their pasts so they'll have no recollection of their time with Team Rocket, essentially making them blank slates. No more Team Rocket, no more killing or bloodshed."
"You serious?!" Prince gawked in amazement.
"How?" asked Alternate Kiawe simply.
Sarah nodded as she revealed to Kiawe's twin and the little Titan, "Put simply, we can enchant anything with our Animus Magic: a bracelet, necklace, ring, earring, anything to put the enchantment on. You name it, we'll put the enchantment on it and once it's in place and they're put on the guards when they aren't looking, the enchantment will take over before they would have time to react."
"I got some gold necklaces we saved from the evacuation," Alternate Mallow suggested.
"Perfect, bring as many as you can and we'll get started," Race commented with a nod, allowing Alternate Mallow and Lana to nod back and go off to retrieve them.
"So, in terms of the technology you have or what you used, how advanced are we talking about? Advanced as us, perhaps?" Lillie questioned Reader.
"The queens' subjects such as myself are deeply skilled in building such as creating large impenetrable palaces so they can help rebuild all of the torn-down and ruined buildings and they're highly knowledgeable in medical practices with the usage of herbs and blood vessels. RainWings, especially, know about poisonous frogs and will use certain types of venom from them to create blow darts while the SkyWings use Dragonflame Cactus Bombs that will explode when ignited, spraying sharp seed pods that will prick at their enemies without warning. We NightWings are the most advanced Pyrrahian tribe in technology based on our intensive research and study, specializing in geology, metalworking, biology, chemistry, and even genetics."
"Study genetics?"
"And, biology?" blinked a stunned Alternate Sophocles and one of the commander's officers.
"Right, and SandWings mainly study astronomy which is why they specialize in making telescopes, recording and writing down star charts, and following the different phases of the moon. They use scrolls and books and they even run stores amongst many things they did."
"Impressive, your species will be of great help to us once we begin restoring our world upon Team Rocket's destruction," Alternate Brock smiled gratefully.
"That is if we can convert much of the grunts into dragons of all of your kinds without any trouble from them, really," Alternate James remarked.
"If we plan and time this carefully, with all of the dragons you have on you converted from the Team Rocket grunts we've enchanted, you'll be able to rebuild your world and have it restored back to its former glory. And, maybe then, we'll be able to save you all and your Pokemon," Sarah nodded just as Alternate Mallow and Alternate Lana returned with all of the necklaces they can find amongst the things they and their entire squadron salvaged on their end.
"Here you are, Princess," Alternate Lana spoke up as the two of them presented the necklaces.
"Great, they'll do perfectly. Thanks," the princess thanked.
"So, how exactly are you going to enchant those necklaces knowing they'll be our key to stopping those Team Rocket grunts?" Alternate Ash asked, crossing his arms and raising a skeptical eyebrow.
"You'll see. Now, I need to concentrate all of my energy on the necklaces in order for the enchantment I'm working on to be in full effect," she answered as she held the Dragon Heart Scepter over the necklaces and began to recite while working on the Animus Magic enchantment she's casting.
"Great Spirits of Animus, grant your magic to these necklaces - transform the bearers of all that wear them to immediately transform into a NightWing, SkyWing, SandWing, SeaWing, MudWing, LeafWing, HiveWing, or SilkWing and inherit the sacred abilities, cultural societies, technological prowess, and powers of the Pyrrah Dragons. See which abilities fit each bearer depending on their personalities to restore all that is lost in this broken world as per the following conditions..."
"...Leave them no memory of their past lives or identities..."
"...Ensure loyalty to the ones they once called enemies including Commander Cynthia and the resistance..."
"...Recognize their new rulers: me, Sarah Tomoe, Winter and Shadow, my Light Fury and Night Fury Dragons, and the Eight Queens: Ruby, Coral, Moorhen, Snowfall, Jewel, Thorn, Sequoia, and Glory..."
"...Compelled to never remove their necklaces for their and everyone else's personal safety and the greater good..."
"...Become immune to all strange events happening in Alternate Sinnoh and this world until the war has ended..."
The Dragon Heart Scepter glowed as Sarah then completed her enchantment by changing a certain curse Raven (Teen Titan) once told her about while training for the new angelic form that she now wields against a friend-turned-enemy during her and the Teen Titans' adventures and using it with her Light Magic to make the enchantment permanent for the grunts who would wear the enhanced necklaces as she recited, "Aldruon Enlenthranel Vosolen Lirus-nor!"
Then, in a bright flash of light and sparkles, the necklaces all glowed before they dimmed and shimmered slightly as a thin field of light can be seen around them, signaling to everyone that the enchantment was complete.
"Whoa...!" the Alternate Pokemon School Gang and Alternate Ash gasped in awe and fascination.
"Discord, you mind evening out the odds?" Sarah asked the Dragonequus once she was done.
"One order of deep-fried enchanted Animus necklaces, coming right up!" Discord beamed, snapping his fingers to create what looked like a large burgundy jewelry box for the necklaces, allowing Sarah to take out a large bowl from her secondary satchel before placing the necklaces inside the bowl and box while she recited, "Twice and much for peace and such."
With that spell cast, the ten necklaces Alternate Mallow and Alternate Lana found multiplied by two to create ten more of them and make 20 in all, then 40 from an additional twenty, then 60, with the process repeating itself until the little princess had a total of 200 necklaces in the bowl. She then placed all but fifty of them into the box again and repeated the spell. All the while, the twins, the alternate Pokemon and dragons, and the commander and her officers looked on in shock and amazement at Sarah using her Animus Magic like it was second nature to her.
"Wow, is this what you guys call 'Animus Magic'?"
"What else can it do?" Alternate Sophocles and Alternate Lana gasped in awe.
"As far as we're concerned, anything and everything."
"It's amazing what one can do with Animus Magic, all the endless possibilities, quite remarkable..." Astrid and Hiccup smiled just as Sarah had finished making all the necklaces she needed, a total of 2000 in all, and put them in her main satchel after storing them inside the jewelry box.
"Great job, Discord," smiled Sarah before turning to Raven (Teen Titan). "I gotta hand it to you, Raven, that curse you told me about will definitely come in handy now that I placed it onto the necklaces through my Light Magic."
Raven (Teen Titan) smiled with a knowing nod, "Hopefully, it will be enough to ensure they never take those necklaces off with it in place."
Sarah nodded in agreement before she turned to everyone else, "Once all the prisoners are free, we'll destroy the facility down to nothing. I'll need one of you, however, to stay here and keep an eye on the egg."
"Me, I'll stay and look after the egg," Blaze (SandWing) called, appearing to the group from the doorway.
"Blaze!"
"Blaze, are you sure?" gasped Zoey and Sarah in surprise.
"Yes. You and my aunties have to help the princess and the others free her bodyguards from that facility and Team Rocket, the egg will be all alone with no one to protect it should Team Rocket break through the dome and ambush us somehow. I'll stay with it. Hey, I'm not worried, I'll make sure it doesn't cause any trouble while you're gone. You've never let anybody down before, not even me."
"But, how'd you get here when you're supposed to be with the queens outside?" Frosmoth questioned in confusion.
"You can thank our resident alternative 'grumpy old men' for giving me something fun to do since one of those nice Night Fury twins told me, 'Look, why don't you go down to the Command Center and leave us alone so we don't listen to your dribble, okay?', so I decided to drop by and give you a hand babysitting this egg I heard you found," Blaze replied, now with a bright smile and not phased by what has been spat at her by one of the Night Fury twins.
"Really...? ...Alright, then. Just make sure it doesn't roll off while we're gone," Sarah replied, gently handing the egg to Blaze as she smiled while it rested in her class and talons before turning to everyone else. "Well, I guess that's it for the egg. Now that we have all we need, we'll need to make our way for the facility."
Commander Cynthia nodded as she declared to everyone and then to her officers, "Then, we'll leave immediately. I want all available personnel to watch over the city while we're away, do not let any known threat from Team Rocket enter let alone get past the dome no matter what."
"Yes, M'am!" the officers saluted.
"Right!" everybody nodded.
"YEAH!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut cheered before they banged their heads and helmets together, signaling the official beginning of their rescue attempt and the end of Team Rocket.
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