Ch1 - Unova (revised)
DISCLAIMER - I don't own Pokemon. I only own my SI/OC
I also don't own the DS. Nintendo does. Not sure if this is necessary, but not taking chances with the Nintendo Ninjas
Reviews
pratikchakraborty911
Though Volcarona is a great pokemon, I only now realized how late it evolves, so its not the best option for what I'm going for. Deino seems to be the consensus here, so it will likely end up happening. Good guesses for both the ground and steel, but sadly you got a 0/4. I have decided though that it will be two steel types, though one of those two will probably end up being a dual steel/ground. Even though a physic would be awesome, the lack of many physics that I personally like in Unova makes it a choice to consider putting one on the team. Victini is a great choice though, but being a Mythical makes it a rough choice to have as well, since I don't want to make Shawn OP through legendaries, especially before the first like 5-6 gyms. It is possible though. Thanks for the review!
Ashton12
True, a lot of coverage moves comes with those two, and though Deino has a late evolution, Hydreigon itself does make up for it. Chandelures Sp. attack stat speaks for itself though, pretty insane to think about for a normal pokemon. Thanks for the review!
zubzilla
I'm glad that the fic excites you, it certainly makes me happy knowing someone can enjoy my ideas written down. Ghost typing is important, but in what way do you mean? Like just being able to do ghost things like phasing out and through things? Thanks for the reviews!
Random Badass
It seems everyone agrees with that, so as it is now Hydreigon is the choice. For more about Kinggambit see after the AN chapter, and Braviary is definitely not a bad choice for a flying type. I could see it in the plans for sure, despite the high evolutionary level. Thanks for the review!
Again to everyone who reviewed and left me with ideas to think about, everyone who favorited or followed, and the people who just read the story, thank you for your support! Let the chapter begin…
Unova
Shawn woke up, eyes open, ready to check his phone to see how late it was after his late night pokemon playing, when he realized. Something was wrong. He was wearing a shirt, but he remembers he wasn't. He was sleeping under covers, when he remembers playing Black on top of his bed with no blankets or covers, and his most obvious hint was the ceiling he was looking at was completely different in color and looks to his own.
He jolted up, his mind racing.
'What. The. Fuck. Where the hell am I? Did I get kidnapped? Am I hallucinating? What the fuck? Am I de—
"Shawn! Get down here, breakfast is ready!"
Shawns face twisted in confusion and horror as he responded out of habit.
"I'll be down in a minute!" He yelled, noticing more and more differences between this new room and his old one.
His old room had light gray walls with a dresser on the left wall and his tv on a seperate stand straight across from the door. This room had dark, storm gray walls, with a tv on top of a dresser in front of the bed, and the door to the right of the bed.
As he got up out of bed, he also noticed his body was different. He was a bit smaller and a bit skinnier. Instead of being a semi-in-shape, average in height young adult, he felt like a tall teenage boy on the skinny side.
Shawn walked out the door cautiously, and looked at his surroundings. To his right was a dead end, where the white wooden door made contact with the beige wall. To his left was a hallway with one door at the very end, on the far wall, and another door closer to him on the right.
'Based on my house experiences, rooms at the end of the hallway are normally bigger bedrooms, and bathrooms, or other, smaller bedrooms are on the sides.' Front and center from where he stood in the doorway was a small, dark set of stairs that led to what he assumed was the ground floor of the house.
As he walked towards what he presumed was a bathroom, his thoughts went racing through his mind.
'Is this a dream? Who was the woman downstairs? What do I look like?' While he wondered, he noticed something a little heavier than normal in his left pocket, before he was interrupted from his thoughts once again.
"Make sure you eat before it gets cold!" The voice said.
He quickened his pace and opened the door, which did indeed end up being a bathroom. A small bathroom with a sink to the left, a toilet to the right of the sink, and a shower directly opposite from the door. His focus, though, was on the mirror above the sink. Shawn looked similar to his old self, but younger and with noticeable changes.
Instead of his dark brown hair, he had pitch black hair, and it was way longer than he ever had it, reaching down just to his shoulders. He was tall, compared to his old height of about 5 '9, he looked about 6 '1, though noticeably skinnier. His face was still the same though, a little bit of fat in his cheeks with a straight jawline that curved a bit below his mouth. His eyes were now a dark, forest green instead of his previously light blue eyes. His skin was also a shade lighter, now being a lighter white instead of tan.
'I'm a teenager? Green eyes? How rare is that? Actually, depending on where the hell I am, it may be common, since I'm obviously not on the same Earth.'
Before he got too wrapped up in his new appearance though, he remembered the voice calling to him from the floor below.
'Let's get downstairs before whoever is down there gets angry though, don't wanna make anyone mad on the first day here.'
He exited the bathroom and walked back down the corridor, then turned left and walked down the stairs with help from a rail on the left side, connected to the wall. The room he ended up in had two brown couches, both facing a tv connected to a wall above a desk with different cases that looked like films and a couple books mixed in.
Shawn walked through the room slowly, taking it all in. Facing the same direction as the door to the room he came out of on the second floor was an open wall that led to a kitchen. He walked through the opening and into the kitchen.
A small table sat in the middle, with 4 chairs surrounding it, and all around the table were cabinets and countertops. The fridge was to the right of him, as well as the stove and a small opening where the pantry sat. There he saw a woman a bit shorter than him, with black hair down to her waist in a ponytail. She turned around as he walked to the table, showing him her green eyes and soft looking face, though she had a grin on it at the moment.
"Finally! I know you might not have slept the best last night, but still, today is your day Shawn! Hurry up and get ready to go to the Professor's Lab after you eat!"
'The professor's lab? I wonder what kind of professor this one is, considering this is obviously a different place, if not world. I wonder what she meant by "my day", though.'
As he sat down and began to eat the pancakes, which were coincidentally his favorite, the black haired woman spoke again.
"Make sure you get there early, I'm sure you don't want to be late to get your first Pokemon!"
'What. The. Fuck'
Shawn was shook. He was in the Pokemon world? Was it the Anime? Games? Spin-offs? God forbid the manga? At that, he was getting a Pokemon? Shawn was completely bewildered inside of his head, but thankfully his moderate experience gambling with his close friends kept his face intact as he responded.
"I'll be sure to get there early. I couldn't forgive myself if I was late to get my first Pokemon." His response came out quickly, and with little emotion.
This didn't seem to surprise the woman, who just smiled at him and said, "Well, come back and tell me bye before you leave! No matter if you're a Pokemon Trainer, you'll always be my little boy first!"
She then walked past him, into the living room, then up the stairs, and presumably to the room at the end of the hall he didn't enter.
'So she's my mom', Shawn thought, finally putting the pieces together. He had been so focused on, y'know, being in a new world, his brain hadn't put together who she was. As he calmed down and ate his pancakes, he gathered his thoughts. He remembered the weight in the pocket of his black pajama pants, and pulled out the object, which was not what he expected.
'My DS? What is it doing here?'
He checked the back of it to see what game was in, and was shocked to see there was no slot for the game. It was smooth, as was the charging port, and the GBA game port.
'What?! How did it end up like this?! If the outside has been closed up, what happened to the inside?' He turned it back around, and slowly opened the top of the DS to find it looked completely normal. He then put his finger on its side, found the power slide, and turned it on.
The top screen flashed a bright white first, then the bottom followed. A short message appeared on both screens, which Shawn immediately read.
'Arc DS initiating…'
'The hell does that mean, like the Arc Phone from Legends Arceus? But it looks nothing like—
The entire DS suddenly burst into light, as Shawn backed away from the DS that sat on the table. It slowly morphed into something familiar, but he had still never seen it before. As the light stopped, he observed how the DS had changed. Instead of the dark blue, it now had a pure white shell, with the buttons, dpad and rim being gold. On top of that, he could see the top of the DS had gold engravings, similar to Arceus's ring of gold.
For the nth time since he woke up, Shawn only had three words on his mind.
'What. The. Fuck'
Before he could think much more though, another message appeared on the screen.
'This will aid you in your journey across Unova, and across the entire Pokemon World if you so wish.'
Just as Shawn finished reading it, it disappeared, and in its place came a white screen, while the bottom screen turned into a menu. There were 6 options sitting in 3 rows, two on each. Reading from top left to bottom right, they were as follows.
'Pokemon, Trainer, Map, Film, Notes, ?'
Shawn was, once again, completely shocked, though at this point he was able to gather his thoughts quickly due to the rapid fire surprises that were already thrown his way.
'So it is similar to the Arc Phone from Legends Arceus, but it is definitely different. Pokemon is self-explanatory, Trainer could be a couple different things, Map is also self explanatory, I have no idea what Film is, Notes is obvious, and I haven't the slightest clue what ? could be.'
Looking at the screen again though, he saw the time in the top of the bottom screen, in the middle at the top of the options.
'11:45AM' it read. Seeing this, Shawn decided to quickly check out the options before getting ready, because he really didn't want to be late to get a Pokemon.
The Pokemon option led to a blank screen when he clicked on it, not surprising him since he didn't have any Pokemon at the moment. Trainer had a card of his badges, pokemon obtained, money in Poke, and surprisingly, a small bio of himself.
'Shawn Black is a 14 year old boy who is usually quiet and reserved. He was raised by his mother after his father left to travel when he was a child, which impacted his psyche in negative ways. Though quiet, he won't stop for anything or anything if someone he loves is in danger, especially his mom. He will not hesitate to fight if needed, and is more mature than others his age. Shawn always had an interest in Pokemon, and studied regularly to improve his knowledge before his journey started.'
'Well', Shawn thought, 'that certainly gives me something to work with. This Shawn was definitely similar to me, though the missing dad just reminds me of a shonen protagonist. I do have an excuse for my Pokemon knowledge though, so at least I don't have to worry about that.'
Once he backed out of the Trainer menu, he opened the Map, and, as expected, it was a map of the Unova Region. Film was what really surprised him though. When he clicked on it, one option appeared on top of the screen, which read, 'Season 14, 15, 16'
'Holy. Is this the Pokemon Anime? 14, 15, and 16 were all of the Black and White seasons, so this means I have access to everything that is going to happen during Ash's adventures!'
'Wait a second,' he paused, 'so I'm in the Anime?! Where the most absurd strategies are used and battles actually take thought?! Where a simple command to dodge can change everything?! This is crazy, my pickings of Pokemon will now not be completely based on stats and movepools, not with how absurd some Pokemon could be when used properly with Anime Logic.'
This had Shawn pretty excited to see how this would work out in the future, but that also came with a revelation. If this was the Anime, and today was the day he picks his Pokemon, that means today would be the day that Ash, and by extension, Zekrom would arrive at Nuvema Town. Which meant he needed to get a move on before all of that nonsense happened and he got caught up in it.
As Shawn put his empty plate and cup in the sink, then walked back up to his room to change, he smirked. He knew what Starter Pokemon he would choose, and he would not let anyone stop him from taking over Unova with his future partner.
End!
I hope this chapter was enjoyable, a lot of it came to me as I was writing. I don't think anyone has done something like the Arc DS, but I really hope I'm not copying anyone's idea here.
As well as that, I don't think there's many SI in Unova fanfics in general, so if anyone knows a decent one, please point me to it so I can check it out and see what they do.
The team so far:
Starter - Oshawott (not said in chapter, but I have him as a main character in the story description, so kinda obvious)
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Undecided mons' votes
Deino - 3
Axew - 0
Chandelure - 2
Other Fire types - 0
ALSO - Although Kinggambit is awesome, if I did Pawniard, I would probably stop at Bisharp, just because I prefer it to Kinggambit. However, Pawniard is not in the plans regardless, so unless literally everyone wants it, I probably wont do it.
Pokemon-wise, would anyone want Zoroark? Or possibly a second starter later on? I like the Unova starters, but Oshawott is my favorite by a mile, and I don't want Shawn to have many pokemon in common with Ash. Zoroark is a cool Pokemon to have though, and it would probably be fun to write if I did it, since the possibilities are endless with it
What will the ? option be? Thoughts on the Arc DS? Did I portray someone who woke up in a new universe correctly? Should the story be M for the cussing? Please review and let me know! Thanks for reading, and have a good rest of your day!