Episode 9: Welcome to the World of Pokemon -- Again! The Galar Trip!

[fallers_npcs]

Welcome to the Galar Region everyone!

After a long trip, you've all arrived, rested up and now are touring the countryside before heading to Wyndon. Along the way, you and your classmates get to experience the gentleness of the city before heading to the biggest city of the nation.

Some stops are along the way as follows.





First stop is the big and majestic Wild Area around Motostoke and Hammerlocke. This rich, lush area is full of natural beauty, and is a haven for Pokemon. Trains, trainers and Pokemon all travel through this landscape, as you can see dens lit up across the landscape. Your tour guide will inform you that these Dens are full of Dynamax Pokemon, and can be battled and caught if you wish to test your mettle.

There are Pokemon of all kinds, not quite all of the Pokemon you might find in other regions but Pokemon are migrating in and out of Galar at all times with unique and bizzare forms.




Incredible looking Stow-on-Side is another stop where the trains run, yes, trains run to Stow-on-Side, not EVERYONE walks here, silly! and Here, you can find the historical murals of the landscape, the Fighting Gym run by Bea (when it's not swapped out with Allister every other half a year but this time it's Bea's turn), and maybe if you're plucky enough, Bea will let you challenge her gym. Who knows, she might accept.



Hullbury Gym is in the opposite direction and we'll be taking the Train there as well, or you could rent a bike and hoof it across the bridge, it's up to you. Or a Corviknight Taxi. Either way, we'll be setting out from Hammerlocke in the middle of the week to visit Nessa.


In the middle of the week, we will arrive at our destination. The beautiful city of Wyndon.



Wyndon is a bustling metropolis where some peculiar going-ons have been taking place. While it shouldn't bother you at the moment, Chairman Rose himself has come to meet you and the students with a genuine smile on his face along with his placid secretary, and none other than Champion Leon.

All are very enthusiastic to meet the students, and some of the Fallers who have decided to come on the trip, including the chaperones.

In all, you've been put up at the swankiest hotel thanks to the Chairman's goodwill, and have fun experiencing the life of Wyndon for the next ten days!

This is where the real Mystery Begins, as reports of strange red light has been affecting citizen's Pokemon, and Dynamaxing them once in a while...

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[blue_ice]

Kaiba is led here by Kisara's insistence. The little Pikachu keeps tugging on his coat, following a trail of...something. It's that nasty officer. She growls at Morimoto, her cheeks sparking.

"Kisara? What the..."

Oh. He's surrounded by giant Pokémon and his fellow travelers clashing with them. It's big, and scary, and he should go.

But he doesn't go soon enough. The trembling Sobble in his arms whimpers, sucks in a deep breath...and cries. Its cry is piercing and loud, and a gas with the force of 100 onions fills the air. Anyone in the vicinity will start to tear up.

Kaiba just barely drew specially fitted visors for himself and Kisara out of his pocket in time, giving him cover to survey the field, then send her out.

"Thunderbolt!"

And she goes right for the giant Combee.

[fallers_npcs]

"Ah geez, Sobble cries! Like a thousand onions in my face!" Exclaimed Pikachu, grabbing his face.

"Dad there's no time for that now, this is turning into something out of an anime!" Exclaimed Tim, his eyes watering. "Leon, got any ideas?"

"This battle's getting too hectic for Charizard that's for sure," said Leon, recalling his Pokemon's Dynamax, as it shrunk down. "We need to engage on a smaller level. Call the other two Champions, we need their help to contain the situation!"

"Right. I'm gonna go help the other Pikachu, though looks like the little lady's got it covered, c'mon Tim!" Exclaimed Pikachu, running up to Kisara as Tim followed behind.

Meanwhile, Mega Combee Fainted from the attack, the strange Mega Pokemon dissolving in a flash of shadow and light as it wisped away to nothing. "Kooky," said Pikachu as Dark Dream was blasted backwards from the Tackle and Double Team.

"Little mutts, fine! If that's the way you want to play it!" She exclaimed, summoning a Tepig and Yamper of her own, and sending it to Nuzzle and Ember Nozomi's Pokemon as she went to clash with the other Precure.

Meanwhile, Mega Beedril raised its stingers and started to fire Pin Missiles at Tyz while the Mega Mothrim, pleased with it's duty, turned and started spreading Stun Spore across the battlefield.

[tiredcharmer]

The force of Sobble's tears rocks the battlefield, and Tyzias nearly plummets from the sky... until the shock forces another 20% of Calamity out of her. Tyzias's armor plating spreads to cover even more of her body, and purple mist begins swirling in front of her face, obscuring it with a nebula.

Which is exactly what she needs to recover. With the Calamity Nebula absorbing all of Sobble's teargas, Tyzias flies back up to meet Beedrill once again. Tyzias's swords trace white and black lines through the sky, moving almost too fast to track as she deflects Beedrill's Pin Missiles right back at the Pokemon with unerring precision.

As the projectiles land, Tyzias rears back and beats her wings hard enough to blow a gale force wind at the Beedrill. As the Beedrill is blown back, stunned by the gambit, Tyzias dives towards it, arm outstretched with sinister purple lines hissing with static gathered around her fist... but it recovers just in time, flying out of range of her strike.

[cureofmanyworlds]

Both Tepig and Yamper yelped as they were hit by their own attacks before countering with their own. Cure Dream, for her own problems, was still dealing with an angry Dark Dream.

"You leave my Pokemon alone! You look like me when I was younger, so why are you acting like a brat?!" she shouted at her. Noticing both the Stun Spore and the nearby Champion, she had an idea.

"Sir! The Stun Spore!" she shouted, kicking Dark Dream towards his Charizard.

Her Pokemon would respond with a Ember and a Quick Attack of their own.

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

A lot of things happen in the split few seconds. Firstly, the tears hit and the tears hit hard. Wes feels the familiar tears him and he shoots a dirty look as best as he can at Seto with his eyes watering. However, he can't be too mad as Kisara takes out that stupid face in front of him.

Not wasting the time to thank his saviours, Wes looks up at the sky to see Mothrim. He recognises the stun spore, much like he recognises it has no effect on Morpeko.

"I'm gonna throw you. Spark when you get up there."

"Peko!"

Wes tries to judge the distance as best as he can through teary eyes. It's pretty hard but with tremendous strength he launches the small Pokemon up. However, it seems as if the Morpeko's not going to make it-

"Koffing! Give him a boost." Wes throws the Pokeball and out comes his new Koffing. The Pokemon gasps and manages to get Morpeko on his back. After a shaky thanks from one Pokemon to another, Morpeko adjusts himself and jumps up! Through the stun spore! Higher and higher!

Only to miss by a hair.

"Morpeko!" Morpeko screams as he plummets. Thankfully, Koffing is on the ball and he speedily flies up to catch the mouse. The duo careen into the billboard and fall onto the stands, but because Koffing reduced most of the inertia, the two are mostly unharmed.

"Damn it." Someone give him a boost so he can help his Pokemon while he tries again.

[blue_ice]

Kaiba and Kisara dart forward, knowing they need to strike while they have the advantage. He makes a quick, sharp gesture, and the little Pikachu barrels headfirst into Yamper, trying to give Nozomi a better shot at getting away.

[fallers_npcs]

"Oh yeah that's what I'm talking about! Throw me Tim!" Exclaimed Pikachu as Tim launched him at the other dark Tepig to help Nozomi's Pokemon. With a well placed Electro Ball, it destroyed the dark Tepig at the same moment the dark Yamper dissolved into sparkles and shadows.

"Hey wha--?!" Exclaimed Dark Dream as Leon's Charizard threw her into the Stun Spore. "Aasdfasdfgsdf!" she exclaimed, writhing as she collapsed, paralyzed from the spores. "Y-you... I...!"

"When... I... get my hands on you...!"

The Mega Mothim seemed to want to flee, but instead took a sweeping charge at Wes's Morpeko and Koffing, intent on finishing them off as it charged up a Shadow Ball as the Mega Beedril charged up a Megahorn and charged straight at Tyz.

Coughing, Dark Dream staggered to her knees. "You... Dream... you really forget everything, don't you? Your hopes, your dreams... your promises... all of it. Just... throw things away, your potential...!" She looked up angrily at Dream. "When you fought me once before, long long ago, you don't even know what happened in that time lost to the mists, but I do! I remember! And you don't know because you weren't there!"

Dark Dream hit the ground angrily as she coughed, the stun spore working through her lungs. "You don't even know... because you were created before we met. Before we meant something, anything... and I never got to watch you become the person I admire. Don't give that gift up."

[cureofmanyworlds]

Cure Dream stopped and looked sadly at Dark Dream... before lowering her head. “You’re... you’re right. I did forget everything. I came to a new world thinking that I can just be someone new because... because I wasn’t her. Because I thought I had to be someone knew.”

“I’ve hid from other Precure because I was scared of finding out what she did, and... and I was wrong.”

She dropped to her knees at that. “I forced myself to grow up. I forgot who I am...”

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Wes turns his head to his team and hisses. He can see the shadow ball building. Since no one's helping him up, he sees Charizard throws Dark Dream and he goes towards the Charizard, hoping Leon or Charizard would see him and get the message to throw him up.

"Get out of the way! Approach with sludge! Get in there again!"

Morpeko hears Wes and relays the orders. Koffing nods and with a burst of speed, the two zip away from the shadow ball, dodging neatly. Koffing gets closer and attempts to shoot foul sludge at the Mega Mothim, missing by a hair again. The thing was fast, that was for sure...

[tiredcharmer]

Unfortunately for Tyzias, her galeforce gambit also put her slightly off balance. And as she's trying to recover, the Beedrill charges into her with full force with its Megahorn. "GHK-" Tyzias's cry is cut short as the Pokemon slams her into the stadium's turf, creating a sizable impact crater and filling the area around her with dust.

But Tyzias is... smiling? Her hand snaps out towards the Beedrill's neck, still crackling with Calamity Miles. "Gotcha, you bastard," she snarls. The Miles pierce the Beedrill's flesh and begin snaking through its body, which in addition to tearing apart its body from the inside out, also pumps it full of reality-eating static.

[fallers_npcs]

"You don't even know what you yourself is anymore," said Dark Dream, her body starting to shimmer. The damage from the stun spore was starting to break her down, and she stepped over to Nozomi, one hand out, tears watering in her eyes before she grasped the air, her hand passing through the other girl.

"Remember... remember what you once were..."

And then, she flickered away, into light and shadow.

And then -- suddenly, everything went to hell.

When Tyzias struck the Beedrill, power collided. Unknown energy started to flare as magic swirled, the power of unknown proportions whirling around the Stadium erupting.

Tyzias. You done fucked up.

"We need to get to shelter!" shouted Leon as he gripped Wes's leg instead of yeeting him towards his Pokemon. "Call your Pokemon back!" he shouted at Wes. "Call them back everyone!"

The Pokemon that was once Beedrill rose up into the air, crackling with power as it rose into the skies. Energy flared, as the stadium began to crumble around it, but then, suddenly, without warning -- reality stopped.

Everything stopped.

As if bound by time and space, nothing seemed to move, as Bunbee chuckled, reappearing, stepping through the boundaries of the landscape, seemingly unaffected. "My my," he said, clapping. "You really did it Fallers. You just pushed the boundaries of the Gods, and broke this world's Law. My goodness. This is above everyone's pay grade that's for certain."

"This can't do at all."

Bunbee snapped his fingers and the Beedrill vanished and the pieces of the stadium rebuilt itself. "I do hope you won't do that again," he said calmly, his eyes narrowing. "Don't. Do that again. There's little chance of stopping something like that again. I'm sure the proper people have taken notice by now... and be warned, this is the only time I'll be helping all of you."

He smiled. "Grow stronger, rely on your Partners, don't rely on the crutch you call powers! Learn about the strength of the heart!"

And he stepped away, disappearing through a Ultra Hole which swallowed Bunbee in a flash of light. And then, Reality Unpaused itself.

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Wes hisses as Charizard grabs him but he complies with orders. He gets his Pokeballs and recalls his two partners, prioritising them before him.

And then reality stops.

And starts again.

... Who... what the hell are they fighting?

Also how dare he chastise them?

"... Damn it."