“Uuuugggghhhhh…” Celestia groaned, very slowly, when next she regained consciousness.
She almost immediately wished that she had not. Absolutely everything hurt: her head, her chest, her legs, her gut, but more than anything, her chin. The princess found her body to be quite befit of energy, even more so than before. She tried to raise her head, but almost instantly her neck muscles quivered and gave out. The most the bringer of the sun could do with all the power she could muster was force a single one of her eyes open.
High above Celestia was a clear blue sky with only the slightest traces of white clouds. The warm yellow sun shone down upon her from a position suggesting midday, or early afternoon at the latest. Its rays were comfortable on her fur, perhaps the only thing about the present situation that.
“Well well,” said a high, accented voice. “Look who’s finally decided ta come back ta the land of the livin’!”
Celestia’s eye rotated in place until it found the source: the bipedal white cat from earlier.
“Yeah, it’s me,” it put its hands on its hips. “Rise and shine, Sleepin’ Beauty! You’ve been out all yesterday, all night, and half’a today too!”
“Meowth!” came a second voice, sounding scolding. “Don’t be so insensitive! Can’t you see the poor thing is in pain?!”
Meowth put its hands behind its head. “Yeah, whatever you say, Nurse Joy. Hmph!” It walked out of Celestia’s sight.
A second figure strode into Celestia’s field view. She immediately recognized him for her abductor and tensed up. Or, at least, she would have if she had been capable of doing such a thing. As it was, she just watched helplessly as the man knelt down beside her.
“Now that you’re awake we can do this properly,” he said, holding an orange and red spray bottle in one hand. “This super potion can heal a lot of damage and make you feel much better, but…” he winced. “I warn you, it will sting a little. Are you up for it?”
Celestia was the last soul in the world to back down from a little pain for the sake of something greater. With a great deal of effort she forced her lips to move.
“Yyyeeesss…” she faintly hissed out.
The man blinked. “Uh, Meowth, care to translate?”
“It says go ahead, genius.”
“Right!” he turned back to her and raised the bottle. “Now hold still for just a moment.”
Celestia heard a hiss, and then felt liquid touch her fur and skin. Instantly the affected areas began to sting in the manner of alcoholic antiseptic. The princess shut her one eye against the pain as her abductor sprayed her down very thoroughly, paying careful attention to her face, legs, and chest. The potion continued to sting for some seconds even after he was finished, and Celestia gritted her teeth. But not long afterwards the stinging began to fade away into a cool, soothing sensation that swiftly began to permeate her body. First her skin, and then her insides felt cool, relaxed, and far more functional. Far more swiftly than she would have believed possible, the princess felt her energy returning, her muscles flexing in readiness. Less than two minutes after feeling the first of the potion’s stinging touch, Celestia managed to push herself up onto her knees and look around.
She was in a grassy plain, not far removed from any of hundreds back home. The weather was warm and calm, with a gentle breeze only just moving her fur. In the distance there were hills rising, with the faint shadows of mountains further away. Closer to home was what appeared to be a deflated hot air balloon in the shape of the cat’s head. Around her were six other beings: the one called Meowth, her abductor, the magenta-haired woman, a blue blob looking curiously like a punching bag, something resembling a floating pumpkin, and a hovering cephalopod. The latter two were wearing almost comically outsized bandages on several locations. Checking herself over, Celestia discovered that she too had been bandaged.
“Hello there,” came the sound of her abductor’s voice. “I’m sorry that we haven’t been properly introduced yet. My name is James.”
“I don’t care what your name is, you are a criminal guilty of kidnapping under Equestrian l- aaaaaaawwww…”
Mid-sentence, James had sat down and reached behind her ears. Celestia didn’t know what witchery it was, but the moment his fingers started scratching she just wanted to melt on the spot. The sensation was so relaxing that she found it all but impossible to remain tensed up, almost in spite of herself.
“You are hereby – a little to the left – charged with assault and kid – oh yeah, that’s the spot – apping of royalty and placed – oooooohhhhh,” Celestia cooed involuntarily.
James scratched behind her ears for several minutes, with the princess deciding to permit him to do so on the grounds that it felt really good. When she returned home, she resolved to hire a minotaur or some other creature with hands to perform this service for her. Why had she never done that before?
“So,” James said after some time, continuing to scratch. “Tell me about yourself, my new Pokemon friend. You’re a Celestia, right?”
“I am the Celestia,” she corrected. “And how did you know my name?”
"’Cause he can hear ya, can’t he?”
Celestia spotted Meowth strolling back towards them, hands behind its head and an expression of calm contentment on its face.
She cocked her head at the cat. “What do you mean, because he can hear me?”
“Geez, an’ I thought I’d seen some sheltered Pokemon before,” Meowth wagged one finger on its right hand in a patronizing manner. “When Pokemon talk ta humans, all dey can hear is ya sayin’ your name over and over again,” it pointed a thumb at itself. “’Cept me, ‘cause I’m special.”
“What’s it saying, Meowth?” James asked.
“Get dis: this Pokemon don’t even know dat humans can’t understand it,” Meowth chuckled. “I thought everyone knew dat.”
“I’m not an “it”!” Celestia huffed indignantly. “Nor am I a Pokemon of any kind! My name is Princess Celestia of Equestria! And you have abducted and unlawfully imprisoned me! I demand to be released at once on pain of imprisonment for you and all your accomplices!”
“Pffft…” Meowth put a hand over its mouth. “Ba ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!” It put both hands over its chest and laughed uproariously. “Ba ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
“What exactly do you find so funny?” Celestia demanded. “I have been involuntarily ejected from my own world into this one, only to find myself abducted for no discernible reason by strangers in whose kindness I trusted! And then I was summoned and attacked by creatures I don't even know!”
“Pikachu musta hit dis broad over da head harder than I thought.”
James looked curious. “What do mean?”
“She’s sayin’ dat she’s not a Pokemon, she’s a princess!” Meowth laughed. “From another world! Ha!”
“You say you’re a princess? Really?”
“I am,” Celestia nodded. “And despite all you have done I remain willing to pardon your crimes against me if you immediately release me and direct me-”
“Glad we didn’t send ‘dis Pokemon ta the boss,” Meowth continued over her. “She’s nuttier dan a Christmas fruitcake!”
“I am not insane!” Celestia snapped at it. “I am Princess Celestia, Diarch of Equestria, Sol Invictus, Bringer of the Day, and Mistress of the Sun! It is I that cause the sun to rise in the morn and set in the eve! I have born witness to eons of time, and I shall continue for eons more! I am of the sacred race of alicorns, not a Pokemon!” she paused. “Whatever that is.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” Meowth laughed again. “Good one!”
“You think that this is some kind of joke?!”
“I tink that you’re outta your gourd, lady,” Meowth chuckled.
“STILL THY MOCKING TONGUE, WHELP!” Celestia roared in her best Royal Canterlot Voice. James had to shield his ears, while the force of it was enough to knock Meowth over onto its backside.
For just a moment, there was silence in the field as everyone stared at the slightly-panting alicorn princess. That had taken more effort than it usually did. Perhaps she was out of practice?
“What is going on over here?!” the magenta-haired woman was walking over, hands over her ears. “James, can’t you control your own Pokemon?”
Celestia got to her hooves, despite the continuing slight ache. “I am not his Pokemon!”
“Jessie, be reasonable! She’s freshly caught, and I don’t think she’s even seen a human before.”
Jessie jabbed a finger at James. “If you can’t keep this thing quiet, then you had better keep it inside its Poke Ball!”
“I am not falling for your trick again! Even if I am weak and in a foreign world. I will not be held captive!”
“You really don’t have a clue, do ya?” Meowth’s voice was quiet, almost strangely so.
Celestia turned back to it, frowning. “Have I not made it clear that you are to cease your mockery?”
“Listen, lady,” Meowth said with a gleam in his eye. “I was gonna break it to ya all gentle like, but dis Meowth don’t take well ta insults to his pride.” Claws slid out of one hand.
Celestia narrowed her eyes. “Are you challenging me?”
“No, I’m educatin’ ya.” Meowth held up a finger and wagged it. “You ain’t some pretty princess pony from another dimension. Yer a Pokemon wid’ a head injury.”
“You little-”
“Prove it,” Meowth challenged. “If yer all dat, what can ya do?”
“I can perform feats of magic far beyond you, little cat. I can pull the sun into the sky! I can transform inanimate matter into living creatures! I can even conjure objects into being from nothing at all!”
“Dat last one. Do dat. Right here, right now. Prove me wrong.”
“Do what, Meowth?” James asked.
“Dis crazy Pokemon is sayin’ she can do all kinds a magic hocus pocus. So I’m tellin’ her ta put up or shut up.”
The corner of Celestia’s mouth twitched upwards slightly. “Easily done. I’ll even allow you to name the object to be created.”
“Somethin’ simple, den. A picnic lunch. Think you can do dat?”
“Not a problem at all. Watch and prepare to eat your eat your words, cat!”
Celestia closed her eyes and opened her wings to their full, majestic length, more for dramatic effect than any practical purpose. Though she was still sore and weak, she could still feel the vast reserve of power inside herself. She called on that power, willing it to flow through her beautiful white horn. As it went, she wove mental enchantments that would cause the object of her desire to come forth, as she had countless times before.
Seconds ticked by. Team Rocket stared.
Nothing happened.
Celestia cracked an eye open. “Wha- what?”
Meowth sniggered.
“Hold on, just one moment.” Celestia clamped her eyes shut and tried again, going through the spell with a textbook perfection even Starswirl would envy.
Again, nothing happened.
Celestia gaped. “How… How is this possible?” Her power was there, she could feel it. It wasn’t like when she had given it away to Twilight. But when she called on it to perform a spell, it wouldn’t respond. How could that be? It shouldn’t have been possible! Unless… Unless…
Unless magic as she knew it didn’t exist in this world.
Unless every one of her spells was useless.
Hurriedly, Celestia cycled through several dozen of the tens of thousands of spells she knew. She tried conjuration, enchantment, summoning, transformation, abjuration, hexing, and even simple levitation. Absolutely nothing worked.
“Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!” Meowth laughed at the alicorn’s stupefied incomprehension. “And dat’s lesson number one!” He put his arms around the back of his head and walked up to James. “Lesson number two,” he snatched another red and white orb from the human’s belt.
“Hey!” James protested. “That’s mine!”
“Hold yer horses, you’ll get it back in a minute,” Meowth turned back to Celestia. “Now where was I? Oh yeah: yer a Pokemon!” He pressed the button that enlarged the sphere, tossing it up and down in one hand. “See, dis here is called a Poke Ball. It’s meant for catchin’ Pokemon like you and me. And it only works on Pokemon. See?”
Meowth whipped around and tossed the ball directly in James’ face as hard as he could. It smacked into the human’s forehead, bouncing off and knocking him over backwards. What it distinctly did not do was catch him.
James sat up, rubbing his forehead. “What was that for?!”
“Complainin’. Now shut your yap,” Meowth snatched another ball from James. “Now dis one is your Poke Ball. And it’ll only work if you’re a Pokemon,” he pointed the white button at her. “Return!”
A thin red beam shot out of the Poke Ball’s button. The instant it made contact with Celestia, she felt a powerful tug against her. The very next moment her body dissolved into red energy and vanished into the tiny sphere. To the princess, it seemed as if it was but a second later that she exploded back onto the scene in a burst of white energy.
“Ya see?” Meowth laughed triumphantly. “You’re a Pokemon, no more, no less. Now quit actin’ stupid and help the rest of us get dis here balloon back online!”
“Alright, I’ve seen enough,” Jessie said. “James, get your crazy new Pokemon under control and get back to sewing. Inkay, Pumpkaboo, Wobbuffet, Meowth, with me,” she clapped her hands. “Chop chop, people! We’ve still got more than thirty holes to fix before we can get this sorry sack back in the air!”
“Ma’am yes ma’am!”
“Wobbuffet!”
The remainder of Team Rocket began to walk back towards the downed balloon, leaving James alone with Celestia.
“Don’t worry,” James said, rising to his feet and clenching a fist. “Even if you’re a little loopy on the inside, I still think you’re a great Pokemon! I promise I’ll take good care of you,” he scratched her behind the ears a little. “Now come on,” he gestured. “We have to go help out our teammates!”
Celestia brushed him off. “I’m not a-” she started to deny, but then hesitated.
Twilight Sparkle had reported from her own experience of going through Starswirl’s mirror that she had been transformed into one of the native species through its magic. The same fate had befallen the Sirens. Equestrian magic hadn’t worked in that dimension either, until the powers of Harmony had brought it there. Who was to say that it was impossible for a trip to this dimension to transform her as well? The facts seemed consistent enough with that interpretation of events.
Princess Celestia sank to her knees, wide-eyed, as realization set in.
She was a Pokemon.
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Fairy type was introduced in X/Y, weak against steel and poison, strong against fighting and dark, deadly against dragon (dragon moves have no effect on them and fairy attacks are super effective against dragons).
As far as being a legendary? quite a few fairy types are not, only one, in game, is Xerneas. Non-legendary ones, that came before it was introduced, include Snubble/granble, Togipi line and Clefairy line.
In the Anime Pokemon are show to have tons of abilities besides their four moves, yet Celestia cannot do anything at all?
I stopped watching Pokemon after Misty and Brock left, so the new companions... well, I don't know who they are. However, the adventures of the pokemon trio (Ash and his friends) and team Rocket this just made me giggle thinking back to the wonderful memories I had in my childhood years watching Pokemon. This brought back so much nostalgia for me from Team Rocket's speech, to Ash just randomly calling out moves for Pikachu with no knowledge of that Pokemon Celestia is completely innocent. Lol.
However, I have to say, if I was Ash at that moment, I would have at least waited until Celestia attacked. Also, I was waiting for Celestia to stop and just levitate Pikachu back to Ash's hands. Then, everyone just wondering, "What the huhhh??" But that never happened sadly.
Celestia, why you know use your unicorn powers??
Okays, I am done.
Overall, great story!! I can't wait to see what comes next.
LOLOLOLLLL
I'm off to read the next chapter. Yay!
Poor Celestia stripped of her power...Not to mention the inconsistent language barriers She's lucky to have Meowth as a translator.
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well not yet i guess.
tho i wonder if she will be able to use the tricks she might learn if and when she manage to return back to Equestria
Poor Celestia!! Can't use any of her magic. Maybe she should try to get James to tell her to use a spell? Maybe that might work. She bursted into flames in the second chapter. I don't see why James telling her to use her magic won't work. Unless, she is naturally a level 1 pokemon and new spells come with learning new moves. Haha, that would be funny.
Meowth... not very helpful... I can see Celestia and Meowth getting into a pony-cat fight one of these moments. Take that pokemon down Celestia he deserves it!!! Hahh... I don't know...
Looking forward to the next chapter. Update soon!
Well then, aint that shit.
The 'princess' in 'Princess Twilight' as well as the words 'parallel dimension' naturally lead to me having more that a few thoughts and ideas for possible future developments.
However, they say a picture says more than a thousand words.
So I'm just gonna leave this here.
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Is Team Rocket volatile all the time? Cause they always explode and fly away
ahh I see those headaches and she hearing gibberish even from Meowth at the beginning
was Celestia transforming into a Pokémon... Moarrr!
So what happens when they try to take her to a Pokemon Breeder? *evil grin*
6085936 Eh. She's in a new world, her body has been subtly rearranged in ways she doesn't understand, with new powers she's not familiar with. 'Weak' is a bit premature - she hasn't really had a chance to show what she can do. She doesn't really know what she can do. Wait 'til she's more familiar with her new role, then we'll see where she is on the power scale.
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Simple. Under Equestrian Law, THE BREEDER IS BANISHED TO THE HEART OF THE SUN!
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The Anime has broken the rules of the game several times over. So limiting her to just four moves is kind of dumb. Also, her limitations would make way more sense if she had been turned into an existing Pokemon, but she has keep her shape and power, only is sealed somewhat. Legendaries in the anime and movies are really powerful, yet here she is a wimp.
Well fine author, you have my interest. And occasional laughter. And twinge-sympathy for Celestia. Hopefully she turns out to be a Legendary, even if currently at the 'low-level' spectrum.
Also hopefully, she gets to guilt-trip Pikachu. Get that little lightning mouse to write a friendship report.
As I only played up to Gold and Silver, a lot of these pokemon names sound like gibberish to me.
Gratz on the Feature, you've earned it.
I'm guessing that Team Rocket's in Kalos...
6086030 No magic, remember? :D
Ok, this story got my interest.
Random thought: in the pokemon anime magic exists.
6086232 Because James likes living the life of a bandit.
(And an arranged marriage his parents will drag him back home of they ever know where James is... or something like that, I don't remember the details exactly so feel free to correct me)
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True, but I have come to understand three things concerning the world of Pokemon and it's interactions with those of Equestria.
1) Story trumps mechanics if suitable to the message.
2) It may be possible that Celestia will need to relearn her formidable capabilities in terms of the world. Her magic is still there, just needs a new way of being properly called forth in terms that the world can handle.
3) I do believe there is a particular organization with sufficient sciences and equipment dedicated to rockets. Indeed, this organization, with it's calling cards '_______ Is Blasting Off Again' would be most adequate in at least creating distance between Her Royal Majesty and the unwanted plans of undesired personages. And perhaps one member of this rocketeering team, would perhaps be more inclined to listen to Celestia than the brutish plans of a stranger.
Nitpick of chapter 3:
Celly can't use ANY of her power? Not even basic levitation? She already used psychic last chapter, even if it was more of a rage induced attack... one would think those would be similar enough to be used in the same manner...
Secondly, several Fairy moves are almost flat out admitted to be magic. Moonblast, Light of Ruin, Moonlight, Crafty Shield, Flower Shield... They all flat out say they use a 'Mysterious Power' or that they 'borrow power' from something... When she attempted her spells, I think that Something should have happened, even if not what she expected...
Also, again, according to your own last chapter, Celly CANNOT be a Fairy/Fire type because she was weak to steel. Fire resists steel, and so it would have been neutral against her if she really was fire. The only type she can currently be is Fairy/Rock.
If you intend for her to be fire/Fairy, you may want to change chapter 2 a bit!
6086288 Agreed on all counts. XD One certainly hopes on that last one, to be sure.
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I am aware. But I assure you that there is a reason for this unorthodox result, and it will be revealed in future chapters.
I feel like there really isnt enouth stories with Celestia as the protagonist, but maybe I simply haven't looked after them enouth. Anyway this is awesome! looking forward to see more.
I like where it is going, and also the fact there are no complicated explanations and it jumps right to the important parts :)
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Yet any spell she tried failed, even if some of these had to be fire based or somewhat like psychic moves. Also, many Pokemon can learn moves that aren't based on the type of Pokemon they are. The only way you can really justify this is that something or someone put a power limiter on her. I can accept the first two chapters as Celestia was confused and then she got injured, but her being unable to cast even the most basic spell is too much. Granted not being in Equestria and in contact with the Equestrian sun could possible weaken her.
Also most people on this site are over twenty, meaning we aren't familiar with the last seasons of the anime or even the newer games, is just a nitpick of mine but you could have used an earlier season for this.
Also, another personal opinion, it would be more fun if Celestia was turned into a baby pony, James raising a foal "Cewestia" would be amusing, and would also explain her being weak.
I like how instead of Celestia just stuck in pokemon universe, she has actually changed into a pokemon herself.
Hmm, I wonder if Celestia was drunk and somehow ended up here.
This may be the single greatest accomplishment Team Rocket has done
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Personally when I first read the chapter I thought that she simply did not know how to use moves and was trying to still use spells. I believe she used the move psychic by unconsciously shifting from spells to moves. But hey, that's just my own idea.
He he, I'm sad to say I try to keep up with the latest of Pokemon anime even though I don't usually have time to watch the episodes. Though I agree that going back to a previous region would be much more enjoyable. Preferably Sinnoh or Hoenn, since I love Brock but less-than-like Misty.
Baby Celestia... Oh that'd be rich! But I'm glad the author decided to use an adult Celestia, since it allows me it imagine a supremely powerful Alicorn Princess of the Sun powerless.
6086461 She isn't just Fire/Fairy?
That would certainly make sense. She's a unicorn, earth pony, and pegasus, so Psychic (it behaves similarly to unicorn's magic), Ground/Rock/Grass, and Flying/Water/Ice/Electricity belong to her... even if it's only the moves. She'd also know some Dark moves, as she showed Twilight.
A thousand years of practice at raising the moon should provide access to Water and Ice moves (Aurora Beam would be an option for her, as the aurora borealis comes from sunlight).
Hm... what moves might fit her?
Cosmic Power, Gravity (aside from the whole Sun thing, if Twilight learned to play with it there is a good chance she did too), Imprison, Barrier, Light Screen, Baton Pass (you know, to Twilight), Calm Mind, Power Swap, Telekinesis, Teleport, Foresight, Geomancy, Hail (weather comes from pegasi), Rainy Day, Sunny Day, Mist, Misty Terrain, Morning Sun, Moonlight (1000 years of experience with it), Sing, Slack Off, Tail Whip, Embargo (if she also has Attract, this could be how she stopped the Want It Need It), Transform (Twilight learned to transform from a book in the old castle, so Celestia likely knows it, too), Blast Burn, Fire Blast, Fusion Flare, Mystical Fire, Sacred Flame, Brave Bord, Defog, Fly, Gust, Hurricane, Wing Attack, Mega Horn, Flash, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Hidden Power, Secret Power, Horn Attack, Horn Drill, Hyper Voice, Nature Power, Relic Song, Weather Ball, Return, Reflect, Psywave, Psycho Boost or Psychic, Focus Blast, Superpower, Entrainment (You've come such a long, long way...), Scald, Water Pulse, Water Pledge, Fire Pledge, Grass Pledge, Charm, Dazzling Gleam, Twister, Powder Snow, Icy Wind, Blizzard, Aurora Beam, Ancient Power, Earth Power, Rototiller, Magnitude, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Magnetic Flux (sun's influence on earth's magnetic sphere), Grassy Terrain, Magical Leaf, Solar Beam, Dark Pulse, Punishment
If she had ponies with her, she would have Attack Order, Defend Order, and Heal Order. Hm... that makes me think. What would Rapidashes and Ponytas think of her? Pokemon do occasionally recognize the power or majesty of something they could never have seen before.
6086252 No, you were right on the arranged marriage part. That episode was twisted, but hilarious
I think Jesse only joined because she found out her mother was part of the same organization.
Really well done. I like it. Good on you for locking off her native abilities. It makes sense that she wouldn't be able to do most of them if Magic as she knows it doesn't exist. My money is on her finding some moves that match her own prior abilities, after various testing. Eager to see when she comes into her own in this world, and Ash realizes just what the heck he was dealing with.
Also, I almost didn't read this story because I thought it was going to be some silly ham-fisted affair with nets and explosions, in regards to Celestia's capture. But the way you did it was perfect, when you think about how good James actually is with Pokemon. Keep up the good work!
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You never fail to impress my friend.
I just hope she gets her bearings soon and starts working on reforming Team Rocket's criminal idiocy.
I mean Ash is a moron but TR makes him look like a genius.
This has a very interesting start. I would love to see Celestia help get Jessie James and Meoths acts together, and reform them XD I also cannot wait to see Meowth's face (figuratively speaking) when everything Celestia had said is proven to be true.
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Go on...
I guess, Celestia thinks now: Oh, shit!
Hmmmm, time to find a ditto.
Pfft. Makes you wonder what her pre-evolved forms would be.
Or is she in her first stage, or does she not have a evolutionary path? Is she a legendary? Can she learn splash? What's her ability? Can I get one?
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And just think. After all of these years, Ash is still 10 years old...
Cursed to wander the world, forever, until he finally catches them all. Only then will he be released... At least until Celestia puts HIM into a pokeball!
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Wait until you find out about megas...
Thank you. Thank you for creating this.
OMG! This is freakin' brilliant!! I must have more!!
The fuck is going on in the featured box today?
I'm going to have so much fun with this fic!
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Genwunners unite, yaaay?