Coumarine City was built around one single, massive hill. It might have been more accurate to call it a mountain the way it towered over the coastline that surrounded it, but its slope was gradual and covered with grass, making it not look like the classic image of a mountain at all.
A numb...
2022-10-05 22:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostTraining with Gurkinn was a lot simpler than I expected.
Rather than anything that intensive, the day after we first arrived, he forbade us from Mega Evolving our Pokémon and we instead worked on mental exercises.
He taught us breathing methods, meditation strategies, simple tricks f...
2022-10-03 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI blinked and Mega Blaziken was on us in moments.
Altaria was sent back into the air, a solid kick landing in the center of his body without Blaziken even using a move, and Venusaur was suddenly awash in flames as Blaziken turned to face it and used Flamethrower.
Altaria banked in the...
2022-09-30 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So, let me get this straight: since you haven’t been able to help us, you want Hope and I to visit a friend of yours who is somehow a better expert on Mega Evolution than you, the foremost Professor on the phenomenon, and train under them for an unspecified period of time until we a...
2022-09-28 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostMarch 26th.
That was the date Thomas provided when he finally called back.
It took almost a week of waiting for him to finally respond, but knowing Steven would be arriving soon helped calm my nerves. Like I had done before, Thomas hid the information within a casual conversation, and...
2022-09-26 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe dark courtyard behind Lacey’s bakery was briefly illuminated with iridescent hues, but the colors faded away as Lemon’s Dazzling Gleam failed to last. Ninetales barked a few pieces of advice then demonstrated her own Dazzling Gleam, which lasted much longer than Lemon’s did, and only en...
2022-09-23 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI locked eyes with Altaria, who stared back with determination clear on his face. The other trainers assisting Sycamore stood off to the side, waiting for their turn to Mega Evolve their Pokémon after exploring Lumiose earlier today. Hope, on the other hand, had already done it around lunchtime,...
2022-09-21 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post“We’ve got a guest! A wonderful guest! The very best guest, in fact! Come on everyone, he's waiting for us downstairs!"
Sycamore shouted as loud as possible, and I groggily opened my eyes, having been rudely awoken from my sleep. I pushed up and out of my bed, Ponyta jumping down from w...
2022-09-19 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I returned to the lab after helping Lacey, I saw that one of the absolutely stuffed boxes of treats had already been finished off. That guilty look from outside of Lacey’s bakery returned to Ninetales’s face, and she turned away from where she was walking beside me.
The first of th...
2022-09-16 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Ready? Let’s start!”
I tossed the rubber ball up as high as I could, and ran back to my side of the field. My teammates, Altaria, Azumarill, and Florges stood or floated next to me, ready to respond, while on the opposite side of the field, Ninetales, Ponyta, Whimsicott, and Mawile m...
2022-09-14 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAltaria stared at me, unmoving after our failed attempt at Mega Evolution. Professor Sycamore was still going over the data, and Cosette was taking all of the attachments off of Altaria. I still felt bad about my failure to successfully Mega Evolve Altaria, but I wasn't going to let it get me dow...
2022-09-12 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs the plane approached the airport, I got my first look at Lumiose City through the window.
Lumiose City was the largest city I had ever seen, and that was somehow an understatement. Instead of building up with skyscrapers and towers, this city expanded outwards with numerous three or four...
2022-09-09 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostNinetales’s jump just barely let her catch the frisbee, and she eyed her opponent, Gallade, who had just thrown it much farther than expected. Twisting her head, she flung it as hard as she could, and even enhanced its speed with her weak telekinesis. Gallade simply smirked and Teleported to wh...
2022-09-07 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, Wally! I’m so sorry!”
A middle aged woman with short green hair and a dark outfit ran into the lobby of the main Pokémon Center and immediately wrapped Wally up into a hug.
“Honey! Are you okay? I hope you aren’t taking your loss too hard,” she said.
Wally’s ...
2022-09-05 22:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was silent after Wally left, and the names continued to flash on the television. I didn’t pay much attention, as everyone else I recognized had already been shown or knocked out.
Marty was the first to speak.
“I’m not a Pokémon trainer, but should we get him? He looked...
2022-09-02 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostWinston found me alone in the Pokémon Center a few minutes later, after Wally had already left to prepare for Monday’s battle.
"Request our battle to be changed to a single battle," he ordered.
I turned to look at Winston, a little bewildered from his sudden command. He stood in fr...
2022-08-31 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Altaria I really need you to try to work on your Cloud Nine. I understand you like flying in clear skies, but for this strategy to work, you can’t instantly cancel out your ally’s weather.”
Altaria squawked and flew back down to the ground, where Whimsicott was bounci...
2022-08-29 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe torch-bearer slowly ascended the large staircase in the back of the stadium. The fanfare slowly increased in volume as she made it up several stories, and reached a peak once she was only a few feet away from the massive brazier that stood above everything else. A platform under her feet exte...
2022-08-26 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostI rushed out of my room in the Pokémon Center, and saw several other trainers do the same. They hurriedly approached each other to issue challenges, and pairs of trainers ran towards the stairs to leave the building. I looked around to see if there was another free trainer around, and one approa...
2022-08-24 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhimsicott hummed happily as I walked down the main road of Ever Grande City. Jude’s Alakazam had just teleported us here, and now I was heading towards the large dome that served as a Pokémon Center.
Ever Grande City hosted both the headquarters of the Hoenn branch of the Pokémon Leagu...
2022-08-22 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post"Uh, hello?" I said to the woman at the front desk of the Weather Institute. "I received an invitation to be trained here...?"
She took the document I had received only a day ago, and visibly perked up. She cheerfully read it over, and once finished, smiled brightly at me.
"You must b...
2022-08-21 15:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostI spent that night going over strategies with my team, and went to challenge Winona the next day.
I could have spent more time training, or taken the time to ensure everyone on my team learned their remaining TM moves, but honestly, I felt like we were ready. My seventh Gym Battle in Mossde...
2022-08-19 22:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostI’m blown away with how many people already signed up for Patreon. As set by the goal, I’ll now maintain a four chapter lead from here. I don’t have it fully written and edited yet, so expect it to go up sometime this weekend.
2022-08-18 05:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Roll your shoulder, please.”
I moved my right shoulder around in its socket, and was shocked to only feel a general soreness.
“....Wow. I can hardly feel any pain from that Mightyena bite.”
The doctor smiled at my reaction.
“Good. It means the medicine is workin...
2022-08-17 03:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostWith the help of Ponyta and Gallade, Wally and I managed to find a family of three and we took them to where everyone else was gathering at the Mossdeep Space Center. The mother and father rode with me in my basket, whereas their daughter rode behind Wally on Flygon. Flygon tried to hide it, but ...
2022-08-17 03:04:22 +0000 UTC View PostI had wanted to visit Pacifidlog, just to see how it floats, but not like this.
The sky was dark and covered with storm clouds that let little light in. The best I could see was that it was actually built onto an island with an extensive series of floating wood docks, but I couldn't tell mu...
2022-08-17 03:02:22 +0000 UTC View PostI hadn’t beat Winona yet, but I couldn't help it. I had to try Mega Evolving Altaria at least once.
I understood that what I was doing was actually rather irresponsible, so I made sure to take the appropriate precautions first. I talked to Winona to ask for permission to use her Gym, and ...
2022-08-17 02:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post