Misdreavus made fighting the Druddigon look a lot easier than it was. She avoided all of its attacks because she was forced to avoid all of its attacks. If even one of its powerful strikes hit her, she would have fainted, and then another trainer would have stepped up to challenge it, an...
2025-01-28 23:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Sam left the Pokémon Center carrying a sack of empty Pokéballs. None of them were his even though he had a few left from Azalea Town. However, those were Apricorn Balls, so they were too rare to use for this task. Although, it wasn’t like he had paid for these balls, either....
2025-01-24 23:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostDrakloak was fast—faster than Sam expected, but Typhlosion was already prepared for a battle when it lunged. She had withstood its Dragon Pulse, but it wasn’t attempting to use a special attack. No, it was trying to make use of its prodigious speed to get close.
Bringing down...
2025-01-22 00:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostSam’s heart raced as the realization sunk in. He was making an assumption, but it was an assumption with all signs pointing to it being true.
He’d come to Olivine to catch a sixth Pokémon, and this was a chance—a chance—to do exactly that. He wouldn’t need to ...
2025-01-18 03:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Sam did in Olivine was find a Pokémon Center, but he didn’t want to risk revealing either Typhlosion or Annihilape. Rather than heading to the city’s main Pokémon Center, he went to a small, lesser-used one set at the edge of a residential area. The lobby was empty save for ...
2025-01-14 23:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostCarl’s couch was comfortable. Sam wasn’t sure what to think of that. Honestly, he wasn’t sure how he got here in the first place.
No, he had a clear memory of spending the past few days traveling. What he really felt confused about was what had possessed him to come here wi...
2025-01-11 00:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
TWO CHAPTERS CAME OUT TODAY!
Make sure to read Chapter 127 first.
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Author Note:
Thank you everyone for all the support. I appreciate the chance to take time to recover. Honestly, these past two months have been difficult, but we should be back to a normal schedule from here.
Mostly.
Today is a bit different.
This chapter ...
2025-01-07 23:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Schedule notes in the post-chapter author note.
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By the time they’d returned to the campsite, the situation had changed. No longer were the Gastly on a neat patrol aro...
2024-12-31 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Short chapter today due to unhappy reasons (explained in the author's note below). No chapter on Friday. I will see you next Tuesday.
Please enjoy the holidays! We’ll be back on the very last day of the year!
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2024-12-24 23:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
There will be a short break next Friday due to the holidays. Tuesday will still have a chapter!
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It took two days to reach the mountains. With how large they had been on...
2024-12-21 00:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostPrimeape was a Mankey when he first hatched from an egg, and Mankey’s memories of back then were blurry. However, he knew he had a mother even though he couldn’t remember anything about what she was like. Primarily, he knew that he hatched into a “tribe” of wild Mankey, and just as much a...
2024-12-17 23:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostEven without Redi, travel was a cycle that involved frequent breaks. Sam would spend a while walking down the route, and once he found a decently clear area, he’d settle down for a rest. There, his team would practice their moves and test out potential strategies while he took a break. His Pok...
2024-12-14 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostRedi said she was leaving, but she wasn’t leaving right away. She would only leave for Goldenrod once she and Sam agreed to head out of town. They had plenty of time left together, as neither were too keen on immediately splitting off. This was made extra true since leaving meant they wouldn’...
2024-12-11 00:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how many times Sam tried to approach Redi, she always found some excuse to slip away.
“Oh, sorry, Ursaring got one of his claws chipped, so I have to go fix that!”
“Dragonair got a little dirty, so I have to go polish her scales!”
Curse had always been a “buffing” move on Sam’s team. Its energy required its user to focus, slowing them down, but it otherwise increased a Pokémon’s physical capabilities.
Typhlosion, as a Quilava, had made great use of it when paired with her Flame Wheel. Similarly, its e...
2024-12-04 23:41:35 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, when I woke up this morning, a minor cold I thought I had turned out to be worse. I will be able to write, just not today.
Next chapter will come out tomorrow around the usual time. There's no change to Friday's chapter or any other chapter, I'm just unable to get anything do...
2024-12-03 18:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
As much as I wanted to include the entire battle in this chapter, it quickly began to reach an unreasonable length, and I had to split it up. I’m very sorry to start a short break without a conclusive note.
This chapter contains the first half of Redi...
2024-11-26 23:42:30 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
No chapter next Friday due to Thanksgiving. Tuesday will still have a chapter.
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Sam realized he must have been making a face because Morty chuckled at his reaction.
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Make sure you haven't missed the Pryce Interlude, found here!
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Redi took two attempts to win...
2024-11-20 04:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Chapter 116 will be up later today.
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Pryce watched the kid leave the room. It wasn't every day that so many of his Pokémon were swept like that, but after experiencing ...
2024-11-19 23:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostPryce was an Ice Type Master who knew how to best test trainers in his Gym Battle. His Pokémon’s overwhelming moves would force opponents to fight in freezing conditions and on top of treacherous terrain. However, the man had been doing this for years and had settled into habit. ...
2024-11-15 22:58:34 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m back!” Redi called out. “And I brought sandwiches!”
Appearing in a flash of light, Redi popped into existence alongside Porygon in the middle of Sam’s campsite. Seeing her there, he immediately knew that any further attempts at training would be pointless.
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2024-11-12 23:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostAt times, Typhlosion had trouble believing she was no longer a Quilava. It wasn’t that nothing had changed, it was just her sheer amazement at how her evolution had happened at all.
Evolving from a Cyndaquil had been a change in form, but the difference between a ...
2024-11-09 00:14:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
This chapter was updated on 11/19.
No chapter on Tuesday! I will see you next Friday!
I hope everyone had a very spooky Halloween!
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Author Note:
Cliffhanger warning!
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With the spirit’s passing, the aggressive Pokémon dispersed, and Trevenant no longer had a reason to attack. Even if Pryce’s ma...
2024-10-29 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostTrevenant howled as it lunged, its voice echoing through the skeletal woods. Quilava leaped backward, narrowly avoiding the swipe of its claws. Its red eye left a streak behind it, locking onto Sam. He was forced to scramble away to make sure the hostile Pokémon didn’t get close.
2024-10-25 22:50:38 +0000 UTC
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As an early heads up, there will be no chapter two weeks from now on November 5th.
Cliffhanger warning!
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“Group five wa...
2024-10-22 22:51:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs a trainer brought along for Pryce’s operation through Route 43, Lois made sure to stay on high alert as she and her Pokémon marched through the forest. She held her head high and kept her gaze sharp as her Jumpluff bounced along, as her Ninetales’s tails swished, and as her Flaaffy trotte...
2024-10-18 22:48:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
As a small warning, today's chapter is slightly rougher than usual due to time constraints.
Additionally, the extra chapter from a few days ago will be posted to Royal Road soon. If you want to see the reactions to that, it'll be up on the site within the...
2024-10-15 23:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post