(Aeron Skylure POV)

Hours have pass since last night, I've been training with Sensei Issac a bit until he had to rest and let me train on my own up until sunrise.

After Issac long start up training, I head back for a nice, long rest. Tomorrow is another day of training.

As night took view, I head back to Issac temple for another training. And believe me, he didn't go easy on me. My first test is to see if my style has improved. It's me practicing on dodge and deflect, and master Issac have not gone easy on me. Good thing to, cause I need as much training as possible.

"Your timings and speed is good for your quick combo, but your evasive maneuvers are shrivel to comparison. You must work hard on that." Issac said, I was heading back to town for a well rest.

Whenever I come back, Twilight ask what I've been doing last night. She must have seen my room empty last night, or she heard step's in the library. And I answered with; 'Some things to check up on', 'Just exorcising' or something to make an excuse. She bought my words but her face says suspicious.

And every time I go out or come back, she ask me where i'm going or where I've been. And she's gone unease from the moment I step outside. But she let it be and thought it's nothing. I want it to be a secret from any pony, for if they know, they may not give me space for myself.

Now for the present, for another night training came and gone and ponies suspicions has been revealed.

I clasp my balled up fist on the other, short bow. "I will get back to my full strength, and will continue to come back for more training." He did the same pose. He walk inside his handmade temple, which is surprisingly tall.

I walk towards a practice dummy with those wood pole that has many wood poles hanging out. 'Why cant I figure out what it's called?' Theirs even a few swinging logs that's hang in random places. 'Lucario from the movie did those for testing their aura senses, might do those when I have more time.'

I start with the punching bag first, for stress relief. "First step, choose your attack." I start doing light taps, before jabbing at slow pace. Need my stress level to take hold.

As if I'm hearing a voice in my head, saying. 'It's to moralizing your opponent to repeat the phrase, 'Who's you daddy'.' After about a few jabs, I slap it silly a faster pace. "Who's your daddy, Who's your daddy, Who's your daddy Who's your daddy Who's your daddy-" Yeah, this is gonna take a while so let's check on something else.

******

"Stop pushing!"

"It's not me Rare."

A bit farther away near the temple, three thick huge bushes shaking. One shook harder then the others.

"I said CUT IT OUT!" Rarity shout quietly as she could.

"Gosh, was that you Rarity!"

"Um, why are we here... If that's okay."

"Aeron's been keeping something from us and i'm a bit worried."

"Can we find a better hiding place instead of this itchy, dirty and cramp bush. It's ruining my mane. Even my hooves getting dirt and mud EW!" Rarity got a few groans from the same bush.

Left bush shook as it respond. "And we need to know more about this, Issac, and more on what Aeron's been doing. Just as Twilight said." Bush shook harder with a muffled squeak. "SISTER, stop stepping on my TAIL!"

"Only if you stop stepping on mine! AH! STOP THAT!"

"Oops, sorry princess. That was me."

Right bush stayed still with little shake at all. Three pairs of sphere-size eyes looking out, glancing at everything. It start moving away from the others quietly as possible and got close enough at the front porch before hearing swings, grunts and banging sounds.

They didn't get a small break... Their bush gets pulled away from whatever that's in their. Revealing three young fillies, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They look for their covered, they see a pair of blue legs. Looked up in unison, they meet a glare from a disappointed amphibian pokemon.

"What are you three doing?" He asked.

"Girl's!" Someone said. As two more groups of bushes came to view only to stop.

Shaken his head in disappointment. "If your trying to sneak around in those pore created disguises, then drop the act. even my eyes can see right through it."

After minutes of waiting and staring at both poor-made bush. They sigh and reveal themselves. Bush one shows Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow, and Fluttershy. Other bush revealed Twilight, Celestia and Luna. As if they thought he was done, he adds. "And you too, out of that barrel."

And just like that, the pink mystery pony, Pinkie Pie open a lit of a water barrel that's half filled with a look of depress. "AWWWWW, How did you find me!" She jump out with lit flipping in the air before perfectly fitting back on the wooden barrel. All ponies just gap at how he seen her their, and he only seen her once too.

"Elementary my dear Pinkie," Out of no where he has a bubble pipe hanging out of his mouth and a detective hat on his head.

Twilight thought. 'How did he?' She shook her head and claim. 'I'll treat that like Pinkies. It's Issac, don't question it... It sound weird when you think about it.'

"I feel you coming," He blew bubbles out of his pipe before continuing. "and I can detect anyone that made contact with water in a eighty feet radius. Since their was water still in that barrel that you were in, it helps."

It became silent, other then Issac is uneasy. Any sounds that extinguish silence is grunts, bang, clang and wack sounds.

Luna ran to the noise, knowing that grunt belongs to her pokemon friend. But Issac got in her way. "Out of my way." Luna demand.

He still stood in her way. He stare at her with no wavering eyes, no hesitation and no submission. "I said, move." Luna's voice is losing patient.

"... No."

"No?... NO! We asked thou to move aside, Just to see our friend, and thou defy our entry." Her voice is in tense. Her only reason why she didn't go plumping the life out of him is Celestia's held her to her side when she caught up.

Princess of the sun look eye to eye with his. She asked calmly. "Is their any reason as to why we can't see him?"

Issac stood their for a bit before speaking in a serious tone. "Two, reasons..."

"And, what are they?"

He breath calmly from his serious tone. He spoke. "One: You all entered my property without permission."

They look at each others unease, they assume that he's not one follow rules, but he does follow law protocol. "I, see... We have entered in your property, and-"

"Wait!" Every pony look at Twilight in sudden interruption. "He never place a property form or any home building arrangement!"

That is a point. Even if he's a pokemon, they need to fall protocol for building house of any kinds. Their can be serious problems with bit cost and location price too.

"Yeah, you don't own this land, and you can't stop us from coming through the forest!" Rainbow Dash smirk.

He raise one pad-finger upfront. "AH, but you don't have control over the forest, nor where pokemon's can live. It's like forcing a fish to live on land when that fish can't live out of water. And what Aeron told me, not even the princess has no property control over nature areas such as forest for example!" His smirk grown to a grin. "And Everfree!"

"W-what!" Twilight stammered. Searching through her readings of Equestrian law for a small chance of miss calculation. Not knowing on what to do, she look over to her mentor, whom look at all ponies with nervousness.

Celestia spoke unease. "I'm sorry Twilight.. But... He is right, we have no law that has proper control, over anything that happens in natural habitats." Her student's ears press back, she didn't wan't to see her student like that.But shes not in trouble. Her look to Issac. "I apologies for our trespass."

During their conversation, I walked from my training for a nice break and I heard their conversation.

He nods in confirmation of her apology. "Second, I don't wan't to say it... But, I have to..No offence... Your all a distraction to him." He said bluntly.

"What!" All ponies; except for Celestia yell in unison.

"We're not distracting him!" Rainbow said, baffled. I thought. 'You made me RACE you when you had an advantage!'

"Yeah! He's happy to be with us. Like, a lot!" Pinkie Pie said cheerful.

"That's not what he meant girl's." They heard me spoke up and turn to me as they see me walking their way. "He didn't wan't others to distract me while I'm training." I dab my head with a towel that's wrap around my neck. "He didn't mean it as an accuse, but as a caution. Luna already seen what i'm like when I fight wildly and Issac knows it because his grandfather, Undine Oris, has tried to tame my wild side of me when I was young."

I smile, they show nervousness, Luna showed it more. "He's just worry for your safety." Feeling tense in the air as is galling and sour.

I nudge Issac's in the ribs. "He's sad because he has no one to train in his time.. And no children's to play with!" I smirk at him and he just nudge me playfully a little harder.

"That may be true, but your good as a substitute since your childish yourself!" He joke.

"Hay!" Hearing laughter made us smile before I have to intervene. "I'm mature enough as an adult."

"I know I know, your old enough!" Our little quarrel is in good motion...

A ruffle of a bush nearby caught our attention. It shift and shake for a bit, stop, again about six times. Something or someone, step through the large bush. What I see is as my mental pokedex tells me from my time in the pokemon world.

A primate-like Pokémon that is primarily reddish-brown with sections of white fur on its chest, head, and lower legs. Several gold markings adorn its body: swirled, circular ones on its knees and shoulders flame-shaped ones on the back of its hands, and a stripe around its back that forms two swirls on its chest. On top of its head, fur sprout like a crown instead of flames. It has an orange, rounded muzzle, long, round ears with blue inside, and a red ridge over its eyes. The eyes themselves are blue with yellow sclera. There are five blue digits on both its feet and hands, and it has a long tail. It's fur is similar to a monk like style.

Everypony cautiously stare at it. Applejack, Rainbow and Rarity stood in front of the fillies. Me and Issac took in it's appearance, which is male and beat up real badly. His head look up to see ponies before glancing at the Greninja, then stop at me. His eye's widen as best he could with his beaten face.

"AE~RRRO~N," He struggle to say in his, a bit higher whispered.

Realization hit me, eyes widen when he said my name! His voice, and his monk like fur... 'It can't be...!'

As his body fell to the ground. What's on his back, is four extension poles that's hanging in a barely seen belt, and a- 'HALBERD!!' I know that weapon, only one pokemon has that particular weapon!

My body feels jumpy. "ALBERT!!!" My shout reached everyone as they responded with a jump, but I didn't care. I ran up to him, bending down to flip him to his back; "Albert, are you alright?" held his head with my right arm.

His leg swollen, one dislocated arm, one dislocated shoulder, severe bruises, and three claw marks with a bit blood leak!

"Wha... happen..." My voice quivered as did my bottom snout. Looking at his bruised up face in worry.. no, not worry... fear.

He struggle to open one eye over to me, tried to grin of only a cough. "It.. is... you! ...AGH!" He grunts, struggled to stay awake, wasn't able to bare it anymore, he fell limped.

"Hay.. HAY!" I check his pulse for any indication. Feeling a pulse, I then place an ear over his chest on hope his heart is-

Beat in hesitant rhythm, my voice quivered more. "Please be okay." Everything had lost shapes only replaced in pile of blobs.

One, two set's of hoof-steps came up to me. I look behind slowly, I can barely seeing Celestia and Luna standing over us.

Eyes teared up, HARD! It surprise me, me showing any emotion to anyone. They all must have seen my face for they either shock, surprised or gasp. Well... That's what I guess anyways.

But, I don't care, on how they see me as. Only thing that matters right now is my dear old friend.

{Twilight POV}

'My eyes lying to me or is this real and not a dream.' I thought. Aeron, the aura knight... is... 'Crying!' I am stun by this, unravel. I haven't expect him to show an emotion like THAT before. A single tear yes, but... not like a foal crying when they get a scrape.

Princess Celestia placed one hoof on his shoulder, whispered something to him that I couldn't hear what their saying. Aeron lifts the primate on his back before sprint away, he seems to be taking it to Ponyville! But why?

"We should go too deary." Turn in complete attention to Rarity's statement. "We're still in Everfree Forest, and having the Crusaders out here where they'll get hurt, and, keep Sweetie Belle from getting to much dirty." I sigh for her comment, same old Rarity!

"Good point! Let's go girls." I called.

Before taking a step, Issac step forward. "If you don't mind, I would like to escort you out of the forest in Aeron's place. He would feel worry if their's no reassured to your safety, and for a way to apologize for my miss use of angering you, your highness." He bow to both princess but more for Luna for his rash behavior.

***

Hours pass, I ask the amphibian pokemon on what he is. We were surprise that he's a Water/ Dark type as he explain how he can manipulate and move as a ninja in the shadows. I asked who that primate is? He doesn't know who he is either, but knows what pokemon he is.

When we reached the outskirt, we want to thank him for his generous offer. But said that he shall depart and when we turn to ask, he just, vanished!

"How?" Is the only thing that I could say. Everyone just shrug it off, and I'll be remember this until I figure it out someday.

{Narrator POV}

As Celestia and Luna head back to Canterlot for upcoming Day Court, the girl's want to see where Aeron is.

They asked everypony they meet, if they've seen a tall, canine-like biped. They were disappointed result. They either point them to the direction which has no signs of him there or have no idea on where he went.

After about an hour, they meet up at town square. Exhausted and out of breath except for Rainbow and Applejack who has been trained to deal with longer time. "Have any pony seen him?" Only to receive 'No', she huff. "Were could he be..."

"I've asked *gasp* every pony, I can *gasp* find and still found *huff* no sign of him in any street's.*huff*" Rarity gasp and huff.

"I Scout through out Ponyville in the air, no sign of him." Rainbow Dash said in mid-flight, barely even loss of breath.

Stood silently, taking in all that they've done so far. A primate pokemon called Infernape named Albert, Aeron show some emotional swing, and no one seen them at all...

Unbeknownst to them, a shadow silhouette that seems to sneak behind Applejack silently. AJ's ear twitch, heard shacking behind a bush behind her.

"AAHH!" Before she can even respond, a force that push her down on the ground by something from behind!

"APPLEJACK!"

What's on their dear friend has appear to be a quadruped, hoofed Pokémon similar to goats.

Its covered in fluffy, brown fur that is dark across the back and light around the belly and legs. Around its neck, it have a thick, green leafy mane that extends down its spine and ends in a short tail. The fur on its face is white with fluffier fur on its chin. It have a black nose and red eyes with white pupils. The eyes are surrounded by a black marking. The top of its head is dark brown and has two long, curving, black horns that extend over its back. The fur on its legs is shorter than the rest of its body, dark brown on the upper leg, and white around the feet. Each foot ends in a cloven, brownish-orange hoof.

And It's... Nuzzling her!? "Gogoat!" It sort-of said.

It move of her and sat on it's haunches, tilting it's head at the orange mare curiosity. Now free from being tackle down and being nuzzled a few times, Applejack got up and crane her neck see this creature more better. "What's in my stetsons hat is that?!"

"Let me check!" Before Applejack can understand, Pinkie lift AJ's hat and check to see inside. Rambling inside of it; which shouldn't be Possible to do; and it sounds like theirs stuff moving around! She pull out a rubber duck; "He-he!" then pull out a toy train; "Cha-ga Cha-ga Cha-ga Cha-ga choo choo!" then pulled out... Scootaloo! And holding her upside-down by her tail.

"Hay! I'm-in-a-middle-of-a-Crusader-meeting-here! So-would-you-mine." Scootaloo growled. Leering at the party pony which is embarrassingly blush.

While Pinkie put her down, Applejack swipe her hat back with her own glare. "I mean, what is that?" She point her hoof at the goat creature which 'meah' like a goat.

Twilight was behind Rarity, walked over and pulled out a red, circle-shape machine. Her friend look over her back for a better look.

First spoke up is Applejack. "What's that sugarcube?" Tilt her hat back.

"Why ask AJ." Rainbow said annoyed, hovered over Twilight. Yawning sarcastically in her hoof. "*Yawn* I bet it's only an egghead would make."

Twilight turn her head at Applejack, completely ignored Rainbows annoyance. She answered. "It's called a Pokedex! It stands for Pokemon Index, made to keep Intel on pokemons that I've encountered, caught, and can let you see what moves they know. One time, Aeron let me see his, but kept it away from me."

Rarity nod. "Is their a chance we can have one too, but with another color!" Rarity blink.

"If Aeron said's it's okay, then sure." Look back at the creature. Point the flat-side at it and, It instantly opened up with a translucent-projection that displayed the same image as the creature. "It's a pokemon." Follows with the pokedex spoke.

Gogoat, the Mount Pokémon. Gogoat is able to sense its Trainer's feelings by detecting small changes in the grip on its horns. This allows both Trainer and Pokémon to move together as one.

"Wow!" Everyone said in unison, surprise by it speaking.

"Yeah, that's what I did too." Twilight chuckled. She went to see what it knows. "Oh, it's female. What moves does it know?... Zen Headbutt, Milk Drink and Tackle."

"Meah!" Gogoat nod her head at Applejack and scrap the ground, nostrils shot out air.

Twilight seen Gogoat's reaction, trailing at who shes nodding at and point her hoof at Applejack. "I think, she want you AJ." Her farmer friend doesn't get it, Twilight tried to see if she'll understand. "Did you want her;" Pointed at AJ. "for what, be your trainer?" She nod, Twilight gasp at her first guess and turn toward her orange friend. "She want YOU to be it's trainer!" Others gap including Applejack.

"M-Me! A trainer... I don't know how-WAH." Something touch AJ's shoulder which made almost leap if she hasn't been hold their by a, blue padded hand. Turn around and see Issac, wearing a snickering face. She huff. "Not funny."

"Sorry, couldn't resist." Searched each girls for any problems, mostly none. Last thing is Gogoat in the wait, and knew why. "So... You need a pokemon to fight. Heh... Well;" He walk in between the farm pony and the Mount Pokemon. "Then I shall assist as your girl's pokemon until one of you get yours."

"Are ya sure!?" Applejack asked.

He nod, taking a battle stance, Gogoat ready too. "Applejack, stand behind me and prepare for command." She didn't understand why, but did it anyways.

Look straight at them in unsure, she ask. "What next?"

"As the battle begin, I shall fight and listen to any plans that you have. But, not ALL pokemons follow orders, or they wait for your commands. Next, Know your partners moves- which will be me for this fight. I'll tell you only five moves and you must decide when and where you want me to do it. Here they are: Night Slash, Water Shuriken, Substitute, Camouflage and Water Pledge." As he points out her choice, Twilight shows each one what they do.

"Yeah.. I guess." She's not sure if she can do this, but need a thinking thought.

Gogoat start off with Tackle, running at him with her head. Issac stood still, making AJ panic. Was he waiting for her? 'What should I do?...' She's already ten feet away before hit. At seeing this, she just scrap what every idea she has and said. "Dodge!" Just as the words slip out Issac move to his right, only for the Mount pokemon to just be a feet away. "Night Slash!" He reach his hand-like pads behind his back and a blade that's illuminated like the moonlight that's cloaked in shadows like a slithered snake. Back-handed, he pull it out in a fast swing.

She 'Meah' from getting hit. Gogoat skid, still on her hooves. He sees her determination and smiled at AJ. Issac can tell, that these two are meant to meet. Applejack seems to calm down from her panic and replaced with a competitive expression.

She use Zen Headbutt, similar to Tackle except her horns glow blue and ran again at him. Issac attempt to jump away but wait for AJ to- "Quick use Substitute with Camouflage." Applejack said calmly right when Gogoat reach five feet away. Issac took a stance but got hit by her blue glow horn, an everything looks all slow motion.

POOF

Pink smoke came out; out of nowhere! What fell isn't the Ninja Pokemon, but a small stuff doll dinosaur! Gogoat blink confusingly.

Her eyes looked every direction she can, not there. Turn her head to look behind, no pokemon. Raised brow in confusion, took a wary search. But something from behind, that's to blend with the background has within range. "Night Slash." AJ quickly said.

Same blade as before came into view but not whats holding it. Another quick swing came,

but miss! She jump back away from his strike and use Tackle. After being figured out, his camouflage wear off. And got hit in the chest, Issac step back and did a few back flips away before- "Use Water Shuriken then Water Pledge." Another quick command! And Issac didn't wait to land, creating a four point star shaped water in both arms and threw both at her in mid flip. *whooshing* She move her right hoof from first with her moving the other, her stance is on her hind leg.

SPLASH

During her evasive, Issac place one arm on the ground. Only in thirty seconds, a tower of water shot out below Gogoat like a full blown geyser.

Once it's deceased, She fell back on wet dirt. "Meah-eh eh.. eh..." Tried desperately to stand up and fight. But fell back with no intention to get up.

Issac turn to AJ, seeing her shock displayed on her face. He sprint to his bag he brought earlier, rampaging through random items and strange herbs. "AH." Arm pulled out, holding a small sphere with a button on the side. Has red for the top half and white for the bottom half. "Here, catch." He throw at her made her did a double take before catching it in her hoof.

"What's this?"

"First press the small button." She did and had been surprise by it expanding five times big. "That's a pokeball, you use those to catch pokemon." It seems that she couldn't believe it. He sigh. "We can talk about it some other time. now throw it at Gogoat QUICK!" Pointed at the Mount pokemon.

"Eh-r-r-right!" Applejack nod, turning to Gogoat and hold pokeball back before throwing as best and it's far up-until it tap on it. Not realizing that the girls are being watch by everybody. Once tap, it open and a red light grasp Gogoat in it's grasp before she too turn into red light and in the ball, closing itself. Land on the ground, wiggling few times...

First wiggle...

Second wiggle... Audience look intense.

Third wiggle... AJ squeeze her throwing hoof that ache from not getting exorcises three days ago, bit her lower muzzle. 'Please.'

Fourth shake... DING

Everyone stood silent, hoping that that was all.

Applejack stood still, she couldn't believe what shes seeing. 'What.. just.. happen.' Her blinking slowed, staring into space with what shes seeing. 'Did... Did, I...' She slowly walk to it, her thoughts slowly clicking in. 'I... actually;' Stop right in-front and slowly, pick it up looking at it with complete surprise. "I caught it." She whispered. quite low that no one heard it. Her hoof shook, something rising up to her chest. "I caught it." volume rise, that feeling inside her grew to something she knows very well. A small smile over her muzzle. "I caught it!" Turn to every one, raised her head high with the most happiest smile ever. "I caught-" Applejack jump in the air with pokeball in hoof with a hoof version of a fist-pump. "MY FIRST POKEMON!!!" Crowd stomp and whistle in thrill.

***

Aeron's outside the Surgery Room. Walking back and forth in nerve, tapping both paws together. His appearance has more worse of wears. Some fur hanging out, baggy eyes and dull grey spikes. One look, everyone would think hes woken up on the wrong side of the bed!

His eyes are bloodshot red from crying to long, soggy fur. Look over door every time he pass by it. "Please... be... okay..." Whisper to himself, his eye gone misty and blurring out from not getting rest.

At this moment Nurse Redhead had been walking through the same hall as him. Looked up from her clipboard and smiled at seeing her past patient. "Hay Aer-" She stop after a few feet and seen his body wobble and waver. "Are you alright?"

THUD

"Aeron!"

***

Girls congratulate Applejack on her first capture. Continued for a while until I pony has to say something. "That... was... amazing! Can I meet her?" Fluttershy ask, eager to meet a pokemon that resembles to goats in mountain top.

Issac left a batch full of them in a large bag that Twilight levitated with ease beside her.

AJ look at her pokeball; which Issac let her keep; then point the button side away at a clear spot. "Come out and meet everyone!" saying that pokeball open up and a beam of red light hit a bit away from others and revealed Gogoat as the light disperse, neighing with affection instead of huffing or grunting. AJ ruff her green, leafy mane. "Come meet my friends," Start to point each one as she announce their name. "Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Twilight and Fluttershy."

As Fluttershy had been named she slowly came up to the goat-like pokemon and almost touch but stop halfway. "Is it.. um okay if I can pet you?" Her respond is with a happy 'Meah'. Since shes spent her time with animals that she can tell by how their tone and volume of their sound that Gogoat said 'It's alright'.

Rainbows grin with her eager flapping. "Man.. I can't WAIT to have one of my own! I hope I'll find a Flying type for me!" Her friends remember during their time when Rainbow ask about the type Flying. Well she did get Tank instead of a falcon so they think this might be a good chance for her to have one. Shes not saying she regret having a tortoise, but she is needing a flying partner sooner of later.

"Twilight, Darling... What type is Gogoat again?" Rarity ask in confusion.

Twilight sheck in he Pokedex, and said. "Grass. And Applejack, shes perfect for your home since your family has been taking care of farm animals and it resembles a goat."

After their little introduction, they head out to the hospital since that's the only sightings that they haven't check. They hear the door open and see Nurse Redheart waving at them. "Hello."

"Hello! If your here for Aeron, he's resting in a hospital bed unconscious." All six girl's look ready to panic but Redhead stop them. "He's just overexert himself from no sleeping much if not that, emotional panic. He just need a good night sleep and some medical attention." They sigh in relief which Redhead sigh as well. "I'll attend to his needs and call when he's released, again!" She said.

Author's Note