A New World, A New Way: Deepground

Chapter Sixteen

The Alpha and The Omega

While the group was making preparations to head off to Ponyville Hospital, Arceus would appear out of thin air via teleportation. The damage left behind by the weapon took longer than expected, though to his surprise it didn’t hurt any of the pony inhabitants or the Pokemon for that matter. Given the creature or thing’s size, it would be expected to cause damage beyond his imagination. Yet all it did was attack him after trying to force it to stop moving. Whatever this creature is, the human that summoned it must be the cause behind it. Once he finds the human he would have stern talking to her or figure out what her connection to the creature is. Before he could scan the town for the source behind the weird energy, he soon noticed Latias and Latios making their way to Ponyville, only to stop once they saw him.

“It seems I've arrived later,” Arceus said before looking down at Emerald Weapon. “How long has that creature been stationed there?”

“Don’t know, we noticed the creature flying by Canterlot before coming to Ponyville,” Latios answered.

“Professor Juniper said that the princesses were in Ponyville at the Castle of Friendship. We were planning on informing them about what had happened, but then that creature came before we could warn them.” Latias said, which caused Arceus the look down at Emerald Weapon.

“I had sent Mewtwo here in my stead until I finish repairing the damage to Manehattan, but it would appear I’m here earlier than expected.”

“I wouldn’t say that,” Latios said as Arceus and Latias looked over at him in confusion. It was only when he pointed down at Ponyville was when they could see what he was seeing. From what they saw, they could see Mewtwo darting around Ponyville with a dark-cloaked specter chasing after him. “I believe he has his hands full with that Pokemon.”

“That’s not a Pokemon,” Arceus said before teleporting himself over to the path Mewtwo was flying through. The moment the genetic Pokemon notices him, a sigh of relief escapes his mouth for a moment before looking behind him to see death heading toward him. The Alpha Pokemon’s eyes flashed for a moment as the specter of death vanished into dust. “Are you okay?”

“No…No, I am not.” Mewtwo said while trying to regain his composure.

“What in the world happened?” Latios asked before flinching from seeing the rage slowly building up on Mewtwo.

“That human made a mockery of me. That’s what happened.” He said while clenching his fist. “How on earth can a human use magic to summon death as if it was nothing!”

“What do you mean?” Latias asked.

“I found the source of the strange energy around this planet. The human the Lyra summoned is the cause of this.” He answered which in turn caused Latias and Latios to deadpan, and Arceus to groan in annoyance.

“Why am I not surprised by this? I should’ve asked Celestia if she could do something to stop that pony’s endless asking about humans. Do you know how she was able to pull it off?” Arceus asked as Mewtwo shook his head.

“Magic is far beyond my understanding Father, but it gets worse. You know the humans that you turned into Pokemon upon moving them here? The human turned two of them into abominations.” He said before using his psychic powers to show them an image of Burgundy and Georgia as humanoid Pokemon. “I don’t know how the human was able to do it, but this is something that shouldn’t be possible.”

Latias and Latios stared at the psychic images of Burgundy and Georgia with slight interest and curiosity. They didn’t look like abominations, true they looked similar to humans but still retained some of their Pokemon features. They stared at the images for a good few seconds before feeling an aura of anger coming from Arceus. A slightly audible gulp came from the eon siblings as they slowly backed away from the Alpha Pokemon. There was a moment of silence in the air until the Alpha Pokemon spoke up.

“Did you restrain the human?” He asked as Mewtwo shook his head.

“I had to flee due to the human summoning death upon me.” He answered, which took them by surprise. “Wherever this human is from, the humans on their planet can use magic. Even worse, they can copy our moves.”

“You’re joking, right?” Latios asked. “Humans can’t do that, not even ponies seeing how our abilities aren’t magic.”

“Believe me, I’m just as surprised as you are. But that human was able to use a shadow ball like it was second nature to her during my attempts to retrain her.”

“Is the human still in this town?” Arceus asked as Mewtwo nodded.

“The human is with the princesses at the castle of friendship. They might still be there tending to the human’s injuries.”

“You hurt the child!?” Latias asked before flinching at Mewtwo’s glare.

“I doubt that child can be considered a child given what she did to me.”

“Take me to her. If what you’re saying is true, then we need to keep her from spreading her ability to the other humans that I turn into Pokemon. History must not repeat itself like it did back on our planet.” Arceus said before hearing Latios speak up.

“Father, shouldn’t we try talking to the human before taking actions that could cause problems with Celestia and Luna?” He asked which caused the alpha Pokemon to look over at him. “If the princesses are with the child, then they might know something about this.”

“Plus, given how Mewtwo’s not a fan of humans, he might be taking stuff out of context because of that,” Latias said as she quickly hid behind her brother after seeing Mewtwo’s glare again.

“My dislike towards humans doesn’t have anything to do with what I’ve seen. This human is a threat to this planet and she needs to leave.” Mewtwo said before looking at Arceus. “Father, surely the princesses will understand if you can persuade them into working with us by keeping the human at the hall of legends under your watchful eyes.”

“Take me to them. Depending on how it goes, I will make the judgment on what to do with the human.”

(Castle of Friendship)

“How are you holding Emma? Are you in any pain whatsoever?” Twilight asked as the group was making their way through the slightly broken-up castle of friendship.

“Again, I block off the pain receptors in my brain. You don’t have to worry so much about me.” Emma said before pressing her body against Twilight’s back in a relaxing manner. “Though if I’m being honest, I’m a bit excited for the information I’ve gathered from Mewtwo.”

“What do you mean by that?” Iris asks before noticing Emma reaching into her bag and pulling out Mewtwo’s arm in a cylindrical tube filled with water. “You have Mewtwo’s arm!?” She yelled which caused everyone to look over at the human who was smirking in confidence.

“When did you even get that!?” Korrina asked.

“When I cut Mewtwo’s arm off for not letting go of Lyra,” Emma answered while looking over some information via a digital screen from the laptop in her bag. “Man, this Pokemon is like a cesspool of different D.N.A. This can help me more in my research in turning Pokemon back into full-blown humans.”

“While I am glad that you can do that, isn’t it wrong to use somepony’s personal information like that without their consent?” Fluttershy asked which in turn caused the human to shrug.

“I think having him donate a piece of himself to me is a suitable compensation for his assault on me. Remember that he broke the Accidental Magic Law, and ignored Princess Celestia’s command not to attack me.”

“Yes, but-”

“There is no excuse you can give me to make me think otherwise. As a diplomat for the Pokemon race, he’s setting a poor example for them.” She said before looking at Lucario. “No offense.”

“I can’t believe I’m saying this. But the human right about that.” Lucario said, which took Korrina and Iris by surprise. “While I can understand Mewtwo’s dislike towards humans, he should have handled the situation better than what we saw…Though I find it disturbing that you’re okay with the action you’ve committed against one of Arceus’s children.”

“What I did was in self-defense. Not my fault Arceus’s bastard son uses force on someone that can fight back.” She said before turning her attention to Mewtwo’s arm. “I’ll give the humans on your planet credit for the most part, but they screwed over something this spectacular. Then again, those who want corrupted power tend to do that in the field of science.”

“I will never understand human scientists and their fascination with stuff like this,” Lucario said as Emma dismissed it as idle chatter. Within a matter of minutes, the group would be standing at the door to the castle.

With the assistance of Princess Luna using her magic to open the doors, the group continued their walk to where the human’s means of transportation. Once they were at their destination, the human extended a hand at the vehicle as a yellow glow enveloped it for a second before it began to shrink. While the group was distracted by Emma’s magic, Celestia took the time to bring the book she was reading back into existence and turned to the page where she last left off.

“Emma Rosemary…that’s a perfect name for her. Nothing too odd to where it would cause problems, but something simple where they should accept her…Though it begs the question as to whether she’ll look like a human or a pony…I’m hoping she’ll be a human on this planet. I’ll cross that road when it happens, for now, I’ll focus on getting to a safe destination. I wonder how Celestia and Luna would react knowing that they have a little sister from another world…I hope they don’t treat her like a foreign object or something along that line and treat her with kindness. It would be nice to see them again, but I know what I must do. I hope they’ll understand why I have to do this.” The moment she finished reading that last part of the page, the book she was reading quickly vanished as her attention was now drawn onto Emma who finished performing her spell and levitating the now small vehicle into her bag.

“If you don’t mind me asking, how are you able to hold something like that within your bag?” Twilight asked. “I mean surely you’ve considered that even with your carriage being small, it must still weigh a ton or more.”

“I told Celestia this, but unlike…whatever spell you used to make stuff small, the materia that I have allows me to shrink stuff and make objects light to carry. It’s only when I dispel it is when the weight is added.”

“Fascinating, I wouldn’t mind learning a spell like that if it’s possible without having the materia implanted inside me.”

“You can try, but that’s the only way that I know that you’ll be able to do that…though it does raise a few things I want to experiment with when I get the chance. You wouldn’t happen to have books on Equestrian magic would you?”

“Oh, I have lots of books on that. It ranges from beginner’s guide to basic magic or experts of advanced magic. Perhaps we can share some notes about the difference between our world’s magic?” Twilight asked as she noticed a grin appearing on the human’s face.

“I would like that. It would be interesting if it’s possible to mix the magic between the two. Celestia, you wouldn’t mind if you let me have access to the books in Canterlot Castle would you?” Emma asked as she looked over at the white alicorn, who was lost in a daze. “Hey, you okay?”

“Huh? Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something else. But yeah, I’ll allow it…though I think we’ll need to deal with Arceus first before planning anything else, wouldn’t you agree?” Celestia asked as the human nodded.

“Fair enough. Now that I have my stuff, we can go to the hospital without so much to worry about-” Before Emma could finish her sentence, she soon felt herself being lifted off of Twilight’s back before being slammed onto the ground. Just as she was slammed onto the ground, Lyra, Georgia, Burgundy, and Bon-Bon were levitated into the air as they began to struggle within the psychic grip of a familiar genetic Pokemon. Celestia along with the other ponies and trainers looked up to see Mewtwo along with Arceus, Latias, and Latios descending towards the group as the soldier lifted her head to get a better view of the legendary Pokemon.

“Didn’t we say not to use force when handling the situation?” Latios said which in turn caused Mewtwo to apply more pressure to the human.

“Given how she can summon death to kill us, yes, I say it’s needed so she doesn’t cast any spells on us.” He answered before levitating the human over to Arceus, only for the human to break out of the psychic grip by engulfing herself in an aura of darkness and lunging at Mewtwo with a shadow ball at the ready. Arceus’s eyes lit up for a moment as he used protection on the genetic Pokemon. The moment her attack made contact with the barrier, a small explosion erupted as she slid back but fell onto her back due to her broken leg.

“So now that your daddy’s here, you think you can take me on, rapist?”Emma asked as she drew her weapon out. “I’ll be sure to knock you down off your high throne when I cut off more than just your-” Before the human could finish her sentence, she noticed Celestia protectively appearing in front of her with her horn lit up.

“You better have a good explanation as to why you let your son break yet another rule when it comes to Equestrian Law, Arceus.”

“Forgive me, princess. The plan was to originally come to you and see if you had found the human that is the cause of it.” He said before looking down at Mewtwo. “Though it would seem my son was being a bit overprotective given his…fight with the human.”

“A fight that your jackass son started when he decided to break the Accidental Magic Law.” Emma said which caused Arceus to stare at the human in slight confusion. “Serious…you don’t know the laws of Equestria? Did you even look over it personally, or did you leave it in charge to your son?” She asked as there was a moment of silence hanging in the air before hearing Celestia speak.

“Twilight, you wouldn’t happen to have an extra book of the laws of Equestria on hoof, do you?” She asked as the purple alicorn blinked at her for a moment before shaking her head and summoning the book over to Arceus for him to read. “Page two-hundred seventy-six. The accidental magic law was implemented back during the ruling of my mother and father, King Cosmos and Queen Galaxia after a group of unicorns accidentally summoned an object that drained the land of its magic and nutrients in the land. They were able to send the object back to where it was, but the damage was done. Thus the law to secure objects or beings was made to prevent something like that from happening all over again.”

“Ah…I see….Mewtwo, you did know about that law, did you?”

“Yes, but given how this human is the cause of this worldwide phenomenon, it shouldn’t be an issue seeing how you can just send the human back where it came from without the need of that unicorn,” Mewtwo said while motioning to Lyra who sheepishly waved at the legendaries.

“.....I appreciate the fact that you think highly of me son, but magic is foreign to me. Even with the assistance of the princesses, it would be hard to figure out which world she came from.” He said before letting out a sigh of disappointment. “Please tell me that you didn’t hurt the human too badly.”

“Father, you can’t be serious? Do you now see what the human did to the Pokemon and the pony?” Mewtwo asked as the Alpha Pokemon looked over at Lyra, Georgia, and Burgundy. “We can not let this human go. For all we know, this could be the unicorn’s plan in turning the Pokemon into these weird abominations of humans.”

“Just answer the question, did you hurt the human badly or not?”

“Oh, he hurt me badly,” Emma answered before presenting her broken leg as pieces of bones were sticking out of it. Latias and Latios’s eyes widened upon seeing the damaged leg which in turn caused them to glare at Mewtwo.”You know for a diplomat for the Pokemon race, he’s doing a very poor job at representing Pokemon aren’t a bunch being using brute force to get their way.”

“We’re going to have a long talk about this later,” Arceus said as Mewtwo was about to speak, but was silenced by the stern expression on the alpha pokemon’s face. Well, more specifically the aura he was admitting that made the genetic Pokemon go silent. “Human, what is your name if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Emma Rosemary,” She answered as the alpha Pokemon walked over to her.

“Allow me to apologize for what my son did to you. Had I known that he would do something like this, I would’ve sent Latios or Latias along with him after dealing with the damage caused by the creature next to us.” He said while motioning to Emerald Weapon. “Though I get the feeling that you know what this creature is.”

“That depends. Are you going to attack me like your son did? Because trust me it’s not going to end well if you do try and do that.”

“That all depends on the answers I would hear if you’re willing to answer a few of my questions,” he said before looking at her leg. “Perhaps I should tend to your broken leg before we do that.”

“Yeah, no. I’ll let the ponies over at the hospital treat my injuries. Which should be understandable given what he did.”

“I can understand your anger given what had happened. But I doubt the ponies here can treat something like this-”

“I don’t care if they do a half-ass job, I don’t trust you or any of you legendaries after what your dumbass human-hating son did to me. Now, when I’m patched up I’ll be willing to talk, but as of right now, I am in no mood to argue, nor in the mood to debate. I am going to the hospital to get my leg fixed up, and then we can talk. Got it!?” She said while using her sword to pull herself up and place herself onto Celestia’s back.

“I…understand,” Arceus said as Emma nodded with a slight smile on her face.

“Good, now if you don’t mind telling your son to release my friends, that would be great. If not…well, I can tell this much, he'll be missing more than just an arm this time.”

“...Son, release Lyra and the others.”

“But father, you can’t be serious?”

“I am serious. If you want your punishment to be less severe, then I order you to release them…now.” He ordered as the genetic Pokemon was reluctant to release them, but did as he was told, and released his hold on them as they fell to the ground.

“Could’ve done it better, but I’ll let it slide for now,” Emma said before lightly patting the side of Celestia’s face to get her attention. “Now can we please head off to the hospital, because I am starting to feel lightheaded from the blood dripping down my leg and filling my shoe.” Celestia nodded upon hearing this as she started to make her way down the road that led to the hospital. There was a moment of silence hanging in the air for a moment as Luna cleared her throat to their attention.

“Might I suggest you send your children home?” Luna suggested which took Latias, Latios, and Mewtwo by surprise. “Given what had happened before your arrival, Mewtwo broke the accidental magic law, assaulted Emma along with Lyra, Burgundy, and Georgia, and property damage. I think having them around might make her more agitated than needed.”

“I understand,” Arceus said before looking over at Latias, Latios, and Mewtwo. “I’ll inform you about my conversation with the human later,” He said before looking at Mewtwo. “You will wait for me in the Hall of Legends. We’re going to have a very long talk after this, and I mean a very long talk.” Mewtwo flinches at the seriousness in the Alpha Pokemon’s tone but sighs and nods as he teleports off to the Hall of Legends while the eon siblings fly off.Upon watching his children leave, he turns his attention to Princess Luna “Shall we go?”

“Yes,” Luna said before looking at Twilight and the others. “Is everypony ready to leave?” She asked as everyone slowly nodded in hesitation and fear due to Arceus being present. “Good, then let us be off to Ponyville Hospital then.”