"Portals are weird..."
A yellow pegasus thought this to herself as once again an odd ominous looking swirling mass hovered over head.
Of course the first, second, and seventh time it happened she was freaked out as any pony would be.
Ever since their adventures in the human world that had their human counter-parts was discovered things were just like this. A distortion of some kind of barrier between various times and spaces let humans, aliens, and other odd manner of creatures to enter their realm from time to time. On the bright side some were nice new allies and temporary but none the less good friendships were made. The negative side was sometimes creatures and humans that were very, very, verynot nice came around too. Thankfully Celestia quickly send them back while luna or Twilight closed that hole for good.
Fluttershy was more then a little worried for Twilight's mental state with how often she insisted they go to the worlds of these places to "learn and help where we can" in a new realm. Don't get the pony wrong, Fluttershy loved meeting new critters and sometimes new friends. Helping felt great to when not getting shot at, cussed at, swung at, chased in dark tunnels...you get the idea.
The in-between sometimes felt unnecessary especially if the residents of that world is already telling you its not a good idea. Extra so when their clutching at a fresh blood wound after they got attacked by whatever un-celestia darned thing had nearly killed them.
This new hole in the sky she had to admit did look particularly pretty compared to some of the previous ones. It was fairly close by and if Fluttershy was a bolder pony she'd probably get closer to take a photo before calling twilight. It was a whirl of different pinks and black. A curious part of her wanted to look at it closer so she opted to use a fancy camera a human gave her for a birthday gift. Human tech was odd for creatures with hooves to get a hang on but for the most part they had.
Flying slightly a few yards from her house she used it. As Fluttershy zoomed in it seemed something odd was bubbling in the center of the portal. Something small and oval shaped fell through it.
"Is that.. an EGG?!" Fluttershy realized with shock.
Her protective instincts for creatures over road her fear of anything else coming out the portal as she dashed as fast as her wings would carry. Making a beeline quickly to where it looked to be falling she was just barely able to get under it. Fluttershy wasn't sure if the egg was just falling oddly slow or adrenaline just made her as fast as rainbow dash in that moment but she was still able to catch it in her fore-hooves safely.
It was definitely an egg but about the size of an average pony's head with yellow all over it save for the top with a black splatter pattern on it.
"I really should go tell twilight about this." She thought to herself.
Carefully she brought it inside to prepare for travel. However only after safely putting the egg securely in a basket with plenty hay for warmth did she notice the egg was starting to glow. Cautiously she backed away and it only dawned on her then that its possible saving the egg was a bad call. All the weird worlds and dimensions they explored together should of taught her by now some eggs were best left alone. Not that this thought would do her any good if whatever was in it was about to eat her upon hatching. Her ability to communicate with critters and especially those from other worlds was limited and a new born was likely more so.
"Oh dear! Every creature scatter quickly." As all the critters in her home ran off. Angel bunny ran upstairs and shouted to her about messaging Twilight. She galloped upstairs and locked the door. Quickly she messaged Twilight about the events.
Once it was sent she waited for any signs of noise for a few minutes but heard nothing.
Fluttershy was so focused on listening for new noises that she didn't notice when one of her critter friends spoke up.
*Squeak Squeak* "What?! Oh, Mr.provolone you scared me. What was that about our guest?" She asked the more bold and curious of her critters to repeat themselves. Mr.Provolone was a mouse with a somewhat reckless inspect first and be cautious later attitude. It reminded her of rainbow dash and apparently he'd seen the new creature and even tried talking to it.
*Squee Squee Squeak* Provolone continued reporting.
"Huh? It looks like a scared big mouse only a little bigger then you?" Fluttershy asked.
This made her a little less scared and since it hadn't eaten provolone then it might be safe to meet it herself. Having had more then a few close in counters with things that seemed safe at first made her grab a helmet regardless. Going down stairs Fluttershy spotted the new guest quickly. They were helping themselves to a basket of apples near her door.
Much like provolone described it did at first glance look like some mouse like creature. She'd guess only slightly bigger then her own hoof in size and lemon yellow for the most part. Black highlighted its tail and around its outer ears. Not wanting to startle it she floated what felt like a safe distance in the air.
"H-Hello down there, what are you new friend?" She whispered loud enough in hopes it could hear her.
With a hop of surprise midchew it turned around. Fluttershy thought what look like electric sparks lit up on its face as it surveyed for the source of the new voice.
"Pi-Pi-Pichu?!" The critter exclaimed before spotting her. It ducked into the basket in fear.
"Oh goodness! I'm sorry for scaring you. I won't hurt you, I just want to help." Fluttershy channeled her mouse tone. The buzz of her phone suddenly alerted the pegasus of an incoming call from twilight.
In chat
BookFriend:Hey, fluttershy I got your message but I'm not sure what you mean by a portal egg was glowing up your spouse? It might of been a weird auto error but I'm guessing another portal showed up somewhere and an egg came out. You okay?"
Me:Yes Twilight, it hatched an odd little mouse and I'm not sure how but I think it has electric powers. I can send you a picture if your not to busy.
"Pi?"
The odd creature seemed to have grown less skittish in the time she turned to text her friend back. It was staring at her curiously over the rim of the basket. The visible top of its torso also had a similar black splash that reminded her of the egg's outer shell. Making sure the flash noise and light wasn't on, fluttershy quickly took a photo to send to Twilight.
After pocketing the phone Fluttershy slowly crouched in a sitting position to make herself look less threatening with the helmet off. .
Noticing one of the scattered apples on the floor she picked up the fruit to take a small bite then extended the remains toward the new critter in offering.
"Pi!" It exclaimed happily before bouncing out the basket toward the food all fear now seemed gone. Then to fluttershy's surprise its little pink dotted cheeks lit up with light before electricity emitted out striking the apple in her hoof. Alarmed she dropped the fruit which the creature started chewing oblivious to how it scared her.
It was only then fluttershy noticed the apples she knew were fresh looked a little darker then earlier.
"I guess you really like frying your food." It nodded up at her in response while nuzzling her hoof upon noticing a small scuff from the electric burn to the appendage. "Pichu pi" It lowered its ears with a sad expression.
"Oh, its okay I promise we can still be friends if you want even if I'm not sure who or what you are. Your adorably small though and seem to like frying things to a crisp before eating. Do you mind if I nickname you crispy?" Fluttershy asked.
"Chu chu!" The odd new mouse named crispy nodded in understanding.
A sudden but familiar light filled the room as Twilight appeared.
"Sorry for not replying right away! We've been getting word of small creatures, eggs, and human children that call themselves trainers appearing around equestria today. I was filing a report and-" Twilight cut herself off upon seen crispy hiding in fluttershy's hair.
"Oh! I think that's one of the creatures that's been mentioned. Hello? Can you speak?" Twilight said while approaching though it only hid further in Fluttershy's hair.
"I'm sorry Twilight but all it seems to know is the word "pichu" but I think that's cause it was just born." She informed her friend.
Before more could be said another even more pronounced boom of light came but from outside.
The duo plus crispy made their way outside in time to see up where the original portal fluttershy saw was a large figure. It was horse like in shape and a bit bigger then Celestia. It shot a beam out its mouth toward the portal and seemed to be sealing it. It seemed to be looking for something as it looked around the area. Eventually it looked down in there direction. In a flash of light similar to Twilight's teleportation spell it appeared in front of them making the ponies jump back in surprise.
Up close they could now make out on top of the bulky white and grey equine body it had odd gold rings around its torso. Big green eyes with red pupils looked down at them not unkindly but still pretty intimidating. Its voice in contradiction was oddly mellow despite its appearance.
"Greetings, I felt strong aura of power coming from around here so I assume one of you is a leader of this land or at least one of them? I am an Arceus." The large being said before dipping a bit in its gate in a friendly bow.
They bowed back before responding with Twilight taking lead.
"Yes, my name is princess twilight Sparkle but I don't like being over formal with possible new friends so you can just call me Twilight. This is my friend fluttershy and her new friend crispy is in her hair. If you don't mind me asking, what are you Arceus?"
While they didn't have a visible mouth Fluttershy could see a smile in its eyes.
"I and that small creature you've dubbed Crispy are pokemon. We are from a realm I was part in creating many eons ago. In our world humans and pokemon live, love, and fight in harmony. I had a bias against humans for a while I'll admit but thanks to the kindness and courage of them I care for them and my fellow pokemon. Both in being safe from dangers within and outside the realm.
The kind expression turned to one of exasperation before its tone turned annoyed.
"Unfortunately just like humans there are powerful pokemon who like to cause problems and one of them has a particular love of causing chaos with portals and dimensional tomfoolery. It is why so many of my kind are falling into your plain at the moment. I've got other beings and humans trying to help wrangle them back to the right space best they can." They finished talking with taking a deeper bow then before. "My apologies for this inconvenience."
The two ponies shared a look before giggling. They had to clarify their reaction at the confused expression on Arceus's face. Twilight flew forward with a smile.
"Sorry we believe you, its just that we know what it's like to have a being of chaos, portals, and tomfoolery around. We don't blame you for their actions at all. Yours is not the only portal that's popped up around here. Definitely the most numerous alongside humans in one sitting if my reports are correct. I'm only the princess of friendship but I'd love to hear more about your world and the creatures in it with the other princesses." Twilight explained.
An odd rumble noise suddenly spooked the ponies only for them to notice Arceus's face flush a bit.
"Sorry, I seem to be rather hungry with all this work. I'd love to meet the other leaders after some food."
Crispy who had been silent for the most part up till now suddenly hopped out of Fluttershy's mane while pointing back at the cabin with excited "chu chu!" noises. It would take time to fully understand them but she got the gist of it.
"Well we have some freshly crisped apples inside my hut. Would you like some with tea before we go?" The pegasus asked.
With renewed happiness to his voice Arceus said. "I'd love to."
Author's Note
Hello eveypony it had been a hot minute. G5 has sucked my back in it seems. Not sure how many ponies-pokemon combos I'm going to make of this. Just the main six and a few others came to mind a few months ago so I decided to make this.
