My Little Pokémon: Grander World

Alola. Late Afternoon.

At this very moment, Sunrise Sparkle and her forces were trying to find a way out of this universe. They had already lost the Supernova and had no way to contact Universe 11, so they had to regroup with others to get a new gateway.

"What a pain..." Sunrise Sparkle groaned while walking along Alola as it was falling apart. "If we don't get a new gateway, we won't be able to take the Supernova back. It was an amazing first usage and I'd hate to see it be wasted in just one place. Right after it's back to full strength, I won't hesitate to unleash it once more.

"We're not too far from the outskirts of Alola." Captain Spitfire said. "So, if we go there, we should be able to meet up with some of our forces. Hopefully, they can get us a new gateway."

"It better be soon." Sunrise looked at the sky, seeing how the sun was slowly fading away. Nightfall was about to come, but she suspected Daybreaker to force this universe's Sun's up eventually if she was still in this universe. As they kept moving, they also kept an eye out for the Tapus and whoever activated Tapu Bulu's Z-move.

The Tapus were currently in hiding, unable to do much with their Infinity Energy being broken down. Tapu Bulu didn't even have the strength to bring any vegetation to Alola, leaving it barren.

Just then, Tapu Bulu turned his head to the one responsible for using the Z-Move. Standing there, masked by the shade was another human. And in his hand, he held the Z-Crystal that activates Guardian of Alola, but it was no longer active.

"You did good, Tapu Bulu." The man stepped out of the shade, revealing who he was. It was none other than Zero. "Thanks for entrusting your Z-Crystal to me." He said, holding up the crystal.

"Bulu." Tapu Bulu nodded.

"Shutting down their gateway wasn't easy either." Zero turned around, revealing that he used his own technology to shut the gateway to Universe 11 down. "But it was worth it. They won't be getting anything from here anytime soon."

Zero showed up here with many of his machines, all placed together in this spot, near his own vehicle too. But now, Zero had to get going before he was potentially found by the Solar Empire. He wanted to make sure that this world was safe from them.

"I'd better get moving." Zero would unload his machines back into his vehicle, ready to keep on working. He would make sure to work from the shadow so that the Solar Empire wouldn't know it was him. However, that would not last long as a sound could be heard in the distance. Zero gasped as he and the Tapus all looked ahead, noticing some pegasi taking flight. Since they couldn't use their ships, they relied on the way they always used to soar through the skies.

Zero definitely had to go now, but he also noticed how the Tapus were too weak to save themselves. He couldn't leave them out here in this vulnerable state. "Quick! Get inside!"

Not hesitating for a moment, the Tapus all went inside Zero's vehicle, hiding within the shadows as it began to close up. Once it was sealed up, Zero got on top of it, turning it on and driving away.

"There! I see it!" One of the ponies cried out, spotting Zero's Vehicle. "He must've been the one who activated the Z-Move! After him!" After spotting him, they knew what to do. Right away, two pegasi flew off to inform Sunrise Sparkle of what they had just seen and she was not that far away at all.

Sunrise Sparkle and her forces immediately pursued Zero, who was already planning on leaving Alola right now. Especially in its condition, he couldn't stay here for long. The Tapus especially needed to get out of here since all the Infinity Energy was no longer what it used to be.

If they were to end up somewhere else, then their energy would return to them. Sunrise Sparkle ascended higher than all the pegasi, flying faster than all of them too as she immediately spotted Zero's vehicle.

"So it was you." She narrowed her eyes. "Pestering Human." With her horn glowing, Sunrise Sparkle was ready to blow that vehicle to bits. She concentrated on it deeply, making sure she would not miss her attack. And from her horn, a large and powerful beam came crashing through the air, aimed directly at the vehicle.

Zero's vehicle managed to turn right as that happened, the beam hitting the ground near it, causing an explosion. The shockwave was so strong that it nearly knocked Zero off his vehicle. "Whoa!" He exclaimed, quickly regaining balance. The Tapus in the back bounced around, some bouncing their head.

"L-Lele..." Tapu Lele's eyes started spinning after that but that was just the beginning. They began chasing down Zero's vehicle, ready to blast it again.

Sunrise began unloading a barrage of blazing rays that came raining down from the sky, all aimed at Zero's vehicle. Zero kept driving, avoiding the attacks, but it wasn't easy as he had to keep swerving left and right.

Sunrise Sparkle was relentless with her attacks, making sure she hit him. The ground beneath was set ablaze because of these attacks, craters being left behind. She was laying waste to the area just to catch this one individual, showing no signs of holding back even the slightest bit. Zero looked at his rear-view window, spotting Sunrise Sparkle and immediately seeing the resemblance between her and Twilight.

"Geez! She's just as fierce as Twilight but in the worst way!" Zero shouted, trying to keep himself steady. He was doing everything he could to avoid Sunrise's attacks, but it was getting harder and harder as they kept coming.

Eventually, Zero was approaching what appeared to be the Diving Peak Tunnel, entering it at high speeds. Sunrise Sparkle kept up her attack, firing beams through the tunnel and ruining more of Alola's beauty.

Zero drove through the dark tunnel, trying to get away from Sunrise Sparkle, but it was difficult due to how dark it was. Ironically, as more beams came crashing through, they actually started lighting up the tunnel with all the flames they started spreading.

While driving, Zero managed to interact with the module in his vehicle, immediately wanting to speak to someone. The screen in front of him showed a certain individual that he was also working with during this attack from the Solar Empire. Kidd Summers.

"Zero. What's the update?" Kidd asked, leaning her head forward as she was seen with other Pokemon Rangers.

"You were right on the mark about Alola being the next place to be. And a hotspot I guess. I managed to sabotage their ships and gateways like you all asked. On the downside, Alola's lost all of its luster here. But I got the Tapus out of there. They're currently hiding in my vehicle. However, I'm being chased by a crazy alicorn that's trying to destroy me." Zero explained.

"A crazy alicorn? Is it Daybreaker?"

"No. Looks like the second in command we heard about. Sunrise Sparkle's her name, I believe. She's not too happy about me shutting down her way out of here..."

"In that case...Instead of leaving Alola, stay there and keep them around."

"Say what now?!" Zero exclaimed.

"This is our golden chance. Since you've cut off their connection to Universe 11 in the meantime, let's keep at it. We'll send you some help to stall them for time. Are any of your machines okay?"

"They're fine. It was a hassle bringing them here but they did the trick. If you gonna send help, then send some with more of my stuff. Head to my arcade and grab whatever you can. That should be enough to keep them busy."

"Got it. Just keep them distracted for as long as possible."

"Alright. I'm counting on you guys." Zero said as he ended the call, continuing to drive through the tunnel. He then looked back at the Tapus who looked oh-so weak at the moment, unable to stop this. Zero couldn't do this on his own and he couldn't wait for the Rangers to show up at this rate. Thus, he decided to help them out. "I know something that can maybe help you out." Zero opened a cabinet of his many items for different purposes.

And right now, there was just one item that he needed to use in this instance. An item that was sure to help the Tapus do something even in their condition. In there, he had a ball of Rift Energy as his research into that cosmic energy never stopped. Just like before, he created an item with Rift Energy and was ready to utilize it once more.

"Here. This'll give you Rift Energy. It's not Infinity Energy, but it'll at least give you some strength. Maybe even a random effect with how unpredictable it is. Hopefully, it's a good effect." Zero was banking it all on this. He tossed the ball of Rift Energy behind him, letting it roll towards the Tapus.

The Ball, much like a Poke Ball, would open up once thrown, releasing all the Rift Energy from it. The energy quickly enveloped the four island guardians, giving them the power they need.

All of them cried out, feeling the power of Rift Energy surging through their bodies. Their eyes were glowing with an amazing cosmic force, having been given some sort of power. The cosmic energy flared from their bodies, giving parts of their bodies astral textures.

Thanks to the randomness of Rift Energy, the Tapus have been granted not just cosmic-like powers for a temporary time, but also unique additions to their own biology, as was the norm with Rift Energy. They were teetering between the line of becoming Equestrian Pokemon and their regular selves.

Tapu Lele gained the ability to use Steel-Type moves, while Tapu Fini obtained the ability to use Dragon Type moves. Tapu Bulu gained the ability to use every Fighting Type move available, and Tapu Koko gained the ability to use all Ghost Type moves.

"Bulu!" Tapu Bulu grunted, his body gaining a new look. His eyes were now red, his arms became a bit larger with some bulk, and his horns grew longer.

"Lele!" Tapu Lele's body gained a metallic sheen, her gltitering scales turning into metal as well. She was now able to use Steel Type moves, which will come in handy.

"Fini!" Tapu Fini's body gained a draconic texture, her fins becoming dragon-like appendages while still looking like herself.

"Koko!" And finally, Tapu Koko's body gained a ghostly appearance, his skin turning gray and as his eyes matched that of wisps along with having wisps around him.

"Ooh...Not bad." Zero whistled at these new looks. Granted, this was temporary, so they would need to use their time well. The backdoor of the vehicle opened up, allowing the Tapus to fly out as they were ready to fight Sunrise Sparkle.

"You're not getting away!" Sunrise Sparkle shouted, firing more beams through the tunnel. The Tapus immediately flew out, avoiding the beams.

Right away, they used their new additions to their abilities with Tapu Lele starting off. She unleashed a plethora of scales from her body, all sharp and heavy as steel. The scales went flying through the air, sending off cosmic flashes at the same time to try and blind Sunrise.

Sunrise gasped, seeing the scales coming towards her. She quickly dodged them, but they kept coming, forcing her to keep moving. While doing that, she spotted the Tapus, noticing how they looked different. "What is this...?!"

"Bulu!" Tapu Bulu raised his arms, unleashing a barrage of punches that fired off with great speed and power. These fists came crashing through the air, creating shockwaves from their movement alone. Sunrise Sparkle was put up a barrier the second she saw the air itself ripple because of these punches.

The attacks continued to come, each one being stronger than the last. Sunrise Sparkle was having a hard time keeping up with them, but she knew she had to act fast.

"Fini!" Tapu Fini summoned a massive amount of water from the ocean, using her newfound abilities to control it. The water came rushing through the tunnel, acting like a tidal wave that was going to swallow Sunrise. And from that tidal wave, a Water Dragon Construct formed, ready to devour the Solar Empire's agent.

The other ponies were caught up in this tidal wave that grew to great heights, all of them being washed away and sent down the tunnel. Sunrise Sparkle was not spared either as she was forced to deal with this attack.

She got swept up by the Tidal Wave and the Dragon that moved across it, trying to get out of its path. "Why you...!" She angrily said while moving across these frantic waters, her body getting drenched. Furiously, she had her magic explode, creating a great blaze that evaporated the tidal wave and destroyed the dragon.

"Koko!" Tapu Koko cried out, using his newfound Ghost Type Moves to create an army of shadowy beings. All of them were shaped like himself and they all came rushing towards Sunrise Sparkle.

Sunrise Sparkle wasn't intimidated by this as she shot a beam through the air, cutting them down in one fell swoop. "You think I'm scared of some shadows?" She questioned. "Shadows don't mean anything against our light!"

With her horn glowing, she released a flash of brightness to try and fend off these shadows, but they weren't done yet. Tapu Koko raised his hands, having the shadows combine into one being. This combined shadow became a giant, towering over Sunrise Sparkle.

"Koko!" On top of that, this giant would unleash electricity as Tapu Koko could still use his natural element even in this new state. The lightning came crashing down, striking Sunrise Sparkle as she was unable to avoid it. Thus, she was hit with a plethora of volts, causing her to grit her teeth as her body was aggressively vibrating.

To add onto that, Tapu Fini summoned a tsunami of water that was so massive, it was able to cover the entire sky above the tunnel. It was like the ocean itself was being poured down here, ready to drown Sunrise Sparkle.

"Grr...!" Sunrise Sparkle grunted, her eyes glowing brightly as she used her magic to stop the tsunami from falling. She struggled to keep it up, her body shaking as she tried to push back against the tsunami. She and everyone else would be pushed back, distanced from Zero and straight out of the tunnel.

Zero was also out of the tunnel, driving off. Thanks to the Tapus, he managed to get away from Sunrise Sparkle.

For now.

Universe 11. The Solar Empire.

Back at Universe 11, Zekrom continued to have a battle on both sides. He had to deal with the forces in Universe 11 while also being attacked by a gateway. His attention was split between both sides, which was not easy to do.

He was doing his best to fight off Universe 11's forces but there were just too many of them. They were coming from all directions, overwhelming him with their numbers. Daybreaker was also rather skilled in controlling the gateway as a weapon, not even needing to be there herself to deal with Zekrom.

"At this rate, I'll lose before I can do anything significant," Zekrom said, turning his attention elsewhere. He decided to switch things up, aiming to enter the castle instead of just staying outside.

Right away, the Deep Black Pokemon flew towards the castle itself, startling everyone inside as they saw this massive Dragon coming their way. "It's coming straight for us!" A pony exclaimed, pointing at the large dragon. They all scattered, trying to get away from the windows as Zekrom crashed through them.

The castle walls came crumbling down because of this. many machines were destroyed and the floor beneath was heavily damaged. Once inside, Zekrom started flying indoors, making sure his large body breaks everything down.

"Right away, one of the ponies started contacting Daybreaker, informing her of what Zekrom was doing right now. "Queen Daybreaker! Your majesty! It's Zekrom! He broke into the castle!"

"Did he now? Is Luna still there?"

"W-We believe she's still in that dimension Sunrise Sparkle sent her to!"

"Hmph. In that case, I won't have to worry about her being collateral. I'll be right over with Necrozma. As for the Legendary Pokemon that are pursuing me, keep them occupied until the Solar Sword can be restored."

"Yes, your majesty!"

Right away, Daybreaker would take flight against with Necrozma and the Solar Sword, finally ready to return to her universe for repairs. She would soon arrive in Universe 11, seeing how Zekrom was tearing the place apart. A huge chunk of the castle was completely gone with bursts of lightning coming through.

"I can't repair it with him here. Send the Solar Sword to Manehattan. Have it be repaired there." Daybreaker said, sending the ship to a different location.

"As you wish." The pony said, pressing a button on the control panel to send the ship to Manehattan. As for Daybreaker, she would head over to deal with Zekrom and all the intruders in her Empire. She would teleport inside of her castle, appearing before the soldiers Universe 1 that would try and sabotage her machines and magic.

"D-Daybreaker?!" One guard gasped.

"How unfortunate for you that I chose this time to return. You should've been more careful about when I'd come back." Daybreaker said, unleashing a pulse from her body that shocked them all. It was as if her presence alone was an attack as those that felt it had their bodies faint, falling to the ground.

After knocking them down, Daybreaker would start moving, searching for Zekrom, which wouldn't be hard to do considering the trail of destruction here was leaving behind and his size in general.

Ponyville. Fluttershy's Factory.

Elsewhere in this Universe, back at Ponyville, Fluttershy agreed to Applejack's help. Anything to get her and the animals out of this nightmare. The machines already detected that Applejack was not from this universe and was a clear intruder, but there was suck a ruckus happening in the castle that it didn't matter at the moment, meaning Applejack was free to stay and devise a plan to shut the factory and everything around it down.

"Alright. You should look at this." Fluttershy placed a large piece of paper on a table, showing a map of the entire factory. "This is a map of the entire factory. The layout it has is the same as mine. All factories here are made the same way with some differences."

"So where do I wanna go?" Applejack asked.

"All factories here make different things for the Solar Empire. My factory was ordered to make mechanical creatures that are fully artificial. Some create weapons of different kinds while others make vehicles. But the ones that allow us to go through to other universes are the factories that are harbouring Rift Energy."

"Rift Energy?! Tell me more about that!" Applejack needed to know more about this.

"That's the most important part to you? Alright then. You probably know that some of them are in the castle, but some factories produce it and pass it over to Canterlot. The one that makes it the most are Manehattan and Appleloosa."

"Appleloosa...." Applejack gasped as that was the hometown of her cousin Braeburn. At least, this universe's Braeburn. She wondered how he was doing now that he was under the control of Daybreaker in this Universe.

"Yes. That's where they make the most Rift Energy. And the way they gather it is with a pool of Rift Energy that's located underneath them. If you can find a way to break the pool, all the Rift Energy will be released into the air and cause a chain reaction. It'll shut down the factories and stop them from making any more Rift Energy."

"Hm-hm. And I could maybe use one of 'em to get back home. Hopefully. Maybe. They don't have Travel Spheres here, do they?"

"I believe they do...It's what they used from the start. Team Plasma had Travel Spheres that they used with the Solar Empire to get from place to place."

"Ah, right! They stole some of 'em! The first versions of those things! I guess they upgraded them since they shouldn't work anymore..." Applejack remembered that bit of detail from when Travel Spheres were even newer than they were now. "I'll be lucky if I get my hooves on one. Alright then. I know what I gotta do. I'll get the Wonderbolts to help me out here. We'll break into Appleloosa and ruin everything there in no time! First, we're gonna help Ponyville."

"But Appleloosa isn't as safe as here. It's even more heavily guarded than here. You can't just approach it directly, even with a disguise."

"I ain't going directly." Applejack grinned. "With my Golett, we're all going underneath. Back in my universe, there's a tunnel system that leads to Appleloosa. It should be the same here. And if not, we'll make our own and dig right through. Now, let's get moving."

She took out all of her Poke Balls, summoning her Sceptile and her 12 Golett. Applejack was ready to pull this off, ruin the Solar Empire and get home. At this very moment, she already knew that Spitfire and the others were doing their best to sabotage this place. In fact, in the distance, an outburst could be heard, along with a flash of multiple colours that erupted into the form of a pillar.

"W-What's that?!" Fluttershy gasped at that beautiful sight before then looking at Sceptile and Golett. "And what are they?!"

"Hm. Mega Scizor." Applejack knew that Spitfire had Mega Evolved her Scizor, doing excellent work. It was her turn to do some excellent work too. Meanwhile, Universe 11's Fluttershy was witnessing Pokemon for the first time. She's only heard of Necrozma and never seen him, so these were her first Pokemon.

"Are these...Pokemon...?" Fluttershy said, approaching them with caution.

"Golett, you and the other Golett will be digging us a path to Appleloosa. Sceptile, you'll be with me and we'll be taking care of anything that gets in our way." Applejack commanded her Pokemon, having them all nod.

"Applejack, I'm coming with you." Fluttershy decided, wanting to help out.

"You sure? It's dangerous out there."

"I know. But I want to help. I have to do something to save my friends. I can't just sit by and watch them be controlled like this. I have to do something." Fluttershy explained. "I don't think I can do much, but I'll try my best."

"Well, I won't stop ya. If you wanna come with me, then be my guest. Just be prepared for the worst."

"Right. But...before that...there's one more thing I want to do. Please. We have to meet up with Rarity and Pinkie Pie."

She requested to meet up with the Rarity and Pinkie Pie of this Universe, wanting to see her friends again. And most likely, have them assist. A plan had been laid out. Applejack was going to truly bring down the chance for the Solar Empire to travel from Universe to Universe, working alongside this Universe's Fluttershy.

On both sides, all of them were advancing forward with their plans. Some getting closer to their goals while others now pursuing new goals. And all the while, Necrozma was growing stronger and stronger. The mission to find Solgaleo was still on and with Daybreaker back in her Universe, the chance of her finding him had greatly shot up.

As the journey continues.

Chapter 570 End.