Fluttershy! I choose you!
Pokémon Fluttershy Version
Chapter 1: Fluttershy! I choose you!
“IT’S OVER FLUTTERSHY! NOWS THE TIME FOR THE BATTLE! CHAMPION JOSEPH OF THE ELITE FOUR ACCEPTS YOUR CHALLENGE!” Said the trainer behind the fire’s glow.
“NO! I DON’T WANNA FIGHT! I WANNA GO HOME!” I said as I banged on the metal door blocking my exit.
You're probably wondering what’s happening right about now… I still don’t know.
I didn’t mean to get transported into another world…honest. I was just doing my job. But that’s just what I expect I suppose; going into the Everfree Forest alone. I mean, I live on the outskirts of it so normally I can handle it alone. But here I am facing the biggest, most powerful, most destructive, most scary Pokémon trainer in the Olade Region. My name is Fluttershy. I was the town pet well…pony. I did everything involving pets and actually animals in general. My days are filled with friends, fun, and family and by family I mean an extension on friends. My friends are my family. The day I got transported into the Olade Region was a seemingly normal day. I was helping Spike pick feed for his pet phoenix Pee-Wee when suddenly my friends came in with a surprising request.
“Fluttershy the girls and I were talking and we wanted to ask you…” Began Twilight when Pinkie interjected.
“We wanted to know if we could have some more pets. Please?! C’mon you have to have some pets available! You always have pets!” Said Pinkie using her begging eyes. Those same eyes that got me to sing the Zecora song. I normally do have a lot of pets but recently adoptions from other towns increased and I was out. I only had the local wild animals that already had homes to call their own. I didn’t need to ask them to give them up their homes to be pets. I would have to go find some and well, I was busy that day reading the latest issue of Shy magazine. Yes, there is a magazine called Shy magazine. You think I got so good at being quiet and timid and cute on my own? Well I did but I like the articles. I am getting off track. Sorry. I didn’t mean to get off track I just…sorry. Ok so I had to go get some pets from The Everfree Forest. They all gave their requests, you can imagine them easily enough, Pinkie Pie wanted something fun and energetic, Rainbow Dash wanted someone to play with Tank when she wasn’t around…yes a flying animal, but she says anyone would do, Applejack needed someone to help herd the sheep and help around the farm, Rarity wanted something fashionable and petite, Twilight Sparkle wanted an intellectual pet like Owlicious. I put it on my mental notes of things to do and well…Celestia, after that was a blur. I only remember something about my lunch and feeding Angel and then I was in The Everfree forest. Strangely it was quiet. I looked for animals everywhere but couldn’t find any. After about 2 or 3 hours of searching I found a froggy under a stump. I asked him what was wrong but he gave me a weird answer. Something scary deep in the forest. I went to investigate and began to feel a dark presence around me. I could explain it but it felt like…well…like somepony was shooting me my own Stare.
“Hello?” I called out. “Is somepony…” I felt a sudden dizziness and sickness like I was about to vomit then I heard that terrible chanting.
“Unknown…unknown…unknown…”
It was insanity personified and I was scared out of my mind. I couldn’t move. I could remember wondering if I was about to die when suddenly I saw the eyes. They were black eye like creatures with strange limbs that made them resemble letters.
“BRING HER TO ME SLAVES.” I remember hearing…like a whisper on the wind but deep and fierce like a dragon. I felt myself being pulled into some vacuum. The scenery was pulled behind me and I found myself in a place of pure black and purple. The colors cascaded around me like waves on a boundless sea. I couldn’t move but my consciousness seemed to turn around me in a 360 like fashion allowing me to see everywhere. In front of me was a creature in a suit of armor.
“A pure heart. Rare. You’ve done well Unown. Leave us.”
The creatures turned themselves forward similar to a bow and left. I was bound immobile. The creature reminded me a Minotaur but he had strange elongated hooves that were connected at the back to the leg and grew up to the front an inch or two. He walked to me with and pulled a broken sword like it had been snapped in half.
“You’re no Pokémon.” He said rather curiously. His armor began to let out some sort of blinding light.
“You’re not a human either. Curious. I expected the Auro Kai Dal to be either one or the other…perhaps a hybrid made from some taboo fashion? Speak and I will ease your passing into the next life.” I could only make our fragments of words and heavy breathing.
“Your lungs aren’t used to the air pressure here. It’s slim because there are only a few natural pockets that lead to the outside world. It is a common trait of the Aura Guardian Sages to be able to bend Air aura, Sound aura, and Life aura in harmony to create and distill oxygen. And yet…you have no aura?! Is this a joke!?”
I couldn’t breathe.
“Perhaps in your state you can’t harness it. I admit to sensing an energy source in you that’s non aura. Hold on and Ill remove it. He put his hand on my forehead and suddenly I felt my Pegasus magic leave me. Then I felt as if my entire body was changing and it may have as suddenly the armored knight began to step back and cover his eyes. I could hear and feel my bones and skin expanding and when the sound stopped. He looked at me.
“You’re quite beautiful as a human, creature. If you were years older I may have kept you as a concubine. No matter. Yes now I feel your aura flo…”
Suddenly he was hit by something that send him flying yards, perhaps, miles away and I felt this immense pressure exude from my body. I suddenly felt scenery being pulled in around me and suddenly I was in a forest. It wasn’t The Everfree Forest but it was a forest. I looked down and noticed my body HAD changed. My skin was a pale brownish yellow hue and my hooves changed into some weird shape with little stubby fingers on them on a pair of long legs. My front legs changed into arms, which if years of being a Pegasus have taught me, ponies DO NOT have arms. I wasn’t scared. Scared was an understatement. I was terrified. I noticed my hair was still pink but it wasn’t as fluffy…It hung down sort of like Twilight’s hair but puffier. I noticed a clear pool of water nearby and looked in. My eyes were the same color and {Due to rating issues I refuse to give a full description of Fluttershy. No fan service. Sorry.}
I took a step back and was losing my mind. My cutie mark was gone, so were my wings, my body has changed, I was lost in unknown woods, and I had no idea what that the heck was going on! I heard footsteps and noticed another creature that looked like me except for seeming more male. He had green combed hair and a green headband with a black zigzag pattern and slightly tanner skin then mine. His eyes were a deep orange and His clothes were weird. He had strange dark purple sneakers and a dark white t shirt with an orange circle on it and a jacket that seemed to be split in the back slightly to resemble wings if the wings were squarish. His sleeves had a green streak and he wore gloves that didn’t cover the top parts of his fingers. He looked intimidating but when he saw me a sudden streak of blood, I think, streamed out of his nose and he fell backwards.
“WHAT THE HELL!? WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!” he said scrambling to get up and avoid looking at me.
“I don’t have any…” I said as loud as I could given the circumstances. “I’m lost…” Most beings can’t hear me when I talk that loud unless they are really close to me. But he put his headband over his eyes and said,
“You can’t be serious. If you’re lost come with me. I have a cabin and something. I dunno. Some of her spare clothes she doesn’t wear anymore perhaps might fit you. Never thought those shopping trips would come in handy. Grab by hand.” He held out his hand. I didn’t have any other options except to run which was a VERY appealing option at this point. But given the circumstances I decided to take a leap of faith and trust him and grabbed his hand. He reached into his pockets and pulled out a red and white orb of some sort.
“Go Yanmega!” A giant dragonfly came out in a beam of red magic.
“Yanmega not a word to Iris about this. This person is lost and naked in the woods and I need to get her out of here before some less noble people find her. Now lead me back to the cabin please.” The creature nodded and said,
“Gotcha Dorian.”
I didn’t think a creature like that could talk.
“She seems weird for a human.” He said as he flew in front of us.
“I am not weird.” I said as a shot back. They suddenly froze and the guy who was named Dorian looked at me even though he had a headband on and said very quietly,
“You can hear him?”
I looked at him funny. “Yeah can’t you? He spoke plain pony.”
“Yes but I’m his trainer of a few years. I have that kind of bond. Your, wait what do you mean plain pony?”
I looked at him funny. “I AM a pony you know. Even if I don’t look like it.”
Dorian went silent as if in shock then suddenly he said,
“Yanmega use sky drop. Except carry us.”
Yanmega had an expression of surprise.
“But you said never to do that unless you said so.”
He looked at him. “Yes? And?”
Yanmega nodded and grabbed me and him. I promptly screamed and clung to Dorian. This made him panicked.
“HURRY FOR THE LOVE OF THE MAKER HURRY DAMNIT YANMEGA! HURRY!” He began flailing trying to get me off.
“Stop it your gonna shake me off!”
“It’s not my fault! You’re naked! I can FEEL YOU!”
“So? I can feel you too!”
“DAMNIT! YANMEGA HURRY!”
After a brief flight we were put down by a rather hysterical Yanmega who began rolling on the ground laughing at his “trainer’s” freak out.
“No wonder Iris can get you so worked up! You’re horrible with the ladies Dorian!”
He took off his headband and went in his house. Then he exited with his head band on his eyes.
“You’ll have to go commando for a bit till we can get you some undergarments. I’m not a perv to keep Iris’s…lady clothes around.”
“First, they wouldn’t fit her, second, frankly from your reaction you’re not a perv at all Dorian.” Said Yanmega. Dorian responded by taking out the ball and recapturing Yanmega with magic.
“Go inside and put on some clothes. I’ve laid Iris’s clothes on my bed. And you may have heard but my name is Dorian.”
I went inside it was a humble cabin with a bed and a couch. I noticed some clothes…a lot of clothes. I decided on a Tank top that matched my old skin tone and a thin white vest jacket. I found a scrunchy that seemed to be very ornate with pink pearls and made my hair a ponytail. I then chose a pair of white jeans with that orb pattern on it in pink. And some pink gloves like the ones Dorian wore except pink. I looked in the mirror. A girl always has to keep her appearance and I say that if clothing is apparently FORCED wherever I am, (seriously what’s up with that?) then I have to say I looked very nice.
“You done in there?” I heard Dorian call out. I left the cabin.
“Okay? How do I look?” I said walking outside.
“Damn Dorian you taking pimp lessons?” Said a creature made of mostly blue. It looked kind of like a dog thing.
“Shut up Lucario.” Said Dorian in annoyance. “Miss this is my friend Lucario.”
“Um…Hi?”
“Lucario. Is the place safe?” Said Dorian.
Lucario nodded. “I triple checked. Nothing. I’ll go back on patrol now. Remember to play it safe when…” He said in a joking tone when Dorian shut him off with a,
“Go.”
Lucario jumped into the woods and was gone.
“That is none of your business so don’t ask me about it. We are safe. That’s enough for you to know. Come inside and I’ll give you some food. And you better explain where you came from and who you are.” I frowned at being commanded in such a way but I decided to shut up about it. Best to play along. I wasn’t really hungry and ended up nibbling on a bit of bread he gave me.
“Now explain a few things. Who are you?” He said looking at me with an inquisitive look on his face.
“My name is Fluttershy. I am…er was a pony and I have no idea why I was brought here or turned into a,” I decided to take a shot in the dark. “Human?” He looked at me.
“Ok well that takes care of your name. What’s a pony?”
I couldn’t believe my ears! I was slightly happy I still had them. What’s a pony? That’s like asking what hay is. Or who is Celestia? What is this? A topsy turvy world?
“By Celestia do you know anything?” I asked him with a bit of snap in my voice. My bad day started catching up with me.
“Who is Celestia?” He asked confused.
“That answers my question. We are in Equestria aren’t we?”
He looked really confused. “No. We are in The Olade Region. You’re on the forest at the edge of Grassroot Town.”
I finally understood. I wasn’t in Equestria. I felt the loss of my friends and family weigh upon me like an anchor and, without warning, I began to cry. Dorian suddenly sprung out of his chair and began to try and calm me down.
“Hey calm down…we’ll um…get you back home. I know! You like Pokémon right? I know this awesome dragon type…” I jerked my head up.
“Dragon? A…Dragon?” I shook slightly.
“Ooooh…you’re afraid of dragon types…” He chuckled to himself. “This is fate.” He went into his closest and on a shelf he picked up an incubator for a giant sky blue egg with a cloud pattern. “This egg will help you. Here” He put it in front of me.
“What is it? It’s not a dragon egg is it?” I asked him curiously. He nodded no.
“You’ll like it. Trust me.” I picked up the egg and suddenly it began to glow. He took the incubator off and put the egg on my lap. “It’s happening! I was looking for someone to take the Pokémon because I can’t raise it but you can!” The egg hatched and a bird like creature came out.
“Swablu.” It said in a weak voice. It was adorable. I had never seen anything like it. Dorian looked at me.
“It suits you.” Swablu looked up at me.
“Mommy?” The thing chirped weakly.
“Its destiny.” Said Dorian. This was happening too fast. No way could I handle this. I put Swablu on the table and ran out the door. I had to get home. I ignored that psycho Dorian’s calls to come back I ran outside. I kept running and running and running. I ran blindly through the forest. Hoping that maybe I could leave this crazy world behind me. I ran in anger, fear, sadness, and confusion. I ran till the day meshed into night and vice versa. And, eventually, I ran out of energy and collapsed. I noticed another creature a Pokémon of sorts it looked at me and said.
“Trespasser.”
It looked like a horned caterpillar and it was orange. Suddenly a giant bee with three giant stingers came out of the tree.
“Leave or pain.” It said with venom and harmful intent in its voice.
“I can’t move.” I said pleading with it.
“Not my problem. Nothing personal. Just doing my job.” He shot a bunch of purple needles at me. They didn’t hurt very much but I could feel the venom in the needles overtake me. Suddenly a concentrated gust of wind knocked the bee into a tree and Swablu came out of a nearby thicket of trees.
“Mama! I’ll save you!” He went after the bee and started pecking it but then the bee counterattacked with a jab of its stinger sending Swablu into a tree. “Mama…” It said falling into the ground. I don’t know why but I felt for the little guy and ran to catch him. Though I succeeded I completely drained my energy doing so and with the venom in me I was barely able to keep my eyes open. I managed to say, heavily breathing,
“Can you…do that wind thing…again?”
Swablu replied, “Yes mama…One last time…I’m too weak.”
The bee charged at us for the kill but then Swablu used the wind attack but instead summoned a tornado from its beak engulfing the bee and throwing it into the ground. It seemed immobile but not dead. Suddenly a bunch of other bees came out of the trees.
“TRESSPASSERS! LEAVE OR PAIN!” they said in unison. I was so scared but then…
“YANMEGA USE ANCIENTPOWER!”
Suddenly a bunch of glowing rock shards were sent at the bee army and exploded upon contact! It was devastating and when the smoke cleared quite a few trees were felled and the bee army was incapacitated. Dorian ran up to me with 2 peach like fruits.
“Eat these you two. It will heal the poison.” He handed them to us. I managed to eat mine but then the thrust of events caught up to me and I passed out.
When I woke up it was morning again. Swablu was on my chest sleeping soundly. Dorian was preparing something that smelled delicious. “Tada! Destruction Pancakes! I didn’t name them but a friend of mine did! They taste great!” He said holding a large batch of the most deliciously fruity smelling pancakes ever. They could have been made of dynamite and I wouldn’t have cared, I was too hungry. I ate while Swablu slept on the bed. “How long was I out?” I asked Dorian.
“About 2 days. Swablu wouldn’t leave your side. That’s the bond between Pokémon and humans. Not just Pokémon that see you from the egg either. Once you form a bond with them then any Pokémon, even those Beedrill that attacked you, it was instinct by the way they are highly territorial, can be your family. Fluttershy I have a question for you that I think, depending on your answer, may help you find out who you are.” He took a red and white orb out of his pocket. “Don’t worry. Pokeballs, from what my Pokémon tell me, feel like the best nap ever when you are in one. But some Pokémon dislike them. Anyway. I want to know if you want to be a Pokémon trainer. You see Pokémon trainers train Pokémon to fight each other. It’s how we bond and no I don’t understand it. I prefer juggling as a bonding mechanism.”
“I don’t imagine myself doing something so barbaric. No sane living creature would ever do that where I’m from…unless they had to in self defense…or if they were evil.”
“I’m not evil…” said Swablu. I turned around and Swablu was in tears.
“Am I too weak for you to fight with? I’m sorry mama. I’ll get stronger…”
Dorian looked at me with an empty smile. “I can’t understand her but…it sounds like she wants to battle.” I don’t know why but I suddenly felt compelled to say yes. Maybe this would lead me home. If the story of how I got my cutie mark taught me anything it’s that friendship is mysterious.
“Okay what do I do?” I asked him in seriousness.
“You have to go get the 8 gym badges from Olade and travel to the peak of Mount Gaia. Once there you can challenge The Elite Four. If you beat them you’ll become The Champion. It’s a journey that could take years, decades perhaps, before you even get to the summit.” I was taken aback but at the same time a journey could be the key to discovering how I got here. I decided given the circumstances to go with the flow. I had no idea where to start though.
“Can you show me the ropes?” I asked him. Dorian smiled and said,
“Okay. We’ll spend the night here and tomorrow I will take you into town and teach you a few things.” That was the start of it. I don’t know why I said yes. I think perhaps, like the rainbow that brought my friends together, this journey will bring us together again. I still have one concern though. That thing that brought me here…what was that anyway?
To be continued…
