“So where’s this shortcut of yours?” Penny asked, trying to catch her breath without slowing down too much. Nemona didn’t answer. Not with words, anyway. Instead, she marched them towards to the hill they’d descended to get here. She then proceeded to sprint up said hill like gravity was for losers who didn’t have their … Continue reading →

Penny’s first thought was to duck out of view. Not a practical solution. There wasn’t much to duck behind, other than the building itself, and Nemona was rounding the corner now. From up on the hillside, their only real advantage had been that no one had any reason to glance up here. Atticus retreated to … Continue reading →

“Tinkaton, use Play Rough!” “Sylveon, Moonblast!” Juliana and Ortega’s Pokémon charged full-swing into the second raid battle. Tinkaton in the rather literal sense of the hprase. Sylveon, eager to regain everyone’s approval, leapt up and propelled herself off Tinkaton’s raised hammer. It did not pay out. The hammer went sideways and Sylveon lost her footing. … Continue reading →

Notes: For anyone who hasn’t read Pokémon Adventures, the character Arrester is also known as Blake. His game counterpart is Nate from BW2. Thanks for reading! # We’re caught. We’re caught. We are so caught. Lines of sweat ran down Penny’s back. But the closer the two figures got, the more her fears eased. The … Continue reading →

“…a-and that’s the story of how Team Star was formed! Thank you for listening!” Juliana bowed to the camera as she finished up her spur-of-the-moment monologue. Which was probably more formal and uptight than the Iono Zone’s usual vibe. She couldn’t help it. Her whole body was a bundle of nerves. She also felt more … Continue reading →

Once again, Penny shared her device’s little screen up on the desktop’s monitor. “I ran dozens of comparisons on the info I gathered,” she said. “None of them show anything of significance. Except this one.” A graph appeared with no data other than a horizontal white line cutting straight through the middle. Penny pointed to … Continue reading →

For a moment, Juliana stood stunned. She was sort of impressed with herself for not dropping the phone. “S-save the world?” she asked. “You mean, you know how?” “I have a theory,” Professor Sada began. “But we need to meet in person to be sure. Hence why your first task was to rejuvenate Koraidon.” Arven … Continue reading →

Juliana was impressed with how quickly the group worked. With everyone pitching in, Arven had Mabosstiff’s sandwich ready within minutes. There was some debate if feeding him three Herba Mystica in one shot would somehow lessen their effects. But given the way Mabosstiff had been eating rather slowly–and sometimes refusing to eat at all–Arven decided … Continue reading →

“Okay,” Penny said, scrolling though a mass of charts and spreadsheets that only she could comprehend. “One more time, and I should be good.” Espeon and Porygon stood by to send her Ortega’s latest readings, but Arven was left a bit stranded. It wasn’t that he didn’t know what got Ortega annoyed. It was more … Continue reading →

Ortega finished his story, his hands folded tightly on his lap. He was squeezing them together so hard his fingers ached. Arven hadn’t said anything the whole time. When Ortega stole a glance up, Arven’s eyes were wide, and his skin was clammy, like he’d been at the receiving end of a Dream Eater attack. … Continue reading →