Episode 51. The repercussions and implications of the last episode begin to catch up with Ash, and the others discover some disturbing events…

Disclaimer: Shadow does not own pokemon. It belongs to Nintendo, Game FREAK, Shogakukan comics, etc. And even if I made any profit off my fanfic, it would probably be used to buy more pokemon stuff anyways…

Notes: <> indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics indicates pokemon speech.

Silver2 – Thank you! I’ll try!

Mathias-8888 – Ah, thanx! Eep! I didn’t mean to kill anyone in this version, I really didn’t, but… *Sighs* Well, shows how you can plan and still mess up.

Inami – Okay! *Eyes camcorder suspiciously* Thank you! I just wanted to figure out what Lance’s Japanese name was…

SnowTiger – Thank you! Heh, excitement or not?

Tmp – no, the guardians weren’t dead, just unconscious. Pika-chan likes Teresa’s tapes, so… Um, the thugs really had no chance. I don’t know? They were stupid, plus they didn’t really have time to react… I don’t think Wataru is named after anyone, not sure. Thank you!

Ranma – Well, I figured it was a good way to bring Destiny back. Why not?

Pikacar/Marle – I give up! I don’t have to care about Wataru, since I call Lance ‘Lance’ anyways.

Fire Eevee – Yep, Ash just made the Destiny card out of pure magic. But this can prove dangerous later on…

Severus’ Potion Mistress – You got that right! I don’t feel sorry for the punks at all… *Smirk*

Eevee99 – I know. *Hands over Vulpix-chan* I love Charmanders!

Nikki Wind and Crystal Wind – Team Aqua steal your pokemon? How? That’s so mean! I hope you get them back!

Episode 51: Aftermath – the future looks pretty grim

Ash yawned as he woke up. “W-what happened? What time is it?” He asked. His memories were blurry, because he had been in a trance when he had created the Destiny card, plus losing all that magic energy was disorienting.

Pika-chan fluttered into Ash’s view. “Hi, Ash! Are you up?”
“Pika-chan! You’re okay!” Ash said in relief as he tightly hugged the little card guardian. “I was so worried!”
“I’m fine! I don’t die that easily.” Pika-chan said cheerfully. “Don’t worry about me! I’m okay…but what about your condition? You’ve been sleeping for four days already, Ash.”

“It’s been two weeks.” Charlotte said. “If you being in this dimension had been accidental, than you would have returned already.”

“Does that mean there’s a spell keeping me here?” Ash asked. “But who would do something like this?”

“I’m afraid I don’t know.” Charlotte replied. “But I’ll try to make you as comfortable as possible while you’re still here.”
“Thanks.” Ash said. * Now how am I going to get home? * He morosely fiddled around with his AIPL, before deciding that he might as well use this chance to try and enter the Cosmos League.

“Let’s see what types of pokemon are around here.” Ash said as he pressed a few buttons. Soon, a display came up.

“Wow! There’s a lot of sleeping pokemon around here!” Ash said.

Charlotte nodded. “Yes, many species of pokemon here are sleeping during the day, so it’s a good time to catch them. But to do so, you have to get them out of the tree, which is more difficult than one would think…”

She trailed off as she watched Ash attempt to climb up.

“Wait! Since you didn’t wear a costume for the last card, here’s one now!” Teresa said as she produced one from her subspace backpack. “Here you go!”
Ash sighed, took it from her, and headed for the bushes.

When Ash returned, Charlotte had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. The poor card master-to-be was decked out in pink… Dark pink overalls over a light pink t-shirt and a pink Jigglypuff headband with a Jigglypuff ears and tail, even a pair of pink ballet slippers. His socks were long pink stockings as well.

Ash looked ready to wither up and die.

Pika-chan burst out in a wave of uncontrollable guffawing. “Hahahaha! You look so funny!” She fell out of the air and rolled around on the ground, twitching with laughter. Vulpix-chan wasn’t much better.

Ash stuck out his tongue at her and pulled out Skymew’s poke ball. “Okay, Skymew, I choose you!”

Skymew popped out and did some aerial acrobatics. < Hi! What are we doing? Oh my! What happened to your clothes? Hi, Charlotte! >

“Skymew, can you use your water gun to scare out some pokemon? Oh, blame Teresa for the clothes. Yep, we’ve ended up in your home dimension.”

< Sure! > Skymew said as she drenched the area. Several unlucky pokemon fell out of the nearby trees, still snoring.

Ash blinked. There was a Vaporeon! And a Jolteon!

“No way!” Ash said. “Okay, Oddish, go! Use Solarbeam!”

Oddish popped out and began charging. The pokemon continued to sleep peacefully, even through the beam that plowed into them. Ash blinked, pulled out two poke balls, and caught them.

A few minutes later, Ash came across a Flareon. * What is going on? * His mind screamed as he used Skymew to subdue her easily. One good Surf attack was all that it took.

“Maybe they’re attracted to your aura?”

“Oh yeah, I forgot about that factor!” Ash said. “This is so cool!” He did a few cartwheels to express his happiness.

Skymew happily jumped around along with him. In the back of Skymew’s mind, Sabrina yawned. For some reason, she wasn’t feeling the energy drain associated with magic in this dimension. It was probably a good thing. And between Pika-chan and the other card captor, Ash should be safe enough, so she could take a break.

They walked along for a while. Ash was now in a much better mood, thanks to the capture of three brand new pokemon – the three base eevelutions. Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon.

“Great job!” Charlotte said.

Ash sighed happily. “This is so cool!”

“Too bad nothing’s shown up yet.” Teresa said with a sigh.

“What do you mean?” Charlotte asked. “Is something bad supposed to happen?”

“Well, normally, when Ash wears one of my costumes, there’s usually a good reason for it.”

“You got to see me catch 3 pokemon.” Ash pointed out.

“No, I mean odd events, like floods or giant teddy bears.”
“Giant teddy bears?” Charlotte blinked incomprehensibly as she visualized a giant teddy bear. “Okay…”

“Don’t think about it. It’s too weird.” Ash said.

“I still think something should happen.” Teresa said.

As if fate had decided to confirm Teresa’s pronouncement, something suddenly appeared in front of the party.

It had rocky gray skin and resembled an ogre from children’s fairy tales. A pair of red eyes glared balefully at the three travelers.

“What is that?” Ash asked.

Charlotte shrugged. “I don’t’ know. I have never seen anything like this before. But I don’t think it is native to this dimension.”

“That means someone sent it here, right?” Ash asked as he put a hand to his key.

“Yes. I suppose a malignant sorcerer could have summoned this.”

“Do you know any evil wizards?”

Teresa cleared her throat. “Um, I hate to interrupt, but it looks like its getting ready to attack you…”

“Release! JUMP!” Charlotte shouted. A pair of transparent wings sprouted from her ankles as she launched herself out of the way.

“Key that hides the power of the stars, reveal your true form before me! Your master under the seal of contract Ashura commands you, Release!” Ash shouted. His staff grew into key form as the rock beast charged.

“Rock is weak to water- Wartortle!” Ash shouted. The turtle pokemon appeared in a flash of white light as it changed, before pumping a mighty jet of water at the rock beast.

“Wow!” Teresa said as she taped. Charlotte landed on the ground a few feet away and began her chant against demons as she held out her Triple Devastation Wand.

But it had absolutely no effect.

“Ash, I guess its up to you!” Charlotte called as she jumped out of the way of one of the monster’s rocky fists. Ash gulped. Wartortle wasn’t faring too well…

“Can it be killed?”

“If not, we have to incapitate it!”

“Right!” Ash said. “That means, Sleep, Confusion, Paralysis, or Poison. Hmm, let’s try this – Butterfree!” The newly changed butterfly pokemon appeared, looking mostly the same, except it had a white star on its forehead.

“Butterfree, use Poisonpowder!” Ash said. The Butterfree card nodded and doused the rock beast with her attack, but it didn’t work at all.

“Try Stun Spore!” Ash suggested. This attack was no better. And a minute later, Butterfree went flying into the air. Ash shuddered and reached for another card.

“I hope this works… Jigglypuff! Use Sing!” This, at least, was sufficient enough to send the beast into dreamland, so they could take a closer look.

“What is this?” Teresa asked.

“No clue.” Ash replied. “Might as well use my pokédex.” He turned on his pokédex and was rewarded with a short description.

“Golem. This is a demon, not a pokemon. Created by sorcerers as helpers, can be any element, although rock and ground are the most common types.” Dexter beeped helpfully.

“But how did it get here?”

“Aha!” Charlotte said a few minutes later. From under its foot she removed a small piece of blue paper with a seal on it. Fire flickered from her fingers and the seal disintegrated. In the following instant, the monster vanished too.

“What was that?” Teresa asked as she closed her camera.

“A summoning spell.” Charlotte said grimly. “Someone sent this here.”

End Episode 51! Flames will be used to toast evil non-reviewing people. If you take the time to read it, at least drop a note! C&CC accepted, 10 Reviews for next chapter if you don’t want to wait!

There, I got all 3 Eevelutions! Therefore, nobody should be unhappy! Right?