Misdreavus made fighting the Druddigon look a lot easier than it was. She avoided all of its attacks because she was forced to avoid all of its attacks. If even one of its powerful strikes hit her, she would have fainted, and then another trainer would have stepped up to challenge it, and then that would have been that.
But now, Sam held the Ultra Ball that contained t...
2025-01-28 23:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Sam left the Pokémon Center carrying a sack of empty Pokéballs. None of them were his even though he had a few left from Azalea Town. However, those were Apricorn Balls, so they were too rare to use for this task. Although, it wasn’t like he had paid for these balls, either. If he had, all of his money would have disappeared.
The Pokéballs in the bag were...
2025-01-24 23:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostDrakloak was fast—faster than Sam expected, but Typhlosion was already prepared for a battle when it lunged. She had withstood its Dragon Pulse, but it wasn’t attempting to use a special attack. No, it was trying to make use of its prodigious speed to get close.
Bringing down its head, Drakloak shot off to the side like an arrow and slipped into the shadows of the warehouse...
2025-01-22 00:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostSam’s heart raced as the realization sunk in. He was making an assumption, but it was an assumption with all signs pointing to it being true.
He’d come to Olivine to catch a sixth Pokémon, and this was a chance—a chance—to do exactly that. He wouldn’t need to find someone to trade. He wouldn’t need to go out to catch whatever species they specified. He wou...
2025-01-18 03:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Sam did in Olivine was find a Pokémon Center, but he didn’t want to risk revealing either Typhlosion or Annihilape. Rather than heading to the city’s main Pokémon Center, he went to a small, lesser-used one set at the edge of a residential area. The lobby was empty save for him and the nurse when he passed over his team’s Pokéballs.
“One of my Pokémo...
2025-01-14 23:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostCarl’s couch was comfortable. Sam wasn’t sure what to think of that. Honestly, he wasn’t sure how he got here in the first place.
No, he had a clear memory of spending the past few days traveling. What he really felt confused about was what had possessed him to come here with an entire tribe of Mankey—or how he had even managed to come here without being stopped by a Po...
2025-01-11 00:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
TWO CHAPTERS CAME OUT TODAY!
Make sure to read Chapter 127 first.
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The world returned to Primeape in hazy shades of black. Shadows swam in his vision ...
2025-01-07 23:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Thank you everyone for all the support. I appreciate the chance to take time to recover. Honestly, these past two months have been difficult, but we should be back to a normal schedule from here.
Mostly.
Today is a bit different.
This chapter has a massive cliffhanger, but that shouldn’t matter.
After all, two chapters are co...
2025-01-07 23:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Schedule notes in the post-chapter author note.
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By the time they’d returned to the campsite, the situation had changed. No longer were the Gastly on a neat patrol around the boulders to keep an eye out for attackers. No, the task at hand had been pushed to the side,...
2024-12-31 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Short chapter today due to unhappy reasons (explained in the author's note below). No chapter on Friday. I will see you next Tuesday.
Please enjoy the holidays! We’ll be back on the very last day of the year!
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Everyone’s eyes were on Primeape. His body he...
2024-12-24 23:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
There will be a short break next Friday due to the holidays. Tuesday will still have a chapter!
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It took two days to reach the mountains. With how large they had been on the horizon, it made sense in retrospect that they were closer than Sam had thought. Route 39’s h...
2024-12-21 00:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostPrimeape was a Mankey when he first hatched from an egg, and Mankey’s memories of back then were blurry. However, he knew he had a mother even though he couldn’t remember anything about what she was like. Primarily, he knew that he hatched into a “tribe” of wild Mankey, and just as much as his mother was family, the tribe was his family. But more so than anything else, his family was hi...
2024-12-17 23:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostEven without Redi, travel was a cycle that involved frequent breaks. Sam would spend a while walking down the route, and once he found a decently clear area, he’d settle down for a rest. There, his team would practice their moves and test out potential strategies while he took a break. His Pokémon would then relax in their Pokéballs while he traveled west, and the process would begin anew.<...
2024-12-14 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostRedi said she was leaving, but she wasn’t leaving right away. She would only leave for Goldenrod once she and Sam agreed to head out of town. They had plenty of time left together, as neither were too keen on immediately splitting off. This was made extra true since leaving meant they wouldn’t see one another for over a full extra month.
Instead, they tried to relax, walkin...
2024-12-11 00:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how many times Sam tried to approach Redi, she always found some excuse to slip away.
“Oh, sorry, Ursaring got one of his claws chipped, so I have to go fix that!”
“Dragonair got a little dirty, so I have to go polish her scales!”
“Porygon was super interested in... something else, so I’m definitely going to ...
2024-12-06 23:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostCurse had always been a “buffing” move on Sam’s team. Its energy required its user to focus, slowing them down, but it otherwise increased a Pokémon’s physical capabilities.
Typhlosion, as a Quilava, had made great use of it when paired with her Flame Wheel. Similarly, its energy was what let Primeape figure out Rage Fist in the first place.
Yet, Curse’s...
2024-12-04 23:41:35 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, when I woke up this morning, a minor cold I thought I had turned out to be worse. I will be able to write, just not today.
Next chapter will come out tomorrow around the usual time. There's no change to Friday's chapter or any other chapter, I'm just unable to get anything done right now.
See you soon.
2024-12-03 18:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
As much as I wanted to include the entire battle in this chapter, it quickly began to reach an unreasonable length, and I had to split it up. I’m very sorry to start a short break without a conclusive note.
This chapter contains the first half of Redi’s battle against Morty. The second half will be in the next chapter.
We’ll pick up on Tuesd...
2024-11-26 23:42:30 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
No chapter next Friday due to Thanksgiving. Tuesday will still have a chapter.
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Sam realized he must have been making a face because Morty chuckled at his reaction.
“Yeah, Destiny Bond,” Morty said. “I guess you don't need a description?”
Author Note:
Make sure you haven't missed the Pryce Interlude, found here!
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Redi took two attempts to win her Gym Battle, not because she was outpowered, but because a single, luckily-placed Ice Beam saw U...
2024-11-20 04:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Chapter 116 will be up later today.
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Pryce watched the kid leave the room. It wasn't every day that so many of his Pokémon were swept like that, but after experiencing as many battles as he had, there were hardly any surprises left.
There was always s...
2024-11-19 23:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostPryce was an Ice Type Master who knew how to best test trainers in his Gym Battle. His Pokémon’s overwhelming moves would force opponents to fight in freezing conditions and on top of treacherous terrain. However, the man had been doing this for years and had settled into habit. Either out of carelessness or as an intended opening, certain facts about Pryce’s chosen team alwa...
2024-11-15 22:58:34 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m back!” Redi called out. “And I brought sandwiches!”
Appearing in a flash of light, Redi popped into existence alongside Porygon in the middle of Sam’s campsite. Seeing her there, he immediately knew that any further attempts at training would be pointless.
Typhlosion almost immediately snapped her head toward Redi. Her nose twitched with excite...
2024-11-12 23:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostAt times, Typhlosion had trouble believing she was no longer a Quilava. It wasn’t that nothing had changed, it was just her sheer amazement at how her evolution had happened at all.
Evolving from a Cyndaquil had been a change in form, but the difference between a Cyndaquil and a Quilava had been minor at best. Looking back at it, she had stayed small. Both forms...
2024-11-09 00:14:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
This chapter was updated on 11/19.
No chapter on Tuesday! I will see you next Friday!
I hope everyone had a very spooky Halloween!
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“Mundane. Mundane?” Sam threw his hands into the air while Agatha watched him...
2024-11-01 22:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
Cliffhanger warning!
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With the spirit’s passing, the aggressive Pokémon dispersed, and Trevenant no longer had a reason to attack. Even if Pryce’s march passed near this place, neither Trevenant nor the Gym Leader would need to go after one another....
2024-10-29 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostTrevenant howled as it lunged, its voice echoing through the skeletal woods. Quilava leaped backward, narrowly avoiding the swipe of its claws. Its red eye left a streak behind it, locking onto Sam. He was forced to scramble away to make sure the hostile Pokémon didn’t get close.
“Trevenant, wait!” he yelled.
But the wild Pokémon just snarled and jumped...
2024-10-25 22:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
As an early heads up, there will be no chapter two weeks from now on November 5th.
Cliffhanger warning!
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“Group five was attacked? Hmph. Put asleep, you say? Well, wake them up! Have groups four and six send members to ...
2024-10-22 22:51:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs a trainer brought along for Pryce’s operation through Route 43, Lois made sure to stay on high alert as she and her Pokémon marched through the forest. She held her head high and kept her gaze sharp as her Jumpluff bounced along, as her Ninetales’s tails swished, and as her Flaaffy trotted ahead with his head-fluff flopping up and down.
Yet, even seeing how seriously he...
2024-10-18 22:48:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
As a small warning, today's chapter is slightly rougher than usual due to time constraints.
Additionally, the extra chapter from a few days ago will be posted to Royal Road soon. If you want to see the reactions to that, it'll be up on the site within the next hour.
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2024-10-15 23:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post