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The New Normal - 13-18 - Interlude - The Smiths

The New Normal – 13-18 – Interlude – The Smiths

(Angela POV)

She and her husband sat nervously as they huddled around the television at home. They knew that there was an ongoing crisis going on in Sinnoh, and they knew that their son was there as part of his duties as an Elite Four.

At first, they weren’t too worried – they knew that he was supported by trustworthy and strong companions that would keep each other safe. However, that all ch...

The New Normal - 13-18 - INTERLUDE - Pokenet Reactions

The New Normal – 13-18 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions

[SINNOH LEAGUE LAUNCHES SUCCESSFUL RAID INTO SECRET GALACTIC BASE! BUT CYRUS STILL MISSING!] By the Sinnoh News

[A wanted poster of Cyrus is displayed, with a monetary reward provided for any who can provide legitimate information about his whereabouts]

The Sinnoh League have managed to hit back hard after Team Galactic’s terrible attack at the Lakes. With the assistance of our foreign allies, a ...

The New Normal - OMAKE - Meeting a Monster (Worm/Pokemon Crossover)

The New Normal – OMAKE – Meeting a Monster (Worm/Pokémon Crossover)

Jack walked down the rows of burning houses, letting the melody that was the terrorised screams of the town’s former inhabitants fill his ears. The sounds of glass shattering and more high-pitched screaming told him that Shatterbird was still having her fun, and that there were still plenty of toys for his Slaughterhouse to enjoy.

Seeing someone running away in the distance, he idly swung h...

The New Normal - 13-17

The New Normal – 13-17 – Relief and Answers

Seeing Cyrus being whisked away by Giratina was a moment of profound relief for me, because I knew that the nightmare was finally over. After all that, we had finally put a stop to the plots and schemes of a madman.

We had triumphed in the battle for our lives and the fate of the world.

We had survived in a battle of Legends.

We had finally won. Team Galactic had failed.

It took me a while to fully ...

The New Normal - 13-16 - Interlude - The Battlers

The New Normal – 13-16 – Interlude – The Battlers

(Drake POV)

He nearly fell onto his knees in exhaustion once Palkia finally returned to whatever fucking Legendary dimension it hailed from. Honestly, after surviving through the fight of the century, he had quite enough of big, world-ending battles thank you very much. He might be more resilient than most, but that didn’t mean he found it any less painful when he had been repeatedly thrown around ...

The New Normal - 13-16

The New Normal – 13-16 – A Fight to the Finish

The only warning we had was when Palkia was surrounded by a pink glow once again – causing space to begin disintegrating around us.

“INCOMING!”

And then Palkia slashed down, unleashing a sundering strike that eviscerated reality. A dimensional cut of warped space headed straight towards me, and even though I tried to jump out of the way, I knew I wouldn’t make it.

Fo...

The New Normal - 13-15

The New Normal – 13-15 – Raid Boss

Flying off with Regigigas and the three Regis was a surreal feeling. I could still feel the aura of domination that radiated out of the Legendary Titan, I didn’t feel the need to bow my head in awe. Instead, the aura seemed to wash around me harmlessly. Unlike Palkia’s own aura, which battered into me like a constant storm, Regigigas’ seemed to protect me, helping me resist the Pressure from Palkia as we continued to fly forw...

The New Normal - 13-14 - Interlude - Sinnoh

The New Normal – 13-14 – Interlude – Sinnoh

(A Civilian’s POV)

The Sinnoh news agencies had yet to publish anything official yet, but they didn’t need to. No matter where you were, in your home, at work, or even if you were simply strolling about, everyone could feel that surge of primal terror that just radiated across the region.

He knew instinctively that something big had just been summoned. What it was specifica...

The New Normal - 13-14

The New Normal – 13-14 – The Summoning

(Drake POV)

The Dragon Pulse flew forwards, but instead of shredding Cyrus in two, it suddenly froze in mid-air.

At first, Drake had thought that an invisible barrier was holding back his attack, but as he looked closer, he noticed that the very air around Cyrus was starting to twist and warp. The Dragon Pulse was not just blocked – it was caught and trapped within a space of endless nothing...

The New Normal - 13-13

The New Normal – 13-13 – The Fight to the Summit

The sensation of being called upon lasted for about a minute before the sensation faded just as quickly as it came, leaving me standing there in dazed confusion as my team continued to worry over me after seeing me act so weirdly all of a sudden.

After reassuring them that everything was okay (at least, I hoped so), I took a moment to try to piece together what exactly just happened. Obviously, I suspected that ...

The New Normal - 13-12 - Interlude - Team Galactic

The New Normal – 13-12 – Interlude – Team Galactic

For the sake of creating the utopia they all desired, she had told herself that she was willing to put herself through any amount of hardship to ensure Cyrus’ dream was fulfilled. However, when she received the news of Saturn’s heroic sacrifice and his subsequent fate, she felt that resolved tested.

She knew they were reaching the end now. After being on the run for so long, the authorities had all but c...

The New Normal - 13-12

The New Normal – 13-12 – The Final Plate

After recovering the Lake Guardians and returning them to their lakes for a full but slow recovery, we all were pulled out for a mandatory health check up just to make sure there were no lingering side effects from having to withstand that huge psychic explosion. Fortunately, we came back with a mostly clean bill of health, and the Nurse Joys only advised us to keep away from any psychic attacks in the future just in case. 2025-01-13 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

The New Normal - 13-11

The New Normal – 13-11 – The Raid

Roark’s discovery of the Iron Plate came as a pleasant surprise for me. Even for Cynthia, despite being nominal rivals with Roark in her capacity as the de-facto head of the Celestic Town Research Centre, was more pleased than jealous about their big find.

I was a little surprised to hear that Steven and Devon Corp had also been part of the expedition – I didn’t even know the man was in Sinnoh, nor how he managed to talk...

The New Normal - 13-10 - Interlude - Team Galactic

The New Normal – 13-10 – Interlude – Team Galactic

(Mars POV)

Mars walked up to their leader, who was standing as tall and as unyielding as he always was. Despite the many setbacks that they had suffered, the arrests of many of their faithful, it heartened her to see that her boss was still as driven as ever. His heart never wavered, even amidst all those sacrifices, and remained laser-focused in pursuit of their goal.

They needed to rely on h...

The New Normal - 13-10

The New Normal – 13-10 – Intermission

The next few days passed with a tense silence. Despite fears that Cyrus was going to immediately use the Lake Trio to enact his plans, it became clear that he wasn’t ready to take that final step just yet.

I supposed I expected this; I doubted that the forging of the Red Chain like he did in canon was a process that you could just complete with a snap of your fingers. I didn’t know how many scientists he still had left...

The New Normal - 13-9

The New Normal – 13-9 – The Response

We had all gathered around one of the meeting rooms in the Indigo League building. All of us were in attendance for this meeting. Every Gym Leader, Elite Four, and Champion.

We were all here to discuss the ongoings in Sinnoh and the capture of the three Lake Guardians.

The latter had yet to be leaked to the public – Cynthia had ordered complete silence on that front, and the other Champions easily agreed to that dec...

The New Normal - 13-8 - Interlude - Pokenet Reactions

The New Normal – 13-8 – Interlude – Pokenet Reactions

[THE REGIONAL UNION COMES INTO FORCE! THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION?!] by The Indigo Post

[Pictures of the signing ceremony] [Pictures of Lance’s speech]

Today follows another momentous announcement from the ever-active Indigo League, where they have just announced the joint creation of the Regional Union in collaboration with the Hoenn and Sinnoh Leagues.  

The R...

The New Normal - 13-8

The New Normal – 13-8 – Magma and Aqua

(Flint POV)

They may have been outnumbered, but let it not be said that Flint and Volkner faltered when it mattered. Especially not when it was a situation where collateral damage no longer mattered. There were no other trainers in Sinnoh who could best the two of them in pure, widespread destruction.

Without needing to give any commands, his Rapidash charged into the fray, contemptuously kicking a...

The New Normal - 13-7

The New Normal – 13-7 – The Attack

The start of the circuit was met with the expected burst of excitement. There was a lot of positive comments from the public about the show matches that we had shown off, and I smiled when I saw many people commenting about just how impressive Vordt was.

Despite my attempts to remain humble, it still felt nice to see that people rated me to be the strongest amongst the Elite Four. I knew many had previously thought that – b...

The New Normal - 13-6 - Interlude - Brock

The New Normal – 13-6 – Interlude – Brock

He had done it. It was a close run thing, and his strength was almost insufficient, but he had actually managed to bring down one of Lance’s Dragonite in a convincing fashion. Sure, he might not have needed to Explode his Golem, but both Karen and Sidney had taught him when it was better to not take risks; to do everything you could to secure the win.

And that was certainly one of them.

Yet, as a result of hi...

The New Normal - 13-6

The New Normal – 13-6 – Icy Rock

With my fight against Koga over, the two of us returned to the audience stands while Karen and Lorelei took our place. Surprisingly, I didn’t see Lance anywhere here, so I figured he must have been dealing with something else.

Koga struck up a conversation with me as the two of us sat down, where we exchanged our thoughts about the battle that just took place.

“You didn’t want to take any chances when you sent out y...

The New Normal - 13-5

The New Normal – 13-5 – The New Circuit

Today was finally the day that many, many young trainers from around the world had been waiting for. The day that trainers around the world were finally able to take the first steps towards their dreams. For today was the day that the Circuit started up once more.

This time last year, my sister took the first steps onto her journey, where she had gone on to make precious friends and forged strong bonds with her Pokémon ...

The New Normal - 13-4 - Interlude - Daisy

The New Normal – 13-4 – Interlude – Daisy Oak

“Clef! Clef!” Her starter Clefairy chimed happily as she played around in the ranch with the rest of her grandfather’s Pokémon. Clefairy had been in a particularly excited mood ever since she had told her of her intention to become a proper full-time trainer and set off on her journey.

Yes, it had been a decision that she had been struggling with for the past few weeks. Even though she had told John and he...

Regarding failed payments

Hi all,

Thanks to Zabios Latrei for bringing this to my attention, but I have been notified that there might be a few of you that have had their payments fail/declined when you wished to continue with your subscription to my Patreon. You may have received an email from Patreon about this if this is applicable to you.

While I'm not clear on why this is the case - and this isn't the first time th...

The New Normal - 13-4

The New Normal – 13-4 – Opening Up

The Regional Union opening ceremony was here at last, and thus I took the opportunity to rest early for the night as I prepared for the flight to Sevii Islands.

Before I went to bed though, I did try to do some research on what Sevii Islands currently had available – as I had never been to the Islands previously just like most people from Indigo – and my research only confirmed my suspicions. To put things nicely, there j...

The New Normal - 13-3

The New Normal – 13-3 – A Weird Discovery

I stared blankly at the Dudunsparce, who hadn’t even noticed my attention on it as it continued to spin in uncle’s farm.

It looked really similar to a Dunsparce, but I double checked to make sure that it had an extra segment that a Dunsparce shouldn’t have. Furthermore, it was also twice the length of what a Dunsparce should be, according to the Pokédex.

I must have been standing there for qu...

The New Normal - OMAKE - Pokemon: The Animation - Cerulean Arc

The New Normal – OMAKE – Pokémon : The Animation – Cerulean Arc

Ash and Gary had just arrived at Cerulean City, having just beaten Brock to obtain their first Gym Badge. They had chosen to make their way there immediately, hopefully trying to get ahead of the crowd so they wouldn’t have to suffer through long wait times like they did at Pewter.

By his side was his trusty Pikachu, the starter Pokémon that he had obtained ever so long ago. And it was still...

The New Normal - 13-2

The New Normal – 13-2 – Business Changes

“We’re not kicking you out.” My dad reassured me, “Nor do we think that you’re a bother, but we’ve been talking about the future, and we thought that it might be good for you to get your own place or two.”

“I mean, wouldn’t you want privacy with Cynthia anyways?” My mom added, “Sure, you don’t see each other that often, but it’s better to have it available than to not have it. And you can alway...

The New Normal - 13-1

The New Normal – 13-1 – Preparations

The news about the burning down of the Galactic building spread quickly, and there were many worried comments from the newscasters about whether this was the sign that things were about to get worse. A lot of speculation was stirred up, and the fearmongering began. It was to the point where it was starting to overshadow the discussions about the start of the next Circuit, which is pretty impressive.

Unfortunately, my girlfr...

The New Normal - 12-18 - Interlude - Legendary Discussions

The New Normal – 12-18 – Interlude – Legendary Discussions

Professor Carolina stepped into the classroom, seeing it filled with fresh-faced and eager young students who were excited to learn more about the Legendaries of Sinnoh. She had been invited here to give an introductory session, and to hopefully inspire a love and passion for uncovering the mysteries of the Legends from these young students.

“Thank you all for inviting me.” She said to the class,...