Are we home????

Hi! Are we.....I mean........I know I'm writing this in the Base, but IS it the base? Are we home, like, really? I mean....well, it sure LOOKS like the base, but.....IS it?

Ow! My arm! I..........it's changed. The shard.......do I mean that? no, the arm. No! The Shard! It's gone distorted. Spacey Wacey. It reacted, bigger now. My arm.........it hurts..........getting shiny...I can't turn it off! Isn't there a slidey switch? No! That an SP. A button? That's the 3DS. Where's the off button for a Shard arm? WHERE IS IT!?

Aha! that seat cushion was purple when we left, now it's purple! This is fake, I knew it! No, wait, pruple is purlpe, don't be silly. Polygon, do a scan! Polymer? Diagon? No, that's an alley. PORYGON.

AWAITING INSTRUCTION, FRIEND UNIT TEMPEST. YOU SEEM TROUBLED.

Troubled? No, no troubles......there was.......wait, was there? The swirling, and the eyes, and the chanting.........I.........was that dream too? Or a real?

Glaceon! What are you.......ow! Don't bite! What? Oh, hey Glaceon, what are you......that hurt......so I'm not dreaming.......but, so how does it look like home? We weren't home, not even Kanto anymore....ow, my arm.....Spacey Wacey.............owwwwwwww.................................

The other side.

No. we're not dead, although I can see why you might think that after months of no update. Where we ARE though? KANTO! I know, I couldn't believe it either, but it's true! Makes sense I suppose, we've seen the odd bit of our world vanish into the rift, it was only a matter of time until we got caught up in it. We're in Celadon city right now, and Porygon has finally managed to establish a weak connection to Earth internet, so here we are. I don't know how long it will last though.

So what have we managed to acheive? Well, me fought Team Rocket! Not Jesse and James, the actual army of grunts! Fun fact: They only suck slightly less in real life. They were trying to take over Lavender Town's tower, and seeing as my Bag-O-Plenty had enough Silph Scopes for everyone, we made it to the top floor and took them down.

So for now we're planning our next move, and hopng we find a tear to get back home.

Halfway to the league!

We've got our Rainbow badges!

Erica recently came through, or rather, her entire greenhouse of a Gym did. A big chunk of the Greenhouses at the Botanic Gardens vanished in this big cosmic storm of a tear, the biggest and most violent we've seen yet. It was terrifying. We must be getting closer to the future we saw with Kirlia. Anyway, now there's another door in the Botanic Greenhouse, about two thirds of the way along, and a slightly wonky Gym logo embedded in the grass outside. Whether you enter from the 'front' door, or by going along through the Greenhouses, you suddenly find yourself in a pastel coloured floral paradise, with women in kimonos wandering about. I hope nobody was in that bit of greenhouse when it and the Gym swapped. It happened at night, so it should be ok, but I shudder to think of the chaos in the other world casued by the sudden vanishing of an entire Gym.

Anyway, we helped her set up and settle in, and then we got to battle! Glaceon, Rattata and Chatot destroyed her team, as did Charmeleon and Gible. The others went for one-on-one battles. Wortortle with Ice Beam had a close finish, but won. Hitmonchan has Fire punch, so that was over pretty quick. Sammy had a battle of the Glooms, and won by about 3HP. I still have no clue how Doom's Bulbasaur is so ridiculously powerful, but he didn't seem to have much trouble winning.

So yeah, 4 badges down! We saw that strange man in a brown trenchcoat again, I could have sworn I heard him mutter something, but he sounded like Yoda and he was a little way off, so I have no clue what he said. Then he wandered off round a corner and vanished. WHO IS HE?

X and Y: Co-ordinates of Chaos!

I'll get better at those titles, I promise. Well, Hello! Been a long time, hasn't it? Quite a lot's happened, but I'm just going to catch you up on the 'out of the ordinary even for us' stuff, and the big events.

Firstly, we have several new additions! 

Sammy found an injured Vulpix after one of the more crazy waves, and looked after it, so it's joined her team.

Maelstrom bought what he was assured was 'a super powerful water dragon!'. The dude selling it left out the word 'potentially'. Yep, Magikarp. Shiny though.

Ragnarok has caught a venipede that he saved from a stampede of Tauros.

I caught a some guy who'd just come through a ripple being a complete arse to a Wurmple he'd caught, so Butterfree beat him up and Wurmple is staying with me.

Right, here comes the super crazy stuff:

One day the shard started tingling really hard, and a ripple appears in front of us, in the middle of the base, and it opens to become a shimmering portal. Dragon turns up in it! He says hello, thanks us again for helping him while he was here, then looks around curiously. 'Is this all of you?'

'Uhhh, yeah? I mean, Happiny's off sorting berries so she has a bunch on hand for healing, and Kirlia's gone to see Moira, and STILL refuses to take us to meet her, but it's all of us trainers...'

he stuck his head through into our world, and tilted it slightly, as if listening hard. 'Hmm, he IS gone. It seems fate looks unkindly on him in every world. A pity, I had hoped he could lend some assisstance to a problem that may be arising with our version. I shall just have to hope the matter can be prevented. Sorry to have troubled you, I must look into this at once.' Then he ducked his head back in, the portal scrunched up and he was gone! Um, basically, WHAT?!

The introduction of Kalos, the Fairy type, and all the other stuff from Gen 6 has changed a few things. Sammy's Clefairy is now, well, a fairy.  Glaceon is in a bit of a huff about all the hype surrounding Sylveon.'Woo! A new Eeveelution! And it's super effective against dragons!' Well guess what? SO IS HE. I really like the look of Sylveon, and I don't think Glaceon has anything against it personally, it's just the dragon thing. Ragnarok has tried to get my DSDex to give us the Mega stones, like it did so spectacularly with the normal evolution ones, but no luck. We think it's because of X and Y being on the 3DS, making the format (connection?) different, or something.

We had another run in with one of those Yu-gi-oh wannabes, who unleashed a swarm of pinsir on us, Charmeleon did some amazing work, helped out by Flareon and Vulpix.

And Lastly, do you remember that sword that came through a rift the day that Flareon, Jolteon and Vaporeon evolved? Well IT'S ALIVE. We came in one day to find it glowing, and floating, and then it's blade got shorter, the hilt changed, and it gained a big ribbon from the end of it's handle. It also seems to have a scabbard now, AND AN EYE. Creepy, but it seems friendly, so it's staying, joining 'Kirlia's gang' of unowned friends of the group.

That's all for now, see you soon!

Cold Shoulder

Glaceon is annoyed. Everyone's really excited about the new Fairy type (Well, Maelstrom thinks it's a bit silly, but since Clefairy hit him he's 'changed his mind' ) and they're saying how cool it will be to have another super effective type against dragons. Glaceon, being part of the original dragon-busting type, is a little bitter about all the attention. Poor guy. I still love him.

Also, you remember that Gabite we tried to catch a while ago, and it ran off? As part of his 'See, I'M the best against Dragons' showcase, Glaceon blasted it. Ragnarok saw his chance, and caught it. So yeah, welcome to the team.

Other than that, just normal rift ripply, universe endangering problems, nothing special. Bye foe now!

Some shocking battles!

Finally found some time to let you know how the fights with Surge went.

We were told that only his Raichu was battle-ready, so we would all be doing one on ones.
My battle was over fairly quickly. I convinced Joltik to get off my arm and go into battle without me, instead attaching himself to Raichu. With his natural ability to leech electricity from any source he's touching, and the move leech life, Raichu was running on two kinds of empty in a couple of minutes.

Sammy was next, she chose to use Clefairy and struck lucky with a Metronome. After getting Splash and Ember, Clefairy got an Earthquake, which devastated Raichu, who was then finished off with doubleslap.

Don did well too, Riolu had learnt Bulldoze in preparation and had mastered Force palm, which it turns out were the only moves he needed.

Doom only has Bulbasaur of course, but he was, as ever, awesome. Raichu leapt at him, and Bulbasaur grabbed his tail with a vine, and began slamming him repeatedly against the floor and walls amidst a storm of leaves. Another pretty short battle.

Maelstrom's was brilliant. We were all a bit worried, with him only having Wartortle, and I asked him if he wanted to borrow one of my guys.
'Nah, dude, but thanks. Don't worry, We've got a plan.'
Surge actually laughed when Wartortle strode out onto the match area. 'You think you stand a chance? You wish to take on my supercharged Raichu with a water type? And not a full grown one at that? I don't think this will last long.'
'Nope, don't think it will.'
It turns out Wartortle learnt Ice Beam. Raichu leapt up in shock as Wartortle coated the floor. We all had to jump as the Ice surged towards us, and skidded as we landed. The entire room was now an Ice rink, and Raichu slid around, trying to get a grip on the smooth, slippery ice.
'What is this? What are you doing? What do you hope to achieve? Raichu, use Thunderbolt!'
Wartortle leapt onto his stomach, sliding expertly on his shell, dodging the attack. He ended up against a wall, pressing his feet against it, taking aim.
'Anyone care for a game of Ice Hockey?' Maelstrom grinned.
'What?' Surge began to look genuinely worried, watching Wartortle, confused.
'Wartortle, Rapid Spin!'
Wartortle pushed off from the wall, spinning madly until he was only visible as a disc, a large tortoise-shell puck that shot straight at the still skidding Raichu, knocking him off his feet, sending him flying into the air.
'No!'
Wartortle kept going, ricocheting off a wall and speeding back across the floor, just in time to slam into Raichu again as he fell back down. This happened again and again, as Wortortle shot back and forth all around the room, and Raichu was repeatedly sent flying in every direction. I had to leap out of the way to avoid being knocked down myself.
'Sorry, I think he needed the angle!' Maelstrom was beaming.
The match ended when Raichu landed on Surge, swirly-eyed.

'That was impressive.' I congratulated Maelstrom as Charmeleon melted the ice in readiness for Rag's turn. Charmeleon was about to step into the match area, but felt a paw on his tail. Pichu had stopped him, and was glaring at Raichu. The rivalry he felt towards his final form was literally sparking around him. Pichu marched forwards, game face on.
'Well, what do we have here? Raichu's baby form, how cute.'
'Yes he is. Start with Charm!'
Pichu waved his paws excitedly, beaming an adorable smile. Raichu looked like he was trying to resist, but he smiled.
'Now Tail Whip!'
Raichu had now had both his attack AND defense lowered, and was gearing up to strike before he was weakened further.
'Raichu! Unleash your thunderbolt!'
Pichu was hit with the full blast of the attack, and winced, but then opened his eyes, confused, as nothing happened, except a small ripple of power seemed pass over him.
'Ha! Lightning rod! Pichu's ability converts your electric attacks into a stat boost for attack!'
'Blast! Then this is gonna be a draw. Raichu has that too.'
'Unless of course, Pichu decided that Electricity wasn't the only option.....Use Iron Tail!'
Pichu leapt into the air-
'piiiiiiiii-'
-and slammed his now metallic shiny tail down onto Raichu.
'-chu!'
Raichu reeled, then shook his head, clearing it.
'That's how you want to play it?! We've fought some of the best trainers my world has ever seen you know, and we've learnt a few tricks! Thunderbolt the ground!'
Raichu blasted the ground, sending chunks of floor exploding out towards Pichu, who quivered.
'You can do it Pichu! Iron Tail again!'
Pichu, nodded, determined, and his tail shimmered silver again. He leapt up, swatting chunk after chunk back the way they'd come. Raichu, wide eyed with horror, tried to run, but wasn't fast enough, and the makeshift rock blast slammed into him, throwing him down onto what remained of the floor. Pichu ran over and kicked him, then peered hopefully at his eyes. Raichu twitched and Pichu fled behind Rag, but Raichu's eyes turned to swirls. Pichu jumped up and down doing a little punchy dance, looking proud, and Rag got his thunderbadge.

Stormy seas! Tempest vs Misty!

Sorry for the delay, much more mundane reasons this time, although we also had a very strange wave that I'll tell you about later, but here it is at last:

Me and Misty took up our positions at opposite ends of the swimming pool. Misty sent out Seaking, I used Butterfree, who had added energy ball to his moveset. That wasn't a long battle. Next up was Starmie. Joltik didn't want to battle, so I kept Butterfree out,giving me at least a bug over psychic advantage.
Starmie launched a jet of water at Butterfree, who flew up high to avoid it, hitting back with an energy ball. It sent Starmie flying, but it used Rapid Spin to change direction mid-air, curving round to slam into Butterfree from behind. Butterfree plummeted into the water, squealing. Starmie dived after it, vanishing into the pool. I thought Butterfree had had it, but the water began to surge, swirling round in a whirlpool. The whirlpool rose upwards, spraying water everywhere. I grinned. 'Whirlwind!'
The column of water burst, revealing Butterfree in the middle. 'Free!'
'Nice one Butterfree! Now use Silver Wind!'
Starmie was struck as it leapt from the pool, and was slammed to the floor.
'Now finish it with Energy ball!'
The ball of green light hurtled towards Starmie, who began to glow with pink light.
'Starmie! Throw it back with Psychic!'
The energy was surrounded by a pink aura, and slowed down, speeding up again as it began to fly back towards Butterfree.
'Fight back with Confusion!'
Butterfree gained his own pink aura, frowning at the energy ball, which began to slow down again. It verred back and forth between them as they fought for control, the air becoming static with Psychic energy. I could feel my hair stand on end, and Misty's was becoming a frizzy afro. It was happening to everyone else too. The energy ball surged, growing in size and strength as it was boosted by the psychic torment surrounding it. An inflatable armband floated past my head, and I saw Butterfree buckle slightly.
'Use your wings too! Push it with all your strength!'
He flapped frantically, and the enrgy ball shifted slightly further. Starmie and Butterfree were totally focused, giving everything they had to the fight for control.
'Free!'
'Mie!'
'Freee!'
'Meee!'
'Freeee!'
'Meeee!'
'Freeeeeee!'
'Meeeeeee!'
BOOM!
The Energy Ball exploded, and both fighters vanished in a cloud of smoke. Coughing, I peered through it, trying to see them. 'Butterfree! Whirlwind the smoke! Flap it away! Butterfree?'
As the smoke cleared, we could see them, both lying collapsed at the edge of the pool, both swirly eyed.
I thanked Butterfree, gave him a berry, and sent out  Dratini. Misty sent out Gyarados, who roared. Dratini quaked, but stayed, looking determined.
'Try Thunder wave!'
'Tii!'
The wave hit Gyarados, bringing his thrashing to an abrupt stop. He roared, and Dratini quailed.
'Gyarados! Bite!'
Gyarados managed to lunge, sweeping Dratini up in his huge jaws.
Dratini's squealing filled my ears as I panicked. What do we do now?
Then I had it. 'Dratini, use your shed skin ability!'
Dratini scrunched up it's face, concentrating, and shot out from between the huge fangs, a sparkly sheen rippling along his body.
'Phew! I didn't know if that would work...'
Dratini dived, slipping smoothly into the water.
I thought. Ok, so thunderwave wasn't going to be much help on it's own. It is basically an electric current though, it just needed strengthening somehow. I looked at the pool, and grinned. 'Dratini! Thunder wave again! In the water, then jump out!'
'Tii!'
The electricity shot through the water as Dratini launched himself out onto one of the floating platforms. There was a sound like a bug zapper, and a slight burning smell. Gyarados raged, writhing in pain as the electric swimming pool fried him. He roared again, lunging down for Dratini as the yellow crackles of energy faded from the water.
'Dive in the water to evade!'
Dratini did, wiggling through the water like an eel as Gyarados tried to hit him.
Misty looked thoughtful. 'Ok Gyarados! Use Ice fang on the water!'
'Oh bugger'
Ice spread across the water, freezing the pool. Dratini tried to leap out, but his tail was trapped in the Ice, leaving him half in, half out. Gyarados was trapped too, but had a lot more freedom given his size.
'Right, that's my bad, I showed you how to do that.'
'Yeah, thanks, it worked well! Hyper Beam!'
'Twister!'
Dratini let loose a huge Twister, almost the size of Gyarados himself, but it was obliterated by the Hyper Beam, which blasted straight through,  smashing the ice around Dratini, sending him flying. I saw him wincing, he wasn't knocked out! But he was heading for a wall, and looked like it might finish him off. 'No!' I aimed his ball, returning him to it before he could crash.
'Thank you Dratini, have a good rest.'
Happiny tapped me on the leg, and reached up, sounding keen. I handed her Dratini's ball, and she rushed off with it towards my bag to heal him.
'Fine, you want to battle with ice? Meet a pro. Glaceon! FINISH HIM!'
Glaceon had been waiting for my signal, and shot past me, growling. He's almost as protective of Dratini as Charmeleon is of Pichu, and he was not pleased. I could tell he considered the use of Hyper Beam on Dratini, while he was trapped, was a low blow, and he did not intend to let Gyarados get away with it. He didn't even wait for me to call out a move, he just started Ice Beaming every part of Gyarados he could, quickly encasing most of him in Ice. The huge sea dragon thrashed around, almost freeing himself, but as soon as one bit of ice broke another formed. When he could no longer break free, Glaceon raced up Gyarados' back, leaping at the top, spinning in the air and delivering a punishing Iron Tail to his head. Then an Icy wind, then more Ice Beam, then an Iron tail that smashed the Ice trapping Gyarados in the pool, then one that toppled him over, then more Ice. In just under a minute a swirly eyed Gyarados Ice block was filling the pool. Glaceon gave a derisive head flick and strode away to check on Dratini. Misty was left staring, shock and confusion on her face, mouth open in shock.
'Uh...wow. That was...wow. Oh, yeah, right, here's your badge.'
yay!

Sorry again for the delay, Surge battles to follow soon.