Author's Notes:

I LIVE! hey, sorry i've been gone for a while, I was a little busy, but I AM BACK! (sry it's shorter, the next will be longer)

I yawned, stretching as I slowly woke up from another dreamless sleep. I got out of bed looking around to find that Storm was still asleep and that it was still dark outside.

“Now… is it weally suppwosed to bwe nwight or will I have to ‘pwunish’ Dwiscord?” I mused to myself, a mischievous grin forming on my face. Once I got up and changed clothes, I wandered outside to see the stars shining brightly and the full moon glowing with the night sky.

“It’s a bweautiful nwight tonwight.” I said to myself, smiling. After a hour or two of just enjoying the outside, I saw the Moon slowly start to set, and out of the corner of my eye saw the sun start to rise.

Seeing a flash of light go off behind me, I turned around to see Twilight, a bit annoyed at her inviting herself onto my island. “Hwey Twilight, ovwer hwere!”

She noticed me and giggled a little, smiling. “Hello Ita. How are you this morning?”

“I’m okway, you?” I asked her, being polite.

“I’m doing good, just checking on you.” She replied cheerfully.

“Well I was gwonna twain a wittle.” I told her, rocking back and forth on my feet, just wearing a white sleeveless shirt and grey shorts for today.

“Well… can I join you then?” She then asked.

“Swure.” I said, shrugging, not really minding her joining in the training.

“So, how should we start?” She then asked me.

“Well, swince I dwon’t gwet XP fwom bwots I made, I jwust use them fwor weaction twime mwostly.” I told her, shrugging.

“You want to practice your reactions?” Twilight then asked.

“It’s jwust what I usuwally dwo, we cwould jwust spar.” I told her, stretching.

“That sounds fine with me.”

“Gwet weady!” I shouted, quickly using Sunny Day and Solarbeam, firing it at the alicorn. Only for her to disappear and soon reappear behind me and hit me from behind with magic.

“Best pay attention then!”

“Thwat dwid nwothing.” I said with a grin as I turned around, using earthquake on her. Only to see her wings open up and for her to be flying. That’s cheating!!

“Nwo wou dwon’t!” I shouted at her, using Gravity, bringing her down to earth to hit her with another Earthquake. Only to teleport again. Dang magic users!

“Two cwan pway at thwis gwame!” I said, using Teleport and Close Combat, appearing and disappearing around her as I punch and kick her multiple times. She used her magic as a barrier to block most of the punches while using a second spell that looked like a small bit of purple lightning. I thought I could take the hit… only to realize what she was trying to do when I couldn’t move for a few seconds.

Paralysis. I quickly used Aromatherapy, getting rid of the paralysis, and, deciding to test something out, used Agility a few times, speeding my perspective of the world up so much everything was in slow motion.

“Bwetter.” I state with a grin, launching myself forward and using Focus Punch on the alicorn with one hand, and Fire Punch with the other. Only to dodge the second one with her Teleport after I hit her with the first… wait… why is her horn glowing like that?

“Take this!” She shouted as she fired off a powerful-. OH CRUD, IT’S HYPER BEAM!! I quickly threw up a Protect, the hyper beam doing no damage but pushing me back pretty far.

“Nevwer twook you fwor a fwighter.” I commented with a smirk.

“I had practice… Besides, before Zinnia had herself go up against Tirek, I was forced to fight him when he pre-emptively tore down my home.” She sighed, looking back. “Thankfully, because of her, my friends and the rest of Ponyville were able to evacuate. Reuni was also a big hand too.”

“Reuni?” I asked, tilting my head cutely.

“Remember the Pokemon you gave me? Well, he’s grown. A lot.” She smiled, pointing behind me as I felt something warm and squishy hug me. Turning around, I now saw who she was referring to.

“Reuni?” It squeaked, nuzzling my face a little. Aww… It’s so cute!

“Hows mwy kid been?” I asked it, hugging it and nuzzling it back.

“He’s been good as well as mischievous. Pinkie Pie almost mistook him for a special ingredient for a recipe until he used one of his abilities to run away. Spike has also taken a liking to him and he’s learned a good variety of moves.”

“He’s bween causing mischief eh?” I asked, seemingly ignoring the rest of what she said, a shadow covering the upper half of my face as I stared down at my kid.

“Playful mischief… He’s like you in a way.” Twilight said. “Try catching him and you can see for yourself.”

“That’s my boy!” I exclaimed, crushing him to my chest as I spun around with him in the air, him letting out a relieved sigh. However, he soon slipped out of my hands and ran through my legs at surprising speeds. He was suppose to be slow… How did he get this fast!?

“Gwet bwack here you!” I shouted to him, playfully chasing him.

“Not the best idea Ita… He used out of his moves on you.” Twilight told me as she chuckled. “Ever heard of Trick Room?”

“Yeah, I can use it, why?” I asked, turning to Twilight.

“He just used it on you.”

“I always have Magic Coat on.” I shot back, smirking. Only for the little guy to still be running all over the place like a filly on a sugar rush. But when behind me, I felt something hit the back of my head as it stung for a bit.

“Reuni, Ita is a friend! Don’t hit her with Shadow Ball and apologize.” Twilight said as the Reuniclus looked at me with a sorrowful expression.

“Sowwy.”

“It’s fwine, I gwot the dwark and ghwost pwates, now whenevwer I gwet hwit by swomething wike that, it jwust stwings to twell me it happened.” I told them, shrugging.

“Oh, well that’s something…” Twilight then said to me… “Speaking of plates, how’s the searching coming along?”

“Gwot all the pwates, jwust nweed whatever nwormal gwoes into now.” I said, an excited smile on my face.

“Nice!” She replied back, before looking at me. “Hey… you said that the tree of harmony can restore everything so far like your island here right? Would it’s power be affected by the amount of plates you have? Because it might be nice for what’s left of Ponykind to not be… well… in the middle of a wasteland.”

“It’s mwore effwected by how mwuch ordwer is in my world.” I told her, idly shifting to my more adult form, hoodie and jeans forming as I floated cross legged. “Like, when I first found it, it was pretty much almost dead, but now it’s kinda better, cause since I’ve had the plates, the wasteland is more… organized, in a strange way.”

“Yeah, but think of it. With a bit more life, Applejack and the earth ponies can start growing crops and things would be a bit easier… Which reminds me, where was that Monkey boy from yesterday you were talking to?”

“He’s another displaced, and currently in his own universe… and if you want, I can just set a ring up and have the earth ponies farm from my island, as you can see I got crops to last me a lifetime.” I said, waving my hands and showing the rest of the island.

“I get that, but when I saw him before he left, he looked possibly concerned for you… Did something happen the other day?” She then asked me. Now was when I felt like I was caught in a corner… Looks like I’m going to have to tell her about my encounter the other day.

“I had an… interesting encounter yesterday when getting the last two plates I needed that actually HAVE a plate.” I told her, a worried look crossing my face.

“Ita, your my sister. I’m not Applejack, but I can tell that something is on your mind… Please Ita… I can help you.” She insisted.

“Well…” I started, running one arm with the other. “It turns out I have… a dark counterpart.”

“Counterpart? Like a split personality or a different being altogether?” She asked.

“Different being… I think… and the dark me is like me, but as a shadow pokemon.” I told her, frowning. During this, she got out a notepad and began to jot things down.

“Different being… dark counterpart… shadow pokemon…” She said to herself before looking back. “Anything else? Did it say anything to you?”

“Well… It was like a warning… One more plate… and we settle this… Once… and for all.” I recalled as I looked back at her. “Any idea what it could mean?”

“My best guess is that this alternate you wants to take control of you once you have all the plates. Which means that the only way you can unlock your full potential is by beating whoever this creep is.” She hypothesized.

“Oh joy, I get to fight whoevers guarding the normal type moves and dark me one after another, I can’t wait.” I deadpanned, sarcasm oozing out of my voice.

“If it helps, Reuni and I can back you up.” Twilight offered as I looked back at her.

“Well, maybe… but I don’t think it will let you, it might not have as many abilities as me, since it doesn’t have the plates, but I imagine it’s still stronger then both of you.”

“Yeah, but we can get more done as a team. Three heads are better than one.”

“Well, since you seem so eager, why not go and get rid of this pests now? By the way, whatever’s guarding the normal type stuff… let me fight alone.” I said, a surprisingly serious look on my face.

“Okay, but if it looks like you’re pushed in a corner, I will help you… no questions asked.”

“We’ll see.” I told her, before my usual carefree expression filled my face. “Now, off to beat the normal temple!” Geez, now that name sounds dumber since I said it out loud. With a quick finger snap, I teleported the three of us there just as the doors were beginning to open. A stone slab parting down the middle as the tunnel that lead us inside was dark and gloomy. Talk about unsettling…

“I think it’s time I returned to this form.” I stat, glowing as I transformed into a normal shiny hoopa, ‘stretching’ once the glow was gone. Twilight had magic around her hands and Reuni seemed eager to fight.

“On three?” She asked me now that we were seeing some high end bots of different shapes.

“Sure.” I said, using Sunny Day multiple times, making little suns orbit me, and having each charge their own Solar Beam.

“One…” Twilight charged up some power as she held out a hand and held it down with her right arm. “Two… Three!” The moment she said three, she released a powerful beam like spell that struck several opponents. But it wasn’t any ordinary spell. It was Psybeam. It almost reminded me of big brother Ken when some of his attacks reflected fighting type moves. Only that Twilight’s magic sometimes reflected powerful Psychic and Normal type moves.

I unleashed my own beams, idly shooting the other types of beam like attacks I had as we went through the temple, me feeling myself slowly and steadily grow stronger and stronger as we beat more and more bots. It was funny to see Twilight use her hands like finger pistols to fire off bolts of magic at opponents. It seemed like her horn was only needed for more difficult spells along with Teleportation. Reuni himself combined Trick Room with both Shadow Ball and some other attacks that looked either to be fight or psychic types. However, it looked like the small pokemon was only using three moves… Why is that? I should ask Twilight once we clear out this room.

“Hey Twi?” I asked as as I blasted the last bot in the room, turning to her. “Whys Reuni only using like, three moves?”

“Well, one of his moves he only uses if he actually takes damage because it can heal him if the attack connects.” She explained as the Alicorn looked ahead. “Come on, let’s keep moving.”

“Gotcha.” I said, saluting jokingly as we headed forward.

“This is the boss room.” I told them, looking up at the giant door ahead of us.

“Okay… We’ll stay out here and watch… but remember what I said. If things get out of hand, were coming to help.” She replied as I nodded my head.

“Alright, here I go.” I said, floating into the room, before I gasped at the sight before me. Out in front of my was none other than Mew… and Arceus. The two creators themselves… and it looks like I pissed them off…… Great……

The Mew attacked first, Arceus seemingly content to sit back and watch, Mew using Tackle, probably thinking since I don’t have the normal plate, it would actually hit me. I blocked it with a quick Protect, before I unleashed a Psybeam at it, hitting it while it was dazed with an Ice Punch, Fire Punch, and Dragon Tail. The first two attacks connected, but it dodged the third one as it used something that looked like Shadow Ball… But it was different as the projectile covered me from top to bottom and stung all over as it seeped into my skin.

Oh crap… Sludge Bomb. Luckily, I had the toxic plate, so the attack did nothing but annoy me, but I used Aromatherapy just in case anyway, before following with a Flamethrower, shooting it through one of my rings into Mews back. It took the damage, before I saw it use Deflect, followed up by Shadow Claw.

Grinning, I ‘sidestepped’ the attack, before opening rings all around the Mew and firing every beam attack I knew at it all at once, idly eating berries to keep my energy up. Soon though, I saw progress as I was weakening its defenses to where I soon was able to defeat it. However, through the reflection of its eyes, I saw something that made a chill run across my entire body.

“Bravo… what an exceptional fight…” It was the darkened version of myself, who just had the Arceus bot on the ground before crushing its head with Rock Tomb. “I hope you aren’t as weak as that pathetic excuse for a bot…”

“Great, you’re here.” I said, finishing the Mew off and absorbing it’s experience.

“Remember what I told you? One last plate and we finish it… Though, since I am you, I get bored easily…” She growled as the shadows around her began to expand. “However, there’s a difference between you and I…”

“And that is?” I asked, distracting it as I moved myself to an orb in the room, it being where the normal type was held, unnoticed. But all I see it do was smirk as it held out a hand and with it… a Prison Bottle.

“I’m free from my prison, unlike you.” It’s body began to changed, growing as the shadows expanded outward and its new form towering over me. “Now is where YOU DIE!!!”

“Crap!” I shouted, grabbing the sphere, absorbing it. “TWI, REUNI, I NEED BACKUP!”

“Told you would need us!” She smirked, just as Reuni was covering us with a volley of Shadow Balls heading towards it.

“I never said I wouldn’t just that I didn’t for the guardian, the plan was to fight it with you and I’m fighting it with you.” I told her, rolling my eyes.

“Whatever it is, let’s go-!” She said, firing off a series of magic bolts and allowing me to try and hit him. However, all our attacks did was miss as they went into a ring that it had in front of him.

“FOOLS!! You have doomed yourselves!!” Oh god, don’t tell me he was going to do what I think he was… My answer came in the form of a series of rings around the three of us. “HYPERSPACE FURY!!!!”

“Damnit!” I exclaimed, opening my own rings, frantically redirecting the attacks sent at us, it taking most of my concentration. Only to get hit in the one place that was our weak point.

Underneath us. The Attack sent all three of us flying and crashing into the ceiling before falling onto the ground, severely hurting all three of us. But when I looked back. I saw that Reuni was still standing… and putting himself in front of Twilight and I.

“Reuni?!” I said, surprised that he was still standing, before snapping myself out of it and sending and Attack Order at my counterpart. All it did was shrug it off, but I did it for another purpose. A successful attack increases the critical hit ratio. Something that Reuni might need right now.

“How adorable… One little Pokemon against a god? This is truly the height of stupidity…” The alternate me laughed as it proceeded to attack. Only for Reuni to dodge the attacks quicker than the eye could see. “What?!”

Then, I remembered something Twilight mentioned earlier.

“Ever heard of Trick Room?”

That’s right… Trick Room! A move that allowed the user to move first for five turns! Of course, this situation doesn’t go by turns, but it still helps nonetheless. I watched him zip past the Hyperspace Fury attacks like it was nothing, followed up by using two Shadow Balls to blind him as they made contact with his eyes. Next to me… I could actually see Twilight grinning to herself… But why?

“Whatcha grinning for?” I asked her, tilting my head and taking the break that my son was graciously giving us.

“Remember when I said the four move was used during rare circumstances?” She asked me. “Well… Take a good look.”

“Okay…” I said, trailing off as I turned my attention back to the fight. When it was about eye level, it placed it’s limb on it and I saw my counterpart’s gaze drifting off. Hypnosis? Why would-?

Then came part 2 as I saw his eyes flashed an angry red as it glowed furiously. “REUNI!!!” That was when it sent a silhouette version of itself over to the unbound Hoopa as it now began to grasp it’s head and fall to the floor.

“S-Stop!! MAKE IT STOP!!! AGH!!!!”

Twilight took a breath and smile. “Serves you right…”

“Now, let’s finish this thing off, shall we?” I asked rhetorically, floating over to the downed unbound Hoopa. “What was that move, by the way?”

“Dream Eater. It attacks a sleeping opponent for damage and heals for a portion of it, but it only works when a target is asleep.” She said as her magic glowed. “Good job Reuni!”

“Reuni!!” It squeaked as we focused on the evil version of me.

I took my prison bottle from the evil me, about to open it, before I turned to Twi. “Wanna do the honors?” I asked her, holding my golden prison bottle out to her.

“Mind telling what that does first?”

“Unbinds me, you know how strong I seemed this whole time? That’s only half of my full power, this will let me have the other half, don’t worry I plan on staying in my bound form most of the time… unbound is too big, highly inconvenient.” She nodded, twisting the cap and popping off the top of the bottle.

A golden light shot out of the bottle, surrounding me and causing me to glow, filling me with power as my body grew into its unbound form. Now towering over the alternate me as it looked up at my new form.

“YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A GOD… BUT THIS UNIVERSE IS MINE!” I shouted at it, using Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, in my left three hands, and Comet Punch, Shadow Punch, and Bullet Punch, in the right, unleashing all six moves at once on the downed dark version of me, mixing in some bug and fairy type energy into the moves to make sure they hurt. With his health almost depleted, it was time to finish the job… and the best way to do that was use the same move he used against us.

“NOW DIE!” I shouted at it, using Hyperspace Fury, infusing it with every type of energy as much as I could without passing out, before unleashing the move on the abomination. Which broke him down and turned him into a cloud of dust before I myself felt my power shrink after defeating him, feeling like someone had hit me with a sledgehammer afterwards.

“Good riddance.” I said, opening my prison bottle and allowing it to turn me back into my bound form, falling onto the ground shortly after.

“You okay, Ita?” Twilight asked.

“I have no energy left.” I said with a groan, lying limp on the ground.

“Hang on, we can get you back to the Island alright?” Twilight told me, motioning for Reuni to stay close to me as she teleported both of us and then set me down on the couch. “There you go.”

“Twi, there’s an Onyx Scale in my dresser in my room, can you go get it and bring it to me?” I asked her, voice weak, only able to shift my eyes to look at her, unconsciously turning into my younger form for some reason. She nodded, hurrying to the room and grabbing it for me as she came back with it.

“Here you go.”

“T-thank you.” I told her, before grabbing the scale and sending a weak pulse of power into it, before I fell limp again and dropped it to the floor. The glow in response had opened up a small hole that was good enough for Ken to squeeze through, but he had two surprises with him… Specifically, on his shoulders.

“H-hi bwig b-bwutha.” I said weakly, barely more than a whisper.

“Hey Ita? You okay, you look a bit tired…” He said, using something in his jacket to restore some of my strength. I think it was some sort of healing crystal, but thankfully, it helped. Because the next moment that I felt awake, two little Dragon Pony lifeforms hopped onto me. One on my head and another on my chest.

“Awww!” I exclaimed, still kinda weak, only having the energy to sit up. “Who awer thwey?”

“Well… The one on your head is Magma and the one on your chest is Ruby,” He said, looking at me as one of them licked my chin. “And to be specific about your second question… They’re your new nephew and niece.”

“Nwow I wish I hwad the energwy to mwake thwem pweasents.” I said, pouting cutely, hugging the one on my chest with one arm and the one on my head with the other.

That got Ken to laugh a little as he looked back at me. “I think Ruby’s taking a liking to you.” When I looked back, I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of Ruby imitating my pouting face from a few moments ago. Not only that, but they were just plain adorable.

“I gwot the lwast twype I nweed.” I told him, looking up at him and smiling cutely.

“Awesome! Did Twilight help?” He asked, looking back at me before he noticed her nod her head briefly. “Well, that answered my question. Hey, is that a Reuniclus?”

“I mwade it fwor her a while agwo.” I said, idly petting the two still on me. This got Ken to chuckle a little as he looked back at her.

“That strangely reminds me of a friend I know. He’s another Displaced named Lance Walker and a Displaced made him a Torchic for him to raise. Now it’s a full grown Blaziken with Mega Evolution and Everything. Interesting name too.”

“Cwool…” I state, trailing off into a very cute yawn.

“Alright you guys,” Ken said, having Magma and Ruby crawl onto him. “We got to go back home now. Say goodbye to Auntie Ita.” Both of them squeaked a little as they tried to wave their paws to me before they went home.

“Alright… How about you get some sleep, Ita. We can take care of some of the things we were talking about in the morning.”

“Okway.” I said, floating over to my room and shifting into my pajamas, passing out as soon as I was above my bed.