#path of arceus

[path-of-arceus]

Chapter 4

Shenlan gently holds the egg close, how long does it take for the egg to hatch? He often wonders. He hears the door creeks open, Wallace peeks out of the door with a smile on his face.

"Good news, kid, my old mentor is coming by to this city." He announces. "You will get to meet him!"

Oh, Wallace's old mentor. Whoever he is, this man must be powerful and mighty to train someone as powerful as Wallace.

"When will he arrive?" Shenlan asked.

"Tomorrow morning." Wallace answered. "You better get ready, he is expecting to meet you!"

Shenlan nods his head, he gently placed the egg back to the bed.

Shenlan opens his eyes, feels light as ever. For the first time he isn't having any nightmare about his own upbringing.

"Good morning, kid!" Wallace's voice rings from across the room. "Are you ready for your fun day?"

Shenlan nods, he jumps out of bed to have a shower and be ready. Putting on his favorite new outfit Wallace bought him.

"Alright, Wallace, i'm ready."

"Let's go."

Shenlan steps out of the house. Wallace smiles. He took the boy up the flight of stairs, which ends in a massive mansion up to the top. He has never goes up here by himself, the sight of the mansion impressed him.

"So, do you like this place?" Wallace asked.

"This place is awesome!"

"Ah, there you are, my boy."

A voice rings out from the mansion. An older man with his 2 butler steps out. Shenlan slowly hides behind Wallace.

"Good morning, master Juan." Wallace greets the man. "It's good to see you again."

"It's good to see you again, my boy, look at how far you go."

Juan locks his sight on Shenlan, who is hiding behind Wallace. He smiles and kneels down.

"Ah hello, you must be the child Wallace is talking about." Juan greets Shenlan.

He put his head forward. Shenlan looks up to Wallace, anxious and all. Wallace smiles and nods his head. Shenlan slowly walks out his hiding. He grabs Juan's hand for a handshake.

"Glad you both like each other." Wallace speaks.

Juan smiles, he picks the boy up in his arm. Shenlan is too stunned to even try to fight.

"Uhh, master Juan, are you sure you'll be fine?" Asked Wallace, mostly worried for their safety.

"Oh, i will be fine." Juan responded. "Come on, let's go inside."

Still carrying Shenlan in his arm, Juan guide them inside of the mansion.

"Here we go, kid." Juan said, gently dropping Shenlan down. "Feel free to look around my mansion"

Shenlan smiles and nods, one of Juan's butler kindly accompany the boy around the mansion.

[doodlejoltik]

secret back strike technique

[cheesecake801]

Casually dropping all my unfinished digital submas pieces (+1 bonus traditionnal sketch of wurmple and staraptor)

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

i can't tell if he's judging me for being weird and staring at him or if he's concerned

[off-color-darkrai]

Every time I read a fan fic where Ingo or Emmet struggles to beat Arceus or any of the other legendaries in a fight, I kinda just sit there in disbelief, mainly because canonically, in game, you can go up to Ingo with any of the Legends, including the creation trio and Arceus, and he will absolutely kick your a*s six ways to Sinnoh if you aren't prepped, with only two pokemon or less.

This man has no access to abilities or TMs or held items any more, and he gleefully shmears you into paste. Don't tell me his brother wouldn't be able to do the same.

Those level limiters on battle facilities are purely for civilian protection, I assure you.

(Yes I know that the struggle is for dramatic story tension in the fanfic, hush, let me appreciate the OP train men in peace)

[ede917]

Something I figured out a while ago but don't think I've seen anyone mention: Darkrai and Shayman's rivals in Ingo's Path of Solitude.

In the Path of Solitude trials in the post game of Legends Arceus, EVERY Pokémon will have a rival they face, usually something that counters their type. Darkrai's rival is lickilicky and Shayman's is Magnezone.

That's because in their respective movies they both get hunted by trainers that use these two particular pokemon. Deep cut.

[waywardstation]

What if the Zoroark Ingo uses in the path of solitude is his own Zoroark and that’s part of the reason Zisu’s zoroark hates him?

Ingo refuses to use Zisu’s Zoroark for the path of solitude because it will NOT listen to him. He has to resort to using another Zoroark, probably one that Akari caught herself from the pasture. For some unknown reason, this just ends up making Zisu’s Zoroark even more mad at him.

[applesjuice]

How will the reunion between Akari and Juliana go? Or Carmine?

So this is like, two years post Indigo Disk at this point. Carmine is about 19 here, and Juliana/Florian as being 17 and Kieran as 16 here.

Carmine travels for her job, she works with researchers as a sort if body guard against wild pokemon in dangerous areas they're studying. Pretty much what she did with Briar as a student. So she is out of the region when Akari gets reverse eebied back. They're staying with Drayden in Opelucid City, since Ingo is staying there too (and Emmet he's not going anywhere). After Carmine finally finds out what's up from Drayton she demands to facetime immediately to see Kieran.

Akari vaguely remembers her, their memories are sort of coming back. They just feel kind of seperared from them. Staring at the face of god kind of scrambles your brain.

So they initially reunite over facetime but it's not exactly a coherant conversation on Carmine's end. She's too busy bawling so Drayton winds up having to have a private conversation with her about the situation. After that she drops everything calls her grandparents to tell them whats up and then THAT'S it's own situation becauase poor grandma thought she was having a stroke when they heard the news.

When she gets back to Unova and finally sees Kieran in person she's bawling again and appologizing to them like Drayton did so Akari is finally like why does everyone keep apologizing to me? I dont get it. So then she's even more upset lol. But Akari really matured in Hisui and does kind of remember a big sister so there super happy someone they're related to actually wants them. (Akari went through a phase where their memories of indigo disk era had them thinking they were a terrible person and everyone back home was better off without them)

She also has a few of Kieran's pokemon on her like Furret and Hydrapple and they are very emotional seeing Kieran again. It takes her a few days because she's so overwhelmed but she eventually reaches out to Briar and the Protagonist to let them know Kieran's alive.

Im just gonna use Juliana in this to make it easier, but Juliana is shook. Like she's moved on with her life, mourned Kieran, still has nightmares about the incident. Kieran is the ghost that haunts her. So she's beside herself too and Carmine gives her time. She tells her friends who like, all vaguely know Kieran through osmosis since the whole thing kind of broke her, and they help her work through what she's feeling. Same with her mom, her mom keeps a picture of Kieran in their house even though she never knew them. But like the fact that this kid died and her own kid almost did too is pretty devastating to think about.

So Juliana facetimes Carmine and Carmine shows her Kieran (they don't talk yet, the whole situation is a lot for these two) and she starts crying too lol. She's like "do you think he'd want to talk to me?" And carmine is like "well, they've changed a lot but its more like. Theyre back to their old self just, more sure seeming? Also i honestly dont know if they remember you"

So its a whole shitshow essentially. Just a bunch of people navigating a difficult situation. Akari is kind of facinated by Juliana like "wowzers i was friends with someone so cool? I cant believe i was so mean to her i should appologize" and theyre like kieran i think sort of dying kind of negates that you're fine.

Then comes the big bomb that Akari has a SMART PHONE. That is the biggest change of all. Cannot believe you went to the past and came back with knowledge of memes.

Eventually the two talk and they're like pen pals for a while (through texting) while Kieran is healing and doing rehab for some injuries in Opelucid. Carmine is staying in an air bnb there to help out. Eventually Juliana gets the courage to come visit and when they meet she's half crying in joy half having a bi panic because Akari is very pretty.

The end

[blazichu]

Still trying to figure them out.

[antialiart]

Review Blitz prize for Ambyssin on Thousand Roads, depicting Yuna's son in his fanfic Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Path of Valor!

[path-of-arceus]

Chapter 2 (Extra)

Shenlan gently placed the egg down in a pillow basket Wallace puts down. He can still feel the egg's excited heartbeat

"So... what now?" Shenlan asked curiously.

"Well, we just need to wait for it to hatch." Wallace responds. "It might take a lot of time, but all you need to do now is wait."

Shenlan smiles and nods his head.

"Should we head back down?" He asked. "I don't want to make Steven wait for us."

Steven is still waiting for them down the steps, sitting by his trusted partner.

"Hey Steven, we're back!" Shenlan greets him.

Steven chuckles, before ruffling up the boy's hair. Wallace lets out a low laugh, mostly impressed on how enthusiastic the boy turns out to be.

"You're way too excited, don't you?" Asked Wallace, his tone is teasing and playful.

They all making such a spectacle of themself that the metalic bird next to Steven, Skarmory, starter to laugh on it's own.

Shenlan noticed that the voices he heard before, was coming from Skarmory. For some reason, to even he can't explain, he hears everything Skarmory said in an intelligible language.

"What's wrong, kid?"

Shenlan squint his eyes towards Skarmory, this starts to make Skarmory feels weird as it steps back for a bit.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" It asked.

"Did you just talk?" Shenlan asked.

Skarmory shook it's head in confusion. Steven and Wallace stare at each other, in equal confusion.

"What... what do you mean by Skarmory talking?" Asked Wallace.

Wallace walks over to where Skarmory is standing.

"We all know Pokemon communicates with their own language, but what do you mean they talk?"

"I... i can hear them actually speaking... like us." Shenlan responds.

"What... do you mean?" Wallace asked again, just to make sure of what Shenlan was talking about. "Do you mean you can understand them?"

"I... Kind of..." Shenlan respond. "It's just the best way i can explain it."

Wallace stares back to Steven, before pulling out a mysterious, red and white ball.

"Should we test this with the rest of my own Pokemon?" Wallace asked.

Steven nods. Wallace tosses the ball away. Out come a giant... long... snake-like fish.

"Let's see if you can understand what Milotic is saying."

"Wait he can understand me?" Asked Milotic.

"Yes... i can."

Milotic approached the boy, getting really close to him. Shenlan flinched backwards in surprise

"Hey hey, calm down." Wallace ordered, as he gently pulled Milotic back.

"Hello, little one."

Shenlan smiles, he reaches out his hand before pulling it back in hesitation.

"You can touch her, it's okay!"

Milotic gently shoves her head forward to Shenlan's hands. Letting herself being rubbed by the boy's hand. Wallace wrapped his hand around Steven's shoulder. Suddenly, something popped out of one of Steven's pocket. A white metalic robot thing comes out of it.

"Metagross, what are you doing?" Asked Wallace.

Metagross gently approaches Shenlan.

"Oh, hey, Metagross." Milotic greets it.

Metagross replies with a friendly head nod. It pulls out one of its hand forward toward Shenlan.

"Hello, little boy!" It greets. "I see Master Steven is fond of you!"

"Hello... Metagross, i guess so, not sure how much Steven likes me but i trust your judgement."

Wallace chuckes as he gently taps on Steven shoulder, Steven smiles and leaning his head to Wallace's body. They are having a fun time.

[starakex]

"Journeying with you has given me a new ambition. I wish to make the joys of battling Pokémon more widely known in this world!"

Photography by sps.cosplay.photography on IG

[idreamofneonsheep]

I've been looking for this little guy since Legends Arceus came out!! I found him!! Shiny Bidoof!!!!

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

I HAVE FINISHED THE MAIN STORY OF LEGENDS ARCEUS

[ask-the-guiding-light-cast]

Introducing Path of Valor's new cover! For this iteration, I asked Volmise for a piece based on Legends Arceus' promotional artwork. She did a fantastic job taking the idea and running with it! <3

A commission for Ambyssin on Twitter.