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What was Saturn’s reaction when he found out he had a son?

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Well, by the time Cyrus and Aeon are recovered from the Distortion World, it’s been almost 6 years since the events on Spear Pillar. All the admins have moved on (or begun to move on) from their Galactic days and gone their separate ways. Jupiter and Mars got harsher sentences due to being at Spear Pillar, so mostly have dropped out of the public eye, while Saturn moved up to Snowpoint and became the Gym Leader there (as mentioned in this post). Prior to becoming the Gym Leader, when he was still new to the city (well, it was his hometown, but he hadn’t lived there in years), Saturn ran into Archer, who had also come there because it was so remote. The two ended up talking and discovered how much they had in common, which led to them becoming roommates, which led to a romantic relationship starting. A few years later, they’re married with a daughter, Ceres, and are generally happy with where their lives are – until the reappearance of Cyrus shakes everything up.

When they first are brought back from the Distortion World, Cyrus and Aeon move in with Cyrus’s sister, Johanna, in Twinleaf and live there for a while as they acclimate to being back in the normal world (especially since Aeon had never lived anywhere but the Distortion World). All of this was intentionally kept under wraps since Dawn knew any kind of attention was the last thing Cyrus and Aeon needed, so Saturn wouldn’t have found out via the news or anything. So the reunion between them only happens at Cyrus’s own pace, which takes a while. Eventually, and with some encouragement, Cyrus decides that he really should reach out to Saturn and tell him about Aeon, since his former right-hand deserves that much at least.

This is Cyrus though, so he basically just… shows up at Saturn & Archer’s home in Snowpoint with little Aeon in tow, so needless to say it’s A Lot for Saturn to process. He’d accepted that Cyrus was gone for good and moved on with his life and now all of it had come crashing back without warning, so it takes him a while to work through his reactions and feelings about it. With Aeon, however, it’s easier than dealing with Cyrus. Saturn is already a father, he knows how to handle that, so he does his best to bond with Aeon and invites him over quite frequently. He wants to be part of Aeon’s life, especially since he does worry a bit about how he’ll turn out if Cyrus is the only major adult influence in his life (which leads him to bond with Johanna unexpectedly since she’s also very involved in her nephew’s upbringing for the same reason). Since Cyrus usually comes with Aeon on his visits, the two eventually have to confront everything and end up having a lot more heartfelt conversations than they’d ever had, being more honest with each other about things. Saturn can see that these past years have changed Cyrus, and Cyrus has a lot to ruminate on seeing this side of Saturn where he’s not just devoted to him and Galactic. (And Archer just keeps taking Aeon and Ceres on day trips since the tension at home between his husband and his husband’s sort-of-ex is so thick.)

But over time, now that there’s no Galactic backdrop and both of them have had time away from that and each other, Saturn and Cyrus are able to develop a better and healthier relationship. While Archer doesn’t have any kind of past with Cyrus, he knows how much Saturn still feels for him (he was/is the same with Giovanni after all), so he supports the reconciliation and makes the effort to bond with Cyrus as well. Eventually, Cyrus doesn’t really want to keep living with his sister anymore and spends enough time up in Snowpoint anyways that he (and Aeon) just move in with Archer and Saturn. So yeah, basically Saturn meeting Aeon and Aeon existing at all is what leads to him and Cyrus reconciling ultimately since if there hadn’t been a kid he might not have been able to bring himself to confront Cyrus or at least it would have been a lot slower and probably wouldn’t have ended in the throuple ending.

Any Reggie/Maylene and Zoey/Candice headcanons?

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CurtainShipping – Reggie/Maylene HCs

  • While both of them were born in Veilstone, in this ‘verse, Reggie’s family moved from there to Lilycove, Hoenn when Reggie was around 7 years old. He only returned to Sinnoh during his pokémon journey, traveling through the region to collect Gym Badges. Having previously made a name for himself as one of the youngest trainers to ever collect 8 Kanto and 8 Johto badges in the same League season, Reggie challenged himself to earn his 8 Sinnoh badges in only half a year. He was able to accomplish this, but the challenge left him and his pokémon exhausted, so in order to rest and have a home base of operations to train for the upcoming 3008 Lily of the Valley conference, Reggie decided to settle down in his old home city, renting an apartment in Veilstone.
  • At this point, Maylene was still on her own pokémon journey, so the two didn’t cross paths until after Reggie had decided to become a Pokémon Breeder. While she was training to take over the Gym, Maylene often visited Reggie for help with her technique and advice on raising her pokémon, aware of Reggie’s past as a highly regarded trainer. As they worked together, friendship bloomed between them and they found out they had more in common than they initially thought. Even after Maylene became the Gym Leader, they still often trained together and grew closer, eventually starting a romantic relationship.
  • Their first son, Owen, was actually born before they were married (though they were engaged). Candice often teases the couple for being so eager to start a family, especially after talking about wanting kids since they were dating, while Paul just rolls his eyes and says he wasn’t surprised in the slightest, since he knows full well that Reggie has an impatient side when it comes to certain things.
  • After having Owen in 3015 and marrying in 3016, Reggie and Maylene go on to have two more children, their only daughter Lynette in 3018, and their second son Lionel “Leo” in 3024. Reggie continues to run his Daycare in Veilstone, while Maylene held her Gym Leader position until 2030, when she was able to earn a spot in the Sinnoh Elite Four following Conway stepping down after accepting an offer to become a professor at Hearthome University. The Veilstone Gym was succeeded by Maylene’s apprentice, the Steel-type specialist Vera, daughter of Lucian and Dahlia.
  • Reggie loves to cook and Maylene loves to eat, so they’re one of those ideal couples in that sense. Every morning Reggie makes her a special extra large and extra protein filled bento for her to take to work with her, along with customized cute bentos for their kids to take to school. When the kids eventually go on their journeys, he often fusses over if they’re eating enough, always making a huge meal for them whenever they visit home.

SnowpointShipping – Candice/Zoey HCs

  • While they’re childhood friends and have known each other most of their lives, it takes a little while for Candice and Zoey to realize their feelings for each other. Both had worries that admitting their growing romantic feelings would jeopardize their friendship, but eventually Dawn got fed up seeing her friend dancing around her feelings and convinced Zoey to just ask Candice out. They’ve been together ever since!
  • Children was something they had different opinions on from the beginning, Candice liking the idea while Zoey initially was hesitant. After Maylene’s first child Owen was born, however, Candice got a bit of baby fever, fawning over him and always offering to babysit for her friend. Spending time with baby Owen and seeing how happy he made Candice led Zoey to warm up to the idea of having her own child one day. However… when she mentioned to Candice she’d enjoy having one kid in the future, she didn’t expect the baby to arrive just a year later, nor for it to be twins! Neither did Candice, but despite being a bit overwhelmed at times, both of them adore Holly and Ivy to bits (though Zoey had to steer Candice away from some more eccentric winter-themed twin names).
  • Candice remained as the Snowpoint Gym Leader for a few years, but eventually was offered the chance to compete for an E4 spot. She ended up being super torn over whether to accept or not, since she wasn’t sure who would be a good candidate to take over her gym, not to mention she wouldn’t have as much time to teach at the trainer school if she accepted, a job she especially loved now that Zoey had joined her as a teacher (though for coordinators rather than trainers). As an E4 Candice would be away from home more, wouldn’t be able to work alongside her wife or see their daughters as much, and on top of it all would need to find someone to take over her gym. It seemed like an easy decision, but she was surprised when Zoey got upset with her for wanting to refuse. Zoey pointed out that the two of them had promised to support each other in their dreams – it was her duty to help Candice reach her full potential as a trainer, and sometimes reaching that means accepting changes. With Zoey’s support, Candice decided to ultimately accept the offer.
  • However, she still had to find a successor for the Gym, which led to one of her and Zoey’s biggest arguments. After putting out the word that she was looking for Gym Leader candidates, Candice got a lot of applicants, but none of them seemed to be the right fit. She went through dozens of applications, battles and interviews, but turned down every one. It seemed like nobody would meet her standards, until a very unusual candidate caught her eye. Following the defeat of Team Galactic, Saturn managed to avoid a harsher punishment due to his lack of involvement at Spear Pillar. While he initially wanted to keep running the organization and bring it in a new direction, he realized he wasn’t sure what he wanted for Galactic now that Cyrus was gone, nor was he very popular in Veilstone anymore. He moved to Snowpoint to get away from prying eyes, working odd jobs like logistics for shipping companies and the like. Candice knew from the incident years ago that he was a strong trainer and leader, he seemed to have turned over a new leaf and he needed a new direction in life – Saturn was the perfect candidate for Gym Leader! Zoey, however, very much disagreed. Saturn may be living peacefully now, but that doesn’t change the fact he was one of Cyrus’s most enthusiastic supporters – is giving him the power of a Gym Leader really a safe decision? Not to mention the rumors that his roommate(?)/husband(?) used to be a Team Rocket member. Candice was stubborn, insisting it was her duty as both a future E4 and a teacher to help trainers in need reach their full potential, since wasn’t this a similar situation to her own? She needed a push from Zoey to follow her dreams, now she’ll be the same push to Saturn.
  • In the end, Saturn did become the new Gym Leader and while Zoey remained suspicious of him, he did his job well and proved himself a worthy candidate, even eventually befriending her family after visiting Candice for Gym Leader advice from time to time. While Zoey never fully warms up to him, she respects his and Candice’s friendship and how well he’s looking after the Gym and city.
  • Because Dawn’s daughter, Tanith, is doing both Contests and Gym Battles, Zoey and Candice both end up as mentors to her. Despite her earlier misgivings on people doing both, Zoey is fully supportive of Tanith’s goals, giving her advice and helping her practice appeals whenever they’re able to meet up.

Finally while it was mentioned a bit in each set of hcs, these two families are very close! Candice and Maylene are close friends so their families end up the same, despite the distance between Veilstone and Snowpoint. Owen, Holly and Ivy are fairly close in age and often played together (or Ivy would get bossy with Owen and Holly would try to be peacemaker), while Lynette really admires Ivy as a trainer and sees her as a mentor.

I’ve been really interested in the Pokémon Let’s Go games these few days and so I was wandering what did you do with the main characters (Chase, Elaine and Trace) in your verse.

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In the L&L AU, Chase and Elaine are twins and Trace is one of their childhood friends. The trio are all two years younger than the Red/Green/Yellow group and are the same age as Leaf, their other childhood friend. Growing up, Leaf, Elaine and Chase especially used to get into a lot of trouble, even breaking the law sometimes with stunts like trespassing and petty thievery. As time passed however, Elaine began to distance herself from such shenanigans and spend more time with the more dutiful Trace. When the time came for them all to leave Pallet for their pokémon journeys, Elaine and Trace chose to head out on their own as rivals rather than deal with whatever scheme Chase and Leaf were likely to come up with this time. And boy did those two have a scheme. 

Leaf had heard rumors that Team Rocket wasn’t as defeated as everyone thought they were and she and Chase decided to investigate this for themselves. While Elaine and Trace’s journey was very similar to the plot of the Let’s Go games, just with much less Team Rocket influence (so a basic journey around Kanto challenging gyms), Leaf and Chase were busy poking their heads into the criminal underworld. The two eventually do find Team Rocket by tracking down one of their secret bases. When they get caught by a grunt, however, Chase claims that they were interested in joining the team, hoping that would get them out of trouble. Instead, the grunt takes them seriously and brings the two young teens straight to Archer who figures they show enough promise to be able to start on some low-level grunt work.

Now rather in over their heads, Chase and Leaf have no choice but to go along with their orders, which is mostly just busywork as they’re still kids. While both are initially working together in what is essentially a gofer position, eventually Leaf discovers something unexpected – her grandfather, Blaine’s, name on one of the documents belonging to a scientist. Intruiged, she’s able to arrange a transfer to be a scientist assistant instead, and starts on a journey to discover the truth behind Mewtwo and her grandfather’s involvement in the project.

Chase, meanwhile, keeps at his grunt work, eventually getting promoted to field work, which is where he first meets Mondo, a character who appears in one of the radio dramas as the supplier to the Jessie, James and Meowth trio while they’re in Kanto. Over time, Chase and Mondo got assigned to more missions together as they were both too young to do any real criminal work, eventually being promoted to the communications department. Unlike Leaf, who leaves the team after achieving her goals surrounding Mewtwo, Chase remains a member of Team Rocket, eventually becoming a field agent with Mondo as his contact back on base. The two end up dating, eventually getting married and adopting a son, Hunter, together.

Elaine meanwhile, returned home to Pallet with Trace once the two managed to defeat the Elite Four and Champion, entering the Hall of Fame. Not long after, she learned about how her brother had gotten involved with something sketchy. She contacted him to try and urge him to leave this path behind, but Chase’s mind was set. He liked this job and found it way more fun than just being a regular trainer. The relationship between the twins never fully deteriorates, but they do have a slightly strained relationship just due to their different outlook on things, especially since Elaine eventually joins the Indigo Elite Four. Luckily, by that point, Silver has taken over Team Rocket and reformed it somewhat, so Elaine and Chase don’t have to worry as much about meeting as enemies down the line.

And what of Trace? He becomes an elementary schoolteacher in Pallet! He and Elaine are married with two daughters, Raine and Scout, and he finds the whole sibling rivalry pretty overwhelming, though he finds out on the rare family reunions that he and Mondo actually get along quite well, all things considered.

Do you have any headcanons for Green/Red, Barry/Lucas, and Hugh/Nate?

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Absolutely I do!

Green/Red

  • Green is the one who managed to get Red to come down from Mt. Silver by somehow beating him in a pokémon battle. Red was so stunned by his loss he just kind of followed Green back to civilization. This is the only time Green has ever beaten Red in a battle to this day.
  • Roy was already born when the couple visit Alola in the SuMo games and was about 10 or so months old (give or take.) And yes, they brought Roy with them! Leaf and Yellow (along with baby Amaryllis) also went to Alola and ended up having to babysit Roy a lot because of Green and Red’s frequent trips to the Battle Tree, whoops.
  • Red is technically unemployed, as he doesn’t really want to officially apply to be a professional pokémon trainer due to annoying bureaucracy. He still regularly seeks out strong people to battle with though, so his skills never go rusty and also because he thinks “stay at home dad” sounds way more boring than “Multiple Hall-of-Famer Professional Pokémon Trainer.”
  • They are a very sappy couple who like to show off how in love they are, though most of that’s Green being smug (”Look at me and my husband!”) while Red just goes along with it.
  • Green likes to think he’s a super cool dad who their sons will see as a role model but more often than not they go to Red for advice instead. Whenever this happens Green ends up pouting and needs to be comforted by his husband.

Barry/Lucas

  • A couple where people sometimes wonder how they got together due to how different they are. Definitely a very wholesome case of opposites attract.
  • Since Lucas was Rowan’s assistant, the two didn’t really meet until they were around 13 and didn’t interact much until after the events of DPPt. They met by chance at the Battle Frontier and when Lucas mentioned he wanted to improve his skills as a trainer Barry took him under his wing as a “Professional Battle Frontier Tour Guide.” Their romance blossomed fairly quickly, though Barry was pretty oblivious to his feelings while Lucas was realizing that subtle flirting wasn’t going to cut it in this case.
  • Dawn officiated their wedding and got trained to do so especially for her childhood best friend.
  • By the fankid era, Barry is a Frontier Brain like his father before him and Lucas has taken over from his mentor Rowan as Sinnoh’s regional professor, though he still has trouble getting used to being called Professor Hawthorn!
  • While they only planned on having one child, mainly due to how much of a handful Gavin was, they end up adopting Balthazar by chance due to some unexpected circumstances. Namely, Barry helps Dawn (who is Sinnoh Champion) take down a Cult of Giratina after they kidnap Dawn’s daughter, Tanith. While there, they find a boy who was raised in the cult to be a sacrifice and now has nowhere to go. The kid got attached to Barry  so one thing leads to another and he and Lucas end up with another son (Barry claims that Balthazar being blond and having a long name like him was a Sign that he was meant to be part of their family from the start.)

Nate/Hugh

  • Though Nate wasn’t the BW2 protag, he and Hugh were still childhood friends as he and Rosa are twins. They had quite a bit of romantic tension between them throughout middleschool, leading Rosa to urge them to try dating after getting fed up by hearing both her brother and best friend worry about the other’s feelings to her.
  • By the time the trio leave on their journey at 15, Nate and Hugh had been dating for about a year and a half.
  • Once it became clear that Team Plasma had returned, the two teamed up to fight them whenever they could, Nate mostly being worried about Hugh getting too angry.
  • Things reach a new level when, towards the end of their journey and when it’s looking like the final showdown with Plasma is approaching, Nate finds out he’s unexpectedly pregnant. While Nate himself is nervous due to his young age, he’s also excited and all the more motivated to defeat Plasma for the sake of his and Hugh’s child. Hugh, on the other hand, is incredibly nervous that Nate and the baby might get hurt now and ends up being rather overprotective of his boyfriend. This causes a bit of friction, but ultimately they’re able to work things out (with Rosa smoothing things over as usual whenever the two squabble.)
  • Glenn is born the summer after Ghetsis is finally defeated and Hugh and Nate stay in Aspertia for his first year or so, getting help from their parents and doing their best to raise him. At that, the two start looking for jobs so they can support their family, agreeing that whoever finds one first will take it, while the other will stay home to take care of Glenn. Hugh ends up getting unexpectedly scouted by Interpol, leading the family to move to Castelia, where they get married soon after.
  • Eventually, after Hugh gets promoted when Glenn is about 4, the family move to Opelucid to be closer to the League, which becomes their permanent home. When Glenn is about 6, they end up adopted their second child, Mindy, after her mother, Yancy, was looking for someone to adopt after she became unexpectedly pregnant. Glenn and Mindy are both handfuls but their parents love them (even if they hate each other lol)

Fankids With Gold/Silver Demo Pokemon: Noelle & Draco

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Noelle and Cruz/Aqua/Aquaria

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Being from another world where the demo pokemon are canon, Noelle is familiar with a different pokedex than everyone else. For the most part, the pokemon she knows are the same as what’s found in her current world, but there are a few that are different. In her homeworld, as the demo starters were canon, trainers who wanted to pick a Water-type starter from Professor Elm would receive a Cruz instead of a Totodile. For Noelle however, her Cruz was actually her fourth pokemon. She already had a Dratini from Lance and two Charmander siblings from Liza, but she also wanted to “do things properly” when she set out on her journey and pick one of the traditional Johto starters as well.

Arriving at the Newbark Lab, Noelle knew that she wanted either Chikorita or Cruz. She already had two Fire-types on her team and was planning on following in her father’s footsteps to train Dragon-types and similar pokemon. Meganium and Aquaria both resemble reptiles or dragons of a sort, so either one would be a good addition to the three pokemon she already had. In fact, she found that she was having quite a bit of trouble deciding which one she actually wanted. Both were so cute, and would grow up to be so strong… she couldn’t choose! Luckily, she didn’t have to. Cruz, getting impatient at how long this prospective trainer was deliberating, decided to show off her strength by leaping off the table and picking a fight with Noelle’s Dratini, who had been minding his one business at his trainer’s side. Once the fight was broken up, Noelle couldn’t help but be impressed at Cruz’s boldness, so she was confident in choosing the Water-type to bring with her.

Years later, when Noelle Falls, Cruz, now fully evolved into Aquaria, comes with her along with the rest of Noelle’s pokemon. Once Noelle is taken in by Interpol, there’s a bit of fuss over Aquaria since, while they have encountered various strange pokemon that came from other worlds, Aquaria is the first of her kind recorded. Noelle is a bit nervous to let these guys study her partner, but once she’s assured she can be there the whole time – and probably should be since she knows Aquaria better than any of the scientists at this point – she agrees to let them take some observations and tell them what she knows about Aquaria’s biology and the like. Interpol has a list of other-world pokemon that is sent out to the various Leagues so Noelle doesn’t have to worry about getting questioned for having such an unusual pokemon, but they still get plenty of stares in public. Aquaria on her part, loves the attention, preening at the fact she’s considered rare and special, the only one of her kind to exist here. Noelle finds her pokemon’s attitude pretty amusing and will answer any questions people may have about her, always happy to show off her beloved pokemon.

Draco and Kingdra

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While Noelle having a pokemon from another world makes perfect sense, somehow all of Ethan’s other children end up with them as well. Whether this is merely coincidence or some kind of cosmic conspiracy is a well-debated subject in the family. In Draco’s case, it’s his Kingdra that turns out to be from another world, though he has no idea of this until he evolves and grows arms and small wings. Draco initially panics, wondering if somehow he interfered while Seadra was evolving and that messed things up, but once he calms down a bit and tries to think through what could have happened, he remembers that Ethan has a strange Tangrowth-like pokemon that supposedly evolved from a normal Tangela. At this point, Draco is a sullen teenager who currently despises his father for a variety of mostly petty reasons, so he immediately blames Ethan and Gela for what happened to Kingdra. Somehow, Gela must have corrupted Seadra or something since they did always like playing with each other.

Draco storms home to confront his father, but before he can do so, he runs into Noelle, who’s visiting home during a break from work. When she sees her little brother’s Kingdra, she exclaims that it looks just like the Kingdra did back in her original world and is shocked when Draco explains that this is what his Seadra evolved to look like. Later on, after dinner, the whole family sits down to try and figure out just how exactly this whole ordeal came to pass. After some debate, it’s Ethan who supplies the most likely answer, recalling how Draco first met his Horsea. When Draco was just a wee child of 7, he was quite jealous of how his cousin Arethusa had a Horsea and he did not. He wanted one of his own and begged and begged his parents to take him to Kanto so he could catch one. After all, Arethusa had gotten her Horsea from Clair, so if Draco could catch his own, he’d prove that he was better than her. Eventually, they relent, and Ethan and Draco head out to Route 12 for a day trip that weekend, ready to do some fishing.

It turns out that Horsea are fairly rare, however, so the trip ends up entailing quite a bit of sitting and waiting around. For Draco, it’s incredibly frustrating and boring. They’ve tried fishing, placing food in the water to lure pokemon, they even borrowed a nearby fisher’s Starmie that knew Surf to head out onto the water to search, but to no avail. The only pokemon they’ve found are the usual Magikarp and Tentacool. Just as Draco is beginning to give up hope, he notices a nearby commotion. Gela, who had been sitting on the edge of the dock splashing water with her tentacles seems to be interacting with another pokemon. Draco looks for his father, but Ethan is busy talking to a fisherman, so he heads over by himself. Lo and behold, Gela is playing with a Horsea! Draco can scarcely believe his luck as he fumbles for one of the pokeballs Ethan gave him and tries to carefully approach the pair. Horsea notices the incoming boy and beings to dart away, scared off from his new playmate by the approaching human, but pauses when he hears Draco’s desperate cries for him to come back, “Please! Please don’t go! I really want to be your friend!” Moved by this human’s sincerity, Horsea turns around and slowly approaches the docks again, as Draco himself is doing his best puppy-dog eyes in the hopes that Horsea will know just how much he wants to befriend him. Horsea glances at Gela, who nods encouragingly, then slowly approaches Draco’s outstretched hand and bumps against the pokeball, successfully being caught. Draco runs back to Ethan with his new pokemon, babbling excitedly about how he succeeded, and the two return home triumphant, Draco getting to ride on his father’s shoulders, pokeball in one hand and the ice cream cone Ethan bought him as a special treat in the other.

After recounting those fond memories of simpler, pre-sullen teen times, Ethan concludes that Horsea must have recognized Gela as being a pokemon from his own homeworld and approached her as a result. Draco has to admit that that explanation makes the most sense, but… on the one hand, he doesn’t want to acknowledge that Ethan was right about something so is grumpy, while on the other hand, this does prove that Seadra evolving into an odd Kingdra was Ethan’s fault after all so he wants to be smug… in the end he just mumbles something incoherent and sulks out of the room, though deep down he’s quite pleased to have such a rare and unique pokemon. Down the line, once the grumpy teen years are over and Draco is admitting he loves his father again, he does thank Ethan for being the reason he and Kingdra ultimately got to meet, and apologizes for blaming him for “breaking” Kingdra and thinking that Ethan’s Gelanla was weird, as his pokemon is perfect the way he is, just like Gela.

Characters with Gold/Silver Demo Pokemon: Ethan

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It’s been a year and I’m late to the bandwagon as usual but I decided that I really like these beta pokemon so I changed up a few teams. The origins of these unusual pokemon vary so I’ll be posting about how each character met their strange little friends.

Ethan and Tangel/Gelanla

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The first beta pokemon I decided to add was this funky little fellow. I was reworking Ethan’s team and gave him a Tangela since he mentions having one in HGSS. Then I got to thinking about how my Ethan is a bit… odd and has a knack for bonding with pokemon (even if he doesn’t catch many) and decided that having this alternate Tangela line would suit him very well. 

Tangel was Ethan’s second pokemon, after his Marill. They met when Ethan was around 6 years old and he was visiting his grandparents, the Daycare Couple, with his father. While he usually loved playing with all the pokemon at the daycare, today Ethan wanted to go exploring a bit. His father let him run off down Route 34, knowing Ethan had Marill to look out for him and telling him not to go further than the edge of Ilex Forest. Ethan happily runs off, exploring the tall grass, chatting with passing trainers, and eventually reached the edge of the woods.

Now, Ethan knew he wasn’t supposed to go in, but he really wanted to see what other kinds of pokemon might be living there. Surely, a little peek wouldn’t hurt? He wouldn’t go far and Marill was right there with him, so he’d definitely be fine. His mind set, Ethan carefully makes his way deeper into the forest and while he initially makes sure to keep the edge of the woods in sight, eventually he wanders a bit too far and finds that he no longer knows which way is the way out. At first, he doesn’t want to panic, he’s only a little bit lost, so surely if he just picks a direction and walks he’ll find his way out. He also decides that Marill has a better nose than him, so he surely can smell the right way home. So, Ethan asks Marill which way to go and little Marill, also quite lost but not wanting to disappoint his trainer, picks a direction that feels right and the two set out.

After about half an hour of walking, the trees are still as thick as ever and Ethan is starting to get scared. What if they never make it out and become forest spirits? He’s heard stories about children who get lost in the woods and turn into ghost trees… Just as he’s starting to really panic, the trees clear and he and Marill find themselves on the edge of a vernal pool. It seems Marill’s nose led them in the direction of the nearest body of water rather than out of the woods. At this point, Ethan breaks down for real. He’s never getting home, is he? He’ll be lost in the woods forever and ever. As he’s sitting at the edge of the pond crying, Marill doing his best to comfort him but on the verge of tears himself, they hear a rustling in the bushes and Ethan looks up just in time to come face to face with a little pokemon that looks like a small, less vine-y Tangela. The Tangel seems shocked to see a human so deep into the woods and scurries back into the bushes almost immediately. Ethan’s not quite sure what he just saw, but then realizes that even the local pokemon are running away from him and he’s all alone and just starts crying again.

Tangel, now feeling a bit braver after seeing how small this human is, and that they’re with another pokemon, decides to try going back to the pool to investigate, being quite the curious pokemon. When she emerges again to find Ethan in tears, she’s a bit confused by what’s going on and approaches him, concerned. Ethan is still a bit too upset to notice the Tangel much but Marill decides to ask the little pokemon for help, communicating that he and Ethan are lost and need to find their way out of the woods. Tangel, wanting to be helpful and also still very curious about this first ever human she’s seen, tugs on Ethan’s sleeve to get him to get him to notice her, then runs a little way into the woods, gesturing to him and Marill to follow. Ethan quickly wipes his tears then gets up to follow Tangel, not really worrying if she actually knows the way or not, since this is at least a chance. After a while of following Tangel through the trees, eventually light begins to break through and the trio find themselves near Azalea. Tangel is quite pleased to have guided this human out of the forest but poor Ethan realizes this is the wrong side of the woods and begins tearing up again, causing Tangel to hop up on his shoulders in concern, emboldened by her little adventure.

Ethan and the two pokemon are eventually found by Kurt, who brings them to the Pokemon Center, Tangel now tucked into Ethan’s shirt and peering out his collar while Marill is being carried. Once they’re at the center, the nurses give Ethan a checkup while calling his father to tell him that his son’s safe and sound. When Nurse Joy asks to see Ethan’s Tangela, she’s in quite a shock when he pulls out… not a Tangela. When she asks Ethan where he met such an odd little pokemon, he looks up at her in confusion “She’s not weird, she’s just a baby Tangela! Don’t be mean!” and then refuses to part with Tangel since the grownups were “being mean to her”. This continues even when Zack comes to pick Ethan up and in the end, Tangel just ends up going home with them. Ethan remains convinced that Tangel, who he names “Gela”, is just a baby Tangela for a long time, especially when she evolves into one, despite actually seeing Tangela and not Tangel hatch from eggs at the daycare. Even when Gela evolves into Gelanla and not Tangrowth when he’s a teenager… nope, still a normal Tangela you all are just being mean. So what if she’s a little different? Don’t call her weird you’re hurting her feelings! 

Gela on her part loves her new life with Ethan and happily plays with Marill and eventually the other pokemon Ethan catches, though she remains closest with Marill, the two even evolving into Azumarill and Gelanla together. People often double take when they see her and realize she’s not just a … small Tangrowth, but neither she nor Ethan care. She’s perfect just the way she is. It’s only years and years later when he meets Faller Noelle for the first time that Ethan finds out his friend might actually be from another world like her. Noelle’s world is one where those beta pokemon are common and she’s very surprised that her sort-of step-father has a Gelanla when she was sure they don’t exist in this world. Gelanla herself hadn’t even realized she was in a different world! Ethan’s quite happy with this explanation after years of people assuming Gelanla was some kind of mutant. He was right all along that she was perfect and not broken. Not to mention, at this point Ethan had learned that he and his father came from another world themselves, so in a way, he and Gela are kindred souls.

So, what happened to Sorrel relationship with everyone?

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Ah yes, another drama-filled subplot I added because I decided more drama would be fun. This one actually originated because I got the idea of Alder being someone’s sugar daddy stuck in my head and it wouldn’t leave because the idea was so amusing to me. Mainly since Alder’s daughter, Kino, has been trying to set her dad up with people for a while now, so the idea of him finding someone to date but it turns out to be someone less than half his age to Kino’s shock would be priceless. (”That’s not what I meant, dad!!”) Actually finding someone who I thought would suit this role was… more difficult. Some jokes about causing family drama with another character just to fulfill this idea later and… here we are. Under a cut again since I know it’ll get long.

Here’s how things went down. The basis for Sorrel and Verity’s marriage wasn’t exactly great to start out. Verity desperately wanted to have a family and be a good mother in the ways her own mother wasn’t. She wanted a kid, but didn’t want to be a single mother, so she ends up dating her close friend and eventually marrying him. Verity doesn’t really have romantic feelings for Sorrel, but she likes him and thinks he’d be a good dad so that was all she needed to decide he’d be the ideal husband for her little “happy perfect family” plan. Someone she gets along with and, perhaps, understands her motivations since he, too, comes from a not-so-perfect household.

Sorrel, on the other hand, desperately craves true love. His parents were very distant with him as he grew up and what he most desired from a relationship was not a perfect family or anything, but just to find someone who he loved and who loved him in return. He wanted validation and support more than anything. So, when his close friend Verity asks him out, he thinks this might be it. He likes her, she’s cute and funny and fun to be around, and if she likes him then maybe this is his chance for that elusive “true love”. Of course, since both of the couple went into the relationship wanting different things and not communicating to the other their true motivations… it was bound to fall apart eventually.

After only a couple years of marriage, Sorrel and Verity end up having a huge argument where the motivations each had for going into this relationship are revealed. Sorrel especially feels betrayed that Verity never loved him the same way he loved her, while Verity wishes that Sorrel had told her from the start that he wanted something more than just a comfortable and stable family. The two grow pretty estranged after this, though they stay together for the sake of their baby son, Silas. It’s around this time, when Sorrel is purposefully taking more and more research trips abroad, that he meets Alder and the two end up in a relationship. Alder likes spoiling younger guys (in no small part since it makes him feel more young again himself, but also since it’s just something nice to do as a retired Champion), while Sorrel is craving validation and someone to just pay attention to him and to want him as more than just a means to an end. So really, the two ending up in a relationship was a bit inevitable from when they first meet. The only issue is… Sorrel never tells Alder he’s technically married, estranged from his wife or not, since Alder would never willingly participate in an affair.

Verity strongly suspects Sorrel is seeing someone else, but she figures that’s what she deserves for deceiving him like that. She feels horrible about how things went, but she doesn’t know what to do about any of this short of divorce.. but that would bring its own problems, like trying to figure out custody with their young son, not to mention she’d just be back at square one of her whole dream to have a happy family. The situation remains in limbo like this for a while, until Sorrel getting unexpectedly pregnant tips things over the edge. Verity knows full well the kid isn’t hers, so … now’s as good a time as any to just sit down and decide once and for all how they want to move forward. Sorrel, meanwhile, is incredibly stressed about the whole situation since, while he does want this baby, what is he even supposed to tell Alder? It was never meant to be a committed relationship, just something to tide him over while he was sorting through his feelings on his failing marriage. In the end, he and Verity get a divorce, splitting custody of Silas, while Sorrel and Alder end up breaking up, Sorrel not wanting Alder to be the focus of a scandal from having a lovechild with a married man. 

Sorrel ends up going back to his parents’ place and tries to figure out what he wants to do from here. He still likes working at Lucas’s lab, and the professor is nothing but supportive, but does he really want to be a single father? His parents end up answering that question for him, however, by deciding that they don’t want their only son to be an unmarried father with children from two different relationships, so begin to ask around their elite social circles to see if any family friends or acquaintances have single children who need a spouse. Sorrel is honestly mortified his parents are resorting to some kind of arranged marriage for him, but he goes along with their plans since he doesn’t really want to be single himself, nor does he have much trust in his own ability to choose a partner, given what happened with his first spouse. 

Ultimately, the person Sorrel ends up getting along with the best of all the “potential matches” his parents arranged is none other than one Lawrence III (yes, the villain from the second movie). Already in his late 30s and unmarried, Lawrence’s parents ended up setting him up to meet with Sorrel so perhaps he can finally settle down and stay out of (more) trouble. And surprise, surprise, the two end up hitting it off. They have similar interests in the sciences (though from different perspectives) and Lawrence doesn’t mind the situation with Sorrel’s kids at all. While there may not be love (just yet), the two get along and agree that a marriage would be agreeable for both of them. A couple months after their engagement is finalized, Sorrel has the affair baby, Cassia, and then he and Lawrence are married. Sorrel still works for Lucas, his new husband not particularly caring what region they end up settling down in. While initially I didn’t plan on Sorrel and Lawrence having any children together, my dear friend @pkmnomegaverse pointed out that I could give them a son named Lawrence IV and how could I resist that? So they have their son Lawrence (or Loren, as he goes by) about three years after they’re married. Despite the rocky start, they’re very happy together!

Verity meanwhile, ends up dating and marrying Risa and the two might have a kid together? I haven’t developed them as much to be sure, since I need to develop other characters from the Power of Us movie to get a better idea of what those two are up to. Silas stays with either his mom and step-mom or his dad and step-dad and likes both sets of parents pretty equally, Sorrel and Lawrence raise a little nerd and possible future professor in Cassia and a trouble-loving, outgoing son in Loren and all in all…. everything works out and everyone’s happy. Since I can’t have it any other way! I’ll do drama and angst but everyone gets a happy ending.

So, how did Tory end up with the twins?

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The short answer is that I love drama-filled plotlines and liked the idea of giving Pierce a bunch of lovechildren after chats with @pkmnomegaverse regarding fun drama ideas and this just escalated from that.

The long answer will be under a cut because things might get a tad spicy since it’s relationship drama after all. I’ll also talk about Rafe and his family since it all ties in.

Essentially, here’s how things went. Tory and Bianca (the one from the movie) are happily married and living in LaRousse with their son, Giotto. Rafe is also living in LaRousse, but he’s less happy. Rafe met Tobias by chance at a small-scale tournament while he was travelling in Sinnoh and the two ended up bonding while discussing battling strategies and their encounters with Legendary pokemon. One thing led to another and they end up hooking up and exchanging numbers – Tobias is always travelling around so they could easily meet again if they happened to be near each other. Rafe returns home to Hoenn and eventually decides to settle down in his hometown, beginning work at the Battle Tower helping to referee matches and make sure things run smoothly. He’s also still been occasionally meeting with and hooking up with Tobias over this time period, though he’s also been considering just breaking that off and finding someone to settle down with, since all his friends seem to be doing that. 

Unfortunately, things go awry when Rafe unexpectedly ends up pregnant with Tobias’s child, something neither of them were planning for. Rafe does want the kid, but he also doesn’t want to be a single father, so he tries to convince Tobias to settle down with him for their baby’s sake. Tobias, on his part, does try, but ultimately he’s a wanderer at heart, so the situation really just ends up being Rafe as a single father and Tobias being the disappeared dad who shows up occasionally with a souvenir from another region for their son, Azariah, and to “catch up” with Rafe. Since things as they are obviously aren’t exactly satisfying in the love-life department for Rafe, he decides to branch out a bit. He’s pretty sure Tobias isn’t being exclusive when he’s out travelling, so why should Rafe stay exclusive himself? He ends up arranging a sort of friends-with-benefits setup with Tory and Bianca, occasionally joining them for threesomes, which they agree to since they like how it spices up their own love life. Things continue like this for a while, with Tory and Bianca as the happy couple and Rafe making due raising his son and with a not-great but still workable deadbeat boyfriend.

Then Pierce shows up. Pierce, in this AU, has a habit of going a bit wild, both when at the recreated Team Rocket HQ in Johto and when out on missions. He likes having sex with multiple partners, but doesn’t like being committed to anyone, preferring the hookup lifestyle. He also happens to be Tobias’s brother in this AU, though the two are barely in touch with each other. Nonetheless, Pierce is aware that Tobias has a sort-of boyfriend and a kid living in Hoenn, so when he ends up near LaRousse on a mission, he decides to check the situation out. Rafe is definitely surprised to meet Pierce, since he didn’t even know Tobias had a brother, but all the same… Pierce looks an awful lot like Tobias, Rafe is always low-key pining after Tobias, Pierce likes to have fun with hookups on missions, Rafe has regular threesomes with two friends. One thing leads to another, and the end result is Tory and Bianca deciding to have a foursome with Rafe and Pierce. This is definitely a rare chance for something extra different and wild after all. And they all have a good time, Pierce leaves once his mission’s complete and they all go back to their usual lives.

That is until both Rafe and Tory find out they’re expecting. Rafe is… mostly ok with this. He knows the kid is obviously not Tobias’s, but maybe this is a good chance to finally break up with Tobias since things were obviously not working out between them. Having another kid might be nice, let Azariah be a big brother and all. Tory, on the other hand, takes it really badly. He hates the thought that the child might not be Bianca’s. Well, he’d feel better if they were Rafe’s, since at least he’s a friend, but what if the kid is the random criminal’s? This was the worst idea and he can’t believe he thought it would be harmless fun. Bianca is trying to comfort her husband and say she doesn’t mind whatever happens, that the child will be hers no matter what since Tory’s her husband, but it doesn’t do much, especially when Tory finds out he’s having twins. Eventually, once all three babies are born, they’re able to confirm that Rafe’s son is Pierce’s and Tory has one twin that’s Rafe’s and the other is Pierce’s (if Beatrice’s dark blue hair hadn’t made it obvious). Of course, this is a lot to take in for all three parents, but they’re determined to make this work and not let one crazy night mess up their entire futures. Eventually, after he formally breaks up with Tobias, Rafe decides to move himself and his sons in with Tory and Bianca – though just as roommates since even if they’re fwb, he’s not about to come between a married couple in the romantic department. Tory’s from a wealthy family, so his and Bianca’s house is definitely big enough for all seven of them and the kids all grow up together and consider each other siblings. It’s a bit chaotic and a bit of an odd situation, but they all made the best of it and are quite happy by the main fankid era.

can you give us the names of each region’s gym leaders in your au with some explanation about them…

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These aren’t fully set in stone so one or two might change in the future, and the details on just how some of them ended up Gym Leaders is still unknown, but here’s a general outline! (Sorry, the World page section on the Gym Leaders isn’t up to date. I’ll get on that.)

Kanto Gym Leaders

Forrest Nibi (Pewter City, Rock-type Specialist)
→ Brock gives the Gym to Forrest when he decides to pursue pokémon medicine.
Peony Hanada (Cerulean City, Electric-type Specialist)
→ Originally, Misty left the Gym to Daisy when she moved to the Orange Islands, but neither of Daisy’s children were interested in being the next Gym leader when she decided to retire. Violet’s daughter, Peony, on the other hand, loved battling and was the best candidate. She breaks the pattern of the previous Cerulean Gym Leaders by being an electric-type specialist like her father, however.
Adriana Mitler (Vermillion City, Water-type Specialist)
→ With Peony running the Cerulean Gym and Heather up to…. something, Lt. Surge had to look outside his daughters for successors. While I’m still not sure exactly how Adriana ends up running the Gym, she does have a connection to the Lieutenant, being his step-niece.
Erika Tamamushi (Celadon City, Grass-type Specialist)
Kestrel Sekichiku (Fuschia City, Poison-type Specialist)
→ After Janine’s death, Koga comes out of retirement to take over being Gym Leader until his eldest granddaughter comes of age. Kestrel sees being Gym Leader as a chore more than anything and often has to be bribed to be there.
Amaryllis Tokiwa (Saffron City, Fairy-type Specialist)
→ After Sabrina leaves Kanto to pursue acting, her Gym is in…. someone’s hands (not sure yet). Eventually, Amaryllis ends up inheriting it and becomes Kanto’s first fairy-type Gym Leader..
Kaito Mikami (Cinnabar Island, Psychic-type Specialist)
→ Having originally lived on the island many years ago, when Blaine retires, he asks his granddaughter-in-law’s cousin to take over the Gym, much to Kaito’s surprise. He also helps with the rebuilding efforts for the island.
Mimi Aoyama (Viridian City, Multi-type Specialist)

→ When Gary retires to pursue research, it’s no question who will inherit the Gym, since he’d been training Mimi as his successor for a while. She follows in her husband’s footsteps and doesn’t stick to one type of pokémon, using the same team she traveled with on her pokémon journey.

Johto Region

Lyra Suzuki (Violet City, Flying-type Specialist)
→ While the details are still shaky, Lyra inherits the Gym from Falkner when he moves to Kanto due to his marriage with Janine.
Bugsy Hiwada (Azalea Town, Bug-type Specialist)
Whitney Kogane (Goldenrod City, Normal-type Specialist)
Karen Yoshino (Cherrygrove City, Dark-type Specialist)
→ Following Pryce’s retirement, Karen left the Elite Four to pursue her dream of opening a Gym in her hometown.
Yuusuke Hasumi (Ecruteak City, Ghost-type Specialist)
→ He inherits from his father, Morty.
Chuck Sawada (Cianwood City, Fighting-type Specialist)
Jasmine Asagi (Olivine City, Steel-type Specialist)
Draco Fusube (Blackthorn City, Dragon-type Specialist)
→ It is a bit of a tradition that the head of the Mikami-Fusube joint clans is the Blackthorn Gym Leader. The head of clan title switches between the two clans each generation, so while Clair was the previous clan head, Lance’s son Draco is the next one. 

Hoenn Region

Rudy Jiang (Rustboro City, Rock-type Specialist)
→ He inherits from his mother, Roxanne. His twin sister inherits their father’s Gym.
Safir Jiang (Dewford Town, Fighting-type Specialist)
→ She inherits from her father, Brawly. Her twin brother inherits their mothers Gym.
Theo Heath (Mauville City, Fairy-type Specialist)
→ Details are still unclear but he inherits when Wattson retires, most likely.
Caleb Moore (Lavaridge Town, Fire-type Specialist)
→ Inherits from his mother, Flannery.
Wally Birch-Fang (Petalburg City, Multi-type Specialist)
→ Norman recommended Wally as his successor, much to Wally’s surprise, since May was busy being a Frontier Brain and Max was more interested in studying under Prof Birch. 
Winona Lu (Fortree City, Flying-type Specialist)
Laelia & Trias Jin (Mossdeep City, Psychic-type Specialists)
→ They inherit from their father, Tate.
Lisia Lu (Sootopolis City, Dragon-type Specialist)
→ She changes gears from coordinating to battling and takes over the Gym from her uncle Wallace when he becomes Hoenn Champion.

Sinnoh Region

Roark Subotin (Oreburgh City, Rock-type Specialist)
Gardenia Kobyakova (Eterna City, Grass-type Specialist)
Natalia Rebreanu (Veilstone City, Steel-type Specialist)
→ Maylene leaves the Gym in her hands when she becomes an Elite Four member.
Crasher Wake (Pastoria City, Water-type Specialist)
Ceres Severnaya (Hearthome City, Poison-type Specialist)
→ Fantina befriended Ceres when the girl took an interest in coordinating while she studyed in Hearthome. When Fantina decided to retire to pursue coordinating full time, she named Ceres as her successor. Challengers have to complete math puzzles to reach her.
Maisy Chistyakova (Canalave City, Dark-type Specialist)
→ Byron heard about her through fellow Gym Leader Volkner, as Maisy is his niece. She apprenticed under him and he liked her spunk enough to name her his successor. She’s done…. interesting things to the Canalave Gym decor, in usual Maisy fashion.
Candice Nakamura (Snowpoint City, Ice-type Specialist)
Volkner Tatarintsev (Sunnyshore City, Electric-type Specialist)

Unova Region

Cheren Rysinov (Aspertia City, Normal-type Specialist)
Roxie Helias (Virbank City, Poison-type Specialist)
Gabriele Campanula (Castelia City, Ground-type Specialist)
→ He thought his father’s old job of being a Gym Leader sounded fun, so when Burgh retired to focus on his art, Gabe got himself into the position of next Gym Leader through some dubious methods.
Elesa Tatarintseva (Nimbasa City, Electric-type Specialist)
Stephan Dunstan (Driftveil City, Fighting-type Specialist)
→ Details are still unclear on how he inherits from Clay.
Jerrie Vidales (Mistralton City, Steel-type Specialist)
→ Inherits from her mother, Skyla. The Gym still has an airplane theme to it since Jerrie loves planes so much.
Marlon Naryshkina (Humilau City, Water-type Specialist)
Noah, Micah & Terah Pendragon (Opelucid City, Dragon-type Specialists)
→ As Drayden’s eldest grandchildren, the triplets are the natural choice for his (and Iris’) successors, though Iris’ eldest, Cypress, is gunning for the position as well.    

Kalos Region

Viola Leroux (Santalune City, Bug-type Specialist)
Grant Leroux (Cyllage City, Rock-type Specialist)
Chili von Schwan (Shalour City, Ghost-type Specialist)
→ He takes over the Gym when his wife, Korrina, becomes an Elite Four member. His Gym is themed like a magic show, with Chili as the master of illusion and his ghost pokémon as his assistants.
Mairin Sycamore (Coumarine City, Grass-type Specialist)
→ She inherits from her grandfather, Ramos.
Clemont Brassard (Lumiose City, Electric-type Specialist)
Sawyer Sheng (Laverre City, Multi-type Specialist)
→ Details are still unclear but he inherits when Valerie moves to Kanto.
Azariah Arcelus (Anistar City, Dark-type Specialist)
→ I have no idea how he ends up here, but that’s just how it is with Azariah really.
Evelyn de Beauvilliers (Snowbelle City, Water-type Specialist)
→ I’m also still not sure on the details, but she takes over from Wulfric through some series of events.

What’s the story behind Jupiter/Cyrus (are there feeling involved?) and what ends up happening to their kid?

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Jupiter (real name Giulia Firsov) held feelings for her boss for quite some time, though she was fairly certain that Cyrus didn’t, and would never reciprocate. All the same, towards the end of the DPPt plotline, when it looked like Team Galactic’s plans would be a success, Jupiter decided that it was now or never and she might as well see if Cyrus was interested. Surprisingly, he accepted and agreed to engage in a one-night-stand, no strings attached. In Cyrus’ perspective, because he was about to remake the world into his perceived ideal image, that would require sacrifices from his commanders, so he would indulge in their ‘last wishes’ even if he did not understand the appeal. As such, the feelings were one sided on Jupiter’s part, but she was never under the illusion that they would be anything but one-sided. What she didn’t account for was not only to have her boss disappear into the distortion world, not only for Team Galactic to fall apart and for her to be arrested, but on top of it all, find out that she was pregnant with Cyrus’ child after being arrested.

Callisto Firsov was born in the Sinnoh Regional Penitentiary and his mother wanted very little to do with him. To Giulia (no longer Jupiter now that Galactic was done for), Callisto was just a reminder of her failures and mistakes that led to her incarceration. When he was around 18 months old, Callisto was placed into the foster system, where he would spend the remainder of his childhood being bounced from foster home to foster home, never staying at the same place for more than a few months. While some of Callisto’s foster families were genuinely invested in giving him a good home, plenty were far from ideal, and he learned from a young age that trusting others, especially adults, was dangerous and that he was better off taking care of himself. This also led to Callisto become involved with illegal and dangerous activities, including joining a gang when he was in his mid teens. Callisto skipped school frequently and had little interest in considering future careers aside from keeping himself afloat. He befriended a few pokémon, most significantly his starter and partner, Maestro the Skuntank, but many of the pokémon battles he engaged in were the kind that weren’t just for fun or sport, but posed a serious danger to both the trainer and pokémon. Callisto never saw himself having any other life than his half-on half-off the streets lifestyle living day to day, but following a run in with the law and a betrayal by a former ally that left him almost dead, he decided to turn his life around.

Callisto may not have regularly attended school growing up, but he was still quite a smart kid, so by buckling down and studying, as well as getting help from a local organization that supports people like him looking to help themselves, he was able to get in with a scholarship to the local Hearthome Community College, where he began to study social work, in the hopes of helping those with difficult backgrounds, who were let down by the system, like himself. One of his preferred study spots as a student (when he wasn’t sneaking in flashcards to one of his part-time jobs) was in the library at Hearthome Institute of Technology, one of Sinnoh’s top universities. He found that the environment there tended to be quieter and better for his own studying needs, even if he wasn’t a student. It was while studying there one afternoon that he first met Ceres, who was a student at HIT majoring in mathematics. The two struck up a conversation and hit it off, exchanging numbers and starting a ‘study buddy’ relationship that didn’t take too long to turn romantic. When Ceres found out that Callisto had no idea who his birth parents were, she encouraged him to track them down, so he could at least know and the two were pretty surprised to find out that his mother had been a top member of Team Galactic, especially since of Ceres’ fathers also used to be a member (Sasha Severny aka Saturn), though she encouraged her boyfriend to keep that a secret. 

Callisto decided to send a letter to his mother, who was out of prison at this point and living in Solaceon, just to reach out and let her know what was going on his life, but also since he was curious about his father, as he wasn’t mentioned in any of the records he and Ceres managed to access. Giulia still wasn’t very interested in meeting her son, but she did tell him that his father was former Galactic leader Cyrus. This lead to a whole other round of searching as Callisto and Ceres tried to figure out what had happened to the man, eventually tracking him down (through dubiously legal methods) to Twinleaf, where he was living with his sister and brother-in-law. Callisto reached out to Johanna about who he was and if she and her brother were at all interested in keeping in touch, whereupon Johanna paid for tickets to get her newfound nephew (and his girlfriend) out to meet her. Cyrus was surprised but fairly accepting that he had a son, and though Callisto never grows extremely close with his father, he does form a strong relationship with his aunt, uncle, and cousin.

Callisto completes his degree and gets a job working for an organization that helps support children in foster care (keeping siblings together, trying not to move them around as much, finding good foster parents, etc). Ceres graduates with excellent grades and starts out as an information scientist for a local research group, though later decides she’d rather pursue her childhood dream of becoming a professional pokémon trainer, which she excels, eventually becoming the Hearthome Gym Leader with a specialty in poison-types, though she still keeps up with her passion for numbers as a part-time job (and by incorporating math puzzles into her Gym design). Callisto and Ceres are eventually married and have a daughter together in 3637 named Proserpina (or Pina for short) and are both very happy!