#heyo and sorry this is late!! got thrown off by so many assignments ^^'
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Um. Form your scene subvert ask thing. I bestow upon thee XY084 ("Adventures in Running Errands!") or XY037 ("The Cave of Mirrors!")
“Ash! We’ve been looking for you!”
The boy turned around, his face feeling like it froze in place for a few seconds. His body too. Maybe even his mind, right? It sounded like his friends… but it couldn’t be, right? He fell through the portal. Or the wall. Or…
He glanced behind him, feeling his brow furrow. The smooth surface of the crystal winked at him. His face flushed, and his chin ducked into the collar of his jacket. He didn’t like looking at his reflection much, after all. “’M here,” he mumbled, voice seemingly louder than it actually was and bouncing off the walls.
Somehow his friends find him, incredulous looks etched on their faces as they finally meet. There was Clemont, looking strangely winded, and little Bonnie next to him, shooting her brother an annoyed look… and…
Ash turned his gaze away, that rising feeling choking up his throat once more. He couldn’t bear to hear what she has to say—
“Thank goodness you’re okay, Ash!”
His heart stopped. “Huh?”
Her shoes shifted forward, her voice tapering off in an uncertain question. He knew that there was something wrong with this place, but it couldn’t have been that wrong, right? “You know you’ve got to stop running off like that!”
And there it was. Somehow he felt his breath flow out of him again, the reprimand a soothing action. “Iwasjust… I dunno where Pikachu is.”
“Pikachu?” Clemont rubbed his chin in thought, his glasses glinting. Ash expectantly turned to Bonnie, waiting for that praise that she always lauded her brother with, but somehow… that was absent. Strange. “We could probably just stay put and wait for him to come to us, instead of running about in here.”
“You… think?” Geez, was everything strange around here? Clement passing off an opportunity to show off his speed? So unlike him. “I mean, I guess. I just don’t want him to be in trouble, of course.”
“Don’t worry!” Bonnie cheered, pumping her hand up. “You know Pikachu can handle himself in a fight!”
An angry burst of lightning that struck all around it, eyes narrowed and teeth clenched and that screechy laugh filled the air, burnt ozone stuck in his nose.
Ash shrugged, looking down again as he shoved his hands into his pockets. “That’s not what I’m worried about,” he mumbled under his breath, before closing his eyes.
There was such a strange feeling of wrongness permeating the space around him. His breath felt stilted, like the very air was wrong.
But his shoulder felt empty. He opened his eyes and stared at the ground, clear as diamonds. “I’ve… gotta find Pikachu.”
The group in front of him glanced at each other, and it was all fine until the looked back at him. Shifting the bag on his shoulders, Clemont awkwardly added, “Are you going to lead the way then, Ash?”
“Wha? I—”
“Are you actually okay?” Her voice again. Ash stiffened and bit his lip, feeling the pressure spread through his body.
Okay (she is never this considerate). “I’ll do it,” he finally said, shaking away that temporary paralysis as he shuffled his way forward, keenly feeling those eyes marking his back. It’s strange, it’s weird, and he would honestly prefer it if they would stop trying to trick him out now of all times, especially since he let them find him instead of leaving them as he said he would.
But for now? The silence was its own gift. It allowed him to think, to map out the area in his mind, to try to feel out where his partner may have gone,
After all—
Sharp claws scrabbling on his body, pointed teeth bared in a savage grin as he looked up at the Legendary and roared.
—It was never a good thing to leave Pikachu alone.
#heyo and sorry this is late!! got thrown off by so many assignments ^^'#btw i will totally do the other prompt too (and i've got to go back to the gym one as well) but for now have this!!!#i've got SO SO SO many thoughts about the mirrorverse btw#like how mirror bonnie would love to be called young and tiny and a kid and is completely fine with just chilling as she is#but then most of her actions would then go to just reacting positively about her bro and all that#which btw mirror clem wouldn't necessarily *be* an ash but you wouldn't be blamed if you thought that the first time#...until he opens his mouth#because he would be so proud and boastful and would butt heads with serena and think of himself highly because of his arcane knowledge#and i feel like that would lend to him... not being reckless per say#not to himself. but with others... well... he doesn't care as much. i mean it's all in the name of magic! (or whatever it is)#i mean we all know about serena. she's harsh. unrelenting. somehow always angry (but never at herself)#she would pick on ash the most because clem is too full and bonnie is too oblivious#but ash always picks up on it and is rightfully scared. he doesn't like to acknowledge her in his mind (thus the *she*/*her*)#he keeps thinking about running away but that day was the first time he actually pulled it off lol#i'm not going into the pokemon here but just know that they're crazy#actually hmm maybe send an ask if you want more in depth because i don't have much room here lol#ALSO!!! ik that mirror clem still had a lightning bolt on his bag but for me he specialises in ground instead (yay bunnelby!!)#i have very specific ideas about the gym systems there lol. inverted types for the win!!#i'm also of the opinion that the mirrorverse is more of a world where everyone's hidden/'worst' traits come out#and are exaggerated rather than just completely opposite and not in our verse#as opposed to JN. now that is opposite. yeah this is very specific can you tell how much i've thought about this??#ANYWAYS TYSM FOR THE VERY KIND AND ENTHUSIASTIC RUN TO MY FIC!!!!!!!!!!#can't wait to see your comment there#and once again thanks for the ask!! will do pt 2 very soon!!#magearna records#diancie delivers
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