critrate/nucifraga's PKMN fics
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to play a role by critrate, nucifraga
Fandoms: Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game), Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
11 Feb 2026
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‘Dawn’ was the name of a Champion, a young girl who had beaten the odds and come out on top over all the other trainers in the Sinnoh Region, who had been lauded as a battling prodigy on the cusp of a decorated career. It was the name of a starry-eyed child whose life was brimming with opportunity.
Akari was no longer that child.
And yet ‘Champion’ was a title that opened doors which an ordinary trainer would never have the ability to. It was a title that came hand in hand with duty, but one that held no small amount of power – power that could be used to scour the earth for hints of a dragon that most relegated to mere myths and legends.
Dawn is finding her uncle, no matter what name she opts to use. No matter what name he opts to use.
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- Part 5 of Ancient Trackways
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glacial steel, azure skies by critrate
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Scarlet & Violet | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Versions, Pocket Monsters: Red & Green & Blue & Yellow | Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow Versions, Pocket Monsters: FireRed & LeafGreen | Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen Versions
22 Dec 2025
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“I’ll tell it to you straight. Geeta’s offerin’ you a spot as a Gym Leader.” Ryme said. “The Glaseado Gym has been empty since Juan moved to Hoenn. Not got any settlement round it like mine, but somethin’ tells me you’re better suited for that anyway.”
Taking on the role of Gym Leader would mean that he would be able to battle, day in and day out, with his new team. The tempestuous storm that he had only been able to let loose during that battle with Geeta would have countless opportunities to rage free, filling him with that very same heady rush of glee and frenetic action.
It would mean returning to the pursuit that had given him life, yet the same one that had taken it away.
After his journey in Kanto reached its ultimate conclusion, Red's panicked flight from civilisation lands him on a very different mountain. Halfway across the world, where his fame hopefully has yet to spread, he attempts to rebuild.
Blue follows anyway.
(aka: Red becomes Grusha)
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“Hey, so, where do you tend to vanish to throughout the day?” Urbain finally asked, a week into her on-and-off stays at Hotel Z.
She preferred to sleep at home, but if she wanted to make Harmony seem like her own individual person, Canari had to stay in Room 202 sometimes.
“Explorin’ the city, you know, just adventurin’.” Canari outright lied. “Lumiose is absolutely massive!”
Urbain took her at face value, agreeing readily. “That it is! Want me to help show you the sights?”
Naveen, who Canari was fairly certain still watched her streams – and who had therefore seen her spend the last 5 hours of her life playing Beldum Buildup – remained conspicuously silent.
“...That won’t be necessary. Thanks, though!”
Urbain mistakes a disguised Canari, returning from a visit overseas, for a tourist. Canari goes along with it, and Naveen is long-suffering.
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rise above it all by critrate, nucifraga
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game)
24 Oct 2025
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Zekrom couldn’t hold back a full team of six while protecting both of his young charges.
There were too many variables, too many factors to consider. How could he leap into battle and still ensure the safety of both Hilda and N, when Ghetsis had so openly stated his malintent?
Then a tightly-contained orb of scorching heat blasted past Zekrom and hit the opposing Bisharp head-on, and he faintly recalled that Alder’s footsteps had been accompanied by another’s.
He recognised the attack in a heartbeat.
N’s formula to change the world involved three key variables. Team Plasma, the Pokémon League Champion, and the Dragon of Ideals, Zekrom.
Ingo, dormant within the Dark Stone, had other plans - and so did his brother.
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- Part 4 of Ancient Trackways
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inside of a lens by nucifraga
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
04 Jul 2025
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Her regrets follow her at every step, despite having paved the way for the person Cynthia has become - stronger, slightly wiser, and determined to build a life outside of the sins that she's committed. Much of Volo's history now lies where it belongs, in the distant past.
Then comes Dawn, one of this year's new Pokédex holders; the spitting image of a girl who she'd once wanted dead for the crime of being Arceus' chosen. Dawn is twelve years old.
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- Part 3 of Ancient Trackways