A Shining Titan
By Sokz
Minccino dusted off the path in front of her home with a sweep of her tail. She hummed as she worked, each swing of her hips perfectly on beat. These were the types of days she loved, when the sun was high, the flowers around her cave were in full bloom, and a slight breeze shifted the trees and the bushes nearby. Other Pokemon bounced and played in the undergrowth. She'd join them soon, but now her focus was on the area in front of her den.
She liked to keep things perfect and shiny. With another sweep of her tail, she removed the last bits of imperfection from the patch of dirt. Now it was beautiful. She stood with her hands on her hips, smiling as she took in the area.
Her smile faded when she saw a rock that wasn't exactly as shiny as she wanted. She hopped over to it, turned around, and polished it with her tail until it sparkled in the early morning sunlight. There. NOW it was perfect.
A rustling came from the bushes to her left. Minccino wasn't too worried, but she braced herself just in case it was one of the nasty Pokemon who called this region of the forest home. Though most Pokemon here were nice and friendly, there were a couple Sawsbuck that were a little too territorial, and a few poison Pokemon down near the water who could cause trouble. Still, she knew she could fight them off if needed. Though she was tiny and not yet evolved, her pound attack packed quite a punch.
Her slight fears faded as a pink Pokemon hopped out of the bushes with a playful grin. ``Minccino!'' the pink mouse Pokemon said as she floated over. ``There you are! I've been looking all over for you.''
She was a strange Pokemon, and the only of her type Minccino had ever met. Her pink body and long tail stuck out against the trees, but she could transform into anything she wanted and was a master at hide and seek. Plus, she could fly in the air and always seemed to know funny things going on in the forest.
``Hello Mew,'' Minccino said with a bounce. ``How are you today? Sparkling?''
``So sparkling!'' Mew said. ``And I found something I think you'll like! A new shiny for your collection.''
Minccino's eyes glittered. ``I love new shiny things! Where?''
``Follow me!'' The two darted off into the forest. They took a direct path until they came to an open area near the bank of the river with lots of worn down stones. Trainers came to this area often to fish, but today the river was empty.
Minccino saw the shiny before Mew even pointed it out. She darted across the stones and over the patches of grass until she reached it. A necklace! A beautiful purple stone sat in the center while a glittering white metal made up the band. ``It?s amazing!'' Minccino said. She picked it up and held it in front of her. ``But you found it, Mew. You should have it.''
``No, no,'' Mew said as she hovered in front of her friend. ``I think you'll have A LOT more fun with it.'' A playful expression crossed her face for just a moment. ``Put it on.''
Minncino slipped it over her head. The stone glittered against her chest as her thick, fluffy fur framed it. ``I love it so much.'' As the sun glittered off it, a warmth moved from the necklace into Minccino. She felt it flowing into her body until something changed. It was subtle, but did the world look a little smaller?
Before she could question it, Mew floated to her and gently held her paws. ``You should put on the rest of your collection! I'd bet it would look amazing with the necklace.''
``Wow, you mean all of my shiny things?'' Mew nodded enthusiastically. ``Okay!''
The pair returned to Minccino's den. Though the cave was dark, all of the shiny treasures she collected over the years sparkled and shone from deep within. She hopped to her carefully arranged and perfectly polished treasures, then spent some time placing them on her body. She added necklaces, arm bands made of gold, earrings to her fluffy ears, rings on her fingers, and bands around her legs until she was practically radiant.
``You ready?'' she asked.
Mew, still outside the cave, nodded.
Minccino hopped out of her den. As soon as the sunlight struck her outfit, it glowed as if alive. All of the shiny bits of metal gleamed in the bright light while the gemstones radiated pure bliss and happiness. She never felt as beautiful as she did in that moment, all while her reflection glimmered in Mew's dark eyes.
``You're so adorable!'' Mew said.
Mew's words filled her with warmth, but they weren't the only thing. As she stood posing in the sunlight, she felt that same odd feeling. Her necklace pulsed with power and her body expanded, growing to double its height, then more and more until her head soared above the tops of the trees. Her fluffy paws thudded into the ground and crushed everything under them into a perfectly flat plane, while her tail swished behind her and smashed boulders and bushes to bits.
``Oh!'' she said in surprise as she spun around. Her tail crashed into the trees near the edge of her den and obliterated them as though they were just delicate stalks of grass. She moved her hands to her face as she witnessed the destruction.
Mew laughed as she floated next to Minccino's face. ``Don't worry!'' the pink Pokemon said. ``You look stunning!''
``But I didn't mean to destroy all those trees.''
``So?'' Mew said with a shrug. ``They were in your way. And they're not shiny anyway.''
``True,'' Minncino said. ``But why am I so huge?''
``Because you deserve to be! I told you that you'd be perfect for that necklace. It looks better on you than it would on anyone else in the entire world!''
``You... you really think so?''
``Of course!''
``So what should I do now?''
Mew smiled as she drifted on top of Minccino's head and plopped down into her dense fur. ``Whatever you want!''
``Then... maybe we can clean up some of the forest! Breaking those trees was pretty fun.''
She stepped forward, her fluffy paw slamming into some of the trees in front of her. Their trunks cracked and shattered from the pressure, splintered apart, then fell. The sound of it was one of the most satisfying things she ever heard, made only more delightful when she stomped down and crushed the broken wood into toothpicks. ``This is so sparkly,'' she said as she hopped forward, breaking more and more trees.
``Uuuugh,'' the Muck groaned as he lifted his head from the stagnant pond. ``What is that shaking? Why does the ground feel like it?s trembling?''
``Boss,'' a smaller Grimer said as he slid to the edge of the pond. ``I got some weird news.''
``Out with it.''
``There's a Minccino causing a ruckus through the forest!''
``How? Isn't that the tiny grey Pokemon? Just throw some poison at her and it'll be easy.'' ``No, no, no boss! You don't get what's going on. She's huge! Like, super duper HUGE, huge. And she has all these sparkly shiny things on her, and she's honestly pretty sparkly and cute, but...''
``Uuuuugh,'' Muck groaned. He pulled his body out of the pond. ``I hate anything too shiny. And I don't like how Minccinos like to clean everything. That's it, I'm dealing with this myself.''
``Boss, are you sure?''
Muck flashed the Grimer a murderous look. ``What, do you think I can't handle one tiny Minccino? I'm the leader of the forest! No Pokemon has ever stood up to me, and it?s not going to start today, got it?''
``Y...y...y...yeah. Anything you say, boss.''
``Good. Then come on. Let's deal with this.''
The group of poison Pokemon followed the stream that fed into their pond until they saw her. At first, she was just a glittering patch of light filtering through the forest leaves. The ground trembled as she came closer and the sound of broken trees and hurried Pokemon wings filled the air. Then she kicked through the final few trunks and emerged before them, her immense scale finally dawning on the once huge and impressive Muck.
The poison Pokemon looked up at her in awe. She was huge! The biggest Pokemon he had ever seen, including when he was just a Grimer living in the big city. Her fluffy belly loomed over his head, covered in gold and silver jewelry with pendants and gemstones glittering in the light. It was the most stunning, most powerful thing he had ever seen.
Her foot SLAMMED down into the dirt only a few feet in front of Muck. The ground compressed under her immense weight, forming tiny mounds around her paw. Then she glanced down at their group, her eyes sparkling almost as much as her decorations. A faint smile crossed her face.
``Oh, I know you,'' she said, her voice a booming declaration of pure power. ``You're that group that's been making all the ponds gross.''
Muck shook himself out to recover from his shock. ``Yeah, that's me! Listen up, pipsqueak, all your stomping around is making it...''
``Pipsqueak?'' she repeated with a laugh. ``I don't want to be mean, but aren't you a little tiny to say that?''
``I... I...'' The Muck's expression lowered. He had never been talked down to like this before. How could a Minccino, a tiny little Minccino, make him feel so small? No, he wasn't going to take that. He concentrated his power and shot it from his body in a vicious Poison Shot. He had defeated countless Pokemon with this move, and she'd just be the latest.
The shot of purple goop slammed into her fur... and did nothing. She blinked as she looked down at the slight purple spot on her leg, then she reached down and casually brushed it off. A small pink Pokemon who rested on top of her head laughed.
``You shouldn't have done that,'' Mew said.
Minccino's fur was too dense for the poison goop to stick. Once it was completely clean, she stood up to her full height and looked down at the Muck with disappointment. ``You know, you're really not cool. You don't shine, you don't sparkle, and I don't like your vibe. So if you want a battle, I'm ready!''
``A... a battle? No, you were supposed to...''
Muck's words caught in his throat as she lifted her paw into the air. He watched as the huge expanse of cuddly, fluffy foot moved over his head and eclipsed him in shadow, leaving a deep and heavy footprint in its wake. It would have been adorable if it weren't so imposing and threatening. She smiled as she shifted it into position, her face the only thing he could see past her paw.
``This isn't my strongest move,'' she said with a laugh in her voice. ``Maybe you'll get another turn!''
Her foot SLAMMED down with all the power of a crumbling mountain. The fluffy pad crashed into Muck and smooshed him into the ground, burying him in a landslide of adorable, crushing weight as he was pressed deeper into the latest footprint. Dirt and mud exploded out from her attack as the nearby trees bent and tumbled from the sheer power. The Grimer were thrown back, and most took the chance to turn and run in fear.
Though Minccino's Pound attack wasn't the strongest, it was more than enough for a tiny poison type.
The only reason Muck wasn't completely crushed was because his gelatinous body spread out under her sole. When she lifted her paw from the ground, his barely conscious form remained stuck to the bottom of her foot, smooshed into the strands of fur like a discarded piece of gum.
``Groooooss,'' Mew said as she looked down at her friend's paw.
``Yeah,'' Minccino said, embarrassed. ``I didn't realize he'd do that.''
``Hurry up, wipe it off.''
``Okay.''
Muck barely had time to register what was happening before Minccino slammed her foot into the ground and dragged it back, grinding the bottom of her sole against the firm, coarse ground. Wipe after wipe, Muck came loose until his entire form was free from the bottom of her foot, and he lay in the crushed part of the ground below her, completely defeated and overwhelmed.
``Well, that was fun... enough,'' Minccino said from her place so far above the formerly intimidating Pokemon. ``Hey, what's that? In my footprint.''
``Not sure. But it looks shiny!''
Minccino reached down and pawed through the dirt and mud kicked up by her stomps until she found what she was looking for. As soon as her fingers touched it, the sparkling object grew in size until it matched her proportions. ``Woah!'' Minccino said as she lifted the ring. ``I didn't know that would happen!'' She slipped it onto her finger and grew a little bit larger.
``That's amazing!'' Mew said. ``Who knew a Muck would have such a pretty ring.''
``I know, right? Want to keep stomping through the forest?''
``Absolutely! Oh, and there's this town nearby I think you'd have a lot of fun playing with.'' ``Oh, that does sound fun!'' The sound of her stomps echoed in the distance as she walked away, leaving the defeated poison types in her footprints.
``So these are houses,'' Minccino said as she kicked through the outer wall of one of the homes. It splintered into a thousand pieces as her toes crashed through it. When her foot came down, even more debris flew in every direction. ``It looks a lot different than the forest.''
``Yeah,'' Mew said from her place on top of Minccino's head. ``These types like to keep things ordered. I like the natural environments much better. Buuuuut, you can find a lot of shiny things here.''
``Really?'' Minccino stopped and observed the smashed remains of the house below her. She turned around and brushed her tail over the destruction, swiping back and forth until the debris was cleared and the only things that remained were sparkling. ``Ah, I see it!'' She reached down and grabbed a necklace that had been buried by the stomp. It grew to match her size as she picked it up and slipped it around her neck.
``This is kind of fun,'' she said with a giggle as she hopped to the next house. This time she slammed her butt into it. The foundation crumbled as her rear end crashed down and she sat upon its form.
She had fun destroying the other buildings. She kicked through them, sat on them, ripped them out of the ground, and hugged them, whatever she was in the mood for. Then she took anything shiny that fell from the destruction.
Cars and Pokemon desperately tried to flee from her as she walked down the street. She wasn't sure how she felt about them yet. The Pokemon looked like tiny gnats now, no bigger than bugs and not really worth her attention. The cars were at least shiny, but she couldn't wear them, and they were useless as decorations.
So she crushed them under her paws as she skipped along. They might have been pretty to look at, but the CRUNCH felt so nice under her feet. Her tail swished back and forth behind her, swiping vehicles off the road and crashing into the houses on either side of the street. Fire hydrants erupted and spewed water into the air. Electrical lines sparked and crackled as she moved through them without a concern. She barely even felt a tickle when their thousands of volts of electricity sparked against her thighs.
She continued hopping around, destroying houses and taking whatever shiny stuff that caught her eye. With each ring and necklace, she grew bigger, until she looked down at the town like it was just a collection of tiny toys placed neatly in rows. The houses were barely as tall as her feet.
Minccino paused when she felt a slight pinch on the back of her left foot. Curious, she turned around to find a large, or at least a relatively large compared to the bugs around it, Pokemon seething in the center of the road. The Conkeldurr ripped a piece of metal out of the ground and screamed up to her.
``What are you doing!?'' it shouted. ``You're destroying everything!''
``So?'' Minccino said. ``It's fun!''
``You're ruining lives!''
``Well... they shouldn't have been so ugly." She shrugged.
``Fine. If you won't stop, I'll make you!'' The Pokemon charged Minccino and let loose a series of attacks. He slammed the metal construction equipment into her toes, then her legs. He charged up his energy and used every move he had ever learned, all in an attempt to stop her.
Minccino was not impressed. ``Is he really trying this?'' she asked.
Mew laughed as she floated in front of Minccino's face. ``I think he is! Look! I think that move was Close Combat.''
``That's pathetic.''
``Yeah,'' Mew agreed. ``Wipe him out.''
``How should I do it?''
``Hmm... Oh! You should use that singing attack!''
``Yes! I love that move.'' Minccino gathered her energy, opened her mouth, then let loose a song that echoed through the town. The force generated by every note was enough to rival the strongest hurricanes and the most powerful typhoons. Like a detonating bomb, a wave of energy surged from her body and destroyed the nearby houses, ripped up streets, tore through gardens, and left the town in complete ruin.
By the time her Echoed Voice faded, all that was left of the town was a smoldering crater.
``Oh,'' Minccino said, rubbing the back of her head with a slight blush. ``I destroyed the town.''
``Don't worry about it,'' Mew said. ``It was ugly anyway. Let?s search through the rubble for some shiny things, then I have something even MORE fun to show you.''
``Really? What's that?''
Mew smirked. ``Have you ever heard of a city?''
``This is so amazing!'' Minccino said as she whipped her tail around and sent it crashing through the towers on the exterior of the city. Their glass facades shattered as soon as she made contact, their internal skeletons bending and buckling with the force exerted by the movement. They erupted in a shower of dust and broken glass before tumbling down into heavy piles of debris.
Tiny Pokemon and trainers ran around her paws, desperately trying to escape the destruction. Every time she shifted her weight, she stomped more of them into dust. At first she felt bad about it, but now she just found it fun.
With another sweep of her tail, she cleared the path in front of her of tiny creatures much as she had done with the bugs in front of her den so many times at normal size. She hopped forward, her paws crashing down on the concrete streets, shattering them into tiny stones and pebbles of rubble. Cars disappeared under her stomps, along with buses, lamps, street signs, and everything else that made up the city's ground level.
``Oh, that one next!'' Mew said as she pointed to a particularly unique building on the side of the road. It had sleek curves and a blue glass exterior that reflected the city lights around it, complete with a tiered roof and multi-leveled bottom floors. It didn't matter how fancy it was or how many millions of dollars went into its construction. With a single wiggle of her hips, the structure shattered and broke apart.
Minccino giggled as her hip slammed into the side of it. The foundations cracked, the windows shattered, and soon the entire building was turned into rubble. When the smoke cleared, she pawed through the chunks of broken concrete and random items. This must have been a shopping plaza, because every section was packed with interesting things.
With a sweep of her tail, she cleared away everything that did not sparkle. More jewelry lay in piles around the destruction, and she scooped them up with a happy grin. ``Look at all this sparkly stuff!'' she said as she added the necklaces and rings to her body. She expanded with each accessory.
``Oh, but look at THAT one!'' Mew said, pointing to a spot near the edge of the rubble.
Minccino's expression brightened as soon as her huge eyes found the sparkling point. Even under the rubble and coated with dust, the object shone as a mirror. She leaned down, cleared some of the dirt on top of it, then picked up the object and lifted it to her face.
It was a stone! But unlike the other gems she added to her collection, this one sparkled as though it contained a piece of the sun inside its crystal structure. As she turned it in her hands, the glow became brighter and brighter until she had to look away.
``Minccino, do you know what that is?'' Mew asked.
``No, what?''
``It?s a shiny stone!''
The stone's energy flooded into her body and reacted with the natural power of the necklace. Her form changed. Tufts of white fur appeared on her back and around her neck. Her eyes widened, her body expanded, and then the world erupted with pure shiny brilliance.
``I'm... I'm a Cinccino!'' She said in pure wonder. She spun in a circle, her long, fluffy fur following her movements in elegant arcs.
Mew hovered nearby with her hands on her heart. ``You're more beautiful than anything I could possibly imagine.''
``Do I sparkle?'' Cinccino asked.
``You so sparkle.''
After the transformation, Cinccino rivaled even the tallest towers in the city. When she walked, the ground trembled with the pure might of her existence. When she thrust her hips against a building, it crumbled with almost no resistance. She could walk on anything she wanted, smash her tail through anything that didn't sparkle, and scoop up entire city blocks into her hands before smooshing them together and crushing them into compact spheres.
She loved being huge! A few annoyances tried to stop her, but they barely put a dent in her soft fur. Missiles, helicopters, jet airplanes, they were no more than gnats flying around her face. When they came close enough, she swatted them out of the air without a thought.
An army of tanks tried to block her path through the city. They aimed their gun barrels at her belly and fired a volley of rounds that could have destroyed an entire building, but they harmlessly bounced off her fur. The ones that exploded barely left a mark.
She answered with a new move, Tail Slap. Her huge, fluffy tail slammed into the ground over and over, each hit a devastating rush of force that broke streets, shattered towers, and caused hurricane force winds to screech through the narrow avenues. People and Pokemon alike were caught by the gales and thrown hundreds, if not thousands, of feet away. Even the tanks were destroyed by the attack.
Cinccino giggled as she looked through the aftermath. ``These humans make really
delicate things.''
``And so ugly.''
``I don't know, some of the buildings are sparkly.''
``Yeah... but not as sparkly as you.''
It only took a few hours to destroy most of the city. Its tallest towers lay in ruins while entire neighborhoods were lost in her footprints. Buildings lay shattered while fires spread through sections, fueled by ruptured gas mains and ignited by sparks from downed power wires. Dark clouds hung overhead, but Cinccino cleared them with a swipe of her tail whenever they became too thick.
She liked the starry sky much more than a bunch of black clouds.
``Oh, I think that one might have something interesting,'' Mew said as she pointed to a large, fancy building resting in the city's technology district. ``I recognize its logo.''
``Does it make more shiny jewelry? Maybe a cute ankle bracelet?''
Mew shook her head. ``No, but it might have something better.''
``But is it shiny?''
Mew smirked. ``Very shiny.''
It took only a single stomp to completely obliterate the building. As she had done many times before, Cinccino cleared the rubble with her tail, then poked around the remaining debris for anything shiny. Her eyes found the glimmer. She carefully pushed some stones away until she touched the sparkling object.
It grew to match her size. ``Oh,'' she said, curious, as a silver disk expanded in her paws. There was a hole in its center, while the surface reflected her beautiful face. ``It's like a mirror.'' ``The humans call it a TM,'' Mew said. ``Hold it to your forehead.''
Cinccino shrugged, then did as her friend said. She held it to her forehead and felt its information flowing into her. When it finished, she felt power gathering within. ``Wow,'' she said, marveling at herself. ``I feel really, really shiny. I want to test this out!''
``Great! Then let?s find something to test out your new move. Maybe if we travel to a different city we can...'' Mew trailed off as a series of fighter jets flew overhead and dropped a series of missiles. The attack barely managed to irritate Cinccino.
The immense blast of fire that followed was slightly more interesting. ``What was that?'' Cinccino asked as she turned around.
``Something fun to test out your new move on,'' Mew answered with a chuckle. ``Guess we don't have to find a city after all.''
Hovering in front of the pair was a Pokemon bathed in fire. Its moth wings beat with the intensity of an inferno as cinders spiralled around its heavy body. The air shimmered and glowed with its might, and the building nearby trembled. This was a legendary Pokemon, a beast that humans spoke of in legend and other Pokemon revered as one of the strongest beings in existence. A Volcarona!
The Volcarona charged another attack, then let a devastating fire blast surge into the air. Cinccino braced herself, but it wasn't necessary. It felt more like a warm breeze as the inferno tore around her body and dissipated into the air.
Mew, who hid behind Cinccino's ear to avoid the blast, said, ``Good thing you have such thick fur.''
``And I always thought it was nice just because it was soft.'' Cinccino giggled. ``Do you think I should try out that new move I just learned?''
``Absolutely. Make them sparkle!''
Cinccino grinned. She knew this was a strong move, more than enough to handle a tiny little moth hovering before her, but she wanted to see just how sparkly it could be. The energy inside of her built up until she couldn't hold it inside any longer, then it burst forth in a beam of pure white sparkles. It cut through the ground, then up further and further until it pierced the mountains in the distance, then the stars and sky above. A second passed, then everything the beam touched erupted in an explosion of pure glistening white. Flashes of radiance and glittering beauty surrounded her. It was as though gemstones made up the air and reflected more light than she had ever seen.
Her Hyperbeam was the most beautiful attack the world would ever know.
When the sparkles cleared and the lights faded, she stood in a crater of melted stone and iron. The city was gone, and nothing remained of the Volcarona, the surrounding suburbs, the military aircraft, or even the mountains on the horizon.
``Woah,'' Mew said. ``That was amazing.''
``I didn't expect that!'' Cinccino said. ``I guess I really am the greatest, sparkliest Pokemon ever to exist.'' She ended the thought with a glittering twirl.
``You really are,'' Mew said with a smile.
Cinccino was nothing less than a glittering god. When her paw came down, entire regions were crushed under her weight, compacted tightly, and drowned in molten stone. Her tail obliterated forests as it swept across the ground. Lakes vaporized when she stomped close to them, and even the tallest mountains were nothing more than slight bumps to be crushed when she sat down.
The humans still tried to stop her, but it didn't matter. Their strongest missiles bounced off her fur, and their atomic bombs barely registered as a tickle. They could do whatever they wanted, it would never change what happened. She was a titan, a god strolling upon a world made of ants.
And she looked so beautiful as she did it. Her body was covered in all the shining jewelry she found along the way. Dozens of necklaces hung around her neck, each one adorned with precious rocks and gemstones. Multiple rings adorned each finger, while gold and silver armbands ran along her limbs. She even had a few cute toe rings to match her earrings.
She sparkled and glimmered with every movement. The sun reflected off her shiny adornments and burned the countryside all around her. Destruction followed every step she took, but at least all those tiny Pokemon on the ground could see the most spectacular thing ever to sparkle as she walked across their homes and stomped them into dirt.
Though Mew was too small to see, the pair of Pokemon still talked to each other through her psychic connection. ``You're wonderful,'' Mew said as Cinccino obliterated an entire region of sparkling lights with a flick of her finger. ``You're beautiful,'' she said when Cinccino leaned down and decimated a metropolis with a quick kiss. ``Nothing will ever sparkle as brightly as you!''
Cinccino laughed as her friend continued to compliment her. Nothing could stand in her way anymore, and she'd never have to worry about another Pokemon being mean or trying to take her treasures. She was a god, and stood on top of the world. Literally.
Cinccino placed her hands on her hips as she looked across the globe. From her height far above the clouds, it almost appeared reflective. ``Mew, I have an idea,'' she said.
``What is it?'' Mew asked.
``I bet I could polish the entire globe until it sparkled. I'd just need to clean away all the surface grime first.''
Mew laughed. ``You mean all the human and Pokemon civilizations that have been built up for thousands of years, and the geological features that have been around for millions? That grime?''
``Exactly!''
``You have such smart ideas.''
``It might take a while,'' Cinccino said. ``Even more me.''
``But it?s worth it.''
With a happy skip, Cinccino began her latest mission. Soon, the entire world would sparkle and shine nearly as brightly as she did. She'd just need to clean it first. Some Pokemon on the ground might not like being crushed and wiped away by her tail, but that didn't matter. She was a god, and the Earth was hers to play with.
sokz yet again!!!
