Pokemon Rusted Shield/Sword

Ending+Author's Notes

Grant awoke in a hospital bed, Melony by his bedside as he opened his eyes. He spoke, his voice horse, "Mom?"

"You're OK!" Melony exclaimed hugging Grant tightly, "Thank Arceus!"

"What..." Grant asked, "What happened?"

"You collapsed from your wounds," Melony explained, "Doctors said you would recover if you woke up but I'm just glad you're OK."

"Did..." Grant asked, "Did we win?"

"Well your family is OK," Melony explained, "The power outages have stopped, the royals have been aressted, King Arthur died, Eternatus is back with Victor, Bede has a family in Rose and Oleana now even though legally he's not adopted cause he's staying in Ballonlea he still their family, Team Yell took out the rest of the knights with Piers and Marnie, and with the royals gone you did it..."

Melony smiled, "I'm so proud of you. The Endorsement System is no more."

Grant stood up, and staggered, Melony caught him and handed him a cane that he may walk on his own. He exited the room with her to see Gordie, Victor, Looker, Anabel, Piers, Marnie, Hop, Leon, Sonia and Bede waiting in the lobby.

"Told you he would be OK," Piers grinned at Marnie, "Dude's called Survivalist for a reason."

"Hey bro don't scare us like that!" Bede exclaimed.

"Yeah I don't wanna lose my brother!" Hop added.

"You did good kid but don't scare us like that again," Leon added with a chuckle.

"I was worried about ya' lad," Marnie added, "Ya' my friend after all."

"Would hate to lose one my friends," Victor grinned, "One of my rivals.'

"Yo man you scared me," Gordie added, "I'm losing my brother darn it!"

"If you almost die on me again I swear to Arceus," Sonia elaborated, "Seriously! Just..."

Sonia hugged him, crying, "Stop scaring me..."

Grant hugged her back, "I'm sorry."

He turned to everyone else and added, "To all of you, I'm sorry. I still have issues, but I promise to never hide my pain again. I promise that this won't happen again. I'm going to always accept help from now on."

Sonia smiled, "There we go!"

Melony nodded, "That's a big step. I'm proud of you son."

Looker requested, "Alright everyone all good? Good. We must speak to Grant."

"Alright," Victor explained, "Let's go everyone."

Hop patted Grant's shoulder and explained, "Hey, you're gonna like what happens next."

With that they left.

Anabel explained, "So as you're aware the International Police is an organization that pays its debts."

Looker elaborated, "You helped us, and we got rid of the Endorsement System, but that was for Galar. This. This is for you."

Grant received one Master Ball.

Grant received one million Pokèdollars!

"I..." Grant stuttered.

"You and your friends and family are great," Looker added, "We'll be sure to contact you again should we need help. Farewell, Grant."

Looker and Anabel left, as Grant held the Master Ball.

Bede called, "Bro! Ya done?"

Grant replied, "Sure am!"

And thus, Grant recovered and spent his days as a Pokémon Master with the family and friends he found...

The End?...

Not quite...

But first...

Author's Notes

Another story done. This one was meant to be a sorta... well, think of it as a sorta, extension of the story of Pokémon Sword and Shield. A sorta, second half. A darker look at Galar. To create the whole picture along with the games. I wanted to redeem Rose as I like him a lot and decided on the evil royals from the start. Felt way more natural and allowed me to make the story far more tense. I also knew from chapter one that Grant would not win as Victor, protagonist of the game, had to win. Deep down I assume the readers knew this. This is why I constantly reinforce this through dialouge, so the readers won't be disappointed when Grant lost.

The implications of the Endorsement System and how it allows only the rich to thrive always got under my skin hence the whole plot. In addition I wanted to make Leon more grey, but not evil. Leon is not evil in this story. He's moreso a good person in a bad situation than anything else hence his redemption at the end.

As for the themes of family, they speak for themselves really. Blood family is a lie. It's just used by child abusers to justify their abuse. Trust me on that...

I wanted to write this as if it were it's own game. Hence the battles being "turned based" And describing the mechanics of rigged battles. I was "designing" a difficult game in hopes I could convince people to help me make a hack of Sword and Shield. This is the main reason Grant's journey is so much harder. I was writing a harder Pokémon game people would want to play as well as a story. It was a story first though.

That didn't happen but, eh, what can ya do?

As for Grant's character arc, I just wanted to portray mental illness as best I could. Educate people on it. Encourage people to get help. I think I did pretty good.

I'm pretty satisfied with the whole story honestly. Can't think of much else to say. Read my other books, but this doesn't tie into any book of mine in particular so won't recommend specific ones but, yeah. Follow me and read whatever.

And now...

Epilogue

Three months passed and Grant was happy. He sat watching the snow, cuddling Sonia as Sonia asked, "So, since your family is good, your friends are good, and the next season of the Gym Challenge doesn't come for a while, what are you doing now?"

"Some matches here and there," Grant shrugged, "But otherwise, I've grown bored frankly. Aside from my friends and family no one can really challenge me. Also never caught Virizion and I think that was odd. Where did that-"

A cry was heard and the green Sword of Justice leapt down from above and dropped a ticket in Grant's lap before crying out and fleeing.

"Is this an Armor Pass?" Sonia inquired.

"Well I know what I'm doing," Grant smiled standing up, "I've fully recovered and now have a mission from Virizion. I heard Victor went there too."

"Wait mission?" Sonia inquired.

"Virizion giving me this can mean only thing," Grant grinned, "There's injustice on the Isel of Armor, and my cause is just..."

Coming July 2020. Pokémon Broken Armor.