(Glad you're still reading so far…thanks for your support! I hope the fast-paced action in this chapter is easy to follow.)

(In this fic, I am using the Chuang Yi nicknames for the Dex holders' pokémon. The nicknames may be different in other versions.)

Gold, Platina, and Dia's Fortunes Come True!

The ship loses buoyancy rapidly. Meanwhile, the Dex holders sit at the roof deck in a state of panic. They formulate a plan to escape while saving Platina's precious yacht.

Everything starts jiggling; Ruby reawakens old disputes with Sapphire; Black and Sapphire notice a new enemy on the horizon; Dia causes Sapphire's near death; Platina learns something from Sapphire; Red questions his own heroism; Gold has four desperate women clinging onto him; Pearl saves the day with a buzzing new plan.

"See? That is the cause of the sinking!" The strongest trainers had made their way to the starboard of the boat. The ship had scraped a shallow rock near the coast. Water was slowly leaking into the hull.

"ABANDON SHIP~! ABANDON SHIP~!" Platina was crying hysterically, running around the deck. She did not do well in life-threatening situations. She stayed out of most of the action during the final battle with dialga and palkia. Dia and Pearl did most of the fighting—like true bodyguards, she thought to herself.

"Everyone, listen up!" White and Crys were much more level-headed in stressful times, and led the rescue. "We can use our pokémon to get us out of here! It's not very far to land!"

"Oh dear…the entire lower deck must be flooded by now. My precious little yacht…SEBASTIAN!" She started wailing, her knees falling to the ground.

The butler, who was standing by Platina's empoleon, ran to her. "Yes, Missy?"

"Get me something…something to calm my nerves…anything." Without waiting for a response, she grabbed the hip flask in her pocket, and took a big gulp. This was not time for modesty. "My…my boat! We…we must save it!"

Crys was listening. "I have it. Who has surfing pokémon? Get them all out into the water!"

All but her and Diamond pulled out their pokeballs, releasing them into the water.

Pearl stepped in. "Here, get this rope here. Tie it to all the surfing pokémon. It's a heavy boat, but well over 10 strong pokémon should be enough to tow it to shore."

The crew onboard the ship were all evacuated first, and were seated on the surfing pokémon.

Red dashed uphill to the bow (the ship was now tilting upward), and leaned against the railing. "Alright, everyone, get ready," he addressed the pokémon. "Pika in the front will be your guide to the shore." The trusty pikachu nodded on his surfboard. "I'm counting on you, Pika!"

Suddenly, the Dex holders felt a jerk. They all fell to the ground. As the boat was pulled, it scraped against rocks in the seabed. This caused the boat to shake and vibrate violently.

"Th-th-th-issss…w-w-w-won't-t-t…d-d-d-ooooo, M-M-M-issssyyy!" Dia struggled to balance his vocal cords as the boat shook.

"I d-d-don't-t-t…kn-kn-kn-knowww…ab-b-b-outtt…th-thaaatttt…!" Gold said, a wide grin on his face.

"S-s-s-toppp st-t-t-arrrinnggg…!" Crys scolded, covering her vibrating breasts with her arm. She got her revenge.

"OW-W-WW-WWW…!" Gold felt a sharp pain when Crys punched him in the groin.

Black pulled out his Brav, and commanded it to fly a couple of feet in the air to escape the painful vibration. "Since the crew are already on our surfing pokémon, we need to get our flying pokémon out to carry ourselves to shore! Boss! Hop on!"

The two Unova trainers flew above the shaking wooden deck to safety.

Blue used his charizard. Red went with Blue, as his Aero's wings were pierced (plus, with his vision problems he wouldn't be able to command it where to go). Green used her wigglytuff. Yellow used her butterfree, Kitty. Gold, Crystal, and Silver flew on their Togetaro, Xatee, and honchkrow respectively. Emerald rode solo on his mantine.

"C'mon, Ruby, hop on!" Sapphire was sitting on her tropius, Pilo.

"N-n-no, i-i-it's f-f-finnneee…" Ruby smiled, the shaking distorting his voice.

Sapphire paused, then sighed. "Not this again," she said.

"Wh-wh-whaaattt?" He had dropped to his knees from the intense shaking.

"Don't you get it!?" She shouted from above.

"G-g-get wh-wh-what?"

"You're abandoning me again," she cried, trying not to let the feminine tears get in the way of her masculine anger. "Just like when you shoved me into the aircar at the final battle with groudon and kyogre."

"I-I-I h-h-had t-to p-p-pr-prove m-m-myself to F-F-Fathhherrrr."

"That's bullshit, and you know it! You never even gave a damn about your father." Sapphire could always tell Ruby was lying.

"Y-y-you kn-kn-know I d-d-didn't w-w-w-want y-you t-to g-g-get h-h-hurt, S-S-Sapphirrrre."

"Well, it hurt here," Sapphire pointed to her heart. "Do you know how much it hurt to see you suffer in that way, with the jewels taking away you…you, Ruby? And here you are again…but this time, you're putting yourself in danger just to manipulate my feelings! Well, it a'int working!" But it was. She couldn't stand to see Ruby suffering like that.

Ruby was embarrassed. It was always Sapphire who saving him, even from the very start, when she was disguised as a "pokémon" in her secret hideout. She was always too good for him. She was strong in spirit—stronger than him. Even if he was more beautiful, it was her that had the most beautiful heart. It hurt for him to say goodbye to her. But he knew it would be the best for both of them. "I-I-I-I d-d-d-don't…"

"You're acting like a goddamn coward, y'know!?" Sapphire cut him off. "You're not even speaking properly to me. This is hurting me more than—"

"Hey! Ruby! What're you doing standing there!?" White shouted from Black's Brav. "Hop on already!"

Not separating his gaze from Sapphire (and her likewise), Ruby slowly trudged across the shaking wooden deck to the braviary. Ruby clung onto one of Brav's feet while White clung on the other. The three of them flew away. Sapphire continued to stare.

None of the Sinnoh trainers had flying pokémon on them, so Dia rode on Sapphire's Pilo, Pearl clung onto Silver and his honchkrow, and Platina onto Gold and his Togetaro.

"Sapphire! Stop spacing out!" Pearl called out from Silver's honchkrow. "Look over there. Where the sun is rising over the ocean! There's something very strange going on…!"

"W…what is that…?" White stared at the black spots in the sunlight, a look of horror on her face. The discordant sounds of birds, reminiscent of a horror movie, increased in a crescendo.

"Musha!" Black commanded the pokémon to chomp his head.

"It's getting closer…it's approaching us…!" Green observed through her binoculars. "I can't see what pokémon they are…it's too bright."

"What…what is it…!?" Blue and Red stared, dumbfounded.

"…I'VE GOT IT!" Black shouted out. "Alright, everyone, listen up! Get your flying pokémon ready for attack! We must protect our pokémon that are towing the yacht right now!"

"Wait, Black, slow down!" Ruby protested. "Explain what's going on."

"See…over there." He pointed to the water near the shore. "Platina's yacht hit some shallow rocks, that's why it's sinking. The scraping against these rocks have loosened the baby shellder that cling onto the rocks, making them easy prey. The fish in the water are also disturbed and swimming in dense schools for protection. And this has resulted in…"

"…a feeding frenzy of wingull…" Sapphire finally saw as the swarm got closer.

"And they're especially aggressive, because there's so many of them, fighting each other for food. They'll attack at any provocation."

"Look, over there!" Green pointed out to Yellow.

"Watch out, Green…they're coming closer!" As they had the weakest flying pokémon, they flew at the lowest altitude.

"Quickly Green!" Yellow repeated. "Dodge them!"

"I…I can't! Jiggly can't steer!" The balloon pokémon was at the mercy of the wind.

"Kitty!" Yellow commanded to her butterfree. "Full steam ahead to the shore! Green! Grab my hand!" Yellow's butterfree slowly towed Green along with Yellow towards the shore. She reflected on the fact that she was now helping her first mentor, the person that sent her to fight the Elite Four.

"We…we don't have much time!" Green said, panting. "The wingull are getting closer!"

"This isn't good!" Red shouted, addressing everyone in the sky. "Our surfing pokémon must be exhausted from towing the yacht! If the wingull attack them, they won't have energy to fight back! We'll need to defeat the wingull quickly! Everyone prepare to attack!"

Sapphire and Dia heard this, sitting on the former's tropius. "Gotcha, Red…WHOOOAAA!" Her air transport began swaying. "Pilo, what's the matter?"

The tropius was panting from exhaustion.

"Are…are you tried, Pilo?"

Sapphire listened as the pokémon began vocalizing and gesturing.

"What is it?" Dia chimed in.

"Oh…I think I know what it means. It's saying the load on his back on too heavy." Sapphire turned back to Dia. Dia turned back, but there were no other passengers.

Dia suddenly realized. "Are…are you saying I'm…WHOOOAAA…!" The tropius swayed violently again.

"Pilo, hang in there! Just a little more to…WHHHOOOAAA!" Sapphire lost her seating. She was now desperately clinging onto the neck of the pokémon.

"I'm…I'm slipping!" Sapphire was losing her grip as Pilo began wildly swaying again.

"Sapphire, no, don't…!" Dia lost his voice from the shock: Sapphire fell off her own pokémon.

All Dia could utter was a silent gasp as he looked down at the ocean, swarming with aggressive wingull. The fruit pokémon had stopped swaying once Sapphire fell off. But it didn't fly to shore; it too was staring down at the ocean, pondering the fate of its master.

"I'm…I'm so, so sorry, tropius, I—"

Dia hadn't realized how much weight he had gained. He thought it might be a problem when he got older, but he never thought it would put another innocent life in danger. Guilt, instead of hunger, raged in his stomach.

But then, he noticed something. "What…what's that…?"

Much to Dia's (and Pilo's) relief, he saw below that Sapphire had managed to cling onto Platina's ankles, who was in turn clinging onto Gold's ankles, who in turn was flying his togekiss.

"Oh, erm…Platina. I guess this is a bad time for us to be formally introduced," Sapphire chuckled nervously, clinging onto Platina's legs. She had heard about the Berlitz family, and so far had avoided direct conversation with Platina only because she needed to be on her best behavior.

"Who cares about formalities, I JUST WANNA GET OUT OF HERE…!"

"Calm down, Platina!" Sapphire said. "We're only 150 yards from the shore."

"I'm sorry…I don't why I'm feeling so down today…do forgive me. I have faith in Gold's pokémon. I'm sure we'll arrive safely."

In the position she was in, Sapphire could clearly see up the Sinnoh trainer's skirt. There, Sapphire saw the reason for her temper. "Platina, have you always had these bad moods?" she asked as a preface.

"No, it's only happened recently…"

Sapphire developed earlier than most girls. This combined with her simple upbringing meant she had received "the talk" at a very early age. Platina's parents were probably more reticent in that regard, she thought.

Sapphire finally asked her. "Platina, do you think that your periods might have started?"

"There's a wingull! Over there!" Green pointed. "Yellow, it's angry! It's gonna hit us!"

"I…I can't move any faster than this! Kitty! Full steam ahead!"

"Yellow, make sure you don't get—AAAHHH!" When Yellow turned back to look, Green's wigglytuff had been bruised, and Green herself had slipped off the balloon pokémon and fell. The swarm of wingull below were as ferocious as ever.

"Hmm? What is it, wigglytuff?" She read the pokémon's thoughts.

"Oh? You see Green? She's still alive? Oh, right, over there!" Green was at the end of a long chain with Gold, Platina, and Sapphire, taken aloft by Gold's togekiss.

Dia began experiencing stomach cramps from his overeating. "Ugh…I…I can't…" His body trembled when he tried standing. "Ugh…no…no…ugh…" It was hopeless. He gave in and vomited.

"Now, charizard—OHHH!" Blue exclaimed as a sticky blob of caustic goo fell into his eyes. "What the hell was that!?"

Dia threw up again.

Red looked up. "I'm not sure…WHOOOAAA!" Blue's charizard began violently swaying when another dollop of goo hit the pokemon's eyes.

"I…I can't see!" Blue groaned. "Red, you must guide chraizard, it can't see either!"

The sunlight was hurting Red's vision. Everything was a big blur of orange, blue, and green. "I…I'm sorry, I can't help you, Blue! I don't have any corrective eyewear on…"

"Brav! Brave bird, again!" Black commanded, then turned to his passengers. "Hold on with your life, guys!"

The bird pokémon descended, then accelerated rapidly in a straight line, hitting one of the wingull head on.

"What the—WAAAHHH!" Ruby was jolted by the sudden acceleration. "NO! Oh no!"

"Yes! Got it!" Black congratulated himself.

"Black! Look what you did!" Ruby yelled. "My glasses slipped off!"

"Erm…I…" Red hadn't felt this hopeless in a long time. He didn't like being nearsighted. It was such an ordinary problem, and yet now he could do nothing to help himself. It was pathetic. After all, he was not just a fighter, but the Fighter, according to Professor Oak: perhaps the best pokémon trainer of all time. He didn't deserve to have mere nearsightedness as his downfall.

He had gotten out of so many other predicaments: how did he escape and survive getting trapped in ice for days? Or getting petrified into a stone statue with Yellow in his arms? He would pray to survive another moment. Not just that. He knew he would survive another moment. And another. And another. He knew he would get through this. And somehow, things would get better.

That's it. He was a fighter. And it was his faith and determination that made him earn that name.

Red had clipped his pokeballs on his belt. "Poli! Rattle your pokeball!" He felt a light shaking. He grabbed the shaking pokeball and took out his poliwrath.

"Now Poli—OUCH!" Red exclaimed when something hard hit him in the face.

"What the hell is it now!?" Blue scolded, covering his eyes from the pain of the caustic vomit.

"Something metal fell and hit my head, I—" He put it on. It was a pair of glasses.

Red took a sharp sigh of relief. "Charizard! Turn a little to the left! Poli, go help Blue first!"

"Brav! Again! Brave bird…!"

The bird pokémon charged.

The nervous sweat on White's hands made it difficult to hold on to Brav's leg. "No…no…I'm slipping…Black…stop it…NOOOO!" White began to fall.

As she fell, she saw Green's leg dangling from Gold's togekiss, and reached out to grab it, saving herself from a watery demise.

"Wh…White? What are you doing here…!?" Green asked.

"Let's talk later, I—"

"GOD…GODDAMN YOU!" Gold shouted as he felt the extra weight of White on his ankles, pulling him down. "All of you, stop clinging on to me! This shit is crazy!"

Gold's Togetaro was struggling to stay in flight. It began stalling, and was tilted almost vertically. Gold clung onto his pokémon, while everyone below him clung onto each others' ankles in a long chain.

"C'mon, Togetaro…less than 100 yards to the shore! Almost there!"

Gold's hands were slipping on his Togetaro's "horns". He looked below. Clinging to his ankles, in a long line, were, in order: Platina, Sapphire, Green, and White.

"Gold! Whatever you do, don't let go!" White called out.

"Yeah, don't let go, Gold!" Green repeated. Eventually all of the girls were shouting:

"Don't let go, Gold!"

"Please, Gold! Hold on with your life!"

"Don't let go!"

"Don't let go!"

Gold pondered his current situation, a hint of déjà vu creeping in. Then he realized.

"Oh…shit."

Red pulled out Poli from his pokeball, and used its water gun to wash off the vomit in Blue's and his charizard's eyes.

"Our attacks aren't enough!" the fighter said. "We need something more powerful!"

Black took the cue from him. He threw his pokeball down. "Tula! Go!"

The electric spider landed on Sapphire's Walo. Looking above at the ferocious swarm of wingull, it fired a massive electrical web above, trapping the wingull. As per his trainer's instructions, it then ordered Walo to spray upward with its blowhole, coating the web with salty water.

However, because of the size of the web, the electric current was weak, and many wingull were able to break free and continue their frenzy.

"It's not enough! We need more power!" Red called out.

"More power…power…electricity…" Pearl muttered. "I…I have an idea! MISSY!" Pearl shouted across to the togekiss.

"YES, PEARL…!?" The wind was very strong.

"DOES THE YACHT STILL HAVE POWER?"

"I THINK SO…! THE GENERATOR IS STILL WORKING…!"

"Perfect," Pearl said to himself. "DIA!"

"He's not listening…" Pearl muttered. Dia was still feeling sick and had tuned out the dialog around him.

Pearl tried to get his attention. "WHEN YOU THINK OF POKÉMON…!"

Their signature double act line caught Dia's attention. "WHEN YOU THINK OF POKÉMON…!" he replied.

Pearl told Silver to fly his honchcrow towards Dia, who was sitting on Sapphire's tropius.

"Dia," he said, "I know you can't really fight right now, but can I borrow your rotom?"

"Why?"

"You'll see. Just give it to me."

Dia was in no mood to criticize Pearl's over-domineering personality. He handed Pearl the pokeball.

"Rotom!" Pearl released the pokémon. "I will be giving you commands in Dia's place! Go to the boat, and take control of the generator. Overload it until it generates an extremely high amount of electricity."

The pokémon turned to his trainer. Dia reluctantly nodded. Then it carried out Pearl's orders.

Dia objected. "Pearl, I could've told Rotom to…"

Pearl held his hand up to silence Dia. "We can talk later. Now's not the time. Dia, tell tropius to get to shore, full steam ahead." Pearl asked Silver to do the same with his honchcrow.

"EVERYONE, LISTEN UP!" Pearl called out to all the airborne Dex holders. "Fly to shore as fast as you can! Our surfing pokémon will be safe from the wingull!"

He turned to Black, who was piloting his Brav. "Black, can you ask your galvantula to cut the ropes connecting our surfing pokémon?"

"Sure thing, Pearl." Black commanded his pokémon exactly so. He then noticed the desperate chain of humans hanging off of Gold and his togekiss.

"I…I better give them a hand," the Unova trainer said. "Brav can lift cars into the air, so he should be able to take all of them to shore. Ruby, hop on to Brav's back, it'll be easier that way."

Yellow and Emerald reached the shore first on their butterfree and mantine respectively. Crys and her Xatee arrived next. Red and Blue arrived next on the latter's charizard. Silver and Pearl arrived next on honchcrow. Dia followed on Sapphire's tropius. The long chain of Gold and 4 female trainers, carried by Black's Brav (with Ruby riding along with Black), were the last trainers to arrive. The surfing pokémon carrying the crew arrived soon after.

"Oh dear…my beautiful ship…" Platina murmured in horror. The wingull were fiercely competing for the last scraps of food, and began making dents on the ship. "Stop them! Another hour, and my beautiful yacht will be ruined…!"

"Don't worry, Missy." Pearl cleared his throat. "Dia's rotom is still on the boat, and galvantula's web is still in place. It's all part of my plan. Any second now…"

Suddenly, there was a little flash of electricity from the yacht. It traveled readily through Tula's web, where it was magnified by the saltwater-covered thread. All the wingull within a few feet of the web were electrocuted, and fainted.

"It's done," Pearl said softly.

Platina heaved a sigh of relief when she saw the yacht. "Thank you," she said to Pearl. Then she turned to Sapphire. "Now I know what it is I have…this 'period' thing…I almost…I feel more at ease."

The Hoenn trainer smiled.

"Alright then! Thank you very much for your assistance," Platina addressed everyone. "Sebastian, contact the Coast Guard. Tell them to order a tug boat, and get the yacht into a repair dock."

"Very good, Missy."

Sapphire looked around her. Although it was still chilly, the winter weather here was much milder, with the sun shining brightly on them. A moderately-sized lighthouse was the most prominent building. "Oh, erm, Platina, you live in Sinnoh, I have a question…" she said.

"Certainly."

"Where are we!?"

Fortune Breakdown:

(Relevant parts are highlighted in bold)

Platina: "Soon, you will experience a remarkable change in your life that may seem unpleasant. There may be intense strife between those you are closest friends with, though you may not intend harm. You may find someone who you have great romantic interest with."

Diamond: "You may find it necessary to rid yourself of excess things in your life; it will be evermore important to lighten up. I see you running down a long path, against a powerful wind. Close friends will continue to support you, and you will find new allies in your future journeys."

Gold: "You may be overtaken by a powerful, but non-fatal weapon in the coming days. I see you meeting a great beauty. I see many women at your feet, and they are all calling to you. I see you having to make a very important choice in the foreseeable future."

Other Relevant Fortunes:

Pearl: "Death is on the horizon. It is important to assert your dominance, as your strength will be required in the coming days. Be careful about rushing into things. Doing so will prevent disaster from occurring. You may find yourself laughing in the face of death."

(Disclaimer: This story is set shortly after the Black and White saga. Using the calendar from Zero Slash One (a fascinating Pokemon Adventures specialist, do check him out), I would estimate Platina to be a little over 14 at the time of the story. So it's definitely possible, though she's a late bloomer.)

(To be continued. Whew, that's seven fortunes down, seven to go! (Not counting Yellow.) But as you can see with Pearl, other parts of their fortunes may also come true later, so it's not nearly over for any of them.

Thanks for reading! What city do you think the Dex holders landed at? Let me know in the comments! I always welcome your other comments/feedback as well. See you next time!)