Stories

Original Pokémon stories

Read original illustrated Pokémon stories. Discover cozy tales, mysteries and adventures, with Pokémon profiles and related activities on archive page 3.

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Mimikyu and Pumpkaboo wait beside warm lanterns at the start of a neighborhood parade.

Cozy

9 min read

Mimikyu at the Costume Parade

Mimikyu wants to join the lantern parade, but its traditional final reveal makes belonging feel risky. A sudden shower gives the neighbors a reason to rethink the tradition.

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Slowpoke and Hoothoot sit beside a town clock's brass mechanism.

Comedy

9 min read

The Slowpoke Clockmaker

The town clock has stopped, and Slowpoke saw exactly what happened. Unfortunately, the clockmaker keeps trying to solve the problem before her witness has finished explaining it.

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Zorua watches its bright false moon above a festival while Lunatone waits at the square's edge.

Folklore

9 min read

Zorua and the False Moon

Zorua gives a village festival a dazzling extra moon, then discovers that the brightest part of the celebration is hiding the sky one quiet visitor needs.

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Mudkip studies a shallow tide pool where Finneon waits beside an unusually dry beach.

Mystery

9 min read

Mudkip and the Missing Tide

The sea is rising, but the beach pools remain strangely empty. Mudkip follows a trail of bubbles beneath the sand to discover where their water has gone.

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Absol watches a rain-soaked mountain slope while Deerling waits near a bent fence.

Rescue

9 min read

Absol Before the Rain

When Absol blocks the mountain road, the village sees another bad sign. Neri notices a new spring, frightened Deerling, and a warning that deserves to be heard.

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Eevee and Sylveon stand at a forest crossroads lit by eight lantern paths.

Exploration

9 min read

Eevee and the Road of Eight Lanterns

Eight lantern paths offer Eevee eight exciting possibilities, until a night of exploration reveals that a future does not have to be chosen before breakfast.

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Tinkatink and Bronzor inspect an old bell in a mountain village tower.

Adventure

9 min read

The Bell Tinkatink Could Not Ring

Tinkatink can make plenty of noise with a hammer, but repairing the village's silent bell calls for a quieter kind of skill.

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Lapras approaches a stormy island cliff where Mareep waits on a grassy ledge.

Rescue

11 min read

The Storm at Lapras Cove

A stranded Mareep, a scouting Wingull, and a patient Lapras must find a way through the island's changing channels before the rising tide closes their route.

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Gengar waits behind the garden wall of a hilltop library beneath a single crescent moon.

Mystery

10 min read

Gengar and the Midnight Library

When books begin returning to a closed hilltop library, Mara discovers that its midnight visitor is following a different kind of catalog.

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