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meowstic-madness · 3 years

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Chilled! Alwin AU

So, I know this is random and I haven’t actually done much explaining on my own world of Pokémon, but I randomly drew this last night and wanted to share it.

This basically started as a small idea, until I drew it and became a practice on shading, but looked cool and made me think deeper into the story.

Also, I will have a post just for explaining what my characters or Champions are, so yeah. But right now, AU time.

TRIGGER WARNING (blood, death, gore, mental illness)

Just a basic brief on Alwin: Name: Alwin Walsh Gender: Male Age: 16 (became Champ at 15) Height: 5″5 Sexuality: Gay (is dating Hop) Team: - Ren (Inteleon) - Male - Veda (Xatu) - Female - North (Frosslass) - Female - Ryu (Flygon) - Male - Excalibur (Aegislash) - Male - Echo (Noivern) - Female

So basically, this takes place just over a year after Alwin became Champion, and meeting the other Champions of each region (it’s an event I have but is explained in a Wattpad Chatfic story that I am currently writing. Fight me.). The events are basically the same as the regular “timeline” but this AU is a possible branch off of the same event.

Main Timeline

Alwin has been suffering from depression for a while, present before the Gym Challenge, but only progressively got worse. Sure, Hop also has depression, but his is only mild, so Alwin didn’t feel like anyone understood, not even his own Pokémon.

A day when he’s alone, he feels compelled to be alone, to let his own thoughts roam, in an attempt to try and rid them for the better. In this state of though, he thought that it would be better to head to the Tundra without his Pokémon. Yes, he was smart enough to check the weather to make sure he didn’t freeze, but went on his way, without his phone, bag and Pokémon. What he didn’t anticipate however, was that Hop was supposed to be visiting 15 minutes later.

Arriving in Freezington, he made his way out to the Snowslide Slope. Pokémon avoided him throughout the Frostpoint Field and Giant’s Bed, any aggressive ones stopped by others, noticing the troubled boy. Upon reaching the Snowslide Slope, he headed up, passing Pokémon and keeping to himself.

But he still stops, stops to watch a battle between a Beartic and a Druddigon. He stood far enough away from the original starting ground of the battle. He watched mesmerised, stuck in place. He wasn’t aware of the Beartic being pushed back towards him, until it was too late to realise. When the Beartic was too close, it dodged a clawed attack from the Druddigon, which hit Alwin instead.

The wounds were deep and across his chest, but landing in the snow had his body temperature drop quicker than what it should have. The battle between the Beartic and Druddigon stopped, realising what they had done. Pokemon from around the area stopped, seeing what had been done.

Of course, since Alwin wasn’t where he was supposed to be, Hop goes out to the Tundra, having found Alwin’s phone still on the weather check. He does let the League know, so they set off to the Tundra as well to help.

This is where it splits off.

In the regular timeline, Alwin is found by Hop and Peony, close to death and freezing. Of course, when the others find them, they bring Alwin back to Galar, back to a hospital. Alwin is nursed back to health, but still remains on the road to recovery in the mental area. There isn’t much story after that, but I’m getting there.

Anyway! Onto the AU-

In this AU, they don’t find Alwin in time. Instead, Alwin dies in the Tundra, bleeding, cold, and surrounded by Pokémon. But, he doesn’t move on. His pain, his agony, is what forced him to come back as the creature that he is; some form of ghost. Neither human, a Pokemon, or alive, he becomes an embodiment of agony and regret, rising from his body, now buried in red snow and wandering the mountain.

But not for long.

Hop and Peony are quickly accompanied by Leon and the League to search, and so they start the search. Along the Snowslide Slope, they search, and with Alwin’s Pokémon in Hop’s care, Hop decides to send Echo (the Noivern) ahead to seek out anything odd. This however backfires, Echo rushing back and trying to get the search party away from the slope. As she tries to drag Hop away, she flees after seeing something else behind Hop. But when Hop turns and stumbles back to get away.

Alwin, too dead to be true.

They aren’t sure what to do, but they’re all terrified. It wasn’t what they wanted, and it wasn’t what they wanted to find. Of course, they flee, unable to find anything to do. They expected him to stay there, up on the Snowslide Slope, within the Tundra.

But they were wrong.

Alwin would appear to them, bringing a chill to the air. He’d speak, but he’d sound lost, asking why they were afraid. Hop was the only one that gave him a clear answer; the one that would treat Alwin as if he was still alive.

Alwin wasn’t a threat, and Hop could see that, and so he pushed the others to remind them that Alwin was their friend. And so speculation began.

They wandered if they could bring Alwin back; if they could free his soul. But could they?

Hop believed there could be a way to bring Alwin back, but he did this in secret, with Alwin as the only other that would know.

They travel to Kalos, seeking out their friend, Madelyn, Kalos’s detective and fellow Champion. Hop’s first thought was the legendary Xerneas, a member of the Aura Trio. He knew Madelyn had connections with them, so she was their first go-to. Despite this thought, the Pokémon of Life could not do anything. Madelyn then continued researching for the two, having her fair share of ghost encounters herself. She searched through books and asked any Ghost Gym Leaders on what they knew about people turning into ghost ( Allister was excluded from this of course), but nothing can out of it. She did everything in her power to find a way to either free Alwin or bring him back, but to also keep this secret.

Hop heads back, the spirit of his friend following. Alwin’s death is revealed to Galar, and the rest of the world, a month after the event. During this time, Hop, Leon and Raihan go back to the Snowslide Slope to find his body, only to find its resting place; where frozen flowers lay over red snow.

And that’s basically the AU.

Extras nows.

These here are the drawings. I am proud of the first. But the blood splaters on the second looks a bit off, but it still works.

So, Alwin died in the Tundra, where his body was buried in the snow by the Pokémon that witnessed his death. This happened shortly after his death, which was why his body wasn’t found by the search party. The Pokémon payed their respects, placing flowers over the grave, which froze over, preserving them.

Alwin’s presence is known through a cold chill that breezes through. This is what scared the League members, as they’d have their backs turned, before feeling the chill. They’d then go check if a window or door was open, only to turn around to see Alwin. These chills can be as weak as small breezes, but can become as strong as blizzards that only last for less than a minute.

Hop released any Pokémon that Alwin caught, only keeping his main 6, Eternatus and Zamazenta. However, North (the Frosslass) went off, going to the mountain where Alwin rested. She did this to watch over the ghost he continued on as.

In this state, Alwin is able to communicate with Pokémon, understanding them perfectly.

In order for Alwin to travel, he would need to attack himself to an object that was “Galarian”. This is why he was able to leave the Tundra, as he attached himself to an object, which allowed him to go to League members without notice. This is also how he traveled to Kalos with Hop, as he attached himself to a Galarica Cuff that Hop had around his wrist. He is also able to travel to see the other Champions this way, as they all received a Galarica Cuff as a send-off gift.

He rarely ever appears to others. He will only appear to those that he once knew, such as Hop, the League and international friends. Sometimes a child may catch a glimpse of him, which terrifies them, and sometimes an adult will too, but it’s always thought to be a trick of the wind.

It you were to capture him on camera or in a video, he’d only appear as a wisp of frozen cloud or mist.

I believe that is all. Feel free to critique or ask anything about this. This was a little AU I came up with in less than 2 days, but I so dearly love it.

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