Pokéblocks

After her disagreement with her teacher, some time had passed as many more disagreements had happened within some of her other lessons.

Very quickly the old family head was able to learn of her thoughts and had some idea on what Pixel was thinking.

Not everyone in the family would remain and even those in the main line would occasionally leave to start their own family or influence whether it be on Zou or outside.

Pixel was just another one of those rebellious children in his eyes that had little loyalty to the family but he was bound by the rules as the family head as he could not confine her to the family for life and he was also aware of her difficult position within the family.

It was not just the dangers within the family but also those that came from her siblings maternal families and their allies so Pixel was at a great disadvantage.

Pixel and Ash did not have the same resources and support as others so they may suffer greatly even if Pixel did possess excellent talents with Electro and had shown it since birth, in the eyes of the family head it was enough to keep them from danger and allow Pixel to grow up without injury or death.

There are so many within the family but only one can inherit the position that allows them to gain great wealth, fame and power so the conflicts can become quite bad as family members turn on each other.

Those with feelings of inferiority and hatred would see Pixel as an easy target to vent on even if they did not target her because they saw her as a threat, Milo was just an example of the past events or what could happen in the future.

Even if she chose to remain and established herself as a strong and capable person within the family, there would always be those that would view her as an eyesore and a potential enemy as she may possibly step up to support one of her siblings one day.

With her growth through the lessons and her training, it was looking more like she may become a hidden danger for the heirs as she could possibly be a valuable supporter for one of them so the threats to her current life may appear much sooner.

Among the things that Pixel had requested for her birthday or personal request was different clothing, cooking and herbal materials along with a small number of cookers, fridges and freezers from outside the island so he had arranged for them to be transported over when her birthday came as he was able to arrange a ship to visit an island Zunesha was close to.

The materials were bought in bulk and everything was more than enough to last a long time but it was nothing in comparison to what would be given to the other heirs, Pixel had made the requests as if she was asking for many birthdays worth of presents so that she could get everything early so even if she did go over her spending limit for the year, she would still not have to worry about being declined since the other siblings were very spoiled.

A cooker, fridge and freezer were sent to the newly renovated tavern while another was sent to the home of Pixel and Ash as they had continued to improve their cooking abilities.

Many different types of tools and materials were lined up and many berries were being squashed and mixed together with other things as they formed a colourful mixture.

Sugar was added to many of them while some were left in jars as jams and jelly, others were made into fruity sweets and cakes of different types.

In front of Pixel was another one of them as she had left the mixture to harden and thicken in a square container.

She then took out a tool which went inside of the square container as it was pushed down, the tool was thin and sharp as was built in a square shape and it was primarily made up of thin and strong materials which allowed for the insides of the container to be cut up as it was lowered.

Each of the cuts inside were horizontal and vertical as they were evenly distributed and they had each formed a perfect cube shape and once the container had been sealed with a lid and turned upside down, the lid was removed to reveal many cubes that were all the same bright colour.

By the side of the container was many other containers which had the design but they had a different colour as different ingredients were used.

Pixel then picked up a cube and stuffed it into the mouth of Ash who was by her side. "How is it?"

Ash raised her hand as her thumb was up. "Excellent! What do you want to name this?"

Pixel shrugged. "Just call it Fruit Cubes, Fruit Blocks or Fruit Squares for now. We have many different colours as they each have their own distinctive taste and appearance."

She took one of them and placed it in her mouth as the many flavours and the soft chewy feeling had let her feel slightly nostalgic. "Nom..mmmmm."

In the Pokémon world, the berries were her favourite food and her love for sweet things had carried on as she was reborn.

Pokéblocks were one of the rarities that she had seen and had the chance to experience when a trainer was kind enough to gift her them or when they had left their leftovers nearby.

As she had planned to introduce Pokéfashion to the world, she hoped to recreate her own versions of the Pokéblocks as she would make them in different flavours and textures.

Some of her experiments were like jelly and berry mixtures but some had a more chewy and sweet texture and taste depending on the ingredients and methods used, some would have a shorter time for being preserved but could be kept within a fridge or freezer while the sweets could be carefully wrapped and sold as a mixture of the flavours or as a set of a specific flavour.

Although they were not yet perfected and there was still room for improvement, she was satisfied with the results of her experimentation.

{Author Note - just imagine something like small jelly cubes or starburst placed side by side on a plate, within a sweet packet or a Pez dispenser}

In the future it would become her trademark product as a skilled pastier and many of her other pastries, deserts, sweets and drinks would incorporate what she had learned as she had learned how to gradually create many different types of delicious fruit mixtures.

When the time came for them to be served after dinner, the group of Ash, Pixel, Old Swifty, Harley, Misty and Liquorice had sat around as they tasted her latest invention.

Ash smiled lovingly at her daughter. "Although it is not perfect, I think it is enough to be added to the taverns menu so if you wish to, I can arrange it for you."

Pixel had already stuffed a pink coloured block into her mouth and let out a small noise. "So sweet."

Harley looked over and quietly took a pink coloured one as she showed a happy expression and her tail started moving side to side. "!"

Old Swifty ate a green coloured one and complimented. "Good, I like it."

Misty ate a blue coloured block and licked her lips. "So..dry! But I like it.!"

Liquorice looked at them all and hesitated as she picked up a bright red cube. "Mm..spicy."

Among the ones she had planned to make, she had created her own version of the red, blue, pink, green, and yellow cubes as she had used many fruits or berries that had been grown on the island and had were quite common in the outside world.

Although they did not play the same role of helping her grow stronger or more cute, cool, clever or beautiful like in her old world, they still tasted great and were popular with many of her fellow Minks so she was relieved that her efforts were not in vain.

As she would continue her experiments, she would later create other colours of the fruit cubes or blocks and each of them would have their own indication for taste and colour.

Dry blue blocks would have a stronger version in an indigo colour, bitter green blocks would have a stronger version as light blue, sweet pink blocks would have a stronger version as brown, spicy red blocks would have a stronger version as purple and finally sour yellow blocks would have a stronger version as an olive coloured block.

However only the most basic ones would appear within the tavern for the time being as she has yet to make the others up to her own set standards.