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1The Trial of Juno is a series of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fanfics started in 2003 by Neo Emolga, finished in 2011. The story begins with [[http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28008 The Dawn of Hope, followed by The Second Promise]]. The third book, [[http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66601 The Cry of Egatept]], was also co-written by ''Rocket Meowth.'' The last entry in the series is [[http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101893 Whispers of the Forgotten Angels]]. Each of the stories are split into 3 parts.
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3The plot starts with a young trainer named Randy Ferguson, who is constantly bullied by Jake Kossak and his friends. Things soon change as Randy gets friends of his own, and given a mysterious necklace of incredible power...
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5The initial parts of the story take on a fair share of [[{{EarlyInstallmentWeirdness}} focus shifts and setting changes]] (The only planned part of the entire series was the first part of the first book), although it settles on a more deliberate pace later on in the sequels. Throughout all of them, a Pikachu named Juno serves as the centerpiece of the story.
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8Various entries of the series garnered a number of fanfiction awards on PokemonElite2000, Serebii, and PokeCommunity. It served as a major writing influence to its home community, as various other fics were written by authors inspired by the original concept or wrote SpinOff of the fic, and several role-plays borrowed from the setting and events of the story.
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11!!This fan fiction provides examples of:
12* AbortedArc: Morpheus is initially played up to be important, but ends up not serving any significant role in Cry of Egatept.
13* AbstractApotheosis: Juno and Blazewing, [[spoiler:after merging with the Twisted Shadow]].
14* AIIsACrapshoot: The Rectifier was born out of technology having outpaced its creators.
15* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The various characters met in Randy's fantasy world each represent a part of his psyche. Xov and Zaiaku in the later books also count.
16* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the last chapter of Whispers of the Forgotten Angels, [[spoiler:Juno tells the reader how he's written the book to share the trials and difficulties he's gone through thanks to his determination and refusal to give up hope]].
17* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Morpheus]], who comes back from almost a whole book earlier to help Juno.
18* CosmicRetCon: The end of Cries of Egatept has Juno [[spoiler:erase the existence of Jake Kossak, himself, Blazewing, the Abyss, and multiple wars on multiple worlds in various parts of the fic's past]].
19* CrapsackWorld: Egatept is a world so far beyond saving that Arceus originally intended to destroy it.
20* DarkerAndEdgier: The fic deals often with war, with modern-day weapons at that. Genocide and creative evil are also dealt with.
21* DeusEstMachina: The Rectifier.
22* DeusExMachina: Arceus bails Juno out of trouble on several occasions.
23* EleventhHourSuperpower: Juno's [[spoiler:summoning ability]] near the end of the first book.
24* EnemyWithout: The Fallen represent the darkness (specifically their sin, or ability to sin) of a person's heart. Injuring a Fallen will cause the [[{{Synchronization}} original to be hurt as well]].
25* EverybodysDeadDave: In The Second Promise, [[spoiler:everyone in Juno's nation, as well as the nation they had just allied themselves with,]] is wiped out overnight.
26* EyesNeverLie: "Anyone can look at Juno and see that he is special just by the stars in his eyes."
27* FateWorseThanDeath: The soul-puncturing guns in the Abyss can injure any immortal soul, causing eternal suffering to the wounded. Several characters throughout the story are also erased completely from existence and forgotten by everyone save for perhaps the witnesses of the event.
28* ForcedTransformation: Jake, Alex and David all undergo embarrassingly girly transformations during their time in Randy's world.
29* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Genetic Destiny believe in this.
30* TheHeartless: The Fallen.
31* HolyHandGrenade: Undead Pokemon soldiers never stay downed until incinerated by the holy fire of a weapon blessed by angel's blood.
32* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The world created by Randy which Jake and his friends explore is a reflection of his psyche. Major emotions or character traits such as depression or mischeviousness are embodied as living entities that all have their own opinions of the three bullies.
33* KickTheDog: Skepter shoots his court jester just so Juno can replace him.
34* LeaveYourQuestTest: Juno faces the temptation to abandon his goals when he finds himself in the peace and beauty of Utopia. [[spoiler:He ends up spending 12 years relaxing in his afterlife palace and flying around with his Seraphim Wings before Sinis snaps him out of his complacency.]]
35* LivingDream: Juno, and Blazewing.
36* NoOntologicalInertia: After Kirosana is defeated, the battlefield immediately changes as though his influence has come undone. It is implied that the rest of the world requires effort to rebuild, though...
37* NominalHero: Jake Kossak.
38* OrWasItADream: The alternate world created by Randy was very real to begin with, but even after it was broken its effects would have long-standing consequences for the rest of the fic.
39* RealityWarper: Randy in the first part of Dawn of Hope, and [[spoiler:Juno and Blazewing]] in the finale of both Cry of Egatept and Whispers of the Forgotten Angels.
40* SequelEscalation: Conflicts were initially solved with battles. Then, with wars. Celestial forces are involved later on.
41* SerialEscalation: The final part of Whispers of the Forgotten Angels has Juno and his friends [[spoiler:defeating their Fallen, opening a portal to the world of dreams, blowing up the bottom-most depth of the Abyss, blowing up the rest of the Abyss, and finally unifying the universe to destroy the concept of Sin itself.]]
42* SomethingWeForgot: Morpheus gets a very brief mention that he's okay at the very end of Cry of Egatept.
43* StableTimeLoop: One of these threatens when Juno travels back in time, realizing he has landed in a role he had witnessed in a past timeline.
44* TeensAreMonsters: Jake, Alex, and David all torture Randy into desperation. Randy and his friends aren't all that better when the tables later turn, however.
45* ThatManIsDead: In the City of Dis, Juno comes across the [[spoiler:corpse of Jake Kossak, who haunts him as a past life. Juno rejects Jake as no longer being a part of him.]]
46* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: "The Scathing of the Shadow Phoenix"
47* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Kirosana, Hapaista, and likely many other high figures of the Abyss were ordinary Pokemon before being corrupted.]]
48* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Randy's world and Kivistal are both locations where the main characters are whisked away to without their consent.
49* WhosLaughingNow: Randy and his friends have a good time humiliating Jake and his friends after using the power of the Quista necklace.
50* WorldHealingWave: The Dawnbringer Star does this coupled with a large-scale CosmicRetCon.
51* YouCantFightFate: Juno invokes this at various times when he tries and fails to avoid an impending StableTimeLoop.
52* YouHaveFailedMe: Randy gets rid of Frank Meyers after losing a battle with Jake.

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