DRAGON HEROES

After the eventful Hawaiian Tournament at Mauna Loa, our heroes have finished their vacation. Now the time has come for them to return to Japan, but not before spending a couple more hours in the island of Molokai, where they're about to meet more new faces! Read on and see for yourself!

The Kremling Konundrum

Chapter 1 – A Brief Stay

Having only a few more hours left before their vacation in Hawaiian is finally over, the group decided to spend the morning making a couple of short visits at Niihau, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Park, and finally the island of Molokai. It had been an eventful two weeks, and the one thing still fresh on their minds was the Mauna Loa tournament, where Cynder had her climactic fight with Ash in the final round.

Charonus surveyed Molokai curiously. He had been familiar with Exeggutor Island and Aether Paradise, but this was one island he could not find any similarities to any part of his homeworld's Alola region.

"This is a new place indeed," he said. "I'm really enjoying myself finding the differences between Alola and Hawaii."

"Believe me, there's much more to that," said Jakkin. "You'll be seeing a lot more when we return to Japan."

"Thank goodness we're heading back home soon," said Cynder. "Much as I liked Hawaii, I'm never going to get used to this warm heat. I prefer cold weather, just like my home country of Norway."

"At least you all gained some much needed experience and honed your skills taking on the Island Challenge," said Blaze. "That made it all the more worthwhile."

All the dragons agreed with her.

"Hey, Charonus," said Tails. "There's something I wanted ask you."

"Go ahead, Tails," said Charonus. "I'm listening."

"How were you able to transform into your Mega form?" asked Tails. "I know Draco can do it thanks to his Fire Brooch which contained Charizardite Y, but I'm very curious about you since we've seen you transform to Mega Charizard X a couple of times through different means."

"It's self-explanatory, I use these two orbs fixed on the pendant of my necklace called Pokecores," replied Charonus.

"Poke-what?" asked everyone.

"Pokecores," said Charonus. "They hold the very essence of certain creatures of the same class as me and Draco, enabling them the ability to Mega Evolve. These two contain the souls of my mother and father respectively, both of whom I lost to Team Rocket, a criminal organisation from my world, and they're pretty similar to the Pyre Squad trio."

"That's very interesting," said Tails. "I'm wondering, though, why do your Pokecores contain the souls of your parents? Do they serve like some kind of purpose or something?"

"As a matter of fact, they do," said Charonus. "When I call upon them for help, I harness their essence as they flow right into my body, enabling me to Mega Evolve."

"So your Pokecores function the same way as Draco's Fire Brooch, despite his not being fuelled by some kind of essence," said Blaze. "You know, I have a lot to ask about you since you seem like as if you have been through a lot in your life, much like Draco over here, since he lost his family when he was Charmander, lived in an orphanage, and became friends with Tails, then Bowser, and finally Cynder and myself at some points of his life while he was growing up."

"Well, it is a very long story, I can tell you that," said Charonus. "To keep things brief, I was the only child of my family, but they were taken away from me by Team Rocket, and just when I was on the verge of losing myself out of despair, Draco, Cynder, and Bowser came to my world to help me back on my feet and along with the legendaries, trained me to find balance within myself and realise my true potential."

"I sure remember those adventures we had back there," said Bowser.

"Me too," said Draco.

Charonus smiled. "So anyway," he continued. "After my three new friends returned to this world, I was still undergoing training in a dimension where time is dilated, and that's how I became a Charizard in a short amount of time when normally it would have took me years, and then afterwards, I've travelled across the other regions of my world, sharpening my skills, getting my powers in control, and of course, keeping balance within myself."

"That was simply amazing!" exclaimed Lily. "So, what made you come here to our world?"

"Well, although I had found balance, I missed Draco, Cynder, and Bowser," replied Charonus. "Dialga and Palkia had sensed my feelings and decided that I would prosper much better in this world, especially with my three friends, and they made arrangements with King Kurotsuki to establish a connection both our worlds so that they could make a portal for me to be transported, and I was brought at a location not far from where the Pyre Squad had trapped you over at the Big Island."

"Heh, and that brought us to our meeting back there," laughed Jakkin.

"Yes, it did," said Charonus. "It sure is good to be back with my friends, and it really was a pleasure to get acquainted with the rest of you guys."

Bowser suddenly remembered something. "Oh, crud!" he exclaimed. "I better go and check how things are going back in the village! I hope my friend has kept it in good order!"

"May we see how things are over there?" asked Percival.

"That won't be necessary," said Bowser. "You can continue on checking out the island while you're still here."

"He's got a point there," said Blaze. "We just visited Molokai, so leaving for home by now would make the visit seem meaningless, since we haven't checked out at least one beach, and besides, we can stay for a couple more hours."

"Doesn't sound like a bad idea at all," said Torden. "I felt like having one last look at the Hawaiian beaches, all the same."

"Yay!" cheered Lily. "More beach time!"

"That's the spirit," smiled Bowser. "Now, all I need now is to borrow your transporter device so I can head there and back here very quickly."

"Here you go, Bowser," said Cynder as she passed him the capsule. "You know how to use the machine, right?"

"Of course, Tails told me how it works, so there's no need to worry," said Bowser. "I'll be back in two shakes of a dragon's tail."

"See you when you get back, Bowser," said Draco.

Bowser nodded and he blew a kiss at the Charizard. He then opened the transporter device from its capsule, set up the coordinates of his destination, and soon disappeared in a flash.

"Well, you heard the Koopa," said Lily. "Let's go have some fun in the sun! Away we go!"