Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or the concept of Moemon.


Ash, Misty, Brock, Giselle, Pia and Es exited the ship along with Serena and Grace as it finally reached its destination. While they were relaxing on the beaches of Porta Vista, Ash switched out Eria and Furou for Nine and Silver, and then called them out.

"Hi, Master!" Nine greeted with a smile.

"Hey there, Nine." Ash greeted. "I was wondering how you were doing with your moves."

"Cara and I have managed to teach her Flamethrower, and she's also learned Dark Pulse and Extrasensory." Silver listed the moves her daughter has learned since joining Ash. "She somehow also learned Heat Wave by herself, which I'm very proud of, and she's in the process of learning Energy Ball."

"That's awesome!" Ash smiled, proud of Nine. "Anyway, the reason I called was to show you this." He took out one of his evolutionary stones from his backpack.

"A Fire Stone!" Nine exclaimed, eyes sparkling with glee and her fox tails wagging.

"I'm not gonna force you to evolve now," Ash told her, "but whenever you feel like you're ready, make sure to tell me."

"Okay, Master!" Nine nodded enthusiastically. Silver also smiled, happy that she and her daughter now have a such a kind and loving trainer.

"Hey, look at that!" Pia called, and then everyone saw two Moemon swimming towards them. They wore a blue dresses with white aprons, and had small white fins on the back of the dresses and blue hair down to their necks, their hair pointing out like fins. They had red eyes, and seemed to be in pain.

"What are those?" Petal asked, looking at the Moemon curiously.

"Those are Horsea," Misty said, "and they look hurt."

Es gently pulled the Horsea closer with Psychic so that she could heal them with Morning Sun. "These injuries look like they were from a fight." She said, inspecting the injuries. "What happened?"

Nine suddenly gasped as she saw something. "Look!" She pointed to a boat that was being attacked. The attackers wore blue dresses with two tentacles under their dresses, and had blue hair down to their necks with a red fringe in the center. They had shiny red eyes, and brown tights.

"Those Tentacool are attacking the humans on that boat!" Silver said. Suddenly, the boat sank and the workmen that were on it fell into the sea. Misty quickly released all her Water Moemon and Ash released Bianca to get them out of there. The workmen thanked Ash and Misty and were about to tell them what happened when an old woman appeared.

"Thank you for helping my workmen." The old woman thanked them. "I am their boss, Nastina." She introduced herself. "I am planning to build a 5-star hotel and theme park out in the ocean, but those damn disgusting Tentacool keep on ruining my plans!" She shouted the last part angrily, and then looked at the group. "Say, you five are trainers, aren't you? Would you care to get rid of those Tentacool?"

"Not a chance!" Ash, Brock, Misty, Giselle, Serena and Grace shouted angrily. Misty was especially angry because Nastina thought that Tentacool were disgusting creatures. The gang left immediately with their Moemon.

"You know, I've been thinking." Ash spoke as the gang was looking out at the ocean.

"What is it, Ash?" Serena asked.

"It's about those Tentacool attacking the boat." Ash frowned. "What is where Nastina is planning to build her hotel and theme park is really where the Tentacool live?"

"Then it would make sense for the Tentacool to attack." Silver said, frowning. "We Moemon absolutely hate humans who try to destroy our homes, and will attack if we feel threatened."

Just then, Es saw the Horsea that she helped earlier. "Oh, you two again." Es said.

Misty walked up to the Horsea. "Horsea, you were there, weren't you?" Misty asked. "I need to know, is the construction taking place at the Tentacool's home?"

"Yes, it is." The first Horsea nodded. "Because of that mean old human, the Tentacool are all agitated and are attacking anyone who comes close to their coral home."

"That nasty old lady!" Nine huffed angrily. "She's ruining the ocean!"

Just then, Grace came running towards them. "We have a problem!" She exclaimed. "Nastina's asked everyone in Porta Vista to get rid of the Tentacool! What's worse, she said she would pay a lot of money if they did, so everyone agreed!"

"Even Gordan!?" Serena gasped.

"Thankfully, he didn't accept his Nastina's request, but everyone else!"

"Nastina is really desperate to get rid of the Tentacool." Giselle hissed.

Unfortunately, there was more bad news in the form of the Rocket Trio. They wanted the award money as well and agreed to go after the Tentacool. They were now out on the ocean, in a row boat, carrying a tub of what they call 'Super Stun Sauce'. "What will this stuff do?" James asked.

"Simple, James." Jessie smirked. "This stuff will paralyze all the Tentacool."

"And once that's done, we'll capture the Tentacool and present them to the boss, then get the reward money from the old lady." Meowth said.

"A wonderful plan." James smiled. The three poured the sauce into the ocean, but unfortunately for them, their plan backfired as the leader of the Tentacool saw them.

"Those humans keep trying to destroy our home." She growled angrily as she was exposed to the stun sauce. "I won't forgive them. I'LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM!" She suddenly began glowing as she evolved into Tentacruel, except due to the chemicals in the sauce, she was ten times bigger than normal.

The group saw the result of Team Rocket's failed attempt, and looked at the giant Moemon in horror. "THAT IS A GIANT TENTACRUEL!" Pia yelled. Petal hid behind Serena fearfully.

"How did she even get that huge!?" Silver asked, hugging her daughter close to her.

"I have had enough, humans!" Tentacruel shouted, her voice being heard all throughout Porta Vista due to her giant stature. "You have been destroying our home, so we will return the favor, and destroy yours!" Tentacruel began attacking the city, knocking down and destroying buildings as the Tentacool all attacked Porta Vista as well.

"Tentacruel, stop!" The first Horsea shouted at Tentacruel. "You shouldn't destroy humans just because of what one human did!"

Tentacruel merely stared at Horsea. "It's no use defending them, Horsea. Humans have proven themselves untrustworthy. There is nothing for them BUT destruction!" Tentacruel and the Tentacool destroyed Nastina's hotel and theme park, and then moved back to attacking the city.

"We have to stop them!" Misty exclaimed. "Who knows what else they'll do after they're done her!"

"But what can we do?" Serena asked. "I doubt Tentacruel will even listen to us."

"Tentacruel won't listen to normal humans," Misty nodded, "but maybe she'll listen to an Aura Guardian accompanied by a Legendary Moemon!"

"That would work, but there's one problem." The second Horsea said. "How are we supposed to find an Aura Guardian AND a Legendary Moemon!?"

"Easy." Misty smiled, and then looked at Ash, who nodded to her and called out Hourai.

"...Okay, are you humans even normal?" The first Horsea asked, she and her friend shocked by Hourai's appearance, whereas Petal was wide eyed with amazement.

"Ash is an Aura Guardian. The rest of us are normal." Misty told them as Hourai grabbed Ash and flew up to the tallest building.

"Tentacruel!" Ash called, getting the giant Jellyfish Moemon's attention. As expected, she was shocked to see a Legendary with him and stopped for a moment. "I understand you are angry because of what humans have done to your home!" He spoke, his aura flaring and eyes turning blue. "We realize now that what we did was wrong, and promise that this will not happen again and will leave your home alone!"

Tentacruel regarded what she was told. She wasn't sure if she could trust him because he was a human, but this human is accompanied by Legendary Moemon and, judging from his aura flaring, is also an Aura Guardian, so she could only assume he was telling the truth. "...Very well." She eventually said. "We will let you off this once, but know that if you humans do attack our home again, we will not be forgiving next time."

"I understand." Ash nodded. He and Hourai then saw Nastina running towards Tentacruel with a bazooka, still wanting to get rid of them, but Tentacruel simply grabbed her and tossed her far away, out of sight. "Good riddance to her." Ash said as Tentacruel and the Tentacool returned to the ocean.

"Looks like she understood." Misty said, happy her plan worked as she saw Ash and Hourai fly down to them. "I'm still wondering how Tentacruel got that huge, though."

"Team Rocket." Es said, making everyone look at her. "I happened to see them flying away in their hot-air balloon, and read their minds to see if they did anthing. Apparently, they tried to capture all the Tentacool with their 'Super Stun Sauce' as they call it." Es explained, rolling her eyes at the name of the sauce. "The chemicals from the sauce were absorbed by Tentacruel. Combined with her anger, that's how she got so huge when she evolved."

"If it's because of chemicals, then we shouldn't worry." Giselle assured. "She'll be back to normal size with time."

"Hey, there's another boat over there!" Pia exclaimed, pointing at the boat in question.

"That's for people to return to Kanto." Grace explained. "Since the S.S. Anne is heading to Kalos next, they called another boat for people who want to stay in Kanto."

"Hey, Mom, about that..." Serena spoke up, but then saw her mom look at her with a knowing smile.

"If you want to stay with Ash, you can. I know that he'll protect you from danger." Serena and Ash were both happy to hear that, and then Grace gave a teasing smile. "Besides, I would hate to separate you two before your love could properly bloom.

"MOM/MRS. YVONNE!" Serena and Ash yelled in embarrassment, to everyone laughter.

"Excuse me, Mr. Aura Guardian?" One of the Horsea called Ash. "Thanks for stopping Tentacruel from destroying the other humans."

"No problem." Ash smiled.

"And can I join you?" She then asked. "I feel like I want to go out and explore."

"Sure." Ash nodded, and then took out a Moe Ball and tapped it on Horsea, capturing her, and then called her back out. "Okay, how about I call you Sierra?"

"Sure." Horsea, now named Sierra, nodded with a smile. Misty also decided to catch the other Horsea and named her Pori.

Moemon: Horsea

Name: Sierra

Species: Dragon Moemon

Type: Water

Current Level: 24

Scarcity: Uncommon

Diet: Horsea eat fish and other meats.

Ability: Swift Swim

Height: 4'05"

Weight: 98.4lbs

Cup Size: A

Weaknesses: Electric, Grass

Resistances: Water, Fire, Ice, Steel

Immunities: None

Known Moves: Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Water Gun, Aurora Beam, Signal Beam, Smokescreen, Bubble Beam, Focus Energy

Evolves Into: Seadra (Lv32)

Evolves From: None

Info: Horsea are very shy Moemon. If embarrassed, they will spit out black ink or smoke to distract people away from them, a defense mechanism adapted in the wild for protection from predators. They are very awkward on land, but are very skilled swimmers, enjoying swimming in the ocean and being around other Water Moemon. They don't like being picked on, and respond with blasts of ink.

"Sounds perfect for trainers like Misty, who catch lots of Water Moemon." Giselle grinned.

"Well, I'm glad I have Pori." Misty smiled, hugging her newest Moemon. The group then went on the boat back to the mainland, now with Serena joining them.


"Where are we heading, now?" Serena asked as they walked on the road.

"We're heading to Saffron City for my fourth badge." Ash explained. "It said on the map that we can get there through Maiden's Peak. I've heard of the place. They say a woman died there and became part of the cliff. They even say her spirit haunts the place.

"R-Really?" Runa asked, sounding scared. Serena decided to let her out of her Moe Ball as well.

"Well, that's what the story says." Ash shrugged. As the group entered Maiden's Peak, Brock saw a beautiful woman, with light purple hair, on the docks. He was immediately charmed by her beauty, but didn't know she was actually a Ghost Moemon in disguise.

The gang then saw that there was a festival going on. "Did we come here in time for a festival?" Giselle asked.

"Yes, you did." One of the residents answered. "This is our end of summer festival. We always have one every year to celebrate the end of summer and our legend of the ghost of Maiden's Peak." They explained. Ash and his friends decided to enjoy the festival. While they were there, they heard the story of the maiden of Maiden's Peak.

Two thousand years ago, men from Kanto were sent away to war. The maiden of Maiden's Peak was in love with one of the soldiers and waited for him to return on the cliff. But her lover never returned; it is said that he died in the war. The maiden never believed that and waited for him to return for the rest of her life. It is said that when she passed away, her body became one with the cliff, and it is also said that her spirit still waits for her lover. The end of summer festival was also the anniversary of when the soldiers left for war, and tomorrow night, the people of Maiden's Peak will send out candles on paper lanterns into the ocean to help lost spirits find their way.

That evening, Ash, Brock, Misty, Giselle, Serena, Pia, Es and Runa were resting in the Moemon Center, though Runa looked like she had her mind on something. "What's wrong, Runa?" Serena asked.

"I keep thinking about that story." Runa said. "It's really sad that the maiden never got to live the rest of her life with her lover."

"I agree." Misty said.

"Actually, that reminds me." Ash said. He took out a small brown box and a journal book from his rucksack. In the brown box was a very old ring with a purple stone.

"What's with the ring?" Pia asked, looking at it. "It looks very old."

"Professor Oak told me that a man named Yamato from Pallet Town was in the war two thousand years ago." Ash began explaining. "He survived, and when he returned home, he wrote about it on some parchments. He even wrote that he made friends with the soldier that the maiden fell in love with."

"Are those parchments still around?" Giselle asked, now curious.

Ash shook his head no. "Those parchments had worn out a very long time ago, but his story was kept from scrolls to books." He indicated his journal. "This journal that I have is about his story."

"Really?" Es said with surprise. She then grabbed the journal and began reading it, but stopped when she got to near the end. "Hey, it says here that the maiden's lover was killed in the war, and that he asked Yamato to deliver a ring to her." She read out loud.

"That's right," Ash nodded, "and that's the ring I have."

Runa blinked with confusion. "Why do you have it and not the maiden?"

"Well, the book says that when Yamato returned to Pallet Town, he became dreadfully ill, and then died not long after." Es explained as she continued reading. "So Yamato's friends, family and his friends' families probably didn't know who the ring belonged to."

Ash nodded again. "His ring and story had been in a monument for him and the other soldiers of Kanto ever since."

"So, why have you brought it with you?" Pia asked.

"Well, Professor Oak had a look at Yamato's story. He even read about the ring, which was supposed to be delivered to the maiden a long time ago." Ash explained. "So, before Gary and I became old enough to become Moemon Trainers, he told us about the story, and asked if one of us would take the ring to the maiden."

"And the fact that you have it means that you volunteered." Es said, smiling. "You really are a nice person, Master, even to the dead."

"Are you planning on giving her the ring tonight?" Brock asked.

"Of course." Ash nodded. "This ring has already been separated from her for two thousand years. It wouldn't be fair if it was separated from her for any longer."

"You're right. Let's go." Pia said. The gang walked all the way from the Moemon Center to the cliff of Maiden's Peak, with Es lighting the way through the moonlit night using Flash. There, they found the statue of the maiden.

"Wow..." Serena breathed in awe. "Even though it is two thousand years old, it looks beautiful."

Ash began walking up to the statue, ring in hand. He had put a string through the ring, planning to put it around the maiden's neck. However, before he could go any further than halfway, he sensed an attack from his right, and moved back to avoid a psychic pulse.

"What was that?" Misty gasped.

"A Psychic attack." Es growled. "Are we being attacked by a Psychic Moemon?"

"Show yourself!" Ash demanded. The gang then saw a Moemon float in front of the statue. The Moemon wore a black leotard with black hair down to her shoulders, black eyes, and she was covered in violet smoke.

"A Gastly?" Es said, surprised. "With the strength of that Psychic, I was expecting a Psychic Moemon, not Ghost."

"Why did you attack Master!?" Pia asked, cheeks sparking.

"If you must know, I am the guardian of the stoned maiden." Gastly said, frowning at the group.

"Gastly, I'm not here to cause trouble." Ash said, showing her the ring. "I am here to give this ring to the maiden. It's from her dead lover."

"Then why do you have it?" Gastly asked. After hearing Yamato's story from Ash, she nodded. "I see. Very well, then. I'll let you give it to the maiden." She stared at the ring. "Besides, I sense something very peculiar about that ring." Gastly moved out of the way so that Ash could walked up to the statue and tie the string, with the ring, around the maiden's neck. Just then, the ring began to shimmer, making Ash step back as a spirit of a young man appeared.

"A spirit?" Es gasped, surprised that a spirit was in the necklace.

"Not just any spirit." Gastly said. "That's the maiden's lover." The gang was surprised by that, and then the spirit of the maiden appeared.

"My love," The maiden smiled, "you have come to me at last." The man embraced the maiden and the maiden embraced him back, crying tears of joy. Ash, his friends and Gastly smiled, touched by the scene.

"The moment I died, I placed my spirit in the ring, so that I could rest in peace after seeing my love again." The man explained.

"But since the ring never got to her, that means your spirit was trapped in the ring," Ash said, "and you could only be freed if the ring got to her."

The man nodded, he and the maiden sharing a peaceful smile. "Now that we are together again, we may finally rest in peace. Ash, Gastly, thank you both for your help." The two spirits disappeared to the afterlife, and then the sun began to shine soon after.

Everyone smiled as they looked out at the rising sun. "Hey, Gastly," Es said, glancing at the Toxic Gas Moemon, "since your duty as guardian is pretty much done, what are you going to do now?"

"There are still other lost spirits out in the world that need guidance." Gastly told the group. "I wish to help them all." And so Gastly left.

Ash and his friends slept through nearly the whole day, since they were awake all night long. Then, as night came, they enjoyed the festival. Right now, Ash and Serena were watching the citizens of Maiden's Peak put the candled lanterns on the water. "I hope all of the wandering spirits will be able to rest in peace."

"Me too." Ash said, thinking about what Gastly said. "Gastly made it her goal it help all the wandering spirits, and I have my own."

"What's your goal?"

"I want to travel the world, and become a Moemon Master." Ash spoke with determination, making Serena smile.

"Well, then I'll always be by your side. Even after you become a Moemon Master."

"Thanks, Serena." Ash smiled.

"Hey, lovebirds!" A voice called out to them. Ash and Serena blushed at being called lovebirds as they saw Brock, Misty, Giselle, Pia, Es and Runa waving at them. All of them, were wearing kimonos, including Pia and Es, who were wearing a yellow kimono and a purple kimono respectively.

"Come on, Master!" Pia called. "Let's enjoy the rest of the festival!"

"Coming!" Ash said. He and Serena then changed into their kimonos and enjoyed the festival with their friends.


Ash decided to spend the day after Maiden's Peak's End of Summer Festival to have his pact with Sierra, and then train for the gym battle. He read that the Gym Leader of Saffron Gym uses Psychic-type Moemon, so his best choices were Moemon that were either Ghost, Bug, or Dark-type. Especially Dark Moemon since they are immune to Psychic moves until they are affected by Miracle Eye (He still doesn't know why Es can use that move).

Out of all of his current Moemon, the ones who were strong against Psychic were Kaya, Talia and probably Es and Eria. The problem with Talia, though, was that she was also weak to Psychic moves being part Poison, and he was unsure about Kaya. In the end, he decided to use Eria. Es had no problem with it, since it will be her first gym battle with him, however that did not mean he didn't also train her, Pia, Talia and Kaya.

He also decided to give Hourai some training, which surprised everyone, considering she was already very strong as a Legendary Moemon. His reason was because he heard that the Saffron Gym Leader, Sabrina, was a Psychic herself, and he could read his mind to know he had Hourai as one of his Moemon, so he decided to train her as well in case she decides to divide the gym battle into two parts, like Misty did.

Ash had Es and Eria learn Signal Beam from Kaya, who learned it while at Oak's Ranch, while Kaya learned Psychic from them. Eria also learned Calm Mind, and even Hyper Beam, to everyone's surprise. Talia learned how to use Energy Ball, Shadow Claw and Thunder Punch. Pia learned how to use Thunder alongside Hourai, and then practiced to get used to the recoil from Volt Tackle. As for Hourai, Ash figured out that she could do combinations that involve weather, like Sunny Day and Solar Beam, which she already knew, so he had Hourai learn Rain Dance and Thunder, as well as Hail, Sandstorm, and most importantly, Weather Ball. Since Weather Ball is a move that doubles in power as well as changes type to match the weather, it would help greatly in the fighting style Ash has worked out for her. He also decided to have Es and Eria teach her Shadow Ball.

The next day after they finished training, he and his friends were back on the road to Saffron City. Right now, they were walking through a forest and it was getting dark. "I hope we find Saffron City soon." Misty said with worry. "It's getting late."

Just then, they all heard laughter coming from the bushes. The laughter was from a little girl, about six years old, and was wearing a white dress, with a white hat and was carrying a white ball. "Well, thankfully she was wearing all white to make herself seeable in the dark." Pia said, half-jokingly.

Es, however, was staring at the little girl with a frown. 'That girl... Why do I feel psychic energy coming from her?' She thought.

"Excuse me, little girl," Ash spoke, "do you know the way to Saffron City?" The girl only laughed and ran away into the bushes. "I was only asking for directions..." Ash muttered.

"Hold on. Let's follow her." Giselle suggested. They followed the path that the little girl took, which led them to a cliff. Thankfully, in the distance, they saw Saffron City, a city with many lights.

"Wow, how beautiful." Misty said in awe.

"That's Saffron City up ahead." Ash pointed out.

"I guess it was lucky we ran into that girl." Brock chuckled. The others chuckled with him, except Es, who was still thinking about the girl. "Okay, let's find a path to go down so we can get to Saffron."

"Or..." Ash smirked, grabbing Serena and carrying her bridal style, making the blonde yelp.

"A-Ash!" Serena stuttered, blushing like mad. "Wh-What are you doing!?"

"Hold on tight, Serena!" Ash smiled to her, and then he jumped off the cliff, carrying her.

"WHAT IS ASH DOING!?" Misty, Brock and Giselle yelled, shocked by Ash's stunt.

On the ground below the cliff, Ash landed with his knees bent to absorb the blow. After fixing his posture, he moved his legs a bit, seeing that they were perfectly fine. "Figured it would work." Ash grinned, and then looked at Serena, who was shaking in his arms. "It's safe now." He told her. Serena opened her eyes and saw that had somehow landed safely, to her surprise.

"B-But how?" Serena asked, befuddled.

"I figured that, since I'm an Aura Guardian, I could use my Aura to fortify myself when I land." Ash explained. "I'm not sure exactly how big of a fall I can take without breaking any bones, but I don't plan to experiment, don't worry."

"I hope not." Serena said. She then remembered that she was still in Ash's arms, which made her blush. "U-Um, c-could you...?"

"O-Oh! Sorry!" Ash apologized, blushing as well as he put Serena back down.

"ASH!" They heard Misty call Ash as the others ran up to them.

"Oh, hey guys." Ash greeted nonchalantly.

"DON'T DO THAT EVER AGAIN!" Misty yelled angrily at him. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU EVEN SURVIVE THAT WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR LEGS, ANYWAY!?"

"Aura." He and Serena simply answered.

"...Of course it's Aura." Giselle sighed.

The gang decided to rest at the Moemon Center for the night once they arrived at Saffron City, and then walked over to Saffron Gym, which was an unusual dome-shaped building. "Well, time to get my fourth badge." Ash said bravely.

"Are you going to battle Sabrina?" A dark gray bearded man, in a dark green jogging outfit, asked Ash before he could open the gym's door.

"Yeah, I am." Ash nodded. "Is there a problem with that?"

"If I were you, kid, I'd go another gym." The man advised, frowning. "Sabrina will not go easy on anyone, not even a newbie trainer like you. So leave now and go to another gym."

Ash glared and looked at the man straight in the eye. "Listen old man, I didn't come here just so you could tell me to leave." He said, his eyes glowing blue with his aura. "I am going to battle Sabrina, understand?"

The man simply stared at Ash as he walked into the gym, his friends and Moemon following him. 'That kid... His eyes glowed blue for a moment.' He thought. 'But there's no way he's a Psychic, like Sabrina...'

Inside the gym, Ash, Misty, Brock, Giselle, Serena, Pia and Es saw a lot of people at table. Some people were staring at spoons, trying to bend them, and the rest were trying to guess what shape was on the cards, without looking. "What are they doing?" Pia asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Since this is a Psychic Gym," Es frowned, "these humans are probably all Psychics-in-training."

"That is correct, Espeon." A man wearing a lab coat said as he walked up to the group. "What might you kids be doing here?"

"I'm here to challenge Sabrina." Ash stated.

The man chuckled at this. "If you wish to challenge the Great Sabrina, then you are in big trouble."

"Why? Is it because she's a powerful Psychic?" Serena asked with a frown.

"Once again, correct." The man smirked. "Her power is not something a normal trainer can withstand." He looked at Es. "Although, I commend you for your Espeon. We hardly get any trainers with Psychic Moemon, but even then I doubt that will help you."

"Well, I'm not exactly a 'normal human'." Ash grinned, holding up his hand and letting his aura flare a bit.

The man was surprised by this, and then chuckled again. "Well now, who would've thought an Aura Guardian would come to challenge this gym?" He mused. "Very well, I will take you to Sabrina." He led them to where Ash's gym battle with Sabrina would be. The battlefield looked like an underground temple. Misty, Brock, Giselle and Serena were feeling a bit scared, but Ash, Pia and Es kept a brave face.

"Master, I'm sensing a lot of psychic power." Es told Ash through their telepathic link, the Aura Guardian nodding to her.

"Great Sabrina," The man said, bowing onto the battlefield and pointing at Ash, "this boy here wishes to challenge you."

Two figures appeared behind the curtain. One was a little girl clothed in white, hold a Moe Ball, while the other was a woman with long dark green hair, wearing a long red shirt.

'That is the girl we met in the forest!' Es thought, alarmed. 'And that woman, Sabrina, is giving off a lot of psychic power. Could the girl be...?'

The woman's eyes glowed blue with psychic power as she lifted the man into the air, then dropped him onto the ground, making him run away in away. The gang felt sorry for him; it seemed really mean of Sabrina, treating her own assistants like that.

"You, Ash Ketchum," Sabrina spoke, her voice holding no emotion, but still getting the gang's attention. "I see you have a Legendary Moemon with you; a Ho-Oh."

"That's right." Ash nodded, expecting Sabrina to know about Hourai.

"Do you feel that you are worthy of her?" Sabrina asked, frowning.

"To be honest, it just sort of happened." Ash answered honestly. "Even now, I still can't believe that, on my very first day as a Moemon Trainer, a Legendary Moemon would appear before me and choose for me to catch her." He looked at Sabrina, staring intensely into her eyes. "But Hourai wanted me to be her trainer, so I respected her wishes."

Sabrina stared back at him before nodding. "You answer honestly." She said, and then floated to the top side of the stadium, spooking Misty, Brock, Giselle and Serena, while Ash stepped onto the bottom side of the stadium. Pia and Es walked over to the sidelines with the others, since they weren't going to participate in the gym battle. "This will be two one vs one Moemon battles." Sabrina explained the rules as two Moe Balls, one regular Moe Ball and one Ultra Ball, teleported to her sides. She raised the regular Moe Ball with her psychic power. "For the first battle, you will send out a Moemon to battle my Kardia." She then lowered the Moe Ball and raised the Ultra Ball. "If you win, you must then send out Hourai to battle the League Winner Moemon I have chosen."

"It's just like you thought, Master." Es spoke via telepathy.

"Yeah." Ash responded, and then broke it when he heard the little girl suddenly giggle.

"If you lose either one of the battles, though, you will have to play with me!" The little girl giggled.

Ash felt unsure when he heard that, but still nodded. "Alright! I accept those terms!" He accepted.

"Then let playtime begin." Sabrina said, announcing the beginning of the battle. She clipped the Ultra Ball to her belt, and then opened the Moe Ball, which Kardia, an Abra, emerged from. She wore a brown shirt and yellow shorts, and had a long yellow tail sticking out of her back. She had black eyes (though they are closed so Ash and the others couldn't see them), and had yellow hair down to her neck, stuck up in two points.

"...Is she asleep?" Pia asked, looking at Kardia with confusion.

"Don't underestimate her, Pia." Giselle warned. "Even if she is sleeping, Abra are capable of doing this, like battles, even while they sleep."

"Okay. Eria, I choose you!" Ash called out Eria.

"You have a Psychic Moemon foreign to Kanto?" Sabrina asked. "Interesting." The little girl smiled with delight, and then Kardia suddenly glowed a bright light. "Interesting." Sabrina repeated.

"She's evolving already!?" Es exclaimed with surprise.

"But the battle didn't even start!" Pia cried out as Kardia finished her evolution. She wore a brown shirt over a yellow dress, and had blonde hair tied into a ponytail down to her shoulders. She had black eyes that were now wide open, and carried a spoon in her hand.

"She evolved into Kadabra." Ash frowned. "Be careful, Eria. This just got really tough." He spoke to Eria through a telepathic link, which they trained for yesterday.

"I know, but I can handle it." Eria said, giving her trainer a confident smile.

"Alright then, use Shadow Ball!" Ash commanded. Eria fired a sphere of darkness at Kardia, hitting her directly.

"Confusion." Sabrina commanded. Kardia's eyes glowed red, ready to attack.

"Teleport out of the way, then use Ice Punch!" Ash commanded, but to everyone else, it seemed like Eria wordlessly used Teleport to dodge the Confusion, and then punched Kardia's side with an ice-infused fist.

"I see." Sabrina said. "You are giving Eria commands via telepathy."

"We thought it would only be fitting in a Psychic Gym." Ash smirked, half-jokingly. Although for a brief moment, he could've sworn that he saw Sabrina give a small grin in response. However, she immediately went back to her emotionless expression, and then Ash saw Kardia suddenly heal. 'Recover!?' He thought, surprised and alarmed. 'I didn't even hear Sabrina tell Kardia to use that move! Did she decide to switch to telepathic commands as well!?' He grunted. 'Guess I'll have to get serious.'

No words were said for the next few moments of the battle as Ash and Sabrina gave their Moemon telepathic commands. Then suddenly, Eria stood completely still. Sabrina thought this to be an opening and ordered Kardia to use Psybeam, but it turned out that Eria was using Calm Mind, as she immediately retaliated with a stronger Thunderbolt, overpowering the Psybeam and hitting Kardia directly, making her cry out in pain.

Kardia's pained cry caused Sabrina to widen her eyes, but this time her reaction lasted long enough for the whole gang to notice. "Did you guys see that?" Misty asked.

"Yeah." Serena nodded, having noticed the show of emotion. "Earlier, Sabrina just had a blank look on her face and eyes. But just then, she looked a little worried because of how much pain Kardia just went through." Unknown to everyone, though, the man from earlier was watching the gym battle, and he, too, took notice of Sabrina's show of emotion.

Eria and Kardia were now panting, getting tired from the battle. "You are giving an interesting battle, Trainer of Ho-Oh." Sabrina said.

"This is really fun!" The little girl giggled.

"Well, too bad the fun has to come to an end." Ash said. "How about we issue our final attacks out loud?"

"Very well. Psybeam." Sabrina commanded, though everyone noticed that her voice held more force, and emotion.

Ash smirked. "Hyper Beam!"

Sabrina let out an audible gasp when she heard the move as Eria fired an all-powerful golden beam that easily overpowered the Psybeam and hit Kardia directly, knocking her unconscious.

"Ash did it! He won!" Serena cheered, alongside Pia and Es.

Ash ran over to Eria and hugged her from behind. "Thank you, Eria!" He thanked her. "You were awesome!"

"Thank you, Master." Eria smiled.

"You made us lose!" The little girl shouted unhappily. "You're a meanie!"

"Kardia…" Sabrina said, walking up to Kardia and lifting her head off the ground and onto her lap. Everyone saw that Sabrina had a really worried look in her eyes, and it looked like they were regaining color. Then, all of a sudden, the little girl disappeared.

"The little girl is gone!" Giselle gasped.

"I get it now." Es said, coming to a realization. "Sabrina's psychic power was so strong that it took control of her, leaving her unable to feel emotion." She explained. "And that little girl was actually an illusion created by Sabrina's strong psychic power, most likely reflecting her child self."

Pia shivered. "Psychic power is scary... No offense." She said to her teammate.

"None taken." Es smiled.

"Sabrina!" A familiar voice called as everyone saw the man ran up to Sabrina.

"Daddy?" Sabrina asked, beginning to tear up. "Daddy!" She cried, hugging the man who was actually her father.

"My little girl..." Sabrina's father said softly, comforting his daughter.

Ash and the others were surprised that the man was actually Sabrina's father, and then a woman, who turned out to be Sabrina's mother, ran into the gym. Sabrina and her father hugged the woman, and all three cried tears of happiness, making the gang smile at the touching scene.

Sabrina's father began explaining everything to Ash, Brock, Misty, Giselle, Serena, Pia, Es and Eria. Like Es stated, Sabrina was born with psychic powers, but they began to take control of her as she got older. Since then, Sabrina showed no emotion for anything, and used her powers to hurt people, but Ash and Eria defeating Kardia in their gym battle helped free Sabrina and regain her emotions.

"I'm glad I could help," Ash smiled, "but the gym battle isn't over yet." Sabrina's parents blinked in confusion.

"Oh right!" Sabrina exclaimed. "We were supposed to have another battle after this one!"

"Yep, and Hourai and I are ready." Ash smirked.

Sabrina nodded. "Let's get started, then."

Ash and Sabrina took their places on the battlefield once again, with Sabrina's father joining Ash's friends and Moemon on the sidelines, while Sabrina's mother acted as referee. "Sabrina has had a couple of challengers," Sabrina's father said, "but she's never divided her gym battles into two parts."

"That's because Ash actually has a very special and powerful Moemon that Sabrina wants to battle." Misty said.

"I wonder what Moemon she'll use to battle Hourai." Serena said. Sabrina's parents guessed that Hourai was the name of the Moemon Ash would use.

Sabrina unclipped the Ultra Ball from her belt, an excited smile on her face. "Alright Grace, let's go!" She tossed the Moe Ball, and a normal Gardevoir emerged from it. She wore a very long white dress with green sleeves, and green hair down to her neck and red eyes. She was also wearing a strange necklace that held a stone with a DNA symbol on it.

"She had her own Gardevoir." Serena said, surprised.

"Grace is a Moemon meant for battling trainers who have won Leagues." Sabrina's father said. "I know that because I was the Gym Leader before Sabrina."

The gang looked at the man with surprise. "You used to be Saffron's Gym Leader!?" Pia asked with surprise.

"That's right." Sabrina's father nodded. "I left all of my Moemon in the gym for Sabrina to use. I wonder how she'll handle Grace."

"Alright! Hourai, I choose you!" Ash sent out Hourai, shocking Sabrina's parents.

"Well, well! I never thought that would have a Ho-Oh!" Sabrina's father said in an impressed tone.

"I've been waiting for this!" Sabrina grinned excitedly. "Let's do this, Grace!"

Grace seemed caught off guard by her new trainer's excitement, and then glanced at her opponent. "Is it me, or does Mistress seem different than what I remember?" She asked.

"That would be thanks to my Master." Hourai replied. "Their first battle freed your trainer and helped her regain her emotions."

"I see." Grace nodded in understanding, then smiled. "Well then, my thanks to your trainer for helping Mistress, Legendary." She said. "And I hope we have a wonderful battle."

"Same."

Seeing that Hourai and Grace are done with their friendly greeting, Ash asked Sabrina, "How about you make the first move this time?"

"Alright." Sabrina nodded. "Grace, use Psybeam!" Grace fired a rainbow beam at Hourai.

"Safeguard, then Shadow Ball!" Ash commanded. Hourai blocked the Psybeam using Safeguard, then fired a Shadow Ball at Grace, who Teleported out of the way.

"Thunderbolt!" Grace fired a bolt of electricity at Hourai, who flew up to dodge and then retaliated with Brave Bird. Instead of dodging, Grace met the attack with a Fire Punch, causing an explosion that knocked the two back.

"Moonblast!" Grace fired a sphere of moonlight at Hourai, scoring a direct hit, but the phoenix quickly recovered.

"Flamethrower!" Hourai blew a stream of flames at Grace, who managed to block most of it with Light Screen, but still got burned by it. Grace grunted as she looked at her now slightly burned dress, before firing a Psybeam at Hourai, who countered with a Thunderbolt, causing an explosion.

"Grace is pretty strong." Misty said as she watched the battle.

"I'm still wondering about the necklace she's wearing, honestly." Pia said, looking at the necklace Grace was wearing.

"You'll see soon enough." Sabrina's father said, smirking.

Another explosion occurred as Hourai's and Grace's moves clashed. "This battle is really fun, Ash." Sabrina said after the smoke cleared.

"It sure is." Ash smirked. "But it's time for Hourai and I to get serious and win!" Hourai nodded.

"Then Grace and I will get serious as well." Sabrina smirked as she took out a necklace with a rainbow-colored stone inside it. On the center of the sphere was a DNA symbol matching the stone on Grace's necklace.

"A necklace?" Giselle blinked in confusion.

"It has a similar stone as the one of Grace's necklace." Brock said, and then his eyes widened. "Could it be...!?"

"What is it, Brock?" Es asked, and then everyone saw Sabrina tap on the stone on her necklace, and to her, Pia's and Giselle's surprise, it began glowing a rainbow light as Grace's necklace reacted to it.

"Let our minds and souls become one and lead to greater power!" Sabrina said, as if chanting. "Grace, Mega Evolve!"

'Mega Evolve!?' Ash and Hourai thought with wide eyes.

Everyone except Sabrina's parent watched with shock as Grace began glowing an orange-and-purple light, before fading to reveal her in a new form. She wore a very long white dress that was aired out at the bottom, making it look like a wedding dress, with elbow-length gloves, green hair down to her neck, and red eyes.

"What is that?" Pia asked, looking at Grace with shock.

"Evolution and transcends normal evolution..." Brock breathed out.

"Mega Evolution." Misty finished.

"Mega Evolution?" Es repeated.

"It's a special evolution certain Moemon have that allows them to bring out their hidden potential." Brock explained.

"Hidden potential!?" Pia repeated, shocked.

Brock nodded. "To activate Mega Evolution, you need a Key Stone for the trainer, a Mega Stone for the Mega capable Moemon, and a strong bond between the two." He explained how Mega Evolution works. "If Sabrina can do it with Grace, that means they hold a powerful psychic bond. This just got a lot harder for Ash."

Ash was also shocked. He had seen battles where trainers would use Mega Evolution, but he never expected that he would face one so soon, especially his fourth gym battle.

"To think I would battle a Moemon that could Mega Evolve..." Hourai muttered to herself. "I'm really glad Master decided to train me."

"What do you think, Ash?" Sabrina asked, smirking. "Surprised to see a Mega Evolution?"

"I'm surprised I'm battling one this soon in my journey as a Moemon Trainer," Ash admitted, "but we're not giving up! Hourai, Flamethrower!" Hourai nodded and blew a stream of flames at Grace, but the Mega Gardevoir managed to repel it with Psychic.

"Fairy Hyper Beam!" Sabrina commanded.

"Fairy what?" Hourai blinked in confusion.

Ash's eyes widened. "Look out!" He warned, but it was too late. Grace fired a golden beam outlined with pink energy, scoring a direct hit on Hourai and making the Phoenix cry out in pain and crash to the ground. "Hourai!"

"That looked like it really hurt." Serena said, shocked and worried.

"Mega Evolved Moemon are said to be as strong as Legendary Moemon." Brock said, worried for Ash. "Gym Leaders usually have them in their League Winner teams."

"I hope Ash and Hourai can pull this off." Misty said, also worried.

"Hourai, are you alright?" Ash asked, worried about his Legendary Moemon.

"I'm okay." Hourai grunted as she stood up. "I can still fight."

"Alright." Ash nodded. "We'll have to get truly serious now. Recover, then Shadow Ball!" Hourai nodded and healed most of her injuries with Recover, and then fired a Shadow Ball at Grace...who countered with multiple. "Dodge!" Hourai quickly took into the air and swerved her way around the flurry of Shadow Balls. A few of them clipped her wings, but thankfully didn't do much damage. "Ancient Power!" Hourai fired a stone of fossilized energy at Grace, scoring a hit on her.

"Fairy Hyper Voice!" Sabrina commanded. Grace inhaled, and then screamed, sending out sound waves laced with Fairy energy.

"Gah!" Hourai cried out, flinching back and covering her ears.

"DODGE!" Ash yelled through the Hyper Voice, hoping Hourai would hear him in time. Thankfully, she did manage to hear him a bit as she moved out of the way of a Thunderbolt.

"What is up with those moves!?" Hourai asked, frowning. "Are Hyper Voice and Hyper Beam supposed to do that?"

"Maybe this is because of an ability Grace has in her Mega Evolved Form." Ash guessed.

Hourai's eyes widened. "Pixilate! Of course!" She exclaimed. "All her Normal moves are now Fairy moves!"

Ash nodded. "Since you're a Fire type, you should be able to resist them," he said, "but Mega Gardevoir are still incredibly powerful, so be careful."

"Right." Hourai nodded, and then took into the air. 'Okay. Let's try this.' She thought. "Sandstorm!" Hourai whipped by a sandstorm, making Grace grunt and close her eyes to avoid getting sand in them.

"Alright, where are you?" Grace asked, trying to find Hourai using psychic energy.

"Weather Ball!" She heard Hourai call out, and then a ball of condensed sand came at her from northeast, knocking her back.

"Clear the Sandstorm with Psychic!" Sabrina commanded. Grace shielded her eyes with her arms, and then her eyes glowed as she used her psychic power to forcibly clear the sandstorm. However, Hourai was nowhere in sight. "What!?"

"Sacred Phoenix!" Ash called.

Grace quickly looked at and saw Hourai preparing to come down with a Brave Bird mixed with Sacred Fire. "Hyper Beam!" She fired her Fairy Hyper Beam upwards at Hourai, who grunted and powered through the beam and into Grace, causing an explosion, that nearly knocked everyone off their feet.

Everyone watched with baited breath as the smoke began to clear, revealing Hourai barely standing, while Grace was unconscious on the floor.

"Grace is unable to battle! Hourai is the winner!" Sabrina's mother announced. "The victor of this gym battle is the challenger, Ash Ketchum!"

"I won..." Hourai panted, before she herself lost consciousness, Ash catching her before she hit the ground.

"You were awesome, Hourai. Thank you so much." Ash told the unconscious Legendary, smiling, and then returned her to her Moe Ball. "Take a good rest. You deserve it."

"Ash!" Serena exclaimed, running up to him and hugging him. "I'm so happy you won!"

"That was an intense battle." Brock smiled.

"Yeah." Ash nodded. "If it wasn't for that combination move and Hourai's willpower, I would've lost. Battling Mega Evolved Moemon is a whole different experience."

Sabrina returned Grace, and was approached by her father. "Very well done, Sabrina." He praised her. "You were able to harness Mega Evolution this quickly after freeing your emotions. I made the right choice after all having you become Gym Leader."

"Thanks, Daddy." Sabrina smiled, and then walked up to Ash. "And thank you for the battle, Ash. It was the best I ever had." She took out a golden badge that was in the shape of two circles. "And now I present to you the Marsh Badge."

"Thanks, Sabrina." Ash thanked the Gym Leader as he accepted the badge.

"Also, why don't you take this?" Sabrina suggested, taking out a necklace. "It's an extra Gardevoirite that I found. Once you get a Key Stone, you can use it to Mega Evolve Eria."

"Wow." Ash said in awe as he accepted the Mega Stone. "Thank you so much!"

After Eria and Hourai recovered at the Moemon Center, Ash and friends bid farewell to Sabrina and her family and continued on their journey.


Chapter 7 END.

Now, before people start complaining as to why I showed a giant Moemon Tentacruel and not a giant Moemon Dragonite, there was a reason why. Because of Team Rocket's sauce combined with Tentacruel's anger, she became huge when she evolved. However, it's only temporary, so she will return to normal in time.

Ash battles his first Mega Evolution! Even though he has a Mega Stone for Eria, he won't be using Mega Evolution until near the end of the Kanto arc.

Now that that's all settled. See you guys next chapter!