A/N: things are getting intense. Serena can mega evolve and Night was able to defeat Alain without a mega evolution. Some of you may hate that I made an OC defeat Alain like that, but hear me out: Alain's defeat will show how much stronger Ash has become, this will be proven in a few chapters from now. Team Draco will acknowledge now that Ash is extremely strong thus giving them the ability to prepare.

This chapter is now proving the biggest challenge of Night and Serena… Battling Mount Silver head on.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Chapter 8- Battle for the Summit

Somewhere in Kanto:

Alain was devastated with his loss to the guy with a Greninja. 'How could he best me like that?' he thought as he sat on a log in a route. The scenery was nice, an open field with flowers and a clear blue sky. 'Aren't those guys Kalos native? Why are they in Kanto… unless, they are looking for him' Alain realised. He had no doubt that Night and Serena were trying to get to Ash.

Just then, Alain's Holo Caster rang and he responded. "Hello Lysander, nice to speak to you again," replied Alain.

"Greetings Alain, I just called to check on the mission," Lysander responded in a serious tone. "Have you gotten any closer?"

"Yes, I have 2 suspects that seem to be tracking down the whereabouts of Ketchum, I confronted them but…" Alain's voice trailed off.

"But what?" Lysander demanded aggressively.

"One of them defeated me in battle," Alain admitted. "He was so strong and I was unable to prevent them from coming through."

"I see, if they are after Ketchum and are that strong, we have a problem," Lysander commented. "Ketchum will probably be stronger than those trainers and we must prepare."

"Affirmative," replied Alain. "I will keep an eye on them and train to carry through the mission."

"Understood, off you go." With that Lysander hung up.

Alain just sat there in the log. 'Is this worth fighting for?' he thought.

Somewhere in Kalos:

'The enemy is stronger than I thought, in order for team Draco to be successful we have to allow Ketchum to be found by those suspects' Lysander thought. Lysander was disappointed in the loss of Alain but he did acknowledge that the enemy was growing stronger. 'I have to organise something large to bring Ketchum out and when he is about to claim victory, carry out the plan.'

Pallet Town:

"So where are you two heading from here?" Brock asked as the trio headed towards a route. Camp had finished that day and everyone had returned home. Delia and Oak where at the Ketchum residence and they had just wished Night and Serena good luck on their journey. The trio was passing over the ranch where Pigeot had finished recovering, it flew around the air with ease now. The trio also noticed that there was now an Infernape in the ranch, same with a Feraligatr. Mysteriously, Noivern was nowhere to be seen.

Serena decided to respond to Brock's question, "Night and me are headed over to Mount Silver!"

"Jolteon!" Jolteon agreed as it was walking cheerfully next to Night.

At the sound of Mount Silver, most of the pokemon from the ranch looked at Serena, all of them knew where Ash was and where confused as to how someone knew. The pokemon then calmed down and returned to what they were doing.

Brock looked at the duo with fear, "Don't tell me you are going to try t-"

"Climb it?" Night finished Brock's line. "Of course what do you think we would do there?" Jolteon got pumped, he was excited.

"I have to go back to Pewter now, tell me you will be careful," Brock said. "I would have not let you guys go if it was not for Night being a paramedic," Brock admitted causing Night to be a bit embarrassed.

"He will keep us safe, right Jolteon?" Serena asked.

"Yea, I will don't worry," Night said rubbing the back of his head.

"Bye guys!" Brock yelled.

"See you soon Brock!" Serena and Night exclaimed.

"Jol Jolteon!"

A bit later:

"There it is, Ash is at the top of that peak!" Serena roared in excitement.

"Jolteon eon!" Jolteon exclaimed in happiness.

"Jolteon, you are going to be a big help won't you?" Night asked his partner to which Jolteon nodded in agreement.

"Delphox come on out too!" Serena said. "Delphox, we are going to climb this mountain, we would love it if you stayed out and helped us if we need it!"

"Phox Delphox!" the fox exclaimed agreeing.

"Ok, according to this map, the safest route is along the side of the mountain we are facing now. It seems that it is less steep so we will be able to straight up climb." Night explained. "Not to mention that strong wild pokemon appear to be the large danger for this route." The duo and their pokemon started to climb the mountain, it was not so steep but a quarter of the way up it was getting cold.

"Night, I think we need to put on our Jackets now," Serena asserted. She was right, a little more and the mountain would be snowy. The duo got their jackets on, obviously Jolteon and Delphox were able to maintain their heat.

"Ursaring!" an ursaring exclaimed as it attacked the duo with a focus blast.

"Delphox use mystical fire!"

"Del PHOX!" Delphox exclaimed as her wand threw out a large fire that sent the ursaring fleeing.

"Well done Delphox!" Serena praised as she petted her partner. Night was impressed at how fast Serena and Delphox got an Ursaring running, but that is what he would expect from someone that travelled with Ash for so long.

"We still have a long way to go," Night stated as he looked towards the summit. "Let's keep going!"

"Jolteon jol jol!" his friend exclaimed as the group started to run up the mountain.

The path was still walkable, there was no way the group would need to climb, but the weather started to take its toll as a blizzard started to blow through the mountain.

"We need to take shelter," Serena said as she was being blown away by the strong winds.

"In here!" Night yelled as he found a cave. Everyone gathered in the cave waiting for the storm to pass.

"Delphox, start a fire!" Serena ordered as Delphox took her wand out and started a fire.

As they waited for the storm to pass, Serena and Delphox were sitting down and across from them was Night with Jolteon on his side. Serena and Night talked about their battles and times that they almost risked their lives.

"So, after that Ash grabbed my hand and fell into the ravine with me, it turns out he twisted his ankle," Serena said recalling the memory.

"And then you said he was amazing and got shy and got the water from the stream again," Night giggled. "Ash was so mature when he traveled with you, look here are some of his best moments," Night said as he moved next to Serena with YouTube up on his Holo Caster.

"what? Attract didn't work!" Ash exclaimed.

"Your right, by any chance does your snivy happen to be a female?" Elesa asked.

"Oh no that is right! I totally forgot!" Ash yelled in surprise.

This made Axew, Pikachu, Iris and Cilan fall flat.

Serena burst out laughing. "Ash was really that derpy?"

"Yeap, and then you came along and straightened him out!" Night asserted. "He probably would not have won the league if it was not for you."

"Maybe, you probably are right," Serena sighed with a blush. At that time, the group looked out and saw that the storm was over. "I guess we can keep moving! Let's go Delphox!"

"Phox!"

"Jolteon let's keep going!"

"Teon!"

The group walked out of the cave, it was sunny now, but the temperature was still low. Serena and Night started up the mountain again, Jolteon was in front looking for danger as Delphox stayed near the trainers with her branch lit. They kept walking for some time until halfway up they reached the foot of a cliff.

"How are we going to get over that?" Serena asked. Night was looking at his map, he could have sworn that the cliff was never on the map and now they had to get over it.

"Serena, I have a plan, but I need you to help. Also, this may give you some performance ideas so listen up," Night said attentively.

"I am listening," Serena said trusting her cousin.

"Delphox, use your psychic to elevate Serena all the way to the top," ordered Night.

"Phox? Delphox!" Delphox responded confused if she should trust Night, but she decided to do it anyways. After a minute, Delphox had elevated Serena to the top.

"Great, Serena now summon Sylveon, she will be good help. Gliscor come on out!" Night said as he summoned Gliscor. Night and Jolteon got on Gliscor and Gliscor sprung with its tail to get Night and Jolteon to the top.

"Sylveon, we need you!" Serena ordered as she revealed Sylveon. "Use your feelers to grab Delphox and bring her up! We will help pull!"

"Sylveon!" the fairy type cried as it got ahold of Delphox. Night, Serena and Jolteon all helped pull and got Delphox up.

"Good job guys!" Night praised as he recalled Gliscor.

"Sylveon!" Sylveon cried as the cliff gave way. She was standing on it and started plummeting.

"Jol Jolteon!" Jolteon screamed as he jumped after her. Night and Serena noticed this. Night jumped first followed by Serena. Jolteon grabbed Sylveon's feelers while Night grabbed Jolteon's leg and Serena grabbed Night's free hand. Serena then miraculously got ahold of Delphox's branch and was able to get to safety thus helping pull out the others.

"Thanks guys, we really did save each other their," Night sighed in relief.

"Thank Jolteon, he noticed Sylveon fall," Serena said as she petted the spiky pokemon thus causing Jolteon to blush.

Sylveon then sat next to Jolteon and cuddled with him thanking Jolteon for saving her. Jolteon turned more red than a tomato berry. Night chuckled while Serena found the chemistry between the eeveelutions adorable.

Serena had let Sylveon stay with them for the remainder of the time because she saw how Sylveon was so helpful. Trouble struck again a little above three quarters of the way up.

"Garchomp!" a wild Garchomp cried as it fired a dragon pulse towards to group.

"Jolteon counter with thunder!"

"Jolteon!" Jolteon cried as he sent a large thunderbolt to strike the dragon pulse. It was a stalemate, but the explosion was near to Garchomp.

"Finish it with hidden power!" Night ordered as the Garchomp took the hit causing it to flee.

"Night, what is with that hidden power?" Serena asked noticing how much he used it. "It always seems to hurt pokemon with an advantage."

"Hidden power is different types depending on the pokemon. Jolteon's hidden power is ice so it is super effective on dragon, grass, flying, and conveniently Ground thus making type matchups not a problem for Jolteon," Night explained as the group started walking up the mountain.

After some time, the group reached the summit of the mountain. "Sylveon return, thanks for the help!" Serena said recalling Sylveon.

"Serena through here!" Night said as he saw a cave.

The group entered the cave, Jolteon next to Night and Delphox using its wand to give off light like a torch. They heard explosions and headed towards them. When they reached the explosions they saw a Pikachu battling a Lucario.

The duo then turned to see another figure, a teen. He had a blue outfit and jeans and to top it off a red hat.

"It's him," Serena said to Night. Night widened his eyes. That was when the teen noticed the intruders and the pokemon turned to see what the teen was looking at.

They had found the Fallen Trainer.

A/N: the next chapters will reveal more about the power of team Draco. What will happen next? How will Ash react?

Stay tuned!

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