This next one comes to us from Janus366 and is there to remind us that at times we become so involved in the things that we're doing that we forget what's really important.
Steven Stone, first president of the Republic of LaRousse, waited on his desk at the presidential office on LaRousse City, the capital of the rising republic located on the Hoenn region. He was waiting for a call, a call which would mark the beginning of probably the most important episode of his government and possibly of the entire history of the young republic at the moment.
Not long ago, the United Kingdoms of Ransei have contacted him asking for help. From what he knew, Ransei have been trying to intervene on the Kalos region affairs to bring humanitarian help and support Free Kalos, the last bastion of civilization on a region ravaged by the chaos of the Undampening and surrounded by hostile factions seeking its destruction. One of them, the Flare Consortium, had declared war on Free Kalos. Ransei, being a close ally of LaRousse, had asked him if he could give them some support or even get directly involved on the conflict to protect Free Kalos.
He had accepted to get involved. Of course, while Steven had always championed for freedom, democracy and to protect the rights of both human and pokemon across the post undampening world and was truly moved by Free Kalos plight, his help would not come for free. Sure, Ransei and their leader "Spray" Krane may be idealists who had no problems offering a helping hand free of charge because it was the correct thing to do. Steven also thought it was the correct thing to do too, but from his education as a businessman and future heir of the Devon Corporation, his idea of helping was more like "I help you and you help me back" instead.
Finally, the communicator on his desk rang and Steven answered it. An holographic projection turned on which showed the face of a military officer.
"Is everything set?" Steven asked.
"Yes, my President." Answered General David Campbell of the LaRoussian Armed Forces through the projection. "Our forces are prepared to attack the Consortium fortress, including the navy and the air force."
"Excellent, proceed to begin the operation." He ordered.
"With all respect, sir. Are you sure this attack his wise? Our Ransian and Kalosian allies feel uneasy about this operation as the enemy is heavily protected and their defenses almost inexpugnable. They are still asking if we don't want their help on this." The general added.
"Don't worry General, our armed forces are one of the most powerful and technologically advanced in the world, and we have our strongest and most respectable heroes and veterans on it including the Dragon of LaRousse and his Golden Dragons. So we are perfectly capable of doing this alone. And remember what's at stake this mission. With what the Flare Consortium is protecting there, they have access to practically an unlimited source of energy. If we are able to secure it, we will bring a powerful blow to their organization."
"Very well sir... I still don't like this and our chances our success... But orders are orders and everyone of us shall do their duty. Campbell, out." The General saluted and the communication went off.
Steven then sat on his chair and supported himself over the desk hands clasped and fingers crossed.
"Now... we have just to wait..." He said to himself excited.
A few months later.
LaRousse City, Press Conference.
"Mister President..." A women journalists said. "Months have passed since our last operation against the Flare Consortium which ended in a costly victory for us, so the controversy surrounding it haven't died down yet. Do you still consider that our heavy losses that day were justified with what we got in change?
Steven Stone stood on a podium where countless of journalists were taking photographs, recording videos and trying to ask questions.
"I will say it once again, miss. The same thing I have been saying since first day: yes, our loses were justified."
"Even, if at the end we lost whole divisions of our army, hundreds of aircraft, dozens of ships including a battleship and an aircraft carrier?" The same journalists asked again.
"Yes, it did. Because in change of LaRousse liberating the Diamond Domain, we managed to get the Heart Diamond four ourselves. So we now have a near infinite source of clean, renewable energy for ourselves rivaled only by the Heart of Ransei to sustain our economic growth and energy needs forever."
"Speaking about that..." She kept going. "The government of Free Kalos have continued protesting that while they agreed to let us harvest the energy of the Heart Diamond for perpetuity in change of getting involved into the conflict against the Flare Consortium, they never agreed on relocating the entire Diamond Domain inside our frontiers on the Hoenn region, spending billions of taxpayers' money in the process to complete such monumental task."
"Well, you can tell Free Kalos authorities that we were the ones who did all the job liberating the Diamond Domain from Consortium hands. So I believe we deserve having it for ourselves after all the blood, sweat and tears we gave taking it back. And also, Free Kalos have proved to be unable to keep the Diamond Domain secure from hostile forces, to use it appropriately and that the region have proved to be too unstable for the Diamond Domain to remain there. So I considered that we would make better caretakers of it on our frontiers than on Free Kalos."
"And what about their other protests about the need of deploying a nuclear weapon to turn the tide of the battle into our favor?"
"Again, as I have said before. I give my most sincere apologies of being forced to nuke the Flare Consortium fortress and getting the help of Lugia and his other allies who ravaged the entire region near Diamond Domain not leveled by it to finally get a breakthrough. Seriously... we never thought that those defenses were going to be that tough or that the Flare Consortium had a secret pact with Ho-Oh's and Uxie's faction to bring their legendaries to help them on their defense against us... But good for us, Lugia, his allies and the Dragon of LaRousse managed to save the day when everything started to look bleak. And the footage of the battle is already being edited into an epic action film made by Devon Studios which will be released in a few weeks, don't miss it! But returning to the main question... It was that or risking defeat. And don't worry, it was a highly efficient nuclear device so there should be practically no risk of fallout on ground zero."
A few hours later, an exhausted Steven Stone returned to the presidential residence after the press conference to finally get some rest. With him, he also had some shopping bags.
"Diancie, I'm home!" He called.
From a flight of stairs, the legendary Jewel Pokemon came down floating next to him.
"Hi, President Stone! How was your day?" She asked happy to see him through telepathy."
He sighed.
"Very tiring, politics are not an easy thing and the press has no mercy... But look what I bought for you!" Steven said as he took a box from the bags and opened it, taking out what was inside and showing it to her.
Inside it, there was an expensive looking dress of her size
"Oh! It's beautiful! Can I try it?" She asked excited.
"Of course, I brought even more! We can try all of them now if you want!" He said happy with glee.
For the next hours, Steven and Diancie enjoyed themselves by making her try all kinds of dresses and extravagant clothes while laughing together like a pair of girl friends, watching all kind of cute and girly movies and series from Steven's collection and playing games like patty cake or hide-and-seek across the residence.
Finally, the two were sit around a cute table on a room made only for her to stick around, drinking tea and eating cookies together.
"I have to say it again, mister Stone. Thank you very much for rescuing me from the evil clutches of Team Flares and relocating my domain to somewhere safer. The Carbink are now happier than ever here on Hoenn!" She said with a smile.
"It was nothing, Princess Diancie. I just couldn't stay doing nothing as you and your people suffered."
In truth, while having the Diamond Heart under their possession was useful for the LaRoussian nation and a great boon on long term. What had really motivated him to get involved on the Kalos region was to finally meet and become friend of the pokemon which he had been dreaming and looking for since he was a child. One who he had fell in love at first sight when he had read about her on a book about legendary pokemon of Kalos: Diancie, the ultimate stone poke waifu. And thanks to the power of being the leader of an entire nation, he was now the envy of all stone collectors all over the world.
"Indeed, it's good to be president..." He said to himself as he drank from his cup.
