"Steelix, Aggron, battle on!" shouted Dark Raven, throwing two Pokéballs into the air, releasing the two part Steel types. The first thing Luna noticed was a Mega Stone, embedded in Steelix's tail, he had to be the Pokémon that Luca could Mega evolve.

"Pidgeot, let's go," she said with a nervous tone, but as she chucked his Pokéball up, he came out, flapping his wings happily, "What? But, but how…" then she caught Night Crawler's eye and he gave her a small thumbs up, 'It was him,' she felt a small smile tug at her lips, 'Now, whose going to be Pidgeot's partner?' as she began to ponder, Pikachu jumped onto the battlefield and readied himself, "Huh, Pikachu? You want to battle alongside Pidgeot?" he nodded, his cheeks spurting out electricity, "Okay then, let's make Ash proud,"

If only they knew that Ash was sitting watching them, "Now begin!"

"Steelix, use Earthquake and Aggron, Metal Sound," Dark Raven shouted, pointing towards Luna and her two Pokémon. Suddenly, an unbearable sound was emitted on the battlefield, causing Pikachu to freeze and Pidgeot to sqwark in pain, then the field began to shake and it made it difficult, especially for Pikachu to stand,

"Pidgeot, grab Pikachu," she commanded, she watched with caution as the Normal/Flying type scooped the Electric type up with his claws, "Now Pikachu, use Electro Ball on Aggron and Pidgeot, Aerial Ace on Steelix,"

"Steelix, dodge and Aggron, Metal Claw, let's go!" Dark Raven said, an evil grin appearing on his face.

Metal Claw sliced right through the Electro Ball and Pidgeot's attack was pointless as it missed its target completely, Luna's face began to grow red from frustration, "Enough. Why don't we both up our game, bring out our Pokémon's true strength?" she raised her silver ring up so it brushed her lips and then, straightened up to the sky, "Pidgeot, Mega Evolve!" and Pidgeot became bathed in a luminous white light.

Ash who was sitting on the sidelines, watched in awe. He had seen mega evolution battles before, heck, he had been in some, but he had never seen a battle between a Pidgeot and a Steelix, he shielded his eyes as Pidgeot's body and wings grew in length and size, he developed an even more elaborate crest on its head, along with a red streamer-like plume that extended out from yellow feathers that made up Pidgeot's mane. Ash saw that there was a redfeather, projecting itself from the front of the crest, Pidgeot's wingtips and tail feathers had become tipped in blue as well, as the light began to fade, Ash found his mouth hanging open, 'Pidgeot sure looks handsome,'

Dark Raven merely sniggered, "Ha, you think Mega Pidgeot can win? Your pathetic, Steelix, come here and we will show these losers what a real Mega Evolution looks like," and Steelix grinned, "Now, Mega Evolve!" he slid his fingers over the buckle that was on his belt on his pants, it glowed and Steelix too, became bathed in a bright, white light.

Ash shielded his eyes for a second time. He saw Steelix's body grow in length and he gained a few extra features; on his bottom jaw, he obtained a third pair of ridges as well as two sharp, flat structures comprised of three conjoined points that were now protruding from the front on his lower jaw, grey, rock-like spikes as well as Steelix's tail point changed to prism-like crystaline spikes, the segment from which the spikes provide had grown in size too. In-between Steelix's head and individual spiked segments were smaller units, which were adorned by a black spot with a hexagon that was blue in colour on each side. In addition to this, several metallic-looking scraps, rotated now around Steelix's neck, in a way, they almost resembled hands, 'Woah, Steelix looks extremely strong, I hope that girl has a plan,' Ash thought immediately worried,

"Now Steelix, use Gyro Ball, Aggron, Flash Cannon!"

Luna had never seen a Mega Steelix before, actually, that was a lie, she had but only once, when Pichu had hatched, she battled a unknown trainer for ownership of her. Could Dark Raven be that unknown trainer? "Pidgeot, use Gust, Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" now that Pidgeot had Mega evolved, he was a lot stronger and a lot more powerful. Gust stopped Gyro Ball in its tracks, but Pidgeot had to quickly fly up as to dodge the Flash Cannon, but thanks to Pikachu's Quick Attack, Aggron was pushed back, but it didn't seem as though Aggron had taken any damage, "Now Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Aggron and Pidgeot, get a hold of Steelix and use Secret Power," it was a small grasp, but Pidgeot hooked himself onto Steelix and flapped his wings sprinkling a sparkly pink powder onto the battlefield.

The battlefield was a rocky field, which meant that the effects would cause Steelix to flinch in fear, Ash knew this as he had battled in rocky terrain before. Unfortunately for Luna, the move had no effect on Steelix, but how? "You seem confused, well, allow me to explain it, when a Pokémon Mega Evolve's, certain moves such as Secret Power have no effect on them,"

Luna grinned, why was she grinning? "I can officially say I didn't know that, too bad that it wasn't a one on one battle. Now Pikachu, use Volt Tackle on Aggron and Pidgeot, you use Sand Attack," she flicked a strand of black hair from her eyes and watched as the flinching Aggron was pushed further back by the Sand Attack and then finally, pushed over thanks to the Volt Tackle. He had fainted.

"Aggron is unable to battle, the battle will resume… Now!"

Then, from the shadows appeared Frank, Dark Raven's father, he stood next to J, "I see my boy is battling the brat, I'll tell you J, she sure is something," his eyes began to gleam with just a hint of darkness, J nodded and told him that she had taken out Aggron, "What?! That's impossible! Aggron is Luca's second strongest Pokémon, Steelix being his first!" he gasped in shock, "If that kid can take down Steelix too, then I will have to have a few words with Becca,"

Luca returned Aggron, "Thanks buddy, you did me proud, I couldn't have asked any more from you, now take a long rest," he returned his gaze back to the chocolate eyed girl, 'She seems to have grown in strength,' he closed his eyes and removed his goggles, revealing his blue eyes, "Steelix, Iron Tail, now!"

"Pidgeot, Pikachu, dodge it," Luna said, swiping her right hand across her body. Then she remembered a move that Rebecca had mentioned to her when she had been travelling in the Hoenn region, a move that the Mossdeep Gym leaders had encountered from a Swellow and a certain Pikachu, 'Let's try it,' Luna thought, "Pikachu, jump onto Pidgeot's back and use Thunder, Pidgeot, you use Quick Attack," Pikachu who had used this move before, smiled along with Night Crawler,

'Wow, how does she know about that improvised move?' he thought to himself,

"Steelix, intercept it with Meteor Mash!" Luca cried.

Both ten year olds watched as the three attacks clashed in the centre of the arena, sending sand flying up. As the dust cleared, the two Mega Pokémon were still standing, but Pikachu had vanished from sight, then Kevin saw him, lying on the ground, his eyes swirly, "Pikachu is unable to battle, resume… Now!"

Luna walked onto the battlefield and picked Pikachu up gently, he stared up at her, sorrow in his eyes, "Don't be sad Pikachu, you did your best, Ash would be proud of you and this battle isn't over yet," she said, giving him a wink of hope, he smiled up at her and took his place at her feet,

"Let's finish this Steelix, with Heavy Slam,"

"Quick, Double Team," Luna shouted, she had to finish this battle. Pidgeot was beginning to get tired, but then, so was Steelix. The Steel/Ground Pokémon began using its attack on all the fakes, "Now Brave Bird!" she had a glint of determination in her eyes, like when she had battled her mother back at Professor Oak's laboratory,

Luca merely sniggered at her foolish choice, "You fool, you seem to have forgotten that Brave Bird inflicts damage on the user too, intercept it with Meteor Mash and wrap this up!"

The sand was thrown up into the air again, as it settled, the two Pokémon were both still standing, Pidgeot faltered but was still in the air, where as Steelix looked exhausted and collapsed, "Steelix is unable to battle, Pidgeot wins and the victory goes to the Kanto native!" Kevin shouted, raising his left hand.

"We did it Pidgeot! We really did it!" Luna shouted, running towards her first Pokémon and throwing her arms around him, Pikachu joined them by jumping onto Pidgeot's head, "You were both awesome out there," she then looked over Pidgeot's shoulder. She returned the Normal/Flying type back to its Pokéball and slowly walked over to Luca, "You and your Pokémon were in total sync, thanks for a great battle Luca," she offered her hand to help him to his feet, at first he was unsure, but she stretched it out to him, so he took it slowly, only to push her to the floor.

Ash jumped from his seat and ran over to them, standing in front of the black haired girl protectively, "That's enough. You two had a deal, now stick to it and back off," Flareon who had been sitting by her masters side, growled at him viciously and Luca retreated into the shadows, "Are you okay?" he held out his hand for her to take, like Luca, she was dubious at first, but when he wrapped his fingers around hers, he pulled her up and into his chest, she pulled away immediately and dusted herself down, a small smile tugging at her lips.

J and Frank then approached them, with Pichu still in her cage, Frank was clapping, whilst J was grinning, "I must say I'm impressed, child. Well, a deal is a deal, Kevin," she snapped her fingers and Kevin took the cage, unlocking it and releasing the tiny Electric Pokémon, who jumped up into Luna's arms, she was snuggling her face affectionately, "Come along then, its time you left, follow me," J turned her back on the female and walked off to the left, Luna along with Pikachu and Pichu followed her up to the control room, "Stand there," she said, pointing at the floor near the door, she had an evil smirk on her face.

Luna was about to ask where her goons were, when suddenly… "Aarrgghhh!" the floor opened up and Luna and the two Electric Pokémon fell, they found themselves falling through the sky as the fresh air hit them, "Pikachu, Pichu, grab onto me!" she tried to grab hold of both of them whilst free falling and she succeeded. She pulled them into her chest and cuddled them tightly, "Guess this is it," she said, tears falling from her eyes. Suddenly, she felt her weight lifted,

"Got you," she twisted her head round to see Flygon, carrying her by her backpack and Night Crawler, on his back, "Where are you heading?"

"The Pokémon centre, to see -"

"Gary and Dawn, I know," he said, beating her to it, Luna cast a confused glance at Pikachu who shook his head.

Eventually, they landed outside the centre, Luna turned around to see the mysterious boy leave, "Wait! Night Crawler! Why are you with J? You clearly don't like working with her, so why are you?"

Night Crawler sighed sadly, "Galvantula, String Shot," and Joltik's evolved form appeared, binding Pikachu and Pichu to Luna, "I'm doing this for your own good, now stop following us, I don't want anyone else to get hurt, understand? Flygon, let's go," he gently kicked his Pokémon in the side and he took to the sky.

Luna watched him leave and was about to chase after him, when suddenly, a voice rang out to her, "Luna? Are you okay? Me and Dawn have been worried sick, what happened?" it was Gary. He walked her inside the centre, where she was greeted by Dawn and Piplup. "How on earth are we supposed to get this stuff off?"

Dawn called out Pachirisu and told the Electric type to use Discharge and the move split the thread, Luna thanked Dawn and asked her how she was feeling, "I'm fine, no need to worry," she said, smiling, "I never asked, why are you looking after Pikachu?" Luna knew this question had been coming and sat down next to Gary, after she handed Pidgeot's Pokéball over to Nurse Joy, she explained the story to the two kids, "What? Ash was kidnapped?" Dawn exclaimed in shock, covering her mouth with her hand,

"Yeah, so over the past couple of days, me and the Pokémon have been trying to track him down, but no luck," Luna said sadly, Gary placed his hand on her shoulder, rubbing it, "Well, I'd better get going, I've got a ferry to catch, but I think we all need to get together in a few days time and formulate a plan,"

Dawn nodded and mentioned Iris and Cilan's names, as well as May and Max, whilst Gary spoke of Misty, Tracey, Clemont, Bonnie and Serena, "Oh and of course, the ladies man," they both whispered, low enough so Luna couldn't hear them, they both burst into giggles.

Then, a woman's voice broke through, "Here you are young lady, Pidgeot is feeling a lot better now," Nurse Joy handed Luna her Pokéball,

"Thanks Nurse Joy, well, I guess I'll be seeing you guys, take care Dawn, Piplup, Gary, try to behave," she said, with a smile and a wink, Gary merely smiled back and waved her off.

Dawn went over to the video call booth and dialled a number, suddenly, a young tanned man, of about fifteen, appeared on the video screen, "Hiya Dawn, long time no see, how are you? Hi there Piplup, still training hard, I hope? Is that Gary? Hey Gary, how are you guys?"

"Hiya, we were just wondering, where are you at the moment? Like where are you based?" Dawn asked as Piplup jumped into her lap,

"I'm currently in Kanto, I've got to head over to Johto for tomorrow afternoon, why do you ask? Is something wrong?" the older boy sounded concerned,

"Well, not exactly, but would you mind going to Pallet Town and paying a friend of ours a visit?" Gary said, standing next to Dawn,

"Sure, whereabouts do they live?"

"Just opposite Ashy boy's place, the kid goes by the name of Luna," Gary was about to talk more when two more video calls came through, "Sorry, got to go," and he cut the older boy off and answered the second call on the video booth next to Dawn's whilst she answered the other call.

Meanwhile, Luna had made it to the ferry just in time. She stood outside, allowing the breeze to blow through her hair,

"How many times have I told you about being outside with no jacket?" Luna spun round and found herself being hugged by a very familiar female,

"Mom? What are you doing here?" Luna asked, squeezing her mother back,

"I told you I was in Sinnoh, didn't I? Do you have that Heatmor I asked for?" Luna shook her head, "Oh okay, don't worry about it sweetheart," Rebecca said, draping an arm around her daughters shoulder,

Luna placed her hands on the railings and blew in annoyance, "I just want to go home," Rebecca looked at her and pulled her into her chest again, hugging her tightly,

'I need to tell her before someone else does,' Rebecca thought, as the breeze whipped her hair over her face, 'Tomorrow,' she decided, as she watched the Wingull fly over their heads.