Yes, I am a lazy douche. My bad lol. It's just that I've been so busy on sophomore year in high school and enjoying with my friends. But my grades dropped, so I decided to sit down on my bed again and start continuing with the story. Yup, I'm a weird guy. If my grades drop, then I write fanfic.

The reception lady handed Dawn a card, and told her the directions upstairs. We walked into an elevator, and watched the numbers on the screen increase as we ascended up.

Knowing that 14C was already taken, Dawn asked for a room where we could stay in for the night. I looked at her. "So what's the plan of attack? We can't just charge in and say that we're trainers."

She agreed, "Right, I got an idea."

The elevator dinged, signaling that we had made it to the 14th floor.

Dawn walked into the housekeepers supply room, and Mira, Sceptile and I followed, curious.

"I swear, they did this in a Scooby-Doo episode."

My knees were starting to cramp up as I was crowded in a room service cart. Mira squeezed up with me and Dawn, dressed in a maid uniform, was pushing the cart. Sceptile had stayed behind, waiting for the signal.

*Third Person's POV*

Dawn knocked on the door, and two gruff looking men opened the door slightly, their mean eyes boring into Dawn.

"What the hell do you want?"

Dawn smiled, despite the fact that the two men reeked and their attitude was atrocious. "We have complimentary refreshments. Would you like some?" They looked at each other. "Boss is making us work really hard. It would be nice to take a break."

They opened the door, and let Dawn in the suite. She brought the cart into the living room and made drinks for the two thieves. While she was preparing, she glanced around the room. Boxes and goods were stacked against each other, and they looked like they were going to be smuggled. As they chugged down their beverages, she told them that she would be going.

She walked to the door, gave the signal to Sceptile, who crept into the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen, she let Brendan and Mira out. Brendan stretched out his body. He whispered to Dawn, "Damn, I'm not doing that again!" Dawn ignored him, and pointed to a massive hole in the wall that led to a tunnel. They walked into the tunnel, and when Dawn confirmed that they were far enough, she said, "They're smugglers. I found boxes all in the living room. They're bringing it to wherever this tunnel leads to. But the question is where?"

"You won't need to find out."

He stood in front of us, bandana over his head, tattoos covering his arm. He wore a black tattered vest, and his jeans sagged down to the ground.

He plucked a hair from his beard, and grumbled. "Hmph, all the police in the region can never find me, but three meddling kids make it look easy. This is absolutely ridiculous."

Brendan laughed out loud, "Scooby-Doo reference HAHAHA!"

The man continued, "You kids will never see the light of the day again, and-"

Brendan was clutching his stomach, laughing on the ground, "Ok, this is totally like Scooby-Doo! OWW!"

"SHUT UP!"

Brendan looked at everyone, who stared at him with disgust. "My bad."

"Enough with the chit-chat! Go, Muk!"

The poison-type pokemon popped out, it's a body just a massive glob of gunk, just with eyes and a mouth. Dawn stepped up first. "Come on out! Lopunny!"

"Boss! What's wrong!"

The other two thugs stopped at the sight of the three kids and a pokemon, followed by their bosses enraged face, as the he furiously shouted. "You fools! How could you let something like this happen?! I'll deal with you two later! Muk, Gunk Shot!"

A poison projectile shot out of its mouth. Lopunny dodged, and the attack slammed into the wall, and part of the ceiling collapsed, rocks and dirt falling. "Look out!" Brendan grabbed onto Dawn, and they fell safely away from danger. Seeing Mira, Sceptile latched on to her and they fell too, but the opposite direction. Now the wall of rock had separated the four with Dawn and Brendan on one side, Mira and Sceptile on the other. Dawn called out to Mira, "Mira, you've got to get the authorities! I'll see you later!"

Mira heard her, but that was easier said than done. The two thugs stared at her and Sceptile, furious. They each pulled out a poke ball. "Go Seviper!" "Go, Zangoose!"

Two pokemon appeared in front of their respective trainers. One was a serpent, with very sharp fans that stuck out of his mouth. The other was a red and white mammal. Both looked pretty powerful and ready to attack, but it didn't seem to be Mira that they were hurt.

"Seviper! Get off him now! You're supposed to be fighting the them! He's not your opponent!"

The man on the left looked to his partner. "Dude, you're Seviper ruins everything! He always tries to fight my pokemon!"

The other man responded angrily, "How is this my fault? You're the one that brings out the wrong pokemon at the wrong time!"

As the two bickered about whose fault it was, Mira and Sceptile sweatdropped, obviously dumbfounded that the partners were fighting each other rather than focusing on them. Mira turned to Sceptile, and they nodded in agreement. Tiptoeing past the bickering allies, they made their way out of the tunnel.

"Lopunny, no!"

The bunny dropped onto the ground, fainting. Dawn grit her teeth. Who knew that this dude would have two Muks. The battle was going just fine until the poison started to kick in. Now she had to think of a different way to win. "Go Empoleon!"

Her best pokemon appeared, and it gave a menacing growl at Muk. The thug shouted. "Body Slam!"

The pokemon jumped onto Empoleon, trying to cover it with his body, but Empoleon shook it off, and flung the opponent onto the ground. "Go, Aqua Jet!"

It wasn't over yet. "Gastro Armor!" Muk formed a solid armor from his body and Empoleon couldn't get past it. Dawn was persistent, however. "We're not done yet! Waterfall!" As the water fell on Muk, the pokemon laid in his armor, unaffected, and his trainer laughed. "Do you think that a stream of water is enough to get past Muk's armor?"

Dawn smiled, "No, but this will. Empoleon, Ice Beam!" The attack had frozen the water, including Muk in his armor. "Now finish this! Metal Claw!"

The penguin steeled his arm, then charged at a high velocity, shattering the ice and the armor with a single slash, knocking out Muk.

Just then, a blast shattered the wall that had cut the tunnel off. When the debris cleared, Officer Jenny ran up to them. The two thugs, still fighting, were handcuffed and taken by other officers. The boss, at the side of the officials, ran away. Officer Jenny shouted to the others. "Quickly, follow them!" The group of officers took off while two stayed behind and took away the thugs. Dawn and Brendan were just going to follow the officers, but Officer Jenny stopped them. "Sorry, but you've guys have done enough. We'll take it from here." Dawn nodded then remembered the tools that the sailor needed. She checked the time. "It's already ten. We should head over to our room for tonight."

Mira and Brendan, as they were both exhausted from the day.

The fresh scent of the sea filled the air, and the sun shone brightly, reflecting off the crystal waters. Brendan looked around, seeing several trainers swimming and other fishing on their pokemon, and couldn't help but feel a bit of nostalgia. Mira was taking a nap with Sceptile, which was kind of weird since they did have a pretty good night's rest, and Dawn was talking to the sailor. Brendan, seeing this as an opportunity, had called his mom to catch up.

"It's great to see you having fun, honey, and even better to see you make more friends than May. But I have to say, must all of them be girls?"

A vein popped on his forehead, as he stubbornly replied, "I blame dad for that!"

His mother giggled, "Very true, but you can't go crazy, Brendan. I should not have to hear any calls from a mother in Sinnoh, or else."

Brendan chuckled nervously, "Y-yeah…no problem mom, don't worry!"

She sighed and then said, "Well, I have errands to run, take care, Brendan. I love you."

Brendan smiled, "Bye."

His eyes scanned around the boat, and it layed onto two spheres, both with the same design, a sphere with a design in the center. They looked pretty cool, and they were in different colors. One had a green color, but the shape in the center was yellow and red. The other was a light pink, and the shape was brown and a much darker pink.

He picked both of them up, and wondered out loud, "What are these?" The sailor looked back and shrugged, "Must've been some loot that the thiefs had found. You can keep it." Brendan nodded, and slipped them into his backpack.

"Well, here we are."

Brendan stepped out of the boat first onto the wooden dock of the island. Approaching the island, lush green trees surrounded the edges, but the island was pretty big, as there was a bigger port on the other side that was used by media companies such as television and internet connections.

They waved goodbye to the sailor as he departed back to the mainland, and Dawn told them the information. "Ok, so we have five hours to get to the next port in time to hit the next town."

The garden was luscious indeed, and even Brendan was hypnotized of the gorgeous flowers and variation of colors that seemed to please the eyes. He saw some Bug and Grass types that he recognized, but there were some others that he hadn't seen before, so he assumed that they were Fairy-types.

Mira started to play with some of the pokemon, and Dawn followed her to supervise. Brendan wandered off, wanted to take a walk around. After ten minutes of walking around, he walked past the trees, and saw the dark green bushes that seemed to overlap each other. However, there was a certain section of the bushes that had much more light shining through it. Curious, Brendan stepped through the leaves and found himself on a path that led to steps into the ground. The sides of the paths were walls that led up to the ground above, and the end was a massive tree trunk. A spiral of stairs that was carved out of the trunk to the top, where the stairs disappeared into the leaves. The most fascinating feature, however, was the diamonds that were implanted into the trees. Each gem sparkled with a luxurious light. Brendan walked up towards the tree, leaves crackling at every step he take as his feet would sidestep from all the vines that have grown on the ground. Sceptile followed close by.

Brendan stood right in front of the tree, looking up, entranced by the beauty of the feature.

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

*Brendan's POV*

My head turned, ready for anything, as my eyes came upon a woman.

Her hair was neat and short, and she had a very dazzling look in her apparel. She donned a white dress and carried a pink purse, as if she was some kind of celebrity. Wait…

"You're Diantha? The Champion of the Kalos Region, right?!"

She nodded and smiled, as if she was pleased that I knew her. I didn't know too much about who she was, only that she was a master trainer and an actress. "Yes, that's me. And I especially know you, Brendan, champion of Hoenn, the youngest ever. Quite honored, I must say, to meet you."

I bowed down immediately, stuttering out, "T-the honor is mine…"

She giggled and looked back up at the tree, "The Jewel Topiary, the birthplace of Diancie, The Legendary Jewel Pokemon."

I questioned, "So what is the Champion of Kalos doing around here?"

She turned around, "Simply taking a break, however, the fact that I've met you here has sparked somewhat of an interest. I am most eager to see what you can bring to the table."

It took me a while to decipher the words, but when he finally got it, he pulled out a pokeball. "In others words, a pokemon battle?"

"Indeed. We don't have the time to go all out, so two pokemon only. You can switch in between the battles, not during them."

Impatiently nodding my head, I agreed, "Alright, let's go! Come on out, Salamence!"

My strongest pokemon, landed on the field with a massive roar, then took flight. Diantha, threw hers out. "Go, Goodra!"

A purple serpentlike dragon came out, covered completely in goo. Two antennae stuck out of his head, and it appeared to be a very cheery pokemon. I whipped out my pokedex, eager to learn about this pokemon.

"Goodra, the Dragon pokemon. It attacks with retractable horns. It throws a punch that's the equivalent of the force of a hundred pro boxers. its body is completely covered in goo" I took in the information, then got ready. "Alright, let's see what you got!"

Diantha struck first. "Go! Sludge Bomb!"

Goodra created a massive sphere of sludge, and flinged the purple projectile towards Salamence. I countered, yelling, "Quick! Dragon Pulse!"

Salamence summoned a turquoise sphere of energy from its mouth and shot it. Dragon Pulse was a much faster attack than Sludge Bomb, so the former shot through the latter and impacted with Goodra. However, Goodra, crossed its arms and formed a shield, and was able to hold off my attack.

Diantha smiled, "Sorry, but Goodra is very capable of taking all kinds of attacks. You'll have to find another way."

Infuriated, I responded, "Careful for what you wish for! Salamence, Dragon Claw!"

Her arm flashed and she glided through the air, and slashed down on Goodra, but Diantha once again, had a counter. "Aqua Tail!" Goodra turned to the side and swung its tail at Salamence and the two attacks were in a draw. Diantha wasn't finished. "Keep it up with Power Whip!"

Just then, Goodra's antennae turned and he whipped both of them down on Salamence, who crashed onto the ground. However, she was resilient and rose back up to the air. Looking up to her, I nodded and she flew into the forest, unseen. Diantha was taken aback. "Where did he go?"

I smiled, "You'll see soon enough. Draco Meteor!" Nothing happened.

Diantha giggled. "Oops, didn't think he heard you."

I retorted, "He heard me alright. I said already, you'll see. Aerial Ace!"

In blinding speed, Salamence shot out of the trees before Diantha or Goodra could see him and flew right into Goodra's back, knocking the pokemon over. Salamence, already past Goodra, turned around and faced it with an intimidating look on her face. Goodra glared back, enraged, even more pumped up to fight.

But it didn't get the chance.

A dozen meteorites, shot out of the forest right from the same spot that Salamence did, and bombarded on Goodra. When the smoke cleared, the dragon pokemon was on the ground, dazed.

I returned Salamence, and called out my partner, "You're up." Sceptile stood in front of me.

Diantha calmly returned her pokemon. "You've proven yourself. That was a great match. Now let's see how you deal with Gardevoir!"

She stared at Sceptile expectantly. "I've watched your matches on television. Your strongest pokemon is Salamence, not your Sceptile, yet you still send Sceptile out against me. The only question is why?"

Sensing the rhetorical question, I stayed silent as she continued.

"Sceptile is unmatched in jungle combat. This environment is literally a home to him. You went with the idea that a pokemon that use the surroundings the most has the upper hand. But not this time. Thunder Wave!"

Gardevoir emitted a small thunder shock. It didn't seem as much until it hit Sceptile, who immediately was paralyzed. He dropped to one knee, panting as occasional little sparks would electrocute him. I didn't even get a chance to say anything else, as Diantha resumed. "Focus Blast!"

Gardevoir focused hard, and formed an energy orb, rocketing into Sceptile. The force knocked the wind out of the reptile, and he fell, crashing on the ground. Diantha wasn't done. "Psychic." Gardevoir's eyes glowed purple, and so did Sceptile's body as he levitated into the air, flailing around.

"No mercy."

Waving her arms, Gardevoir directed Sceptile like a puppeteer, slamming him into the walls and throwing him into trees. After a brutal pummeling, she launched Sceptile into the air, then proceeded to walk closer to him.

"Shadow Ball"

A sphere of ghostly aura formed in her hands and slammed into Sceptile's back. I could only watch in horror as my partner collapse, devastated that I couldn't do anything about it. I went over to his friend, and carried him to the side, resting his back against the wall.

I can still win this. I will still win this. That Gardevoir though…

I shook my head….no…

I will win. Salamence has never lost before.

"Come on out, Salamence!"

Diantha smiled as my strongest pokemon appeared once again. "So, you send your strongest pokemon to clash with mine. However, Gardevoir isn't my strongest. There's more to her than meets the eye."

Then, she pulled a necklace from underneath her clothes and pressed on to the stone in the middle. The stone shown and an orb encircled around Gardevoir, and then exploded. Gardevoir appeared again, however appearing different. Its arms turned green, and its dress blossomed out, into a dress.

I stared at the pokemon with wonder. "No way, Gardevoir…evolved?!"

Diantha smiled confidently, "I present to you, Mega Gardevoir".

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