Chapter 12: Educated in evolution!

"So Steven, what can you tell us about mega evolution?" Zorel asked. "Well, I first heard about mega evolution from a friend of mine in a distant region called the Kalos region, he told me that this could bring out the deepest power within a Pokémon through the use of rocks. And that's what really got me. You see, I am a stone collector so I had to go and do some research for myself" Steven said, "And what did you find?" Kiyoni asked. "Well this is what I found" he replied as he pulled back his sleeve; on his wrist was a bangle with a multi coloured stone in the middle. "That! That's the same stone that Erika had!" Zorel exclaimed, "Yes, it is. It's called a mega stone; this is the item a trainer uses on behalf of mega evolution, but this is only half of the process" Steven said, "And the other half is the stone the Pokémon carries, right?" Zorel asked. "Correct, how did you know?" Steven asked curiously, "I noticed that Erikas Abomasnow had one attached to his neck" he replied, "Ah, a keen eye indeed haha" Steven said hysterically. "So Steven, am I right in assuming you have a mega Pokémon?" Kiyoni asked, he smiled, "Yes, I do" he calmly replied. "That's amazing…" Zorel said quietly, "But Steven… how exactly does mega evolution work?" he then added, "Well, there is no definite explanation as we don't know… one hypothesis is that it is due to the bond between the Pokémon and its trainer; when the bond is strong enough the two will connect and through the use of the mega stones the Pokémon will evolve" Steven said, "But did you notice that Abomasnow reverted back to its original state at the end of the battle?" Steven then added, "Yeah, how comes?" Kiyoni asked. "Well another hypothesis is that a Pokémon's body cannot handle that power permanently, as such power comes close to that of mythical Pokémon" he replied. Zorel and Kiyoni stared in awe.

"Follow me" Steven said as he walked out the back of the house into a battlefield. "So, why are we here" Kiyoni asked, Steven turned his head and smirked, "Charizard come on out!" he shouted, Zorel and Kiyoni gazed as the magnificent Pokémon, "I specialise in steel Pokémon, however I do have Pokémon of other types, and Charizard is one of my oldest friends, now I would like to show you something" Steven said, Zorel and Kiyoni nodded and anticipated. Steven tapped the mega stone on his wrist and called out to Charizard, "Charizard, let's show them the power of mega evolution!" he shouted, and two lights came from Steven and Charizard and merged together, blinding Zorel and Kiyoni. Then light suddenly faded and there stood, Charizard, all black with blue flames. "WHAAAATTT" they both shouted! Charizard looks completely different!" Kiyoni shouted, Steven laughed, "Yes, this is one of Charizard two forms, this his mega X form, where he becomes part fire type, part dragon type" Steven replied. "That's incredible" Zorel said, "Charizard, if you would, please fly to the cave and collect the two stones" Steven asked politely, and Charizard nodded his head and in a blaze flew out of sight, "Wow Charizard is unbelievably quick!" Kiyoni said, "Hahaha yes he is" Steven replied, "But where did you send him?" Zorel asked, "We'll get to that" he replied. "As for now, Zorel! Could you please call out your Gible, and Kiyoni, please call out your Combusken?" Steven asked. They both called out their Pokémon. "Whats this for?" Zorel asked, Steven hesitated. "You both know what these Pokémon evolve into, correct? Steven asked. "Yeah, Gible eventually evolves into Garchomp after first evolving into Gabite" Zorel said, "And Combusken's next stage is Blaziken" Kiyoni said, Steven smiled. "You are both correct" he said and looked into the night sky, "There are few Pokémon known to be able to mega evolve, Garchomp and Blaziken happen to be two of those Pokémon" he said sternly.

Zorel and Kiyoni's faces dropped in amazement! "So you're telling us that eventually our Pokémon will be able to mega evolve?!" Zorel said in ecstasy, "Hehe, oh! Here comes Charizard!" he said, quickly changing the subject, "Ahem! Yes, your Pokémon have the possibility to mega evolve!" he then added, "And that is why I am giving these to you" Steven said as he pulled out two bangles with mega rings attached. Both of their faces lit up with joy, "I am giving these to you because there are few of these in the world, and only truly masterful trainers have the privilege of owning them, and I saw something in you two through your battle that told me you deserved these" Steven said, "Hahaa oh wow! Steven we really can't thank you enough!" Zorel exclaimed, "But don't we need stones for our Pokémon for mega evolution to take place?" Kiyoni asked, "Indeed you do! Hence the reason I sent Charizard to bring them!" he replied hastily, "Zorel, for you- the Garchompite, which allows Garchomp to mega evolve. And Kiyoni for you, Blazikenite which allows Blaziken to evolve" Steven said, "This is truly wonderful… thank you so much Steven!" Kiyoni said happily, "It's a privilege for me to know two more trainers in this world have acquired this fantastic ability. But it's getting pretty late, how about we rest up ey?" Steven said with a loud yawn, "Haha most certainly" Zorel said as they all laughed.

*The next morning

*DING DONG* "It is now 8am in Celadon city." Zorel and Kiyoni woke up letting out a massive yawn each, looking at each other they both said, "Today is gonna be a good day! Hahahaha." They both got dressed and rushed down stairs, "Good morning you two" Steven said, greeting them, "Morning Steven!" they replied. They all sat down eating breakfast together, "So where are you boys off to today?" Steven asked, "Well we stayed up last night talking about this, and we're gonna go to the training dojo in Saffron city before challenging Sabrina to a gym battle and earning our 5th badge" Zorel replied, Steven nodded his head, "Sounds good, I'll be heading down to Cinnabar island to do some research" he said. "Research on stones?" Zorel asked, "Haha yes, indeed" Steven replied happily, "Well, I guess it's time for us to be heading off now" Zorel said, "It is, I wish you two the very best of luck, and I look forward to hearing your views on mega evolution in the future!" he said sternly, Kiyoni and Zorel nodded firmly, "Take care you two" Steven said as he shook their hands and then flew off on his Charizard. "So Kiyoni, you ready to head back to Saffron city?" Zorel asked, "Yep! Let's get going" he said enthusiastically. They set out to the east exit of Celadon city and passed back onto route 8, "Hey Zorel!" a voice shouted and they hastily turned around, "Oh, looks, it's Azazel" Zorel said, "So wimp, how slow are you? Hahaha" Azazel said hysterically as he pulled out his trainer case with his fourth badge – the Rainbow badge. "Well I'm not slow like you think" he replied as he pulled out his badge case showing his own Rainbow badge, Azazel growled, "Well, Kiyoni doesn't have his badge does he!" he shouted angrily, "Actually…" Kiyoni replied as he pulled out his Rainbow badge, Azazel was now fuming. "That's it! Me, and you Zorel, battle, now!" he shouted at Zorel, "Let's go!" Zorel quickly replied. They both took their places along route 8, "This battle will be a simple one-on-one! Begin!" Kiyoni announced. "Servine I choose you!" shouted Azazel, "Gible I choose you!" Zorel yelled, "Servine use leaf blade!" "Gible use dragon claw!" and the two Pokémon collided and battled for domination but neither seemed to be budging, "Gible use dig!" commanded Zorel, and Gible quickly escaped receiving no damage. "Be careful servine1" Azazel said cautiously, "Now Gible use dragon rage!" Zorel quickly said and the ground beneath Servines feet started to erupt, "Dodge it Servine!" Azazel called out but Servine wasn't prepared to dodge the dragon rage and flew across the field taking massive damage. Zorel snickered and Azazel started to get angrier, "Servine quickly disappear and use leaf tornado!" he yelled, "Careful Gible!" Zorel said. He waited for movement from Servine, and in an instant! Servine appeared in front of Gible, "Now Gible!" "Quickly Servine!" and just as Gible was about to attack Servine he moved behind him quicker than the blink of an eye, "Use leaf tornado" Azazel commanded fiercely and Gible was pounded into the ground by a powerful leaf tornado and tossed across the field, "Now use leaf blade!" and before Gible could even get up it was jammed into the ground by a devastating leaf blade attack!

"Come one Gible get up!" Zorel cried out, "Now use leaf blade once more!" and Servine lunged at Gible, "Come one Gible use dig!" Zorel begged and just in time Gible burrowed his way underground, Azazel growled. "I don't know how many more hits Gible can take like that…" Zorel thought to himself, "Use leaf blade on the ground until you get deep down to where Gible is!" Azazel shouted and rapidly Servine delivered devastating blows to the ground, "Gible use dragon rage!" Zorel cried out and suddenly a bright light emerged from the cracks in the ground and then a blur rushed out of the ground! And before the light had even faded Servine had been knocked back across the field. The light then faded to reveal a Gabite! "You evolved into Gabite! Haha awesome! Now show me what you can do Gabite!" Zorel shouted and quickly Gabite jumped at Servine landing a harsh dragon claw attack! "Use leaf blade Servine!" Azazel shouted as he started to panic in anger, "Dodge it Gabite!" commanded Zorel and as Gabite jumped in the air he dived down on Servine covered in a blue fiery light and crushed Servine into the ground. Once the smoke had cleared Servine was shown to be unable to battle! "Servine can no longer battle, the winner is Zorel!" Kiyoni shouted, "Haha! Aw-right Gabite! That was fantastic, I'm proud of you, now we're even closer to mega evolution" he happily said. Azazel and Servine walked up to him, "Psh, you just got lucky because Gible evolved, don't think you're anything special" he said in a low manner and then he walked away, "You became angry as we fought!" Zorel shouted out and Azazel paused, "When you become angry you lose control and become reckless, you can only win if you stay calm and work with your Pokémon, not force them" Zorel said sternly, Azazel carried on walking once he had finished talking. "That was amazing Zorel!" Kiyoni said, "I can't believe Gible evolved, now you're even more prepared for Sabrina, let's keep moving and train even more at the dojo!" he said with a passionate voice, Zorel nodded his head and returned Gabite to his pokeball as they walked into the Saffron city gates.

Key:

Zorel Ketchum – main character, starting his journey as a Pokémon trainer.

Ash Ketchum – Zorel's father and famous champion, he gave Zorel his first Pokémon – Eevee.

May Ketchum – Zorel's mother, and a famous Pokémon contest master.

Professor Oak – A famous Pokémon researcher

Azazel – Zorel's childhood friend, he is very strong minded and arrogant.

Kiyoni – A humble and enthusiastic Pokémon trainer who is also the childhood friend of Zorel .

Stefan Ketchum – The brother of Zorel and son of Ash, he is the champion of the Sinnoh region but not as powerful as his father which he wishes to be.

Brock – Gym leader of the Pewter city gym and Ash's oldest friend.

Misty – Gym leader of the Cerulean city gym and one of Ash's oldest companions.

– Gym leader of the Vermillion city gym and an ex-army lieutenant.

Erika – Gym leader of the Celadon City gym.

Steven Stone – The champion of the Hoenn region and a stone collect.

Zorel's Team;

Eevee: Iron tail, shadow ball, dig, bite.

Pignite: Flamethrower, fire pledge, arm thrust, wild charge.

Servine: Leaf storm, grass pledge, leaf tornado, leaf blade.

Gabite: Dragon claw, dragon rage, dig.

Starly: Ariel ace, u-turn, wing attack.

Kiyoni's Team;

Luxio: Thunder fang, thunderbolt, fire fang, iron tail.

Dewott: Water pulse, hydro pump, water pulse, x-scissor.

Murkrow: Sky attack, brave bird, drill peck, fly.

Munchlax: Solar beam, ice punch, super power, body slam.

Magikarp: Splash, tackle. (AT OAKS LAB)

Deino: dragon breath, dragonr age, bite.

Combusken: Flamethrower, slahs, double kick, peck.