Hope blinked a few times, slowly realizing where she is. The area she and Gardevoir was a small cave with a few of those marble-like orbs inside of a basket, and a woven hammock made out of vines. Tilting her head, Hope ask, "Why are we here? How did we get here?"
"Just a simple teleport. Most of the psychic-type pokemon can learn it, but there are other pokemon, who aren't psychic-types, can learn it too." Gardevoir said as she walk towards the basket.
I wonder why those pokemon who know teleport wouldn't teleport around with me. Maybe it's just I'm not exactly good friends with them. Hope thought to herself, scratching the back of her head.
"Why am I here?" Hope ask.
"I want to show you these." Gardevoir said, picking out a small orb and a larger, light green and red orb.
"So? I've seen these before near the mountains."
"Yes, but do you know the story behind these?"
"Nope."
"The smaller ones are call the key stones, and the larger ones are call mega stones. There were stories told from across this place that tells that mega stones were used to let pokemon reach to a new level we can't get by ourselves. This is call mega evolution."
Hope looks pretty interested, remembering some of the knowledge she earned from going to the Pokemon Castle.
"Mega evolution can make pokemon powerful for only a moment, and it can only be activated when there's a strong bond between the pokemon and the other." Gardevoir said, smiling.
"The other?" Hope said.
"Just anyone who's not a pokemon."
The pink and white monkey raise an eyebrow and ask, "How do you know it can't be with another pokemon? I mean, did you test this with two pokemon before?"
"Of course we did, and no matter how close these two pokemon are, it wouldn't work at all." Gardevoir said. "When I heard about you and your human friends, I thought this might be a great chance of mega evolution actually happening for the pokemon."
"Oh... Do you really believe that a pokemon and an animal would work for this mega evolution thing?"
The Embrace Pokemon nodded.
"Hm... Well, this really does sound pretty cool. Can all pokemon mega evolve, or only some can do that? Just wondering." The pink and white monkey ask.
"Only some, like Gyarados." Gardevoir said.
"Gyarados?!"
A more powerful version of that?! Aren't they already big, powerful, and scary as they are? I mean, what do they look like in this mega form? Some kind of flying super dragon?! Hope thought, a bit fearful of what the pokemon will look like.
"I know that it sound pretty terrifying, but not all of them are always angry, so you shouldn't worry." Gardevoir said.
"I guess, Gardevior. So, you want to try this mega evolution?" Hope ask.
"Yes, but the problem is that we're not exactly friends since we just met a few minutes ago."
"Okay, I just you're right. Want to hang out somewhere else?"
"Sure."
A smile appears on Hope's face. Before the two left the cave, Hope grab one of the key stones and then left with Gardevoir. With a small chuckle that slipped from her lips, Hope thought, I wonder if it would make a good-looking necklace or maybe a single earring. I'm not sure...
"So why do you have those mega stones and key stones anyway?" Hope ask.
"I like to collect them when the ground-type pokemon were able to find them while they're digging, but sometimes, some of the other pokemon were able to find a few of them across Pokemon 'Castle'." Gardevoir explains.
Hm... Interesting. Hope thought.
On a small island's beach, there was Meloetta, who happily build a sand castle without any worry on her face. In her aria form, the melody pokemon was glad to have a small vacation from trying to get the Seven Treasures.
"What a nice day." Meloetta said to herself.
"Meloetta..."
Her smile quickly turn into shock when she heard that voice. She let out a small growl as her sand castle slowly collapse. Turning her head towards the ocean, the Melody Pokemon could see Kyogre looking at her.
"Rayquaza said nothing about a time limit about collecting the Seven Treasures, so I can have a vacation once a while." Meloetta said. "Also, why are the Seven Treasures just a bunch of instruments that allows you to be better friends with a certain type? I've never understand that even after all these years."
"Don't worry, Meloetta. I'm just here to tell you that you don't have to go to the Bottomless Sea to fight me since I'm here now." Kyogre said.
"Oh... Then you have to wait a while because I want to feel relax before I could continue this exploration."
Meloetta started to fix her sand castle as Kyogre was still in the sea in front of her.
"...Don't you have to take care of the sea or something?" Meloetta ask.
"I still have time." Kyogre said.
The Melody Pokemon deadpan for only a moment and thought, How long are you going to be here?
Mighty Ray, Sonia, and Mr. NoHands walk around the forest of Pokemon Castle, trying to hide themselves with the trees. Mystique Sonia let out a sigh and said, "Mighty Ray, it will be very obvious that they'll see us since we're just walking around."
"Come on, this place looks pretty huge. I bet there's a very small chance that anyone we know will see us." Mighty Ray said.
"Yes, but there's still a chance that they might see us." Sonia said.
"You worry too much about this."
Mystique Sonia let out an annoyed groan. These little creatures pass them by without much care as Mr. NoHands thought, They don't seem to be surprise to see us. Then again, they must have seen the others and thought we were with them.
Some of these creatures looks kind of cute. Sonia thought, noticing the creatures' appearances. Why haven't Hope told us about this anyway? They don't seem to be that dangerous. Well, we don't know that yet.
A brown, fox-like creature happily walk by her side, looking interested by the blue-lipped girl. Sonia let out a small squeal when she notice it.
"You're so adorable!" Sonia said, picking up the fox creature into her arms, making her Yaksha have an angry expression on his face.
"Eev!" The creature said.
"You know that the commander will not allow having animals as pets." Mr. NoHands said.
"Of course I know. Also, I think this is not a animal, even though it kind of look like a fox." Sonia said, petting the creature's head.
The armless man let out a sigh, shaking his head a little. In the bushes, a pair of eyes look at them from afar, slowly approaching them without them knowing.
Meloetta stretch out her body once she was finished with her seashell covered sand castle. She slightly glared at the Sea Basin Pokemon, slowly walking back from the pokemon. With that small glare on her face, Meloetta said, "You know that you don't have to stay here until I want to battle. Just go away and come back when I need you."
"I don't know what else to do." Kyogre said.
Then what did you do on your free time before this? Can't you just go back to controlling the sea or something!? Meloetta thought, fighting the urge to battle the blue pokemon right away.
"Okay... I'll just... go over here." Meloetta said, slowly approaching a tree and hide behind it.
She's acting a little odder than usual. Or is it just me? Kyogre thought, staring at the tree Meloetta is in.