New Guards and Dynamax

The next day, Alice and Ash go towards the meeting point where they meet up with the 18 people. Once the 18 people see them, Alice gives Konomi a hug.

"Konomi Sensei, it is so good to see you again." Alice says.

"Look at you, Alice. You are now a princess. You have grown so well." Konomi says.

Terry says to Ash. "Your highness, it is good to see you again as well."

"Same here, Terry. And it is also good to see you guys as well." Ash says.

"No need to be formal, your highness." Geo says. "We are friends after all."

As for Wyree and Frost, they are just flinching when they see Alice, they are really guilty of doing bad things to her. Alice notices them and says, "I wouldn't have thought that you two will also show up here..."

"Alice..." Frost says. "We are really sorry about before..."

"You are sorry?" Alice raises her eyebrows. "I had a miserable childhood because of you guys. I have to find Konomi sensei for help and even drop out of the school. And you think a sorry can stop the pain I have to endure all this time?"

Konomi says, "Alice, listen to me. It is true that they did bad stuff to you, but these two are willing to atone their mistakes as well as helping you out. Is that right?"

Wyree and Frost nod. Wyree says, "I know that I was blinded by Ark, thus I was hurting you. But after you left, we have cut ties with them, since we know what we did is wrong."

"Indeed. I also broke up with Touki because of it after that." Frost says. "And we will try to stop them from hurting you."

Alice sighs and says, "Fine, but if I find out that what you are saying are lies, then I won't be forgiving like I was before."

As for Ash, he is still greeting the group, once all 18 people are done, he says, "Now that you are all here, please follow me and Alice as we will take you to our castle."

The 18 people nod as they walk with Ash and Alice, but much to their annoyance, the traitors, all 18 of them, have seen then as they are here to taunt them again.

"What do we have here, the losers are having new people to meet?" Misty taunts.

"Aren't you feeling bored for doing that to us all the time?" Ash rolls his eyes. "Besides, shouldn't you prepare for the third round since some of you are still in the tournament?"

But the traitors aren't listening to Ash, and Touki notices Frost. "Frost, what are you doing with her?"

Frost says, "I was asked to protect her no matter what you are going to do to us."

Wyree says, "We are not the same as we were. So don't drag us into this mess."

"Oh yeah? Have you forgot that you loved to injure Alice back when we were having PE class?" Hito asks.

"That is in the past, I matured. Unlike you kids." Wyree says.

"You guys are the kids!" Iris yells back.

Ash groans as the fight is going on and on, until Shadow appears out of nowhere and then holds a knife on Max's neck, causing them to gasp.

"What are you doing to my brother?!" May yells.

"Stop with your fighting and leave us alone, or as an assassin, I won't hesitate to kill you." Shadow says.

"You..." Ark grits his teeth as Terry says, "Shadow, enough. They aren't worth to kill."

Shadow nods as he goes back to the group. Terry says, "As a member of the International Police, I can also arrest you for harassing the prince and the princess. So I suggest you leave."

"This isn't over." Max yells as they run away.

Bolver asks, "Are they usually this troublesome?"

Konomi sighs, "It is my fault...I didn't teach them much about morality, which causes them to act like that now..."

Alice says, "Sensei, it's not your fault. You can't change anything as well."

Then the group decide to go back to the castle faster or else that the traitors are back for more insults.

As the original 18 guards are present as well as Queen Delia. They start to greet each other. Reisa says, "Radium, Irena. It is so good to see you again."

"Same here, Reisa." Radium says. "I didn't know you were also Ash's guard."

"I found him when he was still framed." Reisa says. "But I made a right choice by believing him."

"I see." Irena says. "We should have done that as well."

Delia says, "So now that you are here, what are we going to do if we want to test your skills?"

Ash says, "About that, mother. Alice and I have some plans. And it involves the region known as Galar Region."

"Galar Region? What is that?" Minami asks as the others are also confused.

Delia says, "Ash, can you explain the Galar Region?"

Ash says, "Galar Region was created a month ago. It is located near Kalos and one of our subsidiary called Marco Cosmos are handling the league there."

Alice says, "There are no Elite 4 in the region, but there are 18 gyms and each gym are tough indeed. Since every Gym Leader in the region can use a special mechanic called Dynamax."

"Dynamax?" Insey asks, "What is that?"

Ash notices the traitors are approaching with the use of aura, he says, "I can show you, but now that the traitors are here, I will show you how it works."

Then Ash and his friends go outside and see the traitors approaching the castle. Ash says, "Why are you so annoying?"

"Because you are a loser who only hides behind your guards, that's why." Clemont says.

"Yeah, are you scared to battle us?" Kiawe taunts.

Ash says, "That is if you want. Pikachu, are you ready?"

Pikachu nods as Ash takes out the Pokeball and returns him, much to everyone's surprise.

"Did you just recall your Pikachu?" Eve asks, "Why?"

"You'll see." Ash says as the band on Ash's wrist starts glowing red, and then the Pokeball starts to grow bigger. Then he throws the ball into the battlefield as Pikachu, who is as big as the whole castle, appear in front of them.

"What happened to Pikachu?" Max says in horror.

"How did you make him this big?" Belle gasps.

"You won't know anything about it. Now Pikachu, use the Dynamax Move Max Lightning!"

Pikachu shoots out giant electricity on all 18 Pokemon, causing them to faint as well as the field becomes the Electric Terrain. The traitors see that they have no hope against the Giant Pikachu, as they recall their Pokemon and flee.

Once Pikachu goes back to normal, Ash and Alice turn around and see all 37 people are in a state of shock and horror.

"Are you okay?" Alice asks.

"What just happened?" Frost says. "Pikachu just become a giant all of a sudden."

"That is the Dynamax. Like Mega Evolution, it is a temporary transformation affecting Pokémon. The Pokémon distorts space to change its size while affecting the world around them, thus causing them to become this powerful." Alice says.

"Thanks to my new Legendary Friend known as Eternatus, he creates the Wishing Stars to make this available in the Galar Region." Ash says. "Right now Professor Sonia is helping investigating about the process."

Delia says, "So does that mean all Pokemon can do this trick?"

"Yes, but some Pokemon are able to Gigantamax, which also changes their appearance and some moves. Every Gym Leader in the region use Gigantamax instead, so that they can test the Challengers that are worthy to challenge the league." Ash says.

"He's right, you know." Then they see two people walking towards them. Ash says, "Leon, Gloria. It is nice to see you."

Leon does his pose and says, "We got your call, Ash. And I see you have a lot of friends."

Gloria says, "Indeed. Hello to all of you. I am the Princess of the Galar Region, Gloria. And this is our former Champion Leon, who was undefeatable until Ash breaks his record."

"When did you challenge their league?" Flora asks.

"Oh, since we are Legendary Pokemon, so we are able to use the Double Team and thus challenging the league." Alice says. "Besides, Galar Region is very fashionable, they even have gym uniforms when we are challenging the gym."

"I am glad you like it." Leon says.

Lillie asks, "So are there new Pokemon in the Galar Region?"

Ash says, "Of course. Alice, why don't we show them?"

"Sure." Alice says as she sends out Mr. Rime while Ash sends out a Pokemon known as Alcremie. Amo asks, "What are those? I have never seen them before..."

Alice says, "This is Mr. Rime, the evolution of the Galarian Form Mr. Mime." Alice says. "Like Alola, there are some Pokemon that have different forms as well as their evolution."

"And Mr. Rime is a good example, in Galar, Mr. Mime is Ice and Psychic Type." Ash says.

"That is amazing..." Daniel says. "What about the other one? It looks yummy if you ask me."

"This is Alcremie. And it is currently the Pokemon that has the most form, up to 63. Mine is Rainbow Swirl form with Star Sweets on it." Ash says.

"Wait, 63 forms?" Lillie asks. "That is kinda too much."

"Yeah, we know, but it is cool after all." Gloria says.

"Now that it is done, we should take you to the region as we have to start our training. I have delayed the tournament because of it. So we should use the time." Ash says.

"Then I can help transporting." Amo says. "And me too." Reshow says.

"Good, we really need some transportation since not everyone one of you have the Flying Type Pokemon." Leon says.

"And someone is hopeless with directions as well." Gloria says as Leon tries to protest.

"Anyway. We should go now." Ash says as they leave the castle.

I have been contemplating to whether add Sword and Shield into the story, and how to add them. But eventually a month of thinking, I decide to add the Galar Region. I hope you like this idea, the next chapter will be the training as well as the battling.