Ever since we won the war against Team Flare, we've been focusing on the rebuilding of Lumious City. Everyone and every pokemon was doing something to help. Inside the gym, we were hard at work as well. Serena, Bonnie, and Katie were fixing up the battlefield, Dedenne was cleaning the bleachers, and I was helping Meyer with the electrical wiring while he rested his back. Fun fact- he's Blaziken Mask, but that's another story. Raichu was helping me out by emitting some electricity. Soon, I was finished as I unplugged the wires from Raichu, who stretched in exhaustion. Meyer then offered us some soda as he tossed us a can per person. Bonnie says,"Daddy, how are you doing with your back and all"? He smiled, saying,"I'm fine. This guy is made of bricks," as I just snickered before finishing up closing everything. Suddenly, Katie felt her phone buzzing as she picked it up, smiling from the call. Once she finished, she turned to us, saying,"That was Professor Sycamore. After Prism Tower lights up tomorrow night, the concert will happen right after that. The best part is that he got some people to make a stage for us so everyone can still perform. All the bands and singers confirmed that they're still performing, so, we still have a sold out show." That got us all excited as I say,"I can't wait to sing, dance, and have a ball with you guys." Serena smiled, saying,"The Pop All Stars are going to illuminate Lumious City." Meyer, overhearing us, says,"It's sure to be a fun night for everyone and a chance to relax after all that happened." Inside another portion of the gym, Clemont was finishing his repairs on Clembot and had just turned in on for a test run. He was working again, but his memory could not be restored. As Clemont was putting some things away, he looked out the window and saw Ember looking at the Ash memorial someone made in his honor. His body was brought to a cementary after the battle and he was buried there, but someone got the idea of a memorial since it was the exact same spot where he jumped off to rescue Raichu a long time ago.
Everyone donated flowers and other things to liven it up a bit. Ember had her paw on the stone base as she says,"Oh Ash...I hope you're ok up there. Everyone misses you, especially Serena." Clemont soon joined her, letting her know that we were meeting up inside. She sighed and stood up, but couldn't help but look back at the memorial as she frowned with sorrowful eyes. Clemont told us about how it went with Clembot as I say,"Hey...you were able to fix him up. Who knows? Maybe overtime, something will click and a part of his memory will return." Our thoughts were interrupted when a boy came into the gym, wanting to challenge it. He saw me and says,"It's you!! You're Liz!!! The Kalos League Finals was the best battle I've ever seen!!! I heard that you're champion again since Ash...you know." I thanked him before saying,"I can understand what you mean. It's still a little hard to talk about. But, I made him a promise. I'm going to try and keep his spirit alive. That's what he would want..for all of us." The kid then says,"I wish one day to be as caring or brave as you." He then looked around, asking where Clembot was as we told him what happened with him. Clemont says,"Once I finish programming him, you can battle with him tomorrow." The kid seemed to be ok with it as he promised to come back tomorrow. Soon, Meyer told us about Alain coming back today as we were all excited.
Well...almost everyone. Ember strayed off from us and went to the memorial again. You can't really blame her. Ever since the battle with Team Flare ended, she's fallen into a sort of depressive state. She couldn't stop feeling like it was her fault Ash died. The memory of his sacrifice played in her head constantly. She placed a rose on the memorial, adding more color to the display. I joined up with her, saying,"You still thinking about him"? She nodded and said,"It's now all I think about." I say,"We're heading to Sycamore's lab. You should come. I'll get to reunite with my pokemon, we'll have some fun. It might help you feel better." It sounded like a good idea as she says,"Ok. I'll join." With that, we were on our way. Meanwhile, Mairin and Chespie were struggling with putting up decorations. When we came in and saw what was going on, it was pretty hilarious. Ember then got a whiff of smoke as she says,"Something's burning," which caused Mairin and Chespie to rush to the kitchen. What was left was some burnt...I could not really tell what it was, but apparently, it was her specialty. Serena, wanting to help, says,"Mairin, are there any more ingredients? We can fix this and make it great." Soon, she and her pokemon got to work in the kitchen, with Mairin and Chespie lending a hand. In the entrance room, Clemont, Katie, Bonnie, and I got a table set, made cut out decorations, and blew up balloons with our pokemon. One decoration Bonnie made resembled Squishy as she says,"I wonder how Squishy is doing." I say,"Don't worry. Right now, it's probably getting all the sunlight it wants."
Meanwhile, Professor Sycamore was driving Alain to his lab in his car. As they were coming our way, they struck up a conversation. Meanwhile, everything was almost finished. It just needed a final touch. I made paper lanterns and Violet lit them up, so, our party would have a festive theme with it. Soon, we were finished and just in time too. As Alain and Professor Sycamore walked in, Mairin greeted them, saying,"Welcome home Alain. We made this party just for you." He had a huge smile as we prepared to dine. Everything was so tasty and our pokemon were really enjoying the pokepuffs. One was left for Pancham and Chespin as the two almost began to butt heads with one another. However, Chespie stepped in and stopped the fight by offering Chespin a pokepuff, which it gratefully accepted. Ember wasn't feeling very hungry as Lycanroc barked its concern for her. She gave it her pokepuff, saying,"I'm not hungry." She got up and walked upstairs as Sycamore caught eye of this. He excused himself momentarily and went to follow Ember. Meanwhile, the firefox was sitting alone in a dark corner, looking out the window. She sighed as the sadness took over once again. What got her attention was Sycamore saying,"You still thinking about it huh"?
She just looked at him, saying,"Is it that easy to tell? If you were there on top of Prism Tower with me, you would've seen it too. Ash just did something no one else would have the courage to do. With no regrets. I could've done something to prevent it. Instead, I just stood there...like a freaking idiot"! She tried to keep the tears from falling, but it was hard, and Sycamore hugging her did not make things any easier. He says,"You've been keeping a lot in. I know this hurts a lot. I can feel your pain. Try just letting it out...it'll be ok." It was a breaking point for her as Ember went from silent into a hard sob, letting her tears fall faster than a rushing waterfall. With every drop, you can see how hurt Ember was and how much pain she felt. This did not go unnoticed as Raichu, Lycanroc, Chespie, Greninja, and I saw when we came up to check on them. When the others looked at me, I just told them,"It's pretty heartwrenching to see, just a small heads up." This went on for a while, so, to pass up the time, Alain went to the first conservation area where all the wild pokemon came and greeted him. I joined him, saying,"Looks like everyone missed you a lot." Even Garchomp came up to say hello to Alain. I then asked him,"What are you going to do from here on out"? He said,"Well, I'm not really sure." As he kept walking around, he mentioned,"I didn't mean to, but I helped Lysandre with his plan, whether I knew it or not. I caused a lot of trouble for people and pokemon. I made so many mistakes, I can't even begin to make up for it all." I say,"Alain...I can understand everything. You only did this to protect Mairin and Chespie. I'm going to let you in on something. If the same thing was going on with my friends, I would've done the same things, maybe not exactly, but still. You're a good person and a great trainer. I know that from experience. Our battles are always so exciting. Sino wanted to tell you this, but that round with Mega Charizard, it had the most fun battling ever.".
Alain looked at me, saying,"How can you know that"? I say,"I could see it in its eyes during the battle. I had the same look too. Alain...I want us to have another match like that someday. Deal"? He looked at me and smiled, saying,"I'll be waiting "champion"," as I say,"Right back at you." With Sycamore, Ember finally calmed down as her sobs grew into light whimpers. She opened her eyes and says,"I do feel a lot better now. Guess letting it out sort of helped." Sycamore says,"Now that you feel better, you can cope with the grief a lot easier now. You do not have to feel guilty because this was not your fault. Lysandre knew what he was doing, but was too blinded by his selfish ambitions to see. Ash knew that you didn't deserve what Lysandre was doing to you. Plus, he's not truly gone. Do you remember when you broke out of the mind control by yourself? You had Ash's spirit running through your veins. You didn't give in till it was over. He's a part of you, just like he's a part of us." Hearing this seemed to make Ember feel a lot better as she says,"I really needed that..thank you Sycamore. Let's join up with the others. I don't want them to worry about me any longer." With that, they both went downstairs to join us. In the morning, Clemont was doing some final tweaks on Clembot, preparing it for its match.
Soon, Clembot was ready as the kid, his name is Alvin, from yesterday came back, ready for the challenge. Meyer was refereeing the match as we were watching from the bleachers. It was a three on three match with substitutions only for the challenger. Clemont was with Clembot, ready to help if needed. Clembot first called out Magnemite as Alvin went with Vivillon. I say,"A bug/flying type has a disadvantage against a steel/electric type. Let's see how this plays out." With both sides ready, it was time for the battle to begin. Using its knowledge, Clembot had Magnemite use electro ball, but was stopped by Vivillon using flash. It then used quiver dance to raise its attack and speed while confusing Magnemite. Clembot was getting nervous and didn't know what to do next. Meanwhile, Vivillon used stun spore to paralyze Magnemite before defeating it with energy ball. Magnemite was knocked out and Vivillon got the first win. As Clembot returned Magnemite, Clemont told it,"Listen Clembot. You can't get nervous. Eyes open at all time." With that, Clembot readied its next choice, which was a Magneton.
Vivillon used stun spore, but Magneton stopped it with rain dance, washing it away and making it hard for Vivillon to fly right. Then, Magneton used thunder and got the one hit KO on Vivillon. When Magneton was declared the winner, I say,"Smart. That rain dance allowed thunder 100% accuracy." Alvin returned Vivillon and had his next choice out, which was a female Pyroar. With thunder, Pyroar was easily defeated again. Clembot was on a roll with Magneton. Alvin returned Pyroar and got his final choice ready, which was a Cubone. Now what would Clembot do? Magneton is at a huge disadvantage against a ground type. Cubone launched a bonemerang, which was sent back by a sonic boom. Then, Cubone knocked out Magneton with a potent brick break. Clembot was down to his last choice, which was Heliolisk. Cubone went in with brick break as Heliolisk used its speed to dodge the attack. Heliolisk then went in with dragon tail as Cubone used its bone to block the attack. It then launched a focus blast as Cubone tried to intercept with bone rush, but got hit. Cubone recovered and launched bonemerang as Heliolisk countered with focus blast. However, the bonemerang went through and hits Heliolisk, dealing the knockout blow. Alvin was announced the winner as he and Cubone celebrated. Clembot, after returning Heliolisk, told Clemont,"Having a pokemon battle is lots of fun. Most enjoyable." Soon, he awarded Alvin the badge as we congratulated him.
Seeing the happy and eager look on Clembot made Clemont very happy. Before we started to head back to the lab, I pulled Serena to the side for a minute. I then told her,"I wanted to ask you something. Ash really cared about you and loved you with all of his heart and soul. His pokemon like you a lot as well and I have a feeling they're going to grow stronger and do amazing things. Greninja wants to stay with me because it wants to train and grow a strong friendship bond with Sino. But, I was wondering...for the rest of Ash's pokemon...especially Raichu...would you like to have them on your team"? Raichu lept onto Serena's shoulder as she smiled and says,"Ok. I'll care for them and we'll all grow strong together." I then took off Ash's hat and placed it onto Serena, who blushed and smiled with happy tears around her eyes as we hugged each other. Soon, we were back at Sycamore's lab as Sycamore brought up the idea for a big group picture. With all of our pokemon, all of my pokemon, and everyone together, we all had a huge group picture to commemorate this joyous occasion. Later on, it was time to light up the Prism Tower as everyone was there. Serena, Katie, Ember, and I had our concert outfits on and were ready for when the concert begins. After a loud countdown, the lights of Prism Tower lit up, leading to a huge fireworks show. Now was not the time to rest because now.. it's finally the time for the Kalos Concert!!!!!