Pokemon: Alola Journey VOL 1 - The Trials of Sarah

by Snow Nadder

In the Alola Region, Sarah attends her first day at the Pokemon School where she meets Ash, Pikachu and their friends. With her pokemon, Sarah will take on the Island Challenge along with Ash, but while doing the Island Challenge, Sarah discovers there may be more to her than meets the eye.

67. Chapter 66: Galar Special Finale Part 3

"Sarah and her class traveled with Professor Kukui and Principal Oak to discover the beauty of the Galar region and uncover the mysteries of Dynamax. There, they've encountered several new places and different types of Pokemon including the secret armor of the Isle of Armor's Master Dojo, Ching Wan and Hashimoto, and Calyrex, the King of Bountiful Harvests from the Crown Tundra. But, before meeting them and like Victor, Gloria, and Hop before her, Sarah encountered two mysterious Pokemon known as the Heroes of Many Battles, Zacian and Zamazenta, at the Slumbering Weald as well as the once-lost Moon Shield belonging to her and the last Alolan Royal Family. They also uncovered the truth behind the hero legend and the key role the two Warrior Pokemon played in it. Meanwhile, Chairman Rose brought back a dangerous yet misunderstood Pokemon from the distant past, renaming it Eternatus. Can Sarah, her friends, Victor, Hop, Gloria, Tsukumaro, and Leon manage to stop Eternatus?"

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In the midst of the chaos caused by Eternatus's anger towards humanity and Rose and Team Eclipse's machinations, several more Pokemon across the Galar region are now Dynamaxing without warning and are rampaging against their will. The situation has become so dire and has been threatening to spill over to the rest of the world that reports of the incidents and Eternatus have been appearing all over the world including places where the Power Rangers are living and defending the world from evil including Coral Harbor.

"This has become a real problem! Reports of rampaging Dynamax Pokemon are multiplying!" cried the news reporter from before as her helicopter flew over Hammerlocke, looking over and recording Eternatus on his continued rampage while Sarah's dragons tried to stop him, to the Riptide Gym & Bar's TV screens. "And to top it all off, a huge, unknown Pokemon is currently attacking Hammerlocke Stadium with weird dragons doing their best to stop it from its continued destruction!"

Among the people watching and seeing what's happening in the Galar region at the gym were the Beast Morphers Rangers. While Devon, Ravi, Zoey, Nate, and Steel were doing their own thing as they were on break from their ranger duties, the reported incidents of rampaging Dynamax Pokemon caught their attention and they couldn't help but watch in shock at what they were witnessing from the television.

"Is this the second coming of the legendary disaster?" questioned the news reporter again, sounding frantic.

"Legendary disaster, was she talking about the Darkest Day from 3000 years ago?" inquired Devon.

"Yeah, the Galar Region was once thrown into the brink of destruction when that same Pokemon appeared and absorbed Galar Particles that caused Pokemon there to Dyanmax against their will," nodded Nate, thinking back to some Pokemon history he read. "People called it the Darkest Day but only because they were afraid of it and what it nearly did to the region."

"Then, the Darkest Day was supposedly defeated by two heroes with two Pokemon or two Pokemon by themselves and nobody knew what happened to them," added Ravi, recalling a bit of Pokemon history he learned himself.

"Somebody must've read the legend and somehow brought back that terrifying Pokemon to live and is looking to repeat history today!" realized Steel. "So, how can anybody hope to stop it now that it's back?"

"We should tell the commander about this right away, we got to know what we're dealing with before we make our move," noted Zoey. "If Sarah and her friends are in danger, I only hope we're not too late to help them."

Nodding over Zoey's idea, they made their way back to Grid Battleforce to explain to Commander Shaw about Eternatus and gain her approval to travel to Galar and help Sarah and her friends stop Eternatus.

"I see, so this Pokemon known as the Darkest Day is revived and now terrorizing Galar as multiple Dynamax Pokemon sightings are appearing," she said after hearing the news.

"That's about it, Commander. Whatever that Pokemon is, it looked like it was gathering a lot of Galar Particles for some reason," nodded Nate. "What's more, there are several Pokemon there that are Dynamaxing and going on a rampage against their will."

"We've also traced the signal of the Beast-X King Zord yesterday when it was deployed to Galar and we found out that Sarah was piloting it again and she was wailing on a Dynamax Pokemon at some mines," added Steel. "It looked as though she needed its help with several other Dynamax Pokemon rampaging across Galar following the first instance with a harmless Centiskorch."

"There are also signs of one of Team Eclipse's Seven Sins having followed her and her friends to Galar with the intent on capturing her again and now, the guy's partnered up with the people responsible for bringing the Darkest Day back and using it as a front for his true objective," put in Ravi.

Commander Shaw nodded grimly, having a fuller idea of the current situation. "This could be a disaster, Rangers. With that Pokemon on the loose after having been revived after 3000 years of nothing but slumber, Galar would be reduced to nothing but a wasteland as depicted in the original heroes legend. If nothing is done to contain the threat in Galar itself and if those Pokemon aren't turned back to normal, it could leak out to the rest of the world and everyone and everything else will follow suit," she informed.

"This may be too much for our fellow rangers, we have to help them," said Zoey, still worried for their new friends.

Commander Shaw just nodded, agreeing with Zoey. "I agree, take the Zords and head to the Galar Region immediately and find Sarah and her friends after you do. Subdue any Dynamax Pokemon you see as fast as you can."

"Got it!" nodded Devon as they quickly morphed and entered their Zords. "What's your status, team?"

"All set!" replied Ravi.

"In position!" Zoey called.

"All systems go!"

"Let's do it!" confirmed Nate and Steel.

"It's time, move out!" called Devon, signaling everyone to depart for the Galar Region.

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Back at the Galar Region, with the situation involving Eternatus getting direr by the minute and as Pokemon continue to Dynamax and Gigantamax against their will, everyone could only wonder if things could somehow get better or take a turn for the worst.

At her lab, Prof. Magnolia, along with Principal Oak and Prof. Kukui, are keeping up with the news regarding Eternatus and the growing amount of Dynamx incidents. They could only watch the events seriously, keeping faith that Sarah and the rest of her group can do something to stop the Darkest Day from repeating itself.

While Sarah and her Pokemon were dealing with Katzenberg, his goons, and Rose inside Hammerlocke Stadium, Leon and Charizard took it upon themselves to battle and capture Eternatus to make good on his promise to seal him away or give him a second chance in life with another trainer. The undefeated Galar Champion knew he was taking a big gamble to do so, let alone catch the Gigantic Pokemon, but he knew this was meant for the true safety and future of Galar.

"Eternatus..." he breathed as they finally stared each other down before he prepared Charizard's Pokeball for a Dynamax battle.

"Do you really think you can capture me when I was this close to finally enacting my revenge? You poor, simple fool, you'll never take me alive! This world will be mine!" bellowed Eternatus, his rage still clear for all to see.

"As I said, I don't want to see any more tragedy! That also means ending your suffering the only way Sarah taught us, not by fear but love and compassion! Charizard, return!" declared Leon as Charizard went back to his Pokeball and he activated his Dynamax Band. "Time for some Gigantamaxing!"

But, before Leon could begin to commence a Gigantamax Battle and Team Rocket crashed the party to steal Eternatus again, the Gigantic Pokemon wasn't about to give them a chance to fight back as he made his move.

"I'll take those Galar Particles of yours if you don't mind!" he spat, absorbing the particles Leon and Meowth used.

When Meowth unleashed a Dynamax attack and as Leon began to throw his Pokeball, Eternatus absorbed the Galar Particles and returned both Charizard's Pokeball and Meowth back to normal size (much to Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet's bewilderment after they were dumbfounded by this). Then, he took aim with the energy he had absorbed and began to fire another Eternabeam.

"BE GONE!" he bellowed, forcing Leon to dodge and Team Rocket to be blasted off again and out of Galar.

"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" screamed Team Rocket as they twinkled out of sight.

The latest blast from the Eternabeam was so powerful, the news reporter and the helicopter pilot recording the whole thing at a close range were forced to pull out for their own safety. Safe from being hit by Eternabeam, Leon got back up and watched with narrowed and tense eyes as Eternatus continued his plot for his ultimate revenge against humanity after Team Rocket's quick exit.

"Now, where was I?" Eternatus questioned in a calm but still angered state, absorbing the Galar Particles for his revenge.

"What's going on?" puzzled Leon, not liking where Eternatus was going with his revenge plot.

After Katzenberg made his declaration, Sarah, Solar, and her Pokemon family (with Nebby, Dusk, Luna, Stufful, the Eevee Squad, Candy, Silvally, and Houndoom called out to assist) were forced to fight off the PokeMechas while the Sin of Wrath, Glam, Fester, Hammer, Rose, and their Pokemon stood by to catch their enemies off guard at any point. As they fought, Ching Wan noticed more Galar Particles being absorbed by Eternatus as they traveled to his current position on top of Hammerlock Stadium.

"Sarah, the Galar Particles!" he shouted, getting Sarah's attention as she noticed the Galar Particles as well.

"No, Eternatus! Wait, stop!" she begged the Gigantic Pokemon but to no avail.

"Observe, my power friend," Rose said, taking in (in his mind) the beautiful sight of Eternatus absorbing the Galar Particles. "Eternatus is drawing in more Galar Particles in preparation for his wonderful final form. Soon, I'll be able to see the Ultimate Pokemon as he begins to yield unlimited energy."

"In his current state, after what you and your company did and after over 3000 years of anger and agony over humanity's treatment of him, Eternatus will be saved and Leon and I will do everything we can to make sure you're brought to justice with his capture!" bellowed Sarah, still angered over Rose's ambitions as she used her Beast-X Star Sword and the Sun Sword against the Team Eclipse's grunts. "Riolu, Candy, Twin Thunderpunch! Hydreigon, Silvally, Twin Tri Attack!"

"Right!"

"Ampha!"

"Oh yeah, you're dead!"

"Dreigon!" roared the four Pokemon, unleashing their Double Combo attacks.

"Ferrothorn, Iron Defense!" called Rose, getting his Thorn Pod Pokemon to upgrade his defense and withstand all four attacks at him and forcing Riolu and Candy back.

"No way!" gasped Riolu in shock.

"Are you Arceus-damn kidding me?!" snarled Silvally, pissed from missing a hit.

"Copperajah, use Heavy Slam! Klinklang, use Autotomize then Gear Grind!" continued Rose, his Copperderm Pokemon preparing to stomp on them and Klinklang increasing its speed before throwing some gears at them.

"Dodge, guys!" called Sarah, getting her Pokemon to avoid their foes before they continued their assault. "Iron Tail and Dig plus Vaccum Wave, Candy, Riolu!"

Candy charged forward to attack Copperajah head-on while Riolu dug underground for a sneak attack while using her sister's Iron Tail as a cover. They were hoping they didn't have to go through another counter from Rose's Pokemon so they could land a hit but even so, Rose was more than ready for them.

"Perrserker, Hone Claws plus Slash!" Upon Rose's commands, Perrserker raised its attack stats with sharpened claws and went for the kill.

"Now, Riolu!" Bursting from the ground ahead of Candy, Riolu knocked the Viking Pokemon back before the two of them shot Pay Day and Vaccum Wave at each other, forcing them back to their original spots.

This gave Candy the opportune moment to try and get one on Copperajah but Ferrothorn's Iron Defense continued to kick in as it blocked her blow and bounced her back.

"Use Heavy Slam!" ordered Rose to Copperajah, the Steel Type stomping away and forcing Riolu and Candy to regroup as they dodged its attack.

Sarah snarled from Rose and his Pokemon running in circles around them with their attack and defense combos but then she realized what they were doing, they ARE using attack and defense in a combo between all five Pokemon. "Wait, of course! Rose had his Pokemon use their attack and defense powers split between each of them, they're using good old-fashioned teamwork which means while a Pokemon like Ferrothorn specializes in defense, Copperajah's mainstay is offense! Yes!" she thought in realization before cursing herself.

"Damn it, Sarah, way to be slow on the draw right off the bat! I'll need a full team as well as speed and defense to get through this creep! But, if the others can handle those machines, Katzenberg, and his cronies, I'm all good and we'll be closer to helping Leon deal with Eternatus!"

She turned to the rest of her summoned Pokemon as they were still squaring off against their enemies from Team Eclipse, directing her words towards five specific Pokemon she needed to hear. "Caylrex, Ching Wan, Hashimoto, I need Nebby and Houndoom for a full team immediately! You and the others cover us with our old friends!" she shouted, Nebby and Houndoom perking as they heard her.

"Got it!"

"Roger!" nodded the Wushu Brothers as they crushed three PokeMechas between them.

"Okay! Nebby, Houndoom, go to Sarah, now!" nodded Calyrex, immediately directing the Dark Hound and Sunne Pokemon to get to Sarah and give her and her current team a hand with Rose.

While Houndoom and Nebby left their party with Sarah and her team, the others were left to fend against Team Eclipse themselves. Despite two of their stronger players needed with Sarah, they were still able to hold their own remarkably well even against Katzenberg's Spiritomb and Glam, Fester, and Hammer's Loudred, Ludicolo, and Carracosta.

Much of Sarah's Pokemon gathered had no trouble dealing with them given their previous experiences fighting and clashing with Team Eclipse several times before. Zorua was enjoying letting herself go in her Grapploct form as she wailed at the robotic menaces with attacks like Octolock as she trapped Glam's Loudred in a bind and immobilizing it before she blasted her big-mouth foe with Liquidation.

"Hmph, looks like you're all washed up!" mocked Zorua with a sneer before she got back to work with the grunts.

Zeraora was making short work of an army of PokeMechas coming his way as he punched and kicked at them using Close Combat before he turned to a swarm of ten of the Alola syndicate's grunts and used Plasma Fists to electrocute them and make them explode.

Dusk and Luna, being the brother-brother pair team as they are, clawed and bit at the robots surrounding them with ease before they used Twin Outrage and pummeled more grunts in virtually less than a minute, ending a group of six with Accelerock and leaving nothing left of them.

But, Poor Stufful was still shy and not eager about fighting, even for a noble cause, as she ran around the stadium with eight PokeMechas and Carracosta giving chase causing her to scream and cry for help as they closed in on her. Ching Wan, as he was dealing with his own grunts, heard Stufful's cries and gasped.

"Stufful!" he shouted, immediately running to her and using Wicked Blow to destroy the grunts and forcing Carracosta to dodge his signature attack.

"Are you okay, Stufful?" he asked, getting a happy and relieved "Stuff!" from her before she was suddenly grabbed by Fester's Ludicolo.

"Lu, Ludicolo!" smirked Ludicolo, forcing Ching Wan to reel back and get into a battle stance.

But, grabbing Stufful turned out to be a big mistake as Ludicolo found itself subjected to Stufful's Thrash as she ended up flailing and throwing a tantrum, forgetting her fears and literally beating the stuffing out of Ludicolo as he suddenly screamed and begged for mercy from the little Flailing Pokemon. When she was done and had calmed down, she noticed the groaning and beaten-up Carefree Pokemon and Ching Wan looking at her in surprise.

"Stuff?" she asked innocently, prompting an impressed smile and a sigh from him as he rubbed her.

"Remind me and Hashimoto to never make you angry," he joked, making Stufful smile happily with a "Stuff!".

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Meanwhile, Hashimoto was having little-to-no trouble against the PokeMechas coming against him as he made use of his diverse move set and movements and attacks inspired from Mustard's Urshifu's Rapid-Strike Style with the Crane Style and the Seven Star Mantis, maintaining his balance and striking and defending himself with incredible speed, explosive power, and split-second timing and accuracy.

"Come here, you worthless bags of bolts!" he mocked, as he destroyed more of Team Eclipse's robots with no mercy.

It looked as though he really had decided to eventually reach the Tower of Waters if he keeps his training and fighting up as he continued with his assault. Then, he noticed Carracosta coming at him as he was leading a pack of five PokeMechas in an American Football-Esque group tackle, hoping to take him by surprise and pin him down.

"Uh-oh! Rrrrrrrrrr...HYAH!" he gasped before he punched the ground with Ice Punch and covered much of the stadium's ground he's on with ice, causing Carracosta to yelp as he and his robots skidded before he slipped and the robots crashed into him.

"See ya next fall!" smirked Hashimoto mockingly as he left, making Carracosta groan before it said while moaning, "Car, Ra, Co-Costa..."

As for Silvally and the Eevee Squad (including Eevee herself), they were holding their own again Spiritomb and Katzenberg along with their own PokeMecha army. The Sin of Wrath watched as his Forbidden Pokemon and syndicate's robots clashed with the Synthetic Pokemon and Eevee along with Umbreon and his daughters. He could tell that even without Sarah to back them up, they were all still formidable despite Eevee's somewhat slow fighting as she stuck close to the Moonlight Pokemon so she would be safe with him around.

"Spiritomb, use Dark Pulse and Night Shade! Target the runt of the Eevee litter!" he shouted, pointing at Eevee.

"Spirit! Spiri...TOMB!" boomed Spiritomb, combining Night Shade and Dark Pulse into a combo as he fired at the little Evolution Pokemon.

"BRE!" shouted Umbreon, seeing the combo attack coming as he used Psychic to hold off Spiritomb's combo, both of them pushing against one another while Eevee watched, being the chosen recipient of her enemies' assault.

"Leafe!" cried Leafeon, seeing her father doing his utmost to defend Eevee despite Spiritomb's merciless persistence.

After destroying her own grunts and prompting her Ice Type sister to notice her going to their father to help him and Eevee, Glaceon made her way to them as well and they both fired Shadow Ball to assist Umbreon's Psychic. "Glace, Gla... Gla, Glaceon!" encouraged Glaceon.

"Leaf, Leafe!" agreed Leafeon.

Seeing her sisters and Umbreon defending her and looking at Spiritomb as he then laughed, his combo attack starting to fully push back and reach them, she gave a determined glare before she glowed and powered the three of them up with a single touch. This resulted in their Psychic and Shadow Ball combo becoming more powerful as their supercharged attacks combined and they used Spiritomb's own combo attack against him. As Spiritomb was hit and weakened by his own combo attack as well as the Eevee Squad's pushback, a sneak attack from Sylveon soon knocked him out.

"Sylve!" chirped Sylveon with a mocking wave.

"D'OH, blast it!" groaned Katzenberg, cursing his own failure.

He was even more furious when he saw Silvally, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Flareon, and Espeon also showing no mercy to the last of the group's PokeMechas. Jolteon was shocking and short-circuiting any bots charging at her using her Electric Type attacks as well as her own Shadow Ball and Pin Missle attacks, Espeon manipulating them with Psychic and blasting them with Psybeam, Flareon melting and overheating her bots with Flamethrower, Ember, and Fire Fang, and Vaporeon

Silvally found himself surrounded by several PokeMechas, realizing that he needed to level up the playing field with a Memory Drive. "Urgh, I need more firepower! Hey, Mom, give me a Memory Drive!" he shouted to Sarah.

"Right! Heads up, Silvally!" she called, pulling out his Electric Type Memory Drive and throwing it to him before returning to her battle with Rose.

"Yeah, finally! Thanks!" cheered the Synthetic Pokemon as he changed into an Electric Type before he charged at and made short work of the PokeMechas using Multi Attack. "WHOO-HOO! Hope you emotionless sacks of nuts and bolts get a charge out of this!"

Even Calyrex (in his Ice Rider Form), Spectrier, and Glastrier are no slouches against the PokeMechas despite their initial bewilderment of having to fight autonamous machines compared to battling sentient Pokemon previously. "Begone, foul mechanical abominations!" shouted Calyrex while he and Glastrier used Thrash and Icicle Crash and Spectrier used Phantom Force.

"Ready, Houndoom, Nebby?" asked Sarah, continuing her brawl against Rose.

"Dou!" nodded Houndoom!

"Yeah! Let me at that big baddie, Mama!" hollered Nebby, raring to give Rose a piece of his mind.

"Blitz, Houndoom, Double Team plus Fire Fang at Ferrothorn, now! Nebby, go head-to-head against Copperajah with Cosmic Power plus Wild Charge!" called the princess as they attacked. "Split Copperajah and Ferrothorn up!"

She then turned towards Escavalier and Klinklang, pointing Riolu and Candy at them. "Candy, Riolu, keep Klingklang and Escavalier off of them!"

Finally, she looked towards Perrserker with Solar and Hydreigon in mind as its opponents. "Solar, Hydreigon, can you keep his Perrserker busy?"

Hydreigon nodded affirmatively along with Solar. "As long as it doesn't try to rewire me, I'm good with it!" agreed Solar before they charged at the Viking Pokemon and got into a brawl with it.

Rose was intrigued with what Sarah was going with her current full team and having Solar do battle against his Perrserker alongside Hydreigon. "Oh...?" he pondered with interest as he watched.

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Meanwhile, Devon, Zoey, Ravi, Nate, and Steel managed to arrive at the Galar Region in the midst of the Darkest Day where they could see numerous Dynamax Pokemon around them rampaging against their will. They were most shocked to see what's becoming of them and the people of Galar watching nearby were amazed, shocked, and relieved to see the Beast Morphers Rangers from Coral Harbor coming to help them.

"Look, everyone, it's the Power Rangers!" gasped a man as they cheered.

"My heroes!" cried a lady happily with relief.

"They must be here to save us!" agreed another man excitedly.

"Whoa, I guess we've arrived in the nick of time!" gasped Devon from the Racer Zord, watching the Dynamax Pokemon going crazy against their will. "A lot of Pokemon have already Dynamax and are going wild!"

"Looks like we've got our work cut out for us, Devon! And, for once, I'm glad it's not Evox we have to worry about!" remarked Cruise, also in shock.

"Totally! If those rampaging Pokemon keep trashing the region without knowing what they're doing, everybody's gonna pin the blame on them!" put in Jax, worried about the Pokemon.

"But, we won't let that nor the continued effects of Dynamaxing happen to them!" vowed Zoey.

"That's right, we have to get them back to normal if we're going to stop this!" agreed Ravi.

"Hoo-hoo, I hope Sarah and the others are doing okay while we're dealing with the Dynamax Pokemon!" added Smash. "They are dealing with them as well and the Darkest Day at Hammerlocke Stadium, after all!"

"I'm sure they'll be all right, Smash. They must have some sort of plan in motion and if I know Sarah, she's already tackling the problem at its source!" reassured Nate. "For now, we need to concentrate on saving those Pokemon. You up for this, Steel?"

"Of course, bro! These Pokemon need our help and it's time for the Power Rangers to make their mark on Galar!" nodded Steel, ready for action.

"Okay, team, let's split up and take on a couple of different Pokemon! Radio and notify each other if you got your Pokemon down," ordered Devon, preparing to begin.

"Roger!" affirmed the others.

"Go!" By Devon's signal, the Beast Morphers Rangers split up to deal with the Dynamax Pokemon with Ravi, Zoey, and Devon each going north, south, and east while Nate and Steel head for the western side of Galar.

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With Ash and the others (having morphed again), they and their Pokemon partners, with their ranger weapons at hand again, were able to prove prove themselves to be capable of dealing with the Dynamax Pokemon as well even though they had a little trouble trying to stop them. But, to their great fortune, wherever they are in the region, the Galar gym leaders would come forward and give them a helping hand along with some very experienced and determined trainers who would use Dynamax and Gigantamax at any given time to even out the odds and be willing to save their home. It was a lot of work dealing with Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokemon on their end but they managed to soldier on with the extra help they were given.

Back at Hammerlocke Stadium, with Sonia and the Swords of Justice outside, they were holding their own against Oleana's eight guards pretty well.

"Yamper, use Play Rough!" ordered Sonia, pointing to a guard's Nincada with the Galar Puppy Pokemon going wild on it.

A guard's Steelix tried to use Focus Blast on them but Virizion summoned her Sacred Sword and she quickly sliced it in half as it exploded, in the same manner she had done against Keldeo's Focus Blast during his training days. This allowed Cobalion and Terrakion to charge forward with their own Sacred Swords and pummel the other Pokemon including the Steelix.

"Hey! Better save some of the action for me, Cobalion, Terrakion!" called Keldeo, changing to his Resolute Form and summoning his Secret Sword before he wailed on the guards' Pokemon as well, causing their trainers to gasp in shock and bewilderment.

"What the bloody-?!"

"Preposterous!"

"Impossible!"

"Oh, no!"

"This can't be-?!" screamed the guards.

But, Sonia and the others weren't the only ones holding their own against the evils of Macro Cosmos; further up at the stadium doors, Hop, Tsukumaro, Gloria, and Victor had begun their battle with Oleana and her own team. They knew they had to get past her if they want to rejoin Sarah and they couldn't allow her to stop them from saving the world given what was at stake for everyone.

Victor decided to make the first move to gauge with Oleana before they make any power plays. "All right, buddy, let's warm up with a three-hit Ember at Milotic!" he called.

"Cind! Cind, Cind, Ace!" rapped Cinderace, juggling three few large pebbles like soccer balls before shooting them at Milotic.

"Now, Milotic, soak that overgrown rabbit with Hydro Pump!" ordered Oleana, allowing Milotic to shoot Hydro Pump to douse Ember and strike Cinderace, though he managed to dodge but flinched when a few drops touched him.

"Agility plus Flame Charge!" countered Victor, deciding to go with speed as Cinderace charged forward in a ball of fire and went faster. "Now, guys!"

"Right! Inteleon, Snipe Shot!"

"Rillaboom, Razor Leaf!" bellowed Hop and Gloria, allowing their partners to join in and assist Cinderace with a Triple Combo.

"Use Water Pulse! Froslass, fire back with Ice Shard!"

Milotic soon fired Water Pulse and Froslass used Ice Shard to send several icicles at the three Pokemon, much of them taking considerable damage and Cinderace being forced to brace himself as Water Pulse hit him and he was forced back. The Galar trainers gasped from Oleana's resilience as their partners slowly got up but glared at her and her team for not giving a damn about the world they're destroying and not wanting to lose to her.

"Give it up, you three," scoffed Oleana, unimpressed. "I'm quite surprised at you and the old man thinking you could stop Eternatus like this. And, I thought you were supposed to have grown to be the best throughout the Gym Challenge after everything you kids went through together."

"Wait, Eternatus? You mean that monster my goddaughter's trying to stop that your chairman was responsible for bringing back?!" gawked Tsukumaro, looking livid.

"That's right, Eternatus is the result of Chairman Rose's dreams for Galar's future and I will do everything to ensure that it becomes a reality. So, do us all a favor and give up! Tsareena, Trop Kick!"

"You'll regret ever bringing the devil back just for a man's meaningless dream, you witch! Absol, Sucker Punch!" bellowed Tsukumaro, having nothing but pity for Oleana.

"Absol!" nodded Absol, seeing Tsareena starting but striking first as he zipped forward and slashed it, forcing it back.

"Why, you little... You would dare to defy me and ruin Chairman Rose's dream?!" snarled Oleana, not taking kindly to Tsukumaro's threat.

"You may think this Chairman Rose's dream is a noble cause but from what we witnessed, it'll only result in the continued suffering and eventual deaths of all the people and Pokemon living in this region!" barked Tsukumaro, not caring what Oleana thinks. "There are rules in life that we must follow and you and your crew are crossing the line with this pitiful stunt!"

"And, we're all gonna shut it down, hard!" agreed Victor.

"Yeah!"

"And, how!" nodded Gloria and Hop.

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"Use Dragon Claw!" called Leon to Charizard atop Hammerlocke Stadium, the Flame Pokemon using his Dragon Type attack to land a scratch, only to be bashed to the ground after Eternatus swatted him away. "Charizard!"

While Hop, Gloria, Victor, Tsukumaro, Sonia, the Swords of Justice, and Sarah and her family dealing with Rose, Oleana, and some of Macro Cosmos' guards, Leon was left alone to deal with Eternatus with Charizard's help. But, as they fought with the Gigantic Pokemon, they were starting to realize that they were out of their depth without the power of Gigantamaxing to give them a leg up in saving him and ending his suffering.

"Eternatus, enough destruction! There's already too much at stake with your revenge about to unfold!" begged Leon to Eternatus. "Please, trust me when I say that Sarah and I will help you! You can still have faith in humanity if you learn to accept our help and allow us to help you if you trust us to do the right thing for you!"

"You don't understand, human! I'm not interested in your proposal no matter how pitiful it sounds, I'm not going to stoop to your level and accept help from the very species that cursed my very existance!" spat Eternatus, still lost in his growing hatred for humanity. "I WILL make humanity pay for their fear of me and my being sealed away for the past 3000 years, got it?"

"But, why are you willing to punish humanity like this for something we humans have foolishly done all those years ago?"

"You humans are so pathetic the way you cower and make insolent assumptions about things you don't understand and as a result, whenever something happens for one reason or another, you lowly creatures would just blow matters out of proportion and become plagued by fear and make rash decisions based on those fears! I felt your fear when they trembled at my might; I felt it when I generated Galar Particles for my own survival, causing several Pokemon of this region to scream and grovel in fright over their rampaging!"

Eternatus growled as he recalled what he went through during his battle with Zacian and Zamazenta when they and their human partners, the Two Kings, were able to stop him and seal him away and wrestled with his anger. His hatred for humanity still had a firm hold on him and he wasn't about to let it go.

"I was shunned and labeled as a devil, cast aside after they saw me as a threat, rejected for being like a monster, a fear that lead to my imprisonment by those damn rebels, the Two Kings and their Sword and Shield, Zacian and Zamazenta! All I wanted to do as I was dying and on my last legs after coming to this world is to start over from scratch after everyone I've come across rejected me... I was looking for someone to give me a home and a new chance; that's all I ever wanted ever since I started calling for help and resorted to absorbing Galar Particles when nobody came, so I would have a second CHANCE! But, no... So now, with my return in full swing and as I regain my full power, I'm taking this war against humanity to the NEXT LEVEL!"

"I won't let you do that! Nor will I destroy you or seal you away after capturing you, not before Sarah or I show you all the good that humanity now has to offer! Things have changed since then and even if some people will still fear and hate you as a monster, that won't be the case with others who know what you're going through!"

"You have no choice!" spat Eternatus, not wanting to drag things on any longer as his revenge was already close at hand.

Before he could bring Leon and Charizard down, Shadow, Winter, and the rest of Sarah's dragons started to assault him to hold off his revenge until their rider finishes her battle with Rose and Team Eclipse.

"Whoa... What are those things? They're amazing," gasped Leon in awe, seeing Sarah's dragons actually attacking Eternatus. Even Charizard couldn't help but gasp in stunned awe at them.

"RAGH! You meddlesome dragonflies!" snarled Eternatus, swatting at them.

---

Meanwhile, down below in the stadium, as her Pokemon family continued to widdle down their foes from Team Eclispe, Sarah and her current team were still having their hands, paws, and claws full in dealing with Rose and his team as they traded blows in their separate groups.

Hearing what could've been extra blasts coming at Eternatus and seeing her dragons attacking him from the monitor before her, Sarah knew she had to finish her battle against Rose and his Pokemon immediately and give Leon a hand. She and her family had already wasted a lot of time holding him and Team Eclipse off, now she has to end it all, stop Eternatus, and save him.

"Okay, I'll admit Rose is a pretty good trainer and my family's got Team Eclipse covered but I can't stay here forever! I got to help Leon, my dragons can't hold him off much longer!" she thought. "If my plan goes belly-up, they'll be running in circles around us and Eternatus will destroy Galar!"

"Copperajah, Ferrothorn, use Power Whip to force back your enemies!" called Rose to Copperajah and Ferrothorn, causing them to push back against Nebby or force Houndoom and Blitz to let go and dodge.

Rose directed his attention to Klinklang and Escavalier, who were still duking it out with Riolu and Candy. "Escavalier, Klinklang, force those two kids back with Consecutive Peck attacks and Charge Beams!"

Now, Candy and Riolu were forced to defend using Iron Tail to counter numerous Peck attacks from the Calvary Pokemon or dodge the Gear Pokemon's Charge Beams by jumping away or using Thunderpunch to absorb and parry the Electric Type attacks.

Finally, Rose looked over to his Perrserker, who was having a field day annoying Solar and Hydreigon. "Perrserker, Consecutive Slash attacks!"

"Anytime, Sarah!" shouted Solar, wanting a new plan as he and Hydreigon are being forced to dodge Perrserker's Slash attacks, moving back.

"Hang in there, guys! Just let them come to you and you keep dodging and defending!" encouraged Sarah.

That was all her current Pokemon and Solar could do as they frantically defended and dodge against their opponents' renewed assaults as Rose's Pokemon forced them back and left them with no chance to counter. Soon, they all ended up back to back with Copperajah, Perrserker, Escavalier, Klinklang, and Ferrothorn boxing them in a star formation which caused great alarm for Rotom-Dex as he watched the whole battle unfold.

"Sarah! Your Pokemon and Solar are not going to last much longer!" he warned frantically as he flew alongside her. "Rose's Pokemon have them in and they can't land a single hit! What are we going to do? The longer we stay here, the greater the chance Eternatus will take to enact his revenge!"

"Trust me, Rotom-Dex! This is when we'll finally get the drop on them, they won't know what hit them later!"

"What about your family and Team Eclipse? What if Katzenberg has a trump card up his sleeve to get a leg-up on you?"

"Nah, I don't think it'll be necessary," she remarked before briefly looking back to see her Pokemon family completely destroying all the PokeMechas before they cornered Katzenberg, Glam, Fester, and Hammer. "They got the hang of that creep and his stooges without my help."

She turned back to her own battle with Rose and watched carefully as Rose's Pokemon began to tense up, waiting for the final call by Rose to end the battle while Houndoom, Nebby, Blitz, Riolu, Candy, Hydreigon, and Solar all glared at them. They looked like they were on the end of their rope here but they didn't rush in to gang tackle their opponents since Sarah usually has a trick up her sleeve to get them out of their current predicament.

"Simply buying more time?" smirked Rose as he watched as he permitted his team to land the final blow. "Now, you're all trapped. Finish them off!"

That was Rose's biggest mistake as Sarah made her call the moment his Pokemon all charged in at the same time to finish her team and Solar off. "...BAIL!" she screamed to them.

Dodging at the last minute, Nebby used Teleport to zap his group away and Rose's Pokemon all gasped in shock at each other as they ended up being pummeled by their own teammates. Rose was horrified by what he had witnessed as he realized he had been tricked.

"AH! Was that on purpose?!" he gasped, having been played for a fool.

"Exactly! You know what they always say: the best defense is a good offense!" smirked Sarah as Nebby, his fellow Pokemon, and Solar reappeared with her and shared her smirk. "You thought you had us beat but you actually fell for my bluff!"

"Nya, nya, nya, nya, nya! We gotcha!" gloated Nebby as he made a mocking raspberry.

"HA! In your faces!" snarked Riolu, making a funny face at their defeated Pokemon foes.

"Pretty crafty, Sarah, but a little warning next time," Solar complemented but feeling a little shaken from her cutting it close.

"Sorry, but I'm glad you're still here nonetheless," she apologized.

With Victor, Hop, Gloria, and Tsukumaro, they were still going at it with Oleana and her Pokemon. They had been brawling long and hard and both sides are beginning to be worn out but neither group is going to let up since their last series of attacks would lead to the deciding victors. But, Oleana's Pokemon proved to be formidable opponents as they knocked Absol, Dubwool, Rillaboom, Inteleon, and Cinderace back hard.

"Guys, no!" cried Hop.

"Are you okay, buddy?" asked Victor worriedly.

"Hang in there, partner!" encouraged Gloria.

"Absol, never give up!" cheered Tsukumaro, not wanting to lose for his goddaugher's sake.

"Hmph, it's all over. I think it's time we finish these brats off! Milotic, lead on with Aqua Tail!" smirked Oleana, making her next move.

With Eternatus, Sarah's dragons and Leon, the Gigantic Pokemon was not about to take any prisoners as he still plans on going forth with his revenge as he prepared an Eternabeam.

"Dodge his attack, Charizard!" called Leon.

"That, is, ENOUGH!" bellowed Eternatus.

At that moment, Eternatus fired yet another Eternabeam with his next one pointed straight at Charizard and the dragons below him. But, the Flame Pokemon made a break for it and got Leon out of harm's way along with Shadow, Winter, and the other dragons getting a safe distance away with them from the powerful attack. However, it was so powerful, it ended up shooting down and punched another hole in the room of the stadium. The blast from Eternabeam was also felt around the stadium as Riolu sensed the beam charging before coming down on her and her family.

"LOOK OUT!" she screamed, causing Nebby to use Teleport but forcing herself jumping forward to dodge out of range to avoid as it hit the group's original spot while Rose's Pokemon slowly came too.

"AHHHHHH!" Sarah screamed, for she was not so lucky to avoid the blast as the shockwave threw her back before she was caught by Spectrier, Glastrier, and Calyrex.

"Sarah, are you all right?!" asked Calyrex frantically as she slowly recovered while Nebby's crew popped back in safe and sound but without Riolu and the rest of her family regrouped.

The two groups weren't the only ones to feel the blast of Eternatus' latest Eternabeam for having dealt with all the guards and their Pokemon attacking them, the Swords of Justice and Sonia felt the shockwaves of it and heard the Gigantic Pokemon's rage-filled screaming and looked up.

"What's that?!" demanded Cobalion in shock.

"What, it can't be!" gasped Sonia, knowing what and who it was.

Even the Galar trainers, Tsukumaro, Oleana and their Pokemon felt the shockwaves of the blast as the hallway they're in shook violently as if it could somehow cave in on them at any time.

"What was that?" gasped Oleana, not knowing what's going on above them.

The four heroes suddenly gasped and glared at the ceiling, already having a solid idea of who could be responsible for the ongoing chaos above them.

Even Sarah knew who was doing it. "Eternatus," she gasped quietly.

"Mother, I think Tall, Dark, and Ugly's going on a madhouse power drive right now about," remarked Silvally, raring to go up to Eternatus and take him down.

"He'll continue to destroy everything at the rate he's going!" Ching Wan grunted. "If he keeps this up, he'll be completely lost to his anger forever!"

"The fool! Doesn't he know that revenge never solves anything; even if he's justified in his anger for what had happened to him, he's finally crossed the line!" groaned Calyrex, unsure of how to go through with beating Eternatus. "Humanity doesn't deserve to die out in such a callous and heartless way!"

"We gotta stop him, Mama!" agreed Nebby.

"And, we will, Nebby! Let's go-huh? Wait, Riolu? Riolu?!" Sarah gasped, preparing to go again but realizing there was one amongst her group missing. "Guys, where's Riolu, where is she?!"

"Didn't you teleport her with us to avoid that beam, Nebby?" questioned Solar.

"No, I heard Big Sis Riolu but I didn't see her when I teleported you all!" Nebby cried out.

"You're stuck here, Sarah. There's no hope for you and your pitiful family to end everything I've worked for and Eternatus," mocked Rose as he made his call. "Everyone, destroy them!"

His Pokemon charged at their foes again, eager for payback and having recovered to finish the job. But, while Zeraora, Zorua, and Ching Wan and Hashimoto charged forward to separate them, they were only successful in pulling away Escavalier, Perrserker, and Klinklang, leaving Copperajah and Ferrothorn to destroy their enemies with Power Whip. Sarah and her family braced themselves for one final assault but then, to their shock and surprise...

"NOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Riolu with growing valor and through her undying love for her family as she got in front of them and took the Power Whip attacks head on.

"AMPHA!"

"Riolu!"

"WHAT-?!"

"Good Arceus!"

"BIG SIS RIOLU!"

"RIOLU, OH NO!" cried Candy, Solar, Silvally, Nebby, Calyrex, and Sarah in total horror.

But, when the dust settled and everyone looked closer, they saw Riolu straining hard against Copperajah and Ferrothorn as they struggled to push her down. But, the Copperderm and Thorn Pod Pokemon were both bewildered by the Shiny Emanation Pokemon's relentless fighting spirit fueled by her family love and even Rose couldn't believe it.

"What?!" gasped the Macro Cosmos chairman, looking absolutely dumbfounded.

"Riolu!" everyone shouted in their own ways, greatly startled and shocked that she's still alive.

"Riolu, come back! It's no use, save yourself!" called Solar, seeing how it's looking hopeless for her.

"Please, Big Sis, don't do this!" begged Nebby.

"Ampha! Ampha, Ampharos, Ros, Ros, Ampha, Ros, Ampha!" shouted Candy, all but pleading with Riolu frantically for her to save herself.

"NO! I need to protect you, you're my family! I can't let you down!" barked Riolu, continuing to strain against Copperajah and Ferrothorn's Power Whips.

"Why are you doing this, Little Riolu?!" Calyrex gawked.

"Riolu, listen to us! The possibility of you surviving a couple of Power Whips like those is exactly 300,452,789 meters to 1-?!" screeched Rotom-Dex in a panic before he was cut off.

"Don't telll be the statistics like Mommy said!"

"Riolu, why? Why would you do this, why risk yourself for us knowing you could die like this?!" asked Sarah, not knowing where Riolu was going.

"I swore to protect you as a Guardian of the Aura when you accepted me into your family after you found me and saved me from that bad guy months ago! Not only that but, you promised that we'll go to the Sinnoh Region to see my old home again! And, I will live on to see that I will see my old home of Lucario Kingdom again one day and that you live on with me!"

"Riolu!"

"Don't!"

"Get out of here!"

"Get going!"

"Now!"

"Ros!"

"Don't be a hero!" cried the group with everyone else begging Riolu not to go through with her actions.

"I have to do this for you!" she argued finally.

Then, steeling herself for one last effort to push against her bigger and stronger opponents, she gathred herself and let out a long and powerful battle cry, screaming as loud as she could as she pushed back before she started to glow a bright blue as everyone looked on in shock and complete awe.

"Riolu, are you...?" gasped Sarah, recognizing the power she's now embuding.

Before everyone's eyes, Riolu grew up to 3 ft. and 11 inches tall, now sporting one short, round spike on the back of her paws and a third spike on her chest. Retaining her Shiny colors of yellow and dark grey along with her red eyes, she now has longer ears and a longer snout. She even gained light blue fur on her torso with her yellow fur on her thighs that resembles shorts. Her yellow tail also extended to a medium-length and to top it all off, she had grown four black appendages hanging down from the back of her head. The surprising caviate to her appearance is the appearance of a white star symbol on the center of her forehead.

Sarah and her family could hardly believe their eyes when they saw her in her new form; out of her undying devotion and love to them as her family and a willingness to die to protect them not unlike the honorable Japanese Samurai code of Bushido, she had evolved into a Shiny Lucario!

Copperajah and Ferrothorn regained themselves as they tried to push down harder on Riolu in her new form but as she was a Lucario now, the newly-evolved Shiny Aura Pokemon pushed back at them, slowly overpowering them much to their bewilderment. Even Zorua, Zeraora, Ching Wan, and Hashimoto and their own foes couldn't take their eyes off her after she evolved and showed off her new power to everyone.

"I swore to protect my family no matter what and to return to the Sinnoh region to see my old home once more with my own eyes," she vowed deeply before she glared at her enemies and finally pushed them back with her newfound strength. "I'm a Guardian of the Aura! RAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Amazingly, in addition to her newfound power and her new body, the Shiny Aura Pokemon's voice changed to become more mature along the veins of Kelly Marie Tran's Raya (Adult Raya) from Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon.

"Riolu, you... You've evolved into Lucario!" cried Sarah with overwhelming joy.

Her Pokemon family cheered and celebrated her new evolution and over her improved well-being as they watched her face her bewildered opponents down with a searing glare and her Aura having increased vastly in power.

Rotom-Dex was so ecstatic over Riolu's evolution that he flailed and hollered excitedly as he began to scan her. "Lucario (Shiny), the Aura Pokemon. A Fighting and Steel Type and the evolved form or Riolu, Lucario uses a power called aura to read the thoughts and minds of others and anticipate their movements," he briefed as he took quick pictures of her.

"IT'S A MIRACLE, AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE! Lucario was able to evolve through her devotion to her family and love for them, almost like the Samurai Woman willing to die for their loved ones and their country! Data update complete!"

"Hey, Lucario, how about we step it up a notch finish the job?" asked the princess to her Aura Pokemon.

"I'm with you, Mother," she nodded with a determined smile, knowing what she was thinking before increasing her mental focus and unleashing her power in a bright blue ball of light before releasing it at Ferrothorn, dealing it heavy damage.

"Huh?! What was that?" gasped Sarah, bewildered by the new attack.

"That must be Focus Blast!" gawked Rotom-Dex.

"You think that's good, check this out!" smirked Lucario, concentrating what looked like Dragon Type energy before she fired it at Ferrothorn in the shape of a Naga dragon not unlike Raya and the Last Dragon's Sisu, knocking it out.

"Hey, wait! Did the kid actually learn Dragon Pulse?!" screeched Silvally in shock.

"She actually did, how does she do that?!" agreed Solar, not expecting her new power at all.

"I'm not finished yet, guys, Mother! I got one more trick up my sleeve to wrap these guys up! Don't blink!" Lucario continued to smirk as she then summoning a long bone staff made out of pure energy and spinning it like a Chinese Kung Fu or Japanese Bo staff, stunning everyone.

Then, with her new staff at hand, she proceeded to wail on the rest of Rose's Pokemon following the downfall of Ferrothorn. Zorua, Zeraora, and the Wushu brothers could only watch in amazement and utter stunned silence as she interrupted their battles and took over taking down Perrserker and Escavalier. Then, she charged at the bewildered Klinklang who was the second-to-last of Rose's Pokemon standing and jumped up into the air, confusing it before it looked up and cried in horror as she fell down and slammed her bone on it.

"Bye, now!" she called, still smirking as she knocked out the Gear Pokemon.

She then turned to the Copperderm Pokemon as she dismissed her new attack, Bone Rush, and prepared to land the final blow on the now-panicking Steel Type.

"Now, it's just you and me and Mother and I have just the power to end you right here, right now," she told it as a familiar Mega Stone appeared around her neck and Sarah's Keystone (her fingerless glove holding it being a part of her ranger uniform as well) activated, sending Mega Energy to her from her love and devotion to her family from the princess herself.

Everyone couldn't take their eyes off of Lucario's new Mega Evolution but as if Rose couldn't be any more shocked from what he's witnessing, Katzenberg and his goons were horrified at the sight.

"Is that...?"

"It is, it's Mega Evolution!" breathed Fester and Hammer in surprise.

Katzenberg couldn't take it as he panicked in denial, "NO, SHE CAN'T!"

"She's really doing it, Master!" retorted a shocked Glam, no longer willing to deny it. "Now that the princess and her Lucario's bond is indestructible, they can now access the Aura Pokemon's Mega Evolution, Mega Lucario!"

Glam was right; when Lucario roared and she emerged from the energy bubble as it exploded and revealed her new look, everyone could hardly believe their eyes when they took in her new Mega Evolved form.

In her Mega Evolved form, Lucario's light blue chest fur grew longer and her thighs slimmed down while she gained six more spikes on her paws and feet which had grown in size and gained a crimson hue (two larger spikes on both fronts of her paws and two spikes on both feet each). Her aura intensified immensely as her red eyes had now become bright orange and her head appendages grew, two of them having crimson tips. And, because her aura's power heightened with great intensity throughout her body from being at the peak of her abilities, she gained black markings all over her fur.

"HYAH, HAH! Get in gear!" she exclaimed, getting into a battle stance after performing a spinning inside kick and a tornado kick.

"Great guns, look at her!" gasped Calyrex in absolute awe from Lucario's new Mega Form.

"Man, what a powerhouse!" cried Hashimoto, feeling her increased power and shivering from the sight of it.

"She's a walking tower of terror against the forces of evil but in a good way!" agreed Ching Wan, completely stunned.

The Eevee Squad cheered loudly for their grown-up sister while Candy couldn't help but shed tears of joy as she sobbed with pride. Even the others couldn't hold back their emotions as they cheered as well and Silvally himself couldn't help but look on and smiling proudly, greatly impressed by what he had seen and having gained a newfound respect for Lucario.

"All right, Lucario! Let's end this with a bang, we got a Pokemon God to save!" ordered Sarah, pointing at Copperajah. "End Copperajah with Aura Sphere, full power!"

"Your master and his company, Copperajah, are a bane that has cursed the Galar region and the world with his mad plans using Eteranatus! It's time you were taken out, for good!" declared Lucario as she charged up an Aura Sphere.

"Ampha, Ros, Ros, Ampharos!" cheered Candy with everyone else hollering proudly in agreement.

"Make it a good one, Lucario!" agreed Rotom-Dex with a smirk!

"You're toast now, Hathi the Cowardly Elephant!" jabbed Zorua cheekily as Zeraora nodded proudly, supporting Lucario in her final assault.

"Don't screw this up, Kid!" warned Silvally.

"We can do this, Lucario! Let's show Rose and Team Eclipse, once and for all, that only loyalty, bravery, truth of heart, devotion to family, trust, and most importantly, love, can truly save the world!" declared Sarah, already seeing the end.

Lucario nodded as she finally got ready, "Yes, Mother! Victory is OURS!"

"Rajah!" screamed Copperajah in absolute defiance as he charged forward to use one last Power Whip, not wanting to lose for his trainer's dreams to come true.

"HAH!" bellowed Lucario, launching her final Aura Sphere of the battle.

The power difference according to their strengths clearly showed as Aura Sphere landed a powerful hit and Copperajah was knocked out cold; while Copperajah fought on fighting for what he believed to be a noble intention from Chairman Rose's dreams despite how mad and insane his plans are, Lucario's love for her family and devotion to protect them drove her through to the end and allowed her to unlock her true power.

In that, she ultimately came out on top and won the battle with the end of Rose's team, all of them being unable to continue battling after Lucario managed to pummel them following her evolution. Rose, Katzenberg, Glam, Fester, and Hammer could only stutter, scream, and gasp in horror as they saw that their efforts and plans to stop Sarah and ensure her capture have gone up in smoke.

But, just as they were about to head off and help Leon and the dragons save Eternatus, Lucario turned to Katzenberg and his goons with one final glare, making them flinch and being unable to escape in time as they were stuck in place from her cold, piercing gaze.

"Heed my warning, Team Eclipse! Leave Galar and never return so you may trouble this region no more!" she warned as she fired one last Aura Sphere at them. "If we meet again and you cause any more trouble for everybody, my family and I will show you no mercy!"

Team Eclipse screamed they were soon hit by the Aura Sphere and they were sent blasting off back to Alola. "WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" shrieked a panicked Hammer.

"WE'RE NOT TEAM ROCKET, YOU DIMBOT!" snapped an aggravated Glam and Fester.

"AAAAHHHHHH! DAMN...YOU...PRINCESS SARAH!" cursed Katzenberg, vowing he would eventually get even should he be given another chance eventually as they twinkled out of existence on their return trip to Alola.

Now, Rose was frightened out of his wits as he lost his allies and his Pokemon are all completely knocked out; he hadn't expected something like that coming from Sarah and her Lucario at all.

"You did it, Lucario! You did it!" cheered Sarah as everyone quickly congratulated the evolved Aura Pokemon as she turned back to normal, the princess giving her a hug.

"I have you to thank for all of this, Mother," replied Lucario happily, taking note of her Lucarionite necklace and her white star mark on her forehead after they parted. "I guess these things are permanent on me, now."

"I doubt that since you don't have to use your Lucarionite for some reason at any time. The star, however... It actually looks good on you," smiled Sarah, before she got a quick brain blast of a name idea. "Wait, scratch that, it's perfect! I'll call you Star."

"Star, Mother?" asked Lucario, surprised before she thought over the name, looked at her mark again, and smiled. "I like that."

"Oh, brother. How original can ya get?" mumbled Silvally incredulously before he was awarded an incredulous hard knock by Ching Wan that caused him to faceplant.

He and Hashimoto could only shake their heads at him in utter annoyance and say, "Shut up."

"And, now, I've got one more thing for you that you're all grown up... Noogie Time!" continued Sarah as she gave her newly-christened Lucario, Star, a quick motherly noogie.

Lucario couldn't help but laugh as she tried to get out of her grip and noogie as everyone chuckled in amusement at her. "He-he-he-he, hey! Mommy, hey, okay! I get it, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! That tickles, ah! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Okay, uncle! Uncle, uncle! Ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Sarah then turned to the Eevee Squad, Stufful, Houndoom, Silvally, Dusk, and Luna as she returned them following Star's noogie, "Thanks a lot, guys. You can take a breather here, you earned it."

Nebby was confused as to why he wasn't returned to his ball but Sarah looked at him seriously, since she needs him for the battle ahead. "Nebby, I'll need you outside to deal with Eternatus but I'll need to get you back into your ball since you can't squeeze yourself through the stadium's hallways to get you through. I'll need your strength, most of all, to stop him," she told him.

"Okay, Mama, don't wait up!" nodded Nebby as he was quickly returned to his ball.

"Now what, Mom?" asked Star, eager to get moving to save Eternatus and the world.

"Now, we help Leon and the dragons! Come on!" she confirmed, with her Pokemon behind her and Star running alongside her leaving Rose all alone to frantically look over his defeated Pokemon as if there was a change of heart in him regarding what he was doing.

"Are you guys all right? Copperajah, Ferrothorn, Perrserker, Escavalier, Klinklang!" he fretted with worry as they groaned.

---

With the Beast Morphers rangers, they had managed to deal with the Dynamax Pokemon incidents they could find and they were able to return the Pokemon back to normal as well as pacify the people who watched them going rampant against their will.

"Hang on, guys!"

"We're coming for ya! Rapid Blast!" shouted Zoey and Steel to the Pokemon, blasting at a couple of Dynamaxed Galarian Slowpoke Weezing at the Isle of Armor.

"We're sorry for doing this but it's the only way for us to get you back to normal! Rocket Storm!" apologized Ravi before he shot several missiles disguised as giant metal bananas at several wild Dynamaxed Hatterenes at Ballonlea.

"This won't hurt you too much! Crane Crash!" warned Nate as he calibrated his Wrecker Zord to use Crane Crash and jab several times at a Gigantamaxed Abomasnow at the Crown Tundra.

"We're getting our butts whooped, Devon! Let's go for the big guns here!" suggested Cruise as he and Devon struggled with a Gigantamaxed Rillaboom belonging to another trainer.

"Okay, here goes! Transport: Cheetah Beast Blaster!" nodded Devon, summoning his Racer Zord's blaster as he fired the blaster and charged up his zord's weapon. "Hope you can forgive us for this, Rillaboom. Racer Zord, Cheetah Hyper Strike!"

Literally racing towards the giant Rillaboom, the Racer Sword used its powerful attack to slash the Rillaboom and return it to normal, much to the relief and delight of its trainer who hugged it as it looked around in surprise and confusion.

"Dynamax Pokemon eliminated," sighed Devon with relief before he saw a familiar group of Power Rangers coming towards them after seeing him and Cruise deal with the Rillaboom. "Wait, is that-?"

While they and their Pokemon were dealing with the Dynamax Pokemon threat with their new weaponry, they heard emerging reports of the Beast Morphers Power Rangers arriving in Galar to help stop the growing number of rampaging Dynamax Pokemon, much to their surprise and amazement. They didn't think they and Grid Battleforce would know anything about the incidents.

"Devon, you're-!" gasped Lillie through his Morpher.

"Yes, guys, the others and I are here to help!" smiled Devon, nodding.

"I guess you heard about all this, then?" put in Sophocles.

"Affirmative, news got around so fast!"

"Well, what took you guys so long, then?" jabbed Mallow, smiling.

"Sorry, guys, but we're slow on the draw today," joked Devon.

"Yeah, we had no idea you guys were getting your heads wrapped in dealing with these humongous Pokemon until the reports poured in from Galar!" added Jax, tapping into Lillie's morpher.

"Hope our entry makes up for letting you do the dirty work," smiled Zoey in a joking matter.

"Well, better late than never! Perfect timing, by the way!" smirked Kiawe.

"Exactly! With you guys coming into the party, we'll be much stronger to save all these Dynamaxed Pokemon!" declared Ash proudly, seeing their odds already improving.

"Pikachu!" nodded Pikachu happily.

"Aww, that's sweet, you guys!" smiled Smash.

"Yep, but we have to hurry! Who knows how many other Dynamax Pokemon there are left and who else is going to suffer while this goes on?" reminded Ravi.

"We'll deal with the Dynamax Pokemon and you guys get to work on keeping people and any lucky Pokemon out of danger," informed Nate to the Ultra Rescue Rangers.

"Are you sure you guys will be okay with them?" asked Lana worriedly.

"We'll be fine, Lana! Just leave them to us and we'll have them all back to normal in no time!" reassured Steel. "More importantly, where's Sarah? Isn't she with you?"

"She's gone with our new friends and the Galar Champion, Leon, to stop the Darkest Day, Eternatus, at Hammerlocke!" told Lillie. "But, she'll be all right, she always finds a way to get out of sticky situations like this!"

"Okay, but let us know if she radios you for anything," Devon agreed as the Ultra Rescue Rangers and he and Cruise separated on their rescue plan for Galar's people and Pokemon with the others continuing their main mission.

As for Victor, Hop, Gloria, and Tsukumaro, they found renewed determination after feeling Star's power and they realized that their friendship and their own family bonds with their Pokemon is what fueled them to keep fighting and continuing on their journey whether it'd be protecting Sarah from Team Eclipse coming for her or becoming the best trainers in all of Galar after Leon.

---

Amazingly, despite Oleana and her team's best efforts, they couldn't overpower and stop their foes as the good guys struck back at them twice as hard and the rumblings above them didn't make her realize that something happened to Rose in her continued pursuit to see his dreams coming into fruition.

"All right, let's finish this!" declared Victor.

"Let's do it!" agreed Hop and Gloria, ready to deliver the final blow with their partners.

"I'm with you, Young Victor!" nodded Tsukumaro, ready for some full-fledged payback.

"Use Pyro Ball, full blast, buddy!"

"Snipe Shot times five!"

"Rock away with Drum Beating, Rillaboom! Dubwool, Swift!"

"Absol, Hyper Beam, let's go!" they screamed, their partner Pokemon unleashing their attacks in full blast.

With all of the heroes' Pokemon's attacks coming at them at once and at full power, Milotic, Froslass, Tsareena, Garbodor, and Salazzle couldn't dodge their merciless assault with Rillaboom's vines from Drum Beating slapping down at them hard and ringing their ears, Swift pummeling them with sheer accuracy, Pyro Ball burning them as they screamed, Snipe Shot cooling them off despite the pain from the gun-like shots, and Hyper Beam obliterating them in one shot while they were occupied. And, having been forced to see them take in all five attacks without having a second to have them dodge or counter them, Oleana was shocked to see her team completely knocked out cold.

"Oh! No way..." she spluttered in astonishment.

"Good job, guys, we did it!" cheered Hop, he and his friends getting happy cries, hi-fives, fist bumps, and hugs from their Pokemon.

"Well done, Absol," congratulated Tsukumaro to Absol, the Disaster Pokemon nodded proudly before they all ran past Rose's astonished and defeated secretary and made their way to the top of Hammerlocke Stadium to find Sarah and Leon and help stop Eternatus. "Princess, we're on our way!"

"Hang tight, guys!" added Gloria.

"Hang on, Lee! We're coming!" cried Hop as they ran.

---

As for the Swords of Justice and Sonia and her Yamper, they were able to defeat the bodyguards and their Pokemon with one final assault with a series of hard slashes from their Sacred Swords and Secret Sword and the Galar Puppy Pokemon bashing his own adversary with Wild Charge. This frightened the guards as they saw their Pokemon completely beaten by four of Unova's Legendary Pokemon and a little Electric Type, which caused them to run with their tails between their legs.

"Run!"

"Okay!"

"I can't believe it!"

"You'll be sorry!" screamed the guards as they ran off after they returned their defeated Pokemon.

"Yam, Yam, Yam, Yam, Yam, Yam!" barked Yamper as the guards vanished.

"Now, now, Yamper, it's okay. You did a great job, though," chuckled Sonia, petting her Puppy Pokemon before she turned to the Swords of Justice. "How could I ever thank you for helping us all deal with this threat?"

"Hey, no worries. If there are any Pokemon and good humans that are in need of help, the Swords of Justice will be there to answer the call and we do just that with the princess and her family," smiled Terrakion.

"And now, with those creeps out of the way, we should find Sarah and give her a hand," nodded Keldeo.

"Miss, if you'll excuse us, we must rendezvous with the princess and her friends to help them stop Eternatus from destroying the region before the entire world falls before him," said Virizion.

"They're right, I don't know what would happen if you and your Yamper decide to help us deal with that Pokemon. Please wait here for help to arrive," requested Cobalion as they prepared to head inside.

"All right but be careful," agreed Sonia as the Swords of Justice entered Hammerlocke Stadium and rushed to Sarah's aid while Sonia and Yamper were left to keep watch and see if help would come should the situation get any dire. Even so, they can't help but wonder if they'd stop Eternatus from enacting his revenge on humanity in time. "The Darkest Day..."

---

Later, Sarah and her Pokemon have arrived on the roof of the stadium with Sarah, Blitz, Lucario, Zorua, Zeraora, and Hashimoto arriving first using the elevator while Nebby was brought back out to use Teleport and transport himself, Calyrex, his steeds, and Ching Wan a few seconds later. When they arrived, they found Charizard and Leon continuing to do battle against Eternatus but it looks as though their efforts to convince him that he can give humanity a second chance failed to reach him which explained to them why they had to fight.

"Charizard, use Air Slash!" shouted Leon, signaling Charizard to use his Flying Type attack on Eternatus to weaken him without any luck but still trying as he got a pained grunt when he aimed Air Slash at his mouth.

"Pika, Pika!" Blitz cried, pointing at Charizard and Eternatus.

"Wait a minute! Why isn't Charizard Gigantamaxed, he should've been able to crush Eternatus as a Pokemon skyscraper!" Hashimoto quipped, seeing Charizard fighting in his normal size.

"*Looks like Eternatus already stole Charizard's ability to Gigantamax when they started fighting if those Galar Particles he absorbed from earlier are any indicator,*" noted Star, seeing how grim things are starting to look.

"That's it! Aim your attack directly into his mouth!" cheered the Galar Champion, seeing his Flame Pokemon hitting Eternatus at his mouth.

"Hey, Leon! Looks like you guys could use a little help in stopping Eternatus!" called Sarah as she and her Pokemon joined him.

Hearing Sarah's voice, he turned in surprise to see her and her family with him but he was also amazed when he saw Star in her new form. "Sarah and Lucario? That must mean you've all beaten Team Eclipse and Chairman Rose, right?" he quizzed in amazement.

"Yeah, took a lot out of her to end things off with them but we won!" Sarah exclaimed proudly.

"And, I'm ready for more!" egged Star on, ready to fight Eternatus.

"Princess!" cried Tsukumaro as he and the Galar trainers soon arrived.

"Hey! Lee!" shouted Hop, coming over to the two trainers and Sarah's family.

"Gloria, Hop, Victor!" gasped Leon in surprise.

"Tsukumaro!" put in Sarah, seeing them arriving. "How did you do against Oleana? Did you guys beat her?"

"You bet, she was nothing against all of us," smirked Hop with a wink as the quartet's Pokemon agreed.

"Are you all right?" Gloria asked as they panted. "We found Chairman Rose panicking about his Pokemon in the stadium and we didn't see Team Eclipse any more so-WHA-?!"

She trailed off as she noticed Star and the others even gawked in shock over her evolution. "N-NO WAY! Is that Riolu?!" screamed Victor, looking dumbfounded.

Sarah smiled as she held Star close to her, the Aura Pokemon giving everyone a bright smile. "Yep, Star evolved into a Shiny Lucario at the end of our battle with Rose and Team Eclipse after she saved us," she said.

"Well, what do you know? Here's looking at you, kid!" joked Hop as he playfully punched Star, getting a knowing giggle out of her.

"That's wonderful news, Princess, congratulations!" congratulated Tsukumaro before everyone turned their attention to Eternatus, who was still duking it out with Charizard. "So, is that the creature Eternatus we've heard about from that witch?"

"Yeah, formerly known as the Darkest Day. But, the time for introductions is over, let's have a Champion time," nodded Leon before he and Charizard began to attack again. "All right, Charizard, use Air Slash!"

Charizard roared as he fired his Flying Type attack again right into Eternatus but harder as he let out a roar of pain as he was forced into the ground for Leon long and high enough to try and capture the Gigantic Pokemon. Leon knew this was his chance as he took out an Ultra Ball and made his move.

"Next up, I'll catch him!" he shouted, throwing the Ultra Ball as it sucked Eternatus in.

"Wow, you did it, Lee! Yeah!" cheered Hop as he, Gloria, and Victor reached for it.

"Guys, wait!"

"Stand back!" Leon and Sarah warned.

The two of them sensed something wrong as they blocked the Postwick Trio's way as they watched it not shaking. Even Tsukumaro and Absol couldn't help but notice something off as they narrowed their eyes at the Ultra Ball since it didn't hold after shaking three times but instead cracked. Then, without warning, Eternatus broke out of the ball and unleashed his power to force everyone back and destroy his supposed prison before he got back into the sky.

"LOOK OUT!" shouted Leon as they were pushed back and they hit the walls hard just as Eternatus finally came out again.

He cackled loudly, having been lost in his hatred for humanity for an extended period of time and longer than the group thought during their battles, having managed to escape capture before he started to snarl again, his patience now completely worn thin.

What's even worse was that he had finally achieved his true form and ultimate power as everyone looked at him in his most terrifying form of all. Eternatus was now 328 ft. long as his glowing red body now becoming more serpentine in shape like a giant snake in a massive coil with black rings with spikes extending outward at regular intervals at present. His energy core from absorbing all the Galar Particles he has rested at the center of his coil in a large violet-spiked cage. But, his most terrifying feature is his head which took the form of a giant hand, his fingers covered in black armor with spikes extending from the back of each segment and what's even creepier is that each finger tip has a golden eye.

"Yes... The power, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! THE ABSOLUTE POWER!" sneered Eternatus with a hint of a menacing smirk in his tone.

Everyone gasped in horror at the sight of Eternatus in his true form and nobody could take their eyes off of him no matter how hard they tried. "*What have that damn chairman and his company done*?!" screamed Star, shocked beyond belief and already planning to fully put the blame on Rose and Macro Cosmos.

Leon looked up from his current pained position and towards his partner and Nebby after the three of them tried their best to shield their friends and families but ended up taking the brunt of the assault done on them. He saw that despite Nebby being able to withstand the blast but not coming out of it unscathed as he felt a heavy bruise or two on him, Charizard was knocked out and couldn't help fight anymore.

"Ugh, Charizard...Return," he groaned, quickly returning his Pokemon partner before anything else can be done to him.

---

At the same time, while the others and the Beast Morphers Rangers were continuing to whittle down the remaining amount of rampaging Dynamax Pokemon in the region and evacuate the people and Pokemon spared from the damage being done to wherever there are safe locations for them to be in, they heard and felt the blast and they looked over to see Eternatus in his true form summoning the same portal as foretold in the legend of the Darkest Day.

"What is that?" asked Devon from the Racer Zord.

Ash and the rest of the Ultra Rescue Rangers noticed something very wrong coming from Hammerlocke as they saw the vortex forming. "Hey, guys, are you seeing this?" he asked the Beast Morphers rangers from his morpher.

"Yeah, looks big and ugly! I wonder what's going on at Hammerlocke?" asked Steel, not looking the looks of things from Eternatus' ultimate form.

"Do you think Sarah and your new friends could be in trouble?" pondered Zoey worriedly.

"Sarah, if that's who that Pokemon is, then... Sarah, hang on!" cried Lillie, running to get to Hammerlocke until the others stopped her as Lana and Mallow were forced to hold her back as she struggled within their grips. "Let go of me! Get off! URH!"

"Lillie, what are you doing?!" snapped Mallow, not wanting her to do anything crazy.

"Let me go, I have to get to Hammerlocke or Sarah and the others will die!"

"But, how would you stop them? There's nothing else we can do!" soothed Lana worriedly.

"Don't you all think I know that?! If we don't get in there and help them, especially Sarah, Eternatus will unleash his rage and everyone will die! It'll be just like the Ultra Beast War all over again but this time, we'll lose Sarah and the remnants of the last Alolan Royal Family will be lost forever! Lothor would still win either way!"

"We know that but there's nothing left for us to do to save Galar and the world!" Kiawe replied, frustrated. "We have a duty to perform to everyone as rangers and our duty is getting all of the people and Pokemon spared from those Dynamax beams out of here and into safety!"

"We also have Devon and the others from Grid Battleforce helping us with the remaining Dynamax Pokemon still rampaging so we still have a chance to stop this from happening," added Sophocles. "But, right now, Sarah, Tsukumaro, Victor, Hop, Sonia, Gloria, they're on their own, right now."

"Lillie, please, we need to believe in them," reassured Ash as he held Lillie's right shoulder and got her attention.

"Sarah's the strongest out of all of us as a ranger and a Pokemon trainer not just because she has a lot of Pokemon on her but also because she has us, her family, and the dragons by her side. That's how she got out of messes like this and that's how we're able to survive. We may not know it right away but she's coming to her own as a real leader and a princess in her own right; she's not just our responsibility being the one person we have to protect from Team Eclipse, we're also hers. If anything happens to us and we die by our enemies' hands, she'll never forgive herself. She believed in herself and her family as well as us even at her lowest points and still, almost or maybe nobody can beat her. You know we're right when we say, believe in her if that is what we wish..."

Lillie could hardly believe what she was hearing but as she took in Ash's words, she realized he was right and that she must have more faith in her best friend if she was to return.

Now, all she and the others could do was continue their duty and watch as Eternatus was now ready to enact his full vengeance on the world and humanity but not before dealing with the people he presumed to be his enemies but were actually his saviors. Eventually, she nodded with her determination renewed and getting reassuring nods and words from the others, she smiled and they went back to work on getting people and spared Pokemon out of danger while the Beast Morphers rangers continued with their matter of the Dynamax Pokemon, their faith in Sarah remaining firm.

---

Back at Hammerlocke, the Swords of Justice finally managed to catch up to Sarah and the others on the roof but they were shocked to find them in a rough spot and even more so when they saw Eternatus in his true form as he prepared to unleash his vengeance on everybody.

"Princess!" shouted Terrakion as they came to see her and help the five humans stand. "Are you okay?"

"We're okay, Terrakion, ugh," groaned Sarah as she and Star leaned onto Virizion while Cobalion assisted Tsukumaro, Terrakion helped push Victor and Hop back up, and Keldeo tended to Gloria before the Galar trainers helped Leon. "...But, it looks like, you're a little late to the worst party Eternatus is throwing... He's already changed and is looking stronger..."

"I sense a powerful evil about him from his evolved hatred for humanity," stuttered Star, struggling from the pain she was feeling as she stood up with Virizion's help. "I never felt such anger coupled with the overwhelming sorrow he's been through in his years before in another Pokemon..."

"Agh, I think... Our problems with this guy, only just got worse," groaned Hop, he and Victor struggling to support the battered Leon with Terrakion's help.

"Could it be...Eternatus' ultimate final form?" breathed Leon, seeing how powerful and terrifying Eternatus is in his new form before he painfully passed out. "You guys, s-should r-run..."

"Lee, no!" gasped Hop, trying to wake him up again.

"Oh no, Hop! Your brother's out cold, he won't wake up for a few hours!" cried Victor in alarm as he checked Leon's pulse, telling him he's still alive but out like a light.

"Now, what are we going to do?" asked Keldeo looking worried.

"We have to fight..." said Cobalion, keeping his iron will and hardened gaze at Eternatus with fear not being a thing to him. "Eternatus must be brought back to his senses and captured but we'll need to put a stop to his rampage to do so."

Meanwhile, outside of the stadium and in their private helicopter, Rose and Oleana were able to see what Eternatus has become with the former becoming mad as he couldn't tear his ecstatic gaze at him. But, Oleana was no longer feeling the same as she saw what had become of the group after seeing Sarah and the others get so battered as they did. She wasn't sure if this was the result she had been looking for regarding Rose's dreams.

"AH! Stupendous, EXCELLENT!" squealed Rose as he watched.

"What in the world have I been looking at...?" breathed Oleana, starting to regret everything she did as Rose cheered the Gigantic Pokemon on with what he wanted from him still in his mind and still not realizing that Eternatus currently bows to no one.

"Now, Eternatus, here's your chance! Show me your unlimited power!"

Eternatus roared as he glared at the group before him that was his last obstacle as they prepared to end his tyranny and save him from the lingering pain and sorrow still plaguing him for the past 3000 years. "Now, you see... With my Eternamax Form restored and me at my full power once more, I can't be beaten and the end of humanity is nigh!" he bellowed.

"Eternatus, stop! This isn't right, what you're doing isn't the way! There's still good in you somewhere!" begged Sarah, having enough. "I can help you heal and end your pain and anger but my family, friends, and I can't allow you to end humanity or Pokemon anymore!"

"Silence, you filthy, weak little vermin! Your words no longer mean anything!" bellowed Eternatus angrily, still lost in his lust for vengeance. "You just don't learn or understand, do you? You have no idea how it felt to be turned away, mocked, ridiculed, rejected, made a fool just for how I looked when humans and Pokemon allowed their fear to take hold and give me the short end of the stick when I was about to die after coming to this accursed world!"

He then leered furiously at Sarah, her words feeling like nothing more than mere verbal bug bites as his anger at humanity fully took hold of him.

"I told you this world needs to feel my pain a thousand-fold and it needs to die for everything it and its inhabitants-humans and Pokemon alike-for all the pain, the suffering, the anger, the hatred they've thrown upon me for the last 3000 years! Now, without your precious Sword and Shield to save you and all of Galar, the world shall know the true might of me, ETERNAMAX ETERNATUS!"

But, just as it seemed hopeless for everyone involved as Eternatus looked like he was done talking and ready to kill everyone and everything around him, Silvally immediately popped out of his Pokeball and faced him down with no fear, sounding like he was annoyed yet understanding as he stepped forward.

"Silvally?!" gasped Sarah, bewildered.

"Oh, please, Tall, Dark, and Ugly! You think you have it worse than most and you're the only one with those Frankenstein issues?" he scoffed knowingly. "Well, let me tell you something, *I KNOW* what you're going through!"

"What would you know, fool? For all I know, especially with 3000 years worth of suffering and hating ever since I arrived here and was sealed away by Zacian and Zamazenta, you were better off than I ever would be! You looked like a sentient machine with your robotic parts, you're a mix-match of tools and animals, and yet, You have a filthy human as your trainer! YOU COULD NEVER, EVER UNDERSTAND MY PAIN IN A MILLION YEARS!"

"DON'T I? I've never asked to be made into this monstrosity you see before you, my brothers and I didn't ask to be used as guinea pigs for experiments to become what we are known as Beast Killer Pokemon! You have no idea what it felt like to be lab rats WHO HAVE TO BE TORTURED DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO BECOME SOME SORT OF PERFECT CREATURE AND FAILED AFTER WE WENT BANANAS AS 25 PEOPLE ENDED UP DEAD!"

Eternatus looked like he was shocked as he reeled back and Gloria, Hop, Victor, and their Pokemon couldn't help but feel shocked by the raw emotion and pain Silvally went through as they saw hot tears of regret pouring from his angered yet sympathetic eyes. the Swords of Justice were surprised by this confession and they didn't know what to think.

Sarah, however, remained silent as she looked on sadly for Silvally; even after he got over that traumatic experience with his escape and time with her thanks to Tapu Koko, it still was a fresh memory he didn't want to remember. It was why he became such a scruffy, plain, and blunt Pokemon in the first place and it was not just because of his trust issues from before after how he and his brothers were treated.

"25 people in the lab we were in, they were dead after our RKS System backfired and we went wild... How do *you* think I feel, really? You've never had the damn audacity to kill anybody when you nearly made this region into a wasteland just for your own survival, you were lucky to only be sealed away and never be released for 3000 years... My brothers and I, none of us were spared the same luxury if we can even call it that... We tried to run away but we were captured and frozen in stasis for a while until we were released a few years later and I managed to make a break for it... Until I met Mother, I've never trusted anyone in my life in fear of it all happening again... After killing those people, I've never felt like anything more than what others would see me as, a pariah..."

Eternatus growled, seemingly in confusion over Silvally's words and not knowing what he was telling him exactly. "...What is it you're saying?" he asked curiously, his vengeance temporarily forgotten.

"I've been living like a pariah ever since I made my escape from the lab my brothers and I were built at with nobody around to be my friend. I was too much of a Frankenstein for them to be around with, being a mix-match of several creatures and having technology built within me such as my RKS System. The only one I could ever trust before I had my family with me was the Melemele Island Guardian, Tapu Koko... He was the one who helped me escape from that horrible place," continued Silvally.

"I did try to get on after escaping with him watching over me but after a while, it became clear to him that if I'm ever to get away from the pain I've gone through and repent for the blood I've shed from those scientists my brothers and I killed, I needed a friend. But, more importantly, I needed a family..." he trailed off as he turned to Sarah, remembering all the times they shared together since their first meeting. "I've never admitted it out loud before but I was really taken by Mother's spirit and boundless compassion when she tried to be my friend even if I didn't understand this whole 'friendship' thing back then. But, I've come to learn one time that what helped me let go of my sins and lift all the negativity off my shoulders, was her love... She saved me by taking me back to the lab, coming to terms with my past, and then, accepting me for who and what I am despite my dark past..."

Sarah nodded; she was still glad that she was able to help Silvally let go of everything he was suffering through with Nebby's help before, the others not being able to keep heartwarming smiles on their faces. Despite the Galar Trainers and Tsukumaro not understanding him fluently, they and the Pokemon gathered knew what Silvally just said came from his heart.

Silvally turned to the still-stunned Eternatus, having felt that he made his point clear and ready to make one last push to convince him to end his madness and put a stop to his vengeance, once and for all. He already made it so far and he was not about to quit on his new friend after discovering similar growing pains in the Gigantic Pokemon.

"If there's one person in this crazy world who could sympathize and care for regardless of whatever past one has, it's Mother. It may feel impossible to move on from the pain and you're right but regardless, you just have to take the first step even when you're not ready. Instead of running away from her and rejecting her hand, trust her to do the right thing..."

Then, he grew serious as he glared at Eternatus, knowing that the Gigantic Pokemon will stop at nothing to achieve his vengeance if he and his family and their friends and mentors don't do something. "...But, it's clear to me that we'll have to fight you to get you to trust her first! So help us if you continue to resist, we're going to get through to you! And, if this is the only way, so be it!" he finished, getting into a battle stance.

Eternatus growled again but this time, there was a hint of amusement as he was quite taken to see something of a kindred spirit in Silvally. He realized that he had completely underestimated and misjudged the Synthetic Pokemon as he went through similar growing pains but ones that were much worse with him having actually killed people over several experients gone wrong while he was only sealed away with no blood being shed on the day of his initial defeat.

"I see... So, you really do know that pain I've lived through but while I have a clean slate, you have blood on your hands from killing people in your maddened state," he mused with a chuckle. "I'll be looking forward to seeing how you and your family and friends fare against me..."

"You'll know our true strength soon," promised Silvally to Eternatus.

The group and Eternatus stared each other down following Silvally's words before Sarah, the Galar trainers, Tsukumaro, and their Pokemon all prepared to fight one last time in a final duel against the fully-powered Gigantamax Pokemon. Eternatus also prepared himself as he would battle with his full strength and with many surprises under his coil, wanting to make the battle between him and his enemies a memorable one.

"And, now..." he hissed.

"Let's begin!" replied Silvally in response, signaling the last battle between the two factions as enemies.

"Come on, everyone! Let's end this!" shouted Sarah, knowing what Silvally was thinking.

"YEAH!" cried everyone from the Pokemon gathered to Sarah's dragons, all willing to push themselves to end Eternatus' pain and revenge for good.

"Show me your true strength!" dared Eternatus, ready to strike after them.

"We'll show you! Cinderace, Pyro Ball!"

"Inteleon, Snipe Shot!"

"Dubwool, Rillaboom, Thunder Wave plus Magical Leaf!"

"Absol, Water Pulse!" shouted the Postwick Trio and Tsukumaro, allowing their Pokemon to strike first but their attacks didn't faze the Darkest Day.

"Hmph, is that all you got?" scoffed Eternatus with a sneer, shocking the Pokemon, the three trainers, and the old advisor.

"But, how?!" gawked Gloria, dumbfounded.

"They didn't even hit!" snarled Victor, frustrated.

"None of their moves worked against him!" freaked out Hop, open to any more suggestions.

"It's like he somehow had an invisible force field around him!" noted Tsukumaro, aghast. "He's trying to make defeating and catching him difficult for all of us no matter what we do! He wasn't going to make this easy for us when we started."

"Very observant, old man, but I can never be beaten with simple tricks like them!" Eternatus sneered.

"Oh, yeah? How about this from all of us? Hyper Beam!"

"Flash Cannon, RAH!"

"Magical Leaf!"

"Focus Blast, HYAH!" bellowed the Swords of Justice, shooting their own attacks at Eternatus.

"Come on, Mother, let's get in on the action!" called Silvally.

"Right! Silvally, Blitz, Nebby, combine attacks for Focus Bolt Slash! Star, Hashimoto, Ching Wan, do Aura Sphere, Fire Punch, and Thunderpunch! Calyrex, Spectrier, Glastrier, use Phantom Force and Icicle Crash! Zeraora, Zorua, use Dark Pulse with Plasma Fists!" shouted the princess, pointing at Eternatus.

"Whatever you say, Kid! Eat Dark power, snakey!" snarked Zorua as she fired Dark Pulse while Zeraora charged up electricity on his paws and used Plasma Fists.

"Come on, Little Bro, pipsqueak! Air Slash!"

"Focus Blast!"

"Pika...CHU!" screamed Silvally, Blitz, and Nebby, combining Focus Blast, Air Slash, and Thunderbolt into one giant attack.

"Ching Wan, Hashimoto, lend me your strength!" shouted Star, preparing and shooting an Aura Sphere. "Aura Sphere!"

"Coming right up! Fire Punch, HAH!"

"You got it! Thunderpunch, HYAH!" replied Ching Wan and Hashimoto, punching the Aura Sphere and sending fire and thunder flowing through it before the combo attacks hit Eternatus, only to reveal no damage on Eternatus as he chuckled darkly.

"Impossible!" gasped Silvally in complete shock with his Pokemon siblings and the Swords of Justice also looking gobsmacked.

"How could he do that?!" raged Star in absolute astonishment.

"That wasn't fair!" snapped Hashimoto angrily.

"No, that wasn't supposed to happen!" flailed Rotom-Dex in a panic. "No attacks whatsoever have been able to penetrate through Eternatus' unknown defense!"

"And, now...!" began Eternatus before he fired Eternabeam once more, hitting the Pokemon and nearly blasting the humans away as they were forced to hold their ground.

When Eternatus stopped his attack and started cackling from being so close to end the battle and for his vengeance to be within his reach, Sarah, Tsukumaro, Gloria, Hop, and Victor saw how badly they've been hurt as they tried to stand up but ended up laying strewn on the ground, groaning.

"Guys, Zeraora, Zorua, no!"

"Absol, Terrakion, Cobalion, Keldeo, Virizion!"

"Oh no, Inteleon!"

"Rillaboom, Dubwool!"

"Cinderace!" screamed the five humans in horror, seeing their Pokemon looking beaten.

"Now, you see? I can't be beaten but I'm also disappointed, actually," said Eternatus, sounding amused yet disappointed as he looked at Sarah (who had demorphed from the blast of his Eternabeam knocking her back into the wall). "I thought you, of all people, would prove worthy enough to capture me and show me the good of humanity but you're just as spineless as the rest..."

"HE CAN'T DO THIS!" raged Rotom Dex in a frantic state.

"He's got so much destructive power after everything he's shown us," breathed Victor, not noticing Hop and Gloria having dropped Zacian and Zamazenta's rusted sword and rusted shield.

"There's got to be a way to stop him, we can't give up! The fate of Galar and the world lies in our hands!" encouraged Tsukumaro, not wanting to call it quits for the sake of Galar and everyone else.

"Now, it is time to end our little dance together... Goodbye, filthy humans..." hissed Eternatus again as he fired another Eternabeam to finish his enemies off.

Everyone braced themselves and the still-unconscious Leon as they prepared to die from the one attack that would surely destroy them but just before it could hit them after the Gigantic Pokemon fired, Sarah gasped and looked at her Moon Shield still attached to her left arm as she suddenly rushed forward.

"NO!" she cried, holding the Moon Shield out and pushing back against the beam as it enveloped everyone gathered in a powerful force field that the Eternabeam bounced off of as it shot up to the sky.

"What, you've deflected my Eternabeam!?" screamed Eternatus, the Gigantic Pokemon now completely taken aback from what he had seen.

Then, Sarah opened her eyes and noticed her family's Moon Shield glowing and the force field from it, much to her surprise.

"Wh-what is this?" she gasped, looking around the force field.

However, the sight of the force field came second to her when she noticed the Moon Shield started to glow and it shone brightly as she was forced to block her eyes, changing appearances as it became similar to the shield used by DC's Wonder Woman in the 2017 movie of the same name but in a different color scheme: silver with purple and white shading along the sides and an engraving of Lunala in it. Interestingly, the base of the shield also had the Ultra Moon symbol embedded onto it.

But, that wasn't all; as soon as the Moon Shield regained its true form, the sleeping Nebula eventually emerged from her satchel and was also glowing as if she was responding to the shield's renewed power.

"AH! Nebula, wait! Come back!" screamed Sarah, failing to grab her snoozing Cosmoem but not before the Moon Shield unlatched itself from her left arm and floated beside her. "No, my parents' Moon Shield!"

While Sarah was thunderstruck by Nebula's appearance and her resonating with the Moon Shield, two bright blue and red glows also appeared from the rusted sword and shield belonging to the Warrior Pokemon as if responding to Hop, Gloria, Victor, Tsukumaro, and Sarah's wills to fight and save Eternatus.

Gloria was the first to noticed and she gasped in surprise as she picked up Zacian's sword and it and Zamazenta's shield glowed again. "Guys?" she peeped, looking at Hop and Victor.

"What?" Hop asked quietly before he noticed a third glow coming from the sword and shield and he picked up his item as they watched them glow for the fourth time.

"Zacian's sword and Zamazenta's shield, do they still...?" breathed Victor, seeing a ray of hope shining down upon them and their group.

"Wait, are those...?" gasped Eternatus, looking shocked at the weapons Gloria and Hop were holding.

Then, at that moment, Sonia and her Yamper arrived and they were shocked to see Eternatus but even more so to see Leon down and out.

"Leon!" Sonia gasped as they went to him to help just as the Galar Champion was finally beginning to come too following a few wake-up licks from Yamper.

"...Sonia..." groaned Leon, realizing she had come to help as well.

"...NO! I WON'T LET YOU USE THEM!" screamed Eternatus, finally remembering the items in Hop and Gloria's hands before firing another Eternabeam, forcing the humans to separate and dodge with Sarah grabbing Nebula and her family's shield in time before they were destroyed.

"No! Gloria, Sarah, Hop, Victor, no!" shouted Sarah, seeing the danger they and Tsukumaro were putting themselves in.

"Damn, that tosser doesn't want to give up!" snapped Hop before he noticed the shield in his hand glowing again and he soon struggled to hold it as if it was getting heavier. "Hey, what's with this thing?"

"Hop, you all right, mate?" Victor asked, coming to help him with the shield.

"Yeah, this bloody thing's getting heavier but why-?" Hop cut himself off as he remembered the ancient legend involving the Eternatus, Two Kings, Zacian, and Zamazenta and what the Heroes of Many Battles and their human partners did 3000 years ago. "Victor, I got it! Hey, Gloria, is Zacian's sword glowing, too?"

Gloria nodded as she kept it out but she didn't know what he was talking about until he and Victor smiled at her. "Get ready, girlfriend, 'cause it's time for us to do what they and the Two Kings have done three millennia ago!"

"You're right!" nodded Gloria, finally getting it before she turned to Sarah who had heard everything before smiling at them. "Sarah, we need your help! You ready?"

"All the way!" she nodded knowingly before she turned to Eternatus and let go of Nebula and the Moon Shield to allow them to float together again.

"Come on, Eternatus!" the three trainers shouted, getting into a triangle formation with Sarah at the front, Gloria to her left, and Hop and Victor to her right, all with their new items and Nebula at the ready.

"I've got to help-URGH!" Leon strained, trying to get in there to assist despite the pain was still feeling while Sonia and Yamper stopped him with Tsukumaro's help.

"No, don't do this to yourself!" warned Sonia as they held him back.

"It's all right, let them deal with this," reassured Tsukumaro as he looked at the Galar trainers and Sarah. "They've all grown up in a short span of time in their own rights, let us believe in them just as they believed in us the world's other heroes."

"He's right, there's nothing else we can do," agreed Rotom-Dex, getting into a rare moment of wisdom as he glared determinedly at Eternatus. "We've done all we can, it's up to them to stop Eternatus for good!"

The kids' remaining Pokemon all nodded in agreement as Nebby, Star, Cinderace, Rillaboom, Dubwool, and Inteleon came forward and stood beside their human partners/friends/parents for what would be their real last brawl against Eternatus before they capture him.

"It's over, you meddling punks!" mocked Eternatus, finding their last-ditch resistance amusing. "THIS WORLD IS MINE!"

"You're just as much a part of our world as we are, Eternatus! And, we're going to show you why!" barked Sarah as Nebula and the Moon Shield glowed.

"For Galar's people and Pokemon..." began Hop and Victor as they held the rusted shield as it glowed brighter.

"...We'll stop you and end your quest for vengeance, right here, right now!" finished Gloria just as Zacian's sword glowed in her hands.

---

Just as they prepared to fight off the Gigantic Pokemon, back at the Slumbering Weald, blue and red energy particles resonated at the altar and lake where Zacian and Zamazenta are sleeping. As if they were responding to the particles, the mounds that supposedly served as their graves radiated with power until...

"Zash, the Darkest Day has returned! It's time!"

"You got it! Hang in there, Little Bird, the heroes are on their way!" called two voices as two beams shot towards Hammerlocke.

---

Just as Eternatus had fired off his Eternabeam, the two beams arrived at Hammerlocke Stadium and blocked the attack just as the rusted sword and shield floated off of Hop, Victor, and Gloria's hands and into their owners' rightful possession. The lights blinded them and Sarah as they closed and covered their eyes but when they opened them, everyone was greeted with a shocking sight of who was standing with Nebula and the Moon Shield.

"Wait, are those really...?!" gawked Sarah, unable to believe what she's seeing as Zacian and Zamazenta held their lost powers again.

The dragons, however, all warbled in amazement and delight as they saw their rider's saviors from the Slumbering Weald in the flesh and not illusions like before.

"Ding dong, you bastard!" mocked Zacian.

"Guess who!" added Zamazenta, sneering.

"NOOOOOOO!" roared Eternatus furiously in his shock and horror at the sight of the Warrior Pokemon before him.

"Zacian, Zamazenta!" Sarah gasped, seeing the two Pokemon she and her dragons came across prior.

"They're here, the true Heroes of Galar!" breathed Hop in amazement.

Everyone looked on in awe to see Galar's heroes standing before Eternatus as they soon transformed into their Crowned Sword and Crowned Shield forms in balls of light, regaining their lost powers and looking more ready to fend off Eternatus and finish him off. Even Leon and Sonia couldn't help but stare in stunned awe at the sight of the two Legendary Pokemon before them.

With Zacian, in his Crowned Sword form, not only was his left ear complete but the fringes of fur on his back became an armored-wing shape and his braids now became two pink ribbons. His head was also adorned by a beautiful golden helmet and the rusted sword in his mouth transformed into a golden longsword decorated in his true colors. He looked very smart as everyone took in his true form; he truly looked like the sword mentioned in Galar's legends belonging to one of the Two Kings.

As for Zamazenta, in his Crowned Shield form, the older Warrior Pokemon's right ear was now whole again and he generated golden armor covering the front of his body like a giant shield. While his side portions normally covered his forelimbs, his ponytail grew longer to cover and protect his back.

"IMPOSSIBLE! THE SWORD AND SHIELD HAVE BOTH RETURNED!" bellowed Eternatus, losing it over Zacian and Zamazenta being in their true forms again. "YOU FILTHY HUMANS BROUGHT BACK THE HEROES OF GALAR!"

"Zacian and Zamazenta!" gasped Victor in awe.

"They've transformed, they've become the Crowned Sword and the Crown Shield again!" breathed Hop, his eyes twinkling in fascination.

"I think they're going to help us fight!" added Gloria in delight.

But, like before, that was not all; Nebula glowed brighter as the Moon Shield suddenly fired a beam at her and she became enveloped in a ball of light as well and floated up to Eternatus' level before the ball exploded and she changed into her true form.

To everyone's growing shock, Nebula had transformed not into a Solgaleo like Nebby but rather, she became his Alola Legendary counterpart. Now, she had a short snout, dark pink eyes with white centers for irises, and a deep blue part on her upper head showing a constantly shifting starscape. There was also a rigid, raised hood wrapped around her new head in a crescent-like shape which also drapes around her neck. The outside of her new hood is a bright yellow but in contrast, the inner part curving around her head is white with dark blue streaks. With two massive bat-like wings with her skeleton exposed and the skin of her wings being an iridescent dark blue, a light blue light source adorned itself behind her ribcage and a pale yellow crescent connected her outermost wingtips to the inner tip while the remaining two inner wingtips are adorned with yellow four-point stars. And, finally, her new tail is lined by a yellow crescent with a ridge running down the middle to her ribcage.

"I AM LUNALA!" bellowed the newly-evolved Nebula, in a voice akin to Gad Galot's Wonder Woman/Diana Prince.

"Nebula... Y-y-y-you're now Lunala!" breathed Sarah in complete awe as the Moon Shield latched itself back to her left arm.

"Aw, man! Now I've seen everything!" shouted an exasperated Silvally, seeing Nebula in her final form before going on a fourth-wall-breaking rant and ending it while looking at Zeraora, Zorua, and the Swords of Justice.

"First, Mother adopts the puffball that became a solar lion, then she hijacks a clutter of cages for five Shinies and three normies from Mr. Me-Me-Me, she makes off with nine lizards from Arceus-Knows-Where, we find out she's of a royal lineage, she meets and becomes friends with four dragons from time, space, and another world, and now this, she meets two wolves who turned out to be the stuff of legends old?! I mean, seriously! What's next, is she going to end up adopting you all later in this story?! Don't these kinds of things ever fit the tropes of what these humans call a Mary Sue?!"

"I'd hardly call her a Mary Sue after everything she went through according to the authors," smirked Zorua with a raised eyebrow in a fourth-wall-breaking retort while the Swords of Justice and Zeraora shook their heads in amusement at his being flustered. "Rather, I'd see it as Power Rangers RPM-esque character development."

"Okay, I give up, I'm not gonna question it anymore," sighed Silvally, deciding to roll with it as he joined Nebby, Star, and Sarah on the front lines.

"So, Little Nebula is actually a newborn Lunala, phenomenal..." gasped Tsukumaro in stunned silence from seeing Nebula as the Moon Pokemon.

"Absol," nodded Absol, also looking at Nebula in amazement and shock.

"The legendary Sword and Shield of Galar..." breathed Sonia in complete awe from seeing Zacian and Zamazenta in their true forms. "They weren't just objects, they were actual living Pokemon belonging to the Two Kings!"

Even the Swords of Justice couldn't help but show how impressed they were from seeing three Legendary Pokemon together as Lunala, Zacian, and Zamazenta stood together in a similar way as to a moment from Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice in Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman's final stand against Doomsday.

"I gotta admit, looks like the kid there's got spunk as a Lunala," smiled Terrakion, seeing how things were going to be easier.

"That may be but we need to see how she, Zacian, and Zamazenta will deal with Eternatus," nodded Cobalion, keeping a close eye on the revived Warrior Pokemon.

"If they are anything like they were back then, they will do the right thing and help defeat Eternatus, Cobalion," reassured Virizion, holding out hope.

"We'll see, no doubt they're going to pummel Eternatus to the ground and do away with him before they captured him!" put in Keldeo.

"You ready to pin him down, brother?" asked Zacian to Zamazenta.

"More than anything, I'm ready for a little payback for what he forced our first friends to do to help us save Galar," replied Zamazenta, nodding.

"This thing, this creature... He seemed to feed off of Galar Particles to become like this," noted Nebula, seeing Eternatus in his Eternamax form.

"This thing is actually a misunderstood creature who needs love and compassion from people and Pokemon who would give him a chance, Nebula," said Sarah, preparing to assist the Pokemon as Calyrex, Glastrier, and Ching Wan came to her group while Hashimoto and Blitz stayed back with the others. "Us, me especially..."

"Well, I guess you better know what you're doing, Mama," replied Nebula, ready to fight. "For one thing, I don't plan on dying today."

Zacian and Zamazenta couldn't help but notice the chemistry between Sarah and Nebula as they looked at them before they looked at each other.

"Was she with you?" asked Zamazenta, hinting at Nebula.

"I thought she was with Little Bird the whole time," retorted Zacian.

"I was actually a Cosmog from the Crown Tundra before," interjected Nebula before she returned a glare to Eternatus. "For now, let's focus on old Snake Eyes before he ends humanity."

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, YOU BRATTY BAT!?" snapped Eternatus, not taking kindly to the nickname Nebula gave him.

"Little Bird, will you join us?" Zacian asked, looking at Sarah for her approval to battle alongside them and Nebula.

Sarah looked at her friends and her family with her on the front lines, all of them nodding at her to lead them to victory and do what she must to save Eternatus and decide what to do with him later. The little princess knew she was going to be in over her head but she nodded back, making her choice and preparing to fight as she morphed back into the Solgaleo Ranger and prepared to finish off the Darkest Day's wrath.

"Okay... Eternatus, help is on the way! Today's the day your hatred will be destroyed, let's go!" Sarah shouted, summoning her Sun Sword and pointing it at the Gigantic Pokemon, who could only roar in defiance at them.

"NO! YOU WON'T DEFEAT ME! EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE THE CROWNED SWORD AND THE CROWNED SHIELD BACK IN THE LIVING WORLD ALONG WITH YOUR COLORFUL BAT, YOU WILL NEVER MAKE ME FALL! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME, I WON'T LET YOU DO IT!"

"No? We'll see about that! Nebula, Zacian, Zamazenta, go!"

Taking the lead in their final standoff against Eternatus, the Warrior and Moone Pokemon used Howl to strengthen everyone's attack power while Zamazenta used Light Screen to increase their chances of defense against the feared yet misunderstood Darkest Day. Seizing her first opportunity to attack, Nebula braced herself using Cosmic Power and charged forward with a battle cry as she bashed Eternatus and used Phantom Force to land a hit on him with several small ghosts.

"Hey, guys! I don't know how but Zacian and Zamazenta did it!" Hop gasped in delight from what he saw. "It looks like we can use our moves again thanks to them and Nebula!"

"Do you think Light Screen and Howl were able to cancel out whatever defense he has around him to make it easier for us to attack him?" pondered Gloria, astonished by this as she looked at Zacian and Zamazenta. "Did they do this before when they first clashed with him?"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's find out! Cinderace, Pyro Ball!" Victor said as Cinderace fired his signature attack and like with Nebula's Phantom Force, it managed to hit Eternatus as he was forced back with a pained grunt. "We're stronger than ever!"

At this, Zacian and Zamazenta couldn't help but smile at Victor and Hop for their renewed enthusiasm thanks to their help.

"Okay, I'll bite! Inteleon, Snipe Shot!" cheered Gloria, feeling convinced as she pointed Inteleon to Eternatus as she fired her own signature attack with Rillaboom using Magical Leaf soon after as they hit Eternatus just as Cinderace's Pyro Ball had done. "Hey, you're right!"

"Totally cool!" nodded Hop before he glared at Eternatus. "We don't want to destroy you after everything you told us! Give up and let us help you, Eternatus!"

"I'll never give up or surrender to you, you worms! I'm too close to succeeding in my quest for revenge against humanity for their sins against me, BRING IT ON!"

"Don't say we didn't warn you! All right, you guys, let 'im have it!" bellowed Sarah, signaling her Pokemon to use Aura Sphere, Focus Blast, Ice Punch, Moonblast, Tri Attack, and Icicle Crash on Eternatus.

This renewed assault and the hits he was getting greatly angered the Gigantic Pokemon as he tried to annihilate them by retaliating with Max Flare on the Warrior Pokemon, but like lightning, the two of them swiftly dodged the Dynamax attack. He tried to attack again using a powerful Dragon Pulse but Sarah brought out her Moon Shield as it glowed and the force field appeared again, blocking the Dragon Type attack with ease.

Zacian and Zamazenta smiled at Sarah before they nodded to each other and attacked Eternatus themselves.

"You want to play that game, ugly? Then, feel the might of my Behemoth Blade!" howled Zacian as he enlarged his sword and the metal parts of his back came into the blade and handle.

With his attack at the ready, he immediately lunged towards Eternatus at great speed before he let out a big swing, his sword hitting Eternatus on the head and causing a massive explosion as he returned to his group's side. Standing in front of his brother, he acted as a springboard for Zamazenta as he unfolded his side portions flattening out along his shield and his eyes glowed orange, the older Crowned Shield lunging forward, jumping off of Zacian and continuing to charge at Eternatus.

"Here's a hefty dose of my master's Crowned Shield Special, Behemoth Bash!" roared Zamazenta as he bashed at Eternatus and another explosion emerged as Zamazenta returned to Zacian's side.

At this point, Eternatus was getting weaker with every hit he's being taken from the group and Zacian and Zamazenta's hits from their signature attacks proved to be the most effective as Eternatus panted from the bruising and busting he had to endure.

"It's working!" Ching Wan hollered with renewed determination.

"Our attacks are finally doing some remarkable damage!" Calyrex gasped in amazement and delight. "The power Galar's Crowned Sword and Crowned Shield hold is incredible, it's all just as the legends foretold!"

"That means we'll be able to end Eternatus' rampage against humanity and stop him from killing anybody!" Star added in realization.

"Well, hopefully, it won't take too long before he does! We better wrap this party up and fast 'cause I don't know how much longer Mother's friends can keep their show on the road going!" put in Silvally, ready to finish things with Eternatus.

"WILL YOU SHAPE UP, ETERNATUS?!" screamed Rose in complete horror and dismay from what he was seeing as he wasn't expecting Zacian and Zamazenta to return and put an end to his rage. "YOU'RE THE FUTURE OF THE GALAR REGION!"

Eternatus heard Rose's panicked cries to him but he glared at the person and his secretary inside the helicopter, two of the people who were responsible for his return as he prepared another Eternabeam to end them himself or send them running off like big babies.

"I'm nobody's future nor am I Galar's future... As I'm close to fulfilling my desire for revenge, I'M MY OWN FUTURE!" he screamed with unrivaled fury, unleashing his Eternabeam as Light Screen and the Moon Shield's force field held and protected Zacian and Zamazenta's party.

The same cannot be said for Rose and Eternatus as their helicopter took the brunt of some of Eternabeam's power, forcing them to escape in their panic over Eternatus no longer willing to listen to the disgraced Macro Cosmos chairman while the rest of Eternabeam hit the area around Hammerlocke Stadium.

"Cind, Cinderace!" shouted Cinderace to Victor.

"Intel, Tel, Teleon!" added Inteleon to Gloria.

"Boom, Boom, Rillaboom, Boom!" said Rillaboom to Hop.

"Baaa, Baa, Ba, Baaa, Baaa!" baaed Dubwool in agreement as he nodded firmly.

Victor, Hop, and Gloria all nodded; they knew it was time for them and Sarah, her family, Zacian, and Zamazenta to end the war between them and Eternatus for the true future of Galar that they're fighting for.

"All right! This is where it all ends, guys!" Victor shouted, preparing for their final group assault.

"You said it, Victor! I've had enough of what Eternatus has done, we need to end this and quell his rage for good!" nodded Gloria.

"Agreed there, mates! What do you think, Sarah? Shall we beat him up one more time?" questioned Hop, asking Sarah what they're all thinking.

Sarah nodded with a determined smile as she returned her glare to Eternatus. "Okay, Eternatus, this is where it ends! It's time to end this battle between us and bring you to justice through my love and compassion for you! Right here, right now!"

"I couldn't agree more on that, Mama!" nodded Nebula as she got ready.

"Yeah, I wanna have a piece of this bad guy!" Nebby agreed, stepping forward.

"Ready when you are, you lovey-dovey pest of a prick!" Eternatus sneered at them as he prepared another Dynamax attack. "But, know this, only one side will walk away in the end! And, that will be me!"

"Not if we have anything to say about that!" bellowed Victor as he, Gloria, Hop, and their partners attacked again. "Cinderace, Pyro Ball again!"

"Snipe Shot once more, Inteleon!"

"Dubwool, Double-Edge! Rillaboom, Drum Banging!" added Gloria and Hop.

While Cinderace, Inteleon, Dubwool, Rillaboom, and their human partners worked together to keep Eternatus occupied, this left Sarah to think about how she and her family would end things with Eternatus so he could be weak enough for her to capture him. All the others on the sidelines could do was watch with awe or pray that they would do everything in their power to win and stop Eternatus from carrying out his revenge.

"What's the plan, Mother?" asked Silvally, wanting an idea.

"Yeah, you got any bright or stupid ideas, I'd love to hear 'em!" nodded Ching Wan in agreement.

"We need to hit Eternatus with everything we got but we need something stronger to overpower Eternatus' Eternabeam before it could hit us again. If that's his strongest attack, what can we use to break Eternabeam and bring him down?"

"I don't know, Mom, but we better find out what and fast!" Star reminded as Eternatus charged up another Eternabeam.

As they all thought of what to do, before they could go on the attack again, Nebby and Nebula noticed the Moon Shield and the Sun Sword glowing brightly as if they were telling them what they and their family could do in order to stop Eternatus. Then, without warning, the Sun Sword floated out of Winter's Saddle and the Moon Shield detached itself from Sarah's left arm again before hovered close to each other, side-by-side.

"Uh, Mama...?" chirped Nebby. "Your sword and shield are acting funny again..."

"Huh? Hey, what-?" gasped Sarah, noticing her family's military heirlooms resonating with unimaginable power as Victor, Hop, and Gloria looked on.

"Okay, what's happening?" asked Gloria.

"Uh, Sarah, mate? What's going on with your weapons?" Hop pitched in bewilderment.

Sarah didn't answer as she and her family looked at the two weapons in awe still before Nebula gasped, remembering that she has something that her human mother can use to help defend Galar against the Gigantic Pokemon.

"Mama! Here," she cried, summoning what looked like a Z-Power Crystal pertaining to her and her power with a symbol of Lunala on the center and passing it down to the princess.

"A Lunalium Z," gasped Sarah in surprise, the new Z-Crystal resting in her hands.

But then, before she could even begin to use Nebula's Z-Crystal, Nebby's Solganium Z appeared from him and floated alongside the Lunalium Z before they hovered in front of her family's treasures as they swirled in the air and the Sun Sword and Moon Shield shot two more beams of light at them and merged them to create something nobody ever thought was possible. The light faded as the Moon Shield created a brand new Z-Crystal that's unlike any previous Z-Crystals before it out of Nebby and Lunala's Solganium Z and Lunalium Z. It was a transparent purple with orange shading shown from the middle of the crystal to the bottom portion of it while in the same shape as the other Lycanium Z-Power Crystal she has on her and it had the insignias of Nebby and Lunala's sun and moon merged together.

"What's this?" she breathed in completely stunned silence, taking in the new Z-Power Crystal in her hand.

"It, it, it...IT CAN'T BE!" staggered Rotom-Dex in complete shock as he came forward and looked at the new crystal. "Nebby's Solganium Z, Nebula's Lunalium Z; the Sun Sword and Moon Shield actually fused the two together to create a powerful new Z-Power Crystal unlike any other! This totally defies every single law of science!"

Zacian and Zamazenta were also bewildered by the sight of the new Z-Power Crystal from the Solganium Z and Lunalium Z crystals but they looked at each other and nodded with a smile, having a feeling that their ace in the hole from Sarah should be what they all needed.

"A NEW POWER?!" shouted Eternatus, now getting angrier and antsier by the minute as he fired an Eternabeam. "YOUR LAST HOPE WILL BE USELESS AGAINST ME!"

The Eternabeam blasted the group (after the Moon Shield and Sun Sword managed to return to Sarah but leaving her with no time to use the shield's force field), eventually managing to throw and knock everybody off their feet as the Gigantic Pokemon cackled loudly as he groveled in them being strewn as they tried to get up.

"NO!" cried Sonia.

"Hop, guys, Sarah!" shouted Leon, trying to get through to the downed heroes.

"Hold on, Princess..." breathed Tsukumaro, still praying for their victory as Eternatus planned to unleash one final Eternabeam at full power to end his saviors forever.

The other Pokemon, the dragons, and Solar nodded, knowing that it's not over until Eternatus is captured or the four trainers and their Pokemon group on the front lines die.

"We're not finished yet, Eternatus!" bellowed Zamazenta as he and the others got up to continue their assault.

"Little Bird, that new Z-Power Crystal! You're gonna have to find the strength to use it to end that bug and his wrath once and for all!" Zacian called to Sarah, wanting her to end the fight the only way they have left.

"YOU HAVE NO STRENGTH LEFT AND YOU'VE USED UP ALL YOUR ENERGY AND TIME!" Eternatus continued to cackle. "SOON, ALL OF GALAR WILL PERISH AND THE WORLD FROM THAT POINT ON IS MINE!"

"Oh, yeah? One more time, guys, attack!" bellowed Sarah, pointing her Pokemon at Eternatus while she summoned her Beast-X Visor for Beast-X Mode.

"Come on, Solar! Activate Beast-X Mode!" she cried, allowing Solar to become her armor once more as she attached the Sun Sword to it again.

"This is gonna be rough! Zacian, Zamazenta, I'll need your strength as well to finish off Eternatus! Use Behemoth Sword and Behemoth Slash together with this new Z-Move we'll be using!" she called to the Warrior Pokemon.

"What?! Are you sure you want us to do that, Little Bird?" gawked Zacian.

"How would we know such a combo like that would work?" put in Zamazenta, not seeing the logic behind it.

"Trust me! The power of the new Z-Move and that of your attacks will overpower Eternatus' Eternabeam; if we can combine them all to form a cohesive finish, we can beat him and that will give me a chance to capture him! That should allow us more than enough time to do so before he could wake up after being out cold from the blast!"

"I don't like it with how risky it is but it's worth a shot and after being brought back by you, your friends, and your family's will to live, I don't plan on dying again!" Zamazenta relented, now seeing the logic despite how crazy it is.

"I'm all for that! On your command, Little Bird," nodded Zacian as he got ready to fight.

"Wait, Sarah! Catch!" cried Hop, throwing her what looked to be a new Pokeball but it has a two-shade purple top with two purple circles on the sides and a white M on the middle of it.

"What is this?" she asked, looking at the ball in surprise.

"It's a Master Ball, Peony gave it to my group and after he got our clue which was the last one on our completed Crown Tundra report as thanks for helping him with its mysteries," he explained. "If you use it, capturing him without fail will be an absolute guarantee!"

"Are you sure?"

"Totally, throw it when you have the chance!"

Sarah was surprised by this but she nodded as she stowed it away for later and activated her Z-Power Ring to use what could now be dubbed as the new Fusion Z-Move belonging to both Nebby and Nebula.

"Sun and Moon made flesh, may their power run through and the world be saved by eternal friendship and love!" she recited as she did the Z-Move poses.

The new Fusion Z-Move required Sarah to use both the Steel Type and Ghost Type Z-Move poses together as she charged up both Nebby and Nebula with their combined Z-Power, the two baby-turned-adult Sunne and Moone Pokemon looking ready to fire and charge at any given time while Zacian and Zamazenta charged up their signature attacks to assist in the final blow.

"Get in gear and join together with the true Heroes of Galar to bring light to the Darkest Day and protect the future of Galar!" she continued before she and her group got together again for the final push as the Crowned Sword and Crowned Shield stood on either side of them. "Ready! Aim...!"

"What, WHAT! NO, IMPOSSIBLE, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I WON'T LET YOU SEAL ME AWAY OR DESTROY ME! I WON'T GO AWAY!" screamed Eternatus as he fired one last Eternabeam, the Sun Sword and Moon Shield detached themselves and appearing in front of their respective Pokemon and growing to their appropriate size at that moment.

"...Searing Maelstrom Eclipse Blazer!" Sarah finished determinedly.

When everything was ready, following an excited "YAHOO!" from Nebby and an ecstatic "WHOO!" from Nebula, the Moon Shield fired six beams of light and Nebby cloaked himself with orange-yellow energy to the Sun Sword's power while he ran before he rolled and spun like a ball, the two attacks merging into one cohesive blast. The two attacks were locked in a stalemate as Sarah and her party and Eternatus fought against each other to see which one force can overpower the other.

"Hang in there, Sarah!"

"Keep pushing, mates! We can do it!"

"We're almost there, everybody!" encouraged Gloria, Victor, and Hop.

"One last push, my friends! That's it!" added Calyrex, not giving up as he and Glastrier strained hard.

"Keep going, knuckleheads!" barked Silvally.

"He's weakening, hit him while he's wearing out!" cried Star, pushing hard!

"Push harder!" ordered Ching Wan, struggling hard to force back the Eternabeam.

---

In the Slumbering Wield, Sarah, Hop, Gloria and Victor went to the alter and Gloria and Hop returned the Rusted Sword and Shield to the shrine,

"Thanks for everything you two."

"Yeah, you two were awesome."

"Thanks for helping us, mates." Victor, Gloria and Hop thanked the two of them before they walked away leaving Sarah alone.

"Thanks Zacian and Zamazenta... its' because of you two... that I feel more confident with me becoming Princess and defeating Team Eclipse when the time comes.." Sarah smiled happily.

Then, the fog rolled in once more before behind her and she turned around and saw Zacian and Zamazenta behind her, "Your welcome, Little Bird." Zacian smiled.

"We were honored to help you. Take care of Eternatus... and our trusted weapons..." Zamazenta stated.

"Wait... you want me to take your weapons?" Sarah breathed in awe.

Zacian and Zamazenta nodded, "Now that everyone will know the truth about the Darkest Day Legend, people may try come here and take our trusted weapons for their own purposes, but we know they'll be safe in your possession. And when you need help with your rehabilitation of Eternatus, you can summon us and we'll be at our full power..." Zacian added.

Sarah was... speechless. The Galar Warriors were asking her to look after their trusted weapons. After everything they've done for her... her answer was obvious.

"Yes... I promise I'll take good care of them..." Sarah smiled. The Galar Warriors nodded before they both vanished in the fog. Sarah turned back around and gently took the Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield, her two new treasures.

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When Sarah started to come to, she heard the beeping of a heart monitor to her right as she slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry but after blinking a couple times, it cleared up and she found herself in a medical room.

She looked around and saw a heart monitor to her right and saw that she felt bandages wrapped around her arms, stomach and legs while the rest of her was covered by the hospital bed cover.

She felt really sore, disoriented, tired and hungry as she tried to get her barring's. "Princess?" "Sarah, honey!" "Ponchita..!"

"Huh?" Sarah weakly turned to her left and saw her adoptive parents and godfather at her bedside,

"Princess!"

"Easy Ponchita..."

"Thank goodness you're awake." Tsukumaro, James and Nikki cooed gently with Nikki brushing back some of Sarah's hair.

"Mom? Dad? Tsukumaro? W-What's going on?" She asked weakly. "W-What are you doing here? Where am I?"

"Your battle against Eternatus and you saving the entire Galar Region was broadcasted all over the news yesterday, Ponchita. Professor Kukui figured we'd want to see you after such a hard battle so he sent us first class overnight tickets and here we are." James smiled.

"You're in the hospital in the Galar Region. The doctor said to got some bruised ribs, a small concussion and some of other minor injuries, you were out cold for about three days but with a couple more days rest you'll be fine." Nikki replied.

"W-Where are Ash and the others?" Sarah questioned and she got her answer when her friends came in, including Leon, Sonia, Magnolia, Victor, Hop and Gloria. Leon had some bandages peeking out from his clothing around his mid section and his arms.

"Guys..." Sarah weakly smiled.

"Hey Sarah, how are you feeling?" Ash questioned.

"Exhausted, Sore and a little hungry..." Sarah replied weakly.

"The doctor said you'd feel that way for a while." Leon grinned.

"S-So what happened?" Sarah questioned, wanting to know the aftermath. "Did I miss the Champion Cup?"

"Thankfully, not a lot of people or Pokemon were injured thanks to you and your family. Although a small part of the airport was damaged so you and your friends will have to stay in Galar for a bit longer until its fixed which is roughly about three or four days. Also, we had to postpone the Champion Cup until you've recovered though." Professor Magnolia replied.

"Postpone? Why?" Sarah questioned.

"We can't celebrate without our hero of the day, can't we?" Victor teased.

"What do you mean?"

"Hello, that battle was broadcasted all around Galar. That's what everyone's calling you now." Gloria chuckled.

"You bet!" Hop smiled.

"Yeah, word spread all around the Region of your heroics, Princess" Tsukumaro grinned. "So everyone decided to wait until you've recovered to hold the Champion Cup."

Sarah grinned, "What about Nebula and my other Pokémon? And Winter and the dragons? A-Are they okay?"

"They're all fine. Just worrying like crazy over your condition, especially Silvally, Nebby and Nebula." Ash teased. Sarah smiled at her friend, knowing her Pokémon and dragon family weren't gonna let her hear the end of this when she recovers.

"What about Eternatus?" Sarah asked before Leon took out the Love Ball containing the Gigantic Pokemon. "His fate is still being decided. Many people think he should be sealed away cause he's too dangerous for the Galar Region and the world."

"Yeah I'm gonna have to agree with that."

"There's no way anyone is safe with him around."

"Yeah, maybe sealing him up is the only way." Devon, Ravi and Zoey replied

"But..." Leon gently placed the pokeball into Sarah's hands. "I've decided he should go with you, Sarah. Ive told all of Galar what Eternatus had went through; being rejected by everyone, not being able to find a new home and suffering agonizing lonliness that fueled his anger against all of Galar. They were all shocked, horrified and saddened by their actions. No one knew what to do with such a distraught pokemon... but I did. After hearing what you said about him having beauty that no one else saw because they let their fear cloud their judgement and wanting to change his destiny cause all he thought his purpose was to install fear in others. I saw the surprise and small amount of Hop in his eyes when you said that, showing that he could change for the better. All he needed was someone to help him take the first step. I knew you'd be only trainer who could rehabilitate him for the better, showing him the love and compassion he was denied for many years."

"... I will take great care of him." Sarah smiled at the pokeball containing Eternatus, her new family member.

Then, the doctor came in, "Alright now, my little patient needs her rest. You all can come back later." Everyone nodded and they all slowly left the room, letting Sarah get some much needed rest.

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In two days time, Sarah cleared to be discharged from the hospital. As soon as she was, she was greeted by her worried Pokemon and Dragon family. Blitz and Silvally, as she guessed, were the first ones to scold her for her brave but reckless actions with Blitz beating at her legs again with intense relief.

Winter and the other dragons nuzzled Sarah, happy that she was alright.

"Glad to see your alright, Princess. You have the same hardheaded trait like Keldeo, he-he-he." Terrakion chuckled.

"Hey I'm not hard headed!" Keldeo defended, pouting.

"You did very well defeating Team Eclipse and Eternatus and saving the Galar Region, Princess." Virizon added with a proud smile.

Zeraora and Zoura nodded. "Yeah you kicked that big dragon snake's butt!" Zoura smirked.

"And now you have five of the seven Pokemon Gems, along with another treasure of your parents, making you that much closer to finding your parents and unlocking your Swords' true power." Cobalion smiled.

Sarah smiled at her mentors before Hashimoto leaped into her arms happily, "Master Sarah, Master Sarah! Are you okay?"

"He-he-he-he!" Sarah chuckled, "Easy Hashimoto. I'm fine, honest."

"We also heard that Leon decided to give you Eternetus to rehabilitate instead of letting him suffer anymore pain from how everyone rejected him in the past because of their fear clouding their judgment. Your parents would be proud of your choice. Your mother's kindness has no bounds which clear with you." Zoura grinned.

"So what happened to the meanie Mr. Rose?" Star asked.

"He's in the wind, but Leon says he'll search High and low after everything he did." Sarah replied.

"Well if he tries showing up in Alola, he's go another thing coming." Silvally snarled.

"Which most people are relieved to hear being that he and Team Eclipse nearly destroyed the Galar Region. Which reminds me, we have a ceremony in Wydon, just for you Ponchita."

"Ceremony?" Sarah echoed.

"For saving the Galar Region tommorrow. And you're gonna be the first to battle Leon before your Galar friends do, Ponhita." James replied.

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The next day, it was time for the Champion Cup and the Ceremony in celebration of Sarah's herorics.

Sarah blushed a little at that but she, her family and mentors all headed to Wydon, thanks to Nebby and Nebula's Teleport. "Are you four sure you want to be out in the open like this?" Sarah asked the Swords of Justice. "You said Ash and the others can know about you yet."

"He-he-he, it's fine here Princess. You drove out Team Eclipse, so they're no risk of them knowing about us." Virizion reassured and the Princess nodded. "We'll stay hidden from Ash and your friends, but we can still see the ceremony."

"We are all gathered here today to celebrate an momentous occasion. Chairman Rose and Team Eclipse nearly destroyed the Galar Region by bringing forth the Eternatus, the pokemon responsible for the Darkest Day, the phenomon that occurred 3,000 years ago, but their actions were thwarted by a young hero who goes by the allies the Lost Sun Princess of the Alola Region. It is thank to her, her pokemon, dragons, her friends and the Warrior Pokemon; Zacian and Zamazenta, the true heroes of the Galar Region, that our home is now at peace once more. And now to bring forth the hero of the Galar Region, ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Princess Sarah Tomoe of the Alola Region!" Leon announced and the audience burst into loud cheers and thunderous applesauce as Sarah, her pokemon family and dragons came into the field of the stadium and came before Leon and his Charizard.

"Sarah Tomoe, for your incredibly bravery in stopping Chairman Rose, Team Eclipse and Eternatus from destroying the Galar Region, we present to you and your family with these medals of Bravery!" Leon announced and the crowd cheered loudly; Pokemon and people alike as Leon put the medals around Sarah and her family's neck (Leon just gave Sarah Nebby and Nebula's medals being they were a bit big for it to be placed around them presently). Sarah looked at the medal and saw that it was circular with a small symbol of Zacian and Zamazenta in the center.

"Wow….. Thank you." Sarah thanked the Champion of Galar.

"And as another thank, I've decided to give you these little gifts as well..." Leon smiled, taking out two pokeballs "These pokeball contains two more fossil Pokemon of the Galar Region. They were both injured by some of the rampaging Pokemon, but they've recovered. Professor Kukui said that they have an Acrozolt back in Alola so I figured these guys would be a good friends to it. Be sure to take care of them."

Sarah nodded and took the pokeballs in her hands, "Thank you... I will..."

"No... thank you Sarah..." Leon thanked and she and her family were met with thunderous applause and cheers from everyone in the crowd. Sarah smiled and spotted, Sonia, Magnolia, Kukui, Victor, Gloria, Hop, Ash, Kiawe, Sophocles, Lana, Mallow, Lillie, her adoptive parents, Tsukumaro and their pokemon in the crowd together, cheering for her while her mentors, Zeraora and Zoura smiled proudly at her.

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Sarah's Team:

1. Pikachu

Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch, Double Team, Thunderbolt, Electroweb

2. Lycanroc (Dusk Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Rock Slide, Protect, Accelarock, Outrage

3. Lycanroc (Midnight Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Protect, Rock Slide, Outrage, Counter, Accelarock

4. Silvally

Moves - Crush Claw, Air Slash, Hyper Beam, Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, Multi Attack, Tri Attack

5. Mudsdale

Moves - High Horsepower, Double Kick, Mud Slap, Bulldoze, Iron Head

6. Wooloo

Moves - Wild Charge, Tackle, Electro Ball, Volt Tackle

7. Ponyta (Galar Form)

Moves - Dazzling Gleam, Moonblast, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse, Psybeam

8. Meowth (Alola Form)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Scratch, Iron Tail, Dark Pulse

9. Brionne

Moves - Pound, Water Gun, Icy Wind, Bubblebeam, Aqua Jet

10. Milotic

Moves - Dragon Pulse, Ice Beam, Twister, Mirror Coat

11. Ampharos (Shiny)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Signal Beam, Discharge, Iron Tail, Thunderpunch, Dragon Pulse

12. Sylveon

Moves - Tackle, Tail Whip, Copycat, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

13. Goodra

Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Rain Dance, Aqua Tail

14. Noctowl

Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion

15. Meowstic (Male)

Moves - Helping Hand, Psyshock, Light Screen, Future Sight, Dark Pulse

16. Meowstic (Female)

Moves - Heal Pulse, Psyshock, Dark Pulse, Future Sight

17. Snivy

Moves - Vine Whip, Leaf Storm, Twister, Leaf Blade

18. Oshawott

Moves - Water Gun, Razor Shell, Icy Wind, Iron Tail

19. Tepig

Moves - Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Solar Beam, Rock Tomb

20. Vulpix (Alola Form)

Moves - Protect, Powder Snow, Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Aurora Beam

21. Dragonite

Moves - Dragon Rage, Iron Tail, Ice Beam, Hyper Beam, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

22. Hydreigon

Moves - Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Flash Cannon, Dragon Rush, Tri Attack

23. Flygon

Moves - Crunch, Dig, Rock Slide, Steel Wing, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

24. Solgaleo (aka Nebby)

Moves - Sunsteel Strike, Focus Blast, Teleport, Flamethrower, Wild Charge, Cosmic Power

25. Lucario (Shiny)

Moves - Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Aura Sphere, Dig, Vacuum Wave, Shadow Claw, Focus Blast, Dragon Pulse, Bone Rush

26. Poipole

Moves - Venoshock, Fury Attack, Peck, Iron Tail

27. Mimikyu

Moves - Shadow Claw, Drain Punch, Wood Hammer, Psychic, Mimic

28. Umbreon (Shiny)

Moves - Dark Pulse, Psychic, Moonlight, Shadow Ball, Iron Tail, Flash

29. Jolteon

Moves - Thunder Fang, Thunderbolt, Double Kick, Shadow Ball, Pin Missile

30. Vaporeon

Moves - Water Gun, Swift, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Dive

31. Flareon

Moves - Fire Fang, Flamethrower, Double Edge, Shadow Ball, Ember

32. Espeon

Moves - Psychic, Psybeam, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

33. Leafeon

Moves - Synthesis, Energy Ball, Solar Blade, Shadow Ball, Leaf Storm

34. Glaceon

Moves - Shadow Ball, Ice Fang, Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Iron Tail

35. Eevee

Moves - Helping Hand, Protect, Dig, Double Edge, Swift, Tail Whip

36. Skitty

Moves - Doubleslap, Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Copycat, Double-Edge, Play Rough

37. Braviary

Moves - Superpower, Sky Attack, Brave Bird, Close Combat, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace

38. Absol (Shiny)

Moves - Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Shadow Claw, Hyper Beam, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball

39. Houndoom (Shiny)

Moves - Thunder Fang, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower, Crunch, Stone Edge

40. Latias (Shiny)

Moves - Safeguard, Psychic, Mist Ball, Dragon Pulse, Steel Wing, Recover

41. Latios (Shiny)

Moves - Steel Wing, Psychic, Giga Impact, Dragon Pulse, Luster Purge, Charge Beam

42. Salamance (Shiny)

Moves - Incinerate, Hydro Pump, Dragon Tail, Dragon Rush, Protect, Steel Wing

43. Rapidash (Galar Region)

Moves - Psycho Cut, Mystical Fire, Megahorn, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse

44. Yamper

Moves - Wild Charge, Fire Fang, Play Rough, Double Edge, Dig

45. Scorbunny

Moves - Quick Attack, Double Kick, Flame Charge, Ember, Headbutt

46. Stufful

Moves - Force Palm, Ice Punch, Thunderpunch, Focus Punch, Brick Break

47. Calyrex

Moves - Psychic, Magical Leaf, Agility, Pound, Solarbeam

Calyrex (Ice Rider)

Moves - Psychic, Headbutt, Mist, High Horsepower, Icicle Crash, Double Kick, Glacial Lance

Calyrex (Shadow Rider)

Moves - Psychic, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Agility, Phantom Force, Double Kick, Astral Barrage

48. Glastrier

Moves - Headbutt, Thrash, High Horsepower, Mist, Icicle Crash, Double Kick

49. Spectrier

Moves - Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Calm Mind, Agility, Phantom Force, Double Kick

50. Lunala (aka Nebula)

Moves - Teleport, Light Screen, Cosmic Power, Moongeist Beam, Psychic, Phantom Force, Safeguard

51. Charmander

Moves - Ember, Fire Spin, Dragon Rush, Metal Claw, Flamethrower

52. Kubfu (aka Hashimoto)

Moves - Counter, Aerial Ace, Fire Punch, Thunderpunch, Ice Punch

53. Urshifu (Single Strike Style) (aka Ching Wan)

Moves - Brick Break, Revenge, Fire Punch, Thunderpunch, Ice Punch, Wicked Blow

54. Eternatus

Moves - Dragon Pulse, Dynamax Cannon, Recover, Enternabeam, Cross Poison

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Sarah's Dragon Companions:

1. Winter - Light Fury (F)

2. Shadow - Night Fury (M)

3. Skystorm - Deadly Nadder (F)

4. Mist and Spark - Titan Wing Hideous Zippleback (M)

5. Inferno - Singetail (M)

6. Sunflare - Monstrous Nightmare (F)

7. Starfire - Stormcutter (F)

8. Silver - Razorwhip (F)

9. Venom - Triple Stryke (M)

10. Camo - Titan Wing Dramillion (M)

11-15. His pack of five - Dramillions (3 F and 2 M)

Yellow Dramillions: Mimic - F, Violet - F, Sunflower - F

Red Dramillions: Ocean - M, Tidal - M

16. Melody - Death Song (M)

17. Echo - Slithersong (F)

18. Twilight - Deathgripper (F)

19. Dawn - Deathgripper (M)

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Sarah's Pokemon Gems (Original):

1. Cresselia

Moves - Psychic, Moonlight, Moonblast, Magic Coat, Psycho Cut, Protect

2. Giratina (Origin/Altered Form)

Moves - Shadow Force, Dragon Pulse, Aura Sphere, Will-O-Wisp, Dragon Claw, Iron Tail

3. Rayquaza

Moves - Draco Meteor, Hyper Beam, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw, Dragon Ascent, Twister

4. Zacian (Hero of Many Battles)

Moves - Iron Head/Behemoth Blade, Metal Claw, Sacred Sword, Wild Charge, Solar Blade, Swords Dance

5. Zamazenta (Hero of Many Battles)

Moves - Iron Head/Behemoth Bash, Metal Claw, Close Combat, Dazzling Gleam, Focus Blast, Iron Defense

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Sarah's Pokemon Gems (Non-Original)

1. Dialga

Moves - Roar of Time, Flash Cannon, Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw, Aura Sphere, Protect

2. Palkia

Moves - Spacial Rend, Hyper Beam, Dragon Claw, Fire Blast, Aura Sphere, Protect