One more chapter after this and the first book is done! Woo! I'm so excited about this and I'm so happy so many people like this! Sorry it took awhile I do have other fics I'm writing and I was getting a little bit of block on what I wanted to do..but hey! finished this long ass chapter! Anyway! Hope you all enjoy! Leave a comment please!

The others stare at the boy who was standing in front of the podium where the mirror stood when Ron cried out. Quickly turning around they see that his legs up to his waist were frozen. Mothra flies around trying to use Sleep Powder on the floating snowflakes but was too hit with an Ice Beam and was frozen.

"Shit!" Raihan growls, staring at the frozen snowflakes that were now appearing, "Crysongal! My sister told me about them..they live in the Vault of Ice and guard it from trespassers by freezing you!" he yelps as he takes a leap to evade the Ice Beam. "Trapinch! Rock Slide!"

Trapinch flies out of the Pokeball with multiple white rings of energy appearing above and around his body. When he lands on the ground, large gray boulders come out of the ripples and are thrown towards the Crysongal, raining down on the Crystalling. Leon sets out his Charmander to hopefully melt off the ice from Ron's legs while Crookshanks was keeping guard around, scratching at any Crysongal that got too close.

Aria was staring at the boy still, her heart pounding. Neville, who had Trevor out, sees Aria trembling, "Aria? What's wrong?"

"His Aura," she takes a step back, "Its...its black and purple.." she gulps, "Like the Garbodor.."

"Wait…" Piers said as Zigzagoon bites onto a Crysongal, "Are you saying..this guy has his heart close? Like..this guy is like a Shadow Pokemon?"

Aria nods her head, keeping her eyes on the boy. He wasn't really doing anything, just swaying side to side..muttering to himself.

"She said that I might see you tonight..but she didn't say that so many people would be here.." he takes a deep breath, "I don't know how to deal with such a big group.." he then yelps when a long tongue licks his mask making Aria blink.

Appearing suddenly with the same aura as him was a Gastly, who giggles. The boy, even with a mask blocking his face, was pouting, "That's gross!" he whines and shrieks again when Gastly licks him again.

"That's gross, stop it!"

Lick.

"I don't like that, stop licking me!"

Lick.

"Stop already!"

Lick.

"STOP IT NOW! I HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY!" he snaps at the Gastly who laughs and floats madly around the boy.

"Ok..this is getting weird..who are you?!" Aria takes a step forward, Hedwig and Godzilla growling, "And why are you here? This place is forbidden!" "Not that we should be here anyway either," You definitely not a student here at the Academy,"

"Academy? What Academy?" the boy tilts his head, "She said that I have to be here to test you.." he mutters, "Ever since we found out that you were an Aura User, she said to keep an eye on you..especially to see if you were Dumbledore's little puppet..she didn't like that you got in the way of the Garbodor..it was supposed to follow the trail of Trubbish to the dead body of that girl..it was suppose to go onto a rampage in the town square of Hogwarts..but you and your little friend got in the way.."

Hermione and Aria gasps, "You..you were the one to kill those Trubbish," Hermione brings a hand up to her mouth, holding back the urge to throw up. The boy just shrugs his shoulders.

"She told me to, so I have to do it..she said it was ok.."

"Who is this she, he's talking about..could it be Professor McGonagall? She definitely didn't want us down here," her eyes widened when the boy looked over to the Gastly and nodded his head.

"I have to test you now, don't worry about your friends, the Crysongal will deal with them," he whispers before raising his arm, "Mae bladufu fy ngward Yn Dod ataf!"

"Scythe of my blood come to me?"

The screams that erupted from his body were terrible, the others had to hold onto their ears in pain. Aria looks up as the boy keeps screaming and screaming, Gastly laughing loudly. Aria watches as the purple and black aura that came from the boy flew madly around him until a gush of blood streamed out of his back. And into his hand. When the screams finally stop a large scythe was in his hands, the blade was pure black with a red outline.

His purple eyes glow before he lunges.

"Aria!" the others scream, Leon tries to run over but more Crysongal appear trying to freeze them. He growls, quickly going to the left to dodge as Charmander shoots more embers up. Looking over he sees that Aria claps her hands together before she pulls them apart, to reveal a glowing blue staff that she used to block the scythe. But his attention was pulled away again when Charmander cries out in pain, a blue light begins to cover the fire lizard's body. The blue light gets stronger, swirling around into a ball until it finally bursts revealing a Charmeleon which growls in anger. Opening his maw, his fangs he leaps towards one of the Crysonagal and bites into it with a Fire Fang.

"Thank Dechraul that I had the brains to ask Lyn how to form a staff," she throws a punch at the boys face making him grunt before she advance forward striking down with the staff, but the boy easily dodges by leaping backwards but Aria flips, her feet landing on his back, pinning him to the ground.

Raihan smiles even as Trapinch throws more rocks at the Cyrsongal, "She got him now!" they all wince at the large sound of the staff hitting flesh.

Up above the castle, sitting on the edge of one of the tower's roofs, a figure smiles, "Did you really think a simple Aura Staff would defeat him?"

Aria blinks in shock, the shoulder where her staff had hit him was covered in the black purple aura but looking more closely they seem to form scales. The boy blinks at her in confusion, "Were you trying to hurt me? With that much force you wouldn't be able to.."

Aria then gasps as a bright purple stream of light emerges and connects to her chest. Without warning Aria was sent flying. Pain erupted as her back hit the ceiling, before she dropped to the floor. Grimacing in pain she looks up just in time to see Hedwig flying over with her wings glowing white.

"Hedwig!"

Just before Hedwig could slap the boy in the face with a Wing Attack, a bone came soaring through the air like a boomerang, slamming firmly into the Noibat's stomach. Before Hedwig could try again the bone came back and struck her in the back sending her straight towards the ground. Getting up Aria sees a Cubone grabbing the bone in their hand, glaring at the Noibat. Godzilla growls about to go and help when Gastly's shadow appears behind him, striking him down with a Shadow Sneak.

"It's just you and me Aria Potter..not even our Pokemon can help us," he mutters before his eyes go up.

"Alister? Why are you taking it so easy? Yes this is a test but we have to push her really hard,"

The boy blinks and nods his head, "Ok..I push her," he slams the scythe into the ground, "Calon fy Enaid, Sgrechian!"

Aria cries out as the scythe begins to vibrate sounding like screams, Aria reel back, ears ringing in pain that she didn't notice the blast of purple energy coming towards her until it was too late. Her body was sent flying and she slammed into one of the many crystals that were in the vault, breaking it apart. Body trembling, a large cut on her face, along with her jacket sleeve torn and her arm dripping blood. She pants as she slowly gets up, her knees shaking.

"I..I got to stop him…" "Aria! What are you doing!? Fight back!" she looks up to see Piers who was having Zigzagoon Snarl at any of the Cyrsongal that tries to crowd them, "You know how to fight so fight!"

"Piers is right..why am I..not fighting?" she gasps as the boy appears in front of her, about to sling his scythe down on her. She was able to leap to the left, but the blade pierced her shoulder. She cries out in pain as blood drips down, "Baern!"

The boy cries out in pain as his shoe was set on fire, stomping on it, and distracting him from the strike to the face by Aria. Aria with her eyes glowing golden, pulls on her Aura, allowing it to tie around his ankle before sending him flying into the wall. The boy grunts in pain as he falls to the ground but he quickly gets back up. As he lunges, Aria slams her staff to the ground, "Anghtybwys Fy nglyn!"

The icy floor begins to shake and crack, the boy holds out his arms to try and keep balance, Aria lunges and kicks him in the face. A cracking sound was heard, and the mask fell off. Aria freezes as the boy looks up at her..with a face very much like hers.

Something deep in Aria's mind began to crack. As she stares at the boy's face, a memory begins to surface.

"Oh Aria! Aren't you excited! You're going to be a big sister! You're going to have a little brother!"

"Or a little sister. What should we call them if they are a boy or girl?"

"Maybe Ava for a little girl..but Alister for a boy..I always wanted a little Alister,"

"A-Alister?" she whispers as she stares with a bewildered face at her little brother. She then looks up when she hears Hermione cry out in pain. Crookshanks was fainted, and Hermione's wrist was grabbed tightly behind her back to make sure she didn't grab Siren's or Buneray's Pokeball. A knife was at her throat as she was forced to step forward. The others gasp at the sight of who was holding her captured..it wasn't McGonagall..it wasn't Snape..

It was Quirrel..or at least they thought it was. Their noses crinkle as they grimace at the smell. Everyone who ever took Quirrel's class would say that his room smelled like garlic..the Weasley twins would joke that it was supposed to ward off the leader of vampires that Quirrel made angry. But now they knew why Quirrel smelled.

His body was decaying, his eyes were missing, two empty sockets peered at Aria but for some reason she knew that he was staring right at her. He still had some flesh, but most of it was deformed and twisted, with crumbling bones poking out. The jaw hangs open, almost like someone broke it and the walking body begins to speak.

"You have done well Alister..but there is much for you to learn," the others blink at the female voice that came out of the body but Raihan growls.

"I know that voice…" his body trembles in anger. "That..that the voice of the person..who killed my sister!" he growls in anger, the pupil in his eyes slits up , "Rakepick!"

The body blinks and wobbly turns, "Ah..you're the younger brother to Rowan Khanna aren't you?" a chuckle emerges from the body, "What a disappointment~ Before I killed her she at least did some damage to me..you haven't even been able to push past the Crysongal!"

Raihan roars, it was a primal roar that made the others jump. To the others' shock he lunges forward pulling out his hunting knife.

The body chuckles, "Shiftry..lets get rid of these pests..Razor Wind," she pushes Hermione away from her, knocking her into Raihan, making both of them fall to the ground.

The Shiftry from the forest jumps down, waving his fan-like hands which begins to glow white and swings them, releasing a white crescent blade. Aria watches with wide eyes in horror as they strike her friends dead on. She trembles as they drop to the ground, scratches bleeding onto the floor making small puddles of blood.

"Don't worry..they're not dead..just fainted," the body turns to Aria, who winces at the sight.

"Disgusting isn't it? But alas I can't officially come onto the school grounds anymore..luckily I know how to create a Shade and it was so easy to kill this waste of a human," she chuckles taking a step towards Aria.. "But still..another useful thing was that I could keep an eye out..I knew that Dragoon was coming back to the school but I never knew that she found a diamond in the rough.."

Aria blinks when she notices the body staring at her scar with its eyeless sockets, "What do you mean by that?"

The body chuckles, "Oh..so she hasn't told you..I'm not surprised..I bet Dragoon wants to train you up first.." Aria gets into a stance while Hedwig lands on her shoulder and Godzilla stands in front of her, growling, "she has more sense than Dumbledore..by the time he comes back the Demon Gods will be free,"

"So you're part of Cipher?" Aria asked, keeping her eyes on her brother and the Shade of Quirrel.

"Oh yes..even long before I was part of R..I was told to infiltrate that group..we were hoping the Curse Vaults might have hid something that could help us free the Gods..alas that ventured failed," a growl emerges, "We had so many of our members infiltrate other teams over the years, our best venture was Team Neider," the shade begins to laugh loudly, "Oh those poor fools thought that they were joining a cause that will wipe out all those who don't see their ways.." the scoff that emerges, "They don't know what was the real cause,"

"What do you mean by that?" Aria asked.

"It doesn't matter, Team Neider is dead and so is Voldemort..funny how his name means Flight from Death and he thought that the deal he made would keep death away from him," the shade than walks over to the mirror, "This mirror shows us our heart desire..I see myself getting the cup and using it..but alas Dumbledore is smart..the mirror won't let me have it because I want to use it..the mirror will only give it to a person who doesn't even want it," the shade then turns towards her.

Aria yelps when a dark purple rope binds her and starts dragging her towards the mirror, "Now..why don't you be just a dear and help me?" She grimaced at the smell of the decaying body as she stood next to the Shade in front of the mirror. She saw her reflection, bloody but pale, scared looking. In the background she saw Gastly and Cubone keeping Hedwig and Godzilla away, her two Pokemon wanting to come help. But then her attention was pulled back to her reflection..which was smiling, To her horror the mirror began to ripple and falling from the reflection..was a golden chalice with a horn wrapped around it. The tips of the horns were softly glowing with the colors of the rainbow. Aria couldn't help but be a bit disappointed, it just look like a regular cup but with the horn wrapped around it..but then she gasped when she felt the power coming off of it in waves

The shade smiles (as best one can with a hanging jaw that was decaying) and picks it up. Pulling from the pants pocket was a vial of purplish energy. Aria could feel Yacker tremble inside her Dynamax Band.

"Now normally this wouldn't be able to break the seal..but thanks to Dumbledore we can bypass it now..the stupid fool gave us the key!" Aria was pushed and she would have dropped to the ground if Alister hadn't picked her up. The shade was now stepping in front of the mirror..the reflection rippled again. The mirror..then became very orange..even brighter than Ron's favorite Royal Raid Team. But soon..Aria eyes begin to focus on the eight pair of red eyes that were now looking at them. Roars, hisses and growls emerge from the mirror and Aria jumps back when a large greenish scaled claw tries to scratch at the reflection.

"Do not worry my Lords and Ladies...you will be free soon..my masters will return!" she pours the energy into the Cup of Life and places it in front of the mirror. The growls and roars change into a chant, a spell that has been lost to the ages begins to fill the air..the Cup of life lifts into the air and a bright purple beam emerges, hitting the mirror.

The mirror began to glow the same color, the chanting fades becoming roars again, but this time roars of triumph were heard.

"Soon all the people will learn what happens when you betray your Gods!" Aria ignores this as claws begin to emerge from the mirror, and the red eyes staring at her with hunger.

Shiftry chuckles but then yelps a purple blur attacks him. Shade-Quirrel, Alister and Aria (forcibly) turns to see Shiftry crying out in pain as it was covered in smoke and stars.

"What in the.." a circle of Aura appears in front of Shade-Quirrel before a beam of fire is blasted into the being. Aria grunts as the purple ropes faded and she was dropped to the ground. Aria jumps a bit when a hand gently grabs her arm and she looks up to see Lyn looking at her in concern.

"Lyn! You're here!" Aria couldn't help but let the tears fall. Her body trembling from the red eyes that stare from the mirror.

"I should know you'll find a way out of the Magic Room..Lady Dragoon," Shade-Quirrel speaks as he pulls himself from the wall.

Lyn pushes Aria behind her, holding out her staff as Balthzar throws Shiftry towards them, now fainted. The Liepard licks his muzzle and crouches down, tail swinging back and forth, "And I should have left you in the Sunken Vault, Rakepick" Lyn growls as blue aura dances off her staff, "But I didn't..I let the Albion Ace Trainers take you..but you were always slippery as an eel," she snarls.

Shade-Quirrel just hums before they throw out a Pokeball. Aria winces at the smell the Garbodar releases as it roars out at them, "You're too late Lady Dragoon. The portal is already open..with the Cup of Life powering it there is no way you'll close it!"

"When there's a will there's a way," Lyn responds as she throws Balinor's Pokeball out. "Now..let's get this party started.

Aria then leaps backward as the two lunge for each other, Shade-Quirrel parry with a sword made of shadows, "There's not much you can do with that huh? This body has no training in Aura which is why the body is decomposing so fast," Lyn points out as sparks of blue and shadow dance off them.

"But soon I won't need this body anymore!" Shade-Quirrel laughs, "All I need is to hold you back for a bit so the Gods can be free! Not even you will stop them!"

"But you forget.." Lyn smiles, "I'm not alone! Balinor Earthquake!"

The Mudstale roars out as he slams his feet into the ground. Aria cries out as the ground shakes, before breaking apart and the stone slabs rise into the air. She looks down and sighs when she sees that her friends were alright. But then she turns to see the mirror where an arm begins to push her way out.

"There's got to be a way to stop this," she yelps when a blast of dark crimson flies above her head, almost hitting her. She turns around to see Alister putting his mask back on.

"Did you forget about me?" he taunts before he leaps to another slab as Gastly floats beside him, Cubone riding on his shoulder.

Aria glares, not really wanting to fight the person she thinks is her brother (why is she only now remembering that she had a brother?!) but she yells out, "Godzilla! Rock Throw! Hedwig protect Godzilla with Wing Attack!,"

"Even though Godzilla is ground type himself, he's still weak to Ground type moves, which means Cubone is a worry..but Hedwig is flying type so any move besides Bonemerang will hurt her. Since even though she is immune to the ground typing it will still hurt for a bone to hit her," she looks up just as Hedwig slaps the bone that tried to attack Godzilla while Larvitar throws rocks at the Gastly.

"It is so sad it must end this way," Alister laughs before he leaps out of the way of an Aura Sphere, "Grym Gwynt"

Aria grits her teeths as powerful forces of wind try to blow her away, she tries to cling to the stone but her eyes widen when he swings down his scythe and another blast hits her sending her flying to the floor.

Aria gasps, laying on her back in pain as Hedwig flies over, squeaking in concern. Gastly was about to attack her but Godzilla threw another rock at him, glaring at the ball of gas as if daring him to attack his trainer.

Lyn growls seeing her student in pain but dodges another attack from Shade-Quirrel. Bright golden aura covers her and golden aura sphere form around her before they are sent flying at her opponent. Shade-Quirrel growls making shields of aura to protect him, but as he does so, more of his skin rots off.

"You had so much potential Dragoon," Rakepick says through the Shade, "But you decided to hold back..to help those who didn't have your gifts. You were so focused on finding your dear brother, to helping that cowderly Cooper boy..and hanging around the Khanna girl..," Lyn growls as Balthazar leaps forward at the shade, claws covered in shadows.

"You always said that even when you were a Professor here," Lyn said, twirling her staff, "But I didn't let my potential go to waste just because I had friends to worry about..I work harder than you ever know!" She sends a wave of the golden aura at Shade-Quirrel, who disappears with a flash of blue, appearing behind Lyn to send a blast of aura at her.

Aria watches this fight with fear but her at a roar she turns her attention to the mirror as a muzzle begins to push its way out of the surface.

"Damn it...how.." she looked at the cup which was sending powerful Dynamax energy into the mirror, "I can't destroy the cup..but..maybe I can destroy the mirror! I mean.. 7 years of bad luck is what I only have to worry about.." with determination growing into her she looks up to where the mirror stood. She jumps up, grabbing one of the stones, kicking her legs trying to climb up.

"Hmmm, Persistent little fellow aren't you?" Alister growls as Cubone throws his bone.

"Hey! I'm taller than you!" Aria snaps ducking down as the bone flies over her head.

"No mercy this time...this is where it really ends,"

Aria leaps to another stone, Aura rising into her arms, flickering from blue to a deep purple, "Then bring it!" she then smirks as Alister leaps at her, "Hedwig! Godzilla! Screech!"

The boy cried out as his ears were filled with the loud painful sound. His Cubone falls off his shoulder and before his Gastly could attack any of them, Aria slaps him away.

Aria finally gets to the stone pillar which the mirror stood on, and she takes a breath of gasps as her green eyes meet the red eyes. Coming through the mirror's surface was a dragon, looking like a mixture of what Johto and Galar think dragons look like. Aria felt her whole being freeze, even as one hand, trembling, went to where her hunting knife stood.

The red eyes that stared at her, were filled with emotions. Hunger, anger, desire and curiosity. Aria then blinks when she realizes that the dragon was staring at her eye..but at her scar.

"So..you have finally been born," Aria trembles at the voice, the voice wasn't loud but it made her ears ring, surrounding her. "Allow me to introduce myself to you my dear, I am Shendu, Demon God of Fire and leader of the Demonic Eight as legends call us,"

"Wh-what are you talking about,"

Aria takes a step back as the dragon chuckles, "Oh..we knew one day you were going to be born, no matter what Arceus' Children and our foolish fellow gods say...your birth has been a long time coming. But alas..those humans haven't treated you right have they?" Aria could hear the concern coming from his voice.

"Why do you care?" Aria sneers her hand gripping tightly to the knife.

"Oh I care because you are so much greater than them!" Aria's eyes widened at that, shocked to hear such words coming from the Demon God, "They should be bowing to you, licking the floor that you walk on! But instead they hurt you..hit you..made you weak.." Aria then hears other growls coming from the mirror..all agreeing with what the dragon was saying, "Of course I blame our Servant for attacking your parents..we had especially order him not too. But I guess we let his leash too loose"

"W-what? Why...why not?" Aria slowly pulls the knife out of the shealth.

"Because! We always value bravery..and we knew something would go wrong if that idiot fool attacked them..we could have swayed them to our side but instead he charged right in and got himself killed..we could have Galar under our control if he had waited. No matter..you lived and that is all that matters..and once we are free..the humans will remember that we are the apocalypse of which legends speak of.. that we are once and for all..their executioner!"

Aria shakes her head and raises her knife, "And why do you think I'm going to let you out! Let you destroy the world,"

"Because you too feel that this world deserves it," Aria stills at this, her eyes widening, "That the humans had tried to get rid of your aura. We are beings of a world filled with magic and greatness and in your heart you want that to return..you want that Era to return!"

Aria pauses at that..because what Shendu says was true. She wanted that world to return..not the humans becoming slaves..but to not hide. From her research, before the Great Purge it was normal for people to be able to use Aura, Psychic and Dark, or magic as it was all called back then (Chi Magic for those who use Dark to power their spells). And while no one would die for using magic..it was still looked down on. Those who have the gifts were always accused of cheating on a tournament they won. Or they get attacked by a coworker for getting a promotion. She was hurt because of her Aura acting out to protect her from the Dursleys.

"You know what I'm talking about," Shendu whispers as Aria looks down, gripping the knife. She then gasps as a large dinosaur-like leg begins to push out of the mirror, "But together!" Aria looks up to Shendu's eyes, "We can do extraordinary things. If you let us return you shall be our equal! Not a tool like Dumbledore sees you," Shendu smiles as Aria flinces, "Ahhh you know what I'm talking about…"

"Aria!" Lyn cries out seeing the Demon God of Fire was almost out. She went to leap towards the mirror but shadow-like snakes wrapped around her. Shade-Quirrel smiles.

"Ah! You know it's quite rude to interrupt a private conversation don't you Dragoon?"

"All these traps?" Shendu snorts, "It was all a test. The only true trap was this room. The Vault of Ice can only be open again by the people who come through these doors. Since you were all teleported here I guess Dumbledore had a plan to show up at the last minute to save you all. Defeating Rakepick over there and trying to get in your good graces..he knows he is losing his grip on you with Dragoon over there having custody over you. He doesn't like that..he doesn't want to lose his tool,"

"But with us! You shall be our equal! Now my dear don't be a fool..all I ask is that you let us return."

Aria's whole body was trembling, her grip on her knife loosening. He..he was right..all the people in the world..they had..they had used her..abandoned her to the Dursleys...why..why shouldn't..why shouldn't they pay for what they did. She looks back to Shendu, her golden eyes slowly turning to pure red.

Then..she heard a groan.

She looks down seeing Leon slowly sitting up, Chameleon was using Embers and Fire Fang to get the Cryogonal to back off. The others were still fainted but Raihan's eyes were flickering open. All of them were covered in ice, but their breathing was steady.

"Wow..uh..I'm not late to the Opening Ceremony am I?"

"Don't worry..I think this is how he makes friends..its how I became friends with him..names Raihan Khanna. And this is Leon Shacklebolt,"

"Sorry..my brothers were letting me in their compartment..but turns out it was a prank on me because they knew their friend recently caught a Joltik this summer…"'

"Have any of you seen an Aron that goes by the name Trevor? A boy name Neville can't find his Starter,"

"Trevor! Why are you always doing this..you're going to get us in trouble if you keep sneaking off.."

"Now now Draco..I remember that it took you a long time to remember the difference between Dechraul and Feealie.."

Aria closes her eyes, remembering meeting her friends, training with them..studying with them..battling and comparing notes. How Leon and the others came to her and Hermione's rescue..

"Without your friends..you will never succeed,"

Kilgharrah's voice echoes through her mind as she snaps her eyes open, the red fading away to reveal golden eyes. Her Aura flares around her, turning into a bright purple, "Yes..most humans have hurt me..they threw me away after I defeated Voldemort..no one ever checked on me...they all decided to be Wooloos and follow the words of Dumbledore..but there are humans who don't. There are people out there who had no idea! It isn't just Galar you want, it's the whole world and I won't let innocent people be codemm by you just because I'm angry at a few idiots," gripping her knife harder, she lunges.

"Aria! Look out!" she hears Leon's cry of terror as the blade slams into the mirror just as she felt pain along her back. Looking behind her she sees Alister's blade piercing her back, blood dripping down, soaking into her jacket and pooling around her feet. She hadn't realize that Gastly had stop Hedwig and Godzilla's Screech attack

She hears Hedwig crying out before slamming a Wing Attack into Alister. Aria falls to the ground but looks up as the sound of breaking glass is heard. With the knife impaled in the mirror, cracks began to form. Shendu cries out in anger, trying to struggle his way out but the mirror turns into a dark black.

Lyn gasps as the bonds break free and the Shiftry that was at first fainted, quickly gets up. Wrapping its Leaf hands around Alister as he returns his two Pokemon, they disappear in a swirl of air as a large explosion erupts from the mirror.

Aria cries out as the force almost sends her flying but she clings to the edge of the stone. She hears a roar of anger from Shendu but closes her eyes until the explosion is done. Opening her eyes when all was quiet she climbs back up, wincing from the pain from her shoulder and back. When she gets to the top she sees the Cup of Life laying on the ground sparking with Dynamax energy..the Distortion Mirror was in shambles. Glass on the ground and the mirror was slightly smoking.

"I'm so glad that worked," Aria whispers as she wobbly stands up before looking down. Leon and Raihan were now standing up. Charmeleon and Torkoal were softly using Ember to free the others from the ice. The Cryogonal were all fainted from the blast..and Quirrel's body was destroyed, burnt, raw, red and shiny.

"Noi!" Hedwig slams into her face, nuzzling her. Aria laughs a bit, cradling Hedwig in her arms while looking down at Godzilla who grunts at her, nodding his head. SMiling at the Larvitar she turns her head towards the Cup and slowly picks it up, hearing Yacker's cry of mourning.

"I'm sorry Yacker," she whispers to the Wisp, not noticing the the snow, frost and shards of glass begin to rise. Leon looks up and his eyes widen, "Ari! Look out!"

Aria turns to see a serpent form floating above her, Shendu's face stares at her, his glowing red eyes having hunger in them as the smoke around him flares.

"You are more than I thought, Young One..but be warned! Your destiny is coming..and you will not escape it!" He hisses out in glee before he lunges at Aria. She screams as the form phases through her. She falls to her knees, watching as Shendu laughs loudly roaring as he phases through the wall of the Vault as Lyn leaps up to the stone and catches Aria before she falls to the ground.

Body sore, and trembling in pain and exhaustion, Aria lets Lyn cradle her as her eyes flicker close..falling into the darkness..down..down...down as Shendu's laughter echoes through her ears.

So yeah..Aria..is not all powerful she's hurt and like anyone else can be sway and turn evil with sweet words just like Shendu was doing. Why the Demon Gods want her? Well..you got to find out later in the series now don't you?

Anyway hope you all enjoy! Please leave a comment!