Chapter 20 Jaern and Rayquaza

Ash quickly catches up to Jaern, who is standing on top of the tower, he says, "I see you have followed me..." He turns around and faces him. "And only you, huh? Which means that the others are facing East."

"So?" Ash asks. "You are going to use me when I am alone to summon Rayquaza?"

"There is no need for it." He says as he takes out a machine. "I already have East's energy as my fuel. After all, I know he will lose to those six trainers."

Ash says, "So it means that you were just using him as your puppet."

"I'd love to change my mind and save him, but I can't. Since I made a promise, and a strong ruler keeps his promises." He turns around again. "In my mind's eye, I see a region filled with love. It's a far off, almost unachievable dream. Death on the way to that goal is a triviality. His sacrifice is not in vain, especially now that I can use him to summon Rayquaza." He raises the machine as he walks closer, as well as Ash, who is glaring at him.

Then they see a crystal in front of them, and Arceus, who is invisible, gasps. "The Jewel of Life..."

"Arceus, you lost your Jewel of life again?" Ash whispers to her.

"No, at first I gave it to your father...but..." Arceus says.

"It's a beautiful crystal, isn't it? I don't know where it came from. It's been in the possession of the First Augur for as long as I can remember. Even after a year of research and experimentation, I am still no closer to finding out. On the other hand though, I've learned some very interesting things about what this crystal is capable of."

He turns to Ash, "Any kind of magic-based action, such as a spell or a Pokemon attack, requires two things: A focus, and energy. The energy is the power source for the attack or spell, and the focus is what directs it to do something. For example, a Fire-type Pokemon may be able to blow blasts of fire at a foe. However, if they run out of power points, they can't. In this case, the focus would be the Pokemon using the move, and the PP is a measure of energy left. Make sense?"

"So?" Ash asks with an uninterested tone.

"As near as I can tell, this crystal is a limitless source of energy. It contains the power of a thousand suns- maybe more."

"So it is this power that my dad was able to protect the region and defeat cult after cult." Ash realizes.

"Everyone said that his Pokemon were incredibly strong...it is because they had the energy to use, well, incredible attacks. Now it is my turn to put this great gift to good use. Now, I use the energy of my servant, East, to summon the mightiest of beasts! Come forth! Rayquaza, herald of the skies! You will be my focus! I will use your abilities to harness my limitless energy!"

Suddenly, the winds start blowing and then a roar can be heard, then Rayquaza appears in front of them, much to their shock.

"Rayquaza?" Ash gasps, he can't believe that Jaern manages to summon the Legendary Pokemon that rules the skies.

"At last, Rayquaza...Finally, we stand united, you and I. Together, the world can be ours...you will be my focus! You will harness my limitless energy, and under our leadership, we will create an utopia! There will be no crime or hatred! No war or revolution! Only a perfect, peaceful society...and I will be its king!"

Rayquaza isn't listening to Jaern, he is focusing on Arceus. "You idiot, what are you doing here?" Arceus asks in a tone like a parent is scolding a child, and Rayquaza knows that his mother needs some explanation.

"I am sorry, mother. But my chosen and I have a plan. I am going to spy on this traitor."

"Spying?" Arceus raises her eyebrow. "You are going to pretend to be his Pokemon?"

"Please Mother, this is the only way to stop him..." Rayquaza begs.

"Fine, then I trust you." Arceus sighs as she knows how important it is to stop a cult.

"As for you, Ash...I should have dealt with you in Telnor Town while I had the chance. You are more of a threat to me than you have even begun to realize. If I let you go, who knows what you might do? Who knows what kind of trouble you'd stir up? There is no room in my perfect world for any insurgent who opposes me! If you stand in my way, I will squash you like a gnat!"

"I will see you try." Ash says as Pikachu and Eevee step forward.

"Prepare yourself! Rayquaza, show him no mercy!" Jaern yells as Rayquaza just finishes the conversation with Arceus and then Rayquaza mega evolves into Mega Rayquaza with the prayers.

"This is going to be really hard, Eevee, we need to try out this, Mega Evolve!" Ash says as he also presses the Key Stone on his wrist.

Eevee glows and changes its form, then Jaern says, "That won't scare me, Dragon Ascent!" As the Pokemon shoots out a beam, Ash says, "Quick! Thunderbolt to reflect it!" Ash yells as Eevee changes into a Jolteon and changes form.

"What? A Jolteon?" Jaern is shocked.

"Now Pikachu, Moonblast, Eevee, Ice Beam!"

Eevee changes into Glaceon this time and the two of them shoot out their attacks, much to Jaern's shock. "This isn't supposed to happen...Rayquaza, Dragon Pulse on that weird Eevee!"

"Quick! Fairy Wind!" This time it changes into Sylveon and take no damage, and the move defeats Rayquaza, in truth, he just fakes his fainting.

"I can't believe it...the power of the crystal failed me..." Jaern says in anger. "You annoying brat...you were just lucky! I won't make the same mistake twice! Rayquaza! Draw upon the power of the crystal to heal yourself! Bring yourself back to full strength! And we will resume the attack!"

"Icy Wind, now!" Suddenly, they hear Alice's voice and then Rayquaza just lands onto the ground injured.

"What..." Jaern is shocked.

"Hey, Ash. We just dropped some ice around here. Did you see where it landed?" Emily asks as the others come, with Alice's Articuno also out on the open.

"Guys! You have come!" Ash says with relief.

"We'd say we were sorry, but we're really not. It is a good thing that Rayquaza is weak to ice, huh?" Lillie says.

"That one was for your lies in the Torren Region!" Damian sends out Shaymin. "And this one is trying to kill my friend!"

Ash widens his eyes and says, "Damian! No!" But it is too late, the Seed Flare attack destroys the Jewel and it turns into five pieces, Arceus quickly gets one before it falls into who knows where.

"What? No! The Crystal!" Jaern yells. He turns to the group. "You fool! Do you realize what you've done? You broke it! A limitless source of energy now in pieces all over the region! You stupid! Stupid! Stupid child!"

He jumps on Rayquaza and yells, "Rayquaza, quick! Those pieces need to be found before they fall into the wrong hands!" He then turns to them. "The children of Adam...the Aethers...Damian...and my own children...you have made a powerful enemy today. I will see to it that you will all feel the sting of my wrath!" Then they leave out of their sight.

"I can't believe that he was a traitor all along..." Damian says.

"Damian, what did you just do? You broke Arceus' Jewel of Life." Ash says. "Arceus almost destroy the Sinnoh Region because of it and you want her to destroy the whole Torren?"

Arceus feels guilty at what happened in Michina and she says, "Relax, Ash. I am in control of my anger. In fact, I still manage to get one, we need to get the other four pieces back before the other cults get it."

"You're right." Ash says.

"I am sorry..." Damian says. "I was blinded by anger...I used to look up to him. He was my hero...but I guess that was all propaganda, huh?"

Emily says, "We all do. Do you know what is the worst? We can't tell anyone about this...nobody will believe us. I know we wouldn't"

Alice says, "But neither will him. "Or that the world will know that he had lost."

"So what are we going to do?" Gladion asks.

"We need to fight the cults ourselves...because the Augur clearly isn't doing it for us. We're strong, we have Legendaries on our side, after all- I think we could pull it off." Nora says.

"Plus, there is also the prophecy, right?" Lillie says as Nora nods.

"By the way, where is East?" Ash asks. "Is he still alive?"

"Yes, and he is being treated by Zinnia." Gladion says.

"Zinnia? Who is she?" Ash asks.

After they go downstairs, they see Zinnia and East, who is lowering his head in shame. "So where is Jaern?" Zinnia asks.

"He escapes." Damian says.

"And you must be Ash, right?" Zinnia says. "It is nice to meet you."

"Same here, but I can't believe that you will let Rayquaza go with the traitor." Ash says.

"I will also spy him as well. So don't worry." Zinnia says.

East says, "I am sorry...because of my foolishness...I hurt all of you..."

"It is alright, you were being used." Gladion says as Ash nods.

"I heard that you beat Jaern, then you must accept this." He takes out the badge and Ash gasps, "The Summit Badge? But I didn't battle you..."

"It is fine. I would have lost as well." East says as Ash accepts it.

Damian says, "Then I'll meet you in Utira Town, since there is an old library there...maybe we can learn more about that prophecy."

"Okay, see you." Nora says as Damian runs off.


At the same time, Jaern and Rayquaza find a piece on the ground, he says, "I think this is one of the shards of the crystal. I can feel the power emanating from it. We still have four more to find, let's go, Rayquaza. We have to find them before they fall into the wrong hands."

Rayquaza has an urge to steal the Jewel of Life, but he calms down and follows.


At another place, an Abyssal Cult member sees the crystal and says, "I wonder what it is? I am sure that Audrey will reward me greatly if I show this to her."

And then Rekura and Taen are walking towards the base and they see another crystal. "I see...if this is what I think it is... I'll make good use of this." But Taen just stays silent and hopes that Ash and his friends can get it back before it is too late.

And in the final place, a person wearing black and yellow clothes find the crystal and says, "At last, this crystal returns...but it is still only a piece, I need to get them all if I want our lord to be back..."


Now the season 1 is done, and as you can see, Ash has three badges and I also change the story a little bit. I hope you like it. For the reviews, this story is not like RPA High, where you can give free ideas to me. I already have a draft of this story and I will follow it no matter what. So I am sorry that I can't accept requests in this story.