The next morning as Leia prepared to head out she was approached by a Scientist.
"Hello. I'm Fennel. I'm a friend of Prof. Juniper."
"Hello. Is there something I can help you with?" Leia asked.
"Yes. I need you to go to the Dream Yard and find some Dream Mist." Fennel explained.
Leia nodded. "I can do that. I was going there to look for Pokémon anyway so this is no trouble."
When she got there she saw Bianca. "Leia, are you looking for Dream Mist too?"
"Yes." Leia paused. "I hear something."
They went further in and found a Munna. "That's the Pokémon we are looking for." Leia said.
They tried to get a closer look, but two Team Plasma Grunts showed up.
"We're here for you Muuna!" They said. "We won't let trainers use you for this war!"
"What? We just wanted some Dream Mist." Bianca said.
"Like we'd believe that!" One grunt said. "Take this!" They sent out a Patrat and Purrloin. Catherine took both of them out without breaking a sweat.
"Ah!"
"Is she an Aura user like our King?"
"I am." Leia said.
The grunts became scared. "Munna. We're sorry, but we can't protect you." They fled.
"Now's our chance." Bianca tossed a Poke Ball at Munna and caught it. "Now we can get Dream Mist! I'll take it to Fennel."
Leia stayed behind and caught a Purrloin. She named him Henry. She went to Fennel's house were Fennel gave her a C-gear as thanks. She went to Route Three were she caught a Pidove and named him Caspar.
As she went on she saw Cheren.
"Leia, did you get the Trio Badge?" Cheren asked
Leia showed him her badge.
"Wow. Must have been easy for someone as strong as you. But watch! Someday I'm going to be stronger then you!" Cheren vowed.
"I look forward to it." Leia said. She sensed some people running towards them. She and Cheren barely got out of the way in time. Two Plasma Grunts barreled past them.
"Cheren! Leia!" Bianca yelled. "Those two took this girls Pokémon!" She pointed to a small girl beside her.
Without a word Leia and Cheren chased after Team Plasma. The cornered them in Wellspring Cave.
"Give that Pokémon back!" Cheren yelled.
"We won't let this Pokémon become a tool of war!" The grunts said.
"You took it from a child! I don't think a child is going to be fighting in the war." Leia said.
"Maybe not this war, but what about when the child is older." One of the grunts said.
"Speaking of which, you are old enough to fight in the war. We'll be taking your Pokémon too." The other Grunt said.
Cheren and Leia worked together to defeat the grunts only for two more to show up. They took them down as well.
"How could we lose?" One of the grunts said.
"You complain about the war when you're the ones who started it!" Cheren said.
"We did not start it. The Pokémon League did. We simply fight in retaliation." A Grunt said.
Leia frowned. She knew they were right but, "That still doesn't mean what you're doing is right."
"Hmp! Someday you will see that the Ideal World our King wants is right! Take the Pokémon." The grunts left.
"Should we chase after them?" Cheren asked.
"No. They could be headed to the rest of the group. If we follow them we could find ourselves outnumbered." Leia said. "You take the Pokémon back. Since I'm here I want to look for Pokémon."
Cheren nodded and left. Leia looked around and found a Drilbur. She named him Jaffar. She did some training and Catherine evolved into Herdier, Ike evolved into Pignite, Nino evolved into Watchog and Henry evolved into Liepard. She stopped in Nacrene City to heal, then left for the outskirts of Pinwheel Forest. There she caught a Timburr and named him Dedeu. She went to the gym and saw N.
"I want to see thing no one else can. What the Ideal trainer is. A future where Pokémon and humans have become perfect. Do you feel the same?" N asked.
"Yes." Leia answered.
"Is that so? I feel as though I must test you." N sent out a Pidove. Leia sent out Nino who took out the Pidove in one hit. N sent out Timburr next. Leia switched to Jaffar. Jaffar defeated Timburr and N sent out Tympole. Leia switched to Gregor. Gregor took down Tympole.
"I cannot see the Future yet." N said. "But for my friends, I will not give up. I will find and awaken Zekrom. Even if it means losing my soul."
Leia watched N walk off. He wanted to awaken Zekrom? But Zekrom will only awaken to a Riazek. And N's Aura is very pure. Does he think he's part of that ancient prophecy? Leia shook her head and went back to training.
The next she was ready.
"So you're the young Aura user who sides with neither Team Plasma nor the Pokémon League." Gym Leader Lenora said.
"I side with the Reshkari, who wish to bring peace to Unova." Leia said.
"Hmp! The only Reshkari I know have sided with Team Plasma. How are you different from them? Show me!" Lenora sent out her Herdier. Leia sent out Nino.
Nino started off with Confuse Ray, followed by Crunch. Herdier somehow hit Nino in its confusion, but Nino struck back with another Crunch. She broke Herdier's back killing it.
Lenora sent out Watchog next. Watchog used Retaliate, but Nino used Detect to block the hit. Watchog used Retaliate again and hit Nino. Nino hung on and used Confuse Ray. Leia switched Nino out for Ike. Ike let out a flurry of Arm Thrusts. Watchog tried to hit back, but kept running into walls in its confusion. After a few well aimed Arm Thrusts Ike snapped Watchog like a twig.
"So you have the strength to back up your confidence." Lenora noted. "I will have to think about this. Here's your badge."
Leia accepted the Basic Badge. With another badge under her belt Leia gave her team a well earned rest.
