The Galar Legend

Ash walked alongside Bea through the city the following evening, Bea showing Ash the sights while also informing him on what she'd been up to since last they met as they made their way towards a rather small yet homely cafe.

"I've traveled the world and beaten many Fighting specialists like Brawly, Chuck, Greta and beaten them of course!" Bea laughed as she flashed him a light smirk. "Right now I aim at traveling to Unova and challenging Marshal to a fight!"

"Whose that?" Ash tilted his head at the mention as he had only met one of the Unova Elite Four members.

"The Fighting type specialist on the Elite Four!" Bea was quick to exclaim. "If I can beat him then I know I can take on Bruno!"

"Ah well good luck with that!" Ash smiled while making a mental note to challenge Marshal at some point in time. He was sure he'd get there soon but right now he wasn't sure where they'd be going next, it required a bit of thinking.

"What about you though? You've been busy from what I hear." Bea formed a light smirk. "Battling Wallace..."

Ash let out a chuckle as the two sat at a table. "I won that actually, I also challenged Sidney and Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four!"

"Sounds quite eventful." Bea chuckled before tilting her head. "Where do you plan on going next?"

"I'm not sure, I do know that Zach has been practically begging to take us to Korrina so he can Mega evolve Lucario but I'm not sure we should make a trip just for that. I was also offered the opportunity to battle the Sinnoh Battle Frontier."

"You should do that, battle the Battle Frontier I mean!" Bea exclaimed. "They're supposed to be extremely powerful, right? Almost as strong as the Sinnoh Elite Four who are quite strong compared to most Elite Four branches out there! If you win against the Battle Frontier think how much stronger your team will be!"

Ash looked thoughtful for a moment before nodding his head as a smile crossed his face. "You know what, I think I'll do just that! It'll be quite the challenge for my team and great experience for Gabite and the rest! Plus it's been a long time since I've seen Sinnoh!"

"Then go for it, I aim to challenge Maylene at some point it's just that there aren't really any Pokemon there I need so I'd be making a trip just for her. Not really worthwhile unless Marshal kicks my butt." Bea laughed.

Ash couldn't help but laugh lightly as well before Bea looked at him with a light head tilt. "So Marnie and Lillie huh? How did that happen?"

"Uh well you... sometime after you left Marnie and I started to da-"

"No, I mean how did you score both! Most guys just have one, heck your best friend only has one girl! How the blazes did you get two girlfriends?!" Bea had a mixed state of confusion and jealousy spread out across her face.

"Ah! Well you see-" Ash began to explain to her the events that occurred in Alola causing her to tilt her head in confusion as her brain sucked all that information inside of her. "And then after I returned from the mirror dimension and realizing how much Lillie had missed and worried for me during that time, Marnie decided to officially welcome her as my second girlfriend. So long as I pay attention to both and she doesn't try to kick her loose which isn't Lillie's style so this is permanent I think, or hope." Ash let out a laugh as Bea clenched her hands tightly around the glass she was holding, it cracking lightly in her grasp as she narrowed her eyes.

"So you were thinking about having a second girlfriend and didn't even think about asking me?!" Bea exclaimed a bit aggressively as she glared daggers in his direction. Ash's eyes widened before he quickly held his hands up in defense. "B-Bea I didn't know you liked me, I swear! B-Besides it was Marnie and Lillie's idea not mine!"

Bea took a deep breath as she forced herself to calm down though she still looked rather hurt that she wasn't put into consideration. "I see..."

"W-We can still be friends though, right?" Ash asked as he gave Bea a nervous smile. Bea narrowed her eyes for a moment before eventually letting out a sigh.

"Well we are rivals so I guess so," Bea forced a smile as she realized it wasn't fair to hate Ash for that, it wasn't his fault after all. Besides it was possible that she'd eventually get over it and she'd have thrown away a good friend for nothing! "Speaking of which," Bea removed two scrolls from her pocket before sliding them forward. "The Water and the Dark scroll, have Kubfu read the entire thing and continue training hard and he'll grow into whichever form you desire." Bea tapped both scrolls with her hands.

"So there's a Dark type variant?" Ash asked as Bea gave him a nod of confirmation. Ash thought about it for a moment before reaching out and grabbing the Dark scroll from her. "I need more Dark types." He had plenty of Water types back home, he didn't really have need for another especially with Inteleon only having joined a few months ago!

"Figured you'd say that," Bea laughed as the two began chatting with one another once more and just having a good time!


"Well we won't be able to do that for awhile belong long," May laughed as she licked her fingers before running them through his hair in an attempt at fixing it while Zach adjusted her bandanna and straightened out her own hair, both of them giving the other affectionate looks at Lucario and Cinderace stood waiting out in the Pokemon Center hallway for their trainer, effectively playing bodyguard as they stood in front of the door and tried their hardest to block out all the noise and screams.

Zach let out a laugh. "I'll miss it but it's worth the wait!" May gave him a loving gaze before pressing her lips against his.

"I'm sorry it didn't work out with Mallow by the way, I thought for sure that she'd be a perfect companion for us!"

"Yeah well the way we behave when we're alone I don't blame her for being scared off." Zach noted as May gave a light nod, the two had done the deed which saved Mallow from May being angry or thinking she led him astray. Mallow just got overwhelmed and the two were respectful of that, letting her go and remaining friends.

"Well you deserve having another girl looking out for you," May squeezed onto his hand. "Why don't you go out with Dawn? She said you were hot when she first laid eyes on you, said I was lucky." May giggled out as she remembered them talking about him as Ash's group had approached the Wallace Cup.

"Dawn? I-I mean she is hot but aren't you two best friends? Doesn't that have a risk of destroying what you have?"

"Honestly? Sharing you with her would be pretty hot." May admitted with a light blush.

"No, I can't do it! I don't want to feel like I'm betraying you by asking another girl out, even with your permission I can't!" Zach glanced down at the ring on her finger as May merely gave him a warm smile before leaning her head against his.

"You might not ask her out but that doesn't mean that she can't ask you!" May smirked as she began plotting out a scheme to get Dawn and Zach together, thinking that the two would be perfect for one another!


Ash and Bea eventually finished up and left the restaurant while Marnie tailed behind them just to ensure Bea didn't do something, she trusted Ash but Bea was different.

"I'd like to show you something," Bea spoke up causing Marnie's eyes to widen as she uttered out a growl. Lillie grabbed onto her arm to try and calm her down, theorizing that Marnie was just jumping to conclusions and Lillie was proven right as Bea led Ash to what appeared to be a mural painted into the wall. Ash and the others tilted their heads as to them it just looked like a bunch of paint on the wall! "This is an ancient mural, quite sacred to folks around these parts." She explained. Marnie looked at it and tilted her head as she tried to get what was so special about it but just couldn't see it. She then turned her head and noticed that Zach had taken May there which was a good thing as they'd need all the help they could get as the ground began shaking before a Copperajah went stampeding past them! Ash could swear that it looked familiar as it passed by but maybe he was overthinking it, the Copperajah began ramming his head against the mural in an attempt to crack it, the stone wall beginning to crack and crumble before Lucario was quick to fire off an Aura Sphere at his trainer's command!

Copperajah was blasted back and let out a huff of annoyance before turning to face the group as they all had Pokeballs at the ready, Marnie and Lillie quickly rushing in to offer their aid.

"Ash, that is the Chairman's Copperajah!" Zach shouted out.

"So Rose is doing this?!" Ash growled out. This was troubling, Copperajah brought Pikachu down to his knees last time they met and he certainly couldn't use Surf without harming his friends and the very structure they were trying to protect!

"Not Rose, me." Bede stepped from the shadows with his hands in his coat pockets as he gave an obsessive look. "Once I break down that mural and obtain the wishing stars beneath, Rose will have to finally pay me attention and treat me like his son!"

"Did Rose tell you that?" Ash growled out. "Wake up Bede, he's using you! He tried to make Zach his puppet at the very start but I stopped that, he then blackmailed me into allowing him to sell merchandise based around me!"

"Wait he did what now?" Marnie blinked as that was news to her.

"I'm sorry Marnie I didn't think you two needed to know, Rose threatened to kick Zach out of the Galar League and take away your brother's gym if I refused!"

"That jerk!" May growled out as she whipped out Blaziken's pokeball. "Nobody is gonna crush my fiancée's dream!"

"Next time just tell me," Marnie responded calmly before giving Copperajah a hard glare. "For now let's focus on bringing this guy down together as a team!"

"Yeah!" The others shouted out as Bede gritted his teeth with an annoyed growl.

"Copperajah, crush them like ants with Heavy Slam!" Bede growled. Copperajah let out a cry before leaping up and preparing to crush Ash and Bea!

"Oh no you don't, Aura Sphere!" Zach ordered. "Cinderace use Pyro Ball!"

"Blaziken use Sky Uppercut!" May shouted at Blaziken burst from his ball. The three Pokemon combined their attacks and blasted the massive elephant away from Ash and Bea as Pikachu and Grapploct now moved forward to join in the attack. Pikachu's tail glowed as he took a hard swing while Grapploct became encased in a blue aura as he threw his body at Copperajah! The elephant let out a cry and reached out with his trunk to pick up both Lucario and Pikachu before hurling their bodies at the mural as it cracked and fell apart on top of them!

"Pikachu!"

"Lucario!" Zach and Ash made a mad dash to check on their best buddies while Marnie let out an annoyed hiss.

"No more nice girl, Houndoom let's show this jerk the true power of our bond with Mega Evolution!" Houndoom's body became encased in the bright pink glow before it faded away to reveal Mega Houndoom! Mega Houndoom let out a howl before firing off a stream of fire upon Marnie's orders blasting Copperajah away while Cinderace didn't even wait for her trainer to recover Lucario and order her a command, kicking up another pebble and igniting it with her foot before sending it flying through the air and striking Copperajah directly in the face! The elephant let out a loud cry of pain from the combined attacks and collapsed to his knees with a loud thud that shook the ground for miles as swirls formed in his eyes.

"Copperajah..." Rose suddenly appeared with a cross look. "Bede I thought I told you not to go through with this!"

"But I-You said-" Bede stuttered as he backed up with a betrayed look.

"Enough Bede, you betrayed my trust... stealing my beloved Pokemon and going behind my back to destroy a precious mural?" Fake tears ran down Rose's cheek as he gave him a light glare. "Consider your League membership revoked!" Rosa reached into Bede's pocket and crushed his Rotom Phone as Bede stared at Rose in shock as genuine tears began appearing in his eyes.

"Rosa I..."

"Go. Now. You're a disappointment!" Rosa pointed away before giving the others a fake attempt at a sincere smile. "So sorry about all that," Rose didn't see Zach or Ash on account of them being inside the mural, not knowing who May and Lillie were he theorized that they were all just a bunch of strangers! "He can get quite antsy sometimes, he won't be any trouble again I reassure you!"

"What a jerk..." May growled out before rushing to see if Zach needed help as he and Ash really should have been out by now. The others rushed on into the mural to check on their friends before letting out a shared gasp as they were greeted by the sight of four statues. One was a wolf Pokemon with a shield like mane while the one directly next to it was a wolf with a sword!

"Hey that's the wolf that Zach was telling me about!" May cried out while Marnie seemed to recall the two boys informing her that they met two wolf Pokemon and tried to get her to see them but she couldn't see a thing where they were pointing. At the time she assumed the fog was playing tricks with their mind but perhaps they were actually seeing what they thought they saw?

"It is the wolf." Zach breathed out as he stared up at the shield wolf statue.

"Right, Pikachu and I would recognize this wolf anywhere. Only it didn't have a sword when I saw it..." Ash noted as he lightly stroked his chin.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" Sonia squealed out as she suddenly appeared, the loud thud must have sent her running on in this direction. "It's the hero of legend, it was thought that just one hero stopped the Darkest Day but it looks like it took four! Two trainers and two Pokemon, two unknown Pokemon and two trainers who were entrusted by the Pokemon to become their partners. It's still unclear what the Darkest Day is but now the truth about the hero is out!" Sonia's eyes lit up as she stared off into the distance. "And I intend on finding out what that is so we can stop the Darkest Day from ever happening again!"


"You really think what Sonia said is true? That Zach and I are chosen by those wolves to be Galar's protectors?" Ash asked Marnie and Lillie as they walked back towards the Pokemon Center. Bea had said her goodbyes and already started making tracks for Unova while Zach and May stayed in the ruin for a bit longer.

"I'm not sure, I mean we've seen a lot of crazy stuff so we can't just easily dismiss this! I mean we saved Hoenn from Regigigas' wrath and rescued the three Regi, you rescued that Lugia and the three legendary birds along with Latias, and not to mention we captured almost every Ultra Beast and saved an entire alien race while you and Zach rescued Porygon and brought them back to this plane of existence!" Lillie's eyes widened as she realized what Ash had been up to since he left Alola, she expected that he just had some epic battles but it turns out he had some rather exciting adventures on top of that, she wished she had been brave enough to ask to tag along from the start!

"Y-Yeah maybe you two are the heroes," Lillie spoke up. "But until we know what the Darkest Day is or if it'll even occur again there's little point dwelling too much on the matter. Come on, let's get to bed. There's a fossil exhibition tomorrow and I don't wanna miss it!" Lillie excitedly exclaimed!

I was gonna write a scene but chickened out, basically it'd be a flashback involving Zach/May's first time with Flannery accidentally walking in thinking they'd left only to quickly hide before she got discovered, not wanting to deal with the embarrassment but winding up actually enjoying the show while 'envisioning' herself in May's place.

So yeah, bit shorter but the secret is now out about the wolves!

Next time the gang finds fossil Pokemon and are quite literally living through Jurassic Park as a mysterious foe revives the fossils and sets them upon the guests to see Ash's skills in person!