When the ritual was finally complete and Raven and Twoie's job was done, Sarah soon found herself lying on her back as she slowly got up, the Dragon Heart Scepter in her hands (but with her new gems back where they belonged). But, this time, her outfit got a brand new addition; she was now wearing a snowy white cloak fitting for an angel (similar to the cape Raven wore in her final faceoff against her 'father', Trigon) over her royal attire with the clamp to keep it fixed and not be blown away so easily, being a gold jewel in the shape of Winter. In addition, she now had new white tips on the ends of her hair.

The little princess could hardly believe it as she looked over herself before Twoie gave her owner the Sun Sword and Moon Shield again. "How are you feeling?" the demon wolf asked.

"...I, I feel great," Sarah replied, still enthralled by her new appearance while the scepter shone.

"Wait, what's with that scepter in your hands?" Raven questioned, taking note of her Dragon Heart Scepter.

"And, I don't remember seeing those gems on that thing when you last showed it to me," Twoie added, seeing the Animus Gems on the scepter.

"Well, let's just say... My scepter got itself a legacy of its own along with the very world my dragons came from," Sarah grinned, looking at her scepter and remembering Athi and Blizzard.


Meanwhile, after their conversation with Athi and Blizzard in the Bardo and reappearing in the Great Hall, Sarah's family gathered for a moment to recollect themselves and take in what they've learned. Donna and David, however, went off to reunite with the Quest Team, the Cat Pack, Camille, Jarrod, and the Jungle Masters so they can train the Vikings of Berk including Hiccup, Zenna, their friends, and their dragons for what was about to come.

"I don't know what to say..." Shadow admitted.

"I never knew how much really had changed when that kingdom of Athi and Blizzard's fell."

"Yeah..." Winter and Skystorm nodded.

"That's so sad..." Mai cried, starting to sniff a little.

"I can't believe Mom would be so willing to do this, she never slows down when her heart is telling her to do something like helping others who need her kindness," Scorch admitted.

"The castle's gonna be bigger without her around until she comes home," Hashimoto moped sadly.

"Mommy..." Stufful sniffed as Ching Wan (also a little distraught from Sarah's choice) gently caressed her.

"I really admire the princess' compassion and strength of heart and we have to keep that in mind; she's always willing to watch out for others and put them first before herself, even if it meant sacrificing her own happiness for their sake," Calyrex reminded gently.

"It's her choice and whatever decision she makes on anything, we have to let her do it," Zeraora nodded. "If this was meant to be her destiny, then so be it. We'll support her all the way."

"And, there's truth to her previous words while we're in the Bardo; my human and her mate haven't ruled Alola for long before Lothor struck and commenced the Ultra Beast War so there is much that they've yet to do for the region," Persian agreed, understanding Sarah's choice.

"Is it really right, though? Would we really just let her go like that, even if this place is in need of her aid more than home?" Lolita asked her mother, getting a gentle nuzzle from the older Dark Type.

"I don't know if we made the right decision to take such a massive leap forward concerning Dragonstone but given everything we've just learned, I think this would be for the best since Winter and I will be joining her," Shadow admitted despite his concerns.

"Shadow, are you sure you both want to do this, too?"

"Guys, please, you're our best friends. You've been with us ever since we came here even though Winter got separated from us on the way here when we escaped from the Dragon Wars. We don't want you three doing this alone!" Skystorm and Silver replied.

"We won't, Sarah knows what she's doing and we trust her. Right now, Dragonstone could be crying out for us and we have to carry out Athi and Blizzard's will if our world is going to return to normal. This could be the breakthrough we're looking for, our Hail Mary in our world's darkest days despite the peace we've attained between us dragons and the Vikings of Berk," Winter reassured, determined.

"Mind if I give you three a hand?"

Everyone jumped as they looked around for the owner of a new voice that rang around them. The voice giggled as the flustered humans, Pokemon, and dragons looked all over the Great Hall until a pink bubble was formed under Piplup and Skiddo, making them give out surprised yelps before the newcomer appeared from out of nowhere next to them. The newcomer floating next to the startled pair was a small pink bipedal Pokemon that had mammalian features with a rounded and wide snout, triangular ears, and large eyes that are as blue as the skies above. The Pokemon also had short arms with three-fingered paws and larger hind paws that had oval markings on its soles. To top it all off, it had a long thin tail that had an ovoid tip but what everyone wasn't expecting is that Pokemon Researchers claim this particular Pokemon only appears to those who are pure of heart and nobody else.

The entire group was speechless as they looked at the Pokemon goggle-eyed, the newbie cooing at the astonished Skiddo and Piplup still on its bubble before it gently popped it and they landed on their rumps the table under them while it giggled.

"What the...?" Eternatus began, staring in shocked disbelief at the tiny Pokemon as it created another bubble in front of two of the baby Jungle Pokemon's big brothers and bounced on it playfully.

"Didn't see that coming," Solar admitted, greatly surprised.

"Okay, that was weird," a baffled Whiplash commented.

"So, who are you?"

"Or, what kind of Pokemon are you?" Mist and Spark questioned, stunned.

"WAIT! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Don't tell me, don't tell me! I just remembered, you're the one I've been looking for! I've been looking all over for you in Kanto at Professor Oak's lab in Pallet Town while on our field trip months or a year ago, at best! Is it really you? Are you really the one, huh?" Rotom-Dex gasped in amazement, floating over to the playful little Pokemon as he took photos of it, getting head tilts from the curious Pokemon as it laid on its bubble.

Until, Rotom-Dex then said... "Oh, my, circuits... AHHHHHHHHH! You're it, MEW! I knew it, you're Mew! The Legendary New Species Pokemon, the Pokemon said to be the rarest of all Pokemon that only few humans have ever seen and the basis of its genetically-evolved and more powerful clone, Mewtwo! You ARE it, you're the one! The one I've been looking for to complete my Kanto Pokemon entries!"

"MEW/MEW/MEW?!" the entire group screamed, sharing Rotom-Dex's shock and fascination.

"No way!"

"You mean, this is the Legendary Pokemon, Mew, we've been hearing about over the years?!"

"Is it true, the New Species Pokemon that is the rarest of all Pokemon that no more than a select few had ever seen?"

And, it's right here, in front of us!"

"Awesome!"

"Phenomenal!"

"Man, are we lucky or what?"

"Astounding! This is the biggest find we've ever discovered in our personal history!" "So, this is the Pokemon that many people said Mewtwo was believed to be cloned off of!" much of the Pokemon and Dragons gathered cried out.

"I heard that Mew is a unique Pokemon because its impecible DNA structure allows it to take the form of other Pokemon and use their own attacks in battle or to blend in with other Pokemon in one area so it can bypass any nearby humans or so unscated, a feat no other Pokemon has ever matched!" Magearna added in stunned awe.

"This is absolutely crazy!"

"Nobody back home's gonna believe this!" "Yeah!" the Night Lights chirped.

"Fascinating, we've heard many a tale of you but are you really the Legendary Mew before us?" Cobalion asked, also stunned despite his shock and surprise being out of character for him (his reaction shared by his fellow Swords).

"That's me! He-he-he-he-he-he-he! I can transform into any and all kinds of Pokemon thanks to my DNA, watch!" Mew giggled before she demonstrated her power by transforming into Yamper, Pikachu, Wooloo, and even Lugia before she became her old self again. "TA-DA!"

"Okay, now I'm a believer!"

"She CAN transform into any Pokemon with her abnormal DNA!"

"Impossible!"

"It's real!"

"Who knows what else she can transform into?"

"I can't see anything but those barks and roars tell me that she's the real deal!"

"She's crazy!"

"I can't do that!"

"Neat!"

"Wow!"

"That's cool..." some of the dragons and their young cried in amazement.

"Mew, so you're here... Heh, I never expected you of all Pokemon to be here or appear anywhere with us beforehand. Tell us, what are you doing here and how did you know about what we've been through in this Bardo place?" Tsukumaro asked, curious as to how the New Species Pokemon had gotten the heads-up about Sarah's choice involving Dragonstone Kingdom.

"Duh, I heard about how much of a pickle you're in right now and decided to give you some help! I was spying on those mean beans from those Team Eclipse baddies as I was exploring and I saw them accepting this Zin guy's help on taking down the little princess," Mew explained, still keeping up her cheerful demeanor. "I was suspicious of them ever since this happened so I've popped over to where you guys are and watched you from the shadows. Can I help, he-he-he?"

"Hold up! You, were actually spying on Lothor and Team Eclipse earlier?"

"But, how is it they didn't see you?" Nikki and James gasped. "Nope, nope, noperooni! I'm too sneaky for them to catch me, he-he-he-he-he!" Mew giggled again.

"Okay... Ugh, well, Little Miss Pepper, what's your real reason for popping up here, then?" Eternatus groaned, immediately seeing similar personalities from Mew through Tapu Lele.

"Simple, Grumpy! If you all would eventually miss your mommy when she leaves, why not go with her? He-he-he!"

"Go with her/Go with her/Go with her?" everyone chorused, taken aback at Mew's suggestion.

"Us, go with Mama?"

"Can we do that?" Nebby and Nebula pondered.

"Yeah! You all loved her a lot and by that, you guys don't want to be away from her for too long no matter where she goes. Sure, you'll all be leaving your home for a period to be with her and protect her from any meanies who want to play up with her, it should be worth it, right?" Mew nodded eagerly. "With those meanies beanies running around here, they have no knowledge of Pokemon, at all! So, while she's working, you'll be on the front lines in the shadows as her personal X-Factor force."

"Really?" blinked Twilight and Dawn (Deathgripper).

"Yep, yeppies! And, the best part, you can use Teleport to warp between here and Alola so you're not really leaving home for too long. It's not going to be goodbye, just 'See ya real soon', see?"

Nebby and Nebula were still concerned about their mother leaving them and the rest of their family but after hearing Mew give that piece of advice to them and the rest of their party, they had to admit that their mother hadn't thought about what else she is supposed to do with her life once Team Eclipse and Lothor are done for, she or one of her friends win the Alola League, and her real parents are back in the saddle. The two Ultra Beasts also realized that because they both are now fully adept in using Teleport both in and out of battle since they're fully grown, they could easily warp their family between Dragonstone Kingdom and Alola with no hassle.

"...Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to take up your offer, Little Mew," Rapidash decided after a while.

"Yeah, it would do us some good to be with her to help her maintain peace around the Barbaric Archipelago just as the Six Spirits had done along with Athi and Blizzard had done before. They've accomplished so much with them and the pair owed them that much," Hydreigon nodded.

"We don't want Auntie to leave us!" Snowflake cried with Flygon giving an agreeing nod.

"We'll also give keeping the Vikings from driving Mom insane with their pride and honor waffle a try," Kion remarked.

"Yeah, I guess it'll probably be boring back home after a little excitement and without Mom around when she moves here," Kiara admitted in agreement.

"She's got a point," Venom shrugged.

"It does help that she's still a student at the Pokemon School right now," added Phoenix.

"No kidding. Now that I think about it, I guess it won't hurt to split time between here and Alola," Nova relented with a soft smile.

"You're right there, Nova. I suppose it won't be too hard for us and it's no problem, really. We'll still be together this way and we won't be apart from each other," Shadow smiled softly in agreement.

"I agree. It's like the humans always said; a family that lives together stays together," Winter nodded sagely.

"If anything, even if some of us don't live long, we're eternal thanks to the bonds we shared with our friends, our families, and Sarah. And, that's how it's going to stay for all of us."

"YEAH/YEAH/YEAH!" the baby and younger Pokemon and dragons cheered, getting understanding yet bittersweet smiles out of the five humans with them.

"We can totally make it work," Zorua nodded.

"Indeed, but if we're to fully be on board with the plan, our decision must be unanimous," Zeraora nodded, directing everyone to Eternatus. "Eternatus, what do you say?"

"...What? Uh... Why are you all looking at me like that?" the Gigantic Pokemon quizzed incredulously.

"You wanna do this, for the princess?" Blossom questioned.

Eternatus looked between his family and eyed the New Species Pokemon suspiciously as she did the sad puppy eyes on the entire decision involving their wanting to stay with Sarah at Dragonstone. But, no matter how hard he tried to ignore the stares being thrown at him and the puppy eyes Mew kept spamming at him, he couldn't find it in himself to ignore her offer and he found himself wondering if he can really leave the person responsible for being his very first friend behind once she moves out of Alola for a period. Finally, it was too much for him to bear and he had to give in with a heavy sigh if everyone was to stop staring at him,

"OKAY, okay! Ugh, stop staring at me! I'll do it but only because I, not those Viking dorks, am the only one to drive my pipsqueak bonkers."

"Aww! Is that so, I guess that means you really do love her, Grumpy!" Mew cooed cutely.

"Grrrrr... CAN IT, YOU LITTLE PINK ALLEY CAT!" screamed an irritated yet embarrassed Eternatus at the giggling Mew as he blushed.

"Alright, Eternatus, before you blow another gasket as we've heard... Now then, Mew, while you were spying on those fools, do you know anything else happening on their end?" David questioned the tiny Psychic Type.

"Well, apart from their army of strange Pokemon and giant flying reptiles, I did sneak a peek at them building some weird gizmo robot thingies," Mew replied.

"Like, how weird are we talking about?" Silvally inquired with a raised eyebrow.

"Picture those thingies looking like these giant lizards humans called Raptors, Ankylosauruses, Triceratops, cobra snakes that have shoot fire and acid from their mouths and horns, kinda gross if I do say so myself."

Everyone grew concerned as James then said, "Damn, guess Lothor and Team Eclipse have been busy with Dr. Zin while we were on the run. It looks to me like they've taken a page from the Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West games to expand their army and thus make a variety of machines to combat us."

"So, that's it... Team Eclipse, Lothor, and Zin must have been working overtime to create genetically engineered hybrid dinosaurs just as that accursed Dr. Cawthorn did before them in Adventure City," Guardeon cursed, grim and yet deeply troubled as he slammed his front right paw down. "If that's the case, they'll be back in full force with an armada. And, since the Vikings now have no idea of such technology and how to combat that much firepower, if they attack as they are now..."

"Those rock-heads will be sitting ducks until they and the dragons are wiped out to the last man and fully-grown lizard with wings," Brawleon replied bluntly.

"That does not inspire confidence for the Vikings and the dragons if we're putting it like that," Donna (Pikachu) pointed out worriedly.

"Indeed it doesn't, dear," Sirius nodded. "In the likelihood of a match-up against a machine and a Viking, it's futile besides the Red Death Queen, they've never fought a fleet of mechanical titans; if flesh and blood were as strong as pride, we would all be invincible and so would they."

"That does seem like the case," Flipper admitted.

"But, that also concerns us with how we're going to combat them and give the Vikings the Hail Mary they need as well," Cresselia reminded.

"With all the ideas and solutions we have on us, our best bet lies with our sweetheart's newest additions; Rexy, Zalkia, Fang, and even Bowser and his family will be a match for such atrocious machinery in addition to Young Chomp and the rest of the dinosaurs she and her boyfriend acquired," David put in.

"But, that mainly brings up a big 'if we have the firepower and manpower' needed to take on Zin's new Zord and those improved fighting machines he and Team Eclipse will have on them," Nikki reminded.

"That does sound like a very big 'IF'," Tai Lung nodded grimly.

"Hopefully, Sir Race, Ms. Raven, and the princess will return from their little side quest in time," Tsukumaro hoped.

"And, at best, hope that Ash and the others will be on their feet by then," Snom reminded.

"But, can they do it after waking up?" Buneary pondered.

"Well, I'm not holding my breath if my words months ago went in one ear and out the other for them. After bombing this bad, I don't even know if they can pick up the slack this time," Eternatus scoffed, not trusting Ash and the rest of his trainer's friends as he rolled his eyes.

"Have some sympathy for them and a little faith in them, too, Eternatus!" Nikki scolded, glaring at the Gigantic Pokemon. "There's no need to make them feel like fools in such a manner!"

"They stalled during our little vacation at the resort place. And, guess what, did they heed my warning? I didn't think so!" Eternatus spat in disgust before he floated away, leaving the others worried and in disbelief over his dwindling faith in his trainer's friends.


After hours of treating them and making sure they were ready to train back at Palm Key, Adult Race, Dom, R.J., and Lily watched over the recovering Ultra Rescue rangers and their Pokemon as they finally started to come 'round. They were still feeling a little disorientated from the beating they were given but for the most part, they were looking better than they previously were which caught the quartet's attention.

"Race, Dom, R.J., look! They're coming to!" Lily called, hearing their groans and seeing them starting to wake up.

"...Pi, Pika..." groaned Pikachu, holding his head as he tried to shake off the pain.

"Ow, my head..." Ash moaned, propping himself up with his right hand and holding his head with his left.

"Ugh, what happened?" asked Sophocles as he groaned in pain.

"That hurt," Lana added wearily.

"Easy there, tigers. You were knocked out for hours by Team Eclipse's Ten Dragons Cursed," R.J. reassured as the quartet approached them.

"...D-Dom, R.J., Lily, M-M-Mr. Bannon," Mallow gasped, grimacing in pain.

"...Urgh, where's Sarah?" Kiawe pondered, painfully.

"She's with her family, the Jungle Masters, Jarrod, Camille, Dr. Quest, and the boys at Berk while Lillie, Gladion, their Pokemon, Theo, and Casey went over to Pine Ridge along with the Dino Charge and Beast Morphers rangers. We've managed to get in touch with them and they've agreed to help us prepare for the oncoming war against Zin, Lothor, Team Eclipse, and their armada in the next three days once they attack Alola."

"Three days?!"

"So soon?"

"Attack Alola, they can't!" Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles gasped in horror.

"Wait, wait, wait! Devon, Tyler, and the others are back together again, they're going to help us?" gasped a shocked Kiawe as the Pokemon tried and failed to get up due to their wounds and their continued recovery.

"Not so fast, you will go at your enemies again but not in your current condition," Dom claimed firmly but gently.

"But, Alola's in trouble! We have to stop them before they go after everybody there!" Ash pleaded as they tried to get up, only to lie back on their beds as the pain from before got to them while Dom and Lily tried to gently force Lana and Mallow to lie back down before they do more damage to themselves.

"Judging by how your last battle went, you still have much to learn and you need to put more focus on being better bodyguards to your friend, true bodyguards."

"Ugh, don't remind us," Ash moaned miserably, the others sharing his sentiment about their biggest predicament yet.

"We should've taken our responsibilities as Power Rangers and our promise as friends to Sarah more seriously," Sophocles sadly ranted.

"We took the easy way by caring more about ourselves and our own Pokemon even though our escapades throughout this journey say different," Mallow sighed.

"Face it, guys, we got lazy," Lana moped.

"Urgh! That's what Eternatus was trying to tell us back at Pokemon Paradise Resort but we didn't listen," Kiawe grunted in self-loathing, hitting his bed and mentally beating himself up over his part in their failure.

"Yeah... I guess Tsukumaro and Eternatus were right, even Sarah's guardians were right on the dot with us prior," Sophocles lamented. "I guess we haven't been taking our responsibilities for Sarah as seriously as we thought."

"We were supposed to be the ones to protect her from Lothor and Team Eclipse but they hit the nail on the head on how we've been faring," Ash sighed with regret. "We shouldn't have been so complacent about our duties and thinking everything will be alright in the end..."

"Nobody said the job of being a Power Ranger or a hero would be easy, even I had it rough being an agent from Intelligence-1 before I was reassigned to be with Dr. Quest and Jonny," Adult Race sympathized with a knowing frown.

"But, if it makes you feel any better, we did hear that Sarah and her family managed to put an end to three of the Seven Sins," R.J. reassured, trying to soften the blow they're feeling and lighten the mood though it did little to change their self-loathing.

"No thanks to us, however. We got ourselves beaten to a pulp not putting up much of a fight and we left her and the others to do the heavy lifting again," Sophocles countered, Togedemaru also giving a sad sigh as she rejoined her partner and he gently rubbed her.

"Maybe, we're not meant to be her bodyguards..."

"Yeah..." Mallow and Lana sniffed.

"...Not with that attitude you're putting out, you're not," Adult Race put in, determined as he garnered their and their downcast Pokemon's attention.

"There is a chance you can prove yourselves to her and her family but one thing you haven't received yet to help you with that is proper military training. I was once a Navy Seal in my day and I've been put through a rigorous training schedule that did get through to me after ten minutes. But, after pushing myself to do better and learning from my failures, I finished my training and was reassigned to be a bodyguard. We'll help you with that once you're back on your feet again."

"You really think that, Race?" Kiawe questioned doubtfully despite hope being rekindled in him and his friends but not by much.

"Without a doubt," Adult Race smiled with a gentle nod, Lily, Dom, and R.J. also giving their own nods to show that they'll indeed help them.


Meanwhile, Casey, Theo, Lillie, Gladion, their Pokemon, the Dino Charge rangers, the Beast Morphers rangers, Cruise, Smash, and Jax had all arrived at Dinohenge in the forest along the outskirts of Pine Ridge after teleporting. When they looked over their current surroundings, they were amazed to see the six dinosaur statues that were standing tall and proud over them featuring the T-Rex, the Ankylosaurus, the Triceratops, Smilodon, Stegosaurus, and Mosasaurs which were the original dinosaur companions to Zayto and his old team (i.e. the original Knights of Rafkon) in the war against the Sporix.

"Okay, that was crazy," Zoey remarked, trying to shake off the rush she felt from the fast-track transportation they experienced via Lillie's Wrist Com teleportation feature.

"Sorry, Zoey, but this is something that the original Power Rangers teams after the Dino Fury team did whenever they wanted to get to a scene of disaster right away," Lillie apologized.

"Well, you might want to take a time out on that, Zoey," Ravi put in, lost in his amazement over the dinosaur statues of the Dino Fury team's old partners. "Get a load of these things here!"

"Wow, look at all those giant dinosaur statues," Steel balked in stunned awe with a whistle. "If the strength these guys had to help Zayto and his friends were why the Morphin Masters granted them their powers 65,000,000 years ago, I'm impressed."

"Check it out, guys; this is incredible, they got a Stegosaurus, a Triceratops, and a Tyrannosaurus-Rex just like us!" Shelby smiled brightly to the equally awestruck Tyler and Koda as they saw the T-Rex, Stegosaurs, and Triceratops statues while Ravi's Lucario looked over the Triceratops statue curiously.

"This is phenomenal," Chase admitted, just as fascinated.

Devon's Torracat (which recently evolved during the Beast Morphers team's continued escapades) gave a curious meow as he eyed the Smilodon statue while Smash became interested in the statue that was Aiyon's old partner as he said, "Hoo-hoo, awesome! This is the first time I've ever seen something as prehistoric as this incredible Mososaurus!"

"And, it looks like your Torracat found a kindred spirit in that Smilodon, Devon," Gladion grinned to the Cheetah Ranger.

"Yeah, kinda reminds me of Kazi and her family during our misadventure in the Dino Charge rangers' dimension," Devon smiled back with an amused chuckle at his Fire Type partner's curiosity over the Smilodon statue.

"Fascinating, they feel alive... And yet, they look as if they've been frozen in time when the Morphin Masters appeared and gave Zayto and his old friends their powers for the first time," Ivan commented, continuing to be in awe of the statues as he felt the Ankylosaurs statue.

"They're beautiful," Casey admitted, still in awe.

"They're amazing," Theo agreed, smiling brightly.

"Sarah would definitely love these if she was here right now," Lillie said.

"Indeed, our old partners were something and their help has been invaluable to us since then," a voice remarked knowingly before Zayto appeared from behind the T-Rex statue with Ollie, Amelia, Izzy, Javi, and Aiyon also appearing from behind their own respective statues.

"Zayto, it's great to finally meet you. I'm Tyler, leader of the Dino Charge rangers," Tyler smiled, holding out his hand for a handshake that Zayto accepted.

"Tyler, nice to meet you. And, these are your friends, I presume?" Zayto smiled back, seeing Tyler's friends and Zenowing with him as the latter then said, "Yeah, this is Shelby, Chase, Koda, Riley, Ivan, and Zenowing."

"Hi."

"Hello..."

"What up?"

"Nice to meet you."

"Salutations, friend."

"Greetings, Zayto," Tyler's friends and Zenowing greeted.

"Hey there, I'm Amelia."

"My name's Ollie," Amelia and Ollie replied to Casey and Theo.

"Hey, I'm Casey."

"Theo," the two Jungle Fury rangers introduced, sharing handshakes with Amelia and Ollie.

"I'm Izzy and this is my stepbrother, Javi. Nice to meet you," Izzy grinned at the Beast Morphers rangers and their Beast Bots.

"What's up?" Javi added, waving hello to the Beast Morphers team.

"It's great to finally meet you. I'm Devon and this is my Torracat," Devon began as his Torracat meowed in greeting.

"I'm Ravi and this is my Lucario," Ravi continued, introducing himself and his evolved Aura Pokemon.

"Hi, my name's Zoey and this here's my Cinderace," Zoey replied, greeting herself and her evolved Cinderace.

"How do you do? My name's Nate and, these two here are our Noctowl Brothers."

"And, I'm his brother, Steel. And, these three with us are my fellow Beast Bots and Devon, Ravi, and Zoey's partners: Cruise, Smash, and Jax," Nate and Steel said, greeting themselves and their Noctowl and the three Beast Bots to the two step-siblings.

"Hello."

"Hoo-hoo, hi there, Izzy, Javi!"

"What's shaking?" the Beast Bots in question greeted.

"Aiyon, is it? My name's Lillie and this is my brother, Gladion, and these are our Pokemon. It's an honor to finally meet you and your friends," Lillie said to the final Dino Fury ranger, introducing herself, her brother, and their Pokemon as they nodded and greeted him.

Aiyon nodded with a smile as he shook hands with the pair, "Right, I'm Aiyon, a pleasure to meet you all."

"We're glad you and your friends can make it to Dinohedge on time, Lillie. Did you bring the new Chromafury Sabers and Power Keys with you?" Zayto questioned as he approached them.

"Right here, Zayto," Lillie confirmed, slipping the backpack holding the sabers and Power Keys she had on her and showing them to the Dino Fury team, each of them taking the new sabers in their hands and looking them over.

"Amazing..."

"Ditto," Ameila and Izzy admitted.

"Now, these aren't your ordinary Chromafury Sabers, I can tell you that much," agreed Aiyon, looking over Lillie's saber as Zayto nodded in reply.

"These are very interesting, Lillie. Your friend and her godfather made the discovery of a lifetime, let's get them down to the base so Solon can take a look at them."

With that said and everyone in agreement, Zayto, Aiyon, Izzy, Javi, Ollie, and Amelia teleported themselves and everyone gathered into their base below Dinohedge where they were greeted by the Solonosaurus herself as she turned to meet the new arrivals with her friends.

"Ah, greetings, my friends. Welcome to our base. My name's Solon and I'm a great friend to Zayto and our earthling friends with us," she smiled warmly, getting surprised and amazed gasps out of the Dino Charge and Beast Morphers teams as well as Lillie, Gladion, and their Pokemon.

"Vul, Vulpix!"

"Rrr..."

"Umbre."

"Lycan," Gladion and Lillie's Pokemon greeted.

"...Hi," Lillie peeped as Gladion nodded, sharing her stunned silence.

"Guys, tell me that's not what I think it is!" Shelby yelped in surprise as she pointed at Solon.

"That's a dinosaur, alright! But, she's got robot-like parts on her," Chase gawked, his jaw suddenly dropping in bewilderment.

"Incredible, are you also a dinosaur, Ms. Solon?" Zenowing inquired kindly.

"Yes, indeed. And, you must be Zenowing. I am known as a Solonosaurus, hence my name," Solon replied to Zenowing in turn. "However, I had been badly wounded during the ancient battle against the Sporix many years ago."

"A cybernetic dinosaur, now THAT'S cool," chuckled Riley in amazement.

"Cyber dinosaur is amazing," Koda agreed, smiling brightly at Solon.

"A fascinating specimen of a dinosaur if I do say so myself," Ivan added in intrigue.

"Hey, Zayto, is Solon some kind of dinosaur or robot?" Tyler asked curiously.

"As she said, she's a Solonosaurus so she's both a dinosaur and a robot and she's also the wisest friend I've ever met," Zayto smiled.

"Phenomenal, she looks like a three-way cross between a Ceratosaurus from her nose horn, a Velociraptor from her head and feather crest, and she has the feet of a Tyrannosaurus-Rex," Nate deducted in fascination and amazement.

"Awesome! So, she's a cyborg of three dinosaurs molded into one sorta like me with my body and my and Bro's Scarab Beetle DNA and Human DNA! Now, that is wicked beyond belief!" Steel praised in excitement over Solon and her looks.

"Oh, stop that, you're all making me blush," Solon chuckled with a blush.

Aiyon chuckled before he added, "She's wise and intelligent compared to most but just make sure not to call her old since she's a little sore over such a comment."

"Yeah, kinda reminds me of Jax here. He can take being called worthless but nobody should ever call him 'little', right, Jax?" Zoey sniggered.

"HEY! Zoey, I'm right here, you know!" Jax warned in annoyance from his spot with Cruise and Smash, getting chuckles out of everyone.

After that little moment of humor, Solon cleared her throat as she got back to the bigger picture at hand while turning to Lillie, "But, in all seriousness, I think we're getting way off-topic here. Do we have Lillie and her friends' new sabers and the Power Keys that go with them?"

"You bet," Amelia confirmed, she and her friends all showed Solon the new sabers for Lillie and her friends while the Vulpix Ranger herself shows the box holding the new Power Keys.

"Put them over on the scanner and I'll see what we have here," the cybernetic dinosaur instructed as she directed them to a nearby table where they set the sabers and keys down and she began her research on the new weapons and power-ups.

"Hmm, interesting... These new Chromafury Sabers and Power Keys are both new ones for me as far as I can tell. I've never seen anything like them in my life but from what I can gather from the data, they are indeed connected to the Morphin Grid," Solon deducted thoughtfully once she had completed the scan.

"Whoa, really?" Amelia blinked in surprise.

"Yeah, we were surprised, too, when we tried them out. Watch," Lillie nodded, taking her Vulpix Fury Saber and taking the Kyurem Freeze Key.

Briefly morphing and inserting the key into her saber, she activated its power and gained icy blue and black armor similar to the Power Flaps from the Dino Fury team's Power Keys but in the shape of Kyurem. To further demonstrate the power the new Power Keys had, she performed what is Kyurem's Glaciate attack at a makeshift target her team's predecessors had set up for a training exercise of their own before they were called and froze it when it was hit. Zayto and his friends were awestruck by what they've seen but they were even more shocked and impressed when they saw that Lillie can use Black Kyurem's Free Shock or White Kyurem's Ice Burn attacks when she combined the original Kyurem Freeze Key with the Reshiram or Zekrom Keys, allowing her and her friends to use Fire, Ice, and Electricity in any combos they wish against their foes.

Even the Dino Charge and Beast Morphers rangers couldn't help but marvel at the potential power that the new Power Keys and Chromafury Sabers are capable of when they're in use.

"Wow, that's so cool!" Tyler gasped in wonder.

"Now, why couldn't we use gear like that?" Chase pondered, greatly impressed.

"Wow, Lillie, those keys and your saber were awesome!" Shelby praised. "But, besides those three, what else do the other keys do when you use them?"

"Well, we've only tested a few of them during our training exercise with Sokka and Zorro. And, so far, we learned that the Swords of Justice Keys will allow us to use their signature attacks: Sacred Sword and Secret Sword," Lillie explained.

"Way past cool," Koda grinned.

"Very impressive, Lady Lillie. But, how exactly did Ms. Sarah and Sir Tsukumaro find such a powerful arsenal?" Ivan inquired.

"Well, from what Sarah could tell me, her Panthera Energem led them to our weapons and our new friends."

"It did?!" the Dino Charge team (sans Zenowing who blinked and turned to her) in surprise.

"Well, that does make sense in a way... The Energems, as well as the Chromafury Sabers, have been made around the same time and since they both stemmed from the dinosaurs, sensing the presence of each other can be logical at best," Chase theorized, scratching his chin thoughtfully.

"Seems likely, Chase. It's a similar situation with us in the meantime; the statues above us on Dinohenge hold the spirits of the dinosaurs responsible for the Morphin Masters choosing Zayto and our old friends to wield their powers just as the Panthera Energem holds the spirit of the Mega Lion," Solon nodded in agreement.

"So, besides the new sabers and the keys, we'll make sure to work with what we have first before we commence our rescue mission and deal with the evil Zord. And, that's only if Zin, Team Eclipse, and Lothor escalate the battle and force us to take action," Zayto planned as he turned to Lillie and Gladion's Pokemon as he addressed the pair in question, "Those creatures you call 'Pokemon', is there anything else that they can do?"

"Heh, I don't know about you, Zayto. But, from what I can see from those two, they're kinda cute and I don't see what makes them formidable on the battlefield," Aiyon commented jokingly as he looked Snowy and Altaria all over.

His comments, however, didn't go well with the pair and as a result, they took offense to his remarks and used Powder Snow and Ice Beam on him to show the Dino Fury Gold Ranger how tough they can really be when push comes to shove. Poor Aiyon yelped in surprise and shock from their treatment of him as he tried to dodge and endure their attacks before he was eventually frozen in a block of ice and the two female Pokemon turned away in a huff, leaving the rest of the Dino Fury team, Solon, the Dino Charge Rangers, Casey, Theo, Gladion, Lillie, and their fellow Pokemon in shock.

"Altaria, Snowy!" Lillie gasped, shocked.

"Boy, now that's an ice-cold welcome reception," laughed Javi.

"I like them already," Izzy smirked.

"Looks like our resident charmer hasn't learned to not underestimate and insult women as of yet," Ollie added. "Guess that applies to female Pokemon, too."

"Think he's had enough?" Gladion asked Zayto who couldn't help but chuckle at his old friend's predicament.

"I think he's learned his lesson," he sniggered, allowing Gladion to smirk and nod to Silvally and thus, have him break the ice block with Double Hit, releasing a shivering Aiyon as he held and tried to warm himself up.

"Geez, that's freezing! You know, I really should be more careful as to not insult women like that from now on," he shivered, only getting a double raspberry from the Ride Pokemon and Fox Pokemon before they turned away from him in disgust again.

"Oh, Altaria, Snowy, what am I going to do with you when you get like this?" Lillie sighed, exasperated yet smiling at them.

"Now, that's awesome! I thought Vulpix and Ninetales are normally Fire Types and can use Fire Type attacks but can that Vulpix of yours use Ice Type attacks?" Izzy then pondered, wanting to know more about Lillie's Pokemon.

"Of course, Snowy's actually an Alolan Vulpix; she's an Ice Type Pokemon and my main partner. As for Altaria, she's my Ride Pokemon and a Dragon/Flying Dual Type and her being a Dragon Type allows her to use a variety of attacks in addition to Dragon Type moves like Dragon Dance and Dragon Breath. I wanted Snowy to learn a new move so as to improve her move set so she'll be ready for when we deal with Team Eclipse again but I don't know which move I should train her in."

"A new move, you say? Well, what moves does Little Snowy have on her right now?" Solon asked as Snowy happily nuzzled her trainer.

"She knows a complete set of four moves: Powder Snow, Tackle, Hail, and Aurora Veil. We've been working on perfecting our Ice Type Z-Move called Subzero Slammer so she's been training with an Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Ninetales belonging to my friend, Sarah, named Snowflake and Tundra to become stronger to use them, she explained."

"And, speaking of the Seven Sins, we've just heard that she and her family along with Camille, Jarrod, the Jungle Masters, the Quest Team, and the Cat Pack managed to dwindle them down to four after finishing off three of them," Gladion added. "That leaves us with a Ghost Type and Water Type team of four that included the likes of Kabutops, Spiritomb, Dusknoir, and Darkrai."

"How peculiar; a four Pokemon squad of three Ghost Pokemon and only one Water Type? Well, the odds are currently in your favor right now; perhaps you can help Snowy learn a move such as Dark Pulse from your brother's Umbreon to better counter Darkrai and Dusknoir," Solon suggested thoughtfully.

"Solon, pull up the move set and any recorded info of an Alolan Vulpix and see if we can help teach her Dark Pulse," Zayto requested, getting a nod from his cybernetic dino companion as she brought up and looked at the data pertaining to an Alolan Vulpix including the move set for such a Pokemon.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh... Yes, now this will be a good one. Snowy, would you come here, please?" Solon asked Lillie's partner who cutely plodded over to her with Gladion's Umbreon beside her after the cyborg-dinosaur hybrid overlooked the move data of an Alolan Vulpix. "An Alolan Vulpix such as you is capable of learning a variety of moves as with any Pokemon and you're capable of learning a Dark Type move. How would you like to learn Dark Pulse?"

"Vulpix!" Snowy chirped happily as Umbreon nuzzled her, giving her support and approval.

"In the meantime, we'll help you work on how to use your new Vulpix Fury Saber while Snowy's busy," Zayto offered as he approached the Vulpix Ranger.

"Okay," Lillie replied, giving a slow nod of appreciation.

"That settles it, now we know what to do," Tyler agreed, now having part of their ultimate game plan in action.

"We should start training to get ready for Team Eclipse and Zin should they keep their word of attacking Alola in three days' time," Theo suggested.

"Good idea, they should attack at any moment just to get the drop on us so we won't be prepared when that time comes," Zoey concurred.

"Perfect. Alright, everybody, let's get to work, we got no time to waste," Zayto finished as everyone nodded and began the three days of preparation and training for their greatest challenge yet.


Returning to Jump City and Titans Tower, Teen Race was continuing his training with Robin and Cyborg while Raven and Twoie were finishing up their ritual with Sarah. The Hoenn Battle Frontier Champion was given a new Utility Belt courtesy of the Boy Wonder that had a variety of weapons for him similar to his own along with some new features made specifically for him including the new Ammunition/Power Discs he and Cyborg created for the Top Trainer.

His discs were all color-coded based on their respective abilities when thrown, thus making them easier to distinguish in the heat of battle. His belt had its own grappler, a wand holder, and a host of other items that would allow him to perform different tasks on certain missions.

The pair team were drilling Teen Race hard as they trained and so far, he was able to keep up with them in terms of hand-to-hand combat so now they felt he was ready to wield a new set of weapons for him. Sarah's boyfriend was currently testing out a cornflower-coded disc on a bullseye target, showing that it was coated in a large cocoon of Death Song Amber that served as a makeshift trap for any incoming ambushers hoping to get the drop on him.

"Damn, Robin, Cyborg! These Power Discs rock!" Race gasped, seeing the results.

"You'll have to thank your girlfriend for that one," Robin chuckled.

Teen Race paled as he then gulped while Robin and Cyborg smirked upon seeing his reaction, both of them trying to stiffle a couple of sniggers; he hadn't expected the pair to learn about his and Sarah's relationship and he had to guess that after they told her about it, Twoie slipped it over to the Teen Titans. Before he could be humiliated further let alone retort, Sarah, Raven, and Twoie came outside to check on the boys after finishing the ritual. It wasn't long before Teen Race finally took notice of his girlfirend in her new look, her angel cloak flowing in the gentle sea breeze and her white tips on her hair ends shown clearly in the sun's rays.

The Battle Frontier Champion didn't know what to think as he blushed hard; he had never seen a more beautiful girl in his eyes than Sarah, especially with her new cloak and white hair tips.

"So, who's your Best Man and when's the wedding?" Cyborg sniggered, causing Teen Race to choke and comically fall as the robotic Teen Titan lost himself in his laughter when he saw how flustered Teen Race became and even Robin couldn't help himself as he joined in while Raven just cracked a knowing, cheeky smile.

Soon, Robin and Cyborg managed to calm themselves down from their fit of laughter and saw Raven, Twoie, and Sarah, taking note of Sarah's new look, "So, the ritual worked out okay?"

"It was. And, we finally finished the antidote as well as the counterspells for the Unforgivable Curses," Teen Titan Raven nodded, still softly smiling.

Just then, Beast Boy and Starfire (Teen Titans) joined the fray, having managed to come up with a battle plan for their part in the upcoming war but the two of them were frowning as they had run into a snag.

"Starfire, Beast Boy, how's the attack plan coming?" Robin questioned.

"Not fast as we had hoped, I'm afraid," Starfire sighed sadly.

"Yeah, dudes, we just got a note from Sarah's godfather, saying those two baddies we and Sarah are fighting are making robotic combat machines so they can beef up their armada again without warning," Beast Boy added, disgruntled as he handed Robin and Cyborg a piece of paper that was Tsukumaro's note he and Starfire got.

"The note even said that once their armada's back at full strength, they'll plan to attack Sarah and her family and friends sooner than later after they discovered that three of the Seven Sins were finally beaten," Robin grunted, his eyes narrowing from what Tsukumaro warned everyone gathered about.

"That means if those so-called Combat Machines are put out and are on the loose once they attack Alola, given that your Vikings friends had no idea of such technology at our enemies' disposal, we're going to have a lot of dead Vikings and dragons walking after they made up for the loss in numbers and power the Seven Sins just went through," Cyborg noted grimly.

"We have to figure out how to fight fire and fire with those guys. If possible, we should get in contact with the other Titans from across the globe," Raven (Teen Titan) suggested.

"As long as there aren't any more criminals on their ends causing trouble for them already as The Brain and his posse had with you guys, we'll keep that in mind but rule that out, for now," Twoie countered.

"But, where are we gonna find that kind of power or army that can give us a leg-up in this war and against Dr. Zin and Team Eclipse's Combat Machines?" Robin pondered, trying to think of ideas.

"It's a good think I still have my Dragon Heart Scepter and if anything, I finally got the story about it along with some powerful ancient allies that could turn the tide for us," Sarah replied, holding her scepter.

"Dude, I'm sorry, what?" Beast Boy puzzled, raising a skeptical eyebrow.

"What is it that you are trying to say, Princess?" Starfire inquired, not understanding the little princess' thinking as well.

"Island Girl, what are you talking about?" Teen Race questioned.

"Just watch," the princess replied, smirking as she apparated everyone including Twoie, Teen Race, and the Titans to Dragonstone Island beyond the Barbaric Archipelago.

When they arrived at Dragonstone, the small party looked around at the undisturbed Grass Meadows and the high cliffs in the distance before them. The entire island and its two continents looked to be completely uninhabited following the deaths of Queen Athi and King Blizzard as well as the departure of the Six Spirits of Harmony and their subjects. The island, indeed, never looked so beautiful in the eyes of humans and it seemed to have been virtually untouched for years and it left Twoie, the Teen Titans, and Teen Race completely speechless.

"Whoa..." Raven quietly gawked, her eyes wide as saucer plates.

"Dudes, are you getting this?" Beast Boy added, completely stunned as he rubbed his eyes and confirmed that he wasn't dreaming.

Cyborg gave an impressed whistle as he took in the sight of the entire island before them in all its uninhabited and spotless human-free beauty, "Man, Mother Nature sure has her work cut out for her with this one, does she?"

"It's so beautiful!" Starfire (Teen Titan) chirped with glee.

"I've never seen anything like this," Robin admitted in awe and fascination as well before he turned to Sarah. "Sarah, how did you know such a place existed anywhere in the world?"

"That's what I want to know, what's all this about?" Teen Race nodded, turning to his girlfriend for answers.

Sarah spoke about what she and her family beared witness to while she was doing her ritual with Raven and Twoie and found herself with her entire family in the Bardo along with their meeting Queen Athi and King Blizzard before being told about the origins of the Dragon Heart Scepter, the Six Spirits, and their former kingdom. By the time she got the full story down, the Teen Titans, Teen Race, and Twoie were left in utter shock.

Starfire gasped while a stunned Raven muttered, "No..."

"Aww, man! I never thought Vikings would actually be that smart instead of being crazy strong powerhouses!" Beast Boy fumed, flabbergasted as well but over part of the story involving the Vikings as they originally were.

"So, let me get this straight; your scepter was created by these two guys who are the supposed last king and queen of the Barbaric Archipelago who first created this Dragonstone Kingdom place once filled with species of ancient dragons such as western dragons including our buddies until the kingdom fell apart in a great battle for it, right, Island Girl?" Race simplified.

"Say what?!" Cyborg added, balking in disbelief.

"And, your scepter and their former subjects have an ancient magic known as Animus Magic that allowed them to enchant almost anything to do what they want such as creating these creatures known as the Six Spirits of Harmony?" Teen Titan Raven added.

Sarah just nodded as she continued, "They told us after telling us the whole story and mentioned after coming back here after that big fight, they've lived in peace for the last 600 years with the Six Spirits ruling over a small portion of their kingdom undisturbed."

"And, how are we supposed to look for these majestic yet secretive Spirits you mentioned and the tribes of the Lost Continent so we can inquire them for their assistance?" Starfire questioned curiously.

"They could be anywhere and we can't just go looking for them willy-nilly with what limited time we have," Robin pointed out.

"You already have, dearie. We've been waiting when word got out about the scepter's return."

Everyone turned to the sound of a soft yet majestic voice from the shadows of the forest before them. There, coming towards the entire group were Athi and Blizzard's creations and closest friends, the Six Spirits of Harmony, looking as though the march of time hadn't had an effect on them as they retained their looks from a millennium ago.

"Whoa!"

"Dude!"

"No way...!" Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Teen Titan Raven gasped in surprise.

But, the Six Spirits weren't the only ones who were waiting for them; alongside them were seven female dragons that were supposedly appointed by them to be the seven queens of the Lost Continent and the Distant Kingdom and their respective dragon species. There was the ruler of the RainWings: Queen Glory; the SkyWings ruler: Queen Ruby; the leader of the SandWings, Queen Thorn; the queen of the SeaWings: Queen Coral; the IceWings' mistress: Queen Snowfall; the eldest of the LeafWings: Queen Sequoia; and, finally, the queen of the HiveWings and SilkWings: Queen Jewel.

"Those are the dragons the princess just told us about, too!" Starfire gawked, seeing the queens with the Six Spirits.

"Who are you?" Race bluntly inquired, getting close to his nervous girlfriend as he started to become suspicious of the queens should they have their eyes on her.

"Heh, I suppose it is natural you'd all feel that way. As wide as the world is, it's not every day you'd come across seven dragons from every species you see here let alone seven queens with the Six Spirits," Sequoia pacified gently, feeling amused by the group's reactions. "My sisters and I are known as the Seven Queens belonging to each of the dragon tribes living in the Distant Kingdom and Lost Continent. Do not fear, we're not your enemies."

"And, you... Y-You're the Six Spirits, aren't you?" Sarah breathed.

"Yes... And, you're the human chosen by the scepter; for some time ever since returning home, we waited many a year and survived this long for the successors of our long-departed friends, hoping to rekindle the hope we lost for the Barbaric Archipelago following the war against the accursed Nameless God and his blasted Spirits of Disharmony," Sol confirmed.

"Since you, Sarah Tomoe, are chosen by our masters' treasure, your wish is our command," Ashia added as she and her fellow spirits bowed to Sarah.

"Now that you hold the Dragon Heart Scepter in your possession and our masters have entrusted their power and will onto you, we shall await your orders if you need our help and our own power," Jhayli concluded, the Seven Queens also bowing in respect to their home's new ruler and human leader.

"Yes, there is one thing I want you guys to help me with," Sarah bowed back, accepting their help. "There's a mad doctor, Dr. Zin, and a Pokemon syndicate belonging to my former uncle, Lothor, and they have an armada of genetically engineered Pokemon, dragons, and even, dinosaurs to attack my home, the Alola Region, in three days' time. And, by all accounts, we need your help."

"Indeed, your story has already reached the far corners of the world including our own. And, we've also heard that they've created these contraptions called Combat Machines, that will leave everything and everyone in their path completely vulnerable to full-scale war. They seemed sophisticated enough but with your victories over them, your foes were forced to resort to desperate measures, dumbing down to a reckless full throttle assault, correct?" Sol recalled grimly, sticking true to his position as the wisest of the Six Spirits.

"Yep, that's about it."

"But, you'll be glad to know that we've taken the liberty to rescue the captive Pokemon and dinosaurs in your enemies' grasp and retrieved our subjects in the process after sensing you needed our help," Ashia chirped to the princess.

"What's more, we've managed to capture the nefarious equipment they used to create them in the first place," Nuraiah put in.

"Wait, wait, hold up! You did that, all of that from under our noses?" Twoie spluttered in disbelief.

"They had the gall to kidnap our subjects AND their ancestors so now it's personal," Rajhu informed as their rescues joined them, understandably wary as they saw the Teen Titans, the humans, and Twoie although the dragons instead showed relief and happiness in seeing their princess.

Out of the rescues the Spirits managed to take and retrieve from the villains, there were 23 individual dinosaur species from the Jurassic Park/World franchise with five hundred dinosaurs in all as there were twenty of each which include the following:

- Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, and Atrociraptors

- Baryonyx, Brachiosaurus, Carnotaurus, Deinonychus, and Dreadnoughtus

- Gigantosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Nasutoceratops, Parasaurolophus, and Pyroraptor

- Refrenantem (Genetically Modified Dilophosaurus), Sinoceratops, Spinosaurus, and Spinoraptor (Spinosaurus/Velociraptor Hybrid)

- Stegosaurus, Stygimoloch, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Velociraptor

There were even a total of fifteen Cenezoic creatures with them consisting of five Smilodons and a pack of ten Game of Thrones Dire Wolves (all of them standing only as tall as a small horse with grey-black fur, a lighter underbody (sometimes having reddish tints compared to the usual white and black)).

All of them were looking suspiciously and fearfully at the newcomers to their peaceful abodes as they were afraid they would go through a repeated ordeal such as the one they went through with Dr. Zin and Team Eclipse, keeping close to the Seven Queens and the Six Spirits. But, the dragons, seeing their late royals' human successor (the other two not with her being Shadow and Winter) standing before them, still continued to give relieved and happy reactions to their savior and her allies and boyfriend.

None of the Teen Titans knew what to say and neither did Twoie, the princess, and Teen Race. That was until the latter pair started to glow, blinking and shining in different colors as the Elemental Stones they each held in their Dino Bracers reacted (Sarah - Yellow, Red, Green; Teen Race - Blue, Arctic/Light Blue, Violet).

"Friends, look! Something strange is happening to the princess and her boyfriend!" Starfire gasped, being the first to notice this.

"What's going on?" Cyborg questioned, confused.

The glows from the Elemental Stones lasted for a couple more seconds before they finally died down and everybody can see easily again. Then, as if that wasn't crazy enough, while the dinosaurs all watched the two humans and their allies with wary expressions on their faces still, one of the younger dinosaurs and its parental figure looked at each other and nodded, deciding to take the first step and see if they really were planning to do them and their fellow dinos harm. The other dinosaurs roared and squeaked in protest to this but the youngling and its parent didn't listen as they continued to get closer and closer until they were face to face with the pair.

The parental figure eyed Teen Race and Sarah before it proceeded to sniff at them, trying to get a sense as to what they are as humans compared to the likes of Zin and Team Eclipse. The silence was amazing and the atmosphere was tense as everyone looked on, wondering what the dinosaur and its youngling would say, the latter tilting its head curiously at the two before cutely circling around to get a good look before it returned full circle to its parent.

Nobody breathed a word to break the awkward yet tense silence holding them. That was until...

"...You," the parental dinosaur inquired, starting to speak to the princess and her boyfriend with a raised eyebrow. "You two seem, different, from the monsters who tortured us, shall we say..."

Sarah and Teen Race blinked in surprise as they looked at one another for their next move, wondering what they should say in response. They were curious as to what the Elemental Stones did to make the dinosaur talk to them but they couldn't dwell on that now. The Hoenn BF Champion nodded his head to encourage the little princess to approach the small family of two and the other dinosaurs, her slow but careful approach causing the rest of the dinosaurs to take a weary step or two back while the small dino family stayed.

"Who are you?" asked the parent.

"...It's okay, my boyfriend and I won't hurt you," Sarah began.

"Your, boyfriend?"

"He boyfriend?" the parent and its child inquired, their attention driven towards Teen Race as he slowly stepped forward, making the other dinosaurs shuffle back warily as they saw him.

"Yes, whatever it is you have about us, it's alright. Island Girl and I know what you went through," Teen Race nodded in confirmation, starting to stretch his right hand and holding it out for the pair to sniff out.

The pair tilted their heads at his hand curiously and looked at each other in a short mental debate but Teen Race just smiled gently as he said, "It's alright, we're your friends..."

The small two-dinosaur family didn't know what to think when they saw that gentle smile and saw no malicious thoughts in his eyes and they soon saw the same thing in the princess' eyes as she stretched out her own right hand to them and gave a gentle smile as well. The Teen Titans and Twoie watched on in awe and admiration as they saw the pair interacting with the dinosaur family as best they could, a gentle wind starting to blow as it then began to sing to the dinosaurs. It seemed as though something in their unbroken and beating hearts, filled with hatred, fear, and a lack of trust in humans, had started to stir despite what they felt as their better judgment as the wind started to sing.

Listen with your heart, you will understand~

The dinosaur family of two started to creep closer to the two humans and were coming into contact with their hands as they purred after a few seconds, prompting Teen Race and Sarah to start petting and gently caressing them. The other dinosaurs were speechless and didn't know what to think but out of all of them, one particular group amongst the rest gingerly approached the youthful couple and the two-dinosaur family in curiosity, the growing protests of the other dinosaurs being ignored as they got closer.

Let it break upon you like a wave upon the sand~

"Who are you?" asked the parent dinosaur again, now fully at ease with Teen Race and Sarah.

Listen with your heart, you will understand~

"...Sarah."

"...Race."

The parent dinosaur and its child blinked in surprise as their jaws dropped as the dinosaur group from prior finally joined them, the child then asking, "You names?"

"My name's Sarah, Princess Sarah Tomoe..."

"Race, Race Konami..."

The dinosaurs that stood back amidst their suspicions, fears, and mistrust of the humans and their allies looked at each other and between them in disbelief and shock, seeing that they are really nothing like Dr. Zin, Lothor, and Team Eclipse.

"...I'm Topsy Thicknose."

"...Me Billy to Daddy Thicky," the parent and child replied in kind, revealing themselves to be an old and pale-yellow male Triceratops with a golden yellow baby triceratops at no more than two years old.

It was at that moment that the dinosaur pack that stepped up to the pair prior soon made themselves known;

- A male Pyroraptor named Hunter, standing at 5"57' in height while being 8 ft long with a red and grey body, the grey parts fanning onto the outer edges of his wings, body, and tail fin amidst his grey scales. He had ridges on his snout, a pair of slit eyes, and a red feather crest on the back of his head; the clincher on his end was that he was mostly feathered save for his face, underbelly, and the soles on his feet had webbing to help him in swimming

- A male Therizinosaurs named Ripper, who stood 10 meters long and 5 meters high, had a grey body with a hint of a red, black, and blue mix above his eyes. The surprising thing about him was that like Master Swoop, he was blind as he had a white layer over his eyes similar to cataracts so he had to be guided by one of his fellow dinosaurs (which, in this case, included Hunter as he held onto him)

- A female Giganotosaurus named Tsar, who was 5.5 meters high and 15.5 meters long, had a dark brown body with black markings on her head that turned into rough strips running down her back

- And, finally, there were four Atrocirator siblings that were muzzled (three males (Panthera, Red, Tiger) and a female (Ghost)), all standing together at 2 meters in height and reaching almost 4 meters in length, their names denoted by their unique colorations and skin patterns:

Panthera was predominantly orange and had a cream underbelly and brown stripes running down from the tip of his head to his waist.

Ghost is more of a sickly pale yellow with a boxy head, a sickle claw on his feet, and a long tail that had stripes running down her back.

Red was shown as a copper orange and had tan strips, all of which being chaotically spread across his body.

Finally, Tiger's coloration was plain orange but he had a white underbelly, white arms, and a white lower jaw with black stripes jotted from his head to his tail along with black fingers and black legs to complete, his colors all giving him what is a prehistoric tiger-like appearance.

The Atrociraptors all make clicking sounds and scared squeaks as they approached the couple gingerly, their nerves and fears over their previous treatment from their former captors getting to them. They were just as hesitant of trusting humans as their fellow dinosaurs were unlike Topsy and Billy until they suddenly got a whiff of a familiar scent through whatever gaps are left from their muzzles on Sarah as they crawled closer to her. They blinked in surprise as they discovered that the scent on her actually belonged to their prehistoric real-world counterparts, the velociraptor scent belonging to the baby raptors and Blue.

"Shh... It's okay, I won't hurt you," Sarah cooed soothingly, kneeling down to Panthera as he joined her while she carefully reached out to his muzzle (knowing he could snap his jaws if threatened) and whispered, "Relashio..."

The muzzle soon broke off and fell onto the ground below them, freeing Panthera's mouth and surprising the Atrociraptor siblings as they only got a friendly nod from the little princess. The tiger-colored Atrociraptor baby blinked before he then purred and waddled closer to her, nudging her chest in gratitude and showing that she earned his trust, prompting the princess to gently pet him.

The three other Atrociraptors, seeing how the eldest of them now trusted his human savior after he was freed from his muzzle, looked at each other and nodded before they joined Race, allowing him to use Relashio to free them from their own muzzles and earn their trust in the process. The other dinosaurs soon relaxed and slowly phased off their wary faces as they could see that Sarah and Race can be trusted and that there are good humans such as them in the world unlike bad people like Team Eclipse and Dr. Zin.

"Hmm, you know, something tells me that glow they were covered in wasn't just for show," an impressed Cyborg puzzled, scratching his chin.

"But, somehow, they got the dinosaurs' trust and attention," Starfire told him.

"Yeah, did you see that? Those dinos waddled up to them and they were able to make friends with them easily," Beast Boy added.

"But, what could've caused them to understand what they're saying when those two came up to them?" Teen Titan Raven pondered.

"I don't know," Robin admitted.

"I know; what you just saw earlier came from our Elemental Stones from a computer game that a friend of ours made for and entrusted to us who lived in Claw Town," Sarah began, she and Race pulling out their stones and showing them to the Teen Titans. "These stones were meant to be a power-up in a game she created and are what we came across along with some Move Cards, our Dino Bracers, and Dino Gadgets that went with them."

"During the time you guys and your family and friends first met the Jungle Fury Rangers and R.J.'s old friend, Ming Wu?" Twoie clarified, getting a nod from the princess.

"What exactly do those stones of yours do?" Robin inquired. "From what Ming Wu explained to us while we were going through Cyberspace and beating the game, these things contained spirits of all of the known dinosaurs that were said to have roamed the earth eons ago. This allows us to hear their thoughts and process them through the stones, also allowing us to summon them from their Dinosaur Cards when needed," Race explained.

"Real earthling dinosaurs from an age since past from long ago?!"

"Dude! That is so whacked!"

"No...!"

"Aw, man! You guys have actual prehistoric power on ya?" Starfire, Beast Boy, Teen Titan Raven, and Cyborg gawked in further shock and disbelief.

"Yeah... I hope you won't mind giving us a demonstration," Robin put in, sharing his team's bewilderment.

"Oh, yes! Please, Princess, show us these giant-sized friends from an era before these modern things took over the planet!" cheered Starfire, now eager to see real dinosaurs.

Teen Race looked to his girlfriend and asked, "Should we?"

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to show them," Sarah replied, with a knowing nod.

Their decision being unanimous, the pair prepared their Dino Bracers as they brought out all of their Dino Cards from their Dino Gadgets before they activated them, summoning their dinosaurs to show to the Teen Titans and the prehistoric rescues and their saviors. Soon, Chomp, Munch, Terry, Arcane, Meg, Nessie, Guru, Mia, Fuki, and Race's Stegosaurus and Ecuoplocephalus, Quake and Hanna, were summoned yet they were in their Battle Modes, thinking that they were being brought out to fight. The dinosaur rescues were shocked to see other dinosaurs just like them but in the hands of humans as they discovered that the source of the scents they sniffed out from Teen Race and Sarah was them in addition to the other dinos still with the princess' family. The Teen Titans couldn't hold back their shock and surprise as they stared at the summoned dinosaurs, goggle-eyed as they looked them over.

"Oh, how gloriously amazing!"

"Whoa...!"

"Ok, am I the only one who's freaking out right now?"

"Dude, this is totally sweet! Real live dinosaurs from playing cards that you can bring to life with a swap!"

"Okay, now things are getting trippy," the Teen Titans gasped, total shock being written on their faces after seeing their friends' dinosaurs out in the open, the prehistoric creatures looking around and purring in confusion.

Then, they felt the presence of the wild dinosaur rescues before them and they turned to find the entire lot including Hunter, Ripper, Tsar, Panthera and his siblings, and Billy and Topsy staring in surprise and awe at their counterparts. Chomp, Quake, Paris, and Terry tilted their heads curiously at them before they took note of their fellow species and walked on over, growling gently and reassuringly at the completely stunned rescues before they nuzzled them in greeting. Amazingly, they felt more comfortable now that they have more dinosaurs with the entire group and even the Six Spirits couldn't help but look on, impressed by what they're seeing.

"Guess we got their trust issues taken care of," Sarah remarked, seeing how well the wild dinosaur rescues were now doing with their new friends.

Teen Race couldn't help but sigh with a smile as he agreed, "Looks like we have new herd mates and pack mates for Terry, Quake, Chomp, and Paris."

"Hey, Beast Boy, you wanted to see what our babies can do when they were being attacked, do you?" the princess then asked Beast Boy, who nodded vigorously as he failed to contain his growing excitement while his eyes twinkled.

Sharing another unanimous nod, she and Teen Race then pulled out their attack cards and chose what they think is best to demonstrate their dinosaurs' true power in Battle Mode, taking note of the scars present on the dinosaur, Pokemon, and dragon rescues' bodies that Team Eclispe and Dr. Zin had inflicted on them.

Sarah went first with her Grass Card of choice, Nature's Blessing as she shouted, "Ability, activate! Nature's Blessing!"

Then, slashing the Move Card she had chosen through her Dino Bracer's slash slot, Paris, Mia, and Fuki roared as glowing green leaves started to appear and swirl around them in a non-existant whirlwind. Healing energy from the leaves came out in the form of pixie dust and looking towards the rescues of the Six Spirits, the three dinosaurs roared again as they coated them in that same magic dust, allowing their scars to heal with little effort while their strength slowly returned in full force. The Teen Titans couldn't help but gawk in awe and fascination when they saw Paris, Fuki, and Mia effortlessly heal their fellow dinos and the rescued dragons and Pokemon, effectively erasing the physical abuse given to them.

"The rescues' wounds, they're all gone," Raven blinked, stunned.

"All that magic dust must've healed them, I can't see any sign of their scars on their bodies from my scanners," Cyborg commented.

"Wonderful! Now, all we have to do is get more help so we can take on Team Eclipse and Lothor!" Starfire cheered.

"Hang on a minute, Star. I don't think we're ready yet. Sarah, those dinosaurs are amazing but what other moves can they do?"

"Yeah, do they, like, only know healing moves like this Nature's Blessing?" Robin and Beast Boy inquired.

"Not just that, Beast Boy. Like Pokemon where we come from, these dinos are all connected to specific elements on their species. Take me for example - I have the Lightning, Grass, and Fire Stones, pertaining to the Ceratopsians, Carcharodonsaurids, Hadrosaurids, Iguanodons, and Tyrannosaurids," Sarah explained.

"Same here. However, I have the Wind, Water, and Earth Stones. That means I summon any dinosaur from a larger species variety including the Abelisauridae, Dromaeosauridae, Megalosauridae, Allosauridae, Metriacanthosauridae, Sauropods, Cetiosauridae, Diplodocoidea, Titanosauria and Spinosaurid Theropods, Ankylosaurus, and Stegosaurus," Teen Race added.

"Amazing, I don't know what to tell you, guys. Those stones are most likely the power source and your only means of summoning your dinosaurs from what I can tell but can they only do that?" Cyborg quizzed, impressed.

"We still don't know much about them right now and we're still trying to figure out what they also do," Sarah admitted.

"And, also, this mystery about them also involves that strange Pachycephalosaurus that saved our lives while we were leaving Level 2 in Cyberspace," Race concurred.

"But, what's so strange about that dinosaur you mentioned?"

"See for yourself." With that, Sarah brought out the aforementioned dinosaur's card and summoned it before them, the Pachycephalosaurus roaring before it blinked and looked around curiously before it finally looked at the surprised Teen Titans.

"Dude! Do you see that guy's head? It's glowing!"

"I never knew of a dinosaur or any other creature on this planet during those ancient times having a head that can glow."

"Sarah, Race, how is that dinosaur's head glowing?" Beast Boy, Starfire, and Robin gasped again.

"That's what we don't know but for the most part, he's a powerhouse. And yet, we've chosen not to question it," Teen Race answered. "From what we've seen, he handled himself with Terry and Arcane well when they attacked under the Black Dragons' control while protecting us."

"If I may indulge on those stones of yours, Princess," Sol offered as he joined the pair.

"What's wrong, Sol?" Sarah asked, turning to the wisest of the Six Spirits.

"Those stones you have aren't the only way to summon your dinosaurs; they can also be brought forth when they come into contact with their natural elements such as summoning your friends bound by fire can be achieved via a single flame. As far as I can tell, they allowed you to understand the emotions and language of the dinosaurs which is why you and your friend were able to communicate with them more easily now. If you want to, you can also infuse their power with that of our rescues. But, the Pachycephalosaurus; it's what people describe as a Secret Dinosaur, a dinosaur infused with the Element of Light which makes it the most powerful dinosaur you have and allows it to use moves on its own rather than relying on a master to call them."

"...What?" Sarah blinked in surprise, speechless as Sol gave a confirming nod.

"The Light Element? I guess we can rule out the mystery about that strange dino, then," Teen Race replied, scratching the back of his head.

"But, there's one thing I don't get," Robin mentioned. "How did you all manage to rescue all those dinosaurs, Pokemon, and dragons without Dr. Zin and Team Eclipse finding out?"

"Yeah, judging by how huge their armada once was and given their joining forces, you'd expect them to have airtight security to ward off anybody if they try to go near them and their army," agreed Cyborg.

"We're only seen by those who are pure of heart such as you because you all fought for justice and cared about other people and creatures other than yourselves," Rajhu explained to him.

"Hmph, those fools who dared to defile and abuse those poor darlings didn't know what hit them when we infiltrated their headquarters; what they did take notice of, however, was the fact that they were down a squadron of 1,500 and an entire room's worth of equipment," Nuraiah added with a disgusted huff towards their common enemies.

"That's a load off our minds," Sarah smiled with relief. "But, what did you see while you went undercover in their HQ?"

"About 20,000 Combat Machines in total and as many grunts your Power Ranger and Super Sentai predecessors had faced so as to pilot them all," Ashia reported grimly. "Your 'uncle' and his Doubling Charm from the Wizarding World have allowed them to amass such a fleet to ensure that they'll be able to win the war against you and your family and friends."

"Dudes, that's kinda creepy," Beast Boy gulped.

"This Lothor's black magic has allowed our foes to obtain such an army so as to launch a full-scale war against the Alola Region and the world in three days' time?" Starfire gasped, horrified.

"Aww, man! I thought the Brain and our old enemies that attacked us and the other Teen Titans were bad enough along with Slade before we were through with him but this is just mean!" groaned Cyborg, exasperated.

"At this rate, Lothor, Zin, and Team Eclipse could get the drop on everyone that tries to resist them once they go on the attack," Raven concluded.

"Never fear, Titans. Our subjects have anticipated such a catastrophe just as we had and are gathering and growing in numbers as we speak," Zjhiben reassured knowingly. "Barring our rescues, we and our fellow inhabitants and the resident tribe here managed to retain our Animus Magic. Against the malevolent forces of evil we're fighting, this should give us an edge should things be desperate."

"Whoa, whoa! Hold up!" Sarah gasped at the hippogriff in surprise as she approached him. "There's a resident tribe living here under our noses, too?"

Zjbihen just nodded while Sol confirmed, "Indeed; it has been living here for the last 600 years as far as we know. Ever since we started living in seclusion after the Nameless God and the Spirits of Disharmony were obliviated, we've been graciously welcoming refugees from other tribes who have lost their chiefs and their homes as the years went by."

Just as Sol finished, a male Western Dragon and a female Storm Dragon appeared, walking up to the entire group but with their attention focused on Sarah as they took notice of her. Teen Race and the Teen Titans along with the rescues were flabbergasted and stunned to see two more majestic creatures arriving before them as well as they didn't know what to say.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" the Western Dragon chuckled. "You must be the human successor to Lady Athi and Lord Blizzard, are you, child?"

"Your story has reached far and wide given how much of a role model you are to the little ones," a second voice added, looking to be a 45-year-old woman that had short grey hair and a purple eye patch over her right eye (indicating that she lost her right eye as Zenna and Stryka had).

Looking at the dragons before them, they discovered that the coloration of the Western Dragon matched that of Drogon but he had a length of 500 ft coupled with a huge 800 ft wingspan.

The female Storm Dragon, on the other hand, was more of Sol's size and length but with dark blue scales, a light underside, blue eyes, and a much more slender physique. A mane of white hair flowed on her neck, back, and tail while having dark blue horns, brown claws on her paws, and dark blue spikes on her head and back while blue lightning-shaped patterns aligned with the membranes of her wings and her face coming out with more of a beak-shaped end like a bird.

The woman jumped off the Storm Dragon's back, revealing herself to be wearing a medium purple and long-sleeved tunic tucked into similarly-colored leggings along with a red violet wraparound. She even carried a short staff that had a stylized purple dragon on one end, the object and her outfit giving her something of an adventurous yet regal presence surrounding her.

"Wow..." Raven gawked quietly.

"Who are you?" Twoie added, just as stunned.

"I am Balerion. This right here is my mate, Stormcloud, and her rider: Marena - leader of the Dragon Clan and my Lord and Lady's most trusted royal advisor and close friend," the Western Dragon, Balerion, introduced, directing to himself, his mate, and her rider. "Since the passing of our late friends, we've been entrusted to look after the Ancient Dragons and the refugees from the other tribes living with them as per their last wishes for all of us to live on in their memory and name."

Marena, Stormcloud's rider, approached Sarah and gives her a scrutinizing look as she looked her over which made the little princess cringe a little despite trying to not show her discomfort. After a tense minute of examining her, the female advisor made her decision, "Hmm... Interesting, you may be young for a princess but you remind me so much of my old friends."

Sarah gulped before she gave a small smile in response, "Her kindness kinda rubbed off on me and it's the same with my mom..."

"On the contrary, my old friend was an animal magnet, especially with dragons. Any dragon she helped in its time of need, they'll just follow her around like a little puppy," Manera bantered, chuckling.

"...Wh-HEY!" Sarah pouted cutely, instantly recalling her boyfriend's quip about him being a "Pokemon magnet".

"We've heard that you're planning to go against your enemies in a war in your home region. We graciously accept your offer to fight alongside you and leave you with my old friends' secrets left behind," Manera went on.

Balerion and Stormcloud gave each other a glance and a nod before they looked back at the princess before they nodded to her, Balerion speaking on their behalf, "Just by looking at you and seeing how much you've grown as a young woman in your own right through the love you have for your family and friends, I can tell you express and exhibit the same ideals our old friends preached years ago. For that, we'll indeed lend you our assistance to end the tyranny of Team Eclipse and your evil uncle, Dragon Princess."

"...Balerion, Stormcloud, thank you," Sarah breathed, speechless yet grateful while bowing back to the Teen Titans and Twoie couldn't help but smile in admiration and relief from the additional help they, Teen Race, and Sarah had gotten in the upcoming war against Team Eclipse but knowing that they could still bring in some assistance of their own to give their friends a leg-up, Robin and Cyborg looked to each other and exchanged knowing nods while the latter pulled up his communicator. Back-up, Teen Titans style, would be coming their way to Alola in due time.


Meanwhile, at Pine Ridge, Lillie was practicing swordsmanship with Zayto and Casey over on Dinohedge while Gladion watched from afar with the other Dino Fury Rangers and Solon as he and his Pokemon assisted Snowy in learning Dark Pulse. Theo was also with the trio training as he gave the Vulpix Ranger additional pointers on how to better handle a weapon like a sword. After some time practicing forms and basic strikes, Zayto and Casey decided to have her spar with them, all the while they and Theo gave her hints as to improve her swordplay and defend herself with her new Chromafury Saber.

"Excellent work, Lillie! Tight form and nice strong swings, you're a fast learner, really," Zayto praised when they decided to take a break.

"You must be quite the student in your friends' school if you were able to learn how to use a sword like that saber so quickly," Casey agreed, impressed.

Lillie just giggled modestly, feeling pleased with herself about her training with Zayto and Casey. With Snowy, she was drilled by Umbreon as she first taught her the basics on how to use Dark Pulse, gathering dark energy within her mouth. Of course, given that she's younger than her evolved Dark Type sister and an Ice Type, learning a Dark Type attack was not an easy feat. The results of her early training showed only a small sphere of dark energy brewing in her mouth before it immediately dispersed from her lack of concentration and not building up enough energy within her to maintain it.

"Vul..." Snowy whimpered, feeling discouraged from her failure while Umbreon gave her a comforting nuzzle.

"Snowy, it's alright. Umbreon and I know where you're getting at, even we were beginners when we, Lycanroc, and Silvally were learning new attacks once," Gladion smiled softly, coming towards Snowy and giving her a gently rub.

Snowy looked to her trainer's brother and gave a small smile, knowing where he was getting at but it didn't last long as she felt something from nearby while her ears pricked up and went over to some nearby bushes. "Vul?"

"Snowy, what have you got, girl?" Gladion asked curiously, he and his Pokemon following her as she entered the bushes and gasped in surprise.

Pushing the bushes aside to get a good look at her, Gladion, Umbreon, Silvally, and Lycanroc were surprised to discover what looked like a male Noivern that was semi-conscious with a badly-bruised right wing.

"A Noivern..." Gladion breathed, seeing the Dragon/Flying Pokemon groaning as it tried to stay awake but losing as it nearly became unconscious from what had given it a terrible beating.

Snowy, Gladion, and his Pokemon all carefully approached the wounded Pokemon, looking at the wound it had gotten despite not knowing the cause behind it. "Umbreon, it's still alive but its right wing was badly bruised. You think you can gently lift it onto Silvally's back with Psychic?"

"Umbre," nodded the Moonlight Pokemon, carefully using Psychic to levitate the large Pokemon onto Silvally's back. "Let's get him to the base, I'm sure Lillie and the others will want to see this, too."

Upon returning to the Dino Fury Team's base and the group's reuniting with the others, Solon had the wounded Sound Wave Pokemon placed inside the medical bay while she and Lillie sprayed some potion on its injured wing before wrapping fresh bandages so that it won't be infected. At first, when it found itself inside the bay after finally waking up, Noivern was a little antsy to be in an unfamiliar setting and to see a human and a cybernetic dinosaur tending to it until it realized they were helping it out of kindness and decided to relax and trust them.

While they were tending to the draconic Pokemon's wounds, Gladion scanned it with his Pokedex as he stood by and watched, "Noivern, the Sound Wave Pokemon and the evolved form of Noibat. A Dragon and Flying Type, the ultrasonic soundwaves it emits from its ears will reduce large boulders to pebbles. When hunting for prey at night, it swoops out of the dark to attack."

"There you are, little one. Luckily, we found that it's only a surface wound. None of your muscles or nerves were touched," Solon smiled gently.

"As long as you rest up and don't stress your wing too much, you'll be flying again in no time," added Lillie kindly, getting a gentle growl of appreciation from the Sound Wave Pokemon.

"Do you think Noivern was blasted down by something by the time you, Snowy, and your Pokemon found him, Gladion?" Zayto inquired.

"I think so," Gladion confirmed.

"It's highly likely given its minor scratches and the damage present on its right wing," Nate concurred.

"But, what I want to know is why? And, what brought it down when it's a powerful Pokemon in its own right?" Javi put in.

"A poacher or hunter, perhaps. Sarah's always hated those creeps since they wanted them for their own gain or profit," Steel frowned.

"Noi...?" Everyone turned to find Noivern trying to get out of bed while minding its right wing.

"Noivern!" Gladion gasped as he rushed over to the Sound Wave Pokemon and started to support him. "Noivern, don't move. Your wing's still healing after Solon and my sister helped you, you can't get out of bed right now."

"Noi, Noivern..." Noivern cooed, looking at its savior before it managed to sit up on its bed with his help before it nuzzled him in appreciation for saving it.

"How interesting..." Aiyon remarked.

"He likes Gladion but what's it trying to do?" Amelia pondered.

"I think it wants to show him something, something that only he can be trusted with," Ollie deducted thoughtfully, getting a knowing nod from Noivern bfeore it then looked intensely at its savior.

"You want to show me something?" Gladion asked, getting what Noivern was telling him as it nodded again. "Alright, I'll go with you. But, just be careful with that wing of yours as you lead me to what you want to show me."

"Gladion, wait! I'm going with you," Lillie replied, determined.

"Vul, Vulpix!" Snowy begged, not wanting her adoptive mother to leave her as she nuzzled her.

Lillie just smiled as she lovingly carressed her partner, "Don't worry, Snowy, I'll be fine. Altaria will be with me along with Silvally and Lycanroc so just focus on training with Umbreon for me, okay?"

"Pix..." nodded Snowy reluctantly as she returned to her training with Umbreon.


Once outside, Lillie and Gladion along with Silvally, Lycanroc, and Altaria were being directed by Noivern as he gingerly walked along while keeping his right wing in check to a small clearing.

"Noivern, what is this?" Gladion pondered quietly as he looked to the Dragon/Flying Type in confusion. "What have you brought us here for?"

The nearby bushes rustled as soon as he asked prompting Silvally and Lycanroc to growl at whatever inside until... A male Zoroark emerged in full view to meet the small group before it.

Gladion and Lillie gasped in stunned awe, recognizing the Zoroark before them as Silvally, Lycanroc, and Altaria prepared to defend them (thinking the Zoroark was a threat) while Noivern looked indifferent to the intruder. The siblings continued to look in shock at the Dark Type while the Pokemon in question didn't make any sudden and hostile movements, silently staring back at the two and leaving Altaria, Lycanroc, and Silvally in confusion while they kept their guard up.

"Gladion, that Pokemon. Is that...?" Lillie breathed.

"It is! But, i-it couldn't be...!" Gladion replied, he and his sister recalling Hala's words about his previous grand trial he once had with their father, Mohn, and his Zoroark and Lusamine's previous words about its unknown fate following their father's disappearance. "...F-F-Father's Zoroark."

"Father's Zoroark?" Lillie repeated, gingerly approaching their father's old partner.

The male Illusion Pokemon still didn't move as it stared at Lillie, allowing her to come closer to it and gently touch its cheek. The touch from its old trainer's daughter felt warm and was as if he was seeing and feeling its old friend again through Lillie, giving off a gentle purr in the process while she looked it over.

"Zoroark, is that really you? Are you, our father's...?" she began.

Zoroark just nodded before he showed her, Gladion, and their Pokemon via an illusion flashback moments of when their family was whole before Mohn's disappearance during the time when Lillie was only a baby and he had the time of his life playing with his newborn daughter while calling her his little princess, all the while Gladion and Lusamine along with Zoroark smiled warmly at the scene before them.

Lillie had tears in her eyes when the flashback illusion ended and, to confirm to her that he really was her and Gladion's father's former partner, he nuzzled his left cheek against her raised right hand. Just from that, it was clear he was indeed Mohn's Zoroark.

"You, you are our father's Zoroark," Lillie cried happily, her tears finally giving way.

"Ar..." Zoroark cooed gently, gently taking Lillie in for a hug while he continued to nuzzle her.

Gladion and Lillie couldn't put into words how they really felt after making such a discovery thanks to Noivern because of all things, they didn't expect to find their father's old partner ending up all the way to Pine Ridge after his disappearance. But, given the turn of events that led them and their friends to realize that Mohn was still alive according to Hapu when they didn't see him through Tapu Fini's mist, it was clear that fate had other ideas for them.

"We missed you," Lillie continued to sniff before she broke the hug and looked towards him, joy overflowing from her. "Zoroark, listen, Father... He's still here, he's alive! He's not really gone!"

"Zor?" Zoroark gasped in surprise.

Lillie just nodded as she continued, "...Will you help us look for him?"

The Illusion Pokemon stared at his trainer's daughter for a moment before he eventually nodded, wanting nothing more than to be back with his beloved partner after so much time apart. Noivern couldn't help but smile at them, knowing that he had done some good for his supposed friend and the ones he trusted back in his day.

Lillie and Gladion turned to Noivern as the former smiled gratefully at the Sound Wave Pokemon, "Noivern, you knew our father's Zoroark was living here all this time and you've been keeping him company for all these years, didn't you? Thank you..."

Noivern hummed as he nodded with a soft smile while Gladion gently rubbed him, sharing his smile but having one filled with gratitude, "Thank you, Noivern."

"There's one thing I just don't get, however. How did Noivern get his right wing injured?" Lillie thought, now trying to figure out what got Noivern in his predicament before until...

"'Oi! You there, what do you two meddlin' little prats think you're doing?!"

"Houndoom, FIRE!"

"Zoro!" Zoroark gasped as he whipped around and his eyes widened, grabbing Lillie (who yelped in surprise) and dodging an incoming Flamethrower just in time before he dodged again just as a net was fired and it snagged the bush that was behind them.

Without wasting any time, Zoroark quickly regrouped with his friend and family, snarling at the ones who dared to attack them. Noivern tensed as he glared at the source of the disturbance while giving off a slightly fearful growl and remained with Gladion, Lycanroc and Silvally growling as well as they could tell trouble was afoot again before they stood in front of their trainer, his sister, and Noivern alongside Zoroark. There, standing before the four Pokemon and the two humans, was a platoon of Pokemon Hunters having high-tech net guns and a group of Houndoom by their side and they have their eyes trained on Noivern.

"Alright, mates, hand over our Unova and Kalos double bill and we'll let you go as free as a couple of birds," sneered one hunter with a dark smirk.

"Urgh, Pokemon Hunters! I might've guessed," Gladion snarled back in disgust.

"What?! Why should we hand them over, what do you want with them, anyway?" Lillie shouted angrily, realizing that they were the ones who hurt Noivern. "If I have to guess, you're the ones who hurt Noivern before when my brother and our Pokemon found him, didn't you?"

"You got that right, Pretty. In case you've forgotten, we're Pokemon Hunters; first, we catch any rare Pokemon that suits our fancy, then we sell them off to the highest bidders," a second thief snarked devilishly as he readied a star net cage in his right hand.

Lillie and Gladion were livid and glared harder at the hunters as the former spat, "Well, you're not going to get your hands on these Pokemon! One of them is my father's partner and Noivern doesn't want to go with you, not after what you did to him!"

"Give them to us!" a third hunter shouted.

"Forget it!" Gladion barked defiantly.

"You fools! Houndoom, kill them with Thunder Fang!" the lead hunter screamed, allowing his Houndoom to attack a shocked Gladion and Lillie with Thunder Fang.

Zoroark, however, roared furiously as he bloted forward and gave the evil Dark Hound Pokemon a powerful Shadow Claw, making it yelp in pain and sending it crashing to the ground. He roared loudly and defiantly at the Pokemon Hunters who dared to try and assault his family and unbeknownst to them, his roar echoed all across the forest before it reached Dinohedge and the Dino Fury team's base where Snowy heard Zororak as her ears pricked up.

"Vul?" she chirped before a cold feeling of horror hit her as she turned to the direction Zoroark's roar was coming from. "Vulpix!"

"Umbreon?" Umbreon puzzled before Snowy immediately took off without warning, prompting her to chase after the Alolan Fox Pokemon. "Umbre! Bre!"

"Houndoom, make fried chicken out of those brats with Flamethrower! Start with the boy and make it snappy!" the second poacher ordered, his own Houndoom breathing a powerful Flamethrower at Gladion.

As Lycanroc and Silvally were both tied up with the Houndoom belonging to five more poachers and the third poacher, Gladion turned to the Flamethrower and braced himself but Noivern immediately went in front of him along with Altaria and they countered with Dragon Breath. The combined Dragon Type attack immedately clashed with Flamethrower and created a smokescreen, allowing Mohn's Zoroark to use his fellow Pokemon as surprise springboards to get the drop on the Houndoom and knock it back with Night Daze.

By the time Snowy and Umbreon managed to arrive on the scene, they could see their trainers, Noivern, Silvally, Lycanroc, and Zoroark (much to their shock and surprise) already battling the 8-man platoon of Pokemon Hunters and their Houndoom.

But, their attention was drawn to Lillie when the third and lead hunters spotted her and ordered, "Houndoom, use Sludge Bomb attack! Shoot the girl down, now!"

Lillie heard the Houndoom barking as it shot its Sludge Bomb attack without warning and caused her to turn to the Poison Type attack and scream as she braced herself for the attack to hit her.

"Lillie, look out!" Gladion cried in alarm, causing his Pokemon, Zoroark, and Noivern to gasp in shock at the danger Lillie was in.

"VULPIX!" Snowy shouted, immediately rushing over to her despite Umbreon's panicked protests and getting in front of her adoptive mother who gasped, "AH!"

"VUL!" the little Alolan Fox Pokemon barked, taking a deep breath and finally unleashing a full-powered Dark Pulse in her mother's defense, countering and canceling Sludge Bomb before it struck the shocked Houndoom as it wailed in alarm and pain.

"Snowy!" Lillie gasped, seeing her equally-surprised partner finally learn and master Dark Pulse.

"Why, you little blighter!" snapped the lead hunter, shocked that his Pokemon was knocked back by a tiny Alolan Vulpix. "Fire Fang, Houndoom!"

"Not so fast! Snowy, Powder Snow!" Lillie shouted defiantly, pointing at the incoming and recovered Houndoom only to be in for a big surprise.

"Vuuuuuuuuuullllllllll...PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIXXXXX!"

Snowy took a deep breath as she attacked but instead of shooting Powder Snow as intended, her eyes shone a bright blue and a much more powerful blizzard from her body shot forward and froze the lead hunter's Houndoom in a single block of ice before it shattered upon hitting the ground. The new Ice Type attack Snowy had also learned in addition to Dark Pulse resulted in the hunter's Fire/Dark Type Pokemon being knocked out and out of commission, leaving the lead hunter starting to shake in his boots as he quivered and stumbled back.

"W-Was that, really, Powder Snow?" Lillie gasped again.

Gladion gasped in surprise but he soon smiled brightly as he recognized the attack, "Lillie! That wasn't Powder Snow just now, that's Sheer Cold, it's a powerful Ice Type move that very few Pokemon including Snowy can learn!"

"...Sheer Cold? WOW! Snowy, I'm so proud of you! That's just amazing! Not only did you finally learn Dark Pulse, you've also learned how to use Sheer Cold!" cheered Lillie, feeling proud for her Ice Type partner.

"Vulpix!" Snowy cheered, getting a surprised growl from Mohn's Zoroark before he smiled and gave a nod of approval to his trainer's daughter's Pokemon.

Lycanroc, Umbreon, Silvally, and Noivern were left in stunned awe and amazement as well at Snowy being able to learn two new attacks at once with Dark Pulse in the spur of the moment to save Lillie and trading Powder Snow for Sheer Cold to finish off the lead hunter's Houndoom before it can get the drop on the pair again. But, there wasn't much time to celebrate, however, as the other seven hunters and their own Houndoom took note of the loss their leader and his Houndoom took, immediately rushing off to pull off a group attack so they can get their hands on Zoroark and Noivern in one last-ditch assault.

"You'll pay for making a fool out of our leader, runt!" the second hunter snarled.

"Give us the Noivern and Zoroark now or you'll regret ever crossing our path!" the third hunter barked again.

"Like we already don't!" Gladion retorted, Umbreon, Lycanroc, and Silvally joining him as they, Lillie, and Snowy stood defiantly in Zoroark and Noivern's defense.

"It's cruel people and Pokemon such as you and your Houndoom that give Pokemon trainers a bad name and we are going to put a stop to you now on behalf of our best friend!" Lillie agreed determinedly.

As if on cue, Lillie's Icium Z on Mohn's Z-Ring shone brightly, signaling that it was time for her and Snowy to use a Z-Move. Snowy looked back at her trainer with a determined look and an equally determined "Vul!" to tell her that they should end things now to prove to the Pokemon Hunters that they've picked a fight with the wrong people and Pokemon and to themselves that her and Gladion's wish to see their father once again is their will to win.

Looking between her glowing Icium Z and Snowy, the Vulpix Ranger shared her partner's determined look and nodded, knowing what they must do.

"Okay, Snowy, let's end this and make Father and Zoroark proud!" she announced, the two of them preparing to go all out and finally perfect Subzero Slammer after much training and their hearts have fully become one from her and Gladion's greatest wish.

The Pokemon Hunters didn't know what to think as they saw the pair close their eyes, concentrating on their spiritual energy and Z-Power to pull off the Ice Pokemon's signature Z-Move. Then, Snowy and Lillie started to glow as an icy mist was emitted from them before it covered the entire area, the hunters starting to become spooked from the sheer display of power growing from them while Gladion, his Pokemon, Noivern, and Zoroark looked on in surprise and awe as they opened their eyes and began their Z-Move poses.

Crossing her arms, Lillie activated her father's Z-Ring and she and Snowy did the exact same poses they did for their first attempt at Subzero Slammer. It was clear that the training they've gone through to perfect it and join their hearts fully was paying off but the glimmer of hope for her and Gladion to see their father again through Zoroark was the final crucial push they needed to finally master it and the results were beginning to show.

"The quiet snow falling from the skies! Crystals of water, constantly shimmering! Blanketing the world with their frosty Z-Power!" Lillie recited proudly, not wasting a single moment or beat. "Together with my fiery spirit, rise up into the vast sky once again!"

"VUUUUUUUUUUL!" howled Snowy, being fully charged as Lillie transferred her completed Z-Power to her.

"Now, Snowy! Blast them with ***Subzero Slammer***!"

A giant pillar of ice rose from the ground where Snowy was standing as she formed a giant sphere of Ice Type energy, towering her above the now-frightened Hunters and their terrified Houndoom (whom, by now, were all screaming as they wanted the pair to stop and that they give up but to no avail). Gladion and his Pokemon along with Noivern watched in amazement as Lillie and Snowy perfected Subzero Slammer but Zoroark was left in stunned fascination, seeing that like his partner before her, Lillie was able to use a Z-Move herself with her own partner Pokemon.

"VUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLPIIIIIIIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXX!"

With one final proud howl, Snowy fired her Ice Type Z-Power in a giant beam and rained it down on the Pokemon Hunters and their Fire Type Pokemon, icicles spiking out from where she had struck them as they were frozen stiff before it eventually exploded with snowflakes tumbling down. The resulting explosion caused all of the remaining hunters and their Houndoom to fall back down on the ground, all of them unconscious from having taken the full brunt of the Ice Type Z-Move.

The silence that followed was amazing; nobody said a word about what just happened for several seconds so as to let the victory sink in until...

"Vulpix!" Snowy finally cheered, realizing that she and Lillie had finally mastered Subzero Slammer before running back to her now-ecstatic trainer.

"YEAH! We did it, Snowy! We've finally mastered Subzero Slammer!" Lillie cried with a hearty laugh as she hugged her and Snowy nuzzled her back.

"You did it, Lillie," Gladion said softly with a proud smile.

Lycanroc, Silvally, and Umbreon couldn't help but smile proudly as well and even Noivern couldn't help feeling impressed after seeing everything. Mohn's Zoroark, on the other hand, smiled as he silently cried happy tears for his trainer's daughter's success. He knew that if Mohn was here with them right now and saw everything, he would truly be proud of his little princess.

Altaria also chirped happily for her master as she came over to nuzzle them proudly; she had been watching them practice for some time ever since the discovery of the silver deactivated Magearna and the original Magearna along with Mohn's Z-Ring and her master and Snowy's first attempt at using Subzero Slammer and to see them master it now was a treat for her to see.

"Whoa! What happened?"

"Oh, man! What a way for those creeps to go!"

"Now, that's power for ya!"

"It's incredible!"

"I've heard Z-Moves are powerful but that was amazing!"

"And, with a heavy dose of girl power to boot!"

Lillie and Snowy and the rest of their party turned to find the Dino Fury team approaching them and singing their praises on their mastery of their Z-Move. They were surprised to find their team's Power Ranger predecessors coming toward them, especially since they thought nobody would notice their battle against the Pokemon Poachers responsible for hurting Noivern even if they did hear them fighting.

"How did you get here?" asked Lillie, surprised.

"We didn't think anybody would notice us battling these creeps here," Gladion blinked, looking just as surprised as his sister was.

"Solon picked up something from the Ranger Hotline and it found you two and your Pokemon fighting against those Pokemon Poachers so we decided to come in and see if we can help," Ollie explained.

"But, it looks like you got everything under control, especially with that Z-Move of yours," smiled Zayto, looking impressed.

Lillie just giggled modestly as she tried to remain humble about how she and Snowy had pulled off such a personal feat in mastering Subzero Slammer but Snowy took the praise their new friends were giving them in her stride as she howled happily with Altaria joining in with a happy congratulatory crow for the pair. All the while, Gladion, his Pokemon, Noivern, and Zoroark continued to smile proudly at them, knowing that their parents would feel the same way if they could see her now.


After making their way back to the base, Gladion and the boys were watching over Noivern and Mohn's Zoroark (whom the former and Lillie decided to name Bones given they and Mohn haven't thought of a name for him as of yet and to celebrate his return to them) as the Sound Wave Pokemon continued to recover with the Illusion Pokemon beside him to keep him company.

"So, since he's a Dragon/Flying Type just like Altaria, is Noivern as strong as she was?" Aiyon questioned.

"We'll just have to wait and see until his wing's fully healed. He's had a hard day dealing with those poachers just as Lillie and I and the rest of our Pokemon had when they attacked us," Gladion answered, rubbing Noivern as he slept on the medical bed he was resting on.

"And, your father's Zoroark?" Zayto added, looking towards Bones as he rested beside his friend, keeping vigilance over him.

"From what I can find on the Pokedex and from my mother's stories about him, Bones initially knows a move set comprised of Shadow Claw, Night Daze, Swords Dance, and Focus Blast. But, ever since Father went missing and he went off on his own, he must've been training while he was gone and his move set had grown in that time."

"Rangers, Gladion, I just got a call from Sarah's godfather, Tsukumaro, and her other friends. They're waiting for you right now," Solon announced as she approached them.

"Thank you, Solon," Gladion nodded before they went over to the main room where the Solonosaurus hooked them and the rest of their party up to Tsukumaro and Rotom-Dex on the monitor.

"Ms. Lillie, are you alright? I'm glad to see you're all still together," smiled the old advisor.

"How is everything with you guys? Did you find out anything on those Chromafury Sabers and the Power Keys?" Rotom-Dex added.

"Tsukumaro, Rotom! We're doing fine, thanks! How was everyone else?" Lillie smiled brightly.

"We're all doing well and we're coming up with a plan right now to deal with Dr. Zin and Team Eclipse. I don't know what the princess is up to but I'm sure she'll be fine although we do have bad news concerning our current predicament."

"What are you talking about?" asked Ravi, confused.

"What's wrong, Mr. Wong?" Shelby inquired, concerned.

Tsukumaro gave a grim sigh before he continued, "It turns out that from a message we got from a few new friends of ours, we've learned that the new Poke-Mechas were given their upgrades from the shows youngsters such as you have been watching called Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. Looks like Lothor, being the fool that he is, has started taking notes from unorthodox sources to take advantage of anything that could help him in his and his syndicate's conquest to destroy the princess, her family, and us."

"Whoa..." gasped Devon.

"No way," Izzy blinked in surprise.

"Hey, Aiyon, I remember introducing you to those games a few weeks ago while we were at that game store at Pine Ridge when we were still getting you accustomed to human life on Earth, right?" Javi asked the Gold Dino Fury Ranger.

"Yo, you're right! I remember playing those games for hours after I started to get into it and boy, were they deadly," Aiyon realized, snapping his fingers.

"Well, no thanks to Lothor, Dr. Zin, and Team Eclipse, they've been brought over to our world from Cyberspace by means of their high-tech equipment that allowed them to materialize anything in the game world," grumbled Rotom-Dex before he cleared his throat on the good news ready to be delivered. "But, on the plus side, we did find out a little something about Sarah's Dragon Heart Scepter. It was actually involved in a forgotten history involving the Barbaric Archipelago where her Viking friends lived in."

"Really, what did you find out about them?" Lillie asked, now curious about what Rotom was alluding to.

As best as he could, Tsukumaro began to detail everything Queen Athi and King Blizzard explained to him and his entire family concerning the creation of Dragonstone Kingdom, the Ancient Dragon Breeds that once roamed the kingdom as well as the Barbaric Archipelago, the creation of the Six Spirits of Harmony and the Dragon Scepter along with the secrets of Animus Magic, and the tragic downfall of Dragonstone leading to where the Barbaric Archipeligo and its Viking inhabitants stand now. Everyone was left in stunned awe and fascinated silence by the time the old advisor finished his tale and they didn't know what to say let alone think regarding the very history nobody knew of concerning the Barbaric Archipelago and the unknown kingdom until now.

"So, that's it. The Dragon Heart Scepter was a hidden treasure made by the last king and queen of the Barbaric Archipelago," Gladion said thoughtfully.

"And, since she's been entrusted with it, that makes it her family's fifth heirloom," added Lillie, sharing her brother's sentiments. "But, I never thought there'd be more dragons akin to Drogon, Zephyr, and the rest years ago..."

"Well, at least they'll be able to thrive again and they won't be alone anymore now that their previous troubles are over. They've been denied an era of peace and this Nameless God and his soldiers paid the price when they tried to have their way," Zayto reassured.

"And, do you think this Animus Magic you're referring to could be the Hail Mary we need to turn the tide of war against Team Eclipse and Dr. Zin in the next three days?" Solon inquired to Rotom-Dex and Tsukumaro.

"I'm sure of it, Ms. Solon. From what Lord Blizzard and Lady Athi told us, Animus Magic can enchant anything. If my theory is correct, it can very well enchant Zin's Storm Bird Zord or his and Lothor's Combat Machines, thus rendering them harmless or disabling them entirely," Tsukumaro nodded.

"Lothor knows nothing about this powerful form of magic and the only kind he knows was the black magic from the Wizarding World so he'll be helpless against it. Plus, as he didn't do any research into the Six Spirits, and despite the fact that he, Melania, Katzenberg, and Ivanka are still a powerful force even with the loss of Mousey, Hakins, and Wolf, there's a good chance we can end the war against them," Rotom-Dex added in agreement.

"Excellent! That means with that powerful magic in your grasp, you should be able to enchant them to make them extinct for all time. If you wanted to," chuckled Aiyon, getting another one from Zayto as he playfully punched his old friend.

"And, one more thing, my friends; be sure to keep an eye out for them just in case they try to ambush you before then," Tsukumaro warned. "We'll remain on Berk until then to get the Vikings along with Hiccup, Zenna, and their friends to get them in a more...adequate form for the war."

"Pft, come on, old man. You worry too much, I read that Vikings are like, you know, the greatest warriors to ever exist. How much of a problem are the Vikings where you're at going to be?" Ollie smirked before everybody saw Tsukumaro and Rotom-Dex yelp and duck to avoid a misbehaving Hookfang and a panicking Snotlout (the former playing a prank using his Fire Jacket ability on his disrespectful rider).

"Retreat! Retreat! HOOKFANG! Ow, ow, ow, ow! It burns, it burns it burns!" Snotlout cried in pain as an annoyed David came after them.

"Hookfang, Snotlout! Young men, I'm warning you, stop this tomfoolery of yours at once!" he barked in annoyance and frustration as he continued to chase after Snotlout and Hookfang. "You'll have to do this drill again for the next several hours or you'll have no dinner from my wife tonight!"

"...That," Rotom-Dex and Tsukumaro replied, exasperated as they remerged on the monitor.

"Yikes," Izzy gulped.

"Ooh," groaned Amelia worriedly.

"Whoa," replied a surprised Riley.

"Boy, talk about a mad fun house," commented a baffled Theo. "Looks like you fellas got your hands full with those guys."

"I stand corrected," Ollie replied, wincing.

"I hope they're all doing okay," Zoey replied.

"You think they'll do alright before then, Solon?" Lillie asked the Solonosaurus.

"Vikings were never the best type of people to listen to others bossing them or each other around even if they know better, Lillie," Solon emphasized as gently as she could. "Pride, honor, and diligence can easily cloud their behavior and judgment day in and day out."

"Ooh, they sound like nasty pieces of work the way you put it," Casey winced in response.

"Hoo-Hoo, sounds kinda bananas by the looks of it," agreed Smash.

"Agreed. But, save for a select few like Hiccup, Zenna, and Astrid as well as Toothless, Stryka, and Stormfly, the Berkians are no different and even their dragons can act the same way at times. But, it's easier and better to know that they respect their elders so they're giving Master Phant, Master Swoop, and Master Finn their full attention during their lessons with them," Rotom-Dex nodded.

"You need help with Vikings?" Koda inquired.

"No, no, Sir Koda, but thanks for offering. I'm sure we can deal with them but we'll keep you updated on Zin and Team Eclipse's motives should anything change regarding them," Tsukumaro reassured before he turned to Gladion and Lillie. "Sir Zayto, is it? How are Ms. Lillie and Sir Gladion getting along with you all?"

"They're both doing great, Mr. Wong. Lillie's learning fast with her Chromafury Saber," Zayto smiled knowingly as he looked at Gladion and Lillie along with their Pokemon, Noivern, and Bones. "And, Snowy mastered the Dark Type move known as Dark Pulse and she even learned Sheer Cold to save Lillie from Pokemon Poachers. They even mastered the Ice Type Z-Move, Subzero Slammer, to finish the job with them."

Rotom-Dex gasped, "No way! Are you serious?! You two actaully mastered Subzero Slammer, Lillie?!"

"Sure did, thanks, Rotom," Lillie smiled modestly.

"And, that's not all, we also found our father's Zoroark thanks to Noivern," Gladion added, gesturing to Bones who was still keeping Noivern company as he recovered.

"What?! Is that really your father's Zoroark, for real?" Rotom-Dex balked, remembering Hala's story of his previous Grand Trial battle with Mohn and his partner.

"Yeah, that wild Noivern was a traveling partner of his he met some time ago while he was wandering the world after his trainer disappeared," Amelia nodded in confirmation.

"I see... That's good, Ms. Lillie, Sir Gladion; I'm very happy for you two, your mother would be just as ecstatic to know that his Zoroark is alive and well and you'll be looking for your father together now that you have him by your side again," Tsukumaro smiled warmly.

"Thanks, Tsukumaro," Lillie and Gladion thanked.

"Vulpix!" Snowy agreed happily.

"You make sure you all stay out of trouble if Team Eclipse decides to drop in at some point, all right?" Tsukumaro questioned the Power Rangers.

"Will do. We'll continue Lillie's training and make sure we're all ready for the war," Zayto promised.

"Thank you, Zayto, Rangers," Tsukumaro smiled before the call ended.

"Now, what'll we do?" Steel questioned, knowing what they were all thinking.

"Now, we continue to prepare for the incoming war. We and Lillie still need to be ready for when Lothor, Zin, and Team Eclipse will strike again and there's still a lot we need to do to stop them and their plans dead in their tracks," reminded Zenowing, getting a knowing nod from Lillie.

"Then, it's time we start training together. Lillie, are you ready to go again?" Casey asked the Vulpix Ranger.

"Yes," Lillie replied, determined as she took up her saber and got ready to practice again.


Returning to Palm Key, dusk had fallen and Ash and the others were already permitted to be out of bed for dinner despite not being in fighting condition. But, as they and their Pokemon ate in silence, they couldn't help but continue to sulk miserably over the entire situation they found themselves and Sarah in given their unintentional lack of priority. They slacked off because they couldn't get their priorities straight for the umpteenth time and now, Sarah had to pick up the pieces again. Their misery was plain for RJ, Adult Race, Lily, and Dom to see as they couldn't help but worry for Sarah's friends and their partners as they ate at their own table.

"Man, those kids are taking everything that happened to them really hard," Lily mused with great concern as Pyroar (surprisingly, the only one who wasn't sulking in his misery) stood beside her.

Pyroar knew very well about the pain of failure very well as he was once shouldered with the task of having others depending on him back when he used to be the leader of his old pride after his teacher had to step down from his position due to old age. Then, when Scar challenged him for his rightful position, he lost and was forced to live alone as a nomad until he came across the Wela Crown and borrowed it so he can challenge his old enemy for his old position and safeguard his pride and his family, which he managed to do especially with the unknown support of Kiawe and Sarah.

"Rrrr..." he sighed, looking worried for Turtonator and Kiawe as he watched them eat quietly.

"What can we do?" Dom questioned. "They can't stay like this forever, especially since Team Eclipse and Dr. Zin will strike three days from now or earlier if they want."

"Their confidence is shot to pieces because of what went down with them. Building it back up will be the challenging part and it will be mostly up to them if they want to bounce back stronger than ever," R.J. emphasized carefully, getting a knowing nod and hum from Adult Race.

As everyone continued to eat their dinner peacefully despite the currently sullen atmosphere, Pikachu's hearing perked up, the male Kanto Mouse Pokemon sensing something was amiss and he began to grow while his cheeks sparked, catching everyone's attention.

"Pikachu?" Ash asked, confused.

"Ash, something's wrong," Sophocles remarked, also sensing something's wrong.

"Yeah, I have a feeling we're being watched," Kiawe added, looking around cautiously.

Then, without warning, the eight rangers, the gang's Pokemon, and Adult Race were soon greeted by the sight of a small platoon of Combat Machines consisting of an Apex Clawstrider, Tremorusk, Grimhorn, and Slitherfang appearing before them, ready for battle.

"What are those things?" gasped Lana.

"Those are Combat Machines, they're the newly-upgraded fighting robots Mesprit warned us about," Dom snarled, readying his Rhino Morpher as a couple of cackles can be heard, causing the group to gasp in shock.

"It can't be!" gasped Adult Race, seeing Melania, Katzenberg, Ivanka, and Lothor (the former three responsible for the cackling while the leader himself just gave a small dark smile) hovering from their brainwashed Deathgrippers with their Pokemon beside them.

"It's Team Eclipse with their brainwashed dragons!" Mallow cried in alarm, she and the others getting into battle stances.

"What's the matter, children? Don't like fast-track reunions?" Lothor chuckled darkly.

"No, we were doing just fine before you decided to come by and crash the party!" Ash barked as Pikachu growled.

"How did you creeps waddle your way here, anyway? Barging into Dr. Quest and his family's home using your mind-controlled dollies for dragons, I'll bet," Adult Race snarked with disdain.

"Ping-Pong, Ping-Pong! Right on the dot, didn't expect less from a former Intelligence-1 agent such as you, Race Bannon!" laughed Katzenberg. "Our babies will be the latest in our newly-formed plan to ensure that you all and the royal family are done for!"

"As we're sure you're all aware by now, we're planning to use them along with a horde of Pokemon and dinosaurs in the exact same way via an armada to unleash ultimate hell on Alola, finally making you kids and your friends all rue the day that you've decided to take us on," Ivanka added with a sneer.

"No, you're stripping them of their pride with your mad scheme! You're only doing them more harm than good by making them tools for war!" Kiawe barked furiously.

"A small price to pay for what would become our ultimate victory, shall we say. Our new friend, Dr. Zin, has been a big help with these bad boys, and now, with you at your lowest low and the princess having run away like a coward to who-knows-where, she'll be easy pickings once you all die and are finally out of the way," Melania retorted devilishly.

"You stay away from Sarah if you know what's good for you!"

"Leave her out of this!" Lily agreed, readying her Solar Morpher along with R.J. with his Wolf Morpher.

"Lothor! Your and your triplet's battle right now is with all of us!" Adult Race shouted, joining them.

"I'm sure you and the Jungle Fury Rangers will be more of a challenge compared to these kids, Bannon. Zin told us much about you and the Quest Team, thinks of you very highly until you foil his plots, that is," Lothor replied casually, still keeping his dark smile on his face. "They couldn't even move a mountain with how scatter-brained they are and unless they sharpen up in three days' time from now, we'll be gone and you all shall be dead..."

Then, as if to make his point that he was pulling no punches this time with his and Team Eclipse's new initiatives clear, he revealed something he was wearing on his right hand that nobody had yet noticed. Ash and the others gasped in shock as they recognized the brightly-colored stone fixed in the middle of a black fingerless right-hand glove.

"Is that-?"

"It is!"

"A Keystone!"

"He's got Mega Evolution!" Kiawe, Lana, Sophocles, and Ash cried.

"A Keystone!"

"That must mean he's now going to use the power of Mega Evolution for evil!" R.J. and Lily gasped, they and Dom getting themselves close to morphing.

"Where did you get that, Lothor?" Dom demanded.

"That's for us to know and you to find out because it's time to show you what the power of Mega Evolution is like when it's unleashed in its fullest and darkest potential! Darkrai, give our audience a demonstration of your new dark power! MEGA EVOLVE!" Lothor declared, immediately activating his Keystone and beginning the Mega Evolution process he discovered for his partner-in-crime.

Despite having worked together on the dark side, there was indeed a strong bond between Darkrai and Lothor as the beams of light connected between the pair, and as a result, it trigged the process of Mega Evolution for the Nightmare Pokemon. As he Mega Evolved and became more powerful, Darkrai grew bigger as his body gained red highlights that became claws, large curved horns, and his collar resembles an open face while his mane grew thicker and longer as did the fur on his shoulders.

His appearance looked even more horrifying than before once his Mega Evolution was complete and all the heroes could do was reel back while keeping their battle stances despite being a little unnerved by what they saw.

Acting on Lothor's previous orders, Mega Darkrai then proceeded to charge up and launch a more powerful Dark Pulse to show how much Team Eclipse had been improving on their battling as well. The heroes braced themselves for the hit but in a noble sacrifice, Turtonator charged in front of them and tanked the hit with his back and the spikes on it, his back spikes exploding upon contact and sending a blastwave back at the villains as he tried to hold on. While his defense worked until Darkrai stopped, he was completely worn out and he didn't have enough strength to defend against an incoming Apex Clawstrider that ambushed him and knocked him out.

"Turtonator!" Kiawe screamed.

"Dark Mega Evolution, an extension of Mega Evolution when harnessed to its true potential from the Dark Side," Lothor remarked confidently while Melania and Katzenberg cackled again while the Combat Machines roared, trumpeted, or hissed.

"Hmph, just as we expected; you still don't cut the mustard to even become Power Rangers let alone the princess' bodyguards and true Pokemon trainers," scoffed an unimpressed Ivanka. "If this is still the best you kids have to offer, you might as well work better as our workaholics in our future palace as my darling's jacks of all trades."

"Then, why not try us instead?" Lily retorted, she, Dom, and R.J. finally having enough and deciding to morph.

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!"

Morphin back into their alter egos, the remaining three Jungle Fury Rangers got into their battle stances and readied themselves, Lily already changing to her Jungle Master Form and bringing out her Jungle Mace while Dom and R.J. primed their Rhino and Wolf Morphers. Despite not having any superhuman or supernatural powers of his own, Adult Race readied himself as he grabbed a nearby extendable bo staff and joined his friends to defend against their common enemies.

"You fellas got a lot of nerve pulling a stunt like this!" Adult Race barked.

"So, what else is new?" snarked Melania in response.

"The kids may have given up on themselves after everything that happened but we're not going to!" Lily retorted, still holding her Jungle Mace at the ready. "You think they're now weak given how troubled and scatterbrained they were because of their lack of priority and how you're exploiting them and their lack of fighting prowess but you couldn't be any more wrong!"

"They may not be the brightest bulbs on the tree but when pushed to their limits and if you involve their friend, you won't ever be able to match them!"

"They're a lot more than meets the eye when they're pushed in the right direction and that's saying a lot," Dom and R.J. agreed.

"They had no idea what they were truly getting themselves into when they got in on Lusamine's foolish offer to become Power Rangers in collaboration with Grid Battleforce and now that they've proven they're not up to standard with those that once protected the princess from our grasp, they're finished," Lothor scoffed.

"This is why you can never send kids to do an adult's job: they just don't know any better. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, KILL THEM!" Melania barked, signaling two brainwashed Tremotusks to attack as everyone braced themselves (with Kiawe and Pyroar doing their best to shield the downed Turtonator).

"...Electric Charge!"

At that moment, however, Chomp and Munch appeared and they clashed with the Tremortusk pair as they shocked them with their electricity coursing through their bodies, immediately tossing them into the air and sending them back to Team Eclipse. Lothor was stunned while Ivanka, Melania, and Katzenberg gave shocked gasps at the sight of the two dinosaurs defending Adult Race, the three Jungle Fury Rangers, and the gang along with their Pokemon before the latter three were blasted off of their dragons by a blast from a sonic cannon.

"HEY! Who did that?" Melania screamed as a gentle mist rolled in and covered everyone, shielding Chomp and Munch from sight. "Where are you, show yourself!"

Then, the mist finally started to break as Cyborg appeared alongside Chomp and Munch as he stated while prepping his Sonic Cannon again, "Lesson Number One: Never bully anybody weaker than yourselves unless you really want to make trouble for yourself!"

Starfire then flew in and blasted Team Eclipse and their armada with her Star Bolts while Terry, Arcane, Swift, Meg, and Nessie gathered with her as she continued, "The Lesson Two: We heroes never give up on each other or in our goal to save this world from bad guys like you!"

Suddenly, Raven and her demon wolf counterpart emerged from their shadows as they swatted the Combat Machine platoon that was about to attack the heroes and Team Eclipse's Pokemon partners while they and Mia, Fuku, Quake, and Hanna immediately joined the fray and the former declared, "Lesson Three: Your cold hearts of hatred can't extinguish the flames of justice burning in our hearts."

Then, the Pachycephalosaurus (now officially named Rainbow), Balerion, Stormcloud, Marena, the Seven Queens, the Six Spirits (whom Team Eclipse sans Ash and the others can't see), and Beast Boy and Robin along with Sarah and Teen Race (both of them morphed) emerged and prepared to fight while Beast Boy and Robin remarked, "Time's running out for you a lot faster than you think, Team Eclipse."

"Isn't it obvious? Duh!"

"Inconceivable!" Katzenberg cried in angered shock.

"Who are you, what are you doing here?" Ivanka questioned, looking at the Teen Titans.

"Oh, you want to know? Well, let me introduce you to my friends - the heroes of Tokyo, Japan, and Jump City, California, whom everybody knows to call when there's trouble: the Teen Titans," Wolf Raven introduced with a smirk.

"One thing you should remember should you ever tangle with my family and friends as you did now: You mess with the bull, you get the horns," Sarah finished as she drew her father's sword and pointed it at her fallen uncle. "And, that's a line you've crossed one too many times, 'Uncle'!"

"Princess!" Lothor snapped, snarling at the sight of his niece back with her friends.

"Hey, guys, look! Those five heroes!"

"It's them, they're really here! The Teen Titans!"

"I can't believe it!" gasped Lily, Dom, and R.J. in surprise and delight.

"The Teen Titans!" Adult Race called in awe and amazement.

"...So, you kids helped to make her stronger and you were all responsible for her flying under our radars," Lothor snorted, glaring at the Teen Titans. "No wonder we weren't able to find her and her best man."

"That's putting it lightly, old man," Teen Race retorted, once again borrowing Sarah's Beast-X King Ultra Bow as he aimed it at Lothor.

"I see... Have you also been sneaking around hijacking our dinosaurs behind our backs? I noticed something off when we were 1500 specimens short for our armada and our base lacked a considerable amount of equipment."

"You could say that but we have some unexpected help that you'll never know about," Sarah retorted firmly. "You're not the only one with a bag full of tricks that can throw anybody off."

"...What do you want now?"

"Well, I want you to clear out and never come back, simple as that. You've endangered my family and friends countless times and that includes the Ultra Dimension since you've targeted the likes of Buzzwole, Kartana, and Xurkitree for your plans to bring back the one you've tainted known as the Black Beast, Necrozma. You killed my grandparents the first time 'round when you learned the Three Unforgivable Curses from the Wizarding World where my godfather came from, you shamed our family when you tried to have me in when I was only a baby and thus dishonored your own brother and his wife, my real parents, and joined forces with some of the most notorious creeps to ever exist to give people a hard time. And, it all ends, now!"

Lothor was silent for a few minutes before he scoffed and turned as he slowly paced while he said, "But, you and your parents, both my former lover and brother, took everything away from me and replaced me when you were born and he asked for her hand in marriage before I could. I was the one who was dishonored and no amount of apology or compensation will never get me back what I lost because of you. And, you and your friends foiled my plans one too many times ever since you've all become the Power Rangers Ultra Rescue so as the new ancient warrior of evil and the head of Team Eclipse, I am forever bound to kill you and take my revenge no matter what the cost."

"You're wrong, Lothor; she and her friends were doing their best to right the wrongs you and your pawns made when you first went up against her and her family and all of Alola five hundred years ago," Robin immediately cut in.

"What is more, we have forgotten to mention; your so-called 'niece' is our friend now and she and her own friends have us to help them out with their problems such as you and your syndicate," Starfire added, not losing her glare towards Lothor and Team Eclipse.

"And, her friends have the potential to become real heroes despite their lack of priority. They may not be the sharpest tools in the shed but they have a strength that you and no other villain or team on the dark side can ever match," agreed Teen Titan Raven.

"They still have much to learn but they're fast learners and they'll know what's up when they're put on the right track," Beast Boy remarked. "Everything they do is exactly what we would do to guys like you, we'll soon see who's the best between good and evil."

"But, you all better fight fair and give Sarah's friends a chance to prove themselves until then. Or else, we'll be forced to do our worst against you, both here and now and during the war against you three days from now," Cyborg finished in a threatening manner, giving off his hardest glare yet.

"...We'll see. But, first, I believe we have some unfinished business to attend to. Darkrai!" Lothor commanded, pointing towards his niece with the intention for his partner to kill her.

Darkrai nodded and he immediately charged at her with a supercharged Shadow Claw powered from his Dark Mega Evolution but Rainbow reacted faster as he quickly headbutted the Nightmare Pokemon and knocked him back. Feeling a little dazed from the headbutt, Darkrai tried to aim a Focus Punch at the pair but Rainbow demonstrated his power again by swiftly dodging his strikes, hitting back harder and faster before his energized foe could react as he then retreated back to his family.

"Wonderful work that dinosaur has done!"

"Dude, check it out! Rainbow's really kicking butt with that head of his!"

"Now, we know why he's the strongest of the dinosaurs Sarah and Race have in their hands," Starfire (Teen Titan), Beast Boy, and Cyborg praised, seeing Rainbow in action.

"Grr...! Destroy them!" Ivanka ordered, getting Darkrai, Dusknoir, Spiritomb, and their platoon of Combat Machines to charge at the heroes and prompting the Jungle Fury Rangers, Teen Race, and Adult Race to join in while Ash and the others stayed behind.

"Titans, go!" Robin shouted, signaling himself and his friends to do battle along with their allies against their common enemies before he turned to Raven, her wolf counterpart, and the princess. "Twoie, Raven, you free the dragons! Sarah, you join them and help your friends! We'll need their help and fast!"

"Got it!" Sarah replied as she, Raven, and Wolf Raven quickly broke off from the rest of their party as they carried out their assigned mission.

The rest of their group split up as they had to work hard to not only wear Team Eclipse down so they wouldn't get the drop on them and the rest of the heroes on the day of the inevitable war but to also get Sarah's friends and their Pokemon out of danger while getting them to help. The little princess knew that she and her family had played a part in demoralizing them and making them lose their self-confidence as Power Rangers and now, this was her chance to make amends with them.

Starfire, Beast Boy, Adult Race, Cyborg, and the Jungle Fury Rangers held their own against the Combat Machines as they punched, blasted, and kicked at the new grunts with Robin and Teen Race adding to their growing firepower and human fighting power by throwing their Combustion and Pyrm Particle Ammunition Discs to blow their armor off or shrink them down to the size of a golf ball to make them easier to take down and destroy.

This included Wolf Raven and her Teen Titan counterpart ensnaring some Apex Clawstriders in tentacles of darkness from their shadows after Sarah managed to disable them by slashing them down the middle when she had gauged them, giving her boyfriend a chance to load Prym Particle Arrows and shoot them to shrink them down.

"T'Rex Takedown Time, BOO-YAH!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping onto Beast Boy as he transformed appropriately into a T'Rex while they took on two Apex Clawstriders.

Terry and Arcane regrouped with Chomp and Munch to do battle with the Grmhorns, the Ceratopsians engaging them in a head-on collusion while the former two managed to bite them behind the frill (as was the case given their species' attack pattern) before ripping off a chunk of metal that was latched around them. Without that missing piece, the Grimhorns were deactivated and they immediately fell down.

"Okay, girls, your turn! Ability activate, Stomping Hammer!" Sarah shouted, activating a Move Card for Paris, Mia, and Fuki, allowing the trio to charge forward and slam a Tremortusk on the ground before they stomped on it hard three times, destroying it.

Starfire made use of her Starbolts to attack a Slitherfang, annoying it and causing her to follow it while she signaled Guru and Nessie to attack as she passed them, allowing the pair to ambush the Combat Machine and destroy it.

"Swift, Meg, show them your true power! Ability, activate: Mayfly!" Race called to his dinosaurs, activating a Move Card.

With their master's command, the Allosaurus and Megaraptor roared as they charged up with Wind Energy, darting forward at blinding speed towards the Tremortusks and Grimhorns before disappearing in a gust of wind. They circled around them faster and faster until they were blurs, catching them off guard before they repeatedly pummeled and rammed at them from all sides, causing them to take massive damage before exploding.

Meanwhile, taking cover and watching from above, Balerion, Stormcloud, and Marena surveyed the entire battle before they decided to join in the fray. Marena nodded to her friends for the three of them to take part in the fight, the Western Dragon and the Storm Dragon swooping down before Marena shouted, "Dracareys!"

Without warning to the villains', Balerion and Stormcloud unleashed a torrent of fire and lightning blasts that instantly wiped out a large number of Combat Machines in their platoon while Marena held on tightly to Stormcloud and used her staff to bash at their enemies.

"What are those things?!"

"Blast them out of the sky! Kill them, KILL THEM!" Melania and Katzenbreg screamed, the Combat Machines futilely trying to shoot the trio down from the sky.

"Ms. Pretty, get to your friends! We can handle these bad boys!" Marena shouted.

"Right!" Sarah nodded, immediately breaking off from her group and rushing to her friends. "Guys! Thank goodness, are you okay?"

"We're fine..."

"B-But, we... We failed you, Sarah," Ash and Sophocles frowned, not wanting to look at her.

"W-What are you talking about?" Sarah asked, taken aback.

"You know what we mean, we're not cut out to be Power Rangers or your bodyguards," Mallow emphasized miserably. "Not after everything we did to screw things up since we haven't taken you as our first priority."

"We wanted to make it up to you for pulling all of the weight throughout our time as Power Rangers but all we do was mess things up and leave you to do all of the heavy lifting in our place," Sophocles put in.

"We don't know what to do now, you and your family no longer trust us to help you now..." Lana moped.

"Wait, guys, it's not like that. We do trust you, you just needed a nudge in the right direction," Sarah reassured, growing concerned. "I was a little annoyed from how you faired during your training session with Sokka and Zorro but I wouldn't think any less of you regardless and neither would they."

"But, we-" Lana began before Sarah put a reassuring hand on her third best friend's shoulder.

"Lana, guys, please... Don't lose faith, I was wrong to doubt you and so were they when we saw you get beaten up badly by my uncle and his forces. I realized now that I've taken you for granted just as you've all taken me for granted and I haven't been much of a good friend to you in helping you reach your true potential as Pokemon trainers and Power Rangers. If anything else happened to you guys and you die on my family and I, we'll never forgive ourselves for not doing our part to help you grow and as friends and an extension of ourselves."

"Don't you get it?! We don't want your pity for what we haven't done for you, we can't take it anymore!" Mallow cried, shocking the princess as she looked towards her second best friend.

"Yes, Sarah, you heard me right; we can't do anything right ever since we became Power Rangers and even though we did better throughout our adventures since we left home to find your real parents, we've been put through our paces and we failed to protect you each time! We were not strong enough to protect you from Lothor and his goons, we were so stupid to think about our old lives and put them first before our duty to you and everyone else should the forces of evil attack, and we didn't take our new responsibilities as seriously as we thought! That's all what led us to where we stand now and our biggest defeat by your former uncle's hands and those of his syndicate showed us we're not good enough for you, we'll never forgive ourselves if anything happened to you and you fall into his hands!"

"Mallow, I..." Sarah breathed, devastated from the confession she just heard until she shook her head moments later and gave a determined glare as she gently held her.

"NO! Mallow, guys, listen to me! What happened to you guys was not just your fault, my family and I were partly responsible for everything that led us to where we stand now! We didn't trust you enough and we didn't put enough faith in you when we should've and that was how Lothor and his cronies were able to exploit and get the drop on us after they joined forces with Dr. Zin! You're not stupid, you're not useless, you're not worthless, you're not weak! You're all not any of those things, what are you guys thinking?! Did you really think you're not good enough to be my friends let alone my bodyguards if you stumble and fall a number of times and have me look down on you for that? How dare you all try to demean yourselves as you are! How could you do this to yourselves, to me?!"

Ash and the others looked on in shock and bewilderment as Sarah started crying as she spoke, "Please, guys, you're more than just Pokemon trainers and my fellow students to me! You're my best friends, I don't want you to get hurt and my family wished for the same thing! We were all worried about you when we said all of those things to you during your training sessions, we're worried that Lothor and his creeps would take advantage of you if you weren't disciplined enough to react to whatever tricks they have up their sleeves and so on. I've never doubted you for a second ever since we became Power Rangers, never have, never will!"

"Sarah..." Kiawe breathed, starting to tear up.

"But, Sarah-" Ash started before he was cut off.

"Ash, guys, please... I'm sorry, my family's sorry, we should've trusted you more and we should've given you more of a guiding hand in your training since you virtually nothing about actually fighting and having something worth fighting for. I was lost without you ever since you were taken to Palm Key to recover by Casey and Theo's friends along with Mr. Bannon, I didn't know what to do until we decided to come up with a plan to stop Team Eclipse."

"But, you took out Wolf, Hakins, and Mousey all by yourself and you didn't need us for help," Kiawe pointed out.

"Who said I captured them myself? I had my family and friends with me giving me a hand with that, they did the heavy-lifting and I got to finish the job."

"And, what about the remaining four Sins still after us and your parents? Darkrai's too powerful with his Dark Mega Evolution and even Turtonator couldn't hold out for long against him," Sophocles sniffed.

"How can we and our Pokemon possibly match up to them when we can't even live up to everything the Legendary Rangers and you did?" Mallow finished solemnly.

"The same way we would tackle any problem: you start by taking the first step. Remember everything that makes you who you really are: yourselves. Your kindness, your generosity, your determination, and everything more that made you the kind of people and Pokemon trainers really are," Sarah implored, her concern for her friends growing.

"Look, I'm sorry... My family and I, we're all sorry for being so hard on you. We should've taught you better and helped you find your own ways of training to make you better trainers and better rangers in your own ways, I should've realized sooner that we can't force my training on to you guys when it was clear you have different styles and you learn things differently compared to me. If we did, you wouldn't be in this mess right now; Lothor and his syndicate don't know what they're talking about. You're much more than you might think; if anything, you're stronger than me at some points. I barely had to use my powers because my real strength that I'm using right now comes from you and my family, you're my power and I'm yours. That is something Team Eclipse can't ever take away from us, it's always been us and Lillie together and that's how it's going to stay no matter what happens."

Ash and the others looked at each other as they tried to recall any instance that Sarah had to use her powers to get everyone, even herself, out of a jam without relying on them to help her. But, no matter how hard they tried, they could never remember a single instance or two in which she had to commonly use them to fight against their enemies. At that moment, after recalling every moment when they would help her and her family out of a jam and always standing by her side regardless of anything standing against them, the entire gang gasped as they finally realized something.

"...You're right. I get it, ever since your encounter with Sledge and his crew last year after they were reanimized, you've never had to use the Roar of the Elders," Ash gasped, his eyes widening as dinner plates.

"Yeah, and you never had to use your Mega Lion Form or any of your magic on Team Eclipse, either," Mallow added in surprise.

"And, we even rescued Lillie's mother all by ourselves the first time we went to the Ultra Dimension with Nebby," Kiawe replied, regaining a confident smile on his face as he helped Turtonator to his feet. "We didn't have our ranger powers back then but we never needed them until after because we had our Pokemon and each other throughout that adventure and we freed her from Nihilego as a result."

"I get it, Sarah... You're right, you're totally right! We somehow got the idea that our ranger powers made us more special and after we were put down one too many times by you and your family, we realized we weren't taking our responsibilities as rangers as seriously as we thought. So, we decided to push ourselves to do what you were doing without realizing that our true strengths lie within us being ourselves," Sophocles smiled, regaining his confidence.

"We tried to be more like you but we ended up stumbling on top of each other as a result and we don't know how far we can really go just by being us," Lana put in, her confidence also being restored.

"We don't need to become you to be the very best, we just need to be ourselves and continue being the best of friends and your bodyguards in our own ways," Kiawe continued, his confidence fully restored.

"It always has been us together through thick and thin and that's our true strength and that is definitely how it's going to stay," Ash finished, feeling energized and more confident than ever, his and the gang's renewed vigor extending to their Pokemon as they prepared to fight again.

"You know, guys, I'm feeling the magic," Lana smirked, ready for battle again.

"Bri/Eevee!" nodded an equally-determined Brionne and Sandy.

"We're not going to let Lothor and his goons put us down knowing what's at stake here and it no longer pertains only to us! Right, Pyroar, Turtonator?" Kiawe remarked with a knowing glare.

"Roar/Turton!" agreed Turtonator and Pyroar, sharing his glare.

"We'll blow them away along with the rest of their forces here and now and in the biggest fight for our lives and from our home no matter what, won't we, Tsareena?" Mallow declared to Tsareena who gave a determined and knowing nod and "Tsar!".

"Well, Team Eclipse, we should thank you for making us realize how strong we really were from our true strengths. And, to return the favor, we're going to make sure you never come back and our leader and her parents are reunited for good!" Sophocles added, pointing at Lothor and the rest of Team Eclipse.

"Toge-Toge/Vika-Vikavolt!" Togedemaru and Vikavolt said in agreement, giving off determined glares.

"You've helped us realize that we don't need to be like Sarah in order to beat you and be her bodyguards because thanks to our own individual strengths that make us into the Pokemon trainers we are, we already are!" finished Ash, giving off a hardened glare while Pikachu growled in agreement, his cheeks sparking. "Let's do it!"

"It's Morphin' Time!" the gang shouted together, readying their morphers and their keys again. "Link to Morphin' Grid!"

With their renewed vigor, confidence fully restored, and their true strength found, Ash, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, and Lana morphed into their Power Ranger alter-egos once again. Once they had finished morphing, they brought their sidearms together and prepared to fight with Sarah joining her new and improved team with her father's sword in hand, happy that she had made amends with them and they've all grown stronger from their lowest point in their story.

"Rangers forever, defenders together! Power Rangers Ultra Rescue!" they shouted before charging into battle with the gang's Pokemon joining them, all of them letting out powerful battle cries.

Returning to the battlefield, Lothor and Team Eclipse were still trying to shoot down Balerion and Stormcloud along with Marena but their efforts were in vain as they continued to dodge the blows being thrown at them. To add to their growing frustration, the trio would fight back with the dragons' extraordinary firepower and brute strength along with Marena's combative edge with a short stick and their efforts were getting into their skin.

"What now, old man? Those jumbo jets are tanking or slipping through our hits!" Katzenberg snapped at Lothor.

"Blast those two down with the Killing Curse! They can't dodge that!" Lothor ordered, the Sins firing Avada Kedavra at the pair, only for the Killing Curse to bounce off of their scales.

"AH! Impossible!"

"NO!"

"WHAT?!" Ivanka, Katzenberg, and Melania shrieked in shock.

"They're actually immune to Avada Kedavra?" gasped a stunned Lothor.

But, their shock and bewilderment were only beginning to grow because the four of them could also hear battle cries coming at them and fast. They immediately turned to the sources of the cries and to their surprise, they saw Sarah and her friends (the five of them and their Pokemon with their confidence restored and renewed vigor) charging at them at full force with their sidearms and the Sun Sword at the ready to clash with them again.

"You!" Lothor breathed in quiet shock.

"Those kids!"

"They're back in the game!" cried a shocked Melania and Ivanka.

"AWW, COME ON! NOT AGAIN, DAMNIT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU MEDDLING KIDS MADE OF?" Katzenberg snapped again, signaling their forces to fire at the Ultra Rescue Rangers, only for their blasts to miss them as the six rangers continued their charge and explosions went off behind them.

"Hu-Yeah! Go get 'em, kids!" Lily cheered, being the first one to notice the Ultra Rescue Rangers back in fighting form.

"They did it!"

"I knew they could do it!" Dom and R.J. put in, feeling just as ecstatic.

"That's it, kids! Sock it to them!" Adult Race smiled proudly as he continued to fight.

The praise from Adult Race, Dom, R.J., and Lily wasn't misplaced; thanks to their previous talk with their leader and finding out where their true strength as her bodyguards and Pokemon trainers truly lies, Ash and the others were now fighting in their own ways against Team Eclipse and their Combat Machines twice as hard, twice as fast, and they held out for twice as long than they normally would prior. This even extended to their Pokemon who shared their feelings with them and were feeling more vigorated and empowered than ever before with a strength that is unlike anything they and their human companions had ever felt before.

"YES! We can do anything, now!"

"Pika, Pika, PIKACHU!" Ash and Pikachu cheered as they took down a couple of Grimhorns.

"HYAH! YA, HA! HYAH! Ha, now that's more like it!" smirked Kiawe, punching and kicking at a trio of Clawstriders before he took out his Magnum Blade and sliced away at them while Turtonator and Pyroar burned and bashed at a few more of them coming their way.

"Sorry, Team Eclipse, but your little victory moment with us being down and out is over! HYAH!" taunted Mallow as she and Tsareena combatted against some Slitherfangs.

"You may have broken us earlier after you've beaten us and destroyed our weapons but that has only made us stronger as a result! Fire!" Sophocles agreed as he, Togedemaru, and Vikavolt zapped away at another group of Clawstriders with the Beast-X Synergizer, Zing Zap, and Discharge.

"Thanks to you and Sarah, we're back and stronger than ever! Sandy, Brionne, attack with Double Surf Edge!" declared Lana as she fired her Beast-X Pirate Blaster and sliced and diced with her Beast-X Pirate Saber at some Tremortusks while Brionne and Sandy splashed and smashed them with Surf and Double Edge.

Amazed by how well Sarah's friends were fighting now, the others decided to ramp up their efforts to show that they're stronger than ever with the rejuvination of the Ultra Rescue Rangers. The Seven Queens proved themselves to be no slouches in combat as Glory and Ruby demonstrated their power by breathing fire onto the Combat Machines which melted them and their armor while Snowfall used her power known as Frostbreath to coat the Slitherfangs and Grimhorns in blocks of ice before they eventually exploded.

As the SeaWings and the Pantala Tribes have no natural firepower of their own, Sequoia, Jewel, and Coral had their own spears and swords at hand to slice and stab at the Combat Machines attacking them and with expert handling to boot.

The Six Spirits were given an edge at not being seen by the villains except for those who are pure of heart and fight for justice which allowed them to join forces with the Jungle Fury Rangers in their own fight with Lily riding on Zhjiben as the Hippogriff sliced away at the Clawstriders and Lily whacked at them with her Jungle Bo.

Dom joined forces with Nuraiah as they charged towards a few Grimhorns deciding to combat against them. "Spirit of the Rhino!" Dom shouted, summoning his Rhino Spirit and slicing one Grimhorn down the middle while Nuraiah demonstrated her strength as she tackled another and tore off its frill and horns.

R.J. teamed up with Rajhu as the two of them made easy work of the Tremortusks with the Kirin tearing through them as he charged forward and rammed his horns at the elephant-like Combat Machines while R.J. unleashed his Wolf Spirit at them.

Not wanting to waste a moment to try and take her down, Darkrai, Dusknoir, Spiritomb, and Kabutops took the initiative to take on Sarah as they surrounded the little princess for a group assault.

"Easy, fellas," smirked Kabutops.

"We got her surrounded," added Spiritomb with a sneer.

"End of the line, Your Highness," Dusknoir mocked.

"Any last words before my master has his way with you?" Darkrai questioned, narrowing his eyes at his master's "niece".

"None," Sarah simply replied with a determined frown, purposely demorphing to reveal her new look which threw Team Eclipse and their platoon off guard.

"Hey, brat, new look or something?" Katzenberg remarked sarcastically.

Sarah's only response was to take out her Dragon Heart Scepter and channel her Fire Magic and Solar Magic through both it and the Sun Sword, making it give off an intense glow as she prepared to unleash a spell upon her foes.

"DAH! The light!" Katzenberg cried in alarm, trying to shield his eyes.

"My eyes, they're burning!" Melania screamed, doing her best to block out her eyes as well.

"COSMIC SOLAR DRAGON!" the princess shouted, slamming the scepter and her family's sword onto the ground.

As she did so, the combined Fire Magic and Solar Magic unleashed a powerful shockwave further empowered by her Light of Hope mixing with her magic before it manifested itself into a physical body in the form of a Light Fury dragon that sent the evil Pokemon and the remaining Sins flying while it also disintegrated the remaining Combat Machines that were wearing her friends down. It even struck the dragons that were under Team Eclipse's control but instead of killing them, it simply knocked them unconscious.

"BOO-YAH!" Cyborg cheered.

"We kicked their butts to high noon!" Beast Boy added ecstatically.

"Your new and improved magic worked like a charm, Sarah," Robin smiled, seeing the knocked-out dragons and seeing no more Combat Machines.

"I heard that and I didn't even have to lift a finger at my uncle," Sarah smiled back as she rejoined Wolf Raven and her Teen Titan counterpart and they went over to the downed dragons.

The little princess took out her wand while Teen Titan Raven and Wolf Raven gently ensnared the dragons in their tentacles of darkness to keep them restrained while Sarah did her work. Then, pointing her wand and gently uttering "*Nullus Imperium*", the tip glowed brightly as it sent out a wave of healing energy towards the Stoker Class dragons, thus removing the Imperious Curse as her magic allowed them to regain consciousness and the two Ravens safely dispelled their darkness tentacles.

The dragons, having no clue as to what happened to them once they were hit with the Imperious Curse, looked around and growled in confusion as their pupils returned to normal while Wolf Raven and Human Raven administered the antidote to the Cerebral Cortex of their brains with their nerves restored as they then woke up.

"No, no, no, shh, shh... Don't worry, it's alright. You're safe now, it's okay," Sarah soothed, gently rubbing one dragon that was startled by her presence before it gently purred from her touch after she and Teen Race returned Terry and the rest of their dinosaurs to their cards.

"That's everybody, Sarah. We're all here and no harm done from Team Eclipse," Ash called as their entire party gathered, he and the others managing to check on everyone else after demorphing.

"Great job, kids, you really pulled through!" Adult Race declared proudly, ruffling Kiawe's hair.

"That was some fighting spirit you got there," Dom commented happily, he, Lily, and R.J. demorphing as they joined them.

"And, whatever you did just now, Sarah, it really worked," Lana added excitedly.

"Let's get the hell out of here and regroup with everyone else back at Berk, alright?" the princess asked, getting agreeing nods from everyone as she and Teen Race apparated their entire party to Berk.

Moments after they left to rejoin the rest of her family, however, Team Eclipse finally picked themselves up from their latest defeat and looked around but found no trace of their enemies or their brainwashed dragons. This prompted an angered Katzenberg to let out another scream of frustration over this next setback while Ivanka and Melania stewed themselves in their anger but secretly blamed each other for their failures. But, Lothor, while he was disappointed about the failure as well, now became even more intrigued when he thought back to how his niece was able to knock them back through more highly advanced magic.

"*So, she's learned a new form of magic and has more power than ever, huh?*" he processed, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "*Hmm, she might've picked up some new fighting methods just as we did while she was out hiding wherever she was... Better play it safe next time with tricks like that, just in case...*"

"What'll we do now, you old geezer? We lost our pets, your 'niece' whomped us YET AGAIN, and now, those meddling kids are back in fighting form after putting them through their lowest low!" Melania snapped at Lothor.

"Shall we follow them, dear?" Ivanka questioned.

"Not yet, let's head back to HQ and begin our Plan B," Lothor replied simply.

"But, why?" quizzed an annoyed Katzenberg.

Still keeping his thoughtful look and stoic glare, Lothor turned to Katzenberg as he said, "The princess has been learning a few more tricks to get the drop on us in such a short time already and that includes some unorthodox methods proven from the likes of those dinosaurs she and her boyfriend have in their possession. That's not to rule out her new look and that spell and with the way she and her friends fought now after that little pep talk she gave them, there's something different about her that I can't figure out. Our Combat Machines were a success as we had hoped and now it's time to tell Dr. Zin that we're ready for Phase 3."

"Ah! You mean with what we've witnessed and from whatever data we've gathered before the machines were destroyed, we and Dr. Zin will start finalizing everything for the war?" Ivanka clarified with a surprised gasp.

Lothor smiled and nodded at his love as he continued, "I want us to be ready for whatever she had in store for us now that she's given us a demonstration of her new power, fine-tuning our grunts and our new Combat Machines as we go along. I also want to see what else she learned from whoever taught her that new spell and drag out her new friends who managed to bail her out with her new gifts, just to make sure that we know who's behind our missing equipment and our combatant shortages in our armada."

With that said, and getting surprised looks and then knowing smiles and nods from Ivanka, Melania, and Katzenberg as well as their Pokemon, Lother apparated his party back to their HQ to tell Zin the news and what they've learned from their latest battle and defeat.


Disclaimer Note: Mega Darkari belong to valoo_art on Instagram.


Occurred Events

- Mew, the Species Pokemon arrives and reveals she was spying on Team Eclipse and Dr. Zin, joining the heroes effort against them

- Sarah's family decides to join her when she goes to the Archipelago after the League and Team Eclipse are dealt with

- Mew spills the beans about Team Eclipse and Zin's new Combat Machines, sparking worry in the group

- RJ, Dom, Lily and Adult Race vow to help Ash and the others reach their full potential as Sarah's bodyguards.

- Lillie and the others arrive in Pine Ridge to get help from their successors, the Dino Fury Rangers and discover the Sabers are connected to the Morphin Grid and begin their own preparations

- Sarah shares what she learned from Queen Athi and King Blizzard with the Titans, Twoie and Race where they meet the Spirits of Harmony, the Queens of the Lost Continent and Distant Kingdoms, Balerion the Dread his mate, Stormcloud the Calm and Mareana - leader of the current Dragon Clan and Athi and Blizzards' former royal advisor and close friend

- The Spirits of Harmony reveal to have rescued the Genetically Engineered Pokemon, Dinosaurs and Dragons from Zin's base beforehand

- Sarah and Race reveal their Dinosaur companions to the Titans

- Gladion discovers a male Noviern which soon reveals to have been a travel buddy to their father's long lost Pokemon partner, Zoroark aka Bones

- Snowy, in defense of Lillie from Pokemon Hunters, successfully masters Dark Pulse and learns Sheer Cold in in the process

- Lillie and Snowy finally master Subzero Slammer together

- An attack on Palm Keys reveals Lothor reveals his Key Stone and created Darkarinite allowing his Darkari to Mega Evolve

- Sarah helps restore Ash and the others confidence by reminding them of what's important