Chapter 33 The Cocoon of Destruction
They have arrived at Avignon Town, we can see Ash and Hawlucha are battling a girl named Astrid and her Absol.
"Use Karate Chop!" Ash yells as Hawlucha charges at the mega evolved Pokemon with the attack.
"Block it with Psycho Cut!" Astrid yells as it uses the horn to knock Hawlucha back.
Ash says, "Now time to finish it, grab his horn and jump, then use Flying Press!"
Astrid gasps as Hawlucha brings the Pokemon into the air and then crashes down together, with Absol landing on the ground first and fainted.
"Absol is unable to battle, Hawlucha wins the match." Clemont says.
Astrid recalls her Pokemon and says, "That is a strong Hawlucha that I have ever faced."
"Thanks, I hope we will meet in the League again." Ash says.
"Sure." Astrid says as she leaves.
As Ash and his friends are walking around town, Pikachu hears something in the distance and runs off.
"Hey, Pikachu, wait!" Ash and his friends are chasing him, only to see a mysterious woman and a ninja, they are using Delphox and Greninja to fight over a Pokemon who is cornered.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt, Sylveon, Dazzling Gleam!" Ash yells as the moves cause them to get covered in smoke, then all of them are gone in their sight.
"Look what you did, it is because of you that they escaped." The woman, named Merilyn yells at the ninja
"It is basically your fault!" The ninja, Riot says. Then they both rush away to find the Pokemon.
Once they see the two people gone, Ash turns to the Pokemon and says, "You are fine now."
Bonnie asks, "What is this Pokemon, I have never seen it before..."
Before anyone can tell them, the Pokemon says, "Thank you for helping me." And then she bows.
"Wait, it talks!" East says.
"That is Telepathy..." Clemont says. "What exactly is this?"
Golly says, "A Diancie, it is said that it can make diamonds."
"Really? You can make diamonds? Can you make one for me?" Bonnie says with stars in her eyes.
Diancie says, "I really want to, but now I can't, every time I made one, it disappears immediately."
Ash says, "Don't worry, you can do it one day."
After they introduce themselves, Serena asks, "Diancie, who are those people that are chasing you?"
"I don't know, all I know is that they want to kidnap me..." She says.
"Then they must be thieves." Mark says.
"Thieves?" Diancie is confused, so Ash and the others explain it to her.
"Wow, there is a lot of stuff I need to learn in the outside world." Diancie remarks as they laugh, not noticing the Team Rocket that tries to spy on them.
Ash and his friends go to have dinner along with Diancie, and Diancie then eats with them. Diancie tries out some of the new food, and when Bonnie asks Diancie to join her to get more food, she formally accepts the offer.
"Wow, Diancie has manners just like a royal princess." Serena remarks.
"Maybe she is a real princess." Golly says.
Team Rocket then sneaks up on the crew with a sack, and they take Diancie and kidnap her.
"Help!" Diancie's voice is fading as Team Rocket shuts her up, but Ash and his friends immediately see them.
"Team Rocket! Give Diancie back!" Ash yells.
"Never, we will take her so we can make money with the diamonds!" Then they escape, much to their surprise.
East says, "They sure know how to escape."
"We should go find her." Ash says as they scatter to find the princess Pokemon.
Team Rocket then carries Diancie to a clock tower, then demanding her to make diamonds for them. She does so, making such a large amount of diamonds that they bathe in. Meanwhile, a mysterious girl with her then arrives and helps Diancie run from the clock tower.
After a while, Ash and his friends gather again. "Damn, this place is so big..." Serena says.
"Yeah, where should we find her?" Mark asks.
"Everyone!" Diancie rushes to them as they are relieved. Ash says, "Diancie, how did you escape?"
"I have used distractions." Diancie says. "Since my diamonds are only temporary, so Team Rocket will be majorly disappointed."
Meanwhile, back at the clock tower, the diamonds all disappear, much to Team Rocket's own dismay.
"The only way to restore my powers is to find Xerneas. I need the fairy aura to make the real diamonds."
"Xerneas, isn't that a Legendary Pokemon?" Clemont says.
"Yes." Mark says. replies. "It is said to be a Pokemon who can restore life."
Ash says, "Diancie, how about we come with you?"
Diancie approves properly, causing the group to get shocked.
When they are on the bus, Ash and his friends, along with Diancie, are sitting in the back row.
Diancie then feels the Fairy Aura, Sylveon asks, "Did you sense anything?"
"Yes, we are going down the right path." Diancie says. "And I don't like lying, since I am taught to be honest."
Meanwhile, Ash rubs Pikachu on the head, much to the latter's enjoyment. He says, "I see."
As night falls, Ash and his friends are preparing to go to sleep. Diancie then tries to make another Heart Diamond but fails. She then notices a shooting star.
Ash comes to Diancie and says, "Diancie, what you saw is a shooting star, when we saw one, we have to make a wish fast."
Then he teaches her how to do the pose and the two proceed to make a wish. Ash then wishes upon the shooting star that Diancie will one day be able to make the best diamonds she had ever made. Serena is staring from her tent in admiration.
The next morning, Ash and his friends arrive at Orsay City. Diancie says, "Wow, I can't believe that I have so much fun after being with you guys."
Golly says, "Of course, since we are your friends."
Then Diancie proceeds to ask what friends are, and Ash explains it to her.
Diancie then suddenly creates a diamond, which Bonnie catches.
"Hey, can I keep this diamond?" Bonnie asks.
"Sure." Diancie says but frowns as it might get disappeared. But Ash notices something with the diamond Diancie gives to Bonnie, Serena notices it and asks, "Ash? What is wrong?"
"Oh, nothing." Ash replies.
They decide to go to the shopping mall. Diancie, with her lack of knowledge of the real world, assumes that it is a castle.
"Hey, Serena, whose castle this is?"
Serena laughs and says, "Well, Diancie, this is not a castle, this is a shopping mall."
Ash says, "If you want to see a castle, we also have one."
"Really? So I am friends with prince and princess?" Diancie says as she is excited.
After looking at a lot of stores, Diancie spots her three bodyguards, Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope inside the mall.
"Oh no, they find me." Diancie panics as she tries to run, but eventually, the Carbinks find her and they have a chase.
"What is going on?" Ash asks.
"Could they be working with the thieves?" East asks as Clemont uses his stretchable ladder to help Ash get Diancie, which Ash uses along with Hawlucha to get Diancie back, and he grabs her and they begin to look at each other in happiness.
"She got away again..." Merrick is dismayed.
Ash and his friends then are outside, Diancie sadly says, "They finally found me..."
"Why are they after you?" Bonnie asks, but before she can explain, Marilyn appears in front of them.
"How is your first shopping experience? Too bad it ends now." Then she tries to grab her.
East says, "No you don't!" He sends out Pidgeot, Golly sends out Sableye, Mark sends out Pangoro while Ash uses Sylveon, they stop Marilyn and ask Serena and the others to bring Diancie away.
Serena acquires a Rhyhorn from a ranch, and brings herself, Diancie, Clemont, and Bonnie aboard to safety, almost disturbing an ongoing Rhyhorn Race.
Diancie is then dismayed, she says, "This is my fault... I had led you into danger."
Clemont says, "Don't blame yourself, friends always support each other."
"Clemont! You stole my line!" Bonnie is angry.
Riot, however, then appears along a tree, and he also tries to steal Diancie using his Greninja. Clemont and Serena proceed to battle Riot's Greninja, and Ash, Golly, Mark, and East soon join in.
Marilyn also begins to try to capture Diancie, and as Delphox and Greninja attack Diancie, however, Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope step in front of Diancie and take the attacks for her. As another set of attacks launch, Diancie uses Diamond Storm to protect her loyal Carbink servants, but this diamond shatters.
A Pin Missile hits Greninja, revealing it to be the girl that helped Diancie get away from Team Rocket, along with her Chesnaught.
"Now go as far as you can!" She says as they all run away, leaving the thieves to the girl.
The 3 Carbink, who is known as Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope, sees Ash and Serena, they bow to them.
"We thought Princess Diancie is in danger, but with you guys by her side, we are pleased. Chosen Ones."
Diancie says, "Wait, you are the chosen ones? Please forgive me for not realizing you." She bows in horror.
"It is fine, Diancie." Ash says as she helps her up.
"Chosen ones, we have been searching for Xerneas for many months, but we have not succeeded, and then Princess Diancie went missing after that."
"I am sorry, I promise that I'll never do that." Diancie says.
Diancie and the Carbink then bring Ash and friends to their home, the Diamond Domain. However, Diancie and the Carbink come home to see the Diamond Domain in darkness and beginning to fall apart.
"What happened?" Diancie asks.
Dace then steps in, and sadly reveals to Diancie that the Heart Diamond has died, much to Diancie's surprise.
"What is a Heart Diamond?" Golly asks.
"The Heart Diamond powers the Domain, but it will now no longer do so."
"Princess Diancie, only you can create a new Heart Diamond." Dace says.
"But I still lack the power to make a new Heart Diamond."
"Don't worry, I have every confidence that Xerneas will awaken your true power."
Ash and friends then realize why Diancie is seeking Xerneas. Diancie then begins to break down and cry, "I failed my people...I guess I don't deserve to be called a princess..."
Ash decides to step in and says, "Diancie, crying won't solve anything. What you must do is quickly finding Xerneas."
Diancie looks at him and says, "Ash...no, Father..." She then agrees to that and begins to feel more determined, and Dace is moved by this.
Ash, his friends, Diancie, and the 4 Carbink, then leave through another exit, and they see a large, lush forest, much to their amazement.
"This is the Allearth Forest, it is a forbidden forest due to the presence of what is known as the Cocoon of Destruction, a Pokémon called Yveltal, and that whoever disturbs its sleep will receive harsh retribution."
"Yveltal..." East says in fear. "It is a powerful Flying Type...The death Pokemon..."
Ash and his friends, along with Diancie and the Carbink, then walk through the forest and see all the Pokémon peacefully living. However, Diancie then senses an aura, and she then runs quickly but trips over a log. When she gets up, however, standing right in front of her is Xerneas.
"I know you are following me for a while. I know what you want." She gives Diancie Fairy Aura, also the Carbink, Dedenne, and Sylveon.
Xerneas turns to Ash and says, "And Father. I have ready to come with you for your journey and what is about to happen in the future."
Ash nods and captures Xerneas, who then rest inside Ash's Pokeball.
Before it leaves, it tells Diancie that the power to nourish life lies within Diancie herself. Diancie then states that she is very grateful.
However, before Diancie can begin testing her powers, the mysterious girl, which is named Millis Steel, and his father, Argus Steel arrive by ship.
"Now I remembered them..." Team Rocket, who is hiding in the trees, sees them and says, "They are the master thieves..."
Marilyn and Riot also appear, along with Team Rocket, and they all begin to fight over the possession of Diancie. This fighting eventually takes them into a lake with a deep crater, and all of the thieves fall in, along with Ash, and they all feel a mysterious power inside the lake.
Soon, this power begins to awaken, just as Diancie and the Carbink, along with Ash's friends, arrive on the scene.
"Princess, Chosen One, you must get out of there quick!" Dave says in dismay.
A mysterious cocoon then appears out of the center of the lake, which Dace reveals is the Cocoon of Destruction.
As the Cocoon of Destruction appears, it awakens and reveals itself to be Yveltal. It then activates its Dark Aura, and looks at all who disturbed its sleep, as Marilyn, Riot, and the Steels escape the crater.
"Those who dare to ruin my sleep should perish!" Yveltal roars as he flies around the forest.
It goes after Riot first, flying and firing on all of the forests around Riot, turning all of the trees around him into stone. This also hits Greninja and his two Ninjasks, turning them into stone, as Diancie escapes from Riot's possession, only to be taken by Marilyn.
Yveltal then goes after Marilyn and her Delphox and Yanmega, and turns the forest around her into stone with Oblivion Wing, along with her two Pokémon. She then looks on in sadness as Diancie escapes.
Diancie almost reunites with Ash, his friends, and the Carbink, but the Steels, on their Honedge and Doublade, then proceed to take Diancie. Yveltal then uses Oblivion Wing on the Steels again, which Chesnaught desperately tries to block with. However, even though Diancie, the Steels, and Aegislash survive, Honedge, Doublade, and Chesnaught are turned to stone.
As Yveltal launches another attack, Ash yells, "Sylveon! Moonblast!" He yells.
With the Fairy Aura, Sylveon gives a lot of damage to Yveltal, saving the Steels. Diancie then escapes with Ash.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is trying to escape, but Yveltal finds them and fires Oblivion Wing, turning them and the trees around them to stone as well.
"It is firing Oblivion Wing..." Golly says.
"Well, we know it can turn people into stone and send the spirit to the Voidlands, but what I don't understand is that why it is a Flying-type move." East says.
"This isn't time for making a discussion now!" Clemont yells as he dodges another attack.
Elsewhere, Marilyn is grieving over the loss of her Delphox, but Riot steps in and comforts her, telling her to forget about Diancie The two embrace before Yveltal then fires another Oblivion Wing at the two.
"We must calm Yveltal down." Ash says as he sends out Xerneas, who sees Yveltal and decides to stop him. Diancie also joins in the battle as they protect Ash and his friends.
Diancie then tries to protect Ash and his friends from another Oblivion Wing with Diamond Storm, but the diamond shatters again. Ash and Diancie run, but Yveltal fires another Oblivion Wing. However, Merrick, Bort, and Allotrope then step in to take the Oblivion Wing, and they too are turned to stone. As Merrick is being turned to stone, he tells Ash to protect Diancie.
Ash, Sylveon, and Pikachu are then sent flying, and Ash and Serena try to save Pikachu and Sylveon on a cliff, and the others are then trying to help Ash up.
"Father, I know a way to stop him." Diancie says in determination.
"What?" Ash asks.
"Use that thing on your glove!" Diancie says.
Serena says, "Diancie can mega evolve?"
"But did you have a mega stone?" Ash says.
"I always carried it." Diancie says as she tries to find it, but she can't find it anywhere. "Oh no! It is gone!"
"What?" Everyone is surprised. But Ash recalls the memory of Diancie giving Bonnie a diamond, he says, "Bonnie, the diamond in your bag!"
Bonnie hears it and then opens it, then she finds the diamond still inside the bag.
"Is this it?" Bonnie asks as Diancie rejoices.
"This is it, Father, please." Diancie looks at Ash.
Ash nods and does it, she then proceeds to Mega Evolve. Diancie then creates a new diamond to protect Ash, his friends, and Dace from another hit, and this diamond does not shatter. Dace remarks on how Diancie is now finally able to create a heart diamond.
The Steels then arrive in their ship and proceed to fire missiles at Yveltal to hurt it, but Yveltal dodges many of the missiles and survives the damage. It then flies above the ship and shatters the top, then firing an Oblivion Wing at the Steels from point-blank range, and the ship's engines explode. The ship crashes into a lake. Yveltal proceeds to fire a final Oblivion Wing as Ash and company, but this one is then intercepted by Xerneas' Aurora Beam.
"Yveltal, please stop this mess!" Xerneas begs with sadness. And this time it causes Yveltal to see her.
"Xerneas..." Yveltal gasps at her as his rage begins to die down. He flies towards her and they share a hug.
Yveltal sees the damage he made, he says, "I did it again..."
As Xerneas tries to comfort Yveltal, Pikachu, and Sylveon begin to lose their strength.
"What's wrong?" Serena asks, to their horror, Pikachu and Sylveon begin to change into stone.
"Oh, no...Pikachu! Sylveon!" Ash and Serena begin to cry out, as Pikachu and Sylveon just mutter Ash and Serena's name before they turn fully to stone.
Xerneas then sees Ash is crying, she says, "Father is grieving, his friends have been hit by your Oblivion Wing. Yveltal, can you help me save him?"
Yveltal nods, ashamed of what he has done. Together, They heal the forest with Yveltal powers up Xerneas' Geomancy so that Xerneas won't be back into the tree form.
Ash and Serena are happy to see Pikachu and Sylveon back to life, the same goes for the 3 Carbink.
Yveltal then lowers his head as he faces Ash. "Father, I am really sorry for doing this to your partner..."
Ash rubs his head and says, "It is fine Yveltal, we have often done things we regretted, but what matters is that you learned your mistakes."
Serena says, "He is right, you don't need to think about it anymore."
Yveltal lowers his head and says, "Thank you, Father, Mother..."
Yveltal then joins Ash's team as they go back to the Diamond Domain.
Ash and his friends then watch as Diancie creates a new Heart Diamond, and everything has ended well.
"Now that the kingdom has saved..." Diancie says, "I can finally go with you."
"You are coming with us?" Lillie asks.
"Princess?" Every Carbink asks.
"Ever since I meet the chosen one, I have learned a lot about the outside world. I want to explore it." Diancie says.
Then Dace says, "Then let me come with you too. I will do my best to protect you."
Ash nods and captures the two Pokemon, then they bid farewell to the other Carbink in the domain.
This chapter is kinda hard to write since this is a movie, not a regular episode. But eventually, Ash captures three more Legendaries in the end. And I also like the song of this movie, but not as much as the one in the Jirachi movie. The next chapter is going to be great since the Summer Camp is about to begin.