The final part of the prologue is here! Hope you like it! … It's long. This chapter effectively doubles the current word count of Legacy.
Prologue – Kalos:
June 16, Vaniville Town, Kalos, 12 pm…
"Stop!" Y yelled with her hand raised high, signaling her Pokémon to stop the training.
Her Pokémon stopped what they were doing and turned to look at her.
"Guys, what's happening?" Y asked. "Our training sessions are becoming more and more… jumbled up. The teamwork is getting sloppy. Right now, this is very far from being a well-oiled machine. Any thoughts, X?"
X crossed his arms as he observed each of Y's Pokémon. "Everyone's doing their best, except…"
"Solsol," Y finished for him, as she had the same feeling as well. "Solsol hasn't been cooperating with me lately. What's wrong?"
The Absol simply looked off into the distance. Y stared at it for a bit before she moved around so that she was right in front of its face. The Absol looked off to the side.
"So we're doing this again, are we?" Y asked with a sigh. "… Why? You've been like this for a while now. I thought I was getting you the wrong food so I looked that up. I then thought that this was a natural habit for Absols, so I looked that up too. I then wondered if I was making you uncomfortable and tried my absolute best to make sure that you'd be happy. And still nothing. I looked up your data on the Pokédex, but it's not like there were any disasters that were happening in the vicinity to distract you."
She crouched in front of her Absol again and tried to give it a gentle pet. But the Absol pulled back and shook away her attempts to pet it.
"Come on, Solsol," Y said. "At least tell me what's bothering you so much."
The Absol didn't even look at her as it continued to stare off into the distance.
"According to the Pokédex here," X began, looking at Absol's data. "Absol is a Pokémon that only approaches people when a disaster is about to happen. … I wonder if it only allowed itself to be caught by you because of what was happening at the time."
"I thought that too, but if that was true, then Solsol would've tried to leave the moment the situation was resolved," Y argued. A thought suddenly occurred and she looked stunned. "… Unless… it stuck around for a bit longer in case the disaster was prolonged?"
The Absol suddenly looked at her as if she had said something right for once. Y blinked a few times as she recalled the Absol's behavior changes, and when the first change occurred.
"… So… all this time…" she began in disbelief. "… You only listened to me because you were concerned about another possible disaster? … And now that things are peaceful and there is no chance of a disaster, you want to… leave me? Is that it?"
The Absol looked into her eyes for a second before looking away into the distance again.
"… I'm sorry, Y," X said solemnly.
"… That's it, huh?" Y muttered, her voice shaking. "… All the time we spent together since then… our… bond… all of that is meaningless to you?" She took a series of deep breaths to calm down a bit and then took out the Absol's Pokéball. "… Solsol… or rather, Absol, please just look at me," she began, trying to prevent her voice from shaking any more.
"Y, what are you doing?" X asked, noticing something strange in Y's expression.
The Absol finally turned to look at Y, or rather, the Pokéball that it was bound to.
"If… if all the time we spent together, our bond, and my affection towards you have all been meaningless to you," Y said, her voice starting to quiver again. "… And if you truly want to abandon me and go back to where you were before… then push the button and hold it until you're free. If that's not true and you care about me in the slight-"
The Absol pushed the central button on the Pokéball with its paw before Y even finished her next sentence. The Pokéball emitted a light blue beam at the Absol as the releasing process finished. And the moment the process ended, it turned away and began to run without even casting a second glance at its former trainer.
X quickly took out one of his own Pokéballs, wanting to chase after the Absol and force it to return. But Y suddenly lowered her head and dropped the Pokéball in her hand, causing him to stop in worry.
Y looked at the dropped Pokéball, which lay opened on the ground. She stared at it in silence for a long while before she reached into her pocket and fished out a Mega Stone; the Absol's Mega Stone. She dropped it next to the empty Pokéball and lowered her head once more.
"Y… I'm so sorry," X said from the side. But Y didn't respond and simply turned away. X looked at the dropped Mega Stone on the ground and noticed that there was a little wet mark on the ground. … Tear drop? X quickly looked up again and saw Y beginning to run towards her house. And before X could even start running after her, she had entered her house and locked the door behind her.
…
Next day, June 17, 11 am…
…
X looked from his windows for signs of Y. She had refused to answer his calls the previous day, and it seemed that she was going to skip out on her daily Sky Trainer training sessions. He looked down and saw Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna approaching his house.
"No good," Tierno said once X opened the windows. "She won't talk to us."
"YP is being like… you," Shauna said. "And given how we were never able to drag you out, I don't think any of us would be able to drag her out of her room."
"Talk about irony," Tierno commented. "That Absol abandoning her must've really hurt her."
"Surely there must be someone who can get Y to come out?" Trevor said. "X, do you have any ideas? You're acquainted with the Pokédex Holders of other regions. Do you think any of them can convince Y to come out?"
X thought for a while as he recalled each Dex Holder and thought how close they were to Y. Soon, a certain Dex Holder came to mind, and he slowly nodded. "Yeah. I think I know who to call. And if I'm right, Y can't possibly ignore her orders." He frowned as he searched through his list of contacts. "But I don't know her number…"
"That's… not good. Do you know anyone who knows that Dex Holder?"
X soon found a business card that he had been given at one point. … Customary for that Dex Holder, apparently.
"That I do. And I think this number will work," X answer as he called the number provided on the business card.
Soon an automated response answered his call. "Thank you for calling BW Agency! If you know your party's extension, you may dial it at any time…"
X dialed the proper extension number and waited as the call was being connected. Sure, this felt a bit dumb, being forced to call a Dex Holder's business number in another region in order to get the number of another Dex Holder in yet another region who could then call the Dex Holder that was living literally next door to come outside and talk, but… if it meant that Y would return to being her bright and cheerful self again…
…
Several days later, June 23, Route 210, Sinnoh, 12 pm…
…
"Miss Platinum! Look out!" Y yelled as she quickly lunged forward, pushing her senior out of harm's way. She looked backwards and saw a wild Bagon pulling its head out of the ground once the dust settled.
The Bagon let out a seemingly frustrated roar and suddenly used Flamethrower at the two Dex Holders.
"Incoming!" Y yelled as she saw the Fire type attack. She rose a bit to jump out of the way, but then realized that Platinum was currently under her carrying her precious Eevee egg. If Y jumped out of the way, the heiress would be hit by the attack, and that was unacceptable. If the egg was damaged… that was a lot worse, as Platinum would never forgive her. So instead, Y spread out her flight suit wings and tried to shield her senior from the attack as much as possible.
Y braced herself, but the attack never came. She looked behind her and realized that Platinum's Rapidash had returned, and soaked up the Flamethrower with its Flash Fire ability.
Platinum hastily checked the status of her precious Eevee egg, afraid that the impact may have damaged it. "The egg is safe," she said with a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Y, and Rapidash."
"Lady Platinum?!" came White's frantic voice from the Pokégear. "What's happening? Are you okay?"
"Yes, I am okay," Platinum responded calmly. "A wild Bagon has attacked. Nothing more. As I was saying, I will keep you updated." She soon hung up and looked up at Y. "Prepare for battle."
"Okay," Y said as she signaled her Fletchinder to come closer. "But… why did this Bagon attack?" she asked as she reached for her Pokédex.
"Bagon has a perpetual wish for flight," Platinum said as she rose to her feet. "It continuously jumps off of high cliffs in its attempts to fly and crashes head-first into the ground, which made its head rock hard. It is why it has the Rock Head ability. And this is my conjecture, but I surmise that this Bagon saw you flying and got upset. Here in Sinnoh, there are no Sky Trainers, so even the wild Pokémon are not accustomed to seeing people flying around. That may be the reason why it is attacking right now."
Y checked her Pokédex and saw the exact same information displayed on the screen. She momentarily tilted her head, wondering how exactly her senior knew that information without even looking at her own Pokédex before she remembered who exactly the heiress was.
Y frowned a bit and took a few steps to the side, separating herself from her senior to test the conjecture. The Bagon was only looking at her, and it was clear that it wasn't even paying attention to Platinum.
"Huh. It sure seems to be angry at me," Y said. "… Okay then. Here goes. Fletchy, Flame Charge!"
The Fletchinder cloaked itself in flames and prepared to charge. But the wild Bagon suddenly shot a huge stream of water from its mouth, forcing the Fletchinder to abort its attack and fly up to dodge. The Bagon stomped around in frustration at the flight and shot another stream of water at the bird Pokémon.
"Hydro Pump?" Y muttered in surprise.
"It is uncommon, but not impossible," Platinum said. "However, Bagon is not proficient at ranged attacks. That Hydro Pump currently lacks raw power. You should take advantage of it."
"I got this," Y said with a nod. "Double Team!"
The Fletchinder quickly flew around the Bagon, making illusory copies of itself to confuse the little Dragon Pokémon. The Bagon spun around for a bit, trying to find the real Fletchinder, before it began blasting every copy with Flamethrower. Y observed the Bagon's firing rate and timed her attack accordingly.
"Now! Aerial Ace!"
The Fletchinder suddenly appeared in front of the Bagon and rammed into it at incredibly high speed just as the little Dragon Pokémon was about to inhale for another Flamethrower. The impact sent the Bagon rolling backwards, until it came to a sudden abrupt halt in the form of the cliff wall.
"Ooh… that must've hurt," Y said with a wince. She jogged towards the Bagon, afraid that she may have dealt too much damage.
The Bagon sat up and shook away the effects of the Aerial Ace. It looked more disheartened than injured.
"It does not appear to be hurt," Platinum said as she walked towards the Bagon as well. "But it probably will not attack any further."
"That's good," Y said. She gave her Fletchinder a gentle pat on the head and was about to turn away when she noticed the expression on the Bagon's face. The Bagon let out a whimper as it looked down at the ground. "Aww… you really want to fly, don't you?" she asked as she crouched in front of it. "Maybe I can help you out."
The Bagon perked up and looked at her excitedly. Y smiled as she extended a hand towards the Bagon. The little Dragon Pokémon hopped up to its feet and ran towards her.
"All right then," Y said as she gave the Bagon a gentle pet. "Fletchy, let's give this little guy a ride, huh?"
The Fletchinder nodded and grabbed onto the little Bagon with its talons. Once the Bagon was securely in its grip, the Fletchinder began to fly upwards, taking it slowly at first. The Bagon let out a happy roar and it began to flap its arms to mimic the Fletchinder's wings.
"Aww, isn't that cute?" Y said as she watched her Fletchinder flying in circles for the Bagon, occasionally soaring into the sky and dipping low towards the ground for different experiences.
"Yes. And it is very admirable of you for letting the Bagon have its wish," Platinum said.
"Thank you. The little guy just looked so sad, you know?"
"I suppose being defeated by a Flying type Pokémon was quite upsetting," Platinum said. "But now, at least it will be-" She suddenly felt something soft landing on her head and quickly looked up in surprise. She felt her hat being pulled off and caught a glimpse of something blue and white that was now flying away. "Ah! My hat!"
Y quickly spun around in surprise and spotted the blue and white Pokémon flying away, with Platinum's undoubtedly super expensive hat. "Ah! Your million PKD hat! I'll get it back for you!"
Her Fletchinder flew down and assisted her in taking off before beginning to chase the hat thief, with the Bagon still holding on for the ride.
Platinum tilted her head as she watched her junior fly off. "… Million? … How much was that hat?"
Y squinted to get a slightly better view of the hat thief. A bird like Pokémon with a light blue body and soft looking white wings?
'Ah, a Swablu,' Y thought as she contemplated on her options. 'Fletchy can't use any Fire type attacks without risking damage to Miss Platinum's expensive hat.' She looked at her Fletchinder to ask if it could outrun the Swablu when she noticed that the Bagon was about to attack. "No! Don't use Flamethrower!" she hastily yelled. "We can't damage the hat!"
The Bagon aborted its attack and looked over at Y, as if it was asking what it could do.
"… Fletchy is currently a bit over encumbered," Y muttered as she thought of a plan. "So it can't easily outrun the Swablu. I can't risk any Fire type or explosive attacks, or the hat gets damaged. … Maybe water? … Surely the hat won't be damaged by water…" She looked over at Bagon that was still waiting for her to say something. "Can you use Hydro Pump?"
The Bagon nodded and quickly shot a stream of water at the Swablu. The Swablu detected the attack far too late, and the Hydro Pump landed a direct hit. The attack wasn't that strong, but it was enough to force the Swablu to fall and let go of the hat.
"Grab it!" Y yelled as she swooped down. The Fletchinder swooped down as well and the Bagon managed to grab the Swablu while Y managed to grab her senior's hat before quickly spreading her arms again for her flight suit to work.
The Swablu didn't resist as Y and Fletchinder returned to where Platinum was waiting. Y soon landed in front of her senior and handed her the hat.
"I'm sorry, Miss Platinum, but… it's a bit wet," Y said.
Platinum carefully set the egg canister on the ground for a bit so that she could take her hat and put it on. "It is okay. The hat will dry quickly. Thank you, Y."
"The Bagon did all the work," Y said as she looked at the Bagon that was now on the ground again, still holding onto Swablu. "Maybe it was returning the favor for letting it experience flight."
"Now, as for that Swablu," Platinum said as she crouched in front of the small Pokémon. She frowned as she saw the expression on the Swablu. "… It appears… sad. It looks as if it is longing for something…"
"Maybe it thought that your hat was like one of its kind?" Y suggested. "Usually, Swablu and Altaria fly with others of their kind. But this one is by itself. Maybe it got lost and thought your hat was one of its kind."
"Perhaps," Platinum said. She looked at the Swablu carefully, and noticed the dirt on its wings. "Swablu loves to be clean. But this one is quite dirty. It does support the theory that this one is lost and on its own."
"So… what will you do?" Y asked. "We shouldn't just leave it alone again in the wild."
Platinum gently lifted the Swablu in her arms. "Would you like to come with me? I will assure you that you will never be alone again."
The Swablu looked surprised at the offer, and hesitated. Platinum gently brushed off the dirt on its wings with her hands and smiled brightly. The Swablu soon lowered its guard and chirped happily.
"So, will you come with me?" Platinum asked. The Swablu nodded. "Splendid." She took out an empty Pokéball from her bag and held it in front of the small Pokémon. The Swablu tapped the button in the center and in a flash of light, entered the Pokéball. The Pokéball shook a bit as the capture process was underway. The Swablu offered no resistance whatsoever, and the Pokéball soon stopped shaking.
"Capture completed!" Y exclaimed. "Congratulations, Miss Platinum."
"Thank you." Platinum sent out her newly captured Swablu, which immediately flew into its trainer's embrace. "Nice to meet you. I am sure we will work well together."
"Knowing you, I'm sure the Swablu will be really happy being with you," Y said with a smile.
The Swablu flew out of its trainer's embrace and gently perched on her head. Platinum remembered that Swablu prefers to perch on their trainers' heads, so she decided to let it be. Instead, she picked up her Eevee egg canister once more.
"Now then, shall we get going?"
"Sure. Where to?" Y asked as she watched her senior hop onto her Rapidash. So now the heiress was carrying an Eevee egg, while sitting on a Rapidash, while a Swablu was perched on her head. It was admittedly an amusing sight.
"From here, we will head west," Platinum said. "We will rest at Celestic Town for a little while then we will take the path through Mt. Coronet to reach Eterna City. We will rest there for the day, and tomorrow, we will take the Cycling Road to the south until we reach Oreburgh City. And from there, we will take transportation to reach Canalave City."
"All right then. Lead the way." Y looked down at the Bagon that was still sticking around for some reason. She smiled and gave it another gentle pat on the head. "Thanks for helping me today, Bagon. But I have to get going now. Good bye."
The Bagon let out what sounded like a whimper again. Before Y turned away, it jumped forward and grabbed onto her leg.
"It appears to have taken a liking to you," Platinum said from the side. A thought suddenly occurred and she smiled brightly. "Y, this is a perfect opportunity. Let it join your team."
"Let it join…" Y suddenly frowned as she remembered her Absol. It had allowed itself to be captured just to stop a crisis and had promptly abandoned her afterwards. What if this Bagon only wanted to be on her team because of flight? Would it abandon her the moment it evolved into Salamence? "… I don't know," she said at last.
"I understand your concerns," Platinum said. "But you cannot let the experience from one Absol prevent you from trusting your Pokémon ever again."
Y looked down at the Bagon that was still holding onto her leg. "… You really want to come with me?" The Bagon nodded enthusiastically. Y finally managed to smile as she crouched in front of the Bagon. "Thank you." She took out a Pokéball from her bag and held it in front of the little Dragon Pokémon. The Bagon tapped the button and soon allowed itself to be captured. Once the Pokéball stopped shaking, Y looked at the little Bagon inside. "… You're right, Miss Platinum. I can't let that one instance with Absol change me too much. Thank you." She sent out her newly captured Bagon so that she could look into its eyes clearly. "Nice to meet you, Bagon. I really hope we'll get along well. And from this point on, I'm going to call you Bobo."
…
Next day, June 24, Route 206, 11 am…
…
"It really feels weird," Y said as she held onto the railing of Sinnoh's Cycling Road. "I mean… really."
Platinum held the brakes on her bicycle so that she could stop next to Y. The Kalos Dex Holder didn't have a bicycle, but instead had the "rollerblades modification" installed into her boots. Apparently in the region of Kalos, a lot more people preferred using rollerblades than bicycles. And Y admitted that she had given in and purchased the modification on impulse. And now, while everyone else on the Cycling Road were on bicycles, Y was the only one using rollerblades. And since she was not proficient at it, she was also wearing her flight suit helmet and makeshift elbow and knee pads.
"This just… feels and looks very silly," Y said as she once again made her way down the Cycling Road.
"While it is unusual to see someone with rollerblades, it is not strange," Platinum said with a smile.
For a while, the two Dex Holders smoothly traversed the Cycling Road, taking breaks every now and then. But halfway down the Cycling Road, an accident happened.
Platinum and Y entered the steepest slope of the road when the whole Cycling Road began to shake, as if there was an earthquake happening. While Platinum managed to use the brakes to stop before she lost control, Y could not as she wasn't proficient enough with her rollerblades. And even as she cried out for help, Y lost control of her speed and direction, and ended up colliding into the railing before falling off of the Cycling Road entirely.
Y quickly reached into her bag while falling and sent out her Greninja, which immediately wrapped its trainer in a thick layer of bubbles. Y still clenched her eyes and braced herself as she hit something really hard (based on the impact) and rolled down until she came to a halt.
Y opened her eyes once she had stopped falling/tumbling as the bubbles around her dissipated. She briefly checked her body and all of her limbs in case she was hurt somewhere and her nerves haven't caught up yet.
"Not a single scratch," she muttered after a sigh of relief. She smiled brightly at her Greninja that had dropped in front of her to check up on her. "Thank you so much, Kerokero. You're getting better and better at this. I can always count on you, right?" The Greninja blushed a bit at the compliment and rubbed the back of its neck in an embarrassed manner.
"Y! Are you okay?!" came Platinum's worried voice from above.
Y looked up and saw her senior looking down from the Cycling Road and waved at her. "I'm over here! And I'm perfectly okay!"
"Be careful!" Platinum shouted. "You are very close to Wayward Cave. Wild Garchomp and Gabite live in the area!"
"… That explains the sudden earthquake," Y muttered as she rose to her feet after switching her boots to normal. "I'll be careful!"
"Good. Now continue following the Cycling Road! I will see you at the exit!"
Y took off her helmet and makeshift elbow and knee pads and put them in her bag. She sent out her Fletchinder, and ordered it to follow her from high above so that Platinum would know exactly where she was at all times. Afterwards, she sent out her Sylveon and Bagon before following the Cycling Road once more.
As she walked, she felt the ground trembling a few more times, and each one was stronger than the last, as if the source was getting closer and closer.
"Guys, be ready for a fight," Y told her Pokémon as she prepared for battle as well. "If we have to deal with wild Garchomp and Gabite, we have to ready for them ahead of time. Kerokero, look out for ambushes, and Veevee, get ready for a quick-fire Moonblast. And Bobo, if any enemy gets close, smash them with Headbutt, okay?"
Her Pokémon all acknowledged her orders and prepared themselves accordingly. But for a while, nothing happened apart from occasional tremors. Y kept her guard up, just in case. And before she could reach the end of the Cycling Road, a wild Pokémon attacked her.
She first felt the ground directly beneath her shaking violently, as if something was charging forward from under the surface. Y quickly jumped and did a back flip just as something burst out from where she had been standing a split second ago. She landed on her feet and lowered to a crouch to present less of a target as the dust settled. She expected to see a much larger Garchomp or a Gabite, but instead, she saw a little Gible. And before she could give any commands to her Pokémon, her Bagon attacked the Gible as per previously instructed.
The Bagon rammed its head into the Gible, with enough force to almost send it back underground. But the Headbutt seemed to have harmed the Bagon as well. Y saw the scratch mark on her Bagon's head and realized why that happened.
"This Gible must have Rough Skin ability," she muttered. "Bobo, try to avoid making physical contact," she said. The Bagon nodded and prepared for ranged attacks.
The Gible shook away the effects of the Headbutt and burrowed underground to charge forward again. The Bagon scanned the ground to see where the Gible may burst up, but couldn't detect the burrow charge well enough to avoid it. The Gible burst up from the ground behind the Bagon, sending it flying into the air.
"Bobo! Hydro Pump!" Y ordered once her Bagon was in a better position.
The Bagon twisted its body to face down. The moment it was directly above the Gible, it used a full power Hydro Pump. Even though its ranged attacks weren't all that powerful, the Hydro Pump gained the additional benefit of gravity since it was aimed directly below. The Gible saw the attack and burrowed underground to avoid it, but the Hydro Pump hit the hole that it just made, which forced all the water into the little hole.
The ground burst open again as the Gible was shot upwards thanks to the water from the Hydro Pump acting as a geyser. The Bagon dropped towards the Gible at top speed and managed to ram its head directly into the Gible's head with a gravity-boosted Headbutt.
Both the Bagon and Gible fell towards the ground. Y rushed forward to catch her Bagon, momentarily forgetting about how much it weighed. The Bagon hit her chest as she caught it and the impact immediately knocked her down to the ground.
"Ah! … Ugh… you're heavy…" she groaned as her Bagon quickly crawled off of her. "But great job, Bobo. You managed yourself really well in the air despite not being able to fly yet. Just imagine how good you'll be once you fully evolve!"
The Bagon let out a short roar of triumph as it happily hopped about. Just then, the wild Gible got back up as well. With an angry growl, the Gible began to thrash about, stomping on the ground repeatedly as hard as it could muster.
"Earthquake!" Y exclaimed as the ground began to shake violently. But fortunately, the Gible didn't seem to know how to fully use Earthquake yet, as the ground stopped shaking pretty quickly. "Veevee, restrain it!"
Y's Sylveon quickly extended its ribbons and wrapped around the wild Gible, completely immobilizing it. The Gible tried to thrash around, but couldn't move an inch.
"So you're the one that's been causing these tremors," Y said with a stern look. "That's dangerous, you know. That whole Cycling Road could collapse, and if it does, it'd destroy Wayward Cave, and hurt a lot of people and Pokémon!"
The Gible steadily calmed down and dropped its hostility. Y's Sylveon released it, but remained on guard just in case.
Y suddenly realized that she recognized the expression on the Gible. She had seen it on her Bagon after it had lost to her Fletchinder. So this Gible wanted something, but couldn't get it. … Y lightened her expression as she recalled what Platinum had said to her the previous day. She crouched in front of the Gible and tried to appear as friendly as possible.
"… You want to get stronger, don't you?" she asked nicely. "That's why you've been causing a bit of a ruckus here. You wanted to learn how to use Earthquake, and wanted to become stronger by defeating opponents. That's why you attacked us. … But you don't have to do that alone, you know."
The Gible looked up at her, wondering what she was talking about. Y simply smiled.
"Why don't you come with me? Together, we can become stronger much faster."
The Gible soon nodded and accepted her offer. Y took out an empty Pokéball and captured the Gible with it. She then sent out the newly captured Gible.
"From now on, I'm going to call you Toto. And together, we'll be a great team."
The Gible looked at all of Y's other Pokémon before meeting the gaze of her Bagon. The Gible glared at the Bagon, as it hadn't gotten over its defeat quite yet. The Bagon sensed the hostility and glared back. Y's Sylveon sensed the hostility and used its ribbons to split the two apart. The two Dragons glared at each other once more before turning away simultaneously. Y let out a short sigh.
"A rivalry, huh? … I suppose that could be useful in a team…"
…
A week later, July 1, Isle Avue, Alola, 1 pm…
…
Y stretched her limbs while lying down on the beach. The warmth felt so good, and she had never felt so relaxed before, ever. She looked over to her right, where her Pokémon were playing with other Pokémon, all enjoying the nice weather. She looked over to her left, where she saw Platinum lightly dozing while on the beach chair, with her Eevee egg canister securely held in her arms. White was lying on the beach next to her, enjoying the calmness as well. And next to her, Moon remained seated on the sand, looking rather… bored. Unlike the other three, the Alola Dex Holder wasn't in her swimsuit, as she apparently had no intention of going in the water.
The heiress suddenly let out a short yawn and sat up a bit as she checked the condition of her Eevee egg.
"Miss Platinum," Y started, now that her senior was awake. "If you aimed to get a nice sexy tan while in the beaches of Alola, sitting under a giant parasol isn't the way to do it."
White chuckled as she looked up at the parasol. "Yeah. It looks so thick too. I wouldn't be surprised if it blocks out even gamma radiation."
Platinum smiled and looked at her two juniors. "You do not have to sit next to me if you desire a suntan." She gently held the egg incubator canister and checked its temperature. "The warmth of this island is supposedly very beneficial for egg hatching. That is the only reason I am here. But if you two wish to do something in the meantime…"
"We wouldn't want to leave you all by yourself, Lady Platinum," White said. "Besides, the sunlight here seems a bit too strong. I wouldn't want to get burned."
"I think I want a sand massage. Or whatever it's called," Y said. "White, can you help me?"
"Okay, sure."
Y moved towards the edge of the shade cast by the parasol and lied down on the hot sand but in a way that the shadow of the parasol just covered her head. White crawled over and began burying Y's body with sand.
"Ooh… hot, hot, hot…" Y said as she squirmed. "Damn the sand is hot. But it feels so good."
"And the sunlight will keep your sand tomb very hot," White said as she finished covering her junior with sand. "So if it gets too hot, either force your way out or call for help."
Platinum smiled as she took out her Empoleon's Pokéball. "Or Empoleon can encase your little sand tomb in ice with Blizzard."
"Um… no thanks."
The egg inside the incubator suddenly shook a few times. Platinum immediately noticed and looked at it.
"Oh, it shook again," she said excitedly. The other three Dex Holder all looked at the Eevee egg. "It must be getting really close to hatching. This is the fourth time the egg shook today!"
"So close," White said. "I really want to see it hatch. The little Eevee is going to be so cute!"
"It's an egg from Kanto, that'd hatch in Alola, but is going to stay in Sinnoh," Moon said. "That's… quite interesting. It already traveled far more than I have."
Platinum held the incubator even closer to her chest. "Oh, I cannot wait…"
"Well, well, well, look what we have here," came a stranger's voice from the side all of a sudden. "It's just four little girls taking up the best spot in this beach."
The four Dex Holders quickly looked where the voice came from and saw two… punks standing with their arms crossed. Moon recognized the outfit and let out a sigh.
"Oh… Team Skull…"
"Don't you know the rules?" the leading grunt asked as he approached the Dex Holders. "You can't just set up camp in this beach without paying rent!"
"Rent?" Platinum said with a frown. "Is that… common?"
"That's ridiculous!" White said. "Who pays rent for using the beach? Maybe for parking, but this is-"
"Of course you outsiders wouldn't know!" the other grunt said menacingly. "But around here, the rules are simple. You either pay the rent, or else."
"Don't listen to them," Moon said with a sigh. "These guys are just trying to extort money."
"You don't seem to understand, little girl," the leading grunt said. "You will pay for this spot, one way or another."
Platinum got up to her feet to face the Team Skull grunts. Seeing her rise, her Empoleon and Lopunny quickly came closer, just in case. One by one, the Dex Holders' Pokémon gathered towards their trainers.
"I request that you leave us," the heiress said sternly. "Do not harass us and please leave."
"And I keep saying," the grunt said angrily. "That you don't seem to understand!"
The grunt suddenly kicked the giant parasol, knocking it over and effectively creating a barrier between the Dex Holders and their Pokémon. And with the parasol knocked over, the strong sunlight temporarily blinded the Dex Holders, leaving them defenseless for a brief moment. During that moment, the other grunt quickly shoved Platinum off of her feet and snatched her Eevee egg canister and began to run.
Platinum hit the ground and forced her eyes to open. She quickly realized that the two Team Skull grunts have stolen her Eevee egg.
"No! Stop!" she yelled out in horror, as she chased after them as fast as she could run.
Y quickly forced herself out of the little sand tomb. "Toto! Go after them!" she yelled out. "Fletchy! You too!"
Y's Fletchinder quickly flew over the knocked over parasol and chased after the fleeing grunts. The Gible burrowed underground and charged forward towards them as well.
"Be careful!" White yelled out as she ran after the grunts as well. "We can't risk damaging the-"
Before she even finished, there was a loud "twing" like noise from behind, as if a string with really high tension was released. White spun around and spotted Moon with her bow out, having shot at the two Team Skull grunts with her flat-headed arrows.
The two grunts had already reached paved ground when the arrow reached them. The grunt holding the egg canister stumbled after getting hit by the arrow on the back of his head. And just as Platinum reached the pavement as well, the grunt tripped and fell, dropping the egg canister at the same time.
Platinum shrieked in horror as the egg canister hit the paved ground and shattered, sending the egg inside crashing into the pavement at full speed with a loud crack. The egg cracked badly on impact, with pieces of the shell flying off from the impact. Platinum stumbled towards the partly smashed egg and dropped to her knees, with her hands clamped over her mouth.
"N – No…" she muttered, beginning to tremble. She shakily touched the cracked egg and gasped as she felt the shell cracking in her gentle grip. "No, no, no…"
White and Y soon arrived next to her and stood horrified as well. Moon remained frozen in place still on the beach as she realized the repercussions of her bow shot. She shakily approached her seniors and stared at the smashed egg in complete shock.
"Lady Platinum…" White began, trying and failing to come up with something to say to her senior to comfort her.
Platinum lowered her head and visibly trembled as she fought the urge to cry. But she quickly lost the fight and began to sob silently.
Y glared at the Team Skull grunt who had tried to steal the egg. The two grunts were fleeing the scene now. Y wanted to chase them and beat their heads in, but couldn't leave her senior like this.
She crouched next to her senior, thinking of what she could say to help. She had been with the heiress for the past two weeks now, and knew just how much Platinum had been taking care of that egg. And as time passed, the heiress had gotten more and more attached to her Eevee egg. To see the egg smashed now… Y felt her own tears welling in her eyes and closed them. … She didn't want to see the destroyed egg either.
White suddenly gasped as she saw the destroyed egg move a bit. She opened her eyes wide and carefully observed the egg, in case she saw wrong. But even as she watched, the egg shook a bit again.
"Lady Platinum!" she quickly shouted. "Look!"
Platinum opened her eyes and looked at the destroyed egg. Even through her tears, she could see the cracked egg shaking. She touched the egg with her hands in case she was seeing things, and upon feeling the egg shaking in her hands, she quickly pulled back and left it alone.
"Is it hatching?" Y asked in disbelief. "How? I was so worried that it was destroyed…"
"It must've been that close to hatching," White suggested. "It must've been so close that the fall didn't damage the Eevee inside."
The egg shook again and a piece of its shell fell off, revealing the little paw that had kicked that piece off. The paw quickly retracted, however, as if the Eevee wasn't fully ready to enter the new world quite yet.
The four Dex Holders held their breaths as the little Eevee began to slowly kick off more pieces of the egg shell. Eventually, a big chunk of the shell fell off and the little Eevee poked its head through to face the outside world for the first time. And the very first thing it saw was Platinum's teary face. The little Eevee jumped back in surprise at the sudden close proximity, which made Platinum quickly pull back as well.
"Eevee…" she said, her voice shaking. "Are… are you okay?"
The Eevee perked up at the sound of her voice, as she sounded awfully… familiar. Platinum slowly reached towards the Eevee with her hand. The little Pokémon saw the motion and backed away in fright, but soon lowered its guard as Platinum's presence just felt familiar. The heiress gently touched its cheek with her hand before pulling back, in case she was causing it discomfort.
The little Eevee soon climbed out of its broken egg shell, and took a cautious step towards Platinum. The heiress extended her hands again slowly, while her three juniors carefully watched in silence. After a few seconds, the Eevee hopped onto Platinum's lap and accepted her embrace.
Platinum let out a sigh of relief that sounded like a sob as she embraced her new Eevee. "Oh, I'm so relieved… You're okay!"
"Congratulations, Miss Platinum!" Y said happily from the side.
"We were so worried!" White said as well. "But maybe we should go to the nearest Pokémon Center, just in case."
Platinum nodded. "Yes. We will head there at once," she said as she wiped away her tears. She smiled brightly as she looked at her Eevee. "Will you come with me?"
The little Eevee nodded and happily wagged its tail while still in her embrace. Platinum gave it a soft kiss on the forehead and rose to her feet.
"We should head back first," Y said. "All of our stuff is still at the beach, with no one left to guard them. There might be more of those… weird jerks out there."
"And we're not going to a Pokémon Center like this, are we?" White asked, pointing at her swimsuit. "The nearest Pokémon Center is still a bit far, so we should change back into our regular clothes before going there."
"I can go to the Pokémon Center ahead of you if you want," Moon offered. "I'm not in my swimsuit, so I can go on ahead with your Eevee and check if it's okay." She approached the Eevee in Platinum's arms and extended a hand.
The Eevee suddenly pulled back in fear at the approach of a complete stranger. Platinum saw the motion and turned away a bit to try to comfort it.
"The Eevee seems to be afraid of strangers at the moment," she said. "It appears that I must be the one to take it to the Pokémon Center." She slowly turned towards Moon again. "But perhaps you can take a look and see if it is okay."
Platinum carefully set the Eevee down on the ground, but remained crouching next to it. Moon crouched as well and looked at the Eevee, trying to see if there were any injuries or other irregularities. The Eevee backed away from her and only focused on following Platinum. The heiress moved around a bit, smiling and encouraging the Eevee to follow, while Moon observed the little Pokémon's movements.
"It looks perfectly healthy," she said after another couple of minutes.
"That's a relief," White said. "What a stroke of luck, really. Some jerk comes out of nowhere to steal the egg and smash it, and yet the Eevee hatched and is perfectly unharmed."
"We should still go to a Pokémon Center just to be sure," Moon said.
"Yes. We shall head there as soon as possible," Platinum said. "And afterwards, as per White's suggestion, we will go take a look at this region's newly opened Pokémon League."
…
Next day, July 2, Mount Lanakila, Ula'ula Island, Alola, 2pm…
…
Platinum, White, and Y stood facing the tall cliff wall that led to the Pokémon League. Moon apparently had something important she had to do so she could not accompany the three visiting Dex Holders.
Platinum held her Eevee in her arms and occasionally played with it. Thanks to her efforts when it was still an egg, the Eevee had gotten accustomed to her very quickly and was completely at ease around her.
… She also had her Swablu perched on her head, as the Cotton Bird Pokémon had apparently taken a real liking to her hat. It made things a bit tricky, as whenever Platinum lowered her head to play with her Eevee, her Swablu would also get tilted forward and almost fall off every time. At the very least, the Eevee appeared to be amused watching the Swablu flailing a bit to regain balance.
White took another picture as she looked around the area. She had already taken quite a few photos, as she intended on showing them to Black upon returning to Unova. That way, Black would be more inclined to take on the Pokémon League of Alola and achieve his dreams that were sort of ruined back in Unova.
"Ah, so that elevator takes us up the cliff and to the Pokémon League," White said as she pointed at the tiny elevator built on the cliff wall. "… It really doesn't look safe at all. It looks like a disaster just waiting to happen, really."
"The guys who built this place must've stress tested it," Y suggested. "So… it's probably safe. And if it's not… Kerokero here will save us."
"Well, let's get up there," White said after taking a picture of the tiny elevator. "… And brace yourselves."
The three Dex Holders approached the elevator and was about to step onto the rising platform when Platinum's Eevee suddenly perked up as if it had sensed something. Platinum stopped in her tracks and looked at her Pokémon. The Eevee looked around here and there as if it was looking for something particular before hopping out of its trainer's embrace.
"Oh? Is something wrong?" Platinum asked in surprise.
The Eevee began to walk somewhere, and Platinum quickly followed. White and Y watched her senior for a bit before following as well. The Eevee seemed to be following some sort of an invisible trail as it walked towards what appeared to be a cave entrance.
"Isn't that a bit dangerous for a newly hatched Eevee?" White asked.
"We'll make sure nothing bad happens," Y said as she jogged ahead. She stood by the cave entrance until she was sure that the Eevee was heading in there before going in first. "Ah, it's cold!"
"Eevee, where are you going?" Platinum asked in worry. "Is something wrong?
The Eevee shook its head but continued walking. Y glanced back at it occasionally while walking ahead, in case some wild Pokémon popped out.
Y turned a corner and jumped in surprise as something popped out from the shadows. She quickly prepared for battle in case there was one.
"What is it?" White asked as she got behind her junior. She soon saw the wild Pokémon as well. "Hey, is that a… Vulpix?"
"Seems like it," Y answered. "But… why is it… white?"
The Vulpix suddenly shot a stream of white mist at Y. She blocked the mist with her arm and cried out in surprise as a thick layer of ice encased her arm.
"What?! But… Vulpix is a Fire type!" White yelled in surprise as Y fell backwards, clutching at her frozen arm.
"It must be one of those Alola forms," Platinum said as she faced the Vulpix. "I have heard of these from Professor Rowan. They have differing types and abilities. So while a normal Vulpix is a Fire type, it seems that the Alola one is an Ice type. Interesting…" She took out a Pokéball from her bag containing her Empoleon. "… I will capture this one."
White and Y pulled away a little so that their senior would have some room for the battle. Y sent out her Bagon which began to use a low powered Flamethrower to quickly melt the ice encasing the girl's arm.
For a while, the battle between Empoleon and the wild Vulpix continued. Platinum had already noticed that the wild Vulpix had a huge weakness to Steel types, and was trying to avoid causing too much damage by using Steel type moves. The Vulpix also had the ability to use Freeze-Dry, which made things a bit problematic for Water types.
Platinum eventually decided to end the battle when the Vulpix appeared to be exhausted. The Empoleon charged towards the Vulpix with Drill Peck. The Vulpix didn't have the strength left to dodge the attack and ended up falling. Platinum quickly threw an empty Pokéball at the Vulpix. And since it didn't have the strength left to fight it for long, the capture succeeded.
"Capture successful. Congratulations, Lady Platinum," White said.
"Thank you. I look forward to learning the differences of the Alola Vulpix and a regular Vulpix." Platinum put the Pokéball in her bag and looked over at Y. "How is your arm?"
Y clenched her hand into a fist a few times. "Still stings a bit, but I think I'm fine. Thank you, Bobo."
The Bagon hopped up a bit before returning to its Pokéball, as it didn't like the coldness of the cave. Y put the Pokéball away and steadily rose up to her feet when Platinum's Eevee began to move again.
"Oh, here we go again," White said as she followed the little Eevee.
Y jogged ahead once more to take the lead, but being extra careful this time. The Eevee occasionally sniffed at the air but continued walking, still following some invisible trail.
Soon, the group came across a big clearing. There were holes in the wall and ceiling, which allowed natural light to enter and illuminate the area. And in the center of the clearing was a giant white rock.
"What is that?" Y asked. "… A block of ice? Snow?"
The Eevee walked up to the rock and sniffed at it. After sniffing around a bit more, it placed a paw on the rock and began to glow bright white. Platinum gasped in shock and hastily took a step forward until she realized what was happening.
"Is it… evolving?" White asked in surprise.
"This rock must be one of those ice rocks," Platinum said. "If I recall, there is one near Lake Acuity in Sinnoh. If an Eevee is around that rock, it will evolve into-"
The Eevee finished evolving and lowered its paw. It looked at the changes done to its body and circled around a bit before excitedly running towards its trainer again.
"It's a Glaceon!" Y said as she crouched in front of the newly evolved Pokémon. "Aww… it's so cute!" She extended her non-frozen hand to pet it. The Glaceon saw the motion and quickly breathed out at the hand, encasing it in a thin layer of ice. "Ah! My hand!" Y cried out, pulling her hand back. The layer of ice shattered quickly, and the girl spent a few seconds clenching and unclenching her hand to make sure everything was okay. She glared at the Glaceon, which had turned completely away, blatantly ignoring her now. "… Oh, I have a feeling that we are going to be good friends…"
Platinum crouched as well and allowed the Glaceon to hop into her arms. "You must have sensed this rock from all the way out there. That is why you led us all here, no?"
The Glaceon happily nodded. Platinum smiled as she embraced her newly evolved Glaceon. But the Glaceon was a bit too heavy for her to easily carry it around, so she set it on the ground so that it would just follow her closely.
The group soon left the cave and back to the small elevator by the cliff. Platinum had memorized the path she took when her Eevee had led her, so it was easy to backtrack to get back outside.
And upon taking the very dangerous looking elevator, the three Dex Holders managed to reach Alola region's Pokémon League.
White soon became engrossed with taking pictures and notes about the Alola League for Black, which left Platinum and Y alone to themselves for a while.
"Y," Platinum began as a thought occurred.
"Yes?"
"I have been thinking about this for a while now, but… I think it would help you greatly if you take on the Pokémon League in Kalos."
"How so?" Y asked.
"To challenge the Pokémon League, a trainer and the Pokémon need to be working together very effectively. So to you, just the process of getting to the Pokémon League can help you regain confidence in your Pokémon." Platinum smiled as she recalled her journey around Sinnoh. "And speaking from experience, just traveling with your friends, overcoming the challenges of the Gyms and becoming stronger with your Pokémon is very fun. You must give it a try."
Y thought about the idea of traveling with her friends around Kalos… but without the feeling of being chased and hunted. A leisurely travel with friends, bonding with her Pokémon more and more… it certainly sounded promising. She looked at her senior's scarf and saw the 8 Sinnoh Gym Badges pinned on it. She also thought about Sapphire's 8 Hoenn Gym Badges pinned on her bag, and thought about the possibility of her joining her two seniors in having all 8 Gym Badges of her region. It'd certainly give credibility to her skills as a trainer…
Y took out the Pokéballs containing her Gible and Bagon. The Pokémon League challenge would also provide the perfect opportunity for her to better befriend her two new Pokémon and become stronger with them.
"… Okay. I'll give it a shot," she said with a determined nod.
Platinum smiled brightly. "Splendid. You will do admirably. I look forward to hearing your progress."
"It might take some work, convincing X to come with me on a journey like this," Y began. "I don't think he'd want to go anywhere near a Pokémon League."
"But he would be interested if it is helpful to you," Platinum countered. "After all, he is the one who called White and informed her about what happened to you. He cares about you more than you think. He would be willing to come along if you ask him."
"If you think so… I'll definitely ask him," Y said. "… I think I'll ask him the moment I return to Kalos."
…
3 days later, Pokémon League, Kalos, 2 pm…
…
Y finished circling around the large structure and steadily landed on a large hill of the Victory Road that offered a great view of the Pokémon League structure. Her Fletchinder let go of the Bagon and perched on Y's shoulder, as Y sent out the remainder of her team.
"Check it out, guys," she said as she looked at the large structure. "That's our goal, right there. We can't challenge the Pokémon League right now since I'm not qualified for it, but that's what our journey will be for. Can you feel the excitement?"
Her Pokémon all nodded. Y watched each one and nodded approvingly.
"All right. We'll start training immediately, but we'll take it a bit easy today. So we'll be training in here for a little while before going home to rest. So let's do this."
For a while, Y watched over her Pokémon as they trained. She put more focus on Bagon and Gible since they were new. And because the two Dragons seemed to be focusing on outdoing each other, Y thought about possible ways to use that rivalry for the better. The Bagon seemed to prefer ranged attacks while the Gible preferred close range, so if the two could work together, they would be able to accomplish so much…
Y thought about the Kalos Gym Leaders and her rough plan for facing each of them. Currently, she felt that Bagon and Gible needed more training before they can be that useful in an actual battle, while the other 3 in her team were perfectly ready.
Against Viola and her Bug types, Y planned on using Fletchinder and Bagon, but more emphasis on Bagon for the sake of training. If Viola annoyed her too much, then she'd focus more on Fletchinder. But… Y didn't want to be that aggressive against her, given that whole… "Shauna's mind control" incident a while back. The Santalune Gym Leader had saved her life, and Y didn't want to "repay" that by challenging her with a Pokémon that had superior type advantage over her entire team.
Against Grant and his Rock types, Y had Gible and Greninja, but again with more focus on Gible. Hopefully by then, Gible would've mastered some Ground type attack other than a simple burrow-charge.
Korrina's Fighting types would have to be matched with Sylveon and Fletchinder. And extra caution had to be taken for that Mega Lucario.
Ramos and his Grass types wouldn't be an issue given Fletchinder and Bagon's Flamethrower. Especially if Bagon evolved once… or twice.
… Clemont could go suck on a Gible or a Gabite or a Garchomp. No worries there.
Y suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she heard something rustling from behind. She quickly spun around and gathered her Pokémon, in the event of a wild Pokémon attacking.
And as Y watched with narrowed eyes, a small figure stumbled out of the bushes. Y blinked a few times, as the small Pokémon was not what she had imagined when she thought about wild Pokémon in the Victory Road. The small Pokémon stumbled some more and promptly walked into a tree.
Y approached the small Pokémon and recognized it as a Deino. The little Pokémon was covered in scratches and injuries, as if it had been attacked recently. Y crouched next to the Deino as it struggled up to its feet.
"Hey, are you okay?" Y asked worriedly.
The Deino perked up at hearing her voice and moved around, trying to see where the voice was coming from. … Except that Deino can't see in the first place, so it ended up walking into a tree again.
Y reached for it but it suddenly snapped its jaw in the air, trying to bite whatever it was that was coming closer. The girl quickly pulled her hand back and instead, took out her Pokédex.
"Okay… Deino…" she muttered as she read the data. "They can't see so they tackle and bite things to learn their surroundings. Their bodies are covered in wounds." Y glanced at the Deino and nodded. "Yep. Seems to be the case. They eat anything that moves. … Um… I don't think I'll be trying to pet you again…" She put away her Pokédex and took out some Dragon food that she had for Bagon and Gible. "But here, you can eat this though. And only this, mind you."
The Deino soon caught the smell of the food and clumsily stumbled over. It sniffed around to detect where the food was exactly and soon chomped into it… except that it missed and it ended up eating a mouthful of dirt.
Y giggled as she saw the Deino try again. She found it surprisingly… cute (and sadly comical). It soon succeeded in eating some Dragon food, and appeared to like it quite a bit. It wolfed down all the food that Y had placed (and even an inch of dirt underneath the food), and began to look around for some more.
The Deino stopped right in front of Y's knee, as it detected something new. It suddenly opened its mouth to take a bite.
"Ah! No!" Y quickly shouted as she stumbled backwards. And surprisingly, the Deino stopped in its motion. And instead, it stumbled closer towards her and looked up. "Do you… want some more?" Y asked, being careful to stay out of its biting range. The Deino seemed to nod. "Okay then. Here you go," she said as she poured some more food onto the ground in front of the Deino. She looked back as she heard some annoyed growling, and saw her Bagon and Gible looking a bit upset. "Calm down, Bobo and Toto. I'll get you more food. I was going to stop by a store and buy more on the way home anyways, so… just relax."
The Deino let out a short bark-like-cry of delight and began to eat the food again. Y watched it eat for a while before she rose to her feet.
"Okay, guys, let's get back to training," she said as she faced her Pokémon. She began to walk towards her Pokémon but stopped after a few steps when she heard something shuffling from behind. She turned around again and saw that the Deino had finished eating everything and was walking behind her. It didn't notice that Y had stopped, as it soon walked right into her leg. "Oh? Do you want more food?"
The Deino didn't nod, but instead just looked up at her (not that it could see though). Y took another couple of steps forward before stopping and watched. There was a pause before Deino realize that Y wasn't standing right in front of it anymore, and quickly stumbled forward to catch up. But again, it failed to notice that Y had stopped, and ran into her leg once again.
Y smiled and crouched in front of the Deino. "Aww, you're cute," she said as she carefully extended a hand. The Deino faced the incoming hand, but sniffed first instead of biting first. It recognized Y's scent and let the girl pet it. Y gently lifted the Deino into her arms, expecting it to be a lot heavier. "Oh, you're a lot lighter than I thought," she said as she easily lifted it off the ground. "But… why are you following me around? You don't seem to want more food. … Do you… want to come with me and join my team?"
The Deino nodded enthusiastically. Y smiled happily and reached for an empty Pokéball from her bag. The Deino offered no resistance and allowed itself to be captured. Y looked at the Deino in the ball for a brief moment before sending it out. And the moment the Deino appeared next to her other Pokémon, she suddenly realized that she now had a full team of 6 once again.
Ever since she had released Xerneas, returned Rhyhorn to her mother (or rather, letting it stay in the backyard), and was forced to release Absol, she had only half of a team. But now, she had a full team once again. And she never felt so… excited before. She couldn't wait to begin her journey around Kalos to conquer the Gyms with her new team.
"Deino, from now on, I'm going to call you… Saza," Y said as she petted the Deino. "And now… our team is ready. Fletchy, Kerokero, Veevee, Bobo, Toto, and Saza… together, we'll make one hell of a good team. So let's do it! Let's go conquer the Kalos Gyms!"
Sorry for this part being SO long. … It was not intentional.
Now that Platinum and Y have filled their teams, the main story can officially begin.
And the islands of Poké Pelago are just going to be regular islands, and not… weird-looking like they are in the games. Because that makes no sense. … Not that Poké Pelago islands are going to appear in the story again.