A few days later, I woke up to find Garret holding a boat ticket in his hand. "Hey, Garret, what are you doing?"
"Going to Kalos," he answered. "There's a bully Garchomp there that I need to deal with."
"Is this Garchomp taller than most, with a different color than both normal and shiny?"
"How'd you know?"
"Because I was there not too long ago. He insulted me and my powers, so I showed them off, got carried away, and kinda killed him," I said with a giggle.
"If we're both talking about the same Garchomp, he doesn't stay down for long. I'm gonna go and make sure he stays down."
"Oh. Well, do you need an item to boost your powers?"
"No. I have this special stone that's said to increase all of my powers tenfold."
"Okay. Good luck, then!"
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Some time later, he teleported back with help from a Ralts and… started to evolve? At first, I was happy for him, but that was quickly removed by screams of pain:
"OHMYGODMAKEITSTOPPLEASEITHURTSSOMUCH!"
Baron had an idea. "Quick, everyone, Hit him with your strongest attacks! That might be enough to break the evolution!"
We all did as he said, but it didn't work. The attacks just seemed to bounce off of him.
The Ralts stepped close to Garret, his hand glowing. He yelled out with a booming voice, "TIME CRUNCH!" as he struck the ground, creating a pillar of light around Garret. When it faded, the Ralts was gone and Garret was cured.
"So," he started to say, "is it over?"
As if answering the question, Baron, Alan, and Emily all doubled over in pain, slowly being covered in static.
"Guys? What's happening?" I asked worriedly.
"We're corrupting," Alan answered. "Stay back, or it'll get you, too."
"How do we stop it?"
"We need… alts… rceus… or… gon-z…" Baron said before his voice was drowned out by the garbled static of the corruption.
"Guys," Flarey said, almost crying.
"Don't worry, bro," I said, hugging him. "We'll get them back. We'll find a way."
Blame my friends...
Just... 90% of this was their fault.
~Tenkai