Side Discovery
While Ash's battle with Olympia was underway, Absolight was off to see the Anistar Sundial with Shine, her shiny Umbreon, leading the way. Absolight only addressed her pokemon by their name she gave them when they weren't near anyone.
She had left her other pokemon at the gym to not only watch the battle, but to cover for her as she wanted to check out something.
Both her and Shine had sensed it the other day. Such strange energy, but only similar to her own. Absolight had to see if it had any connection to her. Not many things had connections to her since Absolight was truly one of a kind, but if there was a chance there for a connection, Absolight and Shine would see if it was true.
The two of them avoided crowded areas, and took the back alleys as to not be seen. Though they did have some trouble with other trainers who mistaken Shine as a wild pokemon. Luckily, they were able to escape the trainers and stood before the sundial.
"Shine, do you feel it too?" Absolight asked.
"Yes, I do, Light. Being closer to it now, I can truly feel the resemblance between your power and the energy in the sundial. Almost the same exact energy. Also similar to when pokemon mega evolve."
Absolight nodded. "Almost like the sundial and I are one and the same, but we're not. How strange that we have the same energy. Let's take a closer look."
The two came closer to the sundial, but getting closer caused Absolight to slow to a stop mere inches from it. Shine touched the sundial and felt the raw energy within it.
"The energy is one and the same with yours, Light. It's just greater than yours. Wouldn't you say?" Shine asked.
When she didn't get a reply, Shine looked up to see a wondrous sight. Absolight had one hand on the sundial. Her eyes, and the gem on her forehead glowed a vibrant red. The sundial faintly glowed as well. That glow slowly reached out and flowed into Absolight's gem. Though, after a few seconds, the glow stopped.
"What happened?"
"I … I'm not sure how to explain this, but … Kalos is in danger. By what, I have no clue. But … it is tied to me and this sundial. I'm just unsure as to how."
"Well, we all know how important you are, Absolight. As your pokemon, we have decided to stay by your side no matter what may come our way. We will be the ones to help you out as much as possible."
"Thanks, Shine. You always know what to say," Absolight said with a smile.
"Anytime, Light. After all, you are our one and only-"
"No!" Absolight interrupted. "I'm just your trainer. Nothing more, nothing less."
"I'm sorry for upsetting you. But you are also our closest friend, not just our trainer. You helped protect us when Lucario needed it. "
"How is it that you always know what to say?"
"Simply put, I was raised by someone so wise."
Absolight chuckled a bit. "I didn't do that much. Come on, let's go. I don't want people to notice us. I'm a bit hungry, and I'm sure you are as well."
"Alright, lead the-"
"Hey, you! Do you have a moment? We would like to interview you." A female voice interrupted Shine.
"W-why do you want t-to i-interview me?" Absolight stutters, not really use to talking to people.
"Well, for your style of course!" the red haired woman said as her and a blue haired man with a camera and what looked to be a disguised Meowth came up behind her. "I mean, look at you! Not many could actually pull off Mega Absol look like you! The horns look very real, I must say."
"I-I'm s-sorry, I have to go!" Absolight yelled as she turned invisible. She used substitute for Shine, scooped her up, and flew to the closest forest leaving behind the three baffled reporters.
"Absolight, what's wrong?"
"Shine, you know full well that people are after me. An interview would make me public. Then people would try and capture me! I don't want that."
"Of course not, but you could have told them nicely no. not up and scare them with a disappearing act."
Absolight landed and set Shine down. "I know that, but they seemed shady. Especially the way they eyed you. They looked like poachers ready to swipe you! You could never be too sure what a person's true intention is, Shine."
"Alright, you do have a point there. Can we just go and eat? I'm starting to get very hungry."
"Alright, Shine. I have just the thing! Oran berries!"
"Oran berries! Those are all of our favorites!"
"That's why I'm sending some to the others. I know they must be hungry too. Plus, they love eating while watching."
Absolight places one oran berry in front of Shine, one off to the side for herself. She place five of them on her lap and teleported them next to her Lucario, Lucio. That way everyone would get one without fighting. Then Absolight picked up her oran berry and started eating it in peaceful silence.
"Absolight, could you tell me what happened with you and the sundial? I'm curious."
"Well, from what I could feel, the sundial was sharing it's energy with me. In doing so, I also felt impending danger. Like it was greater than just Kalos, but I couldn't really make it out."
"Sounds really bad."
"Yeah, not to mention I'm involved in some way. I just can't really pinpoint it, but I am."
"I don't know what to tell you, but know that all of your pokemon stand right beside you 100% of the way. Whatever it is, we'll get through it together."
"Right. We should get back now, Shine. The sun's going to set soon." Shine simply nodded and both pokemon and trainer made their way back to the Anistar Gym to see the outcome of the gym battle.