Lucario brought them to the Tree of Beginning as quickly as possible while also protecting them.

"There goes that feeling again." Giselle said as she felt a chill.

"Do you happen to feel it coming from anywhere?" Samson asked Giselle.

Giselle soon pointed to where it was coming from. Samson looked there with Goliath who growled protectively for Giselle's safety. There seemed to be a drone watching their every move. Goliath soon attacked it. Giselle yelped at that.

"It's okay, he would never hurt you." Samson comforted.

"Sorry..." Giselle smiled nervously as Goliath attacked the drone and destroyed it.

"Was that one of Kidd's robots?" Samson asked.

"I'm positive that it was." Goliath said to Samson.

"I had this odd feeling of being watched..." Giselle told Samson. "I guess it must've been those."

"It must have." Samson said.

Lucario soon took them outside as they were getting closer by the minute, but it felt eternal without Pikachu and Meowth. Red blobs were soon shown, attacking the humans.

"What in the?!" Yuko yelped. "What are those?!"

"I don't know, but I don't like them." Espeon sneered.

"Looks like the Smooze..." Estelle muttered.

"The what?" Bruce asked.

Estelle cringed and shuddered from mentioning The Smooze.

"RUN FOR IT, GUYS!" Brock called out before summoning two of his Pokemon.

"Running for our lives." Bobby said.

Mudkip and Forretress soon came out.

"Oh, that poor thing!" Giselle frowned since Mudkip looked so cute.

May even looked like she was going to cry before she summoned her Squirtle, Munchlax, and Combusken. Eevee soon came into battle next to Goliath. Goliath looked down to Eevee.

"I must protect my Giselle." Eevee narrowed her eyes.

Goliath soon got Eevee on his back so they could double team.

"Oh, Eevee, be careful!" Giselle told her Pokemon.

"Um, well, she sort of tackled me when we first met..." Giselle smiled bashfully in memory.

"I can't move unless ya tell me to!" Eevee told Giselle.

"Oh! Um, Eevee, Tackle!" Giselle told her Pokemon. "Sorry, I'm still trying to get used to having my own battle monster."

Eevee soon used Tackle on the Smooze.

"Phew!" Giselle breathed in relief.

"Does she know anything else?" Brock asked Giselle.

"Hmm..." Giselle thought back to when she would bond with Eevee.

Flashback to the Plaza Hotel...

Giselle was taking Weenie and Eevee out for a walk around Central Park until she accidentally ran into a certain snobby woman.

"Oh, watch where you're going, Giselle!" Mrs. Thornton warned as she walked her own dog who barked at Eevee and Weenie angrily.

"Sorry, Mrs. Thornton..." Giselle said nervously.

Eevee soon yelped, accidentally using Double Team.

"What on earth?!" Mrs. Thornton yelped.

Mrs. Thornton's dog, Mona, whimpered and hid behind her owner from fear of Eevee.

"That was random." Giselle said.

Weenie looked up at Mrs. Thornton who backed away, picking up her poodle and soon ran off.

Giselle blinked to present day. "Eevee, Double Team!"

Eevee soon used Double Team, making many of Eevees appear.

"I think I'm getting the hang of this." Giselle smiled.

The blob creatures looked confused with so many Eevees only to get attacked by one of them and Goliath helped.

"Eevee also knows Shadow Ball." Akito said.

"Do you think mine might?" Giselle asked since she heard all Pokemon were different.

"Possibly." Akito said.

"Um, Eevee?" Giselle called. "Shadow Ball!"

Eevee soon used Shadow Ball.

"You did really good." Samson smiled to Giselle.

"Oh, uh, thank you, I did my best..." Giselle blushed.

"There's more of them!" Estelle yelped as she saw more coming.

"Oh, no!" Giselle panicked.

"Goliath, help Eevee." Samson told his animal companion.

Goliath nodded and soon charged toward the enemies with Eevee while Giselle told the Pokemon what to do. He soon then shot beams from his eyes.

"Whoa!" Giselle did a double take as she didn't see that coming. "Samson, how can Goliath do that?"

"Well, like I said, Goliath and I have special abilities," Samson smiled to her. "We can even fly."

"You can fly?" Giselle asked.

"I believe I can flyyyy~" Samson sang before demonstrating to her.

"Amazing." Giselle smiled.

Samson smiled back before looking away, blushing from her smile. Giselle fiddled with her school uniform tie as she watched Samson, feeling a deep sensation for him deep down inside her heart, and where she didn't even realize that a Smooze was right behind her. Eevee smiled at the job before gasping once she saw what was behind Giselle. Giselle giggled as she watched Samson.

"GISELLE!" Eevee cried out.

Samson soon saved Giselle only to get caught by the Smooze.

"Samson!" Giselle cried out.

Samson struggled and was soon taken away by the blob.

"It can't be a Smooze, could it?" Akito asked. "I thought the Smooze and Uncle Discord were friends!"

"Nope, because these things are red." Vincent said.

"Then... They are evil Smooze..." Akito replied.

"Where could these Smooze come from?" Estelle asked.

"I never heard of evil Smooze." Vincent stated.

"What is with you guys?!" Felicity asked her cousins. "Do you get a dollar every time you say the word 'Smooze'?!"

"Nah, it's just fun to say." Akito smirked innocently.

Emi soon felt a rock wall and where she got an understanding of what the Smooze were. "Guys, I think I know what the Smooze is." she then said.

"PLEASE STOP SAYING SMOOZE!" Felicity begged.

"What is it?" Estelle asked.

"These red blobs..." Emi said.

"Are they lava?" Akito and Estelle asked.

"Not exactly." Emi said.

"What is it?" Felicity asked Emi nervously.

"It's like a virus and it's consuming humans." Emi said.

"Virus Alert~" Felicity randomly sang.

"Delete immediately before someone gets hurt, Forward this message on to everybody~" Mismagius added.

"Um... Right..." Emi blinked. "But yes, it's a virus, you guys!"

"So, when one of Kidd's robots tried to destroy the Tree of Beginning, it accidentally unleashed the virus?" Margarita asked.

"I'm not positive, but I think that probably happened." Emi replied.

"How unsanitary!" Minccino cried out from his OCD due to being raised by hotel maids.

"Is there any way to stop them?" Yuko asked Emi while looking nervous.

"Well, I'm not sure, Mew might be the cure." Emi said.

"ASH AND EMI!" Pikachu yelled out.

"That sounded like Pikachu." Vincent said.

"Emi, Pikachu's calling us!" Ash told his sister.

"Come on, we gotta find him!" Emi replied before running.

"Wait, you guys!" Lucario told the Ketchum siblings.

Giselle looked heartbroken from where she stood.

"Giselle, are you okay?" Eloise asked.

Giselle merely bowed her head with a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Giselle...?" Eloise frowned to her big sister in worry.

"H-He sacrificed himself to save me." Giselle frowned.

"Giselle...?" Eloise frowned back.

Giselle sniffled, she soon bowed her head and hugged Eloise good and tight while crying for Samson. Goliath even looked sad for his owner and best friend. Giselle sniffled.

"Giselle, it'll be okay..." Eloise soothed.

"Oh, Eloise..." Giselle sniffled as she looked her sister in her eyes. "I loved him."

"He's still alive." Akito said as he sensed a strong power level.

"Huh?" Giselle looked over.

"Giselle, I know things look bleak, but he's fine." Akito replied.

"How can you be so sure?" Giselle sniffled like her world was coming apart.

Emi's vision power soon gave her the answer to how Samson was alive. "Akito's right..." she then told Giselle. "Samson is just fine, he's just not here right now."

"Ooh, where is he?!" Giselle yelped.

"He'll be back after Mew uses its healing power." Emi said.

"Oh..." Giselle said before wiping her eyes. "I'm sorry for crying like that... I mean, I finally felt like I've met my soulmate."

"Giselle, what about Gerard from Paris at the Debutante Ball?" Eloise asked her big sister.

"He decided he loved himself more than he could like me." Giselle sighed.

"Okay, wrong person to bring up." Eloise said.

There was soon a strong wind as Ash came out to find Pikachu.

"ASH! EMI!" Pikachu cried.

"Pikachu!" Ash called back.

"Ash!" Pikachu beamed and soon ran on the ice crystals to go to him.

Ash tried to join him while keeping his balance from the slippery crystals and the strong wind. Emi soon caught up with Ash.

"Don't worry!" Ash grunted. "We're coming!"

"Go away, wind!" Emi groaned. "I just wanna see my Pikachu!"

They were soon got to Pikachu.

"Pikachu!" Emi cried out with tears as she hugged Pikachu. "Oh, Pikachu..."

Ash joined in on the hug and it looked like a very happy family reunion between Pikachu and the Ketchum siblings.

"Thank goodness you're all right." Emi smiled at Pikachu.

"I missed you guys so much!" Pikachu smiled back.

"Ash. Emi." Lucario spoke as he came to the siblings.

Emi soon looked at Lucario.

"Pikachu and I are together again." Ash smiled to Lucario.

"Who's that?" Pikachu asked about Lucario.

"I'd like you to meet Lucario," Ash smiled to his Pokemon. "It's thanks to Lucario that Emi and I found you."

"Yeah." Emi added.

"Hi, Lucario, I'm Pikachu!" The Mouse Pokemon smiled and waved.

"Hello." Lucario nodded to Pikachu.

"Hello~" Mew's voice said while appearing with Meowth.

"Mew!" Emi smiled.

"Hello~" Mew smiled back to Emi.

"Mew, I know this might be asking a lot, but could you cure The Tree of Beginning?" Emi asked.

"Cure it?" Mew asked. "You mean, just for you?"

"Could you, please?" Emi smiled.

"I shall see what I can do~" Mew smiled back before hugging her face. "It's so good to see you~"

"Good to see you too, Mew." Emi giggled.

Mew then floated up to the Tree of Beginning. Jessie and James soon picked up Meowth as they were happily reunited.

"Everyone here?" Akito asked.

Bruce and Bobby did a quick headcount. "Yeah, we're all here." They then told Akito in unison.

"Perfect." Akito replied.

"Whew." Estelle said.

Mew soon did whatever it was possible to help everyone out.

"Samson..." Giselle frowned, still a little sad.

Mew soon started to glow green.

"Gah!" Giselle yelped, shivering nervously since she didn't know Mew that well.

Luckily, Mew was able to help just in time as more viruses had come. Giselle closed her eyes and shivered. Eloise and Ditto looked worried for Giselle, but luckily, things would turn out okay in the end.

Emi smiled happily and proudly. "Thank you, Mew."

Mew smiled back. Although, there would be a price to pay after the viruses would be rid of. Samson soon came out.

"You're okay!" Giselle gasped as she hugged Samson, like how Amy Rose would hug Sonic the Hedgehog, though would sometimes mistake Shadow or Silver for him when not paying attention properly.

Samson was slightly surprised by this, but soon hugged her back. Giselle smiled to him.

"Hey, no problem, was there ever any doubt?" Samson chuckled as he held her hands.

Mew soon looked sick.

"Are you all right, Mew?" Emi asked the Pokemon.

Mew soon weakly fell into Emi's arms. "I don't feel so well~"

"Um, something is happening to the crystals." Vincent said.

Everyone soon took a look at the crystals while Mew looked quite sick. The crystals had then started to glow a different color.

"What's going on?" Emi frowned as she held onto Mew almost like a surrogate mother.

"I'm not sure." Akito said.

"Whenever we tangle with you guys, we just ended up getting burned in the end." Jessie winced as she protectively held Molly.

"But no matter how hot it is, we always keep our cool!" James added.

Kidd's colleague soon informed her that The Tree of Beginning's ecosystem was burning down.

"Wait, the Tree of Beginning's ecosystem is what?!" Akito asked Kidd's colleague after hearing what he said with his super-hearing.

"Hey!" Kidd glared at him.

"I heard that!" Akito glared back.

Kidd soon put her colleague on speaker phone. Akito crossed his arms as now everyone else could hear.

'The transfer of energy has been disrupted.' A male voice told Kidd.

"Why is that?" Kidd asked him.

'The systems that Mew responded were too strong, and now everything is out of balance!' The man warned Kidd. 'The Tree is now going into shock. If the problem continues at this rate; The Tree of Beginning will experience a catastrophic collapse!'

"What?!" The others gasped.

All of the wild Pokemon began to panic and tried to evacuate.

"Mew and the Tree of Beginning depend on each other for life," Kidd told Emi. "If the tree doesn't survive this crisis, neither will Mew."

"Oh, dear..." Emi frowned.

"I have to get you out of here." Mew weakly said before levitating from Kidd's arms, but was too weak to float far.

"Oh, Mew." Emi frowned worriedly as they rushed out before it would be too late.

Mew struggled while floating, and soon fell back into Emi's arms.

"How do we save Mew's life?" Estelle asked.

"Could it be...?" Lucario asked as he bent down and picked up a pair of gloves before looking into a crystal mold. "These are his gloves, but... Sir Aaron?"

Emi now had a new theory of what really happened as she activated a close by time flower.

"Emi?" Akito asked.

"Shh... I need a moment..." Emi told him gently.

Lucario used his powers against the crystal mold and it glowed which made him smile. "It is you!"

The time flower soon showed what happened in the past.

Emi's eyes opened as she looked into the past.

"Where are you?" Sir Aaron called out. "Mew!"

Mew soon flew in.

"I realize you and this Tree are one," Sir Aaron told Mew. "Please, take the power of my aura and save the people."

"Are you sure?" Mew asked him while Lucario gasped.

"NOW!" Sir Aaron told the Pokemon. "Accept the aura!"

"So, this is what really happened." Emi frowned.

"The Power of Aura will prevail!" Sir Aaron proclaimed as he gave his powers to Mew.

Lucario's eyes widened once he saw what truly had become of Sir Aaron 1,000 years ago. Seeing this gave Emi an idea of what they had to do. Sir Aaron's yell was heard and there was a big bright light as the time flower closed up.

"Sir Aaron sacrificed himself in order to save the kingdom and restore peace," Emi said as she was back in the present. "He was a hero like the legends say, and I have an idea."

"What is it, Emi?" Akito asked her.

"Ash, we have to use the aura to heal Mew and the Tree of Beginning," Emi said. "Though, it might cost us our lives."

"Emi, are you really sure you wanna go through with this?" Ash asked his younger sister, even if they weren't biologically related.

"It's the only way to save Mew." Emi said.

"All right, as long as you are sure." Ash told her.

"I'm positive." Emi nodded firmly.

Lucario, Emi, and Ash were soon now forming around Mew to use the aura to save it.

"Emi!" Akito cried out, but the others tried to hold him back.

"It'll be okay, Akito, it'll be okay." Estelle soothed her twin brother.

Lt. Surge seemed to be the only one that could hold Akito back.

"I gotta help her!" Akito cried out.

"No, kid, we can't let you do that." Lt. Surge told Akito.

"But guys, I LOVE HER!" Akito wailed for Emi.

"We just have to pray that they'll survive." Vincent said.

"Emi!" Akito cried out.

"Akito, listen to me, I know you're worried about Emi, but you just have to believe that she'll turn out okay," Eloise soothed him. "You need to be more peaceful, tranquil, and restful," she then smiled. "My mom taught me that."

Akito soon tried to do just that.

"It'll be all right, 'Kito..." Estelle soothed her twin brother.

Akito squeezed his eyes shut with tears in his eyes, thinking of all the times he had spent with Emi. Emi and Ash started to get exhausted from giving up so much aura. Mew, on the other hand, was healthy once more and soon fixed and rejuvenated the Tree of Beginning.

"It's all pretty again." Molly smiled as she held Jessie and James's hands.

"Yes, it seems everything is back to normal." James agreed.

"Then why do I feel something bittersweet coming?" Vincent asked.

"Thank you, Mew." Emi smiled tiredly.

"Yeah, thanks!" Pikachu added.

"I see you're feeling a lot better, huh?" Ash chuckled to the flying Pokemon.

Lucario appeared to be glowing and he looked weak.

"Lucario, what's wrong?" Emi asked.

"There's nothing you can do for me, Emi." Lucario grunted.

"Are you sure?" Emi frowned.

Lucario grunted again before the time flower activated. Sir Aaron was then shown, glowing, and looking weak, just like Lucario.

"This is how he died." Emi frowned.

"Lucario... Forgive me..." Sir Aaron whispered.

"I do, Master." Lucario told him.

"Please understand, I had to seal you inside The Staff," Sir Aaron continued. "I knew if I didn't, you'd follow me here, and suffer the same fate... I only wish you could've known the real story."

"He was a real hero." Emi frowned.

"One day, you will be released, in an at least more peaceful time..." Sir Aaron smiled sadly. "I wonder what it'll be like? I wonder if-UGH! Guh..." he then grunted before it looked like his time was about to be up. "I have no regrets... My journey has been good... I served a beautiful queen... I got to meet a girl who lived among Pokemon... And, you and I shared many adventures... Those memories will always be with me..."

Lucario now looked on the verge of tears. "Master, if you could only hear me, I want to tell you how much you mean to me!"

"Lucario," Sir Aaron kept speaking. "Farewell... You were more to me than just my student, you were my closest friend."

"I feel the same." Lucario frowned somberly.

"Who knows?" Sir Aaron smiled tearfully. "It could be, one day, we will see each other again... I hope so, my friend..." he then said before closing his eyes and he soon suddenly passed on.

Emi soon saw how this would end for Lucario.

"Aaron, my friend!" Lucario broke down and cried. "I'm sorry I failed you!"

"That's not true," Ash told him as he held his paw. "You proved you're a true Guardian of Aura like Sir Aaron!"

"Yeah, you did!" Pikachu added.

"Thank you, Ash and Emi..." Lucario smiled before soon glowing yet again.

"Lucario...When you see Sir Aaron, say hi for us." Emi smiled sadly.

"No, Lucario, you can't leave us yet!" Ash frowned.

"I have to go, Ash," Lucario told him before he faded away into the afterlife. "Aaron is waiting for me... Thank you once again... Princess Emi..."

"You'll always be with us in our hearts." Emi told him.

"Giselle..." Eloise sadly moaned.

"Oh, it's all right, luv..." Giselle soothed her little sister, hugging her while they both cried.

Bobby didn't want to admit he was crying, but he soon cried and Molly gave him a hug to soothe him. Samson began to comfort both Giselle and Eloise. Goliath even nuzzled them, trying to help comfort the precocious sisters. The crystals outside soon glowed back to normal. They all then left the Tree and met with Max, May, and Brock on the outside.