Later that evening with Raphael:
I'm not sure if the king and queen did survive but whoever they are they seem to be just as strong, and even though I despise the grandmaster he needs to know about this. As Raphael finishes his thought he arrives in front of the dimensional portal stone, after staring at it for a couple seconds of staring up at the portal stone Raphael rummages through his pocket and pulls out a metallic pen shaped device very similar to the one the grandmaster used against Daniel and Dragonus. Raphael then takes this device and slams it onto the stone and begins to talk to a "ghost like" image of the grandmaster that appeared in between the stone and Raphael. "We have a problem Raphael announces to the grandmasters image with a slight tone of disgust in his voice. Raphael's revolution catches the curiosity of the grandmaster that was quick to ask Raphael what kind of problem they would be facing now. Raphael was very hesitant to tell the grandmaster "the king & queen appeared to have survived" that statement angered the grandmaster who wasted no time in chastising Raphael; "what do you mean the survived; what kind of war lord are you Raphael?" Being insulted by the grandmaster caused Raphael to lash back at him in anger; "relax sir i don't really think it's them" Hearing what may have been the stupidest thing he'd ever heard responds back to him; " relax sir i don't really think it's them" growing even more confused the grandmaster "fires back" at him "that makes no sense Raphael; do i really have to come back there and hold your hand?" completely pissed off at this point Raphael stares the grandmaster in the eye and shouts; I didn't ask you to come back and handle it I'll take care of it. After blowing off his steam Raphael storms off leaving the grandmaster there to ponder his next step.
Meanwhile with Ash & Serena:
It sure is a pretty night out tonight isn't it Ash as the young couple stand out on the balcony of the royal palace of Tempalizin feeling the cool night breeze blowing onto their faces as Serena feels Ash's arm wrapping around her waist and then hears Ash reply; it sure is Serena as the two of them continue to stare out across the lake. After not hearing anything else from Ash Serena turns her head her blue eyes just gazing at Ash and asks him with concern; I's something wrong Ashy?" Ash just stares into Serena's blue eyes as they glistened in the moonlight and says in a whisper; "I'd just really like to know what's going on Serena." Serena then takes Ash's hand in hers before saying anything, Once her fingers intertwined with Ash's she responds to him in almost the same whisper; "I do to Ash but don't worry we'll find some answers soon." Serena's response causes a smile to come across Ash's face as he replies to her; "I guess you're right Serena" as Ash watches Serena smile back at him he couldn't help but think to himself about Raphael and the bad feeling he has about him but his train of thought soon ended as he feels Serena tugging his arm as she whispers into his ear; Well it's getting late why don't we go get some sleep Ashy?" Ash smiles back at Serena as the two of them walk back into their room at the palace and get settled into the large bed to get some sleep as the two whisper their goodnight's to each other.
Back in Alola with the Grandmaster:
Did Raphael "blow it?" the grandmaster begins to wonder and after a few minutes of contemplation he decides that because the demise of the king & queen of Tempalizin is key to his plan he couldn't chance it he needed to return home to see for himself. Before walking away the grandmaster turns to Dragonus who thanks to his equipment is still chained down and addresses the watcher guardian; "You hold tight Dragonus I'll be back soon." the revolting actions of this human in particular causes the blue dragon to curse him as he walks away.
The following morning in Tempalizin with Ash & Serena:
It's right down here you're majesties was all a member of the Tempalizin senate says to Ash & Serena as he escorts them down one of the long hallways of the royal palace to a pair of large oak doors. After arriving at their destination the senator takes out a large bronze color key and inserts it into the door and opens it for Ash & Serena. On the other side of the door was a large library with floor to ceiling shelves what must have been 11 feet tall and down the length of the room almost as far as the eye could see. The scope of this room had Ash & Serena in awe so much so that they didn't say a word to the senator who was kind enough to escort them here. The senator was quick to break the silence "Here we are your majesties the royal archive now I'll leave you two alone if you need anything just let us know" as the senator turns away to go back down the corridor he hears Ash & Serena thank him for bringing them here. Once the senator had taken his leave Serena turns to Ash and assures him that they could surely find some answers here. Hearing Serena's reassurance brings a smile of confidence to Ash's face as he nods to Serena as the two of them start to walk the length of the archive room. But before they could even make it halfway down the length of the room just gazing at the shelf's they here a blood curdling scream coming from the senate chamber right above their heads. causing both Serena and Ash to immediately turn to face one another both wondering what was going on as the young couple just nods at each other and run out of the archive to go investigate after running back as fast as they could to the senate chamber they find the large doors metal doors open and hearing none other than the voice of warlord Raphael saying; come out... come out... wherever you are?" causing Ash and Serena to leave the safety of being behind the open doors and entering the doorway staring the warlord down as they both express their anger over his presence; "You again!?" Ash & Serena's response apparently disappointed Raphael as he says to them in a sarcastic tone; "what aren't you two happy to see me?" Ash & Serena were quick to show their displeasure as the young couple blurt out to him "No we aren't Raphael now get lost" The war lord clearly amused by his enemies displeasure as he throws a Pokeball up into the air but there was a problem with what a came out; what came out was a Mega Charizard Y which shouldn't be able to appear in that form without a charizardite Y which Ash & Serena were quick to point out but Raphael wasn't about to give them time to react as he quickly orders his Mega Charizard Y to attack Serena who quickly became stunned with fear as Ash runs to Serena driven to protect the girl he loves and in a "snap reaction" jumps on top of her taking them both to the floor and out of harm's way. Raphael didn't know it but he had "crossed the line" in Ash's eyes when he endangered Serena's life so he called out for Ash Greninja to fight Raphael's Mega Charizard Y but the chaos that erupted in the Tempalizin senate chamber came to a swift pause as a deep voice began to echo through the chamber "ENOUGH" Ash, Serena and Raphael were quick to turn their attention to the doorway and find a "Robed man" standing there the man was quick to shout out a second demand directed to the rouge warlord "Leave now if you know what's good for you" the robed man then pulls a Pokeball out from below his robe and tosses it and releases his Luxray. Even though he was grateful for the diversion from this stranger Ash wasted no time in turning his attention back to Raphael commanding Greninja to attack his Charizard and the robed man soon followed suite commanding his Luxray to charge in too and as these combined attacks hit it was soon evident to everyone that it didn't succeed in defeating him. The robed man then begins to wonder to himself if he was helping the real king & queen of Tempalizin or imposters so he suggests to Ash & Serena; "You're majesties we could use a guardian right about now" Ash clearly agreed with this stranger as he nods to him and calls out for his and Serena's old friend the guardian of the earth Solarois. Seeing the red skinned dragon whose charge is to guard the earth cemented in the robed strangers mind that either the king & queen survived or that he was working with their different dimensional counterparts seeing Solarois clearly caught Raphael off guard as he runs off. as he watched Raphael run away the robed man shouts to the guard corps to chase after him the soldiers were quick to respond to these orders as they chase after him the robed man then turns to Ash & Serena and addresses them; "I'm glad to see you're okay you're majesties" Ash & Serena who are now convinced that this man must work for the real king and queen just mutter Uhh... the robed man just bows and speaks once again "My apologies you both have been gone for a while and I have lost some weight it's me the Grandmaster of Tempalizin commander of the palace guard corps!" Ash & Serena thank the grandmaster for the help as he informs them that he'd be returning to his quarters if they needed anything. As Ash & Serena watch the grandmaster take his leave Serena looks to Ash and says to him "He seemed nice" to which Ash agreed with a nod.
Outside Tempalizin with the Grandmaster:
"Okay now that I know where Ash & Serena are i need to know if Raphael screwed this up!" The grandmaster whispers to himself as Raphael comes walking up behind him and asks "What's the deal?" The grandmaster smirked at Raphael and asks him what brought him here; Raphael was quick to respond "I could have finished them off. "The grandmaster nods at the warlord he sees as Naïve for believing that as he asks him to walk with him as the two men begin to walk away from the kingdom to the neighboring forest he finally tells him "No you couldn't finish them off Raphael but even so that's okay our plan requires time and although Ash & Serena being here wasn't part of the plan it's actually better now they're away from Alola allowing me to continue my operation without interruption and, Tempalizin will stay calm and stable in the absence of the king & queen" Raphael was quick to let the grandmaster know what he thinks of his plan "You're a sick man" The grandmaster smirks at what he's taking as a compliment "I know; now come I want to check your work." As the two of them continue having their conversation they come up to and enter a cave which was surprisingly well lit with the hole in the top along the sun to shine in as they see two statues of a man & woman who sort of resembled Ash and Serena while a little girl with Honey blonde hair and wearing an all flannel outfit kneeled at the feet of the statues AND MUTTERING IN A CONFUSED TONE OF VOICE; "Mommy... Daddy...?" "It can't be..." The grandmaster and Raphael seemed to recognize the girl almost immediately as the grandmaster makes a statement under his breath "Well what do you know the princess" Raphael on the other hand wasn't so suddle; "GET REAL KID.." Raphael's outburst and it's echo were quick to get the child's attention as she turns to face them her purple eyes misted over. Raphael then continued; "THEY'RE DEAD THEY'RE NEVER COMING BACK" Raphael's declaration caused the young girl to cry as she yells back "You're lying" Seeing this back and forth caused a change of tone from the grandmaster as he says to Raphael; "Go easy on the child Raphael after all war is hard" this statement just confused the young girl as she whispers; "War..?" Raphael who once again was trying to be as brutal as possible yells back at the girl "YES WAR NOW GET LOST" The girl just looks at Raphael & The Grandmaster without moving causing Raphael to yell at her once again; "ARE YOU DEAF OR STUPID GET LOST" Raphael's Brash attitude towards the princess caused the grandmaster to have to play good cop again as he walks over to the young girl and pats her head as he tells her "Why don't you go back to Tempalizin I'm sure someone there will be able to help you" The girls looks to the hooded figure then back to the statues still refusing to believe that they were indeed her parents before "Bolting out of the cave" After the girl ran out Raphael storms over to the grandmaster as he demands to know why he'd let her leave and begins to question just whose side he's on. The grandmaster then tells the warlord; "Last time I checked you work for me Raphael not the other way around" The grandmaster then takes his hand and runs it over the statue that looks like Serena's face feeling the ice cold stone. He then says to him "Good work Raphael looks like you did something right for a change" Raphael was just as quick to respond to that; "I told you that the king and queen were taken care of." The grandmaster smirks as he informs Raphael that now that he knows that the king and queen are taken care of that he will be returning to Alola to continue working on the plan; forcing Raphael to ask one more question from his employer; "And the girl ash and Serena?" The grandmaster smirks to his question and says to him; "I'll take care of them soon enough so for now just keep your eye on them!"
Meanwhile with Ash & Serena in Tempalizin:
Something wrong Ash? Serena asks Ash as she turns to face him the cool night breeze hitting them both as they stand on the balcony overlooking the lake with the moonlight shinning across the water below. hearing Serena's voice causes Ash to turn and face her as his auburn eyes come in contact with Serena's blue eyes before saying what's on his mind; "I still don't feel comfortable about this Serena, what if the real king & queen return? Hearing Ash's answer causes Serena to smile at Ash but not before reaching down onto the white painted balcony for Ash's hand and after grasping it Serena replies to him; I know how you feel Ash it makes me feel uncomfortable too but don't worry Ash I'm sure they won't mind... Serena's response to his concern still didn't help ease Ash's nerves as he mutters out "I don't know..." seeing Ash's reaction Serena just whispers into his ear; "Just relax now come on "King Ash" let's go to bed and get some sleep" with a slight laugh at the end causing Ash to decide to play along as he says to her "Okay queen Serena" as the two of them walk back inside the castle together with their hands still interlocked.
Meanwhile with Katie:
There it is Tempalizin the little honey blonde hair girl mutters as she stares at Tempalizin as its walls and castle shine in the moon light the princess then reaches up and pulls her flannel hat down onto her head so it was nice & snug before reassuring herself that everyone must have heard about her mom & dad by now they had to be alive and that someone should be able to help her as she charges up the long path towards the kingdom.
The following Morning with Ash & Serena:
Here it is your majesties the royal library the king & queens servant announces as he opens the large polished oak doors revealing shelves upon shelves of books from the floor to ceiling as far as the eye could see and after thanking the servant for bringing them to the library Ash & Serena got to work right away pulling books off the shelves and examining the contents in hopes of finding answers and after about thirty minutes Serena reaches up for a book with a red binding and opens it then quickly calling Ash over and after scanning the page Serena looks to Ash again and says; "that's got to be it Ash the reason why everyone has confused us with the king & queen!" Ash then replies back to her yeah but that still doesn't explain what happen to the king & queen!" Serena was quick to continue the conversation by saying "That's true but at least we got some answers about what this place is!" Ash smiles at Serena as he realizes his own anxiety about the unknown that him & Serena had been facing is starting to let up and replies back to her in a confident tone of voice; " You're right Serena and if these books are right the next thing we need to do to get home is find Dragonus!" Seeing Ash like this causes Serena to smile as she says "Yeah we find Dragonus we get to go home!"
Meanwhile with Katie:
Ahh princess there you are the Servant says with a smile on his face relieved to see the princess had returned. Katie then says as she pants in exhaustion "I need help..." trying to catch her breath the servant still blindly unaware of what was going on just asks Katie; "Why don't you just ask your parents?" Katie was reluctant to answer which was obvious as her tone went from "loud & labored" to a "quiet and shy whisper" "I would but..." before Katie could finish her sentence the servant interrupts her by saying "They're in the library right now" Katie then goes silent as she begins to whisper to herself "But that's Impossible" and without thinking or saying anything more the Honey Blonde hair girl runs down the corridor full speed towards the library and enters the room seeing Ash and Serena who are still looking at the book Serena found but when their eyes lift up they catch a glimpse of a sight they couldn't quite comprehend a girl that looks like a clone of their own daughter Kate. While Katie who is still emotionally traumatized by what had happened just runs to Ash & Serena shouting "MOMMY... DADDY..." as she runs to Ash and Serena and wraps her arms around them causing Ash and Serena to look at each other with a look of confusion.
