Author Notes: So just to let you know this is where I will start to deviate from the original story. If you want to know where your OC stands in the story feel free to send me a PM.

Wendy and Hibiki were in a local park. The two of them were discussing about how Hibiki had recently won her second badge in the town they were in. When talking about the gym leader something very intriguing came up.

"Wait, so the gym leader never actually battled you?" Wendy questioned.

Hibiki crossed her arms and looked Wendy dead in the eye. "No, one of his associates battled me instead. He only battles trainers with three badges or more, if you don't have a third badge you're not worth his time. It kinda bugs me... actually it pisses me off! I mean his associate was a complete pushover! I was really hoping to learn something from this battle."

"Really? I've never heard of a gym leader who does that. It honestly seems odd to me that he'd only battle trainers with more than three badges. Isn't it a gym leader's job to help trainers progress through their journey? Anyway... I'm rambling on for way too long, but do you happen to know what type the gym specializes in?" Wendy asked.

Hibiki nervously rubbed the back of her head. "It's a steel type gym. The associate only used a beldum. Since you already have three badges I don't know who the gym leader is or what he might use. Kind of useless I know, but at least you have a riolu, you might be able to squeeze out a win."

"Well why don't we go find out. I'd much rather go and try my luck than not try at all. If I lose so what, I can always try again with a different strategy. I'll use Riolu as a last resort, as you saw before, he's not exactly the strongest fighter," Wendy said.

"I like your thinking," Hibiki said.

Wendy and Hibiki walked up to the Barry Grove Gym. The building itself was a few stories tall, by the bell shape it was clearly just a indoor battlefield. The front gate of the gym was a large steel door, and along the walls were huge steel arches. The arches were bolted down, but their age definitely showed with the rust flaking off of them. There were statues of the Yava league's official logo, and standing at the door were a few guards who were completely dressed from head to toe in plated steel armor.

The two of them walked up to the guards. Both guards were completely still, they didn't move a single muscle until Wendy decided to push against the thick steel gate. The gate was completely stuck, and it was basically an immovable object.

"Miss, please state your business," The guard said.

"I'm here to challenge the gym leader," Wendy said.

"Our gym leader is a very busy man, but he is inside. Would you like to set up a match with him? Although depending on the number of badges you have he might not want to battle you," The guard said.

"Well it's best to give it a shot right!" Wendy said.

The guard nodded and began to open the door by remote. There was an ear screeching roar from the doors as dust began to fall from it. The doors slowly opened and beyond the doors was a massive battlefield. The battlefield was much larger than any other gym Wendy had been to. There were massive pillars of steel protruding from the ground, a few of them were knocked down or damaged beyond belief. They were in a specific pattern, but to Wendy the pillars were placed at random. Standing at the other end of the battlefield was someone she recognized.

"Well gosh darn it, if it ain't Wendy. The girl who I saved from a flash flood. Welcome to my gym. I am the Berry Grove gym leader, now what can I do for ya," Donny happily said.

When Wendy's eyes landed on Donny, she was incredibly surprised. She wanted to thank him for everything he had done for her, but right now she had trouble understanding him for the other side of the battlefield. "WHAT! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! WHY ARE YOU TALKING NORMALLY FROM THE OTHER END OF THE BATTLEFIELD?!".

Donny smiled at Wendy's response, he adjusted his stance and stood proudly. He cupped his hand over his mouth and at the top of his lungs he yelled out. "WELL LONG TIME NO SEE! I'M THE BERRY GROVE GYM LEADER! WHAT CAN I DO FOR YA?".

"I'D LOVE TO HAVE A BATTLE!" Wendy yelled.

Donny motioned for a referee to take stage. The referee walked over to Donny, what Wendy saw was an exchange of words, and deep look of concern from the referee. Donny reassured the referee, and Wendy was delighted to see him take the stage.

"Young lady, according to Donny, this will be your fourth gym badge if you win. As per rules of the league, when a trainer is trying to earn their fourth badge, the gym leader is allowed to go all out. Donny is considered the second strongest gym leader in all of Yava. Are you sure you're prepared?" The referee asked.

"Nope, not in the slightest. I'm just here to test my strength, and if I lose, I can always challenge the gym again. I'll do my best, and try to defeat this gym!" Wendy excitedly said.

"Alright, the rules of this fight are, It'll be Donny's full team versus your full team. Once either team is completely unable to battle the other wins. The challenger Wendy is allowed to substitute pokemon, while Donny is unable. Are we clear on the rules?" The Referee asked.

"Yup!" Wendy yelled.

"Sure are!" Donny yelled.

Wendy stared into Donny's eyes from across the battlefield. Donny's expression was completely lax, and it looked like he was just looking for a good time. The ground began to shake and Wendy noticed that the massive steel pillars began to vibrate along with ground. There was a soft harmonizing sound echoing through out the entire gym. Wendy knew well that each gym had its own specific stage gimmick, but this one she couldn't figure out why the pillars were vibrating.

"C'mon my little friend. I choose you!" Donny yelled.

He clenched an ultraball in his hand, and threw it up into the air. A bright white light bursted out of the ultraball. The light danced around the pillars at blinding speeds, until it all settled in front of Donny. The light formed into a tiny ball, on the side of that ball formed what appeared to be two magnets, and at the base of the ball two screws. Once the pokemon had finally formed from the light, Wendy recognized it as one of the rarest pokemon in Yava. It was magnemite.

Wendy smiled and automatically the pokeball on her waist opened up all on its own. The bright white light formed right in front of her. She knew exactly who it was and she couldn't be happier. Her pikachu formed from the bright light, he stood up on his two hind legs, instead of a wild pikachu that would usually stand on all fours.

Pikachu made a fist in an intimidating manner. "Pika!" As he let out his battle cry did a wave of electricity shot out from his body and the pillars responded by vibrating even more. As pikachu began to discharge more electricity Donny took a step back to admire pikachu's incredible energy.

"Wendy, you're more than welcome to make the first move!" Donny yelled.

Wendy nodded in response, in a soft tone she told pikachu. "Hey buddy, just like every gym let's use your overwhelming power and get this over with!".

"Pika!" Pikachu grunted. Pikachu straightened his stance, and shot a mighty glare at his opponent. Magnemite didn't look phased one bit. It kinda just floated there not really focusing on Pikachu.

"Pikachu let's start this off with Thunder Punch!" Wendy yelled.

Pikachu nodded, his fists became engulfed in electricity. He ran at his opponent at full speed, this was supposed to be an easy target. He leaped all around Magnemite to see if he'd move, but he didn't. Once Pikachu decided that Magnemite was a sitting duck he rushed into to land his first punch.

As Pikachu got closer and closer, he expected to hit his opponent, but last minute Magnemite simply moved over and dodged Pikachu's punch. As Pikachu touched the ground, he jumped back up at Magnemite and threw his next punch only to miss once again. Pikachu landed on a pillar and jumped right back at Magnemite only to miss his punch again.

"Pikachu, don't give up! Keep at it, he can't dodge you forever!" Wendy yelled.

Each time Pikachu missed he was getting faster, he was adjusting his speed mid match, and he was getting close to grazing his opponent. Donny was completely calm, he watched his magnemite expertly dodge each attack with precision and accuracy. He did notice that pikachu was getting faster with each punch, but it didn't concern him.

"Magnemite, you know what to do! Use Metal Sound!" Donny yelled.

Magnemite skillfully dodged each and every one of Pikachu's attacks. As he dodged each one, he fired off a blast of sound at one of the metal pillars. As he fired off each metal sound into the pillar, more and more pillars began to vibrate.

Wendy noticed that the ground was shaking violently, and there was a soft humming noise echoing throughout the entire stadium. The humming got louder and louder with each successful blast of sound that hit the pillar the humming only increased in volume. The ground shook even more violently, and cracks began to form at the base of each pillar.

As Pikachu was about to graze Magnemite, a massive blast of sound shot out from one of the pillars. The blast of sound picked up the energy of the other pillars, and what was normally a status move was now a full blown attack. The blast of sound created a wave of air pressure that sent Pikachu flying. The sound was similar to that of a loud trumpet, and as the blast of air forced Pikachu on the ground. His ears were burning from the amount of air pressure, he looked back to see his trainer covering her ears as this attack was also affecting her.

Magnemite flew around the stage with ease firing off more metal sounds at each individual pillar building up the strength of the attack more and more. Pikachu held on for dear life, it felt as if his head was going to pop from the sound. He clenched his teeth and covered his ears from the excruciating pain.

Wendy bit the side of her cheek to distract from how loud the metal sound was. She could barely think, she could barely open her eyes, she looked at pikachu who was struggling against this force.

"C'mon buddy, we have to get past this wall! You got this Pikachu, stand your ground! We can win this!" Wendy yelled.

Pikachu was forced onto all fours and he tried to push himself back up. More and more blasts of sound tried to force him down. His eyes were open wide he could only think about getting close to his opponent. There was a cracking sound in his skull and ears, but he pushed through it. He pushed through the pain. He stood up, his fists were engulfed with electricity. He began to walk forward. Rocks and boulders flew past him, and for each rock that was sent his way, he blocked it with a well timed punch. His legs, his arms, his entire body ached from the blasts of sound, and he could feel his own body breaking from the immense pressure.

"Think Wendy, think! Magnemite is zipping around the battlefield, and there's no way pikachu can build up enough speed with agility in that time frame. Our issue is time, and pikachu is running out of it. With each blast of air it takes a big chunk of his stamina! It's all or nothing, the pillars are made of steel we might be able to catch him if we use them."

Pikachu looked back at his trainer, and saw a nervous smile on her face. He grew a nervous smile as well and understood that his trainer had a crazy plan.

"Pikachu! Discharge all of your electricity into every pillar around you! This is our last chance so make it count!" Wendy yelled.

Pikachu nodded and withstood on coming attacks. He felt a deep energy bubbling up inside of him. Electricity began to dance around his body, and his cheeks became unbearably hot. Thick waves of steam were being expelled from his body. The air surrounding him had become wavy and hot. The energy bubbling inside of him had reached a point to where it couldn't climb any further, and once he reached that point his body erupted into a pillar of electricity.

The electricity danced around the entire battlefield, it latched itself to every steel pillar that stood up. Magnemite skill ducked and weaved, as each bolt of electricity flew by its body, there was a loud humming screech. Pikachu's eyes darted across the pillars he focused more and more energy into the pillar where he thought the electricity would redirect towards his opponent. His body was burning up like a short circuiting battery. His stamina was running thin, and there was a pool of sweat forming around his feet. With one final push of strength he forced everything out creating a massive puff of black smoke blinding Wendy and Donny.

When the smoke had cleared up Pikachu was found completely unconscious. Wendy walked up to her fallen partner and returned him to his pokeball. She walked back to her side of the field and tightened her grip around her only remaining pokeball. She knew full well that Riolu didn't like battling but he was the only pokemon she had left, so it was worth a shot.

"Riolu, come on out!" Wendy yelled.

A bright white light shot out of the pokeball, it quickly formed on the field into the shy Riolu that Wendy knew quite well. Riolu looked all around the battlefield, his heart sunk, the scene was so familiar, so frightening. The bright lights, the large battlefield, and the referee, this was a gym battle. The shy little aura pokemon looked back at his trainer. Wendy knew Riolu's look well it was clear he didn't want to battle.

Wendy crossed her arms and in an annoyed tone said. "Come on... really... not this again. Riolu, how are you gonna prove you're strong if you try to give up every fight from the start."

Riolu let out a soft whimpered and began to back off of the stage, but Wendy held the tiny pokemon's back and forced him onto the battlefield. Across from the other side Donny let out a frown at the scene unfolding before him. He motioned towards the referee to pause the fight, he walked up to Wendy and said.

"Wendy, this fight is over. That Riolu of yours ain't gonna battle."

Wendy let out an annoyed grunt. "No don't worry about it, he will fight. Come on Riolu! Just one more quick battle alright!"

"ENOUGH!" Donny yelled.

Wendy turned her head towards the Berry Grove gym leader in shock. She didn't even know the guy was capable of yelling in an angry tone. She took her hands off of Riolu and stood in front of him.

Donny crossed his arms. "Wendy, I didn't want to say it, but you're a bad trainer. Your strategy of having your pikachu release all of his energy was not only useless but reckless and dangerous. Then I see you forcing a pokemon who clearly doesn't want to battle to fight in a gym match. Pokemon are not tools for success they're family and should be treated as such, you should be working towards a common goal with your pokemon, not forcing them into your ideals. I honestly don't see how you earned your first three badges. Sure I get that you easily won against Severa the flying type gym, Holland the water type gym, but how did you with against Grant the ground type gym?"

Wendy let out a soft blush. "Well Grant... let's just say it took a lot of perseverance"

Donny raised an eye brow. "I guess I can see that, you say it took a lot of perseverance? Before the fourth badge, us gym leaders are supposed to pull out once you take out our second pokemon, did he pull out on you?"

Wendy covered her mouth "Oh he pulled out alright..."

"Why are you posing like that? I am so confused anyway... look, Wendy I suggest you either go out and train, or you should perhaps visit someone called 'Miss Blossom' she's a phenomenal teacher who could help you out," Donny said.

Once Wendy had finished everything both her and Hibiki had left the gym. The two of them said their goodbyes to each other. Hibiki was going to head to the next town for her third badge, but she did plan on staying in town for a bit longer, while Wendy knew she had to come up with a tactic to beat Donny's strategy.

The small town of Berry Grove was quiet during the night. The left over winds from the storm left the chimes happily blowing a tune. Neither the stars or moon could be seen past the clouds, and the humidity was high as it usually was in Yava.

Wendy was on her way back to the pokemon center, and on the way there she just let her head float with thoughts. "So if I'm going to beat Donny, I'm going to have to find a way to hit that magnemite in the first place. I'm also going to have to find a way to deal with those pillars. Of course I don't know what his ace pokemon is, but I can assume that it might be either a scizor or something like an Aggron. To hit Magnemite, I'm probably going to have to build up pikachu's speed tremendously, and for the pillars he'll just have to dodge. Maybe... OOF!".

Whilst in her own thoughts Wendy had bumped into something. She hit her head quite hard looking up it was just a lamp post, but either way it still hurt. She looked towards the hill off in the distance, and saw a old run down house. Once her eyes stared at the house for quite a bit, she knew that was her next destination, but maybe it was also because of the sign that read 'Blossom's Garden'

A sharp craggily voice was right beside Wendy's ear, she could feel the warm breath of someone breathing on her neck, and sensation of fear run up her spine. "You're eyeing that house, what's your business with her?"

Wendy quickly turned around to see a man who was much taller than she was. There were no outstanding features of him, other than the clothing he wore. He had a scratched cast iron mask with bright red glowing eyes. The mask had a defined jaw line that had teeth engraved into it. Poking around the top of his mask was some messy brown hair. He was completely covered head to toe in a brown leather cloak. He wore a pair of tattered military boots, and his arms were wrapped up in very dirty sports tape.

He looked at Wendy directly in the eye sending a sharp wave of fear up her spine. "Name is Jackal, do you have business with my old mentor? If so I'd suggest that you stay far away from that demon. Nothing good ever comes from being around her. Anyway we'll meet again kid, I find you interesting in more ways than one."

Author Notes: So what did you guys think, It's a bit more different from the original right? Anyway let me know your thoughts, favouriting or reviewing would be awesome! Anyway just remember that OC submissions are still open, and you can submit more than one character if you wish! Remember your character doesn't have to be OP to be accepted I like weaker characters too!