Hi people. In case you guys haven't noticed, I've updated three weeks ago, and I was waiting for someone to review. Probably nobody noticed, because I replaced my "Important Notice" with it. Since I haven't updated for a LONG time, I tried to make this chapter longer than usual and better. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy.

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The Power Trials:

Chapter 6: The Final Tests

The path Eldon had taken was obviously wrong, as he had been running straight on for nearly half an hour. He panted, his heart pounding as sweat trickled down his forehead and sunk into the hard dirt beneath him. He immediately stopped his running, and glanced to his right. His Weavile, Ara, had collapsed. This is a death sentence! He thought, staring up at the forbidding mountain that loomed before him, it's peak plunging into the clouds. Sucking in a last gulp of breath, he gasped and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Jolt stopped and nudged Eldon with his snout, and sighed. Putting his paws over Eldon's back, he released a weak jolt of electricity from his paws, causing Eldon to jump

abruptly back up.

"Thanks, Jolt," Eldon smiled gratefully at his Jolteon and went over to Ara. The Weavile crawled up slowly, and staggered for a few moments before standing straight. Together the three looked forward. A large stone door could be seen in the distance, shaped like a semi circle at the base of the mountain.

"C'mon, let's go!" Eldon yelled, and they ran towards the stone door. As they reached the door, Eldon was able to look at it more closely. Embedded in the door in a triangular formation, three glass orbs were spread wide apart. The top one contained a leaf, the bottom left a feather, and the bottom right an orb of water.

"What does it mean?" Eldon asked aloud. Both of his Pokemon shook their heads.

Reaching his hand out, he circled his finger around each of the orbs. All of them were icy cold…

Cold… cold… Eldon thought deeply, slowly lowering his hand. You need heat to take away cold… heat… heat! Eldon eyed the leaf and the feather.

"Fire and Ice!" He yelled triumphantly, and then pointed at the water. "And the final one, electricity!" Throwing his right arm towards the door, he called out, "Hyper-Unit!"

The Porygon-Z flashed into view, zipping around and chattering to no one in particular.

"Hyper-Unit, I need you to Tri Attack those orb, and direct each of your blasts toward each weakness! That is, fire to the leaf, electricity to the water, and ice to the feather!"

Hyper-Unit swung his arms together, and slowly spread them apart, generating a revolving ball of white energy. Throwing them down, the energy ball split into three torrents of energy, one red, one blue, and one yellow, and they hit each of the orbs. The stone door began shaking rapidly, and cracks began forming slowly around the glass.

A few minutes had passed, and Eldon knew that the force was not enough. "Ara, use your ice powers and send a beam over on the feather! Jolt! Thunderbolt the water, and Hyper-Unit, focus mainly on your fire energy!"

Together the three energy beams shattered the glass orbs almost immediately, and the door began cracking around the glassless holes. Soon the stone crumbled away, and a triangular doorway was formed.

Eldon and his Pokemon stepped in.

oOo

"What the…" Alex stepped back cautiously as a huge Steelix rose from the cracked earth, each of the cracks glowing red. The Steelix was also radiating red with heat, like a long beacon in the night sky, and it was blocking their only path up the mountain. Growling menacingly, the Steelix lunged forward and screeched down at Sarah, causing her to cover her ears with her claws.

"Her defense fell…" Markus said, slowly taking his hands away from his ears. Pointing up at Steelix's head, he yelled, "Sarah! Hydro Pump its head!"

Sarah screeched back at the Steelix fearlessly, and a torrent of clear water plunged out of her beak. It never reached Steelix. Every time the water drew near Steelix's face, it evaporated into waves of steam, creating a dense fog.

"Stop, Sarah!" Markus called out, and turned to Alex. "That guy's been tempered by the heat from underground. We need to cool him down first before I can attack him."

"Got it," Alex replied, and yelled, "Water, Snow, Ice Beam that Steelix!"

Water the Floatzel appeared in a flash of light, and both Water and Snow unleashed twin blasts of ice energy at the Steelix, occasionally freezing the fog and causing it to shatter on the ground. Slowly, the red around its body disappeared, and Steelix howled in agony.

"Stop, guys," Alex said, raising her right hand.

"Alright Sarah, Hydro Pump it!" Markus called out.

Sarah unleashed another torrent of water at the Steelix's head, causing it to growl and dive back into the ground.

"Phew," Markus said, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Yeah," Alex replied. "That was a close call. C'mon, let's go."

Together the small group began trudging around the mountain in the spiraled path, the peak drawing nearer to them every minute.

oOo

"Woah…" Megan exclaimed, staring at the massive waterfall cascading before her, the noise booming in her ears. It plunged up into the sky, and it wasn't possible to see what was above the waterfall. Only one Pokemon could help her now.

"Jello!" The Gastrodon popped out into the water, looking at Megan.

"Okay, we need to get up that waterfall, and I need your help," With these words, Megan jumped into the water, grabbing Jello's back spikes.

"Brrr…" Megan muttered. "The water's freezing…"

Jello lurched his head forward, awaiting Megan's command.

"Okay," Megan said, turning to Blade and Vera. "You guys should be able to climb up the sides. If there's any trouble, I'd appreciate it if you'd help me. Alright Jello, let's go!"

The pair sped forward through the small lake, and Jello began speeding up the waterfall, Megan grabbing on as hard as she could as waves of water clashed against her face.

A low growl rumbled beneath the waterfall, and a Gyarados jumped out of the water, its gaping mouth reaching for the pair. Jello tried not to notice and concentrated on getting up the waterfall. But he didn't need to care. Vera, who was climbing on the right side of the waterfall, jumped forward and punched the Gyarados in the face. The Gyarados crashed into the lake below with a large splash, and Vera landed safely on the left side, where Blade was climbing.

They were almost near the top, but two massive Gyarados jumped out of the water, threatening to swallow Megan and Jello. This time, it was Blade that jumped forward to attack, but he wasn't so lucky. The two Gyarados wrapped hold of him and the three plunged into the water.

"Blade!" Megan yelled out into the rushing wind, and her voice sounded small.

She didn't need to worry, and in a flash of purple light, Blade jumped out of the water, fist raised, as the two Gyarados fell apart and crashed into the water. Jello angled his body forward into a small pond, and Megan crawled back on shore, where Vera and Blade awaited her.

"I was lucky to have chosen you," Megan smiled, patting Jello on the back. Standing up, she examined her surroundings. They were on a wide plateau overlooking the whole ecosystem. She looked up. "Well, that's the peak. I guess we're nearly there."

oOo

John stumbled forward into the tunnel, which was pitch-black.

"Chickendude…" He whispered, and a tall Blaziken appeared in a flash of light.

"Light up a fire with your hands." Chickendude raised up his right hand, and a ball of fire, illuminating the long tunnel. It seemed as if it was never-ending. The group ran forward through the tunnel, but an eerie screech stopped them.

"What was that?" John asked. He didn't need to be answered. As if on cue, a whole group of Golbat flew towards them, slashing and scratching.

"Aargh!" John yelled, protecting his head with his arm. "Chickendude, see if you can Fire Punch them away!"

He didn't need to be asked twice. Roaring into the air and fire swirling around his wrists, he swung them around, crashing his fists into each of the Golbat, batting them away. The roof of the cave began shaking, and rocks crashed down from the walls and the roof.

"Wow!" John rasped, coughing through the dust. "I think we destroyed the cave."

Then, he paused. "Well that might've been a good thing."

The peak of the mountain was just some twenty feet above them.

oOo

Smiling, a hand tapped in the darkness. "It is time."

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Note to Fire Drastar: I know you put Surf as one of Jello's moves, but I replaced it with Waterfall. I mean, you can hardly imagine a water Pokemon only being able to swim if it has Surf in real life.

R&R, please, and the next chapter will end the the first trial saga.