a full week had passed since me and lysandre had met to discuss the pokedex. since then, i had sent all the layouts and designs i had come up with to him, as well as gotten the outer layer of the bottom case built.

now it was time to find out about the stone.

di had since contacted me only to say that steven was out of hoenn, which really august shouldn't surprise us, i mean, he is a researcher, and vi had called letting me know alexa hadn't heard anything, but would keep an eye open.

i had skipped over the first few, as all they talked about were stones of two colors, not of multiple, like i possessed.

so now the last of the ones was in front of me. i was getting antsy, not having found anything in the others. i didn't really want to call di and tell her her efforts so far had been unhelpful, but i might have to.

"squirt?"

i look down to see squirtle at the foot of the table. she points to her neck and i slide my glasses off, standing up to go fetch her necklace.

"you really like this, don't you", i ask once it's secured on her. in return, she nods at me. "be careful", i call as she goes away.

and now, it was back to the room, back to sitting in the chair, glasses on, head bent forward, document in front of me.

already, i could see this was the worst out of them all. the words were so weathered in some places that it was impossible to make out what the letters once were. plus, it was only half-full, the other half being nearly completely blank. still, i would try my best.

it began with a space, where a word once was, and then the words, 'had made quite the discovery today'.

i reached my hand over to the pencil i had and jotted the words down onto paper lying around.

'it . . hunk of stone . . shone in the sun . . colors of the rainbow-'

i paused, reading over that last bit, pencil poised to jot it down. then i read it again. still there. rainbow. a rainbow stone piece. this was it. it had to be.

'investigation was held . . high levels . .'

the words were indistinguishable. i glance up at the stone, sitting on the table, then back at the words. high levels of what? that had to be important. instead of leaving it blank, i wrote down a question mark on the notebook paper. it'd be up to me to figure it out.

' . . kept a shard . . next day . . talks about how . . reacted with his . . saur . . with him . . glowed . . othing else'

reacted? i again look up at the stone. the document said it glowed, but that was all that happened. still, it sounded like the man had a pokemon with him when it happened.

'found . . nother hunk . . this one more clear and green and red. again, . . home with . .rainbow . . showed up . . proclaiming a miracle . . vena . . both stones . . called . . mega evolution and . .'

my eyes widen at those last words. mega . . evolution? i dropped the pencil, leaning over even more to read the last words. there was no mistaking. that was this so-called miracle that had happened. and yet . . that was it. it ended on an open sentence, the rest impossible to make out.

i was tempted to call diantha right then and there and ask her where she found this was, if there were any more copies, but something stopped me. this one mentioned a stone with only a few colors. and to go along, it also talked about the rainbow stone, especially in those last few lines, saying they were both taken home when the miracle happened.

i jot a note down and dig around for the first few papers. once i have them, i scan over them once again, suddenly finding value in their words. they all mentioned stones with a few colors, except it talked about a glow happening when in the presence of a pokemon.

i sit back for a few moments, taking my glasses off and rubbing my temples. this was it. this was a breakthrough. somehow, this miracle called mega evolution took place with the rainbow stone and the three-colored stone reacting with the trainer and pokemon. but those words, mega evolution. what exactly did they mean?

"let me read these back to you: discoveries about big chunks of stone, miracles taking place with a stone, and . . mega evolution?"

"yeah, that's perfect."

"what exactly is this for, august?"

"i'll tell you once i find out. just know that those papers you gave me were very, very helpful."

" . . okay, i'm trusting you on this. any news from korrina?"

"no, nothing so far."

"maybe you should let me contact gurkinn directly. it'd save you and her both a lot of trouble. besides, i'm sure wherever he is, if i ask him to meet with the champion, he won't refuse."

"you shouldn't throw your weight around for my sake."

"who says i won't be there? i'm interested now. let me see what i can do, please?"

"sure, then. just don't push it."

"you flatter me august. now get back to the pokedex."

"yes ma'am."