Pokémon: New Universe of Legends Chapter 4, a pokémon fanfic

4th Generation

The region was beautiful seen from above. Even when good and evil planned tirelessly in the shadows, youth dedicated themselves to Pokémon battles. Infernape, Torterra and Empoleon were the most acclaimed. However, an even more sinister shadow lurked behind the face of evil...

Hello there! It's so very nice to meet you! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! I am proffesor Rowan and I specialize in Pokémon evolution. Pokémon are fascinating creatures capable of changing appearance, acquiring new abilities and attacks in the process. Humans also have the ability to evolve, although the changes are more spiritual and mental than physical...

Now, go on, leap into the world of Pokémon!

SINNOH

Year 2000 - Sunyshore City

"Why don't you go play with Cynthia?" the old man asked worried. His grandson had been obsessed with those machines for too long, machines about which he understood nothing.

"I never know what that girl is thinking," the boy said without even looking at him. "Machines and programs always behave in a logical and predictable manner. Its strange perfection and accuracy are more beautiful than anything out there."

"…Don't you think your friend is going to feel alone?" grandfather tried again. "Plus she likes to play in tall grass a lot, which can be dangerous."

"…She has a gible, nothing will happen to her."

"Does she already have her first Pokémon? Excellent! Now your zubat won't be alone."

His grandson didn't say anything for a while until he finally put down those machines and stared at him. His grandfather almost cried when he saw so much pain in that childish look. No child should experience what his grandson was experiencing.

"When are you going to get me out of here?"

His grandfather made an effort to keep his voice steady.

"…I can't…I shouldn't…Your parents…"

"Do you really care about me? When was the last time those bastards spoke to me as if I were their son?"

His grandfather wanted to tell him not to curse his parents like that, but he had done the same thing in the past, and being hypocritical was something he would never teach his grandson to be.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do anything. As long as you are a minor you will continue to be under their guardianship."

His grandson lowered his head slightly and picked up one of his machines again. His nervous zubat rested on his right shoulder.

"Do you know, grandpa? The other day, they were at home... They said that they wish I were like Flint or Volkner... that those two are children of whom a parent can be proud..."

"I'm sure they don't mean it," his grandfather said quickly. "All parents say stupid things sometimes."

His grandfather stopped when he saw the look of pure hatred that his grandson was giving him. It lasted milliseconds but was so strong that his grandfather felt his body lose strength and fall to the ground trembling. His grandson got up and walked slowly towards the door.

"I'm going for a walk... Don't wait for me."

Year 2015 – Unknown place

Far away, a beautiful woman was carrying a suitcase in her hands. Her steps were slow but she did not stop at any time. Suddenly, her Poké Gear rang and she grabbed it.

"The mission?" asked a voice devoid of emotion. The woman felt a little chill every time she heard it. She adored it.

"I did it. I have everything we need."

"Will they discover you?"

"No. They all want to keep their heads so they will never tell Giovanni the truth."

"Do they distrust you?"

"A little, but I haven't given them any reason to believe I'm a double agent. Furthermore, those who were most distrustful have suffered "accidents" during their missions."

"Do you know what to do now, Sird?"

"Of course." Sird lifted the suitcase and looked at it with an evil smile. "We have two buyers in Unova and Ferrum, they're more than willing to spend their entire fortune to have a mewtwo. There's plenty here for both of them."

"And with that money we'll have managed to get one step closer to our goal. You have accomplished a great mission, Sird. You will be compensated for it."

A wide smile spread across the woman's face.

"Everything is for the glory of Team Galactic."

Year 2017 - Mount Coronet

Soft drops of water ran over the rocks and walls of that cave. The darkness wasn't total due to the small rays of light that timidly slipped through the cracks. That reddish, sickly-looking light was reflected in the water and in some precious stones, highlighting the sinister and gloomy touch of that place.

He could feel his mind relaxing and freeing himself from worldly concerns. Was this what he really wanted? The tranquility and serenity that solitude provided? Why did people hate loneliness so much? Were their lives so empty that they needed others to feel complete? Were they so afraid of being silent?

Maybe that great incoherence called emotions had something to do with that fear... Or maybe, because if they were silent they would be forced to reflect. If they reflected, they would realize that their lives had no meaning and that they were only living for the sake of living... Then, they would have no choice but...

A noise interrupted Cyrus' thoughts and made him open his eyes. An onyx had just emerged from underground and was in full battle against a golem. Very close to them were several zubat, rattata, geodude, dunsparce and even bidoof. Everyone was running from one side to the other in an uncontrolled manner while hitting each other.

Cyrus didn't move from his spot as he watched the onyx and the golem destroy the cave during their fierce battle. He simply threw a Poké Ball from which Weavile emerged. A single look from Cyrus was enough for Weavile to understand what his mission was. Moving at high speed he approached both Pokémon and used ice fist, freezing them instantly.

Ice covered not only the two rock-type Pokémon but also part of the ground they were on. The sudden drop in temperature in the cave made the other Pokémon stop to contemplate what had happened.

He just wanted the silence to return and he knew that the rest of the Pokémon had gotten the message very well. Soon his most cherished wish would be fulfilled in that place. A world where existence itself would be eternal silence.

Year 2018- Twinleaf Town: Fresh and Free!

"Ash! Have you also come north? The technology is so incredible that you can now trade Pokémon with anyone in the world. Look at the porygon someone from Kanto gave me!" ―Tecno, the fat teenager.

That town was beautiful but Ash hadn't come for the views, so as soon as he could he set off. Looking for trainers to defeat and Pokémon to capture. One of those trainers told him that route 201 was full of low-level Pokémon.

On this route Ash, Pikachu and Aipom met a tall man who was staring at the center of the lake. Hearing them arrive, the man turned around slowly. His gaze seemed like an empty well and his expressionless expression gave shivers to Ash and his Pokémon.

"The time that flows... The space that expands... One day all of that will be mine... Until then, sleep while you can, legendary Pokémon of the lake..."

"Excuse me... Are you okay?" Ash asked worried. That guy was in some kind of trance from which he came out when he heard Ash.

"Have you also come to see Mesprit? I have heard that it is customary in these parts..."

"Mesprit? I don't know who it's, plus I'm from Kanto." Ash said a little calmer, because despite his appearance he seemed like someone kind. Pikachu and Aipom on the other hand didn't want to get close.

"...I see..." the man said as he left there.

ooOoo

"Listen, is that a twerpish voice I hear? It's shrieking to me loud and clear. Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace. Dashing hope, putting fear in its place. Bi, bi! To end the enemies of lies and apathy. To gain the power of space-time. Mitsumi! Hareta! Bidoof! In any universe where there's peace. Team Galactic will destroy it in your face. Bi, bidoof!" ―Mitsumi, Hareta and Bidoff (TGio).

Ash didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in the new region he would find problems. And on top of that, who had attacked him were a couple of people with futuristic suits and short pastel green hair.

Team Galactic… Another criminal organization? Ash hoped that at least they weren't as crazy as Team Magma and Team Aqua.

Ash asked them several things. Who were they? What did they want? And why were they attacking him with a giant robot?

"Haven't you heard our motto? We're Team Galactic and that's why we wear these cool outfits!" Hareta said offended. Mitsumi put a hand on her partner to calm him down.

"Our very kind commander has told us about you and we have decided that defeating you and taking your Pokémon will make us look good with the boss," Mitsumi revealed with a smile. "As for the giant robot, it's simply to make sure you don't make us take off early."

ooOoo

Ash, Pikachu and Aipom managed to win but Pikachu and Ash ended up separating. Luckily, the young man from Pallet town met a boy who was having a picnic nearby.

The boy was gorging himself on food when he saw Ash and Aipom injured. Without thinking twice he helped them because he had a first aid kit with him and shared his food.

"So Team Galactic, huh?" said the boy while they were looking for Pikachu. "Roseanne told me to be careful those guys but I didn't know they attacked people too."

"Thanks for helping me." Ash said.

"You're welcome... By the way, my name is Lucas and I'm proffesor Rowan's assistant."

"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and this's my friend Aipom!"

"Aipom!"

"How cute." Lucas said caressing her.

"Are you helping Rowan? Proffesor Oak told me about him, apparently they are old friends."

"So you know proffesor Oak...Well, you're from Kanto..."

While they were talking Ash captured a starly so he could better search for Pikachu. However, they had a run-in with a boy their same age named Paul.

Paul was the complete opposite of Ash, as he only believed that useful Pokémon were competitive and had great potential. His method was to capture several Pokémon of the same type and using the Pokédex he decided to keep the one with the best statistics and/or attacks.

"Training and using weak Pokémon is a waste of time and a waste of space and money," Paul said when he saw Ash's starly.

"A woman once told me that good trainers are able to win with their favorite Pokémon." Ash replied.

"Surely that woman was just as inept as you."

"What didyou said?!

Lucas stopped Ash before he lunged at Paul.

"Aren't we supposed to look for your Pikachu?"

Ash swallowed his anger and continued searching for his friend.

ooOoo

Dawn Berlizt didn't expect that on her first day as a Pokémon trainer she would have to help proffesor Rowan pick up three lost starters. Of which she ended up choosing the proud but cute piplup.

Nor did she expect to see a strange pink Pokémon floating in the middle of Lake Verity or later encounter an injured pikachu.

While wearing it he met his trainer Ash Ketchum.

"Dawn? Shouldn't you be with proffesor Rowan?" Lucas asked the girl as soon as she saw him.

"A lot of things have happened." Dawn said with a nervous laugh.

Sandgem Town: Town of Sand!

They took Pikachu to proffesor Rowan's laboratory, where he recovered thanks to the proffesor's care. A serious but kind man, who had heard many things about Ash from proffesor Oak.

"Thank you very much for rescuing Pikachu." Ash said to Dawn. The girl simply smiled as she waved her hands rapidly.

"Don't worry, anyone would have done the same thing."

"I highly doubt it," Lucas said while eating some pastries. "In that laboratory we have seen Pokémon very mistreated by people."

"Well, we're lucky Dawn is better than those people!" Ash said very happily, getting a slight blush from the girl.

"You're very red." Lucas commented.

"Is not true!"

Lucas just shrugged and continued eating.

"You two seem to get along really well." Ash said, smiling.

"We're childhood friends despite living in different towns." Dawn said.

"And what are you going to do now Ash?" Proffesor Rowan, who had approached them recently, suddenly asked.

"I'm going to participate in the Sinnoh Pokémon League!"

"I see, what about you Dawn?"

"I'm going to participate in the Sinnoh Pokémon Grand Festival!"

"Are you a Pokémon coordinator?" Ash asked. "One of my friends is too."

Dawn scratched her cheek a little nervously.

"Not yet, but I want to become a very good one like my mother."

"I know that no one asked but I want to be the best cook in the world." Lucas said raising his hand.

The others laughed as they saw how Lucas's peaceful and good-natured face became one full of ambition and pure fire.

"Food is the happiness of this life. If everyone can eat everyone will be happy." Lucas continued saying.

"I agree! Eating makes everyone happy." Ash said with the same enthusiasm. Lucas stared at him before starting to share his food with him.

Dawn wrinkled her brow and put a hand to her head.

"What's wrong with these two and with their strange philosophy?"

Pikachu and Piplup imitated the girl's same gesture, although the mouse Pokémon was already used to it.

Proffesor Rowan suggested the three of them to travel together. Ash already had experience so the trip would be easier for Dawn, and since neither of them looked like they could cook very well, they could take Lucas. In this way the young chef would also gain much more experience than being in a laboratory.

Before leaving, proffesor Rowan gave the three Pokédexes. And of course he passed the information from Ash's old Pokédex to the new one.

"Hum...You've seen a lot of interesting Pokémon," Rowan noted interestedly. "Many people would pay a fortune to have this information."

"Luckily I only give it to people proffesor Oak trusts." Ash said.

"Well done indeed. Good luck with your journey, children."

"Thank you!/Pika!" the four said at the same time.

And so thirteen-year-old Ash and Pikachu of unknown age left along with twelve-year-old Dawn and Lucas on the new adventure. Although they met Paul again, who challenged Ash to a Pokémon battle.

"As I supposed, someone who believes that they can win with any Pokémon is only a loser." Paul said with disdain after defeating Ash.

ooOoo

A little in the distance three pairs of eyes were watching the twerp and his friends.

"Why is the commander so obsessed with killing him, Mitsumi?" Hareta asked confused. "It's true that his Pikachu is strong but he doesn't seem like an above average trainer to me."

A small laugh escaped Mitsumi upon hearing those words. Although she couldn't blame her partner for her ignorance, since only three people on Team Galactic, including her, knew the truth.

"Giovanni, Grey, Magno and Achilles believed the same." Mitsumi said before explaining all the exploits of that twerp. Hareta was speechless upon hearing the twerp's adventures.

"...I take back what I said, he's too dangerous," he said, very alarmed. "We have to warn the leader!"

"It won't be necessary."

"B-but…"

Mitsumi interrupted him with a look.

"The commander has asked me to take care of him long before he has a chance to cross paths with the boss. I was playing with him before but next time I'll be serious."

Hareta and Bidoof looked at each other, very unconvinced.

ooOoo

Shortly after, Ash crossed paths with Paul again, with whom he had another fight and lost again feeling humiliated. However this time he noticed how he treated one of his Pokémon in particular, a chimchar, badly.

Jubilife City: City of Joy

In the capital of Sinnoh, Ash and his companions met an international police officer named Looker. The guy attracted a lot of attention with his elegant trench coat and his look of being suspicious of everyone and everything.

He took the three to a room and there he explained to Ash that he knew who he was and that if he had problems with Team Galactic that he should not hesitate to contact him.

"Why are the international police interested in Ash?" Dawn asked, very confused by all that.

"Please let the explanation be quick," said Lucas. "It will soon be dinner time at the Pokémon Center and I don't want to miss it."

"But you have eaten half an hour ago." Ash said surprised.

"Well, I feel like it was at least two hours ago."

"I have a lot to do, let Ketchum give the explanations." Looker said, leaving there but not before looking in all directions.

Ash told them a very brief summary of his history with criminal organizations while they had dinner. Dawn seemed a little scared and Lucas… it was difficult to know what he was thinking since if he wasn't eating or cooking nothing would upset him.

ooOoo

Dawn met two of her future rivals at the Pokémon contests. Zoey, a rookie Pokémon coordinator who already had a ribbon, and Jessilina, a mysterious Kanto coordinator.

During the contest Dawn lost to Zoey and her glameow, but vowed to beat them next time.

ooOoo

Dawn and Lucas received a call from their childhood friend, who was at the Pokémon Dojo at the time. Ash met the hyperactive, impatient and somewhat loud Barry, who greeted the three of them and ran out of there.

Until he realized that Ash was a Pokémon trainer and then returned to fight him. He lost and after threatening to give Ash a fine, he ran out of there again.

"What was that? A human whirlwind?" Ash asked, confused and worried.

"I guess you can describe Barry that way, yeah." Dawn laughed.

"Even I'm surprised." said Lucas, who had stopped eating because of how nervous Barry had made him.

"Well, your face remains the same." Dawn noted.

The next day Dawn took them to a manga convention where she bought the new volumes of Phantom Thief Pokémon 7. Apparently she had been a die-hard fan for several years.

ooOoo

Pokétch Co.

Ash and his companions saved the president of an important company, his son Landis, and three clowns from some Team Galactic Grunts. Apparently the criminals were planning to manipulate their latest version of the Pokétch for evil purposes

As a thank you, the president gave each of them the new Pokétch, which had not yet been released on the market.

"You are travelers so you are going to advertise my invention me for free." said the president between laughs.

Afterwards, the president gave them a guided tour on Jubilee TV. Ash prayed that the owner of the TV wasn't the leader of Team Galactic or something like that. Luckily for him, his only surprise was seeing his Johto friend Kris on a promotional poster for the Pokétch.

Later they met reporter Roxy and her assistant Oli, who challenged Ash to a fight since they wanted to do a live report. Meanwhile, Lucas entered a Pokémon Lottery organized by a woman named Felicity. Dawn for her part met the famous television star named Ketch Appy.

Oreburgh City: City of Energy

Despite his friends' protests, Ash went straight to the Pokémon gym, where he found that Paul was already fighting Roark, the gym leader. Ash watched with some envy as Paul got the badge and decided that he wasn't going to be left behind.

Ash, wanting to show Paul how strong he was, ended up losing to Roark.

"How pathetic can you be?" Paul said before leaving. Meanwhile Lucas held Dawn, who was trying to pounce on the unpleasant boy.

Lucas later made a special feast for Ash and his Pokémon in an attempt to cheer them up.

"Thank you, this is very good!" said Ash devouring everything that was on the table. His Pokémon did the same while Dawn and Lucas watched smiling.

The next day they went to visit Roark at the Oreburgh mine, since the leader used to work there looking for fossils or strange objects.

In the mine they found a mysterious man who seemed to be looking for something.

"You three… Have we met before?" the man asked.

"No/Never/I don't think so." Ash, Dawn and Lucas answered at the same time.

"…I guess I've confused you with other people. Excuse me, but I have to continue researching Arceus…" said the man, leaving quickly.

The three friends looked at each other somewhat confused and went to see Roark. He showed them several fossils and later the Oreburgh City Mining Museum run by his friend Dr. Kenzo. Unfortunately Hareta, Mitsumi and Bidoof were trying to steal the fossil resurrection machine, but their mission ended in failure.

ooOoo

Oreburgh Gym

"I have strengthened my Pokémon by digging up fossils non-stop. Will you allow me to show you again how strong they are?"―Roark, they call him the the rock.

Aipom, Pikachu, Turtwig vs Onix, Geodude and Rampardos. Using techniques he had learned from training with Dawn, Turtwig defeated Roark's rampardo and thus earned Ash the Coal Badge.

"If you go to Eterna City, visit the Underground man's house," Roark suggested. He's my grandfather and he's very good at finding treasures.

On the way to Floaroma Town they met the TGio again.

"Did you really think we weren't going to get revenge for Oreburgh City?" —Mitsumi said with a malicious smile. "This time there's no gym leader covering your back."

"But there's me!" Barry shouted, who had seen all that and came running without even asking what was happening. Ash, Dawn, Lucas and Barry managed to keep them at bay until the commotion caught the attention of more people. So the TGio decided to withdraw for the moment.

"Thank you Barry." Ash, Dawn and Lucas told him, but the boy had already left after swearing that he would give those villains a huge fine.

The first encounter between Ash's group and the evil Pokémon Hunter J was near Floaroma Town. That woman was dedicated to theft, kidnapping and illegal trafficking of Pokémon.

She had a strange ray that turned Pokémon into statues and a flying ship in which she moved throughout the region. Ash and his companions, with the help of the young and talented police officer Marble, prevented her from kidnapping Melodi's Gardevoir and Pikachu, but she ended up escaping.

Floaroma Town: Vivid & Scented

As its name indicated, it was a place decorated everywhere with flowers and berries. Ash, Dawn and Lucas visited the Rainbow flower shop, the most famous in Sinnoh.

There they met their owner Forsythia, who taught them how to prepare Poffins in the floral plaza. However, only Lucas managed to master the technique perfectly.

"According to legend, this town was born when Mr. Fuego and his wife asked a shaymin to flourish," Forsythia explained during classes. Who knows if it will be true?

"And why don't we ask Mr. Fuego and his wife?" Ash said curious.

"I don't think it could be. The two left when the Fuego Ironworks where they worked was closed due to the pollution it produced... Although I think someone bought it recently..."

After that Dawn participated in Floaroma's Pokémon contest, winning her first ribbon. To do this she had to defeat her childhood friend Kenny and Jessilina using Piplup and Pachirisu.

As a reward for winning, Ash gave her some flowers and Lucas gave her some Poffins.

Valley Windworks

It had all started with a girl, Paige, being kidnapped by a drifloon. After rescuing Paige she told them that she had gone looking for help because her father Karsten was kidnapped at the wind power plant by Team Galactic.

The villains sought to steal the electrical energy stored there and wouldn't hesitate to harm all the workers if they didn't cooperate.

After calling Detective Marble, Ash and his companions didn't wait any longer and attacked Team Galactic. Defeating the grunts was easy but then Mars and the scientist Charon showed up.

"Do you really want to face me? I'm one of the four commanders of Team Galactic," Mars laughed, until she heard Charon cough lightly. "Oh, wait, I forgot. We're actually five commanders. My name is Mars!"

"I don't care about that, release all the people you have captured!" Ash said.

"The police will be here soon so give up!" Dawn warned them. Lucas couldn't speak because he needed energy and was eating chocolate bars.

Mars laughed again when she saw them so determined.

"We're trying to create a new world that is better than this one... But people don't quite understand what we are doing. You don't understand it either, do you? It's very sad... Well, let's fight then. If I win, you go. If you win, we'll go!

"That seems fine to me!" said Ash after taking out his Pokémon. "Time to teach you a lesson."

"To decide everything with a Pokémon battle, how absurd." Charon murmured.

"Don't get involved, old men!" Mars snapped.

ooOoo

Mars ended up losing to Ash but she didn't seem sad at all. She was even laughing more than before.

"This isn't what I expected! It doesn't matter either. I have enjoyed our battle."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... So you lost to a kid," Charon said, pushing up his glasses as he stared at Ash and his companions. "Bah! We have gathered a lot of electricity. With the energy we have obtained we will do something spectacular. Indeed, I am Charon, the genius. Mars, we should leave now."

Mars's smile disappeared instantly.

"Shut up! The boss is the only person in the world I take orders from! So be very quiet! You're nothing but a newbie! Don't give yourself so much importance!" she turned around and blew Ash a kiss. "I guess it's time for me to say goodbye and leave... for now!"

When the police arrived there were only a few unconscious grunts left but at least the plant workers were unharmed. Karsten returned with his wife, nurse Joy, and his two daughters, Marnie and Paige, after thanking our heroes.

Eternal Forest

Cheryl was a young lady who wanted to get her hands on legendary honey made by a hive of combees. She needed it to complete her grandfather's treasure collection.

Ash and his friends accompanied her and were surprised to see that Cheryl was very good at fighting with her Blissey. Her surprise was even greater when Cheryl revealed that the Sinnoh Pokémon Association had recently named her a top trainer.

"Proffesor Rowan says that right now there are only seven Top trainers in Sinnoh, if we don't count the gym leaders and the Elite Four, of course," Lucas explained.

"Is it so difficult to get that rank?" Dawn asked.

"You have to be recognized as someone strong enough to respond to a regional crisis." Explained Cheryl, who was hiding behind Ash, scared by the noises in the forest.

The three of them laughed nervously as they saw how the strongest of the group was the one who seemed to need protection the most. They soon stopped laughing when they ran into a lively, lively orange-haired woman in front of a mansion.

The woman's name was Gardenia and apparently she wanted to enter the mansion to investigate some strange events. She was very afraid, so in exchange for helping them find the legendary honey she asked them to help her with the mystery of the mansion.

ooOoo

Old Mansion

"Our encounter was a sudden one. It was when I found my toy robot, one that I had earlier misplaced. At that instant, a Pokémon startlingly emerged from the lawn mower's motor! Clutching my robot, I stared, transfixed by the peculiar Pokémon.

Finally, I came to realize that the Pokémon only wished to be friends. I have decided to name this most wondrous Pokémon 'Rotom.' Simple though it may be, Rotom emerged to me from the motor of a lawn mower. Motor and Rotom... Surely the link is obvious?

A feeling of mischief got the better of me one day. Seeing Rotom hovering, I decided to startle it-normally I would not. Rotom discharged power beyond its usual range... When I came to, to my horror I realized that Rotom had disappeared.

My search for Rotom carried me far from home. It was in the town's rubbish heap that I again found my old toy robot. Curiously, our eyes met, then the robot waved a hand as if in greeting. I knew then that I had found my lost friend. I ran to it and hugged Rotom tight, talking on and on.

The robot's eyes lit up happily as I held it. I realized that we would remain friends throughout our lives..."―Old notebook.

After getting the legendary honey, they were so tired that they couldn't help but rest in the old mansion. The atmosphere, the service, the food and the rooms... Everything was perfect, until Lucas realized that the food was fake.

It was then that the butler transformed into an angry ghost, a ghost girl began to appear everywhere and a giant gengar came out of a painting to devour them.

Luckily they were saved by a rotom who helped them get out of there just in time. Lucas captured that rotom later.

"That's why I didn't want to come to this forest alone!" Cheryl shouted scared as they ran for their lives towards the exit of the forest.

Eterna City: History Living

It was the oldest city in Sinnoh. When Cheryl left them Ash and his friends went to see the main attraction of the city, the statue of a supposed legendary Pokémon.

There Gardenia complained about the vandalism suffered by the statue.

"Someone has erased the inscription that was on it… There is no longer respect for anything." Gardenia said.

"What a strange statue... It looks like someone mixed two or three Pokémon..." Dawn noted.

"Oh really? To me it just seems like a very cool Pokémon." Ash said.

"Yes, like the drawings we made of legendaries when we were children." Lucas said.

"Right?" Ash laughed. Soon Lucas started laughing with him too.

Dawn sighed but preferred not to say anything, she was already getting used to her two friends sharing a neuron.

Gardenia later took them to the Sinnoh Historical Museum, which was next to a rather sinister-looking tall building. In the museum was Agent Jenny, who scolded Gardenia a lot for spending so much time outside her gym.

Gardenia was saved from further vilification because she used to do her job of protecting the forest very well.

Later the TGio stole a valuable object from the museum called Adamant Orb while leaving clues that incriminated a man named Nando.

Nando was a Pokémon trainer and coordinator at the same time, just like Wallace from Hoenn. With the help of Agent Jenny they managed to prove his innocence but the TGio had already escaped with the Adamant Orb.

As a reward for helping him, Nando told our heroes the original story: In the beginning, there was only a churning turmoil of chaos. At the heart of chaos, where all things became one, appeared an Egg. Having tumbled from the vortex, the Egg gave rise to the Original One. From itself, two beings the Original One did make. Time started to spin. Space began to expand. From itself again, three living things the Original One did make. The two beings wished, and from them, matter came to be. The three living things wished, and from them, spirit came to be. The world created, the Original One took to unyielding sleep...

ooOoo

In the building next door…

"Well done, another successful robbery in record time." Saturn said.

Despite their praise the TGio could sense the disdain Saturn felt for them, as they were the only grunts allowed to have free will. However Mitsumi smiled and bowed her head.

"It is an honor to be able to be useful." Mitsumi said, while in her head was already planning what she would do to Saturn when she was promoted to commander.

"I heard that the twerp who confronted Mars was in the museum."

Mitsumi glanced at Hareta, who shrank slightly in his chair. Saturn always asked him for reports on missions, he couldn't contradict a commander even if he wasn't under his command.

"That's right, but he hasn't been a problem."

"Well, I wouldn't want your record to be tainted by a twerp." Saturn said before cutting the communication.

"And what about Mars's record?" Hareta complained now that they were alone.

"Bi, bi!"

Mitsumi's smile remained in place.

"Mars is very well placed in the organization and although it may not seem like it, she gets along very well with the other three commanders."

"Three? Don't you mean the other four?"

"…Right, that old man is also a commander."

ooOoo

Eterna Gym

"You kept me waiting! When I first saw you, I was convinced you'd find your way to me. You have a winning aura about you. So, anyway, this will be fun. Let's have our battle!" ―Gardenia, Master of Vivid Plant Pokémon.

Staravia, Turtwig and Aipom vs Cherubi, Turtwig and Roserade. After overcoming her obsession with Ash's Turtwig, Gardenia lost the fight and gave the Forest badge to the young man from the Pallet Town.

"I might've said it before, but you're really tough! Wasn't it hard for you to raise your Pokémon to be so good? I guess that's a measure of how much you love your Pokémon." Gardenia said as she hugged Ash's turtwig.

ooOoo

Ash and his friends visited Roark's grandfather, the Underground man who everyone now called the Underground man. At first he was nice and taught them how to move underground but they soon discovered why the man no longer had assistants and apprentices.

The Underground man was a rogue and scoundrel who didn't hesitate to make our heroes work too hard and then keep any loot or treasure they had obtained.

ooOoo

"Just a moment, please. The book I'm reading has nearly reached its thrilling climax... The hero has obtained a mystic sword and is about to face their final trial..." ―Lucian of The Sinnoh Elite Four.

The Underground man wasn't the only disappointment our heroes had. They were intercepted by a grunt from Team Galactic, who was actually Looker in disguise.

"Rad Rickshaw, the owner of the bike shop, is in trouble," he explained quickly. "He discovered that Team Galactic has been stealing Pokémon. And on top of that, they recently took away his clefairy. The man has followed them to that ugly building next to the museum. I must continue undercover as Grunt B-2 so I can't help you. But I can help you sneak in. I'm counting on you!"

"Why don't you call the police? We're just kids!" Dawn said confused.

"We're going to save that man and the Pokémon! Right, Pikachu?" Ash said to his friend as he ran out to the building.

"Pika!"

"Wait, I haven't told you how to sneak in yet!" Looker said, running after the boy and his Pikachu.

"…Are they serious?" Dawn asked in disbelief. "Are you and I the only sane ones?"

Lucas shrugged and after finishing his sandwich he ran after Looker.

"We're like the Sinnoh Rangers! Go, go Sinnoh Ranger!" Lucas said with his eyes shining with excitement.

Dawn ended up running after all of them because she didn't want to be left alone. Luckily, at the entrance of the Galactic building, they met a tall man dressed in an elegant purple suit.

"Lucian from the Elite Four. ―Lucas said, recognizing him.

"What is the Elite Four doing here?" Dawn asked confused.

"I've heard very bad rumors about this building and I've come to investigate," Lucian said.

"Perfect, can you help us stop Team Galactic?" Ash asked him.

"Let's see what they're up to first," Lucian said with a smile.

ooOoo

Team Galactic Eterna Building: We Want Your Pokémon!

"This world does not interest us. We have our sights set further."

"Do you came to donate your Pokémon?"

"Ordinary people like you cannot understand Team Galactic's vision. In fact, now that I think about it... I don't understand it much either."

The more the grunts and scientists talked, the angrier Ash and his friends became. Those criminals would do anything for an intangible objective that they didn't even know what it was. Most of them didn't even know who their leader was.

Finally they reached Commander Jupiter, who had Rad Rickshaw and the Pokémon kidnapped.

"Hey! Did you want something?" the woman asked in a mocking tone.

"Free Rick and the Pokémon!" Ash ordered her.

"Make me!"

They both took out their Pokémon at the same time and the battle began.

ooOoo

"How could I lose against a child!" Jupiter said without being able to believe it. "Being careless cost me too much."

Jupiter fled from there but first gave some information to our heroes.

"I'll let you in on one little thing. Our boss is researching the myths of ancient Pokémon. With the power of mythical Pokémon, he will become the ruler of Sinnoh... I suggest you keep out of Team Galactic's affairs from now on. This is your last warning!"

Thanks to Lucian, most of the grunts in the area were captured, but the most important members managed to escape.

"Defeating these criminals has served as a warm-up for my battle against the champion." Lucian commented before bidding farewell to our heroes.

ooOoo

"Rotom has the incredible ability to enter and merge with special motors. Rotom may forget certain movements when abandoning a motor. To ensure I get all the credit, my Rotom research must be kept secret. They will come to recognize me as the scientific genius Char..." Mysterious notebook.

Inside the building, Lucas found the second part of the mysterious notebook they found in the Eternal Forest Mansion.

ooOoo

Before leaving the city a blonde woman intercepted them and thanked them for running Team Galactic out of the city.

"Those guys must have friends in high places if the government hasn't classified them as terrorist group yet." said the woman worried.

Routes 206

They crossed paths again with the evil Hunter J, who this time was after a shieldon, which Gary Oak was taking care of.

Dawn and Lucas met Ash's rival in Kanto and helped him take the shieldon to a fossil Pokémon reserve that proffesor Rowan was creating.

After trying to kill our heroes, Hunter J ended up retiring. Gary said goodbye to our heroes and they continued their journey.

Wayward Cave

The TGio had taken the Sandslash of a girl named Mira while she was distracted. Luckily Ash and his friends didn't hesitate to help her and after cornering the villains at the end of the cave, they managed to recover her Pokémon.

Although something that surprised the three friends was seeing how strong Mira was, since she alone defeated the cave Pokémon that crossed her path.

"My strength? I'm a Top trainer, haven't I told you that?

"Top trainer? But you're so small?" Dawn said stunned.

"I'm not that small!"

"Leaf told me that age doesn't matter when you're a Pokémon trainer." Ash laughed.

"Well, your friend is right," Lucas said. "Even a child can beat a veteran in a Pokémon battle, so you should never let your guard down."

After leaving the cave they said goodbye to Mira.

Mount Coronet

In said cave they found the mysterious man that Ash met near Twinleaf Town.

"The man without eyebrows!" Ash said upon recognizing him. Dawn hit him on the head.

"Forgive our friend!" "Dawn said immediately, bowing her head several times. Lucas, for his part, noticed how the Pokémon in the cave avoided being close to the man at all costs. Even his own Pokémon seemed nervous.

The man stared at them before starting to talk about how fragile living beings were and how vast the universe could be. After leaving them confused, the man left the cave.

Shortly after Ash received a call from Bill. The young man knew that Ash was in Sinnoh so he told him to visit his friend Bebe when he could. The woman was the creator of the Sinnoh Pokémon storage system and lived in Hearthome City.

Aftermath of M10: The Rise of Darkrai - Alamos Town

When they went to the town for Dawn to participate in a Pokémon contest, they never imagined that they would find themselves in the middle of a Pokémon demigod battle.

"Dialga and Palkia… Pokémon considered gods in the past… I never thought we would get to see them." Lucas said while eating a cupcake.

The trio of friends was leaving the town after saying goodbye to Alice and her boyfriend Tonio. Dawn had lost the contest but so many things had happened that she didn't have time to think about it.

"I'm so glad to see that Darkrai has survived." Dawn said happily.

"Darkrai is very strong, isn't he?" Ash said excitedly.

"Pika!" Pikachu said equally excitedly.

"I guess it was Dialga and Palkia who resurrected him," Lucas commented.

"I hope they don't fight again," Dawn said, looking up at the sky. "I'm sure they can become very good friends if they try."

"They remind me of Groudon and Kyogre," Ash thought.

"I'll send the information to Professor Rowan, he'll be surprised when he finds out that we've seen the ancient gods of Sinnoh," Leon said.

Hearthome City: Warm & Kind

An elegant city full of festivals that was said to be the best to raise a family. It was also the home of the most popular Pokémon contests.

What caught Ash's attention was the cathedral, since it was the first time he had seen one so full of people. Dawn and Lucas explained that people in Sinnoh had been quite religious for a long time.

At the Pokémon Center Ash met a hiker who claimed to be a friend of proffesor Elm.

"He was always very quiet and attracted little attention. He must be having a bad time now that he's the most famous proffesor in Johto."

"Well, the last time I saw him, he was very happy with his work, although he's quite absent-minded." Ash said.

"…Wow, I'm happy for him." said the hiker with a sincere smile.

Taking advantage of the fact that they were in the city, Ash and his friends visited Bebe, who already knew who they were thanks to a call from Bill.

"You can stay at my house while you're in town." She told them with a smile.

"Thanks!" Ash said happily.

"Indeed, although I will miss the food at the Pokémon center." Lucas commented.

"Won't it be too much trouble for you?" Dawn asked Bebe.

"Not at all, it's the least I can do for the boy who saved my friend Bill from Team Rocket."

When they accompanied Dawn to register for the Pokémon contest, they encountered an elegant woman wearing a purple dress talking to Dawn's mother, Johanna.

Dawn ran and hugged her surprised mother, who wasn't expecting to see her daughter and nephew there.

"You must be Ash, right? Dawn and Lucas told me a lot about you," Johanna said. "Thank you very much for taking care of them."

"Actually I'm the one who takes care of them." Dawn murmured and then proudly told Ash that her mother was a Top coordinator.

Next to Johanna were her Pokémon: a Glameow, an Umbreon and a Kangaskhan, who greeted Dawn enthusiastically because they missed her.

"Oops! Excusez-moi. Are any of the three going to participate in the contest?" the woman in purple interrupted.

"Me, Mrs. Fantina!" Dawn said when she recognized her.

"Well, as an expert on the subject, I advise you to have fun!"

Fantina revealed herself to be the city's gym leader and Ash wanted to challenge her right there but Fantina refused. Apparently she had to make a very important trip at that time and it would take days or weeks to return. Dawn's mother also had to leave so she wished her daughter luck.

ooOoo

Amity Square Ruins

"When one life meets another life, something new will be born." ―Cynthia, Sinnoh Champion.

The next day they learned that the blonde woman they met in Eterna City was Cynthia, the champion of Sinnoh. Paul challenged her to a six-on-six battle, but ended up losing without being able to defeat a single Pokémon of Cynthia.

Cynthia then left with Ash and his friends, telling them stories about Sinnoh's past and the many legends there were.

That's how they learned about Cynthia's passion for archaeology. Later, Cynthia left when she saw how Roxy was talking about the lustrous Orb that archaeologists had found in Celestic Town.

ooOoo

It was her third contest and Dawn was very nervous because she didn't want to disappoint the trust that her mother had placed in her. She used Piplup and Pachirusu but she still lost.

That night Dawn didn't want to talk to her friends even though they tried to cheer her up. Zoey asked them to leave Dawn alone for the moment because she, the girl, needed solitude.

Ash and Lucas were the ones who spoke to Dawn's mother, telling her what happened...

ooOoo

Tag Battle Competition

To cheer up Dawn and on Zoey's advice, Ash enrolled himself and his friends in the Tag Battle, sponsored by the city's mayor Enta.

The winning couple of the tournament, which would be formed randomly, would take a pair of soothe bells. Ash's partner was Paul, Dawn's partner was Conway and Lucas got Holly.

The tournament was a disaster for Ash and Paul. They didn't know how to work as a team, they didn't like each other, and Paul's mistreatment of Chimchar made Ash a lot angry. To top it off, Paul ended up abandoning Chimchar as he was not able to bring out his full potential, so Ash took him in as his new Pokémon.

Lucas, who had seen it all with proffesor Rowan, had a serious talk with Paul about his harsh way of training Chimchar. It was the first time they saw the young glutton so serious and somewhat angry.

In the end Ash and Paul won the tournament, which was very ironic for everyone present because the tournament was about forming bonds between people and Pokémon.

Route 209

As they left the city they bumped into Barry, who was furious because Fantina was not in his gym, so he fought Ash to vent all his fury. Ash defeated Barry and Barry left even angrier than he already was.

ooOoo

The Lost Tower

"They have taken away my Pokémon... Team Galactic... I'l never forget their faces."

"When you live a long time, you suffer some sad farewells. Although there are also many new meetings."

"Although their graves are in the Lost Tower, he is right here, in my heart... This is the place where my Pokémon rest."

That place reminded Ash of the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. They had entered after hearing the story of how Cynthia got a very rare Pokémon in that area when she was a Pokémon trainer.

However, the heavy atmosphere took away their desire for adventure. He and his friends paid their respects to the dead Pokémon and left right away.

ooOoo

Solaceon Ruins

Our heroes saved Ruin maniac Karl from the TGio, who managed to steal a strange cube guarded by the furious Unown. Thanks to Ash, who already had experience with those Pokémon, they managed to get out of there alive.

Solaceon Town: Free of Worry!

As soon as she arrived, Dawn participated very enthusiastically in the Pokémon contest using Ambipom, but she also failed to make it past the exhibition round. In the end Jessilina won the contest.

Ash and Lucas tried their best to cheer Dawn up but in the end they asked Zoey for help, who gave her advice on how she could improve.

The next day Ash had the idea to visit the Pokémon Nursery, because seeing Pokémon babies always cheered everyone up... Or that's what his friend Ethan used to say.

At the Nursery they met a girl named Angie, who ran the business with her parents. The girl, whom Ash mistook for a boy at first, showed them how they worked there. Dawn ended up noticing that Angie seemed to have some interest in Ash beyond friendship.

Later Lucas insisted on visiting the Poké Ranch, because they had the best quality food according to the boy.

"It's also said that they have seen a mew around that ranch." Lucas said, convincing Ash and Dawn.

At the ranch they met the owner Hayley and saw a mew appear at night and transform into one of the Ranch's Pokémon.

The news that the Mew rumor was true spread throughout the town and our heroes were interviewed by the local Pokémon newspaper, run by Belle and pa, the editor-in-chief.

As Father and daughter asked them questions, a small smile finally formed on Dawn's face.

Veilstone City: Hewn from Rock

As soon as he arrived in the city, Ash went straight to the Pokémon gym. To her surprise, Maylene wanted to retire despite only being gym leader for six months.

Reggie, Paul's older brother and Pokémon breeder, explained to them that Maylene had a battle with Paul and he made fun of her after defeating her without problems. All of this made the martial arts prodigy completely depressed.

Dawn and Lucas decided to train with Maylene, slowly restoring her confidence. Dawn even challenged the girl to a gym fight, losing but enjoying the experience.

Meanwhile Reggie helped Ash train his Pokémon.

"Were you a Pokémon trainer?" Asked Ash curiously seeing how he knew a lot about the subject.

Reggie nodded.

"I have all the medals from the gyms of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. And I also participated in the Battle Frontier between Kanto and Hoenn."

"And how did it go?" Ash asked, happily remembering his own trip.

"I got all the symbols except the Brave one."

"…Yeah, Brandon is very strong."

"Right?!"

ooOoo

Despite Maylene's strict diet and training, the young woman couldn't help but devour all the food Lucas made that night. What's more, she seemed to want to compete with the chef to see who could eat the most.

ooOoo

Veilstone Gym

"I don't really know what it means to be strong. But I take battling very seriously. Whenever you're ready!" ―Maylene, the Barefoot Fighting Genius!

Staravia, Chimchar and Buizel vs Machoke, Meditite and Lucario. The fight between Ash and Maylene ended in a draw when Buizel and Lucario were knocked unconscious at the same time. Even so, Maylene gave the Cobblestone badge to Ash as a thank you for the good fight and for helping her regain her trust.

"I would have liked my father to see the fight, but he spends all day in that damn casino." Maylene complained.

"… Casino?"

"Yes, he has become obsessed with a new game that they have installed there... Pokémon Battrio I think it's called."

ooOoo

Veilstone City Shopping Center

It was the most popular place in the city, where there was everything you wanted and what you didn't know you wanted...yet.

Ash, Dawn and Lucas spent the whole day there, enjoying seeing and buying things they needed for the trip... Well, Dawn bought things that maybe they didn't need much but it wasn't every day she went to such a famous place.

There they met Wake, a famous fighter who made television shows giving combat lessons to children. They also saw proffesor Rowan, who seemed somewhat depressed, with his assistant Roseanne.

"I should have come earlier, the Rage Candy Bars are already gone!" the old proffesor complained.

"Better, his refrigerator was only full of those candy bars." Lucas said happily.

"And now it's not because you ate almost all of them." Roseanne scolded him.

"Proffesor, what do you know about about the lakes and those mysterious Pokémon?" Ash asked immediately, to prevent his friend from getting a good reprimand.

Proffesor Rowan scratched his whiskers for a few seconds before answering.

"It has always been said that there are three beings that protect those lakes and that they are legendary Pokémon. Each one represents something but I don't want to say anything more until I'm completely sure... I think I'll take a trip to the Canalave City library. There lives a hiker friend who knows many legends about the region."

ooOoo

The TGio, along with numerous Team Galactic Grunts, stole the city's meteorites. When Ash and his friends went to stop them, commander Saturn appeared and managed to hold our heroes long enough for the Grunts to flee with what they had stolen.

Aftermath of M11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior

Ash, Dawn, and Lucas were leaving a mountainous area while watching the police take away a criminal named Zero.

"I don't know how, but I'm going to miss Shaymin." Ash said after several minutes.

"Me too." Dawn laughed. Their last adventure had been a bit strange, but at least everything had turned out well.

"I can't stop thinking about Giratina and the Distortion World" Lucas said after devouring a sandwich. "It seems that Dialga and Palkia's fight has left more after-effects than professor Rowan predicted when I spoke to him a while ago."

"But everything is okay now, right?" Dawn said a bit worried.

"I hope so…" Lucas said thoughtfully. "We're talking about consequences at a very high level... After all, Giratina was also considered a demon in the past, a very dangerous one..."

"Well, he didn't seem like a demon to me," Ash laughed. "If something happens again, I'm sure we'll be able to solve it with the help of our Pokémon, as always."

ALMIA – Ranger School

Pokémon Ranger Kellyn and Kate were enjoying a well-deserved rest after saving the region from Team Dim Sun, who had attempted to hypnotize the region's Pokémon for their evil purposes.

During those days, the only thing they did was teach classes to the most gifted students at the school and sometimes they had appointments in Chicole village.

However both of them soon had their next mission.

"Rangers Kellyn and Kate, this is proffesor Hastings. I have an urgent mission for both of you. The infamous Hunter J has been sighted in the Sinnoh region. Her objective this time is to capture a special riolu that had already been kidnapped before. Your mission is to take him to his home no matter the cost."

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" a blonde girl asked when she saw them running away.

"We have an important mission in Sinnoh." Kellyn said to Yellow, a girl native to Kanto.

"I'm sorry but we won't be able to tell you about our great deeds today." said Kate with a sad smile.

"It's okay, we've already heard too many," Yellow joked. "By the way, my brother Ash Ketchum is in Sinnoh right now so say hello to him for me if you see him, please."

"We will!" they both said at the same time.

SINNOH

The next time Ash and his friends crossed paths with Hunter J was when she tried to steal a Riolu capable of using Aural Sphere. The Rioulu was the heir to a kingdom and Ash was able to sense his pain thanks to his abilities with aura.

With the help of the Pokémon Ranger Kellyn and Kate, Ash and his friends were able to return the riolu to its owner and make Hunter J flee.

"Thank you so much for your help," Kate said to Ash, Dawn, and Lucas.

"You're welcome!" the happy trio of friends said.

"By the way Ash, Yellow says hi," Kellyn said.

"Yellow? How's she doing at Ranger School?" Ash asked, wanting to know more about his sister.

"She's the best student."

That made Ash and Pikachu smile widely.

"I didn't expect anything less from her."

"I didn't know Ash had siblings," Dawn said to Lucas.

"Well, I doubt he knows you have a sister," Lucas said without giving it much importance.

Ash had another run-in with Paul. The two decided that their ideals were completely opposite and therefore they could not be friends. Ash then challenged Paul to a three-on-three battle, but Ash's chimchar ended up losing control of his blaze ability and causing destruction to the area.

Ash managed to calm Chimchar down and promised him that they would manage to control his power and beat Paul fairly next time.

Lake Valor

At the port of Lake Ash he was able to meet up with his friend from Hoenn, Aura. Happy to see her again, he introduced her to her new friends. Aura brought gifts for the three of them. A teddiursa statue for Ash, Johto food for Lucas, and a piplup necklace for Dawn.

"Ash has told me a lot about you two."Aura said, explaining how she had known what gifts to give them.

"The princess of Hoenn is indeed impressive." Dawn said, a little intimidated by having a Top coordinator so close.

"Please, call me Aura." said the girl laughing.

"I guess you're hungry, so first I've chosen a restaurant where we can eat." Ash said.

"How well you know me!"

"And on top of that you have to have Pokémon battles and win if you want to eat."

"Typical Ash, choosing a battle restaurant." Lucas said, trembling with fear at the mere thought that he wouldn't be able to eat.

"You're still the same Ash!" Aura laughed.

At the Seven Stars restaurant, everyone, except Ash, was amazed at the voracity of the Hoenn princess.

"How much she eats!" Lucas said, surprised to see how Aura devoured plate after plate and didn't seem to get full at all.

The boy's eyes lit up brightly, he couldn't lose the position of the group's eater!

"Waiter, another dish!" Aura and Lucas shouted at the same time. Roman and Kylie, the owners of the restaurant, looked at each other with a smile. They finally had clients who would force them to use all their power in the kitchen.

ooOoo

Wallace, current champion of Hoenn while Steven was absent, had come to inaugurate a Pokémon contest in Sinnoh: The Wallace Cup. The Aqua ribbon that was awarded to the winner was valid as a universal ribbon, meaning it was valid for any Grand Festival in any region.

Despite the encouragement of Ash and Lucas, Dawn didn't seem very convinced about participating in the contest. Aura and Zoey spoke with her privately, and the former told her that she had also gone through a similar experience, especially in Johto.

"I have come to this contest to regain a little confidence." She revealed to Dawn and then showed her half of the ribbon that she shared with Ash.

The conversation between the three was interrupted by the screams of Ash, who swore he had seen a strange bluish Pokémon floating in the center of Lake Valor. Dawn told him that she also had a similar experience at Lake Verity.

Zoey then told them that in their home, Snowpoint City, there were legends about a Pokémon in Lake Acuity. Lucas said that he would ask proffesor Rowan about it.

The next day Ash met up with Wallace and he met Ash's friends. Wallace seemed to see something special in both Dawn and Aura but he kept his opinion to himself. What he didn't keep to himself was to ask Ash to also enter the contest, which greatly surprised everyone.

ooOoo

For not being a Pokémon coordinator, Ash did quite well, losing in the quarterfinals against Ursula and finishing in the top eight.

"I'm sure that if he dedicated himself to contests he would go very far." Wallace commented very happily. "And then we wouldn't be rivals only in battle."

Dawn then avenged Ash by defeating Ursula and moving on to the finals. Aura on her part defeated Zoey and also went to the finals.

Everything was decided in a final between Dawn and Aura, Piplup vs Glaceon. With her increased confidence Dawn managed to narrowly beat Aura and take the Aqua Ribbon.

"You were wonderful," said Wallace, approaching Dawn, "performing a display of elegance. A nice ending to a nice contest. You are a true coordinator and it's a privilege for me to award you the Aqua ribbon for your victory in the Wallace Cup."

Everyone cheered as tears streamed down Dawn's face. The girl was so happy that she even gave Ash a hug, a detail that a smiling Aura and Lucas noticed.

At sunset Aura said goodbye to everyone, but not before congratulating Dawn and telling her to never give up on contests.

"Ash, I wish you luck in the Sinnoh League." said Aura after giving him a hige hug.

"Thank you! I also wish you luck in the Johto Grand Festival!"

Route 212

Here Ash met up again with a former worker at the Hoenn Weather Institute. Apparently last year's attack by Team Magma and Aqua had made her quit and go to work in Sinnoh. Seeing Ash agaian made her very nervous because he reminded her of that fateful day so our heroes left her alone.

At least they got to visit Mr. Blacklot's famous Pokémon Mansion, where they fought his maids and his sons Liam and Celeste.

As a reward they were allowed to visit the Trophy garden, where they met a strange guy named Futomaki.

"My friends call me Dr. Footstep," Futomaki said after explaining that he liked to sneak in and study the footprints of the Pokémon in the garden.

Pastoria City: The Marsh City

Our heroes were watching on the news how there had been a blackout in Sunyshore City when Barry desperately entered the Pokémon center.

"My master! Have you seen himt?!" the boy shouted.

"Who?" Asked Ash and his friends.

"Crasher Wake! Have you seen him? No?! If you lie I will fine you! Let's have a Pokémon battle!...Wait, I don't have time for this, I have to find the master and challenge him to a gym battle! Bye bye!"

In the end Wake was celebrating at the Croagunk Festival, which was held every year in the city. After seeing Looker's croagunk win the festival, Wake remembered seeing our heroes in Veilstone City and accepted Ash's challenge.

However, Barry also wanted to face his master, so he and Ash fought to see who was first.

"I would give you a fine for beating me in front of the master!... But a victory is a victory." said the sad boy after losing.

ooOoo

Pastoria Gym

"I don't get challenged very often! My Pokémon were toughened up by stormy white waters! They'll take everything you can throw at them and then pull you under! Victory will be ours! Come on, let's get it done!" ―Wake, the Torrential Masked Master!

Pikachu, Turtwig, Buizel vs Gyarados, Quagsire and Floatzel. After a fierce finish between Buizel and Floatzel, Ash took the victory.

"It seems the undertow pulled me under... But I had a great time battling with you! You've earned the Fen Badge!"

ooOoo

Just as they left the gym they ran into Barry, who seemed to have something important to tell them.

"Master, master!"

"Hey, kid... I know your father, I don't deny it. And I trained you a little, but that doesn't mean he's your master," Wake laughed. "Besides, you no longer need me to be stronger."

"You are my master and nothing or no one changes that! But that doesn't matter now! Something big is brewing! There is someone from Team Galactic in front of the Observatory door. He said I don't know what about a bomb!"

Everyone present trembled when they heard that. And they shook again because a huge explosion was heard.

Wake, furious, went to the scene of the attack accompanied by our heroes and Detective Marble.

"No one touches Pastoria City and gets away with it!" Wake shouted when he saw the TGio at the entrance to the Great Swamp.

"You again!" Ash said very angry. "What have you done?"

"Wow!... We've messed things up a bit..." Hareta said worriedly.

"A bit? You've set off a bomb!" Dawn said. If it weren't for Lucas, she and Ash would have already pounced on them.

"Well, technically it wasn't us," explained Mitsumi, who didn't seem very happy. "We were told to keep an eye on the area while other grunts carried a pack."

"Yeah, we didn't know it was proffesor Charon's famous galactic bomb!" Hareta defended himself.

"Bi, bidoof!" Bidoof said offended.

"You don't need to say more, Hareta! Let's report the mission, quickly!" Mitsumi said, using smoke bombs to escape from there quickly.

"By the way, that mask is ridiculous, geezer!" Hareta said as they left.

"Damn you!" Ash and Dawn shouted at the same time.

"I guess now the government won't be able to hide that Team Galactic are terrorists." Lucas said very seriously to Marble.

"…I hope so."

"The Great Swamp is of incalculable value..." Wake said, almost crying. "Hey! Don't even think about following me! And don't let anyone else in! You would die if there was any piece of the bomb left!"

After Wake's investigation he found nothing. It didn't even look like anything had exploded there. For his part, Ash and his friends had chased the TGio to make them pay but they ended up encountering Looker disguised as Grunt B-2.

"Something strong is brewing, so I must ask you to stay out of it for the moment."

"Now you don't want to use children to fight terrorists?" Dawn said.

"…Well… I never thought they would get this far without using legendaries… See you later!"

A few days later they met Cynthia, who helped them with some psyudck that were blocking the road. Cynthia gave them a old charm to give to her grandmother, who lived in a Celestic Town.

Rowan Research Center at Mount Coronet - Pokémon Camp

Ash, Dawn and Lucas met Angie again, who had signed up for a summer camp created by proffesor Rowan. Our heroes also entered the camp, where friendship between people and Pokémon was encouraged.

Over the next six days, everything happened to them, from Angie falling in love with Ash and Conway becoming obsessed with Dawn to almost being killed and/or eaten by ghost Pokémon. Meanwhile, the different teams in the field were gaining points, until the victory went to the Red team, where our heroes were.

In the end everyone received a Summer Pokémon Academy certificate.

Celestic Town: The Past Lives

Upon arriving at champion Cynthia's home, they met her grandmother.

"Are you the children my granddaughter has told me so much about?" Proffesor Carolina asked.

"Hi, I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!/Pika!"

"I'm Dawn Berlitz from Twinleaf Town!"

"I'm Lucas from Sandgem Town."

Proffesor Carolina smiled a lot when she saw the excitement in the eyes of those children. Suddenly a tall man appeared next to her.

"The man without eyebrow-!" Ash received a smack from Dawn before he could finish the sentence.

"We meet again, children." said the man.

"Do you know them?" Carolina asked surprised. The man simply nodded.

"My name is Cyrus, I'm a Pokémon researcher and right now I'm helping the proffesor." the man explained.

"Is that why you were at that lake?" Ash remembered.

"That's right, I investigate everything that has to do with time and space."

"hen our heroes gave Cynthia's old charm to the teacher.

"A gift from my old friend Matthew." said the proffesor, explaining the origin of the object.

ooOoo

Celestic Ruins

The five went to the ruins of the town, where Cynthia was waiting for them. The champion was surprised that Cyrus already knew the children.

"Cyrus and I have known each other since we were little," Cynthia explained as they advanced towards the deepest area of the ruins. "He has helped me a lot when deciphering the murals in these ruins. Have you already seen the giant painting at the entrance?"

"Yes, they are Dialga and Palkia, right?" Ash said proudly.

"How do you know?"

"We have seen them during our travels." Dawn explained. The surprised faces that the adults made, Cyrus included, forced her to tell about her adventures with the legendaries.

"Even a third legendary who lives in another world?" Cyrus murmured, a small smile forming on his stony face. "Those three idiots weren't lying..."

"...It seems that you have something that attracts Pokémon considered gods," said Cynthia, astonished. "I don't know if you've noticed, but the paintings say: Three beings of time, space and anti-matter set free from the Original One."

In the background there were some cave paintings: Three strange figures surrounded by three bright lights that formed a triangle, and in the middle of these a shiny sphere.

Carolina told them that those paintings represent Dialga, Palkia and Giratina trying to control another much stronger and more powerful Pokémon. And the lights to the guardians of the lakes: Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf.

After this, everyone had dinner at Cynthia's house, where they met her little sister. There Cyrus challenged Ash to a Pokémon battle.

"I would like to know what those legendaries saw in you. You're a trainer so a Pokémon battle will do." Cyrus said.

Of course Ash immediately accepted and everyone watched as Pikachu faced Cyrus's crobat. Pikachu won but Ash was left with the feeling that Cyrus had not gone all out.

One of the people who watched the fight with interest was Grandma Ela, a former dragon tamer originally from Blackthorn City. It was she who taught Ash's gible draco meteor.

ooOoo

A few days later Dawn participated in the Pokémon contest, having to face her mother's friend and rival, Lila. She ended up winning and called her mother very excited about what she had achieved.

However, the joy didn't last long. Taking advantage of the fact that Cynthia was gone, Team Galactic, led by commander Saturn, stole the Lustrous Orb that proffesor Carolina had.

"I'm a huge fan of bug Pokémon. Bug Pokémon are nasty-mean, and yet they're beautiful, too... I want to become perfect, just like my bug Pokémon!" ―Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

On their way to the next gym, they ran into Aaron, a member of the Elite Four specializing in the Bug type.

The young man defeated Ash in a Pokémon battle and spent the rest of the day bragging about how strong bug-type Pokémon were.

"A few years ago I was a gym leader but look at me now. Soon I'll face Cynthia and my bug Pokémon will take away her champion title."

The following week our heroes saw on television how Aaron lost against Cynthia after managing to defeat only two of her Pokémon.

Hearthome City

Ash trained alongside Dawn to prepare for their gym match. Meanwhile Lucas talked to Paul, who was passing by. Thus he discovered that Paul resented his older brother for abandoning Pokémon training after losing in the Battle Frontier.

Later Paul's Torterra helped Ash's grotle and the village boy Pallet thanked Paul.

"Bah! That was Torterra's doing, not mine."

ooOoo

Hearthome Gym

"Oh là là! Since I moved here, I try to discover something new about this region every day. Since pageants are popular in this city, I decided to dress comme ça. Anyway, I guess you came here to challenge me. I warn you, I will win." ―Fantina, the Alluring, Soulful Dancer!

After spending a long time away, Fantina had returned and Ash was able to have his rematch. Buizel, Chimchar and Pikachu vs Gengar, Mismagius, Drifblim.

Using the counter-defense strategy learned with Dawn, Ash was able to take the victory. Dawn literally jumped off the stands to congratulate Ash.

"I am dumbfounded! So very, very strong! You, your Pokémon, so strong! Your power is admirable! I shall honor it with this Relic Badge!"

Canalave City: Cargo Port

Upon arriving in the city they met Roark, the gym leader of Oreburgh City. He was arguing loudly in the middle of the street with another man who turned out to be his father, Byron.

Lucas managed to calm them both down thanks to his cooking skills. Once at the Pokémon Center, Roark explained that Father was previously the Gym Leader of Oreburgh City, but that one day he was informed that a Gym Leader was needed in Canalave City.

Despite the protests of his wife and son, Byron immediately accepted just so he could search for fossils on Iron Island.

A Pokémon battle later between father and son made them reconnect again, to the point that they decided to prepare for a trip to Iron Island together. Ash's gym battle would have to wait.

"Come with us to Iron Island!" Roark said.

"You can train there all you want!" Aceon assured him.

"…It doesn't seem like a bad idea," Lucas said, looking at Ash.

"Maybe we'll see some rare Pokémon." Dawn said.

"You're right, an island full of steel-type Pokémon sounds like a tough challenge!" Ash said excitedly. However, the trip to Iron Island would also have to wait…

ooOoo

A serious case of narcolepsy affected the entire city. A darkrai was causing nightmares and making both people and Pokémon suffer.

"It doesn't look anything like the darkrai from Alamos town." Dawn noted, who needed to lean on Ash to keep from falling asleep.

Things got so serious that Detective Marble had to intervene.

"The Harbor inn, that place has been closed for years," Byron explained, showing Marble and our heroes an old house. It is said that its owner was killed by a darkrai that gave him many nightmares. Poor guy.

"And the evil darkrai came out of there?" Marble asked, pretending to be taking notes but actually drawing doodles.

"That's what Eldritch the sailor says. His son was one of the first victims."

After several investigations in the Canalave City library they discovered that there was an island where the legendary crescelia, the counterpart of the darkrai, lived. So our heroes went on sailor Eldritch's ship to Fullmoon Island.

There, in a sanctuary, they found a crescelia that was being attacked by the TGio. After saving her, she returned their favor by defeating the darkrai and forcing him to flee the city.

Darkrai reached a clearing in the forest where a woman was waiting for him with a completely red Poké Ball in her hand. Next to her was a man who looked at the legendary with distrust.

"You have done it very well." said the woman, making the Pokémon return to the Glory Ball.

"Darkrai is very dangerous, we should free him or give him to someone stupid." said the man.

"Dear Amadeus, we still need it if we want our plan to go forward."

Amadeus crossed his arms while frowning.

"Speaking of plans… Those three fools have failed. They couldn't stop the twerps from asking a crescelia for help."

"Their failure was expected," said the woman. "All this testing has only served to see Darkrai's limits... I guess it's time for me to go for my last two gym badges."

"Huh, I'm looking forward to seeing the faces people will make when they see your Pokémon team in the league." Amadeus said. The woman smiled evilly.

"My Pokémon team? Darkrai is the only one they will see."

ooOoo

Iron Island

The island had a very hard subsoil that could only be excavated with machines and steel-type Pokémon, as well as by the digletts that lived there.

Ash, Dawn, Lucas, Roark, and Byron had no time for sightseeing, training, or digging. Team Galactic had invaded the island and with one of their machines they were driving the steel-type Pokémon crazy.

Our heroes ended up separating due to the Pokémon battles that took place all over the island. Lucas ran into Barry, who had gone there to train. Roark and Byron, for their part, advanced like crazy against Team Galactic, attacking anyone who got in front of them.

Meanwhile Ash and Dawn met Riley, a Top trainer capable of manipulating his aura. Between the three of them they managed to defeat the grunts and get the information from the TGio, who was also there.

"Enough! I cann't stand you anymore! I'm sick of you and your Pokémon!... Come on Mistumi, let's get out of here!" Hareta shouted.

"You said it! We don't even know what Team Galactic's big plan is!"

"Don't run away!" Ash tried to go after them but Riley stopped him.

"They weren't lying, they don't know anything," Riley said after using her aura on them. "So many grunts in one place... there must be a commander nearby. That should be our goal."

There was something about that man that reminded him of Sir Aaron, Ash thought. Accepting his plan, the three followed the TGio. Finally all our heroes found themselves in front of Commander Mars.

"Idiots! It's too late, I've planted explosives all over the island!" Mars said between laughs.

"Damn you!" Byron exclaimed furiously. "How can you be so evil?!"

"You are nothing more than damned terrorists!" Roark said.

"We can't waste time with her, we have to look for the explosives!" Riley ordered.

"I called the police a while ago," Lucas revealed very seriously. "They should arrive soon."

"We have to help in case they don't arrive on time." Ash said.

"I agree, come on!" Dawn said.

Riley, using her aura, was able to detect where Mars or other grunts had been and thus found the bombs, which they deactivated with the help of the Pokémon.

"I still don't understand why you didn't accept being my substitute as the leader of the Oreburgh Gym" Byron said to Riley. "It's not that my son is doing badly, but with how strong you are…"

"I wonder the same thing too." Roark admitted.

"Were you going to be the Gym Leader? The truth is that I'm not surprised." said Ash.

Riley adjusted his hat and smiled slightly.

"I'm a guy who prefers not to spend too much time in the same place."

Later, the police arrived with proffesor Carolina and her research team to examine whether the Iron ruins had suffered any damage.

"Team Galactic's machine wasn't meant to enrage the Pokémon, that was just a side effect." Detective Marble said, her face covered in dirt because she had tripped over a diglett.

"It seems that the machine emitted waves that allowed them to detect the famous spear pillar," Carolina said worriedly. "I don't know what they're up to but it can't be anything good."

Before leaving the island, Lucas felt a presence similar to Regigigas but different. He didn't say anything but for some reason he wanted to see the legendary giant again.

ooOoo

Canalave Library

"Look not into the Pokémon's eyes. In but an instant, you'll have no recollection of who you are. Dare not touch the Pokémon's body. In but three short days, all emotions will drain away. Above all, above all, harm not the Pokémon. In a scant five days, the offender will grow immobile in entirety." A horrible myth.

Cyrus closed the book and left it in its place. As he left the library he passed Lucas and greeted him before leaving there. On the way he received a call.

"The experiment has been a success, great leader!" Mars said.

"And we have found the location of the Spear Pillar." said another commander.

"…Saturn, you will be in charge of the excavation."

"I will do so, great leader!" Saturn said.

Meanwhile, Lucas met up with the mysterious man from the Oreburgh mine.

"Have you come in search of myths and legends? You'll find something better on this shelf," the man said, pointing to a shelf full of books. "All written by me. You'll learn a lot about the true history of Arceus and the origin of our world."

ooOoo

Ash, Dawn and Barry had taken the brunt of their last adventure so they were resting in a hotel. While their Pokémon received medical attention at the Pokémon center.

After making them soup, Lucas told them a story he had taken from the library. The Sea's legend:

"…Mantyke, Buizel, and a Qwilfish with huge spikes acknowledged the human's bravery and joined them. Together, they set off in a boat over the sunset-streaked sea, sailing through the ocean gate stretched over the waves. News of this reached the ears of the prince, who went to meet the brave little party at the Seaside Hollow."

ooOoo

Canalave Gym

"So you have defeated my son? He should have trained more on Hierro Island like me. I took over from my son and challenged you!" ―Byron, the Man with the Steel Body!

Chimchar, Buizel and Gliscor vs Bronzor, Steelix and Bastiodon. After an intense fight in which Ash had to overcome the resistance of the steel type, he defeated Byron, leaving him depressed.

"Argh... Came up short again... Do I talk to my son Roark to train together...? No, that's too embarrassing... Hmm... This is a dilemma... Here, take the Mina badge."

Chocovine Village

Dawn participated in the contest, facing off against Ursula. With a large point difference, Dawn's pachirisu defeated Ursula's gabite. With that Dawn already had four ribbons and a new rival who was eager to finish her off.

They also encountered Primo and Kate, the Pokémon Rangers, who were guarding a pack of Phione. One of them became so attached to Lucas that he had to keep it.

Sandalsstraw Village

Continuing her journey, Dawn participated in the Alpargata contest, but this time she lost to her rival Kenny in the finals. Even so, she wasn't discouraged since she still had time to get his fifth ribbon.

Squallville Town

Ash had his second Poké ring contest and showed Dawn what the thing was about. Ash's staravia evolved into staraptor and defeated Paul's honchkrow.

After the contest they ran into Maylene, who was almost frozen. Gym leader Veilstone had gone to visit her friend Candice, but she wasn't wearing winter clothes since she wanted to train her stamina.

"A normal human would have died of cold." Lucas commented while he put a blanket over her and gave her hot soup.

Snowpoint City: City of Snow

"Haha! Did my Haunter turn into something else? Just kidding!" ―Mindy after trading his haunter (Gaspar) holding an everstone with Paul's Medicham.

Zoey, Dawn's rival, was from there and introduced our heroes to Candice. The ice type specialist was the complete opposite of said type. She was very happy, always on the move and eager to fight.

"I had almost forgotten how tiring it's to be your friend." Zoey said when she saw how our heroes had difficulty keeping up with Candice.

"Her enthusiasm is the best thing about her!" Maylene commented. Zoey looked at her for several seconds.

"Hey... Aren't you going to put on winter clothes?"

"My training isn't over yet, so no!"

Zoey later told Dawn that she had her starter Pokémon, glameow, thanks to Candice and it was what started her love for Pokémon contests. She also told them that she hated people like Nando, who wanted to be Pokémon trainers and coordinators at the same time.

"Doing both things at the same time means that they are not seriously applied to either." Zoey said.

"But Wallace is a champion and Top Coordinator." Ash remembered.

"Wallace is a talented person… but I don't know many others who can do both and be successful at both." With that Zoey ended the conversation.

Meanwhile, Lucas was talking to Candice about different recipes for Pokémon, until the young man noticed something strange in the environment.

"Is there any problem?" Candice asked worried.

"…No." Lucas lied. He didn't dare to say that he noticed the presence of a regigigas in the area.

ooOoo

"You want to challenge me? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough! Pokémon, fashion, romance... It's all about focus! I'll show you just what I mean. Get ready to lose!" ―Candice, The Diamond Dust Girl!

Grotle, Staraptor, Gliscor and Chimchar vs Sneasel, Medicham, Snover, Abomasnow. After the long gym battle, Ash achieved victory for him.

"Wow! You're great! You've earned my respect!" Candice said, giving him the Icicle badge.

While Ash celebrated with his Pokémon after getting his seventh badge. Paul appeared to challenge Candice but she refused since her Pokémon were tired. Paul agreed to postpone the fight and left, not before arguing with Ash and belittling his achievements.

Both Candice and Zoey noted the tough rivalry between the two trainers. Zoey especially didn't like the way he treated Ash, as if he were someone inferior.

"Candice, I hope you beat that idiot tomorrow." She told her friend.

"I don't know... He seems like someone strong..."

ooOoo

The next day Paul's brother, Reggie, showed up as he had to run an errand in the area. At the same time the Battle Pyramid appeared flying through the skies and the Frontier Brain, Brandon, descended from it.

Ash told his friends about his adventures on the Battle Frontier and how hard it was for him to defeat Brandon.

"W-wait!" Paul said stunned when he heard that. "Did you beat Brandon?"

"W-well yes." Ash said nervously as he saw the aggressiveness that was forming on his rival's face.

Knowing that someone like Ash had done what his older brother couldn't filled him with rage. Paul then challenged Brandon to a six-on-six match.

"I accept with pleasure!" Brandon said before addressing his assistant. "Maria, you can go with Candice to the ruins."

"Understood." Maria said.

During the fight Paul increased his aggressiveness with each defeat he suffered, remembering the humiliation he felt when Brandon told his brother that his fighting style was old-fashioned and lacked internal power.

"You're obsessed with the past, kid," Brandon said to Paul. "What is your reason for being a trainer?"

"Shut up!" Paul shouted. The fight continued but the result was as expected. Paul lost completely, not being able to defeat a single one of Brandon's regis. After this Paul left without saying anything.

"Brandon has three regis…" said Lucas, as if immersed in a kind of trance.

Meanwhile Reggie told Paul that he would like to see a six-on-six match between him and Ash. The two accepted and agreed to meet in six days at Lake Acuity.

ooOoo

"A long time ago a volcano erupted violently, causing the Snowpoint forest to transform into a sea of liquid lava. Then, from a bright blue light, the legendary Pokémon Regigigas appeared and with the help of the legendary giants they stopped the volcano from erupting. Regigigas transformed into stone and fell into a deep sleep. The three giants ended up protecting him by simultaneously transforming into pillars of rock, ice and steel." ―History of the Ginkgo Guild as told by Maria, Brandon's assistant.

The TGio, along with the Hunter J, had entered the Snowpoint Temple and had awakened the wrath of the regigigas that had been inside it for centuries. Stopping the criminals and appeasing the legendary's wrath became the top priority.

While Ash, Dawn, Candice and Maylene fought the villains, Brandon and Lucas went for the regigigas. For some reason Lucas was able to communicate with the giant and calm him down.

"You seem to get along well with him, kid." Brandon said surprised. A small smile formed on Lucas's face as he petted the legendary.

Lake Acuity

Pikachu, Grotle, Buizel, Staraptor, Monferno, Gliscor vs Magmortar, Ursaring, Electabuzz, Torterra, Weavile and Honchkrow.

Even though Chimchar evolved and Ash gave his all, he lost to Paul, again. His rival didn't even deign to say anything to him and left there, heading towards Sunyshore City.

Ash could only cry while hugging his Monferno. Even so, Dawn was the only one who noticed that despite his sadness, Ash didn't hesitate to congratulate his Pokémon.

Lucas didn't know what to say to his friend, so he went for a walk to think about what food could cheer him up and his Pokémon. He never expected to see a strange yellow Pokémon in the middle of the lake.

ooOoo

"Is this where Uxie lives?" Commander Jupiter asked.

That cold place was giving him chills. Her grunts nodded as they brought in some kind of cage.

"Bring the galactic bomb," she ordered his Grunts. "We have to prepare everything for the appointed day."

Lilypad Village - Southeast lake Acuity

Dawn participated in the Water Lily Contest but was defeated by James disguised as Jessilina and his Carnivine. Since Jessie was sick, James and Meowth did their best to get her another ribbon.

Aftermath of M12: Arceus and the Jewel of Life – Michina Town

"For the kids of the future who help this planet to be a more beautiful place." ―Damos.

Ash, Dawn, Lucas, Sheena and her husband Kevin were in the presence of Arceus, the creator of everything, the God that almost all the religious people in the Pokémon world worshipped. In the distance Dialga, Palkia and Giratina watched everything in silence.

"Once again, humans and Pokémon have shown me that giving you free will was not a mistake" said Arceus happily. "Even knowing what is going to happen, I can't help but be surprised."

"Thanks, I guess…" said Dawn nervously.

"Next time you need help, just ask us." said Ash excitedly, earning nervous glances from his friends.

"Only you would think of saying that to God…" laughed Lucas nervously.

"I will do so, you must be sure of that. But be careful," Arceus told them before leaving. "A great darkness will devour the region soon. The man with an ice soul cannot create anything, only destroy."

Our heroes didn't quite understand the message but Arceus was already gone. Then Sheena taught them the gesture necessary to connect with the hearts of the Pokémon.

"But we don't have your power." Lucas said confused.

"Well, I have the potential to be a guardian of the aura." Ash said with some pride.

"I don't think that has much to do with it," Dawn scolded.

"I don't understand it either but Arceus has asked me to show it to you," Sheena revealed. "He said you're going to need it."

Daybreak Town

Dawn participated in the town's Pokémon contest, however her rivals in the final were Ursula's Plusle and Minun. Dawn had very bad childhood memories with said Pokémon, but thanks to her Cyndaquil and Mamoswine she was able to win her fifth and final ribbon.

The TGio tried again to steal the Pokémon of Ash, Dawn, Lucas and Paul, who was passing by. All of this provoked Monferno's anger and caused him to evolve into Infernape.

Infernape defeated the TGio and saved them all, finally controlling his flame sea ability.

"I see, so he's finally shown his full potential," Paul said in surprise. "Ash, it seems that in the end you and I will fight in the Sinnoh league."

Pokémon Center

"Well, well. You're quite the adorable Trainer, but you've also got a spine. Ahaha! I have a preference for Ground-type Pokémon." ―Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

"Are you the children that Cynthia talks so much about?" asked an old woman they met.

"You are Bertha from the Elite Four!" Dawn said excitedly.

"Sssssh! Please keep your voice down," the old woman asked with a smile. "I don't like to attract attention and people tend to get very annoying when they see me."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay, your reaction is quite normal."

"What is someone from the Elite Four doing here?" Ash asked.

Bertha laughed when she heard that question.

"My Pokémon need to rest too, young man. I've also been training my nephew Roland for days."

"You didn't just come to greet us, did you?" Lucas noted.

"You have a good eye, young man. I would like to challenge the three of you at the same time to a Pokémon battle," Bertha revealed. "There is no better way to get to know a person than by watching how they train their Pokémon."

Not even the three of them together could beat a single Bertha's Pokémon. Although the old woman seemed satisfied to see how well taken care of their Pokémon were.

Sunyshore City: Solar Powered!

"Yo! Fellow Trainer! Your Pokémon are secure inside their Poké Balls, but there's no masking that aura of serious toughness!" ―Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

Ash and his friends met up with Flint of the Elite Four, a fire-type specialist. Upon seeing Ash's pikachu he had approached them very interested. And after knowing that Ash was going to challenge Volkner, his happy face lit up even more.

"Lately he's lost his enthusiasm, because he can't find opponents who are equal to him," Flint explained while everyone was eating in a bar-restaurant. "He's so bored that he spends all his time renovating the gym. One day there was a blackout, which made things even worse. You know where I'm going, right? Why don't you make him enjoy a fight so fierce that it restores his passion for fighting? But first fights me, I want to see if you have what it takes."

"Right now? Yes!" said Ash getting up from the table with a big smile.

"He has already lost against three others from the Elite Four and he still wants to continue." Dawn said with a nervous smile.

Lucas would have said something but if he wasn't stuffing himself with food, he was asking the Bartender for the secrets of his recipe.

Flint called Volkner, who seemed absent the entire time, to watch the fight. Although his eyes lit up a little when he saw Ash's Pikachu.

"Hello. I'm Volkner, the gym leader of Sunyshore City..." he said without any enthusiasm.

The young blonde watched Ash's fight with Flint, and even though Ash lost, his willpower and tenacity made something awaken a little inside Volkner.

Until the time came to challenge Volkner again, Ash and his friends spent the day at Julia's house, a girl who was friends with the Gym Leader and who gave them several ribbons.

ooOoo

Sunyshore Gym

"Hello, Ash, Not many people come to challenge me. I hope you can give me a fight that will take away my boredom and make me sweat." ―Volkner, The Shining, Shocking Star.

Torterra, Pikachu, Infernape vs Electivire, Jolteon and Luxray. It was the most intense gym battle Ash had ever had... Not counting the one he had with Giovanni in Kanto, of course. People had told him that Volkner was Elite Four level and they were right. If it weren't for the fact that as a leader he shouldn't use all of his strength, Ash would have lost.

"I see there're still trainers like you out there," Volkner said with a smile after giving him the Faro badge. Thanks for reminding me that Pokémon battles can be a lot of fun.

"Of course there're, especially those who trust their pals! Right Pikachu?"

"Pika!"

ooOoo

Pokémon Center

"Now we can go to the Great Festival." Ash said to Dawn.

"Yes, I really want to compete!"

"With the number of rivals you've faced, you and your Pokémon are going to need a lot of energy to win," Lucas commented. "Luckily I have learned many energy recipes."

"Thank you so much. With your food we won't have problems winning."

"And Pikachu and I will cheer you up a lot!" said Ash not wanting to be left behind.

"Pikachu!"

"Will you dress up as cheerleaders?" Dawn asked with a mischievous smile.

"…Eh, w-well that's…"

"But I did it when you needed it most." Dawn complained, although she was joking, seeing the faces Ash made make her smile.

Lucas watched fondly as the two began to argue when suddenly a big commotion broke out in the Pokémon center. Someone had turned on the television and horrible news was told by the presenter Rhonda:

"Three bombs have exploded in lakes Verity, Valor and Acuity. The culprits seem to be the infamous members of Team Galactic who had been causing inconvenience to the population of Sinnoh for years. This new terrorist act makes the population wonder, when are our politicians going to act and stop the criminals who don't seem to stop at anything or anyone when it comes to carrying out acts as terrible as these…"

Lake Valor

"The gym leaders and the police have tried to arrest them at Lake Verity and Lake Acuity, but those scoundrels have taken the legendaries who lived there," Detective Marble informed them as she took them on her mother's (Agent Jenny) private plane. "We are going to Lake Valor."

"Why would they want the lake trio?" Dawn asked. "They are legendary but compared to others like regigigas they don't seem capable of a high level of destruction..."

"It's true, the other villains I've fought always capture legendaries that can destroy many things." Ash remembered.

"I doubt their goal is anything like destroying or dominating the region," Lucas said thoughtfully. "Nothing they've done so far seems to point to that."

ooOoo

When they arrived at the place they saw a lot of water-type Pokémon suffering and dying as part of the lake had disappeared due to the bomb. Ash and Dawn became so enraged that they immediately attacked despite Lucas's warnings.

"The famous twerps again," Commander Saturn said when he saw them. "What a good opportunity to eliminate you once and for all."

"You're going to pay for what you've done!" Ash and Dawn shouted at the same time as they took out their Pokémon.

Lucas and Marble tried to stop Hunter J but her men and the grunts of Team Galactic prevented them.

"I finally have the lake trio," J said after capturing Uxie. "You twerps have been a pain in the ass but your luck has run out."

Hunter J handed Uxie over to Team Galactic, unaware that the legendary had used future sight. That's why when the hunter got on her ship, she suffered an accident and fell into the depths of the lake in a strong explosion.

Our heroes watched in horror as all the people on board that ship died.

"What a finale for the best Pokémon hunter in the world," Saturn said before activating the cage and nullifying Uxie's powers. "Grunts, we're leaving!"

Veilstone City - Team Galactic Base

They chased Team Galactic to Veilstone City, where Looker and the rest of the Gym Leaders were waiting for them.

"This huge building was Team Galactic's secret base?" Maylene asked.

"That's right, they've been using it for years to hide all their dirty business." Looker confirmed.

"How come you've never noticed?" Candice asked her friend. Maylene lowered her head in shame.

"…I'm sorry…"

"She hasn't been a gym leader for that long either..." Dawn said, trying to defend her a little.

"Don't worry!" Gardenia said, laughing as she slapped her partner on the back. "I didn't know they had a secret base in my city either!"

"That's no laughing matter!" Byron scolded her.

"You say it as if you hadn't let them get to Iron Island and make such a fuss." Roark reminded him. Father and son soon began to argue while the rest ignored them.

"If we're all here that means we can finally beat these guys up, right?" Wake said to Looker. The international policeman nodded.

"Qui! We will show them what happens to those who harm our region!" said Fantina.

"And where are Cynthia and the Elite Four?" Volkner asked.

"Calming politicians and helping with lake restoration." Marble said as she watched her and Volkner's luxray caress each other.

"What are we waiting for then? Let's Go!" Ash said. Before anyone could stop him, the boy had already thrown himself through the front door of the building where a bunch of grunts were waiting for him.

"Protect Ash, don't let anyone get in his way!" Lucas ordered with such conviction that everyone obeyed him. They launched an attack, forming a barrier around Ash and destroying any grunt and Pokémon that got in their way.

"Wait, I'm the leader of the operation!" Looker shouted.

ooOoo

"You damn traitor!" Commander Jupiter shouted furiously when she saw that Grunt B-2 was actually an agent of the International Police.

"I can't be a traitor since I was never part of your team." Looker said.

"You were my favorite Grunt!"

"W-well, I admit that of all the commanders you were my favorite."

"Were all those nice things you said to me very night a lie?" The woman seemed like she was going to cry at any moment. "All men are the same!"

"That's very sexi-, watch out!" Looker narrowly dodged the attacks of Jupiter's Pokémon, who were even more furious than their trainer. "Croagunk I think we're in big trouble!"

"Croak (You don't tell me)!" His scared Pokémon said.

ooOoo

Lucas and Dawn were fighting Mars and Saturn while Ash couldn't believe what he had in front of him.

"…You, you're Team Galactic's leader?"

Cyrus looked at him as if he were seeing something insignificant. Pikachu, for his part, didn't even wait for Ash's orders and launched himself at him, but was stopped by Crobat.

Ash and Cyrus brought out all their Pokémon at the same time while still looking into each other's eyes.

"All this time you've been making fun of us."

"...To make fun of you, I would have had to care even a little," Cyrus said. "The end always justifies the means, everything is for my ultimate goal."

"You've hurt a lot of people and Pokémon! What kind of ultimate goal justifies that?!"

Cyrus closed his eyes for a few seconds.

"An inferior mind will never understand that emotions are what make this world rotten... A world, no, a new universe without emotions is a universe without wars, hunger, poverty or living beings that contaminate everything...

"… Are there Pokémon battles in that world? Contests? Friends to eat and learn with? Pokémon that make friends with humans?"

"…"

"Then we don't need a world like that!"

"I do need it, and no one is going to stand in my way."

At that moment Ash and Cyrus' Pokémon attacked each other. During the battle Marble rescued the lake trio, although Cyrus did not seem to care.

"My plan is almost complete." Cyrus said, who despite his efforts still couldn't finish off Ash and his Pokémon. Soon a few grunts arrived and stood between him and the boy.

"Go Mr. Cyrus, you must get to Mount Coronet as soon as possible!" said one of the grunts.

In the end Cyrus and his commanders, along with a few grunts, managed to escape from there. Our heroes, along with the lake trio, Marble and Looker, got on the plane to head to Mount Coronet. Meanwhile, the gym leaders dedicated themselves to capturing all the grunts and scientists of Team Galactic.

Mount Coronet

The lake trio had been used to create the Red Chain. With this chain Cyrus managed to trap Dialga and Palkia.

"Finally, my ideal world will be created!" Cyrus said euphorically. "A perfect world without emotions, just for me! I will be a god!"

"Cyrus, stop this madness!" Cynthia, who had been warned by Looker, pleaded. Behind her was a trail of grunts and defeated Pokémon.

Ash and his friends had already taken care of the commanders, except for Charon. The scientist was hidden, observing everything with a worried expression. There was something he didn't like at all, especially when he used his machines and saw that space-time was breaking.

"Never, my power will rise to the heavens and reach even Arceus himself! Nothing and no one can stop me!"

Dialga and Palkia roared in pain and frustration, as they couldn't escape. A mere human was manipulating them as he pleased... no, an evil human wanted to use them to obtain the power of their father.

"Such arrogance." said Mesprit.

"Your madness blinds you completely." Uxie said.

"Are you so afraid to accept your own humanity?" Azelf asked.

Everyone could hear the words of the legendaries, even Cyrus. Although the latter ignored them as he raised his arms and advanced towards Dialga and Palkia. The energy that both emitted didn't allow our heroes to get close. Cyrus, for his part, had the necessary protections for the occasion.

"There will be no one but me... Only me, in silence with my ideal world..." Cyrus said, ignoring the horrified looks of his subordinates.

"B-but I thought we were going to conquer the world," Jupiter said. "A perfect world that we would all create together."

"Have you lied to us, Mr. Cyrus?" Mars asked confused.

"…" Saturn didn't seem to know what to say.

It was then that the lake trio asked our heroes for help.

"Let's use the technique Sheena taught us!" Lucas remembered.

"Right, we have to connect with their hearts!" Ash said.

"Together we will save them all!" Dawn said.

Saturn, Jupiter and Mars tried to stop them as they were still loyal to Cyrus but Cynthia stood in their way.

"I won't allow you to hurt those children." Cynthia said very seriously. Her Pokémon roared at the same time showing that they very much agreed with her.

Ash connected with Azelf, Dawn with Mesprit, and Lucas with Uxie. Thanks to the bond formed with the humans, the lake trio managed to break the chains, freeing Dialga and Palkia.

"No, no, no, no, no! My ideal world! I'll kill you all"

Neither Cynthia nor anyone else had ever seen Cyrus so angry and desperate. He seemed to have gone mad when suddenly an intense light enveloped them all and when they opened their eyes, they were no longer on Mount Coronet.

"The Mystri Stage of the Sinjoh Ruins!" Cynthia said as she recognized the place.

"What the hell are we doing here?!" Cyrus roared. However, everyone soon noticed a powerful and intense aura that paralyzed the villains but filled the heroes with strength.

Dialga and Palkia stared at them without moving. The lake trio remained next to Ash and his friends.

"Cyrus… You wish for a world without emotions and for that you have used your free will in perverse ways…" said a soft and at the same time deep voice that came from everywhere at the same time. "Your wish will be granted… Suffer divine punishment!"

Before Cyrus could say anything, a huge portal black as night opened at his feet. A shadow with blood-red eyes appeared and grabbed Cyrus, carrying him through the portal. A few seconds later the portal closed.

"Mr. Cyrus!" His subordinates shouted when they saw him disappear from that world.

"…Cyrus…" said Cynthia. She even couldn't believe that her childhood friend had done so many bad things. She always knew that he had a difficult childhood but...

For a few minutes Cynthia wondered if they ever were real friends. If maybe she could have done something more to help him... Shortly after, Ash explained that the voice was Arceus's and Arceus returned them all to Mount Coronet.

ooOoo

The lake trio were each returned to their home. Team Galactic was dismantled and almost all of its members captured. All their secret bases were destroyed and peace soon returned to Sinnoh. Of course the politicians took it upon themselves to say that it was thanks to their quick action that everything was solved, which infuriated many.

Cynthia, with the help of Roxy and Oli from Jubilee TV, made sure that at least people knew that the gym leaders, the Elite Four, the Sinnoh police, the Interpol and some anonymous trainers were responsible for saving the whole region.

"Hello everyone, I brought you ice cream!" Cynthia said as she entered the Pokémon center where everyone was resting while sharing anecdotes.

"Cynthia, fight me!" Ash said as soon as he saw her.

"Show us your Pokémon and what you use to make them look so good!" Dawn asked her.

"Ice cream please!" Lucas said.

Cynthia smiled widely as she exchanged glances with her Garchomp.

"I'm glad to see that you're all still the same. Although with so much going on I almost forgot that I have to go to the final rounds of the world tournament."

"World Tournament? What's that?" Ash asked interested.

"The Pokémon World Tournament is held every four years. The strongest trainers in the world participate."

"That's cool, I want to participate too!"

"I'm afraid it's too late," Cynthia laughed. "Registrations are made at the beginning of the year."

"Oh…"

"Well, you can still participate in four years." Dawn told him.

"I'm sure you woul win with how strong you are." Lucas said to Cynthia.

"Thank you for your trust but I always come second. I hope I have better luck this year."

"Hum... If you're not in a hurry, I could have prepared a good dish for your Pokémon," Lucas suggested. "You'll see how they get stronger with my food."

"I have heard that you are a very good chef so I am delighted to accept the offer." Cynthia said with a smile that made Lucas blush. Fact that Dawn used to make fun of her friend for several days in a row.

While Dawn was practicing with Ash for the Grand Festival, Lucas found a girl named Marley carrying a shaymin in her arms.

Apparently the girl was a Top trainer who had been given the mission by the Pokémon Association to escort that shaymin to a secret garden. The mission had been requested by proffesor Oak himself, who had been researching several Sinnoh legendaries with Rowan.

Our heroes told her that they already had experience with another shaymin so they could help her. And a lot of help needed the girl, because despite wanting to be a Pokémon breeder, she still had a lot to learn.

"You know a lot about raising Pokémon." Marley said to Lucas when she saw how after cleaning Shaymin he prepared a special meal for her. Shaymin seemed very happy to no longer have to eat what Marley had been giving him before.

"I work with proffesor Rowan and I've learned a few tricks." Lucas said.

Ash and Dawn walked behind talking to each other.

"Lucas and Marley are equally expressionless." Ash noted.

"But unlike Lucas, Marley seems like she's fed up with the world or something." Dawn commented.

The two fell silent when they saw the look that Marley gave them, not very different from how she looked at them before but this time it was even more fed up.

Along the way they suffered an attack from the TGio, who wanted revenge for the fall of Team Galactic but ended up blasting off again.

After arriving at the secret garden, Shaymin joined up with others of his kind and they flew to other places.

"Thanks for your help." Marley said before leaving and without waiting for a response.

Lake Valor - Sinnoh Grand Festival

"They have chosen me to do an interview because I'm a former winner of the Festival." Johanna revealed. Both Dawn and Zoey were happy for her.

"Soon they will interview me too." Dawn said in a dreamy tone.

"Not if I win the festival."Zoey said with a competitive smile.

Johanna smiled widely when she saw that her daughter had a rival who would make her improve.

"By the way, one of my friends and former rival, Keira, is one of the judges."

"And that's bad?" Dawn asked curiously.

"She's very strict."

"Better, that way my victory will be more spectacular." Zoey said.

ooOoo

The big day had arrived for Dawn. In the stands Ash, Pikachu (dressed as a cheerleader), Lucas, Forsythia and Lila watched her and cheered her on.

Her mother had given her a new dress for the festival, although she wasn't the only one who had changed her style as all the contestants had dressed as elegant as possible.

Judges Jordan, Dexter, Keira, Johanna and Fantina were talking to each other as they prepared to evaluate the participants. And host Vivian Meridian thrilled the audience as she talked about the different coordinators and their strengths.

After the exhibitions, Dawn advanced, leaving Kenny behind and confronted Ursula and then Jessilina. In the semifinals she faced her eternal rival Zoey and to the surprise of many she managed to win, although it was by very few points of difference.

"You surprised me Dawn," Zoey said after congratulating her on her victory. "You have grown a lot in a short time."

"If it has been like this, it's thanks to all the advice you gave me during my journey," Dawn said happily. "You're the best rival anyone could ask for."

Zoey smiled but her smile only lasted a few seconds.

"Be careful Dawn, your rival in the final is too strong."

"Don't worry, everything will be fine!"

Despite Dawn's assurance, both Zoey and Johanna knew that Dawn wasn't going to win the final. Her rival was Jasmine, the gym leader of Olivine City, in Johto.

Ash had recognized her and told Dawn everything he knew about her. Still, her being a coordinator was a surprise even to Ash. In the end Dawn lost by a lot.

"You've done better than any coordinator I've faced this year," Jasmine said. "You, Zoey and Jessilina will become much stronger, some of you may even surpass me sooner than I imagine."

"I plan to work hard to make it happen," Dawn said. "Next time I'll be much stronger."

Jasmine smiled as she saw the conviction on Dawn's face. Later Johanna and all of her friends congratulated Dawn for making it this far.

Sunyshore City

Ash needed to take Eldritch the Sailor's ship to get to the island where the Pokémon League was being held. Jasmine also had to catch a boat back to Johto so she accompanied them to the city.

When they arrived in the city they saw Volkner talking to a woman with glasses and purple clothes who couldn't stop writing in a book. After finishing talking with her, Volkner greeted them and invited them to eat.

Jasmine, curious to know what the Sinnoh gyms were like, challenged Volkner to a Pokémon battle. She lost but she had a lot of fun and when her boat arrived she said goodbye to everyone, promising to return for some other festival.

ooOoo

"What a pair of losers you are." Amadeus said to the TGio.

"Don't think so, you damn stupids person!" Hareta shouted, trying to pounce on him but being stopped by Mitsumi.

"What are we going to do now that Team Galactic is finished?" Mitsumi asked, without hiding the disdain she felt for Amadeus.

The guy smiled as he looked at the gym door. They were all dressed in civilian clothes so as not to attract the attention of the police.

Before Amadeus could say anything, a man came out of the gym and walked towards them.

"Bi, bidoof?" Bidoof asked.

"Is that any way to talk to your commander?" the man asked. The entire TGio trembled upon hearing his voice.

"I-it's not possible..." Mitsumi said surprised.

"Y-you are…!" Hareta said with a nervous smile.

"B-biii!" said Bidoof.

The man put a finger to his lips to signal them to be quiet.

"Now that I have the eight badges, I can have fun in the league. Then we will start my personal plan."

Lily of the Valley Island - Sinnoh Pokémon League

After lighting the sacred torch with fire supposedly coming from Heatran, the league began.

Top 16: Tobias vs Jeffrey, Holly vs Sho, Ash vs Benito, Polo vs Khoury, Rhyanna vs Mitchell, Clayton vs Roland, Masaya vs Azure and Crimson vs Narissa.

Top 8: Tobias vs Holly, Ash vs Polo, Rhyanna vs Clayton and Masaya vs Crimson.

Finally it was his time to face Paul, who didn't even bother to speak to Ash until they were inside the battle field.

Dawn and Piplup, dressed as cheerleaders, kept giving Ash luck, while Lucas could only eat to calm his nerves.

"I'm not going to lose Paul." —Ash said very seriously.

"You haven't defeated me even once, so your words are just as empty as you." Paul said.

The combat began. Pikachu, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, Torterra and Gliscor vs Aggron, Gastrodon (Eastern Form), Drapion, Ninjask, Froslass and Electivire.

Paul's strategies put Ash in more of a bind, who had to do his best. However, the star of the fight was Infernape, who managed to extract all his power and defeat three of Paul's Pokémon. The final fight between rivals Infernape and Electivire was so fierce that even the judge at one point thought about stopping the fight. Finally Infernape defeated Paul's last Pokémon, ending his cruel relationship with his former trainer.

Ash later met up with Paul, who was leaving the island.

"Paul!"

"…What do you want?" His rival asked, although this time his tone of voice was no longer one of disdain or malice.

"Thank you so much!"

"…"

"Without you I wouldn't have improved so much, losing to you taught me a lot," Ash said with a smile. "I may not stand the way you train, but you have been one of my best rivals and I hope we can fight again."

"...I can't stand your way of training either, but I can't deny that it works," Paul admitted with a small smile. "Next time I won't lose, Ash."

Cynthia watched them from afar with a smile on her beautiful face. A rivalry full of hate and darkness had died to make way for one with a bright future.

ooOoo

Semi-final: Tobias vs Ash and Rhyanna vs Masaya.

A mysterious trainer named Tobias had devastated all his opponents. And he had done it using only one Pokémon, a darkrai. What's more, not even the Gym Leaders he defeated could see others of his Pokémon.

Nobody knew anything about him and the guy barely spoke. In the semifinals Ash was the only one who managed to beat his darkrai, but then Tobias pulled a Latios.

"But how many legendaries does this guy have?!" Lucas said. Dawn had taken away his food because with his nerves all he did what stain everything, but without food he got even more nervous. A vicious cycle.

"That doesn't matter, Ash is going to win." Dawn said very seriously despite knowing that there was no truth in her words.

Pikachu defeated Latios but fell at the same time. Ash had no Pokémon left so he lost.

"You are the only trainer who has been able to defeat two of my Pokémon." Tobias said with a smile after shaking Ash's hand.

The young man from the Pallet Town felt a small shiver but attributed it to his imagination.

"Thank you for this incredible fight!"

Ash had placed among the top four in the league, one place above his previous league in Hoenn.

ooOoo

Final: Tobias vs Rhyanna.

The final was won by Tobias and then he went to challenge the Elite Four. He almost beat Aaron but ended up losing.

After finishing the league, Cynthia and proffesor Rowan suggested that our heroes go to the Battle Zone to enjoy a vacation. And there were also strong trainers in that area.

Oblivia

The Pokémon Ranger Ben, Summer and Ukelele Pichu had saved the region after defeating the Pokémon Nappers and preventing the evil Societea from gaining the power of immortality. However, a Ranger's job is never done and they both received an urgent call from their bosses.

"Rangers Ben, Summer and Ukelele Pichu, this is Proffesor Gobies. I have an urgent mission for both of us. I know that you are aware of the crisis that recently occurred in the Sinnoh region. However, it seems that the few members of Team Galactic who are on the loose are seeking to capture a heatran. Normally we would leave the matter to the police, but this heatran is much more powerful than the others of its kind and they want to sell it on the black market. "They must prevent it at all costs."

SINNOH

Battle Zone

Ash visited the fight area where trainers from all over Sinnoh gathered to test their skills. There he found Barry and teamed up with him to fight Volkner and Flint.

Dawn went to the sruvival area, where she met several gym leaders who helped her improve her combat strategies. There she heard the dark legend of a girl who ended up trapped in the house of a mysterious and evil hiker named Meister...

Meanwhile Lucas went to the resort area, where he and his Pokémon received massages while enjoying a good tropical meal. He also met a rich guy from Hoenn who was obsessed with stones in general.

ooOoo

Stark Mountain

In the most dangerous area of the zone, they met a boy named Buck. He was the little brother of Flint of the Elite Four. The boy was a Top trainer and had been searching for a treasure called Magma Stone.

The treasure hunt ended up being a fight against a lot of Team Galactic's grunts, who were in search of a powerful heatran to make money.

And luckily for our heroes, there were also two Pokémon Rangers there, Ben and Summer, who had the mission of protecting that heatran.

While Ben and Summer protected Heatran and returned him to his home, Ash and his friends defeated the grunts just as Looker arrived with other police officers.

"You're all under arrest!" Looker said happily after coming out from behind some rocks with his croagunk. "I would have liked to capture Jupiter, I mean, the commanders but at least we have these strong grunts."

The grunts didn't say anything, they didn't even seem to have any consciousness and moved by sheer inertia.

"How scary, they look like zombies!" said Buck.

"I'd heard rumors that the best grunts underwent such intense training that it left them in this state, but I didn't think it was true." said Looker worriedly.

"Can they be cured?" asked Lucas. Handsome just shrugged.

After that mini adventure, Ash decided that it was time to return home. After saying goodbye to Dawn and Lucas, he received an unexpected call

"Hey Ash, Pikachu! How are you?" Asked a smiling Ethan and Kris.

"Very well! And you?"

"Very well, as well!" Ethan said laughing.

"We've seen how well you've done in the Sinnoh League, so we thought that you could come to Goldenrod City to participate in the Pokéathlon." Kris explained.

"That'll cheer you up a bit after losing," Ethan said.

"Ethan!" Kris scolded.

"What?!"

JOHTO

Goldenrod City

His friends Ethan, Kris and Silver were waiting for him there. Although they were accompanied by Naoko, the little one of the kimono girls and a girl he didn't know.

"This is my little sister Lyra!" Kris said very proudly as she introduced her to Ash. "She is the winner of this year's Pokémon League! She defeated all of her rivals, including Whitney, using only three Pokémon! And when she faced Will of the Elite Four, she defeated two of his Pokémon! Lance has said that he's going to train so that she can be the fourth member of Johto's Elite Four!"

"…Sis…" Lyra murmured embarrassed. There were even people who had stopped to see what all the fuss was about.

Meanwhile, Ethan's shiny pichu was playing with another pichu whose left ear had three spikes. Pikachu joined them and the three began chasing each other.

"Yes, yes, your little sister is very talented, can we go to the Pokéathlon now?" Ethan said quite tiredly, because he had already heard all that too many times. "Even I don't boast as much about the ninja training that Koga gave me. By the way Ash, do you know that Koga gave me ninja training?"

"Lyra, let's have a fight!" Ash said, ignoring his friend completely.

"Yes, the best way to get to know someone is with a Pokémon fight!" Lyra said just as excited.

"I can be the referee," Naoko said with a smile. "I'm looking forward to seeing a match between two such talented people."

"No, if we do that, we will never get there in time!" Ethan complained.

"Ethan is right, we have to hurry if we want to sign up." Kris said without stopping hugging her little sister.

"Let's go then!/Pika!" Ash and Pikachu said at the same time, however they were stopped by Silver.

"Wait Ash, there's something important I have to tell you all" Silver said very seriously. "Team Rocket has been committing crimes all over Johto again. The weird thing is that Giovanni isn't with them."

"What?" Ash, Echo and Crystal asked surprised.

"Maybe his grunts are trying to divert attention from him like they did two years ago with Mask of Ice." Naoko said.

"Maybe... The truth is that not knowing where that man is makes me very nervous." Silver explained. "Although Archer and Ariana are just as dangerous with how strong they have become."

"And how do you know all that?" Ash asked.

"The police and Interpol force him to work with them if he doesn't want to spend years behind bars," Eco laughed, receiving an elbow from Cristal and Lyra at the same time.

ooOoo

The Pokéathlon Tent

Youngster Joey, the kimono girls, the gym leaders, the Elite Four and Johto champion were there participating with their favorite Pokémon. Ash greeted some of them as he and Pikachu got ready.

-Falkner: Hello Ash, long time no see... A to years ago I met Janine, the daughter of Koga. That girl is really amazing, although she thinks her father is better than mine. If she weren't like that she would be perfect... My swellow? I've had it since he was a taillow.

-Bugsy: Hey Ash, I hope this competition is better than the bug-catching contest. I always won it so I stopped participating because it was boring. By the way, do you know that the tenth anniversary of the investigations of the Alpha ruins will be soon? How time flies!

-Whitney: You're just as cute as always Ash!...That Lyra girl has taken my place in the Elite Four... It bothers me to admit it but she's just as good as my miltank's Moo-moo milk... At least I've got my status as a Top trainer.

-Morty: How are you Ash?... Is Eusine still obsessed with capturing a suicune… My favorite legendary beast is Entei, he seems more ferocious to me.

-Chuck: How are you doing kid?... Did you meet my teacher Greta? And on top of that you beat her?! Boy, you're incredible!

-Jasmine: We meet again sooner than expected, Ash. Did you know? I previously specialized in the rock type, until I saw how little research the steel type was next to the sinister type... That my beloved Onix, Rusty, evolved into a steelix was quite a surprise.

-Pryce: …What do you want, can't you see I'm busy? What's so strange about an old man wanting to exercise? Leave me alone!

-Clair: Hello Ash, good to see you! How is your charizard?... My cousin Lance is having a terrible time because they don't let him wear his cape with his running clothes. Now he's complaining to the organizers… I'm starting to feel embarrassed… And just now that master Wilma has returned from Sinnoh…

ooOoo

Magnus, owner and founder of the Pokéathlon, walked happily and proudly with his Poliwrath, observing all the participants.

"I haven't felt this good since that time I beat a machamp in an arm wrestling match."

"Poli!"

"Your Pokémon seems even more excited than you." said Maylene, leader of the Veilstone gym in Sinnoh. The girl had come at Magnus' request to be a judge and in exchange, she could eat at any junk food restaurant in Johto for a year, all free.

Magnus started the games and watched as trainers and Pokémon gave their all to win.

In the Speed category, Whitney stood out, Primo in Power, Kuni in Skill, Jasmine in Stamina and Falkner in Jump.

"Don't you think it's strange that Pryce moves so well?" Lance suddenly said to the others.

"Enough Lance, you can't always suspect Pryce." Clair said tiredly.

"B-but…"

"But nothing."

"Well, your cape-man cousin is right." Pryce said with an evil smile.

Before anyone noticed, Pryce removed his face and revealed himself to be a member of Team Rocket. And he wasn't the only one because other participants also took off their suits and surrounded the venue.

"I'm Admin Petrel, Team Rocket's master of disguise!" said the man with purple hair and a mischievous look.

"And I'm Admin Proton, Team Rocket's new master recruiter." Said a man with a cap who stood next to him.

"I knew it!" Lance exclaimed, happy to be right.

Petrel and Proton went up to the box and took Magnus's microphone. They also took him hostage to prevent Maylene from doing anything.

"Wow, just when things were getting more interesting…" Magnus murmured.

"First Neo Team Rocket and now this…" Ethan complained.

"These are the guys who tried to hurt you two years ago, sister?" Lyra asked furiously.

"Yeah…" Kris said with a sigh.

"What do you want, Team Rocket?!/Piii, Pikachu?!" Ash and Pikachu asked.

"You may be number one on Team Rocket's list." Jessie said.

"But you're not our number one priority right now." James said.

"Meowth, that's right!" Meowth said.

Petrel looked at everyone present without stopping smiling.

"Right now we have surrounded the entire Goldenrod city. So you better give up."

"After our defeat at the Sevii Islands, Giovanni disappeared but we didn't surrender," Proton explained. "We've spent a year threatening, bribing, stealing, blackmailing, killing traitors and rivals, rounding up grunts both inside and outside of prison, all for our grand master plan!"

"None of that would have been possible without my cool costumes, I must say," Petrel said proudly. "It's very easy to sign important papers when everyone thinks you're a big-name politician."

"And what is that great master plan that you boast so much about?" Lance asked without getting the least bit upset.

"To use the Radio Tower to send a message to Giovanni! To tell him that Team Rocket still exists and we're stronger than ever!" Petrel said ecstatically.

A deep and long silence settled in the place. Those present looked at each other confused. Even the villains began to get a little nervous and their evil smiles fell at times.

"All that just to send a message?"

"What a waste of time and resources."

"Were they always this pathetic?"

"Well, they were defeated three years ago by a kid in Kanto."

"They tried to steal my treasures in the Sevii Islands, so they're not doing well financially either."

"Why always Goldenrod City? Maybe I should go back to Opelucid City."

"Can we end this now and get back to the competition?"

"Silence!" Petrel shouted furiously when he saw that they weren't afraid of them.

"You think you're very smart, but we already knew you were up to something," Silver said very seriously. "If the police haven't done anything it is because they wanted to have you all in one place. You have made our task much easier."

"Silence traitor! You maybe be the son of G-" Proton couldn't say much more because Magnus punched him hard, throwing him to the ground. Petrel tried to help him but Maylene kicked him so hard that she sent him flying several meters.

"Ash, you and I are going to the Radio Tower!" Lance said as battles broke out around them between both trainers and Pokémon.

"Ok"

"We're going too!" said Ethan, Kris, Lyra and Silver.

ooOoo

Radio Tower

While Echo, Crystal, and Lyra took care of the grunts, Ash and Silver reached Admins Archer and Ariana.

"Archer, this time you're going to pay for your crimes!" Silver accused the smiling man.

"Ash Ketchum, do you want to run my plans again?" said Archer, ignoring Silver and not losing his cool.

"Of course I do." Ash said.

"Since you appeared, you have done nothing but cause us problems. It's a shame you can't understand how necessary Giovanni is to this chaotic world." said Ariana, preparing to fight Silver.

"This world will never need someone like Giovanni." declared Silver.

"That's right, your mischief ends here! / Pika, Pikachu, Pika!" said Ash and Pikachu.

"… I'm going to have a new opportunity to eliminate the biggest obstacle in the path of the great Giovanni… Arceus really is on my side!" exclaimed Archer very happily.

The new battle of Goldenrod City ended much faster than the one of two years ago. Admins Archer and Ariana caused problems but were ultimately defeated, but not before sending their message to Giovanni. Although they never received a response.

"What a waste… not to use your strength to do bad things! Feh… People like you will never in a million years understand our brilliance! It's too bad… I've really come to respect your strength." Ariana said to Ash after losing.

"Pokémon aren't tools that you can use, especially to do evil." Ash said very seriously.

"It's not possible... the houndoom that Giovanni gave me when It was a houndour... has lost against a Pikachu..." said Archer, who was completely gone while the police took him away in handcuffs. "No! Forgive me, Great Giovanni! Why have you abandoned us? Why?! We have done everything for you!"

"I think this one needs a psychiatric hospital instead of prison." Agent Jenny commented.

"You really fought crazy people in your travesls." A scared Lyra said to Ash.

"There are even crazier ones." Ash said as if it were something common.

"Our work is becoming a risky sport…What news we're going to give this afternoon." DJ Mary said to his partner DJ Ben, who seemed fed up with everything.

"If they gave me a PokéDollar for every time we've been kidnapped, I'd have two," said DJ Ben, "which isn't much but it's worrying that it happened twice."

"I left Sinnoh to escape Team Galactic and look what happened," cried Felicity, the lottery woman.

Later everyone found out that the real Pryce was fine but his gym was full of frozen Rocket grunts.

ooOoo

The next day, Lyra gathered Ash, Ethan, Kris, and Silver to make a confession to everyone. Two years ago, when her sister Kris travel around Johto with Ash, a celebi and a Spiky-eared Pichu visited her.

The celebi told her that he needed her although Lyra didn't know why. Not wanting to disappoint the legendary, Lyra trained for the next two years. Meanwhile Celebi used her powers to make her travel back in time so she could see Team Rocket's plans. It was Lyra who passed secret information to the police through Silver.

"Did you know all this?" Kris asked Silver angrily.

The boy raised his hands in a sign of peace.

"I didn't know about time travel, I just knew that her information was correct. I kept an eye on her just in case but nothing more."

"Isn't time travel dangerous?" Ethan asked when remembering his adventures with another celebi.

"I made sure not to do anything that could change the timeline." Lyra said proudly.

"If Dialga hasn't done anything, then everything is fine." Ash murmured.

Finally, Celebi wanted Ash and his friends to go to Ilex Forest, so they did that after taking a bus to Azalea Town. In the shrine the celebi was waiting for them.

They traveled three years into the past, just to see how Giovanni argued with nine-year-old Silver. Upon learning that the redhead was Giovanni's son, everyone had many questions, but Silver's sad face made them not want to ask him those questions.

Then they all traveled to the future, more specifically to the day in which Team Rocket had hijacked the Radio Tower. However, Celebi sent Silver to the present and led the rest to a cave where they found the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni.

ooOoo

Tohjo Falls

"Here is the Goldenrod City Radio tower. Here is the Goldenrod City Radio tower. We're here to proclaim, the true return of Team Rocket! Giovanni! Can you hear us? Have we finally did it?... Listen to us! Where are you, Giovanni? Can you hear this message wherever you are?..." ―Archer, Giovanni's most loyal member.

"My time has come." Giovanni said putting on his raincoat and hat with a wide smile.

Turning around he saw Ash, Ethan, Kris and Lyra.

"…B-but what? What are you doing here?!" Giovanni shouted surprised, scared and very, very confused. "I can't even get rid of you here?! Move aside, my old associates need me!"

The fight didn't last as long as Ash expected. When he was ten years old, Giovanni had seemed like an almost unstoppable monster, but he had fought against him because the rage he felt was greater than his fear. Now with thirteen years old, Giovanni seemed like someone without dreams or illusions.

Ethan, Kris, and Lyra watched in silence as Ash's Pokémon defeated Giovanni's.

"How this is possible...? Three… four… five… six… seven and now eight defeats against the same kid… Has everything I've done been in vain?! Am I destined to always lose to the twerp? Forgive me mother... The precious dream of Team Rocket has become little more than an illusion..."

For a few moments Ash, Ethan, Kris and Lyra even felt sorry for Giovanni. His evil look had become one of pure sadness and desolation, as if something had finally broken inside him. The mafia boss fell to the ground and stopped moving. He almost looked like a body without a soul.

Before the children could say anything, the celebi took them back to their time.

ooOoo

"If you ever need to talk about something..." Ash started to say but Silver stopped him.

"Don't worry, I know you're good people but right now I don't want to talk about that." was all Silver said after hearing Giovanni's latest defeat.

The children thanked Celebi, who wanted to stay in New Bark town, more specifically at Kris and Lyra's house.

KANTO

Using the newly completed Magnet Train in Goldenrod City, Ash quickly reached Saffron City and from there he went to Pallet town. Kanto had changed a lot, there were trains that quickly took you from one place to another in a matter of hours or minutes.

Pallet Town

"I always end up coming to this place when I feel sorry for myself. But once here I feel good, as always. Coming here encourages me." ―Shinx.

"And that face? It's like you just had the biggest Pokémon battle of your life." Delia said, seeing how tired Ash was that morning.

"I dreamed again that I was a Pikachu…" Ash said sleepily. "This time Shinx and I were part of a Pokéguild…"

"Pika?" Pikachu asked curiously.

"Shinx was my friend in that world" Ash answered with a smile. "Everyone in the guild was very good people, I mean, Pokémon. I had a great time doing missions with them."

"It's pretty similar to the other dream you had last year." Leaf noted. She sometimes came to his house for breakfast.

"Well, this time I had strange powers and we were traveling across time to avoid an apocalyptic future."

"I take back what I said, this new dream is on another level." Leaf said surprised.

"Yes, especially because we had to face Dialga, Palkia and an evil Darkrai." Ash said a little seriously as he tried to remember that.

"I still think that these dreams are like a reminder of your most recent adventures." Delia said.

"Maybe, but for some reason I feel like I'm going to miss Shinx, Cresselia and Manaphy a lot…"

Pikachu patted his trainer on the back a couple of times when he saw his sad and nostalgic look…

Another even stranger dream Ash had was when he dreamed that he was going to a world of Pokémon toys and had to make them fight each other. And he also had to prevent the battle between Dialga, Palkia and Giratina from destroying that dimension...

ooOoo

One day Pikachu was playing at proffesor Oak's ranch with the other Pokémon when a mew appeared and transported them all to PokéPark. There he gave them the mission to defeat the guardians, find the fragments of the Celestial Prism and save the Poképark.

"This's the kind of thing that always happens to Ash," Pikachu complained. "Well, I guess I get to be the hero without him."

While all this was happening, professor Oak gave Ash the green Orb or Jade Orb as he called.

"Bill found it on the Sevii Islands in the form of an Emerald and hid it from Team Rocket. Over time, the Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald have repaired themselves and returned to their original forms. You were already attached to the Jade Orb so I leave it to you. I'll give the red and blue Orb to Mr. Pokémon so he can return it to Mount Pyric. Apparently he's a friend of the guardian...

Pewter City

Ash went to visit Brock at the museum.

"Thanks to my parents finally maturing, I have more free time for myself," Brock said happily when he saw his friend. "My little brother Forrest says he wants to take over for me when he's older, he's the best! And tell me Ash, have you been eating well?"

"Kris and Brendan were very good cooks, and in Sinnoh I traveled with Lucas who wanted to be a professional chef. His food was just as good as yours!"

"I would like to meet this Lucas and share recipes if he's that good." Brock said excitedly.

During the museum visit, they saw Steven Stone. Ash introduced Brock to the former Hoenn champion, who told them that he was really enjoying the Kanto's stones.

"They have a less "watery" touch." Steven said. Neither Ash nor Brock understood what he meant but they were happy to see him so happy.

Cerulean City

Ash and Misty were spending the day together at the Cerulean Cape while Brock cooked at Misty's house, accompanied by his friend's beautiful sisters.

During their walk, Ash and Misty defeat a member of Team Rocket who was causing trouble at the Power Plant. They also saw Eusine trying to capture a suicune and failing.

"Suicune is a water type, right?" Misty said after seeing the legendary flee, with Eusine chasing him like crazy.

"Yes, and it can purify the waters of any place."

"How beautiful! Now I understand why that guy wants to capture him. I also want one!"

"They usually live in Johto," Ash said, remembering his trip.

They continued walking and Ash didn't realize that Misty was very close to him, close enough to be able to hold his hand, but in the end Misty didn't dare. For some reason Ash felt the same way about Misty as he did about Naoko, May and Dawn, although he couldn't express how. He just knew that Kris didn't give him the same feeling.

"Tell me, have you met many pretty girls on your travels?" Misty asked suddenly. Her loose, ponytail-free hair looked pretty good on her, Ash thought.

"Yes, I have met many girls."

"I see…"

"They were very strong! They had some amazing Pokémon."

Misty breathed a sigh of relief and joy upon hearing that. During dinner Brock revealed to everyone his future plans.

"I'm thinking about becoming a Pokémon doctor," he said very happily. "It's not that I'm going to stop being a gym leader, but I'm going to focus more on my dreams."

"No wonder you want to be a doctor, you have always been very sensitive when it comes to taking care of Pokémon." Misty said.

"I'm sure you'll be the best in the world!" Ash said. "Right, Pikachu?"

"Pikachu, Pika!"

"By the way Ash, a Gym Leader Tournament is going to be held in Saffron City." Brock mentioned to him.

"A Gym Leader Tournament? I want to participate too!" Ash said excitedly upon hearing that.

"Think before you speak, it's a tournament for Gym Leaders only." Misty explained, laughing as she saw Ash's spirits disappear completely.

Saffron City – Kanto Gym Leader Tournament

Ash and Pikachu accompanied Misty and Brock because they wanted to see them fight. The tournament would take place in the Fighting Dojo led by Kiyo after he left the Johto Elite Four.

Our heroes again crossed paths with Steven Stones, who as a representative and heir of Devon Co. was doing business with Silph Co.

There was also the champion Leaf, the Elite Four and…

"Jasmine, what're you doing here?" Ash asked when he later saw the Johto gym leader.

"I came to cheer on my friend Erika." Jasmine explained as she watched Misty pull Brock's ear.

"Oh, I haven't done anything yet," Brock complained.

"But you were going to," Misty said, not fooled.

Ash and Pikachu decided to greet the Gym Leaders who were going to participate.

-Liutenient Surge: Hey kid! I heard how well you did against Team Rocket in Johto. And meanwhile I'm running errands for the Pokémon Fan Club…

-Erika: Hi Ash! Are you back from Sinnoh? Jasmine recently helped me investigate the Celadon Mansion, as it was said that there were ghosts. In the end, the "ghosts" were only members of the famous company Game Freak, who wanted to buy the mansion.

-Janine: Ash, how are you? We haven't seen each other since the Stadium Tournament two years ago. My aunt Aya helps me run the gym meanwhile my father is part of the Johto Elite Four… I also usually train with Falkner on weekends. I want you to know that we have removed the safari and replaced it with the Pal Park. But don't worry, the legend of the boy obsessed with tauros will continue to be told for generations.

-Sabrina: Hi. I've become quite famous in the world of commercials and series... Yeah, being an actress is something that even I didn't expect. And I can see the future... Sometimes… I have visited the Lavender Tower with Haunter but it has been turned into a Radio Tower and the cemetery had been moved somewhere else.

-Blaine: How are you doing, Ash? I have a new gym inside the Foam Islands, I've filled it with new puzzles and mazes.

-Gary: Ash! Have you come to cheer me on? Ha! It's a shame that you can't participate. I promised Yellow that I would train her when she returned from Ranger School.

ooOoo

Tournament

-First round: Gary vs Blaine, Sabrina vs Brock, Misty vs Erika and Surge vs Janine.

-Second round: Gary vs Sabrina and Misty vs Surge.

-Final round: Gary vs Misty.

Gary won the tournament and invited everyone to a luxurious dinner. During said dinner, Ash challenged Leaf to a battle and he accepted.

Mt. Silver

Ash vs Leaf: Pikachu, Snorlax, Heracross, Sceptile, Swellow and Infernape vs Eevee, Venusaur, Ninetales, Clefable, Gengar and Kingdra.

The referee of the battle was Rinto, the new member of the Elite Four since Richie had been defeated by him.

Ash used his strongest Pokémon and to everyone's surprise he managed to defeat two of Leaf's Pokémon.

"Amazing Ash, if you keep going like this you're going to make me nervous in more ways than one." Leaf joked.

"...Next time I won't lose" Ash said very determined.

Leaf ended up giving Ash a Legend Ribbon, with which Ash would be considered a Top trainer by the Pokémon World Association.

Pokétopia

DJ Mary from Goldenrod Radio had given Ash a ticket as a reward for saving her. A trip to a large Pokémon theme park located on a southern island. And best of all, there were colosseums everywhere!

The receptionist Anna, who adored Pikachu, explained that each coliseum had a very strong leader who could challenge to get Poké coupons, which would be exchanged for money.

The leaders of the colosseum were: Gateway Joe, Main Street Taylor, Waterfall Sunyshore, Neon Rosie, Cristal Voldon, Magma Terrell, Sunset Dusty, Sunny Park Sashay, Courtyard Kruger and Stargazer Master Mysterial.

Ash defeated them all and was allowed entry to the Atoll, a secret coliseum in which those who had defeated the ten coliseum leaders could compete.

At the Lagoon Colosseum Ash faced Nate, Cyndy, Tommy, Daisy, Natalie and Joel. The seven of them learned a lot from each other and as a reward for being the only ones to complete the Pokétopia challenge, they were each given a different gift.

Ash got a surfboard for Pikachu, courtesy of the receptionist Anna.

ooOoo

At one of the area's restaurants, Ash and Pikachu found a surprise.

"Hello there!" Emerald said. He was no longer on stilts so he needed cushions to sit well at the table.

"Hi Ash," Scott said while drinking tea. "I come to tell you if you want to participate in the Battle Frontier that is on an island located between Johto and Sinnoh. Just as difficult as the previous one, but I'm sure you're looking for a good challenge right now, am I wrong?"

During the boat trip, Ash met up with Dawn and Lucas. Apparently Dawn wanted to participate in a big contest that was going to be held in Sinjoh and Lucas had decided to accompany his friend. Barry was also around but he got impatient and jumped off the boat with his Empoleon.

SINNOH

Jubilife City – Elite Four Meeting

Everyone was looking intently at Cynthia, who seemed to be thinking intensely about something unpleasant.

"My grandmother has detected space-time distortions on Sinjoh Island," Cynthia reported worriedly. "After talking to the government, they have decided to send a Sinnoh police officer and one from the Interpol."

"And how did we find out about this now?" Aaron asked offended.

"I guess since we were busy chasing Team Galactic, Cynthia didn't want to give us any more work." Bertha deduced with a smile. Cynthia nodded, smiling slightly as well.

"Do you think your friend Cyrus has gone back to his old ways in some way?" Lucian asked.

"I don't know… but I'm worried about his mental state…" said Cynthia. "He was never very stable and always seemed to be in another world… Now he literally has been in one."

"Who cares?" asked Flint impatiently while pounding the table with his fists. "Let's go investigate that island and that's it."

"Finally someone who speaks my language." Aaron laughed.

"Don't think about it, our region needs us" Lucian reminded them. "We haven't captured the strongest members of Team Galactic yet."

"We can leave that to the gym leaders…" complained Flint.

"They're already too busy protecting their cities" Bertha scolded him, "let's not give them more work than necessary."

Cynthia laughed at the disappointed expressions on Flint and Aaron's face.

"Relax, if something worrying really happens, I have sent a newly formed team of Top trainers."

SINJOH ISLAND

"These are your new companions?" Emerald asked upon meeting Dawn and Lucas. "Were you bored of the others?

"Don't talk nonsense, they are just doing their things." Ash explained.

"You're so cute!" Dawn said, hugging Emerald tightly. "My name is Dawn, how old are you, five?"

"N-no... Ugh!"

Emerald was about to drown if it weren't for Ash and Lucas separating them right away.

"Ugh… Are you crazy?! I'm not a stuffed Pokémon!" Emerald said with his face red like a tamato berry. "Plus I'm twelve years old!"

"Like Dawn and me?" Lucas said raising an eyebrow as he gave the boy a sandwich. Emerald took it with a serious gesture after several seconds.

"Now is when you say I need to eat more to grow, right?"

"Not at all," Lucas denied, confused. "You look healthy so it's obvious you eat well. Furthermore, everyone grows at their own pace and if not, don't worry too much about it."

His words and how good the sandwich was made Lucas become Emerald's second favorite person, Kris being the first and Ash the third. Although he would never admit that last thing to the teen from Pallet town.

"So this's the Battle Frontier?" Dawn asked as they moved around the island with Emerald as their guide. "Will there be people as strong as Brandon?"

"I'm sure Ash is looking forward to it." Lucas said with a smile.

"You know me very well!" Ash said very sure of himself.

"I'm sorry, but there's only one as strong like Brandon here," Emerald said after devouring another of Lucas's sandwiches, "although that doesn't mean that the rest are weak. They still have a level close to the Elite Four."

"I already won the one between Kanto and Hoenn. You don't know how much I want to challenge the Brains of this Battle Frontier!" Ash exclaimed, getting so excited that Pikachu, Dawn and Lucas had to move away to avoid being burned by the flames coming out of his body.

"Calm down your fire, Ash. Or we're going to have to call in the Squirtle squad." Emerald said with him typical mocking smile.

The island wasn't very big and the five battle facilities spread throughout the place were close to each other. And instead of symbols they gave Gold Prints to those who won in each facility. However, almost no one had managed to complete the challenge.

Emerald took them to a mansion located east of the largest Pokémon Center on the island. It had a garden and pool included.

"It was Steven Stone's but he gave it to Scott when he got bored of looking at the stones on the island." Emerald explained while the three friends looked in amazement at the place where they were going to live for a month or so.

"Interesting place," Looker said as he looked at a small screen. "But proffesor Carolina was right, something is distorting space-time on this island."

"It's definitely Cyrus!" Detective Marble said furiously. "Leaving that guy in the Distortion World was a very bad idea."

"Let's not rush with such theories. Let's go undercover first and see if it's Cyrus or someone else who's causing trouble."

The two took a green cloak from their backpacks and crouched with it to camouflage themselves in the tall grass as they advanced through the area.

ooOoo

Battle Factory: Win Consecutively with Rental Pokémon

"Bzweeeeep! Let's see what I can see about you through my data-analyzing machine. So, what Pokémon do you have for this match...? I see! You've Donphan, Gabite and Staraptor. It's a combination of friendship with everyone around… All right, let's get going! ―Thorton the Factory Head.

Before the fight, Emerald asked Thorton to stop by the mansion later because the television and other devices were failing a bit.

"Don't worry, you're not the only one this is happening to." Thorton said very seriously. "Something is making the machines on the island go crazy, but I'm slowly fixing them."

Thorton then asked Ash if he could use his Pikachu as a battery. The answer was no, until they saw that he was building robots for PokéWood. Then it was Lucas, who strongly asked Ash to help Thorton.

"He's a big fan of the Mecha genre." Dawn explained.

"Interesting." Thorton said smiling for the first time.

The match was Donphan, Gabite and Staraptor vs Ledian, Bronzong and Magnezone. Ash won and got his first color badge.

"Hmm... I got handed another loss. It's not making me happy at all, this. In fact, I'm stewing here. I thought I learned a lot about Pokémon since I lost to you. But that's all right. Some things you learn from winning. But some things you learn by losing."

"I'm glad you're as strong as I imagined!"

"Wow, I haven't heard anyone say that in a while."

Ash and his friends couldn't celebrate much as the TGio attacked the factory and tried to steal several items. Although they were stopped, Thorton discovered that in the meantime someone had stolen a prototype of one of his machines.

A space-time anomaly detector that he created with the help of proffesor Rowan after what happened in Sinnoh.

Battle Arcade: Where Events Sway Outcomes

When they entered the facility, Dahlia was already waiting for them while she was talking on the phone with Fantina. Through the screen Fantina saw our heroes and greeted them, warning them that Dahlia wasn't only an admirable dancer, but also very strong.

"Ash and Dawn, you're the ones who used that famous counter-defense that Fantina told me so much about, right? I'm impressed." Dahlia said.

"Yeah!" they both said proudly at the same time.

ooOoo

"No need to worry. Let chance do what it does. Like surprises from the game board, life goes through twists and turns. Let us not waste any time." ―Arcade Star Dahlia.

Sceptile, Swellow, Crawdaunt, Glalie and Torterra vs Blaziken, Togekiss, Ludicolo, Medicham and Dusknoir. After a long and intense battle in which Ash had to overcome Dahlia's rhythmic techniques, the teen from Pallet Town was able to obtain the Gold Arcade Prints from him.

"Truly, it was so very fabulous of all of you! Bad luck, you cast aside, and good luck, you netted. That you did so is evidence of your abilities. By defeating me, Dahlia, you have proven your mastery brilliantly! I am sincerely happy for having this battle against you!" Dahlia said.

"I'm too, I have learned a lot from you." said Ash, who was sweating a lot due to the tension suffered.

"The way your Pokémon moved was incredible, could you show me?" Dawn said excitedly.

"Of course, whenever you want, I'll stop by your mansion!" Dahlia said delighted.

"So much dancing has made me hungry…" Lucas murmured.

Mansion

"The next place we go to tomorrow is something special." Emerald said while they were having dinner.

Every time Ash won, Lucas made a lot of food to celebrate and this time was no different. Everyone, Pokémon included, was eating in the garden while watching the stars.

"Special? Why?" said Ash after swallowing a large piece of meat.

"The Frontier Brain of Battle Castle can't fight due to how powerful she is," Emerald explained.

"Is she that strong?"

"…Let's see, Brandon was very strong but what put him at the level of the Elite Four were his legendaries. However this girl is Elite Four level without needing legendaries, and on top of that when she gets angry she can destroy the entire place."

"She seems very dangerous…" said Dawn worried. Emerald nodded bitterly.

"Scott has been wanting to send her to a place where she can better use her talents for a long time. Luckily she has been accepted to be a member of Unova's Elite Four. She leaves this month."

"Unova? I've already heard about that place several times," Ash said curiously. "Is it another region?"

"Yes, and it's quite far away." Lucas said.

"…I think I know where I'm going to go when this Battle Frontier is over!" Ash said excitedly.

"And I can accompany you, I want to see what kind of contests there are there." Dawn said just as excited. Lucas was the only one who saw how the girl looked at Ash, and that's why what he said next hurt him a lot.

"There're no Pokémon contests in Unova."

Dawn's smile disappeared instantly.

"What?"

"Pokémon contests aren't as widespread as they seem. They were born in Hoenn and spread to Kanto, Johto and Sinnoh, but they are something very new or non-existent in other regions." Lucas explained.

"How do you know so much?" Emerald asked.

"Lucas always knows a lot." Ash said.

"I just like to find out things about my friends' tastes," Lucas explained embarrassed, "so I can help them better."

That night Dawn had a lot to think about what she wanted to do when the trip was over.

Battle Castle: Manage Battles with Castle Points

"Welcome. Lady Caitlin, my employer, is not one to accept defeat willingly. However, for a reason I'm not at liberty to disclose, she cannot battle. Consequently, I will do battle in her ladyship's place. ...Let assure me that you won't be shortchanged by facing me." ―Castle Valet Darach.

Floatzel, Gliscor, Heracross and Gabite vs Staraptor, Empoleon, Houndoom and Gallade. It was an exhausting fight, more so due to the fact that Darach spent the entire time trying to show off in front of Caitlin, who was busy talking to Dawn about rich girl things.

Darach's strategies were very defensive but Ash managed to break through this defense and defeat him. Then Ash received the Gold Castle Prints.

"I am humbled... What I'd perceived to be a weakness was only illusory... Or, perhaps you corrected it in the course of our battle. Regardless, your performance was stunning again. Although she cannot say it, Lady Caitlin appears quite taken by her style. For her sake at the very least, please do return to our Battle Castle!" Darach said.

Ash just wanted to get out of there quickly but someone stopped him. The TGio, along with another grunt named Amadeus, attacked them in the middle of the castle. However, Caitlin destroyed them in seconds. When they were going to hand them over to the police, they were restrained by…

"Tobias!" Ash, Dawn and Lucas said at the same time. The mysterious darkrai-man smiled evilly before releasing the grunts and fleeing from there.

"Is the winner of this year's Sinnoh League in cahoots with Team Galactic?" Looker said surprised after hearing the news from our heroes.

"I knew he wasn't trustworthy. Someone appearing out of nowhere with two legendaries was too suspicious." Marble said.

"Let's go find him and interrogate him."

"Yes sir!"

Battle Hall: Let Each Pokémon Seek No. 1

"My Battle Hall allows trainers to mount challenges with their one favorite Pokémon. Understand that one shines the brightest when a challenge is overcome. I dare you to overcome my challenge." ―Argent, Hall Matron.

Charizard, Feraligatr and Pikachu vs Dragonite, Skarmory and Suicune. Ash didn't expect the legendary on her team. Luckily he was able to count on Pikachu giving his all to defeat Argent's suicune. Apparently she had captured him very recently after defeating a guy in a cape who was chasing him.

"You must never forget there's a place where everyone can shine. That goes for any kind of Pokémon, too. Spread that message in your own words. It's one everyone should hear. And now, having lost, this lady has nothing left to say at all, but... Bye-bye!" Argenta said after giving him the Gold Hall Prints.

Aftermath of M13: Zoroark Master of Illusions - Corona City

Ash, Dawn, Lucas and Emerald were sitting at the Pokémon Center bar, surrounded by other people who were excitedly watching Pokémon Baccer on TV.

"I just talked to Rowena and Karl," Lucas informed his friends. "The trip is going well and it seems that in a few days Zoroark and Zorua will be at home in the Unova region."

"I'm happy for them, families should always stay together," Ash said.

"Then call your mother more often," Dawn scolded him.

"And Grings Kodai, has he already gone to prison?" Ash asked quickly, trying to change the subject.

"Yes, that criminal is going to spend many years in prison," Lucas assured him.

"I'm sure he didn't see that coming with his powers." Emerald joked, causing his friends to laugh.

Battle Tower: Never Lose! Keep Winning!

Ash only had one Gold Print left to complete the Battle Frontier. He was very confident after his last victory even though Emerald told him to be careful because the last Frontier Brain was just as strong as Brandon.

In the Battle Tower they met Barry, who revealed himself to be the son of Palmer, the master of the Tower. Barry wanted to challenge Ash but his father appeared and stopped him.

"Ash already beat you in the Pokémon League," Palmer said with a big smile. "Now is my turn."

Ash lost his fight. Palmer didn't mess around and gave his all. It was like fighting an adult version of Barry.

After several days of rest and plan strategies. Ash returned to challenge Palmer, while Barry assured that no one had defeated his father and that his rival wasn't going to be the first.

"Someday I'll build my own Battle Tower and force my father to challenge me." Barry said.

"Those kinds of things cost a lot of money." Emerald told him.

"That's why I'm always challenging other trainers to beat them and take their money." Barry laughed.

"Are fines also your way of getting money?" Lucas asked jokingly.

ooOoo

"Like the first time, I'll have to give you my best effort. Show me the bond you've built with your Pokémon. Show me the skill you've acquired as a Trainer! ―Palmer, Tower Tycoon.

Pikachu, Torterra and Infernape vs Milotic, Rhyperior, Cresselia. The final battle of the Battle Frontier was televised throughout the island and in certain areas of Johto and Sinnoh. This time Infernape was the star that managed to defeat Cresselia after an intense fight.

Palmer gave him the Gold Tower Prints as he grabbed his shoulder and told him his thoughts.

"Bravo! I feel inspired in my heart! It brings back a memory of that day long ago... I went out to the lake with Dawn's father that day... We were attacked by a wild Pokémon. We defeated it, but I don't remember how. It was that desperate. That was my first step as a trainer. That's enough reminiscing. Go on, you can be all that you desire! There is no limit to where you can go!"

An ecstatic Scott gave Ash a diploma for finishing his second Battle Frontier and told him that the position of Frontier Brain would always be available to him.

"You are the first person in all of history to complete two Battle Frontiers! I knew you were someone special!" Scott said very happily.

"…I-I'm going to fine you for beating my father… Although I'll surpass you first!" Barry swore.

Sinjoh Ruins

That same afternoon Tobias attacked the island using Dialga and Palkia. He apparently possessed a prototype of the red chain that Cyrus had discarded. However, the power of said chain had been reinforced with the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb.

Having Dialga and Palkia held in the island's ruins was what had caused the space-time problems.

"Tobias! Why are you doing this? What do you want?" Ash asked confused.

"Tobias is nothing more than a disguise that the prideful Petrel made for me when I asked him," said the mysterious man as he began to tear off his clothes and skin. "I used it so I could take away your victory in the Sinnoh League, as punishment for the Sevii Islands and the defeat of the traitor Brodie. But I don't need this costume anymore!"

An elegant and sinister woman appeared before them.

"Sird, of the three beasts of Team Rocket!" Ash said when he recognized her.

"Team Rocket? But his suit is from Team Galactic!" Looker noted.

"I was never part of the Mafia Pokémon, I was only infiltrated to be able to get the maximum information and resources from them, which I passed on to Team Galactic." Sird revealed.

"How did you get those two legendaries?" Palmer asked.

"I got Darkrai on Newmoon Island and Latios thanks to the information I stole from Annie and Oakley." said Sird. She no longer cared about telling everything because she thought she was going to win.

"And we helped her!" said the Hareta, Mitsumi and Bidoof.

"We can use the powers of Dialga and Palkia, but this "fake" red chain won't be able to control them for long." said Amadeus with a cruel smile.

"Enough time to save Master Cyrus!" Saturn, Jupiter and Mars shouted at the same time.

"Bah, we could be the owners of the world, we don't need that clown of Cyrus." said Charon, and then he received a beating from his teammates.

"Even if you are my grandfather, I won't allow you to talk about Master Cyrus like that." said Saturn without deigning to defend his grandfather.

"Arg... how little respect for the eldery..."

"I don't care what you do with Cyrus, but Team Galactic's resources are all mine." said Sird with an evil smile.

"Yes, yes, we will keep the deal but take us to the Distortion World at once." said Mars impatiently.

Sird ordered Dialga to attack everyone. The Frontier Brains managed to keep him at bay with the help of Dawn, Lucas and Emerald. Soon things got strange as people, Pokémon, and the landscape itself began to age, rejuvenate, or both at the same time.

Meanwhile Sird forced Palkia to open a portal to the Distortion World. After that Palkia managed to free himself from the chain and left. Before they could stop Ash, the young man lunged at Sird and they both fell through the portal. Palkia followed shortly after.

"Let's follow them!" Saturn shouted, jumping into the portal. Mars followed quickly, and Jupiter followed suit, but not before winking at Handsome.

ooOoo

Distortion World

"It's not your first time in the Distortion World, right?" said the man. "Maybe that's why all the giratina have left you alone... Or maybe it's because the Giratina Alpha is your friend. They treated me pretty badly until they got bored. At least my Pokémon are still alive...

"I knew you were alive, Cyrus!" Ash said when he saw him. He hadn't seen Sird anywhere in a while, but he and Pikachu didn't let their guard down.

A loud and chilling roar was heard throughout the area.

"Alpha Giratina is furious, that's why the others of his species have moved away." Cyrus explained.

"It's Sird's fault. She has used Palkia, Darkrai and Latios to hurt him." Ash said.

"If they keep fighting, they could cause serious damage to all dimensions. Anyway, I don't think Giratina Alpha will have any problems winning."

"… And what are you doing here? Weren't you going to create a world with no one but you?"

"…Controlling space and time makes you God. Being God allows you to create supreme beauty. Arceus is God, does that mean that this universe is more beautiful than the one I want to create?"

Ash and Pikachu looked at each other somewhat confused.

"I really like this world. It's very special and full of Pokémon and people I haven't met yet." Ash said with so much happiness that for a moment Cyrus smiled, a little.

"The Distortion World is chaotic, everything is upside down and the laws of nature are almost nonexistent. I'm wrong? The fact that I hesitated, the fact that a kid like you has made me so angry in the past, the euphoria I felt when I thought I had won at Mount Coronet. All of this just shows that I am imperfect."

"My mother always says that no one is perfect, but who wants to be no one?" Ash laughed as Pikachu gave a small sigh.

"Your willpower, Lucas's knowledge and Dawn's emotions... You three have known God and even became his friends. Is this universe trying to tell me something?" Cyrus said, staring into the abyss, as if it were calling him...

Ash slapped him hard on the back, snapping him out of his deep trance.

"Friends! What you need is friends to help you!" Ash said very convinced. "You have to pay for your crimes but at least if you have friends you can be a better person."

"…Huh, what a simple way to see life. Machines have been my only friends so far."

"That's not true, the fact that you have a crobat is proof of that. You should treat your Team Galactic teammates as well as you treat Crobat."

In that moment, Crobat landed on Cyrus's shoulder, causing him to have for the first time in years, completely sincere smile, without a trace of malice.

ooOoo

Sird was very strong. Not only his darkrai and latios but his other Pokémon also had a high level and experience. Luckily, help appeared through the portal just at that moment.

"Riley, Cheryl, Mira, Buck and Marley!" Ash said, surprised and happy to see them there.

"Exactly, we are the Sinnoh Top trainers!" said Buck, burning with emotion.

"After what happened with Team Galactic, I realized that I wasn't going to be able to do much alone," Riley explained. "Especially if there wasn't a gym leader or police officer nearby, so I decided to reach out to other Top trainers."

"And together we have formed a group that will protect Sinnoh from criminals!" Mira said.

"Now that I have fulfilled my grandfather's dreams, I can dedicate myself to returning the happiness that Sinnoh has given me." Cheryl said.

"…I'm not with them just because I feel alone." Marley said without looking anyone in the eyes.

Together they defeated Sird's Pokémon and broke the fake red chain. Ash recovered the two Orbs and when he was going to return through the portal that Giratina had opened, he turned around.

"You're not coming?"

"Don't worry, I'll go out through a portal that leads to the Turnback cave in Sinnoh. As you said, I have a lot to pay but first I must talk to my grunts and decide what we'll do in the future... Plus I have to look for Saturn, Jupiter and Mars…"

"Sird, what do you really want? I've never really understood you, to be honest," Ash asked the mysterious woman.

Sird smiled but said nothing as she was carried away by Riley and Buck.

"Are we really going to let Cyrus leave?" Mira asked.

"Right!" said Ash remembering that Cyrus was a highly wanted criminal, but it was too late. He had disappeared and surely he knew the place better than all of them so it was risky to follow him.

The Orbs were returned to professor Carolina but somehow Sird managed to escape with his Pokémon, except darkrai and latios, and was missing. The TGio was also missing. As for Sird's assistant, Amadeus, he had apparently been under hypnotism and strong brainwashing, so in the end he was cured and released... Although he was placed under police surveillance for a few months.

"Come on old man, the International Police wants you to collaborate!" said Looker to Charon. "I'm sure you have a lot to say."

"What are you saying? I know nothing! Besides, among Team Galactic's Commanders, I was the most junior..."

"Right, right... Don't worry, we have plenty of time to get the information out of you."

Scott held a grand party at the mansion to celebrate Ash's victories. Almost the entire island was at the party, even the famous Sinnoh Idol Grace. And it was probably his imagination, but Ash thought he saw Paul and Zoey drinking together at the party.

What was no one's imagination was when Lucas revealed that weeks ago he had captured the Regigigas of the Snowpoint Temple. The poor giant had to dance in a sparsely populated area to avoid accidents.

A few days later our heroes had to separate...

-Dawn: I'm going to Hoenn, I wants to know the origin of Pokémon contests and become a Top coordinator. I'm going to miss you a lot and I hope you don't forget me when you go on new adventures. I'm not going to forget all the trouble you've gotten us into, hee hee hee... Ash, I... Remember that everything will be fine and there's nothing to worry about!

-Lucas: I'm sorry I can't continue cooking for you but it is what it is. Don't worry, I've prepared several snacks for you and Pikachu. When we meet again I'll be one step closer to being the best chef in the world. Eat healthy and sleep a lot if you want to reach the top!

-Emerald: Every time we see each other you improve. Kris was right, you are a box full of surprises. Next time I'll probably see you fighting aliens or something, ha ha ha ha.

-Barry: You are very strong, super strong! I plan to leave you in the dust and make you pay a lot of fines! You better train like a mad man because I will too!

-Paul: No, I wasn't at the party. I simply came to do the Battle Frontier challenge. I'll complete it and we'll meet again someday. I hope you don't you to lose to anyone weaker than me.

KANTO - Pallet Town

After talking to her mother about her new plans, she and Proffesor Oak decided to go with him to Unova.

"I have unfinished business there." Oak said.

"And I want to accompany the proffesor," Delia said while petting Pikachu. "And in this way I can remind you to change your underwear every day."

"Mom!"

"Pi, Pi, Pikachu!"

"Stop laughing Pikachu!"

End of the fourth generation

-Ash's Pokémon in Sinnoh: Pikachu, Infernape, Torterra, Floatzel, Staraptor, Gliscor and Gabite.

-Dawn's Pokémon: Piplup, Togekiss, Lopunny, Pachirisu, Quilava, Mamoswine and Ambipom (In training to become a Ping Pong champion).

-Lucas' Pokémon: Munchlax, Bastiodon, Lickilicky, Rotom, Phione (Gifted by Pokémon Rangers) and Regigigas.

-Barry's Pokémon: Chatot, Luxray, Floatzel, Skarmory, Roserade and Heracross.

-Paul's Pokémon: Electivire, Ninjask, Aggron, Gastrodon, Drapion and Froslass.

-Ethan's Pokémon: Pichu (shiny), Togekiss, Hitmontop, Jynx, Magmotar and Azumarill.

-Kris' Pokémon: Suicune, Jolteon, Mismagius, Hitmonchan, Wigglytuff and Marowak.

-Silver's Pokémon: Weavile, Gengar, Crobat, Magnezone, Tyranitar (shiny), Rhyperior (given by Gary).

-Lyra's Pokémon: Pichu (Spiky-eared), Meganium, Girafarig, Steelix, Houndoom and Gyarados (Shiny given by Kris).

-Naoko's Pokémon: Espeon, Absol, Togekiss, Ninetales, Beautifly and Jumpluff.

-Misty's Pokémon: Azurill, Psyduck, Starmie, Politoed, Horsea, Seaking and Corsola.

-Brock's Pokémon: Steelix, Crobat, Golem, Forretress, Ludicolo and Sudowoodo.

-Leaf's Pokémon: Eevee, Venusaur, Ninetales, Clefable, Gengar and Kingdra.

-Gary's Pokémon: Umbreon, Blastoise, Arcanine, Exeggutor, Alakazam and Nidoqueen.

Save game?… Saving data… Game saved!

Inspirations:

-Games: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, Rumble, Battle Revolution, Mystery Dungeon 2, My Pokémon Ranch, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

-Anime: Seasons 10, 11, 12 and 13; Movies 10, 11, 12 and 13.

-Manga: Pokémon Adventure saga Diamond, Pearl and Platinum; Phantom Thief Pokémon 7; Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!; Pocket Monsters Diamond Pearl: Regigigas Hokaku Daisakusen!

In this remake I have changed the order of several events, shortened certain things and simplified others. All with the aim of making it much more concise and easier to read. In my opinion it has turned out much better than the original I made months ago and I hope you liked it.

In the fourth generation we have the second remake: HeartGold and SoulSilver. As the story of the games is similar to those of the second generation, I have simply used the plot of the radio tower and that of the Ilex Forest's celebi. Also a little review of Kanto. Luckily for some and unfortunately for others we will not see Kanto again until the seventh generation and Johto until... oops, I almost gave a spoiler!

Diamond and Pearl were never my favourites because of how slow they were but Platinum nevertheless I loved it and played it a thousand times. The Johto remakes are everything that's good about remakes and I wish the rest were just as good.

Team Galactic is full of mad men in my opinion but they always made me laugh with their uniforms and hairstyles. Sird is a very interesting character in the manga and even today we have no idea what is going on in her head.

I think that the fourth generation is the one that made the most Pokémon games, they basically tried a new boom of Poké mania in my opinion, if that worked or not I don't know anymore but today Pokémon is stronger than ever.

The anime was long in this generation, and it was the last time a generation spanned four seasons.

Until the next chapter!