//------------------------------// // Everfree Forest (Vs. Moltres) // Story: Ponymon Girls: Shades of Harmony // by Lucky Ness //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash had never been one to rise early in the morning. Sometimes, during school breaks, she wouldn't even get up before noon. So it was no surprise that Rainbow was woken at 11 AM by someone knocking on her front door. Rainbow slowly got out of bed and walked out of her bedroom before heading down the stairs. She stops at the front door, mumbling as the person knocks on her door again. "I'm coming, hold your horses!" Rainbow snaps as she opens the door and sees Fluttershy standing on the front porch. Upon seeing Fluttershy, Rainbow's mood changes. "Hey, Fluttershy. What's up?" "I'm on a quest, Rainbow! I have to catch the Legendary Birds." Fluttershy says as she releases Articuno and Zapdos from their Ultra Balls. Rainbow stares at them, stunned for a moment before asking Fluttershy "So why are you here?" "I was wondering if you could drive me somewhere," Futtershy says to her friend. "Moltres is located in the Everfree Forest, and its too far away for me to bike there." "Why don't you just let your Charizard fly you there?" "Because Charizard still scares me a little bit." Fluttershy replies honestly. "Okay, let me get dressed and I'll drive you there." Rainbow sighs and heads back upstairs as Fluttershy returns Articuno and Zapdos. ----- An hour later, Rainbow pulls into the parking lot for Camp Everfree. Fluttershy and Rainbow exit the car and walk towards the trail that will take them into the forest. As soon as Fluttershy steps into the foliage, a piece of paper falls down from one of the trees and lands on her shoulder, startling the shy girl. Rainbow reaches down and picks up the piece of paper before walking forward and placing a comforting hand on Fluttershy's shoulder. "Relax, Fluttershy, it was just a piece of paper." Rainbow says as Fluttershy takes the piece of paper and reads it. "You'll find Moltres at the end of the trail. Prepare your team for a hectic battle! -Mewtwo" Fluttershy looks at Rainbow as they start walking along the path. They see many exotic plants as they walk, including some remaining vines from when Gloriosa had become Gaia Everfree. It doesn't take them long to reach the end of the path where Fluttershy and Rainbow can see Moltres roosting in a tree. Fluttershy walks up to the tree, before turning to Rainbow. "Well, we found Moltres," Fluttershy says as she walks back to Rainbow. "Now all we need to do is find a way to get it out of the tree." "Why don't you try using Charizard?" Rainbow suggests as Fluttershy pulls a Pokeball from her backpack. "Because I'm still not very comfortable around it," Fluttershy says as she throws the Pokeball, releasing Prinplup who emerges engulfed in a bright land. Upon landing, the bright light diffuses, revealing that Prinplup had evolved into an Empoleon. "Empoleon, attack the tree!" Fluttershy commands. Empoleon rushes forward and headbutts the tree, which causes Moltres to fall to the ground, waking up in the process. Moltres lands and attacks by engulfing itself in a harsh light. Empoleon attacks with Bubblebeam, sending a stream of bubbles at Moltres which pop upon touching it. Moltres then attacks by unleashing Sky Attack, which makes it charge into the Empoleon with powerful wings of light. Empoleon runs forward and uses Drill Peck spiraling into Moltres as it pecks its beak into Moltres. Moltres uses the opportunity to absorb the surrounding sunlight. As Empoleon jumps back, Moltress unleashes Solar Beam, which knocks Empoleon over to Fluttershy's feet where it lays unconscious at her feet. "You did great, Empoleon!" Fluttershy says as she returns Empoleon to its Pokeball. She reaches into her backpack to pull out another Pokeball when her hand feels a piece of paper. She pulls it out and reads it as she reaches for Pikachu's Pokeball. 'I hope you received my gift. Ness mentioned that you have a Charizard, so I think you can use this gift. Next time you send out Charizard, it should have a bracelet with it. Put it on your arm. I gave Ness a special object that will react with the stone in that bracelet. He should have hopefully given it to your Charizard. To get it to work, place your finger on the stone in the bracelet. -Calem' Fluttershy stops reaching for Pikachu's Pokeball as she hands the paper to Rainbow and starts to reach for a different Pokeball. "Go get 'em, Charizard!" Fluttershy says as she throws the ball, unleashing the giant fire-breathing lizard the ball contained. "Charizard!" Charizard yells as it looks expectantly at Fluttershy. "Here goes nothing!" Fluttershy says as she touches the stone in her bracelet. Upon touching the stone, the bracelet becomes engulfed in purple light and four rays of purple light emerge from both the stone and Charizard. The purple light slowly forms a purplish sphere that surrounds Charizard. After a few moments, Charizard shatters through the sphere looking slightly different than it had before. It looked sleeker, more aerodynamic than it had before. In addition, there were several additional features. Protruding from the top of its head was another significantly larger horn. Protruding from its arms was another smaller set of wings. Protruding from its tail were three small spikes. As Charizard looks back at Fluttershy triumphantly, Rainbow Dash says what Fluttershy realized. "Mega Charizard Y!" Charizard looks up at the bright sunlight that showed up after it Mega Evolved before it quickly flies forward and unleashes a large ball of fire that reaches Moltres before it explodes violently, knocking Moltres back into the tree it had previously been sleeping in, breaking it before it falls to the ground. Fluttershy reached into bag and pulled out an Ultra Ball as an exhausted Charizard walked back over to Fluttershy. Charizard waits for Fluttershy to throw the ball before it nuzzles her. Fluttershy gently pats it as she gets up and walks over to pick up the Ultra Ball, only to turn around and see that Charizard followed her all the way there. "Great job, Charizard," Fluttershy says as she embraces the giant lizard before she returns it to its Pokeball and puts it and the Ultra Ball into her backpack.