Sunset was walking for a while in the forest. Sure, she could have used Mew’s teleport to directly head to Santalune and challenge the Gym Leader immediately, but she felt like that would be too easy. So she had the intention of grinding her two Ralts by defeating wild pokemons, and if she was lucky, capture one or two Psychic type Pokemons to add to her team. She had already defeated a lot of wild pokemons, so many that both of the Ralts were exhausted and needed rest.
“Phiew, i am feeling bad for beating all those poor wild pokemons, she thought. But i am sure they will be okay after a few hours.”
Sunset felt suddenly thirsty and looked for a water source. She explored for a moment the surroundings and found one. The only problem was it was kept by 3 menacing pokemons, All panda-like. She noticed that they were looking apathic, almost depressed.
”Why are these 3 creatures so depressed? she thought. If only i could touch them, i would be able to know what happened.”
She walked slowly in the direction of the 3 pokemons. These ones saw her, but didn’t gave a fuck about it. Sunset came close enough of one and touched his arm. She saw him and his 2 buddies attacking a group of two little pokemons, a Motisma-Dex and a man with a familiar costume and voice. She heard what the Motisma-Dex said about the fact that these leaf in their mouth were so important for them that if they lose it, they would become depressed. She stopped reading his memories.
“How, you are sad because you lost your lucky leaf, she said. Hum, let me see if the Pokedex have more to say about them.”
She read on the Pokedex that Pangoro’s lucky leaf, if lost, can only be replaced by a new one of a particular bamboo species.
”Where can i found one of these bamboo leaves? she thought. Hum, the Pokedex can certainly told me where i can find some.”
She searched for the location of the spot and found that she was just at 3 kilometers in direction of the East. She remembered passing there and so, asked Mew to teleport them at this place. She disappeared, and reappeared in the middle of the Bamboo plantations. She picked 3 leafs that she put in her pocket. Mew brought her back in front of the group of Pangoro’s and gave each of them a leaf. The 3 pokemons immediately recovered their energy and looked at Sunset.
“Oh, crap!! what i was thinking?!” she said.
But the 3 Pangoro just ran away, which didn’t bothered Sunset at all. She decided to drink some water of the river. Then, one of the Pangoro’s came back with something in his hands. He gave it to Sunset and smiled, then left her alone definitively. Sunset looked at the object and saw that was something shiny and looking like a Mega-Gem. She used her Pokedex once again to got info on that stone and learned that was a Galladite, which she kept in her bag.
”Awesome, she thought. But that man i saw when i read Pangoro’s memories was so familiar, this costume, i’ve seen it somewhere before. That voice also sounded familiar...No, could that be him?”
She was feeling excited at the idea that her brother was also trapped in that world.
”The fire, that voice, no doubt, she said. This is Sunlight for sure!! I can’t believe he is also in this world, in the same region than me, i have to find him!! But where? I need to calm down and focus on catching one more pokemon for the Gym battle...”
She passed 2 hours to search for a Psychic or Fairy type pokemon in the woods. But she didn’t find any and began to think she should directly head to Santalune right now. But at the moment she was giving up, she saw a strange yellow pokemon not far from her. She scanned it with her Pokedex and learned that the creature was an Abra, a Psychic type pokemon. Sunset decided to walk slowly in his direction and ordered Mew to help her for his capture.
“Mew, i will need your help to capture him, she said mentally to him. Can you do that for me?”
The pokemon answered by teleporting in front of Abra and then began to sympathize with him. The two pokemons had a talk and the Abra looked in the direction of Sunset. She deduced that Mew mentioned her name to him, then Mew took one of Sunset’s empty Pokeball and showed it to Abra. The little pokemon looked once again at Sunset and teleported in her hands, to next return in front of Mew and the Pokeball. At her surprise, Abra touched it and let himself get caught. Sunset took the pokeball and put it in her bag.
“Now, all i have to do is a little bit more grinding and we will be finally ready for the Gym Battle!!!” she said.
Meanwhile, on the way to the next city, Sunlight also decided to challenge wild pokemons to grind the level of his team. The 5 hours he passed to do so were worth it. Not only his Litten evolved into a Torracat and his Fennekin into a Braixen, he also caught two new pokemons: a Vulpix and a Houndour. Which he had time to train a little. But now, Sunlight was arrived to a place called the Battle Chateau.
“Finally, a place where me and my pokemons will be able to rest! he said. This place look like a medieval castle, i am sure this is a chic place to sleep.”
But when he entered, he saw a lot of trainers fighting against each other in Pokemon battles. Then, he is stopped by a man dressed elegantly.
“Hum, welcome to the Battle Chateau” he said to Sunlight.
“Battle...Chateau? asked Sunlight. Oh great...”
The man explained to the young trainer everything about the Battle Chateau.
“Hum, I can certainly do a couple of fight, he said, question of grinding the level of my Houndour and my vulpix.”
“If you are interested to battle, follow me” said the old man
Sunlight arrived in a place where many other trainers were talking or petting their Pokemons.
“Any new trainers who fight for the first time at the Battle Chateau are reunited in this room, said the man. To earn the title of Baron, you have to beat at least one of the trainer in this room in a Pokemon battle.”
The man let Sunlight alone with the others in the room. Many other trainers were looking at him, more especially, his costume. One of them, a girl, talked to him.
“Hey, this is a nice costume you have, she said. I love the hero-like style of it! Where did you find it?”
“Hum, Well, i made it myself, he answered, knowing that was not totally a lie. The style of my costume is based effectively on those of the modern era superheroes.”
“Oh, cool! she said. And what about the colors for your costume?”
“Well, i love these colors, they are representative of me, he said. I choose these shades of colors because i like fire a lot. I can even say it is my soul element.”
While he was speaking with the girl, The owner of the place told them they will soon begin to battle. After a speech, the man called the 6 trainers who would fight in 3 differents arenas and Sunlight was one of them. He found himself against a young kid who was intimidated by Sunlight’s costume.
“This battle will be one vs one, said the referee. Each trainer can only use one Pokemon!! The battle will finish when one of the two pokemons will faint!! Are you ready? send your pokemon!!”
“Alright!! said the young kid. i choose you, Skarmory!!!”
“A Steel type, uh? said Sunlight. Well, in that case, i send you, Braixen!!”
“Don’t let him attack, said the young trainer, Skarmory, use Air Slash”
“Braixen, use Flamethrower!!!” said Sunlight.
The fire attack entered in contact with the air blades, destroying them and hurting the Skarmory. Sunlight was surprised to see the opponent pokemon still flying in the airs.
“Finish him, said Sunlight. Use Flamethrower again!!!”
Braixen obeyed and stroke the poor Skarmory with the attack. The flying pokemon fell on the ground, K.O.
“No!! Skarmory!!” said the young kid.
“Skarmory fainted and can’t continue the fight, said the referee, the victory go to Sunlight Blaze!!”
Sunlight returned Braixen in her pokeball and hold the hand of the young trainer in symbol of respect.
“You are no joke!! said the kid. With that talent, you could easily reach the top!!”
“This is the type advantage who made the difference in this battle, said Sunlight. But you put a good challenge, continue like that and you too, could reach the top.”
Sunset, on her side, finally arrived to Santalune. Her first decision was to head directly to the local Gym Leader arena. By asking to people, she easily found her way. She entered in the building and yelled:
“I am here to challenge the Gym Leader!!”
“You don’t have to shout that loud, you know, said a woman voice. I am Viola, the Gym Leader you want to challenge”
“Nice to meet you, said Sunset. I am Sunset Shimmer!”
“Now that we are presented, let’s begin the battle!!” said Viola.
She quickly explained to Sunset the rules of the battle, then the referee did the same when the two were in the arena.
“I hope you are ready” said Viola.
“I am, answered Sunset. For my first Pokemon, i send you, Ralts!!”
“Hum, a Psychic type? said Viola, You do know that the Bug type is super effective on them”
“I know, she answered. But i have trained a lot before challenging you!”
“In that case, I send you, Masquerain!! said the Gym Leader. Use Signal Beam!!”
The Masquerain sent a beam of light in direction of the Ralts, who was not fast enough to dodge it. But thank to his fairy type, he resisted.
“That attack was fast, thought Sunset. I need to focus on the offensive!!”
Tarsal got up and looked at Sunset.
“Hum, wait until she attack” she said to him.
Viola ordered to her pokemon to use Signal Beam another time on Tarsal.
“Now!! use Double Team!!” said Sunset.
Ralts created a dozen of copies of itself and avoided the attack.
“Hum, good use of this move, said Viola. A pokemon using Double Team make him harder to hit. But you need to attack if you want to win!! Masquerain, use Air Slash multiple times!!”
The pokemon began to destroy Ralts’ clones quickly and Sunset knew she had to react fast.
“Use Teleport!! said Sunset. And then, Confusion!!”
The Ralts disappeared and reappeared behind the Masquerain and used Confusion to bring the pokemon down. Masquerain got up but was confused.
“He is confused!!” said Sunset.
Viola’s pokemon hurted itself against the walls and the branches of the nearby trees. Ralts used that advantage to spam Confusion and put K.O the Masquerain.
“Masquerain is not able to fight anymore, said the referee. The first victory goes to our challenger!!!”
Sunset's Ralts felt suddenly weird and started to glow in a shiny blue light.
“What is happening!?” asked Sunset.
“Look like your Ralts is evolving!” said Viola
Ralts finished to evolve, he had tripled of size his look changed a lot. Sunset took her Pokedex and analyzed her pokemon. Ralts evolved into a Kirlia and judging by the Pokedex description, had acquired more power and versatility. Meanwhile, Viola sent her second Pokemon, Vivillion.
“Okay, you can do it, Kirlia, said Sunset. I believe in you!!!”
Suddenly, one of Sunset’s item in her bag appeared near Kirlia. That was the Dawn Stone she received from the jeweler. She immediately suspected Mew, and when she was near to reprimand him, she saw Kirlia touching the stone. The same blue light appeared around him.
“What? said Sunset. Kirlia is evolving again?”
“No way, said Viola, I heard some Pokemons evolve by using special stones!”
“Really? asked Sunset. The man who gave this stone to me told me that it was a Dawn Stone.”
“A Dawn Stone, you said? asked Viola. So that mean...”
Kirlia finished his evolution and revealed his final form.
“Awesome! said Viola. Your Kirlia evolved into a Gallade.”
“A Gallade? she said. I thought that Gardevoir was it’s final evolution.”
“Naturally, yes, answered the Gym Leader. Every Kirlia, female or male, can evolve into a Gardevoir with enough training. But what is amazing about Kirlia is if he is a male, you can evolve it into a Gallade by using a Dawn Stone.”
“Cool, i need to learn what he can do!!” said Sunset.
She used her Pokedex and analyzed Gallade. She learned that he was now a Psychic/Fighting type. Gallade, on his side, put away half of his old moves and decided to learn 2 totally new ones fitting with his style. He forced Sunset to touch his head so she could also acknowledge his new moveset. Then, she made a research on the 2 moves he learned.
“Wow, this moveset is awesome!! She said. Time to put them at the test!! Use Night Slash on Vivillion!!”
Gallade, fast as the lighting, made his arms glow dark and used them to strike Vivillion, which was thrown onto the ground.
“Wow, he is so fast!! said Viola. Quick, Vivillion, use Air Slash!!”
The pokemon hit Gallade with the attack, which sent him away.
“Great, said Viola, Now, use whirlwind!!”
“Are you okay, Gallade?” asked Sunset.
Her pokemon got up and showed to his master he was okay
“Good, use your arms and plant them into the ground!!” said Sunset.
Gallade obeyed and planted his arms into the ground.
“Go, Vivillion!! said Viola. Use Air Slash and Whirlwind consecutively!!”
Vivillion obeyed to Viola and spammed the two attacks repetitively on Gallade, which made him suffering a lot. But with the encouragements of Sunset, he was resisting.
“This is enough, Gallade, said Sunset. This is time to end her Pokemon! Use Teleport and Night Slash!!”
Gallade disappeared to instantly reappear behind Vivillion and stroke him with Night Slash. The attack was so powerful that the butterfly-like pokemon was projected against the walls of the arena.
“Vivillion is not able to continue the fight!! said the referee. The second and final victory goes to the challenger Sunset Shimmer!!”
Gallade fainted a short moments later and after congratulating him, Sunset returned him in his pokeball and so did Viola. She walked in direction of Sunset and gave her the Bug Badge.
“You are very talented, Sunset, she said. You are the second trainer today to challenge me and pull out a victory. Now, i have to prepare myself for the Battle Chateau.”
Viola left the arena and Sunset brought her Gallade to a Pokemon Center. One hour later, when her pokemon was fully healed, she decided to eat at a restaurant because she was hungry. When she was full, she made some shopping and then left the city.
”Oh no!! she though, i forgot to ask Viola if she saw Sunlight recently!! Wait, she told me she was heading to the Battle Chateau!! I can ask her here!”
Sunset looked on her Pokedex and selected the region map.
“Ha, there it is, she said. This is not too late!! Mew, Teleport me here!!”
Mew was sleeping in her bag.
”Oh, you must be kidding me right now, she thought. Well, guess i will have to walk...”
So, with her team, Sunset headed in direction of the Battle Chateau. Meanwhile, Sunlight had won his 10 victories and earned the title of Viscount. He also got the attention of Grant, the Gym Leader he would have to challenge next, which told him he would be waiting for Sunlight at Cyllage. So, he left the place and walked for another couple of hours, to stop when he saw the dusk coming. He was already installing his camp for the night. Sunset was also in the same situation than him, with the hope that she would finally found her brother tomorrow.