#sib's trainer

[wildflowercryptid]

now that kieran's champ look dropped, i could finally draw their mjverse designs for indigo disk. there's a 1 year timeskip between the 2 dlcs in my canon so i wanted to make them look a lil different to show that passage of time, ( carmine's not here bc i don't really see her look changing much. )

some info about what juliana and florian were up to during that 1 year gap under the cut! ⤵

JULIANA : after attaining her champion title and helping solve the team star situation, juliana's skills as a battler have become pretty well known around paldea. this new status initially ostracized her a bit from her peers, much like what nemona experienced, but she was able to show others that she was still just as approachable as she was before by tutoring some fellow students that wished to improve their battling skills. she's also realized that she really loves teaching others and is pretty damn good at it, too.

besides battling, juliana has also found a love of art thanks to hassel's art class. if you couldn't find her at the academy's battlefield, she'd most likely be working on a new piece in the art room. as a result, a lot of her clothes have speckled with paint ( like her favorite sneakers. ) seeing her passion for art and hoping to help her hone her skills, hassel took up the position as her mentor and is a great source of encouragement and support for her. juliana has also started dating penny soon after the end of post-game story.

FLORIAN : after getting back to mezagoza from his trip to kitakami, florian was a bit of an emotional wreak ( to say the least. ) he spent well over a month languishing over what happened with kieran, most of it spent moping around juliana and his shared dorm room while listening to heartbreak playlists. the rest was spent coming to the realization that his skills as a battler were still severely lacking. his last battle with kieran was an extremely close call, he only barely won with the skills he had gained during his journey through paldea. with how things were, there was no way he could fufill the duties of a pokémon professor if he couldn't effectively protect the pokémon entrusted to him, let alone himself or others he cares about. he couldn't keep resting on his laurels, he had to work towards improving himself.

so, for the past year, florian's poured himself into improving his battling skills with nemona and his sister's help. while he still isn't on their level, he's become quite the formidable battler. ogrepon, which he's given the nickname "pon-pon," has also become a staple of his team. the rest of his time is dedicated towards studying in the hopes of becoming pasio's next pokémon professor, being the most interested in mythology and terastallization. he still talks to arven frequently after he ( finally ) graduated, along with becoming friends with ortega and atticus. he even dated ortega briefly, but it was very clear that florian was still hung up on kieran so the relationship didn't last long, ( they're still good friends, though. )

when cyrano approaches the cavallari siblings and asks them to come to blueberry academy as exchange students, florian accepts the offer without hesitation. this could be his only chance to reconcile with kieran so there's no way he'd pass it up. juliana is happy to tag along since a school that focuses on battling sounds right up her alley, that and she's still peeved about not getting to go to kitakami. though, she's a little concerned for her brother and what may be waiting for him when they get there.

[fruitsofhell]

Old doodles of a couple of funny siblings I designed for Clawroline (noticably before the game came out cause I didnt know the animals didnt talk)

The big sis was based off of redesigns of her that made her more chunky in the traditional Kirby style, the lil sibling was based on ones that played into her circus/performer theme, and the black leopard brother was entirely my own creation. I just wanted her to have an equally vavavoom male kitty. (I love silly cartoon cats).

[sadraccoon061]

Marnie: Bro did ya even look at the recipe?

It's 3am and the spiky sibs have decided to bake cookies.

[ofstarsandvibranium]

since you’re taking requests can you do a roy x tartt!reader, like jamie is readers younger brother and is super protective even though he’s the younger one? maybe roy didn’t realize that reader was jamie’s sister since they’re so different, idk your writing is immaculate so i’m sure anything to come up with will be great <3

(thank you so much! hope you like this!)

"So...are you nervous?" you ask Roy as you and he walk up to Ola's, the place where you'll be having dinner as well as the place where Roy will be meeting your brother.

Roy scoffs, "Fuck no. But you seem to be," he says, smirking at you.

"Maybe a little," Roy cocks a brow at you and you switch it up, "Okay, yes, a lot. Can you blame me? I haven't introduced a boyfriend to my brother is ages! And he may be younger than me, but he's incredibly protective of me. So don't let him get to you if he becomes too much."

Roy scoffs again, "I think I'll be fine." He opens the door to Ola's, gesturing you to go first. When you do, you immediately rush over into the arms of a man. When Roy follows you, he stops. He knows that head of blonde walnut mist hair. The man pulls away and, "Oh fuck off!" Roy yells at none other than Jamie Tartt.

You immediately turn to your boyfriend, "Roy!"

Jamie's brows furrow and then his eyes widen, "Wait, no. You-He-You're dating grandad?!"

"Your brother's this twat?!"

"You guys know each other?!" you look at the men with an equal amount of disbelief.

Jamie shakes his head, "Hold on. How did you not know that we know each other?" he asks you in confusion.

"Roy said he coached football. He didn't tell me it was for Richmond!"

Jamie then turns to Roy, "And how did you not know that she's me sister?!"

"You don't look alike and you don't share the same last name!"

"Well, we're adopted sib-"

"And she always referred to you as Jam Jam!"

You get in-between the two men, "Alright, let's just calm down. Let's sit and order a round of drinks because we clearly need it."

Roy and Jamie nod, glaring at each other as they join you at the table.

After ordering some appetizers and sipping on your drinks, you clear your throat, "Alright. So there clearly needs to be some clarification here."

You gesture to yourself, "To explain myself, yes, Jamie, I only referred to you as Jam Jam when talking to Roy because I don't like name dropping you in case people want to get close to me just because we're family. And Roy never really disclosed specifics about his job. Also, you know I never really cared much about football because of him. Mummy would only just update me about if your team won or lost."

Jamie is leaning back in his chair, arms crossed over his chest and pouting like a child, "It's just fuckin' weird. You're dating grandad! He's me coach and trainer!"

"I didn't know that, Jamie," you emphasize, "Besides, I really like him," you reach over and rest your hand on Roy's, "Can't you be happy for me?"

"Fine," he mumbles and then sits up, "You're me sister and I love you, so I'll approve of," he waves his hand over you and Roy, "this."

"She wasn't asking for your permission, you twat," Roy rasps out.

"Whatever," Jamie shrugs, "But if you hurt her, I'll-"

"You'll what?" Roys asks, egging Jamie on, "She's her own person. A grown ass woman. She can handle herself. Besides," he laces his fingers through yours, "I don't plan on hurting her any time soon. I feel lucky to be the man she chose to date."

You look between your brother and boyfriend, giving a satisfied nod, "Great. Glad we've got that sorted out!"

[successionsmashorpass]

Tier 3

Blog Rules/Background

Characters who were in only one episode (or more but very briefly) with little impact to the overall plot, but impactful enough to be recognizable by viewers.*

Brex (Roman’s personal trainer)

Tellis (the sibs’ financial advisor)

Lisa Arthur (Ken’s lawyer/Shiv’s college friend)

Cyd Peach (head of ATN)

Colin Stiles (Logan’s bodyguard)

Mark Ravenhead (ATN host)

Jamie Laird (Waystar financial advisor)

Brian (Brian from management training)

Amir (Marcia’s son)

Chris (Shiv’s one night stand)

Oskar (Mattson’s right hand man)

Ebba (Mattson’s right hand woman + ex)

Josh Aaronson (Waystar shareholder)

Sam (Rat Fucker Sam)

Andrew Dodds (waiter killed by Kendall)

*based on my judgement.

[tumblertown-headcanons]

Team Belle Edition!

Ivan: Trainer Class- “Belle Team Co-Leader”

Metagross

Golem

Roaring Moon

Empoleon (Starter, the main water typing reminds him of Misra)

Lycanrock (Dusk) (Rockruff are super affectionate but the stones in their collars are painful when they rub against their trainers skin…you get it)

…Galarian Rapidash? (he loves Our Small Horses)

Misra: Trainer Class- “Belle Team Co- Leader”

Feraligatr “Richie” (Starter, its toughness reminds her of Ivan)

Tentacruel “Squidward”

Ludicolo “Lily” (she’s pretty cheerful)

Carracosta “Crush” (rock-water, perfect for the sibs)

Lapras “Lapis” (idk it just feels right)

Masquerain “Eyes” (reminds her of Anne)

Anne: Trainer Class- “Team Belle Admin”

(but is very nice to the player and would heal your team win or lose)

Parasect

(A stupidly strong) Vivillon (was her starter, she couldn’t get a standard one)

Accelgor

Orbeetle

Kleavor

Pheromosa “Elena” (she let Misra name it)

Caden: Trainer Class- “Team Belle Admin”

Skeledirge (death, afterlife, hell, yada yada that’s his starter)

Shiny Kantonian Rapidash (he thinks it’s cool, even cooler now that he knows Ivan likes it)

Umbreon (related to the moon)

Crabrawler (Cancer is the crab Constellation)

Trevanant (reminds him of his mom)

Darkrai (duh)

Bennet: Trainer Class- “Plucky Kid”

Torchick “Fluffy” (starter, reference to that one incorrect quote)

Pikachu “Charlie” (for reasons)

Zorua “Rascal” (he found it in the woods, it reminds him of Noir)

(Lil baby don’t have a full team yet)

Memiri: Trainer Class- “Windy Defector”

Dragapult (Can become invisible)

Gyrados (Mega Stone attached) (flying, affects the weather)

Castform (weather based again)

Staraptor (wimdy)

Crobat (evolves with friendship)

Corviknight (flying, she thinks they’re neat)

YOOOO!!! You cooked again

Memiri: @memiri-belle / @vaporeon2010317

Bennett, Ivan, Misra: @the-belle-siblings

Anne: @sagehyperfixates

[bespectacled-bookwyrm]

So Pokémon Masters added a camera function that lets you take photos of the Trainers.

I MAY have gone a bit bonkers with what I'm calling the "Family Photoshoots".

Funnily enough, through playing around with the expressions, I noticed that COLRESS seems to be more expressive than GRIMSLEY.

I just thought that was funny, but it does make sense.

(Roughly paraphrasing, one of Grimsley’s quotes is, 'a lot of of things make me happy, but I try not to let my emotions show.' Sounds like he really needs a holiday and somewhere he can properly relax.)

Also, Grimsley has a lot of expressions that involve baring his teeth.

It became downright comical when I was getting the positions and expressions right; the kids and Colress - in several photos, because you can only have three in a photo at once (boo) - are wearing these cheery expressions and bright smiles. . . And then there's Grimsley, looking like he wants to rip out someone's throat.

Grimsley, buddy. I asked you to SMILE for the camera, not SNARL.

(Also Alder, Colress, and N have a photo too. They are family now. Next up will probably be Colress and his sibs. Or him and his niece and nephew. Or him and his cousin- okay I'll stop now you get the idea. I'm just having a lot of fun playing around with headcanons. XD)

[cheemken]

Okay I need to share this lil AU I made before I just implode

Drayton is a hisuian zorua! He got isekai’d from hisui when Ingo/PLA protag managed to find a way back to present time! He landed in Unova along w/ Ingo but Drayton landed near opelucid city and was found by his soon to be parents! He was injured when they found him and he certainly didn’t trust them as ppl in hisui never treated him well (his zoroark parents were killed :( ) so they had a bit of trouble nursing him back to health until Drayden made a visit bc his son made a phone call about a weird zoura that was injured

Once Drayton saw Drayden he was literally just pikachu surprised face with stary eyes bc he thought Dreyden looked so cool!!!! So he begrudgingly allows his parents to nurse him back to health but he also sticks to Drayden like glue so he was nicknamed Drayton :)

Once he’s healed up he started causing mischief like zoura tend to do! Although he’s grown to like his parents along side Drayden now! One day he shifted to look like a human child similar to Drayden and Drayden’s son just to cause a bit of mischief and eventually he just starts spending a lot of time in his human form as he finds out being a human is fun!!! Like really fun!! Eventually one day his parents kinda just sit him down and ask him if he would like to be a human bc they notice he stays in that form a lot and become their son (they cannot have biological kids bc fertility issues so I imagine Iris is also adopted!) so he becomes their son and the nickname Drayton becomes his official name!!! Although he still shifts back to a zoura sometimes at home or in private!

I think iris was away training or something when Drayton first arrived and her parents just called her saying they adopted another kid but once she comes back home she’s told the full truth about her new baby bro and let me tell you, THEY HIT IT OFF INSTANTLY!!!!! Vibing together as dragon sibs!!!

Eventually Drayton becomes a trainer which is a little weird at first but all of his pkmn joined him willingly as they wanted to get stronger! Plus having a trainer who’s a Pokemon makes it easier for him to understand their needs and wants! He also enrolls into blueberry Academy for the fun of it as he wants to learn a lot about being human! He absolutely THRIVES in the polar biome as it reminds him of Alabaster Icelands!

No one but his family know he’s a zoura so making friends is a little challenging at first bc his first friend knew he was a zoura and now he’s keeping that part of himself hidden but eventually he meets the rest of the E4 and they all click quite well together!!!

Jeebus this ask is probably pretty long oops and I didn’t even talk about how’d Drayton would be when opelucid froze over, that’ll probably be its own ask lol~Drayton angst anon💛

You've heard of N is a Zoroark, now get ready for Drayton is a Zorua hahaha

That's interesting tho👀👀👀

Cute how he looks up to Drayden so much he wanted to look like a younger version of him hahaha

But also imagine tho if he and N interacts too, like N immediately knows Drayton is a Zorua, bc he thought it was his own Zorua. Imagine N and Iris arguing bc of that tho, N saying how hypocritical it is for Drayton, a Zorua, to disguise himself as a human, to "capture" his fellow pokemon. Ofc, Drayton was quite young during that, he was scared of N, but Iris was there defending him that N has a lot of nerve saying that, considering that he himself has captured pokemon too. N said those pokemon are his friends, Iris shot back how Drayton's pokemon are also his friends, he didn't capture them, they joined him willingly

It'd be cool to see if Iris and N have some sort of beef over that tho, bc ofc, N was kinda misguided at the start of the story, while Iris is rather protective of her brother. Even after things settled down and N tried to atone for his misdeeds, and while Drayton was starting to be comfortable w him, w N even leaving his own Zorua for Drayton, he and Iris still don't see eye to eye

But y'know as a mischievous Zorua, would he even be a slacker in this au? Imagine him turning to a Slakoth sometimes too that'd be cute hahah

[noveratus]

Alright, so after finishing playing through the pokemon DLC, here are my thoughts:

For the good parts: the DLC is fun to play and pleasantly challenging, which is new for a pokemon game. It feels great to just walk around catching pokemon to fill the pokedex. The characters are a mix bag with Kieran and Drayton being the highlights but still not quite meeting the greatness of Nemona and some of the Gym trainers. The other ones just disappear in the back as nothing but obstacles. I think that they lack a bit of the soul the gym trainers have even with less screen time. I also found Nemona to be a far more interesting rival than Kieran since you always get this sense she is better than you, even though you beat her. It feels like an older sibling letting their younger sib play with them and getting down on their level. Kieran is still pretty good and quite a plot twist considering the leaks and trailers. He never goes full villain, just kind of an ass out of jealousy, which I think is a pretty interesting concept. Kieran feels like what Hop should have been in Sword and Shield.

The environments are also really great and fun to explore, I love how much personality different pokemon have. I also prefer double battles over single battles as I found out. They do require more strategy.

The story also fits with the story of a DLC, that being you, the player, meet this shy kid who becomes filled with jealousy and tries to become the best by making things very unfun for everyone else only to be demonlished by the player. His desperation leads to him seeking an even more powerful pokemon that ends up being a threat and has to team up with the player to stop them (the pokemon should have been peacharunt, but alas.)

Now for the bad

While teal disk is really, really good, it also increases my disappointment when it comes to the actual main game.

Let's start with the features. Why is flying locked behind a pay wall? It doesn't even make any sense when you take into consideration the story of the game. One of the main missions is all about making the cover legendary better until it reaches its maximum power, and yet there it is, gaining another 'form.' The return of throwing balls and even BBQs are things that I think should have been in the base game. Also, couldn't they have added at least a few more clothing options to the main game?

I can understand the legendaries being behind the pay wall, that's fine. The new areas, new pokemon, all of that is alright. That is what you put in a DLC, but a whole mechanical gimmick in the form of the stellar type, it only goes to show just how unfinished the core games were at launch. At this point, it feels less like the DLCs are extra content and more so that they are what the actual game was meant to be, but due to time constraints, they were half assed and, instead, if you want to play the actual game you have to pay another 30 bucks on top of the 60 that you paid for the unfinished, unpolished mess of a half game that was the core games. Ironically, this almost makes me miss the 3rd games in the franchise because, if you waited a year, you could just pay for the game once.

The last hour of the DLC feels like it was the hour that was missing from the central story of the game. Just replace Kieran with Arven being upset that his parents cared more about the pokemon than him, replace Briar with Nemona, and be excited to meet a new pokemon and Carmine with Penny and you can have the exact same story. Hell, it would make more sense for Geeta to trust the player and trainers from paldea with the investigation of the crystals instead of complete strangers. What was Nemona up to in Indigo Disco anyway? Are you telling me that Geeta would ask for the help of Carmine instead of Nemona? Nemona, whose original team we have yet to see? Don't get me wrong, I like the plotline in the DLC. I just don't think that that last part deserves to be DLC. It simply feels incredibly unfair and greedy. The least you can do is put out one complete main story instead of half assing 3 of them.

That's my rant, anyway. Expect a rewrite of these games soon. For the record, I really, really like the dlc. I would give it a solid 8.5/10. However, seeing it and what the base game could have been makes the core games drop down quite a bit, from a 6.5/10 to a 4/10.

[alexglitches]

For the biker aesthetic sibs: Ace shitting his pants when he meets Entei and Moltress the day he tried to make fun of their trainer and this Yuu's rotom being a little shit showing the Pokédex entries that are precisely the scariest of these two. And if the fire biker's twin has Kyurem in their team, the redhead is regretting every decision in his life.

hahsjahajsjsjjs

i love how we all just bully ace whenever there’s an ultra powerful character/Pokémon involved lmao

ace would be absolutely t e r r i f i e d of them, they pop out to protect their trainers from his harassment and he sees his entire life flashing before his eyes XD

[trio-of-chaos]

ok ok, if we're gonna go with this whole combine blog thing we need to do an intro post

intro post?

yeah, introduce ourselves. Our names, what we do, who we are. This kind of stuff

oh, makes sense

who wants to go first?

I'll go first cause the blog used to be mine

aight

*caham*

HELLO THERE ROTUMBLR!!!!

My name is Amy, formely known as the goomyanon. I live in lostlorn with my two buddies where I have a goomy farm :D. I'm also Cresselia's chosen one.

I'm aroace, she/her, 6'2, 19 years old and my bday is in november 19(I'm a scolipede >:D)

my texts will be in purple and my tag is #chaotic neutral

here's my trainer card (I also have cider, the applin, but he's more of a little guy than part of a battling team so...)

ALSO A PIC OF ME :D

hey there everyone

I'm Aiden, local hot boy, professional simp and the guy this site loves to bonk for some reason. I live in lostlorn with my girlfriend and boyfriend and I love them both so much and they're so perfect I'm the happiest man ever

I'm pan, he/him, 6'1, 20 years old and my birthday is in september 18(I'm a gothorita -u-)

my texts will be in orange and my tag is #chaotic good

and here's my trainer card

and a better photo to show me :D

um, hello

the name is Klaus. I work as a barista at staryubucks and I'm Aiden's boyfriend (lucky me). Horny on main, love to tease and now living with them cause they wouldn't stop bothering me /j

I'm gay, he/they, 5'8, 20 years old and I was born in april 8(aries ^3^)

my texts will be in red and my tag is #chaotic evil

trainer card

and a pic (try not to fall for me lol)

//TIME FOR THE OOC THINGS WOOOOOOOOOO

//firstly, hey, I'm Willow

//this blog was known as goomyanon but to help me deal with my ocs and stuff, I combined goomygirllover into this and added my boi Klaus into the mix (he is not truly evil, he's just loves to tease and is a bit arrogant sometimes)

//all of them in one post is tagged as #the chaotic trio

//and all the sibs will be turned into something else (idk what yet, but probably something related to family)

//some other characters that will appear (I'll add their way of talking as they come)

mitochondria, Amy's reuniclus, talks in green

cresselia, who chose Amy, talks in pink

704573r, 4my'5 r070m ph0n3, 74lk5 1n l337(toaster, amy's rotom phone, talks in leet)

《Byte, Aiden's poryphone2, talks with these things surrounding it》

and the new character

tech, Klaus' poryphone, talks in lucille

[shadowmaat]

talk it up

Random theory of the day:

Some of the clones, particularly the older ones and Commanders, know a smattering of Mando'a. Not because they feel like they're Mandalorians, though. No, they learned it because it's what their trainers spoke when they wanted to say things without the troopers understanding them. They learned it out of spite so they could eavesdrop and learn what to expect or which sib might be in trouble, or whatever rumors the trainers passed along.

The clones pick up languages quickly. Part of that is genetic tinkering, part of it is for "tactical advantage" (as above), and partly they just like to learn.

Battalions tend to pick up the language of their General, where possible. Low Nautila, which is "spoken" underwater, consists mostly of pheromones, body movements, and a little sign. That's a bit beyond the troopers. High Nautila, however, which was designed to be spoken above the waves (and yes, the names are definitely a joke designed by the Nautolans) is more verbal and Kit's troopers pick up as much as they can. Including a lot of very creative swears that Kit is only too happy to pass along.

Aayla's troopers pick up Ryl easily enough and can use it both to chat amongst themselves and, occasionally, impress dancers and waitstaff at bars.

Obi-Wan taught his troopers "Stewjoni," which they thought was from his native world. When they learned it was something he and his friends made up as Junior Padawans they fought back by making up words of their own (some borrowed from their sibs in other battalions), leaving Obi-Wan a bit bemused- and amused- when they started peppering in words and phrases he didn't know. [Stewjon: "Stew" for Master Stewinski, who taught their Philosophy of Language class and "Jon" for Jonnuki, a character on their favorite holoshow who always mixed up her words.]

Troopers with wookiee generals tend to go through a lot of throat-soothing teas and lozenges. If they get their pronunciations wrong their generals are happy to help, usually by finding ways to say things that are easier on human throats. The workarounds can get a bit fanciful but everyone (troopers and Jedi alike) are very pleased with the results.

Words and phrases also get traded back and forth between battalions. You can usually tell which units are friendly with each other by listening to what languages they speak.

Not always, though; sometimes troopers will also pick up stuff while on missions. Or by spending too much time in multi-species bars. Or, of course, the dreaded holonet. Posting may be monitored, but reading is less regulated. Especially if there's a slicer around.

[knife-bug]

Hello! I’m Tempest. Some people call me Temp. She/her.

Got reminded of this site by my sibling, @sillylittlerocktypes, decided to try having a blog again.

I kinda work as a researcher? For some reason, I keep encountering legendary Pokémon and they want to know more about them

Hoping to become a bug gym leader one day. How do they even hire gym leaders?

Trainer card:

No, I’m not Clair. They couldn’t take a picture of me so I just selected from their default ones.

//ooc below the cut!

hehe Tempest go brr

Tempest is, in-lore, 23. Mun, is, in-lore, not even eighteen yet. /silly

Tempest comes from a dnd-inspired Pokémon campaign. Lore will be from there. So Team Void may or may not be a team already here on Rotomblr (I don’t know), but Tempest will be talking about the Team Void present in her own universe.

Feel free to ask her things! About her team, about herself, etc! In fact, it’s heavily encouraged! Please for the love of Arceus send me asks . (Unless it’s nsfw, as mun is a minor. Last name is also off-limits because honestly I really don’t feel like giving Tempest and her sibs last names)

She actually has a lot more Pokémon, but I definitely can’t fit them in a Tumblr post. Ask about her Croconaw who has people worshipping it! /VSILLY /ij

Tempest can be violent. She will swear. She will jokingly threaten people. Let me know if you’re not comfortable with that or if there’s something I should tag.

Transphobics, homophobics, etc DNI

pelipper mail on, magic anons off (for now)

this is yet another one of @unovian-skies Rotomblr blogs.

[inkinary]

POV: you are eelektross playing hide and seek and you loST A BABY OH GOD H O W

Quotes in italics are in Pokemon-speak.

______________________________________

Just another average day.

Eelektross let out a hiss as he stretched, letting a gentle surge of electricity crackle over his fins. It had been a while since he had slept like that. Granted his injuries from the past battle may've had something to do with it, but there was nothing left of them but a memory. The sun was beaming through Emmet's window, sending rectangular reflections across the grey-wood flooring. He shook out his arms, pushing himself out of his blanket-nest to glance around the room.

Average day indeed. 

The bedroom of the subway bosses wasn't really a single room, but rather two rooms that had the wall between cut into an open doorway; leaving open passage from one to the other. Both sides were decorated in the preferred color of the twin they housed, Emmet taking to whites, russets, and fluffy, while Ingo preferred blacks and greys with smooth detail. Both also contained train memorabilia from various conferences and conventions, complete with a model subway system running through both sides of the conjoined room.

No sign of his trainer, or his brother either. He let out a sigh.

Another rough night I assume.

He pushed off the ground, hovering over to the bed. Sure enough, the bed was covered in a small collection of the newest hatching of Joltik, a note nestled in the middle of them. Emmet must've placed it there before he woke up. He nudged his trainer's letter out of the hoard, being careful not to disturb any of the babies in the process.

Conductor:

I have departed early to meet with Elisa. Ingo is with me. I do not know if you can read this, but I thought you should know. Please feed the Joltik. We will return before our schedule starts.

-Emmet-

The Eelektross chuffed a laugh at him, gently picking the Joltik off his trainer's bed and settling them down on his now empty nest. He tried to work quickly, giving them gentle charges to get them woke up. On the thirteenth tiny arachnid, the little one was already awake, blinking two pairs of purple eyes up at him, smiling.

He had forgotten timothy was an early riser.

"G'mornin Mr. Snaky-thing!"

Conductor let out a fond chuckle, patting the little one's bristly head.

"Goodmorning Timothy. How did you sleep?"

The little spider skittered up onto his shoulder, using his forelegs to begin smoothing his ruffled fur. He wasn't quite good at grooming himself just yet, and his permanent bed-fur on top didn't help, but he was doing his best.

"I'sleeped good! Billie and Dresden lemme sleep on Mr Emmet's head this time! They saids it was 'cause I'm the softedest and he needed to be comfy."

Conductor let out a hum, nodding as he helped the little Joltik smooth over a particularly stubborn spike of fur. One by one the hoard of tiny spiders began to wake up, each one clambering off of Emmet's comforters or one of their siblings as they shook sparks off of their bristles. One of the biggest walked up to the Eelektross and settled on the opposite shoulder from Timothy, her face serious.

"Mr Emmet had some nightmares last night. He stayed up almost all night with Mr Ingo."

Conductor let out a soft chuff, helping some of the littler spiders down to the floor.

"Thank you, Citrine. Were you the one who instigated the Electric Blanket?"

She grinned, her fur bristling with pride.

"Mr Ingo asked me to keep his brother comfortable so he could sleep in, so I gathered the sibs!"

Timothy giggled from his other shoulder.

"Mr Emmet likes snuggies!"

The electric starter let out a fond sigh, watching as his charges began to gather around with minimal bumps and scrapes. Some of the more tough-spirited ones had gotten into a morning wrestle, but they were already coming to a resolve.

"That he does. Thank you all for stepping in while we were all asleep, I'm sure your momma was very thankful."

A chorus of tiny voices answered.

"You weawcome Mr Eely!"

"We like to help!"

"Yeah! He's comfy!"

"Momma said thanks lots!"

"MR. EMMET DID AS WELL."

The Eelektoss laughed, his tail swaying behind him in the air as he floated. He leaned in closer to the little spiders, his eyes sparkling.

"Why don't we play a game of hide-n-seek as a reward for the wonderful job you all have done after breakfast?"

The number of chittering cheers he got in response was almost deafening. He settled onto the ground, letting out a happy chirp.

"Alright then! Onwards!"

Timothy chittered from his shoulder, pointing his forelegs out toward the kitchen in an 'L'.

"All Abooooaaard!"

Conductor laughed, saluting the best way he could before heading into the kitchen.

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All the Joltik were fed, and the empty batteries disposed of.

Now time for the fun to begin.

Conductor settled to the ground, dimming his electrical field enough so he could no longer sense the other tiny fields around him. He wanted the game to at least be a little more fair.

"Alright Hatchlings. I will count to thirty, and you will hide. When I am done, I will come find you."

One of the joltik stuck her leg in the air.

"Wassa thirty?"

The Eelektross stuttered for a second, trying to determine how to explain numbers to a youngling. He shook his head.

"How 'bout this. I will say 'Here I come' and you try to hide before I find you?"

All of the joltik cheered, all of them scuttling off to various corners of the apartment to hide. The electric eel mentally began counting down from forty.

This was going to make their little days.

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"Here I come!"

Conductor slowly began his rounds around the house, depending on his eyesight and hearing alone to find the little spiders.

Xena, Trevor and Dresden had gotten into a playfight over a hiding spot in the cupboard, so they were easy to find. Uric, Zap, Ivy, Nola and Clay had all chosen the bathtub to hide in, promptly eliminating them due to their shouts of surprise when they hit a water droplet. Billie had tried to disguise herself as a plushie, luckily, he had memorized how many Emmet had and discovered there was one extra. He found at least ten attempting to become a bunch of bananas, but unfortunately, he was aware bananas were NOT fuzzy, nor did they giggle when poked.

That left Citrine and Timothy.

Conductor slithered through the living room again, keeping his eyes peeled for any flashes of yellow. Citrine was a master at hide-n-seek, being the oldest of the hatching, but Timothy being second surprised him. Typically the tiniest of the hatching had trouble finding a good hiding spot, let alone keeping it away from his sibs (Dresden to be frank). He smiled to himself.

He was glad.

The electric eel turned toward the hall. There wasn't much there, but the closet might be a good spot...

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The subway bosses had come and gone, grabbing their coats before heading to work, but he still hadn't found the last two joltik. He had employed the other siblings on hunting them down, telling them whoever found them gets an extra battery.

Citrine was found only five minutes later; she had disguised herself as a yellow flower in the guest bedroom. Clever girl.

Still no Timothy.

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It was hour six of hide-n-seek.

He was officially in panic mode.

Conductor had abandoned his chivalrous rule of 'No sensing through electric fields' by hour three, his own electrical field stretched as far as he could push it. He roared as loud as he could.

"Timothy?!"

A chorus of little voices joined his call, each of the siblings searching high and low for the missing spider. He had even employed the remaining pokemon the brothers had left behind in the search. Rumble tottered in through the door, the Excadrill's face grim as he dusted off his metal claws.

"Nothing through the vents."

Conductor wove through the air, tendrils of electricity zapping off of him to any nearby metal or conductive object. How could he have LOST Timothy? There was only so far a little spider could go in the apartment, and he was SURE the nooks and crannies of the place was spiderproofed.

He shouldn't have been able to get out at all...

Where was he?

The electric eel sped through every room for what felt like the millionth time, looking through every crack and crevice all the while sending out electrical calls.

Nothing.

It wasn't like the little Joltik not to answer. He was adventurous, sure, and he got lost in his own little imagination MAAAAANY times, but he always came when called.

Why wasn't he answering?

Had he wandered off somewhere?

Had he gotten outside the building somehow? There were all manner of predatory pokemon out there...

Oh, Arceus, was Timothy DEAD!?

The sound of the lock turning snapped him out of his spiral of thoughts. The bosses. They would know what to do! He took off for the door, his heart hammering as he tried to formulate how to communicate one of his trainer's beloved Joltik had gone missing under his care.

Fuse was going to kill him.

The door swung open, and a chittering laugh broke his formulated plan. Emmet and Ingo stepped through the door, toting several Pokemart bags and a human takeout bag.

And there, perched on Emmet's hat, sporting a smile and a tiny grey copy of the hat himself, was Timothy.

Relief flooded his body as Timothy waved a foreleg at him, his purple eyes burning with adventure and delight.

"MR SNAKY THING!!! YOU GOTS TO HEAR WHAT WE DID!!"

Maybe today wasn't as average as he had thought.

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TIMOTHY RETURNS!!!

I had SO MUCH FUN with this one, Ansley! (I'm pretty sure you're Ansley). Writing Emmet's starter was a bit difficult, and I struggled with exactly what personality he would have, but overall, I'm VEEEEEEERY proud of how it turned out. I took the liberty of naming the Bosses' pokemon, it just felt more personal that way than calling them by their pokemon names.

Thank you SO SO SO much! It's always a pleasure!!

-Embargo-

[deltarune-au-domain]

So if this is a domain for AUs, how many do you currently have? (Counting the three newbies) And are they all your creations, or are there others in The Hive?

Oh gezze, I have ALOT. If I were to include my old Undertale AUs, I'd have over 80!!!

Bit I'm not gonna count those. I'm gonna make a list of all the aus I remember that I have.

My AUs

Swaprune green

Rulesrune

Swaprules

Broken triangle

Felltaswap green

Deltafell purple

Tever1nale

Deltadulahuan

Rune of the lost (Deltabeans)

Rune of the plague

Deltaronpa (Fangan vs)

Everyone is Ralsei

Soulgrave

The adventures of The Commissioner and Hexie

Underrune Blue

Unsuspected Cast

Super Fusion AU

Susie and Sibs

Species Shift

Golden Thumb Asgore AU

Shade World

Stone Spade route

Vess, Dess, and Azzy

Blended Strawberries

My Deltarune Chara

Bird you farewell

Deltarune Dotted

Humanswap

CATT (Charas against terrible timelines)

As for individual characters

Honeycomb Ralsei

SugarCube Sweet

Ello Kris

Swearwire

Hide!Spamton

Counterfeit Spamton

Spamton ꙮ Spamton

Krels 'vil (me)

Birbly

Headless Kris

Gaster Flowey

Photo!Mike

E-17 Dess

Portal Jevil

Potoo Birdly

Cookies n' Cream Ralsei

Velvet Ralsei

Ghost Ralz (Fusion of Velvet and Deltafell)

Ralsintine

Fritz

Addamoon

Misery Lancer

Snooze

Asquew

Chilly Fry

Tonspam

Flowey Ralsei

Jay

Robie

Levie

Jemon

Junk rabbit

Crakle King

Craft Flowey

Keesh Queesh

Big Soul worm

Seragranate

Vessel 8.0

Purple Berdly

Science Monster Kid

Empty Ralsei

Sharp Ralsei

Florafiya Ralsei

Bomb Ralsei

Spooder Ralsei

Fresh Jevil

Sans Ralsei

Ralsei Sans

Ralzuse

Villa

Shade Chara

Shadow Frisk

Dusk Kris

Goner Mew Mew

Shiny Mew Mew

Candy Mew Mew

Dess "Ember" Holiday

Bevan

Snipper

Dolly

Realsei

Krosp

Lone Target

Mini Crowned Ralsei

Ones that were based on asks or given to me.

Everyone is a werewire AU

Everyone is plugged AU

Everyone is a different animal AU

Ratthew

Fresh Ralsei

Worldwire

Sockizes

Influencer Spamton

Ralruru

Poppup Trainer

Ice queen Noelle

Error Tasque Manager

Smol Lizard

Tennie

Robot Noelle

Negative Ralsei

Inverted Ralsei

Spiral Ralsei

Permafrost Noelle

That's all I can remember lol.

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Diamond In The Rough Ch12 The Battle Tower

"An invite to a tournament held by Leon?"

"Uh huh. That's right. He jus' mailed it to me an' in his letter asked me to give you yours. MA and my lil sibs already all got one."

After seeing it was from Leon his curiosity peeked and he went ahead and opened his own letter reading the contents over before he decided to come and find you to give you the good news, and the copy of the invite Leon had included in the envelope with specific instructions asking him to deliver them to you. Of course he obliged, it also gave him an excuse to see his diamond in the rough. He smiled holding out the second invite to you knowing you'd want to have it as soon as possible, so he came right to your dorm room to hand it over.  you took the invite from him blinking down at it.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. I kinda already read through mine. There's gonna be some battle events and a party afterwards. All the gym leaders and their extended families are invited."... blue eyes smiled a bit wider at you. "Plus we each get to pick out a plus one as a date to the party. So I figured I'd ask my beautiful girlfriend for that honor.~"

You gave him a look raising a brow. "I-..Dunno if I'd be able to go Gordie."

And he seemed surprised. "Huh? But why?! Ya got a personal invite from Lee."

"Because I'm in college right now!" You gestured to your dorm room. "And this is taking place next month. Even without Christmas break, I'd still miss a few days of class. I don't know if they'd let me miss any days, and what if I start falling behind-"

"So you don't wanna go?"

"I DO!", you practically yelled making him blink back a bit, "I'd love to go with you! And I'd love to see all my friends again! But..I don't KNOW if the school would LET me go..And I wouldn't have anyone to take care of my pokemon while I'm gone."

Gordie fell silent for a moment ...before he again smiled and grabbed your shoulders gently, "Hey. Don't worry 'bout anythin'! I'm gonna talk to the dean and GET you that time off!"

"Really!? You'd do that for me!?"

"Absolutely! I'm not goin' if you can't come with me!" A small mightyena with a toy in his mouth walked past the both of you catching his attention, "And-...And-.." He blinked back to it surprised...before slowly pointing at it. "What is..that!?"

"Hm?" You turned your head. "Oh! That's Night. He's my new mightyena Cerberus kidnapped from Emerald."

He just looked back at you. "He's your new wot kidnapped by who from where!?"

-Small Time Skip-

"Tell me what's going on again there," he said while folding a shirt to put into the almost stuffed suitcase.

Elsa, who was helping her brothers packed, sighed. "We're invited to Wyndon's first ever Battle Of The Leaders Tournament to show the world Galar's strongest pokemon trainers. It's in honor of Prince Lear from the Pasio Region."

"Ah, right." He continued fumbling to fold the shirt back and place it back down. "And that's Who again?"

"The special guest that we need to impress. He's coming all the way from Pasio to pick n' chose who gets a chance to compete in the Pasio Region's Masters League with other Gym leaders, trainers, and people from all over the world. It's a big deal that the Chairwoman thinks will help Galar's reputation back on track."

He nodded. "So what's the main events we're doing there anyways?"

"The Battle Tower event's first! And that's where I'M gonna star in!," She proudly explained holding up something made of paper towards him. "Lee sent you all the details in the letter if you just want to read it yourself."

"Elsa please."

"*sigh* Basically the battle tower is goin' to be for all the new pupils the gym leaders have taken on, myself included. We're going to battle our way up Rose Tower until there's only one last person standing, and that person's going to have the chance to battle Mr. Leon himself. And that person's gonna be me! I'm trained by Ma after all and she's the strongest Gym Leader!"

"M' sure you will! And what's the second one?"

"Dunno. It only says that one's staying a surprise until we get there but there's gonna be a couple guests battlers joining us for whatever it is," Sebastian said adjusting his glasses.

"Sweet! I can't wait to see 'em. Battling a Prince is a once in a lifetime opportunity."

A month passed by within a blink of an eye and soon it was time to go. Gordie had a rather long talk with the dean and convinced him it was a good idea to let you go on the promise you'd make up classes later, and the local pokemon daycare agreed to house your pokemon until you got back after he also had a chat with them. You were so happy when he was able to deliver the good news, which lead to now. People were lining in the streets and sidewalks near the exit to Hammerlocke to see them off. It brought a smile to his face. The flying taxies Leon had called in advance to tell them that would be their transport was there, and when he got there, you were already there backpack thrown over your shoulder and Silver at your heels. Oh. So he guessed you were still bringing along your main pokemon. He would not let you go by yourself it seemed as the little drizzlie literally clung to your leg like a toddler not caring if he embarrassed you. You were staring at the flying taxies with an uncomfortable look but when the sounds of cheering from the crowd picked up you turned your head and smiled upon seeing the Gordie along with his mother and siblings walking towards you.

"Hey! Gordie," you greeted with a wave and smile. Ba-bump. Oh..Arceus. He could feel his own cheeks light up a bright pink at her beautiful smile. He came to a stop in front of you followed by the triplets stopping beside him. "I thought you guys weren't going to make it. I was waiting here for a bit and then this.." You gave the taxi another unenthusiastic look. "..ride showed up."

''Didn't Lee tell you in the letter that'd we'd be going by taxi?", he asked raising a brow.

You nodded. "Yeah..I'm not too fond of flying. Why is it always flying?"

"Well if we wanna get there on time we've got ta take the fastest transport ta get there." He gave a look back up to the giant corviknight and it's driver perched high and mighty above the sturdy metal taxi cabin. "And this is it. We'll be there in no time."

You groaned but nodded. "Yeah. I guess so. But I don't understand why we couldn't just take the train! Wyndon has a train station!"

"Well that would've taken us a lot longer ta get there then if we did, and it'd be rude to refuse the taxi when the driver was already paid for in advance to get us. Don't you think?"

He could almost chuckle when you groaned and let your arms flop to the sides. But since you wanted to go, and you felt obligated being formally invited by the Champion and Chairwoman, you would have to travel with Gordie and his brothers inside the flying taxi, while Melony and Elsa rose in the other since there wasn't enough room for all of you in the taxi. Needless to say you had sadly gotten used to this kind of travel even if you didn't like it. The trip over there was a blur to Gordie. He remembered the cheers the crowd had given you all as you stepped into the taxi, him letting you go first followed by his little brothers. Ladies first as they say, and waving to the crowd, before he himself sat on the seat, next to you, and watched as you gripped the seat with one hand and on instinct grabbed his hand with the other just before he gave the taxi driver the go ahead to take off and the lunge into the air made you grip tighter despite you had buckled yourself in. The mighty strength of the corviknight easily taking off into the air and thus the traveling began. With you sitting next to him. Things weren't as bad on the trip to Wyndon as he thought it'd be. It was silence for a bit and the triplets talked almost non stop about how excited they were to see their big brother, and big sister, and mother compete and possibly battle against Leon himself. And it was...easy. You smiled at him like there was nothing awkward between you two and you both chattered about anything and everything like old friends and it gave you a good chance to chat with his brothers more and get to know the. And you found it easy to talk to them about as much as him. It was nice to get to know them. Gordie however watched with a soft expression seeing you and the kids get along as one day turned to two and two turned into three and so on. It was..nice seeing someone he liked getting along so well with his family. The easy going atmosphere helped to calm him but he still turned a shade of light pink whenever you leaned against him in your sleep at night, making him give some soft smiles at you-...And then he'd get angry again at the constant teasing that'd follow from his brothers. On your way to Wyndon you all sometimes stopped at small towns to recharge for the night or restock on supplies before continuing onward. Until the day arrived. It was early in the morning that you were woken up by someone shaking your shoulder and with a snort you woke up with a groggy look blinking towards Gordie who just smiled and pointed out the window.

"Look. We're here."

Blurry eyed you turned to the window. The sun was just starting to come over the sky so it was still fairly dark, and down below you could see the world lit up in lights and that's when you all saw it. You all looked out at the sight of a GIANT brick wall going as far as the eye could see. The horizon blocked off my what must've been hundreds of skyscrapers and Rose Tower. From your place, you could see all the shiny buildings lit up in the early morning light making it look almost heavenly. It was beautiful. Your smile widened and eyes lit up immediately reflecting all the pretty lights like stars in a mirror. It made Gordie mesmerized just looking at that beautiful scene in your beautiful eyes-

"So where are we landing? Not just somewhere in the middle of the city I hope."

"What- OH! *ahem* Lee said everyone's meeting at the Rose of Rondelands and to wait for him there. Something about wanting go over everything with us before the Battle Tower two days from now, and whatever else he has planned. We can check in our luggage and take a small break from flying since you don't like it too much."

"That sounds like a good idea," you agreed.

"And then Gordie can take ya on a romantic walk or somethin'.~," one of his little brothers teased making the other two triplets giggle and Gordie snapped a red face towards the trio.

"Oi! Be quiet!"

After another rough landing ensued when you all descended through the air and ended up landing right in front of the giant famous hot in Wyndon and you all piled out leaving the taxi behind. Felt good to stretch your legs. And you looked up and up at the tall building that shadow loomed over you. Ah. This brings back memories. Good thing the invite said all the rooms would be paid for in advance. Couldn't imagine how much one of these much costs. But what really caught your attention was the giant crowd gathered in front of the hotel, you didn't see them until you stepped out of the flying taxi and onto the ground..And then the large amount of cheers filled the air. One look behind you told you where it was coming from. People. What must've been hundreds upon hundreds of people backed up against each other at the front of the Rose of Rondelands, blocked by barriers and police officers much like last year when the Champion Cup took place at the stadium. You were steered away by Gordie who shooed you after his mother and soblings towards the hotel's entrance and all six of you entered. The shimmering gold interiors shining brightly again like you had remembered and there was an even bigger surprise waiting for you inside because when you walked the six of you were met with yet again another sight. A few chairs for lounging and sitting in fancy armchairs and couches were set up. A whole long table was set up with delicious looking food that your f/c eyes laser focused on and made your stomach growl just seeing it everyone was eating from. Immediately the triplets ran towards the table of food with Silver and Elsa was right after them hungry from the trip. But...there was no one else in sight.

"Huh..Where's everyone else?," you asked.

Melony only hummed her answer. "..I guess we must be the first ones here. It is pretty early in the morning. We should just relax and wait for the others. You children look thin anyways, go get yourselves something to eat."

Whelp. Couldn't argue with that. You all got yourselves something to eat, and slowly more people started to arrive. The first being Raihan and his trainers. Upon first seeing Gordie, Dragon Boy smiled and waved at him. 

"Hey, Gordie! What's up, Bro? Ms. Melony, you're looking as lovely as always."

"So the Tamer of Dragons has arrived," Gordie said with a smile. "And here I thought you wouldn't make it."

"Psh. You know I wouldn't miss this for the world. Where's everyone else?''

"You're early. No one else arrived yet. You're gonna have to wait."

Raihan blinked. "Really?" Gordie nodded and he hummed. "Well I wasn't expecting that, but hey! That just means we just gotta wait for a little while. Now would be a good time to eat too." He said eyeing the food table. "Those waffles look pretty good."

The triplets were way ahead of him, already swarming towards the tables like a pack of hungry munchlaxes. You just rolled your eyes and ended up chatting with Melony as you waited for everyone else to arrive. Slowly they all appeared one after the other. Kabu, Nessa, Milo, Bea, etc. Until it seemed like the only one you were all waiting for was Leon. And then someone else did arrive. A few somebodies actually but they weren't Leon. Because Leon wouldn't have nearly tackled you to the floor or shouted your name. A flurry of 'Y/N!' flew through the air and before you could even turn around three small things tackled you one after another and you tilted backwards. Your backpack falling to the ground and your arms coming out on instinct to help keep your balance as Silver chirped in surprise. You blinked and looked down at yourself at the clinging creatures attached to you.

"What the-"

"Y/N!" A familiar voice and face beamed up at you and you stared at her smiling face until it suddenly clicked.

"GLORIA!?" Your voice happily shouted as your mouth forced itself up in a smile before noticing the other two right next to her. "Victor! Hop!" It was them. The original trio. And they were all here again. You hadn't seen them in forever! "Where have you guys been!?"

"Do you mean outside or in general?," Victor asked raising a brow. "If ye mean jus' now, Hop wanted ta show us his wooloo's new evolution. If ya mean anywhere else...Eh. It's a long story we need ta share with ya later." He sighed before rubbing his face. "Let's just say a LOT has happened with our training."

You chuckled and slowly got the three to release you from their hug. "I'm sure there's gonna be plenty of time to tell me what happened since we're still waiting for Leon-"

You yelped when Gloria tugged your hand to the side. "I've gotta tell ye what happened at the Isle of Armor! You'll neva beleive it!"

You were dragged by the trio back over to the sofa and made to sit down. Once you sat down on the couch, you were bombarded with tales of what they were up to. Hard to follow along ultimately what came down to it was that Gloria had one heck of a hard time being trained by whoever this Mustard character was before returning. Which including plenty of push ups, made to battle in front of a crowd of other students, chasing slowpokes, mushroom and diglett hunting, finishing her pokedex journal, her new rivals, being gifted more pokemon-

"An' then Hop dropped by to surprise me n' we went out ta find this honey for Urshifu," Gloria continued babbling along happily and a record scratch went off in your mind.

"Wha- Wait, wait, wait. Stop." They looked at you and between holding your plate of food, pointed at her. "Hop was there?" Gloria nodded. "...How? I thought he was training with Sonia to become a Professor?"

Gloria turned to Hop who coughed and reached a hand up to rub his neck pink tinting his cheeks. "S-Sonia and I split up places to survey. And she opted for the cold and snow and all. The Isle of Armor was t-t-the only other option." You weren't totally believing that based off his bashful reaction but you'd let him have it. "I-It was great to see Glory again tho. I had lots of fun until we both caught a ride back here with Lee when he delivered some invites to some people on the island."

Gloria giggled and poked Hop playfully. "Ya shoulda seen this cute lil petilil grab a hold 'o 'em. Hehe. It was so cute! The wee babe wouldn't let go of him until we found it's mother." Hop quickly flushed a deeper red at her words.

"What were you doing on the Isle of Armor anyways?"

"Huh? OH! *ahem* I-I was taking some samples of different pokemon nector f-for Sonia," he explained with a stutter, "A-And some max mushrooms and m-max honey so w-we can study it's connections to dynamaxing."

"Oh." That certainly sounded like something Sonia would have him do. "You said you came back with Leon right? Where's he?"

...He shook his head. "Dunno. He dropped us both off here a while ago and said to wait for Sonia and Kabu to arrive. Y'know since we're kinda studying under them and all that."

Ah. You supposed Leon was still preparing everything else that needed to be prepared before these special events happened. Made sense you supposed. In the mean time you were having fun eating the absolutely delicious food and listen to the three's adventures in the Crown Tundra and on the Isle of Armor. Victor was proud to show you his pictures of the ancient pokemon and Reggie-pokemon shrines and the giant tree he had discovered while there mentioning them to Leon who mentioned it to the Chairwoman and lo and behold...Victor had unintentionally saved the Town of Crown Tundra from dwindling away by giving the Chairwoman chances to set up tourist attractions for the locals to sell galarian twig crowns and sweaters. That's Victor for you. His determination for preserving nature one way or another came through again. Nessa was sure proud of her pupil's accomplishments. ...In fact..Both twins seemed to be fairing..MUCH better than before. Gloria didn't seem to be bothered all that much anymore by the thought of battling in front of a large crowd, and Victor seemed confident enough in his battling skills to give it a try himself.

....But that also brought other questions.

You know Gloria trained under a Mr. Mustard who trained her up before she continued being trained under Kabu, so who helped Victor? Well you asked and he told you who it was. Nessa of course since she was training with him constantly since they got back, but there was someone else. A man who sent Victor on a couple fun adventures and helped him build confidence in himself through having fun like he never had before. Going on Dynamax Adventures in a place called the Max Lair-

"Hey! I know that place!," Hop piped up as soon as Victor mentioned it, "It's like a maze of underground tunnels under the tundra that's just chalk FULL of natural dynamax particles! Sonia was checking it out for the Chairwoman along with some other things. Sometimes you can find rare pokemon in there. They think it'll be a huge hit for the Special Guests we got over here...Whoever he is?"

Yeah. You were wondering that too. You knew there would be some special guests but you didn't know who. The time passed some more until FINALLY the man of the hour arrived. You were all sitting there as Champion Leon himself walked in through the door with an older woman beside him. A flurry of 'Leon!' left a couple peoples' mouths and your face lit up in a smile as he arrived.

"Leon! Where have you been?!"

"S-Sorry everyone," he apologized giving a guilty look and holding up his hand. "I uh...Kinda got lost on my way here. Luckily I ran into the Chairwoman on the way here. Speaking of which." He gestured to the woman next to him who you all know gazed at. She looked around Kabu's age with grey hair and wearing a blue business suit. She was smaller than Leon too, about Nessa's height. "Allow me to introduce Ms. Dahlia. The Chairwoman of Galar and the creator of the games that'll be taking place."

"Welcome Everyone," she greeted with a smile and nod. "I want to thank you all for coming and on such short notice. I'm well aware you all must be wondering what I had Leon call you all here for." She said gesturing to everyone. "Some information you were already given in your invitations such as the first event, but the more important bits I wanted to save until I was able to speak to you all face to face." She began gesturing with her hands. "As many of you are aware the Battle Tower will be taking place the day after tomorrow at Rose tower. The lucky gym leader in training that wins will have the honor of battling against the Champion himself at the top of the tower. That trainer and their three runner ups will also be allowed to perform along with others in the final grand tournament."

"Um..Yes. About that. Forgive me if sound a little rude here, but what exactly IS this whole second half is?," Bede asked raising a brow, "I believe we have the right to know considering we'll be a very important part of it I'm assuming."

The Chairwoman nodded. "Yes. You'd be right about that. That is the thing I wanted to dicuss most. All of you are here to battle it out in the first ever Galarian Star Tournament for none other than Price Lear of the Pasio Region in hopes he'll chose some of Galar's finest trainers to compete in Pasio's own Master League and get a chance to take home the title of world's strongest pokemon trainer." By the surprised looks and raised brows she got, that certainly was a surprised. She held up her hands. "I know it must be a shock to receive such news so late, but I assure you I didn't plan this. Prince Lear will be arriving tomorrow morning if nothing goes wrong, and the day after will be the Battle Tower. And then at the end of the week, the Galarian Star Tournament shall take place with everyone here as well as a few honored guests that will fighting alongside you and afterwards They shall be arriving later this week closer to the second event. I expect all of you to be on your best behavior during Prince Lear's stay with us. For now you all are dismissed back to your rooms until then. Be sure to arrive at Rose Tower first thing in the morning. We'll have much to discuss then."

And that was it. More words were exchanged by the Chairwoman and Leon but most were words of encouragement before they departed again and you all were dismissed. With nothing further to do you all went back to your rooms for the night bidding everyone good bye. The first thing you did was faceplant face first into the soft bed when you got back inside. It was nice to lay on a bed for once instead of a taxi seat.

-Small Time Skip-

The time had come.

Two days had gone past in a blink of an eye and by the second day you had woken up early because of the commotion going on outside your room forcing you to get up and get dressed before walking out the door only to nearly bump into Ms. Opal as she was passing your room towards the elevator along with everyone else. So you apologized before scooting to the side and following the crowd of gym leaders to the elevator, down to the lobby, out the front of the hotel, and out towards your rides there-..And you groaned. Flying taxies. Why was it ALWAYS flying taxies? There was at least somewhere between eight to ten of them. Enough to take everyone to Rose Tower. And you could BARELY hear over the noise. LOTS more people than there were yesterday. All cheering and holding up signs with different gym logos or peoples' faces on them all showing their support for their favorite gym leaders. You had to grab Silver and carrying him in your arms in order to keep the drizzlie from keeping trampled and ended up climbing into the last taxi before it could take off...Blinking when four people were already sat down inside. It looked a little cramped-

"Y/n! Here. Ye can seat by me. There should be 'nough room if I scoot over some."

And that's how you ended up sitting between the taxi wall and Victor with Silver on your lap. Next to Victor's other side was Nessa and across from all three of you was Kabu and Gloria. Both twins with both their mentors with opposite elements but both fit the twins personalities. Gloria's fiery spirit and Victor flowing patience. Looked right they were already ready to do battle as well. Gloria wore an all red shirt with Kabu's logo on the front with the rest of her attire matching and the same with Victor wearing Nessa's gym logo and wearing a matching outfit of blue and white. And it was then that it hit you. Gloria and Victor were both gym leaders in training now. That by itself wasn't a bad thing but now..they were going to be battling against one another in the Battle Tower. Victor and Gloria had never battled against one another before not when you were with them and they must've realized at one point but neither of them seemed to give it much mind as the two siblings just sat there smiling and chatting away excited like nothing was wrong as you sat there frozen with Silver on your lap. The whole ride there wasn't anything special except when you all arrived and got out of the taxi there were more blockaids and police to control the cheering crowds and a reporter woman who was speaking to a camera pointed directly at all the gym leaders and Rose Tower itself. You stood there for a moment looking around before spotting the twins start to walk towards the Rose Tower and you went to start following them- Someone tapped your shoulder and with a jolt you snapped around to Kabu who shook his head.

"Not there," he clarified to you raising his voice to let you hear you over the large crowd cheering and instead pointing towards other gym leaders and everyone else who was walking towards a different entrance into the building. "That is only for the children who'll be participating in this event. You and I must go that way."

"Oh..Ok! Thanks!"

The older man nodded before turning around and jogging off towards the other entrance and you followed still carrying a bored looking Silver. How was he able to keep up a pace like that so easily? Once inside you were greeted to the same lobby like room you first saw when storming Rose Tower to find Leon last year. Only this time chairs had been set up alongside a giant TV on the wall, obviously for everyone to watch the speckacle and as you looked around you noticed something. There was an extremely fancy wooden chair away from the plastic ones almost as if it was a throne for someone important. That was odd. Was that for Leon? You had seen him and the Chairwoman greet everyone at the hotel before coming here so maybe. Silver had spotted something amiss and his pink hand collided with your cheek. Blinking you threw a scowl at the pokemon in your arms before he chirped and pointed over at something..Or should I say someone. A FEW someones in fact because you blinked at them. There was Leon and the Chairwoman...and three other NEW people that you had never seen before. But the two of them were smiling and introducing these three to everyone as they walked in and sat down. There were two bodyguard like people. A man and woman. The woman was about Nessa's height with dark purpel hair that was in a spiral pigtail haircut and purple-magenta eyes. She wore a giant pair of square sunglasses on her head, grey coat with very long sleeves, and red and black attire underneath. The man was much taller than both the woman and other shorter man in front of them with dark grey eyes. He wore a grey-white suit with a black undershirt and red tie, gold rings on his fingers, and a pair of black sunglasses sat upon his own head. But it was the third person in front of them that seemed the most important. He wore a suit similar to the first man but more fancy looking. Grey-white all the way from his shoes to the silk gloves he wore with a black undershirt and red tie. His grey-white coat had a black fur collar and red sunglasses were over his eyes so you couldn't tell what color they were but he did have grey-white hair matching his suit. He stood by Leon with his presumed bodyguards at his sides as the Champion smiled and introduced him to everyone. This stranger's expression neutral. Kabu bowed in front of him as you slowly walked in.

"It is an honor to be able to have you in Galar, Your Highness," the older man greeted with a deep bow.

"Very charmed," the man replied back in also a neutral tone. Neither happy or bored but it was enough to also not come off as rude either.

"I think that's everyone. The only ones you haven't met are the gym leaders successor's who'll you'll be able to watch from here." The man hummed at Leon's words. You slowly walked forward and Leon turned his friendly gaze to you, lit up, and waved his hand in a 'come here' motion. "Hey! Y/n! Right on time." The man next to Leon turned to you, did a double take, and raised his brows staring at the pokemon cradled in your arms like a child as you walked over. "Just the person I wanna see." Once you stopped right in front of him his hand gestured to the man beside him again. "I'm glad you can make it. Y/n, it's my pleasure to introduce you to his highness, Prince Lear. He's come all the way from the Pasio Region for the events." His smile became even wider. "He's also asked to meet you personally."

"He...did?" You stared at the new man in front of you blinking. So he was a prince huh? You remembered the Chairwoman mentioning a Prince Lear coming two days ago, and this man could certainly pass off for a prince easily even if he didn't wear a crown. But he asked to see YOU? Why? You didn't have any fancy titles like a Champion or Gym Leader or Chairwoman?

"Um..Well not exactly by name," Leon explained with a nervous smile, "He's heard about the heroes who averted Galar's crisis twice in a row and was interested to meet the people involved."

Ah. Well that made more sense.

Prince Lear stared in your direction and even though you couldn't see his eyes, you could tell he was looking you over...before a smile finally graced his face. "I've...read the books. Your Professor Sonia took great detail in documenting your region's history."

You nodded. "Yeah. I haven't been able to read her books yet, but I have no doubt Sonia's books are as good as her science. But I didn't expect anyone not from Galar to read them."

The man chuckled amused smiling a bit wider now and both his bodyguards gave a look at each other behind him. "On the contrary. If I'm going to be choosing people from a region to compete in MY Master Leagues I must do my own research on top of meeting them in person to form my own opinions. Don't I? Your region's current troubles just happened to peek my interest."

You hummed thinking a moment before agreeing. "Well I guess so. I'd want to know about someone too before I invited them to anything."

"Hehe. My thinking exactly. ...Hm. You are Ms. Y/n L/n correct?" You nodded and that seemed to peek his interest more. "So you are the one I've read about. Hmhmhm. Saving the Champion and the rest of the region. Twice...That's not an easy feat." He complimented looking at his gloved hand.

"Well. Actually I didn't save Galar."

He paused. Before looking back up at you. "Oh?''

"I only witnessed it and watched from the sidelines." You shook your head. "I'm no hero. The real heroes are Hop and Victor and Gloria. And of course the pokemon who helped us. I just lent a hand where I could."

"Hmm...You know. Modesty is always beautiful on a woman." You blinked as with a swift motion of his hand, he grabbed your hand in his and lifted it to his mouth. "I look forward to seeing these events." And then you froze as he raised your hand to his mouth and like in some cheesy fairytale fantasy he kissed your knuckles gently.

A cold chill ran down your spine as you could feel everyone looking at you. Along with a tense gaze you could feel glare daggers into the back of your head from..someone but you weren't too sure. You were stuck in a bit of a shell shock as he lowered your hand..but you eventually did react. Chuckling nervously and giving a forced smile before gently pulling your hand back away and grabbing Silver as an excuse.

"Well!..I'm glad you think so! It's always nice to get a compliment," you forced out to not be rude. Arceus forbid if you were rude right now but it'd be best if you kept your anger down for now. "I'm sure you'll really enjoy watching them."

Leon sensing your OBVIOUS distress gladly took the attention from you. "Hey. The battles about to begin. Y/n why don't you go take your seat next to Gordie and Melony? He seems to have saved you a spot. Prince Lear, shall we?"

"Hm? Oh. Yes let's. I look forward to seeing how well your region's gym leader's train their successors."

Leon pointed his hand and steered Prince Lear towards the fancy seat off to the left which you took as your chance to scatter like a mouse being chased by a cat back towards the crowd of other who either had confused looks from what just happened or ignored it in favor of turning their attentions towards the TV. True to Leon's word, there was in fact an open seat between Gordie and Hop with Melony and his three little brothers on his taken side, and you found out where the glaring at the back of your head came from. Yep. Gordie was staring at Lear with a serious blank look although he couldn't tell behind his sunglasses. You paused staring at him for a few minutes but Hop's waving for you to come here encouraged you to walk up to them and take your seat between the two. Hop spoke first seeing your sour face as soon as you turned away from the prince.

"You ok there, Mate?," he asked raising a brow, "Haven't seen that sore of a face since we last stopped those weirdo hair duo from wreckin' Galar as a whole."

"..Yyyeeaahh." You examined your hand for a moment wincing feeling that guy kiss it before rubbing the back of your hand against your jacket. "Just don't let me forget to wash my hands the first chance I can get."

You jumped feeling a hand grab yours without a care in the world and looked up to Gordie staring at you. "You alright there?" You nodded and he sighed. "Oh good. For a moment I was worried we'd 'ave another problem. He shouldn't just grab another guy's girlfriend's hand like that."

"Hey now. He is a prince. I'm sure they do it all the time," you said wanting to steer away from the topic and gestured towards the TV as it turned on. "But I think right now we ought to pay attention to the telly. Wouldn't wanna miss Elsa's big show."

That seemed to do the trick because Gordie's attention was quickly turned to the TV too as the mention of his little sister was announced, and the rest of his family paid very close attention to the screen sitting in front of you. And Hop gave a fist pump.

"Alright! Now we get to see Glory and Vic in action! They're gonna mop the floors with the competition!"

You admitted you were excited to see Victor's style of fighting and seeing if it differed from Gloria's or not. Gloria had already proven she could be great in battles and use her head but would that hold up? She wasn't able to defeat Raihan on one and one battles. There wasn't any sandstorms to hide behind with him and as Gloria said it. He was too strong. That's when it had really hit you. While this world was like the game this WASN'T a game and was real life, so there was the real possibility of Gloria losing to someone like Raihan and she did. If she couldn't make it past the top gym leader on a fair field then there wasn't any way she could've bested Leon. And while it did surprise you and you were a little sad for Gloria, you were also relieved. That might've been the only reason you were still here now living your own life and with your friends.

"GOOD MORNING GALAR!" You were snapped back up hearing a reporters voice and face show up on screen. The woman with the microphone smiled as the image of Rose Tower appeared behind her. "This is Marcos Cosmos Newscast with Gillian coming to all you folks at home live in front of Rose Tower where the crowds have been waiting for hours to see who'll be victorious in Galar's first ever Battle Tower competition. A true testimony to how well Gym Leaders train the future generation of Galarian gym leaders. Each contestant will go three rounds and the best one will move onto the next round and next floor eventually reaching the top where the Unbeatable Champion Leon awaits."

What? Leon wasn't- You blinked. Looking around you couldn't spot Leon anywhere in the room. Where was he? You yelped when a hand grabbed your shoulder and you looked up only to come face to face with Nessa. You sighed in relief suddenly seeing her standing above you.

"Arceus Nessa!," you hissed at her in a whisper Silver looking up at the both of you. "What'd you have to go and scare me for?"

"No time to explain!," she whispered back pointing at Silver with a VERY worried expression, "He can battle right? You have his pokeball on you?"

You were a little taken a back at the random question but answered taking Silver's pokeball out of your pocket to show her. "Yeah. He's been in battles before. Why?"

"Victor's short one pokemon and he needs six to rotate out. You don't happen to mind if we borrow him right?" You opened your mouth but before you could speak the pokeball and Silver were snatched into her arms without warning Silver giving a loud chirp of alarm. "Thanks Y/n! I owe you one! I promise I'll make it up to you later!''

"H-Hey wait! Nessa! I didn't-" The fashionista didn't stop as she soon disappeared with a squawking pokemon under her arms out the entrance leaving you sitting there staring.....

What just happened!?

"Will this be the day the Champion finally loses a match or will his record remain unbeatable? Only time will decide. Let's go right now live as the first battle takes place on Floor One on Camera One."

Time's up. The reporter disappeared from the screen and all fell silent as the camera showed a LARGE empty metal room except for one person inside. A man wearing a black and white referee outfit as he stood there. And then two doors from either side opened and two contestants walked in.

"WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO THE FIRST ROUND BATTLE OF ROUND ONE OF GALAR'S FIRST EVER BATTLE TOWER EVENT!!," an announcer spoke from no where. Must've been a speaker. "THE FIRST BATTLE IS UNDERWAY WITH OUR FIRST TWO BATTLERS!!" You heard Raihan from somewhere to your right give a small cheer as Sebastian appeared on the scene. "THE FIRST MATCH WILL BE BETWEEN THE FIRE OF HAMMERLOCKE STADIUM SEBASTIAN AND THE FANTASTICAL BEDE OF THE BELLONLEA STADIUM!!" Hop gave a grumble as Bede also proudly made his way onto the battlegrounds. "WILL HAMMERLOCKE SPREAD THEIR WINGS TO REACH THE NEXT ROUND OR WILL BELLONLEA TURN THAT CHANCE INTO A JUST FAIRYTALE!? WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE!! BATTLERS!! TAKE YOUR PLACES ON THE COURSE!!" Both teens did. "POKEMON READY! GET SET!! LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!"

And just like that the first battle was underway. Sebastian must've improved from the last time you saw him because he easily won the first round against Bede to which both Raihan and Hop cheered at. Raihan using his rotomi phone to take plenty of pictures of his boy winning like a proud father. But unfortunately Sebastian didn't win as Bede completely swept through him during the second and final round. Marking him as the clear winner.

"FINAL ROUND OVER!! BEDE HAS BESTED TWO OUT OF THREE!! THEREFORE BELLONLEA PROUDLY MOVES ON TO THE SECOND ROUND AND FLOOR!!"

Raihan groaned which turned into a sigh as he closed his eyes. "Ah well. Can't win them all I suppose."

"That's very sportsman like of you," Opal commented back at him making the Dragon Type Gym Leader chuckle and smile.

"Well I certainly hope so. I wouldn't want to come off as a Negative Nancy." He then blinked and turned his head to you as you smiled at him.

"SECOND MATCH IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!! PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACES!!" And your attention's went back to the TV as none other than Marnie and Gloria entered next through the doors.

"ALRIGHT GLORIA!," Hop shouted next to you becoming more excited. "This is gonna be great!"

You nodded. You were excited to see how this would play out. "SECOND FIRST ROUND MATCH IS BETWEEN THE BURNING COAL OF MOTOSTOKE GLORIA AND THE SPUNKY MARNIE OF SPIKEMUTH!!" Both girls taking their places on the field. "PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACES ON THE COURSE! POKEMON AT THE READY! GET SET! BATTLE BEGIN!!"

It was a glorious battle. It always was with both Marnie and Gloria. First round Gloria won. Second round Marnie. Third round now. Gloria won. Cheers filled the air.

"GLORIA WINS THE SECOND MATCH AND WILL PROCEED TO THE SECOND ROUND AND FLOOR!! THIRD ROUND BATTLERS PLEASE GO ONTO THE FIELD!!" Two more teens walked onto the course and all three of Milo, Gordie, and Melony cheered as both Felix and Elsa made their way onto the fields. "HE HAS THE BEST GREEN THUMB INTRODUCING FELIX OF TURRFIELD AND HIS OPPONENT THE COLD HEARTED BRAWLER ELSA OF CIRCHESTOR AS THEY READY TO FIGHT FOR MATCH THREE!! BUT WILL TURRFIELD GROW TO THE NEXT ROUND BEFORE WINTER FREEZES IT'S ROOTS!? LET'S FIND OUT! BATTLERS TO YOUR PLACES!! GET SET! BATTLE BEGIN!!" All three cheered in front of you. Milo for his little brother and Melony and Gordie for their little sister/daughter. It was a tough battle but in the end Elsa won. "CIRCHESTOR ADVANCES TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND ROUND!! WE WILL BE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR THE MAINTENANCE CREW TO FIX THE FIRST FLOOR AND READY THE SECOND! PLEASE STAND BY AS WE HAVE A WORD WITH OUR SPONSORS AND FIGURE OUT THE NEXT MATCH PAIRS!"

"YEAH!! That's what m' talking about!," Gordie cheered pointing at the screen where Elsa was waving and walking off the course. "Lookit how strong she's gotten!"

"That's my baby!," Melony did her own cheer pointing at her daughter.

You had to admit, Elsa did get stronger. Poor Milo. he must've been looking forward to seeing his little brother advance forward but Felix did put up a good front against Elsa's Ice type pokemon. Which means that meant Elsa, Gloria, and Bede would be advancing to Round Two and since Victor didn't have anyone to battle with he got an automatic win to advance to Round Two as well. With three of the trainers out of the running that leaves four left. Nessa returned in the time you were speaking to Hop and Gordie to pass the time until the second round was announced by the announcer on the TV and a new floor and referee was shown.

"ALRIGHT FOLKS!! NEW ROUND AND NEW FLOOR ARE NOW HERE!! THE MATCHES HAVE BEEN DECIDED! LET'S GET THE FIRST MATCH OF ROUND TWO STARTED!" Here we go. You wondered which twin would be first or if either would go first. Or maybe neither? Both entrances opened and two made their way out. "THE FIRST MATCH BETWEEN BELLONLEA AND MOTOSTOKE IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE!! BATTLERS PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACES!!" Gloria and Bede took their places. "GET SET!! LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE!!"

Bede and Gloria huh? Not a bad start to a first match..But also with an unexpected twist. Gloria won first round. Bede second...and then Bede the third? It was just one slip up by Gloria. One mistake that allowed Bede's hatterene enough access to grab Gloria's raboot and proceed to literally rear itself and literally toss the poor rabbit pokemon right out of the in boundaries and crashing into one of the tower's walls just before it could late a critical and probably final blow to the hatterene's weak point. Making Bede the winner by a small inch.

"BEDE'S HATTERENE HAS KNOCKED RABOOT OUT OF BOUNDS!! THEREFORE BEDE ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND AND FLOOR! PLEASE STAND BY AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT MATCH TO BEGIN!"

"WHAT!?," Hop shouted hands rushing to grab his head which was followed by many looks thrown at him and shushes from the others.

"Hop. Don't be so loud," you whispered at him. Luckily Prince Lear didn't seem to notice Hop's outburst. "We have a guest here."

"I know but-.." he stared back at the screen where Gloria and Bede now excited the floor. "HOW could've she lost against him of all people?! Glory beat him every other time they battled and she trained under the very best! It doesn't make any sense."

"Well not everyone can win against every battle they fight," you explained, "You win some. You lose some. Even Gloria. I mean she lost to Raihan in the finals didn't she?"

"Not everyone loses. Leon doesn't."

"Didn't he lose to Eternatus?" Your brow rose. "I thought that was the entire reason of you two saving him."

Hop went silent for a moment before crossing his arms and mumbling. "I guess so."

You smiled. "See? It's not so bad. Besides you have to remember Bede's going to have to fight either Elsa or Victor in the next round anyways, so it's not like he's home free yet.''

That seemed to lift Hop's spirit's a bit because he nodded with a hum. "That's true. We'll have to wait and see."

Well you all didn't have to wait long because the entrances opened again and two others made their way onto the course. "THE SECOND MATCH OF ROUND TWO WILL NOW COMMENCE BETWEEN CIRCHESTER AND HULBURY!! PLEASE GET TO YOUR PLACES!! POKEMON AT THE READY!! BATTLE BEGIN!!" Round one. Elsa wins. Round two. Victor wins. Last round...Victor wins. And no sign of Silver being used which you were a bit concerned about. "ELSA'S GLACEON IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! THEREFORE HULBURY ADVANCES TO THE THIRD ROUND AND FLOOR! BUT ONLY ONE TRAINER WILL MAKE IT TO THE TOP FLOOR TO CHALLENGE THE CHAMPION HIMSELF! WHO WILL IT BE!? FIND OUT AFTER THE COMMERCIAL BREAK SO STAY TUNED!!"

"Yeah Victor!," Hop cheered throwing a hand out and a determined face smacked onto him now. "I knew he could do it! He's gonna wipe the floor with Bede's mop head."

"Hop!," you scowled at him, "I thought we agreed to stop calling him names. And you shouldn't count your poke eggs before they hatch. We don't know who's going to win yet."

"Yeah. But if Vic doesn't ground Bede into dust then Leon sure as Arceus will."

You rolled your eyes but looked to Gordie who seemed down his sister didn't win but turned when you gently grabbed his shoulder with a smile. "She did her best. Your mom trained her really well." Which again caught him off guard..but earnt another soft smile your way.

And Hop? Well...He did have a point there. As a commercial for some kind of pokemon food product came on the TV you wondered what exactly Victor was thinking. Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye faster than expected because the TV showed a new room with both Victor and Bede making their way onto the scene and stopping. Here we go.

"THIS IS IT FOLKS! ROUND THREE IS ON THE WAY!! THE WINNER SHALL GO ON TO CHALLENGE NONE OTHER THAN GALAR'S OWN UNBEATABLE CHAMPION! BUT WHO WILL TRIUMPH AND WHO WILL LOSE!? LET THE THIRD ROUND MATCH GET UNDERWAY!! TAKE YOUR PLACES!! POKEMON READY! GO!"

And then both sent out their pokemon of choice. Bede a rapidash and Victor a vaporeon. And it didn't take long for one of them to react as Victor pointed right at Bede and shouted a command. "Vaporeon! Quick attack now! And ready your shadow ball!" In an instant the vaporeon did as it's master said. With a small battle cry of it's own, darted forward at lightning speeds. The making of a black ball forming at it's mermaid like tail.

A huff came out of Bede as he shook his head. "Don't you know dark type moves aren't that effective on fairty types? Rapidash! Show them your power with psycho cut!" The horse pokemon let out high pitched whinny. It's whole body glowing a white light as it powered itself up for the move and thrusted it's head forward. Pointing it's horn at the approaching vaporeon. Slashes of that light cutting through the air towards it-

"USE SHADOW BALL ON THE GROUND NOW!!" With a back flip the vaporeon went head over heels, slamming the shadow ball into the ground and allowing the built up momentum to send it cascading through the air and right over the Rapidash's still lowered head. "AQUA TAIL!" A glowing blue light and wave swung forth. The powerful tail absolutely SLAMMING into the poor rapidash's head. A niegh of pain coming from the horse pokemon slammed head first into the floor...and that's where it stayed.

"RAPIDASH IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! VICTOR WINS FIRST MATCH OF ROUND THREE!" Bede's expression changed to one of amusement to shock to frustration as he returned his fallen rapidash. "SECOND ROUND IS UNDERWAY!! PLEASE READY YOUR NEXT POKEMON!!" The Vaporeon stayed as Bede brought a second pokemon out. "GET SET! BATTLE BEGIN!"

"HYDRO PUMP!" Victor was quick to strike first ordering the vaporeon to shoot the geyser of water from it's mouth and it did. Which the gardevoir gracefully dodged with a large jump allowing it to get closer to Victor's pokemon. "SHADOWBALL!!"

"Gardevoir use teleport!" Just as the vaporeon shot out the shadowball the gardevoir disappeared. Only to appear in a blink of an eye behind the water type a little bit aways from it. "Psyshock!" Gardevoir obeyed. Splaying it's arms out circles of bright pink-white light before the same light circles appeared around the vaporeon and darts of lights shot down out it. Causing it to shriek as the light darts made contact with it's body. "Finish it off with shadowball!" It held it hands in front of it's chest as a black ball of energy formed, before as quickly as a scorbunny could run, the gardevior reared it's arms back like a baseball pitcher and threw it. The shadowball cascaded right through the air and exploded on contact. Smoke flew into the air as the explosion started to die down and everyone waited with baited breath as it slowly faded away. And their the vaporeon laid fainted against the ground.

"VAPOREON IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE BATTLE!! BEDE WINS THE SECOND MATCH OF ROUND TWO! PLEASE READY YOUR POKEMON FOR THE FINAL MATCH!!" Both pokemon were retracted and next to you Hop for Victor to win under his breath as both readied their final pokemon for the last match of Round Three. Both brought out their final pokeballs. "GET SET! GO!"

Both finally sent out their final pokemon and your eyes widened when you you saw none other than Silver being sent out by Victor along with Bede's Hatterene. The drizzlie giving a shake of his head and looking around confused- Before giving a squeak of fear at seeing the much larger hatterene staring right at him.

"Hatterene use calm mind!" The hatterene gave off a cry as light surrounded it and in a moment disappeared. That couldn't be good. Bede gave Victor a proud smile as the other twin pointed at him.

"Silver! Water pulse quick!" Quickly regaining his composure, Silver produced a water balloon looking thing from no where and sent the water pulse cascading towards the Hatterene who...didn't move? Bede didn't even make an attempt to order his pokemon as the attack collided with it- And then bounced off right back towards Silver The drizzlie gave a high pitched sound before diving right onto his stomach to avoid the attack that had been magically rebounded at him.

"That's Magic bounce!," Hop said in disbelief next to you. "It sends an enemy's attack right back at them! How'd he teach his hatterene to do that?!"

"Hatterne bedazzle your audience with dark pulse!"

"Silver! Dodge it and get close to that hatterene!"

You could only watch in terror and worry as Silver basically looked like he was tripping on banana peels running around the battle field with a terrified expression ducking and diving away from the calm hatterene's attacks barely dodging Bede's commanded attacks. Anytime Silver was able to get an attack in it was rebounded out back at him and just giving him another thing to dodge from but he did slowly start getting closer towards the hatterene. Your hands clenched feeling the dread and worry in your guts seeing your poor pokemon put through that. Until one well placed dark pulse by Bede sealed the poor pokemon's fate. With a shriek Silver went cascading through the air along with a terrible ripping sound which was the result of his little hoodie tearing right down the front and ruining it as he landed with a hard thud sound right in front of the hatterene. You nearly let out a shriek yourself. Silver wasn't even given time to recover when something grabbed him in an iron grip and lifted his struggling form into the air.

"Give him a few slams onto the ground!," Bede ordered. And what Bede wanted he got. Over and over and over Silver was slammed into the hard metal ground with enough force to leave behind some dents before it finally brought a dazed and limp Silver up to it's face. The tatters of his jacket falling onto the ground. "Not surprising since you don't have much Pink! Stand by with psychic to finish them off!"

Time seemed to slow down for a moment as Silver's eyes blinked open. Watching as the tatters of the once nice jacket slowly fall to the ground like forgotten leaves in autumn. The poor blue fabric scraps hitting the ground and leaving no more trace of it- No more trace of YOU with him had him staring wide eyed at the ground from the hatterene's grip. He hurt. He was scared. And he was alone right now. Like how he first felt back when he was just a sobble. He certainly fell like crying in that moment but then something happened. Something snapped in him and the hatterene was certainly surprised when the once scared drizzile in it's gripped reared it's head up and yelled at it's face.

"SILVER USE POUND!"

The hatterene was forced to drop the limp drizzile as a hard sucker punch was delivered directly to it's face via Silver's tongue and with another thud Silver landed on the ground-..And then his once limp body shimmered as if the starlight itself emanated from his own body and he glowed. Brighter and brighter and brighter he became until his body changed and morphed. The hatterene watching in shock and horror as the lit up body grew even taller than itself until the starlight disappeared and a very, very, VERY tall Inteleon stood in it's place above it. Gold eyes staring dangerously down at itself and the hatterene let out some frightened noise instantly leaning back away from this dangerously smiling pokemon.

"Our turn now! Silver let's give these two a piece o' their own medicine!" The hatterene shrieked as a whip like tail snatched it up from the bottom of it's body.

"HATTERENE!!" Bede could only watch in horror as his beloved hatterene was given the same treatment it gave Silver as the now Inteleon slammed it over and over and OVER into the metal floor with such ANGER and ferocity that it made the purple eyed boy stare on in horror.

"GIVE IT A TOSS!!" A crack of a whip sound went off as Silver with one twist of his body let lose the hatterene and sent it flying into the air with a high pitched shriek of it's own. It's eyes wide in fear as it went around in circles head over heels- "SNIPE SHOT!!" Like a sniper aiming his weapon, Silver held up his hands in a similar way and a stream of a deadly water attack shot out. Not missing it's target and landing with expert skill colliding with the hatterene who gave one last cry of pain before it landed on the ground with a hard thud. ...And didn't get back up.

"HATTERENE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE BATTLE!! VICTOR WINS THE THIRD ROUND AND SHALL PROCEED ONWARDS TO CHALLENGE THE CHAMPION!!"

"YES!!" You were spooked out your jaw dropped stupor and blinked when Hop jumped up throwing both hands into the air. "HE DID IT!! VICTOR'S GOING TO CHALLENGE LEON!!"

Silver...evolved! You let out a breath you didn't know you were keeping in your mouth as you sighed and continued staring at the Tv. Bede had already returned his hatterene and seemed upset as Victor cheered himself. But it was the actions of Silver that had your eyes staring at the screen. White hands of the knelt shiny inteleon gingerly picked up some of the few remaining tatters of the jacket before standing up. The gold eyes inspecting the remains of the fabric before closing his eyes. A sigh escaping his nose before he turned up a smile towards the cameras for whatever reason. Thank ARCEUS he was alright.

"STAY TUNED FOLKS AS WE TAKE A SMALL BREAK BEFORE THE FINALLY WHERE THE LUCKY TRAINER WILL GO ON TO BATTLE THE CHAMPION HIMSELF! WILL THERE BE A NEW VICTORY AGAINST LEON OR WILL HIS UNBEATABLE REPUTATION STAND STRONG?! ALL OF THAT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK!!"

Hop wasn't the only one celebrating. Nessa looked rather pleased at the results and even received a congrats from Opal which was nice. Bede did his best. The wait was awful. Just sitting there watching commercial after commercial after commercial. Until the stage was finally set and it was announced that the last round was underway. The top floor of Rose Tower was shown on screen with the one and only Leon standing there. Silently waiting for his special opponent to arrive. And he didn't have to wait long. The door opened and Victor arrived. Walking in through the entrance way. His breath was heaving and sweat ran down his forehead. His hands felt sweating and the grip on the pokeball in his hand tightened. Each step echoed through the entire place until he stopped.

Leon smiled. "Victor! I've been waiting for you. Always knew you'd be able to win your way here." Nothing but a smile and praise was given to Victor and it helped to relax him. "Nervous?"

"Is it obvious?," Victor asked back rubbing his hand on his face.

"Hey. It's alright to be nervous. I was too when I first faced off against the Champion."

"Y-Yeah. But.." Victor looked down. "I guess I wasn't ever expectin' ta actually ever fight against ye is all. It feels so...w-weird. I-If that makes sense. I always thought it'd be Glory who'd be standin' 'ere to face ye."

"She is a strong fighter and she came really far in the gym challenge," leon agreed with a nod, "But so are you. Anyone who was able to make it this far deserves where you stand now. I'm proud of you."

"Y-You are?"

"I'm not the only one either. Nessa. Gloria. Hop. Your mom. ..We all are." And for a moment his eyes closed with a sigh. "My dream has always been to make the people of the Galar Region stronger. And this battle tower is making that dream come true! Think you and I can get stronger too?" His eyes opened back up. "A fierce battle is the only way to do it! Now how about you take on Champion Leon with everything that you've got?"

After a moment Victor took a breath and finding new courage nodded. "I-I'm not gonna hold back!"

"Hehe. I wouldn't have it any other way. Now come on! Let's show everyone an absolute Champion time!"

And thus the battle began. Everyone watching with cheers or silent stares or worried looks with baited breath. You were one of those ones with baited breath especially when you saw Silver get released back out against Leon ...and get knocked to the floor only seconds later with a heavy thud in defeat.

"INTELEON IS UNABLE TO BATTLE!! THE WINNER OF THE BATTLE TOWER IS THE UNBEATABLE CHAMPION LEON!"

So that was it huh? It was all over. Leon won. Not that no one didn't expect that possibility after all. This was Leon. You didn't look away from the screen as Silver was returned to his pokeball and Leon walked across the room to most likely congratulate Victor and steer him back towards the exit.

"All right, Lee!" Hop cheered next to you. "They were so cool!"

You nodded to not be rude but you were more worried about Silver right now so you stood up to go see him. Seemed you werent the only one who had the idea because Prince Lear also stood up.

"Your display pleased me today," he spoke back in that neutral voice, "If this is what I can expect later is week as well then I have much to look forward too." He turned his head towards the Chairwoman. "I think I would like to speak with the Champion now. Is that possible?"

Ms. Dahlia nodded. "Of course. I'm sure everyone else is itching to go and take a break as well." She then nodded towards everyone. "Everyone is dismissed until this Saturday. Please excuse us." You watched as the Chairwoman left with the prince and his bodyguards right behind him.

You did look behind you as Gordie stood up though along with the rest of his family, his mother herding the triplets. "Heading to see Elsa?" He nodded with a hum. "Think I'll head that way too. I want to see Silver again."

You both filed out with everyone and went around towards the front of the tower ignoring the cheering crowds. Ironically it seemed the others had the same idea as you guys because you ran right into Victor and Gloria as they came around the corner. Victor looked exhausted from the day's events and Gloria was excitedly congratulating him which Hop soon joined in and Victor could only tiredly smile at the rapid fire of talking the two spouted at him. Which was added to by Nessa who gave him a pat on the back and you received Silver's pokeball from him. Sighing in relief as he was safely back in your hands again. Now what? Well everyone who battled in pokemon was going to head over to the nearest pokemon center before either returning to the hotel or somewhere else. You also decided to tag along to the pokemon center in order to have Silver looked over and ended up sharing a taxi over there with Kabu, Gloria, and Hop. The trip there being nothing special other than both Hop and Gloria chatting excitedly about the day's events.

"Hey! Lee's taking me to Wyndon's research center tomorrow! Y-You can come along too if you want?"

To your surprise Gloria actually shook her head no. "Can't. I promised Bede I'd hang out with him after we were done."

Hop froze. And you counted down to his reaction. Three. Two- "WHAT!?"

She smiled excitedly. "YEAH! We're goin' ta this theater and watchin' the Tale of Two Queens! It's the story o' how the ancient kinds supposedly fell in love! And get this! He says we can ride his rapidash there too! I'm so excited ta see the beauty up close that isn't in battle."

...Hop plastered on a grin. "Hey. That's...grrreeeaat, Glory. Real, real happy for ya! But..Maybe we can go around Wyndon tomorrow? Just like old times!"

Her face could not get anymore happier. "I'd love too! We can visit that cafe Lee took us too last year!"

Well. Guess the game was on between those two again. Once you all had arrived and filed out it was also nothing special. There were also a few other people there including Victor and Bede who Hop sent a dirty look but Bede only smiled oh so innocently back at him. From there it was easy. In. Let Nurse Joy look over your pokemon. She healed them all up and recommended to let them rest for a day or two with plenty of food and water. Out. And you smiled at the pokeball in your hand. You'd let him out as soon as you were back outside. But that was where the problems began. As you were getting Silver looked over Bede had walked outside with Gloria chatting away, probably to go hang out like they had planned after the battle. You were planning on walking around for a little bit until you could find someplace to eat with Silver, but something nearly startled you into dropping the pokeball. A shriek. A high pitched (and for some reason familiar sounding) shriek passed through the air just outside the center, and even though it was muffled, everyone inside turned their heads towards the door hearing it. Despite being startled at first you headed towards the exit real quick and threw open the door. What you saw on the other side was something you weren't expecting. At all.

IT WAS OLEANA!!

Or at least the remnants of her. She stood towering over Bede and Gloria who both stood there staring up wide eyed and horrified at her as she shrieked at Bede.

"YOU DARE TURN YOUR BACK ON CHAIRMAN ROSE AFTER EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR YOU!! YOU COULD'VE BEEN SITTING COMFY ON THAT CHAMPION STATUS IN A BETTER SOCIETY IF YOU HADN'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS TAKE OFF!!," she shouted between incoherent babbling and rambles pointing her finger at Bede accusingly.

Oleana!? But-..Why?! HOW!? What was she doing here!? Wasn't she in hiding after that whole incident with Eternatus last year!? In your stupor you stared at the woman still rambling before shaking your head. That didn't matter right now. If she was here then that only meant trouble. And trouble there was. In the middle of her rant her finger actually poked Bede and he reacted instantly. By flinching and making himself (and Gloria) take a step back purple eyes shrinking more in fear. And you saw red. No one saw it coming let alone Oleana. As something suddenly grabbed her extended arm and with a yank over she went. Colliding with a wall away from the two scared teens and other hand placed itself firmly against her other shoulder. Dazed she quickly shook her head and GLARED at you but any bite she might've thrown at you was shoved aside from your response. You were ANGRY. You were TIRED. And you were going to finally give her a piece of your mind!

"SHUT UP!!" Your bellow echoed across the street and into the air demanding silence especially from the woman you kept away from Bede. "Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! For Arceus sakes just shut up already! Do you ever just be quiet instead of yelling!?" You were getting very hard Pearl vibes from last year which only added to your anger. Oleana was VERY much a karen as well."You absolutely dumb excuse of a walk in closet!! I'm getting real tired of people like you trying to make my life and others lives a living heck to deal with!! And you happened to catch me in a bad mood." Your face pushed itself closer to her and she stared unsure as if this never happened to her before. Which probably hadn't. "Maybe if you didn't wear those stupid shoes you'd be able to pull your head out of the clouds and realize that you're not big, bad, or in charge anymore. AND YOU'RE REALLY TICKING ME OFF!" She made a squeaky gasp noise as you increased your grip on her. She was NOT going to get away. "Maybe your big head makes you think you're fat enough to throw your weight around and can get away with stuff, but you couldn't even get away with swatting a bug now!" Your scowl hardened. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM BEDE!! YOU HEAR ME!? ...LOOK AT ME!!" Her once eyes glancing around for an exit looked back at you from your second bellow. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM HIM!! YOU DON'T LOOK AT HIM! YOU DON'T TALK TO HIM! AND YOU DON'T TOUCH HIM! YOU HEAR ME!? HE'S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH BECAUSE OF YOU!! AND SO HELP ME IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN I'LL SEARCH GALAR UNTIL I FIND YOU AND THEN I'LL DRAG YOU KICKING AND SCREAMING TO THE NEAREST PRISON MYSELF AND MAKE SURE OF IT!!"

Silence. Cold. Dead. Silence. No one spoke. No one made a move. And you didn't loosen your grip or move your gaze away from Oleana silent wide eyed stare. That is. Until something touched your shoulder. You instantly snapped over your shoulder and you blinked at the confusing sight of a pink and mint green umbrella on your shoulder.

"Well I certainly couldn't have put that in better words myself," an eerily voice said and when you looked behind you your eyes widened. Standing there with her umbrella to your shoulder. Behind her Bede was peeking out wide eyed at you and beside him was Gloria looking calmer and less afraid also glaring at Oleana. "Come now. Let's put her down. I believe she's learnt her lesson." You didn't move at first still surprise but then the tip of the umbrella poked your shoulder a couple times. "We're not getting any younger, Young Lady. Put her down." She spoke in an almost grandmotherly voice. That tone your grandma would use as a warning before you got into trouble.

You looked back to Oleana as she stared back at you. Scowled hard...And let go. Oleana slid down the wall until she sat on the ground. Until you jolted again before whirling around and meeting the eyes of..Gordie? With Elsa behind him. Oh..Guess they were also part of the group that came here to get their pokemon checked also.

"I was wondering what was taking you children so long but this seems to answer that question." Opal gazed at Olena before humming and turning her gaze to Bede who blinked at her. "Go on now. Take your friend and go wait in the taxi, Dear. I do so love a good performance and I'm not planning on missing this one." Bede didn't even get a chance to answer before she then turned her gaze to Gordie. "Why don't you go grab dear Kabu to watch over her before the authorities arrive? Hm? And take your ladyfriend here to go calm her mind." She tilted her head to you as you still scowled at Oleana from Gordie's grip. "It would do her good to calm down."

Gordie nodded and instantly began to coax you away from Oleana and used his stronger strength begin to pull away from her and the crowd watching. However unknownst to all of you there were some other people watching. A special someone especially with red sunglasses.

"I am so sorry you had to see that, Your Highness. I promise it's not like that all the time. The woman. Oleana. Has been a troublemaker for quite sometime."

"Hm..No need. On the contrary." A smile spread across someone's face as they watched the Dragon Tamer scoot you awa

y. "I find modest and strong women, very alluring."