12. The Sevestar Prince Darker Version

Chapter 38

"I'm glad that you have been better. Once again, I'm sorry for having you suffer like that..." Ash says to Lillie, who smiles and says, "Don't worry. Thanks to the aura powers, the healing is much faster compared to a normal human."

"Indeed." Gladion says. "But this is going to be a one-time only thing, we are not going to let you do it for the second time."

Now the group of Champions is heading towards the next gym, and Lillie is still replacing Alice for a while because Alice needs some rest, despite Alice protesting that Ash and Lillie should rest as well.

While walking on Route 8, they notice a drained forest. Diantha asks, "What happened to that forest over there?"

Ash says, "Don't worry about that. It's the living place for Xerneas and Yveltal. We also make sure to set up a barrier made by Dark and Fairy Aura to prevent anyone from entering the forest. If you want to go in, you must capture a Zygarde back in the Underground Maze."

"Right, that spooky maze you told us about." Leon mutters.

"And before we go to the Quest Town, let me welcome you all to the RPA Academy. The best school in the Sevestar Region that everyone has been willing to go into." Ash says. "Ms. Geeta can prove it, I used to be a student of the Uva Academy, and it is thanks to the high quality of school teachings that we manage to create this school."

Lillie says, "Not to mention our Princess Aurora suffered a lot from bullying in her past, so all the teachers here were also trained to handle bullying."

Then they walk into the school and notice the facilities of the school. Rosa comes to greet them and the one battling her is Trip. While they're battling, Ash and Lillie are now inside the principal's office and they make sure the Dread Plate isn't stolen.

(Flashback)

After getting into the school, they hear some students screaming in horror and they rush outside to see what's going on. They find Team Rainbow attacking the whole school, the ones leading the attack are led by Agate, and there is also Amythest and Ambrose.

"Trying to steal our plates is one thing, but attacking the innocent students for your goal? Disgusting." Ash says as he battles Agate while the others are battling. With help from the teaching staff and the students, the Rainbow Grunts are losing.

Seeing the mess, Amythest suddenly turns against Ambrose and Agate. He says, "I'm done. I'm quitting."

"Amythest, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Ambrose gasps in shock.

"I can't accept the fact that we have to attack innocent people to get the Legend Plate." Amythest says.

"Is that so...then you're willing to label yourself as a traitor." Agate says, "And this is how we deal with the traitors."

Suddenly, a Cofagrigus appears and before Amythest can even react, it opens the coffin and swallows the girl whole. Ash and the others look in horror and another man appears, "And that's how we deal with the traitor."

"Well done, Topaz." Agate says.

"Did you seriously turn that girl into a mummy?" Golly yells.

"Don't worry, she will not die just yet." Topaz says. "And this isn't the Legend Plate that we're searching for."

He throws the Dread Plate to Ash, and says, "Hidden in the office table, I must say that you really need to be more careful."

Then Team Rainbow is gone, much to everyone's surprise.

(Flashback Ends)

"And I was grateful that we saved Amythest the next meeting with Topaz. Although she was now bedridden for most of her life." Lillie says.