1.Ash's Story (Part 3: Hoenn)

Chapter 23

We finally get to Professor Cozmo's house, and Professor Cozmo says, "Thank you for saving me, but that meteorite, I need to get it back."

Brendan says, "Those crazy jerks... What do you think they wanted with the professor's Meteorite anyway? I've got to say, they sure didn't look like the good guys...but... I guess we'd both better be careful from here on out. Not that I'm really worried about you, guys. You and your team'd be fine for sure."

"Yeah. They say they're heading to Mt. Chimney, right? We should all head there." I say.

When we rush to Mt. Chimney, we find that the Cable Car is now empty, so we ride on the cable car. Much to our annoyance, Team Rocket disguises themselves as tour guides as they try to find a chance to take our Pikachu, but somehow the cable car stops.

"Hey? Why are we stopped halfway up?" Alice asks.

"I bet it's either Team Magma or Team Aqua." Mark says. "That means they might have taken over the cable car station."

"What are we going to do? Are we going to be stuck here?" Minami gasps, and we can see that the Team Rocket trio is panicking. They decide to reveal their true identities, but we ignore them and we find some ropes. We try to climb our way through, but with those three idiots, the rope has been shaking a lot. In the end, the rope breaks, and fortunately, Mark, Minami, and I just use our Psychic to get to float to the other side, while we decide to leave Team Rocket alone at the cable car.

"Serves them right for breaking the rope." May says.

As we arrive at the top of the mountain, we find Team Magma and Team Aqua fighting each other. Archie is now facing three Magma grunts in front of him, and he says, "Get out of my blasted way, ye scurvy Team Magma knaves! Or face a keelhauling!"

"It seems that Archie himself is trying to stop those Team Magma people as well..." Mark says.

"And there are more that are getting to us!" Max yells.

We all send out our Pokemon to battle, and when I notice Minami using Solrock, I ask, "When did you get that?"

"I got it at the Meteor Falls when we're dealing with Team Magma there." Minami says.

As they keep letting us through, we find Tabitha in front of us. ""Hyahyahya?! It's you! You're the one who tried to interrupt me, Tabitha, at Meteor Falls! D-d-do you intend to get in my way once more? Unngh! You're really... really, really, really, really, really, really... really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really... reeeallllyyyy... an obnoxious child, aren't you?! Ahh... Ah... I will...crush you. So that you..never get in my way...again."

"See if you can do it." I say as we defeat his Koffing and Numel with Marshtomp and Aron.

"I knew you would be strong. What a shame, though! The Meteorite we got from Professor Whoever is already in our Boss's hands! Where's the Boss, you ask? Ah, yes, yes, right this way! Oh, I do hope that you can be shown Team Magma's true power! Ahya! Ahyahyahyahya!"

We ignore him and rush to where Maxie is, and he's already placing the meteorite into the machine.

"The power contained in the Meteorite... If we merge the explosive energy contained within the planet's core with the Meteorite's power..." Then he notices us, and he says, "I remember those eyes. And the indomitable will that seems to burn behind them. Ahhh. Now I recall. You are the one who defied us at Dewford Island. And, your presence here tells me that you have defeated Tabitha. Yes, I see now that the stirring of interest I felt was not misplaced. Hmph. You show true promise. Fine. I will attempt to educate you."

We stare at him with surprise, and he says, "Thousands of years ago, there lived a most powerful being that was said to be capable of creating new lands on the planet. The power that we in Team Magma seek— This power, which can expand the available landmass, belongs to a legendary and super-ancient Pokémon. Though now it slumbers, having lost the source of its power and been trapped in a deep sleep. So what is it that we must do to awaken this slumbering giant? Our research has led us here, to Mt. Chimney. Yes, here...to this very Meteorite. If we create the right conditions, we should find ourselves able to alter this Meteorite's qualities. Yes, even into a Mega Stone. Even into a Key Stone. And here, at Mt. Chimney— Hmph... I should not say too much. That is the end of today's lesson."