Ash's Story (Part 4: Kanto and Unova)

Chapter 18

We spot a confused flock of Pokémon and realize something isn't right, especially once an unusual aurora appears in the sky and our Poké Balls and Rotom Phones stop working. That's when we spot Solana, the Pokémon Ranger, who helps get the Pokémon going in the right direction. She explains that the Rangers have detected strange geomagnetic activity, and just then, we see a Deoxys in the sky.

With Nurse Joy's help, Solana reasons that Deoxys may be connected to an old meteorite that crashed nearby. Solana goes to investigate alone, but we decide to come along since I have a Deoxys in my team as well. Inside the cave, she finds a Miltank and captures it because it may help us with Deoxys.

Once we find the meteorite, Deoxys emerges. It's in pain and is clearly hostile to us, but Solana can't capture it to calm it down unless it's in Normal Forme. She has Miltank use Heal Bell to soothe Deoxys' pain, but it still won't be captured. Team Rocket reveal themselves, but Max and Meowth are getting strange impressions from Deoxys so both of them try to talk to it. Deoxys possesses Meowth and uses it to communicate with Max, but this backfires when Deoxys vanishes into a strange dimension and decides to take both Max and Meowth with it.

With Meowth and Max both vanishing after an encounter with Deoxys, Team Rocket makes a truce with us again. Solana suggests that recent solar winds may be linked to the strange geomagnetic activity focused on the meteorite cave, so we return to the cave in search of Meowth and Max. When we reach the meteorite, we realize it's the source of all the strange phenomena we've witnessed—and there's tremendous energy building up around it. Rescue has to wait as everyone tries to get clear, but an explosion from the meteorite throws everyone out of the cave. Deoxys shows up and Solana realizes that these chaotic energies are what's causing Deoxys pain, but she can't capture it to help it unless it's in Normal Forme.

Everyone pitches in with their Pokémon to keep Deoxys distracted until it returns to Normal Forme. Meanwhile, a portal to Deoxys' dimension reappears, with Max and Meowth floating inside. They're not feeling too great, either. Team Rocket and May rescue them from the weird fissure just before it closes again. Solana finally captures Deoxys and has it heal itself with Recover. But the energies are still going haywire, so just as the meteorite finally explodes, Deoxys uses Safeguard to protect everyone. Once the smoke clears and things calm down, Deoxys says goodbye to Max and flies off to explore, now knowing that there are many Pokémon in the world and it's no longer alone.

And then Emerald also captured two new Pokemon: A Snorlax who was blocking the road, and a Sudowoodo who was mistaken as a tree. Both Pokemon cause trouble on our way and he manages to calm them down.

Another beautiful day is upon the Kanto region while we are inside of a Pokémon Center with May preparing herself for the upcoming Mulberry City Pokémon Contest.

"Looks like this is the last chance for you to get the final ribbon." I say. "The Grand Festival is in next month, that makes this one the last one before it."

"No way..." May is depressed after hearing that. Then we sit at the nearby table as May is having a lot of pressure. "I guess I'm not sure I'm ready for all of this... Drew's going to torture me forever if I lose..."

"You're not doing this for Drew, right?" Reisa asks.

"Of course not! He probably already has five ribbons just like you! That's why I can't lose!" May says.

"And that means you need more training, fortunately, we can help you with that." Serena says.

"Thanks." Just then, much to our surprise, Harley is also here. "Harley? What are you doing here?"

"I'm warning you, Harley, only one of us is going to win here today!" May says. "And that is going to be me!"

"Dream on, you look cute when you're mad. But I already have 5 ribbons already." Harley says.