1. Ash's Story (Part 7: Kalos)

Chapter 17

As you all know, besides Scarlet Ketchura, I have another self of mine known as Alain. My goal is to infiltrate Team Flare, and by doing so, I lure the leader of Team Flare, a man named Lysandre, who seems to have met Ash before, by using the Ampharosite that I'm searching for, and then he shows us around the lab of what he's doing and I will help him gain more Mega Stones as possible, in return, he gives me a Mega Ring with the Key Stone on it, and a Charizardite X so I can use it on my Charizard. It's a good thing I gave my other self the Charizardite Y.

Now I hear that there is a powerful trainer who has a Mega Absol, and after searching for a while, I find the girl, she notices my Charizard and says, "A Mega Stone?"

"Battle me. I want to see your full power." I say.

"You have such confidence, I hope that it's not just all talk. What's your name?" The girl asks.

"Alain." I say.

"My name is Astrid, and this is my strongest partner!" She throws out the Pokeball and sends out the Absol.

"It's here... Let's go, Charizard! Flamethrower!" I command.

Charizard fires the Flamethrower, though Absol counters with a Psycho Cut before rushing forward using Megahorn. Charizard, however, grabs its horn to block the attack.

"Nice power you have there, but I don't think that's going to be it, right? How about we show our full power?" I ask.

"Then I'll show you." Astrid taps her Key Stone earring as she Mega Evolves her Absol, transforming it into a fearsome winged beast. I also do the same by pressing my Key Stone and Mega Evolve Charizard into Mega Charizard X.

"This is my strongest partner, Mega Charizard X!" I say.

"Quite cool with that black body there." Astrid says.

"I take that as a compliment." I say. Mega Charizard flies into action with Steel Wing, which collides with Absol's counter Megahorn attack. Absol is pushed back by an intense Dragon Claw and Flamethrower. Mega Charizard prevails by using Blast Burn to counter Absol's Dark Pulse and defeating Absol in the end.

"Absol!" Astrid rushes to Absol, and I turn to Charizard, "Nice work, Charizard."

Charizard reverts to its form as I walk to Astrid, "Let's battle again if we have the chance."

"Are you always like this?" Astrid asks, "To pursue the strongest battles?"

"I want to defeat every Mega Evolution with Charizard and become the very best." I say back to her.

After we take a rest, I turn to Charizard, "Mega Absol is really hard to beat... don't you think Charizard? It was raised well.

Charizard nods at me, and that's when I decide to give him some snacks to eat. And then I feel someone's watching me. "Stop hiding, how about you show yourself?"

It is then a girl with a red hair and a Chespin approaches us. "Hello..."

"Is there a problem?" I ask.

"Well... I... I saw the battle before... I was surprised at the black Charizard... what was it? Is that a new Pokemon?" The girl asks.

"Do you want to battle?" I ask, and she waves her hands and says, "No! No way! Absolutely not! We just began our journey and we wouldn't be able to have a battle as awesome as that!"

"So a beginner..." I say to Charizard, who nods back.

"My name is Mairin, and this is my Chespin Chespie." Mairin says. "I just got him from Professor Sycamore's lab. That reminds me, there is something interesting! I heard it from Professor Sycamore, who was an amazing trainer. A few days ago, a Garchomp was rampaging in the lab..."