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

Chapter 19

When we arrive at Blackish Town, we find a poster of a Pokemon battle, and Elline gasps, "That's Mom! She's doing an exhibition battle."

"Wonderful." David says, "That means we can see her."

"You know what? I think I want to challenge her to a battle." I say. "Let's go see her!"

When we go to the stadium, we find Kathi Lee, Diantha's assistant, trying to stop the reporters from approaching Diantha. "Kathi Lee!" Elline greets us, and the person notices us.

"Just great, you guys are here as well?" Kathi Lee asks as the reporters turn to us. Recognizing David and Elline as Diantha's children, they also want to interview them. It is then a hand comes to us as we all enter the room.

"Nice to see you." The man turns out to be Paris Volt, the husband of Diantha.

"Daddy!" Elline hugs him and asks, "What are you doing here?"

"Why can't I always be with your Mom? How are you two?" He says, "And it is nice to see you two as well, Ash and Serena. I hope they aren't giving you a lot of trouble."

"No way. They have been the ones who've been taking good care of us." Serena says.

After introducing Bonnie and Clemont, Clemont says, "You must be the famous movie star who specializes in Electric-types, I'm so honored to meet you."

"So you're the Lumiose City Gym Leader that my wife picked. It's nice to meet you as well." Paris says.

"So where is Mom? Can we see her?" David asks.

"My lovely wife is actually behind that door since she's getting ready." Paris says. And that's when Diantha opens the door. "Sorry to keep you waiting, Paris... Oh, dear, I see we have some guests here."

"Mom!" Elline and David hug their mom and Diantha says, "So Ash, how are your gym battles? I assume you have two badges?"

"You bet. I beat Grant and got the Cliff Badge. And right now I am heading to Shalour City." I say.

"That's wonderful. You're really making some progress." Diantha says. That's when Kathi Lee comes in and says, "You guys should be careful, those reporters are really annoying. You're lucky that you have Paris here to help you."

Sometimes she really likes to scold us, but that's what Diantha's secretary is all about. Now Diantha is going to have her battle, so we decide to watch in the stands with Uncle Paris by our side.

"Come on out. Gardevoir." I send out my own Shiny Gardevoir, and now she's sitting by our side. "Gardevoir, you're going to see the moves of the Gardevoir in front of you."

Gardevoir nods, and Paris says, "That is a Shiny Gardevoir, you have such a nice Pokemon."

"Well, it is a sad story when we find this Gardevoir..." I say with a slight frown.

In the battle, Diantha faces an opponent using a begins with Bite, but Gardevoir is too quick. Absol then uses Quick Attack, but again Gardevoir evades the attack, able to understand Diantha's commands merely through eye contact. Absol uses Psycho Cut, but Gardevoir repels it with Shadow Ball, which rebounds to hit Absol. As a last resort, Absol uses Perish Song, but Gardevoir uses Moonblast to knock Absol out, winning the match.

"She is still strong as always." Elline says.

"And she doesn't even need to use Mega Evolution to beat the opponent." David says.

"You know what, I'm going to get her to battle me!" I say.

"I'm sure she'll be happy to battle you considering you are a 5-region champion." Uncle Paris says.