Pokémon Amethyst (AU)

Chapter Thirty-Two (Seraphina's Story)

As the doors to the next hall opened, I was once again struck by the difference in colour. The walls of this room were maroon, and smooth white pillars stemmed from the pale, grey tiles of the floor all the way up to the high ceiling. Seraphina stood in the centre of the room, directly on the Pokeball tile that was paved in the floor. She was wearing a long beige gown, with a golden necklace that had small mineral rocks attached to it.  "Welcome," she smiled warmly. "I must offer my congratulations. It sure is nice to see you again, Y/N."

"Yeah, it's been a while since we met back in Ridgeburn," I retorted.

"And I must offer my heartfelt thanks for solving the mystery behind Team Moon that's been disquieting the region for decades, even though the outcome is far from what we predicted."

"Yeah, well, it's not over yet. We're up against someone far more dangerous than Team Moon." I nodded my head. Seraphina also nodded.

"I never thought it would be Flossi. I don't think any of us did," Her head lowered sadly, in the same way as Louis had when the subject was brought up. "She and I used to be so close. I'll tell you all about it. But first, I do believe a Pokemon battle is in order." She reached down onto her golden belt, and detached one of her luxury balls, holding it up whilst gesturing me to join her on the battlefield. I did so immediately, I was confident enough that the Pokemon in my party were powerful enough to dispense with the Rock Pokemon that Seraphina was about to present to me.

You are challenged by Seraphina of the Elite Four!

Seraphina sent out Aggron!

Go! Medicham!

Medicham used Calm Mind!

Medicham's Sp.Atk rose sharply!

Medicham's Sp.Def rose sharply!

Aggron used Iron Tail!

It didn't prove too effective...

"Aha, I see you listened to that annoying guy in Galar rambling on about type matchups!" Seraphina chuckled.

Despite this fact, Aggron proved to be rather tedious to take down, as it had an extremely high defence. Although, Medicham was ultimately successful due to its supreme strength and versatility.

"You're doing brilliant! Keep it up!" The Rock-Type leader called across to me.

Seraphina sent out Sudowoodo!

"Sudowoodo is so adorable, don't you think?" Seraphina asked, earning a little roar from the Pokemon in appreciation.

Despite my Medicham's moves being super effective against the tree-like Pokemon, they hardly did any damage at all. Seraphina was using her high defence in an attempt to stall me, whilst throwing in a brutal attack occasionally when I least expected it. Medicham ultimately proved unsuccessful, and fainted.

Go! Zelda!

Zelda was easily able to make work of Sudowoodo, as well as Seraphina's third Pokemon, Glimmora. However, she was left with poisoned just as Seraphina readied her 4th Luxury Ball. "That Glimmora was a gift to me from Chairwoman Geeta from Paldea, by the way."

Zelda was badly poisoned!

Three turns in, I was able to heal up Zelda, who was later taken down by Seraphina's Rhyhorn. I decided to send out Gladimax (aka Lily), with her ionisation chip, to pack several devastating blows to the remainder of her team. 

You defeated Seraphina of the Elite Four!

"Wow.... just... wow..." she whispered. "Have you ever thought about becoming a Professor at Naranja Academy?!" With a close-eyed smile, she began clapping her hands. "Congratulations, Y/N!"