Destiny Battles

Enter the Dragons

The platforms, which Ash and Diantha were standing on, raise them to the battlefield where they are greeted by the thunderous applause of the excited crowd in the stadium. They were waiting for the battle to start once again. Both trainers are feeling the excitement in the air as they unclick one of their Pokeballs and throw them into the air to reveal the Pokemon that will be battling right now.

From Ash's Pokeball, Glalie, a spherical Pokémon that consists of a black rock core covered by ice, comes into view. The icy covering has several holes and spaces across this Pokémon's body. Blue eyes and a mouth with flat teeth are visible through three of these holes. There are two large, black, conical horns on either side of Glalie's head.

As for Diantha, her choice to combat the ice type Pokemon was a Gourgeist. Its body is a dark brown pumpkin with a glowing, yellow-orange face carved into the front and a pair of nubby legs. The face consists of two triangular eyes and a grinning mouth; on top of the mouth is a small, triangular cutout for a nose. Poking out of the top of the pumpkin is its slender brown-orange head, which has bright yellow eyes and a small mouth but no visible nose. Gourgeist has long, light pink hair with arm-like tendrils framing its face and bangs that usually cover one eye. On top of its head is a crescent-shaped tuft that is brown on top; this tuft resembles a pumpkin's stem.

Both Pokemon were ready to battle. Once the referee signaled both trainers to start the second half of their battle, Ash called out the first attack.

"Glalie! Use Ice Beam!" Ash commanded the Face Pokemon.

Glalie charges a light blue ball in between the horns on top of its head and fires light blue beams from the ball at the Pumpkin Pokémon.

"Gourgeist, use Phantom Force to dodge that Ice Beam!" Diantha countered.

The Pumpkin Pokemon immediately creates a thin purple portal beneath itself and sinks into it. This caused the Ice Beam to miss its target. Both Ash and Glalie are looking around the area so that they could counterattack once they spot Gourgeist emerging from the shadows. Seconds later, another portal appears behind the opponent, and the Pumpkin Pokemon comes out of it and quickly strikes the clueless Face Pokemon before it could even have the chance to counterattack. Glalie moans in pain as it tries to recover from that sneak attack.

Ash groans in frustration as he couldn't do a thing to stop that sneaky ghost attack. Glalie regains its composure and awaits for its trainer to give its next attack.

"Alright. Glalie, use Dark Pulse!" Ash yelled.

The Face Pokemon fires multiple black orbs of energy with a purple outline from in between the horns on top of its head at its opponent.

"We'll use Dark Pulse as well!" Diantha shouted.

Gourgeist forms a dark purple orb of energy in front of its mouth. It then fires a beam of dark purple circles at Glalie from its mouth. The two Dark Pulses collided causing an explosion that pushed both Pokemon back a little. The smoke allowed Ash to quickly call for another attack.

"Quick, Glalie! Use Gyro Ball!" Ash commanded his ice type Pokemon.

Suddenly, two light blue orbs appear at the end of Glalie's horns and it spins around quickly, slamming into Gourgeist, causing the Pumpkin Pokemon to wail out of pain from the steel type attack.

"Nice! Keep it up, Glalie!" Ash said, praising his Pokemon.

He then notices a sinister grin on the Kalo Champion's face. Ash gasps as he quickly realizes what his opponent was about to do. He turns his attention back to his Pokemon to warn it about the incoming counterattack.

"Glalie, get back quickly!" Ash shouted to the Face Pokemon.

But it was too late, as Diantha quickly gave her Pokemon its next attack.