Destiny Battles

The Bonds of Transformation

Diantha grabs a Heal Ball which contains her very last Pokemon. She took a deep breath before gazing and smiling upon it. She then moves the ball close to her chest, where her heart is. The Kalos Champion knows this is her last chance for victory in this battle. For within that Heal Ball, it's a Pokemon that she shares a deep connection with.

Ash, witnessing this happen across from him, gets into a serious battle stance as he waits for the champion to reveal her final Pokemon.

"My last hope," Diantha said, before starting to throw the Pokeball up into the air. "Let's show the fans a spectacular battle!"

A light came out of the Pokeball, and when it faded away, a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon whose body resembles a flowing gown was revealed to be the Kalos Champion's final Pokemon. Most of its body is white, but its hair, arms, and the underside of its gown are green. Its hair curls over its face and down the sides of its head. Behind its red eyes are short spikes, resembling a masquerade mask. It has long arms with three fingers on each hand and slender white legs. A red, fin-like horn extends from its chest, and a shorter, more rounded horn extends from the back. A band of green on its chest extends to the center of the front horn and connects to its sleeve-like arms. It was also wearing a necklace, similar to its trainer, that contains a sparkling stone in it.

"Gardevoir..." Ash responded to the appearance of Diantha's strongest Pokemon. He quickly grabs Dragonite's Pokeball and then turns to the battle-ready Dragon Pokemon.

"Dragonite, return for now!" Ash called out to it, which made the Dragon Pokemon's serious face turn to a sad one. The Dragon Pokemon tried pleading its trainer to allow it to continue battling, but Ash made up his mind.

"Listen, Dragonite," Ash begins to explain his Dragon Pokemon. "Gardevoir is a Psychic and Fairy type, which puts you at an extreme disadvantage. Trust me, Dragonite."

Dragonite was a bit disappointed to not be continuing battling, but once Ash explained his reasoning to it, the Dragon Pokemon happily agreed with its trainer, as a beam of red light hits it and returns the Dragon Pokemon to its Pokeball. Ash smiles upon it, before attaching it to his belt and then grabbing another Pokeball.

"You made the smart choice there, Master," Lucario commanded on Ash's decision to recall Dragonite.

"Yeah," Ash responded, as he looked at the Embrace Pokemon across from him with a serious expression. "For now, we need to be extra careful with Gardevoir."

Lucario and Pikachu both nodded in agreement with their trainer. Ash then threw his Pokeball up into the air. Once the light from the Pokeball faded away, it revealed his Charizard, who let out a mighty roar to the sound of the cheering audience in the stadium. Charizard then looks at his opponent and gets into a battle stance.

"Charizard, once again huh?" Diantha said while her hand was on her necklace, which had a stone in it. "I see you are being cautious against my final Pokemon."

"Yeah," Ash responded to the Kalos Champion. "It's going to take everything we got to defeat your Gardevoir! We won't give up until the very end!"

"I'm sure you are aware of what my Gardevoir can do, right?" She said as she pointed out the stone in her necklace to her challenger.

Ash nodded to the champion's statement as he is quite aware of the special bond that Diantha shares with her Gardevoir.

"Good, because I will use it right now!" Diantha stated as she taps the stone on her necklace.

By tapping the stone, it activates the stone that's in Gardevoir 's necklace. Suddenly, beams of lights are coming out of both their necklaces and then meeting with each other in between the trainer and her Pokemon. With a bright light, Gardevoir's appearance starts transforming. Once the light faded away, Gardevoir looked completely different now. It turned almost completely white; only its hair remains green. Its gown becomes longer and wider, resembling a bridal gown. The forearms are slightly thicker with a pointed extension above the elbow. Its facial spikes are larger and now curl upwards. In contrast, its hair is now shorter and more tightly curled. There are now two horns in the center of its chest, extending to either side. These horns are said to be a physical manifestation of this Pokémon's heart, and it can use tremendous psychic power now that it is open.