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Bella watched Ambrosia run around screaming for Mew. Her legs were tired from all that walking and she really needed something to lean on. "You know, asking for Mew sounds tiring." She said, Leaning against a pedestal in the centre. "What if someone who hunts legendary Pokemon hear it? What if they think we're a bunch of Mews? What if-" her sentence was cut off by a ear piercing scream from the poison girl herself by what happened next

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With a puff of a sigh, Lace had to admit she was exhausted. Nothing had happened, and she didn't know what she'd been expecting.

Suddenly, the girl who'd ridden Wisp, Bella, screamed, having apparently leaned against the central pillar. A brilliant, multi-colored flash of light had burst from the archaic stone support, arching through the sky to create a sort of dome spanning the outer pillars. 18, she noted as she counted them quickly. It was a transparent rotunda-type canopy, with little arches between pillars. In their own individual flashes, one by one, crystals (x) appeared in succession from thin air atop each pillar. The noise they produced was oddly melodious, like clinking diamonds. The happenings went around in a circle, beginning with one of ocean blue and ending with one that was a deep pink. They were oddly... beautiful. Without warning, the shards lifted into the air and drifted in a soft arc to land in front of the trainers, each one going to a different person. As for Lace, the crystal in front of her was of a silvery-sky blue. She hesitated, then slowly reached out her hand.

Energy raced through the girl, and she felt as if she were soaring. The crystal seemed to explode in a burst of power, blowing her hair backwards with its force. With her free hand, she covered her face, but the fingers that had touched the crystal seemed glued to it. Then, it almost seemed to absorb into her, its form stretching as if being pulled. Wind whipped around her, and a sensation of weightlessness swooped into her throat, though her feet never left the ground. It all suddenly stopped, and Lace was left there gasping for breath, the crystal nowhere to be seen, wondering what on earth had just happened.

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Shroud's drone was nearly knocked out of the air by a sudden forcefield of unidentifiable energy. The blinding light made her temporarily unable to guide it. However, the machine had a built-in, automatic auto-pilot, which kept it aloft. She watched the proceedings from above the aurora-like field, astonished. Who or what could have created this mystical process? It seemed that this had gone beyond Mew. Perhaps, just perhaps, could this be linked to a greater ancestor Pokemon? Ever the analyst, the woman kept her eyes glued to the screen, wanting to absorb every detail.

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Bella seemed to be frightened after what happened. She immediately ran to a corner and sat there. When she saw her mysterious crystal in front of her, the mysterious purple seemed to speak out to her, telling everything was okay. Holding back a tear, she reached out and touched it, screaming again from the explosion of light.

"What did you do?" Viola asked Bella as she watched the timid poison girl run off. Psybee pointed at the pink-ish red crystal in front of Viola, and gestured for her to touch it. "No, I'm not going to." She answered to the Psychic cat, but apparently that response didn't reach him. Using Psychic Psybee forced her left hand to touch it.

Ambrosia watched her earthy brown crystal float down to her. Something seemed to speak out to her, reminding her of the blinding green light of her Rockruff evolving in the orange sky. With no hesitation she reached out to the crystal, letting her hand rest on the cold slippery surface

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Shinobu adjusted her sunglasses as she continued walking.

Shizuka had sent Sayaka back out now that they had arrived at what seemed to be their destination. The Zoroark had run around in circles for a bit, before using her illusions to turn into Mew, then into Shizuka, then into some of the others, including some of their Pokémon and two of the strange people who had talked to the group the night before, all while giggling profusely. Eventually she stopped illusion-shifting into... pretty much everyone and had continued running around all over the place.

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Tiamat's crystal was a bluish shade of purple, with a bit of a draconic aura to it that seemed to be... calling to Tiamat in a way, Dahlia's was green, and had somewhat of a nostalgic feeling to it that reminded Dahlia of the garden she helped maintain, and Shizuka's was a deep blue, like the ocean, calling her to the sea... They had reached out to touch their crystals...

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The blinding flash of color caused Xaiver to throw up his hand, squinting. When it cleared, it took him a minute to realize that there was a crystal in front of him. The blinding yellow color of it drew the boy's attention. It reminded him of battles he had seen before Emolga got him banned from Sunnyshore City. The color of lightning...Xavier's mind was torn. Something was screaming at him to get away, as another urged him to go closer. The two sides battling, he finally reached out a hand...

His ears were roaring with noise, so much that it was painful. The hiss and crackle of electricity, the roar of lighting and thunder that all currents of electricity caused sending him stumbling back. He could feel it racing through his body, sending a jolt up his spine. As he tripped, landing with a thunk on the ground, it stopped, and the crystal was gone.

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Banette was not happy. The whispers had become darker. Sizune had to bend to the darkness, to the whispers. Banette was the gateway, keeping the evil at bay. She must respect it always. But this light was blinding. Time slowed down. The whispers were louder. Light was here. Good. Sizune would not stand it. Mr. Mime laughed darkly behind her, flicking its hand so that the admin's head dropped to the side. This light would not stand in his way.

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Lace was shivering, left absolutely stunned by the surge of power and the sudden departure of that oddly wonderful feeling of soaring. She dropped down on one knee, wrapping one arm around herself and holding the one that had touched the now-vanished crystal out in front of her, staring down at it in shocked amazement as it shook uncontrollably. The loud noise of a PokeBall opening sounded behind her, and she nearly fell on her face, being forced to fling her other hand out to break her fall. Rend had burst out of its PokeBall, a skill both the Espeon and Void had mastered some time ago, and rushed to her trainer's side, having sensed something unusual occurring. The Sun Pokemon bounded towards the girl, pressing its lilac fur against her shoulder and letting out a soft trill, concerned.

The presence of the Espeon, as always, was comforting. Standing, though still shaky, she lifted her into her arms and turned to the others, who looked similarly shaken. After a moment's hesitation, Lace said softly, almost wondrously, "What... in the world..."

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In amazement, the mousy-brown haired woman quickly sent the recorded feed from the drone to another monitor, setting it on a loop while she continued to watch the live footage. Without taking her eyes from the screen, she once more called up Shinobu, saying with a hint of amusement in her tone, "Begin to move in. Attempt amity, but if they resist, use whatever force necessary to bring them back to headquarters alive."

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Viola shrugged, calming down a panicking Brayon. The sudden light show had scared the poor Pokemon and he was clomping around in fear. Psybee looked at Viola and sighed, looking bored. For a second Viola sworn Psybee spoke in the human language: "Meh, that was boring."

Slip was making sure Bella wasn't having a mental breakdown while Ambrosia started questioning at nothing "Mew! Mew! What was that for? Where did the crystals go?"

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"Friend... Are you ok???"

That was what Dahlia heard, while others would hear this as "Whimsi whimsiiii???" The young girl swore she was just hearing things.... If Floof, the Pokémon she considered to be her partner, started speaking to her... like actually speaking rather than making cute noises... She really needed some more sleep.

Tiamat was making sure Azazel was alright, while Sayaka was running around Shizuka like nothing happened.

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Shinobu pushed up her shades once more, looking back at the others with a smirk on her face. "We move in right now. We will try to reach an agreement with those kids. If they refuse... We will use whatever force necessary to bring them back....... Alive, that is."

And she had gone towards the top of Spear Pillar, expecting the others to follow.

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Rend gently maneuvered herself out of Lace's arms and moved to perch on her right shoulder, her v-shaped tail draping over her left. As the auburn haired girl moved to study the pillar that had set the whole thing off, she glanced over her right shoulder and froze. A Salamance had just shot up into view, and there appeared to be someone on its back. From the way the red orb on Rend's forehead was glowing and the Espeon herself was growling, something about this occurrence made the girl uneasy. "Would that classify as an 'incoming'?" she called to the other trainers, reaching into her backpack to grip Burst's PokeBall. Granted, she didn't know for sure that the Pokemon or its rider were hostile, but she was long since through with taking chances on humanity.

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Viola got off Brayon, only for him to be quickly stolen by Psybee. The Psychic cat had also stolen her indigo blue scarf and used it as reins. "Come on horsey!" Psybee started, pointing at Lace "I am Calyrex! I wil-"
"Did my meowstic just talk?!" Viola asked everyone else, pointing at Psybee.

Bella and Ambrosia had gotten up to investigate what was going on.

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"Hm?"

Shizuka looked up and noticed the Salamence. "Hopefully it's just some random trainer flying past on their Salamence and not any bad guys..." Sure, this random person on a Salamence could be just some trainer, or it could be a bad guy. Shizuka had no clue who it could be. The rider could even be her long-lost twin sister for all she knew.

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Keeping her eyes on the steadily approaching Dragon Pokémon distrustfully, the girl, in response to Viola, said with a hint of perplexion in her tone, “No, don’t think so.” What an odd question; yes, Lace had heard stories of Psychic type Pokémon using something called telepathy before, but it seemed like Viola would be aware of it if her Meowstic could do that. She’d probably just heard what she thought were words in the Psychic-type’s normal cry.

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Viola stood by Brayon and Psybee. "Ofcouse I am talking!" The meowstic cried out, turning to Lace. "See? Hello I am Psybee! I'm amazing!"

Ambrosia sighed, pulling her Lycanroc's Pokeball out. Approaching the Salamance she spoke with pure confidence and showed no signs of fear. To her the timing and everything seemed so planned, she was pretty sus about it. "Who are you?!" She shouted into the winds to the Salamance rider "And what do you have with what happened just now?!"

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The Salamence has landed and its rider, a tall woman with silver hair, a dark outfit, and sunglasses that obscured her eyes, making it virtually impossible to tell what her eye color was. She looked over the group for a moment before speaking.

"Who I am is not important right now. But hear me out first. I have something of importance that I would like to tell you."

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Bella looked up at Ambrosia in awe. Look how brave she was, approaching a stranger and speaking with no fear! She wished she could be like that, standing up proud with Pokemon on her side.

Brayon started growling (whatever a angry horse sound is) and upon hearing so, Psybee hissed at the Mudsale. "Oi! No being aggressive!" The meowstic started, watching Viola, who had a sudden surprised expression.

"You're the person who asked me some odd questions last night!" Viola shouted, pointing at the Salamance rider. She recognised them not because of their face, but the fact Brayon got agressive. And the voice sounded so familiar "Are you here to question us again? We know nothing!"

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Crossing her arms and shifting her weight to her left foot, Lace watched the newcomer coldly. One who knew the girl well might have been able to interpret her body language and realize that, while she'd perhaps been slowly opening up a bit to these other trainers, she was now shutting down and preparing to flee. However, the only beings who truly knew her were her Pokemon, weren't they? On her shoulder, the usually-peppy Espeon bared her teeth, her hackles raised.

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Spiri had mostly stayed silent for the whole thing, as did her Chandelure. After dropping them off, the ghost type had simply hovered around his trainer, his flames flickering protectively at the sight of the crystals and the newcomer. The Fire enthusiast still barely knew most of the other 'protectors', and thus found herself utterly confused by most of what was happening. After Spiri had touched the crystal, a warmth had spread through her, and it felt as if there was a fire inside her core just now...giving her even more of a connection to the partner beside her now, making the protective flames all the more endearing.

Dusk felt invisible. It felt as if the crystal had turned her into some kind of phantom now. Her Umbreon had come to stand beside her, its hackles raised and rings glowing. Her trainer, however, felt as if she weren't even there, thus felt numb to the situation, and the cold. If one were to look at her, it seemed her very being were flickering now, semi-transparent.

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Xaiver tensed, his hand curling around one of the pokeballs in his pocket. He had mostly been concerned with the annoying man with the Weavile, so he didn't know who this was. He had a faint memory of seeing her in the Pokecenter, but that was it. That night had centered more around Emolga and the battle. A small voice reminded him that the battle was the last time he had fought, but he hoped it would come to it. Before he could do anything else, with a flash, Bolthund had forced itself out of the pokeball, growling at Shinobu. Xaiver had never seen the happy-go-lucky dog this upset, but that didn't mean anything. He forced himself to make eye contact with Shinobu, not saying anything.


Sizune, meanwhile, had stumbled forward, the Banette encirciling her head and the Mr. Mime walking behind her. She looked like she'd been hit in the face with the painful expression she had on her face. She didn't say anything, just watched.

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Fenrir had broken out of his Poké Ball, snarling loudly at Shinobu, before Tiamat returned the Midday Lycanroc. Azazel, Floof, and Sayaka were similarly on edge, but weren't as aggressive towards the woman.

"Look. If your Pokémon don't like me, so be it. Just return them to their Poké Balls so I can say what I have to say to you."

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"Speak," the girl said coldly, irritated with the woman and surprising even herself a bit. She normally was one to assume the best of people, but she certainly trusted the judgement of Pokemon more than her own, and while this didn't appear the case for Tiamat's Lycanrock, which had been hostile from the get-go, Rend was usually as peppy as Lace herself, if not more, and the fact that this person would be so callous in referral to the reaction of the Espeon and other Pokemon roused in her a sort of distrustful indignation.

From her perch atop her trainer's shoulder, Rend let out a hiss of, "Stay away," though by now she was used to the fact that neither the woman who gave off the weird aura nor Lace could understand it.

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