Bonnie was tossing and turning in her sleep and then all of a sudden she felt herself falling and hitting the ground. When she opened her eyes, she could see she was on the floor in Shelly’s room. No pitch blackness, no disfigured Corey or ghostly Corey anywhere. She was back in reality. Shelly came running over to her to make sure she was ok.
Shelly: A-Are you ok?
Bonnie: Yea… Yea. I’m fine.
Shelly: You were uhh… moving around last night a lot. I d-didn’t wanna wake you up.
Bonnie: You should have. I didn’t mean to keep you up at night if I did.
Shelly: I-it’s ok…
Bonnie: Hey… where did Victoria go?
Shelly: Umm… I think she went to the hole at the Grand Stairway.
Bonnie: She went there by herself?
Shelly: I think so…
Then Bonnie remembered the dream she had about Corey. She instantly jumped up to her feet. This surprised Shelly for she wasn’t expecting this as soon as Bonnie woke up.
Shelly: W-What’s wrong?
Bonnie: Victoria’s in trouble.
Shelly: She is?
Bonnie: Yes!
Shelly: W-Wait. I don’t mean to be mean or umm… anything but h-how do you know that?
Bonnie: If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.
Shelly: Umm…
Bonnie: How long ago did she leave?
Shelly: Umm… About an hour ago?
Bonnie: She would have been back by now if nothing was wrong. I’m going to go to the stairway now.
Shelly: What umm… What should I do?
Bonnie: Just stay here. I don’t think you’ve gotten over what happened yesterday. And trust me. Neither have I. But I’m in a more stable mind than you are so it’s best if you stay here and just try to get better, ok?
Shely: Ohh… O-Ok.
Bonnie looked up at Shelly. She couldn’t tell if Shelly was sad with Bonnie for telling her to just stay here and that she didn’t have a stable mind to go with her. Bonnie walked up to Shelly before she left.
Bonnie: Look… I’m sorry. I hope what I said wasn’t mean.
Shelly: It wasn’t. I-I get it…
Bonnie: I just think it’s better if 1 of us stays here.
Shelly: Ok.
Bonnie: I’ll be back with Victoria in no time alright?
Shelly: Ok. Good l-luck.
Bonnie went running out of the gym but before she went to the Grand Stairway, she decided to stop off at the PokeCenter 1st. She found this to be possibly a good opportunity for her to train up her newly caught Nidorina.
So she deposited her Floette and took out Nidorina and continued her way to the Grand Stairway. When she got there, she noticed a ladder going down into the hole. With no other options left, she decided to descend into the hole. When she reached the bottom, she was surprised to see all different kinds of crystals and gems down there. She almost got distracted by the beauty of it.
Bonnie: Wooow… This place is so pretty…
Dedenne: -hits her leg- Dedenne!
Bonnie: Ow! Why would- Ohh yea! Victoria! I almost forgot! Come on Dedenne!
The 2 of them ran further below the surface. Bonnie was afraid of what she might encounter but she knew she had to keep going to find Victoria. As she made it ton the lowest part of the cave, she saw a man facing a weird looking door. As she got closer to him, he spoke to her.
???: Greetings Trainer.
Bonnie: Umm… Hi?
???: Do not be afraid. All I wish to do is speak to you.
Bonnie: Hmm.
???: Tell me something. Did you, as a citizen of this city, have any inkling of this place beneath it?
Bonnie: I’m not really a citizen here but… No. I didn’t.
???: Either way, I suspected not. But then again, most people do not. Most people are ignorant to the centuries of history right beneath their calloused feet. And do you know what is beyond that gate Trainer?
Bonnie: Uhh… No? What is it?
???: It’s the very core of Reborn.
Bonnie: The core of Reborn?
???: Yes. This is a sacred place. A place from where the world began. But tell me. How insolent, how utterly ignorant must 1 be to build such a wretched city right over this precious holy land?
Bonnie: Well… If they knew, maybe they-
???: No. THAT is Reborn. The city of insolence. But ironically, they built it from the symbols of that which it occludes.
Bonnie: What do you mean?
???: I shall tell you young 1. Ruby, the seal of pain. Sapphire, the seal of love. Emerald, the seal of faith. And Amethyst, the seal of the beyond. Each 1 is a key.
Bonnie: A key? To what?
???: When you bring the 4 together, Reborn’s true power, its sacred rite, will be restored! We shall be rid of this malignant junkyard and beauty can be restored to the world!
The man spoke with such confidence but also seriousness that it kind of scared Bonnie. This man seemed really dangerous and focused on whatever his mission was to do. He calmed down and spoke softly to her.
???: You will walk away safely.
Bonnie: I… I can?
???: Yes. So can your friend. She’s just up ahead. Though, you’ll have to deal with the grunts that guard her.
Bonnie: Well good.
???: But when you leave, take this place with you. Share this place with the world. Remind them. This world which they have undone will itself be their undoing. Farewell.
Bonnie backed up and let the man pass her and continue back up towards the surface. She was glad that he was gone. The scary feeling she had with him there now diminished. She ran to where he said Victoria was being held and was soon face to face with Aster and Eclipse.
Victoria: Bonnie? You’re here?
Bonnie: Yea. Shelly told me you left to come down here and see what was up and since you didn’t come back for an hour, I figured you were in trouble.
Victoria: Yea. I rushed right in without even thinking and these 2 jerks caught me off guard and here I am now.
Aster: And we’re not gonna let her go! But I don’t get it. The boss just let you walk away?
Eclipse: Tch. Told you we couldn’t count on him to do our work.
Aster: We’ll just have to capture you here ourselves!
Victoria: I’ve got your back Bonnie! Let’s-
Bonnie: No!
Victoria: Huh?
Bonnie: I need to get stronger by myself. I gotta take these 2 goofs on myself. I can beat you 1 on 2 and I mean that literally! Come on out Nidorina!
Nidorina popped out of its PokeBall.
It looked up towards Aster and Eclipse and got into its attacking stance. Aster and Eclipse both looked at each other and laughed out loud. Bonnie didn’t understand what was so funny but before she could ask anything, the pair sent out a Lunatone and Solrock.
Bonnie: We can do this Nidorina!
Eclipse: You’re joking right?
Aster: This is gonna be a snap! I don’t know why you think you can win like this but let’s just get this over with.
Eclipse and Aster: Use Psychic!
Both Lunatone’s and Solrock’s eyes glowed up. An aura came around Nidorina. It was lifted up into the air and then thrown against the walls until it was knocked out. This wasn’t a good 1st battle Nidorina.
Bonnie: Ahh! Nidorina! Return! Go Tyrunt! Use Ancient Power!
Out popped her Tyrunt.
It sent the attack flying towards its opponents but the pair used their Pokemon to use Psychic to stop the attack and send it back towards Tyrunt. It moved so fast that it was unable to avoid the attack and was knocked out. Bonnie returned Tyrunt back to its PokeBall. Victoria was afraid Bonnie wasn’t thinking straight.
Victoria: Bonnie! We need to work together or else-
Bonnie: No! If I can’t do this by myself, then… Then I won’t be able to save people that are in need of saving!
Victoria: Bonnie…
Bonnie: Come on Phantump! We have to do this!
Phantump came out of its PokeBall.
This time, the pair had Lunatone use Psychic to hold Phantump in place while Solrock used Rock Slide on it, knocking it out completely. Bonnie returned her beaten Pokemon and her eyes started to tear up.
Aster: Ohh look. The little girl is crying.
Eclipse: What a naive trainer.
Bonnie: -sobbing- Sh-Shut up! Come on Lapras! Water Pulse!
Lapras popped out and executed the move.
For the 1st time since the battle started, the move landed but it didn’t seem to affect the Lunatone that much.
Bonnie: What?!
Eclipse: We trained it up for it to take Water Type moves.
Aster: Now Lunatone, use Hypnosis!
Eclipse: Solrock, Rock Slide!
Lapras was put to sleep and then multiple rocks came crashing down on it, knocking it completely out. Bonnie was getting frustrated but also frightened. If she couldn’t beat these 2 by herself with only 1 Pokemon, how would she save anyone else? She looked behind her at Dedenne.
Bonnie: -sobbing- D-Dedenne… I need you.
Dedenne: Dedenne!
The little mouse Pokemon ran to the side of Bonnie and got into its battle stance.
She commanded it to use Charge Beam on Solrock. Eclipse commanded Solrock to use Rock Slide to block the attack and then Aster had Lunatone use Psychic to fly Dedenne into the Rock Slide. Somehow though, Dedenne didn’t give up. The 2 then had their Pokemon use a double Psychic attack on it and sent it up towards the ceiling. It smacked the ceiling so hard that it finally lost consciousness. It fell towards the ground but Bonnie caught it just in time.
Bonnie: -sobbing- Th-Thank you for trying Dedenne. I’ll heal you up o-once this is all done. -puts Dedenne in the bag-
Aster: Had enough yet?
Eclipse: This has been entertaining but I’m starting to lose my patience with you.
Bonnie: -sobbing- G… Go Espurr!
Espurr: -pops out of the PokeBall- Espurrrr.
Victoria: Bonnie!
Bonnie: N-
Victoria: No Bonnie! Listen to me! I get why you’re doing this. Somehow, you think that if you’re Pokemon were stronger, you would have been able to save Corey. But you need to understand something. That’s not the case. I don’t know what happened up on the bridge but it sounded like he was battling a lot of his own demons and he couldn’t take it anymore. I’m not saying what he did was right but… There was nothing anyone could do. Even if you were twice as strong as before, it wouldn’t have changed anything.
Bonnie: But… If I can’t do it myself-
Victoria: Friends can help you! And that’s what you need right now! Please Bonnie! Let me help you!
Bonnie: I… I…
Eclipse: Alright. That’s enough. Solrock! Psychic! On the girl!
Aster: You too Lunatone! Psychic on the girl as well!
Bonnie: Wha- -screams in complete pain-
Victoria: Bonnie! Stop attacking her! She’s just a little girl!
Eclipse: We’ll stop when she’s dead.
Bonnie: -continues to scream in pain- NOOOOO! STOP IT PLEASE! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Then something unexpected happened. Espurr looked at Bonnie, its trainer, being in severe pain. It looked back at Aster and Eclipse and made an angry face. The 2 didn’t really seem intimidated. But then, Espurr started to scream and then glow. Everyone was shocked at what was happening, Even the Lunatone and Solrock were shocked enough that they stopped their attack on Bonnie. She had difficulty standing but she did and also watched as her Espurr evolved into a Meowstic.
Bonnie: -chuckles weakly- Meowstic…
Meowstic: Meowwwstic!
Victoria: Wow! It evolved to protect you Bonnie!
Aster: Wow! That’s cool!
Eclipse: Aster! Don’t be impressed with our enemy!
Aster: Ohh… Uh, right.
Eclipse: Anyways, even if it did evolve, it’s still a Meowstic. What is it gonna do to us?
Meowstic: Meowstic? Meow… STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!
All of a sudden, the pendant it was wearing flashed and blinded everyone temporarily. Whenever regained their vision, they could see a green aura coming off of Meowstic. Bonnie was impressed with her newly evolved Pokemon.
Bonnie: Meowstic… I can’t believe you have this much power!
Meowstic: Meowstic Meow!
Aster: What the- What’s going on?!
Eclipse: I don’t know! I’ve never seen a Meowstic with that much power before! It’s unbelievable!
Bonnie: Victoria?
Victoria: Yea?
Bonnie: Let’s team up and take these 2 down!
Victoria: You got it!
Victoria sent out her Pokemon and the double battle started. But not surprisingly, the battle didn’t last long. Whatever was going on with Meowstic had powered up its moves drastically and damaged the foes Pokemon drastically. Aster and Eclipse called back their Pokemon.
Aster: What the hell?! What did you do to that Meowstic?!
Eclipse: That thing’s way too powerful! We have to fall back!
Aster: The boss said it was fine anyways!
Eclipse: Don’t think this is over Bonnie!
Aster and Eclipse ran out of the cave. Victoria called back her Pokemon. Since everything calmed down, Meowstic also felt calm. Bonnie and Victoria noticed that it was back down to its normal power when it was fully calm.
Victoria: Wow… Your Meowstic is quite the Pokemon.
Bonnie: Yea… I’ve never seen that happen before.
Victoria: Hey. What’s that necklace its wearing?
Bonnie: Ohh. A friend of Meowstic’s gave it to it. She’s not here anymore unfortunately though…
Victoria: Ohh. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring up a bad memory up.
Bonnie: No no. It’s ok. You didn’t know.
Victoria: It is really pretty though.
Victoria went to lift the pendant part of the necklace up but she found that she couldn’t move it. In fact, she couldn’t see any kind of string attached to it. As she looked closer, she was astonished to see that the pendant had fused to Meowstic’s body.
Victoria: What the…
Bonnie: What is it?
Victoria: The pendant... It’s fused to Meowstic’s body!
Bonnie: What?! Let me see. -tries to take the pendant off- It’s… It’s not coming off! You’re right!
Victoria: I think I know what caused Meowstic to get its powers boosted.
Bonnie: You mean the pendant?
Victoria: Yea. What else could it have been?
Bonnie: Well… I suppose that’s the only thing that makes sense.
Victoria took another look at the pendant. She stared at it for quite some time. Her eyes widened as if she figured something out.
Bonnie: Victoria? What’s wrong?
Victoria: Nothing’s wrong but… the colors and the texture of that pendant. Doesn’t it remind you of something?
Bonnie: Hmm…
Bonnie thought hard about it and then it came to her. All the gems and crystals in the cave they were in. They all looked like the pendant. Bonnie was shocked and amazed. But that only meant 1 thing to her.
Bonnie: Oh my gosh!
Victoria: What is it?
Bonnie: That means that Lacy was here.
Victoria: Lacy?
Bonnie: That’s the person who gave Meowstic her pendant. But that’s just… unbelievable.
Victoria: Wow… I wonder what she was doing here.
Bonnie: Me too. Maybe I’ll figure it out someday.
Meowstic: Meowstic! -smiles-
Bonnie: You did a good job Meowstic. Take a good long rest. -returns Meowstic back to its PokeBall-
Victoria: Thank you Bonnie for saving me.
Bonnie: I should be thanking you. If you didn’t give me that speech, I don’t know if I would have snapped out of that weird mood I was in.
Victoria: Well still. Thank you. But wow. This whole thing was weird.
Bonnie: Hey. Did you talk to a weird guy?
Victoria: Yea. He told me about the gate up there.
Bonnie: That’s what he talked to me about too.
Victoria: That’s odd. Do you think maybe it’s better for them somehow if people know about this place?
Bonnie: I don’t see how that would help them.
Victoria: Me neither.
Bonnie: -gasps- Oh my god!
Victoria: What? What’s wrong?!
Bonnie: It’s Shelly! I totally forgot about her!
Victoria: Ohh… Ohh yea! I forgot too! I hope she’s ok!
Bonnie: Let’s go to a PokeCenter 1st and then back to her Gym. I need to heal up my Pokemon.
Victoria: Alright. Let’s go.
The 2 friends then went back up the cave above the surface and then went on their way to a PokeCenter. Bonnie felt so much better than how she felt the day before. She knew now that she can’t save everyone and that having friends help you was a good thing.
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Btw, credit to @Candy for editing the Meowstic sprite so that it'd have the pendant on it!