Magic & Transvolution Summarization Recap!
Hi
It's finally here. The Magic & Transvolution Summarization Recap.
I want to take a moment to say that this took me SO long to complete because of a bunch of things going on in my life, most of them being pretty negative. In fact: As I release this summarization alongside the Mixturing Moves The Story So Far, updates on my fanfics will be on a much longer hold due to me currently finding a way to move out of Texas and into Washington with some friends for a better life to live. I do, however, have a release date for Magic & Transvolution 2's first chapter, which I'll reveal by the end of this summarization. I thank any of you for being patient enough to follow this fanfic let alone reading it till the very end. Words alone can't describe the sheer warmth I've felt from your interests and support in this series, so I appreciate you all so much for it.
I want to address something here:
I'll not create an M&T Extra Book due to not wanting to stress myself over constantly needing to send updates relating to this fanfic series. I'll mention updates on my homepage or something equivalent, depending on the website you're reading this from. As for the summarization itself, it is...unnecessarily beefy, I gotta admit. I think around Chapter 39 onward was when past me finally trimmed down the fat and summarized each chapters properly, so if you want to skim through some details in Chapter 1-38 you feel isn't all that important, you can. I also think that the summaries as a whole could've used some improvements, but keep in mind that I've worked on this (and MM's) for a long while + dealing with personal nonsense in my life. I'll do better with future summarizations going forward: Right now, I hope these ones aren't too bad of a refresher.
One last thing I'll like to talk about (but if you want to see the summaries + the sequel fic's release date, then feel free to skip this portion all together):
The inspiration behind this fanfic's creation.
A long time ago, in early to mid 2019, I've looked over the many old Pokémon OCs I've had during my Pokémon Showdown Roleplay Forum (RIP) and general roleplaying days. Decided to keep track of them all and thought: "What if I can introduce them into one big story series?" That's how Magic & Transvolution was born!
Some of these characters won't be important to the plot (as in being either oneoff side characters or something) while some will. To add to the extra challenge, I've introduced characters original to this fanfic like Coleo the Blipbug, too! (Fun Fact: Coleo is the only M&T character who isn't an old OC in M&T1's 8 main casts. I forgot if this was intentional or not, haha.)
It's a pretty exciting decision I've made that lead to me loving the ever-living hell out of this fanfic's worldbuilding. There's also a few old OCs who used to be planned for my now revived Mixturing Moves fanfic, but I still feel they'll fit in the M&Tverse more than the MMverse.
As of M&T1's completion, I've introduced 31 out of 125 old OCs. Yes it's 125 of them. And yes I'm insane, thanks for asking~
Here's the list so far plus any sort of name/gender/others changes I've made:
- Ramon the Zorua (Changes: None.)
- Travis the Lucario (Changes: His original name was Rex.)
- Justin Phoenix the human (Changes: His original name was Ramon Phoenix Justine.)
- Ada Cheng the human (Changes: None.)
- Mesmeren the Drowzee (Changes: Her original gender was male and her name used to be Ramon. Lots of Ramons past me introduced, lol.)
- Merlin Ashford the human (Changes: None.)
- Terran Forge the human (Changes: Her original name was Rosalina.)
- Xavier "X" the Buizel (Changes: None.)
- Serene the Leafeon (Changes: None.)
- Delia Phoenix the human (Changes: Her original name was Delia Justine.)
- Cindy the Gothitelle (Changes: None.)
- Nomar the Shiny Zoroark/Dne the Magic Reign (Changes: He wasn't originally a deity nor a relative of Ramon.)
- Jester "J" Nick the human (Changes: None.)
- Forest Miles the human (Changes: His original name was Fortanbugh.)
- Mokuri the Abomasnow (Changes: He originally didn't have a name.)
- Ethan the Flareon (Changes: None.)
- Courtney the Lopunny (Changes: She was originally going to be a Mixturing Moves character.)
- Sylock the Blaziken (Changes: None.)
- Arthur Ashford the human (Changes: His original name was Rex. I was very creative with names, I know.)
- Noctis the Charizard (Changes: His original name was Nick.)
- Roan the Axew (Changes: He was originally going to be a Mixturing Moves character.)
- Lycus the Floatzel (Changes: None. Also fun fact: He was my last old OC I've found after compiling all of my old Pokémon OCs.)
- Simon Victor the human (Changes: None.)
- Xenia the Espeon (Changes: None.)
- Ariel the Azumarill (Changes: Her original name was Anna and she used to be a Shiny.)
- Nered the Roserade (Changes: Her original name was Flora and she was originally going to be a Mixturing Moves character.)
- Penelope the Gardevoir (Changes: She was originally going to be a Mixturing Moves character.)
- Elizabeth the Glaceon (Changes: None.)
- Sully Ambers the human (Changes: None.)
- Raiden ? the human (Changes: None.)
- Adrian the Primarina (Changes: None.)
I've alsoooo provided a few more brief mentions of old OCs in M&T1, but I won't reveal who those guys are until future installments' summarizations~
Oh, before I forget:
For those who are new to the fic/are old followers of it, I've made some species name changes for humans without Magic and Pokemon without the human language: Ordina (Originally called Fault) and Nativu (Originally called Defect).
I've made this change since I liked the way those two names sound: Ordina is just short for ordinary, and Nativu is just a play on the word Native (which is literally that word, but I replace the e with the u just to add a bit of quirky aesthetic to it). Plus they felt less demonizing than their original names, which wasn't the intent at all. I just didn't think of a good name for those groups in comparison to Sorcerous, Intellicate, and Transvian at the time, haha.
Anyways, I believe that's all I have to say. To those that read through all of that factoids, I hope it was a pretty interesting read. With all of that out of the way, here's Magic & Transvolution Summarization Recap!
Chapter 1: The Beginning Part 1.
The setting began with Ramon waking up in an unknown facility. He struggled to breathe at first before calming himself, taking one last breath. He then questioned where he's at before wincing in pain, wondering if he's gotten into a fight beforehand. The Zorua scattered around the dark room due to not having much of a choice, uncertain about where he's heading. Eventually, he reached a dimly lit peephole. He pushed on it a few times before finally barging through, rolling forward and stopping at a wall.
After wincing a bit in pain, he looked around: Having a proper view of the whole facility and its destructive state. His curiosity soon grew into concerns when he gasped at the sight of a corpse lying against the wall, fear rising up. He wondered what even happened to the corpse before spotting a black collar beneath its hand: Displaying the name "Ramon" on it. He questioned who that name belongs to, not yet knowing it was his own.
He wandered around the facility, spotting more things wrong with it: The disorganized placement of items, the lights flickering on and off, some glass tube falling off a table and breaking apart—it all made the fox feel frighten, to say the least. His paws then stepped on a pool of blood, leading the fox to see more blood and corpses littering everywhere. Once he backed away, he stepped on unknown black substances, triggering him to run away. Ramon soon stopped to get some fresh air before gagging, realizing the air smelled pretty atrocious. He then kept going, still struggling to see much within this dark facility.
He eventually bumped into two double doors, considering pushing them open until he spot a piece of note nearby. He gazed at the note's title: "Project Transvian." This piqued the illusion fox, leading him to read the note in question. The note talked about the potential of turning any species of Pokemon, Intellicate and Nativu, into a Transvian, believing it'll help those who regretted their evolutionary decisions as well as thinking the magic blood being in the circulatory system will blend and adapt with their natural blood. Ramon was confused, and the fact the note ended abruptly with blood didn't help at all. He looked at the door and hoped that is the way out of this dreaded facility: It wasn't.
Hesitantly, he continued onward into the facility, being vigilant about its broken state once more. After calming himself, he came across a journal nearing a desk. Flipping it over, the journal was titled: "Dr. Yvonne's Project Entry". Intrigued, the fox opened the journal and gotten a glimpse at its amazing inventions: A beam katana and a conjoint arm cannons. There were also a few other inventions that wowed him, including a ring that improved someone's memory and a watch that turned into a suitcase: Putting the fox in a cheerful mood. The mood had vanished once he came across a bloodied and battered page in the journal. He saw the words at the top that mystified him: "Project Transvian. Status: Success. Subject—"
The title was cut off after the word "Subject". This led Ramon to spiral into a barrage of questioning, confusion and terror plaguing him—even the possibility of not knowing his name was stressing him due to his amnesia. And then one of the ceiling lights crashed down, causing the fox to run behind the same desk while trembling in fear. After using the name "Ramon" to calm himself, this was where he realized that's his name, albeit after doing some self-questioning on whether or not that really is his name. Regardless, he rolled with it due to it resonating with him and spotted a small light at a pathway nearby. While he didn't believe the journal itself answered what's going on, he believed showing it to anyone outside will provide him some answers.
After struggling to pick the journal up due to the bloodstains, he persevered forward, eventually reaching a source of light: A lone, crooked door. He pushed on it, hoping it's the exit out of this putrid facility. After some attempts, he pushed through and left the facility, dropping the book at the joyous site ahead. The beaming sun, the lushful trees, and the tranquil sky were a complete contrast to the facility Ramon went through, feeling at peace while breathing in the lovely fresh air. Needless to say, he was relieved to escape that nasty place!
He did took notice of the cones arranging itself followed by the yellow tapes repeating the words "KEEP OUT", finding it rather strange as he ducked beneath it. He soon turned towards the facility: Being disturbed by its crumbling, decaying form it's in. Broken windows and structures meshed with it, even a brick fell and flung itself apart, almost hitting the Zorua. Ramon concluded that heading outside unfortunately didn't answer his questions about what happened to this facility either.
Suddenly, a Bone Rush flung towards him, the fox dodging the attack in time. He dodged a couple more before getting hit by the last one in the stomach from an unknown cloak figure, leading him to drop the journal. He was slammed into a tree, being in pain greater than the minor ones from earlier. The blue-eared person mentioned the coincidence of Ramon leaving the facility as soon as they've arrived, confusing the Zorua. The figure then stated they'll finish what they've started.
Chapter 2: The Beginning Part 2.
This unknown individual walked forward with a bone in hand and a fist in another, invoking fear upon the fox. Ramon grunted in pain as he tried lifting himself, questioning who this figure is. The cloaker rushed forward, preparing to attack. Ramon yelped and leaped over the Bone Rush, landing behind the individual. He then felt chills at the cloaker's scary speed before evading another Bone Rush. The cloaker fired more Bone Rushes afterwards, hellbent on killing the Zorua, Ramon concluded.
Ramon asked them to stop: They didn't, rushing forward for another swing. Ramon then released a single Dark Pulse, pushing the figure back. He blinked, questioning his actions. The figure brushed themselves off, glaring at the Zorua. As the cloaker ran, Ramon bombarded them with a barrage of Dark Pulses, swinging his head left and right. The cloaker groaned, backing away from the attacks. Ramon raised his paw, flinging one last Dark Pulse and blasting the figure off, causing them to roll around the grass.
Ramon concluded the figure is knocked out, heading over to the journal to pick it up. That was until he felt a bone jabbing his belly once more, eyeing up at the now standing cloaker. He crashed into a nearby tree, dropping the journal while coughing up purple blood. Once the cloaker picked up the journal, Ramon tried to stand only to scream and fall. The pain was far greater than before, he noticed: Tears spilling down his cheeks. The cloaker got in front of him, kneeling before stating how Dr. Xander Yvonne would've still been alive if Ramon didn't come here. Ramon told them he doesn't know who Xander is before the figure showed him Xander's journal, leading the fox to stare in horror.
Ramon explained he found the journal lying next to a desk, telling them it's the truth. The cloaker didn't believe him, concluding the Zorua to be a liar as they cast a Bone Rush. They believed Ramon planned the massacre of the facility and Dr. Yvonne. Ramon kept pleading for mercy as the cloaker swung their bone down. Ramon yelped, bracing himself for the attack until a projectile blast the cloaker away, leading the individual to jab the ground with their bone. Ramon noticed this, becoming confused before an unknown voice told someone to grab him.
The Zorua directed his attention to two humans: Spotting one of them having her arms encased in purple, sparkling auras. The second human, a dark brown boy, picked him up only for the fox to wince from the pain earlier, the boy apologizing afterwards. Ramon wondered what's happening at this point, to which the teen answered that they're rescuing him: It didn't answer his question in the slightest. The cloaker almost tried to harm the two until the other human, a light skin girl, clashed her claws with the cloaker's bone. The boy thanked her as Ramon became mesmerized by the auras surrounding the girl's hands. She pushed the figure back, casting another purple projectile and shooting towards them. They dodged before being kicked to the ground by the teen.
The cloaker tried to get up, but the girl pinned them down. The boy rooted for her in a rowdy manner, annoying the girl. She was then hit in the stomach by a sudden Bone Rush, flying off. After flipping backwards, she lands and covers her belly, glaring at the figure. Complimenting their strength, she spat out purple blood and cast her claws, her belly glowing blue. She told the boy to go on ahead with the Zorua, Ramon being fascinated by her powers. The boy stared for a brief moment before dashing off, upsetting the girl for his lack of concern towards her.
The cloaker went after the duo, but the girl stopped them with her projectile, causing them to snarl. As the distance between Ramon and the two battlers spread, his eyes began closing. The boy was freaked out by this as the Zorua passed out from the beaten he received.
Chapter 3: Justin and Ada.
The setting started off with a voice vaguely calling Ramon's attention. The Zorua took some time to eventually wake up from his unconscious state after the person yelled "HEY!", who turned out to be the boy from the previous chapter. He noticed the fox being awake, feeling relieved since he didn't know how he'll deal with a dead Pokémon otherwise. Ramon spotted the teen's hand on his belly, telling him to get off, to which he did. Ramon backed against a tree, demanding to know who the boy is and wondering what he did to him. The boy told him to relax, telling him he was healing him due to the brutal beaten earlier. Ramon asked if the boy didn't inject anything deadly into him, and the boy flatly said no: Wondering why he'd do that. Ramon explained the cloaker was attacking him so he needed to make sure.
After a brief silence, Ramon asked how the boy understands him. And the teen said Ramon's an Intellicate. Ramon didn't know what that is as the boy said it'll make sense eventually. The teen finally introduced himself as Justin Phoenix, stating the girl earlier is his friend Ada Cheng. After awkwardly shaking his hand and gotten a brief look at his outfit, Ramon introduced himself. Justin pointed out the hand squeezing before Ramon apologized afterwards. Justin then asked how his belly is feeling, and Ramon said he felt no more pain there. The fox asked how he did that, followed by how Ada summoned her claws—all while constantly interrupting Justin. The boy told him to stop, saying he was going to answer those questions, to which Ramon apologized.
As Justin was about to explain, an explosion went off from afar, causing the Flying types to soar away. Ramon hid in a nearby bush as Justin fell on his behind, shouting with amazement. Once the purple smoke rose, Ramon exited the bush, being amazed by the site as well. Justin believed it came from the place they ran from, thinking Ada took cared of the cloaker by now. Right on cue, Ada emerged from the foliage of bushes and met up with the duo: Disappointed by the lack of challenge given to her from the cloaker. Ramon gotten a look at her appearance as Justin was glad to see her making it out of the fight alive. He was then slapped by Ada, the girl being mad at him leaving her without showing any concerns.
Justin believed she'll be okay during that fight, hence why he didn't display his concerns after leaving. Ada mentioned the possibility of her could've been killed there, to which the boy said "Then I'll bite my tongue". He assured her to not be so stressed out over the fight since she made it out alive. Ada tried to argue against this, but Justin told her to relax and appreciate the fact she's alive at the end. After a brief silence, Ada agreed and thanked the boy for having her cherish this moment of living again. After Justin joked about her seriousness, she pinched his ear and said the next snarky joke would be met with a punch, leading the Zorua to snicker at their antics. Ada then remembered the fox's existence and introduced herself to him.
Ramon introduced himself back to her while also pointing out he knew her name thanks to Justin. Ada thought Justin introduced her in an immature manner, with Justin claiming that's not the case. She didn't believe him before the conversation moved onto Ramon asking questions about two things: What the blue lights and sparkling effects are. Ada said she used magic to heal herself the same way Justin did to Ramon, and stated the sparkles earlier was her two Magic moves: Mystical Projectile and Enchantment Claws. The confusion came back with a vengeance: The Zorua going on a mini-rant learning about Nativu, Intellicate, Transvian, magic blood, and more, and how those things kept opening up more and more questions for him.
The teens shouted "Transvian!?" when they heard him saying it, staring at each other with questions. Ada asked where he heard that name from and Ramon said it's from Dr. Yvonne's journal, who he initially thought he lost until Ada showed herself having it. Justin asked Ramon where he got the book from, and Ramon said he found It at the facility, hoping that anyone would have answers to what happened. He asked the teens if they know, and Justin mentioned they only know of the journal's owner Dr. Xander Yvonne, who's a famous scientist at the Prospective Institute. Ramon didn't know what that place is as Ada suggested they should find a place to stay since by then, they'll have their talks. Justin made a silly joke towards her before the trio moved forward.
Ramon asked the boy if he has any Magic moves like Ada and Justin jokingly said "Yes and no". This led Ada firing her Mystical Projectile at him playfully, causing the boy forming his Sorcery Blades to shield himself while Ramon stared on in amazement. Justin asked why she did that, and Ada said it was because of him being a goofball. Ramon then believed the teens will help him recover his past as the trio continued onward into Avalon Forest. The chapter ended with the cloaker earlier sticking his head out of some bushes, watching the trio walk away as he stated he won't stop going after Ramon until he pays.
Chapter 4: There's Trouble in the Forest!
Ramon, Justin, and Ada continued onward, admiring the wonderful scenery of the forest's natural habitat. A small chat was made between the three about the Prospective Institute Ramon escaped, the teens becoming peculiar at it having corpses inside when it was supposed to be destroyed. Justin was also being goofy around the duo afterwards, leading Ada to belittle his antics as Ramon found it endearing.
A brief moment of silence was formed when Ramon asked why the two're traveling, feeling like something big happened that caused the two to travel. They soon heard a scream coming from the forest, following it. Ramon was sensing something, the sensation growing stronger whenever they got close to the location. Eventually they reached the location, spotting two mysterious men in purple suits holding a Drowzee named Mesmeren hostage in a floating container. One of the men complained about how much of a pain she was to get as she trembled in the container, wanting to be let go.
Ramon believed they should help her before noticing the teens trembling with rage at the suited men. Before he could say anything further, Ada jolted towards one of the men and slashed his back, leading him to drop the container. She said she recognized those guys from anywhere, readying to attack again. Ramon questioned this before Ada said she'll explain later, her and Justin preparing themselves.
This only confused Ramon further at what's going on.
Chapter 5: Conjure.
Ramon asked the two men why they're holding Mesmeren hostage, and one of them stated it's none of his business. Ada disagreed due to what they've done to her and Justin's home village, which perplexed Ramon. After further confrontation, the trio battled the purple suited men, Magic moves from the men being shown along the way.
The fight eventually went into Ramon and Ada dealing with the man with a pistol while Justin dealt with the other that used his magical sword, the Drowzee escaping from the container during it all. The swordsmen was cocky about his fighting capability before Justin defeated him with ease, insulting him. The other henchmen struggled against Ada and Ramon, with Ramon finding out about having the move Sucker Punch along with learning about the name of the other move he used in Chapter 2: Dark Pulse. The gun wielding man withdrew his gun and charged up his Magic move, firing it off. Ada shrugged the attack off as Ramon felt pain from it, unsure on why that's the case.
The man tried to hold his ground before eventually failing, being defeated by the trio. Ada picked him up and demanded the men's identity, asking them why they're ruining others' lives. The man refused to answer her as blue light enveloped him and his buddy, both disappearing. The teen became furious, unsure on when she'll encounter those men again as Justin comforted her. Ramon soon saw some cards on the ground and asked for the two to look, the cards revealing the men's identity as Team Conjure, with those two being random grunts.
After Ada and Justin made a minor complaint about the Drowzee leaving without gratitude, with Ramon also telling himself about the mysterious sensation being gone, the Zorua asked the two what happened to their home. Justin told him he'll explain the situation, leading the trio to move forward. The chapter ended with the ribbon-wearing Drowzee appearing from behind a tree: Watching the trio while feeling bad for not thanking them for their help.
Chapter 6: Synchronic Village.
This chapter took place in the past at Synchronic Village, Justin and Ada's home. It focused on the two sparring with each other by the village's entrance, with their four friends watching on: Merlin Ashford the human, X the Buizel, Terran Forge the human, and Serene the Leafeon. The quartet talked about the cool sparring, with X rooting for Justin due to finding blades cooler than claws while Terran thought the opposite.
After Justin pulled off a wacky spin-dash move, the battle ended with him winning, Ada believing she had gotten better than their previous fights. Their four friends grouped up with them, all once again talking about the fight along with X stating how cool Sorcerous are. A man passed by the group carrying torches as a few more friendly banters rose, leading the group to head towards the village after Serene teased X about his real name, Xavier. X then went on about needing to head into the village due to his mother's paranoia, feeling like she went overboard on caring about him, which made Ada upset at him while Serene felt down.
After Justin and Merlin prevented the conversation from escalating, the six entered Synchronic Village, managing to see a talent show going on by some buildings. Terran and Ada talked about the amazement of it, appreciating the flexibility people have during it. That was when they heard Merlin talking about the Prospective Institute being in ruins, the boy showing everyone the image of it via a newspaper. The gang wondered what that institute is before Merlin explained the importance of it, elaborating the impact it has on the Wizlore region. After some minor conversation about Merlin's love for newspapers, Merlin talked about how the news mentioned Dr. Yvonne and Dr. Prospective being dead, but their bodies weren't found, being perplexed by the situation.
Terran noticed flames on the institute building, pointing out the incident happening on the same day as the talent show. Her and Ada became worried, thinking this could mean something as Justin told them it's just a harmless coincidence like any other. The scene concluded with X's mother yelling for the Buizel to come back home via using his real name, which he didn't like. It was cue for everyone else to return home, too. Later at night, Justin was sitting at the table eating dinner with his mother, Delia Phoenix. The two talked about what happened today, including Justin boasting about his victory against Ada once again as well as mentioning the coincidence event. The scene ultimately resulted to Delia telling Justin that this coincidence could actually mean something, along with teasing him about him and Ada possibly being a thing, to which Justin was annoyed by. After dinner, Justin went to his room and sleep.
The next day arrived and a green magical bomb entered Justin's room, exploding. After he put up his shield, he heard his mother screaming: Immediately looking for her afterwards. Once out of his house, he saw the entire village being in flames, terrified beyond belief. He saw Team Conjure reeking havoc upon the village, with one of them being a mysterious girl who was holding the mayor in one hand and a pink book in another. She told him she no longer needed him before throwing him towards a nearby building.
Curiosity piqued Justin here before he was saved by Ada from a random bomb. The two then journeyed around the village to go find the rest of their friends and family, hearing one of them nearby. It was Merlin, who was about to get close to them until some flames blocked their path. Merlin told the two to leave due to how dangerous things has gotten. Ada worried for him before he told her he'll be fine. After some somber conversation on having to say farewell, Justin panicked over everything that has happened to him. Ada slapped him out of his panicky state before hugging him, calming him down while telling him they should leave asap.
The teens then left the village, smoke rising from the ongoing flames.
Chapter 7: Majestic City.
The start of Magic & Transvolution's first major story arc: Majestic City Arc.
Justin finished his explanation for why he and Ada are traveling, causing Ramon to feel bad for them. He vowed to help them find their loved ones, bringing comfort to the two. Justin then gotten himself into a sudden good mood via changing the topic once Ada tried to talk about the incident further, confusing her and Ramon. The trio moved forward until they eventually came across a large city from afar known as Majestic City. After some mishaps via sliding down a hill and almost got run over by a flying car, they made it to the lively city.
Beforehand though, Ramon encountered a peculiar Shiny Zorua, telling Justin and Ada about it. The teens looked at him, perplexed on what he meant. Ramon told them the Zorua is nearby before no longer seeing it, uncertainty plaguing his mind. Ada then touched an orb statue called Teleportation Statue, something that Ramon wasn't aware of. She said she'll explain it to him later on as the trio journeyed further into the city, with the Drowzee and the mysterious cloaked person following them, the latter being in secret.
They'd gotten to see the lively side of the city, including Ramon being perplexed by a Venusaur exiting his vehicle while wearing a top hat and tie. And then they saw a foreshadowing to one of the city's main problems: The homeless, a bunch of them sitting by the buildings and sidewalks. This concerned Ramon briefly before the trio found a hotel. They went inside and asked the receptionist if they could stay: The whole scene ultimately concluded with them not being able to because of being completely broke. The trio searched around the city for more places to stay in, only resulting to rejections after rejections. The three ended up at the suburban area of the city, where they rest at some alley with a couple of homeless people, moping at their countless failed attempts.
An elderly man named Clinton Maplethorn came by with some bread to share with the homeless, leading Ada to have an idea on asking the man. So she asked if her and her friends could stay at his place, and he gave a silent stare before saying yes, confusing the trio. As they followed, Clinton mentioned the amount of homeless people roaming the city and having it be the reason why he let them stay since he didn't want to see more homelessness, especially those who are young since it pains him to see that happening to them. Once they reached his home, they entered inside and gotten to introduce each other. Clinton asked why the trio were traveling, and Ada mentioned it was due to her home village being burnt down, igniting curiosity into Clinton—he recalled that event sounding familiar to him along with Justin's last name being Phoenix. He also asked why Ramon's face was red, to which Ada said they'll explain later.
After some minor talks, Clinton told them to take a shower due to their long travels, and they obliged: Justin racing Ada up the stairs to the bathroom as Ramon followed suit, leaving Clinton to begrudgingly clean the dirt left behind due to his cleaning habit. Outside of the house was the tapir readying herself to knock on the front door: She didn't out of being too nervous. This made her feel down as the cloaker earlier stared at the house from around the corner, still hellbent on ending Ramon whenever he gets the chance.
Chapter 8: Sorcerous and Intellicate.
Ramon got done taking a shower and exited the bathroom, Clinton being there to hand him the towel along with cleaning the wet mess Ramon caused. Ramon then fell down the stairs due to the towel covering his vision, injuring himself as a result. Ada and Justin was there to witness the injury, Justin laughing at the fact it came out of nowhere, upsetting the girl. She then went over to heal Ramon's injury with her magic, leading the Zorua to question how she's doing that. Ada found this to be a good enough time to explain what Sorcerous are as they eat at the diner room.
At the table, Ramon got distracted by the sandwich he ate before properly listening to Ada and Justin about Sorcerous: A species of humans that are capable of using a new Type called the Magic type. Justin elaborated further that there's two types of Magic a Sorcerous can use: Primary and Secondary, the former allowing them to think of a singular Magic move while the latter always granted them two Magic moves called Mystical Projectile and Mystical Shield. Ada also explained that due to Sorcerous' ability to heal others and themselves, Pokémon Center machines were no longer needed, albeit the center itself still exists for those who injured themselves badly.
This captivated the Zorua, although he still wondered how Ada, Justin, and Clinton understood what he's saying. This was when Justin said he's an Intellicate, a different kind of Pokémon species that were able to communicate and live very similarly to humans, hence why the top hat Venusaur exists along with a receptionist charging Ramon money in the previous chapter. Ada explained that the only origin she knows about Intellicate was their discovery in Wizlore, and then their population grew elsewhere. After some minor talks, Ramon eventually asked why the two became surprised when he mentioned the word 'Transvian' in Chapter 3. Ada explained that they're a deceased species of Pokémon due to a war, which perplexed Ramon. She unfortunately couldn't remember more about it besides that fact, mystifying the Zorua.
This was when Ramon pointed out a note he read from the Prospective Institute facility, stating the potential to turn any Pokémon into a Transvian: He wondered if it was from Dr. Yvonne. After lunch concluded, the trio headed into the living room, seeing Clinton holding Dr. Yvonne's journal while staring out of the window. Justin told Ramon that he and Ada explained to Clinton about the Zorua's red face along with the journal itself. The elder looked at the three, stating he was impressed by Yvonne's entry, including one that mentioned the ring improving someone's memory since he'd like one of those. This gave Ramon a sorrow reminder that he couldn't remember anything from his past: Just only his name. He feared it may be permanent, that he'll never truly know about his origin. Ada and Justin comforted him, with Ada telling him that they rather think positively and believed that his memory will recover.
Clinton related to the struggle of not being able to resolve something, such as the rampant crime rates in Majestic City that put the elder in a bitter mood. It was another one of the city's major issues as Clinton even witnessed one crime happening right now: Staring at a robber running off with a neighbor's money, not spotting a single policemen on sight. Justin wondered how long this has been going and Clinton explained it was a thing for a long while, wondering why the mayor is ignoring the issue severely. The two soon found Ramon on the ground, the fox originally being on Ada's back as she was no longer present. After hearing a Mystical Projectile being fired outside, the three concluded that Ada is out there, all leaving the house.
Before Ramon left, he spotted a yellow badge resting near the living room's TV, curious about it as Justin told him to head out. Once everyone was outside, they saw Ada trying to stop the robber via her first Secondary Magic move. The man tried to shoot her with his pistol, but she backhanded the bullet with her Enchantment Claws—hitting the robber in the shoulder. He then took out a Pokéball, shocking everyone due to thinking those used to no longer exist. Ramon didn't understand this as the robber threw his ball, summoning a Gothitelle named Cindy.
The robber told his Pokémon to distract Ada with her moves.
Chapter 9: Sorcerous vs Pokémon Trainer!?
This chapter was about a battle between Ada the Sorcerous and Cindy the Nativu: Ada attempting to use her Primary Magic move on the Gothitelle, but the latter prevented her via Telekinesis. The robber tried to run away, but got shot in the leg by Clinton's revolver, the elder telling him he'll shoot again if the robber kept resisting. Ada was upset at the robber's attempt to leave his Pokémon behind, exclaiming he was throwing away the whole point of being a Pokémon Trainer: Bonding with their Pokémon. A brief flashback triggered in the Gothitelle's mind of her smiling at her trainer as a Gothita, her trainer snapping her out of it via commanding her to keep attacking.
Cindy used her Psybeam on Ada, causing the girl to summon her Mystical Shield the first time. Once the shield faded, the Gothitelle used Double Slap on Ada, leading the girl to block it. Her trainer told her to use her move combo he taught her, triggering another flashback where he cheered Cindy on for defeating a trainer's Honchkrow as a Gothorita. She frowned before pushing Ada away with Psychic and fired multiple Psybeams, leading the girl to claw at them before trying to Double Slap her. This was the second time Ada cast her Mystical Shield, Ada thinking about how tough this Gothitelle is before the shield faded and ending up being thrown to the side.
Justin cheered the teen on, rooting for her. Ada thanked him before Ramon warned her of an incoming attack, leading to Ada casting her Mystical Shield for the third time against a Psybeam. Soon a barrage of swipes and slashes was made by Ada: Cindy dodging each of them with grace, angering the girl. So much so that she ended up firing her Mystical Projectiles and was still missing her moves. Cindy's trainer rooted for her as Ramon questioned Justin about Ada's temper here. The evasions triggered another flashback for Cindy: Where she'd dodge a policemen's Gengar moves before slamming it against them via Psychic. Returning to reality, she snarled and let the projectile hit her.
Ada thought she got the Gothitelle until Cindy leapt out of the smoke from the attack, leading to the girl attempting to shield herself again: She couldn't due to having used it three times. She was then encased by Cindy's Psychic and slammed towards the ground multiple times, worrying Ramon and Justin. The robber cheered Cindy on: Anticipating her killing the teen. This triggered the final flashback where Cindy stared at rows upon rows of dead bodies, trembling as her trainer smirked behind her.
Returning to the present, Cindy shook: Throwing Ada's limped body hard against the wall beside Justin and Ramon. Everyone was distracted by the scene, giving the robber a chance to crawl away before Clinton shot in front of him. Justin and Ramon immediately rushed towards the girl, worried for her dear life. Justin tried healing her only for Ada to scream in agony, concluding that her injury was too severe and needed the Pokémon Center to heal her. He then turned towards Cindy, casting his blades and threatening her to not come any close. Ramon noticed something off about Cindy's movement, telling Justin he wants to talk with her. After some brief negotiation about it, Justin hesitantly let the Zorua do so, stating if Cindy pulled anything, he won't be afraid to attack her.
The Zorua got close to the Nativu, using Pokémon language to communicate with her. Cindy was ready to harm him due to seeing no point in them talking until she broke down into tears, being tired of listening to her trainer, Horten, cruel demands. Those demands included: Stealing, killing, and even both. She hated the fact she was his accomplice because of the immoral things he made her do. Horten tried commanding her to not listen to Ramon before she sealed his lips via Psychic. Ramon, mortified by what he heard, translated all of what Cindy told him to Justin after the teen asked him what she said: Everyone glared at the trainer with rage.
They went on about the immoral choices Horten made, including Ada weakly saying that Cindy deserved a better Ordina trainer. That was the first time Ramon heard that word, perplexing him as this also lead him to find out the word 'Nativu' was used towards Cindy, too. Before he could question further, cop cars arrived at the scene: A bunch of officers exiting the vehicles, with one of them being the Majestic City Mayor, Nickel Willham. The robbed man told the officers to arrest Horten and Cindy, to which they did.
All while Nickel told Clinton to lower his weapon since they got it from here, a smug cop beside him agreeing as he casually said 'retired chief'. Justin and Ada was surprised by this as this confirmed Clinton was once a cop.
Chapter 10: Clinton Maplethorn.
Ramon questioned the yellow badge he saw in the previous chapter, Clinton stating it signified his position in the police force originally. The conversation boiled down to the smug cop saying how serious Clinton took his job, to the point where he was "too demanding and uptight". Clinton felt it was the policemen duty to protect those in need, to which the cop agreed but felt like the rampant crimes isn't their duty to solve: It's the detectives. Clinton didn't believe it since the detectives aren't around, telling the cop to wonder why there's more crimes than usual.
Nickel said they should do something about it, to which Clinton got upset since the issue has been around for awhile now. After further more talks on Clinton's retirement status and the city's issues, with the main trio introducing themselves to the mayor, Cindy freed herself from the police via Psychic and flew off. Before leaving, she looked down at Horten pleading to save him: She didn't. The smug cop taunted the trainer about him being so scum, not even his Pokémon wanted to rescue him. Once the cops recovered from the Gothitelle's attack, Nickel told Clinton to focus on his retirement before he and the rest of the cops left. This was when a Pokémon nurse walked outside of the Pokémon Center to see the cops driving away, confusing her. The robbed man thanked Ada for getting his money back, to which the girl appreciated before passing out. The nurse, Clinton, Justin, and Ramon rushed her into the center afterwards.
Inside the center, Justin and Clinton talked with each other about Clinton's police life not being so great ever since he moved into the police department at Majestic City. Clinton felt useless as a chief since he tried telling his policemen to enforce the law more in the city, but they refused due to believing that's the detectives job: This made no sense to him and Justin. The elder said he's not going to give up at finding out the cause of the rampant crimes, with Justin and Ramon willing to help him out. He gave his gratitude towards the duo before a Pokémon nurse named Joy opened a door leading to the patient rooms, grabbing the three's attention. After Ada appeared all healed up and the elder paid the nurse, the four left the Pokémon Center.
On their way back home, Clinton scolded Ada for running off recklessly to face the robber. Ada argued that she didn't want to stand there and let the robbery happen, to which Clinton countered that he doesn't want to see a young person be homeless, let alone die. He wished to keep those three safe, Justin countering that claim by saying he wouldn't agree to letting him and Ramon help him with solving the rampant crime rates if that were the case. Ada then stomped away angrily into the house, Justin following her. Clinton headed towards his living room's couch before Ramon sat there by himself for a moment, following Justin and Ada afterwards.
Nighttime arrived and Ada was already asleep in the bedroom she shared with her two friends: Being on a separate bed. Ramon and Justin rest on another bed, the Zorua mentioning how much has happened today. After a bit of conversation about Clinton's decision to scold Ada, Ramon asked why Ada couldn't heal herself from Cindy's Psychic. Justin explained that she took too much damage, therefore needing someone else to heal her. The fox pointed out that Justin tried to heal her, but couldn't. And Justin elaborated that it was due to the damage being so severe, she needed more than one Sorcerous to heal her, preferably the nurses at the Pokémon Center.
After that intriguing explanation, Ramon asked how come he can understand what the Gothitelle was saying and not the humans. Justin said it was because Intellicates were able to understand Nativus while humans, Sorcerous and Ordinas, couldn't. This led to more questions being asked by Ramon, including what a Nativu and an Ordina were, Pokémon Trainers included. The boy explained in a nutshell that Nativu were Pokémon that usually lived in the wild who can't speak similarly to a human while Ordina were humans who lacked the Magic typing: Both having the possibility to be born as such. He then stated that Pokémon Trainers were Ordinas who catch and train Pokémon, albeit their status began to die out due to the popularity of Sorcerous and Intellicate.
Ramon was once again formulating more questions to ask: Wondering why some Pokémon were born Intellicate, why some humans were born Sorcerous, etc. Justin was already asleep by the time these questions were formed, giving Ramon no choice but to sleep as well. He then ended up in a dream filled with darkness: Surrounded by nothing but black, solid liquid that felt like water. A voice called out to him, leading him to where it came from.
He was face-to-face with the Shiny Zorua he saw in Chapter 7.
Chapter 11: "Hello, Ramon."
This chapter began with the Shiny Zorua greeting Ramon, including knowing his name when this was their first proper introduction—creeping him out momentarily. The blue fox was Nomar, claiming to be Ramon's brother and being excited to finally communicate with him through Telepathy. Ramon was befuddled at the reveal of him having a brother, not remembering a single memory of the adventures he and Nomar went through: Chasing each other in the woods, fending off against some Ursarings, resting by a boulder during the sunset—Nomar even showed him those memories in the dream, and Ramon still couldn't remember them.
This bumped Nomar a bit before he asked Ramon if he wants to know about his past, to which the non-Shiny Zorua immediately obliged. Nomar explained that the two were originally hanging out with each other and their parents until a storm separated them, showcasing the storm stopping the parents from saving the two. And then he mentioned a group of scientists taking Ramon away while Nomar was too powerless against the scientists' Pokémon, leading him to run away. This had Ramon believing that's how he ended up at the Prospective Institute.
Nomar never heard of that institution, but believed they're filled with evil humans since he was killed by one, the fox proceeding to demonstrate his death to Ramon. Ramon felt guilt and disturbance, wishing he could've saved Nomar from those guys. After Nomar comforted the red fox, he told Ramon to head to Gloria Falls at Glory Pride City just so the two of them could hide away from humans, including the ones Ramon's with. Ramon asked how he could find those places, and Nomar stated he'll guide him through Telepathy. Ramon wondered about this before Nomar elaborated that the dead could use Telepathy, albeit the communication barrier is tougher than the norm. The Shiny Zorua then told Ramon to promise him not to tell anyone on where he's going due to his distrust in humans, Justin and Ada included. Ramon told him that they don't have bad intentions due to being as lost as he is, but Nomar disagreed: Believing only the worst out of even those teens.
Soon the dream telepathy began to shake, Nomar saying it's fading away. Ramon still had more questions to ask, but it was all for naught as the dream shine brightly. Ramon woke up afterwards, panting heavily. The bedroom door opened to reveal Justin telling him about breakfast. The boy then noticed the baggage look on him, asking if he's okay. Ramon said he is, stating that he just woke up. Justin looked on with uncertainty before leaving the room, Ramon staring out of the window wishing that Nomar told him more about his past.
The chapter concluded with a dark alley somewhere in Majestic City: Showing off a ton of Team Conjure grunts landing on the ground, with one of them being a commander named Jester "J" Nick. He pointed at a map with the "X" mark on a large building, all heading towards it afterwards.
Chapter 12: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Worst Part 1.
The chapter began with Justin, Ada, Ramon, and Clinton shopping at a mart: Justin finding it boring, whispering to Ada about it. Clinton heard the mentions of 'old man' within those whispers and asked what the teens were whispering about, to which Justin quickly answered it was about the weather since he thought it was weird to talk about it. Ada was not fond of the lying aspects of this conversation before the four head over to the waiting line. While there, Ramon asked Clinton if he's an Ordina, Sorcerous, or Pokémon Trainer. The elder confirmed himself to be an Ordina, patting his revolver as a sign of him using it for self-defense instead of a Nativu Pokémon, which Pokémon Trainers use—the trainers consisting of mainly Ordinas. He also stated that Sorcerous don't need to rely on a weapon nor a Nativu to defend themselves, to which Ada pointed out that she did face a Team Conjure grunt who used a weapon and his Magic moves at the same time in Chapter 5.
After a bit of conversation about Team Conjure while leaving the mart, gunfires went off nearby, alerting the group. They saw the Majestic Restaurant having a shootout between the policemen and the robbers, leading the group to stray further away from it. Soon, they encountered Nickel at a tall building: The mayor taking notice of the shootout wondering what's going on before Justin explained the situation to him. The mayor felt down since he realized the crimes are getting worse and worse, but also believed that the detectives were hard at work on the case. Clinton didn't buy it, leading to him and Nickel arguing over the city's issues not being resolved. There were a few civilians agreeing with Clinton too, frustrating Nickel.
Suddenly, an explosion happened at another big building: Revealing Jester and the rest of Team Conjure floating down from it. Some civilians were wondering who they are as Ada wasted zero time going after Conjure, Justin following suit. Clinton became frustrated by this, wondering if the teens always bolt off like this. Nickel complained about the situation going on between his restaurant and his second tower building, to which Clinton suggested him to get more law enforcers. Nickel stated he can't due to being limited, which tilted the elder. After a bit more conversation about Nickel's decision, Clinton told Ramon to watch over the cart before running after the teens.
This was when Ramon suddenly got grabbed into a dark alley by an unknown person, Nickel being confused by his sudden disappearance. The Zorua was thrown against the wall and looked up to see the familiar cloaker.
Chapter 13: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Worst Part 2.
Ramon was in fear at the figure before he walked close to him with Bone Rush. The Zorua tried defending himself, but was no use as he got pinned against the wall by the cloaker's bone, barely breathing. He also felt the familiar strange presence nearby again, continuing his struggle. Behind the dumpster was Mesmeren: Scared at what's happening and unsure on how to rescue Ramon from the cloak-wearing person. Ramon soon freed himself via firing multiple Dark Pulses at the cloaker, the individual snarling at him with rage.
Meanwhile, Justin and Ada rushed after Conjure, inching close to the group. Jester wielded a rainbow colored book in his hand, mentioning someone named "Mistress Silver" will be proud of him once the group head back to base. He eventually saw the teens, thinking they weren't going to be a threat to the group until they defeated a few grunts with ease. After ordering his goons to attack, they fired their Mystical Projectiles at the teens. Justin and Ada combined their Mystical Shields to block out the move, both being surprised by how they're able to do that.
The fight continued: Justin and Ada taking care of the grunts easily, with the former finding out he can summon a gust of wind to blow the grunts away. After a bit more fights, Justin taunted the grunts about them being the ones who burned his hometown down are the same ones being defeated by some teens. Ada advised not to taunt them due to their dangerous capability. Justin couldn't help himself as he poked fun of Jester and his voice cracks, leading the commander to throw a fit. The man then stated he'll handle the teens and went ahead to face them.
Upon struggling to defeat them, he resorted to floating in the air and used his Magic move he shouted with pride: Pixie Flush. Ada and Justin looked at each other before the two erupted in laughter, finding the name to be awful. Jester was infuriated and used his magical river to push the teens towards a tall building, trapping them. Clinton was almost hit and fell, mortified by what he saw. The teens struggled to breathe, gasping for that sweet air. The elder spotted the source of the Magic move and fired his bullets at Jester: Missing one time while having the rest be blocked by the man's Mystical Shield.
This was when Nickel came by to join Clinton as he reloaded, the elder asking him why he's here. The middle-aged man told the elder that Ramon went missing: A grim look of concern painting Clinton afterwards. The setting focused back on Ramon: Both him and the cloaker panted heavily after their tense fight. The cloaker asked him why he's resisting his fate as he prepared his Force Palm, to which Ramon felt answering that question wasn't necessary. Soon the figure used the move on the Zorua. Ramon tried dodging out of the way, but his tail was grabbed before being slammed towards the wall. His back was then hit by the Force Palm attack before the cloaker threw him towards the dumpster, the Zorua coughing up purple blood as a result. He was in pain, and the Drowzee knew that as the situation escalated.
Mesmeren pondered what she can do to save Ramon.
Chapter 14: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Worst Part 3.
The Drowzee whimpered as Ramon kept struggling against the cloaker, being picked up by him. The individual talked about how the Zorua will suffer for murdering his closest friend along with everyone else at the Prospective Institute, perplexing Mesmeren due to the institute being the first time she has heard of it. She then suddenly helped Ramon in secret by using Confusion to push the cloaker back, continuing to do so each time he tried to reach Ramon. He didn't know where the attack came from until he saw Mesmeren's hand behind the dumpster. Mesmeren was shocked by her making a bold move like that before the dumpster got flipped over by the cloaker, the tapir yelping and running off. After seeing that no one was behind the dumpster, the figure went back to Ramon after hearing him cry for help, setting his foot on his back and telling him this'll be his end.
The scene then focused on Ada and Justin remaining in Jester's river, still struggling to breathe. Clinton was mortified at his helplessness here as Jester rambled about his glorious Magic move, once again taking pride in it. He soon received a call from someone, flipping his arm over to reveal a hologram above his hand. An unknown individual—who Jester called "Mistress Silver"—was seen sitting on a throne, asking Jester if the plan was a success. The commander answered yes, showing her the rainbow colored book. Silver said she'll teleport the team back to base, ending the call off there. Jester told Conjure the news, and the whole team erupt in cheers, proud of their accomplishments and even complimenting Jester defeating the teens with ease. The man then freed his captives, telling them they're lucky that his boss called since he would've murdered them for slandering his move's name. After a bit of chatting from Justin and Ada being relieved to breathe again along with Nickel and Clinton rushing towards their aid, Team Conjure glowed blue. Ada tried to go after them, but they disappeared before she even had the chance, becoming angry beyond belief.
Soon everyone heard a scream coming from the alley nearby Clinton's cart. Wasting no time, they rushed towards it. Over at the alley, Ramon was being stomped on multiple times by the cloaker, coughing up purple blood like crazy. Just when he thought he was going to die, a gunfire stopped the cloaker from stomping further: A bullet laid beside the two. Clinton told the cloaker he'll shoot again if he keeps harming Ramon, to which the cloaker told him it's none of his business. Once Clinton refused to back down, the individual tried to attack him before Justin and Ada stopped him with their projectiles, jumping back.
Ada was appalled from seeing the cloaker again, Clinton asking if she knew him and she said yes. Without much of a choice, the individual escaped the alley via jumping from wall to wall. Once Nickel caught up with the three, the Sorcerous teens tried to heal their friend before Ramon screamed in pain, concluding that he'll need the Pokémon Center nurses to heal him. After a bit of conversation on reaching the center, the group exited the alley, with Mesmeren watching on while tearing up: Feeling sorry for the Zorua.
Chapter 15: Abnormal Crime Rates.
The four waited at the seats in the center for any updates on Ramon. And then soon, Joy came by from the door behind the counter, asking for their attention. She told them the unfortunate news on Ramon needing to remain at the hospital for the next few days because of his injuries being so severe, they weren't able to heal him fully today.
After a bit of conversation about the Majestic Restaurant being robbed in Chapter 12 for its expensive food, The Malamari: The group heard an explosion coming outside followed by gunfires between some criminals' car and the police's. Nickel concluded it as another crime being formed, sadden by how much worse they're getting. Clinton pointed out the poverty here getting worse too because of those crimes, leading Nickel to once again try to reason with the elder on the city's issues not being easy to solve. He also stated that the detectives are hard at work on solving the rampant increase in crimes, to which Clinton claimed that's nonsense.
Ada agreed, whispering to Justin about Mayor Nickel potentially making things up on fixing the city. She also said that she doesn't trust Nickel because of those reasons, leading Justin to see her point. Soon the four left the Pokémon Center, with Clinton wanting to go give his piece of bread to a homeless friend of his'.
Transitioning over to nighttime at Clinton's home, Justin and Ada talked about all that happened today while in their beds: Finding it all crazy. The two hoped for the city to get resolved, as well as Ramon to be healed. Ada even became worried at the possibility that he'll die, leading Justin to comfort her before telling her that being worried would only incite anxiety along with paranoia. Ada questioned him about the thought process before the boy explained that he felt that way when their village was burning down, never wanting to feel like that again. After a brief moment of silence, the two tried going to sleep until Ada mentioned about Ramon's blood being purple instead of red like any other Intellicates. Justin found it bizarre as well since he thought only Sorcerous have purple blood.
The next day arrived at the center where Clinton asked Nurse Joy any updates on Ramon: She explained that he's doing well, albeit still needing to heal because of his injuries. She elaborated further by stating his back has too many fractured bones, leading to the nurses healing process going over 30 minutes. Justin and Ada became mortified at how Ramon is still alive despite the many broken bones. Joy also stated that Ramon may have a slight chance of fully recovering tonight despite what she said earlier, willing to let the group know immediately.
After a bit of chatting on Ramon's injury, the three heard loud noises coming from outside, rushing out. They saw three robbers escaping from a bank afar, heading towards their car. Clinton complained about another crime scene happening before noticing that Ada had already gone after the robbers, Justin summoning his Sorcery Blades in preparation. After a minor complaint on Ada's action, the two joined her. The girl tried stopping the robbers with her Mystical Projectiles before one of them used Mystical Shield to block the attack, confirming to be a Sorcerous like her and Justin. The other two robbers took out their Pokéballs and summoned a Nativu Druddigon and Zebstrika: A three on five battle readying to start.
Chapter 16: Closer to the Tea.
A fight commenced: The teens rushing towards their opponents as Clinton tried shooting at the Sorcerous robber. The robber dodged as the other two shot at him, the elder evading a few bullets before being hit in the shoulder. He hid behind a nearby wall afterwards, protecting himself from further gunfires. The teens handled the robbers' Nativus: Ada shielding against the Druddigon's Dragon Claw while Justin struggled against the Zebstrika's Spark. Eventually they prevailed and shoved the Pokémon away, Ada making sure Justin is fine before telling him Mystical Projectiles were aiming his way. After deflecting the beams and almost hitting Clinton with them, Justin blocked an incoming Druddigon's Dragon Claw thanks to Ada's warning.
The robbers prepared their guns while the Sorcerous crook charged his projectile, aiming at the teens. Clinton caught two robbers' attentions by firing his bullets in front of them, having them focus on him. Ada then cast her shield around her and Justin, letting the Sorcerous robber hit it. The two Pokémon were in the shield with them, the Zebstrika attempting to attack the girl afterwards. After a bit more fights, with the teens struggling during it, the Sorcerous crook tried to use his Magic move on the teens after the shield fade. Justin and Ada nodded at each other before grabbing the Nativus, spinning around and throwing them towards the Sorcerous.
The Pokémon got kicked by the robber's move, the other two robbers moved out of the way in time. Ada soon stole the robbers' weapons via snatching them while jumping over the two, breaking them. Afterwards, the robbers bring their fists up to fight the teens, overconfidence filling them. The first crook mentioned about the two never understanding why he resorted to doing something bad because of the harsh world they live in, with Justin and Ada believing what the robbers are doing is being a part of the world's problem. After a bit of conversation about the world's current state along with the teens defeating the two Ordina robbers, Ada noticed a mysterious ID card sliding out of the second robber's pocket. As she walked towards it, a Hyper Beam and Thunder from the Nativus charged at her along with a Mystical Projectile from the Sorcerous robber.
Justin pushed the girl out of the way before the three moves collided, causing an explosive impact that blew everyone away. The Sorcerous robber prevented his car from flipping over via his magic before landing it, the teens rolling around the ground during it all. They soon came to a halt: Justin being on top of Ada, causing an awkward exchange between the two as they blushed. After Ada asked Justin to get up, the fight continued: Clinton facing off with the Sorcerous robber while the teens handled the Nativus. Ada managed to knock out the Zebstrika as Justin spun around and hit the Druddigon, sending it flying towards the Sorcerous robber. The robber was about to shoot his projectile at the elder until Clinton rolled out of the way, the Druddigon crashing into him—concluding the fight.
Once Justin went over to heal Clinton's wound, Ada tried searching for the second robber's card and couldn't find it. She then saw it nearby a sewer drainage, grabbing it in time. The card revealed everything about the robber, but none of that was interesting compared to what she saw at the top: Cash Course. Curious, she picked up the Sorcerous robber: Questioning him about what that place is. After countless times interrogating him, including the threat to claw his crotch, he caved in and told her about the place: Where people hang out and do business, being located at the alley nearby the mayor's second tower. After the interrogation, Clinton questioned how she managed to interrogate the robber in such a ruthless way, and she stated that her father taught her how to get answers out of others in that manner.
Soon the cops arrived and arrested the robbers along with their Nativus. Ada took another look at the ID card with interest. A cop asked her what she's holding before the chapter ended with her saying:
"Well…"
Chapter 17: Cash Course.
Ramon sat at the Pokémon Center bed, contemplating about his encounter with the cloaker and how he was almost killed if it weren't for his human friends. Nomar talked with him in his mind about it via Telepathy, consoling him. Ramon felt that wanting to find the teens' loved ones isn't enough to repay them, to which his brother told him that they only saved him to make themselves look good and innocent. After a bit of conversation about Nomar's distrust in Ramon's friends, the Zorua saw a bunch of cop cars passing by the center, seeing a glimpse of Justin, Ada, and Clinton inside of them as he got close to the window.
After Nomar became worried of Ramon hindering himself while moving due to his injury, Ramon became curious about why his friends are there. His brother commented that they probably got arrested for a crime they did, thinking nothing but bad things about them. The red fox decided to go after them anyways, shattering the window with his Dark Pulse and escaped. From there, nighttime fully arrived as the scene focused on Justin, Ada, Clinton, a cop named Isaac, and three more cops going through the dark alley, forming a bit of conversation about the necessity of the cops as backup.
The group soon reached a door with a scanning device beside it, Clinton concluding that it's used for identification. After Ada used the ID card on it, Isaac stated the cops got it from here. Once the officers burst the door down, they were greeted with numerous criminals eyeing them: A shootout commenced. Isaac and another cop hid behind walls while the other two got shot to death, being blown outside in front of the others. After the teens were mortified by what they saw due to it reminding them of their burning village, Clinton snapped them out of their daze, consoling them. Isaac soon pleaded the three to give him their aid, with Clinton wondering how. Justin said he can use his Mystical Shield to help them enter inside, to which he did.
Once inside, the three joined the cops via hiding, Isaac pointing out how many criminals he's seeing right now, being his first time seeing this many in his life. As the shootout continued, one of the criminals told someone to shut the door, to which a criminal attempted. Outside, Ramon groaned and grunted his way through the alley, noticing the door is about to close. He made it through barely in time, sitting behind a sofa and noticed that his friends weren't in handcuffs, meaning they weren't being arrested after all. Isaac then leaped in the air and used his Magic move, Star Bo, on the criminals: Blowing most of them away. After Ada and Justin became amazed by the move, the gang then defended themselves against a couple of criminals that got up from the move.
Eventually they defeated the criminals: Isaac being impressed by Justin and Ada's fighting capabilities. After a bit of conversation about the teens' skills, with Ada trying to prove she had zero trouble against her opponents despite her defeat with the Gothitelle in Chapter 9, Isaac introduced himself to the group before the five searched around Cash Course. Justin eventually found the stairs before hearing footsteps, leading everyone to hide behind the counter. Once four of the criminals made it down, the three Sorcerous went out of hiding and knocked the criminals out with ease: Allowing everyone to head upstairs, Ramon following late behind them.
After awhile of climbing up the stairs, Isaac told Ada, Justin, Clinton, and the other cop to stop: All hiding beside a wall to eye at a bunch of henchmen relaxing in an open room, with a light hallway being guarded by the end. This was when the story arc's twist revealed itself: Isaac seeing Mayor Nickel telling two guards to head to his office for an important meeting, shocking everyone. Clinton concluded this as Nickel being in charge of Cash Course along with causing the abnormal rise in crimes at Majestic City, angering the elder. Isaac also spotted the detectives relaxing with the criminals, further infuriating the elder.
Chapter 18: The End of Abnormal Crime Rates Part 1.
The five thought of a way to distract the criminals in the room, with Justin suggesting something silly like being a clown to buy others time on heading into the hallway. Soon, Isaac stated he'll distract the criminals while Justin, Ada, Clinton, and the other cop (who's named Lina) head for the hallway. Once prepared, the group executed the plan: Isaac shielding the gang with his spinning magical staff as the criminals fired their weapons at them. Ramon made it to the top of the area, feeling exhausted due to his injuries, which worried Nomar. He soon noticed the group heading into the hallway and followed them, doing his best to evade the bullets aiming at him.
The main four rushed through the place until they saw two henchmen guarding Nickel's office. Justin and Ada thought about using their 'Sneak Attack' on them: It didn't work out due to the light jab to the guards' heads. After the teens knocked the men out with little issues, Clinton told them how silly that 'Sneak Attack' plan was, and Ada elaborated about the attack not meant for combat as moreso just a goofy playful thing her and Justin did as kids. After a bit of conversation about their past, the four opened the door that leads to the entrance of Nickel's office—guarded by another door. Leaning close, the group heard Nickel talking with the same mysterious figure from Chapter 14: Going on about his contract with Team Conjure and wanting to extend it due to the team securing his wealth. Silver elaborated that he had already done his part at giving the Emotion Spell to Jester along with stating his contract was temporary like he wanted. This shocked Ada and Justin as Clinton became furious at Nickel, along with finding the mention of the word 'Spell' familiar.
Once the conversation between Nickel and Silver ended via Silver shutting off the hologram, Nickel freaked out before his door was busted down. After being caught for what he did followed by some conversation about being the cause of the rampant crimes, Nickel snapped his fingers and his Presto Jab sent Lina flying through the roof, never to be seen again. Justin, Ada, and Clinton eyed Nickel with uneasiness, the middle-aged man saying the following:
"Do you still wish to arrest me?"
Chapter 19: The End of Abnormal Crime Rates Part 2.
After the slight hesitation, the three humans prepared themselves before all saying "Yes" in unison. A three on one fight broke loose between them: Nickel starting off strong by evading their Magic moves and gunfires. Clinton ended up being out of ammunition before he resorted to grabbing a chair, the teens getting punched and kicked by the mayor. The mayor then boasted about his move being great, having his Presto Jab attacking Clinton behind him without him even looking back. Justin stated how tough the man is, Ada agreeing.
The fight continued: Justin trying to swing his blades, Ada trying to swing her claws—all being ineffective due to Nickel's expert usage of his Magic move, leading Justin to even block some of the portal appearing fists. As Justin was pushed back, Ada tried to kick the mayor only to then landed her leg into his glass desk, injuring herself. Nickel then threw her towards Justin, having the two laying in place due to their injuries. The mayor was ready to send them through the roof until Clinton asked him to stop, catching his attention.
The elder questioned why the mayor lets crimes and poverty run abnormally for so long, and Nickel stated that he wanted more money to no longer become poor. He made the Cash Course organization in response to him finding out he won't be the mayor of Majestic City after two years, using the place as backup to gain as much cash as possible before then. Clinton told him the ineffectiveness of his plan due to Nickel already being rich enough to live a stable life, stating how he's thrown all of that away because of his decision. After being upset at the elder's words, Nickel attempted to kill off the three with Presto Jab before Ramon Sucker Punched him in time.
The mayor tried to attack again, but the Zorua hit him with Mystical Projectile: Knocking him out momentarily. Ramon went towards the teens as they were healing each other, worrying for them. After some conversation about Ramon being out of the Pokémon Center along with thanking him for saving the three, Ada asked how he's used Mystical Projectile since Sorcerous were the only ones to use Magic moves. Ramon said he doesn't know, leading Ada to become curious about him and his origins. Justin soon warned everyone of Nickel recovering from his unconscious state, all preparing themselves for him.
Nickel had enough of the group and summoned a ton of Presto Jabs, attempting to kill them. Ramon, Justin, Ada, and Clinton managed to dodge them, with Clinton almost being hit by one more until Ramon and the teens formed a large Mystical Shield in front of him. The teens were shocked at the fox's usage on Mystical Shield, the fight between them and Nickel continuing afterwards. Ramon tried hurting Nickel with Sucker Punch again, but failed due to the man not attacking: Getting smacked to the ground as a result. Once the fox was hurt again by Nickel's fists, the teens became furious and fought Nickel once more.
Ramon thought about the possibility of trusting his friends due to how much they cared about him, the teens putting their all into defeating the mayor—Ada even enlarged her claws, something that Justin wasn't aware of! Once Nickel evaded Justin's spin attack, Ada caught him with her claw and swiped him towards the wall, injuring him. Ramon was amazed by the teens' teamwork synergy.
Isaac and the cops arrived at the office, pointing their weapons at Nickel. Ada warned about Nickel's Magic move, to which Isaac immediately handcuffed him as well as gripping his fingers: Nickel was arrested at long last. The scene transitioned to the outside where Nickel was forced into the cop car with taped fingers, Isaac thanking the four on solving this longrunning case while cop cars and a few ambulances were there. After a bit of talking about the resolution, along with Isaac feeling bad for his rookie partner being dead, the cops left with their vehicles.
The chapter concluded with Nurse Joy offering Ramon, Justin, Ada, and Clinton a ride over to the Pokémon Center due to her concerns for Ramon abruptly leaving his room. They agreed and took off from the dark alley.
Chapter 20: Farewell, Majestic City.
The end of Magic & Transvolution's first major story arc: Majestic City Arc.
Ramon and the other three were at the city's plaza along with a couple of civilians: All gazing up at a stage in curiosity. The stage had a woman named Tresha Salvador, being one of the executives of the Wizlore government. She basically went on about the crimes Nickel had committed along with how the city will change with better law enforcers and detectives, apologizing for the damage it caused on the city. She also stated that the government is working on a replacement for Nickel upon being asked about who'll be the new mayor, concluding the Majestic City meeting.
Later on, the four were eating sandwiches at Clinton's home: Talking about how relieved they feel about the abnormal crimes being put to rest, with Clinton stating that crimes will never end but wasn't going to dictate whether or not those crimes were committed for a good reason. He soon complimented Ada and Justin's way of fighting Nickel, wishing he was born with the Magic type. The two thanked him before Clinton finally remembered why their travels along with Justin's last name sounded familiar to him: He met his mother, Delia Phoenix.
This surprised the teens, with Justin asking him when did he met her. Clinton explained a couple of days after the Synchronic incident, leading Justin to conclude it was a few months ago. The boy became angry at the man for not telling him soon, Clinton stating it was because of his age only for the boy to counter him about how he remembered so many of the city's issues. After being in tears over this information, Ada tried consoling Justin as Clinton apologized for forgetting about that crucial information due to his sheer focus on solving the city's issues.
Eventually, Clinton mentioned that Delia was with another teen and a Leafeon: Leading Justin and Ada to conclude those two being Merlin and Serene. After some friendly banters between the duo, Justin asked where his mother is now since he has yet to see her in Majestic. The elder explained that she and the other two went to Serenity—a village nearby Avalon Forest—to see his friend Forest in order to learn more about Wizlore. He also mentioned that it's late so he can't show them to the village now. Ramon asked the elder if he knew anything about the Prospective Institute now that Justin and Ada got their answers to where their loved ones went, and the elder said no.
Ramon was bummed out by this, with Ada comforting him saying that he'll receive his answers soon. Afterwards, Ramon left the table no longer feeling hungry as Justin and Ada joined him, Clinton grabbing the plates to set in the fridge afterwards. The scene then cut to Ramon's dream: Where he was told by Nomar to no longer ask about the Prospective incident since he feared when he finds the answer, he'll be taken away. The red fox insisted that his friends will save him only for Nomar to counter him about humans being untrustworthy beings, stating the examples of what happened to him plus what Nickel had done. After a bit more talk about the topic, the conversation concluded with Nomar advising Ramon to focus on reviving him without telling anyone: Stating he'll never hurt the Zorua afterwards (sidenote: he also said that Ramon has hunted down preys before, which mortified the fox before he was hugged by him). Ramon then woke up to stare at the full moon, believing he'll recover his memories someday.
The next day happened: The four walking down the sidewalk as Ada and Justin wore their original clothes, having it be fixed thanks to Clinton's knitting skills. Justin was also carrying a gray bag filled with money out of Clinton's courtesy. Ada asked about the clarification of Clinton's friend being named Forest, to which Clinton confirmed. He stated the man knew about Wizlore's history despite not being from Wizlore, which he found intriguing. After Clinton wanted to remain in Majestic City due to seeing how the new mayor will improve it—along with a few banters being exchanged between the three—the four made it to a crosswalk that reached towards the exit of the city.
Before the trio left, Clinton told Justin the message Delia wanted him to send to the boy:
"We may be apart, physically. But we're never apart, mentally. Because I always love you, Son. And I hope to see you in person again, soon…"
Justin hugged Clinton upon hearing that message, tearing up. Afterwards, the trio said their goodbyes to Clinton and left the city. As Clinton turned around to walk the other way, Mesmeren rushed after the teens: The cloaker standing above one of the buildings, watching them all.
Chapter 21: Meeting Mesmeren.
The chapter started off with the trio walking down a path towards Serenity: Having some friendly conversations with each other, with Justin displaying his usual playful self along with Ramon mentioning the two having a thing for each other due to their banters, to which the teens disagreed on. Eventually Ramon felt that same weird sensation again, sensing something nearby before turning to the bushes, spotting Mesmeren. The Drowzee mentioned Ramon "felt it" too, perplexing the Zorua before the Drowzee told him to disregard what she said.
After that peculiar scene, Ada and Justin took notice of the Drowzee as Mesmeren apologized to them for not thanking them in Chapter 5. Once some awkward exchanges passed by along with the Drowzee learning about Conjure, the group introduced themselves to Mesmeren. Mesmeren couldn't help but to apologize a lot during the conversation due to her feeling like she's making it uncomfortable, leading Ramon to comfort her and telling her to relax: She was stunned by the kindness for a moment before complying. Once the trio is about to go their separate ways after assuming she has somewhere to go, Mesmeren stomached the courage to ask if she could join them. The group ultimately said yes, leading her to tag along.
The chapter concluded with Justin racing the group towards Serenity, leading the others to run after him as the cloaker watched on behind bushes.
Chapter 22: Serenity.
The four made it to the village, exchanging some minor chatters along the way. The group admired the interior of the village, eventually passing by a statue of a man holding his stick heroically. Ada talked about the village giving off similar vibes to Synchronic Village, leading to her and Justin reminiscing about their time living there along with missing it. Mesmeren asked what happened to the village, leading Justin explaining about the burning incident being the reason why they're traveling. Mesmeren felt bad and hoped that the teens find their loved ones.
After a bit more talks about why they're at Serenity along with Ada wishing to find her father, Mesmeren wondered why Ramon's traveling with them, and Ramon mentioned that he wanted to recover his memory. This led the tapir feeling down due to not really having a goal of her own after hearing the three's reasons for traveling (sidenote: this happened while Ada was touching the village's Teleportation Statue). Soon the four encountered an elderly man and his Abomasnow with scar marks, thinking they were going to end up in a fight when in reality, the man just wanted to introduce himself. He went by the name Forest Miles and his Pokémon partner was Mokuri: Forest was the guy the teens were looking for.
After the four introduced themselves, the group explained that they're looking for Justin and Ada's friends, with Justin mentioning that he wanted to see his mother. Forest asked about her name, and Justin answered "Delia Phoenix". This rang a bell to Forest as a bit more chats was formed from it. Justin asked where she went before Forest answered she left to Glory Pride City along with four others. The mention of Glory Pride City shocked Ramon and Nomar as Justin became sadden at his mother not being in Serenity. Ramon then realized Forest mentioned four people when Clinton told them Delia was with two of the teens' friends, wondering who's the other two. Forest stated it was a Buizel and a Flareon, the teens concluding them to be X and Ethan.
Once that's settled, Forest asked if they're curious about why they left, and Justin said yes. The elder then explained that he told Delia about her and Justin's ancestor, Pauline Phoenix: One of the two important figures of Wizlore responsible for the Magic type discovery along with ending a 12 years long war. This shocked the teens, Forest suggesting them to follow him if they wanted to learn more. They went over to a dojo first since Forest wanted to check in on his students, everyone heading inside afterwards.
They saw a fair amount of humans and Pokémon training with one another, leading Mesmeren to feel timid by the crowd and gotten close to Ramon. The group also saw a Lopunny fighting with a human on a carpet themed stage, the crowd on the bench watching them—one of them being a Blaziken. After the fight, the referee announced Courtney the Lopunny to be the winner, the crowd of students cheering with enthusiasm. Once she aided her opponent, she went over to the Blaziken named Sylock and talked about how excited she is at being close to the dojo tournament's finals. Sylock felt the same way, both boasting about who's going to win between the two.
Soon, Forest caught their attention: Wanting to know how they're doing. After a bit more chats about the tournament, with Courtney striving to show the world how tough she can be along with Sylock stating he had personal reasons for being in the tournament, the duo met Ramon and the others: Introducing themselves to them. Once further chitchats between the group formed to know more about themselves, Forest said the group needs to head over to his home so that Justin can learn about his ancestor. This led Courtney to compliment Justin mother's crafting skills as everyone left.
Chapter 23: The Legend of Pauline Phoenix and Vincent Silver.
The gang were at Forest's home: Ada acknowledging the two swords sitting by the front door, wondering who they belong to. Courtney said they belong to her and Sylock after the two helped Forest took cared of the criminals raiding Serenity long ago. Ada mentioned that something similar happened to her with Majestic City, surprising the Lopunny. After some conversations about the city plus others (such as Courtney feeling bad for the teens over the Synchronic Village incident Mesmeren drooling over the thought of an Oran Berry pie when Forest mentioned it from a cookbook), he showed a book to everyone titled "The Birth of Wizlore".
Forest read its contents: Going over the historical figures, Pauline Phoenix and Vincent Silver, and explaining their discovery with the Wizlore region along with Intellicates, Transvians, Magic type, the names given to humans without Magic (Ordinas) and Pokémon lacking the human language (Nativus), along with how it all changed society. The book also mentioned there being a lot of Transvians, intriguing Ramon due to him remembering that Transvians went extinct, wondering how that happened. The book soon brought up the 12 years war called The Dne War, piquing the group's interest. An evil deity named Dne was revived due to Sorcerous abusing their Magic type gift, leading to Pauline and Vincent forming a rebel group and defeated the deity at the end while sacrificing their lives. The book concluded with PV Town the two figures helped build changing its name to Glory Pride City along with two statues of them being built there, stating the war was victorious but the sacrifice was devastating on top of Transvians going extinct from it.
Ramon felt there's more to this backstory as Justin contemplated about recently learning his ancestor, feeling conflicted. After the group talked about The Birth of Wizlore along with some minor banters from Ada over Courtney sleeping on a story she had already heard, Justin asked Forest where Glory Pride City is located at before the elder answered, the answer basically deducing to: Go through Gloomy Woods, Windmill Forest, and Lake of Purity in order to reach it, leading the boy to groan due to how far it is. Ramon was going to ask Forest about the Prospective Institute, but Nomar told him no: The fox feeling down afterwards. After some chitchats, a loud boom went outside, leading the group to head out. They saw Team Conjure raiding the village, the group preparing themselves to fight them.
Chapter 24: Showdown at Serenity!
Fire was spreading throughout Serenity, panic ensuing the people living in the village. Jester used his arm blade to locate something in the village, which pointed at Forest's home. Upon telling another commander named Arthur Ashford this, the two were almost hit by Mystical Projectiles, eyeing at the teens along with Ramon and the other five.
Some talks were formed between them: Arthur going on about not believing in the concept of friends, thinking that they're "filth". Once Justin tried to attack him, a fight between Conjure and the main gang broke out. Some close calls were made along the way, such as Ramon having to push Mesmeren out of the way from a Conjure grunt's hammer blowing the two, Forest, and Mokuri away. Mesmeren was hesitant during the fight, wondering why she couldn't defend Ramon when she defended him before in Chapter 14. Once multiple beams aimed at her after Ramon warned her, she used Confusion to shield herself before firing back, stunned by her sudden self-defense.
The fight continued, with Team Conjure gradually losing along the way. This was further evident with Arthur facing Justin and Sylock while Jester was facing Ada and Courtney. Once the two commanders were thrown to the ground, Jester became frustrated and floated up, summoning his mystical river. Ada tried to tell everyone to move out of the way, but it was too late as the river engulfed her, Justin, Sylock and Courtney after Arthur used his Righteous Winds to push them, Ramon, Mesmeren, and Mokuri into it: Suffocating them. Forest was pushed out of the way from Mokuri in time, staring on in horror. Jester boasted about the possibility of killing the teens this time since he doesn't know when his mission will end.
Just when all hope was lost, with Mesmeren even giving up immediately due to thinking she deserved the death, Ada thought about the motivating message her father told her on never giving up before forming claws to swim within the Pixie Flush. After a bit of struggling, she finally got out and clawed Jester, freeing everyone from the river. She then blasted Arthur towards a nearby building before Sylock rushed over to Courtney, checking in on her to see if she was okay: She was. And then there was Mesmeren blaming herself for not stopping the river strong enough with her Confusion, to which Ramon comforted her saying that she tried and that was good enough.
After a bit of conversation about making it out of the river alive, Arthur revealed himself holding Forest hostage: Having the lance pinning against the elder's neck. He demanded the chief on telling him the Transmutation Spell's location, and after some denials, Forest eventually gave in upon seeing Mokuri worrying for him. He led the commander to his home and after a bit, the two came out with the Transmutation Spell: Arthur kicking the elder away afterwards. Once Mokuri aidded him, Arthur told his boss that they got the Spell before Team Conjure disappeared into the familiar blue light, Ada being furious over their escape once again.
The gang quickly noticed the flames spreading towards Forest's home, heading over to protect it via their Mystical Shield (sidenote: Ramon was going to use it too, but Nomar told him not to). They stared on at the flames for a good while: Providing grim reminders to Ada and Justin of their home village burning down in a similar manner. Once the firefighters arrived to put the flames out, Justin asked Forest what Spells are.
Chapter 25: Spells.
The gang were back inside of Forest's home: Forest opening his Wizlore history book, heading over to the page talking about Spells. The book mentioned there being eight types of Spells: Transmutation, Immunity, Teleportation, Time, Illusion, Nature, Emotion, and Revival—all except for Time, Nature, and Revival were used by Sorcerous, the latter three were owned by Wizlore government officials. Ada asked what the Spells do, and Forest stated they do all sorts of unique abilities. He was going to read what the Transmutation Spell does until he realized the page for it was spilled by the coffee he had the other day.
Despite this, he explained a little in a nutshell about the Transmutation Spell allowing the user to transform themselves and others into anything, unsure on how the user activate the Spell exactly. After a bit more conversation, Forest continued reading about Spells: The book going over how humans abusing it was what truly led to the revival of Dne. Ramon was beginning to think Nomar and Arthur were right about humans being evil, trembling at the thought. After others checked up on him to see if he was okay, Forest concluded the book saying Pauline and Vincent using the Spells to defeat Dne, leading the Wizlore government to destroy many of those Spells in hopes of Dne never returning.
Some more talks were made about Spells: The reveal of Spell Guardians (Individuals tasked to protect one Spell of each eight types), Forest revealing himself to be a Spell Guardian (which explained why he knew what the Transmutation Spell does), Ada feeling like the Wizlore government should've gotten rid of the Spells (with Ramon agreeing via dubbing humans as evil beings, which he apologized immediately afterwards), and Forest explaining that no one really knew why the government kept them around. This led to some conspiracy theory talks from Courtney, Justin and Ada joining in on what the government possibly wanted the last remaining Spells for.
After some lengthy talks about the government, Forest warned Justin and Ada to not let Team Conjure obtain all the Spells: Believing that something sinister similar to The Dne War will happen. The teens agreed to stop Conjure at all costs before the elder walked towards his room to go tell the government about the stolen Spell, saying the four can rest at his home for now. After agreeing to rest on the sofas since Sylock distrusted anyone not named Courtney in the same room as him, Ramon asked Ada why he was hurt a lot by that one Conjure grunt's Magic move from Chapter 5. The teen explained that Magic is Super Effective against Psychic, Dark, and Fairy along with being weak to those typings as well, being neutral towards everything else. After some chitchats on the subject, everyone head off to sleep due to nighttime arriving.
Another dream happened with Ramon where he and Nomar were sitting on a large boulder while gazing at the sunset. Nomar talked about how nostalgic the scenery felt, reminding him of his home. Soon, he ended up asking Ramon if he's doing the right thing, and Ramon answered yes in an uncertain way: Relieving the blue fox. After a bit more conversation, with Ramon still being curious about the Prospective Institute incident, Nomar told Ramon not to feel bad about his "all humans are evil" comment he told earlier, concluding the dream there.
The next day arrived as the group stood by Serenity's exit: Some conversation being made from Forest to Sylock and Courtney about not being able to proceed the tournament's finale because of the raid—Courtney was fine with this. Soon Courtney told Forest she'll travel with Ramon's gang due to wanting to partake in the worldwide fighting tournament in Glory Pride City, striving to show the world that she's the strongest Lopunny alive. Forest gave her some encouragement along with an advice on not to be overconfident, to which Courtney felt she'll do fine. After a bit more conversation, Sylock wanted to tag along as well for personal reasons, to which Forest let him. Ramon, Justin, Ada, and Mesmeren were alright with the two to come, leading the chapter ending with the six heading into Gloomy Woods along with waving their goodbyes at Forest.
Chapter 26: Journey into the Gloomy Woods.
Ramon, Justin, Ada, Mesmeren, Courtney, and Sylock ventured into the Gloomy Woods, eyeing around with caution due to its dark atmosphere and potentially strong Nativus around. Mesmeren then suddenly smelled some Oran Berries nearby and ate some at a bush, leading the group to become surprised by her eagerness for those fruits. After some minor conversation about Oran Berries and pies, the gang continued onward, only for Ramon to realize that he and Mesmeren were no longer around the others: Both ended up separating from them. The Drowzee became concerned by this as Ramon tried to comfort her.
Somewhere in the woods, Justin was calling for Ada before noticing Sylock jabbing his own hand, freaking out about the separation. After the boy tried calming the Blaziken, Sylock took off, Justin running after him. The two were then ambushed by three wild Greninjas via a sudden Water Shuriken, both cornered against a tree. While that happens, Ada called for her friends alongside Courtney somewhere else. The Lopunny lamented about the Gloomy Woods being so dreary that it makes anyone be lost in it easily, hearkening back to the time it once used to be cheery and bright. The teen wanted clarification on this before the two got interrupted by Nativus: An Alakazam and an Exploud. They braced themselves for the incoming battle since.
Returning back to Ramon and Mesmeren, the latter was terrified to the point of hugging and clinging to the fox, nearly suffocating him before apologizing afterwards. Ramon was feeling worried about their separation moreso than before, leading the Drowzee cheering him up by mentioning her parents by accident, which was a mistake as she didn't want to mention them. She tried to quickly change the topic, but Ramon was curious: Having her explained that her parents taught her to hum and twirl to enlighten herself whenever she's lost. Some friendly chatting between the two along with Ramon attempting the hum twirl later, the duo kept moving forward: Mesmeren asking Ramon if he had any hobbies and he mentioned about liking to learn about things. Eventually he asked Mesmeren why she was caught by Conjure in Chapter 4, and she explained she had no clue: Only remembering one of the grunts talking about her being "another one of mistress' dream targets".
After the confusion behind that phrase, the duo were attacked by a sudden Bone Rush, separating the two. Mesmeren fell down as Ramon was kicked hard towards a tree, wondering where that attack came from. As Mesmeren covered her maw in fear, Ramon looked up to realize it's the familiar cloak-wearing individual again—seeing his bone swung down.
Chapter 27: Triple Trouble in the Gloomy Woods Part 1!
Ramon jumped from the attack in time, doing his best to dodge the rest of the cloaker's moves as he acknowledged how fast the person is. Mesmeren watched on in fear, wondering what to even do. Meanwhile at Ada's location, she and Courtney fought against the wild Nativus: Doing their best defending themselves. Courtney even acknowledged the Exploud one having the move Protect, concluding that it's an abandoned Nativu due to Exploud normally not learning that move without a Technical Machine. Eventually the duo got cornered against a tree, struggling against the Nativus but still have energy left in them.
Over at Justin's location, he and Sylock watched the Greninjas moved from tree to tree, eyeing the branches with caution. Eventually the Greninjas leaped off and attacked them. They kept falling for the Substitute Water Shuriken trick the Greninjas pulled off, grunting along the way. Justin was even hit by a Feint Attack thinking he outplayed one Greninja's Substitute only to be hit by another Greninja. Sylock collided into the boy from another Greninja's Water Shuriken, both slamming against the same tree before multiple shurikens zipped towards them. Justin summoned his first usage of Mystical Shield right then and there, he and Sylock wondering how they can defeat these Nativus.
Returning back to Ramon, he kept dodging the figure's Bone Rush, eventually seeing him attempting to kick him. He tried summoning his Mystical Shield before Nomar told him "No", confusing the fox before he got kneed to the face. Ramon questioned Nomar about this as he dodged more of the cloaker's moves, Nomar explaining that he's paranoid of others finding out about his Magic moves, including Mesmeren. He bickered with his brother while Sucker Punching the cloaker, believing his logic was nonsense. Speaking of Mesmeren, she teared up at the thought of how useless she was: Cowering while Ramon was fighting for his life. The Zorua then got her attention, pleading for her help.
The cloaker complimented Ramon's will to survive despite the circumstances, thinking that's why Dr. Yvonne chose him. Ramon wanted him to elaborate, to which the figure didn't. This ticked the Zorua off since he kept telling the truth about his amnesiac state and didn't know what happened at the Prospective Institute, wishing the cloaker would explain. After some talking, the fight continued: With Ramon Sucker Punching the cloaker while Mesmeren Wake-Up Slapped him afterwards. The Zorua was impressed by the combo they did before the cloak-wearing individual tried harming them once more. Ramon and Mesmeren were eventually losing to him: Mesmeren having been smacked by him before Ramon got kicked. When the figure tried axing off Ramon, Mesmeren threw a rock at his head with Confusion. The cloaker responded with Psychicing the Drowzee towards a boulder Ramon was kicked towards, leading the fox to become furious as Mesmeren was in pain.
The Zorua jumped while glowing white, evolving into a Zoroark with hair over his left eye while clawing the cloaker. The cloak was torn to the point where it revealed the figure's identity: A Lucario, now with a claw mark thanks to the Zoroark. The Lucario headbutted the fox off from him, pinning him against the same boulder.
Ramon soon asked who the Lucario was, to which he answered:
"My name is Travis."
Chapter 28: Triple Trouble in the Gloomy Woods Part 2!
Before Travis tried to kill Ramon, the Zoroark pleaded to provide him answers if he thought he's a liar. Travis hesitated for a moment due to his aura acting up, questioning if Ramon was telling the truth before pushing that thought aside, doubting the fox is. Travis decided to humor the fox and gave him answers: Elaborating on Xander Yvonne being a determine and kind person wanting to improve mankind and Pokémon alike, and then stating Project Transvian was formed because of his other friend, Noctis. He mentioned that Noctis regretted his decision to evolve, leading the scientist to feel bad for him. After the Prospective incident, he concluded that Ramon was the cause of it due to rumors of a Pokémon surviving it and how he was chosen to be one of Yvonne's subjects.
Ramon sympathized for Travis' losing Dr. Yvonne before stating that his conclusion made no sense, elaborating in ways where it made Travis' feelers act up again. Travis kept denying what Ramon said before Ramon kept insisting that his conclusion was nonsense: Travis was tearing up at his aura not aligning with what he believes while Ramon was tearing up at the jackal's continual denial. Once Travis tried to kill him, Mesmeren pushed him away with Confusion, freeing the fox. Travis attempted to attack her before Ramon stopped him, the two rolling around.
Over at Justin's location, Justin asked Sylock if he has Speed Boost: The Blaziken didn't. He concluded that the only way to defeat the three Greninjas was to fight, lowering his shield. The fight between the five commenced: The duo falling for the Substitute trick once more and overall doing their best to defend themselves. The Greninjas were proven to be formidable foes once again: Justin wasting zero time summoning his shield to protect himself and Sylock. He stated he has one more shield usage left before summoning his Sorcery Blades, the duo readying themselves as the shield faded.
At Ada's location, her and Courtney kept facing off against their Nativu foes: Blocking and dodging attacks, Ada mentioning how strong they are. Courtney noticed the Alakazam also has the move Protect, believing she's facing two abandoned Nativus. As Ada was hit by its Psycho Cut, Courtney got slammed into a boulder by its Psychic. Her loud scream alerted Sylock and Justin, the two got distracted enough to have the wild Greninjas Hydro Pumping them. Justin formed his last shield, groaning at how the Greninjas have two types that hinders both him and Sylock.
Back to Ramon's location, he was slammed against a tree by Travis: Being left with zero room to move. As Travis made sure to also keep Mesmeren in place via Psychic, he asked for Ramon's last words and Ramon said he was curious on why Travis was hitting him hard after he was hit by Dark moves. After Travis and Mesmeren was bewildered by those last words, the Lucario explained that it's thanks to his Justified ability. Ramon was about to question him further on what an Ability is, but Travis stated he already spoke his last words and attempted to kill him before his feelers acted up again, frustrating the jackal. Mesmeren pleaded him to not kill Ramon.
This all happened while Courtney and Ada got up from their attacks earlier, the wild Exploud eventually deciding to use Boomburst on them. Once the duo crashed somewhere, with Ada's case being the tree, the noise echoed throughout the Gloomy Woods: Causing both Ramon and Justin to hear it in their retrospective location. As Travis was distracted, Ramon took this opportunity to throw him towards the tree he was pinned at. He then threw dirt at Travis' face, causing the jackal to wince at them landing on his bleeding face. Ramon snatched Mesmeren and took off, Travis swearing to kill him. The Lucario realized he had no choice but to go to Serenity so that his face can heal, leaving.
Back to Justin and Sylock, Sylock just about had enough of the Greninjas as his whole body got encased in red-orange aura. Once Justin was distracted by Sylock's aura, the shield faded—the boy freaking out momentarily before Sylock basically massacred the three Greninjas. He did the following: Burning the first one to a crisp via Flamethrower, battened the second one with the third one via gripping the latter's tongue and swinging, and kicking the third one towards the sky. To say Justin was mortified by the sight would be an understatement. Afterwards, Sylock took off, leading Justin to rush after him.
Returning to Ramon, Nomar told him to change back into a Zorua in a panic manner. Ramon stated he doesn't know how before he glowed white again and devolved into a Zorua, Mesmeren sliding off as a result. After some cute exchange between Mesmeren realizing she has a thing for Ramon upon noticing the bangs was still there, Nomar told Ramon that he shouldn't tell anyone about him achieving Transvolution (and let Mesmeren know not to tell others about it, either), the very special kind of evolution allowing him to evolve and devolve by will. This led Ramon to wonder if he's a Transvian before the conversation devolved into Nomar's insistence on humans being foul and evil, leading Ramon to feel down. After Mesmeren asked if he's okay, he said yes before the two continued ahead.
Meanwhile, Ada and Courtney were pinned down by the Alakazam's Psychic: Ada thinking the two were finished until Sylock came by punching the Alakazam through several boulders as Justin kicked the Exploud, freeing the two. Ramon and Mesmeren eventually arrived at their location as the Exploud was ready to fight the group until it stared at them: Noticing how menacing they are, especially Sylock. The creature then ran away. The six were relieved afterwards: Ramon mentioning his encounter with Travis again along with Sylock signing that he "overdid it" upon coughing up blood, Courtney agreeing with him. That confused everybody.
After the group acknowledged Ramon's new hair, they continued onward into the woods: Sticking close together this time.
Chapter 29: From Gloomy Woods to Windmill Forest!
During their travels, Justin asked Sylock how he moved so fast despite not having Speed Boost, leading Courtney to conclude that being the reason why Sylock overused his Rune. The group became curious on what a Rune is, and the Lopunny explained that they're a special kind of power that Intellicates and Transvians are born with: Allowing them to have all kinds of unique skills such as enhancing abilities and moves, using powers a Pokémon normally wouldn't have, and many more. Mesmeren wasn't aware of her having that kind of power, leading Courtney to explain that many Intellicates and Transvians weren't aware of it despite its relation to the Magic type. She also mentioned that once a Pokémon does discover their Rune, they can name it. After some minor conversations, Courtney elaborated on the downside of using Rune: It could hinder someone the more they use it, to the point where they'll die as a result.
Ada asked Courtney how Rune relates to Magic, and Courtney stated she forgot: Only remembering that it's used as evidence for Intellicates sharing a connection with the Magic type. She then asked Sylock to have Justin and Ada heal his left hand. After some hesitation and a bit more convincing, the Blaziken let them. A scar mark was left on Sylock's hand, leading Ramon to wonder why that was the case before Ada explained that magic healing can leave marks depending on the severity of the wound. She also explained that she can carry objects like an Oran Berry with magic after Ramon asked her about that, mentioning this being possible as long as it didn't require a lot of energy. After a bit more conversation, Ada and Justin found out the name of the cloaker after Ramon told them.
After further more talks about Travis and the Prospective Institute, Ada showed Courtney Yvonne's journal: Leading the rabbit to spot the word "Success" for Project Transvian. Ada wondered if Ramon was the escaped Transvian due to being the only one leaving the facility, to which Ramon answered he wasn't sure. From there, the group continued: Courtney being on edge while eyeing around. This led Ada to question what happened to Gloomy Woods, leading Courtney to explain the whole ordeal as they were almost out of the area.
The Lopunny explained that the woods used to be called Gleeful Woods due to the peaceful environment going on in it thanks to the founder of Serenity named Tranquility. Once the man suddenly left, the village went into an array of crimes and awful acts humans did, catching Ramon's attention. Courtney elaborated further that the woods was affected by all of this: Trainers abandoning their Nativus, wild Nativus becoming more violent from the chaos, and after some hesitation, eventually stated that her Nativu friends were killed.
She mentioned that Serenity returned to its peaceful state thanks to Forest and Mokuri arriving to end the chaos there, with her and Sylock helping him along the way. Although, Gloomy Woods remained in its violent phase, hence the name change. Courtney believed the woods may remain this way forever, unsure on how it can ever improve itself. Ramon was feeling down knowing that humans were the cause of Gloomy Woods' state as the six finally left the place. They soon spot a center called Serenity Vicious Center: Being heavily guarded. Courtney explained that it's there in response to the violence in Gloomy Woods, but now it also served as a way to "correct any criminal's behavior", to which Sylock believed was a waste of time.
After some goofy banters between the group along with Courtney realizing they should've went around the woods, they head into Windmill Forest, acknowledging the destructive state it's in: Broken windmill parts being everywhere. They wondered what happened here, being cautious before hearing someone pleading for their item back. They looked at an Intellicate Axew being bullied by three Nativus: A Kabutops, Aggron, and Pidgeot—the three tossing the green wristband over the dragon. Courtney asked the three to hand the wristband back: They refused, followed by some threats of beating the group up. After the three kept on refusing the request, Courtney, Sylock, Ada, and Justin fought the three Nativus: Ramon and Mesmeren standing by watching the whole thing as the Axew hid behind a tree.
Once the four proven themselves to be stronger than the wild Pokémon, the Kabutops came to the conclusion that they should leave before the three scrammed. The Axew was amazed by the display as Justin picked up the fallen wristband. The Axew rushed over to him, complimenting the boy about his fighting skills along with the others. The dragon was named Roan as he and everyone else introduced themselves to each other.
After some talks, Ada suspected the dark clouds ahead to be where the Lake of Purity is at: Her and Mesmeren becoming curious about that. The group was about to leave until Roan caught their attention, saying he wanted to join them since he believed the way they fight will help him find his mentor. He explained that a nasty hurricane landed in Windmill Forest and separated the two during their training, wishing to return the wristband back to him once he finds him. He also stated that he's lost and has nowhere to go, being on the same page as the group in a way. After some talks about everyone's own reasons for traveling, they agreed to letting him join their journey, all walking towards the Lake of Purity.
Chapter 30: The Lake of Purity.
The start of Magic & Transvolution's second major story arc: The Aquatic War Arc.
The seven proceeded into the Lake of Purity: Where Ramon got done giving Roan the recap on what he's been through in the story so far. After some talks about Travis and his speciesist mentality that Roan didn't like, Ramon questioned about his kind being capable of deception and Roan said yes, adding onto the fact that the deception doesn't mean they can't become good individuals. This relieved the Zorua as Mesmeren disagreed with the notation without others knowing, feeling like she deserved the mistreatment for the species she is.
Ramon then double clarified if the hurricane incident was what caused Roan to be separated from his mentor and he said yes. The fox was further relieved knowing that humans weren't the cause, to which Nomar ensured that them not being the cause doesn't resolve their evilness. Soon the group entered the Lake of Purity: Spotting its destructive state and feeling uneasy about it as a result, although they did spot a cabin nearby the lake. After some talks about its state, Ramon wondered how they can traverse across the lake and Ada pointed out a canoe that's in good shape, the group all heading towards it. Ramon double asked Courtney if this leads to Glory Pride City and she said yes, believing that Forest's intentions was good, to which Ramon wished he could have such hope in a human as she does.
Once everyone is onboard of the canoe, Courtney and Sylock used the paddle due to Justin and Ada having trouble using it: The teens watching the Lopunny and Blaziken. After some friendly banters between the group, with Justin making some jokes here and there, Ramon remain staring at the lake in a depressing manner, thinking about what his brother said about humans and how the actions he'd seen a few of them do helped his argument. As the rain poured heavily along with Mesmeren questioning if Ramon's okay, the canoe shook, confusing the group. Soon it got tipped over, everyone falling into the water as a result. Ada, Courtney, Justin, and Roan were the first to swim up before noticing a Gyarados and a Wishiwashi School colliding against each other, pushing everyone back via fallen into the water. Courtney soon saw Sylock struggling to swim and rescued him, feeling his claws puncturing her shoulders along the way.
Meanwhile underwater, Ramon was struggling to rescue Mesmeren: Her weight being too much for his Zorua body, the two being unable to breathe. As the Drowzee accepted her fate, Ramon evolved into a Zoroark and swam up, freaking Nomar out as his brother begged him to change back: He didn't. Back to Justin and co., the group made it back to shore where the cabin's at, catching their breathes. Courtney suddenly fell down and the teens tried to heal her before Sylock became protective of her. After some hesitation followed by Courtney telling him that it's okay, he let them heal her. Justin then remembered that the group's missing Ramon and Mesmeren, the two conveniently jumping out of the lake and landing beside the group. Mesmeren cried into the Zoroark's chest fur, wondering why he didn't let her die instead of saving himself as Ramon calmed her down.
The gang were relieved to see the two, having a bit of conversation about Ramon's evolution and Nomar telling the fox to roll along with it since they think he's an Intellicate. The group then wondered how they're going to go across the lake, even noticing the length is endless on both the left and right side. After spotting a group of Gyarados and Wishiwashis fighting each other, an unknown voice told them to come with them, all looking at two Pokémon: A Blipbug named Coleo and a Floatzel named Lycus. Coleo said he'll explain everything to them before Lycus saved the group via Aqua Jetting them away from three Gyarados crashing to the ground. As the group landed beside the cabin, they eventually agreed to following the Blipbug inside, wanting to know the cause behind the Lake of Purity's chaotic state.
Chapter 31: The Destruction Behind the Lake of Purity.
Everyone rest inside of the cabin: Justin briefly mentioning about his bag surviving the attacks from the Nativu Greninjas he and Sylock fought in Chapter 27-28, which piqued Coleo. After some talks about everyone being okay, Coleo went on to explain about the fight between the Gyarados and Wishiwashis: Dubbing it as The Aquatic War. Lycus joined the explanation: Both him and Coleo elaborated on the place used to be peaceful until a Gyarados named Behemoth and a Wishiwashi named Virtuous arrived there, both causing the war due to their rivalries during their time with their trainer. After stating the trainer no longer owns them, Coleo was asked by Ramon on how he knew this, revealing himself to be that said trainer's Pokémon—used to, specifically. Noticing the shock from others, Coleo asked why everyone's surprised and the group went on about him being an Intellicate that has freewill and wasn't supposed to be owned by a Pokémon Trainer. The Blipbug didn't even know what an Intellicate is due to living out in the wild for so long, unsure what was wrong about a trainer owning an Intellicate.
Lycus soon used his Rune, Capture Projector, to reveal images of a Floatzel speaking to a cop while a Buizel cried, some other cops detaining a random man. Lycus explained about the unlawfulness of a trainer owning an Intellicate while showcasing the consequences. Coleo was intrigued by the information before becoming curious about how Lycus used his Rune, and Lycus explained about that, too. After a bit of talks about Rune, Ada noticed the Floatzel and Buizel in Lycus' projector looking familiar, asking Lycus about them. The Floatzel said he didn't know them, to which Justin said they looked a lot like Beckham and X. After that bit of talking, Ada wondered what happened to Coleo's trainer and Coleo said that he didn't know: Only knowing about that trainer abandoning him, Behemoth, and Virtuous—the Blipbug used to find their rivalry silly and funny until they arrived at the lake. It was also how Lycus met Coleo, the Floatzel chimed in.
Further elaborations was made about the war: How it caused rainstorms, how the two species didn't like each other to begin with, etc. Roan asked about the rainstorms having anything to do with the hurricane in Windmill Forest, and Lycus mentioned he recall seeing them passing by, being lucky they didn't hit the cabin. Ada soon asked about the name of Roan's mentor due to the many times Roan kept mentioning him, and he answered "Simon Victor": Still in hopes of finding him someday. Ramon felt more depressed than before: Thinking Coleo's human trainer was the cause of the war along with Roan's separation—believing any of it wouldn't happen if the trainer didn't abandon Coleo, Behemoth, and Virtuous. Nomar agreed with such a conclusion. The fox jabbed his right paw quietly while at it, causing it to bleed.
From there, the group tried to think of a way to end the war via talking with the leaders, Behemoth and Virtuous. And they became stumped upon finding out that the only person who can breathe underwater, Lycus, can't talk with them due to the aggressive speciesist nature Wishiwashis and Gyarados have, upsetting Roan as a result. Mesmeren mentioned something about having someone disguise as one of their own to talk with the leader, leading Roan to conclude that Ramon can do that since he's a Zoroark having the Illusion ability. This had Ramon questioning the ability in general, to which Roan explained shortly. Ramon wasn't aware that he could do any of that.
After some talks about the ability, including Roan mentioning that he knew about it due to facing some wild Zoroarks before, Ramon became hesitant about using the ability due to the deception side of it. Ada agreed with Ramon, feeling like nothing good could ever come from lying, as her father taught her. Justin retorted by stating her father doesn't know what gray is, devolving the teens into an argument over the morality of truths and lies—Justin even pointed out the pointlessness of telling the truth to Clinton about his shopping being bad in Chapter 12. Courtney broke up the argument before eventually believing the Illusion plan is their only shot at ending the war, asking Ramon if he could go along with it. The Zoroark contemplated about the times he had to lie about his feelings and Transvolution, and now having to lie about his identity: His melancholic state persisted. He hesitantly rolled along with the plan. Coleo suggested talking with Virtuous first before Behemoth due to believing that Behemoth was harder to convince.
Ada then noticed the bleeding paw and healed it, asking Ramon was it from the canoe wreckage: He lied and said yes, a scar mark forming on his right paw afterwards. Lycus, Ramon, and Roan head out of the cabin: The chapter ending with Roan telling Ramon to avoid being hit while under his disguise, to which the fox obliged.
Chapter 32: The Disguise.
Ramon, Lycus, and Roan stood outside: Everyone from within the cabin watching them as the fox practiced his Illusion skill via transforming into Roan. Ramon was wondering how to activate it before Lycus explained that he got to focus on it and believe that he wanted to use his ability. Failed attempts after failed attempts, Lycus suggested to not rush it. Ramon tried once more until eventually, he managed to transform himself into Roan: Lacking the Axew's wristband. He tried to change back with the same method but couldn't due to rushing himself again, Lycus suggesting that he'd transform into a Wishiwashi to truly have this plan start. Before that happens, Ramon asked how his Illusion could help him breathe underwater since Roan only described it as just changing his appearance, and the Axew stated that it does more than changing appearance.
From there, Ramon turned into a Wishiwashi and joined the chaotic lake, feeling uncomfortable at how heavy his body felt. He quickly gotten himself into the fight: Spotting a Gyarados almost attacking him until a Wishiwashi with a Mystic Water necklace batted it away. She asked if he was okay, and he said yes. Soon, the two devolved into more fights with the Gyarados: The Nativu Wishiwashi doing most of the defending while Ramon did more of the avoiding. The Pokémon introduced herself as Aquatus, leading Ramon to lie about his name being Larry. Larry mentioned how there's so many Gyarados, to which Aquatus stated to use his moves: Something he didn't took into account for. After some more defending, Ramon asked if he could meet Virtuous right now, and Aquatus believed that's not a good idea due to the war being in Phase 30, stating he's probably busy partaking it at the moment.
Meanwhile, Lycus got done recording Ramon transforming into a Wishiwashi earlier, being on top of the cabin before going to the very end of it. A voice at the tree branches above the cabin asked if he got the evidence, and he answered yes. The said voice revealed herself to be an Espeon named Xenia, being thankful that their mission was in motion at long last. Lycus was tired of pretending to be Coleo's friend too, feeling like he couldn't put on the friendly act any longer. Xenia stated that they couldn't finish the mission yet since they need one more evidence of Ramon transforming into a Gyarados before spilling the beans to him deceiving the two groups. She also pulled out a mysterious gem from her satchel, stating she wanted it to be filled with war energy before then. Lycus wondered if exposing Ramon's Illusion would halt the war, and Xenia said no: Believing they'll remain furious at the betrayal they experienced from someone they thought was their own kind along with still despising each other, furthering the conflict.
Lycus soon experienced a minor headache from his memories of being with a Floatzel he didn't like. He then told Xenia that she's "so much better than her", leading him returning back to the front of the cabin afterwards. The scene then focused on everyone in the cabin eyeing the war through the window: Courtney wondering how long the fight lasts and Coleo said "till the end of the day". After some talks about it, Ada opened the front door and asked Lycus how things looked up there. He answered that Ramon made it to the lake successfully in his disguise, leading Ada to hope that's the case due to not liking the plan.
Returning back to Ramon, he and Aquatus kept fending off against the Gyarados: The former dodging their moves continuously while the latter kept using her own. Larry was freaking out as Aquatus asked him why he's not using his moves, to which he said he never fought before. After some talks, a Wishiwashi told the other Wishiwashis to retreat underwater, to which they all did. Ramon wondered about this before the Wishiwashi explained to him that it was getting late. After some momentary panicked about being underwater before realizing his disguise lets him breathe, Ramon took notice of Lanturns and Chinchous guiding the Wishiwashis, being confused since he thought Lycus told him about Gyarados and Wishiwashis attack anyone that's not their kind. He and Aquatus then entered Virtuous Palace: The illusion Wishiwashi becoming mesmerized and amazed by its interior.
After following along a pathway towards a coral castle, Larry noticed that all of the Wishiwashis changed into their Solo forms, Aquatus included. Aquatus then eyed him with suspicion, asking why he's not in his Solo form. He quickly came up with the excuse that he wanted to make sure a Gyarados didn't infiltrate the palace, to which Aquatus found silly. He kept insisting on this being the case before he heard a voice from the castle: Eyeing the king, Virtuous, dawning his King's Rock along with having two guards beside him.
Chapter 33: Virtuous and the Virtuous Palace.
The chapter started with Virtuous going on about Phase 30 ending and overall boasting about Wishiwashis being better than Gyarados, annoying Aquatus while hyping up the army. Once the speech concluded, the Wishiwashis left, with one of them passing by Ramon and Aquatus questioning why Ramon was in his School form still: He told them the same excuse he told Aquatus from the previous chapter. Before swimming towards Virtuous, he thought about the excuse: Seeing as what he's doing isn't any different from the excuse itself. Aquatus thought about how awful Virtuous' speech was, wishing there was a way to settle the two species' differences.
Larry reached Virtuous, the king being alarmed by his sudden presence before asking him why he's not in his Solo form. Larry told him it's in case a Gyarados tried to intervene tonight before quickly changing the topic to asking if he and Behemoth could've agree to disagree on who's the strongest. This led Virtuous to rant about Behemoth's brawn way of thinking and self-absorbing behavior, especially upon finding out what his trainer's pokedex said about Virtuous' species being stronger than Behemoth's. After the rant, Ramon tried to ask if there ever is a way the two could settle their differences—Virtuous flat-out stated there isn't. Soon, Aquatus told Larry to leave and the two left Virtuous alone. They swam through the palace, Ramon finding out about her having a family before reaching the main area of the palace: Spotting all sorts of different types of Water Pokémon.
This perplexed Ramon again since Lycus told him the Wishiwashis and Gyarados were prejudices towards them, and yet saw these Pokémon living alongside the Wishiwashis, wondering if Lycus was misremembering things or lying. This also led the disguised fish wanting to go over to the Gyarados' place due to failing to convince Virtuous on ending the war before Aquatus snapped him out of his thought, wondering if he's okay. Ramon soon changed the subject by asking if Virtuous built the palace by himself, and Aquatus said he had some help to do so. She also clarified that despite having a sense of superiority, Wishiwashis do allow other Water types to live at Virtuous Palace.
After some talks about the impact Virtuous had on the Wishiwashis, Aquatus asked Larry if he wanted to come over to her place, to which he said yes due to being homeless. Some more talks were made along the way, with Larry stating he was randomly recruited into the war, leading Aquatus to predict such a thing because of Virtuous methods of recruiting others being random. She also found the rivalry between Virtuous and Behemoth to be pointless, leading Ramon to become curious about that.
Soon the two arrived at Aquatus' home: Comprising of four Wishiwashis named Yowa, Fisher, Beckett, and Marsh. There was also a Lanturn named Mary at the diner room of the coral house as the family introduced themselves to Larry, Fisher being confused to why he's still in his School form before Aquatus explained about it. They all head inside of the house for dinner, ending off the chapter.
Chapter 34: Aquatus.
Everyone was at the diner area eating some kelps, to which Ramon wasn't fond of but had to play it off as him enjoying it when Yowa asked him about it. She also mentioned about spending those kelps with Aquatus' shells, piquing the disguised Wishiwashi. The scene was pretty much the family talking about today's war and how Aquatus made it out alive and fine. It concluded itself with Aquatus feeling down after her father stated that he's happy she joined Virtuous' cause, the Wishiwashi having to quickly pretend that she's happy about it, too.
The chapter then transitioned to everyone sleeping in their retrospective rooms: Aquatus being with Ramon while the others were sleeping elsewhere. It then changed to Ramon's dream: Where Nomar was resting on his lap, Ramon being a Zoroark in this state. They talked about all that happened so far today before Ramon questioned about the possibility of a Pokémon making evil decisions, to which Nomar shrugged the questions off by telling him that labels like Intellicates exist to make Pokémon feel inferior to humans. Nomar continued on about the differences between Pokémon and humans: How they live their lives differently via not dressing up nor communicating like humans despite what Intellicates are. He believed that Pokémon were supposed to be out in the wild away from humans, leading Ramon to say that Zoroarks may not be much better beings because of their capability to deceive others, as Roan experienced.
Even then, Nomar still insisted that humans were at fault of everything, even going as far as to mention the Windmill Forest incident being formed because of Coleo's trainer abandoning him and his two friends, to which Ramon agreed sorrowfully. The Zoroark then asked the Shiny Zorua to explain what Transvolution are, and Nomar said that he forgot. Ramon was perplexed by this, questioning the Zorua about it before Nomar explained that his memory is fading due to being dead, even if it's something as important as Transvolution. He then told Ramon to focus on reaching Gloria Falls, hoping that he'll remember Transvolution once the Zoroark revived him.
Ramon then woke up from his dream, realizing he was in his Zoroark form and gasping for air before changing into Wishiwashi Solo. Aquatus woke up to the panicked Wishiwashi, asking if he was okay as he answered he had a nightmare for a moment. After some talks, Larry asked Aquatus if she believed Wishiwashis is stronger than Gyarados: She didn't. In fact, she believed some are stronger than others along with stating that the weak can help the strong by other means such as alerting others of intruders. She explained further about the weak having its place in the world as much as the strong do, having that willpower to help others—it reminded Ramon of Clinton's will to help him in Chapter 14 despite Travis being stronger than him. Some further conversations was made about the war, including Aquatus not wanting ferocious behaviors representing the Gyarados along with wishing that the war didn't exist. The conversation concluded itself with Aquatus asking why Ramon's in his Solo form and he answered that he was really paranoid earlier about the whole Gyarados stuff. The two went back to sleep afterwards.
Meanwhile at Justin and co., he was playing rock paper scissors with Lycus, Roan, Courtney, and Sylock: Some goofy banters and bonding between the group ensues. Soon afterwards, Justin felt like checking up on Ada, Mesmeren, and Coleo, with Lycus joining him as the others continued their game. Once there, Ada hoped that Ramon's okay since he hasn't come back yet. Everyone else was worried, too: With Coleo apologizing for having everyone be involved in The Aquatic War mess. Ada soon displayed her distaste towards the disguised plan Ramon's in, to which Justin argued with her again over the necessity of the plan. She soon yelled back, stating that Ramon was probably caught for his lies and that's why she thought the plan was a bad idea.
Justin then went into a rant about how Ada wasn't lying free due to her lying to Isaac in Chapter 17 about handling the Gothitelle fight well, which stunned the girl. Ada then tried to insist it wasn't a full lie before Justin became upset at her for actually lying about what she said to Isaac: The girl was at lost of words. Coleo soon calmed the teens down before reassuring Ada that what Ramon is doing wasn't an act of malice at the end of the day, leading to the whole group staring out of the cabin's windows at the dark sky. They all hoped that Ramon is okay, ending the chapter off there.
Chapter 35: The Next Disguise.
The chapter started off with Ramon staring out of the window with concerns, Aquatus telling him that it'll be okay. The illusion Wishiwashi then noticed Aquatus tearing up before the two left. The scene then transitioned to Larry and Aquatus being with the Wishiwashi army to partake in Phase 31 of the war: Virtuous boasting about how they'll show those Gyarados who's boss as the Wishiwashi residents cheered the army on, Aquatus' family included. Afterwards, the army left the palace and ascended upwards to the surface, all changing their form into School, including Aquatus herself. Ramon didn't change due to not wanting to blow his cover, being at the surface along with the rest of the Wishiwashis. The Gyarados army were there, too: Both species preparing themselves.
Meanwhile at the cabin, the gang kept staring at the outside with tired eyes, having stayed up all night waiting for Ramon's return. Roan mentioned about Lycus taking care of something in the forest: Ada thinking he was with the gang staying up, too. Coleo confirmed he was, but went to sleep halfway through and then woke up to do personal business at the Windmill Forest. Courtney then complained about Lycus leaving the back window open, going on about how some robber or a rogue Nativu could've infiltrated their home. Coleo asked what a Nativu is and Courtney explained about them being wild Pokémon and were sometimes owned by trainers, leading the Blipbug to become curious.
Returning over to Ramon and Aquatus, the latter kept doing her best to protect them both against the Gyarados army—Ramon wishing to find a proper spot to escape and transform into a Gyarados. Aquatus questioned about him not being in his School form, and Larry quickly stated that he's scared. After some conversation, a Gyarados used Aqua Tail in between Ramon and Aquatus, separating the two as a large splash occurred. This gave Ramon a chance to swim underwater. After the splash finished, Aquatus eyed around trying to look for Larry before being attacked. Once she slammed one Gyarados into another, she shielded herself behind a couple of Wishiwashis, hoping that Larry is doing fine.
Ramon swam for a moment until he reached a rocky surface with hole-like walls to it, using it as an opportunity to transform into a Gyarados. During his transformation, Lycus was there hiding behind the corals: Recording the illusion fox via his Capture Projector. Once Ramon finished, Lycus swam away, alerting the illusion Gyarados. Ramon wandered if someone was there the whole time before swimming out of the spot, eventually finding Behemoth Palace. He swam past some Gyarados soldiers before entering the palace, acknowledging how barren and crippled it looked compared to Virtuous Palace. Nonetheless, he kept moving forward, believing Behemoth should have a castle since Virtuous has one.
The scene then transitioned to Xenia eyeing the purple gem from Chapter 32, which was called the Bitter Glory. She thought about how close she was to her goal at becoming an Unmon, something that her "mistress" promised. Her thoughts were then interrupted by Lycus, some couple banters ensuing as a result. The Floatzel then showed her the evidence he took of Ramon transforming into a Gyarados, being thankful that his gut told him the Zoroark would fail to convince Virtuous on ending the war. After the Espeon stated the Bitter Glory is close to being filled, Lycus asked if their mistress' plan will benefit them in a long run. Xenia happily answered that it will, going on about Lycus being free to explore anywhere he wanted without someone managing his life since all they had to do was charge the Bitter Glory—it'll have their mistress being close to reviving "him".
The chapter ended with Lycus looking forward to that day.
Chapter 36: Behemoth and the Behemoth Palace.
Ramon swam around the inside of Behemoth Palace for a bit before meeting a Gyarados, Magikarp, and Relicanth: The latter two species making him further question what Lycus told him about Gyarados and Wishiwashis' will to attack those who aren't their kind. (Sidenote: Ramon didn't know that Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, hence why he still thought that Pokémon was a different specie not associating with Gyarados.)
He asked the three where he's at just to double make sure he's in Behemoth Palace, and the Gyarados confirmed that he is. He then asked if he could speak to Behemoth, and the Relicanth stated that he could be busy training at the moment but still wouldn't hurt trying to talk with him. After looking at a pathway and receiving confirmation from the three that it led to Behemoth's castle, Ramon traveled on that path: Reaching the castle shortly. He found two Gyarados guarding the castle, asking if he could see Behemoth. They answered no due to him training, to which Ramon heard Behemoth grunting at the top of the castle. He tried pleading to the guards on wanting to see Behemoth only for them commanding him to go back to the battlefield, being shoved away as a result.
Another Gyarados with a Water Gem necklace told Ramon not to be bothered by the guards due to them being this uptight about Behemoth's training. Ramon eyed the Gyarados, noticing the dead Alomomola on his back: Leading him to grimace. The Water Gem Gyarados further explained that Behemoth was preparing for Phase 32, an important phase in the war that involved both Behemoth and Virtuous to fight each other: It happens every ten phases, as he put it. Soon he introduced himself as Quintin, to which Ramon almost said he's named Larry but went against it due to that name being his previous disguise's name: Going by Sam this time around. Sam then questioned Quintin how he knew so much about Behemoth and the war, and he answered that he's Behemoth's brother, perplexing the disguised serpent since Behemoth was captured by his trainer: Wondering if the trainer came to the Lake of Purity and captured him there.
Quintin advised that they talk more at his home, to which Sam obliged. Sam asked why the palace was named after Behemoth, and Quintin explained about the palace originally named after his father, Colossal, until Behemoth was born, his father believing he'll be the king of the palace as a result. He went on about the ruler process: How he wasn't the ruler since his mother named him instead of his father along with other aspects. Ramon soon noticed some objects lying around the palace, including some water bottles that he pushed away because of some Gyarados guards, being confused by it all. Quintin then said that he once used to rule the palace due to Behemoth being taken away by a trainer a long while ago during a family trip, solving Ramon's mystery about Behemoth's trainer, but still wondering on who that said trainer is.
Quintin then mentioned that his parents passed away from a severe illness, making him in charge before Behemoth returned back to the palace telling every Gyarados about his abandonment along with hatred towards Virtuous the Wishiwashi. Soon the two arrived at Quintin's home, ending off the chapter.
Chapter 37: Quintin.
The chapter started off with Quintin eating the dead Alomomola. He then asked Ramon if he wanted some, and Ramon was going to say no before his stomach growled, realizing he hasn't eaten anything in some time now. After some hesitation due to the smell of the dead Pokémon only for it to change into something pleasant, he snacked on it like crazy, feeling bad about it afterwards. Soon, Sam asked Quintin why his home is empty before Quintin explained that most homes are due to Behemoth not knowing how to make the palace look nice. This led Ramon to point out there being a lot of tires and water bottles in the palace—Quintin explaining that humans dropped those around the lake, unsure on why they do it.
Sam then asked Quintin about his thoughts on the war, and Quintin pretty much concluded it as silly since he found the beef between Behemoth and Virtuous unnecessary: Believing it shouldn't matter at the end of the day. The Gyarados also admitted to finding Wishiwashi woman attractive, having it be another reason to why he wished the war wasn't a thing (this was also where Nomar confirmed himself to be aroace due not finding anyone attractive). Overall, Quintin wished that everyone can relax, Sam agreeing along with him. After a bit more talk, the scene shifted over to Behemoth: The King's Rock-wearing Gyarados got done bashing his punching bag and blowing it into pieces with Hyper Beam. The scene was just him believing he's in the right, wanting to make Virtuous pay, and him thinking that Quintin wouldn't understood why he's the way he is thanks to Virtuous being "full of himself", as he put it.
Shifting back to Sam, he and Quintin relaxed for a bit until he said that he got to go. Quintin asked why before Sam lied about needing to sign up for the war, feeling bad about the lie as Quintin questioned the disguised serpent on recently arriving here. Sam believed joining the war will have Behemoth be more willing to talk—another lie as it was something he truly doesn't believe. Before Quintin questioned further, the illusion Gyarados was already gone.
Over at the cabin, Justin and co. complained about how they should've slept instead of staying up all night: Mesmeren even wishing she was born with the Insomnia ability. This caused the group to talk about the ability: How it's beneficial for being immune to nightmares, but also a hindrance that prevented those with it to gain inspiration along with other aspects about the ability. Despite this, Mesmeren believed that she doesn't deserve sleep knowing what kind of specie she is. Ada asked why she thought that before the Drowzee told her "I'm sorry" and remained quiet. The group then heard something from the back window: Thinking it was Ramon for a moment before revealing to be Lycus holding many apples, chewing on one of them.
He offered the group some apples to eat on, to which they did. During so, Ada briefly mentioned "Mrs. Phoenix" towards Justin when he was talking with food in his mouth: Piquing Lycus due to thinking those must be the teens that "wacko-haired guy was talking about". After a bit more minor conversations along with Courtney convincing Sylock to eat the apple when he hesitated initially, Lycus asked the teens about their travels and they said they wanted to go to Glory Pride City, believing their friends should be there. The Floatzel asked how they got separated before Ada explained that a group named Team Conjure burnt their home village, forcing them to separate. After the confirmation, Lycus pretended to feel sorry for the teens. Ada then briefly mentioned "X", which Lycus wonder who that is.
Ada stated that X's real name was Xavier, freaking Lycus out internally due to him not expecting X to be alive all along. The teens noticed the initial freak out and was about to question it before Lycus quickly changed the subject to talk about why the others were traveling, leading to conversations about everyone having their own reasons to travel. He even found out about Mesmeren being one of the targets the Conjure grunts failed to capture, thinking it was cute that she's traveling with the squad. Mesmeren soon pointed out that there was a Gyarados heading towards the cabin, everyone being on edge.
The Gyarados transformed itself into a Zoroark, revealing to be Ramon as he panted heavily. Mesmeren quickly opened the window and let the fox inside the cabin: Her, Justin, and Ada immediately bringing him into a group hug. Ramon was confused by this, being uncertain of the genuineness from his friends due to what Nomar told him, and yet the kindness felt genuine. After a brief contemplation about the hug, his attention was brought to Coleo upon being asked if he was able to talk with the leaders.
Ramon simply ended the chapter with:
"Well…"
Chapter 38: A Special Night.
Ramon explained to the group that he wasn't able to convince the two leaders, having Coleo becoming depressed by this fact since he believed it was the only way for them to end the war. The group talked more about this upsetting news, including Ramon mentioning that the Gyarados and Wishiwashis having a few of their kinds not being a fan of the war, too. Courtney suggested if they could leave and hope the war resolved itself, and Ada ultimately stated that's not the case due to the lake being too wide, as they've noticed in Chapter 30. Ada soon went through some self-reflection about truths and lies, going over the necessary Illusion plan Ramon had to go through along with some general heart-to-heart talk between her, Courtney, and Justin. The conversation ended with Justin stating telling truths and lies was what make someone a human and a Pokémon, something that resulted to Ramon and Mesmeren going through contemplating thoughts: Ramon for thinking if he's a bad person for what he did while Mesmeren believed that she's a bad person for the specie she is.
After the group snapped the two out of their thoughts, they talked a bit more with each other before Lycus tried giving Ramon a spar apple. Ramon said he isn't hungry since he already ate something. Lycus kept insisting on him eating the apple before Ramon found it bizarre on how much he's pestering him about it, leading Lycus to stop due to suspicion surrounding him. The Floatzel was hoping to get him to eat it before he stated that he'll eat it later on. The Zoroark then asked Lycus about why he's seeing different species of Pokémon in both Behemoth Palace and Virtuous Palace, and the weasel explained that they're selective on which Pokémon they allow in the palace, leading Roan to become furious.
The chapter then transitioned to later on, where the group rest on the sofas and ground talking about their pasts and backgrounds: The friendly games Justin and Ada played with their friends (with Lycus wishing that X was harmed), the time Courtney spent at the Serenity Vicious Center due to her previous mayor of Serenity not liking her doing "manly things" (she also met Sylock at the center along the way), Roan explaining how he met his mentor Simon Victor during a nasty storm where he was saved, and many more. Some further chitchats carried on, Ramon becoming amazed by the diversity before noticing Mesmeren looking down. He asked what's wrong, leading others to look as well. Mesmeren explained that everyone got a goal of their own while she lacked one, feeling as though she's useless and has been slowing others down. Ramon told her that she isn't useless, complimenting her will to help him in Majestic City and Gloomy Woods along with fighting off Team Conjure in Serenity. The conversation ended with Mesmeren thanking Ramon while Ada told Coleo that she'll explain what Magic type is along with Team Conjure tomorrow.
Another scene transitioned into nighttime: Where Ramon was staring out of the window as the full moon shined down at the cabin—everyone else being asleep. Mesmeren eventually joined him, saying she couldn't sleep. Soon the two heard voices outside the lake, revealing themselves to be Aquatus and Quintin calling out for their friend. Once the two bumped into each other, Aquatus initially became alerted and was ready to attack until Quintin told her he means her no harm, leading the Wishiwashi to revert back to her Solo form. Neither of them wanted to fight as they explained they wanted to find their respective friend: Larry in Aquatus' case, Sam in Quintin's. The two continued on talking: Going over their dislike towards the war along with Aquatus finding out Quintin was Behemoth's brother. They seemed to get along quickly, which Aquatus was thankful for since she always wanted to know a Gyarados personally as Quintin felt the same way. Quintin even shared his Bluk Berry with Aquatus, the two loving the taste of them. Aquatus then teared up, mentioning her happiness on talking with a Gyarados without having to fight one, leading Quintin to find out that she partook in the war. The conversation ended with the two returning back underwater.
Ramon felt relieved that he likely did something good by having the two meet. Mesmeren asked if he knows those two Pokémon and he said yes due to his Illusion ability. Some concerning talks about the two Water types finding out about his identity, he suddenly coughed up black blood on his paw, being terrified by the sight due to it looking similar to the substance he saw in Chapter 1. After washing it off via the rain outside, Ramon asked Mesmeren why she thought she was slowing the group down earlier. And Mesmeren explained that it was due to the stuff her species has done: Stuff like setting up a ceremony to kidnap others and hypnotize them along with stealing their thoughts. She ran away from her parents due to the ceremonial stuff, and has experienced mistreatment from others since.
Ramon asked why people would mistreat her, and Mesmeren believed that it's because of people hating the Drowzee line: Believing they're horrible, therefore including herself too. This had gotten the Zoroark to think about the possibility of Pokémon being as evil as humans while at the same time Lycus and Xenia looked at each other on top of the cabin, concluding the chapter there.
Chapter 39: Phase 32.
Everyone woke up to a loud roar coming from outside, gazing out at the cabin to see a group of Gyarados and Wishiwashis eyeing each other, with their leaders Behemoth and Virtuous snarling at one another. Coleo mentioned that the war is at a Big Phase Fight, ones that involved Behemoth and Virtuous. Soon the group undergone some discomfort and pain, all having an ill appearance on their skin except for Ramon, who's the only one that's looking healthy. After some panics over this discovery, the gang put their focus on Virtuous and Behemoth arguing with each other: Both displaying their disdains before self-indulging on who's the strongest. Aquatus was there watching the disputes before being surprised by the two leaders saying they'll fight each other first before letting the armies get involved, finding that being new from them.
Coleo wanted to stop the two, leaping out of the cabin and crawling his way towards the lake quickly, the gang following along. Virtuous and Behemoth thrashed each other: Their armies cheering on, predicting who's going to win against who as the two threw insults here and there. After the two's fight ended, Quintin arrived to give his brother the King's Rock. Behemoth and Virtuous then commanded their armies to attack each other, the two group of species preparing themselves. As soon as Coleo reached the lake, Lycus got in front of him all of the sudden: Grabbing the two armies' attention as Ramon and friends arrived. The Floatzel told the two kings about a traitor among them, outing Ramon for his usage of the Illusion ability and even utilizing his Capture Projector to show proof. The aquatic Pokémon were appalled at the discovery, especially Aquatus and Quintin as the person they thought they've bonded with was just a Zoroark using them.
Ramon was hurt by the betrayal, thinking about his own kind being evil because of what he did, even despite knowing he did it for good intention. Meanwhile his friends were furious at Lycus for stabbing their backs, the Floatzel telling them it was just business along with teasing them about the Weakener he put into their apples. After he teleported away from a blue glow—along with Xenia upon the Bitter Glory being fully charged—the two kings told their armies to take care of Ramon and his friends along with fighting each other at the same time, all of them obliging. Ramon cried while the others freaked out.
Chapter 40: Natural Disaster.
This chapter can best be summed up as one word: Survive.
The gang were doing their best to survive and defend themselves against the attacks the Gyarados and Wishiwashis threw at them. The Weakener wasn't doing them any favor: Ada and Justin feeling pain whenever they use their Mystical Shields and the wild Nativus kept hitting them as a result. Over at the lake itself, Virtuous and Behemoth were fighting each other along with their armies, a few of them going after Ramon's group. The fight persisted: Sylock thinking he was about to lose Courtney at one point until he used his sword embed with magic to push the Gyarados and Wishiwashis away, thanking Justin's mother for making it.
At one point in the fight, Ramon was blaming himself for getting the gang into this mess after trying to convince Aquatus he didn't use the ability to deceive her, but she didn't believe him—not doing much to protect himself. Coleo had to tell him to snap out of it along with explaining to Aquatus that Ramon put on the disguise to help end the war, elaborating about Lycus lying about it being deceitful. They had a brief conversation about this before Aquatus heard Quintin screaming for his life, going over to aid him after hearing Ramon told her to do what she feel is right. Many more moments happened afterwards: Aquatus being called a traitor for helping Quintin, Ramon and Coleo regrouping with their friends before Justin and Ada put up their last Mystical Shields, etc.
Once the teens gave up on keeping the shield up, they passed out. Ramon unleashed a shadowy aura around him, the next scene revealing him using his Rune for the first time: Shadow Arch. It was a large dark shield, all being shadowy arms originating from Ramon's back. Everyone gazed at the shield in awe, talking about it for a moment until Coleo demanded Ramon to throw him towards the two kings since he believed it's the only way he could get their attention. After some thinking, Ramon went along with the plan and used his shadow hand coming from his right paw to throw Coleo. After Behemoth saw him landing on his snout, Virtuous bumped into him, causing Coleo to fall into the water: Worrying everyone. The chapter concluded when Behemoth and Virtuous saved Coleo from the water only to then argue with each other—the Blipbug told them they're both in the wrong.
Chapter 41: Coleo and the End of The Aquatic War.
The end of Magic & Transvolution's second major story arc: The Aquatic War Arc.
Coleo went on a grand speech about how tired he is about this war and how it was affecting everyone negatively, with Quintin and Aquatus agreeing along the way. Soon, Behemoth and Virtuous realized the error of their ways after the speech, declaring the end of the war today. Citizens from their retrospective palace came out to witness this historical moment, Aquatus' parents included. Ramon also managed to apologize to Quintin and Aquatus properly for what he did, once again stating that he pretended to be Larry/Sam just to convince the leaders on ending the war. Some further conversations were made between the aquatic Pokémon and Ramon's gang: Roan explaining what Magic types are, everyone staring at the peaceful rainbow in the sky after it has been cloudy at the lake for so long, Roan pointed out the messy environment despite the war ending, etc.
Coleo then decided to journey with Ramon and his friends due to wanting to learn more about the mysterious world he's living in, believing he'll learn a lot with the group. The scene then transitioned to the group traversing across the Lake of Purity thanks to the Gyarados and Wishiwashis, reaching the other side that has a pathway leading to Glory Pride City. Some further chats were made between the group along with Ramon and friends wishing their farewells towards the aquatic Pokémon, taking their leave. The chapter ended with Aquatus seeing a Wishiwashi and a Gyarados hugging each other in glee, being glad that the war has finally ended.
Chapter 42: Moving Forward.
The chapter began with Travis riding on a train across the forest, rambling about Ramon and hoping to kill him someday. He then ranted about how anyone could trust a Zoroark before a woman sitting across from him said how could anyone trust another individual, man or mon. The woman was named Scarlet Bellerose, her and Travis chatting with each other about the untrustfulness of humans and Pokémon before the conversation concluded with Scarlet saying she's "forced to be flawed beyond belief", sounding regretful about it.
Over at Ramon's location, he and his friends traversed through the pathway slowly: All chatting about what happened recently, including Courtney questioning why Ramon coughed up black blood in Chapter 40 before he simply said he doesn't know. He mentioned how similar it looked to the black blood at the facility, being uncomfortable at the thought. After some more conversation about him and his Rune, his friends suddenly fell to the ground due to the Weakener: The Zoroark panicking. After attempting to use his Rune a few times, he activated it and carried his friends with the shadowy hands, moving past a sign telling him he was reaching Glory Pride City.
Chapter 43: Not-So Pleasant Reunion.
This chapter focused on Glory Pride City: Where X, Serene, Ethan, Merlin, and Delia resided in, living at a house owned by a Charizard named Noctis. There was also a photo of two humans, a Riolu, and a Charmeleon sitting on the living room table as the group relaxed, generally minding their own business via Noctis and X watching TV, Delia and Merlin cooking some Aspear Soup, etc. After some minor discussions, the Buizel felt something nearby—a sensation to be exact—before ushering out of the house: Noctis and Merlin following him. Over at the city's entrance was Ramon trying to ask others for help, but no one wanted to help him due to his scary appearance.
The Zoroark then noticed X, Merlin, and Noctis heading his way, thinking they might help him along with feeling the similar presence he felt with Mesmeren. Once the Buizel, human, and Charizard reached Ramon, X thought Ramon was holding his friends hostage, the Zoroark trying to prove his innocence before the Buizel started a fight with him, leading the fox to drop the seven. The battle was intense: Ramon doing his best to evade X's moves along with X's Rune, Dark Tendrils, and his Magic move, Azure Cerise. As the fight continued, Merlin heard Ada trying to tell him that Ramon's innocent, catching Noctis' attention upon hearing the word "Ramon".
Speaking of which, he eventually got hit by X's attacks on purpose upon hearing him being called a monster, believing he deserved to be killed by the Buizel. As X went on a blind rage after the flashback he had with a trainer forcing him to become his Pokémon, his human friend told him that Ramon's not a bad person. X didn't believe him at first until he noticed Ramon's defeatist state. Soon, a Sylveon and a Mega Audino came by to calm the duo: Named Tress and Jewel retrospectively. Everyone then eyed at a man with a black ponytail and a mega bracelet: Having cops beside him as he asked about the commotion going on.
Chapter 44: Weakener.
After Noctis helped pay off the damage Ramon and X caused at the store, the ponytail man Ace Vermilion was explained about the whole situation being a misunderstanding, leading X to apologize to Ramon about it. Some further talks were made as ambulances arrived, one of the medics looking over at Ada and co.'s appearance. Ace wondered why they looked like that until Ramon said that they're affected by the Weakener, leading the medics to become mortified before stating they should take the weakened seven to the Pokémon Center asap. Ramon and the others got into the ambulances along with the weakened seven, the vehicles driving off.
The scene transitioned to everyone being at the center, all talking about the Weakener and how it can cripple others to the point of weakening their moves and having them dying. X once heard the name Lycus, a Floatzel that was the cause of putting Ramon's friends in the Weakener status: Finding the name familiar. Some further talks were made: The group learning about Ace being the Gym Leader of Glory Pride City along with the existence of the All Star League, Ramon and Noctis learning about each other being the person Travis was talking about, Merlin pointing out X usage of a Magic move despite not being a Sorcerous, Merlin being delighted by learning about all of those things in general, etc.
Soon Justin's mother entered the Pokémon Center, being told about Merlin finding her son and his friend injured, leading her to immediately rush over to the Center's counter asking to see him. After a couple of pleads, the nurse obliged on notifying her whenever they're done extracting the Weakener from Justin and his friends—the woman thanking her afterwards. Once Delia gotten to introduce herself to Ramon along with Noctis complaining to her about Serene and Ethan being left unintended, Delia received a call from Ethan saying he and his sister are being harmed by some extremists raiding Noctis' home. Merlin then teleported the group away to a statue he saw a few feet away from Noctis' home.
Chapter 45: Trouble at Noctis' House!
The group arrived at the statue, Merlin telling others to go ahead towards Noctis' home after being exhausted from teleporting so many people. They encountered the extremists crooks that hated Noctis for his once famous status, all holding Serene and Ethan hostage as they mentioned about the consideration on selling the two Intellicates to Pokémon Hunters: Believing Pokémon shouldn't deserve rights. This ticked X off as he attacked the crooks, leading the others to join in. Things were looking up to Ramon's group until they were slowly getting defeated one by one: X was eventually knocked out by a Blastoise that was holding him down, leading Serene to worry for her beloved friend.
It wasn't until a Sorcerous named Kellie Lorey and their Roserade friend Nered saving the group, the former trapping the runaway crooks with their Mystical Force's shield. After the crooks were arrested, the group gotten into a discussion with Kellie and Nered along with Delia apologizing to Noctis for leaving Serene and Ethan behind: Going over how worried she had been for her son since the Synchronic Village incident, to which Noctis understood and apologized about his behavior as well. The chapter ended with Ramon hearing about Kellie being a Spell Guardian at Gloria Falls, catching his interest.
Chapter 46: Recovery.
The start of the chapter pretty much had Ramon talk with Kellie and Nered about the Spell they're guarding, leading them to become suspicious of him wanting to know that before he quickly stated it was because he heard of Forest being a Spell Guardian. Some frustrating moments happened between him and Nomar along the conversation: Nomar kept insisting him to not trust a human about what he's doing while Ramon pointed out what Lycus did in Chapter 39 was evil and he wasn't a human. Some further talks were made: Noctis commenting about having an 'Anti-Noctis' group due to his time being famous at the All Star League under the name "Flaming Vortex", Ace going over the bond he formed with his Nativu Pokémon and how their feelings were as valid as his own, etc. X soon tell the group they should go see Justin and Ada, to which they did except for Ramon and Noctis: The two choosing to stay behind on cleaning up the mess. (Sidenote: Kellie and Nered left earlier to continue their Spell Guardian duties.)
Over at the Pokémon Center, Delia and others were in the patient room with Justin and the other unconscious six: All hoping the group will get better soon. Some heart-to-heart moments were formed between the group, albeit X almost had a mental breakdown over the thought of Lycus might be someone he actually knows about. The scene ended with Serene and Ethan being wary of their mother anytime Delia mentioned the word "mom" during the conversation with X: Ethan being the one especially frighten due to the possibility on what his mother could do to him.
The chapter concluded with Ramon and Noctis being done cleaning up his place: Noctis telling Ramon they'll have a talk since the two kept eyeing each other, to which Ramon nervously obliged.
Chapter 47: The Tale of the Flaming Vortex Part 1.
Ramon and Noctis talked about the Prospective Institute along with Travis: How Noctis kept telling Travis not to kill Ramon, how Ramon didn't remember a single thing that happened during the incident, etc. Noctis even admitted to Project Transvian being formed because of him, going over why he loathed his evolved form for how uncomfortable it felt. This led the Charizard to reminisce of the time he was excited about evolving, the chapter pretty much taking place in the past afterwards where he was a Charmeleon while with Travis and Dr. Xander Yvonne.
Noctis and Travis were sparring in preparation for the All Star Tournament tonight, Noctis being the most excited for it. The Charmeleon was hoping Dr. Yvonne would be at the tournament to watch him tonight, but Yvonne stated that he got an assignment to do at the Prospective Institute, forming a minor complaint about the scientist always being busy. Once he and Travis continued their sparring, the chapter shifted over to the tournament that arrived tonight—two spectators Bond the Inteleon and Zenith the human going over the exciting matches Noctis invoked from one round to the next, making the crowd go wild. Travis was there recording the whole thing to show to Yvonne whenever the scientist after the event. Another match was formed between Noctis and a Tyranitar named Bulk, the two exchanged some friendly competitive quips before engaging in a heated battle.
It looked like Noctis was about to lose halfway until the Charmeleon evolved at the last moment, paralyzing Bulk via Dragon Breath and defeating him with Dragon Claw, making the crowd go wild. After Bulk told Noctis he appreciated the match they had, Noctis was quiet for a moment before saying the same thing: His present day self stating this was the part where he regretted his evolution decision.
Chapter 48: The Tale of the Flaming Vortex Part 2.
Noctis and Travis sparred with each other yet again: But this time Noctis was being hurt during it all, kept advising the Lucario to hit him hard and not hold back. The Charizard was slacking, swearing himself off over it. Soon Travis and Dr. Yvonne came to the Charizard's aid, telling him to be careful about pushing himself too hard. After Travis tried to shut his feelers up, the scene transitioned over to the tournament: Where Noctis was struggling to win against his opponent, Golden the Pokémon Trainer and their Nativu companion, Luxury the Empoleon. Travis was there watching the tournament alongside Yvonne as well, both worrying for the Charizard. Noctis tried his best to defeat them, but ultimately ended up fainting after receiving so much damage from Luxury.
Noctis congratulated the two on beating him, complimenting their trainer and Pokémon bond before Golden pointed out they weren't at their full potential: Going ham on the flaws of Noctis hardly moving fast and doing any damage towards their Empoleon. This hit Noctis hard after Golden thought his Flaming Vortex title was overhyped, leading the Charizard to leave the stadium. From there onward, Noctis kept losing and losing in one tournament after another. It had gotten to a point where people were saying his title was old school compared to an Ambipom opponent named Swifty, Noctis devolving into a tearing state and left the stadium without giving Swifty an ounce of sportsmanship.
The scene cut over to Noctis' home: Where he was in his room crying over his decision to evolve, Travis and Yvonne feeling sympathy for him as they tried to comfort him. The setting then returned to the present with him and Ramon: The Zoroark feeling sorry for him as well. Noctis then said he believed Ramon wasn't the cause of the Prospective Institute being in ruins, leading the Zoroark to tear up and thank the Charizard, hugging him suddenly.
The chapter then concluded with Justin and Ada waking up, receiving hugs from their five friends: All tearing up in relief at being reunited again.
Chapter 49: A Proper Reunion.
This chapter was pretty much an "everyone getting to catch up on what's been happening in their lives while separated" moment, with Courtney, Roan, Mesmeren, Sylock, Coleo, and Mesmeren waking up later on to join the conversation along with introducing themselves. The conversation consisted of a variety of things: Delia and co. learning about the group that terrorized their home named Team Conjure, Justin believing that Synchronic Village's Mayor Herbert was a Spell Guardian and the mysterious girl from Conjure was holding the spellbook in Chapter 6, Justin and Ada going over the Prospective Institute incident with the squad along with the two learning about Noctis being harmless (and having to tell Courtney and co. about Noctis' harmless status later on too), etc. There were also moments where Ada wished that her father was with the group, too: Feeling down.
After some more conversations about other things such as Rune and the historical events of Wizlore, Delia told Justin that she has a surprise for him at the Glory Pride's square, the boy stating he'll see it once he, Ada, and the other five recover from the Weakener. Soon the setting shifted over to the group all heading towards the square, chatting with one another. The gang reached the square, admiring the two statues of Pauline Phoenix and Vincent Silver. They talked about the brave action the two made at saving the world, with them all hoping that the world doesn't have to deal with Dne again. Merlin thought about Team Conjure collecting Spells, fearing the possibility of Dne returning because of that fact.
The chapter concluded with the focus on Noctis enjoying a TV show while Ramon was looking out of the window, he and Nomar thinking about one thing: Gloria Falls.
Chapter 50: A Moment of Peace.
This chapter also had another heart-to-heart general conversation moments: Starting off with Noctis and Ramon talking about the Prospective Institute and unsure who's at fault over its destructive state. And then Justin, Ada, and the others arrived at Noctis' home, Ramon immediately hugging the teens and being happy that they recovered from the Weakener. Soon everyone was at the living room: Conversations ranging from Ada hoping to reunite with Terran and her father to something minor like food preferences. It also ended up focusing on Noctis explaining to the group that he don't think Ramon was the cause of the Prospective incident along with elaborating about his Flaming Vortex title like he did with Ramon in Chapter 47-48. The scene soon concluded with Ramon handing Noctis Dr. Yvonne's journal due to the scientist being the Charizard's closest friend, everyone heading off to sleep afterwards.
Another scene was focused on Ramon's dream: The Zoroark getting into an argument with his brother about the evilness of humans and how Nomar was being judgemental to assume all humans are evil due to his past experience, even pointing out again about Lycus making an evil choice. The conversation concluded with Nomar telling Ramon to focus on reviving him after the Shiny Zorua evolved, stating he'll never hurt him. Ramon woke up from the dream, thinking about Nomar as the sun shined. Later on, Justin and Ada were sparring with Courtney and Sylock outside of Noctis' home: The group were watching them as some conversations were made during the spar. It went from Ada talking about her respect towards her father for raising her well after her mother passed away to Courtney explaining to Merlin that she's practicing for the All Star Tournament tonight. Courtney went on about never wanting to give up on winning the tournament, to which Noctis hoped she actually meant it considering his experience.
The sunset arrived later on as Justin, Ada, X, Courtney, Sylock, Merlin, Roan, and Coleo traversed through the Glory Pride's square, with Noctis guiding them towards the All Star Tournament stadium since they agreed to watch Courtney and Sylock compete while the others chose to stay home. After they reached the location, Noctis left the group to their lonesome as they all entered inside. Meanwhile at the Charizard's home, Delia and Serene talked about some show they were watching before Ramon said he has to go. Mesmeren followed him, asking where he's heading along with sparking a bonding conversation between the two. Ramon gave her his answer about wanting fresh air before he eventually left the house after validating Mesmeren's existence, the Drowzee thanking him.
Heading over to the Pokémon Center far from Noctis' home, Ramon gazed at Gloria Falls ahead: Nomar being the most anticipated for what's to come.
Chapter 51: All Star Tournament.
The start of Magic & Transvolution's third major story arc: Revival Falls Arc.
The chapter began with a Thundurus Therian named Zethor traveling across the sky with Penelope the Gardevoir, Henry Rush the human, and Simon Victor the human: All hoping to reach Glory Pride City in time to save Ramon as Penelope was trying to focus on her Kind Sensory to detect his presence. The scene then shifted over to Courtney and co.: The Lopunny going over the different types of All Star Tournaments (which is five) with the group before stating she and Sylock will tackle the All Star Tag (2v2 tourney). The gang chatted about the tournament types for a bit before they wished Courtney and Sylock good luck in the tournament, heading into the audience entry while the two go through the All Star Tag entry.
And then the chapter focused on the All Star Tag Tourney, where the audience were excited and hyped to witness the upcoming event. Bond and Zenith returned as the spectators for this tourney as Courtney and Sylock were about to face a Grapploct named Mack and an Indeedee Female named Miss Lady. The four duke it out, close calls being made on the Lopunny and Blaziken's ends from time to time. Eventually the duo won, exciting the audiences along with their friends. The chapter then alternated between three settings in this exact order: One focusing on a Glaceon with bruises heading into the city from Avalon Forest 2, the second focusing on Team Conjure at an unknown location where the leader told her team "He's by Gloria Falls' entrance", and lastly having another scene where Ramon took on the disguise of an Infernape guard, ending the chapter off.
Chapter 52: Infiltrating Gloria Falls.
Ramon was hesitant to execute the disguise plan, getting into a discussion with his brother about it. And then the Glaceon from Chapter 51 appeared, her collar revealing the name to be Elizabeth. Ramon was about to take her to the Pokémon Center until Nomar advised him to take her to Gloria Falls instead—believing this to be the perfect time to infiltrate it. After some discussions about the decision, Ramon hesitantly went along, feeling bad about it as he told the Infernapes guarding the entrance about the injured Glaceon. They told him to take her to the medic center of Gloria Falls' urban portion, to which he did.
The chapter focused a bit on the tournament where Courtney and Sylock won the second round, prepping themselves for the third. Sylock saw the two's next opponent being either an Espeon and Beedrill or two trainers with their Coalossal and Gurdurr, Sylock initially receiving a flashback of him being a defenseless Torchic upon seeing the Espeon and freaked out internally. Courtney asked if he was fine, and he signed yes, the two heading into the break room afterwards. Returning back to Ramon, he reached the medic center and gotten confirmation from the nurses on Elizabeth being okay, the disguised Zoroark wishing there was another way to enter Gloria Falls. Once exiting the center, he saw Nered talking with a group of guards that're amazed by her tales, believing she'll be the key to helping him find the Revival Spell.
Chapter 53: Deeper Into the Falls.
Nered went over her grand tales and travels across Wizlore and how she originated from Kalos. Soon Ramon asked her if she knows the Revival Spell's location and she said it's at the large waterfall behind her, Ramon thanking her before providing a quick fake excuse about him wanting to confess his love for Kellie. After some conversation between Ramon and Nomar about the humans and Pokémon having false coexistence (that Ramon disagreed on), the illusion fox journeyed down into the waterfall. He started regretting doing this since he didn't want to ditch his friends before Nomar stated he was already this deep into the plan now.
After Ramon randomly coughed up black blood, he felt pain surging throughout his body, hearing Nomar replied with: "…We're getting there". Before the disguised Infernape could question this, he encountered an Amped Toxtricity that claimed herself to be a Guard Tester: Wanting to test the Infernape in a battle before letting him through. There was then another set of two quick scenes: One focusing on Courtney and Sylock preparing for Round 3 of the tournament after Sylock snapped out of his grim past while another focused on Team Conjure eyeing their leader with anticipation, the leader telling them updates about what's going on with Ramon.
She then said the group will teleport towards Gloria Falls once Ramon bypass the Guard Tester, concluding the chapter with this thought in her mind:
"You're almost there, Dne".
Chapter 54: Thrashing Tournament and Testing Falls!
This chapter started off with Mesmeren worrying for Ramon, with Delia talking to her about him and gotten to know how she felt towards him, which made the tapir feel shy and embarrassed. Soon Delia joined up with Noctis, Serene, and Ethan on watching TV while Mesmeren kept staring out of the window: Noctis eventually having everyone watch the All Star Tournament live due to finding the shows he saw on his TV boring at the moment. And speaking of the tourney, a scene showcased Courtney and Sylock preparing themselves for their next opponent: Nia the Espeon and Mace the Drampa from Chapter 52. Eventually the battle began, Courtney handling Mace while Sylock handled Nia.
The fight happened at the same time as Ramon being in a fight with the Guard Tester, doing his best to evade her Electric moves only to be punched temporarily, fixing his disguise instantly. Somewhere along the tournament fight, Courtney mentioned how tough her opponents are before Sylock ignited his Blaze Booster, immediately began to do damage to his opponents. He especially went after Nia: Beating her into a pulp while picturing her as another Espeon that taunted him and made his life miserable when he was a Torchic. The Drampa tried to stop him, but Sylock was too strong and shoved him away—even the security guards couldn't stop him.
Soon Courtney yelled at Sylock to stop hurting the Espeon, to which he did. He stared in horror at what he did, resulting to him running off towards the exit. The Lopunny followed him as the medics arrived: Justin, X, Ada, and everyone in the stadium were mortified by what just happened—even Noctis and the others were terrified at the sight, Mesmeren being the only one curious at what they were shocked by. Returning back to Ramon, he finally beat the Toxtricity with Night Daze and passed the test. Before he left, the guard asked how he used Night Daze when Infernapes normally don't learn that move, and he said he has a Rune power much like Nered did.
The chapter ended with the focus being back to Team Conjure: Their leader stating that Ramon was nearing the spellbook, preparing her Teleportation Spell to teleport her team to Gloria Falls—exciting them all.
Chapter 55: Destruction in Gloria Falls!
Sylock kept running and running, bumping into some civilians along the way. Courtney soon caught up to him, trying to ask him what's wrong before the Blaziken left the stadium entirely. Justin, Ada, and the others caught up with Courtney, wondering what's going on with Sylock too as everyone followed him. Meanwhile Ramon ran deeper into the cavern until he reached the end of it, seeing Kellie protecting the Revival Spell. The disguised Infernape executed his plan, sparking small talks with the Spell Guardian before trying to convince them that he could protect the Spell from here. Kellie refused, leading Ramon explaining the benefits of taking a break. The scene shifted over to the outside of Gloria Falls, focusing on a human, Starmie, and Beedrill walking around talking about something minor before the three noticed Team Conjure falling down from the sky attacking the place: Exploding buildings here and there.
Conjure wrecked havoc across the Falls, Nered witnessing the madness going on while by the large waterfall as the leader and two commanders with her, Raiden and R, head towards her. The leader, Carly, commanded her team to focus on helping Jester keeping the guards busy while she wanted Raiden and R to join her, holding a syringe containing the Weakener as the group obliged. The Kalosian Roserade tried to stop the three, but ended up being combated by Carly's Trickster Dash. Once Carly, Raiden, and R dealt with the guards protecting the large waterfall, Nered tried stopping them before a Conjure commander Sully and Arthur surrounded her. The Recovery Center was panicking over the situation happening outside, some of the doctors got hurt by the grunts. This signaled the awaken Elizabeth to escape the tent, hiding in the bushes as Jester swept the place up with his magical river.
Over at Noctis' home, everyone were discussing over Sylock's behavior, Mesmeren remembering it having to do with the time he was in the Serenity Vicious Center when told about his backstory in Chapter 38. The group then heard a loud booming noise coming from Gloria Falls, surprising them. Mesmeren suddenly left the house thinking Ramon could be in trouble since he was still gone, Delia joining her after telling Noctis she wanted to keep her safe much like he wanted to keep Serene and Ethan safe. Noctis stayed at his home along with Serene and Ethan, the three hoping Delia and Mesmeren would be okay. Meanwhile Sylock was tearing up and panicking while running through Glory Pride City, thinking about someone who ruined his life. He passed by Ace's All Star Gym, he and his two Pokémon were curious about him running by before noticing Courtney and others passing by too. He also heard a loud noise coming from Gloria Falls while this happened, prompting him to follow the group. Soon Sylock stopped at the Pokémon Center, Courtney and co. finally catching up to him and was about to question his decision until they heard another explosion, eyeing the Gloria Falls entry from afar. Upon spotting a grunt leaving momentarily to enter back inside the Falls, the gang were confused on why Team Conjure was here before Delia and Mesmeren joined them: Everyone discussing over what's been happening at the Falls and ultimately wanting to check it out. There were some worries about Ramon too before they did so.
Speaking of Ramon, he and Kellie heard noises above the cavern, leading Kellie wanting to check it out as this was Ramon's chance to grab the book and revive Nomar. Once they left, Ramon got rid of his disguise and obtained the spellbook: Opening it to say "Nomar" before repeating the phrase "Revival Spell" after Nomar guided him. Upon doing so, his body glowed and then an orb came out, forming another body to reveal Nomar as the Shiny Zoroark: Being alive and all.
The chapter ended with Nomar stabbing Ramon with his claws after the two hugged, saying the following words to him:
"Thank you for freeing me, my descendant."
Chapter 56: Dne the Magic Reign.
The chapter started with Penelope telling Henry and co. that her Kind Sensory is fading on Ramon, prompting Zethor to fly faster. It then focused over to Ramon and Nomar: The Zoroark fallen to the ground surrounded in black blood as Nomar boasted about his true nature throughout the entire chapter. The Shiny Zoroark went over every huge detail about himself: How he was the deity Dne the Magic Reign that had been defeated twice (one by his wife led by a rebel group ages ago, another by Pauline Phoenix and Vincent Silver many years later), telling Ramon he lied about being his brother and was his long distant ancestor the whole time, explaining how the Prospective Institute scientists died and how he lied about them taking the Zorua away against his will when in reality they were rescuing him from Pokémon Hunters in Avalon Forest, etc. Nomar also stated that Ramon used to be a Nativu along with the entirety of Team Conjure being in on the plan to revive him, providing updates to Carly via his last remaining deity powers while in his dead state.
Many more reveals happened the moment Carly and her commanders arrived with an injured Kellie: Carly handing the Bitter Glory over to Nomar so that he could utilize it, Nomar revealing that fact he got in contact with her since the Synchronic Village incident (along with also being the same day he connected with Ramon, but couldn't talk with him due to his knocked out state), Nomar explaining that he used his soul to travel from one relative within Ramon's bloodline to the next thanks to the little bit of magic within him, etc. Some minor talks were formed too such as R's fondness of Nomar's Bitter Glory looking great along with Nomar butting heads with Carly in terms of leadership. Before Ramon could even breakdown into tears, his body started to morph between his Zoroark self and something abominable constantly, R pointing out that Ramon is undergoing Unmonization. After Nomar carried him with his Rune, Enforcer Reign, Kellie tried to stop the four despite being under the Weakener status: Raiden attempting to knock them out with her Wizardry Blast.
Kellie used their Mystical Shield in time, noticing the group being gone. They contacted reinforcements via their magic.
Chapter 57: Showdown at Gloria Falls Part 1!
The group of 13 entered Gloria Falls, X and co. noticing the amount of Team Conjure members trashing the place. Once the Conjures tried to attack them, the group defended themselves: Traversing across the Falls while at it. The fight continued for awhile until X decided to throw a good chunk of Conjure grunts towards a broken building via his Dark Tendrils, Ada wondering why he didn't do that from the start. Soon a Barbarcle guard bumped into Ace out of fear, Ace trying to ask her where Nered, Kellie, and the other guards went. The guard ran away without answering, everyone noticing multiple bombs aiming their way from the Conjures above. Ace used his Magic move to destroy them, a large explosion occurring. He, Justin, Merlin, and Ada then used their shield in time.
After the explosion, the chapter revealed the group being in a large crater thanks to the bombs: All making sure they were okay before realizing the many Conjures surrounding them. The group then saw Jester, some minor talks were made between him and the gang along with Justin wondering what's going on here, especially upon hearing Jester talking about reviving Dne. And right on cue, Nomar and allies showed up: Justin and Ada spotting Ramon being held hostage while surrounding in a black orb made of his blood. After some talks on the teens wanting to free the Zoroark, Mesmeren took note of a guard being thrown at the group's way: Spotting red energy around them. And then Xenia, Lycus, Sully, and Arthur joined up with Carly: Spawning further twists as a result—Merlin recognizing his brother Arthur, X recognizing his father Lycus, and Sylock recognizing his tormentor Xenia. Sully was also holding Nered hostage in the same energy as the guard was in, leading Ace to become concerned.
Some fights and talks were formed along the way, with Sully throwing Nered towards the group upon being told that she wasn't a Transvian—Carly believing she served zero purpose for Nomar's Unmon army. As Ace went towards Nered's aid, Nomar taunted Justin and Ada via harming Ramon with his Rune when told to let him go. And then Carly commanded her team to grab the two Transvians (Mesmeren and X) and kill the rest before escaping, the chapter ending with the Conjures obliging and Sully preparing her Crimson Curseous.
Chapter 58: Showdown at Gloria Falls Part 2!
Basically the continuation of Chapter 57, only even more fighting focused: Ace even summoning the rest of his other two Pokémon (Ariel the Azumarill and Blackburn the Grimmsnarl) and mega evolved his Audino while some guards helped the group fight off against Conjure. Merlin and Arthur clashed with each other along with X and Lycus, some important story moments forming from them: Arthur stating he "had enough of seeing nothing but filth everyday" while Lycus mentioning about X's mother ruining his traveler days ever since X was born, ticking the Buizel off. Meanwhile Sylock was aggressively trying to hit Xenia, but the Espeon did an effortless job dodging his attacks. After taunting him a lot, she used her Rune, Invisible Hunter, to grab him and threw him across the Falls, leading Courtney to become worried as the Espeon followed her prey.
Further fights persisted: Justin and Ada going up against Nomar and Carly, Nomar revealing his Magic move Vigor Machine that had him tanking the teens attacks—generally causing them trouble. At some point, Roan tried to fight Sully until he was hit by her Crimson Curseous, the Axew struggling to breathe as he remained immobilized. Carly then ordered Jester to cast rain above the area, to which he did via his Pixie Flush. Meanwhile, Xenia tormented Sylock: Holding him in place with her Psychic while thriving off from his misery. Ramon was going through a similar torment for what Nomar did to him. And then Carly got done copying X's ability, type, and moves before defeating the group with ease: Obtaining X and Mesmeren along the way. This happened at the same time as Sully inflicting her accursed Magic move on the gang, leading them to become immobilized. After Raiden explained to the gang that Sorcerous were capable of doing such a thing once per battle, some minor conversations were made before Carly tried to teleport her team away. Suddenly a Mystical Projectile knocked her spellbook away, Raiden grabbing it in time with her magic.
Pink sands also harmed Sully, freeing the gang from her Magic move. Everyone eyed the source of the attack: Seeing Zethor, Henry, Penelope, and Simon. Henry was the main focus from Carly, fury sparking within.
Chapter 59: Showdown at Gloria Falls Part 3!
Talks were formed about Henry and the Conjures loathing him, especially the leader Carly. After finding out Nomar/Dne was back, the newcomers noticed the painful state Ramon was in, Penelope being the first to tell him to change back into a Zorua. From there, the Conjures attacked the four: The quartets ending up defending themselves just well. Meanwhile, X demanded Nomar to free him and Nomar said no, insisting on having as many Transvians as possible for his Unmon army, X included. Some further talks and fights were made along the way, including Roan being happy to see Simon again. Carly told her commanders to keep attacking Henry and his team, wanting to tire them from the barrages.
The fight continued on: The Conjures looking more and more likely to lose, especially after Courtney used Agility to boost her and everyone else speed. The commanders tried thinking of a plan to stop the group before R eventually thought of her and the other commanders copying the Lopunny's moves, abilities, and type so they could use Agility, all thinking that's a good idea. Raiden suggested that one of them should do it though since they'll lose their Magic type temporarily until the battle ends: Ultimately having R and Arthur being willing to become the Agility support. Mesmeren tried warning Courtney about this before she was hurt by Nomar's Rune, the Lopunny having her attributes being copied by the Conjure commanders.
After R and Arthur used Agility, Xenia threw a large building towards Justin and others. After the group dodged, she grabbed them with her translucent arms, slamming them down in place. After some minor talks between the Conjures, Carly rushed over to the captive Henry: The conversation basically summed up with her wishing he'd see her vision as Henry told her he couldn't because of what Nomar was like. Carly soon demanded Sully to use Crimson Curseous on the group, the woman was about to do so until Mesmeren evolved, freeing herself from Nomar's Rune. Nomar wondered how she did that before the Hypno jumped away and landed in front of Merlin and others, using her Rune Distress Screech on the entirety of Team Conjure. This freed X and Ramon from Nomar's grasp as well. After the two Pokémon made it to the others (although Ramon slid towards them due to his injuries), the Conjures tried attacking them at once with their projectiles and moves—Henry summoning his Mystical Shield in time. Merlin, Ace, and X joined him on keeping the shield up.
Mesmeren noticed the agony Ramon was in and tried to help him until Henry advised not to get close: The group wondering why. Then something sharp leaped out of Ramon and hit an unconscious Rhyperior, bringing him over to the injured fox. Once he consumed the Intellicate against his will, the gang stared at him in horror as all Ramon could do is say "I'm sorry" multiple times: Henry believing the Unmonization was nearing its completion.
Chapter 60: Unmonization.
The end of Magic & Transvolution's third major story arc: Revival Falls Arc.
Ramon was apologizing to Justin and Ada for the lies he made as he continued to mellow in his agony, his appearance shapeshifting nonstop. Once Roan was almost hit by a black liquid from Ramon, Tress got in the way to take the hit. Nered and Penelope tried to rescue the Sylveon, but it was null and void as Ramon fully consumed him, ending his life. This led Ace to cry, the Gym Leader losing focus of keeping the shield up as his Azumarill and Grimmsnarl comforted him. The gang wondered how they could calm the Zoroark down before Jewel thought of using Heal Pulse, believing that'll do the trick. Once he used the move on Ramon, his Unmonization state settled down: Penelope telling the Zoroark to devolve once more. After some time to focus, Ramon devolved into a Zorua, tearing up nonstop.
Once the gang rushed towards his aid, Ramon spilled the beans over everything he learned: Him being the Transvian that survived the Prospective Institute incident, how Carly was communicating with Nomar the whole time during the Synchronic Village incident, and the fox overall still not knowing much about his past despite this knowledge, going on about blaming himself for these events happening. Henry consoled him, telling him he just got unfortunately dragged into this mess and all of it wasn't his fault, wanting to explain it all when they're at a safe environment. As X and the four Sorcerous proceeded to keep the Mystical Shield up, Zethor demanded Penelope to use her Rune: Super Teleport. Penelope was feeling conflicted since there were a lot of people she had to use the Rune for, believing it may resulted into something messy. After Henry convinced her on using the Rune, she told everyone to get close and teleported them away, the shield fading afterwards.
After Carly and her Conjures talked about the mission being a success along with stating the group having 4 Spells in their possession—including the mention of someone named Norris that'll provide them updates on things—law enforcers arrived at Gloria Falls before Carly teleported her team away. Kellie made it to the outside of Gloria Falls before passing out due to the Weakener, the officers rushing to her. Elizabeth watched the whole event unfolded, thinking about how Team Conjure reminded her of Pokémon Hunters.
Chapter 61: The Truth of Wizlore.
Arriving at the Snow Forest nearby Chillnova was Ramon, Justin, Ada, Mesmeren, X, Penelope, Henry, and Simon: Penelope coughing like crazy from her usage of Super Teleport as Justin realized he was separated from his mother and friends again, feeling pretty sad about it. Henry was upset at his separation from Zethor before Penelope snapped at the teen, telling him she had to teleport 20 people total, leading the teen apologizing to her. After Henry had to gain Ramon's trust due to the Zorua being paranoid over what Nomar did to him, the group traversed across a path leading to Henry's mansion. Inside of the mansion lied a Primarina named Adrian, the mechanic being annoyed at the constantly ringing doorbell before answering it. He got into a minor argument with Henry over him being distracted while he was trying to fix a machine, leading Justin to butt in and tell the two they should head in because of the snowy weather.
The chapter shifted over to Ramon and the others sitting on the sofa, discussing the newfound knowledge they've learned from a book Henry read to them: The Truth of Wizlore. These information included: Transvians no longer being considered extinct after the Prospective Institute incident happened, Penelope explaining about Transvians capable of sensing each other's presence due to Kind Sensory, how a specific group of Wizlore government called B Side were doing their best to hide the resurgence of Transvians (this included hiding the information from the other half of the government, Spell Guardians, and the public in general), and many more. Henry also revealed the fact that he used to work for Team Conjure, hence how he knew about B Side and Ramon being the first Nativu to become a Transvian thanks to Project Transvian. Another thing he revealed was the beam katana and the twin arm cannons he got from Dr. Xander Yvonne, with Simon having the latter as a part of his new arm due to losing his natural arm during the Windmill Forest's hurricane.
Soon X spotted the same Charmeleon and Riolu photo that Noctis had in Chapter 43, the Buizel pointing that fact out before Henry revealed he's friends with Noctis, Travis, and Dr. Yvonne, hence why he got the scientist's gadgets. Henry wasn't aware of Travis trying to kill Ramon over Yvonne's death, explaining that he had a fallen out with Noctis and moved into his mansion. The Zorua soon had a brief flashback of him being rescued by the Prospective Institute scientists, perplexed at the fact that he was beginning to remember things now, with Henry speculating that Dne was purposefully erasing Ramon's memories while their soul was connected with him: Either doing this during Ramon's unconscious state or after he became conscious.
Penelope and Henry then warned Ramon, X, and Mesmeren to not get caught by Team Conjure and B Side due to those groups wanting Transvians just to have them turn into Unmons, making them a part of Dne's mind-controlled Unmon armies. The Gardevoir also went on to explain other things about Transvians: How those species had a Main Stage form that prevented them from becoming an Unmon unlike their non-Main Stage form (also Transvians can experience normal evolution, but have the evolved form be the new Main Stage form), how they were capable of using Transvolution that allowed a Pokémon to evolve and devolve by will (along with it giving them extra features they normally wouldn't have like a tuft of hair upon evolving for the first time), Transvians being capable of using Magic moves due to the magic blood within them, etc.
X asked Henry what happens if someone obtained all of the Spells and Henry stated that it'll turn into the Ultimate Spell, the book mentioning about it being the key for Dne to achieve their true form along with granting anyone the Spell's powers regardless of what species they are. The book mentioned about the Spell having a crucial weakness before cutting off, Henry concluding the cutoff as the author running out of time. After some comforting moments between Ramon and Mesmeren, the two walked towards the window to look outside as Henry told the group that they need to save the book's author, stating she was detained by the Wizlore government's B Side from trying to release the book publicly.
Justin wondered what her name is before Henry gave him a single answer:
"Charlotte."
Magic & Transvolution 2 Chapter 1 will be released on January 1st, 2025. I look forward to the future of this fanfic series. Oh and if you're a fan of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Look forward to a special surprise on that day, too!
