Route 7

I exit the Battle Château a little confused. The people in there talked posh and they liked battling, and after beating everyone inside they now call me Sir Caldar. All that battling was also enough for Reah to evolve!

Hello Caldar.

- Oh hi.

We got bored of waiting for the Poké Flute guy.

I see behind them they left wet footprints soaked into the ground.

We forded the stream…

- You didn’t think to at least take your shoes off first?

Oh…

Hey fellas! Thanks for waiting…

How’d you get across before us anyway?

Oh we found another way instead of spending half the day shopping!

Hehe.

What?!

You boys have no idea what we had to do to clear that bridge! Let’s throw down Shauna, teach them a lesson!

But the fireworks were nice…

Caldar, you’ve got my back!

Go Fletchling!

Go Corphish!

Go Pikachu!

- …

Caldar!

- Go Dusk…

- Psybeam the pikachu!

Quick attack the corphish!

Vice grip the vivillon!

Thundershock the vivillon!

Fletchling swoops at corphish and bounces off it’s shell while Dusk fires a multicoloured beam at pikachu, who responds with a quick jolt of electricity. Corphish moves closer and nips at Dusk with it’s claws.

- Psybeam the pikachu!

Quick attack the corpish!

Vice grip the fletchling!

Thundershock the fletchling!

Fletchling bounces off corphish’s shell again but corphish catches fletchling in it’s claw and slams it to the floor. Before pikachu can move it’s blasted into a nearby park bench by Dusk’s multicoloured beam.

Go Flabébé!

- Struggle bug!

Quick attack the corphish!

Vice grip the fletchling!

Fairy wind the fletchling!

Fletchling smacks into corphish at high speed while Dusk sends out a pulse of odd energy that strikes corphish and flabébé. Corphish collapses to the ground and flabébé spins it’s flower to waft a gust of pink air at fletchling, fletchling winces in pain as it receives critical damage.

- Psybeam!

Quick attack!

Fairy wind the fletchling!

Fletchling pecks at flabébé as it zips past. Dusk blasts flabébé with another multicoloured beam just before flabébé wafts more pink air at fletchling.

- Psybeam!

Quick attack!

Fairy wind the fletchling!

Fletchling darts at flabébé and knocks it down, flabébé doesn’t get up again.

Ha! Let that be a lesson to you two!

Connecting Cave

While the others explore the wonders of yet another zubat infested cave I couldn’t find anything to catch so I just carry on walking.

Route 8

Leaving the cave I find myself on a path high atop some cliffs, I take some time to recruit. A Mienfoo, pokéball go!

Mienfoo: It’s some sort of kung-fu weasel?

- Welcome to the bench, Ornstein!

Ornstein ♂ Lv. 15

I decide to wait for the others in the next town.

Ambrette Town

Once the others arrived Serena dragged us to a fossil lab to talk to some scientists.

- Why’re we here?

Professor Sycamore wanted us to look into things related to mega evolution.

Mega-what?

- He didn’t mention it to me…

Oh that’s right, I was supposed to tell you! Woops!

- Right…

Mega evolution is said to be a temporary transformation certain pokémon undergo in battle. Apparently certain stones are required to make it happen too.

- And we’re here because…

Maybe these scientists have encountered stones like that while digging for fossils!

Nope, nothing like that I’m afraid. But then again our chief geologist is out in the field right now. You could check with him in the Glittering Cave if you want, it’s just to the end of Route 9.

Route 9

The path is quite treacherous, nothing but jagged rocks to navigate and boulders to climb over. I nearly break my ankle a couple of times along the way and encounter a hippopotas too, pokéball go!

Hippopotas: Why does it spew sand everywhere?!

- Welcome to the bench, Smough.

Smough ♂ Lv. 16

Glittering Cave

I make my way through the darkness, following the cave wall as I go. I bump into a lunatone, pokéball go!

Lunatone: A flying crescent shaped rock, it’s staring at me…

- Welcome to the bench, Gwyndolin.

Gwyndolin ♂ Lv. 17

Eventually I reach a cavern and in the wall next to me something catches my eye. It comes loose from the wall easily enough, holding it in my hand I notice it looks like a jaw bone.

Nearby I notice a guy in a ridiculous suit, it’s entirely red, his hair is dyed red and he’s wearing red sunglasses. Seeing such a stupid outfit I suddenly know what to expect.

What’s this? Another unstylish punk wants to get in the way of Team Flare?

- Huh? What? No, not particularly.

Yeah right, as soon as my back is turned you’re gonna sneak past and get a peak at what we’re doing. Well I won’t le-

- Dude, I don’t care. I’m leaving now.

I walk back the way I came.

B-but!

Ambrette Town

I’m sure Serena will find the scientist she’s looking for, meanwhile I dropped off the fossil I found at the lab while I wait for the others.

We revived the fossil! It’s a tyrunt!

- Welcome to the team, Seath!

Seath ♂ Lv. 20

Meanwhile to the East of Kalos…

Hand over your lunch money, kid!

But I’m still tapped out from yesterday!

Are you punkin’ me, kid? Imma beat the snot outa you, punk!

The ground starts to shake lightly.

Um… you should watch out…

Oh yeah? What’re you gonna-

Roahh!

Rhyhorn ploughs straight through the bully, shattering every bone from his waist down. The bully, crumpled on the ground, is screaming in pain.

Thank you, Rhyhorn!