The next morning, Sunset is finally arrived at the Battle Chateau. At the moment she enter, she is welcome by a old man who tell her the rules and mechanics of the Battle Chateau.

"Hum, I will accept to compete in at least a couple of these battles, said Sunset. But in exchange, i want to know if someone called Sunlight Blaze passed here, he wear a red outfit and a mask. Do you saw him recently?"

"Yes, indeed, said the old man. Why that question? Do you know him?"

"Hum, he is kinda my brother, she said. He left the home without even telling me about that and that pissed me off."

"Oh, this is a funny story" said the old man.

Sunset was thinking she should touch the man to read his memories, but didn't want to be awkward.

"We effectively received the visit of your brother, said the man. He left yesterday after earning the title of Viscount."

"Damn it, she said. Do he told you where did he was going next?"

"No, i am just charged to greet and welcome the newcomers, said the man. But i know someone who might know the answer to your question. If you can win 10 battles in a row, i am sure the person i told you about might be interested to see you."

"10 in a row...,she thought, i can't waste my time!! The more time i will spend here, the further Sunlight will get from me."

"Uh, Milady?" asked the man.

"Sorry, she answered. I can't battle today! I have to find my brother immediately!!"

She leave the Battle Chateau and run away. she run for a moment before she stop to take her breath.

"Think Sunset, think!! she thought. You know Sunlight passed at the Battle Chateau and leave it yesterday. If i was him, where would i go next, i am sure he challenged Viola, so he must be heading for a second Gym."

She search for the nearest city with a Gym Leader and fall on Cyllage.

"Bingo!! she said. There is great chances that Sunlight must be heading there. I need to get to Cyllage City before him, so i could intercept him. Mew, can you sent me there?"

She show the image of the City Gym to Mew, then the pokemon use teleport. Sunset reappear at the top of a tall building.

"Mew!!! she said. Why did you send me on the top of this building?"

The pokemon laugh.

"Well, at least, i can see something looking like a Battle Gym at the horizon!! she said. Mew, please teleport us near to the Gym, on the ground."

Mew obey and teleport Sunset once again, this time near to the Gym. She read on a board at the entrance: Cyllage City Gym» and then another one with: «Only the bests will be able to jump the big wall»

"Hum, what does that mean?" she thought, while entering the arena.

Once inside, she see a lot of climbing walls.

"Oh, this is what the message at the entrance was meaning" she said.

"Yes, but no..." said the voice of a man beside her.

Sunset turn her head and see a man, young and wearing climbing equipment.

"Hum, Do you know where i can find the Gym Leader in here?" she asked

"No need, you have the Gym Leader in front of you, said the man. I am Grant, the champion of Cyllage City's Gym."

"I am here to challenge you..." she said.

Grant see that Sunset had a Keystone on her.

"Well, the arena is on the top of this cliff, he said, pointing the highest spot in the Gym. In order to challenge me, you need to get on the top. You can climb the wall to the top, or take the elevator just at the right, your choice. I will challenge you whether you chose one or another, though..."

"Or..." she said, making her and him disappear and reappear at the top of the cliff.

Grant is surprised and Sunset smile of his reaction.

"I am a Psychic type specialist, she said. All of my pokemons know teleport."

"Interesting, Psychic Types vs Rock Types, that battle will be awesome." said the Gym Champion.

The referee arrive and announce the rules of the battle, Grant will only use 2 Pokemons, while Sunset could use all of her pokemons.

"Let the battle begin!!!" said the Referee.

"Alright, said Grant. I choose you, Tyrunt!!!"

A dinosaur like pokemon appear in front of her. The creature had the look of a T-Rex and was menacing.

"Hum, i choose you, Ralts!!" she said.

"A fairy type, uh? he said. That mean i will not be able to use Draco-Meteor in this battle. Whatever, Tyrunt, use Iron Tail!!!"

The dinosaur's tail become silver and shiny and charge in direction of the Ralts with it.

"Use Teleport!!" said Sunset.

Ralts obey and disappear in time to avoid the attack.

"Teleport will be a big problem in this fight, thought Grant. I need to counter it if i want to touch her pokemons"

"Alright, now use Double Team!!!" she yelled.

Ralts multiply itself and surround the Tyrunt.

"Alright, now use Confusion!!" said Sunset.

"Jump and avoid them" said Grant

The pokemon jump high in the sky and avoid Ralts attack.

"What the..., she said. How can this pokemon jump so high?"

"Now, use all you weight and use stomp on the ground!!"

Tyrunt land on the ground violenty and the impact create a shock wave and a lot of sand to hit all the Ralts clones. who disappear immediately. Sunset is surprised and Grant use that moment to strike.

"Now, no mercy, he said. Use Iron Tail!!"

The Tyrunt hit this time Ralts, who is send against the wall behind Sunset.

"Ralts!! she said. No!!"

But at her surprise, Ralts was still conscious. The Pokemon start to glow and evolve in a spectacle of blue shiny lights.

"Kir...Lia!!" said the Pokemon.

"She finally evolved!!! she said. Good job!!"

"Well, that is surprising, said Grant, but the fight is not over!! charge, Tyrunt!! Use Iron Tail once again!!!

Tyrunt run in Kirlia's direction, ready to strike her with his glowing tail. Kirlia stop the Pokemon by glowing and sending explosive light shards on him.

"What? said Grant. Tyrunt!!"

"What was this attack?" asked Sunset.

"Dazzling Gleam..., said Grant. Tyrunt, don't let her use this attack again!! Use Iron Head!!!"

"Use Teleport, Kirlia, said Sunset. And then, use Dazzling Gleam!!"

"Heck no, said Grant. Not this time!!"

Kirlia disappear for a moment and reappear above the pokemon.

"Jump!!! said Grant. And strike her with Iron Head!!!"

The Tyrunt jump in the sky.

"Use Dazzling Gleam!!!" she said.

Kirlia obey and use the move on Tyrunt, damaging him badly. But she get hit by Tyrunt's Iron Head attack and get send high in the air. The two Pokemons fall on the ground a few moment later, K.O. Sunset and Grant are both shocked.

"Double K.O!!! said the referee. Tyrunt and Kirlia are not able to fight anymore!!"

"Great job, Tyrunt." said Grant, while returning his pokemon in his pokeball.

"I am proud of you, Kirlia, said Sunset. You can rest now..."

"You are very strong, i have to admit, said Grant. But do you think you can beat my next obstacle? Go, Aerodactyl!!!"

"Another dinosaur like Pokemon? asked Sunset. You really love them..."

"I love two things, he said. Rock climbing and Fossil Pokemons."

"Nice, she answered. I send you, Gallade!!!"

"Hum, she have a Keystone and a Pokemon able to Mega-Evolve, said Grant. If she will do what i think, then..."

Grant remove something from his pocket, Sunset recognize it and see that was a Keystone. She then look at Aerodactyl and see around his neck a necklace with a Mega-Gem.

"Now, time to show you i am not messing!! he said. Aerodactyl, Mega-evolve!!!"

The pokemon glow in a rainbow light and his body change of form, spikes appear on his wings and beak and after 10 second, Mega-Aerodactyl reveal itself to Sunset.

Mew teleport the Galladite in the hands of Gallade. Then Gallade look at Sunset with determination, then at her Keystone. Sunset immediately know what Gallade was waiting from her. She touch her Keystone and like with the Keystone of Grant, hers glow and connect with the Galladite hold by Gallade.

"Can our mind and our hearts make one, she said. Gallade, Mega-Evolve!!!"

Gallade begin to transform and like Aerodactyl, he change of form. The transformation was a little slow, but the result was amazing. Mega Gallade reveal itself, he was different. Swords had appeared on his arms and a elegant cape had appeared on his back. He was looking like a knight ready to strike the enemy.

"That worked, she said. But i was thinking that 3 element were necessary in order to use the Mega-Evolution."

"This is true, said Grant. You need a Keystone, the Mega Gem of the pokemon you want to make Mega-Evolve and to have a strong bound with your Pokemon. If you have the 3 requirements, then you can use it. Now, let's battle"

Sunset smile and look at Gallade with determination and this one too. Grant attack first.

"Go, Mega-Aerodactyl!! he said. Use Rock Tomb!!!"

The pokemon create rocks from nothing and throw them at Gallade. But the Pokemon cut trough them with multiple Leaf Blade attacks.

"He is not affected the attack!? though Grant. Rock Tomb usually make my opponent hesitate to attack because it is so sudden and unpredictable. Her Mega-Gallade must possess an ability making him immune against fear."

"Your doing great, Gallade, said Sunset. Use Night Slash!!!"

Gallade jump in direction of Aerodactyl to strike him with the attack.

"Counter with Dragon Claws!!!" said Grant

Aerodactyl block Gallade's attack and send him back on the ground. Sunset told Gallade to repeat the attack, but Grant was countering each time with Dragon Claws.

"Use Leaf Blade!!" she said.

"Counter with Iron Wings!!" he said.

Aerodactyl's Iron Wings block Gallade's Leaf Blade and send him once again away. Sunset was beginning to rage and Grant was smiling.

"What do you think about my Mega-Aerodactyl ability? he asked. He have Though Claws, which greatly boost the power of his physical attacks. Now, time to finish this. Aerodactyl, use Aerial Ace!!!"

The attack hit Gallade violently, sending him colliding against one of the walls. Sunset run in his direction.

"Gallade!! she said. Please, tell me you are okay!!"

"Finish him with Dragon Claws!!" said Grant.

Sunset put herself in front of Gallade to protect him.

"Aerodactyl, Stop!!" said Grant, when he see Sunset protecting Gallade.

But the pokemon don't listen him and is about to strike with Dragon Claws

"Oh no!!!" said grant

Gallade, touched by the action of his master, woke up and teleport himself and Sunset out of the way. Gallade reappear with her behind Aerodactyl and throw at him a powerful Psycho Cut. The pokemon is hit by the multiple blades of psychic energy and crash against the same wall than Gallade. Before Aerodactyl have the time to attack. he finish him with another Psycho Cut. Aerodactyl return to his base form and fall on the ground, K.O

"Aerodactyl is not able to battle anymore, The final Victory goes to the Challenger, Sunset Shimmer, and her Pokemon!!"

Grant send back his pokemon while Gallade return to his base form. The Gym Leader walk in her direction and give her the Cliff Badge. He also apologize for the attitude of his Aerodactyl and the fact she could have been killed. Then Sunset reveal to Grant that using the Mega-Evolution on Aerodactyl was painful for him, so much that he will loose his mind and attack everything in his way.

"If only i knew that..., said the Gym Leader. Thank you for telling me this information, Sunset Shimmer. I promise i will be more careful with his Mega, and the next time we will see each other, things will be different"

Then, on these words, Sunset leave the arena and bring her pokemons to the Pokemon Center. Then, while they were recovering, Sunset was waiting.

Meanwhile, Sunlight, on his side, was nearly arrived at Cyllage City.

"Phiew, that cave was a nightmare, he said. These Zubats were a pain in the but...He he...At least, i didn't travel it for nothing."

Sunlight, during the exploration of the cave, had defeated so much Zubats that he made his Houdour evolve into a Houndoom, his Braixen into a Delphox and his Torracat into an Incineroar. Only Vulpix didn't evolved yet, Sunlight didn't know why, but Cinder 2.0 reveal him the reason. He needed a Fire Stone to make her evolve. But now, he was walking and after 15 minutes, arrived in the city. His first tough was to visit a shop selling stones and found one. He enter in it and ask the woman owning the place of she had a Fire Stone.

"Sure, we have Fire Stones, Leaf Stones, Water Stones, Thunder Stones, and even Keystones and Mega Gems." she answered.

Sunlight remembered that Sycamore said something about the Mega-Evolution and what was required to trigger one. Sure, He then searched on his Motisma-Dex which Pokemons were able to Mega-Evolve and discovered ha had one on his team: Hondoom.

"I will buy one Fire Stone, he said. But told me, How much Cost this Keystone?"

"50 000 Yens" she answered.

"And among your Mega-Gems, do you have one for an Houndoom?"

"Unfortunately, not in this town, she said. But i heard a woman named Malva possess a Mega-Houndoom. I am sure she can help you get an Houndoomite. There is an image of what she look like."

The woman show him the photo of Malva.

"In that case, i will bought this Fire Stone and this Keystone."

"That will be 53000 yens in total" she said.

Sunlight put in front of the woman a pile of gold coins.

"You accept gold, no?" he asked.

The woman was impressed by the number of bits in front of her.

"I heard that gold was worth a fortune here, am i right?"

"Yes, she answered. I forgot to said that for one Keystone bought, you can get one Mega-Gem of your choice with it"

"Hum, i will take, that one in the middle!" he said, following his instincts

"This Mega-Gem is a Charizardite X, she said. Are you sure of your choice?"

"Sure, said Sunlight. Thank you!!"

"Have a good day!!" she said.

Sunlight immediately give the Fire Stone to Vulpix. When she touch it, she begin to evolve. After 20 seconds, Vulpix had evolved to become a Ninetales. Now with 4 fully evolved Pokemons on his team, Sunlight was sure that the second badge would be a piece of cake.

"Before challenging Grant, he thought, i have to heal my pokemons, their trip in that cave was painful for them and they need it."

So, Sunlight walk to the Pokemon Center and enter at the same moment Sunset was leaving it. They bump into each other and when they saw each other, the world stop around them.

"Sunlight?" said Sunset.

"Sunset?" said Sunlight.

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