I knew I had to prepare quite a bit for whatever would happen at the top of Mt. Coronet, so I went ahead and did a bit of shopping and used advice from Bulbapedia on what to get ready for. I grabbed several Full Heals, a few Hyper Potions, and I was advised to grab a bunch of Net Balls. I also went underground to do some mining, and I found a couple Revives that I'm sure would be helpful. Finally, I went ahead and taught Alexander Rock Climb in place of Submission. I decided before I started on Mt. Coronet to do a little exploring with Rock Climb and got a few items, including the Coin Toss and Move Tester Apps.
Finally I went to Oreburgh City and went north towards Mt. Coronet, and on my way there I got into a few battles with Trainers I had missed previously. After a few battles which I won easily (especially because of their low levels), Maria grew to Level 41 and I found a Dire Hit and a Rare Candy. I quickly flew back to Oreburgh City to heal (and leave another Armor Fossil to be revived), then went back north and headed inside Mt. Coronet.
I surfed through a small pond just north of the entrance, then used Rock Climb to get up to another level, and then went up stairs to the next floor of the mountain. I found a Max Potion and an Ether as I went through, and I got into a couple wild Pokemon battles with Maria. I started to ponder if I should make my way out and perhaps go back to Veilstone to buy more healing items, but I pressed on.
I kept heading up, and faced a Grunt who went down easily. I went past the Grunt, fought against a couple wild Pokemon, and Maximus grew to Level 42. I fought against another Grunt, he went down easily, and then I continued on. I went outside and into snow, and explored the area to find a few items, before I went further up the mountain and back inside. I explored a small cave, found a few more items, then headed back out and through the outside a bit to enter the mountain again in a bigger cave.
I encountered another couple Galactic Grunts, both of them went down easily, and Lucius grew to Level 42. I grabbed a few items around there, then I continued through the mountain. A wild Pokemon battle saw Alexander grow to Level 42. I went back outside through another opening in the mountain, and continued through before going back into the mountain through another cave and heading further up.
I went through this section of the cave, where I fought and beat another couple Grunts. Annabelle and Marcus both grew to Level 42 between those battles and fighting the Grunts. I went up some more stairs, and came across another Galactic Grunt who was determined to stop me. Determined as the Grunt was though, I took her Pokemon out easily. I went up and out of the caves, and found myself on Spear Pillar, a place filled with ancient ruins. I got into a Double Battle with a couple more Grunts, in which Maria grew to Level 42, and after winning the battle I healed my Pokemon before going forward to confront Cyrus and his Commanders.
I went ahead to find Cyrus, and between he and I were two of his Commanders. He told me all would end, and everything would begin. Cyrus said that he would use the Red Chain to open the portal to another dimension. Cyrus called upon Palkia, the master of Space and Dimensions, to enter our reality, and he dragged the powerful Pokemon into our world. Immediately Palkia's power started working, waves of energy emanating from it, while Cyrus told me that this would bring about complete destruction. He thought that with everything gone, there would no longer be fighting or strife. He told me only he could stop the dimensions from distorting, while Palkia's power worked over the entire Sinnoh region.
Cyrus revealed to me that the world could not be molded into the ultimate world he sought, that it was far easier to just create an entirely new world. He planned on ruling this new world as a deity, and I knew I had to stop him. I ran toward him, but was stopped by Mars and Jupiter, who planned to stop me and get revenge for all the times I've beaten them in battle.
Before I could think about taking them on back-to-back, Simon came running up behind me, getting between me and Jupiter. Jupiter recognized and taunted Simon for his failure back at Lake Acuity, wondering if he got any tougher since then. At that moment, they decided to take us on two-on-two, and I was glad to have Simon at my side.
Commanders Mars and Jupiter both sent out Bronzor, and I sent out Maria while Simon sent out Munchlax. I switched to Lucius so his Fire-Type attacks would do extra damage, then he got hit by Extrasensory for good damage, and Munchlax was hit with it by the other one too. Munchlax used Body Slam to do good damage against one Bronzor, and he paralyzed it. Lucius used Flamethrower for massive damage against the other Bronzor to knock it out, and then Munchlax used Screech against the paralyzed Bronzor, before it countered with a Gyro Ball. Purugly was sent out next, and Simon switched Munchlax out for Infernape, who got hit with Slash for great damage, and then Lucius used Flamethrower to knock out the remaining Bronzor.
As the battle continued, Golbat was sent out, and I had Lucius switch out with Maximus. Purugly hit Maximus with Slash for great damage, then Golbat hit Infernape with Sludge Bomb for good damage. Purugly hit Maximus with another Slash for great damage, then Infernape hit Purugly with Close Combat for massive damage that knocked it out, and after that Maximus hit Golbat with Spark for massive damage. Golbat used Mean Look on Maximus to keep him in the fight, and another Golbat was sent out. Infernape used Flame Wheel to knock out the weakened Golbat, then the other Golbat used Air Cutter to knock out Infernape and do minor damage to Maximus, who countered with Spark for massive damage and left it paralyzed.
Simon sent out Buizel next, and then Commander Jupiter sent out Skuntank. Maximus used Spark to knock out Golbat, and he grew to Level 43, then Buizel used Iron Tail on Skuntank for great damage. Skuntank used Poison Jab against Buizel for massive damage, knocking it out in one blow, and then Simon sent out Staraptor. Staraptor's Intimidate cut Skuntank's attack, before Staraptor missed with Take Down, then Maximus used Crunch for great damage, but got knocked out by Poison Jab. I switched out to Annabelle, and Staraptor used Quick Attack for great damage, then was hit by Poison Jab for great damage, before Annabelle finished the battle with Earthquake.
After the battle, Simon felt quite proud of himself and the strength of his Pokemon, telling me that he and his Pokemon could get even tougher. He told me though that that was it for them, that they've hit a wall. Simon fully healed my Pokemon, telling me it was my show now, and then he left.
I saw Palkia exuding it's power, the energy circling around it as it worked to create a new world. Cyrus thought it was fantastic, and beautiful, fawning over the creation of a new galaxy, of his new world. Suddenly, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf appeared in a triangle formation around Palkia, and stopped it's power from working, before disappearing. Mesprit appeared before me a moment before disappearing again with the others.
The Red Chain crumbled away to nothing, leaving Cyrus with no control over Palkia. He wondered why Mesprit, the Pokemon of Lake Verity, would appear by my side, but then brushed it off with his disappointment and anger over his failure to create a new world. He then told me he would not allow this, that he would capture those three again to craft another Red Chain, and I knew I had to stop him at that moment, right there. Fortunately for me, he was determined to destroy me, and I was itching for a fight.
Cyrus sent out Honchkrow, and I sent out Maria. Honchkrow used Embargo to stop item usage, then Maria hit it with Surf for great damage. I switched over to Maximus, and Cyrus used a Super Potion to heal Honchkrow. I had Maximus use Spark for massive damage, and knocked it out, and I kept Maximus in the fight when Cyrus sent out Gyarados. It's Intimidate cut Maximus' attack, but I knew that wouldn't help it much as Spark did massive damage (due to having 4x weakness against Electric-Type attacks), and knocked it out in one blow.
Next up was Weavile, and I switched Maximus out for Alexander. Alexander got hit by Brick Break for great damage, then Night Slash for good damage, before he took it out with Cross Chop. Finally Cyrus was down to his last Pokemon, Crobat, and I sent Maximus out again. Cryus wasn't pleased that I brought him down to this final Pokemon, and his Crobat used Confuse Ray on Maximus, who hurt himself in his confusion. Crobat used Bite for good damage, then Maximus snapped out of confusion to strike down Crobat with Spark, and he grew to Level 44 before the battle was over.
After the battle, Cyrus questioned me on my motives and ideals. He asked me what I considered perfection. Cyrus tried telling me what he considered perfect, but decided that telling me was meaningless. He told me he would not give up, that he would become a deity one day, and make the ultimate his. After that, all of Team Galactic left Spear Pillar, and I was left alone.
Professor Rowan and Dawn came up to me, and Rowan told me it was impossible to tell if Palkia was enraged or saddened. He told me that it appeared to be waiting for me, to challenge me as a test. Rowan told me to go on, to face up to Palkia, and I knew I was in for an interesting fight. He told me to listen to it's heart, understand it's thoughts, that Palkia was out of control after being dragged out by the Red Chain and forced to use it's power. Rowan said that Palkia seemed to entrust me with stopping it, and I knew I was ready. Dawn told me that she ran into Simon a little while before, that he said he believed in me, and that I could get the job done, and she told me she also felt the same way. Dawn asked me to help that Pokemon, that it was suffering from being dragged out by Team Galactic.
I made sure to save my progress, knowing that if something goes wrong I could just try to capture it again, but otherwise this was my only chance. I went up to Palkia, who roared at me before we battled. I sent out Maria against it, hoping her Body Slam would paralyze it. Her Quick Claw activated to land the first Body Slam, doing great damage, but then she got hit by Dragon Claw for great damage in return. Palkia used another Dragon Claw for great damage, and Maria countered with Body Slam for good damage. Palkia used Ancient Power against Maria who clung on, and she used another Body Slam for great damage, which brought it into the red AND paralyzed it!
I switched out to Annabelle, who I knew could take the hits. Annabelle got hit by Ancient Power for good damage when she went in, but then I went and tossed a Net Ball which shook 3 times, but it just managed to escape. I tried again, another 3 shakes but it escaped, then it used Spacial Rend against Annabelle for massive damage that brought her to the red. I used another Net Ball, only 1 shake before it escaped, and Water Pulse knocked out Annabelle.
I switched over to Maximus, then threw another Net Ball, which didn't stop Palkia at all. Palkia used Dragon Claw for great damage against Maximus, bringing him to the red. I used another Net Ball, so close, but it escaped again. I felt confident though, it had to struggle most times to escape this! I tried another Net Ball and it escaped immediately, then knocked Maximus out with Dragon Claw. I switched over to Alexander, though he was pretty badly hurt. I tried one more Net Ball, and FINALLY I managed to catch Palkia!
After I caught Palkia, Dawn and Rowan came up from where they were watching, with Rowan amazed at my strength. He told me I was magnificent, that I was truly incredible, and that in his 60 years he's never been thrilled like that! Dawn told me that since the last time, Rowan did a lot of research, and he became very concerned about me, enough to send him all the way out there. Dawn was glad I was safe, and said that we should go home. As Dawn and I left, Rowan pondered on the idea that none have the right to take away anyone's future or world.
I found myself at the entrance Spear Pillar, but I didn't want to leave quite yet. I remembered seeing an item behind Palkia when he appeared, and I went north past where he rose to find it. What I found was a Lustrous Orb, which I assume powers up Palkia if he's holding it. After that I made my way out of Mt. Coronet, with a wild Pokemon battle bringing Lucius to Level 43. I found TM02 (Dragon Claw) while on my way out, as well as an Escape Rope, before I left Mt. Coronet.
I found myself on Route 211, and made my way to Celestic Town, where I healed up my Pokemon, then decided to talk to Cynthia's Grandmother, who had been doing some research and showed me a very old book which had a picture of Dialga in it, describing it as the guardian Pokemon of Time. With that I had Palkia in my collection, and Dialga registered in my Pokedex.
I decided it would be a good time to head on to Twinleaf Town to rest up a bit. Mom had dinner ready, and it was fucking delicious. I feel invincible after capturing a deity-like Pokemon. I can't wait to get my 8th Gym Badge and take on the Elite Four!
Current Team:
Lucius (Rapidash, Fire, Lv. 43)
Alexander (Machamp, Fighting, Lv. 42)
Maximus (Luxray, Electric, Lv. 44)
Maria (Gastrodon, Water/Ground, Lv. 42)
Marcus (Staraptor, Normal/Flying, Lv. 42)
Annabelle, (Torterra, Grass/Ground, Lv. 42)
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