(VIP Box, 5 minutes later.)
Ash watched as Rosaline ordered Overheat and Grimsley telling his Pokémon to use a Thunder Fang, easily taking out Mamoswine and Dwebble respectively.
He heard Evan announce that Mamoswine and Dwebble are unable to battle and requested for Dawn and Burgh to send in their next Pokémon, and they sent in Quilava and Leavanny respectively. Rosaline switched to Delphox, and Grimsley changed to Bisharp.
"Rosaline sure is doing well." said Lucario.
"She certainly is." Pikachu replied, leaning out to see the match better.
Ash felt a sudden unease prickling at the back of his neck, and turned to see Cynthia staring at him instead of at the match. She had her eyes slightly narrowed. He then noticed one horrifying thing- the tip of Pikachu's right ear is sticking slightly out of his cloak.
'Pikachu, just come out.' Ash sighed. 'Cynthia saw your ears.'
Pikachu sighed, and hopped out onto Ash's lap, surprising many of the other Elites.
"You have a Pikachu?" Lorelei asked.
Jude and Phillip exchanged "Uh-oh" looks.
"Oh yeah." Ash replied, petting it. "I like keeping it out of my Pokeball, and I want to keep it as my secret weapon in the tournament, that's why it's been hiding. Looks like my secret's out though." He chuckled at the last sentence.
The others nodded, satisfied at his answer.
All but one Sinnoh Champion that is.
'Why does that Pikachu have a familiar air about it?' She thought. She'll get to the bottom of this.
'The mist is so thick! I can't see a thing!' thought a certain Johto Champion. He sighed, knowing he had walked too deep into the woods, and now he's lost. 'And it's really cold here!' He wrapped his cape tighter to him.
Something caught his eye among the mist. He squinted- and saw the entrance of a cave.
"Well, it's my best chance." Lance muttered to himself, taking his steps towards the entrance. There was a voice, not his, that told him to stay away, but something about this cave drew him closer, drowning out the foreign voice in his head.
He entered the cave, and raised his eyebrows. It was much larger than it looks outside, and it could have passed for a living space, for it had a campfire in it, a sleeping bag, a table that looked like it was used for making herbs and storing first aid items on, another table that were laden with cakes and bread, a work table that had tools on it, a sewing station, a few target boards that had arrows and knives stuck to it, a well for water, an oven, some plants that grows berries and fruits, and various other necessities. Leaning to the side of the cave was a hot pink bicycle, and next to it was a black bow with a few sheaths of arrows.
There were light footsteps, and Lance found himself staring at a familiar Pokémon. The Pokémon had slender legs and dainty paws and has lilac fur. Its ears are large, and it has purple eyes with white pupils. There are tufts of fur near its eyes, and a small, red gem embedded in its forehead. It also has a thin, forked tail. At first he thought it was Rosaline's Espeon, but remembered she is at the VIP Box back at the Battle Arena, and this Espeon is bigger than hers.
The Espeon narrowed its eyes at him, and ran back to where it came from. Lance looked on in confusion, and the next moment, he was slammed against the cave wall, and something cold and sharp was pressed against his throat.
"Tell me how you got here right now!" The person hissed, pressing the sword against his throat.
"Was I intruding? I'm sorry. It's just that I was drawn to this cave, despite the voice in my head telling me not to enter." Lance knew he sounded stupid to the person right now, but surprisingly, the person lowered the sword.
"Oh really? You were drawn to the cave?" The person's voice softened considerably, stepping back from him. Lance took this opportunity to look at the person's full profile, and realised the person was female. The female had long black hair cascaded down her back with bangs covering her eyes, so he could not tell her eye colour. On her head was a platinum tiara, decorated with various jewels, such as rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls, topaz, amethyst, and diamonds.
She was wearing a red off the shoulder formal gown, with a pale red sash around her waist, and the sash was decorated with gold dragons. The extra cloth in front of the bottom part of the gown was also decorated with draconic patterns. On her neck was a black choker with a gem embedded into it. When Lance examined carefully, a drawing of Latias and Latios could be seen at her choker, with the gem in between them.
"I apologize for the sudden attack I sprang on you." The girl curtseyed. "Espeon told me there was an intruder, and my first instinct was to attack. Allow me to introduce myself. People didn't use my name at all, since they called me the Dragon Princess."
"That's alright….wait? Dragon Princess? The Legendary Dragon Princess?" Lance asked, eyes wide.
Princess nodded.
"It's an honour to meet you, Princess." Lance bowed to her. "I'm Lance, a Dragon Trainer from Blackthorn."
"Oh no, the pleasure's mine, considering you're the Kanto Elite Leader and the Johto Champion." Princess smiled at his astonished look. "Follow me." She beckoned to him, and led him to a small table and a few chairs.
"Sit down, I'll be back." Princess instructed warmly, before moving away.
Lance looked around, and found himself in a company of various Pokémon, which are currently sleeping. He recognised most of the Dragon and Psychic Pokémon, but there are other Pokémon which he did not even recognise.