Hoenn Mirror World

[Strawberry Delcatty]

There are two kinds of Hoenn. One is the kind that we are all familar with. The Hoenn that we know is like any other place in the world: packed with Pokemon with different characteristics and abilities, trainers to capture and train them, and those who participate with Pokemon in their own unique way.

However, there's another kind of Hoenn that almost no one knows about. One that is an alternative universe to the familar Hoenn region. As 10-year-old Mariah Janvi from Littleroot Town starts her Pokemon journey, she stumbles upon this "other Hoenn"...

NOTE FROM AUTHOR: This is one of my more famous fan fics. I began posting it at Pokemon Elite 2000 with a lack of nothing better to do, but by the time I was halfway through the first chapter, I began to have a different feeling with it. When the story was less than halfway done, I immediately lost interest in writing the old trainer fic I was working on (despite its popularity) and found myself making banners and fan art of this story. Already I was gathering fans of the story (one of the fan's stories even inspiried certain moments). The fan fic started on April 29, 2004, and finished on July 21 with 27 chapters.

After a while, I posted it at another forum (I won't tell the name since I'm not allowed) and now here. And yes, it is written in script style, but the handful that usually ignore it seemed to like it.

Also, for those of you who are familar with magical girl anime, this does tend to be like one in some areas. Those who have played Kirby & the Amazing Mirror will pick up a few things as well.

Without further ado, enjoy my story. Feel free to leave any comments/praise/complaints.

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

CHAPTER 1: The Magical Mirror Girl is Born
It was a fine day at Littleroot Town. In the home of the Janvi family, Mariah was sleeping in her bedroom. She then slowly opened her eyes after feeling the warmth of sunbeams that were coming through the window coming through her window.

MARIAH: [yawns] Oh...morning already...? [turns toward her alarm clock, which is currently blank] Huh? [does a wild take] WHAT?! It isn't working?! What happened?

Mariah jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom near her room. She quickly took off her red and white pajamas before taking a quick shower. Afterwards, she brushed her teeth and washed her face. As Mariah was brushing her short, black hair, there was a knock at the door by Mariah?s grandmother.

GRANDMOTHER: Mariah?
MARIAH: Yeah, grandma?
GRANDMOTHER: I just wanted to let you know that the power has gone out late last night.
MARIAH: [under her breath] Should've guess. [out loud] How bad is it?
GRANDMOTHER: It's not serious, but it'll take a while to get it fixed.
MARIAH: Okay. I'm gonna be down in about ten minutes.

Mariah's grandmother headed downstairs to the kitchen to make Mariah's breakfast. A tall, dark skinned man with dark brown hair who was Mariah's father was sitting in the living room reading the paper.

GRANDMOTHER: I've told her about the power outage.
FATHER: [not turning away from the paper] Good.

Ten minutes later, Mariah came downstairs. She was wearing a bright yellow sleeveless shirt, a medium length skirt and sandals that matched in color, and a yellowish-orange ribbon in her hair. She was about to head out of the door when her father turned to her.

FATHER: Hey, Mariah, want breakfast?
MARIAH: Sorry, Dad, but I'm running late!
FATHER: [checks watch, then gets up] Oh, honey! Wait up! You?re not going to be?

Before Mariah's father could finish his sentence, Mariah was already out the door.

FATHER: ?late. [sighs]

Mariah was on her way to Professor Birch's lab to get her first Pokemon. She was looking forward to it because she can now experience the excitement only a Pokemon trainer could have. After a while, she was in front of the door of the lab. She knocked, and Professor Birch answered.

MARIAH: [out of breath] Sorry...I'm...late, Professor Birch.
BIRCH: Late? You're not late at all.
MARIAH: Huh?
BIRCH: As a matter of fact, you're the first one here.
MARIAH: [surprised] Really?
BIRCH: Yes. Come on in. [enters the lab with a somewhat embarrassed Mariah following him] I bet that power outage confused you a bit, huh?
MARIAH: It sure did. [embarrassedly laughs]
BOY: Hey, Mariah! Didn't know that you'll be here so early.

Mariah notices a boy that she's quite familiar with sitting at a desk. He had white hair and brown eyes and wore a black headband with a Pokeball symbol, a black and red jacket, black pants, and black shoes.

MARIAH: How early am I, Brendan?
BRENDAN: [checks watch] Oh, about two hours. It's only 7:30.
MARIAH: [sheepish chuckle, then gets a sour look on her face] Stupid power outage.
BRENDAN: I?ll say. At least catching Pokemon for my Dad to study doesn?t require electrical outlets.

Brendan?s father just chuckled at the remark as he got out three Pokeballs.

BIRCH: Okay. It?s time to pick your Pokemon, Mariah.

Birch pressed the buttons on each of the Pokeballs, and white lights burst out of them. They formed into a green lizard-like Pokemon, a blue Pokemon with orange fins on its cheeks, and an orange chick Pokemon. The three Pokemon appeared eager to see which one of them will finally have a trainer.

BIRCH: Meet Treecko, Mudkip, and Torchic. Which one would you like?
MARIAH: Hmmm... Let?s see?

Mariah first looked at Mudkip, the Pokemon with orange fins on its face. It was rather cute, and trainers have always said that Mudkip are easy to raise. However, she didn?t feel that the Mud Fish Pokemon suited her.

Then Mariah looked at Torchic, the orange chick. It was a bit cuter than Mudkip, and the number of Fire Pokemon isn?t too high in the Hoenn region. Despite its cuteness, she wasn?t too comfortable with the Chick Pokemon.

Finally Mariah turned to Treecko, the lizard Pokemon, which she appeared to like the best. Along with a fondness for Grass-type Pokemon, Treecko was, to her, a Pokemon that loves adventure and excitement.

Her mind was then made up.

MARIAH: I'm gonna go with...Treecko!

The Wood Gecko Pokemon smiled and nodded at this while Mudkip and Torchic were somewhat disappointed that they didn't get chosen.

BIRCH: Good choice. Treecko is a great Pokemon. [gives Mariah a Pokedex and five Pokeballs] You?ll need this Pokedex to get the information on the Pokemon you've seen and caught, and Pokeballs to capture Pokemon.
MARIAH: [nods] Thanks!

***​

Mariah was in her room to gather her belongings: a backpack, her sleeping bag, and her Pokemon manual. She came downstairs where her father gave her a Pokemon Navigator (PokeNav) that he was saving several months ago from a business trip to Rustboro City, and her grandmother gave her some Pokemon food as well as a first aid kit. Finally, Mariah was ready to begin her journey.

GRANDMOTHER: Take care of yourself, Mariah!
FATHER: Good luck!

Mariah waved to her father and grandmother before she heads out to Route 101.

MARIAH: All right. I'm on a Pokemon trainer journey! [gets out Treecko's Pokeball] Come out, Treecko!

Mariah pressed the button, and the white light that later formed into Treecko burst out of it.

TREECKO: Tree.
MARIAH: Ready for a big journey?
TREECKO: Treecko!

By the time an hour passed, Mariah and Treecko were halfway through Route 103. After walking for a few more minutes, Mariah saw a rainbow colored light in the distance. Treecko, as if hypnotized, began to head toward it.

MARIAH: Wha...Treecko?!

Mariah quickly went after it, but she was a bit too late. Treecko was pulled into the light...as well as Mariah!

MARIAH: Huh?! What's going on?! Where are we going?!

Mariah and Treecko suddenly found themselves falling into the bizarre rainbow vortex. The two screamed in panic as they continued to fall faster and faster until they finally had a hard landing on solid ground...

***​

VOICE: Mariah... Wake up.
MARIAH: Huh? [slowly opens eyes] Wh...where am I? What's going on?
VOICE: I don't have a clue.
MARIAH: Who said that?! [looks around] Hello? Someone here?
VOICE: Uh, I did.
MARIAH: [sees Treecko] Oh. It's you. [pauses, then turns back to Treecko surprised] HUH?!

Mariah was totally shocked that her own Pokemon was talking. She was even more shocked of her surroundings. She was in a large room that was full of colorful mirrors. Mariah and Treecko investigated the one nearest them. At the top were the words "egalliV toorelttiL".

MARIAH: Okay, this is getting weird. What the heck is an "egalliv toorelttil"?
TREECKO: I think you may be reading it wrong. [takes a good look at the text and reads slowly] Little...root... vill...age.
MARIAH: Littleroot Village?
TREECKO: Hey, Mariah. Check this out!

Mariah looked in the mirror, but instead of her reflection, she saw a village that was similar to Littleroot Town. However, Professor Birch's lab seemed different. Instead of a modern-styled medium-sized building, there was a small building with vines wrapping it from the bottom.

MARIAH: I see something that looks like my house and something else that looks like Brendan's, but...I don't recognize that building at all.

Suddenly, a girl approaches the trainer and her Pokemon as they continued to look at the village in the mirror.

GIRL: Uh...excuse me?
MARIAH: Huh? [sees the girl and gets on the ground embarrassed] I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be nosy or anything!
GIRL: It's okay. You can get up now.

As Mariah got up, her heart seemed to stop. After taking a good look at her, she noticed that the girl looked exactly like her and had the exact same voice as Mariah! The only difference is that the Mariah look-alike was wearing a headband instead of a ribbon and had a necklace with a blue, crystal Pokeball.

MARIAH: Okay. I thought this place couldn't get any weirder, but you've just become the icing on the cake.
GIRL: [laughs] Cute. Very cute.
MARIAH: Okay, what is this place?
GIRL: Well, this is the Hoenn Mirror World, and I'm the Mirror Guardian. My name's Mariah.
MARIAH: This is getting too weird. I?ve just started my Pokemon Journey today, and yet here you, practically my twin of some sort, are saying that you?guard these mirrors?! And while I?m on the subject? [Points to the mirror she was looking at] what?s this Littleroot Village?
MIRROR MARIAH: [nervous laugh] Uh? do you want me to show you around Littleroot Village?
MARIAH: [facefaults, then gets back up with an annoyed look on her face] You?re not getting this, are you?
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh? [notices Treecko] Nice Treecko. Where'd you get it?
MARIAH: I've got it from Littleroot Town, which is in my world. It appears to have some hidden talents, like talking.
MIRROR MARIAH: It's perfectly normal for Pokemon to talk here.
MARIAH: Uh...okay. [furiously shakes her head while rapidly waving her arms] Hey, wait a sec?! How the heck did I even get here?! And what about this Mirror Guardian stuff that you brought up?
TREECKO: [sheepishly] Uh?Mariah??
MIRROR MARIAH: [to Mariah] To be honest, I don?t know how?d you got here. I never expected any outsiders to come here, let alone one that looks like me. Second of all, I became the Mirror Guardian a while back. My memory?s kinda fuzzy on the one before me, but?

A scream was suddenly heard, and the two Mariahs and Treecko turned their attention to the Littleroot Village mirror. They saw in the mirror a man in a wizard outfit running for his life as he was being attacked by three black dog-like Pokemon in a small grassy area near the village.

MARIAH: Hey, those are Poochyena chasing that guy!
TREECKO: We?d better give him a hand!
MIRROR MARIAH: Let's get going.

Mirror Mariah went through the mirror to Littleroot Village, and Mariah followed with Treecko right behind. The three landed just less than half a foot away from the grassy area.

MAN: Help me! Help!

Treecko, wanting to help, headed toward the Poochyena trio and let out a whistle.

TREECKO: Hey! Over here, furballs!

The Poochyena turned their attention to Treecko. The Wood Gecko Pokemon jumped towards one of the Poochyena, smacked it with his tail and sent it flying into the one nearest him. Both of them skidded on the ground when they landed. The third Poochyena charged into Treecko when his guard was down, and the force of the Tackle attack made him fall on his back.

TREECKO: [slowly getting up and turns to Mariah] Hey, Mariah, any ideas?
MARIAH: Try a Leer attack!
TREECKO: Okay!

Treecko gave the Poochyena a sharp, intimidating leer. The other two Poochyena that were getting up seemed to have backed down, but the third one refused to give in. It tackled Treecko, and then the second one followed suit, and finally the first. The three Poochyena then used a team Tackle attack that sent Treecko high into the air. However, Treecko took advantage of this by pointing his body straight down to increase his falling speed. Before the Poochyena could figure out what Treecko was planning, the Wood Gecko Pokemon curls up his whole body but his dark green tail, which used to hit the middle Poochyena as he fell. The brutal hit made the Poochyena bounce off the ground because landing on its side. Both sides were tired, and the Poochyena have already lost one of their teammates.

TREECKO: Give up yet?

The second Poochyena got his fallen partner on his back. Then, seeing no reason to continue the battle, the Bite Pokemon ran away. Treecko was breathing heavily as he turned to Mariah.

MARIAH: Way to go, Treecko.
TREECKO: No problem.
MAN: Wow. That was impressive!
TREECKO: Thanks.
MARIAH: Huh? [takes a good look at the man] Professor Birch?!
BIRCH: Professor Birch? I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken. I'm Sorcerer Birch.
MARIAH: Sorcerer Birch? Since when did you become a magician?
BIRCH: Well, I was taught sorcery that my family's been passing down for generations.
MARIAH: [sighs and shrugs] Okay. I don't know what's going on here, but I'm outta here. [begins to walk off]
MIRROR MARIAH: [stops Mariah] You shouldn?t waste your time wandering around here.
MARIAH: How'd do you expect me get out of here?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, there's the Golden Gateway at the Oldale Shrine. It'll take you anywhere you want to go right away.
MARIAH: [sighs in relief] Well, what are we waiting for?

Just then, a strange red light shot across the sky.

TREECKO: Whoa! What was that?!
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this because it's heading to the Oldale Shrine! Let's get going!

Mirror Mariah went off and Mariah and Treecko followed her. Meanwhile, Sorcerer Birch appeared worried about the strange light.

BIRCH: That red light...could it be...?

***​

The trio made it to the Oldale Shrine, which was very large and appeared very old on the outside but looked like it was built a few days ago on the inside. They entered only to see a boy who looks like Brendan without the headband and jacket and a magician dressed in red. The magician blew the boy into a red mirror with a fire-like whirlwind. Then, with a snap of his fingers, the mirror disappeared. The magician then looked at a large, golden mirror in the corner with two gold Pokeballs on the top and bottom of each side and wings on its sides. He was about to enter when Mirror Mariah entered the shrine and held up her hand to stop him.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hey! Hold it!

A wand materializes in Mirror Mariah's hand. It was gold and had a Pokeball on top with wings on the side of it, and it had six jewels on the top part. They were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

MIRROR MARIAH: Don't even think about entering that mirror.
MAGICIAN: Ahh. [turns to Mirror Mariah] I didn't expect for the Guardian of the Mirrors to be here at the Oldale Shrine.
MIRROR MARIAH: Get out of here now.
MAGICIAN: It's for the good of all of the Hoenn Mirror World.

Mirror Mariah didn't listen and headed towards the magician. The magician disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared just as fast behind her.

MAGICIAN: [grabs Mirror Mariah around the neck] This is for your own good. Let me through or suffer.

Mirror Mariah didn?t say anything, and she seemed to be out of choices. Just then, she got an idea and tossed the wand to Mariah.

MARIAH: [surprised] Huh?
MIRROR MARIAH: Get it!
MARIAH: Okay!

Mariah jumped up and managed to catch the wand. The magician tossed Mirror Mariah aside and headed toward Mariah.

MAGICIAN: And who are you, young lad?
MARIAH: I don't know what's going on here, but leave me out of this! I have nothing to do with--!
MAGICIAN: You were with the Mirror Guardian, so you've got yourself involved.
MARIAH: [in thought as she looks at Treecko] Treecko's worn out from the battle with the Poochyena and can't do much, and I don't know what to do with this wand!
MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah! I'm not sure this'll work, but there is some writing on the left wing of the wand. If you can decipher it, it may give us a chance against this creep.
MARIAH: But--
MIRROR MARIAH: Just do it!

Mariah turned to the worn out Treecko, who nodded to her. Mariah nodded back and looked at the near-microscopic text on the left wing: "regnad morf lla tcetorp ot rewop eht em evig esaelp, nneoH fo srorriM lacigaM". Mariah struggled with reading it.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hurry up!
MARIAH: Sorry, but I don't speak Mirror, unfortunately! [continues trying to read it] Hmmm...I've got it! "Magical Mirrors of Hoenn, please protect all from danger"!

Suddenly, the jewels began glowing one by one. Then, they shot a light into the sky. Mariah headed outside to see the six lights swirling into a corkscrew. After a short pause, the six lights started to shine on Mariah. Her clothes start to change. Her shirt change from bright yellow to red and a black ribbon with yellow at the end and a Pokeball in the middle of the bow appeared on it. Her skirt shrank a little and turned white. Her sandals turned into black high heels, she got Pokeball barrettes in her hair, and large, round, white wings formed on her back. The lights faded, and Mariah looked around.

MARIAH: Huh? What happened? [reaches for her backpack] Huh? Where'd my backpack go? I had it with me before I've got here, and--

The wand transforms into a mirror. Mariah looked at her reflection and freaked out.

MARIAH: What the...?!

Just then, Treecko was absorbed into the wand and the green gem glow softly.

MARIAH: Huh? Treecko?! [runs into the shrine and sees an injured Mirror Mariah] Hey! I... Treecko was... The wand...
MIRROR MARIAH: You'll learn how to use the wand soon enough. Right now, you have a lot on your hands.

The magician attacked Mariah with a fiery whirlwind, but she dodges it just in time.

MAGICIAN: Surrender now and I'll let you and your friend go in one piece.

Mariah didn't say anything. She was trying to figure out what to do.

MAGICIAN: Not going to surrender? Oh, well.

The magician began gathering fire-like energy in an orb. Once the orb was big enough, it headed toward Mariah. Just before it hit her, Mariah began to fly out of the way.

MARIAH: [shaken] Okay? I can fly? Now what?
MAGICIAN: [getting furious] You little...! Take this!

The magician gathered up energy into another orb. Once again, it headed for Mariah when it was the right size, but this time it hit Mariah and caused her to stumble in mid air. The magician began his orb spell again to deliver the final blow.

MARIAH: [recovered] Okay. Let's see what this wand can do!

Mariah pointed the wand at the magician in red hoping something would happen. Sure enough, the green gem started to glow and shot a beam at the magician. The magician appeared to have his energy being drained as he crumbled to the ground.

MAGICIAN: How...can this...be?

The energy absorbed from the magician healed Mariah. This time, the magician was weakened, and Mariah is on the offensive. Just before Mariah could finish him, however, the magician created a red mirror from a fiery whirlwind.

MAGICIAN: You haven't seen the last of the Magma Magicians!

With that, the magician went into the mirror, and the mirror disappeared immediately after its creator entered it.

MARIAH: [heads to Mirror Mariah and kneels down next to her] You okay?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah. I'll be fine. [looks at the wand] Wand, heal.

The Pokeball begins glowing for a second, and Mirror Mariah was suddenly as good as new.

MARIAH: So, what was the deal with the wand? Why'd it suck up Treecko? And what has to done to me?
MIRROR MARIAH: When a person reads the words on the left wing, stuff like that can happen. At least, that's what I've been hearing in the legends. However, you're the first person to use the wand for a long time ever since it got damaged.
MARIAH: Damaged?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah. Anyway, your Treecko's in the wand being healed. However, don't rely on its powers too much, or they won't be there when you really need 'em.
MARIAH: Oh. [pause] Will this thing help me get home?
MIRROR MARIAH: No. First, you have to go to Ever Grande Cathedral to deal with stuff like that. [points at the mirror in the corner] You can go through the Golden Gateway to get there.
MARIAH: All right! [to herself] But I wonder what happened to that Brendan look alike...?
MIRROR MARIAH: Hey, you coming or not?
MARIAH: [put loud] I'm coming!

Before the two girls could get close to it, the glass of the Golden Gateway broke into eight shards that suddenly shrunk in size and went in different directions. Afterwards, there was evil laughter heard that echoed throughout the shrine.

MARIAH: Now what?
MIRROR MARIAH: [sighs as she looks at the broken Golden Gateway] Looks like we've got some work to do, Mariah?

End of Chapter 1​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Treecko(M)@-- LV6
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Pound
-Leer
-Absorb

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals and transforms into a mirror.
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

CHAPTER 2: The Millionaire Family
Mariah and Mirror Mariah are flying in the sky to look for the lost shards of the Golden Gateway. Mariah was rather skeptical of the objective, but Mirror Mariah appeared to know what she was doing.

MARIAH: Hey, you sure this is the right way?
MIRROR MARIAH: Don't worry about it. I have everything under control Nobody knows the Hoenn Mirror World better than me. Well, almost no one...

Suddenly, Mirror Mariah makes a brief pause as she notices a large white mansion.

MIRROR MARIAH: I'm sensing something from that mansion. Maybe it's a Mirror Shard!

Without wasting anytime, she and Mariah land at the front door. Mirror Mariah then gets a mildly surprised look on her face.

MIRROR MARIAH: That's funny. I just lost it.
MARIAH: It must've been a false alarm. [knocks on the door] Hello?
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't think anyone's home.

Mirror Mariah gets ready to leave, but Mariah notices that the large wooden door was open. Mariah goes in, and Mirror Mariah, worried that someone might catch her, went after her.

MARIAH: Hello? Anyone here?

The only thing that was heard was the echo of Mariah's voice. Mariah continues to walk down the dimly lit hall that seemed to go on forever when Mirror Mariah catches up.

MIRROR MARIAH: Uh, Mariah? Perhaps we need to get out of here. The people who live here don't like it when someone comes barging in. Besides, we need to focus on finding the Mirror Shards. Since I don't feel any Shards in this mansion, let's look somewhere else.
MARIAH: Well, we'll do that after we ask some questions.
MIRROR MARIAH: Such as?
VOICE: What are you doing here?

Both girls spun around in surprise, and a shadow falls in front of them.

MARIAH: Uh...I'm really sorry to barge in, but my friend and I are in a tight spot. You see, what happened was that I was going to start my Pokemon journey. Back in my world, mind you. And it would've happened if there wasn't this weird light that led me to this world and...

The shadow gets closer. As the figure comes into the light, it's revealed to be a middle-aged woman. She had shoulder-length blond hair, blue eyes, and wore the traiditional maid attire. She gave the girls stern looks.

MIRROR MARIAH: We're just wondering if you've seen any Mirror Shards today.
MAID: Why would a Mirror Shard be all the way out here?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, one of the Magma Sorcerors managed to break the Golden Gateway, and now Mariah here can't get back to her world.
MAID: Hmmm... Sounds like quite a situation you have. Well, I'll try to talk to the master about this. In the meantime, have a look around. I'm sorry I was so suspicious of you two.
MARIAH: Oh, it's okay.

Mariah and Mirror Mariah head a bit further down the hall and into the living room. The living room has three sofas against the wall, a large table in the middle of the room with a basket full of candy on it, and a large TV.

MARIAH: Wow. Nice place. I didn't know how...modern this place is.
MIRROR MARIAH: Yep. You can't expect anything less from a place like the Petalburg Mansion.
MARIAH: Petalburg Mansion?

After making themselves comfortable, Mirror Mariah begins to sleep on one of the sofas while Mariah watches a movie on TV. Little did they know that two red eyes were watching the girls...

***​

Later that day, Mariah was about to explore more of the Petalburg Mansion when something scratched her in the face. Dazed, she looked around to see where the attack came from. It was then revealed to come from a Torchic that was black and has red eyes.

MARIAH: What's with the weird Torchic?!

The Torchic gets ready to scratch her again, but Mariah gets out of the way.

MARIAH: Okay. Obviously, there's something up with this Torchic. I'd send out Treecko, but... [gets out the Mirror Wand] I don't have a clue about how this thing works! Where's that other me when you need her?!

Just then, another Torchic (which was normally colored) appears.

TORCHIC: There you are, you fake!

The fake Torchic then runs away as Mirror Mariah and the maid arrived at the scene. Four other people appeared with them as well. One of them was a man black hair and a brown jacket. Another was a woman with brown hair, blue eyes, and a yellow dress. A girl with light brown hair and a red bandana was with them as well as a boy with blue hair and glasses.

MAID: Oh, my! What happened? I was telling Master Norman about what happened to the Golden Gateway when I heard noises in the hall.
MARIAH: Well, this black Torchic appeared from nowhere...
TORCHIC: See, May? I know what I saw! There's a fake Torchic running around here!
MARIAH: Exactly where'd this fake Torchic come from?
TORCHIC: I don't know. One minute, there was this weird black smoke or something, and the next...

May, the girl with the bandana, hears a strange wooshing noise. She quickly turns around to find where it came from.

MAY: Huh...?
BOY: Uh, May? Something wrong?
MAY: No. It's nothing, Max.
MAX: It almost seems as if you've seen a ghost.

Just then, there was a crash outside. Everyone head outside to see the fake Torchic in a ruined flowerbed. Petals and stems were everywhere and covered with dirt. The woman, Caroline, began sobbing.

CAROLINE: My flowers... My beautiful flowers...
MARIAH: [to Mirror Mariah] How do I get Treecko out of the wand?
MIRROR MARIAH: "I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World".
MARIAH: I have to say that?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah, including the color after it.
MARIAH: Okay. I'm gonna teach that Torchic a lesson.

Mariah gets out her wand.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Green!

The green gem on the wand lets out a glow before shooting out a light. After a few seconds, the light formed into Treecko.

TREECKO: Whoa...what was that all about?
MARIAH: Treecko, get that fake Torchic over there!
TREECKO: Got it!
MARIAH: Use Pound attack!

Treecko heads toward the black chick. He then jumps up and whacks it with his tail. The fake Torchic shakes it off and closes its eyes, glows as it began to focus.

MARIAH: What's it doing?
TREECKO: That's Focus Energy!
MARIAH: That's not good. Treecko, Leer attack!

Treecko gives the fake Torchic a mean-looking leer, causing it to lower its guard. However, Torchic scratches Treecko with the claws on its foot. Torchic came back for another attack, but Treecko uses Pound attack when it got close. The fake Torchic seemed to be down.

MARIAH: I think...it's over.

The fake Torchic then gets back up, but disappears into a black mirror. In its place were five Pokeballs: one red, one orange, one yellow, one blue, and one purple. They get absorbed into Mariah's wand along with Treecko.

MARIAH: Wow.
MIRROR MARIAH: I hope that's the last time we'll see that thing.

Norman, the man with the brown jacket, walks up to Mariah.

NORMAN: So, you're saying that you're looking for the Mirror Shards of the Golden Gateway?
MARIAH: That's right.
NORMAN: Well, if I were you, I'd try the Rustboro Ruins. There's usually a lot of treasures there, and maybe some shards might have ended up there.
MARIAH: Okay. Thanks.
MIRROR MARIAH: I'd take you there.

Mirror Mariah closes her eyes and holds out her hands. From out of the blue, light burst out and forms a mirror with a rocky frame.

MARIAH: Now that's something else.
MIRROR MARIAH: Next stop: Rustboro Ruins!

The family wishes the two luck as they head into the mirror.

End of Chapter 2​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Treecko(M)@-- LV8
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Pound
-Leer
-Absorb

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow except green, which was used for Mariah's Treecko
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

CHAPTER 3: The First Shard

Mariah and Mirror Mariah are now at Rustboro Ruins to search for the first Mirror Shard. Treecko was with them (Mariah has let him out so he could search for the Shard as well). The ruins were very large and appeared to be very old. It seemed that an ancient civlization has lived here and knew their way around the Hoenn Mirror World as well.

MIRROR MARIAH: It looks like we're getting close, you guys.
TREECKO: Great. We've been walking for almost an hour and my feet are killing me!
MIRROR MARIAH: No one said that it was gonna be easy, Treecko.

Mirror Mariah then stops and looks around in surprise. She then looks at a blue rock with holes in it.

MARIAH: Is something wrong?

Mirror Mariah looks at Mariah for a few moments and shakes it off.

MIRROR MARIAH: It's nothing. Let's go.

Mirror Mariah goes off while Mariah and her Treecko follows. A while after they left, the blue rock grows legs and a head. It follows them...

***​

A woman is at an upper area of the ruins. She has pigtails that formed two "balls" at the top sides of her head and a ribbon at the back and is wearing a blue business dress with pink stockings. She appeared asleep until a dark cloud of energy whoosed past her. She quickly turns only to catch a glimpse of it.

WOMAN: What in the world...?

She heads into the "indoor" area of the ruins only to find a giant, black totem-like creature. It had a red nose and spikes on its head resembling a crown.

CREATURE: I am King Nosepass!
WOMAN: Nosepass? What happened to you? You're enormous!

The creature, King Nosepass, stomps the ground. There was a short earthquake, and rocks suddenly surrounded the woman.

WOMAN: Nosepass?! What are you doing? It's me! Roxanne! Let me out!

King Nosepass then bashes its head into the rocks surrounding Roxanne, badly hurting her. She lands on her side as King Nosepass gets away.

ROXANNE: Nose...pass... What...happened...?

***​

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Treecko were still looking for the Mirror Shard until a rock was thrown at them.

VOICE: Who goes there?!

The voice came from a girl sitting on one of the broken down statues. She was rather odd looking with her torn orange shirt and dark blue pants with a pink patch. She had red and gray shoes and wore an orange helmet with a Pokeball at the front and a pink tassel on the top. Mariah was disgusted by the girl's looks

MARIAH: Looks like someone has been living here too long.
GIRL: Very funny.
MARIAH: Anyway, can you tell us something? We're looking for--

The girl jumps off the statue and lands in front of the three.

GIRL: You have some nerve showing your face here, missy!
TREECKO: You don't understand. You see...
GIRL: Shut up! Trespassers aren't allowed here! Rustboro Ruins is a sacred area to Rock-type Pokemon and I won't allow you to get through the ruins without fighting me!
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...listen, kid. We don't want any trouble.
GIRL: Too bad! You should've thought about that when you walked in here!
MIRROR MARIAH: I'm the Mirror Guardian! Do you THINK I'd wanna cause trouble?

The girl calms down a bit. She obviously thought that picking a fight with Mirror Mariah would be a waste of time because she would be beaten easily.

GIRL: Okay. I understand. I wouldn't want you to waste your powers on someone like me. [points at Mariah] However, the look alike is another story!
MARIAH: What?!
GIRL: There's something I don't like about you! If you're thinking about getting any further, you'll have to beat me!
MARIAH: But...
GIRL: Bring it on, unless you're scared. But then again, it's natural to be scared around the great Connie, rock hard fighter extrodinaire.
MARIAH: Okay! That's it, you little brat! You're gonna get it!

Mirror Mariah tries to hold Mariah back, but Mariah shakes her off.

MARIAH: You're gonna be sorry that you've messed with me!
CONNIE: I believe that's MY line.

With that, Connie threw her fist at Mariah, but she flies up to avoid it. Mariah notices Connie's power when she ends up punching the wall so hard that cracks were left. Mariah then swoops down towards Connie, but Connie gets out of the way.

MARIAH: Wow. She's tough.

Mariah then freaks out when a boulder was heading her way. She barely dodges and heads for Connie again. Connie grabs Mariah's arm, and Mariah struggles to break free.

MARIAH: Hey! Let me go!
CONNIE: Say good-bye, girlie!

Connie begins to toss Mariah. At the last second, however, Mariah grabs Connie's arm the minute she hits the ground. She pulls Connie, making her fall. Connie gets up and heads to Mariah to punch her, but Mariah flies up and dodges. She gets behind Connie and grabs her around the waist.

MARIAH: Time to end this!
CONNIE: Hah! I'm just getting started!

Connie then punches a nearby rock. The rock shattered into flying pebbles that hit Mariah, causing her to let go of Connie. Just when the two girls were about to give each other a finishing blow, Mirror Mariah steps in.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hey! Hold up, guys!

Both girls then sat down and took a breather while Mirror Mariah rolls her eyes. Just then, the blue rock with the legs and head appeared.

MARIAH: What's that?
MIRROR MARIAH: That's a Shuckle. It usually hides in its shell to eat berries it stores.
MARIAH: So, I guess there are normal Pokemon in this crazy mirror world.

The Shuckle yawns and falls asleep, but it gets a rude awakening from an earthquake.

MIRROR MARIAH: What was that?

There was another earthquake a few seconds later. Just then, huge footsteps grew closer and louder, causing more earthquakes. Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Treecko and Connie got ready for the possiblity of a fight. Shuckle doesn't seem too worried. The cause of the earthquakes, King Nosepass, has suddenly revealed himself.

KING NOSEPASS: Attack!
MIRROR MARIAH: Is that Roxanne's Nosepass?!
CONNIE: I'd say that it is, but what's with the weird spikes?
SHUCKLE: Nosepass!

The Shuckle heads to King Nosepass as quickly as he could.

TREECKO: What's that Shuckle doing?

When the Shuckle gets close, King Nosepass attacks by stomping on the ground. Rocks spewed from the ground and surrounded the shelled Pokemon. Shuckle couldn't seem to get out.

SHUCKLE: Nosepass?! What are you doin'? It's me! Shuckle! Doncha recognize me?
MARIAH: Hey, leave the Shuckle alone!

King Nosepass turns his attention to Mariah.

MARIAH: You've just made a big mistake picking on your own friends!
KING NOSEPASS: Who are you?
MARIAH: I am the reflection of justice and the twin of truth, and I shall eliminate the illusion of evil! My name is Mariah, the magical Hoenn Mirror Girl!
CONNIE: I...don't have a clue about what you just said.

Mariah facefaults and quickly gets back up to give Connie an annoyed look.

MARIAH: Thanks for ruining my big entrance!

Before Connie and Mariah could start an argument, a rock from the cell heads for Shuckle. Mirror Mariah gets into the path of the rock and creates a shield. The rock bounces off and hits the ceiling, making a huge hole. Shuckle sighs in relief as Connie and Mariah help Shuckle out.

MARIAH: You okay?
SHUCKLE: Uh-huh.

King Nosepass goes up the hole, and the others followed in hot pursuit. Eventually, they were on the very top area of the ruins. There, Mirror Mariah has found a glass shard. It was shaped like a broken diamond.

MIRROR MARIAH: There! A Mirror Shard! It's the Stone Shard!
CONNIE: What's a Mirror Shard doing all the way out here?

Just then, Roxanne appears. She was in heavy pain which was made obvious by her limping.

ROXANNE: Is...anyone...hurt?
MARIAH: Not at all, miss. Hey, are you okay?
VOICE: Destroy!

King Nosepass heads toward severely injured Roxanne, but Mariah gets her and flies out of the way while Knig Nosepass rams into a rock. Mariah lands near the group.

MARIAH: [to Mirror Mariah] You take care of her. I'll handle that thing. And have Treecko help me in case I need some.
MIRROR MARIAH: Got it.
CONNIE: I wanna crack that thing apart!
TREECKO: [grabs Connie] You're staying put, my friend!

King Nosepass stomps on the ground again, encasing Mariah in rocks.

SHUCKLE: That's Nosepass's Rock Tomb!
CONNIE: That girl's already in trouble!

Mariah struggles to get out, but the rock were tightly packed together.

MARIAH: Okay, Mariah. You've gotta get outta these rocks... [tries to get out again] Oh, man! Do something!

Just then, Mariah paused for a moment. She gets out the wand.

MARIAH: Okay...here goes. Wand, get rid of the rocks!

The wand glows, and the rocks was suddenly blown away and sent back to King Nosepass. They hit him, but he didn't seem too injured. King Nosepass attacked by slamming into the ground. Rocks were flying all over the place and some hit Mariah.

MIRROR MARIAH: Rock Throw? That's not a good sign.
TREECKO: You think I should go in to help her?
MIRROR MARIAH: Not yet. [to Mariah] Hey! Try attacking Nosepass with the wand!
MARIAH: How am I supposed to do that? Without Treecko in it, I doubt that I can use any of his attacks!
MIRROR MARIAH: That's not the only way!
MARIAH: Well, what else can this thing do?!

Before Mirror Mariah could answer, King Nosepass tackles Mariah and slamming her into the ground. Treecko couldn't take it anymore and goes into action. Treecko uses his best Pound attack and makes a clean hit, but King Nosepass shakes it off. Treecko then uses Absorb to steal King Nosepass's energy, but King Nosepass breaks free from the attack just slightly exhausted.

TREECKO: What's with this thing? It doesn't even flinch.
MARIAH: You're telling me. What are we gonna do?

King Nosepass charges into both Mariah and Treecko, and both of them went a good distance away. He then uses Rock Tomb again, but Treecko dodges at top speed while Mariah flies away. Mariah tries attack from one direction while Treecko attacks from another, but King Nosepass becomes encased with a strange crystal that made Mariah and Treecko's attacks almost ineffective.

TREECKO: That thing knows Harden too. [breathes hard] I don't know if we can go on anymore.
MARIAH: Treecko, I have an idea.

Mariah whispers to Treecko. After hearing the plan, Treecko nods and heads toward King Nosepass. King Nosepass bashes into a bunch of rocks to stop Treecko, but Treecko dodges them all. He then uses Leer attack while Mariah turns to Mirror Mariah.

MARIAH: Okay, what attacks can I do with the wand?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, there's this attack called Mirror Beam.
MARIAH: Okay. I'll try it!

Meanwhile, Treecko was hit with a heavy tackle from King Nosepass. Treecko gets up as the huge totem Pokemon heads toward him.

TREECKO: Mariah! Now!
MARIAH: Okay! Here I go! [points the Wand at King Nosepass] Mirror Beam!

The wings on the Wand began to glow with rainbow colors and shot out colorful beams at King Nosepass. He tries to get away but fails miserably after the beams hit him. King Nosepass collapses and returns to his normal form, which was a smaller gray version of himself without spikes on his head.

NOSEPASS: What happened? Where am I?
ROXANNE: Nosepass!
MARIAH: Whew. I thought it was never gonna end.

The Mirror Shard glows and floats toward Mirror Mariah. She takes it and holds it.

MIRROR MARIAH: All right. One down.

The mirror shard then disappears. Mirror Mariah softly chuckles while Mariah was confused by what just happened.

MARIAH: Huh? Where'd it go?
MIRROR MARIAH: Back to the Oldale Shrine.

Roxanne, back to health, walks up to Mariah.

ROXANNE: I can't thank you enough.
MARIAH: No problem.
TREECKO: Same here.

Shuckle and Connie went up to Mariah.

CONNIE: Hey...uh...
MARIAH: If it's about another fight, it'll have to wait.
CONNIE: No. No. I'm wondering if I could come along with you.
MARIAH: Huh? What do you mean by that?
CONNIE: Come on. Why don't you admit that you need my raw power?
MARIAH: Thanks, but no thanks. The Shuckle can come, but you can't.

Connie get ready to hit Mariah, but then just sighs. Shuckle gets by Treecko and then looks up by Mariah.

SHUCKLE: So...I could come along?
MARIAH: Sure.

Suddenly, the blue Pokeball appears and opens. Shuckle transforms into a blue light and gets sucked into the ball. Both the ball and Treecko disappear into the wand. Mirror Mariah makes another mirror appear. This time, the frame a bright blend of blue and brown and on the top were two surfboards that matched the frame's coloring.

MIRROR MARIAH: Okay. This mirror will lead us wherever the next Mirror Shard could be, so let's get going.

Mirror Mariah, Mariah, and Connie went into the mirror. The mirror disappears as Roxanne and Nosepass walk off, relieved that their problems are over.

However, near the edge of the ruins, someone appeared to have seen the whole thing...

End of Chapter 3​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Treecko(M)@-- LV13
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Pound
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack

Shuckle(M)@-- LV13
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow except green, which was used for Mariah's Treecko
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

CHAPTER 4: Going All Out

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Connie are now in a dark and damp cave. Connie, who came along regardless of Mariah's wanting her to stay in Rustboro Ruins, wasn't bothered by her surroundings since she's been with Rock-type Pokemon for a long time, but Mariah seemed a little uncomfortable.

MARIAH: Uh, Mariah? Are you sure there's a Mirror Shard around here?
MIRROR MARIAH: Like I said, the mirror portal I've made back at Rustboro Ruins will lead us to the place with a Mirror Shard. This has to be it.
CONNIE: So, you're looking for Mirror Shards so you can fix the Golden Gateway... Boy, you've must've messed up big time letting the Golden Gateway break!
MIRROR MARIAH: It wasn't my fault! It seemed that one of the Magma Sorcerors pulled a fast one on me and broke it! Just when I thought he was done for--
MARIAH: Save the fighting after I get back home, please.
CONNIE: Okay, okay. [under her breath] And she calls herself the Mirror Guardian...
MIRROR MARIAH: I heard that!

***​

A woman in a dark blue witch's outfit enters the cave.

WOMAN: So this is Dewford Cavern... Perhaps I could find some clues here.

The figure that appeared at the end of Chapter 3 enters as well.

WOMAN: Stop. Who are you?

The figure turns around, revealing itself to be a person that looks like an evil version of Mariah. She looks exactly like her except her wings look more like a bat's, her outfit has darker colors, and the barrets where shaped like spiked balls.

WOMAN: If you're here to interfere with my mission, you've just made a huge mistake!

"Mariah" just remained quiet and gives the woman a determined look. It seemed that "Mariah" knows the woman and needed to stop whatever she is plotting. The woman, however, wasn't moved by this.

WOMAN: What? Can't talk?

"Mariah" gets out her wand, and the woman gets ready for a fight. She shuts her eyes and outstreches her arms with open hands. There was suddenly a huge tidal wave heading for "Mariah", but she dodges. The woman gets ready to attack again, but a strange red beam from "Mariah's" wand hits her. A man with light blue hair and an orange shirt and a small yellow Pokemon with black boxing gloves came just in time to see to woman attack "Mariah" with a beam of bubbles.

MAN: Whoa! What's goin' on here?!
POKEMON: I'm guessin' a catfight of some sort?

The woman sees them and stops her attack. She seems irritated by the two's appearence.

WOMAN: I don't have time for this!

A blue mirror appears, and the woman goes through it.

POKEMON: By the way she was dressed, I'm guessin' she's a...
MAN: Yeah. She's gotta be an Aqua Sorceress.

The man then notices "Mariah" giving him a blank stare.

MAN: Uh...hey there, babe. My name's Brawly.
POKEMON: And I'm Makuhita. Who are you?

"Mariah" doesn't respond. She just continues staring.

BRAWLY: I wonder what her deal is.

Just then, the real Mariah, Connie, and Mirror Mariah came to the scene. Mariah sees the other doppleganger of her and freaks out.

MARIAH: Huh? Who's that?!
MIRROR MARIAH: I've never seen her before.
CONNIE: Is she from around here?
BRAWLY: Hey, ladies. Do you know her?
MARIAH: No, although I have a feeling that I don't want to.

The fake Mariah then turns away from the group and points in the distance, leaving everyone confused.

MAKUHITA: Okay...what the heck is she doin' now?
MIRROR MARIAH: Wait. I sense it... The Mirror Shard is that way!
BRAWLY: Mirror Shard?
CONNIE: We'll tell you about it later.

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Connie head off. Brawly, not being the type of guy that lets stuff like this go, follows them. Makuhita was about to go along as well when the fake Mariah grabs him.

MAKUHITA: Huh?! What the...?! What are ya doin'? Let go! Stop it!

The fake Mariah points her wand at the struggling Makuhita, putting him into a trance. Then, Makuhita began glowing...

***​

While Connie was explaining the whole story to Brawly, Mirror Mariah sees a sparkle in the distance. She heads over to the cave wall and digs up a Mirror Shard shaped like a boxing glove.

MIRROR MARIAH: The Knuckle Shard!
CONNIE: Really? All right!
MIRROR MARIAH: Now to send it back to the Oldale Shrine.

Just then, there were some loud footsteps that took everyone by surprise.

MIRROR MARIAH: What's that?
MARIAH: I don't know, but I hope it isn't another monster. After the Nosepass incident, I don't think I could handle another one of those freaks. [to Mirror Mariah] I think we should get out of here.

Mirror Mariah didn't respond. She just looked at Mariah, who started to move away slowly. The footsteps then stop, and a huge robot that looked like Makuhita loomed over the ground.

CONNIE: Great. First the Nosepass, and now Makuhita.
BRAWLY: That's Makuhita?!
CONNIE: Well, it's a possiblity. Nosepass had some evil force controlling it, so there's a good chance that it happened to Makuhita as well. [balls her fists] I'm going in.

Connie charges toward the mechanical Makuhita. She leaps up and punches it in the face, but notices that she didn't even leave a dent as she landed back on the ground.

CONNIE: What?!
BRAWLY: Hey, Makuhita! It's me, dude! Recognize me?!
MAKUHITA [mechanical voice]: Makuhita is not in memory. [aims fists at Brawly]
BRAWLY: It's me! Brawly! Come on! You've gotta remember me!
MAKUHITA: I am Mecha Makuhita. I must destroy those who oppose me.

The fists fired missiles that were fired at Brawly, but Mirror Mariah gets in front of him and creates a shield. All the missiles that hit it were sent back to Mecha Makuhita, but Mecha Makuhita dodges. Mariah sees this as her turn to go into action, so she attacks with Mirror Beam. The attack seemed to have some effect until it grabs Mariah and throws her against a wall.

MIRROR MARIAH: Uh-oh.
CONNIE: I knew that girl was a creampuff compared to me! I'll show that hunk of junk who's the boss! [to Mirror Mariah] Let's go!
MIRROR MARIAH: Hold on a sec!
CONNIE: [not listening] You cover me, and I'll go for the head!

Connie goes off, and Mirror Mariah regretably follows. Connie leaps toward Mecha Makuhita's head and beats it up several times, but to no avail. Mecha Makuhita pulls Connie off, tosses her into the air, and punches her. Connie hits Mirror Mariah, and they both hit the ground. Mariah slowly gets back up and tries Mirror Beam again, but Mecha Makuhita fires his fists at Mariah, then Mirror Mariah and Connie. All three of them are sent a pretty good distance.

BRAWLY: Makuhita, cut it out! What has gotten into you?!

Mecha Makuhita just grabs Brawly and walks off. The fake Mariah appears and observes what Mecha Makuhita has done. She then heads to Mirror Mariah and takes the Knuckle Shard from her hand. Mirror Mariah then sees her and tries to get up.

MIRROR MARIAH: Give that back!

The fake Mariah stops.

MIRROR MARIAH: Please! It's already bad enough that the Golden Gateway is broken and there are evil forces running around!

The fake Mariah begins to run off, and Mirror Mariah follows her.

MIRROR MARIAH: WAIT!!!

Not too far away, a man with bluish-gray hair and a gray shelled Pokemon were looking for something when they heard Mirror Mariah's voice.

MIRROR MARIAH: Come back here!

The fake Mariah stops running when she sees the man. She then kneels.

MAN: Hmm?

Mirror Mariah also stops when she sees the man, but instead of kneeing, she gets embarrassed.

MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...Lo...Lord Steven. It's...a pleasure running into you, sir.

Mirror Mariah sees the fake Mariah kneeling. She then gets confused.

MIRROR MARIAH: Um...may I ask what are you and Aron doing here?
LORD STEVEN: I should be asking you the same thing. Why aren't you at the Oldale Shrine guarding the Mirrors?

Mirror Mariah then freaks out. The fake Mariah then freaks out as well.

LORD STEVEN: Well?
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...well... [in thought] Great. Never thought I'd run into Lord Steven out here. If he finds out that the Golden Gateway is broken, I'm toast!
LORD STEVEN: [sees the fake Mariah] And who are you?

The fake Mariah doesn't say anything and hangs her head in shame, as if she had something to do with the incident.

LORD STEVEN: For some reason, I have a feeling that I've seen you before. [to Mirror Mariah] Well, what is your reason for being here?

Mirror Mariah takes a breath and looks up to Steven, ready to tell everything that happened and ready to take any punishment that might be heading her way.

MIRROR MARIAH: Lord Steven, the reason I'm here is because...because something has happened to the Golden Gateway. This girl from another world and I were fighting a Magma Sorceror at the Oldale Shrine. I was badly beaten, but the girl managed to beat him. When I was about to send her to Ever Grande Cathedral through the Golden Gateway, the Sorceror somehow managed to break it. The girl and I are searching for the Shards, and we've found one of them. We had another one, but--

The fake Mariah (will be now known as Dark Mariah from this point on) gives Mirror Mariah the Knuckle Shard. Mirror Mariah seemed confused.

MIRROR MARIAH: Huh? I don't understand. You're the one who stole it, you know.

Dark Mariah hangs her head in shame again.

MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...can't you even talk? "I'm sorry" will do.

Dark Mariah starts walks off, but Aron, the gray-shelled Pokemon, stops her. Dark Mariah kneels down and picks up Aron.

ARON: Are you okay?
LORD STEVEN: Is there something wrong?
MIRROR MARIAH: What about Mariah and Connie? And what will we do about Mecha Makuhita?

Aron jumps out of Dark Mariah's arms and looks ahead. Dark Mariah walks off again seeming rather depressed.

LORD STEVEN: What's with her?
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't know. Anyway, I have to worry about Mariah, Connie, and Brawly. Lord Steven, I'm sorry about all this. However, I promise that I will get every single Mirror Shard...even if I die doing it.
LORD STEVEN: [nods] Good luck, and be careful.

Mirror Mariah nods and goes off.

***​

Below a cliff in another part of the cavern, Mariah wakes up.

MARIAH: Eesh... Wha... what's going on? [looks around] Hey, where's that other Mariah?

Mariah sees the Connie is still out cold. She thought about healing her, but then Mecha Makuhita and the Knuckle Shard came to mind. Mariah then gently takes Connie and flies up the cliff. She sees Mecha Makuhita guarding an unconscious Brawly when she got to the top. Mariah leaves Connie by a small pond so she can rest and hides behind a rock near the area where Mecha Makuhita is.

MARIAH: Okay, I need a plan. I need to find a way to get Makuhita back to normal and rescue Brawly. Ohh...

Mariah falls on her side. She was still in a little pain after her last battle with the mechanical monster that was once Makuhita. Just then, Dark Mariah appears and heals her with her wand.

MARIAH: Uh...thanks.

Dark Mariah then heals Connie. Connie starts to wake up but gets ready for a fight when she saw Dark Mariah. Dark Mariah takes a few slow steps back.

CONNIE: What's the matter? Are you scared?
MARIAH: Connie! Leave her alone! Mecha Makuhita is our main worry.

Dark Mariah then flies toward the area where Mecha Makuhita is. Once she was close enough, she attacks him with the red beam from her wand. Mecha Makuhita sees Dark Mariah after being attacked and goes after her. He fires the missiles from his fists, but Dark Mariah dodged each one. Just then, Mirror Mariah appears.

MIRROR MARIAH: Everything okay?
MARIAH: Pretty much.
CONNIE: The other Mariah just appeared out of nowhere.
MIRROR MARIAH: I'm getting a strange feeling about her. Anyway, we have to save Brawly and Makuhita. Since that other Mariah is keeping Mecha Makuhita busy, let's get Brawly.

Before Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Connie can get any closer to Brawly, Mecha Makuhita shoots his fists at them. However, they were all dodged easily. Dark Mariah attacks again, but Mecha Makuhita grabs and throws her. Dark Mariah regains herself in mid air and tries attacking again, but Mecha Makuhita begins glowing as he begins to focus. Seeing this as an opportunity to get in the action, Mariah flies up and attacks with Mirror Beam. Dazed, Mecha Makuhita tries to punch Mariah, but Mariah disappears when the attack connected. Everyone seemed confused by this and began to wonder what happened until they heard Mariah's voice.

MARIAH: Hey, over here!

It seemed that the Mariah that Mecha Makuhita attacked was a fake (it wasn't Mirror or Dark Mariah), because the real Mariah attacked with Mirror Beam from behind before Mecha Makuhita could respond. Mecha Makuhita falls backwards and returns back to normal.

MAKUHITA: Wha...huh? What happened? [looks around] What's gonig on here?
MARIAH: Everything's okay now.

Makuhita was still confused until he sees his trainer and friend injured.

MAKUHITA: Brawly! Hey, Brawly! Are you all right?
BRAWLY: [waking up] H...hey! Makuhita, you're back!
MAKUHITA: Back? What the heck is going on here? [sees Dark Mariah] Huh? That girl must've done something to me! [to Dark Mariah] What have ya done to me, huh?
DARK MARIAH [slurred]: I'm so...rry...

Dark Mariah forms a mirror with a shadowy aura and goes through it. Makuhita was more confused than ever. Connie then turns to Mariah.

CONNIE: Hey, how'd you do that stunt you've just pulled a few minutes ago?
MARIAH: Well, I don't know.
MIRROR MARIAH: I think Mariah just pulled off a Substitute attack.
MARIAH: Substitute?
MIRROR MARIAH: A Pokemon makes a copy of itself, and when a certain attack is landed, it usually breaks. It appears that one of Mariah's Pokemon knows the move, so Mariah was able to pull it off.
MARIAH: You may have a point there. I did feel Shuckle's energy going through me somehow.
MIRROR MARIAH: You'll get the hang of the Mirror Wand as time goes by.

Mirror Mariah then creates a mirror, this time one with a bright yellow frame and occasionally sparked with electricity.

MIRROR MARIAH: Okay, guys. Let's go!

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Connie all head through the mirror in search for the next Mirror Shard.

End of Chapter 4​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Treecko(M)@-- LV15
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Pound
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack

Shuckle(M)@-- LV15
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow except green, which was used for Mariah's Treecko
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

CHAPTER 5: The Mysterious Mermaid
In a cave under the sea, a mermaid was sleeping on her seashell bed. She has green-blue hair, wore a light blue pearl necklace and white gloves, and her fins were a cerulean color. She appeared to have a bad dream due to her tossing and turning.

MERMAID: No... I don't want to go back. No. No. I don't want to go back. I'm NOT going back! I WON'T go back! Ever!

Just then, a purple star-shaped Pokemon with a red jewel in its center appears to its trainer. It tries to wake up the young mermaid.

MERMAID: No! No. No... [wakes up] Huh? Oh... it's you, Starmie.

The mermaid swims around for a while, and the Pokemon, Starmie, follows. Near the mermaid's home were a blue dog-like Pokemon with a mermaid's tail, a crab Pokemon, an purple oyster-like Pokemon, and two pink snake-like Pokemon (one a lighter pink than the other). They all gather around the mermaid, eager to know the plans for the day.

MERMAID: You guys seem ready to go today.

Just then, the dog-like Pokemon sees a strange glow on the surface and swims there.

MERMAID: Vaporeon! What's the rush?!

The other Pokemon began to follow the dog Pokemon, Vaporeon.

MERMAID: Vaporeon!
VAPOREON: I think you need to check this out, Cascadia!

Cascadia, the mermaid, sees that she has no choice and heads to the surface. When she surfaced, what she saw made her freeze in horror. In the sky, a blue mirror forms and two lights stormed out of it, heading somewhere in the distance.

CASCADIA: It can't be...
VAPOREON: Looks like they really wanna take you back.

The two snake Pokemon then see another Mirror forming. Out of this golden Mirror were Mariah, Mirror Mariah, and Connie.

MARIAH: Uh...where are we?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, it doesn't seem that we're anywhere near Mauville Palace.

Connie then looks around and panics. Unlike the two Mariahs, unfortunetly for her, Connie couldn't fly and heads plummeting toward the ocean. Both Mariah and Mirror Mariah dive down to save her, but the dark pink snake Pokemon managed to coil her tail around Connie to catch her.

POKEMON: Hey, you okay?
CONNIE: Yeah, thanks.

Mariah and Mirror Mariah then flew downward to the Pokemon.

MARIAH: Whew. Thanks for saving Connie.
POKEMON: No problem. I'm Gorebyss. Nice to meet you.
CASCADIA: And I'm Cascadia.
MARIAH: Hi. I'm Mariah.
CONNIE: I'm Connie.
MIRROR MARIAH: And I'm the Guardian of the Mirrors, but you can call me Mariah.

Gorebyss, the dark pink Pokemon, places Connie on her back and uncoils her.

CASCADIA: So, where are you guys going?
MIRROR MARIAH: We were supposed to go to Mauville Palace, but it appears that something must've happened to caused us to end up out here.
CASCADIA: Well, you're not too far. I'm on my way to Slateport Beach.
CONNIE: The beach? Great! After this Mirror Shard business, it'll be nice to take a break!
MARIAH: Yeah! I agree.
MIRROR MARIAH: I guess it wouldn't hurt to relax for the day.
CASCADIA: Okay. Then full speed ahead to Slateport Beach, guys!

Cascadia's Pokemon cheered. Cascadia leads the way while Mariah and Mirror Mariah followed her in the sky. Vaporeon was right beside Cascadia. Gorebyss and Milotic, the lighter pink snake Pokemon and Gorebyss's older sister, were talking about some recent events in their lives. The crab Pokemon, Krabby, was swimming with all his energy, obviously wanting to get to the beach as soon as possible. Starmie and the oyster Pokemon, Cloyster, seemed to be in their own worlds. After a while, everyone has made it to a busy beach. There was people chattering, swimming, flying kites, and doing other activites.

CASCADIA: Here we are! Slateport Beach!
MARIAH, MIRROR MARIAH, & CONNIE: All right! Let's hit the beach!

Mariah and Connie changed into bathing suits. Mariah's bathing suit was yellow and had matching ribbons on the sides, and Connie's was blue with a red stripe across the middle. Mirror Mariah decided to hang out at the food court, and Cascadia was swimming by the shore. Mariah stops for a moment and gets out her Wand.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Green! Blue!

The green and blue gems glow, and green and blue lights were emitted from the wand. The green light forms into Treecko and the blue into Shuckle.

TREECKO: What's up, Mariah?
SHUCKLE: Anything you need?
MARIAH: No, everything's fine. You guys deserve to have relax and have some fun as well as I do.

Treecko goes off by the water, and Shuckle buries himself in the sand. Mariah goes into the water with Cascadia, and Connie follows suit.

***​

A few feet away from the beach was a large white building. A purple furry bug-like Pokemon with huge red eyes and long antennae was sleeping nearby until she heard a crash. The startled Pokemon rushes to the scene to see the Aqua Sorceress from Chapter 4 and several other sorcerors and sorceress dressed in blue surrounding the building.

SORCEROR 1: This has to be the Ocean Mirror Museum.
SORCEROR 2: He has to be in there.

The group talk amongst themselves as the Pokemon got closer. The Aqua Sorceress turns around and sees the Pokemon.

AQUA SORCERESS: What? What are you doing here?
POKEMON: [scared] Augh! Don't hurt me! I'm just an ordinary Venonant! I'm gonna be outta your way now!

The Pokemon, Venonat, tries to run away. The Sorceress then throws a bluish-black Pokeball in front of her. An evil blue light bursts out of the Pokeball and forms into a blue and red pirannah Pokemon with a yellow fin. It bounces up and down due to the fact that there was no water.

AQUA SORCERESS: Eradicate that little pest, Carvanha!
CARVANHA: I'll get to it, boss!

Venonant starts to run as fast as it could with Carvanha bouncing right behind her. The chase took both of them to the beach.

VENONAT: Eeeeeeeeeeek! Help!
CARVANHA: I've got you now!

Carvanha begins glowing for a few seconds. Suddenly, Venonat lets out a shriek as she was bashed into by Carvanha high into the air. Venonat then lands near Mariah, who was sunbathing. Sand flew everywhere, and Mariah covered her eyes. While Mariah tried to figure out what happened, Carvanha bounces toward Mariah but stops.

CARVANHA: Hmm...there's something about that girl... I'd better head back to the boss.

Carvanha heads back. Mariah was trying to get the sand off of her until she sees Venonat half buried in the sand.

MARIAH: Hey! [gets Venonat from the sand] Hey, are you okay?

Venonat just moaned. Mariah shakes her to awake her, but to no avail.

MARIAH: Are you all right?

Venonat still doesn't answer.

MARIAH: Aw, man... Looks like trouble... I gave the wand to that other me before I went swimming with Cascadia, so I can't heal her. Come on, Mariah, think! [pause] I've got it. I just hope there are Pokemon Centers in this world!

To her luck, there was one right near a shopping center on the beach.

***​

Venonat was sleeping in a nice soft bed at the Pokemon Center. She wakes up to see Mariah, Treecko, Shuckle, and a yound red-haired nurse.

TREECKO: You okay, pal?
MARIAH: You were out cold.

Venonat jumps out of the bed in fear. She starts to run away until the nurse, Joy, gets her.

JOY: Everything will be okay, little one.
VENONAT: No! Get away from me!

Venonat jumps away from Joy's arms, rushes out of the Pokemon Center, and headed toward the Museum. Mariah, Treecko, and Shuckle were in hot pursuit.

MARIAH: Hey, Treecko! Shuckle! Try to calm her down, will you?
SHUCKLE: Will do, Mariah!
TREECKO: Leave it to us!

Treecko leaps and lands in front of Venonat.

TREECKO: Come on. We're not gonna hurt ya!
VENONAT: Get away!

Venonat begins screaming in a high pitched voice, forcing Treecko to cover his ears. Shuckle, trying to endure the piercing noise, wraps his legs and feet around the frenzied Venonat.

MARIAH: Nice Wrap attack, Shuckle! Now use Constrict!

Shuckle tightens his grip, but it causes Venonat to scream louder. Shuckle, unable to take the screaming, withdraws into his shell. Treecko then goes into action.

TREECKO: Don't worry, Shuckle! I'll take it from here!
VENONAT: Oh...
MARIAH: Okay, Treecko! Use Leer attack!

Treecko's eyes begin to glow. Venonat, acting brave, attacks with a strange light from her antennae. Treecko gets up but wobbles a bit.

TREECKO: Uh...Mariah... I don't feel too good. Looks like that Venonat...can use Signal Beam...
MARIAH: Try to shake it off and use a Quick Attack!
TREECKO: Okay. Here goes!

Treecko then rushes toward Venonat at a high speed but bumps into a tree instead.

MARIAH: Looks like Treecko's in bad shape. Shuckle, take the lead!

Shuckle comes out of his shell and gets ready to do battle against Venonat.

MARIAH: Shuckle, Wrap attack!

Shuckle once again wraps Venonat with his arms and legs. Venonat tries to shake him off, but she was too tired to do so.

VENONAT: Okay... I surrender! You win! Now let me go!
SHUCKLE: Mariah! Capture her! Do it! Do it now!
VENONAT: [freaks out again] CAPTURE?! WAIT!

The purple Pokeball appears in Mariah's hand.

MARIAH: Okay... Pokeball, go!

Mariah tosses the Pokeball at Venonat. The ball opens, and a purple light sucks up the furry bug. The ball falls to the ground and shakes a few times, and the button on the ball flashed a bright purple. After a few seconds, the ball stops shaking and the button stops flashing. Mariah approaches the ball and picks it up.

MARIAH: Well, it looks like we've got her.
TREECKO: Seems so.
SHUCKLE: Well, why doncha let her out?
MARIAH: Okay. I just hope she doesn't scream again.

Mariah presses the button, and a purple light comes out of the ball and forms into Venonat. She looks around.

MARIAH: Hey, you okay now?
VENONAT: Eep! Who are you?
MARIAH: I'm Mariah, you're new trainer.
VENONAT: Trainer?! Oh, no! First, an Aqua Sorceress tried to get rid of me, and now I'm going to be working for a Magma Sorceress!
MARIAH: Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm not a Magma Sorceress or an Aqua Sorceress.
VENONAT: You're not? But you've seemed pretty suspicious to me.
SHUCKLE: It's okay, Venonat. She's really helping the Mirror Guardian collect the Mirror Shards so she can get home.

Venonat suddenly lets go of her suspicion and fear as she goes over to Shuckle.

VENONAT: [blushes] Uh...really?
SHUCKLE: Yeah.
MARIAH: Hey, guys. Let's go back to the beach. The others are probably getting worried.

Mariah, Treecko, and Shuckle begin to head off. Venonat was still a bit shook up about the day's events until Shuckle stops and turns to her.

SHUCKLE: Hey, let's go! You're a part of us now! There's no need to worry.
VENONAT: [blushes again] Uh...
SHUCKLE: We won't bite. At least I won't.

With that, Shuckle catches up with the others and Venonat walks by his side.

VENONAT: [giggles] Well, maybe it won't be so bad. This Shuckle is kinda cute...

***​

Later that night, Mariah and Connie (back in their normal clothes) were in a room at the Pokemon Center. Mirror Mariah was looking out the window and appears to have something on her mind.

MARIAH: Boy, what a day.
CONNIE: Yep.
MIRROR MARIAH: We're pretty close to Mauville Palace, so that means the next Mirror Shard can't be far away. [to herself] Just wait, Lord Steven. I'll get the Shards back. Trust me. I've never let you down before.
CONNIE: Hey, what are you talking about?
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...nothing!
CONNIE: Hey, where's that fish girl?
MIRROR MARIAH: Cascadia went home.
MARIAH: Come on, guys. We'd better get some sleep.

***​

The next morning, Cascadia arrives at Slateport Beach and spots a young boy. Upon closer expection, Cascadia notices that the young boy was the Brendan look alike from Chapter 1.

CASCADIA: Huh? Is that...Sir Brendan? What's Sorceror Birch's son doing all the way out here? And how did he end up here?

Cascadia approaches Sir Brendan, and sees that he's heavily injured.

CASCADIA: Are you okay?
SIR BRENDAN: It's...coming... I've...seen it...
CASCADIA: What is it?
SIR BRENDAN: Something worse than the Magma Magicians and the Aqua Sorcerors... An evil force... A chain reaction... Hoenn Mirror World... It'll cease...to exist...
CASCADIA: You don't look too good. I'll take you to a hospital!
SIR BRENDAN: Hurry...

Cascadia, using some mysterious telekenetic powers, gets out of the water and heads to a nearby town. When she passes the Pokemon Center, Connie sees her floating in mid air.

CONNIE: Huh?! What are you doing out of the water?
CASCADIA: I'll explain later! Right now I have to take Sir Brendan to the hospital as soon as possible!
CONNIE: I don't understand. What's going on?
CASCADIA: I'll tell you everything as soon as I get Brendan to the hospital!

Cascadia leaves, and Connie was still confused. Cascadia continues on to the hospital, only to be stopped by two Aqua Sorcerors.

AQUA SORCEROR 1: Well, well, well. Look what we've got here.
AQUA SORCEROR 2: It's a surprise to run into the traitor!
CASCADIA: Call me what you want, but I'm never going back with you guys!
AQUA SORCEROR 1: We'll see if we can change your mind!

The first Aqua Sorceror crosses his arms on his chest and begins glowing. Energy in the form of water began to swirl around him. A few seconds later, the energy was shot back at Cascadia. However, Cascadia responds by creating a wall of water to block the attack. The second Aqua Sorceror attacks by firing rings of bubbles at Cascadia. Cascadia dodges them and fights back by shooting two orbs of water at the two sorcerors. The two sorcerors respond by using the same defense tactic Cascadia used a while ago.

AQUA SORCEROR 2: Come on, Cascadia. You'll have to do better than that.
CASCADIA: I did.

The two sorcerors seemed confused, then they turned around to see two more orbs head toward them and score a direct hit.

CASCADIA: I managed to split my attack right before you could use your defenses.
AQUA SORCEROR 1: Clever. Quite clever.

Cascadia chuckles at her victory. The sorcerors ran off as if they were wasting time fighting Cascadia.

CASCADIA: What's wrong? Giving up?
AQUA SORCEROR 1: No. We just don't have time to deal with old friends!

Cascadia was a bit confused by that statement but then remembers her objective and heads to the hospital.

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

Meanwhile, the gang were on their way to Mauville Palace. Connie was still trying to figure out what Cascadia was doing until Mirror Mariah sees a strange blue aura around the Museum.

MIRROR MARIAH: Huh? What's that?
MARIAH: What's what? [sees the Museum] Hey, that looks like the Oceanic Museum back in my world...but it didn't glow like that, that's for sure.
MIRROR MARIAH: We'd better check it out.

Mariah and Connie nod and head inside. The place was packed with Aqua Sorcerors. The three then hide near the reception desk.

CONNIE: What are we going to do? We'll be seen by the bunch! It'll be tough getting to the bottom of this.
MARIAH: [gets out her Wand] Not exactly.

The Aqua Sorcerors resume their business until...

MARIAH: Hey!

The Aqua Sorceress sees Mariah flying above them and turns to her group.

AQUA SORCERESS: It's the girl I've ran into back in Dewford Cavern! All forces attack!

The Aqua Sorcerors launch various water energy attacks, but Mariah dodges them all effortlessly. She then responds by attacking with Treecko's Absorb. Mariah succeeds in draining the energy of two of the sorcerors' energy, but the Aqua Sorceress attacks Mariah with a tornado of water. The attack hits Mariah, but she disappears on impact.

AQUA SORCERESS: What?!

It appears that Mariah had used Shuckle's Substitute attack, because the real Mariah attacks with a behind-the-back Mirror Beam to knock her out. Before the others can feel good, the other sorcerors attack them. Mariah uses Mirror Beam, Connie attacks with kicks and punches, and Cascadia uses her water attacks. After a long battle, the gang won. Just then, a man in a lab coat appears.

MAN: Oh, my! What happened?
MARIAH: Everything's okay.
MAN: [looking at the ground] Aqua Sorcerors? Where'd they come from?
MARIAH: I don't know.
VOICE: What is going on?!

A huge man with a beard then enters. He had a blue bandana on his head and wore a blue robe with a cape.

MAN 2: My men were held up by some strange girl?!

The man carefully looks at Mariah, then he notices her resemblence to Mirror Mariah.

MAN 2: No... You... You look like the Mirror Guardian!
MARIAH: Is that a problem?
MAN 2: [clears throat] Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Archie, and I'm the leader of the Aqua Sorcerors. Our plan is to benefit the Hoenn Mirror World by expanding the sea.
MIRROR MARIAH: Tell me something I DON'T know.
ARCHIE: At least I don't resort to breaking the Golden Gateway like those Magma Magicians!
MIRROR MARIAH: But you're just as rotten as they are!
ARCHIE: We are better off with more sea and less land!

Just then, another man appears. He wasn't as big and musclar as Archie and he wore a red robe with a cape. Archie sees him.

ARCHIE: Maxie!
MAXIE: Well, well, well. Having your delusions, I see. The Hoenn Mirror World is better off with more land. [sees Mariah] You must be the young lady who defeated one of my men. What is your name?
MARIAH: I'm Mariah. Mariah Janvi. I don't know what's going on here, but I didn't want to be in this mess. All I want to do is to go back to my world and--
ARCHIE: Well, then. Why won't you join us?
MAXIE: Don't be absurd! She wants to be with me!

Cascadia attacks Archie, and Connie attacks Maxie.

CASCADIA: Don't do it, Mariah! I've been having these dreams lately about the Aqua Sorcerors. Because of them, there will be a great flood that will drown all of the Hoenn Mirror World! I know I sound crazy, Mariah, but believe me! I have a bad feeling it's gonna happen. [to Archie] That's the main reason I gave up my life as an Aqua Sorceress!
MARIAH: What? You mean you used to work for those guys!?
CASCADIA: Yes, and I still regret being a member even today.
MARIAH: Hmm... [to Connie] And what's with you and the Magma Magicians?
CONNIE: I still have a bone to pick with one of them after all these years! That creep stole something that was important to me, and now I want revenge!
MARIAH: I feel the same way, Connie.

Archie and Maxie turn their attention to the man in the lab coat.

ARCHIE & MAXIE: Now! Hand over the package, Captain Stern!
CAPT. STERN: No way!

Before Archie and Maxie could make a move, small fireballs hit them both. The fireballs came from a gray and blue chicken Pokemon with claws. Dark Mariah enters as well.

DARK MARIAH: Mariah...
MARIAH: It's her again!
MIRROR MARIAH: It looks like that weird Torchic belonged to her, and it evolved into a Combusken!

The Pokemon, Combusken, seemed suspicious of Mariah, her group, Captain Stern, Archie, and Maxie. She shoots fireballs from her beak, and everyone dodges.

MARIAH: Hey, wait! I thought you were on our side!

Dark Mariah then looks at Mariah with a strange look in her eyes. Part of her seemed that she didn't want to attack her, but the other part can't trust Mariah fully yet. She seemed to have a silent inner struggle. Dark Mariah then walks up to Mariah and points her wand at her.

DARK MARIAH: Sorry...but I...don't think...I...can...trust...you...

And with that, Mariah gets ready to fight her dark counterpart.

Dark Mariah attacks Mariah with red beams, but Mariah flies away before the attacks hit. Archie and Maxie, not wanting to get involved, formed their respective blue and red mirrors and went through them.

MARIAH: I'd hate to do this after what you've did at Dewford Cavern, but if it's a fight you want, you've got one! [gets her Wand] I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Green! Blue! Purple!

The green, blue, and purple gems glow, and lights of the same color were emitted from the wand. The green light forms into Treecko, blue into Shuckle, and purple into Venonat.

TREECKO: What's the trouble, Mariah? [sees Dark Combusken] Uh-oh. Looks like that Torchic we've ran into back at Petalburg Mansion evolved.
SHUCKLE: But who's the evil looking Mariah?
VENONAT: There's a good Mariah and an evil Mariah? I'm kinda confused.
MARIAH: Well, I don't know what's her deal is, but I'm not gonna let anyone get in my way of getting home!

Dark Mariah then begins to do the same thing Mariah just did. The gems on Dark Mariah's wand began glowing, and two lights were emitted from them. One forms into a black spider Pokemon with a yellow straw-like tip on its head, and the other was a red coral Pokemon with horns.

MARIAH: Huh? She used the same move I did!
CASCADIA: There's something up with her Pokemon. Her Corsola and Surskit look weird.
MARIAH: Doesn't matter! Shuckle, go for Combusken! Venonat, take Surskit! Treecko, you handle Corsola! I'll handle that faker!
TREECKO & SHUCKLE: Okay!
VENONAT: [nervously] Okay...

Treecko goes in and attack Corsola with Absorb by opening his mouth and letting out a bright green beam, but Corsola dodges. Her horns began glowing and shoots out icicles. Treecko dodges them, but Corsola tackles him to throw him off balance. Treecko lands on his feet and counters with Quick Attack. Shuckle uses Wrap to wrap his arms and legs around Combusken, but Combusken uses Ember to get him off. Combusken then prepares to scratch Shuckle, but Shuckle withdraws into his shell and the attack barely did any damage. Venonat uses Signal Beam on Surskit, but Surskit blows bubbles from the tip of his head to counter. Both attacks hit and took their tolls. Surskit was confused, and Venonat moved a little slower than usual. Surskit gets ready to attack again when Venonat's eyes began glowing. Surskit tries to blow bubbles again, but he couldn't. However, he was able to knock Venonat back with a Quick Attack. All six Pokemon seemed to be in their own tight spots.

VENONAT: Wow. These guys are tough.
TREECKO: No kidding.
SHUCKLE: I don't think we shoud give up just yet.

Just then, Mariah got blown back.

MARIAH: Whoa...
VENONAT: Miss Mariah, are you all right?
MARIAH: I'm fine.

Dark Mariah appears with a bow and arrow aimed at Mariah. The tip of the arrow begins to spark a flame.

MARIAH: What's wrong with you?
DARK MARIAH: I'm sorry. You will not interfere.

Dark Mariah shoots the arrow, but Shuckle gets into the path of the attack and withdraws into his shell. It did some damage, but not very serious.

MARIAH: Thanks, Shuckle.
SHUCKLE: Anytime.

Shuckle was then kicked out of the way by Combusken, Surskit lauched a surprise Quick Attack on Venonat, and Treecko was knocked back by another Icicle Spear by Corsola. Dark Mariah then aims and shoots three fire arrows at Mariah. Mariah dodged the first two, but the third almost hit her, leaving a burnt mark on her leg.

MARIAH: I just don't get it.

Dark Mariah then approaches Mariah. Mariah tries to get up, but a sharp pain in her leg from the burn kept her from doing so. Dark Mariah then points her wand at her. Treecko sees the situation wasn't good and tries to help Mariah, but Dark Mariah's Pokemon got in her way. Treecko didn't have much energy to fight all three of them.

TREECKO: Get out of my way!

Combusken uses Scratch, Corsola uses Tackle, and Surskit uses Quick Attack. Shuckle and Venonat tried their best to fight back but didn't last too long. The situation looked grim. Mirror Mariah, Cascadia and Connie were going to join in, but Dark Mariah blows them away.

MARIAH: Oh, no...!

Just then, the green gem on Mariah's wand began to glow like crazy. Energy in the form of stars orbit around Treecko and increase in speed. After a while, Treecko begins glowing and transforms. When the bright green light dimmed down, Treecko was now a large lizard with a long leaf on his head, three shorter ones on his arms, and two for a tail.

MARIAH: Treecko...
SHUCKLE: Treecko evolved into a Grovyle!

Suddenly, a green light heads from Mariah. The light forms into a sword with leaf-shaped blade. Mariah takes it, and her leg injury seemed to have gone away because she was able to get up with no problem. Dark Mariah gets out her weapon while Combusken gets ready to fight Grovyle. Mariah recalled her other Pokemon into the wand, and Dark Mariah did the same.

MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah! Be careful! You and Grovyle are at a disadvantage!
MARIAH: Don't worry.
GROVYLE: We'll be okay...right, Mariah?
MARIAH: Right.
MIRROR MARIAH: [to herself] I just hope that Mariah learns how the Leaf Sword works...

Dark Mariah shoots her fire arrows at Mariah, but a few swings from the Leaf Sword sliced them up. Combusken tries to attack Grovyle with kicks, but Grovyle dodges and does a Quick Attack at full speed. Dark Mariah and Combusken do a team attack with a combination of the fire arrows and Ember, but Mariah and Grovyle dodge it. Grovyle rapidly slashes Combusken and wraps up with a Pound attack by smacking the chicken in the face with the leaf on his head. Combusken fainted and was returned to the wand by Dark Mariah. Mariah gets ready to deliver the final blow to her dark counterpart when she sees her putting away her weapon.

DARK MARIAH: Stop.
MARIAH: Why should I?
DARK MARIAH: I think you're proven yourself enough.
MARIAH: Proven myself?
DARK MARIAH: I think I can trust you now...

Before Mariah could say anything else, Dark Mariah disappears through a shadowy mirror. Mariah looks at the Leaf Sword and turns to Mirror Mariah.

MARIAH: What is this thing?
MIRROR MARIAH: It's the Leaf Sword. It get more powerful as Grovyle learns more attacks.
MARIAH: Cool. I'm sure that this will be helpful for getting the Mirror Shards.
MIRROR MARIAH: Oh, yeah! Mauville Palace! Almost forgot about that! It's not far, so let's get going!

Mariah recalls Grovyle into the wand and the Leaf Sword disappears. The group leaves, but Cascadia stops for a while.

CASCADIA: What did Brendan say about an evil force causing a chain reaction? And why would Hoenn Mirror World suddenly go out of existence? Perhaps that fake Mariah and her Pokemon have something to do with it. Never mind. I'll go with Mariah and the Mirror Guardian to look for some answers.

End of Chapter 5​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Grovyle(M)@-- LV17
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Pound
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV17
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore

Venonat(F)@-- LV14
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Tackle
-Disable
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Supersonic

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (green, blue, and purple were used on Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

CHAPTER 6: Being Dynamic

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia have finally arrived at the huge steel castle known as Mauville Palace.

MIRROR MARIAH: Well, here we are.
MARIAH: This is Mauville Palace, huh?
CONNIE: Took us a while to get here. [turns to Cascadia] You can stay behind if you want. Wouldn't want a little fish like you to get hurt. Besides, I've been told that Mauville Palace has a lot of Electric-type Pokemon, so you wouldn't stand a chance.
CASCADIA: Shut up! I used to be an Aqua Sorceress, so I know some tricks to beat Electric-types!
CONNIE: Yeah, right. Also, no one asked you to join us.
MIRROR MARIAH: Let's focus on the Shard already!

Just then, a young boy walks by the girls and stops in front of the palace door. He had greenish-blond hair and wore a white shirt and green pants. With him was a white Pokemon with green hair with a slightly darker shade and a red horn on her head.

BOY: This is the place?
POKEMON: That's what I sensed. You sure that this is a good idea?

Mirror Mariah walks up to the boy and his Ralts.

MIRROR MARIAH: Uh, excuse me...
BOY: [sees Mirror Mariah] Oh, hello. My name's Wally, and this is my Ralts.
RALTS: Nice to meet you.
MARIAH: I'm Mariah Janvi.
CONNIE: My name's Connie.
CASCADIA: And I'm Cascadia.
MIRROR MARIAH: And I'm the Guardian of the Mirrors. I'm Mariah.
WALLY: Nice to meet you all. I'm a trainer from a village near Petalburg Mansion. Right now, I want to battle Wattson. He's one of the nine Mirror Elders of the Hoenn Mirror World.
MARIAH: Mirror Elders?
MIRROR MARIAH: I've forgot to tell you. Mirror Elders rule a certain area of the Hoenn Mirror World. You remember Norman, Roxanne and Brawly, right?
MARIAH: Let me guess: they're Mirror Elders as well as Wattson?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yep.
WALLY: Anyway, I want to battle Wattson, but Ralts thinks that we're not ready.
RALTS: I think we need to train a little harder before battling someone as strong as a Mirror Elder. Hey, how about we battle one of these girls?
CONNIE: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Me in a Pokemon battle? No, thanks. As much as I like Pokemon, I prefer my own fists to do the talking, so I'm out.
MARIAH: [sighs] I'll battle you guys.
WALLY: Oh, thank you, Mariah!

Both Mariah and Wally get into positions for a battle.

MARIAH: Finally, something normal for a change. It's nice that I'm going to have a battle with no weird magic involved.

Wally sends out his Ralts.

WALLY: Ready, Ralts?
RALTS: Ready!

Mariah gets out her wand.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Purple!

The purple gem glows and emitted a bright purple light that forms into her Venonat.

MARIAH: Okay, Venonat. You ready for a battle?
VENONAT: Sure thing!
MIRROR MARIAH: This is a one on one match between Mariah's Venonat and Wally's Ralts! Begin!
WALLY: Ralts! Use your Confusion attack!
MARIAH: Venonat, Signal Beam!

Ralts's horn began to glow in several different colors. Just then, everywhere around Venonat began to look blurry and wobbly. However, Venonat snaps out of her bizarre trance and shoots a light from her antennae. The attack scores a direct hit, and both Ralts and Venonat looked somewhat heavily damaged from the attacks.

WALLY: Try another Confusion, Ralts!
MARIAH: Venonat, quick! Disable now!

Just before Ralts could attack, Venonat's eyes began glowing. Ralts's attack was stopped cold.

MARIAH: Okay, Venonat. Tackle attack!

Venonat goes toward Ralts for a head-on attack.

WALLY: Double Team!

Ralts suddenly made copies of herself. Venonat ends up hitting the copies, and they disappeared. She crashes into the ground, but gets back up.

MARIAH: Foresight!

Venonat's eyes began glowing again. She was able to spot the real Ralts, who was in the middle of the fakes.

MARIAH: Hit it with a Signal Beam!

Venonat's attack managed to hit Ralts and blow her back. Ralts tried to get up but fails.

MIRROR MARIAH: Ralts is unable to battle! Venonat wins!

Wally, disappointed with his loss, recalls Ralts. Venonat was jumping with joy.

MARIAH: That was a great battle, Wally.
WALLY: [sighs] Thanks, Mariah. Ralts was right, though. I need to train harder. Oh, but before I leave... [reaches into his pocket] Master Norman wanted me to give you this.

Wally hands Mariah a bracelet with big, blue pearls. Mariah puts it on.

MARIAH: What's this?
WALLY: That's a Mirror Bracelet. It should come in handy in tough situations.
MARIAH: What does it do?
WALLY: Sorry. I've gotta go to Verdanturf Yard! Bye!

Wally goes off, and Mariah looks at the Mirror Bracelet.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hello, Mariah? Let's go.
MARIAH: Oh, right!

Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia enter the palace. The inside was covered in metal, from the ceiling to the floor.

MARIAH: How far is the shard?
MIRROR MARIAH: It isn't too far.

Just then, something from out of the blue shocks Mirror Mariah. She screams in pain and collapsed.

MIRROR MARIAH: Whoa... what was that?

Connie, suspicious, walks up to the area where Mirror Mariah got shocked. She tries a punch, and a gate of electricity appears.

CONNIE: Hmm... Must be something the Mirror Elder set up.
MIRROR MARIAH: Let me try something.

Mirror Mariah takes the crystal Pokeball of her necklace. She throws it, and out comes a strange Pokemon. It looked like a bigger Mudkip, but it was purple and had pointy fins on its face. It had a fin on its head, and its tail fins were shaped like hearts. It had a halo and angel wings.

MARIAH: What Pokemon is that?
CONNIE: Never seen it before.
CASCADIA: Me neither.
MIRROR MARIAH: This is my friend Marshflect. He turned out to be the result when I was experimenting with the Mirror Wand. He got hit with one of the attacks and ended up like this when he evolved from a Mudkip, but I did manage to create the rare Mirror type.
MARIAH: Mirror type?
MIRROR MARIAH: Here's a sample of Marshflect's tricks. [to Marshflect] Ready?
MARSHFLECT: Sure am!
MIRROR MARIAH: Okay! Use Mirror Charm!

Marshflect's halo begins glowing several different colors. After a few seconds, several lights shot out from the halo. The gate's electricity then "broke" apart.

MARIAH: That's pretty cool.
MARSHFLECT: Thanks.
MIRROR MARIAH: Okay. Let's go.

The gang continued through the palace. Every time a gate of electricity appeared, Marshflect managed to get rid of them with his Mirror Charm attack. Finally, they were in a huge brightly lit room.

CONNIE: Well, we've made it.
CASCADIA: But what is this place?
VOICE: Who goes there?!

Up ahead was the silhouette of a moderately chubby man.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hello. Do you know where we could find the Dynamo Shard?
MAN: I have it right here. I've found it this morning. If you want it, you have to beat me in a battle!
MIRROR MARIAH: Okay, then! Let's go, Marshflect!

Marshflect nods and prepares for battle.

MAN: Let's go!

The man sends out a Pokemon that looked like three orbs with magnets and screws sticking out of their sides.

POKEMON: What is your wish, Elder Wattson?

The man, Wattson, reveals himself. He has white hair and beard, wore a brown jacket, and yellow pants.

WATTSON: Let's show this little lady what we're made of, Magneton.
MAGNETON: Affirmative.

Both Magneton and Marshflect get ready for a battle.

MIRROR MARIAH: Marshflect, Mirror Charm!

Marshflect's halo begins to glow.

WATTSON: Magneton, stop that Pokemon with your Thunder Wave!

Magneton's magnets began to spark with electricity that was quickly fired at Marshflect. Marshflect's halo shot out light which collided with Magneton's attack and caused a huge explosion, blowing both Pokemon back. Both of them received a moderate amount of damage.

WATTSON: Magneton! Sonicboom!

Magneton's magnets sparked and crackled and shot out sound waves in the form of electricity.

MIRROR MARIAH: Bide!

Marshflect begins glowing and takes the attack. He is knocked down, but he gets back up.

WATTSON: Magneton! Thundershock!

Magneton then fires a small stream of electricity at Marshflect. The attack did damage, but Marshflect recovers. Just then, he starts glowing again.

MIRROR MARIAH: Okay, Marshflect! Send it right back!

Marshflect releases the power stored from his halo. Magneton was knocked back quite a bit.

WATTSON: Magneton, Metal Sound!
MIRROR MARIAH: Mud Shot, Marshflect!

Before Magneton could respond, Marshflect shoots a ball of mud from his mouth. It scores a direct hit and knocks out Magneton.

MAGNETON: Unable...to...battle...

Marshflect was excited over his victory as Mirror Mariah walked up to Wattson. Wattson hands her the Dynamo Shard.

MIRROR MARIAH: Thank you very much, Elder Wattson.
WATTSON: I should be thanking you. You have a very strong Pokemon.
MIRROR MARIAH: [laughs] Well, I've been training Marshflect since it was a Mudkip.
WATTSON: A Mudkip? That evolved from a Mudkip?
MIRROR MARIAH: I was experimenting with the Mirror Wand when it got hit by one of the attacks. It ending up evolving into what I've called a Marshflect. Because of that, I ended up creating the first Pokemon of the Mirror type.
WATTSON: Hmmm... So the legends of Mirror-type Pokemon ARE true. That means you must be...
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah. I'm the Guardian of the Mirrors. Currently, I'm looking for the Shards of the Golden Gateway. One of the Magma Magicians managed to break it, so now Mariah can't get back to her world.
WATTSON: Well, in that case, I should've given you the Shard anyway! I've only asked for a battle because I thought you might be a thief or something! [laughs]
MIRROR MARIAH: You must be kidding.

Just then, black electricity began to surround Magneton. After a few seconds, it goes under a weird transformation. It gets huge and turns blackish-gray, its eyes turn red with an angry look, and the end of its magnets grew pointy. Everyone turned around to see Magneton's intimidating new form.

WATTSON: What the...?!
MARIAH: What's that?
CONNIE: Is that Magneton?
MAGNETON: I am Magneton mkII, the ultimate Steel-type Pokemon!

Magneton mkII then shoots off electricity from its magnets. The electricity creates two electric walls, trapping the group. Wattson was suddenly encased in an electrical force field, and Magneton mkII steals the Dynamo Shard and places it on the "forehead" of the middle orb.

MAGNETON MKII: I am unstoppable!
MARIAH: [gets out her Wand] We'll see about that!
MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah, you may wanna think about this. Grovyle, Venonat, and Shuckle aren't too good against steel-types.
MARIAH: I know. I've been studying Pokemon for a while. Looks like I have to count on the Wand and Leaf Sword.

Mariah aims her wand at Magneton mkII. She was about to attack when Magneton mkII shot out sound waves as electricity. Mariah gets out of the way. Connie goes in next. She, like always, decides to use raw power. However, the giant magnet Pokemon creates a shield around it, and Connie gets electrocuted upon impact and falls on the ground. Cascadia, despite her weakness against electricity, goes on to battle. She tries to attack with the water orb attack that she used on the Aqua Sorcerors, but it didn't seem to do much damage because of the shield.

MARIAH: What are we gonna do?
CONNIE: I dunno.
CASCADIA: This thing could give us more trouble than we thought.
CONNIE: Well, we've gotta scrap that thing sooner or later!

Magneton mkII heads for Connie. Connie puts one hand on the ground. When Magneton mkII got close, Connie's feet began glowing red.

CONNIE: Magma Flare!

Connie then swings her body, raising her hands out of the way and placing them back down at the appropiate time. Her feet smacks Magneton mkII quite a distance, but didn't do a lot of damage.

MAGNETON MKII: You thought that will stop me?
CONNIE: What? How could Magneton stand up to that?!
CASCADIA: Let me try! Mermaid Tears!

The orbs of water, now surrounded with bubbles, form in Cascadia's hands and home in on Magneton mkII. They knocked it back further, closer to the electric wall.

CASCADIA: Hmm...I have an idea. [to Mariah and Mirror Mariah] Hey! I've got an idea! Try to knock it to those walls!
MIRROR MARIAH: What good will that do?
CASCADIA: Just do it!
MARIAH: Okay.
MIRROR MARIAH: If you say so. [to Marshflect] Let's go!

Marshflect prepares to fight while the Leaf Sword forms in Mariah's hand.

MIRROR MARIAH: Marshflect! Mirror Charm now!

Marshflect's halo begins to glow and shoots out a light fired at Magneton mkII. Magneton mkII was smacked against the electric wall, totally electrocuting it. It was heavily damaged, but still had some strength left to fire a massive amount of electricity at Marshflect. Marshflect, unable to handle the attack, faints. Mirror Mariah was forced to recall her Pokemon. She places the Pokeball back on her necklace after doing so.

WATTSON: Shoot! This doesn't look to good. [to Mariah] It's up to you!
MIRROR MARIAH: The Petal Drill seems like a good attack to cause some damage, Mariah.
MARIAH: Okay, guys! Wish me luck!

Mariah flies up and heads toward Magneton mkII at full speed.

MARIAH: Petal Drill!

She continues on with sword out and aimed at Magneton mkII and begins spinning at high speeds. She makes a hard direct hit on the Pokemon, sending it to the other electric wall and heavily damaging it once again. One more hit and it was over.

MIRROR MARIAH: We're making progress here!

Just then, the worst happened. Magneton mkII started sparking with electricity. After charging up a bit, it fires it at Mirror Mariah. The attack hits her, and Mirror Mariah collapses and screams in pain.

MARIAH: Hey! Are you all right?
MIRROR MARIAH: Oh...I think so... Aaaaaaah!

Mirror Mariah tries to get up, but the electricity from Magneton mkII's attack shot through her. She couldn't move at all, let alone get up to battle.

MIRROR MARIAH: Oh... This isn't good at all. I... [tries to get up again but fails] I can't move!
CASCADIA: Oh, no! Looks like Magneton used a Thunder Wave on you, Mariah!
MIRROR MARIAH: I won't be much help to you guys now.
MARIAH: Great. I can't use my Pokemon because they're not strong against steel types.
CASCADIA: And I can't use mine because Water-types are weak against Electric-types.
CONNIE: Well, it's been nice knowing you guys.

Magneton mkII charges up more electricity.

MARIAH: Not quite. There's still one chance. I just hope this works.

Mariah raises and crosses her arms. Magneton mkII then fires some more electricity, this time aiming it at Connie, Cascadia, and Mariah. When the attack got close, there was an earthquake. A huge wall of rock appears and blocks Magneton mkII's attack.

MAGNETON MKII: Does not compute.

On the other side of the wall, the group looked like they were prepared for some serious pain. When they found out that they weren't attacked, they got up and saw the rock wall.

CONNIE: Okay...how'd that wall get there?
CASCADIA: I have absolutely no idea.

Mariah then lets down her arms and sees her Mirror Bracelet glowing red.

MARIAH: I knew this thing would come in handy. If that kid gave this to me, he'd pretty much have a good reason.

The wall dissolved. The three girls saw this as an opportunity to attack now that Magneton mkII was weakened and used up nearly all of its energy.

WATTSON: Girls! This is your chance to strike!
MARIAH: All right!
CONNIE: Okay!
CASCADIA: Let's do it!

Magneton mkII was barely floating as Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia appraoched it.

MAGNETON MKII: Danger...unable to continue... unable to continue...

Mariah gets out her wand. Connie cracks her knuckles. Cascadia's tail begins glowing.

MARIAH: Mirror Beam!
CONNIE: Ground Fist!
CASCADIA: Cerulean Tail!

The wings on Mariah's wand began to glow with rainbow colors and shot out colored beams. Connie jumps high into the air and heads straight down into the ground fist first, causing a small earthquake followed by a stream of bright light. Cascadia swings her tail and emits a light blue shockwave from it. All three attacks then hit Magneton mkII into the wall, causing it to explode and return back to normal. The Dynamo Shard falls off, and Mariah catches it right before it disappears.

MARIAH: Three down!
MIRROR MARIAH: Yep!

The electrical walls then disappear. Magneton then recovers and Mirror Mariah was able to move again.

MAGNETON: What happened?
MIRROR MARIAH: Whew. Glad that's over.
MAGNETON: This does not compute. No recent memory is available.
MIRROR MARIAH: No need to worry. [to Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia] Now it's time to find another Mirror Shard!

A fiery mirror then appears, and the girls go through. Wattson waves good bye as the mirror starts to fade.

WATTSON: [light chuckle] Well, I hope those girls managed to find the rest of the Shards.
MAGNETON: Affirmative.

End of Chapter 6​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Grovyle(M)@-- LV20
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV20
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb

Venonat(F)@-- LV18
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Disable
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Supersonic
-Confusion
-Secret Power

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (green, blue, and purple were used on Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Walk Around
Mariah and the group appeared in a grassy field.

MARIAH: Oohh...
CONNIE: Aw, man...
CASCADIA: What happened?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, we're nowhere near where I've sensed the Mirror Shard. Then again, Lavaridge Mountain is pretty far away.
CONNIE: I have a feeling we're wasting our time! Couldn't you just transport us to Ever Grande Cathedral?
MIRROR MARIAH: Unfortunetly, only the Mirror Overlord have that kind of power. I barely have enough to transport us from here to Littleroot Village!
MARIAH: Mirror Overlord?
MIRROR MARIAH: You could say that he's my boss. [looks around] Where are we?

Not too far away, a woman and a man with a camera comes along and spot the four. They walk over toward them.

WOMAN: Hello, there. Which one of you is Mariah?
MARIAH & MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...which one of us do you want?

The woman and the man then look at each other in surprise and then back at Mariah and Mirror Mariah.

MAN: Uh...from what I heard, Mariah is the Guardian of the Mirrors...but Wattson recently told us that another girl named Mariah saved him from his Magneton when it transformed into a monster. We would've been there, but we were busy with another news story at Slateport Beach.
MARIAH: Well, I'm the Mariah that fought against that Magneton monster.
MIRROR MARIAH: And I'm the Mariah who is the Mirror Guardian.
WOMAN: Hmmm... I wonder...

Mariah and Mirror Mariah wonder what is going on, and Connie seems bored.

CASCADIA: Wait...I think I've seen you two before. Aren't you Gabby and Ty from the Mirror News Network?

The woman, Gabby, winks at Cascadia. The man, Ty, nods.

GABBY: That's right, young lady!
TY: The one and only!
GABBY: Roll the camera, Ty!

Ty turns his camera on, and Gabby gets in position.

TY: 5, 4, 3, 2... [points at Gabby]
GABBY: Hello! Welcome to "In Search of Legends"! Yesterday, we've heard from Mauville Palace that a mysterious force conquered Wattson's Magneton, but four just-as-mysterious girls managed to take it down! One of those mysterious girls were named Mariah, and we've found that all the talk was true!

Ty moves the camera to the group. Mariah and Mirror Mariah laugh nervously, Cascadia was excited that she'll be on TV, and Connie was still bored.

GABBY: Not only that, but we have two of the mysterious girls that are both named Mariah! The Mariah in the yellow skirt is the Mirror Guardian, and the Mariah in the red outfit and black shoes was one of the girls who participated in the battle against the Magneton monster. The two other girls that were with them are here as well. Tell me, Mirror Guardian. What happened in your cataclysmic battle?
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...well, there isn't much to tell. Magneton was taken over by an evil force and seemed unstoppable. Cascadia then came up with the idea with smacking it against the electric wall, and her stragety was going perfect until Magneton attacked me with a Thunder Wave. We'd be goners if it weren't for Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia.
GABBY: I see. That sounds scary.
CASCADIA: Don't worry. We're okay. [giggles]
GABBY: I could tell. Now, Wattson told us about your search for the Mirror Shards. Where are you headed next?
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, we were supposed to head to Lavaridge Mountain, but as it turns out, my portal ran out of power and we ended up here.
GABBY: Hmm... sounds like a predicament.
MARIAH: We're finding them so I could get back home. However, after a while, you get used to it here.
GABBY: That's good to hear.

Gabby turns her attention to Connie, who is twirling her hair in boredom.

GABBY: Hello there. How did you feel about your recent battle?
CONNIE: Well, it was way more worthwhile compared to this. I consider the news to be a total waste of t--

Cascadia smacks Connie and sends her flying.

CASCADIA: You can edit that out. [nervous laugh]
GABBY: Riiight. [turns back to the camera] Well, viewers, we're out of time. See you next time for "In Search of Legends"!
TY: [cuts off camera] That's all!
GABBY: Well, ladies, it was a pleasure working with you.
MARIAH: Same here.

Gabby and Ty wave and leave as Connie comes back down and crashes into a nearby tree.

CONNIE: Ouch...
CASCADIA: You're so unbelievable! You should give someone like Gabby and Ty some respect! Back in the time where I was working for the Aqua Sorcerors, the Mirror News Network was the best news network in the Hoenn Mirror World!
CONNIE: Please. I don't go out much. Rustboro Ruins has been my home ever since.

Just then, the purple gem on Mariah's wand began glowing and shoots out a purple light at a nearby tree.

MARIAH: What's going on?
MIRROR MARIAH: I knew it. I knew it was here.
MARIAH: What is it?
CASCADIA: A Mirror Shard?
MIRROR MARIAH: No. [to Mariah] Send out Venonat.
MARIAH: Why?
MIRROR MARIAH: I'll show you.
MARIAH: Okay. [gets out wand] I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Purple!

The purple light forms into Venonat. Venonat turns her attention to the tree.

VENONAT: Hmm... is this the one?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yep. You remember that attack I've taught you, Venonat?
VENONAT: Yep.

Shining energy began to swirl around Venonat.

MARIAH: Attack?
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah. I can teach Pokemon some attacks, and I've recently taught your Venonat Secret Power.

The energy around Venonat formed into orbs that are shot into the tree. The tree then grows long vines.

MIRROR MARIAH: Come on!

Mirror Mariah climbs up one of the vines. Mariah follows, then Connie, and finally Cascadia.

MARIAH: Okay. What's this all about?
CONNIE: This is weird.
CASCADIA: For once, I agree with Connie.

When the group was halfway up the vines, the vines whipped back into the tree. It was almost like the tree ate the vines with the group still on them. They were now inside the tree, but it seemed more like a dark room. The three were falling at full speed, but Mariah and Cascadia recover and fly down to save Connie. The three had a soft landing right before a light came on. The group were now in a medium sized room. There was a Pokeball rug on a wooden floor as well as several pink mats with hearts on them surrounding it. There were plants with colorful flowers at each corner of the room and a bright purple sofa with brightly colored pillows on the right of the group. There was a Pokeball shaped table right in front with a bowl of cookies and candies and a small stereo, a small pinkish-purple stand with two glass ornaments of a Treecko at the ends and a TV with pink ears with a video game system in the middle. Finally, there was a pile of Pokemon dolls in a basket near a mirror resembling the Golden Gateway. Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia did an anime wild take.

MARIAH: Where the heck are we?
MIRROR MARIAH: Welcome to my Secret Base.

The other three looked around in awe.

CONNIE: Wow. This is really cool.
MARIAH: This is really neat, but how did you manage to make your own secret base when you have to guard the mirrors?
MIRROR MARIAH: Hey, even a guardian has to have some fun! I even had the place before I became the Mirror Guardian!

Cascadia eats some of the cookies from the bowl.

CASCADIA: Mmm! These are delicious!
CONNIE: Hey! Save me some, fish face!
CASCADIA: [mad] You little...!
MARIAH: Uh...
MIRROR MARIAH: Don't worry. I have enough bags of cookies and candy that'll last me for a while. Help yourselves.

Cascadia then moved on to the Pokemon dolls and played with them.

CASCADIA: [giggles] I have never seem so many Pokemon dolls.
CONNIE: Aren't you a bit too old to be playing with dolls?
CASCADIA: Cut it out! I liked playing with dolls when I was young and I still like them now. Hmph!
CONNIE: I'll do something that is actually worth my time.

After a long day of having fun, the girls get ready for bed. The clock on a green desk next to the doll basket read 2:00 in the morning. Mirror Mariah gets out three sleeping bags behind the sofa. One was red, another blue, and the last one was green. Mariah takes the red sleeping bag as well as a pillow with a Pokeball on it, Cascadia gets the blue sleeping bag with a blue pillow with a bubble pattern on it, and Connie was left with the green sleeping bag with a pillow having zigzag patterns. Mirror Mariah was on the sofa with a pink and purple blanket that was a combination of the patterns of Connie and Cascadia's pillows.

MARIAH: Who would've thought that you'd have your own place to hang out?
MIRROR MARIAH: Like I said, even I need a break.
CONNIE: Yeah, but I'm not sure that your boss would like it that you're slacking off.
MIRROR MARIAH: Hey, if he can battle and capture Pokemon just like a normal person would, I can have my own Secret Base. Besides, he's the one who found it for me one day. He said the place used to be abandoned, but not anymore once I took it over!
CASCADIA: Anyway, thanks for letting us spend the night here.
MIRROR MARIAH: No problem. Now let's crash, guys.

When the girls fell asleep, a strange black energy comes through the mirror and forms into Dark Mariah. She looks around and sees the group asleep.

DARK MARIAH: Hmmm...the same exact spot... However, I'd better be careful. I can't be tricked by similarities.

Dark Mariah takes a good look at Mariah and Mirror Mariah.

DARK MARIAH: Maybe they can help me... but I'll come back later when the time is right.

Dark Mariah then disappears into the mirror.

***​

Cascadia was in total darkness. She looks panicked and looks around. Suddenly, there were strange noises growing louder and louder.

CASCADIA: Huh? Who's there?

Cascadia grows more and more scared. She begins to get away when someone grabbed her.

CASCADIA: Let me go! What's going on here?!

It is revealed that Archie had grabbed her. The darkness goes away, and it was raining like crazy.

ARCHIE: Let the dream of the Aqua Sorcerors come true!
CASCADIA: Archie...what are you doing?
ARCHIE: This is for the good of water Pokemon everyone! And it is for YOUR own good as well!

Cascadia continues to struggle from Archie's grasp as it begins to rain harder and harder. A huge submarine-like Pokemon then appears in front of Archie.

ARCHIE: This is the legendary Pokemon of the Sea! This Pokemon is responsible for making our dream of expanding the sea come true!
CASCADIA: So then why am I worried about the existence of the Hoenn Mirror World? If this rain continues, all of the Hoenn Mirror World will be flooded! You have to stop this!
ARCHIE: No! The entire world will be nothing but the sea!

Cascadia continued to struggle, but pain was shot throughout her body. Cascadia ignored it and, almost on the verge of crying, continued to break free of Archie's grasp.

CASCADIA: NO! STOP!

Cascadia woke up in a cold sweat and found herself back in the Secret Base.

CASCADIA: Oh, my... That dream again... [breathes hard a few times] It's driving me crazy! Why must Archie and the other Aqua Sorcerors had to put me through this? Why?
MARIAH: Is something wrong, Cascadia?

Connie (totally unaware of the situation) was listening to some music, Mariah was playing a video game, and Mirror Mariah was reading a magazine. Cascadia then gets up and heads over to Mariah.

MARIAH: Is there anything wrong?
CASCADIA: That dream...
MARIAH: What dream?
CASCADIA: That dream I've been having since I've quit the Aqua Sorcerors. Archie grabbed me, and it was raining...

Mariah then turned off the game and turned to Cascadia.

CASCADIA: It seemed so real... And I have a bad feeling that it'll happen soon.
MARIAH: Don't worry, Cascadia. We'll make sure that never happen.
MIRROR MARIAH: We'll also make sure that those Aqua Sorcerors won't take you back ever.
CASCADIA: You mean it? Thanks.
MARIAH: No problem. [to Connie] Right?

Connie was too busy listening and dancing to the music. Mariah and Cascadia get sweatdrops.

MARIAH: Uh...I'm gonna take that as a no.
CASCADIA: Ditto.

***​

Later that day, the group were outside of Mirror Mariah's Secret Base. Mirror Mariah then forms a Mirror and went through it with Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia behind. They ended up in a small valley with several craters and a nearby cottage.

MIRROR MARIAH: Okay. Something's wrong here.
MARIAH: Where are we now?
MIRROR MARIAH: Fallabor Valley. I was sure to get us to at least Mt. Chimney from my Base. I don't know what happened...

Just then, Dark Mariah appears. The group seemed to be in shock by her appearance.

CONNIE: You again? Don't you know when to quit?
DARK MARIAH: Help...
MARIAH: Huh?
DARK MARIAH: Help me now!

Dark Mariah then gets out her wand and points it to the sky. Suddenly, dark energy forms into a mirror similar to the Golden Gateway. The difference was that it was black and had bat wings on it.

MARIAH: Okay...what's going on here?
CASCADIA: [looking scared] I don't know, but we're about to find out!

A dark wind blasted through the mirror and surrounds the group. There was black lightning from the sky, and glass turned into a crimson red mixed with black and gray. Connie tries to head to Dark Mariah to hit her as hard as she could, but she and the others were being sucked into the mirror. The last thing heard where the four girls screaming as the mirror disappeared right after Dark Mariah went through it along with the group...

End of Chapter 7​

 

[Raizor Blaid]

you do notice you'v just made 9 strait posts with no one answering right?

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Grovyle(M)@-- LV21
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV21
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb

Venonat(F)@-- LV19
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Disable
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Supersonic
-Confusion
-Secret Power

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (green, blue, and purple were used on Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Attacks: Petal Drill
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

Chapter 8: Another Strange World...
Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia were lying in total darkness, but Dark Mariah was nowhere to be seen. Just then, a light shone intensely on the group, waking them up.

MARIAH: Oh...
MIRROR MARIAH: Where are we? [looks up] Where'd that light come from?
CONNIE: Forget that. [begins fanning herself with her hand] Why is it so hot?

The darkness immediately disappeared, and it was revealed that they were on a large rock in the middle of the sea. The sky were a mix of blue and purple, and the sun was so bright they have to shield their eyes until Mariah uses her Mirror Bracelet to surround them with rocks to block the bright light.

CONNIE: When I find that fake Mariah, I'll strangle her! If this is her idea of a joke, I'm not laughing!
CASCADIA: Hey, calm down! No need to get riled up, Connie!
CONNIE: Shut up! I'll find her and rip her apart in three seconds flat!
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...it'll be a better idea to figure out what's going on here first.
VOICE: What is...this wretched scene?

The group immediately leaned against the wall in time to hear people nearby talking.

VOICE: I can't believe this! This is impossible!
VOICE 2: See what you've done? This is how dangerous your vision is. The world needs an equal balance of sea and land. A human being can't fully control nature!
VOICE 3: What does the Mirror Guardian have to do with this?

Everyone became shocked at hearing this, and all eyes went to Mirror Mariah.

MIRROR MARIAH: Wait a sec, guys. I have no idea what's going on. I mean, we've just got here...wherever here is.
CONNIE: Well, I have to see what's going here!

Connie then slams her fist on the surrounding rocks. They crumbled into small peebles that fell into the sea, and the three people were revealed as Archie, Maxie, and Dark Mariah.

CONNIE: Oh, great. Now only do we have that fake Mariah, but we've also have the Aqua Sorcerors and the Magma Magicians on our tail!
DARK MARIAH: [sees the group] Oh...I'm sorry... I think I should explain...
CONNIE: Too late for that, sister! I'm taking you down along with those two!

Connie jumps up and prepares to deliver a kick to Dark Mariah, but Maxie gets in the path of Connie's attack and blocks it with a red shield. Connie is blown away a bit and lands on her back.

MIRROR MARIAH: Hey. I thought you were on our side!
DARK MARIAH: I am. Just hear me out.

Connie gets up and dusts herself off and Mariah, Cascadia, and Mirror Mariah wait for answers.

DARK MARIAH: There are two Mirror Worlds that are parallel to each other: the Hoenn Mirror World and the Shadow Mirror World.
MIRROR MARIAH: So it does exist, and I'm guessing that this is the Shadow Mirror World and you're its Mirror Guardian?
DARK MARIAH: That's right. However, the difference is that this world is a litte ahead in time of the Hoenn Mirror World. Everything you see here is a counterpart of those in the Hoenn Mirror World.
MIRROR MARIAH: Okay...
DARK MARIAH: Recently, an evil force call the Shadow Wing took over this world and now making his way to conquer Hoenn Mirror World. However, he is totally unaware that because of what he did, I'm able to enter the Hoenn Mirror World and I was able to bring you here.
MARIAH: All right. But what does this have to do with what's going here?
DARK MARIAH: Well, Shadow Wing had nothing to do with this. The Shadow Aqua Sorcerors and the Shadow Magma Magicians recently had a duel at an underwater cave. The winner would continue on to get the legendary Pokemon of their choice, and the Magma Magicians won. So, they released the Pokemon of the Land. However, it released harsh sunlight that could dry up all of the Shadow Mirror World.
CASCADIA: That's very similar to the dreams I've been having, but they involved the Aqua Sorcerors and the Pokemon of the Sea. And what about this Shadow Wing...?
DARK MARIAH: I have to talk to you about that later. I've just sensed that the Pokemon of the Land is at the Cave of Origin near Sootopolis Ocean. I'd like to ask you come with me.

Dark Mariah creates a mirror portal that was similar to Mirror Mariah's, but it was black instead of gold.

CONNIE: You sure it's safe?
DARK MARIAH: Pretty much. Let's get going.

Dark Mariah and the group go through the mirror while Maxie and Archie, not wanting to be further involved in this mess, went through their respective red and blue mirrors.

***​

The group arrived in a small village in the middle of a large lake that leads into the ocean. Mirror Mariah looks around in confusion.

MIRROR MARIAH: This is exactly like Sootopolis Ocean, but...all the rocks are black.
DARK MARIAH: Well, that's how Sootopolis Ocean has been in this world.
VOICE: Mariah... You're here, too?
DARK MARIAH: [kneels] Yes, my lord.

The man walks up to Dark Mariah. Upon laying eyes on him, Mirror Mariah nearly fainted.

MIRROR MARIAH: L...L...Lord Steven?!

The man looked like Lord Steven, but his hair was a bit darker and he wore all black.

SHADOW LORD STEVEN: You must be the ones Mariah has been telling me about. I can't believe you came here in this scorching weather...
DARK MARIAH: No need to worry.

Dark Mariah then gets up.

DARK MARIAH: So, where is your friend?
SHADOW LORD STEVEN: Right this way.

The group then heads toward a building a little larger than the other houses in the village. Shadow Lord Steven knocks on the door, and a man with dark blue hair, a dark blue-gray shirt and dark purple pants answers it.

SHADOW LORD STEVEN: Hello there, Wallace.
WALLACE: Hello, sir.
SHADOW LORD STEVEN: [to Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Cascadia, and Connie] This is Wallace. He's the Mirror Elder of Sootopolis Ocean, and he is the guardian of the Cave of Origin.
MIRROR MARIAH [to herself]: Shadow Wallace, I assume.

Mirror Mariah then thinks about another person that looks like Wallace but not as dark as the one from the Shadow Mirror World.

WALLACE: This sunlight is caused by a power emanting from the Cave of Origin.
DARK MARIAH: [in thought] That must be the Pokemon of the Land... I know it. [out loud] Sir Wallace, would this help?

Dark Mariah then gets out a strange red crystal. Wallace carefully examines it and gets surprised.

WALLACE: The Red Crystal! I see. Follow me.

As the group heads to the Cave of Origin, Mirror Mariah thinks about the current situation.

MIRROR MARIAH: [in thought] This sunlight... People everywhere need the sun to live. The question is that why does this situation seem so dangerous? Right now, the sun's rays are intesifying and may continue on through this world. If that happened, then--

Mirror Mariah's thoughts were interrupted by the sight of a large cave. Wallace then approached the three Mariahs.

WALLACE: This is the Cave of Origin. No one is allowed to enter, but you must go. Together with the Red Crystal.
DARK MARIAH: Yes, Sir Wallace.
MARIAH: Uh...what do I have to do with this? I don't have a clue what's going on here, but...
MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah, I can't explain it...but something is telling me that something like this may happen back in the Hoenn Mirror World. We might as well deal with it now so we can be prepared for that.
CASCADIA: I'm coming, too. I've been having that feeling for quite a while now.
CONNIE: I usually stay out of messes like this, but I guess I'll go too. Besides, it's been quite a while since I've been in a good fight.
CASCADIA: [annoyed] It's only been two days since that battle with that Magneton monster.
CONNIE: Who asked you?
DARK MARIAH: Are we ever gonna go inside? Let's get going.

The group entered the cave while Shadow Lord Steven and Wallace stayed behind.

***​

The Cave of Origin seemed rather quiet for a cave and very cool, which relieved the group from being in the sun for so long. As they continued on, Cascadia turns to Dark Mariah.

CASCADIA: Now, about earlier...about this Shadow Wing...
DARK MARIAH: Oh, yeah. I've been sensing Shadow Wing's presence in the Hoenn Mirror World and decided to investigate. It seemed that he's able to control Pokemon, and it looks like I was right. After noticing what happened to Maiden Roxanne's Nosepass, Sir Brawly's Makuhita, and what I've gathered around Mauville Palace about Sir Wattson's Magneton, I figured out that Shadow Wing had something to do with it.

Just then, there was a small earthquake. Everyone stopped and looked around in surprise.

CONNIE: What was that?!
DARK MARIAH: It seems that we're getting closer. Let's go.

They continued on. The lower they've got, the more stronger the earthquakes were. When they got to the bottom, they couldn't believe their eyes. There was a pool of lava in the middle of the area. Dark Mariah gets out the Red Crystal. It begins to glow, and a huge red creature roars as it emerges from the lava.

DARK MARIAH: There it is! The Pokemon of the Land...Groudon!
MIRROR MARIAH: So that's Groudon?
MARIAH: Sure looks like it, so let's get this show on the road.

Mariah makes her Leaf Sword appear, Dark Mariah with her bow and arrow from Chapter 5 (her Flame Arrow), and Mirror Mariah has blue bomb-like weapons. Groudon turns its attention to the three Mariahs, Connie, and Cascadia.

MARIAH: I am the reflection of justice and the twin of truth, and I shall eliminate the illusion of evil! My name is Mariah, the magical Hoenn Mirror Girl!
MIRROR MARIAH: I'm the Mirror Guardian of the Hoenn Mirror World!
DARK MARIAH: And I'm the Mirror Guardian of the Shadow Mirror World!
CONNIE: I'm Connie, and I'm a rock hard fighter! You'll be sorry that you've messed with me!
CASCADIA: I'm Cascadia, mistress of the water!

Groudon lets out a mighty roar and blew a fiery blast. The five dodged the attack, and Dark Mariah flies up and shoots an arrow at Groudon. However, Groudon shrugged it off like a rock was thrown at it. Energy then starts to form around it, but Mirror Mariah goes in and throws the bombs at Groudon. They exploded with splashing water on impact, and Groudon seemed to be somewhat weakened. Mariah goes in with her Petal Drill, but Groudon counters by slashing Mariah with its mighty claws. Mariah was blown back against a wall and falls back on the ground. Mirror Mariah and Dark Mariah suffered the same fate as well. Groudon then stomps on the ground hard, causing a huge earthquake. The three Mariahs flew away with Connie in tow just in time, and Cascadia uses her telekentic powers to float to avoid the attack.

CONNIE: This isn't gonna be easy.
DARK MARIAH: Maybe we need some additional help.

Dark Mariah gets out her wand.

DARK MARIAH: Combusken! I summon you!
MARIAH: Good idea! [gets out wand as well] I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Green!

Combusken and Grovyle appear from their wands. Mirror Mariah follows up by sending out Marshflect.

CASCADIA: Good. I'll summon mine as well.
DARK MARIAH: No. Summon them only when the time is right. We don't need our secret weapons to get worn out early.
CASCADIA: Okay.
CONNIE: I'll start off. Magma Flare!

Connie's feet glows red as she swings her body. She then release energy in the form of fireballs that hit Groudon directly. Groudon roars in pain.

CONNIE: Okay, Cascadia! You're up!
CASCADIA: Okay! Mermaid Tears!

Orbs of water, now surrounded with bubbles, formed in Cascadia's hands and homed in on Groudon. Groudon, struggling, tried to slash them away. However, Cascadia's attack hits Groudon.

DARK MARIAH: Okay! Combusken, use your Ember attack!
MIRROR MARIAH: Marshflect, Water Gun!
MARIAH: Bullet Seed, Groyvle!

Combusken breathes out fireballs, Marshflect blows a stream of water, and Grovyle shoots seeds out of his mouth like a machine gun. All three attacks hit Groudon. Groudon blows the fiery blast again, but Cascadia and Mariah created a shield of water that doused the attack. Groudon tried to attack Dark Mariah by slashing her, but Dark Mariah gets out of the way.

DARK MARIAH: Time to end this! [to Mariah and Mirror Mariah] Get your wands ready!

Mariah and Dark Mariah gets their wands ready while a yellow wand with a golden Pokemon with diamonds on top and wings more angel-like forms in Mirror Mariah's hand. Groudon lauched another fiery blast at the three Mariahs. Instead of dodging, they tried to endure the attack.

CASCADIA: What in the world are they doing?!
CONNIE: They're gonna be fried! Hey, fish girl! Put 'em out!

Before Cascadia could try to help, she and Connie saw that the three Mariahs were unscatched. They all had their wands together (Dark Mariah and Mirror Mariah's were crossed while Mariah's was in the middle) and prepared a final attack.

DARK MARIAH: Shadow Beam!
MIRROR MARIAH: Diamond Beam!
MARIAH: Mirror Beam!

Dark Mariah's wand emits a red beam, Mirror Mariah's wand emits a Diamond Beam, and Mariah's was her usual rainbow colored beam. All three attacks hit Groudon, and they was a huge amount of smoke. It took a while for the smoke to clear, but when it did...

MIRROR MARIAH: No way!
MARIAH: How...?
DARK MARIAH: How could it still be standing?!

After a few seconds, Groudon fell backwards and sunk back into the lava. The three Mariahs landed near their Pokemon, Connie, and Cascadia.

MARIAH: Guess that's about it.
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah.
DARK MARIAH: Well, we've lost a lot of energy with that attack, so it was all or nothing.

***​

Moments later outside the cave, the weather was normal. However, the sky was rather gray, even though there was no clouds. The group was with Wallace and Shadow Lord Steven.

SHADOW LORD STEVEN: Mariah, thank you. The sky around the Sootopolis Ocean and the Shadow Mirror World have returned to normal.
WALLACE: I thank you and your friends as well.
DARK MARIAH: It was nothing. I'll do anything for Lord Steven that is for the good of the Shadow Mirror World.
CONNIE: [pokes Dark Mariah] Ahem.
DARK MARIAH: Anything wrong?
CONNIE: As interesting as that detour was, we really need to get going. We STILL have to find the rest of the Mirror Shards to fix the Golden Gateway.
MIRROR MARIAH: Oh, that's right!
DARK MARIAH: It's okay. I can send you back, but whenever you need me, let me know! And keep an eye out for Shadow Wing because he may still be lurking around the Hoenn Mirror World. I'll try to keep him from doing any more damage here.
MARIAH: Thanks!

The large black mirror appears. Cascadia, Connie, and Mirror Mariah went through it. Before Mariah went through it, she waves at Dark Mariah.

MARIAH: Be careful!
DARK MARIAH: You too!

Mariah goes through the mirror, and the mirror vanished. Dark Mariah begins to head off until Shadow Lord Steven stops her.

SHADOW LORD STEVEN: You've really changed a lot, Mariah. I know that Shadow Wing is strong since he was able to take over this world, but you should be on equal footing with him by the way you are now. Give it your best shot, and good luck.

Dark Mariah starts to cry. It was almost like it was the first time she heard Shadow Lord Steven say something like that to her.

DARK MARIAH: Thank you, my lord... That...means a lot to me...

End of Chapter 8​

 

[Lily]

Ooooookay. I finally finished. XD

Hm...script fics, huh? Main thing that irritated me were the dialogues. If you don't know how to exactly describe the tone of the characters (there were hardly any with actions and such), I'd suggest the Pocket Monsters Chronicles by Yamato-San...one of the best (and first) script fics I have ever seen.

Although I'm happy to say the title wasn't all that cliche, something new. Hoenn Mirrow World..Shadow....=D I suddenly get a vision of Yu Gi Oh. XD but all the same, originality is quite good..

Past tense...present tense. Now, it DOES sound a tad bit odd when both are in one sentence totally unrelated to each other. Watch out for that, there were plenty of that same mistake. ^^;

Overall....it's an interesting concept, what can I say? (nice idea or inspiration!) But just watch out for some parts that were terribly tedious due to the lack of certain actions/tone in the dialogues, and the past/present tense.

Good luck! ^_~

 

[oni flygon]

Wow...it looks great so far. I have to give props because this is actually awesome for a script fanfic. =D
Though I'm naturally disabled in reading script (the reason why I have a hard time reading Shakespearean plays...>.>), the whole fic is pretty interesting. Decent length and I only got lost a few times especially on dialogues (but that's just me). So...yeah. Great work! XD

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

Thank you so much for the reviews. I try to be descriptive as I can so it doesn't seem TOO scripty. And I've always been told that tense is one of the problems with the story, but I never seem to find a way around it. But anyway, enjoy this chapter!

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Grovyle(M)@-- LV22
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Leer
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV22
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Constrict
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb

Venonat(F)@-- LV21
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Supersonic
-Confusion
-Secret Power
-Poison Powder

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (green, blue, and purple were used on Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Attacks: Petal Drill
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

CHAPTER 9: War of Sea and Land
Mariah, Mirror Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia found themselves on a mountain.

CASCADIA: Where are we now?
CONNIE: Back in the Hoenn Mirror World, that's for sure.

The four then spot several Aqua Sorcerors and Magma Magicians battling. Poochyena with specks of blue on their fur were battling other Poochyena with red specks on their fur, and Carvanha were battling yellow camel Pokemon that didn't like they're the brightest things alive. Mariah and the others tried to stay out of sight as they watched the various situations.

MARIAH: Okay. What are they doing?
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't know.
CASCADIA: Must be something big.

One of the Magma Magicians caught Connie's attention. He had long raven hair with traces of red at the ends. He wore the traditional flowing crimson robe of the Magma Magicians, and there was a look in his purple but near-black eyes that put him between attractive and dangerous. Just looking at him made Connie furious.

CONNIE: Hey! That's him!
MARIAH: Who?
CONNIE: [points at the Magma Magician] That's the creep that stole my Charm Stone!
MARIAH: Charm Stone?
MIRROR MARIAH: YOU had a Charm Stone?
CONNIE: Yeah... It was the most valuable thing I had in my life...

[flashback]

At Rustboro Ruins, Connie was sleeping on a statue near the area where she met Mariah and Mirror Mariah. Around her neck was a small, beautiful, greenish blue crystal. Connie suddenly received a very rude awakening when the Magma Magician appears and destroys half the statue she was sleeping on. She hits the ground hard enough for the crystal to go flying off of her and the Magician to catch it.

MAGMA MAGICIAN: Hmm...a Charm Stone...
CONNIE: Give it back!
MAGMA MAGICIAN: I don't think you'll be needing this anymore. I need it more. Much more.

The Magma Magician then tears the string off the Charm Stone and throws it on the ground. Connie, enraged, charges toward the Magician and gets ready to send him flying with powerful punch, but the Magma Magician forms a red shield around him that makes Connie's attack useless and sends her backwards. However, Connie refused to give up.

CONNIE: Flash Quake!

Connie jumps up high and came back down like a meteor with her fist aiming at the ground. She lands hard and creates a earthquake hard enough to make several small cracks form into one large one that was heading to the Magma Magician. The larger crack then split into two and surround him. The uncracked land around the Magician began to wobble a bit, but the Magician just disappears to avoid the final part of Connie's attack, which was the land crumbling into a pile of pebbles. Connie looks around for the cunning Magician.

MAGMA MAGICIAN: Meteor Wave!

The Magma Magician reappears behind Connie and forms red fire-like energy in his hands. The energy was collected in an orb and was shot at Connie once it was big enough. Connie was blown quite a distance. Seeing that he won, the Magma Magician goes off with Connie's Charm Stone in tow.

MAGMA MAGICIAN: Perhaps the next time I run into you, you can try actually hitting me. And in case you're interested, the name's Rubyfire.
CONNIE: [weakly] You...little...!!

[end flashback]

Connie balls her fists as her eyes were fixed on Rubyfire.

CONNIE: This time, I'll do a lot more that just hit him. I'll crush him like a grape!
CASCADIA: Yeah, but I really don't think that a head-on attack is the best way.
CONNIE: Well, if you have better ideas, let's hear 'em, miss Aqua Sorceress!

Connie and Cascadia began arguing, but it was broken up by a stream of fire that hits them as well as Mariah and Mirror Mariah. The fire came from the yellow camel Pokemon.

POKEMON: Huh? Who are they?
MARIAH: Have they spotted us?
MIRROR MARIAH: Oh, yeah.

Rubyfire rushed to the scene. He and several Magma Magicians saw the four girls charred.

RUBYFIRE: [sees Connie] Well, well. Looks like you've came all the way to Mt. Chimney just to get your Charm Stone back.
CONNIE: That's right, buster!
RUBYFIRE: I see you've brought some allies as well. [looks at Mirror Mariah and Cascadia] But who would've thought that you'd be desperate enough to ask an Aqua Sorceress and the Mirror Guardian to help you?
CASCADIA: I'm not working for the Aqua Sorcerors anymore!
RUBYFIRE: Hmph.
CONNIE: You'd better give back my Charm Stone if you don't want to be rolled up, twisted, and tossed aside!
RUBYFIRE: [heavy sarcasm] Oh, I'm so scared.
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh, we don't have time for this. We really need to get going and I don't want to be involved in...

Mirror Mariah then stops. It seems that something made her change her mind: the Charm Stone that Rubyfire had began flashing.

CONNIE: Huh? What's going on?
MIRROR MARIAH: Looks like it's a lot more than Connie's lucky charm.
RUBYFIRE: [evil laugh] This "Charm Stone" is actually a part of a meteorite to power a machine around here. It's our backup in case something happens to the meteorite.
FEMALE VOICE: Which is why I should get that crystal.

The Aqua Sorceress (Chapter 4 and 5) appears. Cascadia folds her arms and sighs in disgust as the sorceress takes a good look at her.

CASCADIA: What do you want?
AQUA SORCERESS: That's no way to talk to an old partner. Still having dreams about your silly little "catastrophe", Cascadia?
CASCADIA: Save it, Water Sapphire. It will come true. I know it.

Water Sapphire, the Aqua Sorceress, seemed bored and starts laughing to chase her boredom away.

WATER SAPPHIRE: That was always your problem, my friend. You're so naive. I knew from the start that you were a few cents short of a dollar.
CASCADIA: I'm not crazy!

Cascadia looked ready to fight Water Sapphire as does Connie with Rubyfire.

MARIAH: Uh...don't you think we should head to the next Mirror Shard? I really don't want to be involved in this.
MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah...I have a feeling that Connie and Cascadia have some scores to settle. Plus, if Connie's "Charm Stone" is really from a meteorite that has enough power for a machine around here, then that would mean that...
MARIAH: The Aqua Sorcerors and the Magma Magicians have something up their sleeve...but what do you think it could be?
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't know, but we'd better check this out for ourselves.
MARIAH: What about Connie and Cascadia?
MIRROR MARIAH: Like I said, they have some scores to settle. Now come on!

Mariah and Mirror Mariah head off. Water Sapphire began to chuckle a bit.

RUBYFIRE: What's so funny?
WATER SAPPHIRE: Looks like we'll have to work together.

Rubyfire seemed disgusted at that comment. The Magma Magicians and the Aqua Sorcerors were battling for their own goals, and both groups didn't want the other group to interfere. Meanwhile, Connie looked ready to pound Rubyfire to the dirt when Cascadia leans toward her.

CASCADIA: Uh, Connie...?
CONNIE: Butt out, Cascadia! I don't need you! [to Rubyfire] So, are you ready or what?

Cascadia sighs. Rubyfire begins to walk off when Connie goes after him.

CONNIE: Hey! Are you gonna fight me or not?!
RUBYFIRE: I'll fight you, but away from those two.
CONNIE: Fine with me. I don't want Fish Face butting in this battle. [balls her fists] Now, let's go! Ground Fist!

Connie jumps high into the air and heads straight down into the ground fist first, causing a small earthquake followed by a stream of bright light that homed in at Rubyfire. Rubyfire disappears and reappears behind Connie.

RUBYFIRE: Meteor Wave!

Rubyfire forms red fire-like energy in his hands that was collected in an orb shoots it at Connie once it was big enough.

CONNIE: That won't work this time! Magma Flare!

Connie puts one hand on the ground and swings her body, raising her hands out of the way and placing them back down at the appropiate time. Her attack collided with Rubyfire's and both of them were blown away a bit. The same thing happened with Cascadia and Water Sapphire when Cascadia's Mermaid Tears collided with Water Sapphire's beam of bubbles.

CASCADIA: You're pretty good. Your attack was strong.
WATER SAPPHIRE: I'd have to say the same for you. For someone who's losing her mind, you've gained some strength in your attacks. However, I can't allow an insane person to live. Geyser Rush!
CASCADIA: You're the one who's insane! Tidal Wave!

Water-like energy formed around Water Sapphire and behind Cascadia. Water Sapphire's energy shot up like a geyser and Cascadia's form into a menacing tidal wave. Both attacks hit the desired opponent and drained a rather moderate amount of energy from the user. Water Sapphire appeared to have taken a bit more damage as she looked at Cascadia with disbelief. Meanwhile, Connie and Rubyfire continued their fight. Connie managed to land a few hits of Rubyfire and vice versa. Connie then jumps up and prepares to deliver a powerful kick to Rubyfire. Rubyfire gets his shield ready, but Connie just lands on it to jump a good height. Rubyfire looks around in confusion.

CONNIE: Magma Flare!

Connie then comes falling down at full speed, feet first. By now, the shield has worn off, and Connie hits Rubyfire pretty hard. Both Connie and Rubyfire appeared to be worn out, but a winner is yet to be decided...

***​

Mariah and Mirror Mariah have reached an area of Mt. Chimney where a large lavapool could be seen. On the edge on its left was a machine that didn't seem to be in any condition to work. Inside its glass case was a rock that was the same color as Connie's Charm Stone. Archie and Maxie were there talking.

ARCHIE: I will not tell you again! We'll be better with more water!
MAXIE: The expansion of the landmass is more important than water!
ARCHIE: Well, once I've activate the machine, this volcano would become dormant. Rainwater will fill it up, and we'll be able to expand the sea.
MAXIE: Not if I activate it first. The volcano will erupt, and the lava will eventually cool and harden creating more land.

Just then, both Archie and Maxie were hit by Mariah and Mirror Mariah's attacks.

ARCHIE: No! It's...
MAXIE: Those girls!
MIRROR MARIAH: That's right!
MARIAH: You've picked the wrong day to mess with nature! I am the reflection of justice and the twin of truth, and I shall eliminate the illusion of evil! My name is Mariah, the magical Hoenn Mirror Girl!
MAXIE: Interesting entrance speech, young lady... But if you continue to meddle in my business, you must be exterminated!
ARCHIE: The future of the Hoenn Mirror World depends on the sea!
MAXIE: It depends on the land!
MIRROR MARIAH: The Hoenn Mirror World depends on balance! If either one of you throw it off, then...
ARCHIE: Enough of this! If you get in our way...
MAXIE: You must be destroyed as well!

Not denying the possibility of a fight, Mariah and Mirror Mariah get out their wands.

MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah, you take care of Archie. I'll deal with Maxie.
MARIAH: Got it.

Wind and water began to swirl around Archie. After forming into a giant tornado, it heads for Mariah. Mariah flies up in an attempt to dodge, but she gets caught in it. Mirror Mariah was dodging a few of Maxie's attacks when she saw this.

MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah!
MAXIE: Forget about her. You're dealing with me now!

Maxie then throws red orbs at Mirror Mariah that almost hit her when she dove toward the ground and flew back up at the last moment. Meanwhile, Mariah, still trying to get out of Archie's tornado, closes her eyes and begins glowing. Streams of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple surrounded her. They start to spread wider and wider until the tornado dissolved and Mariah was free.

ARCHIE: [to himself] Hmm...that girl's more powerful than I thought. She somehow managed to pull off a Secret Power attack. But it won't be enough to beat me!

Archie then raises his hands and water gushes out of the ground. The water came down on Mariah, but she points her wand at the water. She closes her eyes and begins to focus her powers on Archie's attack. As soon as the attack reached Mariah, it stopped. The wand began flashing, and Mariah points it at Archie as well as Maxie, who seemed to be beating Mirror Mariah pretty badly. The water then hits it two targets, and it somehow healed Mirror Mariah as well.

MIRROR MARIAH: Nice move there, Mariah!
MARIAH: Thanks!

Maxie and Archie get back up. This time, Maxie focused his attention on Mariah and Archie on Mirror Mariah. Maxie began gathering energy in a red orb. When the orb was ready, Maxie shoots it at Mariah but it was deflected by a strange but familar beam.

MAXIE: This is impossible!
ARCHIE: How can a mere human girl use Secret Power, Confusion, and Signal Beam?
MIRROR MARIAH: Maybe it's because she's NOT just a mere human girl. [points her beam at Maxie and Archie] Diamond Beam!

A white beam was shot from the gems on Mirror Mariah's wand. However, Maxie uses a red shield to block the attack before it could reach him. Seeing this as an opportunity, Mariah uses Mirror Beam. The rainbow colored beam headed for both Archie and Maxie.

ARCHIE: Do you think I'm that dumb?!

Archie uses a blue shield to block the attack. Mariah and Mirror Mariah then tried combining their attacks, but they were both blocked by the shields.

ARCHIE: Give it up!
MAXIE: Every attack you use won't work!

Mariah and Mirror Mariah appeared to be worn out and out of ideas.

MARIAH: This doesn't look good.
MIRROR MARIAH: No kidding. [pause as she briefly looks at her wand] Hey! I think there's one more thing we could try!
MARIAH: What's that?

Mirror Mariah then whispers her idea to Mariah. Mariah freaks out and has a doubtful look in her face.

MARIAH: That sounds kinda risky.
MIRROR MARIAH: If this doesn't work, what will?

Mariah sighs and nods. Mirror Mariah then flies above Archie and Maxie.

MIRROR MARIAH: Diamond Beam!
ARCHIE: Again?

Miror Mariah aims her attack at Archie. As Archie prepares his shield, Mirror Mariah immediately switched her attack to hit Maxie. Just at the last moment, Maxie uses his shield.

MAXIE: I think we've wasted enough time. Prepare to witness the Magma Magicians' true power!
ARCHIE: It's time to show you the true power of the Aqua Sorcerors!

Maxie begins to gather energy in another orb, and wind and water surrounded Archie. Before the two can let their attacks loose on Mirror Mariah...

MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah! Now!
MARIAH: Okay! Mirror Special!

Mariah twirls around a few times as the Pokeball on the wand begins shining and glowing. Three lights then burst from the wand and form into silhouettes of Grovyle, Shuckle, and Venonat. The Grovyle silhouette rammed into Archie at full speed, the Shuckle silhouette crashes into the ground and made rocks surround Maxie, and the Venonat silhouette shoots a beam from its antenae that hits both Archie and Maxie. There was a massive explosion that had caught the attention of the other Magma Magicians and Aqua Sorcerors. Rubyfire and Connie, both very roughed up, stopped their battle. Water Sapphire and Cascadia, also roughed up, stopped their battle as well. It was smoking for quite a while, and Mirror Mariah clasped her hands together and anxiously prayed for a favorable outcome on Mariah's behalf.

MIRROR MARIAH: Please let Mariah be okay...

The smoke cleared, and Mariah is down on the ground on one knee. She looks to see that Archie and Maxie were obviously in no condition to continue their fight.

ARCHIE: You're...strong...
MAXIE: She...is...amazing.
ARCHIE: You might've...won..., but you'll...feel the wrath of...the Aqua Sorcerors enough! ...ugh!

Archie uses the last of his energy to create a mirror and go through it. Maxie does the same, but he doesn't go through it. Instead, he looks at Mariah and then Mirror Mariah.

MAXIE: I'll...let...you go, but the next...time we...meet..., you won't be lucky! [goes through the mirror]

Mariah takes the rock out of the glass case of the machine and heads off to find Connie and Cascadia. Mirror Mariah follows.

***​

The group is now climbing down the mountain. Connie is relieved that she has her Charm Stone back, but Cascadia appears to have something on her mind.

CONNIE: Heh heh...even though that was a draw back there, I managed to get it back when he wasn't looking. [puts her Charm Stone away]
CASCADIA: [to herself] Why is it that the others don't believe me? They know that what I forsee is never wrong, so why do they still...? [pauses, then sighs] Never mind.
MIRROR MARIAH: We're getting close, guys. The next Mirror Shard is straight ahead! After this, we'll be halfway there!
MARIAH: All right!

They continued on, but something was following them to their destination...

End of Chapter 9​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Grovyle(M)@King's Rock LV23
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed
-Screech

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV23
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb
-Safeguard

Venonat(F)@Bright Powder LV23
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Supersonic
-Confusion
-Secret Power
-Poison Powder

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam, Mirror Special
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (green, blue, and purple were used on Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball (ex. the Red Ball catches a red Pokemon, Orange catches orange Pokemon, and so on)
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Attacks: Petal Drill
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

CHAPTER 10: Flannery, the New Mirror Elder

The group is now in the middle of a large mountain range. However, the air wasn't the normal breezy mountain air. It was hot and steamy, and the temperature was at least 90 degress.

CASCADIA: I've heard of being hot on the trail, but this is just plain ridiculous! Are you sure that a Mirror Shard is around here?!
MIRROR MARIAH: Positive. It's not that far.
MARIAH: Great. Let's just get the shard and get out of here.

The figure that was following them (Chapter 9) overhears their conversation. It was an orange rabbit-like Pokemon with her diamond tip-shaped ears and tail and mango colored circles around her cheeks. She seemed interested by the mentioning of the Mirror Shard and confused about why would one be around the mountain range. The Pokemon was about to think it through when she fell and slipped down the mountain. She hits Mariah on the head and knocks her over.

POKEMON: Ouch...that wasn't fun...
MARIAH: Hey! What's the big idea?
POKEMON: I-I-I'm sorry, miss. I didn't mean to...
MIRROR MARIAH: What are you anyway?
POKEMON: My name's Lagadi.
MIRROR MARIAH: Hmm...never heard of a Pokemon like you before. Are you a Mirror-type, perhaps?
LAGADI: Yeah. I'm also a Fire-type.
MIRROR MARIAH: Hmm...looks like Marshflect isn't the only Mirror-type. It seems like whatever affected my Mudkip must've spread. The only places I've seen Mirror-type Pokemon were around the Oldale Shrine. I know that I've created the Mirror-type, but I never expected this.
LAGADI: I may be small, but I'm tougher than I look. I'll show you. Send out one of your Pokemon, miss. I could handle anything.
MARIAH: Okay. [gets out her wand] I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Blue!

The blue gem glows and shot out a beam of the same color that forms into Shuckle.

MARIAH: Shuckle, I'm counting on you!
SHUCKLE: Okay!

Lagadi begins to charge toward Shuckle. Fire starts to surround her and intensified as she got closer.

MARIAH: Shuckle, use your Rock Tomb attack!

Shuckle then jumps up and crashed on the ground. There was a short earthquake, and rocks surrounded Lagadi and stopped her attack cold.

LAGADI: Nice move, but you have to do better than that!

Lagadi began kicking the boulders with her large feet. She managed to break free by making a hole large enough for her to get out.

SHUCKLE: She's pretty tough.
MARIAH: I know.

Lagadi then charges toward Shuckle again. Flames form around her again, and she scores a direct hit. Shuckle seemed injured, but not too much.

MARIAH: Wrap attack!

Shuckle then crawls toward Lagadi, but Lagadi dodges and hits Shuckle at top speed. Lagadi then zips toward Shuckle, but Shuckle remained where he was. When Lagadi was close enough, Shuckle then wraps his arms and legs around Lagadi. Lagadi, unable to give up, blows fireballs in Shuckle's face, forcing him to let go. Lagadi then finishes the battle by biting Shuckle on the neck. Shuckle, unable to take the pain, had fainted, and Mariah returned him to the wand.

MARIAH: Impressive.
LAGADI: Thanks.
CONNIE: [sighs] Come on. Let's get going.

The group began to leave when Lagadi heads in front of them.

LAGADI: Hey! Wait.
MARIAH: What is it?
LAGADI: Uh...I was wondering. I overheard you say something about a Mirror Shard...
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah...
LAGADI: [puts her paw behind her head] Well, is it all right if I tagged along for a while? You know, just to give you a hand here or there.

The group then looks at Lagadi strangely. Lagadi, feeling that Mariah and her friends might refuse the offer, hangs her head and starts to leave.

LAGADI: Right. Sorry for eavesdropping.
MARIAH: Wait.
LAGADI: [turns to Mariah] Huh?
MARIAH: I wouldn't mind having you around. I'd love to have a Mirror-type Pokemon.
LAGADI: You mean it?
MARIAH: Yeah! Definetely!

The orange Pokeball appears in Mariah's hand, and she tosses it at Lagadi. The ball bounces off of Lagadi and opens up, and an orange light sucks up the rabbit Pokemon. The ball is then returned back into the wand.

MARIAH: All right. My first Mirror Pokemon!

Mariah's joy in her capture was interrupted by strange black smoke heading toward somewhere in the distance.

MARIAH: What's that?
MIRROR MARIAH: I don't know...
CASCADIA: We'd better check it out.
CONNIE: Yeah.

***​

The black smoke drifted over the craters of boiling lava. Suddenly, the smoke surrounded a red tortoise Pokemon that was passing by. Before the Pokemon had a chance to figure out what was going on, the smoke swirled around the Pokemon.

POKEMON: Huh? What's going on?

The Pokemon then starts glowing an eerie black and transforms into a larger tortoise with spikes on his back and long sharp claws on his feet. He had long sharp teeth, and his eyes glow an evil red. Black smoke spewed from his spiky shell.

POKEMON: Torquake...destroys!

A red-haired girl who was wearing a black shirt with a flame on it and light blue jeans arrived at the scene and was suddenly horrified at the sight of the monster.

GIRL: Torkoal?! Oh, my gosh! What happened to you?

The monster then approaches the girl with a menacing look on her face. The last thing heard was the girl's screaming as she starts to run away...

***​

The group were a few feet from the area where the black smoke was.

MARIAH: What do you think it could be?
CASCADIA: Do you think it could be that evil force that the Shadow Mirror Guardian could've been telling us about?
MIRROR MARIAH: I have a feeling that is it. It could be the one that's been possessing all the Pokemon we've dealt with in the first place!
CONNIE: Well, you don't have to worry! I'll pound that creep in three seconds flat!
MIRROR MARIAH: Connie, this is an evil force we're dealing with here. The last time I checked, it's nearly impossible for anyone to destroy an evil force through plain physical force.
CONNIE: Until now! [hears footsteps approaching] Heh. Perfect timing.

When the source of the footsteps came into view, Connie jumps up and delivers a kick in its face. The figure, who was the red-haired girl, fell on her side and moaned in pain.

GIRL: What's the big idea?!
CONNIE: [embarassed] Eh...
CASCADIA: [to Connie] I can't believe you! [turns to the girl and places her hand over the spot where Connie kicked her] Uh...you okay?

Cascadia glowed a bright blue for a few seconds, and the girl appeared to be healed from her injury.

GIRL: I'm fine. Thank you.
CONNIE: Sorry for kicking you like that.
GIRL: [laughs] It's okay. My name's Flannery, and I'm the Mirror Elder of Lavaridge Mountain...recently.
MARIAH: Recently?
FLANNERY: Yeah. [depressed sigh] I took over my grandfather's position of Mirror Elder when he passed away two months ago...
MIRROR MARIAH: Oh...I see... I'm sorry to hear that.
FLANNERY: It's okay. I'm learning all I can about being a Mirror Elder. Who are you guys?
MARIAH: I'm Mariah Janvi.
CONNIE: My name's Connie.
CASCADIA: I'm Cascadia.
MIRROR MARIAH: And I'm Mariah, better known as the Mirror Guardian.
FLANNERY: Nice to meet you. [looks back and sighs] Something really weird has happened to my Torkoal.
MIRROR MARIAH: What?

Before Flannery could continue, a huge swarm of slug and snail Pokemon appeared, outnumbering the group.

FLANNERY: What the...?!

The swarm surrounded them. The group seemed worried, but Cascadia lightly laughs like the others had nothing to worry about.

FLANNERY: You seem awfully confident.
CASCADIA: Of course.

Cascadia spreads out her arms, and a rope of bubbles suddenly appeared and wrapped around the Pokemon.

CASCADIA: Everyone knows that when it's water again fire, fire always loses.
DEEP VOICE: If that's what you've heard, then everybody's wrong.

The monster, Torquake, appears with a menacing look. Black smoke spewed from his shell and made the bubbles surrounding the Pokemon dissolve. Cascadia had a shocked expression on her face, and Flannery looked at Torquake just as shocked as Cascadia.


FLANNERY: Torkoal!
TORQUAKE: Torkoal no longer exists. Prepare to die!

Torquake then breathes a scorching tornado of fire that surrounded the group, and the slug and snail Pokemon contributed to the flames by breathing fireballs that made the heat intensify.

FLANNERY: Somebody do something!
MARIAH: Leave this to me!

Mariah gets out her wand and starts glowing. Suddenly, the tornado explodes and becomes a fountain of fire that hits the slug and snail Pokemon as well as Torquake.

TORQUAKE: That won't work, little girl!

Torquake then jumps high into the air, and Flannery begins to get nervous. She gets even more nervous as Torquake comes speeding down toward Flannery and Mariah.

MARIAH: Sea Defense!

Mariah's Mirror Bracelet starts to glow a dark blue, and a wall of water appears the split second Torquake attempted to land on her. The shield made him bounce off. Torquake lands hard on the ground. The force of his fall made rocks fly everywhere. Mirror Mariah then spots a fireball shaped shard flying toward her and catches it.

MIRROR MARIAH: How lucky. It's the Heat Shard! It looks like we're halfway done!
MARIAH: All right!

Just then, a strange watch hits Mariah in the face. Mariah then catches it and tries to figure out what it is. It was a small bronze watch with a rather old and rusty chain that didn't seem to work.

MARIAH: Where'd this come from? [shakes it] Oh...come on...
FLANNERY: Is that a watch? Looks like it's broken.

Just then, one of the slug Pokemon breathes out black smoke at Mirror Mariah and Flannery. Unable to breathe, they both collapsed. Connie goes in to beat up the slug Pokemon, but two snail Pokemon breathed fireballs at her. Several of the snail Pokemon carried off the unconscious Mirror Mariah and Flannery.

CONNIE: HEY! You little...!
TORQUAKE: No need to worry. We will meet again. Slugma! Magcargo! Move out!

Slugma (the slug Pokemon) and Magcargo (the snail Pokemon) followed Torquake. Mariah, Connie, and Cascadia just looked in the distance.

CASCADIA: Now what'll we do...?
MARIAH: Without that other Mariah, we can't find the other shards...and that means that...I can't go home.
CONNIE: [sighs] Well, as much as I hate to admit it, it looks like a dead end.

That night, the three along with Mariah's Pokemon were in a cave.

CASCADIA: Ugh...I can't believe this happened. The Mirror Guardian and Flannery are kidnapped, and we had just found the Heat Shard. We're already halfway done, and the situation doesn't look right at all.
CONNIE: I've expected this to be rough, but not this rough.
MARIAH: If only there was some clue about where they are...

Just then, Mariah's wand appears in front of her and transforms into a mirror. Instead of Mariah's reflection, Mariah saw Mirror Mariah and Flannery tied up and hanging over a pool of lava. Slugma and Magcargo were watching as the two girls sweat in fear. Torquake appears and was about to unleash a mighty flame to cut the ropes when the wand returned to normal.

MARIAH: Oh, no... If what I saw is true...then there's no time to waste! We've gotta find them!
CONNIE: Wait... what's going on?
MARIAH: I'll tell you later! [to her Pokemon] Let's go!
GROVYLE: Okay!
SHUCKLE: All right!
VENONAT: I'm kinda nervous about this, but I'll go.
LAGADI: I'm right behind you guys!

Mariah heads off and her Pokemon followed. Cascadia and Connie just stayed there with strange looks on their faces.

CONNIE: [to Cascadia] And the Aqua Sorcerors thought YOU were insane.
CASCADIA: Actually, Mariah could be right. Let's get going!

Cascadia then heads out of the cave as well. Connie seemed frustrated and annoyed.

CONNIE: Am I the only sane person in this group?!
MARIAH & CASCADIA: Connie!
CONNIE: All right. I'm coming. [to herself] Those two are nuttier than chunky peanut butter.

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

FLANNERY: Oh my god! Mariah, wake up!

Mirror Mariah, awoken by Flannery's panicked scream, found herself and Flannery hanging over a large pool of bubbling lava. Each time a bubble in the lava popped, the heat they felt doubled. Slugma and Magcargo appeared, ready to watch the girls' demise.

MIRROR MARIAH: Am I the only one who has a REALLY bad feeling about this?
FLANNERY: Fortunetly, no.
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, that's a good sign. What's NOT a good sign is that we're about to be fried.

Torquake appears and stands on a high flat rock at an angle where the girls were hanging over the lava. Meanwhile, Mariah (with her Pokemon) and the others arrived at a cave bigger than the one they were in last night.

MARIAH: They're here. I have a feeling they're here.

The group enters the cave's descending entrance. As they went further down, the temperature seemed to rise.

SHUCKLE: Is it me, or is it getting hot in here?
GROVYLE: Oh, it's getting hot all right.
VENONAT: Uh...I don't think this is a good idea anymore. I am a Bug-type after all, and the last thing I want to deal with are Fire-types.
SHUCKLE: Don't worry. I'll be right by you.
VENONAT: [blushes] Thank you...

The group finally arrived at the bottom where they saw another entrance. This time, they saw Torquake looking at his helpless victims. Mariah hides behind some rocks on the entrance's other side, and Connie, Cascadia, and the Pokemon follow suit.

CONNIE: [looks around] Whoa. Now I've seen everything.
MARIAH: Now what?
LAGADI: We can't just go barging in.
CONNIE: I'll take care of them.

Torquake prepares to burn the rope when the ground suddenly starts to split open. He falls into the crack and struggles to get out. The crack was then filled with water.

TORQUAKE: What's going on?!

The Slugma and Magcargo see that it was Connie who caused the crack and Cascadia made the crack fill up. They began to attack them until Mariah appears and attacks by using her Leaf Sword on hanging rocks that fell on the Pokemon and buried them. Mariah then lands and is suddenly surrounded by three Magcargo. All three of them used Ember, but Mariah disappeared when the attacks hit. The real Mariah then appears behind them and uses Mirror Beam on them. Venonat follows up by shaking violently to emit a bizarre purple powder on the Magcargo that poisoned them.

MARIAH: Thanks, Venonat.
VENONAT: You're welcome.

In all of the commotion, Torquake managed to get out of the crack.

TORQUAKE: Victory will be mine!

Torquake unleashed a mighty fire blast and burns the ropes. Mirror Mariah and Flannery shrieked as they fell to their doom. Mariah then gets out the watch she had found yesterday.

MARIAH: I just hope this thing has some sort of power that could help me!

Mariah then presses the button on the watch and heard a loud, swift whooshing noise. Everything was then silent, and nothing moved. Mariah looked around and tried to figure out what happened when she sees Mirror Mariah and Flannery stopped in midair. Seeing an opportunity, she flies and takes them to safe ground.

MARIAH: Well, this is lucky...

Mariah then pushes the button again, and everything resumed normally. Everyone seemed surprised.

CONNIE: What...wha...what the heck just happened here?!
FLANNERY: That's what I like to know.
MARIAH: Well... [looks at the watch] What happened was that...
MIRROR MARIAH: [examines the watch] Huh? No way! It can't be! I thought this thing was--
MARIAH: Well, what is it?
MIRROR MARIAH: This is the Bronze Watch... I knew there was something familar about this watch!

Mirror Mariah was interrupted by an ambush of fireballs from Torquake, Slugma, and Magcargo. The attack hit the others as well.

CASCADIA: Hey! That's not nice! Ocean Chain!

A rope of bubbles suddenly appeared and wrapped around the Slugma and Magcargo. Cascadia then uses her Mermaid Tears attack, and the homing orbs finished off Torquake's Slugma and Magcargo army.

CASCADIA: Take that!
TORQUAKE: It doesn't matter! I have plenty of power! You shall fall!

Torquake begins glowing red and unleashed a powerful fire blast at the group. Shuckle tried to attack with Rock Tomb, but the fire was so hot, the boulders almost melted. All of Mariah's Pokemon were badly hurt, and the others were hurt as well.

GROVYLE: Oh, man... One more attack like that, and it's over.
LAGADI: No kidding.
MARIAH: Grovyle! Lagadi! Double Quick Attack! Venonat, Supersonic! Shuckle, Wrap!

Both Grovyle and Lagadi head toward Torquake at full speed, Shuckle lets out his arms and legs, and Venonat takes a deep breath and lets out a high pitch scream. However, Torquake stops them cold with another powerful fire blast. Mariah's Pokemon have fainted, and she had to recall them.

MARIAH: This isn't good.
FLANNERY: Actually, it is.
MARIAH: Huh?
FLANNERY: It's an Overheat attack. The more it's used, the weaker it gets. Maybe we have a chance.
CASCADIA: Okay!

Torquake then uses another Overheat attack, but it seemed weaker than the first two. Mariah used Sea Defense and Cascadia used her water shield to easily douse the attack.

TORQUAKE: [exhaused] I don't need my fire powers to beat you!

Torquake then jumps high into the air and tries to land on the group, but they dodge. Connie then closes in on Torquake and delivers a good few point-blank punches, but it didn't seem to work too well. Torquake was about to deliver another Overheat until Mariah presses another button on the Bronze Watch. This time, everything but Mariah have slowed to a crawl. Mariah then heads over and gets Connie away before Torquake's attack hits. She then puts Connie with the group and heads toward Torquake. Even though Mariah moved at normal speed, she was going at light speed to Torquake. Mariah then gets out her Leaf Sword and slashes Torquake a few times. She finishes her assault by flying into Torquake at full speed.

MARIAH: That should do it.

Mariah then presses the button again, and everything went at normal speed. Torquake was in shock and in pain.

TORQUAKE: How in the world...? How did an ordinary human managed to beat me so swiftly?
MARIAH: That's because I'm no ordinary human. I'm Mariah, the magical Hoenn Mirror Girl!

Torquake then returned to a normal Torkoal, and a relieved Flannery runs over and hugs her Pokemon.

FLANNERY: Torkoal!
TORKOAL: Flannery? What happened? [moans in pain]
FLANNERY: Long story.

Mariah looks at her Bronze Watch when Connie gave her a confused and annoyed look.

CONNIE: I just have one question... How the heck did you do that?! When you attacked Torquake, you were moving so fast that I started getting a headache when you were halfway done attacking!
MIRROR MARIAH: That's just what the Bronze Watch does. Mariah can make time speed up, slow down, or stop altogether.
MARIAH: So I'm able to control time now?
MIRROR MARIAH: That's right.
MARIAH: [looks at the Broze Watch] This whole Mirror World thing is getting really freaky now.

Mirror Mariah then creates a mirror portal. The Mirror Portal was a golden mirror that was similar to the Golden Gateway, but it was much smaller and had no wings or Pokeballs.

MIRROR MARIAH: [waves to Flannery] See ya, Flannery. [to the others] Okay, guys. All set to find another Mirror Shard?

Everyone nods and goes through the Mirror. Flannery smiles and hugs her Torkoal while tears flowed down her face.

End of Chapter 10​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Lagadi(F)@Charcoal LV24
Trait: Flash Fire
Bold Nature
-Growl
-Agility
-Quick Attack
-Double Kick
-Bite
-Flame Wheel

Grovyle(M)@King's Rock LV25
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed
-Screech

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV25
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb
-Safeguard

Venonat(F)@Bright Powder LV25
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Confusion
-Secret Power
-Poison Powder
-Leech Life

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam, Mirror Special
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (orange, green, blue, and purple were used on Lagadi, Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Attacks: Petal Drill
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

Bronze Watch
Description: Seemingly broken down bronze watch with a rusty chain
Ability: Enables Mariah to control time
Obtained: Found in Lavaridge Mountains in Chapter 10

CHAPTER 11: Colossal Batte!

It was night, and the maid of the Petalburg Mansion had just finished cleaning the living room until she had an unexpected surprise. A mirror portal appeared above her and Mariah and the others fell through it and landed on her.

MAID: [moans in pain] What in the world...?! Get off of me!

The group then did so, and Mariah and Mirror Mariah were glad to see an old friend.

MARIAH: Well, hello there.
MIRROR MARIAH: Long time no see.

The maid immediately recognized Mariah and Mirror Mariah and warmly laughed.

MAID: I feel the same way about the two of you. [sees Connie and Cascadia] And who are you?
CONNIE: I'm Connie.
CASCADIA: And I'm Cascadia.
MAID: Nice to meet you. Mariah and the Mirror Guardian ran into me a while ago while they were looking for the Mirror Shards.
MIRROR MARIAH: And so far, four of them are found and are safely back at the Oldale Shrine. It looks like one might be here as well.
MARIAH: I don't know. The last time we were here, you said it was a false alarm.
MIRROR MARIAH: Not this time. [winks]

Mariah smiles and looks around the mansion.

MARIAH: Doesn't look like anything has changed since we've last been here.
MIRROR MARIAH: [to the Maid] Uh...seen anything new, miss... miss...
MAID: Oh. Sorry. You guys didn't know my name the last time you were here. I'm Sarah.
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh, right. Anyway, Sarah, anything happen around here that might involve the Mirror Shard?
SARAH: No. Not at all. [pauses, then puts down the duster she was holding] I know that finding the Shards is important, but why not take a little break? All of you look like you need some rest. Besides, it's pretty late.
OTHERS: Sounds great. Thanks!

***​

The next day, Caroline was making breakfast in the kitchen with Sarah helping her, and Norman was reading the paper at the table. There was suddenly a knock on the door, and Sarah answered it. The visitor was a girl who appeared seven years old with a friendly and sweet look in her sky colored eyes. She had blond hair in a ponytail, and two parts of the front part of her hair looked like wings. She was wearing a sailor style school uniform with a white shirt with a red bow in the middle of it, a blue skirt, and well as black Mary Janes. With her was a large blue bird Pokemon with a pink ribbon around her neck.

SARAH: Oh. Hello there, Lyoko.
LYOKO: [smiles] Hi, Miss Sarah.
SARAH: You and your Swellow look well.
LYOKO: Thank you. Is May around?
SARAH: Yes. I'm sure she's getting ready.
LYOKO: Great. I can't wait for her to spend the night. [turns to her Swellow] What about you, Aelita?
AELITA: I can't wait either.

After a few moments, May comes downstairs, dressed in her usual attire. The other girls followed her and saw the girl, Lyoko, and her Swellow, Aelita.

MARIAH: [walks up to Lyoko and giggles] Well, hi there, cutie. What's your name?
LYOKO: My name is Lyoko, and this is my Swellow. Her name is Aelita.
AELITA: Nice to meet you.
MARIAH: Same here. I'm Mariah.
CONNIE: My name's Connie.
CASCADIA: I'm Cascadia.
MIRROR MARIAH: And I'm the Mirror Guardian, but just call me Mariah.
AELITA: [confused] Huh? [points her wing at Mariah] But isn't her name Mariah?
MIRROR MARIAH: I couldn't believe it either. [puts hand behind her head and laughs]
MAY: Uh, okay. [to Lyoko] So, are we ready to go?
LYOKO: [nods] Yeah! Let's go!

Lyoko and May run off and Aelita follows.

MIRROR MARIAH: Cute kid.
NORMAN: Lyoko has to be the most pure-hearted girl I've met in my life.
CAROLINE: She visits here quite a lot. Her mother is proud to have her, that's for sure.
SARAH: Yeah. Too bad that her home usually never comes down.
NORMAN: Lyoko and her mother usually come by here.

Caroline then heads to the refrigerator and gets disappointed.

CAROLINE: Oh, no... Looks like I'm out of berries. [to Mariah] If you don't mind, would you go out to the orchard near here and get some berries?
MARIAH: Okay.
MIRROR MARIAH: I'll go with her too.

Mariah and Mirror Mariah leave with four small baskets, two for Mariah and two for Mirror Mariah. The orchard was only a 10 minute walk away. When they get there, they began picking berries. A while after Mariah gathered enough, she saw something shining in the distance. She heads over and finds out that it was a scale-shaped Mirror Shard. She gets the shard was about to leave until a berry tree with large berries that were dark indigo in color caught her attention. Mariah heads over to the tree and picks one. She takes a small bite and gets stars in her eyes. She couldn't get enough, so she eats the berry she had and eats another. Finally, she decided to put all of the berries that Caroline wanted in one basket and the strange berries she was now addicted on for herself in another. She eventually catches up with Mirror Mariah and tells her all about the Mirror Shard and the berries she was eating on their way back to the Petalburg Mansion.

MIRROR MARIAH: Thanks for finding the Balance Shard, Mariah.
MARIAH: No problem. [eats some more of the dark berries, then offers some to Mirror Mariah] Want some?
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...no. I really don't think that you should eat too many of those berries.
MARIAH: I don't think that it's possible to stop eating these. I'm hooked on these!
MIRROR MARIAH: [to herself] Boy, are you gonna be humongous...

After breakfast, Connie was in May's room reading comic books with Cascadia was taking a nap besides her, Max was in his room looking at something at his computer, and Mirror Mariah was helping Caroline and Sarah clean up. Everything was going smoothly until they all heard a gargantuanly loud scream that could be heard throughout the house and even managed to crack a few windows and made a few of the plates in the kitchen fall and break. Everyone stopped what they were doing and head to the hallway.

MIRROR MARIAH: You've heard it too?
CONNIE: I sure did.
CASCADIA: [half asleep] Where did it come from?
VOICE: What happened to me?!

The loud, terrified voice came from the living room. Everyone enters and was shocked beyond belief by what they saw.

MIRROR MARIAH: WHOA! What happened?!
MAX: M-M-Mariah?!

Mariah was in total shock, and she had every reason to be. To her, everyone was rather short.

MARIAH: What happened to me?! How did I get so big?!
MIRROR MARIAH: Uh...I guess I should've told you the reason you shouldn't eat so many of Angit Berries.
CONNIE, CASCADIA, MAX, CAROLINE, & SARAH: Angit Berries?!
MAX: Mariah ate those?!
MIRROR MARIAH: Yeah. You may be hooked on them now, but you'll regret it tommorow.
MARIAH: Like I am right now?! One minute, I was eating those berries. I've felt a little weird for a few seconds, and the next thing I know, I'm almost ten feet tall!
MAX: This isn't good. I've heard that if you eat a lot of Angit Berries, you'll be huge!
CASCADIA: But I thought all the trees that had Angit Berries were cut down because of that.
MIRROR MARIAH: From what happened to Mariah, there are still a few that still exist.
MARIAH: I wonder if it happened to my Pokemon... [short pause] Well, only one way to find out.

Mariah gets out her wand, which has increased in size as well.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Orange! Green! Blue! Purple!

After a short delay, all of Mariah's Pokemon appeared and in their normal sizes. They saw the giant Mariah and were surprised, and Venonat freaks out and hides behind Shuckle.

LAGADI: Whoa...Mariah... Is that you?
GROVYLE: You're huge!
MIRROR MARIAH: Well, it looked like the Angit Berries didn't affect you guys despite the wand growing as well.

Shuckle, Venonat, and Lagadi became shocked at the statement, but Grovyle seemed confused.

GROVYLE: Angit Berries? You may wanna fill me in here.
LAGADI: I've never tried one, but I've been hearing that Angit Berries make anyone who eats them into a giant.
SHUCKLE: I've guessed Mariah must've ate some.
VENONAT: You won't hurt me, will you, Miss Mariah?
MARIAH: No, I won't. I am a little hungry, though. [sees the basket she had with a small amount of berries left] Maybe a few more of those...

Before Mariah could reach for the basket, Connie snatches it out of her reach.

CONNIE: Oh, no, you don't! You're already big enough as it is!
MARIAH: Come on, Connie! Just a few more...
MAX: Mariah... how many of those Berries did you eat?
MARIAH: Uh... I sorta lost count. About...seven?
ALL BUT MARIAH: WHAT?!?!?!
MARIAH: Come on, guys. They were delcious. I couldn't put 'em down.

Just then, Mariah felt dizzy. She begins wobbling a bit as she tries to get up and collapses (making the mansion shake a bit in the process).

SARAH: Mariah, is there something wrong? Maybe you should sit down.
MARIAH: This...this is the weird feeling that I had before I've got like this...

Mariah slowly begins to grow a little more, and everyone starts to panic in fear that she might destroy the mansion as she grows.

MAX: Mariah, you've gotta get out of the mansion now!
MARIAH: I'll try...

Mariah tries to get up again, but she hits the ceiling when she finally got up. She quickly leaves through the front door just in time to avoid getting stuck. Mariah's dizziness have finally gone away, but she finds herself a little bigger than the twenty-foot mansion.

MARIAH: Whoa...that was close...

The others followed her out of the mansion.

SARAH: Mariah, you okay?

Mariah didn't answer. She just stared off of the distance. It was early in the afternoon, and the weather felt nice. Mariah began to relax until she heard Sarah's now distant voice.

SARAH: Mariah!
MARIAH: [turning to the group] Yeah?
SARAH: [loudly] Are you okay?
MARIAH: Yeah. I'm fine.
LAGADI: It looks like Mariah can barely hear us since she's so big.
MAX: The question is how are we supposed to get her back to normal?
CASCADIA: I have an idea!

Cascadia then creates a blue mirror that was similar to the ones the Aqua Sorcerors make.

CONNIE: Hey, where are you going?
CASCADIA: Littleroot Village! I think that Sorceror Birch might help me out here. I'll be back!

Cascadia goes through the mirror.

MIRROR MARIAH: [to herself] What is Cascadia up to? [pause] There's no way we can get the next Mirror Shard with Mariah like this.

Just then, Mariah starts to fly off into the distance. Caroline starts to call out but feels that it was useless.

***​

Norman and a huge gorilla-like Pokemon were in a nearby city. Norman goes into a store when the gorilla Pokemon goes off to find something to eat. A young and fairly attractive woman wearing a black dress with a basket full of the Angit Berries that Mariah was eating caught his attention. She offered him some, and soon he started to eat mouthfuls. The woman smiled, but the smile soon became evil when she turns into a stream of smoke that suddenly surrounded him. The gorilla Pokemon stopped eating and tried to shoo the smoke away, but it was no use...

***​

Later that day in the middle of a pathway between the Oldale Shrine and the Petalburg Mansion, the sun was setting, and several Pokemon were about to go home to sleep until they heard pounding footsteeps. They all fled in fear of what could be invading them. A family a raccoon Pokemon with bristly zigzag fur were running away when a young one fell. The footsteps grew closer and louder, and the family of Zigzagoon began to worry. The young Zigzagoon then turns around to see the gorilla Pokemon that was with Norman. However, he was huge and his eyes glowed red. The Zigzagoon parents tried to defend their child. The gorilla Pokemon pulled back his fist and prepares to deliver a mighty punch when a familar rainbow colored beam hits him and throws off his attack. He looked around to see where the attack come from and sees Mariah.

MARIAH: I can't believe that you'd attack something that's smaller than you! If you want a fight, deal with me!

The Zigzagoon family sees this as an opportunity to run away before the situation gets worse as the gorilla Pokemon sets his sights on Mariah.

GORILLA POKEMON: And who might you be?
MARIAH: I'm glad you've asked that. I am the reflection of justice and the twin of truth, and I shall eliminate the illusion of evil! My name is Mariah, the magical Hoenn Mirror Girl!
GORILLA POKEMON: Is that so? Well, Slakong will take Mirror Girl down!

Slakong rears his fist and delivers a powerful punch, but Mariah flies out of the way to dodge. Mariah's Leaf Sword appears in her hand and she slashes toward Slakong, but Slakong dodges and Mariah ends up cutting down a few trees with the sword. Mariah then tries Petal Drill and managed to hit Slakong, but he grabs her and tosses her, sending Mariah sliding along the ground. Slakong rears back his fist again, and Mariah gets out her wand.

MARIAH: I just hope this trick that other Mariah told me about works. [aims wand at Slakong] Mirror Magic!

The wand shoots out a bright light on the ground, just a few feet away from Slakong. A few seconds later, rocks rose from the ground and trapped him.

MARIAH: Whew. That was close. Even with my Pokemon back at the mansion, I can still use their attacks.

Slakong seemed to have lost his focus when Mariah attacked him because he didn't seem to be able to continue the attack.

SLAKONG: Why, you! Mirror Girl will pay!

Slakong then disappears, and a confused Mariah looks around. From out of nowhere, Slakong attacks Mariah from behind. Mariah falls on the ground, but she slowly get back up.

MARIAH: Okay. Time to end this! Mirror Magic!

The wand shoots out the light again, but this time everything appeared to be spinning. The dizzy feeling began to increase in speed, and Slakong gets really dizzy and collapses.

MARIAH: Well, I guess that's it. [flies off] I'd better head back to the mansion and make sure everything's all right.

Just when Mariah was out of sight, Slakong recovers and lets out a low growl...

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

Norman was at home, and his family, Sarah, and Mirror Mariah were shocked at the news.

MAX: What?! Slaking's gone?!
NORMAN: Yes. I've looked everywhere in the village and I couldn't find him anywhere.
SARAH: I hope he's okay.
NORMAN: I sure hope so too.
MIRROR MARIAH: I wonder what happened to your Slaking, Norman... And Cascadia as well. She hasn't come back yet.
SARAH: Do you think we should look for them?
MIRROR MARIAH: [nods] It think it'll be a good idea. I'll get Connie.

Connie was upstairs in May's room listening to some music. Mirror Mariah then comes in, but Connie was too busy dancing to notice.

MIRROR MARIAH: Connie, we have a problem!
CONNIE: [not listening] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Woo-hoo!
MIRROR MARIAH: Connie... Connie! [takes deep breath] COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!
CONNIE: [turns to Mirror Mariah] What's the matter with you?! I'm trying to listen to some music if you mind! Boy, May has some good taste. [resumes listening]

A frustrated Mirror Mariah turns off the stereo.

CONNIE: HEY!
MIRROR MARIAH: Listen to me. Master Norman's Slaking and Cascadia are missing and we have to find them. So we have to find them, and after that we have to deal with...

Pounding footsteps cut Mirror Mariah off. The two came downstairs and wondered what was going on.

MIRROR MARIAH: Norman, did you...?
NORMAN: [knowing what Mirror Mariah was about to say] Yes, I have. What was that?

They heard a moan and then a loud crash. After a vibration that lasted for half a minute, the group went outside and saw the humongous Mariah on the ground. This shocks Norman and worries everyone else.

MAX: [walking up to Mariah] Huh? Mariah? Something wrong?
MARIAH: [slowly sits up] Oh...

Mariah's stomach growled rather loudly, and Venonat hides behind Shuckle and shudders.

MARIAH: I'm starving... Haven't eaten anything since this began happening... I spent all day trying to look for some way to get me back to normal...
NORMAN: Huh? That's the SAME Mariah that came here a while ago?
MAX: Yeah. She ate a lot of Angit Berries, and that's how she got like this.
NORMAN: Well, that isn't good.
MARIAH: Hey, do you have anything to eat? [stomach growls again] I'm so hungry, I'd eat anything!

The others seem worried and wondered what to do.

MAX: Uh...anyone have any ideas?
VENONAT: You guys aren't going to have Miss Mariah eat me, are you?
SHUCKLE: No worries. I'm sure that Mariah isn't that hungry.

Just then, a blue mirror appears and Cascadia comes out of it.

CASCADIA: I'm back.

Cascadia gets out a small bottle with a rose-colored liquid.

CASCADIA: I think I've got something that could get Mariah back to normal.
MARIAH: Really? Great!
CASCADIA: Okay. All you have to do is drink this, Mariah.

Just when Mariah could reach for her antedote, a bright beam hits her and made Cascadia drop the bottle. It broke upon impact with the ground and the liquid spread all over.

LAGADI: Oh, no!
VENONAT: The antedote!

Slakong had arrived and sees Mariah, who then collapses from hunger again.

MAX: What?!
NORMAN: Is that Slaking?!
SLAKONG: Slakong will crush Mirror Girl! Take revenge on Mirror Girl!

Unfortunetly, Mariah was really hungry and weak, making her an easy target for Slakong. Slakong disappears.

LAGADI: Uh-oh. Slaking is getting ready for a Faint Attack.

Slakong appears behind Mariah and prepares to attack when Mariah's Mirror Bracelet began to glow white.

MARIAH: Wind Defense!

A wall of wind managed to blow Slakong up into the air a bit before landing on his back and totally threw off his attack. Due to the fact that Mariah's powers have grown as well as her body, however, everyone else was blown up quite a distance and all had rough landings.

MIRROR MARIAH: Mariah! You've gotta be more careful!
MARIAH: Right. Sorry about that.

Slakong then opens his mouth and light starts to form in it.

SHUCKLE: That's a Hyper Beam!
MARIAH: [gulps] That's...not good...

Before Slakong could launch his attack, there was an earthquake. Everyone was more panicked than they already were. A few moments later, a tree starts to grow where the bottle Cascadia had broke. It was small at first, but it grew larger until it was bigger than Slakong. Suddenly, several large watermelon-like berries start to form.

NORMAN: Are those Watmel Berries?
CONNIE: They're gigantic!

To the group, the Watmel Berries were bigger than wrecking balls. To the twenty-three foot Mariah, however, the Berries were no bigger than bowling balls. Upon seeing the giant berries, Mariah gets up heads to the tree to help herself to a Watmel. She makes her Leaf Sword appear and cuts the berry in slices before eating it. It didn't take her long to finish the Watmel before helping herself to another.

CASCADIA: Uh...Mariah?
MARIAH: This is a miracle! I love Watmel Berries! [gets another Watmel Berry, cuts it, and eats the slices] Mmmm... these beat those weird Angit Berries anyday!

Everyone gave the giant Mariah strange looks as she continued eating. When Mariah was down to the last Berry, Slakong rears his fist and prepares to attack her, but Mariah slashes Slakong with her Leaf Sword before slicing the last Watmel. Slakong had a few minor cuts, but Slakong fight back by slashing Mariah while she was eating. Mariah (after getting in a few bites of her Watmel) flies up to dodge it, but Slakong then punches her rather far and made her drop the rest of her Watmel slices. Slakong goes after her.

SARAH: This isn't good.
CASCADIA: I'll go back to Littleroot Village. You guys warn everyone in that nearby city.
MIRROR MARIAH: Got it.

Meanwhile, Slakong heads in to slash Mariah again, but Mariah flies up to dodge the attack. Suddenly, both Mariah and Slakong felt dizzy. Max, Mirror Mariah, Norman, Caroline, Connie, Sarah, and the Pokemon appeared just in time to see Mariah and Slakong double in their current sizes.

MAX: Oh, no! I don't believe it!

Mariah then uses Mirror Magic and zips toward Slakong at full speed. The impact of her attack sent Slakong flying close to the edge of the city.

CAROLINE: Wow. That was a powerful Quick Attack.
MAX: [looks at the city ahead] This can't be good. If they fight around the city, then people will be crushed!
MIRROR MARIAH: Right. Max, you and I will head to the mall to get the people out of there. [to everyone else] The rest of you go throughout the city and do the same.
CONNIE: Got it! Let's go!

Everyone went their own separate ways into the city.

***​

May and her Torchic were with Lyoko at the mall. After buying some clothes, they were about to get something to eat and head back for the night when Mirror Mariah and Max ran past them. May begins to speak, but Mirror Mariah sees a nearby stage with a microphone. She heads there and taps on the mike a few times.

MIRROR MARIAH: People! Hello! Testing... Testing... Okay. [stops tapping] This is important, even though it sounds dumb...please don't laugh. It is EXTREMELY important that you leave the mall!
MAY: Why's that?

Other people are asking why. Max then steps up to the mike.

MAX: A giant Slaking and a giant girl are fighting around here, so everyone needs to get out NOW!

Everyone begins laughing at Max and Mirror Mariah. Lyoko seemed confused, and May and Torchic were rather ticked off at the two.

MIRROR MARIAH: [grows an X-shaped vein on the side of her forehead] We're serious! This is for your own good!
LYOKO: [to May] What are they talking about?
MAY: I have no clue. [to Max and Mirror Mariah] You guys are crazy! I don't know what you're up to, but whatever it is, we don't have time to deal with it! [scoffs] A giant Slaking and a giant girl. Come on.
TORCHIC: Hey, Max, why not King Kong while you're at it?

May and Torchic's scorn toward Max and Mirror Mariah and the crowd's laughter was cut short by Mariah landing on top of the mall. Pieces of the roof surrounded the unsuspecting crowd and a few of the stores were destroyed. Everyone was now screaming as they head toward the nearest exit. Lyoko was holding on to May as they followed the rest of the crowd. Mirror Mariah and Max get loudspeakers and approach Mariah.

MIRROR MARIAH: You chose a great time to drop by.
MARIAH: Sorry about that.
MAX: We're already trying to get the people out of the city.
MARIAH: Thanks. Wouldn't want anyone to get hurt.
MIRROR MARIAH: Be careful, and good luck on getting Norman's Slaking back to normal!
MARIAH: Thanks!

Mariah then flies above Slakong. Slakong fired several beams at Mariah, but she dodges each one of them. Grovyle was watching the battle while trying to get people out of a supermarket.

GROVYLE: [to himself] It'll be all over for Mariah if she gets hit with one of those Hyper Beams. [out loud] Okay, everyone! Keep going! Let's go!
LAGADI: Keep it moving! Wouldn't want anyone to get hurt! Let's get going, people!

Mariah uses Mirror Magic again and speeds down feet first toward Slakong. When Mariah was close enough, Slaking grabs her legs and tosses her into a nearby building. Mariah seemed to be a bit injured from that, but she recovers by using Mirror Beam. It managed to hit Slakong, and Slakong counters with a Hyper Beam. Mariah dodges in the nick of time, but the attack causes a massive explosion on impact with a nearby house. Both of them seemed to be exhausted.

MARIAH: Looks like I've got you.
SLAKONG: Slakong will beat Mirror Girl!

The people that lived in the city were on a grass hill. As the battle went on, Mirror Mariah seemed worried.

MIRROR MARIAH: This doesn't look good.
NORMAN: I'm wondering how did this happen to Slaking.
CONNIE: Come on, Mariah! Pound this guy! Get him!
MAX: I'm afraid it isn't that easy, Connie.
CONNIE: Well, if Mariah doesn't take that creep down, she's gonna be sorry! If I was in Mariah's shoes, I'd--
MIRROR MARIAH: Rip Slaking apart in three seconds flat?
CONNIE: Uh, yeah. That's exactly what I do.
MIRROR MARIAH: [to herself] Well, it's a good thing you didn't eat the Angit Berries.
CONNIE: I heard that!

Just then, the blue mirror appears, and Cascadia comes out of it.

CONNIE: It's about time, fish face! What took you?
CASCADIA: Sorceror Birch and I had a pretty long talk, and it seems that he gave me a Berry Enhancing Potion by mistake.
MAX: Well, that explains the giant Watmel Berries.
MAY: Giant Watmel Berries?
MAX: I'll explain the whole thing later.
CASCADIA: Anyway, I've got the right one this time. Now, we have to get it to Mariah.
SARAH: That's not going to be easy. While you were gone, Mariah and Slaking got even bigger!

Cascadia then noticed that Mariah and Slakong were now towering over the buildings that were left standing. Mariah tries Mirror Magic once again and a purple powder was emitted from the wand. Slakong suddenly gets poisoned, but the powder spreads throughout the city and heads toward the hill.

LAGADI: The Poison Powder's heading this way!
LYOKO: Let me handle this! [gets out two Pokeballs] Ulrich! Odd! Help us out!

Lights bursts out of the Pokeballs. One light formed into a brown bird with pink and yellow tail feathers that was wearing a yellow bowtie and the other was a brown duck wearing a purple bandana around his neck and holding a leek.

GROVYLE: A Pidgeotto and a Farfetch'd?

Ulrich, the Pidgeotto with the bowtie, sees the Poison Powder and blows it back with his wings, and Odd, the Farfetch'd with the bandana, helped him out. However, the powder was still going strong.

ULRICH: We can't hold it back!
ODD: We need a little bit of help here!
LYOKO: Okay! Maybe this'll help. Tornado Twirl!

Wings form on Lyoko's back as she flies up and begins spinning. She creates a tornado which made the powder head over to a water shield that Cascadia made to douse the powder.

LYOKO: Well, that takes care of that.
CASCADIA: I know. Thanks, kid.
LYOKO: [giggles] No problem.
ODD: Hey, Lyoko, what's going on?
LYOKO: Long story.

Mariah uses Mirror Beam, and Slakong uses Hyper Beam. Both attacks collided, and both of them were blown back. While Mariah was getting worn out, Slakong seemed to have endured the explosion and heads toward Mariah.

SLAKONG: Destroy Mirror Girl!

Slakong prepares a final blow. Mariah, having only one option left, gets out the Bronze Watch and presses one of the buttons just before Slakong delivered the final blow. There was a loud whoosing sound and everything was suddenly frozen. Mariah uses Mirror Magic, and a strange light hits the immobile Slakong. It then went back to Mariah, and she seemed to have some of her energy back. She then presses the button again, and everything was back to normal again. However, Slakong, weakened from the Leech Life attack, collapsed on the ground and returned to a normal Slaking. Mariah, out of energy, collapsed as well. The sun rose as everyone approached the scene. Norman and his family approached his Slaking.

NORMAN: Slaking! Are you all right?
SLAKING: Whoa... What happened? I feel like someone threw a ton of bricks at me.
MAY: You'll be okay.
MAX: I'm just glad that you're back to your old self!
CAROLINE: Me too.
SARAH: Whew. What a night. We'd better get home.

Mirror Mariah, Connie, Cascadia, Lyoko, and the Pokemon were with the exhausted Mariah.

ULRICH: Is she gonna be all right?
LYOKO: I hope so, Ulrich.
CONNIE: I couldn't tell who got more roughed up: Mariah or Slaking.
CASCADIA: Well, both attacks took their toll. That's for sure. [to Mariah] I think it'll work.

Cascadia hands Mariah a bottle with a purplish-pink liquid. The bottle was almost hard for Mariah to even see.

MARIAH: [tired] Uh...this is kinda small. Are you sure it'll work?
CASCADIA: Yeah. [opens the bottle] Here you go.

The liquid in the bottle emitted a scent that seemed to relax Mariah when she smelled it. She began to fall asleep as she returned to normal size.

***​

Mariah was in May's room at the Petalburg Mansion, asleep in her bed. Everyone was with her.

SLAKING: So, she's the one that got me back to normal?
NORMAN: Yes, but she used up a lot of her energy and she's very tired now. She deserved a nice, long rest.
LYOKO: May? I'm sorry that you didn't get to spend the night with me at my house.
MAY: It's okay, Lyoko. I'll tell your mom and we'll arrange another time for that, okay?
LYOKO: [a little upset] All right...

Mirror Mariah has Mariah's wand. She recalls Mariah's Pokemon and places the wand beside her.

CONNIE: I hope she'll be all right. I'd hate to think we've wasted all this time getting the Shards only to find out that...
MIRROR MARIAH: [laughs a bit] Don't worry. Mariah won't go down that easily.
LYOKO: Well, I think it's time for me to go home now. My mom is probably wondering where I am.
MIRROR MARIAH: We'll take you home. We don't mind taking a detour.
LYOKO: Thank you.
MIRROR MARIAH: As soon as Mariah wakes up, we'll take you back home. Where are you from, Lyoko?
LYOKO: Fortree Castle.
CONNIE: [loudly] Okay, then! After Mariah gets up, it's on to Fortree Castle!
ALL BUT CONNIE AND MARIAH: Shhhh!

Connie puts hand behind her head and laughs embarrassedly.

CONNIE: [softly] Oh, yeah. Sorry.

End of Chapter 11​

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

MARIAH'S POKEMON
Lagadi(F)@Charcoal LV26
Trait: Flash Fire
Bold Nature
-Growl
-Agility
-Quick Attack
-Double Kick
-Bite
-Flame Wheel

Grovyle(M)@King's Rock LV26
Trait: Overgrow
Hardy Nature
-Absorb
-Quick Attack
-Fury Cutter
-Pursuit
-Bullet Seed
-Screech

Shuckle(M)@Quick Claw LV26
Trait: Sturdy
Relaxed Nature
-Withdraw
-Wrap
-Substitute
-Encore
-Rock Tomb
-Safeguard

Venonat(F)@Bright Powder LV26
Trait: Compound Eyes
Naive Nature
-Foresight
-Signal Beam
-Confusion
-Secret Power
-Poison Powder
-Leech Life

CURRENT ITEMS
Mirror Wand
Description: Gold and has a Pokeball on top, wings on the side of the ball, and six jewels (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) on the top part of the Pokeball
Ability: Enables Mariah to use the attacks of Pokemon she had captured, whether or not they have fainted. Also heals, transforms into a mirror and stores Mariah's Pokemon.
Attacks: Mirror Beam, Mirror Special, Mirror Magic
Obtained: Given to by the Mirror Guardian (Mirror Mariah) in Chapter 1

Rainbow Balls
Description: Five Pokeballs with each having a color of the rainbow (orange, green, blue, and purple were used on Lagadi, Treecko, Shuckle, and Venonat respectively)
Ability: Captures Pokemon matching the color of the ball
Obtained: Left by the fake Torchic in Chapter 2

Leaf Sword
Description: Green sword with leaf-shaped blade
Ability: Enables Mariah to use various sword techniques. Gets stronger with moves that Groyvle learns.
Attacks: Petal Drill
Obtained: Chapter 5 after Mariah's Treecko evolved

Mirror Bracelet
Description: Bracelet with large, blue pearls
Ability: Enables Mariah to summon a wall of rock, water, or wind for defense
Obtained: Given to by Wally in Chapter 6

Bronze Watch
Description: Seemingly broken down bronze watch with a rusty chain
Ability: Enables Mariah to control time
Obtained: Found in Lavaridge Mountains in Chapter 10

CHAPTER 12: Bad Weather
Mariah, Connie, Cascadia, Mirror Mariah, and Lyoko find themselves in a prarie. The weather was a sign that rain might be coming soon, and a low rumbling of thunder could be heard.

LYOKO: Uh-oh. It looks a storm is gonna come...
CASCADIA: Yeah, and we don't want to be caught in one.
MIRROR MARIAH: [points ahead] Hey, who's that?

Mirror Mariah then sees a familar figure in the distance. She runs up to it, and the others follow. When she finally saw who it was, her eyes lit up.

MIRROR MARIAH: Lord Steven! Lord Steven, it's me!

Lord Steven turns and sees Mirror Mariah heading toward him.

LORD STEVEN: Oh, Mariah.
MIRROR MARIAH: [hugs Lord Steven] I'm glad that you're here!
LORD STEVEN: Uh...Mariah...?
MIRROR MARIAH: I thought I'd never see you again!
LORD STEVEN: [nervous laugh] Could you let me go please?

Mirror Mariah notices that she still is hugging Lord Steven and lets him go.

MIRROR MARIAH: I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me, Lord Steven.
LORD STEVEN: It's okay. [lightly chuckles and sees the others] Are those your friends?
MIRROR MARIAH: [nods] Yes, sir.

Mariah and Lord Steven shake hands.

MIRROR MARIAH: This is Mariah. She's the girl I was telling you about.
LORD STEVEN: Well, Mariah, it's nice to finally meet you.
MARIAH: Thanks. Same here.

Lord Steven then moves on to Connie.

MIRROR MARIAH: And that's Connie.
LORD STEVEN: Well, hello, Connie.
CONNIE: Hey there.

Next up was Cascadia.

MIRROR MARIAH: This here is Cascadia.
LORD STEVEN: Hello there, Cascadia.
CASCADIA: It's nice to meet you.

Finally, there was Lyoko.

MIRROR MARIAH: And here is Lyoko.
LORD STEVEN: How do you do, Lyoko?
LYOKO: I'm fine. [light giggles]

After the introductions were done, Lord Steven looks at the sky for a few seconds and then turns back to Mirror Mariah.

LORD STEVEN: Mariah, how many of the Mirror Shards did you get?
MIRROR MARIAH: Five. We've recently got the Balance Shard near Petalburg Mansion.
LORD STEVEN: Good job. I knew it was tough for you, but I knew you managed to free Slaking from the force controlling him.

Mariah, Connie, Cascadia, and Lyoko were freaked out by that, but Mirror Mariah blushed a bit and giggled.

MIRROR MARIAH: Well, all the credit should go to Mariah, sir. I really didn't do anything.
LORD STEVEN: But still, Mariah. Well done.
MIRROR MARIAH: Thank you, sir.
LORD STEVEN: [turns to Mariah] Oh, and I'm sorry if I'm sounding like a parent, but try to watch what you eat. Wouldn't want a repeat of what happened.
MARIAH: Uh...how did you...?
MIRROR MARIAH: Lord Steven can read my mind and trace events that recently happened. I could do the same thing, but not as well.
LORD STEVEN: I'm not sure how we were able to do this, but it's almost as if Mariah and I seem to have a little bit of each other with us. [pause] I'm sorry to leave so soon, but I have to go now. I hope I see you again.

A mirror forms next to Lord Steven, and he goes through it.

MARIAH: Lord Steven is pretty cool.
MIRROR MARIAH: [giggles] He sure is...
LYOKO: He's pretty mysterious, too.

Their thoughts about Lord Steven were cut short by a mysterious flame nearly hitting them. Four figures approached them and revealed to be three Magma Magicians led by Rubyfire.

CONNIE: You again?!
RUBYFIRE: Well, well. You're the little girl I ran into back at Mt. Chimney.
CONNIE: Little girl?!
RUBYFIRE: That's right.
CONNIE: I'll make you regret calling me that!

The other three Magicians send out three wolf-like Pokemon to stop Connie.

CONNIE: You're stupid Mightyenas don't scare me! I'll rip 'em apart in three seconds flat!
MIGHTYENA 1: So, you think we're stupid, eh? Let's see how stupid you find this!

The Mightyena opens his mouth and a black ball of lightning forms in it. He then fires it at Connie, but Cascadia gets in the attack's path and blocks it with water shield.

CONNIE: Hey! I don't need help. I'll take 'em down.
CASCADIA: Even you can't take them all three of them down.
CONNIE: All right. Fine. [turns to Rubyfire] I'll take care of the main creep.
MIRROR MARIAH: Are you sure about this?

Rubyfire then sends out the yellow camel Pokemon.

RUBYFIRE: Numel, Rollout!
NUMEL: Okay!

The camel Pokemon, Numel, curls up into a ball and sends Mirror Mariah flying as he rolls into her. She crashes into a lake and was out cold. Numel then makes his way over to Mariah, but she stops it cold with a Mirror Beam.

RUBYFIRE: If that's how you wanna play, fine!

Mariah goes in to attack Rubyfire, but Connie stops her.

CONNIE: Mariah, stay out of this. This is just me and him.
MARIAH: But--
CONNIE: Deal with the other Magicians.

Mariah, feeling that arguing with Connie is useless, nods and heads with Cascadia. Lyoko joins them as the three Magma Magicians prepare to have their Mightyenas attack whatever opponents came their way.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Orange!

The orange gem glows and shot out an orange light that forms into the fire rabbit Lagadi. A blue Pokeball with a "net" on it appears in Cascadia's hands.

CASCADIA: Go, Krabby!

The Pokeball opens and releases a bright white light that forms into Krabby. Lyoko gets out a regular Pokeball with the Japanese flag on it.

LYOKO: Let's do it, Yumi!

The Pokeball opens and the light that was released from it forms into a crow Pokemon with a witch's hat with a Japanese headband around it.

MARIAH: Okay. Let's take 'em down, Lagadi!
LAGADI: I'm ready to take these guys out!
CASCADIA: Krabby, are you ready to battle?
KRABBY: Yep!
LYOKO: Let's do our best, Yumi!
YUMI: You know I always do, Lyoko!

The Magicians then laughed at the three girls.

MAGICIAN 1: Do you honestly believe you can beat us with such weak Pokemon?
MIGHTYENA 1: I'll deal with the rabbit.
MIGHTYENA 2: I'll handle the Krabby.
MIGHTYENA 3: Which means the Murkrow is mine for the taking.

The first Magician with his Mightyena gets ready for the battle.

MAGICIAN 1: We'll show you the true power of the Magma Magicians! [to Mightyena] Shadow Ball!
MIGHTYENA 1: With pleasure!

Mightyena opens his mouth again and the black ball forms. Mariah was waiting for the perfect moment to attack as Mightyena shoots the black ball at Lagadi.

MARIAH: Okay, Lagadi! Agility!

Lagadi zips away at lightning speed before the attack hits. Mightyena looked around in confusion for his opponent.

MARIAH: Double Kick!

The rabbit Pokemon then appears behind Mightyena and kicks him twice in the face before landing back on the ground. The Mightyena was taken by surprise at this and snarled at Lagadi.

MAGICIAN 1: Good. Quite good.
MARIAH: If you liked that, you'll love this! Lagadi, show 'em your Flame Wheel!

Before Lagadi could carry out her command, Cascadia's Krabby hits her and Lagadi gets knocked backwards.

KRABBY: Oops. Sorry.
LAGADI: It's okay.

The second Mightyena goes toward them with open jaws, preparing for a Bite attack.

MARIAH: Lagadi! Quick Attack!
CASCADIA: Krabby! Bubble!

Lagadi heads toward the second Mightyena at full speed and rams into it. The force of her attack knocked the Mightyena into the first. Krabby then starts blowing bubbles at the two wolf Pokemon. Both of the Magicians seemed furious at this.

MAGICIANS 1 & 2: Mightyena! Poison Fang!
MIGHTYENA 1: Right!
MIGHTYENA 2: Let's get 'em!

Both Mightyenas lunged toward Lagadi and Krabby. They opened their mouths and their teeth glowed purple. Krabby gets out of the way in time, but Lagadi was badly hurt by the sharp fangs. To make matters worse, the attack seemed to have poisoned her. As soon as she was released from the Mightyena's mouth, Lagadi shakes for a few seconds.

MARIAH: You don't look too good, Lagadi.
LAGADI: No problem. I can handle it.
MARIAH: Okay! Lagadi, Flame Wheel!

Lagadi, surrounded in flames, charges toward Mightyena. The Magician, however, wasn't too intimidated by this.

MAGICIAN 1: Get ready to finish it off, Mightyena! Use Tackle!

Mightyena heads for Lagadi. He was about to pull off the attack, but the flames were too hot for him to get close. Lagadi bashes into Mightyena and faints it. The first Magician recalled his fallen Pokemon.

MAGICIAN 1: You'll pay for that!
MAGICIAN 3: I'll take care of the rabbit! Mightyena, aim a Shadow Ball at the rabbit and the Murkrow!

The third Mightyena fires a Shadow Ball, but this time it split into two balls of dark lightning. Yumi, Lyoko's Murkrow, was able to withstand it, but Lagadi didn't have the energy to dodge and gets hit. Mariah ended up recalling her fainted Lagadi.

MARIAH: Lagadi... [sighs, then looks at Cascadia and Lyoko] It's up to Cascadia and Lyoko now.

Mariah was about to go off to make sure that Mirror Mariah was all right until Connie appears looking really roughed up.

CONNIE: What happened? Did I miss anything good?
MARIAH: Well, Lagadi managed to take down one of the Mightyenas, but...
CONNIE: Oh... Well, that Magma creep sure had a beating of his life, but he then he said that he had more important matters to do. If I see him again...

Connie was cut off when Mariah notices that Krabby and Yumi were now engulfed by a huge cloud of sand. Neither Pokemon could see what was going on.

KRABBY: This doesn't look good.
YUMI: I'll say.
MAGICIAN 3: Iron Tail on the Murkrow!

The third Mightyena appears behind Yumi and hits her with his glowing tail. Yumi was knocked back quite a bit by the attack's force. She eventually got up, but she was exhausted from such an intense battle.

LYOKO: You can do it, Yumi! Use Drill Peck!
MAGICIAN 3: Another Iron Tail!

Yumi begins spinning as the Mightyena goes in with a glowing tail. Both attacks hit their mark, and both of them were awaiting to see the other one collapse. Surprisingly, the batlte was a draw. Yumi and Mightyena both collapsed at the exact same time, and both of their trainers had to recall their Pokemon.

MAGICIAN 3: You rotten, little...!

Lyoko kept quiet as she puts Yumi's Pokeball away. She sees Mariah and Connie and went off to find Mirror Mariah. The battle was all up to Cascadia and her Krabby now.

MAGICIAN 2: Well, this is going to be fun. The battle comes down to me and a former Aqua Sorceress...
CASCADIA: Talk all you want. We'll end this.
KRABBY: That's right.
MAGICIAN 2: Let's see about that. Mightyena, Bite attack!
CASCADIA: Krabby! Slam attack!

Mightyena heads toward Krabby with open jaws, but Krabby jumps up and slams his claws on Mightyena's back.

KRABBY: Eat that!
MIGHTYENA 2: I won't go down that easily!

Mightyena's teeth then glowed purple as he tried to bite Krabby again.

CASCADIA: Krabby! Harden!

Krabby glows for a few seconds and now have a shiny crystal-like covering, and Mightyena's attack seemed to have failed.

CASCADIA: All right!
MAGICIAN 2: Time for my secret weapon. Hidden Power, Mightyena!
MIGHTYENA 2: I thought you never ask!

Orbs began to form and circle around Mightyena. They were white at first, then they changed to a bright yellow and began crackling with electricity. Suddenly, they were shot at Krabby, and he was hurt rather badly from the electricity.

CASCADIA: I don't believe it! Are you okay, Krabby?
KRABBY: Yeah. I've dealt with worse electric attacks.
CASCADIA: Can you keep battling?
KRABBY: Cascadia, I'll never give up on you. I've never given up on you then, and I don't plan to start now.
MIGHTYENA 2: Fool.

The Mightyena attacks Krabby with Hidden Power again, but Krabby sidesteps to dodges it.

MAGICIAN 2: Mightyena! Bite attack!
CASCADIA: Krabby, use Vicegrip to stop that Mightyena attack!

Mightyena heads for Krabby. However, Mightyena gets an unsuspecting surprise when his mouth was closed shut by Krabby's claws.

CASCADIA: Finish it off with Slam!

Krabby then lifts Mightyena in the air and slams him on the ground. Mightyena has fainted, and the Magician was forced to recall his Pokemon.

MAGICIAN 2: You may have won, but we'll be back! You haven't heard the last of the Magma Magicians!

The magician runs off as Cascadia hugs Krabby.

CASCADIA: Way to go, Krabby! I knew you could do it!

Just then, Krabby started glowing and begins to grow and transform. When the light dimmed down, Krabby was a darker red and there were spikes on his head that were arranged like a crown.

CASCADIA: Oh... you've evolved... You've evolved into a Kingler!

She giggles as she hugs her Pokemon again. It began to rain, but Cascadia didn't care. Kingler then noticed that Cascadia was crying.

KINGLER: Something wrong?
CASCADIA: No. Nothing at all. Come on, let's find the others.

After a while of searching, Cascadia and Kingler ran into Lyoko and Mariah in an area full of tall grass.

CASCADIA: Hey, guys.
LYOKO: Miss Cascadia!
MARIAH: Hey, Cascadia! You okay?
CASCADIA: I'm fine, thanks. Krabby here evolved into a Kingler.
MARIAH: Congratulations.
CASCADIA: Thanks.
KINGLER: Really appreciate it. How's that other Mariah?
LYOKO: She's doing fine. She's a bit hurt, though. Anyway, we'd better get out of this storm. The Mirror Guardian invited us to her Secret Base. She was kind enough to move its location to here in case it rained.

Mariah and Lyoko went ahead. Cascadia recalls her new Kingler and catches up.

***​

Later that night, everyone but Mariah was asleep. It was still raining, but was to the point of drizzling. Mariah was outside on a rock that was near the Secret Base. She gets out her Wand.

MARIAH: I call upon the Rainbow of the Mirror World! Green!

The green light burst out of the wand's green gem and forms into Grovyle.

GROVYLE: Hey, Mariah. What's up?
MARIAH: I just wanted to have a little chat with you. Do you remember when we first started on the Pokemon Journey?
GROVYLE: Yeah, we were about to start it until we ended up here.
MARIAH: How long have we been here?
GROVYLE: I don't know.
MARIAH: I really don't know either. Sure, we've been here a few days... But that Dark Mariah says that her world is a few years ahead of this one... Maybe...
GROVYLE: You're worried that by the time you get back...
MARIAH: Yeah. By now, Dad and Grandma think I'm collecting Gym Badges instead of Mirror Shards. If Mom was still alive, she'd think the same thing too. I'm afraid that my family would fall apart. Grandma would die from being around for so long, and Dad... Well...
GROVYLE: Don't worry, Mariah. I'm sure everything will be okay.
MARIAH: Yeah... [giggles] You know, at times like this, my best friend would say that. It usually makes me feel better, especially after my Mom's funeral two years ago...

[flashback]

Mariah was at school. It was lunchtime, and she was sitting at a table all alone. She seemed upset as she ate a hot dog and some slices of a Watmel Berry. Just then, someone sits with her. She had long, dark brown hair that reached almost halfway to her back. She had brown eyes that were almost darker than Mariah's. The girl wore a bright pink and yellow tie die t-shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. She noticed the depressed look on Mariah's face.

GIRL: Hey, Mariah. What's wrong?

Mariah didn't answer. She just kept eating.

GIRL: Do you wanna talk about it? If you keep stuff that's bothering you to yourself, you might get sick from it. At least, that's what I've been taught.
MARIAH: I don't care, Lisa...
LISA: Oh... Does it have to do with the accident that your mom was in...? I mean... it was...

Lisa stopped when she noticed that Mariah stopped eating and begins crying as she hugged her. Everyone around the area turned to the two girls. Lisa comforts Mariah by hugging her back.

MARIAH: Why did she have to die? Why? If that bus haven't barged into her car, she wouldn't have died! It's not fair! I can't believe it! I don't want her to die!

Mariah begins crying hysterically. Several classmates as well as the teacher on duty were with her.

MARIAH: Why did Mom leave me?! I don't want her to leave me! I want her back! I wanna laugh with her and have a good time! I don't want her to leave! I just don't! It's not the same without her!
LISA: Mariah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your mom died... But she's gone. She's gone for good. I can understand that no one can replace your mom in your life.
MARIAH: [cries a bit] But...
LISA: Trust me, Mariah. I'm your best friend, and I'm sure everything will be okay.
MARIAH: [stops crying] Thanks, Lisa...

[end flashback]

Mariah starts to cry.

GROVYLE: What's wrong?
MARIAH: Losing someone you love is always a sad thing. I'm worried that... I just hope that my home will be the way it was before we came here. I don't want to lose whatever's left of my family.
GROVYLE: I understand. You've been through a lot.
MARIAH: Yeah. I have. [wipes her eyes] Thanks for listening.
GROVYLE: You're welcome.

Mariah calms herself down and sees a shining pink basket behind her. In it were large, pink, spiky berries. Also, there was a necklace that had a charm that was shaped like the berries. Mariah puts it on and looks at it for a while.

MARIAH: What's this?
GROVYLE: I don't know.

Grovyle tries a berry, and then Mariah. The berries were very spicy, and the two of them wanted some water as soon as possible. Suddenly, a stream of water hits them both in the face, dousing the spicy taste. The water came from a red octopus Pokemon.

MARIAH: Thanks.
GROVYLE: We needed that.
OCTOPUS POKEMON: No problem. What are you guys doing out so late?
MARIAH: Oh, notihng. We were just talking. Did you leave this basket here?
OCTOPUS POKEMON: Nope. Not at all.
GROVYLE: Weird.
MARIAH: Yeah. Anyway, we were getting ready to leave. Thanks for you help.
GROVYLE: See you around.

The octopus Pokemon waves good-bye as Mariah and Grovyle left. As Mariah sends out Venonat to re-enter the Secret Base, Dark Mariah were watching them.

DARK MARIAH: You'll need those Petaya Berries and the Petaya Necklace, Mariah. You'll need them.

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

The next day, the group arrives at a huge building. Lyoko gets excited by this.

LYOKO: Hey! That's the Weather Institute! That means we're close to Fortree Castle!
MIRROR MARIAH: Great. We're almost there!

Just then, Cascadia has a sharp jolt go through her.

CASCADIA: Not again...
LYOKO: What is it, Miss Cascadia?
CASCADIA: The Aqua Sorcerors... they're in there...
MARIAH: What?! We had to deal with those Magma Magicians yesterday!
CASCADIA: I know, but it looks like they're not the only ones that won't quit.

Cascadia enters the building, and the others followed. Dark Mariah then shows up with her Combusken, Corsola, and another Pokemon. Its silver coat shone in the sunlight. It had a tail that looked like a mirror, and it perked up its ears. There was another Pokemon that had eye-like wings.

DARK MARIAH: Combusken... Corsola... Masquerain... Pseudeon... Let's go.

Dark Mariah and her Pokemon then entered the building.

***​

The tower was rather huge and dark as the group noticed upon entering. Cascadia began to get a strange feeling they continued on. Suddenly, she screamed when she felt someone pulling her back. Connie, Lyoko, and Mirror Mariah felt someone pulled them too. Mariah turns back and saw there was no one behind them. Instead, electricity surrounded the four, but the electricity surrounding Mirror Mariah was pink while the electricity surrounding the others was blue and white.

CONNIE: I can't move!
CASCADIA: Me neither!
LYOKO: What's going on?
MIRROR MARIAH: [struggles to get free] I don't know, but I have a feeling that whoever did this didn't want an audience.

The lights then came on, and there were footsteps approaching them.

VOICE: I see that you've fell in the traps.
CASCADIA: That voice...

Water Sapphire, the person that Cascadia considers a rival, enters. She then notices that everyone but Mariah was immobile by her traps.

WATER SAPPHIRE: How'd you like the traps I've set? I call them the Aqua Mirror Catchers. It sucks you in them and surrounds you in electricity! I've made a very special one for that Mirror Girl, but it works even better on the Mirror Guardian.
MIRROR MARIAH: [sarcastically] Oh, yeah. You must be really proud.

The pink electricity shocks Mirror Mariah as she tries to escape, paralyzing her.

MIRROR MARIAH: HEY!
WATER SAPPHIRE: That's the other exclusive feature of that Aqua Mirror Catcher. It channels the electricity through your body so you can't move! But enough bragging. [to Mariah] Once I get you out of the way, the Aqua Sorcerors can continue achieving our goals.
MARIAH: You wish!
CASCADIA: Be careful, Mariah. Water Sapphire's tough.
MARIAH: I don't think you have to worry. If I could beat Archie, I can beat her.

Water Sapphire just laughed. Water-like energy began to form around Water Sapphire and shot up like a geyser. Mariah, not taking any chances, counters with Mirror Special. The Pokeball on the wand begins shining, and an orange light forms into a silhouette of Lagadi. It heads toward Water Sapphire's attack with flames surrounding it. Both attacks clashed, and steam exploded throughout the room. After the steam cleared, Mariah attacks with Mirror Beam, but Water Sapphire dodges.

WATER SAPPHIRE: You'll have to do a lot better than that, my friend!

Water Sapphire then attacks with a beam of dark blue bubbles. Mariah tries to dodge by flying up, but they all hit her, and she begins to feel cold. She then falls to the ground on her back.

WATER SAPPHIRE: What's the matter, Mirror Girl? Are my attacks too much for you?

Mariah tried to get up, but her wings appear to be frozen.

MARIAH: Oh, no.
WATER SAPPHIRE: Give it up. You know you can't win against me.

The "water" appeared again, but time it forms into a silhouette of the submarine Pokemon from Cascadia's dream in Chapter 7.

CASCADIA: Oh, no... It can't be.
WATER SAPPHIRE: [laughs] This will end it! Hydro Magic!

A dizzying whirlpool of water headed straight to Mariah, who was unable to fly or dodge due to her frozen wings. Just when all hope was lost, a strange window-like shield appears. It managed to block the attack, saving Mariah.

WATER SAPPHIRE: What!?

The window was formed by Pseudeon, the silver Pokemon that was with Dark Mariah. Combusken then appears and defrost Mariah's wings by blowing an explosive stream of fire.

PSEUDEON: Are you all right?
MARIAH: Yeah. Thanks.

Dark Mariah then appears with Corsola and Masquerain.

DARK MARIAH: Well, it's nice to see you again, Mariah.
MARIAH: Same here.

Water Sapphire couldn't believe what she saw.

WATER SAPHHIRE: Wait... [sees Dark Mariah] YOU'RE the one I've ran into back at Dewford Cave.
DARK MARIAH: That's right.
WATER SAPPHIRE: Doesn't matter! I'll get rid of all of you!

Water Sapphire attacks with the dark blue bubble beam again, but Pseudeon starts firing crystals from her body that clashed with the crystals. While Dark Mariah's Pokemon kept Water Sapphire busy, Dark Mariah gets with Mariah.

DARK MARIAH: I see you noticed my present.
MARIAH: Present?

Dark Mariah points to the necklace Mariah was wearing.

MARIAH: Huh? You were the one who left that basket last night?
DARK MARIAH: I thought it'd help you.
MARIAH: I still have a bit of that spicy taste from last night.
DARK MARIAH: You'll get used to it. Anyway, those were Petaya Berries I left, and that necklace you're wearing is the Petaya Necklace. It's very valuable and very powerful.
MARIAH: What does it do?
DARK MARIAH: See for yourself. Just say "Life of Hoenn, give me power".
MARIAH: Okay. Life of Hoenn, give me power!

Just then, the necklace began flashing. Mariah suddenly felt strange as she goes into a trance and wakes in with a blank look in her eyes and in a strange voice.

MARIAH: Life is my power. Life is everything and I represent all living things.
DARK MARIAH: Petaya, your new master is the Hoenn Mirror Girl. Make sure you take care of her and guide her to the right path.
MARIAH: I will stay by my new master's side and devote my loyal guidance to her.

Pink energy slowy forms around Mariah for a few seconds. After that, Mariah snaps out of her trance.

MARIAH: Huh? What just happened?
DARK MARIAH: How do you feel, Mariah?
MARIAH: Well, for that brief second there, I felt some sort of energy going through me.
DARK MARIAH: It's the energy of life within. From this point on, it'll help you in the times when you really need it.

Just then, all of Dark Mariah's Pokemon were blown away by one of Water Sapphire's attacks. They seemed unable to continue and Dark Mariah had to recall them. Mariah then goes in, and Water Sapphire began to gather energy.

WATER SAPPHIRE: You again? You just don't know when to quit, do you?
MARIAH: I'm never giving up!

Mariah flies above Water Sapphire. Water Sapphire attacks with the dark blue beam of bubbles, but Mariah dodges. Water Sapphire tries the attack again, but Mariah uses Mirror Beam. However, around the rainbow colored beam were white lights that made it home in on Water Sapphire. She gets hit and knocked down, but she still had the energy to get up.

WATER SAPPHIRE: How...? How did you manage...?
MARIAH: It's time to end this!

Mariah begins to glow witn pinkish-purple energy. She then points her wand in the air and the necklace and the wand began glowing a bright pink.

MARIAH: Petaya Magic!

Just then, streaks out pink light went flying all over the place. Not only did it manage to hit Water Sapphire, but it also freed the others as well. Water Sapphire decided that it was a good time to surrender and leaves through a Mirror Portal she created. Mariah then descended down slowy on the ground and stops glowing.

MARIAH: Everyone okay?
CONNIE: Fine, thanks to you.
CASCADIA: I never thought that you were able to pull that off.
LYOKO: That was great!
MIRROR MARIAH: I'm pretty impressed by that new move of yours!

Three of the pink lights head toward Connie, Cascadia, and Lyoko. They also formed into necklaces. Connie's had a round blue charm with brown zigzag patterns, Cascadia's had a large round white charm with red dots on it, and Lyoko's had a green charm with cactus-like branches on top.

CONNIE: What are these?
CASCADIA: I don't know.
LYOKO: Me neither.
DARK MARIAH: I've given you your own necklaces. Connie has the Ganlon Necklace that holds the power of the land, Cascadia has the Liechi Necklace that holds the power of the sea, and Lyoko's necklace is the Salac necklace that has the power of the sky. These will provide help to you when you need it. Anyway, it was nice to see you guys again, but I have to get going. Dealing with Shadow Wing is no easy task.

Dark Mariah then creates a dark portal leading through her world. She goes through it as the others continue to head to Fortree Castle.

LYOKO: Well, I'm almost home.

Just then, Mirror Mariah then senses something and stops.

MIRROR MARIAH: A Mirror Shard...
MARIAH: Where? Where is it?
MIRROR MARIAH: It's really faint, but its... [points to the sky] Up there...

The others looked up. They couldn't see anything, but Lyoko makes out a castle floating in the sky...

End of Chapter 12​