Dwayne's Gardevoir

**Dwayne's Gardevoir** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのサーナイト** *Douein's Sirknight*) is the very first Pokémon that Dwayne ever owned.

## **New Era**

### **Background**

When Dwayne was six years old, he was playing with the Pokémon living in Professor Oak's Laboratory while being watched by his father's Azumarill. While playing with a group of Oddish, Dwayne suddenly hears a voice calling and takes off running to find out what it is, with Azumarill rapidly behind him. Soon enough, Dwayne finds Ralts laying next to a lake. When Azumarill arrives, Dwayne shares his belief that Ralts fell into the lake and got sick.

Azumarill then runs off to get Edge, who quickly arrives minutes later. Edge hands some soup for it to try. At first, Ralts won't eat the soup, but then Dwayne tells Ralts to go ahead, so Ralts manages to eat it and enjoys it. Dwayne lays her back down and thinks she must be feeling better, but Edge, however, thinks otherwise. He explains that she is definitely running a fever, and it was pretty high, so it would be best for them to get Ralts to a Pokémon Center right away, and since Pallet Town didn't have a Pokémon Center, they needed to head to Viridian City immediately. Dwayne offers Ralts a lift, then declares that he is going to take full responsibility for Ralts on the trip.

While passing through Route 1, Edge and Dwayne's path gets blocked by a trio of Pokémon poachers, who demand them to hand Ralts over to him. Ralts weakly cries out, and Dwayne realizes that Ralts's sickness was probably caused whilst she was escaping from the poachers, which the poachers smugly confirm, and state that Ralts wasn't going anywhere. Edge brings out his Azumarill to battle the poachers, who bring out a Zubat, Raticate, and Spearow. Zubat attacks with Gust, knocking Edge, Dwayne, Azumarill, and Ralts off their feet. Raticate then attacks with Super Fang. Dwayne takes cover behind a tree, promising to keep Ralts safe. Edge has Azumarill use Bubble Beam, which strikes Raticate and sends it flying back. However, Spearow swoops in with Aerial Ace, which Azumarill counters with Hydro Pump, which pushes Spearow back.

Dwayne then notices that Ralts is getting worse, and alerts his father, causing Edge to assume she must be suffering from something worse than a cold. Edge tells Dwayne to make a run for the Pokémon Center while he still can. When Dwayne is nervous about going alone, Edge reminds him that he is the one who wanted to be responsible for Ralts. After further encouragement from his father, Dwayne goes for it while Edge prevents the poachers from focusing on his son. After Azumarill crashes from Raticate's Hyper Fang, Edge summons his Pikachu, who uses Surf to engulf all three Pokémon at once, and then runs off after Dwayne. Unfortunately, one of the poachers had summoned a Vaporeon, whose Water Absorb Ability had absorbed all of Pikachu's Surf within it. Zubat then uses Haze, blinding Edge and his Pokémon, and allowing the poachers to escape and find Dwayne.

Stopping for a moment, Dwayne finds out that Ralts's fever is getting worse, and he needs to come up with something fast. He then finds a bundle of Berries that his mother would always give him whenever he was sick, and tries to convince Ralts to eat some of them. Unfortunately, Ralts is too sick to eat, and Dwayne starts to worry that Ralts is giving up. He then begins to emotionally break down, wondering why he wanted to be the big hero, and he becomes scared that all he did in the end was let Ralts down. Suddenly, an Ice Beam blows past him, and Dwayne looks up to see Azumarill holding some of the Berries, which she froze solid. Dwayne, getting an idea, wraps the Berries in a rag, and uses it as a cold compress for Ralts. This cools Ralts down, and Dwayne once again tries to convince her to eat. Fortunately, she manages to take a bite this time.

Moments later, the poachers finds Dwayne and Azumarill, and they order Dwayne to hand over Ralts, but he refuses. Suddenly, a Gardevoir and Kirlia arrive and put the poachers to sleep with Hypnosis. Dwayne realizes the two Psychic-types were looking for Ralts, but he is forced to try to explain to them that Ralts is in bad shape and needs help. Kirlia is put off by this, but Azumarill refuses to let it get closer. They get into an argument, which results in the angry Kirlia firing a Thunder Wave}} attack. However, Ralts stops this by using Safeguard, although it leaves the Ralts even weaker than before. Kirlia tries to approach them, but Gardevoir stops it. They decide that if Ralts is willing to trust Dwayne that far, then so can they. As they teleport away, Dwayne quickly gets going again.

Dwayne finally manages to make it to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, and Ralts is put in the intensive care unit. Edge then shows up, upon which Dwayne runs crying into his father's arms. Edge calmly comforts him, saying he really came through. After Officer Jenny arrives and arrests the sleeping poachers, Dwayne and Edge sit at the waiting room for results. A few hours later, Nurse Joy comes out, announcing that Ralts is fully healed. Dwayne quickly runs in to see her, and they are overjoyed to see each other. It turns out that Dwayne had gotten Ralts to the Pokémon Center just in time; had he been an hour late, Ralts might not have survived. Edge praises his son for stepping up when he needed to. However, Dwayne realizes that since Ralts is feeling better, it was time for her to go back where she belongs. He heads outside and starts calling for Gardevoir and Kirlia. Gardevoir and Kirlia then appear to Dwayne, who prepares to hand Ralts over to them. Ralts, however, doesn't want to leave Dwayne, and it is obvious that Dwayne is equally hesitant to let Ralts go.

Gardevoir uses Psychic Terrain, and they are engulfed by a purple dome of energy. Then, Dwayne hears voices, and realize they're coming from Gardevoir and Kirlia, who are speaking telepathically with him, with Psychic Terrain enhancing this ability, and Gardevoir explains that Ralts seemed far happier with him than she ever was with them. Then, Ralts herself starts speaking telepathically with Dwayne, telling him that she loves him and doesn't want to leave his side, and hugs him, and Dwayne returns the gesture, and asks Gardevoir's permission to keep Ralts.

Gardevoir smiles and says that Ralts's happiness was the most important thing, and says that itself and Kirlia would miss Ralts, but they knew that Dwayne would keep Ralts safe with him, and agree to let Ralts stay with Dwayne. Ralts becomes overjoyed and profusely thanks her siblings for letting her stay with Dwayne, waves her family goodbye as Gardevoir and Kirlia teleport away. As the Psychic Terrain dissipates, Dwayne hugs Ralts once again, telling her that they'll stay together forever, and Ralts hugs Dwayne in return, happy to remain by his side, as Dwayne, Ralts, and Edge begin making their return to Pallet Town.

### **Indigo Challenge**

On the day that Dwayne prepares to embark on his journey, he, his father, and his mother head towards Professor Oak's Laboratory, where Dwayne obtained six Poké Balls for his journey. Also, Professor Oak gifted Dwayne with a Pokédex. Outside the laboratory, Dwayne prepared to say goodbye to his family, and while doing so, Roberta strictly tells Dwayne to call her once he arrived in Viridian City, which makes Dwayne sweat as he promises to do so. Then, Dwayne brings out Ralts from her Poké Ball, and asks her if she was ready, to which Ralts nods in agreement, and they set off.

Dwayne and Ralts begin their long journey, walking beyond the outskirts of Pallet Town. Just then, the two hear footsteps behind them and find that they are close to a Pidgey. Dwayne is happy at the chance of catching his first Pokémon, and sends Ralts out to battle. Pidgey notices them and immediately takes the offensive with Gust, but Ralts uses Teleport to dodge the attack, before using Disarming Voice to cause moderate damage to the Flying-type Pokémon. Pidgey then retaliates with Sand-Attack, which blinds Ralts for the moment. Pidgey then uses Tackle, but Dwayne direct Ralts towards Pidgey's position and commands a Growl, lowering Pidgey's attack power and allowing Ralts to withstand the attack.

Nevertheless, Pidgey remains in the fight, and retaliates with a Gust attack, and Ralts becomes unable to dodge, and gets struck. Despite still being able to battle, Pidgey flies off, clearly having had enough of the two, which disappoints both Dwayne and Ralts. After Dwayne washes Ralts's eyes, Dwayne thanks Ralts for her effort, but the Feeling Pokémon seems rather saddened, clearly feeling upset for having failed her Trainer, but Dwayne assures Ralts that he was proud of her, and says they would catch the next Pokémon they see.

Just then, Dwayne spots a Spearow, and becomes excited at the thought of catching it. Upon seeing Dwayne's excitement, Ralts impulsively attacks Spearow with Disarming Voice, and while the damage wasn't extensive, it annoys Spearow, who quickly attacks with Peck, but a second Disarming Voice knocks Spearow down to the ground. Spearow is down, but not out, and it lets out a loud cry. In the distance, Dwayne and Ralts spot a large flock of Spearow emerging from a tree and heading straight towards them. The two decide to make a run for it, and quickly try to get away as the furious flock gives chase. Dwayne promises to protect as he picks her up and carries her away. The two come to a fast flowing river and Dwayne, needing to get away from the angry Spearow quickly, jumps in and allows himself and Ralts to be swept away, during which he very nearly becomes lunch for a Gyarados.

Further down the river, where there's no current, a young girl is leisurely fishing when the lure starts to react. The girl quickly grabs her rod to reel in what she thinks will be a big one, but instead yanks out Dwayne and Ralts. She is disappointed, but then notices Ralts and angrily tells Dwayne that he should never let his Pokémon get into such a bad condition. Dwayne says that he was trying to prevent Ralts from getting swarmed by a pack of Spearow, but the girl rebuffs his comments, calling him an awful Trainer for allowing Ralts to get in danger. The girl's comments anger Ralts, who quickly uses Growl on her to force her to shut up.

The girl notes that Ralts was fiercely protective of him, and Dwayne says that they've been together since he was young. However, their conversation gets interrupted when they notice the pack of Spearow angrily flying towards them. Dwayne panics, but the girl says that he was being pathetic by panicking and brings out her Kangaskhan. The girl smugly tells Dwayne to watch closely as the Spearow swoop in towards Kangaskhan. The girl commands Kangashkan to use Rock Slide, and many of the Spearow are struck by the rocks, while some others manage to evade. The few that dodged continue to speed towards Kangaskhan, who quickly uses Endure to allow her to withstand the barrage of attacks. Then, Kangaskhan uses Focus Energy, which increases the critical damage of her attacks, before following up with Power-Up Punch, which successfully knocks the remaining Spearow.

The girl then says that they were safe now, and Dwayne thanks her, but the girl simply says that it was easy. However, they all failed to notice one remaining Spearow hiding in the trees next to them, who quickly charges towards Dwayne with a Peck attack. However, Ralts instinctively learns Confusion, which she uses on the girl's bicycle, and throws it towards the Spearow, causing it to flee after recovering from the attack. However, the girl's bike becomes completely dent to the point of being unusable, which infuriates her. Dwayne apologizes, but the girl refuses to accept his apology, angrily stating that her bicycle was a limited-edition version that she won in a contest.

Dwayne becomes taken aback, knowing that limited-edition bicycles were extremely expensive, and states that he didn't have enough money to pay her back. The girl then states that she would find a way to make him pay her back. Dwayne then states that he was heading towards Viridian City and they could work something out and asks for her name. The girl then introduces herself as Jade and says there was nothing for them to work out besides Dwayne paying for her bicycle. Ralts then grows tired of Jade's tirade and uses Teleport to teleport herself and Dwayne away, which leaves Jade both flabbergasted and irate. She quickly grabs her dented bike and curses out Dwayne, before sprinting towards Viridian City, vowing to find him again and giving him a piece of her mind.

Meanwhile, Dwayne and Ralts find themselves in the center of Viridian City, and Ralts faints in his arms, with Dwayne noting that using Teleport on such a long distance was too much for her to handle. Dwayne quickly heads towards the Pokémon Center, where Dwayne asks Nurse Joy for help. While Nurse Joy is attending to Ralts's injuries, Dwayne calls his mother, notifying her of his arrival in Viridian City, and Roberta says that she was glad Dwayne remembered his promise, saying that she would've traveled to Viridian City herself to scold him if he hadn't, causing Dwayne to simply laugh to hide his fear of his mother's temper.

Afterwards, Jade storms in the Pokémon Center, looking for Dwayne, and she sees him, she angrily marches up towards him and demands him to pay her back for her bicycle, but Dwayne again states that he didn't have enough money to pay her back, and mentions his sick Ralts, and Jade then drops the subject and instead asks about Ralts's status, and Dwayne says that she was rather weak but overall okay. Jade says that she was glad to hear it, but quickly returns to demanding him to pay her back, and Dwayne finally snaps, telling her that it was an accident that her bicycle was destroyed, and states that Ralts decided to protect himself and Jade from the Spearow by using her bicycle as a weapon, and Jade should be thanking Ralts instead of being angry at him, and Jade finally backs down, and says that while she was still angry, she recognizes that Dwayne shouldn't be the one to blame, as Ralts was the one who decided to use her bicycle as a weapon, and admits that Ralts did save them from the Spearow. Just then, Nurse Joy returns with Ralts, who's fully recovered, and Dwayne hugs Ralts, stating that he was glad to see she had recovered. Jade then thanks Ralts for helping them earlier.

Ralts was chosen to battle a wild Pidgey that he was looking to capture. Pidgey attacks with Wing Attack, but Ralts uses Teleport to evade, before using Confusion, to which she uses to thrash Pidgey around, before sending him crashing onto a tree. Dwayne throws a Poké Ball and Pidgey gets locked inside and Pidgey gets captured.

When Dwayne had first-ever Gym battle at the Pewter Gym, Ralts was chosen as his first Pokémon, facing off against Brock's Onix. Ralts is intimidated by the giant Pokémon, but Dwayne's words of encouragement make Ralts confident enough to battle. Ralts's Disarming Voice is woefully ineffective against Onix's Bind, which begins to crush Ralts, inflicting visible pain. This prompts Dwayne to recall Ralts to her Poké Ball, though the attempt is thwarted by the larger Pokémon's bulk. Dwayne cannot bear to watch Ralts's suffering and he forfeits the match. After Onix releases Ralts, Dwayne craddles Ralts, and begins apologizing, but Ralts caresses his face, assuring him that she wasn't disappointed. Brock commends Dwayne for knowing when to give up for his Pokémon's sake, and also praises the clear bond that he and Ralts had, but urges him to become stronger, otherwise Ralts and his other Pokémon would pay the price.

As a dejected Dwayne leaves the Gym, he encounters Jade again, who says that she watched his battle and said that his battling skills needed work and offers him some assistance. Dwayne agrees, and over some tea at the Pokémon Center, they discuss what happened in the Gym. Jade notices that Dwayne is obviously upset over his loss, so she encourages him and says she'd help him become stronger. At the battlefield in the back of the Pokémon Center, Jade assists Dwayne in training his Pokémon, with Ralts, Pidgey, and Butterfree engaging in spar battles against Jade's Kangaskhan, and after a few hours, Jade deems Dwayne's Pokémon stronger and urges him to re-challenge Brock.

The next day, Ralts is chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Brock's Geodude. Onix wraps Ralts with Bind, but Ralts makes a comeback by using Teleport, and the sudden disappearance causes Onix's tail to smack against its bulk, which allows Ralts to unleash her newly-learned attacks: She first uses Confuse Ray to leave Onix confused. Brock urges Onix to snap out of it, and orders Iron Tail, but Onix smacks itself instead due to its confusion, and Ralts takes this opportunity to use Rain Dance, which causes a strong rain to spray down, and the falling water causes Onix to cower, as Onix's species are known to fiercely dislike water, and Ralts finishes off Onix with a super-effective Magical Leaf, giving Dwayne the victory.

When Dwayne visited the Pokémon Tech school, Ralts was chosen to battle Wes's Nidorino to prove his worth as a Trainer. Nidorino attacks with Horn Attack, but Ralts uses Confusion, which stops Nidorino on his tracks, and Ralts sends him crashing onto the wall, knocking him out. Lauren walks in and chastises Wes for forgetting that Ralts was also a Psychic-type Pokémon, which was super-effective against a Poison-type like Nidorino, and calls him an embarrassment to the school. Hearing Lauren's voice causes Dwayne to take a step back, with memories of his awful time at the school flooding in, but quickly realizes that Lauren wasn't as "scary" as he remembered, and wonders why he was so scared of her. Lauren continues to upbraid Wes, and threatens to withdraw the help of the other students. Seeing this, Dwayne overcomes his fear of her and stands up against her, calling her an awful person. Lauren then says that it was good to see him again, but Dwayne rebuffs her comments, sarcastically remarking that he couldn't say the same, and with a pure tone of disgust in his voice, states she hadn't changed at all. Lauren seems offended by his comments and angrily asks him what he meant by that, and Dwayne says she knows very well what he meant.

Dwayne then challenges Lauren, saying crushing her in battle was something he'd been looking foward to in years, and that Lauren's beauty was only on the outside as she rotten and "ugly" on the inside, and Lauren becomes shocked at Dwayne accidentally calling her beautiful and after momentarily blushing, she regains her composure and accuses him of being jealous, saying he wasn't "tough enough" to handle the school's strict teaching system. Dwayne brags that he has two Badges, and Lauren insults him. When Dwayne reveals that he has been on his quest for a month, she snidely remarks that most beginners have six Pokémon, and she attributes his two Badges to luck. She is also surprised that he chose Ralts as his starting Pokémon, as they are known to be rather weak and defenseless. Her mockery and laughter angers Ralts, mostly because of Lauren's mockery towards Dwayne instead of herself, and Dwayne demands a battle.

In response, Lauren summons Graveler. Dwayne calls for a Magical Leaf attack, but Graveler deflects it with Rollout, much to his dismay. Lauren orders Graveler to use Rock Polish to increase its Speed, but Ralts responds by teleporting around Graveler. Graveler tries to aim its Mega Punch at Ralts, but her quick teleporting makes him unable to land a hit. Finally, Ralts catches Graveler off-guard with a Confusion before knocking him out with a close-range Magical Leaf.

Ralts was Dwayne's Pokémon of choice for his Vermilion Gym battle against Lt. Surge and his Raichu. Listening to Surge's taunts, Ralts pops out of her Poké Ball and glares at Surge, and Surge laughs at Ralts's anger, saying that she was "cute". Lt. Surge accepts Dwayne's challenge and the battle promptly begins, with Ralts facing Raichu. Ralts attacks with Confusion, but Raichu's Thunder Shock is significantly stronger and overpowers Ralts's attack. Dwayne realizes that Ralts simply cannot stand up to Raichu's more powerful attacks and tells her to return, but Ralts refuses and charges again at Raichu. The resulting trade-off between Ralts and her adversary leaves Ralts severely damaged by a Mega Punch and Mega Kick from Raichu. Raichu then unleashes a powerful Thunderbolt that defeats Ralts easily.

Later, at the Pokémon Center, Ralts awakens, and Dwayne is relieved that she is all right. Ralts, however, is upset to have been beaten so badly by Raichu. Nurse Joy enters the room, and says that she's got a training room especially designed for training Pokémon, and offers Dwayne and Ralts to train there and become stronger for their rematch, and both Dwayne and Ralts accept, with the latter being fiercely determined to train. Approximately five hours later, Ralts is out of breath, having just finished her training, and Dwayne notes that Ralts's speed had increased, and suddenly, Dwayne comes up with a way to get an advantage over Raichu.

Later, Dwayne and the fully recovered Ralts head back towards the Vermilion Gym. After receiving more mockery from Surge and his subordinates, Dwayne demands a rematch, to which Surge accepts. Once again, it is to be Raichu against Ralts. The battle begins, and Dwayne tells Ralts to stick to their planned strategy. Lt. Surge uses the same strategy as last time, but Dwayne orders Ralts to dodge Raichu's heavy attacks, causing Raichu to give itself recoil damage from moves like Body Slam. Dwayne then orders Ralts to use Double Team, and Ralts creates several copies of herself. Repeated Body Slam attempts from Raichu all miss completely. Dwayne then recalls the strategy: because Lt. Surge evolved his Pikachu into a Raichu too fast, it never had a chance to learn the speed attacks it can only learn as a Pikachu. Lt. Surge, growing aggravated, orders Raichu to fill the entire Gym with a vicious Thunderbolt attack. Raichu rips up the arena floor and even blows out all the windows around the arena. At first, Lt. Surge is convinced he has won, but the smoke clears, revealing the unharmed Ralts standing on the rafters, having teleported herself there.

Lt. Surge orders another Thunderbolt, but Raichu is unable to muster up the electricity for it. Lt. Surge orders a Take Down, but Ralts quickly uses Charm to drastically lower Raichu's attack power, and repeatedly uses it as Raichu continues to attack. Finally, Raichu lands a hit with Take Down, but Ralts suffers little damage due to Raichu's lowered attack power. Finally, Dwayne orders Ralts to unleash her new powerful attack: Dazzling Gleam while Surge orders a Thunderbolt. The quicker Ralts manages to strike first, slamming into Raichu's stomach, knocking out her opponent and winning the match. Conceding defeat, Lt. Surge awards Dwayne with the Thunder Badge. As Dwayne and Ralts hug, Ralts suddenly begins evolving into Kirlia, and Dwayne notes that Ralts withheld her own evolution until after the match to prove her point that evolution wasn't necessary to win a battle. After healing Kirlia at the Pokémon Center, Dwayne congratulates her on evolving, and Kirlia bows as a sign of gratitude, and Dwayne notes that Kirlia has become more graceous than before.

Kirlia, alongside Dwayne's Clefairy, aided him in battling an ancient and evil Haunter that had killed countless people in order to save the Saffron City Gym Leader Sabrina, whose soul Haunter had retrieved earlier on. Dwayne wakes the sleeping Haunter by throwing rocks at it. After throwing another rock, the Haunter charged at the Trainers. Dwayne quickly get his Pokémon to attack, having Kirlia attack with Confusion, and Clefairy assisting her with Helping Hand, although the Haunter was too strong and presses everyone to the wall using a strong Psychic attack.

However, Sabrina's Abra stops Haunter's attack, countering it. Dwayne sees Sabrina is commanding Abra through telepathy. Haunter uses Psychic again, though Kirlia uses Teleport to dodge, before grabbing a rather large piece of rubble and uses Fling to launch it towards Haunter, and Clefairy assists with Dazzling Gleam. Haunter recovers and goes to use Dream Eater. Haunter goes to devour Abra, but Kirlia rescues it by teleporting it away from harm's way. Haunter follows them to the exit, then gets absorbed into the giant Poké Ball. Abra, Kirlia, and Clefiary are pleased, but Haunter emerges from the Poké Ball, as it used Explosion inside it. However, they are certain Haunter's health is near zero, and now it can be caught with just an ordinary Poké Ball, but are not sure where it went. Dwayne follows Haunter into the ruins, so Haunter throws some rocks. Abra, Kirlia, and Clefairy dodge, then Clefairy retaliates with Moonblast.

Dwayne sees his chance and throws an Ultra Ball. Unfortunately, before it could reach the Pokémon, Haunter uses Self-Destruct, killing itself and causing the underground cavern to collapse. The moment Haunter dies, Sabrina wakes up and Kirlia teleports everyone to safety, who were about to be crushed by falling debris. They teleported back up to the surface and see the partly destroyed statue of a Haunter. Sabrina explains that people used to worship Pokémon like gods in the past, and that maybe the Haunter was used to being worshipped, it would rather kill itself than get caught, fitting for a god.

When Dwayne challenged the Celadon Gym, Kirlia was chosen as his third and final Pokémon to battle against Erika's Gloom. Dwayne starts off by commanding a Psybeam, but Gloom dodges and fires off Solar Beam, but Kirlia manages to dodge the attack. Dwayne then orders Kirlia to use Dazzling Gleam, and scores a direct hit. Gloom retaliates with Acid, but Kirlia dodges and uses Psybeam again, but Gloom counters with Solar Beam, and a clash occurs, and both attacks cancel each other out. As both Pokémon stare each other down, Erika breaks the silence by ordering a Bullet Seed, but Kirlia quickly uses Reflect to decrease the attack's power and block it altogether. As Gloom is tired out from overusing the attack, Kirlia takes this opportunity to finish it off with a Psybeam, which knocks out Gloom and earns Dwayne the victory.

When Dwayne gets trapped in a violent snowstorm, he collapses, which prompts Kirlia to force herself out of her Poké Ball and frantically tries to help him get back to his feet. Dwayne decides to dig a snow cave rather than brave the bitter cold. After his hands begin to suffer frostbite, Kirlia panics and fears for Dwayne's well-being, and ultimately channels her inner Psychic power and forces herself to learn Will-O-Wisp to burn a hole through the snow wall. It does a good job of building the cave and then, Dwayne sends out Roselia and Squirtle to help seal the cave off from the elements. It takes them a while, but they do it. Dwayne then tries to figure out how to heat up the cave. Kirlia uses Will-O-Wisp and creates a small firepit, although at the cost of her stamina after having forced herself to abruptly learn a new attack.

As the brutal snowstorm rages on, Kirlia's power starts to weaken from trying to keep everyone warm. Dwayne tells Kirlia to get back into her Poké Ball, but she refuses, but Dwayne calls her back anyway, much to Kirlia's shock. Dwayne then figures that the Pokémon should be warm inside their Poké Balls. So, he tells Roselia and Squirtle back into their Poké Balls, and like Kirlia, they refuse too. Dwayne calls them back anyway, despite Roselia and Squirtle trying to evade the beams. As the time passes, Dwayne is freezing cold, and wonders if his other Pokémon are warm enough inside their Poké Balls, so he takes off his jacket and wraps his Poké Balls inside. But now, the snowstorm has gotten so bad that a part of the snow wall has broken through. Dwayne runs over to the hole and sits in front of it, blocking the snow coming in. Then, the rest of Dwayne's Pokémon – Kirlia, Roselia, Squirtle, Pidgeotto, Clefairy, and Butterfree – all free themselves from their Poké Balls. Dwayne tells them all to return to their Poké Balls, but his Pokémon adamantly refuse and each one hold onto Dwayne – Squirtle hugs his left arm, Clefairy hugs his right arm, Roselia lays down on his lap, Pidgeotto and Butterfree both incase him with their wings, and Kirlia lays onto his chest in a hug – Dwayne is so taken aback by his Pokémon's commitment to him that he is reduced to tears. He then looks at them and conceded that they will be cold all together. The next morning, the harsh snowstorm has completely subsided. Kirlia demolishes the snow wall with Will-O-Wisp, and Dwayne looks upon the amazing view with his beloved Pokémon. Dwayne then decides to leave quickly, afraid of another sudden snowstorm, and quickly reaches the bottom of the mountain and feels very relieved to be away from the snow, and jokes that he would be traumatized of snow from now on.

When Dwayne challenged the Viridian Gym, Kirlia was his sixth and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Robyn Oak's Charizard. Robyn begins by ordering Mega Punch, and Charizard charges towards Kirlia. Dwayne orders continuous dodges with Kirlia weaving in and out of Charizard's punches, and Kirlia ultimately grabs both of Charizard's arms, canceling out Mega Punch, before scoring a point-blank hit with Psybeam. Charizard tries to attack again, but Kirlia dodges and fires Dazzling Gleam to knock Charizard over. As Charizard gets up, Dwayne orders a Shadow Ball, but Robyn has Charizard swing its arms to throw Kirlia off, and orders a flurry of Flamethrowers. Kirlia is cornered by the exploding blasts, and Robyn calls for Charizard to grab Kirlia and pin her to the ceiling before releasing, letting Kirlia plummet into range of Mega Punches and unable to counter.

After continuous Mega Punches, Charizard notices that its arm is somehow getting numb. Robyn orders for another Mega Punch, but Charizard suddenly punches himself on the face, leaving everyone shocked, and suddenly, Robyn realizes that Charizard has become confused, but wonders how did that happen, and Dwayne theorises that Kirlia's Psybeam had a delayed effect on Charizard. Kirlia fires another Psybeam, which Charizard unwillingly takes. Robyn calls for Hyper Beam. Charizard attacks, but Dwayne orders Kirlia to use Teleport. Teleporting behind Charizard, Kirlia swoops Charizard's leg, causing him to fall flat on his back, and this makes the Hyper Beam be launched directly towards the sky, before raining down directly onto Charizard's face, which knocks it out, giving Dwayne the victory. Dwayne rushes onto the field to help his injured Kirlia, while Robyn retrieves Charizard, and handing Dwayne a Sitrus Berry for Kirlia.

Shortly before Dwayne's battle against Lagi in the fifth round of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Dwayne was lured away from the stadium by Adrian and Adriana, who were looking to keep Dwayne away up until his match, in order to get him disqualified from the tournament. Therefore, Kirlia, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon, worked together to fend them off and get Dwayne to the stadium, although at the cost of their stamina. As such, when Dwayne was chosen as Dwayne's third and final Pokémon during his match against Lagi, Kirlia was already exhausted, and struggled in her battle against Lagi's Charmander. Despite being tired from fending off Adrian and Adriana, Kirlia manages to knock out Charmander with a Psybeam and Shadow Ball.

Lagi recalls Charmander and sends out his Pikachu. Kirlia starts panting, out of breath and stamina, and Pikachu attacks with Quick Attack, sending Kirlia flying back. Dwayne tells Kirlia to use Psybeam again, but Pikachu uses Agility to evade, and finishes off Kirlia with a devastating Thunder. The referee eliminates Kirlia, giving Lagi the victory. Though he is left upset by this, Dwayne suppresses his feelings and congratulates Lagi. Dwayne craddles Kirlia and lifts her up in his arms, and Kirlia begins shedding tears for not winning and disappointing her Trainer, but Dwayne kisses her forehead, and says that she did an amazing job, especially since she was already tired, and says that they would definitely win the next tournament and urges her to not feel sad.

### **Orange Archipelago**

During Dwayne's second round challenge of the Navel Gym, Kirlia worked alongside Roselia and Clefairy where they helped Dwayne carve ice into a sled. Roselia's Bullet Seed and Clefairy's Meteor Mash are not as effective, putting them behind. Seeing they were about to lose, Kirlia taps into her Psychic powers to perfectly carve the sled and win Dwayne the round, but exhausting herself in the process.

The final round is to race down the mountain to the beach. Danny puts Geodude, Electrode, and Scyther into his sled while Dwayne rides with Kirlia, Roselia, and Wartortle. When the light turns green, both teams race down as fast as possible while Jade uses the cable car. Scyther steers his sled while Dwayne uses Roselia's Bullet Seed to steer, although Dwayne spins out of control. Just then, Danny runs into a hole, and Dwayne stops to help. Dwayne helps him and his Pokémon up, and Danny questions him on his decision to stop and help, telling he could've won the race, but Dwayne explains that he couldn't know whether Danny could free himself without help, and helping another human being in trouble was more important than winning a Badge, and Danny becomes impressed with Dwayne's altruism.

Dwayne and Danny restart the race and begin when the sun rises. When the terrain changes from snow to rock, Dwayne's sled picks up too much speed and barely misses a large rock, causing it to cut through trees. Danny closes in on the finish line, but Dwayne soars through the sky and catches up with Danny. The landing causes Dwayne's sled to shrink in size, and the lighter sled allows Dwayne to pull forward and win the race.

When Dwayne challenged the Kumquat Gym, Kirlia battled alongside Wartortle in a Double Battle against Luana's Alakazam and Marowak. However, it is revealed that before the match began, Kirlia and Wartortle developed a grudge with one another after the two Pokémon accidentally got in each other's way during training. The referee calls for the match to begin and Kirlia rushes towards her opponents. However, Wartortle's Hydro Pump manages to hit Kirlia by accident. Dwayne commands Wartortle try to use Skull Bash on Alakazam. However, Alakazam's Psychic stops Wartortle midair. As a result, Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Shadow Ball, but the attack hits Wartortle instead.

After momentarily watching on as Wartortle takes successive Bonemerang and Psychic attacks, Kirlia hits Alakazam with Shadow Ball, freeing Wartortle from its Psychic. Luana has Marowak use Body Slam on Kirlia, but Wartortle manages to drag Kirlia out of the way. With the two now willing to cooperate, Wartortle uses Rapid Spin while Kirlia surfs atop of his shell, allowing Kirlia to hit Marowak with Psybeam. Meanwhile, Wartortle continues to spin towards Alakazam, who prepares to land a Hyper Beam at point-blank range. When Wartortle dodges at the last minute, Alakazam is hit with Marowak's wayward Bonemerang attack, sending it and the charged Hyper Beam backwards. Much to Luana's shock, the Hyper Beam hits Marowak. The referee checks the two Pokémon and reveals they have been knocked out, earning Dwayne the victory.

During Dwayne's Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League, Kirlia was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Drake's Ditto. Ditto starts with Transform to turn into a Kirlia. Kirlia begins with a powerful Shadow Ball, and Ditto uses its own Shadow Ball. Next, they both exchange a Psybeam at the same time. The rocks begin to crumble underfoot, hurting Kirlia but not Ditto, who calmly hops from one to the other. Dwayne is frustrated, and ignores Jade's suggestion that he substitute Kirlia for another Pokémon. Ditto starts using Teleport, while Kirlia tries to attack it with Shadow Ball, but it proves to be too quick and evades the attack. Ditto then hits Kirlia with Psybeam, but it has little to no damage. Kirlia then uses Dazzling Gleam and Ditto copies the move. The two opponents confront each other midair with an attack before falling to the ground. However, Kirlia manages to get up and knocks Ditto out with Shadow Ball to win the round. Jade realizes that Kirlia managed to win because she was in better physical shape.

When Drake sends out his Onix, Kirlia gets recalled for some well-earned rest. She later gets brought back out as Dwayne's final remaining Pokémon to battle against Drake's Dragonite. Taking advantage from the fact that the rest of Dwayne's team had tired it out, Kirlia starts off with Teleport, but is knocked into the air by Dragonite's tail. Dragonite gets ready to use Hyper Beam, but Kirlia springboards into the air to dodge the attack. Dragonite is unable to move due to the aftereffects of Hyper Beam, allowing Kirlia to land on Dragonite's head. Dragonite tries to shake her off, but Kirlia holds on to its antennae, and the battles with Dwayne's other Pokémon have left it quite exhausted. At Dwayne's command, Kirlia lands a direct hit with a super-effective Dazzling Gleam. Dragonite and Kirlia are left exhausted and, after a staring contest, Dragonite falls to the ground, defeated, and the referee declares Dwayne as the victor.

Dwayne makes his way over to the podium with his Pokémon behind him. Drake gives Dwayne the coveted Orange League Winner's Trophy and congratulates him on the win. Along with Dwayne receiving the trophy, Dwayne, Kirlia, Wartortle, Roselia, Geodude, Lapras, and Clefable are given the honor of being inducted into the Orange League Hall of Fame, with their footprints and Dwayne's hand-print immortalized in concrete, and a group photo taken to commemorate the victory.

When Dwayne returned to Pallet Town and had a one-on-one battle against Jade, Kirlia was chosen to face off against Jade's Scyther. Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Dazzling Gleam, and Jade tells Scyther to use Light Screen. A barrier forms around Scyther, and Kirlia's attack rams into it, dissipating it and sending Scyther into the air. Scyther lands without any discernible damage done. Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Shadow Ball, but Jade tells Scyther to use Cut. Scyther performs the move, and slices the Shadow Ball in half, causing it to miss. Jade then commands Scyther to use Double-Edge, while Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Psybeam; Kirlia's attack stops Scyther in his tracks. As Kirlia attempts to use Shadow Ball again, Jade commands Scyther to use Air Slash. Wind blades are thrown towards Kirlia, who is unable to evade in time and gets barraged by the wind blades. Kirlia attempts to get up, but is unsuccessful and knocked out. Oak declares that the match is over, and Scyther is the winner.

### **Johto Journey**

Dwayne and Kirlia's first battle in Johto was against Skyler, where Kirlia faced off against her Wooper. Wooper uses Water Gun, but Kirlia easily dodges. Skyler then orders Wooper to use Water Gun again, but this time, Kirlia responds with Psybeam, which easily overpowers Water Gun and scores a direct hit, knocking out Wooper. Skyler recalls Wooper and sends out her Chikorita, who quickly goes in the offensive with Razor Leaf, but Kirlia uses Teleport to dodge the attack. Chikorita then uses Vine Whip, wrapping it around Kirlia's arm. However, Kirlia reels Chikorita in with her sheer physical superiority and knocks out Chikorita with a single Shadow Ball.

When Dwayne challenged the Violet Gym, Kirlia was his first Pokémon of choice, facing off against Falkner's Pidgeotto. Kirlia's Psybeam and Dazzling Gleam attacks do next to nothing to Pidgeotto who, to Dwayne's confusion, has yet to fight back. He decides to wait to see what Pidgeotto may do, which proves to be a mistake, as Pidgeotto's Wing Attack causes major damage. Dwayne orders several Psybeam attacks, all of which do almost nothing to Pidgeotto, and Falkner claims that his Pidgeotto was far stronger than Kirlia. Dwayne says that he knows Kirlia still wants to fight, and Kirlia nods in agreement, but Falkner says that while he's happy to see that Dwayne and Kirlia shared a strong bond, their stubborness would cause their downfall as Kirlia was far inferior in power compared to Pidgeotto. Dwayne sighs and agrees, and promises Kirlia they'll have another chance, and promptly withdraws Kirlia.

She later gets called back out to battle against Falkner's Pidgeot. Falkner orders Pidgeot to use Aerial Ace, and Dwayne tells Kirlia to use Teleport. This catches Falkner off-guard, who admits he did not expect Kirlia to use Teleport, and upon re-appearing behind Pidgeot, Kirlia knocks it out with a point-blank Dazzling Gleam, and Pidgeot faints, giving Dwayne the victory.

Dwayne chose Kirlia as his partner during the Bug-Catching Contest at the National Park. Dwayne quickly spots a Weedle. He orders Kirlia to attack it, but before she can engage it, Skyler appears and attacks it with her Chikorita. She easily catches it and continues on her way, ignoring Dwayne's protest that he saw it first. Dwayne and Kirlia then save Skyler and her Chikorita from a Scyther that Skyler was looking to capture and begin pursuing it.

Dwayne then tells Scyther to fight him to prove its worth as a warrior, and this stops Scyther on its tracks, who turns around and faces Dwayne, unwilling to allow its honor and pride to be insulted. Back in the stands, the announcer praises Dwayne's strategy to taunt Scyther into fighting him to make sure it wouldn't run away. Scyther starts by using Fury Cutter, but Kirlia manages to dodge. Scyther then uses Swords Dance before using Double Hit continuously, but Kirlia narrowly manages to dodge the barrage of attacks, until Scyther suddenly switches up with Bug Bite, which catches Kirlia by surprise and lands a perfect hit. Dwayne then tells Kirlia to use Psybeam, but Scyther manages to dodge and lands a direct hit with Fury Cutter before further increasing its attack power with another Swords Dance.

Kirlia gets back up, just as Scyther closes in for another Bug Bite, but Kirlia counters with Dazzling Gleam, and Scyther is unable to stop itself in time, and gets damaged by Kirlia's attack. Kirlia quickly follows up with a barrage of Shadow Balls, and Scyther gets thrashed by the attacks. Dwayne then throws the Sport Ball, but Scyther easily manages to break free before fleeing, but Dwayne and Kirlia quickly get into pursuit. Scyther jumps through the trees as Dwayne and Kirlia chase it from the ground. Scyther then lands in the ground, and meets with another Trainer, who attempts to capture it by ordering his Stantler to attack with Tackle, but Scyther easily defeats the Normal-type Pokémon with a single Double Hit, just as Dwayne and Kirlia catch up. Scyther smirks and gestures for Kirlia to attack, and Dwayne orders Kirlia to use Psybeam, and Scyther lets the attack land, but surprisingly manages to withstand. Then, Scyther's body glows, and Scyther returns with an even powerful attack that sends Kirlia crashing into a nearby tree, and Dwayne recognizes the attack as Counter, and Dwayne notices that Scyther was learning new attacks with each battle, and smiles at seeing this, and becomes even more determined to capture it.

Scyther smirks at them and decides to flee again, with Dwayne recognizing that Scyther wants them to earn its capture, and they give chase. Finding themselves deeper within the forest, Scyther stops running and waits for Dwayne and Kirlia. Dwayne and Kirlia quickly arrive and prepare for their third battle against Scyther. Scyther starts off with its newly-learned X-Scissor, but Dwayne narrowly dodges, but Scyther quickly responds with a follow-up Double Hit. Scyther then also demonstrates having learned Agility and uses the attack to increase its Speed, before attacking Kirlia with X-Scissor again. Kirlia struggles to get back up. Scyther then lets out a roar, and seemingly charges up, and Dwayne theorises that Scyther had yet again, learned a new attack. Scyther nods to confirm Dwayne's suspicions, and unleashes Wing Attack and Air Slash, both of which Incineroar narrowly dodges, but Scyther successfully hits him with Double Hit and X-Scissor. Kirlia struggles to get back up, and as Scyther prepares for another attack, they hear loud cries not too far from their location, and Scyther runs off to check it out, and once Kirlia recovers, she and Dwayne also decide to see what was happening.

Once they arrive, Dwayne and Kirlia see a large forest fire, caused by a participant's Charmeleon using Flamethrower recklessly, and many Bug-type Pokémon are running away, while some are trapped within the burning trees. Taking a closer look, Dwayne sees Skyler and Chikorita trapped within the fire, and decides to help them. Scyther attempts to save them, but some trees are falling, and block its path. Scyther then uses X-Scissor to cut up some of the trees, but Scyther can't do anything as more trees are burning and falling. Skyler sees a falling, flaming, branch, and grabs Chikorita and jumps out of the way, although Skyler's leg gets burned as she wasn't able to move away in time. Seeing this, Chikorita frantically tries to help its Trainer, but Skyler's burn proves too much for her to handle and she can't walk properly because of the pain. As Kirlia and Scyther struggle with the fire, Skyler's Chikorita suddenly evolves into Bayleef and uses Body Slam to cause sand to erupt and put out the fire, and Skyler marvels at seeing her Bayleef saving her. Seeing how Bayleef was handling itself, Kirlia and Scyther then decide to work together to save the Bug-type Pokémon, and they successfully manage to rescue a group of Caterpie, Pineco, Venonat, Ledyba, and Spinarak from the fire, and Bayleef successfully manages to take Skyler away from the fire, just as the Bug-Catching Contest's officials come with several Water-type Pokémon to put out the fire.

After checking to see if the area was clear, the contest gets resumed, and Scyther and Kirlia decide to settle their battle once and for all. Skyler sits down with Bayleef, aware that her injury would prevent her from continuing and simply decides to cheer Dwayne and Kirlia on. Scyther starts off by using Wing Attack, but Kirlia counters with Dazzling Gleam, and their attacks clash. However, Kirlia uses Teleport, causing her to suddenly disappear and re-appear behind Scyther, attacking it with a point-blank Psybeam, which sends Scyther flying, but it manages to fire off an Air Slash mid-air, striking Kirlia. As both Pokémon struggle to get back up, they each slowly get back to their feet, and a staredown begins. Ultimately, however, Scyther collapes, and Dwayne throws the Sport Ball, and after shaking for a few seconds, Scyther is successfully captured, and Dwayne celebrates with Kirlia.

Soon afterwards, while crossing a mountain to Ecruteak City, Dwayne and Kirlia are attacked by a group of Pokémon being led by a giant Slaking. Dwayne has Kirlia warn the Pokémon with a Psybeam aimed at the ground. Taylor suggests they split up, so he goes down the road while Dwayne and Kirlia head in the opposite direction. The Aipom pursue the latter while the rest go after Taylor. As they flee, Dwayne releases some Pokémon food to occupy the Aipom. The Aipom with Dwayne's Badge Case keeps chasing him and jumps on Dwayne's head, knocking him down a hill. As they both tumble and slide, Dwayne grabs a small tree growing from the side and saves Aipom from the fall. After a few moments, the branch begins to break and they fall again, but are cushioned by a thick bush. Noticing that the Aipom has lost his Badge Case, Dwayne goes after it, but Aipom beats him to it and places it atop its head once more. Meanwhile, Taylor has managed to lose his pursuers by hiding in a bush.

After cleaning himself in a nearby river, Dwayne tells the now-friendly Aipom that stealing was wrong and should be ashamed of itself. Heeding Dwayne's advice, Aipom rejoins its comrades as they eat Dwayne's food. Aipom begins to talk as the other mountain Pokémon show up. The gigantic Slaking finishes devouring the food and begins moving forward defiantly, so Dwayne calls upon Kirlia to stop it with Psybeam. Slaking merely blows a gust of wind to dissipate the flames, tears down the wooden wall, and continues down the path. The other group arrives and Kirlia blasts a Dazzling Gleam at Slaking's feet. Dwayne then sees that the giant Slaking has possession of his Badge Case, along with other items, such as Berries and Potions.

Dwayne gets his revenge by directing Kirlia to attack with Psybeam, but the giant Slaking simply blocks the attack with ease. The giant Slaking then pursues Dwayne, Kirlia, and Taylor as they run towards a cliff, and find themselves at a dead end. Dwayne then tells Taylor to hide within the bushes, and tells Kirlia to do the same, but she refuses to leave him alone. Dwayne continues to order to hide, but she adamantly refuses, and upon seeing the giant Slaking approaching them, Dwayne grabs Kirlia and throws her onto the nearby woods, as Kirlia cries out. Dwayne then turns the Slaking's attention towards him, and Slaking unleashes a vicious Focus Punch, and although Dwayne dodges, the sheer impact causes the ground to crumble and Dwayne falls off the cliff, but manages to hang onto a small branch off the cliff. The giant Slaking then decides to charge up its Hyper Beam, and Kirlia attempts to stop it, but Taylor holds her back, telling her that Dwayne wouldn't want her to get herself in danger, and Kirlia attempts to fight him off, but to no avail. As Dwayne grits his teeth as he sees Slaking charging the attack, he looks down and sees a giant forest underneath the cliff, and decides to take a massive risk, and lets go of the branch, and Kirlia lets out a heart-wrenching scream as she and Taylor see Dwayne fall off the cliff and into the woods, although they lose sight of him once Dwayne falls through the trees.

The sight of Dwayne's fall causes Kirlia's Psychic powers to overload, and she forces Taylor off her with her Psybeam, and she jumps off the cliff after Dwayne, and she uses Psybeam to safely land on the ground. She then panickingly runs around the woods, frantically searching for Dwayne, and after several minutes, Kirlia sees a glimpse of Dwayne's shoes, and she becomes ecstatic, but once she approaches him, she becomes utterly horrified to see Dwayne severely injured. She starts bawling her eyes out and runs over to Dwayne's side, as she sees that Dwayne has broken his arm, suffered a deep cut on his forehead that was bleeding heavily, and fractured his ankle. Kirlia starts to desperately trying to wake him up, but Dwayne is unresponsive, and Kirlia then buries her face onto his chest and starts crying uncontrollably, and through this, she evolves into Gardevoir whilst continuing to cry.

However, Gardevoir then notices Dwayne is still breathing and realizes he was still alive, and decides to use every inch of her power to heal him. She places her hands atop of him and begins using Life Dew to heal his injuries, although while healing his superficial injuries such as the cuts and scratches, his broken bones weren't healed regardless of her efforts. Gardevoir then summons more of her power, and begins using Wish, and after a few moments, Dwayne's body begins glowing, and his injuries are completely healed, and Dwayne soon regains consciousness. Upon seeing this, Gardevoir becomes overjoyed and glomps Dwayne and hugs him with so much force that Dwayne starts to run out of air, but Gardevoir doesn't relent, completely and extremely relieved to see that her beloved Trainer was alive and well, and Dwayne finally manages to calm her down enough to breathe.

Dwayne notices his injuries were gone, and apologizes to Gardevoir for causing her so much emotional pain and stress, but Gardevoir uses her telepathy to speak directly with him, and says that she was more than alright, and says that she was overcome with happiness over seeing him well, and hugs him again, and Dwayne says that she forced herself to evolve to save him, but Gardevoir says that she didn't even noticed her own evolution until after she'd healed him, and Dwayne theorises that her grief was the trigger for her evolution.

Dwayne and Gardevoir then hear Slaking's roars, and Gardevoir's mood changes from elated happiness to pure and instantaneous rage, as she displays an intense and wrathful look on her face, and she uses her Psychic powers to levitate herself and Dwayne back up towards the cliff and they land safely, where Taylor reunites with them, and becomes shocked to see Gardevoir, and expresses his surprise at her sudden evolution. The giant Slaking notices them again, and prepares to attack, but Gardevoir demonstrates an overwhelming speed and hits Slaking with a powerful Focus Blast, which causes the giant Slaking to lose his balance and fall on his back. Gardevoir then unleashes a barrage of Moonblasts onto the defenseless Slaking until it faints. Gardevoir, however, was not done and climbs onto Slaking's chest and aims another Focus Blast directly to his face at point-blank distance, ready to finish it off once and for all, but Dwayne stops her, telling her that it was over, but Gardevoir nods in disagreement, with her rage over nearly losing Dwayne due to Slaking having not subsided, but Dwayne tells her that she was letting her anger cloud her judgement, and she couldn't let herself take another Pokémon's life, and pleads with Gardevoir.

Upon regaining her senses, Gardevoir becomes mortified at nearly killing the giant Slaking and breaks down in tears, but Dwayne runs over to hear and consoles her, telling her that it was alright, and Gardevoir again buries her face onto his chest and she cries herself to sleep, having exhausted herself by healing him. Dwayne decides to carry Gardevoir to the nearest Pokémon Center by himself rather than return her to her Poké Ball, but asks Taylor about the giant Slaking, and Taylor says that he would inform Officer Jenny and have her take the giant Slaking away onto another location. The Aipom that stole Dwayne's Badge Case appears again and returns him his Case, and expresses remorse on its involvement on the day's incident, but Dwayne tells Aipom that it wasn't its fault, as the Slaking was using its strength to force them into obeying him, and bids both Aipom and Taylor farewell as he carries Gardevoir on his arms towards the nearest Pokémon Center.

Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center, Dwayne calls for Nurse Joy urgently and asks her to heal his Gardevoir, and Joy and her Chansey prepare a stretcher to take Gardevoir away, and Dwayne attempts to follow, but Joy tells him to wait in the lobby, and Dwayne spends the next thirty minutes pacing around, nervous about the outcome of the check-up. After a long and agonizing half hour, Joy returns with Chansey and informs Dwayne that Gardevoir would be okay, and simply needed a good night's rest, and Dwayne sighs in relief. Dwayne then asks if he could see Gardevoir, and Joy says that she's placed Gardevoir into a room, and directs Dwayne towards it, where Ryder sees Gardevoir laying on a bed, sleeping soundly, to which Dwayne becomes relieved about. Dwayne then sits by her bed, and stays by her side all night, and falls asleep shortly thereafter, dreaming about Gardevoir's well-being. The next morning, Dwayne wakes up to see Gardevoir gazing at him, and he expresses his happiness at seeing she was okay, and Gardevoir responds with a happy cheer, as the Embrace Pokémon and Trainer share a hug.

As they walk out of the Pokémon Center, Joy says that she was happy to see that Gardevoir was okay and tells them to be careful on their journey, and Dwayne thanks her for helping Gardevoir. Outside the Center, Dwayne tells Gardevoir that he promises never to take another reckless risk like that and make her worry ever again, and stretches out her Poké Ball, and promises they would dominate the Johto League together. Gardevoir nods and touches the Poké Ball's mechanism, and she is returned inside the Ball, and Dwayne remarks on how he would make sure Gardevoir would never have to exhaust herself over him like that ever again.

During Dwayne's battle against Dwight, the latter began insulting and mocking Dwayne, which caused Gardevoir to pop out of her Poké Ball and express her rage towards Dwight. Jade smiles upon seeing Gardevoir, happy that she had evolved, and mumbles that Dwight was done for since Gardevoir cared deeply about Dwayne, and wouldn't allow anyone to badmouth him. The second round starts as Dwight commands his Haxorus to use Strength, but Gardevoir retaliates with a point-blank Moonblast, which knocks Haxorus out of battle. Dwight stares shocked at the result, and Gardevoir simply gestures for him to send his next Pokémon. Dwight grits his teeth and recalls Haxorus before sending out his Gengar.

Gengar starts off by using Night Shade, but Gardevoir dodges and uses Shadow Ball, which connects, causing severe damage. Dwight then orders Gengar to use Shadow Punch, and Gardevoir gets hit by the attack, but she quickly recovers and uses Psychic, although Gengar counters with Sludge Bomb and both attacks collide, creating an explosion. As the smoke clears, Gengar is nowhere to be seen, and Dwight then orders Gengar to use Giga Drain, and Gengar emerges from under Gardevoir's feet as a shadow and begins draining her energy, but Gardevoir escapes by using Teleport. As Gardevoir pants in exhaustion, Dwight orders Gengar to end the battle with Shadow Punch, and Dwayne tells Gardevoir to use Psychic. Gardevoir struggles to charge the attack because of her exhaustion as Gengar closes in on her, but when she finally does so, Gengar is inches away from her, and Gardevoir blocks herself with the charging Psychic, which connects with Gengar's Shadow Punch, creating a point-blank explosion that knocks both Pokémon out, leaving both Trainers with only one Pokémon remaining.

When a wild Dragonite was tricked by Hunk into thinking that Dwayne, Clair and their allies had stolen the Dragon Fang, Gardevoir was summoned to help calm Dragonite down and stop its rampage. Gardevoir glares at Dragonite, but Dwayne reins her in, intent on trying to reason with Dragonite first. Clair begs Dragonite to recognize her and stop its attack but to no avail. Dragonite fires a Hyper Beam at her, which is only partially deflected by Gardevoir's Shadow Ball. Kaburagi finally realizes why the Pokémon is so unreasonable; he warns Clair that Dragonite is suffering from Outrage. As the guardian of the Holy Land unleashes a powerful Twister that forces Dragonair to dispel its rain clouds, Dwayne asks Clair about Kaburagi's statement. The Blackthorn Gym Leader explains that Dragonite has become confused after performing too many consecutive attacks, causing it to attack everything it sees in a berserk fury.

Realizing that they need to battle Dragonite to snap it out of confusion, Dwayne has Gardevoir try a Shadow Ball; unfortunately, Dragonite dashes up and knocks her down before she can attack. Dwayne catches Gardevoir and is in turn saved from Dragonite's attack by Clair's Dragonair. Clair tries to talk Dragonite down, asking it to listen to the cries of the wild Pokémon around it, but the maddened Dragon-type is unmoved, and she becomes disheartened over not being able to control the Dragon-type Pokémon. Kaburagi declares that Dragonite entered the attack rage in response to something terrible, forcing Hunk to admit his attempt to steal the Prayer Flame. As Clair's Dragonair puts out the flames around the Dragon Shrine, Clair leaves Kaburagi in charge of restoring the shrine, while she tries to think of a way to stop Dragonite's rampage.

Meanwhile, Gardevoir and Dragonite face off over the lake. Gardevoir opens with a Moonblast, knocking Dragonite into the water. Dragonite emerges unharmed and fires a Hyper Beam at Dwayne, but Gardevoir quickly Teleports Dwayne and herself away from the range of fire. Clair arrives and asks Dwayne to work with her in order to stop Dragonite. When Dwayne agrees, Clair has Dragonair use Wrap to cut Dragonite off; when the fully-evolved dragon breaks free, Gardevoir and Dragonair blast it with Shadow Ball and Hyper Beam, respectively. Even this combination attack fails to slow Dragonite down, and it quickly evades and counters Dragonair's second attempt at a Hyper Beam. Dwayne has Gardevoir use Psychic, but Dragonite dodges and hurls Gardevoir into the woods. As Gardevoir returns to the fight, ready for another round, Clair realizes that Dragonite is too powerful for anyone's attack to work.

Trying a different approach, Clair orders Dragonair to summon thunder clouds while Gardevoir keeps Dragonite busy. After a moment, lightning begins striking Dragonite, and Gardevoir soon adds a Moonblast attack to pin the Dragon Pokémon down. Despite the devastating assault, Dragonite tries to break free with Hyper Beam. In response, Dwayne has Gardevoir use Psychic to contain the attack. The energy of the Hyper Beam is thus reflected and turned back on Dragonite itself; nonetheless, the furious Pokémon attempts another Hyper Beam. This time, the combined attacks explode in Dragonite's face, sending it plummeting into the water.

As everyone regroups and holds their breath, Dragonite emerges from the water in a flash. Assuming the worst, Dwayne prepares to have Gardevoir launch another Moonblast attack, but Clair tells her to wait and shortly after Dragonite's attack rage finally subsides. Having regained its conscious state, Dragonite weeps over the damage it caused to its beloved Holy Land. As it is consoled by the other Pokémon living in the area, Hunk manages to sneak away, albeit without any treasure and despite Clair's attempts to stop him, Hunk manages to successfully escape. Dwayne recovers the Dragon Fang, and places the Prayer Flame back in the Dragon Shrine.

The next day, Dwayne and Clair have their rematch at the Blackthorn Gym, with Gardevoir being chosen as Dwayne's third and final remaining Pokémon. Gardevoir attacks with Moonblast, but Dragonair dives underwater to avoid the attack before countering with Hyper Beam. Gardevoir uses Moonblast again, but once again, Dragonair dives into the water. Clair then has Dragonair use Thunderbolt, engulfing Gardevoir in a lightning bolt that smashes her down to the ground. Dwayne urges Gardevoir to stand up, and she does so, before attacking with yet another Moonblast, which is yet again avoided by Dragonair diving underwater. Dragonair attacks with Hyper Beam, while Dwayne has Gardevoir use Shadow Ball to block the attack. Dwayne issues yet another command for a Shadow Ball, promoting Clair to repeat the now common order for Dragonair to dive underwater. However, Dwayne then changes his attack order into a full-power Psychic. Dwayne's intentions are finally revealed when the Psychic waves lift the water off the pool and splashes it through the hole in the roof, leaving Dragonair without a place to hide.

Gardevoir attacks with Moonblast, but Dragonair blocks it with Protect before striking Gardevoir with Iron Tail. Clair orders another Iron Tail, but this time, Gardevoir intercepts the attack and grabs Dragonair, preparing to use a point-blank Moonblast, and this causes an explosion that engulfs both Pokémon. As the smokescreen dies down, Dragonair faints and Dwayne is declared the winner of the match. Clair recalls Dragonair and congratulates Dwayne on his victory before handing him the Rising Badge. Dwayne, ecstatic of having just won his eighth Badge, performs a victory pose with Gardevoir.

When Dwayne gets injured by a direct attack from Tyra's Girafarig's Psybeam, Gardevoir forces herself out of her Poké Ball, having sensed that Dwayne was in danger, and lets out a furious roar, and retaliates with Shadow Ball and Moonblast. Moira subsequently falls into the canal, and frustrated about her outfit being ruined, she orders the Pokémon to go after the mysterious girl, Gardevoir, and Dwayne. Girafarig and Yanma pursue their targets through Alto Mare's laneways, though Dwayne, Gardevoir, and the “girl” manage to outrun them. The girl then grabs Dwayne by the hand, which bothers Gardevoir, guiding him back to where they started, the plaza with the drinking fountain. Miguel and Rosita call out to Dwayne, asking where he has been. Dwayne then turns around, only to find the girl has disappeared, and asks Gardevoir if she seen where she went, but Gardevoir shakes her head negatively in response.

When Dwayne accidentally stumbles into Secret Garden and gets mistaken by an intruder by Latios, and gets attacked, Gardevoir again comes out of her Poké Ball by her own accord, fails to land an attack and is knocked backward by Latios's speed. The "girl" from earlier then stands in Latios's path, preventing him from knocking Dwayne over as well. Dwayne instantly recognizes Latios from the statues that he saw earlier. More confusingly, an identical-looking girl appears. As the girl orders Latios to attack the intruder, Quentin arrives to stop the confrontation. The "girl" who protected Dwayne decides to play with him, pushing him onto the rope swing before revealing herself to actually be a Latias in disguise, causing a surprised Dwayne to fall off the swing. Latios meanwhile apologizes to Ryder and Gardevoir, before Latios and Gardevoir start playing around together.

Days later, Ryder chooses Gardevoir and Latias in a Double Battle against Miguel's Politoed and Rosita's Cubone. Dwayne starts the battle off by ordering Gardevoir to use Shadow Ball on Politoed, but Cubone intercepts it with Bone Club, batting the attack away, and Ryder instead orders Latias to use Psywave on Cubone while ordering Gardevoir to use Moonblast on Politoed. However, Cubone deflects the Psywave with Bone Club while Politoed dodges Moonblast by jumping. Miguel then commands Politoed to use Mist, which covers the battlefield in a thick white cloud. Knowing that they can't see the next attack, Rosita commands Cubone to use Fissure, a guaranteed one-hit KO attack, but Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Teleport and teleport herself onto Latias's back, which she does so, saving herself from defeat, as Latias was safe by flying in the air.

Dwayne then tells Latias to fly around in circles around the field in high speed, which she does so, creating a gust of wind that clears the Mist off the battlefield. Miguel then decides to spice things up in the battle, and orders Politoed to use Metronome, and Politoed does so, and Ryder tells his Pokémon to remain on guard as they can't predict which attack would come out through Metronome. Through Metronome, Politoed uses Thunder Wave, but Latias quickly uses Safeguard, which prevents herself and Gardevoir from getting paralyzed. Rosita then orders Cubone to use Skull Bash, and Gardevoir retaliates with Psychic, but Cubone pushes through the attack. At the last second, however, Gardevoir uses Teleport and causes Cubone to hit the wall head-first, hurting himself in the process. Politoed uses Metronome again, and unleashes a Jump Kick from it, and hits Latias, who was distracted by Gardevoir and Cubone's exchange. Latias gets sent crashing onto the floor, but Dwayne tells her to use Recover to heal her injuries.

Rosita then orders Cubone to use Skull Bash again, but Latias and Gardevoir dodge the attack. Miguel and Rosita then decide to combine attacks, and Miguel starts by ordering another Metronome, and Cubone prepares another Skull Bash. Dwayne then also decides to combine attacks and tells Latias and Gardevoir to use Dragon Breath and Moonblast, and both attacks then head straight towards their opponents side-by-side, and Politoed's Metronome gets charged, but unfortunately, Politoed uses Splash, an useless attack, and they get struck by Dragon Breath and Moonblast, which knocks both Pokémon out simultaneously, giving Dwayne the victory.

Rosita and Miguel recall their Pokémon, thanking them for their effort, and congratulate Dwayne on his victory. Dwayne then says that Latias and Gardevoir worked well together, but Miguel comments on Latias's power, saying that despite being a Legendary Pokémon, she was fairly weak, commenting on the damage she suffered from Tyra and Moira's Pokémon's attacks, and how Jump Kick, a Fighting-type attack caused Latias, a Psychic-type, considerable damage, and Latias becomes visibly saddened and depressed by the comments, and Rosita responds by slapping Miguel on the back of his head, while Gardevoir comically threatens Miguel by charging up an attack, and Miguel frantically apologizes, saying he didn't mean to hurt Latias's feelings. However, Rosita does note the fact that Latias's power was weaker than most Legendary Pokémon and attributes to the fact that Latias rarely engaged in battles whilst living in Alto Mare, but Dwayne says that Latias's power was of no concern to him, as he only cared about having Latias around him, and this instantly cheers Latias up, and she nuzzles against Dwayne as gratitude for his praise.

Dwayne then decides to start heading towards Silver Town for the Johto League, and bids them farewell, as Rosita and Miguel wave him goodbye, before Miguel abruptly freezes in fear as Gardevoir turns her head and does a cut-throat gesture towards him, still angry and bitter over his comments about Latias, and Miguel's fear causes Rosita to chuckle, as she jokes about Gardevoir marking Miguel as an enemy, and how close of a friendship she developed with Latias.

During Dwayne's match against Jade at the Silver Conference, Gardevoir was chosen as Dwayne's sixth and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Jade's Scyther. Scyther lunges towards Gardevoir with Slash, but Gardevoir dodges and attacks with Moonblast. Scyther flies up to avoid the attack, but Gardevoir teleports herself next to Scyther in the sky and knocks him out by a point-blank Shadow Ball to the face. Jade, undaunted, sends out Tauros next. Tauros first uses Earthquake, which momentarily stuns Gardevoir. Gardevoir attempts to use Psychic, but as Gardevoir lifts Tauros, Tauros blasts Gardevoir back with Zen Headbutt. Tauros lands back on its feet and uses Horn Attack. However, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Moonblast, which hits Tauros, knocking it out.

With both Dwayne and Jade down to one Pokémon, Jade sends out Kangaskhan. Gardevoir uses Moonblast, but it is deflected by Kangaskhan's Rock Slide. Kangaskhan uses Hyper Beam next and hits Gardevoir's face. Gardevoir soon recovers, and unleashes Psychic, and Kangaskhan takes the attack due to Hyper Beam's after-effects, but manages to withstand it. As Gardevoir continues dodging Kangaskhan's Rock Slides, Dwayne desperately looks for some way to take advantage, and he suddenly notices the rocks caused by the destruction of their battle, and orders Gardevoir to use Psychic on the rocks, and Gardevoir lifts several large rocks with Psychic, and flings them all towards Kangaskhan, who gets overwhelmed by them. As Kangaskhan begins to suffer from the damage, Gardevoir closes in and they lock hands. As both Pokémon engage in a staredown, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Teleport, and Gardevoir teleports herself and Kangaskhan several feet in the year, before Gardevoir lets go of Kangaskhan and teleports herself back to the field. Everyone watches as Kangaskhan falls helplessly several feet in the year and crashing directly onto the battlefield, which knocks her out, giving Dwayne the victory.

### **Hoenn Again**

During Dwayne's unofficial Gym battle against Gwendolyn, Gardevoir was selected as Dwayne's Pokémon of choice to battle against Gwendolyn's Blaziken. The first strike is a Moonblast from Gardevoir, but Blaziken uses his quick reflexes to easily jump away. Blaziken soon runs towards Gardevoir at high speed and scores a direct hit with Focus Punch. Dwayne then decides to confuse Blaziken by ordering Gardevoir to continuously teleport around the battlefield, but regardless, Blaziken uses his quick reflexes to foresee Gardevoir's next location and scores another hit, this time with Aura Sphere. As Gardevoir stumbles, Blaziken knocks her out with a rapid-fire Blaze Kick, giving Gwendolyn the victory.

While stopping for lunch whilst at the Petalburg Woods, Gardevoir and Dratini sense something unusual, and rush into the forest to investigate, with Dwayne closely behind, where they find the singed remnants of a tree and a heavily injured Swablu lying on the ground.

Seeing how frightened Swablu is, Dwayne decides to take a gentle approach, so he approaches Swablu by crouching down. Swablu instead launches a Sing attack, making all three of them fall asleep. Then, Swablu accidentally wakes Dratini up and after a quick exchange of words, Dratini goes over to Dwayne and headbutts him to wake him up. Dwayne notices Swablu's injured wing so he gives it a spritz of Super Potion while Dratini wakes Gardevoir up with a few headbutts to the face. The headbutts prove painful and causes Gardevoir to let out a cry, alerting a local Ranger, Mr. Morita and Nuzleaf to the situation. Mr. Morita arrives on the scene and invites Dwayne over to his cabin.

When an angry pack of wild Taillow begin attacking them en route towards a lake within the forest, Dratini and Gardevoir are summoned to defend them against the Flying-type Pokémon. Gardevoir strikes some of the Taillow with Moonblast while Dratini's Twister also scores a hit with at least three of them. However, more Taillow suddenly appear from the trees, and begin overwhelming Dratini and Gardevoir. Seeing this, Swablu returns to their location and decides to join in the fight, despite Dwayne's protests. However, upon seeing Swablu's determination to protect them, Dwayne relents and orders Swablu to use Mist, and Swablu shoots out a thick white mist that engulfs all of the Taillow, who are blinded by it. Swablu flies closer to them, and Dwayne tells Swablu to use Sing, which puts all of the Taillow to sleep, allowing everyone to successfully and safely escape from the Taillow.

When Dwayne challenged the Lavaridge Gym, Gardevoir was his third and final Pokémon of choice to battle against Flannery's Torkoal. Gardevoir and Torkoal clash with Shadow Ball and Flamethrower, respectively, which cancel each other. Torkoal then unleashes Sludge Bomb, but Gardevoir manages to dodge and strike Torkoal with Moonblast, which Torkoal is unable to dodge. Gardevoir then uses Psychic and despite Torkoal's heavy weight, Gardevoir manages to lift it into the air and slam the Coal Pokémon onto the battlefield, which knocks it out and earns Dwayne the Heat Badge.

During Dwayne's battle against Jannette in the first round of the Finals Tournament of the Ever Grande Conference, Gardevoir was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Jannette's Dugtrio. Gardevoir uses a Shadow Ball, but Dugtrio Digs to dodge, and then uses Sand Tomb to engulf the ground in an ever-growing sand trap. Sliding down the ominous pit, Gardevoir tries using Moonblast, but Gardevoir cannot charge up the attack because of the shaking sand-trap. As Gardevoir gets swallowed up, Dugtrio retaliates with Double-Edge, sending Gardevoir flying out of the pit, and she gets knocked out.

During the finals of the competition, Gardevoir was chosen as Dwayne's sixth and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Raven's Corviknight. Gardevoir scores a direct hit with Moonblast, but with little effect. Corviknight retaliates with a Steel Wing, but Gardevoir manages to avoid the attack waves and grab onto Corviknight's body and deliver a point-blank Shadow Ball, knocking Corviknight out of the competition. This leaves both Raven and Dwayne with only one Pokémon each. Raven calls upon Cinderace as her final Pokémon. Gardevoir begins the final match-up with Shadow Ball, which Cinderace matches with Flamethrower. Gardevoir follows up with Moonblast, which Cinderace also counters with Flamethrower. Following the clash of both attacks, the stadium fills with energy. Dwayne decides to take the battle into close range with a Teleport, teleporting herself behind Cinderace and scoring a direct hit with a point-blank Shadow Ball. Dwayne continues this strategy over and over, until Raven picks up on where Gardevoir would teleport next, and commands Cinderace to grab ahold of her just as she appears, and shoots a point-blank Flamethrower onto Gardevoir's face, causing severe damage.

Remembering the strategy he'd used against Jade, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to grab Cinderace and teleport both of them high towards the sky, and Gardevoir does so, teleporting Cinderace several feet in the air before teleporting herself safely back on the battlefield. As Cinderace freefalls, everyone assumes this was the end of the battle, but Raven remains calm, and orders Cinderace to fire a Flamethrower on the ground, which gradually slows his descend until allowing him to safely land on his feet, and Raven explains she had watched Dwayne's match against Jade and assumed that Dwayne would try the same strategy sooner or later, and she prepared herself for this.

Gritting his teeth, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Psychic, creating psychokinetic waves that lift several of the rocks across the battlefield, and Dwayne orders Gardevoir to fling them towards Cinderace, who despite managing to fight back against a few, soon gets overwhelmed. Realizing that Cinderace's legs were his strong point, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to aim the rocks towards Cinderace's legs, and Cinderace's legs take the brunt of the attack, causing Cinderace to drop his knees in pain. Raven knows that Cinderace couldn't keep up for much longer and orders him to use Pyro Ball. However, Dwayne was expecting this and orders Gardevoir to use Psychic on the incoming ball of fire, and redirects it back towards Cinderace, who takes head-on. As Cinderace staggers, Dwayne, filled with goosebumps over his body, yells out for Gardevoir to end the match with a fully-charged Shadow Ball, and Gardevoir's Shadow Ball gets charged up to maximum before being launched, which lands a direct hit onto Cinderace's face, causing a massive explosion.

As the smoke clears, Cinderace remains on his feet, and after staring down at Gardevoir for a few seconds, lets out a smirk before collapsing foward, knocked out, and the referee declares Cinderace unable to battle, and gives the victory to Dwayne and Gardevoir, making Dwayne the winner of the Ever Grande Conference. Dwayne is left speechless by the result, and looks around the field, questioning if he had indeed won the tournament, and Raven confirms it, and urges him to celebrate his victory. His face lighting up, Dwayne runs over to Gardevoir and he jumps into a hug, with Gardevoir returns the act, as both of them spin around in a hug, loudly celebrating their victory as the audience gives them a standing ovation.

### **Frontier Challenge**

Gardevoir forced herself out of her Poké Ball after she sensed Dwayne in danger against a wild Elekid that was rampaging around, immediately attacking the Electric-type Pokémon with Shadow Ball. Elekid dodges this attack and attacks quickly, sending an electrifying charge directly at Gardevoir. Gardevoir recovers from the attack and charges a Moonblast, but Elekid then dashes towards her with a Thunder Punch, but Gardevoir manages to launch her attack in time, knocking Elekid backward. This only angers Elekid more as its power greatly increases, sending electrical bolts in every direction. Dwayne drops his Egg as he tries to duck for cover. The Egg case gets wedged in between Elekid's horns as it launches a devastating Thunderbolt that destroys trees and terrain. The smoke clears as Elekid has disappeared with Dwayne's Egg. Elekid tries to remove the Egg case from atop its head, but it is lodged between both of its horns.

Dwayne and Gardevoir then continue searching for Dwayne's lost Egg just as Elekid confronts them yet again, with Dwayne's Egg still wedged between its horns. Elekid prepares to attack as Gardevoir steps forward, and Elekid begins the battle with a devastating Thunder Punch. Gardevoir dodges the attack and responds with a Shadow Ball, but is quickly sent flying backward by Elekid's electrical energy. The battlefield erupts with a giant plume of smoke and dust with Elekid again gone from the area. Hearing more thunderstorms, Dwayne theorises that Elekid became aggressive when he was overcharged with electricity, which also increased his power, but also caused him to enter a frenzy, and decides to have Elekid discharge all its power in a battle to release all the built-up electricity in its body. A bolt of lightning erupts into the nearby ground as another bolt erupts from the sky, and Dwayne sees Elekid nearby the area, possibly looking for more energy from the lightning bolt.

However, Dwayne calls out to Elekid, which causes it to miss the lightning bolt and its source of power, making Elekid angry again. Dwayne decides to save his Egg first, and tells Gardevoir to use Teleport. Gardevoir places her hand on Dwayne's shoulder, teleporting both of them behind Elekid, giving Dwayne the chance to remove the Egg from between Elekid's horns, and teleporting away just as Elekid discharges an electrical current from its body as a defense mechanism. With the Egg now safe again, Dwayne tells Gardevoir to go all-out, and Gardevoir attacks Elekid with Psyshock. Gardevoir forms a ring of purple masses of energy in front of her body, and fires the masses towards Elekid, one after the other, who manages to dissipate them with a barrage of Thunder Punches. Dwayne then notices that Elekid's power was going down, and so was its anger, and decides to continue the attack, ordering more Psyshock attacks from Gardevoir, with Elekid continuing to block with Thunder Punch, but growing gradually more tired after each attack, and ultimately, Elekid's overcharged electricity dissipates and Elekid's ailment seems to have been cured.

As Elekid regains his bearings, Dwayne apologizes for attacking him, but says that Elekid's frenzy was causing it to harm several wild Pokémon, and Elekid seems rather ashamed for hurting other Pokémon without reason, but Dwayne assures the Electric-type Pokémon that it wasn't at fault, and admits being impressed with its strength, and asks if it was willing to join his team, and after some quick thinking, Elekid accepts, but not without a battle, and Dwayne accepts its request.

Gardevoir fires off Shadow Balls, which Elekid dodges, and dashes foward with Thunder Punch, but Gardevoir continuously Teleports in circles, making Elekid unsure on where to attack next. As Elekid looks around, dazed, Garevoir teleports directly behind him and lands a direct hit with a close-range Psyshock, sending Elekid crashing into a nearby tree, and Dwayne throws a Poké Ball, but Elekid manages to break out, further impressing Dwayne. Elekid fires off Thunder, but Gardevoir dodges. Seeing this, Elekid decides to use Rain Dance, allowing its Electric-type attacks to guarantee a hit. However, just as Elekid uses Thunder, Gardevoir Teleports behind it and restrains it in a bearhug, and as Elekid's Thunder rains back down, Gardevoir leaps out of the way at the last second, causing Elekid to get hit by its own attack. Deciding to guarantee a catch, and knowing that Elekid was quite fast, Dwayne decides to use a Fast Ball, one of his customized Poké Balls given to him by Kurt, which forces Elekid inside, and successfully catches it. Dwayne retrieves his Fast Ball and welcomes Elekid to his team.

When Dwayne challenged the Battle Pike, Gardevoir was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Lucy's Milotic. Gardevoir quickly goes for a direct Psyshock attack. Lucy smiles and orders Milotic use Hydro Pump, knocking Gardevoir down. Gardevoir recovers and uses Moonblast on Milotic, and Lucy lets the attack hit, shocking Dwayne. Milotic disperses the attack with its tail and strikes Gardevoir down with Hydro Pump. Impressed at her battle skills, Dwayne tells Gardevoir to use Shadow Balll, but is pushed away by Milotic's Iron Tail attack. Gardevoir tries another Shadow Ball, but Milotic responds with Twister and Hydro Pump consecutively, repelling Gardevoir. As Milotic is about to use Iron Tail again, Gardevoir sprints and launches a rapid-fire Shadow Ball, landing a direct hit.

Before Gardevoir can use Psyshock to finish it off, Milotic's Facade knocks Gardevoir back. Lucy commands Milotic to use Hydro Pump once again, so Dwayne orders Gardevoir to head directly into it and use Psyshock at maximum power. Gardevoir rushes through the Hydro Pump and collides into Milotic's tail with a point-blank Psyshock, causing an explosion. Milotic remains standing, but barely able to continue, while Gardevoir remains standing, although severely injured. As Barbara says that Lucy still had a chance at victory, Dwayne grins and says she doesn't, before quickly switching Gardevoir for Elekid, who quickly charges up its Thunder attack and strikes a direct hit on Milotic, knocking it out, and Dwayne wins the Luck Symbol as a result.

When Dwayne, Dragonite and Elekid were missing after the former two pursued Elekid, who was ashamed of being unable to perform attacks anymore after having his heart broken, Gardevoir and Dwayne's other Pokémon awaited at the Pokémon Center, but by nightfall, neither one of them had returned yet, and Gardevoir became extremely stressed and worried. Gardevoir hears a voice behind her, and is greeted by Scott, who wonders where Dwayne is. Nurse Joy approaches them and tells Scott what happened, and this alarms him. He explains that this is the time when the local Kakuna normally evolve into Beedrill, and there are a lot of them in the area. Realizing Dwayne and the others may be in danger, Scott decides to go look for them, with Gardevoir demanding to tag along.

Scott and Gardevoir are walking into the woods in search of Dwayne. Gardevoir then sees something ahead, which turns out to be Elekid's Fast Ball. Scott and Gardevoir look down at the raging river below and fear the worst, with Gardevoir now holding back tears. Scott says they should follow the river, so they hurry off. Scott and Gardevoir are still following the river when they see a column of smoke in the distance, presumably from a campfire. At this fire, the old man sits next to his Venusaur, mixing something in a bowl. He finishes, and tells Dwayne's Dragonite to drink it. She does, and she doesn't seem to like the taste. Just then, Scott and Gardevoir approach, and Scott greets the man. Gardevoir is happy to see Dragonite, and checks to see if she was okay. Dragonite semi-weakly responds, and the old man says that Dragonite will soon be fine. He then greets Scott and asks who this Gardevoir was. Scott then introduces Gardevoir as Dwayne's Pokémon and explains the situation with Dwayne and Elekid.

The next morning, as the sun rises, Dwayne and Elekid are now walking again, with Dwayne carrying Elekid as before. Dwayne calls out for Dragonite, but then trips over a rock, and falls flat and Elekid leaps away from his arms before he could get squished. Elekid is concerned, but Dwayne says he's okay. Still, when Dwayne tries to get up, he finds that he has hurt his knee. Still, he gets up and continues to walk and carry Elekid, determined to get to the Pokémon Center and get them both healed. Before long, they come across a group of Kakuna that may be about to evolve. Dwayne says that they have to be quiet as they go through here so the Kakuna don't evolve and start attacking. They proceed forward, but suddenly, a swam of Beedrill catches up to them. Dwayne increases his pace, but comes across a dead end. Dwayne turns around, gently sets Elekid in the ground, and picks up a stick, ready to fight the Beedrill. However, one of the Beedrill hits Dwayne hard, knocking him back. The swarm closes in, and Elekid steps in front of Dwayne. He tries to use Thunderbolt, but again fails. Dwayne calls out to Elekid, but suddenly, Dragonite intervenes with a Hurricane, having been closely followed by Scott and Gardevoir. Dwayne is happy to see them, as Gardevoir immediately rushes towards his side and allows him to lean on her for support, but then, the Beedrill quickly turn on the new arrivals. A powder suddenly calms them down; it turns out to be Venusaur's Sweet Scent, as Venusaur and Spenser have now arrived. Dwayne thanks Spenser, who turns to the swarm and asks them to leave, which they do. Scott informs Dwayne who Spenser is, and Dwayne thanks him again, but they are suddenly attacked by a rampaging Primeape.

Dwayne steps in front of Primeape to protect Elekid. Infuriated, Primeape attacks Dwayne with Mega Punch. Dwayne yells in pain, but he still hangs on and yells about not letting Primeape hurt her Pokémon, as Elekid anxiously looks on. Gardevoir rushes to interfere, but Spenser stops her, saying that Dwayne needs to deal with this by himself, despite Gardevoir's protests. Primeape knocks Dwayne down with Headbutt, causing Dwayne to fall. Elekid screams, as electric charges on his horns energizes. With a shout, Elekid successfully uses Thunder to stop Primeape. Elekid then unleashes Thunderbolt, which Primeape narrowly dodges. In the same motion, Elekid catches Dwayne and immediately fires a Thunderbolt aimed at the ground to soften their landing. Elekid sets Dwayne down, and Dwayne congratulates Elekid on his success. Elekid then falters, as he is overcome by his injuries. Spenser now steps in, and sends out a Chansey, who uses Soft-Boiled. This heals Elekid, who promptly stands back up and glares at Primeape. However, Primeape refuses to give up that easily. Primpeape goes in for Thrash. Elekid calls for a Thunderbolt, and one strike is enough to send Primeape reeling. Dwayne now calls for Thunder Punch, which defeats Primeape.

When Dwayne challenged the Battle Tower, Gardevoir was chosen as his third and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Anabel's Alakazam. Gardevoir lands the first blow in this match-up with Psyshock. As Alakazam takes ongoing damage from Psyshock, Anabel telepathically tells it to use Recover. Dwayne knows that he must pile on the damage before Alakazam fully regains health. He has Gardevoir move in and use Shadow Ball, which Alakazam matches with Focus Punch. Right after the clash, Gardevoir uses Moonblast, but is countered by Alakazam's Psybeam, which hits its mark and causes confusion. Gardevoir tries to use Psyshock, only to begin charging right at a wall. Dwayne dives into Gardevoir's path, cushioning the Embrace Pokémon's impact with the wall. Gardevoir appears to have come out of her confusion as Anabel commends Dwayne's deed. Dwayne calls for a Moonblast attack, which Alakazam counters yet again with Psybeam. Both Pokémon maximize the power of their attacks, and Moonblast manages to overcome Psybeam in the end, resulting in an explosion that knocks out Alakazam. Anabel congratulates Dwayne on his first victory and then calls upon her Metagross.

As Gardevoir moves in with another Moonblast attack, Metagross uses Psychic to redirect the attack back at Gardevoir, who crashes to the ground. Gardevoir gets back up and uses Shadow Ball that makes contact with Metagross. Unfazed, Metagross strikes Gardevoir with Meteor Mash, a powerful blow that sends Gardevoir crashing onto the wall. Gardevoir manages to get back up and start using Psyshock, but Metagross uses Hyper Beam before she can even get to shoot the attack. The beam lands a direct hit, and Gardevoir is defeated in a flash of white light. The referee declares Gardevoir unable to battle, ending Dwayne's Battle Tower match, and awards the victory to Salon Maiden Anabel.

The next day, during Dwayne's rematch against Anabel, Gardevoir was once again chosen as his last Pokémon, this time facing off against Anabel's Espeon. Gardevoir starts off by using Shadow Ball, to which Espeon dodges and strikes back with Quick Attack. Gardevoir tries a Psyshock attack, but Espeon intercepts with an Iron Tail and manages to overpower its opponent. Gardevoir follows up with Moonblast. However, Espeon's Zap Cannon proves too much for the Moonblast to take, and Gardevoir is sent flying back by the attack. Dwayne has Gardevoir use Moonblast once again. Espeon jumps out of the way before using Psychic to slam Gardevoir into the ceiling. Gardevoir recovers quickly and uses Shadow Ball. Espeon repeats its last attack and sends Gardevoir back into the ceiling. This time, however, Gardevoir is able to compose herself and bounce off the ceiling and onto one of the lights. The proceeding Shadow Ball knocks out the Battle Tower's power, making the whole field go pitch black. Once again, Gardevoir uses Shadow Ball, landing her first hit on Espeon.

Espeon uses Zap Cannon, forcing the electricity back. Gardevoir dodges the attack and flies from light to light, avoiding all the Zap Cannons thrown at her. Espeon is unable to relax, making all mental communication null and void. Again, Espeon is hit with a Shadow Ball. When the lights come back on, Espeon is hit again with Moonblast. Without wasting any time, Gardevoir uses Psyshock. Espeon tries to counterattack with Zap Cannon, but Gardevoir quickly switches to Teleport, causing her to swiftly dodge the attack by teleporting behind Espeon and knocking it out with a point-blank Shadow Ball attack, making Dwayne the victor and earning him the Ability Symbol.

When Dwayne was possessed by the spirit of the King of Pokélantis, Gardevoir was summoned by the King to battle Brandon's Regirock even after the King was defeated in an official battle, unwilling to accept defeat. However, Gardevoir immediately senses something was wrong, and she becomes mortified upon turning around to look at Dwayne, noticing the dark aura surrounding his body. The King angrily demands Gardevoir to battle, but Gardevoir refuses to obey, and the King threatens to harm her if she didn't follow his commands, referring to himself as her master. However, Gardevoir's psychic powers kick in, and she begins speaking via telepathy, and angrily proclaims that the King wasn't her master, and the only person whom she would ever devote herself to was Dwayne, and she dashes towards the King and places her hands on his head, and uses her psychic powers to tap into Dwayne's psyche, and Gardevoir finds herself in the same void as Dwayne within his subconscious, and Gardevoir hugs him, glad to see that he wasn't permanently gone, and Dwayne says that the King was in control, but Gardevoir assures him that she would save him. Back in the real world, Gardevoir begins using her psychic powers to drain away the King's influence, purging the King from his body. Brandon uses a counter of the spell to banish the King's spirit back to the orb. Dwayne returns to normal, much to Gardevoir's relief, who pounces on him with a hug, and Brandon admits to Scott that Gardevoir was the reason that the King was defeated, and comments on how much Gardevoir clearly loves her Trainer.

During Dwayne's third Battle Pyramid challenge, Gardevoir was chosen as his first Pokémon to battle against Brandon's Dusclops. Gardevoir doesn't hesitate to begin the battle with her Shadow Ball as Dusclops counterattacks with Will-O-Wisp with both attacks clashing and dispersing into the atmosphere. Gardevoir charges a Moonblast as Dusclops uses Shadow Punch making for a direct hit. Gardevoir recovers and strikes it down with Psyshock. After Dusclops manages to recover, it counterattacks with Mean Look. Gardevoir charges towards Dusclops for a close-range Shadow Ball attack, which hits directly. Dusclops takes advantage of Gardevoir being up close and uses Confuse Ray to confuse Gardevoir, which works perfectly. Dwayne attempts to recall Gardevoir back into her Poké Ball but proves unsuccessful due to Mean Look. Dusclops strikes Gardevoir with another Shadow Punch, sending her flying back into a wall as Dwayne tries to help Gardevoir recover.

Dusclops strikes down with another Will-O-Wisp for a direct hit, leaving Gardevoir burned. Dwayne attempts to remind Gardevoir of her past battles while the Embrace Pokémon tries to come back to her senses. Gardevoir snaps out of her confusion and launches another Shadow Ball attack for a direct hit. Dusclops launches another Shadow Punch attack, knocking Gardevoir backward. Gardevoir is now pretty tired after all the damage taken, and Dusclops is also showing signs of fatigue. Gardevoir blazes forward for another attack, but her burn status kicks in, which gives Dusclops the opportunity to incapacitate Gardevoir with a super-effective Shadow Punch.

### **Sinnoh**

During Dwayne's first battle against Lazuli, Gardevoir was chosen as Dwayne's third Pokémon to battle against Lazuli's Elekid. Dwayne starts things off by ordering Gardevoir to use Psyshock, but Elekid dodges the attack. Lazuli then tells Elekid to use Thunder. Elekid revolves its arms and fires off a huge electric bolt at Gardevoir, who takes the attack head-on. Dwayne then tells Gardevoir to use Shadow Ball. Lazuli tells Elekid to use Protect to stop the attack and the attack gets blocked.

Dwayne then tells Gardevoir to use Moonblast. Seeing this, Lazuli tells Elekid to use Brick Break. Gardevoir fires off Moonblast, and Elekid's Brick Break allows the Electric-type Pokémon to bat the attack back towards Gardevoir, who takes it head-on as Elekid continues to dash foward. Just as Gardevoir charges a Shadow Ball, Elekid lands a Brick Break onto the Shadow Ball, causing an explosion that overwhelms both Pokémon, but they both remain standing. However, the strain of the battle takes its toll on both Pokémon, and Gardevoir and Elekid fall down at the same time, defeated. Rowan announces that the battle was a tie and that the whole three-on-three battle was also a tie, with both Trainers with one win, one loss, and a draw. Dwayne helps Gardevoir back to her feet, saying that since Gardevoir was the first one to go down, Dwayne considers it a loss, however Lazuli walks over to him and says that as it was called a draw, a draw is what it is.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Gardevoir's most notable and defining characteristic is her undying, unwavering, and ever-powerful love and affection towards her Trainer, whom Gardevoir suffered an almost instant connection with after Dwayne saved her life from sickness and defended her from poachers that were looking to capture her. Because Dwayne risked his own well-being for her sake, who was merely a stranger at the time, Gardevoir became utterly devoted towards him, and decided to remain by his side instead of returning to her family, with her elder sisters remarking that Gardevoir's love for Dwayne was far bigger than any love she had for her family.

Because of Gardevoir's extreme attachment towards Dwayne, she could also sense his emotions, and as well as being able to share them; whenever Dwayne would feel happy, excited, upset, disappointed, or even angry, Gardevoir would instantly begin feeling the same emotions, and as she became more and more psychologically dependent on him, Dwayne had the ability to (unwittingly) affect her mental state. Because of her extremely powerful bond with Dwayne, Gardevoir could sense whenever he was in danger, and she would force herself out of her Poké Ball to protect him in any shape or form. She would also force herself out whenever she heard anyone badmouthing him, with the mere realization that Dwayne was being insulted giving her enough power to willingly leave her Poké Ball and confront the assailant. Her protective instincts towards Dwayne are so powerful, she would often exhaust herself beyond her own limits to make sure Dwayne's goals and needs were met, disregarding her own well-being if necessary.

Because of her natural skills, Gardevoir quickly became one of Dwayne's most reliable and powerful Pokémon, with her Psychic powers and variety of different attacks proving to be extremely useful against any sort of opponents, regardless of type. Gardevoir also possesses the ability to speak via telepathy, allowing her to speak human language with Dwayne, helping both of them deepen their bond with their words and expressions, and occasionally using this ability to translate Pokémon language to him whenever necessary, seen when Kirlia translated a wild Wartortle's pleas for help.

Gardevoir's most desired wish is to assist Dwayne in achieving his dreams, and after her loss at the Indigo Plateau Conference, Gardevoir became saddened at the thought of disappointing her Trainer, to the point of shedding tears over the thought of "betraying" his trust, but after Dwayne kissed her forehead and assured her that he was utterly proud of her, Gardevoir immediately cheered up, and was deeply glad to realize that she hadn't disappointed him.

When Gardevoir believed that Dwayne had been killed by a giant Slaking, she became utterly devastated and heartbroken, burying her face on his chest and proceeded to bawl her eyes out, and when sensing that Dwayne was still alive, Gardevoir exhausted herself in order to heal him. Even after Dwayne's recovery, Gardevoir began feeling an enormous amount of hatred, wrath, and most of all, murderous insticts towards the Slaking, and she angrily returned to the location of the Lazy Pokémon and relentlessly attacked it with a barrage of merciless and unmerciful attacks, and was more than ready to end its life before being snapped out of her blind rage by Dwayne's words, and seeing just how almost she crossed a line she could never return from, Gardevoir became emotionally devastated, and most of all, was deeply regretful for allowing Dwayne to witness this side of her, and believed she was unworthy of his love and attention, but was re-assured by him that her actions, while wrong, were justified as they were made out of love.

Gardevoir's connection towards Dwayne was further proven when Dwayne was possessed by the spirit of the King of Pokélantis, where upon being summoned from her Poké Ball by the King, Gardevoir immediately sensed something was wrong and mortified to see her beloved Trainer under the control of the evil spirit, and adamantly expressed her devotion towards only Dwayne, and using her psychic powers, was capable of entering Dwayne's psyche and rescue him from the evil spirit's influence, with Brandon noting that Gardevoir's love towards him what was saved the young Trainer.

After reaching her final evolved stage, Gardevoir transformed herself into an elegant and graceful Pokémon, always displaying an air of serenity and calmness, to which Dwayne himself remarked that Gardevoir's mere presence helped him relieve any fear or anxiety. Gardevoir also adopted very powerful motherly instincts, as before her evolution, Dwayne would care and treat her with the love of a parent, but after evolving, Gardevoir would start treating Dwayne the same way, consoling and comforting him whenever her Trainer became upset or disappointed with himself for any failures, with Gardevoir believing that it was her duty to protect him just as Dwayne had done for her for most of his life.

Gardevoir later struck a very quick and very powerful friendship with Latias, which initially started off rather comically icy as Latias developed strong affections towards Dwayne, and Gardevoir was visibly jealous of the attention that Latias was receiving from her Trainer, but she quickly warmed up to the Legendary Pokémon after helping Dwayne protect Latias from the mercenaries Tyra and Moira, and gained further sympathy for her after Latias's brother, Latios, sacrificed himself to save Alto Mare from destruction. After Latias joined Dwayne's team, Gardevoir demonstrated extremely powerful sisterly love towards Latias, being very protective of her, during and outside of battles, seen as when Miguel unintentionally hurt Latias's feelings by commenting on her lackluster power, Gardevoir became angry and bitter towards him and displayed comical-levels of fury, threatning to attack him for his comments, and while walking away with Dwayne and Latias, Gardevoir secretly looked back at Miguel and confirmed that she still held a grudge against him by performing a cut-throat gesture.