Dwayne's Latias

**Dwayne's Latias** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのラティアス** *Douein's Latias*) is the eighth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Johto region, and his twentieth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

#### **As a Wild Pokémon**

Latias and her brother, Latios, lived in the Secret Garden in Alto Mare, where they were the guardians of the Soul Dew. From a young age, both Latias and Latios were taken care of by Quentin and Brenda, with the former having known Latios and Latias's father, who had sacrificed himself to protect the city and created the Soul Dew that both siblings were entrusted to protect.

Latias first appeared whilst shape-shifting as Brenda, where she helped Dwayne drink a sip of a water from a fountain, and she subsequently stares intensely at him, much to Dwayne's confusion. As she runs off down an alleyway, Dwayne simply shrugs off the odd encounter. The mercenary sisters Tyra and Moira trail the girl, which their special glasses confirming it is Latias in disguise, before ambushing her with their Girafarig and Yanma, respectively. The commotion piques Dwayne's interest, and he heads towards the confrontation. Ryder intervenes and breaks the "girl" free of Yanma's String Shot.

Dwayne intervenes and breaks the "girl" free of Yanma's String Shot. Tyra orders her Girafarig to teach Dwayne a lesson, and injures him with a Psybeam. Suddenly, Dwayne's Gardevoir pops out of her Poké Ball, having sensed him 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 Latias, 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.

Later, when Dwayne meets the real Brenda, who denies having met him before, Latias, again disguised as Brenda, gestures for him to follow her. Dwayne steps out from the darkness to find himself now standing in the Secret Garden, incredibly landscaped and bursting with wild Pokémon. The "girl" appears again, leading Dwayne to find her swinging by herself on a swing. Dwayne is then attacked by an invisible force, Latios who is determined to keep outsiders away. Gardevoir, who 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" 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 from the museum 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 Dwayne and Gardevoir, before Latios and Gardevoir start playing around together. Brenda apologizes to Dwayne, while her grandfather Quentin offers clarity of the situation.

Brenda reveals that Latias has the rare ability to shape-shift, and she often disguises herself as her, as they are best friends. Latias and Latios then show off one of their other abilities, sight-sharing which enables them to show each other exactly what they are seeing. Afterward, Quentin explains that he has taken care of Latias and Latios ever since they were babies. The pair were left orphaned by their father, Latios, who sacrificed his life to protect Alto Mare from the evil Trainer. A collage of stone tiles tells the story in more detail while Quentin shows Dwayne the precious Soul Dew, said to contain Latios's soul as well as the power to destroy Alto Mare, housed in a pool of pure water. Quentin asks Dwayne to keep the secret garden and location of the Soul Dew a secret, and he agrees. With it getting late, Dwayne and Gardevoir decide to leave the Secret Garden, much to Latias's dismay as she still wants to keep playing. Quentin takes Dwayne through a shortcut via his gondola workshop, while Brenda takes Dwayne the rest of the way by boat. Dwayne takes the opportunity to ask Brenda about the two girls who were chasing her before. Brenda is confused at first but realizes that it must have been Latias that was being pursued, which proves more concerning for her.

Overnight, Tyra and Moira leap across the rooftops of Alto Mare to remain undetected. Tyra sends her Girafarig to subdue Quentin, who is busily carving a gondola in his workshop. Tyra and Moira then pass through to the Secret Garden. Latios quickly detects the threat and tries to attack the girls, but they simply cartwheel out of the way. Latias and Latios then become invisible, a surprising technique for Tyra and Moira to witness. However, the two sisters are fully prepared and don their special glasses to keep track of their targets. Girafarig zeroes in on Latias, attacking her with a Hyper Voice attack. Yanma follows on with Sonic Boom, striking Latias first then Latios who tries to intercept. Moira goes on to capture Latios in a sticky net, delivering a painful shock to Latios. Latias tries to ambush Girafarig, only to be knocked down by a Psybeam attack. Tyra calls for a follow-up Tackle, but Latios manages to slides in its path. To subdue Latios, Girafarig and Yanma use Psychic and Wing Attack, respectively, on him. Latios orders Latias to getaway, and Latias heeds her brother's warning and flees into the canals. Moira isn't bothered by Latias's escape, adding that Latios's power plus the Soul Dew should be enough. She manages to grab the Soul Dew from the pool, allowing Tyra to examine it for a moment. Moira then turns her attention to the etched mismatched tiles nearby, and using a computer program to analyze and decipher it, she discovers that it is actually an operational manual for the DMA.

Quentin and Brenda rush over to the sacred pool, discovering the Soul Dew is now missing. Fearing something bad is about to unfold, they rush over to the museum to confront the culprits. Just ahead, Tyra and Moira reach the DMA inside the museum. Yanma tosses the exhausted Latios into a circular-marked area. A swirling cage then appears and carries Latios high into the air and begins to activate the DMA with his absorbed power. The protective gates around the mechanism disappear into the ground, with the control panel clearly in sight. Quentin and Brenda arrive but are quickly subdued by another of Girafarig's Psychic attacks. Moira proceeds to place the Soul Dew into the designated holder, and the DMA swings into life.

Latias, meanwhile, has fled to the local Pokémon Center to ask for Dwayne's help, quickly transforming herself into Brenda. Dwayne's Pokémon are eating after receiving a check-up from Nurse Joy, and Gardevoir alerts everyone to Latias's arrival, and Dwayne explains the peculiar situation to Miguel and Rosita. At Dwayne's request, Latias reveals her true form, stunning both Miguel and Rosita. Latias soon receives a sight-sharing transmission from Latios at the museum, alerting the group to some of Tyra and Moira's evil schemes. Dwayne sees that Quentin and Brenda have been subdued, while the Soul Dew has been taken. Moira greedily steps into the control pod by herself and ignoring Quentin's protests as she resurrects the Aerodactyl and Kabutops that once threatened Alto Mare. The two evil Fossil Pokémon are ordered to capture Latias. The sight sharing comes to an abrupt end, and the group realizes they will have to act quickly. Moira begins a city-wide lockdown, using the DMA to effectively seal Alto Mare up with gates. Metal gates spring from seemingly nowhere, closing off the laneways and balconies. Dwayne leaps into the canal below, while Latias manages to escape just in time. Dwayne, determined to save Alto Mare and Latios, soon finds a gondola and orders Latias to help guide him to the museum. They are soon ambushed by the resurrected Aerodactyl, who grabs Latias with its feet. Dwayne leaps onto it before ordering Gardevoir to use Moonblast, which works in freeing Latias and Dwayne. Aerodactyl fires off a Hyper Beam, destroying the gondola and nearly drowning Dwayne, until Latias's interventions. As Latias begins carrying Dwayne through the canals, Dwayne notices a water chariot lying nearby. Hitching Latias to the pulley, Dwayne is pulled through the canals with ease, even managing to lose Aerodactyl after making a turn down a narrow waterway.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Miguel and Rosita have scaled some of the obstacles, but remain trapped by the metal gates. Noting that it would take too long, Miguel sends out Sudowoodo and Politoed, while Rosita sends out Meganium and Hitmonchan, to assist with the obstacles. Dwayne's Gardevoir, Roserade, and Scizor save Dwayne from the resurrected Kabutops and its sharp scythes. As Dwayne and Latias near the museum, Moira sends a wall of water their way. Latias uses Safeguard, saving herself and Dwayne from drowning. This consequently causes the DMA to go haywire, trapping Moira inside as its controls are overwhelmed. The crystal blue-colored Soul Dew transforms into a murky orb and the machine begins to demand more power from Latios. Dwayne and Latias soon arrive, with Quentin and Brenda quickly freed from Girafarig's Psychic from Scizor attacking it with X-Scissor, while Latias tries to help her brother Latios. After trying to charge at the spherical cage holding Latios several times, Latias is eventually able to overpower it while Dwayne and the others pull Latios free. The DMA stops swinging around wildly, while Moira comes to her senses from being overcome by the controls. Tyra decides they should make their getaway, and Moira simply agrees. Tyra goes to retrieve the Soul Dew from the DMA, however, this causes the special jewel to break and she is thrown into the control pod by the resulting wave of energy. The hatch seals shut, trapping Tyra and Moira inside while DMA reactivates, now pulsing with red energy. Rosita and Miguel reach the museum as this all unfolds. Quentin proclaims that the prophecy is coming true, declaring that the Soul Dew has been out of the water for far too long, so the waterways across Alto Mare will be consequently drained.

As warned, the waters all recede from Alto Mare. Quentin, however, warns that a far worse event is ahead. Latias and Latios sense the next threat, a tsunami wave that is due to hit the city. The Eon siblings rush directly into the wake and disperse it with their immense powers, appearing like a giant blue orb. The now fast-moving currents begin replenishing the canals and waterways. Latios, however, is exhausted and has expended all of his power. Like his father before him, he sacrifices himself to save the city of Alto Mare. A bright blue beam of light appears towards the sky. The effects of the DMA begin to settle, with the resurrected Pokémon returning to their places at the museum, and the barricades across the city now disappearing. As day breaks, Quentin takes Brenda, Dwayne and the others out to sea to search for Latios and Latias. A wild Mantine and a pair of Chinchou carry the exhausted Latias directly to their gondola. Brenda is glad to be reunited with one of them, but cannot help but wonder about Latios’s whereabouts. Latias gestures up at the sky, and Brenda realizes that the blue light up to the sky was Latios. Quentin reveals that Latios, like his father, gave his life to save Alto Mare. The gesture leaves everyone feeling somber and cold. Latias then receives a sight-sharing transmission, allowing everyone to see from Latios's perspective; the world from space, and finally complete darkness. Brenda then receives a new Soul Dew, a final gift from Latios, before everyone is returned to the gondola. Afterwards, the new Soul Dew is placed back in the Secret Garden pool, with Quentin and Brenda thanking Latios for his great sacrifice.

Back within the city, Dwayne ties up Tyra and Moira, and expresses his utter wrath at them, and subsequently curses them out for their actions. The sisters, however, are nonchalant about it, claiming they didn't know about the full extent of their researches and ignorantly claim that they did nothing irreparable. Dwayne clutches his fist, which catches the attention of the sisters. Dwayne then prepares to strike her, with the sisters becoming afraid, but Dwayne's punch is stopped by Latias herself, who silently shakes her heads, signifying that the sister aren't worth it. Instead, Dwayne angrily informs them about Latios's sacrifice, and the sisters's eyes widen in shock, and Moira stutters as she asks if Latios perished, to which Dwayne angrily confirms, and blames them for his death. Tyra and Moira become stunned, and Moira begins crying, saying she never meant to cause this, but Dwayne angrily remarks that it was too late for regrets, and says they would be placed in prison for directly causing Latios's death, and Moira continues to cry, but admits they deserve it, while Tyra exclaims they were sorry, but Dwayne again lashes out, saying that their apologies wouldn't bring Latios back, and Tyra simply looks down in shame. Latias gently pulls Dwayne away, and Dwayne cries in frustration, and shares a hug with Latias, who also begins crying in mourning for her brother. The authorities take the sisters away, with Dwayne, Quentin, and Brenda testifying against their actions.

Three days later, Dwayne, Rosita, and Miguel prepare to leave Alto Mare. The boat passes Quentin's workshop to thank him and say goodbye. Quentin calls out to Brenda, who runs over to the pier to give Dwayne a parting gift, a sketch, and kisses him on the cheek. Just then, the real Brenda shows up, and the Brenda that kissed him was none other than Latias. Dwayne then says goodbye, but Latias begins crying, and starts wanting to play with Dwayne, and Brenda says that Latias gained a very powerful attachment towards him, and Quentin assumes that Latias didn't want to become separated from him, and suggests that Dwayne capture Latias. Upon hearing this, Latias instantly stops crying and happily starts flying around in circles, and Dwayne takes this as an affirmative, and throws a Poké Ball, and Latias happily taps onto the Poké Ball's mechanism and joins Dwayne's team. Brenda and Quentin remark that they know Latias will be happier and safer with Dwayne than in Alto Mare, also implying that with Latios gone, Latias would only have negative memories, and with the new Soul Dew, Alto Mare would remain safe, and urge Dwayne to take good care of Latias, but also tell Latias to take good care of her new Trainer. Dwayne then unwraps the drawing to see that it is of him, Latias, Latios, and Gardevoir together at Secret Garden. Miguel soon spots something up in the sky, sees a reflection of Latios flying overhead in formation, bringing smiles to everyone's faces, and Latias waves him goodbye as the reflection fades away. Dwayne returns to the boat, and the trio waves Brenda and Quentin goodbye.

#### **With Dwayne**

Whilst making a stop in Goldenrod City, Dwayne remarks that while the trip was troublesome, he enjoyed it, and unlike his regular traveling for training, he enjoyed simply vacationing. Miguel and Rosita then start discussing their next plans, and Dwayne challenges them to a Double Battle, and they accept, already knowing Dwayne's reasoning. At the Pokémon Center's battlefield, Miguel and Rosita summon Politoed and Cubone while Dwayne chooses Latias and Gardevoir.

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 the finals of the Silver Conference, Dwayne selected Latias as his sixth and final remaining Pokémon to battle against Raven's Duraludon, which shocks the audience and the announcer screams out in surprise. At the stands, Jade leaps out of her seat in surprise at seeing Dwayne in command of a Legendary Pokémon, and back in Pallet Town, Edge and Roberta stare in awe at Latias's presence. Raven also becomes shocked at the sight of the Legendary Pokémon, and Latias giggles at everyone's reaction to her sudden appearance. Dwayne orders Latias to use Dragon Breath, but Duraludon blocks the attack with Stone Edge, before using Hyper Beam, but Latias manages to fly upwards and dodge the attack. With Duraludon unable to move due to Hyper Beam, Latias approaches him at a face-to-face distance, and blasts the Steel-type Pokémon with a point-blank Dragon Breath attack. As a result, Raven is down to her last Pokémon—Cinderace. Realizing that both Pokémon were equally powerful, Dwayne remarks that their battle would be one to remember, and orders Latias to use Psywave, but Cinderace uses its legs to blast the attack away in a flash. This impressive display of strength and speed causes everyone to gasp in amazement, Dwayne included. Cinderace's Flamethrower and Latias's Dragon Breath clash in mid-air, resulting in a huge explosion.

Dwayne then commands Latias to use Dragon Breath again, which Cinderace easily dodges by jumping high into the air. Taking advantage of the fact that Cinderace can't move freely in the air, Latias tries a Psywave, but Cinderace dodges, then counters using Mega Kick. Latias flies upwards, dodging the attack. However, Cinderance lands on his feet, and uses the momentum to bounce back towards the sky, successfully striking the second Mega Kick directly onto Latias's face. However, Latias quickly regains her composure and blasts Cinderace down with a point-blank Dragon Breath. Cinderace is ordered once again to use Mega Kick. As Latias and Cinderace brawl it out, Dwayne commands Latias to use Dragon Breath, and Cinderance gets blasted to the ground. As the smoke clears, Cinderace shocks everyone by remaining on its feet, and Raven explains that Cinderace used Flamethrower at the last second to cushion its fall.

As Latias begins panting in exhaustion, Raven orders Cinderace to use Blaze Kick, and Latias gets struck directly onto her face, but Cinderace also begins showing signs of exhaustion. With both Pokémon tired out, Cinderace uses its signature attack, Pyro Ball, which Latias counters with Dragon Breath, and both attacks explode after a back and forth collision. Latias attacks again with Psywave, but Cinderace dodges and smashes Latias with a Blaze Kick, dealing severe damage to her. Latias uses Recover, but Cinderace stops the process with a quick-fire Flamethrower. Latias and Cinderace clash again with Dragon Breath and Flamethrower, respectively that engulfs both Pokémon. As the smoke clears, both Pokémon struggle to their feet. Raven and Dwayne plead for their Pokemon to get up, and with encouragement both do.

Dwayne orders another Dragon Breath, but as Latias prepares the attack, Latias suddenly feels an excruciating pain on her neck, and collapses. Latias attempts to get back up again, but this time she can't and faints completely, meaning Raven is the winner of the Silver Conference. Dwayne is left distraught from the loss, but quickly cheers up, knowing full well he battled well and rushes over to Latias, and feeds her a Sitrus Berry, and Latias slightly recovers. Dwayne asks if she's okay, and Latias fights back tears, disappointed for being defeated, believing she was at fault for Dwayne's loss, but Dwayne assures her that she did her best, and he was proud of her, and Latias quickly cheers up, and nuzzles against her Trainer in a playful manner. Raven approaches them and offers a handshake, and Dwayne accepts. Raven states that she had never participated in a battle that made her this excited, and hopes to battle him again one day, and Dwayne returns the sentiment. Latias and Cinderace also exchange pleasantries before the announcer urges the crowd to give both Trainers another round of applause.

Following Dwayne's decision to travel to the Hoenn region, Latias, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon (with the exception of Gardevoir and Dratini) were left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Frontier Challenge**

When Dwayne challenged the Battle Pyramid for the third time, Latias was chosen as his final remaining Pokémon to battle against Brandon's Regice. Latias fires Psywave, which Regice endures easily. Regice uses Blizzard, which Latias takes. Latias attacks with Dragon Breath, with Regice countering with Ice Beam. Latias dodges, but the attack freezes one half of the field. Latias uses Psywave, but Regice negates it with another Ice Beam, which freezes the other half of the field. With the field covered in ice, Regice can move quicker. Regice attempts to use Focus Punch, but Latias uses Dragon Breath to paralyze Regice, and then strikes the Iceberg Pokémon with Psywave. Regice uses Ice Beam to freeze the stadium more, creating a tomb of ice pillars that trap Latias.

With Latias immobilized, Regice uses Rest. Latias manages to free herself before using Recover to replenish her health. Latias then flies towards Regice, but it wakes up and fires Ice Beam, this time making a direct hit and freezing Latias in an ice pillar. Dwayne orders Dragon Breath, but Latias seems unable to. The referee begins to declare Latias unable to battle, but Latias uses Safeguard to shatter the ice and free herself. Regice fires another Focus Punch to send Latias bouncing across the ice field. Dwayne manages to get Latias to use the ice to skate around and regain momentum. Dwayne then orders Latias to use Dragon Breath, but instead, Latias's eyes glow red and her body briefly becomes surrounded in a red aura, with Dwayne recognizing the attack as Outrage, and Latias slams onto Regice directly, sending it crashing onto the wall, knocking it out and making Dwayne the winner. Brandon gives Dwayne the Brave Symbol as his reward, completing Dwayne's Battle Frontier quest.

After Dwayne's return to Pallet Town, Latias was returned to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Intermission**

When Harlynn's Chandelure used Smog to sufficate Dwayne, Jade, Roberta, Professor Oak and the Pokémon nearby, Latias comes to help, but even after Dwayne's Butterfree had used Gust to blow away the smoke, everyone was still coughing from the poisonous smoke, and Latias quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Latias is an extremely docile Pokémon. At first, she disliked fighting and was easily scared off by any conflict or anything attempting to cause harm to her. Latias cares very much about those she's close with, especially Brenda, Quentin, and above all, Dwayne.

Because Latias is still fairly young, she possesses many childish traits, such as pouting whenever she doesn't receive much attention from Dwayne, and always wanting to play with him, and becomes upset whenever they are unable to spend time together playing. Nevertheless, Latias is a very brave Pokémon when necessary, bravely joining her brother to save Alto Mare from drowning. She's also quite mischievous, giggling whenever others express their shock upon seeing her, finding the look of surprise on their faces amusing.

Upon their first meeting, Latias developed an extremely strong attachment and affection towards Dwayne, and Brenda herself remarked that Latias had developed a crush on him, something that shocked the young Trainer. After saving her from Tyra and Moira, Latias's affection and trust towards Dwayne increased dramatically, with Dwayne being who Latias chose to seek out when the mercenary sisters attacked her and Latios at the Secret Garden. Latias's love for the young human was so great, that Latias ultimately decided to leave her homeland and join Dwayne's team, not wanting to become separated from him. Her love for Dwayne also enabled her to overcome her dislike and fear for battles, as she willingly decided to partake in battles in order to assist him with his goals and dreams, and gradually learned how to genuinely enjoy battling, as unlike fighting to survive, competitive and sporting battles became something Latias eagerly looked foward to.

Latias is also very sensitive to criticism, as Latias became saddened and depressed when Miguel unintentionally hurt her feelings by commenting on her lackluster power, but she quickly cheered up when Dwayne remarked that her strength wasn't of any concern, as Latias's mere presence was enough to make him happy, and she displayed her gratitude and affection by nuzzling against him.

Latias struck a very quick and very powerful friendship with Dwayne's Gardevoir, 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.

Latias has a very rare ability to shapeshift into anyone she chooses. During her days living in Alto Mare, Latias often transformed herself into Brenda in order to walk around the city without drawing attention, but after joining Dwayne's team and leaving the city she called home, Latias realized that she couldn't transform into Brenda anymore, and instead of looking for someone to shapeshift into, Latias decided to stay in her real form, although she occasionally shape-shifts into others to pull pranks on them.

Because of her previous dislike for battles and confrontation, Latias's power was fairly weak for a Legendary Pokémon, seen as when she was easily subdued by Tyra's Girafarig and Moira's Yanma's attacks, and how Miguel's Politoed's usage of Jump Kick, a Fighting-type attack, caused Latias considerable damage, despite her being part Psychic-type. However, Dwayne recognized Latias's hidden potential, and expressed his complete faith in Latias's abilities, and assured her that they could become stronger together overtime. As Dwayne predicted, Latias's power would gradually increase over time, as Latias became more active in battling, and she became capable of showcasing her hidden potential as a Legendary Pokémon. Her strength was finally proven during her Battle Pyramid match against Brandon's Regice, where Latias was able to defeat the Ice-type Legendary Pokémon.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.