Magical Pokémon Quest: Harmonic Tales

**Magical Pokémon Quest: Harmonic Tales** (Japanese: **マジックレコード：ハーモニーテイルズ** *Magic Record: Harmony Tales*) is the movie that explains the first adventure of best friends Abigail Rosa Mercia and Daisy Oak had.

## Summary

### English

*When Abigail Rosa Mercia was 7, an accident occurred on the day she met Daisy Oak. After a rocky time finding their way home, Abigail and Daisy end up becoming best friends and true partners—and when they catch a rare glimpse of the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh in flight, they make plans to seek it out together, guided by the Rainbow Wing it leaves behind.*

*Now that they're both 10 year-olds, Abigail and Daisy are ready to go on their journey. Along the way, Abigail catches a unique Vulpix, Daisy raises a Pokémon from Caterpie to Butterfree and then releases it to follow its heart, and the duo meets the mysterious Mythical Pokémon Marshadow. When they near their goal, the arrogant Cross stands in their way! Can the magical girls defeat this powerful Trainer and reach Ho-Oh as they promised, or will their journey end here?*

## Plot

***June 9, 2009 H.E.***

> "...Mommy, where are you?!"
>
> - A younger Abigail

The movie begins in a flashback. 7 year-old Abigail Rosa Mercia finds herself lost in a forest, and she is having a hard time looking for Kailee Rosa Mercia, her mother. Suddenly, she notices a young girl around her age running through the forest, chasing after an annoyed Bellossom she thinks is cute. Abigail also thinks the Bellossom is cute and starts running after it as well, and the two girls decide to chase it together, only for it to use Stun Spore and make its getaway while they are both paralyzed. Both of them laugh at the situation together just as Kailee finds her daughter.

A few moments later, while walking around in the forest, Abigail asks Daisy why she doesn't want to make friends. Daisy says that she thinks making friends is a waste of time, especially with her shy nature, irritating Abigail. Abigail then spots an injured Pikachu and picks her up while Daisy does the same with a badly-hurt Eevee. Unfortunately, it starts to rain and become freezing outside, and Abigail hasn't brought her raincoat, and she suddenly trips in the muddy ground and scrapes her knee. As soon as Daisy checks on Abigail, a whole flock of Spearow appears to attack the former. The latter regretting throwing a rock at one of them before slipping to the ground earlier, Abigail and Daisy begin to flee with the injured Pokémon as the Spearow catch up to them to proceed in attacking the Pokémon. Abigail and Daisy rush as fast as they can and fall into a cliff, getting themselves injured. The wild Pikachu and Eevee then tell them to leave them and go find their parents, but the girls refuse. Instead, Daisy awakens her magic and defends her new friends from the Spearow by summoning a large flower-shaped shield. When the shield is getting close to breaking, Abigail gathers the courage to awaken her magic and summons a huge Dragon Flame attack that scares the Spearow away, forcing Kailee to get help. As the storm ceases, the girls wake up to see Kailee and Professor Samuel Oak looking in worry. The Pikachu and Eevee point out that the girls are now wearing necklaces, and when they also look at their bottoms, the girls cheer over the fact that they got their Harmony Marks and high-five to start their friendship. A Ho-Oh flies above and drops a Rainbow Wing, which Abigail catches. When Daisy asks what the wing means, Samuel says "Maybe one day, you girls and your Pokémon will figure it out." Abigail and Daisy decide to make a promise to go and meet the Legendary Pokémon someday, with Kailee saying that she's proud of them.

***May 25, 2012 H.E.*** Abigail and Daisy, now both 10-year-olds, start their journey while singing Gonna Be My Day, having caught the Pikachu (Ritchie) and the Eevee (Fluffy) as their respective first Pokémon. They also catch a unique Vulpix (Vultales) and a pink Caterpie (Kate) respectfully, have battles with other Trainers, and even fight against some Vertex as magical girls, having contracted with Kyubey. The girls eventually settle at a Pokémon Center, where Daisy gives her grandpa (none other than Samuel) a call. A Trainer bursts in claiming that they encountered an Entei, a Legendary Fire-type Pokémon, causing Abigail and Daisy, as well as several other Trainers, to rush into the woods to look for it.

The girls find the Entei, but they end up fighting over it in a Pokémon. Kyubey tries to prevent things from getting worse, but to no avail. When Entei escapes, Abigail and Daisy get into an argument that nearly causes them to witch out, only to get a message from Samuel on their Rotom Phones telling them that they should find shelter soon. As the girls have a practice battle, they accidentally disturb an Onix that starts chasing them. They manage to get it to leave just as it begins to rain. As they look to find shelter, they find a Charmander that has been left out. They quickly learn that it belongs to a ruthless trainer named Cross who left it out in the rain. He carelessly refuses to take it back, calling it weak and abandoning it. Abigail and Daisy decide to find it shelter.

They come across a cave where they help Charmander back to health. Entei and several other Pokémon arrive to sleep for the night and Abigail reveals the Rainbow Wing. Daisy reveals (according to what Samuel told her) that Ho-Oh only gives the Wing to the "rainbow hero" who is destined to fight it, as a shadow Pokémon named Marshadow watches and Abigail's eyes briefly glow in a rainbowish color. The next morning, Abigail convinces Charmander to join them and names her Chazie. The girls then venture on a journey to Mount Tensei to find the Legendary Pokémon. During their travels, Kate evolves into a Metapod, the girls spots a Suicune and Chazie evolves into a Charmeleon. After Daisy gives her grandpa a call at another Pokémon Center, Abigail learns that the Rainbow Wing can lose its color when it is in the possession of someone with a cold heart. Eventually, while battling other Trainers in town, Abigail is challenged by Cross to a Pokémon battle with Chazie against his Incineroar, Incien. Chazie is savagely defeated, and Cross talks down to Abigail, causing her much grief.

Still upset over her loss, Abigail openly admits that she could have won with Ritchie and runs away. Ritchie follows Abigail, as the two have an argument over Abigail's behavior. She states that she wished she had never met anyone and leave herself as a "closed-heart person." Abigail realizes that she's all alone, as Ritchie has stopped following her. As Abigail declares that she doesn't need anyone, Marshadow puts Abigail in a sleep-like state as the Rainbow Wing turns dark, only for the poor magical warrior to instead witch out, attracting Daisy's attention. Daisy becomes terrified and tries to talk to the witch, but she doesn't listen. She tries reminding her of the day they chased after a Bellossom together and first met, but she does not remember and tries to attack her friend and Marshadow (only for it to easily avoid the attack by slipping into the shadows) while screeching in despair. Daisy then gets extremely angry at Marshadow for making her friend witch out, but it leaves and slips away into a shadow. Realizing that something is missing, she finally snaps and purifies Abigail in one shot, and while the Wing regains its color, Daisy sanges her sight and voice. When Abigail asks what happened, Daisy types via text-to-speech that she was put to sleep by a Marshadow and then witched out, and Abigail realizes that Daisy lost her sight and voice, so she guides Daisy around so she does not injure herself. She also tells her that just five days before she turned 10, her mother (Kailee) died to a disease. The girls are soon surrounded by some angry Primeape. Daisy calls out Kate, who evolves into a Butterfree as they escape from the pack of Primeape. They rescue a blue male Butterfree named Jack from a Fearow and realize that Kate needs to mate. Daisy decides to let Kate go so that she can be happy with her mate, and as a result of this action, her sange wears off. Although Daisy is sad about releasing Kate, she feels like she made the right decision, and that they will always be friends no matter what. The girls soon spot a Raikou and realize they are getting close when the Wing begins to glow in the direction of Mount Tensei.

The girls make it there and meet Bonji, an old researcher who has been studying Ho-Oh for years. They make it to a crystal-like structure at Mount Tensei, with Abigail's eyes glowing in a rainbowish color again. They are interrupted by Cross, who wants to fight Ho-Oh himself, as he also saw Ho-Oh, but didn't receive a wing from it. Incien fights Chazie, who quickly evolves into a Charizard and defeats Incien. Cross, refusing to accept his loss, takes the Rainbow Wing away from Abigail and places it on the crystal. But due to the wing being in the possession of a Trainer with a cold-heart, it turns dark, causing Marshadow, as Ho-Oh's agent, to possess the wild Pokémon and Cross's Midnight Form Lycanroc to attack the humans. The Trainers use their Pokémon to fight back. After Chazie protects Cross from an attack, he sees the error of his ways and helps the group out, even snapping his Lycanroc Middy out of Marshadow's control. Being weakened by Marshadow and the other Pokémon, Abigail and Daisy tell Ritchie and Fluffy to get in their Poké Balls, but Vultales notes that they'll always refuse because they always want to stay by their side. However, the girls finally force them (and Vultales) in their Poké Balls as the Pokémon attacks them, causing their bodies to disappear. In despair, Ritchie, Fluffy and Vultales emit a large combo attack sending Marshadow and its army flying, releasing them from the Rainbow Wing's corruption. Marshadow notices the wing has disintegrated as the three Pokémon continue crying out for their Trainers.

Abigail and Daisy find themselves in two parallel worlds but are brought back, presumably through Ho-Oh's power when the girls protected their Pokémon. The magical girls and their partner Pokémon embrace as Abigail takes the newly formed Rainbow Wing. Daisy finally realizes, however, that it was not the Wing that brought the girls to Mount Tensei: it was their friendship. The girls place it on the crystal structure, and Ho-Oh arrives, healing everyone and the Pokémon. Before Ritchie and Fluffy could challenge it to a battle, shifting blobs of energy suddenly emerge from the girls' chests and begin to swirl around them while a pulsing white light grows from their very center. Abigail and Daisy are lifted into the air, and they are transformed into an upgraded version of their Guardian forms, much to their Pokémon's shock/delight. Later that day, the magical girls return to the Pokémon Center after their (offscreen) battle with Ho-Oh. Back at Mount Tensei, Bonji makes a speech about Ho-Oh finding a new Trainer to leave its Wing to, as Marshadow watches. Cross leaves on good terms with the girls and makes a promise with Abigail that they will have a battle again someday. Eventually, Abigail gets all eight Gym Badges, and she and Daisy decide to head on to the Pokémon League, knowing that their friendship is truly magical.

During the ending credits, Abigail is seen winning the Pokémon League with Daisy happily cheering for her, while Cross, Middy, and Incien are out on their own journey. Back home, Ritchie sadly dies due to a sudden decrease in energy and a stroke, breaking Abigail's heart. However, thanks to Daisy's suggestion, the 10 year-old girl goes to the Summer Camp of Friendship, where she meets a familiar girl. The movie ends with Ho-Oh dropping a Rainbow Wing as it flies across the sky.

## Major Events

* The meeting and backstory of Abigail Rosa Mercia and Daisy Oak is revealed.
* Abigail and Daisy begin their journeys, respectfully with a female Pikachu and a female Eevee they befriended.

## Characters

### Magical Warriors

* Abigail Rosa Mercia
* Daisy Oak

### Pokémon

* Pikachu (Abigail's; Ritchie; dies)
* Vulpix (Abigail's; Kantoian-Alolan form crossbreed; Vultales; new)
* Eevee (Daisy's; Fluffy)
* Caterpie (Daisy's; pink coloring; Kate; new; evolves)
* Metapod (Daisy's; pink coloring; Kate; newly evolved; evolves)
* Butterfree (Daisy's; pink coloring; Kate; newly evolved; released)
* Charmander (Abigail's; Chazie; new; evolves)
* Charmeleon (Abigail's; Chazie; newly evolved; evolves)
* Charizard (Abigail's; Chazie; newly evolved)
* Lycanroc (Cross's; Middy; Midnight Form)
* Incineroar (Cross's; Incien)
* Chansey (Nurse Joy's, ×3)
* Bulbasaur (Trainer's)
* Squirtle (Trainer's)
* Wartortle (Trainer's)
* Ivysaur (Trainer's)
* Vulpix (Trainer's)
* Growlithe (Trainer's)
* Nidorina (Trainer's)
* Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
* Clefable (Trainer's)
* Vaporeon (Trainer's)
* Machop (Trainer's)
* Eevee (Trainer's)
* Flareon (Trainer's)
* Jolteon (Trainer's)
* Snorlax (Trainer's)
* Pidgeotto (Trainer's)
* Geodude (Trainer's)
* Oddish (Trainer's)
* Venonat (Trainer's)
* Ditto (Trainer's)
* Hitmonlee (Trainer's)
* Hitmonchan (Trainer's)
* Poliwag (Trainer's)
* Parasect (Trainer's)
* Psyduck (Trainer's)
* Poochyena (Trainer's)
* Mightyena (Trainer's)
* Oshawott (Trainer's)
* Pansage (Trainer's)
* Gothita (Trainer's)
* Gothorita (Trainer's)
* Gothitelle (Trainer's)
* Gurdurr (Trainer's)
* Conkeldurr (Trainer's)
* Spearow (multiple)
* Ho-Oh
* Butterfree (Jack)
* Marshadow
* Slowking
* Lugia
* Xerneas
* Articuno
* Zapdos
* Moltres
* Oddish
* Bellsprout
* Pidgey (multiple)
* Pidgeotto (multiple)
* Pidgeot (×2)
* Weedle (×2)
* Kakuna (×4)
* Scyther
* Paras
* Weepinbell
* Venomoth
* Abra
* Gastly
* Haunter
* Magnemite
* Magneton
* Grimer
* Aerodactyl
* Gyarados
* Goldeen
* Psyduck
* Farfetch'd
* Primeape (multiple)
* Onix
* Diglett (multiple)
* Pinsir
* Fearow
* Nidoqueen
* Nidoking
* Rhyhorn
* Rhydon
* Arbok
* Electabuzz
* Magmar
* Geodude
* Graveler
* Koffing
* Weezing
* Zubat
* Golbat
* Gloom
* Tentacruel
* Tentacool (multiple)
* Magikarp (multiple)
* Seel
* Dewgong
* Horsea (×3)
* Seadra
* Cubone (×2)
* Marowak
* Tauros (multiple)
* Kangaskhan
* Rapidash
* Ponyta (×3)
* Butterfree (multiple)
* Raikou
* Entei
* Suicune
* Steenee (Miele; ending credits)

### Secondary Characters

* Cross
* Professor Samuel Oak
* Kailee Rosa Mercia (flashback)
* Professor Aurea Juniper (flashback)
* Doctor Fennel Rosetta (flashback)
* Nurse Joy (×3)
* Bonji
* Nanette Daisy (ending credits)
* Mother and daughter
* Sportscaster
* Referees
* Trainers
	+ Vaporeon Trainer
	+ Jigglypuff Trainer

## Songs

* Gonna Be My Day (MPQ:HT duet cover) - Opening
* Together - Ending

## Scripts

* English
* Japanese

## Trivia

* The **Harmony Color** announced before the ending theme of the movie is **Dragon Light Pink**.
* This is the first of three movies that take place six years before the main series events of the following universes:
	+ Cheerfulverse
	+ *Jim and Ellie's Magical Adventure* Universe
	+ *Pokémon the Series: A Starry Miracle* Universe
	+ *Friendship is Harmony* Universe
	+ *Magic is Our Destiny* Universe

### Errors

* The magical girls' Harmony Marks accidentally disappear in one scene.

### Dub Edits

* Most of Marshadow's cries have been edited out.

### Easter Eggs

* Out of all the known Starlix Club members, only Kailee, Aurea and Fennel appear in the movie to avoid problems concerning characters possibly appearing in the wrong universe. They only appear in flashbacks, however.
* Nanette Daisy makes a cameo as a 4 year-old in the ending credits animation.

### Differences from PKMN M20

The movie is based on *Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!*, but there are notable changes:

* Part of PKMN M20's scenes before the opening song is replaced with the backstory of Abigail and Daisy's meeting. A few important elements from the original are kept, however.
* Abigail and Daisy do not have travelling companions, while Ash has two: Verity and Sorrel.
* The movie does not take place in an alternative timeline. However, what happens before *and* after the movie is split into five "branches."
* Daisy's Pink Butterfree mates a wild Blue Butterfree (named Jack), whereas Ash's normal Butterfree mates a wild Pink Butterfree.
* The Gym Battle is cut entirely, being replaced with the magical girls fighting some Vertex in the Juaki.
* Team Rocket does not appear at all in MPQ:HT.