Mega Evolution!
It was a bond!
It was a vessel for their hopes!
It was a bridge!
It was an invisible bridge connecting humans and Pokémon, Dian and Beedrill.
In an instant, just a single instant.
Scene after scene flashed through his mind, featuring Weedle, Kakuna, and Beedrill.
The images spun endlessly like a revolving lantern, finally freezing on the scene before him, within the Dream Space.
Dian silently opened his eyes and gently rested a hand on his illusory chest. An intangible pulse shook him to his core.
He finally understood why so many researchers had come away empty-handed after studying Mega Evolution.
What mattered in Mega Evolution was not the two Mega Stones serving as a bridge, but this pulse that stirred their power,
The ceaseless surge of emotion, the fierce passion within.
My lifelong wish,
Your cherished hope.
Dian felt the invisible connection between himself and Beedrill. Black-and-gold energy linked them perfectly together.
Solemnly, he pressed his left hand to his chest and extended his right, giving voice to a new chapter. "Mega Evolution."
Dian's voice was level, his expression calm, yet a raging fire seemed to burn in his eyes. He could feel everything within him ignite the moment he spoke those words.
His will,
His emotions,
Everything mingled together, burning fiercely before flowing into Beedrill alongside the black-and-gold energy. Gradually, it awakened a power hidden within, setting a natural, sacred transformation in motion.
Dian paid no heed to whatever was draining from his consciousness. Instead, he carefully held to a boundary, a limit.
Black-and-gold currents enveloped Beedrill, who was suffering the backlash of Nightmare Power.
At last, five solid purple stingers tore through the currents. Red spiral patterns and four wings covered in black markings unfurled and fluttered amid the black-and-gold flow.
The Dream Space,