Chapter Summaries

Chen Shi agreed to visit Professor Sycamore in the Kalos Region with Diantha, Cynthia, and Steven after the Mystery Realm crisis. Before leaving, he contacted his grandparents and Professor Oak, returned Dragonite, and explained how he had anticipated Groudon and Kyogre’s awakening and found Rayquaza; the chapter ended with him revealing that Rayquaza had a Shiny child with him.

• Chen Shi learned that Wallace was still missing after entering the Mystery Realm.
• Diantha invited Chen Shi to visit Professor Sycamore in Kalos, and Chen Shi agreed to leave the next day.
• Cynthia and Steven decided to accompany Chen Shi, with Steven volunteering to cover expenses as they traveled.
• Chen Shi called his grandparents to reassure them and tell them about his Kalos trip, then promised to be more careful.
• Chen Shi returned Dragonite to Professor Oak and recounted the events that led him to summon Rayquaza.
• Chen Shi told Professor Oak that Rayquaza had a population and that its Shiny child was with him.

Chen Shi arranged for Professor Oak to study the newly hatched shiny Little Rayquaza and discussed his planned trip to Kalos. On his way back to the hotel, Chen Shi realized his Eevee was missing.

• Professor Oak excitedly asked Chen Shi to let him study Little Rayquaza, and Chen Shi checked with Rayquaza before agreeing.
• Little Rayquaza agreed to stay with Professor Oak for a few days in exchange for delicious food, and Chen Shi sent it through the Link Cable.
• Chen Shi told Professor Oak to prepare plenty of spicy Dragon-type Pokéblocks and discussed visiting Professor Sycamore in Kalos the next day.
• Chen Shi walked through the unsettled streets of Sootopolis City while thinking about the disappearance of Fairy-type energy and the battle between Xerneas and Yveltal.
• Chen Shi checked his shoulders and discovered that his Eevee was missing.

Chen Shi told Cynthia that the seemingly ordinary Eevee was actually Mew and warned her to keep its identity secret. As they discussed Chen Shi’s decision to visit Kalos, his unusual encounters with rare Pokémon left him wondering whether there was something special about him.

• Chen Shi found Mew lounging in Cynthia’s room after it had spent an hour eating ice cream with her.
• Cynthia asked how the Eevee could transform and how it had such overwhelming power, so Chen Shi revealed that it was Mew and urged her to keep the secret.
• Cynthia asked why Chen Shi had accepted Diantha’s invitation to Kalos, and he explained his interest in Fairy-types, Mega Stones, and ancient ruins.
• Cynthia became eager to visit Kalos for its historical mysteries and remarked that life seemed more exciting around Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi listed how he had encountered Mew, Victini, Jirachi, and Rayquaza, then began to doubt that all the coincidences were ordinary.

Chen Shi, Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha arrived in Lumiose City to visit Professor Sycamore, where Chen Shi asked to see the ruins connected to Mega Evolution. Professor Sycamore eagerly led him toward the lab to show him more.

• Chen Shi, Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha arrived in Lumiose City after Pheobe stayed behind to return the Orb to Mt. Pyre.
• Diantha's Gardevoir used Teleport to take the group to Professor Sycamore's lab.
• Alain greeted Diantha, recognized Chen Shi as his idol, and excitedly ran to fetch Professor Sycamore.
• Professor Sycamore welcomed the visitors, and Chen Shi asked to see the Mega Evolution ruins or photographs of them.
• Professor Sycamore led Chen Shi toward the lab to show him the ruins.

At Professor Sycamore’s laboratory, Chen Shi identified a mural Pokémon as a Shiny Mega Gardevoir and proposed that Mega Evolution restores Pokémon to their original forms. His startling hypothesis left the researchers and trainers stunned as Professor Sycamore asked what had inspired it.

• Professor Sycamore showed Chen Shi and Diantha a mural of a Gardevoir-like Pokémon, and Chen Shi identified it as a Shiny Mega Gardevoir.
• Diantha accepted that her Gardevoir might not turn blue when she Mega Evolved and decided she would love her regardless.
• Professor Sycamore and Chen Shi discussed photographs of Mega-Evolved Pokémon while Steven, Cynthia, Diantha, and Alain listened nearby.
• Chen Shi proposed that Mega-Evolved forms were Pokémon’s original forms and that Mega Evolution returned them to those forms.
• The group reacted with shock and doubt, and Professor Sycamore asked Chen Shi what had led him to the hypothesis.

Chen Shi proposed that Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion might reveal Pokémon’s original forms, using unusual Aerodactyl sightings as evidence. Professor Sycamore found the theory plausible but said it would need proof, and Chen Shi left the research for a future institute.

• Chen Shi explained to Professor Sycamore that Groudon and Kyogre’s Primal Reversion restored their original forms, claiming Rayquaza had told him so.
• Chen Shi reminded Cynthia of the unusual Aerodactyl they had encountered while searching for Shiny Beldum in Sinnoh.
• Chen Shi argued that the Aerodactyl’s rocky wings and body resembled Mega Aerodactyl, suggesting some Pokémon might naturally retain Mega-like forms.
• Steven said Devon Corporation had found a similarly unusual Aerodactyl in Big Root Valley, and he believed Chen Shi’s theory.
• Professor Sycamore said the theory needed evidence, while Chen Shi said he might leave its investigation to researchers at his future institute.

Chen Shi helped Professor Sycamore identify potential Fairy-type Pokémon in Kalos and toured the laboratory’s Pokémon living area. There, he became interested in the Froakie and spotted two that seemed out of place.

• Diantha joked about Professor Sycamore’s heartthrob reputation, lightening the mood before he explained that he wanted Chen Shi’s help identifying Fairy-type Pokémon in Kalos.
• Chen Shi typed up a list of Fairy-type Pokémon he knew, and Professor Sycamore was delighted to find that many listed Pokémon had been sighted in the region.
• Professor Sycamore showed Chen Shi and the others around the laboratory and its living area, where Pokémon with unawakened Fairy typing were being researched.
• Chen Shi recognized the Fennekin and learned that the League also had Chespin and Froakie prepared for new Trainers.
• At Chen Shi’s request, Professor Sycamore led everyone to a lake full of Froakie, where Chen Shi noticed two Froakie that seemed out of place.

Chen Shi discovered that the two Froakie at Professor Sycamore’s lab secretly had the rare Ability Battle Bond, despite being believed to have no Ability. He asked to catch them, leaving Professor Sycamore shocked by his choice.

• Chen Shi asked about two Froakie who trained apart from the others, and Professor Sycamore explained that they were siblings returned by their Trainers because they supposedly had no Ability.
• Professor Sycamore said the Froakie lacked both Torrent and Protean, and Steven and Cynthia reacted with surprise and sympathy.
• Chen Shi scanned the Froakie and learned that both had Battle Bond, elite potential, and an emotional block preventing them from evolving.
• Chen Shi asked what Professor Sycamore planned to do with the Froakie, and the professor said he would keep them at the lab.
• Chen Shi insisted that he wanted to catch both Froakie, leaving Professor Sycamore astonished.

Chen Shi persuaded Professor Sycamore to let him take two Froakie that had been returned because of their physical defects, and Cynthia agreed to take one as well. After the siblings hesitated, Chen Shi reassured them that they had something the other Froakie did not, leaving them moved and beginning to believe their perseverance had earned the trainers’ interest.

• Chen Shi asked Professor Sycamore for permission to take the two Froakie, and Professor Sycamore said he could do so if they agreed and he paid the League’s fee.
• Chen Shi offered Steven one Froakie, but Steven declined, so Cynthia agreed to take one.
• Chen Shi and Cynthia invited the two Froakie to become their Pokémon and promised to help them grow stronger and see the world.
• The two Froakie initially refused because their former trainers had returned them over their physical defects.
• Chen Shi told the siblings they had something the other Froakie lacked, moving them to believe their perseverance had won the trainers over.

Chen Shi and Cynthia caught the two Froakie and brought them back to the hotel. Chen Shi explained that their hidden Ability was Battle Bond, which could be related to the Bond Phenomenon.

• Froakie and Frog Sister willingly entered Poké Balls, and Chen Shi paid Professor Sycamore six million League Coins for them.
• Chen Shi, Cynthia, Steven, and Diantha left the laboratory and went to the hotel after declining Professor Sycamore's offer to stay.
• At the hotel, Chen Shi introduced himself to Froakie, and Cynthia let Frog Sister out to reunite with her brother.
• Steven asked why Chen Shi had chosen the two Froakie, and Chen Shi described how the Bond Phenomenon depended on an extraordinary Trainer-Pokémon bond.
• Chen Shi revealed that the Froakie had the rare Ability Battle Bond, rather than lacking an Ability.

Chen Shi explained how Battle Bond and a strong Trainer-Pokémon bond could enable Froakie to achieve the Bond Phenomenon, while Cynthia and the others questioned how his Infiltrator Dragapult had done so. He admitted he did not understand Dragapult’s new Battle Bond Ability, then helped Jirachi try to eat with chopsticks.

• Chen Shi compared Battle Bond to a Mega Stone and explained that Froakie would also need a powerful bond with its Trainer to achieve the Bond Phenomenon.
• Cynthia, Steven, and Diantha questioned how Chen Shi’s Infiltrator Dragapult had gained the Bond Phenomenon, and Chen Shi said he did not know how Dragapult had gained Battle Bond.
• Chen Shi gave the Froakie Pokéblocks, and the older Froakie brother eagerly ate them while the younger Froakie sister stayed composed.
• Jirachi tried to eat with chopsticks, but kept dropping the food, so Chen Shi gathered it into his arms and offered to teach it.

After dinner, Chen Shi and his companions planned a Kalos trip with Diantha as their guide. On the way back to the hotel, Chen Shi overheard two drunk men discussing valuable Pokémon and Lord J, so he had Jirachi capture them and demanded answers.

• Diantha suggested a walk after dinner, and the group agreed to explore Kalos together with her as their guide.
• Chen Shi and the others headed back to the hotel after strolling through the park.
• Chen Shi overheard two drunk men say Lord J had told them not to sell a batch of Pokémon they could control for endless profit.
• Chen Shi ordered Jirachi to bind the men with Psychic power and bring them over.
• Chen Shi asked the captured men what Pokémon they were controlling and who Lord J was.

Chen Shi learned that Pokémon Hunters had captured Carbink and planned to raid their base outside Lumiose City with Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha. They teleported to the abandoned hotel just as Officer Jenny Yoko and League Investigators prepared to raid it.

• Chen Shi questioned two captured men and learned they were Pokémon Hunters who had recently captured Pokémon capable of producing diamonds.
• The men revealed that the Pokémon were held at an abandoned hotel outside Lumiose City and that they worked for Hunter J.
• Chen Shi, Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha agreed to go to the Hunters' base, and Jirachi teleported them there.
• Officer Jenny Yoko and a team of League Investigators prepared to raid the abandoned hotel after receiving information about Hunter J's location.
• Chen Shi and his companions appeared above the hotel, and one of the captured men confirmed that it was the right place.

Officer Jenny Yoko and the League forces attacked Hunter J at an abandoned hotel, but Hunter J’s Salamence gained the advantage by defeating several Pokémon and building up its Moxie. Chen Shi’s group intervened just as Hunter J prepared to finish off Officer Jenny Yoko, and overwhelming Psychic power stopped Hunter J and Salamence.

• Officer Jenny Yoko ordered the League forces to begin their operation and charged the abandoned hotel on Arcanine.
• Hunter J burst out of the hotel on Salamence, whose attacks knocked down several League Pokémon and raised its Attack through Moxie.
• Salamence drove Officer Jenny Yoko and Arcanine back with Dragon Pulse, then prepared to attack them with Hyper Beam.
• Chen Shi’s group appeared above the hotel, and an overwhelming Psychic force stopped Hunter J and Salamence as Chen Shi told them to wait.

Chen Shi subdued Hunter J and the Pokémon Hunters, then freed nearly two hundred captured Carbink. He discovered one red-eyed Carbink was close to completing a mutation into a Diancie Queen.

• Chen Shi used psychic power to immobilize Hunter J, her Salamence, and the Pokémon Hunters, then forced Hunter J to reveal that the captured Pokémon were in the hotel.
• Jirachi put the Pokémon Hunters and their Pokémon to sleep, and Chen Shi left Officer Jenny Yoko to arrest them.
• Chen Shi, Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha opened the Poké Balls and released nearly two hundred Carbink, and Chen Shi promised to take them home.
• Chen Shi scanned an unusual red-eyed Carbink and found her mutation progress was 95 percent, meaning she was close to becoming a Diancie Queen.

Chen Shi helped rescue a Carbink colony whose future Queen Diancie was beginning to mutate, and arranged to escort them home to Oluans Forest. He stayed behind to guard them after learning Officer Jenny Yoko was Officer Jenny Muko’s older sister.

• Steven noticed the unusual-colored Carbink but did not realize she was a future Queen Diancie, while Chen Shi chose not to reveal her identity.
• The Carbink agreed to follow Chen Shi’s arrangements, and their future Queen thanked him for saving the colony and herself.
• Chen Shi learned the Carbink lived in Oluans Forest and decided to stay overnight to protect them, sending Dragapult back with Cynthia for his backpack.
• Officer Jenny Yoko thanked Chen Shi for helping apprehend the Pokémon Hunters, and he recognized her as the older sister of Officer Jenny Muko.
• Officer Jenny Yoko agreed to leave the Carbink in Chen Shi’s care.

Chen Shi introduced Froakie to his Pokémon and asked the mutating Carbink about her home and impending transformation. The Carbink revealed that she had been unable to complete her final mutation for a very long time.

• Chen Shi introduced Froakie to his Pokémon, and Froakie vowed to train hard so he could fight beside them.
• Chen Shi asked Carbink about Oluans Forest and the Diamond Kingdom, and she said she remembered the way home and invited him to visit.
• When Chen Shi said Carbink was about to become Diancie, the colony gathered around her protectively.
• Chen Shi reassured the Carbink colony that he meant no harm, and the mutating Carbink asked them to let him approach.
• Chen Shi congratulated Carbink on becoming the new Queen Diancie, but she said she had been unable to complete her final mutation for a long time.

Cynthia returned to the abandoned inn and learned that Carbink could mutate into the Mythical Pokémon Diancie. Carbink explained that the Diamond Kingdom’s Sacred Diamond was failing and pleaded with Chen Shi for help, sensing that Florges possessed something that could aid her mutation.

• Cynthia returned to the abandoned inn, told Chen Shi she would stay the night, and helped settle in beside him.
• Chen Shi told Cynthia that the mutating Carbink could become Diancie, the Diamond Kingdom’s Queen.
• Chen Shi explained that Diancie alone could create the Sacred Diamond that sustained the Carbink’s Diamond Kingdom.
• Carbink told Chen Shi that the Sacred Diamond was nearing the end of its life and asked him to help her complete her mutation.
• Carbink sensed that Florges possessed something useful to her mutation and asked to trade for it.

Chen Shi refused Carbink’s request for Florges’s Xerneas antler fragment but agreed to escort the mutated Carbink back to Oluans Forest. Zygarde sensed Mew’s arrival and confronted the group, demanding to know why it had come.

• Chen Shi refused Carbink’s request for the item Florges needed to keep, while Mew decided it would help the Diamond Kingdom if its Sacred Diamond faced destruction.
• Chen Shi, Cynthia, Steven, and Diantha woke, and Chen Shi asked Diantha about the dangerous Oluans Forest.
• Chen Shi told the Carbink he would take them home, and Mew used Psychic power to transport the group to the forest.
• Zygarde sensed Mew’s familiar Psychic power and went to investigate.
• Zygarde appeared before Chen Shi’s group and asked Mew why it had come.

Chen Shi and his group encountered Zygarde guarding the entrance to Oluans Forest, then continued toward the Diamond Kingdom with the Carbink. As they traveled, Chen Shi explained that the Zygarde they saw was not in Complete Form and described the form as a land dragon that could learn Dragon Dance.

• Zygarde appeared in 10% Form and demanded to know why Mew and the group had come to Oluans Forest.
• Mew said Chen Shi was their World Tree guardian, and Zygarde noticed his ties to several Legendary and Mythical Pokémon before leaving.
• Cynthia identified Zygarde from Kalos legends, and Diantha became thrilled that she had seen the region’s guardian deity.
• Chen Shi asked the Carbink for directions to the Diamond Kingdom, and they pointed the group onward.
• Cynthia and Steven questioned Zygarde’s apparent strength, and Chen Shi said they had not seen Zygarde’s Complete Form.
• Chen Shi described Zygarde’s Complete Form as a land dragon that could learn Dragon Dance.