"A colorful stone that looks like a glass marble?" Uncle Ma shook his head. "No, we've never mined any ore like that here."
"I see." Cheng Tian nodded. He had only asked on the off chance that they might have mined a Mega Stone. Even if they hadn't, that was perfectly reasonable. After all, these things weren't cabbages.
"What's wrong? Do you really need that kind of stone?"
"Yes. If you mine any, please be sure to tell me."
"No problem," Uncle Ma agreed.
After keeping Aron company there a little longer, the sun had nearly set completely. Cheng Tian had no choice but to remind Aron, "Aron, it's getting dark. We're leaving soon. We can come back for a look when we get the chance."
"Aron!" Aron reluctantly said goodbye to the Machamp.
Cheng Tian's father was already waiting downstairs. His eyes lit up at the sight of all the Pokémon beside Cheng Tian.
"Xiao Tian, Floette evolved?!"
"Yeah!" Cheng Tian smiled at the Florges beside him. "It only evolved recently. It's pretty powerful now."
Cheng Tian's father leaned closer curiously to examine the flowers around Florges's neck. "Why did the flowers change color too?"
"That's a long story. It's a special training method," Cheng Tian said. "Florges isn't the only one that's changed. Aron and Noibat have changed too."
"That's..." Cheng Tian's father was just about to praise him when he suddenly spotted a pair of eerie, scarlet eyes lurking in Cheng Tian's shadow.
"What is that?!" Cheng Tian's father jumped in fright. Only then did Cheng Tian remember that there was a Haunter in his shadow.
"Oh~ This is Haunter, a companion who joined me on Training Island." Cheng Tian called, "Haunter, come out for a moment."
Dark purple mist slowly coiled together, eventually forming Haunter. The