Xia You and May continued deeper through the dense forest. After just a few hundred meters, they skirted the collapsed area and began approaching the original mountain path.
That also meant they had passed the most difficult stretch and would soon be back to normal.
Just then, they made another discovery.
Or rather, a strange sensation that suddenly arose caught their attention.
Almost simultaneously, they looked up at the sky and saw a peculiar Pokémon they had encountered before flash past above the forest and land farther away.
Precisely because they had dealt with it before, May recognized it at a glance, even from some distance away.
"Xia You! Isn't that-"
Before she could finish, Xia You nodded. "It's Dialga."
Indeed, the Pokémon that had appeared before them was none other than the God of Time-Dialga!
After their initial surprise, the two couldn't help finding it a little strange.
After all, why would the God of Time suddenly appear here?
They exchanged a glance, then changed direction in silent agreement and headed toward where Dialga had landed.
Before long, they finally rounded a massive fallen tree, and a small lake halfway up Mt. Coronet appeared before them.
The lake wasn't very large, only about the size of a soccer field, and it was shallow too. It certainly wasn't man-made; it had probably formed as snow melted at Mt. Coronet's summit and slowly collected here.
The lake's water was clear and still, and its surroundings were utterly quiet. There weren't any Pokémon, or even the slightest sound.
Looking toward one side of the lake, they saw Dialga lying by the water, resting.
This was also Xia You's first glimpse of Dialga's everyday life.
Thinking back to his previous encounters with it, it had always been either fighting or on its way