Snippet #2769613

Diamond and Lucy took in the scenery around them as they flew, and then, perhaps without meaning to, marveled at the castle as they were brought closer. Then, remembering they were imprisoned, regained their composure, and landed on their feet when their Crystal prisons dumped them into the main hall of the Palace along with other trainers and... a news crew? Interesting.

One of the Trainers approached, asking if they were invited. Lucy rolled her eyes, clearly he hadn't seen those Crystal prisons quite literally dump them into the room like garbage. She let Diamond Answer while she tended to Charizard and Torterra from within their pokeballs, rifling through Diamond's bag and finding a couple of revives, and some super potions before handing him back his wounded pokemon. He responded with a smile and a pat on her shoulder before returning to the trainer.

"No, we weren't invited... we were captured..." Diamond answered in the meantime. Their auras were all clean, and besides the girl who was scared, they all wanted to be here in some way, shape, or form. "I'm Diamond, an Aura Guardian. I was trying to cleanse the world of Castelia City when ... her majesty captured me and my partner Lucy... and nearly killed my Charizard..." he explained, gently running a finger over the shrunken pokeball at his hip once it was replaced by Lucy.

"I suggest everyone leave, or fight her with me - I can't beat her alone..." he said. Lucy huffed, and he shot her a glance, frowning and shaking his head. Even with her Mega Evolution, they wouldn't be able to beat Melaine alone, not if she was able to completely destroy his Charizard like that. Lucy was even more of a Glass Cannon than Charizard was, and that was even doubled in her Mega-Form.

He didn't bother mentioning the possible Corruption that these people were going to be exposed to, but then, he didn't really know how well he could resist it, even with his command of Aura being so strong. At this point, he was just going to begin to hope for the best.