The Hearts of the Beasts

Mid-December, underneath Alola's still burning sun, Steven Stone lays in Aether Paradise, practically half-dead from the creature that's bound itself to him.But there is still the matter of what happened before.When the Champion of Hoenn is called upon by Interpol, two months after Steven mysteriously vanishes, they're told Steven could either be dead, or that he could be nothing like the Steven they knew before. With little to go on save for trainers' words about seeing him in Meteor Falls, Wallace sets out with Anabel and Looker in order to confront the mysterious creature known as Nihilego and find out what became of the glamorous ex-Champion.However, not all is as it seems - Confronted by the mysterious Draconid from over two years before, Wallace is warned that something terrible could come of the mission, and that Meteor Falls is a lost cause with the Beast roaming its caves. Her words fuel their conflicted mind further, but when thoughts of Steven's fate fill their head, they can't let themself sit idly by, no matter what may happen...