

I am a fan of Pokemon soundtracks, however I do believe that they can be quite samey in terms of how they are trying to sound. So the Pokemon games maintain a balance of bopping battle tunes and then the themes of the different towns and routes that capture the life of the region (Not to say that towns and routes can't have banger tracks, just look at Driftveil City theme my god). Dread tries to encourage Ash to be brave and hold on, as he is one of the dragons' chosen, but the protective pillars surround Ash, Pikachu and Victini so tightly, Dread cannot get through to them.Let's discuss Pokemon music because I don't feel it is discussed enough. Dread re-appears riding Golurk, and Golurk, Reshiram and Zekrom continue to attempt to destroy the protective pillars to no avail. Ash is cold and begins to have trouble breathing. Ash refuses to leave without it, and as everyone else leaves, Ash sits on the floor huddled with Victini as the Castle, accelerated by the power it is absorbing, shoots higher into the atmosphere, Dread being knocked out and falling. The protective pillars are still hovering around the Castle, trapping Victini. Ash tries to run to the helicopter, but is thrown back. Ash, holding Victini, stops and asks Dread what he will do, Dread merely replying this is something he must handle. Karita and Iris evacuate on Hydreigon, and the rest begin to climb into Mo-monto's helicopter. Ash sets out with Iris and Cilan, using the secret way down that he found with the Deerlings before he met his friends again and Dread guided them out of the Castle earlier in the movie.ĭread says the Castle might be ruined and everyone must leave quickly. With Dread's dragon partner being overly powerful, Ash feels it is almost hopeless, but Janta says one thing could stop the dragon - the other dragon, its counterpart, which is probably asleep in the caves below the Castle, where Dread found the dragon he is using. Janta realizes that the dragons reverted to their stone form before the dragon pulse went bad, and thus Dread's dragon was asleep before it could have known about the King's final warning and the danger of the chaotic dragon pulse, which is already running amok and destroying the forest blow them as they speak. Ash panics and shouts out the information he learned in the vision. Janta and Karita ask them to forgive Dread, knowing he means well. When he awakens he and the others are in the storage room of the Castle. Ash watches as the king dies before Victini's eyes. The king, weakened and near death, tells Victini the Castle must never be moved again, as it would let the unhealthy, chaotic dragon pulse run amok and could potentially ruin the world. While unconcious, the suffering Victini sends a vision to Ash of the final moments of the king's life. As it rises, the green, healthy dragon pulse spills out and water and life creep back into the Hometown of Earth once the healthy pulse reaches it.

Victini is trapped by the force field and its power begins to be forcefully drained to power the Castle, which begins to rise up. At first it smiles happily seeing a vision of the king asking the same thing long ago, then panics as it realizes this is not the king, but it is too late.

It is pushed into the main room, where Dread asks it to lend him its power. Victini flies away from them in terror, trying to avoid being hit by the force field. As the Castle comes to life, the protective pillars begin to glow, then rise up and close in on it. He sends out his Sigilyph, who begins to power up the Castle's internal workings, and the many Solosis and Duosion who live below it wake up and begin to glow. Meanwhile, Dread is preparing to attempt to move the Castle back and revive the Hometown of Earth, with his family and the other descendants watching and supporting him.
