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[professsor_eggman]

O-Oh, my. Th-This is terrible! I-I'v'e been KIDNAPPED!!

They've even taken my PokéGear...

...

Oh, wait, here it is.

...So if this isn't a kidnapping, where am I? And don't you know it's rude to take people without telling them? Especially if they're doing important work!

[. . .]

What work?

Uh...

That's a good question...

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[professsor_eggman]

No, no... These are current Pokémon with new abilities!

Take the starter Pokémon I give out to new trainers. Each has Blaze, Torrent and Overgrow. For the longest time, these abilities were the only ones known to those species.

If what Professor Juniper is saying is correct, each Pokémon has a rare, hidden ability, meaning they can have two, even three special abilities per species! It's fascinating!

[prodigybeauty]

Wait, so moves that aren't known by anyone at all? You're saying these Pokemon might have special abilities that they haven't actually shown us.

That's an interesting theory.

[professsor_eggman]

Professor Juniper says she's seen Pokémon in Unova that don't follow the ability archetype we've known since we discovered Abilities.

I was busy nursing a Cyndaquil Egg when I was taken. I must have dozed off...

[prodigybeauty]

[Giselle isn't familiar with Unova personally, but she's heard enough about it.]

The question now is that... Are these Pokemon changing in a sense? It's curious thing all on it's own. I'd be interested in help figure out what exactly it is.

[What? Giselle...? Wanting to help someone? Get out of here. She is a curious girl and very scholarly girl underneath her "better than you" stuck up attitude.]

[professsor_eggman]

It has crossed my mind that this may be tied into Pokémon Evolution in some way. It almost certainly is a change on a species basis.

It is my theory that these hidden Abilities can be passed down via breeding, a lot like how many traits of the parent Pokémon can be passed to the parent. Perhaps we'll see more Pokémon show with these hidden powers.

[prodigybeauty]

That would make sense... When you breed two different Pokemon together, it's likely to get new abilities that you wouldn't normally have.

Although that being said, I really haven't heard much about what kinds of things happen when you breed two different Pokemon together.

[professsor_eggman]

Oh! I'm sure I can help you with that!