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Now that ORAS is out and offers some insight into Mega Evolution, it seems like the phenomenon's backstory is pretty fleshed out. And it seems pretty easy to follow, especially when combined with the Primal Reversion lore, since Mega Rayquaza is tied into both. Since there isn't any thread on the actual theory itself that I can find (I only see the polls for your favorite ORAS or XY Mega's), I thought that this would be the perfect place for all of us to share our theories.
So do you guys have any theories of your own?
AZ creates the Ultimate Weapon using sacrificial Pokémon, combined with the energy of Xerneas and/or Yveltal. He uses this to revive Floette, then to end the Kalos War.
The UW's blast irradiates regular rocks and stones with the souls of the sacrificial Pokémon as well the murdered trainers/soldiers presumably fighting on the battlefields, turning them into Mega Stones (Pokémon) and Key Stones (humans).
The physical force of the blast presumably sends the stones flying to all corners of the world, explaining their presence in Origins' Kanto and ORAS' Hoenn.
The aftermath then leaves AZ and Floette both immortal and they part, tragically. The blast also dislodges massive amounts of natural energy from deep within the Earth, where it swells up in Hoenn.
Kyogre and Groudon absorb this energy and go Primal, until Rayquaza shuts them down, attracted by the Mega/Key stones that were hailing on Hoenn like meteorites. (Considering the blast from the UW actually reaches into space before coming back down in the X/Y cut-scenes, it's very possible they were ricocheted into space and fell back to Earth, making them true meteorites.)
Presumably during this time, the Tower of Mastery and Mega Evolution was discovered in Kalos, while the world was being wracked by Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon's fury. This is around the same time that the Anistar Sundial is built, and due to Sycamore's noting of it being similar to the Mega Ring ("The Mega Ring works in a similar way to how this object over here works. It's an object that changes sunlight into a mysterious light.") it can be theorized that the survivors of AZ's War carved the sundial out of a massive Key Stone or Mega Stone and erected it as a memorial for the fallen.
1,000 years later (2,000 years Before Kanto, or BK) more, much larger Key/Mega stones (or actual meteors this time?) hail down from the sky, creating Sootopolis, debunking the long-accepted theory that it was the mouth of a dormant volcano. This causes a crack in the Earth (the core of Hoenn under the Cave of Origin where you catch the Primal Weather Beast), and more natural energy came pouring out, leading to another brawl.
Rayquaza comes down yet again, and this time reacts to the meteorites in Sootopolis and Mega Evolves by eating them. AZ witnesses this and says that Rayquaza is delta (or change) and that it was formed by the bond of humans and Pokémon. This implies that AZ not only knows about Mega Evolution but has probably mastered its intricacies as well, giving more weight to Kalos already being trained in it.
Another 1,000 years of peace follow this and now we're at 1,000 BK. The Draconids (Zinnia's people) foretell of another meteor shower, one that could potentially destroy us all and they create a plan to summon Rayquaza once more.
Apparently it took them 1,000 years to get someone to revive Kyogre (AS) or Groudon (OR) to attract Rayquaza, and when we f'd that plan up, Zinnia resorted to stealing all the known Keystones in Hoenn (Brendan/May's, Wally's, Maxie/Archie's, Courtney/Matt's) except yours, Steven's and Lisia's for strange, unknown reasons. You'd think more power would be wanted in this case...
While Brendan/May are discovering Mega Evolution in Hoenn, a much younger Sycamore is probably finishing up his training as a Mega Evolution user, most likely alongside Diantha and/or Lysandre, under Gurkinn. He then leaves to Kanto to study under Prof. Rowan, who is in Kanto with Prof. Oak and his assistant Dawn/Lucas.
In present-day, while quite a few people can use Mega Evolutions (Brendan, May, Wally, Steven, Maxie, Archie, Matt, Courtney, Zinnia, Lisia, Serena, Calem, Gurkinn, Korrina, Lysandre, Diantha) it is still not very common or widely known, so aside from the ancient Mega Evolution Successors, Draconids and Sootopolitans, much of the knowledge behind why Mega Evolution exists is gone.
This leads to Sycamore to erroneously conclude that Kalos is the only region to report Mega Evolutions. And that it is a new kind of evolution (which, in comparison to the billions of years of age that the Earth has, it is very much extremely new...). Although, considering that he has full knowledge of what is needed for Mega Evolution when met in Coumarine City and knows about AZ and Floette's history at the Player's Parade, as well as being a Professor, and therefore having contact with all the other regional professors, this could just be misdirection on his part in-universe to give the player a mission (as there was no way Sycamore foresaw Team Flare and Lysandre intervening in our journey, and Prof. Birch would undoubtedly study his child's Mega Evolved Pokémon and share his findings with the other professors).
So in conclusion, Mega Stones and Key Stones are like the Soul Dew, just with other Pokémon's souls inside of them besides just a Latios like in the 5th movie...
And Mega Evolution is because of bonds between Humans and Pokémon producing Infinite Energy, while Primal Reversion is a Pokémon absorbing Natural Energy.
The UW's blast irradiates regular rocks and stones with the souls of the sacrificial Pokémon as well the murdered trainers/soldiers presumably fighting on the battlefields, turning them into Mega Stones (Pokémon) and Key Stones (humans).
The physical force of the blast presumably sends the stones flying to all corners of the world, explaining their presence in Origins' Kanto and ORAS' Hoenn.
The aftermath then leaves AZ and Floette both immortal and they part, tragically. The blast also dislodges massive amounts of natural energy from deep within the Earth, where it swells up in Hoenn.
Kyogre and Groudon absorb this energy and go Primal, until Rayquaza shuts them down, attracted by the Mega/Key stones that were hailing on Hoenn like meteorites. (Considering the blast from the UW actually reaches into space before coming back down in the X/Y cut-scenes, it's very possible they were ricocheted into space and fell back to Earth, making them true meteorites.)
Presumably during this time, the Tower of Mastery and Mega Evolution was discovered in Kalos, while the world was being wracked by Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon's fury. This is around the same time that the Anistar Sundial is built, and due to Sycamore's noting of it being similar to the Mega Ring ("The Mega Ring works in a similar way to how this object over here works. It's an object that changes sunlight into a mysterious light.") it can be theorized that the survivors of AZ's War carved the sundial out of a massive Key Stone or Mega Stone and erected it as a memorial for the fallen.
1,000 years later (2,000 years Before Kanto, or BK) more, much larger Key/Mega stones (or actual meteors this time?) hail down from the sky, creating Sootopolis, debunking the long-accepted theory that it was the mouth of a dormant volcano. This causes a crack in the Earth (the core of Hoenn under the Cave of Origin where you catch the Primal Weather Beast), and more natural energy came pouring out, leading to another brawl.
Rayquaza comes down yet again, and this time reacts to the meteorites in Sootopolis and Mega Evolves by eating them. AZ witnesses this and says that Rayquaza is delta (or change) and that it was formed by the bond of humans and Pokémon. This implies that AZ not only knows about Mega Evolution but has probably mastered its intricacies as well, giving more weight to Kalos already being trained in it.
Another 1,000 years of peace follow this and now we're at 1,000 BK. The Draconids (Zinnia's people) foretell of another meteor shower, one that could potentially destroy us all and they create a plan to summon Rayquaza once more.
Apparently it took them 1,000 years to get someone to revive Kyogre (AS) or Groudon (OR) to attract Rayquaza, and when we f'd that plan up, Zinnia resorted to stealing all the known Keystones in Hoenn (Brendan/May's, Wally's, Maxie/Archie's, Courtney/Matt's) except yours, Steven's and Lisia's for strange, unknown reasons. You'd think more power would be wanted in this case...
While Brendan/May are discovering Mega Evolution in Hoenn, a much younger Sycamore is probably finishing up his training as a Mega Evolution user, most likely alongside Diantha and/or Lysandre, under Gurkinn. He then leaves to Kanto to study under Prof. Rowan, who is in Kanto with Prof. Oak and his assistant Dawn/Lucas.
In present-day, while quite a few people can use Mega Evolutions (Brendan, May, Wally, Steven, Maxie, Archie, Matt, Courtney, Zinnia, Lisia, Serena, Calem, Gurkinn, Korrina, Lysandre, Diantha) it is still not very common or widely known, so aside from the ancient Mega Evolution Successors, Draconids and Sootopolitans, much of the knowledge behind why Mega Evolution exists is gone.
This leads to Sycamore to erroneously conclude that Kalos is the only region to report Mega Evolutions. And that it is a new kind of evolution (which, in comparison to the billions of years of age that the Earth has, it is very much extremely new...). Although, considering that he has full knowledge of what is needed for Mega Evolution when met in Coumarine City and knows about AZ and Floette's history at the Player's Parade, as well as being a Professor, and therefore having contact with all the other regional professors, this could just be misdirection on his part in-universe to give the player a mission (as there was no way Sycamore foresaw Team Flare and Lysandre intervening in our journey, and Prof. Birch would undoubtedly study his child's Mega Evolved Pokémon and share his findings with the other professors).
So in conclusion, Mega Stones and Key Stones are like the Soul Dew, just with other Pokémon's souls inside of them besides just a Latios like in the 5th movie...
And Mega Evolution is because of bonds between Humans and Pokémon producing Infinite Energy, while Primal Reversion is a Pokémon absorbing Natural Energy.
So do you guys have any theories of your own?