The Team of Legend, the team that saved time. The team that saved the world from an eternal nightmare.
One Swampert and one Lucario had ended an evil plot to enslave all of the pokemon in this world. These two pokemon had their names passed down in legend as the greatest team of all time.
After their battle with the fiend, Darkrai, they briefly returned to normal life as a rescue team.
Although their journey was not over yet. Another, possibly greater fate awaited them, this time with a new friend in tow.
We start this new tale the night before our heroes met the third member; the two friends recounting their story so far.
It was dusk now, and the only sound that could be heard was of the calming waves of the sea. The waves on the beach rolled in and out, glistening under the dimming light of the sun. There were also bubbles that had been blown by the Krabby, floating across the fresh sea air, shimmering and adding to the beauty of the calm scene. The view was spectacular, one that nobody who had seen it ever forgot. This place showed just part of the splendour of this world, a world where only pokemon existed and the existence of humans was just a story passed down through generations.
Above this scene, in a cliff face that was shaped liked a Sharpedo, a Lucario watched the scene at the beach in awe, mesmerised by the sight. Soon, a Swampert walked up to this Lucario to join him in watching the awesome display.
"Nathan, you've always loved watching the beach at sunset, haven't you?" the Swampert smiled.
"Well I guess so. Even though I've evolved and been through so much, this," he gestured to the beach, "will never fail to take my breath away."
"It was on that beach that we first met, wasn't it? This kinda reminds me of then."
Nathan nodded, "despite it being so long since that time, I remember it as if it was just a few days ago."
Phillip took his place next to Nathan as his earliest memories flooded back to him. It was back when Nathan was just a Riolu, but even then he had that feeling of kindness emanating from him. This added to the fact that Phillip had woken up as a Mudkip with absolutely no memories had meant that the two of them had become inseparable friends from the start. Although little did they know that this friendship would hold through many trials.
Phillip kept watching the sunset, "after that was when we went on our first exploration together, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was; although I wish it hadn't been just to get my Relic Fragment from those thieves who took it. Speaking of, what ever happened to our enemies, Team Skull," Nathan replied.
"I'm not sure, but never mind. Anyway, if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have gone through our first mystery dungeon, so really you could say they helped us!" the Swampert said with a smirk.
"Remember how you didn't even know that a mystery dungeon is a dungeon filled with a series of floors that have bad pokemon; and also that they lead to different places, and I had to explain it to you?"
"To be fair, I had lost almost all of my memories so I wouldn't have known," Phillip argued.
The Lucario paused and thought for a second, "I guess you're right," he agreed, "and after our first exploration was when I finally got… you finally gave me the courage to join the guild as part of a rescue team."
The team that they made then became known as Team Serenity. This small team of two started off as an unknown duo of pokemon, however along their journey this changed vastly. Of course before this happened they had other situations to face.
"I still owe you my thanks Phillip, if it wasn't for you, I never would have become an explorer," Nathan said, still surveying the scene before him.
"Well, you certainly helped me through our time at the guild. Remember when Wigglytuff sent us on that useless mission?"
"The one where he sent us to learn about a place he already knew about?" Lucario grinned slightly, "how could I forget?"
"If it wasn't for you being brave and trusting in me, I would have given up, but your determination brought us through,"
"Your Dimensional Scream ability really came through for us then," the Lucario commented.
"Don't forget, it only works in the presence of a trusted partner, so you were part of the discovery as well," Phillip replied.
"Some discovery, Wigglytuff had already been there!"
He was correct about this. The pokemon in Phillip's vision back then had indeed been the quirky Wigglytuff, the same Wigglytuff that sent them on a mission that he himself had already completed.
"Either way, the Dimensional Scream is a useful thing to have. Being able to see into the past or future just by touching something is very handy. If only I could control it properly, or know whether my vision is in the past or future," Phillip thought aloud.
Nathan got up, his piercing red eyes glowing in the dimming light of the night. As he walked over to his bed, the familiar ocean breeze swept through his fur. He sat down and waited for Phillip to go to his own bed before he started talking to him again.
"Maybe if you could've controlled it, we would have seen the whole thing with Dusknoir, the Time Gears and Grovyle," Nathan pointed out, "but really, being able to see the past and future at will would make everything too easy, and where's the fun in that?" he said with a small grin.
"You're right, that would be boring," Phillip agreed, "anyway, speaking of Grovyle, what do you think happened to him after he sacrificed himself to save us?"
Phillip's face grew solemn. Speaking of his old partner, the one he supposedly had as a human was hard. Grovyle's sacrifice had saved the world, but at the apparent cost of his existence.
"Don't worry, for some reason I get the feeling that Grovyle is okay in the future," Nathan assured him, "I'm not sure, but I think I felt a message on the wind and light; it said that they were safe… thanks to us."
The Swampert cheered up slightly when he heard this. His friends in the future could be safe, and even though he wasn't completely sure of it, Phillip trusted that Nathan would tell the truth. Ever since he had turned into a pokemon, Phillip had met so many people, made so many friends and gone to so many amazing places, but every step of the way he had been with Nathan.
"You know, I think that the life of a human, no matter how good, could never be better than my life here as a pokemon. I'm so happy in this world and I'll never want to go back," Phillip admitted.
"Who would want to go to some boring world with humans? Besides, you helped save our world Phillip, and I couldn't have wished for a better person to have become a pokemon." Lucario smiled a little, "It almost sounds like we're thanking Darkrai for his whole plot!"
"Luckily he didn't complete the whole thing though. Making the world share an eternal nightmare doesn't seem too good. At least we managed to stop him before any real harm was done."
"Well, it was all up to you when Darkrai put you to the test. Your belief in me… and in us stopped him from succeeding. Remember?"
Darkrai. It was that one pokemon that started it all. Phillip's transformation, the collapse of Temporal Tower and the plot against the world; all this was due to this one pokemon. Team Serenity's entire journey was caused by Darkrai, and ultimately ended in both the villain and the victims meeting. Fortunately they managed to triumph over the twisted evildoer and wiped his memory clean, ridding the world of him.
"I still can't believe it; we managed to finally defeat him, the one who tried to place a cursed fate upon the world."
"With a little help from Palkia," Nathan added.
"So, would you say that we achieved our goal?" Phillip asked, looking into the starry sky.
"Seeing as our team name is 'Team Serenity' and the world is pretty serene right now, I'd say that we have,"
"Well, life goes on, and there are still places to go, dungeons to explore and thieves to catch."
"Well, we'd better get some rest in for tomorrow then." Nathan said, lying down on his bed
"I agree, but one more thing."
"What?" Nathan replied.
"Thanks for being my partner. All this time that we've spent together, I've never been happier. You know, I think that we've become more alike due to us being together."
"That just makes us better partners," both of them shared a laugh, "and thank you for being my partner too."
As the stars above shone, Phillip and Nathan, the two heroes of this world were glad that they had met. Their partnership had saved the world and they had built an unbreakable bond between each other. A Swampert and a Lucario, Team Serenity, saviours of space and time
The two pokemon then fell asleep. Ready for whatever awaited them on the next day.