As far as anyone could tell, Hoenn was silent. There was no barks of mischief from Poochyena or any Wurmple calmly munching on leaves. The world seemed to stand still as the night blanketed gently over it.
Then two bright lights appears, piercing through the calm darkness. One was green, the other was red. The lights both reshaped themselves, their forms growing before eventually their lights dimmed and revealed two pokémon.
One was a Mega Sceptile. It stood standing with its back facing the other pokémon. Its hungry eyes were fixated on its opponent and its tail pointed towards it. Its claws were out and ready to counter-attack.
The other was a Mega Blaziken. It had its right leg up with its arms ready to punch. The two stared at eachother in the eyes. Their gazes had hunger, a burning desire for battle, a stinging itch for victory. Yet there was also respect and admiration for one another.
"Blaze Kick!"
A young male voice broke the eerie silence between the two pokémon. Immediatly the Mega Blaziken sprang forwards. A crimson flame ignited and coated around its right leg. The Mega Sceptile blocked the kick, but still clenched its jaw in pain as the flames brushed against its skin. The Mega Sceptile's burnt arms pushed back the Mega Blaziken.
"Dual Chop!"
A young female voice called to the Mega Sceptile. Glowing lime green sabers formed on its arms and it rushed forward. The Mega Blaziken blocked the first hit with its legs, but the Mega Sceptile struck again and hit it in the side.
"Quick, Blaze Kick!"
The Mega Blaziken struck the small opening its opponent left after it attacked. The Mega Sceptile yelped as it was slammed to the ground. Its head faced the ground as it struggled to get up.
"Hit it again before it gets up!"
Mega Blaziken prepared another firey leg before the Mega Sceptile sprung up to its feet. It faced the Mega Blaziken, revealing a bright ball forming in its mouth. The Mega Blaziken stared in shock as the Mega Sceptile glared back.
"Yes! Hyper Beam!"
The white and magenta beam consumed the Mega Blaziken. It was a few moments of chaos before everything settled. The Blaziken reverted and collapsed. As it was sent back to its Pokéball, the Sceptile smiled before reverting and stumbling.
Brendan closed his eyes and smiled. He opened them again and smiled even further. "Just as I'd expect from a champion." he said. May sprayed a full restore onto Sceptile's wounds and smiled up at Brendan. Once Sceptile's wounds were healed, she returned it to its pokéball. She got up and the two continued on the way to Littleroot. Brendan suddenly stopped. "May, look!" he pointed towards the night sky. May looked up at the sky where many shooting stars streaked. They rushed across the dotted sky before disappearing. It was beautiful.
"Hey, May." Brendan suddenly spoke. May looked back down at him. "Yeah?" she asked. Brendan smiled. "I was thinking about how you were the one to stop Team Aqua, capture Kyogre, and become champion. Not that I'm jealous, but..." the two met eye to eye. "It seems that all of Hoenn relies on you, maybe even more. You're champion, so you're gonna be called on to settle full-on crisises. I wanted to know that no matter what happens, we'll still be best friends. I wanted to know if you could promise that," he finished. May smiled. "You don't need me to promise that," she answered. Brendan's hand brushed the back of his head. "Yeah, but I wanted to be sure. Like we could trade something we have to make sure, to embody it, y'know? I have a Torchic feather that your Treeko plucked out in our first fight. We could use that?" he explained, pulling out the feather and showing it to May. It was tiny and orange with a small tuft of yellow fluff at the bottom. "I have a leaf that Treeko shed off. That should work." she showed Brendan the tiny leaf.It was inside a a narrow, plastic, and round box filled with a gel that keeps it alive.
"Alright. This will embody our friendship. No matter what happens, we will be best friends, agreed?" Brendan held out the feather. May gave him the leaf and grabbed the feather.
"Agreed."
Giratina was sick of the universe it was in. The reality that it embodied. It spent years watching humans walk about their daily lives like a child watching an antfarm. That's all they are. Little tiny ants. Yet, they are so self-proclaimed and think they are above the gods. Children would constantly summon the legendaries to pelt them with Ultra Balls. Children. Human children think they can command the gods of the entire universe. Palkia and Dialga don't mind it. They let them catch and command them. How foolish. They are putting the whole of time and space in the hands of human children. A Muk has better judgement and it's just a pile of goo! It irritated Giratina so much. Was it because of the humans arrogance, or Palkia and Dialga's ignorance?
Giratina wanted to erase this whole universe and create a new one. A universe filled with order. The legendaries were free and treated as the gods they were, not a child's pet. There was one problem. It needed Palkia and Dialga to completely erase and create a universe. They'd never agree. Besides, he can't do anything to the world. It could just watch it from an alternate world. It can't escape.
Not on it's own. The idea popped in it's head. It could use the naive human children. Their foolishness will get it out of here. Now after that... it can maybe overwrite the save data. It needs more strength. The human child can take care of that. He or she will certainly restore it's original strength for their own benefit. Yes, it has watched the young pokémon trainers for a long time. They are willing to give a legendary their full strength so they can be better than all other trainers. Perhaps that is why the legendaries obey the humans? There are plenty of humans willing to catch it, the Griseous Orb is out there somewhere, all it needs now is to wait. It heard a sound in the distance and then footsteps. Guess it wont have to wait too long after all.
It was around sundown. May landed onto the stone top of the Sky Pillar. She waited a moment then turned around and faced Rayquaza. "Thank you for saving all of us," she thanked. Rayquaza dipped it's head as May returned it to the Ultra Ball she caught it in. She- no, they saved Hoenn again. People can think what they want, but it was her Pokémon who were the true saviors.
Looking up towards the sky, she took a breathe and pulled out the Eon Flute. She played the same notes she always did. The sounds echoed throughout the skies. Soon, Latias came soaring through the skies circling above the Sky Pillar. May took another breath before running off the tower. Latias caught her shortly after she jumped. She tapped the keystone and its shining light came, then another light responded on the amulet Latias wore that had the Latiasite embeded in it. The strange wall closed around them in a sphere before it burst open and Mega Latias dashed off. May remembered her and Brendan were going to see the meteor shower. The wind roaring in her ears, she sped off to Mossdeep City.
May jumped off the Mega Latias. The momentum would make someone fall flat on her face, but she was used to riding Mega Latias. She ran forward as she hit the ground before slowing to a halt. She sat down on a bench and played with her pokémon for a while, excluding Kyogre and Rayquaza. She only played with them in the open so they don't smash anything. As she sat down, Mightyena laid by her side, Sceptile stood on the other side, Torkoal stood in front of her while Pikachu sat next to it. May gave them all pokèpuffs, combed through Mightyena's long black fur on it's back, high fived the Pikachu, and cleaned dirt off of all them. After that and a bunch of petting and making faces, she returned them to their pokéballs.
Now the sun was reduced to a soft pink glow on the horizon. Night was coming. May looked up and saw a black figure soaring through the sky before another figure jumped down in front of May. She smiled up. "Took you long enough, Brendan," she said. Brendan smiled back. "I wasn't late, you were just early," he insisted. There was a moment of silence before he continued. "You did it, huh? You stopped the meteor? What was that like?" he inquired. "What? You mean riding an ancient legendary pokémon at hundreds of miles an hour straight through a meteor? I guess it was fun." she joked. "There was a pokémon inside of the meteor," She paused and pulled out her PokéNav plus. She scrolled through it for a moment before continuing. "Deoxys. Apparently it was a virus in space that mutated when it was exposed to a laser." she showed Brendan the picture. He marvelled at it before looking at May. "Let me guess, you-" "Yes, I caught it," May answered his question. Brendan didn't seem surprised. He looked around for a bit before realizing something. "Oh, it's almost time for the meteor shower to start, come on!" he grabbed her arm and they went into the space center.
Them and the others who came sat on benches on the roof. Hers and Brendans teams were out. Rayquaza floated beside the building so it wouldn't block people's view and Kyogre rested in the ocean. The other pokémon sat or laid next to their trainers. "Thanks for taking me here." Brendan turned to May. She smiled back. "It's no problem. We're best friends, aren't we?" she brushed her finger over the Torchic feather inside of the knot in her bow. Placing his finger on the encased leaf on the strap of his backpack, he smiled and nodded. May looked around at the others and recognised another familiar face. "Wally, hey!" she greeted her other friend. His Gallade looked at her before Wally turned to look as well. "Oh, hey May. Brendan." he waved back.
"*beep boop* The Litleonid meteor shower is starting. Please remain silent and turn your attention to the sky. *click*"
Music started playing on the speakers, a piano with an orchestra in the background. It wasn't blasting, just softly playing. The meteor shower was nothing like the one they saw outside of Littleroot. The Litleonids were bright white with red and orange gas surrounding them. Red and orange dust was left in their contrails next to the white line. It looked like a fire and it's embers, which is why they were named after Litleo. May's shoulders relaxed and her breathing slowed. There was no rushing to be the best and there was no saving the world. This was just a time to be with friends and forget all that, to just breathe for a bit. She just stopped thinking and watched the meteors, drifting off into a state of being half sleep and half awake. While she was in that state, she realized how good it was to have a close friend.
"*beep boop*Thank you for coming. We hoped you enjoyed the Litleonid meteor shower!*click*"
May snapped back into reality. Did it blow over or drag on? She didn't pay attention. "So those were the Litleonids, huh? They were really pretty, wouldn't you think so?" Brendan got up and stretched. May nodded and stood up as well. "Yeah," she replied. "If you want, we could ride Kyogre back to Littleroot," she offered. Brendan smiled. "Thank you. Why don't you want to ride Latias?" he asked as they approached the beach. "Latias would be asleep by now. Besides, I don't feel like soaring through the sky at high speeds right now," May explained to him. It was around 10 or 11pm now. They both mounted Kyogre and they sailed off to Littleroot.
"See you tomorrow! Thanks again for taking me, oh, and thanks for the ride to!" Brendan waved as he went in his house. May waved back before opening her door. "There you are! How was it?" her mom was on the couch. "It was nice. Very pretty." May answered. Her mom smiled. "There's food in the fridge if you want some." she offered. May shook her head. "Thanks, but I'm not hungry. I'm probaby going to bed," she said. Her mom just nodded. "Alright. Have a good night!" she called to May as she went up the stairs to her room.
May turned on the light. She closed the door behind her before she undid her bow and turned the light off again before laying in bed. She laid on her side as she looked at the knot in her bow. The feather inside it to be precise. 'Best friends no matter what happens...' she repeated to herself before she drifted into sleep.
"WARNING: SAVE DATA ALREADY EXISTS. OVERWRITE CURRENT DATA AND CREATE A NEW SAVE FILE?"
An emotionless, metallic, and loud voice suddenly spoke. Where was she? May looked around her surroundings. It was dark and shadowy. Strange wisp-like things flew by. Some were crimson. Some were navy blue. Some were seaweed green. She saw a huge Pokémon in the distance. It looked like a ghost with some golden ribcage like structure on the outside with a golden head. "Yes," it answered. She noticed two other huge pokemon. One was deep blue and stood on four legs. It had a long neck and had light blue stripes on it with some silver armor-like structures on it's chest, head, and feet. The other stood on two legs. It was silver and had huge, round, pink gems on it's arms and chest. "No, no, no!" they both insisted.
"ERROR. OVERWRITE CURRENT SAVE FILE?"
The emotionless voice spoke again. The pokémon didn't seem to pay attention to the "error" part. "No, don't overwrite!" the blue pokémon begged. "Do it. Create a new save file!" the ghost-like pokémon sounded impatient. Was this a dream? Suddenly a wave of pain slammed on May. No, it wasn't. She felt extremely weak. Her head was hurting. Her thoughts were scattering like Wurmple hearing the sound of Tailow. She could only think one thing: What was happening?!
"OVERWRITING CURRENT DATA, PLEASE WAIT..."
"Yes!" the ghost-like pokémon pleaded triumphantly. The other two panicked. "No, no, no, no! Shut it off! Stop it!"the silver and pink one ordered.
"WARNING. IF YOU-"
"Just do it!" the pokémon sounded desperate. Suddenly a loud static noise sprinkled with screeches filled the air.
"ERROR... E-ERROR... E-RROR CODE... 1... 3... 9... 2... FILE IS... C-CORRUPT... E-E-ERR- EEE- OH- AH-"
And then everything stopped and May blacked out.
"NEW SAVE FILE CREATED"