Summary: As the world falls apart five heroes must rise and become outcasts to reclaim the souls of two fallen dragons. As their journey through the territories continues, unexpected bonds form.

Warning: AU! Slash – Grovyle/Dusknoir (PMD: Explorers of the Sky), Humanised, Eventual fluff, Eventual lemons (probably), Language, Violence, Possible gore. Don't like, don't read!

Disclaimer: Grovyle, Dusknoir and all of the legendaries don't belong to me. OoC's on the other hand do.

Author's Note: I'm so excited for this story! This is gonna be my first multi-chapter fanfic, and of course it's gonna be for Acteonshipping! The story won't just be Acteonshipping 24/7 as they have a world to save...again. I swear these guys have no free time.

I have the storyline and most of the chapters planned out for this, but I'm open to suggestions for the story or for characters! I have all five heroes planned down already (pretty sure you can guess at least two of them :P), but if you'd like any other characters from Pokémon, be it PMD 2 or from the other games, I'll do my best to try and add them in.

I'd also appreciate any spelling/grammar mistakes to be pointed out so I can correct them. xD I have a habit of missing things sometimes.

Anyway, without further ado... Enjoy!

Prologue

The newly formed world was still unstable and fragile. Time and space barely existed and there was next to no balance. The creator of the world blocked it off from the rest of the universe until he felt it was stable enough to handle being dependent. The creator set to work to make guardians for the new planet, and so three orb-like eggs were created. One was blue, one was red, and the last was gold. They immediately glowed as they came into existence and the planet stabilised ever-so-slightly. Time began to flow, space began to expand and balance was slowly taking hold. The creator's stability that he so carefully made was finally taking shape.

The creator gave some of his power to each of the eggs. They each glowed brighter as raw energy raced through them, and shining cracks formed over the eggs before large waves of light were released. The eggs began to grow and change shape as the energy raced through their bodies and became their own strength. Three large dragons replaced the eggs, and each let out their own mighty roar.

The stability of the planet solidified as the three dragons took on their roles. The dragon of steel ruled over time, helping it flow fluently through the existence of the world. The dragon of water ruled over space, expanding the dimensions around the planet so it could be a part of the galaxy it was created in. The dragon of shadows took control of the balance of the planet, helping its creator with the stability that could easily crack.

The creator felt his duty was done and went into a deep slumber. Before going dormant, he gave life to the planet and asked the three dragons to watch over it in his absence. The first being disappeared deep into universe, entrusting the care of his carefully formed world to his children.

Many millennia passed and like they promised, the dragons carefully watched over the planet. After many years an intelligent civilisation existed on the planet and treated the three dragons as Gods. They worshipped them and the other creatures that came into existence to keep the stability.

Everything was peaceful until a pitch black shadow was born. The shadow couldn't enjoy the world like the civilisation or the other creatures. Its very existence was shunned for what it was and it grew bitter because of that. As time went on its bitterness grew into hatred and anger, so it began plotting. It wanted the world to feel as shunned and as hated as it felt. The shadow used its powers to manipulate the dreams of the civilisation, splitting them into three groups. It carefully divided people into worshipping groups so they would only be on side for one of the dragons. The shadow worked slowly, carefully moulding them. The dragons suspected nothing.

When its first task was complete the shadow began to manipulate the dragons' dreams. First it began whispering uncertainties about the other dragons until uncertainties became doubts. Those doubts then became suspicions and mistrust began to show between the three dragons. The fragile stability the creator had made began to crack.

The shadow backed away and allowed its plan to follow through on its own. The three dragons began to argue and bicker as the suspicion and mistrust grew from their dreams. The more they argued the larger the cracks became. The civilisation began to notice the hostility between the dragons and began arguing among themselves, speaking up for their respected God. As the unbalance continued the first hole in the stability of the planet appeared and the dragon of shadows sensed the weakness and immediately snapped out of the shadow's spell. He noticed the unbalance of the civilisation and tried to reason with his brother dragons. They would not listen and only took their brother's warning as suspicious. Realising he could not break the spell over them, the dragon of shadows returned to keeping balance and peace over the world. He tried to repair the cracks and the holes that were appearing more and more, and secretly hoped the creator of their world would return.

It was painfully obvious that things would not be that easy. As the two dragon's mistrust and suspicions escalated into physical fighting, the civilisation began to fight as well. The followers of the dragon of shadows had tried to defuse the fighting and the arguing, but their efforts were futile. The dragon's fighting began to cause physical damage to the planet and this enraged their third brother. He decided to act and intercepted his brothers' fighting and blasted them away from each other just as the creator of the planet returned.

The cracks and holes in the stability had gotten so bad that the creator had sensed them. He was disappointed by the shadow dragon's display and banished him to another realm before his child had the chance to explain. As soon as he had been banished his brothers attacked the creator with such ferocity and speed that he didn't have enough time to defend himself. He immediately sent himself into a dormant stage to try and heal the damage that he sustained.

From the darker side of the world, the shadow dragon watched in dismay as chaos began to break out all over the planet. He could feel the stability of the planet disintegrating and felt helpless that he could do nothing to stop it. His anger at his brothers grew as he continued to watch them fight. They were meant to protect the world! What were they doing fighting each other?

Time dragged on and the world was truly dark. Time was stalling and space ceased growing. Balance was a thing of the past and the shadow that had caused it felt elated. They were finally feeling what it had felt and was enjoying it to the fullest. It began to get cocky with its success and decided to manipulate things more. The dragon of shadows briefly sensed the other shadow's presence before bristling in absolute rage. His brothers had taken their fighting onto the planet's surface. Innocent lives were being extinguished.

He roared in fury and contempt. Using the new strength that he didn't know he had obtained from his new form, he broke out of the darker world through reflections and headed straight for his brothers. Before either dragon had time to react, civilisation watched in shock and horror as the shadow dragon attacked his brothers and took the light from their beings and solidified them before hiding them. The cold stone was all that was left of the brother dragons as they landed, posed as perfect as statues. The third brother gave a cry of defeat and hopelessness before returning to the darker world.

He knew their existences in the world wouldn't sustain time and space forever. The stability of it was cracked and now had holes that couldn't be filled.

The pitch black shadow had watched it all before disappearing.

Five eyes were either narrowed or saddened by the story. As the five heroes closed the book, they all found a reflection to look through. After a moment of staring they all turned away.

A rippled briefly formed within the reflections and a pair of bright yellow eyes stared through.

Thank you for reading! ^^

I know it's cruel to just leave you with the prologue. I'll try and get the first chapter out in the next couple of days.

I'll be happy to read any reviews or PMs. c:

See you soon!

Dolan