Prologue
Surrounded by a thick, gray mist, an immensely tall and massively huge, gray tower stretched towards the sky. It was hidden on a secluded island, undiscovered and unknown in existence by humans and non-legendary pokémon. The sacred meeting place of legendaries from ancient times to present ages—The Isle of Legends.
Inside the humongous interior, a large mass of legendaries had a assembled. All of them murmuring worriedly. There should have been more legendaries attending, but the numbers had seriously dwindled. Hardly any of the giant legendary pokémon were there, and everyone had a pretty good guess on why...
Worried voices rang out in a volley of questions. "What are we going to do?!" a concerned Latias asked.
"Maybe, we should try to fight them?" a Celebi suggested.
"We can't beat them! Not even Arceus, himself could defeat them, and now he's under their control!" a Ho-Oh called out while flapping his red wings.
"Well, are we just supposed to sit around and let them take over?!" an Articuno snapped irritatedly.
"What more can we do? Anyone who resists them just ends up on their side, eventually," a Virizion stated in a matter-of-fact way.
"We don't even know their name!" a Uxie put in.
"So you wish to know our name, do you?" an unfamiliar female voice called out. Silence engulfed the room as everyone wildly looked around to see who the voice had come from. "Well," the voice silkily drawled, "then that leaves me no other choice but to tell you."
A dark figure emerged from out of the the shadows. As it stepped into the light, they seen that the voice belonged to a Noivern...and an unusual looking one at that. The purple and black dragon had abnormally long, blue claws curving inward, eyes narrowed into tiny slits, and outer fangs jutting visibly out...even with her mouth closed. Gray fur collared her neck instead of the traditional white. The purple inside of the creature's ears replaced the green color, along with purple undersides of its wings
Low murmurings broke out among the crowd. "Who ARE you?!" a Terrakion aggressively asked. "And how DARE you interrupt a sacred legendary meeting?!"
"Who I am is not important, now," the Noivern carelessly waved the question away. "I have merely come to answer a question." The Noivern fixed her eerie eyes on the Uxie who had spoken earlier. "Ah, the knowledge pokémon! It's only fitting that you would be the one to point out such an important detail. Up until now, none of you have known what our name is, and what better time is there to learn it than now?"
The Noivern glanced around the room in smug satisfaction, a wicked glint entering her eye. Then she spoke slowly, "Who we are is the most horrific of perils. We are the worst of oppressions. We are a petrifying worry, and the most terrible evil. We're more terrifying than your worst nightmare, because unlike dreams, we are real." Then, the black dragon stretched out her wings, and flapped up. Gathering speed, she soared out of an open window and disappeared into the darkness of the night.
A loud frenzy of questions erupted out among the crowd. The volume increased until everything became a undistinguishable, jumbled racket. "STOP!" an Entei roared above the din. "THIS IS GETTING US NOWHERE!" The other legendaries quieted in response. Nodding in satisfaction, the Entei continued, "We all have questions about what has happened, tonight. But right now, we need to focus on the most important ones. Like how did a non-legendary know how to get to a sacred meeting place that only legendaries are supposed to know of...and not all legendaries know of at that?"
"It's possible that one of the controlled legendaries could have told," a Cresselia pointed out.
"Yes," a Cobalion replied. "But how would they know the exact day and time to come here? It was only mentioned at the last meeting, and none of the controlled legends were there."
"A traitor must have told!" squawked a Moltres, flapping its powerful, fiery wings. A nearby Shaymin quickly scuttled away to avoid the heat.
The Entei, who had spoken earlier, nodded. "That leads up to another important question. Who was here at the last meeting, and isn't here for this one?"
"Perhaps this is all the doing of the one we banished," a Suicune responded. "After all, he was here for the last meeting. Maybe he sees this as some sort of revenge in his twisted, little mind."
"Raiken?" a Lugia snorted. "I wouldn't be surprised. You could always tell by looking at that dark Raikou and know he was pure evil."
"That murderous abomination has already betrayed us once! Why should he stop there?" a Keldeo yelled.
"He has disgraced and brought shame upon the title of legendary," a Raikou snarled. "Even the humans hate him! They've been hunting him down for a while, why shouldn't we, also? After all, he has never been properly punished for his old crimes...much less the new one." Voices rang out in agreement.
"Then it's settled," the Entei announced. "We shall hunt him down and show no mercy to this treacherous monster!"
Three forms were settled around a glowing pool of water, the only source of light in the incredibly dark cave. One of the forms seemed magnificently large in comparison to the other two's much tinier frames. "And you're sure this is going to happen, Airidessu?" a voice asked in a dreaded tone.
"Positive," a grim reply answered the question, "and we will be powerless to stop it."
"So...that's it then," another voice spoke in sad defeat. "They win and we all lose, right?"
A pair of glowing yellow-irised eyes slowly shook back and forth. "No, I said we would be powerless to stop it, I never said that it would be impossible for anyone else to."
"So someone can beat them after all?" the larger form asked, its light blue eyes glinting with a hint of hope.
The smaller figure turned to stare into at the shining pool of water. "It's possible...but that goes both ways." The form gave the water's surface a gentle stroke, casting ripples down to the center, which seemed to glow even brighter as they reached the middle. "Not even I can see the outcome of how this will come to be, but I what I do know is that good or bad, this will be no easy fight to win...or to lose. Still, if they keep their will strong and let their hope take them higher...I think we will stand a chance."
