Prologue
In a tower, rumored to be taller than the sky itself, rested an object known as the Galaxy Clock. The Galaxy Clock sat on the pedestal where it had been since time began. It was secure in its place, mostly forgotten despite its importance to the world. The two stones inside it kept time in its normal pattern, nights following days following nights. However, there was someone who wanted to disrupt that cycle. He was known simply as the Time Baron.
The Time Baron had done his research, painstaking and tedious, and finally he had found his prize. Standing before the pedestal, he reached out with two gloved hands to gently take the clock into his hands. He marveled at the object in his hands for a brief moment, then ripped the stones out of it. There was a bright flash and the room he was in began to fall apart. He had expected this and calmly took his leave, carrying his prize with him. As soon as he was free of the structure, he took the two stones, the only things that could stop him at this point, and hurled them from the tower. He cared not where they landed, the common townsfolk could do nothing to stop him. With this - he was almighty.
"Now then, with those blasted stones out of the way, I can finally proceed with my plan…" the Time Baron muttered to himself, grinning as he looked at his new treasure. The glass covering the ticking hands gleamed in the moon's light.
"Slowly but surely, this world will split apart, and never come back together…" He laughed maniacally as he walked away clutching the watch victoriously. "Then this cursed world and its stupid inhabitants will be gone, leaving me in peace." He began his descent, long black coat flapping behind him as he walked down the staircase.
"Hmph, that should be the last of it," a girl said to herself, dusting off her hands. Her eyes glowed a bright, scarlet red color and her left arm was surrounded with a black, deadly aura. The powers rescinded once she heard her teammate calling to her in the distance.
"Amber, come over here! It's the Headmaster trying to contact us!" the female Flareon called. Amber sighed, her eyes returning to their golden yellow state as she strolled over to to her teammate's side. The other girl's red hair fluttered up and down as she bounced excitedly.
"At least that slowpoke finally did it on time…" Amber mumbled, peeking over the Fire-type's shoulder to see what was going on. She put a hand on the other girl's shoulder to force her to hold the device steady. On the fairly large tablet screen was a gruff man's face. His forehead was creased in anxiety as he looked at them through the screen.
"Headmaster! What seems to be the problem?" the Flareon, Maia, asked.
"Amber, Maia, did you finish your task?" he questioned in a firm voice.
"Obviously," Amber replied.
"Yes!" Maia said, posing with her fist in the air. Amber spared the girl a disdainful look before turning her attention back to the Headmaster.
"All enemy rangers and fighters were defeated. We were going to proceed to the tower now," she replied. The Headmaster shook his head, causing confusion to splatter onto both of the girls' faces.
"Abandon the mission. We'll get to the tower another time," the Headmaster said. "I need you girls to come back to headquarters right away. I have a new mission for you two, along with the other ones." That was all he said before the tablet screen turned blank, leaving the girls staring at a reflection of themselves in the black screen. Amber's gaze met Maia's green one and Maia stuck her tongue out. The Dark-type glared and backed away as Maia crossed her arms, pondering.
"What do you think the new mission is? He's never sent all four of us out together before." she mused to the Weavile, until she realized that Amber was already walking away. Maia gritted her teeth, angrily marching after her.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?!"
"I'm going back to headquarters like we were told to. I don't want to waste time speculating with you when we could go there and find out for sure."
"People can walk and talk at the same time you know!"
Amber gave the girl one of her trademark condescending looks and said, "Are you really capable of doing two things at the same time?"
"Ugh, how was I ever paired up with you?" Maia cried, throwing her hands into the air in disgust.
"I always wondered the same thing. Too bad I have to stick with you, anyways,"
"What did you say?!"
"Nothing, idiot. Now pick up the pace before I ditch you here."
"Gah!" Maia grumbled as she hurried after Amber. Unfortunately the pace the Weavile had set was actually too fast to effectively walk and talk at the same time. A fact which irritated Maia to no end.
Authors' Note:
Hey guys! I'm KiwiWizard and this is a collab with PokeFreak45!
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