"Stratos… Wake up. You've slept long enough." A voice said. I groaned and turned. I was quite comfortable wherever I was and I didn't want to be disturbed, thanks.

"Arise!" I felt a bit of apprehension invade me and decided I didn't want to test the voice any further. I rolled around and got up. I looked around and saw that I had been laying on a cloud-like bed. I looked up and saw a glowing person in front of me. I felt like I shouldn't be looking at him and if I didn't look elsewhere, I would die, somehow. Then I realized a few things were wrong.

"Yes, you sacrificed yourself to save many lives. You are no longer alive." I looked down and saw I was still in my hybrid-form. This made me bolt up. I then said, "Why was I born half-human? I never wanted to be human in the first place!" The man tilted his head, "Your mother was human, however when she met your father, she asked Arceus to transform her. He and your father used to be close friends, and it seems that Arceus owed your father a favor."

"... Where is she?"

"Not in the afterlife just yet." I stared, "You mean she's... S-still alive?" I almost felt tears coming down my face before they were suddenly removed, as if I had thought about it but never showed it. "Yes, young Stratos, your mother is alive. Where, I shall not tell."

I took a moment to realized that I was in Heaven. For once, I thought it would be such a sight that I would be at the gates of it and awaiting judgment. Then I said, "Wait… Why am I here, then? Was I judged already and taken in before I knew it?"

"No… You were already allowed in because of your morality. You were asleep at the judgement, however you had been living a clean life as much as you could… I let you sleep during the Judgement since you very well deserved it. " He smiled at me, "You are thinking of seeing your father?" I smiled back, "Why ask when you already know?" He walked out of the room, with me following him. Then I realized it.

The rooms where people slept were fitted with cloud-beds and a gently lit. The outside, however, was just as that book about God said. I once had gotten a hold of one and simply put it down since it told of how the world would end, and it didn't end as lightly as anyone could've thought. The streets were gold, and they went into different directions. Everyone there was happy; there was laughter and children playing across the streets. We came to a spot where an Eon Pokémon was observing the children nearby playing when he saw us. He stood up and asked, "Who are you introducing to me right now?" The man said, "Your son. Who sacrificed himself to save Alto Mare." The Eon looked down and stared at me. I shifted slightly nervously, unknowing what he might say.

The Eon said, "Come here, son. I want to see you." I came up and looked in his eyes. He blinked twice and said, "You've grown well. You've also been training to make up for the fact you were a hybrid." I smiled and said, "I think I got that from you, father." He laughed and said, "Come, I'm sure you're wondering on how you became a hybrid." He led me over to a small spot where I saw a slightly overweight man talking to a thin and taunt skinned man. I looked up and asked, "How? Why?" Father looked down and said, "As I'm sure that He has already told you, yes your mother once was human. When we met, it was almost that old, "love at first sight." If and when you see her, you'll understand why. Soon, we mated and she became pregnant with you. We decided that Kati would become a Latias. Since Arceus owed me a favor from a long time ago, we asked him to transform her. Soon after, you were born as you are now. Your mother wasn't happy at the fact you would look so different from everybody else. We soon gave birth, Latios and Latias, who we believed that they would accept you as one of their own, despite the differences…"

"But that didn't work for Latios, though… Wait! I want to see how he's doing!" I ran over and saw the man I had seen before and asked, "I want to see my brother. I want to know how he's dealing with my death." The man smiled, "Of course." He produced a small orb and it darkened a bit, then it showed Latios' body.

He was already a wreck. His sleek and handsome feathers he cared and worried about so much were in disrepair. Latios was nearly covered in dust and dirt. He was sleeping in front of the shrine, where my life had been turned into a Soul Dew in replacement of my father. There was even a small grave near it that showed my name, date or birth and death, and the words: "He saved the city while he suffered from his I could see tears were flowing incessantly from his eyes. I grabbed the orb tightly and said, "Oh, no. I should've told him. Instead, I gave him only a hug." I started hearing his voice, and already I could tell that he had regretted everything he did to me and was losing hope at the fact that I would forgive him. I gave the orb back, "He won't last a few days. I HAVE to get to him now!" The man said, "I'm afraid you can't leave. Even if I wanted you to, you couldn't leave. I've been telling him that you love him and that you knew that he loved you." I looked down and muttered, "I don't think he'll listen… I-I want to tell him, personally. That's the only way I think he'll understand and listen. Anything else, he won't believe… Please! There must be a way!" I pleaded to the man. He looked out in the distance and muttered, "Yes… there is a way… But it may become too dangerous. You may or may not succeed." I shook my head, "Even if there was a small chance, I'll take it." The man nodded, "Very well. Come with me." Me and father followed him and found a portal that was swirling dark red. The man turned, his face stern, "You will have to face two trials in order to go back. These trials are at random, but they can test and challenge many people to where they would not enter in the first place. Understand this… If you fail in any of these. You will return here and will have no second chances." I nodded, "I understand… Father?"

"Yes, Stratos?"

"Have you ever tried-?" Father shook his head, "I haven't, but it's not that I can't, it's that I won't. I've accepted my death and sacrifice. Even Latios, you and Latias had accepted it. Therefore, I had no need to go back. However, you must go. It's Latios' AND Latias' lives depending on it. For I fear that Latias will suffer when Latios joins us. She, too, will then start trying to join us. He can only delay decisions, but not stop them." I nodded and said, "Do you want me to relay anything to them?" Father nodded, "Tell them that I love them, and that I am waiting for them patiently. I have all of a millennium to wait. This will apply to you, too." I smiled and said, "I love you, father. And thank you, God." I turned and walked through the portal.