/Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or the pictures. I just own the story and the characters. Thank you, and see you all next time.The moon's silver rays of light gently touch down upon the slumbering Pokémon on Post Town and the surrounding areas. Amongst the night, the soft chirping and singing of Kricketot and Kricketune fills the air with a sense of peace and joy, but something didn't see it the same way. Instead, it saw it all as wrong and an error. Something that it, and it alone, could fix for the good of this world that it roamed.
As it mumbled something to itself, the dark, masked figure gently poked up from the dirt-laden path and started on its way forward and north of where it had come from. As it dragged itself through the ground, no sign that it was there, an odd darkness followed the creature. Heck, even the song of the Kricketot and Kricketune had stopped as the mysterious beast continued to dig. That was until it came across a split in the road, and found that another dark shadow, one that stood on all fours, was in front of it.
"So, you have come to finally rid of the last piece of the puzzle?" the mysterious beast hissed as though expecting what the shadow-figure had actually come for. "Maybe it is best that you do not even try to find the missing piece, as they are protected under the eye of Arceus."
"I do not care for them right at the moment, Lonliness," the shadow whispered in anger and hate. "You know that I gave up many, many moons ago for my health and safety. I am only here to spread my darkness to the filth and scum of this world."
"Then you think too hard in trying to fight against them, Glitchlett," Lonliness whispered softly before looking up and at the glitch Pokémon. "You must have all of the puzzle. Only then will we all finally be invincible and all powerful, but you must find and eliminate Arceus first."
As the figure spoke, the cover of darkness faded showing a glitching Diglett with no face and blurred out features. In front of it now stood a bloody, eyeless Eevee with cuts all along its body like it had been abused and attacked, but never had it been healed. The two looked at each other before letting out a sigh of both impatience and boredom.
They both looked at each other once more before they felt another presence coming closer, and turned to see the Nightmare-Pokémon himself as he came closer to them. What looked to be silver film was held in his claw-like hands as it stepped closer and watched them both. It seemed to be debating what to do, but instead held up the silver film before it shattered.
"It is already done, pawns," the legendary Pokémon told them as its hand fell and looked over them with bright red eyes. "The Eevee and Rockruff's memories have been completely erased once more, and the meteor's power is growing once more. Soon enough, it will all be done, and we can finally crush and rule the Pokémon World once again. just like when those pathetic humans made us."
Glitchlett nodded, but confusedly looked at the Darkrai. He had not been expecting this natural creature to actually help the glitches try to rule the world. Sure, he did want revenge on the ones who had tried to erase his memories, but they had never expected him to actually work alongside their offensive group.
"Thank you for your assistance, but you did leave a bit of fight in them, right?" Lonliness asked as blood trickled from one of her eyes. "I don't want this to be too easy. Plus, it'll be even more fun when we finally corrupt and make them our own paws. I'm sure you agree."
"I regret it almost as much as I do the first time, but I did let them keep some of their fight," Darkrai said regrettably as he remembered the Piplup and Chimchar who had stopped him years ago. "I hate that you made me do so instead of just stop them right then, but you are the boss. Or at least, he is."
As he spoke, the glitch Pokémon both nodded before a hated feeling started to come over them. They could feel as the sun started to rise, and nodded before they disappeared into the shadows once more. Darkrai was the last tot remain, and looked over to the place he had just come from. His red eyes glared at it for a few seconds before he too disappeared from sight, unaware that he had been spotted by bright blue eyes.
Shinko sat on the roof of the house that she had found herself sleeping and watching over the dirt trail that she and Aaron had walked up yesterday. She didn't understand what those Pokémon she had just seen were, but she knew that two of them were very unnatural, and that the third had to be some sort of new Pokémon. She had seen it in her dream, but wasn't quite sure of what it was doing. Just that it held silver film from its hand.
She quickly shook her head and jumped down before pushing her way into the house. She looked over to Aaron, who still rested peaceful in his nest as though nothing had been happening. She didn't want to alert him, so she instead went back to her nest and laid down as though she had never woken in the first place.
After what felt like hours, Shinko finally heard Aaron yawn, and slowly stood and stretched her exhausted and sore muscles. Neither spoke a word to each other, but they both did turn and nod respectfully to the other. This was kept up for another few minutes before both had finally gotten any traces of sleep out of their system.
"I had the oddest of dreams last night," Aaron admitted as they both sat at the table with a small bowl of water and an apple each. "It wasn't like any of my first dreams where I would be playing with my brother though. This one kind of gave me the creeps."
"Well, go ahead and spit it out!" Shino chirped annoyed at him. "I'd like to hear about this dream you had."
"Well, it actually started out pretty normal for once," Aaron began closing his eyes as though trying to recount the story. "I was running around in this open field full of flowers, but I felt an odd presence nearby. I just ignored it, but then came this dark figure that reached out and held my paw with its hand. I don't know why, but my world suddenly went black, and when I opened my eyes next, I was in a dark cave. All around me were these odd figures that looked like letters, but I could tell that they were Pokémon as they seemed to be watching me. After that, everything started to become corroded, and this Eevee appeared before me. She was all cut up, but she never spoke as she looked over me. I... I don't know what happened after that. I think I blacked out, but I can't quite remember. It's all blurry and I can't remember it any longer."
As he opened his eyes once more, he saw that Shinko was looking at him with remorseful and sad eyes. She seemed to be trying to understand what he had gone through, but he knew that she would be unable to as she probably didn't dream whatever it was that he had dreamed. After a bit, she then shook her head and sighed.
"I don't understand that at all," she admitted before looking up into his eyes and tilting her head. "It sounds almost like some sort of dream Pokémon entered into your own dream last night, but what could even bend such a thing to their will? I don't think any such creature in this world could even do such a thing!"
Aaron sighed and shrugged before taking another bite from his already almost finished apple. He really didn't know what to make or think of it, but he never let that bother him as he only wanted to ignore it. He wasn't really the thinking or logical type either, so any thought into this problem would have just made his head hurt even worse than before.
After they both finished their breakfasts, the duo headed outside the house, where Shinko then followed Aaron to what looked like a giant Pelipper made of wood and stone. She had been slightly distracted by the loud noises coming from the square, but that quickly disappeared when she saw the view from over the cliff, and rushed over to look at the salty ocean.
"Wow," she whispered softly as she watched the waves roll and sparkle in the sun. "This is true beauty in the real world. Wouldn't you agree with that, Aaron?"
"I would," Aaron began as he padded up to the Pelipper Post Office, "but I'm a bit busy with something else at the moment, so perhaps you can show me later instead of right now."
Shinko sighed and spun to snap something at him, but only caught a glimpse of his tail as he disappeared into the building. She sighed and puffed her cheeks lightly before instantly becoming distracted by the ocean once more. She sighed and looked at the waves as they rolled and shimmered in an oddly familiar pattern. She was sure that she had seen a similar pattern some time ago, but was unable to remember for some reason. She quickly shrugged it off as though she only forgot about it.
After a bit, Shinko laid down on the sunny cliff and started to hum to herself. She couldn't remember the song, but she could remember just how it went. She kept this soft tune of for several minutes before she felt an odd exhaustion take over her system, and soon fell asleep to the crashing waves and sweet sea-scent.
Inside the building, Aaron was currently chatting with a Pelipper, who then gave a small scroll that it had been searching for. The scroll had this odd print on it, but Aaron didn't mind as he rolled up and put it next to him on the ground.
"So, do you really believe that Aggron will be willing to make changes to the form that you sent in?" Pelipper asked looking over a sheet of paper that Aaron had brought in. "I mean, I know that he's nice and all, but it's not like he'll be easily persuaded. Perhaps you could just ask her as a recruit instead of as your partner?"
"I told him before that I would find a suitable partner before I actually came to work at his guild, Pelipper," Aaron said rolling his eyes lightly. "It just turns out that I found her a bit sooner than I had expected, and that's my final decision. Just... Just deliver the message for me. It's all I ask of you."
After a bit, Pelipper sighed and nodded before it took the sheets of paper and rolled them into a small cloth. Aaron really wondered how he did it with wings, but never pushed the subject with him. With a slight nod, Pelipper then took off and headed out over the ocean. Aaron was left behind in the office, but soon left as he had no more business left within the building.
Once outside, Aaron saw Shinko laying by the cliff face peacefully sleeping. He was quite sure that he hadn't been in there that long but he often did lose track of time when talking to anyone who was quite interesting to him. Not that Shinko wasn't interesting, but he could just feel as time ticked by when near her. It was as though she was some sort of clock, and he was the one trying to get her to work correctly.
He silently shook that thought off and padded over to her sleeping form. He laughed as he noticed how she laid so similarly to he did when he slept in a peaceful night. After a bit of watching her, he also laid down, but didn't let himself fall asleep. Instead, he just watched as the ocean waves swept across and slammed into the rocks beneath them. The glistening rays of the sun bounced off of them and showered the world in all of their glory. It truly was a wondrous sight.
Aaron didn't realize it until he next opened his eyes, but he felt that he had fallen asleep some time ago. He knew this from how it was now the moon that hung over them instead of the sun with all its warmth. He slowly sat up, and stretched his sore muscles. He could barely feel himself moving due to just how sore he was, and from probably how long he had been resting as well.
With a sigh, he then turned to look at Shinko. He saw that she was also awake, but her eyes were glazed over as though she was long in thought. Smiling softly, he padded over and gently nuzzled her. She instantly stirred and spun to look at him with a bit of shock and surprise on her face and within her eyes. That soon faded and she laughed softly.
"Great to see that you're finally awake, sleepyhead," she laughed. "While you were out, I had enough time to get us both an apple and some fresh water. Also, a Pelipper came by and dropped this scroll at your paws. What is it anyways?"
As she spoke, her tail swept from behind her showing a large note that was held shut by a silk-like band. Without even waiting for his response, she expertly used her tail and pulled the silk away from it causing the note to unroll and, strangely enough, flatten along the ground. Aaron turned to her and gave a sigh before then padding up to the note, and started to read it under the moon's light.
"This note is to be read by the eyes of Aaron Rockruff and Shinko Eevee only," he mumbled softly before tilting his head lightly before going to read the rest. "It is great to inform you that I, Aggron, have accepted you both into my Academy of Exploration and Training. At sunrise tomorrow, our continental traveler, Alakazam, will be taking you from your home and straight to our academy. Please be sure to have everything you need as we will be judging on preparation as well. We thank you very much for your time in sending applications and waiting for this. We hope to see you very soon."
Shinko looked up from the letter only to see a shocked Aaron who could barely even form words, which showed just how surprised and shocked he was. She wasn't quite sure of why he was s shocked, but maybe he'd tell when he could finally form the words that he so badly wanted to say to her.
"I can't believe that we were accepted by him so quickly," Aaron mumbled after what felt like hours of an odd silence. "I never expected him to allow it, but he replied so quickly, and he accepted us both! Th-this amazing, Shinko!"
"What exactly is amazing about it?" Shinko asked him looking at the note as though it were some sort of encrypted message. "You should know that I don't understand what any of this. I just woke up in a forest where you found me and took me home. I know next to nothing about this world."
"I guess I kind of forgot about that detail as well," Aaron laughed before he quickly rolled up the note. "Well, Aggron was a legendary explorer, and so he started his own guild when he finally retired from the line of duty. His guild is only second to Wigglytuff in recruits and graduations, but that makes his guild even harder to get through. That's why this chance is so legendary. It's because we've actually been accepted into one of the greatest guilds of the century!"
Shinko sighed at his explanation, but at least it did make a bit more sense than what she had thought of it before. Sure, there were still a few things that she couldn't understand in it all, but she wasn't going to complain about any of it. As long as she had a slight explanation of what the letter had meant, she would be okay with anything.
"So, I'm just supposed to believe that this Pokémon wants to get us into his guild and train us to become what he was at one time?" Shinko asked tilting her head. "Thanks for the offer, but I'd much rather live a life without much fighting or battling at all."
"But you know that it's impossible to live that life for very long in this world," a voice whispered inside of her head. "It is best that you do what is requested, and without arguments. You saw the beast that will come after you if you don't. You will die."
Shinko quickly looked around as fear shook through her system. She was unaware as Aaron tried to get her attention, but was quickly snapped from her thoughts when she felt his paw touch her shoulder. She panted heavily as she turned to him with fearful eyes and tears starting to well up in them.
"Wh-what's wrong?" Aaron asked as he gently hugged her trying to comfort her. "Why did you just start screaming and crying? I thought you would be excited to hear that we'd become famous and be able to help others?"
Shinko quickly shook her head and nuzzled into him before responding by saying, "I-it's not that, A-Aaron," she cried lightly as she tried to keep close to him. "I just heard this odd voice, a-and it told me that I'd die if I didn't join you in this g-guild."
Aaron sighed lightly as he tried to comfort her, and get her to stop crying. Before long, he finally got her to stop crying, but his fur was matted by her tears, which almost made him weak and tired due to his weakness of water. He quickly shook it off before taking her, and slowly leaning her against his body.
"Thank you," she whispered softly as she then took the scroll that they had received. "L-let's g-go home for the n-night. We need to b-be up early to-tomorrow, right?"
Aaron nodded softly to her question before slowly padding away from the cliff, and back to the house. He slowly opened the door, and pushed Shinko in before he followed her inside and to their nests. They both collapsed into their nests somewhat exhaustedly before closing their eyes. Immediately, the duo both fell asleep, and let the world fade away from them.
A dark figure holds a stone in its hand. The glowing rock seems to be not of this world, but from another galaxy altogether. Immediately, the figure crushes the rock and steps forward. It seems to be looking for something, but it seems unable to find what it has been searching for. It knew the answer was nearby, but was unsure just how far away it was.
As it walked, a familiar glow started to form around it, showing hundreds of thousands of meteorite-like stones within the walls. It growled knowing just what had happened, before a large force of psychic energy slammed into it, and sent it flying.
"You have finally come," a robotic voice whispered lightly. "I have waited so long to finally find the one who woke me up. It is time for you to die... again."