The first letter I'm supposed to deliver just -had- to be Mew's... damn you, Arceus!

Despite his complaints, Mewtwo was well on his way to where he was told Mew resided: the Tree of Beginning. The journey didn't even take half an hour- teleport sure is handy -and Mewtwo had to admit he was awed at the sight of the gigantic 'tree'. Alas, he wasn't allowed to watch it for long...

...As a massive rock collided with his psychic barrier, nearly breaking it and pushing him backwards a few meters from the impact.

Mewtwo quickly located the aggressor- or rather, the aggressors -in the form of the three regis. Arceus did warn me that they're overprotective, but this is ridicioulus!

An Ice Beam and a Flash Cannon was fired in his direction, and Mewtwo immediately put up another barrier. The two attacks struck, and would've shattered the sphere of psychic energy, had he not been continously reinforcing it. Wasting no time, he stretched his mind out and connected to the three golems. "Regice, Regirock, Registeel, cease this at once! I am on a mission by Arceus to deliver a letter to Mew."

The trio halted momentarily with their attacks, and turned to eachother. The dots in their 'faces', if they could even be called such, flashed in various patterns, before he felt the connection become active again. "Lies! We have received no such report! Begone from this sacred place, weird one, or we shall destroy you!"

And this is exactly the reason why Arceus asked me to be the 'mailman of the legendaries' to begin with, ironic isn't it... He thought to himself sarcastically.

"You might as well give up with your attacks. If I truly came here with ill intentions, neither of you would still be able to fight. The only reason I have yet to attack is because I hope we could solve this in-" His thoughts were- quite rudely -interrupted by another Stone Edge. Seems that just made them angrier. Way to go, me...

Mewtwo kept evading the attacks aimed at him, hoping they would eventually give him the benefit of the doubt after doing no hostile actions, but Mewtwo isn't known for his patience, and he finally snapped, throwing an Aura Sphere at each of them. The three golems was struck and promptly knocked out in one hit. If only those fools had listened...

"Hello Mewtwo!" The clone heard from behind him. He turned his head and saw the pink cat waving at him. "If you've been here all the time, THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THEM?!"

"Hmm, you see, I had to be sure you didn't come here with strange thoughts like taking over the world again." Mew said while grinning at him.

Mewtwo resisted the urge to facepalm. "Alright alright, I deserve that one. Here." He told Mew as he handed over the letter. "Whatever is in that letter, it better be important."

Mew proceeded to read the letter and burst out laughing. "I guess it is. Come, follow me into the tree, let's have a chat."

"I don't have time, I need to go to-" Mew interrupted him. "No Mewtwo, you're not in a rush. You're supposed to deliver letters, but you don't have any right now, do you?" Mewtwo shook his head. "Good. I'm supposed to write one for the same reason Arceus wrote this letter to me. Until then, you have nothing to do. Just relax, chat with me, ok?" Mewtwo sighed and nodded. "Great!"

As the duo ventured inside, Mewtwo carried the golem trio behind him with a psychic. "What do you want to talk about?"

Mew smiled. "You."

"Me?" He asked in confusion.

"Yup! You seem pretty obsessed with this 'purpose' of yours, don't you? Why is that? Why don't you just accept that there is no such thing as a grand plan in the universe that decided your role from the moment the wheel of fate started turning, yada yada?"

Mewtwo stopped walking and stared at Mew, slightly agitated. "That's easy for you to say. You and the rest of the legends had their purpose laid out for you from the start! I entered this world alone, with no guidance and knowledge befitting someone literally hundred of years older than I am now!"

Mew shook his head. "You're wrong Mewtwo. Sit down, let me tell you how it all began. You know how Arceus appeared first, right?"

Mewtwo shook his head. "Hmm... anyway-" Way to kill the mood Mew... "-Arceus appeared first, created the universe, bla bla bla. But, Arceus was lonely. So, Arceus created us, the legends. The 'firstborn', 'gods children', whatever you like. Time passed, and everyone- Arceus included -became bored. Then, Arceus had an idea. What if everyone had a job, a duty? Sure, it wouldn't be 'fun', but at least we'd have something to do. Of course, Arceus didn't force anything on anyone. Instead, he put up a table of sorts, with all the jobs. You know, time, space, life, death. And everyone took something. We didn't have our 'purpose laid out for us' like you think. We choose it."

"That's... pretty anti-climatic."

Mew laughed. "Don't I know it. And then there's you. I guess you'd be... the 'third'?"

"Third?"

"Yeah! I am among the 'firstborn', I created humans and pokemon, the 'second', and humans created you, thus you are the 'third'. In human terms, I'm a child of Arceus, humans and 'normal' pokemon are Arceus' grandchildren, and then you're the great-grandchild of Arceus."

Mewtwo took a moment to digest the info. "Does Arceus actually consider me... family?"

Mew snorted "Of course, silly! Arceus sees all living being as one big family! And that's why Arceus contacted you, personally. To see your own child in such distress and confusion, what parent wouldn't reach out a hand in help? Anyway-" Seriously, again? "-enough with the sentimental stuff. Why don't you just take this job as your 'purpose' if you need one so badly?" Mew asked as he handed over a letter. "That's to be taken back to Arceus. But think it over before you deliver it, alright?"

That's exactly what Mewtwo did. And a few hours later...

"Ah, Mewtwo, you're back already?"

"Yes Arceus, and I've come to a decision."

"Oh?"

"This job, or 'duty', as the 'mailman of the legendaries', I'd like to officially accept it."

Arceus made a sound that Mewtwo thought to be a chuckle. "I thought you would. Then, I offically welcome you among our ranks."

"Just one last thing, Arceus?"

"Yes?"

"If you had to define yourself, would you be male of female?"

Arceus laughed and smiled at him. "That, young one, is a secret I've kept to myself since before the beginning of time itself." Arceus said, before leaving the somewhat disgruntled Mewtwo behind.