Chapter Two: The Grand Council

Narrator POV

"Ominous Wind!"

"Twister!"

The the two legendary pokemon, Giratina & Rayquaza, fired their attacks at each other, creating a large explosion of dark energy. Several of the floating islands shattered from the shockwave.

The other legendaries in the are were forced to dodge the destruction of the serpentine beings. Darkrai leap forward to catch Celebi as a large piece of rubble blasted her backwards.

"Hey, watch it!" he yelled to the battlers.

Glancing over at them, Darkrai saw them locked in a struggle, tendrils vs claws.

"Why do you ignore your destiny? The will of our lord and your father? Do you not wish to avenge your brothers?"

"Destiny?," the Renegade Pokemon scoffed. "Is serving a lord who makes his subordinates charge to their demise, your destiny, you green weedle?"

During the fight, Darkrai had managed to sneak closer. Rayquaza noticed him but said nothing. After sneaking behind Giratina, Darkrai prepared his signature attack.

Rayquaza growled, "Very well… But can you face me like this?". He was suddenly cloaked in a bright purple light. His body elongated and grew protrusions all over his body, colored green, black, and gold. Rayquaza had Mega-Evolved!

"Outrage!" the Sky High Pokemon cried. His whole body was covered in a blood red and gold aura. He bashed his head into Giratina and continued drilling his head into him dealing massive damage.

"DARKRAI NOW!" he boomed.

"What?!" Giratina protested, trying to turn around, but Rayquaza had him pinned between his tusks.

Darkrai glided forward before murmuring, "Dark Void…" before placing his hand together. A small black disk grew from his hand and shot towards Giratina. After entering the Renegade Pokemon's body, it quickly grew to cover his skin until it faded to nothing. The effect on the legendary was instantaneous. His eyes closed, his tendrils shortened, and he slowly curled into a floating fetal position.

Rayquaza nodded a quick thanks.

"Let's get him out of here, eh?"

"What was it that Lord Arceus needed him for?"

"Not just him, you too. As as for our lord… let's just say he has a plan to fight back,"

Giratina POV

A deep yet amused voice called to me, rousing me from sleep.

"Giratina, wake up. I require your consciousness,".

Uh oh. That voice. The lack of the air of the Distortion World. I opened my eyes and shot up. I should have seen a beautifully dismal sky filled with crumbling islands with plants and lakes removed from the laws of the natural world. Instead, I saw a room large enough to fit nearly every legendary pokemon (many of them WERE here) filled with a golden light coming from nowhere that reflected of on the opaque crystalline surface of the walls, ceiling, and floor. A few glass-like pillars rose from the floor, nearly touching the ceiling And right in front of me, was my dear old dad, the good 'ol God, Arceus along with a few humans. I recognized one of them as the champion of the Sinnoh region. She smiled at me and gave a small wave. The nerve… I would have smitted her right then and there if not for the fact that she helped me free my brothers from Team Galactic the first time and that Father was watching me.

"Father… And what in all of Spear Pillar had given you the idea to drag me from my home and fight in your war to doom us?"

"Hope, of course. Now come, we will ignore your ramblings for I believe that we can finally defeat the Evil Team Leaders."

With a wave of his foreleg, a large table that depicted the Kalos region rose from the floor.

A human with a blue shirt striped shirt and a z-ring on his wrist bowed and stepped up to the image. I assumed he was another champion.

"The Team Leaders have made their base in the Kalos region near Geosenge Town. I assume that they are after the ultimate weapon created by the ancient king AZ. However, I do not believe that they plan to use it for it original purpose."

"Oh?" said Rayquaza. "Would they not use the weapon to attack Spear Pillar?"

"Looker and his team have confirmed that they weapon is going through modifications. Somehow, the mythical pokemon Hoopa is of interest,"

"Hoopa is already among the captured," Arceus replied when others in the room glanced at him to ask the unspoken question.

"Hmm…" murmured a familiar voice. Glancing up, I noticed the pokemon Mewtwo along with his genetic sire, Mew. The two were floating directly above the image of the Kalos Region. The cloned legendary had his ridiculous weapon strapped to his back in a leather sheath and straps.

"Your mind is one of the wisest among us Mewtwo. Speak your thoughts," Arceus requested.

"Of course my lord. Hoopa, as we know, is a pokemon known for creating portals. Although some drastic modifications would be necessary, with the correct power source, the ultimate weapon could even open a portal to another dimension. The question to be asked isn't how, but why? Through means by Hoopa and Necozma's fusions with Solgaleo and Lunaala, they already possess the capability to travel through wormholes,"

"Would this be a bad time to mention that I found traces of some unknown element in both the Distortion and natural Worlds?," I casually remarked.

"...what element do you speak of, my son?" Father asked me.

"I am not aware of the cause, but lately, this crystalline substance has been coming through small rifts between our dimension, and another. I could sense a powerful yet dark being behind them. As for the element itself, it contains great power. A simple touch causes a massive explosion in my World, and yet is small in size, almost like mere dust,"

The whole room was silent for a long time. Father was giving me a strange look that I couldn't identify. Was it fear, pity, or regret? Perhaps all of the above?

"An apt name for sure. But I believe this may answer your question, Mewtwo," Tapu Fini said.

"I believe it does," he replied.

"If Giovanni and his colleagues manage to collect large quantities of this "Dust", they would become even more unstoppable then they are now. It is therefore, a matter of great urgency to develop a counterattack. And I believe that we have the means to do it. But it will require you three as well," Mewtwo said, pointing at the three human champions with his tail.

After the plan was developed, Father sent the legendries to prepare for the attack. The champions left with one legendary accompanying each (Red & Mewtwo, Sun & Rayquaza, Cynthia & me). I groaned internally when I was paired with the champion of Sinnoh. It was always humiliating for my brothers and I when we remembered how we needed to be saved from the leader of Team Galactic by her and the former champion Lucas.

I bent down to let her climb onto my back. As I got up, I heard Father calling to me.

"Giratina. Come, there is something I must show to you," he said in a low ominous tone.

Cynthia and I exchanged glances, but I still glided over to him.

"I fear that I may know the reason behind the appearance of this Dust,"

"What do you mean, my lord?" Cynthia asked

"Among you humans, many of you debate over whether I created the legendary pokemon Mew or the Creation Trio first. The answer, is that neither are my first children. My first creation was legendary pokemon of great power. I had created a prototype universe to raise her in. I loved her dearly… But I noticed a darkness him her heart. Far greater than yours, my son. She took far too much joy in killing any other life forms I made. It got to the point where she created an army. The Grimm, she called them. I waged a war with her. In the end, she was at my mercy. I could have killed her. I should have. And yet… she was my first born. So I stripped her of most of her power, changed her form, and banished her to another dimension. I believe that she was being you sensed, Giratina,"

I was in shock. I doubted that anyone besides the pokemon I called Father knew about this.

"W-why would you tell me about this? And how can you be sure?"

"Dust was the substance that I used to to form the core of the universe. Dust is what composes mega stones, Z crystals, and the orbs of any legendary, including your Griseous Orb, though at a far higher concentration. But the reason I tell you this, is because if those humans succeed in opening a portal to her dimension. She will realise that she has a way to make it back. And then the carnage we have seen so far will be nothing compared to the terror that she will bring,"

Cynthia hesitantly asked, "What was her name, my lord?"

Arceus raised his face. His eyes couldn't seem to reach mine.

"Her name… was Salem…"