Author Note: I thank Farla and Captain Black Night for their comments, especially the Captain. I hope everyone enjoys the second chapter.

Although Star fainted a couple of enemies, I did most of the dirty work. When we were finished, I had a couple of burns and we were surrounded by the fainted bodies of the fire herd. I looked to Star and saw her lying on the ground, gasping for air.

"Star?" I walked over and examined her body. "Oh… my… god."

Her arm was badly burned, and she had a long cut running across her forehead that was spewing blood like a geyser. Reacting quickly, I transformed into Mewtwo and placed my hand on Star. Concentrating on all of my mental powers, blue psychic energy flowed from my palm and into Star's wound. I grunted with effort; it was one thing to heal yourself, but it was something completely different to heal another Pokémon. I sighed and opened my eyes, releasing my psychic powers.

I smiled with relief when I saw that the burn on her arm was completely gone and the cut on her forehead was now a healed, white scar. She was breathing normally, too. Then, my brow furrowed in confusion. Thinking about it, I don't think I had been affecting one Pokemon with my healing powers, it almost felt like I had been affecting two. I studied Star's belly and scanned Star with my sixth sense again. Yes… yes….

"Oh my god…." I exclaimed again, opening my eyes and releasing my powers.

I transformed back to my regular self and sat next to Star's unconscious body. I started thinking. This could only mean one thing. Star… was… pregnant. With my egg. I gulped and didn't move until Star woke up about an hour later.

Star slowly sat up and exclaimed, "Huh. That's weird, I feel great." Then she turned to me. "Hm? What's wrong, Stun?"

My face was probably still pale and frozen with shock. I slowly turned my head to face Star. "I healed your wounds…"

She smiled. "You managed to reverse Recover? That's amazing!"

I nodded slowly. "I found that when I was healing you, I wasn't healing one Pokémon. I was healing two."

She looked at me in confusion. "… What does that mean?"

I gulped. "I… uh… double checked myself, and I'm sure. You're… pregnant."

She looked surprised, and then looked down at the ground. "I'm… pregnant?" I nodded slowly. "That… that can't be. Can it?" I didn't answer. Star looked to the sky and said, "This is amazing. I can't believe it."

"Yeah. It really is." Star looked into my eyes and leaned forward. Slowly, I leaned forward as well and pressed my lips onto hers.

After we parted, she leaned her head on my shoulder. "So, what now?"

I sighed and looked to the heavens. "I'm not sure. I need to be with you, I know that, but I also need to follow our tribe and fight this war."

Star sniffed, and I looked down to see tears in her eyes. "Well… I guess I'm behind you no matter what you choose."

I gritted my teeth and cursed myself. I wasn't supposed to be hurting Star. Gallades were meant to be caring and helpful to their mates, especially when they were pregnant.

I sighed. "I'll stay with you, no matter what. I'll help raise our child."

Star smiled up at me. "Thank you, Stun." We stayed that way until the sun fell and we fell asleep.

...

The next morning, I was awakened by a pink glow washing over my body. I groaned and got up, careful not to disturb Star's sleeping body. I looked to the source of the glow and saw Mew, who was using a slight Flash attack to wake me up. She smiled when I woke up and turned the Flash off.

"Hello, Stun. I hope your sleep was pleasant." I nodded and Mew continued, "Sorry about waking you, but I need you to come with me for a little while."

I took a step backwards and said, "Um… what do mean, a little while?"

Mew shrugged. "Oh, about a year or so."

I shook my head and said, "I can't. I have to stay here."

Mew looked at me, a little frustrated. "What do you mean, you can't go?"

"I'm sorry Mew, but Star is pregnant, I have to take care of her. She can't come with us in her condition, so I have to stay here with her."

Mew shook her head. "Stun, I understand how you feel, but think of it like this: it's your child, or the entire world."

I shook my head. "It doesn't work like that, Mew."

"No, you're right. Because without you, there's still a good chance that your child will survive. But if you don't come with me, the whole world will end up dying and no one will survive, including your offspring."

I looked at Star. "Mew," I whispered, "please don't make me make this choice. I can't."

Mew looked at me with fury in her eyes. "Stun. You must make this choice. The future of the world hangs in the balance and only you can tip the scale."

I looked back at Star, and Mew said, "Stun, I'm sorry about this, but if you don't come with me, I will have to force you."

I sighed. "Mew… can't I at least say goodbye?"

Mew scowled angrily. "No. I'm sorry. We have to leave now." And she placed her paw on my forehead and teleported me away.

After a flash of light, I was standing outside an erupting volcano. "Mew!" I yelled, as lava fell from the sky. "How could you?!"

Mew looked down at me. "I'm sorry, Stun. But you need to figure out where your priorities lie."

I looked up at the lava and thought, She'll wonder where I am when she wakes up. I… deserted her. That thought brought tears to my eyes and I brushed them away.

I looked up at the erupting volcano. "So why are we here?"

Mew looked up to the volcano and said, "Inside this volcano is a legendary Pokémon named Heatran. The volcano is usually dormant, but lately it's been erupting like this; it disturbs me. We must figure out why this is happening." I nodded in response and trudged up the volcano, to the top.

Once I reached the peak, I was bombarded with heat that rivaled the sun. Without slowing down, I transformed into a Magmortar and jumped down, into the magma. I hit the lava with a splash; the heat didn't affect me now that I was in this new body. I swam downwards into a cavern under the lava and swam until I reached a hollow room filled with air.

I submerged and looked around. In the middle of the room sat a gigantic Pokémon that naturally gave off a red glow. It was as if he was made of magma. The creature made a strange sound as it breathed, kind of like wind whistling through a tunnel. His eyes were closed, as if he was sleeping.

Mew submerged right next to in the form of a Magmar and said, "That's Heatran. I bet he's been expecting us." I nodded and got out of the magma pool. Mew hopped out as well. "Hello, Heatran. How have you been?"

Heatran opened his eyes and said in an old, weathered voice, "Mew. I knew you were coming. I knew you wouldn't be able to resist."

Mew nodded. "Yes, Heatran. Why has your volcano been erupting like this?"

Heatran sighed. "It is not me. It is… my followers. You notice they are not here. Usually I have an army of fire Pokémon guarding my volcano, but they have left. They were taken over by this darkness stuff, then decided to follow Groudon, who has also been taken. Groudon is the reason for the eruptions, and I believe Entei has also been taken. I am the only legendary fire Pokémon left. Moltres, Entei, Ho-Oh, all of them... they were taken by this darkness."

Mew looked down, sadness in her eyes. "That's… horrible, Heatran. All those legendaries…. I am truly saddened."

Heatran nodded. "Yes, it is an awful thing. Soon the darkness will have the firepower needed to take over our world."

Mew nodded. "Thank you for your time, Heatran."

Heatran nodded again and closed his eyes, falling back asleep. Mew jumped into the magma pool and I followed after her.

An hour had passed, and, according to the sun, it was about ten o'clock. Star would definitely have woken up by now. I transformed back to my regular self and looked down sadly.

Mew sighed. "Well, I guess we should go find Celebi."

I shook my head and said, "No. You can go find Celebi. You have no need for me. You can fight off an enemy if you had to; it's not like you need protection. I'm going to go find Star."

Mew turned to me angrily. "Stun, don't make me fight you."

I glared at her and transformed into Heatran. "Bring it on, then." I said in Heatran's old voice.

Mew glared at me and transformed into Deoxys in his Attack Forme. I shot a fireball out of my mouth at Mew, and she dodged it just in time. Then, she teleported behind me and unleashed a powerful Hyper Beam. I grunted in pain and shot as powerful a Flamethrower as I could. It hit Mew, and she screamed in pain at the heat. As my attack hit her, I transformed once again into an Electivire. I raised my arm and unleashed a Thunderbolt attack just as my Flamethrower finished hitting her.

She screamed once again, and then looked at me in shock, burns covering her body. "You… you can't transform that quickly. Not even a Ditto can. That's impossible."

Not even responding, I transformed back to my regular self, nodded to Mew, and teleported away, back to the mountain I had left Star at.

When I reached the mountain top, I wasn't surprised to see that Star wasn't there. I closed my eyes and concentrated all my psychic powers on finding her psychic trail, but I couldn't see much; she must have teleported away. How was I supposed to know where she had gone? I sighed and sat down. This was bad. I had hurt Mew, I had lost the girl I loved, and now I had no idea where I was supposed to go. I looked down at my feet and saw a note. I picked it up and read it.

"Dear, Stun,

Hopefully you manage to read this before I give birth to our baby. I have no idea where you have gone, and it troubles me. Perhaps someone stole you away. Perhaps you just left me. But if you read this, I will be staying at Cinnabar Island until the end of the week. I hope you come to me soon.

Love, Star."

Author Note: Alright, there it is. If anyone has an idea or suggestions, please feel free to review my story.