All of the Legend's Pokémon had either the ability Illusion or the move Transform, thanks to a little thing called Action Replay. But that's breaking the fourth wall, so on we go. Transform and Illusion were invaluable to her rare and powerful team, seeing as people would freak out seeing legendaries walk around in plain daylight. Shinzu huffed, blowing hair out of her face and folding her arms. Legendaries were harmless, really; she didn't see what all the hubbub was about.
But freak out people did, so as she walked through Sinnoh's Celestic Town, a Rattata [Darkrai] and a Krabby [Mewtwo] trotted beside her.
She could tell they hated the forms. She thought it was kind of funny.
This is just shameful for a Pokémon as strong as me, griped Mewtwo.
The Rattata gave a snort. Compared to my current forme, you look like Arceus. Darkrai's voice was grumbling, but Shinzu knew that deep down they both got some sort of twisted pleasure from the indignity. Or at least from the complaining thereof. Legendaries really knew how to complain.
Celestic Town was really little, though it was leaps and bounds bigger than Littleroot. But it still reminded Shinzu of her hometown, so she enjoyed it. She visited the ruins at the heart of the town. Damp and dark as it was inside, the cave drawings were as bright as they had been the first day primitive people carved them. The Legend placed her hand on the wall, running it down and letting her fingers trace the gouged marks. She knew that the three beings forming a triangle were the Lake Trio, all surrounding the single point of light that could be interpreted as either Dialga or Palkia. She also knew that Champion Cynthia hypothesized that the triangle of beings was Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina ringing around Arceus.
Shinzu was rather obsessed with legendary Pokémon. Well, she had already met Dialga and Palkia- though not Giratina- but Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit were new to her. She'd never seen them, though everyone heard rumors of them residing in Sinnoh's lakes. As for Arceus… a smile pricked her lips; then she quickly shook her head. Now she was getting conceited. She would never meet the God of Pokémon, and that was a good thing, since he would probably smite her or something.
She emerged back into the daylight, shielding her eyes. There wasn't much to do in Celestic Town, that she would admit. She had heard of Celestic Town's library- nowhere near matching Canalave's, seeing as this one only fostered one book, but unlike the mass-produced ones in Canalave, the Book of Origins was ancient. There was one last pit stop before she moved on in her tour of the world.
After furtively revealing Darkrai's true shape to the bookkeeper, he allowed her to hold the Book of Origins to her hands, out of fear or respect Shinzu didn't know. Or care. She opened the ancient leather bound book, glue-smelling dust floating up from in between the pages.
She turned to the middle of the book, where it fell open to a primeval, abstract sketch of a Pokémon. It was labeled in an ancient language, text dulled by time, but underneath, the translation was printed clearly and neatly. Giratina, Origin Forme.
Hmm. Giratina. Seeing the cave drawing, she had mused about the Lake Trio and Arceus, but ignored Giratina, another legendary Pokémon she'd never met. She supposed she hadn't been interested because she knew so little about it.
Pointing to the page, the Legend asked about Giratina.
"That legendary?" asked the bookkeeper, incredulous, still shooting nervous looks at the Rattata sitting at Shinzoku's feet. It seemed to be smirking at him. "Not much is known about Giratina. It is said to reside in the Distortion World, an alternate universe, if you will, but nobody knows if that is fiction or reality. But in all accounts, it's a foul-tempered beast, whether it still exists at all." He couldn't wait for her to leave- and even then, he would never be able to look at another Rattata again without shrieking.
Shinzu processed the information and thanked him quietly, handing the Book of Origins back over into the library's tender care and leaving with Darkrai and Mewtwo in tow.
Another note- this isn't intended to be in the common story format, which is why I revealed her past first thing and why there is so little dialogue. Although the 'chapters' are only drabbles, they can't be technically called one-shots since they do tie in with each other. So action and dialogue will come later, just hold your Ponytas.
