There was dead silence as Shaymin helped Darkrai up, discarding the blood-riddled cloth behind her pack. Mespirit nudged Uxie, who nudged Azelf, who smacked Mew upside her head. Mew cried out, holding her pink head. "What was that for?" She yelled at her Psychic counterparts.

"Don't say anything!" Mespirit hissed. But, in telepathy, she said, 'Say one word about Uxie's prediction or Darkrai being pregnant, you're dead! Got it?'

Mew nodded. She would let Shaymin do the talking. Instead, she popped her original bubble and conjured a new one, bouncing on it gently.

"What on earth…" Darkrai whispered, trying to levitate, but was grounded out of pain. "Damn…"

"Easy, Darkrai. Trying to push yourself isn't going to help you." Shaymin said, rubbing her hands off on the cloth, and then tucked it behind her pack again. She set one hand on his black shoulder. "You suffered from some bleeding and stress factors. Rest, my cousin."

"Stress…?"

"Your body wanted a rest, but you didn't listen. In a last ditch attempt—"

Shaymin was cut off by Darkrai, who pulled in a sharp hiss of breath, a hand on his stomach. "…That hurts…"

"Easy, easy…Sleep. That's what you need." Shaymin said softly, pushing him back against a tree. "You're not going anywhere unless you regain your strength." She then stood, and left him, joining her Psychic cousins at the lake's edges.

"I'm serious, Shaymin. What the hell are we going to tell him?" Mew hissed, popping her bubble, preferring to float than bounce at the moment.

"I…I don't know, Mew. If we don't tell him, he'll find out on his own. And then what? What if he gets rid of the child?"

Mespirit slapped her cousin across the face with her tails, and then with her hands. Shaymin stood there, stunned by Mespirit's actions, while Uxie, Mew, and Azelf looked on in shock. "Are you nuts?!" Mespirit screamed in a whisper, trying not to alert Darkrai to what she was saying. "This is Cresselia's child we're talking about. He loves her, and now he's carrying their child. What makes you think he'll get rid of it?! Have you been eating too many grasses?!"

Shaymin gently rubbed her cheek, wincing as the stinging sensation pinched at her skin. "No, cousin, I have not." She said carefully, not wanting to get slapped again. "I was only suggesting what he might do."

"Might? MIGHT?! Shaymin, you have officially gone nuts." Mespirit rubbed her forehead, sensing a migraine coming on.

"I have not! I was only trying to face the facts of reality!" Shaymin hissed back. "Listen! If you were a male and you got pregnant and didn't know who the mother was, wouldn't you try to get rid of it?"

"Shaymin, enough of this talk. This is…" Uxie was cut off as a black aura surrounded her, and she dropped to her knees, screaming and holding her head. Instantly, Darkrai was up and next to his cousin, the others surrounding them.

"Uxie! What's wrong? Is it a vision?"

Uxie latched onto Darkrai's arm, her green eyes now a sharp grey. "Go to Full Moon Island, Darkrai!" She screamed. "Your love is in trouble!! There will be blood, yes, so much blood! And sadness and greed in the air! You must get to Cresselia! Before it is too late!"

Before anyone could stop him, Darkrai took off into the forest, weaving in and out of the trees, going at almost the speed of a jet airplane. Mew quickly snapped after him, her tail lashing out wildly at the trees. Before long, they were skimming the waters of the Light Sea, the body of water that bordered New and Full Moon Islands. A burst of wind greeted them as a huge ship left Full Moon Island, a smirking man and a sobbing blonde girl on the deck.

Darkrai rushed into Cresselia's private clearing. True to Uxie's word, blood was everywhere, splattered against the trees, staining puddles of water, coating leaves off of bushes. Mew shakily hit the ground, and picked up something. It was one of Cresselia's magenta clips from her human form. Instantly, Darkrai's stomach lurched. The heavy smell of blood was starting to make him sick. Mew quietly flew around the area, softly calling out Cresselia's name. She looked in bushes, around knocked down trees, and under the waterfall at the edge of the island. Cresselia was no where to be found. But, Mew then came back with a shiny silver pen and a black book, both dripping with blood. "This…was her diary." Mew said, sniffing. She handed the book to Darkrai, who flipped open the book, skimming the pages, trying to find any clues as to who did this horrendous deed. Finally, he found it. He read aloud the entry.

"The humans have come to my island. I've already been to New Moon, and Darkrai wasn't there, thank the gods, because they mentioned him, and his powers. The humans are speaking some babble about 'The All-Light Jewel'. Could it be the opal, hiding in the cavern behind the waterfall? Or perhaps a piece of it?

My time is up. I'm bleeding from the side, and my legs. I thank Arceus I made the right choice. Our-------"

Darkrai looked up from the diary. "The rest of the page is blank…This Cresselia's last entry." Mew was crying her eyes out, now knowing that her friend was gone. Darkrai cradled his Psychic cousin like he would a baby, letting her cry. He carried her to the waterfall, one of the last spots he and Cresselia spent their time at, and set her down on a boulder, and entered the cavern. The water pounded at his head and shoulders as he went past the waterfall, but he didn't care. In the cavern, like the clearing, blood stained the rock walls. There were two huge cracks in the back wall, making a 'X' shape in the rock formation. Something glittered in the rock. Darkrai slid his arm into the cracks, feeling for the jewel Cresselia had hidden in there. His hand touched a cold, slick surface. Grabbing the jewel, he gently slid it out of its prison, trying not to scrape it against the rock. When it came into the light, his heart dropped.

The jewel was also stained, a reeking smell of greed coming from it. The deep lines of engraving on the back had blood in them, but the blood was human, he could smell it. 'Cresselia must have given everything to protect this thing…' Darkrai gently traced the lines, blood gathering on his fingertip. Mew then entered the cavern, taking the opal out of his hands. "She gave her life to protecting you and the jewel…You better come with me…"

She led him to a small area next to the blood-stained clearing, and showed him a crystal growing out of the ground. "There are many of these on the Moon Islands, in areas that you usually wouldn't go to. That's why so many of these haven't been found." She touched the pink crystal, and it began to glow. The area was engulfed in a gray aura, and then, a scene appeared.

Cresselia was on the ground, moaning in pain, blood oozing from her body. A man in a white lab coat was holding a taser whip in one hand, a wicked smile on his face. A blonde girl, about nine or ten years old, was standing protectively in front of Cresselia, her arms spread out.

"Papa, why? This beautiful Pokemon didn't do anything to you!!" She screamed at the man, her father. He brought the whip down on the ground.

"Out of the way, daughter! It is Team Shadow's will."

"But, Papa! Why did you join Team Shadow in the first place?"

"I did it for you, since your mother ran away!"

"I'd rather be with a runaway mom than with a Pokemon abuser!!" She yelled, turning to Cresselia. She rubbed her dress hem on her metallic skin, trying to wipe the blood off of her body. Cresselia gently nudged her girl's face, whispered, "Thank you, little girl." and transformed into a human and ran.

"Nooooooo!" The man screamed, whipping his daughter across the back, and chasing after Cresselia. The little girl sat up, blood oozing from her back, and cried.

"I tried…I tried…I tried…"

A loud crack came from the cavern behind the waterfall, and the man came running out, holding the jewel with bleeding hands. Cresselia jumped on him and wrestled the opal out of his grip and ran back into the cavern, the man following. There were some shouts of unintelligible text, and then, a gunshot. Then, the man came out of the cavern, holding Cresselia's limp body in his arms. He passed his daughter, and set Cresselia down, her blood staining the grass. He set a bloody hand on a tree.

"She'll live." He said simply, picking her back up, and carrying her to a ship with a huge black symbol on the side. He carried her to a cabin, and came back for his daughter. But, she shoved him away, still crying. So, he lifted his daughter over his shoulder and carried her onto the ship. And, in the distance, Darkrai and Mew were speeding towards the island. The gray aura vanished, and the ship was no longer at the island. The pink crystal crumbled under Mew's touch, who gently pulled away.

"Oh, god…It's worse than I thought…"

"Indeed, Legendaries."

Both Mew and Darkrai whipped around to see a girl with long black hair set in a braid, silver streaks coming in and out of the black. Her eyes were a light, light blue, making her eyes almost white. She was wearing a black, torn top, and a torn black skirt to match. She was barefoot. Silver bangles dangled from her wrists and a pure silver choker surrounded her neck.

"Things are worse than anything you will be expecting. There will be a great war between man and Legendaries, and Legendaries and Shadow-Legendaries. Right now, Team Shadow is making a prototype of Cresselia right now to use in the war.

Will you take vengeance on Team Shadow, Darkrai? Or will you focus on surviving and staying out of their clutches? Your fate can decide of fate of the world, Legendary. Farewell for now." The girl stepped into the sea, and disappeared under its deep blue surface. Within seconds, a huge black beast with white back fins jumped out of the water before diving back down into the deep depths of the unforgiving waters, which had been disturbed by the jump.

"That was…a S-Shadow-Lugia!!!" Mew stuttered, a hand at her chest. "I thought…they had died out long ago!!!"

Darkrai wasn't actually paying attention, but instead, he was slowly flipping through Cresselia's diary. His eyes fell to an entry dated "December 2". He scanned the entry, trying to absorb as much of the entry as possible. Suddenly, just one sentence made his gasp and drop the diary.

"Hey, Darkrai? What's up?" Mew asked, only to have the diary shoved at her. "Paragraph three, sentence fifteen." Darkrai said bluntly. Mew scanned the sentence, and read it aloud.

"'I hated doing it, but, at least our child will live in him, instead of dieing with me.' Hmm…You know what this means, good ole' Darkrai?"

"I do, but I don't want to voice it aloud." Darkrai hissed. Mew then smacked him upside the head and said seriously, "Darkrai. You are pregnant with Cresselia's child, and if you didn't hear me clearly, I'll say it again. You. Are. Pregnant with Cresselia's child. Do. You—"

"Mew! Hush, I get the picture."

"Good. From the crystal's vision, I managed to decipher what that man and Cresselia were screaming about in the cavern. The man said, "Don't fool me, Legendary! Where is your child, if you aren't pregnant?" And she replied, "Nowhere. She's gone forever to me, because I will not live to see her face!" And then there was the cracking sound, and he stole the opal from her. She got it back, and ran back into the cavern and stuffed it in the crack. I think. Then she shouted, "It makes me glad my love is gone from his island, because my child will not die!" He asked, "What are you talking about?", and she said, "You are so foolish, human. My love carries our child, and you will never catch him, as he is the one who lives in nightmares and makes them!" And then he shot her out of anger…"

Darkrai then understood. This was the reason he collapsed at Lake Valor. This was the reason Cresselia was gone. This was the reason his life would never be the same. This was the reason a war was beginning between Team Shadow and the Legendaries.

For power.

For greed.

For the Legendaries.

For the All-Light Jewel, whatever that was.

And for his child, the last remnant of his and Cresselia's love.

She knew.

She knew the whole time.

And this was the price she paid.

To see to that their child would survive if she did not.

Mew wheeled Darkrai around to face her. "Darkrai, you need to go. Team Shadow has already captured and possibly killed Cresselia, so what would they do to you and your child? They want your power, and whatever power your child may possess, and now, a war is going break all hell loose on the Legendaries, and the human-race. Darkrai, listen to me. Team Shadow, from what I saw here, and you too, will stop at nothing to get their hands on you and the All-Light Jewel. You must find it to end the upcoming war…Humans are a violent and primitive race, but, a long time ago, were we so different? There are still young ones. They have much to learn. After all, it was young ones who ended the war between me and my clone. Seek the help of children. They know the difference between right and wrong, and unlike adults, most of them cannot be blinded by evil." She gently hugged him around the shoulders. "I have loved you ever since I met you. Now…" She picked up the opal, the pen, and the diary and handed them to him. "It is important that you get a head start. I will warn the Legendaries of Sinnoh to prepare for a great battle. Take care, you two." Before we could give one word of thanks, she was gone.

Now he was alone.

Darkrai looked at the articles in his arms, and started back for New Moon to prepare.

He would need every last shred of hope and help he could find.