Umm, yeah, sorry for the sorta-kinda delay of putting this up. I wanted to wait a while because I had the idea of putting it up at timed intervals, but then I forgot... (sweatdrops) So, umm, yeah, enjoy the third chapter! Please review! :D I do enjoy them very much!

(Sky, 10:30 a.m.)

Have you ever been in a plane before? No? Well, for those that have, you know what I mean, but for the other minority who haven't, the ride is like this: you sit in a seat for a while, being bored out of your mind as people all around you make as much noise and move around as often as possible. Older people are more annoyed by plane rides than the younger people, who may be amazed or love the feeling of flight, but nearly everyone has the same thing on their mind halfway through the flight: I wanna get off!

Well, you don't want to get off this ride.

Unless you have a death wish.

DL, at first, had her hands clutching the Ozone Dragon's fin-thing tightly, but after a while they got to 'cruising altitude' (as she liked to call it) so they weren't rushing up towards the limits of the sky and the snake-like slithering in the air was toned down a bit, and she found that she didn't have to hold on as rigidly and actually let go of him to just sit, relaxing on the back of the Legendary. She grinned, not having enough breath to talk since they were so high up in the atmosphere, but Rayquaza looked back at her to tell her, "You're going to have hold your breath for this as I fly into the Legendary's hiding area. Oh, and close your eyes," he winked at her, and she shrugged and made sure she got a hold on his fin-thing once more and took a deep breath before doing as he said, feeling very awkward as if she was floating while he picked up speed a bit.

She was a bit apprehensive of falling, what with all of the swaying and not knowing where they were going, but she trusted the Legendary enough to not drop her and just waited for him to tell her when. An inhuman ripping-like shriek filled her ears, but, heeding Rayquaza's warning, she kept her eyes closed, and as the torture of wondering what the source of the sounds was gripped her mind she noticed that she felt as if pins and needles were poking her skin all over. They dipped and dived a bit, which made her grip the fin tighter because of his slipperiness (it wouldn't matter how tightly she clamped her legs on him; one sharp turn, and she'd be gone), but eventually it came back to a smooth ride and she didn't have to grip as hard now. Nearly bursting with her held breath, she was relieved when Rayquaza said, "Time to breathe, and open your eyes."

She gulped in air greedily like a Munchlax with food, and she felt his body vibrate as he chuckled before she let one of her eyes peek open to look around her. What she saw made her jaw drop and the word 'cool' slip from her lips, to which the dragon laughed even more as she gazed around her in amazement. Mortal or not, this giant palace was amazing to anyone – it had marble staircases leading up to a sort of temple or palace (ha, she knew it!) that were shining more then some of neatest places on the planet, and a golden statue of Arceus (in your face, Proff!) sat before them, bigger than even five times as Rayquaza was long as they spiraled down it to come to a stop on the ground. Despite the fact that they had flown all this way high into the atmosphere (or so she thought), the air was rich and beautiful and sweet as if it was an aroma of honey that filled the area, while gorgeous plants of all varieties bloomed everywhere on the ground in a ring around the giant sculpture like a protective barrier where Payapa and Hondew berries thrived whilst other assortments of flowers showed that there were more to come soon. She squinted her eyes to gaze downwards, and nodded as she saw the Genetic Legendary below them, talking (to her delight) to Mew. Well, she assumed he was, because otherwise he normally wouldn't want to share any company with the feline (not that he does anyways, but….).

Well, with all of this looking down from great heights and closing eyes for long periods of time and passing through dimensions (N/A: wait, did I say that out loud? I don't know where they went. Honestly), one has to wonder when the human body would give in to all of the stress pressured onto it. The answer, for DL, came in the sudden pitch black her eyes fell into and the way nausea made the world around her (although she couldn't see it anyways) swirl. Her stomach nearly heaved up all of her breakfast, and she became so preoccupied with fighting down the bile that she didn't realize she was falling until she felt the wind abnormally pick up around her and heard the Ozone Dragon mutter 'whoops' as she passed his head on the way down.

Too dizzy and disoriented to care, she merely muttered, "Heh, I slipped…." Feeling rather lightheaded and giddy, she giggled as her eyes closed of their own accord and she did not get to see the person (or, should I say, Legendary) that caught her before she got to experience a painful demise at the foot of Arceus' statue and end up as a dark stain that someone would of had to clean up later.

(Legendary's Palace, 10:45 a.m.)

Mewtwo and Mew looked up as Rayquaza landed guilty beside him, the former feline raising what would have been an eyebrow if he had one before looking over to the Ice Legendary who landed gracefully (as always) on his bird feet, human nestled on his back like a baby Chimchar. Articuno looked at the Genetic Legendary and was going to ask a question, but someone beat him to it.

"What the hell is going on?" All four of the Legendaries already there looked towards the stairs as Darkrai materialized from the ground as a shadow until fully forming himself and trying to brush the white cloud-like hair away from his face with a faint swipe of the claw, before he floated over to where they were and crossed his arms as he looked at the human on Articuno's back. "And what is that human doing here? I didn't know they could get in at all."

"They can, obviously," Mew gestured towards the sleeping girl hugging herself close to Articuno's feathers with a warm smile on her face, and the Bird Legendary finished for him, "But the real question is whether they're allowed here or not." The Dark Prince nodded at this question put into a statement, and the Genetic Legendary sighed and went to explain.

"This human, Megan I believe, has been trying to study the Legendaries for a while." He used his Psychic powers to levitate the girl into a sort of standing position, wincing as she gave a light snort before tilting her head to the side and maintaining her peaceful slumber, and waved his hand in a 'take a good look at her' kind of gesture. "She has the technology to track and study us, but just barely. She didn't make it herself, of course; she works for a group of humans who are doing a project." He sneered at the word and hated it to its very root: man. "They can't cause any harm, however, for I've examined all of their equipment and their persons with all of my powers, and they are not ably equipped to combat us in any way."

"Well…." Articuno crossed his wings and 'frowned'. "Then there's really no problem, is there? After all, if they just want to study us, then by Mew we might as well give them a record to remember us by!" The pink feline and green dragon nodded, but then Darkrai's voice cut in with an important question that Mewtwo knew was going to be asked soon enough:

"What is she doing here, then?"

Mewtwo smirked at him and chuckled. "Well, not only are we going to help them, but she is going to help us. It's only fair." When confusion showed in the Dark Prince's eyes although he refused to say it, the feline turned to the human and turned her around, watching her arms dangle at her sides as she slept unawares. He pointed at the Poke Balls tied to the back of her pants and explained, "She has a Haunter with her that she is willing to part with for now, and he is going to provide us with information on everything he knows about humans. Plus," he turned DL back around, "she is willing to help us in any way, us four especially." He pointed to himself and then Articuno, Rayquaza, and Darkrai in that order. Mew looked a bit sad that he was left out, but Mewtwo couldn't care less about what he felt.

"Us four?" Articuno repeated. "Why us four?"

"We are her favorites."

"Ah."

"Aww, but what about me?" The pink feline whined and pouted, something that irritated Mewtwo greatly even though he was a bit pleased by his original's jealousy.

"She likes you too, Mew. But, let us meet her Pokemon personally, first." Rayquaza gestured to her Poke Balls again. "It would be rude not to."

Without a word, Mewtwo nodded and focused his Psychic powers to remove the Balls from her person, and then reached out to hold them before finding out who was in which one. After finding out the right one, he simply let it go and watched as it dropped and grew bigger before bursting open like a bomb. Out came Hunter the Haunter, who looked around in confusion before seeing his Trainer being levitated by some power (and unconscious) and immediately getting angry. That scene must have looked very strange and misleading, especially with his overly-protective mind….

"Haunter!" (Megan! What happened?) His face grew red with rage as he Glared at the Legendary, but it didn't affect Mewtwo the way he planned, and he assembled himself in front of DL protectively as he continued to glower at the Psychic type, hissing, "Haunt haunter!?" (What have you done to my Trainer!?)

"Calm yourself," Mewtwo told him as he restricted the Ghost-Type from moving, and as he kept receiving the defiant stare from Hunter he calmly explained, "She is just unconscious. The travel between dimensions puts a great strain on a mortal body," he cringed at the reminder, "so it is only natural that something like this would happen. She'll be fine in a moment." He then let go of the Pokemon and crossed his human-like arms in wait for him to calm down so he could interrogate him for information.

It took a long time of staring to calm the Pokemon down, to which was filled with an awkward silence and the occasional shuffle of the feet or nervous cough from the others, until finally he backed down with a scoff and 'crossed his arms' as he watched the larger feline slowly rest the human onto the ground, looking down at her as she slept on the floor still unaware of everything around her. Damn, the human's a heavy sleeper…. Looking at the Haunter once more warily, he turned to Mew and gestured for him to 'go ahead'. At this proposal, the pink feline grinned eagerly and zoomed over to Hunter to start the 'fun'.

"So, what's your favorite color?"

"…Haun?" (…What?)

"Come on! You have to have a favorite color! Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me –"

"Haunt! Haunter haunt…." (Alright, already! I dunno, purple, I guess….)

"Typical. Alright, what's your favorite time of day?"

"Haunter?!" (Why are you asking me all of these stupid questions?!)

"Because! Just shut up and answer me, before I turn you into a Pidgey!"

"Haunter haunt." (Nighttime, duh. Pretty obvious there, buddy.)

"Do you prefer kindness or discipline?"

"Haunter!" (The best kind of kindness is discipline!)

"Okay!" The little cat scribbled something down on a clipboard as he asked a few more questions before zooming off, leaving the Haunter bewildered as the other Legendaries mused on important matters. Finally, there was the biggest pressing thought in their minds:

How will the other Legendaries take this?

Rayquaza, then remembering something that brought a grin to his big dragon maw, looked to the Dark Prince and said, "Oh, and Darkrai?"

The Dark-Type, a bit confused by his smile, said warily, "Yes?"

"Your adoring fan said you look like an emo."

"…What?"

(Legendaries' Meeting Hall, 12:00 p.m.)

"And so," Arceus had just begun to say something when the giant doors at the other end of the huge meeting room opened to reveal Mewtwo escorting DL and her two Pokemon, and the God Pokemon nodded his head as they moved down the long walkway with all eyes on them. The room was huge even for Legendary standards and was designed to make the occupants feel small, to which it vastly exceeded its purpose, with its huge pillars that dwarfed even Giratina (who, by the way, wasn't there) and stretched space that seemed neglected and wasted even with everyone packed in there. With a fountain that would make a Gyarados cry with joy with the statues of every single Legendary on it shooting water in some way and a chandelier with their figures in certain precious metals and gemstones, elegant was an understatement and probably was a reference to this place in all of its style and frightening glamour.

The Legendary feline didn't seemed fazed by any of it, like DL who walked calmly beside him, but the two normal Pokemon were a bit intimidated by the others towering over them like prophetic pillars of their doom, and they kept close to DL's heels as she walked with a bounce in her step towards the giant pedestal that hosted Arceus as if there was nothing that could possibly go wrong. No matter that every single Legendary was there, even bitter rivals and such that could start fighting any minute, and who cares if they were all so much taller or stronger than them? Everything was perfectly fine, and it would all go exactly as planned.

"This," Arceus motioned a golden hoof over to the group approaching him, "is who I've been discussing." He let quiet murmurs of chatter go through the crowd of Legendaries as they all examined her head-to-toe before he silenced them by continuing. "This human will be allowed to come here as often as she likes and has express permission from me to be anywhere on the grounds." He acted like a principal talking to a bunch of incompetent high school students when he gave them all a look and said, "There will be no injuries or mysterious deaths while she is around. Got it?" When the Legendaries all nodded their heads, even Mewtwo (though reluctantly), he mumbled 'good' before finally DL was at the foot of the pedestal and could stare up at him in awe. But, with how short she was (by being a human) she wouldn't be able to get up there no matter how high she jumped for one stair was more than three times as tall as her, and so Mewtwo rolled his eyes and Teleported them up there (leaving her Pokemon down there, unfortunately) wondering why he hadn't done that in the first place to save them all the trouble. Hunter and Butterscotch gulped at the Legendaries looking at them, and the Ghost-Type quickly floated after his Trainer to leave the Raichu there, who shook his fist and snarled at his retreating form before suddenly Mew giggled and picked him up to float him up there as well. Butterscotch let out a small squeak in surprise and then was silent for the rest of the journey until he found a place beside DL as did Hunter, to who he stuck his tongue at before crossing his arms and looking away while grumbling under his breath, and Hunter rolled his eyes before returning his attention to DL as he carefully watched her to make sure she wasn't in any type of trouble whatsoever. (Over protective, huh?)

Arceus towered over DL just like most of the other Legendaries, but he looked down at her like an equal (just not in height) and asked her, "Do you want to say something to them?" When she nodded, he mirrored it and took a step back as if that would make her anymore visible, and she stood there and looked around at all of the Pokemon in the room with a big grin on her face, earning herself strange looks as Mewtwo wondered if she was going to say something stupid like 'nice to meet ya!' or something.

Then, her face slowly displayed a frown, and she mumbled, "I notice Giratina isn't here…"

"Guarding the gate to Hell is a very absorbing task," Arceus enlightened her, and after she made a pouting face for a moment she shook it from her mind and shrugged, figuring she'd meet the elusive Pokemon eventually before clearing her throat and addressing them all:

"Well, almost everyone's here, so I guess someone can just pass the word on to Giratina or something. Anyways," she waved a hand at them all, "I have to say it is a great honor to finally get to see you all, let alone at the same time and in one place. I have to tell you, I had an exhilarating trip coming here, although I nearly died," she added to herself quietly, "and I'm glad to be able to say I hope to get to know each and every single one of you and become friends with you all. After all, we all share the same universe and live in it, so we should be able to correspond with one another."

"Communication is the most powerful tool," the God Pokemon spoke up.

"Yeah," DL nodded in agreement, "and I want to convey that in a positive way and help humans understand all Pokemon – not just you – better, and visa versa, so they don't try to do evil things." She bowed her head down, a small smile still on her face although her eyes turned dark with sorrowful thoughts. "I know how dangerous it is to misread something; my parents died because I angered a Pokemon once, and I lost everything for it." Looking back up determinedly, DL told all of them with a smile that beamed with confidence, "I'm going to make sure that never happens to anyone else!"

Mewtwo had his head bowed with eyes closed and looked uninterested in her words with his arms crossed, but inside he was smirking at the confident words and the positive air radiating from the human. She really thinks she can do something like that? He mentally shook his head. I highly doubt it, but it'll be funny to watch.

"And the way she'll do that," Arceus stepped back up as DL bowed her head and backed away to give him the floor, "is that she will collect not only important data such as the extents – or lack thereof – of our powers, but also will spend some time talking and observing us, not only as a mortal, but as a friend and a companion. I expect you to elaborate on details and to give the full story whenever she questions you." He gave certain Legendaries a look, such as Darkrai and Mew, with the latter giving a sheepish grin to the white God Pokemon. "And, as was her request, she will spend one day with each of you or a group of you at her word. Alright?" When grumbled 'yes's or 'sure's went throughout the crowd, he nodded and said, "This meeting is adjourned. Make sure the ones not present are informed of this change in events. Now, do be sure to chat with Megan before you go."

"Umm," the human spoke up, "it's, err, DL."

"Yes, of course, DL." He nodded in apology, which she quickly accepted with a bow before he turned and walked off to whatever it was that he did, and she looked around the room to the Legendaries occupying it and clapped her hands together, earning their attention. "Now," she said with a joyful smile, "who's first?"

It was silent, with scattered nervous coughs around the room, and after giving a slight frown at the emptiness of it all she gave a grin and teased them, "What, afraid of a human girl? Don't worry, I won't bite."

"Haunt…." (Much….) Butterscotch scowled at him and gave him a small shock, making him jump (well, jerk up, since he's already floating) before he glared at the Electric-Type.

After a while, Rayquaza floated through the air and landed on the pedestal she stood on and gave a sort of bow by putting a claw across his chest and lowering his head. "Ms. DrakenHart, you may already know my name, but it is more polite to introduce myself." He then sat up tall and proud and said, "I am Rayquaza, King of the Skies, and I hope that you will come to know me as closely as a friend possibly can."

She smiled at him, something making her heart swell at the sight of a majestic dragon, and she gave a small bow of the head and replied, "I am certain I can do that, Rayquaza, and I can only hope you can do the same. You can start by calling me DL; not really into the 'miss' thingie." When he nodded with a small dragon-y smile and floated back off with his tail whipping behind him as if in a vicious winding, she turned as Mewtwo opened his eyes and uncrossed his arms to look at her coolly without any emotion in his posture. "Perhaps I can learn to endure your pointless rambling."

"Maybe," she smiled at him, "but let's hope Hell doesn't freeze over first and Giratina doesn't take ballet."

Something like a quirk of the mouth flashed for a nanosecond on his face, but as soon as she thought that she saw it, it wasn't there, and as he floated off (which was polite, considering he could have just Teleported) she gave a small smile wondering if he had actually been going to show a sense of humor. Ah, I'll get to him eventually. Grinning at the thought, she came back to reality when she saw Darkrai float over to her and drifted down to the pedestal, sprouting out two stilt-like legs when he hovered down too low so that he could rest on the ground. He was a bit taller than her like Mewtwo, but not as much as the Genetic feline as he looked down at her, his legs close together reminding her of a pair of chopsticks, and she held out her hand in a welcoming gesture as she said, "Pleased to meet you, Dark Prince. Like the hair."

He raised a claw to push the white hair away from his face, as if now becoming conscious of it, before cautiously raising the other to grip her hand uncertainly in a hesitant handshake, as if afraid she would bite him with how widely she was grinning. She did most of the work, giving him a firm yet gentle handshake unlike and yet similar to a female's, leaving him confused and bewildered by the strange girl (much like she did to everyone else). Then, he let go with a bit of a surprised expression, as if astonished that she hadn't used Explosion or something on him, and he stood there without a purpose for a moment, hovering there as she continued to look at him with a sort of adoration in her eyes, before finally he shook his head and turned away, going to walk off before DL stopped him with her voice. She spoke up, "I've heard you saved a city and the entire world over a little girl and her garden." When he froze in his tracks with one long leg in front of the other, she smiled at his back and said, "That's really nice of you, Darkrai, to pity us disastrous humans." She said it with such a wistful tone, as if she was thinking of some other rescue or victory long ago that filled her with such happy memories or dreams….

He shook his head again and absorbed the legs back into his body to just float away, almost looking as if he was retreating, while DL just continued to smile at him with that look in her eyes and a stance that showed her resoluteness about her words. She was a human of her word, it would seem; someone that the other Legendaries seemed to find would back up everything she said. They needed someone like that, nowadays, with all of the messed up things going around and lies being told, and yet it could frighten them as well to have someone so serious about what they said. Funny how a little human girl could frighten them, but oh well.

Then, up came Articuno as it would make sense, and he landed on the pedestal right as the human pointed out, "Mewtwo said that you were the one who caught me on my way down from Rayquaza's back." As he looked kind of embarrassed and shuffled his feet while looking down at them, she laughed a bit and ran over to hug him unexpectedly, which made his beak open and shut with unspoken words and tint his face a bit red in embarrassment. She told him as she snuggled in his feathers, "For an Ice-Type, you sure are fluffy and warm!" After a bit more of sitting there and enjoying his fluffiness, she laughed and let go to instead beam up at his red face and say, "Keep those other birdbrains in line, 'kay?" He gave a shaky nod, still a bit stunned by the hug, and she continued to smile at him as he shuffled his way to the edge of the pedestal and took off quickly, leaving her behind with the feeling of fuzziness still tingling on her skin. Damn, I hate how he's softer than I am! She pouted for a moment, but shook it off with a shrug and looked to see who else would come see her.

Groudon and Kyogre, probably a bit too nervous to do it separately, came up onto the platform with reluctance evident on their faces. DL, not fazed by their aversion, gave a bow to them and said, "It is great to see the two responsible for creating our planet the way it is." She then tilted her head and asked, "Are you two as clashing as the land and sea, seriously?"

The Continent Pokemon and the Sea Basin Pokemon both looked at each other and said at the exact same time, "You're kidding, right?"

She smiled and shook her head, telling them, "Never mind." As they shrugged and walked off, though, she noted in her head, despite their appearances, their voices both were high-pitched…sisters, perhaps?

Next came the three Spirits of Sinnoh, and she gave a small bow to each of them before looking up as unexpectedly Azelf spoke up, "You're not a girly girl, are you?"

DL laughed at that. "Are you kidding? Is the sky purple?"

The blue spirit grinned and elbowed Mesprit in the side, saying, "I told you so." Something that looked strangely like money went between the two, and as the pink spirit crossed her arms and pouted, Uxie sighed and shook his head before telling the human, "I'm the only sane one, it seems."

DL grinned. "Sucks to be a part of the minority, huh?"

After those three floated off, the Regi trio and their leader Regigigas came up to her, and they stood in a silent face-off for a while, with DL narrowing her eyes at Regirock as if angry at him. The quiet was nearly eerie, eating away at the trio's insides as Regigigas stood nonchalantly, until Regirock beeped inquiringly with his sunset-orange eye-like dots and suddenly the human grinned and said, "Ha, you blinked! I win!"

They left confused.

Next up was Palkia and Dialga, who DL immediately pegged as brothers because they were muttering an argument and shoving each other lightly like ones. Ha, I knew it…. She looked up at them and asked, "Hey, if both of you suddenly disappeared at the same exact time, what would be destroyed first? Time? Or Space?" She presented the question as a test, to see how the two thought in terms of their own powers.

It looked as if Palkia was going to say something, but Dialga cut him off and said to her, "Neither of them, because being first indicates that there is Time, and even if Space technically disappeared first, Time wouldn't be able to exist in nothingness." As he stood there triumphantly at his answer, the Spatial Pokemon crossed his arms and sulked because he was cut off. DL, nodding at this answer, turned to Palkia and smiled at his expression before asking, "What do you think, Palkia? Surely you must have an opinion."

Happy that he was included, the Ruler of Space joyfully explained as the Dragon/Steel-Type rolled his eyes, "Well, if we both disappeared, then it wouldn't matter which was destroyed first, because nothing would exist in the first place!" Confident of his answer, he crossed his arms again in thought and elaborated, "After all, without Time nothing can move, but without Space nothing can exist for there is nowhere to exist in! So, the question in itself is invalid and does not need a real answer."

"Hmm, interesting…." DL nodded at both of them, and as they stood there staring down at her expectantly, she thought for a while, even tilting her head to the side and raising a finger to her chin. After a while, she eventually smiled and said, "I think that, if both of you suddenly disappeared, everything in this dimension would cease to exist, but since you two can never really die without the end of the universe happening – which we all know Arceus won't allow until it's time (haha) – then you would be in a different dimension, and so Space and Time would still function properly, so nothing would be destroyed! And, once the time does come, you two can create another one together after the old one dies. You must create stuff like that simultaneously, right?" They nodded. "Good! Then we all agree, you won't decide to suddenly take off and forget about this dimension, okay?" They grinned and nodded, liking her sense of humor. "Good! Now, go play and make sure not to reset the universe, 'kay?"

They walked off, with Dialga chuckling and Palkia shaking his head with a wry grin, and DL smiled and bounced from foot-to-foot impatiently. Come on, my legs are getting tired and I want to go eat! Her stomach growled at that thought, and she blushed a bit at the embarrassing sound before shaking her head and looking for the next Legendary. Unexpectedly, however, she found the Pokemon to be floating right in front of her after she blinked, and she stared at Jirachi for a moment before the tags on his head glowed and an apple appeared with a flash in his hand. At her confused blinking, the Wishmaker told her, "I could hear your stomach from where I was, so I decided to get you something!" Smiling gratefully, she took it with a 'thanks' and bit into it before talking with her mouth full, "So, shouldn't you be locked away for the next thousand years?"

The Wish Pokemon shook his head and told her, "Dialga was messing around with Time when he and Palkia fought over who was more important again, so I've got to stay here until he fixes it."

DL blinked. "He messed up Time? But, like, doesn't that mean…?"

"Well, he messed it up for me, but I don't know about everyone else." He tilted his head to the side, looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully, before shrugging and smiling at her. "It's nice to be able to meet you, though, and I hope I can spend a day with you before I have to go again!"

"I do, too!" She grinned and nodded to him, reaching out when he floated over and gave him a warm hug as his laughter chimed like Chimecho sitting out in the breeze, squeezing him tightly before letting go and smiling as he floated off. Then, as she thought of how nice he was and how she should really schedule his day soon, she heard someone complain, "Hey, where's my hug?" She turned just in time to get pummeled by a pink fur ball, and she laughed as Mew giggled childishly and flew around her head before helping her to her feet again and floating upside-down as she dusted herself off. She looked at the New Species Pokemon and said, "Will I get a hug like that every time I see you?"

"Yep!" He grinned mischievously and told her, "I'm the evil-fluffy-ninja-cat-hug-that-comes-from-nowhere!" She laughed at that, gave him a hug bigger and more squeeze-ier than Jirachi's just to satisfy him, and then leaned over close to his mouth when he whispered in her ear, "If you need to know any gossip or anything, ask me, okie-dokie?"

"Okie-dokie, artichokie!" She nodded, smiling at her luck before patting him on the head and sending him off to probably torture Mewtwo or something. She shook her head at him, loving how cutely adorably kitty-like he looked, before she looked around and wondered who was next. She knew there were still quite a few Legendaries left.

"Pleasure to meet you."

DL turned her head to look at the forest sprite that came to greet her, and she smiled and held out her hand to shake Celebi's as she told her, "It's a delight to meet you, too." After the formal greeting, she tilted her head to the side and asked, "You wouldn't happen to know where Shaymin is, do you? After all, I would like to meet everybody."

The Time Traveler sighed and shook her head. "No, I haven't heard from her in a while. It's starting to get me worried, but the others say that she's fine." She really looked like she cared about her friend a lot, and DL felt a bit sorry for her as she smiled encouragingly and said, "Well, I'm sure that you'll find her and see that everything's fine." She didn't know exactly how to brighten up her mood, but that seemed to do the trick as the forest sprite nodded with a small smile and told her 'thank you' before flying off to scold Mew as he was bothering Heatran.

The poor Lava Dome Pokemon batted at the pink feline, but he kept flying up over its reach, and so finally it gave up and climbed up the stairs to meet DL. "Hello," she said it with a feminine voice (which finally gave DL the amount of information she needed to figure out that Heatran was a girl), sticking out her 'hand' politely, and she took one of the steel finger-like things and shook it, wondering how she really wasn't as big and amazing as she had heard. In fact, she was around the size of one of the Dogs, and she wondered if she would let her ride on her back sometime before the Legendary asked her, "Do you have anything against homosexuals or bisexuals?"

"Nope," she shook her head with a smile, glad that Heatran had asked that so she could show how accepting she was to everyone (and that she mentioned the awkward subject first), "and I would love to have a chat with you about that, too. But not now," she motioned towards the others in the room, and she nodded in understanding as her steely jaws curved up with a small squeak of metal-rubbing-against-metal into a grin with a sort of joy at the human's disposition. Finally, someone who won't make fun of me or call me names…Stupid Lava Toad was the worst. She then bowed slightly and went down the stairs once more, her atmosphere much cheerier than it was going up, and DL was left (once again) to wonder who would come up.

It turned out that Moltres and Zapdos came up next, and as she bowed to them the Fire-Type looked towards her counterpart and said, "Zapdos may refuse it, but she is a girl. I've asked Arceus."

"No, I'm not! I swear!"

"Yeah, sure, whatever, Thunder-Butt."

DL smiled at how they argued childishly, and it took a bit longer before finally they left her to be approached by Lugia and Ho-oh, who looked at one another a bit angrily before huffing and turning away from each other like a pair of quarreling siblings. DL looked at them both, instantly seeing her sister and brother in them, and she felt a bit saddened by the resemblance as the silver dragon said mostly to her counterpart, "I'm embarrassed to have to introduce you to this giant turkey, but Arceus said to…."

"Well," Ho-oh started, sending a small shard of pain through DL's body as she saw her brother's pose being copied by the rainbow bird; his head held high as if going to look at the clouds, with his legs spread apart challengingly and wings crossed in defiance to the female Legendary before him. She didn't listen to the rest of his words, only thinking of her family for a moment, before snapping out of it just as Lugia said, "…so I hope that we could spend a day without this bumbling idiot, if only for some peace."

"Yes," she sharply interrupted whatever Ho-oh was about to say, getting a massive headache from all of the arguing they did and the memories coming to her, "some calm quiet would be nice." The two Precious Birds looked at her in confusion, the drastic change in attitude noticeable, before they looked at each other with frowns on their faces and for once silently agreeing on something: there were things they would ask this human. They then excused themselves and left her company, also leaving her with her thoughts as she mulled over her behavior towards them. That was uncalled for, she decided, angry at herself, I'll have to apologize to them later. Then, she looked to her right as Hunter put one of his ghostly hands on her shoulder, and she smiled warmly at his concerned expression before telling him softly, "I'm fine." After he gave her a look and she encouraged him, the hand slipped off and he backed up a little to give her some air as she took some deep breaths to completely calm her thoughts. Soon, she was back to her normal self, and she opened her eyes and smiled at the Legendary Dogs coming up to meet her.

Raikou was the first to talk. "Well, hi!" His eagerness and impatience showed through the way his legs twitched and electricity trembled across his thin yet muscular frame, and Suicune rolled her eyes at his silly tone before stepping up and bowing her head down as Entei did the same. "Honored to meet you again," she told the human, casting a glare towards the Electric-Type beside her who looked down at his paws anxiously, and DL nodded and replied, "The feeling's mutual." Then, as the two more serene dogs took a step back, DL looked to Raikou and smiled before taking a step forward and reaching a hand up. He flinched back for a moment until her hand found a place to rest and gently scratch, and then his eyes closed halfway as he grinned blissfully at the feeling. She told him, "You keep a good eye on Suicune and Entei, alright?"

The Water-Type rolled her eyes as the Fire Lion snorted, but Raikou nodded enthusiastically as DL's hand slid away and said, "I'll be glad to!" He grinned back at the other two determinedly, ignoring their doubtful expressions as he bounded back down the stairs, and Suicune looked back at him and told the human, "You really shouldn't encourage him."

DL shrugged. "Why not? I see no harm in it."

The Water Wolf just sighed and walked off with Entei, and after they had left DL found that she was sure she was missing some Legendaries still. Hmm…well, there were all of my favorites, the rest of the Birds, the Dogs, Groudon and Kyogre, Dialga and Palkia, the Regis, the Spirits, Mew and Jirachi, plus Celebi, Heatran, and the Precious Bird Duo…Shaymin and Giratina aren't here, so…who's left?

"I believe I haven't gone up yet."

The feminine voice reached her ears as sweet music, and she immediately pegged it as the one and only counterpart of the Dark Prince, and, sure enough, when she turned around to greet the voice it turned out to be Cresselia, the Lunar Legendary of good dreams. Even though she had never heard her voice before, she could already tell it was the Metallic Swan because when she spoke, the sound of her melodious voice made her feel a warm bubbling sensation deep within her gut that nearly overflowed and made her sing aloud. Only exchanging nods to each other, Cresselia looked over through the crowd towards Darkrai who was floating alone and said, "So, your favorite Legendary is Darkrai." It was more of a statement than a question, for it had been obvious when Mew had talked all about the human that she had always wanted to meet him.

"Well, one of them, so yes." DL gave a small nod and explained, "Not that I don't like a good dream, but in my mind a nightmare is a creation of our darkest secrets and deepest fears melded into one horrible creature that lurks around our minds until it drives us insane." She crossed her arms and looked away to stare blankly at a wall, deep in thought. "If I can understand my nightmares and overcome them, then I can overcome any of my fears and bear any secrets I must hold."

"That is a strange way to look at it," she commented, and then asked, "So, if that is what you imagine a nightmare as, what do you perceive from a dream?"

DL smiled, knowing somehow that she was going to ask that. "A dream could be either good or bad, but I assume that you mean the former." At the Legendary's nod, she took a deep breath and continued, "Well, before most people go to bed, all their thoughts and ideas from that day zip through their mind before they can go to sleep. Some people have insomnia because they cannot stop thinking about things that bother them, and so they subconsciously don't go to sleep until they figure them out, or until they fall over from exhaustion." At her light humor, they both smiled a little, and DL really felt at ease with the Legendary. "So, when they do go to sleep, anything that hasn't gone through their mind enough seems to keep circulating until it clogs up their sleep into a sort of turmoil, before the tension and such is released in a dream." She then shrugged. "Whether it's a good dream or a nightmare depends on the kind of thoughts you've had."

"That's an excellent interpretation," Cresselia complimented, and DL thanked her before the Lunar Pokemon sighed and said, "Well, I must be off to make sure my island hasn't been blown up…again. Arceus knows what those assistant Pokemon do whenever I'm gone." The brown-haired girl smiled and nodded, waving at her as she left, and then sighed blissfully, a dazed look of satisfaction on her face. "Man, I love to hear the sound of her voice…."

"I do, too!" DL smiled and laughed happily when Latias zoomed up and flew around her in a spiral down to hover beside her, looking over as her brother came up beside her with a small frown on his face. She rolled her eyes at him before looking to the human and saying happily, "I hope that we can become good friends! And Latios does, too, right, Latios?" When he didn't say anything, she did the equivalent of elbowing him in the ribs by smacking him on the back with her wing, and he grumbled 'ow' before nodding his head with a look that clearly said 'I couldn't care less'.

"Good!" The Red Eon Dragon nodded her head happily at her brother before turning back to DL and saying, "Oh, and Rotom and Deoxys couldn't be here 'cause they had 'serious business' to attend to." She did the air quotes and rolled her eyes at this, but then smiled at the human and told her 'good-bye' before zooming off, and Latios sighed and shook his head before he followed her, giving DL a cautious look over his shoulder – err, wing – and soaring off.

Hmm…that only leaves….

"Umm…."

DL looked up with a soft 'hm?' as she saw the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, float up to her, hands behind his back nervously as he looked down towards the ground as if afraid to meet her eyes. Blinking in surprise, DL merely said expectantly, "Yes…?"

"Err," he gulped, "I, umm, have a favor to ask you…." He gulped again and looked at her sheepishly, and she gestured with her hands for him to continue, eager to hear what he needed to ask her. He mumbled, "Well, I can't tell any of the other Legendaries, cuz they wouldn't be able to understand…so, I really, really need you to hold something for me."

"Um, okay…." DL blinked. "But…what is it?"

"Ehh…." He held his head and scrunched his eyes shut, mumbling, "Geez, how could I get myself in this mess?" After smacking his head a couple of times, DL quickly stepped over and grabbed his small arms so he couldn't do it anymore and continued to press him for an answer. He gulped and looked up to the ceiling.

"Well, there was this Ditto…."

"…Oh." The word came out as a sort of temporary replacement for lack of a better one, and then she shook her head and said, "Well, umm, I could help you, I guess. What do you need me to do, exactly?"

"I need you to just, like, hold it for a while, or, something!" He flailed his arms helplessly, not knowing exactly what to do. "Just – I can't have anyone know about this, or – or – I don't know what!" He had tears in his eyes, looking as if he was going to cry any second, and DL patted him on the head to soothe him and told him gently, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of him – her – err, it. No one will find out." She held him out at arms length and asked him, "Now, where is it?"

"I'll give it to you after everyone leaves, okay?" She nodded to show she understood and let go of him so he could regain his composure and take deep breaths. After he had calmed himself down and wiped his eyes, he nodded to her and said, "Thank you so much!"

DL laughed. "You're welcome!"

(Outside of the Legendary Palace, 1:00 p.m.)

"Hey, wait, you guys!"

Mewtwo, Mew, Rayquaza, Darkrai, and Articuno had just been talking about the human and, speak of the Devil, there she was jumping down the stairs since they were too huge to simply walk down. After a long wait, Mewtwo finally sighed and Teleported her just as she was jumping to another stair and watched as she appeared in the air and collided with the ground painfully, where she just laid there for a moment in a daze before she got back up and dusted herself off to talk to them.

"Hey, umm, could I ask you guys a favor?"

"Err…." Rayquaza shrugged. "Sure?"

She held up a camera and asked innocently, "Can I take a picture with you guys?" As it looked that the Genetic Legendary and Dark Prince would immediately decline, she quickly added, "I just want one, and no one else will ever see it! It's just…for personal satisfaction." She begged them, "Please?"

"Aw, come on," Mew told the two uninterested Legendaries, "let the gal have her fun! It's only one photo, after all!"

The two sighed simultaneously, and Darkrai grumbled, "Fine…." When DL cheered happily, however, he raised a claw and stopped her by saying, "And no more pictures after this! Got it?" She pouted a little but nodded in surrender before running over and putting the camera on a tripod, centering it and putting the timer on it, and running over to find a place beside Darkrai and Mewtwo and in front of Articuno who crouched down just to make sure his head was in the photo, while Rayquaza stuck his head down to rest near DL's, his great dragon maw grinning at the awkward positions they were all in to desperately fit in the small space of the photograph. Mew zoomed over and sat on DL's shoulder, bouncing up and down excitedly before calming down a morsel, and after a few clicks of the camera's timer, DL shouted, "Smile and say 'Barbecue Octillery'!"

"Barbecue Octillery!"

Snap!

"I hate taking photos…." (Darkrai)

"Ooh, ooh, lemme see, lemme see!" (Mew)

"Will you stop yelling in my ear, you annoying miniature torture device?!" (Mewtwo)

"You both remind me of Zapdos and Moltres…." (Rayquaza)

"It kinda makes you want to kill them, doesn't it?" (Articuno)

"Argh, Mew, let go of my tail!" (Mewtwo)

"Heehee, your face is all red and angry!" (Mew)

DL grinned widely at all of the chatter happening around her and said to herself with a nod, "Yep, I'm definitely going to love my stay here!"

Lots of dragon-y love (and cookies!),
DL ('Dragon Lover')