Andro
I was running away from a dark figure that I couldn't see, running through underbrush that went up to the lower part of my thigh. A Shadow Ball flew past my shoulder, and I continued sprinting, ignoring the pain of thorns scratching my legs.
Without warning, I felt a searing pain on the back of my neck; the Shadow Ball had hit its mark. Screaming in agony, I fell over, face up on the ground. I tried to get up, but some invisible force was keeping me held down. Panicking, I grabbed my knife, only for it to fly out of my hand and into a nearby tree. I looked over to my right, and saw the dark figure, although its shape was indistinguishable. Just as it launched a final Shadow Ball at my face, a flash of blinding white light erupted from nearby, forcing me to close my eyes for a few moments.
When the shock went away, I reopened my eyes, and saw myself laying down on a floor that seemed to be made of cold marble. I slowly got up, rubbing the back of my neck, when I saw Arceus, as well as a few other legendaries, in front of me. I got on one knee and bowed. "My lord."
"Arceus?" A female voice, belonging to Suicune, asked from the left side of the room. "This is the hero you chose?" Suicune studied me with an ice cold glare. "...Passes my inspection. He looks strong, and handsome too."
"Erm… thank you, my lady." Suicune's comment caused me to blush a little bit. Luckily, it wasn't noticeable in the dark of the night.
"Andro…" Arceus had said, staring at me with his hard stare. "...I have borrowed your spirit from your previous dream, and brought it to Legend Mountain. Anyway, I heard that you were attacked by a Serperior. One who calls herself Ghāsa, the Dark Aspect of Grass."
"It is true, my lord." I bowed yet again, before proceeding. Looking down, I realized that I was wearing the clothes that I had worn that morning, and I was glad that my spiritual form had decided to put some clothes on, considering that there were probably a few more female legendaries. "She attacked Aurora and I as we were leaving the forest to head towards Legend Mountain."
"I see… Ghāsa must have been summoned by the corrupted legendary, and I think I know which legendary is corrupted." Arceus said, but before I could respond, he continued.
"Darkrai. He hasn't shown up to any meetings in the last few days. I haven't seen him at all, now that I think about it."
Arceus and I were silent for a few seconds before Arceus spoke again, his booming voice seemed to emanate from the walls. "Do you have any other information before I return your spirit back to your body?"
"No, sir, no-" I began, before I caught myself. "Wait, there is!"
"I'm listening, Andro." Arceus lowered his head to listen to what I had to say.
"Back at the cave, before we left the forest and got attacked… I found a piece of paper on the ground. When I picked it up, I discovered that it was covered in runes. Aurora said that it was in Pokian."
I waited for Arceus to respond, but he simply nodded, motioning for me to continue.
"Then, everything else faded out of tune except for me and the piece of paper. The runes began to glow and they seemed to whisper to me…
Ēmbara."
A ball of fire appeared in my palm, causing all of the legendaries around us to look both impressed and shocked. "Interesting…" Arceus continued to study me, and the Ember attack that was resting on my palm, before continuing. "This is an ability that very few humans have. The reason that very few humans have this ability is because… well, I don't know how to say this, but…"
"There's Pokemon blood running through you."
The longer I held the ball of fire in my palm, the more of my energy seemed to be drained. I dispelled the attack and looked at Arceus.
"Somewhere in your family tree, there is a Gijinka of some type. Normally, even the few that have this ability never learn about it because very few speak Pokian anymore. However, if the Pokemon blood running through you is potent enough to produce attacks that match the power of the Pokemon itself…"
Arceus looked at me again, before continuing with the last part of the 'lecture'.
"Teaching you Pokian would be an excellent maneuver to increase your combat abilities. It looks as if the daytime approaches." Arceus said, motioning towards the sunrise. "I am going to have to return your spiritual half back to your body. Farewell, Andro, and may my blessing be with you." Arceus shot a beam of yellow light at me, empowering me, and also causing me to wake up in my bed.
I glanced at Aurora, who had moved since we fell asleep, and was now laying across my stomach. I smiled and patted her head as she slept, looking as if nothing could ruin whatever moment she was in. I tried to get up, but Aurora was laying on me in a way that I couldn't get up, no matter how hard I tried. I sighed and looked at her as she slowly began to stir. She looked at me and said, in a low, tired voice, "Good morning, Andro. Sleep well?"
"Arceus communicated to me in my sleep." I replied, not knowing what Aurora's reaction would be.
"Arceus communicated to me as well." She said back, which shocked me.
"What did he tell you?"
"That I was to accompany you… even if it means my own death." Aurora replied, with a tone of finality. "Of course, I had already intended to do that, if you would allow me to, but now we have no choice."
"That's cool. I'd have agreed to it anyway, even if he wasn't forcing you to." I replied, petting Aurora. "He told me… that Ghāsa was ordered to attack us by the corrupt legendary, who he suspects is Darkrai. He also explained to me that… I'm able to use this ability because…" I took a deep breath, mostly to build up suspense, but also because I was reluctant to accept this fact.
"Somewhere in my family tree, there's a Gijinka, and that there is Pokemon blood coursing through my veins right now. Very few humans can use this ability, and even fewer know that they have it, because nobody really speaks Pokian anymore."
Aurora glanced at me, fascinated by what I was saying. "So… you're essentially part Pokemon?"
"I guess you could say that." I replied, still not quite accepting of that fact. "Anyway, what really intrigued Arceus is that the Pokemon blood inside of me is more potent than any of the others he's seen with this ability, and he says that…" I gulped, because I didn't want to have to learn Pokian, but I had no choice. "...I should learn Pokian, because it could allow me to use more moves like that."
"I don't know about that… Pokian is a really diverse language, and it could take months or even years to learn fully." Aurora replied, looking skeptical.
"I'm kind of reluctant about this, too, Aurora, but I don't think I have a choice if I'm going to defeat Darkrai. I mean, if WE'RE going to defeat Darkrai." I added after Aurora glared at me jokingly. She chuckled, and then leaped off the bed, allowing me to get up. "I'm going to get dressed, if you want to wait for me in the living room." Aurora left the room and I changed into a white t-shirt, with a black leather jacket and a pair of jeans to finish the set. I dragged a comb through my brown curly hair and looked in the mirror; if I didn't look like a apprentice warrior now, then I don't know what does.
I opened the door and saw Aurora standing no more than a few feet away, waiting for me to exit. "You look nice, Andro." Aurora said as she got a full look at me. "You almost look like a warrior, but something's missing..." Aurora motioned towards my knife, which was laying on the end table in the living room, nearly forgotten. I grabbed the knife and sheath and attached it to my belt. I unsheathed the knife and swung it around a few times before I placed it back in its sheath and said, "Are you ready to leave, Aurora?"
"Yeah, but don't you think we'll need this?" Aurora motioned towards the map sitting on the bookshelf.
"Yeah, good eye, Aurora!" I grabbed the map and walked out the door, followed by Aurora.
"So… Legend Mountain is…" I looked at the map; it wasn't on there. "It's not on here. Legend Mountain isn't on here. I suppose that if you wanted a top-secret base, you wouldn't want it to be known to the general public, would you?"
"No, but I know where it is." Aurora looked at me before motioning for me to follow her. She entered the forest and seemed to be looking for something near the trails. "There's a certain trigger that you need to activate in order to get there, but only a Pokemon can activate it. So don't let me die, or you're screwed." Aurora chuckled at the last part as she finally found something buried in the dirt; it was a lever.
When she activated it, a hidden stairway appeared, one step at a time, leading up into the clouds. Aurora and I stared at it, before Aurora climbed up a few steps and said, "Come on, Andro! Arceus won't wait forever, you know!"
"I know, I know." I chuckled at Aurora's impatience, then slowly shook my head and followed. I unsheathed my knife and held it in my hand for insurance; you never know what's going to happen next.
Especially having just dealt with an assassin.