The fanfic name was changed from Ren the lugia to hopefully attract more readers.
Ren noticeably looked exhausted from his battle in the shadow realm. Ho oh helped him stand and asked "What was on the other side?"
"This place… only different." Ren stammered. "Was that thing actually inside me?"
"It was." Ho oh said. "I suppose it wasn't the most desirable thing to burst its way out of you was it?"
"Hang on; what are you two talking about?" Whirlwind asked, confused.
"It's not important." Ho oh said as if to spare Ren from the horrible wave of questions that would follow if the pidgey was told. "Anyway Ren, you're ready to use the tree."
"I will but first who is she?" Ren asked, bringing a look of confusion to Whirlwind's beak.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ho oh said trying, and failing, to hide the fact that he did know what Ren was talking about.
"Ho oh please just tell me who she is." Ren said, getting agitated.
"She will tell you when she feels you are ready." Ho oh began. "Perhaps the tree will tell you who she is."
"Alright I'll go." Ren said, sensing that Ho oh wasn't going to tell.
Ren readied his wings for flight but found they were still stiff from the fight in the shadow realm, he lowered them to his side and began to walk along the path to the tree.
Whirlwind followed but he was stopped suddenly by Ho oh who knocked him off his feet and pulled him back.
"Hey!" Whirlwind squawked. "What the heck do you think you're doing?"
"I'm sorry pidgey but Renius must go to the tree alone." Ho oh explained.
Whirlwind got back on his feet and said "Wherever Ren goes I go."
"Fine then pidgey, make for the tree. You won't ever reach the other side." Ho oh said forcefully, watching Whirlwind as he admitted defeat.
Whirlwind watched as Ren walked of into the distance along the straight path surrounded by trees that grew increasingly taller the closer they got to the Tree of Visions which was so tall that it was impossible to see the top of it from the ground.
When Ren finally reached the tree he placed one wing on its trunk and closed his eyes. His mind suddenly filled with three visions.
The first vision was of the lugia he had seen in his mind when he had been in the shadow realm. It seemed to look at him and her eyes began to glow bright blue and a shiny bronze amulet with a golden thunderbolt at the centre of it appeared around her neck.
"Renius, you will meet me soon. Take the Amulet of Thunder, it will help you in combat; and beware of The Dark Army, it has already caused disasters across the world, it has destroyed many realms and I'm afraid yours is next." The lugia said.
The second vision was of a lugia, similar to Ren, and a tailow being held up inside a barely lighted abyss by two tentacles with red pointed tips.
"This ones pure and bright." A sinister, echoing voice said while the tentacle holding up the lugia tilted to the side. "And this ones blue and enjoys flight." The voice said and the tentacle holding up the tailow tilted but loosened and the tailow franticly flapped its wings and flew out of the visions frame.
The third and final vision was of a graceful blue bird with white feathers on its front and a long beautiful tail which Ren recognised as Arcticuno who shouted "I sentence you here, AND NOW!" and she lunged forward and the vision ended.
When Ren opened his eyes he was lying on his chest with his wings sprawled out as if he had just fallen from the sky and hit a tree. He pushed himself to his feet with his wings and was about to walk back down the path when something landed behind him; he turned round slowly and saw the sight he had been longing to see all his life, another lugia.
Ren's mouth dropped open in a mixture of shock and excitement which the other lugia noticed and she giggled.
"You're…!" Ren gasped. "Her!"
"You catch on fast Ren, seems I finally found you." The lugia said.
"Who are you?" Ren said, a smile forming on his face.
"My name is Zola, and believe it or not; I'm your sister." Zola said.
"My sister?" Ren gasped in surprise. "So I have a family?"
"Well right now you just have me, I'm afraid I know nothing of our parents." Zola sighed.
"Do you know anything about why I was abandoned?" Ren asked, making a loop with his tail.
"I…" Zola began. "I don't know anything about it." She finished quickly as if she was trying to hide something.
Ren decided not to press the subject any further and decided to ask about his vision.
"What is the amulet of thunder?" He asked.
"This." Zola said as she raised her wings into the air and the amulet from the vision began to appear around Ren's neck.
"Wow, shiny." Ren said as he eyed the sparkling amulet with great interest.
"That's Zapdos's amulet, I found it in some old ruins." Zola said.
"Zapdos" Ren asked. "Isn't he?"
"Yes; he is one of the legendary bird trio, well it isn't really a trio now since they broke off from one another." Zola said.
"Wait, they broke apart?" Ren asked. "Why, the legend says the three of them combined with Lugia protected the world from darkness."
"Well some… unforeseen events occurred if I'm correct, I'm afraid I don't know much about it." Zola said with a shrug.
"Where have you been all this time?" Ren said, changing the subject suddenly.
"I was left at the castle of Gibral, and I was raised there." Zola said.
"How come you knew you had a brother, but I didn't know I had a sister?" Ren asked.
"Ho oh told me." Zola said. "He came to me and told me to introduce myself after you had your visions. By the way what did you see?"
"You, another lugia, a tailow and Arcticuno." Ren said.
Zola was about to say something when Ren said "You said something about the Dark army? And something about my realm being next?"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to speak to you about." Zola sighed. "The world is sick Ren, darkness is spreading through its veins like some kind of disease; the Dark One as he is known is using his army and his power to cause disasters in realms and eventually destroy them. Gibral was experiencing a forty-day storm just before I left and it happened right after the Dark Army attacked."
Ren stared at Zola quizzically while she explained what was happening.
"You see the Dark Army attacks realms in little chunks, destroying small parts of them at a time and finally finishing the job later. I think when they failed to penetrate Gibral's walls they decided to launch a forty-day storm, but this storm is different from a regular storm because while it rains the water that it does nothing will grow, all the plants have died and pokemon have started disappearing. The whole castle was in panic, and then Ho oh came."
"And what about my realm being next?" Ren asked impatiently.
"Ren do you know why Ho oh brought you here now of all times he could have?" Zola asked.
"No, why?" Ren queried.
"To protect you from the Dark Army, you see while you where fighting your shadow in the shadow realm; the Dark Army attacked your village." Zola sighed.
Ren's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open "NO!" He shouted. "I have to stop them!"
"I'm sorry Ren." Zola said. "But they have been and gone."
"I have to go back now!" Ren shouted, looking about franticly for Ho oh.
Ren dismissed his search for Ho oh and flew up into the sky and headed towards the portal, closely followed by Zola. Ho oh watched as the two flew through the portal and he turned to Whirlwind and said "I suppose we should get going." And he flew into the portal with Whirlwind at his side.
When Ren flew out the other side of the portal Zola crashed into him followed by Whirlwind who crashed into her and Ho oh who flew to the side to avoid the collision, Ren and Zola both regained there balance in much the same fashion but Whirlwind failed to and spiralled towards the ground and impacted with a faint thud.
"We'd best get going." Zola said, chuckling at Whirlwind who had began his accent back towards the group.
"I must remain at Eden, the three of you go and do get yourselves killed out there, and you'll die very easily at the hand of a sword." Ho oh warned. "And Zola, take good care of Ren, I know I don't need to remind you why."
"Of course Ho oh." Zola said and she, Ren and Whirlwind all flew back towards the realm, leaving Ho oh behind.
"Arceus protect you." Ho oh said to himself and flew back threw the portal to Eden."
"We should be there soon." Zola said. "And Ren, calm down, freaking out won't help you."
Ren who looked very edgy, even shaky said "I just need to make sure that everyone's ok."
"So, who exactly are you anyway?" Whirlwind finally asked Zola.
"My name is Zola." Zola said.
"She's my sister." Ren said.
"Wow, your sister!" Whirlwind said excitedly. "I thought you didn't have a family."
Ren noticeably looked hurt at the previous statement and Whirlwind quickly changed the subject. "What's the rush to get back anyway?"
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." Ren said.
"What is it, come on tell me!" Whirlwind begged like a little child.
"You'll see." Zola said quietly.
"What's up with you two?" Whirlwind asked. "Did someone die or something?"
"We'll see when we get there." Zola said, sounding irritated.
Whirlwind looked into the distance and saw that the sky above his realm was a dark grey. "What's wrong with the sky?" He asked.
Zola looked at Whirlwind, dearly hoping that nothing terribly bad had happened, but she answered the question all the same.
"It… It looks like time has stopped." She said slowly and quietly.
"What?" Whirlwind gasped. "Is that even possible?"
"I'm afraid so." Zola sighed.
The trio landed in the centre of the village which Ren and Whirlwind both lived in.
"My god…" Ren said slowly. "Where is everyone and… what happened?"
Ren looked over the village, everything had been either destroyed or ransacked, and Whirlwind suddenly bolted towards his house.
"Mom! Dad!" He ran of calling with fear in his voice.
At those words Ren lowered his head and brought his wing up to his chest, as if in pain.
"It's alright Ren." Zola said to him comfortingly. "Let's go."
When Ren and Zola entered Whirlwinds house they found Whirlwind staring intently at a piece of paper on the floor; Zola picked it up and began to read it.
Dear Whirlwind and Ren
If you are reading this then we want to let you know that were all ok and well; the Dark Army arrived here and forced us all out of the village, we have decided to go to the castle of Gibral as it should be out of there reach so please come and find us there. Gibral is to the north, a three day journey by foot, we look forward to seeing you there.
From
Sereo
"Thank Arceus, everyone's ok!" Whirlwind sighed in relief.
"So there going to Gibral? That's a coincidence." Zola said. "I know the way, so getting there shouldn't be a problem."
"Well let's go, now!" Whirlwind said impatiently.
"Wait, it was getting dark before we got here so we should probably wait until morning." Ren said.
"But what if the Dark Army comes back?" Whirlwind asked. "Then what are we going to do?"
"They won't return. "Zola began. "They never return to sites they have already destroyed so I can guarantee they won't come back."
"Ok fine, let's stay tonight but were going first thing in the morning." Whirlwind said and the three began to discuss the route they would take tomorrow before going to sleep.