I'm currently rewriting my whole fanfiction to improve the overall quality. Therefore, the flow of chapters might be weird at some points. I'll try to rewrite everything as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding, and I hope you like my story!
"Wait... Where is Faith?" Everyone in Twinleaf Town was still sleeping, except for Destiny. She stood next to the spot where they found Faith, only now the corpse was gone. She couldn't think of anyone who could have moved him away, as they were only away for a very short time. Besides, she could clearly see where Faith had been laying in the grass, so it seemed like he just vanished.
Sabio walked around the grass: "I know why he has disappeared, but that immediately raises another question." Sabio had already figured that Destiny was not from this world, but he stayed calm under it. Secretly, he liked that he could share all of his knowledge with someone who understood him. He tried teaching Havis many things, but he just wasn't interested in it.
"When people or Pokémon die in this world, they simply disappear. It has always been that way, but I assume it doesn't work like that where you came from. That might explain why Faith didn't immediately disappear; he doesn't come from this world. Maybe, after spending enough time here, his body adapted to this environment and vanished."
The whole story with multiple worlds still was a bit too much for Destiny, but she could understand it a little bit. That also explained why the Starly from the Starly Clan disappeared in the forest. "But then why didn't Varlon disappear?"
Sabio scratched his head: "I honestly wouldn't know. Maybe it is because when he got in touch with you, he interacted a little bit with the other world. But then again, the feather you took from him still exists, meaning that Varlon has yet to vanish."
Destiny looked at the feather, and instantly thought back of the fight. She saw again how Varlon came down from the sky, launching himself straight into Valcun, just to save everyone's life. She felt the energy coming from Varlon, even though it was just a memory.
"But what do we do now?" Havis might be a bit simple-minded, but he had a point there. Sabio looked at Destiny: "He's right, what are your plans? Do you plan to stay here, or are you going to travel further?"
That question had been in the back of her mind all the time. At first, she didn't want to go anywhere, but after these events, she had changed her mind: "That depends on it. If I decide to travel ahead, will you guys join me?"
The two Pokémon quickly looked at each other, and realized they were thinking the same thing. "Yes of course! I always wanted to go places, and this is my chance!" Sabio smiled at Destiny, who understood the sign. "Alright then, that's settled. Let's see where-"
She stopped talking, because she heard voices in the distance, coming from the direction of the lake. She didn't hesitate, and immediately ran after the sound, with Havis and Sabio following right behind her. Destiny hoped that someone maybe found out that she went missing, and came here to look for her, even though the chances of that were really small. No one had come for Faith either, so why would they come for her?
When she neared the lake, she hid behind a tree. A large human-shaped creature stared at the water. At first, she thought it was just a man who was standing in the shadows, but then she noticed that there wasn't any shadow around him. He seemed to be made out of shadow himself, which was of course impossible.
"So this is the location of the second one. Excellent. Now only to find the third one, and I already have a clue on where to find it. Soon, we can start the execution." Suddenly, the shadow man turned his head, and looked Destiny directly in her eyes. She quickly went back behind the tree, heavily shocked by his action. With her heart in her mouth, she asked herself if he had actually seen her or not. Maybe she backed away fast enough, and he didn't notice her standing there.
After what seemed to be an eternity, but probably wasn't more as two minutes, she gathered the courage to take another look at the beach. The mysterious man was gone, and everything seemed back to normal. While constantly looking around, scared that he might just pop up right behind her, she entered the beach.
When she heard a noise behind her, she almost wanted to scream out loud and run away, but then she saw it were just Havis and Sabio, coming from the bushes. They also appeared to be startled, meaning that they also saw the shadow on the beach.
"Destiny, did you see that?" Sabio was whispering, although nobody could hear them here. "Yes, what was he talking about? He said that this was the second one, and that he only needed to find one more."
Havis looked at the lake in front of them, his head slightly tilted. "I don't know, seems like a regular lake to me. Maybe he was counting the lakes in Sinnoh, and this was the second one he found!"
Destiny couldn't help but laugh. Even in the most intense situations, the Bidoof always searched for the most positive approach. Havis just raised his shoulders: "Hey, I don't know, it could be anything. But yeah, it was indeed a weird guy. And just disappearing like that, really strange..."
"Well, there's not much we can do about it. Let's just go, like we were going to do in the first place." Destiny startled walking again, with a strange feeling. Naturally, she was scared by all the things she had already experienced in these few hours she had been here. But it also gave her a feeling of excitement, that a great adventure was awaiting them. She was discovering a world she had never been before, and anything could happen. The constant exposure to possible danger made her feel like she was playing with fire, and it felt amazing.
