"His essence is finding its way back to him…" A voice spoke through the darkness, "It is highly likely he will awaken very soon…"
"Who's there?" Zhak asked the voice in the dark where he was standing in. There was no answer from the voice, but a circle of white light eclipsed through the darkness that was surrounding Zhak, and illuminated the place where Zhak was. Zhak was standing on a moving platform made of green crystal, and was traveling across a dark sea that was illuminated by thousands of stars that made it hard to tell wherever he was traveling across the water, or the sky itself. "What is this place?" Zhak said to himself, looking around in awe. The green crystal then started to slow a bit, and then stopped all together at a giant stair case that glowed with silver light. The stair case seemed to head up to a platform made of red, green and blue stained glass, and glowed in the light of the stars. Zhak stepped onto the flight of stairs, and noticed that the green crystal platform's color was fading away until it completely shattered into shards of green crystal. "Well," Zhak said to himself, "There goes my way out…" Zhak then started to walk up the staircase, and as he did so, the world got a little brighter, and the sun started to come out. Suddenly, behind him there was a noise, and Zhak turned to see the steps from which he traveled were slowly disappearing from view, and were fading in the morning sun's light. Zhak started to run, which only sped up the process of fading steps. Soon, he saw a clearing of no steps above him, and, seeing that he was standing on a fading step. and jumped at the last second. But he was a little short of the edge and knowing he was about to fall, closed his eyes.
Only to have his hand grabbed by someone, which pulled him over the edge, and onto the platform at the top of the stairs. Panting, and eyes still closed, Zhak wiped his brow of the sweat that had appeared on it. "Thank you." Zhak said, turning over to see who had pulled him up. But, he stopped himself when he saw who it was. Instead of a human which he expected to see, It was a dragon creature similar to Latias, but was an leafy green color instead of a deep crimson. The creature's eyes were not hazel, but a deep blue, much similar to Zhak's eyes. In fact, they seemed to actually be his eyes. The creature also didn't have just one colored triangle, it had two: one white and one black, and they both faced each other to make a half black ad hall white diamond. The creature flew over to Zhak, and looked him straight in the eye, which made Zhak shiver in fright for some reason.
"…Zhak," The creature said in a voice similar to Zhak's, surprisingly enough, "Its good to see you again." The creature then hugged Zhak in a giant bear hug, and Zhak was not sure on what to do, so he hugged him back.
"Umm…hi?" Zhak unsurely resonded. After a little bit, the creature let go of Zhak, and moved back a bi to give him space. "Wait," Zhak suddenly realized, "How do you know my name?" The creature looked at him funny, then burst out laughing. "What's so funny!" Zhak asked the creature, who was finishing up laughing.
"Well," The creature said, "Let's start with an introduction." The creature then swooped in close to Zhak till he was almost nose to nose with Zhak, and then smiled a toothy smile and chuckled a bit. "Well, you probably know me, so i don't think its necessary…"
"Well," Zhak answered, "Obviously i don't know you. I have never seen you in my life until now." The creature then smirked at Zhak, and the next words he heard were forever burned in his soul.
"Well, to be honest," the creature said, "I am Latius. I am you." Zhak stopped for a moment, and it suddenly all came back to him. Why everyone was calling him 'Latius', why Latias called him 'her brother', and why everything he saw in his past dreams had something to do with flying.
"Well," Zhak said, "If I am you, then answer me this…" Zhak thought for a moment, then looked up. "Why are we two different people?" Latius just hung his head in sorrow.
"Im sorry," Latius said in a low tone, "But you…you were never meant to exist…"
"How could you say such a thing?" Zhak suddenly snapped, "The only person that has my name is ME! NO ONE ELSE!" Suddenly, unknown to Zhak, he was glowing with a vibrant green light, and then the light shot out at Latius, who dodged it with great skill. Then the light subsided, and Zhak slumped to the ground, looking at his hands. "Wha…what happened?" He said, still looking at his hands. Latius flew over to his side.
"It's what you are." Latius answered, "It's the real you: me." Zhak didn't say a word, and just kept looking at his hands. Latius then flew away from him.
"But," Zhak finally said, "Why was i created anyway?Why do i exist then?"
"Well," Latius answered, "Why don't you ask your new friends yourself?" Zhak suddenly felt himself being pulled up by some force, and then a great light enveloped him, and all went black afterwards.
"Latius?" A female voice rang out, which sounded like Latias's to Zhak, "Can you hear me?"
"…owwww…" Zhak groaned as he regained consciousness. He opened his sleepy eyes to find himself in a small cot. Latias was floating next to his bed, with Bianca and an chubby old man by her side.
"Well," Latias said, "Those Eon berries actually worked! I cant believe they could be used for this though…"
"Eon…berries?" Zhak asked, coughing a little.
"Those berries you picked…" Bianca answered. "They have great healing properties, and they seem to give special properties to those who find them and consume them."
"Special…properties?" Zhak asked. Suddenly he felt a weight on his chest, and then a warm roughness scraping against his cheek. He looked up to see a familiar sight licking his cheek happily, and he hugged her dearly.
"Luna!" Zhak exclaimed, "You're alright! i thought I lost you!"
"We found her rummaging through the Eon berry bushes in this garden," the old man said, "And we figured she was yours, so we took her here."
"Well," Latias spoke up, "We'd best let you recover from the headache, so we're gonna leave now."
"Wait," Zhak said, "Can you all answer me something?"
"Sure," Latias asked, "Anything you want brother." Zhak then prepared himself for what he was about to say.
"…Why am i existing now?" The whole group then gasped in shock at that statement, and looked at each other. Then Latias spoke up.
"Latius," She answered, "You're very weak, and you need rest. We'll tell you i the morning. Good night brother." With that, everyone left the room except for Luna, who was curled up on top of Zhak, and looking at him, a concerned look on her face.
"I suppose you cant tell me the answer right?" Zhak asked his pokemon.
"…Maybe." Luna spoke, which made Zhak so surprised, he fainted right on the spot.
