I. AM. ALIVE! I am not dead, everybody. I am so sorry to keep you waiting this long but school, life, and a general disinterest in writing kicked my ass these last few months. But no longer. I am going to finish this story if it's the last thing I do.
Let's recap: Our heroes are in Michina Town, where they learn of an ancient prophecy of the return of the Pokémon Arceus that says he will return to slaughter all of mankind after they betrayed him. Now Arceus is finally coming.
Happy New Year everybody. Let's get this show on the road.
The sun that had been shining all through the day suddenly was being covered by dark, heavy clouds. Only little rays of sunshine were able to seep through the clouds. The locals all looked up to the sky, finding it odd because the forecast did not call for any rain on this day.
Unseen by the naked eye down below, a dark portal opened in the sky. Flying out of it was none other than the Original Pokémon Himself, Arceus. His eyes roared with the out-of-control fire that raged within Him. The time has now come for Him to complete His revenge against all humans.
Charging up a Judgment attack, there was no going back now for Arceus. He was going to finish the job. He was going to destroy this human settlement and all of the beautiful nature with it, soon the rest of the world.
He launched a bright beam into the air where it exploded into many smaller meteors and went down below, destroying all that they came into contact with. Arceus could hear the pained cries of people down below as the meteors hit Michina Town but His rage controlled His every movement, not caring for the lives He was destroying.
Floating down towards the ruins of the ancient shrine used to honor Him, He was about to charge up a Hyper Beam to destroy it once and for all until footsteps reached His ears.
"Damos?" He voiced, thinking that it was His notorious enemy. Probably come back to try and set things right He supposed.
Instead, He saw a female human running towards Him with a case in her hands. Behind her were six other humans, staring in awe at Him.
"Arceus, please," she begged. "You have got to stop."
His rage never ceasing, Arceus looked at the human with a cautious look but still maintaining the rage inside of Him.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I am a descendant of Damos," Sheena replied, feeling her whole body quiver while in the presence of the Original One, unsure of what he was going to do. "I know my ancestor did a terrible thing to you. I know I cannot change the past but I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us."
Behind her, the group of five were halted by Kevin from going any further. They stared in awe of the legendary Pokémon that had supposedly created the entire world.
"That's Arceus?" Ash's eyes were wide as saucers as he looked on.
"Yes," Troy nodded to his apprentice. "The one who supposedly created the world and everything in it. That's Him."
Opening the case that contained the Jewel of Life, Sheena showed it to
Arceus, hoping that seeing it will calm Him enough to reason with.
"This is the Jewel of Life," she explained.
"What?" Arceus replied, shocked that she had the Jewel of Life. How could that be? It was impossible.
"I humbly return this to you," Sheena said. "Please forgive us."
Sheena placed the Jewel on a rock near Arceus and respectfully bowed as she moved back from it. Arceus flew down to inspect it, just to make sure it was the real thing. The tension in the air was so palpable that it could have been cut with a knife.
After inspecting the jewel, the look of interest on Arceus's face turned to one of anger once again.
"You're saying THIS is the Jewel of Life?" He raged before smashing the jewel into a million pieces with a hoof, pieces scattering everywhere and leaving everyone speechless. Arceus's rage turned to Sheena.
"The Jewel of Life is a part of me," His anger building and building until it was a raging fire out of control. "It CANNOT and WILL NOT break!"
Arceus charged up a Hyper Beam, hoping to blow the group of humans into oblivion. Just before He could release it, everyone got out of the way. The effects of the attack were deadly: a giant crater was blown through the ruins behind them. Sheena looked at the rock where she had placed the jewel in shock. She had thought for sure it was the real thing all along, only for it to be a fake in the end.
"A fake," Troy simply observed. "The jewel was a fake all along."
"I truly thought it was the real thing," Sheena sounded defeated. "I really did."
"Ok, that's it!" Barry exclaimed. "I'm fining you for giving it a fake! Because of you, it is going to destroy us all! DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL!"
"Quit it!" Troy growled. This was bad. They needed to figure something out and fast. But what do you do when the God of all Pokémon is on a endless rampage?
"Troy, what do we do?" Brock asked.
"I'm thinking. I'm thinking." Troy replied, wracking his brain for ideas of how to counter this.
"Well whatever you're gonna think, do it fast!" Barry implored, pointing with his mouth open as Arceus charged up another attack towards them.
"I will not allow humanity to deceive me anymore!" Arceus raged as He was about to charge up an attack until Sheena stopped him.
"Arceus, I did not know it was a fake," she bowed respectfully. "Please believe me. Transcend the confines of time and space."
Her spirit went above their dimension to try and calm Arceus' rage, but it was too great and she was immediately shoved out by His anger and vengeance. Kevin immediately rushed forward to help her.
"His rage is too strong," a twinge of fear blending into her voice. "There's no stopping Him now."
Re-charging the attack He was about to blast earlier, Arceus was now going to eliminate them for good. But before the meteors could fall down onto our heroes, Dialga and Palkia, the ruler of space, appeared and stopped them before they could hit. Enraged even further by His two fellow legendaries defending the humans, Arceus attacked Dialga and Palkia, sending Dialga crashing to the ground.
All Ash and the others could do was watch as these events unfolded while trying to stay out of the line of fire.
"What do we do?" Barry cried. "WHAT DO WE DO?!"
"Cool it, Barry," Troy growled before showing the panic on his face. "If there will be any hysterics, THEY'LL COME FROM ME!"
"Both of you stop it!" Dawn slapped them both across the face with one hand.
Arceus fired off a Hyper Beam towards Dialga and Palkia, further causing damage to the two fellow legendaries. Feeling empowered to do something, Ash and Pikachu stepped forward.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" He commanded.
Pikachu did as told and fired off a Thunderbolt towards Arceus, the attack landed and stopped Arceus briefly to look down at the group of humans. Remembering that Arceus gave up His life plate that defended against electricity, Ash had Pikachu unleash another Thunderbolt. Enraged, Arceus shot off another attack, blowing our heroes back a bit. Barry landed on Troy while everyone else remained standing.
"YOU ALL SHALL DIE!" Arceus shouted as He charged up a Hyper Beam. Everyone ran back as quickly as they could in order to escape the worst. The attack launched...only for Giratina to emerge and take the attack instead.
Everyone stared in stunned silence at this turn of events. All three of the legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh legend were standing up to their creator in order to stop His rage. Watching more, they saw Giratina fire a Will-O-Wisp towards Arceus. He used the fire plate to defend from the attack before firing off a Blizzard-like attack towards the three. Only Giratina and Dialga took direct hits while Palkia used a force field to protect itself. Palkia then shot a force field around Arceus, stopping Him from attacking further and giving everyone time to finally relax.
"We've got to do something," Troy finally said. "We have to somehow find a way to go back and stop Arceus. But how do we do that?"
"I'm not sure," Sheena replied. "Unless a time machine was invented, it would be impossible."
It was at that moment that Dialga decided to speak up. He stared directly at Sheena, looking deep into her soul it seemed. Suddenly a bright light surrounded our heroes and then experienced the sensation of being lifted into the air.
"What's happening?" Barry shrieked. "Someone tell me what is going on right now!"
Just as it happened, our heroes then disappeared in the blink of an eye. Only Kevin was left at the site, stunned at this turn of events.
A feeling of weightlessness overcame everyone. They weren't sure where they were nor how much time had passed. It was like they were only existing until the sensation stopped.
Once the group of six, not including Piplup and Pikachu, finally came to their senses, they realized that they were not where they once were. They were in the same place they had stood but something felt off about it.
Darkness surrounded them and looking around they did not see the three Legendary Pokémon nor Arceus for that matter. Kevin also was gone. Wherever they were, they certainly weren't where they were before.
"Alright, where are we?" Barry demanded. "And why is it so dark out?"
"What's wrong, Barry?" Dawn teased. "Scared of the dark?"
Barry's face turned bright red in anger...and something else too. "Yeah you wish." He folded his arms.
Troy tuned out the exchange by examining their surroundings. Something about this seemed strangely familiar. He looked to the sky to look at the source of the darkness: a solar eclipse. The shadow of the moon was just now passing over the sun at its peak.
"A solar eclipse," he said to himself before turning to the others. "I think we've gone back in time. Look." He pointed towards where the ruins would be and instead saw a grand temple in its place.
"He's right," Sheena spoke up. "We have gone back to the day of the fated promise with Arceus."
Just as she finished, a dimensional portal opened up in the sky. Arceus soon flew out of it and hovered towards the temple itself. Troy, through his aura, could sense that Arceus' rage was virtually nonexistent. Everyone watched in awe as these events unfolded.
"Come on, let's go." Troy led on as everyone followed him towards where the action would be. Going down a flight of stairs, they watched as Arceus reached the temple.
"It is time to return the Jewel of Life," He spoke. Everyone turned to see a man walk towards Arceus with a staff in his hand. It opened like a blooming flower to reveal the gleaming, green jewel to the Original One.
"Here is the Jewel of Life," the man greeted. "I welcome you inside. Please follow me."
He then walked back inside while Arceus floated behind him, unaware of what awaited Him when they got inside. Unaware to Arceus, the man instead pulled a fake jewel while keeping the real one inside the staff. The man placed the fake jewel on a pedestal in the center of the grand room.
"Here," he said. "Now take it!"
Several Pokémon emerged from the rafters above and rained thunder attacks down onto Arceus, who cried out in pain and agony as the attacks landed. The man just stood and watched.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He demanded.
Just as that was happening, the six time travelers walked in to witness the horror of these events. No one could speak, just staring in complete silence, as Arceus started to buckle under the agony of the attacks.
Looking off to the left, Troy recognized the man watching Arceus be attacked. It was Damos. He also saw another man standing near him. This man he did not recognize, maybe he was a friend of Damos. He wasn't sure.
Sheena was the first to speak.
"The time-space axis showed this," she explained. "Damos never returned the Jewel of Life. Instead, he attacked Arceus."
"Ok, this guy is going to get a serious fine!" Barry shouted.
Troy had just one question.
"Hey Sheena," he said. "Who's that beside Damos?"
Sheena looked towards the man beside him. He had dark black hair, a lost look on his face, and a noticeable tribal tattoo on his forearm. She knew him as the other man from the legend, Maximus. Maximus was a famous Aura commander but was lost to history for some unknown reason.
"That is Maximus," she replied. "He was a famous commander of Aura but was somehow lost to history. He was supposedly a friend of Damos."
Returning to the action, the chandelier above was then cut and fell directly on top of Arceus, furthering injuring Him even more while the electric attacks would not stop. A cave in from the ceiling started to happen, large rocks falling on top of the God Pokémon.
Recovering from the onslaught, Arceus looked to the pedestal that held the Jewel of Life. At least He could collect it.
"Can it be?"
Damos answered quickly, thrusting the staff out in front of him. "It's not," he answered. "It's counterfeit."
He opened the staff to reveal the real Jewel of Life. Arceus could feel the energy flowing through it and now knew that it was the real thing.
"This is the real Jewel of Life," he explained. "But I can never get it to you. With this, Michina will flourish forever more and will never return to being a desolate wasteland."
Before more could be said, more rocks dropped onto Arceus, whose rage grew more and more with each passing second. These humans thought they could just take what was rightfully His and never return it? They had another thing coming. Charging up an attack, Arceus would show these insolent humans just what true power really was.
"You have betrayed me," He seethed. "And are trying to destroy me."
The attack was shot into the sky, eventually breaking off into several meteors that reeked destruction on everything they hit. The level that Damos, Maximus, and another man that the group did not recognize was hit. The group watched as they were sent tumbling to their deaths.
Troy realized the danger of the situation and knew that they had to act fast or else meet the same fate. "We have to get out of here! Now!" He cried. The ground under them was becoming unstable and would give way soon if something wasn't done.
"Dialga, send us back further." Sheena pleaded.
"No time for that!" Troy cried, trying to grab everyone together so they could run away.
Unfortunately the ground finally gave way under them. With yells of terror, they fell towards the abyss below. Troy closed his eyes as he awaited his fate along with the others.
Instead of the hard impact on the ground below, Troy experienced a feeling of the same weightlessness he felt earlier. They were being transported back further in time.
Soon the feeling ended and Troy no longer felt the sensation of falling. Barry, however, was not aware of this and continued to scream as though he were still falling.
"Barry," Troy tried to snap him out of it, but to no avail. "BARRY!"
The energetic blonde finally stopped screaming in terror and looked around. The sun was out, bird Pokémon chirped all around them and the wind blew through their face. They were still in Michina but if seemed different.
"Oh man," he exhaled. "That was the scariest thing ever. Mark my words, someone will pay a fine for this. It's going to be that Damos guy. If I ever..." Barry's words were cut off.
A Heatran emerged, startling the group, and was soon followed by soldiers and guards, about twenty of them, and they all pointed their spears at the group.
Oh boy. Things just got even weirder. What will happen next? Stay tuned for that. Again, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year and let's hope 2017 will be better than this year. 2016 was a rough year but we all got through it. Be sure to leave a review as you read. I want to see what you guys think and see how I can be better and they also motivate me to write even more. See ya.