/Disclaimer: Pokémon is still owned by Nintendo and the artists own their pictures. Only the story and characters are mine. I still hate disclaimers, but here we are.

Lonliness hummed an odd tune to herself as the moon reached its highest point in the night. She could feel as a cold breeze rustled through the night air and through her furry, yet still very bloody, body. She could feel as her body only became even more powerful than anything else that she had ever felt in her life. She may have been a god-like beast in this state, but it was much worth it to get rid of immortality and powerful for such a natural body.

As she hummed to herself, a familiar presence appeared, and she spun to face Darkrai as he floated closer to her, a wide smirk on his face. He then set down in front of her, and held out a purple meteorite. Lonliness smirked at the glowing shard. She then took the meteor, smirking as she could feel the power it held coursing through her body like a raging river.

"You finally found it," she whispered to Darkrai with a playful grin, white light consuming her body. "It is so great that you found this most important shard this very night. I am so grateful for you, Darkrai, and I am forever in your debt."

"It is a thing of the past now," Darkrai whispered as he had to cover his eyes from her glowing form. "I was hired to do this for you, and I have now done my bidding. I am now free of your restrictions, and I can now do a I please."

Lonliness nodded as the glow around her started to fade. Once it did, she was then revealed to be a completely normal Eevee, but her eyes were jet black with red irises. She smirked softly as she looked over her fluffy brown coat. To think that this was who she was under all that blood and scars!

"I am so grateful for this chance," Lonliness giggled as she silently stretched her new body. "And I guess you're now free of the contract, Darkrai. Please feel free to go back to haunting dreams or whatever it was you did before now."

Darkrai nodded before he turned around. He quickly stopped when he saw Glitchlett slowly digging close to him. The Pokémon seemed to suffering from something, but Darkrai was unsure of what it was. All he could really see was that Glitchlett was covered in bloody scars that he had never seen before. They had to have been recent, as Darkrai had never seen such deep scars in the god-like Pokémon.

"What the hell happened to you?" Lonliness asked once she had noticed the glitching Diglett. "You look like that story I read about that Magikarp. Did you escape some sort of bird that had wanted to kill you?"

"It wasn't anything like that," Glitchlett growled as he dug even closer to them. "Do you have my meteorite shard, Darkrai? I need it now. The glitches have finally found out where we're hiding, and they're going to come for me next."

Darkrai sighed and nodded as he handed the glitching Pokémon another one of the meteorites that he collected. The Pokémon was immediately consumed by a bright light. Once the light had faded, Glitchlett had turned into a Diglett, but his eyes were purely grey instead of the usual beady black. He sighed lightly and gently dug even closer to the feet of the dark-type.

"Thank you so much for your help, Darkrai," Glitchlett whispered lightly as he popped up and down excitedly. "I can finally get away from the curse I was born with. I am so grateful for what you have done for me today."

"As I said to Lonliness, it's really nothing," Darkrai told him before floating past them. "You are now free of your curses, and I am no longer needed here. If you ever want to talk to me, then you now where to find me."

Once he had finished what he had to say, he slowly floated away, and into the darkness where he felt most comfortable. Lonliness and Glitchlett were left alone with next to no idea what to do until the sun started to rise. With a sigh, Lonliness slowly turned to the sky to see that barely any time had passed, and that the moon was only just on its way down.

"I can't believe any of this is happening to us," Lonliness sighed before she turned to Glitchlett. "We're finally like all the others in this world. We can finally gain control of the world now that we're back to what we are."

Glitchlett sighed and nodded before he then started to dig under the ground and away from the Eevee. Lonliness sighed as she watched after him, but quickly looked away pouting. With a sigh, she slowly turned away and headed for Post Town. Might as well begin their tyrannical rule with her least favorite location.

Many miles away, nearly halfway across the world, the sun was just then starting to rise over the horizon. Shinko was the first to wake with the blaring sun on her back, but barely moved as she instead laid and looked around her. She saw that Aggron and Alakazam were both sleeping quite a distance away, but that Aaron was still cuddled up against her.

Shinko sighed lightly before squirming her way out of Aaron's grip, but then found herself next to a map that she had never seen before. She slowly stood, looking over it with a new-found curiosity for what it was doing here. As she looked over it, she quickly found a trail of a red line, and slowly looked around for any sign of where it could be, but there was nothing nearby that actually showed her. Not like there'd be a red line in the middle of nowhere. That'd be too cliché for something like a story.

She quickly shook her head before she folded the map away and put it in her fluffy scruff. It may not have looked the part, but her scruff was for much more than decoration. She had occasionally used it as a pillow, and she found that she could even use it to hide something if it was small enough.

Shinko sighed lightly as she heard a loud yawn coming from Aggron, and spun to face the powerful Pokémon. She knew that she had been the reason that he had woken up, but was unsure of whether or not he had seen her snatch up the map. Her worry quickly faded away as he let out another yawn and looked away from her and to the sun as it started to rise higher upon the horizon.

"The sunrise is beautiful this morning," Aggron pointed out as he looked over the horizon with a slight smile. "I am quite surprised to say that I am actually enjoying the warmth this morning. What about you, Shinko?"

"I-I also think it's quite the sight, Sir Aggron," Shinko chirped loudly at his thundering voice. "P-probably not as much as you, b-but I really do love how the colors mix and make it look like a beautiful painting."

Shinko could hear a small chuckle come from Aggron as she told him what she thought. Sure, she knew that she had gone well over what he had expected her to say, but that was all that she really knew how to explain it as. At least, that's how she felt that she would have needed to explain it. She quickly shook her head before she laughed loudly and looked away nervously.

"There's no reason for you to act so embarrassed around me, ya know," Aggron told her as he gently pat her with his powerful claw. "Most of us just get too into the zone at times. What you're doing is nothing new to me."

Shinko softly nodded before she looked over to Aaron, watching as he silently started to wake up. She smiled as she stood to help rouse him while Aggron went to go and rouse Alakazam. While rousing her friend, Shinko could feel as her body cramped up in hunger and thirst. She immediately knew why, and it was all because she didn't eat the previous night. She quickly padded away from Aaron, but quickly returned with an apple for both of them.

By the time Aaron was up and both of them had eaten, Alakazam had also been roused and the camp had been packed away. Without a single word to each other, both groups started on their way out, and soon continued on their path to wherever Aggron and Alakazam was leading them to. To tell the truth, even Alakazam had no idea what they were even doing. He was just playing along to keep them calm.

The group walked for several more hours before the first sign of life that wasn't grass or trees finally started to show. Shinko wasn't quite as excited as Aaron to actually see other signs of life, but she was quite happy to actually see that there were others near them. She actually felt a sign of safety and relaxed.

"Welcome to Luna Town," Aggron said as they finally entered the town limits. "This is the town where we hold our annual festivals, but it's also where you two are going to live until you've completely finished your training for us."

"Of course, sir!" Aaron chirped as he looked around the place excitedly. "This looks like it's great for agriculture. Do you think I could take farming up for a habit while we live here?"

"You probably could if you tried, but I doubt you'd grow much out here besides berries," Aggron sighed as his tail dragged in the dirt. "The ground's so dry here that barely anything grows a it is. Add that to a lack of much water supply, and you have terrible winters that can wreak havoc among this town!"

Shinko and Aaron looked up to Aggron with startled expressions. If that was true, then why did so many Pokémon live here then? Did they perhaps grow into hibernating so that they could survive without food during the winter? Or did they perhaps move around like nomads, and eventually come back when the spring and growing season had come once more? Neither of them had nay idea, but neither questioned it.

"And to think that you'll be living out here until your training's done," Alakazam sighed shaking his head. "This'll be one winter that you'll wish to never have lived. Food supply is short, and water supply is shorter. If you want to live, you better hope to get lucky out here."

"I don't think that'll be any problem for us, Sir Alakazam," Shinko said with a bold smile. "Even if these winters are as bad as you say, we can push through them and outlast anything that happens here. You can count on that!"

As she was talking, she failed to realize that the group had stopped, and ran right into Aggron's metal plating. She quickly pulled back and looked to where they were looking, but only saw farmland. Not that it was completely empty, but there was next to nothing but a few logs and tilled ground. She took these signs to be the start of a farm.

"This is where you'll live," Alakazam told them looking over the logs and farmland. "I know it isn't much, but it's also part of your training. For the next few months, or until winter hits, you will have to build this house and farm this ground. We have called in someone from Wigglytuff's Guild to keep and eye on you, but they'll be well out of your sight until they're needed."

Shinko nodded softly before she rushed away from the group and up to the timber that they had been given. A bunch of wood was neatly stacked and separated, and she knew exactly where each piece was to go if they were to build a house. She didn't quite know where the knowledge had come from, but she didn't question it as she was already planning out how the house would end up.

By the time that everyone else had caught up to her, Shinko had already moved aside what they would need, and anything extra that they could use for decorations or stuff. She could feel slight confusion boring into her fur from her companions, but paid no attention to it as she instead sat down and took in the fresh country air.

This place had everything that they could possibly need. Sure, they were going to have harsh winters, and growth wasn't very good here, but she could make it all work. She was quite sure that she had a plan for everything by now, but there was still one thing that she couldn't figure out. How exactly were they going to get all this wood set up and together without any help?

"Did you really think that we'd be letting you do any of this alone?" Alakazam asked as the wood started to float up. "With our help, we can get your house done in just under a week, but I think it's best we start this tomorrow. the sun's about to set, and I think it's best that we should wait until tomorrow for it all. to start coming together."

"I think that's a great idea as well," Aggron said as he looked at the wood when Alakazam set it down. "You two can rest under the stars for the night, and I'm quite sure that you'll enjoy it. I did at one point, but it lost it's spark to me many years ago."

Shinko and Arron shrugged to him as the silently padded away to at least get a lay of the land that they had been given. They were a bit more interested in that than in hearing more stories by their new mentors. Well, Shinko was quite tired of it, but Aaron didn't really want to argue with her. He did kind of feel that they were also a slight waste of time as well.

While they were wandering around, Shinko somehow lost Aaron, but never noticed as she kept padding around and looking at all the boundaries and fences that surrounded them. Somewhere along the way, she had even found this odd silver chain and what looked to be a tanzanite on it. It really did shine, and so she put it on slightly confused as to why somebody would leave it there.

Quickly shaking off the thoughts, she silently stuffed the crystal into her scruff before continuing to look around for anything to do. Before long, she eventually ended up back at the house where she then found that Aaron had already set up their nests and that the floor of the house had already been set up for them.

"Look who finally came back," Aaron sighed as he moved away from their nests and looked over to her like he was expecting something. "You were gone for a good hour, so we actually got the floor set once I had come back. What took you so long anyways? I thought you were just looking around the fields?"

"I think I might have actually ended up getting lost," Shinko lied as she padded over and licked his nose. "And you guys did a really good job here today. I can't wait to see the finished result of the entire house. I hope it goes as planned."

"I'm sure it will, Shinko," Aaron sighed as he pulled away from her. "We just have to wait and see just how it'll end up looking."

Nodding softly, Shinko looked over the floor of the house before heading over to her nest, which was right next to the berry fields. Aaron sighed lightly and padded over to his own nest, which was closer to the building. They both settled down into their nests before shutting their eyes to get some rest. Shinko was the first to let the darkness consume her, and was soon followed by Aaron.

At midnight that night, Shinko slowly started to wake to the blissful silence of the night. She slowly stood from her nest and looked around confused. She slowly shook out some grass that clung to her fur before getting out of her nest and walking around for a bit. She wasn't quite sure why, but she felt that there was something that she needed to see a bit further out from their home.

After a few more minutes, Shinko finally sat down and gazed to the stars above them. Hundreds of thousands of stars glittered and twinkled above her like a beautiful light display. As she sat, she realized that several streaks were now shining across the sky making the night sky shine even brighter than before. It was something that she had never seen before, and it was gorgeous!

"They twinkle like a dream," she whispered before closing her eyes and letting out a soft sigh. "I just wish that I could grow to be the best that I ever could be alongside Aaron."

When she opened her eyes, she opened them to see a gorgeous meteor as it streaked across the sky in a bright light. She felt as a sudden pulse of joy rushed through her system. She gave out a soft sigh as she laid right there and let herself fall asleep. She generally preferred to be under a roof, but she had the stars and moon to be her roof this very night, and she felt it would be that way for quite a long while.

Back in Post Town, Lonliness sat upon Whishcash's back with a proud smiled. Her chest was puffed in pride as she looked at all the Pokémon who had tried to challenge her. Most of them had been challenging explorers, but she had quickly eliminated them along with every other Pokémon who had faced against her.

She smirked softly as she stood from Whishcash's back, and stepped forward to face the crowd that she had defeated. Silently, she started to hum a dark and foreboding tune, shadows slowly crawling from the ground and closer to the Pokémon. She continued the tune until each of them were covered and consumed in the shadows that she had summoned. Her plan for world domination was now in full swing, and she was so glad that it was all coming down to this.

"All of my slaves and puppets!" she cried out to the infected crowd. "It is time for us to begin our reign upon the world! We will start with out very own continent before we start to spread into the much greater world! Let us now diverse and consume the region in darkness!"

A loud cry came from the crowd of Pokémon as they all took off. Lonliness smiled as she silently padded through the silent and forever dark town. She grinned as she watched as it all became hers. The entirety of Post Town was hers, and the world would soon be a part of that. When that day would come, she never knew, but she wanted it to be soon. She was tired of waiting.

Lonliness could feel something else growing just beneath her paws, and knew that she was no longer alone. Her dark powers had awoken another entity that had been sleeping for thousands of years. She knew that this power would be helping her, but there was something even darker within it than the power that she held within her own paws.

"I can't believe that my own dreams are coming true after so long," she whispered softly as she then looked up to the sky. "I can't wait to watch the world burn under my own tyrannical paw. It's a dream come true for me, and it's all mine!"