I don't recall ever meeting anyone who hid her secret annex under a bookshelf in a library. It was interesting, but also unusual.
We sat in Lenora's secret study, nonchalantly drinking tea as we discussed the Dark Stone.
"Have you ever heard the legend about Zekrom and Reshiram?" she asked me.
I thought about N again. I was thinking about him a lot, to be honest. "Just recently, but yes," I explained. "You see, I'm not from Unova. I'm from Sinnoh."
"Sinnoh?" she asked. "That's a long way from home, now is it?"
I nodded in agreement. "It's my first time out on my own, too. It's scary, but it's also very exciting. There are so many things here that I'd never be able to see back home in Snowpoint. For example, hiding a gym in the library of a museam? Brilliant! I wish that my sister could see this place. She's a leader herself, but compared to your gym, her gym is obsolete. (Don't tell her I said that, though.)"
Her face lit up. "Your sister's Candice? I've heard of her. Cynthia-the Sinnoh Elite Four champion-has told me about her, as well as the other gym leaders in Sinnoh. Cynthia often visits her friend's vacation home out here."
"How interesting," I mused.
Lenora then got serious. She played with my Dark Stone in her hands as she announced, "Let's get back to buisness. The stone: how did you get it?"
"It was given to me by Juniper, not too long after disembarking the boat that took me here."
"She herself didn't know what this was?"
"Juniper told me to ask you about it. Maybe she knew what it was, but didn't want to tell me about it so I could find it our for myself?"
"Who knows." Lenora continued to focus on the Dark Stone. "The Dark Stone is pretty much the artifact of the Unova region. It symbolizes the regions beginnings, but, if put in the wrong hands, can be a sure sign of endings, too."
I cocked my head to the side. "Endings? How so?"
"Okay. This is said to be Zekrom in a resting state, correct?"
I nodded my head. She continued: "So, if the right person was with Zekrom at the right time, then we'd all be doomed. Explosions. Chaos. New world order. The whole nine yards. It would be even worse if the Light Stone activated much in the same manner. It'd be the end of Unova as we know it."
My eyes grew wide. "Are you serious?"
Lenora nodded her head. "Knowledge hasn't failed me once before, sweetheart."
I, once more, thought of N. I remembered the words as if they were drilled into my head. "Without knowlege, we would be nothing. Unfortunatley, that's where we're headed..."
After that, I began to grow tired. "I think that I've compiled enough research. I'd love to stay longer, but I still need to report my findings to Professor Juniper and continue on with my journey and stuff."
"You can't leave just yet!" she tried to stop me. "This place is a gym, too. You have your own Pokemon, I assume. Why not battle me?"
