Eeveewing: Time for the next chapter! Can't wait!
Zap: Whatever. Get on with it.
Arctic: He's only upset because he might die.
Molt: No he won't Eeveewing sa- (Eeveewing puts hand over her mouth and is laughing nervously)
Nightmare: Why does she never tell me anything!?
Shira: Read and review!
Nightmare: (That's my job!)
Is this how I die? By ice?
No... I will help you... Reach deep within yourself...
That voice sounded soothing and familiar, like a ghost of his past. He couldn't place his finger on it, but it sounded so much like someone he used to know. Warmth spread through his body, melting the ice that was forming a shell around him.
"Zap! You're okay!?" Molt cried, throwing her arms around him. He nodded, still numb from the icy cold, though he was slowly warming up. Molt helped a bit, but it was mostly thanks to the mystery pokemon. For a second, he wondered if it was an enemy, but dismissed it almost immediately.
If they were my enemy, they would have let me die.
Shadow Arctic was still a threat, but fear flashed through his eyes.
"Y-you should be dead!" he yelped. He backed away, and both Shira and Nightmare saw.
"Coward!" Shira shrieked, and left Zeck as she raced towards Shadow Arctic. Zap would have thought she would help him, but no. Shira almost immediately attacked him, destroying him quickly. "Sorry, but if I can't trust you, then I don't need you!"
No matter how cruel she was being, he saw she was near crying. He realized it pained her just as much as it did him. Maybe she was still in there.
Arctic might have been right! We might be able to save her!
My warning has come true. I told you to train. I am proud of you, Zap. Save Shira. Reach into your heart, and use the power you find.
With a jolt, he realized the mystery voice was Reshiram. He turned to Arctic, waving his arms frantically, but before he could tell them, Shira and Nightmare vanished.
"No! Shira! Come back!" Arctic cried, racing toward the spot where they had disappeared. Zap couldn't even get his attention. "Shira!"
"Arctic! Listen to me! Reshiram has a plan!" Zap yelled. Everyone in the room turned to him in confusion. Molt looked, ironically, the least weakened out of all of them, seeing as she got knocked down the quickest. Arctic turned, the sadness and despair showing in his eyes.
"What do you mean, Zap? Reshiram isn't coming back!" Arctic cried, not moving. Rem merely sat down in one of the untouched chairs. They all gathered around, except for Arctic, who stayed firmly in one place.
"She told me she was proud of us, and that her warning came true. She told me to 'reach into your heart, and use the power you find.' What does it mean?" he asked. Molt shook her head helplessly, but Rem was sitting quietly, as still as a stone. He looked shocked, like he couldn't believe it. "Rem?"
"I did not think Reshiram would reveal mega evolution so soon. Very few can mega evolve, but that's why you were chosen. You do have the potential, but it is very hard. Even I can't do it twice in one day. Reshiram must be very happy, or desperate, to tell you now," Rem sighed, clearly tired from the last battle.
"Really? Another power? Why she tell Zap and not me?" Arctic cried. He was devastated by Shira's disappearance and her reappearance, like everyone else.
"I don't know why, but she obviously did. Very seldom pokemon know about mega evolution, and those that do rarely talk about it. It changes people and pokemon alike, and if normal pokemon tried it, they might die," Rem sighed. He seemed overwhelmed with grief, and Zap wondered if Rem had lost someone to mega evolution.
Is it that deadly? Do we have what it takes to mega evolve? I don't want Molt, Arctic, or I to die from it!
"Did you know someone who... you know..." Molt mumbled, mirroring Zap's thoughts. Rem looked blankly into space and nodded.
"Yes... Eve... She hadn't even evolved, but we were friends... One day, we were in a battle, and she... She tried to mega evolve... And... And now she's..." Rem whispered, as though recalling a nightmare, which I guess it was. He started to cry softly in his hands. Eve had tried to save Rem, but instead, she died. Zap felt as much pain as Rem. If Molt did that, he would have cried, too.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to remind you. I was... just..." Molt stopped, her face showing her sadness and sorrow. Rem just sat there, slowly calming down. Zeck was silent, surprise glittering in his eyes.
"Eve? Did she happen to be half Eevee?" Zeck asked. When Rem lifted his head, Zeck's mouth gaped open. "I've met her! She was looking for you!"
"What!?"
"Hang on! What about Shira!? She needs us, and we need to know how to mega evolve!" Arctic cried. Rem bit his lip, debating whether to find Eve, or teach them how to save Shira. Then, he remembered Eve's words.
"I want to help those who don't know what to do! Then, I can be stronger!" she had said. Finally, he sighed. If she had lived through mega evolution, then she could live a little longer.
"All right. Eve can wait a tiny bit longer. I'm the only one here who can teach you, so let's get started," Rem sighed, knowing he was going to regret it. However, Eve would rather he help them instead of her.
Eeveewing: Of course there is an Eevee! I'm freaking Eeveewing!
Arctic: Did you have to make Rem's story so sad! Jeez!
Molt: I was crying!
Rem: Are you going to have her join these conversations?
Zap: Ever notice that Thunder, North, Volcano, and Zeck are never here?
Eve: Hi! :3
Shira & Nightmare: Hi... Jinx!
Eeveewing: Read and review!
