"Vera," my voice cracks a bit, but I push on, "I wish I could see you under better conditions. I...It's been hard for me ever since I first met you and your son. Right now, I just want answers. Why? Why did Grovyle bring me here? Why are my visions so important? What is going on here? Please, I just want to understand."
Vera looks at me with pity in her eyes, "I wish it was easy to simply explain everything to you, but it's not. In order for you to understand what's happening, I need to start from the beginning of time. Make yourself comfortable Aubrey, this will take a while."
I sit down on a tree branch as she continues, "Life wasn't always like it is now, Aubrey. There was no real struggle to survive because there were so many luxuries in the past. The light that we can now only get from fire and torches used to be present without it. This gray wasteland uses to have brighter colors that have been diluted and dulled. Water flowed freely through coursing rivers. Water would fall from the sky to replenish our water supply. Once upon a time, there was even a day star that gave us warmth, light, and life, and this planet was beautiful because of this star. It was once called the Sun."
My eyes widened. I couldn't imagine such a wonderful world. Did this Sun make getting food easier? Did it make us more civilized? Were we better off with it? Mom used to speak of a better past; could this be what she spoke of?
"It was a better time for all. They had formed, for a lack of better word, groups, and they would live in these groups. They helped each other, and many times they would aide someone they crossed paths with for little or no reward. Killings were minimal because the planet could support much more life, so plants were eaten instead of others in most cases. No one really killed those on their territory, so I suppose we could call it a peaceful time."
What a beautiful world...if only it had stayed that way...
"That peaceful time came to an end around perhaps a hundred and fifty years ago if years mean anything now. Temporal Tower had begun its collapse. Time began to slow, and that caused mass panic. Friends blamed one another for time's gradual halt. Fights broke out among the groups, and these groups eventually fell apart. The more civilized groups tried to find a solution, but they began their search too late. The stopping of time reached them before they could put their final solution into motion. Those pokemon are forever frozen in time. I have personally gone to their headquarters, and I have seen their solution with my own eyes. It's amazing in its simplicity, and if they had put it into action sooner, they probably could have saved the Earth from the paralysis that it suffers from now. Alas, it was too late; the planet became fated to be forever in darkness. Plants began to shrivel up and die without the Sun's gentle heat, and now we can only struggle to provide for our families."
I stared at her in shock. That wondrous world is history because a plan had been put together too late? UNACCEPTABLE! Why can't we go through with it now?! We can fix their mistake! I got choked up when I thought of the possibilities. Mom can come back. We can find Luca and help him. No more hatchlings will be dead before their life can really begin. It will be the dawn of a golden age!
"What was their plan?" I manage to croak out."
Vera sighs, "They were going to gather up the five most well known Time Gears and deliver them to Temporal Tower."
Time Gear? Temporal Tower? Those words seem rather familiar. Oh! That rock Vera told me to touch! I had one of my dizzy spells, and then I had a vision. Dialga had entrusted Azelf with a Time Gear before going home to Temporal Tower! But...Dialga had a plan in place! That plan was supposed to ensure the continuity of time!
Only if the Time Gear was stolen, a tiny, irritating voice reminded me. I groan inwardly. Of course! They didn't talk about the collapse of Temporal Tower, did they? There was no procedure for it, so they could only run around like headless torchics!
Wait a second, "What about Dialga? If time was in danger, why didn't he go to Azelf and his siblings for help? Why did he just let the world go to shit? How could he allow the tower to collapse?" My anger was apparent in my words.
"Azelf? Have your visions included Azelf in them? Amazing! Your dimensional scream really is tethered to Time Gears!" Vera muttered. "Err-hem! Azelf is one of the pokemon in the legendary lake trio. The trio was ordered to protect three of the Time Gears that Dialga distributed among several noble pokemon. There were seven Time Gears in all even though only five were needed to keep time flowing in case something were to happen to the original five. The extra two were sort of like clones that would only work for a set amount of time before breaking. The protectors of the main five were renowned legends. The lake trio, made up of Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, guarded three separate Time Gears, the volcano pokemon, Heatran, guarded his Time Gear, and the time traveler pokemon, Celebi, guarded the fifth time gear. These five pokemon were some of Dialga's most trusted advisers and Arceus's most able legends for the job. At the time, it must have seemed like an unstoppable team. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. The dream team didn't act like a team with the exception of the lake trio. Unlike the three siblings, Heatran and Celebi had other duties to attend to, so at times, their Time Gears were left unattended. This caused strife between all of the guardians, so Celebi used her limited powers over time to create the two faux gears in an attempt to appease all of the gears' guardians. They could temporarily work as actual Time Gears, but they were simply the first of many traps that she created to protect the two least attended to gears. Rather than appease the lake trio, this made them angrier. They said that these traps would never give the same benefit as a present guardian. As a result, Heatran decided to leave his Time Gear with a trusted friend, Ditto, and leave the faux gear unattended to further anger the siblings. This was the straw that broke the camerupt's back, and the lake trio isolated themselves from the two guardians that they believed didn't take their duty seriously. Eventually, the siblings ceased communications with even each other unless there was an emergency."
"The guardians were in disarray, so the collapse of Temporal Tower went nearly unnoticed. However, Mew noticed it. For reasons unknown to us, she went to the common pokemon in search for help. She visited thousands of pokemon in their dreams and begged for help, and she found it at Wigglytuff's Guild. This guild was a group of pokemon who dedicated themselves to saving others, arresting criminals, and exploring new lands. They were the ones who hatched the plan to save Temporal Tower, but their plans had been delayed by a mysterious pokemon. No one ever knew what it was, but all they could ever catch was a glimpse of a shadow. This pokemon put key explorers in the hospital, tore up plans, and even attempted to assassinate the leader of this guild. I think that this pokemon wanted this dark and gloomy world to come into existence, but that doesn't make sense. What type of pokemon would want a living nightmare to exist?"
I stare at Vera dumbfounded. All of this information was flying around my thoughts; it's hard to pick the most important bit to focus on! After a few moments, I collect my bearings. It's abundantly clear to me that we need to try to restore the world to how it once was, and now I need to know how I can help.
"Vera, how do I fit into this? Better yet, how do you know all of this?"
"I do believe that I can answer those questions," a feminine voice answered from the shadows before revealing her pink form.
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Me: Ugh! I finally got this chapter out!
Aubrey: Info…overload…
Grovyle: Oh, this story is still going on? I thought you realized how stupid it is. (Smirks)
Me: =.= That really hurts, Grovyle. KATE! AUBREY! You have permission to go and get the axes!
Grovyle: 0.0' Axes? You gave the psychotic human girls axes?
Me: (shrugs) I felt bad for them, and I needed to put you in your place. I am the all-powerful author; don't get me mad.
Kate and Aubrey: (Run in with axes looking like Luca a couple of chapters ago) Get Grovyle!
Grovyle: Shit!(Runs for dear life)
Me: (insert evil laugh) Okay, now that that's over with… Thanks as always Reshiramgirl88 for reviewing. I will definitely be using Kate in the future. Are there any special abilities that I can use (cough cough against Grovyle cough)? As a side note, this story is about to break 200 views, but it only has five reviews mostly from one person. I doubt she reread this story 190 times, so you silent readers should speak up. I am always glad to hear constructive criticism, and I want to hear opinions. It saddens me that the story I put so much more effort into is the one with the least amount of popularity and reviews. So tell me: love it? Hate it? Think these end blurbs are annoying?
Oh shit, Grovyle is coming back. I got to run. He is probably not happy that I gave those girls stink bombs and throwing knives…
