Hello everyone! Here's the next chapter for all of you to enjoy!
Guest: Thanks! Though I'm afraid you're confusing me for someone else. I've never written a Frozen/Harry Potter crossover (unless I did it in my sleep).
Without further ado, here's the next chapter!
Giratina stepped out of the portal and stepped onto cool grass. He looked around, noticing it was still nighttime. He appeared to be in a large garden, filled with various sculptures and statues of Ponytas and Rapidashes. He saw a Ponyta in armor walking the perimeter and immediately faded into the shadows. The Ponyta guard passed by him without so much of a glance at him.
Giratina reappeared after the guard was long gone. He looked around, seeing if he could find Discord and whatever he was imprisoned at.
Pssst! A voice sounded, Over here!
Giratina looked around, scanning for the owner of the unmistaken, deep and slightly raspy voice.
I'm over here! To your left!
Giratina trotted towards the east side of the garden. He noticed there was a giant castle sitting upon the mountain side. Apparently, the garden was some sort of backyard for the royal-looking palace. He wondered if Luna lived there with her sister.
You passed me! Turn around and look to your left!
Giratina obeyed, turned around, and looked to the left. There, standing on a raised pedestal was a statue of a familiar, mismatched creature. His body was bent in an odd way, as his hands were held out defensively. His head was turned to the left and his deformed face was frozen in mid-scream.
Giratina realized that Discord was imprisoned within that statue. He realized that his "fairy godfather" had a much more horrible life than he did. As Giratina approached the statue, he wondered how long Discord had been like this. Pure sympathy entered his soul, seeing that the poor creature had been stuck like this just because he was slightly different; just as Giratina was.
"This is horrible," Said the great basilisk, "Who did this to you?"
You have Princess Celestia's little faithful subjects to thank for this statue, Discord's voice spoke in Giratina's mind, They used their magic of friendship to put me in this statue, when all I ever did was be different. Sound familiar?
Giratina nodded sadly, "Very familiar, unfortunately. How can I get you out?"
Oh, it's quite simple, really, Discord continued, Do you have the chains with Arceus' powers?
Giratina pulled out the box with the golden chains within them.
Excellent! Now, what I want you to do is wrap those chains around the statue, especially around the chest. The chest is where the magic seal is located. I can't break this seal on my own, but by using the chains, it shall sap all of the magic in the seal and allow me to break open the statue. Understood?
Giratina nodded, "Understood."
Alright! Get to it!
"Luna!"
Luna snorted, slowly opening her eyes. She saw Shaymin standing directly in front of her, staring at her with concerned eyes.
"Oh, hello." Luna greeted.
"Grumpytina's gone." Shaymin said quickly.
Luna looked around. Indeed, the great renegade was gone without a trace.
"Maybe he went for a walk." The alicorn suggested.
"Or he just abandoned us." Shaymin argued.
"I don't think he would do that. Here," Luna lifted the little hedgehog onto her back, "Let's walk down the beach and see if we can find him."
Giratina carefully wrapped the golden chains around the statue. He was careful to not knock the statue off of its platform as he slowly circled it, making sure that the chains touched the major part's of the mismatched creature's body; such as the head, neck, torso, legs, arms, tail, and especially the chest.
At last, when the chains were perfectly wrapped around the statue, Giratina stepped back and admired his work. A satisfied chuckle came from Discord.
Wonderful! He exclaimed, Now, we wait. It should break the seal in just a teensy little while... Oh! There it goes!
A loud pop sounded as a small chunk of stone flew from the statue's chest. A very slight, red light began emitting from where Discord's heart was located. From the light came cracks that spread out all over the statue. First came the forelegs of the strange beast, which punched through the stone and grasped at the empty air. Then came the legs, which stumbled around as the torso was freed. With a mighty flick of his tail, the final pieces of the stone were thrown off, freeing the multi-beast, who immediately threw his head back and gave a delighted cackle. The chains were thrown aside, landing right behind the freed creature.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!" Exclaimed Discord, immediately rushing and attacking Giratina with a large hug around his long neck, "Marvelous! Simply marvelous! Ooooh! Leg cramp! Leg cramp! Really bad leg cramp!"
Discord released his hold on the great renegade and did some stretches. It look strange how his oddity of a body operated, defying how normal joints and bones bent. Some of the ways Discord stretched made Giratina feel slightly squeamish.
"I thank you again, my friend," Said the multi-beast after he had finished stretching, "It's so wonderful to be out of that dull prison block. Oh! I can't wait to see the looks on Dullestia and the Element bearer's faces when they find out!"
Giratina glared at the oddity of a living creature standing before him, "What are you going to do now?"
Discord didn't answer him and retrieved the chains that had been thrown aside earlier. He shrunk them down and fitted them to his long neck. At this point, the chains' color has turned from golden-yellow to a blood-red color, making them very noticeable on Discord's brown fur.
"Oh, just some poking around here and there," He said quite innocently, "Actually, I've been meaning to ask you... Why have you not asserted you dominance now that your brother is your captive?"
Giratina didn't answer for a long time. Why hadn't he taken over? His brother, the only thing that stood between him and being the supreme ruler of the pokémon world, was out of his way for good.
"I suppose I'm a little afraid of how the other legendaries will take it," Giratina excused, "Plus, if they gang up on me, I won't stand a chance."
Discord tapped his chin. After a short moment, a sinister smile spread across his face. Just then, a portal appeared behind Giratina.
"Don't worry, my friend," Assured Discord, "You head right back there to the pokémon world, and I'll take care of everything..."
His last statement sent a shiver down Giratina's spine. The multi-beast then disappeared in a flash of white light, leaving Giratina nowhere to go but through the portal. As he transferred back to his own world, guilt was eating away at his insides.
Why do I feel like I've just doomed everyone?
Dialga and Palkia landed at Spear Pillar. The sun was just starting to come up, casting beautiful colors of orange, pink, and purple across the fading nighttime sky.
"It is no use," Palkia sighed, "We have looked everywhere in Sinnoh, yet, there is no sign of father, or even a Shaymin to tell us what is going on!"
Dialga looked puzzled, "I don't understand... Where could he be?"
Just then, a cold north wind blew in the brother's faces. In a gust, Suicune appeared, her face graven with worry.
"I have alerted all of our family," She began, "They shall alert the rest of the pokémon."
"Have they said anything about seeing our father?" Palkia asked, his red and black eyes filled with hopefulness.
Suicune shook her head sadly, "I'm sorry, Master Palkia. No one knows where Arceus is yet. Don't worry, the rest of the pokémon are going to tell everyone and keep searching for him."
Dialga bowed his head respectfully, "Thank you, Suicune."
"Brother, there's been something on my mind," Palkia spoke up, derailing the subject, "I haven't heard from Giratina recently."
Dialga glared at him, "What does the renegade have to do with anything?"
Palkia glared back, "You know how Giratina has always had it out for Arceus? What if he might be responsible for this?"
Dialga pondered over the speculation, "Hmm... Maybe we should pay him a visit. We can ask him a few questions. He's bound to slip up if he's responsible for this crisis. Good idea, Palkia." He then turned to Suicune, "Mistress of the Winds, will you carry a message to Giratina and tell him to meet us at Spear Pillar?"
Suicune gave a small smile, "It would be my honor."
"Thank you." Palkia said.
As they began to part their ways, Suicune sniffed the air. Her body was tingly, sensing danger close by. She turned back to the brothers who were about to take off.
"Wait!" She cried, "I sense something..."
Dialga and Palkia landed in front of her. Palkia spoke first, "What is it?"
"There's danger near by," Suicune explained, "Something within the shadows. It's watching us..."
They glanced around, all of them feeling very nervous. Dialga and Palkia growled, standing their ground while Suicune continued to sniff the air.
Without any warning, something exploded in front of the three, nearly throwing them all on their backs. They were stunned for a moment as the smoke cleared, revealing that the blast had left a huge crater, and a newcomer had appeared. Apparently, the newcomer was a strange, patchworked creature of many different animal parts.
"What in the name of Arceus is that monstrosity?!" Suicune exclaimed.
"Excuse me..." Said the "monstrosity", "I have a name, y'know. I'm not just that monstrosity..."
"It talks?" Palkia questioned.
Dialga stood his ground, "Who... What are you?"
The creature bowed before them, "The name's Discord. You can call me Discord. I'm not of this world... But frankly, your world is very very interesting..." A length of chains appeared in his mismatched hands, "And I would like to have it for myself..."
Sensing that the newcomer was hostile, Dialga attacked with a Flash Cannon attack, hoping to stun the strange creature with the metallic attack. However, when the beam of bright light reached his target, Discord simply held up his paw and the attack was deflected right back to Dialga. The temporal pokémon was hit and thrown back into a pillar that nearly collapsed on top of him.
"Go ahead and try," Taunted Discord, fidgeting with the red chains hanging around his neck, "But I won't be stopped by your silly attacks."
Palkia tried anyway. The armor on his forearm began to charge up with pink light as the pearl encrusted on his shoulder began to glow. Whipping his arm around, he fired a blade of pink light at the beast, forming his signature attack of Spatial Rend. It would have dealt major damage if Discord didn't just deflect it again. Luckily, Palkia managed to dodge just in time, only for it to hit Suicune and knock her out.
Dialga was back on his feet again. This time, he tried his own signature attack: Roar of Time. An orb began to form at his mouth as the diamond on his chest began to glow. He fired a huge beam of blue at Discord, hoping it would hit him and knock him out. What surprised Dialga was when his target deflect the Roar of Time -Dialga's most powerful attack- and aimed it at Dialga himself. The temporal pokémon was thrown back by his own attack, hitting the side of the mountain. He was stunned and broken, both from firing the attack, and getting hit by that same attack.
"How is it..." Dialga coughed, clearly damaged from the attack, "Doing this...? Only our father could do something so powerf..." He trailed off, his head lolling to the side. He had been knocked out cold before he could even finish his sentence.
"Must we always do this the hard way?" Asked Discord, clearly unsatisfied by the uncooperative pokémon. The chains slithered out of his hands and went after the helpless Dialga and Suicune. They wrapped around them and began the process of draining their powers.
"Who are you?!" Palkia demanded, baring his teeth.
"Why Palkia, I already told you who I am," Said the multi-beast, "I am Discord, the master of all things chaos and disharmony. I betcha' wondering how in the world I'm able to deflect such powerful attacks." He gestured to the chains around his neck, "I took your father's powers and are using them as my own. You have my good friend Giratina to thank for that."
"So it's true!" Palkia exclaimed, "Giratina did betray father!"
Discord nodded, "Oh yes. He helped me escape from my prison. Now, I'm out for revenge and power. That's just what I'm going to get."
Another link of chains appeared in front of Palkia and began slithering towards him like a snake chasing after its prey.
"Run!" Dialga managed to choke out as the chains wrapped tighter around him and Suicune, taking all of their powers.
Palkia did not need to be told twice. He took off into the sky just before the cursed chains attacked him. Luckily, neither the chains, nor Discord gave chase.
"Meh, I don't need him anyway." The multi-beast scoffed, rolling his eyes. He turned back to Dialga and Suicune, who were on the ground, writing about in agonizing pain, "Such a shame that the spatial one will be ratting out on poor old grippy-tinsel. Oh well."
"What are you talking about?!" Suicune demanded, struggling to break free from the chains.
"Oh, nothing to worry your pretty little head about, my dear Suicune." Said Discord as the chain designed for Palkia slithered back to him. He picked it up and began petting it as if it were a house cat, "For now, I have to figure out what to do with you, as well as your father."