Song- Meteor

Characters-Jirachi, Archie and Shelly. Maxie sort of cameos.

Interactions- None really

Warnings- None

(20 Years pre-ORAS)

So apparently in the Aqua base there's an old photo suggesting Shelly and Archie met Jirachi before the start of the game? I think the actual timescale was implied to be 12 years, but I played around with it a bit.

This one's something completely different POV wise. My other friend (Valeriua on tumblr) asked me to write a song from the POV of a Pokemon. She also (separately) requested this song, along with Decorator if I remember correctly.

It was midnight. It wasn't sure how it knew the time, but it was pretty sure in its conviction. The sounds of gathering people came to its ears. Yes, people were gathering on the beach. But why?

1000 years. It had already been 1000 years. And somehow, the people knew it. There was almost a jubilant atmosphere as they gathered. Some sang, some passed out souvenirs. Others simply stared at the sky and waited. Silent wishes were in the minds of everyone.

It could hear the wishes sent up towards it as it continued to sleep. It could feel the wind as it gently stirred the tags on its head. It was midnight. The stars stretched out in the sky. It was time.

Gradually, its eyes cracked open, and Jirachi was awake again.

Slowly, it began to move, waving its arms a little before floating up into the sky and preparing to fly over to the people gathered below. After all, it didn't have much time within this world. The lights shining on the gathered humans was almost dazzling, and the clouds up above spread out like ripples. It was a truly beautiful scene, and made the Pokémon happy to be awake at last. As it began to fly upwards and over the beach, Pokémon scuffled to get out of its path.

Down below, people fell to their knees and grabbed onto each other as they took in the sight of that Pokémon. Children became excited and turned to their parents who were every bit as mystified. Others began yelling their wishes up at the sky. Still more were snapping pictures at quite a rate, knowing they would probably never see such a scene again.

At the water's edge, two children who had snuck away from their parents stared up at the sky, at that Pokémon, and were struck completely with awe.

Jirachi looked down at the gathered masses and smiled. Even if they could be cruel sometimes, it still loved the people. It remembered all the scenes that had come before, all of the people who always came to greet it when it awakened, millennium after millennium. It was something that made Jirachi glad to be able to grant wishes.

As it flew onwards over the town, a meteor shower began to fall. Even the scene before them and Jirachi's mere presence moved some to tears, and caused profound change in others. Old enemies embraced for the first time in decades and estranged family saw sense to speak to each other again. Down on the beach, the two children wondered over what to wish for.

Up on the wall of the town, a red headed teen stared up at the meteor shower as he leaned haphazardly against the brickwork and considered his own future. The people down below that showed so much promise and were now so elated… He wanted hope to come to the hearts of those people more than just once every thousand years.

As Jirachi set about granting the wishes of the people, the rate of the falling showers of meteors sped up, and the people watched on amazed.

"Don't you think… We should be making this world better for Pokémon? After all they do for us… After all this… They deserve something like that." The boy on the shoreline asked, turning to the girl next to him.

"To protect the Pokémon that grants wishes…" She considered.

The reflection of the lights in the human town on the water created a contrast of colour with the glow emitted from Jirachi as it continued to fly over the town. As the people rejoiced, Jirachi focused, wanting to make everyone happy. For only a moment, that desire blocked out all else, before it became aware of the beauty around it once more. As it stared down at the people, it felt the radiation of their happiness and determination to fulfil their dreams. It made Jirachi feel as though its power was important to the world.

The natural spectacle went on for hours until eventually, dawn approached. Jirachi flew away from the town and towards a wooded area nearby, where it landed in order to regroup its feelings. It would soon need to travel on to somewhere else if it wanted to fulfil as many wishes as possible before its seven days were up.

"Are you sure this is the way you saw it flying? Because I don't see anything unusual around here…" A girl's voice came to Jirachi's ears and it perked up, wondering who could be walking in a forest at such a time of the night.

"Yeah, it was definitely this way. Just trust me on this Shelly." A second voice insisted. There was a rustling of the bushes shortly after this, and two children tumbled out into the clearing. Jirachi looked towards them curiously before recognising them as two of the humans who had been on the beach. It sensed the goodness in their hearts and instantly felt more at ease. Meanwhile, the children were in awe of the Pokémon.

"Jirachi…" The boy whispered, before jumping into the air in excitement. "We found Jirachi!"

"Don't shout too loud Archie. You don't want to scare it off." The girl advised cooly.

Jirachi looked from the ecstatic boy to the girl holding the camera and felt reassured for the state of the future world.

After all, many dreams were made that day.