Author Note: Here's the next chapter! It's a snow day, so I'm just writing as much as I can.

The next day, I sat in the cave, cradling my egg. I had stayed up all night, making sure the psychic patterns coming from the egg were normal and that there weren't any problems. Star had fallen asleep right after she had given birth.

Star slowly stirred and opened her eyes. "Stun?"

"Yes?" I said with a smile, the egg still in my arms.

"Is the baby alright?"

I nodded. "Yeah. She's doing just fine."

"She?"

I nodded again. "I'm pretty sure she's female. That's what I keep getting, anyway."

Star smiled. "Thank you, Stun, for being with me."

I smiled. "Of course. I'll always be here for you, Star."

Star felt her now normal-sized belly. "Wow. I feel pretty light. I had gotten used to the extra weight." Star got up and looked to Silver. Silver had been watching me take care of my egg all night, and she still hadn't moved. "Silver? What are you doing?"

Silver smiled. "I'm making sure that a clumsy male doesn't hurt your baby in any way. This is natural for us Eeveelutions. Whenever a male takes care of a kit, the mother has to keep a close eye on them, just in case something happens. Males can be as childish as a kit."

Star giggled a little. "Did Stun do a good job taking care of her?"

Silver nodded. "Surprisingly, yes. Stun's a careful male. I never thought I'd see one."

I chuckled and stared down at my egg. "Hey, I think she's close to hatching."

"What?!" Star and Silver ran over. "How can you tell?!"

"Look." I pointed and Star saw a couple of cracks in the egg's shell.

"Oh, man. What do we do? Do we just let her come out? What do we do when she comes out?"

"Calm down, Star. When she's ready, she'll come out." Silver said. "And then, when she's born, we check to make sure she's healthy, and then she'll do the rest."

"Hey…" I said, watching a couple more cracks run across the egg's surface.

"What?" Star asked.

"I'm getting a lot of intelligence. A newborn shouldn't be this smart. It's… weird."

"Our baby's unnaturally smart?"

I nodded. "I know it sounds strange, but it's true."

More cracks appeared, and the baby shot out of her egg. But my baby was colored differently than the average Ralts. Instead of white skin, she had black. Black as night, as a matter of fact. Black as… Skull's.

"Oh… god." She even had what looked like a yellow face on her stomach. "My child… has been mutated… because of that…."

Star placed her hand on my shoulder. "I know she looks bad, but please calm down."

Silver nodded. "Yes, Stun. You must calm yourself. Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps that Dusknoir was meant to affect your child in this way; maybe she will be stronger than even you."

"How… how can you tell me to calm down? Skull… Skull mutated my child. Now she's probably part psychic, part ghost-type."

The child tilted her head and said to me, "Hello. Are you my father?" I guess I had underestimated her intelligence.

"Y-yes. I'm your father. And this," I pointed to Star, "is your mother."

The girl nodded. "And who am I?"

"You're…" I looked at Star. She shrugged. "You're Berry."

"Berry?" She said, as if testing it out. "Okay. I'm Berry."

I smiled and nodded. "Yeah. You're Berry."

…

I stood outside the cave and looked to the sky. The Lugia Festival was going on; Eeveelutions of all kinds danced and played around a roaring fire as Lugia looked down at them and smiled.

Star walked up to me. "So, what now?" I knew what she meant. According to our tribe's law, Berry was supposed to go to Star and I was supposed to leave. But I didn't want to leave.

"Star…" I said, sadly looking up at Lugia. "I'm sorry. According to Mew, I have a dangerous future. She said that if I don't train, I'll die battling some ancient, powerful Pokémon. I think that… it might be best if Berry stayed with you and I left to go train with some other legendaries."

Star looked down sadly. "I understand what you're saying, Stun, but it still hurts."

"I know. I'm sorry, Star."

Star sniffed. "It's okay. I always knew this was how it was going to play out. Goodbye, Stun."

"Star?" I looked around, but she was gone. She had teleported away with Berry. I sighed and looked back up to the sky.

…

After the festival had finished and everyone had gone to sleep, I walked up to Lugia.

"Yes, what is it, Stun?"

"I was wondering if you would allow me to train under you for some time."

"You wish to be my apprentice? Are you sure?"

"Yes, Lugia. I wish to train under every legendary Pokémon."

"Hm," Lugia thought for a moment, "well, I suppose there might be something I can teach you. Fine. This should be interesting. Tomorrow, when we leave, you can come with us."

I nodded. "Thank you, Lugia."