Chapter 11: Darkrai's Twisted Memories
"Celebi, we should give up." said Grovyle.
It had been hours that Celebi tried to open the portal to the past and nothing happened. After realising it could not be done, Celebi cried and Grovyle consoled her. They had been warped back to their entry point to the present. The trees in Mystifying Forest were as dense as ever as their leaves blocked most of the sunlight. Darkrai on the other hand was calm. He told them his thoughts of what to do next.
"We should visit Destiny Tower of this world."
"What? Why?" asked Grovyle.
"Maybe we can get our answers there."
"Sniff…we should go then." said Celebi. "I am baffled of what had happened. I shall teleport you all there. Sniff…for some reason, I sense there isn't a mist barrier around the island to block me from teleporting. Grovyle, are you okay with this?"
Grovyle nodded and replied, "Sure. I am angry of what just happened in the time tunnel. Let's go."
Celebi asked the two to hold hands with her together to form a circle and close their eyes. In a flash, they were warped in front of Destiny Tower. As they opened their eyes, they were shocked. Only ruins remained on this island. The tower had crumbled and no other signs of life on this island. All of the sudden, Darkrai cringed.
"What's wrong Darkrai?"asked Grovyle.
"Memories…sweeping in my mind. A lot of them. Argh!"
Celebi stood in and use Heal Bell to ease Darkrai's headache. He recovered and panted profusely from the ordeal.
He continued, "I…did this."
"You WHAT?" replied Grovyle.
"I killed Him and took his powers. Because of that, the tower collapsed. All the Pokémons that lived here were crushed by the rubbles as well. The reason why I did it is because…I was mad at him. For him that created me and made me suffer as all the Pokémons in the world avoided me. In a rage I decided to cast this world into darkness so that only me and other Dark and Ghost type Pokémons could survive. However, I realised that you and Shuy were a threat to my plan so I turned her into a Pokémon and separated you two when travelling into the past. Now I think about it, it was rash of me to act that way. But I still think my existence is a curse. Since I am a god, I could do another alternative. And that is…"
He sharpened his hand into a blade and stabbed himself into his chest. Black mist emerged out of his wound.
"Darkrai! NO!" shouted Grovyle and Celebi.
"Heh…in the end even with all these power, I am still weak. For my demise, I shall return the power back to him. It should be enough to revive him…Cough! And this is to repay back to the other Pokémons that lost their lives to me. They only avoided me and nothing else. They were innocent. Cough! And I…had enough being alive."
Grovyle spoke, "Darkrai…we hate you for what you did in the past, but we have no intention to kill you! We just wanted to imprison you for what you did so that you can remand your mistakes. But this…"
"What make you sure I will turn into a new leaf? I might be more sinister by your acts of imprisoning me. I am darkness after all. There is no light in me."
"But we see the light in you! Shuy is the first one to spot it and she did what she could to help you! Let me heal you!" said Celebi.
"I…haha. I didn't realise that. Celebi, you can't heal my ruptured heart quickly as I know healing a critical wound takes time. I will still die in the end. Haha…the kindness and the worries I felt, are part of the light. But it is too late now. Cough…I am leaving this world for good. Farewell Grovyle and Celebi. And send my regards to Shuy…"
His body began to shine and exploded into a beam of white light to the sky. Celebi and Grovyle covered their eyes when the bright light blinded their vision. By the time they opened their eyes, there was no trace of Darkrai left.
"Darkrai…" they both muttered in sadness.
The only thing they could do now was to hug to consulate each other.