Special Chapter: Daydreams
Erin opened her eyes. She wasn't where she used to be.
She swore she was just with Aiden and Vega, heading to the trial site.
But...
Something had happened.
She didn't quite remember...
…
There was a roar. Bird Pokemon started flying away from trees, seemingly in a panic. Something was coming.
A huge silver ring appeared in the middle of the clearing.
A small hand – well, paw – stuck out. The rest of the body followed.
The small Pokemon resembled Mew, if Mew had a love child with a Dragonair, what with the little wings at the side of its head. Its tail looked like a hand on a clock, but more wavy and flexible, again, like Mew's tail.
It seemed to be holding something.
…
It let out a cry.
Vega slapped Erin. "Yo, you awake?"
"I am now."
Aiden stood next to Vega, smiling down at her. He was blushing lightly. She was doing the same.
"What happened?"
"Well, before you slapped me in the face... I think I had a dream."
Aiden sat against a tree, smiling. "What about?"
"I dunno... I think it was a Pokemon, but it didn't really look like it would be one. It looked like Mew, but it wasn't Mew. It had a clock thing in its chest, and... I think it was holding something, but then it made this sound, and next thing I knew, I took a hand to the face."
Aiden stopped smiling. "...Are you serious?"
"I wouldn't lie about that."
"Hm..."
Erin looked over at Vega, whose jaw had dropped. "No way."
"What?"
"NO WAY!"
"What?!"
"Do you know what this means?!"
"No?"
"It means you were chosen by a Mythical Pokemon! No, THE Mythical Pokemon of Ryoki!"
"Ooookay?"
Aiden closed his eyes, smiling. "So here we are, three people chosen by three different Mythical Pokemon."
"The same thing kinda happened with me and Deoxys, before it 'hatched' from the meteorite. That was the same day I battled this guy." She pointed at Aiden. "And a few days later, I met you." She smiled.
"What does this mean for me?"
Vega stopped smiling. "It means Team Shroud is after you now, too. You're the person with the only Mythical Pokemon in all of Ryoki."
"What did I do for this?"
Aiden stared down at his hands, which he had laid down on his lap. "We don't know. Usually you would have to go through this sort of 'rite of passage.'"
"I didn't go through one."
Both of them turned to Vega.
"I didn't! It all just kinda... happened. I don't know what I did to get Arceus to send me my Deoxys. I just did something, and that made more things happened, and now I'm here. But I'm glad I did whatever I did, because if I never found the meteorite, I would never have gone to the professor to tell him about Deoxys, and because I wouldn't have gone, I wouldn't have met you, Erin. I'm truly grateful."
"Does this mean I can do something with my new 'Guardian?' And, Aiden, you never told us you had one too..."
"I knew."
Erin looked at Vega. "What?"
"His is Ryokan Celebi."
Erin mixed up her words. "WHAT?! That's a thing?! That's so cool!"
Aiden laughed. "It doesn't mean I can bring it to me at my will. Guardian Spirits have their own agenda. You know, stuff like keeping things in balance."
"...I don't think Deoxys is a Guardian Spirit, then."
"Why not?"
"Because it actually belongs to me. The connection between a Guardian Spirit and a person is not like the connection between a caught Pokemon and its trainer. The Guardian Spirit protects the person. A Pokemon is used to fight other Pokemon at its trainer's will. Because of this, as Deoxys is inside of a Pokeball, I send it out when I want to. I don't think Deoxys pops out of its Pokeball when I'm not looking to go save the world."
"Then that's not your Guardian Spirit. That's your signal that your Guardian Spirit will come soon, though. And judging by the fact that it's a Deoxys..."
Aiden paused.
"I think it'll be another space-based Mythical Pokemon."
Erin zoned out for a bit. "What's the name of my Guardian Spirit?"
Aiden looked up at the sky. "No one knows, really. There are only certain details; appearance, description, stuff like that. And the fact that it exists. No one has really gotten a name for it."
"Does it have a Pokedex entry?"
"Yes, from long ago. Even then, there was no name, though. It reads: 'This Pokemon leaps from different points in time often. It is never satisfied with the amount of food it gets, so it does this to eat. Somehow, despite not being satisfied, it never weighs more than it always does."
"So it leaps from time to time, and it eats a lot... Hm..."
There was silence.
"I'm calling it Devhour!"
Vega blinked twice. "What?"
"You know, like 'devour' and 'hour.' Clever, right?"
Vega groaned. Aiden tried not to; instead he said it was a great name. It was full of pity, Erin could tell, but she blushed anyways. Any compliment from him was acceptable.
"We should go do your trial now. I don't want to keep you two waiting."
Aiden got up, walking down the path.
Dammit! Minerva?!
Yes, my lord?
What is this?! Was Zeta not supposed to be the one bonded to Devhour?!
Yes, sir. We don't understand. We had confirmation of it appearing before her to declare this, but-
You are lying. You cannot tell me otherwise.
Sir-
I know you have used the device you are developing in the laboratories. That does not guarantee anything.
I-I can prove it to you! Zeta!
A younger girl rode in from a portal on a skateboard. She stopped, taking her helmet off.
It happened. If you need proof...
A small black rift appeared beside her. It came through.
See?
...I apologize. Then this report must be incorrect and is to be disregarded. Thank you.