Fair warning: This is another LONG...LONG...chapter!
Narrator: As a result of Amy and Chikorita's heroic actions, the destruction of time was stopped, and peace returned to the world of Pokemon. Of course, not everything returned to normal right away. Some places remained where time was still out of control…But overall, things were becoming better. As for Amy and Chikorita, they returned to Wigglytuff's guild…and fell back into their daily routine of vigorous training. One morning, several more months later…
Amy is now 11 years old since 6 months passed since the 6 months that passed since she and Chikorita saved the world. They are in the morning announcements room.
Chikorita and Amy: WHAT? Graduation?
Chatot: That's right! Once you pass the graduation test, you can leave the guild! We'll handle the rest.
Corphish: Hey! Hey! We've been around a lot longer than them! How come they get to graduate?
Chatot: Well, not only did they prove themselves so much, they deserve a crown…they also saved the world, hands down.
Everyone just groans, knowing full well THEY can't get a chance to save the world, too.
Sunflora (giggling): Loudred took the test last year…and failed!
Loudred: Sh—shut UP!
Amy: So what do we do?
Wigglytuff: Explore the Mystifying Forest and find the Luminous Spring! It's easy!
Chikorita: What's the Luminous Spring?
Wigglytuff: It's where all Pokémon, including me, went to evolve permanently. You know, I did used to look like Amy. Problem was, ever since time went out of control, it stopped working. Seriously.
Chatot: We want you to go there and bring back its treasure…somewhere.
Wigglytuff: But…The Grand Master of All Things Bad lives there, very nasty to say. Look out for him, okay? Have fun while you're away!
Amy: Wait—wha—huh?
Chatot: All right, everyone! Time to get to work today! What do we say?
Everyone: HOORAY!
They leave. Amy and Chikorita both start panicking and run to Loudred.
Chikorita: Loudred! What was The Grand Master of All Things Bad like?
Amy: What was he, anyway? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Loudred: He's…he's…uh…WAAAAAAAH!
He runs away.
Amy (sarcastically): …Jeez. That was helpful.
Chikorita (disappointed): *sigh* Let's go…
As they enter Treasure Town's main square, they encounter two friendly townspeople, a father and son.
Teddiursa: Hi, Team Pecha!
Amy: Oh, Teddiursa and Ursaring! Are you going to the Hot Spring again?
Teddiursa: Nope. We're going to Mystifying Forest now.
Chikorita: What are you, insane? The Grand Master of All Things Bad is there!
Ursaring: Who's he? Never heard of him.
Teddiursa: We go there all the time.
Ursaring: You sure no one's playing a prank on you two? Let's go, son.
Teddiursa: Okay, Dad. Bye, Team Pecha!
They leave.
Amy (really suspicious): …Somehow, I've got a feeling that there's something that someone's not telling us.
Chikorita: W—well it's not like we can do anything about it…
After they prepare everything in Treasure Town, they go to Mystifying Forest, play Tarzan through it, and finally arrive at a clearing. There's an odd patch of camouflaged leaves on the ground.
Teddiursa: Hi, Team Pecha!
Amy: Oh! You guys again.
Ursaring: So how's it going? Did you see your Grand Master of Bad Thingies?
Chikorita: Not really…
Ursaring: Told ya.
Teddiursa: Are you looking for him?
Amy: No no no! We're looking for Luminous Spring.
Teddiursa: Luminous Spring? Oh, that's right up here! Wanna come with us?
Amy and Chikorita: Sure!
Teddiursa and his dad walk around them to show them the way. Amy and Chikorita follow, but the next thing they know, the floor gives way right out from under them! It was a pitfall trap!
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Teddiursa and Ursaring: Huh? Where'd they go? …Oh well, whatever.
They land on the bottom of a pit.
Chikorita: Owowowowow…
Amy: Stupid…friggin'…pitfall traps…
The hole closes up, and it becomes dark!
Chikorita: WAAAAH!
Amy: I can't see! I can't see!
?: Muahahahahaha!
Amy and Chikorita (really freaked out): W—w—who is it?
Grand Master: Welcome…to the world of darkness. I am…The Grand Master of All Things Bad!
Amy and Chikorita: EEYAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Minions: Not just him! We, his loyal minions, are here too. You can't see us…but we can see you!
Grand Master: Muahahahahaha! Muahahahahaha! Coming to our lair is the worst mistake you'll ever make. Prepare to die at the hands of—
Light suddenly comes in. It's the guild members!
Wigglytuff: …the hands of…uh…whoopsie. I mean…this is kind of silly.
Amy: Master Wigglytuff? You're the Grand Master of All Things Bad? (I knew the name sounded ridiculous…)
Chikorita: What's everyone else doing here?
Everyone: Um…uh…*sweat sweat*
Chatot: H—hey! Bidoof! Whaddya think you're doing messing this up today? Are you that aloof?
Bidoof: Uh, what? …Oops.
It turns out that Bidoof lifted the leaf cover by accident.
Bidoof: Uh…What was I supposed to do again?
Chatot (slaps his face): *ugh*…What a farce…
Amy and Chikorita start laughing like crazy.
Amy: AHAHAHAHAHA! Nice one, Master Wigglytuff! N…I…C…E!
Grand Master (in a much deeper voice): …Who's…Master Wigglytuff?
Amy and Chikorita: HUH?
Grand Master: I am the Grand Master. I do not know who this Master Wigglytuff is. But I know for a fact that I am a more awesome Master than he will ever be.
Amy (panicking): Whoa whoa whoa, so you're a different Wigglytuff?
Minions: Uh…yeah! And we're his minions!
"Sunflora": Oh my gosh, that is so right! I don't know anyone named Sunflora!
"Corphish": Hey hey hey! You're confusing me with some other Corphish!
Chikorita: W—what's going on in here?
Amy (suddenly realizing the truth): Oh, I see how it is…You, Mr. "Grand Master", are trying to "mess with my head" by "pretending to be Master Wigglytuff". Aren't ya? Aren't ya?
Grand Master: You are correct! Coming to our lair is the worst mistake you'll ever make. Prepare to die at the hands of…The Grand Master of All Things Bad! YOOM…TAH!
They fight. Luckily, Amy's Cute Charm manages to infatuate almost everyone, including the "Grand Master" himself. Amy and Chikorita make short work of him and his minions.
Grand Master: RUN AWAAAAAY!
Minions: AAAAAAIIIIYYYEEEEE!
They all run out of the pit. Shortly afterwards, using the hidden ladders that they guild members suddenly revealed, Amy and Chikorita climb out too.
Chikorita: We…we did it! We survived, Amy! We survived!
Amy: Uh…Yeah!
Victory dance time! They then catch up to Teddiursa and Ursaring.
Ursaring: Hey, where'd you go?
Amy (grinning): The Grand Master—!
Chikorita (shutting Amy up): Yeah, yeah, whatever. So what's up?
Teddiursa: This Treasure Box wasn't here before. I wanna open it, but I've got a feeling that there's something bad inside…
Ursaring: Like a booby trap! Or…*gasp*…a monster shaped like a treasure chest!
Chikorita: We'll open it. We have to bring it back for our graduation test. Amy, if you will…?
Amy (really annoyed): Heeeey…why do I have to do everything?
Chikorita (slapping her on the ear): Just do it, sister! You're the leader!
Amy: Fine, fine…(But if it's a treasure chest monster, you have to fight it for me…)*grumble grumble*…
She steps up to the box.
Amy: (Come to think of it, it's been forever since I used that Dimensional Scream. Let's see if it still works!)
She pokes it. It activates! She sees Master Wigglytuff coming in the middle of the night, checking around to see if anyone's watching, then placing the box in the exact spot before running away.
Amy: (Heh. So it was Master Wigglytuff.)
She opens it, and what's inside makes everyone's jaws drop in disbelief.
Everyone: It's…a Perfect Apple.
Chikorita: This is the "treasure"?
But right at that moment, a light shines down in the spring ahead of them. Through some unknown means of magic, the Luminous Spring is activated! Everyone runs right up to it.
Mystery Voice: Those that seek awakening…
Amy: Where's that voice coming from?
Mystery Voice: The resumption of time has brought light here back again. If you seek evolution, step forward.
Teddiursa (jumping up and down): It's working again! It's working again!
Amy and Chikorita: What's evolution?
Teddiursa: Oh, don't you know? When you evolve, your body completely changes.
Chikorita: WHAT? Your body changes?
Amy: …So that's what Master Wigglytuff meant when he said he used to be me…*shudder*…
Ursaring: Yup. Not just that—your type and abilities can change, and you usually get much stronger, too. But remember—it's a one-way trip. Once you evolve, there's no going back.
Amy: No going back?
Teddiursa: I've always wanted to get stronger for a long time now. Let me try!
He walks up into the light and faces everyone. They're all breathless with anticipation.
Mystery Voice: Those that seek awakening…This is Luminous Spring. Do you seek to evolve?
Teddiursa: Yeah yeah yeah!
Mystery Voice: Then let us begin.
Teddiursa glows white, begins to change…and evolves into another Ursaring!
Amy: EEYAAAAAH!
Chikorita: Y—y—you look just like your dad now!
Little Ursaring: WOOHOOO! Yo, Dad! Check me out! I'm you now.
Dad Ursaring: That's my boy! Congratulations! But…*sweat*…Now it's hard to tell us apart…
Chikorita: Let's try evolving too, Amy!
Amy (still creeped out): Uh…n—no…count me out!
Chikorita: Fine then. I'll go first.
She walks up to the white light.
Mystery Voice: Do you seek to evolve?
Chikorita: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Mystery Voice: So be it. Seeker of awakening… Let us begin.
Amy (really scared for Chikorita): (Chikorita…I hope you know what you're doing…)
As Amy anxiously waits for something to happen, ten seconds pass. Twenty. Nothing.
Mystery Voice: …No. Impossible.
Amy: *pheeewweee*!
Chikorita and both Ursarings: WHAT? Why not?
Mystery Voice: It is not a problem of requirements… Why can you not evolve? It may be because of a distortion in the fabric of space…
Chikorita: Distortion? Fabric of space? Wha…?
Mystery Voice: I do not know why, but your presence is somehow related, and because of it, you cannot evolve. It is not only you. The one behind you cannot evolve either.
Chikorita: What? Amy too?
Amy: (Thank goodness for that!)
Mystery Voice: That is all I can tell. This is Luminous Spring. If you seek new evolution, then you shall return…
The light disappears.
Chikorita: Amy? Why are you so happy?
Amy: Are you kidding? I don't know about you, but personally, I don't wanna end up looking like Master Wigglytuff for all eternity!
While the two Ursarings go back to Treasure Town, Team Pecha goes back to the guild.
Wigglytuff: …You passie!
Everyone cheers and throws confetti on them!
Wigglytuff: …What's went badly? Shouldn't you be happy?
Amy: Well, yeah…but it doesn't feel like we actually did anything…
Wigglytuff: No no no! You! Brought! Back! A! Perfect! Apple! Thingie! But not just that—you defeated The Grand Master of All Things Bad, that big fat meanie! Rightie? Rightie?
Amy: Uh, yeah, about that…
Chikorita: Hey! How come you know we did that?
Wigglytuff (suddenly nervous): …Uh…A little birdie told me?
Everyone (nervously): …AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Chikorita: Everyone…What's going on…?
Amy (whispering to Chikorita): I know what it's about. I'll tell you later.
Chatot: Anyway, from now on, not only will you not have to follow the guild's regulations anymore, you two will be able to operate as an exploration team totally on your own score!
Chikorita: Ooo! Ooo! Does that mean we get to keep all the money we earn? Do we? Do we? Huh huh huh?
Chatot: …No way. That rule must stay!
Chikorita: Wh—what…?
Chatot: You're still affiliated with us. You'd never have become a team without us. Don't make such a fuss!
Amy and Chikorita: …AWW, MAN!
Sunflora: Cheer up already! You graduated! You actually graduated!
Loudred: Heck, even I couldn't pass that test!
Wigglytuff: Congratulations, Team Pecha! You passed today! And Amy…I hope to see you again someday!
More confetti and cheering.
Amy and Chikorita (teary-eyed): Thanks…everyone…
Before they leave, the guild gives them a whopping 10,000 in start-up funds! They go back to Sharpedo Bluff.
Amy: (Ah, the memories…I almost wish Grovyle was here…)
Chikorita: Since we can't use our room from the guild anymore, wanna live here from now on?
Amy: Yeah, why not—? Hang on a second…We're Team Pecha, aren't we?
Chikorita: Yeah. So?
Amy: I've got an idea.
She runs up the stairs and arrives at Kangaskhan Storage, where she withdraws a massive amount of Pecha Berries. Then she picks a spot along the cliff with the best view of the sunrise and a forest behind it, where she starts stacking the berries.
Chikorita (tiptoeing tentatively from behind): Amy? What are you doing?
Amy (stammering): AAAH! I, uh…figured, that since we were Team Pecha, we…might as well go all the way? So I, uh…decided to…build a new house out of Pecha Berries. Yeah.
Chikorita (Surprised? Angry?): WHAT?
Amy (trailing off weakly): If you like Sharpedo Bluff, I understand…it's just that…I thought…
Chikorita: That is SO…...GENIUS! Let me help! Let me help!
Thanks to her mad Razor Leaf skills, she chops the Pecha Berries evenly and creates a fortified wall out of them. The juice holds the wall together, and before the end of the day, they've already made a cute one-room house shaped (almost) like a giant Pecha Berry!
Imaginary SFX: LAAAAA~!
Amy and Chikorita: WE DID IT! WE DID IT!
Chikorita: I'll sleep on the roof, because I like the sun. You can stay inside, okay?
Amy: Okay! Thanks, Chikorita!
Victory dance time!
Narrator: Congratulations, Team Pecha! You've finally graduated!
Amy and Chikorita: WOOHOOO!
Amy: Oh, and by the way…about that "Grand Master of All Things Bad"…he and his "Minions" were really Master Wigglytuff and the guild members.
Chikorita: WHAT? You mean we—we—fought them?
Amy: Well, yeah, it was kind of obvious! But don't worry—that's why they let us graduate. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out.
Chikorita: *sigh* Seriously…I wish someone would tell me this stuff before…
And so, Team Pecha begins their official explorations by themselves! Yay! Several weeks later, one stormy night, in Treeshroud Forest, a lone dark figure is levitating in the middle of a path, ranting.
Darkrai (angry): Curse you, Amy and Chikorita! Curse you! I failed to destroy time, and it's all because of you, you…and that blasted Grovyle!
He pauses for a moment and looks around.
Darkrai (evil smile): …But that may be for the best. After all, your very existence will help me, the Master of All Things Evil, destroy…space!
He then notices a presence and flies away.
Darkrai: Hm? What? Blasted Cresselia! How'd she get this close? I can't be caught…Never!
Half a second later, Cresselia appears in the exact same spot.
Cresselia (disappointed): …He got away again.
Amy and Chikorita continue their work (and play) as usual. That night, though, Amy gets a different dream.
Amy: ….Who's…there…?
Cresselia: …I am…Cresselia. Your…your very existence is…going to destroy the world.
Amy: Wait, what? How am I doing that?
Cresselia: Just because…you exist!
Amy: WAAAAH!
After Cresselia attacks her, she wakes up.
Amy: AAAH! Wh—what was that?
She looks around and sees Chikorita still asleep on the roof. Deciding it was nothing, she decides to go back to sleep herself. They continue their work the next day. But that night…
Amy: Cresselia? You again? What did you mean I was gonna destroy the world just by being here?
Cresselia: You were a human who came from the future, of course. You are distorting the fabric of space simply because you don't belong in this world. And if this distortion were to expand…it would destroy the world. YOU…MUST…DIE!
Amy: Wait! Wait! NOOOOO!
Chikorita: Amy? Aaaaaamyyy…Wake up already!
Getting desperate, she drops the anvil—I mean, their Treasure Bag that just so happens to be as heavy as an anvil—on Amy's head.
SFX: DONG!
Amy: OW! What was that for?
Chikorita: Sorry! You weren't getting up, so—
Amy: I'm sorry. Forget it. Just forget it. (That Luminous Spring guy said that we were distorting the fabric of space…but why did Cresselia say I have to die?)
Suddenly, Bidoof runs up to the house.
Bidoof: Amy! Chikorita!
Chikorita: What's up, Bidoof?
Bidoof: It's—it's little Azurill! He can't wake up!
Amy and Chikorita: WHAT?
Bidoof: He's in the guild now.
Amy: Then let's go!
In Amy and Chikorita's old room, Azurill is sleeping in the farthermost bed. Everyone from the guild and Marill are surrounding him.
Amy: AZURILL! What happened to you?
Marill: He's been sleeping and sleeping and sleeping, and no matter what I do, I can't wake him up!
Azurill: Noooo…Get away fwom me…H—H—HELP!
Chikorita: Looks like he's having a really nasty dream…
Amy: Does anyone know how to fix this?
Chimecho: No. We can't feed him anything like berries, so…
Bidoof: Uh…If we can't make the nightmare go away…then maybe we could at least see what kind of nightmare he's having…
Loudred (sarcastic): Oh! RIGHT! So we should look into his dream! How do we do THAT?
Bidoof: Gosh, I'm sorry…
Chatot: Actually…possible, it may be. We should find…Drowzee.
Everyone: WHAT?
Amy: You mean that guy who tried to hurt Azurill?
Chikorita: Oh yeah! The guy we first captured! Why him?
Chatot: They say that Drowzee's able to enter others' dreams…(and eat them!)
Everyone: REALLY!
Chatot: That's what they say. But the possibility can't fall apart at the seams!
Amy: Oh, okay! So we're supposed to get him and ask him to enter Azurill's dream! Hey, Magnemite! What happened to him, anyway?
Magnemite: He vowed ZZZT never to break the ZZZT law again, so we ZZZT released him. Right now, he is ZZZT studying self-discipline ZZZT on Mt. Travail. ZZZT ZZZT!
Chikorita: Okay! Let's go, Amy!
Marill (teary-eyed): You guys…You always, always help us…Thank you so much.
They reach the top of Mt. Travail and find Drowsee meditating.
Drowzee: AAAH! Y—y—you! What arr you doing here? I didn't do anyshthing! I shwear!
Chikorita: Wait, wait, wait! We're not here to arrest you, Drowzee. We need your help.
Drowzee: Huh? My help?
Amy: Remember that little Azurill? He's locked in a nightmare, and we heard you could see what's happening, so…Could you please help him for us?
Drowzee (thinking hard): …
Chikorita: Come on! Pleeeeaaaase?
Amy: Pleeeeeaaaaasse?
Bambi-eyes Cute Charm-fueled awesome staring attack!
Drowzee (shielding his eyes from Amy): Okay! Okay! Jus' quit shtaring at me like dat! (Have mershy!)
They guide him to Azurill. Only Marill is also there.
Amy: Anything at all, Drowzee?
Drowzee: ….You'd better shtock up.
Chikorita: Do you mean—?
Drowzee: Yep. I can shend you in there. But be careful. Shomething's rotten 'bout dis here dream…
Amy: Okay…
Drowzee: One more thing. Only you two should enter. I'd like to go, but I'd shlow you down too mucsh.
Chikorita: Thanks, Mr. Drowzee. We'll be here as soon as we get ready.
Preparations and shtuff (I mean, stuff)…
Amy: We're ready!
Drowzee: Okay. Now here goesh…
With his awesome psychic power, he transports them into Azurill's Nightmare. It almost looks like a normal dungeon, except for the fact that everything seems to take on a dark purple.
Drowzee: Amy! Chikorita! Can you hear me?
Amy: Yeah! Yeah! It's really weird in here…
Drowzee: Good. Now remember…be careful in dere.
Chikorita: Gotcha. We're going in.
They venture through and reach a really long path. Suddenly, it turns pitch-black!
Chikorita: AAAAAH!
Amy: I can't see!
Cresselia: Little girls! How did you two get in here?
Chikorita (really nervous): Who are you?
It lightens up again. Cresselia's right in front of them!
Amy: C…C…Cresselia!
Chikorita: You know her?
Cresselia: No matter. So we finally meet.
Chikorita: …So my dreams weren't really dreams after all…
Amy: WHAT? You too, Chikorita?
Chikorita: I knew it…We were both having the same dreams! Cresselia, could you explain something for us? If space is being distorted, why would the world be destroyed?
Cresselia: If the distortion expands, so will the power of darkness. Eventually, the world will be enveloped in a nightmare much like this one. For now, only Azurill is affected. But soon, every single Pokémon in the world will become drawn in and trapped, never to awaken again.
Amy (blanching): Never…to awaken…again…?
Chikorita: So what would it take to, uh…get rid of that distortion?
Cresselia: There's only one way…YOU MUST DIE!
Amy: AAAH!
Chikorita: Whoa whoa whoa! We don't wanna die! We just wanna know what's going on!
Cresselia: So you would rather see the nightmare swallow the world?
Amy and Chikorita: Uh…n—no…
Cresselia: THEN DIE!
Right as she attacks them, Drowzee's voice cuts in, interrupting her attack.
Drowzee: Heeeeeey! Amy! Chikorita! Where are you?
Cresselia: Gah! Curses…I will allow you more time. Of course, if you would rather save the world on your own, I would suggest making yourselves disappear first. Farewell.
She leaves just as Drowzee finds them.
Amy and Chikorita (slumping to the ground): *pheeeeeeewwweee!*
Drowzee: Oh! Dere you arr!
Chikorita: Drowzee! What are you doing here?
Drowzee: You were taking sho long, sho I came here myshelf. We better get outta here.
He transports them back to the outside. They explain everything they found out to Chatot and the guild members.
Chatot: …so that's what she said?
Amy: Yeah…I really can't believe it, myself…
Chatot: *SQUAWK!* We've gotta do something!
Chikorita: What do you know about Cresselia, anyway?
Chatot: I heard that she only appears on nights of quarter moons and can heal others' emotional scars. She also has the power to banish darkness.
Amy: Nngh…She didn't seem like such a nice lady…
Drowzee: Did she shay anyshting 'bout how dat dishtorshion can be shtopped?
Amy and Chikorita (shocked): HUH?
Drowzee: What? What'd I shay?
Amy (really flustered): Uh, nothing! Nothing!
Chikorita (also flustered): Nope! She didn't say a thing!
Amy: Nothing at all! Haha…
Drowzee: *sigh*…Shame.
Wigglytuff: That's how it is, okay? Starting tomorrow, let's investigate this distortion in space thouroughly! What do we say?
Everyone: HOORAY! (How are we supposed to do that…?)
That night, at the Pecha Berry House…
Chikorita: …I lied, Amy! We know there's a way to stop it!
Amy: Me too! I mean, come on! Do they really expect us to say, "We have to kill ourselves!"?
Chikorita: But seriously…should we do that anyway? If that would really save the world?
Amy: No! We don't know that for sure, Chikorita! I say we actually see this distortion first!
Chikorita: *sigh*…You're right. You're right. Let's go to sleep. Then we can go see it.
They fall asleep. During the night, Amy suddenly can't sleep and wakes up. She exits the house and sees Chikorita on the cliff's edge, staring out into the sea. She joins her.
Chikorita: Can't sleep either, huh, Amy?
Amy: Yeah…
Amy brings out all the new paintings she made over the past several months since coming back.
Chikorita (gazing at the Temporal Tower painting): …Can't we be allowed to stay? When we fought Dialga there…you kept going even when you knew you would disappear. In that case…maybe we should do that too.
Amy: Of course I had to stop our planet from being paralyzed! But…something seems weird this time.
Chikorita: Weird? What do you mean?
Amy: …That's it! Back then, because of that Paradox Law, I never had a choice! But now…we do.
Chikorita: So you're saying that there's no telling what will happen if we do.
Amy: Yeah…
Chikorita: But still…There's no escaping the fact that we changed history…
Amy (feeling sad): Yeah…
Chikorita: Oh, look! The sunrise!
It slowly creeps over the eastern mountains, just as Amy remembered it.
Amy: (It's beautiful…)
Chikorita: That reminds me. I saw this with Grovyle before.
She pulls out the painting of the view of her and Grovyle watching the sunrise and places it in the same position as where Amy was when she painted it. It's a weird sense of déjà vu.
Amy (suddenly nervous): Uh…
Chikorita: Right. You would know about that, wouldn't you?
Amy: Yeah. It's because of me that you got stronger…
Chikorita: And back in the Hidden Land, Grovyle entrusted me with his last wish…to protect you…*sob*…I have to keep it no matter what! Amy, if you aren't giving up, I won't either! There has to be another way to fix this! There has to!
Amy: I think so too, Chikorita. I think so too.
They go back to the house and discuss things over.
Amy: First time…now space…
Chikorita: Maybe Lapras might know something about this.
Amy: Good idea. Let's go see him.
They go back to the beach for the first time in a while.
Chikorita: Excuse me, Lapras. Do you know anything about the distortions in the fabric of space?
Lapras: Hmmm…Sorry. I do not know anything about that.
Amy: Aww, man…
Lapras: However, I do know of Palkia, the embodiment of space itself. Since time and space are deeply intertwined, he and Dialga are related. He lives in Spacial Rift.
Chikorita: How do we get there?
Lapras: …Sorry. I do not know where it is, either.
Amy: Oh, that's okay. *sigh*…I guess we'll have to find it on our own, then…
Yeah, right. They spend the rest of the day playing on the beach and surfing on their new leaf surfboard. That night, a massive "earthquake" shakes them awake. Half a second later, a burst of yellow light almost blinds them. When the light clears, a massive being is standing right in front of them, taking up the whole room! Chikorita is so shocked, she falls though the roof.
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAAAAAAAH!
Palkia: I HAVE FOUND YOU AT LAST!
Chikorita: Wh—wh—who are you?
Amy (looking at the tiny doorway): How'd you even get in here?
Palkia: I AM PALKIA, AND I RULE SPACE!
Amy: You're Palkia?
Chikorita: B—b—b—b—but…(Well, wow. We wanted to meet you, but…)
Palkia: YOU SHALL NOT ESCAPE! GGRRRRR-OOOOOOH!
Amy and Chikorita: WAAAAAAAAH!
Palkia's body shines brightly and envelops them all in a ball of yellow light. He flies them all out of there, across the land and sea, to his home, Spacial Rift, where he proceeds to attack them at the edge of a cliff.
Chikorita: Where are we?
Palkia: THIS IS SPACIAL RIFT!
Amy: What? Spacial Rift? H—how'd we get here already…?
Palkia: YOU DARE DISTORT SPACE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION? DIE!
Amy and Chikorita (falling down the cliff): AAAAAAAH!
Palkia: …CURSES. THEY FELL. NO MATTER…THERE IS NO ESCAPING ME!
He glows and flies down after them. They land on the bottom, hard.
Chikorita: Owowowow….My back! My back!
Amy: (Good thing…I'm still fluffy…)
Chikorita: But, still…Wow.
Amy: I know! Just yesterday, we were looking for the Spacial Rift and Palkia, and here we are! If only he weren't trying to kill us, I wouldn't believe our luck!
Chikorita: Almost too lucky…I totally smell a rat.
Amy: Yeah. I wonder who tipped him off…?
They proceed all the way to the bottom.
Chikorita: Aww, man! It's a dead end!
Amy: Jeez…Where's the exit? We've gotta get outta here!
Palkia: OH NO YOU DON'T!
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAH! Palkia!
Palkia: KNOW WHY YOU CANNOT ESCAPE? I SHALL TELL YOU. YOU TWO MUST DIE!
Amy and Chikorita: (What kind of reason is that?)
They fight. But after 10 minutes and lots of Spacial Rends, they realize fighting is getting them nowhere. They use the same strategy as Dialga—put him to sleep with a Sing/Sleep Powder combo. But because they don't have any Time Gears or other excuses like that, he eventually wakes up, and soon gains the upper hand. Just before he delivers the finishing blow…he freezes in place!
Amy: …Huh? He stopped…moving?
Chikorita: …What happened?
?: Palkia has fallen to the nightmare.
Amy: Who said that? Where are you?
?: Darkness's power has spread again. Would you two enter Palkia's nightmare?
Chikorita: What? Why?
Amy: Just who are you?
?: You will learn why he attacked you.
Amy: …Fine. I guess that's as good a reason as any.
The Mystery Voice (I'm assuming it was Cresselia) sends them into Palkia's nightmare.
Palkia: YOU TWO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY DREAMS?
Chikorita: Palkia, listen to me. You're actually in a nightmare!
Palkia: …I KNEW IT! THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT EXIST!
Amy: AAAAAH! Wait wait wait! Why?
Palkia: WHY PRETEND YOU DO NOT KNOW? YOU ARE FRIVOLOUSLY DISTORTING SPACE…AREN'T YOU?
Chikorita: No we're not! W—well…I don't know if we are…
Amy: Can't you fix it yourself?
Palkia: NO! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CANNOT CONTROL IT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!
Chikorita (teary-eyed): No…That's the same thing Cresselia said! Amy, maybe they're right about us…
Palkia: I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU…BUT THIS MUST BE DONE. PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
Amy: Huh?
Cresselia: Ah, so here you all are…I loathe missing a party.
Cresselia materializes from behind Palkia! He steps aside to let her approach Amy and Chikorita.
Amy and Chikorita: Cresselia!
Cresselia: So the darkness even engulfs here. You two really must die…before we pass the point of no return.
She backs them up against the wall!
Cresselia: Ready for your end?
Chikorita (pained): Cresselia? If we die…will the world really and truly be saved?
Amy (really pained): Are you sure that would happen? Really really sure?
Cresselia: Yes. It absolutely positively without a shadow of a doubt will. Do not ask me how I know, because I know. Is that all?
Chikorita: …Yes.
Amy: (Then maybe…we really do have to die…) Please make it quick and painless, please…
Palkia: WAIT, CRESSELIA. I ATTACKED THEM IN ANGER, BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT…THEY ARE BUT INNOCENT LITTLE GIRLS. ARE THEY REALLY AND TRULY MALICIOUS?
Amy: (What? She said that about us?)
Cresselia: Do not be fooled, Palkia. All will be saved if we get rid of them now.
Amy: (If Palkia is getting suspicious, then something's really wrong here! This is all completely based on what Cresselia said!)
Cresselia: Now die!
Amy: Chikorita! Something's not right here! LOOK OUT!
Is she too late? Cresselia attacks them—
?: You are correct. Everything here…is wrong!
The next moment, Cresselia can't move. But more than that—Amy, Chikorita, and Palkia notice…another Cresselia! They look back and forth between them.
Chikorita: Wha—wha—Two Cresselias?
The new Cresselia glows yellow, lights up the room—and then the first Cresselia is suddenly something else!
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Palkia: WHO IS THIS?
The new Cresselia attacks the shadowy Pokémon.
Cresselia: I made it just in time.
Darkrai: Curse you, Cresselia! Right when I would've…Curse you!
Cresselia: Amy, Chikorita, and Palkia! This is Darkrai! That Cresselia you met earlier was actually him! I am the real Cresselia!
Amy, Chikorita, and Palkia: WHAT?
Cresselia: I thought you'd never show yourself, Darkrai. It is not like you to come out of hiding to dispose of anyone personally.
Darkrai: …You two, behind Cresselia…
Amy and Chikorita: Huh? Us?
Darkrai: I was the one who distorted space. You're welcome.
Amy, Chikorita, and Palkia: WHAT?
Darkrai: I await you in Dark Crater. Just try to stop me.
Cresselia: You're not getting away!
He vanishes right when she attacks him! Typical.
Darkrai: You cannot catch me, Cresselia…Never.
And on that ominous note…they get Palkia out of his nightmare. He transports them all back to Treasure Town, where it's already daytime. Amy and Chikorita encounter everyone at Town Square, including Marill and Azurill. Apparently, Azurill has awakened.
Marill: Thank you, thank you, thank you Miss Cresselia!
Azurill: You two, Meesta Dwowzee!
Drowzee: Huh? Me?
Azurill: Yup!
Amy: Cresselia? What happened to Palkia?
Cresselia: He's busy fixing the distortions of space. I imagine he wouldn't come here for quite some time.
Amy: Aww, man…(He seemed like a pretty awesome guy in the end…)
Chatot: Marvelous! Marvelous! So all those rumors about you were true!
Cresselia: Yes. Darkrai stands diametrically opposite to me. Amy and Chikorita, you always met my impostor in dreams, didn't you?
Amy and Chikorita: You're…you're right…
Cresselia: It was all an elaborate trap to get at you and kill you both.
Everyone: WHAT?
Drowzee: Why'd he bother going to all dat trouble? Wouldn't it be faster to jusht fight them?
Cresselia: I imagine he was secretly afraid of them.
Amy: Afraid? Of us?
Chikorita: Why?
Cresselia: You saved the world by preventing Temporal Tower's collapse. But…he was the one who made it collapse in the first place.
Everyone: WHAT?
Cresselia: He always wanted to cover the world in darkness. After that failure, he went to destroy space instead.
Chikorita: So he made the space distortions? But—but…what about us?
Cresselia: True. You are distorting it…but it's so small, it's negligible. It won't expand. Nothing Palkia can't fix, anyway.
Chikorita (teary-eyed): Then…then…
Cresselia: Yes. It was blamed on you so you would feel so guilty, he'd have an easy time killing you.
Chikorita: Oh, Amy…
Amy (teary-eyed): We can live, Chikorita! We can live…!
Wigglytuff: If either of you went away…we'd all be really lonely. That should be reason enough to live, righty?
Amy: Master Wigglytuff…
Wigglytuff: It's true, you see. Everyone's life is valuable and has meaning in this world, even you and me.
Chikorita: Thank you, Master Wigglytuff…
Cresselia: But right now, Darkrai is doing something so unlike him now…
Wigglytuff: He demanded them to come for a reason, surely? It's a trap, righty?
Cresselia: Definitely.
Chikorita: I don't care! I'm going!
Amy: Me too! If he attacked Temporal Tower in the first place, I have a feeling there's something he's not telling me!
Cresselia: …Okay. I will accompany you. I would like to settle this once and for all.
Everyone wants to go too, but Cresselia explains that only she and Team Pecha should go.
Amy: Don't worry, everyone! We'll beat him and come back! We promise.
Chikorita: Let's go, Amy!
Cresselia waits for them on the cliff's edge. When they prepare, they all ride on her across the sea. That's where the Dark Crater is. They enter, fight their way though, and reach the top. When they arrive, Darkrai materializes out of nowhere.
Darkrai: You've kept me waiting.
Chikorita: W—wh—what do you want with us?
Amy: You don't even know us!
Darkrai: Wrong. I know all about you…especially you, Amy.
Chikorita: WHAT?
Amy: Me?
Darkrai: Yes. You and Grovyle had an accident while time traveling, remember? Had it not occurred to you how odd that was?
Amy (getting suspicious): Yeah, all the time! Hey…how do you know about it…?
Darkrai: Simple. I did it.
Amy, Chikorita, and Cresselia: WHAT?
Darkrai: I slipped my way into the Hidden Land and sabotaged Temporal Tower. I could've ruled over Primal Dialga and that future world of darkness. I normally could've sat back and watched Grovyle and Amy as they scurried around that world looking for Time Gears throughout their pathetic lives. But nooooo…I didn't think they'd actually find a way to travel back in time! So I attacked them in the time tunnel. It should have been enough. Especially for Grovyle. But…you protected him, Amy.
Amy: I…protected him? (How come I don't remember it…?)
Darkrai: My attack was for Grovyle, not you. That's how you lost your memory. But it also seems your will to protect him got entangled with the many dimensions during your time travel—especially this one. That's how you turned into a Jigglypuff.
Amy: (I…did that…)
Darkrai: I thought that was sufficient. But…you then met with Chikorita and stopped my plans.
Cresselia: So that's why you tried to break their will!
Darkrai (thinking, or is he planning something…?): …
Cresselia: You brought us here to get rid of us all at once, right?
Darkrai: …Correct. But that would be such a waste. Amy…Chikorita…Why not join me?
Amy and Chikorita: WHAT?
Cresselia: Don't believe him, whatever you do!
Chikorita (also thinking hard): …Maybe Darkrai…is right. Who are we kidding? If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Amy: Chikorita!
She isn't listening; she walks right up to Darkrai and joins him.
Darkrai: Muahahaha…Well done, Chikorita. What about you, Amy?
Amy (thinking even harder): …
She walks up right in front of him.
Darkrai: Well?
Cresselia: Don't do this, Amy…
Chikorita: C'mere, Amy. The world of darkness is going to be so…much…fun!
Amy (finally realizing the truth): …N…N…No way! This is all…this is all…This is all…a nightmare!
She lashes right out at him! The scene suddenly shifts back to reality; Chikorita hasn't moved at all.
Darkrai: Gaaaah!
Chikorita and Cresselia: Amy!
Darkrai: Y—you!
He knocks her back!
Amy: (I was right! That was WAY too close!)
Darkrai: Curses! And so close, too… Is that your final answer, Amy?
Amy: What did you expect? Chikorita would never say something that stupid! We've been to the world of darkness before, remember? WE HATED IT!
Darkrai: Humph…Fine then. Wrong answer.
After a flash of darkness, they're completely surrounded by random Pokémon from the dungeon!
Amy and Chikorita: WAAAAAAH!
Cresselia: Typical.
Darkrai: I shall seize control of my dark world as its king—The Master of All Things Evil! And no one shall stop me! No one! No one! NO ONE!
They fight. Amy and Chikorita are smart enough to throw all the seeds they have at Darkrai and the enemies to make it easier. Despite that, though, Darkrai is so strong, they just barely win.
Cresselia: This is it!
Darkrai: I said you…cannot catch me!
His eyes flash, and a hole opens up behind him!
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAAH! A dimensional hole!
Darkrai: Muahahaha…I actually have no idea whether it leads to the future or past, but it doesn't matter. I shall simply plunge the world into darkness at that time.
Amy: GET BACK HERE!
Darkrai: Make me!
He flies so fast, there's no way they'll ever catch him by the time he steps through! He's just one step away...
Darkrai: Well, how do you like that? I snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! …Of course, for you guys, it's the exact opposite! Muahahahahahaha! Muaha—
Palkia: REALLY…?
Suddenly, Palkia warps into the room!
Amy and Chikorita: Palkia!
Darkrai: What the…?
Palkia: TAKE THIS!
Darkrai: Uh, right, see ya!
Darkrai manages to get into the dimensional hole by the time Palkia charges up his beam attack, but it still hits.
Darkrai: Gaaaaaah!
The dimensional hole turns gray. After a few tense seconds, it shatters. Amy and Chikorita's jaws drop in disbelief.
Amy: It…it exploded. I didn't know it could explode!
Chikorita: What happened to Darkrai?
Palkia: HE WILL LIVE. ALTHOUGH I SUSPECT THAT NO MATTER WHERE HE MAY BE NOW, HE WILL HAVE LOST HIS MEMORY.
Amy: Just like with me, huh?
Palkia: CORRECT. WE ARE DONE WITH HIM. I FORESEE NO REASON TO EVER RETURN HERE. FAREWELL.
He warps out, just like that.
Cresselia: Well…That is that.
Amy: Aww, man…I wish I could warp like that!
Chikorita: Come on, Amy. Let's go home.
They go back.
Chikorita's Narration: And that's how our fight against Darkrai ended. When we returned to Treasure Town, we were thrilled by how excited everyone was! Darkrai fooled us, so I thought neither Amy nor I had a place in this world…but surrounded by everyone's happiness…that's when I finally realized the truth. We're meant to be alive! I remember what Master Wigglytuff said: Every Pokémon in the world exists for a reason. Even the bad ones…even Darkrai. After all, if it weren't for him, I would've never met Amy. After all this, my adventures with her will continue. We'll see many things, and we'll make new discoveries. We've gone back to Luminous Cave since then, but we still can't evolve. But that doesn't matter—I finally realize that Amy doesn't want me to evolve, either. Our memories together are worth preserving so much that they'd be ruined if either of us were to evolve. Besides—We can exist here! We can live here! And that alone is something we should be grateful about—for our whole lives!
To be continued… (One more to go!)