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I woke to find Shinx and Absol curled up beside me. Brock was leaning against a tree, seemingly deep in thought. I sat up quickly, remembering my visit to the white world. Palkium had said he would follow me back but it looked like he hadn't arrived yet.
"Absol?" Absol asked, alerting Brock to my awakened state. I scratched the pokemon's ears as Brock walked over, looking at me with concern.
"Are you ok?" he asked worriedly. I smiled at him assuringly.
"I'm fine."
He smiled slightly back but didn't look convinced. Shinx crawled into my lap and mewed up at me. I smiled at him before giving him a small, soft noogie on his head. He made a kind of laughing sound before shaking his head. I giggled before putting my hand in my pocket and pulling out the ipod that was now there.
"What's that?" Brock asked curiously.
"It's my ipod. Palkium got it for me." I told him, figuring there was no need to keep the legendary pokemon secret anymore.
"Who's Palkium?" he asked in confusion. I sighed before explaining. I was almost finished with the explanation of who Palkium was and how I knew him (leaving out the 'I'm from another world' thing) when the pokemon himself arrived.
"Sorry for the wait. It took longer to cross into this dimension than I thought it would. Most of the legendaries are trying to get as far from mum and dad as they can." He explained before noticing Brock sitting next to me, staring at him with a shocked expression.
"Palkium, this is Brock, Brock this is Palkium." I introduced dryly before I began to search my songs for Oracion again. The pokemon and the breeder nodded in greeting before turning to watch me with the other two dog-like pokemon. "So when do I need to play this?" I asked Palkium, not taking my eyes from the names of the songs I was scrolling through.
"Well, I'm sure they will come through the dimensions at some point and mum is likely to come near me…so if you stay by me you should know when the disaster will happen." He said quietly. Apparently he didn't like being the object of his mother's wrath.
"What's a song going to do?" Brock asked sceptically. I looked at him with a serious expression.
"Hopefully it will calm them down." I explained. He nodded slightly but still looked worried. "Where are the others?" I asked anxiously.
"Practicing still." Brock told me. We had all gone out in pairs to practice. Brock and I, May and Drew and Ash and Max. It had been decided that it would be easier to work that way. I nodded.
"Good. I think it would be best to have as little people involved as possible." I explained. The others nodded in agreement and I sighed before lying back down on the ground. It had been an exhausting day already and it was only about to get worse.
"Sammy?" Palkium asked tentetivly. I looked at him and smiled. He was like a kid. When I had first met him he seemed ancient and unmovable; wise as anything. But now it was as if he was a completely different pokemon. He was scared and venerable looking. It was amazing at the difference and I wondered just how powerful these legendary pokemon were to send the others running like this and to turn this once ancient creature into a small child.
"Yes Palkium?" I answered gently. He looked away sadly.
"Mother and father…they've never fought like this before. It scares me." He confessed, moving away in his strange floating way. I blinked. Here was another way he was like a kid. I supposed that in legendary pokemon terms he probably still was a kid. It was only at times like this us humans could see it.
"It'll be ok Palkium." I assured him in a motherly voice I hadn't realised I had adopted. Brock watched our exchange in interest. Though we had only met a couple of times I felt like I knew the pokemon well. Everything he had done, everything he had told me, had been to help me, somehow reminded me of Craig. Grabbing his paw I grinned. "You know, you remind me of my brother." I told him happily. He looked at me in surprise.
"Really?" he asked in amazement. I nodded and he smiled. "Well, thank you for the honour." He said, his voice slightly more relaxed than it had been before.
"You have a brother Sammy?" Brock asked in surprise. I nodded at him happily.
"Yup. I do miss him dearly." I told the boy before a sad look came onto my face. The mood suddenly became depressed and I realised it was my fault. I needed to control my emotions better at times like this.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked." He murmured guiltily. I shook my head before bringing a smile to my face, slightly relived he didn't ask further.
"Nah, its ok; you didn't know." I assured him but he still looked guilty.
Suddenly the sky began to warp. I gasped as I looked up around me but looked down as I saw a small, scared squeak come from my lap. Shinx was squirming in my lap, covering his face with his paws in terror. I shushed his gently before returning him. He was too young for something like this.
"Ab, Absol!" Absol growled. I remembered Darkri in the film as he said 'go away' when there were disturbances and I wondered for a moment if that was what Absol was saying.
"It's starting." Brock commented darkly, his eyes narrowed on the ripples in the sky. It made my heart beat fast. Though it looked like he was angry, he had his eyes open again and they where still gorgeous. Blushing and telling myself THIS REALLY ISNT THE TIME, I looked over at the trembling Palkium before squeezing his paw gently. He turned his head to look at me before smiling gratefully. I smiled back. Then I grabbed brocks hand and we all turned towards the coming disaster together. Whatever was coming we would handle it together.
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Well, here they come! I hope you are all enjoying this story and will continue to enjoy it for whatever is left of it. I think though that after this bit I will finish it. I might make a sequel or I might not but its likely that I will so watch out for it. ^_^
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