Shadows from Before

His eyes peered down toward the rage filled Empoleon. He felt the ice, cut through his clothing, and scrape the arm he held up. All around him, ice traveled thanks to the beam fired upon him. He watched his own blood fly thanks to the icy attack; his blue eyes quivering in rage. His purple-haired ally dodged the attack with little time to spare, and was now laying on the ground as ice flew over her.

"What the hell!?" Jupiter yelled, her head moving up barely, "I thought they were all dealt with!"

Saturn fell to his knees, whilst one hand upon his stricken arm. When he brought the hand back, he found it was painted in the red dye that was his blood. The Empoleon that attacked them lowered his fins, though that didn't make him look any less daunting. He stomped forward; the beak of his mouth opening wide to let loose a terrifying roar. The Galactic Commander shook his head, those azul orbs of his looking at the trainer of this Pokémon. When his eyes relayed blonde hair, he knew it could only be one person.

"Good job, Empoleon!" Barry yelled as he gripped his cast laden armed, "Now Shadow Claw!"

Raising his metallic fin, the emperor Pokémon rushed forward at great speeds. The golden claw beneath his fin started to ooze a shadowy substance, while his eyes shot a malicious glare. Thanks to the ice he created from the ice beam, the Pokémon easily skated along the frozen roads. Instead of striking Jupiter who sat between him and Saturn, the Empoleon aimed straight for the man in charge. Saturn squinted at the sight, whilst dodging the strike with impressive speed. When he landed on the frozen road, the Galactic Commander skidded thanks to the lack of friction. Empoleon however, quickly regained control of his body, and shifted his vision once more toward his prey. Raising his fins, the Pokémon marched forward dauntingly.

"Damn you boy," Saturn grumbled, "Why weren't you affected?"

"Affected by what?" Barry replied, genuinely confused, "Look, all I know is that everyone has been reduced to mindless crying, and I figure you had something to do with it," his glare sharpened, "So make everything go back too normal, or else Empoleon's going to get a bit frisky!"

Saturn couldn't help but to chuckle at the commented.

"What?" he murmured as he and Jupiter got to their feet, "Thought this was over, huh? Did you think all you had to do was stop Jupiter and I?" he couldn't help but to chuckle, "You seemed to be ignorant of the power Team Galactic holds!"

Raising his hand he snapped his finger, making Barry and his Empoleon step back in surprise. A low monstrous roving noise echoed next, causing Barry to look up. While the dark, void-like sky gazed down, an irregular vehicle started to fly over the building tops. Slow moving, disk-shaped, pulsating blue lines, it was yet another Galactic Saucer. The sight of it caused Barry to scratch his head in awe.

"Oh..." he commented, "So you have... another one, huh...?"

The underbelly of the saucer opened up, showing an army of Galactic soldiers. Though he was the second strongest Pokémon trainer in all of Sinnoh, even Barry knew the limits of him and his Pokémon. An army was definitely a limit. That didn't mean he would give in so easily, however.

"If that's all you've got," he commented whilst swallowing his spit, "Then you're going to be sorely disappointed."

"Keep onto that bravado by," Saturn yelled with a wince of pain, "You don't know how much longer you'll keep it," looking skyward, the Galactic Commander chuckled, "Attack them!"

The Pseudo-Champion readied himself for action, and so did his Pokémon. Getting near his trainer, Empoleon gazed toward the waves of enemies they would have to defeat. Bringing his eyes down, the Emperor Pokémon watched as a bead of sweat traveled down his master's head. Despite the challenge ahead; despite the fact that victory was slim, his master would still try to fight. He was either a fool, or fearless. Then again, only fools are fearless.

"Well... I've lived a full life..." Barry murmured to himself, "Get ready for a battle, Empoleon..."

The Galactic Saucer descended down upon the city of Sunyshore, the men and women aboard ready to do battle. Barry pointed skyward; Empoleon aimed his fins. Even though his trainer didn't give the command, the Pokémon had already begun to charge up his ice beam. The Galactic Grunts which compromised most of the team had started to leap from the great saucer.

And...

"PIDGEOT! WHIRLWIND!"

The great bird Pokémon flew in the way, his wings flapping violently. The powerful thrust quickly stirred a blast of air, which knocked away the grunts prepared to battle. Empoleon quickly dropped his fins; his eyes too awestruck to do anything. When the Pidgeot landed, Barry's hero sat upon it.

"Hey kid," Blue said, his face lacking its usual cockiness, "Seems you were spared."

"You're telling me!" Barry replied as he and his Empoleon ran up, "Everyone's crying for no reason."

"Well..." he glared forward again, "Get serious, it looks like these Galactic freaks are playing hard ball," a smirk came to his lips, "Good. I can't stand it when people suck."

Tapping the back of his Pidgeot's head, he and his bird took off skyward. Feeling a resurgence of his vigor, Barry readied himself once more for battle. His vision shifted toward Saturn, who was struggling with the pain in his arm. The Pseudo-Champion was prepared to battle the Galactic Leader, but before he could do so a certain purple-haired harlot stepped in his way.

"Well, well, well," Jupiter muttered with a chuckle, "How many times are we going to run into one another, huh boy?"

"Get out of my way!" Barry yelled, "Unless you want me to hand you another beat-down!"

Her face grew hard and angry, as she tossed a Poké Ball from her hands. When the capsule landed, it quickly released the creature within. Large, furry, with a purple and grey body, the Pokémon Skuntank landed.

"Skun... Tank!" the creature yelled.

Empoleon stepped into the line of vision of the skunk Pokémon, he too ready for the oncoming brawl. While a disturbing plume of purple air smoldered from the toxic Pokémon's tail, a beautiful trail of misty ice flowed from Empoleon's fins. The tension in the air was growing to deranged levels; each side was ready to throw down. But who would go first?

"Skuntank! Earthquake!" Jupiter roared.

"Empoleon! Counter with Surf!" Barry barked back.

The two Pokémon suddenly launched themselves at each other. From Empoleon's body, a wave of water crashed through his fins. Skuntank rose his front legs then slammed them down, triggering a powerful quake. The slam was so great, the buildings beside them began to rumble and break apart. Suddenly stopping, Empoleon fired his wave of water toward the foe before him. The powerful wave swept up debris and cars, all of which were tossed toward his Skuntank foe. Quite easily the swarm of water swept up the toxic Pokémon, but that wasn't to say his attack went to waste. When Empoleon landed, the earthquake Skuntank triggered struck him in his body. Being half steel-type, the Emperor Pokémon felt his body rumble and quake. He survived the attack, but that didn't say he was defeated.

"Empoleon!" Barry yelled, "You okay?"

The great penguin-like Pokémon nodded, a smile growing on his beak.

"Empole..." he answered.

When the water from the Pokémon's attack subsided, he found to his surprise Skuntank. The toxic Pokémon was still standing, though not so easily. Empoleon's strike injured the skunk Pokémon just as much as his attack injured him.

"Wanna go again!?" Barry yelled at his enemy trainer.

"Oh please!" Jupiter scolded, "You're Pokémon could barely even stand my attack! If you try hitting me again, my Skuntank will end you."

"We'll see..." the Pseudo-Champion murmured under his breath at first, "Empoleon! Use Hydro Pump!"

"Skuntank! Earthquake! Again!" Jupiter roared back.

Instead of running at his foe like last time, Empoleon instead opened his mouth wide. A torrent of water charged within his maw, while he pointed his head at his foe. Skuntank stood on his two hind legs first, only to slam them down upon the waiting earth. When the earth quaked beneath his toes, Empoleon fired his beam of water.

…

The earth rumbled again, shaking his footsteps as he ran off. Tripping over his toes, the blue-haired fiend just happened to land on his injured arm. Of course, he roared out in pain, but only for a few seconds. When he struggled to his toes, those azul eyes of his fell upon the city. He could see water fly out, as well as toxic ooze, and he saw the bodies of various Pokémon fall from his Galactic Saucer.

None of that mattered to him.

His vision shifted skyward, to the dark skies over head. The summoning was near complete, he could already feel the being he would summon. The god that would give him the power he needed to re-write the world, in his perfect image. Gazing down to the objects in hand, he found the red chain to be drenched in his falling blood. The Griseous orb which laid in his other hand was still shining as brilliantly as ever. He almost lost himself in the orbs magnificent brown luster, but the call to order was still rumbling through his head.

He once again rose the two items. Various bolts of energy leaped between the two objects of power, causing the Leader to shake briefly. As these two devices of power moved closer to one another, the dark skies overhead began to rumble and shake. Saturn smiled; he could feel the powers working their magic. Soon, everything, everything, would be his.

But suddenly, a shoulder was rammed into his back. Saturn lost his balance immediately, and crashed into the hard pavement earth. Sliding onto his back, he stared up to see his assailant. It was a certain brown-haired girl, with hazel-nut eyes, and a stern disposition. Leaf lifted her foot then slammed it down upon Saturn's injured arm, making him cry out even more. He tried to push her off, but the action was fruitless. She continued to press onto his bleeding limb, making his cries pepper the air around her. And yet, through all of this, she continued to show no emotions other than utter contempt.

But those cries transformed into laughs. Leaf cocked her head in confusion, her foot increasing the pressure of its press. Yet Saturn never cried out again, he just continued to laugh and laugh and laugh.

"What's wrong, Leaf?" he inquired through his chortles, "Finding it hard to believe?"

She pressed down even harder, making his words get caught in his throat. But the smile he had never faltered.

"C'mon, you should have seen this coming!" he stated, his words only making her angrier, "Go ahead, punish me, I don't care," he laughed, "But you'll never learn of your predicament, will you?" he gazed up to her, finding the Kanto Trainer gaze back with wide-eyes, "Yes, I know. I know everything about you, Leaf Green. Your name, your title, even your address!"

"Who... are... you...?" she inquired.

She felt a hand clench onto the back of her shirt. Lifting the girl high, this hand slammed her into the hard pavement earth. When she looked up, her eyes fell upon the red-eyes of a Gallade. The Blade Pokémon's hand clenched tightly onto her chest, pinning her down upon the cold hard earth. Leaf grimaced in pain, but didn't give her enemies the pleasure of hearing her cry out. Her hazel eyes eventually fell upon Saturn, who had walked back into her line of vision. He was still smiling, of course.

"Yes Leaf," he said to her, "I know you..." he moved closer, "Haven't you found it odd how seamlessly everything flowed? How you just happened to run out that day and come into contact with Mars? How we already had a nice little room for you to stay at? Haven't you found it odd how you ended up in the Sinnoh region of all places? Why here? Why this land?" he pointed at himself, "It's all because of me, Leaf, it's all because of me."

She cocked her head in confusion. What did he mean by his last words? There was no way, no way, he could have possibly caused all of this. But then it hit her. That night, when the Galactic Saucer attacked Eterna City, she remembered something. He called her Leaf Green. Leaf Green. He knew er first name, when she only gave him an alias. It had to be a coincidence. He had to have just heard it.

"What's wrong, Champion?" he inquired, making Leaf freeze up, "No witty comeback? Are you too awestruck to mount a reply?"

"Why...?" she asked, for that was the only word she could say.

"Why... why... why..." he repeated, "I've often wondered that myself," his face finally grew indifferent, as he stared to the void-like sky, "I wondered why upon my last defeat. I wondered it for so long... Do you know how darkness feels, Leaf? I mean... do you really know what it feels like?" he looked back down to her, "I knew what it felt like. I lived in it for a while... I lived in darkness..."

…

He watched the shadowy dragon which held so much power, the shadowy dragon that ruined his plans, fizzle away into nothing. The red eyes, the very spider-like limbs for wings, its worm-like body, all of it faded away into the darkness of the land. He watched the battle, watched it with his very own eyes. And yes, even he had to admit it was amazing. The girl, the very girl who had defeated him twice, the one who ruined his plans earlier that year, and now during the winter. An eleven year old girl. She was the victor. She was always the victor. Always.

Now they stood in a world of darkness, the creator of this land sent running, thanks to the person he hated so much. And he couldn't believe any of it.

"That Pokémon... That shadowy Pokémon was defeated?!" he couldn't believe his own words, even as she looked at him in surprise, "Your doing so means that this irrational world will remain in existence!" he roared out next, his finger-pointing down to the raven-haired girl, "Does that make it impossible for me to create a new world?" then it hit him, "Even if I made new Red Chains, the new world can't be made! Why?!" her face grew hardened, annoyed even, "What compels you to protect the two worlds? Is spirit, a vague and incomplete thing, so important to you?!"

And you know what she did? You know what Dawn did?

She nodded. The eleven-year-old protector of Sinnoh nodded.

"... The places we are born," her low, stirring, commanding voice echoed. He watched her blonde hair and black clothing, step into his view, making him grow even angrier.

Cynthia. The original Sinnoh Champion.

"The time we spend living..." she continued, "The languages we speak..." her gaze intensified as she gazed down upon him, "We are all different. But the presence of Pokémon unites us," she turned, and smiled at the Dawn, "We share our lives with our Pokémon, and our happiness grows as we all become greater than we were alone," her gaze shifted back to him, "That is why we can battle and trade with anyone we choose..."

"SILENCE!" the Galactic Leader yelled, silencing the champion,"Enough of your blathering! That's how you justify spirit as something worthwhile?!" he couldn't believe her and her stupid words, "That is merely humans hoping, deluding themselves that they are happy and safe! The emotions roiling inside me..." shaking his head, he couldn't believe the feelings currently running through him, "Rage, hatred, frustration... These ugly emotions arise because of my own incomplete spirit!" shaking his head, he realized it was fruitless to continue this conversation, "...Enough. We will never see eye to eye. This, I promise you. I will break the secrets of the world. With that knowledge, I will create my own complete and perfect world. One day, you will awaken to a world of my creation. A world without spirit."

The grey-haired Galactic Leader turned around, taking his final looks at his hated nemesis, and the Sinnoh Champion. All that lied before him now was an entire world of darkness and shadows. An unfinish, broken word. A world he would put back together, a world he would craft into his own visage. It made him smile. It was only a matter of time, and he had enough of it.

The shadows of the Distortion World swallowed him whole, taking him deep into its bosom. And for all intents and purposes, he would never be seen again.

…

"But my actions were fruitless..." he shook his head, and his vision shifted back. When he gazed upon Leaf, she appeared to be perplexed by his information, "I traversed the Distortion World for years. Years. I tried my hardest to find any answers to the place, so I could unravel its great puzzle. But no matter how many times I tried, I failed. Eventually, I ran into Giratina, the very being I watched Dawn defeat," he shook his head, "The very being that could easily destroy our world whenever it pleased, was bested by a mere girl... Can you believe that?" there was a quake, a quake caused by the battle raging behind them. But Saturn ignored it, "I was angry at Giratina, disappointed by its weakness," he smiled, "But I wasn't about to let it get out of my reach," he crouched down so he could be near Leaf's face, "I realized Leaf that I couldn't mold the Distortion World. It was too crazy, too distorted, to craft in any way. But the promise I made to Dawn and Cynthia would not go unfulfilled," he chuckled darkly, "I traveled through the Distortion World along Giratina's back. He found no need to strike me down. It wasn't like I was any threat to him, after all. After a while, however, I realized something. The Distortion World's lack of laws allows a being to see into dimensions. I gazed into many universes, thanks to the Distortion Worlds dimensional gaps. It was... amazing. But you know what?" he suddenly started to growl, "It appeared as if, no matter what, I was doomed to fail," his face scrunched up, "I was doomed to be defeated! If not by Dawn, then by some boy! I was going to fail, no matter what!" a broken smile came upon his lips, one that made Leaf shiver, "But I was never one to take defeat lying down. Never. I worked up a plan to travel through the dimensions, and with enough persuasion, I convinced Giratina as well," lifting his finger, he tapped it down upon Leaf's nose, "And that's what brought me to you..." he chuckled, "You are such an anomaly. Despite the many universes, despite the thousands of probabilities and chances of change, there is only one of you. Exactly one. There is no other Leaf, just... you..." his stood back up, though his smile remained on his lips, "How does it feel, Leaf? How does it feel to know that, in the entire multiverse, you are the only Leaf in existence?"

He started laughing, laughing louder and harder than ever before. Turning around, he grabbed the Griseous orb and red chain from the ground, lifting them high once more. Shaking the objects, he started trekking off once more.

"And now," he finished, "The only Leaf in the universe. Shall be erased..."

His finger wagged; an order to his Gallade. The Blade Pokémon rose his fist, and angled it down to his prey's head.

"Wait!" she called out, "Stop!" her actions indeed stopped Gallade, and Saturn as well, "Why?" she asked, "Why did you bring me here? You never told me."

"Oh right," he said as he shook his head, "Why did I bring you?" he rose the two artifacts in his hands, "Ask your darling Volcarona that question. Now kill her Gallade..."

She shifted her vision back up to the Blade Pokémon. There was no way to stop the oncoming blow. He was above her, and she below. All the Kanto Trainer could do, was brace for the impact.

The fist fell. But the pain, it never came.

Leaf's eyes opened. The fist of the Gallade, laid in the palm of a certain blue and white furred Pokémon's hand. Leaf gazed along the body of this, decidedly feminine, Pokémon. She could see a very distinct scar, lining the chest of this Pokémon. A scar she and her Pokémon caused. This being, this very Anubis-like being, was a Lucario. And it was no ordinary Lucario. This was Courage.

"Lucario..." the Pokémon commented with a growl.

Lifting the fist of the Gallade, she effortlessly tossed him into the ground. Her knee fell upon his back a moment later, keeping him pinned down upon the earth. When the Blade Pokémon tried to fight the Emotion Pokémon off, she silenced him with a swift punch to the back of his head.

Courage stood tall next, her red eyes glared over to the blue-haired Galactic Leader. Saturn was taken aback by the Lucario's appearance, finding it to be a shock. Yet he never showed fear, or even contempt. In fact, he chuckled.

"I was wondering when she would show up... No matter how many times I try, I can never be free of that harlot..."

Courage didn't care for his words. She instead took a battling position, her hand bursting with a blue flame. She was ready to strike down the Galactic Leader, in spite of the situation abound. Cupping her hands, she started to charge up an Aura Sphere, an attack which would surely have crushed Saturn. But before she could launch the attack, Leaf ran in front of her.

"Saturn!" she yelled, "Why me!? What does my Volcarona have to tie into all of this? And for what reason?"

"I needed a specific trainer, one of Dawn's caliber," he started sliding back, "You should be lucky, Leaf. Even though times have trained since your time," he moved further back, "You were able to put up a great fight against Dawn. Although, you lost..." he finished that statement with a sigh, "But you did everything I expected of you. You caught Uxie, you brought the eyes of the investigations off of me, and greatest of all, you took out my worst enemy!" he finally stopped moving back, "But, my dearest Leaf, my last request of you," his head cocked, "My name is not Saturn. I'm just using this body, as I may have to use yours one day. Call me... Cyrus!"

From the back of his body, a bolt of energy shot to the sky. This bolt caused the air to blow in Leaf and Courage's direction, pushing them back with its gale force winds. While this beam traveled to the sky, Cyrus' laughter peppered the skies. She watched the dark void-like sky part into, as this beam ripped a wormhole through the sky. As it did so, a pair of demonic red eyes gleamed through the gape. These eyes descended, alongside a black blur of a body. This blur fell to the earth quickly. It moved so fast, it appeared to be an apparition. It darted left and right, eventually sinking into the earth itself, like a great shadow. The shadow traveled under the city of Sunyshore, stopping every single battle that echoed within. Barry's battle with Jupiter screeched to a halt, his Heracross and Jupiter's Bronzong gazing to the darkness in awe, while Blue's bout with a countless number of Galactic grunts, ended by the body of this being. The darkness eventually swallowed a building whole, and traveled to the rooftops of said building. All of it formed one complete being.

This shadowy blob of darkness sat on the roof of Sunyshore's greatest building. The red eyes of this creature was the only visible part of this creature that was different from the rest. Leaf gazed hard and deeply into the eyes of this creature. It seemingly triggered something deep inside of her. She recognized these eyes. She had seem them before. This creature, her beloved Venusaur. The fight they held.

These were the shadows. The shadows she remembered fighting. The Shadows from Before.

"Do you recognize him, Leaf!?" Cyrus's voice boomed, "Do you recognize the being that brought you here!? Do you recognize Giratina!?"

The shadowy creature tipped up its head and roared. When the roar left its armored lips, the darkness was dispelled from its body. What remained in its wake was a large gray draconic Pokémon with gold half rings circling the back of its neck, and a thick black stripe running vertically along the front with red horizontal stripes. It held two large black ghostly wings with red tips that can resemble claws themselves. And it stood on six thick legs which also held claws, of course.

One its various legs, the ghastly dragon trekked to the edge of the building it stood on. Those red eyes it owned shot holes into all that stared into them. They were violent eyes, filled with an eternity of pain, death, and destruction. This being was the personification of Satan, it had to be. This thing was Lucifer himself.

"Whoa..." Barry murmured as he gazed upon this creature, "Talk about some serious stuff..." he swallowed his spit, "And I thought Palkia was big..."

Giratina suddenly sand into the ground; once again becoming a shadow. Traveling throughout the city, the creature didn't reappear until it was beneath Cyrus. Returning from its shadows, Giratina picked the Galactic Leader up on its head. Leaf looked upon the sociopath, as he stood perched on a virtual god's head.

"End them Giratina!" he said, arm thrust out, "And let us recreate this world!"

The creature opened its maw, and started to summon a great quantity of darkness. Everyone was so awestruck by this being, they did little to stop the oncoming attack. It was charging, stronger and stronger, causing the gravity to shift skyward thanks to the power it held. When that blast hit the earth, it was going to destroy everything.

But a colorful beam rocketed from the sea. Slamming into Giratina's back, it caused the banished Pokémon to roar out in pain. He wobbled left and right; the attack ruining his ability to fly. Instead of crashing into the solid earth however, Giratina and Cyrus morphed into darkness, only to reform at the edge of the city. Leaf gazed to the sea, while Courage walked over to Sunyshore's bay. After a while, the Kanto Trainer walked up beside the Aura Pokémon. To her surprise, the entire bay of Sunyshore was frozen solid.

Oh, and it began to snow. Leaf began to shiver, while her hand caught one of these stray snowflakes. Gazing back to the ocean horizon, she saw a faded blue figure walking on top of the frozen bay. This creature moved closer and closer, growing larger as it did so. Leaf found her mouth opening wide, as its entire body came into view.

Its body was a wondrous shade of blue, while its underbelly was a lighter shade, one that was near white. On the sides of its body, running from its neck to its tail, a trail of icy cold diamonds glimmered. The form of this creature was that of a sauropod, and sails flowed from its head. In the center of this creature's icy blue eyes, a diamond.

Leaf had never seen a Pokémon like this before. It appeared to have come from a prehistoric age, much like her Kabutops. But this being was greater than her Shellfish Pokémon, and possibly stronger as well.

"Aaaaaaauuuuurrooooooooooorrruuuuuuuussss..." the Pokémon announced in a low, yet powerful, way.

When the creature stepped foot upon the land of Sunyshore, Leaf felt the land shake. She kept her eyes on the being; watching as it traveled into the highways of the city. It stopped only when its laid in the direct line of sight, that belonged to Giratina. Though the two were on different levels of elevation, it was clear to all that they were of similar height.

"His name's Verglas." Dawn's voice echoed from behind.

She walked up behind Leaf, making the trainer turn around to her. She was smiling, though it appeared forced. It really wasn't a situation to smile about, but she did so anyone. It wasn't for her sake, but more for the Kanto Trainer's sake.

"He's an Auroros," she continued, "The Sail Pokémon," her smile seemed to grow, "He's from the Kalos region. You haven't the slightest clue what I went through to get him."

Aurorus? So that was the name of this Pokémon. It was a wonderfully beautiful name. Most befitting of this icy being.

"I fought Giratina before," Dawn said as she walked forward, "He's Dragon/Ghost-type. Meaning he's weak to ice attacks," she faced Leaf one more time, "I recommend you send out that Weavile of yours. Unless you have a Fairy or Dragon-type under your sleeve."

Leaf didn't even want to know what a Fairy-type was. All she cared about was the battle she could feel rumbling through the land. When Dawn flicked her hand in a following motion, Leaf couldn't help but to follow. It appeared as if all in that moment, all sins were forgiven. Or maybe it was just the call to order. If they had a bigger grudge to deal with, it would have to wait until after the oncoming brawl.

Their gazes shifted to Giratina. Staring to the top, they could see Cyrus perched on top. He had regained his hard demeanor, for he too was ready to end this.

The earth grew silent.

Maverick Talks!

First of, title drop. Yeah, you know what I mean. The Shadows from Before that is the title, represents Giratina. He is a shadowy Pokemon, after all. Cyrus said it himself. Besides, it was obviously going to be Giratina. Once I wrote 'Griseous orb' you should have known.

Anyway, this chapter. You finally get your answers. You finally figure out who caused it, and why. And yet, you still are left wondering some things. Like, how is Cyrus in control of Saturn's body? And what was the real reason why he chose Leaf? He said it himself, he had millions of universes to gaze upon, so why Leaf? Was it really because she was the only Trainer strong enough to beat Dawn? That's quite an assumption, honestly. Who knows, maybe Cyrus is a bit nutty. I would be too if I was stuck in the Distortion World for an unspecified amount of time. That being said, I hope its a good enough reason for you. There's still some problems, problems which we will deal with in the coming chapters. For now, we'll just surmise that Leaf is from another universe. Is it so hard to believe that Giratina can travel along them?

Plus, we learn more of my crazy story lining. You see, we have a flashback to Pokemon Platinum in this chapter. In fact, I copied Cyrus and Cynthia's dialogue whole-heartly. Now, you may see this as odd, as I've constantly referred to this story as a somewhat sequel to Pearl, the only Gen 4 Pokemon I played, save for Soul Silver. Here's why, this story is a sequel to both Pearl and Platinum, in a way. You see, Pearl and Platinum happen in the same year, with Pearl happening sooner. Leaf battles Cyrus and Palkia on top of Spear Pillar, and after she wins, she continues her Pokemon adventure. Later on, she must return to Spear Pillar to end Team Galactic and stop Giratina. Obviously, the games aren't sequels, but this is my personal head cannon. I have proof for my theory as well. You see, Platinum takes place during the winter, while Pearl and Diamond take place during the Summer. In this story, Dawn went through both Legendary Pokemon encounters, in one single adventure. There ya go.

Also, the lie I mentioned last chapter. It deals with Auroros. Earlier I said there would be no Kalos region Pokemon, save for Mega Evolutions which I don't count. In this chapter, I made my earlier self seem like a liar. I didn't mean to do it, I just did. The reason why I didn't use Kalos region Pokemon before is simple. I didn't own X or Y when I started this story. I do now, and I can easily say my Auroros rules. Verglas is French for Black Ice, which we all know as being deadly. Since my Pokemon is ice type and deadly, I named him it. Its a pun, get it? Besides, I felt as if I needed to throw in a Generation 6 Pokemon. I wanted to be like the anime. Whenever a new gen was revealed, they'd have an episode with a Pokemon from that generation in the current generation. In Gen 1, they showed Ho-oh in the first episode. In Gen 2, they showed a Blaziken which kicked Ash's Charizard's ass. I don't know about Gen 4 though I assume it deals with either Bonsly or Munchlax, nor do I know what they showed in Gen 4. They showed Kalos region Pokemon in Gen 5 though, and in Gen 4, they had a short series of episodes with Lyra from HG/SS in it. Plus, they had some unknown douche who I assume took Ethan/Gold's place, in the HG/SS episodes. I guess they couldn't use Ethan/Gold because he was used in Pokemon Chronicles alongside Krys, but whatever.

I doubt I'm going to interject any more Kalos region Pokemon, so don't worry about this getting all Gen 6ie...

Now, I've done my fair share of talking. We know now, somewhat, why Leaf is here, while Giratina has risen from the Distortion World. Obviously, the ultimate battle of heroes and villains is about to play out soon. Who will be the victor? We'll just have to wait and see.

Oh, and in my story, Giratina's evil. Hey, he was banished for some reason.

Maverick Kay Prime