Jirachi looked up sadly at the Millennium Comet. A few days had already passed. Just three more and Jirachi would have to go back to sleep for another thousand years.

'It's not fair.' Jirachi thought. 'This always happens and there's no reason for it. I'm so grateful for what Acuity did for me, but what's the point of being able to wake up every thousand years if it means I just have to go back to sleep and all of my friends will be gone when I wake up again? Aron seems so timid and he's one of the best friends I've ever had. I don't want to leave him.'

"There you are!"

Jirachi turned around. It was Aamira.

"Oh, hey." Jirachi said. "What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you." Aamira said. "You know, Quill and Aron are becoming pretty close friends too, but Aron wants to spend as much time with you as he can before the comet leaves so I came looking for you. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, just… thinking. You're right though. I should be spending more time with my friends." Jirachi started to follow Aamira, but then he suddenly got so dizzy that it made him feel sick and it felt like everything was spinning around him. He wobbled in the air for a few seconds before falling.

"Jirachi! Are you alright?" Aamira ran towards him. He looked too dizzy to even reply to her.

Aamira picked him up and carried him on her back down to Aron's house.

Aamira had begun to like Chalybs. The crystals that filled the cave looked like stars. Maybe it was because this was the steel country and her evolved form was a steel type, but she really liked it here. Though there was something about being underground that kind of felt unnatural to her. She was sure that Riolu usually lived in the mountains. Compared to being high above the sea level, being underground was probably the opposite.

She had become used to the tunnels. Sometimes she would leave Jirachi, Aron, and Quill to go explore some of the older caves that no one really visited anymore, some of which had collapsed and no one but really small pokemon could get through. Compared to this labyrinth, finding Aron's house had become pretty easy.

She finally found it and ran in as fast as she could to find Aron and Quill enjoying a late dinner. "Guys, we have a problem!"

"Jirachi!" Aron immediately jumped up when he saw something was wrong with his friend. "Oh no, what's wrong?"

"I don't know." Aamira said. "I don't know where the hospital is in this city."

"Wait here, I'll go to find Chansey." Aron ran off before Quill or Aamira could say anything.

Aamira laid Jirachi down on his bed in the back of the house. He seemed really dazed and unable to really tell where he was.

"I wonder what's going on." Quill said. "But did you see Aron? He's been so timid this whole time we were here, but when Jirachi got sick he suddenly became all brave like that. He seems to really want to help people, doesn't he?"

"Yea." Aamira smirked. "He sort of reminds me of another little pokemon I met once."

"Huh? Who's that?" Quill asked.

"He was always really timid. Even when he found a friend, though apparently that friend of his really helped him to become brave. He's now one of the bravest pokemon I've ever met, in spite of once getting so nervous that he almost burned his school down."

Quill laughed. "Oh come on! I was never that timid!"

Aamira smiled "Yea, you were! Don't you remember? Especially whenever Crawdaunt and Croconaw showed up. You'd freeze up and wouldn't be able to defend yourself at all. But like I said, you're a lot braver than most of the pokemon I know. When you found out about some weird ability that you have, you just wondered what was going on. Most pokemon would freak out and have a panic attack."

"You think so?" Quill asked. "It was helpful, I guess, but I almost hurt Jirachi and Aron apparently. Remember, I told you. I don't remember a thing about it. Jirachi was barely conscious at the time and he saw what happened. I started glowing and my fire turned blue, then I used Eruption. I guess I might have leveled up and learned Eruption, but I don't understand why I started glowing. I think the only reason I'm not panicking because of this is because I can't remember what happened."

"That's weird. If it were me, that would make me panic more." Aamira said.

"Anyway, what about Nidoqueen and Gardevoir? You know they were really ghosts, whether you try to deny it or not."

Aamira sighed. "Okay, I'll admit it's possible, but it's not like I'm just going to suddenly start seeing ghosts out of nowhere. It's theorized that ghosts walk everywhere, but if that's true, why have I never seen any before and why have I only seen two now?"

"What about when I see legendary pokemon but they're apparently not there?" Quill asked.

"That's different." Aamira said. "We don't know what that's about, but they're not ghosts! We've seen most of those pokemon, remember?"

"Well, yea, but—."

He was interrupted when Chansey and Aron entered.

"Oh, this looks serious." Chansey rushed over to Jirachi and started to take his temperature. "He definitely seems really sick. How could something like this happen so suddenly?"

"It's not… fair…" Jirachi managed to say. "Whatever's going on… I only have… A few more days… I can't… get sick…"

"It can't be helped." Chansey said. "It's probably just a twenty-four hour flu. They can be very sudden, but usually go away fairly quickly."

"N-No… That's not it…" Jirachi said. "Lord Palkia is injured…"

"Palkia?" Aamira asked. "The deity legendary pokemon who controls space?"

"Space? Like where Jirachi comes from?" Aron asked. "Is that why Jirachi is getting sick like this?"

"Maybe." Quill said. "But if Palkia is a deity like Aamira said, what could possibly be able to hurt it?"

"Can't figure it out?" Aamira asked. "Another deity, of course. Probably Dialga, who governs time. If that's the case, I bet Celebi probably isn't feeling too good right now either."

"Shouldn't we try to do something about this? Especially if Dialga and Palkia are legendary pokemon." Quill said.

Aamira nodded.

"Sphere Pillar…" Jirachi said. "I know where… It is… In the country… ruled by dragons."

"Incendia Anhelo?" Quill asked. "I remember how tough that country was from when Latias hatched and I went with Ambipom to try to find Latios."

"You can lead us there?" Aamira asked Jirachi. He nodded. "Will you be okay?"

"I'll be fine." Jirachi sat up. He was shaking a little. "I was just in shock from what happened… I think I'm starting to… get better now…"

"I'm coming too!" Aron said. "I want to help Jirachi. And, besides, there's only… a few days left…" Some tears formed in Aron's eyes and Aamira and Quill didn't argue.

"Well, since you're alright." Chansey said. "I'd suggest you rest for the rest of the night. Be sure to have breakfast and drink plenty of water so you don't get dehydrated."

"Yes, ma'am." Jirachi said.

The next morning everyone got up really early to get ready. Quill and Aamira were used to getting ready for long travels and missions of various difficulties, but Aron had never been out on an Investigation before. It was kind of funny the way he kept running around making sure he didn't forget anything important.

"You know, I think I do remember acting like this about a year ago…" Quill said uncertainly. "It seems so long ago now."

Aamira laughed. She thought it was kind of cute the way Aron reminded her of Quill so much. Kind of like a younger more childish version of Quill.

"Hurry up!" Jirachi said while eating an apple.

"Don't you need to get some stuff together? It's best to be prepared." Quill said to Jirachi.

"I'm a legendary pokemon. I've been through more bad situations than you can count. Nothing to worry about." Jirachi said proudly.

The four of them left for the dragon country as soon as they were sure they were ready. (Meaning, when Aamira finally decided to make a check list and assure Aron that he hadn't forgotten anything.) Aron looked really excited when he stepped out of his country for the first time. After a while the excitement started to wear down and he would start to constantly complain about being tired and the four of them would stop to rest. Quill seemed a little annoyed, but Aamira and Jirachi didn't mind.

"Look, it's not that bad." Aamira said later that evening. "We've covered a lot of ground. You can even see the mountains from here. We'll be there by noon tomorrow."

"Noon tomorrow?" Jirachi asked. "You know I'm kind of hard pressed for time here."

"I'm so sorry, Jirachi…" Aron said. "You only have two days left and then you'll have to go back to sleep. If it wasn't for me we would be there by now…"

"It's no big deal." Jirachi lied. "Just get some sleep. We should all try resting up for tomorrow. Who knows what we'll have to face?"

Everyone was asleep except Jirachi. He was laying awake, though pretending to sleep in case anyone woke up and started asking questions. He didn't want to go back to sleep out of fear that if he did go to sleep he wouldn't wake up again for another thousand years.

He heard someone tossing around and muttering. Judging by the voice, it was Aamira. He heard her get up and walk off somewhere. Jirachi was curious as to what she could be doing at this time of night. He got up and followed her.

Jirachi found Aamira laying under a tree in a nearby clearing. She was staring up at the stars and the Millennium Comet. She seemed to be in deep thought about something.

"What are you doing up at this time?" Jirachi asked her.

"Can't sleep." Aamira said. "I have a bit of a problem with nightmares. Sometimes I can't remember them. They're sometimes about this lake called the Eye of the Moon, sometimes about a burning city, but in either dream there's usually a blue eyed pokemon there. I feel like I've met it before, but I can never tell what it looks like aside from the eyes."

"Blue eyes don't narrow it down much." Jirachi said.

"Normally I'd ask why you're up at this time, but considering your head is shaped like a star I don't think I'll bother."

Jirachi laughed and then his smiled faded. "I just don't want to go back to sleep. Aron is a great friend, you know?"

"I know. More than you can imagine, actually." Aamira said.

"What do you mean?" Jirachi sat down in the grass next to her.

"Aron acts a lot like Quill used to when I first met him. At first I couldn't stand him because he seemed to be able to read my mind, but then we became so close we were like brother and sister. But then I found out that we were involved in a legend about saving the world. But the only way it could really be saved was if I used my powers to fix the Looking Glass and restore balance. But it would take up all of my energy and I would vanish. I was scared of dying, but even more than that I didn't want to leave Quill all alone."

"What happened?"

"I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you I was terrified. I realized that we would both die along with everyone else if I didn't go through with it but I was still scared and I couldn't tell Quill. He encouraged me though, and gave me the strength I needed to keep going. I remember disappearing and the last time I saw Quill. Then it seems like only a few days later I was back again, waking up to Quill's voice like when I first met him. It turns out that months had actually passed since I disappeared, but I was back. I still don't know why though."

"So you sacrificed yourself for Quill and everyone else. It's kind of the same for me, I guess. Whenever I take some energy from the Millennium Comet and I go back to sleep, the energy is released into the earth to help everything on it grow. If I don't go back to sleep, who knows what would happen. But if it's for Aron, I think I can do it again."

"You've been in pain all day, haven't you? You just didn't want Aron to worry about you."

"You could tell?" Jirachi asked guiltily.

"Aron is a bit inexperienced, but I think Quill noticed too. You're a kindhearted person. Even if you do wake up a thousand years from now in a world we don't know about, I hope you never stop being such a kind person."

Jirachi nodded. "I hope the last day of the festival is the same as always though. It's really fun. On the last night, right before I go back to sleep, everyone writes down their name and a wish on a piece of paper and hang them from the tree. Then in the morning after I go back to sleep, if the paper was blown off the tree it means your wish will come true."

"Can you really grant wishes?" Aamira asked skeptically.

"What do you think? Isn't it more fun to play along and think that maybe it might be true, regardless if it is or not?" Jirachi smirked.

"So you don't grant wishes?"

"Why should I ruin the fun? I'm not just going tell you just like that. Figure out what you want to believe in; that's all I can say."

"I think we've both learned a lot tonight."

Jirachi shook his head. "Typical Aura Readers." He paused and looked up in the sky. "But, I guess you're right."

The next morning both Aamira and Quill could tell that Jirachi was feeling worse, but as long as he didn't say anything they wouldn't say anything either. It's not like they had any way to help him other than getting to Incendia Anhelo as soon as possible, so the best thing was to keep going.

"I can't keep going." It wasn't even noon and they were already in the mountains. Jirachi was slowing down though so they stopped for a moment.

"Are you alright?" Aron said. "You know you're going to make yourself sick if you keep going like this."

"Wait, so you could tell too?" Jirachi asked Aron.

"Of course I could tell." Aron said. "People should know when their friends need help; it's only natural. That's why I kept wanting to stop yesterday. I wasn't really tired, or at least I was still strong enough to keep going, but I was worried about you, Jirachi."

"Aron, I'm sorry for worrying you…" Jirachi said with tears in his eyes. "We need to keep going though. Something's really wrong with Palkia."

"But you're in pain." Aamira said. "I don't know much about medicine or anything, but if you keep going like this you could go into shock."

"Aamira's right." Quill said. "We need to figure something out."

"Try this!" A cheerful voice from behind Quill and Aamira said. The pokemon behind them threw a pearl-like orb to Jirachi. He floated into the air a little. He didn't seem to be in so much pain.

"Celebi, is that you?" Quill asked.

Sure enough, it was Celebi.

"Yup. It's been a while, you two." He said. "Jirachi was awake and I was starting to feel pains and figured that something was wrong with Dialga. I thought Jirachi must be hurting too. Since it would take another deity like Palkia to hurt Dialga."

"Time and space!" Aamira said. "Wow. That actually makes sense."

"The Adamant and Lustrous orbs negate the effects of Time and Space distortions so we don't feel pain when we're holding them." Celebi said. "Anyway, it's been a while, Jirachi."

"It sure has!" Jirachi said to Celebi. "It's nice to know that no matter how long I'm asleep, I'll always have one friend here."

"Yup." Celebi nodded.

"But wow, you two must really get around to know Celebi too." Aron said. "I wish I was a member of an Investigation Team…"

"So are you coming with us?" Quill asked Celebi.

"Actually I came here to meet up with the four of you." Celebi said. "I've already been to Incendia Anhelo. I met up with a pretty important pokemon too. She's the one that got rid of that storm a while back."

"Really? The pokemon that did that lives here?" Quill asked. "She must me strong."

"Yup." Celebi said. "Her name is Dragonair. And get this! She's Dragonite's younger sister!"

"I didn't know he had a sister!" Quill said. "Wow, that's so cool!"

"Kindness seems to run in the family too." Celebi said. "Well, let's get going. You shouldn't have too much trouble getting there from this point on since we're right on the border.

The four-pokemon team followed Celebi into the dragon pokemon country. The altitude was unbelievable. They were above the clouds and yet it was still nice and warm. The view was amazing. Mountains in every direction, forests in the distance, and the light breeze that they would expect to be really harsh in the mountains.

"Dragonair can control the weather." Celebi said. "She lives in an old wooden shrine and makes sure the weather is regulated from there. It took a lot of power to get rid of that monster of a storm, so now she's a bit tired. Normally she would be the one to investigate what's happening at Sphere Pillar. It looks like the burden's been passed on to us though."

"We've been through a lot." Aamira said. "I'm sure it won't be that big of a problem."

"You ever see two deities fight?" Jirachi asked. "I've seen it only once and let me tell you; it ain't pretty."

"Jirachi's right, you know?" Celebi said. "If only they could get along like we do."

"Why do they fight?" Aron asked.

"I'm not really sure." Celebi said. "I think they both think they're more important. Like a couple of supersized Prinplup, I guess you could say. But it's time and space together that make up the universe. Time and space are like the threads of a fabric. On one side there's horizontal threads and then the vertical threads on the other. Woven together they hold themselves in place. If one frays, then the other does too. That's what makes up the fabric of time space. But they don't get it. They can't stand the thought of considering themselves as equals."

"I can't imagine two pokemon who are so similar fighting like that." Aamira said.

"You can't?" Quill asked. "You and Hunter are both Dark Readers aren't you? So why don't the two of you get along?"

"That's different!" Aamira said. "He hates me and I have no idea why! Plus there's this obsession with power he has! I kind of pity him. He completely let power take over his life. He realized this, but he can't do anything about it. No doubt that he would rather die than ask me for help though. Or anyone else for that matter."

"Well maybe there's a similar situation between Dialga and Palkia." Quill said. "Maybe they really want to help each other, but they keep misunderstanding one another and they end up fighting. If we can figure out why they fight, we could keep them from fighting once and for all."

The ground started shaking under them and Quill and Aamira fell to the ground. Aron seemed used to it, Jirachi could levitate, and Celebi could fly so they didn't have to worry about it as much.

"You two might be in a tight spot here." Jirachi said. "Most of the pokemon around here can fly."

"There have been a lot of tremors lately from Dialga and Palkia's fights." Celebi said. "I hope this ends soon. It's frightening what their power can do."

Quill and Aamira were just standing up when another tremor came. This one was worse that the last one and even knocked Aron to the ground.

"Are you three alright?" Celebi asked. "That time looked like it actually hurt a bit."

The ground was still shaking slightly. The three of them stood up, trying to keep their balance. Suddenly they heard a high pitched, somewhat shrill voice coming from somewhere to their right. "WATCH OUT!" It shouted.

All five of them were pushed out of the way just in time for a huge boulder to miss them.

"Boy, talk about bein' in t'e wrong place at t'e wrong time. You all, I mean. I was obviously in t'e right place, t'ough I t'ink t'at was just lucky."

"Wow it's Flygon!" Celebi said. "You know I've been here a while now and I haven't seen you before. Aren't you the elder of this country?"

"Yea, but no need to get all formal. You should all come back to t'e city before anot'er eart'quake hits. It'll be a lot safer t'ere at least." Flygon said.

"I've never heard an accent like this before…" Quill said. "Are you really from around here?"

"No, no, I come from t'e desert, but t'at's not impor'ant right now. If you two are who I t'ink you are," he was obviously referring to Aamira and Quill, "we could really be usin' yer help."

"Uh, alright…" Aamira could barely understand what he was saying. Something about a desert and that they needed help?

Flygon led then back to capital city, the whole time telling them about the different cities in this country. They all had some really weird names: Fire, Breath, Serpent, Blue, Fang, and Scale.

"Now Fiya is filled wit' Fiya type pokmon, obviously." Flygon was saying. "T'ere's a Charizard t'ere who's actailly a cousin of Charizard from Ignis. T'en t'ere's Serpent. Lotsa water types t'ere. Some Gyarados, Kingdra and a few ot'ers. Blue is one of t'e school citys. It's where t'e younges' kids go to school. Breat' it t'e ot'er one. It's t'e school city for aspirin' Investigation Teams. Fang and Scale are t'e two main citys. Fang is t'e capital, we're headin' t'ere now. Scale is where t'e Weat'er Changers all come from. T'e one before Dragonair was yer buddy Dragonite. O' course, he was a Dragonair himself back t'en. When his younger sister Dratini evolved into Dragonair a long time ago, Dragonite was finally allowed to evolve and he flew t'e coop. Hardly ever comes ta visit. He says he likes t'e open air, but he's always under t'e ground in t'at museum of yers."

"You don't like that Dragonite left? Why's that?" Quill asked.

"I neva said t'at." Flygon said. "T'ough it was a bit rude to just get up and leave like t'at. Left his brot'er and sister behind, never comes to visit t'em, it seem a bit cruel. He promised to look after t'em. As t'e Weat'er Changer Dragonair can' do much to take care of t'eir brother. And for what? Ta be stuck unda ground all day?"

"I don't see what's wrong with being underground…" Aron said timidly.

"Maybe not ta you, but to a flying pokemon it's a bit differen'. Why turn back ta t'e ground when you have t'e freedom of the sky?"

"Hey, didn't someone else we know say something like that?" Aamira asked Quill.

Quill shook his head. "No, I don't think so. Maybe Shaymin? But I don't think so."

"It was turn to the sky and be free from the ground or something." Aamira said. "Where have I heard that before!"

"You mighta just picked it up." Flygon said. "It's an old sayin' here. To all dragon types. It's said t'at Lugia was the first ta say t'at."

"Lugia, huh?" Aamira said. "Now that's a pokemon I wouldn't mind meeting."

"He used ta live in t'e Dragon Shrine in Fang. It's used at t'e home for t'e Weat'er Changer now. Lugia left a long time ago. Somet'in' about a disappearin' island or somet'in'."

A couple more tremors hit before they finally got to Fang. It was a beautiful mountain city in the clouds. There were banzai trees and waterfalls cascading down everywhere you looked. The dragon pokemon made their homes in caves in the mountain sides. It looked like a really peaceful place aside from the tremors, though most of the pokemon didn't seem to be bothered by it. There were even a few pokemon sleeping in the sun just outside of their caves who slept right through the tremors.

"Aw, t'is figures." Flygon said. "The bridge is out. Looks like you'll have ta wait until repairs to get across."

Sure enough, across a small river, there was a collapsed red bridge with some sort of gaits on either side.

"Can't we just ride on a dragon pokemon's back and get across?" Aron asked.

"What!" Flygon said in an offended voice. "Do you know how degradin' t'at is! You can't fly, so you walk!"

"Uh, right… Sorry…" Aron said.

"Oh don't be ridiculous! We're only helping out pokemon in need." Dragonite appeared behind them and lifted Aron, Quill, and Aamira into the air and flew them across the river with Celebi and Jirachi following.

"So you decided ta show up afta all?" Flygon asked. "Well it's about tyme!"

"I don't want to argue with you, Flygon. I'm only here to visit my siblings." Dragonite said. "As for the two of you, it's good to see you again. And it's also nice to meet your new friend too."

Aron seemed to want to say something, but couldn't think of anything.

All of them started walking together, noticing how big their group was becoming.

"So you're visiting Dragonair and Dratini?" Quill asked. "Why didn't you ever tell me you had siblings? That's so cool."

"It's a sad story." Dragonite said. "The pokemon of this country are proud, but a bit contradicting."

"How so?" Aamira asked.

"I'm sure Flygon's mentioned the Weather Changers." Dragonite said. "For thousands of years the pokemon in my family became Weather Changers when they evolved into Dragonair. When a younger member of the family evolves into Dragonair, the older is allowed to evolve into Dragonite so the younger family member can take their place. But until a younger family member evolves, the Dragonair isn't allowed to leave the Dragon Shrine. As a Dratini I wasn't able to fly, so I wanted to evolve into Dragonair so I would be able to. When I evolved I was finally able to fly, but I wasn't allowed to leave the shrine. Flying isn't as fun indoors and in such a small limited area. Flygon would have told you that Dragonair evolved so I was allowed to evolve into Dragonite, but actually I went against tradition and evolved into Dragonite before Dragonair evolved. That led to a lot of trouble since there wasn't a Dragonair to change the weather. It got really cold and windy and it was hard for the pokemon to live here until Dragonair evolved."

"Why couldn't you have just waited?" Jirachi asked.

"Why don't the pokemon in this country hold up to their own beliefs, is the question. They say that as long as a pokemon is able to fly, they should be allowed to fly. Flight is the symbol of freedom to dragons. So for a Dragonair not to be allowed to fly…"

"I get it." Aamira said. "I bet you felt a little cheated because of that. You evolved to be able to fly, but you were locked in a shrine instead."

"Exactly." Dragonite said. "What's even worse is that they would have blamed me for evolving into Dragonite too soon, so I had to leave the country and leave my siblings behind. For the longest time I had no idea how my siblings felt about that. Then when all of the countries leaders gathered in Ignis all that time ago, Flygon told me how much they missed me. I agreed to come back to visit. Eventually."

"So why did you decide to run a museum if you wanted to fly?" Quill asked.

Dragonite smirked. "You might not know this, but my job actually involves a lot of flying and traveling. Shedinja is usually the one to watch after the museum, so I'm free to go wherever I want while still being able to keep my job. Though I also like teaching young children about the history of Investigation Teams, so I'm in the museum pretty often anyway."

"So just having the option to be able to fly is good enough for you." Aamira said. "I understand that. Kind of like when we were stuck in Atra. We couldn't leave, but when we at least had the option to go out into the garden it didn't seem so bad."

"But you were asleep for most of that time anyway, so it's not like that really mattered." Quill said.

"We're here." Dragonite stopped in front of a large wooden shrine. "I never wanted to lay eyes on this place again…"

"Wow, it's a lot bigger than my old shrine for sure." Celebi said.

Dragonite opened the doors and walked in with the others close behind him.

There was the sound of a little kid laughing and some splashing in the water that was in the floor of the shrine. The narrow stone path that led to the center of the shrine was just wide enough for them to walk on. At the center was a blue dragon pokemon who was staring around at the water.

"Uh… Dragonair?" Dragonite said nervously.

Dragonair looked around at him. "Dragonite! You've come back! Dratini, Dragonite is here!"

A pokemon that looked kind of like a smaller version of Dragonair jumped out of the water and landed between Dragonite and Dragonair. "You came back, big brother!" The little pokemon jumped towards Dragonite and Dragonite gave it a hug.

"I'm sorry I left, Dratini. You'll understand why I did someday." Dragonite said.

Dragonair flew towards Dragonite, but seemed to have gotten a little shock and flew back.

"You know you can't leave the center of the shrine." Dragonite said.

"Why did you do this?" Dragonair asked. "You wanted to fly so much that you would leave me to be trapped in here?"

"So you really do hate me for evolving early…" Dragonite said sadly.

"Now hold on a minute!" Aamira shouted. "So you literally can't leave! You're trapped here? Why! Can't you manipulate the weather from anywhere? Why stay trapped in a shrine?"

"She understands us better than most pokemon do." Dragonair said. "I understand that my job is important for pokemon to be able to live here, but to be trapped here… Well I know I have to be so I can concentrate on the weather instead of anything else, but it does get a bit boring at times."

"Why not just move somewhere else?" Aamira asked.

"This was the country where Lugia used to live. Do you think the pokemon who's ancestors lived in the same country as a pokemon as great as Lugia would want to leave?" Dragonite asked.

"That just sounds selfish! You left, and you seem to understand what Flygon was preaching better than he does!" Aamira shouted.

"It's been a while since something got Aamira's temper boiling." Quill said. "It sure does seem rotten to be forced into something like this though. Just for being born you can't leave the shrine…"

"Heh. I know what that's like…" Jirachi said. "It's hard to believe that Flygon is Vibrava's descendant, but I think he is. Vibrava was a friend I made the last time I woke up. He was the one who taught me Draco Meteor…"

"So who are your friends?" Dragonair asked Dragonite.

"I guess you don't hear much about the outside, being stuck in here." Dragonite said. "I forgot what that's like. These two are Aamira and Quill. They're an Investigation Team called Team Sleuth, who saved the world a while back. Jirachi is the legendary pokemon that wakes up only once every thousand years. Aron is Jirachi's friend. Celebi is the legendary time travel pokemon. They came here because of Dialga and Palkia going on a rampage."

"So someone finally decided to come and do something about that." Dragonair said. "I would do something if it wasn't for this shrine."

"This isn't right!" Jirachi said. "I know we came here to stop Dialga and Palkia, but we can't leave Dragonair trapped here. It's just not right! We have to do something about this!"

"I-I've got an idea…" Aron said timidly. "You can change the weather, can't you? And the other pokemon depend on you to make the weather better, don't they? Well what if you do the opposite…?"

"Aron!" Jirachi shouted. "That's so underhanded! Heheh. That's pretty smart!"

"I'd be willing to do it if it meant getting out of here and making sure Dratini doesn't have to be trapped in here when he gets older."

"Yea, I don't want to be stuck in here." Dratini said. "I just stay in here for Dragonair but I could leave if I wanted."

"All about choice…" Aamira said. "It wouldn't seem so bad if you at least had the option to leave. If I could still use Aura Release, I could probably just get you out myself."

"Well I'm tired of this." Dragonair said. "If it means getting out of here, I'll make a monster storm. Of course Flygon will come here to ask about it, so it might work."

"I wish I had thought of that." Dragonite said. "I'm sorry."

"It's alright." Dragonair said. "It's our job to make the weather better, so of course it never crossed your mind. Or mine until Aron here thought of it. Thank you, Aron."

Aron blushed from embarrassment. "Well I was just thinking because of that storm that happened not long ago…"

"That one was tiring to try to stop." Dragonair said. "I can't think of anything that would have been able to cause a storm like that. It seemed almost otherworldly. I think I have enough energy to be able to make a storm over this city at least."

Dragonair roared and the pearl-like gem on her neck started glowing gold. It seemed to be getting a bit darker outside. Within a few minutes it started thundering and raining. After a few strikes of lightning, Dragonair smiled to herself and laid on the floor of the shrine to rest.

Lightning hit somewhere outside, causing the ground to shake. Along with the tremors that happened every now and then, this storm would make it hard for pokemon to stay on land or in the air. Or even in the water.

Sure enough, a few minutes later Flygon came storming into the Dragon Shrine.

"Dragonair! You have ta stop t'is storm!" Flygon shouted. "Partsa the mountain are startin' ta disappear inta thin air!"

All of them looked around at each other. Dragonair wasn't capable of that. Dragonair pretended to know what was going on though.

"I'll stop this storm when you get rid of the seal keeping me in the shrine!" Dragonair said. "And I don't want any other pokemon to be trapped in here ever again!"

"T'is is mutiny!" Flygon shouted.

Aamira was smiling happily. She wasn't sure why, but she was really enjoying this. "It's let Dragonair go, or watch the city go down."

Flygon growled and used Dragon Claw on the ground in front of the center of the shrine. A barrier appeared and Flygon destroyed it with Outrage. "Now stop t'is storm!"

"I would if I could…" Dragonair said. "But I'm just too tired…"

"You've gotta be kiddin'!" Flygon said. "Whadda we go now!"

"Relax. I'll take care of this." Dragonite roared and started to glow slightly. There was a break in the clouds outside and sun started to shine through. The storm had stopped just like that.

"But you're not a Dragonair." Quill said.

"No." Dragonite said. "But I do know how to use Sunny Day."

Flygon glared at Dragonite. It was obvious that the two of them didn't like each other at all. Flygon turned to Aamira and Quill. "You two are outta here as soon as you stop Dialga and Palkia! Now get t'e lead out!"

Flygon flew off in anger.

"What's his problem?" Aamira asked.

"He probably thought we thought of the storm idea…" Quill said. "But why do you and Flygon hate each other so much, Dragonite?"

"Well our histories are somewhat similar." Dragonite said. "Before he was a Flygon, he was a Vibrava. Before that he was a Trapinch, which can't fly. He evolved in order to learn to fly, then came here and became this country's leader. By learning how to fly he was free to leave his country. I evolved to learn how to fly too, but was trapped here in the shrine. He saw it as my duty to the country to stay here and keep the weather good. When I flew off and left the country, he must have seen it as treason even though he did the same thing."

"How did you get out of the barrier anyway?" Quill asked.

"Only Dragonair are held back by the barrier." Dragonite said. "That's why I evolved. Otherwise I would have just flown off, if it wasn't for that barrier."

"You always act so cheerful, I never would have guessed any of this. But you don't seem at all happy now." Quill said.

"Because of where I am, I guess." Dragonite said. "Which reminds me, will you two come to Sylva?"

"You can't really mean that." Dragonair said. "Just because I can leave the shrine now doesn't mean I can leave the country. I still need to keep the weather stable."

"But that hardly sounds like anything's changed…" Quill said. "You can leave the shrine, but you can't leave the country."

"She could if she wanted to. That makes all the difference." Aamira said.

"Well, let's go." Dragonair flew past them and out of the shrine. She stopped suddenly and looked around her in a panic.

The others all ran out behind her. What they saw was terrible. There seemed to be black a black dome of some sort surrounding the city. In every direction it looked like the land was disintegrating.

"The fabric of time and space is unraveling around the city!" Jirachi said.

"What does that mean exactly?" Quill asked.

"There's no way out of here." Jirachi said. "But more than that, it means this whole area and all of the people in it will disappear if Dialga and Palkia don't stop!"

"And if we can't stop them," Celebi added, "it will be as if this place never existed. And even worse than that, it will keep spreading until the entire world disappears."