My spell check isn't working again. So, there might be a few mistakes here and there.
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Arceus stiffly drew herself up and unlaced her corset slightly. She untied Dawn and grasped her wrists tightly with one hand. She placed a kiss on Giratina's cheek as she passed by, and motioned for the other Legendaries to follow. Giratina's cheeks flushed, but she roughly forced herself to walk after the goddess. Arceus looked around, and pressed her hand against a wall. Automatically, circles began to turn, and a section of the wall vanished. She stepped inside, and released Dawn, who quickly cowered to the nearest corner.
The room glowed with dim light from a huge computer embedded in the marble. Arceus sat down in a white swivel chair and typed in multiple things on a keyboard, before placing on a headset and saying, "Connect me to Anna."
Within moments, the screen flickered, and a woman appeared on screen. It was Anna. But, instead of the normal red, everything had been changed to dark sapphire. She smiled and said, "Good evening, Arceus."
Arceus growled. "What the hell do you want, you sadistic bitch?!"
"Now, now, calm yourself. I just wanted to channel some news to you." Anna reached over and straightened out some papers. "I would like to speak to Vespera. Not letting me will end up with some very nasty results."
Arceus stiffened once more. She looked around desperately, and Vespera, out of nowhere, stepped forward and stood behind Arceus. She passed the headset to her, and she put it on, asking, "What to you want?"
"I have some very, very interesting news for you…Remember Dezember?"
Vespera's grip on the back of the swivel chair tightened considerably. "What about her?"
Anna was apparently sitting in a chair as well, because she pushed herself back and showed them a girl in a chair. Her hair was gleaming silver, while the hair covering her eyes was as black as a forgotten pool. A necklace of sapphires was clasped around her neck, and she was dressed in a long black dress. She seemed to be unconscious. "We succeeded in making a Dezember Prototype."
Vespera remained silent, even though horror was evident in her visible eye. "……..Why?"
"Why? Why? That's a very stupid question. We've going to use her as portal to the All-Light Crystal."
Vespera let go of her temper. "But why?! What would Dezember know about this dimension?!"
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out. And, I have something." She held up a thin, leather bound book. "I sent a droid back to Russia, and it brought back this." She flipped it open, scanned through it, and then said, "Story made short, through July seventeenth, and July eighteenth of the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, the Romanov family was brutally murdered by a death squad under the command of Yakov Yurovsky. Bodies haven't been found yet, end of story." She slapped the book shut and then showed her a small bottle filled with bone fragments. "The droid also brought back something vital: Dezember's bones. It found the shards in a patch of forest, and brought them back to me. It's how we made the Dezember Prototype."
"…You're sick…" Vespera snatched the headset off and ran to Darkrai out of Anna's sight and buried her head in his chest. She was very close to tears. Darkrai gently pushed her to Cresselia before taking Vespera's place. He looked at Arceus, who got the message and went out of sight range. He slipped on the headset, and began by saying, "You are a sick, crazy bitch. You murdered over five Chosen Ones, you nearly killed my daughter and her mother, Arceus, several other people and Legendaries, and Ryan's forgetting everything. You're probably responsible for Mercedes's death, aren't you? Both of them." He could hear several of the others gasp, but Anna could not hear them.
Anna looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Actually, yes. I was. And, I'll have you know, I have already laid seige to the three lakes of Sinnoh."
Darkrai paled. 'It cannot be.'
"I see the look in your eye, Darkrai. You're afraid. I'm not surprised, that even the master of nightmares is afraid. You should be." Anna paused for a minute, her eyes directed in another direction. She then said, "I don't have time for this. Oh, before I go…tell Anibell that her father is still working for me, and he helped in making the last two Dark Lunar Prototypes. And, expect a seige whenever we find out where the Hall of Origin is. That should be in several days. Goodbye."
Then, there was no more. The screen flickered to empty black. Darkrai took off the headset and looked back at the Legendaries. Arceus and Giratina were simply looked blankly at each other, both Manaphies had disappeared, Vespera sitting next to Dawn, murmuring things unknown, and the rest of them looked just plain horrified. Arceus undid her hair and said uncomfortably, "I think the Lake Trio is here."
Sure enough, when they peered over the nearby balcony, the three sisters were pacing the hall. They looked quizically at the broken glass and water, before starting higher up. Uxie clutched several books close to her chest, including her infamous dictonary. Close to her chest, a large yellow jewel glittered. Azelf held some books as well, along with a journal and a large blue topaz. Mespirit, like her sisters, held several books, and a pink sapphire, but, she also had a necklace wound around one hand.
Azelf looked up, and saw the Legendaries looking down on them from the balcony. Azelf dropped everything on a nearby pedastal and dashed up the steps, her sisters in tow. She yelped happily and pounced on Darkrai. He staggered from the weight, and he was knocked to the ground. Searing pain laced his ankle, and he grit his teeth, but, he said nothing to Azelf. She kissed him on the cheek and said, "My goodness, Darkrai! You've changed…a lot." Then, she noticed what she had done and gasped. "Oh, stupid me! Let me heal that." She touched the sprain with her index and middle finger and a white glow emmited from her fingers, and, within moments, the sprain was healed. He gently smiled at her and said, "Thank you."
Mespirit dropped her stuff and hugged Cresselia, laughing softly. She looked over the woman and said, "It's been a very long time."
Uxie looked over the hall and then whispered, "There will be many fights when the rest of the Legendaries get here…"
While Giratina escorted the Lake Trio to their rooms, two more people showed up, a man and a woman. They glared at each other for a moment, before they turned away and took separate staircases up. The woman had short, blood red hair, that was styled to look like a crest of a Groudon. She was muscled nicely, and she looked like she was strong enough to tear the world apart. She was wearing a very short, sporty grey tank top and black pants, covered by an open red vest. Heavy duty black boots were laced on her feet, and an orb, the color of crimson and the size of a bouncing ball was hanging around her neck. Meanwhile, the man had short, ocean blue hair, and he was wearing a blue vest, a sapphire colored tank top and baggy grey pants, etched with red symbols. Like the woman, an topaz blue orb hung around his neck.
Goruden didn't wait to greet them. He whispered, "Mom?" before dashing down the stairs. The woman hurried up before embracing Goruden. She murmured, "My son…my son…"
Arceus smiled lightly at the man as he stepped onto the balcony. "Welcome, Kyogre. You too, Groudon." She motioned for mother and son to come up the stairs, so they did. She hugged her children, before motioning where they could retire for the night. Groudon and Goruden wandered off their their quarters, while Kyogre went to his. Arceus smiled. "There were never the ones who talked a lot. Now! I am tired, and I'm sure you are too. You can go to your quarters now. Cresselia, Dawn, come with me. I would like to speak to you two."
Cresselia hesitated, before kissing Darkrai lightly on the cheek and going with Arceus and Giratina. Dawn said her goodbyes and followed the trio. Ryan and Anibell looked at each other before heading off in another direction. Merii climbed onto Suicune's back, and she leapt off the balcony and ran off. It was only Darkrai and Vespera then. She shrugged and said, "You lead the way…"
Once they reached his quarters, they could tell that the moon had already rose. Vespera sat lightly on the edge of the bed, and undid her her hair from it's small braid, allowing it to fall around her shoulders. She ran her fingers through her hair before sighing and falling back on the bed. She said, "I've been having those dreams again…The ones with the towers and the dragon duo. It tells me…we have to leave something behind…But, I can see you have already done so."
Darkrai took the elastic out of his hair and said carefully, "What are you talking about?"
"You…you lost your memory? Then…perhaps…it was for the best."
"Tell me, Vespera! What do you mean?"
"I mean that…some of your memory…the most important parts…have faded away. I finally figured it out today. It was…ninety or so years back…And you were in this garden. A human came forward and helped you…and she was tortured. Shunned. All because of her act of kindness. Then, you started having nightmares, just like mine. You still have them. At the time, I believe two towers were being built. You transferred your nightmares to the maker, and he wrote them down. Two more towers, these to celebrate his memory, are being built. Alamos…you remember? It was the town you came to when you were injured. We will have to back there…to settle the final score against Cronos. But," She sat up. "I don't think they'll be too happy to see you again."
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Yeah…I had to change the entire ending, to tie me and Guard of the Twilight's stories together. So…everything will be explained better near the end. Have patience, please! (Hides)
