Oblivion (no, not the Bethesda game)
The Fall of Essos V

"Tell me of Westeros, Mesprit. What has befallen those lands since Viserys' death? What of the Usuper? What of the Lannisters and the Starks?"
"…I really don't know how to tell you this, but-"
- Daenerys and Mesprit, during the journey to Volantis and from there Westeros.

"DEEEEEAAAAATTTTTHHHHHH!"
- Yveltal in Volantis (Translation unknown).

"If this continues, there won't be a Volantis left for you to convert!"
- Talisa Maegyr, to High Benerro of the Red Faith.

"Why are you even here, Celebi?"
"Myr was boring…besides which, Uxie and Landorus are always telling us to try and 'connect' to each other. Don't you want to 'connect' to me?"
"For the love of sanity, do not answer that."
- Virizion, Celebi and Terrakion in the ruins of Yunkai.

"But what we will do? Without Ho-oh to guide us, won't we go back to being simple mules?"

"Frankly my dear, I don't – actually you know what, I do know what we should do. We shall all invade Hyrkoon since they haven't yet suffered from our Arrival – just in the interest of fairness, of course."
'- Barry the Musdale and Entei, the latter proving once again that he was a terrible candidate for godhood.

"You must be Daenerys...I've heard a lot about you, from travellers...My name is Aegon; Aegon Targaryen. I'm your nephew."
- Aegon Targaryen/Blackfyre/Waters/etc, upon meeting his aunt in Volantis.

I feel that we should be more worried by Articuno's kidnapping than we are…

He'll be fine.

Tell that to Mew or Raikou.

…They'll be fine. We've got our best men working on it.

You really count Celebi and Jirachi as 'best men'?

Well, no. But Landorus is okay and Heatran is a genuine badass.

You know what, never mind. I need to continue writing the story.

To describe Daenerys Targaryen's reaction to learning the state of Westeros as pleasant is one of the greatest lies I have ever heard. Poor Mesprit still complains that she hasn't got her hearing back fully and considering the healing skills of Landorus and Diancie that is quite a problem. Assuming she is lying or exaggerating, both of which are quite possible considering her nature. I however am prepared to accept her statement on this one occasion, considering that I and several other Legendries – including Kyurem, once he had calmed down – did hear a faint echo of her anger despite the ridiculous distances involved.

Regardless, at the time Daenerys was being informed of this she and her companions were heading into the harbour of Volantis to refill their supplies for the journey to Westeros. The young queen also wished to gain help from the Old Blood of the city in 'taking back' her homeland', though this was considered a longshot by everyone who heard the plan. The ruling class of Volantis were notoriously xenophobic and despised the idea of leaving the paradise they had created inside the walls; even with promises of conquest and dragons before them. They also had other reasons for not leaving their protective walls, reasons that were discovered by Team Targaryen when they spotted the enormous red bird roosting atop the Temple of R'hllor (an Essosi god fond of fire, scantily-clad 'priestesses' and prophecies that made little to no sense). Yveltal had been transported to Volantis during 'The Arrival' and had swiftly made her presence known by simply talking. As most of you will know by now, her manner of speaking is to scream 'Death' at an increasingly loud volume in the hopes that someone understands what she is saying. Sadly no one to my knowledge has yet managed this, putting her on the same level as Deoxys in communicative ability. Coincidentally, Deoxys was also one of Daenerys' followers along with Mesprit, for some reason that made sense in his alien mind.

Mesprit was anxious to move on as quickly as possible, since she sensed that Daenerys and her would soon be needed in Westeros to deal with two angry/temporarily insane dimension dragons – possibly three if Giratina got involved. Like the last attempted enslavement of Dialga and Palkia, all three of us 'Lake Spirits' had agreed to select a suitable champion to assist in reversing the effects. I of course was already done with my part in the plan, having recruited a young man named Marth (I liked the name) as my champion in the coming battle. Mesprit was doing reasonably well in bringing hers into the arena. Azelf hadn't even begun, despite his arguments of choosing Stannis Baratheon or Robb Stark; considering he was nowhere to be found when both of them met their deaths, this is one again another lie on his part. As well as an example of how lazy the 'being of willpower' actually is.

'Sigh'

Yveltal at least was doing something with her time, unlike my brother; though the Volantines would have probably preferred the Lake Spirit, considering that the Dark Phoenix had gone too long without a regeneration ritual. Usually Xerneas would be on hand as a calming influence considering that they both primarily inhabited the Kalos region; but he currently was busy with young Shireen Baratheon in the crownlands. Therefore large parts of Volantis now resembled smouldering craters filled with piles of ash that had once been human. And unlike various other places in the world (such as Braavos), the local government – and the local priesthood – were doing nothing to solve the problem. Granted, they couldn't have driven off Yveltal even if they did try, but the acknowledgment that their citizens lives bore some value would have probably saved them several rebellions once Yveltal finally left the city. Strangely enough this had barely affected trade, since my relative fears the ocean after an infamous incident that required remarking the Fiorre region from scratch. I shall not describe said incident here, or else Moltres will never speak to me again.

In certain other regions in central Essos, other events were ongoing as well – though they were somewhat less destructive than Yvertal's rampage. The Legendary Swords (minus Keldeo but with the addition of Celebi) had finished their destruction of the region known as Slaver's Bay and were now celebrating their victory in the crater formerly known as Yunkai. Cobalion had finally allowed someone to look at his broken leg, with his sister Virizion sending a telepathic message to Landorus (currently on the Summer Islands) for advice. Neither of them got a 'thank you', since the master of the Four Swords doesn't appreciate any reminder that he is fallible. This did mark the last time he went cliff-diving however, until some safety straps were created by Magearna (see the following chapter for her current situation). Meanwhile to the north, in the Dothraki Plains Entei had taken control due to Ho-oh deciding that his presence was no longer required. By which I mean he went into a long nap on top of a mountain and refused to talk to anyone. Entei, being unused to commanding anything bigger than a small boat, had immediately declared war of the state of Hyrkoon to the east. To this day I cannot understand his reasons for doing so, but I assume the combined stress of eeveelution and the resurrection performed by Ho-oh have somewhat dented his common sense.

I will not cover the war with Hyrkoon here, for it was a long and relatively uninteresting conflict due to the people of Hyrkoon taking the most sensible option and fleeing whenever Entei appeared. To date it remains the only 'war' where the side with Pokémon lost while fighting a side with just swords and spears.

Back in Volantis, Daenerys had decided that she needed to either drive off or recruit Yveltal to her cause. The city could not be allowed to suffer anymore, even if much of the population were cruel degenerates. This was brave of the Targaryen and an early example of the greatness that made her such a beloved figure in the latter stages of this conflict. Sadly, it was also extremely foolish and two of her three dragons were slain (Drogon and Rhaegal) the moment Yveltal noticed them. Daenerys herself was badly injured when the former crash-landed and would walk with a limp for the rest of her natural life. That life would be rather short if she didn't move quickly, for the Dark Phoenix fully intended to finish off her other dragon to 'conquer the challenger' (I must assume that is her reasoning, since I am unable to confirm the matter). It was a stroke of good luck that Yveltal hadn't just decided to use Oblivion Wing to wipe out everything at the start of the battle.

The last Targaryen's first act was to untangle herself from the corpse of Drogon, while screeching at her remaining dragon to flee the city. Judging by what her next actions, she intended to attract the Dark Phoenix's attention onto herself, to ensure that her remaining 'child' could escape. This was also extremely brave and proved slightly less dangerous to her, as Deoxys quickly swooped in to rescue her before Yveltal reduced the area to rubble. Once Daenerys was at a safe distance (about three miles away), Deoxys returned to avenge the dead dragons and drive Yveltal from the city. As both of the two legendries were very powerful, this was surely be a close contest of might: the fates themselves must have been watching, just as they were in the northern city of Braavos where Latios, Regigigas and Giratina met Shadow Lugia in battle.

However, the fates apparently didn't like Deoxys, as he was killed instantly by an Oblivion Wing to the face.

As such, Yveltal was free to continue doing what he wanted since there was nothing left to fight him, Mesprit certainly wasn't going to. Daenerys still wished to however and might have even risked it, but for two occurrences. The first was the arrival of her nephew (presumably) Aegon Targaryen, thought dead for fifteen or so years after the actions of Gregor Clegane during the final days of Robert's Rebellion. Aegon proposed an alliance with his aunt and a possible marriage, though he was extremely perturbed by the news that only one of her three dragons was still alive; along with only one of her 'magical beasts'. Still it was a good offer on both their parts, for even one dragon is a game-changer and Aegon did have the power of the Golden Company (an extremely successful sellsword group with Blackfyre history) behind him. But such things would have to wait, for Mesprit had finally lost patience in her dealings and proceeded to inform Daenerys of the exact reason she needed to be in Westeros now.

Needless to say, Daenerys flew northwest on Viserion that very night.

I just have to remind everyone, that this era wasn't really a shining moment for anyone. You might consider the Legendary Pokemon to be jackasses - you'd be right - but the humans were not any better at-

WHY AM IN A SACK?!

Pfftph. You things really do have no periphal vision.

This is really undignified!

Shut it! May, do you have the other one?

Yep. This idiot actually thought he was the world's strongest Pokemon or something. 'Laughs'

I told you, think even slightly ahead and these things will fall like dominoes.