Chapter 49
Giratina
Pain
All I feel is pain. What happened? Skyborne is what happened. To think that I allowed myself to be beaten by such commoners. I had a plan. I had a beautiful plan that could have unified this world. It would have been an amazing place to live. It was all taken away from me by three measly pokemon. They don't understand what good I can do.
All around me is white. Plain white. There is no earth or sky. No horizon or landmark can be seen for infinite sight in any direction. It all just barren and empty. I choose a direction and start to fly. This place has no significant features, but I remember this place all too well. It was here when...
"My child..." I whip around to find him in the same place he was last time we spoke here which was too many years or decades or even centuries to count. He stand tall and proud with a golden halo surrounding him and shimmering. I glare, not only at the harsh light, but at him directly. I hate him, but I love him. I am proud to be his, yet I despise the idea of being his creation. He did this to me. It was him for all these years.
"I am not your child" I spit at him. "I am my own." He starts walking toward me with such delicate steps that are so graceful like he owns everything. Just not me.
"You cannot change who you are or where you come from. I will always be your father and you will always be my child." My own fury builds higher.
"You were never a father to me. You were an oppressor. You hurt me. You beat me. You banished me and locked my up. Everything I've ever endured was all your doing! You-"
"Giratina!" He shouts with a booming voice. "What I did was for the sake of the world. I thought that my verdict would give you time to realize that this was best for everyone."
"It has. And I know now that the distortion world does not have to be separated from the real world. We can all live as one if I can enter the real world and begin my work there."
"The way I have created the universe is good. I made it so and I trusted you and your brothers to aid me in governing the universe." I can feel my teeth gritting and grinding.
"I am not your slave for your own dream! I have dreams of my own!"
"The position of authority I gave you requires selflessness. I thought I could teach that to you, but I was wrong." His voice rolls into silence for what seems like forever. He ruptures it once more. "The pokemon that fought so valiantly today has proven that your ideas are not what the world wants or needs. Now, while I cannot exterminate you because the world would be thrown into imbalance, I can make sure that you stay in the distortion world forever."
"What!?" I exclaim. No. This was my last hope to escape, to be free, to be my own.
"I'm sorry. You are to be locked within your world forever with no exceptions." I am speechless. I am ruined. My hope is gone like the wind, whispering a dream and escaping just as quick. I shake my head back and forth. This cannot be real. All those years of planning, waiting, watching, and dreaming is all for nothing. "Please, my child. You can change. It will take time..." I hear his voice fading. I shut my eyes tight and fight back tears.
"No! I've done enough waiting! I must get out now! Please!" I'm on my side with the rock biting me.
"P-please..." I whisper. My eyes open and a horde of the Skyborne warriors surround me. Some are poised to attack with balls of fire forming in their mouths. Some stand on the ground and stare with blank expressions. I wipe away my tears, but more come. I can't move, but I wouldn't feel like moving anyway. I eventually give up trying to wipe away my tears and I break into a meltdown right in front of my enemies. How can I possibly change? I thought I was being selfless by wanting a unified world. Thoughts crash in my head like storms which just make my sob more. Skyborne does not celebrate. They stand idly by and watch me.
