First and foremost, Nintendo owns the Pokemon Company. Second, this is NOT a continuation of the Quest to be the Best series. Without further ado, chapter 1!
High above the Sinnoh region...
Arceus did everything at their time. She didn't call meetings unless she felt that she needed to be updated on the regions of the world, despite being the goddess of it herself. In the case of the meeting that would be held today, this was something of the utmost importance. In fact, when she called the meeting, she emphasized how important it was that everyone came. For now, however, she was just finishing getting a quick bite to eat just before the meeting began. She ate the last of her berries sat down in silence, wondering how to deliver her message.
"Is there really any need for this? All of them can find it just fine. But then again, it is very convenient..."
"You really need to chill out."
Arceus looked up to find the Renegade Pokemon, Giratina, in the doorway. Arceus smiled at his presence. She and Giratina had been friends for centuries. Giratina was easily one of the smartest and kindest Pokemon she's met but is also not afraid to almost kill a human or Pokemon if he's enraged enough.
"Come on," Giratina said, "We're waiting for you."
As Giratina said this, she did a little more thinking and got up to follow Arceus to the meeting hall. Their environment was one of elegance and grace, as the inhabitants were legends. In fact, when a human or Pokemon encounters a legend, it's custom to treat them with the greatest level of respect for all they do for the world. In addition, if the legend is pleased with their kindness, they reward them with very rare gifts, such as Master Balls, and, if one's lucky, something that can strengthen the bond between the trainer and their Pokemon. To get to the mansion that the legends were in now, scientists and historians have been studying for centuries. Meanwhile, Arceus and Giratina had made it to the meeting hall. The second Arceus stepped in, all eyes were on her.
"Roll call," she began, "Kanto legends, stand or fly."
Mewtwo, Mew, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres hovered in the air above all other legends to make their presence known.
"Hi, Arceus! How are you?" Mew cheerily said, which resulted in a smile from the legendary birds and Arceus.
"I'm well, thank you."
Mew nudged the scowling Mewtwo. "Aren't you going to say hi?"
Mewtwo stayed silent and simply waved his hand.
"Good enough," Arceus continued, "Johto legends, stand or hover."
Lugia, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou stood to face her while Ho-Oh flew. Ho-Oh and Lugia had the perfect amount of seriousness and humor, and could crack jokes at the time and stay silent at the time. The legendary dogs were mostly serious. Entei and Raikou were currently working on getting their sister, Suicune, to take everything seriously, but to no avail.
"All right, Hoenn legends?"
Latios, Latias, Deoxys and Rayquaza flew while Groudon and Kyogre just looked at her, waiting for the roll call to end. Regirock, Registeel, Regice, and Regigigas blinked their lights to indicate that they heard her.
"Next, Sinnoh legends? I already know Giratina's here."
"Here!" Mesprit raised her hand with her sleeping sister Uxie and quiet brother Azelf. Cresselia nodded with a smile.
"Unova legends?"
All eight of the Unova legends stayed silent and growled softly to acknowledge their presence.
"Kalos legends?"
Xerneas smiled while Yveltal scowled.
"Others? Celebi's here, Keldeo's here, Victini's here, Shaymin's here, Jirachi's here, Manaphy's here, Darkrai's here, Meloetta's here, Zygarde's here, and Genesect is here. Ok, so-"
Arceus looked up to see Shaymin raise her hand. "Yes, Shaymin?"
"Is this meeting about Volcanion and Hoopa becoming part of the committee?" she asked shyly.
"No."
"What about Magearna?" Jirachi asked. "She looks pretty cute..."
"We haven't even gotten that far yet. Plus, Volcanion's chasing her for some reason. Now, if you'll let me explain, then you'll know."
Mewtwo raised his hand. Mew gasped. "Mewtwo? You have a question?" Mew said, shocked, "Dialga, Palkia, what did you do with the space-time continuum-"
"SHUT UP, MEW! Anyway, what about the Alola region? Is that what this meeting's about?"
"No," Arceus said calmly, "I'll talk to you all about that later this year. Anyway, the meeting's about this."
Her eyes glowed as an object appeared on the table. It was a key.
"That's it?" Yveltal snarled, "The meeting's about a stupid key?"
"No, Yveltal, they're about the stupid keys."
The key on the table then multiplied by five. The keys had different colors: Purple, pink, gold, orange, and sky blue.
"Kanto legends, these are for you."
Mewtwo was given the purple, Mew was given the pink, and the legendary birds got gold, orange, and sky blue.
"These keys allow you to access the nearest entrance to the hall. Do not lose them," Arceus warned, "When you get them, you are free to leave."
The colors of the key corresponded to the colors of the legends. The Johto legends got red for Entei, blue for Suicune, yellow for Raikou, white and blue for Lugia, and rainbow colors for Ho-Oh. The Hoenn keys were red and black for Groudon, blue and white for Kyogre, and a brown, blue, white, and gray key for the Regi group. The Sinnoh keys were dark pink for Palkia, turquoise for Dialga, black and gold for Giratina, the lake trio shared a shiny green key and Cresselia and Darkrai had to share a black and pink key. The Unova keys were black and white, for Reshiram and Zekrom, and blue, green, and orange for the weather trio. Finally, Xerneas and Yveltal got a blue and red key to share. As the other legends were much rarer than the regional legends, they were kept in the hall, but could exit and leave as they please. With that, the group dispersed.
Later that afternoon...
Ash and company had set up camp on Route 19, just before Snowbelle City. Ash took the opportunity to train his Greninja and Pikachu, Serena practiced her performance with Sylveon, Braixen, and Pancham, Bonnie was playing with Dedenne while Clemont cooked. In the woods, Xerneas quietly watched their antics with a smile on her face.
"Dinner's ready!" Clemont called, to which a smile instantly grew on Bonnie's face.
"Awesome! Everybody, come out!" Ash said, to which his Pokemon were released to eat.
Braixen, Pancham, Sylveon, Dedenne, Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Pikachu, and Noivern ran to the waiting bowls of Pokemon food and instantly began to dig in.
While this was happening, Xerneas took the key she was given and hid it in a vacant Noctowl hole. With that, she left.
"So, Ash, do you have a strategy for the Snowbelle Gym?" Serena asked.
"Of course! Talonflame and Hawlucha would be perfect here."
Clemont frowned. "True, but they're both flying types. Ice beats flying, remember?"
But Ash didn't seem to be listening, as he was stuffing his face with Clemont's food. Bonnie shook her head and continued to eat; Clemont and Serena did the same.
That night...
Darkrai flew around the Kalos region, looking for his nightly fill of dreams. It was like a game to him. That night, he would roam a region to eat dreams and replace them with nightmares and Cresselia would try to undo the damage he caused. Either way, he was flying until he saw Ash, Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont sleeping. The reason that they weren't in a tent was because they thought it would be cooler to sleep under the stars.
"Ooohhh...fresh dreams!" Darkrai said, rubbing his hands. He quickly and quietly flew down to the forest behind them. He was about to strike before he saw Bonnie stir. Dedenne jumped on her shoulder as she trudged to the lake across from where the group was sleeping. As she drank some water, Dedenne jumped off and ran towards the forest.
"Dedenne!" Bonnie whispered as she ran after him, careful not to wake the others. The two were heading straight for Darkrai's hiding place, to which Darkrai watched from a tree branch. Dedenne continued to run deeper into the forest, with Bonnie close behind.
This is too easy... said Darkrai as he followed them.
Finally, Dedenne stopped at the base of a tree. Bonnie picked him up.
"What's wrong, Dedenne?"
The Pokemon pointed at the base of a tree. Even Darkrai was kind of curious.
Bonnie bent down to get a closer look. Darkrai silently hovered behind them. What he saw then made him gasp. She picked up a black and pink key. Dedenne jumped in happiness.
"Wow, this is cool! Nice find, Dedenne!"
Enraged, Darkrai wanted to scare her more than ever.
"Where do you think it goes?" Bonnie started to walk forward and the key shined brighter. Darkrai's eyes widened.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" he whispered. Meanwhile, Bonnie and Dedenne were running and the key was shining brighter than ever.
"Darkrai, what are you doing?"
He turned around and saw Xerneas stare at him with a confused face. He frowned.
"Well, I was going to eat some dreams, but this girl-never mind. I'll see you soon." Darkrai said. Xerneas continued to stare at him.
"You lost your key?" She questioned.
"How'd you know?"
Xerneas gasped. "You actually lost your key? I was just guessing. But you and Cresselia are supposed to share that key! She'll be furious!"
"The girl that just ran has the key! She's going to find the gateway to the hall!"
"Then what are we standing around for? Let's get it back!"
Xerneas and Darkrai chased after Bonnie, who had found the lock. She stuck the key in and twisted it before stepping back. Two large doors appeared and slowly opened. Bonnie and Dedenne were in awe.
"Woah! Come on, Dedenne!"
The two ran in as the door closed behind them. Xerneas and Darkrai tried to get in before it closed, but were too late.
"I'm done for..." Darkrai said.
"You really are." Xerneas agreed.
In the hall...
Two minutes after entering the hall, they finally reached the living room. It split into multiple paths, each leading to a legendary's room. She jumped onto the soft couch with Dedenne.
"It's so fluffy! Wanna explore, Dedenne?"
Dedenne chirped in agreement. They jumped off of the couch and tried to figure out which way they should go.
"Let's split up," Bonnie said. Dedenne went one way while Bonnie went another. As Bonnie walked down the hall, she stopped in front of a dark purple door. She slowly opened the door, and saw a single Pokemon in the large bed, sleeping peacefully. She knew that she should escape while she could, but curiosity got the best of her. Being as quiet as possible, she got a better look at the Pokemon, who she would soon learn to be Mewtwo.
"Aww..." she said, before realizing her mistake. Mewtwo's eyes shot open, and she quickly hid under the bed. She saw Mewtwo's feet touch the ground. Mewtwo sniffed the air.
"Where are you?" he snarled, preparing a Shadow Claw. Bonnie was filled to the brim with fear.
"Come out and get what's coming to you." A tear slid down Bonnie's face. She stayed hidden, however.
"Fine, I'll come to you, then." Mewtwo opened the door and yelled, "MEW!"
"What?" Mew opened the door, rubbing her eyes. He floated over to her.
"Don't give me that! I know that you teleported away before I could find you! Why were you in my room?!"
"I wasn't!"
"LIES!"
"She wasn't."
Mewtwo turned around to find Cresselia, who was upset, but not as much as Mewtwo.
"Now, what are you yelling about? You're waking us all up!"
"Aren't you supposed to be stopping Darkrai from giving nightmares to everyone?" Mewtwo asked.
"I'm not really up for it. But, she was in her room all this time. I do sleep right next to her, after all. If she teleported away, I would know." Cresselia explained.
"Then who was in my room?"
"Let's see."
Bonnie's heart jumped to her throat as she heard the entire conversation. She wished she was with Serena, Ash, and Clemont right about now.
"Why did Dedenne find that key? I could get killed here!" she thought. Tears spilled uncontrollably across her face. By then, Cresselia, Mew, and Mewtwo were in Mewtwo's room.
"Ok, so other than our life source, I can feel a fourth life source in this room." Cresselia said.
"What kind?" Mew asked, curiously.
"Human." Cresselia answered. Mewtwo instantly prepared another Shadow Claw.
"Where is it coming from?" Mewtwo asked.
"Isn't it obvious? Under the bed!" Mew said. Bonnie's eyes widened.
"Very funny, Mew. Seriously, where is it?" Mewtwo asked again.
"Mew's right." Cresselia answered. She then used Psychic to lift up the bed. Mew and Cresselia stayed silent as Mewtwo aimed a deadly glare at Bonnie. Bonnie stared into his eyes, overcome with mortal terror. Mew looked at Mewtwo and was about to stop him, but was too late.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! HOW'D YOU GET HERE?!" Mewtwo roared. Bonnie slowly got up as more tears slid down her face. "ANSWER ME!"
"Mewtwo, stop it!" Mew said. However, Mewtwo didn't listen. He slowly approached her with his Shadow Claw growing.
"ANSWER ME! NOW!"
This was enough to send Bonnie running out of the room, crying.
"GET BACK HERE!" Mewtwo ran out of the room, chasing after her, and with Cresselia and Mew chasing after him. Blinded with tears, Bonnie ran back to the living room.
"DEDENNE! DEDENNE, WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE, NOW!"
Mewtwo aimed a Shadow Ball at her, fueled by fury. The Shadow Ball missed, but it scared Bonnie even more.
"STOP!" Bonnie was then prevented from running as Mewtwo used Psychic. She was dragged back to Mewtwo, who looked at her with an evil smile.
"Now, you'll-OW!"
Mewtwo was interrupted by Bonnie grabbing his arm and biting it as hard as she could. She was dropped and kept running.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!"
Bonnie ran back towards Mewtwo's room, but was stopped this time by Cresselia's Psychic. She brought her towards her face. Bonnie was hysterical.
"LEAVE ME ALONE! LET ME GO!" She shrieked. Cresselia's eyes turned blue.
"Shhhh..." Cresselia said.
"LET ME GO! LET-me-go..." Bonnie then fell asleep. She dropped the key that she was holding, which Mew picked up.
"Cresselia, isn't this your and Darkrai's key?" Cresselia looked at the key and growled.
"That idiot..."
ON ROUTE 19...
It was still nighttime-about 11 o'clock to be exact.
"Ash, wake up! Bonnie's gone!"
Ash's eyes fluttered open as he saw Pikachu, Serena, and Clemont searching the area around their campsite for Bonnie.
TO BE CONTINUED...
