Chapter 34 The truth of the First Meeting

As Ash, Nora and Zachary find the others, Alice says, "Wait, are you the librarian back at the Utira Town? What are you doing here?"

Nora says, "It turns out that he is also a chosen like us. But importantly...we have a lot to discuss."

They nod as they decide to walk back to the Pokemon Center. On the way, Ash is talking to the others about their encounter in the Fiery Caverns, and their other companions are surprised to learn what happened inside and how they encountered the Infernal Cult.

"So your brother is the Cult Leader Zenith and he was the one who killed your mother for Groudon?" Emily asks. "How could he be so cruel..."

"Exactly, it is a relief that Dad adopted him as our sibling." Ash says. "But somehow I don't know why, I feel like you have been our sibling for a long time."

"Why do you actually think like that?" Nora asks. "I mean...Dad told us that he adopts Zachary into our family..."

Zachary says, "Well, the only sibling I know is Zenith, but I remembered that we were living with an uncle of ours, but I don't know what happened, Zenith suddenly told me that we were never going to get back to him and he threatened me to join in the Infernal Cult."

"Do you still remember who your uncle is?" Taen asks, and Zachary shakes his head, he says, "I don't remember...I was thinking if Zachary might have done something to me to give me amnesia."

"I see..." Ash sighs, "We will help you remember everything about your other family members."

Zachary nods as they all head back to the Pokemon Center since it is getting late.


That night, they all gather in a room as they decide to discuss more of the plans to counter and stop the 5 Cults, after they are done, Ash says, "What should we do now?"

Nora says, "How about we tell the story of how we met our legendaries? Since I am kinda curious."

"Sure, then who goes first?" Alice asks.

"How about we start with Ash?" Taen asks as Ash nods.

"Well...the first time I met Arceus is back in Sinnoh..." Ash says. "At that time, I was traveling in Michina, and that is when I knew the Jewel of Life."

"You mean that Crystal that holds the power?" Zachary asks.

"Yes." Ash says. "And that time, Arceus is in rage because that 1000 years ago, he was betrayed by his chosen one, who was under control by an evil person. Therefore, he shows his rage by trying to destroy us."

"The rage of Arceus is hard to calm down, how did you do it?" Nora asks.

"Well...we have Dialga's help to travel back to the time when Damos betrayed him. And we prevented it from happening and the history was changed." Ash says with a smile.

"That is a nice story." Emily, Gladion, how about you?"

Gladion says, "Well...in fact, when Ash was in Alola, We had troubles about Ultra Beasts, and then Necrozma, he wants the light as he comes to our dimension. He tried to fuse Solgaleo and Lunala, but with the help of everyone using Z moves, we managed to return him to its Ultra Form."

"Sounds amazing as well." Nora says, "Then it will be my turn."

Nora sighs and says, "Well...when I first met Celebi...it was six years ago. I was at the Murk Forest playing with my Pokemon...until I saw the crack on the tree."

"A crack on the tree?" Alice asks.

"I was curious as well, but as I peeked inside, I saw her, injured and hurt. So I took her to Dad, the First Augur. When we healed her, she showed us a scene. In the scene, we saw two boys who are trying to save Celebi from a weird man, and the Celebi was inside a giant creature..."

Ash says, "Wait...are you saying the scene in Lake of Life back in Johto Region?"

"You know about it?" Nora asks.

"Well...I was there...if what you said is true...then I was one of the two boys in that scene." Ash says.

"Wait...you?" Nora is surprised.

"Yeah...I remembered that the Iron-Masked Marauder throws the Dark Ball at Celebi, controlling her to destroy the lake...we managed to save her, but she is close to dying...thanks to a lot of Celebi from different time zones, she is saved."

"That is also what I saw...and the Celebi from our hands also flew to them as well." Nora says. "So I guess that Celebi is from a different timeline? But who is the other boy?"

"Well...He is Professor Oak...forty years ago." Ash says with disgust.

"I am sorry to hear that, but we learned from Bianca that he is punished." Taen says.

"Yeah..." Ash says with a sigh.

"Now it is my turn." Emily says. "You see...ever since our mother has gone missing, we seldom stayed at home. When I was traveling in Kanto, I went to Mt. Tensei. It is also where I met Marshadow."

"Mt. Tensei...it is also where I met Marshadow for the first time." Ash says.

"Really?" Gladion asks as he nods.

"When I got there, I was being attacked by the Pokemon there, who was being controlled by Marshadow. So I fought them and release them. After all the Pokemon are freed...he then told me that all is a task to see if I am worth to be his trainer."

"Wow..." Ash is surprised. "You know...the reason I got there is to see if I can meet the Legendary Ho-Oh. But when we got there, my rival took the Rainbow Wing away from me, and then it is tainted. Marshadow then attacked us because of it. I tried to stop him...but in the end... I died."

This causes them to be silenced. Zachary says, "Ash? You died?"

"Yeah, but at least that I managed to put Pikachu back to his Pokeball before the attack hits both of us...I am not sure the reason how I got back, but according to my buddy, he uses a powerful Thunderbolt to make the army flying and also Marshadow..."

"This is really surprising." Alice says. "As for me and Articuno...I was trying to protect her from a group called Team Rocket back at the Snowtop Mountain. I heard him being trapped inside the net and I went to free him. But then we were spotted by Team Rocket and they nearly got my team fainted. Luckily, I freed him in time and we both escaped fast."

"So you did meet Team Rocket before..." Ash says.

"Yeah, but in the journey, they keep following us until I left Johto...and what were their names? Cassidy and Biff?"

"Oh, those two guys." Ash says. "They are the same as Jessie and James, they were annoying rather than being a threat."

"I know." Alice says. "Who knows how many times I have to send them blasting off? But after I left Johto, they stopped following me and I don't know why. But I don't care anymore."

Taen says, "For me...it was after I was lost in Mosdeep City...I met your father Adam...and he was the one who guided me to the Giant Chasm back in Unova. He knew that I would be a member of Timeless...and he was a teacher I could ever have."

"And he also asked you to betray the Timeless so you could be the one who can protect your father?" Ash asks and he nods.

"You see...Adam uses forgiveness to forgive every cult he disbanded...and it is also the reason why he spared our cult." Taen sighs.

"I see..." Zachary says, "As for me...I was very late...in fact, I was yet a chosen when we met for the first time."

"Really?" Nora asks.

"Yeah, it is after I saw you guys leave the library, Keldeo comes to me. He told me that I am his chosen and I will be helping you guys. At first, I thought it was impossible since I couldn't betray my only family member left, but he told me how you helped him, Ash. And he told me my resolve should be the answer."

"Wow...It seems like we all have interesting stories." Ash says.

"I agree." Gladion says as they go to rest.


And the next day, Ash and his friends, with Zachary also going to travel with them from now on, are walking on Route 12, Nora says, "It seems like we are going to arrive at Selene City."

"Of course." Alice says with a smile, "Both you and Ash can get your sixth badge over there."

Just then, Emily sees two people up ahead, both of them are wearing black cloaks and one of them has a mask, while the other one is a girl with white hair. She pales as she knows who they are, and she quickly has Marshadow hides them in the shadows.

Taen asks, "Emily? What's the big idea? Why are we suddenly in the shadows?"

"Sorry, but I saw Persephone, the Leader of the Darkrai Cult, entering Selene City." Emily says, and Ash pales at the mention of the name.

"The Darkrai Cult..." Zachary says, "I think I have heard of it, that was the cult who made our father disappear, right?"

"Let's say that both the Darkrai Cult and Jaern are the ones that made Dad and Mom disappear." Nora says, "I think they might have some sort of deal, or else why would a second Augur like him do this."

"But let's be quiet and hear what they are saying." Alice says as they decide to move closer.

"Miss Persephone, are you sure it is a good idea? You didn't bring all of your pokemon with you. What happens if you need to battle someone?"

Persephone looks at the grunt with annoyance. "It'll be fine. Am I not allowed to visit my sister?

" Well, yes, but... I mean..." The Cultist is feeling pressure after Persephone is glaring at him.

"Then I don't see the problem. Anyways, if we can't figure out why Darkrai keeps running off to her, we won't make much progress in catching it."

"Shouldn't you be looking for that kid? If you don't, the Augur's going to come after us."

"We can look for them later, right now we have a traitor of a sister to confront." Persephone says as they enter the city.

After coming from their hiding spot, Gladion says, "So she is going to meet the gym leader?"

"It seems so...just great, we have bigger problems with before challenging the gym." Emily says.

Zachary says with confusion, "But she did mention that she didn't bring all of her Pokemon with her, not to mention that she also brought one of the grunts as well."

"Zachary is right, we have an advantage with the numbers. But that doesn't mean we don't need to worry about her. She might be able to do anything, for example, they have come all the way from Torren to Kanto, just because they want to kidnap my mother and me."

"That sounds...harsh." Alice says. "I mean...you have been knocked out for a year just because of that..."

"Yeah." Ash says with a sigh. "Right now we should go see what she is up to."

The others nod in agreement as they enter the City, trying to learn what Persephone is doing.


Here is a new chapter, now you know why the Legendary Pokemon choose them. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be an encounter with Persephone.