The voice. It was calling. Again and again. I knew I had heard it before. There was
darkness. Darkness everywhere. I was lost. Lost to the powers of evil. Then there was
hope. The slightest fading hope. It was a light. A light shining at the end of the tunnel.
I hurried to the light. It was fading to though, just like the voice had. The voice. It was
there again. Calling, telling. Shouting, whispering. Everything was so confusing. I
looked around for the voice. It had gone. I was alone. So very alone....

'Carai...... Carai' I opened my eyes slowly. The blurry figure of an Azumarril appeared
over me. I sat up quickly, remembering what happened. Well, sort of, I remembered
that me and Mystic were walking along this road, and then I felt this terrible pain. It
was so painful, I couldn't stand it. Then I couldn't remember anything else. I was in a
burrow, it looked like someone's home. Mystic appeared from one of the passages in
the burrow.
'Your awake! It was so scary, you just collapsed. We don't know why though.' He
explained, 'By the way, this is Rain Dance.' The Azumarril bowed before me. I looked
at her oddly, why would she be bowing.
'My family and I are honoured by your presence.' Rain Dance said to me, standing up.
'Ah, thanks.' I replied, looking at her oddly.
'Rain Dance offered to let you stay here until you feel better. I didn't really have much
of a choice.' Mystic said.
'Thanks very much!' I thanked Rain Dance. She blushed and said, 'Such praise is not
necessary dear goddess.' Rain Dance bowed again. Goddess? What was she on about.
I decided not to ask, it may sound rude.
'Supper shall be ready soon, we would be even more honoured if you could stay with
us.' Rain Dance said, barely managing to get it out.
'Thank you, that would be very nice.' I replied. Rain Dance looked like she was about
to die.
'I must go prepare. Could you please excuse me?' She asked.
'Certainly.' I answered and she walked off down another passage. Mystic and I
watched her leave.
'Goddess?' He asked.
'Don't ask me!' I replied.

The meal was very delicious. We had soup made from the plants that grew around the
lake. That's where Rain Dance had explained her burrow was. The meal was
surprisingly very filling and I slept well that night. I decided to sleep outside that night,
it was quite warm in the burrow. Luckily I didn't have anymore strange dreams. I hope
they weren't a sign of my psychic powers, though I wasn't sure exactly what they
meant. This day had got me thinking alot. I had been having strange dreams, everyone
along the road had been hiding from us. Except for Rain Dance that is, and now she
was calling me a goddess. Everything, I thought, was definitely linked somehow, I
wasn't sure how though. Not yet. I did know though, that this wasn't going to be as
simple as I had first thought. Everything must have a deeper meaning then I first
thought. The strange new power Evo had talked about must be real. And I had another
strong feeling that it was an evil kind of power. Something, everything, was going
terribly wrong. I soon drifted off into a restless sleep. I would worry more about
everything tomorrow.

(P.O.V Change)

As the little Eevee slept, eight strange, shadowy figures watched over her. They all
looked like pokemon.
'Poor thing.' One said, looking pitifully at her. This shadow looked like a female
Dragonite.
'She is so young, and now she has the weight of saving the whole world on her
shoulders.' Another that looked like a male Moltres agreed.
'The Keeper is getting impatient.' A female Mew informed the others, 'I can feel it.'
'Where's the Messenger? She should be here by now.' A female Entei said, also
getting impatient.
'I think she's coming now, look!' The Dragonite said, pointing to the sky. A strange
creature was flying towards the eight shadows. The creature looked like a Lugia, but
with some differences. She was alot smaller, there was one jewel on each wing and one
on her forehead. There wasn't a ridge on her head like a Lugia and her tail was
different. It was still as long as a Lugia's in proportion with her body. There wasn't
two fins on each side though, and there wasn't the spines down her back. Her eyes
didn't have the fin-like things around them, but gold rings instead, and she didn't have
teeth like a Lugia either. Her stomach was gold not blue, and the rest of her was silver.
Except for her gold jewels and her bright blue eyes.
'I'm sorry I couldn't make it sooner.' She said landing and bowing before the
shadows.
'No matter, you are here now.' The Entei said, 'You must tell the Eevee as soon as
possible.'
'She is the only hope.' The Dragonite added.
'I know ancient ones.' The Messenger said, 'But how can I do it? She is so very
young. She can not do this alone.'
'But she shall not be alone.' A male Raikou said, 'She has us behind her. She has you,
and she has the Keeper. We can give her all the strength she needs.'
'That is, if she does not find the power within herself.' The Moltres added.
'It is in there and only she can find it. The power is within her soul.' A female Suicune
added.
'I know. I shall find her tomorrow and tell her.' The Messenger agreed.
'Good. We must go now, you know what you have to do.' The Raikou said, 'Come
back to the Keeper's world as soon as your done.'
'And don't forget that.' The Mew said, pointing to the Power Stone that was still
floating behind her. The Messenger creature bowed to them again and they
disappeared into a gust of passing wind. The Messenger sighed as they left and she
looked down at the Eevee. The Messenger was about to leave when she heard a voice
in her mind.
"So, you've made it." The voice said.
'What are you doing here?' The Messenger asked of the bodiless voice.
"I know you felt my power coming here" The voice said again, "I am here to make a
compromise."
'I'm not doing any deals with you!' The Messenger said angrily into the night.
"I don't think that would be a wise decision." The voice said. Just then another gust of
wind blew up, shaping itself into a pokemon. An Eevee. He was the Leader.
'As I was saying, I have a compromise.' The Orbeon said.
'And I said I don't want anything to do with you.' The Messenger replied angrily.
'All I want is the stone. If you hand it over, I will spare your life.' He said with an evil
smile. The Messengers eyes glowed a brighter blue.
'Fine.' The Leader said, 'Have it your way. You can protect the stone from me.
However, I shall not allow you to hand it over to the Eevee. Now we shall battle.' The
Messenger's eyes glowed even brighter. Although she knew that the Leader's power
was greater than hers, she knew she had to battle to protect the stone. She wished the
Eevee was far, far away now, safe from his evil powers.
'Let's go.' She said. The Leader's eyes glowed for a moment too and the stone floated
safely to the ground. They both landed on the ground too and prepared for battle.