Gasp! Another chapter! I'm sorry about the extreme delay. I'm really trying to work on that.
Ri2, I looked at your review and noticed that I had indeed forgotten to say what species Amy was. I updated the chapter to fix that, so it now actually says she's a Vaporeon. Thanks for pointing that out. About Muddy, the only other electric, remotely dog-like Pokémon I could think of was Jolteon, and since I already had an Eevee evolution, I just decided to use Manetric. Maybe he moved there or something? Eh…and about the speech thing…I don't know. A now-dead language. I'm not presenting much of a case here am I?
And about the Burnt tower belonging to Lugia…I'm pretty sure that's right. So shoot me.
Lord Karkon, while the rock thing was not what I did purposely, as I have never read that book, I guess that works too. Also, the spelling errors I blame on Word. I'll fix that.
I originally had this chapter be the one with Latios and Latias…but I couldn't quite get my idea to work. So I did this instead. And, there are a few…'Easter Eggs' hidden in there. Let's see how many you people catch…;) And guess what I figured out? I can't do italics or bold for this story, because the other button is dead on my keyboard.
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It had been a while since Rayquaza had told his story, and that time was spent by the serpentine dragon telling Jirachi what had happened during his 'nap'. Rayquaza had just finished telling him about some war or another. His eyes suddenly focused on something or someone a little bit in the distance.
"Huh?" Jirachi asked. "What is it?"
"I just saw an old friend of mine…haven't seen her in ages!" the dragon exclaimed, obviously quite pleased. "Hey…you wouldn't mind if I go talk to her, would you?"
Jirachi shook his thrice-pointed head. "No, of course not!" And so, Rayquaza flew over to the acquaintance he had seen. Jirachi was sure his friend wouldn't mind if he met some other people at the Gathering, and thus he began wandering around looking for someone interesting to talk to.
It was not long before he ran into the other new Gathering guest – the creature named 'Deoxys' from the opening ceremony. The large humanoid Pokémon greeted him as Jirachi made another lap through the crowd.
"Hey! You're the other new guy! Jirachi, isn't it? I'm Deoxys!"
"Pleased to meet you." The two shook hands. Or rather, Deoxys waved his arm and shook Jirachi around.
"You know, this is a nice planet you guys got here. Nice uh…air...do you call it?"
"Wait, you're not from this planet?" Jirachi asked, surprised. He didn't know much life existed beyond Earth.
"Nope! I just fly around visiting all the planets. This is one of the most interesting, I'd have to say." And it was about then that something happened to Deoxys. His legs became shorter and pointy, and his arms turned into sets of slowly moving tentacle-like appendages.
"Uh, are you okay…?"
Deoxys apparently didn't hear him. In fact, he began to talk to himself. Jirachi noticed that his voice sounded slightly different.
"Oh, I don't know…I think Nil'Ar Keymora was pretty cool." And again, Deoxys transformed. This time he warped back into his original form.
"Not now! Just shut up and - " For the third time, Deoxys transformed. This time, he became much bulkier, as if he were wearing a large suit.
"Yeah, but Cloral had better food…" Yet again, Deoxys transformed. This time, He seemed more like the first transformation. However, in place of the sets or slowly waving tentacles, one-tentacle arms whipped around quickly.
Deoxys began talking extremely rapidly. "YeahbutitwasfuntobeatupthespacepiratesontallonIV."
Deoxys reverted back to his original form. "Uh, can I see you sometime else? I need to sort this out…" Jirachi merely nodded his head, his eyes slightly bulging in their sockets. "Okay, see you later!" Suddenly, there was a quiet 'pop!' and Deoxys was gone.
"That was…weird…" Jirachi mumbled to himself.
Looking around again for someone else to talk to, he noticed two birds hovering in the air about fifteen feet away. They looked to be almost the same, but as he looked closer he could see that one seemed to be made of definite shapes and looked rather un-life like, while one had a more curved and natural looking body. Neither of them had wings that Jirachi could see, and they both had pink bodies with blue appendages.
"Hello there!" The more life-like one said. It's voice sounded feminine, so Jirachi guessed 'it' was a she. Strangely, the bird's beak did not seem to move when she talked. Jirachi knew that many psychic types (himself included) sometimes liked to 'talk' with their minds, so this wasn't that strange to him.
The apparently-psychic avian spoke again. "I'm Porygon2! Just call me Two. And you are Jirachi, from the opening ceremony, correct?" Jirachi nodded. "And this is my older brother, Porygon." She whispered to Jirachi. "He's a little…strange…"
The other bird had remained silent this whole time. Jirachi again noticed how similar (and yet different) the two birds were, and how strange of a name Porygon2 was. "Uh, may I ask where your name came from?" He asked the bird.
"Oh, that." She said happily. "Well…it's a little weird. See, we're not really Pokémon."
This interested Jirachi. "Hmm?"
"Do you know what computers are?" Confused, Jirachi shook his head. "Humans invented them. They're essentially little boxes that store information and stuff." Jirachi had a feeling he was getting the simplest explanation possible, but he wasn't going to complain. Humans were very strange creatures, and as such were little understood by most Pokémon.
"We – my brother and I – and really just programs – a part of a computer that performs a task – in a computer network. Humans programmed us. Most of our brethren now help run computers for people. But some employee at the company that made us made a physical, robotic body and put the programs inside. And now you have us."
Jirachi interrupted. "Robotic?" He hadn't understood that word.
Two answered. "Well, it's sort of like a program, just not in a computer, in the real world…ah, this is hard to explain. Well, you know how inside most living creatures is stuff like blood and organs? Well, inside my brother and myself, you would find shiny pieces of plastic and metal used to give the semblance of life. That's kind of what robotic is like."
"Okay." Jirachi didn't really understand, but he wasn't to going to figure it out any time soon, anyway. "So, then how are you two related?"
"Oh, well, originally the were just the programs like Porygon. But there were a few problems with the programming, and they needed to improve it. So then they invented Porygon2's, like me. Porygon here is one of the more buggy versions, but he's a nice guy. A little quiet, sure…"
Almost as if on cue, a loud crash resounded somewhere to Jirachi's right.
"What happen?" Surprising Jirachi, Porygon had spoken.
Looking back to where the crash had come from, Jirachi could see the source of the noise through the crowd. What seemed like a large jumble of rocks appeared to be picking itself up, and was talking to someone Jirachi couldn't see. Jirachi excused himself and floated over to the pile of rocks.
"No, that's alright…I'm fine." A deep voice came out of…somewhere. The rocks were talking to a concerned looking Lairon, who apologized and left.
The rocks noticed Jirachi. "Ah, you must be Jirachi!" He said to the small creature.. "'Name's Regirock. These three – " he indicated behind him – "are Regice, Registeel, and Regitable, respectively.
"Bonjour!"
"¡Hola!"
"Hallo!"
Behind Regirock were three similar behemoths. Or rather, two behemoths and a table. The first one appeared to be a large chunk of ice with smaller chunks as arms and legs. Next to this was a shiny, silver titan. It had a large body that looked like it had been painted black around the middle. Small legs and arms stuck out of it. Next to this was a perfectly ordinary table. Jirachi noticed that where the head would be, all four of them had an assortment of yellow dots. The table, having no head, merely had a single dot right in the middle.
The ice chunk, which Jirachi guessed was Regice, began speaking. "Vous avez-vous trop d'heure sur vos mains, comment avez-vous traduit ceci?"
"Um…sorry?" Jirachi hadn't understood a word.
"Regice speaks French." Regirock explained.
"Uh…oh."
And now Registeel began to talk. "¿Usted tiene seguramente algo mejor que hacer con su tiempo?"
"Spanish."
And, strangely, even the table spoke.
"Ich möchte einen Witz über Übersetzungen bilden, aber ich kann nicht an irgendwelche denken."
"German."
Jirachi suddenly remembered Porygon and Two. "Oh, um, I've got to get back…pleased to meet you!"
And with that, he floated back to the birds.
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I know Porygon isn't Psychic. Quiet.
Yeah, I know…way too short for the wait. It was a combination of forgetfulness and laziness…I've started some work on the story I plan to do after this, though. I just couldn't get focused on this story.
Anyway, Regitable is © Sir Spazm 2005. And with the languages, I'm sorry if I butchered anything. Hopefully, the next chapter will come sooner.
