Chapter 32 The Cave of Mirrors
Grace and Aurora are now inside the house, Grace prepares the tea on the table as she says, "I can't hide it from you anymore, huh? Aurora?"
Aurora takes a sip and says, "After all, I am the one that revives you two and becomes the Pokemon. But why didn't you tell me that your daughter is like Ash, who splits herself when she was younger?"
Grace sighs and says, "I didn't want to do it as well. But the black mist inside her world is damaging her. I am forced to split herself into two."
She looks at her tea and says, "But I didn't know that someone would try to kill her to take her world..."
Aurora nods and says, "So now that my son also gets back into one, it will be a short amount of time that your daughter is, as well."
Grace says, "I know...I guess it is inevitable..."
Aurora notices the sad frown on her face, she says, "Don't worry, Grace, she has Ash by her side. She will be fine controlling her powers."
"I wish so." Grace says. "After all, her other self is watching them nearby and is also trying to get her soul back. I guess I should let go and leave my daughter to decide..."
Back at Ash and his group, they are heading towards Shalour City as they stop by a cave.
"We're finally here, the Reflection Cave!" Bonnie cheers.
"I have heard of this cave, it has a lot of crystals that can make it like mirrors inside the cave walls." Golly says. "I always want to look at them."
"Sure, let's go inside." Serena says as she starts running, and the others can only chase after her. But a shadow gets past the mirror and is noticed by Pikachu and Sylveon, they rush to the crystal and tilt their heads.
"Pikachu? Sylveon? What's wrong?" Ash asks.
"We saw something in the mirrors." Sylveon says.
"But it looks normal to me." Mark says as they are confused. "Why don't we get further inside?"
They all agree as they get inside, they are marveling at the fact that there are a lot of mirrors in the cave.
"Wow, I really like this place! I can see a lot of myself!" Bonnie says.
"I see...unlike normal and common rock crystals, their surfaces resemble a mirror, which makes them reflect objects..." Clemont says.
Serena says, "Ash, why don't we go look at this one?"
"Sure." Ash says as they walk together. But then Serena hears a voice, "Serena..."
"Who is there?" Serena asks as she looks back, everyone are having confused looks as Ash asks, "Serena?"
"Someone is calling me..." Serena says.
"Well, it is not me." East says.
"Me neither." Mark says.
"Maybe it is a ghost?" Golly sags, which causes Clemont to shiver.
"No, these crystals form lights, it will be hard for ghosts to come out considering that they prefer dark." Ash says.
"Serena...over here..." Serena starts to shiver and she says, "There it is again..."
She really wants to know who is calling out to her, so she continues to follow the sound.
"Serena! Wait!" Ash says as they try to chase her, but due to the complicated maze, they lost track of her.
"Uh oh...we got separated." Bonnie says. "Let's split up and find Serena together." Ash says in a worry tone.
Meanwhile, Serena stops in front of a room full of mirrors, she says, "Alright, where are you and why do you call me?"
The one who is calling to her in watching from the mirror behind her, then it starts to open the door and Serena suddenly turns around.
A scream occurs and Ash hears it. "That sounds like Serena! She is in trouble!"
"Wait, Ash!" Mark yells, but he is also gone. "Great. Now two of us have gone missing." East says.
"I guess we should go find them." Clemont says as they start to find the traces.
Ash, Pikachu and Sylveon are running towards the screaming as they find her lying on the ground fainted.
"Serena!" Ash tries to shake her up. "Are you alright?"
Since Serena doesn't respond, Ash tries to wake her up by tickling her, but, much to her surprise, his hand goes right through her.
"What...what is this? How come my hand goes through..." Ash, Pikachu and Sylveon are in horror, Ash quickly puts his hand on her face. It goes normal.
"What is going on here..." Ash says as Serena starts to wake up. "Ash..."
"Serena? Are you okay?" Ash asks. Serena blushes a little at how Ash is so close to her, she says, "I am fine..."
"What happened and why did you faint?" Ash asks.
"Well..." Serena says as she holds her head. "I don't remember..."
"I can tell you." They turn around and see Grace, Aurora and Walt standing in front of them.
Serena says, "Mom? What are you doing here?"
Grace says, "I'll talk about it. But first, we should go to another place to talk.
Ash says, "Walt? What are you doing here?"
Walt says, "Father. Grandmother has asked me to come as well."
Grace then raises her hand at the mirror, it creates a portal, much to the two's surprise. "Now let's go in." Aurora says.
Once they get inside, they feel like the world has different angles and the gravity is unstable.
Ash says, "This is the Distortion World...I have been here before... But there should be Giratina here, where is it?"
Aurora says, "Calm down, Ash. Giratina is here indeed."
Serena sees a bubble of their friends and says, "Hey, Mark and the others are there."
As she tries to touch it, Ash says, "No, Serena! Don't touch it!"
But it is too late, Serena already touches it, and the bubble breaks. The blast causes the 5 people to be blown back to the ground.
East asks, "What is that?"
Clemont says, "Somehow the mirror causes us to be thrown back...I never knew it could do that? Since it is not scientifically possible..."
Golly and Mark look at each other and Golly says, "Mark, do you think what I am thinking?"
Mark says, "Yes. Since this place has a lot of mirrors, no doubt that it will be here."
"It?" Bonnie asks. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Giratina. The Legendary Pokemon of Anti-Matter and the owner of the Distortion World." Golly says. "You can say that it is a Ghost Type Legendary, and legends said that it was banished for its violence. It silently gazed upon the old world from the Distortion World."
This causes Clemont to shiver a little and he asks, "Does that mean Giratina was the one who took Serena and Ash?"
Ash and Serena follow their families as they arrive inside a big house, which is similar to the one Ash and his family lived. They get inside the room as Grace asks, "Serena, how much to you remember about your early age?"
Serena is confused as she says, "Well...I remember the time when Ash and I used to be friends...and then Mom and I were attacked by Beedrills and Spearows until we were in the verge of death...and then we had to leave Kanto because of it..."
Grace says, "The reason we had to leave Kanto is not because of the fact that we were attacked."
"Huh?" Ash asks. "What do you mean?"
Aurora says, "It is true that you two were on the verge of death...but you were almost declared dead if I didn't ask a Pokemon to help you."
"Pokemon?" Serena says.
"Mother, you are just like us, we are Pokemon." Walt says.
Ash and Serena gasp in surprise, as they can't believe that Serena is also a Pokemon as well. Serena says, "I am a Pokemon as well?"
"Yes. We are Giratina." Grace says. "The Renegade Pokemon. Serena, do you remember the secret place I had took you after we got to Kalos?"
Serena starts to recall her memories, and she finds a younger version of herself jumping all around in the Distortion World with Grace watching her.
"So this Distortion World...is the secret place I like to be in..." Serena says. "But how did I split in the first place?"
Walt says, "I am sorry, Mother. It is my and my sister's fault. Our fight in Alamos Town causes this place to be full of black mist, which endangers your life."
Ash says, "I remember when Dr. Newton told me about it...then does that mean the Giratina Dawn and I met before..."
"Is the body that was split." Grace says. "After the black mist injured Serena, I forced her to split and the soul stayed with me in the real world while the body is here."
"But we didn't know that a man named Zero tried to kill her back then..." Aurora says.
Serena gasps as memories are flooding inside her mind. "I remember everything now...I also remember how Ash tried to save me and this world..."
"Serena..." Ash says.
"And I also couldn't save you from your rampage back then..." Serena says with a frown.
Ash also remembers his anger that tries to hurt Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, he holds his head and says, "What have I done...I did hurt Serena..."
"Ash..." Serena hugs him and says, "It is fine, Ash. I am safe now. You don't need to apologize."
Walt says, "Yeah. Dad, it is we should apologize that we couldn't save you from your anger."
Ash says, "Thank you...Walt, Serena.."
Aurora says, "Now that you have your body back, unlike Ash, since Arceus' ability is Multitype, Serena, your typing is Ghost and Dragon, which means that you will have to be wary of Dark, Ghost, Dragon, Ice and Fairy types. Not to mention, your ability is Pressure, which means that your opponent will lose more PP when battling against you."
Grace says, "But you don't need to worry, I am sure Ash and his siblings can teach you how to battle and how to protect yourself."
Serena nods and says, "I got it."
Grace smiles and says, "Serena, if you want to return to this place, you have to find a mirror to something that can show reflection. Then you can open the portal to this world."
Ash says, "That is amazing, Serena. You won't need to worry someone invade your space if you are here."
"You're right." Serena says. "Mom, we should go back or our friends are worried."
"Okay. I hope you have a nice journey." Grace smiles as Walt hug the two before they get back to the real world.
Outside the Reflection Cave, Bonnie says, "What is taking them so long?"
East asks, "Did Giratina really capture them?"
"I don't know." Golly says. "Here they are!"
Ash and Serena walk outside to greet others along with Pikachu and Sylveon. Mark says, "Are you guys okay?"
"We are fine." Serena says.
"So did you meet a Giratina?" Bonnie says excitedly. "I want to meet one too."
Clemont scolds her, "Bonnie, Giratina is dangerous Pokemon."
"It is fine." Ash says. "Besides, I already capture it."
"Another Legendary in the team? Brother? That is quite fast." Mark says.
"So where is it?" Golly asks.
Ash takes out a Pokeball and says, "Giratina, I choose you!"
As he throws, nothing comes out from it. East asks, "Where is Giratina?"
Ash says, "Sorry, since she is already outside the Pokeball."
"Huh?" The 5 are curious. Serena laughs and changs her form, much to their shock.
"Surprise?" Serena asks.
"Wait, Serena? You are Giratina?" Clemont asks in shock.
"Turns out she is like me, she split herself a few years ago, that is why she didn't know anything until recently." Ash says.
"That is awesome. So Serena is like us, then we can battle training together." Golly says.
"You are on." Serena says. "But before that..." Serena glows a little while, then they hear screaming.
"We're Blasting off again!" The gang suddenly sees Team Rocket flying into the sky and disappear.
Mark asks, "Serena, what did you just do?"
Serena says, "Oh, nothing. I just use Shadow Force to blast them off."
"Wow, that is quite fast." Bonnie says.
"I know." Serena changes back as they continue their journey.
Here is a new chapter. Now you all know. Serena is a Giratina. I am the type of person that ships Arceus and Giratina instead of making them hate each other. With the power, what will happen next? The next chapter is the Movie: Diancie and the Cacoon of Destruction.