Chapter 1: The Trio Create Terrible Ideas

This story contains spoilers for all Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, most major of which being Explorers. You have been warned...

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It has been a month since Giratina was released from his banishment to the Distortion Realm. He has been doing quite well and certainly changed for the better. One day however, he received a message from Dialga. The news wasn't good at all…

'Dialga's hold over time is getting weaker. What is he doing?' Giratina pondered. He could feel it, his power of anti-matter being made to balance out both space and time. So a sudden change in time would have an effect on the other two involved.

Giratina had been flying non-stop for the past hour to reach Temporal Tower. He knew his sister would be laughing at him when he arrived all tired out from the flight. He can't blame her, it's easy to laugh when you can just teleport wherever you need to go.

He pushed these thoughts aside as he approached the Sea of Time, starting to speed up to reach the Hidden Land.

The Hidden Land truly was something to behold. Not surprising, since it was the first 'land' mass created by the pantheon of Pokémon. And above it all floated Temporal Tower, the source of time itself. He did hold a bit jealousy towards his siblings, they both got special hidden landmasses while all he got was an endless void with wonky gravity and a messed up sky. Now was the point of getting to Dialga, who as always is sitting atop the tower.

A good thing about being able to fly is that he can just ignore every single Mystery Dungeon there, and instead head straight for the top of Temporal Tower, where his siblings are waiting for him.

'Dialga! What is o' so urgent that you need me AND Palkia here?' Giratina asked.

Dialga spoke up, being just as loud as Giratina remembered him being. 'LET ME EXPLAIN. LATELY, I'VE HAD THIS FEELING THAT I'M LOSING MY GRASP OVER TIME, AND MY MIND IS GETTING EVER MORE CLOUDED BY DARKNESS.'

Palkia, of course, then had to respond in a snarky manner. 'THAT'S ODDLY POETIC COMING FROM YOU DIALGA'

Unexpected to both of them, this made Dialga blow up sooner than ever before. 'I'M NOT IN THE MOOD FOR YOUR JOKES PALKIA!'

A little quake was felt through Temporal Tower. Something was definitely wrong.

Palkia immediately jumped back at Dialga's outburst. 'WOW! OKAY! SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD EXPLODE LIKE THAT.'

Giratina knew the two would continue to bicker if he didn't say anything, so he decided to move this conversation back to the point. 'So, I'm assuming you called us here so we can prevent that?'

'YES.' Dialga confirmed, after having calmed down. 'PREVENT IT OR, IF NEED BE, REVERSE IT.'

Palkia nodded. 'SO, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN BROTHER?'

A grin seemed to form on Dialga's face before announcing his idea. 'I DO, INDEED, HAVE A PLAN! WHAT IF WE USE A LOOPHOLE TO…'

Before Dialga could finish, Giratina let out a roar. 'I'm going to stop you right there! I'm getting sick and tired of you two breaking your own rules and leaving the mess for me to clean up!'

This sudden outburst shocked the two dragon types, but they didn't have enough time to make a rebuttal before Giratina continued his mighty rant.

'Remember the last time you two made 'a loophole large enough for me to fly through'? It ended in such a disaster, that you two are responsible for the existence of Dark Matter!'

That last part made Palkia twitch and Dialga turn his head in shame. They did indeed almost bring about the end times, just because they felt that the Tree of Life looked a bit off.

Dialga, defeated, turned back to face his brother. 'FINE, WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE GIRATINA?'

'I say we should get a legendary hero involved.' Giratina started to explain. 'One strong enough to get rid of the cause of your weakening power.'

Palkia let out a growl. 'I OBJECT TO THAT! HOW CAN A RANDOM "LEGENDARY HERO" JUST FIX TIME LIKE IT'S NOTHING, WHEN DIALGA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE CAUSE?'

Giratina let out a sigh. 'That's not a good argument Palkia, and you know it.'

This comment really seemed to push Palkia over the edge. 'WANT A GOOD ARGUMENT? FINE! DO YOU REMEMBER THAT A WHILE BACK GROUDON AND KYOGRE WHERE AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS AGAIN?'

Giratina shook his head. 'No. And also, can you be a bit more specific?'

'HOW DIDN'T YO- OH WAIT, DISTORTION REALM. NEVER MIND.' Palkia said, a bit embarrassed.

Sometimes they do forget that for the majority of the time Giratina had spent in exile, he couldn't see anything from the old world. There was also the fact that conflicts between the legendary Pokémon of the land and the sea happened once every year.

Palkia decided to give Giratina a bit more context for this disaster. 'A WHILE BACK THEY WERE HAVING ONE OF THEIR 'LEGENDARY' WATER VERSUS EARTH ARGUMENTS, AND YOU KNOW HOW THOSE ALWAYS END. RAYQUAZA DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, SO HE WENT TO JIRACHI TO REQUEST A MIGHTY, LEGENDARY HERO BE BROUGHT TO OUR WORLD TO FIX THIS MESS.'

'I still don't see how that went wrong.' Giratina responded.

Palkia was getting fired up again. 'THEN LET ME ASK YOU THIS BROTHER. WHO'S HELP WOULD YOU WANT, IF YOUR GOAL IS TO DEESCALATE A SITUATION?'

'Someone with a speech 100 skill?' Giratina said, a grin forming on his face.

That comment just left Dialga confused. 'WHA… WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?'

'HAHA, VERY FUNNY GIRATINA.' Palkia said sarcastically. 'BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN TALK TWO PARTIES DOWN AND MAKE THEM STOP FIGHTING. BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT RAYQUAZA ASKED FOR. NO, HE ASKED FOR "A STRONG WARRIOR WHO WOULD FIX THEIR MESS".'

He nodded, understanding where Palkia was going with this. 'How strong was this hero then?'

She stepped forward in a dramatic fashion. 'I'LL ANSWER THAT WITH A QUESTION.'

For this particular "question" Palkia made a portal to somewhere. She always liked giving visual examples to get her point across.

'I'VE JUST MADE A PORTAL TO MT EVERT. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.'

Giratina started to remember it. 'Ah yes, Mt Evert. Palkia's Hidden Land and location of her old Spatial headquarters, the Spatial Catacombs. Wonder why she's showing me this though?' He walked over to see what has happened there.

What Giratina saw through the portal made his heart skip a beat. 'The top… it's gone? When did that happen? How did that happen?!'

'THAT LEGENDARY HERO HAPPENED.' Pakia Angrily explained. 'THAT WAS HER HANDY WORK SHE CAUSED WHILE BEATING KYOGRE AND GROUDON INTO SUBMISSION.'

He glanced towards Palkia. 'And the Spatial Catacombs?'

She rolled her eyes. 'IT'S STILL HIDDEN, BUT THERE WAS A BIG CHANCE THAT IT COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY!'

Giratina nodded, not wanting to make Palkia explode. 'And after that?'

Palkia seemed to start fuming at some of the memories that had started to come back to her, so Dialga decided to explain the rest. 'I AND PALKIA MADE A PORTAL FOR THE LEGENDARY HERO AND TOLD HER TO LEAVE, AND RAYQUAZA COULDN'T FLY FOR A WEEK AFTER PALKIA WAS DONE WITH HIM.'

It took a bit for Palkia to calm down, but after she was done being angry at Rayquaza, she turned to her brother. 'STILL FEELING CONFIDENT IN YOUR IDEA?'

He let out a sad sigh. 'Fine, no legendary heroes then.' Giratina was a little bit disappointed with that. Legendary heroes, and certainly those from other worlds, where always a joy to watch as they completed their quest.

Palkia had yet to give an idea, so Dialga turned to his Spatial sister. 'PALKIA? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS?'

'I HAVE A GREAT ONE BROTHER, HOW ABOUT WE TAKE SOMEONE FROM THE FUTURE AND ASK THEM HOW TO FIX THIS?' Palkia looked really smug after saying that, like she had cracked the code.

Her Temporal brother wasn't a fan of the idea however. 'PALKIA, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?! FIRST, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO GET SOMEONE FROM THAT FUTURE, WITH TIME BEING AS UNBALANCED AS IT IS. SECOND, THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE PARADOXES OCCURRING WOULD BE TOO GREAT OF A RISK TO ALLOW IT.'

This was becoming a cycle of one legendary giving a suggestion, getting shot down, and then repeat.

Giratina sighed. 'Point three is going to be another event that happened while I was in the distortion realm, isn't it?'

Dialga nodded 'CORRECT BROTHER. YOU SEE, A FEW MONTHS AGO A TERRIBLE ILLNESS OF UNKOWN ORIGIN WASHED OVER THE SHAYMIN TRIBE, MAKING IT A GUARANTEE THAT THE SPECIES WOULD DIE OUT BY NEXT WEEK. MEW AND CELEBI IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK, BUT HAD A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING. IT'S THEN THAT CELEBI DECIDED SHE WOULD ASK IN THE FUTURE FOR HELP.'

This is odd to hear, Giratina didn't think Celebi could screw up during time travel, yet it seems like Dialga is implying just that. 'What happened then?'

Dialga looked like he was trying to recollect some memories. '…IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER. TIME WAS GETTING REALLY MESSED UP BECAUSE OF CELEBI'S ACTIONS. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR SOME HEROES IN THE SKY CONTINENT, THE WORLD WOULD'VE ENDED.

Giratina wasn't surprised that the world could've ended multiple times over while he was exiled. He would've been surprised that his banishment would cause global peace or something like that.

Palkia was starting to get impatient, getting sick of all this inaction. 'SO… WHAT DO WE DO THEN?'

The three Dragons stood there for a bit thinking of ways to stop time from going all wonky. Then Giratina suddenly shot up with an exited face. 'I have an idea!'

Palkia chuckled before snarkily saying: 'AND WHAT IS YOUR GREAT IDEA, OH MIGHTY RENEGADE?'

Giratina ignored the snark and started to explain his idea. 'How about we get information about the future from a different timeline, which isn't connected to ours? It avoids paradoxes, doesn't cause mountains to blow up, and it can be done like that.'

Instead of looking impressed by Giratina's smart idea, Palkia and Dialga looked horrified, with the water type dragon being the first to voice her complaints. 'DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY RULES OF TIME AND SPACE NEED TO BE BENT IF YOU WANT TO PULL THAT OFF?'

'THIS WORLD ALSO REQUIRES US TO STAY HERE! IF I WHERE TO GO ON A SMALL TRIP TO AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, BOTH WOULD BE DOOMED!' Dialga added.

'First off, we don't have to leave, we get someone else to do it for us. Second of all, you two don't seem to mind bending the rules from time to time. What's so different here? Tell me please, why you two can just break any rule you want and I can't!' Giratina started to get loud towards the end, which barely ever happens.

Dialga started to growl before unleashing a Roar of Time which destroyed a pillar, after he "calmed down" he turned to his siblings. 'ENOUGH! I WON'T HEAR ANYMORE OF IT. BOTH OF YOU, BEGONE FROM MY TOWER!'

Palkia was getting sick of Dialga's attitude and decided that this simply wasn't worth her time. 'UGHH! FINE. I'M HEADING BACK HOME. LATER NERDS!'

Giratina wasn't planning on leaving just yet. 'Dial-'

'LEAVE!'

'I'll be leaving then.'

While flying away from Temporal Tower, Palkia Went up to Giratina. 'HEY… GIRATINA?'

Giratina was in a bad mood, but decided to hear his sister out on what she wanted to say. 'Yeah?'

'YOU DO REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN TELEPORT USING THE DISTORTION WORLD, RIGHT?'

'…'

Out of nowhere a portal to the Distortion World opened up and Giratina flew in immediately. He peaked out a little bit to ask Palkia if she wanted to say anything else.

Palkia waved that question away. 'NHAA, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE BOTH OF US TO LEAVE BEFORE MR. TIME GETS REALLY MAD.'

He nodded, agreeing that staying around Dialga any longer would not be a good idea. 'Good point, have a good day then.'

Palkia Waved to her brother as she flew into her own portal. 'YOU TOO!'

And with that, the Spatial and Renegade Pokémon left the Hidden Land.

On the beach near Brine Cave, a lone Mimikyu was sitting, waiting for someone to return. He didn't expect that someone to come from behind him, however.

The Mimikyu turned around, and ran to the gigantic figure that floated before him. 'Dad!'

Giratina hugged (or, atleast tried to hug) the ghost fairy type. 'Hello Mimikyu! Sorry to keep you waiting.'

After he was done hugging, Mimikyu noticed something about his dads tone. 'What happened while you were gone? You sound very unhappy.'

Giratina sighed. 'My siblings are being annoying, as usual.'.

Mimikyu sat down to listen to the rest of Giratina's tale of today. 'I give some good advice, and Dialga immediately tells me to f… leave. And Palkia shoots down my idea because of one, ONE, past incident.'

Giratina seemed dissatisfied with that fact, and thus his son tried to cheer him up, by convincing him to do his idea. 'But… do you need their permission to do it?'

Giratina wasn't expecting his son to ask that. '…No…'

'And is it very important?' Mimikyu continued.

'…Yes…' Giratina responded.

This made Mimikyu as he gave his bright idea. 'Then why not do it behind their back!'

This left Giratina Startled. He didn't expect his son would tell him to do the renegade thing of doing the plan despite everyone's wishes. Was someone giving him bad advice or something?

He decided to investigate 'Mimikyu?'

'Yes dad?' Mimikyu said.

'Who has been telling you this?'

Mimikyu jumped up again. 'You have! You always complain about aunt Palkia, uncle Dialga, and grandpa Arceus. And you always say things like 'If they're allowed to break the rules, then why don't I break a few.''

Giratina at first didn't like the idea that his son is adopting some of his more 'troubling' traits, but those thoughts where cast aside by the confidence his sons delivery gave him.

'You… are right Mimikyu.' Giratina said, to the delight of Mimikyu. 'I don't need their permission to stop the destruction of time! I'll do it, even if the llama has a problem with it!'

Seeing his dad look better after all that made Mimikyu's day. 'Yay!'

Giratina smiled to his son before announcing: 'Now, let's go home. It's getting very late.'

Mimikyu nodded. 'Yes dad.'

And with that, Giratina and his son returned home. Unwittingly, this would cause a domino effect no one could've predicted.

And thus begins the tale of Dreams in Darkness.

I always liked the legendaries and wondered what they would do if they were a little more invested in the world and what happens in it. Biggest candidate being Giratina. He is one of the Creation Trio, yet all he does is protect some lousy treasure? Not this time!

I hope you look forward to the next chapters, and also, a review would be appreciated.

Oh also, I won't be checking for any minor mistakes in my Authors notes, because I think it isn't worth the time.