A few months went by. A few hardcore training months. My strength had increased greatly, so I did see quite a lot of change. My body and physique had also changed. I wasn't so skinny and weak anymore; that's not saying that I was really buff-ass, but my chest had shaped and popped out greatly, my arms (yes, even my metal arm, with it being solid metal) had gotten larger, legs more muscular, and my shoulders had gotten broader. Having grown a bit more helped too.
But I didn't really care too much about that. Getting jack-buffed wasn't my goal. If it were, then I would train just to build muscle. This was different; I was aiming for building strength.
"Fearow! Fear Fearow Fear!" yelled Fearow, getting annoyed/annoying. "Hey, quit daydreaming! We need to replace my Pokéball, remember?"
"You can stop reminding me, because I was going to do that today anyway! We gotta fly back to the Regions, which I don't know how long it'll take. Maybe a few days, at least? But we're leaving tonight," I said.
"Fearow Fearow," he muttered. "Yeah, watch how we end up not going."
"I heard that! Maybe I don't have to replace your Pokéball after all."
...
Unable to be serious, Fearow let out a snark, making me laugh a bit until we could contain it no longer and we bursted out laughing.
"Okay-hahaha! Okay! I gotta go to the guild. I'll be back with quest," I said once I had gotten over my laughing fit. "Oh boy, we really don't know what's funny."
xxxx
"Okay, there has to be a quest on here somewhere," I said, searching for a monster hunting quest. The request borad was so cluttered with other boring, uninteresting requests that I couldn't find what I was looking for. "Hey Mira, did someone already take the monster hunting quests?" She motioned for me to come over to her.
"Don't be too disappointed, because you've been absent from the guild for a while, so they started taking the monster quests, mostly the higher rewarding ones." I knew I couldn't always hog all the monster hunting quests, but there were no quests for me. "However, I got a surprise." She held up a quest she was hiding below the counter.
"What...? You're not allowed to do that, are you?" I said, accepting the paper.
"No. Makarov is ususally here, so I can't do that in front of him. Not that I have, but I have a reputation that I don't want to ruin, you know," she explained. I smiled at her.
"Bad girl. You a bad girl," I teased, making her blush. "Seriously, thanks for saving this for me." Taking a chance to look at the request paper, it was a quest to defeat a cloud devil shrouding a landscape in dark, murky clouds. According to the paper, the townsfolk couldn't leave their houses because of intense winds and lighnint strikes ever five seconds. A second out of their houses was asking fo a death ish, either being torn apart by the winds, or be burnt to a crisp if the lightning didn't kill you first. Easy enough-
Lightning. That's the part that got me. I knew that unless I had insulation armor or whatever, than I couldn't stand up to the lightning strikes. Dodging an attack moving at the speed of light was impossible, and using Pikachu on top of Fearow to absorb the attacks wouldn't really work, because then Pikachu would shock Fearow, who was also weak to electric attacks. Tyranitar was immune to electric attacks, but he was too big to stand on Fearow without slipping off. Mewtwo couldn't deflect the attacks with telekinesis alone, so that was out. Gyarados was extremely weak to electric types, and Breloom was more used to ground combat. My spells wouldn't really do too much either, and I didn't have a shielding spell yet. What could I do?
xxxx
"Damn... lightning!" I grunted as I tried using Wind Blow which got rid of most of the dark stormy clouds, but with the demon in the sky, they would just come right back.
"Go, Pikachu!" I Summoned Pikachu's ball and hurled it towards the demon sitting on top of the cloud, who tried zapping the ball with all its might, but all that did was release Pikachu from his ball with twice the power as before.
"Absorb the lightning for me while I try to attack him from above, okay?" I whispered to Pikachu, who nodded and stood out in the middle of the storm.
"Piiii...KAAAAAA!" cried Pikachu as he discharged, making himself an effective lightning rod. I then Summoned Mewtwo.
"Mewtwo, if anything happens and Fearow falls out of the sky, I want you to catch him," I instructed, he nodded in reply. "Don't mind me, I can make the landing without getting hurt." Mewtwo stood on guard, and I Summoned Tyranitar.
"Since you're immune to electric attacks, I want you to guard Mewtwo and block any attacks that come his way. Mewtwo, stand behind Tyranitar." Tyranitar shielded Mewtwo and created some boulders and placed them around Mewtwo. With everything set up, I climbed on Fearow's back and we took to the sky.
"Fearow, just fly right in and use Drill Peck. I'll jump off your back and use and attack." Not waiting another second, Fearow dived straight in, using Drill Peck. With perfect timing, I jumped right off to the side and charged a Mega Flame Ball instantaneously, throwing it straight at the cloud demon. I started to fall, but Fearow swooped in and caught me in time. The demon had no time to react to my attack, but recovered quickly and swooped towards Fearow, shocking him with a massive electric attack. Luckily, I jumped off in time, but Fearow's unconscious body plummeted to the ground, smoking.
"Fear! God damnit, fuckin' demon!" I started to fall as well, failing to land straight and plummeting straight into a pool of water. Instantly, my mind began coming up with a better solution, and I wondered why I hadn't thought of it before. I came up underneath the demon and flipped through my Book of Magic.
"Wish I would've though of this sooner, but here goes. Water Magic: Hydro Vortex." I held my closed fists to my mouth, and blew out a roaring vortex of water towards the demon, who saw my attack saw it as the perfect opportunity to electrocute me. However, when it sent a huge bolt of lightning crashing down on me, the water deflected the attack completely and dissipating the cloud. The black demon with neon yellow electric patterns running up and down its humanlike, skinny body dropped to the ground, flailing about.
"Oh, you want some help?" I taunted, marching up to the demon while looking through my book. "Allow me. Water Magic: Aqua Dome." A Magic Circle appeared on the ground, creating a large bubble, completely filled with water. How it worked was, a person besides the caster could enter the dome, but they couldn't exit, and they stayed there until they ran out of air. However, since this monster seemed to have both Lightning and Air Magic, it was able to breathe underwater. But its use of Lightning magic also meant its downfall. While trapped inside the bubble it tried using an electric attack, but the thing about the bubble was that it wasn't an ordinary bubble made of ordinary, pure water like the other Water Magic attacks I had. It was filled with salt water, so the victim couldn't drink their way out, and if they tried using an electric attack, then the conduciveness of the salt water would backfire and electrocute the shit out of them instead.
Clever, huh?
The demon became electrocuted by the water and couldn't handle the level of voltage it had created in the water, ultimately killing it and reverting its soul back uno Magic Energy. The bubble collapsed, leaving two blue, floating balls of Magic Energy. I absorbed the energy, and my Book of Magic automatically Summoned, flipping to two new pages with the headings, "Lightning" and "Air" appearing. Each page obtained at least one spell, Lighning gaining "Charge Bolt", and Air gaining "Vaccuum Lock", answering my question of, "What's the difference between Wind and Air Magic?"
xxxx
Back at my house, I set a teleportation point for Dimension Switch by Switching to inside my house, just past the front door. I did a quick check of my Destroyed storage space, ignoring anything I didn't need and looking for anything I did need for my journey back home.
It was nighttime, and I was planning on leaving soon. Fearow had fully recovered from the quest, and had gotten a bit of rest for the long trip ahead of us.
"Man. Look at us, Fearow. Almost four months ago, we were weak and small. I mean, I'm still relatively weak, but I have gotten stronger than before. You too! Look at you." Fearow was slightly bigger, his wings looked tougher, broader, faster. His chest was stronger, full of stamina. I looked at myself too, in the mirror. My chest was emphasized, abs popped out and shaped, shoulders broad and arms muscular. Not necessarily body builder level shit, but not bad either.
When I was done stupidly gawking at myself in the mirror, we made a stop by the guild, just to bid any goodbyes. Surveying the hall, a few people were there, surprisingly Lucy was still awake, talking a bit to Cana who was drinking a huge ass barrel of booze, not yet red in the face, unsurprisingly. Mira was at the bar, as usual. Makarov was sitting there, trying not to nod off and yet failing to do so. Natsu, nor Gray or Erza were present, so I assumed they went off to bed to catch some Z's.
"Hey Mira, hey Gramps." Makarov awoke suddenly, startled by my voice. Mira smiled and waved.
"What brings you to the guild at this hour? Shouldn't you be at home either training or sleeping?" yawned Makarov contagiously, to which I yawned in response.
"S-stop...uuaaarrgh... you're making me tired. I need to stay awake as much as possible because I'm heading out."
"Where? Are you taking a request at this hour? You should get some rest," suggested Mirajane.
I shook my head. "No, that's not it. I'm traveling back home to visit my mother, and also handle some other matters. I'll be back next week, though. Maybe Thursday." It was currently Tuesday, so I calculated that I'd be gone for about 8 days.
"Do you want anything to take with you?" offered Mira.
"A cookie. A few, even. I haven't eaten in two days because I was fasting, but I don't need too much. Also, I haven't had anything necessarily good, only what's adequate." While I spoke, Mira wrapped up some cookies in a little napkin or something. "Thank you."
"My pleasure," she smiled. "If you ever need anything, just ask. I'm more than happy to aid you in any way I can. Good luck out there!" And seeing how Makarov had dozed off, she added, "Go for it bad boy!" which made my jaw almost ache from smiling so wide.
Fearow was waiting outside again, with a seriously determined look on his face.
"Fearow."
"Yeah. It's gonna be a long journey. It should take a few days to get there. How long do you think you can fly for?"
"Fearow... Fear Fearow, Fearow." "I dunno... if I really give it my all, 9 hours."
"Wow. That's pretty good. I guess some of the training rubbed off on you, huh?" I joked.
"Fearow," he deadpanned. "Yeah, sure."
"Okay, Mr. Serious. You have enough energy to stay awake?" Nod. "Alright. Let's go." I climbed on his back, and Fearow shot off high into the starry sky above until Magnolia gradually turned into dim lights in the distance. Fearow began flying full speed above the breathtaking moonlit cloud layer in which he would've froze, but because of my body heat, he was able to stay warm, especially with wind blowing constantly in his face.
"Fearow! I'll give you an extra boost!" I shouted. He kept looking forward, but I saw him nod in consent. Using Flare Beam in both hands, I was able to incredibly boost Fearow's flight speed to speeds over 150 mph. I ducked down low and Fearow kept his wings straight as we streaked across the sky like a grand comet, leaving a bright flaming tail.
I'll never forget the beautiful lumious moon guiding us that night.
xxxx
"Fearow! Keep flying in one direction!" I shouted as Fearow cut through an icy cloud layer, so thick that I could barely see Fearow in front of me. "We might make it through!" And as those words bellowed from my air-dried mouth, we came into a clearing, a familiar, blizzard-battered white mountain above the clouds, yet with more clouds above, blocking out the sunlight and making the sky darker.
"Huh? I feel like I know this place, but from where?" I mumbled to myself. Fearow landed on the snowy terrain, his quick heart pumping audibly amongst the familiar howl of a cold, forsaken mountain. "Fearow, stay alert. I have a peculiar feeling about this place." The summit was wide, almost like a stadium. I couldn't place where I had seen it though...
From behind me, a maniacal, bloodthirsty cackle followed by the bone-chilling sound of a bladed arm penetrating the chest off my beloved Fearow answered my question. I turned to see Fearow's limp body fall to the ground, blood spilling out of his wound profusely.
"Fearow...!" As I caught his body in mid fall, I knew exactly who had caused this. I turned around angrily, morphing my steel arm into a blade shape and standing in a defense position. Hearing a rushing sound from behind me, I whipped around, only to see him again. Elementia. He was still just a shadowy figure, so I didn't know what he looked like.
"Gotten stronger, have you? Oh, you're confused, no?" He gestured to the snowy arena. I sharpened my arm and dived in towards him, but he teleported away quickly and appeared behind me, kicking me into the snow. I hastily got up and saw that he wasn't dashing after me just yet, despite him kicking me in the ass.
"This is the same mountain as before, only now, it's the summit," he explained.
"This is nothing but a dream, and I know it! This is too vivid, but I don't know why..."
"Hahaha... fool. Wasting time wondering why you think you're having a dream, or vision, or what have you."
I stopped, not letting my guard down, but thinking. "Why, though? Why are you doing this? I know it's not because you're training me, one, you're wouldn't be that kind, and two, I can train myself, thank you very much. You're obviously not trying to kill me, because you can't kill me in a dream."
"Yes and no. While even my Magic has limits..." he bragged. "... I cannot kill you within a dream. Mind you, I'd love to, if I could find out how. However, you were right about one thing." He grinned evilly, drooling blood from his razor sharp teeth. "I am trying to kill you."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, douchebag. I don't care about your morals, your goals, all bullshit. But I can't let one thing slide." Red hot flames blazed in my eyes as I glared vengefully at Elementia, whose grin was the pure definition of malevolence.
"You murdered my father." A low cackle escaped his jaws, followed by a crazed, demonic howl of laughter.
"And what do you plan on doing about it?" taunted Elementia. "To avenge your poor, pathetic excuse for a father? It's not like you're any better than even half a fraction of him. He couldn't even land an attack on me, if he even tried at all. What a joke. And you, maggot, think you can defeat the mighty Elementia? You're pathetic."
"Yeah? YEAH? You wanna make a bet?!" I yelled. Wait! He's trying to aggravate me, to test me. If it works, he'll know my weakness and possibly use it against me! But how would he use it against me? Either way, I gotta learn to control my temper. Elementia lowered his head down and continued to taunt me.
"You're just a puny little bug! I could squash you without even trying! It's like snapping a twig in half, or not even! You puny bug! Why are you bugging me? Huh? Why are you just standing there? Did I hurt your feelings? Aww, I feel no remorse! You're just like your father, all dead and gone, rotted away as I trample all over him! He never wanted to fight back! He never had the courage to! He was so dumb, he fell for- oh, I'm sorry! I don't wanna spoil anything for you! After all, who cares about your stupid dead father or- Blaurgh!" Controlling my anger, I swiftly uppercutted Elementia in the jaw, causing him to stagger back a little.
"There. I landed an attack on you. Now shut the fuck up." Elementia held his jaw, glaring angrily.
"Even if you do attack me, I can regenerate. You may call me overpowered, but it just shows how great I truly am. After all, I'm The Great Elementia! No one, not even you can defeat me! Ahahaha! Mwahahahaha! And what are you? What do you even want to be? Who the hell do you think you are?" I didn't hesitate to respond as a grin appeared on my face.
"A Legend, stronger than you could ever be." Immediately, we dashed at each other with our own attacks, adrenaline pumping, the Magic Energy resonating within each of us more than ever before-
"*Gasp!*" I jolted upwards, to see that Fearow was still flying, and the dawn was rising up over the horizon like a majestic god. I looked around, not seeing a mountain, and seeing that Fearow was alright.
"Fearow?" called Fearow over the wind. "You alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I had a... dream." I hesitated, worried about telling Fearow about the terrible "dream" I had just awoken from.
"Fear Fearow! Fearow Fear, Fearow!" shouted Fearow. "I've been flying all night! I have a good sense of direction, so we should get there by tomorrow, or even tonight if I push myself!"
"That's good news! How fast do you think we're flying?" I replied.
"Fearow, Fearow Fear! Fearow Fearow!" "When you boosted my flight, I must've been flying at almost 200! I think we're going half of that right now!"
"Well, I see no need to stop, so if I boost us, we may get there around noon!" I shouted.
"Fearow Fear!" he called hopefully. "Soon I'll finally have the comfort of a Pokéball again!" I hoped so too.
xxxx
"We have a few minutes, so we can stop and eat something real quick," I said to Fearow as we traveled into a small town along the way. It was almost noon and we were more than halfway home, so my prediction may have been true. Fearow and I walked into town, exhausted, so we needed a break. A few townsfolk looked at us, some greeted or simply nodded hello, but it was clear that I was the odd one out because I was walking around with an oversized bird, not to mention that I looked shady enough with my leather jacket and fedora.
I had Summoned my Pokémon so they could eat too, and we ended up eating at a noodle stand. Mewtwo, Breloom, Pikachu and I sat at the stand while I taught them how to use chopsticks. Surprisingly, Pikachu was pretty good with chopsticks, considering how small his hands are. Mewtwo had a harder time, and Breloom had the most trouble and eventually gave up and lifted the bowl to his mouth to down the soup, making us crack up when he slurped the noodles too fast and choked. Gyarados, Fearow and Tyranitar had to sit on the ground and eat, to which they were perfectly fine with. Gyarados having no hands at all, slurped the soup much like Breloom had, but with the bowl on the ground. Tyranitar was too big for the seat and had to sit on the ground. He tried using the chopsticks to no avail, as his arms were too short. Fearow had to eat the same way as Gyarados, but it was easier for him since he wasn't as big as Gyarados.
I paid for the meal afterward and noticed that the stand took Jewel, which was surprising but I assumed that we were still in Earthland or at least some bordering country. Fearow still had to fly over a whole ocean to get to the Pokémon Regions continent, so it was going to take a lot longer than I thought.
xxxx
"I can't...uuurrgh... fall asleep again..." I groaned as I started to nod off, the sound of the wind becoming an echo in my ears, sounding far away. The sky had turned dark and the sun had set over the ocean horizon, the stars illuminating the water below and the few clouds above.
"Fear! Fearow!" shouted Fearow. "Hey! Stay awake!" Fearow's cry was enough to at least startle me awake, but I refused to open my eyes. "Fear Fearow! Fearow Fear Fearow!" "Guess what's coming up! Open your eyes and look!" I did as he told, and as I opened my drooping eyes, the sight of the brilliant lights of familiar cities came into view. What lay ahead were the familiar sights of my home continent, the place of my early journeys. I was home. And in only two days at that, when the journey before had taken almost a year.
Fearow flew over the Hoenn Region, above even Mt. Pyre. The region was the southern island of the rest of the big continent, with another landmass north of Hoenn containing the Unova and Kalos Regions. East of Hoenn, which was the way we flew, was the two connected regions of Johto and Kanto, with the colossal Mt. Silver separating the two. It reminded me of Red, what he was doing after I had battled him, almost two years ago. Flying up north took quite a while, even while boosting. I tried not to fall asleep on the way, but I couldn't help but close my eyes for a few minutes. When I opened them again, the distant lights of Sinnoh started to come closer into view, the great towering Mt. Coronet parting East Sinnoh and West Sinnoh.
Fearow was getting tired, but still gave it his all as we flew to the brightly illuminated Jubilife City. In a few minutes, Fearow had touched down near the Pokemon Center and we started making our way back to Sandgem Townand eventually Twinleaf Town. The sky was a pitch black now, save from the few stars that lit up the clouds above. The city was bright, the overhead streetlights ushered us out of the city and back to Route 202. I was too tired to even think, and I even ran into a tree which at least startled me awake, keeping my eyes open until I reached Route 201, and soon Twinleaf Town. I Summoned my Pokegear to check the time, and the little dim digital clock read 12:56. Maybe a bit too late, but I didn't care, all I cared about was that I was home, and I would be able to see my mom again.
Knock knock knock! Three knocks, not too loud, but loud enough for her to possibly hear. Then five seconds later, the door opened. I don't know why, but I half expected someone else to open the door as if mom really had been killed and it wasn't just a dream. Luckily, she did answer the door, and by the look on her face, it looked as if she were half expecting me. Once she saw it was me, she let out all her emotions; her eyes immediately became like faucets and she embraced me so hard that I almost forgot that she had steel bones as well. I wrapped my arms around her, bending down a little because I had gotten pretty tall. I rested my head on her shoulder and smiled.
"I'm home, mom," I whispered.
"I missed you so much, honey. I bet you're tired, though. Why don't you get some sleep, and you can tell me about your adventures tomorrow, okay?" she said.
"Okay. Good night mom, love you."
"Love you too."
xxxx
I awoke to the familiar, nostalgic sound of the morning Starly chirping in the trees, the fresh pine smell of new beginnings long ago. I sat up in bed with a pair of shorts on, my bare chest exposed to the morning air. I remembered unpacking the previous night, so I rummaged through my dresser and pulled on a t shirt. With a dry, foul tasting mouth, I washed out my mouth in the bathroom and made my way downstairs. Mom wasn't downstairs yet, so I decided to take a walk outside. Outside, the air was cloaked in a light mist, and the sun was blocked out by the right amount of clouds above. I decided to take a walk to my dad's grave, with the idea that his spirit might appear.
Through the clearing in the trees, I walked around Lake Verity to the other side where Dad's grave was. From a distance, the grave looked as it always did, lifeless and stagnant, but when I got closer, a blue flame lit up by my presence, clearing away the mist almost instantly. I touched the flame just as I had that one night a year and a half ago and the flame expanded and grew, taking the form of my dad.
"Vincent?" he spoke in his deep voice.
"Hey dad," I responded with a smile on my face. Dad smiled back, and leaned forward to hug me. I was a bit taken aback by this sudden revelation.
"Woah, you're able to touch me?" I figured that since he was a spirit, he would phase right through me, but this wasn't the case.
"You were able to touch the fire, correct? Then you're able to touch me, and I can feel it just as you can touch me," he explained. Then he smiled and held out his arms. "Now come here and give your father a big hug." I didn't hesitate, and I embraced him tightly.
"Easy there, I don't have steel bones like you and your mother, remember?" he laughed. "Goodness! You've grown up so much since our last meeting, and it looks like you've been packing on some muscle. How've you been? How's the magic coming along?"
"It's getting stronger. I can use Destroy/Summon, Drain, and Switch."
"Already? Wow, you learn pretty fast. But you must remember, it's not about filling in gaps or just harnessing and utilizing the magic. It's about being one with your energy. Not just your Magic Energy either. You must become a source of energy. Much like your Fire Arts."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about my Fire Arts. Speaking of, why is it so weak? It's like, I travel to Fiore where I'm exposed to so much energy, Magic Energy, and all my magic is stronger than both my Fire and Steel Arts combined. What's with it? Why is it so weak? Why am I so weak?"
"That you must answer on your own. It's your power, so therefore, you need to see it. Just like I did. I needed help from no one, and I became balanced."
"What does that even mean? It's so cryptic, it's making my brain hurt. I don't... understand."
"Then you will never understand why you're 'weak'. It's not my duty to tell you, because my duty is to guide you along, not do the work for you."
"Obviously, but you can't even hint me about what I should do?"
"I've already hinted you, now you need to figure out what you need to do." There was a moment of silence, then Dad rejuvinated the conversation. "So, how've you been keeping up? How's your mother doing?"
"Why not ask her yourself? The house isn't that far from here, only like a 4 minute walk or so."
"I can't do that. For one, I can only appear before you, and I can't see her again. It would only remind her."
"Remind her of what? And why can you only appear when I'm here?" I asked.
"Oh, never mind. Just don't let her know, unless she sees it for herself."
"But why can-"
"Enough with the questions! I can't answer them for you, so stop asking."
"Well, there's one question that I won't know the answer to unless I ask you."
"What is it?" I hesitated, as if the question would almost seem insulting.
"Dad, why didn't you kill Elementia?" Out of all the questions I could've asked him, he wasn't expecting this. A dark look grew in his eye.
"I once knew him. I couldn't bring myself to hurt him. After all, we used to be friends. We were the best of friends."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Elementia, Dad's friend?
"His name was Joshua, and he was a skilled mage and fighter. When I traveled to Earthland, I met him and asked him to teach me how to fight. He trained me in the ways of combat, and he was a great teacher even though he was younger than me. This was a time when he wasn't crazy, when he was a normal person. I wonder wher time went."
"You should be wondering what the hell happened to him!" I shouted.
"Language, young man." Oh. I'd forgotten that he was still my dad, spirit or not. "We formed a team and traveled together, even joining a guild called Dragonaut Fang. That was before I joined Fairy Tail. It really did fit, since I was a dragon, and he used Dragon Slayer Magic."
"Woah, seriously? What kind?"
"All kinds. He used more than one type of magic, and he was a Multi-Caster, like me. I had the Book of Magic that could allow me to cast multiple types of magic. Speaking of, I sense it within your possession, the book. May I see it?" I Summoned the Book and he flipped through the pages that I had already. "So Kaby really kept it safe all these years... thank you Kaby..." Ne hugged the book close to his chest before returning it to me. "Well considering that I'm dead now, this is your book now, not mine. Did you see the few spells I left for you? I tried getting rid of the spells because Elementia was out on the hunt for this book because he learned to read it. I never should've taught him how to read the ancient langueage, I'm so stupid. Never should've trusted the lying bastard. But I blame it on myself for teaching him how to read it. If only I knew he was gonna come after the Legion, if only I knew what was going through his crazy mind.
"But anyway. You may be wondering, how did I know that you were going to visit his house based on a quest and he would realize that you were from Fairy Tail and hand over the book to you? It seems like a coincidence, but I planned it out greatly during the downfall of the Charizard Legion. To put it simply, I used a Prediction Spell. I also knew that I could trust Kaby, so I entrusted the book to him."
I took a moment to breathe the story in, but another thing was bouncing around, or rather, a few other things. I told him about thhe two dreams I had, and he seemed to calculate it in his head.
"I'm surprised he hasn't found out until now. I think it has to do with the enchantment I put around Twinleaf Town. Ahead of time during the downfall, I surrounded Twinleaf Town with a Safeguarding Spell, or as I liked to call it, the Anti-Skull Spell. Elementia sent his 'army' after your mother after they killed me, and she traveled to Sinnoh and has been in hiding ever since. A friend of mine saved her life, a Drifloon who I had saved from Team Rocket. She returned the favor, and I thank her for it."
"I had a dream about her saving Mom a few years ago, when I journeyed through Sinnoh. I never knew why the dream occured so suddenly, though."
Dad continued his story, teling me how Elementia had gone crazy and wanted to achieve world domination. He tried eradicating any forces who could potentially stop him, and that's when he turned to the Legion and wiped them out. Apparently, Elementia's current whereabouts were unknown, but it was known to me that he knew about me, and he was gradually gaining power. The only thing I didn't understand was how he even knew about my existence in the first place. Only time would tell.
"Well, I should be off now, and so should you. I don't know what Elementia is planning, but let's hope we can defeat him, okay?" he encouraged.
"Yes. I will do it. For me, for you, for the whole world." I started to walk away, but Dad had one more thing to say.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Vincent. do you know about the mythical Pokémon?"
"I know of it, but I don't know too much about it. Why?"
"If you want to truly manifest your power, you should find the Legendary Pokémon of each region. Their energy combined will make you stronger. You mustn't catch them, however, as their power is only pure when they are free. Once caught, they will no longer be rendered Legendary. Find each of them, and they will grant you power."
"What about the Alola Region?" I asked.
"With Team Skull at stake, you'd be risking your life. It's best to stay away from them. You may even encounter them in these Regions as well, considering the fact that Elementia knows you exsist." Drifting away into the wind, he called out, "Good luck!"
I had a busy week ahead of me.
