Upon having that ever-so-weird dream, we seem to have awoken at the exact same time. We were both sweating like crazy, as if we had a crazy nightmare. We had jinxed with each other about our dreams, and to our surprise, we had seen the same thing! I shifted back a little, and found myself hitting my wrist against something smooth. I turned around to see what it was. It seemed round-ish, but had a lot of holes, as well as a hole in what looked like the "stem". I had no idea what it was at the time. Nor did Brother, who apparently found himself in a similar situation. The difference between what we held were the colors. My item was pink, and his was blue. They both seemed to be made out of fine stone, though what stones they were, I couldn't definitively tell... That's when it hit me: these must be the "Flutes" that Arceus mentioned! But... what exactly IS a flute? Is it some kind of fruit? Because it sure looks that way... (AUTHOR'S NOTE: These Flutes actually look more like ocarinas, but whatever.)

I bit into it, and of course, it tasted like rock. Seriously, what was I even THINKING?! Brother giggled a little bit, and I shot him a look for doing so. The nerve of that kid can be so stupid sometimes. He took his Flute and blew into the stem-hole-thing. A pure note came from the holes. I took mine and did the same thing, only my note was different, a little lower than his. (A.N.: The secondary character played a C-natural, while our main character played a G-natural.) We didn't even have time to be confused as to why the notes were different before a sharp pang coursed throughout my body. And from the look of it, Brother had the same experience as I. That's when a voice flowed through my head.

"Thank you. We Legendary Pokemon knew that the two of you would take this case. This is extrememly important to not only the two of you, but of the entire Pokemon race as well. Everyone knows that Mew is the origin of all Pokemon, but lesser known is that killing it would be killing the Pokemon race as well. We must prevent that from happening, so... Let us form a pact... Genesis. We are kindred spirits, so we shall be one forever. Awaken with the power of the Omnipotence Arcana!" (A.N.: The brother went through mostly the same lines, but instead he heard, "Let us form a pact... King. (...) With the power of the Origin Arcana, Awaken!")

After that physically semi-traumatic experience, whatever it was, the pulsing in my heart finally stopped. Gasping for air, I was barely able to pick myself up because of so much physical exhaustion. When I was finally stable, I looked to Brother, who was still panting heavily on the ground. Helping him up, we decided to exchange information. We were surprised to learn that we had another shared experience, but with minor differences. At the point that we were done, Mew dropped by, carefree as ever. "Morning, kiddos! Ready for the day?"

We started to warn it about its coming danger the second we remembered it, but Mew held up a hand - or is it paw? - and simply said, "I already know. Arceus told me last night. And if what He said is true, then I know you guys will find me eventually. And by the way, I ask again... Ready for the day?" We looked at each other, shrugging, before unanimously questioning "Yyyyyes...?"

"Good! Then it's time to start training the two of you up!" Mew chirped. We looked at each other again. What the heck did it mean by that? But it continued anyway. "You two still have those stone Flutes on you, right? The Azure and Quartz Flutes?" We thought we knew what it was talking about, so we presented them to it. It nodded.

"Yep, those are the ones. First order of business is: you need to learn how to use them. If I heard those sweet tones earlier today correctly, you didn't cover any other holes while playing them?" We both shook out heads. Were we supposed to? "Fun fact about most wind instruments: if you cover the holes or press the pistons in a certain fashion, you can play different notes." It then proceeded to show us how to play the Flutes. We tried for about 3 hours and got fairly decent at them. But that was only the beginning of today's training!

After we had learned how to play the Flutes, we were then tutored on something we had never heard of - the PokeVerse. "The PokeVerse is a mysterious place where the true natures of people with distorted ambitions come to light. Only the bearers of Arcana, like the two of you - or Legendary Pokemon, like me and Arceus - would ever be able to know about this place. I can't really remember why, but I'm pretty sure there was something about mastering your own feelings somewhere in there, though. Anyway, special Flutes, like yours, act as gateways to this special world. Upon finding yourself there, you'll meet lots of hostile enemies, normally in the form of Pokemon. They are known as Shadows. They will stop at nothing to eliminate you, but beings from reality cannot be killed there. Instead, they are evicted from the world, forced to restart the next day here. To help get you prepared for this... I've decided to make fake Shadows and help you train with them to prepare you for the real deals."

And with a snap, a bunch of humans suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Though something seemed very off about them. Their eyes were glowing red, their colors were nearly all black, and they looked VERY unfriendly. But what put me off most off all was the weird masks they were wearing. Then Mew spoke up again.

"Taking off the masks of Shadows is a vital role in this. Once done..." It took of the mask of one, and it immediately liquified, only to return in a new form - the form of a Lucario. "...It will take a new form. At that point, you can attack it to make it disappear." Mew unleashed a Psychic attack on it, and true to its word, the Lucario disappeared, almost as if it had disintegrated. "Oh, and by the way, you two can unleash attacks the way Pokemon can. Check your own faces." Mew said, winking. I put a hand to my face, and found that there was a mask over it. I looked to Brother, and he seemed to have one as well! His looked like... Arceus? That seemed weird. But what was even weirder, he pulled the mask off, and blood started spouting from his face, as if the mask was part of it. His face, I mean. Then more weird stuff happened - a bluish-white aura came from around him, and it started to take form behind him... in the form of Arceus Himself. I felt like I was going crazy. And believe it or not, it gets crazier still. He somehow drew forth the power of the Arceus behind him, and with his own power, seemingly used Psychic on another Shadow, which had become a Riolu. The Riolu immediately faded off, and Brother started cheering. "WOOHOO! MAN, that felt good!" he cried.

Feeling a little late to the party, I ripped off my own mask in the same fashion. It felt like I was indeed tearing off my own face, just as I predicted. When I finally managed to get it off, I felt... powerful. Like I could take on anything or anyone. This confidence... I had never felt it before, but... I felt so ALIVE, in a way I never would have expected. Then a whole bunch of information flowed through my head. "Psychic. Aura Sphere. Flamethrower. Dazzling Gleam." Were these the moves that I was capable of? I immediately decided to try my hand on a Houndour that looked fairly weak. Knowing my Types, I went for an Aura Sphere on it. The rush of using a Pokemon move on my own for the first time was... exhilarating, to say the least. After 2.5 more hours, Mew decided that we were done with training for today. Lunchtime!

We fast-forward to the present year, a little over 5 years after our introduction to the PokeVerse. By this time, we were about Level 10 each, assuming we started at Level 1. It was around lunchtime when Mew decided to finally teach us WHEN to use the Flutes, and what we would do. "Let's see... If I recall correctly, using the Flutes to enter someone's PokeVerse would require... Oh, yeah! You'd need a name, a real-life location, and what the person sees it as or how it relates to them. For example, someone who is obsessed with money may think of someplace as a bank. Optionally, you could also throw in an associated organization. I think the local one is Team... Flare, I think? That would suffice as a Keyword. Use Keywords before playing the Flutes!" We seemed to have gotten an understanding of that.

"I just have one question..." said Brother. "Both in our dream, and when we heard those voices after playing our Flutes, we were addressed as 'Genesis' and 'King'. Why is that?"

"Sharp ears there, kid," Mew chirped. "Well, you definitely heard right. That's what we Legendaries have decided to name you both. We don't want you to be nameless forever, ya know!" At first we didn't know how to feel. But once we did, we knew EXACTLY what to do next. But before that ever came around, a huge "BOOM!" shook the entire area. We all cried out, including Mew! "Oh, come on, please don't let this be the day!" Bro... no, KING cried. I then heard a woman laughing. She sounded rather... sinister.

"Finally. I've found what I've been looking for." I looked up to see a Salamence with someone on its back. I couldn't really tell who this person was, her face was covered by something. "Time to rake in virtually every Poke in the world." Who was this? She aimed her arm towards Mew, and some loud noise sounded off. Next thing I know, Mew had been turned to gold! How is that even possible, right?!

The Salamence swooped in, and the woman got off its back. Clutching our caretaker in her hands, she said to us, "Tough luck, kiddies. Next time, keep your Mythicals in their Poke Balls." King and I looked at each other, confused. A what ball? What even was that? But before we had the chance to ask, she hopped back on the Salamence and was gone within ten seconds, sinisterly laughing all the way.

King actually growled as she left, but then collapsed into tears not five seconds later. I mean, you can hardly blame him. We were doing so well to try and keep Mew safe, and then we looked like complete CHUMPS as it got taken away from us. What else could we have really done? I started to cry too. After a while, though, it dawned on me that maybe we weren't supposed to save it IMMEDIATELY. Thinking back on it, it actually boosted my confidence a little. I decided to reveal my thoughts to King. But he shook his head and said, "That's crazy! We were supposed to protect it, and we failed!"

"I don't think we were supposed to save it immediately."

"H-huh?"

"Think back to Arceus' words."

"What... What do you mean?

"He never said we would prevent it."

"...! Th-that's right... He didn't, did He! Maybe we're supposed to get it back from that woman!"

"Exactly."

King finally stood up and nodded. "Y-you're right, Bro- uhhh, GENESIS. We need to find out where to start looking for that jerk and take back our caretaker! Thanks for the boost!"

We decided to set off for the neighboring human village to search for someone who might be able to aid us. (A.N.: Specifically Geosenge Town, in Kalos.) Here's to hoping we can find someone who will... Wish us luck, everyone...

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