Chapter Two: The Conference
As Lazam stepped into the Conference Hall, there was a sudden silence from the legendary Pokémon. Then, they suddenly all cheered, for they had grown impatient from waiting for the annual Conference to start. Celebi supported a great grin, and Lazam walked over to her. Waving her arms at the seat beside her, Celebi thanked Lazam for coming.
"Very sorry to have you come so suddenly. The original Alakazam had disappeared, and we needed to move on with the meeting, which hasn't even started yet." Celebi said.
"Oh no. It is my pleasure just to be here. Many Pokémon would give just to be in this position." Replied Lazam modestly, though she was actually very nervous to be attending such an important place with legendaries, the most dignified Pokémon.
"I suppose we can start now." Celebi then cried, "Everybody, in your seats! This year's Conference has begun!" There was a huge shuffling sound as everybody rushed to their assigned seats.
"Today, we shall greet and recognize…What's your name?" Celebi asked Lazam.
"My name is Lazam. I am honoured to be here today, so to say."
Celebi nodded. "Lazam shall be the one to record and remember this year's Conference, for the original Alakazam has gone missing." There was resounding gasp going through their crowd. "Yes, the original Alakazam has gone missing. That shall be one of our topics of the night. I'd like to go through most of the minor ones before we move on. Let's start with the birds of the Orange Islands."
A/N: Long list of random problems start here. You may choose to move down the page or actually read the annual problems and such. The main body of this chapter is actually the various concerns following. Ends at second last paragraph, so you might as well read.
Silver spoke for the three legendary habitants of the Orange Islands. "Apparently, on all of the islands, with the exception of Shamouti Island, there is a problem involving the last acts of the Chosen One festival. On Ice Island, there once was a spectacular ice bridge. It had broken down during the last uncontrollable frenzy. We need help in order to rebuild the bridge for more Chosen Ones to come. As well, on Lightning Island, the ruins of the huge airship still remain, and Zapdos finds it ruining his view of his home." Someone in the hall snorted with disgust. Silver continued. "On Fire Island, there have been some sightings of magma coming up from the island mountain, and many Pokémon fear there shall be an explosion of the volcano. As for me, it's just the trash that remains in the ocean from my father's capture."
Celebi stared at the four legendary birds incredulously. "That's…a lot. But, we will round up some Water Pokémon for the ice bridge, Fighting Pokémon to remove the airship, and a few more Water Pokémon and some Blissey for the volcano sightings. As for the ocean…Everybody is going to have to pitch in. Have I got this clear?" The heads in the hall nodded in agreement. The birds settled down, waiting for the next topic.
"Now, we have covered the concerns of the Orange Islands. Now, we shall move onto the Johto Region, and soon after that, Hoenn. Next is Kanto, followed by Sinnoh. Alright, Ho-oh, you may spe–" Someone cut her off.
"Celebi, when do we come in?" asked the star-shaped legendary, gesturing to himself and Deoxys.
"Ah…Jirachi, you and Deoxys may speak before we talk about the concerns of the whole world, which is last. Is that okay with you two?"
Both space legendaries nodded, and Celebi turned to Ho-oh who had begun to speak soon after. "In Johto, there are not many troubles within the past year. Only numerous sightings of our legendary dogs, as well as many attempts of capture. But we shall live with this for the time being, for the main trouble lies at the towers throughout the region. The Pokémon living near and in the towers are being disturbed by the trainers and other humans there, and many have started to cause havoc." Ho-oh then paused, and spoke directly to Celebi. "You know that the Pokémon in the Ilex Forest are acting up as well."
Celebi nodded. "I suppose we'll either have to deal with the trainers, or simply calm the Pokémon down with more Blissey and some Chansey. Please keep yourselves away from the ambitious trainers, alright? We legendaries are the ones that quite a few trainers really want to catch. Alright, Hoenn."
Rayquaza, Groudon and Kyogre looked up from their seats, and all three began to speak at once. "ONE AT A TIME!" Celebi glared as the other legendaries looked on in amusement. The quarrelling legendaries stopped abruptly and Celebi spoke again. "Rayquaza, you may start."
Rayquaza flashed a smirk at the other two, and began to speak. "In the skies of Hoenn, there is not much going on. Only migrating Taillow, Swablu, and all other kinds of flying bird Pokémon. Oh, and random trainers trying to get into my lair, high up in Sky Pillar. They won't be able to make it since I created cracks on the floor. Hah. That's about it. No trouble at all."
Groudon and Kyogre grumbled at Rayquaza's long speech. Then both spoke up, "We do not have many problems as well."
"Well," muttered Groudon, "Kyogre has been trying to expand his water territory, giving me less space!"
"What?!" Kyogre retorted. "You have been expanding your land territory, that's what's been happening!"
The other legendaries facefaulted at the two rivals. Celebi sighed, and asked for Kanto's representatives to share their concerns.
"With the exception of Team Rocket –" someone gave out a muffled laugh as Mew continued, "there is not much going on. We'll just need to re –" Mewtwo interrupted her.
"We'll just need to kill and destroy them. It'll be easy, though it may be entertaining!"
"Mewtwo! We don't need to hurt them now. Just remove their memories –"
"Like it worked last time? We need to eliminate them. ALL of them."
"Or maybe just the boss." Added Mew. Mewtwo groaned, but didn't protest.
Celebi smiled at how the discussions were going. "Okay now, Sinnoh!" There was a sound of shuffling and bumping as all the thirteen legendaries from Sinnoh tried to shift themselves so that they could all speak. Then there was a huge blabber of an argument on WHO would speak, and so on and so forth. Celebi grimaced, and turned to Arceus. "Father of all Pokémon, go ahead and talk for these arguing idiots."
There was a cry of: "Are you calling us idiots?!" Celebi merely ignored them as Arceus stated:
"The three sprites are recovering from the summoning of Dialga and Palkia, as well as their capture. As for the controllers of time and space, their 'ruling' battle has caught most off guard, and they are healing as well. The recent draining of the lakes has disturbed many Pokémon, but we have managed to retrieve back the water. No problems, from here on end."
Celebi smiled contently, and motioned for Jirachi and Deoxys to speak when Arceus had settled himself down. In the background, you could hear the arguments that continued among rival legendaries, yet again.
"Space is nice and empty. It's nice seeing occasional spaceships though." Jirachi yawned, and began floating down.
Deoxys looked at the now resting Jirachi and murmured, "Found new meteorite. Shiny. My friend is also content." He sat down as well.
Celebi grinned as she fluttered her wings up above her wooden chair. "We have finished talking about our various regions. Now, we may finally start on the most important discussion; the discussion of the concerns of the whole Pokémon world." All fell silent as the anticipated moment finally arrived.