Sorry for the long wait, guys! I was actually kind of stuck on how to finish this...but, I've finally made it through! Enjoy!


(June 15th, Tree of Beginning, 7:36 a.m.)

"So, when do you think it'll hatch?"

DL gave the pink feline a warm smile before returning her attention to her hand rubbing the slightly rough surface of her Egg, trying to keep it as warm as possible. I am doing it right, right? Ho-oh, I hope so. She didn't know exactly what she would do when it did hatch, but she would deal with that when she had to. For now, she had somebody to talk to. "When the time comes, I guess." She laughed when Mew made a face at her answer, and she then told him, "Just be patient! It's not like they hatch overnight or whatever."

"Well, it'd be easier…." He mumbled as he clutched the Egg carefully, making sure it wouldn't roll down the slight incline that would lead to its ultimate destruction via flying off of a cliff and crashing on the rough rocks below. Smirking at his answer, DL remained quiet as she looked over towards the Tree where the Regis were all clustered in a group and talking in 'hushed beeps' to each other. It wasn't their day yet, but that didn't mean they weren't nervous with her so close to them. She smiled and waved at them, laughing when Registeel hesitated before waving weakly back, and then she returned her attention to Mew as he knocked on the Egg and whispered, "Hello? Little guy? Can you hear me in there?"

"Hey, what if it's a girl?"

He looked up and raised his nose as if he was too smart for her as he countered, "The word 'guy' can refer to a guy or a girl." He crossed his little furry arms and nodded in agreement to his words. "It's slang for 'person', der!"

"Geez, Mr. Know-It-All, I was just teasing!" She poked his shoulder and grinned when he giggled, and then mock gasped. "Oh, no! If you can't take a joke, then…you might be turning into Mewtwo!"

"What?" His eyes widened in fear, and he shouted, "No, I can take a joke! See? Hahahaha!" He made a great show of laughing as she laughed with (and at) him, and after a while their giggles subsided as they both let out a content sigh.

"So," the pink cat put his elbows on the Egg to prop his head up with his paws, asking her, "what do you want to know?"

She laid down on her stomach (carefully holding her Egg as she did so) and propped her head with her hands as well, smiling up at him.

"Everything."

"Okay!" As if she had set off a bomb, a chain of events took place. First was his babbling. "Alright, Zapdos may be a bit weird, but it's not her fault, because some meanies kept calling her a boy or an ugly girl, so eventually she picked the lesser of the total meanage titles and got brainwashed into it. Also, Arceus never gets mad, unless Giratina's behind it, and then it's kinda like 'what did you do this time, Giratina' and so it's just yelling instead of mad-stuff. Sometimes he invites me to play practical jokes on Arceus, and one time Latias actually joined us to help! It was soooo cool! We had to clean the hallways for a week, but it was so worth it!" He took a deep breath and continued excitedly, "Anyways, don't touch Uxie's books without his permission or he'll have a cow, and Mesprit is very sensitive when it comes to asking her about her life. If you say 'whazzup', prepared to get an extensive report on it. Plus, don't go into Azelf's lab unless you want to get turned into a Politoad. Seriously." He looked at her doubtful expression with the honest of a desperate survivor trying to warn her. "You will get turned into one, if you're lucky that is."

"Wow," she mumbled as he took a breather, "that's a lot to take in one sitting."

"Oh, I've got plenty more where that came from." He grinned at her as his cerulean eyes twinkled merrily, and she laughed and rolled onto her back to relax fully, Egg on her stomach as she listened to the rest of his information eagerly and slightly astounded. He was a fountain of information, alright – like a water fountain where the buttons got stuck and the water keeps flowing!


Meanwhile….

(Somewhere over the ocean in Johto)

"Stupid molten chicken," Zapdos muttered under her breath as she flew on in the direction away from the islands her trio lived in, still fuming over what Moltres had dared to do yesterday morning. "She can't control my life, no one can! Stupid bird, stupid stupid stupid bird. Stupid like Heatran." She grinned at the thought, murmuring, "Yeah, stupid like Stupid Ugly Toad."

As she continued on her way, she heard the flapping of gigantic feathered wings that alerted some Flying-Type's arrival, and she went into a hover and turned around, expecting it to be Moltres, as she already began shouting, "Leave me alone, you sorry sack of –"

"What was that?"

She found that no sound came out of her open beak as she stared in shock at the Rainbow Pokemon hovering in front of her, his wings sparkling with every color of the rainbow (der) and the sunlight radiating and reflecting off of him, causing him to glow like a savior of the world. He always seemed to have that kind of affect on people when in the sun. She was so caught up in the sight that she almost didn't hear his words, but she quickly snapped out of it and scolded him, "Don't mess with me or I'll fry you for Thanksgiving, you turkey!" Knowing he very well wouldn't like that, she mentally grinned as she saw his face contort into one of vivid rage.

"'Turkey', you say?" He fluffed up his feathers with pride, exclaiming, "May I remind you, yellow canary, that I am the most beautiful and brilliant thing ever to grace one's eyes?" He made a dramatic pose mid-air before returning to the hover-position and asking, "Besides, what are you doing all the way out here, when your home is that way?" He made a display of pointing a talon in the direction he spoke of.

He raised an eyebrow (feathered eyebrow, mind you) when she scoffed and turned away, telling him, "I don't need to hang out with a bunch of losers like them!" She then proceeded to go back to her flying as she stormed off (haha) with angry muttering, hoping that nature's lightning would strike them all down without her having to raise a wing. Boy, that would make my day.

Behind her, Ho-oh tilted his head to one side like a Noctowl in thought, wondering what was chewing on her leg (metaphor, of course), and then proceeded to follow the Lightning Titan as he mulled over her scraggily feathers. Seriously, she needs a trim, because her feathers are dreadful. He grimaced. Maybe I could convince her if I make a deal….


(Tree of Beginning, 9:30 a.m.)

"Phew!" DL wiped her forehead of sweat as she panted quietly, her arms aching with exhaustion. "That was close!"

"Heck yeah, that was!" The pink feline was also breathing raggedly, exclaiming, "I mean, I almost lost my Egg!"

"Well," she would have gigged if she wasn't so out of breath, "that's what you get for trying to balance it on your nose!" After a big session of learning from the feline, they had proceeded to have some fun, which ended with them chasing Mew's Egg in a race down the slope to save it from certain doom. "I have to admit, though," she added with a small grin, "that was so much fun!"

"Yeah!" Mew jumped up only to flop back down on his stomach in exhaustion, groaning, "I just wish I didn't ram into that rock on the way back up…."

"Heehee, you're almost clumsier than me, you silly goose!"

"I am not clumsy, silly, or a goose!" After a moment of her laughter and his pouting, his eyes turned from sour to curious as he carefully asked her, "What's a goose?"

She smiled at how they switched roles (him asking questions and her answering them) and told him, "Imagine a combination of a Farfetch'd and Lugia and you're kinda close."

He made a face and told her, "That's weird."

"I know."

"Hey," he went over and weakly poked her, "ya wanna know a secret?"

"Ooh, sure!" She nodded enthusiastically, whispering to him, "I love secrets!"

He made a big show of looking around for any sign that something was listening (she thought that he was suspicious of the trees or something), and she had to cover her mouth to stop the giggling before he whispered, "Okay…come here and I'll whisper it into your ear."

She complied with his request, and when she heard what he told her she blinked and looked at him, asking, "Really?" That explained his suspicion of the plants.

"Shhh!" He flew over to her and covered her mouth with both of his paws, as if someone was listening to them now. "Someone might hear you!"

"Alright, alright," she pushed his paws away and smiled softly, "I'll keep it quiet." She exaggerated her remark by pulling her mouth closed with an imaginary zipper and throwing away an invisible key.

He giggled and said, "Okay, I believe you! Now, come on!" He grabbed her hand and tugged her with renewed energy, shouting, "Let's throw rocks into a pond and see how far and long we can skip them!"

"Even better; let's throw rocks at Regirock and see if he can dodge them fast enough!" Revenge, at last!

"Okay!" He giggled. "You're awesome, DL."

She smiled smugly at him. "I know. Now, come on! I think he heard us plotting!" Said Rock-Type was currently trying to inch away, but being the hulking mass of rocks he was that was proving to be difficult, and so he went on a flat-out run as the two chased after him, giggling like mad.

Registeel sighed as Regice shook his head, and the Steel-Type 'mumbled', "Neep beep whirrrr beep, neep?"

"Beep beep!" Regice agreed with her, making a wide arm motion that seemed to make some sort of sense to the other before they both retreated to the safety of inside the Tree of Beginning. No use in standing around and waiting for her to beat Regirock senseless with a branch or anything.

"Haha! Take that, you evil smoosher!" (DL)

"Is that even a word?" (Mew)

"Nope! But it's fun to say!" (DL)

"Nop! Bop whirr nop nop!" (Regirock)

"Ooh, don't drop your Egg!" (Mew)

"Yikes! Oh, don't run into that –" (DL)

Thunk!

"…Rock." DL sighed and shook her head as Mew peeled his face off of the stone like one would old wallpaper, ignoring the escaping Regi as she asked him, "You alright?"

"Brain's a bit scrambled, but otherwise I'm fine."

"Yeah, you're used to that!" She giggled as he stuck his tongue out at her, and then squealed when he tackled her to the ground.

After a bit of a tickle-fest, they heard Regirock (who stopped running as they wrestled each other) ask them, "Bop nop boooop bop?"

"…What? What'd he –"

They both looked at each other, and then their empty hands/paws.

"The Eggs!"

And so, they spent another twenty minutes racing after their runaway Eggs.


"Y-you called, O Great One?"

How many times, the Alpha Pokemon sighed, have I told them to just call me Arceus? Seriously, mortals….

He was standing regally in his "office" in the palace staring down four mortal Pokemon that he had summoned. It was a bit late, really, but he had realized Mewtwo had yet to get an assistant, and he blamed it on his tendency to completely overlook the Genetic Pokemon in things like that. With this in mind, he had brought some candidates to determine which was best to accompany the Legend with his nomadic-lifestyle, although now they were looking to be a bit iffy.

A Sneasel, female, was standing in the front, crossing her arms and looking a bit anxious at being here. It showed in the way she tapped her foot in a rapid manner, obviously a nervous habit. Behind her, a Meowth gulped and tried to avoid the Alpha Pokemon's gaze as he bit his lip and glanced at the polished marble floor, as if admiring the skill and craftsmanship of the creator; a Scyther seemed to be busy polishing his blades by slowly swiping them together, making a strange combination of a squeak and a screech; and a Sandslash who looked like she wanted to kill the other three as she brooded.

Arceus mentally sighed. They're the best…but, they're still only mortals.

"The four of you know why you're here, correct?"

They all nodded.

Great, that saves me from doing a long explanation. He nodded seriously. "Then let me see who would best suit the "job"." As they stood nervously, he closed his eyes and concentrated on the group, signaling out their souls and focusing in on the Sneasel's.

Switch, from an old, stable clan outside of Snowpoint City. A calm aura…not one to pick fights, surprisingly. He had been truthfully suspecting different, considering she was born from a legacy of stealing eggs and fighting dishonestly. Chose not to go on scavenging trips…felt guilty for eating stolen eggs…does not want any part in the clan's hierarchy. Although she was not royalty, the clan's system was different; whoever the dominant male and female were by the beginning of winter, they were mates and rulers of the others. It was the ultimate test of faith and leadership, to be thrown on the spot just before the harshest time of year. Is insecure about herself…doubts many things…hard to hear or read at times…sounds like a pretty shy creature. Might be too passive to handle Mewtwo, she'll need to open up some more. She was a bit difficult to "read" because she was withdrawn. He went on to the next one.

The Meowth…Fang. He sensed a rather strong force from him. Forceful, more aggressive than Switch. That might be good. Possibly too aggressive, though…he doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. Lived his life in the alleyways of Persian-owned territory, loved to smart mouth the head cat…he might get himself into trouble…whether with Mewtwo or with other creatures. He mentally winced. He might not like me dumping the mortal onto him…although, he has a "can-do" attitude, something Mewtwo might like in him. Much more progressive than Switch, just needs a few kinks worked out.

The next one was the Scyther. Scimitar…he's spent his life in solitude, as all male Scyther around his age do…not necessarily a loner, but is awkward with his words…. He tried to delve deeper. Blames himself for many things he shouldn't…hesitates too much, takes too long to think or talk…but he has great insight, with his traveling experience. He knows what the land around him is like, even if he's never been there. The only trouble is getting him to talk correctly, Mewtwo might scold him for that and cause him not to talk at all. He had to give him points for his knowledge, but book-smarts wasn't the same as street-smarts, as some people would say. He had to get out there and figure out how to deal with the situation by instinct.

The last one, the Sandslash. Sandstorm…father was never there, but that's normal for those Pokemon. She didn't seem to be bothered by it, anyways – she didn't like to dwell on the past and instead kept her eyes on the horizon. Good at progressing like Fang, but with less lip…although she broods silently…might trigger Mewtwo to abuse his Psychic powers again, why doesn't he listen to me? He shook his head. Whatever. It'll help him to get insulted a few times so he could get over himself.

"…Umm…."

Arceus, after waiting a moment to complete his analysis, opened his eyes to stare down at the cream-furred feline who had spoke. Fang, looking nervous because of how silent it had been, gulped before asking him, "Do…do you know who you'll pick yet?"

"If you'd shut up," Scimitar muttered before Arceus could reply, "maybe he could."

"Hey, I didn't ask you, Miss Broody!"

"Both of you, quiet." That was all it took from the Alpha Pokemon to quiet them, making him mentally smile before mulling over this decision.

Who would be best for the job? Tact, aggression, knowledge or serenity?

Finally, an idea dawned on him, and he smiled for real this time as he looked down at them and said, "Well, if you'd all like to prove yourselves…I have a task for you."

"…Really?" The quiet Sneasel spoke up, causing the others to look at her and make her nervous again. When he nodded, she asked shakily, "W-what is it?"

"You four…must find Mewtwo."


Log Entry 740 of Legendary Watch (Recently Made Restricted Once Again), June 16th

Heya, Proff!

Good evening, Megan! How's your day been?

DL. And wonderful! First, me and Mew hung out at the giant rock tree thing

The Tree of Beginning.

Yeah, right, that thing, whatever. Anyways, we hung out there with our Eggs for a while, and then we had the Regis Egg-sit them while we ran around Sinnoh! It was wonderful!

Oh…err, you didn't do anything…stupid, did you?

Pshhh, no, of course not! Who do you think I am?

Now, Megan, you know I

DL!

(Sigh) Yes, DL. Anyways, you know I didn't mean that in a bad way. It's just…when you get carried away, you tend to

Be stupid?

Yeah.

Oh, come on, you can't tell me that you haven't been stupid when you were my age!

Ah…my younger days were filled with stupidity…that's why I'm a scientist now.

…What?

After doing so many stupid things, I learned from my mistakes and overcome my weaknesses.

…Right…so, anyways, I visited a lot of places all around with Mew's Teleport, and then he took me up into the sky with this giant pink bubble thing! Of course, he liked to prank me by popping it and letting me fall for a bit…but other than that, it was fun!

That's good! Now, what about the information you learned about Mew?

The info…oh, right, right! Hold on, let me think…

I can wait.

Hmm…Mew gave me some advice on the other Legendaries, but I think I'll talk about those on their lists…anyways, Mew had traveled with Mewtwo after a certain incident involving a near destruction of the world, but then realized that the guy hated him and went to live on the tree. He also had a hand – err, paw – in that Lucario incident that was on the news a while ago.

Oh, yes, I remember that. It baffled many of us and drove some others crazy!

It's a good thing you're already crazy!

Haha, very funny. Anything else?

Well, since you already have height, weight and such from Professor Oak's files

Why don't you call him Proff like you do to me?

Because!

Just because?

Yep.

(Sigh) What am I gonna do with you?

Pay me?

Right. Now, what were you saying?

Okay, you already have his moves and stuff, so I really only have a bit of history and ways to deal with the Legendaries. It's not much…but, then again, it's a helluva lot compared to what I knew before! I have headaches just thinking about what he told me about the others!

I see. Do you know who you have next?

Hm, let's see…I'll have to ask Shirley. Hold on!

Shirley?

………Ah, okay, I have Rotom tomorrow! The seventeenth, right?

Yes, that's right. Now, who's Shirley?

Oh, that's the Gardevoir that does a lot of stuff for Arceus and the Space-Time duo.

Ah.

Anyways, I'm tired and hungry. Think you can deal with me being gone for about an hour?

Haha, very funny. Go on, go eat. I'm sure they'll feed you well up there.

Megan?

Huh, must have already left. That little…

Hey, Proff?

What the – oh, yeah, that's right…hi, Rotom. What brings you here?

I, uh, just came to ask, umm, you don't mind if I rummage through some of your files, right?

Uhh…sure?

Oh, cool! I can't wait to read what the humans write about me!

Uh, just don't mess anything up!

Damn, he's gone, too. Why does nobody stick around to listen to me?

I l,i99dtedn tik hyioju! (I listen to you!)

What…oh, hi, Butterscotch. You had me confused for a second, I thought Megan had fallen asleep on the keyboard again.

Nahg, shnd'x off dagting, as usuakl. (Nah, she's off eating, as usual.)

Of course. So, want to stay and chat with me?

Seurte! (Sure!)


By the way, the Regis speak in that beeping language when they want their words to be secret. Only Arceus has a clue what they're saying when they do that! They can speak English, though, or Japanese if we're being technical. Or, if we use D&D terms, it's Common. Huh…that's a weird name for a language. And how do you say "Common" in a different language? Like, in German, they call English "Englisch" and German "Deutsch" which is kinda weird, but whatever. Okay, I'll stop ranting now. XD

Lots of dragon-y love (and cookies!),
~DL ('Dragon Lover')