The Mystery of the crown of Arceus
Chapter 11- good, old Darkrai.
In the main hall of the Hall of legends, Arceus tied to start the audience.
-Please, everybody!- He yelled –please, silence!-
Soon, all legendaries slowly became silent until no noise could be heard anymore. Everyone had come to listen to Darkrai, to listen what he had to say. Like the night of the emergency meeting, every place was already occupied.
Arceus was in his pedestal, just in front of all legendaries. An ace of light of light was filtering through one of the windows falling over him as a reflector in a theater. Darkrai, hovering, to Arceus' left, hid his hand middle- crossed behind his back. Some thirty meters I front of Darkrai, Cresselia laid sit in her place.
-Darkrai- Arceus began to say- this audience is your chance to speak about of what you're accused of. You know you're accused of the stole of the Pokémon Crown-
Then, he made Darkrai a signal so he would hover to the center and added:
-Let's listen, well, with open hearts and minds, what Darkrai has to say-
Arceus stepped back and Darkrai came closer, his hands still behind his back.
-And well- Darkrai said with a clear and strong voice- in reality, I have nothing to say-
Making a pause, he got out one of his hands hidden behind his back and offered it to Arceus: over his hand was resting the crown.
-I suppose this is enough talk- Darkrai added with an ironic smile.
A surprise exclamation as heard in the crowd
-So he DID take the crown! - Zapdos yelled
-And he admits it! - Rayquaza yelled from the crowd
-Banish him! - Dialga yelled also
Arceus came to the front to direct to the crowd and, for that, he lifted his front legs
-Please! - He exclaimed – you must be quiet during the audience. Otherwise, I won't have other choice but to do it in private-
Once more the silence got over the crown; Arceus turned to be in front of Darkrai and received the crown.
-I don't understand- Arceus said –you don't want to say anything about where you found this or why do you have it?-
Darkrai shook his head
-no- Darkrai replied –but, if you, my dear Arceus, don't have any objection- Darkrai continued smiling with sweetness as he made Arceus a deep bow- I would like to invite some Pokémon so they will be the ones to speak-Arceus nodded. Darkrai rolled his eyes to the crowd and announced:
- I would like to ask Ariados, Aggron, Heatran, Swampert, Roserade and Smeargle, to come closer, please-
One by one, the six Pokémon walked from their places and stood next to Darkrai.
Once the six were showing their faces to the legendaries, Darkrai made Ariados an expression and told him:
-Ariados, have the delicacy, bud, to tell everybody what you did with the crown that morning in which the Day of the Creation would be celebrated-
And then, Ariados proceeded with his tale, that one of how Arceus' crown had had a long and confusing journey through all the Hall of Legends. Timidly, Ariados told the part that concerned him: how he had taken the crown to be repaired and how he had misunderstood an expression from Aggron with the hand.
-If I only hadn't done it with so much hurry- Ariados whispered
Aggron retook the tale at that point. He told everyone that the ear plugs that he was using I his ears had unallowed him to hear Ariados and then he told how Heatran had unintentionally taken the crown along with the scrap metal.
And successively… the tale was told, step by step, by each one of the protagonists. From Aggron to Heatran, to Swampert, to Roserade, to Smeargle. Each one explained the role he or she had played in the disappearance of the crown.
-… and then, once I told them how to recognize the real crown from the false- Smeargle said, telling his part of the story- we began to wear the crowns one by one-
Reaching this point, he shrugged his shoulders and directed to Darkrai:
-until, at last, Darkrai found it. Arceus' crown.-
And this seemed to indicate the end of the tale
Only Darkrai and Cresselia knew that one part of the history, to the end, hadn't been told. And it was just that part in which Darkrai almost became the evil legendary that bathed rest of the legendaries thought he was. And it was also the part in which Darkrai chose the best. Darkrai, from the front, looked at Cresselia, Cresselia smiled at him and, in that instant, something very weird happened: Darkrai smiled back at Cresselia... and it was not one of those false and horrible smiles that Darkrai usually drew on his lips. It was a pure gesture of gratitude from Darkrai to the help Cresselia gave him. Cresselia knew she would never hear a "thank you" from Darkrai. Cresselia knew that, from that very moment, most probably Darkrai would never ever mention the matter. She knew that smile was everything she would receive.
But it was more than enough-
Then, Arceus moved a step forward to direct again at the crowd.
-And well- he said- I think, at least for me, the matter has been totally cleared. I don't doubt that everybody else agrees with me, right?-
He ran his eyes through the already present legendaries, who nodded I silence.
-one more think- Arceus added coming close to Darkrai and placing a front leg on his shoulder-: Darkrai, I owe you an apology. Or better said, we all owe you an apology. We accused you of something you hadn't done. And we also thank you because you worked hard to recover the crown and give it back safely. So- Arceus added to finish directing now to the crowd- to celebrate the occasion I have decide to reprogram the party-
The crowd threw cheers
-Only that this party won't be exclusively the celebration of the Day of the Creation but a party to honor Darkrai.- Arceus said, making a pause at this point to interrogate Darkrai with the gaze –would you accept to be our honor guest?- Arceus asked him
Darkrai smiled
-Really, Arceus, I flatter…- Darkrai began to answer. However, from that moment, his voice charged it sarcasm-: … but in reality I'd prefer to search like crazy over there any other scrap than going to a party of yours-
Saying this he smiled and flew away
The crowd was mute and atoned to Darkrai's insult. To say such a thing when Arceus just had tried to make things better!-
Arceus, however, smiled as he gave said:
-That's the good, old Darkrai we know-