Giratina blinked at the soft sunlight filtering down on his face, and he rose up slowly, blinking from his sitting position. Tall trees with soft bark stood over him, and the ground was shadowed with different impressions of the tree's canopies. Where was he?
Dialga was standing in front of him, with her back faced towards him as she watched Palkia roar up to the sky, "Arceus, give us our natural form!"
Giratina than realized that he was human, and his sky blue eyes widened as he choked, "WHAT?!"
The blue haired girl turned to him, noticing that he was awake, and said, "Alpha decided to change us into humans. Probably should've seen it coming, with all the arguments that we've had with him."
Palkia turned to her and snarled, "Well, he'd better change us BACK! I don't care if this is about who ultimately rules the universe, I just want to have special rend back, thank you very much!" He faced back towards the sky and shouted, "FEEL FREE ANY TIME ARCEUS!"
Giratina then noticed that an old man had come up to him and glanced at his friend with worried eyes, and croaked in his old voice, "Is your friend alright there fella?" The boy glanced down and stammered, not used to his tongue, "Uh yeah, he's just a little sick."
The old man gave him a doubtful look and asked with a creaky voice, "Well, do you folk wanna get out of the Eterna? I saw a flash of light from my home, and well….." He dropped off as Palkia ranted some more to the sky, his eyes flashing in rage as he turned and saw the old man with the straw hat, and he lunged forward and grabbed him by his shirt.
"WHERE ARE WE?!"
The old man cried out hurriedly, frightened by the fire of power in the boy's eyes, "The Eterna Forest! Sinnoh region! Please don't hurt me!" Palkia's eyes widened, and Dialga was about to say something to keep him from losing it before, he did lose it.
"WHAT?!"
Giratina shoved Palkia off of the man before he started whamming in his head or something, and snapped, "This is no time for a freak out Palkia!"
The old man's face widened in awe, and he whispered, "Palkia? What-what are you talking about? That-that-that boy is, can't be-,"
Dialga then rushed forward and knocked the man against a tree hard, knocking him out and causing pine needles to rain on her as she turned to the two boys, "We can't let anyone know who we are. In this world we're known as legends, ancient creatures that no one has ever seen in billions of years. So tone it down Palkia!"
she added on as the deep red haired boy opened his mouth to protest viciously, and Giratina glanced helplessly at her and replied, "Then what are we supposed to call each other?!"
Dialga thought for a moment, her white fingerless gloves hanging by her sides as she replied, "I'll be Sapphire. Palkia?"
The rage blinded legendary grumbled angrily, "I don't know, Brazil?"
Sapphire turned to Giratina, and the shadow king responded, "Ashur." Brazil snorted and, folded his arms, glaring at the sky some more.
His jacket was like Giratina's, only it was white with pink rims, and he had white breeches with white boots to make him look like a floating cloud in the sapphire sky, Giratina looking like a shadow next to him.
And so all of them had settled into the Sinnoh region, even Palkia, who still cursed Areceus's name whenever Giratina was around him. Sapphire lived in Snowpoint visiting her friend Uxie, while Brazil boredly lived in the Battle Area always fighting pokemon in the wild grass and snorting at how dumb the battle tower was, only a boat ride away from his crush.
Giratina got a job as the guard for Backlot, earning himself as the leader among the gang of guard pals, but Palkia and Dialga being his closest friends in the strange world.
He could still visit the Distortion World, but it was its quiet silence, and he actually didn't mind the presence of the sweet and sarcastic legendaries
Before, they were all rivals, legendary pokemon that were protective of their egos and would tear up anyone who made fools of them.
But in the world of humans and the capturing of pokemon, they all shared their fear with one another, knowing that they were all they had left of their old lives.
Areceus had granted them the power to change back into their pokemon selves, but they found that they couldn't do that much with a world infested with human beings who found them legendary, so they usually used their powers, such as melting into the shadows or seeing memories of the past.
They truly were trapped.
Ashur's eyes made a small gesture of sadness, but no other emotions played on his face, just the quiet studying of Dawn's expression. She now understood everything, from the shadows crossing his face to the authority glowing in his eyes.
He was the King of the Distortion World put in the Sinnoh Region.
The lanky teenage boy bent down and scooped up a yellow shining orb, that was cut into a weird shape and glowed with a strange compelling darkness. He smirked a smirk that said I don't know what you're thinking, so I'm just gonna crack a joke and said, "Cyrus, the poop. I wonder how he even got this. Any thoughts on your mind Dawn?"
She almost snorted at his sarcasm, with the million questions running through her mind as she responded quietly, "Just a few."
The boy waved his hand over the orb silently, making it disappear into the shadows, and dropped his hands to his sides, saying, "You do understand why I didn't tell you earlier, right?
Dawn didn't do anything but stare into his sky blue eyes, the ones that had looked down on her with the roaring power of a legendary.
For Pete's sake, he was something that she could capture with her new found eevee.
He must've been thinking the same thing, as he glanced away from her eyes and to the trees around them, memories dancing in front of his eyes as if he was reliving them. Then a question crossed Dawn's mind, that made her half interested and half scared to hear the answer.
"Are there any other legendary pokemon in Sinnoh?"
Ashur finally tore away his gaze from the sweet smelling pines and weathered oaks and looked back at her with reluctance, replying, "Yes, Dialga and Palkia are here too. We were all banished together by Arceus."
Dawn's dove gray eyes widened, just thinking about the thought of the deities of space and time being trapped as well as the ruler of shadows. It was absolutely insane. But, she didn't say it out loud, in case it ruffled Ashur's shadows. She felt a small wave of sadness crash over her, thinking about how horrible it would be to be a legendary, among strangers where your power is unknown and wanted as a prize. A trophy. Something that was irregular and was ostracized by many, but desperately and evilly desired by few.
Right then and there, by the saddened look that crossed Giratina's face, Dawn decided that she would be the first who wanted the legendary, without evil purposes.
She reached forward and hugged Ashur, pulling in close and feeling his heart beat faster, heat radiating from his body like a small camp fire. He smelled like the dark night, with its pure and watery scents flooding over her, and she could almost see the moonlight glowing down and softly lighting the air, making patterns on the ground that no one could depict.
The pokemon pulled back gently, still holding her in his arms, and whispered, "Does this mean that you forgive me?"
Dawn whispered back with a small smile on her face, "There was nothing to forgive."
Ashur waited patiently in the Moomoo milk café, chugging down his ice cold glass of milk, and smirked at the waitress, who giggled. He honestly hadn't meant it that way, but who really cared when you made someone's day by smirking at them?
A boy then plopped down beside Ashur, rolling his eyes effectively as the waitress moved on to another customer, "Still at it, huh Shadow Boy?"
Giratina gave Palkia a glance as Dialga slid into the stool on the left side of him, and replied to her friend's retort, "Leave him be Palkia. Different strokes for different folks, if he wants to flirt, let him."
Ashur shrugged, not even looking at either of them, and Palkia snorted, "To bad he can't get a girl. They would have to be disappointed with the truth of him."
Giratina's response was sharp and cold as he snapped, "Shut up."
Palkia raised his hands in a mock defensive gesture and jeered, "What's the matter shadow king? Did you already break someone's heart?"
The ruler of shadows was about to give back a scalding retort when Sapphire spoke quickly, making him bite it off as she said lowly, "Knock it off Palkia." The space deity glared at Giratina, and then sank back into his seat, muttering under his breath.
Dialga shot a glance at him and then murmured to the distracted legendary, "Did you find someone?"
Giratina barely nodded, focusing on his fresh glass of milk, which was also his fourth that morning, and responded in an unreadable tone, "She knows about all three of us." Palkia was back on the shadow king in a flash, hissing, "What?! You told her about us?!"
Ashur glared at him angrily, snapping back, "NO! She found out, while someone had the Griseous Orb, and I rushed to get it back. Apparently she was battling the same person, Cyrus, you know, the creepy old guy?"
Sapphire bit her lip, asking nervously, "Did she take it well? Or are we going to have to hide now?" the blond haired boy replied, taking another swig of his milk, "She'll keep it a secret. I trust her." Palkia let an angry snort as he snarled furiously with anger burning deep within his eyes, from that power house filled with legendary power, and snarled, "Yeah, only because you're in love with her."
Giratina shot him a hot glare as he hissed, "You're one to talk, you stupid-," Loud laughter stopped the king of shadows as a boy slid up next to Sapphire, shooting her a smirk, as if he was going to share a joke with her, and said confidently, "Hey! Never seen you here before! What's your name?"
Palkia literally had to be held back by Ashur so he wouldn't tackle the bright blond haired boy, who Dialga replied to without hesitation, "Sapphire. This is the first time in a long time that I've visited here." Her blue hair was long and straight as she blinked her berry red eyes at the boy, as if she had an instant crush on him then and there.
Giratina personally held back a groan as he gripped the fuming Palkia's arm, thinking, Perfect. Dawn finds out I'm a legendary, and it's just our luck that her rival now is trying to win Dialga's heart.
The two talked for like ten minutes, before the deity of space interrupted them angrily, "Hey Sapphire, should we go now?" The girl blinked at him, looking like she'd rather stay there forever, but Ashur decided to help the angry legendary and add on quickly, "Yeah. I have to get going to Backlot's. Let's hit the road."
Dialga sighed, and said a few parting words to Tyler, then followed Ashur and Brazil towards the door. Giratina turned to open the door after muttering something to Palkia, and he stood face to face with Dawn.
His smirk came out quickly as her dove gray eyes smiled at him, and Brazil gave a barely audible groan from behind him.
Let's just GO! Before I run back there and murder that kid.
Giratina blinked in surprise as Palkia's voice sounded in his head, and then he remembered that the deity could go into any kind of space, like his mind. He couldn't read his thoughts, but talk to him.
Be quiet! And show some politeness for Areceus's sake.
Nope. Not for Areceus's anyway.
Whatever. Just show some form of decency.
The things I do for you two.
"Hey Dawn. Here to meet Tyler and Lucas?" The trainer shifted, shaking her head, and replied with a quiet tone, "I came to find you. Backlot's having a meltdown."
The legendary snorted, knowing that this sometimes happened when someone touched his gym statue while Ashur was having breakfast, and responded, "Fine by me." He turned to his friend/rivals and exchanged parting words. When Dawn turned, Palkia made a cut throat motion with his finger, and shot Dialga a glance. Giratina understood what he wanted to have done. No telling about weaknesses, for Sapphire's sake. He nodded and followed after Dawn, who turned to him with curious eyes. She stated a question that sounded more like a statement, "Palkia and Dialga?"
Ashur nodded, his hands in his pockets as they walked along the route to Hearthome City, and they walked in a comfortable silence until they reached Solaceon Town, where Dawn asked, "How did you guys get banished anyway?"
The blond haired teenager carefully thought the words he was going to say, and then started to tell her about his banishment with the two deities of space and time, away from everything he had been used to.