My time spent under intense training at the academy had taught me self-reliance and independence. The thought of asking for someone's help, especially someone as important as the Leader of Legendaries, really damaged my pride. I knew it was foolish, but I tried to play it off as a mutual gain.

"I'll go with you," the words tasted like poison coming out of my mouth. I looked back at the room where my father's body laid. "After all, it's the responsibility of the Guardian of the Seas to protect the balance of the world to the best of his ability..." my voice quivered the more I finished the sentence. I was taught to never cry, as it showed signs of weakness. It took everything in me to control my emotions.

Arceus frowned at me, but it was different, somehow. I gulped hard, trying to hide the emotional storm going on inside as much as possible. I closed my eyes and focused hard, and then I feel a paw land on my shoulder. "I'm not like your kind. You may be a very powerful child, but I understand you're still a child. You don't have to be so emotionally strong; it's okay to feel sad or angry."

I gulped harder, fighting my urge to let it out. "I'll be fine..." I took several deep breaths, trying to push the whole incident from my mind. "When are we leaving?"

"As soon as you're ready. I think you'll like it on Spear Pillar, the reincarnations of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are all around your age. Oh, and a Ho-oh around your age is there, too." Arceus smiled. Lugias are taught to use their psychic abilities to understand their enemies as well as friends, and there was always something off about him.

I looked back one last time, my heart fell, and I cringed from the heartache. "Let's get out of here..."

. . .

We left whirl islands, Arceus carried me on his back, as defeating the PokéHunters left me exhausted. I laid on his back, barely able to hang on as I pondered what had happened.

"It's all so fuzzy... What happened back there? Why do I remember hearing my parents during the battle? How was I able to fend off my attackers? No one else in our defense force could have done that... Not even my dad, from the looks of it..." the thought of never seeing my parents broke my heart all over again. I always imagined that I would really bond with them when I got back; being a psychic Pokémon helped preserve a lot of memories, but the memories of my parents were fading fast.

When we arrived at Spear Pillar, I was astonished by its beauty. The violet surroundings of the highest points were accompanied by a superb view of the stars. It was almost like something out of a painting. I looked around, taking the view in, when suddenly, the three legendary birds jumped out from hiding spots.

"Surprise!" they chimed in unison. I looked at them oddly. A surprise party is definitely not what I wanted; it was almost like an insult. Articuno saw the anger on my face, and spoke for the others.

"Wind, we all heard what happened... We're really sorry." She said, in a calm tone. "I know how you feel, believe it or not... We just wanted to do something special for you, to make you feel better."

I looked at what they had done, and sighed as I looked back to them. "I should be the one apologizing. I know you three meant nothing bad by this. I'm just... Distraught."

Articuno always was a hugger, even when she would first meet someone. If they needed her, she'd be there. It's a shame that she's an Ice type, not many people can stand her hugs, let alone like them. She hugged me tight, chills ran down my spine as her icy wings hit my soft, down covered abdomen.

I hugged her back, shivering a bit. "Thanks, Articuno." I knew enough about ice from my water training to be able to stand the hug without fear of frostbite, but it was apparent that I would need more training in that area.

"Please, call me Krena." she said. "We're going to be living together for a while, we should get aquatinted. Moltres' name is Zeek, and Zapdos' name is Sparky!"

Zapdos blushed. "It is not! I haven't even told you my name!"

Krena winked at Zapdos, knowing he'd react like that. "Maybe you should tell us your name then, Spark."

Zapdos began to say something, but scoffed instead. "Fine. Call me whatever you'd like. Spark is fine, I guess. Just not 'Sparky'. That's such a weak sounding name."

I paused. "Don't you have a name, Spark?"

He sighed. "I do, but I don't like it. I was raised by dragon Pokémon, the name is hard for most people to pronounce." He looked at everyone, noticing that the answer wasn't satisfying their curiosities. "Fine, if you must know, my name is Kaisonocht."

The others stared at him as they tried to register the name in their heads. I finally spoke up. "Kaisonocht? Wow, that's a pretty cool name." I said, to break the silence. "Mind if I call you Kaiser for short?"

Kaiser shrugged. "Like I said, I don't mind being called much of anything, except sparky. That bugs me." He paused for a while. "Kaiser, huh? You know, I kind of like the sound of that." I smiled, knowing I had at least broken the awkward silence over the whole situation.

Arceus, however, was not so impressed. He gave me a glare. "Just because you've graduated from your training academy in Whirl Islands doesn't mean you have the right to slack off and socialize here. We are entering a war here, soldier! You will call each other nothing other than your species names. Why even bother knowing your real names, you're all the last of your kind, anyway."

"I hate to be rude, sir, but I still have friends back home that are alive and well. I'm not the last Lugia." I said, worried. "..Am I?"

Arceus began to say something in a very sharp tone, but then composed himself in nearly the same instant. "Why, you're absolutely right, my dear boy. Forgive me, in my old age, I tend to forget things a lot." He smiled and walked away, nearly leaving, and then stopping suddenly. Without turning around to face us, he addressed us. "Get your sleep tonight. We start in the morning." He started to walk off again, then stopped one last time, this time he turned around. "Oh, and make sure to account your sleeping arrangements for one more Pokémon. A new recruit will be here in the morning."

A/N: Well, I've gotten so much feedback (and such positive feedback, too!) over the short duration that the fanfic, that I decided to release the next chapter today. This one's quite a bit slower than the last one, but that's because I planned on summarizing the whole experience Lugia had on Spear Pillar instead of explaining it in more depth. I could've fit the whole thing into one big long chapter, but I figure it deserves about two or three. This is the slowest of the chapters, though, so don't worry. The next one will be better, I promise! Chapter Three should come out before the weekend is over, depending on how much homework I have.