A/N: Hello everyone! I'm back and sorry for the wait for Chapter 5! I had some difficulty with QUEENSPELLER67, my beta reader, and she got herself into another few injuries. Meanwhile, this will have a LOT more mistakes, because without the protection of the goddess of spelling, this is gonna suck...
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"Mom? How are we going to camp out here?" Palkia asked. They had just gotten off the van to explore their surroundings. They were in some random woods with a mountain nearby. It was about 7 in the afternoon, and they really didn't know how they felt about the trip anymore. Arceus on the other hand, wasn't set back at all by them camping in the Middle of Nowhere.
"Well, we just set up a tent somewhere, and camp out! Isn't that how camping works?" Arceus asked. "I mean, it could be worse. At least I think we're near a mountain to do some hiking and some woods to see some Pokemon! We've been cooped up in the Hall of Origin for forever! Let's go find a spot to fix our tent," she said. She walked off, and the others followed.
After they walked through a large grassy area, they found a nice spot with a few rocks, some trees, and a spot on the floor just large enough for the tent. "This will do," she said once she stopped near it. She laid her bag down and started to look around inside it. After a bit of looking, she pulled out a large cloth, ropes, a tarp(those things they put on the bottom of tents), and a tent kit labeled "TENTACLES".
"Alright everyone, we're going to set this up here. The sun is going down quickly. I'll need your help setting this thing up!" Arceus said. She laid the tarp down on a spot they chose and looked at the others for the next step. "Guys? What's the next step?" she asked.
By that point, most of the group had decided to go adventuring, as they forgot that they might need a place to sleep. A few who didn't forget decided to help her.
"Beats me, I've never done this before," Giratina said. Arceus glared at him.
"Does it look like any of us have done this before?" The goddess asked grumpily. The peaceful trip she wanted wasn't turning out so well.
"Well, did it come with an instruction manual when you bought it?" Dialga asked.
"I didn't buy it, I pirated it off the internet," she said.
"Mom, I'm not sure that's how it works. Let's just get Zekrom, because it's pretty obvious that if we have any chance of building this without an instruction manual, we're going to need his brains to help us," Palkia told her.
"Speaking of Zekrom, where is he? And where is everyone else, for that matter?" She wondered aloud.
"They all wandered off when they thought that you could set up the tent with your knowledge," Giratina stated.
"I'll call him," she said to herself. Pulled out her iPhone 4s and pushed the home button. "No service? Where the heck could we be? I thought Sprint was supposed to cover the whole world?" She asked.
The others checked their phones, and soon they also found out that they had no service. "Yeah, where could we be? Author?" Giratina asked.
"HMM?"
"Kitty, respond right now, and truthfully. Where are we?" Arceus demanded.
"HUH? OH, THAT'S EASY. YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE."
"I figured that out, thanks. Can we have our service now?" She asked.
"HOLD ON, LEMME FIND MY GPS. I'VE BEEN TAKING A NAP FOR A WHILE, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON."
"What?! You've been sleeping while we've been dying from the lack of service? Well, that's alright. You're annoying and you never help anyways. Can you just go get Zekrom for me then?" She asked.
"HAPPILY."
Zekrom was busy sitting with Reshiram near a pretty pond. It was silent, except for the noise of the wild, with birds chirping, frogs croaking, and the leaves being blown in the wind.
"ZEKROM? ARCEUS WANTS HELP FROM YOU. SHE'S BACK AT WHERE YOU LEFT HER, AND SHE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THE TENT WORKS."
"Got it. Stay right here Reshi, don't go missing for me, alright?" he said, getting up and leaving as she nodded. She soon turned back to stare at the pond once again.
"HE'S ON HIS WAY."
"Thank you Kitty, finally something useful out of you," she said condescendingly.
"Mom, aren't you being a little mean to the author? He's new to writing, and he's young too. Can't you just make his life a little easier? Like, I'm sure he's busy with keeping up with his grades in school right now," Giratina suggested.
"IT'S FINE GIRATINA. SHE CAN BE MEAN TO ME IF SHE WANTS TO. ITS HER DECISION. NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO LEARN THE SLOPE INTERCEPT FORM. I'M IN MATH CLASS."
"Oh, slopes? You mean the y=mx+b thing? Yeah, have fun," Giratina said.
"THANKS. MRS. BORUMA! THE ANSWER IS Y=MX+B!"
Arceus shook her head condescendingly. "What a stupid child. Doesn't even know slopes," she said.
Crunching noises were heard as Zekrom stepped on dry leaves, quickly followed by Reshiram.
"Did someone say slopes?" He asked.
"ZEKROM, I DON'T GET IT. PLEASE HELP ME."
"With slopes? Easy. Just-" he started.
Arceus cut him off. "Zekrom, I need you to help me with this tent. You can help Kitty later," she said.
"Where's the instruction manual? I need that first," he said.
"I don't have one. You're going to need to figure it out by yourself, because I'm going to go look for everyone," she told him as she walked away.
"It's okay, we're here to help," Giratina said. Palkia and Dialga nodded.
30 Minutes Later
"This thing's design is the dumbest thing ever! Could Mom have even gotten a worse brand? Look at it, it's even called TENTACLES! The pun in its name is so bad, it only signifies how bad the design is! Even I can't figure it out!" Zekrom raged to the others.
"It really is dumb, the thingies don't even line up correctly," Dialga commented. She had been trying to help him set it up.
"Guys, lets face it. If Zekrom can't figure it out, it doesn't work," Giratina said. He looked at them. Palkia was busy poking at some rocks and dirt, Zekrom was still raging about the stupid Tentacles, and even he was starting to get bored at this point.
"Well, where are we gonna sleep? You think we could sleep on the ground?" Palkia asked, looking up from his rocks.
"No, Mom's going to figure something out, I'm sure of it. She's smarter than me, after all. Meanwhile, I'll see you guys later, I'm gonna catch up with Reshi," Zekrom said. The other three silently disagreed.
A light bulb went off above Dialga's head. "Don't we have phones with unlimited calling and data plans? We can just look up instructions, or Skype a professional!" She exclaimed. She pulled out her phone and hit the home button. Her lock screen appeared with the wallpaper of a badass trio of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, with everyone but her crossed out in red. In the top left, she saw a "No Service" where her data normally was.
"Oh, I forgot about that. At least my lock screen can't be taken away," she said sadly.
"Hey wait! We still have one more source of information that we forgot about!" Giratina exclaimed.
"What could that be? Please don't tell me it's Mew. I'm surprised that we haven't heard her scream and yell about not having candy," Dialga replied.
"Nah, it's way better," Giratina said, looking up. "Author, please help us. We need somewhere to sleep," Giratina prayed to the heavens.(My house)
"WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME NOW? OH WAIT, YOU'RE NOT ARCEUS. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY, MASTER GIRATINA?"
Giratina chuckled. "I'd like somewhere to sleep, please," he repeated once more.
"Oh yeah! I forgot authors were a thing! How convenient," Dialga commented.
"COULD YOU BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC? LIKE, MAYBE A FIVE STAR HOTEL OR A HOUSE MADE OF KITTENS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWH-WAIT YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE."
"Ah, yes. Something like a tent, maybe one with instructions for Zekrom to figure out? Too much awesomeness would spoil the point of the trip, we have to live like plebeians for Arceus's sake, although I'm already starting to give up. It's just not going too well," he said politely.
"SORRY, I'M ONLY A CHILD. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR POWER TO GET YOU MUCH. I WAS ALSO LYING ABOUT THE FIVE STAR HOTEL, EVEN THOUGH I COULD GET YOU A HOUSE OF KITTENS IF YOU REALLY WANTED IT. I CAN TRY TO GET ARCEUS BACK TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO THOUGH."
"Ah, I see. I can't say I'm not disappointed, but I was really hoping you could get us something nice to sleep in for the night. Also, what time is it?" Giratina asked.
"..."
"I hate it when authors do that," he thought as he walked over to check out what was so interesting about the dirt Palkia was looking at this whole time.
"ARCEUS?"
Arceus was busy looking for everyone with no success. She turned around grumpily. "What do you want now, to bug me even more?" She huffed angrily.
*coughsaltycough* "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. ALSO, I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE. I'VE STILL GOT A LIFE FULL OF PRETTY GIRLS, ANIME, AND GAMES AHEAD OF ME."
"What? Sorry, I'm just not too happy right now. Consider trying again later," she said as she started to continue walking around.
"WAIT! ZEKROM AND THE OTHERS ARE STARTING TO GIVE UP ON THIS TRIP, THEY SAY IT'S NOT GOING WELL."
She stopped walking. They thought it wasn't fun? "Did they say what they wanted to do?" She asked.
"NO, BUT I THINK THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. MAYBE GO TO SOMEWHERE SOPHISTICATED, OR MAYBE EVEN JUST A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. WOULD YOU BE NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM SOME LENIENCY AND TELEPORT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE?"
She thought about it. "I mean, I guess. Maybe, if they really don't like it here, but where should we go?" She asked.
"HEHE, TIME FOR A GAME. I'VE GOT A GOOD IDEA FOR WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ESCAPE YOUR FATE! GO LOOK FOR A BROCHURE."
"What?! That's so vague! Also, you don't have any control over me. I'm teleporting everyone back to the van and getting us all out of here," she said angrily. She used her powers, and suddenly everyone was in the van.
Everyone but Arceus was confused. "What is this all about?" Kyogre asked. "The preparations for Project:Ambush Rayquaza were finally completed!" She said angrily.
Lugia looked around, and as soon as he saw Zekrom, he dove behind a seat and shivered in fear of being discovered.
"Where are we? Oh, the van," Palkia commented. He found something in his chair. "Hey, what's this?" He asked. Everyone ignored him as Mew started running around frantically.
"WHERE IS MY CANDY I MADE? I WORKED HARD TO MAKE THOSE SUGAR GUMMIES WITH MY POWERS!" Mew shouted in distress. Everyone glared at her, especially Arceus.
"What did you just say?" Arceus said, each word having great emphasis and a pause in between them. Her eyebrow was twitching at her.
Mew shrunk in fear. "Nothing," she quietly squeaked.
Arceus's angry moment quickly lifted. "That's what I thought," she said.
"Ahem!" She cleared her voice for attention. "Thank you for reacting QUIETLY to this situation, apparently Kitty has informed me that you all are having TONS of fun here," she said, sarcasm evident in her voice.
"Hey! Mom's getting good at her use of sarcasm now!" Palkia said.
"OH! I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I GOT A NAME CHANGE! I'M THEKITTYOFLIFE NOW!"
"Name changes exist? I never wanted to be called Arceus anyways," she said. She thought about it for a minute. "Tell me more later Kitty, it's irrelevant to our matter at hand, or in my case, my kawaii llama hooves."
"Anyways, I have been persuaded by Kitty, whom I'm sure you all know very well, to give up on attempting to camp out in the middle of nowhere. After I used my powers, I saw that it really isn't the ideal camping area. There are many dangers that would ruin our trip, and I forced Dialga to show me the future. We were going to be rained in for a good week or two. So, I have decided to teleport us to a luxury five star hotel with cake and sodas everyday," She said, occasionally pausing to catch her breath.
"YAY! SOUNDS GREAT TO ME!" Mew shouted at the top of her lungs.
"MEW! YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT OTHERS STEALING MY CAPS LOCK. JUST FOR THAT, I'M NOT LETTING YOU ALL ESCAPE UNLESS YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO!"
She slowed down at the thought of having her candy taken away. "Sowwy Kitty, I won't do it again!" She said.
Palkia was still trying to catch their attention. "Guys, I think I found something useful!" He said in hopes of others listening. It didn't work, as others were still bothering Arceus about where they were going.
"Mom, if we go somewhere, can you make sure there are volcanoes so that I can beat my siblings up where I have an advantage?" Entei asked nervously.
"Hey! I said we are doing this camping trip in HUMAN form! Not POKEMON, HUMAN form!" She replied.
"ARCEUS, CAPS LOCK PLEASE."
"Oh, sorry," she replied sheepishly. "Anyways, let's go. I've always wanted to be treated nicely for once." She closed her eyes and concentrated.
"Why can't I teleport us?" She wondered aloud. "Wait a moment here… KITTY! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS! YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO BLOCK MY POWERS!"
"OKAY, NUMBER ONE, I GIVE UP ON THE CAPS LOCK. NO ONE LISTENS TO ME ANYWAYS. NUMBER TWO, I CAN'T. THANKFULLY, I'VE GOT AURAWIELDER WITH ME. ALTHOUGH HE MAY BE SLACKING OFF PLAYING POKEMON ON MY NEW NINTENDO 3DS XL, HE STILL HELPS ME SOMETIMES."
"Oh my gosh, I'm so done with you guys. I'm going to make a club for you guys and its going to be called the Annoying Authors Association, or AAA," she said in disgust.
"HONORED TO BE IN A CULT MADE BY THE GREAT ARCEUS."
Palkia was nearly at his limit. He had been calling out his mother's name for a long time, only to find that it was like he didn't exist. "Sorry Kitty, but I'm going to have to steal your power for a bit," he thought.
"GUYS! CAN YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR JUST A SECOND?!" He questioned angrily.
"Woah, I thought only authors could do that. What do you want?" Arceus asked, a little shaken by Palkia's very loud voice.
"I've been calling you for a good hour now. I found this," he waved a pamphlet in front of them. "In my chair," he finished.
The pamphlet featured Yellowstone National Park, showing its collection of forests and geysers, and other fascinating natural wonders.
At the sight of this, Zekrom immediately went into nerd mode. "Oh my gosh! I've heard so much about that place! I studied that place for at LEAST three months, and I've always wanted to go! Did you guys know that geysers are a vent in the Earth's surface that periodically releases a column of hot water or steam? Yellowstone has the biggest geysers in the world, such as the Steamboat Geyser, which is the biggest geyser in the worl-" he was cut off by Reshiram, who had to cover his mouth with her hand to stop his rant.
"Sorry about that, he won't stop unless you stop him," she apologized. She dragged him away to a bed and let him sit down before releasing her hand, which resulted in him continuing to rant to her about Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park.
"You know, that doesn't actually sound that bad. Maybe we should give it a try," Entei suggested with a smirk.
"I give, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try," Arceus said reluctantly. She closed her eyes, concentrated, and suddenly, they appeared in front of a sign that said "WELCOME TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK!" (Will sue for caps lock)
Everyone was holding their luggage in human forms, with Arceus in the front.
"What happened to the van?" Raikou asked curiously.
"Whatever, I can always make a new one," Arceus replied without turning around to look at him.
"Well, what are we going to do first?" Giratina asked, looking up at the welcome sign.
A/N: I'm so sorry, I apologize for this long, long wait. I know a few of you have been waiting for this chapter, but I was selfish and procrastinated way too long. Please forgive me, and I'll try my best to keep updating. Sorry for not including the others in too much, I kinda forgot about them...*rubs back of head sheepishly* Sorry! Please leave constructive criticism in the reviews, favorite, or follow or whatever you do. I'll see you next time! Who knows how long that could be?