Once again, I don't own pokemon, and I never will.
Chapter 2
The Legend
Cyndaquil was shocked. "Wha… but how?"
The Espeon replied, "I'm not sure, but it appears to be true. We will attempt to find a way to restore your original types, but for now, please just go about your day as you normally would."
"What about the colosseum? It's cloaked in an eerie dark aura…" asked Cyndaquil.
"This will be attended to at a later time. Please, return to your homes, everyone." The Espeon went back into the temple, but Cyndaquil was still very confused.
"Cyndaquil, something didn't seem right about those orbs of energy we were hit with… I have a feeling that's what caused us to change types." said Chikorita.
"Yeah… now that you mention it… I was hit with a blue one…"
"And I was hit with an orange one. Well, there's not much to do, so I guess I'm going home. Happy Birthday, and see you tomorrow."
"Yeah… see you…"
So Cyndaquil and Chikorita went about their lives like normal. One day, it was raining very hard, so Cyndaquil decided to stay home.
"What to do… well, I could always read a book…"
So Cyndaquil went to his bookshelf and took out a dusty old book. It wasn't very big, but it did look interesting, so he decided to read it.
"The Legend of Arceus. Huh, I didn't even know I had this."
The story read like this:
A long time ago, there was but a swirling vortex of chaos, and in it's center, an egg. This egg contained the legendary Arceus, who shaped the universe, according to mythology. After doing so, he created a being to control time, known as Dialga, and a being to control space, known as Palkia. When the two were born, time began to flow, and space began to expand. Soon after, he created a pokemon to guard the dead, known as Giratina. He also created 3 beings, one of emotion, known as Mesprit, one of knowledge, known as Uxie, and one of willpower, known as Azelf, to keep the 3 from fighting, as he knew they would. One day, however, Giratina decided to ruthlessly attack not only Dialga and Palkia, but also innocent pokemon. Because of this, Arceus created a new world known as the Distortion World, and banished Giratina there. Dialga and Palkia continued their constant "One starts a fight, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf end it" routine, until Arceus decided to create a dimension of time for Dialga, a dimension of space for Palkia, and 3 lakes for Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf. He also created a cave with a slight connection with the Distortion World. With this work complete, he took to a deep sleep, that lasted for centuries… at least until Azelf, who lived closest to the cave, told him of something: Giratina had said to him that he was deeply sorry for his attacks on innocent pokemon. Uxie had sensed his sincerity and advised Arceus to allow him out of the Distortion World. Arceus, of course, did, but only on the condition that Giratina would also guard the Distortion World in addition to the dead pokemon. Giratina agreed, and was freed from the Distortion World, and no longer attacked the innocent pokemon. Arceus then returned to his sleep, and didn't wake up again for a while. He only woke up when the world was in danger, or needed him in some way. No one is sure where the 7 live now, but many believe that Dialga lives on the Mountain of Time, Palkia lives in the ruins at the bottom of the Valley of Space, Giratina lives in the Distortion World, Mesprit lives in Emotion Cave, Uxie lives on The Isle of Knowledge, Azelf lives in Willpower Forest, and Arceus is said to live in the Tower of Origin, but many believe the tower doesn't even exist. It IS, however, known that Dialga can control nearly every aspect of time, Palkia can distort space at will, Giratina can travel to and from the Distortion World anywhere, Mesprit can control emotions to some extent as well as remove some curses…
And that line was what caught his eye. He decided that if he ever wanted to be a fire type again, he would have to find Mesprit, wherever it may be…
To be continued…