Eelizabeth's Tale
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Mew was pacing through midair. He looked out at the council, almost every legendary in existence was there. "The picture is not good, legendaries. The humans are becoming more and more sophisticated in the capture and 'domestication' of many pokemon. In fact, you have likely noticed the absence of several of our own." Most of the pokemon glanced towards the empty seats of Regice, Regirock, Latias, and Heatran. "I know that we are all against it, but if these things don't end soon, say, a century or two, we may have to sweep the chess board completely."
"The philidor position?!" asked Jirachi .
"…No. I'm referring to our last resort plan." Mew glanced at Uxie.
"You can't make me open them." Uxie said, crossing his arms
"Oh, I sure can!" Palkia suggested.
"No, Palkia, there's no need for that. At least, not yet. Celebi, go 400 years in the future and see if we are going to wipe their memories."
"You got it Mew." Celebi disappeared, reappearing a fraction of a second afterwards. "No, we haven't done it yet, but Latias is back." Latios smiled. "Right now, apparently, there are more timely matters to attend to."
"Make sure I know what they are." Celebi sighed, disappearing again, this time to the past to tell Mew what he had learned before actually learning it. Again, he reappeared right after leaving. "Well, it seems it's happened again." There were whispers of confusion throughout the council. "Another transformation. This time it's professor Vance's daughter." A collective groan arose from several areas. "Elizabeth," Mew let the name sink in, "has been changed into an eevee. However, it seems that she knows a certain, knowledgeable jolteon. I don't think I need to remind you his name."
Several pokemon looked at Uxie again. "What? We made a bet, he won, and I gave him a little insight, totally fair."
"I told you all from the start that these humans are nothing but trouble!" Mewtwo yelled telepathically.
Squabbling and shouting broke out throughout the hall of origin. "SILENCE!" Arceus demanded, and all of the pokemon were effectively stopped, retaking their positions. "I know that it's always difficult to undo changes done to a human body, but this is already a time of difficulty, and if they have something good to offer, we may as well take it, despite Flashbolt's acquaintance with them."
"Thank you, Arceus." Mew said, coming forward. "Now we now that they will likely be coming for us soon, and although we do not know what they could offer us to consider helping with Elizabeth's position, I think that it is unlikely that Flashbolt would not inform her of the need of a bargaining chip. So it seems that we're in a bit of a zugzwang. We can attack, but risk losing something of potential value, or do nothing, allowing them to possibly inform the world of our existence. Any suggestions?"
"Why do you keep making chess references?" Lugia inquired.
"No reason, it's just a very strategic game, and I want to express our need of strategy."
"Perhaps Dialga could stop time, allowing us to search them of anything of use." Moltres suggested.
"I cannot recall any circumstance where stopping time has had a positive outcome." Dialga pointed out.
"Dialga is right." Celebi confirmed, "Although I do think that Moltres is on the right track. Logically, being a mostly compassionate organization, we will wait for them to come, and if something were to go wrong, I would go back in time to this session and warn you of such occurring. However, because I have not come yet, the most likely possibility is that nothing will go wrong."
"Good theory, Celebi. Your timeless knowledge has always been a good asset to this council. I also do not believe that they will try anything, not only out of fear, but the Vance family has never tried to do anything that would result in an unfortunate outcome for pokemon. If anything, they have greatly helped our species." Murmurs of agreement echoed throughout the hall. "Very well. Arceus, would you kindly move us along to the next matter of discussion?"
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"The council of who?" Jon asked confusedly after Elizabeth explained what Jolteon had said.
"That's what I thought. But from the Jolteon said it, I have a feeling that he has a lot more life experience than either of us, so I think we should trust him."
"Excuse me," Jolteon said, "I hate to interrupt, but I think that it would be a waste, now that you know the pokemon language, for me not to tell you that my real name is not that of my species. It's Flashbolt, and I would prefer it if you would refer to me as such." Elizabeth translated what she heard to Jon. "It would also be helpful to inform you of the location and purpose of the council. Could you go to your computer?"
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