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Anima
Pain was a never ending wave. Darkness...oh sweet darkness. It cradled me. Kept me sane. I was falling...falling...slipping through the cracks of the sidewalk and into the deeper darkness of subconsciousness. It was me in the spotlight, cradled by the darkness, cradled by the light...flickering beautiful light...cradled by the leaves of my tree...by my bed in the meadow...cradled by Lugia's gentle wing...
My sight was spinning. The cradle was gone. There was a roar. Screaming. Panic. Shaking. Falling. There was a thud, the shattering of something. Glass. Horror. More screaming. I was on fire, something hot and sticky trickling down my body. Fog. Sudden fog.
There was a roar and everything went black.
Arceus
"WHERE IS SHE?" I bellowed. "WHERE IS ANIMA?"
Giratina was hurt and healing. The other legendaries were gathered around me, cowering from my rage. Let them cower. Anima was gone. I let out a deep, throated growl, letting it rumble around the silence.
Dialga dipped his head. "I know where she is."
"Where?" I spun, facing him. "Where?"
"She's...she's in the human world. And there is nothing we can do."
Goodbye seething. Hello complete destruction.
I let out a roar which shook the whole area. The legendaries fought to stay on their feet and paws, fought to stay in the air.
"Nothing?"
Dialga nodded. "Whatever the force was that shook Giratina's world shook ours. And, it's drained most of our powers. I have no grip on time. Neither does Celibi. Palkia can't do anything either."
"There must be something we can do!" I demanded. "Anima won't last a day down on Earth with the foul humans without us! Her powers will be used to other's advantages! And think of her healing powers! Her wishing powers! You know Jirachi gave her granting powers! What if people start wishing on her! What if- "
"May I...suggest something?" Latias spoke, her voice a quivered whisper. "Latios and I...can take human form."
I looked into Latias's eyes, seeing my red-eyes reflection in them.
"Tell me more."
Anima
Beep. Beep. Beep.
My eyes slowly flickered open.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
I was looking up into whiteness. Fire seared in my limbs, in my chest. In my head, clouding my vision.
"Your awake."
It was a sigh of relief. A sigh that meant the end of desperation. A sigh that meant someone cared. I rolled my head to the side, spotting the owner of the voice. It was a boy. He had brown hair that had almost a ginger tinge in the fake, sterile light. His hair was shaggy, like it hadn't been combed for days, and it fell almost to his collar bone. His eyes were a kind, warm blue-green. His smile made me want to smile. I felt my lips quiver in an attempt, but they still didn't move. How dopey I must have looked with blank, clouded eyes. Almost stupid. Mental. Insane.
I...who was I?
I was me right?
But then...who was me?
"How are you feeling?" He asked again. I merely blinked a few unsteady times, trying to focus in on his face.
"Are you hungry?"
As a respond, I felt my stomach growl. I slipped a hand down on it, trying to quiet it.
"Are you?"
I put my hands down at my sides, trying to prop myself up.
"Here."
The boy extended his hands as he watched me fail to even lift myself. I took his hands, noticing my own. My right hand was in a white bandage which wrapped all the way past my elbow. It was stained with flecks of blood.
A tsunami of pain crashed over me as I sat up. I groaned, my head clunking back down on my pillow.
"You alright?"
"H-Hurts." I slurred. "Where am I?"
"In a hospital." He responded.
"Hospital?" I narrowed my eyes in confusion. "Who are you?"
"My name is Cal. Cal Grayson. You?"
"Me?" I blinked a few times. Who was I? I rubbed my throbbing head, finding more bandages wrapped around my head by my temples. I was...I was...
Anima...Anima...
Something was whispering to me.
"Anima." I nodded. That sounded right...I think.
"Anima...?"
I opened my mouth, unable to find a last name. All I knew was Anima. I waited for the faint voice to tell me, but it was silent.
"Do you know where you live? Your parents...?"
"I don't know." I shook my head, wincing as it gave another aching throb. "I don't. Honestly."
Cal nodded, biting his lip in thought. "Do you know how you fell into the mirror?"
"What mirror?" I asked, only ending up in a coughing fit.
"Well, that's how you got hurt. I'm not sure how you crack your head open and break your arm from falling onto a mirror, but..."
Mirrors...
I shook my head, shaking the voice from my mind just as the door opened.
"Good. You're awake."
A man with black hair in a white lab coat and jeans walked in after a swish of the door. Around his neck was a stethoscope.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"I'm hurting a bit." I said.
"And what's your name, dear? Do you have a number so we can contact your parents?"
"Her name is Anima." Cal explained. "That's all she can remember."
"Lost memory, eh?" The doctor trailed off, coming around to check my pulse.
"I don't understand, though." I responded. "I mean, I can't remember anything. But, I know that this is a room, that's a bed, your a person, that's a stethoscope..."
"You lost you memory." The doctor started. "What you know personally is lost. What you know physically is still here. That's why you know all the simply things. Like how to sit up, what color the room is, that your in a bed in a hospital, all that physical stuff. You seem to have no emotional attachment, though, or else it would spark something. I find it funny, although, that you remember your name, which is a personal and emotional attachment. Something sparked that..."
I shrugged, which I instantly regretted as I let out a small whimper as pain rocketed up my spine.
"You okay?" Cal asked urgently.
"Yah." I panted as the doctor slipped the stethoscope down into the back of my gown, listening for my heart beat. He then checked the bandages on my head and arm, and also revealed one on my shin.
"She just needs time to heal." The doctor patted my head, which made me whimper and snarl, baring my teeth at him. The doctor took a step back, and I blushed, realizing what had just happened.
"You have an emotional attachment there. You have any dog type Pokemon?" The doctor questioned, oddly not fazed. Cal was eyeing me strangely.
"Pokemon..." Something clicked, but I couldn't figure out what it was. "No. I don't think so. Well, I can't remember."
"You might." The doctor took out a notepad and pen, scribbling something down. Suddenly, I had the urge to snarl at him again. "Just get some sleep, Ami."
Ami...
Something sparked there too, put I couldn't tell what. It was as if, some of the fog was lifting. Fading, only to be replaced by a gentle mist. But, I was still lost in the fog. Still stumbling through the mist.
"What do I look like?" I asked Cal as the doctor left. Cal turned, picking up a small mirror from the table.
There was a girl in the mirror. Her golden brown curls shimmered a bronze in the stale lighting, her eyes a sparkling sapphire blue. Her face was flawless-not a scar. Around her head was a spotted crimson gauze. Her arm was hooked up to an IV and her chest to a heart monitor. Around her neck was a golden locket. Her eyes were widened in awe, her jaw dropped slightly. Her...was me?
Her was me. It had to be. This was my reflection, myself. This was me. And...I was beautiful.
I handed the mirror back to Cal, resting back down and shutting my eyes.
"Cal?" I whispered as a sudden drowsiness overcame me. "Stay here with me, okay?"
"I promise I will." Cal rubbed my hand with his own as the darkness etched on the back of my eyelids pulled me into unconsciousness.
Jupiter
"The Boss says there's a new power source in this region."
"Has another legendary come?"
"Is it more powerful than Arceus?"
"What if it's more powerful than the Boss?"
"Do we know what it is?"
"Is it even a Pokemon?"
"Shut-UUUUPPPP!" I screeched into the microphone. The grunts and lower standing officers fell silent below the stage.
"Thank you." I sighed, clutching the bridge of my nose. "The Boss still isn't sure what this new life source is, but it's emitting powerful rays of pure, focused energy. The Boss can since him. He says he can feel them hitting him to the bone, pulsing off this new life source. He's coping, but he was in close contact with it a few days ago."
"Where was it?" A grunt cried out, standing on his seat, looking fearful. "If it hurt the Boss, does that mean it can crush us?"
I gritted my teeth. "He was in Veilstone park yesterday, walking through the aisles of mirrors set up there. He's still trying to reach Giratina. Remember the shock wave he sent through one of the mirrors? Our Boss is blessed with the ability to pick up the frequencies of other legendaries. He can hear, see, feel, and smell things we can't. That's how he found the mirror. That's how he knows that there is a new energy source here. With our Boss in the lead, nothing can crush us!"
One of our team scientists stood up on his seat. "So, we are still not sure what this life source is, if it is not just merely a new way of energy?"
"The Boss sensed the frequency of a legendary more powerful than any other. He took this frequency and memorized it, so we can put our team to work and track it. If we obtain this legendary, think of all the opportunities we have upon us! World domination is only one! If we have this legendary, we can get to the others!"
The scientist sat down with a satisfied nod, and another grunt stood.
"So this legendary...does the boss know anything about it?"
"He knows it's more powerful than anything we've ever seen. He also knows that because this Pokemon is here, other Pokemon, legendaries and non alike, are gathering and clumping around Veilstone. It's as if they know it's here and they're willing to give their life for it because they are on the defense."
"The Boss can tell all of this?" The grunt asked.
"Yes." I nodded. "Meeting adjourned."
I turned away from the podium with our Boss usually stood at, slipping behind the curtains and slipping my card key into a slot in the very back of the wall, glancing around before I did so. The slot glowed as the wall slid apart in a big enough gap I could squeeze into. I slid into the gap, letting it close behind me.
Even I, Jupiter, Commander of Team Galactic, had questions.
Cyrus
I could feel it.
I could feel it's frequency, almost taste the power it was radiating. Even when I had a close encounter with Arceus, the power emitting from him wasn't this strong. The first time I had felt this new Pokemon was in Veilstone park when I had been testing to see if our shock wave had met with Giratina's mirror. When I had first felt it, I had almost doubled over with such focused energy, such high powered frequency. It shook me right to the bone, slicing through me in one beat, sending me staggering.
I would catch this Pokemon.
Whatever it took, it would be mine.
"Sir?" Jupiter's shocked voice brought me back to reality. I looked up from my desk, realizing I was crushing the pencil in my hand, and that my jaw was locked.
"I'm fine, Commander Jupiter. Come in."
Jupiter took a seat in the couch across from me. I looked down, grabbing a new pencil, and started writing.
"I have some questions for you that need to be answered." Jupiter crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes narrowing. "I know you won't tell grunts or our scientists-"
"Just ask. That's all you have to do."
"First of all, what are you writing, out of mere curiosity."
"Mere curiosity..." I chuckled slightly, but this simple act sent my head pounding. I still hadn't fully recovered with coming in contact with the energy pulse. "The frequencies of other legendaries."
"Huh?"
"Frequencies, when they hit me, I see them in a blaze of ordered numbers. When I first met Arceus, I felt a blaze of numbers rip through me, like when I encountered this new Pokemon's energy wave. When I saw Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Jirachi, Lugia, even Mew, though it was a mere glimpse."
"How have you seen all these legendaries, Cyrus?" Jupiter asked, astounded.
"You could say I was quite busy and my...blessing...was put at best use before I started Team Galactic."
"Anyways, their frequencies...?"
I scribbled for a moment, picking through my memories, and then showed her the paper. It read this:
-Kanto-
Mew-8017860572637896058478
Mewtwo-9091036275890574895069
Deoxoys-5892635461726808352645
Jirachi-7890814253645342536457
-Johto-
Suicune-1089765432123786540910
Entei-1189065473245676543211
Raikou-1298765456887521012312
Lugia-1867980253647581526418
Ho-Oh-1990908765234156786419
Celibi-3898907657483029175843
-Hoenn-
Latias-1494837495860126745314
Latios-1558473629602758392815
Raquaza-1666786790897646583916
Deoxoys-1389765384920162010113
Groudon-1785947387245718502617
Kyogre-2089897391017676882220
-Sinnoh-
Arceus-1012410850375869127671
Dialga-2021768104958672638222
Palkia-4540178068596837289014
Giratina-6168930669082756437206
Darkrai-2284759600128067589322
Cresselia-2180172895042705869221
-?Region?-
New Legendary-
"See? This new legendary has the highest frequency of them all. I just don't understand..."
Jupiter looked up from the paper. "How did you get these all? A bunch of useless numbers-?"
I didn't meet her eye for a minute, ignoring her comment. "...It's a long story not worth telling at this moment. But, don't you see? This new legendary..." I paused, a ripple of shock bathing over me. "Wait! Jupiter...the frequencies...I read them wrong!"
"You...you did?"
"They should look like this!" I scribbled on the paper, correcting the frequencies. I turned the paper back over, showing Jupiter my mistake.
-Kanto-
Mew-8017860572637896058478
Mewtwo-9091036275890574895069
Deoxoys-5892635461726808352645
Jirachi-7890814253645342536457
-Johto-
Suicune-1089765432123786540910
Entei-1189065473245676543211
Raikou-1298765456887521012312
Lugia-1867980253647581526418
Ho-Oh-1990908765234156786419
Celibi-3898907657483029175843
-Hoenn-
Latias-1494837495860126745314
Latios-1558473629602758392815
Raquaza-1666786790897646583916
Deoxoys-1389765384920162010113
Groudon-1785947387245718502617
Kyogre-2089897391017676882220
-Sinnoh-
Arceus-1012410850375869127671
Dialga-2021768104958672638222
Palkia-4540178068596837289014
Giratina-6168930669082756437206
Darkrai-2284759600128067589322
Cresselia-2180172895042705869221
-?Region?-
New Legendary- 1 4 5 2 7 3 6 8 10 9 18 11 12 17 21 13 20 14 16 15 21 19
"I'm so stupid!" I shouted, banging my fist on my desk. "Stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"What? Why are you stupid?"
"Because the new legendary...of course!" I gritted my teeth in anger with myself. "How could I be so dumb! Of course it's more powerful than any other! ARG!"
"Cyrus. Calm. Down." Jupiter ordered. "Stop hating on yourself. Just tell me what's going on!"
"The new Pokemon...it's stronger than any other because it contains all the main numbers of the others' frequencies!"
"What do you mean?"
"In the bold! In the bold! Like in Arceus's frequency, his main number is one. In Dialga's it's two! The new Pokemon contains all the main numbers of their frequencies! See! In the bold, in the bold!"
"Oh." Jupiter finally exhaled. "Now I'm dumb."
"Your not dumb, your just human." I waved her away. "Leave me now. I have to go."
"Where are you going?"
I didn't meet her eye. "Somewhere where I can be alone." I grabbed my papers and a few pencils, slid them into a folder, and wrapped my scarf around my neck. "I'm going out. Man the base."
Jupiter bowed. "Yes sir."
I don't know how long I was in there. All I knew was the check-ups. Cal. The doctor. Sleep. A soft roaring and screaming in my ears. The since of panic as I slept. The tingling of my palms. Time passed so quickly at times, so slowly the other. How long was I in there? Days? Weeks? Moths? Years?
The question was tingling at my hands, causing my spine to prickle. My eyes flitted up to Cal's. There was no more bandages, no more heart monitor. No more blood or stitches.
"How long have I been in here?" I drummed my fingers on the ridge of my bed, my feet and legs were itching to be put to use.
"Over a week." Cal replied simply.
"When can I leave?"
"Soon, Ami. Doctor Watson says you can leave soon."
Watson? Huh. So that was his name.
"When?"
"When the doctor says so."
"Can I at least leave this bed?"
"He doesn't want you to strain your leg."
"I'll be fine."
"Settle down." Cal soothed. "He says a few more days at the latest."
My door swished open, and a nurse poked her head in.
"Ami? You have someones here to see you."
Someones? I nodded. "Okay."
A boy and a girl about my age walked in. They both had light brown hair and stunning blue eyes. The boy's hair fell to the middle of his neck and was quite shaggy, the girl's to her waist and was feathered and parted to the right. The boy wore a polo shirt with a light blue collar and blue sleeves and a blue triangle shape in the middle, but the rest of his shirt was white. He wore white pants with blue pockets. The girl wore a white dress that fell almost to her knees with red sleeves and the same red triangle shape in the middle of her dress like the boy's. The collar of her dress was red, and the two small pockets on her dress were red too. They must have been twins...?
"They claim they know you." The nurse left. The boy pulled out a pad of paper and a pen, scribbling something down. He handed the paper to me with a smile.
Ami, we're here to help you get home.
"Home...?" I questioned, a strange echo in my tone. "Where's home? Who are you two?"
The girl's eyes widened, and she tugged on the boy's shirt. The boy's eyes stared intently into mine, and then he gave the girl a sad nod.
"Who...who are you?" I asked again. "Do you know who I am?"
Latios
She didn't know who we were...she didn't know who we were...
What are we going to do? Latias asked, her voice ringing clearly in my head.
She's lost her memory. We can't say anything...or else... I replied.
What?
We could scare her. It would be too much to deal with. She would panic.
Panic...?
She doesn't know she was raised by Legendary Pokemon. She doesn't know who Arceus is or any of us. She doesn't even know who you are. She doesn't know about her powers or anything. If we tell her now, the wrong reaction could come. We'll just have to wait till Arceus gets the portal working again so he can restore her memory. I explained.
What about her locket?
Only Anima can open it.
Exactly! Why don't we get her to open it can touch the right gears?
Because only Anima can open it.
But she is-
No, she is not. Only the true Anima can open it. She is only a vague version of herself. It will take some memory to open it. Some memory of herself. She is not herself, so it will not open. No memory to open sesame, no locket or time traveling. For all we know, this could have meant to be. A way to teach her about herself without breaking her heart.
Latios...
We can't tell her, Lati. Telling her would only cause harm confuse her. Besides, in human form, we cannot even talk. How can we even help?
Latios...you're right. You're right. We have to wait for Arceus.
Good. I nodded. Don't even think about it. Our thoughts might not even be safe.