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~ Anima ~

The murky gloom of darkness evaporated into light. A small human figure sat a distance away from where I stood. I walked towards her, the body becoming larger as I came closer.

"You!" I exclaimed. "You're the girl from before!"

The girl seemed a bit more solid than when I last saw her, but still had an almost translucent glow. Her gray eyes bore into mine as she looked at me. She stood up, her eyes never leaving mine. I stared back. Her gaze had acquired a few miniscule blue flecks, but not enough to be noticed without careful examination. The girl reached for me, but her hand slipped right through me.

"Who are you?" I inquired, my eyes narrowed in confusion.

The stranger didn't answer.

"Did you hear me? Aren't you listening?"

"I was listening," her lip quivered as her brow lowered. "Weren't you?"

I was then plunged into darkness.

"Anima, are you paying attention?"

I jolted in my chair. "Sorry, Cal, come again?"

We sat in the kitchen after we had come back from shopping. Cal set a plate before me and then one across from me.

"I asked if you had fun shopping today,"

"Shopping?" I repeated.

Cal looked at me, his eyes quizzical. "Are you okay?"

I was silent for a moment. What could I say? Um, sorry Cal, I was just having a vision about a girl ghost thing who likes to play mind games with me?

"Yes. I was just daydreaming, sorry," I smiled through the lie. Cal, reassured, ruffled my hair and went back to the fridge.

"I'll have to go to the store tomorrow seeing we're running low on food…" Cal trailed off as he continued to search for some means of dinner. I gazed out at the sunset.

"Great Arceus I wish we had some food," Cal grumbled. There was a strange heat on my palms as I continued to look out the window.

Cal swore loudly, and there was a crash of him toppling back into the counters.

"What?" I asked, alarmed at his sudden shock as my eyes shot back towards him.

"The-the-the fridge!" He stammered. "It's full of food!"

He opened the doors so I could see from my seat. Instead of finding frozen mothballs and dust bunnies from the emptiness, each corner to the fridge was stocked with food, dairy, and produce. My jaw dropped in awe.

"Did Arceus really send us all this food?"

"Arceus?" I tilted my head. "Who is Arceus?"

"He's the ruler of all Pokémon and the most powerful Legendary Pokémon in the world," Cal responded, his voice strained as he prodded a bag of snow peas as if he expected them to disappear.

Arceus…Arceus…?

The world was spinning again as my head throbbed violently. I gripped the table to steady myself, hoping I wouldn't faint again. There was a flash of white, and a pair of golden eyes that became a glowing crimson. As soon as the pain and darkness had come it was gone.

"Can you even believe this? My wish came true!" Cal continued to gush, his eyes still wide as he searched the fridge. "This is amazing!"

He didn't seem to notice that I was sweating and pale. I slowly sat back down, my legs trembling.

'What the heck did I just see?' I wondered as my thoughts were muddled with confusion. 'Last time that happened I saw Giratina when Cal mentioned him. So did I see Arceus? Was that streak of white him? And the golden eyes that flashed to red? Why would that happen? Is he angry? Angry about what, though?'

"Earth to Anima," Cal waved his hand in front of my face. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I was just thinking," I assured him with a hard swallow. "What's for dinner?"

"I'm not sure! There's so much food I don't know what to make!"

"How did this happen, though?" I thought aloud. "How can food just appear?"

"I wished for it and my wish came true!"

I chewed on my cheek in thought. I placed my fingertips on my temple before I spoke again. "Wish for something again, Cal,"

"Hmmm…I wish that…I don't know what to wish for," Cal said.

"Wish for something you've always wanted." I told him as if it was the simplest thing in the world. I gripped his wrist with my other hand, awaiting his wish.

Cal was quiet for a moment. "I wish I had my mother's piano back,"

There was a white light by my temple. I looked at my hands in amazement as a ring of white illuminated each palm. Cal gazed at me, clearly stupefied by the turn of events. There was a dull thump in the living room and the white light was gone, leaving only the two large, circle shaped scars that took up my inner hands.

"What the heck just happened?" Cal broke out of is reverie of shock as he rushed into the living room and gave a cry of joy.

"The piano! It's my mom's piano!" He hooted. I remained frozen, my eyes fixated on my hands.

"Anima, how did you do that?" Cal strode back towards me, his eyes glittering.

"I don't know," I shook my head. "Make another one,"

"I wish I had a new car," Cal tried. I gazed down at my hands but nothing happened. Cal sat down, his face crumpling in disappointment.

"Wait," I said, my mind whirling. "Right before you wished the first time, you ruffled my hair. The second time, I grabbed your wrist. So maybe-"

"Maybe I have to be touching you!" Cal finished with an enthusiastic nod. He gripped my hand, leaving my palm pointing up. "I wish for the music notes to the piano that my mother used to have,"

My scars glowed once again, and there was a flash of light on the table. I blinked, a folder appearing on the counter top. Cal released me, opening the folder. Hidden inside were piles of crinkled papers with some sort of penciled marks on them. I didn't pay much attention as Cal rifled through the parchment-my mind was too focused on my sudden magical powers.

First the fast healing appeared at the hospital. I doubted that I even needed to be in there that long for my wounds had most likely already healed over after the first night. After having my first dream about the phantom girl, I came home to Cal and my enhanced senses followed. The second one was the day dream, which had happened only a while ago and now I was granting desires like some kind of immediate wishing star. Cal continued to be illiberal as he fumbled the papers. Didn't he have any idea what immense situation was taking place?

"Cal?" Anxiety and shock were running their course through my body as I spoke. "Cal, what's happening to me?"

"I'm not sure, Anima,"

"Aren't you freaked out too? My hands were glowing. I made your wishes come true."

"Well yeah, it's pretty scary," Cal nodded slowly. "But I think I'm used to it now. I mean, you heal fast and you can basically hear a pin drop from a billion miles away (I'm exaggerating, don't give me that look), so it's just another brick in the wall,"

"The wall of what? Life? Strangeness? Inhumanity?"

"It's just a saying, Ami," Cal soothed. "You need to relax. Make a wish or something,"

I glared at him. "Make a wish on myself?"

"What do you desire?"

My scowl softened. What did I desire? Besides the obvious fact that I wanted my memory back. But something didn't feel right about that wish. It was as if something was telling me that something bad would happen, that this would all end. And if I had my memory back, that would mean leaving Cal which I didn't have the heart to do. What if I didn't want to go back to my old life? What if it was bad?

"I wish…I wish…I wish for a bowl of ice cream."

Cal laughed. "Always thinking of your stomach, aren't you?"

I didn't reply. I gazed down at my hands, wondering why nothing was happening. My hands didn't glow and no ice cream appeared.

"Maybe you can't wish on yourself," Cal suggested.

'I can't make a wish? How unfair! I can be used by everyone but myself! My body is a temple of wishes that I can't enter!' I thought angrily. 'Or maybe I've just run out of wishes. That could always be the solution. I'll just try again tomorrow,'

"I'm going to bed," I fumed, starting to march out of the kitchen.

"Ami? What about dinner? Can't I wish for dinner?"

I stopped, pivoting and snapping, "What do I look like? A slave?"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Cal held up his hands. "That was insensitive of me,"

I shook my head and stomped upstairs, my head throbbing and my stomach churning.

- Galactic Head Quarters -

- 11:08 PM -

There was a faint click as the office door slid open. A shaft of light glittered pale gold in the darkness of the room, illuminating a slot across the face of a man who was concealed in the gloom.

His face was hidden, but his lips were shown as he spoke. "Master Phantom. I have been waiting."

The one called Master Phantom opened the door just large enough so his tall figure could slip inside the chamber. He shut the door firmly with another click. The only light that now remained was the soft blue glow of his left sunglasses lense.

"The Intel…?" The first man trailed off, his question lingering while his voice did not.

"Collected and received," his deep voice uttered. It trembled as he fought the urge to chuckle. "It was easy as pie. I still wonder about your need of the use of your best team to get the folder, though,"

There was a snap of fingers and the whole room was lit, revealing a frowning Cyrus.

"It is important Intel and we need the best to receive it. I thought you would have figured it out by now, Jacobs,"

"It would be easier, sir, if I knew what the Intel was on. All I know is that it's about some 'package'. I would have thought since my team is held in such high esteem that we would have known what this 'package' was." The other countered.

Cyrus paused, observing the one labeled Master Phantom. "The Intel is on an accident that happened in Veilstone Park through a mirror that is linked to Giratina. It seems when we sent a shock Wave through that mirror, a new and very powerful Legendary Pokémon was released into our area."

"How powerful is it-well if you don't mind my asking, that is?"

"More powerful than any of the Legendaries I've encountered before," Cyrus motioned for Master Phantom to lean in close. Once they were almost nose to nose, Cyrus continued in a hushed whisper.

"I've seen a lot of Legendaries in my day, ranging from Deoxoys to Shaymin. I've even encountered Arceus for a few brief moments which were just enough to memorize his pulse code. This Legendary seems to be more powerful than even Arceus himself. What is strange, though, is that other Legendaries are starting to close in around the city and they are highly anxious. Suicune, Entei, and Raikou were spotted in the forest near here and they attacked a few of our grunts unprovoked, so they say, anyway. There has also been a large number of normal Pokémon gathering, more than Veilstone has seen in a long time. There was a pack of Houndoom that raced through the streets a few days ago and they aren't exactly from this region are they? Now that we have this folder we can get closer to finding the Legendary and taking its power so-"

"But wouldn't that kill it?" Master Phantom blurted out. Cyrus gave him a long stare.

"Yes, it would essentially suck the life force from it. After that we can harness its power and rule Sinnoh!"

"I see," Master Phantom sat back. "That is extordinary,"

Cyrus continued to look at him. "You are dismissed, Jacobs,"

Master Phantom rose out of his seat and exited the room with a small nod. The door shut with a faint click and the room plummeted into darkness once more.

~Confetti Storm