"Did he really go this way?" Dusknoir asked his Sabeleye as they ran down a path. Dawn was in the air, and the wind had not stopped blowing. The mountains to the east were starting to shine on the east side with the sun's light. They didn't have much time.
"Yes, there's no mistaking it!" one of the Sabeleye said. "Master Dialga enveloped himself in this light, and fled in this direction of this mountain."
Then it hit Celebi. "We may be too late, already."
"Why do you say that, Celebi?" Grovyle asked. His strength had returned for the most part and he was walking on his own.
Celebi turned to them all and said, "On the peak of this mountain there is a Passage of Time."
'Another one?" A Sabeleye asked shocked.
"You know what's strange?" Celebi asked. "Even though I was caught, I never told him where the Passage was. I don't understand how he could easily know where this one was."
"Master Dialga went into even more of a rampage upon feeling the wind." Dusknoir said. "He's no longer action rationally. He may be guided more by instinct pressed by his increased ferociousness."
"Are you saying, he's just logically guessing there's one here?" Grovyle asked.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." Dusknoir said.
There was a pause.
"If Dialga were to hit the Passage of Time while he's not in his right mind," Grovyle began, "What would happen?"
"If that occurs, now that this world is starting to move again...I can't even imagine what would happen. We need to stop him, quickly."
Grovyle nodded and looked around. The night sky had started getting brighter.
"The light...is getting brighter..."
"It took a long time to recover." Dusknoir said. Dusknoir then looked at his Sabeleye. "Sabeleye...from here on out, Grovyle, Celebi, and I will move as an independent group. We will need to use whatever strength we have left to stop Dialga. This may be a suicide mission...but now...it doesn't matter anymore. Sabeleye, you will move as your own group, and make for the top yourselves."
The Sabeleye grouped and said, "Master Dusknoir, Grovyle, Celebi...we're ready, too! For the future...Master Dialga needs to come to his senses! We are ready to accept our fate, and help the world see an end to this darkness!"
Dusknoir nodded. "This is the final fight, in which we will all be put to the ultimate test."
"It's what we've been fighting for all this time..." Grovyle said. "Just a little more time...and..." Grovyle trailed off. He looked at his hand.
It was fading...but as quickly as it faded, it faded back into place. He moved it as easily as he always could. The group, without a doubt, had seen it too.
Grovyle clenched his fist. "We don't have much time...Layne and Pyro are doing their part right now. We must do ours."
With that, the Sabeleye grouped together and began to run ahead of Dusknoir, Celebi and Dusknoir. Grovyle looked to his two partners, and said, "Are you all ready?"
"As ready as we ever will be, Grovyle." Celebi said, smiling.
Dusknoir then said, "Let's go...we cannot let your partners in the past down."
The climb up the mountain was taking a little longer than Grovyle wanted, but he couldn't help it. He was starting to feel the effects of time's change affect his body. Celebi was with him all the way, and so was Dusknoir.
"Celebi..." Grovyle said. "I never thought you'd be caught the way you were."
Celebi blushed and said, "I didn't imagine I'd be caught either, Grovyle...I never suspected that Dialga himself would come after me the way he did."
They were silent a little longer as they climbed when Celebi once again said, "I didn't think you'd be coming back to this world, Grovyle."
"It's a little...complicated..." Grovyle said.
"I was beginning to think you had failed again." she said giggling. Grovyle simply offered the type of smile Layne usually did. A small amused smile. "But I will not deny, Grovyle...I am very happy to be with you now."
Grovyle smiled and said, "I'm glad to see you too."
Dusknoir chuckled and said, "Okay, you two...we need to focus."
"Right..." grovyle said and they resumed their climb. The Sabeleye were still ahead of them, but they would catch up sooner or later...
"By the way Grovyle, I saw your hand fading...I guess...that was a sign that we will disappear soon..."
Grovyle said nothing and Dusknoir nodded. "I figured as much."
"It doesn't matter." Grovyle said. "With what time we have left, all we can do is live life to the fullest within the mount of time we have left." They continued climbing. The peak was nearly in sight.
"My guess is that Dialga's reached the top way before us." Dusknoir said.
But it doesn't make sense to me still." Grovyle said. "Celebi's the only one who can activate a Passage of Time. Why would Dialga flee to a Passage?"
Celebi looked at Grovyle as they reached a ledge. "That's what worries me. No one said he'd seek to use the Passage. For all we know...he could be...destroying it."
"Destroying it?" Grovyle asked. "But...what would that do?"
A Sabeleye ran up to them. "Hurry!" he said. "Dialga has reached the top!"
The three looked at each other. Celebi said, "There's no time to discuss what could happen. We have to stop him!"
The three followed the Sabeleye at their fullest speed. Time was running out. Grovyle was feeling the effects again. He almost lost balance, but managed to keep up with his companions...when Primal Dialga and the rest of the Sabeleye came in sight.
Everyone looked at Dialga. It looked weak, and worn down. It too was probably feeling the effects of time's changing. But upon seeing them, it roared in fury and tried to attack, but barely even managed to do that.
"Careful..." Dusknoir said to them. "We got lucky there. Dialga is likely still in full power. You all right?"
"Yeah!" Celebi said, and the Sabeleye acknowledged as well.
"But, Dialga..." Celebi said. "Is he...in pain?"
Dusknoir said, "With the planet moving again, he will be losing power. With time moving again, this seems to be hurting Master Dialga's darkened heart."
"Celebi!" Grovyle said. "Behind Dialga!"
"The Passage..." she said. The Passage of Time was right there. On top of a stone of some sort.
Dialga roared again, and turned to the Passage, his eyes in a fury.
Dusknoir said quickly, "If the Passage of Time were to be damaged, the results would be disastrous!"
...
Up in the sky, the sun began to show it's first ray of light.
"The sun..." Celebi said.
The wind was beginning to grow stronger as well. "The wind..." Dusknoir said.
Grovyle looked to the east. The sun was rising over an ocean, in motion again. "The sea..." Grovyle said.
Dialga began to fade...
Celebi watched this and said, "Dialga's fading!"
Just then, Grovyle, Celebi, and Dusknoir felt it too. Their bodies were beginning to fade...as were the bodies of the Sabeleye...
Dusknoir said, "History is being distorted!"
"Distorted?" Celebi repeated.
"Our time...is running short." grovyle said as he clenched his fist again.
"What?" Celebi asked. "It's...time?"
"Not yet." Dusknoir said, standing straight. "Until our time comes, we must do all we can to bring Dialga back to his senses!"
"For the future!" the Sabeleye said as one. Grovyle nodded, and said as his fists faded once more back into his view. "Yes...for the future..." He knew that somewhere in the past...Layne and Pyro were perhaps doing the exact same thing. Perhaps they too...were fighting Dialga in it's primal form. "Layne...Pyro...lend me your strength for this final fight..."
Dialga roared and charged.
The Sabeleye were the first to charge, and they swarmed Dialga. Dialga roared as they climbed all over his body releasing attack after attack.
Grovyle, Celebi and Dusknoir did not lag at all behind. They too joined in the fight.
"Hear us, Dialga!" Dusknoir shouted. "Stop this madness!"
Grovyle felt a strength in him unlike he had ever felt before. This was it. If they failed here, there was no telling what would happen to Layne and Pyro. If they would be successful, or if Dialga would damage the very fabric of time itself...
Grovyle was thrown off Dialga, along with three other Sabeleye.
Grovyle immediately got back up. He knew they wouldn't really have much of a chance at winning, but...it didn't matter.
Grovyle jumped up and charged up an Energy Ball followed by a Leaf Blade Attack. The attacks impacted with Dialga's head, and he roared in pain, not only of the attacks, but it was obvious that the sunrise that was starting on the horizon was also aiding the pokémon now trying to put an end to Dialga's madness.
Dusknoir and Celebi attacked too, Dusknoir using a powerful Shadow Punch, while Celebi attacked with Magical Leaf. Grovyle joined in their attack once more, and hit with Leaf Blade.
Dialga roared in a fury, and the Sabeleye, Dusknoir, Celebi, and Grovyle all stopped their attacks.
The wind grew stronger...
The light began to approach at a quick rate.
Dialga once again turned to the Passage.
Grovyle looked to Celebi and Dusknoir. "This is it! We cannot let him get to the Passage! Not now!"
"Sabeleye! Dusknoir shouted.
The Sabeleye formed a perimeter around the Passage, blocking Dialga.
Dialga looked at them as if they were nothing but ants staring up at the bird that was about to devour them. Grovyle, Celebi, and Dusknoir joined, and they began to charge an attack.
It was unique.
An attack they probably would never again be able to do even if they wanted. It was almost as if...they were being aided by something else...
"The actions of the past have saved us all...you cause here is not in vain...finish the fight...with a taste...of my power..."
Grovyle, Dusknoir, Celebi, and the Sabeleye all looked at each other. They didn't know who's voice that was, but they charged up a beam of some sort and as Dialga roared, the beam fired from their hands...
...
Dialga collapsed to the floor and began to fade again.
He glanced up, roared again...and closed his eyes, unconscious.
The wind blew and the sun began to shine over the land...enveloping them all.
Everyone fell to their knees.
They all began to fade...
"I...I feel so heavy..." Dusknoir said.
"But...we did it..." Celebi said.
"But...what was that?" Dusknoir asked. "That...voice..."
"I...don't know." Grovyle said. "I've...never experienced anything...like that before..."
Grovyle looked up. "Daybreak...our time has come..."
Dusknoir looked at his fading hands, and wept softly...
They looked up to see Dialga growl and moan softly, and suddenly...he faded from view.
"Farewell...Master..." Dusknoir said. But then he was brought down heavily. His hands were starting to fade.
Behind him, the Sabeleye also looked and were saying farewell to each other, and slowly disappearing themselves. Celebi and Grovyle also...were starting to fade. Dusknoir looked over to Grovyle. "Grovyle..."
Grovyle looked over to Dusknoir. "What is it...friend?" he asked.
"Grovyle..." Dusknoir said. "Please...tell me...my life...my spirit. Just now...did it shine?"
Grovyle smiled, and said, "It did more than that, Dusknoir. It shined extraordinarily, and gave the world...hope."
Dusknoir smiled and said, "I am happy...to hear those words...Now...I can leave happily...knowing that because of you, Grovyle...I truly lived..." He grunted as he too began to vanish into the air. "Grovyle...thank you..." And he was gone.
"Dusknoir...farewell..." Grovyle said, as he shed a single tear.
The only ones left on this peak of the mountain now, were Grovyle and Celebi.
Grovyle felt his legs...then he didn't. They came back briefly, but he knew his time was very near.
But...he stood up and walked over to Celebi, and sat down, and picked her up in his arms. "Celebi..." he said. "You doing okay?"
Celebi giggled weakly, and said, "You worry...too much...I'm fine."
The sun rose higher. They both looked to the east and saw the sun start to rise over the dead land. Rocks and chunks of ice that had been floating in the air began to fall to the ground with crashes.
"Celebi...it's the morning sun. Have...you ever seen the sunrise?"
N-No..." she said. "Is...is that it?"
"Yes." Grovyle said softly.
"I...I had no idea..." she said as she began to vanish. "A world in which the sun rises...could be so beautiful...or so warm..."
"I'm glad...you got to see it before...the end..." Grovyle said.
Celebi began to cry, "I'm glad...I got to see it...with you..."
"Shhhh..."Grovyle said softly..."I am glad...too..."
"Goodbye...Grovyle." Celebi said as she began to vanish...
Grovyle felt his body as well begin to vanish as the land began to shake in reaction to time's restoration.
"Goodbye...Celebi..." Grovyle said as he too began to cry...
...
And with that...he and Celebi vanished together.
...
The earthquake worsened. Rocks everywhere that had been floating were falling back to the ground. In some places, these rocks were miles in the sky. The land tore apart in areas. Everywhere, there was destruction. The rugged landscapes that were once desolate wastelands...were once more...introduced to light...
...
And life...started to show...
END PART VI