Chapter 5: Villains Unite
Hey! It's Neo Dragon X with the fifth chapter of the story! Enjoy!
Sombra snarled as he, Darkrai, and Discord appeared in the castle with a flash of light. The Crystal King had finally regained some of his energy, yet still felt weakened. He and Darkrai, even with Discord's help, would be no match against the legendary brothers. However, they had two extremely useful bargaining tools… the princesses…
Celestia and Luna slowly came back to conscious, dazed from the teleportation spell Discord had used. They found themselves inside a large cage constructed of iron, reinforced with powerful defensive spells. They were shackled to the cage with magic draining chains, and Discord had promptly snapped their wings and horns off with a snap of his fingers, transforming the former beautiful, almighty alicorns into normal earth ponies.
"Sister… what are they planning to do with us?" Luna whimpered softly. Celestia shook her head and sighed, tired and broken. "They're probably planning to use us as bait to lure Arceus and Giratina here…" the Solar Monarch responded tiredly. Luna looked around them. She could see that they were trapped in the cage, and the location around them was… Sombra's castle…
"So, I see our guests are enjoying their stay here, eh?" A cold voice filled with mirth and malice chuckled darkly. "Indeed." Another cold voice added. "What fun is this?" A melodic voice filled with trickery chuckled. The two princesses whirled around to see King Sombra, Lord Darkrai, and Discord standing in front of their cage.
"WE THOUST DEMAND YOU RELEASE US AT ONCE, YE SCOUNDRALS!" Luna bellowed in the Royal Canterlot Voice. Darkrai chuckled darkly. "In your dreams princess…" He responded curtly. Sombra then began trotting around the cage, grinning evilly at the two princesses.
"You don't how much this hurts those legendary brothers… Arceus and Giratina…" The Crystal King chuckled. Luna's eyes filled with tears. She truly loved the Distortion World ruler back, due to the huge amounts of trouble he had taken to tell her how he felt. Celestia also felt suddenly weakened at the thought of the Alpha Pokémon, whose feelings for her were as strong as well, and they were perfectly willing to walk into a deadly trap just to save them…
"You monsters! Why can't you just let bygones be bygones?!" Luna shouted at the three dark rulers. "Well, my dears, one of them is primarily taking over your kingdoms and subjects, therefore increasing our power, along with revenge upon all four of you for what you have done to us in the past!" Discord countered.
"You won't get away with this! Arceus and Giratina will make you pay for your deeds!" Celestia growled. Darkrai chuckled. "Him and what army? We can effortlessly defeat them… thanks to our combined strength." The Bringer of Nightmares countered. Celestia and Luna lowered their heads in despair. They knew that the fact was true, and that their loves could not defeat the dark tyrants without any help… but where were they going to get this help?
Arceus and Giratina rushed out of the castle, determined to find help to aid them in freeing the princesses they loved. They just had no clear idea who to recruit… Suddenly, Arceus stopped his brother. He sensed the presence of six incredibly powerful magic signatures… the barers of the legendary Elements of Harmony, from what Celestia had told him. He also knew of a certain Pikachu that helped save the Pokémon world on many different occasions. The Alpha Pokemon told his brother the plan, and the Renegade agreed to go back to recruit Pikachu, while Arceus dealt with the six young mares. Arceus absorbed the Sky Plate into his body, temporarily granting him the Flying Type, and flying powers as well.
Giratina summoned a portal to the Pokémon World, and leaped into it, vanishing with a flash. Arceus then sped up into the sky to find the mares.