Here's the new chapter! I hope it's not too bad. It's the longest one so far, but only because of the long introduction at the ending. (Does that make sence?) Anyway, I hope it's not TOO boring. The next chapter should be much better! :)
Happy 4th of July!
"Awww! You're sooo cute!" Groudon squealed as he stared at the chibi flower hedgehog that was sitting in front of him with an annoyed, angry look on her adorable face.
Flower, the tiny hedgehog, stared back at him with narrowed eyes. "Call me cute again, and I will rip open your belly with my bare teeth. Then, I will tear your guts out and strangle you with your own large intestine," she warned with a growl.
"Flower! Don't threaten to kill my friends!" Shaymin scolded as Groudon's eyes widened in fear and he backed away from the severely angry chibi.
"Fine. But they're still getting severely hurt if they call me cute. I'm not cute! I'm a vicious beast and should be respected and feared!" Flower replied with a fire of determination burning in her obsidian eyes.
"Well, I know I fear and respect you," said Cosmo, Jirachi's apprentice.
Flower smiled. "Good. Then you shall be my minion."
"What's a minion?" inquired Chelsea, a chibi version of Celebi.
Flower sighed and turned to her. "A minion is a person who is always by your side and does what you order them to do. In return, they are pretty much safe from the wrath of their master."
"Cool!" Cosmo said in an excited voice.
"You can be my minion too, if you want," Flower said to Chelsea.
"I'll think about it," the young forest guardian said as she noticed Uriah sulking nearby. "What's wrong?" she asked as she floated over to him.
He jumped a little at the voice and squeezed his eyelids together to keep them closed. He sighed. "I have to keep my eyes closed because they can make people loose their memory. It's not fair. I have the ability to see, but I have to make myself blind."
Chelsea's eyes softened. She landed next to him and put a hand on his back. "Yeah, that must suck. But, think of the positives. You can still hear, smell, feel, taste and think. Besides, if you're dad can do it, so can you."
Uriah sighed again. "I don't know how he does it. How can I be the future being of knowledge? How am I supposed to learn everything I have to know? We obtain most of what we learn through sight," he said sadly.
Hmmm, good point. But without sight, your other senses are supposed to enhance to make up for it. You could train yourself to us them as expertly as others use their eyes. I can help you," she said with a smile.
Uriah smiled faintly as well. "Thanks, Chelse."
Her smile got bigger. "No problem."
-ooo-
"Rachel, would you please stop glaring at Derek?" Mewtwo groaned as he watched her stand, stiff as a statue, and stare daggers at the young DNA pokemon, whom was staring right back.
"No. First, he called me stupid. Then, he made fun of you. And then he laughed at me when that huge messenger bird scared me!" she replied in an angry tone, never breaking her glare.
Mewtwo sighed and noticed Darkrai approaching. "Hello, Darkrai," he greeted.
"Hey, Mewtwo. This is Pulse," the nightmare pokemon replied, pushing the giddy child forward.
Mewtwo gave a small smile. "Hello, Pulse," he said. He put a hand on Rachel's shoulder, causing her to finally break the staring contest to turn and see what he wanted. "And this, is Rachel."
Pulse grinned. "Hiya, Rachey! I'm Pulsey!"
Rachel couldn't help grinning back. "Hi Pulse! Wanna play?"
Pulse nodded excitedly before rushing off. "Bet ya can't catch me!" he yelled back to her happily.
"You're on!" she cried as she zoomed after him, leaving the two adults to talk.
"I have two questions," Darkrai mumbled, more to himself than to his friend, but Mewtwo's feline ears picked up his words anyway.
"Yes? What are they?"
The ebony pokemon turned to him. "One, why does Rachel look different from you? And two, why didn't Pulse ask about telepathy?"
Mewtwo raised a paw to scratch his chin. "Those are actually pretty good questions," he commented. "I think Rachel looks different because Arceus wanted her to look more natural than I do. And I think Pulse didn't ask simply because he was so excited that he didn't notice." He smiled faintly. "It looks like we both got apprentices with surprising personalities."
"Tell me about it Mr. Smarty," Darkrai replied with a small smile.
-ooo-
"Hey, Cressi!" Latias said as she flew up to her friend.
"Hi, Latias!" the swan-like pokemon replied. Her amethyst eyes landed on Ruby and Sapphire, who were closely following their mother. "Awww. What are their names? Mines name is Serena."
"Their names are Ruby and Sapphire," the eon dragon replied as the three children approached each other with curiosity in their faces.
"Hello! I'm Ruby and this is my little brother, Sapphire. What's your name?" Ruby said with a smile.
"My name is Serena. It's very nice to meet you both," the young dream giver replied, also smiling.
Sapphire, who was slightly hiding behind his sister, came out and flew closer to Serena. When she smiled wider at him, he returned it. "Do you wanna play with us?" he asked.
She nodded. "Sure!" she said as she did a twirl and zoomed off, the eon twins not far behind.
Cresselia and Latias watched them play, with sad smiles on their faces. Cresselia turned her head to look at her friend and said "Sure brings back memories, huh?"
Latias simply nodded, unable to talk without letting the tears that were stuck in her throat to leak out her eyes as she watched the little ones play, unaware of the memories they were bringing back.
Ruby rushed forward and tapped her brother quickly with her paw. "Tag! You're it!" she squealed as she turned to fly away as fast as she could, Serena doing the same.
Sapphire grinned and zoomed after the girls. He targeted Serena and sped up a little.
She looked over her shoulder to see how close he was. She saw him quickly advancing. She also saw his crimson eyes widen as he rapidly slowed his flight.
"Watch out!" he yelled to her.
She snapped her head back around just in time to see a blur of black, red, white and bright blue before crashing into it. They both fell to the ground.
Serena groaned and lifted her head. She shook herself from her daze when she heard the siblings yelling in unison, asking if she was okay. They flew down to check.
"Yeah, I'm okay," she said. "I don't know about him though," she added, looking over at Pulse, who was also kind of dazed from the collision.
Rachel flew up and landed so that she stood beside him. She grabbed his arm and pulled him back into his floating position. "Any damage?" she asked.
"I don't think so," he replied, still a bit out of it. He looked over at Serena. "What about you? Are you hurt?"
She shook her head no. "Nope, I'm fine. Thank you for asking. I hope you are unhurt as well."
He smiled. "You're welcome! It's good me and you aren't hurt. What's your name anyway? Mines Pulsey!"
"Cool. My name is Serena."
"Yo, dudes! I saw the head-on! Everyone still livin'?" a voice called, causing the group of five to turn their heads to see who was talking to the.
A chibi version of Giratina was approaching them, a grin on her obsidian face.
"Yeah, we're all still alive," Rachel replied. "Who are you?" she added, curious as usual.
The Giratina girl grinned. "The name is Renay," she said with a grin. "Any of you ever seen High School Musical?"
The group all got confused looks on their faces.
"Ummm, no," Rachel replied.
"Nope! Never heard of it!" Pulse added.
"What is it?" Ruby asked.
Renay smiled. "It's a TV movie. It watched it with Dad after I got used to living and stuff. The star is Troy Boltan, who's played by this really AWESOME actor named Zac Efron!" she explained excitedly.
The five of them continued to stare with confused faces. Renay laughed. "I guess you don't know what any of those things are yet. I'll have to show you guys later," she said, still laughing.
-ooo-
"But, Mom! I wanna play too!" Alpha whined as he watched the other apprentices having fun together.
"I'm sorry, Alpha, but you have to wait until after I introduce them to you. In fact, I think I'll do that now. I believe that everyone is now present," Arceus replied. She stepped forward and shouted "Everybody retrieve your counterparts! I am going to be introducing everybody now!"
After the parents separated the very unwilling children and got with their counterparts, Arceus began to introduce.
She started with the bird trio. "This is the bird trio. Articuno is the bird of ice and her apprentice is Tundra. Zapdos is the bird of lightning and her apprentice is Thunder. Moltres is the bird of fire and her apprentice is Pheonix. Their leader is Lugia, the guardian of the sea. His apprentice is Silver."
She moved onto the next trio. "This is the beast trio. Suicune is the representation of the north wind. She also has the ability to purify water. Her apprentice is Crystal. Raikou is the beast of thunder and lightning. His apprentice is Sasha. Entei's the beast of fire and volcanoes. His apprentice is Nova. Their leader is Ho-oh, Lugia's counterpart and the creator of rainbows, which is what his apprentice, Rainbow, is named after."
She continued until she was standing in front of the next group. "This is the Earth trio. Kyogre is the ruler of the oceans. Her apprentice is Tsunami. Groudon is the lord of the land. His apprentice is Atlas. Rayquaza is the emperor of the atmosphere. His apprentice is Ozzy."
She took a couple more steps forward. "This is the lake trio. Mesprit is the being of emotion and her apprentice is Emma. Azelf is the being of willpower and his apprentice is Alexa. Uxie is the being of knowledge and his apprentice is Uriah."
Arceus paused and turned to make sure that Alpha was still paying attention. Luckily for her sanity, he was watching intently. She smiled and moved on. "These are the regi's. You can tell what they control simply by their names. Registeel's apprentice is Reggie, Regirock's apprentice is Rocky and Regice's apprentice is Frosty. Their leader is Regigigas. His apprentice is Titan."
She continued along her path. "This is a group that calls themselves 'The League of Little Loner Legends.' They aren't technically actual counterparts, but they like to stick together in this group. Mew is a very strong legendary who has learned every attack and has the ability to transform. Her apprentice is Cody. Celebi is the guardian of the forest and has the ability to travel through time. Her apprentice is Chelsea. Jirachi is a wish granter. His apprentice is Cosmo. Manaphy is the prince of the sea. His apprentice is Seth."
She went to the next legendary. "This is Mewtwo. He doesn't really have a counterpart, because he is a manmade clone of Mew. He is very powerful and his apprentice's name is Rachel."
Arceus checked Alpha's attention again before continuing. He was still watching intently. "This is Deoxys. She also does not have a counterpart. She came to Earth in a comet along with her brother. He returned to space, but she decided to stay on Earth. Her apprentice's name is Derek."
Arceus hesitated. She couldn't prolong the next one any longer, so she decided to hurry through it. "This is Latias. She protects Alto Mare and the Soul Dew. She recently lost her counterpart so she is training both of their apprentices, Ruby and Sapphire."
She hurried to the next group to try not to give Latias enough time to become sad again. "This is Dialga. She controls time and her apprentice is Diamond. Palkia is her counterpart and he controls space. His apprentice is Pearl."
She moved on. "This is Cresselia. On full moons, she gives people sweet dreams. Her apprentice's name is Serena. Darkrai is her counterpart. On new moons, he gives people nightmares. His apprentice is Pulse."
She continued on. "This is Heatran and he controls magma and volcanoes. His apprentice is Volcan. This is Shaymin, his counterpart. She controls plants and flowers and her apprentice's name is Flower."
She sighed. She was almost at the end. "This is Giratina, my counterpart. He is the pokemon of death and also guardian of the gate to Hell. His apprentice's name is Renay."
She turned to face the crowe of legendaries. She tilted her head toward Alpha, who was standing by her side. "This is Alpha, my apprentice and your future leader." She stood up straight. "And I am Arceus, the pokemon of life, the guardian of the staircase to Heaven and your current leader."
The legendaries applauded. It was hard to introduce all 66 of the legendaries in the room and she deserved a little recognition. She smiled and bowed her head.
"Okay, NOW can I go play?" Alpha asked.
Arceus gave a small smile. "Yes. Go have fun."
"WOOPEEE!" Alpha cried as he ran to join in the others' games.
Arceus watched him with a smile. She suddenly felt a presence behind her. She turned and saw Giratina standing behind her with a smile on his face.
She sighed. "What do you want?"
He smirked. "I just wanted to say that I liked your little introduction speech." His smirk got even bigger. "And you followed the usual layout and saved the best for last. The only thing that I wish you would have changed was that I wish you would have called be your love or your soul mate instead of your counterpart."
Her narrowed eyes rolled and she gave a deep sigh. "Giratina, I really wish you'd stop that and realize that we just are not compatible."
He shrugged his huge shoulders and smiled at her. "Oh, well. It looks like neither of our wishes came true. Jirachi must be loosing his touch."
She groaned and gave him another death glare. He just smiled at her, thinking to himself 'She sure is cute when she does that death glare thing.'
Well, I hope it wasn't too terrible. Please review!