Sorry for the wait. That terrible disease of authors is setting in; a disease known as writer's block! Oh, well. Anyway, here is chapter seven. I'm sorry it's so short. But there wasn't enough room for another section. Again, oh, well. XD I hope you all enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon is any way, shape or form. No matter how much I wish I did.

"That was really fun, Dad. I made lots of new friends, like Rachel, and Serena, and Ruby, and Sapphire, and Renay and Alpha. I hope we get to play together again soon," Pulse said, his voice resembling a drunk's due to how exhausted he was from his long, eventful day.

Darkrai gave looked at him, a trace of worry in his visible cyan eye. "Pulse, you okay?"

Pulse smiled at him, his floating wavering a little. "Yeah, Daddy. I'm just kinda tired. Are we almost home?"

"Yes, Pulse. We're almost home," Darkrai replied as he spotted New Moon Island in the distance.

"Is that our island?" Pulse asked, pointing toward an island that was a bit closer to them than the island Darkrai had spotted.

Darkrai followed the child's finger. He saw the island and a small smile formed on his face, hidden by the red collar around his neck. "No, Pulse. That's Full Moon Island. That's where Cresselia and Serena live. You met Serena at the meeting. Cresselia is her mother and my counterpart, which makes Serena your counterpart."

Pulse grinned groggily. "Really? Cool! I didn't even know we had counterparts! They live that close to us? That means I can play with Serena all the time!" He stopped babbling and a confused look graced his face. "If we live that close and we're counterparts, why didn't we fly home with them like those other trios and partners did?"

"Well," Darkrai began, reaching to scratch the back of his head. "I don't get along all that well with Cressi. We tend to fight a lot and it's always getting us into trouble."

"But, she seems really nice. I thought you guys would make good friends. You even have a nickname for her," Pulse commented with a smile.

Darkrai snorted. "You've never seen during a certain month of doom." He sighed. "Just drop it. We're almost home," he added as they approached New Moon Island.

Pulse obeyed and stayed quiet, now too tired to talk much. They reached their island. Darkrai straightened into a hover a foot off the ground. Pulse tried, but fell to the dirt.

Darkrai sighed before leaning over and scooping him up. The little dark type's eyes were half closed and his breathing was deep as Darkrai carried him into the cave and gently set him down on his bed.

Suddenly, a terrible thought accured to the adult phantom. 'What if he has a nightmare? I have them every night, so shouldn't the same thing be true for him?' He grimaced at Pulse, who was on the edge of sleep. He watched in horror as the child's eyes closed.

"Pulse, no! Wake up!" he tried. His heart sunk a little, realizing that nothing could be done to prevent the kid from sleeping. And Cresselia's lunar feather wouldn't due a thing to help him because it didn't work on Darkrai's. He and Cresselia were immune to each others' powers.

He hovered anxiously near Pulse, watching carefully for the first signs of terror or pain to come to the child's face. He was ready to wake the little sleeper from the terrible visions and comfort him. After all, he knew all too well what they were like. He hated the sickening thought that the innocent little guy would have to endure the same torture that he had put up with for thousands of years.

Then, a smile graced Pulse's face. Darkrai felt his eyes widen in surprise. He also felt his tense muscles relax a little. He raised a clawed hand to scratch his head in confusion. 'A smile? He can't be having a nightmare, can he?' he thought as he pondered what to do next.

For the next three hours, Darkrai floated back and forth anxiously. Confusion and worry haunted him as he carefully watched over Pulse as he slept. Finally, Pulse stirred and sat up. He yawned and rubbed his eyes before opening them.

Darkrai sighed in relief. Now he might get some answers. "Hey, little guy. You're finally awake. By any chance, did you see anything while you were asleep?" he asked, trying to hide how confused and worried he actually was.

Pulse grinned. "Yeah! I did! Isn't that weird?"

"No it isn't, Pulse. It's called a dream. Now, can you tell me what you dreamed about? Did it scare you in any way?" Darkrai continued, hoping to get more information.

"Well, no. It didn't scare me. I can't remember exactly what happened, but I do remember that I was happy,"Pulse said, smiling up at Darkrai.

Darkrai ran a clawed hand through his albino hair. "So, it was a good dream, huh?" he pressed. 'If he did, that's kinda weird. I've never had a good dream. I mean, I'm glad he didn't have a nightmare. But how can a nightmare giver have sweet dreams? And on top of that, he couldn't remember his dream. I can almost always remember mine...'

"Yep! I guess I did!" Pulse giggled as he floated over, gave Darkrai a quick hug and zoomed outside to look around.

Darkrai followed him out and watched as he explored the island. 'This is too confusing. I need to talk to somebody else. The only question is, 'who?' I could talk to Arceus. I'm sure she knows, but the way she explains things never fails to give make my head hurt. I could ask Cresselia. She knows a lot about dreams and she lives pretty close by. But I'd hate to have to ask her for help. She'd probably rub it in my face or tell me that I owe her a favor. Besides, I don't need Pulse thinking that I need her or we're friends. I could ask Mewtwo. He's a smarty-tail like Arceus, but he's my best friend and he knows to dumb things down for me. Yeah, I think I'll go see him.'

He straightened and focused on Pulse, who was peeling some moss of of a rock. "Hey, Pulse! Do you want to go visit Mewtwo and Rachel?"

"YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!" Pulse replied excitedly, flying around in rapid circles.

"Okay then, let's go," Darkrai told him as he lead Pulse higher into the air before they flew off in the direction of Mewtwo's cavern home.

-ooo-

"Okay, Rainbow. Now, just watch me and do what I do when I tell you to," Ho-oh instructed as he spread his wings. Then, he ran to the edge of the tall, flat rock that both he and Rainbow were standing on and jumped into the air. With one powerful flap, he was airborne. He flew in a circle, creating a rainbow halo in the sky, before landing beside his apprentice.

Rainbow took a deep breath. Her father motioned that it was her turn. She gulped and nodded before staring at the edge with determination burning in her eyes. If she wanted to learn how to fly, she had to take some risks.

She spread her colorful wings and ran, flapping as she went to power them up. She reached the edge and leaped. She flapped, but she could feel herself falling. She closed her eyes. It wasn't enough of a fall to seriously hurt her, but it would still hurt a little and she sure didn't want to watch herself collide with the ground.

"Oomph," she heard as she landed on something smooth and warm. She opened her eyes, trying to see what she had landed on. She knew it couldn't be grass. She looked down and felt a gasp escape her throat when she saw that she had landed on an orange, lizard-like pokemon. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" she said worriedly as she climbed off of the Charmander and helped him to his feet.

"Uh, yeah. I'm all right," the orange lizard replied. He gave a small smile. "Although, I sure wasn't expecting a colorful bird to fall from the sky and land on me. Anyway, my name is Zarathustra. My friends call me Zara."

She returned the smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I just kinda wish I'd have met you in a way that didn't involve me knocking the wind out of ya. Talk about a first impression." She smiled when she got a laugh out of her new friend. "My name is Rainbow."

She heard a movement in the air above them and looked up. Her dad had flown down to make sure she was all right. After she reassured him that she was okay, she turned to face Zara. "Dad, I'd like you to meet my new friend, Zara. Zara, this is my dad."

The Charmander gaped at Ho-ho with wide, blue eyes. "Y...y...you're H...Ho-oh! The l...l...legendary bird of rainbows! My p...parents told me all about y...you and the other legendaries!" He bowed before turning to Rainbow. "I'm sorry I didn't recognize you as a legendary sooner! I thought all of the legendaries were grown-ups. It's an honor to be in you and your father's presence," he said as he bowed again.

"Zara! Don't do that! You're my friend. Just because we're legendaries doesn't mean you have to bow and be all formal and stuff. We're really not all that different from any other pokemon," Rainbow replied in a voice that was a mixture of annoyance and embarrassment.

Zara straightened up and smiled as he rubbed the back of his head. A blush was barely visible against his orange skin. "Sorry. I just got excited and nervous about meeting and being friends with a legendary."

Rainbow laughed. "Don't be so flustered. I'm just like any other pokemon, remember?"

Zarathustra's blush deepened a little but his grin got even bigger. "Sorry," he giggled.

"Would you stop appologizing already?!" Rainbow said with a slightly exasperated grin. "Come on! Let's play! I can finish my flying lesson later!" She turned to look at her father. "That's okay, right?"

"Go ahead," Ho-oh said with a smile.

"Okay!" the Charmander replied as her followed her lead, finally relaxing and forgetting her status as a legendary as they chased each other across the grass.

Ho-oh watched them play and chuckled to himself. 'They kinda remind me of Moltres and myself when we were younger,' he thought as he supervised their game.

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