Okay, here's the next chapter. Writer's block struck again, but thanks to Shiny Hunter's oneshot Outcasts and becoming slightly delirious from an insomnia attack, the chapter is finished. sigh What do ya know, the Regis are actually growing on me... Oh, almost forgot. I just wanted to say that yes, the legendaries can transform and take on a human appearance in this fanfic. Please enjoy the story!
"I still can't believe that I actually temporarily lost me memory," Regigigas said, staring blankly into space with his arms dropped lazily at his sides as he entered his temple home.
Titan followed him in, arms crossed and eyes blinking to symbolize a nod. "Yeah. You sure are lucky that the lady with the wheel-thingy on her belly was able to give it back."
Regigigas sat down on the moss covered rock that he used as a chair. "Her name's Arceus. She's our leader."
Titan's eyes blinked sarcastically. "Duh. She told us that at the meeting. Where were you?"
Regigigas grinned with his eyes. "In my own little world."
Titan snorted. "Let me guess, people there look up to you for reason's other than your tallness. They see you as powerful and intelligent. Not to mention good-looking."
Regigigas sat up straight, his eyes blinking in surprise. "How did you know?!"
"Because it's the exact opposite of what you are in real life," Titan replied, smirking with his eyes.
"Are you making fun of me?" Regigigas asked suspiciously.
Titan slapped a hand to his face. He gave his father an exasperated look and said "Are you mentally challenged? What the heck was Arceus thinking when she made you the leader of the Regis?! Was she drunk or something?"
Regigigas was about to defend himself when he heard movement at the temple entrance. He looked up and saw Regice standing there with Frosty at her side. He automatically forgot about Titan's insults and his eyes blinked in excitement. "Hiya, Regice! Good ta see ya!"
She smiled at him with her eyes. "Same goes for you, even if we did just see each other at the meeting not all that long ago. Anyway, Frosty loved you, so I decided to bring him here to show him where you live. By the way, I brought you a present!" She pulled her hand out from behind her back, revealing what she had brought.
Regigigas' eyes blinked and widened in awe. "I...is that, ch...chocolate?"
She nodded her affirmation. He jumped up and quickly changed to human form as he rushed forward to accept his gift and enjoy it. Regice turned human as well, to avoid him getting frost bitten when he got near her.
Titan and Frosty stared in amazement. Frosty was the first to snap out of it. "How did you guys do that?!"
Now that she could, Regice turned her head and smiled at him. Regigigas was too preoccupied with his beloved chocolate to hear or see anything else, so Regice answered. "Every legendary has the ability to take on a human form. It was Arceus' idea. You children will eventually learn how to transform as well!"
"Cool!" Frosty cried, his eyes blinking excitedly. Titan couldn't help agreeing with him, but he kept his opinion quiet. He thought that the adults looked awesome as humans and fantasized about what he would look like.
Regigigas in human form had moss green hair and golden eys. His skin was pale and his clothes were white with markings that matched the ones on his natural body.
Regice also had pale skin. Her eyes were a very light, icy blue, as was her long hair that stopped halfway down her back. She wore a long sleeved, light blue sweater with seven golden dots in the shape of a cross on the torso, symbolizing her eyes. She wore icy blue jeans and matching shoes.
Titan shook himself out of his thoughts when her heard Regice and Frosty laughing. He focused on his dad, the subject of their amusement, and groaned.
He was urgently licking any melted chocolate off of his hands, the wrapper and his face. He was attempting to lick a chocolate smudge off his nose.
"Dad! You're an embarrassing, pathetic, chocoholic!" Titan groaned.
"And proud of it!" Regigigas replied before returning to the task of licking his chocolate-smudged nose clean.
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"Rachel, give it back to me," Mewtwo said firmly, his long tail swishing left and right in agitation.
The girl stuck her toung out at him and said "It's called 'keep away'. If you want the book back, you'll have to chase me down and take it from me."
Mewtwo sighed. 'First Mew, then Deoxys, and now Rachel! Is every female I know out to pester me?!' he thought to himself as he pondered how to get his book back. "Rachel, if you don't give me back that book immediately, I will give a speech on Einstein's theory of relativity and force you to listen to it!" he said, remembering how tortured Mew was when he had given that speech to her.
His plan worked. Rachel had a horrified expression on her face and a shiver ran through her body. "Here! Take the stupid book," she said, throwing the to him and scowling. "You're no fun."
"I realize this." He sensed some psychic energies approaching and turned to look out the cave entrence. He smiled lightly when he recognized the approaching figures. "Hello, Darkrai. Hello, Pulse," he greeted when they arrived.
Rachel beamed and flew forward. "Hey, Pulse! Howya doing?"
Pulse beamed back. "Hiya, Rachey! I'm good!"
"Good! Me too! I'm glad you're here. Dad's no fun at all and I was starting to think that I'd die of boredom," she groaned, shooting Mewtwo a look of annoyance.
Pulse flew forward and grabbed Rachel's arm. "Come on! Let's play!" he said as he pulled her farther into the cave.
Mewtwo chuckled lightly at their antics before turning to Darkrai. "Something tells me this is not a casual visit. You're psychic energy seems distressed. What is wrong?" he asked, a questioning look in his amethyst eyes.
Darkrai took a deep breath. "Well, Pulse was really tired after the meeting. He took a nap and he had a dream."
Mewtwo's eyes softened. "He had his first nightmare? He did not at all troubled..."
Darkrai shook his head. "No, it wasn't a nightmare. That's why I'm so confused. He says he had a good dream, and he was smiling in his sleep. I know that I'VE never had a good dream. I didn't think nightmare givers were capable of having sweet dreams. You're really smart, so I came here. Do you get this any more than I do?"
Mewtwo folded his arms and closed his eyes in thought. After a moment, he realized something. "Darkrai, have you ALWAYS been giving nightmares? I mean, actively causing nightmares since your creation?"
Darkrai cocked an eyebrow. "Um, yes. I think so."
Mewtwo nodded. "That's what I thought. You see, Pulse is not technically a nightmare giver yet. You have not taught him how to unlock his ability and use it. I believe that the reason you have bad dreams every night is that you subconsciously submit yourself to your own ability each night. Since Pulse has not activated his ability yet, he will dream as the average person does."
"So, Pulse can have good dreams, but only until I teach him how to torture people in their sleep?" Darkrai asked, just to confirm that he understood the concept.
Mewtwo nodded.
"Well that's just great!" the phantom yelled. Mewtwo backed away to give him some space as he floated back and forth, thinking of his predicament.
'I can't believe this! It was bad enough that I was going to have to cause the poor kid to be hated by humans and that his happy attitude would make it hard for him to cause others misery, now I'll also be taking away his happiness while he's asleep! I can't do that to him! It's wrong. He doesn't deserve this. Nobody does. I only bear it to spare anyone else from having to do it. I can't put him through the torture I've put myself through for all these years.'
He stopped paissing and turned to give Mewtwo a serious look. "I'm not gonna do it."
"What?" Mewtwo cried in shock.
"You heard me. I'm not going to teach Pulse how to give nightmares," Darkrai replied, determination in his bright blue eyes and in his voice.
"But, Arceus said that it's your duty to train him to do your job. She will be very angry with you if you disobey," Mewtwo commented.
"I don't care," the ebony pokemon said.
Mewtwo bit his lip and looked at the ground. After a moment, he looked up, a similar look in his own eyes now. "Okay, then. If it's what you want to do, then I support you."
Darkrai gave him a half smile. "Thanks." Suddenly, noise at the back of the cave caught his attention. He cocked an eyebrow. "What the hell was that?"
Mewtwo shrugged. "I don't know. Perhaps we should check on them," he said, walking in the direction of the noise with Darkrai following. Both pokemon's jaws dropped when they reached the kids.
They had a song playing on Mewtwo's laptop and were doing a dance routine.
"A used... pink bathrobe. A rare... mint snow-globe. A Smurf... TV tray, I bought on eBay.
"My house... is filled with this crap. Shows up in bubble wrap, most everyday. What I bought on eBay.
"Tell me why... I need another pet rock. Tell me why... I got that Alf alarm clock. Tell me why... I bid of Shatner's old toupee. They had it on eBay," the children sang in unison as they danced around to the music.
The adults took turns gaping first at the children, then each other, then back to the children. As the kids finished the song, they lightly clapped, still kinda dazed.
Pulse grinned. "Thank you!" he said, taking a bow before flying forward and hugging both his father and Rachel's father.
"Uh, you're welcome?" Darkrai replied, not sure what to say. He hadn't been expecting a song and dance routine, but with Pulse's attitude, he probably should have seen it coming.
"Did you really like it?" Rachel asked, walking over to stand in front of them.
Mewtwo smiled. "Yes. It was very good, Rachel. You and Pulse are very talented."
Pulse and Rachel grinned, did a bow, and said "THANK YOU!" in unison before flying forward and hugging the adult version of themselves.
Mewtwo and Darkrai couldn't help smiling, even with the recent major decision Darkrai had made still floating around in their heads...
Again, another short chapter. Sorry! :D If you're wondering, the song is called EBay Song, by Weird Al Yankovice (one of the awsomest people of all time). And, for any lawyers or idiots in the audiance, I do not own the song or its singer. Anyway, please review!