A wave of ambition hit me and I got the chapter done early. I think you will like the results. I know I do! :) Also, LS pointed out the lack of Cresselia, so I gave her a major part here. Anyway, please enjoy the story!
Latias flew around Alto Mare, desperately looking for Ruby and Sapphire. She had been teaching them how to become invisible and they had finally gotten it right. But then a Rattata came running by and they went chasing after it. She went looking for them, but they were hard to find. It had been an hour now and Latias was beginning to panic. 'What if they're hurt... or lost... or captured? What if I never see them again?' she thought despairingly as she flew, calling out for the missing children.
"What is wrong?" she heard a concerned, gentle voice say. She turned her head and saw a Togekiss flying nearby, watching her with worried eyes.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself enough to talk normally. "I can't find my kids, Ruby and Sapphire. I was teaching them how to turn invisible and they wondered off," she explained.
The Togekiss nodded. "I'll help you find them," he said.
"Thank you," Latias said with a smile before they split up to find them.
Latias was flying past a few stands, each selling some various human item or food. Just then, she noticed an apple that was floating away, unnoticed by the salesperson. She felt her heart leap with joy as she flew over and grabbed the invisible child.
"Mom? I'm so happy to see you! I thought I was lost forever!" she heard Ruby's voice say, confirming the identity of the child.
Latias hugged her and helped her make herself visible again. Once the child could once again be seen, Latias gave her a serious look. "Please, never wonder off again. I was worried sick that I'd lost you. I cannot go through that again!"
Ruby looked and felt very guilty. "I'm sorry, Mommy. I didn't mean to upset ," she said, nuzzling her mother.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to Latias, who was once again beginning to panic. "Where is your brother?" she asked in a very urgent tone.
Ruby lowered her head, eyes suddenly filled with worry. "I... I don't know. We got separated a while ago and I couldn't find him. I hope my little brother is all right..." she said in a trembling voice.
Latias zoomed off, her daughter following her closely. She was going so fast, she could do nothing to avoid crashing right into the Togekiss from earlier.
She quickly shook off the disorientation and helped the Togekiss up. "I'm so sorry... uh," she said, realizing that she didn't know his name.
He smiled. "Caleb. My name's Caleb. It's quite all right. I know it was an accident. I was trying to find you anyway. I believe I found your son!" he said happily.
Latias felt her heart leap. "Where is he?"
"Follow me," Caleb replied as he lead her through the beautiful streets pf Alto Mare. He lead her down and ally, where she could hear whimpering at the end.
She zipped past the other two and found her son, surprisingly visible, crying and whimpering for his mother and sister. "Sapphire!" she cried in joy as she closed the distance and embraced the frightened child.
"Mother!" he cried happily as he snuggled against her feathers and nuzzled her chin with his snout and forehead.
Latias turned her head to look at Caleb as Ruby and Sapphire hugged each other. "Thank you so much for finding him. I couldn't bare to loose another loved one after having already lost both my brother and my father."
Caleb smiled. "I know of your brother and fathers' sacrifices. The citizens of Alto Mare owe them and you their lives. We are very thankful for such wonderful guardians. If you don't mind me asking, where is the childrens' father?"
Latias laughed before explaining how Arceus had given them all apprentices to train.
Caleb nodded and smiled. "That was a pretty good idea. Arceus must be a very good, intelligent leader."
Latias laughed again. "Giratina sure thinks so!"
Caleb got a confused look on his face. "You mean, Giratina, the death legendary? I don't understand. Maybe you could tell me more about the personalities of the individual legendaries. I've always been interested in learning more about them!"
Latias grinned and agreed before leading him and the children back to her garden home, so that humans wouldn't bother them and the kids could play in safety.
They chatted the day away as Caleb admired the scenary. They had a great time and Latias was happy for some more mature company to talk to. At the end of the day, Caleb smiled and said "Thank you for all the wonderful tales and for showing me around your home. It is very beautiful. Now, it is getting late and I think I should be getting back to my own home."
"The pleasure's all mine," Latias replied with a smile. "Come back anytime and don't be a stranger!"
Caleb agreed with a laugh before departing, calling "Good-bye!" as he did.
"Bye," Latias said in a slightly wistful voice as the retreating form of Caleb left her field of vision.
-ooo-
"Very good, Serena. Now, put it down gently," Cresselia instructed as she watched her daughter levitate a dummy made of leaves and twigs with her psychic powers.
Serena did as she was told and carefully lowered it to a rest on the ground. She turned and smiled at Cresselia. "I did it Mom!"
Cresselia grinned. "You sure did! You're learning so fast! I'm so proud of you!" she said, causing Serena's smile to get even wider at the praise.
Suddenly, Cresselia heard the sound of her cell phone's ring-tone, a fast-paced Cascada song. She went into her cave and answered it. "Hello?" She was surprised to hear Darkrai' voice respond.
"Yeah, um, Cressi?" he began, interrupted when Cresselia cut in to ask him why he called.
He gave a small growl. "I was about to say before you interrupted. Just shut up and listen. Do you think you can come over to my island and give me some help? I already called Mewtwo, but it's not enough."
"Help you with what?" she asked, slightly suspicious.
"I'll explain later. Now please, just get over here," he said before hanging up.
She sighed. 'I might as well. He said "please", so i must be fairly serious,' she thought a bit worriedly before telling Serena about the call and flying over to New Moon Island together.
"Darkrai?" she called out when she reached his island's shore. New Moon Island wasn't nearly as alive or beautiful as her own island. She often pitied him, secretly of course. Not only did he have the worst job in existence, but he had to live here as well. 'Oh, well,' she thought. 'At least their are some orange trees. He loves those little citrus orbs.'
"Over here!" she heard, snapping her out of her thoughts. She followed his voice until she found him.
Cresselia and Serena both burst out with laughter at the sight before them.
Pulse's rear end, tail and waist were sticking out of the ground. His head, arms and torso seemed to be stuck in shadow form. Darkrai, Mewtwo and Rachel all had a hold on either his waist or each other as they attempted to free the little phantom.
The three non-stuck legendaries were startled by the laughter, causing them to lose their grip and go flying backwards.
Darkrai skidded across the ground. Whe he came to a stop he sat up and glared at the two lunar swans.
Mewtwo hit a tree and slid to the ground, Rachel landing in a sitting position on top of him. Her tail was swept up, the tip tickling her nose. Mewtwo groaned before asking Rachel to get off of him. She did.
Cresselia continued laughing at the hilarity of the result of startling them while Serena flew over to help the three up. The queen of dreams finally stifled her laughing to little giggles as the two adults glared at her and the two free children stared in amusement.
"Come on, let's get Pulse out of the ground," Darkrai grumbled, floating over to the stuck child, grabbing his waist and beginning to pull.
Mewtwo, Rachel, Cresselia and Serena joined in. Rachel got a good grip on Pulse's waist. Mewtwo had her waist and Serena had her tail. Cresselia wrapped her paws and wings around Darkrai's waist and pulled, using her psychic energy to help as well. Mewtwo saw this and did the same.
Suddenly, Pulse's upper body came shooting out of the ground! Everybody went soaring.
Mewtwo righted himself almost immediately. Luckily, he managed to catch Serena just before she hit a rock. "Thank you, Mewtwo!" she exclaimed happily, earning a small smile from the Mew clone.
Pulse crashed right into Rachel. They flipped several times in the air before hitting the dirt. Pulse was splayed across Rachel's waist, forming a cross. They sat up and stared at each other in shock before bursting into a giggling fit. "That was fun!" Pulse laughed.
"Let's do it again!" Rachel said with a grin, giving Pulse a high three.
Cresselia's grip on Darkrai tightened when she realized what was happening and that she could get hurt. They crashed into the ground together.
Cresselia hesitantly opened her eyes, only to find that her face was only about three inches from Darkrai's, her own amethyst eyes locked on his bright blue ones. Both of them, since Darkrai's albino hair had been swept back by the momentum.
She would have continued laying there, staring into those strangely beautiful eyes if it weren't for Darkrai saying "Um, Cresselia? Could you please get off my chest?"
She shook herself back to reality and quickly hopped off of his chest, trying to hide the fact that she was blushing like crazy. "Sorry. I must have been a bit disoriented by the impact," she lied, praying that they'd believe her.
Darkrai cocked an eyebrow, but shrugged it off and went to check on Pulse.
Cresselia exhaled a breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. 'Great,' she thought bitterly. 'Now those damn eyes of his are sure to haunt me in my dreams tonight.'
-ooo-
Arceus sighed. She could deny it no longer. She was bored out of her mind. She also had a headache from listening to Alpha's suggestions on activities for them to do.
Basically, he wanted to leave the Hall of Origin and go exploring. She wanted to stay, but was bored enough to consider it.
She had just taught him how to become human, so there really wasn't much stopping them. She was about to submit and take him to a museum, when a familiar voice made her face fall.
"Yo, Arcy!"
'Oh, crap. Not him; not now!' she thought with a groan as the renegade dragon approached, grinning as always.
"Hey, Arcy. Renay and I are going to the city. You know, hanging out, having fun, trying to pay off debts... Anyway, we wanted to know it you and Alpha wanted to come. It'll be a blast!" he said, looking directly at Alpha when her said 'blast'.
Sure enough, Alpha became excited and begged until his mother submitted. "Okay! Okay! We'll go!" she exclaimed when his whining became intolerable.
Alpha jumped for joy, Renay smiled, Arceus groaned and Giratina smirked. 'And the trap snaps shut,' he thought as they left.
There it was. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. Now, remember my ending author notes from the previous chapters and please review! :D