This new forest was much different from the one Rigel had known. The songs of the birds and the cries of the local pokemon all sounded different from the ones back at his home, and occasionally he heard more sounds that he wasn't familiar with, along with the voices of humans. Soon he and Sapphire caught up with Meissa and the others, who were all looking around this new place. Gauss was floating around whlie sweeping a green beam of light over the ground and the trees, while Meissa was low to the ground, trying to sneak up behind and scare Tarazed, who was chatting with a Mandibuzz on a low branch. Aludra was nowhere to be seen.

"Meissa, knock it off." Rigel said as he walked up to them. "Hey Tarazed, where's Aludra, and who's your new friend?"

"This is Ramphea." Tarazed said. " I was asking her what it's like around here."

"Hello." Ramphea said in a voice much more pleasant than what Rigel had expected. "So you're this Rigel Tarazed was talking about."

"Uh, hello." Rigel said. "Nice to meet you. Anyway, Tarazed, you still haven't answered my first question. Where's Aludra?"

"She said she needed to go think for a little while and that she would be back soon." Meissa said. "Then she just walked away."

"Why didn't one of you guys go with her?" Rigel asked. "Don't you know what could happen?"

"Rigel, it's Aludra." Tarazed said. "She can take care of herself. What's wrong? You used to never question Aludra's skills."

"It's nothing." Rigel said. "And you're right, she should be fine."

"Alright then." Tarazed said before turning back to Ramphea. "Now, where were we?"

As Rigel walked away from Tarazed, Sapphire came up behind him and spoke. "Rigel, why didn't you tell Tarazed about your dream?"

"Because I didn't want him to worry about Aludra. I know I told you, but I didn't really think about the worry my dream could cause until now. I'm sorry if me telling you about it is causing you to worry too."

"It's alright Rigel, I haven't really gotten to know Aludra yet, but I'm sure she'll be fine."

Rigel and Sapphire continued speaking with each other until the sun had almost set, and Rigel was overjoyed when he spotted a yellow figure walking out of the trees, glimmering in the fading light.

"Hey Aludra!" Rigel called out, unable to hide his relief. "Glad to see you're back!"

"I just went for a walk." Aludra said. She seemed to have something on her mind, but Rigel felt it would be better not to ask. "You didn't miss me that much."

"Welcome back." Tarazed said. "Now that you're here, Ramphea told me where we can find some food. Are you guys hungry?"

"Yeah, sure." Aludra said. "Lead the way."

Ramphea then led the group a short distance through the forest, stopping in a small grove of berry bushes. There the group ate their fill and got ready for bed as Ramphea left and the sun sank below the trees. Rigel layed down near Sapphire and whispered that he loved her before closing his eyes and desperately hoping to be taken to the world of his dreams.

As he found himself on the stone again, Rigel looked down to see a bleak landscape of dark grey rock with flows of lava, dried up riverbeds, and great fissures in the earth branching out across the sky was black with ash, obscuring the sun, but he could tell it was still burning with an unnatural intensity. He didn't wait long before calling out to the mysterious voice, and the black and white orb appeared again, standing out sharply against the darkened sky.

"Hello Rigel." The voice said. "I assume you have more questions."

"You're damn right I do." Rigel said. "What is the meaning behind the feeling I got after the dream where I met Sapphire?"

"I do not know for sure. I can show you your future, but I can only see the events. I do not feel what you do. I do know however that the events that will endanger your world are about to be set in motion, and you will be called into action against them soon."

"Fine! Bring on whatever it is! Me and my friends can stop it!"

"I regret to inform you that your friends will not assist you. Fate calls for you and six others, not them."

"What? You mean my friends can't help? Why not?"

"As I said, fate has not called for them. Your friends cannot help, and nothing you can do can change that. While I know you are not happy about this, you have no other choice, and trying to deny your responsibility will doom all that you love."

"But why? Why me? What could I possibly do?"

"Enough!" the voice thundered, it's normally calm voice gaining a hint of anger. "Asking pointless questions will not help anyone. To deny your destiny is to deny millions their lives, so you must go and embrace it. Now wake up, and know that soon you must join the others."

As the voice spoke these last words, the silhouettes Rigel saw in his earlier dream flashed through his mind one at a time, with different sensations and feelings appearing as they did. As the dark blue silhouette appeared, Rigel felt as if cool water was washing over him, the light blue silhouette then brought an icy chill, the black silhouette gave a feeling of dread, the dark brown one brought a feeling of aggression, and the light brown one brought peace and calm. The white silhouette, who's shape Rigel now recognized, brought no feelings and disappeared into blackness within seconds. And then something happened that he had never seen in his dreams before. Usually he woke up when the voice was finished speaking, but now in the blackness he saw a small Eevee. It did not look like any Eevee he had ever known, but it still felt strangely familiar. He watched as two blood-red eyes above a sinister smile filled with sharp teeth appeared from the darkness before the Eevee, who stared into the eyes, showing no fear as a laugh that made Rigel's skin crawl echoed all around. The Eevee and the eyes then disappeared as Rigel opened his eyes to the morning light.