"Mum, wake up it's time to go to that meeting thing you old timers always hold!"

Grumbling irritably the green serpentine Dragon gazed at her daughter, sleep still clinging to her golden and black eyes.

"I am not an old timer youngling," she snorted playfully then rose up and stretched

"Oh really?" Starlight smirked, her icy blue eyes glittering with amusement, and her long coils twisting and turned as she was almost beside herself with laughter "Because being 26,000 is really not old at all you know."

Startled and amazed the Sky High Pokemon asked, her voice a low whisper

"And how do you know that little piece of information…?"

Totally dumbstruck, Starlight could only squirm under her mother's piercing gaze. What did one say exactly? That she had accidentally probed her mother's mind and saw every year of her life? Shuddering at some of the more gruesome or depressing memories that dwelled in her mother's past, the young Pokemon decided to let silence her mother's only response. Sighing heavily at her daughter's discomfort the emerald scaled pokemon did not press the subject any further and instead prepared her long sinuous muscles for the flight to the Hall of Origin.

Growling slightly as she watched her mother leave, the teenager decided that she might as well get what she was going to do over with. Usually she wasn't a quitter but this life that had been described to her by that disembodied voice was too daunting to live through… Hesitantly, she brought her claw to her neck and prepared to slash it. Stopping her action the Starlight asked herself

Do I really want to do this?

Shaking her head she was about to take her claws away when they seemed to catch the skin on her neck in a flash of the suns reflection. Sadly the well sharpened claws were seemingly easily able to slice through the sensitive scales on her neck easily causing a fountain of scarlet blood to glisten upon her ivory talons. Confused at how easy it had been when she had not been trying the youngster glanced around as her vision started to haze over her. Satisfied that no one was around to, aid, her… Starlight silently waited on the cool, yet merciful grip pf death to take her to the world beyond

Slumping her long ebony coils to the fluffy, clouds that constructed the soft, strangely warm floor of Sky Pillar. Relaxing her tense body as she sank to the "ground" the young black hybrid started to feel a deep sadness fill her, immobilising her from the inside out as it clouded her mind. Slowly, the weakening sensation spread to the tips of her tail and talons, causing her to fall limp. Every movement a great effort she tried to lift her head and lift her eyelids as they drooped further down obscuring her icy blue eyes…

What is the actual point in living a life that was planned from the day you were born? One in which you were set apart from the others to be used as a weapon or tool in order to fight against a great catastrophe

Starlight thought to herself, slowly giving into the cold darkness that engulfed her. Fuzzy exhaustion coated her limbs and with so little willpower she couldn't raise her limbs to try and save herself even if she wanted to.

Feeling the liquid of life flow from her was strangely blissful. Oblivious to the consequences that her death may bring the young dragoness allowed the warm sun, usually uncomfortable and itchy but now incredibly welcome, lull her to sleep. Gasping in agony as a lone cough racked her body and caused her weakening heart to flutter back in to life for a few moments. Suddenly the fog that cloaked the youngster's mind lifted ever so slightly, maybe by a hairs breadth or so… However, even this was enough to allow the Pokemon to rethink her decision..

After one minute a low growl emenated from her throat. Slowly bt surely the noise rose in volume until it levelled off as a weary snarl. Directed at the very pokemon it had come from Starlight gave one titanic effort and pushed herself upright

"I am…. Not… dying… because… some stuffed up… bitch… thinks… it's funny to… take over people's lives!"

I do not take over peoples lives! an all to familiar voice snapped in the confines of Starlight's mind. Thankfully, this woke her up even further and she was able to slither over to a diamond basin that was set deep into the clouds surrounding it. Slight flickering flecks of light, soft and pale like the glow of a flock of Volbeat, even mimicking the erratic patterns of a bug pokemon in flight, bounced like flower like dandelion seeds in the wind, from the crystalline, faceted. silver surface.

So you tried suicide? the voice snarled when Starlight refrained from granting her a response last time, her tone harsh and cold

Thoroughly pissed off and ready to kill Starlight's voice was a low menacingly hiss as she asked Yeah I did, so what? It's not like you or anyone else would give a damn… weariness causing her to trail off.

Plunging her hands deep within the icy waters of the bowl, she screamed in agony at the intense cold, almost mirroring the iciness of the pool she had fallen into yesterday. Washing her wound with the mystic waters as her mother had done often if she had ever scraped herself. Immediately the enchanted liquid took effect and every single fiber and nerve screeched at the 'Rayquaza to scratch her scales until they bled, again. Holding herself in place she felt the flow of blood that had been cascading down her throat lessen and the ruptured scales to yank themselves together..

Better? the namesless one asked, her words said in the same tone as before. Good, she barked without waiting for an answer so tell me this! If I really didn't care, you insolent little wretch, then why would I come back when you were killing yourself without giving a crap about anyone . If I really cared so little as your puny mind gave me credit for. I would have left you to die. And did it ever cross you're mind what your parents would think about this?

Silenced by the piercing and very accurate words Starlight sighed and brought her coils upwards, so she was in a ball with her head resting on top of her body as it curled around and through itself haphazardly. Feeling a sense of pity for the first time in her long existence, the voice sighed and said

I'm going to give you five clues that you will need to find me…

Find you? Starlight asked incredulously I don't want to find you. I've got stuff to do. I need to go to a meeting with Arceus after the Legend meeting…

No! she said firmly Arceus is the last person you must meet with

But why-

Don't ask questions. Now are you going to come or not. Make your choice wisely

Setting her jaw and narrowing her eyes Starlight nodded then remembered that who she was addressing with the motion could not see

Yeah I'll come..

Good, I shall give you five minutes to pack…

Don't need it, Starlight interrupted But I do need to do this and she grabbed a piece of slate, feeling the rough greyish stone crumble at the edges under her grip. In a very untidy scrawl she scribbled down a note to her mother, being as brief as possible. Eager to be gone and get this over with the dragoness asked

So… what's the first clue?

Someone has changed her tune, the being teased, prolonging her answer for a while to frustrate the youngster.

Yeah yeah yeah, well I figured that if I can't change this destiny that you people in you're high places decided to bestow on me then I might as well go along with the flow and get it done. No use mopping about what you can't change… Says the person who tried the easy option earlier she trailed off sheepishly towards the end

Silence ensued for a moment before a soft whispering chant echoed in the web of Starlight's thoughts, having lost all of her cold menace the being muttered gently

Follow that which you cannot see, though only fly in the path that prevails the others.

Clueless Starlight repeated the line over and over to herself, both in her head and out loud. Ignoring the constant amusement that she could sense from the foreign presence in her mind the young black Rayquaza pondered the riddle. Shaking her head she started to say it backwards and mixing up the words to see if it made sense when altered. Sadly, no matter what she did, she could come no closer to solving the puzzle. Placing both of her claws on her Temples she focused intensely, her features screwing up and tensing in a way that would be comical if anyone else was around to see it… Thinking of what her mother had told her about wind currents she recalled one word that was similar to a word in the challenge set to her… Voicing her theory she queried

I… don't have to follow the prevailing winds do I?

Correct! the voice replied enthusiastically, almost losing all of her former composure and calm in excitement the riddle had been solved so quickly.

So that would be south, but how would I know when to stop?

Do not concern yourself with that youngling. I will inform you when you must stop.

Right, got it. And um, do you have a name?

Giving Starlight an indignant snort the female entity answered quickly Of course I have a name! Just because you have no idea of what it is does not mean that I do not have one!

Taken aback by the outburst Starlight mumbled Yeah I know… I'm sorry, will you tell me yout name, or at least something I can call you anyway

I shall not reveal my true name just now, however you may refer to me as The Myriad of Dreams…

Um, ok, can I just call you Myriad? Starlight dared to ask as she preparedherself to fly, facing south.

Very well, if you must I suppose it wont hurt… Myriad stated

Nodding Starlight smirked Very well Myriad before the Rayquaza that was but was not flapped her might silver wings, smiling as the cooling winds licked the velvety surface as she launched herself into the sky and sped south. Blowing her forward was the wind that was to be her guide and to warm her spirit the sun that bowed to no beast but rather followed the grand design of the universe, cast it's joyous golden rays, seemingly to smile as they caused Starlight's inky black scales to glint and glimmer, like a lake of peace, or the fires of war…