Chapter 26

"Weezing, come on out." Two of the Team Rocket grunts shouted as they released their Pokemon to battle Matt and Grace who were now blocking their path to follow Blake and Absol.

"Arbok, go!" The last grunt shouted, allowing the large Snake Pokemon to enter the battle.

"Electivire, use Fire Punch on Arbok!" Grace shouted.

"Weezing, cut of the Electivire with Sludge Bomb."

"Ludicolo, get that Weezing with Ice Beam." Matt ordered. "Swampert, use Water Pulse on the Sludge Bomb!"

As Electivire raced toward Arbok, the first Weezing cut off its path, ejecting a purple ball of sludge at the Electric type Pokemon, but before it hit, it was knocked away by a sphere of water. Following the Water Pulse attack was three beams of cyan colored lights that rushed toward Weezing, freezing it in a block of ice that effectively cleared Electivire's path to Arbok.

"Arbok, use Crunch!"

The Snake Pokemon hissed before it launched itself at the approaching Electivire, opening up its maw. Just before it could bite down on Electivire's head, the Electric type Pokemon ducked beneath it before firing a wide uppercut at Arbok's body, sending it flying into the air.

"Swampert , get Arbok with Water Pulse!" Matt commanded, pointing at Arbok.

"Swamp!" It shouted, firing another condensed sphere of water at the airborne Snake Pokemon.

"Arbok, move!" The grunt shouted at his Pokemon that obviously couldn't move while it was in midair.

"Weezing, intercept the Water Pulse with Sludge Bomb!" The grunt using the second Weezing yelled.

"Weez!" It said, firing the orb of sludge upward so that it cut off Swampert's Water Pulse, giving Arbok a clear path toward Electivire.

"Arbok, use Wrap."

"Bok!" The Snake Pokemon hissed as it landed on Electivire, wrapping itself around the Electric type Pokemon so that it could begin to squeeze it.

"Electivire, use Thunder Wave." Grace shouted. "Then follow up with Thunder Bolt!"

"Swampert, use Water Pulse on Weezing. Ludicolo, assist with Ice Beam." Matt ordered with grin, wishing Blake was here to see a sudden idea he had.

The Arbok that had coiled itself around Electivire was stunned from sudden burst of electricity, allowing Electivire to get some breathing space before unleashing a wicked Thunder Bolt on Arbok. The Snake Pokemon dropped to the ground, blackened with its eyes replaced with black swirls.

Swampert fired another sphere of water at the remaining Weezing, Ludicolo launching an Ice Beam right after the attack that caught up with the attack, freezing it. The water expanded as it froze, a sphere of ice matching the size of a car door as it crashed into Weezing, knocking it out with one hit.

"We did it!" Matt shouted, joining his two Pokemon in their victory dance, or just Ludicolo really while Swampert causally watched from a distance, hoping Matt wouldn't pull it into the dance.

"Wait, wasn't their four of them?" Grace asked, ending Matt and Ludicolo's dance.

"Oh yeah, there was four." Matt exclaimed, as the grunts began to retreat after returning their Pokemon.

"I know it sounds ridiculous, but now some bratty teenagers have the Blue Orb and the Absol still has the Red Orb." The Admin said into a small communicator, watching Grace and Matt from an alleyway.

"Can you tell me what the kid with the Blue Orb looks like?" The voice at the other end of the communicator asked.

"Yeah, he's kind of tall, messy black hair, tan skin. He was in some black pants and a uh…black and silver jacket." The Admin explained.

"That'll due, anything else I should know?"

"One of them told the kid with the Blue Orb to after the Absol."

"Hmm…this could work out well actually. If he meets the Absol and they become allies, it will surely lead him to Mt Pyre. Just keep track of him and tell me if he begins traveling to Mt Pyre. I'll be waiting there, and I'll take back both Orbs."

"Good thinking sir." The Admin said.

"Get to work." The other voice said in a deadpan.

"Poliwrath, finish with Brick Break!" Blake shouted, pointing at the Absol they had been battling for a little while.

It was obvious to the both Blake and Poliwrath that Absol had been hurt already, but when Blake tried to reason with the Pokemon, it was nothing but aggressive which forced Blake to engage it in battle.

Poliwrath dropped its right forearm down Absol's torso, forcing it to the ground with a loud thud. The Red Orb came flying out of Absol's mouth which was the only way the Pokemon could carry the orb, allowing Blake to quickly collect it from the ground while tossing a Poke-ball at the downed Absol.

Even though it fought its hardest not to be captured, it disappeared into the Poke-ball which produced a low hum right after it closed, telling Blake the capture was a success.

Blake looked at each of the Orbs along with Poliwrath, wondering what was so special about each of them before yawning, remembering that he was still looking for a place ti sleep, but as far as he was concerned, he could sleep in the alleyway.

'No…still have to check on the Absol." Blake said, picking up the Poke-ball from the ground to release the Disaster Pokemon.

As it was released from its Poke-ball, Absol pounced at Blake, knocking him to the ground while it landed on top of his torso, snarling at him. For a moment Blake was surprised as it continued bark and snarl at him, but then his usual exterior set in as he returned the glare it was giving him.

Blake lifted his right hand, palming the side of its neck, pushing as hard as he could to reverse their positions. Holding it down with both hands by the neck, the teenage boy managing to keep Absol down as it continued thrash about wildly, Poliwrath looming over them incase something went wrong.

"I'm not your enemy." Blake said, clapping his hand over its mouth to silence the Disaster Pokemon. The thrashing came to stop as Blake took out both Orbs, holding them in one hand while holding Absol down with hand. "You want both right? Well whatever it is I'm supposed to help you with, I have to follow you, and that means you have to trust me."

After a few seconds of silence, Absol licked Blake's palm to make him let go its mouth.

"Aww, hand licker. Just like Pupitar…when it had a mouth." Blake muttered, glaring at Absol.

"Sol." It said in its usual deep voice as Blake set down both Orbs beside it, getting off of the Disaster Pokemon.

"Friends?" Blake said as it got back on its feet, offering it his hand.

"Ab-sol." It said, placing on its paws in Blake's hands as they shook on.

"Good, tomorrow we'll get started." Blake said, trying to figure out where he could find a place to sleep at this time of the night.

"Absol." It said, picking up the Red Orb in its mouth, heading for the end of the alleyway.

"No, I said tomorrow." Blake said, raising Absol's Poke-ball to return, leaving the Red Orb to drop to the ground. Blake ground inwardly before turning to Poliwrath who was currently observing the Blue Orb. "Come on Poliwrath."

Absol's Poke-ball opened up without Blake's command, releasing the Disaster Pokemon who glared at Blake before picking up the Red Orb again.

"What the…return." Blake said, returning Absol a second time, but immediately after it was returned, it was released from its Poke-ball again without Blake's command. "Grr…"

"Sol." It said with smirk.

"Alright then, if you think you're so clever…Poliwrath, return." Blake said, returning the Water type Pokemon followed by Absol.

Using the short time space he had, Blake collected both the Blue and Red Orbs from the ground before Absol burst out of its Poke-ball again. Blake smirked at the Pokemon, holding both Orbs, taunting it a bit before taking off in a sprint with Absol in pursuit.

Lilycove Pokemon Center

Blake burst through the front doors, surprising Nurse Joy who was seated behind her desk on night duty. As he got through the doors, Blake closed them as quickly as he could, using his body to keep them closed as something hit the doors from the outside.

"Nurse Joy, can you help me with something?" Blake asked the woman who approached him nervously, glancing out the door to see an angry Absol outside the door, glaring at Blake.

"Pokemon troubles?" She asked with an all knowing smile.

"Not exactly troubles, I captured it, but it won't stay in its Poke-ball. Is their some kind of lock I can put on it?" Blake explained, getting an understanding nod from the woman.

"Yes, I just received a shipment of Poke-ball Locks from Johto after something that happened in Olivine City." Nurse Joy explained as Absol rammed itself against the doors, Blake managing to hold it back.

"Olivine City? I just passed through there, what happened?" Blake asked as Nurse Joy quickly strolled over to her desk, beginning to search it.

"A pair of Wartortle's that were part of the Fire department suddenly attacked the firemen one night about a month ago during a fire. A first they stayed in their Poke-balls, but they broke free later on." Nurse Joy went on. "After that the Committee made sure that every Pokemon Center had a supply of Locks. That situation would've been a lot worse if Professor Elm didn't show up. Ah, here they are."

As Nurse Joy came out from behind her desk, Absol hit the door again, this time forcing Blake away while entering the Pokemon Center. Absol growled at Blake who was on his bottom, glaring at Absol while Nurse Joy had taken cover behind her desk.

"Pass me the lock, this might get ugly." Blake said to her, getting a nod from the woman who tossed him the black, metal object.

"Just attach it to the top part of the Poke-ball and it should work." She explained as Absol gave Blake a questioning glare before barking at him.

Blake unclipped Absol's Poke-ball from his belt, placing the Lock on the red half of the Poke-ball, hearing a small click as it set into place, looking like nothing but a black strip had been added to the top of the Poke-ball.

"Absol, return." Blake said pointing the Poke-ball at Absol, firing the red beam of light at the Disaster Pokemon who had jumped at Blake. Absol disappeared into its Poke-ball with a howl.

Blake waited a moment before sighing in relief since Absol was officially captured.

"Thanks Nurse Joy." He said, placing Absol's Poke-ball back on his belt. "Can I get a room for the night?"

"Sure."

8/3/0046/Morning

Lilycove City

West Exit

Blake looked around the semi-crowded streets of Lilycove City, in search of Grace or Matt as he followed Absol who was currently leading him out of Lilycove City.

After he woke up that morning, Blake checked out of the Pokemon Center and released Absol from its Poke-ball so that they could begin their search since it refused to stay in the city any longer for Blake to find Matt and Grace.

"Sol!" It said, quickening its pace as it headed toward the road leading out of the city, grassy plains on both sides of the road.

Blale muttered something under his breath before catching up with the Disaster Pokemon.

"Where are we headed?" Blake asked, looking down at Absol who was sniffing the air as it trotted along the path.

"Ab-sol." It replied, pointing towards a mountain in the distance that was at the center of a huge waterway with its horn.

"That?" Blake said, getting a nod from Absol. Blake removed his Pokedex from his pocket, opening the device's map function. "Hmm…Mt Pyre. I don't see what's so special about it."

Blake took a moment to observe the mountain after pocketing his Pokedex, staring intently at it. Even though he was great distance from it, it was like Blake's vision zoomed in on the mountain, specifically the peak where he could see several jagged rocks around the perimeter of the peak, preventing anyone from seeing what was in the center.

'Hmm?' Blake exclaimed mentally as everything in his field of vision became a bright yellow, everything but Mt Pyre. The tall mountain was colored in three different colors, red to the left side of the mountain, blue to the right, but underneath the mountain was dark green that transitioned to black as he looked further beneath the mountain.

"Absol!" The Disaster Pokemon called out, far ahead of Blake on the road. The boy blinked multiple times, his eyesight returning to normal, but that was went Blake noticed his right wrist glowing.

'Oh great.' He said sarcastically, rolling up his sleeve to look down at the new shape of his Crest. 'Every time this thing lights up it means trouble.'

His Crest still had the pentagonal shape with three of the triangles filled in, but now there were three gray lines branching downward from the pentagon, wildly spreading out around his forearm. Blake rolled up his sleeve, noticing that the lines continued past his elbow and up his bicep. Pulling on the neck of his shirt, Blake observed his shoulder, finding the lines still continuing up his neck and out onto his chest.

Hastily he pulled out his Pokedex, opening it while leaving it off so that he could see his reflection on the black screen.

"Whoa…" Blake exclaimed out loud, watching the three gray lines branch out from his neck, covering the right side of his face. "This is crazy."

"Those are some crazy tattoos man." The voice of a passing traveler exclaimed.

Blake looked up at him as he walked by, the young man waving at him. Blake gave him a glare in return, but the young man was already on his way, unaffected by Blake's glare.

"Sol." Absol said to Blake, getting his attention. The Disaster Pokemon pointed toward Mt Pyre with its horn again.

"Oh…right. Let's focus on traveling." Blake said, taking one last look at how bizarre his Crest was acting, although he had to admit, it did look pretty cool.

8/3/0046/Night

Route 122

Blake sat of Poliwrath's back, the Water type Pokemon performing a forward stroke as it swam towards the shoreline that led to the entrance of Mt Pyre. His "tattoos" were still in affect, but Blake had already gotten used to it considering how many trainers had seen him like that as he passed through a clearing around lunch time.

"Blake, where are you headed?" Grace asked through his Pokedex.

"Mt Pyre. It's where the Absol led me." Blake replied, looking down at the Poke-ball that held the Disaster Pokemon. "Where are you guys?"

"In Lilycove City. We just spent the day searching for you and then Matt remembered he had your number." Grace explained. "What should we do?"

"It took me an entire day to get here. I could wait for you guys, but Absol seems to be in a hurry and I doubt it'll wait an entire day for you guys to catch up."

"Alright, continue into Mt Pyre, we'll skip sleeping tonight and see if we can be there by morning." Grace said.

"Okay." Blake said simply before hanging up.

"Poli!" The Water Pokemon said as it reached the shore, allowing to Blake to jump off onto the beach.

"Thanks Poliwrath, return." Blake said, returning it to its Poke-ball.

"Is that him?" A rather old voice asked, motioning toward Blake and Absol who were currently walking to the entrance of Mt Pyre with a lack of caution.

"Yeah, that's him." The Team Rocket Admin from Lilycove City said, nodding to the old man.

"Good, then get ready, once he makes it to the center of the ground floor, the Red and Blue Orb will open the pathway to the Jade Orb. We'll have one shot to get in there with him, if we miss it, our entire operation will fail."

Mt Pyre

Ground Floor

"What is this place?" Blake asked as he looked around at the old, uncared for walls of the rooms that possessed numerous cobwebs and cracks. "It's practically a graveyard in here."

"Sol…" Absol added.

And it was, grave stones created pathways for him to follow, the room barely lit by old light bulbs and it was incredibly dusty, but Blake was unaffected by that. As Blake made a left into a long corridor, he spotted a clearing where the gravestone pathway ended, but then his vision blurred.

'Ugh, not again.' Blake exclaimed as he leaned against the wall for support, holding his head. His usual eyesight became yellow like it had earlier in the day, but now the division of the three colors on Mt Pyre were surrounding him.

Red was behind him, blue was in front him, and green was below him, a bright spot of green at the center of the clearing. The Red and Blue Orb forced their way out of Blake's pockets, floating in the air before they flew to the center of the clearing in a figure eight pattern.

The two Orbs crashed together over the bright green spot, disappearing in a flash of light. Following the flash was two different roars the shook the entire mountain. The rumbling continued for several moments until Blake heard the sound of rushing water behind him.

"What the hell is this!" Blake shouted out loud as he saw torrent of water burst into the area he had just left, filling the up the room fast while heading toward the corridor he and Absol was located in.

Absol and Blake took off in a sprint down the hallway, but both of them came to a skidding halt when they saw boiling lava burst into the hallway from the other end.

"Oh, crap!" Blake exclaimed, glaring at the volcanic liquid as it approaching him and then at the water behind, unsure of which death seemed worse. Drowning in rushing water, or burning in lava. "Absol return!"

Blake returned his newly captured friend into the safety of its Poke-ball, looking forward to the lava that was rushing toward him.

Just when it all seemed like it was over, a pair of hands was placed on his shoulder's, pushing him forward toward the lava, but then everything faded to black.

Lilycove City

Matt had his hand clasped over his blackened left eye, curtsey of Grace who was incredibly aggravated when he remembered that he had Blake's number after a full day of searching the city.

Now the two of them were currently heading out of Lilycove City, the hustle and bustle of the city behind them as they used same road Blake had used to begin traveling toward Mt Pyre.

"So where is he right now Grace?" Matt asked.

"That Absol is leading him to the Jade Orb." Grace said.

"The Jade Orb?"

"Yeah, Mt Pyre is the location of the Jade Orb. But to get to the Jade Orb, you need the both the Blue and Red Orbs." Grace explained.

"What happens when you have all three Orbs?"

"I'm not sure. I didn't have the time to look at the documents on the Hoenn Legacy while I was still in Ecruteak City so I don't know what happens when the three Orbs come together." Grace replied.

"Wait, so what's the Hoenn Legacy?"

"It's the recorded history of the Hoenn region from before the Dark Days. I've only read a little bit, but during the time before the Dark Days, there was cataclysmic event in Hoenn that put the entire region in danger."

"What could put and entire region in danger?"

"Legendary Pokemon."

"Legendary Pokemon! Why would Arceus do anything to Hoenn?"

"Not Arceus, three different Legendary Pokemon."

"Wait, there's more than one Legendary Pokemon?"

"Yeah, each region has a certain number of Legendary Pokemon, didn't you know that?"

"No…but now that you mention, my Pokedex has more than one area that's blank. And its not just a spot for Arceus's data, is a bunch of places." Matt said, realizing that if he had paid more attention, he would've realized there was more than one Legendary Pokemon a long time ago. "So what stopped the Legendary Pokemon destroying the region?"

"There are several theories about what stopped them, but what I read doesn't cover what ended the event, so I'm clueless too."

"Well let's get to Mt Pyre and find Blake, then we can check out the Hoenn Legacy!" Matt said as the two of them quickened their pace.

"Right!"

Vermilion City

Pokemon Center

"Lana, I take it you sense it to?" Nozomi asked through the video phone.

"All the Crests in both Johto and Kanto besides myself have left, right?" Lana asked in return, getting a nod from Nozomi.

"Yes. And now we've confirmed something. The beginning of the Storm will not be taking place in Johto or Kanto." Nozomi said, receiving a nod from Lana.

"I thought so. The remaining two that I sensed in Kanto have left as well." Lana explained.

"That should be expected. If the beginning of the Storm isn't taking place here, the Crests will gather to where it will begin."

"Hmm...Well Grace went to Hoenn with Blake for the IBF Tourney so I'll head to Sinnoh and continue my search there." Lana said.

"Good, we'll remaining in Johto and prepare for the Storm." Nozomi said before two voice could be heard in the background.

"Is that Lana?" Lana could hear Miyu's voice over everyone else's. "Tell her I said hi!"

Nozomi covered the bottom half of the phone with her hand before shouting at the other girls. Lana giggled at the usual exchange of words between the five sisters before Nozomi was rudely pushed out of the way by Miyu and Rei. Rei had snatched the phone from Nozomi while Miyu pressed her ace against the screen, waving to Lana excited with her Jolteon resting on her head.

'Oh boy.' Lana said, trying to point out the angry Nozomi that had risen up from the ground behind Miyu and Rei who were shouting their hello's to Lana. Before either could turn around to see Nozomi, the oldest sister of the Kimono Girls grabbed the two of them by their heads and bumped them together before dropping the two girls to the floor. With that, Nozomi gave Lana a small smile and a wave and then she ended the call.

Lana laughed quietly, placing the phone on the receiver. 'Boy, even with the Storm approaching they never change. Anyway, to the Sinnoh region.'

Slateport City

Hotel

The cries of a small child no older than a year had awakened his care takers who were now looking down at the crib of the crying child.

"Hush little Toby." A female brunette said, as she scooped him out the crib, gently rocking him back and forth to try and put him to sleep again.

The crying baby continued to cry, refusing food and it didn't need to be changed so neither of them could understand why Toby was crying.

"Wait Jim, his forehead." The female said, turning to her blonde haired husband with Toby in her arms.

"You know that what this means Marilyn." Her husband said, walking over to the window where he lowered the blinds.

"Yes, that man will surely find us again. We should start packing our belongings." Marilyn said.

"No, not this time. He caught us this time. Both the ferry's to Dewford Town and Sootopolis City have left and I'm one hundred percent sure he's coming from Mauville City since we left him there." Jim replied darkly.

"What are we going to do?"

"If he doesn't show up by midnight tomorrow, we'll have a shot at getting to Dewford Town, but if he catches us tomorrow, we'll have to fight him."

"Should we tell Arika?"

"Yes, we've given her the best training we can, hopefully she can assist us if we do have to fight him."

"Alright." Marilyn said quietly, placing Toby back in his crib now that he was sleeping again, taking one last look at the baby's forehead and stomach, each of those areas possessing a glowing mark.

On Toby's forehead was a bright yellow, five point star. The Crest of Jirachi. But on the baby's stomach, there was an outline of an eye in yellow and it possessed a green pupil, something the care takers of Toby had never seen on the baby before.

"Whoa, what a bad headache." Was the first thing that came out of Blake's mouth as he held his head. It was then he looked up, observing his new surroundings. "What the, where am I?"

Blake looked around at the area that matched a space like scenery. Beautiful nebulas, stars of varying colors filling the black background, spiral galaxies and visible constellations. Blake flapped his arms, moving upward from the movement as if he were a bird.

"This is pretty cool." He noted, taking a look around before something caught his attention. A shooting star, or a comet. Whatever it was, it was leaving behind a long tail of star dust that looked magnificent with the black background behind it, the tail shining brightly. "Sheesh, aren't these things ever going to disappear?"

Blake was focusing on his Crest now that was still spread wildly around his right arm, face and upper torso. It was glowing even brighter now than it ever had before, and it was becoming incredibly irritating to the teenage boy.

"I would've never guessed the King would deliver the Red and Blue Orbs to me." An old voice said from behind Blake, causing him to turn around in an instant where he found an older man with a bushy white beard wearing a brown cloak.

His hair was long and completely white, falling to his mid back, unruly and uncared for. He was barely 5'3 and obviously above the age of sixty.

"Who're you?" Blake asked in a deadpan since the man had called him 'King', and whenever someone called him that, trouble was sure to follow.

"Well since we're destined to be enemies, I suppose I should share my identity." The old man said. "Just remember me as Titus."

"Titus…tell me what you know about this." Blake demanded, rolling up his right sleeve to point at his Crest.

"That? I'll tell you this Blake-kun, that, makes you very special." Titus said with a smile before he burst forward, both his has gaining a dark purple glow. Before Blake could attempt moving, Titus was in front of him, thrusting both his hands at Blake's chest.

Blake gasped as he was hit, three bolts of purple electricity bursting out his back with a circular pulse. He gasped for air before he was shot backward from the blow, his surroundings changing again. He could see the night time sky once again, and a pedestal that he was flying away from with Red and Blue Orbs floating above it along with a third one. A green one that Blake could tell was Jade Orb.

Blake tried to speak, but his speech was slurred as he began to decent, noticing the tall tower he was falling next to. On top of the tower, Titus looked over the edge where he saw Blake hit the water with large splash, the current carrying him away.

"I was expecting a bit more, but you'd better thank me for not killing you." Titus said, waving to Blake's unconscious form that disappeared into the ragging rapids of water that surrounded the small island he was previously located on. "Hmm…the top of Sky Pillar, what a fitting place to receive the Jade Orb, and push the King off of."

Titus turned around, facing the pedestal where the Orbs were floating. The old man quietly walked over to the floating Orbs, taking one which closed the portal from Mt Pyre.

"Excellent, now I'm properly prepared for the Storm." Titus said, observing all three orbs while his right wrist lit up, revealing a design that was different to the usual Crests. This one was purple, and it consisted for four circles that were connected by four lines that were slightly indented toward the center of it.

8/4/0046/Morning

Pacifidlog Town

The incredibly small town made up just a little more thirty people were crowded on the wooden planks that connected their floating town, trying to a get a look at the first person that had passed through the two in centuries. Although this person wasn't exactly passing through, they were unconscious and drifting in the water.

It was a boy, about sixteen years old, damp black hair, tan skin, soaking wet cloths. All of the people stood their staring at Blake who had been brought to the town on a mysterious blue creature that tossed him onto one of the wooden planks. It then gave a cry of 'Wailmer!' before it dove back into the water, leaving the people of Pacifidlog Town stupefied since they had never seen or heard of a creature like that. Finally, the town elder told the men to pick him up and bring him to his house.

Once Blake was out of the water in the elder's house, everyone was crowded around the old man's house looking through the windows to see when Blake would wake up. It would be about an hour before he woke up, but when he did, everyone's whispers came to a stop so that they could hear the elder and Blake speak through the walls of his house.

"Wh…Where am I?" Blake asked groggily as he rose up from the cot he had been sleeping on.

"Pacifidlog Town." The elder replied, assisting Blake in sitting up as he held his head.

"Pacifidlog Town?" Blake repeated since he had never heard of this town before.

"Yes." The elder went on.

"I'm not from Hoenn, but I've never heard of this town." Blake said.

"Never heard of it, why, back in the day, tourists would stop here all the time on their way to way to Evergrande City. People would use this sea Route to go there and see the Elite Four in action." The elder said, striking a pose while getting a confused look from Blake.

"Elite Four…" Blake remembered reading that somewhere in a book. In the time before the Dark Days, trainers would challenger a group of four people that were strongest in each region to prove their strength and get listed in the Hall of Fame. "Haven't you heard about the Battle Circuit?"

"Battle Circuit. I've never heard of it." The elder responded after taking a moment to think about it.

'No way, they couldn't possibly have been this isolated from the rest of the world…' Blake exclaimed mentally. "What about the Pokemon Committee?"

"Pokemon Committee, what's that?" The elder asked.

'This is so weird. I've never met anyone who hasn't heard of the Committee or the Battle Circuit. They must've missed this tiny sea town somehow…Let me test something.' Blake said inwardly before looking up at the elder. "When was the last time someone visited here?"

"Quite a while ago. At least a few centuries. Or at least that's what my father told me." The elder replied. "When I was just a boy there was time when the seas were rough, but in my entire lifetime I haven't seen someone come to our town. You're the first."

"Hmm, and who was the last person to visit?"

"Umm…let's see." The elder rose from his wooden chair and walked over to the bookshelf behind him, pulling out a small book. After at least a minute of page turning, the elder placed his finger on a page. "It was girl, we didn't get her name, but she wore a bandana and had brown hair. She was asking about the three Golem's Regice, Registeel and Regirock. One of my ancestors shared the information about the tomb to her. She thanked him and went on her way."

'This just keeps getting stranger. Yumi said that no one in this generation should know about any other Legendary Pokemon besides Arceus. Who is this guy?' Blake said, staring blankly at the man. "Is that like a log?"

"Oh, yes. All my ancestors recorded data in it since the founding of this town." The elder replied with a smile.

"Can I see it?" Blake asked, getting a nod from the elder who passed him the small book.

"Unfortunately, no one dated each entry, but each name is the name of the current elder who's writing each log. Each of them lived to be about a hundred years old so when the name changes, it's safe to assume about a century passed." The elder explained, receiving a thanks from Blake who opened to the first page.

Arthur Algura – Well I don't know how we managed to do it, but we've created a town that's surviving on its own out in the waters of Hoenn. Right now we're a town of less then ten people, but we have more than enough food, everyone loves the fish we can eat in this area, not to mention the seaweed allows us to make good medicine to keep everyone healthy.

Arthur Algura – A trainers passed through our town from Slateport City, they said they were going to challenge the Elite Four. He showed us all the Pokemon he had and it was quite and impressive team.

Gerald Algura – The visits of trainers to our fare town have become frequent. It's a treat really. Because of our location, only highly skilled trainers could reach our town, so whenever someone visits, we receive a great show.

Gerald Algura – I've grown old now, and the visits of trainers have become less, but something strange is going on. A gray haired trainer appeared on day, and then a few days later the skies became stormy and a downpour began. Then the skies cleared, and sun became incredibly hot. It continued to switch like this constantly for about a week before another trainer appeared in our town asking about Sky Pillar. They wanted to know where it was located, so we gave him directions. The next day everyone could see a green, serpent Pokemon flying through the skies, heading east. It was first time I had seen such a Pokemon. Immediately the skies returned to normal and it remained that way.

Blake flipped ahead a few pages since he couldn't think of any events that matched what was described by Gerald. After flipping through several pages, Blake found a particularly long entry.

Tyler Algura – A trainer came to our town one day, and stayed for about a week, asking for any kind of information on the Legendary Golems. She explained that she had been to that told her the tomb of the Golems was somewhere along this sea Route. We knew of the tomb, my grandfather had stumbled onto and recorded the text that was engraved on the walls. It spoke of three Golems that helped shape the world.. One of ice that created the colder regions of the world, one of rock that assisted another Pokemon setting the foundation of the world, and one of steel that assisted the humans in building cities and towns. For a time the Golems were at peace with people, but the humans began to fear them when they realized how much power the Golems possessed. Violence broke out between the Golems and humans, that violence resulted in bloodshed so the Golems were sealed away. By the looks of it, that happened long before the founding of Pacifidlog Town.

We gave the trainer directions to the tomb and she left. Several days later she returned asking for help in translating the text she had found on the inside of the tomb. We had already translated it years before so we gave it to her. She thanked us again, and gave us with a bag of fruits we have never seen before, then she left again and never returned. Weeks had passed before something strange had happened. A Pokemon passed by Pacifidlog Town, crossing the ocean on its feet from the east. It was tall and white with several black strips on its body, and it possessed the same text on its body as the writing in the tomb as well as what was on the Legendary Golem Pokemon. It did nothing to our town but pass right by us, disappearing into the sea. Not even an hour later the sea became rough as the White Golem Pokemon appeared again, this time the three Legendary Golem Pokemon following it.

The rough waters became still as they left us, but then we saw a green serpent Pokemon fly through the air in the same direction as the Golems. Soon the skies became very dark, something I hadn't seen in my life time. The waters became rough, and the skies rained, thunder boomed for weeks and weeks.

Marvin Algura – My father Tyler died of old age handing the town log book to me. Decades passed but the rain, rough waters and thunder haven't stopped. Not a single trainer has visited our town, but I suppose that should be expected with how rough the seas are. Time passed on, I grew old never seeing the sun my father had talked about seeing. Food was scarce with the waters, fishing was hard, but we could still get the food need to keep everyone alive.

I have three other brothers, all of them older than I. But all three left Pacifidlog Town before the time of rough water began, seeking better lives on the main land. We haven't heard a word from them since they left, but that should be expected since the weather has been terrible.

Blake skipped a head another set of pages, reading about how each of the elders described the event that seemed to last through the lives of over eleven different elders. Finally, Blake found page that spoke about the Legendary Golems once more.

Marcus Algura – It was like any other day, that is, until a tall white creature with a strange text on its body passed through the waters one day, the skies clearing behind it. The creature disappeared into the water, and we all looked up at the sun for the first time. It was amazing, so bright, so warm. The raging waters we had been living on calmed down for the first time in everyone's life.

A green creature flying through the air roared before it flew up into the clouds and out of sight. Life became peaceful for the first time, we could fish happily and the town grew larger.

Blake turned the page, finding the last entry that was written by the current Pacifidlog elder.

"Can I spend some time reading this, I won't leave." Blake asked.

"Take you're time." The elder said, rising from his chair give Blake some space, leaving the house.

Blake spent a good three or four hours reading each and every entry and he had come to one conclusion. Pacifidlog Town had been untouched during the Dark Days.

Part 26. Now we step into Hoenn and the legends concerning the Dark Days in this region. What else could unfold with the appearance of Titus as well as the family with the mysterious baby Toby and the Crest of Jirachi. And Blake's discovery of Pacifidlog Town brings even more question. Stay tuned because now things are rolling.

Minor change in the Hoenn geography, Sky Pillar is located on Route 133 instead of of Route 131. It's nothing drastic, I just changed its location so that it fits the accounts recorded by the Pacifidlog elders.

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