Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 35: Day IV; Sanctuary of Mortality (2)
Diasol, Yterval and Xynnia continue deep into the dungeon. Now they have to work together in order to solve the puzzles. But that is not too hard for them. They can retrieve the Boss Key easily and finally reach the boss room. They waste no time and enter the boss room.
In the boss room, there are five Pokemon. Two are dragon type Pokemon while the other three are the psychic type Pokemon.
"Hm?" One of the dragon type Pokemon looks at Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval who had just entered the room. He is the serpentine Pokemon in the shape of the alphabet "Z".
"Princess!" Three psychic type Pokemon say with joy. They look like a little pixie.
"Prince!" Other dragon type Pokemon says. He looks like a centipede.
"Father!" Diasol says and looks at the Z-shaped Pokemon. The "Z"-shaped Pokemon is Zygarde.
"Oh!" Xynnia says and looks at three pixies Pokemon. They are Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf, Xynnia's advisors when she is the princess of Lumina.
"Giratina!" Yterval says and looks at the centipede Pokemon, Giratina, who is his advisor when he is the prince of Darkon.
"We are so glad that you are safe!" Uxie says.
"Yes! If Darkon didn't attack us, you will not have to suffer from the cruel fact like this." Mesprit says.
"Hey! Mesprit, watches your tough!" Giratina says.
"Hey! If your land didn't attack us…" Azelf says.
"Please stop fighting." Zygarde says with a creepy voice.
"…" Three pixies and Giratina stop saying.
"Diasol, Xynnia, Yterval, I am so glad that you are safe. We were so worry about you." Zygarde says.
"After those demons attack the Lumina, we tried to find you, but we can't, so we have no choice but to escape to this place, princess." Three pixies say.
"…" Xynnia says nothing.
"My prince, I tried to help the citizens of the Darkon, but I am powerless… I couldn't do anything." Giratina says.
"Thank you, Giratina." Yterval says.
"So, you finally return, so… We must defeat those demons first…" Zygarde says.
"Um… Father…" Yterval says.
"What's wrong?" Zygarde asks.
"We came here not to restore our lands…" Yterval says. His word shocks Giratina and three pixies.
"What?!" Giratina and three pixies say.
Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval start telling their story about their adventure in human world, about the end of the world, Sacred Children, and…
"… And to end this chaos, we must find the pieces of the Mirror of Nightmare." Yterval says.
"…" Zygarde says nothing.
"Your highness! You suffer so much from this adventure! We shouldn't do a hard work like this!" Three pixies say.
"Father, do you have any clue about the Mirror of Nightmare?" Diasol asks.
"…Piece of the Mirror of Nightmare… I… I have one." Zygarde says.
"Really?!" Yterval says.
"Please give it to us! It is very important!" Diasol says.
"…No." Zygarde says.
"What?!" Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval say.
"You are the royal family of the Afterlife, not the world. You should ignore everything that's relevant to the world. It is no matter to us." Zygarde says.
"We can't! Our friends are in danger!" Diasol says.
"Then you will neglect the fate of this Afterlife to go and help the world? Everyone in the Afterlife is in the despair." Zygarde asks.
"…" Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval say nothing.
Zygarde doesn't wait for their answer. He turns his attention to Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf and Giratina and tells them to leave them alone for a while. They follow his order and leave the room.
"… If you really want the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare, you must defeat me in a battle first." Zygarde says.
Order Pokemon
Zygarde
Diasol and Yterval pick their weapon, preparing to attack Zygarde.
"We are sorry, father, but we must not lose." Diasol and Yterval says before they realizes that Xynnia doesn't even draw her weapon out.
"Xynnia? What happen?" Diasol asks.
"I… I… I can't fight my own father." Xynnia says.
"Xynnia, this isn't the time to think about that. We must fight and win for the sake of our friends in the world." Yterval says.
Zygarde attacks are ground-based attack such as Earthquake and Land's Wrath, so Diasol and Yterval will have any problem in this, but Zygarde also has the dragon-based attack, which cause quite much problems for Yterval and Diasol, but not for Xynnia. Diasol, Yterval and Xynnia combine their power and fight Zygarde. With this, Zygarde finally lost.
"… I lost." Zygarde says.
"Your highness!" Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf and Giratina enter the room after hearing the sound of fighting.
"… Is… Is the will to save the world… as strong as this?!" Zygarde says.
"Of course! We have our friends that they helped us! So we must repay them!" Diasol says.
"… Fine… I accept this. Your will are strong and stable, nothing in the universe can bend it…" Zygarde says.
"Father! Thank you!" Diasol, Yterval and Xynnia say.
"However, do not forget that you are still the royal family of the Afterlife, so do not forget your duty of your land." Zygarde says.
After saying, Zygarde bestows a piece of the Mirror of Nightmare to Diasol.
"Finally! Another piece of the Mirror of Nightmare!" Yterval says.
"Now we have four of them. Four more to go." Diasol says.
"…Father." Xynnia says.
"Hm?" Zygarde looks at Xynnia.
"…How can we defeat those demons who invade our land?" Xynnia asks.
"… I have no answer for your question. But those demons… I think that they are working… under the control of… the god." Zygarde says.
"What?!" Everyone says.
"I don't know the truth about this. So, if you have another chance to meet the god, you must ask him about this." Zygarde says.
"… Understood." Xynnia says and bows her head to Zygarde.
"One more thing, father." Yterval says.
"Hm?"
"We had decided this… Once everything returns to normal, I will marry Yterval." Diasol says. Her word shocks everyone.
"What?!" Giratina says.
"Princess Diasol! You can't marry with that demon!" Uxie says.
"I don't care what you say!" Diasol says.
"You can't get married with him!" Mesprit says.
"I loved him while we were travelling together. And we know that we will be happy with each other." Diasol says.
"But that demon will suck your life force, like he had done to Princess Xynnia!" Azelf says.
"I promise that I will protect her with my life." Yterval says.
"But..." Three pixies try to say something, but Zygarde stops them.
"… Are you sure about this?" Zygarde asks.
"Yes." Diasol and Yterval say.
"… I am so… happy." Zygarde says.
"What?!"
"Actually, I had never wanted Xynnia to marry Yterval, because the one that I want to marry Yterval is you, Diasol." Zygarde says. His word shocks everyone.
"What does that mean?!" Diasol asks.
"… Diasol, Yterval… You were destined to marry with each other by the thread of fate that is binding you. It binds your soul together since before you were born." Zygarde says.
"What?!" Diasol and Yterval says.
"Diasol, Yterval, I know that you can't remember this, but in your last life, before this life, you two are couple." Zygarde says.
"WHAT?!" Diasol and Yterval says.
"Diasol was once a lonely Lugia, and Yterval was once a lonely Garchomp. Both of you met each other in the road between Lumina and Darkon. You two finally fell in love with each other and got married." Zygarde says.
"…" Everyone says nothing.
"However, your love didn't last long. Yterval was killed by the demon. And before he died, he wishes to have wings so he can fly into the sky alongside you, Diasol. He also wished to be the death bringer, so finally, you reborn as the Yveltal." Zygarde says.
"…" Everyone says nothing.
"For Diasol, she couldn't stand against the life without Yterval, so she asked the god to end her life and made her to rebirth and live together with Yterval. This is how you reborn as the Princess, Diasol." Zygarde says.
Hearing the truth about their last life reminds both Diasol and Yterval about their strange dream. Now they are sure that those dreams must be the story of their last life for sure!
"Now, you finally meet up with each other and decide to marry with each other. I wish you to have the endless love." Zygarde says.
"Thank you, father." Diasol and Yterval say.
"Now I will send you out of this place, please prepare yourself." Zygarde says.
"Prince, I wish you good luck." Giratina says.
"Princesses! Please take care yourself and return soon!" Three pixies say.
After thanking their advisor, Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval are warped out of the dungeon by Zygarde, along with a piece of the Mirror of Nightmare.
-At the Darkon Outskirt
Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval appear in the Darkon Outskirt. No one is around except…
"Prince/Princesses!" Sacred Children say.
"We are so glad that you are safe!" Ellisk says.
"How about the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare?" Glacia asks.
Diasol shows a piece of the Mirror of Nightmare to Sacred Children.
"Congratulation." Nardal says.
"So, you will return to the world, right?" Ordin asks.
"Yes." Yterval says.
"Then good luck." Jedi says.
"Okay! Let' go! Yterval! Xyn…" Diasol says and looks around before she realizes that Xynnia is no more here!
"Xynnia! Where are you?!" Diasol says.
Everyone looks around, trying to look for Xynnia.
Where is she?!
-At the River of Sin
Xynnia is standing beside the River of Sin. She walked away from Diasol and Yterval after they warped out of the dungeon.
The reason that she comes here is no more than…
She is very confused…
When she was the ruler of the Lumina, she will always follow her advisor's word because she knows that it is a good thing for everyone in the Lumina…
But now…
Hearing the word from the Luminians makes she confuses. She wants to do anything to help them and makes them happy… But why? Why they have to say something like that to her?
And…
Althought she sees so many Luminians get imprisoned and get tortured, she can't do anything to help them…
But her advisors, Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf… All of them are her most trust advisors… They didn't try to help the Luminian even a bit. They just fled into the Sanctuary of Mortality and do nothing…
Her most trust advisors… They haven't truly believed her…
Is there…
Is there someone, not counting Diasol, Yterval and her friends in Irtha, that she could trust left in this universe?
Xynnia looks into the River of Sin. The river reflects the picture of Xynnia's mourning face. She can hear an eerie voice comes from the riverbed… That reminds her of the voice of frustrating Luminian…
…
!
She feels that someone appears behind her, but before she can do anything, that someone pushes her into the River of Sin!
"!"
Xynnia tries to get back to the shore, but she quickly sinks into the river…
The surface of the River of Sin is going further away from her…
Further away…
Finally, the picture in front of her disappears. She couldn't hold her consciousness any longer…
At the shore, a man in the black robe watches Xynnia painfully sinks into the River of Sin.
"Hm… I think that you deserve this, Princess of Lumina." The man in the black robe says and disappears.
To Be Continue…
LD: Hey! You end this chapter with the cliffhanger!
Pokedragon: …
LD: Well, will Xynnia alright? If she falls into the River of Sin… I don't know what will happen to her…
Pokedragon: Don't say something like that, LD. Because…
LD: Shut up! Say nothing more!