"Very well my student if it's a private matter you may want to leave this room." "No, I was just wondering what it's like up there on the mountain." "Well I would be happy to tell you, come there is a garden beside the mountain we can go to." Astral follows her to the garden then sits down to listen. "The mountain area is a mysterious place, for those who were raised in the town. Absol's live on the mountain's and rarely come down from it."
"Really? I never knew that I wish I could see it." "Can I ask a question?" "Yes go ahead." "Does this mountain feel familiar to you?" When Astral thought about it, it sort of did. "Yeah I feel like I know it somehow, why?" "Mountain's will always feel familiar to you, you're an absol. As you know absol's are called the disaster pokémon, simply because we appear before a natural disaster hits… this mountain wasn't always a mountain…" "Really, what was it before?"
"Before the training ground was built here this mountain was a volcano." "Okay, then what occurred?" "It erupted, caused a big lava storm." "So then the training ground was built a while afterwards?" "Sort of, you see… two pokémon from a pokémon rescue team came here to stop the volcano. One was a lucario named Devilen, the other was a ninetales named Angel. Their team was a master rank, the highest rank you can get."
"Ninetales has mystic powers and lucario has aura powers, they worked together to freeze the volcano's lava in midair." "Oh, okay I'm starting to understand fully." "Yes while they were holding it in place they told everyone to run. They pushed the lava back, to protect the town far below, and then they sealed the volcano making it into the mountain you see today." "Wow, I never would have known…" "Devilen, Aaron's 5th great grandfather built the training ground here."
"He started training riolu's and vulpix's and then he picks one from each group to go up the mountain to reseal the volcano." "Wow that must be a real honor to undertake, right?" "Yes it is… one which they earned by graduating first, and earning their stones. It took a lucario and a ninetales to first seal it, it will take the same two to keep resealing it." "Cool, how long till the mountain has to be resealed?" "No one really knows for sure."
"They just send up the two before a disaster can happen… however when you were probably born… a disaster did happen…" "Really, what happened?" "I was on the mountain with my newly born son… when the volcano started to shake… after all those years it was acting up again…" "I wonder why?" But inside he felt like he knew why. "I rushed down with my son in my mouth to worn everyone about the disaster."
"Aaron, and Sapphire, a ninetales, rushed up the mountain to stop it, I gave my son to my friend because I ran into trouble myself… but I never saw him again…" "Wait… I was said to be found wandering near this town…" "Really? Let me get a good look at you." "Okay." Stands still as Stellaluna circled him looking at him. "Hmm…hmmm… oh my… it can't be… this is not possible…" She said as she stopped circling him.
"What is there something wrong?" "What's your name?!" "Astral, why?" "I can't believe after all these years, but a mother never forgets…. her son…" She said crying. "Mom?" Astral starts crying to. "Shhh… it's okay…" she said hugging him, "It's okay." "I always thought I was abandoned." "No you were stolen… there's a difference." "Well I'm glad I found you. I always felt lost… but not anymore." He said hugging her tight.
After they stopped hugging Stellaluna said, "You want to see the mountain, come see me here in the garden at any time… but right now I think you're going to be late for something…" "Oh yeah my training, talk to you later mom." "See you my son." She said sniffing. After Astral left the garden he heard a voice, "Have a nice chat with Stellaluna, my student?" "Oh, Aaron, yeah she's my mom." "I knew that already…"
"Oh okay, so what's first?" "This is first." Aaron said handing an old scarf with a faded tag on it. "What's this?" "Read the tag…" Astral read it and 'Astral' was on it. "?! What it says my name on it, why?" "It was put on you the day you were born… your mother's so called friend took you away." "Last thing I recall was wondering on the outskirts of town." "Stellaluna's so called friend Kimberly, a Medicham, she stole you away."
"It seemed you got hurt during a house rad, lost your memory, and wandered near town." "At least that fills some of the gaps missing in my life." "You are not even going to ask how I know all of this." "I was going to next; I'm still absorbing all of this." "It was actually Kimberly who told me." "What else should I know?" "She felt guilty for stealing you, and said if I ever found you, I should tell you about it. It took me a while but I finally figured out how."
"I was going to tell you today but…" "It's okay; it must have been hard trying to find out how to tell me." "It was… let's go your training a waits." "I'm ready." Walking in the training arena Aaron said, "Astral meet your trainer Sapphire." "Are you ready Astral?" "Yes, ready as I'll ever be." "First close your eyes and concentrate… let your mind go free…" Astral closes his eyes and let's his mind go free, just then he got random flashbacks in flashes.
Astral gasped his eyes opening then started breathing heavily. "What did you see?" "I saw random flashbacks of my past." "This is bad… your past seems to be blocking your mind, you must fight through it, and solve the problems." "Okay I'll try." "Focus on your aura; it will help lead the way." Closing his eyes again this time focusing solely on his aura, his eyes open to see his mother only he was looking from a different angle.
A voice that sounded like her started talking, "My little Astral… named for the astral plain, I got something for you…" She puts a scarf on Astral. "Do you like it? I made it myself…" Rumble "What was that?" Astral thinks, 'What is going on?' He whimpers a bit. "The volcano?! It's active again… I got to worn everyone!" 'Don't leave me here!' Astral thinks looking around with wide eyes. "My son… we must flee!"
Stellaluna picks up Astral then starts running… then suddenly everything freezes… "I am your aura, what you are seeing is the past." "I think I get it." "I will help… you need to remember your past… but it's broken… things you don't want to remember." "Okay help me please." "Watch what happens… but be warned it's not a pleasant memory…" "Okay I am ready."