"She didn't at first… she was just lying there, basking in the sunlight. I thought she was an angel from heaven the way she sparkled; I went up to her and said, you look beautiful in the sunlight." "What then?" "She asked me what I was doing up here, and I said I was going to restock on my graduation gifts… but then I saw an angel, she said it was because she was mega evolved, I said no it's because she was beautiful… everything after that is history."

"Oh so that's hot it began." "Yes… the day of the volcano eruption… I felt that my mate was in danger." "What did you do?" "I rushed to her as fast as I could… then I used protect to stop the fireball. I told her to take you and go after I fixed her leg." "That fills that gap." "She ran as quickly as she could, as I worked together with Sapphire, the ninetales you meet, to reseal the volcano… then I felt my mate was in danger again."

"Making sure the volcano was sealed I rushed to her… only to find her barley alive…" "Oh no, what happened?" "I'm not sure, she was lying in a pool of blood, it looked like she got in a fight… and in her mouth was your scarf." "Really could you see me?" "No, I got her medical care at once. Then I searched for you… I searched for many years… so many years." "And now I'm found." "Yes, but by the time I finally found you… well."

"You had lost your memories and didn't seem to remember me at all." "Really?" "Yes, you called me a monster for hurting your new mother and ran off… I don't know what happened Astral… but the answer to everything lies in you." "Hopefully I can find them." "This is why I'm training you… so I can finally get my answer and that's why your aura is stronger than other absol's." "I also have questions needing answers let's look together."

"Yes… it will be a long journey… one we will take together. Tomorrow, my son, I will be your teacher and we will continue where you left off." "Okay, looking forward to it." "The reason no one knows about this was because we were afraid they would treat you differently." "I understand why you wouldn't tell anyone." "And the reason we never told you, was because we didn't know how." "Well I know now, that's all that matters."

"There is one more thing you should know… your mother is an absol, and your father is a lucario… that means your only half absol. You take after your mother in appearance… but your aura takes after me." "That's so cool!" "Your aura is a riolu right now, but when you finished your training it will evolve… I can show you if you like." "Okay, sure." "Hold still..." Aaron held up his hand, and an aura sphere appeared.

Then Astral's aura started to take shape beside him… a riolu made of blue energy appeared. "Whoa, freaky." "Hey there, I'm your aura… nice to meet you." "Hi…" Then he disappeared when Aaron lowered his hand. "There see… only a riolu." "That will go on my top ten coolest moments in my life!" "Which number?" "Number one." "I see… what we call that is an aura spirit, we all have one, but not a lot of pokémon can make it. Do you understand?"

"I think so…" "Get your rest for tomorrow we begin." "Okay, see you then." Walking back towards his room thinking about his day, he feel asleep the moment he hit his bed. The next morning… "Wakey wakey!" "What? Oh hi morning." "You slept like a log… I was at this for a whole hour…" "Yeah, I had a long day yesterday." "Not surprising really, you did just find your mother… and found out Aaron is your dad."

"How did you know?!" "You talk in your sleep… don't worry I won't tell anyone… I don't like to gossip." "I got to stop that." "It's okay, sound proof walls, no one else can hear you… there is actually a student that snores louder than a Snorlax." "Oh weird and also funny." "Yep… I will see you at the dining hall… Aaron isn't there today though… weird." "Yeah… anyways that reminds me I'm hungry." "Then get going, I still need to wake the others."

"Okay, see yeah." Near the dining hall… "You're in a rush today." "Oh man got to get some FOOD!" "Relax fleet foot, it's not going anywhere." "Huh?" "You rush around… like your always running from something… if I didn't stop you… you would have tripped over this lose floor board I'm fixing." "Oh… sorry." "It's okay, it's your legs that would have been hurt… there all done… you can go now." "Thanks bye."

Walking slower to the dining hall. "Hey Astral, I saved you a spot." He looks around for the voice and sees a ninetales waving at him, "Over here." He walks over then sits down. "Hey I'm Ruby, you probably can't tell but I was the guard you saw when you first got here." "Oh yeah I remember you now, how are you this morning?" "Fine, off duty for today… my twin sister Sapphire is taking over guard duty for this week."

"I didn't know you had a sister." His tummy rumbles. "Eat… it's our special today." She said with a slight giggle. "Cool." Munching, "Yum this is good." "Yep… munch… oh by the way… Aaron told me to give you a message after breakfast." "What is it?" "He said to say, 'In training room, come in quietly.' And that's it." "Got it I will go now." Gets up and walks to the training room, slowly opening the door Astral spots a portal beside Aaron.

"What's the portal for; is it part of the training?" "It's called a spirit portal… it's used for when more than one pokémon wants to go into a pacific past." "Oh so whose past and how far are we going?" "We are going into your past… your aura isn't strong enough to get past the barriers in your mind." "I'm ready, let's go." "Wait a bit… this is a very advanced aura technique… I have almost got it." "What's happening now?"

"It's almost done… sit in front of it and channel some of your aura into the portal." Astral sits directly in front of the portal and focuses his aura into the portal. "That's it… it should start showing an image." Astral starts to see a field. "It's done, hmm… that field… it's on one of the sides of the mountain… not bad… but we need to go farther back in time." The image changes to Stellaluna. "Much better, now we step into the portal."

They walk into the portal and see's their home in the past. Astral sees past Aaron sitting beside past Stellaluna. "Have you finished it yet?" "Almost… it's harder than I thought." "I've seen this before." Astral said walking towards his parents. "Have you come up with a name for our son yet?" "I was thinking Astral… like the astral plains." Astral walks closer till he was nearly beside them. "Step back Astral…" Aaron pulls him farther away.

"Don't get to close." "What! Why not?!" "You must not get to close, a spirit portal works differently than a regular vision." Astral calms down and backs up a couple of feet. "In your visions what view were you seeing it from? As if you were looking through the eyes of your younger self… am I right?" "Yes… how did you know?" "It always works that way when you have aura visions." "Oh okay, that's kind of cool."