BONE CLAN CAMP, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, NIGHT

The night is a pleasantly cool one, with a gentle breeze blowing every now and then. The members of Bone Clan are gathered around a large bonfire chatting among each other. Branna, and I watch them from the edge of the crowd. The Serperior smiles as we see Frost dancing around the fire with the other clan members. She sees us and floats over excitedly.

I comment, "You sure look happy."

"More then ever. This is the most fun I've had in awhile. Now come on, join us, It'll be fun."

Branna sighs, "I not so sure…"

"Oh hell with it."

She pulls Branna over near the fire. I watch, as she convinces Branna to join in the dance. Not having someone to talk to, I walk over to a configuration of baskets with different types of berries and meat. I am about to grab a Persim Berry out of the basket, before remembering that Sepullen told me to keep off of them for the time being. My head hurt, both from that fact, and the noise from the gathering.

I pick an oran berry from a basket and silently munch on it. So far, success, this journey has been, it has. I found the green one, I have, faster then expected. Where, next, will I go? In my thoughts, I start to smell a very pleasant, relaxing smell. A Salazzle walks up beside me and sits down. Normally, it would have bothered me that someone I didn't know would be so close to me, but due to the state of my mind, and the smell, I don't react.

She speaks to me in a soft voice, "Hello, you looked lonely over here, and I don't have anyone to talk to."

She looks at me.

"Oh, right. I have that effect on people."

The smell dissipates, but the effect on me lingers slightly.

"What is that?" I ask her.

"What, the smell? It's just my Ability. The fumes are an uncommon type of poison that can poison any type of pokemon."

I ask worriedly, "Wait, do you -kill- poison everyone you walk by?"

She laughs, "No, it has to be stimulated by a Poison-type move."

"That's good," I sigh.

"So what was that?" She asks.

"What is what?"

"A second ago, you twitched and said 'kill'."

I look down, "That is the state of my -brain- mind."

She asks, "Is there a way to fix that?"

"Well, there is, in fact it's the persim berries behind us, but Sepullen told me not to each them for the time being."

"Why?"

"Something about making me more effective in combat," I respond.

"Quite right, taking persim berries suppresses your survival instinct."

We turn to see Sepullen floating behind us. Immediately the Salazzle stands on her feat.

"It's you, Relic Master, do you require anything from me?"

"No, I came over here to congratulate you on your safe return."

"Thank you."

"You're very welcome. Now, I think evening announcements should be starting right about now."

We turn to the bonfire in time to see Nova try to quiet everyone down. He laughs along with everyone else, when Frost stops suddenly and the dancers trip and fall on top of her. She get's up and looks around, dizzy.

"What's going on? Oh hi Nova."

She comes to her senses, "Oh, Nova. I didn't mean to hold you up."

"It's alright," He says, still laughing.

She floats backward toward the crowd next to Branna.

"You've been here only a day and are already acquainted with the way we do things. That is a good thing."

She nods.

"Anyways," He says. "We have some announcements to make."

He looks around, "First off, the Relic Master and our guests training session has gone wonderfully today. According to him, they all have great potential to become exceptional warriors. In fact…"

The luxray observes the crowd.

"Frost here is the first person in a while to defeat the Relic Master in a one on one battle."

The pokemon in the crowds reaction to his statement was varied, but they were mostly in shock. Sepullen Teleports next to Nova to speak.

"She did, and before any of you say anything, I wasn't going easy on her."

Next to me, the Salazzle comments, "Your friend must be very powerful to have defeated someone like the Relic Master."

"Yes," I say. "I lost to him, but I feel bad for miss Branna. She was beaten badly."

Nova continues, "Secondly, I would like to announce that Nepheren has returned safe from End Of Ridge."

I ask the Salazzle, "Why do they call it that?"

"It's a long story, but I'll tell you another time."

Nova called back to where I was, "Nepheren, please come over and tell us what you've found."

To my surprise, the Salazzle next to me starts walking forward. She waves for me to follow her. We walk to the front of the crowd. When we get close, Nova smiles.

"Good to see you back. I see you've brought Venomitus with you like I asked."

"Why," I ask. "Have you called me -myself- over?"

"Well," He responds. "Relic Master Sepullen has informed me of a certain factor in you defeat today. See, for whatever reason your gem, the one you need to live, is missing from your chest."

Lyle get's into a stance, "Let's begin."

Infinity Energy surrounds me. I feel my claws grow, my horns grow longer, and my eyes turn red. The green gem in my chest pops out and grows larger.

I respond, "Yes, let's."

Immediately, I throw my gem at him. He jumps and kicks it, shattering the gem instantly.

I grunt, "Eh, who needs a heavy, awkward thing like that anyways."

I laugh nervously, "Yeah, where did that go?"

"With that being said," Nova continues. "You have actually been dying slowly over the past couple of days."

"Oh, well that's quite bad isn't it?" I comment.

"Yes, it is,"Sepullen answers.

"How long until I pass?"

"You would in about ten minutes, if we didn't have a saving grace."

Nova says to who I assume by now is Nepheren, "Would you tell us what you've retrieved from the ridge?"

"Certainly."

She pulls several vials out of her bag and hand them to Nova… witch promptly fall on the ground. Nova gives her an unamused look.

Nepheren laughs, "Sorry, I forgot about the 'no hands' thing."

In the crowd, Rodium nudges Mr. Money.

"SEE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE."

The Persian glares at him.

"Very funny, and quiet down before Nova hears you."

"Arceus knows everyone else has," Ember comments.

"CONFIRMED, SOUND LEVELS NEAR MAXIMUM."

Ember rolls his eyes, "Thanks for the input, Metal Claw."

"So what do these vials do?"

Nepheren answers, "Since Blade is going to be gone for a couple of days, these are a rare type of medicine that heals all wounds instantly."

Nova smiles, "Thank you. I'm sure Blade will appreciate your contribution. Witch reminds me, he asked me if you would be willing to take over as naturalist until he returns?"

She thinks, "I wouldn't mind it."

"I'll be sure to tell him."

"Not to kill the mood," Sepullen says. "But the spawn here could die soon."

Nepheren looks into her bag, "Right, I have this for you."

She pulls out a medium sized green gem.

Handing it to me she says, "I was going to keep it as a souvenir, but the Relic Master told me that it was emerald, the type of gem you need to live."

I am suddenly hit with a pained surprise, as she forcefully shoves the gem into my chest. For a moment, it sits awkwardly in my chest cavity, before black steam starts to fume from it. The gem starts to mold into a different shape, until it matches up. I look at it in amazement, before fainting from the pain.

Asleep, I am. How am I asleep. Not possible, this is. A ghost cannot… What is that? Presence I feel, I do, but who. I recognize, I do, but who, are you. Remember, I do, you are… you?

"I am."

How are you? How am I, I am? This place, where?

"Your mind is jumbled, but yes, we have met. You have been to this place before. It is the world halfway between reality and the world of dreams. You are not fully ready to go there yet, but you will in time. After all, you, like certain others, are like me."

Me, like you?

"Yes, like me."

Me, you. What, you are, are you?

"What am I? Literally speaking, I'm a Gardevoir, but you might call me, us, agents of spirits."

Frost, Branna, Sepullen, and Nepheren sit around Venomitus as he slept. They are all confused at the situation.

Nepheren is the first to speak, "I remember hearing somewhere that ghosts can't sleep."

"Not necessarily," Frost says. "I can sleep."

Sepullen inputs, "Where he comes from has hindered him in ways different then other pokemon."

Frost shuffles uncomfortably, "Yeah."

Sepullen looks at the Froslass, "Speaking of, we need to go over a few things."

"No, we don't," She says stubbornly.

"We do. In fact, we are going right now."

Frost and Sepullen disappear suddenly, leaving Nepheren and Branna alone.

After a moment of silence, Nepheren asks, "So what do you think that was about?"

"I don't know," Branna says. "But we'll likely find out soon."

"By the way, I never caught your name. I'm Nepheren, Bone Clan's only messenger and con artist."

"Um, I'm Branna and I'm, uh, I was part of a rescue team."

Her eyes widen, "You mean Branna of Team Elemental?"

The Serperior looks down, "Yeah, but it's not there anymore."

"Hey, don't be so down. Maybe since you're going to be working with Frost and the Sableye here, maybe you can start a task team."

Branna looks at her, "A task team?

"Yeah, there's two bases in Archiea. One in Articune, and one in Gold Mine Village."

"I would," Branna starts. "But Frost and I are joining Sepullen's army once we get to the mountain."

"It was just an idea. Good seeing you, but I have to go now. I just remembered that I have to take over as naturalist."

"Alright, I'll uh, see you another day."

ION DESERT, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, MIDNIGHT

"WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME!"

"I told you and Venomitus to stay out of it, that's why."

Sepullen turns away from Frost and looks at the distant skyline of Steel City.

"Frost, you realize that you, I, Venomitus, and even Branna, are all woven into this more then you know."

He turns around to face her.

"So there is no longer any reason to hide this information."

She gives him a look, "You really think so?"

"Yes, I am adamant that your previous hostility needs to be explained."

With a reluctant sigh, she says, "I'll tell you."

"Finally."

She clears her throat, "Alright then. I know that you have heard of the agents. Well, it must've happened right after I died, so to speak. Anyways, I was visited by one of the agents, who'm I'm not going to disclose. She offered me another chance, and so I took it. It wasn't just like that though, there was a deal involved. She offered me life in exchange for being the agent of the Boundary dragon Kyurem."

"So what happened?"

"Well, I didn't like what the other agents were doing. The one called Sollavera had rallied some of the agents to…"

"To what?"

Frost was silent.

"TO WHAT, DAMN IT!"

She remained silent. He noticed that she stared at nothing in particular, like she was looking past everything in front of her.

"You remember something, don't you?"

She speak quietly, "Not you, but someone like you was there. It was there that he proposed the legend."

"This person you speak of, who was his guardian?"

"Yours, Sepullen. His guardian was Regigigas."

"I see. So what next?"

"Sollavera had an idea that I didn't agree with, so I left the dream world. The agent that brought me there took my place as the agent of Kyurem. Recently, I tried going back to the dream world to meet her, but she doesn't want me knowing what they are doing 'until I'm ready to know'."

"So why didn't you try to contact one of the other agents?"

She sighs, "Somehow the agents made a way to block me out, so I was only able to travel halfway between this world and the dream world."

"What didn't you agree with, exactly?"

"Sollavera had been around longer then any of the other agents. She told us the story of a place called the Relic City, a place of magical artifacts that had more power then any one person should be able to handle. The story goes that when a supervolcano erupted in the human world, it covered most of the planet. Everything started dying because of the lack of sun. So Sollavera came out of the Relic City to act as a replacement for the sun."

"Do you believe her?"

"Of course not, but the others seem to. Anyways, she thought that by reviving the Relic City the human world and this one could be united into one prosperous nation."

"So she's a deceptive villain bent on world domination," Sepullen stated.

Frost smiled slightly, "Pretty much."

"How original," He says sarcastically.

Something occurred to him, "This agent you speak of, who is her Guardian?"

"If I remember correctly, it's Zekrom."

He thinks for a moment.

"How interesting. First you mention Kyurem, then Zekrom. That only means that Reshiram has an agent somewhere. Given her reputation as a pokemon of truth, she might be able to help, if necessary. Now if only we knew who her agent was."

WINDELL FOREST, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, MIDNIGHT

"Jude, Jude. Wake up."

Cryptia paws at Jude to get him awake.

"Come on Jude, somethings up."

Jude wakes up and observes his surroundings. He had gone up in a tree as to avoid predators and the like.

He asks, "What is it Cryptia? Is something wrong?"
"Yeah, the group of pokemon have been in the clearing looking for something for the past half hour or so."

"Is it just team skull again?"

She shakes her head, "No, they're different this time. See for yourself."

He looks over the tree branch to ground below. In the clearing are a Beedrill, Rhyperior, and an Aggron. For an odd reason, they walk around the clearing and bash on the trees.

He hears the Beedrill call, "COME ON, WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY. I SMELL BLOOD AND IT'S FRESH!"

The Lairon says in a gruff, female voice, "But you don't have a nose."

The Beedrill yells back, "SHUT YOU DUMBASS UP AND KEEP LOOKING!"

Jude asks Cryptia, "Do you think we should go down there?"

"No, just look."

All of the sudden, the figure appears above them. The pokemon immediately notice him.

"Who might you three be?"

The Beedrill snarks, "Don't you know? I'm Driller, and these idiots are Impaler and Mairy. Together, we make Team Overkill. We have one hell of of a reputation. Normally, someone like you wouldn't be worth our time, but I don't like the way you're looking at me. So, before I kill you, at least tell me your name so I can put it on your grave."

The figure grins, "You talk more than you should."

"AND WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THAT!"

He smile grows wider, "My friends call me Aphot, but my enemies only see me in their nightmares."

ION DESERT, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, AFTER MIDNIGHT

"I still don't see what this had to do with I or the Spawn."

Frost sighs, "I don't want you caught up in what they are doing. Whatever it is can't be good."

"Do you remember anything else about your time there? If something bad does come of it, then I want to stop it at any chance given. I normally don't involve myself with these kinds of things, but this involves the legendaries and that can't go unchecked."

Frost sighs, "I remember them mentioning DNA. Someone's DNA has the power necessary to contain the relics energy. They said that the DNA wasn't like a normal pokemons, rather a virus fused with their DNA."

"I see. That is all I require of you. Don't tell anyone want you told me tonight. I imagine that Venomitus is already finding this out as we speak. You should pay him a visit before he wakes up."

He Teleports himself away leaving Frost in the desert.

She calls, "WAIT! YOU FORGOT… Hold on a minute. I see what you did."

With that, she opens a portal and goes through it.

?

Made me this way, you did, then?

"Yes, I made you this way. You might call me a gatekeeper of sorts."

Gatekeeper, see how, I do.

"All of us agents have guardians, but I used to be a free spirit. I came to this world by accident some thousand years or so ago, when I traded my life for my human Trainer. About twenty years ago, I was saved by Team Life Energy and a close companion of mine named Spite, but I'm back now due to… circumstances."

A voice comes from behind them, "I bet I can tell you why."

The Gardevoir turns around, "How nice of you to join us, Frost."

"Venomitus, whatever she's told you is likely true, but she is a very bad person in the methods that she uses."

The Gardevoir corrects, "Not bad, Frost, nor good. See, like I was just telling Venomitus here, I am like a gatekeeper, I stay here and do what is necessary. I believe I have a bad side, and a good, because, as you know, good cannot exist without bad. Likewise, bad cannot exist without good. They give each other, and the world meaning. Without good or bad no one would have motivation to do what they do. The same would happen if only one or the other existed. See, it has to be maintained or balanced."

"You know Felicia, I actually believed that a couple days ago, but think about people like you, who confuse the good and bad with each other. What do you have then?"

She turns to Venomitus.

"Come on Venomitus. Let's go away from here."

Ready, I'm not, to leave. My brain, healed, it isn't.

"Oh you're not waking up. After all, it is still night. No, we're going all the way to the dream world."

Felicia smirks, "You don't have the power to do that anymore."

"True," The Froslass says. "But Sepullen does."

"How? He's never been to the dream world, or even here."

"My, someone should have told me that."

Sepullen appears out of the air and looks at Frost.

"I'm glad you caught my hint. We must go, we're wasting valuable time here."

As Frost, Sepullen, and Venomitus vanish, the Gardevoir says to them to them, "Your rolls are more pronounced then you realize."

Frost scoffs, "What would you know about rolls?"

"More then you know."

I decided to do a double upload, just because. Anyway I've been thinking about the lack of key plot points so far, so this is that. Also, I like cliff hangers, so expect a lot of those in the future.

DISCLAIMER: Pokemon belongs to GAMEFREAK Inc. and some sub companies I don't remember. The characters; Nova, Varian, Clyde, Blade, Felicia, Branna, Frost, Venomitus, Jude, Valientrus, Cryptia, Aphot and Nepheren all belong to me. Mr. Money, Rodium, Ember, Metal Claw, Sepullen, Driller, Impaler, and Mairy belong to RodiumTech.

Though she didn't appear very much this chapter or last, I still want to give credit to EonTheZoarark for the character Roselyn. I have big things planned for her, especially in the finally of the story.

-V. Locke