Darkness.
The air was cold and still, and undisturbed.
Nothing could be heard but the occasional droplets of water that either lands on solid ground or on a small puddle of water.
A loud booming noise suddenly erupted from the used-to-be-dark cavern, which was now engulfed in bright white flashes of light as an enormous portal appeared from one of its walls.
The cave-dwelling creatures of the area shrieked in fright. Some flapped their leathery wings to fly away, while those bound on the ground worked their claws, feet and slithery bodies to flee from the sudden source of their terrifying awakening.
A purple creature leaped out from the portal —THUD!— and bumped it's massive head on a giant stalactite, much larger than the wincing purple dragon.
"Is it too late to say to watch where you're going?" a blue dragon said as it emerged from the very same portal and landed gently on the cavern floor below.
The purple dragon hissed and dropped itself down, crushing a stalagmite or two in the process.
A small and dark creature then emerged from the portal, and hovered in between the giant dragons.
Finally, the swirling portal vanished, washing the cavern once again in total darkness.
"It's too dark in here," muttered the dark one, "even for my taste..."
"Oh?" the blue dragon said as it began to radiant a faint blue aura around its massive body. "That is strange to hear, coming from you, Uncle Darkrai..."
The faint blue light was enough for the three creatures to see enough detail of their surroundings.
Darkrai shrugged, and then looked around. "I believe the gem should be...around here?"
"Palkia must have made a mistake..." the blue dragon glared at the purple one.
Palkia hissed at the blue one, as its body started to glow with faint purple light. "Be quiet, Dialga. It was you who have told us where to go."
"Visitors of the gem, perhaps?" a voice echoed in the cavern, silencing the two arguing dragons. A gray spherical boulder suddenly began to move from a corner. Slowly, strong sets of arms and feet pulled out from it. It stood, turned around slowly, and an old yet smiling face greeted the legendary trio. "Are you here to test and see if you are worthy of evolution?"
The trio blinked at him. Palkia wanted to break the piece of rock for not addressing her as a legendary. Dialga was in awe for it was his first time for a normal creature to address him normally.
Darkrai was just wondering how a rock could move and talk. Then again, he already have seen a living ice cream and a living cotton candy in one of its and Mew's adventures a long time ago. Then again, he probably have already seen living rocks before, though he probably didn't pay them enough attention to care for their existence.
Blinking back to the scene at hand, Darkrai floated lower and settled in front of the old Golem. "We're..."
"Huh," the old Golem scratched its chin in wonder. "You are a weird-looking Dusknoir, if you don't mind me saying."
Darkrai just blinked at him. It doesn't actually know what a Dusknoir is, nor is the Pokémon before it. "Yes. Excuse me, old...rock thing, but may you tell us where the gem is?"
The Golem nodded. "You are very lost if you've reached this high part of the mountain. The gem is located far below, though—"
Palkia roared as she created a massive white portal underneath the four of them. They all glowed in white as the portal absorbed them, and vanished the instant they landed on a rather very well lit cavern.
The creatures living in the area yelped in surprise from the four's sudden appearance
"—I wonder how you could have missed it. The Pokémon living around the entrance of this mountain would have directed you there," the Golem continued to explain.
"Is that it?" Dialga asked, staring far ahead where the light was coming from.
"Huh?" the Golem asked, turning to the same direction. "Why yes, yes that is it." He smiled. "My my. How did we got here so quickly? I must be getting very old if I couldn't notice the time..."
The giant dragons ignored him as they flew towards the light.
Darkrai said its thanks and good byes to the old Golem before floating after them. As it followed them, it noticed that there were fewer and fewer Pokémon around the cavern, until there were no more. Or maybe some of the rocks lying around are probably sleeping Pokémon, it thought.
Emerging from the tunnel-like cavern, Darkrai noticed that the gem was glowing brightly, but not bright enough for it not to notice it's crystal-like features.
The gem had an almost transparent color, and towered even beyond the large cavern's ceiling. It stood in the very middle of a calm body of water, where other smaller and almost-transparent stalagmite-like gems surrounded the giant gem.
"Reminds me of that large crystal in Anistar where Mew visits her friend Dian...Deian..." Darkrai said as it stared at the crystal. "...the name escapes me at the moment..." It then turned to Dialga. "You said that whoever was responsible came here, correct?"
Dialga nodded. "It was during ... as you call it, a new moon. The darkness of the evening could easily hide its presence, but it's companion was easy to spot."
Darkrai nodded. Dialga have told them that he saw two beings stealthily going inside the cave. They were suspicious, but it could have been nothing. But he kept on watching that timeline, and after almost an hour after the two creatures went inside the cave, a much darker-colored wave of energy erupted from the colossal mountain.
Dialga's eyes started to glow.
Darkrai took notice of this. "Is it okay for you to see through time in here?"
"We are in a closed space." Dialga replied automatically. "Palkia's presence won't be a hindrance."
Palkia was silent, but it took a few steps back, just in case.
Darkrai followed Palkia by giving the dragon of time some space. It hovered back and settled on floating beside the dragon of space.
Dialga glowed in a faint blue light. Faint white wisps of other-worldly aura swirled around him as he concentrated. Hiss fin-like metal-gray wing glowed in white. Finally, Dialga roared, creating a wave that grayed everything around them. Everything except for the trio of legends, where Palkia and Darkrai blinked and turned to see two four-legged creatures emerging from the long tunnel behind.
The two beings, just like their surroundings, were removed of color. The one walking up front was darker. It had a sleek body, two pointed ears and a bushy tail. Its ears and tail had a lighter shade of rings on them.
The other quadruped creature had a lighter tone of color. It had slender legs and dainty paws. Its ears were large, it has tufts of fur near its eyes, and had a small gem on its forehead.
Darkrai held a breath of awe. Never have it thought that they could actually see the events of the past. Why Dialga never have done this while outside puzzles it. It probably has something to do with closed spaces, as Dialga mentioned earlier.
"There it is," the darker quadruped creature said in awe, it's voice that of a male.
His companion shivered and stopped. It nervously took a look back at the dark tunnel behind them. "I...I am starting to doubt that this is a g-good idea..." she said, her voice that of a female, her tone full of doubt and nervousness. She looked back at her male companion. "I...I really think we shouldn't be here."
"What's with you?" the dark one asked in annoyance as he turned around to glare at her. "We've done so much research and already gotten this far! We can't stop now!" He looked back at the brightly-glowing tower of gem. "We'll be the greatest Eevees in the whole world! We can evolve to our different evolution branches at will! We'll be the first two that could achieve such greatness! We will never have to worry about being weak to other elements! We'll be invincible! We'll be..." he paused, took a breath, turned, and smiled victoriously at his doubtful companion. "...legendaries!"
"Insanity!" Palkia growled, creating a distorted wave around them.
"Hush, sister," Dialga said in annoyance, his eyes still glowing as he stared at the scene of the past. "Don't break the sequence, or you might accidentally alter the past."
Palkia growled lowly, not understanding this whole time-thing Dialga was spattering about, but altering the past is bad, that much she knows, so she kept quiet and controlled herself as the scene before them continued on Dialga's command.
Actually, now that she thought about it, changing this exact moment in the past wouldn't be a bad thing, would it? She is not certain, but she will have to remember to ask this to Arceus if she were to be given a chance of meeting it.
"Now, come on!" the dark one said in a mix of excitement, impatience, and annoyance, snapping Palkia's attention back to the scene. "Let's begin the extraction!"
"The...extraction..." Darkrai repeated in a whisper as it and the two dragons watched.
The lighter one gulped nervously and slowly, slowly, walked towards her impatient companion.
"Ugh..." the dark one growled, hurried behind his startled female companion, and pushed her forward with his head on her— "You're in heat? Already?" he asked with a slight shiver of excitement. "Is that why you're being so nervous?" he chuckled as he stood beside her, and nuzzled her neck.
"U-um..."
"Don't worry," the dark one whispered, still nuzzling her. "After this, we'll deal with that problem of yours."
The lighter one shivered, but tried her best to nuzzle him back. They have been together for a long time now, going out on adventures. He promised that this would be their last adventure. After this, they'll settle down, start a family, and live a peaceful and loving life together. That recollection alone made her feel confident enough to swallow her nervousness. After their little show of affection, she took a breath and nodded, looking at him with determination. "Okay. For our last adventure."
The dark one arched an eyebrow, and chuckled. "Last? Hey," he nuzzled her again. "Every single day together with you is an adventure."
Darkrai took note of that one. "Celebi might learn a few things from these couple."
Dialga rolled his glowing eyes.
"Okay," the dark one said, stepping aside and turned his attention at the glowing tower of gem.
He and his partner adjusted their paws and started concentrating, their energies making their bodies glow faintly.
A melodic hum started echoing around the cavern, making Dialga blink in confusion. The gray scene before them started to fade as Dialga lost his concentration.
"Dialga?" Darkrai asked, turning to the dragon. "Is something..."
The cavern they were in was back to normal. They were now seeing their own time, where the evolution gem was humming as it glowed brighter and brighter.
"...wrong..." Darkrai breathed out.
"Evolution," a new voice said, coming from the tunnel. The tree legendaries turned and saw the old Golem slowly walking towards them. "My my. It's been such a long time since I last saw the gem this bright." He took a moment to appreciate the beauty of the glowing gem before he addressed the confused legendaries. "Right. So, which one of you has been granted of evolution?"
The three blinked at him.