The trio arrived at the Dreamyard. The place was in ruin, and vines were growing over the crumbling walls. The walls arched up, and the glass ceiling of the dome was shattered.
"Where would we even begin searching in a place like this?" Dawn asked, looking around. Wild pokémon that were in the area scattered as the trainers got closer.
"We just have to start," Paul said. A golden light surrounded him and he transformed. Dawn followed his lead and transformed as well. "You look over there and I'll look over here." The two split up.
Cheren looked around nervously and sighed. He walked over to a rock and brushed the dirt off of it. He set his bag down and pulled a small laptop out of it.
Dawn peered through a hole in the wall, looking for anything that could be suspicious. She walked away from it and continued her search.
Paul used razor shell and cut down a few vines, searching for any hidden places that a pokémon could hide.
"This would be a lot easier if we knew what to look for," Dawn sighed. She saw a Pidove resting on top of the glass. "Excuse me!" She called, catching its attention.
"Yes?" it asked.
"I was just wondering if you've seen any mysterious pokémon here," Dawn said.
"My flock and I just got here last night," Pidove said, shaking his head.
"Alright, thanks anyway," Dawn told him. The Pidove cooed and flew off.
"I think I found something that might help!" Cheren shouted. Dawn and Paul ran over to him and looked at his laptop. He was on a news site looking at an article from several years ago. "I was looking into the history of the Dreamyard to see if I could get any hints. According to this news article there was an explosion here several years ago. It came from the Pokémon Energy Laboratory. They were using a Musharna's Dream Mist to research a cleaner energy source. According to one of the surviving scientists, a woman named Fennel, some people tried to take Musharna for their own purposes. Their evil desires corrupted Musharna and the Dream Mist, causing an explosion. Afterwards, Musharna was nowhere to be found."
"Musharna?" Dawn asked. Cheren pulled up another page and showed her the pokémon. It was a large pokémon with a purple body and a pink head. Its stubby limbs were a dark pink. There was a pink circle on its forehead. In another picture a pink mist was coming out of its forehead. "It looks cute!"
"What's Dream Mist?" Paul asked.
"I couldn't find a clear answer but from what I did find it seems to be a mist that Musharna, or its pre-evolved form, Munna, expels when they 'eat' a dream. It changes color depending on the dream but it's mostly a dark pink color," Cheren told them.
"So the mysterious pokémon we're looking for could be a Musharna?" Paul asked.
"I don't know, I could keep looking into more recent things, see if it's ever been found," Cheren suggested.
"Do it, we'll keep looking," Paul said. He walked away from them, resuming the search.
"I found something else," Cheren announced. "A few days ago a Kanto-based organization stirred up trouble here. The activity woke up Musharna and it was returned to Fennel. But the organization escaped arrest."
"What organization was it?" Dawn asked.
"Team…Rocket," Cheren answered.
"Team Rocket's here?" Dawn gasped. She slumped forward and groaned.
"Oh yeah, they were after that pathetic trainer's Pikachu, weren't they?" Paul muttered.
"Hey, Ash is a great trainer!" Dawn shouted. "If you'll remember he beat you in the Sinnoh League!"
"How could I forget," Paul said, rolling his eyes. Paul looked out a broken window and narrowed his eyes.
"I just can't believe how cruel you can be! And not just to people! Do you even know how to be nice?" Dawn shouted.
"Troublesome!" Paul snapped, glaring at her. He placed a finger over his mouth and turned back to the window. Dawn growled, her fists shaking at her side. "Come on," Paul said after a moment. He began running towards the entrance. Dawn ran after him.
"What'd you see?" Cheren asked, joining them.
"Look," Paul muttered, pointing at a group of pokémon. They were talking urgently, their arms waving. The pokémon had looks of distress on their faces.
"They're worried about something," Dawn muttered. "A hurt pokémon. They don't have enough berries to feed it. And its growing weaker."
"How can you tell?" Cheren asked.
"I can feel it," Dawn whispered, placing a hand over her heart. "I can feel their emotions. They're in distress. Paul, we have to do something."
"What will that accomplish?" Paul hissed. "I know you want to help every living thing you meet but we also have a job."
"I know, but it won't interfere, and besides, the mysterious pokémon was most likely Musharna, who is gone. We're basically done right now! Why can't we help! It's also our job to help pokémon," Dawn told him. Paul huffed and shook his head.
"I'm going to regret this," he muttered. Dawn face lit up and she smiled, jumping in place.
"Thank you!" She squeaked in happiness, trying not to squeal and giggle. She jumped in effort to resist hugging him.
"Let's just go," Paul grumbled. The trio approached the group of pokémon who yelped and scurried away at the sight of them.
"Hey wait!" Dawn shouted, trying to stop them. "We heard your problem, we wanna help!" A small gray furred pokémon stopped. He had large ears with white tips. He also had a fluffy gray tail. He turned around and looked at them in confusion.
"You can understand us?" he asked.
"Uh, kinda," Dawn nodded. "I was too far away earlier so I didn't hear exactly what you were saying, but…I can sense a pokémon's emotions. I can tell what you're saying almost perfectly. But right now, you're speaking to me as if you knew how to talk like a person."
"How?" the small pokémon asked.
"I…I was born being able to," Dawn told him. "I-I'm a-!"
"We're Legend Catchers," Paul told the pokémon.
The pokémon perked. "Legend Catchers? You're really Legend Catchers?"
"Yeah," Dawn nodded.
"Then you can help!" the pokémon cheered. "Follow me!" he turned towards the building and ran to it. He stopped in front of a large boulder. "Right here! Right here! You gotta move the boulder!"
"How are we supposed to do that?" Dawn asked.
"Attack it I guess, we don't have any pokémon that know Strength," Paul muttered. "But what are we going to use? We've got weak pokémon they won't be able to do much."
"What do you have to do?" Cheren asked.
"Move the boulder," Dawn answered.
"Is something wrong?" the gray furred pokémon asked.
"N-No! Nothing's wrong…uh…" Dawn trailed off, not sure how to address the pokémon.
"Minccino," the pokémon supplied.
"Right, nothing's wrong Minccino," Dawn told him. "We just don't have strong pokémon."
"Oh, I see." Minccino frowned.
"Troublesome, doesn't Snivy know Vine Whip?" Paul asked. Dawn looked down at her hands and gasped.
"Great idea!" Dawn smiled. She held out her hands. Vines shot out of her wrists and wrapped around the boulder. "Now how do I cross them right?" Dawn muttered to herself. The vines seemed to move nervously through the air, figuring out where to go.
"Can you pull the boulder?" Cheren asked. Both Paul and Dawn looked at him blankly, causing the new trainer to sweat drop.
"You've forgotten who you're talking to," Paul muttered.
"We're new at this, and haven't had a proper training session yet," Dawn said. "Oh! I got it!" Two more vines sprouted from her wrists. They wrapped around the two vines, creating a makeshift ladder. She grabbed the vines and pulled on them. She backed up, twisting the ends together. She wrapped the vines around a small rock and pulled on it to make sure it was sturdy. She shot out two more vines to turn the ladder into a bridge.
"Good job," Paul nodded. He stepped onto the bridge and pulled himself up. Cheren followed him. Once Dawn was on the boulder as well Minccino cheered.
"You did it!" he smiled, clapping his paws.
"Where's the injured pokémon?" Dawn asked.
"This way!"
The forest around them was dense and thick. Thankfully Minccino kept them to a barely visible path, allowing them a bit easier travel. Minccino stopped at a set of three crumbling walls with a staircase leading into the ground.
"In here!" Minccino said, running down the steps. The trio walked down the steps, looking around. Minccino ran over to a group of pokémon who were crowding around something. "Hey! Guys! HEY!" the pokémon shouted, getting the horde's attention. "These guys can help them!" The pokémon turned to look at Dawn, Paul, and Cheren.
"Hi," Cheren greeted nervously.
"We're Legend Catchers," Paul announced. The pokémon broke out into whispers and slowly broke apart, revealing two injured pokémon.
"Latias and Latios." Dawn gasped. She ran over to them and kneeled next to the eon pokémon. "How did they get here?"
"They were migrating," a Herdier told them. "They got swept up in the thunderstorm and were shot out of the sky by lightning."
"Poor things," Dawn cooed, stroking their fur.
"What do we do?" Cheren asked. Paul kneeled next to the pokémon and took in their singed fur.
"Paul, do you think Reggie would know something to help them?" Dawn asked.
"I'm trying to think." Paul muttered, closing his eyes. "They're weak and Oran berries won't cut it. They need some Sitrus berries. And either Rawst or Lum berries."
"We'll search for the Sitrus berries," Minccino suggested. A group of Minccino ran out of the basement.
"We'll try to find one of the others," A Liepard offered, leading some Purloins out as well.
"What do we do until they return?" Dawn asked. She looked at the two pokémon in worry. "We can't just let them lie here in pain. It hurts." Latios twitched in his sleep and whimpered. Dawn hugged Latios's head and stroked his muzzle. "They're in so much pain."
"Perhaps we could take them to the Pokémon Center," Cheren suggested.
"Too big of a risk," Paul denied. "They're legendary pokémon someone could try to hurt them or even worse."
"What if we wait until night?" Dawn asked. "Not very many people will be up, and I'm sure Nurse Joy would keep them a secret. She'd want to keep them safe! She'd be able to stop this pain." Dawn bowed her head and bit her lip, trying not to cry. "It hurts."
"Are you okay?" A Patrat asked, tapping her knee.
"I don't know," Dawn confessed. "The only time I've felt this much pain was when Team Galactic controlled Mesprit."
"Dawn, what exactly is your power?" Cheren asked.
"Emotion, I can feel a pokémon's emotion." Dawn answered. "That's what the Seloins did."
"You have empathy, so that must be it. You can feel the pain that they're in." Cheren reasoned.
"It's in your head, troublesome, it's just emotion, you're not in any pain," Paul told her.
"R-Right," Dawn nodded. She lifted her head and turned to Latias. "Latias seems to be in the most pain."
"We haven't been able to go near her," the Patrat told her. "Whenever we tried Latios would attack us. He finally passed out a few hours ago."
"She must have gotten the brunt of the lightning," Paul reasoned.
"We have the berries!" Minccino shouted, running into the basement. Two of the Minccino set down a large leaf that had a few Sitrus berries.
"How do we get them to eat them?" Cheren asked. "They're hard."
"Set them down," Dawn ordered. Cheren did as he was told and placed them in a small pile. Dawn held out her hand, which glowed green. "Leaf Tornado!" Leaves flew out of her hand and hit the berries, cutting them up.
"Water gun!" Paul shouted. He held out his hand. A blue orb appeared and water gushed out of it, soaking the berries. The berries softened. Dawn picked them up and held them to Latias's mouth. The red eon pokémon groaned weakly and nudged the berry, but didn't take it.
"Looks like we wait until night to take them to the Pokémon Center," Paul sighed.
Cheren hurried towards the Pokémon Center. He glanced to the side of the building, squinting at the side of the building. Paul turned towards him and nodded at him. Cheren entered the building with the red roof. He looked around, seeing only one other trainer out. He approached the desk and rang the buzzer that called for Nurse Joy. After a moment the pink-haired nurse came up, smiling.
"Yes, how can I help you?" she asked.
"There are a few injured pokémon outside, but we can't let anyone see them," Cheren told her. "It's a Latias and Latios. And we don't want someone to come after them."
"I see," Nurse Joy hummed. "There is a back entrance that I'm sure can fit them. It's behind the building, bring your friends there."
"Thank you," Cheren smiled. He ran out of the building and towards Paul.
"Well?" He asked.
"Nurse Joy said we can use the back entrance," Cheren said. Paul turned towards the forest and whistled. The forest pokémon came out, struggling to carry two stretchers made out of vines and twigs. Dawn was in front, leading them towards the building.
"Oh my!" Nurse Joy gasped, opening the door and seeing the two eon pokémon. She ran back inside and fetched two stretchers. Her Audino used psychic to lift the pokémon on the stretcher.
"Thank you for your help," Dawn told the forest pokémon.
"Wait! I wanna know that they'll be alright!" Minccino said. He climbed up Dawn, resting on her shoulder.
"Alright," Dawn agreed, scratching his ear.
"They're going to be fine," Nurse Joy announced. "A little rest and they'll be back to normal."
"That's a relief," Dawn sighed.
"You did a good job of keeping them healthy until you got here," Nurse Joy praised.
"It was nothing," Paul muttered. "It's our job to protect pokémon."
"Well thank goodness that you're here," Nurse Joy smiled. "You're welcome to go in and see them if you'd like."
"Thank you," Cheren told her. The nurse smiled once more and left them to tend to other pokémon. Dawn entered the room and looked at the pokémon.
"Do you think we should stay until they wake up?" Dawn asked.
"It would probably be for the best," Paul nodded. Dawn sat down between the two beds. She groaned and rubbed her head.
"Being transformed for this long is tiring," she muttered.
"Yeah," Paul agreed. He sighed and leaned against the wall.
"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll wake up soon and you can turn back," Cheren told them. Minccino jumped onto Dawn's shoulders and rubbed against her cheek.
"Thanks Minccino," she giggled, scratching his ear. Latios shifted on the bed, catching their attention. He opened his eyes and jerked, looking around in fright.
"Hey, it's alright," Dawn cooed, holding out her hands. She took a step towards him, stopping when the Eon pokémon growled. Paul straightened up, readying for an attack if necessary.
"Don't," Cheren said, trying to push him back.
"These guys helped you!" Minccino said. "They're Legend Catchers! They protect pokémon! They wouldn't hurt you." Latios glanced at the chinchilla pokémon before looking around, staring at Latias. He called softly, nudging his female counterpart. Latias whimpered and twitched in her sleep. She opened her eyes and looked around, lifting her head.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You were injured," Dawn answered. "We took you to the pokémon center."
"Who are you?" Latias asked.
"We're Legend Catchers," Paul answered.
"I thought they were all dead," Latios said, speaking up for the first time.
"No, we're the last ones," Dawn said.
"You carry a huge burden for ones so young," Latias said.
"It's our job," Paul said.
"How are you guys feeling?" Dawn asked.
"Ready to leave," Latios said.
"Are you alright?" Dawn asked Latias.
"Yes, I'm fine. I'm ready to fly as well."
"Thank you for all your help." Latias bowed her head and nuzzled against Dawn.
"It was our pleasure." Dawn stroked her chin and giggled.
"Dawn." Paul nudged her waist and held out his crystal pokéball. Dawn gasped and held out her hand. The pokéball appeared. The two turned towards the eon pokémon.
"Will you allow us to call on you if we need it?" Dawn asked.
"Of course, right brother?" Latias turned towards her brother and nudged him.
"If you insist." Latios bowed his head and tapped Paul's pokéball. Latias did the same with Dawn. They were sucked into the pokéballs. After a few moments the pokéball flashed golden color and the two pokémon were released.
"Thank you for all your help." Latios flew into the sky, Latias behind him.
"You two did great today." Cheren turned back to his traveling partners to find them leaning against each other, back in their normal forms.
"We may…have to…stay here…a while…" Paul panted and shook his head, trying to stay awake. Cheren rushed forward and grabbed the two of them before they could pass out.