Chapter Seven: Melody
"Remember my name well, Darkling" the girl said. "For it will be the name of the girl who beats you."
"Again" Ace said. "We'll see. Now what's your name?"
"My name" she said, getting into a battle pose. "Is Melody"
At the Hall of Origins
"Melody?" Arcey asked, gazing at her pupil's opponent.
"Who's Melody?" Dialga asked, sitting down next to her mentor.
"The girl Ace is fighting in fight class" Arcey explained. "I'm getting a strange vibe from her. It's almost as if she's a match for Ace."
"Really?" Dialga said, genuinely shocked. It had been a while since an unknown had been even close to Ace's power. The only beings who could match Ace's power even with all of his seals on were demons such as Yveltal. Zygarde, Arcey knew, would be a different story. If Ace didn't remove his seals (which, without extreme force, he couldn't), then he would be annihilated in a fight with Zygarde.
"She claims to be on par with legendaries" Arcey said. "I can't read her aura properly, but if that is a true claim, then Ace would have an interesting fight on his hands."
"Just because she's "on par" with legendaries" Dialga said. "Doesn't mean that she would be an asset that we could use against those clones that were supposedly coming after us?"
"I won't do that without her consent." Arceus said, going to the fridge and taking out an odd bottle. Dialga's eyes widened when she saw what it was.
"Arcey!?" she exclaimed. "You drink?!"
"Only when I want to have a good time" Arcey said. "I also do it so I don't go all Old Testament on Ace or Eon when they get into fights."
"If that's your reason" Dialga said. "Then can I have some? I might need it"
"Oh, f#$% no!" Arcey exclaimed. "You're underage. Plus I don't need a drunk Time Goddess on my hands."
"Wait" Dialga said, a thought crossing her mind. "If you drink it to have a good time, then why isn't the bottle empty? I mean, you and Giratina have your "meetings" like every week."
"We do not!" Arcey exclaimed, getting defensive. "Besides they're important."
"Mortal pleasures." Dialga muttered, going to get a soda from the fridge.
"Also" Arcey said. "I don't have but one bottle at a time. I have a very low tolerance."
"I'll say" Dialga said remembering a certain event.
Flashback-three years ago- Dialga's POV (this is honestly told better this way)
"Girateeeeenaaaaa!" an obviously drunk off her ass Arcey whined to me one night in the living room one Saturday night. How much she had drunk to mistake me for the shadowy serpent—er, dragon—thing boyfriend—er husband—or something I didn't know (their relationship is complicated). The only thing I knew was she was starting to undress herself. I quickly ran out of the room to my own and locked the door. About thirty seconds later I heard Acrey outside my door, still whining.
"Giratina, I know you're in there!" she shouted in a voice that was full of determination (or maybe it could have been the fact that she was horny as hell). "I'm about to break down the door!"
My salvation came to me in the forme of Palkia, who had teleported into my room to play a prank on me.
"Oh, sh!t!" he exclaimed, jumping at seeing me in here (in my room of all places). "You're in here! My prank is ruined."
"I'm trying to hide from Arcey." I quickly explained to him, grabbing onto his arm. "Please take me out of here!"
"To where?" he asked me.
"Anywhere but here." I said, pleading with the Space Master. "At least until she's sober"
"I was going to get something to eat" he said, checking his watch. "Would you like to come?"
"That sounds fun" I said, forgetting the situation at hand for a second. When I heard Arcey again I remembered.
"Let's go fast" I said, clenching his arm. He nodded and we stepped through a portal to a restaurant. It was a three star quality joint and Palkia apparently had a reservation for it. We got out seats and started a conversation.
"So how did you get this reservation?" I asked him. The reason was because we really don't work for money (Arcey being GOD and all) so it would be hard to believe that he got the money working for a job. Though it wasn't in his character to steal money just for something like this.
"I saved up a little." He said. "I have a date tonight."
"Then why am I here?" I asked, at that moment not putting two and two together (the two of us had never really explored our feelings for each other and we still haven't fully understood them today). "Did she not show up and I'm the only one who would agree to this?"
No, she showed up." Palkia said, giving me his trademark smile and a wink.
"Where is she?" I asked, wanting to know who Palkia of all people could be dating.
"Dammit, Dialga." He said, face palming. "She's sitting right in front of me and wearing blue jeans and a very nice blue jacket."
"Who is it?" I asked again, just before the realization hit me like a fist in a training exercise.
"It's you, dumbass!" he shouted, a little louder than he would have liked. Several people stared at us for a few minutes as I blushed as pink as his jacket. The meal we ate in silence and left for home. When we arrived, we found out that Ace had stumbled upon Arcey in her drunken stupor, panicked a little (you would too if you found your group leader half naked in a drunk coma on the floor of the hallway) and took her to her bed. He had found all of her alcohol products and got rid of them. But apparently he had missed a few.
To the present—normal POV (3rd person)
"Dialga?" Arcey asked her as she snapped back to reality from remembering that horrifying moment.
"Sorry" Dialga apologized. "Just zoned out for a minute there."
"Right" Arcey said, pouring herself a glass of wine. "Well, I don't drink that much. Only one or two glasses. It keeps me mellow."
"And horny" Dialga muttered under her breath. Palkia's laugh could be heard in the next room. Arcey looked at the Space Lord with confusion for a minute before going back to Dialga.
"What I was saying before getting my drink" she said, taking a sip. Dialga's eyes widened as Arcey downed the entire glass after that.
"If this girl is as powerful as she claims" she continued, returning to the subject she had started on before Dialga had a disturbing flashback. "Then Ace would have a very interesting fight on his hands."
"Can you show me the fight?" Dialga asked.
"I can try" Arcey said.
Pokemorph High School—fight class
"All right" Mr. Champ said, looking at his clipboard. "Here are the rules. Rule number one: No bones intentionally broken. Accidents do happen, but no doing it on purpose."
After the Machamp man said the first rule he looked at Ace, who returned the gaze with a "what did I do?" face. The other students laughed, knowing the real reason that that rule was in play.
"Rule number two" Mr. Champ continued. "No name calling" Then he looked at another student, who was wearing a cast on his arm. He was one of the reasons both of the rules were in play. He looked at Ace with slight terror.
"Rule number three:" Mr. Champ looked at a pair of Voltorb siblings, one boy and one girl. Each of them wore red and white clothes, but the girl wore a pair of goggles on top of her head and her hair was white, while the boy's was red. "No self-destructive moves"
"What?!" they both exclaimed. "That's no fun!"
"You broke our trophy cabinet." Mr. Champ explained. "That is the reason. Also, all you two do is explode. You need to learn actual combat."
"We know actual combat" said the Voltorb girl, whose name was Dyna. "We just like to explode!"
"Yeah!" said her brother, Sparky. "And it always gets us a win!"
"Except when you fought Ace and Eon." Conner pointed out, referencing a double battle that had taken place earlier that week.
"They dodged us!" Dyna shouted. "If we'd have hit them, then we would have won."
"You did hit them!" another student shouted. "They tanked your attacks and punched you into the bleachers."
"Oh, yeah" Dyna said sheepishly.
"And finally rule number four" Mr. Champ continued, once again looking at Ace. "If it gets too physical, take it outside."
He pointed towards the gym door.
"So are you tough enough that I should take my locket off?" Ace asked Melody in a casual tone.
"Are you suggesting that I am a weakling?!" she shouted.
"No" Ace said, pulling out his locket that he wore around his neck. It was half a heart that said "ST ENDS" (one of a set of two) on the outside and had a certain person's name on the inside. "I don't want to break it. It was given to me by someone very special"
He looked back at Shadow, who blushed a little. Mr. Champ thought, not for the first time, that Ace was a very strange person.
"No I don't think it will be like that." Melody said. "Unless you want a beat down."
"Oh, that would be fun." Ace said, a gleam coming into his eyes.
"Oh sh!t!" Shadow muttered, face palming.
"What?" Eon asked, noticing her friend's distress.
"I just saw the look in his eyes" Shadow said.
"What was it?" Eon asked, a slight grin coming to her face out of expectation.
"It was a gleam" Shadow said, slight shakiness entering her voice.
"All right!" Eon shouted, startling several other students. "We're going to have a brawl now!"
"Are you two ready to start?" Mr. Champ asked, standing way back from the ring. Almost all of the other students followed suit.
"Well, then" Mr. Champ said, grabbing a boxing bell and rang it, signaling the fight. "Begin!"
Ace and Melody walked towards each other and shook hands. They sized each other up and stepped back. Melody struck first, landing a Focus Punch on Ace, who flew back, landing in front of Shadow's legs. She looked down at her best friend, who just looked back at her.
"Hey" he said, waving.
"Hey" she slowly said, returning the wave.
"So, how was your day?" Ace said, starting a casual conversation. The other students looked at the two of them like they were strange.
"Well, I was almost raped by a group of Poison types" Shadow said nonchalantly. Some of the students next to them let their eyes go wide. She had a run-in with the Wheez&Koff? And they let her go? Odd.
"What?!" Eon shouted angrily, clenching a fist. "Where are they?! I'll teach them a thing or two."
"Ace already took care of it" Shadow said to calm her fiery tempered friend.
"Moka kick?" Eon asked, as if she was already expecting the answer.
"Moka kick" Shadow and Ace both said, the latter standing up.
"How hard?" she asked.
"Across the hall" Ace said.
"Nice" Eon fist bumped her friend and walked over to her place in line.
"By the way" Ace said to Shadow. I like your pants."
"Thanks" she said.
"Are those the light up ones?" Ace asked.
"No" Shadow replied. "Those have a red stripe down the side. I put it there so I wouldn't accidentally wear them again."
"Hey!" Melody shouted at her opponent. "I will not be ignored!"
"Hold on." Ace responded.
"So why did you get hit?" Shadow asked. "You could have dodged that and landed twenty just like it."
"I wanted to test her" Ace replied. "To see if she would be a fun challenger."
"Is she?" Eon asked, a gleam starting to enter her eye.
"Yes" Ace said, walking back to the ring. Melody, getting more impatient by the second, got back into battle position; her face had a look of "bring it on".
"Are you ready?" Ace asked.
"Of course." Melody said. "Don't hold back for me. I may be a girl, but I can still kick your ass.
"Oh, I don't hold back." said Ace. "Unless the power gap is too significant. You will be a fun challenge"
The two of them started fighting for real. Ace lunged, charging a Nightmare Claw (Dark Void/Shadow Claw), while Melody used a Focus Punch combined with Mega Punch. The two attacks met with a minor explosion, the shockwaves knocking everyone except Eon and Shadow back about fifteen feet. Mr. Champ noticed that the two of them hadn't been knocked back.
"What are they?" he thought to himself. "Ace and Eon are pretty much the most powerful beings in the school, while Shadow seems to have a great hidden power. Then there's this new girl, Melody. She claims to be on par with legendaries. If Ace is keeping up with her, does that mean he's on par with legendaries as well? Or are they legendaries themselves?"
"You're good" Melody commended her opponent, a smirk coming to her lips.
"You too" Ace said, a smirk on his lips.
"Let's kick this to full power." Melody said.
"I was waiting for you to ask." Ace said.
"Oh sh!t" Shadow said, quickly realizing where this confrontation was headed.
"This is gonna be good!" Eon said, coming to the same conclusion.
Ace and Melody released their hold on their respective powers. Their power levels skyrocketed, causing every psychic, ghost, or dark type in the room to get a minor headache. The rest of them found it a little harder to breathe (except Chopper, Shadow and Eon, who were used to power levels this high). They looked at the two fighters as they stood there, emitting enormous amounts of energy. When they stopped getting stronger they lunged at each other yet again, slashing, punching, and kicking at each other. Ace sliced her with Nightmare Slice, while she attacked with Ultra Punch (Mega Punch on steroids basically). They separated, panting for a second before resuming their struggle. Ace landed a Dark Punch on Melody's face, causing her to fly back. She flipped around to land on her feet and landed a Focus Punch on Ace's chest. He recoiled from it and swung around with a Blaze Kick, hitting her in the side of the head.
"My Arceus!" Mr. Champ said in awe of the two fighters. "They're landing blows that would crumble steel. And they're just tanking them and hitting each other back! What are these people?"
"You're good" Melody said, panting a little from landing and taking very powerful blows.
"You too" replied Ace, feeling about the same. "Who taught you?"
"I can't tell you." Melody said. "She made me swear not to."
"Fair enough" said Ace.
"Let's finish this!" Melody shouted as she lunged at Ace, who dodged. He Shadow Kicked her through the gym door, crushing it. Melody landed out in the hallway, Ace running over to her to make another blow. She punched him in the face and stood back up.
"This is roomier." she noted, eyeing the large hallway. "So we can use the entire school as our battle ground?"
"Yeah" Ace said, gathering shadow energy. "Let's make this a memorable fight."
Hall of Origins
"So are they done?" Dialga asked, having witnessed the fight between Ace and Melody.
"No" Arcey answered, worry in her voice.
"Arcey" Dialga asked, noticing it. "What's wrong?"
"He's not done fighting yet." Arcey' voice was very grave.
"So?" Dialga asked, not realizing the source of her mentor's worry. "Isn't that a good thing that he's not going to lose to her easily?"
"No" Arcey replied. "They are just getting started."
"What?" Dialga exclaimed.
"You stopped watching when they were panting" Arcey explained. "They are about to go even further"
"What do you mean "further"?" Dialga questioned.
"What is beyond humanity?" Arcey said ominously, staring into Dialga's eyes, the latter thinking for a second before her eyes went wide. Arcey smiled, her pupil understood why this was a bad thing.
Pokemorph High School
Both Ace and Melody absorbed energy, powering themselves up even further. They started using their special attacks, Ace using Dark Balls and Melody using Focus Blasts. The volleys of blasts hit each other and caused explosions, each shaking the building a little. The students in the gym piled over to the doors, watching the fight. Eon, Shadow, and Chopper cheered for Ace. Some joined in, while others cheered for Melody.
The two fighters stopped firing blasts at each other, panting. Everyone watching was shocked at how the two seemed to be on equal footing, neither showing signs of giving up.
"You know" Ace said, panting. "You're the best opponent I've had besides Eon or Shadow on occasion."
"You're the best opponent I've ever had." Melody returned, also panting. "You're even better than my mentor."
"Your mentor must have been powerful" Ace said.
"She was" Melody said. "I haven't seen her in a while. She disappeared a while ago and I've been looking for her since."
"Oh" said Ace. "That's terrible"
"But I haven't let it get to me" Melody said. "I'm going to beat you here and now."
"Bring it on!" Ace said, getting pumped. "Let's pull out all the stops."
"All right!" Melody said, getting pumped as well. "I'm not going easy on you anymore!"
"Me either" said Ace.
The two of them started putting out more energy than ever before. They emitted so much that it started to shake the building. People standing up fell over, having no balance on the shaking ground. As the two fighters loosed more and more energy, the shaking intensified. Ace's jacket was flapping like a cape, his scarf flowing like in a breeze. Melody's hair was flowing behind her, her clothes rippling like they were in the wind.
Their bodies began to change. The other students began to get excited. Not only would they see this newcomer's poke-forme, but also the enigmatic Ace Hunter's as well. They knew that if he shifted, it would be an awesome fight.
Ace's body contorted in shape. His chest grew larger, his scarf becoming more and more like the bottom jaw of some large animal. His back hair turned whitish grey and grew much longer, flowing behind him in the energy surge. His legs grew thinner, becoming more and more like stilts. His skin turned black and he seemed to become a large shadow. His eyes turned cobalt and got bigger, seeming to be able to stare into the soul of an individual. His arms grew a little larger at the forearms, but smaller at the biceps. His hands grew in proportion to his forearms, his five fingers on each hand melding into three and becoming more and more claw like.
Melody, on the other hand, became gentler looking. Her body seemed to get a little thinner and her arms seemed to get bigger where her hands were, her fingers disappearing. Her leg, like Ace's became stilt like, but they were more petite. Her dress got longer on the left side and shorter on the right until it was almost showing her full right leg. Her face got paler and her eyes got larger. The blue already in them was enhanced until it was almost azure. Her long green hair shifted over to her left side as it got longer. The headset on the side of her head (which was surprisingly still intact) shifted until it seemed to be part of her face. Her head got rounder as a jewel the color of her eyes appeared between and above her eyes on her forehead. When she finished she looked like a petite singer, full of grace.
The students watching saw the two fighters, some of them gawking. The opponents in front of them looked like total opposite elements squaring off for a duel. They stared at each other, trying to analyze each other's abilities. Both of them seemed to have a look of excitement in their eyes.
"The power you're emitting is incredible" Ace said, his voice menacing and dark.
"Yours too" Melody's voice was gentler and softer.
"They're so powerful" a watching student said, able to feel their power without being a psychic type.
"Yep" Eon said.
"So" she said, turning to Shadow and Chopper. "Who do you think is gonna win?"
"Ace" Shadow said.
"At this point I'm not sure" Chopper said. "They seem like they're equals. It is probably anyone's game at this point. But if I've learned anything from my fight with Ace, it's don't underestimate your opponents or utilize type advantages alone."
"Sage advice" Shadow said, shuddering from the feel of the darkness coming off of her best friend.
"You know" Melody said, clenching her fists. "When I first met you, I thought you were just like everyone else, treating me different because I was a girl. When I was growing up the only person who treated me like everyone else was my mentor. And now she's gone. But you are different. You aren't holding back or going easy on me to give me a chance. You are fighting to the full extent of your power. And I'm loving it!"
"Well, then" Ace said, a smirk crossing his lips. "Let's pull out all the stops"
"Ace, wait!" Shadow called, trying to run over to him. This was hampered by Eon pulling back on her arm.
"No" she said, holding her friend back. "This is his fight."
"It's not that" Shadow said, fear in her eyes. "You know what happens if he goes too far into his pokéforme."
"Oh no" Eon said, realizing what she meant. "But he's not going to go that far is he? Not for a fun fight?"
"What happens?" Chopper asked, having heard it.
"Well" Shadow started to explain to her recent friend. "He becomes more and more violent as he breaks more and more seals (at least that's what Arcey said). If he breaks even one, then he might just end her life."
"He wouldn't." Chopper said. "Not in this situation. In a situation like Yveltal, then maybe, but he wouldn't do it here, would he?"
"I hope not." Shadow said, clasping her hands over her heart. She moved her red "petal" locket (it looks like the red protrusion in a Gardevoir's chest) over to reach her heart locket that she had gotten as a set of two. It was engraved with the phrase "BE FRI" on the front. Inside was a certain person's name. She opened it and looked at his name. In thin black letters was the name of the one person that always had her back no matter what. Ace Hunter.
"Pull out all the stops?" Melody asked, confused.
"You and I both know that we can go more powerful than this." Ace said, clenching his fists. "Why not see who's stronger at full strength?"
"Fine, then!" Melody shouted, releasing more aura. "Consider yourself beaten!"
"We'll see." Ace said as he released his own aura. The two of them started to shake, not from exhaustion, but from releasing so much aura. Their auras became visible, almost resembling flames around them; Ace's aura was black, while Melody's was a warm green with some brown flecks that added to the flare of it. The two auras surged, causing everyone in the room to feel like they were underwater. Shadow and Eon watched, having mixed feelings about the circumstances. Eon was completely excited that she was going to watch a full-on smack down, while Shadow was a little worried that her best friend might sink too deep into the darkness of his own power, becoming something so terrifying that people quake in fear of it.
Eventually the two of them stopped releasing aura, being at their limits. Both looked at each other with a look that said: "Come and get me!".
The two of them ran towards each other yet again, their fists meeting and causing an enormous shockwave that shattered windows in every nearby classroom. Teachers and students looked out of their doors to see the two battling Pokémon landing colossal blows on each other.
Ace lunged with a Dark Punch, Melody with a Focus Punch. The two of them landed the blows on each other's faces. They flew back and continued to attack each other. The other students watched in awe and partial fear. How much power and damage would be seen in this fight?
Pokemorph High School-pool area
The swimmers in the pool area were tired. They had stayed up all night practicing for a meet they had on Thursday (as per their coach's orders) and now they just wanted to sleep. The five swimmers lay down on the chairs set around the pool and tried to sleep. Some of them had considered quitting, but their coach was very strict and everyone who tried quitting was given extra laps in the pool. The tired swimmers decided that they would get a few minutes rest before they swam another exhausting few laps around the pool and then sleep through their next class. Their coach walked in, however, before they had even gotten their eyes shut.
"All right ladies!" she shouted through a megaphone. "Get in the water!"
"But we're tired!" several of them groaned.
"Ten more laps!" the coach yelled into her megaphone.
"But I'm a fire type" one said, hoping to get a break.
"I don't care!" yelled the coach. "Get in the water!"
The five girls moved to get in the water. Before they could, however, a green haired girl in pokéforme fell through the wall into the pool, making a giant splash which got them all wet. A black, shadow like creature with white hair and a red collar-jaw thing fell after her, pulling back a punch infused with what appeared to be Dark Pulse. It hit the water and splashed them again, several of them complaining about getting water up their noses.
Under the water, Ace and Melody continued their fight. The water's liquid properties didn't slow them down as they released a flurry of blows on each other, some hitting and some not.
"Hold on! Time!" Melody shouted to Ace as they fought. Ace stopped and let Melody get out what she wanted to say.—note: the following conversation takes place on a psychic level (seeing as they are underwater)
"We're underwater." She said. "How are we moving this fast?"
"When one gets powerful enough" Ace explained. "Things like liquids or even lack of air matter little. We are two very powerful beings whose auras are so intense they are visible. To add to that, neither of us are truly at full power. Right, Meloetta?"
"How did you know that name?" Melody asked, suspicious. "Only my mother and I, along with my mentor, know that name."
"You're a legendary" Ace said. "Your mother was a member of the Third Legendary Council. And I have a sneaking suspicion that your mentor was Kyurem."
"How did you know that?" Melody asked, shocked that this shadow being knew so much about her.
"I knew Kyurem." Ace said. "I memorized her fighting style. You fight almost exactly like her, from the hand-to-hand combat to the special combat."
"How do you know my mentor?" Melody demanded.
"Legendaries should know each other." Ace said. "So we can have each other's backs."
"You're a legendary?" Melody asked, unable to hide the shock on her face.
"Of sorts" Ace said. "The current council is in a sort of training program. Arcey is preparing us to become guardians of certain regions, but we're all still young and inexperienced."
"If you're a legendary" Melody said, still suspicious. "Then prove it"
"I'm battling you on equal terms." Ace replied. "You said you were on par with legendaries. I am at least as strong as you, so that would make me a legendary. Also you are both severely holding back."
"How did you know that?" Melody asked.
"Oh I know all about your other forme" Ace said. "And I have a multitude of seals in my body restricting my power. That said, let's finish this fight."
"Yes." Melody said. "Let's"
They leaped out of the water, each of them charging up a blast of their own aura energy; Ace charging up a Dark Nightmare Blast while Melody charged up a Feedback Screech Force Wave (completely original attack). The swimmers and their coach had moved to the other side of the room, watching the brawl unfold.
The two of them released their blasts, both of them going Kamehameha style for maximum effectiveness. The two blasts met in between the two, causing the entire area to shake under the force.
"Stop you two!" Shadow yelled, running up to Ace.
"Ace, stop this now!" she pleaded with her best friend. "Too many people will get hurt if you continue this."
"Oh, all right." Ace said, after a few seconds. He shifted back to human forme and Shadow hugged him.
"Thank you" she whispered into his ear.
"So is that all you're going to do?" Melody asked, shifting back to human forme.
"Yes" Ace said, putting his arm around Shadow. Melody was about to say something else when she realized something. She also realized that neither of them knew what it was.
"Ace, that was awesome!" Chopper shouted, running up to his friendly rival.
"Yeah!" Eon shouted, tackling Ace and fist bumping him. "You kicked her ass!"
"It was a great fight." Ace said, turning to Melody and extending his hand. "I'd like to finish it sometime."
Melody shook his hand, a smile on her face. She would like it here, especially with friends like these. Ace was different than most people she had met. He treated her the same way he treated everyone else. If she were being honest, he still treated her differently because he held back for everyone else. That was the most fun she'd had in years.
"I'd love to" she said, a playful hint coming into her smile. "After you give your girlfriend right there a kiss"
Ace and Shadow both turned bright red and looked at each other. The others around them all laughed, Eon moving over to Melody.
"If you were Dialga or Palkia" she said, nudging Melody with her elbow. "I'd have hit you upside the head."
"Who are they?" Melody asked.
"Two members of the Legendary Council." Eon explained in a whisper to Melody. "We all know they like each other, but they just don't understand their feelings. Dialga and Palkia love to tease them on that point. But I always make sure they understand that it's not fun to tease others about not understanding their feelings."
"Oh" Melody said, understanding.
"On a different note" Ace interrupted. "Chopper, we need to talk. I need you to take me to Mira's house."
"Okay" Chopper said.
"Melody" Ace said, turning to his new friend. "Would you like to come with us? I'm sure you could be a member of the Council."
"A member of the Council" Melody thought. Her mentor, Kyurem had talked of the Council often. In fact, that was the reason Melody had pushed herself as hard as she had. To become a member of the council.
"I would like that" Melody said. "I want to join you and your friends on your adventures."
"Cool" Ace said. "Lead the way Chopper."
Outside Mira's house (forty minutes later)
"Is this the place?" Ace asked when Chopper led them to a house. The house looked more or less out of shape. It seemed like no one paid any attention to the outside of it. Shadow shivered, a small chill running down her spine.
"Yes" Chopper said. "This is her house. Please don't say anything to her about it."
"Seems fitting for a Ghost type" Melody muttered under her breath.
"That wasn't nice, Melody" Ace said, not under his breath.
Chopper led the other four people in and shut the door behind them. The four legends looked around at their surroundings.
"This hallway seems long" Ace noted.
"What do you mean?" Chopper asked.
"You know how a house is usually bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside?" Ace asked.
"Yeah" Chopper answered.
"Well, this is like that." Ace replied.
Chopper took them down a hallway and took them to a door on the left. He opened it and led them inside. They noticed a bed with a sniffling Mira huddled up in blankets. Conner was sitting on a chair next to the bed, holding a large box of tissues. Mira looked up and saw their guests, her eyes going wide. She would have said something, but Conner beat her to it.
"Chopper, what's going on?" he asked, confused as to why Chopper had brought a little group to his best friend's house.
"Ace said it was real important" Chopper said to his friend. "He said it couldn't even wait until tomorrow."
"Must be important then" Conner said.
"It is" Ace assured his friend.
"Then, what is it?" Mira asked, coughing into a tissue.
"Let me get started." Ace said, getting a chair. The others pulled up chairs as well. Ace started to relay the information to his friends, making sure they understood every word of it.
"You guys have heard of Zygarde, right?" he asked. The panicked gasps from nearly everyone in the room confirmed his answer.
"He has created a bunch of clones of all the legendaries to fight with the Council." Ace explained.
"That's cliché." Mira pointed out.
"I know" Ace said. "But it's coming. This is where we need you"
"What do you mean?" Chopper asked.
"We need you" Ace said. "to tell us if you see any of the legendaries or me, Shadow, or Eon, especially if we're acting in a way that contradicts out personalities."
"So, you just want us to be your eyes and ears?" Conner asked.
"Pretty much" Ace said. "These clones are supposedly stronger than us, so you guys would have absolutely no chance of stopping them."
"Where do I come into this?" Melody asked.
"I want you to fight with us" Ace replied. "You are nearly as powerful as me. You would be a great asset in this fight."
"I guess I could join you guys." Melody said, making a fist. "To fight the good fight."
"Great!" Ace said, having cleared up business matters up. "Just remember this: Shadow is psychic."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Conner asked.
"Her clone could be able to read your mind." Ace explained. "It could jeopardize your lives."
"Oh" Conner said, realizing the situation.
"Well, we have to go" Ace said, motioning Shadow, Eon, and Melody to get up. "Chopper, I will see you later. Mira, I hope you get better. Conner, take care."
The four legends walked out of the house, closing the door behind them. Ace contacted Arcey and told her the story. She agreed and allowed Melody access to the Hall. Ace noted, after the call ended, that Arcey sounded a bit tipsy.
The four of them walked back towards the Hall of Origins, chatting along the way. They walked by Melody's house, where Melody said goodbye to them and they parted ways. The other three continued walking until they reached the Hall. They entered the Hall and grabbed some food. Dialga filled them in on the details of Arcey drinking three whole bottles of vodka while Ace filled her in on the details of his "badass fight". Ace laughed a little before getting up to find more bottles. The friends went to watch a movie before training, Arcey looking for them and not finding them.
Melody's house—9:00 PM
Melody yawned after her long day at school. She put on her pajamas and got into bed. After a few minutes, however, she heard a noise in her room. She got up to see two Greninja, a man and a woman, standing over her. She fired Focus Blasts at them, but they dodged them and the girl struck a blow to Melody's neck that rendered her unconscious (if she had been at full strength it might not have worked).
"Should we take her?" the woman asked.
"No" the man said. "We only need the vial. To take her would lead the Kyuryoon to us. We cannot stop him in his current state.
"Allright" the woman said, taking out a vial. She drew a substantial amount of blood from Melody's arm and sealed up the wound. The two Greninja people disappeared into the night, leaving no trace of their entry.
This ending might seem to not make sense here, but it will make sense later, I promise