Sorry for the long, unexpected delay, guys.^^' After this chapter, there's only one more to go until this fic's completed. Hopefully, I can finish it in a more timely matter.
"You are Yveltal," Mauve observed. The transformed pokémon seemed to be more relaxed at this point, as if simply knowing what the beast was had calmed him.
"AND YOU ARE A FRAUD!" burst the angry dragon-bird. Kiera was sure that she would have at least flinched from such an outburst, but Mauve seemed unfazed.
"Yes, but I fail to see how this concerns you," Mauve pointedly returned.
"FAIL TO SEE?" the Yveltal screeched. "YOU FAIL SEE? YOU SPEW MOCKERY AT THE MIGHT OF LEGENDARIES AND YOU DEGRADE THE REPUTATION OF ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES WITH THIS ABSURD PLAN, AND YOU FAIL TO SEE?!"
"You legendaries take yourselves too seriously," Mauve retorted.
"YOU FOOL!"boomed the Yveltal. "I SHOULD OBLITERATE YOU INTO A THOUSAND PIECES!"
Mauve raised a brow. "But you can't do that, now can you?" he challenged. "You must know that I can transform into any pokémon I want. What's to stop me from bashing you with Xerneas? Or frying you with Zekrom? Maybe I'll settle for crushing you with Arceus."
"You may be able to look like another," the Yveltal hissed in a voice that was eerily quite. "And you know a few fancy moves, but you're an idiot if you think that's enough to make you invincible to a legendary. Can you widen the seas or expand the land? Can you grant any wish or control time and space? Can you turn other pokémon to stone at your very whim?"
"I don't need any of those impressive, little tricks as a power crutch," Mauve scoffed. "All I need is whit and planning."
The red and black draconian flapped soundlessly, it's light blue eyes glittering maliciously. "But can that save you from banishment?" The Yveltal continued before Mauve could answer, "You've proved that you don't deserve to live here. You don't deserve to live anywhere amongst other pokémon, so I'm banishing you to a place known as the Voidlands until I see it fit to release you, if I ever do."
"WHAT?" was all Mauve could muster, a trace of fear evident in his voice.
"I SAID I'm sending you to the Voidlands," the Yveltal returned in an impatient voice. "It's dark, depressing, and infested with shadows trying to suffocate you, just like your personality."
Before Mauve had time to react, the Yveltal rammed into the pokémon, sending him hurling into a swirling, purple mass that had just appeared. With a shocked screech, he was sucked into the void and was gone.
Kiera blinked in astonishment before standing rigidly still. The Vulpix hoped that the Yveltal hadn't noticed the rest of them yet, and she had learned her lesson about assuming someone was trying to save your tail. However, the legendary wasn't paying them any heed. Instead, it looked like the avian was breaking out into a fit or something. The red and black body was jerking and shuddering wildly, but if you looked close enough it almost looked like...
A volley of high-pitched, strangely familiar giggles suddenly burst from the Yveltal. The laughter sounded like it came from a little, female pokémon, and certainly NOT from a giant beast that could summon swirling vortexes. A white glow suddenly engulfed the Yveltal, accompanied with the sound of crackling energy. The light gradually became more intense until the brightness completely drowned out the sight of anything else.
The light was beginning to hurt Kiera's eyes, so the Vulpix quickly closed them against the harsh glare. However, the light soon faded shortly after. Once Kiera had opened her eyes again, she saw that a tiny, light-pink furred, kittenish thing was levitating in the place of the Yveltal. "Teehee! I got him real good! Right guys?" chortled the creature.
A particularly loud gasp came from Nola's direction. "Oh my...I don't believe...it's a...it's...IT'S A MEW!" the excited Eevee finally managed to squeal.
The Mew cocked her head and scrunched up her face in confusion. "Huh?" she said in a curious tone while looking down at her small pink paws. The psychic pokémon snapped her fingers while letting out an angry huff. "Rats, got the wrong one," she grumbled. Once more, the Mew began glowing in bright, white light, although it was not as intense this time around. When the light faded again, it revealed an all-too-familiar Emolga who glided down to the ground.
"MAYA?!" Kiera exclaimed in disbelief.
"The one and only," the Emolga replied with a wink.
"But the Gourgeist!" Shiku interjected. "They ate–well, we thought they ate you!"
"Pfft, they wish!" Maya snorted. "I gave them a pretty good smack-down before I left, though."
"Wait a sec," Keegan interrupted. "You've been a Mew this WHOLE time?"
"Yep!" Maya cheerfully answered. "Pretty good disguise, eh?"
"But...why?" Nola queried in a confused tone. "I mean...why'd you pretend to be an Emolga this whole time?"
Maya scratched the back of her black-furred head before responding. "Because I wanted to see what it's like to be a normal pokémon. I wanted to see what school was like and what regular kids do for fun. Things are just...different when you're a legendary."
A pained groan suddenly interrupted the conversation. Kiera turned to see the Celebi still clutching its head as it sat on the ground. "My head..." it murmured. "What happened?" Truth being told, Kiera had completely forgotten about the Celebi until this moment.
"You were being mind controlled," Keegan stated in a tone that indicated he felt that it should have been obvious.
"I-I was?" the Celebi asked in disbelief. The light-green psychic type glanced to the side, her blue eyes suddenly widening. "What are they–we have to get out of here! They're dangerous!"
Kiera turned to see that the Celebi was looking at the three unconscious forms of Rahms, Noirus, and Sarch lying on the ground. They looked like they would be knocked out for awhile, but the Vulpix still felt a trickle of unease.
"Don't worry!" Maya interjected. "I was just about to take care of those creeps, and I think these three will make good company for our dear ole Ditto friend." With a flash of white light, the little pokémon was a Mew once more. Within a few moments, Maya had teleported the unconscious pokémon with a speed that Kiera could barely believe was possible. "There," she announced in a satisfied tone, "we don't have to worry about them anymore!"
"Hey!" Keegan gruffly barked. "You could've done that right from the start and saved us all this trouble!"
"Yes, but that wouldn't have been as much fun, now would it?" Maya playfully grinned.
"Wait a sec..." Nola trailed off in thought. "If Mauve can turn into any pokémon he wants to...then what's to stop him from turning into a psychic pokémon and teleporting back here?"
For a split second, a prickling sense of panic flared through Kiera. She had thought this horrible ordeal was finally over, and the thought of going through it all again was almost to much to handle.
"Relax," Maya calmly responded. "Didn't I say not to worry? Anyways, I sent them to the Rim of Auldera. You can use Teleport to get into it, but you can't use it to get out of there. So yeah, they're basically stuck there unless I let them out."
"Don't," the Celebi growled. Kierra turned to see the mythical pokémon glaring down at the ground. "Don't let them out, I mean. They deserve to rot there."
"Uh...okay," Maya responded with a dubious look at the Celebi. "You know, you're really not looking all that great. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," the Celebi persisted. "It's just a headache. It'll probably be gone once I'm home, which is where I'm heading now, unless I'm needed here?"
Maya shook her pink head. "Nope, I think we're all good."
With a nod, the Celebi flew up and quickly disappeared within the protection of the thick forestry.
"Well, I think that just about covers it," Maya concluded. "Just give me a sec to grab my costume and I'll have us teleported to Legend Fest in no time!"
Keegan cocked his head with a wry expression. "Can't you just go as yourself?"
"No way!" Maya strongly replied. "Every time I've gone, it's always been the same thing. Do this and fix that! I have to listen to everything people tell me and I NEVER get to do anything. When everyone know's you're a legendary it's no fun at ALL! Oh wait– I think I left my costume over there!" Before anyone else could get a word in, the Mew was off gliding above the tree tops.
After watching her for a while, Kiera noticed Shiku fidgeting in the corner of her vision. "Hey Kiera," he called. "Would you mind freeing the rest of us?"
The Vulpix turned to see her friends still wound up in the brown, tree roots. In all the chaos, she had forgotten that they were still tied up. "Oh...right. I'll do that," she sheepishly grinned.