Centuries passed, one generation after another. This time in AD 1298, shortly after his twentieth birthday, Damos Gaspar was appointed by his mother to be a priest and head of the Archestian religion.

By then, Damos already had a goal to meet; since he was a child he was a big fan of his own family history, he knew his family history backwards and forwards and was always fascinated by the story of Mew and Pablo. He always dreamed of being worthy of a relationship of trust and friendship with Arceus himself, he wanted to achieve that honor and remain in history as "the human who showed that pure friendship between God and human Pokémon could exist" and at the same time live a story just as fascinating as that of her ancestor, Ava.

By then he also took on his new responsibilities, which were to organize and monitor everything that had to do with religion, make notes that he considered important, help his people in whatever they needed (something like doing public service), along with with Marcus attending to everything that had to do with the town and valuing some of their decisions with perfection and possible pleasure or displeasure of the gods. Although he was not completely alone in his responsibilities, he had the help of Beder, his official assistant and his right-hand man, his job was to help him carry out his responsibilities. Beder was a man his own age, unconditionally loyal, devoted to his religion, and with a strong sense of duty; although extremely exaggerated when he fails or is in serious trouble, to the point that sometimes threatens him with suicide.

Marcus was from the Koroterna dynasty, a descendant of Empress Alix and also of the remembered Emperor Stephen. He came to the throne when he was fifteen years old because his mother, the beloved Empress Olga, died prematurely. Marcus was a year younger than Damos, as many of his ancestors grew up together and were best friends from childhood, though they grew apart after Marcus's mother died. At the time that Damos joined him in command, they became good co-workers and colleagues.

Marcus was totally dedicated to his duty, always in his office and writing important documents, meeting with those in charge of the different areas of the government and eating expensive salads in the mornings. But when he was not directing Michina, he liked to read some historical documents of his family (especially those of his mother), write his own notes on parchment, read interesting stories in some books and chat in a fun and recreational way with Damos.

Every fifteenth of January, Arceus visits the town of Michina to see a relic, an areola that is kept in a small building that was on public view. What that areola had is that it belonged to Castafer, the best version of his third son; Since he realized the truth behind Lesly's betrayal, he visits that relic to appreciate the last thing that was left of his son and silently mourn what happened.

In his first two years as a priest, Damos took that unique opportunity to approach Arceus directly and personally, offering him a sip of coffee and his unconditional support to calm even a little his pain, but Arceus in his sadness could only turn and see him with indifference, reminding himself that unfortunately not even "the dynasty of the chosen ones" could be trusted. Damos' disappointments were comforted by Beder, giving him motivation to try again the following year.

These attempts to gain the trust of Arceus could continue like this for a long time, until a stroke of good or bad luck (however you want to interpret it), in November of the year 1300 AD, near winter, meteorites began to fall that came from space in the middle of a snowfall at dawn.

The peasants and the Pokémon left their homes seeking refuge, Damos watched from a cliff and did not understand why this was happening, if Raikuaza (God of the sky, intermediate between Kyogre and Groudon and guardian of the ozone layer) was supposed to To prevent that from happening, things got worse when a larger and more colossal meteorite approached. It was evident, it was the end of the world, without anyone helping them to save them.

But suddenly, a portal opened from the sky from which Arceus came out to avoid the collision of the asteroid, with the power of his seventeen type tables he managed to eradicate the space body and prevent it from collapsing with the Earth, but as a result of the excessive effort he lost his boards and fell from sky.

We see everything, he wasted no time, he came down from the cliff he was on and ran to where his god was. When he arrived there were several pokémon that came out of his shelter, who, like him, decided to take a closer look at everything and what they could do to help Arceus. To calm his restlessness a little and give notice of his presence, he spoke.

- I hope you are warm, because it is very cold, don't you think? - Damos said in a friendly and charismatic way to calm the tension in the environment.

-It's Damos! - Shouted some pokémon from the crowd.

- What a relief that you're here, what can we do to help Arceus? - Asked a Sandlash from the crowd.

"Should I seek help?" A Pidgeot asked.

"Will Arceus be saved?!" A Nidorah asked with concern.

Those and more questions filled with concern invaded poor Damos, who was still in shock over what had happened and not knowing how to control the situation.

-E- Listen, let A- Arceus take a closer look to see what we should do- He said with a little nerves for being subjected to that pressure.

The pokémon moved away and allowed Damos to approach the mythical Pokémon, he observed it and assumed that the state it was in was critical, it did not even have its characteristic ring that always floats on its back and knew that if it was not done something that was going to be his terrible end.

At that moment an idea occurred to him, he used his telepathic ability to connect with Arceus's heart and tried to find a solution by that means.

He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and spoke, "Transcends the confines of time and space."

Opening her eyes she was able to see the pokémon around her as they were, except for one. Arceus was in almost total black, seeing him in that state Damos felt as if a bucket of cold water had been thrown on his head; but he also managed to briefly see a flash of light that came from Arceus's chest and that guided him to a of your boards.

When Damos finished the connection, he knew what to do, he immediately went for that table that he was able to see in his telepathic state, the terrain was rocky so he had to be careful not to fall, in the end he took the table and carried it with some difficulty It was relatively large and somewhat heavy.

When he was near the crowd the board glowed, floated out of his arms and was absorbed into Arceus's body. After that everyone witnessed a beautiful light show, the other boards that were scattered around the area started to arrive and rejoin their owner.

Arceus's body began to shine just as the sun began to rise, he rose majestically from the ground, floated about three meters from the ground, opened his beautiful emerald green and ruby red eyes, then used his power to materialize his characteristic floating ring located behind his back and looked at the crowd around him.

Damos was excited and fascinated to witness that event and the Pokémon present were stunned by such glory, they all bowed as a sign of respect, adoration and gratitude.

-Thank you, thank you very much for worrying about my well-being- Arceus said with courtesy and joy, addressing the Pokémon-Human, were you the one who saved me?-He asked kindly and with a gentle smile addressing Damos.

Damos got back up carefully so that his movements were not sudden and with a great admiration and adoration for Arceus he said - No, Arceus, it was you who saved us - he said while his eyes reflected the light that emanated from Arceus and he gave a smile full of delight. gratitude.

Arceus politely thanked them again and proceeded to leave. While Damos and the Pokémon present were ecstatic by the event they just witnessed. When they returned to Michina, the entire town was waiting for them since they were the only ones who came out to help Arceus, feeling sure that the catastrophe had passed. We were excited and almost jumping, he told what had happened in detail, what he managed to see when the others went to seek shelter, how they helped Arceus and how he gave thanks for everything.

The entire town celebrated and appreciated what Arceus did for them. Marcus on the other hand was also grateful, but he couldn't forget that the village had received damage, three quarters of the crops were destroyed and it wasn't going to be easy to recover because the land itself was problematic when the seasons approached. low temperatures.

Marcus requested support from Damos, to think about what was the right thing to do to avoid a catastrophic winter and spend it in the best possible way, Damos attended to that but not before asking Beder for a pen and parchment, to write a document of what happened so that it would remain as a record of the history of Michina, an important event for the mythology of their religion and as an important part of their family history.

Damos and Marcus had agreed to try for the next three weeks to recover the lost crops, if this was not achieved Marcus would make trade deals with the nearby towns and Damos would get the help of the goddess Shymin (goddess of nature and plants).

Unfortunately, in the established weeks, almost nothing of the required goal was recovered, the trades made were not enough because the neighboring towns did not have as much to spare and nothing was known about Shymin, despite the efforts of Damos to contact with her.

Marcus was desperate and Damos didn't know what to do, at this rate they wouldn't survive the winter. One day Damos wanted to take a break from all that chaos, he climbed the same cliff where he had seen the catastrophe, sat down and sighed.

-If this continues, we won't survive the winter...- he said to himself, defeated to see that nothing was working.

- We give- Said a soft and majestic voice behind him- You want to revitalize this land, don't you? Arceus asked.

-Arceus!- Damos shouted from the impression and stood up suddenly because he couldn't believe that Arceus was there - A- Arceus, what are you doing here?, it's not January fifteenth and -and I haven't prepared anything for - to receive you - Damos said embarrassed and afraid of looking bad before the mythical Pokémon.

-That doesn't matter now, Damos- Arceus said to calm the human's tension and nerves. -Just answer my question-

- Y- Yes... Since the meteorite we have had many problems with the crops, none of our neighbors have much to help us, winter is near and I can't find a way to contact the goddess Shymin... I don't know what to do anymore- Damos said feeling defeated for not finding a way to solve his problem.

- Shymin is not available for now, she is on the second Earth helping a new allied species of Pokémon to have resources, I am afraid that she will not be able to help you due to the greatness of the territory they will occupy; in fact that is why Raikuaza he did not eradicate the meteorite, he is also somewhat busy in that place- Said Arceus clarifying the reason for the absence of his little Shymin and incidentally the absence of his son Raikuaza.

- It's just that I don't understand why us...Everything was fine! The town looked beautiful and it seemed that it was going to spend a decent winter with the condition that it didn't have dinner on the weekends- Damos said desperately trying to manage the hysterical state I was going through at the time, to avoid losing control in front of Arceus- Now my beautiful home looks like a vacant lot and due to lack of supplies I will only eat for the next three weeks, twice in each of them and once a day- He added when he was already calm as if it were a kind of joke, implying that he had already accepted what was coming.

Arceus let out a small and subtle laugh - From a beautiful town to a wasteland, don't you think you were too exaggerated? He-He asked with a calm smile upon hearing such a thing.

-This is how I feel about my home, it was beautiful and such a drastic change is difficult to digest- Damos explained with a certain degree of melancholy in his voice.

- How unfortunate...- Said Arceus and then floated in front of him- Okay, I'll lend you my strength- He said with kindness in his voice, then he showed his shape-type boards that floated around him - These keep in complete and perfect capacity to my power, they are part of my being-.

Damos looked at Arceus in amazement, he couldn't believe that Arceus himself was going to help him.

- With the power of the earth, water, plant type tables and combined with the electric type all are united, and with the power of the dragon type table they increase. Said Arceus, as he took out the aforementioned boards one by one in that order, with those boards he formed a spherical-looking, plant-green jewel with a constant glow. -Use this jewel for the greatest good, to make the land rich and fertile- Saying this, the jewel floated towards Damos' hands.

-The jewel of life...- Pronounced Give the name that he gave to that relic that was conceived for him, but still dumbfounded and surprised by what Arceus himself was giving him.

- But without that jewel my power and my options diminish and I am more susceptible to the dangers that may happen to me, even hypothetically speaking I can lose my life in various circumstances- Arceus explained so that Damos would be aware of what it means for Arceus hand over that jewel. - Damos, I am trusting you, trusting you with my life- With those last words I knew that Damos would understand what it means for him to give him that object, which means that Arceus trusts him with a human despite the fact that a complete history indicated that this was not the case. it was a good idea and that his god trusted him enough to give him something like that.

We give, with humility he said-Arceus, I thank you...But you shouldn't do it. Look, no human like me doesn't deserve you to make that sacrifice, we don't deserve it - Damos said, trying to convince Arceus that it wasn't a good idea.

Listening to those statements full of insecurity, Arceus clarified something very important - Damos, as the most perfect god I remind you that I must be empathic in a very selective way to prevent something from happening that I might regret, but believe me when I tell you that you and your people are worthy of that, especially you who make me understand that you are worthy of my trust - Arceus clarified in a kind way to convey security to Damos - Please, I insist that you accept- .

Damos understood, Arceus managed to convince him to accept the jewel of life, he also thought of his people and without a doubt he could not miss that opportunity - Thank you, my deity - Damos said with pure sincerity in his words.

Damos took the jewel and extended his arm upwards to lift the jewel, after that waves of energy began to nourish and improve the quality of the land.

-I'll be back in two weeks, to see how everything is going and how the jewel is being handled- Arceus said, announcing his next return.

With that, Arceus opened a portal to his dimension and proceeded to withdraw from the place, leaving for the first time in as many centuries the trust of a god to a human.

To be continue...