Chapter 6

The Hall of Origin (3rd person P.O.V)

All of the legendary Pokemon, except for Latios and Latias, had gathered in the Hall of Origin. They all listened closely as Arceus began the meeting. "Lugia, since you called for this meeting, I assume you had something important to say?" The alpha pokemon looked towards the beast of the sea.

Lugia nodded. "Yes, Arceus. I was just going to check up on Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres when I felt a very strong presence in the water currents. One much much stronger than that of normal pokemon. However, it wasn't one I could match to any of us," Lugia got puzzled looks from many of the legendaries as a response. Ho-oh interrupted Lugia. "What do you mean? That a normal pokemon lives in the water which is as strong as a legendary?" She asked suspiciously.

Lugia shook his head. "Please, let me finish my story," Ho-oh grunted a bit, but complied as she remained silent. "Anyway, as I said, I felt a strong presence in the water currents so I decided to investigate. To be honest, it was not at all what I was expecting. There, on the bottom of the ocean, lay a green Latios, who was unconscious, with a very critically injured wing,"

Gasps filled the entire room, as everyone realized the implications of what Lugia had seen. The only one who didn't gasp was Arceus, who had a small smile on his face. However, Mew, a close friend of Latias, was completely stunned. "A SHINY LEGENDARY!" She yelled at Lugia.

Giratina rolled her eyes. "Thank you, captain obvious. We've already figured that out, you know,"

Mew pouted slightly and looked back to Lugia. "What do you mean? His wing was critically injured and he was unconscious?"

Lugia quickly explained what happened to the Latios he had seen. Namely, he laid out how the Latios had been attacked by humans, and how he was injured by a missile.

Once again, the room was listening carefully to what Lugia was saying. It wasn't every day that a shiny legendary was seen. This time it wasn't just Arceus who didn't gasp. Mewtwo was actually smirking at the story. "You see? That's what I mean! We should have gotten rid of humans long ago! Now look at what they've done!"

"How can you say that!" Palkia yelled. "You were created by humans!"

"WHAT? Never insult me like that ever again!" Mewtwo growled and held his hands together, forming a dark ball that had electricity crackling around it. As soon as the ball had reached the size of Palkia's head, Mewtwo fired it at Palkia, who instinctively reacted by shattering the shadow ball into tiny, harmless pieces.

"Don't ever say that again," Mewtwo said to Palkia, daring him to do it. His smirk said. 'Say it and you are dead.'

Palkia just chuckled at Mewtwo. "Whatever,"

Rayquaza took Lugia's attention by asking. "What happened to him now? Why isn't he here?"

Lugia shrugged. "He wanted to go to Altomare, so I guided him there. Apparently, Latias had explained everything to…uhm…I believe his name was Michael. Basically informed him of the existence of pokemon and the pokemon world before seemingly abandoning him. I helped him to Altomare after explaining to him how I had found him before he turned into his human form and left to search for Latios and Latias,"

"Where is Latias anyway?" Rayquaza asked while forcing a small blush back.

Some legendaries chuckled and Arceus decided to answer. "She's back in Altomare with her brother, on duty to protect the Soul Dew,"

"Why? I mean, Palkia and I should be on duty also. Why can't they come?" Dialga asked.

"Because…there will be some events in Altomare soon that can change a lot of lives," Arceus answered calmly. At those words, two pokemon, Celebi and Dialga, shifted uncomfortably. Rayquaza tilted his head slightly, in response to Arceus's comment. "Why can't we help? I mean, it's the first time they'll be in real trouble,"

Arceus nodded calmly. "It is specifically for that reason that we won't help. They must prove that they can be the guardians of Altomare. Besides, by doing so, they will trigger essential events that will not happen if they do not. Also, even though WE won't help them, I assure you that they will receive plenty of help."

"From who?" Mew wondered, getting slightly worried about Latios and Latias.

Arceus let out a chuckle. "Have you forgotten that Michael is in Altomare?"

"Do you think he's going to be able to find them? And even if he finds them, how will he be able to help? He doesn't know how to use his powers yet," Rayquaza asked, worried about the eon guardians of Altomare.

Arceus smiled softly. "Michael has tremendous power. How else could Lugia have felt that from so far away? He will be able to control his powers soon. I have sent the Chosen One to Alto Mare also to guide him. The only question is, will he be in time…" Arceus seemed to drift off, before suddenly declaring, "The meeting is over!"

Mewtwo groaned angrily. "DID I JUST HAVE TO COME HERE TO HEAR THAT WHINING?"

Arceus frowned. "I thought you wanted to join these meetings? We never force you to come here Mewtwo. What do you expect? That we talk about how to save the world every time? The world isn't in danger every day,"'

Mewtwo groaned. "Fine…" And teleported away.

Mew turned to Arceus. "Thanks, Arceus. Sorry, he's pissed off," She paused a second before yelling. "AGAIN."

Arceus sighed before letting his ring shine a bright white light. Portals began to appear out of nowhere and almost all the legendaries flew through them, except the ones that were able to teleport for themselves. The portals brought them back to their respective places, however, one pokemon stayed there, wavering in the air uncomfortably. Arceus frowned. "Rayquaza, shouldn't you go back to the sky tower? Or is there something you want to talk about?" Of course, Arceus knew well enough what was on Rayquaza's mind, but bringing up the subject himself would probably have angered Rayquaza.

Rayquaza sighed deeply, encouraging himself to go to Arceus. He sighed again and chuckled slightly to Arceus. "Why do you even ask what's wrong? You know already what I'm going to ask,"

Arceus nodded. "Yes, I do,"

Rayquaza rolled his eyes. "So… are they going to be ok?" Rayquaza knew well enough that Arceus knew who he was talking about.

The alpha pokemon looked at Rayquaza. "I can't tell you, Rayquaza. If I did, you would take actions that would change the future,"

"But what if the future changes into a better one because I helped!" Rayquaza tried to counter but Arceus shook his head in response.

"I'm not revealing anything about the future, Rayquaza. It's too dangerous," Arceus said.

Meanwhile, in the pokecenter (Michael's P.O.V)

Weakly, I opened my eyes, still feeling extremely tired. "Six," I muttered while checking the room. The room just had plain white walls, two beds, one of which I was lying on, and a bathroom.

"How are you feeling?" A male voice said from beside me.

I wasn't really paying much attention to the owner of the voice though, not really hearing it was male and not the female voice of Nurse Joy. "Give me some time to check my wing, will you?" It was only when I heard a familiar chuckle that I looked at the rodent that was on the ground next to me. "Pikachu! How…do you know where I was?" I asked Pikachu.

Pikachu rolled his eyes. "I asked a Chansey, but don't worry! Ash, Brock, and Misty don't know I'm here,"

"Ok," I said while looking at my wing, ignoring the fact I didn't know what a Chansey is. I raised an eyebrow when I saw the bandages, which covered most of my injured wing. "Wow, guess she did a lot of work on it,"

Then, without any warning, the door opened. I was about to turn invisible when I saw Nurse Joy coming inside. "Hey Michael, how are you feeling?"

I facepalmed slightly, or at least tried since my arms in my Latiosform aren't that long when I remembered I never really answered Pikachu's same question. I heard the rodent chuckling a bit, letting me know he was thinking the same thing. "I think I'm doing fine, I only feel a slight pain now. How did everything work out?"

Nurse Joy smiled. "I was able to fix your wing, but you'll need some time to recover completely,"

"Can I go into my human form?" I asked her.

She hummed in thought as she considered if it would be wise to do that. "Well, you can…but try to go into your pokemon form as much as possible. You saw for yourself that going into your human form only stalls your recovery,"

"Ok, thanks Nurse Joy,"' I said as I enabled my levitation again. I sighed in relief when the pain in my wing was quite minimal, and only a small tinge could be felt as I moved.

"Don't forget, I gave you a strong painkiller. You may not feel a lot of pain, but it's still there," She said, breaking my happy thoughts of finally having no more pain. "Here, take this," She grabbed a small bottle with some pills in it and gave it to me. "These are the painkillers, but only use them when you really need them,"

I covered myself in a bright green shower of light while changing back into my human form. I smiled when I finally was back into my familiar form…but somehow, I was starting to feel more comfortable in my pokemon form. I shrugged it off however and nodded toward Nurse Joy. "Thanks a lot for healing me Nurse Joy. C'mon Pikachu, let's go back to Ash,"

"Sure, but how are you going to explain how you went missing last night and suddenly came back in the afternoon?" Pikachu asked.

I was surprised. "It's the afternoon already? I slept for way too long… but I always do that," I shook my head a bit to focus and then looked at Pikachu. "So, where is Ash anyway?"

"He's training for the Tour de Altomare for tomorrow. He really wants to win," Pikachu said, feeling a little sad because he would be useless tomorrow.

"Tour de Altomare? You know what? I'll compete myself!" I said. Even though I didn't know EXACTLY what it was, I had seen a poster for it the other day, and it had looked very fun.

Pikachu chuckled while Nurse Joy giggled. "You don't have a pokemon, Michael," She said.

I mentally cursed my own foolishness. "Darn…hmm, maybe I'll ask Ash or Misty if I can borrow a water pokemon from them. But we should go now Pikachu," Pikachu let out a content 'chu' and jumped on my shoulder.

"I hope you don't mind, I've gotten used to sitting on Ash's shoulder,"

"It's ok, as long as you know the way to Ash and his friends," I grunted, once again cursing mentally when I remembered my bad navigational skills.

After a quick goodbye with Nurse Joy, who said I should be more careful next time, we left. "So where to, Pikachu?" I asked the yellow rodent on my shoulder.

"It's that way," He said while pointing to the left, to a nearby alley. I nodded and took off, trusting Pikachu and his sense of direction. After a few moments of silence, Pikachu decided to start a conversation. "Are you going to reveal yourself to Ash, Misty, and Brock?"

I shivered when I remembered the last time I accidentally revealed myself. "No thanks, I don't want to be blasted apart again," I said drily.

"You can trust them, Michael, especially Ash. He has seen lots of legendaries and always does his best to help them. He also wouldn't try to catch you unless you were ok with it,"

I shrugged. "I'm not scared of being caught, I'm scared of what villains would do if they saw me,"

"I'm sure that Ash would do everything to defend you, Michael. You should be more scared of being caught, by the wrong trainer that is, because many trainers will treat you badly and force you to battle," Pikachu said. He stayed quiet after that, giving me time to consider if it'd be smart to reveal myself.

After a long walk, with Pikachu giving directions, Pikachu and I arrived at a long canal. We could already see Brock standing near the sides as Togepi crawled around in his arms. I ran over to him and grinned. "Good to see you again Brock,"

Brock gave a smile. "Good to see you too, Michael. I'm glad you're back,"

"So, what are you doing waiting here all alone?"

My answer came when Ash suddenly passed by on the water. He was standing in a chariot, while Totodile was pulling him forward. I heard the crocodile-like pokemon cheering happily and it seemed like he was dancing on the water. The chariot stopped and Ash smiled. "Hey, you're back Michael!"

"Yep I am, I'm sorry I was away, but I really had to see someone," I said truthfully.

Another chariot passed by and Misty stopped beside Ash, her Corsola pulling her chariot. "Welcome back, Michael,"

"Thanks, Misty. Hey, I was wondering, could I use one of your water pokemon? I want to enter the Tour de Altomare."

Ash smiled at Misty. "I'm sure that Misty will lend you one of hers. She is a water trainer after all,"

Misty slammed a mallet hard against his head. "You've got more than one water pokemon as well, you know!" But after she yelled angrily at Ash, she grinned at me. "Sure, you can use one,"

I nodded slowly, trying to get used to her quick mood changes. "I hope she doesn't slam me with that mallet," I said to Pikachu.

Pikachu chuckled. "Don't worry, everyone gets hit by it someday," He said unhelpfully. Meanwhile, Misty had already taken some pokeballs. I looked strangely at the pokeballs in her hand. "Why are you taking out your pokeballs?" I asked, completely confused.

I got a strange look back in return from Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. Only Ash was wondering the same thing as I was, something that worried me. 'I haven't asked something stupid, have I?' I wondered to myself.

Misty sighed deeply and was clearly annoyed. "Maybe 'cause I was going to let you choose one of my water Pokemon, so you could already start practicing for the race that's in 2 days?"

I gulped and groaned. 'Yep…I asked something stupid,' I watched when Misty threw several pokeballs, releasing the Pokemon inside. A frog-like Pokemon called Politoad, a star-shaped Pokemon called Staryu, and a goldfish-like Pokemon, Goldeen, who was released into the water. All of them looked eagerly at me, ready for a race. I hummed a bit in thought before choosing Politoad. Not really because he seemed strong, but because he was the most excited one, even clapping his hands in happiness after I had chosen him.

That night, in a city near Altomare (3rd person P.O.V)

"C'mon Oakley! What are we doing in a library, anyway?" Annie complained as they were in the library while it was pitch black. The only light that shined into the room were small beams of moonlight that came through the windows. Both of them were wearing black Team Rocket uniforms. You could clearly recognize the Team Rocket logo, which was a big, red R on the chest. Annie had weird, curled hair on each side of her head. Compared to Annie, Oakley had pretty normal hair, except that it was grey. It was rather short, somewhat around her neck, and curled to its sides. While Annie was younger than Oakley, they had almost the same height and were both very slim.

Oakley growled at Annie. "Stop complaining sis, we have to stay silent. We don't want another guard trying to catch us, right?" Both sisters look to the entrance of the library, where a guard was laying on the ground in a small puddle of blood, his throat still bleeding while his eyes gazed off blindly into the distance. Annie gulped. While Oakley had no problems with killing someone, she was against killing. During her training, she always excelled in speed, acrobatics, and balance, just like her sister, but when it came to the shooting and combat course, she hated it so much that she refused to do it. It was only after several warnings that she complied to also join those courses because if she didn't do so, she would be killed by Giovanni since he put a lot of money into training both her and her sister. She was just as skilled in killing and combat as Oakley but that didn't mean she liked doing it. Only when it was really necessary, which means she or her sister's lives were in danger, she would kill, but not before trying to knock the person unconscious instead of killing in cold blood.

Annie shivered when she quickly looked away from the dead body and continued in a whispered tone. "Fine, but what book is so important that you have to steal it?"

Oakley smirked slightly as she had just found the book she had searched for. "The legendary book of Latios and Latias," She showed the front to Annie and her eyes widened as the front showed a bright-looking blue crystal, and above were two flying pokemon, called Latios and Latias. "This book tells us everything about Latios and Latias and also how to operate something that's called the DMA,"

Annie didn't really care, and while her sister's explanation did more to confuse her than to clear her up, she was more interested in the crystal that was printed on the front cover. "I don't really mind much about Latios and Latias or that DMA, whatever that is. I just want that beautiful jewel,"

Oakley chuckled slightly at her sister. "Well Annie, it turns out we have to get that jewel to power the DMA, the Defense Mechanism of Altomare. We also need either Latios or Latias to start the DMA. But I'll explain it all later because we have to get out of here quickly before anyone discovers we killed a guard,"

Annie coughed slightly, a bit irritated. "You mean, YOU killed a guard,"

Oakley, however, waved it off. "Whatever sis. Let's just go,"' Both of them quickly and swiftly ran past the dead guard, while Annie dropped a black card with two kisses and a rose on it, before proceeding to run outside and jump into a car that was standing right in front of the library before they quickly drove off. "Hey Oakley, didn't we have to capture one of those Pokemon for Giovanni?"

Oakley nodded slightly while driving. "Yeah, we have to do that. But that doesn't mean we are going to, right? Think about it sis, with two legendary pokemon by our side, nothing will be able to stop us!" She grinned evilly at Annie, hoping that she would comply with the plan.

Annie looked worriedly at her older sister. She knew Oakley sometimes had a problem with controlling power and it often got to her head, making her crazy. Annie also knew completely well the consequences if one messed with Giovanni. He was cold-blooded and wouldn't even think twice about killing you, even when you are one of his elite members. She sighed deeply. "We'll see what we're gonna do with them when we actually capture them. They're both legendary, so it's not going to be easy,"

Annie pushed some buttons on the dashboard and out of nowhere, wings appeared out of the car, and after a boost of speed, the car suddenly started to fly. She easily controlled the car over the ocean, heading for Altomare. "I know it's not going to be easy, but they don't even know we're coming to attack them, so we'll have the element of surprise. We're going to capture Latios and Latias, and with some luck, we'll be able to steal the Soul Dew as well,"

There we go!

After re-writing this, I think it sounds much better!

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