The Rise of an Ancient
I found Mew pretty quickly, or rather, she found me. And was she excited.
Flying up to me, she told me, "I can't wait! This will be so exciting for you! You know the mythicals and what they look like, right?"
I replied, "Yeah, yeah. I've read about them before. I can recognize them. By the way, how do we get there?"
Mew replied, "I can teleport us there. Quick and easy! Also, one more thing. The other mythicals don't know I've kept your memory. They still think I erased it! So just pretend like you don't know anything, ok? We could get in big trouble."
I didn't need to be told twice. With that, Mew surrounded us in energy and we were gone.
The place was impressive. A small room filled with incredible artchitecture. I noted that this wasn't even the whole of the Hall of Origin as we approached the other mythicals, and when we did, they stared at Mew, most in exasperation. One of them finally spoke up,
"Mew, do you think we are retarded?"
"I think it was made plenty obvious that you didn't erase this new Celebi's memory. Arceus is gonna be pissed!" the small bush creature, Shaymin, continued.
Another, Jirachi, spoke, "Mew, this could have dangerous consenquences. We're not even supposed to interact with humans, much less be connected with them. We don't exactly want a million trainers scouring the earth for us when they find hard proof that we're real." I just looked down, trying not to draw attention.
Mew responded, "I know that and all, but I felt so bad for him. What if everything you had was ripped away from you? Not a glimpse of your old life, without memories? For something you could do nothing about?" The others stopped and thought of that.
Jirachi said, "Then why didn't you... yyou know what, fine. He can keep it all, I guess. But I'm warning you. If he gets too much publicity, there goes our secret. Make sure his current state never gets past the island he lives on."
She then turned to me. "Sorry about that. I'm just a bit... cautious. You understand that, right? I'm Jirachi. These are all Manaphy, Shaymin, Victini, Meloetta, and Diancie." They all said hi to me, while I just waved a little.
Jirachi spoke again, "This isn't even why I called the meeting in the first place. Marshadow has noted me of an enemy I thought was gone for good. Diancie, can you pick up Manaphy? Celebi, can you carry Shaymin?"
We did as asked, and Jirachi asked Mew to teleport us to a remote plain. Despite it being night, it was still very warm here. Shaymin seemed to be uncomfortable, as she thought to herself that she could carry herself in day instead of me carrying her. She's probably mad it's nighttime...
"We're near Vast Poni Canyon, Alola," Mew identified. "What are we doing here?"
"Look below us," Jirachi responded. We saw a rampaging beast down in the wilds below us. Its body proportions seemed all wrong, and although most of its skin was crystalline black, some of it glinted white. It seemed to be pained, and frantically searching for something.
"Necrozma? I didn't think he was an issue..." Diancie said.
"Apparently Marshadow told me we should keep him in check." Jirachi answered.
"So just why is Necrozma important?" I replied.
"I suppose I could tell you," Diancie replied. "Long ago, Necrozma was a magnificent beast. He was known as the keeper and guardian of all light, and had the power to rival if not exceed some of the mightiest legends, being a member of the Council as well. However, the residents of this Alola region we're in soon discovered Z-Power. What they didn't know is that it drained Necrozma of his light, and soon all of it was lost and spread around Alola. This intense pain and weakening drove him insane. What remains is only a darkened husk of what he once was."
Jirachi interrupted, "However, Marshadow, or the night guardian of Alola, told me that Necrozma has found some of his light and is restoring more and more, hence the shiny spots. If he Ultra Bursts to his former glory, nothing will survive his rage."
That prompted me to ask, "So why don't we stop him right now? Can't you just wish him away?"
She replied, "I wish it worked like that. I only gain those powers for a week every millenium. Now is not one of those times."
Victini added on, "Necrozma is still very powerful even in this form, and he can match any of us for sheer power. Against him, I'm not taking any chances."
As I looked at him with surprise; Victini was literally the Victory pokemon, a small, glowing, hooded pokemon came out of nowhere and jabbed Necrozma square in the face, launching it into the canyon cliffs.
Jirachi recognized that pokemon instantly. "Marshadow," she whispered. "He's here to drive off Necrozma once more."
Necrozma got up quickly and let its skin take a metallic sheen and harden, a move I knew as Iron Defense. I thought that would make things harder for Marshadow, but he didn't care. He ran to Necrozma again and with a ghostly aura uppercutted it. Right after Necrozma's skin lost its sheen, and Marshadow had it instead. He must've stolen its boost somehow...
Necrozma screeched in pain and and fired a ball of pure light at Marshadow, who dove into the earth as a shadow as the ball hit the ground and erupted into a column of light where he once stood. Necrozma was bewildered at this and wondered where Marshadow went, only for him to come out from behind Necrozma and land an ingeniusly placed punch. Necrozma had enough by that point. He retreated off into the canyon, desperately trying to get away from Marshadow.
The small mythical's glow and luster died down and he looked up at us, apparently aware of us the whole time. "Hey, Jirachi!" he called. "How about actually helping next time?"
"I think you're well aware of how reckless that was," she replied as she approached him and the rest of us followed.
I quickly caught his eye, though. "Looks like you found a replacement, Mew." She looked proud of that. "Hey, I'm Marshadow. Nice to meet you, Celebi!" he told me as he offered a handshake.
"Hello, Marshadow!" I simply replied as I took that offer.
He then turned to us all and said, "Y'all should get going. It is the middle of the night, after all. You gotta get some sleep."
"What about you?" Manaphy asked out of concern.
"I'm nocturnal. I think I'll be fine," he answered. With that, he left into the bush, and Mew took that as our cue to leave too as she teleported us all back.
When we got back to the Council, we went our seperate ways for sleep, but just before, Manaphy called me over. She told me, "Please keep your status as much of a secret as possible. Jirachi has a point, if we reveal ourselves, everyone will want to catch us, with some having nefarious intentions. Please?"
I had to agree to that. "Yeah, I don't want to deal with that. It'd get annoying fast."
"Thanks. You know, you're not much of a talker," she replied.
"Well, neither are you," I jokingly countered. "Besides, I just became a mythical. I'm nervous."
"That's understandable. It's definitely a lot of pressure to put on someone formerly human."
Soon, we said our goodbyes, and I made it back to the house and went out like a light.
Saturdays, I love Saturdays. Pokemon School is cool and all, but we all need a break. The weather was amazingly hot, perfect for me, my parents, and our pokemon to hang out by the pool. The sunrays felt more amazing than they ever had before, and I didn't feel the need to eat at all. Just sitting in the sun was enough. But the peace was not to last.
Kingdra broke the pool surface, asking, "How about a sparring match? I've been getting a little bored."
"That'd be cool, but are you sure? I don't even know any moves yet," I replied with concern.
"You're Celebi. You'll be fine," she countered.
My parents were watching me and Dad asked,"Are you talking to Kingdra?"
All I could tell them was, "I'm a pokemon now. It only makes sense I'd be able to. Also, you might want to get inside. Now."
As my parents got inside, looking a little worried and not wanting to experience what was next, Kingdra went first. She swam around frantically, in the pool, and just like that, it started raining. She was setting up her infamous "Sea Current" combo, and it started with Rain Dance. The rain was also very refreshing, but in a different way. I felt less and less thirsty just from the drops soaking into my skin. But I didn't know what to do. I tried to attack in some way... but nothing happened. I wasn't prepared for Kingdra to slam into me at absurdly fast speeds using Waterfall. My vision went blurry as I was launched into the air, stunned for a moment.
But soon, the pain was practically gone, and I wavered above the pool. Kingdra was impressed, but wasn't surprised either. I heard her thinking to herself, "Guess I have to try something else." She didn't even hesitate to attack me again, this time using Outrage. I managed to dodge it out of sheer terror. My heart was pumping, this was the most intense moment I've ever been in. Unfortunately, I forgot that Outrage lasted more than one turn. Pain overwhelmed me as I got hit again, and the world faded to black.
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