"Long ago," began 'Silver'. "The whole land was united under a queen. Our fair land was called Nevit. The whole land was at peace and everyone lived happily. Then, a human made his way to our land." At this we went pale. That was impossible. Humans couldn't live here. At our faces he smiled. "I will explain. He didn't live for long, but before he died, he released his only human tainted Pokemon. It was a muk. And this muk wanted more."

"This muk has been tainted with the DNA of Mew and has the ability to shape shift. It also gained the dark type. When it was released, it disappeared, no one knew what happened to it. Then, one day, at the queen's court, the queen was viciously murdered." At this we all gasped. We'd all heard the story before, but most of the details were new.

"After some searching we easily figured out who was behind it, the muk. This muk has begun to call himself 'The Lord of Dark'. Many Pokemon took this and interpreted it to mean that all dark types were his minions. Suddenly there was major discrimination against dark types. This caused them to actually become his minions. He offered them shelter, for them and their families."

"He didn't stop there, he destroyed most of our government and the continent has broken up into sections, trying to protect themselves from the darkness. But about the time you young ones were born, there was a prophecy given in the psychic section. By me. It goes like this:

[Well, I don't know if this is good or not, but here:

Beware the Lord of Darkness.Beware the powers he has desires.Beware his abilities of Darkness and Shadows.Beware the way he hides.He is coming to end us all.Using his powers of horror and malice.Only one can save us.The young silver orphan with two friends who challenge.She can save us, with her bravery and courage.With her friends by her side, she can beat the Lord of Darkness.Be prepared, for he's coming to invade us all.Be prepared, only the Eevee of silver can challenge him with light. A battle will take place, darkness or light can win.But if she can fight side-by-side with her friends, it is certain to light to win.We will be saved.But only if she can accomplish the task of clever wit.]

We all stared at him in astonishment. "Whoa," said Daisy finally. "So, basically, since our birth you've known that the three of us, or more specifically Crystal, are supposed to destroy the much?" "Yes," said Silver Spoon. "Well," I say. "That's why you were talking so late last night, I was afraid it might have been something important."

He turned on me. "Crystal," he said. "This is not the time for jokes. As we speak, the lord of the dark is gathering power, gathering strength, gathering more Pokemon. You remember that your family disappeared, right?" "Right," I nodded. "Well," he said. "Your brother and father are dark types, right?" "Riiiiiight," I said. "So," he said. "I see it very unlikely for your father to marry a non dark type, so I'm thinking... what was your mother's name?"

"Gem," I said, and his eyes went wise. "I was right." he said. "There was a reason why she disappeared." Seeing my confusion, he continued. "Gem used to the leader of the Rising Sun group. A Dark Lord resistance, if you choose to call it so. And about 15 years ago, she went missing." Now it was my turn to let my eyes go wide. "So..." I said. "So," he answered. "I believe that your 'father' isn't really your father."