Light shone through the brown branches, shadowy arms stretching across the ancient ruins. What was left stood in spite of itself, defying gravity in its precarious way. Yet, this place, kept secret by the trees, was safe. It had avoided modern man's destructive touch and so had become a sanctuary for the animals.
The columns were the only complete thing, everything else had worn and crumbled - their decay the only marker if time in a place of uncounted days. Light shone in, illuminating the relics, precious secrets of the ruin far from the town.
It was considered as the ruins of Celestic Town for it is closest to it, about four kilometers from the gate.
The ruins were large. A diffuse bluish light was beaming through the pillared alley, which made an eerie contrast with the white halo beaming from the brass sculpture on the central altar. The fragrance of incense was heavy and the sound of chimes could be heard in the distance. The expedition was about to begin, and the two of us were slowly experiencing our consciousness retreating into the abyss of our subconscious mind.
This was not a world of fantasy, everything we could see around us was so real, so material, so substantial and yet so impenetrable. Awed. Awed, our expressions were, gazing upon the old dialects carved by the ancient people of the town. We needed to use a phone, Bulbapedia translator. This was due to the language, the language of the Unown.
"In the world before time and space is the existence of nothingness. There was no such thing as twilight nor light. But in these vast plains of nothingness comes the vessel of chaos, floating endlessly throughout. From the chaos that succumbed this nothingness arose an egg.
From that egg comes the advent of the Original One, whom we call Arceus. Through Arceus, time flowed through the creation of Dialga, space flowed through the creation of Palkia, and lastly, matter and ant-matter flowed through the creation of Giratina. These three were in charge of keeping the equilibrium between the three natural forces.
Because of abusing its powers, Giratina was sent and banished to the distortion world, a place that is said to be corrupted with Giratina's fainted power. As for Palkia and Dialga, they succeeded in creating the rest of the universe, including our planet, and afterward, they rested upon their own dimensions.
Arceus then created three Pokemon. Arceus creates Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, giving knowledge, emotion, and willpower to all living things that come into existence in the Pokémon world. The three dive into caves at the bottom of Lake Verity, Lake Valor, and Lake Acuity in Sinnoh, giving them the name "lake guardians".
Harness the power of the three and the red chain shall be obtained. The chain is used to control the deities but only the wise and the righteous must have the right." we read the dialects slowly and there, I now understand everything.
The dream, the dream I had. It was similar to the illustration I've seen on the dialects. The silhouette of a Pokemon of pure darkness with red eyes glowing fervently. Could this be? Could this be Giratina? The deity of the so-called distortion world?
The atmosphere was now becoming dense and heavy and we had to move on and get out of this sacred building, feeling a bit foiled by not having completely deciphered the holiness of the place.
Unknowingly, someone attacked me and Charlotte from behind. They literally struck for our backs, luckily our senses came up and we were able to dodge the attacks.
"The mission is proceeding without a hitch. The boss should be pleased. Everything is for everyone, and for the good of Team Galactic!" shouted a man with a dark-blue hair. He is allied with two grunts of his own organization.
"Team Galactic, so you must be their leader!" shouted, Charlotte.
"I am merely a commander of the organization whom I am devoted to. I've heard about you, Team Rocket, an organization from the far east. My name is Saturn, one of the four commanders of Team Galactic. I shall not let anyone interrupt our mission."
Saturn is a young man with blue hair styled like a sideways crescent moon and bangs. He has angular blue eyes, and wears a stylized Team Galactic uniform.
"Golbat, use Air Slash!"
"You too, Staravia!"
... commanded, the two grunts standing beside their commander.
"Let me handle this Luna, Crobat, dodge the two attacks, and proceed with Shadow Ball!"
"Staravia, drill peck!"
"Golbat, try using Wing Attack!"
"Crobat, gather up the wind, and use Hurricane!"
The hurricane made canceled both the attacks of Staravia and Golbat as they were succumbed to the impenetrable swirling wind of Crobat's wrath upon then. I stood in awe, witnessing one of the moves Crobat learned during Charlotte's time with Team Magma.
"Staravia, return!"
"Golbat, take a good rest."
"Argh! Good for nothing grunts. Why do I always have to be the one to deal with problems? Toxicroak, ready for action!" furious Saturn became after seeing his grunts fail him once more.
"It's my turn to deal with this, Charlotte." me and Charlotte substituted roles. She pictured the dialects while I fought against Team Galactic's commander.
"I've heard about you. You're the ones who defeated two of our grunts. Now you're here, interrupting our goal for a new world through Dialga and Palkia. You're an interruption to our master's ideal."
"I won't lose. Shelgon, come out to the battlefield!" ignoring him, I proceeded by using Shelgon against his Toxicroak.
"Alright Shelgon, ember now!"
"Toxicroak, dodge the attack, and use Poison Jab!"
"Proceed with brick break!"
"Shelgon! Stay strong!" I encouraged.
"I can't believe our grunts lost to a weak agent like you. You're an embarrassment to your organization." mocked, Saturn as he laughed hysterically. I was angered by his way of talking.
"Watch your yaps you little bastard!" Charlotte halted her "photography session" with the dialects for a moment as she scolded Saturn aggressively.
"I don't need to. Your friend over here can't even learn how to increase the stamina of a Pokemon. Come on now, Toxicroak, Poison Jab once more!"
I was getting pressured. I do not know who to focus on, Saturn and his aggressive words or Toxicroak. I knew I wanted to kill him, you know? Like what I did to my previous foes but I hesitated. I wanted to develop my battling skills, and like they say, cheaters are losers and killing is part of cheating. Just this once, no aggression involved, just to improve my skills like how the great Cliff thought me.
"Luna don't listen to him. He's playing with your mind and if you believe him, you've fallen right into his trap." warned, Charlotte.
"I know!" I countered back, also asking Shelgon to dodge but again, it failed me. It was the end of the line for me as Shelgon fainted in front of my eyes.
"Pathetic. What a waste of time." Saturn mocked. He then addressed his grunts, "Is everything analyzed?"
"Yes, Commander Saturn." responded, the first grunt.
"Good, then lets head out."
Nearly rushing to him, Charlotte restrained me, leaving me with no choice but to watch Saturn and his grunts leave. I was angered and I did not want to go by the rules anymore for I wasn't fit for it.
"Luna, relax. We got the photographs. Calm down, I'll call Oliver so he can pick us up." Charlotte mumbled on my ears.
"If I were you, I would leave that pathetic Shelgon. Pokemon are monsters, not pets. If you want to become strong, get strong Pokemon, and not weak ones. Friendship and bond? Heh, that is what makes trainers and agents like you weak. I'd abandon Shelgon, the two of you are not meant for each other." Saturn tilted his head back and bade his final words, making me even angrier and at the same time, pierced through Shelgon's feelings who just woke up from her fainted state.
Team Galactic had won this round, but I won't let another defeat take place.