Chapter 4 - Star-Stuck
The shadow of night hovered over Time Forest. Dialga and Destiny were fast asleep.
But at the spire, no one was asleep.
“My dear dream sender, the moon’s till up... it has lost most of it’s power, but can you do one more thing for me?” The silvery voice asked.
The darker voice sighed, growling, “What is it. I’ll do my best.”
“I need you to go to Palkia. Take her this dream, for it tells her what to do about the Time Portals.”
The dream sender took the dream-orb carrying the dream from the silvery voice and took off. He flew through the night, reaching Spatial Forest in the blink of an eye.
“Sweet dreams, Palkia,” the dark voice said gently as he burst the dream-orb where Palkia usually slept. The dream dust swirled around, making intricate patterns over the bed of leaves.
Palkia was out late gathering apples for the next day, when she realized she was very tired. She sauntered back to her bed and lied down in the dream dust. Sleep came over her like a big, fuzzy blanket.
Lights flashed, and Palkia was in her dream world. She saw the events of earlier, the portals’ inability to stay open, from the other side. She saw what was blocking it, and she saw how to fix it.
Palkia woke up in silence. She looked up at the indigo sky, glittered with stars, and remembered what happened years earlier. When Dialga and Palkia were still very young, still lived in Arceus’s palace. The portals Palkia made wouldn’t stay open. So she had to allow Dialga into the Space Dimension to clear the way. She knew what she had to do. But Dialga letting her into the Time Dimension? Probably not going to happen.
Dialga and Palkia started feuding a year after they left for Time Forest and Spatial Forest. Giratina traveled out of his newly made Distortion World to separate the two. They haven’t spoken to each other since then. Palkia sighed. She knew she had to see her sister in the morning.
Dialga woke to clear skies. Destiny, however, was still fast asleep. Dialga tried everything to get her up.
“Roar of Time!” Nope. “Dragon Claw!” Nope. “Dragon Pulse!” Nope. “Flash... huff... huff... Cannon!” Nope. Destiny was still fast asleep. Dialga collapsed in frustration.
“What does it take to wake you up!?” Dialga sighed-screamed. At that moment, the small pokemon flew up in a flash of green. “What took you so long!?” Dialga yelled so loudly, she hurt her voice. “I... huff huff... did
everything to wake you up!”
Destiny stared at Dialga with blank eyes. She yawned, saying “I wake up on my own. You can’t wake me up, I will wake myself.” Dialga rolled her eyes.
“Destiny, we need to go see my sister today, remember?” Dialga almost growled.
Destiny tilted her head. “Why did you just growl? You said it in a low, growl-ly like voice.”
Dialga shrugged as she pushed Destiny toward Spatial Forest. Spatial Forest wasn’t that far way from Temporal Forest, but it felt like hours walking there. Eventually they got to the boundary line. The two forests were drastically different.
The combination of oak and pine trees of the Time Forest came to a complete stop as maple trees and spruce took over. The smell was different, the air felt different, everything was different. Even the dirt looked different.
As Destiny flew in loop-de-loops in the new forest, Dialga trudged unwillingly. She was not on friendly terms with her sister. Why the two actually fought was a mystery. They just did, knowing that at one point in time, there was something.
As the duo came to Space Spring, Dialga heard a familiar roar. Soon after, a white and pink pokemon shuffled into the clearing.
“I thought you would come,
sister.” Palkia growled. “I thought you would come.”
Dialga rolled her eyes. “Right. You’re just saying that to freak me out.”
“Did not!”
“Did too!”
“Did not!”
“Did too!”
As the two went back and forth, Destiny noticed a ripple starting up on a nearby tree.
“Uh... guys? Is that, uh, normal?” Destiny stammered. Dialga and Palkia were too busy fighting to notice.
Then suddenly, a piercing shriek flew through the forest. The sky grew dim. The air itself seem to take on a dark aura. Then the shadow of a snakelike pokemon appeared. The pokemon screamed as the shadow took on color.
Dialga and Palkia could only whisper one word out of fear: their brother’s name.
Giratina thrashed around, screaming. Eventually he came in between the two deities.
“Stop it! Stop it now! It’s bad enough I had to do this when we were little, but, really, you have to continue this war!?” Giratina shouted forcefully. The sisters cowered in fear as he continued.
“I am sick of this. Sick of it! We’re family, families are supposed to be friends, not warring against each other! Without time, space wouldn’t exist. Without space, time wouldn’t exist. You both are so important. So why do you keep fighting over this!?”
Dialga whispered back, “I don’t know, Giratina... I just don’t know...”
“Well, find out Dialga.” Giratina yelled, and then in a softer voice, “It breaks my heart to see you this way. Please... just cooperate...”
Destiny floated slowly out. “I... I agree with Giratina. You... can’t fight forever.” Destiny said slowly.
Palkia nodded. “Gira, you’re right... I’m sorry.”
Giratina jerked his head and faded. Dialga looked at Palkia and told her what was going on.
“I know what’s happening.” Palkia started. “ Remember, when we were just learning how to warp, my portals got stuck? Well, same thing here. A Time Circle is blocking the way. You have to let me into the Time Realm and move it out of the way.”
Dialga looked down and agreed. She unlocked the Time Realm, and Palkia warped her way in. After a while, she felt something change inside of her. Her jewel flashed, and light flew through across her body. Palkia appeared seconds later.
“Yep! I was right! Just a Time Circle.” Palkia said with a smile. Dialga thanked Palkia, and called to Destiny.
“Hey, Destiny, shall we see if we can warp home?” Dialga said with confidence. Destiny nodded, so Dialga locked the Time Realm and the two warped back to the Lake of Time.