It all started off horrible.

What he thought was going to be the end of the world, what he thought was going to be the end of everyone's happiness and freedom turned into something he would have never expected. He was the hero of the day, preventing a tyrant from taking over. That feeling wasn't something he was used to.

As the great renegade awoke, his head and long neck rose. He stretched each of his six, tentacle-like wings and his serpentine body. He looked around at his beautiful creation of the Distortion World and took pride in it. Under his wings was a female equine with navy-blue fur. She had a flowing mane of sparkling stars, strong wings, and a horn peeking out from under her mane. Marking her flank was a crescent moon floating in a black night.

The great creature protecting her leaned down. He used one of the spikes at the end of his wings to very gently poke her. She awoke, groaning in aggravation.

"Ugh, Giratina..." The equine growled, clearly very sleepy.

"Good morning, Luna." The creature called Giratina greeted, smiling behind the golden plates that hid his face.

Luna rolled over on her side with her back facing the great serpent. Giratina found himself chuckling lightly before he quietly lifted himself into the air with the help of the Distortion World's shifting gravity. He flew around the strange, refracted and twisted world, checking to make sure everything was running smoothly. He returned back to Luna, who had awoken fully now.

Giratina still couldn't believe that the beautiful mare was staying with him. After all that he had done to her, lying, tricking, and deceiving her, she still stayed right with him. She had gone back to her world of Equestria to visit her sister and her subjects, but would immediately return to be with him.

That alone blew his mind.

"You've got plans today, don't you?" Luna asked.

Giratina gave a sheepish look, "Well, yes. My nephews Dialga and Palkia have called us all for a very important meeting at Spear Pillar. If I don't go, they'll probably be very suspicious. You can stay with Shaymin if you want."

Luna chuckled, "Stay with Shaymin?"

"Just give her a chance. We've been pushing her away recently, since it's just been you and me. We're still friends, after all. She did assist me more than once."

"I suppose I can work on some of my magic. I haven't been practicing much recently, and I need to keep my powers well-trained."

"That sounds like a good idea," Giratina stretched his wings, "I don't exactly want you to go to the meeting, because they can sometimes end... Violently."

Luna gulped, "Perhaps it's a good thing that I don't go."

Giratina smiled a bit before he crouched down and allowed Luna to climb on his back. He then took off into the Distortion World, forming a portal into the normal world. He entered the portal and came out into a beautiful lake surrounded by forest on all sides. He landed on the lakeside, now changed into his Altered Form, which had two great wings, six legs, and a different design of golden plates on his head.

"GIRATINA!" A high-pitch voice squealed. Suddenly, a green and white blur shot out of the bushes and latched on to Giratina's gigantic forepaw, giving him a tiny hug.

"Hello Shaymin." He greeted with an almost forced smile.

"How's it going?" Shaymin asked, "I missed you two so much!"

Luna hopped down from Giratina's back, "Giratina has to go to a meeting with his family."

Shaymin looked disappointed, "What?! No! But I wanna hang out with you, Grumpytina!"

"This meeting is very important, Shaymin," Giratina explained, allowing Luna to climb off his back, "You can stay with Luna while I'm gone though."

Shaymin huffed, "Fine. Me and Luna can do fun things without you!"

Giratina rolled his eyes, "You can do that. I can't skip out on this meeting. Perhaps next time." The great renegade stretched his wings and took to the sky, heading towards the looming mountain in the distant.

Shaymin sniffed, "He's Grumpytina as always."

Luna chuckled, "That's okay. There's something I actually wanted to ask of you, Shaymin."

"Oh! What is it?"

Luna swallowed, "Could you perhaps teach me how to do pokémon moves?"

Shaymin cocked an eyebrow, "But Luna, you're not a pokémon!"

"I know I know, but I've been wanting to impress Giratina with my powers. I know he's very powerful and... I'd just like to learn some moves."

Shaymin seemed skeptical at first, but a large smile quickly appeared on her face, "Well okay then! Let's get to it!"

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Giratina's six legs touched down on the cool marble floor of Spear Pillar. All around were the Legendaries from every region. From Kanto came Articuno, the bird of the Artic, Zapdos, the bird of the storms, Moltres, the bird of fire, and Mew, the ancestor of all pokémon.

From Johto came Ho-oh, the bird of rainbows, Lugia, the bird of the sea, Entei, the beast of fire, Raikou, the beast of thunderbolts, Suicune, the beast of the winds, (who had been caught up in pretty much all the same drama as Giratina had been in), and Celebi.

From Honenn came Rayquaza, the serpent of the skies, Latios and Latias, the eon siblings, and Jirachi, the being of stars and wishes.

From Sinnoh came Giratina himself, Dialga, the lord of time, Palkia, the lord of space, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf, the beings of emotions, knowledge, and willpower, and Cressalia, the creature of good dreams (whom Giratina did not expect to see).

There were also three new beings whom Giratina didn't recognize. They were standing with his nephews, Dialga and Palkia. Two were dragons, while one was deer-like in form.

The first dragon had a beautiful coat of white fur. Its eyes sparkled like the clear blue sea. It had a large tail, glowing very slightly with a soft, orange fire. The second dragon was covered in tough, black armor. It had burning red eyes that were very intimidating. Its tail was similar to its companion's, but it sparked and crackled gently with blue electricity. The deer-like creature was tall and lithesome with beautiful blue fur. It had many horns that when the sun shone through them, they were like a gorgeous prism.

Giratina was immediately curious as to who these newcomers were. He calmly strolled over before Dialga took notice of him.

"Hello Giratina," The being of time greeted, "These pokémon are from regions that we have visited just recently. Meet Reshiram of Unova,"

The white dragon waved shyly.

"And and her brother Zekrom,"

The black dragon gave a mischievous smile.

"And Xerneas of the Kalos region."

The deer bowed graciously.

Giratina had recalled something about Dialga and Palkia visiting other regions that they had never known about. They had apparently made an alliance with the Legendaries in the regions Unova and Kalos.

"There are many of us from Unova," Reshiram said in a voice like silk, "But Dialga and Palkia did not have time to make an alliance with all of them."

"Likewise with Kalos," Xerneas said, "I have a brother named Yveltal, but he is very unpredictable and dangerous."

Giratina knew what Xerneas meant. There were many of the Legendary family who were untrustworthy and were never invited to the meetings. Such pokémon were ones like Mewtwo, who wasn't a true Legendary, but was considered one for his amazing psychic power, equal to that of one hundred Alakazams. He nearly destroyed the Kanto region in a quest to purge the human race, the humans whom he hated and distrusted.

Another duo that was uncontrollable was Groudon and Kyogre. With the past drama that had happened to Giratina, the great land and sea beings had awoken and begun fighting. They were so unpredictable, just saying Groudon's name in Kyogre's presence (or vice versa) would make them angry, causing the seas to rise hundreds of feet or for the ground to quake under Groudon's massive power.

Another untrustworthy Legendary was one from Giratina's home region of Sinnoh. Darkrai, the pitch-black pokémon was created to give villainous humans and pokémon terrifying nightmares. However, being that nightmares were lower on the moral scale, Darkrai gained a bad reputation, just as Giratina had, even when Darkrai was bringing justice. He could definitely relate to the pitch-black pokémon in many ways.

Dialga stomped his giant, metallic forepaws, calling for attention. The large group of Legendaries turned to him and took this as a sign to take a seat on the cold marble flooring. Giratina found himself sitting between the siblings Reshiram and Zekrom. However, he could feel tension between the two, as though they really hated each other and didn't want to be here together. Almost as though they were the opposing forces of Yin and Yang.

"Quiet please!" Dialga called for silence, "Settle down now! Settle down!"

The Legendaries obeyed and silenced after a while. When it was completely silent, Dialga spoke again.

"As you already know, our father and creator, Arceus, has been wrongly murdered," He began, "By whom, we do not know much about, only that his name is Discord and that he wishes to bring upon the destruction of the pokémon world and the alien world from which he came."

The name sent shivers down Giratina's spine. That one creature had nearly destroyed his home, killed his loved ones, and actually did get away with murdering his brother, Arceus.

"How could we forget Groudon and Kyogre's unstoppable fighting, driven by a higher force?" Rayquaza spoke in his raspy voice.

"Or the backwards time in Kanto!" Mew added with a sense of dread in her voice.

"Or the uncontrollable fires and lightning strikes in Johto." Lugia cooed in his gentle voice.

"Unova faced lots of destruction as well," Zekrom spoke up, "The humans and pokémon had switched mental capacities. Humans acted as pokémon, and pokémon acted as humans! It was chaos!"

"Kalos was in turmoil too," Xerneas said, "The cities, forests, and mountains had turned into breakfast foods, among other things."

"And all of those things were caused by one creature?" Cressalia asked, "Thank Arceus that monster is dead!"

Dialga and Palkia exchanged unnerving glances. Suddenly, Giratina's heart began beating faster, realizing why the brothers of time and space had called them all there.

"That is the problem," Palkia said sadly, "He isn't dead. In fact, Azelf reported seeing him near the abandoned Old Château. She couldn't get close enough, because she was afraid of running into ghost pokémon."

Uneasy muttering ran through the crowd of Legendaries. Hot-headed Moltres suddenly spoke.

"Then we should hunt him down!" The fire bird squawked, "There's no use in standing by and letting him regain his strength!"

His sister Articuno squawked in objection, "Fool! We can't just go and attack a creature like that! He killed Arceus, for goodness sake!"

"But if we gang up on him, he won't stand a chance." Latios added.

"Articuno is right," Rayquaza agreed, "We shouldn't attack right away. He could have a trap planned for us."

"No! Moltres is right!" Entei roared, "We should attack while we still have the upper hand!"

Jirachi shook her head, "Violence solves nothing! If we attack and kill him, we are no better than him!"

"But you have to agree that he is weak!" Celebi added, "If we have to attack, now is the time!"

Suddenly, the Legendaries split into two sides. One side supported Moltres' opinion of attacking right away, while the other side supported Articuno's opinion of waiting it out. It was just about to get messy until Giratina came between them.

"What does it matter what we do to him?" The renegade asked, "What does matter is that we find out what he's up to and put a stop to it. He's proven to be a dangerous enemy. The last thing we want is for him to gain the upper hand."

Palkia nodded, "Giratina is right. We shouldn't fight over if we should attack now or wait it out. What we should worry about is exactly what Giratina said; what he's up to and why, then put a stop to it if necessary."

"I agree tenfold," Dialga added, "We need someone who can spy on Discord and confirm the suspicions. Do we have any volunteers?"

A few Legendaries raised their paws, including brave Entei, sneaky Mew, and quiet Cressalia.

"You three shall investigate the Old Château," Dialga said, "Report back to us about whatever you may find."

"Please be careful though," Palkia warned, "The last thing we want is for you to be captured by Discord. He is dangerous and seemingly sadistic. He might even try to drain your powers and use them as his own."

The three volunteers nodded before they quickly took off. Entei dashed away down the mountain, Mew took to the sky, and Cressalia disappeared.

"We now simply wait," Dialga concluded, "When they return, we shall take action upon what they discover. For now, you are all free to go."

Immediately, all of the Legendaries left, flying, dashing, or disappearing back to their home regions. However, before Giratina could unfurl his ebony wings and take off, Dialga and Palkia stopped him.

"Giratina, may we speak to you?" Dialga asked.

Giratina turned back to his nephews, "Of course."

The brothers exchanged glances before Palkia spoke.

"We worry for you," The space lord sighed, "You were the one who defeated Discord and saved us, after all. He's going to come after you, and the Rapidash Luna. He'll come after the one you love the most when his powers return."

Giratina growled, "I won't let him harm my loved ones as he did to Arceus. I'll tear him to shreds before he could do such a thing."

"Just heed our advice," Dialga warned, "Keep Luna, and the ones whom you know Discord will try harm protected at all times. We can't risk him getting the upper hand, not when I am still recovering my powers and can't manipulate time correctly."

Giratina felt sympathy for his nephew, but he did heed his warning, "Don't worry. I'll guard them with my life." He suddenly paused, "I meant to ask you, who exactly were those three newcomers?"

"I told you," Dialga repeated, "They are from regions far away that we have recently visited. Reshiram is the guardian of truth, helping humans to see that knowing the truth can lead them to good fortune. Zekrom represents ideals, hoping to influence humans to pursue what they think is right and just. They are very conflicted, and I'm surprised we managed to get them both here without them fighting."

"Xerneas is a life bringer," Palkia continued, "He creates new lives, putting humans into their mother's womb and putting pokémon into their eggs. His counterpart, Yveltal is the death reaper so to speak. When humans and pokémon approach old age, Yveltal will take their souls to the afterlife, and keep himself energized."

"So... Yveltal was there when Arceus died." Giratina stated.

Dialga shrugged a bit, "I suppose he was, but I guess he was invisible to our eyes."

Giratina seemed to get an idealistic look in his eyes, "Interesting. So Xerneas is a life bringer... Oh my, look at the time! I must go!"

With that, the great renegade took off into the skies. Dialga and Palkia exchanged worried glances.

"You don't think he's...?" Palkia began.

Dialga shook his head, "Nah. He's not that stupid."