A piercing cry shattered through the silence of the Distortion World. Giratina, who was very used to his absolute silence, groaned with aggregation.

It had barely been a week since Selena had hatched from her egg, and Giratina had lost count of the number of times he had been spit-up on while attempting to hold her. She never spit-up on Luna, but always Giratina, as if she was saving it up just for him. He had also been peed on. Thrice. And he wasn't even changing her diaper, mainly because the first time he did, the smell was so overpowering, it nearly knocked him out cold.

Giratina couldn't believe that he had been degraded from his powerful image of the Lord of the Distortion World to being spit-up and peed on by an annoying pony... Pokémon thing. Selena would usually then laugh her high-pitch, annoying laugh after she had committed her little misfit crime.

Giratina felt a small shove from Luna, signaling for him to get up and comfort the wailing filly. This was what he hated the most, trying to get Selena to go back to sleep. She was very frustrating, rarely wanting to go back to sleep even when they got up and tried to lull her back to sleep.

As Giratina lifted his great body from the soft ground and over to a crib that Mesprit and her sisters had helped him make with their psychic powers, he looked over the small pony. Selena was wailing loudly, crying, and kicking her little hooves. Giratina groaned before he used his tentacle-like wings to pick the pony up gently and bring her up to his chest. She still continued to wail nonstop.

I wish I had the gift of singing, like Meloetta of the Unova region... Giratina thought to himself, I can't put this pony to sleep... And Luna usually can... But I need to prove I'm not as cold as everyone thinks I am.

Giratina attempted to rock Selena to sleep. He cooed to her, spoke to her, but alas, he was not gifted with a gentle voice like Luna's. Selena's wails only increased in volume. Eventually, Giratina heard an aggravated groan from Luna. He saw her rise from her sleeping spot and walk over to him.

"Let me show you how it's done." She said to him, taking Selena from his large wings. She cleared her throat and sang in a clear and soft, but surprisingly strong voice.

To the sun that shines.

To the moon that follows.

To the night that covers.

To the day we're lovers...

Giratina listened to Luna's amazingly serenading voice. Selena had stopped crying and now looked up to her "mother" with admiration. She yawned a bit before her eyelids started to droop. Luna smiled and continued her singing.

I swear upon the evening rain.

When earth is drowning slowly.

I'll carry you a thousand miles.

And won't let you be lonely.

Luna nudged Giratina, "Sing with me."

"But I-" Giratina objected.

"Sing!" Luna hissed.

Giratina had no choice and followed along with Luna.

I'll take you there.

I'll ignite the fire.

I'll take a stand.

And carry you higher.

Higher...

Despite not knowing the song, Giratina found the words flowing out of his mouth as though he had known them all his life. And surprisingly, he wasn't that bad of a singer, as discovered when he saw Selena was fast asleep. Luna nuzzled her affectionately and put her back in her crib. She pulled her quilt that the delicate paws of Cressalia had made and enchanted with anti-nightmare spells over the small filly.

"That's all there is to it." Luna whispered to Giratina.

The great renegade simply stared in astonishment, "I... Didn't even know I could do that."

Luna smiled mischievously at him before lying back down on her sleeping spot, "Well you learned something new today."

---

Two years went by in a flash. Giratina watched Selena try to crawl to each side of the floating island with her tiny, stubby legs. Her little wings fluttered occasionally as she more than once tried to jump off the side of the island and fly, only for Giratina to catch her.

Giratina had allowed Luna and Shaymin to go look for berries. They had also gotten help from Entei and Moltres to help roast those berries, as well as meat for the meat-eating Giratina. Secretly, the renegade had told the fire bird and volcano beast to watch over them and make sure nothing attacked them while they were out. In the meantime, Giratina was looking out for Selena, quickly growing into her sneaky toddler stage.

Selena attempted to jump off the side of the island again. Giratina grabbed her tail and put her back on solid ground. She glared up at him with bright red eyes.

"Someday you'll be able to fly," He said to her, "But not now."

Selena pouted as Giratina curled up in a warm patch of grass, watching her like a hawk. Selena crawled around a bit, hoping to fake Giratina out before she toddled to the egde again. Giratina decided to teach her a little lesson and stayed put as Selena looked at him with a mischievous glint in her eyes. She smiled before she jumped off the edge, opening her wings up and flapping them. However, her wings were much too small and failed her as she plumitted down into the bottomless abyss of the Distortion World. However, a bubble caught her and enveloped her, keeping her from falling. Giratina appeared, seeming to grin ever so slightly.

"What did I tell you?" He said, "Now you're going to stay in that bubble until your mother gets back."

Selena pouted and crossed her little hooves in front of her chest. Giratina rolled his eyes a bit before take the bubble back up to the island.

"Such a handful for such a tiny creature..." He muttered to himself.

---

Giratina watched as Selena toddled around the area with Shaymin. Selena could now walk and run perfectly, and had almost perfected a few pokémon moves. She still could not fly, and surprisingly could not talk in full sentences yet.

Giratina was tired. He had to put up with watching over Selena for almost five years now, and he was exhausted. He honestly did not like caring for the child, but he didn't want to disappoint Luna. He usually left Shaymin and Luna to play with Selena, while he simply acted as a watchdog. He didn't really know how to play with a creature so tiny when he was so large and risked crushing or injuring her in some horrible way.

Giratina laid his head on the ground and watched as Selena played with Shaymin, the little pony shouting various nonsense words that made even him chuckle a little bit. Still, he couldn't bring himself to join in on the fun. He just didn't feel like he was needed, and he felt as though he'd just ruin everything.

But was he still a cold-hearted creature because of it? What Mesprit had told him still rung in his ears. He needed to warm up a little bit, because he was indeed much too cold. He still couldn't figure out how he was cold. He saved both the Pokémon World, Luna's world, and Luna herself from a maniacal villain.

So how was he cold?

---

"Giratina..."

Giratina groaned and turned his back on the little gray filly.

"Giratina...!"

He tried to ignore her.

"GIRATINA!"

Giratina turned to Selena and glared murderously, "What...?"

"Aunt Shaymin is gone," The tween Selena said, "So I have no one to play with!"

Giratina rolled over on his side, each of his six great wings stretching out. One gently landed on Selena, causing her to giggle. The little filly then got a devious idea. She opened her jaws and dug her teeth into Giratina's wing, causing him to jerk upwards and yelp loudly. Selena giggled and spread her wings before taking off into the Distortion World. Angered by her little mischievous act, Giratina took off after her, determined to catch her.

He hated that she had learned to fly. She now moved much more than she did when she was younger, forcing Giratina to follow her and keep a check on her constantly. As he chased after Selena, he also learned that she was very fast, while he was slow and bulky, despite being in his natural habitat.

Giratina growled and decided to pull out his secret weapon. He disappeared, confusing Selena greatly. He then suddenly appeared in front of her, using his mouth to grab her tail. She giggled mischievously as he carried her back over to the personal island. He made another bubble appear and put her inside, though it didn't seem to do much because she simply caused the bubble to spin around wildly.

"I swear, I'd say you were a miniature clone of me," Giratina grumbled to himself, "I remember biting my brother on multiple occasions just so he would play with me..."

Selena smiled at him through the bubble, "Giratina, you had a brother?"

"I did indeed. He's... Not here anymore though."

Selena frowned, "You mean he died?"

Giratina seemed pained, "He unfortunately did. But, I'm sure if he had met you, he would have loved you."

"What was his name?"

"Arceus. He would have been your uncle."

"Uncle Arceus... He sounds great."

Giratina smiled, "He was."

"But not as great as you." Selena managed to manipulate the bubble and pop it. She then nuzzled up against Giratina affectionately, "Daddy..."

Giratina felt a warm, fuzzy feeling bubble up inside him, something even greater than when Luna smiled at him. He wrapped each of his six wings around Selena and pulled her close.

"Umm..." She started, "I forgot... Sorry for biting your wing."

Giratina smiled, "I think I can let your little offense slide. After all, you are the Renegade Pokémon's daughter. It's in your blood."

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The song that was sung is called To the Sun by Hot Date! and Chrisson. I do not own said song or the lyrics. They belong to their proper owners. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED.

Fun fact, said song gave me some inspiration to this, talking about how they would carry each other through trials and tribulations and love each other forever. Even though the song is mostly instrumental, those short lyrics are what I like to think of as this fic's theme song. Look it up! It's from Monstercat, and one of my favorites!

Anyway, was this a cute little chapter or what? I thought I turned up the cuteness quite high in this. I enjoyed it greatly!