"Daddy?"

Giratina looked to the now thirteen-year-old Selena, "Yes?"

"Where do mommy and Aunt Shaymin go through that purple portal?" Selena asked.

Giratina hesitated, "They go to the normal world, the world where every pokémon lives."

"Can I go?"

"You cannot go."

"Why not?"

"Because, it is very dangerous. Let's just say... I've got a price on my head, placed there by a very dangerous enemy. He'll do anything to get his hands on me or the ones I love."

"Who's the enemy?"

Giratina hesitated, "His name is Discord."

Selena fell silent.

"He tried to hurt me and your mother, but I luckily stopped him with the help of Luna's loyal followers. It's a very long, and very painful story of how I met your mother."

Selena gave her biggest pouty face, "But I wanna know!"

Giratina sighed before he took a deep breath. He then began to tell Selena the story of how he and Luna had met. He told her how Luna had appeared in his dreams and how Discord appeared later in his dreams and offered to bring Luna to the pokémon world so long as Giratina agreed to run a few errands for him. He then told Selena how he manipulated Shaymin and Suicune to get a box of cursed, power-sapping chains to his brother, Arceus. But after finding out about his deed and working with Discord, Luna abandoned Giratina, only to be later captured by Discord. Giratina did everything he could to fight Discord and save Luna. Alas, it was in vain when Arceus gave his life to save his brother.

"But how did you stop... Discard?" Selena asked.

"Well, Luna's six fellow ponies helped me with their mystical amulets of magic," Giratina explained, "They gave me the power to defeat Discord and save the ones I love."

"But what about Uncle Arceus?"

Giratina looked down, "My brother did not survive. The hit he sustained was too great. And because he had his powers sapped beforehand, it was like a god attacking a tiny human."

"I wish he hadn't died. He sounds like he would make a great uncle!" Selena looked up at her father, "What did he look like? Did he look like you?"

"Heavens no!" Giratina cried, "Many said he was the picture of godliness in the pokémon world. He had a white body, coated in hard armor. He had a wheel-like structure around his waist that was always glowing gold. He also had emerald and ruby eyes that always had a reassuring and strong look in them."

"I can't imagine him... But he sounds amazing."

Giratina nodded, "He was. I hated him for the longest time, never realizing that he cared deeply for me, more than anyone in the world. That's why he gave his life to save me from a horrible demise. He was the hero in the end. If it wasn't for him, I would be dead. You would have never been born if it wasn't for Arceus."

"Wow..." Selena said, seeming to admire Arceus greatly, "Is that why we never go to the... Normal world?"

Giratina nodded, "That's exactly why. I don't want anymore of my loved ones to end up as Arceus did. Discord is no one to mess with."

"That Discord guy sounds scary. I hope I never meet him!"

Giratina wrapped an assuring wing around Selena, "So long as I am here, that beast will never get to you."

Selena smiled. However, Giratina couldn't help but think the smile was forced.

---

Luna gave a berry to Entei. The great volcano beast blew a gentle stream of fire on it, roasting it to a tender delicacy. Shaymin did the same, giving a berry to Moltres to roast. They had been doing this same routine for almost thirteen years now, and the two fire pokémon had grown close to the gratitude pokémon and the alicorn of the night.

"Do you remember that one time Moltres got his beak stuck in the ground?" Shaymin asked the group.

Entei and Luna laughed while Moltres squawked in objection.

"A Diglett grabbed my beak, mind you!" The fire bird argued.

"Diglett are not native here, my fellow fire type!" Entei chuckled.

They all laughed, except for the annoyed Moltres. Suddenly, a blast of cold wind blew through the area, causing Shaymin to hide behind Luna and the two fire pokémon to stand. Standing before them now was Entei's sister -the beast of the winds-, and Moltres' sister, -the bird of ice.

"My sister," Entei began, "What is wrong?"

Suicune spoke in a calm and smooth voice, "Dialga and Palkia requested an audience with both of you."

"We can't leave them though," Entei told her, "We were put in charge of being their bodyguards."

Articuno looked over Luna and Shaymin, "If they get into any trouble, I'm sure Shaymin's Seed Flare attack will protect them. And I'm sure the Rapidash can make a quick getaway with those wings."

Entei and Moltres looked at the two sadly.

"Will you be okay?" Entei asked.

Luna smiled, then said rather sarcastically, "I'm sure we can make it back to Lake Verity without anything attacking us. It's been thirteen years, and nothing has happened to us."

Moltres squawked in agreement, "She is right. Nothing has happened whatsoever in the thirteen years we've been serving as their bodyguards. What could go wrong for this one time?"

"Just be careful." Entei warned.

Then, as quickly as possible, the two beasts and birds disappeared into the forest, heading to Mount Coronet. Luna smiled at Shaymin before she picked up the small hedgehog and a basket of berries and put both on her back.

"It's just a short walk," Shaymin said, "There's no way Discord can get us in that time! He's probably lost his patience by now!"

However, as they walked through the woods and back to Lake Verity, they failed to notice the multitude of shadows within the deep woods, following them, watching them.

"There they are..." One of them said lowly.

---

As Entei and Moltres arrived at Spear Pillar, the beings of time and space were already there. They looked at the two beings of fire and suddenly looked worried.

"Entei and Moltres," Dialga began, "We did not call you. We told Suicine and Articuno to deliver a message to you."

Entei and Moltres suddenly exchanged worried glances.

"But while you're here," Palkia continued, "We might as well give you the message personally."

"We know Giratina put you in charge of protecting Luna when she goes out," Dialga said, "So this was very important that we told you."

"Absols from Honenn can feel something coming; something bad," Palkia added, "At the same time many Dusknoirs are going insane. The messages the Spirit World sends them are constant. The ghost-type pokémon are restless ever since Discord seized control of the Old Château, and is now slowly extending his power over the pokémon in Eterna Forest. He even had the nerve to seize some parts of the human city right next to the forest, which worries us greatly."

"If he gains control over the humans and their accursed pokéballs, we're doomed," Dialga said with a hint of dread, "We cannot let that happen. But, the reason we called you here is that the ghost-type pokémon have been scouting around various bodies of water all over Sinnoh. We think they're looking for an entrance into the Distortion World, or are waiting for someone to leave. This could be a problem if the Rapidash Luna decides to leave the Distortion W-"

Entei and Moltres didn't give the temporal pokémon time to finish. They almost immediately disappeared in a flurry of flames, heading back to Lake Verity.

---

"I love these berries!" Shaymin stated, nibbling on a roasted pecha berry.

Luna smiled, "They are rather delicious."

The two came upon the Great Lake Verity. They then stood at the lakeside and waited for Giratina to create a portal. It usually took him a while, since he was always so busy with Selena. However, fifteen minutes passed and there was not even a ripple of water, except when a Magikarp jumped out of the water and gave its "Karp karp!" cry.

As they waited, Shaymin smelled something, "Gross! What's that smell?"

Luna sniffed the air. A sour, sulfur-like smell hit her nostrils, causing her to gag, "What is that?!"

Shaymin's tone suddenly changed to one of fear, "Um... Luna...?"

Luna looked around, noticing multitudes of shadowy figures approaching out of the woods around them. They took form if strange, ghost-like things that suddenly came after them. They were the gas pokémon, Gastly and Haunter.

"GHOST POKÉMON!" Shaymin screamed at the top of her lungs.

The Gastly and Haunter came after them. However, before they could even get within a few feet of Luna and Shaymin, a column of fire blasted through the ghosts and dissolved them into thin air. Entei and Moltres appeared at their side, Entei's shaggy coat sparking with embers and Moltres' feathers ablaze with an unquenchable fire.

"Go!" Entei commanded, pointing his snout to a portal that had just now formed in the lake.

"We'll hold them off!" Moltres added.

As Luna and Shaymin galloped to the portal, Moltres blasted away various Gastly and Haunter that were trying to get to them. They made it safely into the portal, as Entei and Moltres were left to fight the now-becoming army of ghosts.

The ghosts kept coming. Even though Entei and Moltres were very strong, they were starting to get tired. The Gastly spewed poisonous gas on them, slowly causing them to become lightheaded. Eventually, Moltres' blazing feathers became nothing more than small embers.

"Entei, I can't..." He gave a final squawk before he fell, enveloped in a cloud of gas.

Entei looked on at the multitude of ghost pokémon. His eyes were watering. His throat stung from the gas. His strong, muscular limbs were jerky and unresponsive. Sadly, he knew he could not continue as he slowly fell to the ground. His graceful form collapsed in a pile of dirt with the poisonous gas surrounding him. The last thing the volcano beast remembered was being carried by the ghost pokémon into the woods.

---

Entei awoke, seemingly moments later. He looked at his surroundings, discovering that he was in a very familiar building: the Old Château.

Entei tried to move his limbs, but nothing worked. He appeared to be floating a few feet off the ground, enveloped in a golden bubble. Moltres was right next to him in a different bubble. The fire bird was still knocked out cold.

"And this is all you could get me?"

Entei suddenly noticed the three beings standing before him. One of them was a Gastly, the other was a Haunter. The third one, a hideously mismatched creature stood between them. Entei had never actually seen Discord, but he was sure that this was the guy.

"Well... The Rapidash fled..." Gastly said sadly.

"But we did capture two powerful Legendaries!" Haunter added.

"But these two are of no worth," Discord told them coldly, "At least, not to Giratina. I don't want them."

"Master Discord," Gastly began, "Are you sure?"

Discord gave him the evil eye. Almost immediately, Entei saw a flash of light and was plunged into darkness. From Discord, Gastly, and Haunter's viewpoint, the two beings of fire had disappeared.

"I'm not very happy with any of you," Discord growled, "You're lucky I don't turn every last one of you into chocolate milk."

"We're sorry that we failed you." Haunter apologized sincerely.

Discord started to walk away, muttering, "Just goes to show what happens when you let ghost pokémon do the spirit of chaos' job. I'll ruin Giratina's happiness myself..."