Kyurem walked out of the hidden chamber as the door sealed itself behind him, not even looking back as he tried to push the thought of Bittercold to the depths of his mind.

The giant snowflake that now was imprisoned in ice was just one of the many extraterrestrial threats that he, the League, and the mighty Pokemon Masters had faced thousands of of years ago, when the Earth's civilization was still young and ripe for conquest by forces from beyond the stars. It had come from a distant frozen world many light years away. The exact details of the day it invaded with its army of ice creatures were still ripe in their memories.

The Boundary Pokemon walked out of the cave, looking up at the night sky as if waiting for something to happen.

Kyurem's thoughts were interrupted as he received a telepathic message. As a Prime Legendary, he was given to ability to send and receive short messages in case of emergencies.

"Yes Giratina?....I see I'll be there shortly." A portal then opened up in from of Kyurem, who stepped inside and was spirited away elsewhere.

However, once Kyurem was gone, the door to the hidden chamber seemingly opened on its own. Three gusts of wind traveled down to the cell where the snowflake laid, the movements of the visible air would look almost lifelike, and if one looked closer, they would be able to make a shape out of them.

The three wind streams soon stopped in front of the frozen alien. They then began to take a more tangible shape. When all was said and done, a trio of uniquely shaped beings stood before Bittercold. One looked like a humanoid in armor. The second looked like a horse and the last appeared to be some kind of reptile.

"Telling those humans where Kyurem were was an ingenious idea, for it allowed us to sneak in here so that we may liberate our master." The armored one said.

"The Legendary would be unable to detect our presence, old fool has grown careless over the millennia." The horse said.

"And now, after all these years, our master shall be free again, and he shall unleash the Winds of Despair as he did in days long past." The reptile one said.

Spike looked at his bed. On it sat a backpack full of necessary items for when one is going on a long trip, or in this case, a journey. He checked the bag again to make sure he had everything, then he let out a silent sigh as he swung it over his back.

The Haxorus got out from under his trainers bed, following him downstairs to where Ember was waiting with a smirk on her face.

"Yes Ember, I have everything." Spike said, still slightly annoyed that she somehow convinced him to do this.

Both siblings walked out of the house and went over to a smaller hut in the center of the village, passing by other villagers and their Pokemon. They ranged from children playing with Gible, to a young woman petting a Hydreigon affectionately. Once they both got to the hut, Ember nodded to Spike, who then walked in. Once inside, he beheld an elderly women with a cloth over her head. She sat in front of a rug with her eyes closed as if she was meditating.

"So, you finally found the desire within you to go on a journey. May I asked what changed your mind?"

"Well aside from Ember pressing the issue everyday, I honestly really was getting bored of this place."

"Oh, do we not provide enough excitement for you Spike? Would explain the brooding expression you carry all the time."

Spike blinked. "Anyway, you said you wanted to give me something before I left."

The Elder took out a bag. Reaching inside, she pulled out a green bangle with a rainbow colored gem that had a DNA shaped symbol on it.

Spike was still a little surprised as she held out the Mega Evolution item to him, the young boy took the band and then fit it on his left wrist.

"You are most welcome, my child. It does this old heart good so see young trainers like you going on journeys and growing up. Who knows, maybe you will finally exercise the duty that was bestowed upon you."

Spike opened his mouth, but then closed it and got up. "Thank you once again for this elder."

Once outside, Ember escorted Spike to the edge of the village border. Before he could turn around to say something, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him.

"The day I would go on a journey, or the day I finally leave the house?" Spike said in a sarcastic voice, which earned him a noogie that he could not escape from.

"Just, be careful okay. This is good for you, but I shouldn't have to remind you what's out there."

"Ember, I'm pretty sure that Team Plasma is not gonna come back for the third time."

"You're right, I shouldn't be worried." Ember then hugged her little brother again, which he returned.

"Besides, if you are in any real trouble," Ember then picked up his right hand and held it gently. "We both know who you can call upon."

Saying their goodbyes one last time, Spike then traveled down the road. No one noticing the green glow coming from the back of his right hand.

Sunset sat in front of her Larvesta, staring into its eyes as it stared back. She tilted her head and it did the same. She blinked and it did so as well.

After her attempt at practicing crystal enhancement, and that talk with her father, Sunset surprisingly found herself with nothing to do the next day. Usually she had some idea or thing she wanted to do, but after he dad told her to think on things, she now realized just how little progress she had made with fulfilling her goal of "Being the best like no one ever was".

While she was good in magecraft, she was lacking in the Pokemon area of expertise. She hadn't even been able to evolve her Larvesta after years of keeping him around. While as a Mage she knew how perform the five true magic, was a natural at her elemental alignment of fire, was ranked among the top 10 families of the Kalos Mage's association, she lacked very little in the Pokemon department.

All of the Mages around her age had at least some level of Pokemon knowledge and at least one fully evolved Pokemon. She never gave it much thought due to her focus on developing her magecraft skills. To be honest, she never considered developing her Pokemon related prowess, because she thought that if she was ever in a dangerous situation her magic was all she needed.

But now that she thought about it more, there are some things in the world that her magic may not prepare her for. The reasons people went around with Pokemon all the time was not just for companionship(which was the reason she kept Larvesta around) was also because their Pokemon would be at the ready should they be attacked by wild ones. Now that she brought it up, Sunset recalled how some of her Mage friends would use Pokemon to fight wild ones instead of using their own magic. As it would save them to trouble of using their mana supply and also keeping the secret of Mages hidden from society.

Sunset still sat there even as Larvesta walked up to her and started nuzzling her leg. This made the Mage smile and she petted him in return. Sunset chose a Larvesta as her first Pokemon because it's evolution Volcarona, had an legend association with the sun and possessed a wide range of fire based moves, which fit into her image as a Mage who primarily uses fire in combat.

"You know, I think it's about time we both made some actually progress together don't you think?"

Sunset stood on the other side of the battlefield. Larvesta beside her and ready.

Sunset's mother took out a Luxury Ball and out of it came a bonafide shiny Solrock. Sunset tried not to look concerned. She heard that there was a reason some Pokemon were born with alternate colors. Whether it was purely aesthetic or because they had higher stats she could not recall.

The mage raised her eyebrow at her mother's offer, but she decided to think nothing of it. "Very well then, Larvesta use Zen Headbutt!"

The Torch Pokemon charged its skull with psionic energy and launched itself at the sun shaped Pokemon, landing a direct hit.

The Meteor Pokemon obeyed its trainer and slammed the bug Pokemon into the ground, keeping it from moving.

Sunset let out a sigh of frustration, "Okay, Larvesta use Magnet Rise!" The move lifted the Pokemon off of the ground, making it immune to the Earthquake and all ground moves.

Sunset could barely process what was about to happen as glowing sphere grew in front of Solrock and was launched at Larvesta. The resulting move knocked it down and nullified its Magnet Rise...and defeating it in the process due to 4x weakness.

Solrock was recalled to its Pokeball as Sunset picked up Larvesta and held it in her arms. Her mother then walked up to her and put her hand on her shoulder.

"No, it looks like he'll be alright. Besides, I think we both needed that." Sunset said with a smile on her face.

"I needed that battle to see just how much I lacked in terms of training and battling other Pokemon, and from what this battle has taught me is that I clearly need to learn more."

Magearna ducked as she dodged another blast from the machine that was currently pinning her down behind a wall. The mythical Pokemon currently not liking the situation.

As a member of the League of Legends, it was her duty and the role of other Legendary Pokemon to protect the world from anything that would threaten it. In their case, the Legends safeguarded the natural part of the Earth, while other forces dealt with supernatural ones. Which was why her, Giratina, and Blackout the Prime Darkrai, were currently fighting a Team Rocket combiner robot that was trying to gain access to the Reverse World.

"Why do you even have a portal to the Reverse World just casually open here Tina?" Magearna said.

"Well you may wanna move it somewhere else." Magearna was cut off as another blast blew away the wall she was standing behind. "Cause I'm pretty sure these guys want in."

The robot that stood before the group measured around 80 feet tall. It was comprised of five smaller robots that each made up its legs, arms, and torso. On its shoulders and chest proudly stood the infamous red "R" of Team Rocket.

"And seriously," Blackout said chiming in, "Didn't Team Rocket get disbanded years ago?"

"Apparently there are some few zealous members who still persist to this day," Giratina responded. "Like Roaches that just won't stay down."

All three of them fired their own beam moves at the towering machine, sending it back but not taking it out.

"Ugh! I hate these new gestalt robots. It only makes these fights that much longer!" While in reality, the three of them together would be able to destroy this robot easily, they had already exhausted themselves with fighting 7 other combiners outside at the Sendoff Spring, the one they were currently fighting had managed to give them the slip and get here first. Not to mention that these new combiner robots were designed and built specifically to fight or even kill Legendary Pokemon. They could fight 5 on one in team form, or merge together to increase their armor and power to turn the tables. So understandably, for a Legendary Pokemon with experience like Giratina, it was annoying that she had to deal with this.

Magearna's question was answered as a Glaciate shot out of the shadows and encased the right arm of the robot in ice. The Boundary Pokemon stepped out of the darkness and stood with his fellow legends.

Kyurem then proceeded to freeze the other arm, Magearna took advantage of this by slicing off the weakened alloy with her sword. Blackout used Dark Pulse to shatter to other one. Finally, Giratina used Shadow Force to pass through its body, and once she came out the other side, it exploded, its pieces flying everywhere.

The four gathered around the remains of the machine, Magearna kicking a bolt out of the way.

"To be honest, I thought that by distorting this place, it would just get lost in the maze system." Giratina stated

"Then it would seem that these would be villains are programing their A.I. to be much smarter." Blackout said "Only a human with an intuitive mind could navigate this cave."

After the four cleaned up the mess inside and outside the cave,(as to not leave any evidence of a disturbance) they all went to the Reverse World to rest themselves. As the master of her world, Giratina could pass in and out to the Earth whenever she pleases. Mirrors or reflective surfaces however were easier to use as doors and did not require the sum of energy she would need to open a portal from everywhere else. Which was why her personal palace had a large room with a number of mirrors to various parts of the world....and a pile of berries in a bowl for breaks in between trips.

"Alright thanks for that," Giratina said to the group "I...appreciate the help."

"No skin off my bones, just another day at the office." Kyurem said, before going through an open portal back to the Giant Chasm.

"Yeah, I needed to stretch my legs. see ya Tina." Blackout grabbed an chesto berry from to pile before going through her own portal.

Magearna and Giratina were the only ones left, looking at each other in silence.

This question came as a surprise to the Renegade Pokemon, but it got her more interested than anything. "Elaborate"

"How exactly do you and Platinum Berlitz work so well together as a team. You're both individuals who can make your own decisions, yet one is commanding the other. She gives the orders and you follow them. Not to offend or demean you, but shouldn't you be smart enough already to make decisions without someone doing it for you?"

Giratina stared back into Magearna's artificial eyes. She blinked for a moment, then responded.

"You bring up some good points I'll give you that. Yes my long life has granted me experience in many ways. I control a world what supports our own. Anti-matter bends to my will. I have seen every and known every species of Pokemon human and animal that walks ir has walked this Earth. And do you know what I have concluded from all that?"

"As you know, I...did not have the best beginning in when I first was given my responsibilites." Giratina lifted her head back up. "Like a human teenager, I was young, rebellious, and arrogant. I ended up paying the price for that when my mother essentially "grounded" me. I missed not much really, but after I was allowed to walked among my family again, I had done some self reflection. Arceus said I needed someone to be my mediator, for our conscience can weigh us down, but it is easy to drown it out if we was loud enough. In my absence I saw that many legendaries had taken up human partners. They became their vassals. Their source of reason. Because we legendaries have great power, it made sense that humans who has lived under that power, help keep us from letting it get to our heads. Just like how a citizen helps keep their leaders honest and uncorrupted.

"Magearna, I can't tell you how many times(as much as I hate to admit it) good hearted humans have kept some legendaries from giving up on the world. It is their planet as much as it is ours and we both don't it to go to hell. Just as the real and Reverse world support each other, Pokemon and humans keep each other in check."

"i just had to confirm a thought," Magearna looked back to her sword. "And solidify a decision."

The Mann estate was typically large for a family that owned a multi billion dollar company. Aside from the large mansion that it housed, it also had a garage the size of a normal house, a secret hangar for aircraft, and a ranch for the Pokemon that were owned by them. Within the mansion, there were 3 dining rooms, 4 living rooms, 5 master bedrooms and 4 guest rooms, 2 game rooms and a personal theater. And finally there was the library or study that contained various rare books on different subjects.

Brandon currently sat a table, with a stack of books that went into details about various Legendary and Mythical Pokemon.

Ever since he was younger, Brandon had always been fascinated about the Legendary Pokemon and their astonishing powers and abilities. His father would tell him about how a Groudon could command the sun's rays and how a Regigigas could pull entire landmasses.

Few have been able to see a Legendary, much less capture and train one. A decade ago such a thing was unheard of. However recently that was changing. Regional heroes and champions such as Ethan of Johto caught a Lugia, Brendan Birch and May of Hoenn caught a Groudon and Kyogre respectively, Platinum Berlitz of Sinnoh reportedly caught the one and only Giratina, and Serena the new champion of Kalos caught what scientist have identified as a Shiny Yveltal.

While Brandon was no Champion or renowned hero. He was an expert when it came to Pokemon, such as their habitats, typings, movepools, nature, etc. That was why he thought himself as someone with the potential capability of catching a Legendary Pokemon just as all the others had.

"So, apparently there is a breeding population of Lugia in the Johto region. I could maybe go there. Then there is Darkrai, but they are territorial.

Brandon put the book down. His mind having difficulty deciding what to do and where to go.

Taking his eyes off of the ceiling, his gaze then wandered to another book that was not in the pile. Its title read: "Legends of Alola."

"Legendary Pokemon of Alola, The Beast who Devours the Sun, and the Beast that calls the Moon, as well as the Island Guardians who safeguard their shrines."

Brandon then began reading through an old poem that from what he concluded, told an almost vague story about how the Pokemon called Solgaleo and Lunala first appeared.

The empty sky broke asunder. A Hole appeared where there had been none. A single beast appeared from it: It was called the beast that calls to moon. The king of Alola bowed before it: the beast that shone like the moon. The Island guardians fought against it, but in the end the beast won. Then the beast that calls the moon shines its light on the line of kings. Then the beast that had won bring nature's gift to bless all things. Beast of Sun and Beast of Moon. Through their union, they brought to life. A fragile heir in Alola born that the island guardians would keep from strife.

"I wonder what this heir is that they're talking about. The Alola King's heir maybe?"

Looking through another section, he found a description of the four Land Spirit Pokemon.

"Okay, Tapu Guardian Deities. Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini. These Pokemon are the guardians of their own islands and are all unique in both shapes and personality. Tapu Koko who is fickle and feisty. Tapu Lele who is cruel and caring. Tapu Bulu who is lazy and vengeful and Tapu Fini who does not trust man but will deem them worthy if they pass its tests."

After reading that, Brandon then came upon two pages with two very distinct Pokemon. The left page was depicting a bat like creature with a starry forehead and a beautiful blue body and wings, but no visible legs. The right side had a painting of a white lion with a starry forehead, its mane looking like it was glowing and radiated power just from looking at it.

So, these Legendary Pokemon are suppose to be emissaries of the Sun and Moon, (the complete moon not the broken one) and they are native to a region called Alola.

Brandon got up from his seat and walked to his bedroom. Once inside he sat down in front of his computer and did a quick search of the Alola Region.

"Aright, Alola, a tropical region made up of four main islands and one artificial landmass owned by the Aether Foundation. Notable attractions include exclusive Regional Variations of Pokemon, resorts and beautiful beaches, and the native Island Challenge for Trainers."

Reading some more, apparently this region had no Gyms. It had an Elite Four and Pokemon league, but its was just as new as it's only recently made Champion.

Once again stopping to process all this, then Brandon put a smile on his face before doing another search.

Kyurem walked through his cave was again. It wasn't the most inviting place, but it was fine for him at least. Passing by the entrance to Bittercold's prison, looking at it before walking again.

But then a sudden nagging feeling came over him, looking back at the door, he studied it to see if anything was out of place.

"It's probably nothing. I mean, people get worried over nothing all the time. I heard it happens to humans a lot. Maybe thats whats happening to me."

Kyurem stopped. His eyes stared at the empty cell, completely vacant of its intended prisoner.

Pokemon Masters: Sun+Moon

by Metroid Prime

Chapter 3: What ever to do