The Closest Ones

51. The story of the outsider

No POV

Professor Sycamore arrived to the ruins after a long time. A giant building in the shape of pyramid still between the trees.

He walked inside the ruins, seeing most of the bolders gone and the walls were still somehow standing.

"Sycamore." he heard his name called and in front of him came out Brandon covered in dust.

"Brandon, I heard you made a huge progress."

"Indeed I did. Although it took some time thanks our mutual friend." he said on which Sycamore shook his head. "But, it did give me proof for this story to be true."

"A story?" Sycamore asked, but followed him in.

"Each ruins tell a story. But these wanted to show the story." Upon this, the hall lit up and the walls that were once stable, but now were full of cracks. Some parts were missing and the most important were the ones in line. 

"Do tell me then." Sycamore said and let Brandon do his work.

"So, each of these walls starts the same. Arceus created Earth and created people with pokemon. But this one changed after that." he pointed at two panels, on one was high tower, letting out what looked like explosion, the other cracked and fell. 

"AZ's ultimate weapon." Sycamore added while Brandon continued.

"This story speaks about our world and another. On this side, where it shows the fall of the Ultimate weapon that is ours and the one that didn't, shows a world, where AZ never destroyed this weapon. A world that was consumed by the destructive power of this weapon and was left with chaos that even change the stream of time." Brandon pointed at panel, which was half missing, but it still showed destroyed Earth. "The weapon almost killed everything, leaving a few survivors by what I could tell."

He walked past it to another one, showing people again but no pokemon. "By this picture, I believe either most of the pokemon were killed by this ultimate destruction. And that world started to evolve completely differently." he pointed at picture, showing people becoming beasts. Humans starting to fly. People fighting with swords and bows.

"But what could have cause that." Brandon pointed to the walls they walked past. They were just one of the cave.

"That is something I don't know yet. Something changed it more. Not just AZ, but also the evolution of this world. Back to the ones forward. So the world evolved on its own until one event that was foretold." he pointed at the picture. There was what looked like a kid holding spiky bipedal creature.

The moment Sycamore saw it, he recognised it. "Zeraora."

Somewhere else, a giant crater where lighting and attacks were coming out. Pokemon stood above, watching. 

"Stop it Mewtwo!" yelled the female voice of Mewtwo, watching both of them clash.

"I will not. He calls me a human pet and yet he can't stop thinking about a one, that is here but isn't his." Metwo let out two shadow balls at Zeraora. Zeraora dodged with speed and jumped at Mewtwo, sending out its fists that were in such speed it looked like Zeraora had ten fists. Mewtwo had put up a protection.

Zeraora let out a roar and was gone in a moment, dirt flying away and the next connected its fist with the protection with such a force, sending Mewtwo in the ball outside of the crater. Mewtwo focused on the protection while his buble broke through multiple trees. Zeraora was quickly behind in the speed of sound. Mewtwo held, but he could feel how the barrier was slowly cracking. But then his eyes landed on those pokemon that didn't have enough time to run. And rage rose up inside him.

"ENOUGH!" when Zeraora was about to hit, Mewtwo let the barrier go around him and send it in big energy at Zeraora. Before Zeraora could blink, Zeraora was propelled in high speed backwards. Zeraora didn't know when it was facing sky and ground. That stop the moment Zeraora felt something pierced through.

There were pictures of armies coming at Zeraora, it was being hunted. Then, there was another human and it showed the person with lightning bolt on the hand.

"Ok this one is strange. If what Ash said was true, we have two different realities. Ours and one from where Zeraora is from. But why this temple? How would they know about it." Sycamore said, Brandon nodded his head toward the end of the hall. Kalos researcher looked there and there was half of the ring that was once a portal. The stones were held together by ice who was now being restored by Regice.

"I think this portal answers most. I think there was an old clan, that build this temple with this portal and through some secret way communicated through this portal with another on other side. But it looks like most of the protectors left this and the only way how to access the portal was with the help of Tapu guardians. But they foretold they would be use once again with these pictures. It shows the journey of Zeraora and other people getting to this portal." Half of them were missing, but the ones that didn't showed things like Zeraora and group of people standing on land with legs. People walking over the water or what looked like ritual with Zeraora from which were born creatures. "And by what Ash told us, he opened the portal the moment his older doppelganger. They were using magic I dare to say."

"Magic?" Sycamore asked with raised eyebrow.

"Yes magic. It isn't something that is new in our world. We have psychics, there were legends of aura guardians and magic. If the other side had such strong magic or whatever, it just need another familiar from this side. Which one was Ash as we know." Brandon walked up to the stone that was once part of the portal. Sycamore noticed it too, but he was thinking of why he wouldn't put it back. Until he noticed a writings on it. "I already decipher these words."

"And what do they mean?"

"OH MY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" female Mewtwo yelled as she flew down seeing Zeraora. The other Mewtwo flew closer as well, eyes wide from the situation. Their fighting destroyed their surroundings. So when Zeraora was flying, he hit a tree. A one that was only in half and now one half was sticking out of Zeraora's chest. 

"ZER!" Zeraora let out screams of pain as it felt the blood puring out. Both Mewtwo looked at each other before using their psychic to get him out of the tree.

"It says, 'This message shall never be changed and this shall be the foundation stone for this pathway as well this far away coming clash. Even if the nature tries to change it or destroy it, it won't because it is written in the lines of Destiny. After many days and dark days, after absence of guardians and protectors, this portal will be opened. A creature, an outsider from another world. This creature was, is and will be loved, hated, seeked. In its original world was born but its power was born here. That was only coming through slits between these worlds. When this pokemon will arrive to the world, where it will be never in danger again until it completes its role in the upcoming clash. The pokemon was one of the strongest before, but after the travel, it will be the most powerful it could have ever been. This pokemon will give a life to the guard that will protect world from shadows and veins of evil. The moment this pokemon will do its role, only then the world will have a chance. It is foretold story of The outsider and the chosen one.' "

"A chosen one? I read about that once in another ruins." Sycamore said, but they continued to looked at all those ruin.

Both Mewtwo didn't know what to do. Zeraora was lying there, missing flesh and blood in the middle of its torso. 

"ZERA!" the moment the scream was let out, a huge lightning was send out from Zeraora to the sky. Both human created pokemon watched as Zeraora's torso started to fill up with flesh and sealing all the blood. The flesh was then covered back in the fur and Zeraora stood for a moment. Feeling whole and then falling back on the ground.