The Arcane Tournament

Distorted

Selene rode through the mysterious world on Solgaleo's back with Marshadow drifting alongside her. "This place is a bit like the Shadow Realm." He mused. "The physics aren't entirely linear there, either."

"Oh, cool." Selene said absentmindedly. She was preoccupied thinking about Elio and worrying if he was ok. They'd saved each other before plenty of times, but this was something else entirely. It was the Legendary Pokémon, Giratina.

Marshadow didn't try to strike up much more conversation as they approached the beast. Giratina towered proudly over many of the islands floating around in the purple space.

Waterfalls flowed upwards, plants seemed to fade in and out of existence, and in the center of it all was the creature. Giratina floated above an island with its many claw-like wings extended. Giratina's tail flicked around and its maw opened as it noticed Selene and Marshadow.

Elio was stationed on the island, seemingly alive and well. Though he was bound to the ground by his arms with some sort of misty chains. "Selene! You're here!" He shouted with glee.

Selene smiled at her boyfriend and then turned her attention back to Giratina. "You're going to let all of us leave here, right now. Or else."

Marshadow winced. "Erm, what she means is that while we understand your displeasure with Arceus, it isn't fair to take that out on us."

"And it isn't wise, either." Selene threatened. The move seemed to antagonize the demonic Pokémon and it started to drift through the air. She looked at Marshadow and sighed. "I'll handle this."

Selene disembarked from Nebby as Giratina's snapped its maw at them. "Use Sunsteel Strike!" Solgaleo became cloaked in flames and sped through the mysterious space into Giratina. The blow was a clean strike and Solgaleo retreated from the opposing Pokémon. "Flamethrower!"

Giratina unleashed a Dragon Pulse just as Solgaleo started to spray flames at the opposing Pokémon. The attacks collided and exploded, then Giratina vanished from the battlefield.

Selene looked around and waited to see what would happen. Cracks started to form above Nebby and Selene realized what was happening too late.

Giratina shattered the realm itself and slammed right into Solgaleo. The blow was devastating and Nebby was briefly sent sprawling through the air. "Hang in there, Nebby! Use Wild Charge!" Solgaleo channeled electricity through its body and flew back at the foe.

Giratina charged a blue projectile in its maw and fired it into Selene's Pokémon. The projectile stopped Solgaleo's advance but Marshadow suddenly erupted from Giratina's shadow and struck the Distortion Pokémon. "Giratina! Please listen! I am Marshadow, a Pokémon who was put an impossible situation like you by Arceus and suffered for it! Understand, this is not the answer!"

Marshadow's pleading did no good as he was struck by a Dragon Pulse head on and knocked away. Selene rolled her eyes and focused on saving Elio. "Use Zen Headbutt!" Solgaleo rammed into Giratina head on and knocked it away. "Now use Flamethrower!"

Fire spilled out from her Pokémon's maw in Giratina's direction but the beast grabbed ahold of a nearby island in its arms and blocked the fire with it. Then it slipped back out of existence and Selene was forced to play the waiting game.

This time, she had a plan. Just as the cracks started to appear behind Nebby she sprung into action. "Use Sunsteel Strike and get behind one of the islands!"

Her Pokémon sped off through the air right as Giratina burst from its hiding place and lunged at it. Solgaleo moved forward with immense speed and weaved around an island floating in the dead space.