Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Arceus's Wish | (Rebooted on Youtube!)

P R O L O G U E

"Arceus!" Jirachi shouted over the dust and gale. "He is unstoppable!"

"It can't be! Jirachi, can't you do anything to stop Him either?"

"I'm--" The mythical pokemon yelped. It almost lost its handhold against the gust on the boulder it gripped onto. "I can usually grant any wish, but He is too strong and drains me of my power! It's as if the entire fabric of reality were slowly bending -- If only He weren't so much like you..."

Arceus considered Jirachi's words for a moment. His greatest mistake yet was having trusted 'Him'. He couldn't believe that He had betrayed him like this, but now, not even Jirachi could help.

"No Legendary Pokemon can simply wish Arceus away," Jirachi continued, "No Mythical pokemon can, either, let alone a normal pokemon! And since he is nearly identical to you in power, nothing I throw at him can have any effect! He will corrupt everything, this world will be doomed if we don't destroy the source of his strength, but we can't possibly reach it now. I am sorry, Arceus... I have failed you..."

Suddenly, the Legendary pokemon had a moment of realization. "Perhaps not yet, Jirachi!" He dug his feet into the ground to try and keep himself steady, but at this point even he had begun to shift. Both him and Jirachi would soon be engulfed by the darkness awaiting them at the end of the long tunnel, sucking them in no matter how hard they fought back. "He may be practically unaffected by a Legendary pokemon, or by a Mythical pokemon. Perhaps no pokemon in this world can hurt Him at all. However... there is something else, completely unknown to him. Something whose origins don't apply to anything I've taught him... perhaps we can use that."

"You don't mean--"

"Yes, Jirachi! I shall change my wish! Do it now: bring him to me!"

"As you wish, Arceus!"

Finally, Jirachi let go of the boulder. Concentrating all its energy into a glowing orb, it launched it into the air just in time, before the pokemon disappeared into the darkness. "May your wish be granted...!" it cried, its voice ever fainter.

"Jirachi..." Arceus felt dark limbs enveloping his own. "Indeed. May it be granted, indeed."

And then, just like that, everything went dark.

...

Until a little spark of hope lit up, far away.

Are you ready, Kyle?