Darkest Day (Pokémon Sw/Sh fanfic - rewrite available and in progress)

Of Gods and Champions

Once the blue light receded to reveal Palkia, Raihan's jaw could have dropped to the floor. Leon just looked impressed.

"Palkia!" Raihan breathed. Eliana had never seen him so astonished.

Palkia looked down at the three, red eyes glowing with curiosity. Humans, it addressed, greetings.

Raihan could have fainted right on the spot. Leon was even startled.

"It can use telepathy!" The gym leader stuttered a bit, trying to find the right words to reply with. "Hello," he managed to spit out. He wanted to slap himself for being so stupid, especially in front of a renowned deity.

Yes. Can use humanspeak.

Palkia's immense height was probably the most terrifying thing about it. Being 13'09", along with its large claws and fangs, it could easily cause an opponent to faint just by looking at them.

Eliana put a hand on Palkia's thigh. "I met it when I faced the leader of Team Galactic," she said. "It seemed to like me, so it tagged along."

Make friend, Palkia stated. No harm from time.

"No harm from time?" Leon echoed. He seemed to have more guts to speak than his rival at the moment.

Yes. Brother is very strong. Much pain and destruction.

"It's talking about Dialga," Raihan said. "God of time."

"Seems like you know a lot about it," Eliana observed.

"Of course! I've studied Sinnoh culture because of their deities. Almost all of them are dragons. I know that Palkia controls space, and is the smaller of its two siblings. It has a special move called Spacial Rend — a dragon-type move — that could easily be the most powerful dragon-type move besides Dragon Ascent. It's also a water-type."

"Damn. That thing's the smallest?" Leon questioned. He looked up at Palkia, taking a step back.

Not much. Only small portion.

"The three dragons of Sinnoh, Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, created the world alongside Arceus. It's said that the Creator himself is their father," Raihan continued.

Correct. Arceus is father. But did not like Giratina. Much disappoint in him. Banish him to Reverse World. Palkia gave a guttural growl. Very evil pokémon. Very evil.

Raihan and Eliana exchanged curious glances. Leon, on the other hand, was slowly stepping away from the god. It wasn't like him to run from a challenge, but he did have a bit of common sense in his actions for once.

I like new humans. Friends, Palkia told Eliana.

"Yeah. Friends. From a very long time ago," she replied.

Make mates?

Eliana blushed madly. "No!" she blurted. "Nothing like that!" If she had paid attention, she would have caught Leon's massive embarrassment and a sly smirk from Raihan.

Palkia made a rumbling laugh. Joke, it said simply, then laughed again. I made joke.

"Yeah. Great one," Leon laughed. His was more out of fear and humiliation. He then leaned over to Eliana, muttering under his breath, "This thing is crazy."

"Oh, shove off. It's learning."

Leon shrugged, still uncomfortable.

Raihan tore his gaze from Palkia, watching Leon and Eliana. He felt a twinge of jealousy seeing them so close to each other. "Flygon, why don't you introduce yourself to Palkia?" he said to his partner, who was hovering safely from a distance. She whined slightly, but buzzed down to Palkia's eye level nonetheless.