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Two siblings watched as yet again young mortals were forced to fight and die for uncaring deities, they had watched this world for millennia since their Family had begun to slumber after ruling over their domains for billions of years. Every day the damage done to nature and the world increased and with limited interference they could do nothing but watch as the world collapsed. They understood, of course, their family were in some cases even older than themselves and had stood since the beginning of creation, but in the relatively short six millennia since their family had gone dormant the world had faltered and broken entire Civilizations rose and fell, Pantheons once ruling vast territories forced into hiding by the worship of a false deity.
A third presence joined them in this extra dimensional viewing area, the two great beings, once known throughout the world by pantheons as the beginning and end of life, the lifebringer and the inevitable Doom,. Yveltal the destroyer and Xerneas the life giver turned to their youngest brother, only 15 millennia under his belt and Ash was still one of the wisest of their siblings his faithful partner Pikachu, The only son of Raikou sat on his shoulder as always Alert but not afraid. “Sister, Brother” Ash began his tone thick with grief “I Assume you felt it as well?” Xerneas sighed “Indeed Brother the Greek earth mother awakens and even more will die, too much death in so few years, Children forced to fight wars and we cannot act because Zygarde refused to stay Awake with us in our vigil.” Yveltal snorted beside her energy surging along his wings before he calmed himself “Without them we would only cause more destruction than we try to prevent” He laughed sadly “Interference was forbidden for a reason without our third trio member sister.”
Ash shifted, face considering “You have an idea Brother?” Xerneas asked, her tone both desperate and Cautious many of Ash’s plans had led to his untimely death when he was still not a true immortal, a particularly memorable event being when the idiot and Pikachu got between Kyogre and Groudon in one of their spats. Ash sighed “The only way I can see this ending without more loss for the young demigods is for us to awaken the others.” The simple statement froze his siblings. Life and Death wracked their minds attempting to come up with something anything that would disprove their brothers statement their family deserved to rest, them damn it, not have to interfere with the affairs of lesser beings after just six millennia of sleep but as the minutes wore on they too came to the same conclusion if they wished to avoid the young Godlings facing any more trauma, they would have to intervene and to do so without the other Legends would mean the death of everything on the Planet.
Xerneas sighed considering her brother’s conclusion it… was not wrong the only way through which they could actively interfere with the world in the condition it was in was to Awaken the other legends. It was a tempting prospect, they had considered it before especially during the first Gigantomachy but had decided against it as those incidents were solved by the gods rather easily but with them taking a backstep following the Trojan war and the new enemies here including The Pit and the Greek Earth Mother two threats that even most Lesser legendaries would steer clear of in single combat. She stomped her hoof in frustration, they should have forced Zygarde to stay active with them, or Ho-Oh’s kids it would have allowed them far more freedom for interference rather than the small amounts of energy they were able to grant the Demigods in Manhattan.
Yveltal spoke next “It is perhaps the only option we have that will allow for a relatively bloodless victory, however, Ash have you seen any sign of Perseus or Miss Chase? They dropped out of our sight sometime during the Rome incident and have not popped up since and with Miss Chase injured…”
Ash’s heart dropped at Yveltal’s words. The kid had what? There shouldn’t be anywhere in existence that his siblings could not see, anywhere that could restrict the vision of Life and Death was a serious matter and nowhere for mortals no matter how powerful the demigods may be. “No Yev I haven’t seen hide or hair of the kid since he landed on my Isle and his Girlfriend is with him? That’s not good he can’t focus all his energy on staying alive if he's also protecting her, you said she was injured during the Parthenos quest in last weeks meeting? She will not be able to help, which is especially bad if they are being hidden from your sight…”
Xerneas smashed her hoof into the floor and sighed “There is nothing we can do for them now, not with us knowing nothing of where they are it must be a primordial as we cannot see them and seeing as Gaea has not risen we can safely assume they have yet to passed to her for the sacrifice. We should move to the Hall Of Origin and begin the process to awaken Father. Their awakening should wake the others.”
The three Legendary Deities moved Gathering their power in a way that had not been felt in millenia to smash a hole in the reality of Xerneas and Yveltal’s Dimension to the higher Plane of the Creator of All, the crash of shattering reality rang across the dark halls of the home of the first deities, the gold inlaid floors formed of an unbreakable white substance failed to glitter as they had mere millennia before. Then the three siblings stepped into a plane of Reality that had been left untouched since their Creator had gone dormant instantly they felt something notice them, even dormant their Creator could focus on them and acknowledge their presence.
The Four entities who had entered three children of the creator and one descendant laughed in relief as they walked towards the flute resting on a pedestal in the centre of the hall they appeared in. Ash grasped it reverently and with a last glance at his siblings and Partner blew into the flute.
Reality shivered as the ethereal sound flowed throughout its planes from the highest peaks of Olympus to the deepest depths of the Pit. On Olympus the gods paused with both the sea god and the goddess of Agriculture flickering into older forms for a short second as Damate and Posedao acknowledged the awakening of the Legends even as they fell back into their shattered state, Mortals were left stunned for minutes as the sound rang throughout their cities and in the deep pits of Tartarus two demigods and a Titan paused in their movement across the landscape as the sound seemingly bounced across the plains of that breathing terrible place the sound allowing even the smallest glimmer of hope and purity in the terror of the Pit.
In the hall of origin a massive presence started to appear as a shining rift opened in front of the quartet, beside and above it three other rifts opened, one a dark tear in the air jagged edges shimmering unnaturally, another a swirling chain of blue energy shaped like Infinity and the other a Star that was simultaneously collapsing and igniting in the air before four entities stepped into the halls. The first was a serpentine then six legged beast that flickered between forms as its very presence distorted the air around it and reality shuddered with its every breath as Giratina turned to her siblings. The second was a bipedal beast that moved as if weight and mass were a suggestion and gravity a mere idea its form flickered to a centaurian form before stabilising again she too faced Them but Palkia’s movements seemed unnatural due to her control over space. The third floated on all fours its form shifted to a more crystalline one before similarly to its counterpart’s stabilising on the form it arrived in, time shifted in the room freezing as Dialga saw his younger siblings Expressions and decided this conversation would require a substantial allowance to occur. Finally the fourth entity burst into being one moment there was a lull, like the calm before the storm, the next an amalgamation appeared in front of them, each of the Seven Deities stood tall as the essence forced itself into a form its eyes locked onto its three children and its great grandchild then it spoke into their minds clam but also curious “Children,” Arceus said, Their voice washing over them seeming more real that they themselves were “why have you awoken us so soon, you seem troubled by something what could possibly be so serious that you need to summon every legendary back from dormancy.” Ash spoke first a grimace on his face despite his joy at seeing the being he called Father “You are correct Father we are troubled, in the past six millennia everything has fallen apart, at first it was subtle an extinction here, a lost civilization there nothing that would have been unnatural even with all of us watching over the world.” The four older deities nodded along even with all their power they could not interfere frivolously lest the world collapse due to their overwhelming presence
Ash continued “However, in the past four millennia, since a war in the human City known as Troy, the world has been in a smooth decline. Around 400 years ago the last Pokemon species died out except for the few eggs we managed to save alongside the Gods of the different Pantheons. In the last six years it has become untenable, however, there has been one major Inter-Pantheonal war, Between the Gods of Olympus and the resurgent Titans of Othyrys and a second is currently underway against the Gigantes and the Greek earth Primordial once again this would normally not be an issue events like this are expected to occur from time to time, but it is the sheer quantity of such events…
Dialga interrupted him “Each of these events seem to have been dealt with or are in the process of such, brother, this still does not explain why you have awakened us even the deaths of the pokemon species, while unexpected, is not unfixable.”
Xerneas snorted “Perhaps the creator of Time would like to exercise his abilities and be patient for Ash to explain instead of interrupting.” This drew bursts of laughter from their siblings with Giratina being the loudest before they settled allowing Ash to continue “Your not wrong Dialga, normally we would not have bothered with awakening you for these events the issue” Ash’s face shifted to show his rage “is that throughout the war with Kronos and the current War with the Gigantes and Gaea the Gods of Olympus have intervened extremely sparingly except for Poseidon of Atlantis, Artemis of the Moon and Demeter of Agriculture. Alone Perseus Jackson and the forces of Camp Half-Blood, which is a protected camp for Greek Demigods, held off the forces of the Titan king with young Perseus defeating Hyperion in single combat along with the Clazmonian Sow and multiple armies invading at once.
Ash’s rant was stopped by the arrival of dozens of other presences but four in particular stuck out their presence flaring as Cobalion, Virizion, Terrakion and Keldeo stepped forward
their hooves beating on the floor and in an uncharacteristic move Keldeo snarled it would have looked ridiculous on the short mythical normally but the swirling water in his mane and a secret sword charged on his horn it was far more intimidating than it had any right to be. The four lesser legendaries spoke in one voice “Why have they have not been PUNISHED for their use of children? Surely you could-.” The four stopped as Ash, Xerneas and Yveltal turned to them forms flickering between their Origin Forms and in Ash’s case beastial form “YOU DON’T THINK WE WOULD HAVE TRIED?” They roared the fury forcing all of the others to take a step back they calmed slightly enough for their voices to separate as Yveltal snarled “If we had interfered then the world would have ended oh Swords of Justice our power is far too great for the world to manage without our third member around to stabilise it and wouldn’t you know Zygarde decided that it would be a brilliant idea to sleep with the rest of you-.”
“ENOUGH” the shout from Arceus made all the deities move to their positions in hopes of avoiding their wrath “I will not have my children squabbling over this matter. Yveltal, Xerneas and Ash you made the correct choice in awakening the rest of us. We must move quickly to stabilise the world and limit the Trauma on the Children. I suggest we summon them all here. I do not know how we would manage to change the deities' interactions with the Demigods bu-.”
“I may have an idea” came the fluctuating voice of Giratina “we should figure out a way for the Olympian Gods to witness their own failings perhaps through the viewing of events through a demigods perception? This Perseus you spoke of Ash?”
Ash winced “One problem with that Giratina, Percy and his girlfriend Annabeth Chase were lost from Xerneas and Yveltal’s perception around a short while ago and they have found no trace of them since. Their questmates appear to be going towards the House of Hades, a temple to the God in Epirus, it is where the current location of the Greek Doors of Death are in the mortal world and seeing as monsters have been leaving Tartarus in massive quantity we can presume they are in the Pit alone with no backup to speak of…”
For a short moment there was silence before in low, furious voice Arceus gave commands
“Giratina begin gathering Demigods at Ash, Xerneas and Yveltal’s direction. Darkrai and Cresselia go to the pit and find The Young Demigods. Palkia gather the Olympian gods along with the Atlantean Heirs and the primary Chtonic Gods,”
Arceus breathed slowly forcing themselves to calm
“and finally Dialga GET ME THE MORAI.”