Looking for Balance: Chapter 9

Chapter 9: A Conversation With Arceus

"This is the Azure Flute then?" White asked holding up the flute that was still in her hands.  She had remembered the Legend of the Azure Flute created by ancient people to awaken Arceus when the world was in trouble.

Arceus nodded looking at her saying into her mind, 'That is correct, daughter of man.  You seem to be more intelligent then most I have met of your kind who awaken me from my slumber.'

"Thank you, great one," She said getting up bowing to Arceus, "I am sorry to have awaken you, something told me too though."

'That was I who told you too,'  Arceus said with a nod as his body started to glow creating an image of a man wearing a gray coat that had gold stripes down and around it mirroring the holy symbol on Arceus's body.  He had a black shirt with white pants with gold inlays around the bottom.  His hair was silver and spiky while his eyes were a deep emerald green.  I watched as Arceus's actual body disappeared and the eyes of the males seemed lively and his pale skin gaining some color.  His voice was deep as he began to speak, "I thought you would feel more comfortable speaking with me in this body, daughter of man.   Or shall I call you White?"

I looked at him in surprise nodding saying, "White if you wish, great one."

"Call me Arceus, White," he said with a nod sitting down on the floor motioning for her to join him in front of him, "Do you believe everything happens for a reason, White?  That every choice you make has a million different outcomes that could come into play."

White nodded as she sat down across from him looking at him forgetting about everything outside Arceus and her at the moment.  She forgot about N, searching for a way out of the temple, Team Plasma, Unova, Kyurem, N's Sister, and everything else.  Her mind was racing but empty at the same time except for the fact she was sitting in front of the creator of everything of this world.

"Well the balance of your time strand is threatened, I foresee two outcomes one where the balance is destroyed  and one where the balance remains intact," Arceus said looking at her, "The Heroes of the Past created the disruption of the balance when the dragon split in three."

"Wait three, so Kyurem was part of the dragon the two brother fought over and split into Reshiram and Zekrom?" White asked in surprise looking at him with intrest.

"Yes in a way, in another way you could say Kyurem is all that is left of the original dragon," Arceus said waving his hand in front of them the Hall of Origins disappearing into gray two men forming in front of them and a older woman along with a dragon that looked similar to Kyurem but stood up straight and strong like Reshiram and Zekrom.  It was an equal mixture of white and black with hints of gray upon it's skin.

"The dragon had served the family of the Heros for ages, so when the brothers wished to create the Kingdom of Unova the dragon served them and carved the land out for them well," Arceus said as the brothers worked together with the dragon in the illusions he created around them the woman watching from the distance, "While they worked on there dream, the one who brought them into this world stood watch over her sons."

White watched as the land of Unova was created out of a land mast so man familiar locations she knew well forming from the dragons strength.  She was amazed as she watched this all.

"When the Kingdom was complete the brothers took the throne of the land together as humans and pokemon filled the land," Arceus said as he waved his hand showing ancient cities forming upon the landscape and Pokemon coming over the sky and seas toward the land all while the land was watched over by the two brother and their mother, "Though as time went on the brothers began to fight over the truth of their kingdom and ideals one wished for kingdom, the dragon not knowing who to side with soul split in two."

White watched as the brothers fought and the dragon split in two leaving bones upon the ground under him the two halves of the souls took the physical forms of Reshiram and Zekrom.  Reshiram sided with the older brother and Zekrom went with the younger brother.

"They fought and fought destroying the very land they had worked so hard to create," Arceus said in sadness as Unova came under destruction around them fire covering it and lightening raining from the sky as the brothers and dragons fought for the land, "They had lost site of the balance they had once had within themselves and the great dragon."

"From the absence of balance and sadness of their mother at the site of her sons fighting like they never had before.  The corpse of the great dragon came to life a great chill covered the land putting out the flames and stopping the lightening.  It still served the last member of the family, the mother who wished for nothing more then her sons to stop fighting and ruling together once more," Arceus said as the corpse took life a body forming from the chill and ice it becoming Kyurem standing behind the woman who was always watching putting out the flames and stopping the lightening along with the fighting, "Granting his Mistress's wish it roared out making the halves of his souls become stones dropping to the ground.  Then he himself took his leave going into a deep sleep in a land where many would never tread awaiting when balance was disturbed and his next new master."

White watched as Kyurem roared Reshiram and Zekrom became stones dropping into the brothers hands who realized how stupid they had been went to hide the stones to await discovery by the next hereos ones that can recreate the balance not just fight like had been.

"When the Heroes fought over Truth and Ideal once again then separated instead of fully making peace ," Arceus said creating an image of herself and N 5 years ago fighting in the castle with her winning then N leaving with Zekrom, "You awoke Kyurem once more who found his new Mistress with ease.  His new Mistress does not wish for balance to be restored as his old one did, she once to keep balance disrupted and will stop at nothing to achieve this goal."

"His new Mistress is Marcia isn't she?" White asked looking at Arceus with worry knowing this cemented her theory 10 fold.

"Yes and Kyurem is more powerful then either of the two halves are alone," Arceus said getting up looking down at White with a small frown upon his face the Hall of Origins appearing around them once more, "The only way you two stand a chance is to work together in the fight."

"We are, N and I are together now so we were going to be working together to defeat Marcia," White said standing up as well looking at the god.

"I know but as I said before there are many outcomes to the choices you make," Arceus said looking down, "One such outcome of the battle worries me more then any other.  One that shall destroy the balance completely without hope of recreation.  If that happens Unova and the entire world I created shall fall into turmoil."

"I see," White said confusion in her eyes as she stared at Arceus, "Is there anyway I can prevent this outcome?"

"Yes there is one way, not to prevent it but to change it and all outcomes that came about because of one decision that was made," Arceus said closing his eyes holding out his hand to the statue of Dialga in the room a orb coming from the statue floating in front of me, "I trust you know what my servant, Dialga protects correct?"

"Yes, the flow of time and he can also control it differently then Celebi does," White responded taking the orb in hand looking at it strangely.

"That you hold is Adament Orb," Arceus said nodding as he looked at White, "It is the form Dialga takes outside his dimension.  Humans believe the Red Chain is the only way to call upon Dialga and Palkia though they will also come to the one who holds the orbs that reside here in my place of rest.  They will only come when the time is right though.  Take it, White, you will know when to use it if it comes to that.  You will understand when that time comes of what I mean."

White looked at the orb nodding placing it in her bag beside the clear stone that once contained Reshiram before hugging Arceus saying, "Thank you, Arceus."

"Your welcome, White," Arceus said hugging her back quickly before pulling away transforming back to his normal form looking toward the door, 'You should go now, I shall be watching like I always do in my sleep.  I shouldn't have to tell you though please tell not a soul you met me here.'

"I understand, Arceus," White said nodding bowing, "Goodbye Great Arceus, and thank you once more.  I feel honored to have been one of few to have witnessed the God of Creation."

'Goodbye, Hero of Truth,' Arceus said bowing his head to her before closing his eyes becoming a statue once more as the door swung open behind her signaling it was time for her to take her leave.

White turned walking from the Hall of Origins looking back at the statue of Arceus once more before she left the door shutting behind her and disappearing without a trace revealing a staircase.  She rushed upstairs quickly looking for N knowing she couldn't tell him about what just happened.  She looked down at her watch surprised that no time had passed while she was speaking to Arceus the only thing she had to remind herself that the meeting had actually taken place was the orb that was now in her bag.  She smiled as she ran upstairs seeing a familiar figure with green hair turning the corner in front of her.

"White, there you are," N said running toward her taking her in his arms hugging her close, "I was so worried."

White laughed softly saying, "Don't worry I'm fine.  Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I found the way out," N said with a nod looking down at her, "There is a lever on the inside of the entrance to open it from the inside but the outside."

"Oh well that is good, we don't have to break our way out then," White said with a smile as N took her hand dragging her to the entrance he had found and into the night to search for what they came Fiore to find anyway.  Marcia's old home.