"You knew all along?"
Dian immediately turned to Celebi, who still looked perfectly calm.
"Does that matter?"
Specks of green light began shimmering around Celebi's figure. "Human, you are free. Perhaps we will meet again."
With that, Celebi vanished in an instant, like a bursting bubble.
At the same time, the entire dream space began to destabilize, then collapsed.
In the end, everything returned to where it had begun...
In the waking world, everyone stared in shock at the Jigglypuff floating in the air... no, at the Great God wearing a Jigglypuff skin.
After destroying the Nightmare Pillar with a single kick, the figure had begun singing an elegant, tranquil, mysterious song. As though bringing the loveliest dream down to earth, it dispelled the dark moon in the sky and summoned a hazy, brilliant crescent moon anew.
No one noticed the sheet music Jigglypuff had been holding vanish into the moonlight in a shimmer of rainbow light.
Drake quietly took out a Poké Ball, only to meet warning looks from Fantina and Koga... they were perfectly happy being alive and had no desire to court death.
With a sheepish smile, he put the Poké Ball away. Weren't Trainers creatures who threw balls whenever they saw Pokémon?
After squeezing out the very last of its strength, Meloetta relaxed, closed its eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Dian slowly opened his eyes, catching a faint fragrance and feeling cool drops of water on his cheek.
He looked at Meloetta's exhausted little face, then at the girl beyond it.
The silver light spilling from the crescent moon shone over her. Her long purple hair lay scattered, hiding most of her face, yet even the part he could see was breathtaking, stunning and moving.
"Did playing the hero make you happy?"
The girl's