Oración, the Melody That Calms Time and Space!
Celebi fluttered beside Ash, its small, bright eyes filled with determination.
Ash had already used his Aura to transmit the situation in advance—not directly to Celebi but through the vast network of plant life in the forest. As the Guardian of the Forest, Celebi could receive messages carried by nature itself.
By using the Aura, Ash had reached out to the trees, the flowers, and the grass, allowing them to deliver his plea to Celebi.
However, because of the great distance, it had taken time for Celebi to receive the message. That was why it had only just arrived.
Luckily, it had come at the perfect moment.
If Celebi had been any later, Latias and Darkrai would have been completely incapacitated, making their healing far more difficult.
"Celebi, I know. I missed you too, but right now, we're in serious trouble. I need your help to heal these three. Can you do that for me?"
"Labi~~"
Celebi nodded its tiny head, its delicate antennae bouncing with the motion. Without hesitation, it flew toward Darkrai and Latias, extending its small hands over their battered forms.
A brilliant green glow radiated from Celebi's body. It was calling upon the power of nature itself, using its Life Energy to mend their wounds.
"Rooaaar!"
Once again, Palkia and Dialga unleashed another wave of devastating attacks!
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Meanwhile, elsewhere, Charizard, having broken through to Level 80, shielded the group from the chaotic aftershocks of battle.
Dawn, Anabel, Alice, and Tonio had successfully reached the Oración Chamber within the Time-Space Tower.
Outside, the destruction was worsening.
More and more of Alamos Town was being swallowed into the void of nothingness.
All eyes were on the sky—on the young Trainer commanding Legendary Pokémon against these rampaging gods of time and space.
Would he be able to stop this catastrophe?
"Oración… According to the records left by Godey, the melody of Oración is our last hope. When I first searched my grandfather's research lab, I couldn't find it anywhere. That's when I realized—Oración had to be stored within the Time-Space Tower's music chamber."
Tonio adjusted his glasses, his voice resolute.
"The Time-Space Tower is the only structure capable of broadcasting Oración's melody across the entire town. And to preserve such an important song, the only suitable storage medium would be a metallic music disc!"
The group nodded and immediately began searching through the countless metallic discs stacked within the chamber.
But there were far too many!
Just one minute into the search, Anabel called for a stop.
"This isn't working! We'll never find it like this. Alice, didn't your grandmother give you a copy of the Oración melody? Check if there's a clue on that sheet!"
Alice quickly pulled out the ancient sheet music, flipping it over—only to discover a large, unique musical note printed on the back.
"A musical note!"
"That's it! We need to find a disc with this exact note on it!"
With their search now focused, it wasn't long before they found the metallic disc containing Oración.
"Alice, ride Charizard! Dawn, you and I will go on my Metagross! Tonio, use Drifblim! This way, we'll reach the tower's peak as fast as possible!"
Anabel made a split-second decision.
As the team rushed toward the top of the Time-Space Tower, another energy shockwave blasted toward them!
Charizard swung its flaming tail with full force, countering one of the shockwaves.
But another surge of energy was hurtling toward Metagross!
Metagross wouldn't be able to withstand it!
"Anabel!!!"
Dawn screamed, eyes wide with fear.
At that exact moment—
BOOM!
A Hyper Beam and a Leaf Storm struck the energy shockwave, neutralizing it in midair!
It was Tyranitar and Sceptile!
From the battlefield below, they had leaped into action just in time to save Anabel and Dawn!
The crisis averted, the group pressed on toward the peak of the Time-Space Tower.
Reaching the summit, they quickly placed the metallic disc onto the music platform.
The entire tower began to tremble.
The void consuming Alamos Town had already reached the base of the tower.
"Hurry! There's no time left!"
Ash, hang in there!
Both Anabel and Dawn clenched their fists, watching anxiously.
Alice carefully placed the disc onto the platform.
"We just need to pull this lever to activate the Time-Space Tower!"
The four of them grabbed the lever together and pulled down with all their strength!
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"Zzzzt… Zzzzt…"
The Time-Space Tower rumbled but didn't fully activate.
Although it was designed to function as the world's largest musical instrument, its mechanisms required an enormous amount of electrical power.
And with so much of the tower already being consumed by the void, many of its systems had failed.
The electricity wasn't flowing properly!
"I'll use Pachirisu! It can use Discharge!"
Dawn quickly sent out Pachirisu, who unleashed a surge of electricity toward the tower's main gears.
But it wasn't enough.
"We need Pikachu! Ash's Pikachu has enough power to activate the tower in one go!"
"Pika pi!"
Pikachu, perched atop Pidgeot, arrived at the tower's peak just in time.
Ash had almost forgotten about this in the chaos of battle.
With Mewtwo leading the charge and Latias, Darkrai, and Celebi supporting, he could afford to focus on something else for a moment.
He quickly commanded Pidgeot to bring Pikachu to the top of the Time-Space Tower.
"Pikachu! We need you!"
Without hesitation, Pikachu leaped onto the central mechanism.
Summoning all its strength, Pikachu charged up its most powerful attack.
"Pika…CHUUUUU!!!"
BZZZZZT!
A massive Thunderbolt surged into the gears!
"CLANG!"
The first musical note rang out from the tower.
Oración's melody had begun.
The first note alone carried a sacred, purifying aura.
"Ding… Ding… Clang…"
One by one, the notes of Oración filled the air.
By now, almost the entire town had vanished.
Only the garden and the Time-Space Tower remained.
The citizens of Alamos Town had gathered in the garden, their hands clasped together in prayer.
"What a beautiful song…"
"It feels so… peaceful…"
One by one, the people closed their eyes, listening in awe.
Back on the battlefield—
Palkia and Dialga froze the moment they heard the melody.
The moment Oración's notes reached their ears, they stopped fighting.
Even Mewtwo, locked in battle, and Darkrai, still burning with fury over its ravaged home, began to calm down.
"Ding-ding-dong…"
A brilliant golden light spread across the Time-Space Tower.
From the twin pillars of Time and Space, radiant golden wings unfolded.
They weren't real—but their shimmering presence felt overwhelmingly divine.
The golden light cut through the endless darkness.
It was pure. It was sacred. It was absolute.
Oración's melody was restoring balance to the world.
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Author's Note:
That concludes the climactic battle at the Time-Space Tower! This chapter was exhilarating to write—I hope all of you enjoyed it just as much!
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