They all descended down to the heart of the island where they expect to see Cresselia, but she isn’t there. Around them, they see burnt up grass with leafless trees.
“Cresselia! Where are you!?” Bandit screamed at the sky.
Seconds pass, then they all heard Cresselia’s sweet voice.
“Teehee, I’m right here,” Cresselia giggled.
“Where?” Bandit looked around for her while the beasts picked at the burnt grass, Defahn and Zigtar are together, and Ralis is staring at Bandit with half opened eye lids.
A bright light appeared right in front of all of them, revealing Cresselia.
“I was hiding when Darkrai attacked the island,” Cresselia mourned.
Defahn rubbed her chin for a bit, thinking about something. “Hmm….” She said.
“So Cresselia, how did Darkrai attack?” Bandit asked.
She took a deep breath,”Darkrai attacked by launching fireballs at the island, he tried to capture me but I barely escaped before he grabbed me.”
“Well, who took out the fire?” Bandit pointed out.
“God Bandit,” Ralis covered his eyes with his claws, “Stop asking Cresselia questions and let her take a break.”
“It’s alright Ralis; no need to worry about me, and Bandit, the rain came in.” Cresselia giggled again.
Zigtar noticed Defahn rubbing her chin and asked, “Something the matter?” Then he hugged her.
“Nothing,” Defahn replied.
“Every time you say that, you are hiding something,” Zigtar mentioned.
“Alright, I’ll tell you,” Defahn accepted and whispered something into Zigtar’s ear.
Zigtar jumped, “What! You are going to cha...” He got interrupted as Defahn quickly covered his mouth with her wing.
“You yelled on purpose right?” Defahn pointed out and uncovers Zigtar’s mouth.
“I did not,” Zigtar said waving his hand.
“Yes, you did,” Defahn snickered.
They both hugged each other and see Cresselia still getting annoyed by Bandit.
“So, what are your interests?” Bandit asked sitting down on the burnt grass.
“Spells and magic,” Cresselia answered.
“What’s your favorite food?”
“Hmm…that’s a hard one….cake perhaps.”
“Can you change anything?”
“Of course, I turned a Pidgey into a Bidoof.”
“Do you like…” Bandit got interrupted by Ralis jumping off of Latios and covering his mouth.
“Shut up!” Ralis hissed and uncovered his mouth.
Defahn flew to Cresselia and said something to her, “Cresselia…” She placed a wing on her body.
“Yes?” Cresselia asked.
“Can you change me?” She rubbed her claws at the ground sheepishly.
“Into what?”
“An Altaria…” She admitted.
“WHAT!?” Everybody else screamed.
The entire island grew silent; nothing made a sound, except the wind. Finally Cresselia answered back.
“If you want to change forme, I have to gather a lot of magic,” Cresselia answered.
“We’ll help!” Everybody else said.
“Oh thank you guys,” Cresselia cheerfully said.
Zigtar ran to Defahn, “Why do you want to be an Altaria?” He asked.
“Oh, because I think that physical combat isn’t really working. I may be really good at it, but it just doesn’t feel right.”
“Ah.”
“Okay, Defahn, if you change forme, you can no longer be a Staraptor,” Cresselia told.
“Alright,” Defahn said.
“Okay, now….” Cresselia took a deep breath, “You must sleep first, and then we can change your forme.”
“Okay.”
“Here, drink this,” Cresselia gave a potion to Defahn which is all green and slimy.
“Do I have to?”
“Yes, if you want to change forme, you must drink it, it will make you fall asleep.”
Defahn took one last look at her Staraptor forme, checking her wings, body, and looks, and then she drank it, and then quickly fell asleep with her whole body on the ground.
Cresselia then made four blue candles that appeared in front of her with fire on the wicks.
“Ralis, Zigtar, and Bandit,” Cresselia called out and gave them each a candle with a fire lit on top, “lace these candles around Defahn, I’ll put one as well, make it so that if a line were connecting the candles, it will form a diamond.”
They all did, carefully placing the candles around Defahn at the ground.
“Now, I will need everybody’s help, including the beasts, changing another’s forme is not easy.”
Cresselia then looked at the beasts that are still picking on the burnt grass.
“I said I need everybody’s help,” Cresselia ordered, “Including you dragons, Torshio, and Ni Inazuma.”
The beasts heard Cresselia after a 30 second delay, then went to Cresselia, as well as Ralis, Zigtar, and Bandit running back to her.
“Everybody, get around Defahn forming a circle.” Cresselia quickly ordered.
They all did, with Defahn in the middle of the circle.
“Now…everybody, think of the Pokemon Altaria in your mind, picture it in your head.” She calmly said.
Everybody did and closed their eyes while picturing it. Meanwhile while they closed their eyes, a white diamond shined gold around Defahn and the diamond rose up with Defahn in the middle. A few seconds later, three golden rings appeared and begin to spin around the golden diamond horizontally.
“I’ll take it from here, you may all open your eyes now,” Cresselia offered.
Everybody opened their eyes, and was shocked at the scene.
“Wh-where is she!?” Zigtar panicked.
“You probably can’t see her, but she is in the center of the diamond,” Cresselia explained.
“How long is she going to be in there?” Ralis asked.
“Until I complete the ritual,” Cresselia said and flew next near the diamond, “Lindworm, Altaria is the same type as you, dragon, and flying, lend me your strength please, my powers are not enough for this.”
Without answering back, Lindworm gave his strength to Cresselia. Cresselia now glows green and blue due to Lindworm’s strength. Then, a magical staff appeared in front of her, it has a twisted handle made out of wood, with a blue orb on the top. Since she has no way to carry it, she uses her psychic abilities to hold it. She then transferred her own strength and the strength given to her by Lindworm to the staff she holds.
“To the gods, let me change this soul to who she wants to be!” Cresselia shouted to the night sky then smashed the staff on the diamond, then fell.
Nothing seemed to happen to the diamond when Ralis and Zigtar caught her.
The three rings slowly disappeared from around the diamond, ending it with golden glitter. When the diamond slowly descended back to the surface of the island, it broke open with golden light scattering….revealing Defahn… now an Altaria.
From that moment, everybody slowly walked to her but Cresselia, while she is still asleep.
Defahn’s dark brown body turned into a light blue body, her brown wings, are white, cotton-like and fluffy, her crest is now only 2 long strips that are light blue, her yellow beak is now a bit white, and the white star on her forehead is still at the same place.
“Don’t wake her up guys,” Cresselia warned, “Let her sleep for the night.”
“Alright Cresselia,” Zigtar answered.
“You should get some rest as well; the potion I gave Defahn lasts for eight hours.” Cresselia pointed out.
“Then will we be able to see her?” Ralis asked.
“Yes, you will.”
“Ciao,” They all said to Cresselia and set up the tents, sleeping for the night, while the beasts sleep from outside the tents.
While they are all sleeping, Cresselia took care of Defahn and smiled happily at her while she slept.