A Shadow Revisited.

Setting: Around the same time as the events in "Pokémon XD: Gale

of Darkness." At any point between the Libra being stolen and the big

fight against Greevil.

PROLOGUE

Grand Master Greevil was speaking to three of his Admin Team-

Lovrina, Snattle, and Gorigan, who were in charge of the production,

maintenance, distribution and improvement of his Shadow Pokémon.

"I find XD001 suitably impressive and powerful, despite the problems

with its production. In fact, it has worked so well, I think I would like

another like it to augment my team. I have heard it said that there is

more than one Lugia in the seas around Shamouti Island, so I will get

my ultimate Pokémon to go pick itself up a companion." He turned to

the shuttered window and raised the shutter.

"XD001!"

Greevil summoned his ultimate Shadow Pokémon, which cried out to

him to indicate it was listening, and rose into view. It was a Lugia,

but the Shamouti Islanders would have been hard pressed to

recognise it as such, apart from the basic shape.

This Lugia had been Shadowed so thoroughly that even people

lacking the Shadow-Sight ability could see the differences. For a

start, its Shadow Aura had permeated it's skin. Where it used to be

white it was a deep purple, where it had been blue was a silver-grey

colour. It's feet had sharp, evil-looking talons where Lugia had had

rounded toes before, and the diamonds over it's eyes had elongated

and mutated to resemble vicious-looking blades. The crest on its

head looked meaner and sharper as well, and it's mouth looked

fiercer, it's teeth longer and sharper, it's top beak edge hooked like a

bird of prey's. It was plain to see that this was a predator.

It was the eyes that really set off and stood out from

the rest of the creature. They burned a fierce, almost luminous, red.

Its gaze was the sort that felt as it could sear your soul and paralyse

you with fear, the sort of gaze that if you held felt as it could suck

you into its depths and you could be lost forever within it. This was

about as far from the benign Guardian image loved by the Shamouti

islanders that you could get, a twisted mirror image of the Guardian

of the Islands.

Greevil addressed this beast of Shadow. "Go to the Orange Islands. If

you see one there like you, grab it and bring it here." He paused. "I

have heard rumours of a small, young Lugia. It doesn't have to be

the same size as you. If it resembles you, bring it here. Now go!" The

Shadow Lugia cried again, and set off. Greevil turned back to his

Admins.

"So, what news do you bring of our latest addition? The one you

found by chance and knocked out to bring here?"

"We took her to the factory, as you ordered, Grand Master." Said

Gorigan. "The process should be beginning about now."