The night sky above Meteor Falls shimmered like a thousand candles burning in silence. The sound of water trickling down the ancient stone walls echoed softly through the cavern, as if whispering the secrets of time itself.
Lin Feng sat quietly beside the stream, the dim reflection of the stars dancing in his eyes. His companions Eevee, Lucario, and Dragonite rested close by, their breathing calm and steady after a long day of training.
For the first time in a while, Lin Feng allowed himself to stop and simply… listen.
The faint rush of wind brushing past the mouth of the cave carried with it a feeling of something vast, something sacred. The air was different here cleaner, purer, and heavy with an ancient stillness that seemed untouched by the outside world.
He looked up again. The stars were unusually bright tonight, brighter than he remembered them ever being.
And in the distance high above the mountain peaks something was glowing faintly blue, like a trail of stardust suspended in motion.
Lucario's ears twitched. "Ruca…" It tilted its head upward, sensing something powerful.
Lin Feng smiled faintly. "You feel it too, huh?"
The blue light in the distance slowly brightened, stretching across the heavens like a ribbon of light. It wasn't a shooting star it was too deliberate, too graceful. Instead, it looked almost alive, like it was weaving its way through the constellations.
Dragonite stirred, rumbling softly. Eevee jumped onto Lin Feng's shoulder, eyes wide in wonder.
"It's beautiful," Lin Feng whispered. "Like the sky's breathing."
He had seen many strange sights on his journey, but this one stirred something deeper in him something childlike, pure, and nostalgic.
For a fleeting moment, he remembered standing on his hometown rooftop years ago, making a wish on a falling star. He couldn't even remember what that wish had been. Maybe something simple. Maybe something impossible.
The blue glow grew stronger, now a cascade of streaking lights falling gently like rain. It looked almost like tears from the heavens.
And then, through the veil of starlight, Lin Feng saw it a vast dragon-shaped silhouette, its wings stretched across the cosmos. Its body shimmered with emerald scales that caught the light like polished glass.
Rayquaza.
Lucario rose to its feet, aura flaring instinctively. Dragonite lowered its head, eyes gleaming with both awe and respect.
Even Eevee's fur stood on end, trembling not from fear, but from something far more profound a sense of reverence.
The Legendary Dragon descended slowly, circling above Meteor Falls in elegant arcs, its tail carving trails of emerald light.
The air thrummed with power. Every ripple of its movement made the nearby water tremble.
Lin Feng stood up, heart racing. "So… this is the guardian of the skies."
Rayquaza hovered above the cliff edge, its gaze meeting Lin Feng's from afar. The dragon's eyes glowed gold ancient, intelligent, and calm.
He didn't speak, and yet Lin Feng could almost hear its voice in his mind a deep, wordless resonance that carried more meaning than words ever could.
The world seemed to fade away. There was only that golden gaze, and the sound of the wind rising between them.
Lin Feng took a breath. "You can sense it too, can't you? The shift in the world's balance."
The dragon did not answer. It didn't need to. Its silence was agreement.
The light around Rayquaza pulsed gently, and Lin Feng could feel a warm current flow through him an energy that touched his very spirit. For an instant, he wasn't standing in a cave anymore. He was floating among the stars, surrounded by endless light.
He saw flashes of meteors, of ancient battles, of skies torn apart and then healed again. The dragon's memories. Its burdens. Its purpose.
When the vision faded, Lin Feng found himself kneeling, breath shaky. Lucario rushed to his side, concern glowing in its eyes.
"I'm fine," Lin Feng said softly. "I just… saw something incredible."
He looked back at Rayquaza, who was still watching him. The dragon slowly lowered itself until its massive head hovered just above the cliff.
Lin Feng stepped closer, close enough to feel the rush of air from its breath. He reached out a trembling hand and stopped just short of touching it.
"Thank you," he said quietly. "For protecting this world."
Rayquaza's eyes softened. It gave a low, resonant hum that echoed through the mountain like a song. The melody was calm and ancient, filled with quiet strength.
Lin Feng didn't know why, but the sound made his eyes sting. Maybe because it reminded him that even the strongest beings carried loneliness within them.
When the song ended, Rayquaza rose again, its body coiling through the sky in a spiral of emerald light.
As it ascended, countless meteors followed in its wake, scattering across the night sky like falling blossoms.
Eevee jumped up, pawing at the air excitedly. "Vee!"
Lin Feng smiled, placing a hand over his chest. "Yeah… I think so too. That was a wish, wasn't it?"
Lucario tilted its head. Dragonite gave a small rumble of agreement.
He looked up at the sky one last time, at the meteor shower raining gently over the mountains. Somewhere in that endless brilliance, Rayquaza disappeared beyond the horizon.
Lin Feng closed his eyes, made a small wish in his heart one he didn't say out loud.
When he opened them again, the sky had already begun to fade back to its usual stillness, the glow of the meteors slowly fading.
But something had changed. The air felt lighter. The world felt… alive again.
Lucario quietly sat beside him. "Ruca…"
"Yeah," Lin Feng murmured. "Let's keep going. There's still so much ahead of us."
As they left the cave, the last of the starlight shimmered on the surface of the stream.
Eevee looked back, its eyes reflecting the fading glow of the meteor trail like it was holding onto the memory of something divine.
Far above, unseen beyond the clouds, Rayquaza flew on, silent and eternal, watching over the world it had chosen to protect.