It was the year 3065 at the time, the ability to time travel had been mastered completely in the year 2023. It was used by a trusted select few that knew how to use it intelligently and safely in every manner - otherwise time could be ruptured or altered by anyone if it was allowed to be used freely. A midday Lycanroc that went by the name Lucc (pronounced Luke) stepped out of a large, metal box-like structure that was square in shape. "Go ahead and scout the area Lucc. I'll watch from your point of view, remember to collect uncommon and rare valuables only." His trainer reminded him and hung a small, tight-fitted gray cloth pouch over his shoulder and neck area.

Lucc had a nano camera built into his right eye so that his trainer could see whatever he saw, though there wasn't yet any audio transfer. Lucc walked across the wasteland's ground. Red, desert-like terrain. The air gritty and polluted with grains of sand, there were a few buildings that he'd spotted in the distance. Most were rubble but maybe he could find some valuables over in that area. Their future was obviously very bleak, Lucc had seen a lot of deterioration in the near future through the traveling that him and his trainer had done. It scared him to a degree, to know that all life would be nearly extinct in the future. Once he'd reached the group of buildings, Lucc looked around at what was only a horizon of sand and apparent emptiness stretching infinitely across the land, he wondered how it ended up like this.

Lucc used one of the many features that the nanotechnology in his eye gave him. It let him scope out valuable metallic material even through solid surfaces, in fact, it had already begun scanning something in front of him. With perked ears, he headed towards what the red target was locked onto and dug through some loose debris next to one of the buildings to reveal a few small shadow crystals. They shone a dark purple, pretty, but fairly common. Lucc sighed and began heading over to other building but suddenly froze up as he heard movement coming from inside of the only fully standing building nearby. He crouched down a bit, now in a stance of attack as he waited for whatever was making the ruckus to come out. Which could be literally anything, he was in year 3065 after all. A quick few moments had passed until a blue colored figure fell into Lucc's view, he was shocked by what he saw.

A Vaporeon. Out here? "What the…" Lucc whispered to himself under his breath, not noticing that his stance had involuntarily gone back to his usual one of standing. Upon seeing Lucc, the Vaporeon took a step back. It was obviously frightened, and he didn't blame her. "You don't have to be scared. I won't hurt you, my name's Lucc!" He attempted to console it, seeing that the Vaporeon posed no threat as far as he could tell. It didn't respond though, a look of both interest and fear present in its eyes. "I'm not from here, I live in the year 2025. Please don't be afraid! I'm only here for valuables." Lucc would never harm anyone unless he had to anyway, especially not a fellow Pokémon. After their stare-off had lasted for a few more moments, the Vaporeon finally gathered up enough courage to speak.

"M-My name is Aura, what do you mean you live in 2025?" Lucc now assumed that she was female by the feminine pitch in her voice. She closely watched the Lycanroc as if he would jump at her at any given moment.

"Well...it's a lot to explain, look...I'll just quit being a bother. I'm intruding in your...era after all." Lucc began to walk over to the next building to search for anything of value that they could find and sell back home.

"W-Wait! You're just gonna leave?...You have to tell me...tell me you are what I think you are." Aura kept her distance, but had slightly followed after Lucc as he walked off.

"Well, what do you think I am?" He replied and looked back at her. Lucc wanted to leave, he knew his trainer would be upset with him for interacting with anything living from a different era since they had to be painfully cautious while time traveling, but he found it interesting to do so. Interacting with future beings was slightly less dangerous than interacting with those from the past anyway.

"Did you use time to travel here?" Aura awaited a response almost desperately.

"Sure…" Lucc didn't want to tell her too much, if he did anything to alter time in any way and it was found out, his trainer would get into unimaginable amounts of trouble.

"It's been a while since I've spoken to anyone. The only company I get is the few that I have to hide or run from. A bunch of worthless poachers." Aura sighed. She had to live her life in constant fear but knew how to survive.

"Lucc...leave." His trainer was standing in front of the monitor that let him watch Lucc, his heart sank when he saw him interacting with that Vaporeon.

"What happened here? All of this sand." He figured he may as well ask the Vaporeon a simple question, no harm in that right?

"A brutal sandstorm that lasted for about two years, I was separated from my family while we...tried to fight through it. I found a small bunker under that building I came out of and was able to live there until the storm subsided. Kanto is buried under all of this sand, but these buildings were at a high enough altitude to survive it and so was I." Lucc felt horrible for her, she'd gone through a lot, lost a lot and was now alone. He wished that he could help her, but he couldn't. It was risky enough interacting with her this much in the first place.

"I'm sorry about what happened to you Aura, and I wish I could stay and talk to you more but I think I should get going now." He lightly grinned and saw her expression change, it was now that he realized she was a bit happier while talking to him.

"Hm...wait a minute!" Aura told him, she quickly padded back into the building behind her and disappeared into it, she returned back in just a few minutes with something dark in her mouth. Aura softly set it down in front of Lucc's paws, now being able to study it closely, he realized that they were three medium-sized black ruby shards. They easily go for about $1,000 each back home. His eyes widened.

"Where'd you find these?" It was definitely an amazing find, they were beyond rare.

"I just explore and happen to find things while I'm out sometimes, go ahead and take them." She offered and pushed the shards closer to him with her paw.

"You sure? You don't need them at all?" He was grateful for this, it would definitely please his trainer. Aura shook her head a few times and grinned warmly.

"Not at all, I'm sure I'll find more some other time!" She assured Lucc and watched as he picked up the shards and gently stuffed them into his pouch with his mouth.

"Thanks a lot Aura!" Lucc needed to start making his way back to the pod with his trainer, but had no idea how to tell her, he enjoyed her company. There weren't many other Pokémon to talk to back home other than his close friend friend Silva. "I have to go now Aura, the sun is setting so I should return before dark." Lucc looked up at the orange colored sunset and sat down for a moment.

"Oh...right. Well good luck Lucc!" Some disappointment was heard in her voice, she'd completely forgotten about his situation.

"Bye! It was nice meeting you Aura." It was a bit hard for him to leave but there was no way he could stay. Lucc now began his journey back to the pod.

"Will...I ever see you again Lucc?" The question stopped Lucc as he was walking away, he turned his head in order to see her behind him and grinned.

"Maybe..."