Jarceus: Before I begin with this story I just want to say thank you to everyone who will possible take the time out of their day to read any of my stories.
"Hello." = Character Talking
'James!' = Character Thinking
"Hello human." = Telepathy
"Leave now!" = Legendary Pokemon Speaking
Chapter Start
"Damn it James! This is why I tell you not to touch random machines you find in my basement!" Shouted Jarod in anger as he blocked an Armaldo's claws with a sword he had in his hand, Jarod is a typical high school student standing at about 6 feet tall, give or take. He was wearing what seemed to be a long blue cloak with black flames at the bottom and a sword sheath on the right of his hip attached to navy blue long legged pants and underneath his cloak was a red short sleeved shirt. His skin was slightly pale and his hair was a blonde bordering brown colour from lack of sunlight
"How was I supposed to know that that box would teleport us into the middle of a war?!" Asked James in slight anger as he dodged a swipe from a Sableye's claws, James is what you might call a short of rapper wannabe with a dream. He wore a cloak similar to Jarod's only black with red flames instead, like his friend he wore navy blue long legged pants and a short sleeved shirt, only James' shirt was green. James unlike Jarod did not have a sword, instead he had a bow and a quiver on his back, which he had no idea how to use.
"James, when I warn you not to touch stuff you should listen." Was Jarod's reply as he jumped away from the ancient pokemon towards his friend. You see, this whole situation was brought upon the two boys because of James pressing a button on a mysterious box he found in Jarod's attic despite his protests.
"I'll remember that for next time," Grumbled James as he somehow managed to shoot an arrow into the Sableye's head killing it "I'm quite surprised you have no quarrel with killing pokemon."
"I know it's either them or us," Stated Jarod as he tripped up another Sableye before kicking it upwards only to cut it in half "And I want to live thank you very much."
"Jarod, James!" Shouted a voice through telepathy as a Grovyle rushed in Leaf Blade blazing as he sliced two Armaldo who were about to take the two humans by surprise
"Thank you Grovyle." Thanked Jarod as he went back into the fight with James joining in
"And we aren't surprised by this why?" Asked James in a whisper
"Because the machine teleports us into a game world before the main story whilst giving us some memories of the 'us' of this world allowing us to jump in without freaking out that much." Explained Jarod just as quiet as James as he cut another Sableye in half
"Ok." Replied James as he started using the bow as if he had the knowledge to use it, which he did, the only problem was the Armaldo he was shooting at was blocking the arrows with its tough scales "Oh crap…" He muttered to himself as the Armaldo was upon him now and ready to claw his face off
"James!" Shouted a voice before Jarod took the blow for James, sadly this noble act resulted in him having his left eyeball sliced in half "AHH!" He screamed in pain as he grabbed the left side of his face
"Grr," Growled James as he grabbed Jarod's sword and slashed the Armaldo's arm clean off "How does it feel?" He asked the now terrified pokemon as he sliced of its other arm leading it to die painfully from blood loss
"Let's get a move on James." Commanded Jarod as he took his sword back and quickly cleaned it before placing it back into its sheath
"But," Started James
"No buts James. Grovyle is waiting for us inside of Deep Dusk Forest so that Celebi can transport us into the past." Growled Jarod ignoring the blazing pain in his now closed left eye which was bleeding on the eyelids
"Ok." Agreed James as the two ran further into the Deep Dusk Forest leaving behind the bodies of the pokemon someone sent after them to kill them.
"Are you two alright?" Asked Grovyle as he saw the two running up to him
"What do you think?" Growled Jarod allowing Grovyle to see the condition of his eye
"What happened?" Asked Grovyle before he shook his head "It doesn't matter right now, we're almost to the centre of the forest. Celebi should be just ahead of us."
"About that, how do you know Celebi will help us?" Asked James
"Let's just say… Grovyle and Celebi sitting in a tree," Started Jarod causing Grovyle to blush
"Not one more word of that!" Interrupted Grovyle in embarrassment as the two humans laughed at him
"Alright let's get going." Chuckled James as the three set off into the middle of the forest
"Hehehe…Those fools." Laughed a voice from behind a tree as he and another figure next to him faded into the shadows
'This is worrying.' Thought Jarod to himself as he heard the voice but ignored it
"Celebi! Where are you?!" Shouted James like an idiot
"James! Quiet!" Nearly shouted Jarod as he clammed James' mouth shut
"Haa, why did I have to get stuck with the biggest idiots of this time?" Wondered Grovyle out loud quietly pissing off Jarod and James
"Celebi is here." Stated Jarod repressing his urge to strangle the second stage starter
"How do you know?" Asked James confused
"I can just feel it. There's also clear evidence, like those mushrooms. They are bigger than the last time we were here meaning that someone had to force them to grow. To my knowledge the only pokemon who can do that is Celebi." Explained Jarod as he studied the surroundings carefully
"You really do pay attention to those details a lot." Agreed Grovyle feeling like someone or something was watching them, more specifically three somethings.
"Celebi, you can come out now." Instructed Jarod out loud
"Did you call Jarod?" Asked a clearly female voice as a pink Celebi appeared before our three heroes to be
"I did. Celebi, I wish this was on a good occasion, which it isn't, but we need to go to the past through the Passage of Time, do you think you can help us?" Asked Jarod hopefully
"I can, but on another not, what happened to your eye?" Replied Celebi
"Oh…you know…Armaldo at the entrance slashing a my in half…" Laughed Jarod awkwardly making Celebi put her hand on his eye before both her and hand his eye glowed green
"There, that should have healed your eye." Stated Celebi
"It did." Lied Jarod, in actual fact he still couldn't see through his left eye, it seemed he was now blind in one eye "But we have to go now if we want to not attract unwanted attention."
"Quite, let us go now." Agreed Grovyle as Celebi led them towards the Passage of Time
"This is the last time we should see this darkened wasteland." Stated Jarod seriously straining the 'should' in his sentence
"Go quickly, I feel two presences approaching." Warned Celebi as the three stepped through the Passage of Time
"Thank you Celebi." Thanked James who was stayed suspiciously quiet
"Shadow Ball." Called a voice as an orb of shadows flew into the Passage of Time aimed straight at Grovyle
"Grovyle!" Shouted Jarod as he jumped in the way of the incoming attack for the second time that…how does time work when it's frozen?
"Jarod/Jarod!" Shouted James and Grovyle as they watched Jarod fly backwards further into the Passage of Time before James was likewise hit by a Shadow Ball and thrusted into the past headfirst
"James!" Shouted Grovyle just before he dodged a Shadow Ball that was dangerously close to his face "Grr. See you never, Dusknoir." He growled as he ran further into the Passage of Time whist dodging Shadow Balls shot by Dusknoir and another shadowy figure
"He got away, Master Dialga will not be pleased by this." Stated the shadow in poke-speech
"I will go after them." Stated Dusknoir as he walked through the Passage of Time calmly
Jarceus: And this will be the end of the first chapter of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Dual Helpers