Chapter 1: The Cycle
"Again, nothing." A woman sighed in frustration. She threw her notebook in said frustration, frustration of her own failure as a savior. She dreamed of a new future, one without the everlasting darkness. But the frustration wouldn't be this bad if it were the first excursion. She had searched all over the continent for the power to change the world, but no fruits were born of her work. "Celebi said that they could do it. She said so herself! But why? Why can't I find a trace of it's power?" The woman grew evermore frustrated with her results. "Keep it together, Evie. You have to keep evading pursuit."
The woman known as Evie then took her notebook off the ground and ran to cover. Soon after, she heard the pursuit squad.
"The trail ends here. She must be covering." One of the Sableye said.
"We better catch her. You know how Master Dialga gets when a time changer gets away." Another Sableye said. The squad then walked off, leaving Evie with her heart beating, sweat beads sliding down her face. She had brown hair down her back with a ragged tan shirt and torn brown pants tucked into a pair of boots. Her eyes were bright blue, racing across the field to see if she was safe. Fortunately, she was. She ran out of cover and went as far as she could. She slides down a hill and into a pile of dead leaves. She peaked out of the bush of leaves, and could see two Pokémon, but they weren't Sableye, nor was it her greatest enemy. It was two Sceptile, a male and female. She was rose out to greet them.
"Pardon, my name is-" Evie tried to greet, but the male Sceptile reacted with insane speed, using Leaf Blade to lung at Evie. She dodged the first one, but he swung again, the force of the hit slamming her into a stone wall. She was immobile, her back roaring in pain. She could barely hear the two arguing, and she fell into unconsciousness.
When she woke up, her body was still in pain, but she wasn't on the floor anymore. Instead, she awoke to a tidy little cabin. It was fairly small inside, able to fit 20 normal sized people, with only a candle as a light. She looked up, and the two Sceptiles were arguing.
"I'm telling you, she is undoubtedly a spy from Dialga. He knows what I did, you know too." The male Sceptile said.
"You have absolutely no standing ground for that assumption. If you want to know, ask her yourself." The female Sceptile said. The male one then turned to her, and he bared his teeth.
"Fine. Have it your way." The male Sceptile sighed. He got up from his chair and came to Evie. "Who are you? A spy sent from Dialga?"
"What? No, I'm the exact polar opposite of that. I'm a convict running from Dialga." Evie said.
"What's your crime against him?" Sceptile asked.
"I'm researching the Time Gears." Evie said. Sceptile raised an eyebrow.
"Time Gears? What are those?" Sceptile asked.
"Ancient gears able to change history. If I can return to the past and collect them, I can change this world of darkness into a world of light." Evie said.
"That's possible?!" The female Sceptile asked.
"Yes, but at a grave cost. All lives in this timeline will vanish. If history is rewritten, all will be forgotten in the flow of eternity. This is a cost I've accepted. But I want to ask you, are you willing to vanish for a better future?" Evie asked.
"A future where we don't exist? What good is that for us?" The male Sceptile asked.
"It's not." The female Sceptile said.
"Exactly! I'll have to ask you to-" the male Sceptile said.
"But it's for the greater good. I would rather never exist than live in this dark world." The female Sceptile said.
"Wait, you can't be serious! What about our little Treecko!" The male Sceptile exclaimed.
"This woman will take him. I trust she will raise him better than we ever could." The female Sceptile said.
"Okay, joke's over, sweetie. There's no way I'm trusting a stranger that has no evidence that she's not a spy of Dialga to take our child!" The male Sceptile said.
"I have a journal of my travels. Perhaps this may change your mind." Evie said. She pulled out her journal from her knapsack, and handed it to the Sceptile. He looked through it, and his eyes widened at the details.
"How long have you been on the run?" He asked.
"As long as I could walk. My whole life, I've been on the run from Dialga's pursuit. I ran with my parents, but they were captured and executed ten years ago. They gave their life so I could live. I guess they knew I would continue their dream of a future with light." Evie said.
"Hmm… and who is this Celebi?" Sceptile asked.
"The one who told me of the Time Gears. She said that if I could find all their locations, she'd take me back to the past to claim them." Evie said.
"Don't you see, honey? Our little Treecko could defend her from danger once he grows up." The female Sceptile said.
The male Sceptile sighed. "That's why I was afraid. It frightens me to think our little boy would be killed out there. But with her… alright." He went to the corner of the cabin and got an egg. "This is our child. Once he hatches, he'll see you as his owner. I know that one day, Dialga will find us, so please make sure that he doesn't get caught as well."
"I'll protect him with my life." Evie said.
"And I'm sure he'll do the same as well." The female Sceptile said. They first gave Evie a backpack for her to carry the egg. Then before she left, they fixed up a meal for goodbye. And also as an apology for knocking her out. After that, she walked away, the Sceptile couple waving her goodbye. "Take good care of him!"
"You take care as well!" Eve said. She then took off, looking around for patrols before heading down the road. The mountain passes would've been dangerous, were there to be wind. But since none blew, it was no different than walking on the lower paths. She looked to her maps, and saw she was on the boarder of the forest know in the past as Treeshroud Forest. She raced back to the area on the southwest side of the continent known as Treasure Town, a once prosperous town in the past, now a home to renegades and outcasts, at least to Dialga. It took her two hours to get there, as it usually did from such a venture.
"Here comes Evie! Did you find anything this time?" A Charmander asked.
"Afraid not, at least regarding the Time Gears." Evie said.
"That's unfortunate. Did you find anything else?" Charmander asked.
"I found a family. They gave me their egg to protect." Evie said, gesturing to the backpack.
"Sweet. Did the family come as well?" Charmander asked.
"No. I offered them to come here while they fed me, but they refused. They said that they were content where they were. But I got their consent for the change." Evie said.
"Great, the more people we get to support our cause, the better." Charmander smiled.
"How's things on your end?" Evie asked.
"Well, we managed to find some other refugees, a Blastoise and a Mankey. They said there's others near Dark Woods. Maybe you can look for them next time you visit Celebi." Charmander said.
"Maybe you can silence yourself when you say those things. We still don't know if anyone here is a spy, so if you give away Celebi's position like that, you'll be giving the enemy free intelligence." Evie said.
"Right, sorry. I forgot." Charmander apologized.
Evie went into town, putting the backpack in a corner where no one usually went. She then went around the town, doing her duties, which were keeping order and making sure no battles broke out. Since she was the only human in the town, and possibly the entire continent, she was basically the leader. And as the only human, she had a lot of responsibilities, and one major one was her main goal, finding the Time Gears. She researched the whole entirety of Treasure Town, and had absolute certainty that it was not related to the Time Gears. But the rest of the world was a mystery to her.
She studied day in and day out, but was no closer to the mystery of the Time Gears. She placed the egg she got on her table, in a spot she assumed was cozy enough. Her journal was filled with entries, all about her failures and frustration concerning the Time Gears. She began to write. 'Day 573, no success. I feel as if I'll die before I'll find all the Time Gears' locations. But I can't give up now. Celebi said herself that I'd find them. If she's a time traveling Pokémon, why is it that she cannot go herself? Is it that time Pokémon aren't allowed to interfere with time themselves, and leave others to change it for them? Or is it that she isn't strong enough to challenge Dialga in the past? These answers, I fear I may never find them.
But one good thing came of my investigations. A family of Sceptile gave me their blessing of changing the past by giving me their egg. I know not when it'll hatch, but I hope the Pokémon within will help. I just wish the family came with me. Their strength would be of help against
Primal Dialga. But I just completed my regional map of this continent. I hope this will make navigating the world that much easier. I marked areas with potential for Time Gears, but this is all based on geographical estimates. As I mentioned in my other entries, many of the documents regarding the so called dungeons have been either destroyed or hidden. Only the ones regarding Treasure Town remain, and it does not have any ties to the Time Gears whatsoever. At least regarding traces, though I have seen energy traces of them in the center of Treasure Town. Perhaps someone did try to collect them in the past, but failed to take them to… it now occurs to me that I have yet to find out what to do with the Time Gears after I have collected them. But my assumption is that they must be taken to Dialga's domain, the source of the disaster. The question is: where is his domain?' Evie wrote. Then she saw the egg move. It was a small movement, but it moved.
She observed closer, and she saw a crack in the egg. "It must be hatching." Evie said. The crack grew, bigger and bigger, until it all burst open, revealing a newly born Treecko. It shook off the pieces of egg, and looked up to Evie. "Hello, Treecko. My name is Evie."
"Are you my mom?" Treecko asked.
"I'm sorry. But your parents entrusted me with your safety. I promise you, if you stay by me, you'll be safe." Evie said.
"Safe? From what?" Treecko asked.
"An enemy I've been fighting my whole life. But let me ask you something. Your parents agreed to this plan. Once we defeat this enemy and restore the world-" Evie said.
"Restore? From what?" Treecko asked.
"From the darkness which we live in. But once all this is done, we beings of the future will disappear from existence, to be reborn in a world with light. But our memories will not be the same. So to say, it will be like we never existed." Evie said.
"But why would you want that? I was just brought into this world!" Treecko said.
"I know this is a lot to take in, but everyone I've met in this world, aside from those who bow to Dialga, agree that this reality we live in is not worth living in. So please, tell me, are you with me?" Evie asked.
"What is this world?" Treecko asked. Evie sighed, knowing she would have to do this.
"Come with me." Evie said. She led Treecko outside, and he saw the world she despised. Everything was frozen in place. Outside was a series of stone statues of Pokémon, all who seemed to be in terror.
"What is all this?" Treecko asked in fear.
"This is the paralyzed world, a future of no future. And we, are criminals in it." Evie said.
"Then why should I trust you?" Treecko stepped back.
"Because we're criminals for a good purpose." Evie said.
"Isn't that what you would say? A regular criminal?" Treecko continued stepping back.
"Wait, stop!" Evie exclaimed.
"Why should I trust you?" Treecko asked.
"No, stop! You're gonna-" Evie tried to warn him, but his footing slipped, and he began to fall off the cliff. "No!" Evie jumped for him, just barely catching him. "I should rephrase. Dialga think of us as criminals, but that's because we want to change this future from happening. We want to make a better future for people to be happy in."
I don't trust you!" Treecko said.
"Treecko! You have to trust me! If not, you'll still be captured, or worse, killed, just because you exist in this future! Dialga is a tyrant, and he will stop at nothing to make sure that the timelines stay unsullied!" Evie said.
"I don't believe you!" Treecko yelled.
"Look around! Look out on this world! Do you really want to live in this?" Evie said. Treecko then saw. Boulders stayed afloat in midair. The statues of Pokémon were real Pokémon, frozen in time, the ones who were there in the planet's paralysis. If nothing were to be done, they would remain frozen for all eternity. "Will you help us?" Evie asked.
Treecko nodded. "I see now. I want to help."
Evie smiled. "Now help me out. I can't pull you up alone. Treeckos like yourself are known for having sticky feet and paws so they can climb on many surfaces. Now use that strength to your advantage." Evie said. Treecko nodded. He stocked his feet to the cliff, and climbed up with Evie helping him. Their teamwork already shone through. "See? With you and I working together, we can take on anything."
"I guess now we're a team." Treecko said.
"Yeah. But you still got a long ways to go before we're ready for Dialga." Evie said.
"How long?" Treecko asked.
"Well, we aren't going straight for him. It's only after we find the locations of all five Time Gears." Evie said.
"What are they? The Time Gears?" Treecko asked.
"The keys to sealing a better future. And the very object I've researched for as long as I can remember." Evie said.
"Hey!" Evie heard from below. Several Pokémon were now heading up to the old guild site. "Are you alright, Evie? We heard you shouting something."
"I'm fine now." Evie said. She then stood to the crowd. "Everyone, I'd like to introduce to you our newest member. This is Treecko, and from this point on, he is my personal assistant."
"Trusting a new born with such responsibility? Is that very wise?" A Golem asked, scratching his head.
"He has already proven his trust in me, and so I have trust in him. Is that not what our whole community is based on?" Evie said.
"Trust or not, he's still just a kid!" Floatzel said. Treecko was starting to get scared.
"As were all of us once! But now look at us, mounting the largest resistance group against Dialga in the world! And when did we form? Tell me, who was it that you trusted to change all this?" Evie said. Everyone knew the answer, and that nailed down her point exactly. "You say a kid cannot be a savior because he's young, yet you all followed one when you had nowhere to go! You followed a human child with no knowledge of the world, only that she didn't want to live in it forever! So you trusted her! You trusted me, because I dreamed of what no one ever thought to dream! I dreamed of a world without constant fear of being killed! A world where the sunrise was a reality! A world where no one was sad or afraid! Because that is the world that we all live in, and the world that has taken so much from us! So tell me, do you still doubt my decision as leader?"
No one spoke for the longest time. Then a hand rose. "I trust you, Evie. To the ends of the planet." Riolu said.
"Yeah, me too! We've lived in this darkness for too long! It's time we rise up!" Golem said.
"Me as well! This place is not healthy for us grass type Pokémon, after all!" Roserade said. Soon the entire crowd began to cheer, and soon the whole town. The air was filled with the cheer of a better future, a future of paradise, of joy and happiness, and a cheer that brought hope to a future of no future.
A/N
Hooray! My first non-RWBY story! I hope you did enjoy it. This is really my thoughts on the backstory of the main character and Grovyle in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2. I'll try to keep watch over time changing Butterfrees, so worry not. But I hope you guys will stick around, and I will try to keep these chapters coming. But I do have a TON of other stories to do, so don't expect any promises. Why do I have so many you ask? Because I just love torturing myself, that's why. Anyway, till then.