"Are you sure about this, Wilbur?" a girl in a hat with a shirt that read NEOPETS on it asked. "We could ruin the time-stream."
"Yeah, we could get in serious trouble." A strong boy with a football jersey said.
"Guys, just trust me on this, I know what I'm doing." the boy with slicked up black hair in a lightning bolt T-Shirt reassured them.
"I can already tell this won't end well..." a girl with short brown hair shook her head as they went along with their friend.
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
"Orphanage Reunion?" Akito and Estelle asked their father and aunt as they were in Emi's Pokemon castle after Cherry and Atticus were given a late night invitation after the Digimon adventure for their kids.
"Yeah, and you kids can bring anyone you want." Atticus said.
"Because you're going with us..." Cherry firmly added.
"Okay, Maman, it will help me get to know you better..." Felicity agreed.
"My life was an empty void filled with peace... And then I met Atticus..." Cherry replied as she took out a cigarette to smoke.
"Aw!" The kids smiled.
Cherry lit her cigarette and then smoked it as she looked bitter and cold as usual.
"So, uh, Emi, you wanna see where my dad grew up?" Akito invited shyly.
"Sure." Emi smiled.
"I was hoping you'd say that..." Akito smiled back.
Delia and Satoshi giggled to Emi and Akito's interactions, finding them adorable and charming like when they were young.
"So, Lee, do you wanna come with me to see where my dad grew up?" Estelle asked.
"That does sound pretty cool," Lee smiled. "Sure."
"As long as you two are inches apart!" Atticus warned while Cherry made goofy faces behind his back to mock him.
Lee and Estelle smirked and hid giggles as they saw what she was doing. Atticus soon looked behind him to see if Cherry was doing anything. Cherry stood there innocently with a small smirk. Atticus glared and did the old 'I'm watching you gesture' and looked back to Lee and Estelle in warning.
"We will be two inches away." The two groaned.
"Good..." Atticus replied. "Space is key."
"Yeah, but you and Mo have been boinking under the sheets since we were in high school..." Cherry muttered under her breath.
"Yeah, I guess we have been." Atticus pouted.
Mo blushed while Akito and Estelle looked nervous as did Vincent.
"I swear, if they went any further, you would've been born on prom night." Cherry teased Vincent since he was the oldest of the Fudo siblings.
All the kids soon began to cover their ears and began to try drone out that thought. Cherry giggled.
"Thanks a lot, Cherry, you scarred the kids for life." Atticus scolded.
"Sorry." Cherry smiled sheepishly.
"I'm gonna get you for this..." Atticus sighed.
Later on, the families had lunch in the castle before they would get moving.
"Ah, there's nothing like a lunch with all of us together." Emi smiled as she blessed the food for all of them.
"Yeah." Akito nodded.
Emi then began eating which allowed everyone else to eat.
Estelle ate and smiled down to Serena's best Pokemon. "Oh, Serena, I just love your Fennekin."
"Thank you, Estelle." Serena smiled.
Fennekin smiled up to Estelle and nuzzled up against her. Estelle giggled as she felt tickled by his fur.
"So, if you don't mind, after lunch, we'll be on our way." Mo said to the adults about the orphanage reunion for Cherry and Atticus.
"I agree." Atticus said.
"Sounds good enough to me, if the kids can journey to regions without us, they can do this." Satoshi agreed.
"But we'll come along." Delia said.
"You guys are welcome to join us." Mo smiled.
"Yeah, I love company." Atticus agreed.
"Is that why you broke into my house when we were young?" Cherry smirked.
"I didn't always break into your house." Atticus defended.
"Yes, you did..." Cherry smirked.
"Don't listen to her," Atticus told the kids. "Cherry likes to exaggerate."
"Okay." Akito said.
Cherry smirked while Atticus looked annoyed. "Mission Accomplished."
"Anyway, we better get going." Mo said.
"Let's go get our stuff." Atticus agreed.
They all went to pack up to get ready to leave to the orphanage where Cherry and Atticus grew up in. And where this would also be an adventure.
"I still can't believe your dad and aunt grew up in an orphanage," Lee said to Estelle. "I don't get it."
"I hear something about that they had to go there and meet in order to begin the balance." Estelle shrugged.
"I still don't get it." Lee said.
"Me neither..." Estelle agreed. "Dad and Aunt Cherry have had crazy adventures, even before Mom was introduced."
"Well, I hope your dad doesn't mind me coming..." Lee sighed. "He doesn't seem to like me very much."
"Of course he likes you, Lee; he just doesn't like when we're close together." Estelle said.
"Dads..." Lee sighed. "If most dads are like that, then why doesn't Mr. Ketchum mind your brother around Emi?"
"I have no idea..." Estelle groaned herself.
"Atticus, mind if I have a word with you?" Satoshi asked Atticus.
"Will you be all right with the bags on your own?" Atticus asked his wife.
"Yeah, we handled the heavier ones together." Mo reassured with a smile.
Atticus soon went to talk with Satoshi.
"Have a seat." Satoshi requested.
"Yes, what's this all about?" Atticus asked once he took a seat with the Pallet Town man.
"I'd like to talk to you about taking it easy on Lee; I mean, after all, him and Estelle are in love and you can't stop love." Satoshi said.
"I am taking it easy," Atticus insisted. "I let her date him, don't I?"
"Yeah, but do you have to freak out every time they get near each other?" Satoshi replied.
"Well, it's just that-" Atticus tried to find the right words before sighing. "I just don't know if I'm fully ready for my little girl to grow up."
"Well, no one is ever too sure..." Satoshi replied. "But the important thing is that you should let her go... She's a teenager now and before you know it, she'll be off to college."
"Well, then tell me why do you mind Akito dating Emi?" Atticus asked curious.
"Well, he's a very good boy," Satoshi smiled. "Plus, I owe him a lot for reuniting him with my family and he makes Emi very happy in ways that I can't."
Atticus soon thought about how much happier Estelle has been since she met Lee.
"Has Estelle been happier with Lee?" Satoshi asked.
"Yes, I suppose she has been..." Atticus sighed.
"Has she ever been in love before?" Satoshi asked.
Atticus tried to think back. "Well... There was one time we visited Notre Dame and she got close with Phoebus and Esmeralda's son Zephyr... He didn't return his feelings for her though."
"And with Lee?" Satoshi then prompted.
"Out of all the Clarks except maybe Megan, Estelle did seem attached to Lee." Atticus then admitted.
"So...?" Satoshi smiled.
"I guess I can trust them alone..." Atticus sighed as much as he hated saying that.
"That's the spirit." Satoshi smiled.
"I guess so..." Atticus sighed. "I just can't believe she's grown up this fast..."
"I know what you mean." Satoshi smiled.
Atticus smiled sheepishly.
"I'm sure Mo's father felt the same way about you dating her." Satoshi smirked.
"Oh, he sure did." Atticus said as he remembered when James was a bit protective.
Satoshi chuckled. "Just be sure to give your daughter some space, Atticus, she would love it."
"Alright, I'll give her some space." Atticus said.
"It would be best," Satoshi soothed. "She may love Lee a whole lot, but she'll never forget about you."
"I guess that was my biggest fear, that she would forget about me." Atticus said.
"Oh, Atticus, the bond between a father and a daughter is unforgettable," Satoshi soothed. "It's normal to worry about her, but it'll all be all right..."
Atticus sighed as he then thought of what Nigel Thornberry once told his younger daughter Eliza before shipping her off to boarding school when they all first met. "Thanks for the talk." he then smiled.
"Of course, from one father to another." Satoshi smiled back.
The two then shared a friendly handshake and parted ways.
"We really need to get you guys to visit Equestria someday," Vincent said to Jenny as he finished packing up. "It's so awesome, especially from the stories Mom and Dad have told us."
"Of course one of our experiences was during Hearth's Warming Eve." Akito said as he was already finished packing.
"I think Hearth's Warming Eve is much more magical than Christmas, though I did love Estelle's performance in the Nutcracker Suite." Vincent smiled.
"I just wish I hadn't performed that spell." Estelle frowned.
"Oh, Estelle, it's a long time ago, you were young and foolish, there's nothing to worry about." Felicity soothed.
"Gee, thanks, Flick." Estelle deadpanned about the 'foolish' part.
"Did I say something wrong?" Felicity asked.
"You called her foolish," Akito said. "That's my job."
Estelle roared and tackled him down to the floor and the twins wrestled which made the place shake from Akito's strength.
"Wait, since Akito is as strong as Uncle Atticus; how is Estelle able to tackle him down?" Felicity asked, curious.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorned." Vincent quoted.
"Huh?" Felicity asked, confused.
"No one is stronger than an angered girl." Vincent explained.
"Oh... Papa says that about Maman all the time." Felicity giggled.
Mo walked in and split her twins apart. "Stop that!"
"He started it!" Estelle pointed at Akito.
"You started it!" Akito pointed back.
"I don't care who started it, I'm ending it!" Mo scolded.
"Yes, Mom." The Fudo twins sighed.
"What's happened to those two?" Mo sighed and shook her head at her twins.
"I blame puberty." Vincent spoke up maturely.
A little while later, everyone was packed up and ready to go to the orphanage to visit. Cherry looked through a paper that had a science fair in session for when they would go there.
"Hmm... This is interesting." Cherry said.
"What's that?" Atticus asked.
"Some of the kids will be having a science fair." Cherry replied.
"That is interesting." Atticus said.
They all then took their own rides to the orphanage. Cherry and Atticus sighed as they couldn't help but think back to when they were born. Two dark figures visited an orphanage one night and they abandoned their babies into the care, Cherry and Atticus. It had to be done. For reasons no one knew really why at the time. Atticus's eyes glowed as he was going to be shown something from the past.
Cherry and Atticus's birth parents were anything but happy as their children were given up to an orphanage. The past Atticus saw was a different past as he saw a woman walking to the orphanage with a baby in her arms. Her face appeared to be hidden as she held her bundle in her arms.
"Deja vu..." Atticus said to himself and he came to take a closer look as the woman was coming up the steps of what looked like a very dark, depressing rainy day unlike any other.
Atticus soon took a look at the woman's face as she looked like she didn't like to do this. She looked very sad about having to do this, but she had no choice which reminded Atticus of when he and Cherry were given up and they were told about their origins after they reunited with their birth parents. The woman gently cradled her baby to keep him sleeping so he wouldn't wake up and cry.
Atticus was curious of why the woman needed to leave her own son at an orphanage, but then thought it had to be for some reason. The woman soon lay her baby gently on the ground and knocked on the door to get someone's attention and she then began to leave the scene as this had to be the hardest day of her life. Atticus's eyes soon stopped glowing.
He then squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head.
"Did you have a vision?" Cherry asked Atticus as she gave Simon his cigarette.
"I saw a vision from the past and it was about a woman who left her baby at the orphanage where we grew up at." Atticus said.
"Really?" Cherry asked. "Have we met him?"
"I doubt it." Atticus said.
"Hmm..." Cherry hummed in thought as they were on their way to the orphanage.