Daughter of Time, Chapter 1: The Paradox

Celebi had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had been away from her shrine for three months which was nothing unusual for the time travelling Pokemon. But it was the way the wild Pokemon looked at her that worried her. As she flew around the forest they looked at her with sad mournful expressions.

She didn't know what it meant but it worried her did someone come to destroy her shrine? Celebi would be sad if that happened. The shrine did nothing really but it had sentimental value and it was where humans came when they needed her.

Finally the shrine came into view and she sighed in relief when she saw that it was in perfect condition... Well mostly, there were vine growing on it and some of the paint had fade away but that was just the ravage of time.

But her relief was cut short as she saw something at the foot of the shrine and Celebi recognised it right away. It was a cradle, when she looked inside she let out a mournful gasp. Inside the cradle was a dead human baby.

Celebi had seen some horrible things in her long life. But seeing dead children was always a tragedy no matter how old you were. The poor thing never even had the chance to experience the gift of life.

The time traveller closed her eyes and began to ponder a very difficult decision. She knew she could cause all sort of problems but deep inside her she knew she couldn't do nothing at this injustice.

''Forgive me father... But I must do this.'' And without waiting any longer Celebi began to scream at the sky. A green light began to fill the entire forest the wild Pokemon scattered away. Not wanting to be caught in whatever the Guardian of The Forest was doing.

A green light engulfed Celebi and then she vanished without a trace.


Three months earlier

A lone woman ran throught the forest her breathing was erratic she almost stumbled on a branch. But she forced herself to not fall down because she had something precious resting in her arms.

It was raining heavily and she was sure she was going to catch a cold but she did not care about herself at the moment. she stopped breathing as she stopped in front of small structure in the middle of the forest. The shrine of Celebi, she knew that what she was doing was insane but she had no other options.

She was about to place the cradle on the foot of the shrine and made sure to protect her baby from the rain as best as she could with the comforter. But just before she could place the craddle on the ground a green light enveloped the entire forest and banished the rain away. ''What is happening?!'' The woman asked with a fearful expression.

Finally the light converged in front of the shrine it was so bright that she had to cover her eyes. When the light died down she managed to look back and noticed a small Pokemon who was in front of her and she recognized it immediatly. She was about to shout in joy but then dread crept up in the pit of her stomach.

Celebi was angrily glaring at her. ''Celebi!'' It screamed in rage.

''W-what did I do wrong?'' The woman asked fearfully.

The green Pokemon managed to calm herself a bit and made a connection with the human. ''Why are you leaving your child in this forest?! I found her dead at the foot of my shrine I should kill you right now for abandoning your child in a forest like this!''

''D-dead?! But she's perfectly healthy see?'' The woman said while pointing toward the baby who babbled happily while she looked at the floating Pokemon.

''I'm not talking about the present! I come from three months in the future! You left your child alone in this forest and she starved to death! I'm here to stop you from commiting this crime!''

''C-Celebi I'm sorry I thought you could protect her I didn't know what else to do!'' The woman pleaded pathetically to the ageless Pokemon.

''If you couldn't take care of your own child why didn't you left her at a orphanage like a normal human being?!'' Celebi was getting impatient with this human she knew she wasn't supposed to lose her temper like this but she couldn't forgive someone that directly or indirectly harmed a child.

''I-I can't! I'm a former Team Rocket member! I betrayed them and now they're after my family! they arleady killed my husband! I can't let them touch my baby!''

The green Pokemon glare turned even more hateful when she heard the name Team Rocket. ''So not only did you let your child die but you were a member of a organisation who has abused Pokemon for years?!''

The woman bowed her head in shame as tears welled up in her eyes. ''I know I don't deserve forgiveness! I have done some horrible things and I deserve whatever Team Rocket is going to do to me! But please protect my baby! If I give her to an orphanage they're going to find her in a matter of weeks and they're going to hurt her to punish me! Do whatever you want to me but she don't deserve this, she has nothing to do with what I have done!''

Celebi sighed. ''You know I was not even supposed to come here if I save your baby it's might create a big paradox that will mess with the flow of time.'' The mother was on the verge of crying feeling her last hope vanishing. ''... I know I'm gonna hear about this but fine. I will take care of your child as if it was my own. Dialga is probably gonna freak out but I can't let a baby die like this.''

''R-really?'' The woman asked and when the time traveller nodded she sobbed in relief. ''Thank you so much guardian I owe you my life.''

''Know that as of now this child is mine. If you manage to survive and later on you want her back I'm sorry to say I won't give her back. As of now she is my child and no one else's.''

The mother smiled sadly as she caressed the face of her baby. ''I understand, but I know I won't survive this. They're probably waiting that I get out of this forest to capture me.'' She kissed the forehead of the little girl. ''Mommy will miss you but you're in much better hands now.''

And with that the woman walked away and tried to concealed her tears. Celebi aproached the little girl and smiled as the infant looked at her with wonder. This was one of the reasons she liked humans they love Pokemon from the moment they were born.

Human and Pokemon were truly made for each other. It was such a shame that some people abused of such a bond. She smiled a bit at the irony, humans were supposed to raise Pokemon but this child was going to be raised by a Pokemon. The little girl was going to be a paradox in more way than one...


Three years had passed since she had adopted Paradox. Well three years from their point of view. Celebi didn't stop time travelling just because she had a daughter on the contrary she couldn't wait until she was old enough to enjoy all the different era of the Pokemon world.

But today was going to end in disaster she knew it. Arceus himself had called a meeting of the Legends. He did this every ten years or he could also do it when something had gone terribly wrong. Fortunately this time it was the former.

But Celebi couldn't leave Paradox alone in Johto while she was all the way in Sinnoh. So she was forced to bring her to the meeting and she knew they would all freak out when they learned what she had done.

''What's wrong mama?'' The little girl asked worriedly. The girl was flying beside her, she was only able to fly due to Celebi psychic ability. But she had learned how to allow some freedom to her daughter and allow her to move freely in the air herself. obviously that right would be removed if the girl did something stupid, but the girl was very intelligent and well mannered for her age... Most of the time.

''It's nothing Paradox I'm just a bit nervous, this is the first time my father is going to see you. I'm sure he's going to love you but... I did something reckless a few years ago and I don't know how he will react.''

''Is he going to hurt you mama?'' The little girl asked fearfully and Celebi smiled reassuringly.

''Of course not my little Paradox at worst he just going to scold me, a lot.'' The girl eyes widened at that.

''You can get scold too?! I throught only children could get scolded.'' The time traveller giggled at that.

''It's true that adult don't get scolded as much. But no matter how old you are parents will always worry about their children.''

''Achoo!'' The girl sudenly sneezed and when Celebi looked at her she was shivering all over. ''It's cold mama.'' The girl complained.

''I'm sorry I forgot how cold this region was. Next time I'm going to get you a coat-'' They were suddenly interupted when a flash of green appeared in front of them. Standing in front of them was another Celebi she looked like the first one in every ways.

''Mama!'' Paradox shouted happily before hugging the second Celebi.

''Hello my little Paradox I bought you a coat.'' The second guardian proceeded to put the coat on the little girl. When she was younger the girl was confused as to why there could be two or even three Celebi at the same time. Nut as she grew older she just accepted it as a fact of life that at any moments a second version of her mother could come and help her.

Paradox looked at what she was wearing in confusion. ''What is a coat mama?''

The first Celebi was the one to respond. ''It's something created by humans, They wear it in cold places so that it can keep them warm.''

''Both of you should go. It would be embarrassing for a time traveller to be late to a meeting.'' The second guardian said with a smirk before vanishing.

They didn't say anything else the rest of the way Paradox was busy doing loops in the air and giggling. Finally they arrived at the Hall of Legends. As soon as they stepped inside it became very warm. Even thought the place was ancient it was more insulated than the average human's house due to the power of Arceus.

She could see that Paradox was already getting uncomfortable with her coat. ''You can remove your coat Paradox place it on the coat hanger.'' As soon as the word left her mouth her eyes widened. Why was there a coat hanger in a place that was supposed to be exclusive to Pokemon?

Celebi arleady knew why, Arceus arleady knew she had a daughter. She groaned internally she had hoped to keep it a secret as long as possible. But she realized now it was silly to think she could hide anything from the creator himself.

Had he arleady told the others? Knowing him he probably didn't, he was probably estatic at the prospect of watching his children losing their mind over what she had done.

She turned to her daughter. ''Now Paradox try to be repectful alright? The Pokemon you're gonna meet are just as powerful as me, some even more than that. I won't let anything happen to you but we should still be careful alright?''

The little girl nodded green Pokemon smiled reassuringly. Then with a sigh both mother and daughter made their way to the huge door that separated them from the rest of the legends. With resignation Celebi finally opened the door, Paradox followed closely behind her.

In front of them stood probably the largest table in the entire world. It was full of Pokemon some were small and cute and others were massive and intimidating. and all of them stopped talking once they saw Celebi.

Arceus was the first to talk. ''Celebi! You're just in time! The meeting was about to start... Oh, do we have an extra guest?''

The green guardian glared at the ancient God, he knew dammit! And she saw it in his expression that he just couldn't wait for the chaos that was about to ensue.

Dialga was the next to speak. ''Celebi my daughter... Did you bring a human to the Hall of Legends? What could possess you to do such a thing? You know that this place is supposed to be hidden to mortals.''

She glared at Arceus who was poorly trying to hide his laugh. And then she sighed. ''Everyone I present you Paradox.'' Celebi moved away and revealed the little girl hiding behind her. ''She is my daughter.'' She stated knowing she had just sealed her fate.

Mewtwo was the first to shout. ''What?! What is the meaning of this?! A Legendary Pokemon cannot adopt a human the notion is just ridiculous! She's just gonna capture you when she's old enough to buy these cursed Pokeballs!''

Celebi glared angrily at the clone. ''Paradox would never do that! I'm her mother!''

''That's not gonna change anything humans would sell they own family if they thought they could away with it! This is just ridiculous I expected this sort of stunt from Mew but why would a respectable Guardian do this?!''

''Hey what that's suppose to mean?'' Mew whined. ''...Okay maybe I would adopt a human if I had the chance, but still!''

Mewtwo stared at his ancestor in disgust. ''We should wipe her memory and let her forget everything Celebi taught her.''

The guardian was about to shout again. But she was interupted when someone slammed his foreleg on the table. ''Enough! Mewtwo I won't let you insult my daughter and granddaughter any further. Not every humans is Giovani!''

Mewtwo stared at the God of Time in disdain. ''So you arleady sided with the hairless ape. I thought Gods had higher standards.''

''Watch your tongue I could remove you from history before you could even blink!'' Dialga threatened.

''Let's all calm down this is a Hall of Legends not a schoolyard.'' A large serpentine Pokemon spoke calmly. Both Dialga and Mewtwo relaxed but the clone Pokemon still looked angry.

Rayquaza was the Guardian of Guardians. Everyone respected him even the Gods. Because even thought the Creation Trio were stronger. They knew they would be screwed if they didn't have Rayquaza protecting their planets from all the dangers that constantly popped up.

''Now the first order of business.'' Arceus started. ''A few years ago me and Dialga sensed a paradox. We were worried at first that something huge had come up but when we look into it we found that it only altered the thread of fate of one person. There was a being that was supposed to die but they were saved due to a change in the fabric of time.''

As soon as Arceus finished talking everyone stared at a sheepish Celebi. Dialga sighed arleady knowing where this was going. ''Celebi my daughter, what did you do this time?''

''What?! Why are you accussing me?! For all we know a human could have found a wormhole or something!''

All of the Pokemon looked at her with deadpan stares. ''Okay fine I saved someone so what?! A few paradoxes there and there never killed anybody.''

''What am I going to do with you? You know you're not suppose to change the threads of fate!'' Dialga said with a disappointed tone.

''Screw your fate! If children have to suffer for fate to exist then you might as well throw those threads in the trash!'' Dialga was about to scold her again but Arceus stopped him.

''Dialga you are not innocent of changing fate either remember when you sent those humans in the past to save me?'' Dialga looked ashamed for a second. ''There would be no point for the gift of time travel if you couldn't change anything. But Celebi please be careful, by saving a single person you can change the threads of fate of many people.''

''So Celebi who did you save? Was it someone important?'' Hoopa asked with a curious grin.

Jirachi looked at him as if he was stupid. ''She obviously saved the little girl standing behind her, duh.'' The wish maker replied.

Paradox looked at her mother. ''Mama? What are they talking about?''

''I'll tell you when you're older.'' The Guardian of The Forest replied nervously.

The girl pouted. ''But I want to know now!'' But before she could complain more Arceus cleared his throat.

''Now onto more happy news. A new Pokemon league has been built in Alola. But they have yet to crown the first champion so the tournament will probably be very exciting.''

Most legendary looked happy but Mewtwo scoffed. Creselia came forward. ''Wait Alola? Isn't that the place where relationship between humans and Pokemon is legal? I'm surprised the league would even consider that place.''

''Of course you would know about that sort of thing.'' Darkrai muttered to himself.

Meloetta nodded. ''It seems humans are becoming less prude about this sort of things. It's about time, banning two sapients being from loving each other is just stupid in my opinion.''

''Well I can't blame them it's kind of hard to have relationship with someone you can't understand.'' Mesprit replied.

''Nah that's just a poor excuse! I mean Red is mute but I'm sure there's at least a few thousands human girls who are more than ready to be bred by him.'' Mew said with a giggle.

''Mew that's inappropriate!'' Uxie yelled her face turning red.

''Oh come on we're talking about romance we all know what romance lead to. That's just the natural order of things.'' Mew said with a smirk.

Celebi was so engrossed in the conversation that she barely noticed when Dialga appeared beside her. ''So Paradox is it? How old are you?''

''I dunno.'' She replied shyly.

''You don't know how many years you've been alive? Do you remember what year you were born?''

At that the little girl nodded. ''Mama said I was born in the year 1994.''

Dialga eyes widened at that. ''Wait, but this is the year 2006 you look way too young to be twelve years old.''

''Mama and me travel in time all the time so I don't really know my age sorry.'' Paradox said playing with her finger nervousely.

''Celebi you're travelling in time with a child?!'' Dialag asked belwildered.

''She's my daughter of course she's going to travel in time. I'm not the type to stick in one time period for long.'' Celebi replied as if it was obvious.

Dialga sighed. ''You know she's going to grow up without any notions of time.''

''Oh come on She doesn't mind travelling in time, do you?'' Celebi asked arleady knowing the answer.

The girl shrugged. ''The forest always look the same no matter what year we're in.''

''You live in the forest? You know humans are suppose to live in town are you okay living in the wild without any other humans?'' Dialga asked with a worried frown.

''I've never met a human but I heard some Pokemon say that they just want to destroy Pokemon's homes and separate families by capturing them. Will I become bad like them?'' The girl asked with a frown.

''Humans are complicated creatures. Some are bad some are good and most fall somewhere in the middle. Don't worry Paradox the fact that you don't want to be bad make you arleady better than a lot of people and Pokemon.''

Paradox smiled, the meeting between the Legends lasted almost all day. But finally when the moon was high in the sky Celebi and the human girls left and returned to their good old forest.

Arceus was left alone in the Hall of Legend and looked at the threads of fate. New threads had began to form around the little Paradox and the ancient God could arleady see that her fate was tied to three other beings.

He smirked. ''Interesting I wonder what the four of them will acomplish now that destiny was changed? Let's hope this paradox will be good for once.''