"The two Pokemon faced against the mighty Dialga. He was out of control, and by golly, he was bad. He met their challenge with a powerful Roar of Time, which they both barely dodged. The leader was the first to rise and rush towards the legendary Pokemon, attacking him with his best Aqua Tail. However, even though he was already one of the strongest Pokemon around, he barely left a dent in the mighty Dialga's hide.

"Dialga tried to smack him with an Iron Tail, and he would've taken him out, too, if the leader's partner hadn't stepped in and distracted Dialga with an Energy Ball. As he turned to see who interrupted him, the leader reached into his sack and pulled out a Sleep Seed. He lobbed the seed into the mighty Pokemon's mouth, by gosh, and he swallowed. Almost immediately, Dialga's eyes began to droop and he was teetering on the edge of Dreamland. The leader's partner decided to help the legendary Pokemon, by whacking him with his best Slam.

"He collapsed, allowing the two Pokemon to attack at their leisure. But, by golly, it was no easy task. While the leader bit Dialga multiple times with Ice Fang, his partner kept up with a Bullet Seed. By the time Dialga awoke, he was already weakened severely by his opponent's barrage of attacks. However, that certainly didn't mean that he was out for the count. In his fury, he blasted at the both of them with his Flash Cannon, trying to at least take one of them out. However, the leader was smart, and knew right when Dialga would wake, giving the two Pokemon plenty of room to dodge.

"Dialga's annoyance quickly turned to rage, and gosh! If he wasn't mean beforehand, he sure was now! He charged after the leader's partner, who was trying to snipe at him from a distance with his Bullet Seed, but the leader decided to act on this, blasting Dialga with a Hydro Pump. As Dialga turned to face the leader, his partner rushed up and tried to hit him with an Energy Ball at close range. However, Dialga saw it coming, and faster than either of them could react, Dialga attacked the leader's partner with a head-on Roar of Time. The poor Pokemon was blasted into the wall and was almost certainly put out of commission.

"By gosh, was the leader furious. He dove in and charged up an Ice Fang. Dialga prepared to meet him, but then the leader jumped, which surprised the legendary. It turned out, he was charging his Aqua Tail right at the same time as he was charging his Ice Fang. Oh gosh, he was so awesome when he did that!"

"Mister Bibarel, were you actually there?" a Smoochum interrupted.

"Um, well, no, but it was really amazing when I heard it described to me!" The brown beaver Pokemon chuckled to himself as he reminisced. "Shall I continue the story?"

"Yeah!" the children cheered.

Bibarel smiled. "Alright, then. Now, where was I?"

A Riolu raised his hand. "Um, the leader was about to use Aqua Tail?"

"Oh, yes, that's it!" Bibarel nodded at the Riolu, making him blush slightly. "Now then…"

"The leader came down on Dialga with his Aqua Tail and smacked him hard on his mighty head. Dialga was dazed, and couldn't react in time when the leader came in and bit him on the leg with an Ice Fang. Dialga, expressing his awesome status as one of the most powerful Pokemon ever, kicked the Pokemon off of his leg and prepared to finish him with one final blast as he flew off. But then, he was hit in his face by an Energy Ball, which sent the Flash Cannon Dialga was charging off course, which probably damaged Temporal Tower even more than it was already. It turned out, the two Pokemon had packed a Reviver Seed in their bag, which had revived the partner and allowed him to retaliate.

"Obviously, Dialga was getting desperate. 'By golly, how could I, the mighty Dialga, be defeated by a couple of pipsqueaks?' Dialga blasted at the two Pokemon with multiple Roars of Time and Flash Cannons, but the leader, as well as his newly refreshed partner, dodged each of the attacks, sometimes by just a hair. Finally, the two Pokemon regrouped, and prepared to launch their final attack. They ran up side by side towards Dialga and leaped towards him. Dialga launched a Roar of Time at them, but the leader's partner grabbed the leader's arm and launched him towards Dialga, just over the attack while he barely managed to go below. The leader charged up one final Ice Fang and-"

"And what?" Riolu jumped in excitement. "What happened?!"

"We won."

The Pokemon, including Bibarel turned to see who just spoke, only to find it was none other than Treecky, a Treecko who was one half of the legendary Team Impossible.

"Aw, Treecky, did you have to ruin my dramatic tension. By gosh, I worked hard to try to do that." Bibarel complained.

"Sorry, but when I was hearing our story, I couldn't help but intervene. You understand, right."

"Oh, well, of course." Bibarel still looked upset, but he pretty much felt over it.

Meanwhile, the little Pokemon gathered around Treecky in awe, muttering amongst themselves, "Wow!" and "So cool!" and "It's really him!"

"Um, mister Treecky, sir?" Riolu asked quietly, "Wasn't it true that your leader disappeared soon after you beat Dialga?"

Treecky looked at him, with an expression that was both sad and curious. "So, you've heard this story before?"

Riolu suddenly seemed to notice something interesting along the coastline of the beach that they were on. "Um, yes, it's one of my favorites."

Treecky smiled. "Yeah, he did. After Dialga was defeated, that other timeline where he came from disappeared, and he did, too. For a while, anyway. But, as you know, he came back. He wanted to be here, with all of us, and Dialga brought him back."

"Wow! That's so amazing! I wanna be in an exploration team, too!" Riolu exclaimed.

Treecky chuckled and rubbed the top of Riolu's head. "You keep training and working hard, and you just might."

Riolu was positively glowing with excitement, and backed away. "So, what are you doing here, anyway, Treecky?" Bibarel asked, pushing to the front.

Treecky's expression suddenly hardened. "That's right. I forgot. The guild is calling for all exploration teams, as well as all guild members. I came here to fetch you."

"Oh, really?" Bibarel replied, shocked, "Well then, by golly, there's not a moment to waste!" He turned to the children. "I'm sorry, but story-time is over for today, so just run along home, okay?"

All of the children looked sad that they wouldn't hear the rest of the story, but they all nodded and began to disperse off to their homes. Then, the two Pokemon ran off to the guild, leaving Riolu standing there by himself. "Wow, I just met the Treecky of Team Impossible! I have to go tell Mom!" And he ran down the coastline of the beach and up the steps to the crossroads, and from there turning east to run back to his home in the nearby forest.

It was turning dark when Riolu began to see the familiar area of the forest where he grew up. Luckily, since he knew the area so well, he figured he could guide his way through without even needing to tap into his aura. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a mistake, as he tripped over a large object in the middle of his path and he crashed into the ground. "Ow! What the…?" He got up and dusted himself off. He then turned around to see what he tripped on.

The object on the ground turned out to be a Pokemon, a Shinx to be exact. Worried, Riolu ran over to its side and checked to see if it was okay. It seemed to be fine, and it was breathing normally. He figured that this Pokemon just passed out here. Breathing a sigh of relief, he decided to bring the Shinx home so it can have some actual shelter until it was well enough to travel. He lifted it onto his shoulders, thankful for the time he spent training his body to lift fairly heavy objects, and began to trudge his way home. "Don't worry," he murmured to the unconscious Pokemon. "I'll make sure you get better."

And, that happened. I hope everyone's happy with this new project I've started on this wonderful day of my birth! This is one half of two PMD stories which I've started, which both follow one overall plot. This one follows a more traditional route with the plot, albiet, it's set several years after the original story of Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. The other story is PMD: Escape from Fate, which features, amongst other Pokemon, a Kecleon as the leader of the team, so check that out when you get the chance. I may not update in a while, but I'll try to when I get the chance. I'll also try to make my chapters longer, since I've gotten complaints that my chapters are too short. Anyway, thanks for reading, and leave a review to tell me what you liked about it, and what you think I could improve. And, as always, stay tuned to find out what happens next!

*Note: I wrote this last bit on my birthday, but I wasn't able to upload it then. So, that's why I'm talking about today being my birthday, even though it was a few days ago.