I woke up in the Pokemon Center the next morning. Pikachu was still asleep, so I woke him up.

"You ready to go to Twinleaf?" I asked.

"Pi!"

"I thought so."

Pikachu hopped onto my shoulder and we left the room together. I returned my room key to Nurse Joy and left the Pokemon Center.

I got a little turned around in Sandgem because it had changed so much, but I definitely avoided the building that Charon trapped me in. But soon enough I got out of the city, and I recognized route 201. It hadn't changed too much.

Pikachu and I listened to the sounds of the wild Pokemon. I heard a Bidoof, a Bibarel, a Burmy, and a Starly flock. It was nice to hear the Pokemon of Sinnoh again; it had been far too long.

Eventually I found myself at Lake Verity. I remembered how Dawn had once heard the legendary Pokemon, Mesprit call to her from here. It had been the same for me, except it was at Lake Valor and the Pokemon had been Azelf.

I listened to the peaceful sounds of the water and looked around. At this point, I wasn't looking for anything in particular, I was just looking. What I saw surprised me more than words can say.

I saw Cyrus.

Except it didn't really look like Cyrus. It was him, but he was faded. He looked more like a memory or a ghost type Pokemon. Either way, it couldn't be him. I had seen him throw himself into the space-time portal. He couldn't be alive. Yet, it was him. He had the same hair, the same suit, and the same angry expression.

I couldn't stop myself from walking over to him. I noticed Pikachu looking at me with a confused expression, but I refused to stop. As I got close to him, I held up a hand.

"Cyrus, is that you?" I asked. Pikachu looked even more confused.

Cyrus looked over at me; his movements were a little slow. He nodded.

"Are you alive?"

He didn't say a word, nor did he move.

"How did you survive living in space-time?"

I heard a voice in my head. Ash Ketchum, you are a foolish child. You tried to stop me from creating a new world, a perfect world, where I would rule. I lived in that world for many years, but I was wrong. It was far from perfect. The world was haunted by visions of you, Dawn, Brock, Looker, and my commanders. Dialga and Palkia were there to, and they wouldn't let me live peacefully.

"Look, I'm sorry, but there's nothing that I can do." I told him.

You will pay, Ash Ketchum. Charon will make your life miserable, and I hope he succeeds.

He disappeared into the air. I looked around for him, but he was nowhere to be found. I turned to Pikachu' he looked more confused than ever.

"Pika?"

"You mean, you didn't see him?" I asked.

Pikachu shook his head. The message was clear. I was the only one who had seen Cyrus.

"We need to get to Professor Rowan."

Later…

I entered Twinleaf Town with Pikachu on my shoulder. Something didn't look right. The town had changed a lot. It was no longer a suburban town. Most of the houses seemed to have disappeared, while more city-like buildings were in their places.

But there was one building that stood out. It couldn't have been anything but professor Rowan's lab.

I walked over and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. I rang it again, waited for ten seconds and wondered where he was.

"Ash, I didn't expect to see you so early." His voice came from behind me.

I turned around. "Oh, sorry professor, I just came as early as I could."

"No problem dear boy. Please, come in." He said as he put the key in the lock.

"Thank you, professor." I walked in after him.

His house was normal, but I knew his lab would be bigger and better. There would be all sorts of Pokemon that I hadn't seen in a long time.

He turned back to me. "Now, I'm sure you're wondering why I asked you to come back to Sinnoh."

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." I said.

"Well, there are two reasons really. One is that there are plenty of new gyms for you to try. The one in Eterna City is gone, for the reason that Gardenia was caught in an incident in the Johto region. But, there are gyms in both Sandgem Town and Jubilife City for you to try out. Plus there are plenty of new gym leaders. The Oreburgh City gym has a new leader because Byron retired and Roark took his place.

"Now, the second reason is the main one. That reason is Team Galactic. I have noticed two of their bosses roaming around lately; I believe you know them as Charon and Saturn. Now, I have notified Looker of the international police and he has got in contact with a few of your friends. Yes, Paul, Barry, Zoey, Kenny, Looker, and a strange young man named Conway are all on the case. Looker also tried contacting young Gary Oak, but he is busy dealing with Team Rocket in the Kanto region."

I took all of this in. All of my friends from my travels here before are all working against Team Galactic, even Paul and Conway. Though there was still one of them missing.

"What about Dawn?" I asked.

He smiled. "Dawn is a different matter. Originally Looker was going to ask her as well, but I wanted you to be the one to contact her. She and her mother, Johanna, moved to Jubilife about a year ago. I will give you there address, and then I would like you to find them." He took out a pen and some paper and wrote down their address, and then he handed it to me.

"Thank you, professor." I said.

"Now, I believe you should be on your way." He told me.

"Right, thanks again. Um, see you later."

And done. Sorry guys, I've been sick for the past couple of days, so that's why this took so long. Plus the Pokemon fanfic takes a lot longer to make than the warriors ones.

Anyways, hope you liked it. Please review and P.M. me if you have any questions!