Author's note.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
This chapter takes place several years into Rowan and Grovyle's future. And a little ways into the story. I hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 1
Rowan sighed as she packed the last item into her bag. She hefted it onto her shoulder and walked over to where Grovyle was with Celebi.
It was finally time for them to go to the past, where they would change the future for the better. Rowan was a little worried, what if Dusknoir caught them and then executed them? Then the future would be dark forever and they would never complete their mission.
Rowan felt a hand on her shoulder and look down at Grovyle, trying to put a smile on her face but failing miserably.
"It'll be alright, Rowan, we will do this, we will do what we set out to do all those years ago." Grovyle said encouragingly. He knew Rowan better than anyone, and knew that she was worried about what they were about to do.
"Yeah." Rowan said and a small smile appeared on her face as she remembered how she had met Grovyle and the adventures they had gone on together. This was just another adventure. And they would finally succeed in their mission. "Yeah we will! We'll finally complete our mission!"
"I have confidence in you both." A voice said and suddenly, Latias and Latios appeared in front of them. For anyone else, this would be quite shocking, but Rowan and Grovyle had met the eon pokemon and were quite friendly with them since they were part of the resistance. So they weren't that shocked.
"Latias! Latios! It has been such a long time." Rowan said grinning at their old friends.
"That it has." Latios agreed before saying. "Latias and I have come to give you two a gift before you leave."
"A gift?" Grovyle and Rowan asked together. The eon pokemon were not known to give anyone gifts, they were more of the talkative type of pokemon that didn't really give gifts.
"Yes, firstly, Rowan, I give you the gift of fire attacks, this will allow you to defend yourself from the pokemon of the past." Latias said touching Rowan's forehead.
"Thank you, Latias." Rowan said as the power and knowledge to do attacks entered her body. She knew that if she wanted to, she could now launch any fire attacks that she wanted to.
"And Grovyle, I give you this, you will know what to do with it when the time comes." Latios said handing a polished stone to Grovyle. Grovyle nodded and tucked it inside his bag.
"We wish you luck! Change the past and do away with this eternal darkness." Latias said and they both disappeared.
Rowan turned to Grovyle and said.
"Let's go and complete our mission."
Grovyle nodded in agreement and then Celebi activated the Passage of Time. Grovyle and Rowan grabbed each other's hand and jumped through it.
At first, the ride was smooth, but just as they were coming out of it, something attacked them. Whatever was attacking them, was attacking mainly Grovyle, but Rowan wasn't about to stand for that. She moved in front of her partner and took the brunt of the attack. She would have counter-attacked but she was putting everything she had into protecting Grovyle.
"Are- Are you ok?" Grovyle asked as his partner was attacked. He felt her grip loosen as the attack struck her again. "No! Don't let go! Just a little longer...Come on! Hang on!"
Another lightning bolt flew past them.
"N-n-no!"
Another attack hit Rowan and Grovyle felt his grip loosening as well.
"I can't hold on! Waahhhh!"
And then everything went black for Rowan.
'Urghhh. Where...Where am I?' A charmander groaned from where it was lying on the sand. '...I can't... Drifting off..."
And the charmander passed out again.
Meanwhile, a piplup paced in front of the Wigglytuff Guild. Finally, he stomped his foot and said.
"No. I refuse to be paralyzed by this any longer! This is it. I have to steel my courage today."
The piplup stepped onto the grating that identified a pokemon's footprint.
"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!"
"Whose footprint? Whose footprint"
"The footprint is piplup's! The footprint is piplup's!"
The piplup stepped back, startled. He shook himself and said.
"That was too shocking! Whew... I can't... I can't work up the courage to go in, after all... I told myself that this is the day, but..."
He took a necklace with a large stone in it and set it on the ground in front of him. He stared at it, remembering when he had first found it.
"I thought that holding on to my personal treasure would inspire me..." The mudkip sighed and picked up his stone. "I just can't do it. I'm such a coward... This is so discouraging..."
The piplup walked down the steps that led to the guild. Meanwhile a zubat and koffing came out of hiding.
"Hey Zubat. Did you get a load of that?!" The koffing asked.
"You bet I did, Koffing." Zubat replied.
"That little wimp that was pacing around...had something good, right?" Koffing asked.
"That wimp had something, that's for sure." Zubat said. "It looked like some kind of treasure."
"Do we go after it?" Koffing asked.
"We do." Zubat replied before following the piplup down the steps.