Daughter of Time, Chapter 9: Dimensional Scream

The Pocket Monsters Y Guy: Thank you I was worried it would break immersion instead of enchancing it. But I won't do these sort of things too often. Just when I think a song would really fit a scene.

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They had reached the Pokemon Center of Ecruteak city and slept there for the night. Elliot chuckled as he watched Paradox sleeping, Splash was at her feet while Maple was close to her chest and the egg was secured in the girl's arms.

''I wonder how she will deal with it once she get a full team? It would be difficult to travel with six Pokemon following you everywhere.'' He muttered to himself. ''Let's hope she will get over her fear of using Pokeballs.''

A few minutes later Paradox woke up and groaned as she felt the ray of the sun entering her eyes thanks to the windows. With a yawn she woke up her Pokemon and with Elliot they groggily made their way downstairs.

''So what are you planning to do now Paradox? You got your friend back now, do you know what you want to do next?'' Elliot asked, Paradox shrugged with a frown.

''Not really, I mean what are you even suppose to do on a Pokemon journey?''

''Well most trainers participate in the Pokemon League they travel all over the region collecting Gyms badges and get a chance to become Champion!'' Paradox nodded her eyes ligthing up in recognision.

''Oh yeah you told me about that! The Champion is like a super important person for each regions. Maybe we should try it, what do you say Maple? Splash?''

''Yeah let's become the strongest team ever!'' The Marill exclaimed with a gleeful smile.

''I need to become stronger I can't live in the shadow of my father for the rest of my life. We will become strong together Paradox.'' The Vulpix replied with a determined smile.

''Alright let's do it!'' The girl exclaimed, Elliot smirked at her enthusiasm.

Elliot smiled. ''Okay all you have to do is present your Trainer ID to Nurse Joy and she will register you for the league.'' Paradox cocked her head in confusion.

''What's a Trainer ID?'' Elliot eyes widened at the question and then he facepalmed.

''I'm a dumbass, of course you wouldn't have one of those!'' He shook his head. ''Don't worry I think you can make one in a Pokemon Center I'll just ask Nurse Joy wait here.'' After a few minutes of talking to the nurse in front of the counter he returned with a grin. ''She said you only need to register your fingerprints.''

''Huh? How do I do that?'' Paradox asked still confused.

''You just need to place your finger on a machine it's really easy.'' Both of them made their way.

With trepidation the girl placed her finger on the device and it preeced to scanned her finger. After a few seconds the machine spoke. ''Error! Nonhuman fingerprints not allowed!'' Nurse Joy along with Paradox and Elliot looked at each other in confusion. They tried again but got the same result. ''Error! Nonhuman fingerprints not allowed!''

''What does this mean? I'm a human!'' Paradox asked in fear and nurse shook her head with a frown.

''The machine must be malfunctioning, I never had a problem like this before.''

Paradox looked dejected at the news. ''Does that mean I can't participate in the Pokemon League?''

Elliot placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. ''Maybe we can go to another Pokemon Center.''

''Excuse me.'' The Nurse Joy said to bring back their attention on her. ''You might be in luck, Professor Oak has come to visit the city today he said he was going to visit The Burned Tower. Since he's a professor he can make you an ID card without the need of a fingerprints scanner.''

Elliot gave the nurse a grateful look. ''Thank you Nurse Joy, we will try to go see him.'' And with that both of them left the building Splash and Maple quickly followed behind them.

Once outside Paradox looked at the sights. Yesterday it was too dark and they were too tired to notice the buildings but now that she saw them she felt like she had stepped in a completely different world than the forest or Goldenrod City. Noticing her looking all around with wide eyes Elliot chuckled. ''Ecruteak City is a very old and historical place. This is basically the buildings humans used to build in this region a few hundred years ago. It was very different than modern cities.''

Paradox was not looking back at the boy but she nodded nonetheless. ''Were there Pokemon Trainers back in those days?''

Elliot pondered at the question but finally nodded. ''There were but it used to be a lot harder than today to be a Pokemon Trainer because Pokeballs did not existed yet, they were only invented about sixty years ago.''

''I'm sure I would have been able to become a Trainer even without Pokeballs.'' Paradox said with a confident smile and Elliot snorted in response.

''Of course you would, training Pokemon is a lot easier when you can understand them.'' The girl rolled her eyes at her companion.

Both of them stopped when they saw what looked like the remain of a tower but it was burned beyond recognition. ''This must be The Burned Tower Nurse Joy was talking about.'' Elliot said.

Paradox looked at the building with a worried expression. ''Are you sure it's safe to go in there? It look like it could fall at any seconds.'' As if to prove her point the building did a creaking sound that sent shiver down her spines.

''Don't worry The Burned Tower has been like this for centuries and plenty of people visit it every years.'' Even as he said that Elliot still glanced warily at the old building.

''If you say so.'' Paradox replied with a gulp as they entered inside. The inside were just as worse as the outside, they could see that many part of the floor had fallen to pieces and they had to be careful to not fall in a hole unless they wanted to fall face first in the basement. The wooden floor they were standing on groaned with every step they made. More than once Paradox was tempted to just turn around and returned to safety, but she had to get that ID otherwise she would never go on a journey and she would never understand how to be human.

It wasn't long before they found a middle age man who looked like he was in his forties. He was wearing a white lab coat along with a red shirt and beige pants. He was trying to look at what looked like a mural but he had trouble seeing what it depicted seeing as half of it had burned away centuries ago.

''Professor Oak, sir?'' Elliot said in a nervous voice. The professor snapped out of his reverie and turned toward both of them and smiled.

''Hello there young man and you too young lady. Can I do something for you?'' Elliot rubbed the back of head nervously at the question.

''Well you see we wanted to register for the Pokemon League but my friend here doesn't have a Trainer ID and the machine at the Pokemon Center isn't working for some reasons. Nurse Joy told us you could help us.''

Prodessor Oak looked thougthful. ''Mmh, I could certainly help you but I will need to ask some personal questions to fill out the documents. And your Trainer ID card might look more ancient than the newer ones but they will probably still be accepted everywhere.''

Paradox hesitantly nodded and the professor smiled in approval. ''Good so first question what is your name?''

''Paradox.'' She responded easily. The professor took a piece of paper and began to write on it.

''Okay now can you tell me are you a boy? Or are you a girl?'' Both Paradox and Elliot gaved him a weird look and he chuckled. ''Sorry that was an inside joke, now let's see, how old are you?''

''I'm sixteen years old.'' The professor nodded and wrote it down.

''Okay now can you tell me the name of your parents?'' Elliot eyes widened and he tried to stop the girl from talking but it was too late.

''I only have a mother her name is Celebi.'' Paradox replied. Professor Oak stopped writting and he had a weird look on his face. But then he smiled at her.

''Well I have to admit I didn't expect to see you so soon. Weren't you supposed to be born in 1994? Then again your mother never stuck in one place for long.'' Both teenagers looked at the old man in shock.

''How do you know me?!'' Paradox asked and Samuel Oak chuckled.

''Well let's just say your mother and I are very old friends. I helped her a long time ago when she was being pursued by a poacher and she accidently transported me in time with her. Fortunately she was gracious enough to return me in my own time once things calmed down.'' He said with a nostalgic smile on his face.

Paradox gawked at him and then realization struck her and her eyes widened in shock. ''Wait a minute, you're Sammy?!'' Elliot looked at her with a weird expression but Professor Oak chuckled in response.

''My, it's been a really long time since anyone called me by that name, but yes it is me. I haven't told many people about my adventure with your mother. I was afraid they would try to capture her if they realised the legends about her were all true.'' Paradox still gawked at him but he simply returned to writting on his piece of paper.

''Here you go with this you should be able to participate in the Pokemon League. And if it's not too much to ask maybe someday you could come visit me at my lab? I would be very interest to study how being raised by a Pokemon could potentially change someone.''

Paradox took the card in her hand but as soon as she did she began to feel dizzy and a sharp pain stabbed her in her head. She began to scream and everyone surrounding her began to yell her name in concern.

A man wearing a black suit sat in a chair smirking at her. ''Ah, the child of Celebi I was expecting your arrival. But you're arleady too late. Your mother is arleady mine!'' She could only watched in horror as the man started to cackle evily.

And then the scene changed suddenly and she was standing in an empty plain ''Who are you?!'' She heard her own voice scream. Standing before her was a Celebi but this one was pink and she had a mysterious smile on her lips.

''Who am I? Let's just say my fate is tied to yours and I will leave it at that.''

Many cloaked figures sat around a large circular table and their leader lifted himself from his chair before he began speaking. ''Just before the era of heroes and champions a paradox will be born and will be called the Daughter of Time... In the name of lord Dialga she must die.''

''Cry of Life!''

She woke up with a gasp and realised she was on the floor of the Burned Tower. Splash was holding her as if her life depended on it and Maple was licking her face and looking at her with a worried frown.

''How long was I asleep?'' She asked groggily.

''Only a few second but you freaked us out! What happened?'' Elliot was clearly worried as he look at her.

Professor Oak also look concerned but he also had a thoughtful look on his face. ''Young lady can you tell us what happened to you?''

''Well... To be honest this is the second time this happened to me the first time was when I met Elliot. I became Dizzy and felt a sharp pain just like now and I had visions. At first I dismised them thinking I had some sort pf hallucination but two of the three things I dreamed about happened later on. And now it happened again when I touch the card.''

Professor Oak nodded. ''I think I know what this is.''

''Really? What's happening to me?!'' Paradox demanded in a worried tone.

''Well take my words with a grain of salt. But they are legends of humans who were able to see events from the past or future when they touched certain objects or people. Some of them managed to save the world with that gift. That ability was called Dimensional Scream.''

''Dimensional Scream? Wouldn't it make more sense to call it Time Scream?'' Elliot asked incrediously and Professor Oak shrugged.

''I am not the one that came up with the name. Maybe Paradox developed that ability because of all the time travel she did in her childhood.'' He said while rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

''Are you going to be alright Paradox?'' Splash asked her, her arms still wrapped around the blonde girl.

''I'll be alright Splash.'' She responded with a reassuring smile. Maple nuzzled her and she looked at Paradox in with sad worried eyes.

''I hate when I can't protect you Paradox if I could take the pain in your place I would.'' Paradox shook her head.

''It's my burden to bear, beside maybe we could use that ability to our advantage.'' She said with a small smile.

''I still don't like it.'' Maple muttered and the girl petted the top of the Vulpix head.

''I know but it only happened twice thus far so it's not like it's a common occurance.''

During the whole conversation Samuel Oak had watched them with increasing interest. ''Paradox, can you understand your Pokemon?''

The girl looked at the professor and nodded. ''As far as I can remember I could always understand Pokemon. Elliot tell me it's not normal for humans.''

''Indeed it is not but I know many people would kill to have that ability. Maybe you should be more careful about who you reveal this information to young lady or you could get noticed by the wrong type of crowds.'' Professor Oak warned her and Elliot sighed in relief he was about to say the same thing to the girl.

''So what was the vision about?'' Elliot asked curiously.

''It's was pretty confusing to be honest when I have a vision I see many events at the same time so it's hard to make sense of them. All I remember is something about about a pink Celebi. But that's impossible because my mother is the only Celebi in the world. Every times someone think thay saw another one it was just my mother travelling in time.'' The boy nodded and had a thoughtful look on his face.

''Maybe with time you will be able to make more sense of it. For now you should probably register for the Pokemon League it takes a long time collecting badges so you shouldn't waste any time.'' Professor Oak said and both teenager nodded before they left the renowned scientist alone to his thoughts.


''Congratulations you have been registered to particiate in the next Pokemon League!'' Nurse Joy exclaimed with a smile and Paradox sighed in relief. For a moment she had thought she wouldn't be able to continue her journey just after she decided to continue.

She turned to Elliot with a questioning glance. ''So do we need to challenge gyms in a specific order?'' The black haired teen shook his head.

''No, when you challenge a gym the Gym Leader will ask how many badges you have and based on how many you have they will select their Pokemon based on your skill level. So no matter what, your first gym will be the easiest and your last one will be the hardest.''

''This city has a gym so since you're arleady here you both should challenge it.'' Nurse Joy said to them and they nodded in acknowledgement.

They exited the Pokemon Center and walked around the city trying to locate the gym but then something quickly darted toward Paradox without any warning. The girl shrieked as the pink blur grabbed her and Elliot eyes widened in horror. ''Paradox!'' He yelled in concern.

Maple jumped on her and Splash tried to spray water on the attacker from her spot on top of the girl's head. But then she heard the unknown creature screamed in a ethereal voice and all three of them vanished. Elliot looked at the spot where the blonde girl had been a moment ago in complete disbelief.


Paradox collided with a patch of grass she felt dizzy and had to resist the urge to vomit. This had felt like when her mother travel in time with her but much, much worse. When the dizziness cleared from her head she lifted herself from the ground and looked at her two Pokemon with a frown. ''Are you two okay?'' With a groan both of them nodded.

''I didn't mean to bring your two Pokemon I only wanted to talk to you Paradox.'' The girl looked up and her eyes narrowed as she saw a pink Celebi hovering a few meters away.

''You! You were in one of my visions! Who are you?''

''Who am I? Let's just say my fate is tied to yours and I will leave it at that. But that's not why I wanted to talk to you. You created a paradox, Paradox. '' The pink Celebi said with a smile that made the teen groaned internally.

''What do you mean? And where are we? There is no sign of civilisation anywhere here even thought we were in the middle of a city two seconds ago!'' She asked still not trusting what she assumed was a fake Celebi.

''You and that boy weren't supposed to attack that thieves hideout that day. The police was supposed to take care of it a few months from now when Giovanni was away from the hideout. Now because you changed the past a very dangerous man left with a powerful item. As for where we are I transported us ten thousand years in the past so we wouldn't be disturbed by anyone.''

Maple growled at the shiny Celebi and threw a ball of flames at it. ''Ember!''

''Protect!'' A shield appeared in front of the pink Pokemon and the ball of fire harmlessly bounced off. ''Relax Vulpix I will not harm your mate.'' Maple still growled but she relaxed slightly.

''What item are you talking about?'' Paradox asked warily.

''I'm talking about this.'' Something flash into the shiny Celebi hand and Paradox recognized the old flute she was holding instantly.

''A Time Flute! How did you get that?!'' The blonde teen demanded indignantly.

''That's not important. What's important is that a very evil man has one of these in his possession. You know what this mean don't you? This mean that your mother is in danger sooner or later he will use the flute to lure her into a trap. You must stop him before that happen. He is not yet powerful enough to confront Celebi but one day he will and when he does he will have complete control of time.''

''How do I stop him?'' Paradox said anger boiling in her veins. She didn't trust this Pokemon but she could not take any chance if there even a shred of truth to what she says she need to stop it. No one hurted her mother!

''You are not strong enough to challenge him yet. You need to make your team stronger than it is right now. So for now you should continue to participate in the Pokemon League but now you know what the stakes are. This is not simply a journey of self discovery anymore. You also need to fix the paradox you created or else Giovanni will become the master of this world.''

''How much time do I have before he succeed?'' I asked fearfully.

''A year, you have one full year before Giovanni become strong enough to capture Celebi so in the meantime become stronger. I think that was all I had to say I will return you in the year 1986 now but I'm sure we will see each other again.''

With that the Shiny Pokemon grabbed her once again Maple and Splash kept close to her and they once again disappeared.


When they reappeared Elliot ran toward them. ''Are you all alright?!'

Paradox nodded with a groan. ''Yeah but it seem like our journey became much more complicated.'' She explained what happened and what the strange Celebi had told her.

''I don't get how you created a paradox I would have probably have gone to their base by myself even if you weren't there.'' Elliot said with a frown.

Paradox shrugged. ''I don't know either but what's important is that this Giovanni guy could hurt my mother. I can't let that happen no matter what, I trust that fake Celebi as far as I can throw her. But even if her story is fake I can't take the chance, she's my mom.'' Elliot nodded with a sympathetic smile.

''We will get stronger together and when it's time we will take town this guy together.'' Paradox looked at him and then her eyes began to water. ''Whoa! Did I say something wrong?!''

The girl shook her head. ''You've done nothing but help me since we met each other, why? Most people would have walked away by this point.''

The boy smiled proudly. ''It's my dream to become a police officer one day. Can you imagine how impress the polices would be if they learn I helped a legendary Pokemon? Not only that but after everything we've been throught together you're one of my best friend Paradox and I wouldn't let you do this alone even if it killed me.''

Paradox smiled tearfully. ''I really misjudged humans didn't I? I was always worried humans were just a bunch of poachers but I was very wrong. You're one of the best friend I could ask for.'' They were interupted by a low growl and Paradox looked down at Vulpix with an amused smirk. ''Don't be jealous Maple you're still my best friend, obviously.''

''We're here.'' Elliot said and when Paradox turned around she saw a large imposing building with a Pokeball symbol on the top of it. But something was wrong it looked like it was close.

''Are you sure it's opened? There no light at all coming from the windows.'' Paradox asked and the boy had a thoughtful frown before his eyes widened in realisation.

''Oh right I forgot! The gym of this city is a ghost type gym! Ghost Pokemon aren't a fan of bright lights so it would make sense that a ghost gym wouldn't have lights in them.''

Paradox shuddered. ''Ghost Pokemon? I always found them creepy I met one once and he would always stalk me and disappear once I looked directly at him.''

Elliot smiled reassuringly at her. ''Don't worry most ghost Pokemon are all bark and no bite. They only want to scare you they won't do you any real harms.'' While what he said was mostly true the dark haired teen was still nervous. There was a lot of campfire stories about ghost Pokemon taking your soul and sending it straight to the afterlife most of them were fake but what if there was some truth behind some of them?

Summoning their courage both Paradox and Elliot entered inside the Gym. It didn't help their nerve when the door closed behind them on it's own. But there was something else that was wrong. The ghost gym was supposed to be dark sure but not this dark. They couldn't even see more than a meter in front of them.

''Hello is anyone there?'' Elliot called out in the darkness but there was no response.

Paradox was too scared to continue as quick as she could she turned around and reached for the door but froze when she saw that the door was nowhere to be seen. ''Elliot the door vanished!'' She screamed in a panic. But when she turn to see her travelling companion he was gone too.

And then she noticed that the Pokemon on top of her head and at her side were also gone. ''Splash! Maple! Where are you?! If this is a prank it's not funny!''

''Bleheheheheh! You have entered into your worst nightmare!'' A voice said from somewhere in the darkness.

''If you want to see your friends again you will have to survive our little trial, eheheheh!'' Another voice this one was more feminine than the first one.

''But if you fail you will go straight to meet Arceus in the afterlife. Meheheheheh!'' Both voices said at the same time.

The darkness suddenly fade away and made way to a large rocky field. In the distance she could see all sort of Pokemon but there was a problem all of them were prehistoric and shaped like dinosaurs, she couldn't see any modern Pokemon. Where was she? Had she travelled in time again?

But then she felt an extreme heat and as she looked up in the sky she froze in horror. A giant meteorite was heading sraight toward her! She recognized this era now. This was the lunar meteorite that had killed most prehistoric Pokemon in ancient times and scatered Moon Stones all over the world and now she was right there with them!

''Mom! Get me out of here! The meteorite is going to kill me!'' But no answer came from her cry for help and the giant rock was still coming closer. She began to feel the heat and she covered her eyes not able to look at the coming meteorite anymore not only due to the brightness but also because of how terrified she was. ''I don't want to die!'' She scream in the heaven but then the heat completely vanished.

With trepidation she opened her eyes and saw that she was back in the Pokemon gym and this time it wasn't as dark as earlier. She could see candles on the walls illuminating the whole room. She looked around and sighed in relief when she saw all her friends were still there. But they looked just as scared as she was a second ago.

''Paradox I'm scared! I had a vision that me and mom were back were in a cage and the two bad men who captured her was laughing at us!'' A small voice said from on top of Paradox's head.

''Don't worry Splash I think there was just a ghost messing with our minds. You and your mother will never be captured by those men I will make sure of it.'' Splash smiled at her and began to relax somewhat.

''Are you alright Maple?'' The fox Pokemon nodded her head shakily.

''I'll be alright, for one second I though he had come back to life, but that's impossible.'' Paradox was about to ask Elliot if he was alright too but stopped when she saw his face. He looked as white as a sheet and then without any warnings he collapsed on the ground.

''Looker! What's wrong Looker?! Wake up!'' The blonde girl yelled in a panic but he remained on the ground unmoving the only sign that he was alive was his breathing.


A few minutes earlier

''Bleheheh! We know what you are most afraid of Elliot Ellias. Your father was killed in a raid against an illegal fighting ring? Ah! We both know that's only the official story. What happened is something that nobody would believe, but you saw it right?''

The darkness faded away and he gasped as he looked around. He was back in Sinnoh he and his family had spent a year here due to his father's job. It was currently nighttime and the streets of Jubilife City were almost completely empty. Then he saw his father silently walking in the deserted street. In the distance he saw his younger self silently darting from one corners of the street to the other trying to stealthily follow his father.

A pit of dread fell in his stomach there was something eerily familiar about this scene but it was like the memory wouldn't come out. He followed both of them until they reached an old abandoned and forgotten church left to decay there.

Elliot felt an headache as soon as he saw the building and then memories came flooding in. With a gasp he looked back at his father with terror in his eyes. ''Wait dad! Don't go there!'' He screamed and ran in front of his father.

But his father just walked throught him as if he wasn't there at all. The older man tried to open the door silently but as soon as he touched it, it fell on the ground with a loud crash and sent dust flying everywhere. Elliot's father cursed at his bad luck but went inside anyway.

Both the younger and older version of Elliot went inside. The younger version was hiding behind a pew. The older boy didn't bother hiding since it was evident by now that this was only a vision. A cloaked man was standing in the middle of the church when he saw the police officer he looked at him with interest.

''Ah Justin Elias you finally came.'' The cloaked man said in a pleased tone.

Justin glared back at him. ''Well yeah, when you start threatening my family You can be sure I will take the threat seriously. Now give me one good reason why I shouldn't just release all my Pokemon and blast you all the way to Kalos.''

''Such violence!'' The other man said in a mocking tone. ''But that won't be necessary, now that you came we lost all interest in your family. What we really wanted...'' Suddenly multiple cloaked figures started appearing all around them. All of them were wearing pendants with a blue hourglass engraved on them. ''...Is you!'' The cloaked man finished his sentence.

''Congratulations Justin Elias you have been chosen as a new agent for the Hourglass Church but before that we will need to start reeuducating you a little.'' The cloaked figure raised his hand in the sky and the pendants of the other disciples began to glow with mystical energy. Then a large swirling hole appeared in the middle of the room.

The leader of the disciples suddenly grabbed Justin and the older man tried to break away from his grip. ''What are you doing?! Stop this right now! You won't get away with this! The police will find you and they will make you pay for kidnapping an officer!''

The leader actually laughed at that. ''My dear Justin I would very surprise if they manage to follow us where we're going. Or rather I should say when we're going. hahahaha!'' And with that the man threw Elliot's father into the vortex.

''Dad!'' Both boys screamed at the same time. The younger Elliot ran toward the vortex but he was blocked by one of the cloaked figures.

''Where do you think you're going child?'' Said a female voice to the boy, the cloaked woman retrieved a strange blue crystal and a bolt of energy jumped out of it. The energy materialised into a Pokemon and both boys couldn't believe what it was. Standing before them was...

''Mew.'' The creature said sadly looking at the boy.

''Mew, keep the boy away from us until we're gone.'' The woman ordered and the floating feline nodded obediently. The younger Elliot was suddenly taken into a Psychic grip and he was forced to watched as all the cult members stepped into the wormhole.

Finally the cloaked woman recalled Mew into the blue crystal and walked into the vortex as it closed behind her. Both the young boy and the teen were left alone in the abandoned church. Finally the young boy fell on the ground unconscious his eyes full of tears.

The older teen wasn't fairing much better. How had he forgot that faithful night? For so long he had actually believed the reports of his father dying in a raid but now it seemed something much bigger had happened and who were these creepy cloaked persons? One of their grunts had a freaking Mew! Who could say what their leader had under his belt?

He barely noticed when he was back in the ghost type gym. He could faintly hear the sound of Paradox talking in the background but he couldn't understand what she was saying finally he turned to see the blonde girl and then everything turned black...