Chapter 10 - Power of the Time Gear!

Link had fled on the King of Red Lions and was now back in Kalos. Yveltal was chasing him and was constantly firing Oblivion Wing at him, but always missing. Link made it to the Time Gear clearing and began to have another vision of the future. It was of him fighting Yveltal. "Might as well make it come true now!" he thought while turning around, expecting to see Yveltal above him. He instead saw nothing. He looked up and spotted Yveltal flying away.

Mewtwo appeared and approached the Totodile, eyes glowing purple, and held out a hand.
"All you need to do is let me retrieve the Time Gear."
Link shook his head, gaze moving back and forth between Mewtwo and Yveltal.
"And if I don't let you do that?"
Mewtwo suddenly grabbed Link by the throat and lifted him into the air, up to his face.
"Then, I shall make you ever regret being hatched."
"Pokémon are hatched?" Link thought.
Mewtwo growled, pulled his free hand back as to punch Link, then the Pokémon was surrounded by an intense golden light.

The psychic Pokémon was thrown backwards across the clearing, letting Link go in the process. Mewtwo didn't get up from where he landed; in fact, for all intents and purposes, he was dead.
Link looked down and noted that the Triforce of Courage seemed to be on fire.
Had it been the source of the golden light? Had it saved him?
There was no time to dwell on this, for Yveltal had returned.

Link rushed forwards, grabbed the Time Gear, and his vision turned white.
When it came back, he was once again a Feraligatr. But that wasn't all.
The Time Gear was now hanging from his neck by a golden chain, and he was somehow wielding the Master Sword and Mirror Shield. Except they looked a bit different.
Yveltal screamed and dove into the clearing, stopping before Link, then started attacking.

Link soon ditched the Pokémon ways of fighting and started to slash away at Yveltal with the Master Sword. Blood soon covered him, the ground, everywhere really, but he didn't care.
Eventually, he stopped slashing and took a few steps back.
Yveltal was still alive, but was badly weakened. He only had enough strength left to get up for one final attack.

Yveltal slashed at Link's front, creating a scar that ran down from his left shoulder down to his right hip, then fled the area.
Before Link could react to his injury - and eventual scar - Dusknoir showed up.
With one single Dark Pulse, he knocked out Link, then reached for the Time Gear…

He couldn't pick it up. Dusknoir could only watch as the Time Gear started to glow, the light became blinding, and when he could see again, Link was gone.
"Oh, great. Where'd that stupid Water type go now?!"

Technically, Link went to the exact place he already was, so "where" wasn't the right word to use.

It hurt to breathe. In fact, it hurt to do anything.
Link's vision cleared enough to realize that he was still in the Time Gear clearing, but yet his Time Gear had fallen off. How it fell off, he didn't know.
Where is it? It was in my possession, but then Dusknoir showed up and….Oh-no! He didn't take it, did he? I...I need to get up, go looking for it….

Link stood up and looked down at his body. He realized he was back to being a Totodile.
And that his injury was far more severe than he realized. It wasn't long before Link passed out due to blood loss and shock.

A bit later, he opened his eyes and saw an Igglybuff looking down at him with a very angry expression. "Is your name Link?" the pink Pokémon asked.

"Yes."

"I believe you knew my parents. Also, you're under arrest, you massive piece of dumpster diarrhea."
Link didn't even blink an eye.
"I've heard far worse. Tell me, what exactly do you plan to do?"
He sat up with great difficulty and glared up at the other Pokémon.
"Come with me." Igglybuff grabbed Link's arm and pulled him to his feet. "Since you asked, I'm Jiggs and Scor's son."

"But I didn't ask." Link paused. "Hey, wait a second. You're their son? How is that even possible?"

"You'll see."

"Stop dodging my questions!"

"I'm not dodging your questions. You'll get an answer when we get to the Guild place."
The pain was already fading, to be replaced by sheer anger. Link snarled and lunged towards Igglybuff.

He swung the Master Sword at him, but Igglybuff dodged it.

"You suck." Igglybuff commented.
"Far off!" Link shot back and swung the sword again, still failing to hit his target.

"This is irritating and boring." said Igglybuff. "I could've been at home, watching The Time Before Land, but NO! I had to come here and arrest your stupid butt."
"...Nay it, this isn't going anywhere. Look, I'm tired, and injured."
Link swayed a bit and the Pokémon before him seemed to split into four.
Igglybuff looked concerned for once.
"...Your wound….who…."
"...Yveltal…"
And then Link collapsed.

When he awoke, he was in a place that looked like The Try Force's location, but it seemed to be in a new area. His wound had been healed; in its place was a scar that would never fade.

"Good! A snot bubble like him deserves to have a never go away scar!" Igglybuff shouted.

"Who are you talking to?" Link asked.

"LET'S THROW HIM INTO A VOLCANO!" Ampharos suddenly shouted.

"Into a volcano? Who?" asked Link.

"He means you. Obvy." answered Igglybuff.
Before Link could respond, a flaming creature strode into the room. He looked a lot like Scor but taller, muscular, and with flames on his arms.

"Scor, is that you?"

"Hey, Dad." Igglybuff said, giving Link his answer.
Well, what do you know...he did Evolve.
"I don't mean to brag, except I totally do, but my Dad's evolution is a unique one that only he has." Igglybuff explained.
"...You do realize that it's the same for everyone, right?"

"No, no, no. Since he took care of the Time Gears when he was younger, their magic affected him, causing this unique evo."
"Whatever. Somebody tell me where Zelda is."

"She would be safe if it weren't for you vanishing 8 years ago." Scor replied.

"8 years ago? What the Far are you talking about?"
Scor walked over and sat down on Link's bed, then waved a hand for everyone to clear the room. Once everyone was gone, Scor turned to Link.

"Don't you go and special pretend you don't know what happened. You bailed on us 8 years ago. Why are you only now returning?!"
"...I...No, Yveltal attacked, I feld, I ended up in the Time Gear clearing and…"
Link paused.
"I think it brought me to the future. It must have. I did not leave any of you. My only thought was to see the last Time Gear in safe hands. I didn't know it would throw me forwards in time!"

"Why should I believe you?"
"Uhh...well...You seem to have matured a lot since the last time I saw you."

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Now answer the question!"
Link felt trapped, but he couldn't exactly leave.
"...I...can't. I've told you the truth, whether you want to believe it or not, it's up to you."

"I do not believe you. At least not yet. Do you have any proof?"

"I wish I did."
Then a thought came to him.
"...I...Do have one thing. My scar. Yveltal gave it to me when I Evolved using the Time Gear."

"Yeah, that's quite an interesting story you got there. There's just one small flaw. That has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU GOING INTO THE FUTURE!" The flames surrounding Scor grew more intense and all Link could do was gaze up at the fire rabbit with wide eyes.
Before either one could speak, Ampharos appeared.
"Scor. Get off the bed. It's time. You know what must be done."
"We're throwing Link in that volcano you were talkin' about, right?""
"Nah. We vetoed against that."

"Aw man. That was gonna be so cool."

"What I meant was we should explain to Link what happened after he left us."
Scor got off the bed and soon the other Guild members showed up.

Once everyone was in attendance, Amphoras nodded.
"Well then, if everyone is here, then we can get started. Link, if what you say is true, that the Time Gear sent you into the future, then you do not know the current state of the world. Ganondorf and Dusknoir swiftly took over our world. Now, everyone lives in constant fear. The Guild was more or less destroyed and the townsPokémon chased us away, out of fear of retaliation that we had harbored you."

After the explanation, Scor tried to grab Link, but he fought back. The other Pokémon surrounded him and Link lost very quickly. Scor was able to knock Link out with a Mach Punch, and he carried the Totodile to a makeshift jail cell. "Being a Fire/Fighting type is a good thing." he said.

Link awoke sometime later, for some reason, the room he was in was not guarded. In fact, based on the layout of the room, it seemed very similar to his room in the past. There was also a window.
Don't mind if I do.
Link snuck out the window and looked around.
There was a massive tree in the far distance, for some reason, it seemed to be calling to him.
But why?
I need to find Zelda and the Time Gears so I can prevent this future from ever happening. Maybe something at that tree can help me accomplish that.
Completely alone, Link started to walk towards the tree in the distance, well aware that he was up against near impossible odds.
But they had said that about everything he had done back home, too.