Back on Earth A, Nathan, William, Mark, and Daniel all exited the portal, to find themselves mostly normal. Nathan had green highlights in his hair, and yellow tinted eyes but nothing else noticeable. Daniel got to keep his dirty blonde hair, and looked the most normal of the group, but he figured out quickly that he could still use Psychic. William, looked like he had a constant sunburn, had red hair, and always felt like he had a fever. The group looked back toward the Crystal expecting to see Ethan come through but all they saw were their own reflections. "Wait, where's Ethan?" said William turning this way and that. "He must have stayed behind with Kris, to help him cope." smiled Mark. Turns out they had missed three weeks on their world, and most of them had gotten fired from their jobs and a man hunt was going on. They made news headlines for weeks when they were found, Mark did most of the interviews. Mark and Daniel had come up with the cover story of how the cave collapsed and trapped them inside. They had found a passage up to the surface but it was miles from anywhere and they had to camp out there until they could dig the rocks out enough to get back through. Everyone went with the story, and the funerals for the rest of the group were held a month later. Empty coffins were buried, since there were no bodies able to be provided. The families of the missing boys grieved, Mark was able to help his family cope over the 'death' of Kris. The other families were not as fortunate.
Life went on, but one day while Mark was getting ready for work, he was shaving when suddenly his mirror started glowing. And out of it popped a Glaceon. "Hey Mark, how's it going?" Kris said. Mark dropped his razor in shock. "K.K..Kris?" he said after a moment. "Yep, I found out how to turn my Ice Crystals to the right frequency to use them like the Reflection Cave's Crystals." Mark just shook his head. "I'll go call the others." Mark mumbled after a moment. Kris went outside, and Made another Crystal so that Ethan could get through as well. They both went inside and waited while Mark called the rest of the group and told them what happened. Daniel just teleported in, but it took William and Nathan a little while to get there. Once the group finally got back together they started begging Kris and Ethan to tell them what had happened.
"After you guys left, Me and Kris went to Professor Sycamore…
The Riolu slammed into Ethan, out of instinct Ethan grabbed the Riolu and flipped him on his back and pinned him to the ground. "Who are you, and how do you know how to use aura?" the Riolu growled. Ethan flipped his hands over and showed the Riolu his hand spikes. "I'm part Lucario, that's why I can use aura, and my name's Ethan." The Riolu glared at him suspiciously. Kris walked over and told Ethan, "Let me handle this." Ethan nodded. Kris spoke to the Riolu, "I'm Kris, me and Ethan got transformed into Pokémon about a month and a half ago. He was able to get back to mostly the way he was before, I was not as lucky." The Riolu relaxed and nodded. "What's your name?" asked Kris after he could see that the Riolu had relaxed. "I never was named; my parents were killed before I was born." the Riolu said eventually, Kris hung his head. "Me and Ethan, have lost friends and family too. Do you have anyone left of your family?" Kris asked. The Riolu shook his head. "Would you like to come with us?" Kris said after a moment. The Riolu took a moment to think and then said, "I will go with you if it's ok with your friend, There's no one here for me. You're really the only one who's been genuinely nice to me. Everyone says they are sorry but I can tell they are just happy it didn't happen to them." Kris nodded and shouted to Ethan, "Come on in it's ok." Ethan walked back into the room. The Riolu bowed his head and said, "I am sorry for attacking you, can you please forgive me." "Of course, I forgive you. I can understand why you were suspicious." Ethan said. "He said he wants to come with us if its ok with you." Kris said to Ethan. Ethan smiled, "Sounds great." he said. The Riolu nodded and then submitted to be captured by Ethan…
"Come out Pat." Ethan called out the Riolu. "His full name's Paythem." Ethan said quickly to his friends questioning glances. "Nice, anagram of empathy." said Daniel nodding in approval. "So, you guys are the 'friends' Ethan was telling me about?" Pat asked. They all nodded. "So, can you guys still use moves?" he continued. William called fire to his hand and then Daniel picked the fire up with Psychic. "Impressive, you guys have been practicing." said Kris. "So, what moves can you do Pat?" asked Daniel. "I can use Force Palm, Extreme Speed, Close Combat, and Counter." The group talked and caught up all day. Ethan called out his other Pokémon; Ditto, Haunter, and a Ninetails. Ethan smirked "I also have a surprise. When Kris first discovered this ability to travel dimensions, he fell into the wrong world. In this world, Jacob was the only one to get changed. So, when we found him, he had already given up hope of ever seeing his friends again. So, he decided to come with us. COME ON OUT JACOB!" and out came an Umbreon, but this Umbreon had blue rings instead of yellow. "GUYS!" Jacob yelled and ran up to them. "JACOB!" the others yelled. "You're back." said Nathan happily. Everybody caught up and had some sparing. Then it was time for Ethan, Kris, and Jacob, to go back to the Pokémon world. "We'll be back to see you guys soon." said Kris forming a large ice crystal. "Bye, you guys." waved Ethan, and then Ethan and Kris (Jacob was returned to his Poke-ball), returned to just outside Wulfric's Gym. "Let's go crush Wulfric then it will be time for bed." Ethan said after putting warmer clothes on. Ethan's team nodded and went to dominate the last Gym before the Championship.
