Chapter Thirteen

Brad and the others all turned around to see Ash sitting on Staraptors back.

"But how? I saw the rocks hit you myself," Brad said.

His question was answered as a Pokémon emerged from behind Ash: Celebi. Brad snarled as he stared at the time travelling Pokémon.

"That Celebi will go nicely with the other Legendaries under my control," Brad said. "Now, attack it."

The other Legendaries didn't hold back, especially Mewtwo, who unleashed a powerful Aura Sphere attack at it. Rayquaza fired a Dragon Pulse, Dialga a Roar of Time, Palkia a Spatial Rend and Giratina disappeared as it prepared for a Shadow Force attack. Deoxys launched a Psybeam attack; Lugia a Hydro Cannon, Darkrai used Dark Pulse, and Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres firing Ice Beam, Thunder and Fire Blast respectively.

Celebi, Ash and Staraptor simply teleported away, however, they didn't teleport too far. They watched as the combined attacks from the controlled Legendaries collided, causing a super massive explosion. When the dust had settled, a large portion of the mountain was simply gone. Celebi's eyes glowed green and the other Legendaries were thrown into the mountain side. Ash returned Staraptor and was about to release Torterra when Celebi teleported him and the professors away.

"You got lucky," Brad said, staring at where they had just vanished.

They appeared right outside of Oak's lab, and Ash didn't look too pleased.

"What was that for?" he yelled at Celebi, who hid behind Oak. "I wanted to fight him."
"Ash calm yourself," Oak said, slapping Ash across the face. "There was no way you could've defeated your father, not with the Legendaries he has on his side."

Celebi nervously peaked around Oak's shoulder at Ash, who was simply staring into the distance.

"What tablet was he talking about?" Ash asked.

Oak looked a little taken aback by what Ash had asked.

"I see you heard," Oak said, "I'll explain later, right now, we need to get prepared, it won't be long until he arrives and tries to force that information out of me. I'm glad you're still alive, and maybe you should thank Celebi for saving you."

Oak walked into his lab with the other professors following him. Celebi stayed outside and was staring at Ash.

"Thank you for saving me," Ash said. "And I'm sorry for yelling at you."

Celebi smiled and flew around Ash's head a few times before following Oak and the others inside. Ash stayed outside however, and started crying.

Oak and the others entered his lab and looked around, the group that had stayed behind looked up and smiled as they saw them.

"How did it go?" Dawn asked as Oak sat down.
"Not well I'm afraid," Rowan answered for him.
"What about the tablet though?" Elm asked. "What tablet is he talking about?"

Oak sighed as the others stared at him. Ash had just come back inside and sat down next to Dawn, who hugged him. She pulled away and held his hand as they all looked at Oak, waiting for him to answer Elm's question.

"It was a tablet I discovered about a year before Ash was born," Oak replied. "I returned back here with to examine it further, and Brad had just returned from his journey in the Sinnoh region. He took one look at the tablet and, like me, correctly guessed that the tablet showed the Azure Flute being used to summon Arceus to this dimension. He practically demanded we go to Sinnoh and test it out, and we did.
"We arrived in Sinnoh the next day, and with the help of a passing hiker, by the name of Cyrus, we discovered a way into Spear Pillar. I began to play the Azure Flute the best I could, but nothing happened. We were just about to leave when symbols began appearing in the air. It wasn't long before we figured that they were musical notes, we figured it must be the correct tune to play on the Flute, so we took pictures. And just in time too, as they disappeared a moment later. However, we weren't the only ones; we turned to leave to get the pictures developed, and saw another man standing at the base of the stairs, with a camera in his hand.
"We talked for a while outside of the entrance to Spear Pillar, his name is John, and he was the man standing next to your father Ash. He was on his way back from the top of the mountain when he saw us enter Spear Pillar and decided to follow us. Me and Brad went back to Kanto the next morning, and we had the photos developed, and after a long argument, we agreed not to test it out. As it turned out, Brad didn't feel the same as I did. He snuck into my lab that night, and attempted to steal the Flute and photos. I discovered this and we battled. In the end, he left with less than when he had arrived.
"When he had come back from Sinnoh, he had a promising future, a wife, and the beginning of a family. But in one night, he ruined it all. He didn't manage to get the Flute, the photos, or the tablet, and swore he'd get me back someday, and I haven't seen him since. He broke Delia's heart, and left her to raise you alone while he raised an army and prepared for this.
"Unfortunately for him, I believed his threat, and destroyed the photos, had the tablet hidden, and up until a year ago, the Flute as well. I had it returned here after the place where it was hidden was attacked."

They others were still silent as they stared at Oak. Oak stared up at Celebi as it floated around the room. The others looked up too, only just realising that it was there.

"So where is the tablet now?" Ash asked.

Oak simply smiled. They frowned in confusion at him.

"I had the tablet cut into three pieces and hid them," Oak said. "And that's where it gets better. I had a certain Pokémon remove all memories of where I'd hidden them from my mind. That way, no-one would be able to find them."
"What Pokémon?" Max asked.

Oak smiled again, "Mew."