However, Emi found herself unable to sleep as the Celebi really piqued her curiosity and she put on her coat over her pajamas and went out to see the time traveling Pokemon up close at once. And where she didn't have to go far as the Time Travel Pokemon seemed to have read her mind.
"Where are you...?" she looked around.
"You rang?" Celebi suddenly appeared in front of the girl.
"Whoa!" Emi jumped back slightly, falling into the snow, but luckily didn't hurt herself. "I knew it was you!"
"I just couldn't help myself." Celebi smiled bashfully.
Emi sighed and rolled her eyes, then looked back to the Pokemon. "What're you doing here?" she then asked the time traveling creature. "Is it another adventure? I've been to the Orange Islands and met Akito, then we were with Molly when her parents have been missing a while and she had Entei be her father and mine and Ash's mother to be her own."
"No, I just wanted you to experience the past," Celebi smiled. "I'll probably see you all again."
"I hope so..." Emi smiled back. "Thank you for this, we learned so much."
"You're welcome," Celebi smiled. "Well, I'll see you again some time in the future."
Emi giggled to that.
"Now, you better get back inside before you freeze." Celebi said.
"Yeah, I should," Emi looked back to the castle. "Why don't you come with us?" she then turned to see the Pokemon seemed to had vanished in thin air once her back was turned. "Where'd you go?!" she then sighed. "Oh, well, there's always next time..." she then stood up and went back into the castle to get back to sleep with the others.
Unknown to her, they would meet not only Celebi again, but they would also meet two people with it. The others then went to get some well-deserved rest.
Eventually, the sun was slowly coming up outside and it was the next day which only meant one thing...
"It's Christmas..." Chip woke up from his bed, then ran out with a laugh as he went to tell everyone. "Wake up, everybody, it's Christmas! Mama! Cogsworth! Lumiere! Belle! It's Christmas!"
"Yes, Chip, we know, we know." Belle giggled.
"Come on, we better get going." Adam chuckled.
Chip laughed as he ran downstairs like a typical excited child on Christmas morning. Gabrielle started to join him.
"Race you downstairs, Gabbi." Chip smirked.
"You're on!" Gabrielle laughed.
"Children." Cogsworth shook his head with how the kids behaved at Christmas time.
"Incoming!" Felicity ran right behind Cogsworth by accident and knocked him down nd joined the others downstairs, she had her boots on with her nightgown since she normally wore socks and the floor would be slippery in just socks.
Cogsworth groaned at his misfortune as he sighed to the three children of the castle. "Well, at least that is all of the children." he sighed.
"Here we come!" Ash's voice was heard.'
Cogsworth yelled out and got himself out of the way as the others were coming down to the ballroom themselves. "Why are they still here?" he then asked. "I thought they left for home last night?"
Sultan came with Patch, Scruffy, and Dot. "And here's where we keep the presents." he then told the guest dogs.
"Awesome!" Scruffy and Dot beamed.
"Now, before you dig into the gifts, you should know-" Sultan started, but Scruffy, of course, had already gone off and dove into the present ocean.
"Yeah, my son isn't exactly the patient type." Patch sighed.
"He's always so rough and tough..." Dot sighed herself as she went to join her hyper brother.
The tired adults smiled, though sleepy as their children opened the presents.
"So, when are you all leaving?" Belle asked her best friend.
"After breakfast, then we'll be on the road." Cherry replied as she rested her hand on her stomach.
"So, when's the baby coming?" Mo asked Cherry.
"Either June or July, sometime in the summer." Cherry replied. "I think he's trying to get out early though."
"Must be impatient." Atticus said.
"Is that normal?" Forte wondered.
"Well, this is your baby..." Cherry shrugged.
"Is it?" Forte mumbled slightly.
"Yes, it is." Cherry said.
Forte fluttered his lips in doubt. The kids opened their presents and then went to the dining room to have their breakfast and then hit the road to their next spot.
"Well, looks like we'll be splitting up." Emi frowned at Akito.
"Oh..." Akito felt heartbroken, but tried not to let it bother him.
"It's been a while since they last were with each other..." Mo noticed the parting Ketchum sister and her younger son.
"Yes, yes, it has." Atticus nodded.
"You think maybe they should have another adventure together?" Mo smiled, knowing how much Akito liked being with Emi.
"Of course." Atticus smiled.
"We'll talk about this at breakfast." Mo suggested.
"Yes," Atticus agreed with a nod.
Mrs. Potts cleaned up after the kids dug into their presents and they were now told to get dressed and cleaned for the family meal. It was a shame they couldn't stay for Christmas dinner, but there was always next time.
As soon as it was breakfast time, Atticus and Mo knew that now was the time to make an announcement. Everyone was about to eat, but Mo stood up and clinked her glass to get everybody's attention before they would eat. And where this did indeed catch everyone's attention and where they were all curious.
"Before we all eat, I'd like to share something with you all." Mo said.
"Well, what is it?" Belle asked.
Everyone else, besides Atticus were curious as well.
"We hate to leave you all so soon, especially on a wonderful holiday like this one," Mo started. "But we must get going and we look forward to seeing you all again real soon."
Akito frowned out of the most of everyone since he and his pets Larvitar and family had to leave so soon.
"Are you all headed home then?" Adam asked.
"We're going home for a bit, but we'll be back on the road in a couple of weeks or so." Mo explained.
This caught everyone's attention once again.
"Where are you dears going?" Mrs. Potts asked.
"It's a surprise." Mo said before she shared a knowing look with her husband.
The adults were interested into this, but then they saw how close Akito and Emi got and they had a feeling what this surprise was going to be.
"Now, let's eat again before Cogsworth floods the castle with drool." Mo then concluded.
Everybody then laughed at that, except for Cogsworth of course.
"Why I never." Cogsworth pouted.
"Oh, Cogsworth 'ave a sense of 'umor, old man." Lumiere slapped him on the back with a chuckle.
Cogsworth mumbled, but he smiled once they began to eat their breakfast all together. Everyone started to eat, including the children and pets and Pokemon. It was the best breakfast any of them could ever have due to being in a royal residence and all.
"Oh, boy, that food was delicious." Ash smiled.
"It's the best I've had in a while." Brock agreed.
"I don't think I could eat another bite." Pikachu moaned with a smiled.
"I could use a nap..." Teddy yawned.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." Both Vulpixes smiled.
The others laughed. The adults decided to wait to let the food digest for a while until they would get back on the road. After a while the food finally digested and where now everyone could get a move on.
"Time for you to go then?" Belle sounded a little sad.
"We'll be back soon, I promise." Cherry vowed.
"Indeed." Forte added.
"Thank you, Maestro." Adam smiled to his old friend.
"Of course, Master..." Forte gave a small nod.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye until we see each other again." Akito frowned to Emi.
"Let's just hope the next time comes sooner than before." Emi frowned herself.
Akito hoped for that too.
"It'll be okay, Akito," Emi tried to make light of the situation. "It's not like we're both gone forever."
"That's right, we'll see each other again." Akito smiled.
"I'll miss you very much though." Emi smiled softly.
"I'll miss you too." Akito smiled the same way.
"Can we tell him now?" Mo whispered to her husband.
"Let's get on the road first." Atticus said as he loaded up their stuff to go back home for a little while.
"Oh, alright, I just can't stand seeing him so sad." Mo said.
"Don't worry, I wanna wait for the right moment." Atticus soothed.
The Fudo family was then traveling to the road. Akito sighed as he stared out the window. Mo nudged her husband as a sign for him to tell their youngest son now.
"So, you're all probably wondering where our next spot is after we stay home for a couple of weeks." Atticus prompted.
"Enchancia?" Estelle guessed.
"Atlantica?" Vincent guessed.
"Nope," Atticus smiled. "You're all going to see your friends with their Pokemon."
"Really?!" Akito's eyes lit up, then he tried to keep cool. "I mean, how nice."
"We thought it might cheer you up." Atticus smiled.
"Did it work?" Mo added with a knowing smile to her younger son.
"Why, yes, yes, it did..." Akito smiled as he held Scruffy as his hyper puppy had tired himself out from the gift opening and the breakfast buffet they were given.
"I hope we get to get some more Pokemon too." Vincent said.
"We'll just have to see, won't we?" Mo smiled.
"Yep." Estelle nodded.
With that, the Fudo family then continued to get ready to go home and rest up after this adventure until the next one they would have as a family, but soon would involve Pokemon. Celebi emerged from the bushes and smiled as they left as she looked forward to seeing them again until next time.
The End