(Summer's POV)
"I wish Arceus had been more specific when he said I needed to ask someone in the past." I grumbled. No one in Ravio's village had any clue about the whole bringing someone back to life ordeal. Ravio was glad to see me, and meet Ben. He had a lot of questions, starting with why he could run through Ben but couldn't run through me. Even the village elder was clueless, although she suggested finding another village or something.
"We could try for Cameron?" Ben suggested, walking alongside me. I shrugged, looking around. "I see nothing but trees. We aren't going to find any help in the middle of nowhere."
"You never know!" I exclaimed. "There could be a wise monk living alone in the woods, waiting to be found so he can share his knowledge!"
"Yeah, I highly doubt that." Ben replied. "You don't even know where we are!"
"We're in Oblivia." I declared. "We're in the past. I think that's decent."
"Correction, you have no clue that we're still in Oblivia, and we're getting hopelessly lost because you don't want to admit that you're wrong." I glared at Ben, mostly because he was pretty much right.
"Fine, we'll go to Cameron or whatever." I conceded. "Which way?"
"I dunno, you're the one with the superhuman Pokémon powers." Ben shrugged. "Just ask Arceus or something."
"Good plan." I agreed. "ARCEUS!"
'What!? I'm trying to get some sleep over here! Your brother is panicking by the way.' Arceus informed me. I rolled my eyes. Let Jake panic. 'I will tell him that. What's the problem?'
"Where is Cameron?" I asked. "Since ghost boy here has no clue."
'Oh, it's in Hoenn.' Arceus declared. 'You might want to transport. If you're anywhere near Oblivia right now, it will be a long trip.'
"Ben, you up for a little transporting?" I asked.
"How are we going to do that?" He responded. "I'm a ghost, remember?"
"Right." I laughed. "Arceus!"
'He can touch you, you can't touch him.' Arceus sighed. 'Don't ask me to explain, I understand it about as well as I understand healing.'
"Which means you have absolutely no clue." I added. I turned to Ben. "Just grab my hand."
"But-"
"Just do it!" Ben reached over and grabbed my hand. Sure enough, we made contact. It made me forget for a second that he was dead. "See, no problem."
"Well, are you going to teleport?" Ben asked. I nodded, and teleported us to (hopefully) Cameron. Guess what? "Ugh, Summer! I'm soaked!"
"You're dead, how is that even possible!?" I groaned. "Why can't I teleport correctly?"
'I blame Mew.'
"You blame Mew for everything!" I rolled my eyes. "Oh, well. Ben, are we in the right place?"
"Um…" Ben looked around. "Yeah, this looks like-"
"Hey! A bit cold for a swim, don't you think!?" We both looked up. Ash's dad- that Sir Aaron guy- was standing on a bridge above us. "What are you two doing?"
"Her fault!" Ben cried automatically. "Not my idea!"
"In my defense, Arceus is the one who told me to teleport." I declared. "It's his fault."
"Are you just going to stay in the water all day and freeze your tails off, or are you going to swim ashore?" I looked up at Sir Aaron, glaring.
"I think I'll freeze to death, thank you." I replied sarcastically. Aaron looked at me weird, before shrugging.
"Suit yourself." He started walking off.
"THAT WAS SARCASM, IDIOT!" I screeched. Ben covered his ears, before glaring at me. Sir Aaron turned to look at us again. "How stupid are you? We're cold, wet, and obviously miserable. OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA SWIM ASHORE!"
"You have quite a temper." Aaron chuckled. "Well, come on then. I'll take you to your parents so you can warm up."
"Doubt it." I muttered. We swam to the shore and pulled ourselves up. Sir Aaron offered a hand, which I gratefully took. HE pulled me ashore. When he offered to help Ben, Ben shook his head.
"I'm fine." He assured. I knew it was because he was trying to hide the fact that he was dead. "No worries."
"Okay…" Ben pulled himself onto the shore before standing up. Aaron smiled. "Now, where are your parents?"
"Parents?" I froze. What would we tell Aaron. Ben's mom and both of my parents hadn't even been born yet, and Ben's dad was a legendary Pokémon. "Um… they don't live… here. We're on a… trip."
"Ah." Sir Aaron nodded. "Why don't I take you back to the palace then?"
"Yes, that'd be nice, thank you." I responded. Ben and I followed Aaron down a narrow road. Cameron was a busy little town, bustling with people in medieval outfits. Most everyone seemed to know Sir Aaron, and they would say hi to him. Little kids were running through the streets in patched clothes, dodging the crowds of people. One little girl ran up to Ben and I, and sat down at our feet. She started poking my shoes, before looking up at me.
"Why aren't you wearing a dress?" She asked me.
"I don't look very good in dresses…" I laughed.
"Yes you do!" Ben retorted. He turned to the little girl. "Don't listen to Summer. She just isn't a big fan of normalcy."
"Yes I am!" I exclaimed. "It isn't my fault my life is crazy."
"You two are funny." The little girl giggled. She stood up, waved, and ran to catch up with her friends. Sir Aaron just laughed, and we continued onwards.
We reached the castle shortly. I was trudging along almost unwillingly. I noted a woman holding a baby who looked strikingly like Ash, and smiled.
"Aaron, who are these children?" She asked, smiling sweetly at us. "The poor dears are soaked!"
"We fell in the river." I explained quickly. "In my defense, it was all his fault."
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"You're the one who teleported!"
"And you're the reason we're here in the first place!"
"Ignore her." Ben waved me off. "We need to talk to someone who's experienced in… well… a lot of confusing junk."
"I'm an Aura Guardian!" Aaron volunteered. "What is it you need help with?"
"Well… you see… I'm kind of… not exactly… sort of… maybe-"
"Oh, quit stuttering and get to the point." I frowned. Why, oh why, did he have to be a ghost? Now I couldn't hit him! "Ben's dead. Like, dead as a doornail, not of the living, no need to breathe, completely dead."
"Thank you for clarifying that." Ben commented sarcastically. I smiled innocently at him. "Got any more ways of confirming that I am, as you say, not of the living?"
"Yep, but you obviously don't want to hear them!" I laughed at his irritated expression. Sir Aaron and his wife stared at us, while the boy- whom I'd deducted to be baby Ash- gurgled happily.
"Well…" Sir Aaron started. "That explains a few things."
(Ben's POV)
"What exactly does my being dead explain?" I asked incredulously. Okay, it explained a lot of things. But nothing Sir Aaron knew. Or, at least, nothing I thought he knew.
"Your aura." Aaron said simply, as if it explained everything. Summer looked upward and made an irritated face. "It's… well, it's too bright. If that makes any sense-"
"Which it doesn't!" Summer cut in. "In the slightest."
"As I was saying," Sir Aaron sent Summer a quick glare. "Because your spirit isn't in your body, your aura appears much brighter. Anyway, why do you come to me?"
"He's dead and we don't want him to be." Summer deadpanned. Baby Ash giggled. "How do we unkill him?"
"Unkill?" I stifled a laugh at Summer's vocabulary. "Creative."
"Isn't it?"
"Kay-tiv!" Baby Ash laughed. Delia smiled down at him. "Kay-tiv!"
"Ash agrees!" Summer defended herself. "HAHA!"
"Um… so… I think I have a theory." Aaron announced. Summer and I looked at him eagerly. "Do you still have his body?"
"Yes." Summer declared. "We were gonna bury him in Alto Mare. Next to his Mom."
"Dad's idea?"
"Completely."
"Well, okay then. If you'd take me to him then? You will need my aura." Aaron smiled. Ben and I exchanged glances. "Delia and Ash can stay-"
"Oh, no! We're coming with you!" Delia cried. "I hate it when you leave me behind!"
"No go, Daddy!" Ash cried. "Ashy go!"
"Well… the thing is… we're kinda…" Summer bit her lip. "We're kinda from a long time in the future."
"Like how long?"
"600 years, give or take." I shrugged. "I know Ash, though!"
"What?" Delia looked startled, and stared down at her son. "How?"
"Uh… long story short, there was some war and Sir Aaron sent you to the future." I smiled sheepishly. "Not sure how I know that."
"Well, we have to go, anyway." Sir Aaron decided. "And Delia can stay here with Little Ash."
"NOO! ASHY GOOO!" Ash screamed. Delia gave Aaron one last, desperate look, before rushing off into the castle with a screaming Ash. I couldn't help but think what good blackmail that would make.
"Well, shall we be on our way?" Aaron asked.
"Yeah," Summer grimaced. "Arceus says I can time travel like Celebi. Only problem is that I'm going to be time travelling and teleporting at the same time. I'm gonna give you fair warning here and suggest you hold your breath."
I grabbed Summer's hand, and Sir Aaron grabbed her other one. Summer squeezed her eyes shut, and I copied her, sucking in a deep breath. Moments later, I felt water up to my chest.
"I didn't drown us!" Summer exclaimed cheerily. "And, look, there's my place!"
"Let's hope it's the right time period." I muttered. Then I noticed the multitude of legendaries. There were less than before, but still a lot. We walked up to the front door, and Sir Aaron opened it. Walking inside, I saw my own body lying on the couch. Kind of a weird sight. Ash was arguing with Lucario (who was mysteriously still here) about something. He looked up when we walked in. Spotting Sir Aaron, he grinned.
"Dad!" He yelled. He ran up, stopped, and cautiously poked his dad, before grinning and hugging him. "You're form the past then?"
"Is that you, Little Ash?" Aaron laughed, ruffling his son's hair. "My, you've grown! Why, just a few minutes ago you could fit in your mother's arms! How is she, your mother?"
"She's great!" Ash grinned. "I think she doesn't like it that I'm always away, though. I'm gonna be a Pokémon Master, you know!"
"How are you, Lucario? I sent you to the future, then, too?" Sir Aaron greeted Lucario. The Pokémon shuffled awkwardly, as if deciding whether or not to break it to him that he was dead.
"Well… sort of…" Lucario replied. "It's a really long story, actually. And, technically, I'm not exactly alive at the moment…"
"Oh." Sir Aaron seemed slightly put off by that comment. But he shrugged, and turned to Ben. "So. Let's get down to business, then."
(Summer's POV)
"How does this thing work, anyways?" I asked. Sir Aaron had instructed Ben to lay down on top of his body. It looked… really weird.
"Simple. I'm going to use my aura to transfer his back into his body." Sir Aaron gave Ben a weird look. "I must warn you, though, it is painful."
"Bring it on." Ben grinned. "I guarantee it can't be worse than that stupid machine Edward stuffed me in."
"No promises." Aaron replied. He held his hand over Ben and started muttering something I couldn't hear. A blue light emanated from his hands and spread over Ben. Slowly, Ben's…. er… spirit began to lower into his body. A grimace appeared on his face- both the spirit one and the body. Soon, Ben and his spirit completely merged and he gasped. Aaron moved his hands, and Ben sat up slowly. Sir Aaron smiled.
"It worked!" Ben cried. "It really did! HEY! EVERYONE! I'M ALIVE!"
It was like a stampede. The room was quickly filled with bewildered people and Pokémon. Celebi looked at Sir Aaron in surprise, before grabbing his arm. They both disappeared. Everyone else was too busy celebrating to notice.
'What did I tell you?' Arceus asked slyly. I smiled at him.
"You planned this, didn't you?" I asked. "You knew this would happen from the start."
'Of course I did!' Arceus declared. 'I know everything.'
I threw my shoe at him.
"Didn't see that coming, didya?"
'Nope.'
(Normal POV)
Ten years had passed since Ben and Summer had saved Oblivia. Ben waited, holding his wife's hand in the hospital room. He could see Kate and Keith waiting outside, Kate with a hand on her pregnant stomach. Summer gripped Ben's hand tighter, and a baby's cry suddenly filled the room. A few minutes later, the doctor walked up with a baby wrapped in pink.
"Congratulations," He smiled. "It's a girl. What's her name?"
"Keara." Summer declared breathlessly. "Kira Maya Eons."
A/N: I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M SO SO SO SO SO SORRY! I've been completely off-track and procrastinating and have such horrible writer's block with this story! It took me forever to decide on Ben's last name. I decided on Eons because Latios and Latias are the Eon duo. Keara is an OC I've had forever and finally decided to use. And that's it! THE END! The happy ending! With Ben, Summer, and little Keara as the happy family! :)
