Cha. 48

A/N: Another day, another adventure. I hope you guys all enjoy the 4-Parts special from yesterday. Now, I'm going to go through the story and explain what was going on and what I had originally planned to happen.

For the sake of reading this note, since it will be long, I will not bold it. Personally, I hate reading large blocks of bolded words.

Have this page bookmarked to reference back to!

I shall start by clarifying the scale of power that I had introduced in previous chapters. From now on, the scale of power would be the following, in descending power levels: God, Cosmic, Formation, Ancient, Medieval, Pseudo.

God is obviously Arceus, or, if I reference to other parallel universes, such as Lord of the Rings, the God would be the God in there. For LotR, God is Eru. For Marvel Comics, the God would be The One Above All. For Star Wars, it would be The Force.

I know… insane.

Cosmics are the Soul of the Universe, Creation Trio, and anyone who could manipulate the concept of reality, including but not limited to time, space, gravity, parallel universe, Life, Death, etc. Cosmic cannot appear in a world that was not built for its designated power without messing with/destroying it. The difference between world and Universe is that many worlds make up the Universe.

The Soul of Universe is the programming of the concepts of reality within a Parallel universe, just like the programming of a computer. It has enough intelligence to be known as alive, though it usually does not interferes with intra-universal affairs.

The next level is Formation. These are powers that cannot destroy a world entirely, but it can greatly damage it. They still have to follow all of the Rules of the Dimension, since they do not wield a concept. Dimension is the same as world. Examples are Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza without any transformations.

Ancient is the next level down. They are the Trio Masters, like Ho-Oh and Lugia. They have consumed some of the evolution light at the beginning of Creation, and have survived since then. Evolution lights would be a topic covered in later chapters, so I will not go into details. Ancients, along with the levels above it, is capable of creating other legendaries and pokemon.

The next is Medieval, which is most of the current Pokemon. Most are created by Ancients. For example, Ho-Oh created Raikou, Suicune, and Entei, who are Medieval. Not much to be said about these though.

The last rank is Pseudo, referring to pseudo-legendaries such as Dragonite or Salamance.

There are other pokemons after Pseudo, but I don't feel the need to sort them. After Johto, there won't be too much of that… no spoilers.

Besides the above, there can be power-ups that allow a pokemon to temporarily rise in power levels. For example, a Mega Salamance would become a Medieval level. There could also be opportunities that allow pokemon and level up, including training, though not a lot of leveling up would be seen permanently.

Of course, Pikachu could just eat some more Thunderstones and power up… not exactly Thunderstones, but something. Why? Because Pikachu is awesome.

Make sure you understand this, because the chapters from now on will reference to this A LOT. This Movie will mark the start of the differentiation of my fanfic with the rest of


Now, onto analyzing the fabrics of the universe.

The Universe of Pokemon is a giant box. There are infinite flat layers within the box, each being a parallel universe, which can also be called parallel dimensions. The Universe of Pokemon is right next to more boxes, being the other Universes, such as Universe of Marvel, Universe of Star Wars, Universe of Wizards, etc. all of which have the same setup. Now, each parallel universe within a box contains the same material from the same show/movie/comic/game. So Darth Vader wouldn't end up randomly in a Pokemon world… I mean he could, actually…

Change of analogy: Large herds of Pokemon wouldn't end up becoming a parallel universe in a Marvel Box, unless they actually take it over… which would be very late game.

Let's not worry about that though. Even I haven't planned anything at that point. I just have a slurred idea of what will happen.

Back to Universe: In each parallel universe, there are different worlds, like the Time Realm, Space Realm, Hell, etc for each parallel. Beware: The Unown Dimension is not a world. It is a Dimension, or a parallel.

Dimension and Parallel are used interchangeably.

In the Movie, Ash and Domino was traveling to the North Pole, but they ended up in the Continuum, another word for the Box. The Continuum IS NOT space. It displays all of the different worlds and Dimensions.

The duo travels from their Parallel to separate Parallels. Then, Ash traveled to the Unown Parallel through a crack in the walls of the universe opened by the Unown themselves.

When Hoopa opened the Continuum, she used her Cosmic Power to transport her rings across Parallel Universes, a feat that could be accomplished by Cosmic, since they wield a concept. This opened a safe, secure pathway between two universes, which allowed the lovebirds to cross back over.

There may be confusion why the Parallel universes exist as black holes, but I am calling them flat sheets. Use your imagination. They are shapeless concepts, so they can exist in whatever geometry.

This is what I love so much about writing. You could never shoot an actual movie with something as freaking complicated as this under you spend billions on special effects.


Now with Ash and Domino's current level of power: Both are equally as strong as a Medieval by the end of the Movie. Their powers can be fluctuated as their emotions peaked, accordingly. Ash gained a boost in Aura when he teleported while Domino didn't. The reason for this will be explored in other chapters.


The Mewtwo battle was a fight between two Ancient Level beings, quite self-explanatory. The Death Force will not be explained, because that is a topic for later interest.

The Hoopa Battle contained some caviats. How can a bunch of RPGs and bazooka defeat a Cosmic Level Pokemon who can manipulate parallel universe?

Well, all Hoopa needed was for Hoopa Unbound to lose as much energy as she would spend opening the portal for Domino. For a Cosmic, this energy is now as much as she had led Domino (or you) to believe.

Therefore, in the fight with the three psychics, Hoopa restricted the use of concepts, since both she and Unbound have equal control on the body. She also restricted 90% of Unbound's strength, lowering her down to the level of an Ancient.

In order words, Hoopa is the right hand, and Unbound is the left hand. The right hand held onto the left hand while the left hand tried to squash a few bugs. Therefore, only the pinky could be used. One of the bugs turned into a bee and stung the left pinky, which cause her to withdraw.

That was basically how the fight went. After enough RPGs, Hoopa deemed that Unbound's energy has lost enough, and she called a halt to the game. Her comment about Unbound fainting for a thousand years was her own exaggeration.


If there are anything else unclear, please write to me.


Now, I'm going to share a little bit of what I was thinking as I wrote. The idea for the movie was, at first, not even close to what happened in the fanfic. I took up writing again at the end of June, so I only had a week or so to plan out a promotional surprise as part of my return.

My original idea was to write about Domino's life if she suddenly lost Ash because she wished for him to disappear after Ash said something stupid on Christmas Eve. She would be teleported unknowingly to a different dimension without him, and there would be struggles there, laments about losing Ash, how her heart was broken etc.

Then she would realize how important Ash was to her life, and she would do something like finding Jirachi to wish him back. They kiss under the mistletoe, and everyone lives happily ever after.

I wrote out the outline for the plot on Docs, and I thought to myself: this is just like every other Christmas love story there was. I promised my readers, you guys, that Sign of Times would be different, a masterpiece never seen before in fanfiction. I would not let my return be ruined by such an umimaginative plot.

Maybe the first person who thought of the idea in "It's a Wonderful Life," the 1940s black-and-white movie was a genius, but all of the copies of the same plot was getting more and more pitiful, especially in fanfiction.

Sure, you get an Awww-Moment, and you appreciate how warm young love is, maybe reminisce back on the time you had your first crush, your first relationship. Then you go outside and joined the family in the fireworks show.

I don't want to write a Movie about a bunch of fluffy happiness scenes. There are other times for that. Now, I want to craft an ultimate piece that illustrate the determination of two lovers that transcend most people in reality, by putting them in actual life and death situations. The most touching scene for me was when Ash chose to give up his physical body to be with Domino… that was just beautiful…

I want to write a piece that will be inscribed into the keystone of Fanfiction, to stand unforgotten years after this is posted. There are not a lot of those. The only one I can think of on the top of my mind was Saphroneth's Delta Episode in Ashes of the Past.

That is why, if you look back at the Movie closely, you can see that I didn't put a lot of fluff, or a lot of reflection of both characters on the effect of the disappearance of the other character. All this this can be inferred by you guys independently. A writer seeks to stimulate, not feed. That being said, I hope you read some of the places more than once and get the symbolisms I placed in.

You know about the love between the two. I'm not going to repeat 95 pages of the same fluff and grief. They're heartbroken, they're attached, period. Then, they start to find the solution to their problems.

(For the record, the total page count for the movie in Docs was 95 pages, and that was all in 3 days.)

And then, there was the solution. If I was going to carry out my original boring plan of having Domino find Jirachi and wait a year and a half for the Comet to come so she could wish everything back to before… well, then I would be like one of the other wannabe writers on this site, which I REFUSE!

Plus, I think you guys will kill me for cutting Ash out of four chapters of a movie.

The Parallel Universes idea I actually took from thinking about the previous idea, though, so something useful did come out of that.

And the effect of Ash missing was still incorporated with Professor Oak, but that was it with the reference to A Wonderful Life. The rest of the plot I came up on my own.

In the development of the plot, my plan was to add two more scenes. One was that Domino had to fight Magma and Aqua to obtain Jirachi, and the situation would be made more complicated with a fossilized Jirachi being able to prohibit psychic to whomever carrying him. Also, Jirachi would not wake up until the very end, when he was exposed to the Comet Shard.

Another plot that I was thinking about was elaborating Ash's adventure in the Unown. Not a lot of action went on there, and it was a bit of a letdown.

Speaking of action, I have to comment on the Ash's fight with Mewtwo. I've explained before about how the fight regarding the power levels work. However, the fight was different from normal because Ash incorporated Death Force (which was also called Sacred Energy by the Unown), which adds a layer of mystery. I won't go too much into it, because it would be a topic that would be gradually unveiled in later chapters.

With that fight, I put a lot of work in, mimicking possible fighting moves that Ash could have done, actually getting up and moving around. I wanted to write distinct scenes, especially for the Movie.

The scene with Ash's companions, I did not care too much about, which may be why some of you could have felt that it was unrefined. But again, the main focus was Ash and Domino. The job of the companions, ultimately, was to set up the fight between Ash and Domino.

The Movie could have went on much, much longer (to at least double the count) if I had the time. Even though, looking back and re-reading it myself, I am quite pleased with the current result.

If I did have more time, I would've added a lot more fluff and stuff that could be inferred by the audience, which I believe would have taken away from the central focus of the Movie.

The ending was very hard to write (Hence why the last two chapters are almost twice as long as the first two. I could have extended the first two a lot longer with fluff, but like I said, that would be pointless.)

I had to do quite a bit of research just reading over Bulbapedia about methods of wish granting or parallel universe travel… I think I might have used every method there is… along with more stuff that I decided to add.

For the reference, Unown Emperor is not a thing in the real anime… or at least as of 7/4/2018.

There are many twists in the ending. I bet you were expecting Domino to fix everything when she defeated Hoopa Unbound, or when Ash killed the Unown Emperor.

Nope!

Then the Comet Shard came in, which is what, in my opinion, truly made the Movie stand out. It was a seed that was planted a very long time ago. I bet none of you saw that coming. The feeling of perfection when I realized that a hidden object I wrote about a year ago circled back to complete a Movie a year later is just glorious.

Speaking of hidden objects, I just dug a bunch of holes and buried a crap ton of them in the plot lines. If you weren't paying attention, I highly suggest going back and read the last few chapters.

That way, when I incorporate it in another 50 chapters or so, you would be thinking to yourself how amazing the sharp turn of events is.

When I finished the paper and inscribed "The End," I said to myself, this is why I write. This is truly why. I felt that I just completed a world, and I just completed someone's dream.

This was a feeling that I couldn't have gotten out of any other game, hobby, or activity. It wasn't just a sense of achievement. It was the emotion of creation.

I think one of the things that I want to improve on is writing a clearer description of the plot setting. My settings are going to be very grand and confusing, involving time-space, intergalaxy conflicts, levels of power, different Gods…

A bunch of you were commenting about that, so I need to work on it.

Another thing is that I feel like I made Domino cry too much. On one hand, the power of love is immense. On the other hand, she's supposed to be a strong elite and the Queen, which has an equivalent standing to the Chosen. I really don't know, since I had never had a love experience as significant as the one portrayed between Ash and Domino.

This is when persona fails: when your life experience doesn't match up to the relationships in the story. Comedic jokes and fantasy exploration, and even scientific effects I could create, but I can't create life experience.

This will bring my reflection of the second Movie: Across From You, to an end. I really hope you guys enjoyed the 4-chapter special. I dedicated a lot of work into that.

With that being said, enjoy the rest of the chapter, containing actual fanfic, and in this case, fluff for all of you fluff-lovers out there!

Be sure to follow, favorite and REVIEW!

Crator out! (By the way, this was the 10th page on Google Docs)


Ash separated from Domino. He already used his Aura to prolong the time he could kiss her with, but he still missed her lips as they separated from their first kiss.

Domino looked at him, eyes sparkling, face flush red, adding to her attractiveness.

Ash peered at her blonde curls, twirling like cotton candy, blowing freely in the wind. He wrapped her in his arms, and Domino fell into them instinctively.

The two couples cuddled comfortably, eyes trailing out into the Sea, standing where they were just before teleporting.

Ash's hand glowed blue, and a puddle of Aura pulsed out into the sky. The blue hue glowed vibrant against the setting sun and formed into three words. Ash repeated after them. "I love you."

Domino shot an affectionate glance and lean into him, loving the way how her head fits perfectly into the crank of his neck. She raised her hand.

A pink glow materialized next to Ash's Aura letter. She said softly. "Love you too."

The two's eyes met.

"Ash?"

"Yeah?"

"Call me princess."

"You're not a princess anymore." Ash smirked. "You're a Queen."

"Awww…" Domino gleamed. "But call me princess. It sounds smoother. Queen makes me feel ancient, like your mom."

Ash rolled his eyes and tightened his hold, afraid that he'll lose her to some insane Storm again. "Mom's only thirty."

"Exactly. Ancient."

The two exchanged a look and laughed.

The joke wasn't that funny, but looking at each other's face just brought joy to them, like there was a mystical quality.

Plus, the two were due for some pleasure after the last week's schedule… even though the time in this realm never changed.

"Guess what we should do?" Domino asked with a devious smile.

"Make out again?" Ash asked, scooting closer, if that was humanly possible.

Domino blushed and hit him. "NO!"

Ash sighed in disappointment.

The Elite continued. "We should release Pikachu and Zorua and make out in front of them."

Ash looked to his pokeballs, all of which were full. His pokemon returned themselves automatically when he teleported and was trapped in the Continuum. After that point, he didn't see them again until now.

He gave a exuberant laugh. "Should we though? Then we have to waste time explaining crap."

"It'll be fun." Domino grabbed onto her luxury ball, while Ash followed and pulled out a lightning marked ball.

"Three, two," The two smirked. "One, GO!"

Zorua and Pikachu materialized on the ground. Before they could start asking questions, Ash grabbed onto Domino's waist and pulled her close to him. Domino fell without a struggle.

Ash closed his eyes and the two's lips meet. Fire still burned in her stomach as she kissed him. The sweetness wasn't as shocking as the first kiss, but the passion and desire was still just as strong.

Domino was too occupied to even peek at her pokemon, immersed in the kiss.

Zorua's eyes popped out and her limbs went numb, and promptly passed out on the ground.

Pikachu rubbed his eyes. He then charged up a 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt and slammed it toward the couple. "WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY TRAINER!?"

The north of the Home Islands lit up in a mixture of yellow, blue, and pink that certain residents mistaken as the Aurora Borealis.


"Get you ass out here, Claus!" Arceus roared at the North Pole. The icey surrounding stayed stagnant.

The Alpha's eyes narrowed. "If you don't come out, I WILL go in!"

"Calm down, old llama!" A man with white hair and an impressive white beard that trickled past his feet came out. "You're still as sore as five Big-Bangs ago when Rowling pranked you with her Dragon Heart."

"You thought someone actually killed Palkia!"

"When excuse me for being concerned about my children!" Arceus sneered. "And YOU're calling ME old? You're the one who looked like an overgrown cornstalk… and it's been how long and you still don't know how to use a razor?"

"It's not my fault that no razors can cut through this beard!" The man laughed while stroking the pale mess.

"Nothing can cut through your ego either…"

Santa pretended like he didn't hear Arceus. "You know, when I went into Eru's world to prank him, I disguised as this guy, and I was voted best beard at their Wizard Conference."

"What's the name?" The Original One snorted.

"I don't remember." The man tilted his head. "I think my disguise was named Gandalf."

"You're not pulling me on a tangent this time!" Arceus shouted. "You almost trapped and killed my Chosen One and Queen with your stupid pranks! Who gave you the right to enter my realm!?"

"Actually, you did." Santa deadpanned. "You said I could come in and select deserved people for my special gifts."

"Oh yeah… damn it!"

"Also, my Jynx warned your Chosen and Queen about teleporting into my world." The white-bearded man smiled. "And plus, they made it out safely. It's not that hard."

"It's a test that we all had to go through once to become a Cosmic. Even your Mew passed, and she doesn't even have a brain."

"They didn't make it out safely! Ash lost his body! I have to go in and take it back from a Soul of the Dimension." Arceus shouted. "Also, don't insult Mew! She's the fluffiest cat ever."

"Actually, speaking of Mew, when is her sister taking the test?"

"When she's done combining with the Tree…" The Alpha said. "And you're not invited to watch."

"Just because I pranked your Chosen?"

"NO, BECAUSE YOU ALMOST KILLED THEM!" Arceus roared. "YOU GAVE A COSMIC LEVEL EXAM TO A PAIR OF INEXPERIENCED MEDIEVALS!"

"And thus they would be rewarded." Santa rolled his eyes. "Calm down! They have to take the exam either way. Aaron passed with ease with he was still an Ancient."

"That was because he had an entire empire behind him!"

"Well, you helped them, didn't you?"

"They were going to get back anyways! Ash could've just made a body out of Aura!"

"I'm still waiting for a thank-you for getting their exams done and over with." Santa shrugged. "You would've never had the heart to give them their exam, too afraid they might die."

"That's why you froze their age and advancement, isn't it?"


Ash looked at the mistletoe hanging above them. He grinned at Domino. "Well, guess we have to kiss again…"

The blonde pulled his head near to her ferociously and started making out in the front of Ash's house.

Zorua casted a weak look at Pikachu. "Do we look this bad as well when we were in our honeymoon stage?"

Lucario gave the two pokemon a look. "Indeed."

"Gross!"

Finally breaking apart, the two grinned. Ash reached up and pulled the mistletoe down. He snapped his fingers, and the plant transformed into a black tulip. He reached up and pushed it gently into Domino's hair.

The Elite grinned. "How long had you been saving that one?"
"A while…" Ash smirked. "You look beautiful."

"I know." The girl snuggled up to him and gave him another kiss. "I can't believe you know how to be romantic."

Ash snapped again, and an amethyst necklace appeared in his hand. He placed it delicately over her head and onto her neck. "And I can't believe you can look more magnificent."

Domino cooed. She didn't say thank you. There was no need for that between them. "I can't believe I'm about to meet my boyfriend's parent."

They walked into the living room together. Ash snickered. "It's not like you haven't met her already AND you two hit it off better than a horde of Pikachu."

"What does that even mean!?" His yellow starter protested.

Upon hearing noise from the room, Delia rushed out from the kitchen. She saw Ash and rushed over to give him a big hug.

"Ash! You're back! Let me see how much taller my son has grown!" Delia fluffed his hair. "Aww, Ash is finally up to my height!"

Ash sighed. "Mom, I was up to your height by Hoenn last time."

"Doesn't matter! It's not common for a mother to relive her son's childhood twice!" Delia smirked and squeeze Ash's cheeks. "I haven't done this is five years."

Domino laughed and blew into his ear. "Awww… Ashy is so cute."

Delia then turned to the blonde girl and hugged her as well. "Domino! Welcome! I knew Ash would bring you here this Christmas."

"You did?" Domino smiled and stepped back until she was next to Ash. "Your house looks lovely by the way, Mrs. Ketchum."

"Thank you! I'm going to take out the food." Delia rushed back into the kitchen. "You kids just sit here."

Domino winked at Ash. "Your mom so loves me."

Ash pulled Domino into a seat next to his. "I know. Who doesn't?"

Pikachu and Zorua sighed. This was going to be a long night.

Lucario muttered under his breath. "Dexter is so lucky. Sometimes I wish I had a power-off button."

"Are Misty and Brock coming?" Delia yelled from the kitchen.

"No! I think they're going to their own families."

Domino smiled and got up, walking to the kitchen, eyes falling on a mountain of dishes. "Mrs. Ketchum, I think I can help you with those."

"No, no, it's fine." Delia waved. "No need."

"No, really. It's really easy."

The Elite snapped her fingers, and the plates disappeared, reappearing on the table. Domino dragged the Ketchum matriarch to the table. "See!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot you're a psychic." Delia kissed her on the cheek. "Get prepared for my special whip cream pie."

Suddenly, the front door swung open again, revealing a pink and white pokemon with blue horns and feet. Delia walked over and ushered him to a seat next to her. "You're just on time!"

Ash looked looked curiously at Mr. Mime. "Mom, you already found Mr. Mime?"

"Actually, no." Delia smiled. "You see, I think your coincidences are rubbing off on me. You was given to me by a really nice gentleman actually. This time, Mr. Mime was working in Abra Assets."

Domino smirked. "Didn't know coincidences are viral."

"They definitely are." Ash took out Dexter and hit power on. Then, he reached across the table with a hand, glowing blue and shook the Barrier Pokemon's hand. "Hello, Mimey. We meet again."

Mr. Mime's eyes shot open. Before he could say anything, Ash tossed his pokedex over after putting Dexter on telepathic mode. "There's all of the information you need."

"Now, I have an announcement." Ash said loudly.

"Ooo, my baby boy has an announcement!" Delia chirped. "C'mon everyone, floor for Ash."

Ash linked hands with the lustrous blonde and held their hands up. "Domino and I are now officially in a relationship."

Delia tilted her head. "Yeah, and? What's the big announcement?"

Ash's jaws fell open slightly. "That was the announcement!"

"Oh. Then congratulations!" Delia said without much zeal. "I thought your big news was going to be more unexpectable…"

"Like if you just won an official League."


Now, I'm not sure about you, but if my mother just roasted me, I'm going to be reconsidering my life choices.

Mom-burns are the worst.


D̶o̶m̶i̶n̶o̶ ̶s̶n̶u̶g̶g̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶A̶s̶h̶'̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶d̶… That sounded wrong.

Try 2: Domino snuggled into Ash's top bunk. "So this is where you slept for the past 10 years."

"Yep!" Ash pointed a an old TV set. "And that was the TV I was watching the night before I went on my journey. In my mind, that was eight years ago."

"That made me late the next morning, and then I got Pikachu." Ash looked at his furry starter, curled on a pillow on the desk, along with Zorua. "That was the start to an eventful eight-years."

"Eventful?" Domino fluffed her pillow and used psychic to levitate one of Ash's up while he was distracted. "Today was also an eventful day."

Ash chuckled. "Yeah… almost too eventful, even by my standards."

His eyes softened as he poked his head up to the top bunk. "However, the reward out of that was great."

Domino traded him a grin. "You don't say."

She leaned over and kissed him briefly. "Night, Ashy."

"Night, Princess."

Ash pulled his night lamp closed, no longer needing it. Within minutes the two were fast asleep, burnt out from the day's insanity.

A dark figure hopped through the window. He looked around and didn't see anything he liked.

"Kids these days. I remember when they used to put a plate of cookies beneath the tree in their room." He sighed. "These two don't even have trees!"

He pointed to the ground, and an evergreen grew out of the ground. He snapped his fingers, and the tree was instantly decorated and ornated.

The man placed two boxes below the tree. He then took out a plate of cookies from his beard and took a bite.

"Hmmm… Dialga's time lock is still pretty good. I should hire him as a refrigerator." The man silently flipped out of the window. Against the street lights, a silhouette of a long beard was painted against the wall.

"Merry Christmas."


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