When Ash and his friends went back in
time, hardly anyone noticed. The only
witnesses to this historical event were a couple of scientists at Mt. Moon
Observatory.
"Come over here. I think there's something you should
see," one of the scientists (whose name happened to be Bob) said to the
other.
"Yes?" The other scientist (whose name happened to
be Joe) came over to look at the map Bob had called up on his computer. The map showed a large area, encompassing
Jhoto, Kanto, and the Orange Islands; it could be zoomed in on an area of
interest. The map in question showed
radiation levels in areas throughout the world. Usually, it showed light red patches on top of laboratories,
power plants, and a conveniently-ignored Team Rocket nuclear arsenal; this time
it was marked where no radiation had been found before. But the strange thing about it was that,
instead of being a light red, the patch was a dark green. Joe noticed that Bob was gesturing at this
patch, and was disappointed.
"Aw, Bob. It's just another Celebi. I know they look odd on the map, but this is
perfectly normal to them."
"That's not what I meant. A few hundred kilograms are passing through
that wormhole. Celebi only weighs
five. Who would be such an idi- what
were we talking about, anyway?"
"I don't know. Why are you pointing to a blank spot on the
radiation map?"
"There must have been something
there earlier. Let me check the
records."
The records showed that no abnormal
activity had ever occurred in that area.
This was entirely true. Ash and
his friends had never tried to capture a Celebi, a time portal was never opened
in Ilex Forest, and humans had still not attempted time travel. None of this happened for a very good
reason: Ash and Co. had never existed in the first place.
