Cretaceous Park

"Ah this brings back memories," Ash couldn't help but smile as his eyes rested upon a rather large dig site that laid not far out from Stow-on-Side, seeing all these researchers and a few trainers digging for fossils reminded him of the previous time he had attempted to find fossils. Gary had funnily enough found some fossilized Pokemon poo which never failed to make Ash laugh whenever the thought had crossed his mind but it was also where he first encountered some of the various Fossil Pokemon including a rather mean and ferocious Aerodactyl that tried to eat him and probably would have done so had it not ticked off Charmeleon! He hadn't gotten the opportunity to obtain a Fossil Pokemon back then nor did he really have the chance to do so since that day on account of various reasonings but he aimed to change that today, and what was truly exciting news to hear was that one of the head scientists of a nearby facility had discovered entirely new fossilized Pokemon here!

"Just think how exciting it'll be to find a fossil of our own to revive!" Lillie's eyes were lit with sheer excitement, she wouldn't mind if just a glimpse of a revived fossil was all she got as she'd never got to see a Fossil Pokemon before!

"Good thing I brought Umbreon with me, searching for fossils will be far easier without having to dig on my own!" Zach laughed while Ash briefly paused before hanging his head, realizing that he should have brought along Gabite or Tyranitar to help him out.

"Digging won't be so bad, after all whose to say that people haven't already found all the fossils?" Marnie asked as she pointed out several trainers having found various fossils that Ash recognized as Amber, Dome, and of course the Helix fossil which one of the trainers was currently bowing to immediately upon digging it up.

"Hail the great and mighty Helix fossil!"

"Well good thing I'm not wearing my dress, it'd be impossible to get any digging done!" Lillie exclaimed as they had now reached the bottom of the dig site, the five trainers each picked up a shovel while Zach and May released Umbreon and Glaceon to dig for them, ever since Umbreon evolved the two Eeveelutions seemed to become just as close as their trainers were, standing side by side as they began digging into the dirt.

"Houndoom, you help too!" Marnie called out as Houndoom burst from his ball with a loud howl as the trainers began digging into the dirt, unaware they were being watched by a certain shady individual who stood on the hill above the dig site, using his connection with his Pokemon to spy on the group from afar.

"There's something about that kid and his Pikachu..." He still had a task to do in Hoenn but he just couldn't get the kid who beat Regigigas out of his mind, he'd done it so easily and even faster than the two previous heroes who'd captured Regigigas before sealing him away. He had no idea what the kid did with Regigigas and he honestly didn't care, Regigigas had failed so it was no longer of use to his plans. The boy was his concern, was it just a fluke that he was there at the time or was he destined for greatness? Shade crossed his arms as he watched, wondering how he should go about approaching this.


"I got a fossil, at least I think I do!" Lillie called out after a few hours of fruitlessness. Only two of them really even dug up items of use, Marnie found an Ice Stone which she promptly gave to Ash since it was useless to her while Zach had dug up a gold nugget which he aimed to sell later. Lillie currently held a rock that appeared to have a fish engraved upon it.

"That sure looks like a fossil to me," Marnie spoke up before the head researcher suddenly sprang forward.

"Oh my goodness, that's the newly discovered Fish Fossil! Please you all must keep digging, surely there's more around!"

"Found something!" May suddenly called out as she and Zach held up two of the same fossil, having a bird engraved on each of theirs.

"Ooh, those two are Bird fossils!" The scientists explained before waving her hands. "Please keep going!"

"Pikapi!" Pikachu and Morpeko soon pulled out a fossil from the ground as the researcher was quick to exclaim.

"Fossilized Drake!"

Umbreon soon let out a bark as he threw out a second Drake Fossil while Glaceon held up a new fossil.

"The Dino fossil!"

They continued digging for awhile and eventually came up with two of each of the four new fossils!

"Oh this is so exciting!" The researcher gushed out. "I can't wait to get to my lab and examine these-"

"Hold up, I thought we were keeping these?" Ash interrupted as the researcher formed a light sweat.

"I forgot, silly old me." She giggled. "But if you wanna revive them fast, I actually work at a nearby theme park which has a bunch of Fossil Pokemon dwelling within it. I could revive them for you while you all walk around for a bit and enjoy yourselves free of charge! I-It'll take a few hours but the wait will be worth it! All I ask is the chance to take a picture with the newly discovered species."

"Sounds fair to me," Marnie shrugged as Lillie nodded in agreement.

"So miss-" Zach started.

"Please call me Cara Liss." The researcher stated causing everyone to give each other looks as that sounded awfully lot close to 'careless'.

"If you don't mind, could you say what these fossils will turn into?" Zach asked.

"Well we theorize that the Bird is actually a velociraptor."

Zach let out an excited fanboy squeal at that thought of having a freaking velociraptor on his team!

"So we'll both have raptors? That's neat." May smiled lightly.

"The fish is well... a giant fish that went extinct needless to say. Drake is a dragon and Dino is some animal capable of moving on both land and sea."

"Those all sound like amazing Pokemon, I can't wait to meet all of them!" Ash excitedly exclaimed.


"Welcome to Cretaceous Park, hope you enjoy your visit!" The gatekeeper gave the five trainers a wave as they walked through the gate and Zach wasted no time in running off to go find the Tyrunt and Tyrantrum exhibit causing May to quickly dash after her boyfriend so he wouldn't get himself lost, leaving Ash along with Marnie and Lillie.

There were exhibits of various fossil Pokemon from all over the world, the size of their habitat depending on the size of the species. Aerodactyl and Archeops both had rather large cages that allowed the two to freely fly about in while Omanyte and Kabuto could be seen swimming in the water of a nearby tank while Omastar and Kabutops were seen dwelling on land nearby. A loud roar of a Tyrantrum could be heard off in the distance and Ash could hear the familiar cry of an Armaldo! He could only assume they had all of the fossils he'd seen here and nothing new as of yet but it was still exciting to see as it wasn't every day you saw a fossil, and he knew that Lillie had never seen one before while most of his friends were only lucky enough to see one or two!

Lillie had pulled out her Rotom Phone and began taking pictures of everything while gushing out about how cute the Omanyte were, wanting one of her own!

"There's no Dark type Fossil Pokemon, eh?" Marnie asked as she looked around before shrugging. She still found them cool but didn't share a desire in capturing one like her friends.

"Not as far as I know, sorry." Ash lightly sweated as he watched Lillie excitedly racing about the theme park, excusing herself as she rushed to take pictures of all the Pokemon she could! Lillie had developed quite the habit of taking pictures during the journey as she wanted to treasure the adventure and the moments they shared together forever! He was quite glad that Lillie seemed to be enjoying herself, she really turned out to be a great companion despite how nervous she was at the start!


Cara Liss was placing the eight fossils into several different machines as she performed a light hum, an excited look across her face as she could practically envision the four new Fossil Pokemon in all their glory at that very second! Being so absorbed into her thoughts that she didn't even hear the cloaked individual walk in, his eyes turned bright blue as her own eyes turned a similar shade of blue as he took control of her mind.

"Place two fossils into the same machine," He ordered. "Then cut the power to the park by giving the machines maximum juice!"

Cara Liss didn't even question it, her mind being too weak to resist as she picked up four of the fossils before dumping each one into a machine that already had one within it. She hit a switch to activate the machine before walking on out as she headed for the park's energy router.

"Hey miss, you can't be here-" A security guard shouted before she headbutted him, knocking him out as she began rerouting all of the power to her machine.


Zach was busy watching Tyrantrum and Tyrunt chasing a pack of Wooloo around the pen with an excited smile, his eyes locked onto the fossil Pokemon as they had been for the past hour. May didn't mind too much as he often went shopping with her as they traveled so it was honestly about time she did something that he wanted to do but she was starting to find the exhibit rather boring now.

"You mind if we go to a different exhibit? We've been here for awhile," May spoke up as she wrapped her arm around his.

"Huh? O-Oh sure, sorry I didn't notice how long we were here. Let's go-" Suddenly the power to the park cut off, several of the more ferocious fossil Pokemon like Tyrantrum and Aerodactyl sensed it and began beating at the bars to their prison before escaping with loud roars and cries, causing a mass panic as the crowd began rushing out upon Tyrantrum stomping on out with a loud roar. The other fossil Pokemon panicked and some began making an attempt to break out and flee, causing even further panic amongst the crowd. May began shivering lightly as Tyrantrum was only a few feet away from them, Zach pulled May closer to him as his protective instincts kicked in.

"Dragonite, help us out!"

"Drago!" Dragonite burst out while Lucario and Cinderace had run off to round up the wild Tyrunt that now ran about.

"Draco Meteor!"

Dragonite let out a cry as she waved her arms about before a swarm of purple glowing meteors began crashing down upon Tyrantrum from the sky! Tyrantrum shook itself off before turning to Dragonite and letting out a ferocious roar as he leaned his head forward before proceeding to perform a powerful charge attack!

"Beat him back with Ice Punch!" Zach shouted out as Dragonite firmly stood her ground while her fists began to glow an icy blue color before she punched out at the air in front of her, her fist meeting Tyrantrum's head and knocking the fossil Pokemon away as she let out a cry of her name! Tyrantrum fell to his side for a moment before getting back up to let out another roar as rocks began appearing from the sky and landing onto Dragonite causing her to mutter out from the pain before letting out a growl as she locked eyes with Tyrantrum, normally she was rather peaceful like her trainer but she refused to let Tyrantrum be a danger to him or his girlfriend any longer!

"Now finish it with Hyper Beam!" Dragonite opened her mouth as she fired off the orange-yellow beam of energy, successfully knocking Tyrantrum away from them before the tyrannosaurus Pokemon keeled over in defeat as swirls formed within it's eyes.

May tightly held onto Zach as she shivered, giving Tyrantrum a frightened glance as it laid in defeat.

"We can't just leave it here, it'll get right back up in a bit and continue it's rampage! I'm gonna see if I can catch it, I'm sure they'll understand if I hand it right back to them!" Plus though he didn't show it least he worry May further, being that close to a Tyrantrum frightened him too! He had no interest in owning one anymore. He threw a Pokeball at the Tyrantrum and it disappeared in a beam of red light before hitting the park ground and shaking about, soon letting out a chime to announce the capture as both trainers let out a sigh of relief.

"Tyrantrum the Tyrannosaurus Pokemon, Thanks to its gargantuan jaws, which could shred thick metal plates as if they were paper, it was invincible in the ancient world it once inhabited!"

Zach's Rotom Phone read out as it registered the Pokemon.

"Come on, let's go round up the Tyrunt then find the others!"


"Ash, help!" Lillie screamed out as an Aerodactyl flew through the air, holding onto her with his feet as he licked his lips with a hungry expression. It happened faster than he could possibly react one second the power to the park had gone off and the next an Aerodactyl swooped from the sky and took his girlfriend into the air!

"Lillie!" Ash shouted out as brief flashbacks of his own encounter with Aerodactyl flashed through his mind. "Charizard, let's go!"

Charizard burst from his ball with a loud roar as he stretched out his wings and lowered his back so Ash could climb on. Marnie stayed back to help the other guests get out while Charizard flew after Aerodactyl. "Alright Charizard, get close enough to Aerodactyl that Pikachu can leap onto it then I want you to fly underneath of him!"

Charizard gave a nod as he gradually caught up to Aerodactyl, Pikachu leaped right off his back and landed on Aerodactyl's as Charizard began flying beneath the ancient bird with Ash holding up his arms to catch Lillie.

"Alright Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"

"Pika!" Pikachu took a hard swing with his tail as Aerodactyl let out a sharp cry before proceeding to drop Lillie right into Ash's arms! Ash held onto her as she lightly shivered for a brief moment before quickly taking a seat behind him as Pikachu leaped on down to join them.

"Alright Charizard, use Dragon Pulse before it escapes!" The last thing they needed was a wild Aerodactyl on the loose! Charizard opened his mouth and fired off the green-blue dragon shaped energy pulse causing Aerodactyl to let out another cry as the attack struck his wings with the Pokemon soon dropping towards the ground below as he fell unconscious. Falling right back into his cage as Charizard used his Flamethrower to properly put the bars back into place.

"That ought to hold him until the power's back online, you okay Lillie?" Ash asked as the blonde faintly shivered before giving him a nod.

"I-I think so..."

"Alright then, let's get down and find the others. I'm sure they can handle themselves but it's better to be safe than sorry,"


"Here you go sir," Zach dumped a pile of Pokeballs onto the park director's desk. "I captured all of the Tyrunt and the Tyrantrum on top of that!"

"Thank you, even with the power now back on it'll take awhile to properly fix their containment. That Tyrantrum left too large of a gap to easily fix like you lot did with the other Pokemon cages." The museum director explained, following the securement of the more aggressive Pokemon Ash and his friends went around and helped shepherd the remaining fossil Pokemon back into their enclosures before using Cinderace, Charizard, Blaziken and Houndoom to secure the metal back in place before the park could get in a proper fix later! "We're just lucky you all were here, who knows what would have happened otherwise. Thank goodness nobody got hurt!"

"Feels like too much of a coincidence to me," Zach noted as he glanced at Ash. "You don't think it was the Rocket trio do you?"

"Nah that's not their style, usually they'd be loud and boastful about doing it. It was probably just a coincidence,"

Cara Liss soon walked into the office breathing heavily before pointing at the lab with a frantic expression. "A-Abominations! Y-You lot must hurry before they escape!"

"Abominations?" Zach questioned.

"Are our fossils okay?!" Lillie immediately asked with a frightened look as she was concerned for their Pokemon.

"They are the abominations! I-I don't know what happened, one second I was putting them into separate machines the next I awoke to the eight fossils becoming two freaks of nature!"

Marnie gave the woman an odd look before turning to the others. "She's not making much sense but we should hurry! Who knows what the fossils are capable of!"

"Right!" The five trainers made a quick rush for Cara Liss' laboratory however upon arriving the four 'abominations' merely stood there looking around with confused expressions and looking like fish out of water, quite literally in the case of two as they were part fish!

"W-What happened?" Zach stared in disbelief while Marnie looked a bit disgusted but tried not to show it.

"They're an entire new species!" Lillie cried out. "They're basically just infants, they're lost and confused and aren't sure how to act in this new world!"

"Hm my plan didn't go as I thought, those Pokemon on their own were quite aggressive. The raptors especially..." Shade noted before turning around to disappear. "I assumed that combining them would make them extra ferocious and a prominent threat to deal with but I guess the kid's probably just lucky at this rate, no reason to see him as a threat." He reached into his robe before petting his shadowy companion. "Don't worry, I'll find somebody for you to turn soon my friend."

"Then we should still take them right? As raise them as our Pokemon regardless?" Zach asked. "It wouldn't be right to just leave them here."

Lillie looked at the four Fossils as she tried to think up names. "How about Drake, Zappy, Icy, and Fishy?" Zach, May and Marnie sweated at her choice in names while Ash nervously rubbed the back of his head with a light chuckle.

"That's a bit too childish don't you think?" Marnie asked.

"How about... Dracozolt cause that looks like a Dragon and Electric type?" Zach proposed. "Dracovish because that one looks like a fish and a dragon mixed together. Arctozolt because it appears to be Ice and Electric, and Arctovish due to being an Ice typed fish?"

"I like those names!" May exclaimed before looking at Dracozolt. "I think I'll take Dracozolt!"

"Works for me cause I wanted Arctozolt!" Zach excitedly exclaimed. "I don't own an Ice type yet!"

"Arctovish is kinda cool, I think I'd like him or her?" Lillie tilted her head as she wasn't sure on account of it being a fish!

"That leaves me with Dracovish then!" Ash exclaimed with a smile as the four held out empty Pokeballs to the confused looking Fossil Pokemon before gently tapping them against their heads, the Pokemon disappeared in beams of red light before a series of chimes echoed throughout the building signaling that the captures were complete!

"Alright!" Marnie couldn't help but smile at her friends excitement, she didn't mind being left out as she really only had an interest in capturing Dark types. Besides she felt it wouldn't be long before it was her turn to catch something!


"Unbelievable you four actually got entirely new Pokemon?!" Professor Oak exclaimed in shock as Sonia was literally shaking in excitement on her screen as Zach and May showed off Arctozolt and Dracozolt to her.

"I'd really much appreciate you sending me those to research!" Sonia squealed out.

"Likewise, I've never gotten to study a Fossil Pokemon up close before so this'll be a completely new experience for me!" Professor Oak explained as Zach, May, Ash and Lillie all sweated before shaking their heads.

"Sorry Sonia but we need to keep the fossils on our teams until they grow adjusted to our world, besides I'm not sure how it'd react seeing all my Pokemon back at your place. I'll send it to you as soon as I'm sure it's adapted well enough!"

Ash nodded in agreement as he gave Oak an apologetic expression. "Sorry Professor but I'd like Dracovish to stick with me for awhile,"

"Perfectly understandable!" Sonia nodded her head in agreement before giving Zach a wave. "I look forward to being able to study them regardless of the wait, it'll be worth it! Besides your Naganadel is more than enough for now!"

"And I'd say a similar case with your Solgaleo," Oak explained to Ash. "It's been quite exciting getting to research a legendary Pokemon up close like that!" He didn't have much chances with Silver as the Lugia was hiding out in the ocean nearby Pallet as to not draw attention to itself or the lab. "So where are you off to next my dear boy?"

"To Sinnoh, I'm gonna enter the Battle Frontier there!"

"Muk!"

"Tauro!"

"Bulba!"

"Squirt!" Several of Ash's Pokemon appeared on screen showing their visible excitement as they hoped that Ash would use them in the upcoming battles.

"Well your Pokemon sure seem excited, I wish you luck and hopefully you'll find more Pokemon to catch for me!"

"Hoping that you catch more as well, Zach. The lab's actually quite active now!" Sonia smiled as she adjusted the camera a bit to show off Obstagoon watching over the other members of his arsenal as they either roamed about or played with one another, some like Empoleon were even training with one another to continue getting stronger while Porygon 2 could be seen excitedly hopping from device to device within the lab itself!

"Eh, I'll certainly try but no promises!" Zach smiled.

"Thank you Professor," Ash exclaimed as he clenched his fists together. "I can't wait to get to Sinnoh and get started on the Frontier Challenge!"

After the last few chapters it was time for a more fun and not plot heavy or battle focused chapter. Just the group obtaining some fossils and getting the only one of their kind! Still hoping that we'll see the actual Electric typed raptor someday, imagine how cool it'd be if the real versions of the fossils are in Legends Arceus!

Next time it's the Twinleaf Festival and you know who joins the group as the Sinnoh arc begins!