Chapter 3: Dawn of the Old Days. (Former Title: The Great Journey Through the Past.)

Hikari woke up the next morning in a completely different environment. She didn't see Prof. Oak's lab anymore, but saw hundreds of tall trees surrounding her. She checked her Poketch for the time and noticed at it was now 8 am; she was unconscious for about 12 hours. She ran her hand over her hair to see if her hair has been messed up. After confirming that nothing bad happened, she looked over and found Satoshi lying on the ground, sleeping. Hikari walked over to him and shook him by the shoulders to wake him up.

"Come on, wake up! You were asleep for...AH!!" she was interrupted by Satoshi sitting up quickly, slamming his head into her head again. "OW! What's the Hell is wrong with you? You almost broke my forehead again!" Hikari yelled, rubbing her forehead with her hands. "Hey, do you know where we are?" she asked, once she remembered what happened.

"I don't know, but I do know what happened to us." Satoshi replied, with a grave look on his face. "The Pokemon that we saw was a Celebi, known for its ability to travel through time. I think that we are in a different time, past probably, from the looks of our location..."

"WHAT!? We're in a different time? How do we go back?" Hikari asked, she was starting to freak out.

"The only way for us to return to our own time is to find the Celebi that took us here, and ask it to send us back. I've seen it happen before. Long time ago, I met a trainer named Sam, and he came from the past. Eventually, when the Celebi decided to go back, it took him with it. So, if we find the Celebi, we can go back to our own time." Satoshi explained. "Well, last time, Celebi always hung around at a forest near a lake. So, all we have to do, is find that lake."

Satoshi began climbing the tallest tree so that he could have a look around. Hikari looked up at him fearlessly climbing the tree and thought to herself. 'He's so brave. One little mistake up in that tree could kill him, and he's still not afraid...Wait... what am I thinking?' She managed to shake the thought away, but couldn't help her cheeks from blushing.

To avoid thinking about Satoshi, Hikari began to mark which way is North, using the sun's movement. 15 minutes later, she marked on the ground which direction is North, East, West and South. By this time, Satoshi came back down and told her that they have to travel South if they are going to reach the lake. They began to check Takeshi's bag (which Hikari was holding) for equipment that they could use. They found a cooking pot, a multi-purpose knife, some water bottles, several medical equipments, and some cooking ingredients and tools such as dishes and cups.

After checking the items, Satoshi took the knife and took the role of the cook. They walked for several hours Southwards, with Satoshi leading the way. The sunlight was strong, and Hikari couldn't stand it anymore. She called for a break, telling Satoshi that they have walked for 5 hours. Satoshi began making lunch, using all the cooking ingredients he thought he saw Takeshi use. Meanwhile, Hikari was looking up at the sky while wondering if she and Satoshi could return to their own time safely and return in time for her birthday. It was 2 days away. She snapped back into reality when Satoshi told her that lunch was ready. He didn't seem to happy with what he made though. Hikari noticed that Satoshi was eagerly looking at her, waiting to hear how his cooking was. She took a bite out of whatever he made, chewed it for a while before swallowing.

"Well, how is it?" Satoshi asked, looking into Hikari's sapphire blue eyes.

"Wow, this is pretty good. I never realized that you were such a good cook," she replied. Her inside seemed to be twisting as she spoke. It was the most horrifying thing she ever ate, but she didn't want to offend him, so she put on another fake smile and kept on lying that it was good.

'Ugh... It's horrible... I hope that I don't have to eat it again.' she thought to herself. "Hey, Satoshi, could you make something else next time? I want to see if you can make another meal that is even better than this one." she asked, hoping that the next meal won't be so crappy.

"Uh... Sure! I might have to think of a recipe though..." he replied while packing everything.

'Great... So the next thing that he'll make is going to be worse than this...' she thought. She took a sip of water to drain out the awful taste from her mouth. She and Satoshi began walking South again (Hikari marked the ground after checking again) until they ran into a berry tree. Hikari ate one berry and so did Satoshi. They both agreed that this berry was great and started to pick them, storing them in the bag. They continued to walk for a few hours until the sun started to set. Satoshi looked at Hikari, who was busy looking at the pretty sunset, and noticed that Hikari looked very pretty in the orange sunlight.

'Wow...I've never noticed that she was so pretty before...I don't know why I didn't notice this before...' he thought. He quickly shook off the thoughts and continued to walk South, to avoid embarrassment from Hikari if he was caught staring at her; she soon followed him South. They continued walking until they found another berry tree. It was getting pretty dark now, so Satoshi decided to camp there.

"Wait, we don't have any sleeping bags...so where do we sleep?" Satoshi asked, after he made a small fire for warmth. Hikari thought for a while, and suggested that they just sleep on the grass, using the large leaves as a blanket. Satoshi had no other ideas, so he agreed.

"Good night. Satoshi." she said in a tired voice after she made her 'bed.'

"Good night. Hikari." he replied, also in a tired voice after he made his 'bed.'

He couldn't sleep though. He began to think about Hikari and what made him stare at her for such a long time. After a few minutes, he heard Hikari mumble something about her hat. 'Oh yeah... her hat... why did I pull that prank? Her hat's burned now and she hates having her clothes ruined...' he thought, before slowly falling asleep.