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Chapter 3

A summon to Temporal Tower

"Hello? Walter? I'm back!" Jasmine called as she walked into the clearing. "Um, Walter? Hello? Why won't you answer? Walter?" 'Oh, there's a letter on the ground.' Jasmine picked up the letter and began reading it.

Letter

Dear Jasmine…

Master Dialga would like to see you. He said it is very urgent please go too Temporal Tower for some questioning.

Don't worry about me, I'll meet you there.

Be Prompt! -Walter

'Why couldn't he just wait till I got back?'

"Sigh…Whatever, guess I'd better go."

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"Whew…Be prompt he says! Give me a break! Temporal tower is a really long walk from our place!" Jasmine felt like she had been going back and forth, it wasn't long ago that both she and Walter were at the Hidden Land. One thing that struck her as odd was the fact that Dusknoir sent them away when they were there, the Hidden Land is so close to the Temporal Tower, if Dialga really wanted to see her then Dusknoir could have taken them to see Dialga easily. She was so tired now that she didn't know if she was going or coming, though for Primal Dialga to summon her, it had to have been serious. What choice did she have?

As she was walking a forest started to come into view.
'Oh that's Treeshroud Forest! That means if I get through here…I'll be in the Hidden Land.' she thought as she made her way into the forest. 'This forest has always been kind of big. But for some reason it always feels so calm and quiet…' It seemed that just as she thought of this, there was a loud snapping sound coming from the shrubbery nearby, the sound of it startled her.

"Stop Right There, Don't Move!"

"W-What?" Jasmine stammered. "Who…Who's there? Come on show yourself!" She ordered she had more than her share of nonsense to last her a life time. Whoever this was she knew that she would end up fighting them. Almost instinctively she pulled her gladius from its sheath and prepared for battle.
"Ha-ha! Oh? Can't see us?" The voices said in amusement. "We're right in front of you!"

"Enough! Stop fooling around with me, I'm in no mood." She countered in frustration and impatience.
"Oh! A pitiful child like you carrying a weapon? Oh I'm so scared!" It laughed; it had a tiny little voice, whatever the pokémon was it sounded easy enough to take care of.

"Come out you coward! This pitiful child's going to slice you in two!" Jasmine barked back, quickly losing her cool.

"Ha-ha! Oh is that so? Well then...

Poof!

A wild ghost type pokémon appeared behind her, it seemed to have been behind her from the start.

"Huh? W-Whoa!" Jasmine yelped startled as she turned to see the ghost type pokémon then backed away at the sight of it. It was a creepy looking swirling vortex of purple gas with a face and a twisted mouth, which smiled and opened in an uncontrollable laughter. It seemed to be connected to some sort of small brown looking keystone.

"Heh-heh-heh! We are Spiritomb! A pokémon manifested by 108 souls! Heh-heh! So what do you think? Scared yet?" it said, glaring at her expectantly. Jasmine's expression changed from a look of fright to one of disgust. The sight of the pokémon was enough to make her stomach churn.

"Uh well…You're most certainly the ugliest pokémon I have ever seen." She answered, flatly. This made the ghost type very upset, the swirling vortex of the head began to swirl faster.

"W-What did you say? You…You're going to pay for that! Take This!" The ghost type pokémon shouted and lunged toward her.

Jasmine gasped and immediately swung her sword to try to slash it, but Spiritomb being of the ghost/dark type the blade just went right through it.

"W-What? Oh great!"

"Ha! Your mine now!" Spiritomb lunged forward again to attack. "

"N-No!" Jasmine screamed and backed into a wall…But then...

Vision

Female voice: "W-wow! What is that?"

Male voice: "I-I can't believe this! That's a Time Gear!"

End Vision

Jasmine's eyes shot open. "Huh? What…What the hell was that?"

"He-he! Gotcha now!" Spiritomb laughed as it came closer.

"That's right!" Jasmine reached into her bag, she was overjoyed with its contents and quickly pulled out a pale blue orb. "I can't believe I forgot I had this…" "Luminous orb!"

Flash!

A blinding light covered the whole surrounding area they were in, taking Spiritomb by surprise, blinding him. "Gaaah!" It shrieked in pain.
'Here is my chance!' Jasmine sprung to the forest's exit and fled.

When she distanced herself enough from the forest, Jasmine stopped to take a break and catch her breath. She was starting to hate traveling alone without her brother, every time she'd do it; it seemed she would always find herself getting into trouble. She mentally cursed the ghost type pokémon she had previously run away from, and then suddenly remembered her strange daydream.

-Female voice: "W-wow! What is that?"

Male voice: "I-I can't believe this! That's a Time Gear!"-

'Time gear? That kind of sounds familiar. Where have I heard of it before? Oh! I know that inscription that I read in the Hidden Land!'

Inscription

More than 2,000 years ago...

When Temporal Tower was first created, Temporal Tower was in its prime, it was a place not a single creature had ever dared to threaten.

Until one day a single band of outlaws broke into it, attempting to steal the time gears which were the very yolk of what Dialga protects.
Filled with foolish vigor, they sought to control time; they raided the tower and attacked Dialga.
Dialga became enraged by their actions and easily defeated them with one fell swoop.
Dialga had lost all trust in the world after that and felt that the Temporal Tower and the precious Time gears that lay inside it were neither safe nor secure.
So he asked for assistance from the three legendary psychic pokémon Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf who were said to live in the three sacred lakes.
They would safe guard three of the five Time Gears. As for the other two Dialga decided to hide them elsewhere.
One he hid in a forest which was rich in wild life and covered with groves. The last of the five was said to have been put into the land of beginnings.
When all was accomplished Dialga only had one deed left that he needed done and that was the complete separation of Temporal Tower and the world.
So Dialga of course being a creature that can bend time used his powers and hid Temporal Tower in a moment of time, the exact space between a split second. So that no one would ever threaten the very fabric of time again.

End Inscription

'That passage…It really doesn't make much sense.' "If Dialga did that…Then why has time stopped? He took the necessary precautions and everything seemed secure…Then why?"

'I need to get too Temporal Tower so I can't look at it again. Maybe I'll look at it later if I have time.'

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Jasmine was slowly making progress, it had been a long walk for her but she finally managed to reach the Hidden Land's entrance. However she was so tired now that she couldn't help but drag her feet as she went. 'Wow…If only I had time to rest after I went to the Midnight woods…Then maybe I wouldn't be so tired… once I get through here I'll be at Temporal Tower's entrance.'
As Jasmine was walking she failed to notice the large gleaming eyes that were watching her. As she walked inside the ominous eyes began to flash and followed.

XxX In the Hidden High Land XxX

"Alright almost there…" Just as she was approaching the exit out of the Hidden Land there was a strange aroma coming from the area's exit. The scent was sickening.
"Huh? What is that smell?"Jasmine said, wrinkling her nose. With each step she took the smell became stronger and stronger.
"Uh! How gross, so foul!" She yelped covering her nose. It wasn't enough the strong scent was starting to make her eye's water. She started to run in order to get through the stink cloud but she simply didn't have enough energy left and was easily overpowered by the foul odor. Soon she found herself hunching over, coughing uncontrollably.

"Cough!""W-What is this? Where is it coming from? Huh?"Jasmine began to get dizzy from the noxious fumes; coupled with her fatigue, her body was getting weaker by the second.

"Aaah!…I can barely brea-" She passed out.

Under the deep fog of noxious gas appeared the gleaming eyes again. They revealed themselves to be Sableye, Dusknoir's mischievous, sharp clawed underlings.

"Heh-heh-heh! Well that was easier than expected!"

"Didn't take much to make her faint how pitifully weak!"

"Ha-ha-ha! Dusknoir is going to be pleased."

The Sableye surrounded Jasmine and they disappeared among the fog.

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End Chapter