Disclaimer: This is an alternate fourteenth season of the Pokemon anime with some crossovers of XD Gale of Darkness game and the anime version of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon specials, all set in the, believe it or not, Sailor Moon Universe which I titled, "Sailor Moon Continuum", which is a head-canon universe of the slight-alternate story-line of the fifth season of Sailor Moon, which is explained in the first volume of "Sailor Moon Continuum" story I wrote earlier.
Author's Note: I don't own anything here. Sorry for the delay, guys. Writer's block.
CHAPTER 2: DAWN'S NEW SECRET.
Forget slightly uncomfortable. How about uncomfortable and awkward? Poor Ash was feeling this way because was on the very back of Michael's scooter, trying hard not to fall off as he sat very close to the edge of the seat, while Dawn was in the middle, and Michael was driving. Pikachu, Piplup and Eevee were at the front, enjoying the ride. Why did it had to be a scooter? Why couldn't have been a car or something? Then again, none of them suspected this would happen, and, well, it was so bad.
It was just Ash mentally complaining.
"How are you guys holding up?" asked Michael as he drove.
"I'm okay!" Dawn replied first, before adding as she looked at they turning-slightly-green-Ash, "It's Ash that I'm worried about."
Did I forget to mention that Ash was getting a little sick too? Well, in that position he's stuck in, you'd probably be too, and Ash wasn't prone to motion sickness, or else why would have had managed to travel in the first place?
"D-Did you come with first-aid?" Ash moaned. Oh yes, he was feeling green alright.
Hearing this made Dawn roll her eyes and muttered to him, "Ash, stop being such a baby." which made Michael and the three Pokemon laugh while Ash now turns pink in the face and looks away from the female trainer in annoyance.
"You guys would make the weirdest boyfriend and girlfriend." Michael commented, which made Ash and Dawn both turn bright pink at this, before the two trainers looked at each other, the expressions turning into sheer horror, before they shook their heads in denial.
"Are you crazy!? We're not dating! We're just good friends!" Ash and Dawn both said in unision.
"Besides," Ash continued, "Trying to find a girlfriend is Brock's kind of attitude."
"Brock? Who's he?" The red-haired trainer asked, curious.
Dawn was the one to answer, "He's a friend of ours and the former Gym Leader of Pewter City. He's known Ash and Pikachu longer than Piplup and I have. Brock's travelled with them to almost everywhere, even through Sinnoh when I first started out."
"Why did he quit?"
(~Treasured Memories-KH1~)
Ash shrugged, "He didn't actually quit. He traded his position as Gym Leader to his brother, Forrest who always wanted to be a Gym Leader. Brock on the other hand wanted to become a Pokemon Breeder, and he knows a lot about Pokemon." before scratching the side of his nose, admitting, "Maybe he's kinda like an older brother I never had."
Michael blinked, then smiled, stating, "Sounds like he's a really great guy."
"Yeah, but I think Brock's now working on becoming a Pokemon Doctor, after something happened that made him help a Nurse Joy heal up all of the Pokemon that got poisoned from the Tentacruel that landed on the cruise we were on caused by Team Rocket." Ash continued, sighing and becoming sad. "I sure miss him, and Misty, May, Max and Tracey."
At Michael's confused silence, Dawn, again, explained, "They were all friends Ash made before he and Brock met me."
"You sure made a lot of friends on your journey, huh, Ash?" Michael asked.
"Sure have, and not just friends from people, but Pokemon are my friends too." Ash said, adding as he looked at Pikachu, "Pikachu's my first and best friends. Though when we first met, we didn't always get along so great, and it would Thundershock me at first notice."
"So, what changed?"
"On our first day of travelling, we were attacked by a Flock of Spearow, which, unfortunately, was mainly my fault, and when I tried to save Pikachu, he saved me in return." Ash smiled fondly at the memory of that day. "Since then, we've trusted each other and not once, I left Pikachu in Pallet Town."
Dawn smiled as well, looking at Piplup, and said, "The similiar thing happened with Piplup and I. A naughty Chimchar stole Piplup's food and that caused them to fight, according to Professor Rowan's assistants, and that was on the day that I left on my first journey. I voulenteered to go and find them when they got out, and I managed to save Piplup from an herd of Ariados, and when we got both cornered, Piplup saved me with Bide attack, and we became friends and a great team. That's why I chose Piplup as my partner, especialy since it's also cute and determined too." which at that comment, Piplup blushed at the cute and determinded part, before he held his head up, proudly as usual.
Michael and Eevee were amazed, and the former said, "Wow! And to think that you guys became great friends with your Pokemon like that. I wish everyone saw Pokemon that way."
(~End Treasured Memories~)
"Well, when you think about it, Pokemon are like us in a different sort of way." Ash stated.
"Ash, I thought you were feeling sick?" Dawn decided to tease as she and the others noticed that Ash didn't feel sick anymore, which made the young trainer blush in embarrassment. On the other hand, the conversation did make him feel better.
Suddenly, Pikachu, Piplup and Eevee saw something ahead, and alerted their trainers to look, which they did, asking what was wrong before looking up, and the three young humans gasped, causing Michael to stop his scooter. About ten feet ahead of them, a clan of ten Treecko, a couple of Bulbasaurs, seven Oddish, and surprisingly, an Unown were behind a Grovyle who seemed to have been injured, due to fighting against an angry group of Beedrill.
(~Wild Pokemon Battle-PKM: D/P~)
"Check out those Pokemon!" Dawn exclaimed.
"There's an Unown there too!" Ash added, recongising the, well, unknown Pokemon that come from another Dimension.
"Unown?" Michael asked, never having heard of a Pokemon like Unown before.
"That Grovyle's injured!" Dawn added, seeing how badly hurt the Grovyle is.
Pikachu, Eevee and Piplup all glanched at each other worriedly, as three Beedrills moved in again, and Grovyle fired seeminly another BulletSeed attack, though his attacks were getting weaker and weaker, and the evolved form of a Treecko then leaped up as high as he could, using Leafblade to slice at the opponents, but missed, and was then hit multiple times by Sting-Needle attack, causing the geko Pokemon to scream before falling and landing hard on the ground, much to the other Pokemon's, Ash and his friends' horror. None the less, Grovyle struggled to get back up, determined not to give up.
Still, the Beedrill were moving in for a finishing blow,
"That's it, I had it!" Dawn declared, jumping off the scooter, as did Piplup who followed her, before she commanded it, "Piplup, use your Whirlpool!"
Piplup did so as he summoned up a large Whirpool from the water-magic from his body before he flings it at the Stinging-Bugtype Pokemon.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash added.
"PIKAAA-CHUUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt attack which then combined with Piplup's whirlpool.
"Eevee, use Shadowball!" Michael added, while Eevee did so, unleashing a Shadow ball with absorbed itself into the Thunder-Whirlpool that was created by Piplup and Pikachu.
The powerful Shadow-Thunder-Pool attack made the Beedrill frozen in horror as they were knocked very hard and the explosion occured, causing smoke to cover around the area, before the Beedrill were practically flown into the air and disappeared A-La Team Rocket style.
(~End Wild Pokemon Battle~)
While everyone was relieved at the victory, they had no time to celebrate, as Grovyle, no longer able to hold onto the pain, collasped onto the ground, exhausted. The Pokemon were worried for the one who risked his life to protect them from the Beedrill, though they moved away as the three human trainers and their Pokemon partners rushed over to see if Grovyle was okay.
"Is he okay?" Ash asked, worriedly.
"Pika?" Pikachu echoed.
Dawn kneeled on her knees and was just about to touch Grovyle's shoulder while Piplup was about to touch the Lizard-Pokemon's arm to comfort it, when the Unown appeared next to them and, as if reading Grovyle's mind and sensing that Dawn and her Piplup could be trusted, then glowed, much to everyone's shock, and it made a ball of light, surrounding the three, which gazed Dawn and Piplup to scream in shock, as Ash and Pikachu cried out their names, and Michael, Eevee and the other Pokemon stood, silently wondering what was going on.
(~Courage-PKM: MD EOS-Anime version~)
Inside the ball of light, Dawn and Piplup had their eyes shut, before both hesitatedly opened them again, but both of them found themselves standing, and Grovyle was in front of them, also standing, but not noticing them.
"W-Where are we?" Dawn asked
"Piplup?" Piplup wondered.
Suddenly, all around them, the scenary changed, and the three of them seemed transparent, because from what Dawn and Piplup gathered, they appeared in a ruined world, a world of Darkness, and where time is completely frozen, and everything was in ruins. The two were shocked, and even more shocked when they saw another Grovyle with a human boy, each scene changing from one place to another, searching through places, the two of them being good friends, and then out running a Dusknoir and a horde of Sableye.
"Are we...in Grovyle's mind?" Dawn realized, looking at Grovyle who blinked as he was recalling his memories from his time in the Dark Future which no longer exists.
Then, to her shock, the Pokemon were talking.
"You will not escape, human and Grovyle!" shouted Dusknoir.
A Pink Celebi appeared and gestured the boy and Grovyle, "Piplup, Grovyle, hurry!"
"Piplup?" Dawn asked, before looking at her Piplup, asking, "Did she just call that boy Piplup?" to which the real Piplup nodded, just as lost as his trainer.
The human nick-named Piplup and Grovyle, nodding their thanks to Celebi, leaped into the Passage of Time and were zipping their way into the past where time still moved. Suddenly, as if there was a storm, a blast attack suddenly came at Grovyle, but the boy, seeing this, as best as he could, shielded his partner and was hit himself, and he screamed.
"Piplup! Are you alright?" Grovyle exclaimed.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine." The boy replied.
Dawn and Piplup then saw in horror that the boy and Grovyle were separated by the attack and Grovyle cried out his friend's name, before he blacked out and found himself in the forest in the past, awakening an hour later. From they could understand, remembering their experience of Time Travel, was that the boy and Grovyle were attempting to change the future and save the world.
They saw that Grovyle realised where he was and as he searched for his friend, he saw...the sunrise, and Grovyle breathed a breath of awe and admiration.
Then they saw more images from Grovyle's memories; Him entering a cave, where he first found a glowing and floating gear at the end of the cave with water.
"I've finally found it." said Grovyle as he gazed at the gear. The first part of his journey almost done. "It's the Time Gear."
"Time Gear?" Dawn asked, stunned at the sight of a beautiful gear.
While shocked that by removing the Time Gear meant that Time briefly stopped, Dawn and Piplup soon discovered that collecting the Time Gears meant to be brought to a Tower that controlled Time itself. They then saw more images of a world that inhabited only Pokemon who Dawn could understand as if they spoke human langauge. Or maybe they could, considering that the boy could speak to Pokemon.
Speaking of the missing boy, Dawn and Piplup saw as they continued to witness more of Grovyle's memories, that the boy was rendered with amesia, and, to their shock, and the boy's horror, that he turned into a real Piplup and was found by a Chimchar and the two formed partnership by becoming members of a Wigglytuff Guild, forming Team Pokepals, before they got caught in Dusknoir's scheme in retrieving Grovyle and the boy, and had decided to abduct Chimchar as well into the dark future where the two learned the truth, and that, to Dawn and Piplup's shock, that Dialga had become Primal Dialga due to Temporal Tower's collaspe.
They saw more and more of Grovyle's memories as they pieces together the puzzle. Team Pokepals and Grovyle returning to the past, the three of them deciding to finish off what they started, having the support and help from the Guild, discovering that Chimchar's treasure he carried with him was a key into entering the Hidden Land where Temporal Tower is.
Dawn and Piplup soon saw them entering the Hidden Land via a ride on a Lapras, and were about to go to Temporal Tower after collecting all five Time Gears, but were ambushed by Dusknoir and the Sableye who arrived from the future to prevent them from changing history.
The trio fought and won, but soon the boy who turned into a Piplup learned another shocking refamiliarized price-the risk of disappearing.
"Is what Dusknoir saying the truth?" the boy-turned Piplup asked.
Grovyle was silent for a moment, then answered grimly, "It's the truth."
"It can't be!"
"It is." Grovyle began. "You see, as long as Time keeps passing here, then the Pokemon will be able to live peacefully, and that's the real reason why we're here afterall."
The boy-turned Piplup muttered his friend's name, seeing the compassion and started to see why Grovyle's willing to cease to exist.
"When I came to this Planet, I saw the sunrise for the very first time." Grovyle continued as he recalled the memory of seeing the beautiful sunrise and the scenary, "And I felt the beauty of life surrounding me, everywhere as far as the eye could see."
"I know what Grovyle is saying." Dawn muttered. "Life isn't anything without the sun."
"(Maybe I would've done the same thing too.)" said Piplup in Pokemon language.
Grovyle looked at his friend again and continued, "In the future, we all lost our desire to live. But if we somehow prevent the future world's of Darkness, well...I'd risk my life for it." to which the human-turned Piplup gapped.
"Our lives will be lost, Piplup." Grovyle continued, "But, the result is, the future will be saved for everyone." adding as he wanted his friend to understand, "Piplup, you and I both came here, fully prepared to endure that sacrifice."
"I get it, that's how it was all along. We were willing to stake our lives on this."
But Dawn and Piplup saw, despite the boy-turned Piplup's new determination, Grovyle reminded him that Chimchar didn't know any of this, and if the boy vanished, Chimchar would be heartbroken.
(~End Courage~)
However, it seemed that Dusknoir didn't wish for the future to change and attacked again. To Dawn and Piplup's shock, Grovyle blocked the Dark-Pulse attack that was meant for the Boy-turned Piplup, much to Team Pokepals's horror, and to further that horror, Grovyle held Dusknoir captive and was leaping him towards the dark portal of time.
"Grovyle! What do you think you're doing!?" Dusknoir demanded.
Grovyle glared at his enemy and declared in determination, "I'm going back to the future with you, DUSKNOIR!"
"WHAT!?" Dusknoir gasped.
"Grovyle!" The boy-turned Piplup cried out.
"But you can't!" Chimchar cried out.
Grovyle looked down at his friends, stating, "I know I won't be able to come back here again." before calling down to Chimchar, "Chimchar! You make sure to take good care of Piplup!"
"But wait, you can't!" Chimchar cried out in dismay. "There's no way I can do everything you can do!"
"Chimchar, you'll be just great! You can do it!" Grovyle encouraged, "You're a great team, and don't you ever forget it!"
At the boy-turned Piplup's pleaded cry, Grovyle continued as he and Dusknoir fell, "Piplup, get onto the rainbow stoneship!" pulling off his waist bag which held the Time Gears, "And then, take the Time Gears and set them in Temporal Tower!" as he threw them towards his friends, before landing on the stairs, holding Dusknoir captive.
"Give it up, Grovyle!" Dusknoir demanded as he struggled to get free, but was held tightly.
"Quiet!" Grovyle ordered, "Just a little further!"
He paused, before looking at his human friend who turned into a Pokemon, and Grovyle could feel tears form in his eyes, knowing that this would the very last time he was see his best friend again, and he could tell, both he and Chimchar didn't want him to sacrifice himself, but he knew, it was the only way. "Piplup, I'm happy that I got to meet you...Parting's such sweet sorrow. I'm counting on you!"
"Grovyle, no!" the boy-turned Piplup cried out.
But Grovyle leaped himself and the horrified Dusknoir into the portal into their time where they would wait to be erased from existance. Just before entering the portal himself, Grovyle says for the final time, "The fate of the world is up to you." recalling the sunrise again, adding, on the hint of crying, "Protect the sunrise, for everyone's sake." and allows his tears to fall free, before he too is sucked into the portal.
Dawn and Piplup both gasped, and the former covered her mouth with her hands. In the next memory, they saw Grovyle and Dusknoir, and seeing that they were partnering up as Dusknoir claimed he was being attacked by the Sableye under orders by Dialga for failing, and a new agent would take his place, the two joined forces in search of Celebi who was abducted, and while at first Grovyle didn't trust him, told Dusknoir about how the past of Time was the real way of life, and that the world of darkness wasn't the right way.
During their search on the island of frozen dark ice, Dusknoir saved Grovyle, and when they rested, Dusknoir questioned on why Grovyle was willing to fade away, and Grovyle told him the answer.
(~Xion's theme-KH: 358/2 Days~)
Even though Dusknoir was making annoying comments about the previous fight and the chunk of ice that injured him.
Grovyle crossed his arms in annoyance, and muttered, "If you can come up with a load of complaints like that, you must be fine." before stating that they would head out in a little while.
"But first... Something I wanted to ask..." Dusknoir hesitated.
"What is it?"
"Why do you fight so hard like this?" Dusknoir began, struggling to find the right words, "You said it was...for the future...that you fight for a new life. But if you do, you will disappear. Your existance...will end." Admitting, "For me...that sort of thing... I cannot bear the idea. To make myself disappear...I will not allow it." asking again, "With all that said... Why do you fight so hard for such a goal?"
Hearing this made Grovyle's expression soften a little. He understood why Dusknoir was saying this; the Ghost type-Pokemon was afraid; afraid of vanishing forever, never having been born. Sure being erased was a terrifying thought, but Grovyle knew long ago, there was more to life than just living in a world of darkness and no time.
"Dusknoir, I understand that you don't want to disappear..." Grovyle began, "But me... This is what I think. Even if we were to disappear...Even if I were to disappear, I wouldn't simply just vanish."
"Huh?"
"Everything ends eventually." Grovyle shrugged. "Nothing lasts forever. Even if the world remained this way, the day will come when I die. So, whether I disappear or not, either way, it doesn't make any difference."
"That's true." Dawn sighed. "Nothing lasts forever." as if she was joining in the conversation despite that the past Grovyle and Dusknoir didn't hear her or Piplup.
"The important thing is not how long you live..." Grovyle continued, "It's what you accomplish with your life."
It seemed that Dusknoir was repeating those words in his mind, as he began to understand.
"While I live, I want to shine." Grovyle continued, "I want to prove that I exist. If I could do something really important... That would definitely carry on into the future." before shaking his head and correcting himself, "No... Not just into the future. Into Piplup and Chimchar's future as well. I've become part of their spirit, just as they have become part of mine."
He looked into the eye of Dusknoir and added, "My spirit will live on in their memories, and the memories of all others they pass on in the new history. As long as they remember me, my spirit will always be alive, even if I disappear, and I believe what I accomplished will go on."
(~End Xion's theme~)
Dawn and Piplup glanced at each other, stunned at Grovyle's wisdom, as if he was a human who experinced things no other trainer has gone through before. They continued to watch, and while they saw that Dusknoir had planned the entire set up of the agent thing, Grovyle still managed to talk him into reconsidering while he was trapped in an electrical trap as Celebi was trapped by a Spiritomb.
Just as Grovyle was about to lose his strength, at the very last minute, Dusknoir rushed in and fought through the electricity and pulled Grovyle out and destroying the pillers, saving his life. Just as Primal Dialga attacked for Dusknoir's betrayal and knocked back the Sableye who had strong loyalty in Dusknoir, Celebi was freed, and that's when Time finally changed, the Auroa, and Dialga's heart that was covered in darkness being weakened. Grovyle, Celebi and Dusknoir joining forces as they and the other Pokemon from the erased future beginning to disappear.
The three of them fought and defeated Dialga and were surcumming to being erased.
(~Diane's Feelings-PKM: Jirachi Wish Maker~)
"Grovyle..." Dusknoir began, weakly as he slowly fades away. "Please, tell me...my..my life...did it shine?"
Despite his tears, Grovyle nodded, and replied, "Yes. Extraordinarily." as for the Ghost Pokemon who had been his enemy had now become his friend. It was strange how one can turn life's around. Perhaps the boy-turned Piplup rubbed it off of him.
"I am glad...up until now, I'm not wavering...because of you, Grovyle...because of you..." Dusknoir grunted in pain, "I lived...Thanks...Thanks to you...I have no regrets..." as the last words escaped him, Dusknoir faded away, and Grovyle who was also disappearing, silently cried.
Dawn and Piplup were also tearing up, and they both began to cry at such a memory. They continued to see as Grovyle comforted Celebi and saw the sunrise for the first time, which looked beautiful on Frozen Island.
"Can you see it, Celebi? It's the sunrise." Grovyle spoke as he held Celebi in his arms.
Celebi looked up weakly and gazed at the sun, muttering, "This is...the sunrise? I...I had no idea...A world in which the sun rises... It is so beautiful... so warm...Being able to see the sun before the end..." she looked up at Grovyle with a tearful smile, "Being able to see it with you...I am glad to have seen it with you, and that I was able to live."
"I am too." Grovyle replied, holding Celebi fondly, even as they both slowly vanished, while an earthquake endured around them as time began to move again.
"Good-bye, Grovyle..." Celebi whispered.
(~End Diane's Feelings~)
But what was puzzling to both Dawn and Piplup, was that despite that all of the Pokemon disappeared and time finally returned, was that halfway to morning, Grovyle, Dusknoir and Celebi reappeared and healed from their injuries and the three Pokemon took notice and were just as confused and lost.
"I...I didn't disappear! Wh-why?!" Dusknoir asked in disbelief, looking at himself as best as he could."
Grovyle and Celebi both did the same, eyes wide in confusion and amazement.
"We're...not disappearing..." Celebi said, looking at Grovyle who shrugged.
"I thought once history changed, it would be the end." Grovyle muttered in disbelief, blinking. He didn't get it at all. He and the other two Pokemon then looked down the path where they came from earlier, and to their amazement, the other Pokemon they left behind were also still around, and the Sableye and the Ice-type Pokemon were celebrating and happy that they were still around.
Grovyle could not believe it, and briefly wondered if this was a dream. "We...truly...are still here..."
"This is wonderful!" Celebi too celebrated, twirling around happily, before she paused and admitted, "I have no idea how this would happen, but everyone is safe, and in the new future!" before asking the two male Pokemon, "Isn't this just an amazingly wonderful thing?!"
While Grovyle only shrugged again, Dusknoir thought deeply, "If this happened, then...could it be a Miracle?"
"NO. THIS IS NOT A MIRACLE." A new voice spoke, which made the three Pokemon turn around and to their shock, was Dialga, but something was different. No longer dark blue with orange crystal lining on it's body, Dialga was restored to his normal state as he had been in the past. Still, Grovyle, Celebi and Dusknoir backed away slightly from the giant Dragon Pokemon that controlled Time.
Dawn looked at Piplup, amazed, before she asked, "I wonder if this is the same Dialga we saw back in Sinnoh?" recalling the events that when Team Galactic summoned both Dialga and Palkia to create a new universe with Cyrus as it's god, though that plan failed. Piplup only shrugged in confusion.
"FOR A VERY LONG TIME... I SAW ONLY DARKNESS... AND DURING THAT TIME...THE WORLD BECAME FILLED WITH THE CORRUPTION OF CHAOS..." Dialga spoke to the stunned Pokemon. "I WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT." before roaring and used his powers to show Grovyle, Dusknoir and Celebi the image of the world, which, by the power of history changing and Dialga's power, the land transformed into a lush green and peaceful area.
Which even amazed Dawn and Piplup as they looked around the scenery around them, taking in the breath taking new fresh green fields and trees, the clear morning sky, as the world as returned to the original state filled with Light.
They then focused on the Pokemon again once the telepathy.
(~The Sorceress fading away: the music from the ENG dubbed version of Cardcaptors the movie~)
Grovyle hestiatedly went up closer to Dialga and asked, a little nervously, "Dialga...I have something I want to ask... When we didn't disappear, you said it wasn't a miracle. Did you prevent us from vanishing?"
Dialga, no longer a monster but a sage once more, replied, "NO. IT NOT MY DOING. I DON'T HAVE THE POWER NECESSARY TO STOP YOU FROM DISAPPEARING. HOWEVER..." He looked up to the sky, and the other Pokemon followed his gaze, while he continued, "PERHAPS A BEHING HIGHER THAN MYSELF, THE ONE WHO CREATED ALL POKEMON LIFE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, COULD HAVE DONE IT. THAT BEING MUST'VE SEEN THE COURAGE AND LIGHT WITHIN YOU ALL AND DECIDED TO GRANT YOU A SECOND SECOND CHANCE."
"A being higher than...the one who created all of us Pokemon?" Grovyle thought, stunned. "I never even heard of that. That being must be the most powerful Pokemon of all."
"It could be Arceus..." Dawn thought.
Dialga looked at Grovyle again, and added with fondness and gratidute, "AND SO...I MUST EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. IT WAS YOUR BRAVERY AND THE LIGHT WITHIN YOUR HEART AND THE HEARTS OF OTHERS THAT YOU'VE RETURNED THE WORLD FROM DARKNESS FOR ME. I AM TRULY GRATEFUL, GROVYLE. YOU, AND YOUR FRIENDS TEAM POKEPALS IN THE PAST, WHO CHANGED HISTORY AND WHO PREVENTED THE PLANET'S PARALYSIS."
Hearing this made Grovyle remember his friends in the past, and he realised that it could be possible that the boy-turned Piplup still existed as well, and so, he rushed up to the edge, and gazed at the sun, mentally asking the winds to deliever his message to his friends, and that he and the other Pokemon will rebuild the world.
In excitement, Grovyle cupped his mouth with his claws and called out loudly, "Piplup! Chimchar! Can you hear me? We're still alive!" and his call echoed through out the newly restored Blizzard island, as Celebi and Dusknoir joined him side by side.
"So Arceus gave Grovyle and the other Pokemon a chance to live in the new history, and in the world filled with Pokemon somewhere out there outside Earth." Dawn said. "That's gotta be the coolest thing I've ever seen."
(~End the Sorceress fades away~)
"Piplup, Pip!" Piplup nodded in agreement.
But then both became confused, and Dawn asked, "But then...why did Grovyle come here?"
As if to answer her question, another memory beyond that appeared around them, and it unforunately, it wasn't as nice as the one when the future changed. Dawn and Piplup noticed that while Grovyle and Celebi were having a conversation, they were suddenly ambushed by a mysterious Pokemon, that that seemed blurry that not even Dawn or Piplup could see. To their shock and horror, the dark Pokemon summoned a portal behind Grovyle and Celebi which sucked the two right in, and in the corridor of darkness, the two were separated.
The final memories Dawn and Piplup saw was Grovyle awakening in the same forest they, Ash, Pikachu, Michael and Eevee were travelling in on their way to the HQ lab.
Grovyle, having passed out and knocked out to unconsciousness, was finally awakening again. He groaned, before opening his eyes, then moved to lie on his back, and stared up at the leaves of the trees above up, as the sun tried to shine through the leaves.
Later on for the next few days, he tried to find his way around, and seeing humans and Pokemon pass way side by side, Grovyle realised where he was.
"This must be a world where humans and Pokemon live together." Grovyle said to himself, though he also knew that in this world, humans couldn't understand him the same way the human-turned Piplup once did before he became a Pokemon himself. During this time, Grovyle became aqquinted with the local Treecko and other Pokemon, until they were attacked by a group of Beedrill, and Grovyle, not wanting the innocent Pokemon to get hurt, fought against them as hard as he could, until three young humans and their Pokemon partners came...
"And that's how Grovyle ended up now." Dawn realised, feeling sorry for Grovyle.
Just then, light around them shined again, and Dawn and Piplup were forced to close their eyes again.
The ball of light that surrounded Dawn, Piplup, the injured Grovyle and Unown faded, and the four of them seemed to be all right, except for Grovyle who was still weak, and Dawn and Piplup seemed to have been blinded.
"Hey, Dawn! Piplup!" Ash went to kneel next to his friend, and placed a hand onto Dawn's shoulder, asking, "Are you okay?"
"Pikachu?" Pikachu places a paw onto Piplup's shoulder.
Dawn and Piplup opened their eyes, and blinked, before recalling what happened, just as Unown floats away a bit. They looked at Grovyle, and, not telling their friends what they just witnessed, Dawn replied, "Yeah, we're okay."
"What happened?" Ash asked.
"N-Nothing." Dawn lied. "We gotta get Grovyle healed up."
"Isn't there a Pokemon Centre anywhere around here?" Ash asked to Michael who shook his head.
"There isn't one close by, but the HQ lab does have a healing centre within it, and it's not too far from here." Michael answered.
Dawn hesitated, as she realised that they couldn't carry Grovyle on the scooter, and they didn't have a Pokemon that could carry three people and four Pokemon. She then realised, as much as she would hate to do this to Grovyle who had fought so long and hard to save his world from the darkness, there was only one way to carry him. "I can capture Grovyle in a pokeball to make things easier." she finally replied.
Ash, who had obviously no clue on this, replied, "Great idea!" but then thought, "But...how can you carry Grovyle's pokeball if you already have six with you?"
Then Dawn had another idea. "Wait, that's it! Mamoswine can carry me, Piplup and Grovyle to the HQ, and Michael can lead us the way!" relieved that she didn't have to capture Grovyle after all. That, and that she felt stupid for not having to come up with that idea earlier.
"Even a better idea." Ash shrugged, "Though I guess we couldn't have realised that before, huh?"
"Just help me with Grovyle, okay!?" Dawn snapped, before pulling out a Pokeball and threw it into the air, calling, "Come on out, Mamoswine!" and her large mammaoth Pokemon came out, stomping. As Dawn and Ash and Michael, with the help of the Treecko and other Pokemon lifted Grovyle carefully onto Mamoswine's back, the Unown floated up to Dawn, and, mysteriously, created a shiny pink crystal orb and had it float into Dawn's hands which she held out and now held the crystal.
"This is for me?" Dawn asked, surprised.
The Unown nodded, before floating away and disappeared back into it's dimension.
"It just...floated into a vortex...to the next universe..." Michael stuttered, spooked out. Eevee was freaked out as well.
"Well, Unown do come from a different dimension." Ash lightly laughed. "That's why you don't see them much here on Earth." as he, Dawn and their Pokemon climbed up, before he adressed to the wild Pokemon, "Don't worry, Grovyle will be okay. I promise!"
The Treecko clan, the Oddish, and the Bulbasaurs nodded their thanks, before rushing off back into the woods to pray that their friend would be alright. Michael recalled Eevee to it's Pokeball and got back onto his scooter, telling his friends, "Okay, guys! Follow me!" starting it up before driving off.
"Let's go, Mamoswine!" Dawn told her Pokemon, who followed the scooter, while she, Ash, Pikachu and Piplup held onto Grovyle, hoping they would make it in time.
Dawn looked at the injured Pokemon and thought, 'Don't worry, Grovyle. I'll find a way to help you get back home. You went through so much, and you helped others through out your journey.' she smiled fondly of the brave Pokemon who was given a second chance to live. 'Now it's my turn to help you.'
From that point on, Dawn and Piplup both promised to never reveal the mysterious world of Pokemon, or the Time Gears, or Temporal Tower to anyone...not even to their friends.
A/N: WHOA! This is a long chapter! It wasn't meant to be long, but it ended up being long. I guess this story will have both long and short chapters, depending on how I want to write them and how I want to finish each chapter.
Will Grovyle be able to return to his world? What happened to Celebi? What is the Pink Crystal Orb the Unown gave to Dawn? Will she, Piplup, Ash and Pikachu get Grovyle to HQ in time to save him? Only time will tell, and more troubles will come in the next chapter.
While we wait for said chapter, fellow readers, please continue your reviews and I'll see you again as soon as I get back to this story.