Disclaimer: Pokémon is by Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon BW: Yin-Yang Quest

A motorcycle rode up to a Poké Mart. Up ahead was a long and large bridge: the Skyarrow Bridge. The officer, a short haired woman wearing a police uniform stopped as fog rolled into the area.

"This bridge was well-known for its fog," she muttered as she got off. She took out a Poké Ball. "Swanna, mobilize!"

She threw the ball up and Swanna came out. "Defog!" Jenny commanded.

Crescent shaped wind streaks came from Swanna's wings and the White Bird Pokémon sent them into the fog. The fog, surprisingly, did not clear away. A car drove by the officer.

"Hey, wait! You can't drive until the fog clears!" the officer warned.

She took off, Swanna flying after her.

Mia, Taylor, and their new friend, Brock, arrived at the Poké Mart a few minutes later. "Just need to get something from the Professor!" Mia said as she went ahead of the boys.

"This is the largest bridge in Unova according to the map," Brock said as he looked at the map on his Pokégear. "You know, when it was under construction, it was known for a strange fog that settled in on occasion."

"Uh-huh," Taylor nodded.

Taylor bumped into a man with light brown hair tied in a low ponytail and hazel eyes. "Sorry," the man apologized. The fog started to roll into the area.

"It's all right," Taylor replied. The man went inside. "Oh, great. Fog. That's the last thing I need right now."

"It may not be a bad thing," Brock told him. "You never know what'll happen from here on out."

As the man went inside the store, Mia was making a call to Professor Juniper requesting her Tepig. She set Sewaddle's Poké Ball into a transfer machine. A yellow green beam of light zapped it and turned it into energy. It was taken over to the Professor's lab, while Mia's received Tepig's Poké Ball back. She took the ball. "Thanks, Professor," Mia thanked.

"Thank you, Mia," Juniper thanked back. "I'm looking forward to studying the next one."

They hung up. Mia shrunk the Poké Ball and put it in a pouch in her purse. She soon saw the man Taylor and Brock met earlier looking at some pictures of the bridge. Curious, Mia went over to take a better look at the pictures. "That must've been the bridge back when it was under construction."

"Aye," the man replied. "That it be, ma'am."

"Mia," Brock called out. Mia saw the two approach them.

"You two must take a look at this!" Mia exclaimed as she pointed to the pictures. "These are pictures of the bridge way back when!"

The three of them looked up. "Y'know," the man pointed out. "A water taxi used t' run here."

"Water taxi?" Taylor asked.

"It's a boat than works similar to a bus, with services running to multiple stops on sea," Mia explained.

"It went out o' service when th' bridge was built, as they said it wouldn't be necessary anymore t' get to Castelia City," the man explained.

"Do you live here?" Taylor asked.

"Nae. I'm just visiting," the man said as he left.

When they stepped outside the mart, things were much different. The bridge was under construction and a ferry service was running. "It's under construction?" Mia asked in surprise. "What's going on here?"

"Something's off," Brock said.

"Are you three customers?" a voice asked. The three turned to find a small boy by the pier near a water taxi waving to them. "Hop aboard!"

"If it means a way across, then let's check things out," Mia suggested. She ran over to the boy.

"Hey, Mia, the dock could be slippery!" Taylor warned.

"Mo-ga!" Momo agreed as he and Brock followed her.

"We'd like to get on board, please," she requested.

"Here ye are!" the boy said as he handed tickets to them. He turned to a Gothitelle. "Gothitelle! We have customers!"

"Gothitelle!" Gothitelle greeted as it turned to them. Taylor looked up the Pokémon on his Pokédex. Gothitelle's eyes glowed blue as the rope tying the boat to the dock was undone.

"Gothitelle, the Astral Body Pokémon," the Dex explained. "Starry skies thousands of light-years away are visible in the space distorted by their intense psychic power."

They got on board and sat down on a bench. The boy and Gothitelle went up to the captain. "Captain! All hands are on deck!" the boy reported as he saluted.

A middle-aged man turned to him. He nodded, and then took out a microphone. "Apologies for th' wait," the man said. "Furthermore, we shall be departing now."

He started the engine and the water taxi sailed for the city. Brock looked around the area, seeing fog similar to the one before they went to the Poké Mart. Momo and Emolga got off their trainer's shoulders to view the seaside better.

"Juice! Snacks!" the boy called out as he carried a tray to the passengers. A few people raised their hands to place an order. Mia also did so. Soon she, Taylor, and their Emolga were enjoying the treats.

"Delicious!" Mia noted.

"E-mon!" Emolga agreed as he ate some Poffin.

"Captain," a woman said. "I hear your business is closing soon because the bridge is almost finished."

This got Mia and Brock's attention.

"Y'know, a water taxi used t' run here," Mia heard the man from the Poké Mart say in her head.

"We're back in time?" Taylor asked as they sat down on the hill back where they started from.

"It's just a theory, but what if this fog was actually a time slip?" Mia asked.

"I had a feeling about that, you two," Brock agreed. "The water taxi we saw in the photo was the same one here. And the fog that rolled in suddenly. It could also be an illusion."

"The only Pokémon I know with the power to distort time and space is Gothitelle," Mia told them. "They have the ability to see into the future, even effortlessly predicting the life span of their Trainers."

"I noticed that a Gothitelle is always with that kid," Taylor realized. He looked down to find the boy and Gothitelle working. "Maybe we should ask him if he knows what's up."

"Good idea," Brock said.

The three stood up and went over to the boy and Gothitelle. "Excuse me?" Mia asked.

"You're the customers from earlier!" the boy realized.

"My name's Mia," Mia introduced.

"E-mo-ga," Emolga said.

"Name's Taylor," Taylor introduced. "This is Momo," he said, gesturing to his Emolga.

"Mo mo!" Momo greeted.

"I'm Brock," Brock finished.

"My name is Braden," Braden introduced. "I work with my Dad and Gothitelle to run the water bus."

"Is that Gothitelle your Pokémon?" the only girl of the trio asked.

"It's a wild Pokémon, but it does help with th' business," Braden explained. The two hugged each other. "We make quite a team, right?" he asked.

"Go-thi-telle!" Gothitelle sang.

"Now I'm even more certain that Gothitelle is behind this," Mia assured. "Look at all this fog. With Gothitelle around, it's always foggy."

"Hmm…" the two boys pondered.

"Gothi-telle!" Gothitelle cheered.

"Take care!" Braden cheered as he waved goodbye. Mia promptly followed the Astral Body Pokémon into the fog, the two boys running after her.

"Gothitelle!" Mia called out.

Gothitelle stopped at the Skyarrow Bridge. Mia stopped a few feet away from her. "Is this your work?" she asked.

Gothitelle did not reply.

"Mia!" Taylor called out. He and Brock approached her.

"I know this time. I have faint recollections of it in the present day. But…" Mia began.

Gothitelle still did not budge.

"…we need to return to the present! To the here and now we love!"

Gothitelle turned to her, an angry look on its face.

"Something tells me it won't give us a return ticket!" Taylor guessed.

Gothitelle released multicolored energy from its hand to the trio. "Psybeam!" Brock warned as they ducked.

"You can't just keep living in this world!" Taylor yelled. "Let us through!"

Gothitelle fired another Psybeam at him, which Momo deflected with a Charge Beam as she jumped off his shoulder.

"No doubt it's stubborn!" Mia said as she took out a Poké Ball. "Snivy, you're on!" she said as she threw it into the air.

Snivy came out and crossed his arms. "Willpower is one thing, but strength is another, and I have a good amount of both on me!" Mia declared.

Brock smiled at Mia's determination. "Snivy, use Vine Whip!" Mia commanded.

Releasing the two vines, he sent them to Gothitelle, who cast a blue barrier around it. The vines hit the barrier instead.

"Leaf Blade!" Mia instructed.

Leaf glowing green, he jumped and span to his opponent. He instead passed through a copy as many more copies surrounded the Grass Snake Pokémon. Gothitelle fired a Psybeam at him, hitting hard as he got sent into the air.

"Hang on, Snivy!" Mia yelled. "Leaf Tornado!"

Summoning the Whirlwind of leaves, he sent it to Gothitelle. Gothitelle again protected itself, sending the leaves flying around the bridge. Snivy landed on the ground as tools were destroyed around them.

Eyes glowing blue, many of the tools were levitated into the air. Mia clenched her fist, ready for what was to come.

"Gothitelle!" a voice called out.

Gothitelle turned to find the young man from the Poké Mart the three met earlier. He tripped and fell on the ground, out of breath from the run.

"Gothitelle, it's me! Braden!" Braden said. "Remember me? Th' times on th' water taxi?"

"Go-thi…!" it realized as the man's features matched the boy that it knew. Psychic wore off as the three went over to them, also recognizing the man. Momo jumped back onto Taylor's shoulder.

"Oi, Gothitelle," he began as he stood up. "Yer upset about what happened when I left ye."

"When you left it?" Taylor asked with suspicion. "Mind explaining?"

Braden proceeded to do so. When the Skyarrow Bridge was finished, his father's ferry business shut down, to Gothitelle's sadness. They later moved to help his uncle's restaurant business, Gothitelle coming with them upon his request. When he got old enough, Braden went to college to study to become a doctor. The day after he left, he got news from his father that Gothitelle vanished without a trace.

"I didn't believe that and went back here when break came along," Braden explained. "Sure enough, I found ye still wallowin' in sadness."

"Gothitelle…" Gothitelle said, ashamed at its actions.

"I know ye miss that time," Braden assured it. "It may not have meant much for any other person, but it meant a lot t' me. The li'l things in life give me joy, and I'm happy."

"But if ye just dwell on th' past, ye won't truly be happy. And it pains me to hear yer still upset."

Some tears started to form up in his eyes. "So, do me a favor, mmkay?" he requested. "Live as if today was yer last day."

Touched by this statement, Gothitelle wiped the tears from his eyes. He looked at Gothitelle, who was smiling at him. He gave his own back.

The fog started to swirl around them as the illusion world was consumed in it.

Now back in the present time, Mia, Taylor, Brock, and Braden crossed the Skyarrow Bridge, the fog finaly cleared out. Braden stopped halfway and bade the trio farewell. As he looked up, he found Gothitelle on top of the bridge.

"Gothitelle!" Braden called as he waved to it. "Remember me favor!"

Gothitelle nodded as a breeze blew by. When the wind died down, it was gone.

Mia, Taylor, and Brock watched this event, and then headed to Castelia City, vowing that they, too, will make beautiful memories.