We arrived at the guild in a short amount of time. Everyone was gathered in front of Wigglytuff's office. Chatot, as usual, looked to be in a panic and oddly enough Wigglytuff did as well.

"What's going on?" I asked Chatot. Everyone became silent.

"Well…Another Time Gear has been stolen…in Fogbound Lake…"

Everyone went into a panic, yelling out a million questions at once.

"Did…someone in the guild perhaps talk about the Lake?"

"That is so uncalled for, Pip!" Sunflora yelled.

"Like WE WOULD EVER TELL ANYBODY!" Loudrid agreed.

Pip backed off. "I-I'm sorry! You're right that was totally uncalled for!"

Chatot flapped his wings, desperate to get everyone's attention but it was drowned out by Dusknoir's calm and collected voice. "I am confused. Was your trip to Fogbound Lake not a failure?"

Wigglytuff looked depressed. "I am sorry, Dusknoir, but we needed to keep its location and everything about the lake a secret. We promised Uxie."

"I understand."

"Magnezone is calling the guild into action." He passed out copies of a wanted poster. "Here is the culprit"

The picture on the flyer was of a cool and collected Pokémon and my evolution if I can evolve. Grovyle the Thief and he was wanted dead or alive.

"Everyone shall investigate these areas." He pointed to a map on the wall then looked straight at me. "You two will investigate the quicksand pits."

Pip looked at me and smiled. "Let's go." He grabbed my hand and led me off. As we walked away I felt Dusknoir's watchful eyes on me.

When we arrived at the deepest part of the land Pip surveyed the area. There was nothing but quicksand everywhere we went. In the middle of all of this was a huge quicksand. The consequences would be fatal should we fall into it.

"Ash, there's nothing here." Pip frowned.

I felt it again. That sensation like I was excited and waiting for something to happen. To my left I felt a ghost of a Pokémon standing next to me and even heard their laugh in the back of my head. It was neither male nor female, it was simply a laugh that felt familiar and warm like my own.

"I've been here before…" I whispered but Pip ignored me and started to drag me back.

"Pip," I complained but before we knew it we were back at the guild. It could be possible that I've never even been there before.

Everyone at the guild had the same experience as me. Nobody could find any Time Gears. Bidoof, however, proudly showed everyone his crystal.

I couldn't ignore that familiar feeling even after Chatot dismissed us for the day. With or without Pip I was finding out the quicksand's secret. I looked at Pip. "I've been there before."

Pip tilted his head. "Really?"

I nodded. "Yes and I am going with or without you so are you with me?" We stared into each other's eyes. His were a deep ocean blue while mine were a deep emerald green. Were Grovyle's eyes the same as mine?

Pip nodded. "Fine then. Let's go."

It was my turn to grab his flipper and drag him back in the twilight to the quicksand. "So what do you propose then?" Pip asked me.

"Nowhere else but down." I grinned and dragged us both into the middle of the biggest quicksand.

"Is it too late to turn back?" Pip struggled pulling himself deeper at a faster rate. I closed my eyes and held my breath against the sand but soon I no longer felt the grainy fingers wrapped around my skin. I opened my eyes and saw Pip pulling himself up to his feet. "Ash, you are a genius!" He exclaimed.

"Nowhere else but straight." I wasn't talking to him but he answered anyway.

"Yep, looks like it." So we walked. Deeper and deeper into the darkness with very little light leading us. The only light there was came from the sands above us, allowing the moonlit rays wash over us until we got to a lake. The lake looked like Fogbound Lake with it's green-blue surface lit up by a Time Gear. My heart, once again, felt overjoyed.

"How dare you trespass!" I was so focused on the Time Gear that I hadn't seen the other Pokémon standing there.

"We're here to-" I started but the Pokémon interrupted.

"Save it! My brother Uxie told me why you were coming! I am Mesprite, Guardian to this Time Gear and I will not have you steal it from me!" She picked me up with an invisible hand and threw me against the cave's wall. Pip wasted no time avenging my injuries with a bubble attack. Several, glowing bubbles shot out from his beak injuring the Pokémon.

I threw seeds at her that leeched the life from her body with every attack she attempted.

"I will not let you have the time gear!" She screamed.

"That wasn't us!" Pip yelled at her, ready for another attack.

"If not you then who?"

"That would probably be…me."