I watched as the pictures of time went by. They went by too quickly for me to see when they were. Desperately I clung to Grovyle and Pip's hands, afraid that they'd both be lost by the passage of time.

"Just close your eyes," Grovyle told us. "We'll reach our destination soon."

I shut my eyes tightly. Before I knew it warm sand wrapped around me. Clinging to my skin. I opened it against the harsh sun. We were on the beach where I was found. Grovyle hung a pendant over my head. "This is yours." He said. I grabbed it and pulled the chain over my head. The weight it put on my chest felt right and well.

"We're home!" Pip smiled. "Hey Grovyle, this is the beach I met Ashton on. Right where she's laying, actually."

"I see. So she ended up here. I ended up in the Eastern Forest. We were so far apart from each other." Grovyle started to shake but kept the tears back as best as he could. "I thought I lost you…" He whispered to me.

"We should get to Wigglytuff's Guild! We have a room there so that's where we can rest."

Grovyle shook his head. "I won't be very well received there. Plus, they may reject your story even if you told them."

Pip sighed. "I guess you're right. I have another home but we'll be walking through Treasure Town."

"That should be alright as long as we keep low. Let's go."

Pip led the way. We avoided eye contact with the people in Treasure Town.

"I miss them so much!" I heard one of the Kecleon brothers cry to their uncomfortable customers.

Pip led us to a cliff and uncovered a hole with some leaves. "In here." One by one we filed inside. "Welcome to my home, Sharpedo Bluff."

"Why is it called that?" Grovyle tilted his head curiously. It made him look childish and less heroic than he put himself out to be.

"The cliff is in the shape of a Sharpedo head. It doesn't attract much attention but I like it. This little alcove is the Sharpedo's mouth." As he explained he started to light a fire in a fire pit in the middle of the room. Then, he brought out some blankets and pillows. As the sun went down we sat around the fire.

Grovyle kept staring at his locket then up at me as we ate. It looked like some part of him still didn't believe it.

"Grovyle, could you tell me my story?"

Pip laid down but tried his best to keep his eyes open so he could hear the story.

Grovyle smiled. "When I was a Treeko you saved me from some Pokémon who were kind of like the Spiritomb. I had trespassed while fleeing another Pokémon gang and you, just a human, you saved me and took me back home. In this home a few human families had made a home. A man…your father was displeased with you a lot. Everyone was scared of him but you weren't. You didn't live in his house, from what I gathered, you lived with an old woman. You told me you had a dream to change the future because you were so sick of the darkness and I agreed to help you. We went through books upon books and one day we accidentally came upon a Time Gear in the Eastern Forest. That's when we found out about your ability. By this point I had evolved and when we went back to the books found out it was called Dimensional Scream. But it only works when a place is associated with a Time Gear and you have a very dear friend Pokémon partner."

Pip chimed in. "But Ashton's ability worked when I was around."

"So? Doesn't that just prove how quickly Ashton trusted you, Pip?" Grovyle had only said Pip's name once before. Every other time he called him 'kid'. I couldn't help but smile.

"Anyway Celebi caught wind of what we were doing and helped us but…by this point your family, Ashton, was killed by Dusknoir. Me, you, and Celebi…we are the only ones left to save our future."

"Another thing that's bothering me…" All eyes were on Pip again. "Ash, didn't your ability work even when a Time Gear wasn't present?"

Grovyle frowned in confusion. "But that isn't possible."

"Not unless the Dimensional Scream works here differently." I told him.

Grovyle smiled again. "Anyway, when we went through the Passage of Time, Ash, you and I encountered some turbulence of some form. We were separated and brought to different places. It must've caused your amnesia and for some reason your transformation. I guess in this time humans just don't belong."

I shrugged. "Guess not but then how were humans even in our time to begin with?"

Grovyle shrugged. "Nobody knows. Two humans were just found one day and that was it."

I sighed and laid down. Pip was asleep by this point, snoring away. Grovyle came over and took me into his arms. He started to cry quietly now that Pip was asleep. "I thought I lost you forever."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and started to hum.

"I'm so glad you haven't forgotten that tune. You used to sing it to me in times like this when I break down." He hummed it with me until we were both asleep.

I woke up to the faint sounds of Grovyle and Pip talking about the sunrise. I couldn't help but smile. They were becoming so close, my two best friends. I stood and stretched when I heard them coming down.

"We should all go to Eastern Forest."

"Oh but first." I rummaged through Pip's belongings until I found a camera. "I saw this last night. I think I remember how to work it." I set a timer then ran to my friends, put my arms around them and smiled until the light flashed and a photo came out. I grabbed the photo. "I wanted something to remember everyone by in case something happened."

"You haven't changed a bit." Grovyle laughed. "Let's go now."

I put the picture in a safe place in Pip's home and we followed Grovyle to the Eastern Forest.