The stone glowed brighter as we approached the pattern. We stepped on it. I still didn't like the movement of anything going into the sky so I sat down. "Ashton I know that you're still grieving for Grovyle but we can't let his sacrifice be in vain." Pip whispered as the rainbow stone parked itself.
I stood up and wiped my eyes. "I know. Let's go." I walked faster than I've ever walked before. I was determined.
Up close Temporal Tower looked even more damaged than it did far away. The stones that made up the tower were strewn into the space and simply hung in place. Never falling. Lost and forgotten by the keeper of the tower, the deity himself.
We made our way to the top of the tower. It was a long walk. Pip, behind me, could hardly keep up. I heard him calling for me to slow down but my body refused to slow. I NEEDED to do this. For Grovyle. For myself. For our future. Every now and again a tremor slowed me down but then I would go faster up.
At the top the red clouds above shot lightening. It struck one of the pillars. At the end of everything was a tablet of some form. It had no writing but it glowed blue and orange. The colors of a Primal Dialga. I ran over to it, starting to take out one of the time gears but something struck me backwards. I saw the Time Gear fly out of my hand and to Pip's feet. Pip stood, frozen in place.
"YOU DARE COME AND DESTROY TEMPORAL TOWER?!" Dialga looked much like Primal Dialga of the future. His voice boomed. It was menacing.
"Dialga," Pip finally spat out. "It isn't our fault! It's Time! Time is starting to break!"
Dialga looked confused. "TIME…TIME…" He roared and attacked Pip. Pip got out of the way and I stood.
"It's no use!" Pip yelled.
"He hasn't gone to his Primal Form. We have to beat him!"
"Are you crazy?" Pip avoided another attack.
I threw an X-eye seed, it confused Dialga. "Now! Use whirlpool!" I commanded. This felt right. This felt familiar.
Pip caught Dialga in a whirlpool attack while I used a bullet seed attack. The X-eye seed wore off and he struggled to get out of the whirlpool. The whirlpool slapped him against a wall. The impact staggered him.
"Use Bubble beam at his eyes!" I told him.
Pip did as he was told. It hit Dialga's eyes. I scooped up some rock dusk and flung it with the bubbles, making him blind. I grabbed the Time Gear and threw my bag to Pip.
"Hurry! Now's your chance!" I pleaded with Pip.
Pip nodded and ran toward the tablet. With shaking flippers he put each one into place.
Dialga thrashed wildly at me but I kept backing away from him. I watched as Pip struggled with the last Time Gear. I ran under Dialga's belly, running toward my friend. I grabbed his flipper and stared into his eyes. Somehow it gave him the strength. He stopped shaking and together we put the last Time Gear in place.
The whole tower started to tremble. "What's going on?" Pip yelled.
"We couldn't have been too late…could we?" Lightening struck between us and we fell back away from the tablet and passed out.
I was the first to wake. Above me was nothing but blue sky.
"THANK YOU." Boomed a very softer but familiar voice. Dialga looked different. He was a paler blue than Primal Dialga.
Pip awoke. "Did we do it?" He asked.
"YES," Dialga answered. "THANK YOU. ANYTHING YOU WISH WILL BE YOURS…AS A THANK YOU."
I smiled. It was a sad smile but Pip didn't seem to see it. Pip smiled and jumped.
"LAPRAS WILL BE WAITING. I WILL SEE TO THE REBUILDING OF TEMPORAL TOWER."
Pip took my hand and lead me out. As soon as we stepped onto the dirt I felt a strong sense of gravity. Every step took more and more energy out of me. Is this what its like to disappear?
Finally my body stopped dead in its tracks. Pip let go of my hand, yapping away about the Guild.
A tear rolled down my cheek as the first light reached my eyes. It was time.
"Ash?" Pip came over but stopped seeing the light. "What's going on?"
"I'm really sorry. Forgive me, my friend, but all this time I was destined to disappear." Pip looked astonished but didn't say anything.
Finally he said, "But I need you. You make me stronger!" He grabbed my hand.
"No." I pat his head. "You make me stronger, Pip. You have always been strong on your own. And now you need to go back. Tell everyone what has happened. Make sure nothing like this ever happens again."
Pip started to cry. He wanted to hug me but he was afraid. "I can see right through you." He whispered. I looked at my hands. He was right.
"I'm sorry." I whispered. "But I'll never forget you."
It felt like my spirit left my body in that moment. I observed everything from the heavens. I watched Pip cry out my name as my body disappeared.
"I'll never forget you!" He cried.
I smiled and when I looked at my hands they were human again.
"It's time to go home." I heard a soft voice. "Back to the future."