"Yeah, good luck tracking them down now, because they could be anywhere." "We are leaving Aaron… call us if you need us… but we will need some time to heal." "I understand." "I also need some time of my own." "Okay son." In Astral's room… "Why, did it have to turn out like this? I let everyone down." "You can do something to change it…" "Huh, how?" Astral shot straight up. "Calm down… it's me again… your aura."

"Please help me! I've royalty screwed up." A riolu made of blue energy appeared before Astral. "Think about what you know… try to remember where they are." "All I can remember is them at Kimberly's hut." "There is two ways to figure out where they live." "How?" "You can go into a spirit portal and try your luck at breaking the psyche lock in there or…" "Or what?" "Or travel through time with the help of celebi."

"I don't think I can break the lock myself, so how do I find celebi?" "Try a magical forest." "I'll go see celebi now, thank you a lot." In the study… "A magical forest… why do you want to know that?" "I want to cool off and explore. I thought it would be a cool place." "There are not many left… but I do know of one." "Where?" "This is a map of the area we are in… here is the volcano, the training ground, over here is a field."

"And right about here… see this giant long mountain wall here?" "Yes." "Right in this wall is a tunnel opening that is difficult to find… beyond the tunnel is a magical forest. Any questions?" "No thanks for the info." Runs off skipping. "Not even how to find the tunnel?" Stops suddenly, "Yeah that would be helpful." "They say you can only find it if you can prove yourself… many have tried and failed to complete the trails."

"They start here… just past the field… I don't know what you are planning my son, but don't do anything reckless." "I won't." Turning away quickly, "See you!" Astral found the field in question… and it felt eerie. "Hmm, I'm going to tread lightly here." Walking slowly looking around as he goes. "Hey there!" "Yes?" Looking around for the voice. "Down here…" "Sorry." Looks down. "Hi I'm Catrine, a skitty." "Hi I'm Astral, an absol."

"So you must be here to start the trails to the magical forest." "Yes that's why I'm here." "Great, it's been a while since someone did them. There are three trails, courage, power, and wisdom." "Which is the first?" "Courage… you must prove yourself worthy by facing what you fear the most." "Okay." Just then the land scape changed and blood was every were on the burned ground. "Oh look who it is little Stellaluna had le Stellaluna..a fight with old friends… hello, Astral remember me?"

"Yes… I think so." "You better… its Sophia. Look at your mother, never had a chance against Neiva and Neva… and your father he looks equally hurt… guess his fight with Boulder and Pebble failed." "Well… when we meet you will find out I'm no pushover, I will fight for my family and the ones who care for me." "To bad your family isn't around anymore to see you win." "If not I will fight in their memories and names."

"Are you not upset that your parents are dead… that you are walking in their blood?" "I am, but being upset is going to solve nothing. Keeping them in my heart will accomplish everything." "Fine, then what about Crystal?" "How did you know? I would learn to love again in her memory…" "Fine then you leave me no choice… I will have to take your memories from you!" "I can still survive without those memories, I can forge new ones."

"No this was perfect…" A bright light shined through turning everything white… Astral saw his mother in her mega evolved form coming from the light… "Astral…" "Yes… mom." "I'm not your mother… I simply took on a form that is familiar to you." "Oh, sorry." "I am the spirit of courage… in the darkest of places; you only need to see the light. You have passed the first test… I give you my symbol as proof of your victory."

"You may ask me one question." "Is Crystal safe?" "Yes, they are all safe… this was nothing more than an illusion. Farewell, on to the next test." The light disappeared and the field was turned back to normal… Astral thinks one down two to go. "Hi again, it's me again Catrine." "Oh hi." "Come, this way to the test, my sister Catrina, a delcatty, will take over from here." "The next test is power… all of these blocks are different sizes and weight."

"You must use your power to put them in place… no need to worry about in what order… they are already in the correct order." "Okay." Astral uses a mix of razor wind and quick attacks to push them around and into place, "How is this?" He asked when he pushed the last one. "See that cliff up there?" "Yes." "You must use the blocks as a stair case to get to it." Astral uses quick attack to run up the blocks fast and quick.

Once up he yells, "I'm here!" "Good job Astral." Astral turns around to see a bright light and Aaron in his mega evolve state. "Whoa, hi." "Hello, I'm the spirit of power… this symbol is for you… you may also ask me one question, or favor." "Can you teach me slash?" "Which move do you want to forget?" "Leer." "Very well… it is done… move on to the next test." "Okay, thank you." Astral walked ahead till he saw a bright light with Crystal in it.

"Hi, what's this next challenge entail?" "I am the spirit of wisdom, before you are many doors… but only one will lead to what you seek." "Okay." "Behold the doors, on them are pictures of pokémon… you must use your wisdom to figure out which door will lead you to the right way." Astral closes his eyes and focuses his aura on each one, after getting to the last door he notices the middle door is flashing, "The middle one."

"Let's go see." The door in the middle was a shiny celebi door, Astral walked through the door to see a forest, and a symbol on the ground. "This place makes me feel calm… hey what's up there?" A pokémon was sitting high on a tree branch. "Hi, I'm Abilene, a celebi. I welcome you to my forest, I see you have all three symbols from the spirits." "Yep." Lays them in front of him. "You have proven your worth, what is it that you seek?"

"I need to find team psyche's base." "Very well… here we go." A bright green light shined and they teleported to what looked like a mansion. "Well there you have it." "Thanks." He looks around than walks towards the mansion like building. "Wait." Astral stops than says, "Let me guess… rules?" "No." He cocks his head, "What then?" "Do you know when we are?" "No." "Then wait… I could have teleported us in the past, present, or future."

"You said bring you to the hideout of team psyche… you didn't pacifically say when though." "Whoops didn't think that through." "It's okay, I did… you are in the present… in other words I simply just teleported you here, next time though you have to be a bit more pacific about things… you don't even know where this mansion is located." "True… um maybe I'll scout around." "Smart idea… here's a map… mark the location you are."

"Okay thanks." Taking the map, "I'll first go over to the East." In the East side… well it's a meadow. "Hmm…" Walking slowly, "I'll look around here to see if I recognize anything here." Is that snow over there? "Snow, where am I that has snow? I'll ask someone around here where I am." "Well hello, you're new here." "Oh uh hi… random question but, where am I?" "I'm Icy, the snorunt; you're in the snowy mountains right now."

"Okay, how close is the volcano from here?" "Do you have a map?" "Yes, right here." "Great, I'll get Shayla to help you… Shayla some lost traveler is here." Okay it went from cold to freezing, "Whoa, brrr it's cold!" "Traveler meet Shayla, a froslass." "H…hi." "Sorry about the cold… but that's what you get around ice type pokémon." "It's o…okay." "Strange though… your fur should be keeping you warm." "It's getting better."

"We don't get travelers here… what's your name and what do you want?" "I'm Astral and I was hoping you could tell me how close I am to the volcano." "Let's see your map." "Okay, here it is." "You are here; way up North… the town is here just down the snowy mountains past the fields… the volcano I know of is here." "Okay." "You must have had quite the trip up this mountain… but looking over you I'm a bit surprised."