Then the sound of the forest filled the air. A glowing green vortex appeared out of nowhere and Serena stumbled out of it. She saw Ash at the edge of the cliff and saw Greninja powering up an aerial ace attack. She saw Jessie aim the rocket launcher at Greninja and knew exactly what she had to do. She grabbed Slyveon's pokéball and threw it into the air. In a flash of light Slyveon appeared as Greninja flipped over Ash and land. "Grab Ash!" Serena ordered her Pokémon as Ash and Greninja realised that the rocket was going to hit the cliff. Slyveon shot its feelers out and wrapped them around Ash and pulled him to safety as the ground he had been standing on crumbled away. Team Rocket were standing slightly shocked at what had nearly happened. Ash and Greninja recovered quickly though and sent another water shuriken attack towards Team Rocket there was an explosion and Pikachu's container shot towards the cliff. Ash ran backwards and caught Pikachu, landing heavily on his side. He opened the container and joyously hugged Pikachu, reunited.
Misty stared at Serena. She had appeared out of nowhere and yet seemed to have known exactly what was happening. She had called out Slyveon and commanded it to save Ash in a matter of seconds. It was almost like she had known what was going to happen. Greninja returned to its previous form and Ash saw Serena. He ran over to her with Pikachu on his shoulder. "Serena I'm so sorry. I should have warned you about Celebi. I shouldn't have asked you to take Celebi," Ash rambled. Serena smiled softly, relieved to be having this conversation. Celebi had passed out from exhaustion in her arms. Tracey arrived on the cliff and saw Serena. "Serena!" he exclaimed happily. He ran over to her and pulled her into a hug. Then Misty came over smiling. Serena looked like she had been through hell. She looked exhausted. Her clothes were filthy and torn. Her face looked tear stained and flushed. "Serena are you okay?" Ash asked concerned. He had just noticed her appearance. Serena nodded. "Yeah… I'm just glad you're… I'm glad to be back is all," Serena replied tiredly. Misty noticed that Serena had changed what she was going to say. However she let it slide, seeing how tired Serena was. Together Ash, Serena, Misty and Tracey returned to the research lab. Tracey went to tell Professor Oak and Kurt that Serena was back. Ash went back into the forest to call his Pokémon back to the lab. Misty guided Serena to have a shower and gave her a change of clothes until Serena's could be repaired.
When Serena got out of the shower and had gotten dressed, she found Misty waiting for her outside the door. "Hello Serena, I'm Misty," Misty introduced herself to Serena. Serena smiled politely. "I wanted to ask you something. I thought it would be better to ask this without Ash around," Misty began. Serena watched Misty nervously. She wasn't entirely sure what Misty was getting at and it unnerved her. "When you came back… you knew what was going to happen didn't you? You knew that that rocket was going to hit the cliff and cause that landslide," Misty continued. Serena said nothing. "When Ash asked if you were alright, you changed what you were going to say. You said "I'm just glad that you're". What were you going to say?" Misty asked. Serena bit her lip. "Well, yeah. I did change what I was going to say. I knew that the rocket was going to hit the cliff," Serena answered carefully. She wasn't so sure what to say. She half wished that future Gary was there to help her. He would know what she should and shouldn't say. "What were you going to say? How did you know what was going to happen?" Misty asked slowly, she felt that she knew the answer but she wanted Serena to confirm it. Serena took a deep breath and knew that Misty wasn't going to drop it. "I was going to say that I'm glad that you're alright Ash. Because I went ten years in the future and I learned that… well if I hadn't told Slyveon to catch Ash, then Ash would have… he would have died in that landslide," Serena admitted. Misty was stunned. She didn't press the matter anymore. She had her answer. "But it's alright… Ash is fine," Serena reminded Misty happily, before walking down the hall.
Serena found Ash outside with his Pokémon gathered around him. He was praising them for a good job. Serena walked up to him. Ash saw her and smiled. He was relieved to see her back safe and sound. Serena could see the worry Ash had had for her and smiled sweetly at him. Tracey joined them. "Celebi is doing much better now. Serena what happened to it, it was completely exhausted," Tracey informed them. "It's a long story Tracey," she replied and they all went to see Celebi. Within a few days, Celebi had recovered completely and had been released into the wild again. The GS ball was to be kept at Professor Oak's lab but it was to remain empty.
So that's the end of part 1. I hoped you enjoyed it and please let me know what you thought.
The next chapter isn't the start of part 2. It's kind of an epilogue.
So until the next chapter…