Day 2 Part 1
"Hi, Ash!"
"Oh, hi Keldeo!" said Ash as the colt Pokemon trotted up to him, "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great!" said Keldeo, "Thanks for helping me become a sword of justice, I don't think I would have been able to learn Secret Sword without your help."
"No problem," said Ash, "have you beaten Kyurem yet?"
"Not yet," replied Keldeo, "I can almost beat him now, but he's still a little stronger than me."
"Don't worry," said Ash, patting Keldeo on the back, "I'm sure you'll be able to do it very soon."
"Yep!" said Keldeo, "That's why I'm going to train extra hard after this shot vacation."
"Great!" said Ash, "Let me know if you beat him,"
"You'll be the first one to know," said Keldeo, "after all, without your help, I would probably still be in training."
Ash scratched his head. "Thanks, Keldeo,"
"Thank you too!" said Keldeo, "I have to go now, but I'll see you as soon as possible. You live in pallet town, right?"
"Yeah," said Ash, "although I'm not there very often…"
"I'm sure I can find you," said Keldeo, "anyway, it was great seeing you I hope you have a great time here!"
"K, bye Keldeo!"
"Bye!"
"He really means it you know, I checked the timeline and if you didn't help him he would still be trying to learn Secret Sword."
"Celebi!" exclaimed Ash, "How are you doing?"
"Great!" said Celebi, "Oh, do you remember Sammy?"
"Yeah," said Ash, "I've been looking for him, but I don't know where he could be,"
Celebi giggled, "You know, you've met him already,"
"I have?" asked Ash.
"Yep!" said Celebi, "Do you know Professor Oak's first name?"
"Um… no?" said Ash.
"His full name is Samuel Oak," said Celebi, emphasizing the 'Samuel'.
"Ok?"
Pikachu fell off of Ash's shoulder and Celebi facepalmed.
"When he was a boy, he was also known as Sam or Sammy,"
"Wait," said Ash, starting to figure it out, "do you mean that Sammy is Professor Oak?"
"Yep!" said Celebi.
"Hey, why didn't he tell me then?" asked Ash.
"Simple," said Celebi, "I told him not to,"
"But why?" asked Ash.
"Because, if you knew about events before they happened, you would have acted differently wouldn't you?" asked Celebi, "And besides, would you have believed him?"
"Oh, I guess not," said Ash.
"Guess that explains why he hid the Charmander," said Pikachu.
"What do you mean, he hid the Charmander?" asked Ash.
"When you came to get your starter, he hid the Charmander so he could give me to you," replied Pikachu.
"Why would he do that?" asked Ash.
"Remember, you told him I was your starter," said Pikachu.
"Hold on, how do you know all this?" asked Ash.
"I overheard Oak pacing in his office debating whether to give you me or Charmander the day before you came."
"But what if he had given me Charmander instead?" asked Ash.
"That's why Dialga and I have to keep control of time," said Celebi, "It's kind of hard to explain though, even I get a headache sometimes just thinking about it."
"Well, thanks for making sure I got Pikachu," said Ash, "I mean, a Charmander would have been cool, but Pikachu is way more awesome! Right buddy?"
"No kidding," said Pikachu, "otherwise I might have still been stuck in that lab."
"No problem," said Celebi, "and thank you for helping to save me from that crazy masked dude." she shuddered, "Those dark balls are not fun at ALL,"
"Eh," said Pikachu, "we've had to deal with worse before, Ash didn't die that time, so that's good,"
"Anyway," said Celebi, "gotta go, I think I'm calling myself from a different time,"
"How does that work?" asked Ash.
"Honestly, it's hard to put it into words," said Celebi, "time is like a fourth dimension, except you can't visually see it,"
"In that case, Ash has no chance," said Pikachu.
Celebi winked. "Maybe someday then. See you later!"
"Bye!" Ash waved as Celebi blinked out of existence.
"Hi, Ash!"
"Hi Mew," said Ash, "hold on, which Mew are you?"
"Last time I checked there was only one of me," said Mew, "why?"
"Wait," said Ash, "so you were at New Island and the Tree of Beginning?"
"Yep! Didn't you recognize me?"
"Well, you didn't seem to recognize me so…"
"Technically, you weren't supposed to recognize me since Mewtwo wiped everyone's memory." said Mew, "so it would be weird if I acted like I knew you."
"Then how do I remember?"
"Weird stuff, Dialga said something about time travel," replied Mew.
"Great, how many timelines do I have to mess up?" groaned Ash.
"You fixed them, remember?" said Pikachu.
"Right," said Ash.
"Yep, you fixed about 3-4 timelines depending on which timeline you're talking about," said Mew, "and sorry about those times we met, I think you died both times…"
"That's ok," said Ash, "It's kinda my job,"
"What, dying?" asked Pikachu.
"I meant saving Legendaries," said Ash, "dying is more of a side effect than a job."
"Thankfully for everyone else, you never seem to stay dead," said Mew, "but anyway, lots of things to do, see you later!" Mew flashed and teleported to whereabouts unknown to Ash.
"Geez, I wonder where everyone's going in such a hurry," said Ash.
"Well, they technically govern the universe you know," said Pikachu, "that's got to be a time-consuming job."
Little did Ash or Pikachu know, Ash's question was being answered as a meeting unknown to him was going on…
Hall of Origin, Council Meeting Room…
"Alright, so that's Keldo, Celebi, and Mew today right?" asked Arceus.
Mew was holding a clipboard. "Yep, that should be enough,"
"Alright," said Arceus, "remember, keep the visits to the Chosen One decently long, but still short so everyone who wants to go can go."
There was a murmur of agreement.
"And don't forget," continued Arceus, "keep the gift a secret so we can surprise the Chosen One on the last day,"
There's the chapter!
Sorry I took a while, I am preparing for the Pokemon TCG regionals and most of my free time is spent practicing for them.
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