"So you two got stuck in the middle of a war, then got stuck in a time distortion dome for 54 years?" Lycanroc asks.

"Yep!" says Kirlia, following close behind.

"Unfortunate for you both to end up in Var Lan Sarn." Lycanroc says, looking back at you both.

"Var Lan Sarn?" You say.

"It is the name of this horrid wasteland..."

"Does it have any meaning, like in another language?" You ask.

"No, that is just its name." Lycanroc answers.

"That's an interesting na- WOAH!" Kirlia yells, the sand starts twisting and spinning, and out from the sand emerges a large Flygon. A massive sandstorm summons, making it hard to see. What you can see is a large purple light in the shape of a claw. It slashes at Lycanroc, but she dodges it and uses the move Rockslide on it. It hits the Flygon. Flygon stomps on the ground, and a bunch of sandstone rises from the ground and hits you all.

"Damn... I'm not strong enough for this." Lycanroc says. She slides under Kirlia and picks her up. Then she runs over to you.

"Come on! Get on!" She says. You jump on Lycanroc, and she runs. Flygon chases after using various attacks, but Lycanroc outruns Flygon and escapes. After multiple minutes of running, she sets you both down.

"Now we are almost out... We should be able to walk now..." Lycanroc says.

"Thank you." Kirlia says.

"Lycanroc... what are you gonna do? Are you gonna stay here?" You ask. Lycanroc laughs.

"Absol, there is no need for me here anymore... I am probably leaving this wasteland too..." Lycanroc tells you.

"Oh..." You say.

"We need to keep going." Kirlia says. You and Lycanroc nod, and you keep walking.

Soon, you all approach some desert ruins. There are many sandstone pillars with the tops off, some with huge chunks taken off the sides. There is a small staircase in the middle. You walk past the staircase, but you hear Kirlia gasp. You look down at her foot and see a piece of sandstone a bit lower than the rest... She stepped on a pressure plate. Suddenly, all of the pillars go into the ground, and a lot of sandstone walls rise up to your left, right, and behind you. They start moving towards you all and start closing in...

"Run!" Lycanroc yells. You run and make it out with some space left. You look behind you and see Kirlia just standing there. You look closer and see a chain binding her to the pressure plate. The walls are closing in, and you don't have much time. You immediately sprint back into the ruins, they seem to be closing in faster. You dive to where Kirlia is chained to the ground, and you headbutt her and knock her out the chains.

"Ouf- Ow..." She says.

"Sorry..." You say, using the blade on your head to pick her up and put her on your back. Then you start running back out. The walls are closing in. It starts crushing you... You have no room. You throw Kirlia out and close your eyes. You can't make it out. Then, the walls stop closing in. You look up and see a rock in between the walls. You look at Lycanroc and she smiles.

"Come on!" Kirlia yells. You barely squeeze through and Kirlia hugs you and kisses your cheek.

"Thank you so much, Absol. I would be dead without you." Kirlia says, squeezing you more.

"That's what friends are for, right?" You ask. Kirlia hugs you tighter.

"We have to focus. We still have the rest of the ruins..." Lycanroc says.

"What was under the staircase?" You ask.

"Probably a trap, since we went apast ut and there is still more of the ruins." Lycanroc says. You walk into the next room, and there are some symbols carved into the walls.

"What is this?" Kirlia says. You all look around the room and see 6 obelisks all with flat tops. Each of them have 6 sides. You look at the tops of each, and you see each of them have 1 of the 6 shapes on the tops row of the wall.

"Wait wait wait~ I think I get it." You say.

"So what is it?" Lycanroc asks.

"On the top of each of the Obelisks, it has 1 of the 6 shapes on the top row of the carving in the wall." You start.

"Go on." Kirlia says.

"So I think we have to line each Shape on the top row with the shape on top of each Obelisk, then we need to line up the shapes on the sides with the shapes on the bottom row accordingly." You finish.

"Interesting. Let's try it." Lycanroc says.

You go to the first obelisk, which has a on top of it. Then you line it up with a . You make the face you guys and it glows up. You assume that is correct. Then you go to the obelisk with the , and line it up with a . That one glows. You line up the with the , the with the , the with the , and the with the •. They all glow, and the room starts shaking. Then a door at the end of the room opens.

"You're a genius Absol!" Kirlia yells.

"I agree." Says Lycanroc.

You all go to the next room and it is simply a long hallway. You walk ahead and see a bunch of vines and moss everywhere. Suddenly, Your body lowers and you step on a pressure plate, then there is a click, and arrows start shooting from multiple small dispensers in the room.

"AAHH-" Kirlia yells, you all run, duck, and dive and you are about to make it out the room.

"Argh~" You groan in pain, after just getting hit with an arrow. You dive out the room, and the other two make it out. Lycanroc got hut by two arrows, and Kirlia has a few scratches, but didn't get directly hit by and arrows. You take the arrows out of you and Lycanroc and continue forward.

You walk into a huge room, and you see a large statue of some creature in front of you. It has a sign on it.

"Welcome to the Labyrinth Of Terror. This will be your worst experience or your last experience." The sign reads.

"Great." Lycanroc says. You all walk in the maze. You are met with a decision, you can either go straight, or right.

"Listen, you two should go one direction, I'll go the other. You guys need each other more." Lycanroc says. You and Kirlia nod.

"We'll go forward." You say. Kirlia agrees and you and Kirlia go straight, whike Lycanroc goes right. You turn a few corners until you turn another corner and you step on something, then you look down the corridor and a arrow goes flying right apast your head. Suddenly you hear something down the corner. Then you see a huge, black claw grab the corner. Then another, and finally, a face. The creature peeks around the corner and it is a dark creature with multiple rows of teeth, and the sharpest claws you have ever seen. It sees you both. You can either go towards the monster, or left. The monster goes to the middle of the corridor and just looks at you. It lets out a blood curdling scream and starts flying at you. You and Kirlia run left. Then you two have the choice to go left or right.

"He can't chase both of us!" Kirlia yells, going left.

"Wha-" You start, but you know what she means. You go right and the creature goes down your path. Then you can either go straight or right. You see another monster peek around the right corner and start chasing you. There is more than one!? You run straight and don't stop.

Left, right, right, straight, left, left, right, it's a dead end... You look back and see both creatures chasing you. You step on a pressure plate on accident, and a blinding light comes from it. You start to see again and the creatures shriek, then they run away. They are scared of light! You go back the way you came and turn left instead of right. You keep running and bump into Lycanroc.

"Woah- Oh- Absol! Get up! Run" She yells, helping you up, you see 2 monsters chasing her. You and her run ahead. And bump into Kirlia.

"Ow- Oh, guys!" She says.

"Come on!" You say. She joins you guys and you keep running.

"They're scared of light." You say.

"What? How do you know?" Kirlia asks.

"It's a bit of a story, but I just know they are scared of light." You say.

You keep running ahead. Two more creatures appear ahead of you. You all are surrounded. They start closing in.

"Jump!" You say.

"What?" Lycanroc and Kirlia say.

"Just jump!" You yell. Lycanroc and Kirlia jump, and you use brutal swing. All around you, a circle of red light appears from the attacks and it scared the creatures off. You all run the way you was going and turn left.

"Good thinking!" Lycanroc says. Suddenly, you all fall down a trapdoor.

You all recover from the fall, and yet again, there is another statue with a sign.

"Congratulations on getting apast the Labyrinth. Now, welcome to the final trial, a trial of memory." The sign reads.

Memory? You, Kirlia and Lycanroc walk ahead and are greeted by a big archway, multiple Pillars at a level you can jump on, and also, the pillars are coming out of lava. Each pillar has a symbol on it, and the archway has multiple symbols on it as well. The archway has these symbols.

#

Then each of the pillars have these symbols on them, but they also have more pillars with different symbols, there are 4 lanes of pillars.

"I think we have to jump on the pillars with the symbols on the wrch to get across." You say.

"Probably." Kirlia says. You jump on the *. It lights up and doesn't sink. Then you jump on the #, then the , then the . All them light up and you get across. There is another archway with more symbols and more platforms. You help the others get across and you go the the second group.

- : ~ /

You jump on the according pillars, and they don't sink. But by the time you get to the ":", you can't remember. Kirlia and Lycanroc help you get through it and you all help each other get apast. Now you aproach the final arch.

# ! @ : ! ~

Kirlia goes first, and she gets to the "" before forgetting. You tell Kirlia which symbols are left and she jumps on the pillars and reaches the end. Then you go, and get to the "", but you slip and grip the pillar, holding on for dear life.

"ABSOL!" Kirlia and Lycanroc yell. Then, Lycanroc springs into action and jumps through the pillars, not caring if they are right or not. She steps on a wrong pillar, and it glows red, then all the pillars shake and start descending into the lava. The shaking makes you fall.

"AHH~" You close your eyes, accepting your fate. You hear Kirlia yell and suddenly you hit the ground... You open your eyes and look up, and see Kirlia... you are on the ground.

"Absol! You're okay!" Kirlia hugs you.

"Argh-" Lycanroc grabs the edge, but she can't pull herself up. She is about to let go, but you dive over to her and use the blade on your head to latch onto her and pull her up.

"Thank you!" She says, panting.

"It's fine." You say. You walk over to Kirlia and hug her.

"Thank you, Kirlia"

"It's fine. that's what friends are for. right?" She says.

"What did you even do?" You ask.

"I guess I just used teleport. I never knew I could..." She answers.

"Wow..."

"Now let's get out of here." Lycanroc says. There is 2 levers, one on each side of a huge gate leading out. You and Lycanroc pull the levers. The ground shakes, then the gates slowly slide open.

"WE'RE FREE!" Kirlia yells, happy. When you all get out you can see the wasteland a bit far away, but you are in a forest. You all find water nearby, and drink it.

"We actually got out!" Lycanroc shouts.

"Yeah..." You say.

"I'm exhausted..." Kirlia groans.

"All of us are..." Lycanroc says.

"That was stressing... but kind of fun." You say.

"Yeah it was!" Kirlia and Lycanroc agree.

Exhausted, you, Kirlia, and Lycanroc find some shade under a tree, and you all drift off to sleep...