You wake up and look around... Kirlia and Lycanroc are still asleep... You go to the nearby pond again and take a drink, then you walk around more.
You walk through the seemingly endless amount of trees. You reach what seems to be a huge cliff... But you are at the bottom.
You don't have enough energy to climb the whole thing, so you just turn left and continue walking. After a bit of walking, an Espeon jumps out at you."What are you doing here!" It says."I- uhh..." You try to think of what to say. The Espeon steps closer. It's gem is cyan, and it has little black lines on their cheeks and above their gem.
"What are you doing!" The Espeon says again. This Espeon looks familiar, at least, you knew an Espeon before the war, she also had a cyan gem.
"I... was... a-adventuring?" You say.
"Where to?" It takes another step.
"Uhhh- I don't fucking know!" You say. "I just got out of the desert last night! I don't know this forest at all."
"That fucking wasteland?" Espeons says.
"Yeah."
"So we come from the same place." Espeon tells you.
"Pardon?" You say.
"I came from that wasteland. Well, I was in that... I got in a war that ended who the fuck knows how long ago. Luckily I was in a time distortion dome- wait, why am I telling a complete stranger this?" She says.
"That war ended 54 years ago. Because of that dome, it was only 6 for us." You tell the Espeon."How do you know that? And what do you mean 'we' and 'us'?""I... said too much -" You say, you start backing up.
"Now that I think about it, when I woke up, there was an Absol that looked just like you and a Kirlia..." The Espeon says.
"Interesting..." You say, ready to run.
"Wait... You bastardly bitch." She says.
"That was the calmest yet most aggressive sentence I have ever heard." You reply.
"Absol?"
"Yeah, Espeon?" You say. She starts running at you, and you run away. She is right behind you, but with a few turns, you lose her. You run for a bit until you get tackled.
"Gotcha!" Espeon says.
"What do you want?" You say.
"I'm just happy to see someone I know." She says. You smile.
"Absol!" You hear someone yell.
"Absol! Where are you!" You hear another voice yell. You push Espeon off you and run. Espeon follows close behind you, and you run towards the voices until you run right into Kirlia.
"Ouf- Absol!" Kirlia yells, hugging you. "Ee thought you got Poké-napped or something."
"Nope!" You say. Lycanroc jumps behind you.
"What do you want with them!" Lycanroc yells, baring her teeth at Espeon.
"Lycanroc, relax. She's an old friend." You say.
"What? You know her?" Lycanroc asks.
"From the war we was in, yes." You say.
"Ugh. Well, if she's good with you, she's good with me." Lycanroc says.
"Espeon!" Kirlia yells, hugging her.
"Would you guys... mind if I traveled with you all for a bit? It's been 4 months since I saw a friendly face." Espeon says.
"Sure!" You say, looking at Lycanroc. Lycanroc nods.
"Let's go." Lycanroc says. You, Kirlia, and Espeon follow her, and you all start traveling again...