By: Super Sonic Wind
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nintendo and J.K Rowling own the characters involved.
Beginning AN: here it is the next chapter. the poll is still ongoing with one vote each for Medli, Riju and Maria Robotnik while Vivian the Shadow Siren, Wendy O Koopa and Cream the Rabbit have zero votes the clock is ticking on making a choice. if I end the Johto Arc of this story before a tie breaker happens I'll choose Maria Robotnik without caring how many toes that would get stepped on by having her survive her pivotal moment by using Harry's horcrux scar as the means she'd do it since death would take the soul shard instead. now with that out of the way on with the story.
Chapter 23: Time Warp shenanigans with Celebi
As they are in Arborville they are about to leave when the treetops start glowing.
When it did, Hela, Titania, and Dawn had their heads snap towards the forest.
"Something is happening at the shrine." They said in sync before taking off.
"Let's go check it out." Red sighed knowing something big had just happened. Especially with their luck.
"Nothing better to do." Meowth said as the trio followed.
Up ahead at the shrine they spot and rush to a boy by the shrine.
"Looks like a kid." Hela said. "And whatever psychic type was here has hidden."
"Looks to be about 10 years old." Jessie said checking on him, "And he looks like he is okay. But we should take him back to Diana's house just in case."
"Okay." Titania said as she teleported them to the house of Diana who they met last time they passed through here.
"Hey! Diana! Diana! We need help!" Dawn cried.
"Oh dear. What's happened?" Towa asked as the boy starts coming to.
"It's alright your safe." Hela said only for the boy to push her away.
"What'd you do with that Celebi?!" The boy demanded.
This caused them to stop.
"Please don't tell me this is another legendary incident." Meowth quietly complained to Jessie and James who agreed.
"We didn't see any Celebi." Dawn said.
"But that would explain the psychic presence that left before we got there." Titania added.
"Who are you anyway?" Hela asked.
"Where, am I? How'd I get here?" The boy asked.
"We teleported you here after checking on you." Red said.
"What's going on?" Diana asked.
"We found him unconscious when we were out in the forest after those three felt a powerful presence." Jessie explained as Towa runs up to the boy.
"I can't believe it! It's really you. You've come back! Oh, thank goodness!" Towa said.
"Uh, grandma. Where did he come back from?" Diana asked.
"Diana, I've told you the story about what happened when I was a young girl. A little boy disappeared from the forest." Towa said.
"But this boy can't be him." Diana refuted. "That was forty years ago. He is too young."
"Maybe it can't but it is." Towa said as the boy remembered something.
" You're the girl who gave me the loaf of bread." The boy said.
"Yes." Towa said.
"He mentioned Celebi when he woke up." Titania said. "Maybe it brought him forward in time."
"That makes sense." Towa said as she handed the boy something. "Here. I've kept it all these years just in case you ever came back."
"This is my sketch book. How?" The boy asked as he unravels the cloth to find his drawing pad.
"I found it by the shrine when you disappeared forty years ago." Towa explained.
"Where's Celebi? What happened to Celebi?" The boy asked.
"We don't know." Hela explained. "The psychic presence you were with when we found you had already hidden by the time we got in eyesight."
"Celebi lives deep in the forest, in a place that we call the Lake of Life." Towa said. "That's probably where it's gone back to now."
"I've got a feeling Celebi may still be hurt. I have to go back into that forest and find Celebi!" The boy said as the others agreed, and went with him after introductions where they learned the boy is named Sam.
In the forest they sees some Pokémon in front of a hole in a giant fallen tree
"The Pokémon are all together." Sam said.
"They seem concerned." Dawn said feeling their emotions as Hela teleports into the hole only for Celebi to push her back with her power and create a wall of vines before Hela pushed her emotions out showing Celebi she wanted to help.
"There we go. We got you." Hela said teleporting back to the others only for Celebi to fall unconscious.
"it seems really weak." Jessie said. "Too weak to teleport we better hurry! We'll take it to a Pokémon Center!"
With that they ran back to the town, only to be stopped by a masked man.
"That mask! I've seen him before!" Jessie said.
"Yeah, wasn't he in that Mexican wrestling movie?" Meowth asked.
"No, Meowth! He's from Team Rocket!" James said
"THE IRON-MASKED MARAUDER!" They screamed together.
"So, you heard about me." Marauder said with a smirk. "I've heard Team Rocket is disbanded but I'll bring it back under my ownership. And you three are with the one who took the old boss down. If you are going to serve the strongest. Then I'll show you I'm the strongest. I'm going all out."
He then chuckles and brings out three Dark Balls from which a Scizor, Sneasel, and Tyranitar emerge.
"Look's like they're in for a battle." Red said before noticing the way the Gardevoir trio were shaking.
"What happened to them." Titania muttered in horror as all three of them had tears in their eyes at what they were sensing.
Red, take care of Celebi." Sam said giving Celebi to Red and putting down his backpack and gets out an odd-looking device, that he turned the knob to release a Charmeleon.
"We'll have to fight." Hela agreed sending out Dragonite, while Dawn sent out Vulpix, and Titania sent out Girafarig.
"Hela you take on Sneasel." Titania said. "I'll take Tyranitar, and Dawn Scizor."
"Got it." They agreed, before having to dodge a powerful Hyper beam from Tyranitar.
"What are you doing?" Sam asked in shock. "Tyranitar is the worst of the three to fight with a Girafarig. And Sneasel has the advantage against Dragonite."
"We'll see about that." Titania smirked knowing two moves that Girafarig knew.
The match ups went well as well Scizor was four times weak to Vulpix's fire attacks, and went down easily, since Dawn may have been a coordinator, but the practice matches when she trained were against champion level pokemon, and Vulpix took to that the easiest for the simple reason that she remembers Dawn dying and refused to allow that to happen again, and has motivation to become more powerful.
Sneasel looked like it had the advantage, but it's main fighting relied on speed, and Dragonite out sped it and knew fire punch, giving it an easy win.
Tyranitar was the hardest, but, Girafarig knew both double kick which did a lot of damage to a rock and dark type like Tyranitar, and more importantly it knew Low Kick which dealt massive damage to Tyranitar due to both the weight and the typing. Girafarig did have to dodge Hyper Beams to get close enough to hit, but in frustration learned Twin Beam that it used on the ground in front of Tyranitar to make an improvised Smoke Screen to get close and deal the hits but it did so and knocked Tyranitar out before evolving into Girafarig.
"Great job, Farigiraf!" Titania cheered. "I knew your low kick would be very helpful but I wasn't expecting you to evolve yet."
"Hmmph." Maurder said. "I'll be back."
He then left leaving Tyranitar behind.
The group continued on, and on the way they saw an Ursaring approach.
"It's an Ursaring." Sam said as a Teddiursa comes out before the Ursaring motions for them to follow it and Teddiursa.
"They're telling us to follow them." Hela said, with Titania, Dawn and Meowth nodding due to being pokemon, and thus can speak pokemon.
As they follow both bear Pokémon. Soon, they come across a Stantler, who allows them to proceed forward and follow it while the Ursaring and Teddiursa stay behind. A little further on, they come upon a Furret, and they follow it while the Stantler remains. At last, they reach their destination, a large lake.
Hey, do you think this is the Lake of Life that Diana's grandmother was talking about?" Hela asked.
"Must be. Why else would those Pokémon lead us here?" Red said as Sam notices Celebi moving, and heads out into the lake with Celebi in hand. And as Sam sits and wades with Celebi, the Pokémon of the forest gathered around the lake as the fog clears. Soon, Celebi enters the lake itself. After spending some time underwater, Celebi glows as it uses Recover and once the glow subsides a bit, Celebi starts swimming around.
"Look, guys! Celebi's swimming!" Jessie cheered.
"And it's glowing!" James agreed.
"I know!" Meowth agreed.
"This must be the Lake of Life. Hey, that's it! The lake water must've brought Celebi back to life!" Red said.
"Then the water must have healing properties." Dawn said as Celebi goes further out on the lake while Sam returns to the shore before it takes to the air and the glowing stops
"Celebi!" Sam cheered. as Celebi start flying around them playfully then get into a splash fight and then float the Gardevoir trio in the air with her power before taking them to a berry bush that she enjoys greatly.
That night they settle in to sleep with Dawn, Titania, and Hela shrunk to dolls to Lily, who herself was shrunk and sleeping in a forest of Kitana belly fur, while Kitana slept on her back. Meanwhile with the boys, Red noticed Sam get up and walk around, but thought he needed some space to get used to being in the future and so let him be.
The next day they were walking past the shrine as they were headed back to Arborville following Celebi as it flies ahead, but suddenly, a claw comes out and attempts to grab Celebi, though Celebi evades it in time as our heroes come to a stop. With Marauder with the Mecha he had retrieved instead of giving up. Athena tries to hit him with Thunderbolt, only for a forcefield to block it.
"Nice try." Marauder said as One of the claws of the Marauder's mecha topples a tree that falls behind them while the other claw topples another tree and grabs Celebi.
"Celebi!" Sam cried.
"Oh, no!" Titania said.
"This ought to calm you down." Marauder said as he sends an electrical current through the claw, shocking Celebi
"Hey!" Hela cried.
"No!" Dawn yelled.
"Stop it, you're hurting Celebi!" Lily said as another tree falls down in front of them. The claw holding Celebi soon tosses the unconscious Pokémon up, allowing the Marauder to bring out a Dark Ball.
"Dark Ball, go!" Marauder said as the others can only watch in shock as the Iron-Masked Marauder captures Celebi. "Celebi is mine."
"Did you just capture Celebi?!" James asked in shock.
"Correct. You see, like my Tyranitar, Scizor and Sneasel, a Dark Ball can raise a Pokémon's power level to the highest point. And it turns the captured Pokémon completely evil." Marauder said causing Red to pale.
"Shadow pokemon." He muttered in shock though no one else heard him.
Soon, all the forest Pokémon surround the Marauder.
"Looks like you're outnumbered, Marauder!" Titania smirked.
"Don't waste your time. It's too late to save your friend, Celebi." Marauder said as he grins wickedly. Because the sweet little Pokémon you used to know doesn't exist anymore!"
"You monster! What have you done to Celebi?!" Lily said angrily.
"Here, see for yourself!" Marauder said as from the Dark Ball, Celebi materializes, now under the complete control of the Marauder as he chuckles. "Celebi, get rid of them all!"
Using its increased power, Celebi blasts away all of the Pokémon.
"That's not good." Titania muttered as Celebi continues to blast away all the pokemon including knocking out all of Red's pokemon when he tried to stop Celebi.
"Excellent. You're very strong, Celebi. Now, show me even more of your power!" Marauder commands causing Celebi to release a cry as it uses its increased power to draw a whole bunch of forest debris and leaf litter towards it as the Marauder laughs evilly. With a Pokémon like you, no one will ever stop me!"
"Celebi!" Sam cried as Celebi continues to draw forth more forest debris and leaf litter.
"Celebi's, building a nasty nest!" James said.
"One filled with dark power." Titania grimaced as they shelter to stop themselves from being sucked in as well.
Afterwards they follow the trail of destruction only to see a massive explosion as the nest had changed into a giant monster. Arriving the Maurader sees them.
"You again Celebi get rid of them." The Marauder said, activating an energy field from a machine he had to stop them from teleporting away.
"We can't teleport out of the way!" Hela said as Celebi charged up a powerful blast.
"This is not good at all." Titania said hugging Lily.
"Now what." Red asked.
"Looks like we're done for." Jessie James and Meowth yelled in fear.
"I'm sorry." Dawn sighed, before grabbing Hela and kissing her deeply on the mouth, much to her shock.
This made Titania furious but before she could do anything Dawn released the kiss and grabbed Titania and kissed her just as deeply also on the mouth.
"Wha..." Titania and Hela said in shock as Dawn put her poke balls in their hands.
"I love both of you. I would have loved to be a trio and be both of your mates, but I didn't want to risk you two not feeling the same way about me. But you will live." Dawn said turning to Celebi who had just fired the attack.
Dawn then raised her hands in front of her and poured all of her psychic power between them, creating a black hole that swallowed the attack, saving them, but consuming Dawn in the process, for as the pokedex says about Gardevoir: To protect its Trainer(or in this case loved ones), it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole.
"DAWN!" They yelled in fear not noticing the quick back to back glow inside the black hole before it disappeared to reveal Dawn was gone.
"Fine." Marauder said as he snarled. "If a big attack won't work, then Celebi make them be lost in time. We can deal with them later."
Celebi then cried out as the area around the group began to glow, but right before it finished a rush of wind appeared and all but Titania disappeared. The glow then vanished taking Titania with it, and making her lost in time.
Celebi then cried out as the area around the group began to glow, but right before it finished a rush of wind appeared and all but Titania disappeared. The glow then vanished taking Titania with it, and making her lost in time.
"Titania!" Hela cried out in fear revealing that her, Lily, Red, Jessie, James, Meowth, and Athena sitting on the back of Suicune, but there was so many of them Suicune simply did not have room to grab all of them and Titania was a few feet away from the others making her the one left behind to be lost in time.
"Again." Marauder growled before smirking. "At least this lets me catch a Suicune as well."
"Hela!" Red said getting off Celebi with Jessie, James, and Meowth. "Those Dark Balls create shadow pokemon. you can break their control by purifying the pokemon, either through strong aura, or forcing them to feel emotions. As an empath you can pour your emotions into Celebi to free her."
"Right." Hela said glad to have something to focus on as she gave the catatonic Lily who just watched two of her beloved parents disappear. "Suicune can you get me a ride?"
"Of course." The Suicune said as she took off running. Celebi tried to stop her, but with Hela, and Dawn's pokemon working to keep the vines away she was able to get Hela up to Celebi and Hela poured her emotions into Celebi.
"NO STOP!" Marauder cried as with a final glow Celebi was free. "NO!"
Without Celebi Marauder was then at the mercy of the forest pokemon and they had none.
Meanwhile, Hela and the others took Celebi to the Lake of Life which had been tainted by all the destruction but Suicune was able to purify it. At first it looked like it didn't work, but then Celebi from all of time showed up and healed Celebi.
Celebi then smiled and took Sam back to his time, before reappearing with Titania, having picked her up on the way back. Celebi then disappeared again.
"Momma!" Lily said hugging her.
"I'm back." Titania gave a sad smile. "I was only gone for a few minutes. Showed up in some place called Hisui right before some guy named Volo tried to use the Spooky Plate to summon Giratina to overthrow Arceus. Don't know what his plan was but I hypnotized him to sleep, then took the plate. Celebi took it when she showed up less then a minute later."
"Is Mommy coming back too?" Lily asked hopefully.
The others looked at each other not knowing how to answer that when they didn't have too. Celebi then returned having time traveled into the black hole and then immediately back with an unconscious Dawn right before it could destroy her as well.
"Mommy!" Lily cheered hugging her.
"Looks like she is just exhausted." Jessie said her nurse training coming in handy. "She just needs to sleep and will wake up tomorrow."
"Let's go back to Arborville and get at the pokemon center then." Red said, as the others agreed, with Titania and Hela knowing when she woke they needed to talk to her about what she did. Hela teleported them all back and they got the room, as well as informed Towa and Diana everything that happened.
Ending AN: that's the chapter. with that the Johto Arc is approaching the home stretch with two badges remaining, the events of Altomare and the Eon Dragons and the Silver Conference tournament and finally the Johto elite four and Johto Champion Lance.
Next Time: Hela, Titania Dawn and friends go to Mahogany Town, defeat Pryce and sightsee the Lake of Rage before going to Blackthorne City.
