Well, this is my new fic, Clockrow. It's set in the anime Universe, but there's not much of the actual anime time in it. You'll see what I mean when you read it. So, enjoy it!
Chapter 1 - Just Passing Through
“Ash? ASH!” cried May. Tears dripping down her face, onto her crimson clothes. He will have made it. He was a survivor. She and him always made it through disasters, some much worse than this. No, she was kidding herself; this was the hardest task they had faced. There seemed to be no solution, but she was sure they would find him. They had been searching for quite some time. May didn’t want to lose hope; it was all she had right now, for it always seemed to be Ash who saved them. She smiled weakly thinking about his optimism even at the worst of times. But somewhere inside her, there was a small voice saying that he hadn’t made it. Most people don’t normally make it through helicopter crashes.
"May, look!” shouted Lance, a new acquaintance of hers. He had known Ash longer than she had, May and he met only an hour before. He had unusual pink-red hair and wore a black cape matching his clothes. May had thought him pretentious until she learned he was a member of the elite four Pokémon trainers. He had called because he had seen something below them, down a small ledge. Almost directly below them was the helicopter Ash had been in, or rather what was left of it, for it was now a smoking pile of scrap metal. And as if to torture her, there on the top of the wreckage was Ash’s favourite cap, oddly undamaged.
"No!” she screamed. She jumped down the ledge. It was not too high, about three metres, but it was still high enough for her to land awkwardly on her ankle upon hitting the ground. She didn’t care, the pain was nothing compared to what she was already feeling. Her mind was filled with dread that the worst must have happened. She picked up the hat, and cradled it in her arms. She fell to the ground, and wept. Ash had been her best friend for over a year. At first it had seemed they were very different, May had only just acquired her first Pokémon when they met, a Torchic, and was not overly fond of the creatures. Most frightened her. But travelling with Ash made her grow much fonder of Pokémon, and he had become a great friend to her, even if he was a little immature.
May was brought back to reality by a tremor in the ground below her. She knew what created it, and the people that had caused it to awaken. The people who had caused the death of her best friend. As if to taunt her all the more, still perfectly clear even among the rubble was the Team Aqua “A”. She remembered how much danger she was in, for they and their rivals, Team Magma, had finally achieved their goals. Groudon and Kyogre had risen.
Lance, Brock and Max climbed down the ledge to meet her, with an air of panic. Brock was a man of about eighteen years of age, of Asian origin. He was usually very understanding and controlled, but he seemed scared now. Max was her little brother of about eight years of age, with blue-black hair and glasses. He too appeared worried.
“May, I’m sorry about what’s happened,” said Brock, fear causing a lack of sincerity in his tone. “But we have to go, look!” He pointed out to sea, and through the trees May could see the cause of their concern. A huge wave heading towards the coast. A tsunami. Brock was right; they had to move to higher ground. But her legs would not take her there.
“Come on!” Shouted Brock, trying to pull May with him. But he knew it was no good, he could not pull her up the rock face they had slid down. She would have to come willingly, and climb. But May had no intention of doing that; she kneeled by the wreck of the helicopter, her eyes filled with tears of sorrow and anger.
Lance was also worried. “Come on, we have to go! Get May!”
“She won’t move!” Brock shouted back.
May was only half-aware of what was going on, but she knew she had to say something. “Go,” she said softly, “I can’t leave him. You must understand, I’ll be okay, I have my Pokémon.”
Brock nodded. He knew how she felt; he had suffered the loss of someone close to him at a young age, and he knew the emotions she was feeling. He knew there would be no moving her. “We have to go. She won’t move.” He turned to Max. “This is going to be a hard thing for you to do, but May wants to stay here, okay? She’ll be fine. She has her Pokémon.”
Max was now crying, too. “I don’t wanna lose my big sister May,” he pleaded. May had been like a parent to him. She had promised to look after him on their journeys, and she had kept that promise. But now…
May tried her hardest to reply, but she couldn’t find the words.
“Come on,” Said Brock, “we’re in danger here.” He put his arm around Max, and led him toward the rock face. With a glance back, Brock started to climb, helping Max as he went. Lance followed.
May remained crouched by the wreck of the helicopter, too upset to worry about the danger she was in. She heard the rush of water from the tsunami. Soon all her sadness would be gone. She readied herself for the end. She glanced up at the wave, it was very close now. She felt the water surround her. She noticed in her last moments a green glow, she neither knew nor cared what it was. She took a last breath and choked on water. Her consciousness slipped away, and she felt her emotions disappear.
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“Right then, lets have a look here, shall we? Date: Some point in 2005. Location: Hoenn. Wow, that helps. I need that damn upgrade, pity they don’t exist any more. Anachronisms: Whoa, that’s quite a list. Great, I love a challenge. Hey, wait a minute, you’re waking up!”
May stirred. She could hear a voice, no one she knew. She couldn’t place the accent even, perhaps slightly British. Where was she? Shouldn’t she be dead?
With that thought she remembered everything. She opened her eyes and sat up. In front of her was a boy, about fourteen years old. He wore a dark green sweatshirt, and brown baggy trousers. She looked up at his face. He had blonde hair, fairly short and spiked on top. He looked down at her with bottle green eyes, amused. Behind him, no, it couldn’t be… She blinked, but it remained there, floating above the ground. Stood with the boy was a legendary Pokémon, she had seen pictures of it in history classes, it was supposed to be a myth. The Pokémon that could control time.
“Seen Celebi, have you? He gives most people a shock, don’t ya Celebi? But he’s fine, wouldn’t hurt a fly, not that you’d know what a fly is.”
The Celebi did a back flip in midair.
“Well, it’s nice to see you awake May, that’s more than can be said about your friend here,” the boy indicated to his left. There, laid on the ground, unconscious but breathing, was Ash. His black hair was soaking wet, he too must have been caught up in the great wave. His blue sweatshirt was also soaked through. His trademark hat was missing, and May noticed she had it in her arms.
“Ash!” screamed May, overjoyed. “I thought…”
“He was dead? I did too, to be honest. But we can’t have that; he’s needed in the future. But lets not be giving away too much information, the timeline is mucked up enough as it is. Anyway, lets see what I have to do…”
He began fiddling with his wristwatch. And then it projected a 3D image into the air above it, though it only showed text. May was startled. “What’s that?”
“This? It’s a Chronometer XP, and a useless pile of Luvdisc it is too. When it doesn’t crash, it tells me my exact time and location, and any anachronisms in the timeline. Or at least it’s supposed to, it never seems to work. That’ll teach me to buy Microsoft.”
Hovering above the chronometer now was a 3D model of what was unmistakably the Windows logo.
“Takes forever to boot up too,” he continued, “I used it only five minutes ago, must have turned itself off. Typical.”
But May was not really listening. She looked around, all there were around her were trees, and no ocean visible through a gap as there was before, they must have moved deeper into the forest. Her attention has drifted towards Ash. She bent over him and put his cap back on his head, where it should be. But someone was missing.
“Where’s Pikachu?”
“Hmm?” Said the boy, “Oh, Haven’t a clue, this damn thing’ll tell me in a moment. Pikachu bonded with the Blue Orb, didn’t it? My guess is that it’s with Groudon. That’s where it should be at least. Ah, here we are.”
The chronometer made the windows logging on jingle.
“Let’s see… Damn, this isn’t right. Kyogre is winning the battle, because Pikachu isn’t there to help Groudon. It seems to be at, hang on…”
He used his finger to scroll down the text, poking at the image that was projected above his Chronometer.
“Ah, here we are. Pikachu is in… Hoenn. I don’t know why I don’t just chuck this thing away right now. Well, we’ll have to find it, as soon as Ash here wakes up.”
“I can help with that,” Said May. She bent over Ash, and kissed him on the cheek. His eyes opened.
“May?” He said, disoriented.
“Aw, why’d you do that?” Joked the boy, “I was gonna use a foghorn, much funnier.”
“Who’s this?” Said Ash, sitting up.
“Roan Clockrow, Guardian of Time, holder of Celebi. And, your biggest fan, I might add,” Said the boy.
“My biggest fan?” Replied Ash, as though it was the most weird and wonderful of the three.
“Yeah. Well, not yet. Give it a few decades, and you’ll know me pretty well.”
“Guardian of Time?” Asked May, “Holder of Celebi? What do you mean?”
“Basically,” Roan replied, “I go whizzing round time and space with this little green guy. I stop the timeline going into chaos, enduring many life-threatening adventures along the way. It’s dull work. Speaking of which, we need to find your Pikachu, Ash. Any ideas where it is?”
“I don’t know where he could be. Don’t you know where he is?”
“Well, we know for sure it’s in Hoenn,” Said Roan, tapping a button on the Chronometer, turning it off. “Any clues, May?”
“I guess we’ll just have to look,”
“PIKACHUUUUU!” A huge electric flash, much bigger than what Pikachu could normally create, thundered about a hundred metres to their left.
“Or perhaps we don’t,” Said Roan. He looked expectantly at Ash. “Call for it then!” He said, with an air of stating the obvious.
“Pikachu!” Shouted Ash, in the direction of the explosion. No response. He got up and ran towards it.
“Oh for Rayquaza’s sake, come back, its dangerous!” Shouted Roan.
May remembered what had happened. The Blue Orb had fused with Pikachu, causing it to lose its memories, and become much more violent and irrational, not to mention it’s attacks increasing in power greatly.
“Well, there’s no point sitting here and letting him kill himself, is there? You coming, May?” He dashed off after Ash, Celebi hovering behind him. May got up and followed.
May was slower than Roan, he was clearly very fit. She followed lagging behind a little. They reached a clearing. It was totally empty, even of grass. Burn marks streaked across the bare rock that was left. She followed them to the centre of the clearing. Sat in the middle was Pikachu, its eyes glowing red. Ash was running toward it. Roan stared at him and sighed. “Celebi, bring him back here, would you?”
Roan’s Celebi nodded, and began glowing green. The same green glow surrounded Ash. He disappeared, and reappeared next to May. He tripped, and fell over. He got up, with a stunned expression on his face. “How did you…”
“Celebi is a time-warp Pokémon. He has to be able to move things through space as well, otherwise most of our time-warps would leave us floating in space, seeing as the Earth moves round the Sun. So I just got him to bring you back here, and back to safety. Oh by the way, don’t go near that Pikachu again.” He spoke the last sentence like a bossy parent. “It’ll kill you, huge voltages are coming from Pikachu now that it’s charged by the Blue Orb. The best way to get it would be a spacewarp, like the one I just sent you through. We can take it straight back to Groudon, and the timeline can finally get back to normal.”
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Max, Brock and Lance were back at the coast, watching the battle between Groudon and Kyogre from a safe distance. They were all quiet, full of regret from leaving May behind. Max hadn’t said anything at all. The scene in front of them was looking like a clear victory for Kyogre. Groudon was severely weakened by the tsunami that had hit an hour before. It had deflected other attacks with Solarbeams, but it was only a matter of time before it ran out of energy. Brock and Lance had decided to side with Groudon, as it was defending the land, but it was fighting a losing battle. It was stood on the beach, with Kyogre in the sea near the shore. Brock, Lance and Max were on top of a small cliff to the left of the battle. It gave them a side on view of everything that was going on. And they did not like what they saw.
“So what will happen if Groudon loses?” Asked Brock.
“The rain caused by Kyogre will continue endlessly, causing all the land on Earth to sink below sea level. I highly doubt that was the intention of Team Aqua, but they should have known better than to meddle with powers like this.”
Brock paused for a moment, “Can’t we do anything?”
“Nothing. To change the course of this battle you would need immense power, something strong enough to weaken Kyogre, but would not affect Groudon at all. In short, you need an Electric Pokémon.”
“If only Ash hadn’t…”
“We must not give up hope. There is a chance his Pikachu survived.”
And as though taking a cue, in a flash of green light Pikachu appeared on Groudon’s head.
“Well, here we are,” Said Roan, “Nice job with Pikachu, Celebi. He’s right where we wanted him. Oh, hi!” He said to Brock, Lance and Max. They had appeared just behind the three of them on the cliff. The three of them spun round shocked. But they were overjoyed when they saw who was stood there.
“May! Ash!” Cried Brock and Max, overjoyed to see them both. Max ran up to his sister and hugged her. “I thought you were…”
“I’m fine! Listen, about what I did earlier. I’m sorry I upset you so much.”
“I thought I would never see you again, May!”
“And who are you?” Asked Lance, to Roan. Everyone looked at him.
“Me?” He replied innocently, “Oh, I’m no-one, I was just passing through and happened to notice that the world as we know it was coming to an end. I thought I’d stop off and lend a hand. By the way, that battle down there looks like its gonna get interesting, so I would look if I were you.”
Everyone looked back at the scene on the beach below them. Pikachu launched another Thunder attack, directed right at Kyogre. Kyogre created another tsunami to hold it off, but it shot right through it. Groudon launched a Solarbeam at it too. The two blasts hit Kyogre, which sent it flying back into the sea. But it was not done. The Sea monster swam back to the shoreline with incredible agility, but it didn’t attack.
“What’s happening?” Asked May.
“They look like…” Replied Brock, “…They’re talking.”
It did indeed appear that the two titans had come to a truce. They remained where they were for a few minutes, exchanging words. Pikachu jumped from Groudon and scurried towards the six humans.
“Look,” Said May, “Its eyes are back to normal!”
And they were.
“Pikachu!” Laughed Ash. It climbed the cliff and leapt into his arms. He fell to the floor, laughing.
May looked for a moment at him, smiling. She then looked back at the scene below them. Groudon and Kyogre had stopped talking, and then they slowly moved away from each other; Groudon headed up into the mountains, and Kyogre swimming back into the depths of the sea.
May looked back at the people she was with. Roan had his Chronometer out once again, again waiting for it to load.
“Come on! Why the hell did I turn it off in the first place?”
She also noticed Celebi, hiding from view in a fault in the rock behind them. Roan obviously requested that it stayed away from view when in the presence of other people.
“Finally,” Said Roan, “Lets see, anachronisms… Good, everything’s more or less back to normal, except… no, that can’t be right.”
“What?” Asked May.
“Oh, its nothing, probably a glitch in this damn software. Right, I best be going.”
“You’re leaving?” Asked Ash.
“I have to. So much time, so much to do. Say, would you like to come with me May?”
“Me?” Exclaimed May. “Why?”
“I could use a travelling companion,” He dropped his voice to a whisper, “Saving space-time can get surprisingly lonely. Come on, Celebi can take you anywhere, anywhen.”
May considered it. The offer was tempting. “It won’t be as exciting as this all the time, will it?”
“Naa, usually its much more dangerous. Come on, I have a great time that we could go to, it would really interest you.”
May glanced back at Ash. He was playing with Pikachu, hugging it and playing games. She made up her mind. He doesn’t need me. “Ash, I’m going to go with Roan.”
“What! What about m… uh, Max?”
May knew that was not who he was going to say. She kissed him on the cheek. “I’m sure you can look after him.”
Ash blushed, and then nodded. “Go have an adventure, May.”
“Well, that’s that settled,” Said Roan, “Let’s go, shall we?”
“Goodbye Ash!”
“Goodbye, May.” They hugged, and May disappeared in a green glow.
“I’ll miss you,” Said Ash.
Clockrow
Part 1 - Paradox
Part 1 - Paradox
Chapter 1 - Just Passing Through
“Ash? ASH!” cried May. Tears dripping down her face, onto her crimson clothes. He will have made it. He was a survivor. She and him always made it through disasters, some much worse than this. No, she was kidding herself; this was the hardest task they had faced. There seemed to be no solution, but she was sure they would find him. They had been searching for quite some time. May didn’t want to lose hope; it was all she had right now, for it always seemed to be Ash who saved them. She smiled weakly thinking about his optimism even at the worst of times. But somewhere inside her, there was a small voice saying that he hadn’t made it. Most people don’t normally make it through helicopter crashes.
"May, look!” shouted Lance, a new acquaintance of hers. He had known Ash longer than she had, May and he met only an hour before. He had unusual pink-red hair and wore a black cape matching his clothes. May had thought him pretentious until she learned he was a member of the elite four Pokémon trainers. He had called because he had seen something below them, down a small ledge. Almost directly below them was the helicopter Ash had been in, or rather what was left of it, for it was now a smoking pile of scrap metal. And as if to torture her, there on the top of the wreckage was Ash’s favourite cap, oddly undamaged.
"No!” she screamed. She jumped down the ledge. It was not too high, about three metres, but it was still high enough for her to land awkwardly on her ankle upon hitting the ground. She didn’t care, the pain was nothing compared to what she was already feeling. Her mind was filled with dread that the worst must have happened. She picked up the hat, and cradled it in her arms. She fell to the ground, and wept. Ash had been her best friend for over a year. At first it had seemed they were very different, May had only just acquired her first Pokémon when they met, a Torchic, and was not overly fond of the creatures. Most frightened her. But travelling with Ash made her grow much fonder of Pokémon, and he had become a great friend to her, even if he was a little immature.
May was brought back to reality by a tremor in the ground below her. She knew what created it, and the people that had caused it to awaken. The people who had caused the death of her best friend. As if to taunt her all the more, still perfectly clear even among the rubble was the Team Aqua “A”. She remembered how much danger she was in, for they and their rivals, Team Magma, had finally achieved their goals. Groudon and Kyogre had risen.
Lance, Brock and Max climbed down the ledge to meet her, with an air of panic. Brock was a man of about eighteen years of age, of Asian origin. He was usually very understanding and controlled, but he seemed scared now. Max was her little brother of about eight years of age, with blue-black hair and glasses. He too appeared worried.
“May, I’m sorry about what’s happened,” said Brock, fear causing a lack of sincerity in his tone. “But we have to go, look!” He pointed out to sea, and through the trees May could see the cause of their concern. A huge wave heading towards the coast. A tsunami. Brock was right; they had to move to higher ground. But her legs would not take her there.
“Come on!” Shouted Brock, trying to pull May with him. But he knew it was no good, he could not pull her up the rock face they had slid down. She would have to come willingly, and climb. But May had no intention of doing that; she kneeled by the wreck of the helicopter, her eyes filled with tears of sorrow and anger.
Lance was also worried. “Come on, we have to go! Get May!”
“She won’t move!” Brock shouted back.
May was only half-aware of what was going on, but she knew she had to say something. “Go,” she said softly, “I can’t leave him. You must understand, I’ll be okay, I have my Pokémon.”
Brock nodded. He knew how she felt; he had suffered the loss of someone close to him at a young age, and he knew the emotions she was feeling. He knew there would be no moving her. “We have to go. She won’t move.” He turned to Max. “This is going to be a hard thing for you to do, but May wants to stay here, okay? She’ll be fine. She has her Pokémon.”
Max was now crying, too. “I don’t wanna lose my big sister May,” he pleaded. May had been like a parent to him. She had promised to look after him on their journeys, and she had kept that promise. But now…
May tried her hardest to reply, but she couldn’t find the words.
“Come on,” Said Brock, “we’re in danger here.” He put his arm around Max, and led him toward the rock face. With a glance back, Brock started to climb, helping Max as he went. Lance followed.
May remained crouched by the wreck of the helicopter, too upset to worry about the danger she was in. She heard the rush of water from the tsunami. Soon all her sadness would be gone. She readied herself for the end. She glanced up at the wave, it was very close now. She felt the water surround her. She noticed in her last moments a green glow, she neither knew nor cared what it was. She took a last breath and choked on water. Her consciousness slipped away, and she felt her emotions disappear.
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“Right then, lets have a look here, shall we? Date: Some point in 2005. Location: Hoenn. Wow, that helps. I need that damn upgrade, pity they don’t exist any more. Anachronisms: Whoa, that’s quite a list. Great, I love a challenge. Hey, wait a minute, you’re waking up!”
May stirred. She could hear a voice, no one she knew. She couldn’t place the accent even, perhaps slightly British. Where was she? Shouldn’t she be dead?
With that thought she remembered everything. She opened her eyes and sat up. In front of her was a boy, about fourteen years old. He wore a dark green sweatshirt, and brown baggy trousers. She looked up at his face. He had blonde hair, fairly short and spiked on top. He looked down at her with bottle green eyes, amused. Behind him, no, it couldn’t be… She blinked, but it remained there, floating above the ground. Stood with the boy was a legendary Pokémon, she had seen pictures of it in history classes, it was supposed to be a myth. The Pokémon that could control time.
“Seen Celebi, have you? He gives most people a shock, don’t ya Celebi? But he’s fine, wouldn’t hurt a fly, not that you’d know what a fly is.”
The Celebi did a back flip in midair.
“Well, it’s nice to see you awake May, that’s more than can be said about your friend here,” the boy indicated to his left. There, laid on the ground, unconscious but breathing, was Ash. His black hair was soaking wet, he too must have been caught up in the great wave. His blue sweatshirt was also soaked through. His trademark hat was missing, and May noticed she had it in her arms.
“Ash!” screamed May, overjoyed. “I thought…”
“He was dead? I did too, to be honest. But we can’t have that; he’s needed in the future. But lets not be giving away too much information, the timeline is mucked up enough as it is. Anyway, lets see what I have to do…”
He began fiddling with his wristwatch. And then it projected a 3D image into the air above it, though it only showed text. May was startled. “What’s that?”
“This? It’s a Chronometer XP, and a useless pile of Luvdisc it is too. When it doesn’t crash, it tells me my exact time and location, and any anachronisms in the timeline. Or at least it’s supposed to, it never seems to work. That’ll teach me to buy Microsoft.”
Hovering above the chronometer now was a 3D model of what was unmistakably the Windows logo.
“Takes forever to boot up too,” he continued, “I used it only five minutes ago, must have turned itself off. Typical.”
But May was not really listening. She looked around, all there were around her were trees, and no ocean visible through a gap as there was before, they must have moved deeper into the forest. Her attention has drifted towards Ash. She bent over him and put his cap back on his head, where it should be. But someone was missing.
“Where’s Pikachu?”
“Hmm?” Said the boy, “Oh, Haven’t a clue, this damn thing’ll tell me in a moment. Pikachu bonded with the Blue Orb, didn’t it? My guess is that it’s with Groudon. That’s where it should be at least. Ah, here we are.”
The chronometer made the windows logging on jingle.
“Let’s see… Damn, this isn’t right. Kyogre is winning the battle, because Pikachu isn’t there to help Groudon. It seems to be at, hang on…”
He used his finger to scroll down the text, poking at the image that was projected above his Chronometer.
“Ah, here we are. Pikachu is in… Hoenn. I don’t know why I don’t just chuck this thing away right now. Well, we’ll have to find it, as soon as Ash here wakes up.”
“I can help with that,” Said May. She bent over Ash, and kissed him on the cheek. His eyes opened.
“May?” He said, disoriented.
“Aw, why’d you do that?” Joked the boy, “I was gonna use a foghorn, much funnier.”
“Who’s this?” Said Ash, sitting up.
“Roan Clockrow, Guardian of Time, holder of Celebi. And, your biggest fan, I might add,” Said the boy.
“My biggest fan?” Replied Ash, as though it was the most weird and wonderful of the three.
“Yeah. Well, not yet. Give it a few decades, and you’ll know me pretty well.”
“Guardian of Time?” Asked May, “Holder of Celebi? What do you mean?”
“Basically,” Roan replied, “I go whizzing round time and space with this little green guy. I stop the timeline going into chaos, enduring many life-threatening adventures along the way. It’s dull work. Speaking of which, we need to find your Pikachu, Ash. Any ideas where it is?”
“I don’t know where he could be. Don’t you know where he is?”
“Well, we know for sure it’s in Hoenn,” Said Roan, tapping a button on the Chronometer, turning it off. “Any clues, May?”
“I guess we’ll just have to look,”
“PIKACHUUUUU!” A huge electric flash, much bigger than what Pikachu could normally create, thundered about a hundred metres to their left.
“Or perhaps we don’t,” Said Roan. He looked expectantly at Ash. “Call for it then!” He said, with an air of stating the obvious.
“Pikachu!” Shouted Ash, in the direction of the explosion. No response. He got up and ran towards it.
“Oh for Rayquaza’s sake, come back, its dangerous!” Shouted Roan.
May remembered what had happened. The Blue Orb had fused with Pikachu, causing it to lose its memories, and become much more violent and irrational, not to mention it’s attacks increasing in power greatly.
“Well, there’s no point sitting here and letting him kill himself, is there? You coming, May?” He dashed off after Ash, Celebi hovering behind him. May got up and followed.
May was slower than Roan, he was clearly very fit. She followed lagging behind a little. They reached a clearing. It was totally empty, even of grass. Burn marks streaked across the bare rock that was left. She followed them to the centre of the clearing. Sat in the middle was Pikachu, its eyes glowing red. Ash was running toward it. Roan stared at him and sighed. “Celebi, bring him back here, would you?”
Roan’s Celebi nodded, and began glowing green. The same green glow surrounded Ash. He disappeared, and reappeared next to May. He tripped, and fell over. He got up, with a stunned expression on his face. “How did you…”
“Celebi is a time-warp Pokémon. He has to be able to move things through space as well, otherwise most of our time-warps would leave us floating in space, seeing as the Earth moves round the Sun. So I just got him to bring you back here, and back to safety. Oh by the way, don’t go near that Pikachu again.” He spoke the last sentence like a bossy parent. “It’ll kill you, huge voltages are coming from Pikachu now that it’s charged by the Blue Orb. The best way to get it would be a spacewarp, like the one I just sent you through. We can take it straight back to Groudon, and the timeline can finally get back to normal.”
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Max, Brock and Lance were back at the coast, watching the battle between Groudon and Kyogre from a safe distance. They were all quiet, full of regret from leaving May behind. Max hadn’t said anything at all. The scene in front of them was looking like a clear victory for Kyogre. Groudon was severely weakened by the tsunami that had hit an hour before. It had deflected other attacks with Solarbeams, but it was only a matter of time before it ran out of energy. Brock and Lance had decided to side with Groudon, as it was defending the land, but it was fighting a losing battle. It was stood on the beach, with Kyogre in the sea near the shore. Brock, Lance and Max were on top of a small cliff to the left of the battle. It gave them a side on view of everything that was going on. And they did not like what they saw.
“So what will happen if Groudon loses?” Asked Brock.
“The rain caused by Kyogre will continue endlessly, causing all the land on Earth to sink below sea level. I highly doubt that was the intention of Team Aqua, but they should have known better than to meddle with powers like this.”
Brock paused for a moment, “Can’t we do anything?”
“Nothing. To change the course of this battle you would need immense power, something strong enough to weaken Kyogre, but would not affect Groudon at all. In short, you need an Electric Pokémon.”
“If only Ash hadn’t…”
“We must not give up hope. There is a chance his Pikachu survived.”
And as though taking a cue, in a flash of green light Pikachu appeared on Groudon’s head.
“Well, here we are,” Said Roan, “Nice job with Pikachu, Celebi. He’s right where we wanted him. Oh, hi!” He said to Brock, Lance and Max. They had appeared just behind the three of them on the cliff. The three of them spun round shocked. But they were overjoyed when they saw who was stood there.
“May! Ash!” Cried Brock and Max, overjoyed to see them both. Max ran up to his sister and hugged her. “I thought you were…”
“I’m fine! Listen, about what I did earlier. I’m sorry I upset you so much.”
“I thought I would never see you again, May!”
“And who are you?” Asked Lance, to Roan. Everyone looked at him.
“Me?” He replied innocently, “Oh, I’m no-one, I was just passing through and happened to notice that the world as we know it was coming to an end. I thought I’d stop off and lend a hand. By the way, that battle down there looks like its gonna get interesting, so I would look if I were you.”
Everyone looked back at the scene on the beach below them. Pikachu launched another Thunder attack, directed right at Kyogre. Kyogre created another tsunami to hold it off, but it shot right through it. Groudon launched a Solarbeam at it too. The two blasts hit Kyogre, which sent it flying back into the sea. But it was not done. The Sea monster swam back to the shoreline with incredible agility, but it didn’t attack.
“What’s happening?” Asked May.
“They look like…” Replied Brock, “…They’re talking.”
It did indeed appear that the two titans had come to a truce. They remained where they were for a few minutes, exchanging words. Pikachu jumped from Groudon and scurried towards the six humans.
“Look,” Said May, “Its eyes are back to normal!”
And they were.
“Pikachu!” Laughed Ash. It climbed the cliff and leapt into his arms. He fell to the floor, laughing.
May looked for a moment at him, smiling. She then looked back at the scene below them. Groudon and Kyogre had stopped talking, and then they slowly moved away from each other; Groudon headed up into the mountains, and Kyogre swimming back into the depths of the sea.
May looked back at the people she was with. Roan had his Chronometer out once again, again waiting for it to load.
“Come on! Why the hell did I turn it off in the first place?”
She also noticed Celebi, hiding from view in a fault in the rock behind them. Roan obviously requested that it stayed away from view when in the presence of other people.
“Finally,” Said Roan, “Lets see, anachronisms… Good, everything’s more or less back to normal, except… no, that can’t be right.”
“What?” Asked May.
“Oh, its nothing, probably a glitch in this damn software. Right, I best be going.”
“You’re leaving?” Asked Ash.
“I have to. So much time, so much to do. Say, would you like to come with me May?”
“Me?” Exclaimed May. “Why?”
“I could use a travelling companion,” He dropped his voice to a whisper, “Saving space-time can get surprisingly lonely. Come on, Celebi can take you anywhere, anywhen.”
May considered it. The offer was tempting. “It won’t be as exciting as this all the time, will it?”
“Naa, usually its much more dangerous. Come on, I have a great time that we could go to, it would really interest you.”
May glanced back at Ash. He was playing with Pikachu, hugging it and playing games. She made up her mind. He doesn’t need me. “Ash, I’m going to go with Roan.”
“What! What about m… uh, Max?”
May knew that was not who he was going to say. She kissed him on the cheek. “I’m sure you can look after him.”
Ash blushed, and then nodded. “Go have an adventure, May.”
“Well, that’s that settled,” Said Roan, “Let’s go, shall we?”
“Goodbye Ash!”
“Goodbye, May.” They hugged, and May disappeared in a green glow.
“I’ll miss you,” Said Ash.
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