"What's going on?"
Terrance's thoughts were adrift; only that distant cry echoed in his mind. He couldn't sense the presence of anything around him.
Right now, Terrance's mind was in chaos. His experiences in the Annapurna mountain range kept replaying over and over in his head.
He remembered that as he ventured deeper into the mountains, he heard a long, distant cry. Following that sound, Terrance gave chase and eventually saw a green silhouette.
The Forest Deity — Celebi.
Celebi truly existed in the Annapurna mountain range.
Upon seeing Celebi, Terrance immediately ordered Gallade to intercept it. This Celebi wasn't very strong, and Terrance was able to stop it with ease.
However, Celebi seemed to find Terrance's behavior unfriendly and was very resistant toward him at first. Fortunately, Terrance had a Rotom Pokédex that could act as a translator, allowing man and Pokémon to communicate successfully.
Thinking of Akon's matter, Terrance directly took out a photo of Teacher Teresa and Akon to show Celebi. Celebi's reaction surprised Terrance.
"Cel~ebi~"
Terrance remembered that when Celebi saw the two of them, it seemed very surprised. It must have recognized Teacher Teresa and Akon.
Seeing Celebi respond, Terrance subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked Celebi to take him to find them, also offering it some Pokémon food as thanks.
"What… happened?"
Terrance rubbed his head. As he listened to the cries of the four Pokémon nearby, his vision gradually became clear.
The surroundings were still familiar: endless trees, a dim forest. Gallade stood in place, Beautifly circled in the air, Mismagius had revealed itself, and Rotom Pokédex hadn't moved at all.
It was as if nothing had changed.
He quickly felt along his belt for the rest of his Poké Balls… Altaria, Castform, Arcanine — all still there.
Except for Ice Vulpix and Larvitar, which he had left at the Gym for this trip, all six of Terrance's main Pokémon were with him.
"My backpack…" Terrance frowned, looking around.
"Rotom Pokédex, what just happened?"
Rotom Pokédex first shook its head, then nodded vigorously, as if it still hadn't recovered from the recent changes.
"It was Celebi… Celebi made everything around us change. All the trees were glowing."
"Where is that Celebi?!" Terrance shot up. Celebi hadn't taken him to find Teacher Teresa and Akon yet. He couldn't afford to lose it.
Gallade, Beautifly, and Mismagius all shook their heads. When they came to from the flash of light, Celebi had already vanished.
"Terrance…" Rotom Pokédex said softly.
"What is it?" Terrance looked at Rotom Pokédex.
"I have… some terrifying news…" Rotom Pokédex's voice began to tremble.
Terrance's expression stiffened. This wasn't like the usual Rotom Pokédex. Quickly softening his expression, Terrance comforted it: "It's okay. Go ahead and tell me."
"Just now, I successfully connected to the Kalos Region's network and discovered…"
"Discovered what?"
"That it's now… League Calendar Year 218, Roto!!!" Rotom Pokédex practically screamed in horror.
League Calendar Year 218. Four full years had passed since League Calendar Year 214, when Terrance passed the Senior Breeder Exam and defeated Elite Four Leo at the festival. Rotom's words instantly caused Terrance's face to darken and gave him a bad premonition.
"Rotom Pokédex, are you sure it's not a network error?"
"Maybe it's a system malfunction."
Rotom Pokédex wore a mournful expression. "If it were just the time being wrong, I wouldn't be so sure, Roto… but… the internet clearly records events from League Calendar Year 214 to 218. Unless this is all an illusion, it doesn't seem like a malfunction, Roto…"
"Gal~lade?!" Gallade looked bewildered.
"Mis~magius~" "Bea~utifly~" Mismagius and Beautifly, hearing what Rotom Pokédex said, also revealed puzzled expressions.
"Celebi, revered as the forest deity, enjoys appearing and playing in beautiful forests. It is said to possess the power to travel through time…" Rotom Pokédex and Terrance recited Celebi's data together, then exchanged looks, both wearing grave expressions.
"No way." After a long while, Terrance swallowed hard. Could the rumors about Celebi being able to travel through time actually be true?
Even if it were true, it had really brought him four years into the future that easily?!
"No way!!" Terrance quickly calmed himself. He had no intention of time traveling. He had been doing perfectly fine in his original timeline, and absolutely had to find Celebi and have it take him back.
Terrance stared blankly. Was there something wrong with that Celebi? Even if time travel had no side effects for people, did Celebi not understand the impact of doing something like that?! Using its power so casually, Terrance even suspected that Celebi might be a newborn with no idea what it was doing!
"Wait a minute."
"Teacher Teresa and Akon… could they be here too…"
Suddenly realizing a possibility, the corner of Terrance's eye twitched. If the two of them had disappeared half a month ago because of Celebi's time-traveling powers… and then he encountered Celebi and asked it to find them, only to be brought four years into the future himself, wouldn't that mean he'd brought it upon himself?
After a moment of silence, Terrance looked at the three Pokémon and Rotom Pokédex, then said: "We'll split up and search this mountain range for that Celebi's trail. Whether we find anything or not, we meet back here in two hours."
"In two hours, everyone must return here."
Terrance emphasized once again.
"Gal~lade!!" "Mis~magius~" "Bea~utifly~" The three Pokémon nodded.
"Altaria, you're in charge of scouting in the sky." Terrance tossed Altaria's Poké Ball.
"Rotom Pokédex, you're coming with me." Leaving Castform and Arcanine by his side, Terrance quickly assigned tasks to each Pokémon, preparing to track down Celebi as fast as possible.
Whether or not Teacher Teresa and Akon were in this timeline, Celebi was the key to getting back. It must be found!
Terrance and the Pokémon split up, tirelessly searching the forested mountain range for that Celebi. The process was grueling for both Terrance and his Pokémon.
They didn't even bother evading any wild Pokémon that got in their way. They simply swept through them with overwhelming strength.
Two hours later, all the Pokémon and Terrance had returned to the starting point. When Terrance saw that little green creature sitting on Gallade's shoulder, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Cel~ebi~" Celebi twirled through the air, looking slyly at Terrance.
"Celebi says it already brought you here, Roto~~ But it seems those two people ended up somewhere else," Rotom Pokédex said.
"Teacher Teresa and Akon are really in this timeline?!" Terrance frowned. "Rotom Pokédex, search the Kalos Region's recent major events online."
Rotom Pokédex nodded, then fell silent for a moment before speaking: "Four months ago, Garchomp from Professor Augustine Sycamore's lab went berserk in Lumiose City, wildly attacking buildings. At the same time, a Trainer named Ash jumped from the Prism Tower to save a Pikachu, causing a huge stir. Fortunately, no one was injured in the end…"
"Two months ago, an explorer discovered a new ancient ruin…"
Chapter 630 4 Years Later
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