Ash's Paldea Story

Chapter 86 Area Zero Day 4

(Thursday)

After searching for a while yesterday, we find a giant cave that leads further down inside the cave.

"So Koraidon's an ancient Pokemon, while Miraidon's a future Pokemon... No wonder no one's seen them before!" Nemona says. "Ash, Lillie! You've gotta let me battle both of them right now!"

"Um. They still won't come out of their Poke Balls." I say, feeling the scared emotions from both Koraidon and Miraidon.

"Oh, right." Nemona mutters.

"That was the first I heard of them coming from the past and future myself..." Arven mutters. "They were just some weird Pokémon my parents brought home all of a sudden one day. We all lived together at the lighthouse lab for a little while. My parents made me promise to keep them a secret. And I had to take care of it for them, too..."

"So that's why you knew so much about them!" Reisa says.

"Yeah, but then one day, Koraidon and Miraidon just went nuts against some wild Pokémon... A few of the folks living nearby ended up seeing them, so the secret was out. Once that happened, my parents took them—and went back to Area Zero." Arven says.

"Guess that makes sense if they're Pokemon from a different age." Penny says.

"Yeah. If people found out, it'd be all over the news." Arven says. "I didn't see my parents or Koraidon and Miraidon again after that. For ages. Looking back on it now, it seems stupid, but... I felt like I'd lost my parents 'cause of Koraidon and Miraidon. It was the worst feeling ever. I just hated Koraidon and Miraidon and everything about them. Didn't want to even talk about them. I'm sorry for not telling you what I knew sooner, Ash and Lillie..."

"It's fine. We don't blame you." Lillie says.

"But you should be sorry!" Nemona yells. "Shoot - that's, like, the coolest thing ever, and you didn't tell any of us!"

"Yup. Sure would've been great to know all that relevant info before we got here." Penny says.

"D-dang, you guys... Harsh..." Arven mutters.

Once we enter the cave, we are surprised to see a lot of crystals around the area.

"Oh my gosh, look at all these huge, gorgeous crystals! They go all the way to the bottom!" Nemona says.

"One slip and we can kiss our short lives good-bye..." Drandon says.

"Oh, good call! Watch your step!" I say. "We don't want accidental deaths after all."

"So the professors' down there somewhere...waiting for us. And that's...fine. Totally fine." Arven says. "All right, team! Watch yourselves and let's get to the bottom of this thing!"

"This place looks unreal. Maybe there really is treasure down here like the stories say!" Nemona says.

"Yeah... This place's like something from a whole other world. Makes you feel like maybe you already died and went somewhere..." Arven says.

"Is it just me, or do the crystals here give off the same glow as when Pokemon Terastallize?" Penny asks. "There's gotta be some sort of connection..."

"Only one way to find out. Come on, everybody. Let's keep moving... We've got to go all the way down." I say.

When we continue further down, we decide to continue the topic of Koraidon and Miraidon.

"So Koraidon and Miraidon came to our age through the time machine..." Nemona says. "Then they lived here awhile with the professor? Along with another one of their kind?"