Ash's Eon Journey!

Another Chance

Chapter 24

"What was that all about?" asked my brother as the reporter started talking about a different story.

"That was the man I told you about," I replied, feeling a sense of dread, "Cryus,"

"The one who tried to destroy the world?"

I nodded. "I don't know how he got here, but this isn't good,"

"Do you want to try to find him?" asked David, "Or should we look for the portal first?"

"Let's look for the portal first," I replied, "we'll probably need my friends' help anyway,"

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With Ash and Pikachu (3rd Person P.O.V.)

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"You recognize this place buddy?" asked Ash.

"No," said Pikachu. He sniffed the air. "something smells familiar though,"

"What is it?"

Pikachu paused for a moment. "It smells like... Michael!"

"Can you figure out where he went?"

Pikachu shook his head. "He must have flown somewhere, I can't smell him on the ground anywhere else,"

Ash frowned. "I guess we'll just have to start looking then,"

"Right now? Why don't we wait until morning?" asked Pikachu, "I can hardly see anything,"

"But Cyrus and Michael are already here, we need to catch up to them!"

"How are we supposed to do that when we don't know where they went?"

Ash sighed. "I guess you're right,"

"Look, I want to find them just as much as you do, but we can't just rush into this," said Pikachu, "we can't find anyone when we don't even know where we are,"

"Good point," said Ash, "I'll check my Pokedex,"

Ash pulled the rectangular device from his pocket and went to the map. He frowned. "Guess the map won't be helpful," Ash put the Pokedex back in his pocket, but it began beeping

"Why is it saying we're still on Mount Coronet?" asked Pikachu.

Ash looked at the screen. Sure enough, the map had flickered to life, showing a beeping red dot in the center of the mountain. However, instead of staying there, it was flickering, occasionally showing a 'no data' screen.

"That's strange," said Ash, "maybe the portal messed it up?"

Pikachu jumped on his shoulder to get a better look at the map. "Try moving, maybe that will fix it,"

As Ash walked, the dot on the map suddenly disappeared and reappeared a moment later in Viridian City.

"Yeah, this thing's broken," said Ash, putting the Pokedex away. "let's just look around,"

"There's someone over there," said Pikachu, "maybe we can ask for directions,"

"Good idea," said Ash, "Hello mister!"

The man turned, "Good morning young man, that's an interesting pet you've got there,"

"Oh, this is my partner Pikachu," said Ash.

"Hello!" Pikachu greeted.

"Interesting, what kind of animal is that?" asked the man.

"What's an animal?" asked Ash, confused.