Just a Dream - Pokemon ♡Soulsilvershipping ♡

Chapter 6

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Lyra~

"Ethan told me you were in Pallet Town," I recalled as we seated ourselves onto the large boulders nearby. Exchanger nodded briefly before Green answered me. "I thought it would be better if Exchanger was here to discuss with us. Blue is occupied with Gym Leader duties right now, and I'm still trying to piece together Exchanger's story."

"What do you mean 'piece together'? We have Exchanger with us, so all we need to do is to combine his and S's stories," Ethan noted.

Green lifted her gaze from the ground and towards Ethan. "I'll explain what I know after either you or Lyra tell me who S is. I'm sure Exchanger is curious as to who they are as well."

Ethan turned to me, probably for permission; however, I wanted to be the one explaining who S was. After all, we are the same person. I told Green and Exchanger everything I remembered from my conversation with S. I made sure to clarify some points by noting the letters and strange activity—at least, what I thought was strange—that had happened during my journey with Silver.

As I spoke, I noticed Exchanger's eyes were staring straight at me. They lit up for a moment which made my chest tighten a bit. I started to stumble over my words, thinking about whether to be sympathetic as Exchanger seemed to be wondering if S was the same Lyra he knew from his timeline. I could somewhat tell as his gaze kept averting every time I mention S.

Green took note of this and cleared her throat. "So S is your counterpart... from the future, I assume? I'm guessing that's how Exchanger survived disappearing on us. Her lifeform dying would give Celebi enough energy to sustain Exchanger, but why..."

"Is S the same Lyra from your timeline, Exchanger?" Ethan asked, which was the same thought I had in mind. For a bit, Exchanger was silent while breathing slowly.

"No... it's not the Lyra that I know. I don't think she can use Celebi before she died in Ecruteak City. Do you remember when I mentioned how the events that happened in your timeline are almost the same as what had happened in my timeline? It turns down any possibility of such, especially if she was also the one who handed you the letters," Exchanger answered.

"So that means you came from a different timeline."

Exchanger nodded at my words. "I didn't know S was here when I first arrived. I was too focused on making sure you were alive, Lyra. However, I knew that Evolver was here. Even if I didn't read Pryce's letter, I knew she was already here."

"So Blue and I believed that the order of time travellers was S, Exchanger, and then Evolver. As for the letters being taken away from you guys, Blue believes it's because in the past I was able to adapt to situations quickly. This would explain why Evolver was able to take the letters while attempting to lead you guys on to suspect S or Exchanger," Green added.

"But she failed, because we know she was the one who did that," Ethan pointed out. 

"It has to be more than that. If I was in that situation, there's no way I wouldn't make myself that transparent. I met Evolver while I was retrieving Lyra's bag with Morty. There has to be a deeper motive than just trying to manipulate Silver," Green noted. 

This case felt more complicated than usual. I had thought it would be easy since it would've been just Silver and Evolver we'd have to worry about. A small part of me felt frustrated with just sitting here and talking when we could do something to stop Silver. I knew that I wasn't awake for too long, so everything blowing up in front of my face would be hard to take in. But why did I feel... so irritated?