Episode #2: 200 Years Ago! (Part 1)

When the flash of light hit earlier, Rain found himself somewhere in a forest that he didn't seem to recognize. The forest itself was mostly dark with little sunlight peeking through. The last thing he remembered was facing a powerful beam from Umbra, but now, he was nowhere near Mt. Coronet, or his friends. He walked around and tried to get a better grasp on where he was. He suddenly heard a flute playing an unusual tune in the distance.

“Where's that coming from?” he asked himself.

He went in search of the beautiful flute tune and soon came across a young girl with a Roselia by her side. She was sitting on a tree stump playing her flute under the only area with any source of light shooting down on it. Rain was amazed at her ability to play, and relaxed to the music. She soon stopped as she saw Rain, peeking in on her.

“Oh, uhh,” Rain said nervously. “I-I didn't mean to spy on you like that. It's just, I heard you playing and...”

“Oh, do not worry about that,” the girl said. “I was playing a tune to my Roselia here and she seems to like it a lot.”

“Roselia,” the Roselia said.

“I'm Lyanna.”

“I'm Rain. Rain Eidoh.”

She thought it was a weird name, but she didn't say anything. Rain noticed something odd about her, though. For one thing, she was wearing brown overalls and a white shirt underneath and her blond hair was tied in a single pigtail. He noticed that her clothes were old fashioned. VERY old fashioned.

“Is there something wrong?” Lyanna asked.

“Oh, there's nothing wrong, it's just...uhh...”

She giggled at him, leaving him extremely embarrassed.

“You are a very odd boy, you know that. Your clothes look weird as well. Where are you from exactly?”

“I'm from Twinleaf Town. From Sinnoh.”

“Must be a new town...can't say I've heard of it.”

Rain thought it was odd that she didn't know that Twinleaf Town existed. He soon noticed the flute was made of wood. Her clothes, her comment about Twinleaf Town, her flute...something was dreadfully wrong here.

“Well...I’d better get back home,” Lyanna said. “Off you go, Roselia.”

Roselia ran off happily as Lyanna headed in another direction, but Rain still had some questions about where he was. Specifically, if he was really in the present.

“Hold on!” he said. She turned around to see what he wanted. “This may seem like a stupid question, but uhh....what year is...this?”

“You are on odd boy, aren't you?” Lyanna said. Rain was as nervous as ever. “According to our astral calendars, it's 1840.”

Rain was stunned at her comment. If she was right, and it was indeed 1840, then that meant only one thing; Rain was literally two hundred years into the past!

“Is there something wrong?” she asked.

“Am I really...two hundred years into the past?! How?! How am I here?!”

“Rain?”

“Oh, I'm just...surprised...I have a bit of a memory issue and...umm...”

She giggled again, but Rain didn't want to make it worse by saying that he came from the future.

“Well...farewell, Rain.”

She departed while Rain tried to figure out an explanation for all of this. Two hundred years?! This just wasn't possible!

“Dialga,” Rain said. “Did you do this?”

He soon realized that Lyanna may be the only chance he had of getting out of the forest, so he went after her and hoped of finding a way back to his own time.

“Lyanna!!” he shouted. “Take me with you!”

He went after her as she headed off once again. His goal now was to find a way back to the present and find a reason as to why he was here in the first place. Whatever it was, it had to do with Black Metal, but Rain didn't know that.

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After entering the town of Hearthome, Rain knew immediately that he was in the past. Hearthome was merely a settlement of stone houses, dirt roads and farm areas. There was also a huge fountain in the middle. It was a relatively small population. Rain didn't know what to say, but he knew he wasn't in the present time.

“This is a fairly recent village,” Lyanna said, giving Rain a grand tour. “My mother works at a nearby market. I can introduce you to her!”

She ran off, leaving Rain to follow her to the market. He was still trying to register in his mind that this was all real and not some sort of dream. He just couldn't believe that he was actually in the past. They soon arrived at a small market within town, leaving them to go inside to see Lyanna's mother. Rain was well aware that this was old fashioned, really old fashioned. The oven was used with bricks and a fire underneath, the plates were hand washed, and Lyanna's mother's clothes were as old fashioned as this house was. It was still hard to believe that he was in the past.

“Hi, mother!” Lyanna said.

“Hello, dear,” she replied, hugging her daughter. “Who's this?”

“This is Rain Eidoh. He seemed to be lost, so I brought him with me.”

“It's nice to meet you, Rain. I like your clothes.”

“Thank you,” Rain replied. “At least she didn't call them weird. Unlike a certain someone.”

“Well, since you're here, how about I give you something to eat.”

“Have him try one of our apples!” Lyanna replied. “I can guarantee that they'll amaze him.”

Her mother went off in search of an apple to give him. Outside, a few guards dressed in knightly armor passed by, Lyanna seemed to be nervous, but Rain didn't have a clue. He saw Lyanna's mother hand him an apple and happily took it.

“Mother, I saw guards pass our window!” she said.

She rushed to the window and peeked outside. A pair of guards were outside talking to an old lady. Rain still had no clue why she was acting so scared.

“What's wrong?” Rain asked.

“Those guards are troublesome,” Lyanna’s mother said. “Our king is a ferocious monarch that often harasses us. He also has a bit of a quarrel with us. Lyanna, you should hide somewhere, take Rain with you.”

They both decided to find somewhere safe. They soon heard glass breaking outside as they ran quicker upstairs. Once they got inside of Lyanna's bedroom, Lyanna sighed in relief. She only worried about her mother downstairs.

“Who are they?” Rain asked.

“King Dagaron's guards,” Lyanna said. “They torture the citizens of Hearthome and take money from us by force! He's horrible!”

“I feel bad for you.”

“Thanks. Fortunately, they haven't gotten to my mother yet.”

They soon heard the front door bust open, leaving Lyanna to gasp in shock and Rain to open the door slightly.

“Rain!” she whispered.

He listened to the conversation downstairs.

“-thought wrong. Now, how about paying up for the kingdom.”

“I will not pay you. You've tortured my family long enough. You killed my husband in front of my daughter! Isn't that enough?!”

“No, now it's your turn!”

They both heard her scream as Rain tried to swing the door open, but immediately stopped before realizing the consequences.

“If I send out my Pokémon now...I could rewrite history!”

“Rain, what are you doing?!” Lyanna asked, going after him.

She soon heard a plea from Lyanna's mother, making her more nervous. Suddenly, they heard her being stabbed with a knife and made Lyanna shocked. Rain wanted to help her, but he couldn’t. Once they heard the guards escape, they snuck downstairs and saw that her mother was on the floor, slowly dying.

“M-Mom?” Lyanna asked.

Rain had to do something, but what? He suddenly felt someone get into his head. He had a feeling that Dialga was contacting him.

“Rain,” Dialga said.

“Dialga?” Rain thought. “What’s going on? Why did you bring me here?”

“This specific timewave has something to do with your enemy. You’ll see soon enough. She can be saved, but regardless, do not try to save her. Doing so will have grave consequences for the future. Her death is unavoidable, to my regret. There is nothing you can do.”

Rain felt upset. Lyanna wondered what was going on and what he was doing.

“Then what can I do?”

“Be the hero of the past. Defeat this king. You’ll know what I mean soon enough. You can tell her about where you’re from, but do not give too much.”

Rain felt Dialga vanishing from his mind. He stood up and looked back at Lyanna.

“Lyanna,” Rain said. “That was Dialga I was talking to. I’m from a period where we have more freedom than what you have now. You can all change.”

“But how?” Lyanna asked.

“I can take out Dagaron!”

Lyanna was shocked. Rain had no idea how strong he really was, but he was strong enough to overcome anything.

“B-But, only a fool would dare fight against him,” Lyanna's mother said. “He's just so powerful!”

“I'm not afraid!” Rain said. Rain placed his hands on her shoulders. “Please, let me take care of the king!”

She wondered if he really could be capable of taking care of them.

“But how will you beat them?”

“I can command Pokémon. I can do that in my time. My team is powerful!”

Lyanna was amazed. She thought controlling Pokémon was illegal under their kings rule, but if they could really do that in the future, then she could trust him.

“I hope for the best,” Lyanna's mother said. “Please, save this kingdom!”

Rain smiled as he headed out. Rain now had to save these villagers from the might of King Dagaron and his harsh rule, once and for all...

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...Though, his adventure would help if he knew where to go. He continued traveling through the forest looking for the big castle nearby, but it was nowhere to be found. He soon fell to his knees, tired from all the walking he had been doing. He was definitely lost and had no idea where to go.

“Now what?” Rain said.

“Rain!” someone called out.

He looked behind him to see Lyanna running after him. She finally reached him as she caught her breath. Her Roselia was by her side and was exhausted as well.

“What’re you two doing here?” Rain asked.

“I want to help!” she said. “I know where the castle is and I want to make sure you’re safe!”

“What about Roselia?”

“Oh, she’ll be fine! After all, she’s a really helpful Pokémon.”

Rain thought it was nice to see him get some assistance, but he still had no clue how to get inside of the castle. He figured that she might know of a way.

“Well, shall we go then?” Lyanna asked. “I know a secret path we can go through, follow me!”

They both headed off to wherever this secret path was, but he had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be fun. They continued walking until they reached a cave-like path that, for some reason, stank to high heavens.

“They mostly use this for trash,” Lyanna said. “It's hurting the cave and making those that live within sick.”

They both went inside, and much to the thought of Rain, it stunk worse inside than it did outside. He could barely breathe in there and had to hold his nose, while Lyanna did the same.

“It won’t be much longer,” Lyanna said, under her hand over her nose and mouth.

They continued onward as they soon arrived at a ladder that brought them up to a small storage room. Rain released his breath as he managed to get away from the awful smell below.

“That was just disgusting!” Rain said, gasping for air.

They looked around to see an old fashioned castle-like hall with torches for lighting. They snuck around and tried to avoid detection. Rain wondered where to go to reach King Dagaron and stop him for good. They soon approached a random room that somehow caught Rain’s eyes. Inside was a strange painting of the Sinnoh Region with a strange circle on top. He walked inside and looked at the painting closer. A strange portal was circling above Mt. Coronet’s top, as well as snowfall on various areas where they wouldn’t normally be.

“What’s this?” Rain asked.

“I’ve seen that painting before,” Lyanna said. “It’s supposed to be a prediction of the future! They say that a strange force will cover Mt. Coronet, and soon the world!”

He soon realized that Black Metal must be what she was talking about. He still didn’t know what this strange force was, exactly.

“My mother showed me the picture. It’s supposed to be a portal to a place called the “Distortion World,” where time and space don’t apply. Anything is possible there.”

Rain realized that this must have been Olympus’s plan all along: to enter the Distortion World! He wondered if this one painting was why he was sent back in time. He didn’t know of Olympus’s plan until now. What would happen if this world were to escape into the real world?

“Dialga,” Rain thought. “Is this what you’re trying to tell me?”

They soon heard someone call out to whomever was in the room they were in. The two freaked out, since they weren’t supposed to be here and tried to find a place to hide.

“What do we do?” Lyanna asked.

Rain knew that he had to send out one of his Pokémon, but how far was he going to go to change the future he came from. He knew he had no other choice, but to fight with what he had.

“Kirlia, let’s go!” Rain said.

Rain sent his Kirlia out who spun happily and cheers for Rain. Lyanna was amazed with his ability to call out any Pokémon at will, or so she thought.

“Kirlia, Teleport us to a safer location in the castle.”

Kirlia nodded and used Teleport to take everyone to another location in the castle. The guard opened the door to find that no one was there and simply disregarded it. Rain, Kirlia, Lyanna and Roselia managed to teleport away, but they ended up at a dining hall with at least thirteen guards, making them nervous at this point.

“When I said teleport us to a safer place,” Rain said to Kirlia, “I meant without any sign of human life!”

They all began to charge after Rain and Lyanna, but Kirlia teleported them all away, to another, more safer location: a...torture chamber?

“You know what?” Rain asked. “Let’s not teleport anymore.”

“At least no one is here?” Lyanna said.

“A torture chamber doesn’t seem to be the safest place to hide. Especially since everyone knows we’re here now.”

They began to sneak out of the chamber as they went up the staircase. Once they reached the top, they peeked past the door and saw numerous guards running amok. They knew they were here, and they wanted him under arrest. Teleporting was definitely out of the question, so they had to find a way out without anyone noticing them.

“This way,” Rain said, noticing that the coast was now clear.

They both ran towards a four-way path and looked down the remaining three, wondering where to go. It was going to be a hard mission, especially with all of these guards running about. What would they do now?



To Be Continued!