#Originally thought it was an unown evolution lol

[pokemonfrommemory]

Incomprehensible creature

[shslpunkartist]

So funny story here but I have this little HC that Keith one day came up with this plan to help out Gold and, with the help of the Unown (who had to be extra careful as to not accidentally attract Gold's attention through their little link) as well as some of the others, travel over to a random Pokemon universe to see if they can obtain a Cyndaquil to give to Gold as a little surprise gift.

Aside from wanting to surprise Gold with one of his favorite mons, Keith also thought it might help out a bit with the teen's nightmares, especially those of his Typhlosion. Of course, the little guy can never replace Gold's previous Typhlosion, but Keith believes that it can help ease some of the teen's heartache a bit more. Not to mention but it can help Gold start another journey if he so deserves it! Yes, there's the Unown too, but dunno if they would count.

I meant to share this HC back on CC but then CC went down and some irl stuff happened on my end, and then eventually at some point I had forgotten about it. Well until somewhat recently, partially thanks to Pokemon Arceus Legends and the Hisuian Typhlosion. Ended up actually changing up my HC after having played and beaten the game.

So rather than being dropped off at some random region that they're more familiar with, Keith and whoever came along with him (let's go with Pico, Barry, Olivia, Morgana, Zackarie, and Mel) find themselves dropped off in a VERY unfamiliar region that looks... rather old fashioned. Almost as if they were dropped off in the past... yet they're also not sure considering how they see shit that shouldn't even be a thing yet in the past.

FYI none of them are familiar with Pokemon Arceus Legends or anything really. I'm certain some of them heard some brief news on it, but aside from that? Not much really. Don't even know that this new region is actually the distant past version of the Sinnoh region. I wonder if any of them are familiar enough with Sinnoh that they might feel some deja vu about some areas hmm?

OH AND BEFORE I CONTINUE, are you familiar with Fallers? If not, well, they're basically humans who have passed through Ultra Wormholes - often against their will - and find themselves in another reality, often with little memories. I can't recall exact details but I think the reason behind their amnesia is due to a mixture of trauma and direct exposure to the energy of the Ultra Wormholes. Anyway a good example of a Faller is Anabel, who is actually from the original Pokemon universe (aka the world where Mega Evolution and Fairy type pokemon weren't a thing).

Now why'd I bring this up? Because there is another Faller in this game! Ingo from the Black and White games!

The crew totally saw him during their visit of that region, all of them most likely mistaking him for some look-a-like of him or something like that, then later lookup about him sometime after returning back to their reality (look any proper pokemon fan who has played the Black & White games can't help but be curious ok), thinking the guy they saw was some distant ancestor or just some look-a-like- ONLY TO LEARN THAT /IS/ INGO.

I do know you've mentioned before that some of them had really enjoyed gen 5 so I imagine those that did would feel really bad for the guy lol.

ANYWAY GETTING BACK ONTO TOPIC, it took them some time - partially due to everyone, including even Pico and Morgana to some extent, keeps wandering off a bit separately due to their inner pokemon fan self wanting to explore this new region as well as see some of the local pokemon and partially because some of them, mostly two certain people *cough*KeithandBarry*cough*, occasionally needing to be rescued from territorial wild pokemon due to various reasons - they eventually managed to acquire a Cyndaquil through... uh... some totally legal means that totally didn't involve them nabbing one from someone who they presumed to be the professor of that region without the guy's notice and, with the Unown's help, returned home!

Oh, and if you're wondering about the exact details on how they uh "borrow" the Cyndaquil, Keith waddled up to Lavention - the professor guy's name btw - and started beep-boop-boping at him. Man, like with the player character (who btw is also from modern times; long story, but uh to put it very simply Arceus is responsible for it lol), mistook Keith for some odd very human-looking pokemon due to the gremlin's modern clothes and him beep-boop-boping at him, and he ended up being distracted long enough for one of the others to nabbed the Cyndaquil (which was surprisingly chill about what's going on; it helps that Olivia was the one who picked it up and talked to it the whole time lol).

The adventures we go to make someone happy: literally jump to another universe for them~

Probably gone for almost a day, and then they come back and surprise Gold.. probably brings him to tears. It isn't his exact one, but this one still seems just as eager to be a new friend as ever.