Barry, the childhood friend of the game's protagonist and also his or her rival.

In the games your rival always picks the Pokémon with the type advantage so it was interesting to see him with a Piplup, does that mean Lucas is walking around somewhere with a Chimchar?

On the other hand, Barry had a Piplup which he also had in the anime.

Conclusion: Inconclusive.

However I could still beat his Pokémon.

"Piplup, use Peck!" Barry ordered, I immediately gave a counter order.

"Close your eyes." I told Ralts. "And wait."

There's no time like a real time battle to try out new strategies. Although I did forget to mention this strategy to Ralts.

Ralts however complied, her eternal trust in me pushing her to do it anyway. She closed her eyes and waited while Piplup ran forwards in what I dubbed a Naruto Run while being a penguin.

Its beak glowed white as it drew closer and when I deemed the timing right I gave out my next command. "Eyes closed, Disarming Voice forward, aim it at the ground 3 meters (10 Feet) away from you."

Piplup ran forward as the Disarming Voice hit the ground a few steps away from Piplup, the soundwaves stirred up dust and grass alike and some of it was flung into Piplup's eyes.

The effect of the sound waves went in all directions, even Ralts' but most of it was flung towards Piplup due to the angle of the attack.

Sand and dirt were stuck in Piplup's eyes but worse was the fear.

You know, it's pretty scary to suddenly go blind, also the eyes are very sensitive so besides being blind it was also hard to focus.

"Ralts full force Confusion." I said,

"Piplup, Bubblebeam forward, now!" Barry yelled.

Wait, what?

Piplup listened and stopped panicking, it was still blind but it opened its mouth and blue bubbles flew towards Ralts who was stuck trying to charge Confusion.

They are just bubbles right? What the hell can they do?

Welp, turns out, a lot of damage.

They hit Ralts and she let out a cry of pain.

When the final bubble hit Ralts she was propelled backwards and landed on her butt.

What the fuck?

Piplup had rubbed out the sand of its eyes and glared, ready to attack again, apparently the sand attack we did had to be followed up faster.

"Same attack again, then follow up with a Meteor Smash!" I said and not a second too late.

Barry had given a new order and Piplup was running towards Ralts with its beak glowing again.

"It's another sand attack!" Barry said, "Close your eyes!"

Hahahaha, never take the eyes off your opponent you fool!

Again sand and dirt were thrown around and Piplup shielded its eyes with its wing/hand.

Ralts wasted no moment and jumped up in the sky, launching herself with Disarming Voice.

She rose up in the sky and when she reached the peak of her rise she turned around and retracted her fist.

It began shining brightly as she fell back to earth, Piplup opened its eyes just in time to see its own doom.

Ralts' fist drilled Piplup into the ground and created a small crater, sand and dust were thrown around again and I had to shield my own eyes to protect them.

I smiled while Barry stared wide eyed at the devastation in front of him.

"Good job Ralts," I smiled at Barry.

The scene in front of us showed Piplup lying in a small crater, Ralts standing next to it, one leg on its stomach and her fist clenched in front of her face.

Was she striking a pose?

"How?" Barry gasped. "We lost!"

Ralts stepped away and ran towards me, arms open for a hug.

I knelt down and caught her as she leaped for me, "Rrraaalllts!"

Damn, you love hugs don't you?

After the hugging, I lifted her up and put her on my shoulders so I had my hands free.

"You fought great Piplup." Barry said and he pulled out a red and white Pokéball and pushed the button.

Piplup disappeared and he put the Pokéball back in his pocket.

He looked at me and pointed his finger at me. "Don't think this is over, next time I will beat you!"

"Sorry but I kinda have this 12 year old girl who claimed to be my rival already." I said apologetically. "Though you fought great."

"Oh don't think that excuse will help you!" Barry said and he smiled. "After all, I still want a rematch."

Did you even hear what I just said?

"Suureee…" I said, "You do you."

"Raaalltts." Ralts copied.

Barry nodded. "Otherwise I will fine you a million Pokédollars"

"Anyway," I ended the conversation. "I'm going to Lake Verity now, See you later."

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"Catching a Legendary huh?" Barry said grinning., "Don't think I'm going to let you catch one because I'm the one who is going to catch it!"

Ralts chuckled.

Barry gave Ralts a shocked look, "You don't think I can do it? Just watch me!"

"Do you have any spare Pokéballs?"

Barry stayed silent, just what I thought.

"Well, nice to meet you but I'm gonna go." I said and turned around to walk away, Barry caught up with me and said. "Wait, I'm coming with you. I want to go anyway. Maybe I can see a Legendary Pokémon and tell Professor Rowan about it."

And that's how I got stuck with Barry, while I was walking he kept talking and talking.

He told me about a show he had seen on tv, about a person in his town he knew and a book he once read.

It was pretty boring but Ralts seemed to be paying attention which was enough to distract Barry from my lack of interest.

When we finally reached the lake I had to admit it was worthy of housing a Legendary.

The lake was big, very big and not at all like the pond the games made them look like.

The water was blue, like actually blue and not the transparent gray-blue you normally see. it was sparkling in the light of the sun and the water's surface reflected a bit of the blue color back to the air giving it a fairy tale like vibes.

I stopped walking when we reached the edge of the forest and stared forward.

"What's wrong, Dust?" Barry stopped walking too when he saw I wasn't following him.

At the edge of the lake sat a man, sitting on his knees and his left hand submerged in the water of Lake Verity.

He had light blue hair that ended in spikes and had a rather thick brow, he wore a black business suit that made him look like an evil board member of some shady company.

I knew who he was; Cyrus the mad titan of the Pokémon world.

Except that he wanted to kill everyone to create a perfect world which was kind of worse.

He came close to achieving his goals but he was just stopped in time.

And here he was, darkly looming over the water, muttering to himself.

"There are deities in the ocean and in the sky." He muttered, almost inaudible but I was paying close attention. "But if only one could get them to listen...they could change the world. Create the world the way it's supposed to be and remove the rot."

Yeah, keep dreaming, Light Yagami.

I stared at him, he looked so vulnerable.

He sat with his back to us, I could have Ralts push him in the water with either Confusion or Disarming Voice after that we could keep him under until he drowned.

Or I could attack him with my knife and stab him in the back and hope to leverage my own body weight to keep him at a disadvantage.

However I didn't want Ralts to become a murderer, if I had to I would rather do it myself and live with the guilt.

Barry was also an unpredictable factor.

But most important of all was that I still needed him.

I theorized that either Dialga, Palkia, Giratina or Arceus had brought me to this world considering they all had dimension related powers and Cyrus was the key to meeting them.

Other contenders were Celebi and Hoopa but the list ended there, the other Legendaries had unrelated powers or were too retarded.

I mean, if I was summoned by Zapdos I would really need to evaluate my chances in this world.

"Hello sir." Barry said as he stepped forward and I followed, putting a smile on my face.

"Are you here to catch a Legendary too?" Barry asked curiously.

The man rose to his feet and turned around, giving us a charming smile. "Oh, hello there. Didn't see you two."

"Ralts." Ralts said annoyed.

"Three." I said.

Cyrus ignored it, "And what brings you two youngsters to Lake Verity."

"Just checking out to-" I tried to reply but Barry cut me off.

"And if you think you can catch a Legendary then I'm sorry but my friend and I were here first." Barry finished my sentence, though it was not even close to what I was going to say.

"Hahaha," Cyrus laughed good-naturedly. "Don't worry I'm just a businessman looking for a place to relax."

He gazed over the lake. "I'm currently investing money into libraries and building projects all over Sinnoh and studying the myths is one of my hobbies."

"Mmm…" Barry frowned thoughtfully. "Well, My name is Barry and this is my friend Dust, we came here to see the Legendaries ourselves."

"Sup." I greeted the maniac.

"Ralts." Ralts greeted coldly.

"Oh how nice it is to see young people start their journey." Cyrus said. "Though I wish you the best of luck, my job is calling me."

He smiled at us and turned to leave, disappearing into the forest.

"Huh, weird guy." Barry mumbled before smiling. "Anyway, I'm going to look for the Legendary."

He ran towards the lake and knelt down and sang. "Oh, Legendary..."

As if that was gonna work.

Ralts jumped off my shoulders and walked towards the edge of the lake and watched it with amazement.

Was this the first time she saw a lake? It could be, considering she lived in a forest before she met me it was a possibility.

I for my part peered over the water, trying to see if an invisible Mesprit would be watching me.

I saw nothing.

Welp, that was disappointing, I gave up and walked towards my two companions and knelt down between them to study the water.

The water was clear and I had no trouble seeing the bottom of the lake, yet at the same time it reflected my face almost perfectly.

My own reflection made me flinch, a face that wasn't mine stared back at me.

Still took some time to get used to it, I wondered what my parents would think of it.

Would they think it look stupid or would they think it fits my personality?

I studied my reflection on the surface of the magical lake and noticed something odd.

A pink, cat-like figure was floating behind me. Curiously watching me with an almost childlike glee.

I spun around and could only catch a glimpse of something pink before it disappeared.

I felt something briefly brush through my hair before it disappeared with a chuckle.

"So are you the one who summoned me?" I asked the empty air in front of me.

No reply came and I had the idea the Legendary was gone.

So did Mew bring me to this world?

Mew wasn't known for dimensional powers but it's still known as the first Pokémon which contradicts Arceus' existence. It might have been able to bring me to this world since Mew could learn every move in existence, or at least in the games with the TMs.

But...it was Mew, the Pokémon who was known to be playful and pretty retarded.

I mean it was absolutely cute and one of my favorites in the game and anime but it was also pretty ignorant towards the world considering it allowed Mewtwo's creation and ultimately to almost destroy the world, only intervening at the final moment, though that is just opinion.

No, it was more likely Mew was just curious, perhaps it knew about me or maybe I just had a weird Aura it was attracted to.

It felt that my arrival here was planned to some extent, allowing me to delve into the plot with encountering Team Rocket the first day I'm here and me meeting up with Looker.

Mew was not a planner, or it didn't seem to be one.

Still interesting to know that I had a visit from a Legendary.

"Did you say something?" Barry looked up.

"Nope." I lied.

"Oh-kay." Barry said like I was crazy before trying to spot a Legendary, if only he knew what he missed.

I sat down next to Ralts and laid on the grass, watching the clouds above me form weird shapes.

Ralts was still watching the water like it was the most beautiful thing she ever saw.

I closed my eyes and began to think.

The last hour made it look like I was in the game universe, or to be precise: Pokémon Platinum.

I met Barry near Twinleaf town and we both went to Lake Verity like the start of the game and we even met Cyrus.

However there were also elements from the anime, Barry having a Piplup and Cyrus pretending to be a businessman.

Was it a mix of both? If I was then this would be a pain to deal with, nothing would be certain and I had to work with possibilities of events that can happen instead of will happen.

I sighed and pushed those thoughts out of my mind.

Time to relax a bit, this place was chill as hell and I could use some relaxation.

Had a meeting with the Professor soon and that was bound to bring up more trouble and reveal.

For now, I could just lie here and relax.