1 month later

  "Hey Snover. we've been together for a while now do you uh... want a nickname?" Snover stops walking and turns around. VER SNO she yells as she breaks out with a big smile. "alright. I have a few ideas when you hear one you like let me know and I'll stop" she nods "okay. snowball, snowy, sequoia, willow, Beira" Snover! "you like Beira?" snover nods enthusiastically

  "That's quite a strong name. it suits you" Snover smiles at her new nickname and gives Kale a hug "aw Im glad you like it. but please let go youre freezing and I still dont have winter gear" snover lets go and brushes some of the snow she got on her off.

  Sno, Snover points to the trail where I can see the break of daylight. "are we close then? it has been a longer journey than expected with the snowfall confusing our sense of direction" Snover nods in agreement and tugs on Kales sleeve. "I'm coming I'm coming"

  we all but run the last few hundred feet to the end of the trail and stop in awe of what we see, one from how beautiful the scene is... the other. in fear. "no... it. it cant be. no no no no."

  "shit"

  "fuck"

  "ARCEUS DAMNIT! WHY!"

  "Why me. why now." my thoughts run wild as I'm trying to prevent myself from having a total meltdown. that voice from back then, it was Arceus. it had to be. its the only one with the tendency to throw so called heroes back in time without preparation. at least if it was a celebi that did it I couldve kept my pokemon and had supplies but Arceus is notorious for barely giving its heroes a scrap to connect with their original time or world.

  "snover. I need a favor. use water pulse on me" Sno? "trust me it'll help" Splash "t-thanks. the cold water definitely snapped me out of that loop. I owe you one"

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  Exhales slowly getting my bearings so. Im not in my time period, clearly. and... This is one of the lost cities, Nixtrom to be exact if the artifacts from home are accurate. "do you think theyll let us in?" Sno... Shrugs "better than a no. lets try"

  at the gate

  "Halt! state your name and reason for coming to the city. you look rather out of place stranger" says the guard. "my name is Kaelen Frost, I'm not from around here. as for my clothes this is all that I could find after I was attacked by a wild beartic colony around 100 kilometers away. I've been traveling with my pal Snover since just over a month ago trying to find civilization and avoiding freezing to death. is there any way I can sit by a fire and be questioned I feel like I'm about to freeze" "yes yes, follow me. you would be surprised how much this thing happens. we have an area exactly for this situation" "thank you sir" "its really no problem"

  at the warmroom

  "so lets hear what you have to say. you already told me why you're dressed like that and it explains some of the injuries but not why you're wet or how you survived and made it here. or your goals past getting warmed up" "okay. I'll address those all in order. first off. the reason I'm wet is that snover used water pulse on me at my request to make sure I wasn't hallucinating the town. secondly we survived by being out foraging for supplementary food as we were running low due to being lost in a blizzard. we only found out about the attack when we were on the way back and saw down the hill the beartic eating the rest of our convoy"

  Exhales sharply "I'm going to have to make a report about this. can you give a general idea of what was around you? I don't expect you to give a direction since you said you basically stumbled upon the city" "I can do that. it was a snowy clearing surrounded by fir trees, with a small stream nearby that only had magikarp in it and minimal foliage. other than that it was at the foot of a small hill or mountain I couldn't tell you which it seemed between those sizes, I believe that's were the beartic came from they must've thought we were intruding on its territory or something." "that would make sense. beartic are highly territorial especially in packs" "lastly my other reason reason to want to enter the city is I wish to meet the current leader of Nixtrom and ask something of him."

  "I think this is enough to let you in the city. Honestly I don't think you'll get a meeting with Lord Mitsuhide without making a very big impression but I'll note it in my report. If you need anything else my name is Hanzo, if you need anything just ask for me. Im a lieutenant in the guard so you can ask anyone of the guards for me and they'll be able to contact me." "so am I clear to enter then?" "OH! Yes sorry. you're clear to enter the city. just don't cause any trouble so we don't have to kick you out"