The apartment was not exactly what Anya had in mind, the place was just a single LDK space along with a small washroom and a bedroom, the kitchenette counter was also part of the living room, the note left on the counter said that the apartment as a whole was 20 tatami in size and Anya didn't really know how much it really was, but she estimated it to be around 30ish square meters. Samuel had just nodded, as it was what he expected from the place.
The entrance was a small recess a step from the rooms floor with a wall cabinet for shoes and outdoor clothing, "Decent genkan" said Samuel as he removed his shoes and placed them neatly next to the step. After the step was the LDK a living room, dining room and kitchen combination by far taking most of the floor space around 20ish square meters or as the note said the LDK size was 13 tatami, the LDK connected to the restroom, bedroom and to the balcony.
What gave a Samuel a surprise was the restroom, he was left speechless that the apartment didn't include a bathtub nor a shower for some reason. Anya looked through the notes, on the page about the restroom was an additional clause stating that there is a bath house downstairs as the space for this floors bath was occupied by the bath house's boiler for some reason.
The trade off for this arrangement was that the room has been specifically soundproofed and the boiler acts as a makeshift heater for the apartment, in addition the current tenant of the apartment has a free access to the bath house downstairs.
This whole arrangement was out of the norm for Samuel as he curiously read through the paper, the conclusion he came to was that it wasn't such a bad deal, only that Anya will have to convince the owner downstairs to allow her to enter the bath house, as it was quite rare for Pokémon to be let into a bath house.
The tour continued, but there really wasn't any more surprises like the missing tub, the bedroom was surprisingly large 5 tatami room with a large walk in storage space, the room was also covered in tatami mats which made it easy to calculate and check the size. Lastly they checked out the balcony, which was simple and by far the worst looking part of the whole apartment, it did its job as a balcony but something made it look underwhelming and Anya herself found it quite cozy if not for the giant red neon R looming over everything, acting like a uncanny guardian of this part of the city. Even Samuel was flabbergasted, "This seem quite excessive" he said a moment later.
A knock on the door, the movers had arrived and the moving in could begun in the earnest, even if Anya didn't have that much stuff to begin with to warrant a proper moving company. Few hours later, everything was already inside and Mach & Jock were on their way back to Pallet.
Soon after Samuel excused himself while taking away the reluctant feline who grudgingly separated from the water boiler with him.
Finding herself truly alone in the empty house, the soft buzzing of the kitchen appliances were the only distraction Anya had from the silence. She started to unpack the little she had, it didn't take too long and she soon found herself lounging on the tatami mat bored out of her mind.
Waking up to the sound of knocks on the door, 'I must have fallen asleep' she thought as she slowly got up and moved to the door. The steady knocking stopped as Anya got closer, she wondered who could it be, there weren't that many people who knew where she lived, she thought they might be some of her new neighbors coming to visit her.
Anya reached for the handle and the lock opened with a soft click, she then slowly pushed the door open while mentally steeling herself to greet new people who might or might not be accommodating towards Pokémon living alone in an apartment meant for people. The door opened enough for Anya to see who was on the other side, a familiar looking face greeted her, she had a feeling she had seen this person before, but couldn't exactly place when or where she had seen him.
"[Hello, Anya]" said the man, "[It has been a while]" he gave her a nervous smile, trying to look more friendly as their eyes met. "[May I come in?]" he motioned behind Anya, the arm movement uncannily precise and rigid. Caught off guard by the sheer uncaring friendliness towards herself and missing some of the more obvious tells indicating that something was wrong with the man now walking past Anya into her new home.
"[This is nice]" said the man, complementing the place and totally ignoring Anya
"[Who are you?]" asked Anya as she followed the visitor inside, she wasn't sure what the visitor wanted, but she hadn't seen such outrageous behavior since Earth, she knew that the world of Pokémon tends to have quirky and peculiar personalities.
The man turned towards her, looking wide eyed at her, "[You don't, remember me?]" he said in a quiet voice. "[Or maybe?]" he continued as he snapped his fingers, the snap caused a translucent purplish ripple in the air.
Anya wondered about the ripple for a second and then all of a sudden with clarity clear as day she remembered who the man was, at first she though it was impossible, she had indeed seen the man before, then came another burst of confusion. The man was her last visitor in the hospital, the one who gave her a glowing stone that radiated warmth the night before finding herself inside the forest.
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Struggling to remember the conversation she had had with the mysterious stranger.
"[Don't force it]" he said casually "[It will come back in a moment]".
He rambled a bit to himself, Anya couldn't make out anything he said.
"[Anya, pal, I don't know how to say it nicely, bu~t, I'll need your help]"
"[There might have been a small, teeny, weeny piece of a problem caused by your uhm, sudden unauthorized inclusion]" he said shyly, his fingers fidgeting around, looking comical when done by an adult man.
"[The guys on top didn't really like the stunt I pulled when they found out]" his eyes refusing to meet Anya's
"[So, you are the Celebi!]" Anya exclaimed in surprise
And as if by magic, the whole disguise flickered out of existence, leaving a floating Pokémon in its place.
Anya kept her eyes on the floating light green being who stared right back at her, neither of them said a word for a while.
The while turned into a more awkward pause, until Anya couldn't take the silence anymore.
"[So, what it this favor you want?]"
"[Well, you know, he, wants to, uhm, meet you?]" he said while trying to force a gentle smile
"[He, as in god? as in Arceus?]"
"[I have always wanted to meet a god, what should I do?]" Anya asked as the Celebi gave out a chime like laugh and clapped his hands.
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In less than a blink of an eye, the world had changed around Anya and Celebi. They found themselves inside a blank black space standing on top of a gray disc with a green circle around Celebi.
Three similar platforms appeared around them, a white disc with blue lines appeared on their left, then a white disc with purplish lines on their right and the lastly in front of them was a white disc with golden lines moving on its surface. These discs were much larger than the one they were standing on.
Then one by one, beings of immense size began to materialize on colored platforms, the first to fully appear was on the purple-white platform, there now stood a large grayish-white bipedal dinosaur-like Pokémon with purple plates covering some parts of its body, on its back a pair of fin-like wings and below it a strong looking tail. The last thing to appear was its presence, a sheer absolute pressure caused by its unfathomable power as its purple eyes flickered to life causing the pressure to lessen to a more bearable degree, Anya still stumbled while trying to stay upright as she identified the Legendary Pokémon as Palkia, the god of space.
The second to fully materialize with a pressure similar to Palkia was a giant blueish sauropod with white plates acting like armor on its chest and legs along with fins on the back of its neck and back, Anya identified it as Dialga the god of time, similar to Palkia, Dialga too radiated an enormous wave of pressure as it materialized, the pressure peaking just as its red eyes became alive, the pressure soon easing as the eyes locked on Anya's small frame, then it moved its gaze towards Celebi who visibly flinched as their eyes met, something akin to a disappointment flashed in Dialga's eyes as it left Celebi and focused on to the last being who was still slowly manifesting on top of the white and gold disc-like platform.
Anya wasn't particularly surprised about who had arrived, but the pressure and size of the beings caught her off guard, somehow the final materialization took a lot longer than she would have liked, Dialga and Palkia both standing stoically causing the whole situation to drag on uncomfortably to Anya, even Celebi was fidgeting nervously, taking glances between Dialga and Anya.
When the almighty God managed to finally arrive, there was no immense pressure that Anya was bracing for, only a gentle glow of the Pokémon God calming Anya's nerves. Everything was quiet for a moment before Arceus said its first words "[Child]" it said softly to Anya, his word resonating inside Anya's soul "[I do not blame you, even if you are not originally one of mine, I shall accept you as you are]" the sentence cleansing Anya of a burden she didn't even know she had.
Before Anya could even say anything, Arceus continued "[I know you have many questions, but I am afraid, it is not in our capability to turn you back into a Human]"
Arceus gave, both Dialga and Palkia a look, both of their eyes flashed with power, Dialga's eyes in blue and Palkia's in purple, they both turned towards Arceus and bowed down.
"[Acceptable]" they both said exactly at the same time their deep voices echoing into the empty plane.
"[Then to our second matter at hand]" Arceus said, the warmth in its voice gone and its eyes focusing on to Celebi
Dialga's eyes had turned towards Anya and with a flash, Anya was frozen in time.
When Anya's time continued, the situation around her has changed a lot, the fidgeting Celebi was no longer the nervous wreck he had been a moment ago and was smiling happily and floating around.
There was a conversation still going on between the creation Pokémon as she managed to hear the end of a harrowing sentence.
"[-No matter, she will not remember a thing as her time will be turned back"] Said Dialga as its red eyes began to glow in ethereal blue while channeling energy
"[Wait wha-]" She was interrupted as the world faded out
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"[Was something supposed to happen?]" Anya said in confusion, she felt lighter for some reason.
"[Everything went well!"] Celebi exclaimed happily
"[Huh? What do you mean?]"
"[Oh, right, you don't remember anything. You met three gods.]" he said nonchalantly, causing Anya's face to deadpan.
"[They did some fate shenanigans and fixed a problem we had and, and erased your memories in a way? Before returning us back here]" the Celebi said cheerfully as if nothing he said were really that much of a big deal.
"[Huh?]"
"[You did well and I'm free to move again, bye!]" the Celebi said and disappeared in a blink of light.
"[Huh?]" everything just happened so fast, Anya had barely any time to react at all.
"[Whatever, I need a bath]" she said as she gave up on trying to get an explanation and went to the bathroom, where she got reminded that she indeed did not have a bath in her new home.
