oh, all the echoes in my mind cry
"I don't have a poketch," Cynthia says.
Barry stares. So does Dawn.
"Uh... you're wearing one," Dawn points out.
A novelization of a playthrough of Pokemon Platinum, with some... minor changes.
Dawn and any others coming arrive late to the Spear Pillar. Cynthia arrives early. This would go fine if Cyrus didn't decide to leverage the power of not one but two gods to deal with her, sending Cynthia hurtling a year back in time—with full knowledge of what's going to happen, none of her pokemon, and another version of herself running around that absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, find out what happens early.
Oh, and that Buneary has a knife for some reason. That might be more concerning than the time travel and the whole impending doom thing.