When we last left our heroine, she was vanishing into a white void:

And now she wakes up in a very familiar unfamiliar place.

And out of the blue, here comes Honey’s old friend:

Who is this Luke, and how does he know so much about dimensional travel?

Of course you will.

Luke explains to Honey that he’s looking for a Mudkip that wandered off somewhere around the swamp. He promises that if Honey finds the Mudkip, he’ll explain what’s happening.

And then he heals Honey’s Pokemon. D’aww.

We found Mudkip!

…but it got away.

During the merry chase that ensues (and by ‘merry chase’ I mean ‘Mudkip runs circles around us), Honey manages to find a Max Ether.

Finally, the Select Sect manages to find Mudkip in the swamp.

A battle ensues.

Honey leads with Turtwig. Mudkip uses Mud-Slap, which isn’t very effective but lowers Turtwig’s accuracy. Turtwig Tackles it, then breaks the speed tie in the next round and uses Absorb. This puts it in the red, but it survives and uses Tackle. Turtwig finally Absorbs its last bit of health, fainting it and leveling up to learn Razor Leaf.

We then walk back to Luke… and away from Luke. Back to Luke… and away from Luke. Before Honey can even say anything to Luke, she steps onto the platform and is whisked away back into her own dimension…

Hmm, what did those ruins say, anyway?

…sorry, I couldn’t resist.

We rematch Trainer Alex (and win), talk to a scientist at the ruins about the Golden Ratio, stumble around the ruins more, and fail to head back to our mysterious new friend Luke.

We do make another friend, though.

He had a Kakuna. It wasn’t.

Eventually stumbling around the swamp, we find a new place.

Welcome to Oceanview Park!

To be continued…