ORIGINAL RIOLU/RIOLU SPRITE BY luminatron ON FUSIONDEX.ORG

So, what do you think would happen if, possibly, Bastian was flung much farther into the past than Commander Dusk or Yaldabaoth had ever intended?

Well, here's the result. With a lost memory and his form being distorted, he ends up waking up upon a mountain in Iustitia... Where he's found by a younger Charm Sukebenaon'na.

Given that he had absolutely no memory nor anywhere to go, he chose to link up with Charm and become her partner in Exploration as they began to integrate into the local Guild.

Of course, he's still suffering from the whole Dimensional Scream thing so that clues them both into something sketchy going on, but hey, they have like a decade before that becomes a real problem.

Also he has a cool scarf in this universe, which makes him automatically cooler.