Chapter 1-The Trip to Kalos


"I can't believe we're going to Lumiose City," exclaimed a blue haired, 14 year old girl. She was wearing a white knit hat with a pink pokéball and a black, sleeveless dress with a short pink skirt. Sitting in her lap was a Piplup who looked at its trainer with joy. Her name was Dawn Berliz.
"I know, I can't wait to see all the sites and clothes," said another girl of the same age sitting next to her. She had light brown hair that had pony tails going down the sides, she wore a green bandana on her head and an orange, sleeveless jacket with a black sleeveless dress underneath with a green travel bag around her waist. Her name was May Mapel.
"And don't forget all that food," said a twelve year old boy sitting in the row in front of them in a teasing tone. He had black hair, a pair of glasses, a green button up shirt and light brown khaki shorts. He was May's younger brother Max.
"Oh quite Max," an irritated May said. This got a chuckle from the young boy.
"Though I have to thank you Max," Dawn said, "If it weren't for you we wouldn't have been able to come here."
"Yeah, who would have thought part of the Battle Frontier would be over in Kalos," said a calmer May.
The three were on a plane heading to Lumiose City in the Kalos Region. Max had been a trainer for two years and competed in the Hoenn and Indagoo League, unfortunately he only made it to the top eight in both. He heard from an old friend named Scott, who was in charge of the Battle Frontier, that there was a new facility in Kalos called the "Battle Theatre," to which Max agreed to challenge. He also said that it hosts Master Class Pokémon Showcases, which was an event local to the region that bared some similarities to Contests, and said to invite his sister. May liked the idea and decided to invite Dawn as well, she also liked the idea. Both May and Dawn were the Top Coordinators of Jhoto and Kanto respectively, their fame reached all the way from Kanto to Sinnoh.
"By the way," May asked, "who is the Frontier Brain?"
"Don't know," answered Max, "Scott just said it was someone we know."
It was definitely a mystery, it could be one of the other Frontier Brains or someone they met on their journey.
"I guess we'll just have to find out when we get there," Dawn said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Attention passengers, we will be landing in Kalos shortly, please fasten your seatbelt and return your seat to the upright position," said the flight attendant.
Everyone got ready as their plane started to land.


As the trio exited the airport they took in the site of Lumiose City. It was incredible, all buildings and plant life looked fantastic, and the stood in aw at the site of Prisim Tower, even from afar it looked incredible.
"So where do we go from here?" Dawn asked.
"Why don't we just get a cab?" May suggested. As they were discussing this, a man in a black leather suit approaches them.
"Pardonne moi," he asked, "but are any one of you Max Mapel?"
"I'm Max," replied the young Hoenn native.
"I am Jerome," the man said in a formal bow, "I have been requested to escort you and your friends to the Battle Theatre by the Frontier Brain."
The group was shocked, the Frontier Brain had a chauffeur ready for them. They figured Scott must have told him or her they were coming, but still it was a surprise. It was even more surprising when Jerome lead them to a long white limousine, they would be riding in THAT!? It was almost too good to be true. When the entered they were in the company of an 16 year old girl with short, honey-blonde hair with a pink fedora and a liter pink dress with a white collar, she had a blue bow tied around the collar and a red, sleeveless, open back jacket and wore cowgirl boots on her feet.
"It's nice to finally meet you," she spoke.
"Hi I'm Max," said the Hoenn trainer, this is my older sister May and her friend Dawn."
"Are you by chance the Frontier Brain?" May asked.
"No that would be my boyfriend," said the girl, "my name is Serena, I'm the Kalos Queen."
"Kalos Queen?" the group asked.
"Kalos Queen is the title given to the best Pokémon Performer in Kalos," Serena explained, "which would be me right now."
"Can you tell us a bit more about these Pokémon Showcases Kalos is so well known for," Dawn asked, "I'm a bit curious."
"Well it's a girls only competition that's similar to Contests only without the battling," Serena said, "before the performance rounds there's specific themed competition for one of the qualities a performer should have, this can include styling, baking, and more. They do three performers at a time and everyone in the audience casts a vote and the one with the most votes moves on to the performance round."
"Wow so everyone's the judge," said the Hoenn Coordinator, "cool!"
"You start off with rookie class showcases," Serena continued, "again after everyone has performed with their Pokémon everyone votes on which they thought was the best, the winner gets a Princess Key. Once you get three Princess Keys you can enter the master class and compete for the title of Kalos Queen."
"That's so cool," Dawn exclaimed.
"Pip piplup," her starter said in agreement.
"How long have you been Kalos Queen for?" May asked.
"About a year now," Serena said, "It has its ups and downs but it's definitely not boring."
"I wish I could see a showcase," Dawn cooed.
"Well there is to be one this afternoon so you can watch it when we get to the Battle Theatre," Serena said.
"Yay," the two girls screamed.
"But I want to challenge the Frontier Brain," Max whined.
"Well I'm afraid that the battle field is on the stage so you'll just have to wait," Serena said.
"Fine," Max said in defeat, "by the way, you said you were the Frontier Brains girlfriend, can you tell us who he is?"
Serena gave a small chuckle, "Sorry but he told me not to mention anything about who he is."
"Aw man," said a disappointed Max. "But he did say a lot about you guys," Serena said. Everyone looked up in surprise. "He told me how eager you were to be a trainer Max, and what great Coordinators you two were." Now they were really in shock, just who was the Frontier Brain?


The limousine pulled up to a large building. "We're here Madam," Jerome said.
"Thank you Jerome," Serena said. As the group exited the limo, they found themselves in front of a modern building with fancy flags and on top was a giant Pikachu head. They were amazed at how beautiful it was they were lost for words.
"Why don't you find some seats and I'll see you after the show," Serena said and they nodded. As the entered, the saw a massive stage with a long catwalk in the back of the room with a massive plasma screen on the wall, the seats went all the way down to the catwalk and were composed of green fabric with a floral design. It was already pretty crowded but they were able to find some seats four rows from the front.
The lights dimmed and some smoke covered the stage. "Bonjour hommes et femmes, and welcome to the Battle Theatre Pokémon Showcase," said an unknown voice, then a blonde man in a fancy blue suit twirled in the air from the smoke and landed on the stage, "I am your host, Monsieur Pierre, and now without any further adieu, lets start things off with a performance from our very own Kalos Queen, Serena Yvonne." The crowd made a huge cheer as Serena came on stage with a two Pokémon at her side, one was about her size and bared some resemblance to a fox, the other was a small black and white bear with a pair of sunglasses on its head.
"Who are those Pokémon?" Max wondered as he took out his Pokédex. It said they were Delphox and Pancham. Serena was also wearing a new outfit, she was now wearing a white and red cheerleader/marching band captain outfit with an exposed stomach and she had a flower crown on her head.
Then the performance began as Serena and Delphox did some flips on to the catwalk, once they stopped, Pancham jumped on their arms and they launched it into the air. Pancham then let out a spritz of purple particles over Serena and Delphox, as this was happening, Serena and Delphox were twirling around with locked arms and Delphox was letting out fire from its wand creating a ring of fire around them almost concealing them. Once Pancham entered the ring he used stone edge to disperse the fire, exposing Serena doing a handstand on Delphox's arms. The crowd was in aw as they saw the spectacle, May and Dawn in particular, they had to remember to use some of the stuff they saw in their contests. Max too was amazed by Serena's performance, whoever the Frontier Brain was, he was lucky to have a girlfriend like Serena.


After Serena's performance, there were a few other girls performing with their Pokémon, but they not close to what Serena did. After the show, the trio decided to see Serena backstage only to see a huge Charizard I front of the entrance, it had a collar around its neck with some sort of stone, but it also looked very familiar to the group.
"Um, we're here to see Serena," Max said nervously as he was still taking in the size of the Kanto fire type. The Charizard gave them a stern look but it then smiled and allowed them to enter. They gave a huge sigh of relief as they entered.
"Say, didn't that Charizard look familiar?" Dawn finally said.
"Yeah," May agreed, "I feel like I've seen it before but can't put my finger on it."
They walked down the hall to see Serena at the corner.
"Hey guys," she greeted, "I would like for you to meet my boyfriend."
Out from the corner came a raven haired boy of about 16 wearing a red cap with a white pattern and a blue, short sleeved jacket with a Pikachu on his shoulder.
"No way!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Holly Arceus!" May said in disbelief.
"I don't believe it," Max said in total and utter shock.
"Ash Ketchum!?"



So that's the first chapter, I bet you already knew the Frontier Brain was Ash from the description. And yes I was lazy with the Pokédex but I'm pretty sure you can see it online. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review and make sure to follow the story for future chapters because THIS WILL CONTINUE!