Sora: So…what's this?

nightelf37: A compilation of theoretical scenes in Pokémon where certain moves in the games haven't been shown in the animé. Although I'll be disregarding Generation V and the Black & White series.

Sora: Are you gonna start now?

nightelf37: No. I'll start however certain notes just to clear up matters, so I'm gonna start right here.

Author's Introduction

This series of shorts will take place in an alternate universe of the Pokémon animé. It follows the original series (up 'til Master Quest), and 'diverges' from canon at the Advanced Generation series. In this AU, May, her brother Max, and Brock aren't the only ones who join Ash. An OC named Brendan (who is slightly different from the one in my other story Pokécaptor Brendan), who is the son of Professor Birch, will also join, staying with them until the end of Battle Frontier. Then, when Ash goes to Sinnoh, along with Dawn (and Brock, again), another OC named Lucas will join, who is Dawn's fraternal twin brother. There will also be a minor OC named Wally, who would befriend Lucas. Now, for the focus characters:

Brendan

Brendan's hometown is Littleroot Town. Prior to joining Ash in his adventures, he helped out his father Professor Birch as an assistant. He accompanied May after rescuing his father from a pack of Poochyena, subsequently catching one of them.

He's a competitive Trainer, although he does have a side preference to Contests. While he's talented in battling, he also shows some skill in Coordinating, although not to May's extent, failing to earn any ribbons to partake in the Hoenn Grand Festival. Unlike his friends, Brendan can easily see through Team Rocket's disguises, although he usually lets them by after failing multiple times to convince his friends to see through them. This earned him from the the name "smart twerp".

Brendan takes note of the numerous times they get lost, which irritates him to no end. He also takes pride in his headgear and always hides his head or puts on a nightcap whenever it's removed, although it turns out to be a hat, with his hair being black. He also likes it when he hears high-pitched cries (e.g. those of May's Skitty and Torchic) and squeals like a girl whenever he hears it, much to May's embarrassment. When it comes to Berry Blending, he's certainly better than May.

Sometime in their journey, he inherited a mallet from Misty (when they met up with her), which he uses on Ash whenever he does something stupid. He also acquired a Blue Flute to keep himself and his Pokémon awake during battles with wild Pokémon.

He has a unique battle style where his Pokémon maneuver in ways other than the use of moves, like 'leg sweep' and 'airplane maneuvers'. He also has a habit of having a 'walking Pokémon', just like Ash with his Pikachu, and all of his Pokémon take turns. He also puts on accessories on his Pokémon for easy identification, although one of them was an unintentional X-scar thanks to a Linoone.

After Ash loses to Tyson in the Ever Grande Conference, Brendan faces him in the finals and wins, earning him the Ever Grande Championship Trophy.

He continues traveling to Kanto with Ash, wanting to travel with him after May and the others parted ways (for the moment). The two meet Scott, who saw great potential in both of them after seeing their battle with Agatha at the Viridian Gym (1). Deciding to take a break from Contests, he considers conquering the Battle Frontier with Ash, as well as collecting badges from the Kanto region.

Sometime in their journey, he discovered that he (and Ash) possess the ability to utilize Aura. (2) However, the only thing he can use from it is the power of telepathy, as revealed when he, Ash, and May asked Salon Maiden Anabel how she gave non-verbal commands to her Pokémon (3). He has been utilizing that ability since, although he also uses verbal commands so as to not have his opponents suspect.

After conquering the Battle Frontier (before Ash) and the unofficial Terracota Contest (in a special three-way fight with Ash and May) , his interest in Contests was restored and he accompanies May in her journey to Johto (the Indigo Conference was yet to come at this point).

He (along with May) met once more with Ash and his friends to participate in the Wallace Cup. During this reunion, he has taken a liking to Lucas and has taught him a lot of his tactics. By this point, he has gotten better in Contests. However, his skill in it was still inferior to May's, and lost to her in the quarterfinals. Upon leaving for Johto again, Brendan gives Lucas a Pokénav to keep in touch, and a Ribbon he won in Snowpoint City (where May evolved her Eevee into Glaceon).

He finally reunited with Ash and co. once more in the Lily of the Valley Conference. When Ash asked how he got here so quickly, Brendan explained that he is very fast in getting things done, and that the only reason he did not show such traits before was because of the numerous times Ash and co. get lost all the time. He started his Sinnoh journey sometime after Ash's arrival at Snowpoint City. When asked who won the Johto Grand Festival, he said it was May and that he was proud of her. He made it all the way to the semi-finals in the Conference, where he had an incredible battle with Lucas. Despite having the advantage in experience, he was defeated.

After the tournament, Brendan left to head back home and rest up, and after that, head for Kanto once the Indigo Conference is soon to take place.

Brendan's Party

1. Terraqus (Swampert) - Brendan's first Pokémon, received as a Mudkip from his father Prof. Birch. He is his main offensive powerhouse throughout his battles, having an array of Water-, Ground-, and Ice-type moves and a couple of physical moves. He is a trustworthy Pokémon, and has been, alongside Ash's Pikachu, the peacekeeper in tight situations.

2. Shadow (Mightyena) - Brendan caught him as a Poochyena when he saved his father from him and some other Poochyena. There was a little bitterness between him and Terraqus, but that soon died down. Throughout his journey, he was Brendan's second most-used Pokémon, the first being Terraqus himself. He specializes in relentless melee and Dark-type moves, his only ranged move being Shadow Ball.

3. Windria (Swellow) - Brendan caught her as a Taillow from the same flock Ash caught his Taillow. Throughout her time with Brendan, he taught her how to do maneuver similar to how planes do, like the 'barrel roll', the Wronski feint, and 'top gunning' (slowing down while an enemy tails her, having them zip past by her, giving her the advantage). She is also the first female Pokémon in Brendan's party.

4. Reckor (Golem) - Caught as a Geodude in Granite Cave. He specializes in using Rollout at high speed and control and is powerful in his Rock-type attacks. While a little clumsy outside battle, he means well and has been really helpful.

5. Thundermax (Manectric) - Caught as an Electrike during the gang's travels from Slateport to Mauville. At first, he was quite a loner and always lay next to Ash's Treecko, but eventually mellowed out and stuck around with Brendan's team, mostly Shadow. He's mostly a ranged attacker, his signature move being Shock Wave.

6. Onadi (Machamp) - Joined Brendan's team as a Machop in the Valley of Steel, who was with a Torkoal, which became Ash's. Brendan spent a lot of time with him, teaching him martial arts maneuvers and other close combat attacks.

Lucas

Lucas is Dawn's fraternal twin. Three months before his (and Dawn's) tenth birthday, he went off to Sandgem Town to become a Pokémon Trainer. As he wasn't yet of age, Professor Rowan took him in as a lab assistant to teach him everything he needs to know. Despite this, he was allowed to pick his starter Pokémon.

Prior to the beginning of his twin sister's Pokémon journey, he had caught a Shinx, Budew, and West Sea Shellos, all females, much to his embarrassment. After Ash met Professor Rowan, he joined him under the latter's suggestion (and after learning that Dawn has started her Pokémon journey).

Being a child of a top Coordinator, he aspired to be one as well, although he soon found the path of a Trainer (challenging Gyms) interesting. Despite this, he's also talented in Contests, and even managed to win some Ribbons, although he had very few contest battle victories against Dawn.

While he is not able to see through Team Rocket's disguises, he always manages to at least suspect them, compared to his friends who remain clueless. When his friends were unable to see through Team Rocket's simple green sale jacket disguise, he got angry at them for being so idiotic and personally pulled off the disguises, and got even more enraged when Ash, Brock, and Dawn were surprised from this. Team Rocket used better disguises since, but Lucas never stops getting an inkling. Because of this, Team Rocket call him the "smart twerp", just like they did with Brendan.

Like Brendan, Lucas likes it when he hears high-pitched cries, such as Dawn's Pachirisu and Brock's Happiny, and squeals like a girl whenever he hears it, much to his sister's chagrin. At first, he usually has most or all of his Pokémon sent out during any kind of battle, so they could learn moves by watching. As his Pokémon evolved, he slowly sent out less and less, although he still kept the habit.

Lucas is also proficient in the art of Poffin making, though not to the extent of Dawn, but definitely better than Ash, who is rather horrible. He also collects berries whenever he can, and makes lots of Poffins.

Upon encountering J, Lucas harbors an intense hatred for her much greater than the others and even prepared for it by assigning "attack patterns" for his Pokémon to perform. After somehow stumbling into the blueprints of J's petrification cannon, he made a request to Prof. Rowan to have someone design a cannon to reverse the effects as a countermeasure. He also goes pragmatic whenever he and his friends confronted Team Galactic, sending out all of his Pokémon to fight. This pragmatism extends to his 'daily life', like where when Volkner started giving out badges, he took the chance unlike Ash, who wanted a battle.

When it comes to Paul, Lucas has some degree of respect to him, but after seeing him berate his Chimchar for its little victory dance after defeating Ash's Turtwig, he thought of him as plain mean, and since encountering J, always had thoughts of the two encountering each other and wondering what would happen. Paul eventually gets his respect after a double battle against him and Ash where his Sneasel Blackfrost won against his Weavile.

At first, he always saw Normal-type Pokémon as lame and not up to the standards of other Pokémon with different types. Eventually, his views changed in time from seeing them in action, particularly Dawn's Ambipom and Paul's Ursaring.

Like his sister, he uses entry phrases for his Pokémon, but he uses more than one. When he sends out male Pokémon, his entry phrase is "[Pokémon], it's showtime!" For female Pokémon, it's "[Pokémon], Live Start!". When sending out two, a male and female, it's "[Pokémon] and [Pokémon], Enter stage!" When up against J or Team Galactic, he says, "Everyone, report!" Even though he eventually leaves the path of the Coordinator, he continues to use his entry phrases.

When he and co. meet Brendan (and May) during the Wallace Cup, the Hoenn trainer took interest in Lucas and taught him his tactics. Despite what he learned, he still lost to Dawn in the quarterfinals. Upon leaving for Johto again, Brendan gives Lucas a Pokénav to keep in touch, as well as a Ribbon he won in Snowpoint City.

A number of times in their journey, Lucas made a friend named Wally, whom he first met during the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition, where they were narrowly defeated by Dawn and Conway. They meet again in the Pokémon Summer Academy, where he learnt a few more tricks.

They meet again in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, where Wally give Lucas his only Ribbon, enabling him to enter (as the one in Arrowroot Town was the last). He makes it past the Appeals Round, but loses to Nando in the quarterfinals, leaving him in the Top 8. When Johanna came to watch the final round (Dawn vs. Zoey), he confesses to her that all this time, he only did the contests because of his mother's status as Top Coordinator. He then decided to no longer focus on being a Coordinator (he would still participate "when he's in the area") and turn his attention to the Pokémon League, and then the Sinnoh Battle Frontier.

Lucas (with Ash and co., of course) met once more with Wally (as well as Brendan) in the Lily of the Valley Conference. He faced against Wally in Round 3 and won. He then faced Brendan in the semi-finals and made a very close win against him. He finally confronted Tobias, and despite making it through his Darkrai, Latios, and Latias, he also had to fight his Deoxys, Sprirtomb, and Shaymin, ending in a draw between the Gratitude Pokémon and Blackfrost, leaving Lucas as the runner-up in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

After all has been said and done, he, Ash, Brock, and Dawn decide to return to Twinleaf Town, but before they bid farewell to Barry, Lucas made a request that he contact his father, Tower Tycoon Palmer, in that he wants to challenge the Sinnoh Battle Frontier and wants to know how to start.

Sometime after arriving home at Twinleaf Town, just before saying farewell to Ash and Brock, Lucas receives a letter from Palmer, stating that he'll be waiting for him at a ferry bound for the Battle Frontier. Upon reading that, after he and Dawn bid farewell to Ash and Brock, he also said goodbye to his sister and left to achieve his new dream.

Lucas's Party

1. Vitamoto (Infernape) - Lucas's starter Pokémon, received as a Chimchar from Prof. Rowan. He is his main offensive powerhouse throughout his battles and is specially gifted with the ability to manipulate fire outside of moves. He's known to be quite peaceful, and fights when the situation calls for it. He also acted as an 'older brother' to Ash's Chimchar (after it was abandoned by its former trainer Paul). He finally evolved into Infernape alongside Ash's Grotle when they were recovering Sunyshore Tower.

2. Shadowstar (Luxray) - As a Shinx, she was the first Pokémon caught by Lucas. Some time after capture, feelings for Vitamoto manifested in her and the Chimchar returned those feelings. She evolved into Luxio after she (and Ash's Pikachu) accompanied a Luxray (4). She finally evolved into one while helping power up Sunyshore City alongside Dawn's Pachirisu.

3. Vyolette (Roserade) - Caught as a Budew by Lucas. As a Budew, and as a Roselia, she wasn't the type to start things and never took the initiative. She usually attacks from afar, although she can go melee with Poison Jab (which she learned upon evolution to Roselia during Lucas's Gym Battle with Gardenia). Sometime in their journey, while looking for herbal medicine, Vyolette saw a Shiny Stone and touched it, evolving to Roserade, much to Lucas's surprise. Since then, she has shown bravery and since the capture of Ash's Gible, she was always the one to narrowly rescue Dawn's Piplup whenever he became the target for Draco Meteor (she promptly drops him after he starts blushing).

4. Pikund (West Sea Gastrodon) - Caught as a Shellos by Lucas. She never had much opinions, but is sweet to others when not being boisterous at times. A couple of times in their journey, Pikund had many opportunities to evolve, but Lucas kept slapping her out of it. It was after learning Recover was she allowed to become Gastrodon. She is also one of Lucas's best Pokémon, possessing a Steel-type Hidden Power, and a powerful Brine attack.

5. Maverick (Staraptor) - Caught as a Starly alongside Ash's. Valiant, and occasionally taking risks, Maverick is a key Pokémon in Lucas's battles. For some reason, he had feelings of inferiority as Ash's Starly evolved into Staravia before him, and once again after it evolved to Staraptor (by then, Maverick was already a Staravia), but it slowly passed once both were at their final evolutionary stage. He can move at subsonic speeds, and hits hard, but is somewhat fragile, as goes for all bird-like Pokémon. In double battles, he somehow goes well with Vyolette, despite the type differences.

6. Blackfrost (Weavile) - Joined as a Sneasel. Prior to capture, he lived at Mr. Backlot's mansion, trying to pull away a Swinub, which Dawn eventually obtained. Even after capture, he kept to his duty and remained a bit distant. Eventually, after Swinub's eventual evolution to Mamoswine and subsequent re-obedience do Dawn, he 'retired' from his duty and focused more on his training with Lucas. After Lucas received a Razor Claw from Candice, Blackfrost kept holding on to it, hoping to evolve into Weavile. He eventually evolved just before the Lily of the Valley Conference. He uses Dark- and Ice-type moves with great precision and also knows the move Assist (as his mother was a Glameow).

(1) Watch the Advanced Geneation episode "The Scheme Team".

(2) Yes. I consider the movies as canon.

(3) Check the Advanced Geneation episode "Second Time's the Charm!".

(4) In the Diamond and Pearl episode "Luxray Vision!"

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