Chapter 1: The Rough Encounter

Author's note:

Hey everyone, welcome to my first huge length fanfiction story. This is going to be a huge project for me so I will be counting on you guys, as the readers to help me through it.

Summary: Years after the incident of left alone by his parents, Ash Ketchum was now leaving on the streets of Lumiose City. To live life in this cruel world, he had to do things he never dreamed of. For numerous crimes he had done in the city, he was send to jail numerous times. Even the in charge officer Jenny become to much familiar with him. Continue to live his cruel life, one day he got bump into a certain blonde girl. But what he was unaware of that his life was going to take a huge turn from here. As his destiny is finally fixed now, let's join our hero Ash Ketchum in his journey to the truth, ideals, his past, his future and his...family, which is lost somewhere years ago.

A few dotted stars were twinkling with the crescent moon still out. It was early morning and the sun had yet to rise. A cool morning breeze blew through the leaves that were wet from the dew. A few dotted stars were twinkling with the crescent moon still out. It was early morning and the sun had yet to rise. A cool morning breeze blew through the leaves that were wet from the dew.

Dried leaves were blowing through the air and passed a shadowy figure. Upon closer inspection, there was a boy sitting on one of the branches. The tree was green for the most part, but you could find the few dried leaves if you examined it closely.

The boy was staring at his surroundings. Slowly, he turned around and looked behind him at a different part of the city. It wasn't developed, rather, it was developing; hence its bad shape.

Soon, sunlight entered the area with the pleasant sound of the morning breeze and the rustling leaves. Now the boy can be clearly seen. He has messy, raven hair. His clothes weren't in good shape. He was wearing a heart-shaped locket.

Turning his gaze, the boy held the locket in his hand and opened it, only to find a small photo in it. It had 3 people in it. On the left was a young, beautiful brunette wearing a green blouse. She was also wearing a brown straw hat to protect herself from harsh sunlight. Looking at her for the first time, no one could tell that she was in her early thirties. Next to her was a bold looking man with a red T-shirt. His raven hair was covered by a red cap. He was smiling brightly. Completing the family photo was a certain raven-haired boy with messy hair and auburn eyes. He was smiling even brighter than his father behind him.

The poor boy ran his fingers softly over the lady and the man. "Mom. Dad," a light yet negative voice came from the boy's mouth. "Why did you have to abandon me? Why?" he mumbled. He closed the locket and held it tightly near his chest, letting his emotions flow down his face. As the tears continued to flow, one could see that it was obvious how bad the boy had been hurt.

Slowly, he continued to sob. He didn't plan to stop now.

Sunlight started to expand. Illuminating everything in its path, the sun finally rose. The boy sat for a long time. He stopped crying, but he still wasn't in good condition.

"AAAAAAAH!" The source of the scream was a house in Vaniville Town.

"Good. Looks like we're all ready," said a woman in her early thirties from the kitchen. She seemed pleased from the scream. She made her way out of the kitchen and went upstairs, where a room could be found. Its door was open a little and a closer peek inside revealed the source of the scream. "Good. Looks like we're all ready," said a woman in her early thirties from the kitchen. She seemed pleased from the scream. She made her way out of the kitchen and went upstairs, where a room could be found. Its door was open a little and a closer peek inside revealed the source of the scream.

"Fletchling, I've told you millions of times not to wake me up like that!" a girl yelled at the tiny bird Pokémon. Its upper body was orange and its lower body a light blue. The girl had honey blonde hair and shining sapphire eyes. She was wearing a pink night shirt with matching pajama bottoms. She also had a pink bow over her head to complete the look. The woman looking on was the girl's mother, Grace.

She glared at her mother's Fletchling before jumping at it, but to no avail. Fletchling flew up, causing her to jump on the table. Fletchling then landed on her head and the girl was about to attack again when she heard her mother.

"Serena, it's time for morning training," Grace said. At this, the girl now known as Serena sighed.

"Coming," she said. She walked towards the window. She opened it and encountered a breath of fresh (and pleasant) cool air. "Morning, Rhyhorn," she said with a wave to the Spikes Pokémon. She took a deep breath and stretched her arms out. "Hope today is interesting," she said as Fletchling flew outside.

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"Are you ready, honey?" Grace asked. Serena nodded hesitantly. Rhyhorn racing is one of the things she hated the most, but there was no ignoring it. Grace was a Rhyhorn racing champion and she always tried to make Serena like her like the sport.

With a gulp, Serena walked towards her mother's Rhyhorn, who was standing in position for Serena to get up on it. She slowly made her way to it and successfully mounted Rhyhorn. "We can start now!" Grace shouted. With a sigh, Serena patted Rhyhorn on the leg and it worked as Rhyhorn slowly started. "C'mon Serena," Grace yelled, "You need him to run, not walk!" She gulped and pulled the rope in her hands a little, giving Rhyhorn a signal to run. Which it did. It was going good for a few seconds, but what happened next was what Serena was afraid of: Rhyhorn going out of control.

"MOM…!" Serena yelled.

"Close your mouth! You don't wanna bite your tongue!" Grace yelled at her daughter.

"Easy for you to say!" Serena yelled back at her mother with hesitation, which was caused by Rhyhorn.

"I have competed in many Rhyhorn races and won them. You're gonna do the same. We won with Rhyhorn!" Grace said as she raised her fist. This was followed by Fletchling's overjoyed chirping with excitement. This was cut short when she heard a thud. Upon turning her gaze to the field, she found that Rhyhorn had thrown her daughter as usual.

"MOM, I HATE THIS!" Serena yelled at the top of her lungs. Grace couldn't help but giggle at her daughter's childish behavior.

It was almost 8am and the streets of the city were now filled with so many people. Some of them were going for their jobs, some going shopping and there were some who were just hanging around. There was a man who was almost too fancy-looking. He was walking across the street on his way to work. He was humming a tune and continued to walk, but what he didn't notice was that a certain young boy was following him. The man went downstairs towards the metro station with the boy following. It was crowded there and the man accidentally bumped into someone, causing both of them to fall down near the ticket booth. They apologized to each other and picked up their stuff. They also got some help from the people nearby and the boy who was following the one man. Both of them thanked everyone and went to their respective jobs. The man was now outside the ticket booth and asked for one. He was about to pay for the ticket when he felt something was wrong. His wallet was nowhere with him. "My wallet. Where's my wallet?!" the man started to yell worriedly, attracting everyone's attention. "My money, I've been robbed! Help me! Police!" the man yelled.

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A little further from the metro station, the same young boy was walking calmly on the street as he was tossing a wallet in his hand while humming a tune. He was covered by a black jacket and his face couldn't be seen under the cap. A little further from the metro station, the same young boy was walking calmly on the street as he was tossing a wallet in his hand while humming a tune. He was covered by a black jacket and his face couldn't be seen under the cap.

"That man was easy to rob," the boy said to himself.

Meanwhile at Serena's house, said girl was on her bed. "Serena?" a voice called from outside of her room.

"Yeah, come in," responded a confused Serena. Right now, she was observing some hats on her bed. Grace entered the room and found her confused daughter.

"What are you doing?" Serena shook her head not taking her eyes off the hats. With an idea she turned to face her mom.

"Mom, which would look better on me?" Serena asked as she showed her mother two hats. In her left hand was a deep, pinkish-red hat with a cotton ball over it. In the other hand, a pink round hat with a black stripe over it. Grace observed both hats carefully for a minute before giving her suggestion.

"I'll go with that one" Grace pointed towards the hat in left hand. It should've been: "I'll go with that one," Grace said, pointing to the hat in Serena's left hand.

"Huh? This one? Then I'll go with this one," Serena said happily as she put the hat that was in her right hand on her head.

"If you already planned on going with that hat, then why did you ask?" Grace asked, annoyed.

"Because the hat you didn't choose was the cuter one," said Serena with a wink. Grace sighed.

"But…Where are you going?" Serena looked at her mom.

"Lumiose City. With Shauna, Trevor, Tierno and Calem," Serena said happily. On hearing the name Calem, Grace gave Serena a knowing look which made her daughter blush. She yelled before storming out of her room. Grace giggled at Serena and followed her.

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"Are you sure you wanna go?" asked Grace in a concerned voice.

"Yes, mom. I have my friends to take care of me and I'm not a small kid anyway," Serena said attempting to assure her mother, but Grace looked at her doubtfully. Serena then ran towards Rhyhorn and sat on her knees. "Goodbye, Rhyhorn. Take care of yourself," Serena said happily.

"Rhy," Rhyhorn cried happily as it was saying good luck to Serena. With a giggle, she stood up, adjusted her hat and ran towards the way which led her to Lumiose. "Bye, mom," she waved for the last time before disappearing.

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"That... was...that was... too close," the young boy said between breaths. Right now, he was in an alley, standing on the support of an electrical pole, breathing heavily; he was exhausted from running that much. While stealing something, he had been noticed by an officer and then the chase started. Fortunately for him, he managed to save himself after staying there for a moment, which started to feel like an eternity before he started walking deep into the alley. There was now darkness, but he continued to walk there. He picked up his pace when he saw a light in front of him. He continued to increase his speed more until he started to run again. The light in front of him was increasing and within a second, everything was covered.

When the light faded, the boy found himself in the same place he had been earlier that morning. He walked straight and within a few seconds, he found many people around him. Their similarity was that they were all poor. There were so many kids running here and there. Their clothes were half damaged, but it seemed fine with them. With a sigh, the boy continued to walk and finally made it to a huge tree in front of him. It was the same tree from earlier that day.

Quickly, he started to climb up and showing his skills, he climbed the tree within seconds. He then again sat down on the branch and overlooked the city. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out an apple that he found earlier in the day in a shop and stole it. He took a look at it and found it shining in the sunlight. Without wasting more time, he began to eat it.

"Hm. Well, I think I'm done for now," the young boy said to no one in particular. "I stole money and food today, not to mention I was almost caught." The boy continued eating his apple as he was recalling the day's events. It was almost 3pm and he has nothing to do. "Maybe I'll go out and then plan for tonight," the boy said with a genuine smile.

Within a few minutes, the boy started to feel drowsy. He jumped from the tree and landed safely on the ground. He then walked to a small pond nearby and washed his face. He made his way back to the same tree. He laid down on the ground under the tree. The pleasant sound of chirping of Bug Pokémon and the cool wind blowing was enough to make him fall asleep within minutes.

"Finally, we're in Lumiose City," said Serena as she exited the bus. Following her were four of her friends. The first was the only other girl: a brunette who was excited and Serena's closest friend. This is Shauna. After that, two boys got off. One of them was a redheaded young boy; this is Trevor. The other boy is a dancer and he is tall and a little fat; this is Tierno. The final boy who got off the bus has black hair and gray eyes, making him attractive. Trevor and Tierno always think that something's going on between Serena and Calem. Only Shauna knew the truth. Serena once told Shauna that it was true that she felt Calem was attractive, but she only wants to be friends with him and nothing else.

"So, what we have to do now?" Shauna asked impatiently. All of them looked at her.

"Well, we are here to get our first Pokémon, right?" Serena asked. Everyone nodded. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"I agreed. Although only three of us are getting our starters, as Tierno and Trevor already have Pokémon with them," Calem said with a slight chuckle. All of them nodded and began to walk to Professor Sycamore's lab.

Little did they know was that they were being observed by a certain teenager. "Aha. My next and final target of the day," the boy said to himself.

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"Wow, I can't believe it," Shauna said in disbelief. All of them (save Shauna) sighed. It was not the first time that she had said that. She had been saying that since they got there.

"I know it's a great feeling Shauna, but please," Calem began in an annoyed tone.

"Please stop it! You're being annoying!" Serena said. Shauna looked at her and huffed.

"I have an idea. Since the sun started to go down, why don't we visit my sister? I'm sure she will let us stay there tonight," Trevor suggested. Everyone seemed pleased, especially Serena, who never dreamed to spend a night in the woods. They all headed to Trevor's sister's house while talking about some stuff.
47. "Well we'll be back before 09:30" said Tierno. It should've been: "Well, we'll be back before 9:30," said Trevor.

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"Well we'll be back before 09:30" said Tierno.

"You guys better be," Trevor's older sister said in a warning tone before smiling at all of them.

"Alright. Bye sis," Trevor said and they all disappeared from the house. They were going out for dinner tonight because there were rare chances when they would hang out together for a while.

Their whole night went great. They visited one of the most popular restaurants in Lumiose City. They ordered their meals and ate. They also talked about stuff and after dinner, they walked to the park. They also had their very first battle with each other. Finally at the end of the night, they decided to race to Trevor's sister's house. Little did they know that the race was going to have too much of an effect on their lives.

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"Thief! Thief! Somebody help me, he stole my bag! Police! Police!" a man yelled between breaths as he was chasing a certain teenager to get his bag back. Unfortunately, he wasn't as fit as the teenager and he almost lost track of the boy. Luckily, the police arrived at the right time.

"Where is the thief?!" yelled Officer Jenny as a bike appeared in front of them.

"There he is," said the heavily panting man and pointed towards the boy in a black jacket with a cap. He was running and bumping into everyone. Officer Jenny didn't take long to realize the thief's identity. So her pursuit began.

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It wasn't much longer when the group of five heard the siren of Officer Jenny's motorcycle. But they ignored it and continued their race, causing a problem for themselves.

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"Stop right there, you thief!" shouted Officer Jenny, but the boy had something else in mind. He didn't stop and continued to run towards the three boys and two girls who were running in his direction. He smirked and increased his speed and dodged everyone successfully. Now he was making his way to the final girl, who he bumped into, causing her to fall down.

"Hey…Watch out!" the girl shouted. The boy looked at her.

"Serena! Are you alright?" asked Calem as he stopped and turned towards Serena, followed by the others. Without any warning, the boy held Serena's hand and pulled her up. She stood upright and was shocked at what just happened. Sure enough, the boy was more powerful than she expected. Before she could even say a single word, the boy beat her to it.
"Sorry, check your stuff. I'm in a hurry," he said and stormed off. Calem, Shauna, Tierno and Trevor also arrived. Suddenly, a motorcycle passed them by with them at an unbelievable speed. They quickly recognized her as Officer Jenny. But what she was doing didn't seem like it was part of any act. She was after a thief.

"Wait!" Officer Jenny shouted; but to no avail. Her voice was full of anger. "Please!" she yelled. But this time, her voice wasn't filled with anger. It was rather concerned.

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"Man, he was awesome. Did you see how fast he was?" asked Trevor with a dreamy look on his face.
"He sure was athletic and I'm sure he can teach me something to help me in my dancing skills," Tierno added.

"Hey Serena…Are you alright?" asked Shauna worriedly, ignoring the question of Trevor. Serena nodded.

"That's good, but hey. Did I hear wrong or did he say something to you?" Calem asked before crossing his arms. Serena nodded.

"He said 'take care of your stuff, I'm in a hurry' and then he stormed off," Serena explained.

"Take care of your stuff, huh?" asked Calem as he raised a brow. He then thought about it. A boy was running with all his might and there was a bag in his hand. He looked afraid. Officer Jenny was after him. He helped Serena quickly and said to 'take care of your stuff' before disappearing.

"Hey Serena, where is your bag?" Tierno asked, having noticed a different bag on the ground. Then it sank in for Calem.

"He was a thief!" shouted Calem and everyone looked at Serena who was shocked.

"M-My P-P-Pokémon….Fennekin…"

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This chapter was shorter than compared to how long the other chapters would be. It was almost introductory part and now you learned the main characters of this fic, right? Anyway, from now on the chapters would contain almost 5000-7000 words each. Is that a fine length? Be sure to tell me about it.

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