A/N This is an AU (author's universe, right?) so the anime characters used won't be exactly like how they are in the anime. For example, the characters aren't all juts immortal 10 year olds, they've actually aged in this story. For character's ages, just take their debut ages and add 6 (So ash is 16, May is 16, Brock is 21, etc.) This is also my first fanfiction written, so I will probably have some errors, but please try to grin and bear with it and don't hesitate to give me some constructive criticism, I can use all the help I can get.

It seemed like any other peaceful night. There was a slight cool breeze in the air as the night hours progressed, and bright city lights could be seen. Standing atop a tall building was a middle-aged man, staring across the city horizon. He had pale skin and was dressed in white, with a golden jacket on his back. His eyes were a strange color, green and red. He continued staring off into the horizon.

"It certainly has been a while." He muttered to himself, with a chuckle. "I hope the others are as optimistic about coming here as I am."

With that, a ball of light appeared in his hand as he clenched his fist. He threw it up into the sky, causing it to explode and create a ripple of light that crossed the globe.

Good thing this building is so tall, the civilians would have noticed if I were elevated any lower. The man thought to himself.

"Report to the human world at once". The man said, under his breath. "Maintain human form at all times."

Within a matter of minutes, four portals emerged around the roof the man was standing on, and more mysterious figures started to emerge from the portals

From the first portal came a man in his mid thirties with a child who looked no older than six, a girl, who was clinging onto the man, fearfully. Aside them were three young men only distinguishable by their color schemes (Blue, red, and yellow).

From the second portal came three figures that had the same colors as the first three but looked stronger and more agile, two men that looked to be in their early to mid forties, and finally another young child with large blue eyes.

The third portal had three very masculine looking aged men, a man and a woman that appeared almost identical, except the man was slightly larger and more muscular than the woman, while the woman was smaller and less built than the man; three well aged men, one being exceptionally large, one being slightly smaller than the first but still very large, and a third figure that looked much older than the first two, but still just as large, all three with a somewhat annoyed expression on their faces; another young child wearing a yellow hat in the shape of a star, and a middle aged man with a somewhat stern look on his face.

And finally, the fourth portal brought three children, all young girls who looked to each be about 10, three men that looked strong and aged, another man and woman that looked similar in cosmetic and physical features, two more young children who both looked extremely innocent and curious, a middle aged man that seemed to have burns on his arms and face, a humongous, large, and muscular man, almost as large as the man from the third portal; and another young child that looked about 8 or 9 wearing a pink bow in his hair.

The first figure began counting them. "33. Including me, that makes 34. Looks like everyone is present."

"I'm assuming you have a good reason for telling us all to come here?" One of the aged men from the 2nd portal asked. He was wearing clothes colored white and blue.

"As a matter of fact, Lugia, I do." The man said with a smirk "It seems new shifters have appeared.

The crowd of people had mixed reactions: Some groaned, some cheered, some gasped, but most just acted like it was nothing.

"Man, this is such a pain." The largest man from the third portal said. He was wearing dark red clothing. "I hate when this crap happens."

"Well maybe it wouldn't if you weren't so damn reckless all the time." One of the other large men from the third portal said. He wore dark blue clothes.

"Really now? And tell me how you're any better, Kyogre!"

"At least I don't destroy half a continent when I take a step."

"Well I don't flood entire cities."

"What, you think I meant to do that?!"

"SILENCE!" The older man with them shouted loud enough to destroy a mountain. He was wearing a dark green color scheme

With that, both men grunted and faced back forward, ending their short feud.

"Thank you, Rayquaza." The first man said, as the older man in green nodded.

"Now as I was saying, the first batch of shifters has been chosen." He continued, "There are five so far, one from each region. They have all become humans, so human form is still needed to communicate with them and to lay low. We need to find all the shifters as quickly as possible, preferably before the second batch is chosen." He looked at the figures from the first portal. "Mew will search Kanto for the first shifter." The young child looked up at the man she clinged onto. The child was wearing all pink while the man was clothed in white and some purple. The man nodded to the child, who then nodded back to him. "Celebi will search Johto." The young child with large blue eyes from the second portal nodded. He was wearing entirely green clothing. "Deoxys will search Hoenn, and Regigigas will search Sinnoh." The middle-aged man with the stern look and the giant man from the fourth portal both nodded. Respectively, they were wearing orange and dark blue, and white and yellow, with a red, blue and gray bracelet on each arm. "As for Unova, Cresselia and Darkrai will accompany me there. I need backup in case we run into him."

The similar man and woman from the fourth portal nodded obediently

"Very well." Said the man, who was wearing full black with a red scarf and had white hair.

"It would be an honor, sir." Said the woman, who was wearing a combination of pink, light blue, and tan.

"Good. As for the rest of you, return to your natural habitats and await further orders." Said the man with the golden jacket as he turned to face the city again. "This meeting is over."

Just as fast as they had came, they all left out of the portals they initially emerged from.

The man with the golden jacket still stood there, peacefully watching over the horizon.

"I wonder who the second batch will consist of. Maybe that one boy from Kanto? He seems like he would make a powerful shifter. What was his name again? Ash?"

The man was deep in thought, and didn't notice for a while that the sun was beginning to come up.

He sighed. "Only time will tell." And with a flash, he vanished.

"Not a bad view, huh buddy?"

"Pika!"

Ash Ketchum and his best friend Pikachu were leaning over the rail of a ship, the ship that was taking him back to his home in Pallet Town. He had just defeated the Unova League and, like he did at the end of each of his journeys, he was going back home to Pallet Town until a new opportunity for a journey presented itself. He had already beaten all the previous leagues, so there wasn't much reason to go back to them, other than to see his friends from past adventures.

"Man, I can't wait to see mom, Professor Oak, Gary, and Tracey again! And I can't wait to show them all the new pokémon I caught in Unova! And lets not forget all my other pokémon. I bet they've missed us, Pikachu!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said as he jumped onto Ash's shoulder.

As the ship docked at the pier, Ash hurriedly ran off the boat back to his home in Pallet Town, almost too excited to handle himself. Once he finally did get to the entrance of the Town, he was so exhausted from running that he fell over, flat on his face, trying to catch his breath.

"What's with the big rush? Pallet's not going anywhere, Ashy-boy." A familiar, mocking voice said.

Ash grinned. Already knowing whom it was, he got up out of the dirt.

"Well, look what the cat dragged in." Ash said, with a grin on his face. "It's been a while, huh Gary?" Ash said as he put his hand out for a handshake.

"Yeah, what took you so long to beat the Unova league?" Gary said, returning the shake. "Some pokémon master you are."

"Oh shut up." Ash said to Gary, mockingly.

"Pika pi!" Ash's Pikachu was ecstatic, jumping off Ash's shoulder and onto Gary's, before plopping himself down on Gary.

"And I see you still got this little electric headache." Gary said, sarcastically, as he scratched Pikachu's neck, causing Pikachu to coo.

"Yup. And he's gotten stronger than ever! Isn't that right buddy?"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu exclaimed as he jumped back onto Ash's shoulder.

"Anyways, is Professor Oak in right now?" Ash asked Gary.

"Oh, gramps? Ya just missed him. He said something about there being a rare flock of pokémon on route 22."

"Really?!" Ash's face beamed. "Well then what are we waiting for?! C'mon, lets get to route 22!"

"Pika Pi!" Pikachu shouted, clearly just as excited as its trainer.

"Wait a second Ash!" Gary said as he tried to stop the hyperactive trainer, but to no avail as Ash had already turned around and started running towards route 22. "Sheesh. Wasn't he just completely exhausted a couple moments ago?" Gary said, sighing and then walked back to the lab.

After searching for about 30 minutes and finding nothing but some angry spearow, pidgey, and rattata, Ash and Pikachu decided there was no so-called flock and decided to head back to Pallet Town.

"Maybe Professor Oak found the flock already." Ash said, now really exhausted

"Pika pi." Pikachu said, just as tired.

It was already sunset, so Ash decided he would just go back home than to Oak's lab. Then Ash realized he still hadn't even gone to his home once since he got back. He had given his mom a call and told her he was coming back home today, so she must've been worried sick. He arrived at the porch of his house and rang the doorbell.

Haven't heard that bell in so long… Ash thought.

The door then opened to reveal a very joyful Delia Ketchum, Ash's mother. Within moment of eye contact with each other, she wrapped him in a gigantic bear hug.

"Oh Ash, I've missed you so much! How was your journey? What new Pokémon have you caught? Did you remember to change your underwear every day?" Ms. Ketchum shouted, happily.

"Jeez mom, so many questions. And for the underwear one, I think I'm old enough to know about that by now." Ash said, returning the hug.

"Oh, I know, but you're just growing up so fast! It's hard to believe, you're already 16 years old! It seemed like just yesterday, you were just a little baby Ash." Ms. Ketchum said, dreamily.

"Oh come on mom." Ash said, eventually ending the hug.

"Well, now that I'm here, I could really go for something to eat! And I remember how awesome your cooking is!"

"That's right honey! Don't worry, I made you your favorite food for dinner after your fifth long journey!"

"Oh boy!" Ash said, hardly able to control himself from excitement as he entered the house and his mom closed the door behind him.

A/N The next scene of this chapter will be in first person view, and will be one of the few times first person is used in this story if not the only time.

I opened my eyes and felt the sand around my body. I had woken up completely in the middle of the desert.

Huh. Guess I fell asleep last night while wandering around. Eh, no biggie. I can just fly back to my cave.

I unwrapped my wings. Or, at least, tried to unwrap my wings, but couldn't even feel them on my back.

Man, my wings must be sore or something, I can't feel them at all. What a pain, guess I'll have to walk.

I stood up, but them realized something: I was much taller.

What the hell? Did I grow in my sleep or something? The sand looks like its miles away.

As I eventually got to stand up on my own feet, I was shocked at how much of the desert I could see with just my own eyes. I could see several acres of nothing but sand, something that would take me to fly several yards in the air to see.

"Something's up." I said, now aloud. "First I fall asleep in the desert, then I can't even feel my wings, then I take a look down and realize tha-"

I was going to say that I'm extremely tall, but instead I saw something much more interesting. I looked down and saw my feet, except they weren't actually my feet. Sure, I was controlling the feet, but they weren't like the pair of feet I had known. These were…. human feet.

"What the hell is going on?" I asked, expecting some answer, I guess.

I then realized it wasn't just my feet that were human, it was also my hands, body, and after feeling my face a few times with my hands, my face. I was wearing nothing but a few green rags, just enough to cover my privates and most of my chest. As I looked around this desert I called home, all the other Pokémon who looked up to me, the desert spirit, were now cowering in fear of me, now a human.

"What the hell happened to me? Why am I a human all of a sudden? I don't want to be a human, I want to go back to being a Pokémon again!" I screamed as I kicked some sand, which then blew back in my face, burning my eyes.

"Dammit, I need answers." I then started to run from the desert to the nearest piece of civilization I knew, Pallet Town.

So how was that for a first chapter of my first fanfiction? I appreciate you taking time out of your day to read this story, please know that I plan to make this story rather lengthy, so there will be much more, I've got a lot of the plot already in mind. It should also be noted that there might also be some shipping later on, most likely advanceshipping, but nothing guaranteed yet. Thanks for reading and don't hesistate to review!