Road to Master

Brought to you by, Nightshock5

A/N: Hey guys, welcome to my second fic. I actually am going to try and recreate the Kalos Journey for Ash after the 7th gym. This won't be in ways like the anime and Ash will have a darker and more mysterious personality that is on top of his cheerful and energetic personality. Not only that, this will be like Ash's first journey too.

I want to mention that in this story I am not going to make Calem a bad guy like in the other one. He will actually be pretty cool and even though this is amourshipping he will not get in the way of things… I got his name right this time around as well xD.

I also want to mention that some of the stuff that happens may be similar to the anime and it does not happen necessarily in the xy/xyz series or the same way, but it is only if those things are amazing in the anime.

First chapter and something is already revealed about Ash, keep that in mind. Hint: This Ash has a dark past and had a rough time before becoming a trainer. Also, Ash is not just "Ash Ketchum" himself, we have another character mixed in. Instead of making this like Yu-Gi-Oh as like a Yugi/Atem thing, I decided to just completely merge two characters with Ash being the name and physical appearance… Also Amourshipping is Amourshipping don't think I am shipping Serena with the other character that Ash is merged with as well xD.

Also I would like to thank my beta reader Hunter for helping me start this fic at an amazing note!

Without further ado, let's get right into it!

Disclaimer: There is blood in this fanfic and there will probably be some blood this chapter too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Stronger, so Kanye please don't take down my fic… this is barely the first chapter D:

Chapter 1- Ambush and Deadly Encounter

Team Flare base, unknown location:

"Calem, are you ready to go in?" a raven haired teenager with a Pikachu asked as the group of two teenagers and two pokemon went up to a door that they sneaked to get to.

"Sure am Ash," the teenager that responds to the name Calem said, he had a Chesnaught next to him ready to strike at any moment.

"Alright," the other teenager called Ash said. Ash was wearing a black jacket to avoid getting recognised but he kept his light blue scarf and red cap. "I think we should have brought Tierno and Trevor here though."

(Quickly, if you have not figured out the scarf yet, I will reveal it in the last A/N.)

"I agree, but they are too far away, going to Glorio to be exact, they are still on the road," Calem replied. The two trainers were standing in front of a door. The door had the words "Team Flare" on it. No one was around and the coast was clear. Evidently, something was going on inside.

"What about the girls?" Ash asked. "Will they be safe?"

"They are in Anistar city right now, this morning, I left them together saying that we will meet up with them later… Sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I know how protective you are of Serena," Calem replied making Ash nod in approval. "Let's get this over with so that we do not have to wait any longer. Objective, get the core freed and get out."

"Right! Charmeleon use dragon claw and break through!" Ash exclaimed as he threw a pokeball. A Charmeleon came out of a bright light with something peculiar. This Charmeleon had a harness with a blue stone in the middle that had a double helix DNA-like symbol on it.

"Char meeee leon!" Chameleon shouted as he made green scaly claws with his hand and slashed in an X like fashion. After a second, the door completely fell into the building in four pieces.

"Good Charmeleon, return!" Ash said as he recalled Charmeleon to his pokeball. Ash then put the pokeball in his belt and studied the challenge he and Calem were going to have to overcome. Ash and Pikachu then ran i in first. "Come on Calem!"

Both trainers ran into the building. Both had their partner's next to them. They ran towards another door. This time the door opened by itself due to motion detectors opening the hinges of the door. When Ash and Calem were about to walk through the door, they got hit with a terrible surprise standing with crossed arms at the other end of the door.

"Well well well, we have intruders," a woman with blue hair and goggles replied standing at the other end of the doors. She had an orange suit and behind her was a Drapion. "Drapion use pin missile!"

"Counter with your pin missile!" Calem shouted. Chesnaught shot it's own pin missiles that met up with the Drapion's pin missile leaving the woman and her Drapion motionless from the explosion that occurred.

"Pikachu, thunderbolt!"

"Pika...CHUUUU!" Pikachu shouted while shooting a beam of electricity that was directed right at the Drapion and the team Flare grunt. This caused an explosion that made both Drapion and the woman fall defeated to the ground with burn marks from the electricity.

"This is not over, Lysandre has a recruit that is even stronger than him! You will not win!" the woman groaned in the ground. Her body was crackling with electricity. Ash and Calem along with their pokemon walked around the woman that was on the ground, but soon footsteps could be heard throughout the building and Ash and Calem identified what it belonged to in a second:

Team Flare Grunts.

"Run Ash!" Calem shouted as team flare grunts rushed the two teenagers from behind them. Both trainers started running to get to their mission attempting to avoid at all costs being found again and very cautious as to not get cornered.

Suddenly, a blaring alarm went off in the base. Ash and Calem both covered their ears in desperation while Pikachu and Chesnaught used their moves to destroy the alarms and prevent the blaring distraction.

The hallways were lined with rooms. All of these rooms had no interest to Ash and Calem, they were in for the room in the end of the hallway. The lighting turned a red dim as team flare grunts kept trying to enclose the intruders to the secret base.

The trainers kept running until they reached a large room. This room had what looked like a enclosed tree in the middle. The fence was made of glass and inside the fence Ash and Calem saw a small pokemon. It was green, squishy and had a red core in the middle.

"There it is," Ash whispered. Calem nodded. "We need to help it before it can transform to 100% form. If that happens then…"

"Don't say what will happen," Calem shuddered and looked at the pokemon with fear as well. The stakes were high for Ash and Calem at this point.

"Apply power, we will make this Zygarde into its 10% form," one of the men handling machines instructed.

"Affirmative, start the procedure," another grunt said.

Ash and Calem watched in awe as the tree glowed green. Suddenly, the small green core turned into a dog-like form that growled around the cage in a violent manner.

The grunts started to clap as they saw the transformation be a success. It was evident that they had been developing this experiment for years and did not want Ash and Calem to be in the way.

"Now!" Calem shouted. Both trainers lept from their hiding spots.

"Pikachu thunderbolt lets go!" Ash shouted while pumping his fist with one hand and putting his hand out with the other.

"Pika… CHUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he enveloped himself in electricity. After he got super charged up, Pikachu leaped into the air and shot the yellow beam of crackling electricity towards his target.

"Chesnaught hit the wall with wood hammer!"

Chesnaught then charged up his left arm and materialized a green log of energy. Chesnaught then swung his large arm around and headed it straight for the destination of Pikachu's thunderbolt.

Both moves collided with the glass and broke it in a decently sized explosion thus freeing the Zygarde from the grasps of Team Flare. The dog like pokemon then lept out of the area and ran off leaving a huge trail of green particles and energy. The pokemon was gone at a really fast speed and no one saw the direction it went.

"Success, let's get out of here!" Ash exclaimed as he and Calem started to run off to safety and escape the base… But that thought was a little too late.

"There they are! Get them!" the men shouted from behind Ash and duo along with their pokemon ran into a larger room. Now they were trapped since the room had no way out, they had to get through five grunts.

"What do we do now?" Calem asked as the grunts rushed the trainers.

"We fight! Frogadier use cut and shake these guys!" Ash shouted as he launched the pokeball and revealed an agile Frogadier that appeared in a ninja pose. "Pikachu thunderbolt lets go!"

One of the grunts took a swing at Chesnaught, but he used spiky shield to defend himself and defeat the grunt. Another grunt was beaten down by Frogadier who had used cut… For Ash it was watery… like a bluish fluid color that only he could see.

Ash was in a fist fight with one of the bigger grunts. Ash hit him in the jaw and tripped him. When the grunt tried to punch Ash, he blocked it and kicked the grunt in the balls thus defeating him with one last blow to the head. Ash had learned to fight throughout his past, constantly getting into fights with strangers in Lumiose for his survival.

Pikachu engaged a battle with a grunt that managed to hit Pikachu hard in the stomach. When Ash saw this, pure anger boiled through his entire body. As an instant of instinct and nervousness for Pikachu, Ash rushed over and hit the man in the head thus knocking him out in one blow that Ash never would have ever imagined possible. "Never mess with my pokemon!" Ash shouted in agitation to get his best friend back.

More grunts piled in through the door ready to fight, but Ash ran over to Pikachu. As soon as he reached the electric rodent that was on the ground,Ash grabbed his defeated friend in his arms and checked on him to make sure Pikachu was in enough condition to battle through. Ash noticed Pikachu would be fine, but battling was out of the picture at this point which meant he needed to resort to something else.

"Chesnaught pin missile on all of them! Then use wood hammer on the door to jam it!" Calem shouted while pumping his fist towards the direction that the grunts were coming from. Chesnaught obeyed, he launched pin missile and hit every grunt that it could thus knocking them to the ground unconscious. After that, Chesnaught hit the door with wood hammer thus ending the flow of grunts. "Ash, how are you holding up?" Calem asked as he walked over to his friend in concern.

"Fine, but Pikachu got hit hard," Ash said while looking up at Calem. "Pikachu needs to recover." Ash then turned to Frogadier who had helped him with his battles with grunts and pulled out a pokeball. "Frogadier, thank you for battling and helping," Ash explained as he recalled his aquatic frog into red energy which dissipated into the pokeball.

"Good, let's leave," Calem started.

Looking around, the area was filled with bodies on the ground. It was a very unpleasant sight for anyone. Ash and Calem began to rush out through the opening hoping to get away from the slaughter fest they had created…

But something, or should i say, someone interrupted them:

"Not so fast!" a new voice exclaimed. Out of the shadows appeared a man. "It seems you were going to leave without some fun, don't be so rude."

"Leave us alone!" Ash shouted. Ash did find this man familiar, he had pale skin with some small Z marks on his cheeks, raven hair like his own, but the hair was auburn with the addition of a red cap. He was tall and had a red jacket with a white undershirt, he looked nothing like a team flare grunt… But like an older version of Ash.

"I am the best battler in team flare, my name is Ashura," the man smirked at Ash as he expected some sort of reaction. Ash was looking only at the man called Ashura with fear and fire in his eyes while grabbing Pikachu in his arms.

Ash's eyes widened in horror and everlasting emotional pain that is out to get him. 'No, it can't be, can it?!' Ash closed his eyes and began to shiver with severe irritation that coursed through his veins and arteries. With that, Ash gritted his teeth together and clenched his fists together. After some time, Ash's fists began to drip red liquid: blood. Reason being Ash's fingernails painlessly penetrating his skin since he is high on adrenaline.

Calem noticed Ash's reaction and put a hand on Ash's shoulder asking a question that would have an answer that would make Calem recoil in surprise, "Ash are you ok?"

"YOU TRAITOR! YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HER BUT YOU HELPED KILL HER HOW COULD YOU?!" Ash shouted through gritted teeth and clenched fists with a tone so venomous it made even Pikachu flinch.

"Hmm, so I see that you have grown into a fine young man Ash, or should I say son?" Ashura replied. "Now, let's have a deal, we have a one on one battle and if you win I let you go, if you lose you end up like your mother."

Calem's eyes widened at the revelation of Ash's father. "Ash, we can find another way!" Calem shouted to Ash who had red hands from the blood.

Ash acknowledged Calem, but set Pikachu down in a safe place near Calem before turning to Calem. "I have no choice…" Ash replied as he took out a pokeball and nervously put it on his hands. He then turned to Ashura and told himself to talk without thinking, he said: "I accept your challenge!"

"I will give you one last chance, join me and together we will take over!" Ashura shouted while pumping his fist at Ash.

"NEVER!" Ash screamed through emotional pain. "Grovyle I choose you!" Ash threw the pokeball revealing a green bipedal tree frog that had a twig toothpick on his mouth. Ash would have chosen Frogadier, but he was acting strange lately. This was the next best thing to speed and stealth he could get.

"Grovyle!" the pokemon shouted while putting his arm out in a defensive stance.

"Calem, get out of here, it is too dangerous," Ash said said calmly while glaring at the friend he had next to him.

"Ash, I won't leave you!" Calem said while pumping his fist and a determined face. "I will fight with you, this is our fight!"

"Thanks Calem," Ash replied with a weak smile, but then that smile turned into a complete face of irritation and pain as he turned back to Ashura.

"I am so proud of you son, you have actually made a friend, too bad it is the last time you see one of them, Darkrai battle stance!" Ashura taunted with arms crossed. "Good luck Ash, but you won't ever beat me unless you get lucky…"

Here you can play Battle Music. Ash (Grovyle) vs Ashura (Darkrai):

Both pokemon stared at each other. Grovyle sensed Ash's pain and knew he could not lose, for his trainer's sake. Darkrai seemed like a hard opponent, but with Ash, Grovyle knew he could pull of anything.

"Grrr… use leaf storm!" Ash shouted intensely through a pumping of a bloody red fist. Grovyle out his hands together and then released from his hands a barrage of leafs spiraling in a large wind that was headed for Darkrai. Ashura seemed amused by the amount of power being displayed as he viewed his son as a powerful threat he needed to eliminate. Ash though, he was in a state of depression and pain due to having to battle his own father.

"hmmm…. Dark pulse," Ashura calmly said with crossed arms. Darkrai looked at the incoming leaf beam and put his hands together as well. Suddenly from the arms came a dark gaia beam headed for the leaf storm that was already sent. The two moves collided in a stalemate in the middle, but slowly dark pulse overpowered and started to creep up on Grovyle. With a large bang, Grovyle fell in front of Ash with dark electricity surging through him. "Now use thunder!" Ashura shouted. Darkrai got enveloped in an electric aura and shot a beam at Grovyle. Grovyle was stuck in the electric beam being too weak to move thus taking the entire shock and causing an explosion in front of Ash in which Grovyle was on the ground motionless.

"Grovyle no!" Ash exclaimed at his fallen pokemon. From the side, Calem and Pikachu watched in worry their pain stricken friend losing the battle.

"Gro…" Grovyle groaned as he got up slowly looking at Darkrai with a lot amount of pain.

"Grovyle stay strong," Ash exclaimed as he watched his father prepare for whatever the next move will bring. Ash then threw his hand out and exclaimed, "Leaf blade!"

"Vyle!" Grovyle shouted as he curved the lateral portion of his arms to fork a green blade. Then, he started to run at the pitch black pokemon that was in front of him. This time, Ashura just kept his arms crossed and did not look at Ash. Darkrai took the two blades in a cross like fashion and then fell back in front of Ashura who seemed a little amused by testing Ash's power.

"Darkrai use thunder once again!" Ashura finally commanded with crossed arms. Darkrai charged his electricity and once again shot the electrical beam at Grovyle, but this time, Ash was prepared.

"Grovyle quick use razor leaf on roof!" Ash exclaimed with urgency. Grovyle quickly gained his composure and shot three leafs up at the roof that cut some of the sprinklers into spraying water towards the ground and unconscious bodies. "Now avoid any water that could be sent your way!"

"Gro… Gro… Grovyle!" Grovyle exclaimed as he jumped out of the water that was now showering down. Instead of colliding with Grovyle, the thunder streaked the air and hit the water which caused a lot of dispersion among the thunder throughout the area. The lightning then sparkled in a few spots in which Ash sighed in relief.

Ashura was in complete awe at how Ash was able to escape the attack, but decided it was best to try and end this very fast, "Use dark pulse!" By surprise, Ash recoiled as he saw the dark pulse streak the air with dead on accuracy and strike Grovyle who was avoiding the water. Grovyle got hit in an explosion that sent him tumbling to a nearby puddle and then stood up slightly with his legs still in the puddle. "Now use thunder on the water!" Ashura exclaimed with a pumped fist.

"Dark… RAI!" Darkrai shot his beam at the water from the sprinklers and caused the electricity to be conducted… At Grovyle.

"Grovyle NO!" Ash exclaimed and recoiled as he watched his tree frog be shocked from the attack. Grovyle then got involved in a large explosion that when the smoke cleared, Grovyle was on his knees barely standing and with electricity around him.

Suddenly…

Grovyle began to glow green.

"Overgrow…." Calem muttered to himself.

"Pika…" Pikachu said to himself too.

Ash seemed to know what was going on as he grew nervous once he saw Grovyle stand up and begin to exclaim, "GROVYLE!"

"GROVYLE CONTROL YOURSELF!" Ash shouted in urgency knowing this was not good.

Flashback:

"Tree… CCCKKKOOOOOO!" Treecko shouted while glowing green and charging at a Heatmor with razor leaf.

"Treecko NO!" Ash exclaimed as he got in front of Treeko and taking the hit. The razor leafs penetrated Ash's skin and made him bleed from the attack. Treecko did not care less and attempted to use another attack.

"Heatmor stop him with fire lash!" A trainer exclaimed while looking worried at Ash.

"HeatMOR!" Heatmor exclaimed as a lash of fire enveloped Treecko. Ash now find the safe time to recall Treecko back to his pokeball and the other trainer ran up to Ash to help him with his wounds.

Ash looked at Treecko's pokeball with awe unable to comprehend what happened.

End of Flashback:

"I am going to finish this fast," Ashura said while throwing out his fist. "Dark void!" Darkrai made a dark orb and shot it at the green glowing Grovyle. Grovyle instantly fell asleep when the dark void engulfed Grovyle in a black energy. "Now use dream eater!" Ashura said while crossing his arms and ignoring the overgrow.

Darkrai had a shadow leave its body and taunted Grovyle. As soon as the shadow made contact, Grovyle flinched in pain and arched back. The shadow then returned to Darkrai leaving the sleeping and turning Grovyle on the floor. Grovyle was still in a bad nightmare that Ash could barely watch.

"Grovyle! I know you are in there! Hear me out, we can do this!" Ash yelled trying to get a response, but things began to look faded for him from the blood loss in his bloody red fists.

Inside the dream:

Grovyle was being taunted by many shadows, all of them launching attacks at him. It was completely dark, but the overgrow served as a green light source for the frightened Grovyle. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a light came that called out to him.

"Grovyle, I need you to wake up! I believe in you! The fate of everyone is in your hands and I know you can protect it!" a voice called.

Grovyle ran into the voice and light to reappear at the battlefield like if he had not fallen asleep. Grovyle felt determined and inspired so much that he reached a new level of being.

Back at the battle:

"Grovyle you are awake!" Ash exclaimed to his now standing Grovyle with slight happiness, but intense fatigue.

Play Nightcore- Stronger

Na-na-na that that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
'Cause I can't wait much longer...

"GroooVYYLEEE!" Grovyle shouted as the green glow he had began to glow blue and Grovyle's figure started growing bigger. Grovyle gained a bright green coloration with trees on his tail. Not only that, but Grovyle also gained stronger looking blades. The green glow was more violent than ever.

Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!

"Is it…" Ash started.

"It evolved!" Calem said in shock.

"SCEPTILE!" the newly evolved pokemon cried with a green glow that sent a green shockwave throughout the battlegrounds. Ashura could only stare in awe.

"Congratulations Ash, but this may very well be the last evolution you see," Ashura smirked while putting his hands out. "Use dark void again!"

"We'll see about that! Use razor leaf!" Ash exclaimed. Sceptile, though, surprised Ash by instead thrusting his fist into the ground in front of him. The move that came out was not razor leaf though, a large plant came through the earth and grabbed Darkrai. Darkrai was unable to make its move after this.

"That's frenzy plant!" Calem told the dumbstruck trainer. Ash smirked at the sight of the new move.

Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!

"PIKA!" Pikachu exclaimed in awe.

"Sceptile leaf blade!" Ash shouted. Sceptile lept up and hit Darkrai head on with leaf blade and then Sceptile turned around and turned its leaf blade into a green scaly claw and struck Darkrai again. Dragon claw… Sceptile also learned dragon claw to Ash's surprise.

Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!

"Use thunder!" Ashura exclaimed as Darkrai was too weak to use another attack. "Grr… this isn't over, I will get you back!" Ashura shouted while pointing at Ash and recalling his defeated pokemon. "You may have gotten lucky that Sceptile evolved today, but you won't be so lucky next time just because you defeated my weakest pokemon," Ashura said as he vanished into thin air to Ash's surprise.

Ash fell over to his knees panting while trying to keep his composure. The blood loss had gotten to him, but he knew he could make it if he hanged in there. His fists were still bright red, but the wounds clotted due to the increased circulation of blood during the battle. He looked over at his pocket and took out a box with the picture of his mother, the blood slightly staining the picture. 'I will avenge you,' Ash thought.

"pikapi!"

"Scep!" Sceptile exclaimed not glowing green anymore.

"Ash are you ok?" Calem asked his friend as Ash caught his breath.

"Yea, thanks guys," Ash said.

"Good, let's get out of here," Calem assured.

"Sceptile, thank you for everything," Ash stated as he recalled Sceptile to his pokeball.

"Alright, let's leave," Calem said as he and Ash left the room.

Unbeknownst to them, the entire battle was caught on camera and recorded by a snooping security camera that is property of the Pokemon League.

Somewhere far away:

The Kalos Champion looked at the video and was amazed by the battle, "A strong trainer, wow, I will show this to the elite four… I want to meet this person."

This person then rewinded the entire to battle to study every single move that happened. She then went to the computer and thought to herself. 'I have to show this to the mega evolution trainers as well'.

She put the video into a file and put it as an attachment to be sent electronically. She then clicked on "send to" and clicked on "mega evolution trainers recorded throughout Kalos". After that, she clicked "send".

Back at the team flare base:

Ash and Calem were leaving slowly the now empty base… Slowly dragging themselves... when the peace was broken, "SELF DESTRUCT INITIATED, BUILDING WILL EXPLODE IN ONE MINUTE!" an alarm blared. The flashing light all glew red and the panic came with the trainers.

Suddenly, the base started to shake and collapse, a rock almost hitting Ash, but missed by a couple inches.

"RUN!" Ash shouted as Calem recalled his Chesnaught and Ash carried his Pikachu in his arms which was still injured. The corridor was the same one they went through, but it was empty as people had left to trap the trainers here.

The exit through where the two trainers then entered was eminent. The two trainers ran, despite their fatigue through the door only to be met by the light of the moonlight that replaced the red glare that the base had. The two trainers ran as far as they could up a hill that was approximately 800 meters from the base.

Ash and Calem found themselves running up the hill with a lot of exhaustion, but did not stop as they needed to get to safety.

Suddenly, the panting and sounds of feet hitting the ground was inundated with an earthshaking sound that anyone could swear could be heard from miles away-

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!" a strong sound killed the silence between the two trainers as they felt their ears pop to the sound and saw the sky and ground light up at the moment of the explosion and then disappear.

The two teenagers slowly turned around and saw a blaze erupting through the building they escaped. The smoke was billowing from the fire of the not so secret base anymore, but a giant hole in the ground with a burning building on top of it…

Nothing was left.

The trainers decided to take the time to rest, so Ash and Calem sat on the ground catching their breath as Ash gave Pikachu some Oran berries for the electric mouse's lack of energy. Minutes later, the duo saw news helicopters reporting over the explosion. Obviously it came to no surprise that anyone could have seen the explosion from the nearest town.

Ash sighed, "I guess we are going to get a lot of attention."

"Yea," Calem replied as he stood up and started talking again. "Hey, I would like to stay longer, but I have go to Glorio City, the girls are headed there for the master class," Calem said. "It starts in a couple of days, so I am going to get a head start to hang out with Shauna." Calem then revealed a Talonflame and hopped on. "See ya later Ashy-Boy!" Calem teased as he flew off while waving at Ash from his fire falcon.

Ash sighed, he still had no flying type other than Noivern, but he did not want to fly, specially in this condition, so he decided to walk, maybe he would meet someone on the way. He was near Anistar anyways. He still did not know the main reason why he went to these showcases, but he still went and supported his best friend. Something about her made him keep going to her performances to see what she would pull off. Something he would understand… soon enough.

Back at Anistar:

"Shauna, I think it is time we headed over to Glorio for the master class," A honey blond with short hair started. This girl had a light red dress with a red top. She wore a red fedora with a pair of brown boots. Her oceanic blue eyes matched with the blue ribbon she wore on the top of her dress, that was given to her by someone special. "We have our three princess keys and the master class starts soon, a week to be exact, what are we waiting for?"

"Yea, I think so too, Serena," the girl called Shauna replied. Shauna had long brown hair and a nice pink top. She also had a slightly darker tone in skin with olive green eyes. "After I eat, I guess."

The girls were in the middle of a meal in which they were eating dessert. After they finished their chocolate cake, the duo payed the bill and went outside to the dark air of Anistar City. In the distance the sun dial was visible through the night star filled sky that cloaked Kalos. It was night time, but it was not like that stopped our heroes from travelling as they were about to head on their next big adventure.

"Alright Shauna, I think it's time to go!" Serena exclaimed while grabbing a blue ribbon on top of her red dress. It was an involuntary action that Serena has done throughout her journey to represent… something interesting.

"I always meant to ask you, is that the ribbon that Ash gave you?" Shauna asked with a curious face that made Serena tense every muscle in her body.

"ummm… yeah," Serena replied while blushing and gripping the ribbon with more strength. It was a way to calm herself down that worked a lot during the most stressful times of travelling.

"I have a feeling he will be there," Shauna replied with a wink. Then, Shauna took out a pokeball and revealed a Tropius. Shauna got on and flew off while yelling at Serena, "See you there, gonna try to spend time with Calem!"

Serena sighed as she saw Shauna leave. Serena then looked at the paved path under her feet turn into a dirt road in front of her. The dirt road led to a route in direction towards Glorio City…

Maybe she would meet someone on the way.

A/N: Alright this is the beginning of the fic. Ash had just earned his 7th gym badge and he is headed to the master class. Next chapter, we understand Ash's conflict and the beginning of the journey.

Ok, Ash is not just Ash… He is a combination of Ash AND ALAIN. You can probably guess what Serena is... Don't worry, Mairin will appear later on and it will be interesting. Also Ash is against team flare in all of this.

Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time.