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Two Worlds
By Diana Moon Glampers
Chapter 1
Old Friends
It had been seven years since Ash started his pokemon journey. He'd been all over the world. Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, The Orange Islands, The Battle Frontier, all of them were places he had been and regions he had conquered. Ash's latest quest brought him back to Kanto, the first region he trained in. He was invited to a huge pokemon tournament that only the best trainers could attend. Ash was considered a living legend in some places. He was only sixteen, but he had traveled all across the world, defeated many of the strongest trainers in who ever lived, and owned a stable of fearsome fighters. His invitation was inevitable.
The tournament itself was being held in Celadon, but Ash had some time before he started, so he figured that he would get the old gang back together and meet up with Brock and Misty. He was in Pewter City when and had stopped by Brock's house. Flint was outside, cooking what appeared to be barbeque. "Hi, Flint." Ash said. Flint gave him a puzzled look. "Do I know you?" "I'm Ash. Remember? You helped supercharge my Pikachu back when I was trying to get my first badge." Ash said. Flint had to think for a moment. "Oh yeah. That was a long time ago. How are you?" He said. "Great! I've been all over the world and seen all kinds of pokemon! I'm not sure if I could have done any of it without that boost you gave me back there." Ash said. Flint smiled. "Hey, I'm glad I helped you, then. It wasn't a problem, really."
Ash looked around. He saw Brock's brothers and sisters around the house. Some of them were hard at work washing dishes and others were cleaning clothes. "Now that the kids are older, I put them to work. You know, get them to be a little useful, right?" Flint said. Ash looked around a bit more. "Is Brock around?" "He should be." Flint said. He called out. "Hey Brock, you've got a someone here to see you!"
Brock darted out with a lovestruck look on his face. "Is it Jenny? Oh, I knew she'd come back for me!" He said. He noticed that it was Ash. "Oh, Ash. Hey, long time no see!" Brock said. "Officer Jenny? I thought you like Joy." Ash said with a smile. "Yeah. I spent the night with Joy once. Never again." Brock said. "Never again? What happened?" Ash said. Brock felt pain in his groin just thinking about it. "This doesn't have anything to do with eggs, does it?" Flint said with a smirk. His son tried to change the subject. "Uh… Don't worry about it. Let's talk about something else."
"So, what brings you here, Ash?" Brock said. "Oh, I was just invited to the biggest tournament in the world." Ash said with a smug grin. He showed Brock his invitation. It read, "Ash Ketchum, you have been recognized as an outstanding trainer and we would like you to participate in a secret tournament reserved only for living legends. The tournament will be located in Kanto's very own Celadon City." The rest of the letter specified dates and times. "Huh. You're a living legend now?" Brock said. "Yep! And I figured that as long as I'm in town, I'd see if I could get the gang back together, you know, for old time's sake." "Oh, so you're going to go track down that cute girl, Misty? Man, she probably looks super-hot now. Oh yeah… I can imagine it now…" Flint said. "Dad!" Brock shouted. "What? Your mom hasn't come back in years. I can dream, can't I?"
Brock started to feel embarrassed, too embarrassed to stay. "Well Ash, I guess I'm coming with you." He said. "What, and leave your dear old dad alone with all your brothers and sisters?" "Oh, they've grown up. You can make do without me, right?" Brock said. Flint smiled. "Okay, son. Just come back at some point, okay?"
After Brock packed his belongings, he waved goodbye to his family and left with Ash to Cerulean City. The walk wasn't too far, just through Mount Moon and down a few roads.
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Life over Lotus
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I've been having the weirdest dreams lately
That I can't move
That I can't see
That I can't touch
That I can't think
And I'm locked in place
Stalled inside eternity
Like the myth of Atlas
WAKE THE FUCK UP
…but I don't want to.