Author's note... hey guys, this is my first Pokemon fanfiction so it's kinda short but each chapter will increase though time. I'm already working on Chapter 2 and it's so much fun to right! Don't forget to leave a review :) Now lets begin...

Chapter 1: Home

"Come on Pikachu!" yelled the young man with dark raven hair. "We're almost there!"

"Pika!" Answered the yellow rodent trailing behind him.

They continued to run for another few minutes before Ash, a now 19 year old young man, stopped and saw his home Pallet town.

"Wow, We made it just in time." Ash smiled.

"Pikapi." His Pikachu said.

Ash, again ran the rest of the way on and knocked on the front door to his old house. A woman at the age of 45 answered the door.

"Hey Mom!" He cried.

"Pika!"

"Oh Ash, this is a wonderful surprise!" His mom, Delia smiled.

She ran into his arms and began to cry.
"It's been over 3 years since I last saw you in person." She cried as he returned the warm hug.

"I'm sorry mom," he sighed, "I had to clear my mind after what happened to… Never mind."

Delia leaned back from the hug and looked at him confused.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Nothing," he lied, "Let's go in the house and I'll make you some lunch."

The two entered the house. Ash saw Mr Mime cleaning the stairs whiles he went into the kitchen. Delia sat on the dinning table whiles Ash prepared the food.

"So, what have you been up too?" Delia asked with curiosity on her face.

Ash felt uncomfortable with that question. But he turned his frown into a smile when he looked over to his mom.

"Well you know just this and that," He said calmly, trying to be as casual as possible, "I met up with Brock to see how he was doing and he seemed to have found himself a girl."

"Really? I'd say it's about time for him. 24 years old and only now gets a proper girlfriend." Delia said.

"She's not his girlfriend." Ash smiled. "She's his fiance."

"Oh that's wonderful!" Delia cheered, "Good for Brock."

Ash put the cheese on the sandwich along with lettuce and tomatoes. He presented it to Delia.

"Here you go," He said, handing her the food.

"Why thank you honey."

Delia looked at her sons masterpiece and began eating her food. Once she finished, he washed the plate and sat down next to her.

"Why have you came here anyway." She asked

"I was missing you Mom and thought It would be good to see how you were doing." Ash replied.

"Oh that's sweet," She smiled. "I'm doing just fine. Anyway what else have you been doing? Have you meet up with anyone else from the past?"

Ash's heart skipped a beat, his face began going white.

"Have you seen Dawn or Max or May or Mist-"

"NO!" Ash screamed.

Delia jumped from her seat and looked at Ash who was close to crying. She then wrapped her arms around him and asked him what was wrong.

"I don't really want to talk about it." He sighed.

Pikachu knew what was wrong with him, so he jumped on his knee.

"I can't Pikachu. I'm… Not ready." Ash said as his hat covered his eyes.

"Pikapi pi pikachu!" Pikachu said.

"Ash just tell me, I'm your mother." Delia said.

Ash look at the ground for a moment before being snapped back into reality.

"Ok Mom, but promise me you won't get upset." Ash said.

Delia wondered why she had to promise something so strange, but she went along with it.

"Promise." She smiled.

"Well… It's about Misty." Ash began.


Oh my? What happened to Misty? Is she ok? did anything else happen? Find out on Chapter 2 coming tomorrow...