Hey guys! SMU here! Okay, so I've seen the first two episodes of the Sun and Moon anime, and I gotta say, I'm impressed. I think they did a really good job, and I'm looking forward to the rest of it! Hopefully it will not be a repeat of Black and White, b/c we certainly don't need THAT again! I then had the thought to write a fanfiction on how I thought the series should have started MY way. Not that I have a problem with what they did, but there are some things I would've added. Anyway, hope you all enjoy! Let's go!
Chapter 1: Alola! Here we come!
Sounds of shouting and excitement could be heard from a distance coming from the Ketchum residence in Pallet Town. Ash Ketchum, now 16 years old, was bouncing up and down the walls. He was so excited! He could hardly contain himself as he threw clothes and other necessities into his suitcase, preparing for the trip. His mom's pokemon,"Mimey," a Mr. Mime, had won tickets for a vacation to the Alola region, and that meant going to a new region, with new adventures and new pokemon to see!
"Now let's see," he said checking his luggage. "I have my clothes, shoes, toothbrush, swim trunks and everything else, but what else am I missing?"
As the raven haired teen was about to pack up his bags, Pikachu came running in with a pair of underwear.
"Looking for these?" his pokemon said with a smirk.
Ash smiled and gave his partner a scratch on the head.
"Thanks Pikachu. Almost forgot my underwear. Mom would fuss over that. What would I do without you buddy?" he said as he packed them up.
As he stood up to bring his stuff downstairs, his attention was drawn to his dresser, which had all his gym badges, trophies, and most importantly, pictures of all his closest friends. He smiled, recalling the memories they all made together. There was Brock and Misty, Gary, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris and Cilan, many others, and his most recent friends, Clemont, Bonnie and Serena. For some reason, Ash couldn't seem to get Serena out of his mind. It had been exactly six months since he left Kalos, and he missed all three of them terribly, but he missed Serena the most. After her kiss she gave him before they separated, Ash felt like his eyes had finally been opened to Serena's true feelings, and he was wondering if he was starting to feel the same way about her.
"I can't believe I was THAT dense." he muttered to himself. "Maybe I should call her later and catch up." he thought to himself, but shrugged it off and went downstairs, Pikachu following close behind.
Ash's mother, Delia Ketchum, was humming a cheerful tune as she was packing her bags as well, with the help of Mimey. She turned to see Ash and Pikachu rushing down the stairs.
"You need to slow down Ash, or you'll be exhausted when we get on the plane," she scolded," that goes for you too Pikachu."
"Sorry Mom." Ash and Pikachu apologized in unison, even though Pikachu just spoke his name.
Delia smiled."It's fine. I'm just looking after you two, that's all."
The smile quickly returned to Ash and Pikachu's faces and they both ran out the door.
"I'll meet you at the car mom, just gotta say goodbye to the professor and my pokemon!" Ash yelled to his mom.
Delia smiled and waved back to her son. "Okay, just be back in twenty minutes!"
Lucky for Ash, Professor Oak's lab was not very far away from where he lived. Only maybe about five minutes away. The lab was in Pallet Town after all. After a few minutes, the lab came into view, and the two jumped the familiar fence leading to the professor's pokemon ranch, the place were all of Ash's pokemon from many different regions stayed. Not even two seconds after he and Pikachu jumped the fence, they were immediately trampled by all of Ash's tauros. After getting up painfully, Ash spotted and shouted to the professor, who was feeding some of his pokemon nearby.
"Hey Professor Oak!" he shouted. Pikachu shouted his own hello as well.
Professor Oak looked up and saw Ash and smiled.
"Ash, my boy! It's quite early to be visiting isn't it?" he said with a grin.
The shouting didn't go unnoticed, as many of Ash's pokemon saw their trainer and happily rushed to see him. Ash was then tackled by Bayleef, and many others. Ash happily smiled and petted his pokemon.
"So what brings you here this early in the morning?" the professor asked.
"My mom and I are about to leave for our vacation to Alola, and I wanted to say bye to you all before we headed out," Ash said.
"Well I hope you have a great trip indeed," Professor Oak said happily, then jumped in surprise.
"Oh wait! That's today?! I completely forgot! I need you to do a favor for me Ash," he said as he ran back inside his lab. Ash and Pikachu just looked at each other in confusion, until the professor returned with a strange looking egg.
"This egg is very important! I need it delivered to my cousin Samson Oak in the Alola region. Will you do that for me,? he pleaded.
Ash smiled and took the egg. "Of course I can. Sure thing professor!"
"Thank you my boy! I'd ask Tracey or Gary to do it, but they're both gone on some business. Take care!" Professor Oak said with a big smile.
Ash and Pikachu waved back towards the professor and his pokemon before turning around to leave. They didn't get far though, as they were stopped by a familiar pokemon, trying to get Ash's attention.
"Wait Ash! Don't leave! I want to go with you!"
Oshawott was waving his arms like a crazy person, as Ash and Pikachu looked at him with questioning looks.
"Hey Oshawott. What's the matter?" Ash asked.
Pikachu jumped down to talk to his friend so he could figure out the problem.
"Oshawott, what's wrong?" he asked the sea otter pokemon.
Oshawott cried a little. "I want to go with you guys. I hate it here. I want to be traveling the world with you guys, not stuck here in this stupid lab."
Pikachu suddenly felt really bad for his friend. Oshawott always did want to be as close to Ash as he was, but he never really got that much attention. Now he was begging to go with them, and he was starting to think he deserved to.
"You want to travel with us? Then why didn't you tell us before we left for Kalos? I'm sure Ash would've been happy to take you with him," Pikachu asked.
Oshawott stopped crying, and answered.
"…Because I couldn't face Ash. After we all lost to Cameron in the Unova League, I felt bad because it was all my fault! I wasn't strong enough and I want to be strong like you Pikachu and travel with Ash!" he said.
Pikachu smiled and placed his paw on Oshawott's shoulder.
"All right, I'll tell Ash!" he said happily.
Oshawott's face lit up with excitement. "You mean it?!"
"Yeah! Of course!" Pikachu said and then got his trainer's attention.
"Ash, Oshawott want's to travel with us to Alola! Can he?"
Ash looked at his partner and understood. He then knelt down towards Oshawott.
"Is that true Oshawott? You want to come with us? Then why didn't you say something?"
Oshawott looked down at the ground in shame.
Ash studied his pokemon's expression carefully, then realized the true issue.
"Hey Oshawott. It's okay," Ash said with a smile. "Losing the Unova League wasn't your fault. If anything it was mine. I didn't push you and the others hard enough to be an effective team, and if you want to come with me to Alola, that's fine by me!"
"YES!" Oshawott shouted in happiness and jumped on Ash's left shoulder, while Pikachu jumped on his right.
"All right then! Let's go guys!" Ash shouted and the trio were off.
Arriving at the Pallet Town Airport, the family checked in their bags, and after what felt like hours of getting through airport security, Ash and Delia got on the plane, with their pokemon following close behind. Ash, Pikachu, and Oshawott decided to sit together on one row, while Delia sat with Mimey on the row behind them. Ash held a special container carefully, which contained the egg Professor Oak had entrusted to him, and he didn't wanted crush it. The flight attendant then spoke on the intercom.
"Attention passengers. We have begun out flight to the Alola region. Electronics are to be turned off or put in airplane mode as we begin out take off. Our flight time is ten hours. Please relax and enjoy the flight."
Ash pulled his cap over his head and decided to take a nap, while Pikachu and Oshawott snuggled next to him.
"I can hardly wait to get there,,,," he mumbled to himself, then fell fast asleep.
Well, that's the end of chapter 1! I hope you all enjoy this story, because it as certainly fun to write. I will still be writing The Bradford Family Reunion. I just wanted to start a new story in the meantime. I will try to make the story follow the anime as best I can, with a few tweaks. I may or may not bring Serena back, but there is a 99% I will. However, this is NOT an Amourshipping story! See you all later! SMU out!