Hey guys, I'm Jmtx100 and this is my first ever fanfiction story. I love Pokemon stories, I read a lot of them, but only few of them made a really good impression on me. So I thought I would try to write a Fanfiction Story myself.

I've put this story after the Unova series, because the X&Y doesn't fit properly here. Also amourshipping is quite overused now. I won't lie, it took me about two months to create this first chapter, mainly because of the language barrier. Although I'm not so bad at English (at least, that's my teacher said), I find it really hard to translate every idea that pops out in my head to English, without making any crucial mistakes. But forget about me, let's focus on the story!

Note: Reuploaded

Disclaimer: I don't know Pokemon and all of that stuff…

Silver Town, Pokemon Center

It was a busy evening in the Pokemon Center. It was full of people and Nurse Joy could barely deal with all the trainers that arrived to her workplace. Even though she was working hard to finish everything on time, Nurse Joy laid her eyes on a group of friends, who arrived here an hour ago. They were all relaxing after a rough day, watching the news:

'Welcome people to the PokeNews! My name is Alexa Pansy and today we will cover the topic of Ash Ketchum.' The group shivered when they heard that name, but the news continued. 'It's been three years since Ash Ketchum, wanted for assaulting The Kanto Champion, Lance disappeared. Their battle, was postponed during the last fight between Lance's Dragonite and Ash's Pikachu, because of the incoming storm. During the break, Lance got assaulted by none other than Ash Ketchum. After that incident, the pretender to Lance's title disappeared and never came back.'

'Although the majority of respondents consider Ash Ketchum dead by now, there are many people who believe they saw him alive, including the elite group of specialists created by the government. One of the most important members- Cilan from the Striaton City, said that his group collected enough evidence to believe that Ash Ketchum is still alive. But, because tomorrow will be the third anniversary of his disappearance, and no one ever gave a real evidence of Ash Ketchum being still alive, Pokemon League Association and General Police Department will officially consider him dead, tomorrow… It's been Alexa Pansy for the PokeNews. I'll see you people tomorrow!'

The news finished, but the group stayed quiet. They were all just sitting in silence for couple of minutes, thinking about that day. Day, they all betrayed Ash Ketchum…

The first one to break the silence was May, a brunette girl with a green bandana on her head "I don't know about you guys, but I sometimes feel weird about what we have done that day."

Soon another female from the group, Misty who had red hair tried to comfort everybody "And if it was really Ash? We had the right to accuse him of everything. It's obvious!" she shouted.

"No one proved it Misty. Besides he was our friend and friends should help each other. Not accuse themselves of crime." Iris, a purple haired girl responded.

Next one to talk was a dark skinned man, the tallest of the whole group, Brock. He tried to calm everybody down "May, Iris, we all should feel responsible for how we treated him." He continued "But Misty has a point, he was the only person, who was able to do something like this." he finished.

"But Brock!" Dawn, a blunette girl interrupted nearly shouting. Then she changed her tone, when she saw that everybody in the Pokemon Center were looking at them. "Although we had all the rights to accuse him…" She stopped for a second, trying her best not to cry in front of her friends. Then, she sighed and started again "I just wish we could rewind time and give him a chance to explain himself…"

"Dawn, don't blame y-" tried to say clearly the youngest member of the group, Max. He got quickly stopped by Gary, the third male in the group.

"Max, shut up, let the adults handle this." And while everyone tried to comfort Dawn, Max became angry. Every time he wanted to say something, someone had to interrupt him, even his older sister May.

"Remember it's Ashy- boy we are talking about, I'm 100% sure he did it. I knew him far too long, to be wrong" continued Gary.

"I guess you're right" said the blunette. But still, she wasn't convinced about Ash assaulting Lance.

"Come on guys let's change the topic! Pokemon Master Tournament is coming next week, so we should set off tomorrow, because Vertress City is far away from here!" said. And then they went on planning their journey to Unova.

Meanwhile White Forest, Unova

Ash was napping, alone, under a big tree somewhere in the middle of the forest. He was –as always- deep in thoughts. After being betrayed by his former „friends", he did really change a lot. He even dyed his hair dark blonde to not be recognized. Ash got slimmer and taller. He was wearing a unzipped black hoodie with a gold zip fastener and a black T-shirt with under the hoodie. He also had a amulet with a Mega Stone inside it. But what singled him out was his 'Indiana Jones' hat (Author's Note: I don't really know how to describe it, but you should know what I'm talking about) which was the same colour as his hoodie and daydreaming was soon interrupted, by someone who happened to be approaching him. Ash didn't care who it was. There was only one person, who was able to find him in this forest (An: White Forest here, is a completely wild area, isolated from people. Only few of them knows about it.)

"Do you know, why I am spending my time here?" No one responded, but it didn't stop Ash from continuing. "Because it reminds me of a young trainer, whose dream was to become a Pokemon Master. Even though, no one truly believed in his skills, because it was more like a childhood dream for them, he didn't give up. He worked hard every day and made his way to the top, just to fell and become a lonely freak with no skills and possibilities for a better future"

"Ash, do you know, why do we fall?" the ex-pokemon trainer did not answer to that question.

"To pick ourselves up" said a mysterious person behind the blonde haired man.

"What's the deal Natural? You didn't come just to tell me this, did you?" said Ash.

"How many times I have to tell you, that I don't like this name. Would you please call me just N? Besides can't a old friend of you see how are you doing?" said N who crouched next to Ash. They looked like alternate versions of each other. While Ash had a dark outfit, N had a long green hair followed by his white jacket and beige trousers. He had a gold bracelet on his wrist and a white cap.

"Hey, you called me Ash in the first place." Both Ash and N smiled "N, you are a very skillful person, but you just can't lie. Tell me, what's going on?" finished Ash.

"I guess you're right, Aiden". After the incident, Ash changed his identity, so no one could track him down. Both men stood there for couple of seconds in silence.

"You're not a freak Ash." N broke the silence "It's obvious, that you're acting like that because of your terrible past. And you're not lonely because you got me, Anthea, Concordia and your Pokemon of course." N stopped talking for a while. He looked at a envelope, which he was hiding behind his back this whole time. Then he finally gave it to Ash. "Read it, that's the main reason why I came here" The Blonde haired man gave N a quick, suspicious look, opened the envelope, took the letter from it and started reading:

Greetings Ash,

If you're reading this, that means N finally found you. Don't be mad at him, I helped him with something and in return, I asked him to give you this letter, since I know you two still had contact with each other.

After you disappeared, I started my own investigation and I found out that Lance framed you. I don't know, if you're aware of this, so I wrote it just in case you didn't. I showed the evidence to the PLA, but they didn't believe me. According to me, they just don't want to admit that they made a mistake.

The whole point of this letter is that as the time went, I got bored with my Battle Frontier, so I came up with a completely new idea of creating the biggest Pokemon event ever – Pokemon Master Tournament (you know that I'm not good at creating fancy names). The winner will become a new Pokemon Master. This title is equal to all the Champions, Princesses etc. And as far as I know, your dream was to become a Pokemon Master. I thought it would be a great idea to make a comeback after all these years. I don't really know if you follow the news, but tomorrow you'll be officially considered dead, so you're like a zombie now. Also your arrest warrant will be canceled, so you are finally free to join!

The tournament is beginning in a month from the date on the envelope in Vertress City in Unova. I'm sure you know this place well, since you participated there in the Vertress Conference. And don't worry about your fake identity(N told me), I already spoke to Nurse Joy in Vertress City to keep your arrival as a secret until the tournament starts, which I believe you'll make even more exciting.

P.S There are a lot of people who still wants to find you, I already saw a 1 000 000 $ prize for your head, so take care of yourself!

Your dear friend, Scott

Ash finished reading. "I would finally have a chance to become a real Pokemon Master!" Ash got excited for a second, but he quickly changed his mind "On the other hand, I promised myself I would never participate in a Pokemon battle again. Especially after what happened that day…"

Flashback

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" shouted excited Ash. He was so close to defeating Lance, the champion of Kanto. It was his first step to becoming a Pokemon Master.

"Dragonite, dodge it and attack Pikachu with your Dragon Claw!" Lance's Dragon Pokemon was about to execute the command of his trainer, when the rain started to fall and the sky went dark. Then the announcer spoke:

"I'm sorry to tell you, but the rest of the match will be postponed until tomorrow's morning since they storm is about to begin" the crowd groaned in anger, but the heavy rain changed their minds immediately. All the people started to ran to their hotels like a group of angry Tauros.

Ash went to the Pokemon Center to heal his Pokemon and then he made his way back to his hotel, without saying anything and without expressing any emotions. But in his mind, he was like a teenage girl. He felt disappointment, sadness, anger and understanding at the same time. He met with his friends in the lift. Every single one of them- Misty, Brock, Gary, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan and Professor Oak tried to cheer him up. He wasn't in the mood to talk, but he didn't know that it was the last time he saw them caring about him.

After a couple of minutes of unsuccessful "cheering up" process, Misty started to get angry. She was not the patient one, Ash knew it, but he was too busy fighting in his mind. He didn't even notice that she started to yell at him. He zoned out and even Misty's mallet didn't scare him.

"Ash Ketchum! How dare you ignoring me!" shouted Misty. Everyone laid their eyes on Ash, he looked like a wreck. Even Misty stopped yelling at him, when he didn't respond.

"Oh my, it's the first time my mallet did not work" she sadly confirmed.

"I'm going for a walk, alone" Ash managed to say. He didn't want anyone to see him in this state.

No one followed Ash except for Pikachu. The yellow mouse met with his trainer couple of minutes later in the forest next to Indigo Plateau.

"Pikachu, I thought I made myslef clear. I want to be alone." said Ash.

Pikachu didn't say anything, but Ash knew exactly what was his buddy thinking about.

"I know you wanted to keep me company, but I just need some time alone". Pikachu looked at his trainer once again. Ash broke down and started crying.

"I don't know why I'm crying Pikachu. We are still able to win this battle, that's for sure, but it seems like every time we fight, every time we are close to achieving our goals, something doesn't want us to win. It's so frustrating Pikachu!" he was waiting for his Pokemon to say something, but the yellow mouse didn't respond. Ash looked up and saw his Pikachu, frightened, as well as… Lance with his Dragonite standing in front of him. "What is Lance doing here?" raven haired boy asked himself.

"Dragonite, use Hyper Beam on this bastard Ketchum!" Ash found the answer too late, he couldn't escape the Hyper Beam. He closed his eyes and spread his hands, because he accepted his fate. He just waited for the Hyper Beam to kill him, but the attack never came. He opened his eyes and started crying. Hyper Beam was blocked by Pikachu, who felt on the ground. Nearly dead.

"Don't even think of telling anyone what happened here, or you'll never be able to see the sunlight again" Lance flew away on his Dragonite.

Ash didn't waste time on chasing Lance. He started running towards the Pokemon Center straight away, with Pikachu in his hands. It was killing him inside, to see his best friend in a state like that, so he started crying, again.

'Nurse Joy please help!' Ash cried while running into the Pokemon Center.

"Ash…oh no, what happened to Pikachu?!" said Nurse Joy, who obviously knew Ash, by now. Who wouldn't?

"I'll tell you everything later. The only thing that I can tell you right know, is that he nearly got killed by a strong Hyper Beam."

"Hey Ash, is everything all right?" asked N.

"Sorry, I zoned out for a minute." The blonde haired man looked at the date on the envelope. He realized there were still two weeks before Pokemon Master Tournament starts.

"Give me that letter" said N. Ash quickly handled the letter to his friend.

"What are you going to do?" said N, when he was finally done.

"I think t's obvious... I won't participate. I'll never come back to battling"

"WHAT?!" shouted surprised N "Ash when I first met you, I saw this remarkable bond that you created with your Pokemon. You looked confident, strong and most important, you looked happy. Now you're staring at the sky every day, doing nothing and telling yourself that you live a good life". Ash looked surprised, too. He never saw N that angry.

"Alakazam?" asked the Psi Pokemon, who appeared out of nowhere.

"This Alakazam is your friend, isn't he?" asked annoyed Ash. He wasn't suprised at all. N rarely travels without a friend.

"Every Pokemon is my friend, you know it" smirked the green haired man. "Just talk to your Pokemon, please. After all, it's their decision, too." finished N.

"Ok, but first I have to meet with someone" said Ash after a brief moment.

"Where are we heading then?" joked N.

"Alakazam, take us to Pallet Town"

So guys, that's the end of the first chapter. Wow! I never thought that I would be able to write nearly 3,000 words in English! Anyways, I want to you to let me know about any mistakes that I made during this story, any ideas or characters you want me to include. In a word, a feedback from the readers would be nice :) See you in the next chapter!