Chapter 1: Old Friends
"Everything looks so small! Doesn't it Pikachu?" It was Ash speaking. He was sitting on the window seat of an airplane, heading back to his hometown of Pallet Town after finishing the Unova league. After all his hard work, he managed to get second place. "Pika pika!" Pikachu said in response. Ash was looking down at Pallet Town, as he was coming in for a landing. "We're just about here, Pikachu." Ash said.
Ash took off the plane after landing and ran straight home. He tried opening the doors but they were locked. Soon, Mr. Mime came running around the corner. "Mr. Mime! Mr. Mime!" he said. "Oh hey there Mr. Mime! Where's mom?" Ash asked. Mr. Mime searched through his apron pocket and pulled out a key. "Mr. Mime!" he yelled. He used it to unlock the front door. All the lights were off. "Hey mom, I'm home!" he yelled. No response.
Ash continued to walk around the house in the dark. The light switch was on the other side of the room. He felt that he stepped on something. "Ouch!" he heard a familiar girl voice yell. Ash looked around. "M-misty?" he asked. Suddenly, the lights turned on. "Surprise!" Everyone yelled. All of Ash's old friends were there. Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris and Cilan along with Ash's Mom Delia, and Professor Oak. Misty looked at Ash.
"Why'd you have to go step on my foot!" she yelled "I mean, uh, welcome back Ash! It's good to see you again!" Ash just laughed awkwardly. Each of them all did their greetings and got to know each other a bit better. At least for those who hadn't seen each other before. "Ok! Who's hungry!" Delia asked. "I am!" Ash yelled in response.
Soon, everyone was gathering at the dining table while Delia started placing family sized dishes in the middle for everyone to scoop food out of. "I made your favorite Ash!" Delia said pleasantly. "Hooray!" Ash yelled. So now at the table everyone started to eat. Ash was hungry after a long airplane trip so he wasn't caring much for manners. Most of his friends were staring but later remembered that it was normal for Ash to behave this way. Iris was the only one who looked fairly annoyed. "Ash, you're such a kid!" she said and everyone started laughing. But even so, Ash didn't mind. He knew he was with true friends that he could always count on.