Ash was by the sea, it was dark and cold, it was night and there were no stars above him, just clouds.
Ash rowed his boat, what was he rowing it to? He didn't know, it was the urge, an urge he had to fulfill. He rowed the boat along the waters, until he reaches the island.
Ash questioned many things, why was he here? Where was Pikachu? Why was he doing this?
He didn't know, not at all, he simply rowed the boat the best he could. The island's shore was just a few more strokes away.
It took a lot of time, the same could be said for effort and energy, he rowed onto the sandy shore and got off, a wreckage which appeared to be a ship was in the distance.
Ash was drawn to it again, he walked, like a drunk man, like a wasted pirate, towards it, the water hitting his shoes now and again.
On the broken hull of it, there was a man, a really tall man, and Ash walked towards him.
The man were to raise his gun at him, Ash stopped, he breathed, and continued to walk, the man readied to fire. Until he saw who he was.
The man walked to Ash.
"Ash, what are you doing here?" The man asked.
"Dad, come back" Ash said weakly.
"Ash, Remember, I can only be at sea, I can only remain at sea, if I were to step on land, I would die" says Ash's father.
"Dad please! Mom is on the verge on remarrying!"
"Good for her, it's better for her to have someone to grow old with and be with her for the rest of her life than to waste it being faithful to someone who will never be there"
Ash cried as he knelt down to his feet.
Ash's father went down on one knee, he patted Ash's head (Ash doesn't have his cap on) and rubbed it.
"Hush my son, I will always love you and your mother, But now, I sadly belong..."
Ash looked up at his father.
"To the southern seas" his father faded into the dark insides of the ship.
And Ash woke up.
He had to go to a southern region.
Hey guys, sorry for the short start, but then again, this is a beforehand.
So I NEED your help (in making pokemon) guys if this story progresses, so, first thing is first, there's no Pikachu accompanying Ash in this story.
Ash will NOT be using his old pokemon (Greninja included), and his old female companions WON'T be returning. (I may reconsider for Iris, Anabel, Burgundy, Georgia, Bel and Serena) That way the story can go through some actual originality without using so many damn cliches.
And one of those cliches is Ash's aura connections, none of that, none of that in this story.
And of course, I don't own Pokemon.