Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or anything that belongs to the franchise.
A young boy sat on the bench gloomy outside, thick grey clouds covered the sky. Like rain, the boy sobbed softly as his chest began to ache from both of his tears and a pain that no one knew how to cure. It was unbearable for the past few days. Suddenly, the door beside him opened, showing a sad mother that stood weakly on the doorway. She embraced her son while he cried on her chest. She whispered words of comfort but she also was also broken beyond repair.
"M-Mommy*sniff*, am I going to die?" He sobbed quietly; he gripped harder on her mother's clothing. Rain began to drop from the sky and it grew stronger until lightning cracked the sky. Her mother didn't reply as she just stroked her son's back and kissed him on the forehead; the boy calmed down and stared at her mother's deep brown eyes.
"No Ash, I promise you will not because you know who I am right? I am SuperMom!" The boy chuckled and stopped crying. "Thank you Mommy, I love you" He let go and held her mother's hand, she smiled and opened her umbrella to block the raging rain from drenching them. They began to walk home slowly; the duo had dark imaginings plastered in their minds, the mother repeated the same words in her head 'I'm sorry… Ash'.
The boy, named Ash was thinking about a specific event that occurred a couple days ago, the accident repeated slowly in his mind like a broken record, it traumatized him every night and scared him witless by day.
FLASHBACK
In the meadows of the peaceful town of Pallet, there lived a boy and his mother. They were a normal happy family. One day, the boy ran outside and played with her mother's Pokemon, he was greatly fascinated of the creatures, so much so that he wanted to receive the title of a Trainer and a Master. He dreamt of it and placed it on his highest priority in life. As he petted her mother's Absol, he saw a small figure in the distance.
He stopped his doings and ran towards the small silhouette. Her mother's Absol jerked her head up and widened her eyes, she barked and ran towards the boy but it was too late.
A horrendous scream filled the silent air of pallet as a deadly Pikachu bit on the hands of Ash; his eyes were full of terror as his vision began to fade out. Absol arrived and launched a huge Dark pulse towards the Pokemon and protected Ash.
'This Pikachu is not normal', She thought as she surveyed it's features, pale dark-yellow skin, veins were visible, eyes void of any emotion and its tail was much more sharper and long. It launched a large Thunderbolt towards the Absol, it was more powerful than a standard Pikachu, not to mention different. She barked the Pokemon to stop but it mindlessly launched another Thunderbolt, it was like a rogue machine.
Absol didn't have any choice but attack the opponent, she formed a Dark Pulse in her mouth and launched it towards Pikachu, as the attack connected surprisingly Pikachu was not even dazed. It ran towards Absol in speeds no one knew but was stopped when a large roar blasted it away towards tree and was caught by a large net. It struggled but the net electrified it to a crisp.
Absol looked behind and saw a logo she wished she never saw again, a black helicopter flew above her with 3 men that hung from the sides, the three men dropped and threw a net over Absol and Ash, the boy was barely awake and weakly struggled out of the net, pain erupted from his chest which made him place his hands on his chest and breath heavily. Absol saw this and stopped her tries of escape and instead help the boy in pain.
While they did this, the three men in black strapped the net that held Pikachu and climbed up the copter. They closed the door on the vehicle and flew away. The last thing Ash saw was the big R on the side of the copter.
FLASHBACK END
They finally arrived in their house, the mother gestured him to get to his room and ready for the night. He nodded depressed and walked up the stairs towards his room. She was worried; it's not great if a young child was this sad.
She looked at the old pictures that were on top of various pictures but one caught her eye. She picked the picture frame and studied it carefully; she smiled when she remembered where this photo was taken. This was from Alto mare when they visited her uncle during Tour de Alto mare.
This gave her an idea and a clever one at that. She ran inside the kitchen and called her uncle. "Hello Uncle Lorenzo? Yea, I- I mean we have a problem"
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ASH'S POV
I stretched my arms and my legs and sighed blissfully, I hugged all my Pokemon figures and left the bed. The day was going to be good, my gut told me but not literally, duh. My mother called me from below which signaled breakfast, the most important meal for the day. For a moment I forgot about my recent problem which for me was a good thing since it's not going to kill my appetite.
I opened the door and ran down the stairs. Old pictures hung from the top to the bottom, I figured that my mom was a photographer because if you saw her bookcase, you're going to be surprised. The door opened as I flipped the handle and a wonderful scent entered my nostrils. My mouth watered as I saw a big pile of pancake stacked after the other.
I jumped on the stool and dug in the delicious meal, my mother smiled and continued cooking the extra pancakes since you know, I'm not called the champion of pancake eating for nothing! She turned off the stove and placed the plate on the table.
She sat down and ate her share of food which consisted of eggs and sausages. I hated the sausages but loved dearly the eggs but it made me sick last week so…
Anyways, my mother started talking but I was too busy to listen because of this food right front of me. I was pulled out of my stupor when my mother nudged me with her foot.
"I was saying, Ash we have a visitor today" I gagged, not because of my mother's words but from the amount of pancakes I ate in a single minute. I swallowed the whole load and asked.
"Who is the visitor mommy?" She laughed, "You will know dear, 'she' is your best friend after all". I stared at her in confusion but decided to just eat the food that remained on my plate. After I finished, I asked my mother permission to go to the best Pokemon lab in the world, Professor Oak's lab/ranch. She approved and I quickly ran out of the house, I wore my hat which was a very rare Pokemon hat I won in a raffle because of my mother's help, I'm so lucky I have a great mom.
Unfortunately, while I was walking peacefully through the roads, a tall boy with chestnut hair appeared before me with three other people, 2 boys and a girl. He smirked arrogantly, similar to the smiles of the other two boys; the girl however was hesitant and dared not to gaze to my eyes.
I stood my ground and smiled innocently, the boy with the brown hair and kicked dust at my clothing, also he intended kicking me square on my stomach which made me stumble and land on my butt. I coughed blood, not red blood however it was pure dark blood.
"You should thank me Ketchum, if it weren't for me you're dead" As much as I hated to admit it but he was right, he was factor to my survival.
"Thank you then Gary, I thank you for saving me and giving funds to my health, I also thank your grandfather for making me a temporary medicine" I shakily pushed myself off the ground but one of the boys kicked some dust from the ground to my eyes. It resulted to me stumbling right back down.
"I did that because I don't want you to be a goner just yet" He smirked evilly, his acquaintances chuckled, well the girl uhh let's forget about her for a second.
"Come on Gary, where's my friend, the one who helped me in every way?" I coughed again; it drained my strength little by little. Unexpectedly, he kicked me violently.
"That Gary is gone Ash! You will never understand me!" I hissed in the sharp pain that showed itself in my leg.
"It's Ok Gary, I understand you clearly, you don't need to be insecure of yourself" He growled in anger and grabbed a rock from the road and threw it to my face in pure rage, he looked at his fellow followers and they kicked me painfully before they walked away, leaving us alone.
"Remember Ash, you will not know my pain, it's much more worse than yours" He walked at the opposite direction where I was going. The girl was watching silently in the sidelines and was stunned to see what had occurred. I saw her looking at my bruises and wounds.
"Hey do me a favor and watch over Gary, please?" She diverted her gaze and nodded before she ran away, I heard her faint sobs. "Thanks Anabel"
I tiredly stood up and limped towards the lab, even still I was this injured, nothing could stop me from going to the best Pokemon lab in the world which was led by the kindest people I knew, Professor Oak.
NORMAL POV- 3RD POV
After the unfortunate encounter with his 'friend' Gary, the day went smoothly for Ash. Professor Oak, the man that he is, a respectable scientist and an understandable adult. He checked on him and healed him of his injuries and avoided asking sensitive questions, he also gave him a daily dose of his medicine which was through a needle and it resulted to a lot of squirms and yelps but it was pretty normal for his age. He played with the Pokemon in the ranch and studied the books in the library.
A couple hours later, he has to go home so he bid his farewell and walked home in the midst of sunset, as he occasionally looked over the sunset. He saw houses, well-built ones, ones that stood on cement and steel not like his which are just wood and hard clay. He gazed at one specific house at the bottom of the hill, lights were brightly lit inside.
He didn't realize sooner but he bumped in front of his and his mother's fence. He laughed and opened the fence gate then closed it. He ran up the stairs and knocked on the door, it was suspiciously not locked if the door swaying open was any indication.
"Hello?" His words rang through the halls of the structure which made shivers down his spine; the eerie silence is not his type. He felt eyes watching him from above which made him whip his gaze towards the ceiling.
A red jet-like creature floated above him, "Boo!" He screamed and ran up the stairs in fright, the Pokemon scratched its neck and followed suite.
It saw him under his covers, shaking crazily. It poked him which made him jump and land on his back, on the floor. The creature laughed hysterically due to the scene.
He looked around and saw the Pokemon, "Latias?!" He shouted in surprise, she lunged at him. Her soft skin threaded his arms which made him blush red and moan quietly. Footsteps could be suddenly heard outside the door and figures out of the doorway, it was her mother and… Uncle Lorenzo and cousin Bianca?
"Uhh hello?" He stuttered due to the awkwardness that loomed in the air, they laughed at Ash and Latias' position which actually for Ash, has nothing funny about it and wondered why.
"Good afternoon dear" Latias licked his cheek which made Ash very uncomfortable as he felt saliva cascading down his cheek. Lorenzo and Bianca grinned at the interaction but stayed quiet. He pushed Latias away which made her frown a bit but was unnoticed by Ash.
"Are they the visitors you are t-talking about mommy?" He asked as he tried to push away Latias from hugging him to death but the pokemon showed no fatigue. Bianca and Lorenzo came forward and gave Ash an embrace in which was interrupted of Latias' embrace of her own.
"We miss you lad" The old man said as he fixated his clothes, he sat down next to him and smiled kindly. Bianca followed suite and hugged her little brother figure.
"Where's Latios?" Ash asked curiously, the old man told him that he was still guarding the soul dew, the orb that powered the DMA or Defense Mechanism of Altomare, quite complex stuff for the young Ash. Ash was saddened but understood the responsibility of Latios and the dew, he just thought he needs some well-deserved break from guarding the orb but with evil people and Latias around, he kept his mouth shut.
Suddenly, Latias pulled Ash's wrist and dragged him downstairs, the adults and teen now were alone in his room. Delia sighed in despair as she picked a picture of Ash sat down sadly; Lorenzo neared his niece and patted her back to at least assure her. Bianca walked out of the room as she knew what she will hear will not be great for her.
Delia unexpectedly broke down into sobs while she clutched the picture on her chest as she thought of the short life of Ash. "How long does he have" He asked, Delia looked at the old man's eyes in agony and looked down.
"A year or so, maybe two" She replied hastily, the atmosphere around the room darkened a bit. "Next year he will be a trainer" He said as if he knew it was going to happen.
"How do you know? Professor Oak only picks the promising candidates and what can he do in a year? Win a league? That's next to impossible, I think-" The old man shushed him and rubbed the woman's back in reassurance.
"He will, I sense great talent in the boy, don't restrict your child, you will regret what you've done if ever you did it" He took a deep breath and continued, "He deserves to know the world before he passes so he can tell his adventures and misfortunes to the one who creates" Delia nodded, he was right, Ash needed to know at least a small piece of the world.
"How?" She asked, Lorenzo thought for a couple seconds before he replied.
"Follow my words carefully, on the day he turns ten, he must be qualified trainer, you must give him all the necessities he needs, you must support his path whole-heartedly, lastly you must give him hope if there is none, got it?" Delia nodded, she appreciated the advice of Lorenzo but had one last question.
"What will I do before then?"
"Teach him, you're a retired trainer, you are more than capable of teaching him" The old man said before he exited the room as his footsteps faded. Delia looked at the picture he held and kissed it.
"I promise"
A/N
That took longer than expected, this is supposed to be a rewrite from one of the stories but I just changed it in its entirety, I wrote this past midnight so I'm really sleepy. Also I might be quite rusty so forgive me because I haven't typed something for a long time. But well that's all for this chapter so I hoped you have fun reading this, its fanfiction after all. You want to change something about a thing you like and share it to others in words, fanfiction is a way. I don't want to write this A/N much longer further so,
GBYE*snore*
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