A New Age

by bluedarkyugi

Five years after Ash's death at the hands of CIPHER a young girl starts on her own Pokemon journey, but with CIPHER targeting her she must unravel the mysteries of her parents past and find a way to stop the finalisation of the XD series.

1. Prologue

A New Age

Prologue

A much older Ash was involved in a Pokemon battle on the cliffs of Pallet Town against an 80's reject with a Pokeball style Afro. Pikachu was battling an unusually aggressive Squirtle and losing badly. Misty and Brock were being held by two goons in white watching the battle. His opponent had said he was from a group named CIPHER and had blown all of Team Rockets Pokemon away with a single blast, leaving them to tend to what was left of their Pokemon whilst the strange man battled Ash.

"Ash!" screamed Misty as the Pokemon battle drove Ash closer towards the edge.

"Why don't you give up you silly little boy?" gloated his opponent, "My shadow Pokemon is near unstoppable."

The Squirtle snarled as it flew past Ash's Pikachu and attacked Ash driving him closer towards the edge.

"What have you done to make that Pokemon so violent?" yelled Brock attempting to break free from the hold of the CIPHER goons.

"We closed the door to it's heart," laughed the CIPHER chief. Finally turning it's attention to Pikachu the Squirtle violently tackled Pikachu sending Pikachu flying over the edge of the cliff. Ash yelled and went over the cliff grabbing Pikachu and a rock on the edge. The CIPHER goons let go of Misty and Brock who ran towards the cliff.

"Hold this," said Misty handing Brock her Jacket as she went over the cliff to reach Ash. She grabbed Ash's hand and Brock leaned over to grab Misty's as the Squirtle Tackled Brock sending him over the cliff. He managed to grab Ash's ankle but just couldn't find a foothold leaving just Misty to support both him and Ash.

"Can't you find a foothold?" yelled Misty as she struggled to pull Ash up. She looked up to see the CIPHER chief looking at her.

"Hope you're not afraid of heights kiddo," smirked the chief.

"Get lost jerk," replied Misty defiantly.

"The names Miror B kid," replied the chief as he flung an empty Pokeball at Misty's head. Her grip loosened on the rock as it hit and her life flashed before her eyes as her hand finally let go of the rock.

After she lost her grip Miror B turned around and indicated they should leave. There was no point in staying around to attract unwanted attention now that their mission was over.