Location - An island just of the coast of Sinnoh .
Time - 5:37 A.M
"Piii..." A small yellow rodent like pokemon yawned as he blinked his eyes open slowly. Standing up on all fours, the small electric pokemon let out another yawn as he looked around. Falling back on to his hind-legs with one more yawn, the tall eared pokemon scratched at his ear before looking around his surroundings.
"Finally awake buddy?" A young but mature sounding voice spoke up, making the small rodent's ears twitch. Smiling as he looked towards the source of the voice, Pikachu let at a happy, "Kaaa.." As he ran up to his trainer, jumping up and taking his usual spot on his trainers shoulder, "You sure slept well, must have been tired from all that training yesterday i suppose..." The young man said with a smile as he raised a hand up and scratched behind his starters ear, earning a happy cry from the electric pokemon.
"Regardless!" The young man suddenly said, a smile on his face as he stopped scratching Pikachu's ear and lowered his arm, letting it hang by his poke'ball covered belt, "It's a brand new day - who knows what it will bring" The boy continued, stretching his arms up as he turned away around and began walking away from the cave he and his pokemon called home.
Taking a few steps away from the cave, the man smiled as he felt the thin rays of sunlight settle on his face, skimming across the marks on his cheeks and reflecting off his golden brown eyes, "Nice weather, at least that storm cleared up from last night, aye buddy?" "Pi-Pikachu!" Pikachu chipped in with a smile and nod of his small head.
Hopping down a small ledge, the young man let out a yawn as he stretched his arms above his head with a sigh, "Another day of training, right bud?" Pikachu grinned and nodded as he jumped from the boys shoulder. Landing in front of his trainer, Pikachu looked back with a challenging look and a grin, "Oh, you wanna race? You are so on!" The young man exclaimed as the duo began running, disappearing deeper into the dense forest that took up most of the island.
"H-H-HEY! N-No fair!" The young man exclaimed as Pikachu began gaining more speed, a trail of white light trailing behind him, "Y-You cheated!" The young man panted as he came to a stop on the edge of a large clearing, one hand around his stomach and the other resting on his knee as he gasped for air. Glaring at the smirking electric pokemon, the young man shook his head as he stood up straight after regaining his ability to breath normally, "I didn't say you could use Quick-Attack!" Pikachu just let out a cheeky laugh, making the young man roll his eyes as a small smile creeped onto his face, "Fine, you win this time - but next time don't use your moves!" Pikachu just shrugged with a playful smile, earning another eye roll from his trainer as he walked further into the clearing.
The clearing itself was fairly sized, about the size of a small football field: a small river ran through the clearing, and it was covered in rocks that varied in size from small pebbles to large boulders - although many of the large boulders had been destroyed thanks to previous training sessions.
"Alright, let's get everyone warmed up" The young man stated as he reached to his belt, unclipping two poke'balls and throwing them into the air, he watched as two of his pokemon appeared in front of him.
"Raptor!" "Talon!" Both pokemon cried as they appeared in front of the trainer, both shaking their heads and ruffling their feathers before looking up at their trainer, "Morning Staraptor, Talonflame" The young man greeted his pokemon with a smile, walking over and petting both the bird pokemon's heads gently, "You know what to do right?" Both pokemon nodded as they took to the sky and began flying around the island, warming their bodies up before they began training.
Watching as the duo flew off, the young man nodded as he walked over to the river and released his water type pokemon, "Alright - Floatzel, Dewott, Croconaw, the usual" The three water type pokemon nodded as they began swimming up stream, easily fighting againest the river's current. Satisfied, the trainer walked over to the edge of the clearing, near a particularly dense portion of the tress and released his next four pokemon, "Sceptile, Levanny, Heracross, Servine - through the tree's" The four pokemon nodded as they disappeared into the dense section of tree's.
Walking back into the clearing, the young trainer released two more pokemon, "Hawlucha, Infernape - sparring time" Both fighting type pokemon nodded as they began sparring with each other, leaving their trainer to release his final few pokemon, "Bulbasaur, Bayleef, Donphan, Scrafty, Krookodile, Gliscor, you two Pikachu - let's do some laps" The young man stated, earning nods from each pokemon: Pikachu jumping from his shoulder to join the others as they all began doing laps around the clearing, trainer included.
The young man was none other than 17 year-old Ash Ketchum - at one time the pride of Pallet Town and hero to many young, aspiring trainers around the world, thanks to the many times he had saved the world from natural calamities caused by the evil organisations that once ran ramped throughout the regions.
Panting softly as he ran, Ash let his mind wonder, his pace slowing slightly as he thought back the fond memories he had made traveling through out the regions. However, it didn't take long till those fond, often happy memories seemed to fade in his mids eyes - instead a dark and sad memory bloomed, taking over Ash's mind like a virus, slowing him down even more until he came to a complete hauly, his body starting to shake softly as the memory took over his body, mind and emotions.
Noticing that their trainer has come to a complete stand still, the bundle of pokemon running besides Ash stopped, turning to look back at their trainer with confused and curious eyes. Looks of confusion and curiosity quickly turned to alarm as they noticed the boy shaking. In their minds it could only mean he was thinking back to the day it happened.
The day everything in Ash's life shattered and fell apart at the seems.