A/N: It's my first story. I want constructive criticism, please. Enjoy.
Our heroes, Ash, Cilan, and Iris, are currently in a deep forest, in Ash's conquest to defeat the Unova League. Currently, visibility is low, and our heroes can barely see their own faces. But it is about to get even harder to get out of this thick forest.
As Ash begins to enter an unusual cavern, and dim light enters the area, he notices something unusual. It seems to be an outline of a spiky ball with a rounded triangle standing on a tree. Guessing that it is a Pokémon, Ash decides to attempt to catch it, and climb the tree. But as he attempts to reach this unknown creature, it lunges at him, revealing bat wings and a twisted tail, ending similarly to tattered rope, in that two areas of the tail are coiled together. It begins flapping its wings, like the Pokémon is wielding two swords on its back. As our raven-haired trainer realizes that the Pokémon is about to use Air Cutter, his bright auburn eyes, usually so full of hope and determination, suddenly fill with the sense of fear. He attempts to move out of the way, but the Swoobat, identified by the constant screeching of its name, is faster than he is. The Swoobat screeches its name, and Ash is attacked by the Air Cutter. He yells, as the Swoobat is attempting to shoo the intruder away, Ash yells, "Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh GOD! Not the face, not the face!"
The Swoobat succeeds in ridding its home of the intruder, and returns to its previous position. Iris, our purple ponytail wearing hero, attempts to find her way out of the cavern, and onto the next town, she comes across the tree, and Ash lands right on top of her into a compromising position. Ash rolls off of Iris, and Iris begins to yell at him.
"You little kid! What is your problem? How did you fall off of that tree, anyways? And why is your face all scratched up?" Iris screams at Ash. As she screams, Ash's raven hair blows back from the force of Iris's yell. Ash began to explain to her what happened when the Swoobat used Air Cutter, and, when he finished, Iris began to laugh.
"You were dumb enough to attempt to try and find a Pokémon in this cavern, when we should be getting out? You are such a little kid!" Iris managed to laugh out before rolling onto the moss covered cavern floor.
"Alright, I'll try to find my way out and come back to you. You can look for Pokémon while I'm waiting. Okay?" Iris told Ash.
"Okay," he responded.
"Good luck!" they both yelled simultaneously, as Iris ran off into a different direction.
Ash began to look up in trees, even under rocks. After hours of searching, and Iris not coming back, he noticed a dust cloud falling from a cave. Before he could release Snivy to check it out, he heard a familiar feminine voice.
"Blaziken, on stage!" The voice yelled. Ash looked to the right, where the voice came from, and he saw a large red, orange, and white Pokémon that looked like it could kick him right back to Kanto, no plane necessary. Behind this behemoth Pokémon was a familiar trainer, wearing biker gloves, a green bandana covering her chocolate brown hair, and an orange tank top with shorts. The person he saw was his old friend, May, who used to travel with Ash. Ash could not believe that May was right in front of him, in Unova, far away from Hoenn.
"Wait," he thought, "there aren't any Pokémon contests in Unova! Why is she here? What Pokémon is she battling, anyways?" The unknown Pokémon roared out its name, identifying itself.
"Excadrill!" the 89 lb, 2 foot tall Pokémon roared. Ash looked it up on his Pokédex, and it showed Ash a picture of a brown Pokémon with red spots and silver, sharp, and spiny drill-like spikes on its head and hands.
"Excadrill, the Subterrene Pokémon. Ground and Steel Type. Excadrill helps in tunnel construction. Its drill has evolved into steel strong enough to bore through iron plates." The Pokédex droned in a monotone voice. As Blaziken charged up a Flamethrower attack because of May's orders, Excadrill used Dig. The almighty blast of fire ejected from the Fire and Fighting types' mouth and scorched a tree behind the Excadrill, who had just disappeared. The Excadrill, after what seemed like an eternity, came out of the ground from behind the six foot Pokémon. Its claws hardened, and began to look like steel claws, and, when the Excadrill fully exited the ground, popped up like a Diglett with a powerful Metal Claw. This move was not very effective, and Blaziken's feet began to glow and heat up, like a fire raging on the Pokémon's feet, and it kicked the Excadrill, knocking it away and making it hit the wall like a seven year old stuffed Teddiursa doll when a kid throws it. Despite the hard landing, Excadrill was still conscious.
As May realized this, she yelled, "Blaziken, use a light Flamethrower!" Blaziken obeyed its Pokémon trainer, and released a weak Flamethrower, almost as light as an Ember. This was enough to knock the Excadrill unconscious.
"That Excadrill won't be bothering us anymore," May stated, relieved. Her Blaziken nodded its head to show that it agreed with its trainer as well.
"May! Great job!" Ash yelled. May looked to her right and sure enough, she saw Ash.
"What are you doing here?" Ash asked May.
"I'm here because I wanted to try something new and try traveling on my own," May explained. Actually, she had many reasons.
Olivine City, Johto
A large white cruise ship honked its horn, so loud it could be heard miles around. As it docked, May could be identified talking with a green haired man, wearing a purple vest with a rose in his hand. This man was Drew LaRousse. He was going to ask May to go to Sinnoh with him, as they had just finished their Johto journey. May had lost to Drew in the Top 4, and Solidad had beaten him in the final round.
"I don't want to go with you on your journey to Sinnoh, Drew." May said.
"Why do you not want to go with me? Is it because of someone else?" Drew asked.
"Well, I feel like I need to move on, and try something else, other than Contests. Maybe I'll go through Johto collecting badges, like Ash." May explained.
"Is it Ash? Do you not want to go on my journey because of Ash? Am I not good enough for you? Are you sure," Drew asked, his anger rising by the second, "that you want to travel with Ash because he is better than me? Well, if you feel that way, then, to tell you the truth, you are not worthy to travel with me!" Drew ended in a yell.
"I was going to tell you I loved you, but forget about it, it's too late!" Drew yelled, and smashed the rose onto the ground, crushing it under his foot. Truth be told, May really liked Drew, and came to enjoy his company. But when she acted like Ash, or referenced him, Drew became uncomfortable.
"Apparently," May thought, "Drew didn't want to lose me to Ash. I wanted to tell him that I loved him, but it's too late now. Maybe I can talk to Ash about this, if he's in Pallet Town." May began to dial Ash's home phone number.
Pallet Town, Kanto
"RING-RING-RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL! RING-RING-RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!" The videophone screamed throughout the house of Ash Ketchum.
"Mom, could you get that? I'm brushing my teeth; I've got to get ready to go to Unova!" Ash's voice called out from upstairs. His mother answered the call, and saw a green bandana wearing girl. She immediately recognized her face, and addressed her.
"Hello, May! How are you? If you want to talk to Ash, he's brushing his teeth, and is getting ready to go to Unova with me." Ash's mom, Delia said.
"Unova? What's Unova?" May asked.
"It's a country far away from Hoenn and Kanto, and they have unique Pokémon there, too. I heard from Professor Oak that they do Pokémon musicals instead of contests." Delia explained.
"Thanks for telling me. I might try a Pokémon musical." May informed.
"Alright, I've got to go; I have to get ready as well." Delia told her.
"Bye! Have a safe trip!" May exclaimed.
"Thanks, bye!" Delia said, her voice riddled with enthusiasm for her trip to Unova.
Olivine City, Johto,
As the call ended, May had one thought.
"Maybe I can see Ash or Brock on my way to Unova! Alright, I guess it's settled. I'm going to Unova!" May thought.
May did not explain why she wanted to travel on her own, but Ash was not suspicious and did not ask to go into detail, so she was relieved. When Drew said she was worthless, it stung her, like a Beedrill, and that memory kept replaying in her head over and over again, like a broken record.
"I need to go find Iris," Ash suddenly said. After thinking, May made her decision.
"I'll come with you."