Prelude.
*Ash, you're on. *…. Oh, I am? …Ok.
It all began back when I was on my journey in Hoenn, back when it was me, Pikachu, May, Max, and Brock. I had just lost the Hoenn league, and we were on our way back to Petalburg to drop of May and Max at their parents house. That's when it happened, before then I was just my plain old self. To clarify, I have to go back. Back before it happened, Back before everything changed…
Chapter 1. Recent Memories
"How much longer?" I whined while dragging my feet.
"Not much, we're almost to the next town." Replied Brock.
For the past few hours Brock, May, Max, Pikachu, and I were basically lost, looking for the nearest town to heal up our Pokémon and to figure out on where to go next. "You just said that 15 minutes ago!" Shouted May from the back of the group.
"I'm positive the next town is right behind this hill" Brock objected, pointing to the top of a really steep hill. So, we continued walking. Eventually, when we finally got to the top, I was expecting to see maybe a building, a Center, or a gym of some sort.
"There's nothing but more forest!" I yelled and crouched down in defeat. After yelling, everyone started to sweat droop at the pathetic sight of me on the ground.
"Um, Brock, my pokenav says that the isn't anything within 20 miles from here." Max stated, breaking the awkward silence.
"No, that can't be true!" Brock panted (since he sprinted up the slop), "I looked at the map 3 times and I swear that there was a town near here"!
"Well, it's pretty obvious that there isn't anything here." May answered with her arms cradling the back of her neck.
"Well, since the suns about to go down, I guess we're just going to have to camp here for the night." Max said as he gestured to the setting sun.
"Yeah I guess so," agreed Brock while setting his stuff down. "Here, I'll get dinner ready." He then proceeded pulled a table, chairs, stove, and other cooking supplies from his backpack. (I still don't know where he keeps all that stuff.)
After we all stuffed Brock's food down like a bunch of hungry munchlaxes, me especially, all lied around in food comas for the next 30 minutes. When we started coming to, it was twilight and the stars were just coming into view.
"Wow, would you look at that!" Brock gasped with his head cocked back, looking at the night sky.
"Yeah, Its so pretty." May sighed with awestruck.
"Hey Look!" I jumped. "Its the Tree of Life and the castle where we met Lucario!"
"I remembered that." Brock replied with glee. "It was such a magical time! Just me and Kid, dancing together like there was no tomorrow..." Brock then drifted off into his own world and started to box-step around the campsite.
Oh my..." we all sweat-drooped at the sight of Brock dancing with no one. We all spent the next hour stargazing and playing with our Pokemon. Once we started getting tired, we all set up our tents, said goodnight to each other, and went to bed…
"Ow!" I yelped from my sleep.
I looked around, seeing what could have poked me, at first I thought that Pikachu shocked me in my sleep, but I looked over and noticed that he was curled up in a blanket. I wonder what that was. I asked myself, briefly thinking about it, then concluded with; Oh well, better get back to sleep.
The moment I drifted off, I was in a mysterious, foggy, place. The only thing I could see was my body and the wisps of fog moving around me. I then looked off in the distance and there was a silhouette of someone that looked slightly familiar. As he walked closer, I could just make out his long yet narrow hat. Finally, as he stood in front of me, I could now see that his hat was blue, he wore a blue cape, and he held a staff with a metal circle at the end. That's when I realized who it was.
"Thank you, Ash, for saving the Tree, Mew, and Lucario." Sir Aaron greeted.
"Oh! Um, well, you're welcome." Is what I could urge out of my mouth.
"Ash, I must offer you my gratitude, for all that you have done for me," Aaron wisely spoke, "I must give you something in return."I, in return, was completely bewildered by this.
"What were you going to do?" I asked cautiously.
"The Gift of Aura." He replied.
Sir Aaron then started to surround himself with bright, blue moment he completely surrounded himself, he threw it at me. It felt like when I got hit by Mew's and Mewtwo's psychic attack, but worse. the sheering pain coursed though my blood veins. It felt like acid running through my skin. but instead of it turning me to stone, like what happened before, my body absorbed the Blue gas and it disappeared.
"I will see you soon…" Aaron said while drifting off into to abyss.
