Ashi: Ah Ha Ha, I cannot wait!

Aschlyn: I thought you were going to do that Left 4 Dead 2 fanfiction.

Ashi: I am, but this idea has been stuck in my head for the longest -I had to write it!

Aschlyn: -Mumbles- Of course you did...

Ashi: Oh don't worry, I'm almost done with chapter 22 of "From Songs to Ashes". Now, can you do the disclaimer?

Aschlyn: DeathhunterAshi does not own Doctor Who, nor does she own Pokemon. She does in fact have plenty of merchandise of the latter and some of the former.

Ashi: Gah, shut up! Also, this takes place right after the 10th Doctor defeats the Master and before he regenerates! Please enjoy!


His newest regeneration was jarring to say the least. After the big fight with the Master and knowing this 10th version of him wasn't going to last, he went on a trip to just observe how his former companions were doing (even Donna, whose memories he had to erase for her own safety). As the Doctor travelled to his next location, he was startled when the TARDIS shook and made it's whining noise. At the same time, the time-travelling alien's two hearts thumped loudly in his chest as a bolt of pain travelled up his spine. To make it a little worse, his hands started to glow.

"Well, this isn't good." What he said was a understatement to say the least.

The TARDIS whined and crashed again while the Doctor tried to direct the old girl to somewhere, anywhere would be good to say the least. Cursing in Galifrayian, he looked at the monitor and mentally panicked when he saw a time fissure right where they were heading.

"Come on old girl, get us out of here!" The brown-haired alien yelled, but it began to shake out of control and dragged them into the fissure.

The Doctor was thrown across the spaceship and roughly hit the back of his head. Dazed, he felt another wave of pain shoot through his entire body this time as his arms started to glow and then his face, ripping an anguished scream from him. As this happened the TARDIS landed in a deep and dark cave, making her whirling noise once again as to arrive. The door spaceship opened and someone unfamiliar came out. Instead of a tall, brown haired-blue eyed man with a Scottish/British accent, a young boy with unruly black hair, wide brown eyes and strange horizontal lightning shaped scars on his face jumped out.

"Well, this is new." The boy squeaked with a apprehensive look on his face and pulled a mirror from his former regeneration's clothes.
"It appears that I am simply a child now, about 6, 7? Though I'm still not a Ginger!"

The child Doctor looked around the new area and went back into the TARDIS, hopping up and down with a new pair of glasses on along with a improved Sonic Screwdriver to look at the monitor.

"What is that, it seems to be Kanji- Kanto Region, Cerulean Cave...Cerulean? I appear to be in Japan, but there was that crack in space; I could be in an entirely new reality! That's amazing!" He shouted again with his high-pitched voice and ran around the ship, looking for clothes that would actually fit him.

With all (or most) of his regenerations being adults, The Doctor had a hard time trying to find out what to wear for now. Eventually, he decided on a bright yellow tank top, blue shorts, red suspenders and black sneakers. If anyone told him twice, he'd say that these clothes were great!

"Alright, now time to find as much information as I can..." He mumbled excitedly and tried to reach up to the buttons on the console. It was then that he realized that he was too short. "...As I am a child now, this height puts me at 42 inches tall...I need to be at LEAST 74 inches to reach up there." With a small sigh and diminishing pride, the Doctor went to get a step ladder- one that reached the 32 inches he was missing.

When he finally finished calculating everything, pulling every. Single. Theory out of his mind (the only thing that did not regress and never will), the small Doctor sat back on the ladder and buried his childish face into his small hands.

"There's no way back..." He mumbled and looked up at the high ceiling of the TARDIS with a solemn expression on his face. "The crack in time quite literly closed as soon as we landed here; No possible way out of this reality..."

He knew that he had no possible way to get out of this place where he should most likely not 'exist', so he would do what he always did in that situation -adapt.

"Pokemon, what are those mysterious, mysterious creatures? At age 10, children can choose a starter Pokemon and go on a journey with the parents consent. There are only 150 currently known species to exist here in Kanto, though there may be more. Of course! That means there are other regions as well which means more species of Pokemon!" He span around his ship with childish glee before realizing that he would had to leave his beloved TARDIS here to go.

"I'm sorry old girl, but that would mean leaving you here for a while. I don't know how long, but I'll definitely come back." The Doctor whispered tenderly with a sad smile. There were times when he wished the ship would respond, even if it was just interface, but those were for only emergencies and he knew it.

After just...taking a while to look around the TARDIS one last time for now, the Doctor picked up a satchel filled with bare necessities, his Sonic Screwdriver, and the psychic paper (he had a feeling it was going to work a lot better now) and walked out of the spaceship. Taking the keys out, he locked the door and turned around, walking out of Cerulean Cave.

He was amazed at all of the nature around and the Pokemon, THE POKEMON were everywhere! They ranged from the simple Normal-type Rattata to the temperamental Sperrow and Fearrow that flew around. The Doctor walked around the area with a big childish grin on his face as he jumped down the natural ledges and sat down; pulling out the map the TARDIS printed out of the region, a baffled expression grew on his face.

"Well, this is a lot harder than I thought it would be- I came from where that cavern was and down the hill here is another cave." He started, pointing at Mt. Moon. "If I am to get to Pallet Town down there, it would take me 3 days and 3 hours if I was a adult. The problem is that due to my 'age', I'll have a smaller amount of stamina and only be able to walk a quarter of that mile before complaining about hunger and thirst." With a sigh, the Doctor stuck the map back into his satchel and began the long trek to Pallet Town. Little did he know that beady, black eyes were following his every movement...


Well, I bet you all weren't expecting a crossover like this! Due to someone telling me about the "Ash is a Timelord" theory as to why he doesn't age, I had a idea about this a long time ago. Due to this though, it means that he didn't meet Amy Pond and by junction Rory. This Also means that River Song isn't married to the 11th Doctor because that timeline is altered. In order to fit that all in as well, characters from the Pokemon Special will exist in this world alongside other characters, for example - Blue and Gary will be siblings and Daisy is still the older sister. And to those who will complain about the 11th Doctor!Ash not knowing the Creation quadriceps (Dalgia, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus), it's because the TARDIS was supposedly region-locked and can only show results for Kanto. Don't worry though, the Doctor will meet them!

Well, That's all I've got to say for now- the next chapter will finally introduce Red and Delia Ketchum into the story! The next chapter: "The Doctor has a Family!" I'll see you all later!