Hello Pokemon readers and Authors, I am FanficFan920 and this is my first Pokemon Fic! It's an Ash betrayal Fic. Now, before you groan in boredom, I want to say I am taking up StylishDescent's a Challenge. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go find it. Alright, without further adieu, may FanficFan920 present, The Fire Within.

Notes: Max and Bonnie are 10 years old in this chapter right here.

"I can't believe I lost, for like the umpteenth time." Ash grumbled as he and his companions Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont made their way to Lumiose City en route to Ash's home region, Kanto.

Serena wanted to travel back to Kanto since she had not been there since she was much younger. Clemont and Bonnie came mostly because they heard that Ash was having a get together with his friends from other regions. Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Paul, Iris, Cilan even Team Rocket, as long as they didn't try anything, we're all going to be there. However, little did Ash know, Clemont has been in contact with Misty, May, Dawn, Iris, Tracey, and Cilan.

Flashback

Clemont was in the Pokemon Center of whatever town or city the Kalos league was in. (AN: Cut me some slack, I don't know where it is.) There was a knock on the room Clemont shared with Ash, who was out training.

"I wonder who that could be?" Clemont asked himself. He walked to the door, and it revealed Nurse Joy.

"Videophone call for you Mr. Clemont." Nurse Joy notified.

"Thanks Nurse Joy." Clemont thanked as he exited his room.

"Just doing my job." Joy replied as she went down the hall the take care of some ill Pokemon.

When Clemont reached a phone stall, sure enough, there were 6 others who wanted to do a group call. Clemont accepted and 6 people appeared on 6 individual screens already having their own conversation.

A male with green hair and green eyes was the first to notice Clemont's presence.

"Hey everyone, here's Clemont." The man said.

"Hey Clemont." The other 5 greeted.

"I'm sorry but, who are all of you?" Clemont asked.

A girl with Orange hair spoke first.

"Misty Waterflower, one of the Cerulean City Gym leaders and traveling companion of Ash's through Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto."

Next, was a girl with a green bandana.

"May Maple, AKA the Princess of Hoenn, traveling companion of Ash's through Hoenn."

Next, was a girl who Clemont could have sworn that she could hide about 5 Fletchlings in her hair.

"Iris Dragonlight, Future Dragon Master, and companion of Ash's through Unova."

Next, was a boy with a green shirt and a sweatband.

"Tracey Sketchit, Pokemon Watcher, former assistant to Professor Oak, I stopped to pursue Pokemon watching full time, and traveling companion of Ash's through the Orange Islands."

Next, was a short bluenette.

"Dawn Berlitz, future Top-Coordinator and traveling companion of Ash's through Sinnoh."

Finally, the green haired man from before.

"Cilan Dento, A-class Pokemon Connoisseur and companion of Ash's through Unova."

Clemont was confused as to why these friends of Ash were calling him.

"Why are you calling me?" Clemont asked.

"We saw the Kalos League, we have had enough of what Ash has been doing. He puts everyone close to him in life-or-death situations and he can't win a league. We've had enough of him and we are hopping that you feel the same." Misty took charge.

Clemont couldn't deny she had a point. In fact, crunching all the numbers, the four of them had a 15% chance of survival through all they went through. It was true, the boy was a bad luck magnet, and he did not like the idea.

"Well, after looking at some numbers, I do agree with you. I feel sorry for you Misty, having to go with him through 3 regions." Clemont sympathized.

"You don't know the half of it." Misty grumbled.

"Should I get Bonnie and Serena to see if they might want to help?" Clemont asked.

"Bad idea, I've talked to Max about it, and he still believes the idiot is the most awesome trainer in the circuit. Bonnie, being around the same age him, would most likely have similar opinions, so she's a lost cause." May explained.

"I've also talked to Brock about it as well, and he is still sticking by him too. Which I found the weirdest because he traveled with Ash the longest, through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh." Misty informed.

"I guess if you travel with him for four regions or more, his stupidity rubs off, you lucked out Misty." Iris joked.

Misty snickered, "All that aside, from what I've gathered about Serena from Tracey and by extension Professor Oak, Serena had known Ash since they were around 5 or 6. So she's a lost cause as well."

She explained.

"So it just leaves the 7 of us to knock some sense into Ash or just flat out get rid of him." Cilan summarized.

"Well, we should have good odds, 7 of us against 5 of them, two of which are only just starting out as trainers." Clemont said. He remembered that once Bonnie turned 10 he transferred ownership of Dedenne to her. That was all she had, other than a Chespin she got as a gift from Professor Sycamore.

"I don't know, we haven't factored in the rivals." Tracey mentioned.

"Oh, you mean like Tierno and his group, I think Kalos is to far away, and I don't think they got an invite, so we won't get interference from them.

(AN: Sorry to those who love those guys, didn't want the story to get to over crowded.)

"No, I mean people like Gary, Paul, Stephan, and Trip." Dawn corrected.

"Well, Ash had beaten them at one point or another, so, by extension, their weak too, so that's that." Cilan hypothesized.

"Also, you never know what side Team Rocket will take. Ash and them have a frenemy kind of relationship, so they're wild cards." Misty precautioned.

Clemont took a moment to process all the new information, and crunching the new numbers.

"Alright, so that is 8 of us against a max of 11, with two being beginners, and two who lose to Ash on a daily basis." Clemont summarized, "Still liking our odds."

"Well, I actually have some news, I am currently dating Drew and he has graciously allowed himself to be the new ring leader of all of us, and to help us stick it into the idiot's face as well." May announced.

(AN: Sorry Drew lovers, needed a rival antagonist and honestly, I don't like Drew at all.)

"I have even better news," Tracey added, " I was able to convinced about half of Ash's Pokemon to turn their backs on him too. The ones I couldn't get were all the fire and grass types.

"Good, so it's settled. At the get-together in Pallet, we tell Ash what we really think about him. Everyone Clear?" Dawn asked everyone.

"Crystal." Everyone replied. Little did they know, they were going to make the greatest mistake of their lives.

So, how did everyone like my prologue? Hope you all liked it. BTW, I have already chosen what new Pokemon Ash will get and which ones are and are not betraying him. The only way the new Pokemon Ash gets can change is if Serena, Bonnie, or Max get that Pokemon as well which brings me to my next topic.

You can help build up Serena's, Max's, and Bonnie's teams. All that I ask is they must be no more than 10 and be from varying Generations. Max's must have a Treeko and Ralts, Bonnie's must have Dedenne and Serena's must have Braxien and Panchem. You can put in the final evolutions or you can put the level of evolution you prefer out of each Pokemon, I don't care. If the teams are not filled by the time I reach the tournament, I will fill the rest of them myself.

Phew, that was a lot to type. See ya next chapter.