After an argument, Ash wishes he had never met Misty. And his whish comes true. Ash wakes up the next morning with the chance to change the past so he never meets Misty. He takes that chance. But then, the next day, he finally starts to realize what a big impact Misty had on his life. ...And how much he misses her. AAML, rated T just to be safe. Rate and review! This is my first fic so please be nice.

This was inspired by the movie "It's a wonderful life", so if this seems similar to that, now you know why.

Chapter One: The Wish

"Pikachu! Thunderbolt now!"

The small yellow mouse let out a huge bolt of electricity that zapped its opponent with such force that it was KO'd in one hit.

"Blastoise! Return!" Gary Oak called his pokémon back into its pokeball. "You did great. You deserve a rest." Gary looked up at his longtime rival.

"Well, Ash," He said, sounding impressed, "Looks like you've finally managed to beat me. And with one pokémon, to! You even KO'd all of my pokémon in one hit! I gotta say, I'm impressed!"

"Thanks," said Ash. He had done it. He had finally beaten Gary. And by a blowout, to! Ash was having the happiest day of his life. Wait, did I say day? I meant dream.

"Huh?" Ash looked up at the roof of the tent. One minute he had been praising his pikachu, the next minute he was here. What had happened? He heard snoring and looked next to him. Sure enough, there was Brock, snoring loud as ever. But what was Brock doing here?

Then it all came flooding back to him. He hadn't been battling Gary in professor Oak's back yard-he was miles away from Pallet Town. He was on his way back to Viridian City to battle Giovanni, the gym leader. He was traveling with his friends, Brock and Misty.

Misty. Ash turned his head. Sure enough, there was Misty, on the other side of him, apparently oblivious to Brock's snoring (which sounded more like trucks downshifting on the highway). She had only started following them because Ash's pikachu had accidently scorched her bike when trying to protect Ash from a flock of spearows who seemed to think they were auditioning for the remake of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie. She had been nagging him about it for days. Eventually she gave up, but she still mentioned it every once and a while.

Ash looked at his watch. It was four in the morning. He knew he could never go back to sleep with Brock's snoring, so he got out of the tent and went for a walk.

It was quiet that night. The trio was camping out in Viridian Forest. It was where Ash had caught his first pokémon. It had been a caterpie. It had somehow managed to evolve into a butterfree in only two episodes. Don't ask me how. I could never get anything to evolve twice before getting out of that forest. Then Ash heard footsteps behind him. He turned around.

It was Misty. "Hi," she said, walking up to him.

"Hi," Ash replied, "Brock's snoring wake you up, to?"

"Yeah." The two looked into the forest. "This is where you caught caterpie, wasn't it?"

"Yeah," said Ash. He chuckled. "You were so scared of him."

"I told you, I don't like bugs."

"I know. I remember that like it was yesterday. The only reason you were following me was because I had destroyed your bike."

"Yeah. You know you still owe me for that bike."

"I told you, I don't have the money for it."

"Well, you should, by now," Misty said, letting some impatience creep into her voice.

"Well, you should have forgiven me by now," said Ash, also starting to sound angry. "Besides, you seem to be getting along just fine without it."

"I know, but I paid for it, and since you destroyed it, you should have to pay for it to!"

"I thought your sisters gave to you as a birthday present!"

"Okay, yes, but even SO!"

"Can you just lay off the bike thing!?! I broke your bike, I'm sorry! There was nothing I could really do about it! It was either break the bike or get turned into a human birdfeeder!

"I'm not saying you shouldn't have done it, I'm just saying you need to pay me back for it!"

"How many times do I have to tell you!?! I…don't…have…the…money!!!"

"Well, then, maybe you could sell something! Like some of your pokeballs!"

"You know I need those! Besides, they don't sell for nearly enough to pay for a bike!"

Ash stormed out of the forest, angry as ever. Why did Misty have to keep bugging him about that stupid bike! It's not like it was his fault pikachu had burned it!

Ash decided not to sleep in the tent with Misty. He just couldn't stand being near her. In fact, he rolled over when she walked by to get into the tent so that he couldn't see her. She was making way bigger a deal out of the bike then she should have.

While he was lying there, outside the tent in his sleeping bag, Ash saw a shooting star. Then he made the wish.

"I wish…" he started to say. He hesitated. Was it really worth it? He decided to get it over with. "I wish that I had never met Misty. I wish that I could redo that day when we met so that I never threw that rock at the spearow, I never jumped into the lake, I never stole her bike, and I never met her!" He finished just as the star flew out of sight. That was it. He had made his wish.

Little did he know how big a wish he had made.

What will happen when Misty is gone? How will it affect Ash's life? Find out in chapter two! I'll try to get it up as soon as possible! Rate & review! See ya!