Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon. I don't own any of the characters in this story, except Alassa. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this for fanfiction, I would be writing this for TV.

Chapter 1

"It is a beautiful sunny day as we find our three heroes, Ash, Misty and Brock back in Ash's home town of pallet town," said the voice of the annoying narrator that no one ever sees.

"Ooooooh, I'm so glad to be home!" yelled Ash at the top of his lungs as soon as he entered the tiny village. Then he stopped and looked around. "Wha?" he gasped.

The village had been wrecked. The buildings lay in ruins. As Ash approached he could just see smoke coming out of the buildings. Someone or something had come. But why? What did this thing have against such a small town like Pallet Town? The trio advanced slowly towards what was left of Ash's old home. The whole house was burnt to cinders.

"Oh no, my Nintendo 64! It'll be ruined!" wailed ash, dashing into the house.

"Oh brother," sighed Misty. "I think that's probably the least of his worries right now." She followed into the house, trying to convince him that he never even played the stupid thing, anyway, because of his pokemon journey.

Brock, however, remained outside. His natural detective instincts were taking over. There were footprints here. Yes. But he had never seen them before. He called Ash over to take a look.

"Ask your pokedex," Brock urged. Taking his advice, Ash flipped open the machine.

"Footprint unknown," said the electronic voice of the pokedex. "Footprint unknown."

"Footprint unknown?" asked ash uncertainly.

"Footprint unknown," confirmed Brock.

"What are we going to do?" questioned Misty, breaking the rubbish joke abruptly. "We couldn't find any survivors. And there should at least be some bodies."

They decided to follow the footprints to see where they lead to. The trail lead all around the town towards every house. All of them were destroyed. They finally stopped facing towards the sea in a Westerly direction. The trio wondered what was out there. The town map didn't cover the sea to the West. All they knew was that to the South and slightly towards the East lay Cinnabar Island.

"Well, I guess we could go West," suggested Bock.

"How? We don't have a water pokemon big enough to hold all three of us," said Ash, dolefully.

Suddenly, by an amazing coincidence that only happens in stories, they heard a cry. Misty, always the water expert, knew it straight away.

"A lapras!" she shouted. "And I'm gonna catch it."

"Oh no you're not," said a voice behind them. The three turned to come face to face with the infamous team rocket. A funky theme tune struck up in the background while the team began to sing there motto. By the time they had got to: "To denounce the evils of truth and love," Ash had already got out his Pikachu.

"Hey, hey, hey! No need to be hasty!" yelled Meowth. "We haven't done anything to you."

"Well, at least not today," said Ash, bitterly.

"No, Ash, they're right," interrupted Misty. "Let's hear them out, for once."

So Ash, Misty and Brock sat and listened while Team Rocket told them a completely made up tale of how they were in the town, just passing through, when it was burnt down and how they had escaped barely alive but their pokemon had perished in the flames.

"I didn't know pokemon could die!" exclaimed Ash.

"Well, of course they can, stupid! If you put your Pikachu in a fire, what do you expect?" snarled James, his tragic air lost.

The tale ended by the team deciding to catch another pokemon. They had seen this lapras and had lured it to the edge of the water for days with food. Today was the day they were going to catch it. Suddenly Jessie stood up, sent out Ekens and hit the lapras with a bite attack.

"Hey, that's not fair! That tale was all lies anyway. Misty was going to catch that lapras!" said Brock.

"Well tough luck, because I'm going to get it," sang Jessie joyfully.

"Well, I challenge you to a pokemon battle!" replied Misty. "Whoever wins gets the lapras."

"Fine by me," Jessie shouted in return.

The two opponents squared up to each other. Misty sent out Starmie, Jessie used Ekans. Misty, although determined to win, was very rusty but Jessie had been training. Ekans seemed to dodge all of Starmie's attacks and hit it with plenty of its own. The Starmie bore the blows but they rained down heavier and heavier. Finally, Starmie was in a wrap when Misty called out, "No! STOP!" surprised, Jessie ordered Ekans to stop and Misty ran out onto the battlefield. Starmie had fainted.

"Yes, I win!" celebrated Jessie.

"For once," Ash muttered darkly.

"Now to claim my prize! Ekans, attack that lapras!" shouted Jessie, ignoring him.

Suddenly a voice called out, "If you dare lay a finger on my lapras I will grind you into pulp!"

'My lapras?' wondered Jessie in astonishment. 'Who-?'

But before she could even finish her thought, a figure came leaping out of a nearby house and jumped on Jessie.

"That is my lapras and if you don't stop trying to catch it right now, I will report you to Officer Jenny!" Brock's heart started beating a little faster at the mention of her name. "My name is Alassa and I'm going to give you thieves three seconds to clear out! 1," she began counting.

Jessie, James and Meowth ran as fast as they could before Alassa could even get to 2. "We're blasting off again!" they yelled as they scurried out of the town.

After they had gone, Alassa introduced herself again and told them that she sailed along with her lapras, finding unknown lands. She was a beautiful, tall girl with sky blue hair sticking out in childish bunches. Her eyes sparkled with the same colour as her hair. She was wearing a deep blue dress that flowed around her gracefully. Thankfully Brock seemed immune to her charm, although he did ask if she had a boyfriend. She replied that she didn't, with a slight musical laugh.

"We're looking for a way to cross the sea," explained Misty.

"Well, you've come to the right person! I know the sea like the back of my hand," she boasted. "Where do you want to go?"

"West," Ash said, decisively. "Definitely West!"

Note: Phew, that was longer than I expected! I know most of it is direct speech but I'm trying to keep as close to the anime as possible. My first fic! R&R!