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All Warner Brothers characters are owned by the WB.
Chapter 1:
New arrival
"That was an awesome battle, May." A boy with wild black hair said in excitement as he and three others were preparing supper. The person he was talking to was stirring some stew before turning around to answer him.
"It sure was Ash." The girl held her half of the ribbon that they tied for close to her heart. 'I know that we have to leave, but at least this will remain as a reminder of you: my Ash' She thought, not wanting to think that they were a day away from the port that has the boat that will send her and her brother home.
"So, think you'll stay out of trouble without us to bail you out." A small male child questioned Ash with a sly smirk, knowing that this human and trouble went hand in hand.
"Very funny, Max. I can stay out of trouble, and without Team Magma and Team Aqua that just leaves Jessie and James and you know that they are no threat." The trainer said back to the young boy while thinking of how annoying those three were. 'You think after all this time that at least one of them would have the common sense to get out of this business.' He thought, and before he could think of something closer to their group another voice was heard.
"All right I've made the sandwiches and it looks like the stew's ready so let's eat." The final voice was of Brock: former gym leader, womanizer, breeder, and reliable friend.
"Pika pka." A small creature squealed in delight. This creature has been with the one known as Ash since the beginning of it all. The five of them sat down and began eating their meal with small talk, none of them wanted to talk about tomorrow, and after that the five of them along with several other creatures went to sleep. The wind was calm in the night, but one of them could not sleep one wink.
'Why can't I sleep?' He thought angrily as he tossed and turned in his sleeping bag. That didn't help either so he tried to get out of his bag for a while, after that he found a strong tree to lean against and went deeper into his thoughts, 'Is it possible that I would miss May when she goes home?' That thought did sound good, he then looked up thinking that making Poke`mon constellations will help, but when he looked up all he saw was a clouded sky. "So much for that idea." He muttered after seeing the sky. The clouds then began to shoot off strange yellow and blue lightning bursts, and out of instinct Ash packed up his things and headed into the forest. "I better make sure everything's okay in there." He said aloud while looking around, but he did not see any forest damage. He checked the area again for any sort of trouble, and saw nothing. 'Maybe I'm just jumpy because Jessie and James haven't attacked since yesterday.' He thought, convincing himself to leave; he was about to until he heard something.
"Nuzleaf nuz." The voice was that of a Nuzleaf, a grass and darkness poke`mon, who was busy picking up berries that have fallen of the trees by the strong winds that happened a little earlier today. The young man smiled at its actions before continuing back to the campsite. No sooner that he had taken his tenth step to camp that the burst truly hit the forest shooting everything.
"I thought it passed." Ash said aloud in disbelief. In that moment he heard a tree limb fall and rushed over as fast as he could. "Is everything okay! Is there anyone in danger?" He questioned while scouting around before spotting the Nuzleaf from earlier, the only thing was that he was trying to lift a down tree limb.
"Nuz, leaf nuz nuzleaf." He said, almost trying to coax something while it tried again to lift the over sized branch. After its third attempt the wood in appearance creature sensed something coming and when he turned around he saw the black haired boy who was evading the lightning and heading right at them. When Ash arrived there he knelt down and saw that it was a Gardevoir: a powerful human shaped Pok`emon.
"It's going to be okay." The human said in a soothing tone to the Psychic type as he gently stroked its hair to show that he meant no harm. He stood up and went to work by lifting up the tree limb, but it was too heavy so as soon as it was off the ground Ash said to the creature, "Get going, I don't know how long I can keep it up." The green haired creature followed his request and got to it's feet. The youth let the limb fall down before seeing if those two were alright. "You two better get out of here, what ever this storm is might be dangerous, get to safety." The five foot creature nodded not knowing that there was a blush on its white face, and left with the wood based creature at its heel. When they were out of sight he couldn't help but think, "Gardevoir is a psychic type so why didn't it use that power." He then looked up and added to that outer thought, "Could it be this lightning storm." At that moment one of those strange bolts struck him in the back, but he didn't even feel it. Ash was still in thought of one of the recent psychic creatures that he was startled by a car horn. "Whoa! A car horn? We were no where near a road." He said before carefully following the direction of the sound of the horn, and was surprised of what he saw. "A studio?" He questioned, thinking that he was seeing things, but after rubbing his eyes it was still there. The trainer then decided to investigate. The first thing that he saw was a small house that he saw on several movies that called it a guard station, there was no one in it so he decided to go on ahead it. He did not know that he was being watched from above.
"YO, Pesto, Squat: check out the new guy. Either of you seen him before?" The voice came from a pigeon with a light blue head. The other voice had a cautious tone to it.
"No, never seen that guy before. What about you Pesto?" The dark brown feathered bird turned to the one with purple feathers who was sharing his beak with a female pigeon. Feeling daring the bird tried again, "Pesto, did ya hear me. I asked if you seen that guy before?" The only response was a feathered fist to the beak.
"What was that?" Ash questioned as he looked around and only saw some passerby walk around. What he didn't seem to notice was that there were two animals trashcan diving to his left.
"Hey Runt, take a look at that guy." A female cat stated to her dimwitted but lovable canine. The big dog, who was under some cardboard boxes, popped his head up to see the dark haired male in question.
"He looks to be a good choice for an owner, definitely definitely good choice." The dog said with a smile before looking back up and questioned, "Don't you think so, Rita?" The feline just stared at the boy for a moment before answering.
"Yes, yes he would Runt." She noticed that the boy seemed to be wondering where he was with that 'lost' expression on his face. The two decide it best to let someone else handle this problem.
'Just where am I?' Ash thought as he scanned the area for anything that he could familiarize himself with, but nothing. As the trainer was walking around a dark shadow was cast over him, and when the youth turned around he saw a plump security guard.
"Hey, uh…what are you doing here?" The guard said to the boy who seemed to be trespassing on studio property. Ash felt the older man's suspicious gaze upon him, so the trainer decided to be straight with this man – given his outfit he was in charge of protection.
"Hi, my name is Ash Ketchum, I'm sorry I came in here without permission. Is there someone I can talk to so I can find out where I am." He asked in his calm voice and the big gutted man thought about it and came up with an answer with that same stutter as before.
"Well, I guess you can talk to my boss: Mr. Plotz." Ash was grateful that this man was being so helpful to a stranger, but it didn't last long as three black blurrs zipped past from behind Ash; as the three blurs went by the monster trainer could have sworn a hand grabbed his butt for only an instant. "Sorry, you'll have to find him on your own. I have to chase after those Warners." He said before running as fast as he could, which was impressive at his size, after those blurs. This left the trainer to look around the complex on his own.
'I guess I'll start at that glass building.' The trainer of Pallet thought after glancing around his immediate area. Ash entered the building and saw that there were several people in suits. After seeing all of the waiting people he then saw and went over to what he guessed was the front desk. "Hello. I was wondering if a 'Mr. Plotz' was in this building?" The out of towner questioned the woman who seemed to be playing solitaire on the computer, and not really watching who said it, but answered back anyway.
"Top floor; it has two big wooden doors, you can't miss it." Ash nodded and decided to take the elevator, since it was one of the quickest ways to get there. The boy got in and up he went. Once the elevator stopped and opened the trainer saw the doors, but was stopped by the secretary sitting right beside the doors.
"Excuse me, but do you need something?" She asked politely as she stood there staring at the boy. The boy in question just decided the use his direct approach.
"It's nothing big, I just need to tell Mr. Plotz something." He said and let the woman take another look at him, most likely to make sure that he was not lying. After a few moments of inspection the woman finally asked him a innocent question.
"I take you're here for the job that Mr. Plotz has been posting for the past few months." Having a feeling that answering this question was the only way to meet this man, so he had to fib, just this once.
"Yes, yes it is." He said and the secretary motioned for the boy to go on ahead. Ash did so and was greeted by a BIG office, he saw a desk on the far side of the room and headed over to it. Once he got to the chair in front of the desk he sat down and said aloud.
"Mr. Plotz?" Ash questioned and the chair that had been facing away turned to him revealing a white haired man. The man smiled at Ash and said in almost pure excitement and relief.
"So you answered my ad to catch the Warners?" That was the second time the monster tamer heard that name so he decided to tell this man the truth. After taking a deep breath Ash spoke.
"Actually, Mr. Plotz I didn't come here for any job." This angered the blue suited man very easily.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE JOB!" He got off of his chair and walked over to the boy and that was when Ash saw that this man was no bigger than a Charmander.
"Just like I said I am not here for any job, but I really do have something to tell you." Ash said calmly, he was startled by the sudden change in attitude, but after being with Misty he learned to expect mood swings such as that. The CEO of the company stared at him, wanting to yell some more, but for some strange reason couldn't.
"What is it that you wanted to tell me?" He questioned his voice back to normal levels but still annoyed.
"I'll give you the abridged version: I travel around with friends collecting creatures known as Poke`mon and I was about to end another journey when I decided to help out some Poke`mon who were caught in a lightning storm and here I am." Ash stood by the window while he spoke, so he could take a look at all of the strange buildings. Once again Mr. Plotz felt like laughing his head off and sending this youth to a place where straitjackets were a dress code, but there was something that made him keep that comment inside him; just like with most of the actors at this place.
"Very well, but make no mistake if you are going to stay here, at this illustrious studio, you're going to have to work." He said before taking a few moments to think before continuing, "Tell me, do you enjoy aiding other people without anything in return?" He questioned and Ash could only smile of what the man just said.
"It's what I did back home so why not here." He answered back and looked at the man, but he had to add one other thing, "The only problem is: I don't know this world and I don't have a place to stay." This the shorter man answered without much thinking.
"If you are looking for a place to stay there is a pent house on the studio that I don't usually use, so you can use it, but that means that your paycheck will be cut." He said, smiling at the thought of more money to him. He then frowned at the thought of that money being used on repairs from damage from the Warners. Plotz got out of his train of thought before going over to his desk and wrote down the address then he handed it over to the boy. "Here is the address, and I will introduce you to the others soon enough." Ash took the paper and headed to the door, but as soon as the door was open he turned back and said in a sincere tone.
"Mr. Plotz sorry, but I forgot to introduce myself: my name is Ash Ketchum." The CEO decided that it was only fair to return the courtesy on his part.
"My full name is Thaddeus Plotz but please call me Mr. Plotz." The trainer nodded and said one last thing before heading out.
"All right, I'll see you in the morning then." He walked away, and began his search for the pent house he spoke of. As he was looking around he also saw a lot of other people around, but they seemed busy so he left them alone. He often saw glimpses of the security guard running around, 'I guess he's still chasing what ever it was that ran by.' He thought as he went back to looking for his temporary home. When the trainer finally did find it, night already took hold of the sky so he went to sleep on the couch still fully clothed. 'I really hope I know what I have gotten myself into this time.' The adventurous one thought before letting his body become one with the dream plane.