Hey, Readers! This is the first chapter my first fanfiction, so I hope it's decent! It's pretty much XY, but with Dawn joining Ash again. I'll let you know that each chapter is about half an episode, so the first two chapters will be about the first episode of XY, and so on.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did, Pearl would be canon, Brock would still be traveling with Ash, and Ash would win a league.
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(This entire chapter is about 98% canon btw)

The Kalos Region. Like the other regions, a beautiful place where people and Pokemon live in harmony, reflecting each other's thoughts and feelings. When people smile, Pokemon smile. And when Pokemon cry, you'll find that people cry as well. And here, a certain young man is about to arrive. A young man seeking new dreams, and new adventures.

As their plane flew above the glistening waters, Ash and Pikachu watched the water Pokemon through the window. They were on their way to Lumiose City in the Kalos region, and the plane was starting to descend.

"Pika-Pika!" (We're almost there!)

"Yeah, we'll be on the ground soon!" Ash said as if he knew what the yellow mouse Pokemon was saying. Alexa, who had decided to come with Ash to Kalos, smiled at the young trainer and his Pokemon.

"Ash, you and Pikachu must be really excited."

"We're starting a brand new adventure!" Ash replied, grinning. "There's nothing more exciting to a Pokemon trainer." Once the plane had landed and the ramp had been safely attached to the door, Ash stepped outside, and Pikachu leaped onto Ash's shoulder. Ash smirked confidently, adjusted his hat, and cleared his throat. "Heeeeeeeeeey Kalos region! Ash from Pallet Town is finally here!" Ash exclaimed to all the people and Pokemon that had also left the plane.

"Piii-kaaa-chuuuuu!" Pikachu yelled, matching his trainer's enthusiasm.

"What's with all the yelling?" Alexa asked with a little bit of laughter in her voice.

"Just saying hiya to the Kalos region," Ash responded excitingly. "And as soon as I walk down these steps, I'll finally be here!" He couldn't wait to meet all the new Pokemon that Kalos had to offer. Just then, two small pink Pokemon glided over Ash's head and flew in circles as if they were dancing with each other.

"Never seen those Pokemon before!" Ash said, taking a step forward, and completely forgetting about the staircase before him. His foot slipped, and he began to fall down the stairs. Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder, but Ash continued to tumble downwards, first landing on his butt, then his face, and finally on his back. He laid on the ground with his normal eyes replaced with spirals as tourists began to crowd around him. Pikachu and Alexa came running down the stairs in a panic.

"Are you alright?" Alexa asked worryingly. Pikachu ran up to his trainer with a look of concern on its face. Ash grunted and slowly started to sit up, readjusting his hat.

"Ye-haha, I'm okay… Alexa, who are those Pokemon?" he asked, looking up at the two Pokemon that were still dancing high up in the air.

"Oh, those are Spritzee!" she replied, offering Ash a hand.

"Spritzee?" Ash repeated, "Awesome!" He dusted himself off, and then took Alexa's hand, who helped him back on his feet. Meanwhile, three all-too-familiar characters stood on the roof of a nearby building, plotting for the millionth time on how they were going to capture Pikachu. "First thing I wanna do is have a gym battle!" Ash exclaimed, running towards the airport.

"Just a minute!" Alexa shouted, which made Ash stop to look at her. "So where do you plan to go for a gym battle?"

"Oh, that's an easy one," Ash responded. "Your younger sisters a gym leader, right? At her gym!" Alexa held her hand up.

"Wait- sorry to disappoint you but… her gym isn't her in Lumiose City, I'm afraid it's located in Santalune City." Alexa explained.

"Whaaaaaaat?" Ash whined, slumping his shoulders. "What do I do now…"

"Hold on. I'll go and give her a call right away." Alexa said reassuringly. Ash looked up at Alexa, raising an eyebrow.

"Wait, what did you say?" he asked. Alexa looked puzzled.

"Uh- I said I'll give her a call right away."

"No, before that," Ash said, getting slightly impatient.

"...Hold on? Why?"

"Oh… it's nothing." Ash replied shyly. It was something, though. He thought he had heard the name of a certain someone, but he shook the thought off. "Alright, I'll meet you in the lobby," he shouted to Alexa as she took off towards the airport. Ash started to jog down the runway, taking quick glances around, marveling at the scenery. "I wanna see if there are any other Pokemon around!" Ash said to his long-time pal. As if on cue, Ash spotted a shadow being cast by the tall tower expanding from the airport behind him. Slowly, a mysterious silhouette appeared on the edge of the roof. It looked like the shadow of a Pokemon, and it had what looked like tentacles sprouting from its lower back. Ash quickly spun around and fixed his eyes on the figure above him. It was a blazing Pokemon of some sort that he did not recognize. With a strong step, the thing leaped from the roof and glided through the air, practically flying over the curious boy. Ash tried to keep his eyes locked on the figure as best as he could, but within a mere second, the creature had landed, taken another step, and then vanished almost instantly in a swirling cloud of dust. Ash just stood there for a moment, astonished, watching the dust fade away. "Hey Pikachu... see that?" he asked. Pikachu nodded his head in response. "...Oh, YEEEAAAH!" Ash said with his entire face beaming.

"Piii-kaaa!' (Awesome!)

Moments later Ash dashed into the crowded airport lobby and greeted Helioptile, who was resting atop one of the benches, while Alexa finished up a desperate phone call with her little sister Viola. "Helioptile!" Ash shouted, running towards the small lizard-like Pokemon. Helioptile leaped off the bench and circled around Ash's legs. "We just saw the coolest thing!" Ash knelt down to meet the Pokemon's eyes. "Where did Alexa go?" Helioptile cocked his head in the direction of the video phone, where Alexa was standing. Alexa sadly hung up the phone, disappointed with the information she had received from her sister. She heard somebody call her name, and turned to see Ash and Helioptile sprinting towards her. Alexa smirked.

"What's with all the excitement?" She questioned Ash. Helioptile circled around her legs then climbed up on her right shoulder.

"We just got a look at another new Pokemon! It was so amazing. It made this jump a flew right over our heads." Ash explained, motioning his body to match his words.

"I see," Alexa began, leaning forwards to match Ash's eye level. "I guarantee you're going to meet lots and lots of new Pokemon!"

"So cool! I'm glad we're finally in finally in the Kalos region." Ash pumped his fist. "I can't wait to win that gym battle too!" he said, giving Alexa a confident look. Alexa, sweatdropped, looking away from Ash in embarrassment.

"Eh- you see... I managed to get trough to that sister of mine..." She paused. "...And she let me know she's away from her gym right now," Alexa explained nervously, making her statement sound like a question.
Ash's face turned from confident to sour in a mere second.

"She's awaaay?" Ash groaned. "So when is she gonna be back?!" Alexa just turned away from Ash and shrugged.

"Once my sister goes on a trip, she's usually gone for quite a while," Alexa explained to the sorrowful boy.

"Awww man!" Ash whined, stomping his foot against the ground. Alexa looked at him out of the corner of her eye, then turned to him and clapped her hands together as him he was her kung-fu master.

"Sorry Ash!" she quickly said. "I know you must be disappointed after coming all this way!" Ash broke into a small fit.

"AwwwWWW noooO WAYYYyy! This is bad!" he complained, bouncing from foot to foot. "I want to win the league this time and I wanna become a Pokemon master!" Ash sloped down into the shape of a Metapod. Alexa suddenly had an idea. She stood up straight and clapped her hands together again.

"I know! Why don't you channel that energy into challenging the gym here in Lumiose City?" Ash perked up at the suggestion.

"So there's a gym in this city too? he asked. Alexa motioned for Ash to follow her and they both headed outside, where a large map of Lumiose was shown on an electric screen.

"See? It's right there," Alexa said, pointing to a square in the center of the map. "The Lumiose gym is located just inside of Prism Tower." Ash examined the map, trying to figure out the directions he would have to follow in order to get there.

"Prism Tower... got it!" Ash looked at Pikachu, who was still comfortably perched on Ash's shoulder. "We'll just have our first battle here in Lumiose City!" Alexa turned to Ash.

"I'm afraid this is where we'll have to part ways," Alexa announced. "Are you gonna be alright?"

Ash and Pikachu both pumped their fists. "Yeah, we'll be just fine."

"Pika!" (Yep!) Alexa nodded her head.

"That's great. Well then... once again, welcome to the Kalos region!" she said smiling. Ash smiled back.

"You've really been a big help. Thanks a lot!"

"No, thank you," Alexa replied, holding out her hand. "It's been great fun!"

"It sure has!" Ash responded, shaking Alexa's hand. "See ya later Alexa," he said, taking a step in the opposite direction.

"Right... see you!" she said, waving goodbye to the young trainer. Ash broke into a sprint.

"Alright! Pikachu let's go!" he said to his partner. Alexa giggled.

"So much energy. Go get-em Ash!" she shouted, watching Ash run into the short tunnel that connected the airport street to Lumiose's main street. Ash took a short step and leaped out of the tunnel into the sunlight, practically jumping like Mario. Ash dashed down Main street, admiring all the people and Pokemon that passed by.

"Check it out!" Ash exclaimed, pointing towards an unknown Pokemon. "Another new Pokemon! Oh wow, Pikachu... this city's gigantic!" After several minutes of twists, turns, and admiring Pokemon, Ash stopped running to catch his breath, and examine a monolithic, elegant tower seemed to rise above the clouds. "Wow, Pikachu... that's Prism Tower... I'm sure of it! That's where our first gym is!" Ash assumed, taking off towards the tower. Once he reached its courtyard, he noticed that the normal gym symbol was implanted high above the entrance of the tower. "Yes! This is it, the Lumiose gym! Our new challenge is just beginning, right Pikachu?"

"Pika-Pikachuuu!" (You bet it is!) Ash took a few more seconds to marvel at the tower's beautiful structure, then looked down at Pikachu.

"So let's move!" Ash exclaimed. Pikachu pumped his fist into the air.

"Pika!" (Onward!) As they took off towards the doors, two sad looking kids passing by stopped to look up at Ash and Pikachu, knowing what would happen if Ash failed to meet the gym's circumstances... Within a few seconds, Ash had made his way into a narrow hallway, lit up by nothing more than a few glass pillars filled with electricity lined up against the walls. At the end of the hall was a doorway, and above that, a large flatscreen was attached to the wall by a few beams.

"Boy oh boy, I'm so psyched!" Ash reached the end of the hallway and looked up at the large screen. "Anybody here?" he asked. Suddenly, the screen displayed a spinning red gym symbol with a grid-ish green and yellow background. A somewhat robotic voice spoke.

"Welcome to the Lumiose gym."

"My name's Ash, and I've come all the way from Pallet Town in the Kanto region!" he explained, pumping his fist again. "I wanna have a gym battle please." The voice spoke once again.

"How many badges do you have?" It asked.

"That's odd..." Ash thought. Never before had a gym leader asked him such a queer question before a gym battle. "Badges?" This is the very first gym I'm challenging here, so I haven't won any yet." he explained.

"You have none?!" the voice boomed. "Not a single gym badge? In order to challenge the Lumiose gym, you must have accumulated at least FOUR gym badges." As it said this, too antennas erected from the ceiling, pointed straight at Ash and Pikachu. Suddenly, they started to crackle with electricity.

"Ah- please, wait- wait a minute!" Ash begged, but whatever the thing was, it did not listen.

"Please, leave immediately." It said, right as two bolts of electricity shot at Ash and Pikachu, electrocuting them for about three seconds, before leaving them with afros and many scorch marks. Then, as if that wasn't enough, the floor opened up in the exact spot where Ash was standing, and he dropped into a long metal slide that swirled throughout the tower, and eventually rocketed Ash and Pikachu out a trapdoor in the side of Prism Tower. Down they fell, tumbling head over heels. Luckily for them, the two kids that had been observing them earlier had stuck around long enough to see Ash and Pikachu fly out of the tower.

"Oh- no no!" a young boy with spiky blond hair shouted as he started to run towards the spot where Ash and Pikachu were going to land. A younger girl, who had the same hair color and looked no more than eight followed close behind. They sprinted towards the tower as Ash and Pikachu got closer and closer to the ground. "I'm gonna try to catch that boy!" the older boy said to the younger girl as she sprinted ahead of him.

"I'll get Pikachu!" she shouted. The boy's eyes narrowed, and he adjusted his glasses.

"Alright... leeet's go!" he yelled as he threw a white and gray backpack straight below Ash, which opened with a click and out sprouted a tan-ish cusion; small at first, but then it expanded into a large round pillow just quickly enough to soften Ash's landing. As for the young girl, she ran around in a circle in the spot where Pikachu was going to land, trying to locate his exact landing spot.

"I got you Pikachuuu!" she shouted as the yellow mouse came falling into her arms. She caught Pikachu and hugged it, but lost her balance and fell backward onto the cushion that a dazed Ash also laid on. The young boy came running up to Ash.

"Uh-are you alright?!" he asked. Ash was still dizzy from the fall, but he adjusted his cap and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah... I'm okay." Ash assured the boy, although he sounded a little weak. The boy offered Ash a hand, which he took. "Thanks to you!" he said, rising to his feet. The young girl stood up and danced around with Pikachu in her arms.

"Look at this Clemont!" she said, sticking out Pikachu towards the blonde boy. "A Pikachu! And what a cutie!" The girl hugged Pikachu even tighter, which made Pikachu squirms around in her arms for a moment and then release and thunderbolt on all three of them. Once the powerful electricity died down, Pikachu leaped out of the girl's arms as she fell straight back onto the ground, twitching.

"Bonnie no!" The boy said, who's name was apparently Clemont. However Bonnie sat right back up, laughing at the sudden commotion.

"Of course!" she confirmed, quickly rising to her feet.

"I'm really sorry about my sister," Clemont said, bowing to Ash. Ash held his hands up.

"Hey, don't worry about it," he assured Clemont. Then Clemont turned to Bonnie with a frustrated look.

"Bonnie, you apologize too." He said, scolding the young girl. She crossed her arms and put on a grim look.

"I just wanted to give Pikachu a hug cuz it's so cute!" she argued.

"Hmmm... but did Pikachu like it?" he asked. Bonnie glanced at Pikachu, then at Clemont, and her expression changed from sour to sorry.

"Alright, I'm really sorry Pikachu," she said shyly. Ash bent down to Bonnie's eye level.

"Everythings okay now... Pikachu was just a little surprised." Ash said, looking a Pikachu. Pikachu scratched his head in embarrassment then nodded his head. "But I still haven't thanked you yet," he said, turning back to Bonnie. "I really appreciate that you saved Pikachu."

"Pika-Pika!" (Yeah, thanks!) Pikachu chirped. Bonnie blushed a little a grinned.

"You're very welcome!" she happily replied. Then Ash turned his focus on the tower, remembering the strange attitude and actions of the voice that greeted him.

"What a weird gym," he said. "What's up with that?"

"You got kicked out, right?" Clemont asked.

"Right! And after coming all this way... some gym leader," he answered, his eyes narrowing.

"Yeah... he's something alright..." Clemont mumbled. Bonnie bounded up to Ash.

"The gym leader of the Lumiose gym is this really super-duper strong person!" she exclaimed, putting up her index finger. "So they asked you how many badges you have, right?"

"That's right," Ash replied. "But when I told them I didn't have any, I got zapped, bad!" Clemont and Bonnie gasped.

"You don't have any badges?!" Bonnie asked. Ash explained to them how he had just arrived in Kalos, and that this was the first gym he had been to.

"Pardon me," Clemont interrupted, "but... where are you from?" Ash shaded his eyes with his cap.

"I'm from Pallet Town in Kanto, and my name is Ash." Ash cocked his head towards Pikachu. "This is Pikachu, and my buddy and I are on a journey together, so I can become a Pokemon Master!" he beamed. Pikachu pumped his paw into the air.

"Pika-Pikachu!" (That's right!)

While the trio continued to talk, a certain girl was taking a walk around Lumiose. She spotted Ash in the courtyard, and her face lit up. Within moments, she was dashing towards the group and her black haired friend.

I know I know, a little cheesy, but I gotta make this work someway. Well, that's all there is for this chapter. This chapter was just a little test to see how my format would look and stuff, so I wasn't going to include much Pearlshipping. Please Rate & Review!