Welcome to my second story but first collection of one shots. Like it says in the summary I'm gonna be writing about the what if's of the pokemon anime. Send in your own requests and I'll write about them but for the first chapter I'll write about something I want but all the others will be your requests. If you send a request make sure it's not something minor but something major in the anime.
What if Ash had woken up early?
Ash tossed and turned in his bed, he was dreaming about what pokemon he would chose when he got to Professor Oak's lab. "A Charmander is what everybody says is the strongest," he mumbled in his sleep. "A Bulbasaur is a cool grass type, but a Squirtle is the one I want," he said while talking in his sleep.
As he was sleeping he swung his arm as he turned his body, hitting his pokeball alarm clock. The sound of the pokeball hitting the floor was enough to wake him up. He slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was his alarm clock on the floor, shattered into pieces. "Huh I wonder how that happened," he said while rubbing his eyes.
Ash looked at his poster of the three Kanto starters and he instantly remembered what special day it was. "Today is the day I get my first pokemon," he said while getting out of bed. He looked out the window and saw that the sun was barely coming up from the mountains. "Awesome, I have enough to time to get ready and beat Gary to Professor Oak's lab.
Ash switched his clothes from his pajamas to his Kanto outfit, he tied his sneakers, put on his backpack, and walked outside towards the lab. On his way to the lab, he saw the other two trainers from Kanto that were also getting their pokemon from Professor Oak, Red and Green. They didn't talk much and by the time that Ash reached the lab, Red and Green had gotten their pokemon and were on their way.
Ash entered the lab and saw Professor Oak waiting for him. "Hello Ash, I'm guessing your here to get your first pokemon," Professor Oak said with a smile.
Ash grinned in excitement, "Yeah I can't wait to get my first pokemon and go on my journey."
"Well I can see you're very excited, do you know which pokemon you want," Oak asked while showing him three pokeballs.
Ash tapped his chin thinking for a moment, after a couple seconds he knew which one he wanted. "I want a Squirtle."
Oak smiled while grabbing the pokeball, "Well lucky for you, Squirtle is the last pokemon I have so here you go. Also, take these extra pokeballs with you, you'll need them," Oak said while giving him all the supplies.
"Thanks Professor Oak," he said while putting all the spare pokeballs in his backpack. Ash grabbed Squirtle's pokeball, "Come on out."
A small squirtle appeared from the pokeball, he opened his eyes to see a kid and an old guy both looking at him smiling. "Squirtle," the pokemon said with a smile.
"Hi Squritle," he said while hugging him.
"Squirtle," he said while hugging Ash back.
"Well you must on your way now, you have a long journey ahead of you," Oak said while leading him to the door.
Ash ran towards the door in excitement, he opened it and ran right into Gary. "Ow," they both yelled as there heads collided.
Gary rubbed his head while getting up. He looked up and saw Ash doing the same. "Hey Ashy-boy," he said while calling Ash by his nickname. "What's your problem, can't you see I'm gonna get my first pokemon."
Ash laughed when he heard this, remembering that Oak said that he was out of pokemon. "Hey what's so funny."
"Why don't you ask your grandpa," Ash yelled while running away.
Gary turned to his grandpa with a confused look, "What does he mean gramps?"
Oak just grinned while rubbing the back of his head. "Well you see..."
Ash was already out of Pallet Town when he heard Gary scream and curse Ash. Ash just laughed once again, it was gonna be a long journey.
… A few months later
Ash was looking at all of his badges, remembering each battle it took. 'Brock was pretty easy to beat, thanks to Squirtle, and in Cerulean they just gave me the badge, but I heard there was another gym leader there but I guess she was off training,' he thought. 'I also remembered how Jesse, James, and Meowth tried to take all the pokemon from the pokemon center in Viridian City, but now there in jail for years so I don't need to worry about them.'
Ash got up from where he was sitting and pulled out a pokeball. "Well it's either now or never," he said throwing the pokeball into the air. Out of it came a disobedient Charizard. "Alright Charizard it's time to train and..." Ash looked at his pokemon to see him sleeping not paying any attention to Ash.
"Come on Charizard listen to me," Ash begged his newly evolved pokemon.
Charizard just turned his body to the side not listening to Ash. Ash had enough so he decided to use his ace in the hole. "Alright Charizard, if you won't listen to me," he said grabbing a pokeball, "Then maybe you'll listen to him."
Ash threw the pokeball and of it came his fully evolved starter pokemon, Blastoise. Blastoise looked at Ash and Charizard and smiled, Ash was his best human friend and Charizard was his best pokemon friend. "Blastoise, can you talk to Charizard? He won't listen to anything I say and we're gonna need him for battles but I won't be able to use him if he won't listen to me. Out of all my pokemon, he seems to like you the best, so talk to him," Ash pleaded.
Charizard and Blastoise locked eyes, both knowing they are Ash's strongest pokemon. Blastoise slowly walked towards until he was face to face with him. Out of nowhere Blastoise shot a weak water gun at Charizard's face. A stunned look appeared on Charizard's face while Ash ran behind a tree, scared of what might happen next. Blastoise started talking to him while pointing at Ash, Charizard stood there with a smug look on his face while water dripped off his face. After a while Ash walked towards them.
"So Charizard will you listen, to me," he asked while patting Charizard's back.
Charizard just exhaled deeply and nodded his head in agreement. Ash jumped into the air in excitement. He turned to Blastoise, "Thanks buddy, you really helped me out there, without you I don't know what I would do."
Blastoise smiled back at him while Charizard just shrugged his shoulders.
… A few months later at the Indigo Plateau
"And Kay's Gengar goes down, the winner and champion of the Indigo Plateau is Ash from Pallet Town," the referee declared.
"Wow what a battle," the commentator declared. "Ash looked like he was on the ropes for a while but Pidgeot and Bulbasaur really stepped up."
"But," the other commentator said, "Without Charizard and Blastoise he would have never beaten tough competitors like Ritchie or Kay."
Ash screamed in excitement, he called out all of his pokemon and thanked each and every one of them. After that the referee led him to the podium where he received his trophy.
"Ash," Mr. Goodshow said with a microphone in his hand, "Do you have anything to say about your victory at the Indigo Plateau."
"Just one," Ash replied looking up with a devilish grin on his face. "Ash was here, Gary's the loser."
… Back in Kanto
Nurse Joy looked at Professor Oak with a bleak look. "We're sorry sir, but the thunderbolt that your grandson Gary took was pretty bad. He's in a coma and we don't know if he'll ever wake up."
"I see," Oak said with tears coming down. "We can only hope for the best."
Well that was my take on what would happen if Ash had woken up early. Some of you might think it was rushed but trying to fit a whole region in a one shot is pretty hard. Hope you guys got the coma reference and don't forget to send requests and reviews on the stories are always welcome.
