This is my second series, it may become a one shot if it has to, any suggestions are appreciated. now then, please enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon, or it's characters

*Takes place during the time of Sir Aaron*

Ash - 17- Prince of Kanto

May - 16- Princess of Hoenn

Alex - 17- Aura Gaurdian

Max - 10- Prince of Hoenn

Brock - 20- Royal advisor of Kanto

Dawn - 16- Princess of Sinnoh

Misty - 17- Princess of Shevii Islands

Drew - 17- Aura Hunter

Delia - 37- Queen of Kanto

Norman - 42- King of Hoenn

Caroline - 37- Queen of Hoenn

Quest of Hearts

Chapter 1

Location: Kanto Kingdom

Pallet City, Capitol of Kanto

It was an average day in the Kanto Kingdom. The sun was shining, the pokemon were happy, the breeze was lovely, but on one of the Balconies, a prince was looking at the land with discontent. His faithful Pikachu sat on the rail next to him. The prince wore an long sleved white shirt under his elegant red tunic. He had a pair of red gloves that covered On his head rested a simple hat with a large red feather attached to it. On his back was a red cloak that had his family's crest on the back of it. He had untidy black hair and auburn eyes. His skin was slighly tanned and he had two small lightning shaped scars on his cheek. His name was Ash Ketchum, and he was the prince of the Kanto Kindgom. He sighed as he looked at the city that loomed outside of the castle.

"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked its partner. Pikachu was a small yellow electric mouse with a lightning bolt shaped tail. His tail was brown at the base and yellow at the end. He had two brown stripes on his back. His two pointy ears were black at the tips. He had two red pouches on his cheecks where he stored his electrical energy. Ash pet the electric mouse and smiled as it coed with delight.

"I'm fine Pikachu," he said with another sigh. "It's just that there seems to be somthing missing in my life, I have everything I could ever want, I have great friends, great pokemon, a wonderful kingdom, and a peaceful life. But something is missing," Ash said to his Pikachu. Pikachu listiened intently and watched the boy with a caring face.

"Chu, pika pika pikachu," Pikachu said. Ash smiled at his partner. Just then, Ash's stomach growled, saying that it needed food. Pikachu's sweat dropped as Ash scratched the back of his head. The two of them left Ash's room, which was acually quite simple considering he was royalty. His room consisted of a single bed, a large closet, a simple desk, and a large balcony over looking the large city surrounding the castle.

Ash and Pikachu started to make their way to the kitchens to see if there was anything he could get to eat. They wandered through the white marble hallways, which had red carpet spralled across the floor and beautiful paintings along the walls opposite of the windows. Sometimes they passed a group of guards and their Growliths. The entire palace was made of white marble. On sunny days the sunlight would relect off of the palace with emense beauty and grace.

As Ash and Pikachu made their way into the great hall where meals were served, Ash walked into the kitchen to grab a bite to eat. He came out with an apple in his hand, and Pikachu had an oran berry. A tall, dark tanned man was waiting for him as he walked out of the kitchen. He had black spiky hair and a elegant brown tunic on. His eyes were narrow and he had a stern expression on his face, as if Ash had gotten into trouble again. Ash didn't even notice him until he spoke.

"I thought I might find you here," he said. Ash turned towards him and gave a nervous laugh, and scratched the back of his head.

"Hey Brock, what did I do know?" Ash asked. Brock was an old friend of Ash's since he was a little kid, he was also the queen's advisor.

"Nothing, your mother requested me to find you, and since you weren't in your room, I figured you would be here, and it seems as though I was right," Brock said with a grin.

'Uh oh, what is it this time?' Ash thought to himself as he remembered the last time the queen requested his presence.

"Ash, do you know why I wanted to talk to you?" Queen Delia asked. Ash simply shook his head. Delia sighed. "Your growing up much to fast, and soon you'll have to get married and take over the kingdom," Delia began to explain.

"But mom, isn't that your job?" Ash asked his mother. A smile appeared on Delia's face.

"For now maybe, but someday when you get married, you'll become king, and then you'll have kids, and..." Delia started until she noticed the large blush appear on Ash's face.

"I don't think I'm ready for that yet mom," Ash tried to explain, while rubbing the back of his head. Delia shook her head at him, then smiled with relief that her son still had some growing up to do.

That was when Ash was 10, but now, with his 17 birthday was only weeks away, soon he would be old enough to be married. Ash dreaded that day, he has always lived a life of luxery, he didn't want the responsibility of having a wife, yet alone the responsibility of ruling an entire kingdom. Ash sighed, and moaned with discontent.

"I know how you feel, but orders are orders," Brock said placing a hand on the boy's shoulders. "Trust me, It can't be all that bad, could it?"

"With my mom, you never know," Ash replied gloomily.

"Pi ka chu," Pikachu added. They all shared a quick laugh. Then as the trio made their way to the throne room, which was guarded by a bunch of elite guards, who had Arcanine with them. Their armour was the same as every other guard, simple chain mail and plate armour, but the elite guard had the Kanto Royal Crest on their chest armour.

Queen Delia sat on her golden throne while wearing an extensivly beautiful red dress. Her auburn eyes and red hair matched her crown and dress. Her crown was a golden tiara with rubies set in it. Next to her was her pokemon partner was a , which she named Mimey. He had pink skin, a white chest with a large red circle in the middle, and blue zigzag hair on the sides. It had red on its shoulders and knees, and two small red circles on its cheeks. The room surrounding her was esquisit, containing statues of previous rulers and their partners up against the walls and two large windows behind the throne along with a balcony that overlooked the courtyard of the castle.

"You wanted to see me mom?" Ash asked as his mother smiled at him. She beconed him to come closer, which he did and she led him onto the balcony. There they looked at the courtyard. It had numerous trees and flowers. Pokemon were resting in the shade of the trees, climbing on the branches, or running around having fun with their friends.

"Ash, your almost a grown man, I just wanted to let you know how proud I am of you, and well," the queen started. Ash looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face. "I couldn't have wished for a better son," Delia finished. Ash blushed in embarassment. "But!" she said, snapping Ash back to reality. "You need to find a great girl to spend the rest of your life with." Ash face palmed, some how, he knew she was going to bring that up.

"Mom, I thought we already went over this..." Ash started, but his mother didn't seem to have listined to him.

"So I took the liberty of inviting several princesses from the other kingdoms over here to help you choose." By this point Ash was dumb struck, not only was his mother talking about marrage with him, but she also invited a bunch of teenage girls about his age over to his castle.

'It's a good thing I don't think like Brock, of by Arceus would things get messy,' Ash thought to himself. "So when are they going to get here?" Ash asked in a shaky voice.

"Oh, some time in a couple of weeks. I wouldn't worry if I were you, I'm sure you'll find a wonderful girl!" Delia said with a smile. Ash faked a smile as his mother beamed at him.

"Sounds great!" Ash said to his mother while at the same time was thinking 'I'm so dead,' to himself. During the conversation between the two of them, Pikachu was in the courtyard playing with his friends.

"Hey guys! Whats up?" Pikachu asked in pokemon language.

"Nothing much," a Bulbasaur replied.

"Same here," a Pigeot said.

"Ooh, pretty flower!" a Butterfree said, while she was examining the flowers, completly oblivious to the conversation.

"I'm so bored here! I wish somthing exciting would happen!" an energetic Primape said from a top one of the trees in the courtyard.

"I don't know what you mean Primape, I'm perfectly fine!" a relaxed Squirtle said.

"Yeah, I agree," a Kingler agreed, rising out of one of the many ponds. "I mean, just look at Charizard over there, he has the right idea," it said pointing one of it's pincers over to the sleeping dragon like fire pokemon sleeping in the shade of one of the taller trees.

"Um, where's Muk?" Pikachu asked the others. They all shrugged it off, they didn't know. "This can't be good," he said as he and the others started racing around trying to find the large sludge pokemon, they found him on the other side of the sewage drain. All of their sweat dropped as they saw Muk enjoying himself in the disgusting filth. Rather than moving it, they decided to leave it there.

Instead they decided to make bets to see why their master was getting so embarassed. Pikachu, being the closest to Ash, won hands down, while Bulbasaur was runner up. The gang decided to play a game of hide and go seek, which was no fair when a flying type was it, eventually they called it quits as Ash called for Pikachu.

"It's getting late buddy, how about we go and get some dinner!" Ash suggested as Pikachu happily jumped onto his shoulder. True enough, the sun began to slip under the horizon and a shroud of darkness replaced the sun's light. "Hm, it all looks so good," Ash said to his partner with stary eyes and a drool coming from his mouth.

"Pika chu!" Pikachu agreed with a similar expression on his face. The two of them dug into the mound of food that they placed onto their plates. This was not an uncommon site for locals, but when ever embassadors, or other special guests were at the castle, they would stare in amazement and shock at the boy's appitite. After dinner Ash and Pikachu returned to their room and quickly got ready for bed.

Just as they were about to fall asleep, a crack of lightning could be heard and it was soon followed by the boom of the thunder. "I guess we better shut this door," Ash said sleepily as he got up and shut the door leading to the balcony. The door was simple, it consisted of a wooden frame, but had many glass panels. He also closed the two large window on either side of the door. Then he returned to his bed so he could get some sleep. While he slept, he had an amazing dream.

There he was in a large ball room with at least a hundred other people, but the only person he was focused on was the brunette he was dancing with. He could only stare into her sapphire eyes while they danced across the floor, he didn't even care about what she was wearing, he was lost in her eyes, and she was lost in his. The two smiled as they gazed into each other. Once the sond was over and the dance stopped, the two of them snapped out of their trance and began to blush. It was then that he heard her sweet voice as it called his name.

"Ash?" she asked. "Are you ok?" Ash quickly replied with a nod and gazed at the girl he was with.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just lost in your beautiful eyes," Ash replied with a grin. The girl blushed deeply. She then rested her head on his chest and listined to his heart beat. Ash softly moved his hand through her hair with one hand while the other was still holding the girl. Her hair covered her entire head and came down on the sides, and it was incredibly soft.

It seemed like an eternity that they just stood there in the middle of the crowd, eventually the music started up again, and the couple began to dance with the music. After several more songs, the two of them shared a passionate kiss and the crowd around them cheered and applauded them. When the kiss broke the girl's voice was completly different.

"Ash! Ash! Ash wake up!" She said in a masculine voice.

The dream began to fade away leaving Ash in a sad and confused state, he liked that dream, even though he had no idea who that girl was, he felt as if he did know her. Ash opened his eyes to see Brock standing over his bed.

"What is it Brock?" Ash asked with a yawn.

"You over slept again!" Brock shouted.

"So, I was having a great dream!" Ash protested.

"That dosen't matter now! You have work to do!" Brock shot back. Ash sighed, as he got out of bed and readied himself for the day.

'Who ever that was, I hope see is real, she was beautiful,' Ash thought to himself as he got dressed. He then remembered what is mother said about the princesses coming in a few weeks. 'I hope she'll be there.'

Location: Hoenn Kingdom

Petalburgh City, Capitol of Hoenn

A brunette girl awoke from her slumber with a small fox like pokemon sleeping next to her. 'Who was that boy? He was cute, maybe he's that prince that I'm going to meet in a few weeks,' she thought to herself as she prepared for the day. "Good morning Eevee, did you have a good nights sleep? I know I did!" the girl said to the fox pokemon as it hopped onto her lab.

"Bue eevee eve bue," Eevee replied. The girl smiled at the Eevee. THe girl put on a dress that was the same shade of blue as her eyes, a deep sapphire blue.

A sharp knock came from her door. "May! hurry up! Breakfast is almost ready!" A kid's voice could be heard from the other side of the door.

"I'll be out in just a second Max!" May shouted back. "Stupid little brother, he has no idea how much effort it takes to look nice every day, don't you agree Eevee?" May asked Eevee as she tied a blue ribbion around one of Eevee's ears.

"Eevee!" Eevee answered. May giggled at the little fox pokemon.

the idea for this story just sort of popped into my head, so i decided to write it, then it started to bloom into this, so I hope you enjoyed this, hopfully there will be more to it.

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