Disclaimer: I do not own these Characters they were created by and are the property of Nintendo, Gamefreak, 4Kids and anyone who I am unaware of. I am not making any money off of this, for it is just something to amuse myself and hopefully other fans.

This is the first Fic I have done in ages yet this idea is probably older than most of the fics I have abandoned.

Note this a Big Alternate Universe the ep with Mr. Mimie happened before the Indigo League and Earth Badge Eps meaning Ash was late arriving in Viridian and Giovanni had closed the Gym to pursue Mewtwo. (What when I wrote it I had forgot the order so rather than fix the fic I created an alternaverse.)

Pokemon: Fall From Grace

Chapter 1: Dreams End

Ash walked down the streets of Viridian City with his head hanging low. He stopped briefly to look at a clock hanging in a window noting he still had an hour before he was supposed to meet back up with Misty and Brock for lunch. He kicked a tin can from the dirty trash lined streets not bothering to step over the puddles.

"Well sonny what brings a nice young man like yourself out here?" A cracked voice said. Ash jumped turning to see an shabby woman with her head wrapped in a shall her ancient face lined with wrinkles and dirt. She Looked at him threw eyes that were sunk in under pure white eyebrows.

"Just taking a walk." Ash said trying to keep his voice level the look in the old woman's eyes seemed almost predatory. Her gaze turned skeptical as she gestured around the shabby alley lined with sleeping drunks and hobo's.

"Come now what's a young pokemon trainer like you doing here in this neck of the woods?" she voice said changing to what may have been sweet at one time. "Old Mary may be able to help you if you tell her what's wrong. It's been along time since I've seen such an obvious pokemon master in the making."

"I'll never be a pokemon master now." Ash said his shoulders slumping in defeat and he failed to notice the gleam of triumph in her eyes. "I can't believe the Viridian Gym is closed when I'm so close one more badge and I could be in the league." Ash said turning away from her and angrily kicking a tiny pebble and watching it skip across the cracked pavement.

"Well boy what are you willing to do to get in the league?" she asked pressing her advantage while she had it. "I mean I can get you a reasonable facsimile for a price."

"That would be cheating; I'd never do that." Ash said more to himself than to her. Ash turned to look around the alley as his head swam with images some of him victorious in the league rubbing it in Gary's face and also others of him stuck watching it on TV and waiting till next year to enter.

"Come now child I don't mean cheat forever I mean just use it to get in the league then come back and win a real one from Viridian." She said pressing him while he was undecided. "I mean surely you can win it as soon as you have time and the gym is open."

Ash turned to her and she smiled knowing she had him as soon as she saw the arrogance all young trainers have. "How much will it cost I only have P700 on me?" Ash asked. She knew he wasn't lying he wanted it to badly.

"P500 should cover it my dear boy I don't want to wipe you out." she said producing a small counterfeit badge and extending the other hand for his money. She saw him hesitate briefly before pulling out the appropriate amount and handing it over.

Suddenly sirens began to blare and She grabbed him by the neck as cops ran up putting a knife to his throat. "You Little Bastard you sold me out to them." her tone practically dripping with venom.

From behind her what appeared to be one of the old hobos grabbed her arm twisting it away from his neck. As the other officers who had watched in shock ran forward and handcuffed the old woman and began to read her the Miranda. The hobo striped off the disguise to reveal Officer Jenny. "Thanks Jenny you saved my life." Ash said his grateful expression turned to one of shock as she grabbed him and spun him to face the wall.

"Put your hands up against the wall your under arrest for conspiracy to commit fraud." she then launched into a tirade of the Miranda rights as Ash stood their feeling numb as she searched him for weapons then handcuffed him and led him to a squad car.

Misty, Brock, Togepi, and Pikachu were in a restaurant waiting for Ash. "What is taking him so long doesn't that goof ball realize it's time to eat." Misty said as she continued to stare out the windows of the small truck stop style diner. Pikachu who had reluctantly gone with Misty and Brock when his Pika pi had said he wished to be alone just stared at her sadly.

"Misty Ash probably just got Lost." Brock said "Why don't we go ahead and order something?" Brock didn't want to admit he was worried Ash may be naive but he wasn't really as bad with directions as Misty liked to think. *He probably just wants some time alone.* he thought Ash hadn't taken learning he was going to miss the pokemon league well.

Ms. Ketchum and her Mimie were busy cleaning the house when the phone rang. She hurried down to it and answered it cheerfully as always. "Hello Ash so good of you to call are you out of clean underwear?" she asked lightly.

Ash's expression dipped "Mom I have something to tell you I'm in trouble." he choked out she thought he was about to start crying and that just wasn't like her son.

"Okay Ash tell me all about it?" she said figuring it was something trivial after all her son was a good boy he couldn't' get in any real trouble. She smiled reassuring at him and said "Well go on dear tell me what the trouble is?"

"I'm in the Viridian City Jail; I've been arrested." Ash said bluntly fear and apprehension clouding his face. He got more and more depressed looking as his mother just stared slack jawed at the screen. "Mom?" he asked quietly.

"I have nothing to say to you know I'll be there shortly." she said and quickly hung up the phone not wanting to see any more of the shocked tears that had started flowing from her son's face as she said the words.

She turned walking away noticing absentmindedly that her make up was streaking with tears as she grabbed her seldom used car keys. "It has to be a mistake my Ash is a good boy." she said to herself quietly as she started the car and drove off leaving a concerned Mr. Mimie looking out the window at the departing car.

"I can't believe this where is he?" Misty fumed as they stood outside the Diner. "That twerp is off goofing off somewhere I know it." she said even to herself her rage sounded fake but she just couldn't admit to herself she was worried about him.

"If your looking for the twerp we can tell you." James said walking up with Jessie and Meowth. Misty and Brock groaned audibly at the thought of their motto but none was forthcoming.

"What have you two done with him your not getting Pikachu." Misty said darkly thinking they had kidnapped Ash to trade for Pikachu. "And go ahead and get your dumb Motto over with already."

"Actually we saw the cops arrest him and they are crawling all over the city looking for other members of this fake badge ring so we have to keep a low profile." James said matter of factly and was promptly hit by Jessie for telling them without charging them for the info.

"You idiot we were supposed to make them buy us lunch first." she said angrily as she stormed up to Misty. "We told you were the twerp was so pay us for the info or we battle here and now little girl." she said towering over Misty.

"Yeah right like Ash would get arrested he would never accept a fake badge... oh please no Ash." Misty said as images of her sisters holding out a cascade badge to Ash flashed threw her mind. "We have to go now Brock!" Misty yelled as she scooped up Pikachu and took off running checking to make sure Togepi was still tucked in her backpack asleep.

As Brock hurried after her Jessie and James watched him go sadly. "We still didn't get paid and we are hungry." the two whined in stereo. As they turned to look longingly in the window of the Restaurant.

"Ya know we probably should have grabbed Pikachu while we had the chance." James said mater of factly as they stared at the people in the restaurant and was promptly beaten to a pulp by Jessie and Meowth yelling at him for not thinking about it earlier.

Misty and Brock arrived to see Ms. Ketchum exiting the holding cell area and heading for the Pay phones. "I have to call a lawyer." she said more to herself than them as she pushed past them to the phones. Brock and Pikachu followed after her asking about Ash Misty however saw the way to the cells open and headed down it looking for Ash.

Misty made it without running into any guards all the cells were empty except for one with an old woman who looked to be asleep and another with Ash sitting on the bunk facing the far wall. "Ash tell me you didn't do it?" she asked quietly she still didn't want to believe it even if she had seen him nearly cheat before.

"Just go away Misty." Ash said his voice dry and raw like he'd been crying. "I've heard enough of how stupid I was from my mom so just leave." Ash didn't say anything more he just continued staring at the far wall.

Misty lingered outside the iron bars for a few second trying to come up with anything to say. Finally conceding that she had nothing to say she turned and headed out of the holding area not noticing that Officer Jenny had watched her the whole time.

Some Time later:

Ash sit behind the table as the Judge returned his lawyer had assured his mother that a juryless trail would be quicker and more likely to turn out well. Ash stood when prompted ignoring the nervous sweat that was beginning to make his skin feel cold and clammy.

"Ash Ketchum you are hereby found Guilty for conspiracy to commit fraud." The Judge's gaze softened slightly. "Do to your being a minor and it being a first offense I will go easy on you a 1500 dollar fine, 500 hours of Community Service and 6 months probation."

Ash felt himself relax visibly but stiffened when the judge began again. "However the Pokemon league ruling was not so lenient and as of now your license is revoked you will never be allowed to compete in any pokemon league sanctioned event again."

"Also as a result of your no longer having a license you are not allowed to possess more than one pokemon." Ash didn't hear anything after that first his right to be a pokemon trainer and now he had to give up most of his pokemon aswell.

To be Continued .....

This fic is the first I've done in a long while all my old fics are pretty much dead and burried I just can't write that style anymore most of my fics now will be very very serious compared to the original format some fics may eventually be resurected in new forms(Rewrites) but not until this fic is well on it's way to being finished.

Yep it's strange my fics just came down from the archive when I finally managed to write a new fic.