Disclaimer- I am writing for the whole story at once: I do not own Pokémon Anime, Manga or Games. This a clearly non-profit venture which I wrote to give the Pokémon lovers a story where Ash has a Brain with more than two brain cells to rub together.

AN- I want to make these points clear:

Ash will not get Pikachu. No amount of flames or pleas will change this decision.

Ash will take time to train, and not jump from gym to gym and be humiliated like he was in canon.

Ash will be a better trainer. I will give him at least one or two Legendary Pokémon for each region. Brandon, Tobias, all have multiple Legendaries, so why not Ash?

He will be a much more competent trainer, and will catch many more Pokémon.

Many of the irrelevant side-stories will be ignored. They are frankly disgusting.

I do not like Misty. If she will be there, then as a very minor character or will be used for bashing.

I will try to follow science and logic. One man hit by a debilitating Pokémon attack will be severely injured, not just dazed as shown in anime.

Thanks for reading my story. I hope it please you.

Chapter 1

It was peaceful day in the little town of Pallet, set in the outskirts of the Kanto Region and home to the world famous professor, Professor Samuel Oak, who was well known for his research in the field of interactions between Pokémon and their trainers. On this day, a six- nearly seven year old Ash Ketchum was playing in the outskirts of the town, near the small forest outside the sleepy town. Ash loved each and every type of Pokémon and his ambition was to be a Pokémon Master. He came near the edge of the forest regularly, sometimes moving a small distance inside the forest and had befriended most of the wild Pokémon of the area, consisting of Pidgey and Rattatta.

Today Ash had gotten carried away in his games with the wild Pokémon, and was late for his dinner. When Ash realized this, he bid a hurried good bye to his friends and started to run from the small clearing in the jungle a fair bit away from the town. It was after five minutes of running that Ash realized he was in an unfamiliar part of the forest. Concerned and more than a little scared, he started running around as quickly as he could to find his way, but only got himself hopelessly lost. Just as tears started to fall, he heard a gurgling sound, and ran in that direction till he came upon a river. Realizing it as the river which flowed just to the South of Pallet Town, his tears vanished as he joyously started following the river, It was a few minutes later that he heard a distressed call up ahead and started to race ahead, intent on help the distressed Pokémon or person, after running for a couple of minutes, he came upon the distressed Pokémon, a blue snakelike creature with small wing-like ears. It was about 6 ft long, and looked injured and distressed.

Ash immediately ran towards the serpent, and tried to check it over so that he could see the injuries, but was batted away by its tail. Ash tumbled away due to the unexpected strike, but immediately got back up, and slowly walked towards the Pokémon, trying to calm it. "Calm down, calm down, I will help you, calm down." Soothing down the Pokémon, he walked up to it and tried to comfort it by patting its head. He checked over the Pokémon to see that it had some bite and scratch marks as well as a few bruises. Concerned, he tried to ask as comfortingly as possible as he slowly tried to lift the Pokémon, who was quite heavy for a 7 year old.

After he had managed to successfully lift the Pokémon, he whispered, "I see that you have been hurt. I can take you someone who can help. Do you want to go with me?" He sweat dropped when the snake simply continued crying while also nuzzling him. Carefully, he started to walk slowly towards the Town, reaching the small and restive place after about fifteen minutes. The tiny dragon Pokémon had fallen asleep during the walk, nuzzling the young human. Ash walked up to the Lab of Professor Oak, and clumsily managed to knock on the door, hard. The door opened in a couple of minutes, and a white-haired old man opened the door without taking notice of Ash. He spoke, "Hello, how can I hel- My god, Ash, where did you find such a large Dratini?" Ash replied, "I found this Pokémon injured in the woods. I didn't know it was called a Dratini. But professor, it is hurt, can you heal it?"

The Professor immediately ushered the young boy inside, and made him lay the snake-like Pokémon on a healing machine that was inside his laboratory. The old Pokémon professor scanned the injured Dratini, and after looking at the screen for a few seconds, informed the boy, "You did well in bringing the Pokémon here my boy. She is an infant Pokémon, and would have most certainly died from the wounds had she been left in the wild." Ash gave a short, horrified gasp, which, when the Professor saw, immediately caused him to reassure the young boy. He said, "Don't worry Ash, since you brought her here, she would be healed by tomorrow morning. As of now, she is suffering from some bites, a few scratches and some pretty benign infections." Ash looked extremely relived, before the Professor continued, "So where did you find her, Ash?" The young boy started recounting his adventures of the day, leading Professor Oak saying, "That's quite an adventure for your age my boy. You did admirably well in bringing the Dratini here. I am proud of you."

The young boy puffed up on the praise, but soon deflated when the old Professor said, "But have you talked with your mother Ash? I think Delia would be extremely worried for you by now." The boy paled at the mention of his mother, when Professor Oak's video phone started ringing. The Professor received it, to be met with the frantic face of Delia Ketchum, who immediately asked, "Good Evening Professor. I wanted to ask if Ash had visited you today. He is usually at home by now, but he has yet to come today." Oak chuckled, before saying, "Don't worry Delia, Ash is with me at the lab. Your son found an injured Pokémon in the woods today, which he immediately brought my lab. That's why he is not at your home now."

Delia Ketchum instantly calmed down, and Ash stepped up to the screen with a small amount of relief as he said, "Hey mum, I am sorry I worried you but when I found the Dratini, she had many injuries, so I wanted to bring it immediately to Professor Oak." Delia smiled at her son, and said, "Don't worry Ash-dear. I am not angry at all." Delia then giggled and cooed, "My son is growing up so fast; saving injured Pokémon and what-not. I am so proud of my boy." Ash blushed, before saying, "Mum, I wanted to ask if I can keep Dratini company for the night. I don't want her to be alone as she heals." Delia smiled along with the Professor as she answered, "It alright Ash, but only if the Professor has no problem." Professor Oak chuckled at the pleading eyes the seven-year old gave him before saying, "I don't have any problem with Ash being here for the night. I had planned to spend the night in the lab, so it is alright."

Ash beamed at both of them, before shouting a loud bye mom as he ran to the bed in which the sleeping Dratini was resting. Ash sat down on the bed and patted the snake-like Pokémon, who unconsciously purred before burrowing her head into Ash's side. Professor Oak, who entered the room at that time, smiled on looking at the tender moment shared by the Pokémon and the human child. He called to Ash, "Ash, why don't you wash up, and then we can eat some dinner before you can sleep on a bed next to Dratini. It is already very late and you must be very tired from your adventures today." It was then that Ash realized how hungry he was, and his stomach let out an audible growl. Ash blushed, before running off to wash himself as Samuel Oak chuckled and got up to prepare some dinner for himself and the young boy.

That night, after Ash and Professor Oak had gone to sleep, the infant Dratini woke up from her sleep. She was confused of her surroundings and the soft area she was laying on, when the events from before she fell asleep came back to her mind. She had hatched just a week earlier, and had never known her mother. For the first couple of days, she had remained hungry before managing to get some berries from a bush. The day before, she had attacked a Rattata in hope of eating it, but its family, consisting of two Raticates, attacked her and left her injured. Her memory then turned on a human whom she had seen arrive at the spot where she lay injured, and talking to her in soft tones, speaking about healing her. It was then that the Dratini realized that she was not feeling any pain from her injuries, and checking over herself, she realized that she was completely healed.

The Dratini thought that the human must have helped heal him, before she caught the familiar scent of her savior. She looked around to see him sleeping on raised platform next to her. She slithered down from her bed and climbed on to Ash's, before draping herself over the boy and drifting off into sleep with the warmth from the human's body warming the reptilian Pokémon.

When Professor Oak came in the morning to wake up Ash, he was both surprised and amused to see at the state of his two young charges. Ash was hugging Dratini to his body, and the snake-like Pokémon had wound herself around Ash. He continued smiling as he approached the two to wake them up. He initially called Ash to rouse him, and on no response, resorted to calling him rather loudly. But the young boy ignored him, murmuring something incoherent under his breath. Finally, with no recourse, he was forced to shake Ash to wake him, rousing the sleeping Pokémon with him.

Ash awoke with a groan, but was surprised when he felt a weight draped around him. Opening his eyes blearily, he saw the interior of Professor Oak's laboratory. On further focus, he could see the Professor standing near his bed. He tried to wake up, but froze when a coo was heard from near his ear. He turned his head, to see the Dratini resting on him, her serpentine head near his face. Ash gave a wide smile and started petting the dragon Pokémon, saying, "Wow Dratini, you are alright now. I am so happy."

The boy then asked the Professor, "Professor, can Dratini leave now?" Oak nodded answering Ash's question, and said, "Dratini is very young, less than a week old, in fact. But she is now healthy. The injuries were mainly bites and scratches, so they were not very difficult to heal." Ash's smile widened as he said, "Thank You Professor for healing Dratini. Now will you keep him with you in the ranch Professor?" The last question was asked in a hesitant tone, which made the Professor smile inwardly.

Prof. Oak looked thoughtful, before saying, "My boy, Dratini is extremely young, and has already taken you up as a close friend. It would be cruel of me to try and separate you. Besides, I know that even you want to take her with you. So no, I won't keep her in the ranch. But you see Ash, there is a problem, a child as young as you cannot be a trainer, and without being a trainer, you cannot keep Dratini in a Pokéball. As you will come to know, Dratini is an extremely rare Pokémon, and many will try to capture her if they found a wild Dratini is with you, hence it would be unsafe for her, which is why I am reluctant to allow her to go with you."

Ash looked saddened, and spoke up, "Isn't there anything I can do Professor that would allow me to keep Dratini?" The Professor looked as if he was thinking hard, before a light appeared I his eyes, and he said, "There is one way you will be allowed to capture Dratini Ash." The boy's excitement returned as he asked, "What is that Professor?" "Well a couple of years ago, the Pokémon league wanted to help develop more talented Pokémon Trainers from a younger age, and hence introduced the scheme of Pokémon Trainees. Under this program, a Pokémon Professor will select any promising young children who wish to be Pokémon Trainers and teach them about battling, caring and about everything they would need to know about Pokémon. The trainees would also be allowed to keep a maximum of two Pokémon with the permission of their supervising Professor. I have not yet taken any Trainees as no one promising has caught my eyes till now. I was thinking about offering you and Gary the chance next year, but my grandson refused, saying that he would make a great trainer by himself, but I think that I would have to offer you the chance year early."

Ash's eyes had lit up with joy, and he said, "Thank you Professor, thank you very much. And I would like to study under you too. I am sure I can learn many things from you." The Professor smiled, before a serious expression appeared on his face. He said, "Remember Ash, if you accept to be my trainee, you have to work hard and be prepared learning everything I teach you. You will help in the lab in the weekdays and I would teach you the various aspects of Pokémon training on the weekends and free days. If you are sure that you want to fully commit yourself to being a Pokémon trainer, then only you should agree to this. Now if you are sure, I am going to call in Delia for completing the necessary paperwork."

Ash looked conflicted for a moment, but a coo from Dratini was heard by our hero, and a determined light appeared in his eyes, he said, "I am sure Professor, I will work to my hardest under you, and I will be the best Pokémon trainer in the world." The old Professor gave Ash one last smile before moving out of the room to call Delia. Ash gave a tired sigh, before patting the Dratini and said, "You and I are going to be together buddy, and you will be my first Pokémon. Isn't that great?" Dratini smiled as she made a joyous coo and wound herself around her new friend and trainer.

Within an hour, registration had been completed, and Ash was now officially a Pokémon Trainee under Professor Oak. Professor Oak gave Ash a Pokedex and a couple of Pokéball. Ash then turned to Dratini, and holding up a Pokéball for her, and asked, "So Dratini, do you want to be my first Pokémon?" the Mirage Pokémon nodded resolutely and tapped the Pokéball with her snout, letting herself be sucked in by the device. Ash immediately released Dratini, and crouching down, he asked, "It wasn't very uncomfortable, was it Dratini?" the Pokémon shook her head to reassure her trainer. Professor Oak commented from behind, "My boy, the Pokedex that I gave you, aside from acting as your identity and Trainer's License, also allows you to scan any Pokémon that you come across. In case the Pokémon is wild or another Trainer's Pokémon, you will only see the general information on the Pokémon, but if you scan your own Pokémon, you can find its moves as well."

Ash gave an excited nod to the Professor before pointing at Dratini and selecting the scan option. The Pokedex spoke up in a mechanical voice, 'Dratini, the Mirage Pokémon. It is called the Mirage Pokémon as very few people have ever seen it. Its shed skin provides proof of its existence. It is the un-evolved form of Dragonite.'

This Dratini is Female.

Known Moves- Wrap, Leer, Thunder Wave, Tackle, Twister and Dragon Pulse(Egg Move).

Professor Oak looked impressed, and said, "Wow Ash, your Dratini looks very powerful. She has impressive moves for a Pokémon so young." Ash smiled as he heard this, and said, "Oh Yeah. With Dratini's help, I will be a Pokémon Master in no time." Both Professor Oak and Delia laughed at the young boy's antics, before Oak sent the mother and son duo to their homes while reminding Ash to come to his lab at 9 in the morning for his training.

Here ends the first chapter. Review whether you hate it, love it or have any suggestions.

-The Myth Writer signing off.