Ash Ketchum was on top of Mt. Silver, remmembering that fateful day.
flashback, pallet town, 10 years ago.
Ash had just returned home from his journey in Kalos, and was excited to go to Alola soon. And as he walked into his house, he called out to his mom, "I'm home!", only to see many of his old rivals and compnions. Brock, Misty, May, Max, Dawn, Trip, Cilan, Iris, Trip, Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena were all there. before Ash could say hi to them, Brock started talking. "Ash, we need you to stop. Stop the journeys. Stop the travelling." hearing Brock, of all people, say this, shocked Ash deeply. "What do you mean Brock? I thought you enjoyed traveling with me." Ash said. This time, Trip jumped in. "We're tired of you failing like this, even I saw your failure in Kalos." Ash at this point was begining to feel sick, and looked at Serena for clarification, hoping she would help. But he recieved none. "Ash, we all care about you, that's why we want you to give up." Ash had been feeling sick, with worry, but now anger had taken it's place. But before he could act on it, Gary, Paul, and his mom, Delia, all burst in. "Go Ash, get your pokemon and get away from these idiots." said Gary. "Ash, I got here as fast as I could when these two told me what was happening, we'll handle them." claimed Delia. Ash then ran off to the proffeser's lab to get his pokemon, not hearing any of them anymore. when he got to the vacant lab, he saw the proffesor wasn't home, so he grabbed the pokeballs for all of his pokemon and ran. He released charizard and gave him a quick command, "take me to mt. Silver, quickly." Charizaed, understanding that Ash was distressed, flew him off quickly.
mt. Silver, current day.
It had been ten years, but life had changed more than anyone expected. No one had seen a boy by the name of Ash Ketchum since that day. But he prospered. But now, he had other matters to attend to.
Poni wilds, Poni island, Alola region.
Proffesor RedWood had just returned home from his short vacation, and stopped to check the mail. He only had one letter, and it was an invite to the legenday tournament, taking place at the Indigo Plateau in one weeks time. All the greatest trainers in the world had been invited, and the proffesor thought it would be a good challenge for Colress' and his research. Smiling, he called his friend and colleage Colress to tell him about the tournament.