I have no idea why I'm even bothering uploading this. The plot seems so odd. Well anyway, if you guys don't like it i can always delete it and hide if forever on my memory stick. =/

Anyway this story is inspired by many things. First off by the show "Ringer" (No, the title of this story was not based off that show.) "Impostor" (Filipino TV series) and the song "The one that got away" (I have no idea if that's the title of the song but meh. don't care.) The plot of those shows and song are so new and fresh which i love so much. So I began to wonder how to adapt to the pokemon world. Of course its hard but i like a challenge.

So thus, i came up with this. I'm not sure if i should continue it or leave it as a one-shot. But first, to my other stories! So enjoy this for the moment until i decide what to do with this.

~midnight

Ringer
Day one:

Her body was lying in a pool of her own blood. Stains of her own blood were on her skin to nearly every part of body and clothes. Her fingers nearly dropped flat but it remained curled showing that the victim still was holding onto their life. The pupils had enlarged and they could not even see the state they were in. The wound they had received continued to empty all the blood they contained and blue veins and bruises began to form around it. Still even through the pain they continued to cry even though there were no more tears to shed. They continued to scream for help even though nobody would ever hear them.

Her life was now a waste. To die to protect the man she love and watch him run away broke her heart. The pain to watch her die for nothing was more painful than the way she was treated before she died. She loved him, so much that she was willing to die for him but she never knew if it would be worth it. Now she finally found the answer.

She closed her eyes and felt it was her time to go until she felt a gentle hand slowly patted her cheek. She opened her eyes halfway and saw it was a pokemon. A small flying lime green pokemon. It had small wings and giant eyes outlined in thick black lines. The pokemon was known to be called Celebi. The pokemon placed both of its long arms on the girl's fragile cheeks and tried not to cry for her. It tried to wipe away the blood stains on her cheeks but was stopped when Celebi saw the look in her eyes saying there was no point to save her.

"Don't...tr...try." she barely spoke. Her voice was all raspy and dry. "...it's all...oo...over." Celebi shook her head.

"I know you didn't want to die like this. You want to live. You want to live in a different life." Celebi spoke to herself.

"If I could...only live a...a new life. That would...make...me...e happy." She closed her eyes for the final time.

Her fingers dropped into the puddle of her thick blood as she took her last breath but as for her heart, it had already died when she saw the man she loved run off with it. Celebi began to shed her tears. She wasn't meant to be in this mess. She was just a little grass type pokemon that saved forests from begin burnt to the ground and she just happened to come across and witness the girl's death.

"You tried to protect the man you love by putting your life on the line. But when you found out he ran from you, you gave up on everything and accepted your death." Celebi clutched her fists and closed her eyes. "No one should die like that." The grass type looked at the young girl's pale face. "I can help you." Celebi clasped her hands together into a prayer-like position and her green aura began to form a dome around her and the young girl's dead body. Celebi closed her eyes and began to pray. "Come; let me take you to a new world. Where I know you will be happy, there a man will truly love you no matter what happens." Celebi paused before adding. "You deserve better Sapphire."

.XxX.

Her eyelids began to flicker before they settled down and let her scope her surroundings. Everything was in in shades of white, they sky, the sand and even the cherry blossoms that had just bloomed. She clenched the sand and felt the tiny sand grains run through her palm. She opened her palm and outstretched her arms while still lying on her back. Tears began to run down her cheeks when she discovered she was somehow still alive. Soon a small grass type pokemon flew into her view.

"Hello there Sapphire." Celebi smiled. "I'm glad to see your awake now."

"Why did you let me live?" Sapphire asked. "I've lost my reason to live, why didn't you grant my last wish?" the brunette complained.

"I know your true wish Sapphire, and your death wasn't part of it." Sapphire glanced away from the pokemon. "You really want to live a completely new life. Far away from this one you're in."

"So what if that is true?" Sapphire refused to look at the pokemon. "All you can do is time travel through different times..." the girl soon sat up after her revelation. "...no, you're not going to do that!" Celebi laughed and spun in the air a few times before returning to the young girl.

"I can bring you to a new world far from this one. Everyone you know in this world will not exist in that world. There will be people that will look similar from this world and then completely new ones. But mostly there will be one man there waiting for you and I can grantee you this." Celebi smiled at Sapphire. "He will love you for as long as he can. He won't run from you but instead come towards you. He will protect you when he can. His reckless but I know you'll fall in love with him." Sapphire smiled.

"How can you say that? Have you even met this person yet?" Sapphire stood up to her own two feet. "Don't give me hope that world is better than this one!" Celebi sighed.

"I've been to that world many times and the man I talk about has saved me and my friends many times during my lifetime and I know it won't be the last. So I know what I'm talking about!"

The world the young brunette was in began to turn into shades of grey and black. The cherry blossoms began to wither and their petals falling the ground. The soft sand beneath her feet began to turn solid and dry. The white sky began to form thunderclouds. Sapphire felt panic enter into her bloodstream. She soon glanced back to the time travelling pokemon. The pokemon was holding a golden ring with emeralds running through the middle.

"This world is beginning to die and fade away just you're about to Sapphire." Celebi explained. "If you want to live in the world I speak of then wear this ring and it will take you there. I speak no lies when it comes to the matter of the heart. Sapphire, you died because you tried to save the man you loved in this world. You did nothing wrong so you shouldn't be acting like you did!" Celebi screamed. Soon the ground beneath Sapphire's feet began to crack and split. The girl screamed and jumped towards Celebi. As the ground sank, lava began to spit and spread the lava everywhere. "Are you ready to die just like that Sapphire?" the legendary grass type asked. Sapphire reached out for the ring Celebi had shown her earlier.

"No." She spoke as she placed the ring on her ring finger. She looked up to Celebi and noticed she was smiling.

"Good luck May." Sapphire blinked in confusion.

"May?" She asked.

But before the young girl could ask any more questions a bright light emitted from her ring and began to form a transparent white bubble around her. Before she could discover what happened to Celebi she felt her body lift into the air. The bubble began to rise higher into the stormy clouds before it popped and sent the young girl to her new world.

.XxX.

"Hey Doc, I think I can see her eyes moving!"

"And look, her fingers are moving as well!"

"Hey May, can you hear us! Open your eyes, it's us! Your friends!"

The girl opened her eyes for the second time and noticed two complete strangers right in front of her. One was a girl with long navy blue hair wearing a white beanie and a black and pink mini dress. The other one was a boy with a Pikachu on his shoulder. He was wearing a red cap with a black and yellow vest with light blue cargo pants.

"Platinum and...Red?" the confused girl asked. Both friends looked at each other in confusion.

"I knew this would happen." Sapphire turned to her left and saw a doctor in a long white lab coat. "After that tragic accident she has received amnesia." The doctor sighed. "I'm sorry." The girl held the boy back as she was about to rush at the old man.

"But you told us that wouldn't happen! Her injuries weren't that serious!" the boy continued to yell.

"But she had a fractured skull. There was a chance but it was very small. I never knew it would happen." The boy shrugged odd his female companion and gaze onto the floor. "I'm sorry." The doctor repeated. After a few seconds of silence the boy looked up to the brunette.

"Do you remember me May?" He asked.

"May?" Sapphire asked. "Is that my new name in this world now?" the girl paused before replying. "I'm sorry, I don't." The boy tried to hide his sadness by covering his face with his hat as his Pikachu tried to calm the boy down. He wiped his tears away before looking at the girl once more.

"Well my name is Ash Ketchum." Ash sat at the edge of her mattress. "We first met back in Littleroot town. Pikachu accidently fried your bike that you were using to head to Professor Birch to get your first pokemon." Ash continued to tell Sapphire the basics of her past life with him. The young girl couldn't help but softly smile at the young boy.

"Could I ask you a favour...Ash?" the boy was interrupted by Sapphire's sudden request. "Could we be friends like before?" Ash smiled.

"Of course May!" He smiled. "I'm really happy you asked me that!" He grinned. Soon his female companion introduced herself.

"And my name is Dawn Berlitz and this is my pokemon, Piplup." Dawn's water type waved at the girl. "I'm a pokemon coordinator and I'm trying to be the best Sinnoh has ever known. Just like you, thing is you want to be the best the world has ever known." Dawn giggled.

"I do?" Sapphire asked. "I don't remember saying anything like that." Both Ash and Dawn looked at each other in disappointment.

"Looks like she has received the worse case of amnesia, I'm afraid she doesn't remember anything about her past." The doctor spoke. "I'm going off to the reception to tell the nurses there." Both Ash and Dawn nodded and the doctor walked out of the room. When the doctor was out Ash reached for his pocket and dug out a pink and white ribbon with a gold centrepiece in the middle that seems to resemble a sun, but it was in half.

"Do...you remember this ribbon?" Sapphire stared at the foreign object for some time before reaching over to a green fanny pack placed in the side table place beside her. She dug until she reached for the other half.

"Why did I know where this ribbon was, I barely know anything about this ribbon yet alone Ash." Sapphire thought to herself. "I'm guessing this is really important to both of us, right?" Sapphire placed her ribbon beside Ash's which made the ribbon looked whole once more.

"At least were heading somewhere." Ash smiled. Dawn placed her hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Let's get something to eat. May needs some rest and you need to eat. You haven't eaten since we came here two days ago. In fact you haven't even left this room since we came." Sapphire looked at Ash.

"His been waiting for me to wake up for that long?" She thought. "Thank you." She spoke. Ash face went red after hearing Sapphire's compliment. "Nobody has done that for me, well for that long. He even went out for days without food."

"I told Dawn I wouldn't go anywhere until you woke up May." He spoke before glancing over his shoulder and glancing at Dawn before looking back at Sapphire. "And now I can finally relax now that I know you're alright."

Ash returned his ribbon back into his pocket before saying his goodbye and went out of Sapphire's room for some lunch. Sapphire held her part of the ribbon near her heart and couldn't stop smiling.

"What a sweet man. She thought.

Soon she noticed a box of flowers beside her fanny pack with a white envelope place on the flowers. Sapphire reached out to the letter and read the name placed on the front of the envelope.

"To May."

"May hm?" the brunette thought to herself. "Such a cute name, I guess it won't be hard to get use to it." Sapphire turned the envelope over and opened the flap at the back and pulled out a note and began to read it.

Dear May (Sapphire),
it's me Celebi and I'm writing to you. Well I'm using my powers to write, I can't write with a pencil like you humans do.
Anyway I'm writing to you to inform you of your new life I have granted for you.
Your no longer Sapphire but May. This is the other world I spoke to you about. You are a young fifteen year old coordinator who dreams to become the best the world has ever seen. But of course that's up to you now if you want to continue to be a coordinator.
The man I spoke to you was Ash. He might not look like a hero but I hope someday you will consider him a friend like May did.
I know you might be seeing this as a crime, by letting you take May's place but really, you're the same person just living in two different worlds.
And the ring on your finger, you will be the only person who will see it. Once your take it off you will revert back to your old self.
You can take it off anytime you want and live a new world all together in confusion or you could use the people I trust to help you guide you a new future.
There is a boy waiting for you in this world, it's up to you if you want to take the risk in falling in love again with that boy.
May, this is your world. Make it your own. Sapphire no longer exists.
~Celebi.

Sapphire held the letter close to her heart without noticing she was still holding her ribbon in her other hand and couldn't help but notice tears running down her cheeks.

"The world I once knew is gone. Everything about me is dead. I'm living in a world that may look the same but is covered with a world of new people." Sapphire turned to her side and gazed outside her window. "Maybe it was better if I just died." Sapphire looked at her ribbon she shared with Ash. "No, I can't just give up like that." She smiled as she looked at the ribbon. "I have a new life to explore."

Sapphire soon closed her eyes and before she fell asleep, she made sure she had the ribbon in her hand when she woke up.

.XxX.

"Now I'm sure you want to see your family right now." The nurse spoke. "Well their coming up here really soon so I'm going to go now." The nurse spoke before picking up her tray filled with medicine. "I'm sure you're going to be really happy to see them." soon the nurse walked out of her room before being replaced by her family.

There stood at the doorway was Norman and a women and a young boy. Sapphire blinked in confusion.

"Wait, that's..." Sapphire sighed. "That's Ruby's dad! My father is Professor Birch not the Petalburg gym leader!" Sapphire embraced herself. "That's right. I'm May now. I'm no longer Sapphire." Soon her train of thought was interrupted when the women went to embrace her.

"May my darling!" the women cried before backing up. "That's goodness your okay!"

Sapphire gazed at the woman. She knew by the way she spoke that she was her mother even though she never remember what her mother looked like in her original world. She never could remember what her mother looked like and Professor Birch never spoke of her often. Sapphire placed her hand on her mother's left cheek. Did her mother look like her or did she look similar to the women she was looking at? Sapphire began to cry once more before embracing her mother.

"Mom!" Sapphire cried.

"I'm so happy you remember me!" Sapphire tried to continue to smile even though her motivation was gone after hearing her mother saying she remember her.

When really, she didn't.

She couldn't understand, should she claim to be this woman May who looked just like her or accept that she is May?

"May dear." Her father interrupted the two. "I want to talk to May if you will." Caroline nodded. As her mother backed away Sapphire pulled her sheets to her chest and began to feel uncomfortable.

This man was nothing but a gym leader to her. Her memories of him were rare. All he knew about him was that he was Ruby's father and he was the Petalburg gym leader, no more. Sapphire glanced at a young boy that seemed to be a few years younger than her. Norman had a worried look on his face.

"May, are you alright?" Sapphire didn't respond.

"Sis?" Max added.

She never remembered having any siblings and seeing all of this information of her new self was too much for her to bare. She held her head and began to scream. Norman and Max tried to comfort her but the girl backed away and shook her head. Her mother tried to race to her side but made the girl flee more. The girl's family backed away as Sapphire took her hands away from her ears and embraced her pillow as her body began to shake slightly. The nurses that rushed to her room asked her family to leave the room and let the girl to relax.

Sapphire watched as her family was escorted out of her room. Norman glanced over his shoulder while looking at her daughter with regret and sadness. Her room was locked and she was left all alone. She wrapped her arms around herself and began to weep.

"This is too much!" She screamed. She wanted to continued on scream all her confusion away but was interrupted when she hear the door unlock. "I thought it was unlocked..."

"May?" a voiced called in a nervous manner. "Are you alright?"

"Ash..." Sapphire softly spoke. She shook her head and nodded. "Yeah." Ash poked his head into the room and stared at her in confusion.

"You're got us worried back there." He softly smiled. "You don't have to act like that." Ash looked over his shoulder and noticed a nurse heading towards his direction. Ash quickly entered the room and closed the door behind him. "I'm not meant to come over but you really got me worried I had to come to see you."

"He came for me?" Sapphire didn't have much time to think to herself when Ash took a seat on her mattress.

"Hey I saw a contest outside. I was wondering if you could go enter in it." Sapphire blinked at Ash in confusion.

"But I don't like contest. I like gym battles." Ash looked at Sapphire in confusion. Ash laughed. "Hey!"

"You really did hit your head hard didn't you?" Sapphire crossed her arms. "Don't you remember anything from your coordinating days?" the brunette shook her head.

Ash glanced at the window and looked down and saw they were not too far down from the ground and also noticed a thick branch leading from the window to a tall tree. He looked at the wall clock and noticed visiting hours were done and dusted and it was time for him to go. But in Ash's mind that wasn't the case. He reached out for Sapphire hand and dragged her to the window.

"Look over there." Ash pointed to a contest hall not far from where they were both. "We can make it there before the nurses come and check on you. We could register you if you want or we could watch a few to jog you memory again." Sapphire looked at Ash.

"What are you trying to say?" Ash grinned and sat on the window sill before jumping on a branch and offering his hand to his old friend.

"Come-on, it won't take that long. Only five minutes, promise!"

Sapphire looked at the boy before grabbing hold of his hand as both slowly made their way down. Sapphire looked up at her room before begin interrupted by Ash grabbing her hand and dragging her to the contest hall.

As she held his hand the girl couldn't help but smile. Even though she had known him under a day she could feel that she could trust him with anything. Much more than to her newly discovered father, younger brother and her long 'lost' mother. She looked up to the setting orange sky with determination.

"This place isn't so bad after all." She watched as Ash continued to drag her to the contest hall. "I might have lost my old friends, my pokemon and all my Hoenn gym badges but at least I can live a new life." She held Ash's hand tighter. "If I can get to have people like Ash around then everything will be fine. I know it."

.XxX.

Both made their way to the building but were stopped when the front entrance was closed. Ash pulled on the closed handle many times before Sapphire pointed to the boy the sign told him to push the door, not pull. Even still the door was truly locked. Ash was looking around the building before inviting Sapphire to come join him. Behind the building was a back stage door that was left open.

Sapphire nearly lost her ability to breathe when she noticed how large the stage was. The floor was just polished that you could see your own reflection on it. Red satin curtains were tied back and placed the the ends of the stage and the chairs formed a semi-circle formation with the stage in front.

Ash dug into his pockets and pulled out a pokeball and placed it in Sapphire's hands.

"I'm sure you can do the rest." Sapphire shook her head quickly. Ash glared at her in disbelieve. "What, you can't remember how to throw a pokeball now?" Sapphire shook her head again.

"It's the fact that I'm such a huge stage. What can you do on such a stage?" Ash sighed. He wanted to face palm himself at this point. Ash walked away from the girl with his back facing her.

"You once told me that coordinating is like pokemon battles but more elegant and you have to use your pokemon moves to create wonderful and beautiful combinations." Ash turned around to face her. "Think it like that and I'm sure you'll be fine."

Sapphire looked at the empty pokeball and smiled with determination. She cheered herself on and held the pokeball high in the air before throwing it but was interrupted when Ash grabbed her hand with the pokeball still in her hand.

"Wow, this is going way back." Sapphire titled her head on confusion. "The pokeball is going to crack if you throw it like that."

Ash walk behind Sapphire and reached out for her hand that still held the empty pokeball. Without noticing Ash had wrapped his left arm around the girl's waist as Ash wrapped his fingers around the girl's hand. He brought her hand down and used it to demonstrate the brunette how to throw a pokeball in a normal manner. Soon Ash felt that Sapphire's arm not willing to move to his ways. He looked over the the girl and noticed her sad expression on her face. Sapphire reached out for ash's other hand and held it tight.

"Why did you stay by my side while I was in a coma?" The brunette asked. Ash paused before adding.

"Because I was worried for you. I can't let you go like that."

"What really happened to me?" Ash suddenly embraced the girl tighter.

"You...were on the cruise ship heading back to Johto after visiting me here in Sinnoh for the Wallace Cup. While you were heading back the ship had some problem and began to sink. The news didn't tell much."

"I feel like I'm abusing you Ash." Sapphire looked to her right and saw Ash still with her. "You know so much about me but I know nothing about you or what happened between us." Ash broke the embrace and turned the face Sapphire.

"Then let's start again." He held out his hand the the brunette for a handshake. "My name is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town from the Kanto region. I hope to someday become a Pokemon Master." Sapphire giggled at the boy's somewhat formal explanation of himself.

"I'm..." Sapphire paused before adding. "...May Maple from Petalburg City and I hope someday to be the world's best pokemon coordinator." Sapphire accepted the handshake. "It's a pleasure to meet you Ash Ketchum." Both teenagers laughed.

"It's nice to meet you as well May."