DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon (if I did Misty would never have left and her and Ash would be together) all credit for that goes to Satoshi Tajiri and the pokemon company.

This is merely a fan fiction.

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Hey guys…. I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack, sorry for the delay and I shall let you get straight to it so here we go with Chapter 1: the road to Viridian City


It had been several hours since Ash got the call from Drake, of the Orange League, telling him about a new challenger. Drake could easily tell Ash was half asleep at the time, so he'd send all the details to his Ash's home in Kanto so that Ash would have all the information needed when he arrived home. Ash tied his hair into a ponytail, climbed out of his sleeping bag and went outside. The melting snow and the sounds of flying type Pokémon overhead indicated a sure sign that winter was nearly over. Ash yawned and checked the time, with a sigh he went back into the tent to pack everything up. Ash took apart the tent and put it in its bag, slinging it over his shoulder and he dragged his other bag to the bus stop. Ash hummed to himself as he checked the timetable and saw the bus to Pewter City was due soon. Ash had originally planned on making the journey like he used to but since he was on his own this time, he didn't feel like going it alone and he was impatient to get home.

As he waited for the bus, Ash reflected on the events of the past 2 years. After arriving home from the Kalos Region, Ash decided he wanted to take a break from travelling and to everyone's shock, he decided to study. Much to Ash's dismay, the only school that still had places available, didn't allow Pokémon on campus except for during holidays and special tournaments. Ash was so disappointed to learn that he was going to have to leave his beloved Pokémon behind, even with the encouragement from his Pokémon, Ash wasn't going to go and leave them. Pikachu soon fixed that with a friendly thunder shock to get him on the move. Ash's first few weeks at school were sad ones. He missed his friends and although he could always call them, seeing them on a screen was just not the same as in person. Especially in the last year, he had to study extra hard he just didn't have any time spare, he even missed out on some vacations. But finally that was all over, Ash had graduated and while he wasn't the smartest, he was happy with all the hard work he had put into his studies.

Finally a large bus pulled up with "Pewter City via route 3" on it. Ash put his luggage in the compartment and got on, using his Pokedex as a method of payment, thanks to all the money he had saved up.

While the bus ride was relaxing, the weather seemed to be clearing up, Ash was almost tempted to get off at Route 3 and travel the rest of the way on foot. "Nah, I wanna be home as soon as I can" Ash thought to himself as the bus departed Route 3. The journey only took an hour on the bus and Ash was the last person to get off the bus and collect his bags when it arrived at Pewter City, thankful that he decided on the bus rather than going on foot

The weather, now warm with a slightly cool breeze coming in from the east, was perfect for the trip ahead. Ash headed off to the Pewter City Gym, not only for a quick break, but also to see if Brock was free to hang out. Ash didn't expect to be home that evening and it had been awhile since he last saw his friend.

After finding no one at the gym, it was only a short walk to the Harrison's house. The house could easily be recognised a mile away by Flint's rock collection. Ash wasn't aware until Forrest told him but those were the boulders Flint used to make the Boulder Badges. With nobody home at the house, Ash went over to the Pokémon Center to rest up before heading off again. Waving goodbye and thanks to the Nurse Joy, Ash set off in the direction of Viridian City. As Ash reached the Pewter City limits, he looked back over his shoulder once more and started off along route 2.

After about ten or so minutes Ash got to the entrance Viridian Forest, but Ash wasn't planning to go through the forest, especially without any Pokémon for protection, so Ash walked along the outskirts of the forest until he came to a clearing in the east of route 2 that had a cave that was home to wild Diglett.
Ash headed south along this path and walked past a house that was under construction, apparently a Ranger was going to live there to keep an eye on the forest, finally getting to a small ledge that returned him to the southern part of route 2 and the Northern entrance to Viridian City…..


Authors Notes: first of all thanks for reading, I know it was only a short chapter but hey its something, feel free to leave a review etc (i do not respond to trolls though)

sorry again for the delay, sadly some people make it a game to try and discourage me from writing and sadly it looked like it worked for a little bit but you know what? its MY story, even if its bad i still want to get it out there, plus like i said in the intro the story REALLY picks up once Ash gets to the Orange Islands.

A big thank you to Mumma_Whovian for proof reading and editing this.

Review responses:

Roger: that's a bit harsh i'd say (and rude to the people who haven't been able to see that yet) considering that this story is only in it's early stages and that last chapter didn't actually have a proof reader. I assure you future chapters will be better.

fromface: thanks. yes it is actually although some things have changed.. you'll see.

Guest: working on it. working on it.

Now for some fun trivia:

Yes the chapter is in reference to the song, i had it stuck in my head the whole time i wrote this.

I originally had Ash be with Pikachu and be at Pokemon Tech but i decided on a different school as PT would be popular.

the school he went to was basically a cram high school and since i was asked Ash was best at History and some sports while his worse subjects were Math and Geography (although he got better at Geography)

Oh and yep, that shortcut was the one normally where Cut is needed but i took a small liberty with it.

That's all for now.. I am hoping to have at least 5 more chapters up by this coming Saturday as i want to get to the main story as soon as possible...

Once again thanks for reading.