Chapter Two: Find Me

January 16, 2013
Johto Grand Festival Hall
7:15pm

It had only been ten minutes since May had been reunited with Ash but her throat had already turned dry and her screams had become raspy, so dry Max could no longer understand what her sister was saying. Dust was all over her dress due to having the roof nearly collapse on her and her hair was everywhere. Her eyes were filled with shock as her tears finally stopped and her cheeks had turned as dry as her voice. Falling to her knees May's trembling hands were placed where her heart laid; her bloodshot retuning back up to the night sky.

Media started to crowd around the huge grand hall but a wall of police blocked all possible ways to enter the building. May sat on the destroyed battlefield dumbfounded as her younger brother made small steps towards his destroyed sister. He could hear his sister's cries once more as he kneeled down to her height. Max could see May was holding onto her half ribbon so tight that if she held it any tighter her fingers would bleed. Reaching over Max placed his hands on his sisters, causing May to look at him and with no words the top coordinator cried in her younger brother's arms.

Staying silent seemed the only right thing to do as Max looked up the night lit sky and couldn't believe how quiet it had become in only ten minutes.

Ash, which was the name her sister was screaming endlessly up towards the sky before the name was no longer, was recognizable due to how dry May's voice became. Ash was the man he looked up to when he was a child and even promised him that they would have a battle once they meet again, but eight years had passed and that promise was still not fulfilled. Ash was the man he wanted to be, but after seeing what he had become, Max took those words back. He didn't want to become a criminal or as cold as he showed tonight.

Speaking his name was just as foreign as he looked. Max cussed underneath his breathe that the man he spoke to earlier was no other than Ash. Why couldn't he tell it earlier? Max soon answered his own question; it was because the Ash he knew was no longer there. HisAsh was gone.

"Max?" Looking down Max noticed his sister had finally stopped crying and now was out of his arms. "Thank you."

"Um, no probs Sis," Max spoke in confusion. He watched as May silently rose back to her feet and walked away from the destroyed battle field. She continued to walk until a police officer rushed to her aid. Max knew May was in no mood to answer questions after their shocking reunion with their old companion Ash.

May's sapphire eyes stayed empty as she answered the most basic questions the officer asked her. She kept her composure and acted professional even in her broken self. She was even able to pull off a smile she would show to the media every time she was asked for interviews. That smile was fake.

"So did you recognise the man you battled Miss Maple?"

Like glass smashing as it hit the ground, so did May. Her eyes covered in fear and shock as she covered her mouth and took a step or two back. Her pace of breathing was increased as Max rushed to his sister's aid. Holding her in place, Max looked towards the police officer.

"No, she was just screaming to get her Glaceon back." Max quickly spoke a white lie.

"But she was-"

Max shook his head as wrapped his arms around his sister who still was in a state of shock. "I appreciate your concern but my sister is in no mood to answer such detailed questions. Her prized and treasured Glaceon got stolen and that roof nearly killed them both!" Max tried to keep himself together and waited for the officer to leave with their information before turning back to his sister. "May," He muttered.

Rubbing her eyes May looked up to her brother, "Thank you Max, for not telling them the truth."

Max was surprised that May knew that he saw Ash as well with two female companions by his side and escaping on their dragon types. Max dropped his arms and made way for his sister to walk out, taking time to breathe.

A roof nearly fell on her and her dearest Glaceon only to see it turn into stone. There side by side her petrified ice type was no other than her mentor and dear friend Ash. She thought for a moment he was undercover and knew about the robbery and was going to save the day as usual; just like in the good old days. But as soon she saw Ash take off on his Salamence with Glaceon in his arms it broke May in so many pieces that it was impossible to find them all again.

She couldn't believe Ash. Her best friend, mentor and defender to when things turned bad was completely wiped from her memory and was replaced with anew in just one night. All those memories...wasted.

"I wanted to tell the police who the man was that took Glaceon from me." May broke into a new conversation. "But I couldn't, I didn't want to see Ash hurt, I didn't want to see him out of my reach once again." May turned around to face her brother, her dress twirling around her ankles. "I'm so selfish Max. I've always have been." Her voice was dropping. "Ash wasted so many days training me to where I am today, sometimes it costed him a gym badge...do you think Ash is like that now because of me?"

Max rushed to his sister, "No, don't you ever take the blame for Ash's mistakes now!" Max shook May softly by her shoulders. "He, you and I and old enough to make our own decisions, why Ash is who he is today is something we might never understand!"

"But we need to find him Max." May pled. "His taken Glaceon from me,"

"The police can take care of that!" Max begged for his sister to forget her crazy idea. "Right now we need to go home, take some rest and think things through carefully."

"But you will promise me that you'll help me find Ash and Glaceon, together we will save Ash."

The young frontier brain was left speechless. He wished now his sister had some crazy and busy plan to keep her mind away from Ash and let the police do their job, but she filed for leave for a month. It could be considered perfect timing for others; to him it was horribly bad. Nothing was holding her sister back to chase Ash and save her Glaceon. He couldn't leave her sister.

"Yes, I'll help you find Ash and Glaceon but promise me that when things turn bad, you'll turn back."

May smiled and nodded towards Max. Patting her cheeks to snap herself out of her depressed state May soon looked all around the destroyed grand hall. Taking a sigh of relief May made her way up the destroyed stairs and out of the building where more police officers helped her out of the building. Max turned back to the night sky as he removed his glasses. Using his white shirt from underneath his suit he cleaned the lens before seeing tears falling onto them.

Folding his glasses the young man rubbed his eyes before placing the glasses back on. Turning around he noticed a police officer had come to him to help him guide out of the building. Accepting their help Max was guided out. Taking one more glance at the giant room the frontier brain sighed.

He had no answers for what just happened tonight, nobody did.

January 16, 2013
Destination Unknown
8:00pm

"Fantastic job Raven and Ruubi, you have redeemed yourself to me Raven."

Ash ignored J's compliment as he looked around him and saw he was in the long hallway with cages of Pokémon turned into stone by their sides. From the smallest Pokémon to the very largest; all frozen in time. Turning to his right stood another Pokémon he had turned to stone. Letting his fingers slip through the bars Ash was able to touch the cheek of the Pokémon with his fingertips before pulling back. He couldn't do it. It was too painful to look back or even stare at it any longer. He instead caught up to the pace of J and Jewelz who was placing more of the stoned Pokémon they stole into cages that fitted their size.

J stood firm and strong with her hands behind her back as she glared at her two apprentices, one doing as she was told as another stood there emotionless. Removing her glasses her pose was interrupted. "Raven, why aren't you doing your job?"

Taking a few seconds to reply, Ash came up with his answer. "I'm a hunter, not some maid of yours." The teenager spoke bitterly. "I'm not your maid so I refuse to do it."

This caused J to erupt into all sorts of emotions, but mainly anger as she ripped the shades off her face and slapped the young teen. The force was strong enough to make Ash fall off his feet, causing some of the caged doors to open and letting stoned Pokémon fall and smash into tiny pieces of rock. Ash saw another fall due to his impact as they fell down. He closed his eyes at the idea of Pokémon dying on him and curled into a ball as his 'sister' held J in one place.

"Please sister! Stop this!" Jewelz cried. "Please!"

The older woman shrugged the young hunter off of her as she picked up the nervous and petrified teen by his shirt. Ash placed his hands where J had her grip on him and tried to escape greatly but failed. Opening his eyes Ash feared the death stare J always gave to him as a child, after living with her for eight year it still frightened him deeply.

"Don't you start to get rebellious just because you saw your old friends again!" J spat as she threw Ash back down on the steel floor. J could see the fear Ash had towards her; she smiled as she enjoyed having so much power over him and his dear friend who was just as afraid as he was. "Your life as a pity Pokémon trainer is over. Why treasure such little memories of those days?" J spat. "You have lived longer as my 'child' than some pitiful Pokémon trainer who reaches for a goal that doesn't even exist!"

Ash pushed his body up to his knees but fell back down on his stomach, opening his eyes to only see J was still upset at him.

"You are mine Ash Ketchum. Your skills, your life, your name belong to me."

The infamous hunter walked over to one locked cage and pressed a few numbers on the number pad and the door flew open. In the hands of the hunter was a stoned Corphish. Her hands teasing as she outlined the shape of the water type. Ash's body shook in fear knowing what would happen next.

"Please...don't." The trainer begged.

"When you play with fire you will get burnt." J spoke in a devil like tone.

And right after she spoke, the water type slipped out of her grasp and crashing down on the ground beneath her, smashing into tiny fragments of rock. Ash closed his eyes as his clenched his fists at the thought Corphish was now gone; dead. Looking up J was doing the same thing and unlocking another cage where his Pokémon laid. This time it was Scraggy in her hands. Yet again she held the stoned Pokémon like a toy and threw it up in the air many times, giving the impression she was going to let the Pokémon fall and crash.

Looking at Jewelz the older hunter broke into laughter at the two frightened hunters. Placing Scraggy back into his cage, J locked the door and pressed a new number combination into the number pad. Light suddenly engulfed the small fighting type and within seconds it was no longer stoned. It was alive. Tears could be seen running down Ash's cheeks to see he had finally saved Scraggy. The confused baby pokemon held onto the bars and shook them as J smiled at the one's antics.

"Take him." J turned to Ash and saw his was on the ground still. Taking a deep sigh J punched in a different number code to unlock the door and picked up the fighting type by the loose skin it always held onto. J threw back Ash's Pokémon like a toy as Ash caught the little one into his arms just in time.

Scraggy stayed confused as J walked passed her highly ranked hunter as Ash held his only fighting type tightly. Flicking her shades back on J looked at the two of her hunters before walking out of them both, closing the door behind them.

When the close was clear Ash broke into tears and he began to weep loudly as Scraggy stayed still in his trainer's arms. He didn't understand where he was or what was happening. All he knew he that he was back with his trainer and was alive. He could hear mutters while in his stoned state but the voices were never cleared. They were always blurry.

Jewelz crawled to her friend before wrapping her arms around the man she was close enough to call her family. She had no Pokémon J had under her control so she couldn't understand the pain to see a Pokémon you trained so hard to die in front of her. Pulling back she saw Ash looking back at her with a faint smile. Rubbing his tears away he looked back at his Pokémon.

J would always reward him one of his Pokémon back after completing a set of missions for her. At first he thought he'll do them as quickly as she did but each mission took weeks to prepare for, some even longer. Some missions took longer to convince J to return his Pokémon back to him but they were always one at a time. When he would fail she would destroy two or three at a time. He was lucky he only lost one tonight.

December 28 2000
Locked storage room
10:00am

Ash stayed quiet, nearly as quiet as the strange female companion he was with. The little window poured in thin rays of sunlight into the room as Ash watched it with envy. At least the rays of sunlight were able to roam wherever they pleased; he on the other hand had that privilege striped from overnight. Embracing his knees Ash buried his face behind his knees as the memory of the night he was taken played in his mind.

He had been caught before but he had never lost hope. He would always tell his friends they would make it out alive and would take down the bad guys at the same time. But this one was different, he just knew it.

The night was long when they came for him as his friends woke him from his slumber to see masked men were reaching for him. Their Pokémon stoned with devices only Ash knew about. Reaching for his bag his friends pulled his arm back and the bag was kicked by one of the men. Looking into their eyes spoke all. If any of his Pokémon were released to battle they would turn to stone and only stolen for their leader; J. Slipping on his runners the three of them rushed it, keeping any more Pokémon in their balls to keep them alive.

But it was no use, when one fell so did the other and he now faced her alone. His Pokémon heard his friend's calls of help and escaped through their balls. They were only able to send an attack or two before being frozen with stone before being crushed in that form. Ash gasped as he held Pikachu tightly in his arms, taking a step or two back.

Once stone was broken it was near impossible to become whole again.

A soft hand was placed on his shoulder that reminded Ash he needed to return to reality. Playing the night he got captured was no use. The doors of the storage room flew open unexpectedly and the same men that caught him on that faithful night reached for him and the mime child. They struggled to escaped but the men's grip on them was to strong as both just waited until their trip through the strange hallways ended.

But Ash knew those steel walls and flooring. He was no other than on Hunter J's ship. He had been on it before trying to take down the hunter. Last he heard she and her crew onboard died at sea.

A thump on the ground grabbed Ash out of his past and back into the future. From the floor up he looked and saw it was no other than hunter J herself in front of her and the girl she named Ruubi. The men dragged the children to their feet as his eyes locked with J. The men held them back by holding the children's arms behind their back. They could wriggle all their want; they weren't going to escape any time soon.

Pinching his cheeks together, the hunter smiled. "Your finally mine you little brat." J released her grip on the boy in a harsh manner. "I finally can put you to good use."

"What are you on about?!" Ash yelled. "Why are you alive? They all said you died at sea!"

"How I 'died' is none of your business you little child." Hunter J removed her shades and produced a smile only the devil could make. "For meddling into my affairs you shall now pay the price."

"I have no money to give to you."

J broke into laughter before pulling herself together again. "I don't need your cheap change compared to the money I get on a daily basis. You shall pay me by giving your life to me."

Ash stood silent in fear. Death, was going to be the price he was going to pay just for doing the right thing and taking her down? Ash sighed at the idea. "I don't want to die..."

"Not that kind of death little boy," Ash looked back up the silver hair woman. "Death as in you shall work by me for the rest of your pity life. Death as in you shall suffer under a new name, a new look and a new life. I shall kill you, your dream and even your friends and family if you do not obey."

Ash dropped his head down while trying to keep himself together. Without looking back at the older woman, "Then why is Ruubi here? Has she done anything wrong to you?"

"Nothing compare to you." J walked over to the stuttering child. "She just has certain skills that made her an interest to me. Just like your skills as a talented Pokémon trainer, you shall use those skills for me."

"To hell with that!" Ash yelled. His ability to control his emotions was now out of his reach. "I'll never work for you!"

The hunter smiled to hear those words come from the trainer's lips as she suddenly clicked her fingers. A screen behind her lit up and there was his current Pokémon frozen in stone. Behind them were men with baseball bats and other interpretations of the weapon in their hands. Another click was heard and one Pokémon was turned into dust within the timeframe of a few seconds. Fear was sent all through Ash's body.

"Now will you listen me you little child?" J asked. When no response was heard another Pokémon that was turned into stone was smashed right in front of the trainer's own two eyes. "Now?!" She screamed as another was destroyed every time her fingers would make contact.

"STOP!" Ash cried. Looking at her hand he saw she was ready to snap her fingers again. "I'll...do it."

The trainer could hear the mocking laughter J made after he had agreed to her terms. Ash could no longer stop the tears running down his face as three of his Pokémon were killed due to his ignorance. The men slipped their grasp from him and the silent child as J pointed them to leave. As Ruubi raced over to comfort the boy Ash continued to cry even more.

He was only a child, a ten year old child. He could of never expected his life to change so much and so quickly. Ash looked back up at the hunter as her smile only grew bigger.

"Your code name boy," J stomped her feet. "Tell me your name."

"Aahh..." Ash began, he looked up briefly at J, and he sighed. "Raven," He muttered softly. "Raven Hantā,"

Looking back to the screen Ash noticed he had only saved one Pokémon.

That Pokémon was Scraggy.

January 17 2013
Johto Apartments
Room 149
9:30am

"Mom, May is fine she's just a little tired!"

"I want to hear those words from my own chid, give the phone to your sister!"

Giving Max no choice he turned to face his older sister who was silently watching the television in front of the the bed. Her eyes as empty as before, Max knew May was lost in her own thoughts. Giving out a sigh Max turned his back and returned to his heated conversation with his mother.

The ads finished and the main program returned back to the television. An image of a brunette wearing a long navy blue dress was seen screaming up to the hole in the roof. Words on the bottom of the screen wrote different titles such as 'Top Coordinator now a victim of Pokémon theft' or 'Grand celebration turned into grand disaster!"' Images changed from video to still photos quickly before they started to get repetitive as the new reporters spoke over the images and video. Not one image showed Ash or the two strange companions he was with. May sighed as she turned around and tucked herself into bed.

"Mom, if you could only see sis right now, she isn't in the best shape to talk to anyone, even me."

"Just what happened that cause my daughter to turn into a mime? What happened to her Max?" Caroline continued to yell towards her son. Max could hear his father trying to calm Caroline down.

Max's tongue froze before gathering the courage to speak. For his sister's sake he couldn't tell their mother that Ash was not on his journey like he had told them five years ago during his brief visit. "Glaceon was stolen from her last night by a trio of thieves."

"What?!"

"I'll call you and dad tonight. Maybe then May might feel like talking."And with that Max ended the call. He turned to see his sister was now on her feet and putting her shoes on. Ending the call Max walked over to May. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going for a walk."

"You sure you're all good after what happened last night?"

May nodded. "I'm fine. I'll just take a short walk around Mount Silver. I heard it looks great during the warmer months of the year."

"Still, it gets quite chilly up high in the mountains even in the summer. Imagine winter?" Max shuddered at the idea of living somewhere so cold. "I can't believe people actually live up there."

"I'll be back maybe in half an hour or an hour." May patted her brother on the head before putting on a smile.

With that gentle smile it convinced Max that letting her sister go for a simple walk was the right decision. He watched as his older sister walked out on him to take a gentle stroll near the base of Mount Silver.

But something told him he should have held her back.

January 17 2013
Mount Silver – Hantā Residences
9:30am

Opening his eyes Ash discovered his nightmare didn't end from last night. He was still living under the same roof as J, the woman who murdered his poor Corphish right in front of his eyes. Embracing Scraggy closer to him he closed his eyes once more.

He couldn't run even if J was ever caught she would drag him down with her. That was who she was and there was nothing he or his 'sister' could ever do about it.

The little fighting type patted his trainer's cheeks to snap him out of his thoughts, knowing that didn't work Scraggy resorted to what his trainer knew him by. He crashed his head into his trainer that sent him flying out of his bed. Scraggy smiled knowing he didn't lose his touch with Headbutt. Ash held his head to where Scraggy used a powerful Headbutt on him. The impact from him falling out of bed and straight into the wall caused his Raichu to wake up.

"Rai?" The huge mouse questioned as he made his way to his trainer. He only knew one Pokémon that could use such a powerful Headbutt. Turning back to the bed the mouse smiled to see Scraggy was finally reunited with them.

"Gees, thanks for the concern guys," Ash spoke in a sarcastic manner as he rubbed his sore forehead. He watched as Raichu walked up to Scraggy but due to his evolution Scraggy was more intimidated rather than joyful to see his old friend again.

Scraggy jumped off the bed before lunging at the electric type sending Raichu to crash into the wall just like his trainer. Ash soon rose onto his knees with arms outstretched, protecting Raichu from another of Scraggy's attacks.

"Relax Scraggy! Raichu isn't an enemy!" Ash quickly explained. Scraggy soon stopped sending another powerful Headbutt at Raichu. "This is Pikachu his just," Ash took in a moment to take a breath of air. "Pikachu evolved!" There was a sense of grief behind the words he spoke. He turned to his old friend and patted his head. "There, there, everything is alright."

The shedding Pokémon eyes started to water as he rushed over to Raichu to give an embrace at Raichu. Raichu gave a warm smile and comforted his friend by patting his back lightly. Raichu looked back up at his trainer and smiled at him to.

The door suddenly flew wide open which caused the trio to look towards that direction. There stood a worried Jewelz. "What the hell happened here?" She barked.

"Nothing major!" Ash explained. "Scraggy just returned to some old habits I thought he would grow out of." Ash gave an intimidating glare at the fighting type. Scraggy shuddered.

"I see." Jewelz stared at them in a confused manner. "Anyway Sis has given us the afternoon off before sending us on another assignment tonight. She says use your time well."

Ash rose to his feet while rubbing his sore head. "If she thinks giving me a few hours off after what she did last night then she's wrong. Time off isn't going to get the lives of Corphish and my other Pokémon back now is it?" The hunter growled.

"And ignoring her isn't going to save anymore now is it?" Jewelz scolded the teen. "Proof from last night can suffice my last statement." Jewelz growled back.

As much Jewelz shared a carefree and laidback nature she could quickly turn cold and speak in a formal manner that made Ash's head spin. He knew this since them becoming friends with her in their early years was not an easy task. She would always push him back and call him insulting words whenever he would do anything. But after growing up together and raised like siblings, that cold wall soon melted away.

"The lives of your friends are literally in the hands of J and within seconds and a few numbers they'll die without even knowing it." Jewelz scolded. "I don't have to feel your pain to know what happened last night was indeed traumatising."

"Alright, alright," Ash surrendered. "Let me get dressed into something proper and we can battle or something."

The cold and formal side of Jewelz soon faded as she jumped for joy. "Now that's more like it!"

Pushing the woman out of his room Ash changed into clothes he felt more comfortable to wear than suits or a long black body coat. Within minutes Ash was changed into a simple blue shirt and navy blue cargo pants. Of course he could never leave the house without something on his head as he reached for a simple red cap with a white arch designed on the front. Ash rushed to the door while slipping on red and white sneakers before opening the door once more.

Ash noticed Jewelz had turned into a simple casual outfit as well wearing a simple white singlet, demin mini shorts with a red country jacket wrapped around her waist with long black boots on her feet.

"Ready Casey?" The teen asked.

"But don't you that isn't really my name right?" Ash asked in a confused manner. "Why do you still call me that?"

The woman tightened the jacket around her waist before looking back at Ash. "I could see the way you looked at your friend that you didn't want to return to that world so using your old name will only be painful to hear." Jewelz grinned. "And you're my brother so I don't want to see you as depressed and sad like last night." Opening her eyes she could see a warm smile across Ash's lips.

"Thanks sis."

January 17 2013
Mount Silver
10:05 am

"I should have brought at least a light jacket." May muttered as she embraced herself as a light cold wind blew past her.

Wooden boardwalks wrapped around the warmest parts of the mountain where expensive mansions stood firmly on the rocky mountain. They were mansions that only May dreamt of having and even with such a title she had she still preferred a decent apartment to live since she was always on the go. Even with the house built on the warmest side of the mountain, it did get chilly even in summer. It was a great place to live for people who hated warm weather.

But there was one mansion placed higher than the rest and made May only imagine the great view it would have up there. May sighed knowing it would take at least ten more minutes to reach the mansion and turned away until a loud explosion was heard near the huge mansion. Concerned, May rushed up the boardwalk heading to the house as it felt like the right thing to do in the cold world she lived in now.

It just seemed somebody was waiting there for her.

January 17 2013
Mount Silver – Outside the Hantā Residences
10:15 am

Jewelz clapped her hands a number of times which signalled her Cinccino to send the next attack. Its onyx eyes glowed bright as the surrounding rocks beside the scarf Pokémon floated in mid air and was aimed at Raichu at high speeds. Ash clicked his fingers as Raichu understood his signal. The mouse relaxed his body before kicking into high speeds to dodge the attack. It was an old move he taught to Raichu in their early years of their journey and was forgotten over the years. Now as a high ranked hunter speed was everything causing him to reteach his old friend the move.

Raichu dodged and the rocks missed its target. Jewelz cussed underneath her breath as she clapped once more and triggered Cinccino to use another attack. Bullet seed was seen escaping Cinccino's mouth as it chased down the speedy mouse. But with no luck not one seed landed on Raichu.

"Electro ball Raichu!" Ash screamed. "While using agility!"

Raichu opened his mouth while spinning around Cinccino at high speeds.

"Tail slap them all away! Use your high speeds to hit them back!" Jewelz cried.

Balls of lightning headed towards Cinccino's way as it was able to slap the first one away. Seconds later another one was shot at as Cinccino slapped the ball high up into the air before exploding like fireworks.

"This is getting too complicated. You can only use tail slap five times in a row before the attack stops." Jewelz thought to herself. "Use your tail to send dust and dirt everywhere!"

"Cin cin."

And with one clean sweep with the use of Cinccino's tail, smoke covered the battlefield making Raichu stop circling Cinccino, making Raichu scope his surroundings. The mouse could hear a number of claps before seeing Cinccino appearing from behind the dust, giving a powerful Wake-Up slap right at his face, sending Raichu tumbling down a meter or two down the mountain before getting back up his feet. Ash snapped his fingers telling Raichu to send a powerful Thunderbolt at Cinccino and with great aim it landed on the scarf Pokémon with ease.

Regaining balance, Jewelz clapped her hands as Raichu watched the earth around him have small rocks floating in mid air and one by one aimed their destination to him. Backtracking Raichu dodge one after another but the last cluster of rocks made a direct hit, sending the mouse further down into the residence area of Mount Silver.

"Raichu!" Ash screamed as he and Jewelz rushed down the cliffs edge only to be greeted with a familiar face.

By the side of Raichu who was just rising up to his feet was the same brunette they had stolen from, her face just as frozen as the two teens staring down at her. Ash dreaded in fear when she started to make her way up to him. Knowing Ash and the strange girl had a past together Jewelz reached to Raichu's pokeball and returned the mouse into his ball before slamming the machine into the palm of his hand.

"Let's go!" Jewelz screamed as she tugged on the boy's shirt. "We can't let her see us more or even talk to us! Our cover will be blown!"

"I-I know!" Ash stuttered. He took one more glance at May who was making her way up to them at high speeds due to the boardwalk wrapped around the mountain. "I can't let her see me now, not after all my work!"

Placing Raichu's pokeball back on his belt the two teens started to race off up the rocky mountain surface than the wooden footpath that made walking around the mountain easier. May watched on seeing the two were running off the track making her track them increasing difficult. Jumping over the trails May was more than determined to chase after her dear lost friend.

The two thieves were now running into the colder and rougher side of Mount Silver. Living here was impossible and the strongest Pokémon were everywhere. The path they were on lead to the very top of the mountain where legendary trainers would live and train endlessly. Snow started to come into their view.

"Ash!" May screamed as she reached over for the images of Ash and Jewels fading in the distance. Determined to catch Ash the top coordinator released Beautifly from her ball. "Silver Wind right ahead of them Beautifly!"

May noticed that the grass and floral areas of the mountain now were covered in snow and running had become difficult due to the depth of snow everywhere. Using the wind from Beautifly would create enough power to make a wall of snow and dirt to at least slow down Ash enough to catch him.

A wall of snow and dirt blocked the path of the two hunters for only a brief moment as Ash released Raichu to smash the wall down with a powerful Iron Tail. They rushed through before the wall of snow and dirt collapsed behind them. May cussed underneath her breath as she continued her chase after Ash. Making her way up the snowy hill she was only knocked back by powerful balls of snow. It was Cinccino's snowy version of Rock Blast.

Looking up May saw a woman wearing a summer attire even living up a mainly cold climate area. She flicked her short hair over her shoulder and her normal typed copied as Ash finally made his appearance with his proud Raichu by his side. Seeing him right in front of her once again made her speechless.

"I admire that you are able to chase us to one of the coldest parts of the mountain. That boardwalk only rotates the warm and residential areas of the mountains." She placed a finger on her chin. "You can say this place is out of bounds." She teased. The woman gazed to her left and saw how speechless Ash was towards the whole situation. Jewelz elbowed Ash into his hips lightly to get some response from him.

"Why are you here?" Ash spoke in a cold manner.

"Because I know this isn't you!" May rose to her feet as Beautifly landed on her head. "Stop this nonsense and get home! Your mother is worried to death of what happened to you!"

Ash looked away from May from the mention of his mother who he had not spoken to since the day he got kidnapped. He clutched his hand, "If you think mentioning my mother will make me come back home, you're wrong."

"Ash..."

"You heard it from the man. Your chase is hopeless! This is his world, his life. Now you've dragged yourself to the coldest parts of the mountain for nothing." Jewelz teased. "You poor child,"

"Jewelz," Ash muttered. "Some respect please."

The woman rolled her eyes and placed her arms behind her head and spoke nothing more.

"May," The former Pokémon trainer began, "Please leave, if it makes you happy tell everyone I'm safe just promise me you won't chase after me anymore." There was a hint of sadness in his voice.

"But I want to save you from this world; this isn't you...whatever you are now!"

Ash gave a look to Jewelz as she gave a faint nod, as if he wanted to be reassured in his next action. Looking back at May Ash sighed. "I'm a Pokémon Hunter May." Ash could see the shock all over the brunette's face. "I steal Pokémon and sell them to the black market for a living. When we travelled together back in Hoenn and Kanto, Pokémon Hunters weren't around that much."

Covering her shocked face May looked away from her friend in disgust and in sadness, looking back, "What made you change to such a horrible job?"

"Let's say...destiny chose another path for me by force."

Taking a step closer only caused Ash and Jewelz to backtrack. Knowing she wasn't going to get any closer May sighed sadly, "Those nights before you didn't showed up at the Unova League, you didn't happen to get kidnapped did you?" Silence covered all their faces. It only made May's guess confirmed. "Then it's true then, you were kidnapped a week before the Unova league began..."

"Enough!" Ash shouted. "Raichu slap some snow at May with the use of Iron tail." The boy's voice began to break. "Coming home is no longer an option for my May."

Before May could come up with a response she was greeted with snow right into her face sending her down onto the ground covered in snow. Wiping away the snow from her face Cinccino sent move snowballs at her feet, blocking her and Beautifly's path to chase them. Getting back up to her feet May could only watch in sadness but also in determination.

Even with giant snow balls blocking their path to one another, all had glimpse of each other before another snowball covered their view of one another. Ash turned away as soon he saw the determination behind May's sapphire eyes to bring him back home. Raichu looked back at his old friend while waging his tail down low in sadness before following his trainer's lead.

With simple claps the rain of snow ended as Jewelz and her Pokémon soon walked away from the brunette's sight. No longer able to see them anymore May stood up on her own two feet, fist's clenched.

"I will bring you back home Ash Ketchum! Don't you forget it!"

Stopping only for a moment, Ash turned back. Even having no more vision of her he still spoke out. "Then you better start digging your own grave then!"

And seconds later he and his dearest friend were seen high in the skies on their dragons making their way home. May also began to make her way down the mountain with only one plan in mind.

She was going to save Ash even if he liked it or not.

A/N: Note, Ash's outfit here is based off his Kalos outfit. Don't know what it looks like? Just google it. You should get a decent result. And with flashbacks, every chapter there will be one and they will be in order except the night Ash gets kidnapped by hunter J and possible flashback of Jewelz. This is just to make flashbacks less confusing.

No betareading for this chapter, sorry. I feel like my beta is a little too busy lately so i'll give her a break. Alright, thanks for reading guys.