Chapter 1: The Storm in The Clouds Above
Season 1: Ideals
'' - Pokemon Speech
Thoughts - Thoughts
A/N: Here we are, another chapter for Pokemon Black and White: The Ideal For Unova. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I put a lot of hard work into this chapter with my friend who likes to go by Mewpix. So just a quick shout out to him for helping me with this chapter. I really like how this one turned out! On a side note though I just wanted to thank you guys for telling me about the trolls on the community. Don't worry about them. I blocked them, so they shouldn't be a problem. Still though I think it's sad that trolls like that exist. Especially Farla and St. Elmo's Fire. The stories I heard were… well disturbing after doing some digging. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter, so let's jump in!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Pokemon belongs to GameFreak. If I owned Pokemon I would make sure that Ash at least wins one official league and doesn't release every single strong pokemon. I would also make him age! Seriously Pokemon has no year!
"So the professor said I was in row thirteen, seat D," murmured Ash. "6, 7, 8," he murmured.
He almost tripped over a bag of luggage, but was able to steady himself. He arrived at row 13.
The only one sitting there was a man with green hair, who seemed strikingly familiar to Ash.
"Hello sir," Ash said. "Do you mind if I sit here?"
"No, not at all," smiled the green haired man. "You know what they say: The more the merrier."
"Thank you," smiled Ash. "By the way why do I feel that I know you from somewhere?"
"I don't know about that," laughed Curtis nervously. "I must just have one of those faces."
"Wait a second," added Ash. You look like that guy from the contests, what's his name,"Ash said as he pondered in his head. He snapped his fibers a couple times, then, relatively loudly, said: Christoph! My friend Dawn is a huge fan of his!"
"H-ha! Y-y-your flattering m-me," stammered the man. "I must just have one of those faces!"
"I guess," said Ash. "Although it would be cool meet a real life celebrity. Imagine if I actually met Christoph. If I did then I would totally brag about him to Dawn!"
"Who's Dawn?," asked Curtis. "I feel like I may have heard of her before somewhere."
"Dawn is one of my friends that I travelled with throughout Sinnoh," said Ash. "You probably have heard of her before because she managed to become the runner up in the latest Sinnoh Grand Festival."
"Wow," said the man in awe. "That is quite an extraordinary feat."
"I know right," boasted Ash. "Anyways I never did catch your name."
"Oh right," said the man. "My name is Curtis."
"Nice to meet you!," exclaimed Ash. "My name's Ash!"
Suddenly, the plane started moving. It picked up speed, straying farther and farther away from the ground as it ascended into the skies above.
"Look at this view Pikachu!" Ash said.
'Wow,' said Pikachu as he saw what the millions of houses, forests, cities, and deserts. and some flying type pokemon soar over the air. 'I can't wait to explore.'
"Yes, the view is rather nice tonight," smiled Curtis. "So why are you heading to Unova. I'm heading there for work."
"Pikachu and I want to compete in the Unova League," explained Ash. "We're going to win the league and become the very best that there ever was!"
Curtis smiled fondly at Ash's dream. He couldn't explain it, but he just felt as if this boy was him when he was a kid. Curtis remembered what it was like to travel across Kanto with his partner Eevee. They won tournament after tournament. No one could beat him in a battle. As a matter of fact he got several options to become an elite four member or part of the battle frontier in Kanto or Sinnoh, but he declined. Many people were shocked when they heard this of course. It's not every day someone turns down a grand offer like that. Then after that Curtis began to take an interest in contests and pokemon stylists. So then he traversed around Kanto and collected five contest ribbons so that he could enter the grand festival. He absolutely destroyed the grand festival. No coordinator could compete with him. The finese in his pokemons' attacks were simply incredible. Soon afterwards he began to travel to other regions and won the grand festivals there. Many praised him. Many loved him. Many cheered for him. An so, then it happened. He became cocky. He confidence was overwhelming. As a result he became less liked for his excessive pride. Whenever he did something that wasn't perfect he scolded or blamed others for "negatively influencing" him and he pushed his friends and family out of his life until he had no one left…
"Curtis," said a familiar voice.
Curtis didn't snap out of his stupor.
"Curtis."
"Curtis."
"CURTIS WAKE UP!"
"What was that for," said Curtis groggily. "Are we landing or something?"
"Yep," said Ash. "So you should get ready. Although I didn't want to wake you up; you looked so peaceful sleeping."
Curtis laughed before gripping his armrest tightly.
"Is everything okay Curtis?" Ash asked.
"Yes, of course, I just absolutely loathe the landings," said Curtis as he gritted his teeth.
'I can sympathize,' said pikachu, nodding knowingly.
The plane descended downwards, and everyone started covering their ears as they tried to ignore the fact that their ears were clogged.
Ash on the other hand didn't care. He didn't care how clogged his ears were. He didn't care how jet lagged he probably would be. He only cared that he would soon start his adventure in Unova soon. He tried to hold in the excitement of going to this unknown and foreign region because Ash wasn't oblivious. He knew by jumping up and down in excitement would probably irritate the passengers; however, the excitement still showed on his face and Curtis saw the excitement.
"Unova's an interesting region," Curtis suddenly said. "I'm sure you'll like it there. It's very fun to explore. I would know because I've been there before. Also you should definitely check out the historical legends. They're just as lore rich as Sinnoh's myths!"
"Really?," Ash asked in excitement. "Wow I can't wait to explore all of Unova!"
"Attention please," rang a voice through the intercom. "We will be landing in Nuvema Town, Unova Region, in about five minutes. Please get ready."
The plane then began to descend as it pierced through the air like a brave dagger ready for a new chance at adventure. Ready for a new chance to follow the dream. The dagger was so swift and brave that it was only a few minutes before the plane hit the ground and came skidding to a halt.
"Woah," said Ash as he jerked forwards during the rough landing, picking up his backpack once the plane finally halr. "C'mon," let's go said Ash, standing up as he motioned for Curtis to follow him.
Curtis quickly followed Ash. Why? Why was I dwelling on the past again? Am I still mad at myself for making a costly mistake? No, that's in the past. I have to move on. I have to be strong! That reminds me, I was supposed to meet Yancy here…
"Here we are," said Ash as he entered the airport terminal with Curtis. "The Unova region… Oh by the way Curtis I'll see you later!," shouted Ash as he ran further into the airport terminal.
Curtis smiled. He really is just like myself when I was younger. I only hope he doesn't lose sight of what's important in life…
"Truth... Ideals," panted a voice in a dark room. "He's here. He'll save me and wake me up from this nightmare of being bound to a single stone. Of being bound to a feeble truth. He will... Carve his own path... And save me!"
"No he won't," began another voice as light sparked in the darkness. "He'll never save you. He doesn't need a pathetic ideal. He needs to see the truth... The painful truth."
"No he doesn't!," strained the original voice. "He will be perfect! He will realize his ideals!"
The other voice cackled. "That'll never happen." "Not in this truth infected world, not while I'm here he won't."
"Now where is the baggage claim, pondered Ash aloud as he turned to see a girl with pink hair and a flowing white dress along with her white hat.
The girl immediately rushed through crowds of people as she mumbled, "Out of the way, out of the way, out of the-"
"Hey, can you show me where the baggage claim is?," asked Ash, innocently.
The girl turned around with a disgusted expression. "Ugh, don't bother me, street urchin. I'm currently looking for a guy called Curtis." "Yellow hair with the tips of his hair dyed a lime green, green vest, black and green hat - all of these of some of his notable traits. Sound familiar?"
Before Ash could speak the pink haired girl gave dismissive wave. Actually, I doubt a lowly brat like you could help me."
"Wait," said Ash. I was going to say that he is by gate three. You may be able to still find him."
The girl snorted and tilted her head as she began to speak. "Hm," the girl said. Least you could do to be able to talk with Nancy White, contest sensation for a few seconds," she said, walking briskly away.
"I know Paul was annoying, but this girl was on a whole other level of arrogance," muttered Ash.
"The baggage claim is over there," said a voice.
Ash jumped in shock. "Woah!" "You scared me."
"Oh, sorry about that," said the voice who appeared to be coming from a boy. I didn't mean to surprise you like that."
The boy seemed to be a teenager who looked around 16, wearing a stark red jacket along with his black T-shirt underneath and dark blue pants. He had blue-black hair, and silver eyes that seemed to pierce through Ash. He had Pokeballs strapped to his belt. He could see Salamence inside one, a Gengar in another, as well as a Tyranitar, Scizor, Bisharp, and, oddly enough, a lowly Sneasel in a Pokeball strapped to his shoulder.
"Thank you, Mr..." Ash responded with gratitude.
"My name's Zale," the stranger said back. "I'm going to Nuvema town to get a starter. He'll go on my other shoulder, opposite of Sneasel."
"Me too!" Ash exclaimed in excitement of not getting lost on his first day. After all the trainer did have quite the reputation of getting lost in general. "Can we go together? You see I kind of get lost it new places so... yeah."
"Fine by me," Said Zale as he began walking away. "I'll help you get your baggage, and afterwards follow me to the outside. I can drive."
"Thanks," said Ash in gratitude.
"It's my pleasure," said Zale with a smile.
The rest of the time spent in the airport was rather uneventful, and boring. It was also a huge pain. Ash loathed airports. They always made life harder with all the security and the annoying processes. Finally, the time came when all of these annoying procedures were finished, and so Zale instructed him to follow him outside.
"So where is your car," said Ash as he stepped into the parking lot.
"Right over there," said Zale as he pointed Ash to a dark red sleek car. The car was something of elegance. There was something special, and unique about it's posture.
"Wow!," exclaimed Ash with stars in his eyes as he ran towards the car. "Such a cool car!"
Zale let out a chuckle. "Pretty darn cool isn't it?"
"You bet!," exclaimed Ash.
Zale laughed. "Then come on in."
"Wow Pikachu," began Ash in the front seat as they drove into town. "Look at this site. The trees, blue and red roofed houses, and the pokemon…"
"Ash," began Zale from the driver's seat. "You should probably know how rare Pikachu is in Unova. After all you can't even find any other regional pokemon except for Southwestern Unova and in Northeastern Unova!"
"So Pikachu is really that rare huh," said Ash as he glanced at Pikachu with excitement glowing on his face.
'Wow I'm really that rare!,' said Pikachu with wonder in it's eyes.
"Yes, Pikachu is really rare here in Unova at least," said Zale. "However, you should be careful. I mean with Pikachu by your side you'll attract the wrong type of attention from thieves."
"Oh great," mumbled Ash. "Now I have to deal with more annoying people like Team Rocket..."
All of a sudden the car came to a halt.
"Zale?," asked Ash. "What's going on, and what are you doing?"
"I'm picking up some girls," said Zale with a wink.
"I don't get it," said Ash in confusion. "Why do you randomly want to pick up a girl."
Zale face palmed at this teenager's denseness. Is he really that dense?"Uh, never mind Ash." "Just excuse me for a moment," he said as he got out the car and started chatting with two girls.
Soon in a few minutes he came back with two girls. One of them had an orange dress and short blonde hair. Along with her emerald green eyes and lime green hat. This girl chose to sit in the back with her friend who had brown hair and brown eyes. She also had a pink and white hat with the standard Pokeball label on her hat. She also wore a black jacket along with her white T-Shirt which was underneath her clothes. She also had blue shorts. With the Pokeball logo on her hat you would have guessed that she was a trainer, but oddly enough she didn't have any Pokeballs on her. Perhaps she was starting out?
"So...," began Zale with a grin as he drove through town. "Tell me about yourselves."
The blonde was the first to speak. "My name is Bianca." "I'm a starting trainer with my best friend, Hilda. We were about to get our first Pokemon today, so naturally we were in hurry. That's why I was happy enough to accept Zale's offer to drive us to the lab, so that we could get our first Pokemon!"
Once Bianca finished, Hilda chose to go next. "My name is Hilda." "I'm as starting trainer like Bianca as well, and I'm going to choose my first Pokemon which will be a pretty tough decision."
"This takes me back," said Ash. "I can remember the day I chose Pikachu as my starter Pokemon back in Kanto…"
Hilda raised an eyebrow. "I thought you only had an option of Fire, Water, or Grass Type Pokemon."
"Yeah we do," said Ash as he scratched the back of his head, nervously.
"So what happened?," asked Hilda.
"I kinda slept in," said Ash. And as you can imagine I got Pikachu who refused to listen to me until we had a near death accident that involves irritating a flock of spearow and a thunderstorm."
"Wait what?!," exclaimed Hilda in disbelief. "Wow."
"Yeah I know," said Ash.
"Ash?," asked Zale.
"Yeah?," said Ash in a questioning tone.
"You said 'thunderstorm' right?," asked Zale.
"Yes why?," said Ash with a feeling that something bad was going to happen.
"I think you jinxed us," said Zale as he pointed out the window to reveal a large thundercloud in the grove which was nearby the Professor's lab
"Crap…," muttered Ash. "WE NEED TO DRIVE NOW AND FAST!"
The car began speeding and rushing. It was driving non stop, and past the speed limit. It also didn't help the fact that the car was a convertable.
While many looked away from the thundercloud in worry, Ash looked at it. He couldn't describe it, but the was something special about the storm. It was almost as if he could see a figure in the clouds causing this storm with the enigmatic red eyes it bore.
All of a sudden the car halted to a stop in front of the Professor's lab.
"EVERYONE GET OUT THE CAR NOW!," exclaimed Zale in great fear as he left out.
The girls acted purely on instinct and jumped out of the car and ran towards the door of the red roofed lab. Ash, however stayed. It was like he was in a trance.
"ASH GET OUT NOW!"
Ash felt as if he wanted to move, but couldn't. There was something he wanted to know. There was something he wanted an answer to: Just who was this strange figure that was causing the storm?
As he stared into the abyss of the clouds and those intimidating red eyes. While those red eyes were intimidating. They didn'tt mean any harm. They held no malice and were without evil. The eyes seemed lonely somehow. They almost seemed pleading… for something. It wanted something from Ash, but Ash didn't like what it wanted.
Not the truth… Anything but that.
Please…
Then Ash heard a very familiar famine voice. It was the brown haired girl's voice. It was Hilda.
"Ash."
"Ash!"
"ASH!"
Ash then snapped out of his stupor only to see a blue bolt of lightning charging towards him, and he heard screams. He heard screams of a friend who truly cared even though she just met him. Hilda… The name was so familiar. If only… If only… If only he could-
CRASH!
As the bolt of lightning hit him pain coursed through his body. It was like Pikachu's countless thunderbolts except it was stronger. It had more power.
Hear me now… began a voice the echoed through his head.
I bless you… with a parting gift my friend. Yes, you'll do nicely…
Before Ash could respond to the voice everything blurred and began to spin and spin until Ash's world turned black.
A/N: I left you guys off on a cliff hanger. I'm so evil. Haha. Anyways I will try to post the next chapter as soon as I can. I also wanted you to know that trainers in Unova will actually be earning 11 badges. I know that there isn't an eleventh gym leader but I have a cool idea on who it is, so that's that, and don't forget to leave constructive criticism on this fanfiction in your reviews. Remember, I'm always open up to new ideas in spite of the fact that I have this story planned out. Bye! See you all next time!