Hello again! Thank you all for the favorites/reviews/follows. I really appreciate it. Some of you may notice I edited last chapter to make it a bit more detailed. In this chapter Ash arrives at the desolate Mt. Silver, and back in Pallet he gets reported as missing. Enjoy!


After flying for hours, the trio arrived at the infamous Mt. Silver. It towers above the surrounding landscape, with trees poking out on its rocky bottom. As the altitude increased the terrain became icy and there were few trees. To Ash, it looks lonely and lifeless.

"Well here we are guys, Mt. Silver." Ash and Pikachu jumped off of Charizard's back. They gaze at the mountain, transfixed by its beauty and roughness. Charizard, being exhausted, curled up to sleep. Ash pulled out a Pokeball and returned him. Thank you so much buddy, now get a nice long rest.

"Pikachu." Pikachu went back into the warmth of Ash's backpack. It was kind of cold where they were. Ash decided to start searching for a warm place to sleep for the night. The base of the mountain was a short walk away. He knew he would need fire, since it was getting dark.

"Jeez, it's bigger than it looks in the postcards." Ash muttered. He found a fallen tree branch, and snapped it in half with his shoe. Then he summoned Infernape to light it on fire.

"Infernape!" Shouts the fire monkey as he emerges. He looks at Ash waiting to hear what he needs. That's when he notices it's cold. This isn't the ranch...

"Hey buddy, I need you to light this branch on fire. Could you do that folr me?" Ash asks hopefully.

"Fernape!" he leans in to the branch and shoots a small ember on it. It catches fire, and the flame starts to grow. Ash presses some dirt around the flame so that it doesn't burn the entire stick.

"Thanks Infernape. Return." Ash puts the Pokeball back on his pocket, and walks on. A few minutes later he arrives at the face of the mountain. He can't see a cave nearby, so he starts to navigate up the sharp rocks. It's completely dark by now, and the moon can be seen rising on the horizon. Pretty soon Ash sees a dark spot to the left of him, that looks like a cave opening.

"How about that? A cave. I hope there aren't any Pokemon in it." Ash has to shimmy on a ledge to get across to it. The crossing hurts his fingers, as he had to hold on tight to avoid falling off. Soon the cave is a few feet away. Ash begins to walk inside. The temperature is rapidly falling.

I can't smell anything that could be a Pokemon. But I've been wrong before...well, too late to stop. I need to get some rest and a fire going, or I'm going to get hypothermia. A fire should keep any roaming wild Pokemon away.

Ash doesn't find any Pokemon in the cave. It turns out to be L-shaped. He decides to make a fire in the far back of it, where the heat won't escape quickly. Breaking the stick he had into pieces, and making a small circle with stones, a fire is soon lighting up the cave. Pikachu curls up in Ash's arms, enjoying the warmth of his body heat and the fire.


-Pallet Town, 10 Minutes ago-

"It's been hours, where could he have gone?" May shouted. She knew Ash did stupid things pretty often, but this was taking it to a whole new level. It was the coldest winter on record, and Ash hadn't come back after 6 hours. Something was very wrong.

"May, he could be hiding somewhere. We did piss him off after all." Brock replied. He was worried too, Ash had never done anything like this. He had stormed off when he was mad countless times before, but always come back calm and collected. How much did we upset him? I know it's brutal, being told something like that but...this is serious. He could be freezing outside for all we know.

"Weshould go looking for him. He couldn't have gone too far away." Max suggested. Oh, how wrong he was...

"It's too cold to do that. We should alert the police, they have the manpower to do these kind of things quickly and efficiently." Gary argued.

"Enough! This arguing isn't getting us anywhere. He's my son, I'm going to call the police. The least they can do it put out a BOTL notification to patrols."

"BOTL?" Everyone asked. That sounded like a food to them.

"Oh, my apologies. BOTL stands for Be On The Lookout. It's an order sent to all units, active and standby, to keep an eye out for the person/Pokemon described in the order. If the subject is sighted, they phone it on and the situation gets dealt with...usually." This made everyone think for a moment.

"Anyways, I'm gong to do it. Although I don't think it will be of much use, since it's too cold for long-range foot patrols." Delia picked up a phone and made the call on speakerphone so everyone could hear.

"Pallet Town Police Department." A male voice announces.

"Hello, my name is Delia Ketchum. I would like to report a missing person." She replied.

"Okay Miss Ketchum, could you please provide me with the name and description of the missing person? And the time you or anyone else last saw them?"

"The person is my son Ash Ketchum. I last saw him wearing black pants, a blue and white jacket with a red shirt, with a black backpack and red hat on his head. His shoes were blue and black. He is often seen with a Pikachu on his shoulder."

"Okay, and the time he was last seen Ma'am?"

"About six hours ago, so at...7 P.M."

"Okay. We'll issue a BOTL to all units in the region, and when morning approaches a manhunt will begin for him. Did he say where he was going? A direction he could have gone? Where does he often go?"

Delia thought for a moment. "She's so calm about this." Misty whispered to Gary. He just nodded and continued to listen in silence.

"He often goes to the Professor Oak's lab when he comes home. He didn't say much when he left, just that he was going on a walk. He was angry at us."

"That will be enough, Miss Ketchum. We'll take it from here. Have hope, he may come back soon." The voice said sympathetically.

"Thank you." Delia hung up and sat down. She looked at everyone, a determination in her eyes. "You all can stay as long as you want, but for now we need to get some sleep. Staying up and tiring ourselves won't do us any good if we're gonna help look for him." She walked to a closet, and pulled out a bunch of pillows and blankets.

"Are you sure? I mean, we could stay at the Professor's." Gary asked. He didn't want to burden her.

"It's no problem Gary, it would take us longer to get moving if we were at two different places. For now, lets just rest." Delia pulled out the couches and arm chair.

"I'll let you decide sleeping arrangements, but feel free to sleep in any of the rooms. Goodnight everyone." She gave a small smile and disappeared into her room.

"I'm amazed she isn't panicking right now." Paul muttered. Everyone nodded, they hadn't expected Delia to be so tough about it. Like mother, like son.

With that over, everyone figured out where they wanted to sleep and curled up. It would be a long night for all of them. And who knows how tommorow would go. At the same time on Mt. Silver, Ash was falling asleep with Pikachu in his arms, the fire warming them both.

And that's when Ash chose the road less traveled. Little do he know it would merge with an unknown path. A path of justice, and sacrifice.


Well, I hope that went well. And that the ending paragraph didn't suck. I would like to point out in a few chapters I will do a major timeskip, because I don't like boring you guys. So for now, the search begins, and Ash tries to survive on the mountain. Farewell!