(Two things we should mention. You need to go to our profile and read the fic 'A New Ash" to get how this all started. And For the record, usually, Ashly and co will be about the size of 'boss costume collection' Pokemon Center plushies you can buy online when in Pokemon form for plot convenience. Basically the size to where anybody could carry one in their arms with limited difficulty)


"Oh come on, Joy" begged Officer Jenny.

"No, use the driveway! I'm not going to be cleaning skid marks off the floor this time. And don't give me the whole 'but it's a Pokemon emergency' deal because we do this every month or so and the Chansey who stay and work here are getting sick of hearing your motorbike at regular intervals. It messes up the recovery process and I have better things to be doing than telling you off every time you need your adrenalin boosted" Complained Nurse Joy.

She had actually met them at the bottom of the steps to the Pokemon center this time around, as well as had a few Mr. Mimes using barrier.

"Fine, you really know how to ruin my fun" Jenny told her as she shoved Gary towards her.

"And let me guess, you bit off more than you or your Pokemon could chew and ended up being beaten by a group of angry birds who wanted to do worse to you than they could to a house in a mobile game" Joy asked him.

"Please just help my Pokemon. I mean it's what you do, right?" Gary asked.

Joy clearly wasn't in a good mood because she grabbed him by the ear and dragged him up the steps and sat him in a chair

"I'll do what I can for your Pokemon. Just sit here. Your number is one" she said as he handed her his pokeballs. He had transferred Ashly, May, Dawn, and Serena into normal pokeballs to avoid attracting attention.

Nurse joy took them into the back. Gary meanwhile reached forward and picked up a booklet from the coffee table and flipped it open.

"Ok, let's see what wonderful Pokemon I get to work with this time" Joy said as she pressed the button on Ashly's pokeball.

Ashly popped out much to Joy's surprise.

"It's…it's a Dialga…" Joy gasped. She pressed the buttons on Gary's other balls and they let out Serena. May, and Dawn. All four of the Pokemon were fainted from fighting the spearow.

Joy puled a microphone from the wall.

"Will Trainer one please come to the opperating room?" She asked.


Gary laughed at the joke he had just read.

"Hey, you beat me into town. What's your name anyways?" The boy asked him.

"Gary. Just like the professor. What's yours" Gary replied.

"Jack. So how did you get to this city before we did?" The other boy asked.

"Well I got carried down a river, and chased by a bunch of pissed off bird Pokemon" Gary told him.

"Will Trainer one please come to the operating room?" Nurse joy's voice came from a speaker.

Gary shrugged and left the boy.


As soon as he got into said room. Nurse joy grabbed him by his wrist and sat him down. "Explain at once how you have four legendary Pokemon on you this early into your journey" she said.

"Well they were passed down to me from my parents" Gary lied.

Nurse joy thought for a bit on weather or not that was a legitimate explanation and in the end, she didn't second guess him.

"So what do you know on raising legendary Pokemon?" Joy asked as she was treating Ashly's wounds.

(Music: prayer)

Well I know that you need to raise them with love or they could turn out to be bitter" Gary answered. Joy nodded.

"Exactly. These Pokemon will someday have the power to destroy the planet and if they aren't raised with love and care, they will most likely feel nothing but hate to people and the world. You have a big responsibility to take care of these four Pokemon" joy said.

Ashly yawned and opened her eyes. "Oh it's awake. Hello you little cutie" joy greeted her. Ashly backed away a bit, then walked over to joy and ate a bit of food she had in her hand while joy pet her. She seemed to enjoy it a bit and let her do so.

Joy finished treating Ashly's friends and then returned them.

"Seeing as its night out, how about you stay here until morning?" Joy asked Gary.

"Sure. Thanks" he replied as he took the room key she handed him.

He left the operating room and was greeted by Jack and a couple of the other kids.

"So Gary, what kinds of Pokemon did you catch?" Jack asked him.

"I actually already had a few on my team. My parents gave me a few Pokemon when I left home" Gary lied. He could see the other kids were eager to see what kinds of Pokemon he had so he took Ashly's ball out and sent her out.

"Wooah! What is that?!" Jack asked as he held up his pokedex.

"No data available" it said.

"Gary, who are these kids?" Ashly relayed to Gary.

"They are the other kids who left pallet with me. I guess they'll be our rivals" he thought back.

Jack tried to reach out and pet Ashly but she backed away.

"She's shy" Gary explained.

"Well that's fine, as long as she can battle" jack laughed

"Save it for the morning if we meet up then. There a time for battle and a time for rest. Some of us had a much more eventful trek today. If you couldn't tell by my clothes, I got attacked too" Gary said as he led Ashly off to their room.

(End music)


"Well at least there wasn't a team rocket incident" Ashly laughed. May was busy looking through Gary's bags with Dawn.

"So what kings of contests do you think there will be in kanto!?" Dawn asked.

"Ashly told me there aren't any actual contests in Kanto but instead there are more Pokemon expos and such" may answered.

"You know, I have a travel guide there if you want to read through that" Gary called.

"Maybe in the morning" Serena yawned.

May groaned. "Fine, even though You've been inside your ball for most of the day"

Gary flipped off the lights and they all went to sleep.

The next day, Gary slept in accidentally.

(Well, at least it wasn't the first day…)


He woke up to Ashly stomping him on the cheek in her Pokemon form.

(Music: Silly Psyduck)

"GAAAAHHHH" he screamed.

"Damnit Gary, we should have been up already to battle Jack. He'a gonna end up being like you were to me if you keep putting him off" Ashly told him in telepathy.

"I'm Sorry, but maybe you shouldn't have kicked the alarm clock off the table at 10:00 PM last night" he responded angrily.

She blushed and hid her face in the pillow.

When they got out of their room, nurse joy had a paper bag at the front desk.

"I took the liberty of fixing you a breakfast for the road. The other trainers left several hours ago" she informed him.

He thanked her and grabbed the bag, then on his way to the door, he slipped on the waxed floors.

"You are just a hot mess! You need to take much better care if you want to get anywhere near the indigo plateau" joy said.

Yeah, I know…I haven't had to rush this much since the time I found out I was about to miss out on the Pewter Crunches' limited edition flavors packs!" Gary whined as he scrambled to his feet, picked up e lunch and then stepped into a conveniently placed mop bucket.

Joy rubbed her temples in exasperation, "And I haven't seen someone this disaster prone since I met Ash Ketchum."

Gary made it out the door and ran off towards route one, realized he went the wrong way, then ran back towards viridian forest, tripping yet again in front of the pokemon center.

(End music)

When he got to the entrance to Virdian forest, he let Ashly out of her ball as well as May.

"Why are we out is here? A battle?" May asked him.

"No, but if I make too much noise there will be" Gary said.

The jog was uneventful until they ran into a kid in samurai armor with a small katana.

"I AM SHOGUN! Beyond that of just a samurai, I have battled long and hard after my encounter with Ash from pallet town. He inspired me to train myself against every new trainer who comes through here!" He shouted.

"Aww Fudge….." Ashly whined.