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Well here is the second part of the holidays for when the gang goes to Johto Enjoy :-)
Pokemon Ash gets as Gifts this chapter
Horsea - From Clair (Johto) – Given to at Age 11
Deino – From Lance (Johto) – Given to at Age 11
Pokemon to be captured
Houndour (Johto) – Captured at Age 11
Pokemon to be rescued
Cleffa (Johto) – Rescued at Age 11
Smeargle (Johto) Shiny – Rescued at Age 11
Chapter 3 - Ashlynn, Family and Friends go to Johto
For the next couple of years her family and friends went away for a month sometimes two just after their birthdays to see some of the other regions, Ash was yet again remembering where she went when she was 11, and remembering the new friends she had made and stayed in contact with, just like with Volkner, Riley and Flint.
"Flashback"
Today was Ashlynn's 11th birthday, she had just finished opening up her gifts from her parents and her friends, even Volkner, Riley and Flint had sent her some stuff.
Riley had sent her some more books on pokemon from different regions and how to make Poffins as well as pokéblock.
Volkner sent her care packages for how to look after electric type pokemon that included an item that was able to discharge the electricity a pokemon produces if they produce too much and cannot get to a pokemon centre to get help, but also brought her some different types of pokéballs as well, giving her 12 each of every type excluding the master ball.
Flint had sent her a survival kit for when she was to go on her journey as all the items in it will last a long time, the tent and sleeping bags are weather proof and the tent was even water resistant, so no water can get in there unless you put water in their yourself, the tent itself could easily hold 10 people it had a little area for dining, and 5 separate areas for 2 people each can sleep in. Also contained in the Survival kit was knifes for cutting and slicing/dicing and a portable blender, plus portable cooking tools and stove.
From her parents she had received 100k to add to her money, so that she could buy provisions on her journey, as well as the different types of fishing rods so she didn't have to lend theirs anymore, and different lures and bait.
From her friends Gary and Emerald they bought her new dresses and outfits for her, for all different weather, summer clothes, winter clothes, spring clothes and autumn clothes as well as formal wear and semi-formal wear clothes.
From professor Oak she had received a manual to breeding and also 24 types of each pokéball which she added to her 12 from Volkner as well as a pokédex so stops her from using her father's to scan her pokemon all the time (both Emerald and Gary received a pokédex each as well for their 11th birthday).
Finally from the parents of her best friends she had received some more money they gifted her 20k each so in total she had another 40k so in her bank already before she starts her journey she has got 180k.
Today was also the day where the parents were to surprise the kids on where they were to go on holidays starting from next week, they sat Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald down and told them that they were to go to Johto for 1 and half months, to different towns and even visit some of the ruins and whirl islands.
The kids were excited about going to see different region this year, and cannot wait to see the different kind of pokemon they have there as well.
Ashlynn had also started on her Aura training and can now perform aura bonds so she can now communicate with her pokemon no matter the distance in her head via the aura bond, she now also knows what type she is most suited to and when she concentrated her aura into the aura crystal as her necklace, it flashed all colours meaning that she can train and bond with all those types of pokemon, she also found out both Gary and emerald can use aura but not to the extent she can, and found out that Gary like herself can train and bond all different types whilst Emerald can train all types but can only bond with certain types as her aura is more suited for them, those types were Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Flying, Fairy, Normal and Bug types. So both now joined Ashlynn to begin training their aura so they can do aura bond but also so they are a tad more resistant when they finally go on their journeys, also like Ashlynn both Gary and Emerald had captured some pokemon and added to their team, which both got Pidgey's, Magikarp's, Rattata's and Spearow's.
Ash still trains her pokemon every day and although alot of them could of evolved by now, none of them want to until she is on her journey, they will evolve for her then, as a sign of their friendship and respect, she told them they did not have to do this for her, but they thought it would be more fun this way anyways.
The new moves she was going to teach each pokemon this year and get them to master and then perfect it to the point they can use its maximum potential were the
following: -
Thor – Uproar, toxic, hidden power, light screen, protect and rain dance.
Amaterasu – Thunder punch, cute, rock smash, hone claws, metal claw and toxic.
Dratini – Toxic, hail, sunny day, rain dance, ice beam and light screen.
Eevee – Hidden power, sunny day, protect, rain dance, return and dig.
Hoppip – Sunny day, protect, return, double team, reflect and facade.
Hephaestus – Uproar, toxic, hidden power, protect, return and physic.
Indra – Low kick, magnet rise, shock wave, signal beam, snore and uproar.
Riolu – Role play, snore, thunder punch, Zen headbutt, roar and toxic.
Aurae – Protect, rain dance, return, double team, facade and rest.
Tiamat – no new moves to learn til evolution to Gyarados.
Ace – Sunny day, protect, rain dance, roost, return and double team.
Rattata – Uproar, Zen headbutt, toxic, hidden power, sunny day and taunt.
Ash would try her best and help her pokemon get grips on the new moves, and also ask her parents for some pointers as well, whilst the pokemon were off doing their own training so would she, she would meditate run for 10 miles each morning and evening, and train in combat.
A week has past and the whole gang is off now to go to Johto, first they were going to go to New Bark Town, and with the professor's permission have their pokédex updated to include Johto region. Ashlynn was just finishing getting ready before leaving, she decided she would only take Thor, Riolu and Amaterasu with her leaving her with a couple of spots to capture more pokemon if she wanted to.
After a 12 hour boat journey they finally got to the Johto region in New Bark Town, they went off following Professor Oak to see Professor Elm's Lab and to introduce themselves and also to get their pokédex updated. They reached the lab after about 20 minutes of walking and was greeted by professor elm himself,
After introducing themselves and getting to know the quirky professor elm, the professor's took each one of the pokédexs and updated them to include the Johto region pokemon.
After staying in New Bark Town for a couple of days they decided to head off to another city and this time they were going to go to Azalea Town, to meet the pokéball maker Kurt and his grand-daughter, and to sight see, especially as this town was known for its slowpokes, even though a small town.
Once they arrived in Azalea Town, they met up with Kurt and his granddaughter Maizie, and introduced themselves whilst Professor Oak greeted his old friend, they all got to know one another over the next few days they stayed in Azalea Town, and found out Maizie was only a few years younger than them, whilst they are 11 years old she was currently 7 years old. They played with her and even showed off the pokemon they currently had on them, which was Thor, Amaterasu and Riolu for Ash, Eevee for Gary and Bulbasaur for Emerald.
As they had pokemon on them they were also allowed to go into the forest, and one such day they were having a picnic / bbq with their pokemon out, as Ash was getting some fire wood together for the bbq a pokemon had taken some of their food, although they did not realise this until they got back to the picnic area and noticed it was missing, confused by this and that they didn't know who or what had done it, they went searching the area, where Riolu found a footprint, they followed the footprint into a cave where there was a group of pokemon unknown to Ashlynn, she took her pokédex out and scanned them, "Houndour – the dark pokemon – It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing its prey."
The pokemon spotted her and got defensive and she realised they were caring for an injured pack mate, showing a sign of submission and that she means no harm, she spoke to them, asking if she could help, as she could use her Riolu to use a heal pulse on their injured pack mate to heal him, the alpha of the pack agreed to this and watched them for any trickery, as Riolu was healing the injured houndour, Ash was talking to the Alpha asking if this was why they stole the food, to help the injured one, which the alpha said was correct, once the injured houndour was all healed again, the alpha thanked her, she said she just wanted to help, seeing pokemon hurt like that, hurt her as well, which shocked the alpha, the alpha houndour decided to award her being kind to them in forum of a gift, he barked out and a male Houndour came out he said to her, if you beat her in a battle he is yours, this is my gift to you, to have the chance of capturing one of my own Son's, he is strong and loyal, Ash thanking him for the chance took it up, and sent out Amaterasu to battled the houndour, after 5 minutes of battling the houndour was knocked out and Ash captured him quickly, then let him out of the pokéball to heal his wounds, and perform an aura link, and also to allow him to say goodbye to his pack and father. Afterword's Ash went back to the picnic area with a new pokemon in tow, and they continued on with preparing the food then eating, whilst she told her story of how she got the new pokemon.
When Ash and gang got back into Azalea Town, she decided to set up training for Houndour, but not before asking him if he wanted a nickname, to which he did, Ash asked how would he like the nickname Hades? After the Greek god of the underworld, liking the name, houndour barked several times in agreement, which this made Ash smile.
She then started with the moves he was going to learn, which were the following:-
Hades - Endure, Role Play, Snatch, Snore, Spite and Super fang.
Afterword's she introduced him to her pokemon via aura link and who was with her at the time, they all welcomed him into the group and told them of their nicknames and also what pokemon they were.
Several days later the guys decided to leave Azalea town and head to Goldenrod City to do some shopping and site seeing.
The gang had arrived in Goldenrod City the next day, and went to look around, the females quickly found the shopping mall, and the males found places they could entertain themselves, and the professor went off to where the Radio station was due to he is now and again a special guest of theirs due to the talk show all about him.
After spending some money on new outfits for everyone, they decided to head on over to the massive pokemon market they have here, Ashlynn had heard that they had certain TM's on sale at the moment and she was interested in getting some just encase, these TM's were the Elemental Punch's and the Elemental Fang's, she got all 6 for just 6k, so 1k per one, when normally they range from 2-3k per one, after that she stocked up on different potions (potions, super potions, hyper potions and max potions are all included 12 of each) 6 full restores, 12 revives, 12 antidotes, 12 Parlyz heal, 12 Awakenings, 12 Burn Heals, 12 Ice Heals, 12 Full Heals, 6 Escape Ropes and 20 Max Repels, because she bought in a bulk she had 50% Discount so instead of paying 132500 pokedollars, she has to pay 66250 pokedollars instead, she paid for her items and left the shop, knowing that even though she did not start her journey for a while she will be okay for a long while before needing to replenish her stock again.
Whilst the females were shopping the males, had found the gaming corner, the adults went to the slot machines whilst Gary went to where the gaming consoles were and used them, also thought about maybe buying one for himself for at home.
The Professor was inside of the Radio Station now, talking with the host and reciting some poetry whilst live on air, and also answering the caller's questions, Professor Oak had always liked communicating with the people who were fans of his.
Whilst hanging out in Goldenrod City the children decided to enter some different competitions which they all won, and the prize was to get a bike from the goldenrod bike store, so with their tokens they went off to the bike store and choose the bikes they wanted. Ashlynn chose a Red and Black coloured bike, Gary was Blue and Black whilst Emerald's one was Green and Black.
After getting their bikes they went off to find out where the parents were and then to go get Professor Oak to go and have some food before calling it a night, they were only going to stay in Goldenrod City for 2 days before moving on, but they decided to take the scenic route and was going to walk to the National Park then head to Ecruteak City for a couple of days.
They Arrived to Ecruteak City a couple hours later after leaving Goldenrod; they were going to go on a tour of the city to see the different towers including the Bronze Tower.
Whilst at the Bronze tower (the one that burned down) Ashlynn and gang met Morty, they all introduced themselves to him and started to talk to get to know one another, whilst they were in the Bronze Tower, well what was left of it anyways, Morty was explaining about the three legendary beasts and the two legendary birds that was once rumoured to go to this tower and the tower over the bell tower. Morty explains that the sad remains of this once-great tower are all that is left after a fire engulfed it 150 years before; it was once as majestic as the Tin Tower (also known as The Bell Tower) to the east. According to some legends Lugia once perched on this tower, however, others place Lugia as always living in the Whirl Islands, but we do know that the three legendary beasts make their home in the basement of the tower, given new life after it burned down by Ho-Oh, who once perched atop the Tin Tower. Due to the fire the once named Bronze Tower is now called the Burned Tower. Ashlynn was in awe of the story, and found out learning about the legendaries of each place fascinating.
After the story, the gang decided they were going to go and have some food, they invited Morty to come join them for some food as well which he accepted the invite, during dinner they all got to know one another alot better, they had learnt that Morty was the Gym Leader for here, and that he had specialized into Ghost pokemon, which of course got Ash, Gary and Emerald asking him if they could see some of his ghost pokemon, which he agreed to but not til after food, he said they could go to his gym and they could see all of his pokemon he has for his gym and some of his more elite team as well.
After the meal, Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald all followed Morty to his Gym whilst the adults went off to find a hotel to stay the night before going to Eggester the next day. The gang arrived at Morty's gym in 15 minutes, once they arrived Morty had taken them on a tour, and then told them to hang out in the waiting area which was very comfortable whilst he went and gathered his team, he arrived back about 5 minutes later, he threw his pokéballs and out came his team, and he introduced them.
He started with his official gym team, his elite gym team and his official team which he cannot use unless it's an unofficial match, his gym team included a Ghastly, 2 Haunters and a Gengar.
His Elite team consisted of a Drifblim, Dusknoir, Sableye, Mismagius and two Gengar's one of them shiny whilst his personal team included a Banette, Cofagrigus, Chandelure, Trevenant, Gourgeist, Shedinja, Froslass, Rotom, Jellicent, Golurk, Aegishlash and a Fearow, presumably the fearow was to help him get around if he needed to be somewhere quicker he could just fly on his pokemon.
Ash had noticed he had all the types of ghosts but noticed he couldn't use alot of them as some of them looked well stronger than normal, especially those of his personal team.
Whilst the gang was looking at his ghost pokemon, Morty had felt his pokemon's humour at being stared at in awe, yet some of them were emitting mischievous type vibes like they were going to be up to no good, he looked at those ones and with a look told them to either not do it or if they really had to, to make sure that they did not go overboard and scared his guests or hurt them.
The pokemon loved this and just decided they were going to play harmless pranks on them, especially the Gengar family line, their love for pranks was unlike most ghosts, whilst all ghosts love a good prank these guys seem to always want to play.
After about an hour of playing and being pranked by and with the ghosts, the gang's parents all turned up and said that they should now call it a night due to the fact it is now 8pm, so they said goodnight to Morty and went off to the Hotel, Morty also stated before they left he would meet up with them again tomorrow before they left the city to continue their holiday.
They got to the hotel quite quickly as it wasn't that far from the gym, and relaxed for an hour, talking and just generally being around their friends before heading off to their hotel rooms to get some shut eye.
The next day the whole gang was up at around 7am and was going to grab some breakfast, before meeting up with Morty again and then heading off to get to Eggester.
After meeting up with Morty and exchanging phone and email details and promises of keeping in touch, they left for Eggester, the reason why they were going to Eggester was due to the fact they have heard that the annual race was going on at this time, and they wanted to watch it, as they would be unable to participate due to the fact they do not have a pokemon that would be able to pull them in a race, but they still look forward to witnessing it.
They arrived in Eggester the next day after camping out the night before, and was introduced to a couple that ran the pokemon day care centre where they raised Eggs til they hatched, then take care of the hatched baby pokemon before they were able to find new homes for them. The couple's names were Mr and Mrs Shelby, they welcomed the gang into their home and centre and showed them around, even allowing Ash, Gary and Emerald to play with the older hatched pokemon.
Whilst the gang was playing with the older pokemon, the adults were inside asking if there was anything they could do to help with the race that was to start tomorrow, they stated that there wasn't anything to be done now as everything was pretty much ready and only what needs to be done left now has to be done on the day rather than before, but thanked them anyways for offering help, whilst they were talking and the gang was playing, 2 poachers had taken noticed of a couple of eggs that looked ready to hatch, as well as another 6 eggs that was close to hatching but still needed a few days, they quickly grabbed these eggs and took off, unnoticed by the humans but not by a certain pokemon of Ashlynn's, Riolu, being an emotion based pokemon felt a disturbance in the peaceful emotions she was surrounded by and took off to where she felt the negative emotions, quietly and making sure she was not seen she spied on what those two men were doing, when they made their escape, Riolu made sure she took in their Aura presence before going to her mistress and telling her what happened, Ash after being told what had happened quickly ran to the day care owners and alerted them, she stated that Riolu had taken an impression of their aura and would know how to track them down, so off Ashlynn went with the permission of her parents with Riolu, Thor and Amaterasu tracking down the poachers, they found the trail quiet easily and Ash thought to herself that these guys can't be that professional if they can't even cover their own tracks, and noticed that they had set up camp not even 5 miles away from where the stole the eggs from, face palming at their idiocy she motioned to Riolu to creep slowly and to go unseen to check on the eggs, before she made her move, Riolu contacting Ashlynn through their aura bond stated that the eggs were fine but very close to hatching so they needed to act now, before it was too late, so ash got Thor to use thunder shock and paralyze the men before knocking them unconscious, she grabbed a rope and tied them up and hid anything they could use to cut the rope to escape and phoned Officer Jenny letting her know where the thugs were, before high tailing it out of there with the eggs firmly in her arms not before checking to see if they had been harmed in anyway, Thor, Riolu and Amaterasu also had 2 eggs each in their arms she and her pokemon ran quickly to the centre but as she was just about to reach the centre the eggs Ash was holding started to crack even more, she ran straight in and told them they were about to literally hatch and didn't know what to do, as she knew if they spotted her, they would imprint on her straight away.
The old couple smiled and looked at one another before looking at her and told her just to go into the hatching room, and stay there with the eggs whilst they hatch, they stated that they want to give the pokemon that will hatch from the eggs to Ashlynn for saving and getting back the other eggs, the elderly couple then asked Ashlynn's pokemon if they could put the eggs they had with them back into the egg room as they weren't quite ready to be hatched yet but is getting closer. The pokemon did that before returning back to the group.
Whilst the pokemon took the other eggs back Ash had taken the two eggs that she had in her arms to the hatchery and sat down with them on her lap, the hatching of the eggs lasted 1 hour in total, and once the eggs had hatched, the little baby pokemon looked upon Ash and had imprinted on her, squealed slightly and then fell straight asleep on her lap, Ash noticed what type of pokemon they were straight away and found the site adorable, she couldn't believe what the pokemon were as they were some of the rarest to find, one was a Cleffa and the other was an Igglybuff, she picked them up and cuddled them close to her chest and left the hatching room with two fast asleep babies and rejoined everyone else in the main living area, the females all Aww'd at the adorable site of Ash cuddling two very cute baby pokemon and the males just smiled, not wanting to lose "man points" but still couldn't help some reaction to the site.
Ashlynn thanking the elder couple for this, they just smiled at her and waved her off, saying that if she hadn't done what she did, they would have lost alot of baby pokemon, and that they were grateful for her heroic deed of saving the eggs.
After about an hour sleeping the baby pokemon awoke again and stared at Ash in their mind their mother, and cuddled even closer to her chest, Ash looking at them decided to name them now she decided the name Luna for Igglybuff and the name Minerva for Cleffa, the newly named pokemon liked the names and just fell back to sleep again.
Whilst they were asleep Ash had asked what she was meant to feed baby pokemon, as she would have to get the supplies for them, the couple told ash they would need Baby formula milk for about 1 month before they could go on solids, as baby pokemon tend to grow quite quickly, Mrs Shelby quickly left the room and got the stuff needed for Ash, she gave her a month's supply for two baby pokemon so she need not worry about trying to find a store that sells the necessary stuff, as really can only be found in Goldenrod City so that would mean back tracking before going forwards again which would cost more time.
The gang had thanked the couple for inviting them into the home, and went off to get some food before finding a hotel to stay for a couple of days before moving to the next place they were to travel to.
The next morning the gang had awoken early, to see what preparations needed to be done for the race that was later this morning, after finding out there was nothing they could do they went off to have breakfast before heading back to where the bleachers' were, they found some seats and quickly took them sitting all together, when they spotted Mr & Mrs Shelby and waved them over to come sit next to them, which the elderly couple did, they started chatting as they still had about 15 minutes before the race were to start, and told them where they were heading next which was Olivine City due to the fact they were going to the Whirl Islands, and checking out the different Islands that surrounded the Whirlpools, but also because they heard of a local competition that is every three years is starting up again soon, and they wanted to witness it even if they couldn't participate due to not being trainers just yet.
The race was just about to begin and Ashlynn had noticed all the different type of pokemon people used for the race, they were Rapidash, Arcanine, Rhydon, Lickitung, Machamp, Dodrio, Raticate, even a Scyther.
The race was off to a quick start but about half hour in, there were only 3 left in the race, which was Rapidash, Arcanine and Dodrio, Rhydon was the first to drop out due to the fact his bulk and speed was just not up there, Raticate and Lickitung were next followed by Machamp, Scyther dropped out in the forest, hit a tree a bit too hard.
The race between the final three was well along, but after about another 45 minutes Dodrio fell out, due to the fact the three heads ended up in an argument with one another again, and they lost too much speed to even attempt to catch up again so dropped out of the race, so that left Rapidash and Arcanine, and both were pretty much neck to neck for the whole race, but both of their trainers kept pushing seeing if they can gain advantage over the other, they only had about 5 miles left before the finish line and neither wanted to end up in a draw but neither also wanted to come second, the final few metres were left and Rapidash was able to gain some more speed and in the final push had just brought itself ahead of the Arcanine and its trainer, making them the winners of the race, the trainer jumping off the board ran up to his pokemon and thanked it giving it a massive hug, which the Rapidash enjoyed and nuzzled its trainer, the trainer of the Arcanine walked up to the Rapidash and its trainer and congratulated them on a well deserved win, they raced hard against one another but was no hard feelings and shook hands in a show of camaraderie.
After the race the gang went off to have some food in the celebration of the Annual Extreme pokemon race. Whilst the gang was having food Mr & Mrs Shelby had presented the winner with a pokemon egg that was due to hatch in about 1- 2 months time, as all winners get, they stated that they do not know what is to hatch from the egg, but they suspect he'll be happy with it anyways, the winner just waved them off and said he doesn't care what it is as long as it is healthy that's all that matters.
The gang stayed for another day before heading off again to Olivine City but not before saying their goodbyes to the Shelby's.
After leaving Eggester they travelled for about 10 hours before finally getting to Olivine City, the quickly ate their dinner and went about to find a hotel for the night before continuing to the whirl islands.
They found a hotel pretty quickly and now where off to get the boat tickets for tomorrow to go to the Whirl Islands, the boat was leaving at 9am so they had to be up, dressed, and had food before 8am to get their early enough so they did not miss the boat.
The next morning they got up at 6:30 am and had breakfast and got ready and left by 8am to get to the boats on time, the journey to the Whirl Islands only takes 2 hours but they wanted to make sure they were there for the start of the Whirl Cup, a competition for Water Pokemon Trainers, held once every three years, they were also going to visit some of the Islands around Whirl Island such as Silver Rock Isle, Red Rock Isle, Yellow Rock Isle and Blue Point Isle.
Where you sign up to register for the Whirl Cup was being held at Blue Point Isle and that was where the boat was heading, but the competition itself is held in Scarlet City on Red Rock Isle.
The Tournament in total will take 2 weeks to be completed, and the winner gets presented a trophy as well as a mystic water pendant as well as being declared as a sea hero.
After finding out the information they headed off for the boats that were to take them across to Red Rock Isle, they decided they weren't going to see the whole of the tournament but still will watch a couple days worth before moving to another Island to check out.
They Arrived at Red Rock Isle within an hour, and went off to find a hotel to stay at whilst they were there, after finding a hotel they decided to explore the Island a bit before going to have some food, and then head to bed for the night, ready for the tournament to start tomorrow, they decided they were just going to watch tomorrows and the next days and then head off again.
The next day you would see the gang sitting in the Bleachers watching as the opening ceremony began for the Whirl Cup, the opening ceremony was completely different to what the adults and even the children were used to, as the opening ceremonies that the adults have attended due to them being in the leagues and the children from watching them on the television.
The opening ceremony for the Whirl Cup had different water type pokemon but a few physic types as well controlling the water that the water types were using and making patterns and then you have some people in the water doing synchronizing swimming and then people on shore dancing with the physic types controlling the water to be surrounding the people but not actually touching them making them look like they were bending the water and dancing with it, after the opening ceremony was done, people went off to have a bit of a break before the matches started.
The gang had found out there was a total of 192 people, but the prelims were for 15 minutes each and only 1vs1, so 4 matches every hour and the tournament will end for the night at 10pm it is now 10am so 12 hours of battling with 2 half hour breaks. They worked out that that it will take in total 4 days to get through the prelims before hitting top 64 and so on.
The Gang watched the 2 days of the prelims and was amazed about all the different water type pokemon they have seen being used so far, people from all over seemed to travel to this tournament as they have seen Water types that was only native to Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos which made Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald excited about seeing those regions as well just from the water types, one water type that had Ash and Emerald awed at the site was a pokemon called Milotic, they found the pokemon very majestic as well as beautiful, something that would look amazing in pokemon contests but also looks like a very strong battler as well.
After staying in Red Rock Isle for the two days they decided to head on over to another Isle, for a couple of days before heading to the final one.
The Island they went to this time was the Yellow Rock Isle, the explored the Island and noticed that there were alot of Corsola here, and that people had actually built their homes on Corsola's nests near the shore, and that those Corsola's are considered part of the family unit.
Whilst staying there, they had noticed that the Islanders are particularly fond of yellow pokemon as Ashlynn learnt when they spotted her Pichu.
They also found out why the Island got its name, and it was because of the yellow rocks that make up the island's geography and even the city streets are yellow.
They had also learnt that Yellow Rock Isle traditions are largely based on Corsola, hence why they build their homes on a Corsola's nest but also artisans will make jewellery out of Corsola's horns. Corsola's are known when healthy to shed and grow back its horns on its back, It is able to regrow them over the course of a single night, so there is never any shortage of Corsola's horns to make the jewellery. The girls decided to buy a full set of Jewellery as well from the artists that sold on the island, so they all got some necklaces, rings, bracelets and some earrings, the boys also bought some necklaces for themselves.
After spending a couple of days on Yellow Rock Isle they had moved to Silver Rock Isle. They arrived to Silver Rock Isle and decided to stay there for a couple of days before heading back to the main island of Johto continuing on with their holiday.
Whilst at the Island, they had learnt that it has a strong connection to the Silver Wing and to the legendary pokemon Lugia, it is also home to one of the hardest and purest substances in the world called Silver Rock Stone hence why the island was named, the main attraction of this stone is the Jewellery made from it, also there is an underwater cave system that connects Silver Rock Isle to Oni Isle which is one of the smaller isle's around the Whirl Islands.
Like on Yellow Rock Isle, the girls also bought jewellery from the artists that sold on this island as well and again they bought necklaces, rings, bracelets and some earrings, the boys also bought some necklaces for themselves.
After spending a couple of days in Silver Rock Isle, the gang had moved back to Blue Point Isle to get on the boat to head back to Olivine City before going to Mahogany Town.
They decided they were going to spend a week in total in Mahogany town, as they want to just relax before heading off to Blackthorn City.
Whilst they were at Mahogany Town the guys decided to go to Lake Rage as well, and see the plentiful of water types in the lake they have their but to also just to relax in the nature around them.
One day whilst Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald was taking a walk around the forest surrounding the lake rage, she had spotted a cage with a pokemon inside of it, which looked beaten and bruised, and somewhat malnourish, not liking this at all, she got her Riolu and Thor to open up the cage whilst she got some potions together to heal the pokemon, upon healing she noticed that it wasn't getting that better, all the surface wounds were healed but still looked deeply bruised which could be an indication to internal bleeding, so she picked the frightened pokemon up and hightailed it back to Mahogany Town to the pokemon centre to get the pokemon treated, upon arriving she told Nurse Joy what had happened and nurse joy immediately went to work, she alerted Ash that the pokemon was called a Smeargle and it was quite a common pokemon in certain areas of Johto but not in this area so it was either a caught pokemon and had been released and abused by its trainer or poached due to the colour of it as it is different to the normal smeargle.
After about 2 hour wait the nurse Joy had came back out from the Emergency Room and gave a smile to Ashlynn stating that Smeargle will be just fine after some rest, she also stated to Ash that Officer Jenny will be coming around in a bit just to speak with her to get some evidence from her as well as a statement, which Ash said would be fine.
Whilst Ash had been waiting her parents and friends had all turned up and she had told them what had happened, her parents praised her for doing the right thing and taking the injured pokemon straight to nurse joy.
After waiting another hour Officer Jenny had turned up and got the statement from Ash and also the location of where she had found the cage and off she went again to collect it to use for evidence but not before saying thanks to Ashlynn.
Whilst the Smeargle was healing and in the pokemon Centre Ash spent most of her days with the pokemon, cheering it up and playing with the pokemon, the pokemon at first was a bit wary of her but soon warmed up to her and could find the pokemon sitting on her lap alot and just loving the affection it got from her. Nurse Joy witnessing this thought it might be a good idea when they were to leave if Ash were to capture the Smeargle, as all honesty she expects if they leave without the pokemon, they will end up being followed by it anyways, which Smeargle confirmed that statement was true.
So on the day the gang left Ashlynn captured the Shiny Smeargle and then set up the training for him.
Due to the fact that Smeargle can learn almost every single move out there, Ash had set up training differently for him, so instead of learning different moves like the other pokemon do, he has to sketch them whilst in a battle and then that move becomes part of his arsenal to use, so she set up mock battles with all her other pokemon and told them each to use a move for Smeargle to sketch, before moving onto another one, as Smeargle can only sketch one move per battle.
So the training looked a bit like this: -
From Thor smeargle is going to learn the moves Signal Beam and Covet.
From Amaterasu, he will be learning the moves Iron tail and Fire Punch.
From Dratini, he will be learning the moves Icy wind and snore.
From Eevee, he will be learning the moves Endure and heal bell.
From Hoppip he will be learning the moves Helping hand and Worry seed.
From Indra, he will be learning the moves Ice punch and low kick.
From Hephaestus, he will be learning the moves heat wave and uproar.
From Aurae, he will be learning the moves Toxic and Hidden power.
From Ace, he will be learning the moves Tailwind and sunny day.
From Tiamat, he will be learning the moves Bounce and Tackle.
From Rattata, he will be learning the moves Zen headbutt and bite.
From Riolu, he will be learning the moves Iron defense and Magnet rise.
So whilst the training was set up, Ash then preformed an Aura bond with Smeargle and had asked if he wanted a Nick name, which he said no, he did not want a nickname but thanked her for asking anyways.
After setting up the training and adding Smeargle to the aura bond they finally decided to head on to Blackthorn City where they will be staying for two weeks, as Professor Oak has a surprise for the kids there
The gang got to Blackthorn City the following day after camping out again in the wilderness for the night as it was a longer journey to get to Blackthorn City than they realised, once they got there professor oak immediately took them to a house that was near the gym, and stated that this house was the house of the Blackthorn family, known for raising dragons and dragon like pokemon (such as Charizard, Gyarados and Aerodactyl).
Once they arrived at the house the Professor knocked on the door, and a Teenage female answered the door, she smiled at the professor as well as at Red, Yellow, Silver, Leaf, Blue and Delia from their times as famous Trainers and welcomed the youngsters as well.
Whilst they were let in another famous blackthorn was in the city and was just on his way to his family home to say hello to his younger sister and surprise his family on his impromptu visit.
Whilst the gang was all talking to Clair, getting to know her and her family there was a knock on the door, Clair quickly got up and answered it, when she did, she shouted out in surprise and joy, she quickly hugged the person that was at the front door, and shouted out to everyone, well guess who decided to show up today out of the blue, her grandma shouted Lance? And Clair and Lance started to laugh and he answered back yeah it's me Grandma, so Clair and Lance walked to the living room where everyone else was, when he saw they also had guests their he had said hello, shook the males hands and gave a light hug to the females, and when he got to the children, he had asked their names, so they told them, Ashlynn went first "My name is Ashlynn, but everyone calls me Ash, pleased to meet you Mr Lance" Lance was amused by being called Mr Lance and told Ash it was fine to call him Lance then ruffled her hair a little bit which made her puff up her cheeks in anger, but made her look like an adorable kitten than anything else, Gary went next and just introduced himself as Gary and finally Emerald went last and introduced herself as Emerald.
Lance, Clair, Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald all went out to the back to talk and get to know one another, Clair was only a few years older than them, they had found out that Clair was only 15 years old, but she was quite mature for her age, whilst Lance was 19 years old, they had found out how old ash, Gary and emerald were as well, they all started they were 11 years old.
They were all talking about pokemon and their favourite types, which of course for the blackthorn's Dragons were their favourite but they liked all others as well but Dragon types will always hold a special place in their hearts, whilst they learnt that Ash, Gary and Emerald loved all types pretty much equally, they also found out they also already had pokemon with them, due to the fact of who their parents are and who their friends with, or in Gary's case who his parents and Grandpa was.
Lance had asked each of them what pokemon they had, so Ash went first, she told him about her Pichu named Thor, at the mention of his name, Thor had woke up from being asleep and waved at them then fell back to sleep getting a giggle from Ashlynn, she told him of her Charmander that was bred from her father's Dragonite and Charizard, and was also shiny called Amaterasu, told him about how she had rescued and Injured Dratini that ended up imprinting on her and has stuck to her side since, she had told him of her pokemon that she received as gifts such as Eevee, Hoppip and that Thor and Amaterasu were also gifts for her 5th birthday, she then stated, she had also got a Riolu, a Magby called Hephaestus, an Elekid called Indra which were also gifts from three friends of hers she had met in the kingdom of rota, she also then stated she has a Houndour called Hades, a Pidgey called Aurae, a Spearow called Ace, a magikarp called tiamat and a Rattata, that these were all just normal captures, and then three more rescued pokemon, an Igglybuff called Luna and a Cleffa called Minerva and a shiny smeargle. Lance and Clair was very impressed of her pokemon, ash also stated that she was an aura user in training, and that she can perform aura bonds with her pokemon.
Gary went next and told them about his pokemon, Growlithe, Eevee, Elekid, Pineco, Pidgey, Spearow, Rattata, Magikarp, Hoothoot and a Stantler. He stated that his Growlithe, Eevee, Elekid and Pineco were all gifts as well for his 5th birthday.
Emerald then went last and told them about her pokemon, her Bulbasaur, Magby, Eevee, Elekid, Pidgey, Spearow, Rattata, Magikarp, Sunkern and a Natu. Also stated that her Bulbasaur, Magby, Eevee and Elekid were also gifts.
Impressed by their pokemon they then had asked if they had any on them, which they did, so Ash let out her Igglybuff, Cleffa, Smeargle, Dratini, Houndour and Eevee as Thor and Riolu was already outside of their ball, also upon being released from their balls, Eevee, Dratini, Luna and Minerva all clung straight to her and curled around her or on her, whilst Houndour and Smeargle, sat right next to her touching her but also at the same time trying to give off the vibe of being older so they don't need to be as clinging but still sat so close to her that they were touching either her legs, back or arms which had Ash giggling. When Ash let out the other pokemon both Riolu and Thor had climbed up onto her shoulders and sat there so they weren't disturbed and fell back to sleep again cuddling into her neck one on each side. Ash just shook her head a little with a smile on her face, which had made the others laugh, but also amazed at seeing the bound between herself and her pokemon.
Gary then went next and sent out his Growlithe, Eevee, Pidgey, Magikarp, Hoothoot and Stantler. Whilst only Growlithe, Eevee and Stantler all stood right next to Gary, Eevee had climbed into his lap and Growlithe was sitting on his legs / the floor, and Stantler was sat down next to him with his head on one of his legs.
Emerald then went next and released her Bulbasaur, Eevee, Spearow, Rattata, Sunkern and Natu. Also only being really jumped on by her Bulbasaur and Eevee, but Natu also did land on her shoulder and was content to stay there.
Lance decided to send out some of his own pokemon as well, which consisted of his Charizard, his Aerodactyl, and his 2 Dragonite's, a Dragonair, and a Gyarados.
After Lance released his pokemon Clair had sent out her 2 dragonair's, a Kingdra and a Gyarados.
Ash's Charmander and Dratini were in awe of Lance's Charizard, and Dragonite's and Dragonair as well as Clair's Dragonair's. This made them all puff up in pride as well seeing such youngsters being in awe of them.
Whilst the pokemon were running about and playing the gang had all continued to talk, and had asked what they were all doing to get prepared for their journeys when the time came, so Ash told them of her training regime and that she herself is being trained by pokemon for self defense, and that she also learns all the practical stuff as well, and sets up different training regimes for each pokemon that comes under her care, also states that she meditates at least generally 2 a day with her aura and practices that as well, whilst Gary and Emerald does similar things, but doesn't do everything Ashlynn does.
Lance once again was impressed by the little lass, and stated as such, and that he was impressed that all of them took the dedication to learn of things so that they would be better prepared for their journeys, after several hours talking the gang with Lance and Clair headed by into the house for some food, before they were to leave for the night and head to their hotel they are staying at.
After having food, Lance and Clair invited Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald to come around again so they could talk some more and get to know one another better, Lance also decided he was going to stay home for two weeks and only go if it is an emergency, but if not he is spending some quality time with family and new friends.
A week had passed so far and Clair, Lance, Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald were acting like they have known one another for years instead of only a week, but Ash was actually closet to Lance and Clair, Lance became a best friend to her someone whom she can talk to about anything and Clair, became someone who was her best friend / sister, also she could talk to her about anything and everything, the girls actually went shopping together as well, also Clair and Lance were both fiercely protective over Ashlynn.
On the last day during the second week, before they were going to move on with their holiday, Lance and Clair had pulled Ashlynn aside and stated they wanted to talk to her quickly, so she had followed them both, once they stopped further away from anyone over hearing, the both looked at her and stated that they both wanted to give her a gift each, Clair went first, she stated that she feels Ashlynn is like a little sister to her, someone who she cares for a great deal as well as is protective of, she told Ash that because she feels like she is her little sister she is giving her a gift she once told everyone she would only give to a little sister, she told her that this gift is none other a offspring of her own starter which is now a Kingdra, she told her that the Horsea that she is giving to her is a Female, and had hatched over 2 months ago so is now ready to be trained but is still very playful at times. Ash was speechless, she did not except this at all, so once the shock passed over she flew straight into Clair giving her a big hug thanking her over and over stating she will always love this pokemon no matter what and will always care for her.
Lance was slightly amused by Ashlynn's reaction and had thought of what her reaction might be to his gift, he coughed at little to gain their attention and looked at Ash, he started to tell her that the reasons why he was giving this gift was 1, he wanted to give her something that will always remind her of him, 2, because he can which when he said this had made her and Clair laugh. He stated that the gift he was going to give her was a pokemon as well, and that the pokemon had been in his care for a while, about 1 year now, but he believes that this pokemon would flourish under her care, so he showed her the pokemon, and what came out of the pokéball shocked even Clair, the pokemon's name was Deino and it was a dragon type from Unova but that was not all, Deino when fully evolved is like their own dragon type, so she has now gained another pseudo-legendary pokemon, she walked up to the pokemon, showing no fear but also showing that she will respect the pokemon, upon reaching the pokemon she knelt down and started to pet it, and Deino just like all other of her pokemon was won over, she got back up and ran up to Lance and gave him a massive hug as well thanking him for the amazing gift, he stated that she was very welcomed and that he knew Deino would be a good pairing for her, but also the pokemon will be fiercely protective of her.
After bonding with both her new pokemon and then giving them their nicknames.
Horsea was now nicknamed Coventina – (where the name was deprived from – Celtic gods / Goddess - Goddess of Rivers, abundance, Inspiration and Prophecy)
Deino was now nicknamed Mars – (Gods & Goddess of Roman Mythology).
After nick naming her new pokemon, the three of them went back to where everyone else was, as it was now time for food.
After food, everyone had asked where she, Lance and Clair went off to, so Lance answered saying that himself and Clair had a gift each they wanted to give to her, so they nodded to her to let her know she can show them now, so she opened up her two new pokéballs and allowed her two new friends out, the Professor was amazed at the rare Deino and how well kept he had looked, as well as the Horsea, everyone else was just amazed at the pokemon, and how they seemed to fit in with her and her pokemon already so well, like they have always been a part of her team yet she only received them today.
After introducing her new pokemon to her parents and friends as well as the rest of her team that she had on her, she decided she was going to set up their training regime now. So they were going to learn the following moves: -
Horsea (Coventina) - Endure, icy wind, signal beam, snore, water pulse and toxic.
Deino (Mars) – Endure, shock wave, snore, spite, Zen headbutt and strength.
After setting up their training, it was time to call it a night so they all headed off after saying good night to their new friends back to their hotel and to go to sleep. As for tomorrow they will be leaving bright and early to get to Violet City, as their next stop is Charicific Valley, which Ashlynn can't even wait for, as Red's own Charizard used to train there before, he knows the location and wants to pop in and see his old friend Liza as well, as to get into Charicific Valley you need to fly, Red, Blue, Yellow, Leaf, Silver and Professor Oak all had flying types on them, Red had his Charizard, Pidgeot and Dragonite, Blue had his Pidgeot and Fearow, Yellow had her Dragonite, Leaf had her Tropius, Silver had his Skarmory and Professor Oak had his Dragonite.
Red was going to fly on his Dragonite, whilst Delia flew on his Charizard and Ashlynn on his Pidgeot, Blue on his own fearow and Gary on his father's Pidgeot, Yellow on her Dragonite, Leaf and her daughter Emerald on her Tropius, Silver on his Skarmory and finally Professor Oak on his Dragonite.
The next morning, the guys got up at 7am and walked over to the Blackthorn's house, they decided yesterday as a goodbye to all have breakfast together before heading off to Violet City, after having food the gang hugged the Blackthorn's and thanked them for the fun two weeks, also Clair and Lance gave their contact details to Ashlynn so she could stay in touch with them, then off they went down the road to let out their flying pokemon to start the journey to Violet City.
Flying on the pokemon to Violet City only took a matter of 3 hours, so they were going to stop in Violet City for a little while have some food then continue onto Charicific valley.
They found a cute little restaurant in Violet City and had Lunch there before heading off to Charicific Valley.
They arrived at Charicific Valley after another 2 hour flight; they were only going to stay the day there but were going to learn more about Charizard as a whole from Liza.
Once they arrived in Charicific Valley Liza had come to greet them and make them feel welcomed, also Red's Charizard took flight after letting Delia off him and went in search of more of his old friends to say hello again, whilst Amaterasu after being let out was slightly intimidated by the bigger fully evolved form of herself, but they just sniffed her and greeted her as kin, Liza then introduced her Charizard which is called Charla, she then explained about the whole Charicific Valley and what it is they do there.
She explained that Charicific Valley is a training ground / area just for Charizard where they can better themselves and get stronger, and that she and her Charizard Charla as the keepers of the place and protect it and the Charizard from danger.
Liza also explained that whilst here, Charizard will often learn new moves from other members of the pack that they might not of learnt elsewhere, but also that she herself and her Charizard will teach them new moves that will help them defend themselves if anything happens, the moves that they typically learn here are the following: - Dragon breath, Overheat, Steel Wing, Wing Attack, Slash and Dragon Tail.
Ashlynn was amazed by the power the Charizard give off here, and noticed that her little Amaterasu was slightly intimidated by them all but was also in awe of their aura they gave off.
After finding out all the information they headed back to Liza's cabin where they were going to have some dinner before calling it a night and then continuing on with their holiday as the next stop would be Alto Mare, Professor Oak had looked up information on how they were to get to Alto Mare, they would have to fly to Cherrygrove City then take a ferry from there to Alto Mare.
The next day you find the gang saying goodbye to Liza and Charla and thanking them for allowing them to stay, before heading off to Cherrygrove City, flying to Cherrygrove only took 2 hours in total so they got their for 10am, they booked a ferry which was leaving at 12pm to get to Alto Mare which would arrive at 4pm, so lunch was included on the ferry. They had a quick breakfast in a little café in Cherrygrove City, after breakfast they went to the dock to wait for their ferry before heading off to Alto Mare.
They set off and arrived at Alto Mare at 4pm, they decided to go and find a hotel they can spend in for the next two weeks they were spending there.
After about an hour and half searching they had finally found a hotel they would like to stay in, and luckily they had enough room for them, so they booked the rooms and went off to search for a place to eat, whilst at the hotel they had also learnt that the Tour de Alto Mare was going to be host on Saturday, but as it is now Tuesday they still had a few days before it was there.
The gang had found a restaurant and decided they would eat there before heading back to the hotel, to unpack and then call it a night before starting the tour of the city tomorrow.
The next day they awoke at 7:30am, had breakfast at the hotel before heading out for 9am for the tour around the city, the tour included a trip in a Gondola around the Canals and stops at some of the landmarks such as the museum, the clock towers and the statues of Latios & Latias the guardians of Alto Mare, they also found out more information on the city itself and why Latios & Latias were the guardians of Alto Mare.
After the tour then went for some lunch before going to the Museum, after they had food in one of the little cafes in Alto Mare they headed back to the Museum and had a look around the Museum.
They found out that in the Museum there was a device called the DMA, they learnt that the DMA which stands for the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare is a machine that was built many centuries ago to protect the city from danger, but in order to activate the DMA, Latios or Latias must be used as a power source for it to work, when it has power, the pillars starts to fall down to the floor, the soul dew which is protected by the very guardians of Alto Mare is places in the DMA to start it. Once the machine is activated, the control center will open up to control the DMA, allowing the user all its functions.
They then found out about the Soul dew that whilst being protected by the Guardians of Alto Mare it contains a soul of a deceased Latios that is implied is the father of the very Guardians of Alto Mare.
Whilst in the Museum they met two new people Lorenzo and his grand-daughter Bianca. Bianca was their age, and Lorenzo was nearing Professor Oak's age.
They chatting and got to know both Bianca and Lorenzo for the next couple of hours before heading off to have some Dinner and then head to bed, they made fast friends with them both.
After having food, they decided they would just chill out in one of their hotel rooms before going to bed, the adults were all talking and reminiscing whilst Ashlynn, Gary and Emerald were playing different types of games and including the pokemon to them as well, which made it that much more fun, especially since Luna and Minerva still cling onto Ash every-time she lets them out of their pokéballs.
After several games it was time for bed so everyone headed off to their rooms and went to sleep for the night preparing for the next day.
For the next week the gang hung out with Bianca and Lorenzo, they learnt all sorts of things from them, like the fact Bianca is a budding artist and had actually drew them all pictures of them with their pokemon out chilling in their garden at their house, Ashlynn and Bianca became fast friends almost like sisters with how they were, and they knew for a fact they would keep in touch with each other pretty much every day once the holiday was over and they were going back home.
During the second week, the tour de Alto Mare which is a water pokemon race, the tournament consist of a water chariot race where the trainers will race on a floating platform pulled by their water-type pokemon.
The winners of the competition are awarded a medal depicting the legendary pokemon Latias and Latios.
The gang couldn't wait to witness the race as it is unlike anything else they have seen as most of the other competitions like this were on land instead of water, there were about 10 people that have entered the tournament including the multi-winner Ross who has won so far the past 2 years, hoping to make it his third year winning.
The gang noticed there were all sorts of pokemon from three different regions such as Hoenn, Johto and Kanto, Ross had a Wailmer, but there were also a Starmie, Vaporeon, Golduck, Azumarill, Lanturn, Mantine, Wartortle, Carvanha and a Luvdisc.
The race had started and Ross was already in the lead but the trainer with the Carvanha and the trainer with Vaporeon were right behind him, the race itself was only for about 1.5 hours so far half hour has been, and Ross was still in the lead but the two trainers were right behind him, the first trainer that dropped out was the one with a Luvdisc, followed shortly by the one with the Starmie.
The trainers with the Golduck and Azumarill were losing speed quickly and wouldn't be able to catch up to the others so after about 15 minutes from when the trainers with Starmie and Luvdisc dropped off they did so as well, so now there is only 45 minutes left of the race. Ross is still in the lead of the race and was slightly gaining on the other guys, only so much though as they were still keeping up with him better than any of the others.
After another half hour another one had dropped out of the race so there were only 5 left, the one that dropped out was the trainer with the Lanturn, so the trainers with the Vaporeon, Wailmer, Wartortle, Carvanha and Mantine were still in the race, and Ross who has the Wailmer was still in the lead.
The 15 minutes have passed and Ross had won the race, second place went to the trainer with the Carvanha and third place went to the trainer with the Vaporeon, 4th place went to the trainer with the Wartortle and finally 5th place went to the trainer with the Mantine.
Ross was happy as he had now won 3 years in a row, which was quite the achievement, so after getting his medal, and a applause from all those attending, he gave a little speech of thanks before heading off again with his Wailmer.
After the race was done the gang went back to Lorenzo's and Bianca's house for some food due to the fact it will be their last couple of days in Alto Mare before they were to head back to Olivine City to get on the ship to get back to Kanto.
The next few days were spent with Bianca and Lorenzo and just relaxing and having a fun few days, Ash and Bianca swapped numbers and contact details promising to keep in touch with one another before they were to leave, Ash also stated that when she was on her own journey, she will come back to Alto Mare and visit her which made Bianca smile, and excited about it.
On the day they were due to go back to Olivine City, Lorenzo decided to cook breakfast and go all out for them, so after having breakfast the guys went to the docks to get on the ship to head back to Cherrygrove before flying to Olivine City.
They arrived in Cherrygrove a couple of hours later and headed straight to Olivine City, the flight itself took only 2 hours with their pokemon and they were soon on the ship on the way back home.
On the ship Ashlynn couldn't stop thinking back about her new friends and cannot wait to see them again, but at least she has their contact details to keep in touch with.
"Flashback ended"
