Ash's Dreams:
Ash was surrounded in a field with flowers and a gentle breeze. He was looking around confused at what he was seeing. It was peaceful, but nice.
"Pikapi!" Ash heard as he turned around to see his Pikachu running over to him in a hurry and in tears. Suddenly, Ash noticed the entire ambient change into a forest. Pikachu ran into Ash's arms as Ash noticed poachers taking away lots of Pikachus from the forest into a machine.
"It's ok Pikachu," Ash said as he covered the mouse's eyes and ears. "I'm here I won't let anything happen to you."
Ash then thought about being somewhere else, but instead of being transported, Ash noticed large plants and a white beam change the ambient in the forest to a destroyed landscape. Ash then noticed a Goodra and Sceptile taking berries from a tree that belonged to many other pokemon.
Ash recognized the Pokemon, "Sceptile? Goodra? What are you guys doing? You guys are better than this!"
The Pokemon looked at Ash as if to attack him, but a large barrage of fire stopped them, it was a draconic fire dragon that Ash recognized as a Charizard, but it was a blue one though. This Charizard punched the ground and let off an attack they fired molten rocks and ash through the ground at intense momentum and caused a giant explosion that erupted on Ash.
"Urgh!" Ash winced in pain as the ambient changed. Ash noticed the scene change completely as there was nothing but a black fog and water that Ash felt that went up to his knees. No pokemon was around him.
Ash started to walk in confusion until he saw a something. A bipedal pokemon with a long tongue scarf that had for some reason a similar appearance to Ash as Ash noticed. This pokemon also had a large shuriken on his back. Ash reached out for this mysterious pokemon only for his hand to go through nothing but water that splashed on the water below.
Suddenly Ash turned to the sky and saw a gold light, a medium sized dragon with large ears cleared the fog and stood in front of Ash. The gold veil disappeared and Ash saw one of his trusty pokemon.
"Noivern," Ash said as he approached the pokemon and touched it.
"Vern!" Noivern replied as he took Ash's hand and the entire ambient started to glow.
Ash then understood what the symbolism was, "No painful past… Purity… That is what you are Noivern. The other pokemon and I raised you to not have the same burden."
"Vern!" Noivern replied as the light then began to engulf Ash and Noivern.
At the tent:
"(GASP!)" Ash awoke from his dream confused and covered in sweat. This startled Pikachu as the rodent woke up immediately.
"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked weakly as he heard his trainer wake up and Ash snuggled among Pikachu.
"It was just a dream Pikachu, only just a dream," Ash said as he closed his eyes and went back to sleep. Pikachu did the same next to his trainer of course.
As Ash drifted off he asked himself these questions: 'Why was there a Charizard that was black and blue? What do my pokemon's burdens mean for the future? Will Noivern's purity come in handy?...
What was that Pokemon that looked like me that had a giant shuriken on his back?'
A/N: So let's continue our journey with Ash. He has just defeated his father in battle once, but he has to make sure that he can be at his prime for the next battle. Right now though, he is going to take a detour to Glorio City for the master class in which Serena and Shauna are performing. Calem is there for Shauna and the others will be there too.
How will things go for Ash now that he might run into someone again?
This is the start of the REAL story. This is when the conflicts really start. I am hype so let's get into it!
Oh yea… MERRY CHRISTMAS! And thanks for 5k+ views!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Chapter 9- Chance Encounter
Route to Glorio City:
"Braixen will be good for doing this… while Sylveon can do that… What about Floette, where should I put her? Argh!" Serena gripped her head with frustration. "Maybe I should train with Popplio… I know that she is just a hatchling, but she will be great for the bubbles…"
Serena was thinking hard as she walked through the route. The route had a lot of flowers and trees on the side of the dirt path and eventually Serena came upon a large field with many Kalos flowers. All the Kalos flowers blossoming with the spring time. The breeze was soft and serena making her hair gently wave around.
Serena decided to have a little bit of time to train, "Braixen, Popplio, come on out!"
"Braix!"
"Pop!"
"Hey guys, I want to practice some moves," Serena started. "Popplio, I want you to make a bubble. Braixen, you use fire blast around the bubble while controlling it with psychic!"
"Popppp… LIOO!" Popplio made a large bubble and made it float into the sky. Braixen then shot a fire blast while using psychic to control the direction of fire blast and the way the bubble was enveloped.
"Great! Now combine flamethrower and water gun to make a collage of colors!" Serena commanded with a raised hand.
"Braixeeen!" Braixen shouted as she and Popplio made two elemental beams go around each other and popped the bubble making a lot of colors in a rainbow explosion and amazing effect.
Serena watched in awe. "This is going to be amazing, if we keep this up we will win the masterclass for sure!" Serena exclaimed. Her pokemon gave out a battle cry as they felt proud of themselves.
Suddenly...
"BOOOOOOOOOMMM!" A huge explosion echoed from close proximity, in fact a giant white beam had completely leveled an entire portion of the forest and Serena could even see the damage from where she stood.
"What was that?" Serena asked as she recalled her pokemon back to their pokeballs. "Better go check it out!"
If there was one thing Serena learned from her inspiration: he runs towards explosions not away from them.
Same time Glorio City:
"So you finally made it Calem," Trevor patted his Charizard's back as his face got serious. "Did you hear about the giant explosion that happened yesterday night? It shook all of Kalos and everyone saw it, there was even this leaked footage of a Grovyle with a twig on his mouth that evolved into a Sceptile taking out a Darkrai! The trainer had like some sort of cool black attire and a scarf like the one Ash wears."
"Come on Trevor, I had to do some business with Ash, and about the explosion, I wonder who that trainer was," Calem responded. Calem was relieved that no one had identified Ash as the trainer that did the amazing battling. It was true, for the event, Ash changed to a black attire to not be recognised.
"Can you tell me what it was that you did with Ash?" Tierno asked as he recalled his Swanna.
"No, I can't right now," Calem replied with slight panic in his voice. Calem then looked up at the sky and saw what he wanted to see.
"TROPIUS!" A large flying type called as it landed in front of the boys.
"Hey boys! Glad to see you here!" Shauna exclaimed as she got down and recalled her Tropius.
"Hehe, time for the master class right?" Calem asked as the others met up with Shauna.
"Yea, let's hope Serena and Ash make it," Trevor replied. "The master class starts in a few days and they can't miss it… Serena for obvious reasons… and well Ash, I don't know why he comes to all the showcases, but he does."
Shauna and Calem tensed up at the mention of Ash and Serena. Evidently, both of them had left the other two behind.
"What's wrong?" Tierno asked the duo noticing the change in behavior in the brunette and jet black haired trainers.
"You see, I may have left Serena at Anistar yesterday," Shauna responded sheepishly as she face palmed herself.
"Wow, I did the same for Ash," Calem replied in embarrassment and crossed arms.
The other boys sighed. Trevor then spoke up though, "I think they will be fine, I mean Ash can take care of himself well… Also, I think they will make it in time, they have plenty of time to get here."
The others nodded their heads in agreement. It was obvious that there was plenty of time, even if conflict was among Ash and Serena.
Earlier that day on route to Glorio City:
Ash had slept in his tent very soundly that night after changing back to his normal Kalos attire. He got up and ate some breakfast that he prepared with some eggs and bacon. He enjoyed eating eggs and bacon in the morning and of course he would always enjoy a Kanto Omelette, just like his mother used to make. That reminded him of his past and the good times he had with his mother (I am through with the question: "Can Ash cook? Wasn't he poor?..." Pretend Ash had bought the ingredients earlier and easily cooked the food in a fire ok? Ok… carry on!)
The day was beautiful, the breeze made his light blue scarf wave a little, but other than that the sun was out and it was beautiful. Ash had remembered passing an open field of flowers around five minutes away from where he was the previous day. He was is such a hurry to avoid the helicopters from the explosion that happened after facing his father.
"Pikachu," Ash started as he finished eating and cleaned up his plate.
"Pi?"
"Want to do some special training today?" Ash asked with a pumped fist.
"PIKACHU!" Pikachu cried with a determined face as the rodent got on Ash's shoulder and gathered electricity.
"That's the spirit!" Ash exclaimed as he looked back at Pikachu.
Ash gathered up his belongings, tent and sleeping bag and made his way into the forest with Pikachu. Once inside he found a clearing. The space was very large and spacious so it was perfect for training.
Ash then took out five pokeballs and threw them into the air, "I choose you!" he shouted as five pokemon appeared beside Pikachu.
"Charm!" A small bipedal salamander orange pokemon with a harness that harbored a blue stone cried. Ash knew him as Charmeleon. Charmeleon kept training hard after Ash caught him and both of them became a strong duo. Still, Charmeleon still had so much to learn when it came to his power.
"Tile!" Ash's most recently evolved pokemon that had a twig as a toothpick on his mouth cried. He was a strong and agile battler and Ash knew he could count on him specially after defeating the Darkrai.
"DRA!" Goodra… Ash's most tanky pokemon. Goodra came out as a large tank for Ash's team. Shortly after he caught him he evolved twice and was the star of the battle against Clemont the gym leader at Lumiose City. Ash could always count on this dragon that had a nice and kind personality.
"Vern!" Ash's youngest pokemon on his team grunted. Of course, loudest of them all. Ash found it amazing when he evolved and learned Boomburst as well as the moment when Noivern got the power to learn two more moves that many could call… powerful? Anyways, Ash found Noivern to be one of his most unpredictable pokemon.
"Froga!" This was the cry that Ash's most calm and sinister pokemon gave. Ash knew that Frogadier was a powerful fighter and the fact that he counted on him a lot. Ash was oblivious to the fact though, that Frogadier had started to develop and inner conflict with his relationship with Ash. Something that Ash had vaguely noticed.
"Alright guys, we are going to start some special training!" Ash exclaimed as all of his pokemon made a large battle cry. "Great, to start I am going to partner you guys up. Goodra and Noivern, go stand over there as you will be partners."
"Vern!"
"Dra!"
Both dragons got to where they needed to be and waited patiently conversing with each other.
"Ok, Charmeleon you will be with Sceptile and Pikachu team up with Frogadier," Ash explained as the pokemon walked to their respective positions. "You guys ready?"
"Pika!"
"Dier!"
"Charmeleon!"
"Tile Sceptile!"
"Noivern vern!"
"Goo!"
All pokemon shouted in unison.
"Great, Pikachu and Frogadier, I want you to work on sparing physically, Pikachu, use iron tail while Frogadier, you use cut!" Ash ordered. The pokemon got straight to work.
"Pika pika pika pika… PIKACHU!" Pikachu shouted as he landed an iron tail on the cut.
"Dier dier!" Frogadier also was sparing now. Iron tail versus Cut and neither pokemon backing down.
Ash smiled as he turned to the next pair, "Alright Charmeleon and Sceptile, I want you two to spar while using dragon claw. Sceptile I want you to teach Charmeleon how to pull the same speed with dragon claw like when you hit Darkrai yesterday. Also Charmeleon, I want you to teach Sceptile that spinning dragon claw technique that you used against Olympia."
"Charm Charmeleon!"
"Tile!" Sceptile said as he unleashed his claws at the same time that Charmeleon did. Both pokemon instantly stood next to each other as they taught each other the techniques.
"Goodra, I want to train your resistance, remember that the more you endure and the more energy you can hold, the stronger your bide. Noivern use your strongest Boomburst on Goodra while Goodra uses bide. Noivern I want you to work in increasing the power of your Boomburst. Goodra, each time, try to hold more and more energy until eventually you have to let it go. When you do, aim it straight at those trees so we can see the amount of power you have!" Ash explained to which the dragons nodded.
"NoiVVEEEEERRRNNNNNNN!" Noivern shouted as he launched his loud and soundwave boomburst and Goodra started to endure it gradually as the blood red aura of the bide started glowing very dark around the outline of his body.
Ash looked back towards Pikachu and Frogadier who were still sparing. He looked at Frogadier and noticed something about his shadow. It was larger than a Frogadier and had a tongue like scarf. This shadow also had a giant shuriken in the back. Suddenly, for a split second, Ash saw Pikachu right in front of him and what looked like his blue limb with a white kunai interacting with the iron tail.
Ash instantly looked away and shook his head, 'what was that? The shadow was a lot like the same pokemon that I saw on my dream last night...' Ash asked himself.
Ash then looked over at Sceptile and Charmeleon. Ash saw the two using strong moves on each other.
"Looking good Charmeleon and Sceptile… now Sceptile I want you to try and use frenzy plant while Charmeleon, you use dragon claw to slice through it," Ash explained.
"Tile!" Sceptile got to work by punching the ground and making large plants soar from the ground towards Charmeleon while Charmeleon broke the plant with dragon claw.
Ash then turned to his youngest member of the group Noivern, it had hatched into just a Noibat just after reaching Cyllage City and actually evolved fighting off a Fearow during the time going to Laverre City. Even though he was at a disadvantage, he pulled through a really good win against Sylveon and won the gym battle against the Laverre City Gym Leader.
Ash then looked at how Goodra was putting up against Noivern's Boomburst. It seemed like if the Bide was getting stronger and stronger. In fact the Bide looked like it would come out with more intensity than even at his fifth gym.
"Goo goodra," Goodra strained and Noivern stopped Boomburst with a panicked look on his face.
Everyone looked over at Goodra and noticed that his color of aura was a dark blood red, almost black.
"Goodra, quick aim for the forest and unleash the energy… EVERYONE TAKE COVER!" Ash exclaimed as he and his pokemon hid behind a giant tree.
Meanwhile with Goodra, the white beam started to appear in front of him, "GOOOOO DRAAAAAAAAAA!" Goodra shouted throwing out the beam that was at least a hundred times more powerful than any hyperbeam Ash had ever seen. The beam cut cleanly through the forest causing complete destruction and oblivion. The explosion then was massive, in fact massive enough that if it could rival that if any strong collision of moves.
When the smoke cleared Ash, Goodra and the other pokemon looked at the site of the bide and were motionless. The trees were completely gone and most of the grass did not exist anymore. There was also some logs that were on fire from the explosion on the ground.
"Goodra," Goodra said sheepishly while rubbing his gooey hand behind his head.
"I would not want to be in the receiving end of that," Ash simply said to which everyone else agreed. "Ok, guys, want to keep going?"
All of Ash's Pokemon let out a battle cry and went back to their partners, but Ash had to quickly tell a certain group something, "Ok, Goodra your bide is extremely powerful so we can work on something else. Goodra use rain dance and practice using thunder. Noivern you too, practice your hurricane towards the forest as well since rain dance increases the accuracy of those moves."
"Vern!"
"Dra!"
"I should have known it would be you Ash," A girl with short honey blonde hair walked up to Ash. Ash turned around at the sound of a new voice and smiled, he would always recognise the girl with short honey like hair, blue eyes, long red dress and of course the blue ribbon that he gave this certain girl under the pledging tree.
"Hey Serena, nice to see you again," Ash replied smiling with enthusiasm at seeing his childhood friend again.
"I see you are training Ash, let me guess this mess was caused by Goodra and Noivern?" Serena asked very sarcastically.
"Yea, I did order Goodra to make a bide and Noivern is making a hurricane right now," Ash signaled at the two training pokemon. At the point the debris on the ground was being circled around in the vortex of wind that was going on. To this Ash smirked at the sight of a new strategy.
Serena snickered as she looked at the other pokemon, "I see that Grovyle evolved!"
"Yea, he did yesterday, it was perfect timing too," Ash said. Ash then quickly tensed up knowing he spoke too much.
"Why?" Serena asked getting closer with a curious look in her face while she had her hands behind her back.
"It is a long story, I will tell you later," Ash said sheepishly attempting to change the subject. He really did not feel like talking about what happened the day before anyways.
'My, he's acting weird' Serena thought. 'Usually he would tell me everything'. Serena looked over at Pikachu and Frogadier and noticed that cut had turned into what looked like a blue blade of water and then turned back to a white blade. "Hey, Ash, about Frogadier…"
"Yea, I know, it is weird," Ash whispered. "I have to figure some things out." Ash then looked at Charmeleon and Sceptile and called out to them. "Ok, Charmeleon, Sceptile, come over here," Ash said to the two bipedal pokemon.
"Tile?"
"Meleon?"
"Nice to see you guys again," Serena said sweetly to which the other pokemon greeted gently.
"Charmeleon and Sceptile, I called you guys to take a break," Ash said as he recalled both pokemon. He then turned to the two dragons that stopped what they did and came to Ash. "Good work you two, return as well."
"Well, it seems that Pikachu and Frogadier are the last two here," Serena said.
"Yea, hey Frogadier, Pikachu take a break guys," Ash exclaimed.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu shouted as he hugged Serena.
"Hey Pikachu," Serena said as she petted the rodent.
"Frogadier..?" Ash asked. The frog was still training. "Frogadier you can hurt yourself, return."
"Dier Frogadier," The frog said in a defeated tone.
"Come on, relax, we can train later, I promise," Ash said as he recalled his pokemon. Ash then looked at Frogadier's pokeball. 'Why has he been acting like this since the Anistar gym battle, was it what Olympia said about him?'
"Ash are you ok?" Serena asked. "I know you are worried for Frogadier, but I am sure that you can help him later."
"Thanks for understanding Serena," Ash replied with a smile. "Let's get going though, we cannot miss your master class!"
"Ok Ash," Serena replied as she started to walk with Ash in the direction of Glorio City.
"Serena, we should make it to the next town by tomorrow and Glorio City would be right past it," Ash said as he walked with Pikachu on his shoulder.
"That's great Ash, I am anxious for getting to the master class though," Serena responded. "I know Shauna is a good performer and that Paula will also be there." Serena spat the last name, she always grew jealous when Paula would hit on Ash.
"Serena, just a quick question, what is that small talk you and Paula always have?" Ash asked as the duo passed by a lake. "I mean I know it is about something important, but I mean…"
"Ash, don't worry about it, it is just some girl talk you won't understand," Serena replied with a blush. "Anyways, Ash who's ready for the league in your team?"
Ash sighed, "Honestly, I feel like my most prepared pokemon right now are Pikachu and Goodra. I want Noivern to perfect the move we have been working on, also Sceptile is a little off when it comes to his leaf storm and his frenzy plant can get stronger." Ash then thought of Charmeleon and Frogadier. "Charmeleon has still to prove to me he is ready while Frogadier…"
"What is wrong with Frogadier?" Serena asked.
"Lately, he has become weird, he is trying to train non stop and he gets weird shadows… His cut turns blue, for the slightest second and then sometimes…" Ash trailed off and Serena gave Ash a worried look. Ash did not want to reveal that he could see through Frogadier's eyes and got saved by the bell. "Look a pokemon center! Let's turn in for the day!"
"Alright Ash," Serena said as the two went to stay at the pokemon center for the night.
Somewhere hidden:
"Oh Ash Ketchum, just wait, you will fall to me when I strike," a strong voice said as this man petted a Pyroar. "You will pay for what you did to my base."
A/N: So that was a dark ending. I know it was kind of a filler, but I wanted to introduce some things that you can infer by now. There was major foreshadowing here.
Have some happy holidays! I know you guys are probably enjoying your time with family and friends, but here… Take this chapter as a gift from me to you… and Noivern will be the miracle that hatched from the egg ;)!
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Responding to some reviews:
The legendary guy: Thanks for understanding the rushing I had to do for the prologue xD! Also, Noibat is already a Noivern and fricking OP! Yes, scarfed Ash is cool: Imagine the scenes where Alain gets involved in a huge shockwave and his scarf waves, then put Ash's face and jacket in the scene and you got scarfed Ash! At this point I guarantee you an XY gang to come, but I won't be going all "Clemontic gear on!" For everything. So yes, expect our beloved inventor and her sister… But expect someone else too ;)... As for Alola characters: This chapter answered that question, but there will be a dark twist, so be hyped for that! Expect more Alola representation AFTER the Snowbelle Arc.
Ninjafang1331: I suppose you shouted: "NOIVEEEEEEERRRRN!" At the screen xD! Glad you enjoyed the chapter!
Roger0326: Roger that!
Joda-Eragosson: Correction: Noivern
Rst64tlc: Lol, it's alright. Most people don't consider Noivern in Ash's ultimate team… But I do… come on, this is Ash's first legitimate dragon in any series. Like, a flying dragon type. Also, wait a bit as Damian will get what he deserves soon enough!
Guest 1: I wish you a merry Christmas as well! Glad you enjoyed!
