Ash looked at the row of shelves near the top of his closet, carefully weighing his options. In front of him sat his collection of hats he had amassed over the years ranging from his first league hat worn romping across Kanto, to a fez, a fedora, and even a turban. This was always the trickiest part of the morning, trying to decide.
"Hey Ash! Hurry up! We gotta leave in fifteen minutes!" yelled Pikachu from the kitchen. "It's the first day of the semester. We wouldn't want you to be late for-"
Whatever his colleague was about to say was interrupted by a knocking sound at the front door. Ash stood up from where he was sitting and turned the knob to find… nobody.
"Ash!"
Looking down towards the voice, he barely caught sight of Shaymin before the small, white, and green legendary scampered up his body to perch on his head.
"Can I come with you for a little while? It's been so boring at the garden lately. Really? 'Kay thanks."
"Well," Ash mused as he began gathering his notes before heading out to the campus, "that's one problem solved."
-Later that day-
"Before we go over the syllabus I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Ash Ketchum, this is my associate, Doctor Pikachu and this," Gesturing upwards to his head Ash continued, "is Shaymin. Now first things first we'll be covering-"
Ash paused as he saw a hand raised in the back. "Yes?"
"Why is there a legendary on your head?"
"Because I needed a hat," he stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.