AnonJolteon: Another thing: I usually forget a single portion or a single group of character, then try to reestablish them into the next chapter. AND THEN, I forget about the rest. I am currently trying to fix that bug in my brain, but until then, DEAL WITH ME!

Derp: ._.

Demon: Honestly, you just have a short term memory.

AnonJolteon: That's not very nice.

Demon: Still, I can't stop you from not knowing the truth.

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Chapter 21: Revisit and Recall

"Brrr…" Delia is currently residing on the couch with a big towel wrapped around her wet body.

"Mom, I have a feeling that Blizzard doesn't like hugs."

"You know, I think you should get a teensy bit used to hugs. After all, you're cute and this is his mum. I used to deal with that too." Pikachu stated.

*Hmph* Gabe frowned in response.

*SNEEZE* "How'd the cold happen…" Delia asked.

"Blizzard here bit your arm, and apparently her ice aura had frozen you." Serena stated.

"You know what, we'll let you get your rest here." Ash went towards the closet and brought an electric heater. He plugged it in, faced it towards his mother, and turned it on. "We'll be visiting the Pokemon Lab."

Suddenly, a blinding flash appeared from inside his bag. Ash quickly opened it, and out materialized Latias.

"Oh look… a legendary… am I imagining things?" Delia murmured, still a bit dizzy.

"Hello!" Latias said before realizing her state. "Oh." Latias sucked herself back into the Pokeball.

"We'll be going to Professor Oak's for now…"

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"Hello Gary!" Professor Oak came back from his trip.

"Hello grandpa!" Gary responded, looking up from the tablet he was working on.

"Hello Professor!" Tracey said.

"I received a notification from Ash's Pokedex." Oak started walking towards one of the monitors, then opened up the list of trainers he had been researching on. "Let's see… huh? What's this?"

Gary and Tracey got attracted by the mystery and peered over the Professor's shoulders to see what was going on.

"What's this?" Gary pointed at the red and white dragon-looking pokemon.

"Wait a minute… could this be the legendary pokemon Latias?" Tracey asked. He ran over to his private monitor and searched it up in the Pokedex all the professors were contributing to. "Latias, the dragon type pokemon… Yes! This is the legendary pokemon!"

"Ash caught a legendary?" Oak shouted, bewildered by the pokemon.

"Yes indeed!"

"This has to be one of Ash's greatest achievements! I'll call him over as soon as possible!" Gary shouted as he went over to his own private monitor.

"Wait, my GPS tracker of all the Pokedexes say that he is actually walking over to the lab!" Oak stopped Gary. "All we do now is wait."

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*ACHOO* Why do I feel like someone is talking about me… Ash sneezed as he paced over to the Pokemon Lab with Serena, Pikachu, and Gabe.

"You'd think that catching a Latias would rouse attention, especially from a Pokemon professor?" Gabe questioned.

"...Yeah, I didn't really think that part through." Ash sweatdropped. He pulled out Latias's Pokeball and released her.

"Hello!" Latias cheerfully said.

"Expect to be touched by a man 'cause he always gets excited whenever he sees a pokemon he never saw before."

"WHAT?! WHY?!"

"Professor Oak, that guy who gave me Pikachu."

"Ohhhh. That seemed less disturbing."

"What?"

"Nothing!"

Latias sucked herself back into the Pokeball.

"...Weird."

"So, how does Professor Oak act?" Serena asked.

"Like Professor Sycamore, except a bit older and occasionally excited. Especially when coming with contact with a pokemon he's never seen before."

"...Oh."

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"Hello? Anyone there?" Ash knocked the door of the lab.

"Why hello Ash!" Immediately Professor Oak answered the door.

"...Have you been waiting this entire time?"

"Totally not." Oak responded, smiling.

"Ok…"

"Come on in, and make yourself comfortable!" He beckoned them into the room.

"Is this man a stalker?" Gabe asked.

"Oh, look at this, a Glaceon!" Oak bent down to investigate the "Pokemon."

"Don't explode… don't explode." Pikachu beckoned Gabe to not do the bite-freeze again.

"Hmmm… the ears are sen… BAH! I want to talk to you about something." Oak stopped himself.

By the time everyone came into the lab, Oak shut the door, then gave a cheer of joy.

"Ash! You've realized you are one of the few people who have a legendary pokemon on their team, right?!"

"Congratulations!" Gary popped out from behind a wall.

"Wha… why are you so surprised about this?" Ash asked.

"There hasn't been any surefire research for Latias yet! This would be a remarkable point to my career!" Oak responded.

"Oh. I guess that's good." Ash took out Latias's Pokeball and Pokedex. He released Latias, then scanned her.

"LATIAS: THE EON POKEMON. IT COMMUNICATES USING TELEPATHY. ITS BODY IS COVERED WITH DOWN THAT REFRACTS LIGHT TO MAKE IT INVISIBLE. NO MORE INFORMATION."

"Wow. So it does have some missing information." Serena said.

"Ash, is it okay if Gary and I can go over Latias for a while?"

"I guess. Latias, just stay with them."

"Okidoki!" Latias responded.

"She can talk?!" Gary gaped at the pokemon's intelligence.

"Yeah, I kinda taught her how to speak English."

"That'll make this task easier!"

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Ash slid open the backdoor to the field area, where his and many other trainers' pokemon resided. However, his usually form clusters in one area, up into the point where they all break up the moment Ash comes to view.

"Hey everyone! Long time no see!" Ash shouted to his pokemon.

One by one, heads turned to his direction, smiles forming afterwards. And of course, his Tauros charge straight at him.

"I think you should be getting out of the way!" Serena shouted as she stood back from the charge line.

Instead of pacing back, Ash ran to the charging horde, having his arms in the position as if he were to hug them.

"Don't worry, this happens often." Pikachu sweatdropped as Ash got launched into the air at impact.

"...How far did he go?" The sun's glare blocked Gabe's view.

A light sparkle, then red appeared in the sky. Ash came down, riding Talonflame down to the ground.

"Talonflame, flame charge!" Somehow, Ash's clothes didn't catch on fire as the bird enveloped itself in fiery blaze.

Almost to ground level, Talonflame swerved up before stopping, launching Ash into the air in the process. But he was planning this. He made a flip and landed on his feet.

"How's that for a dramatic entrance?" He asked to his crowd of pokemon.

Plenty cheered in response, where they all started surrounding him. Ash couldn't make out a single word.

"I'll be staying here for a while as Professor Oak researches a pokemon that I caught, so what do you all want to do for now?"

"PIG PILE!!!" Almost all of the pokemon Ash caught jumped onto Ash. Bayleef came first, knocking him down quickly. She paved way for the others as plenty more chunks of weight piled on top. Even and even more pokemon joined in until Ash couldn't breathe.

"I… can't… breathe…" Ash choked.

Then all the pokemon started fleeing, mainly in fear, as thuds started getting louder..

"Huh?" Ash managed to push himself up, only to see a big white circle with blue around the edges.

From a distance…

"How about now?" Serena started clutching the blue ribbon when she saw a Snorlax jump onto Ash.

"YAAA...!!!" Ash's voice was drowned out part way by Snorlax's hair.

"Stiiilll fine."

"Are you even sure?!"

"Yep."

"I don't care about what you think, I'm going in there." Serena marched over to the big pokemon, still flattening Ash, and kicked it.

Snorlax stopped laughing and turned towards her. He had a mystified expression. "What?"

"Get…" *Kick* "off…" *Kick* "Ash!" *Kick* Serena kicked the giant pokemon each time she paused.

Snorlax simply stared back, processing the situation before rolling over, getting off the boy.

"Hey, are you alright?" Serena worriedly asked Ash.

"Fine… just having fun with my old pal." He stood up and looked over to his Snorlax.

"See?" Pikachu shouted from a distance.

However, Serena could obviously see the dent in the dirt created by the weight of Snorlax against Ash's body.

Suddenly, a vine tapped her on the shoulder.

"Huh?" Serena turned around to see a Bayleef.

"Who are you?" Bayleef asked with an agitated expression.

"The name is Serena. How about you?" Bayleef jumped back at the response.

"...You… understand me?" Bayleef stammered.

"Yes… Ash does too after some unfortunate events…" Serena replied.

"He does?! Wait. What unfortunate events?" Bayleef excitedly shouted before thinking about what she had said.

"Well, let me tell you about that." Ash brushed some dirt and dust off his clothes. "Gather around everybody! I have something to tell and show you all!" Ash called out to the rest of the pokemon scattered in a circle.

Once everyone was around him, Ash changed into his dragon form. A moment of silence followed, soon coming to plenty of murmurs from everybody.

"...How did you do that?" Totodile asked.

"Let's just say I got turned into a pokemon."

Plenty of gasps emitted from the crowd.

"You're a pokemon?" "Yay! Our trainer can now literally train us!" "I wonder what Bayleef would do…" Plenty of his pokemon started talking at once.

"Calm down everybody, calm down." Ash attempted to settle everyone down. "What happened was that another evil organization called 'Team Everest' has kind of been tracking me down."

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted. "Not letting them get close to you!" "Team Everest stinks!" "Protect Ash!" Plenty more started talking at once.

"CALM DOWN!!!" Ash shouted over everybody. One by one, the voices stopped. Once complete silence was evident, he continued. "They can change any person or pokemon into anything they'd like, including you all. So, I don't want you guys to get into the crossfire. Besides, I can protect myself!"

To prove his point, he used the move Protect. Many of "ooh"s and "ah"s came from the crowd. Next, he used dragon claw and sliced a rock. Finally, he used Psychic to lift everyone off the ground.

"Haven't really gotten the hang of this part, but I'm going to try." Ash concentrated hard, and before long, a sword appeared in his hands.

"Woah!"

"What?" Ash opened his eyes, which caused the glistening sword to disappear in his hand.

"Aw, you couldn't see that awesome thing you just did!" "Awesome I say." "I'm frankly surprised."

"Well, I did it, right?"

Plenty of voices of agreement came back.

"But hey, I'm still your trainer. I'm still me. Nothing has cha…" Ash was cut off as a red thing smacked him into a nearby tree.

Everyone stared at the place of where Ash collided with, then to the source of the impact.

A Latias was there, who was about to burst into a fit of giggling.

*PFFT* She was crying a bit as she tried holding in the laughter.

"...Heheh… HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Totodile laughed out of nowhere.

Plenty more snickers came in, before complete, uncontrollable laughter rolled in.

"Haha… very funny Latias!" Ash shouted from the trees as he tugged himself out of the tree.

"Teehee!" She giggled in response.

Ash sped up and stopped as soon as he was back in the circle of pokemon. He then changed to his human form.

"This is Latias, the pokemon I was talking about earlier."

"Hello!" She waved "hi" to everyone.

Plenty of voices said "hello" back. However, one of them didn't reply that way.

"And who are you?" Bayleef asked the dragoness.

"Remember that pokemon who Ash saved her life? The one next to another similar to it? That was me." Latias responded with a smile.

"So you decided to join Ash?"

"Yep!"

"Why?"

A moment of silence followed.

"To make sure… he's safe?" Latias responded, having not much confidence.

"Suuuuuure." Bayleef eyed Latias's head.

"Alright, it's time to go back to check on my mom. Latias, Serena, time to go." Ash shouted to the two.

"Ok!" Latias telepathed.

"Coming!" Serena replied.

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Demon: What's wrong with Bayleef?

AnonJolteon: Love square.