This is the forty-ninth chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. This chapter will begin part one of a three part finale. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

May opened her eyes to find herself in a dark place. She sat up and looked around to see if Ash was near. She stood up and started to walk around, but she saw that she was in an endless void.

"Ash?" said May, and then her voice echoed, "Brendan? Dawn? Where am I? Are you there? Ash, you better not be playing a joke on me!" The void started to light up, and May noticed that something was coming down from the sky. She looked up to see a bird-like object covered in flames coming down towards her. Her eyes turned red, but she didn't notice. She didn't feel afraid.

"Do you know where I am?" asked May.

"You're sleeping now," said the bird-like figure in a calm, soothing voice, "I have entered your dreams to warn you of a great danger that will befall you. Your enemies will finally attack you, and your heart may be forever damaged." May put her hand on her chest.

"Who are you?" asked May.

"I am what lives within you," said the bird-like figure, "If they kill you, they will be able to take my power as well. The world will surely end if they do. But there is a way so prevent that. If you do die, your heart will be transported to someone else, where I dwell in. You're actual heart won't go, just you're spirit. You're heart lies within your spirit. I will give you the option of who you would like to obtain your heart. Anyone at all." May didn't even have to think.

"Ash," she just blurted out. The bird-like figure then spread its wings.

"Ash," said the bird-like figure, and the whole place began to light up, "Farewell little one. I hope we will be able to meet in person one day."

"Wait!" yelled May, "I don't understand. I…"

May then woke up. She immediately sat up and touched her chest to feel her heartbeat. She felt it, and let out a sigh of relief. She looked at Ash who was sleeping beside her. She had the sudden urge to check his heartbeat, and she did, and it was there as well. She looked up into the sky and saw that it was still night. She lied down again and began to close her eyes.

"It was just a dream," thought May, "It was just a dream." She then slept.

Hearts Part 1

Later on, everyone else woke up and they all decided to head towards Ecruteak City. Within an hour, they finally got there. Everyone was surprised to see the architect of the city. The parts of the buildings rose up to the sky, and the city seemed old stylish. They saw the clothing of the city and saw how beautiful they looked.

"This place is amazing," said Dawn, "Brendan, when we get married, we're moving here." Brendan sighed.

"Sure," said Brendan. Ash noticed that there was a huge tower in the middle of the city, and couldn't stop staring at it.

"Pika," said Pikachu.

"Yeah," said Ash, "It is amazing." They all then heard music and looked to see people crowding on the streets. Ash noticed that a carriage ride was being pulled in the middle of the street. People were cheering.

"Who's that?" asked Ash, and May ran towards it. The others followed. When they got closer, they saw a man standing on a carriage waving to the people. He had a crown on his head.

"What the hell?" said Ash. Dawn's eyes began to glisten.

"That's Baron Alberto!" screamed Dawn (same clothes as in movie 10), "I almost forgot that he was the king here!" Ash and Pikachu were surprised and they looked towards May.

"King?" said Ash, "I thought you were supposed to be royalty." May looked at Ash as if he was stupid.

"What?" said May, "You do know that there are five royal families in all of Ransei? If there was only one, how would we be able to keep control? There is one big one located in the middle of Ransei. That is the biggest one, and my grandpa is the king of that."

"So this guy's castle is in the city?" asked Ash, "What about yours? It's located between Pallet Town and Vermillion City?"

"My mom told me that their ancestors put it there so that they won't get too much attention like the others," said May, "It's safer for us."

"Really?" said Dawn, "You didn't know that?" Ash blushed in embarrassment.

"I did," said Ash, "I just needed to remember." The carriage seemed to be heading towards the castle on the east side if Ecruteak City.

"How about we go and visit him?" asked May, "I haven't seen him in over two years." Dawn's eyes sparkled again.

"Of course!" said Dawn, "That would be awesome! Let's go now!" Dawn then carried May away with her. Ash and Brendan sighed and followed.

Baron's carriage made it to the castle, and he stepped down from it. There were guards at the entrance.

"Welcome King Baron," said the guards as he began to open the gates, "We're glad that you're home."

"Glad to be back," said Baron, "Those conferences just keep on getting longer and longer."

"Baron!" yelled May, and Baron looked behind him to see May running towards him with Dawn by her side. They stopped when they got close enough.

"And who might you be?" asked Baron. May put her hands on both of his cheeks.

"I'm May," said May, "Princess and daughter of Norman and Caroline Maple." Baron tried to think, and then he remembered how May always grabbed his cheeks when she was little. He was only a prince back then. He smiled.

"May!" said Baron as he gave her a hug, "I haven't seen you in two years. You're still as beautiful as ever." He then looked towards Dawn.

"I see you've remained the same Salvia," said Baron.

"What?" said Dawn.

"Her name is Dawn," said May, "She's a friend of mine who's traveling with me with two boys that aren't here yet, I guess."

"Oh," said Baron, "Sorry for that. Your mother told me you were going on an adventure with a boy who's the son of Sir Aaron. I wanted to meet him. How's your old man doing?"

"He's doing well," said May, "He still helps my mother with her duties." Baron then saw Ash and Brendan walking towards them. They got close enough, and Brendan was looking up at the castle.

"Wow," said Brendan, "Damn, that thing's huge." Baron walked up to Ash and shook his hand.

"You must be May's boyfriend," said Baron, making May blush and looked away. Ash just ignored that and continued to shake his hand.

"You kids must be in the city for some time, right?" asked Baron, and they all nodded, "Well, you're welcome to stay at my castle if you'd like."

"I'm taking a break from doing royal stuff," said May, "We sleep at a Pokemon Center."

"Very well then," said Baron as he started to enter his castle, "I'm very busy at the moment. You may visit if you'd like."

"That's fine," said May, "We'll catch you later." Baron then entered his castle, and Ash, May and Dawn started for the Pokemon Center. Brendan stood there. He was then angry.

"What the hell!" yelled Brendan, "He didn't even ask for my name! What? I'm not special!" Dawn came back and grabbed Brendan by his ear and walked away with him as he continued to rant about Baron.

They were all able to get their own rooms at the Pokemon Center, and Ash was inside his room putting stuff into his backpack. May came in and walked up to Ash. Ash turned around.

"What?" asked Ash, "Did I do something wrong again?" May stared into Ash's eyes.

"Don't you remember?" asked May, and Ash tried to think, but he couldn't guess what it was. He just stared at her until she would just spit it out. She sighed.

"You promised that we would hang out today," said May as she raised her hands into the air. Ash thought for a while, and remembered that he did promise that after he came back from the future.

"I did, didn't I?" said Ash. May grabbed his shoulder.

"Let's go," said May. She then started to drag Ash out of the room, and Pikachu jumped from his shoulder and went on the bed as it watched its trainer leave.

"Burry my grave Pikachu!" said Ash until he was out of sight.

"Pika?" said Pikachu.

The two were walking on a path as May was walking on those ledges on the ground and trying to balance herself as they walked.

"We should buy one of those special kimonos that they sell here," said May, "I hear that you can get the best types of kimonos here. We should buy one that's matching."

"Fine," said Ash, "But not too much. Since I'm paying with my own money, you should limit it to about two hundred bucks." May stopped and giggled.

"You know it's going to be more than that," said May. Suddenly, a wind blew, and Ash's hat flew up into the air.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" said Ash, and he started to run after it. May got off the small ledges and started to run after Ash. Ash tried jumping up into the air to catch it. It started to fly in-between houses and buildings, and Ash kept on going after it.

"Ash, wait!" yelled May, "I can't run that fast!" Ash noticed that the wind was beginning to die down, and the hat was falling. It headed into an alley, and Ash ran after it. He noticed that it landed in someone's hand, and he was going too fast to stop.

"Fuck!" said Ash, and he bumped into the person, and they both fell down. Ash's hat landed near him. He took it and put it on. He then stood up.

"What the fuck man!" yelled the girl that Ash had bumped into.

"Sorry about that," said Ash, "My hat goes wherever it wants these days." Ash extended his hand to help the girl up, but he then noticed that it was a girl that he recognized. The girl looked up at him.

"What?" asked the girl as she stood up.

"I can't put my finger on it," said Ash, "but I think I know you."

"Please don't put your finger on it," said the girl, and then she recognized Ash as well.

"Ash?" said the girl, "Oh my Arceus. I can't believe it's you. I haven't seen you in years! I'm Misty." (Hoenn clothes)

"Misty?" said Ash, and then she popped into his brain, "Oh my Arceus. You're right. How's it been?"

"Good," said Misty, "How about you? Aren't you supposed to be in Pallet Town?"

"Oh yeah," said Ash, "I've got some explaining to do about that. Long story short, I'm just traveling. Why are you here?"

"I've been asked by my uncle to see him," said Misty, "He lives on an island not far from here."

"What about the gym?" asked Ash.

"My sisters are taking care of it," said Misty. May then ran into the alley, but stopped behind Ash after she saw him talking to another girl. She felt awkward and started to turn back and ran off. Misty saw her.

"Was that your friend?" asked Misty. Ash stopped and looked behind him, and noticed that May wasn't there anymore.

"Are you fucking…" said Ash, and then he started off, "How long are you going to be in the city?"

"For today," said Misty.

"Okay," said Ash, "I'll talk to you later then. I need to find that girl that ran off. See ya later." Ash then ran off. Misty smiled.

"I never thought that he would have a girlfriend so quickly," thought Misty, and then she proceeded to get out of the alley.

May sat on a bench eating a banana that she bought from a fruit stand. She thought that she was going to be able to spend the whole day with Ash alone, but Ash seemed busy with someone else at the moment, so she had to wait. Suddenly, Ash came up from behind the bench and touched her shoulder. She looked behind her and saw Ash.

"There you are," said Ash, "I've been looking for you." He jumped over the bench and sat next to May.

"I thought we were supposed to be spending the day with each other," said Ash, "Why'd you run off?" May was too embarrassed to say anything, so she just looked away from Ash. Ash tried to think of something to get May motivated again, and snapped his fingers.

"Hey, I hear that there are new shipments of top-of-the-line kimonos that are coming in," said Ash, and May looked at him, "I could take you there." May then stood up and ate the whole banana, threw away the peel, and grabbed Ash's arm.

"Let's go!" said May, and she forced Ash towards the nearest kimono store.

The Dark Signers were around some markings on the ground at their castle. Roman made both the Lustrous and Adamant Orbs appear in his hands. He looked towards the other Dark Signers.

"Begin," said Roman. They all extended out their hand towards the marking, except Vexen, who was still tending to his wounds from Ash and his fight before. Within seconds, a portal appeared on the ground, and Roman started to laugh.

"Be prepared," said Roman, "Hell will strike on Ecruteak City today." He then threw both orbs towards the hole, and they went in.

"Destroy it," said Roman, "Burn the whole city to the ground if you have to Dialga and Palkia!" The orbs then opened up, and out came Dialga and Palkia with red shards orbiting them. They had red eyes. All of The Dark Signers then jumped in.

The sky was getting dark. People looked up to see that clouds were orbiting around one spot. A portal then suddenly opened up, shocking everyone. Ash and May looked up towards the sky from the kimono store, Brendan and Dawn looked up towards the sky at the park with their Pokemon and Pikachu. Misty looked up as well, wondering what was going on. Two huge things then began to come out of it. People screamed as they saw Dialga and Palkia come out and let out a huge screech. The King looked at it from where he was and dropped his cup.

"Oh my Arceus," said Baron, and then he turned to a guard, "It is never safe when those two are in the same spot. Make an announcement at once. Tell the people to head towards the castle. Now!" The guard nodded and ran off. Baron looked back.

"It's never a good time," thought Baron.

Ash and May exited from the store to see them. Ash was amazed at seeing them both at the same spot.

"Cool!" said Ash, "That's Dialga and Palkia! Two gods! This is so fucking cool." An announcement then rang across the city.

"Hello fellow people of Ecruteak City," said a guard on the loudspeaker, "We have received word from our king that you should head towards the castle or the Pokemon Center. Please hurry. Please don't panic for the time being. The…" Suddenly, Dialga opened its mouth and shot an aura sphere towards the ground, causing a huge shockwave that pushed people away. Ash held onto May as rubble and winds pushed them. Ash looked up at them and noticed that red shards were circling around them and that they had red eyes. They gave out another screech. People started to scream and panic. May held onto Ash.

"What's happening?" asked May. Ash started to think, and then he took May up in bridal style and started to run.

"We head towards the castle," said Ash.

"What?" said May, "What about Brendan, Dawn, and Pikachu?"

"They should be there by now," said Ash, "Let's go." He started to run towards the castle.

They were able to get to the castle in time as they saw a hoard of people entering it.

"How the hell does he expect everyone to fit in there?" asked Ash.

"Oh, he does," said May, "He made an underground castle that could house him if his castle ever got destroyed. After a while, he decided that if the city ever got into trouble, he would let the people in there. Also with the Pokemon Center."

"Alrighty then," said Ash, and he was about to enter May into the castle until they both bumped into two other people. They looked to see Brendan and Dawn with Pikachu.

"Pika!" said Pikachu as it jumped from Brendan's shoulder to Ash. Dawn hugged May.

"Thank Arceus you're okay," said Dawn, "I thought you got hurt."

"How the fuck does this guy think that going inside a castle could protect us?" said Brendan, "Knowing those two, they'll just destroy the whole place." The speaker came on again.

"We hope everyone made it to either the Pokemon Center or the castle," said the guard, "We are going to put a shield around the castle and Pokemon Center to protect it. We are going to send skilled trainers to deal with the situation. Just stay calm until everything is settled." A rod then went on top of the castle, and then a purple force field was put around it.

"If you haven't reached both destinations yet," said the guard, "You will still be able to go through the force field. Humans may be able to go in and out of it, but not Pokemon unless they are in a Pokeball. Please don't go out until told to do so. Thanks you."

"Well fuck," said Ash, "And I wanted to be able to…" Suddenly, nine humanoids started to descend from the portal. Ash and his friends could see that they were certainly Dark Signers.

"I knew something was up," said Brendan.

"Greetings humans," said Roman, who was in the middle of them. They were being recorded by news people, making it broadcast inside of the castle.

"We are The Dark Signers," said Roman, "We have come to your city so that we may be able to gain access to the one Pokemon that you people worship here: Ho-Oh. The only way to do that is by, according to legend, that destroying its city will make it return. We apologize in advance for lives that will be sacrificed to do this. Oh well, its business. Dialga, Palkia, you know what to do." Dialga and Palkia both let out a screech, and then they started to fly around the city, launching their attacks on the buildings and houses. People in the castle started to scream in fear. Ash watched it, and a flash from his dream appeared in his head.

"Like hell I'll let you," thought Ash, and he took Pikachu and gave it to May.

"I'll be back," said Ash, and he ran out of the force field before the others could say something.

"Should we go after him?" asked Dawn.

"Not yet," said Brendan, "Let's just hope Ash know what he's doing." May looked out at Ash, and held on to Pikachu tightly, making it gasp for air.

The Dark Signers landed on the ground. Roman looked at all of them.

"Go," thought Roman, "I would like to deal with him alone." They all nodded and disappeared. A second later, Roman heard footsteps behind him.

"I knew that you would come after me," said Roman, "Every single time when I'm about to accomplish something, you get in the way Ketchum." He looked behind him to see Ash holding his aura blade with blue eyes.

"Call this off," said Ash.

"Why should I?" asked Roman as he turned around to face Ash, "Hearts are all we want."

"Shut the fuck up!" yelled Ash, "You think that you're doing this peacefully when you're just killing people along the way." Roman chuckled.

"You just don't understand," said Roman, "And you never will." He then created his two purple like blades from his sleeves. Ash smiled.

"I just noticed," said Ash, "I haven't been able to see your face ever since I met you. I'm going to rip that hood off and break your face if I have to."

"Bring it," said Roman, "I just hope you're as powerful now as your great-grandfather." Ash growled and created an aura sphere and threw it towards Roman, but he just blocked it. He raced towards Roman, but then something crashed in front of him to stop him. He looked up to see Palkia.

"What?" said Ash.

"I am in control of them," said Roman, "I hope you do realize that even after you beat me, you're just going to have to get through gods as well." Ash stood up.

"I'll just tell them to bring it on," said Ash. He threw his blade, but Roman stepped aside so that he wouldn't get hit. Ash then came towards Roman and threw multiple punches at him, but Roman was able to block all of them. He kicked Ash away, but Ash recovered and came running back to him. He got his blade and was about to strike Roman, but Roman was able to block them with his blades.

"You have gotten stronger," said Roman, but then Dialga came and used an aura sphere near Ash, causing a shockwave that pushed Ash away, "You have no chance against us all. May I remind you that there are eight others here at the moment?" Ash forced himself to stand up. A flash from his dream appeared with the city in ruins. He looked at Dialga. He remembered when he went back in time and saw it pleading for his help. His eyes widened.

"It was you," said Ash, "You were the one hurting Dialga,"

"No shit," said Roman, "How do you think I got him?" Ash forced himself to stand.

"You stole the Lustrous Orb to gain Palkia," said Ash, "I will not allow you to capture Ho-Oh." Roman created a dark ball and threw it in front of Ash, knocking him down.

"A kid like you has no chance," said Roman as he snapped his fingers, making Palkia go by him, "Palkia, Dialga, I want you two to kill him. Now!" Dialga and Palkia began to charge up energy. Ash felt the environment become weird.

"Dialga, Use Roar of Time," ordered Roman, "And Palkia, use Spacial Rend!" They were now charging energy. Ash actually felt scared to move. Suddenly, something kicked Dialga and Palkia at the same time, losing their focus, causing an explosion in front of them, knocking them down. Ash was surprised, and he looked to see someone push him down to the ground with his hood. He looked behind him to see Lnoki.

"You," said Roman, "I didn't expect you."

"Glad to see you too Roman," said Lnoki, "I would like to stay and chat, but I've got to bring this kid to safety."

"Wait, what!" yelled Ash, "I wanted to…" But then Lnoki jumped high, taking Ash with him. Roman smirked.

"Such a lucky boy," thought Roman, "Proceed." Dialga and Palkia then left him, continuing their path of destruction.

After waiting for a while, Brendan, Dawn, and May decided that they should go inside before something happened. Brendan looked towards the Bell Tower, and noticed that it wasn't crumbling.

"What?" thought Brendan. Suddenly, Lnoki and Ash came inside the force field, shocking them all.

"Pika!" yelled Pikachu as it went towards Ash. Ash stood up.

"Has anyone noticed that he keeps on appearing when we really need him?" said Dawn, "I love this guy!" He put Ash down, and Ash immediately stood up.

"What the hell man!" yelled Ash, "I had him." Lnoki looked at him as if he was stupid.

"Are you retarded?" asked Lnoki, "Do you even know what happened back there? He could've killed you. We really don't have time for him now. We have more suppressing matters at the moment."

"But the city…" asked May.

"I know," said Lnoki, "Roman is the one controlling those two gods. We have to stop them before heading towards Roman."

"Why can't I just beat the crap out of him now?" asked Ash.

"Because," said Lnoki, "Because if we don't stop those gods, they will be able to get what they want. We can't let that happen."

"So what they said was true?" asked May.

"Of course," said Lnoki, "What worries me the most though is that Ho-Oh, the protector of the skies, is on her way right now." They all froze, and May's eyes flashed red at the news.

The area around it was cloudy and dark. It flew threw the skies in a majestic motion. It was heading towards Ecruteak City, with its wings spread out. It let out a screech. It was Ho-Oh, shining bright like a rainbow. Its eyes were full of anger, and one thing raced in her mind: if May was going to leave that city alive.

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: After hearing the news of Ho-Oh, Ash and his friends decide that they should go after Dialga and Palkia to stop them, and Misty decides to join in as well. With Ho-Oh closing in, Ash has to take the greatest battle of his life: to fight every single Dark Signer at once in order to protect Ho-Oh. Will they succeed, and will Ash even stand a chance against all of them? Next Time: Hearts Part 2.

That was that chapter. The last two chapters of this season will be out next week, so be patient. Also, I hope you all are having a nice summer so far (even though school ended about a week ago for me). I will be posting chapters during summer, so don't worry about me taking a break through it all. Enjoy!

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