Ash sighed as he looked at the starry sky, careful not to wake to not to make much noise. He didn't want to see her anymore than she wanted to see him. He jumped in his room window when the sun started peaking over the horizon.
He brushed his teeth, and fixed himself a small breakfast. He cleaned his dishes and put them back where he got them so his mother would be none the wiser. Ash hurried out the door, grabbing his pre prepared backpack on the way to the forest to hide in so no one would destroy it.
He wouldn't put anything past this town.
He started a slow, calm trek through the quiet streets of Pallet. It was these days where the town was pretty quiet. He came upon the lab and took a deep breath to calm himself first before walking in. Ash walked into the lab and went to settle into a far corner and wait for the professor to come in.
Professor Oak came out from the back of the lab with a yawn and a cup of coffee. The professor startled when he finally noticed Ash in the corner and smiled.
"Hello Ash, why are you here so early?" He asked him , going over to softly ruffle his hair.
Professor Oak was the only one he cared about in the town. He was unconcerned about anyone else but Professor Oak...he was okay. He was someone he considered safe.
"Would it be ok if you waited for the others to arrive?" The elderly man asked softly. He knew how much Ash despised the townspeople. None more than his generation of trainers. But Ash didn't care much about them anymore at this point.
He wasn't going to be seeing much of them anyway. Ash shrugged and nodded. The Professor beamed before leaving to get the final preparations done. Ash stood up to get a book before going back to curl up in his corner. It was about 30 minutes later before the others started to trickle in. The first was a girl called Virgina Lotus, she has long dark brown hair and green eyes. She was the one most likely to get Bulbasaur. She took great pleasure in beating him down and looking down at him as if he was inferior to her.
She absolutely hated when he didn't rise up to her taunts, which was always.
The next was a boy named Rouen Green. He was like Virginia's henchmen if you will. He followed her every will and hung onto her every word like a dying man.
He found it disgusting.
Rouen had black hair with a red streak in it and black eyes. Rouen could go either way but Ash knew he was hoping for Charmander. The last two kids were an arrogant boy named Jack and Gary, his once best friend.
Jack had dual hair of red and black and purple eyes, for which he was bullied for years. Jack also had a cruel streak a mile wide. He was the one Ash hated the most even though all of them grew up as Neighbors. Jack was definitely going to get Charmander. Ash felt bad for the little fire type. If it didn't live up to Jacks standards it was likely to get abused or abandoned.
Ash didn't have much faith in Jack taking care of his Pokemon.
Last was Gary.
Gary had auburn hair and black eyes. He was most definitely going to get squirtle.
Ashs' and Gary's friendship broke off when Gary started to shun him just like everyone else in the town. Even going so far as to make fun of his dad's death. When Gary's parents died however all Ash did was stare at him blankly before leaving him sobbing on the floor.
He owed him nothing.
He came over to where Ash was reading his book and spoke softly to him.
"Hi Ashy." He said rubbing his arm.
"Hey." He sighed closing his book and putting it back on the shelf. Recently though, it was like Gary was trying to repair their friendship. He didn't know what it was or what caused it, it's not that he minded but he was giving minimal effort.
If Gary wanted the friendship back he would have to put in his best effort.
He went to lean up against the back wall and paid no mind to how Gary slid up tight to his side. Professor Oak finally came out and smiled at them.
"Good Morning Children, now that you are 13 and are mature enough to go into the wide, dangerous world it's time you knew just how big of a responsibility this is. I'm sure I don't have to remind you just how dangerous the world is correct?" He said sternly staring at them with serious eyes.
Ash grimaced slightly, he certainly didn't have to tell HIM. There were 600 Pokémon related deaths a year and mostly because people didn't know what the hell they were doing. This was also why the trainer age had been bumped up to 13 or 15 in some regions. The most frequently reported deaths were newbie trainers who thought they would take on the world and found out the hard way they couldn't.
It was also a requirement to study and train in what type you wanted to Master in. Ash had a license to master in Dragons, Dark, and Fire types. It was practically unheard of for someone to be a master in 2 types let alone 3 but those three types were the most misunderstood.
The Dragons, they may grow the slowest but they are the most to deal with. If you didn't have a dragons respect from the beginning it was pretty much game over. If a Dragon wasn't taken care of probably, especially if that trainer is inexperienced in the dragon typing then the Trainer more often than not we're killed by their own Pokémon. They also have the worst reputation along with dark types
The Dark type, known to bring the most fear into the hearts of man, mostly because of the destruction they were capable of. They were enigmas, known as o stalk and terrorize their prey. People were so quick to put the word evil on them. Not taking any thought on how to understand them.
The Fire Type, oh they were fighters. If you had the loyalty of a fire type you had a loyal companion at your side. Fire types LIVED for the thrill of battle and a powerful trainer. If they thought you weren't worth the effort they turned on you.
No one but Professor Oak knew he specializes in three types. And that's all who NEEDED to know.
The others nodded somberly.
"Good. Now, Virginia you come up first." Prof. Oak said smiling.
Virginia stepped up and made a beeline to the poke ball with a leaf on it. She clicked the button and with a beam of light Bulbasaur made an appearance.
The small Pokémon looked around in confusion before his eyes fell on the girl in front of him.
"Hello Bulbasaur," she started softly. "I'm going to become one of the most powerful leaf type masters in the world. Would you like to join me?" She asked him softly. Bulbasaur seemed to consider her before nodding. Virginia smiled and returned him.
Gary went next going to the poke ball that held Squirtle. The water type Pokémon looked at Gary before blasting him with a water gun. Gary snorted before shaking his hair out.
"Seems I'm going to have a handful with you." He said amused.
The turtle Pokémon just shot him a smug look.
"Now Jack I'm assuming you want—"
"Of course!" Jack interrupted going towards the pokeball.
Rouen frowned heavily at that but said nothing.
A red beam of light came out of the pokeball before a smaller than average Charmander came out. Jack frowned down at it. It seemed it didn't meet his standards
Poor thing.
Jack swallowed his pride, especially since he was so rude to the professor and went to stand with the others.
"Rouen come with me." The professor said beckoning him to follow him to the back of the lab.
Ash sat down contently before sitting up straighter when Rouen came out with what looked to be a floating bolt. Ash's eyebrow shot up.
A Magnemite? Interesting.
"Follow me now Ash!" The professor said.
Ash stood up and followed the man into the back before the professor turned to him with a serious look.
"Now Ash, your situation will be a little different compared to the others. It took me MONTHS to pull this off. But I know if anyone can handle this it's you." He said, taking him to a room.
He saw two cages containing two Pokémon. He recognized them at just a glance. The black and blue of the first Pokémon and the light and dark purple with black fur of the second one were hard not to recognize.
A Deino and a Noibat.
The Deino, a dragon/dark duel type, was one of the most violent Pokémon in the world. Coming really close to Gyarados and Sharpedo. Their evolutions were Zweilous and Hydreigon. Like all dragons after the awkward stage of their first stage these dragons lived up to be the regal and elegant beings their typing was known for.
The evolutions are known as the two headed and three headed demons from purgatory.
The Noibat, these dragons didn't actually didn't get their dragon typing until they evolved into Noivern. Much like the Trapinch line.
Ash frowned even further when he noticed their condition. The Deino's fur was heavily overgrown and matted. There were wound littering the poor things whole body and from the smell in the room his fur was probably infected with maggots. The hair on its head was covering its nose and its ears all the way down its chin.
It was a poor sight. The Noibat wasn't much better.
Blood was matting it's fur, it's ears dropping and some discharge coming out of its ears.
All in all they both looked miserable.
Ash spun around and looked at Professor Oak with a confused glare. However, after knowing Ash all his life he knew that glare was mostly directed at whoever delivered the dragons in this condition then himself.
"What is this?" He spoke softly, ignoring the screeching and banging going on behind him for a moment.
"These two will be your starters. I felt it would be cruel if they were separated. Flame claw brought them both from the Leagues custody. Will you take them?" He asked amused.
This time Ash did scowl at the old man. Of course he would take them! Who else would take care of them properly?
Ash turned around then and kneeled on the ground to slowly start approaching them. Both Pokémon turned towards the source of the noise and froze.
"Hi there guys. I'm going to be a dragon master and I was wondering if you would let me take care of
You and make you the most powerful beings in the world of Pokémon." He mumbled to them. The two creatures seemed to have a silent conversation before settling down.
Ash took that as his que and unlocked the cages and slowly took a hold of the Deino, cradling him in his arms. He shifted Deino in one arm and pulled the latch on the other latch to let Noibat painfully fly on his shoulder. He stood up with Deino in his arms and Noibat on his shoulder and walked out to the front to join the others.
The reactions were hilarious. Gary choked and nearly fell on his ass, Virginia and Rouen nearly dislodged their jaws and Jack clenched his fist.
The professor gave them each 6 pokeballs and Pokédex. As The professor was giving them his ending speech Ash tunes him out and fused slightly over his starters.
When he was done he smiled at Oak and waved heading out of the lab. He noticed a figure standing outside and he walked right past them.
"Wait!" They called.
Ash turned back and stared at his mother. He didn't know how to feel about her. He hated her, oh that was a fact but he knew his dad loved her and HE loved his dad.
He could deal with her because of that.
"You weren't going to say goodbye?" She asked him.
"Did you expect me to?" He asked back.
When silence met his question he sighed and turned his back to her and walked away towards Route 1
"Goodbye mother."
About 3 hours of careful grooming and lots of potions both Pokémon were back to normal and relaxing in the sun.
"What should I name you?" Ash mused to himself. He considered the Deino for a moment before running his fingers through his coarse fur.
"I think I'll name you Ares, it means ruin." He grinned a grin with too much teeth and rubbed Deino's neck.
Deino, now Ares, growled softly to show his approval for the name.
"And you little one, I'll call Runihura. It means Destroyer. We are going to take this world by a storm and stand on top." He said with a glint in his eyes.
In a hall in a different dimension, a figure looked on at a boy with his Pokémon.
"It is time, my Chosen. Show these mortals what you are capable of."