Season; I've wanted to write something like this after Ash won the Alolan League because boy did we not see that one coming. So yep. This is years in the making and it will be a insane ride so buckle in everyone. This chapter is short because it's simply a prologue. You can't tell by it but by next chapter it'll be obvious that it's meant to be Pearlshipping. Am I writing this because Dawn is showing up soon in the anime after YEARS of being absent? MAYBE! You can't prove anything! I also apologize if you're confused by the end of the chapter. Well, It's basically Ash writing about his feelings because Professor Kukui made him right after his league win. (Which we will see how it happened in the next chapter!) Poor boy is a confused mess after failing so much and finally becoming a champion. What age is he here? I'm going to say sixteen to seventeen? Give or take. Pokemon Age Math doesn't exist, and so I will make him whatever age I want! That is all for this introduction everyone. Again sorry for the short chapter. Please let me know your thoughts. See you in the next installment

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They Said Being A Champion Was Easy! (But It's Not.)

By: Season Of Magic

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Everybody wants to be a master, everybody wants to show their skills.

But what exactly does it mean to be a master? What exactly does it mean to be the best that you can be?

Sure, you can travel all over. Go to every region there is and possibly even more there just hasn't been discovered yet. You can go beyond the limits and train as hard as you can. You can jot down everything you see. You can catch every Pokemon there is, and there probably will be more for you to catch. There always ends up being another elusive creature out there.

So with all that said and when everything is done. What exactly does it mean to be a master?

Does it even matter if you are one who can tell the difference between Mewtwo and Mew?

You can be a trainer, coordinator, a champion, a part of the elite four, Battle Frontier Brain, a lassie, one of those forsaken Kids. Heck, you can even be a Swimmer, a Showcase Performer, a hiker, one of those cave dwellers even!

In the end, every one is working toward one goal. To be the best that no one ever was. In their specific field at least.

Or you could be someone who does this for fun.

Someone who does it for the love of knowledge.

Someone who does it for nefarious purposes.

One and all, in this world that we live in, we are trying to survive.

Surviving is what the human species does best. We are perfect at it. We have evolved. We learn. We wait patiently and strike when the iron is hot. Or something of the sort.

So in the end, if people are just having fun, or being serious at what they do, isn't that what we are all aiming for? To live and see another day. A chance that perhaps when the sun rises we will be someone. Someone who is capable. Someone who sees the tide and learns to keep afloat.

So I, Ash Ketchum, who has seen the sun rise and the sun set over many regions, traveled through the road we call life in search of one day becoming a Pokemon Master. I hereby declare that I am said master.

Whilst I may not seem worthy of such a title. The truth is that I have failed more times than I would love to admit. Sure, I may have lost many a battle, ending up too sixteenth, to eight even! Someone who has been a failure that many times can't be deemed a person of worth to give others inspiration.

But it is not a matter of inspiring by winning. Sure, I can hear some say that it does matter. And by that I mean my friends Paul, Trip and Gary who are some of the few who think like this.

I again repeat; winning does not matter. Inspiring others by constant wins, succeeding in things without effort... what value would that bring someone? Other than making others believe you are unreachable I don't see the point to it.

The failures show us what we believe in. Are you the type to give up that easily for something you want? For I am not. My failures have shown me that I am a winner.

The records may show otherwise for it has taken me a great deal to get to where I am. And I am proud of that.

This small victory in Alola is dedicated to all those who have supported me. Those that have pushed me to be the best person I can be. To those that even when I fail, their eyes sparkle and their faith in me is as if I had won.

This victory goes to everyone who like me has failed many times to count. We are defeated but we got back up.

We are survivors. We are masters of our life.

If that doesn't make us Pokemon Masters, then I truly don't know what will.

Thank you Alola. Thank you Kalos. Thank you Unova. Thank you Sinnoh. Thank you Hoenn. Thank you Johto. And most importantly, thank you KANTO!

Everywhere I went and everywhere I will go from now on. I am and will always be, a kid from Pallet Town.

I may not be a Pokemon Master by title, but I am one by heart.

So allow me to be hypocritical for once and tell everybody that Ash Ketchum is coming home a winner.

And he's got his eye on a bigger prize.