Chapter 5: The School Tournament

Somewhere in the world, Delia Ketchum, Ash's mother, is lying on a bed inside of a place which seems to be a gym. "Delia." A man is by her side as he is trying to wake her up.

After calling for so many times, Delia manages to open her eyes. "Delia, are you alright?"

Delia's vision starts to become clear and she sees a person in front of her. It is a man with a raven hair and he has a beard, he is also wearing black clothes and there is a Greninja that is besides him. Seeing Delia waking up, he shows a relieved smile. Delia gasps as she recognizes the person in front of her, and tears are coming out from her eyes.

"Adam, is that you?" Delia asks. Adam gives her an assuring smile and he nods. Delia then forces herself up in order to hug the man she loved, she can't believe it, after separating for so many years, she finally get to see him again.

"Please tell me it is a dream. I thought I won't be able to see you again..." Delia says.

"I am sorry, ever since the Crystal is in my hands, you and Ash have to leave the Torren Region..." Adam says with a frown.

After the hug, she looks at the mirror and finds that the sky is black with visions that are about Ash's journey. "Where exactly are we?"

"We are not in our world we live in, you can say we are in the dream realm, a place that is accessed from within Ash's subconscious." Adam says.

"Ash's subconscious? Does that mean those visions in the sky are Ash's memories? Just how did we get here in the first place?" Delia asks in horror.

"As you know, I was the Augur of the Torren Region, my job is to defeat the cults that are terrorizing the region. I may have defeated half of them, but..." Adam says. "The Sky Cult and the Cult of Darkrai, I wanted to protect Nora from them, but I was captured."

"Nora? Speaking of her, how is she? Is she safe?" Delia asks.

"She is protected by Celebi, so she is fine." Adam says. "But after I was captured, I also saw you guys there as well. Then Persephone, the leader of the Darkrai Cult, she uses us to perform rituals to summon Darkrai, and as we become the Sacrifice, we are here."

"The Cult of Darkrai? Speaking of them, they are the ones that kidnapped us." Delia says. Then he explains the betrayal, and Adam frowns. "I know something is fishy about Professor Oak. But how can he do that to our son?"

"I don't know. But before I can tell Ash about the Timeless, we were kidnapped. But if Ash isn't here...then..."

"Ash is still in the real world." Adam says. "Persephone wants to use Dream Eater in order to kill us, but if we are still here, that means that Ash has escaped."

Delia says, "I hope he will be fine... he is already in pain and I don't want him to suffer because of us..."


Back in the Midna Town, Ash, Lillie, Nora, Gladion and Emily are back to the Pokemon Trainers' school. The students are being a little impatient until they notice their return. The teacher also says, "There you are, Nora. We are so worried about you."

"I am sorry, I forgot about the tournament..." Nora says sheepishly. "Besides, teacher. This is Ash, he is my long lost brother."

Both the students and the teacher are shocked. Damien says, "Seriously? Nora is related to you?"

Ash says, "It is not a good story to be honest, because of my Dad's duties, our family has to split up and I went to Kanto along with my mother while Nora stayed with Dad."

The others nod and then the teacher says, "Now everyone is here at last, so why don't we start the tournament? Are you going to enter it?"

"Well, I want to sit this one out." Ash says, "Lillie, why don't you join this one instead of me?"

"Are you sure? I only have three Pokemon..." Lillie asks in surprise.

"It will be fine." Gladion says. "We have faced in the league before and I know where your strength is."

Lillie nods and thanks her brother. Then she goes to the stage and the teacher says, "Welcome students, I hope you are all ready for one of the biggest tournaments we've had yet! We have a new student to participate, Lillie. I think we're all excited to see how well they do. Let's begin! Best of luck to all of you."

Then there are 8 students participating, Lillie is facing a student named Kyle. Kyle sends out Riolu first. Lillie says, "Go! Snowy!" As the Pokemon appears, she barks and Kyle asks, "What is that? A Delta Ninetales?"

"No, this is the Alola form Ninetales, it is Ice and Fairy type." Lillie says. And then Ninetales defeat Riolu with the Dazzling Gleam and then Tyrogue with one hit, much to the student's shock.

"How are you so strong?" Kyle says in shock.

"Well, I had been traveling for a year and even participate in the league before..." Lillie says while rubbing her hair, the students are amazed.

Nora says, "So she is your girlfriend? Brother?" Ash blushes and asks, "Why do you think so?'

"Because you are cheering for her and back then you are so close to each other." Nora says.

Then Lillie is asked to face Damien. Damien says, "I guess that I am going to lose here since you are experienced, but I am going to give it all my got."

Lillie this time sends out Ponyta, which she caught in Route 1. Damien sends out Corphish. Despite the Type Advantage, Lillie raises the horse's speed and then finished it with a lot of Double Kicks. As for the Bulbasaur, Lillie tells Ponyta to use Fire Blast to finish it off.

"I guess I only have one more left...Luxio..." Damien says as he sends out the Pokemon. Ponyta looks tired, but Lillie doesn't give up and then tells him to use Sunny Day. Luxio hurts the horse with the Wild Charge, but Ponyta still holds on and defeats him with the High Horse Power.

"Nice Lillie." Damien says, "You completely shut me down."

"Thanks." Lillie says.

And the next battle, it is Nora versus Lillie. Nora says, "Well, even if you have mimicked our family's battle style, I will show you the real one."

"I will like to see about that." Lillie says.

Nora sends out Trapinch, Lillie sends out Snowy. Trapinch uses Rock Slide to defeat Snowy, much to Lillie's shock. So Lillie sends out Ponyta, though he is in disadvantage, he defeats the Trapinch with the Normal Moves such as Quick Attack and Stomp. Not only that, Nora's Sewaddle is also defeated by Ponyta.

"Well, my last Pokemon can win this, go Zubat!"

This time the Zubat uses Poison Fang on Ponyta, then he faints. Lillie says, "I really don't want to show this, but go, Charmander."

As the Charmander appears, Nora gasps and says, "A Delta Pokemon? Where do you get that?"

Lillie says, "Damien, Brother and I got them from Professor Sylvan, The leader of the Perfection Cult asks her to take these Pokemon or else they are going to be left for dead."

Everyone is silent, then Lillie says, "I could have choose Eevee, but I don't want this Pokemon to die, so I decide to take this one while Damien and Brother take the other two."

Nora nods and they battle, in the end, a Dragon Breath defeats the Zubat.

"I couldn't win...Is it possible there's a better trainer than me?" Nora asks.

"Don't worry, Nora." Ash says. "All you need is to get stronger."

"You really sounded like Dad." Nora says with a giggle.

"Congratulations, Lillie. You are now the School Champion." The teacher says.

"Thanks, but I want to travel around the region with my friends, so I won't be staying here." Lillie says.

"It is fine, sometimes we can't teach you about everything if we only use Books and papers." The teacher says.

Nora says, "Then can I also travel as well? I want to challenge the gyms and the league like my brother."

"Why not? I assume that Damien is also?" Teacher asks as he nods. Then they all get permission to go travel.


In the Pokemon Center, Damien decides to go on his own, while Nora decides to tag along with Ash and his friends. "So where are we going?" Ash asks.

"Well, I knew that in the west, there is a gym in the Suntouched City, the leader there is Orion, he specializes in Fire-Types and Grass Types, but much less to the latter." Nora says.

"Then we will go there." Lillie says.

"Good. So Gladion, are you going to battle in the league as well?" Emily asks.

"I could, but I want to rest since I was the Alola League winner." Gladion says.

"I see." Nora says. "Then it is me, Damien and brother are rivals."

"You are right, but we have to also look out for the cults. So we can know more about our parents' whereabouts." Ash says.


Back in the Kalos Region, Bonnie is going to pick a Pokemon, she says, "I have decided. I am going to choose Froakie."

Sycamore says, "Wonderful, there is a reason you pick Froakie?"

Bonnie frowns and says, "I want to be like Ash...I did a mistake of betraying him and now he is dead..."

Sycamore frowns and says, "I am sure Ash will forgive you, since he isn't a person that will like to hold grudges."

"But we don't know...all we saw is a burnt house..." Bonnie says.

"Ash isn't dead." They see Serena, Alain and Diantha rush inside the room. Bonnie says, "Serena? What are you doing here and what do you mean Ash isn't dead?"

Serena says, "It is true that the house is burnt, but Ash and Ms. Ketchum are actually kidnapped and they are still both alive." This causes them to lighten up. "How do you know?" Sycamore asks.

"Because we are members of the secret group known as Timeless." Alain says.

"Timeless? What is that?" Bonnie asks.

"A timeless is a group that are chosen by Legendaries. Each member has a Legendary in their team and will only use them for the world's sake." Diantha says. "And we are waiting for Bonnie to get her starter so she can become one of us."

"I? I was chosen? But how?" Bonnie is shocked.

"Do you remember me?" Bonnie sees Squishy at the window. "Squishy?" Bonnie is shocked.

"Yes, you are the chosen of Zygarde, in other words, me." Squishy says.

"No way...that is awesome. But what should I do?" Bonnie asks.

"You will have to cut all the contact from the outside world." Alain says. "You will need to focus on training and saving both Ash and his parents are the priority."

Bonnie nods and then she decides to tell her father about it, it is lucky that Clemont isn't here, and Meyer understands how much work is in Bonnie's shoulder, he agrees and let her go.


Now Nora is also a member that will join Ash in the journey, she will be acting like Bonnie but more mature. And the next chapter will be the Ancient Ruins.

For reviews, Jaren is pure evil, but its back story will be revealed in the future chapters. And if you want to submit an OC, just give me the name and her personality, that is all. Since my plan is to make Alice, Drandon and Mark into the story, but they are second names and you can choose the first name.