Chapter 25: Plans

Once they are back to the Miara Town, Wallace says, "So you guys are going to the Sonata City I assume?"

"Yeah, but our path was blocked by a Snorlax, we need a Pokeflute in order to wake it up." Ash says.

"I have one in my hand." Wallace says as he gives them the flute. "I hope you can use it wisely."

"So how about you? Where are you going?" Lillie asks.

"I am going back to the Timeless since I have to report this to our leader." Wallace says as he bids them farewell.

Nora says, "He really is a nice guy."

"I agree." Ash says, before they get back to the Route 8, they see a yellow two head like thing and a snake come to them.

"Arbok and...Is this a Delta Weezing? What are they doing here?" Emily asks.

"Don't ask me..." Ash says as the two Pokemon go towards Ash. Then Ash recognizes the Pokemon.

"Wait, you were once Team Rocket's Pokemon, right?" Ash asks as they nod a little.

"Team Rocket? You mean the trio who kept harassing us?" Gladion asks.

"Yeah, but we stopped them back at Alola and they were now good...you guys were released back in Hoenn, right? But why didn't you go find Jessie and James?" Ash asks.

The two Pokemon says that they want to come with him, Ash is surprised at first, but then he realizes that they must be willing to do so, so he captures the Pokemon.

Delta Weezing: The Thunder Clap Pokemon: Electric and Flying Type. The sound it makes when dispensing electricity has been compared to a lightning bolt striking nearby.

"So Brother, what is with the Team Rocket thing?" Nora asks.

"You see...Team Rocket is an evil organization from Kanto and Johto, there are three members who have been stalking me in order to steal my Pikachu since the day one on my journey. Wherever I go, they will always be there as well."

"So they are kind of stalkers?" Emily asks.

"Kinda." Lillie says. "And then the organization changes into Team Rainbow Rocket and they take over the Aether Foundation and kidnap our mother, but thanks to Ash, they are finally gone and mom is saved."

"I see." Alice says.


After blowing the flute, they wake up the Snorlax, and then they defeat the Snorlax and it runs off to the mountains to find another place to sleep, and then they finally reach the Route 9.

Unknown to them, Jaern is on top of the entrance of the Route 9, but neither of them see each other. Jaern sees that Persephone is waiting for him.

"You are late." She says coldly.

"I'm never late. You're just early." Jaern retorts.

"Why did you want to see me? I thought our deal was finished." Persephone says.

"I thought so too. And then I see Ash Ketchum in Telnor Town. He came to my tower, and defeated Rayquaza. It's his fault my crystal was shattered. Not only that, but he remembered! His name, the kidnap and also what we did to his parents. That is too much. If anyone recognizes him...Care to explain? I gave you the kid. I promised to leave you and your cult alive when I came into power! All I asked of you was to deal with one small child. And yet, you couldn't even do that! What went wrong? Chose your words carefully- they might be your last."

Persephone is surprised at first, but then she says, "We were very close to completing the memory wipe...but before we were done, our ritual began and we were forced to leave. When I returned, he was gone. During that time, we have a search party in the Shade Forest and then one of our people reported that she sees Ash Ketchum fall into the river and dead. But we searched the recordings and the ones who left at that time are six cultists, and one of them looks eerily similar to a member who had been sacrificed a long time ago..."

"Are you suggesting...?"

"Yes. I believe that Ash has somehow been found and rescued by those five people, and maybe one of them has a Mew."

"...So Mew's finally decided to show its face...then how about the cultist who told you that he is dead?"

"She is also gone, but I did managed to see the face underneath the mask." Persephone says. "Did you or did you not send your daughter to my cult as a spy?"

"My daughter?" Jaern asks. "Are you questioning me? Why would I want to save him?"

"Then why would your daughter, Emily Eve come to my cult and saved him?" Persephone says.

"She is also a traitor." Jaern says. "So she has been a part of this...no matter. I could deal with them myself. It would be easy to use the media to portray them as fugitives. But...If the public found out I lost to them, that I let criminals escape, my reputation would be ruined..." He turns to Persephone. "Persephone. I've been doing some research into the crystal of the First Augur...I'm not entirely sure, but I have a hunch about where he may have found it. If I'm right...there may be a conspiracy in Torren bigger than I could ever imagine. Naturally, I am going to investigate this. If, when I come back, if you still haven't completed your end of our deal...I'll stop doing mine, and bring my full wrath dawn on your Shade Forest Base! Chew on that for a bit."

Then he summons Rayquaza and jumps on it. "I'm the antihero, Persephone. The chaotic good character. I'll do whatever I need to save the world. Stand in my way, and you'll be swept aside too." Then he leaves.

"...closer to lawful evil, really. No wonder nobody likes him. If only he wasn't as invulnerable as the First Augur was, I would have dealt with him a long time ago. Now...who can I send after Ash Ketchum..."


While the deal is happening, Ash and his friends are training in the Route 9, they see something flies above the air like a Rocket.

"Wow, what is that?" Nora says while they look into the sky.

"Is that a mini rocket?" Ash asks, but then it starts to fall onto the ground with an earthquake. So they go to check out, and then they see a Pokemon on the crater.

"What is this? A Delta Pokemon?" Gladion asks.

"A Delta Vespiqueen..." Emily says. "It is really cool...but it looks injured."

Ash jumps into the crater and asks, "Are you alright?"

Vespiqueen looks at them and she can only say a word. "Hungry..."

"I think she is hungry...maybe that is the really it falls from the sky, it runs out of food for fuel." Nora says.

"But which food should we give this Pokemon to eat?" Ash asks.

"It looks like a Steel Type...maybe it will eat this Pokefood for Steel Types?" Lillie asks as she takes out a can and gives it to Ash. Ash then goes to feed the Pokemon.

Once the Pokemon eats the can of food, it feels like it can blast off again, but instead of going high, it starts hovering around them until the fuel runs out.

"What an energetic Pokemon." Alice says.

"I agree." Nora says.

Then Ash captures the Pokemon, with the latter's approval.

Delta Vespiquen: The Reactor Pokemon: Steel Type. It hovers in the air with electromagnetic force produced from its reactor. If it doesn't consume enough food for fuel, it will be unable to fly.

After the capture, they keep on moving as they go to the Sonata City.


In the Solera café at the Kalos Region, Dawn, Serena, Bonnie, Cynthia and Diantha are sitting at the table, Dawn is reading some books and then she asks Giratina, who is inside of her coffee.

"Giratina, I want to know, is it true that you had fought with Arceus for the leadership, but you lost, and then you were banished to the Distortion World?" Dawn asks.

"I was foolish back then." Giratina says with a frown. "But right now I don't hate her. I was the wrong one, so this is my punishment, but a few years later, we became much more than friends."

"I see." Cynthia says as she drinks her coffee. "I always thought that Arceus was the one who created the universe...I am sorry."

"It is fine." Giratina says.

Just then, the traitors also enter the café, they see the 5 people and they decide to go talk to them. "Hey guys."

Dawn and Serena see them and give a cold stare. "Oh, it's you guys, what do you want?"

"Can't we greet our friends?" Misty asks. "Why are you cold to us?"

Bonnie says, "Let me think, is it because of what you did to Ash?"

"Why are you talking about him again? He is dead." Iris says.

"Yeah, dead because of us." Serena says coolly. Diantha says, "Serena, please calm down. They are not worth it."

Serena sighs and then Clemont asks, "Bonnie, where have you been? You were missing and we couldn't find you as well as you guys."

Bonnie says, "And why should we tell you where we were? I am a trainer now and you have no rights to keep me in bay. Right? Dedenne? Squishy?"

The two Pokemon nod as the others widen their eyes. "Is that a Zygarde? Where did you get one?" Max says in shock.

"What? It is thanks to Ash that I managed to befriend him, and he also promised to be my Pokemon after I become a trainer back then." Bonnie says proudly.

Serena says, "Indeed, I was there when it says that as well. And don't you deny it, Clemont."

Clemont just keeps silent, then they see the news on the screen. "Since some months ago, we received a report about the news of Ash Ketchum's death, it has been a depression to us, but there is something happening that changes the fact, Goodshow, can you explain about this?"

"Thank you. I am not sure what is happened, but we were told that Ash Ketchum might be still alive. It is true that the house is burned, but we suspected that it was not a suicide, but rather a kidnap."

"A kidnap? Why would somebody want to kidnap Ash Ketchum and his mother?"

"I don't know, but all we know is that the kidnappers are from the Torren Region, and it is one of the cults that are from there. Ash's father, Adam Ketchum has left his home to that region in order to save the people from terrorizing the cults, I guess one of the cults kidnap him is because to hold him as a hostage to stop him." Goodshow says.

"That is horrible, will Ash able to escape this nightmare?"

"We don't know what is going on in the region since the league is occupied by the cultists so all we can do is to pray that he is saved and stop them just like he did to Team Rocket or other evil groups." Goodshow says.

"I see. Then there are also reports about Professor Oak, can you explain what is going on with him?"

"I heard that before the kidnap, Professor Oak and some trainers who were supposed to be Ash's friends try to tell him to give up being a trainer as well as trying to take his Pokemon away." Goodshow says, causing the traitors to gasp and sweat.

"Why would they do that?" The reporters gasp. "It is because of Ash that the world is saved, if Ash doesn't be a trainer, then who will save us from the evil groups?"

"That is also the reason they want to betray him. Because they don't want the evil teams to target them and they want to be stronger than him." Goodshow says. "But who are still loyal to him and who betrayed him is still in investigation."

"Then what are you going to do with those who betray him?"

"It should be up to Ash, but we don't know if he is still alive or dead. But this can't be go unpunished. Right now the Professor Oak has lost his trainer's license and his role as Professor permanently revoked. The replacement of the Kanto Professor will be Gary Oak, since he is the one that told us about this betrayal information."

After the news end, the traitors are panicking. "What are we going to do?" May says.

"We're done, that is all..." Lana says as they frown. Then they see Dawn and Serena talk to Cynthia and Diantha.

"Isn't our leader ask us to keep this a secret, why does he let Goodshow say all the things?" Dawn asks.

"Since the only threat is the 5 cults in the Torren Region ever since Team Rocket is defeated, I guess there is no reason to hide anything." Cynthia says.

Brock asks, "Ms. Diantha, Ms. Cynthia, do you know about this?"

Diantha says, "We have discussed about this back at the meeting, but what we don't have is who betrayed Ash and who didn't."

Cynthia says, "But we know that Dawn, Serena and Bonnie are seeking redemption. And we have two of Ash's friends go to the Torren Region to find Ash."

Mallow asks, "Who?"

"Lillie and Gladion." Serena says, causing the Alola natives to widen their eyes.

"Who are they?" Iris asks.

"They are also our friends..." Kiawe says. "Especially Gladion is the one who defeated Ash in the Alola League."

"Wait, then why didn't they were with us?" Max asks, but May covers his mouth.

"With you what?" Diantha asks.

"Nothing." Misty says as they go out of the café for fear that the two champions may find out the truth.

Serena sighs and says, "It is hard to act friendly with them..."

Diantha says, "Don't worry, your acting skills are really good. I can vouch that."

Bonnie says, "But I shouldn't mention Squishy to them..."

"It is fine, Clemont would know eventually." Serena says. "I just hope that we can meet Ash and apologize, that's all."


Here is a new chapter, and Ash gets the Arbok and Weezing from the Team Rocket. The next chapter will be the Sonata Gym Battle.