Chapter 2: The start of the journey

Once Alice arrives at Soltree Town, she decides to meet her only friend in the school, Rodney. Alice is a target of being bullied at school, and Rodney is the one that saved her from those bullies. But he wasn't always there when she gets bullied, and it becomes worse. Valerie decides to drop her out of the school and arrange tutors for her, so she will have the basic knowledge in the end. Now that she becomes a trainer, Valerie also sends her to the Rikoto Region for applying the test of being a Gym Leader, and she becomes the Ice Type Gym Leader in the end.

As for her friend Rodney, he manages to graduate from the school, so Alice invites him to come to the region and he agrees. Right now he is preparing for the journey as he is going to challenge the Rikoto League Championship.

"Rodney, there you are." Alice says as she enters his room.

"Hey, Alice." Rodney says as he is still fixing on the computer, then he screams, "It came! My message came!" Rodney jumps in joy and yells, "They've processed my application and I was accepted!"

"That is great, you can finally start your journey." Alice smiles at him.

"Yeah." Rodney says. "And since you are a gym leader now, which means I am going to battle you eventually! But first, I am going to the lab and get my starter Pokemon."

"That is great, I am also on my way to the lab as well, since my sisters are going to arrive soon." Alice says. "Why don't we go together?"

"That will be great." Rodney says as they leave his house. The way towards the Professor's Lab is not long, so they arrive there without taking much time. A pink haired girl also arrives at the lab, and she is standing at the doorway of the lab.

"So this is Professor Pinewood's Laboratory..." The girl mutters, then she sees the two people. "Oh, hello. Are you two here to get your Pokemon too?"

"Well, only he, I am just accompany him." Alice says.

"She's right. I just got accepted so I wanna get my starter Pokemon as soon as I can." Rodney says.

"Oh, I was accepted a while ago. I live in Mossy Town, so I had to walk from there. As you can see, I just got here myself."

Just as she walks a step forward, she has an idea, "Hey, you know what? We should all go in together!"

"Sure, why not? By the way, I am Rodney, and this is the Subhail Gym Leader Alice." Rodney says.

"Wow, a gym leader? That's so cool. I am Keira! Nice to meet you both. Now let's go get our Pokemon!" Keira says as she grabs Rodney's hand and then rush in, Rodney is blushing because of the action she made with him.

"Hey, wait for me." Alice yells as she also chase after the two of them.


Once they get into the lab, they already see Professor Pinewood talking to two girls. One of the girls notices Alice and she smiles, "Alice! There you are."

"Sister Eve? Sister Flora?" Alice is shocked to see the two of them already arrived.

"So how is our little sister doing? Are you doing a fine job here?" Eve says as she gives her a hug and rubs her hair, much to her embarrassment.

"Please stop, Eve...this is not fun and people are watching." Alice says as she breaks the hug.

"It sure is good to see you again, Alice." Pinewood says. "And you two must be new trainers, right? Have you come here to get your Pokemon, right?"

"Ye...yes, sir! My name is Rodney, and this is Keira. We all just got our messages to come to the lab to get our Pokemon."

"Well, then excellent, I'll go prepare them. As you know, I am the Professor here, Professor Pinewood is my name. I study the environments on where Pokemon like to live and how they grow, survive and evolve in those conditions." Pinewood says.

"Wow, so Professor, you had seen a lot of Pokemon, right?" Rodney asks.

"Of course. I've traveled all over this region and visited many others. The world is full of amazing and wonderful Pokemon, so many I have lost count! And the reason I become this region's Professor is because that the Pokemon here are one of a kind, as the other regions doesn't know about the Pokemon here while we don't have other Pokemon from the other regions."

"That is incredible." Keira says.

"Anyways, over here on this table are three Pokeballs, and they each contain a special Pokemon. These three Pokemon are the starter Pokemon of the Rikoto Region. Every new trainer that starts their journey with us can choose from these three." Pinewood says.

"I bet they are super cute." "And powerful." Keira and Rodney say respectively.

As they wonder about their Pokemon, Alice says, "So how are you, Eve? Did you manage to get a status of a Professor yet?"

"Well, I do, but not in a good way." Eve frowns, "As you can see, I am now the current Professor of the Kanto Region because Professor Oak is murdered."

"You mean...Professor Oak is dead?" Alice gasps as the two sisters nod. "Who would have done this? Professor Oak is a nice person..."

"We don't know what is going on, the cameras are destroyed, and we also found broken Pokeballs with dead Pokemon inside, and all of them belongs to Ash Ketchum." Flora says.

Rodney, Keira and Professor Pinewood also heard the conversation, Rodney rushes to them and he asks, "Ash Ketchum? You mean the Alola Champion who has been declared missing ever since he got back to Kanto?"

"Yeah, his house is also gone, but we can't find his or his mother Delia's bodies." Flora says.

"Right now the police is still in investigation." Eve sighs. "But there are little to none evidence they found."

Pinewood says, "Well, I hope that the police can find the criminals."

Keira asks, "So Professor, have you met them before?"

"Delia was my travel companion of the region, she was the champion and also the queen of the Sevestar Kingdom that is close to this region."

"A Queen?" Alice asks, "You mean...like the one in the fairy tale?"

"Yes." Pinewood says. "But then she moved away from the Kingdom due to her husband's death. You see, his husband, Red, is a great trainer, and he was also a romantic person who always wanted Delia to get happy."

"I don't know why, but somehow we feel the story familiar, don't you think, Flora?" Eve asks as she nods.

Just then, they hear a sound of the ship and Professor Pinewood says, "That is quite strange, we haven't get any new visitors to the island..."

Then they decide to go outside, it is the same ship that Ash was riding. "Wow...that is a nice ship..." Eve says.

"That symbol...it belongs to the Ketchums..." Pinewood says.

Then they see a boy with a Pikachu on his shoulder coming down from the ship, he turns to the ship and says, "Thank you for everything. Please return to the castle and tell mom that I am fine."

The ship then leaves out of their sight and then Ash turns to his partner. "Pikachu, we are going to conquer the league this time."

Pikachu nods and then they go to the lab. The girls are seeing how handsome the boy is, they start to blush a little and Rodney says, "Wow...he looks so..."

"Princely..." Pinewood says.

Once they go back to the lab, Ash Ketchum is there waiting for him. Ash sees the oldest man and asks, "Excuse me, are you Professor Pinewood?"

"I am." Professor Pinewood says. "And you are..."

"I am Ash Ketchum." Ash says. "And this is my partner Pikachu." Pikachu greets the Professor.

"Wait, he is Ash Ketchum?" Eve gasps in surprise. "When did he change his face...and to a handsome one..."

"No clue..." Flora whispers back.

Ash also notices the people behind the Professor, he says, "I am sorry that I haven't noticed you. I am Ash Ketchum, the heir to the Sevestar Kingdom."

"Cool...I am Rodney, and this is Keira. Then they are Alice, Eve and Flora." Rodney says.

"Okay, it is nice to meet you." As Ash bows at them, they are blushing really mad.

"So...Ash, can I ask you a question?" Eve asks. "You see, I recently become the Professor in the Kanto Region after Professor Oak's demise. So if that is possible, can you tell me everything regarding to the event?"

Ash freezes a little as he didn't know that the new Professor of the Kanto Region is chosen and the fact that she is standing in front of him. But Ash sighs and he says, "Sure, I'll tell you everything in my perspective."

Then they all sit down at the table as Ash begins his tale, he tell them about the betrayal thing and also how he was about to get killed.

"How can they do this to you? Just because that you won the Alola League, and they wanted your Pokemon? The Pokemon you owned refuse to listen to them, so they just killed them?" Keira gasps.

"Yeah, besides my Alola Companions and the ones who were training...I have no Pokemon..." Ash frowns. "Mom suggests that I challenge the league here so as to help me recover from the pain I got from betrayal."

"I see." Pinewood says.

"By the way, Professor, since my Mom wanted to give this to you." Ash then gives the letter to him, after reading it, Professor Pinewood says, "I see...with your mother's orders, I will be taking care of your Pokemon as well as letting you participate in the league. I'll help you register for it."

As he leaves, Eve says, "Thank you for telling me everything, Ash. I will report this to the league and then Brock and Misty will lose their titles as well as their licenses for their actions."

"But please don't make them lose their status as Pokemon trainers." Ash says, much to her surprise, "I want to destroy them with my battling first."

"But..." Eve muttters.

"Please..." Ash says with a frown, and they sigh.

"Okay. But I am still going to tell the Champions and the Professors about this." Eve says.

Ash then notices Alice, who suddenly hides behind Flora. Ash doesn't know why, but he thinks that she is kinda cute. Rodney notices it and says, "Oh, this is Alice, she has a lower self-esteem because of bullying in school. But right now she is also the gym leader of the Subhail City."

"A Gym Leader? That is quite nice of you." Ash says as he gives her a smile. Alice blushes a little and says, "Thanks..."

"But what is the thing about bullying in school?" Ash asks.

"Like what he said, she suffered bullying from her classmates." Eve says. "You see, Rodney and us are from the Kalos Region, and the school we attended, let's say that there are a lot of bullies that keeps picking her. Eventually, our mother has to use the earnings from model and also fashion to give her tutoring so that she can get a license to become a trainer."

"I see." Ash says. Ash turns to Alice, "I don't know why those bullies are hurting you, but right now you are a Gym Leader, which proves that you are strong. Believe in yourself and you can overcome everything."

Alice feels warm at Ash's words, she smiles a little and says, "Thank you..."

Pinewood says, "Now that it is done, here are the starters." The Professor throws three Pokeballs, a turtle like Pokemon with leaves on the brown shell, a yellow kitten with red stripes, and also a salamander with purple spots on the back.

"These are the three starters, they are named Herovor, Purrlit and Salatad. So Rodney, Keira, which one are you going to pick?" Pinewood asks.

"I have decided. I am choosing Salatad." Rodney says.

"And I take the Herover please." Keira says.

"Good." Then the two get the Pokeballs as well as the Pokedex from the Professor. Ash also gets a Pokedex in order to enter the League.

"Ash, from the letter written by your mother, I think that I should have given you these three as well."

Inside a shelf, Professor Pinewood takes out three special Pokeballs, appear from them are the same three starters, but when Ash gets closer to them, the three Pokemon are hugging him.

"You three..." Ash starts to tear up and he hugs them back. Everyone is confused at the sight as Rodney asks, "What is Ash doing? Aren't they just Starter Pokemon?"

"According to Ash's mother, the Pokemon that Ash is hugging were the souls of the former Pokemon from Ash. Torterra, Infernape and Oshawott."

"So..." Eve says, "They have already reincarnated as the Pokemon living in this region?"

"Of course." Pinewood says. "But with Arceus' powers, they get to retain the memories of their journey with Ash."

"I am happy to get you guys back..." Ash smiles at them. "Professor, can I take them with me?"

"Of course you can." Professor Pinewood smiles. Then Ash takes the three of them. Rodney asks, "So Ash, can you show us your Pokemon?"

"Sure." Ash says as they go outside.

"Everyone! Come on out!"

Just then, not only the 17 Pokemon, but there are also Meloetta, Marshadow, Ho-Oh, Nihilego, Zygarde, Diancie, Genesect, Hoopa, Jirachi, Victini, Manaphy, Shaymin, Zeraora, Mewtwo, Kyurem, Latias, Darkrai and Magearna.

"You have Legendaries as well?" Flora is surprised.

"Yeah, after the betrayal, some of the Pokemon decide to join me they want to train me and my Pokemon." Ash says. "Guys, look who it is?"

As Herovor, Purrlit and Salatad go towards them, the Pokemon recognize the voices and they also greet the Pokemon back. Especially Gliscor, who is happy to meet his friend Torterra and Infernape.


After a day of playing, Keira says, "I am going back home so I can show my mom my new Pokemon. I'll see you around, later."

"Bye, Keira." Rodney says as she leaves. "And I am going to the next route so I can train and capture new Pokemon, so I'll see you as well."

Rodney also leaves, Ash then turns to the three sisters, "So how about you guys?"

Alice asks timidly, "Ash, can I travel with you on this journey? I know that we just met, but I wanted to see more of this region with you."

Eve and Flora smirk at their sister, and Ash can see a little blush on her face, he doesn't know why, but his face is heating up as well. It feels like something which was missing in his heart is about to get found. "Sure, but what about your gym? Do you find a substitute?"

"I called Mr. Chiu, he agrees to be my substitute until we get back there." Alice says.

"Then sure, we can travel together. I don't think that you will be like those backstabbers who betrayed me." Ash says.

Alice thanks him by giving a hug, much to Ash's surprise. Alice then notices it and she blushes more. "Did I just do that?" Alice thinks.

Flora whispers to Eve, "We should ship them together."

"I agree." Eve says with a smile.

Pinewood says, "Well, I do hope you two will be safe." Then the two people bid farewell to the others as they start their journey.


Here is the second chapter, and here are the Legendaries that Ash will bring. And all Ash's Pokemon will become the new Pokemon in the future, but I can give out the list for fear that I may forget in the future.

Bulbasaur: Tadart
Kingler: Scorlit
Muk: Sandster
Tauros: Yayak
Snorlax: Lazloth
Heracross: Stickit
Bayleef: Brachio
Quilava: Hypnopuff
Totodile: Vambat
Noctowl: Pinglett
Donphan: Rollie
Taillow: Cheepip
Sceptile: Dinomite
Corphish: Crablue
Torkoal: Hottop
Glalie: Snowlow
Staraptor: Budcheep
Torterra: Herovor
Infernape: Purrlit
Buizel: Aquad
Gible: Sharko
Unfezant: Paracaw
Oshawott: Salatad
Snivy: Snazap
Pignite: Tapire
Scraggy: Weakid
Leavanny: Crystilla
Palpitoad: Purpole
Boldore: Eclipo
Krookodile: Parafox
Talonflame: Flawk
Hawlucha: Syrill
Noivern: Terraz

I know that some of you might be wandering why I choose these, well, I just trying to find the closet ones, but some of them are hard to find, so I decide to make some of them new Pokemon. I hope you understand, the next chapter will begin the journey at Route 1.