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I am going to upload the histories of the Pokémon over a few chapters; this means I can hopefully give you a consistent flow of shorter chapters rather than waiting a long time for one chapter.

Here is chapter 4 I hope you enjoy.

In conversations:

'- Translation of Poké Speech – No human unless otherwise stated can understand it. Ash can understand it due to his Aura.

"- Human speech

"- Thoughts

"- Telepathy/Aura

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, if I did then Ash would have won a league by now.

Anabel was interested to learn about the histories of Ash's Pokémon so she gazed at Ash waiting for him to start. Ash stared back at Anabel and started thinking about how he could tell Anabel about how he caught Infernape without mentioning Paul, after a few moments thought he came up with a way to leave Paul out of the story.

"Okay the first Pokémon I captured since we last met is Infernape. I caught him in during my journey in Sinnoh before the incident happened. He was originally owned by another trainer who treated him very poorly, eventually Chimchar was released by the trainer because he thought he was weak."

Ash deliberately avoided saying Paul's name during that explanation as Paul was no longer the person he was when Ash first met him, he had changed a lot since then, he treated his Pokémon with respect and didn't push them too far now. Ash also didn't want Anabel to dislike Paul for his previous mistakes. Ash glanced at Infernape and could see that the monkey was listening to the conversation; there was a time when a look of rage would appear on his face however now he appeared completely calm.

"I could tell from one glance that the trainer was wrong, I knew that Chimchar had a tremendous amount of strength but to utilise it he just need to be trained right. After his previous trainer released him I caught Chimchar and he quickly became one of my strongest Pokémon."

Ash turned his gaze back to Anabel who had been quiet the whole time and saw that she was staring straight at Infernape sadly. He wasn't surprised by her reaction; her empathic abilities had made her more sympathetic towards Pokémon so he knew that some of the backstories would have an effect on her. It made Ash wonder how she would react to hearing the other's stories as some of them had far darker histories.

"Anabel are you okay?" Ash asked worriedly.

Ash's voice snapped Anabel out of her trance and she turned her attention to Ash who was looking at here with a concerned look on his face.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, it just sickens me that someone would do that to their Pokémon. Please carry on; I want to know how you met the others." Anabel replied.

"Alright then, the next one I met was Luxray…"

Flashback – Six months after the betrayal

Ash was wandering through a forest in Sinnoh, he wasn't entirely sure where he was and he didn't really care. If he had to guess he would say that he wasn't far from Hearthome since he recognised some of the nearby landmarks but it had been so long since he been to a city that he had no way to be sure. His avoidance of any built up area was no accident, he had been very careful about where he had gone and he had been very thorough when it had come to covering his tracks; the reason for this was that he didn't want to be found by anyone.

"Paul still managed to find me though, although it did take him five months so I guess I've done a good job at hiding my location." Ash muttered.

Ash suddenly heard the sounds of bolts of electricity being fired and pain filled cries, on instinct Ash started charging towards the sounds of battle and pulled the Pokéballs belonging to Charizard and Primeape off his belt. After a few moments, Ash came across a badly injured Luxray being attacked by several Luxio and an older looking Luxray. The wounds were so severe that the young Luxray had collapsed and was being brutally beaten down by the other electric types.

Ash wasted no time and quickly sent out Charizard and Primeape who upon seeing what has happening charged at the Luxio and Luxray and launched a barrage of attacks at them. The electric types knew they were clearly outmatched after being easily overpowered by their opponents so they beat a hasty retreat.

Once the electric types were out of sight Ash made his way over to the young Luxray and was horrified by the injuries the poor electric type had sustained. Ash took his backpack off and rummaged through it until he found his first aid kit, he opened the box and took out his last Super Potion and sprayed Luxray's wounds. The lion winced as his wounds stung for a moment but then the pain started to ebb, he looked up at his saviour and saw a young boy smiling at him.

"Hello, my name's Ash. How are you feeling?"

'Much better thanks to you.'

"So if you don't mind me asking why were those Luxio and that big Luxray attacking you?"

'The Luxray is the Alpha of the pack which I was once a member of, he had a rule that no Luxio was to evolve under and circumstance.'

"Why would he make a rule like that?"

'I guess he didn't want any threats to his status as the Alpha and I tried to obey his law for so long which almost got me killed on several occasions. That changed yesterday when I was ambushed by a Machamp and I had to evolve otherwise he would have killed me. I defeated the Machamp and returned to my pack however when I got there the Alpha immediately told everyone to attack me. I knew that I had no choice but to run if I wanted to live, I had managed to evade them until a few hours ago when they found me and started attacking me.'

"So what are you going to do now?"

Ash felt his heart break for the young Luxray when he saw his eyes fill with sadness.

'I...I don't know. I have no family and no clue where to go.'

"Well you could come with me if you want. I Promise to train you until you are the strongest Luxray in the world. So what do ya say?"

Ash held out his hand to Luxray, the lion stared at Ash's hand for a moment before placing his paw in the boys hand.

'Deal.'

Flashback end

"How horrible, how could they turn on him just because he evolved to save himself?"

"Sadly that is how Alpha's keep control of their pack. I have asked Luxray if he wanted to go back and confront the Luxray so he can get revenge and re-join his family but he has said that he has no interest in that and that this is now his family."

Anabel looked back at the mock battle Luxray had been in, saw that he and Absol had stopped battling, and were now relaxing in the shade while Raikou was still fighting with Glaceon, Heliolisk and Porygon-Z. A look of confusion passed across her face as she thought of a flaw in what Ash had told her.

"Wait a minute. How did you know what Luxray said? You hadn't accessed your Aura powers by then and you didn't have any Psychic Pokémon with you."

Ash mentally face palmed as he realised what a mistake he'd just made, he knew that he had to give Anabel an explanation but only if the Pokémon was willing for him to do so.

"Is it alright if I reveal you to Anabel?"Ash asked.

"Yes Ash its fine, she's trustworthy and besides the world is going to see us at some point so you might as well tell her now."Mew replied.

One of the Pokéballs on Ash's necklace suddenly burst open and revealed Mew who immediately landed on Ash's shoulder and nuzzled him. Ash tenderly stroked Mew's head making her purr happily and then he shifted his gaze to Anabel who was staring at him and Mew.

"T-that's a... M-Mew." Anabel stammered in shock.

"Yeah, she's the reason I was able to understand Luxray."

"Well I suppose that makes sense, but now I need to know how and when Mew joined you."

"Okay…."

Flashback – Two weeks after the betrayal

It had only been two weeks since his former friends and his Pokémon had betrayed Ash. In that time, Ash had been trying to figure out why they had turned on him just because he had lost to Tobias who was using legendary Pokémon. A tear fell from his eye and trickled down his cheek as his former friends and Pokémon appeared in front of him.

"You're pathetic Ash." Misty snarled.

"It's embarrassing to even be associated with you." Gary added.

Ash fell to his knees and burst into tears as his former friends berated him, even though he knew that they were not real it reminded him of what the real versions of them had said. As the barrage of insults continued, Ash buried his face in his hands and sobbed heavily.

"Shut up, please shut up." Ash whimpered.

"Ash is that you?"

Ash took his head out of his hands and looked up through tear-filled eyes seeing a Mew levitating in front of him.

"It is you. I've been searching for you for the past two weeks."

"Why? Why would you put so much effort into finding me? I'm weak, pathetic and a disappointment to everyone who believed me."

Mew landed on Ash's shoulder and nuzzled him lovingly.

"You are none of those things Ash; you are brave, strong, loving and determined. I have been looking for you because I know what happened and I want to stay with you and show you that you are not what they said you were."

Ash pulled Mew off his shoulder and hugged her tightly as his tears dampened her fur; Mew didn't fight Ash's hold on her and simply nuzzled him hoping it would help calm him down.

"It's okay Ash, I'm here and I will never leave you. I promise."

"And I swear that I will make those scumbags pay for hurting you." Mew thought.

Several minutes passed before Ash finally stopped crying, he wiped his arm across his eyes to dry them and gave Mew the first genuine smile he had managed for over two weeks.

"Thank you Mew."

Mew smiled back at him and then used Psychic to levitate a Pokéball out of Ash's bag and in front of them; she looked at the ball wondering how the thing worked.

"So how exactly does this work? Do I just touch this and it catches me?"

"I don't have to capture you; you can just stay with me."

"I'd rather you capture me even if I never stay in the thing."

"Why?"

"A thing called a Master Ball is becoming very common now and from what I've heard it's impossible to break free from them. So I want you to capture me because I don't want someone to take me away from you."

"What about the Tree of Beginning? I thought you had to protect that."

"My cousin has taken over that duty. I've been protecting the tree for a long time so it was finally time for someone else to take responsibility for it."

"Alright then just tap the centre of the Pokéball and it will capture you. I'll let you back out as soon as you're captured."

Mew did as Ash said and nudged the centre of the Pokéball with her nose, she was sucked inside of the ball and a ding indicated that she had been captured. Ash let Mew out immediately and was about to place the Pokéball in bag but then he had another idea. He opened his bag and took out a necklace that had several rings in it that were just large enough to put a Pokéball in, it was something he'd been working on before the Sinnoh League but he had stopped when the tournament began. At first, he had intended to have six rings on it to carry his party and have them close to his heart but due to him not finishing it there was only three rings. Ash clipped Mew's Pokéball in the centre ring and put the necklace on.

"Now you'll always be close to my heart."

The Legendary felt tears forming in her eyes so she landed on Ash's shoulder and nuzzled him.

"You'll always be close to my heart too."

Ash gave Mew a small smile before his eyes darkened and his face fell, he then started walking down the path he had been following. Mew sat on Ash's shoulder and worried for the young boy, she knew that the betrayal had hit him hard; she just hoped that with her help he could get past it.

Flashback end

"From that day on Mew gave me the ability to understand my Pokémon, well until I learned to utilise my Aura."

Anabel looked at Mew gratefully; she knew after what Ash had told her last night that the weeks after the betrayal had been terrible for Ash and was glad that there had been Pokémon like Mew who had supported Ash during his darkest days.

"Thank you Mew." Anabel thought hoping that the Psychic type was listening.

"Your welcome." Mew replied.

Anabel smiled at the Legendary and then turned her attention back to Ash who was still stroking Mew's head.

"So who was next?" Anabel asked.

"Well Absol was my next capture…"

Flashback - 9 months after the betrayal

Ash was walking into the reception area of a Pokémon Centre; he had only visited so he could buy some supplies to replenish his rapidly declining medicine count. After buying what he needed Ash was about to leave when he saw a mob of people storm out of the Pokémon Centre. He was not sure what could have caused the group to form so he walked over to the main desk to ask Nurse Joy what was going on.

"Hey why did that big mob just charge out of here?" Ash asked.

"The village has been plagued by a series of disasters which come shortly after we are visited by an Absol. The villagers believe that the Absol is causing all of these disasters so they are going to go and… deal with it." Nurse Joy said sadly.

"WHAT!" Ash yelled in horror.

"I tried convincing them that it's not Absol's fault, she's trying to warn them of impending danger not causing it. Unfortunately they didn't believe me so they've now gone off to do what they think is best for the village."

"I won't let this happen; they will not hurt an innocent Pokémon."

Ash then charged out of the building before Nurse Joy could respond to his final comment. Once outside a crowd of people who judging by the signs they were waving were cheering for the group who had gone to attack Absol blocked the path. Ash pushed his way through the crowd ignoring the curses from the people he knocked over, after a few minutes; he finally got out of the crowd and started sprinting down the road hoping that he would catch up before Absol got hurt.

Ten minutes later Ash caught sight of the group that had stormed out of the Pokémon Centre, as he got closer he could hear attacks being called out and started to see blast of fire, water and electricity shooting off in every direction. Ash immediately took Sceptile, Luxray and Wartortle's Pokéballs off his belt and sent them out, the trio saw the horde of Pokémon attacking the Absol and waded into battle.

It only took a few minutes for Sceptile, Luxray and Wartortle to deal with the villagers' Pokémon; it had not been a tough fight due to the difference in strength, which proved that their intense training had paid off. The villagers returned their Pokémon and glared at Ash and his Pokémon who were all standing defensively in front of Absol. The dark type was looking at her saviours in shock, all she had ever experienced with humans was them chasing her away and attacking her. She poked her head out from behind the boy but quickly returned to hiding when one of the villagers stepped forward and sent her a terrifying glare.

"Why are defending that demon?" one of the villagers asked.

"I am defending this Absol because it has done nothing wrong. The only thing it is guilty of is trying to save the lives of idiots like you."

The village who had spoken up growled angrily at Ash's response and took a step towards him however he stopped when Sceptile momentarily vanished and then appeared in front of the villager pointing his glowing green blade at his neck. The villager fell to the floor and was frozen in fear as the Sceptile's piercing gaze paralysed him.

"I suggest you leave before my Pokémon lose their tempers."

The villagers didn't need to be told twice and they fled as quickly as they could, Ash watched the villagers running for lives with a smile on his face until they faded sight. Ash suddenly felt something brushing against his side; he shifted his gaze downwards and saw Absol nuzzling him.

"Are you okay?" Ash asked.

'I am thanks to you and your Pokémon.' Absol said gratefully.

"I'm just glad we got here in time, I recommend you stay away from villages like that one. There are some people who are just too ignorant to know that you are trying to help them."

'I know you are right it is just hard not warn people when I sense the disasters coming.' Absol replied sadly.

Ash saw the downtrodden look on Absol's face so he crouched down and hugged her which surprised Absol but she quickly relaxed in Ash's embrace and continued to nuzzle him.

"Listen Absol how would you like to come with me? You could become part of our family; you'd never have to worry about being alone or being attacked with support again."

The dark type nodded in response so Ash opened one of the pockets in his trench coat and pulled out a Pokéball. He presented it to Absol and she immediately nudged the centre of the ball, after a few seconds a ding was heard which signified that Absol had been caught.

Flashback over

Ash finished the story and looked at Absol who was now nuzzling Luxray; a smile crept on to his face as he watched the two of them. He then turned his attention back to Anabel who was watching the pair with a curious expression.

"I've noticed those two are rather close, are they...?" She trailed off.

"Yes they are mates. They got together a couple of months after she joined the family and please don't ask how I found out because trust me you really don't want to know." Ash said as he shuddered at the memory.

"Alright let's move on to the next Pokémon instead." Anabel replied.

"Okay well the next Pokémon that joined me was Lucario…"

Flashback – 12 months after the betrayal

It had been a year to the day since Ash's friends and Pokémon had betrayed him; he used to feel overwhelming sorrow when he thought of them all but now all he felt was intense rage. Recently that rage had started to bring out his hidden potential although he had no way of controlling it so there had been times when his rage had devastated areas. He tried to stop himself from thinking about them but today he was plagued by visions of them.

Ash stood in a clearing they had been training in the day before and a blue Aura radiated from him, which scorched the ground surrounding him. He let out an angered roar and an orb of Aura formed in his palm, he then launched the orb with all his strength straight ahead. The minute the orb left his hand Ash's rage was quelled and he watched in horror as the orb rocketed towards some wild Pokémon.

"Run! There's an attack headed your way!" Ash yelled at the Pokémon.

The Pokémon heard Ash's yells and turned to face him when they saw the orb headed there way, they tried to move but were frozen in place due to their fear. Suddenly a blue blur shot out of nowhere and deflected the orb away from the Pokémon and straight into the air. The wild Pokémon immediately fled away from the area leaving only Ash and the small blue Pokémon who were staring at each other. After a few moments, Ash walked over to the Riolu and crouched down in front of it.

"Thank you so much for saving those Pokémon."

"It's no problem Ash."

"How do you know my name?"

"This isn't the first time we've met."

"Now I remember you're the Riolu I met that could use Aura Sphere."

"Yep that's me."

"What are you doing here?"

"Well I have been searching for you for several months."

"Why?"

"Over the past few months I have been sensing that your Aura has been rising to dangerous levels. I want to join you to help you control your Aura and to make me a stronger Pokémon."

"I'd be more than happy to have you join the family."

Riolu leapt at Ash and hugged him; Ash returned the embrace until the Aura Pokémon jumped back to the ground.

"Thank you Ash, I promise you that I'll help you become the most powerful Aura Guardian since Sir Aaron."

"And I promise that you'll become the most powerful Lucario ever."

The pair shook hands and then Riolu leapt on to Ash's shoulder, Ash smiled at the Aura Pokémon and then started walking out of the clearing towards his next destination.

Flashback end

Anabel watched Ash carefully as he finished the story; she could see that out of all of the stories this one had bothered him the most. Ash sighed and formed an orb of Aura in his hand; he stared at it for a moment and then dissolved it.

"I was dangerous back then, maybe I still am, and maybe I'm even more dangerous now that I know how to control my powers."

"You're not dangerous Ash; you use your powers to protect what's right and stop the forces of evil. That doesn't make you dangerous it makes you heroic."

Ash turned his gaze to Anabel and grinned.

"Thank you Anabel."

"Your welcome Ash, so who did you meet next?"

"Well my next capture didn't happen until I went to Hoenn which was around six months after Riolu joined me…"

Notes

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Next chapter will be the all the captures up to Ash defeating Giovanni.

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