"Alright, now this is more my speed." Brendan said, running up to the arena.

There was a small friendly tournament going on today, and Brendan had decided to rush in, while Ash stood back and watched. His time in the spotlight had been yesterday after all.

"So, you're the next trainer who thinks they can beat me." A young woman in orange training gear said.

"Oh, I don't think. I know." Brendan said.

"Then you should know that this will be a double battle." The girl said. "My names Victoria by the way.

"I'm Brendan." Brendan said. "Enough talking though, let's do this."

"Fine then. Solrock, Manectric, lets go!" Victoria commanded.

"Aron, Nuzleaf, come on out!" Brendan called out.

"Solrock use Sunny Day! Manectric use Charge!"

"Nuzleaf use Nature Power! Aron use Iron Defense!"

The sun beat down from the sky, reflecting off the windows in a rainbow of colors as Manectric gathered electricity from around it. Aron held his ground as his armor shined, while Nuzleaf's leaf turned white before shooting out stars at Manectric.

"Solrock use Flamethrower! Manectric use Thunder!"

"Nuzleaf use Bide! Aron use Rock Tomb!"

Nuzleaf took the powerful flamethrower directly, as Aron managed to redirect Manectric's attack for the time being.

"Solrock use Flamethrower! Manectric use Thunderbolt!"

"Nuzleaf hold on just a bit longer, Aron use Tackle!"

Nuzleaf was engulfed in the flames as Aron was launched backwards from the electricity.

"Now Nuzleaf!" Brendan commanded.

Nuzleaf leapt forward, slamming into Manectric with incredible force, causing the electric type to tumble backwards.

"Solrock use Psychic! Manectric use Crunch!"

"Nuzleaf use Bullet Seed! Aron use Iron Defense!"

Aron's body shimmered as he was gripped in Manectric's jaw, before being thrown out of it by Solrock's attack. Meanwhile Nuzleaf launched a flurry of seeds at Solrock, sending the rock type spinning.

"Solrock use Flamethrower! Manectric use Thunder!"

"Nuzleaf use Bullet Seed! Aron use Rock Tomb!"

Both Pokemon focused their attacks on the already weakened Nuzleaf, knocking it into a wall where it stopped moving.

"Solrock use Flamethrower! Manectric use Thunder!"

"Aron use Rock Tomb!"

Despite his best efforts, now with the battle in a two on one, Aron was quickly knocked out.

Back at the Pokemon Center

"Hey, you did great." Ash reassured. "Fighting two fully evolved Pokemon and in a double battle no less is difficult."

"I know, but after you won yesterday, I had high hopes." Brendan said.

"I've had my fair share of losses, besides, you saw the other coordinators yesterday, you probably would have scored into the top four." Ash joked. "You'll get more chances to fight tough trainers, and when that happens' you'll be ready."

"If it's all the same with you, I'd rather just stay here for now and make sure Nuzleaf and Aron are okay." Brendan said, a bit distracted.

Ash walked around the festival which was now in full swing, getting a bit of lunch to go, for both him and Pikachu at one of the stalls.

'Help me'

Ash looked around in confusion, taking his attention away from his lunch.

'Please, help me.'

The voice was clearer this time, and Ash could hear the direction it was coming from.

"Hold on, I'm coming." Ash said, rushing in the direction of the voice.

Ash ran through the city, finding himself at a familiar location, the area where Butler and Diane were setting up for tonight's show.

"Ash. You're a bit early for the show. Is everything alright?" Butler asked.

"There's a kid that needs help." Ash said, out of breath.

"Ash, calm down, where are they?" Diane asked.

'Please, its so dark in here.' The voice said.

"They're in there!" Ash said, rushing to a large crate.

"Ash, calm down. I'm not hearing anything." Butler said in confusion.

"I'm sure of it." Ash said, opening the crate to only see the space rock from the previous night.

"See Ash, I told you there's no one here, just the space rock." Butler said.

'Please, help me, I'm so scared.'

As the voice echoed through Ash's head, the rock glowed green.

"It's in the rock!" Ash exclaimed, running and grabbing a sledge hammer that was from Butler's show.

"Ash! Think about what you're doing!" Butler exclaimed.

"I am." Ash said, struggling to lift the hammer. "I'm going to break the rock and free the kid trapped inside of it."

Ash finally managed to lift the hammer, and was about to slam it down when the rock was enveloped in a bright light, causing Ash to drop the hammer.

As the light cleared, a white Pokemon with a yellow helmet-like thing on it's head appeared.

"I didn't think it was possible, but here it is." Butler said in shock.

"What or who is this?" Ash asked.

'Jirachi'. The voice said.

"Jirachi? Is that your name?" Ash asked.

The Pokemon nodded with a smile.

"I've heard legends of Jirachi, but I never thought I'd see one." Butler said, reaching out towards Jirachi.

As Butler's hand got close, Jirachi floated into Ash's arms in fear.

'No, scary.' Jirachi said.

"Sorry about that Butler." Ash sighed.

"Not a problem, hopefully we can become friends in the coming days." Butler said with a smile.

"I hope so, I'd feel bad about taking Jirachi with me, I mean their rock was yours." Ash said.

"Well, how about we go around as a group tomorrow, so Jirachi can become more comfortable with us." Diane said.

"How about that Jirachi?" Ash asked, only to see the Pokemon already asleep. "I'll tell Brendan, and we'll meet you here tomorrow." Ash said.

"Sounds great." Diane said.

Later that night

"What do you mean you lost it!" A man shouted over a phone screen.

"We didn't lose it exactly, we know where Jirachi is, but they've bonded with a child." Butler said.

"We need Jirachi to control Groudon! Do you realize what will happen if you lose the child!" The man argued.

"The child and his friend have problems with Team Aqua, we may be able to get them to join us." Diane said.

"You are not to speak." The man said angrily. "As for you, you have twenty four hours, after that, I will be sending an extraction team."

"Yes sir, I understand." Butler said.

Back at the hotel

"Goodnight Jirachi." Ash said, wrapping the Pokemon in a blanket. "Tomorrow you'll get to meet all of our friends." Ash said, before flipping the third panel on the charm. "I think you'll like all of them."

Authors Note

The Pokemon Brendan fought are actually a reference, The Jirachi movie is the first time we see Brendan in the anime, and hes fighting a Manectric and Solrock with an Aggron and Shiftry