Chapter 12part 2
"I just did. Seize the fraud and the magician!" Ash jumped to his feet as men poured from all sides. As was surrounded within seconds. There were so many all the guards were overwhelmed and so were the noblemen. This was not in the plan.
"I didn't think that there would be this many." Bracken growled. Ash felt Garnick being taken from the group. Ash watched as Garnick was taken to James.
"You thought you could just retire without the council's permission? Very stupid Krofost." Garnick spat in James's eye.
"I'm not Krofost anymore! I'm Garnick!" James's hand went to his sword as a pokeball was thrown. Materialized before James was a figment of many nightmares before him, a demon of unimaginable horror. A yellow streak was seen bolting across the room as the other set of doors flew open to reveal a steed of red. The room was dead silent in shock on both sides of the battlers. Then a voice was heard.
"Charizard! Rapidash! Flamethrower now!" A mighty roar was heard as people fled in fear of the terror. Fire and electricity were thrown in the direction of the cowering people who had rudely interrupted the feast.
"I've never had this much fun in a long time." Charizard laughed as he picked up a soldier and threw him at others. Charizard swung his tail to catch a large group of soldiers from behind.
"Don't let it go to you head." Growled Pikachu. "Our goal is to protect Ash." Charizard grunted an I know and went back to work. Ash surprised everyone on both sides. They had never seen Ash in a real battle before now and saw him at his highest point.
"Pikachu! To your left! Thundershock! Charizard! There's a group to your right! Watch for the guy in blue, he had a double sword! Rapidash! Go after the General!"
"Ash behind!" Ash turned to see a large man with a battle-axe headed straight for him. Ash didn't have time to think, he just reacted. The man didn't have time to even spit before Ash hit him the first time. Ash didn't have to hit him a second time. Ash's fist came up and connected with the jaw and he was lifted three feet in the air in the opposite direction. Ash stood there for a second in mute shock.
"Now that is impressive!" Said a voice. Ash turn to see Bracken smiling with a guy in one hand and a fist thumping him. "I underestimated you kid!" Ash remembered what Darrel said. Then Ash realized something; everyone always did underestimate him. Then there was silence in the grand hall.
"Where's mah daughter?!" Queen Jessica asked in the silence. Ash almost totally forgot about her! Ash pulled up the table cover to reveal a sleeping beauty and her Marril. "Thank heavens!" Ash returned Charizard into the pokeball and sighed. A scuffle of feet was heard next as Garnick arrived with Ash's Rapidash and a prisoner.
"Looks like I missed all the fun!" Garnick was proudly sporting a nice prisoner of General James and he wasn't too happy neither.
"You'll pay for this humiliation!" James spat at Ash. Garnick gave him a good swift kick in the ribs to shut him up. Ash winced at the violent scuffling and manhandling of James as they took him away to the dungeons. Then, there was a real celebration in Ash's honour. Ash didn't feel like celebrating.
"Now what was that trick you did to call upon that magnificent beast? It happened too close to me to catch it." Garnick asked. Ash wasn't paying attention.
"What was that?" Ash mumbled back to Garnick. Garnick sighed and slumped in his chair. Bracken noticed and laughed.
"You should know better than to bother the boy now Garnick. That was a fine battle he put up. You should be grateful, he saved your life." Bracken gave Ash a good thump on the back. Ash sighed and held onto Pikachu.
'What's the matter chosen one?' Mew asked Ash telepathically. Ash looked around to see who had addressed him and mentally scolded himself for not realizing that it was Mew.
'The cat's out of the bag now. The council will be forced to find me and destroy any threats they find and that includes you.' Ash sent back to Mew. Garnick suddenly stood tall in his chair again and rang on his cup for silence.
"I want everyone's attention! Today we have seen a rare treat. The chosen one in actual battle! I think this is the perfect opportunity to announce our plans to go and journey the lands. The time of prophecy has arrived and we are joyously going to visit the lands to announce his presence to the world. Ashura Satoshi Ketchum is the chosen one and he is here!" A large roar came from the grand hall as people yelled in joy. Ash however, was not amused.
'I'm no hero. Why are people treating me like one?' Ash thought to himself. That was the plan but Ash thought it was still too soon to put it into action! Ash was going to have a talk with Garnick. Garnick held up his hands for silence. 'What now?' Ash thought as he saw Garnick grin a smile of pure joy.
"Before we do that however, as we saw tonight, their will always be those who will oppose him. Let the message be spread that as his guide on this journey I am looking for an elite squad to protect the chosen one. If he is to bring pokemon and humans together he must be protected. For the pokemon and us!"
"For pokemon and us!" Echoed the mob. Then the crowd dispersed into the streets. Ash was left with Bracken, Garnick, the Queen and a sleeping Mysterious.
"So when was that discussed in the plan?" Ash asked annoyed. Garnick gave Ash a wink and smiled.
"Just helping the plans along faster. There wouldn't be a crowd like that here even if you called a royal summons of the people. It was the perfect opportunity to get the message out." Bracken came up behind Garnick and ruffled the sorcerer's hair.
"Between me and you, this war will be over in days." Bracken said with a laugh. Ash was about to say something when he stopped. This was a war Ash was going to have to fight.
'The things I do for people.' Ash thought with a grumble as he retired for the night. It had been a long day after all.
A week later
"I can't believe it!" Ash gasped. Out below him were all the candidates to become his elite guard. There was a sea of faces below him that filled up past the gates. "Your not serious!" Ash said in awe. "All these people want to be my guards? There's so many"
"Many will try, not all will succeed." Bracken said with a grin. Ash sighed inwardly. Bracken was to train Ash so he was appointed Ash's personal general by Garnick's advice. Garnick was appointed his wizard and vizier. "Time to encourage them to do their best." Ash nodded and stepped forward. Oddly, Ash wasn't afraid of public speaking.
"Young warriors and veterans, I am Ashura Satoshi Ketchum, the chosen one." A murmur went up from the crowd. "I come before you not as a hero or legend, but as a person who wishes for nothing more than to run away from speaking up here like this."
"What are you doing!?" Demanded Garnick in a whisper. Ash smiled because this wasn't the speech that Garnick had prepared for Ash. A small roar of laughter came from the crowd below.
"I am however, not going to lie to you or promise you anything fancy. My very existence here has threatened the very order of things as you know it." Dead silence entered the courtyard. "This is the time of change and as the person bringing that change I feel it is my responsibility to tell you all that my life will be in danger all the time. The people looking for a challenge that will possibly threaten their very lives can go home right now because I'm not looking for people who would throw their lives away for me. I'm looking for people who are willing to make a change at any price and if it means death so be it. I'm willing to see this change through to the end and I want people who are willing to do the same." The silence that echoed through the crowd was unnerving. Then one voice broke the silence.
"I will join you!"
"I will too!" Then a mighty roar leapt from the mob and Ash felt himself smile. A chant started up from the crowd.
"ASHURA! CHOSEN ONE! ASHURA!" Ash turned back his attention to his friends behind him expecting a scolding from Garnick. Ash met with an astonishing sight; Bracken and Garnick were …weeping!
"Uhh- I guess that answers my question." Ash said with a laugh. Garnick gave Ash a scowl and wiped away his tears.
"Where did you learn to speak like that?!" Bracken demanded. Ash gave a shrug.
"A friend of mine always said that the best spoken words come from the heart. It was spur of the moment." Mouths gaped open and Ash sweatdropped. "You know I could get used to this." Ash said with a little snicker in his voice. Ash was then supposed to ride Rapidash while checking out the recruits but that wasn't for a while yet.
"We have work to do. If you would excuse us Ash???????????" Garnick did something like teleport down to the ground level with Bracken. Ash watched the people disperse and sighed, he envied their freedom of choice. Ash didn't have much choice in matters now. It was either black or white, yes or no. There was no grey or maybe.
'I've had enough of being cooped up in this castle. I want to go and see something other than grey walls.' Ash sent telepathically to Mew.
'I don't see why you can't. No ones going to need you for a while and you deserve a break. We could creep up to the roof.' Ash thought about it for a while and decided that it was a good idea.
'Lets go.' Ash giggled and a few minutes later, Ash found himself up on the roof with his pokemon out of their balls. Minus Rapidash of course, Pikachu and Mew were nuzzling Ash when he heard footsteps.
"Yipe! Everyone return. Dragonite, Charizard, Tauros, Kingler, Bulbasaur, and Mew were sucked back into their balls. Ash barely had enough time to hide behind some of the roof before the person entered.
"See I told you no one comes up here." Said a familiar voice. Ash recognized the voice as belonging to Tracey. Ash waited patiently for the other person to speak.
"You brought me up here for what purpose?" Ash gulped down a squeak. It was the Princess Mysterious.
"I would like to resign my commission as the general here. I want to follow the Chosen One." There was a silence for a moment. "I've arranged for an adequate replacement. My father is coming to take my place within the week."
"It's not that. It's just that-Tracey would you swear a knights vow?" Tracey gasped for a moment. "I know this is a lot to ask of you but would you vow to protect the Chosen One no matter what? That is the only way I will allow this." There was a sigh of relief.
"I thought you wanted something more. I have already made that vow my princess, to your mother." It was Ash's turn to be surprised. There was a clatter coming up the stairs and a thud at the doorway.
"Princess! Have you seen the Chosen One? He's gone!" Ash groaned it was Bracken. "He was supposed to meet us to survey the troops! He didn't show up!" Ash heard someone gasp and then there was another clatter down the stairs. When Ash crept back to the roof balcony, there was no one there.
"I chose you! Charizard!" Ash flung out his orange fire type and snickered. "Hey Charizard, want to scare the natives?" Ash gave a wink to his pokemon. Charizard returned Ash's smile and leaned over so Ash could get on.
"W-W-What's th-th-th-that?!!!!" Squeaked a voice. All the men lined up for inspection looked up to see something flying!
"YAAAAA!" The line backed off from Ash and Charizard when they skimmed over the men. When Ash landed he was very sour.
"Alright! Listen up!" Ash bellowed acting like the leader they needed. When it was clear that no one's attention was on Ash he recalled Charizard. Once Charizard was back in his ball, all eyes were on Ash. Ash let out a high-pitched whistle calling Rapidash and everyone heard the ruckus in the stables.
"Look at that!" All the men stared at the direction the horse pokemon was coming from. When Rapidash stopped in front of Ash, there was a gasp.
"Yes, the pokemon belong to me and you had best get used to them. If you're the lot that's coming with me, then you'll be seeing a lot of them. That is if you pass my generals inspection, which I guarantee won't be easy." There was a moment of silence. "They won't harm you unless you come in direct contact with them. If they're by themselves, leave them be. They will only be out of my presence when doing an errand for me. I expect my pokemon to be respected at all times. IS THAT CLEAR?!"
"Yes sir!" Echoed the men.
"Good! I'll leave you to Bracken then." Ash had spotted the man a few yards down to his right. Bracken shook his head at Ash and walked in front of Rapidash.
"Garnick wants to see you in the tent." Bracken said before turning his attention over to the soldiers. Ash galloped in the direction of the tent as soon as Bracken barked the first orders. Ash got off of Rapidash in front of a great big green tent.
"Garnick? You in here?" Ash paused at the door. There were about thirty people in the tent all nervous and Garnick was talking to them.
"-instructed in the best of both sides of the mysterious arts. You are the chosen few who can become sorcerers for our -Chosen one, I didn't expect you to see you so soon." All eyes were adverted to Ash and he sighed.
"You wanted me for something?" Ash asked puzzled. There were murmurs and nudged ribs when Ash walked into plain view.
"Ah, yes. I was wondering if you would join me for a little experiment." Garnick was ruffling through some cloths when he seemed to find something.
"What kind of experiment?" Ash asked raising an eyebrow. Garnick simply smiled and pulled a course clear stone from the cloth.
"It's not an experiment really. It's more like a test. It occurred to me the other day that you're the only person in this camp that hasn't been tested to see if you have the ability to learn magic." Ash rubbed his head nonchantly.
"Don't I have enough on my plate as is? Bracken is going to be chewing me up and spitting me out with physical training. I don't think I would have the energy to handle magic training too." Ash said in a moan.
"Nonsense! When you travel with sorcerer's you simply create a portal to where you want to go. We'll simply be camping out on someone's doorstep all the time. Now put your hand out." Ash gave Pikachu a worried glance before stretching his hand out. Garnick simply closed his eyes and Ash felt a warm tingling feeling shoot up his arm.
'This feels weird.' Ash thought to himself. Then the tingling accelerated to a sharp pain. When Garnick dropped the stone, Ash had to literally dive to save it.
"Watch it!" Ash yelled as he saved the crystal. No one in the room moved or said anything for a moment. Everyone but Ash and Pikachu realized what just happened.
"Ash?" Garnick whispered after a few moments of uncomfortable silence. Ash got up off the floor and dropped the stone into Garnick's hands.
"I take it that I -" Ash was about to say failed miserably but stopped when he saw Garnick's excitement.
"Oh! You are going to be one busy guy for the next few months." Ash let out a moan and Pikachu did the same. "Very busy indeed."
And so time passes…..
Author note: Me again. Sorry about the long wait, finals! YOU'VE GOT TO HATE THEM! I would like to take this opportunity to tell people out there in cyber land that my next part of this story is going up in a part 2 the Ultimate Trainer. I mean twelve chapters is enough for any story. I'm working on another story that'll knock your socks off! Watch for it.
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or anything related to pokemon. Pokemon and its associated characters are copyrighted by Nintendo/Game Freak. This is a pokemon fanfic created by my mind only.
"I just did. Seize the fraud and the magician!" Ash jumped to his feet as men poured from all sides. As was surrounded within seconds. There were so many all the guards were overwhelmed and so were the noblemen. This was not in the plan.
"I didn't think that there would be this many." Bracken growled. Ash felt Garnick being taken from the group. Ash watched as Garnick was taken to James.
"You thought you could just retire without the council's permission? Very stupid Krofost." Garnick spat in James's eye.
"I'm not Krofost anymore! I'm Garnick!" James's hand went to his sword as a pokeball was thrown. Materialized before James was a figment of many nightmares before him, a demon of unimaginable horror. A yellow streak was seen bolting across the room as the other set of doors flew open to reveal a steed of red. The room was dead silent in shock on both sides of the battlers. Then a voice was heard.
"Charizard! Rapidash! Flamethrower now!" A mighty roar was heard as people fled in fear of the terror. Fire and electricity were thrown in the direction of the cowering people who had rudely interrupted the feast.
"I've never had this much fun in a long time." Charizard laughed as he picked up a soldier and threw him at others. Charizard swung his tail to catch a large group of soldiers from behind.
"Don't let it go to you head." Growled Pikachu. "Our goal is to protect Ash." Charizard grunted an I know and went back to work. Ash surprised everyone on both sides. They had never seen Ash in a real battle before now and saw him at his highest point.
"Pikachu! To your left! Thundershock! Charizard! There's a group to your right! Watch for the guy in blue, he had a double sword! Rapidash! Go after the General!"
"Ash behind!" Ash turned to see a large man with a battle-axe headed straight for him. Ash didn't have time to think, he just reacted. The man didn't have time to even spit before Ash hit him the first time. Ash didn't have to hit him a second time. Ash's fist came up and connected with the jaw and he was lifted three feet in the air in the opposite direction. Ash stood there for a second in mute shock.
"Now that is impressive!" Said a voice. Ash turn to see Bracken smiling with a guy in one hand and a fist thumping him. "I underestimated you kid!" Ash remembered what Darrel said. Then Ash realized something; everyone always did underestimate him. Then there was silence in the grand hall.
"Where's mah daughter?!" Queen Jessica asked in the silence. Ash almost totally forgot about her! Ash pulled up the table cover to reveal a sleeping beauty and her Marril. "Thank heavens!" Ash returned Charizard into the pokeball and sighed. A scuffle of feet was heard next as Garnick arrived with Ash's Rapidash and a prisoner.
"Looks like I missed all the fun!" Garnick was proudly sporting a nice prisoner of General James and he wasn't too happy neither.
"You'll pay for this humiliation!" James spat at Ash. Garnick gave him a good swift kick in the ribs to shut him up. Ash winced at the violent scuffling and manhandling of James as they took him away to the dungeons. Then, there was a real celebration in Ash's honour. Ash didn't feel like celebrating.
"Now what was that trick you did to call upon that magnificent beast? It happened too close to me to catch it." Garnick asked. Ash wasn't paying attention.
"What was that?" Ash mumbled back to Garnick. Garnick sighed and slumped in his chair. Bracken noticed and laughed.
"You should know better than to bother the boy now Garnick. That was a fine battle he put up. You should be grateful, he saved your life." Bracken gave Ash a good thump on the back. Ash sighed and held onto Pikachu.
'What's the matter chosen one?' Mew asked Ash telepathically. Ash looked around to see who had addressed him and mentally scolded himself for not realizing that it was Mew.
'The cat's out of the bag now. The council will be forced to find me and destroy any threats they find and that includes you.' Ash sent back to Mew. Garnick suddenly stood tall in his chair again and rang on his cup for silence.
"I want everyone's attention! Today we have seen a rare treat. The chosen one in actual battle! I think this is the perfect opportunity to announce our plans to go and journey the lands. The time of prophecy has arrived and we are joyously going to visit the lands to announce his presence to the world. Ashura Satoshi Ketchum is the chosen one and he is here!" A large roar came from the grand hall as people yelled in joy. Ash however, was not amused.
'I'm no hero. Why are people treating me like one?' Ash thought to himself. That was the plan but Ash thought it was still too soon to put it into action! Ash was going to have a talk with Garnick. Garnick held up his hands for silence. 'What now?' Ash thought as he saw Garnick grin a smile of pure joy.
"Before we do that however, as we saw tonight, their will always be those who will oppose him. Let the message be spread that as his guide on this journey I am looking for an elite squad to protect the chosen one. If he is to bring pokemon and humans together he must be protected. For the pokemon and us!"
"For pokemon and us!" Echoed the mob. Then the crowd dispersed into the streets. Ash was left with Bracken, Garnick, the Queen and a sleeping Mysterious.
"So when was that discussed in the plan?" Ash asked annoyed. Garnick gave Ash a wink and smiled.
"Just helping the plans along faster. There wouldn't be a crowd like that here even if you called a royal summons of the people. It was the perfect opportunity to get the message out." Bracken came up behind Garnick and ruffled the sorcerer's hair.
"Between me and you, this war will be over in days." Bracken said with a laugh. Ash was about to say something when he stopped. This was a war Ash was going to have to fight.
'The things I do for people.' Ash thought with a grumble as he retired for the night. It had been a long day after all.
A week later
"I can't believe it!" Ash gasped. Out below him were all the candidates to become his elite guard. There was a sea of faces below him that filled up past the gates. "Your not serious!" Ash said in awe. "All these people want to be my guards? There's so many"
"Many will try, not all will succeed." Bracken said with a grin. Ash sighed inwardly. Bracken was to train Ash so he was appointed Ash's personal general by Garnick's advice. Garnick was appointed his wizard and vizier. "Time to encourage them to do their best." Ash nodded and stepped forward. Oddly, Ash wasn't afraid of public speaking.
"Young warriors and veterans, I am Ashura Satoshi Ketchum, the chosen one." A murmur went up from the crowd. "I come before you not as a hero or legend, but as a person who wishes for nothing more than to run away from speaking up here like this."
"What are you doing!?" Demanded Garnick in a whisper. Ash smiled because this wasn't the speech that Garnick had prepared for Ash. A small roar of laughter came from the crowd below.
"I am however, not going to lie to you or promise you anything fancy. My very existence here has threatened the very order of things as you know it." Dead silence entered the courtyard. "This is the time of change and as the person bringing that change I feel it is my responsibility to tell you all that my life will be in danger all the time. The people looking for a challenge that will possibly threaten their very lives can go home right now because I'm not looking for people who would throw their lives away for me. I'm looking for people who are willing to make a change at any price and if it means death so be it. I'm willing to see this change through to the end and I want people who are willing to do the same." The silence that echoed through the crowd was unnerving. Then one voice broke the silence.
"I will join you!"
"I will too!" Then a mighty roar leapt from the mob and Ash felt himself smile. A chant started up from the crowd.
"ASHURA! CHOSEN ONE! ASHURA!" Ash turned back his attention to his friends behind him expecting a scolding from Garnick. Ash met with an astonishing sight; Bracken and Garnick were …weeping!
"Uhh- I guess that answers my question." Ash said with a laugh. Garnick gave Ash a scowl and wiped away his tears.
"Where did you learn to speak like that?!" Bracken demanded. Ash gave a shrug.
"A friend of mine always said that the best spoken words come from the heart. It was spur of the moment." Mouths gaped open and Ash sweatdropped. "You know I could get used to this." Ash said with a little snicker in his voice. Ash was then supposed to ride Rapidash while checking out the recruits but that wasn't for a while yet.
"We have work to do. If you would excuse us Ash???????????" Garnick did something like teleport down to the ground level with Bracken. Ash watched the people disperse and sighed, he envied their freedom of choice. Ash didn't have much choice in matters now. It was either black or white, yes or no. There was no grey or maybe.
'I've had enough of being cooped up in this castle. I want to go and see something other than grey walls.' Ash sent telepathically to Mew.
'I don't see why you can't. No ones going to need you for a while and you deserve a break. We could creep up to the roof.' Ash thought about it for a while and decided that it was a good idea.
'Lets go.' Ash giggled and a few minutes later, Ash found himself up on the roof with his pokemon out of their balls. Minus Rapidash of course, Pikachu and Mew were nuzzling Ash when he heard footsteps.
"Yipe! Everyone return. Dragonite, Charizard, Tauros, Kingler, Bulbasaur, and Mew were sucked back into their balls. Ash barely had enough time to hide behind some of the roof before the person entered.
"See I told you no one comes up here." Said a familiar voice. Ash recognized the voice as belonging to Tracey. Ash waited patiently for the other person to speak.
"You brought me up here for what purpose?" Ash gulped down a squeak. It was the Princess Mysterious.
"I would like to resign my commission as the general here. I want to follow the Chosen One." There was a silence for a moment. "I've arranged for an adequate replacement. My father is coming to take my place within the week."
"It's not that. It's just that-Tracey would you swear a knights vow?" Tracey gasped for a moment. "I know this is a lot to ask of you but would you vow to protect the Chosen One no matter what? That is the only way I will allow this." There was a sigh of relief.
"I thought you wanted something more. I have already made that vow my princess, to your mother." It was Ash's turn to be surprised. There was a clatter coming up the stairs and a thud at the doorway.
"Princess! Have you seen the Chosen One? He's gone!" Ash groaned it was Bracken. "He was supposed to meet us to survey the troops! He didn't show up!" Ash heard someone gasp and then there was another clatter down the stairs. When Ash crept back to the roof balcony, there was no one there.
"I chose you! Charizard!" Ash flung out his orange fire type and snickered. "Hey Charizard, want to scare the natives?" Ash gave a wink to his pokemon. Charizard returned Ash's smile and leaned over so Ash could get on.
"W-W-What's th-th-th-that?!!!!" Squeaked a voice. All the men lined up for inspection looked up to see something flying!
"YAAAAA!" The line backed off from Ash and Charizard when they skimmed over the men. When Ash landed he was very sour.
"Alright! Listen up!" Ash bellowed acting like the leader they needed. When it was clear that no one's attention was on Ash he recalled Charizard. Once Charizard was back in his ball, all eyes were on Ash. Ash let out a high-pitched whistle calling Rapidash and everyone heard the ruckus in the stables.
"Look at that!" All the men stared at the direction the horse pokemon was coming from. When Rapidash stopped in front of Ash, there was a gasp.
"Yes, the pokemon belong to me and you had best get used to them. If you're the lot that's coming with me, then you'll be seeing a lot of them. That is if you pass my generals inspection, which I guarantee won't be easy." There was a moment of silence. "They won't harm you unless you come in direct contact with them. If they're by themselves, leave them be. They will only be out of my presence when doing an errand for me. I expect my pokemon to be respected at all times. IS THAT CLEAR?!"
"Yes sir!" Echoed the men.
"Good! I'll leave you to Bracken then." Ash had spotted the man a few yards down to his right. Bracken shook his head at Ash and walked in front of Rapidash.
"Garnick wants to see you in the tent." Bracken said before turning his attention over to the soldiers. Ash galloped in the direction of the tent as soon as Bracken barked the first orders. Ash got off of Rapidash in front of a great big green tent.
"Garnick? You in here?" Ash paused at the door. There were about thirty people in the tent all nervous and Garnick was talking to them.
"-instructed in the best of both sides of the mysterious arts. You are the chosen few who can become sorcerers for our -Chosen one, I didn't expect you to see you so soon." All eyes were adverted to Ash and he sighed.
"You wanted me for something?" Ash asked puzzled. There were murmurs and nudged ribs when Ash walked into plain view.
"Ah, yes. I was wondering if you would join me for a little experiment." Garnick was ruffling through some cloths when he seemed to find something.
"What kind of experiment?" Ash asked raising an eyebrow. Garnick simply smiled and pulled a course clear stone from the cloth.
"It's not an experiment really. It's more like a test. It occurred to me the other day that you're the only person in this camp that hasn't been tested to see if you have the ability to learn magic." Ash rubbed his head nonchantly.
"Don't I have enough on my plate as is? Bracken is going to be chewing me up and spitting me out with physical training. I don't think I would have the energy to handle magic training too." Ash said in a moan.
"Nonsense! When you travel with sorcerer's you simply create a portal to where you want to go. We'll simply be camping out on someone's doorstep all the time. Now put your hand out." Ash gave Pikachu a worried glance before stretching his hand out. Garnick simply closed his eyes and Ash felt a warm tingling feeling shoot up his arm.
'This feels weird.' Ash thought to himself. Then the tingling accelerated to a sharp pain. When Garnick dropped the stone, Ash had to literally dive to save it.
"Watch it!" Ash yelled as he saved the crystal. No one in the room moved or said anything for a moment. Everyone but Ash and Pikachu realized what just happened.
"Ash?" Garnick whispered after a few moments of uncomfortable silence. Ash got up off the floor and dropped the stone into Garnick's hands.
"I take it that I -" Ash was about to say failed miserably but stopped when he saw Garnick's excitement.
"Oh! You are going to be one busy guy for the next few months." Ash let out a moan and Pikachu did the same. "Very busy indeed."
And so time passes…..
Author note: Me again. Sorry about the long wait, finals! YOU'VE GOT TO HATE THEM! I would like to take this opportunity to tell people out there in cyber land that my next part of this story is going up in a part 2 the Ultimate Trainer. I mean twelve chapters is enough for any story. I'm working on another story that'll knock your socks off! Watch for it.
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or anything related to pokemon. Pokemon and its associated characters are copyrighted by Nintendo/Game Freak. This is a pokemon fanfic created by my mind only.