The Forgotten

Last time, on the forgotten: Two mysterious figures suddenly appear in front of Ash. "We're here to help you control your powers."

Chapter 2: The TMs.

Ash was scared to death. First, the TMs were making him sick for an hour; next, he's in a time warp of some kind. "What if I were to say I didn't need your help, that I could control them myself?" he asked, shivering. The older of the two figures laughed. "If you were to say that, you would be lying, and you would have one heck of a time trying." He answered, chuckling like Ash made a joke. "Fine, I'll take some help, but first I have some questions." He said, stepping forward. The shorter was the one to answer his statement. "Ask away, we've got all the time in the world. Literally." He said, joy on his voice. "Well, why were those girls chasing me at the park?" he asked. "Well, that might be because you came in contact with the attract TM. Same with your setting fire to Pikachu, and being able to read any pokemon's mind, all the work of TMs." The older answered. "Any more questions?" he asked. "Why did mom keep this a secret from me?" he asked, while growing the arm of Pikachu again. "Like I said, most the humans forgot the legends, or haven't ever heard them. She never knew about your heritage, as this power decided to skip thirty-three generations." The shorter said. "You get one more question. Choose wisely." The older said, a smirk on his face. "Alright, what are your names?" Ash said, smirking back. "I'm Luke, he's John." The shorter said. "Now, let's start training." John said, snapping his fingers.
"So far, you've only got the transformation of Pikachu. Nice choice of pokemon. But, since you're the only Pokeman with only one transformation before he was found to be a Pokeman, we will help you choose your next several pokemon." Luke said, walking to the now-empty park. "Well, I have an idea for two more pokemon transformations." Ash said, walking behind him. "Alakazam and Gengar. Some personal favorites." He continued, staring at a tree, which he just reduced to nothing but a victim of electricity overcharge. John, who was behind him, decided to tell Ash how good he made in choices, as only the most determined take those two. For the next twelve minutes, Ash was working on his transforming while launching thunder attacks. So far, he excelled in that, always hitting his mark. "So much for lightning never striking in the same place twice." Luke had said, as Ash hit the same tree several times. "Now, Ash, we will have you try to turn into Gengar. Give it a shot." John said, scooping away the remains of the tree, which was now nothing but a pile of ash. Ash closed his eyes and concentrated on Gengar. When he opened his eyes, he saw a pale faced Luke staring right at him. "Gengar on your first try. Good job." He stuttered, not being able to move. John came up behind Luke, picked him up, and set him aside. "Congratulations. Now, try using your Shadow Ball attack." He said, pointing at a different tree. 'Poor trees are going to be gone by the end of the day.' Ash thought, launching a huge ball of black energy at the tree. As it made contact, it blew up, making a crater in the ground. "I think I already have that attack down." Ash said, turning to John. John was also pale faced, though, as he pointed behind Ash. Ash turned, only to see another Gengar coming at him at top speed. "AAAHHH!" Ash screamed, as he was tackled into a hug. *Hey cutie! What's your name? * It asked, hugging him tighter. 'Stupid attract!' Ash thought, telling her his name. "Hey, listen, um, I'm not really a pokemon." He said, struggling to get free from her grasp. *You look like one. * She said. *So, are you really a Ditto or something? * She asked, letting go of him. "Actually, I'm not." He said, turning back into a human. *And how do I know that's not an illusion? * She asked, though still hovering backwards a little. "Do I smell like a Gengar?" he asked, stepping forward. *No, I suppose not. Well, bye then. * She said, disappearing into nowhere. "Close one, Ash." John said, snapping out of the trance he was in. "Yeah, do you think you could teach me how to control attract? It's causing problems for me." He said, still looking for where the Gengar went. "Probably the smarter thing to do." Luke said, also snapping out of his trance.
After three hours of trying, he could finally stop the attack. 'Great, this will help my personal life, like when Misty says I can't ever get a date in a million years.' He thought, smiling. "Anyways, we'll continue tomorrow. Until then." John said, as him and Luke disappeared, and Ash reappeared on his staircase. He looked at the clock. "I wasn't even gone for three seconds." He whispered, looking around. He turned around and went upstairs, where Mimie was trying to read Pikachu's mind so he could win at poker. "How's everything going, Mimie?" he asked, sitting down by him. *I'm losing badly! Now I owe that rat three hundred dollars! * He yelled. *And I don't take I.O.U.s. * Pikachu added. "Let me help you, Mimie." Ash said. *You can't read my mind better then he can! * Pikachu said, laughing. 'Doubt that, Pikachu.' Ash thought to himself.
After ten minutes, Mimie didn't owe Pikachu anything, and Pikachu owed Mimie one hundred-fifty dollars. "Half that money goes to me." Ash said, when Pikachu handed over the money. Grumbling, Mimie handed him his share. "And Ketchum scores seventy-five bucks." A voice said from the door. "Hey, Gary." Ash said, not looking up, then scolding Mimie for only giving him seventy-three dollars. "Since when do you help pokemon win back your own money?" Gary asked, walking in the room. "Pikachu! You're using my money as gambling money!" Ash yelled, grabbing the rest of the money from Mimie. *Hey! That's my money! * Mimie yelled. "Ash, you'd take money from a wild Ursaring in mating season." Gary leered. "Yeah! Free money and a pokemon!" Ash laughed. Gary chuckled. "So, when are we going to battle, you said you would, but you ditched." Gary said, snatching twenty dollars from Ash, then being tackled by Ash. They both received minor shocks for rolling onto Pikachu. After catching his breath and recovering from small paralysis in the leg with a paralyze cure berry, Ash led Gary to the battlefield he made himself two years ago.
After they walked to different ends of the field, Ash called Gary. "Are you ready to get your butt kicked?" he called, smiling. Gary laughed. "We'll see who kicks whose butt!" He yelled, laughing. 'Yeah Gary, we'll see.' Ash thought, snickering to himself. Gary had already called out his Pidgeot. "Pidgeot, take on Gary's Pidgeot!" Ash yelled, throwing a pokeball to reveal his own Pidgeot, who was twice the size of Gary's. *I'll do ya proud, Ash. * Pidgeot yelled. 'Great, I'll give you the attacks through our heads, alright?' Ash asked, directing hi thoughts to his pokemon. 'Fine by me.' Pidgeot called, posing for battle. "Fly into the sky!" Gary yelled, startled by the site of the other, larger Pidgeot. 'Follow it with quick attack, then use wing attack behind it.' Ash thought, knowing Pidgeot heard him. Suddenly, Ash picked up a new voice of a pokemon. *Stupid Gary. He should really treat us with more respect. I'm so tired of doing as he says. * He heard the smaller Pidgeot think. 'Then why listen to him? You guys should stand up to him. Tell him what you think.' Ash thought to it. *Who said that? * It yelled, bewildered at the thought that the larger Pidgeot was not only over-sized, but also psychic. 'Pidgeot, stop the attack! I'm talking to it for a minute. Just evade it's attacks.' He called to Pidgeot. 'I'm Ash. So, you mind telling me what you and the others want Gary to treat you like? I can tell him for you. If I win, he'll do it.' Ash said to it. *Well, we want him to treat us like you treat your pokemon. * it said, Flying around in circles, trying to catch the ever faster Pidgeot. 'Great, pretend Pidgeot knocked you out, all right? I'll spread the plan to the other pokemon.' He said. They then put the plan into action, and the battle was over soon. As Ash hoped, Gary came up to him, and congratulated him, until Ash heard what he needed to hear. "Ash, how can I make my pokemon better? How can I make us as good as you?" Gary asked, following Ash into the kitchen for some food and drinks, and to heal the pokemon. "Well, you can do what I did. Treat your pokemon better than family. Treat them like friends. Congratulate them after even the simplest of wins. And don't be hard on them when they lose. My pokemon are like my family. I trust them with my life. In other words, take the advice I gave you all those years ago, and happiness will come to you and your pokemon." He said, looking at Gary. Gary just had a blank look on his face. Ash sighed. "Watch the old pokemon league videos. Treat your pokemon and yourself like I did. But, don't be as childish as I was." He said plainly, erasing Gary's blank look with understanding.
*Wake up! * Pikachu yelled, releasing a thundershock on Ash, who built his immunity to electricity back up. "I'm up." Ash mumbled, then got another shock from Pikachu. "What was the last one for?" Ash yelled. *Who are you, and what did you do with Ash, you Alakazam? * Pikachu yelled. "What are you talking about, Pikachu? It's me!" Ash yelled, waving the spoons he was holding around in the air. "Spoons? Oh, I must have been thinking about an Alakazam while I was sleeping." Ash said, transforming back into Ash. *What in the name of Lugia is going on? * Pikachu asked, almost unconscious from seeing an Alakazam turn into Ash. "Watch your language. Remember when I turned into you? Well, now I can turn into an Alakazam, Gengar, and Pikachu." Ash said, suddenly glad Gary hadn't taken Ash's invitation to spend the night.