Hey everyone,
This is a challenge that I took from DZ2's Forum and I really recommend all of you to go and check him out. Not only does his Den of Delights come true to its name, he also has some other killer stories and he pretty much – as the summary says – inspired me to actually make this collection of challenges.
Okay, enjoy

Venquine1990

Together forever

Ash's POV

It seems so long ago since Misty fished Pikachu and me out of the water. So long ago since she guilted me into allowing her to follow me on my journey to become a Pokémon Master. So long ago since Brock's father helped me beat his gym and took over the gym and family from him so he, too, could come along on my journey.
Since then so many amazing things have happened I sometimes just have to sit down and take some time to remember everything that has happened. Naturally that takes a long time as it has been six years since I met the two and we have visited five different regions, all of them with new friends, enemies and – of course – Pokémon.
Yes, it's because of our dreams – our dreams to be the best in our favorite Pokémon careers – that we are still together to this day and while there had been times where either our dreams, our anger at each other or our travel directions made us almost go our separate ways had we – in the end – always agreed with each other and stuck together.

Now, after going through Kanto, Jotho, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova region, have my friends and I now set our eyes on Kalos and while we have made an amazing amount of friends in all of the previous regions – and a few rivals both in Pokemon Battling and Talent Competitions – are we still looking forward to this new region.
The new region of which we were allowed to view just a tip of the iceberg thanks to a traveling news reporter named Alexa, who has an amazing Goat Pokemon named Gogoat, an even more incredible Dragon Pokémon named Noivern and finally a shy, but highly intelligent and amazing Helioptile, which is like a Frilled Lizard.
This was thanks to the fact that Alexa took the same set of boat lines home to Kanto as we did and while we had been traveling alongside Misty's sort of rival, Iris who wishes to be the World's Best Dragon Tamer whereas Misty loves Water Pokémon, and Brock's latest rival, Cylan, who had dreams of being a Connoisseur.
The journeys had been amazing, exciting and to say the very least, interesting and Misty's amazing love for the sea had often battled with Iris' love for the sky and because Brock couldn't always appreciate the way Cylan would evaluate the way he cared for and nurtured the Pokémon that were part of our teams.

I had been luckily enough exempt from troubles like this as my rival of Unova had stayed in Unova, having made me promise to keep in touch and having made the promise back to me that he would one day seek me out to have a new battle, once he had his battle style and the way he cared for his Pokémon had seen further perfection.
I had not really believed that Trip needed any perfection-attempts in his care for his Pokémon as the power behind them expressed how well he cared for them, yet the boy had proven that – like myself and so many others – he was adamant in his ways and had snickered softly and only once before he had left us at the boat.

I am now back in Pallet and while being back home feels great, does it feel even better to think about all of our past endeavors and all of the amazing things that lie in store for us in the future. I am currently lying on my back on a hill located at the backyard of Professor's Oak's laboratory, shaded by an amazing tree.
My hands are behind my back and my eyes are aimed for the small bits of blue sky I can see shining through the rustlings leafs and branches of the tree above me, a curled up Pikachu sleeping softly against my side and some of my other Pokémon, such as Bayleef, Bulbasaur, Charizard and Donphan moving around close to me.
Bayleef is simply grazing from the fresh grass just to my bottom left, while Charizard is happily flying circles around the tree above me, sometimes cutting off the sunlight as he passes us. Donphan is actually taking some smaller Pokémon on his form as he uses Rollout off the cliff and Bulbasaur is making sure no harm befalls any of them.

A happy smile is on my face as I take a deep breath in and out, just content with the prospect that lie ahead and then suddenly my vision is blocked by a tanned face on my left and a red-haired face on my right, Misty and Brock somehow having snuck up on me and both being dressed in such a way it's obvious that we're leaving.
At this, while their sudden appearance shocks me, makes me react instantly and while I had let out a soft yelp of shock as I had pushed my upper body up, do I glance at them only shortly before I nudge Pikachu awake and say: "Pikachu, it's time to go, buddy." And the little mouse stretched and yawns before jumping onto my shoulder.

Arriving in Kalos

The plane trip to Kalos had at all not taken as long as I had expected and while it had been hard to say goodbye to mum and Professor Oak – and while Quilava had, for some strange reason, refused to be left behind – had it taken us only a few hours to get on board of the plane and actually reach the amazing new region.
Quilava is now currently residing in his Pokéball and while I won't deny that his behavior has been highly strange for the last year of so, do I feel too amazed and too overwhelmed with everything I see around me as Misty, Brock, Alexa and I all carefully depart from the plane and onto the actual runway, along with our fellow passengers.
Alexa then informs us how she will go and call her sister who is actually a Gym Leader of Kalos and while I feel highly excited to start my newest journey through this region's League, does something amazing suddenly catch my attention as, after Alexa has left, a shadow befalls my two friends and me, making us turn around.

Looking at the plane, do I see an amazing Pokémon, one that looks strangely familiar and yet not, stand on top of the plane, the creature's red eyes showing a strong, but hidden wisdom as it looks at us and before I can get a good look at the rest of its features does it crouch down and jump up, vanishing from sight completely.
My friends and I gasp in shock and while Brock and Misty look around, trying to find the mysterious Pokémon, do I turn to Pikachu and say: "Get Helioptile, maybe Alexa knows what Pokémon that was." And my little friend runs off, while the only thought on my mind is: "What Pokémon has such wise red eyes?"

Twenty Minutes Later

Alexa hasn't really been any help to us and while she was able to tell us that there was actually a Pokémon gym in Lumiose City and tell us where to find it, were the details that my friends and I had on the mysterious Pokémon not enough for Alexa to tell us what Pokémon it actually was that we had seen on top of the aircraft.
Still my friends and I had definitely been amazed and excited over seeing all of the new and old Pokémon that we had encountered on our way to the actual gym location itself. We had been amazed at seeing some kind of poodle and some kind of white cat walking on two legs, yet it had been great to see familiar Pokémon as well.
The Ampharos we had encountered had actually waved at us, the small Hoppip Brock had seen had almost dropped the bag it was holding and the Medicham had only gazed at us with a single eye before going back into meditation, yet we had happily talked with each other about how there were Pokémon that we did recognize here.
Then, after seeing the Medicham, had we passed one last block and gotten our first sight of the Prism Tower where the Lumiose City Gym is located. Excitement had filled my every fiber and while my friends had told me to wait up, had Pikachu and I rushed straight for and through the front entrance of the new gym.

We had entered some amazing hallway with ton of electronic devices and generators, Brock commenting on how this had to be either an Electric or Steel type of Gym, yet our road had been blocked by a sealed door and a metallic voice asking me how many badges I had, my answer of none being the wrong answer apparently.
The machine at the top of the door had actually sounded angry and surprised and had told me I needed at least four gym badges in order to challenge the Lumiose City Gym. What had happened after that had not been pleasant as my friends and I had actually received an electrical shock before we had been rudely shown the door.
Shown the door as in the floor under us had disappeared and we had all fallen down a pipe, out of the actual Gym Symbol that was located above the Prism Tower's front door. Brock had been the first to react, calling out his Chansey by throwing its Pokéball at the ground, the kind but amazingly strong Pokémon caught us all.

By now Misty is pretty pissed at how rude we had been treated and Brock has given the handy suggestion that we go and find the Kalos Region Pokémon Professor, which he had heard lives here in Lumiose City. Misty is stomping on ahead of us to lose some of her anger and the both of us are sharing wary looks.
We pass a small clearing that has a Pokémon battle field build into the flooring when suddenly I feel one of my Pokéballs twisting and turning before – to the shock of me and my friends – my Quilava jumps out, appearing beside us, looking around dazed before it suddenly takes off to the battle field in the clearing.
At this even Misty turns around as she had heard my gasp of shock and the sound of a Pokéball opening itself and while Brock and I share a single confused look, do all three of us run after the fire Pokémon, who has apparently encountered another set of three teenagers that are standing in the middle of the battlefield.

Wondering who these people are as I have never seen the messy-haired black kid, the lanky red-head or the wise-eyed bushy-haired brunette before, do I run over and ask: "Quilava, what are you doing?" Only for the redhead to ask: "Qui – what did you call that?" Making me look at the ginger in shock as Brock asks:
"Have you never seen a Quilava before?" And all three teenagers, that I suddenly notice seem older than my friends and me, shake their heads before Misty asks: "Then how does it know you and why did it escape from its Pokéball?" But the same looks of unknowing cross over the faces of the three kids before us.
The bushy haired girl, that has been ignoring how Quilava is happily standing on its rear legs and patting her leg with its front's then looks at Quilava again and the two seem to lock eyes for just a second, the brown eyes of the girl widening before she suddenly asks: "Wait, Emmeline?" Confusing me to no end.

And there I end it!
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? I personally call it quiet perfection and one of my best works yet. I wanted to keep to the rules of the Challenge – that Ash, Misty and Brock are the main characters – but I had to think of a way to throw the Golden Trio into it and this just sounded too BLOODY good to not give it a try.
Okay, for those wondering, YES, Emmeline Vance became Quilava when she was murdered. YES, other people that died between GoF and the start of DH are indeed turned into Pokémon, including Hedwig and Moody. And finally, YES, the Golden Trio is on the Horcrux Hunt in Kalos, that Voldemort found by accident.
How did he find it by Accident? Through the room he believed he had been the only one to find and I don't mean the one left to him by his Ancestor. I just changed the ending of his so-called interview a little and used it to bring some interesting life into this story – and give our HP friends a reason to come to Kalos.
Okay, rule time:

DZ2's 'Together Forever' Challenge

Plot:Instead of meeting May/Max/Dawn/Cilan/Serena/Bonnie/Clemont/Iris, the original heroes (Ash, Misty and Brock) stick together through the Hoenn/Sinnoh/Unova/Kalos adventures.

Rules:The story - which can start at the beginning of ANY region's adventure - doesn't necessarily follow canon events of the respective anime saga

Ash is actually older than 10 years old - seriously, why did the anime NEVER show him aging after all those adventures?

Misty has dreams of becoming a top-ranked Co-Ordinator instead of a Gym Leader

Brock still wants to become the world's best Breeder or Connoisseur

Depending on the region, the 'other' heroes become rivals to our heroes e.g. Dawn and Misty compete against one another in the Grand Festival/Cilan and Brock have constant 'Evaluation Time' battles to decide who's the better connoisseur

Team Rocket DO follow them, but don't continously try to capture Pikachu (think on Jessie's attitude in the first ep of the Hoenn saga)

The teams of the respective region still appear in the story

Ash, Misty and Brock capture and train many different Pokemon from the regions that are NOT part of their canon-anime party

Guidelines:Pokeshipping (Ash/Misty)

Brief moments of the story have the 'other' heroes as TEMPORARY companions

Crossovers (as long as said XOver characters meet the trio in whatever region the story starts in and NOT from the beginning in Kanto)

Pikachu finally evolves

Movie events happen in the story with our heroes

Team Rocket - Jessie, James and Meowth - and our heroes become allies/friends

Forbidden:The 'other' heroes of the sagas becoming permanent companions

Misty and Brock leaving the party for any reasons

The story being a tell-tale walkthrough of the anime - go off canon every now and again or change it completely.

Other than that, it's up to you...

ALSO: As the first rule states, it doesn't matter which region's saga you start with: the challenge is simply designed to explore what many call the greatest and original Trio of Pokemon characters staying together as well as having other points explored such as Ash's age, the other two characters' dreams and, most of all, the brilliant chemistry between them.

Now finally do I want to give out one last warning to all you loyal readers – and some good news to DZ2 him/herself. Whether you decide to take this challenge or not, I will be trying my own hand at it once I feel ready for it. So don't be surprised if you suddenly see the story on my account gaining chapters as well.
Okay, enjoy,

Venquine1990