I should've closed the poll when I was supposed to; I just now realized that Scyther was number one. lol. This story will partially follow the anime; I will leave out any scenes which I find unnecessary to the plot. lol. Also, Ash will meet the mysterious female companion.
Ash looked down at his Pokeball and felt kinda bad for paralyzing Riolu; he just wanted to catch a new Pokemon!
"Viridian City is still a good distance away, and I wonder if we can make it before sundown," said Ash as he looked down at Dratini who gave him a smile. "Well, better get moving." He clipped the Pokeball on his belt and held out his arm which Dratini climbed up. He was pretty used to the serpent-like dragon lying across his shoulders, and he liked the cool slime skin she had.
They left the comfort of the shade of the tree and began walking north bound to Viridian city. The distance between Viridian City and Pallet Town was about 25 miles, and towns of grassland and scattered forest as well as some low mountains isolated the two locations from one another. Ash wished he had a bicycle, but truth be told, he never learned how to ride one. It was quite a shame that at ten years old that he could not ride one. His father was dead and couldn't share that father/son bond of learning how and his mom did not know how to ride one either.
As the time passed, the temperature began to increase, and Ash was finding it increasingly difficult to keep moving since he was already pouring with sweat. Unfortunately, there weren't any clouds, so he had to endure the brutal heat of the late summer.
So he kept advancing. Ash saw a few dark clouds pass enter the sky from the east and he saw them approaching fast. "Maybe it's supposed to rain again?" theorized Ash as he directed his attention to the path ahead of him. He walked for about another hour and finally saw something: a stream. Ash was pleased at the small body of water and saw that it got wider as it transformed into a lake.
"Wanna go swimming?" gestured Ash as he looked at the little dragon. She shook her head yes and dove into the water with one of the smallest splash, causing a small ripple that gently disturbed the flat, calm surface of the lake. He took off his clothes until he was in his boxers and jumped in, being careful to keep an eye on his belongings and the ball that had Riolu. He loved the way the water felt against his body and Dratini was swimming around real fast, occasionally jumping out of the water and doing flips.
Ash saw some water Pokemon underneath him and smiled at them. He wanted to catch a water Pokemon because they had an edge where Dragons did not: ice. Dratini kept swimming around and as splashed Ash by slapping her tail against the surface of the water. He smirked and splashed her playfully and they both giggled. However, this stopped as something sharp abruptly hit Ash's foot, sending a sharp pain.
"Dratini, did you hit me with your ears?" asked Ash. Her ears were scaly like a fish's fin, so it could've been possible for her ear to scratch him by mistake. Ash looked down into the water and saw that his foot was bleeding slightly!
"No, Ash, I did not," she said as she shook her head slightly. She looked down into the water and saw that it was turning slightly red. "Are you ok, Ash?!"
"I don't know; I'd better check it out at the shore," he said as he started to swim towards the shore. He had about 10 meters to swim until he reached the shore then he heard a furious roar. It was getting closer and closer to him and he saw what it was a huge snake-like Pokemon that had a blue body and large fangs. Ash guessed it was about 20 feet long, at least, and he was cowering in fear. He saw that on the top of its body near its head it had some sharp looking fins; Ash noticed one of them had a bit of red on it from where he got cut.
"What is that thing?!" shouted Ash in a panic as he was paralyzed with fear.
"That's...a Gyarados..." said Dratini, who was shaking in panic. "There was one at the Safari Zone who evolved from a very friendly Magikarp...still, he was friendly, but the sheer size could cause anyone to panic," she said very hastily and started whimpering.
Ash looked down at his foot and noticed that his foot was bleeding profusely. He gasped and started to swim but he could not keep himself moving as he felt his body being drained of energy. The cut on his foot must have been worse than he thought and he was slowly losing his consciousness.
"Ash, please try to hang in there!" urged Dratini faintly to his mind as she swam up to him. Her voice seemed to reverberate throughout his mind and it was getting increasingly difficult to make out what she was saying. "Here, grab my body; I'll help you swim to safety!" He put an arm around her tender body and she began to swim as fast as she could but the Gyarados was approaching swiftly, letting out a furious roar to let them know its atrocious strength. Ash felt his vision black out, and noticed that they were about 2 meters from the shore, but he felt he wasn't going to make it. He had to make sure the Pokemon were safe, especially Riolu; it would be terrible if something were to happen to Ash and the Riolu who was still paralyzed.
Though Ash's vision was failing him, he saw on the shore a female throw out a Pokeball and a flash of light appeared, sending out a Pokemon he had never seen before.
"Please...help me..." Ash said weakly.
"Don't worry, kid, I'll help save you!" she said concerned and grabbed his hand and pulled him to shore. Dratini was wrapping her tail against the wound to prevent more blood from spilling out. "Come one out,-" said the human female and that was the last Ash heard.
Cliff hanger, right? lol. I wanted to change it up a bit and I thought of the time when Ash got fished out and there was a Gyarados in the lake/pond. That was where the idea of this chapter came from. Feel free to send reviews!