AN: Back again!

P: Can we meet the other friends of Mew?

K: We don't have time for that. And we want some to arrive later. So not today, or the next three chapters will be Mew's friends, and we've waited long enough to start the journey.

T: Neither of these guys own Pokemon.

Chapter 7.

'Mom?'

'Yes?' Ash and Mew were flying back home, after spending some time at Lena's 'house', an underwater cave in the middle of the Shamouti Islands, and her two children, Lillian and Lucas.

'When will we be meeting Julian at the Hall of Origins?'

'I'll teleport back tonight and ask if we can come. Will you be ok on your own?' Mew asked, concerned.

'Mom, I'll be fine. I have these awesome abilities now.'

'Don't use them though. I don't want people finding out and trying to capture you.'

'Ok.' Ash looked around, and saw that Cinnabar Island was coming into view. 'We're almost home, right?' Mew looked down too.

'Yes. Another half hour at this speed.' Mew smiled at Ash. 'Are you sure?'

'Yes, I'll be fine.' The landscape changed as they flew over the island, and Ash grinned at his mother. 'It's a good thing it's dark, or we'd have some problems with tourists looking up and spotting us.'

'We can go invisible though, so that wouldn't be a huge difficulty.' Ash nodded, having forgotten that they can do that.

'Mom?'

'Yes dear?'

'How come the other hybrids called their parent Pokemon 'Memma'?'

'Well, Memma is the Pokemon term for a parent. It means both, so they call out either species and gender for a specific parent. I wanted you to be raised calling me mom, because then it's less likely that you'd mess up and call me it in front of other humans.' Mew explained to her child.

'Oh. Ok.' They flew in silence for the next half hour, until Ash and Mew saw their house in Pallet. Mew landed in the back garden and transformed, and Ash did the same. "Now, I'm going to cook something, and you can eat that before I go to the Hall. I should be back in around an hour or so, so I want you to go to sleep before I leave." Ash smiled inwardly at his mother's seriousness, as it was rare that she was truly serious about anything, but nodded. "Right, give me a minute to cook something and then I'll leave." Mew unlocked the back door and walked in, using Psychic to start grabbing things to cook. "Go ahead and watch TV or something. I should be finished cooking in another half an hour of so."

"Ok." Ash went back to the living room and carried on watching the show he had been watching in the week before the trip, and the little bit of time home between visits. He watched the show for maybe ten minutes, then stood up and walked over to the bookshelf. He picked up the little blue box with the crystal embedded in it and opened it, showing the badge inside. Looking at it in more detail, it resembled the victors medal from the Tour de Alto Mare, a tournament Ash had seen once when they had visited the water city. However, it was smaller due to it being a badge, not a medal, and depicted two other Pokemon instead of the regular Latias and Latios; both Mew, one clearly smaller than the other. Ash smiled, as it seemed to represent himself and his mother. He carefully placed it back in the case, knowing he would need to put it on his new outfit for the journey he would be starting the day after his visit to the Hall. He placed the case on the shelf where it had been sitting, and walked back over to the chair as Mew brought in some food.

"Right. Eat this, put the bowl into the sink and go up to bed when you're done. If we can go, we'll be leaving early so we can get there. I'll be back later, my trip will take a few hours, so I want you asleep." Ash nodded, and Mew patted him on the head and walked to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow." She opened the door and slipped out, locking it behind her. Ash watched out of the window as 'Delia' walked towards Viridian City, and wondered why she wasn't flying from the back garden, or teleporting straight there. He quickly ate and turned off the TV, while floating the bowl to the sink with Psychic.

Psychic powers are taking a while to get used to. He mused, teleporting up to his room, the doubled back down to take the case to his room. He again used Psychic to turn off the lights, and lay down to sleep, letting himself transform as he did so.

Meanwhile, far in the forest…

A stranger looked back between the house and retreating female. Another shape dropped next to them, and they turned to each other and had a whispered conversation, as though aware that they were likely to be heard.

"This one seems more willing to leave the child alone." One said, with a strange quality to their voice, almost a deep underlying growl, if it can even be called that.

"Would that make them likely to be first?" The other said, with a lighter tone, almost cooing, though again that isn't a way to call it.

"Possibly. Although, considering the parent..."

"Maybe a weaker one first?" The other finished.

"Exactly. We'll keep an eye on this though."

"How long before we start? And what if…?"

"They won't." The first voice said sharply. "After all… we aren't where we are for nothing."

Chapter 8.

Ash looked around blearily, searching for the thing that had awoke him. He couldn't see anything, so he used Psychic to see if there were any presences nearby. He felt two people walking towards Viridian City, and then they went out of his small range.

'I wonder who could be walking around right now.' He muttered drowsily. 'Oh well, no matter.' He said, falling back asleep almost instantly. In all honesty, it was a slight miracle that he had woken in the first place, because it was almost impossible to do that normally.

"Ash!" Mew shouted. He sat bolt upright as his mother yelled into his room. "Get up, we have to go soon!"

'Coming!' He shouted back, quickly getting changed out of his Mew form and then into more casual traveling clothes, quite different from the ones that would be wore on his journey. He dashed down the stairs, slipped, and went rolling down the last few steps. He used Psychic just before he hit the floor, creating a blue bubble to land on.

"Come here, breakfast is ready." Mew said, slightly more calm. "We're heading to the Hall today, so we need to get going soon."

"So Arceus said yes?" Ash exclaimed excitedly as he walked into the kitchen. "Great!"

"Yep. We need to get going pretty fast."

"Why?" He said curiously, gobbling down his food. "Can't we just teleport from here?"

"Nope. The Hall is impossible to teleport to." Ash raised his eyebrows, but Mew shook her head. "I can't explain now, so just go with that. Maybe I'll explain another time." She was also eating quite quickly, but nowhere near as fast as Ash was. As soon as he was finished, Ash used Psychic to put everything in the washing up. "Right, go and get the gift Arceus gave you. I think it would be a good idea to have you wear it when you visit for the first time." Ash nodded, and teleported to his room, picking up the small box that held the badge. He carefully put the badge on his coat, and could feel his Psychic powers increasing thanks to the amplifier. He teleported back downstairs to Mew, who was just cleaning up.

"All ready to go." He said happily. He was excited to meet another child of Mew's friends. And this one was Jirachi's child, a Pokemon that could grant wishes. It was unlikely that he would be able to do that yet, if he's still young, but maybe Julian would be a good friend to make. After all, a friend who can grant wishes would be helpful.

"Ok. Go wait by the door, I'll be with you in two seconds." Ash sat on the sofa in the living room as Mew put everything away with her Psychic. "Right, we need to go to Route 22 and use the gateway there." Ash looked confusedly at his mother.

"A gateway? What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you when we get there." She said, pulling on a coat and opening the door. "Remember, no powers." He nodded.

"I know, it's dangerous." He said as they walked into the forest. "You don't need to lecture me, I know about this." The two of them walked deeper into the forest, avoiding the path that Ash knew about, having walked to Viridian City before. "How come we're taking a different route?"

"It's less likely that we'd be followed this way." Mew said. "The other road to Viridian is a public path, and though not many people walk to Pallet unless they're starting a journey, I don't really want any people to follow us."

"I'm still confused as to why we can't teleport, either to the Hall or this gateway."

"Like I said, it's impossible to teleport to the Hall, because it doesn't have a fixed location." Mew started to explain. "Arceus can teleport anyone to the Hall himself, but no one else can. And we're walking to the gateway because I want you to know where it is. Just in case there's an emergency and you need to get somewhere safe, you can fly or teleport to here."

"Oh." Ash said, not having a reply to that logic. "So where is it?"

"On Route 22. I'll show you where when we get there." Mew said. She ignored his questioning for the rest of the walk. Sometimes her eyes would glow faintly pink as she used Psychic. They soon arrived at the route, just next to the Viridian City exit. "Right. Stay close to me, we're walking through the grass. They shouldn't attack us, but I'm not sure." Ash pressed close to his mother, and they walked through the grass, careful not to anger any wild Pokemon. A few Rattata peeked out of the grass and stared at them, but ducked back down without causing a commotion.

'Why aren't they doing anything?' Ash asked Mew, confused.

'I don't exactly know.' She replied. 'They can't tell who we are, because they can't sense Psychic powers. And anyway, I'm powerful enough that Psychic types can't tell, and as a human it's further muted for both of us.'

'That's cool.' Ash grinned. 'Does that work for all people, or can hybrids tell?'

'I'm not sure about that.' Mew pulled him out of the grass and over to a small fenced off area near the cliff. "Here it is."

"It's a blank wall." Ash said ludicrously.

"Correct." Mew smiled. "But, it reacts to any legendary Pokemon nearby that is not caught by a trainer. Since legends started adopting hybrids, Arceus changed the register to open for hybrids too. Watch." Mew pushed her hand against the wall, and a huge yellow circle appeared around her hand. It split vertically, and the parts moved sideways. A white portal was revealed, and Mew moved her hand back. She transformed back into her shape as a Mew. 'Ash, if you don't mind, transform over. Julian isn't too used to being around other humans. Jasmine has taken him out into our world before, but he isn't really used to interacting with humans, so it might make him uncomfortable.'

"Ok." Ash started to transform too, and an assortment of pink and blue bubbles of Psychic energy wrapped around him. The bubbles burst, creating a huge array of sparkles as his blue form took his place. Mew shook her head.

'It's still odd to see you in this form, having transformed yourself.' Ash blushed, and Mew gave him a hug. 'Now, let's get through this door before anyone sees us.' Mew floated aside to let Ash through first, then closed the doors and slipped through to the Hall of Origins.

'Wow!' Ash gasped, gazing around. 'This is awesome!'

'It is quite pretty, isn't it?' Mew flew to the portal behind him, which had been showing the scenery from the route they had left. It slowly faded to black, then sealed itself. She spread her arms and spun. 'Welcome to my home!'

'Why is there so much white?' He questioned. 'It certainly looks like a hall, but why all white?'

'This is just the gateway area. Trust me, the rest of it is much more colourful.' She kept spinning around rapidly. 'Come on, I'll show you around. I can introduce you to Arcy later.'

'Whoa, when did you get so excited? And why are you calling Arceus 'Arcy'?'

'Well, I'm finally able to bring my dear child to my home. Why wouldn't I be happy?' Mew flipped again. 'And I'm allowed to call him Arcy. After all, we're on equal ground.' She grabbed her child's arm and tugged him along. 'Come on, let's look at the Hall. There's so many things I want to show you!' Ash was helplessly pulled along as his mother guided him around the entire Hall.

'Ok, where are we going?'

'Well, first is one of the mountain rooms.' Mew said excitedly. 'We made each room different, so when other legendaries are here they have a place to stay that's similar to their natural homes.' Mew pushed open the huge set of doors, clearly made for bigger legends than the tiny Mew duo, and she stood aside, letting her child see one of her main creations.

'Wow!' Ash gasped, gazing around the huge room. 'Did you make this?'

'Not all of it. Arcy made the actual base for it, seperating the rooms and then making the mountains, and I added all the pretty stuff, like the greenery. Also, if you look up, you might have noticed the sky.' Ash stopped staring at the floor area and looked up.

'Why is there a sky?'

'Another one of my additions. I wanted it to feel more natural, like the Pokemon and hybrids are outside, not cooped up in a building. Most of the Pokemon families are used to being outside, so it might feel uncomfortable to be in a room. This was my way of stopping that. Also,' Mew giggled. 'I had loads of fun designing all of the rooms. Come on, let's fly to the top.' She lifted higher off the floor, heading to the top of the cliff.

'How many of these are there?' Ash shouted, rushing to catch up.

'I think there's around 55 or so. I haven't been here for a while, so I can't remember very well.'

'And you made them all?'

'Well, like I said earlier, Arcy made the rooms, so I just filled them with things. Arcy had it easier. He just had to split all of the rooms off from each other, while I had to be more creative to make each room different, as well as suit all of the Pokemon. If we ever decide to make more regions for trainers to explore, I'll need to make more Pokemon too, and that includes legendary Pokemon, meaning we'll need more rooms for visiting legendaries.'

'Well, at least you won't run out of ideas any time soon.' Ash muttered. 'Considering how crazy you can be.' Mew chuckled, and tapped him on the head with her long tail.

'I'll show all the rooms. That way, you can know where everything is. After all, as Pokemon creators, it's pretty vital that we are kind to all the Pokemon we meet.'

After they left the first mountain room, Mew guided Ash all over the Hall of Origins, pointing out the small nameplates next to each of the rooms. She also spent the time lecturing him on the duties that a Mew had as the creator of all Pokemon. They didn't look in all of the rooms, as some were similar to the others. Finally, after a good hour, she went to one last room.

'Here's the last room. I spent ages on this one, but it's still a little cluttered.' Ash cocked his head, interested to see what was in this room. Mew opened the door and flew in, somewhat blocking Ash's view of the room as she entered. 'I would have made it one thing, but I liked the idea of having variety in this room. I think you'll understand why.' Ash flew in after her, eager to see why his mother was saying that, then froze in the doorway. Directly in front of him was a huge body of water, more an ocean than a lake. To the left and right was a forest, and behind the water there was a huge mountain, with clearly identifiable caves and a pathway. The clouds above, which looked more like bubbles, were spiraling in a strange pattern, and would seem to bounce off each other if they came too close together. Ash floated over to the water and looked in. It was almost crystal clear around the edges, but the center of the pool was dark, quite blackish. He looked closely at that spot, but didn't see anything that would explain why it was so dark when the rest of the pool was clear as ice. He shook his head, choosing not to worry about it, and started flying over the lake towards the mountains peak. It took a few moments, as he still wasn't very used to flying and the mountain was super far away, but he flew over the top and looked down at the surprise crater that was there.

'Mom? Can I ask why there's a volcano in this room?' Ash asked nervously.

'Don't worry about it right now. Put up a protective bubble and dive in. Keep swimming down.' Mew said, a happy tone in her voice. Ash looked ludicrously at the pool, then shook his head again and followed what she'd said. He created a blue bubble of Psychic power around himself, and stopped his levitation, letting himself drop straight down into the lava. He fell straight through for a few moments, then bounced off a wall. Ash looked carefully at the sides as he floated along, and saw he was in a tunnel carved out of the rock in the mountain. He came flying out of the tube and saw a quick glimpse of a room before landing with a splash in a pool of lava. He let his bubble float to the top before reactivating his levitation, flying a few feet above it and letting the bubble disintegrate, falling in sparkling pieces around him as he looked around. The room was filled with bubbly cushions and plush toys, and had a huge flat screen TV.

'What do you think!' Mew said cheerfully, appearing behind him.

'In all honesty, I did not expect this.' Ash admitted. 'I really should have, but I didn't.'

'Yeah. I made this place a super long time ago, when I stayed here in the Hall. I never really went out to the planet, as I wasn't really a proper caretaker for it. I made the Pokemon that looked after the world, so I didn't have much of a job. In fact, it was mostly luck that I happened to be flying past Pallet Town when the creation trio started making an uproar.' Mew explained. 'I was thinking of swapping you over when I first got you, and then we would have lived here. But in the end, I ended up liking you more as just a pure human, so I left it alone. I also had to stop being so playful constantly, because I didn't want to set you a bad example.' Ash's mind flickered back to the few dozen Mew games that she'd made over the years. They hadn't ever been too bad, but some got a little dangerous in the sense that it could have ended in them being spotted.

'Well, you did a pretty good job.' Ash stared around the room quickly once more, then smiled at his mother. 'Shall we go an meet Julian and Arceus then?' Mew did a quick flip before replying.

'Sure. Arcy's been wanting to meet you for ages anyway. If he could have gotten away with it, he probably would have flown to our house to visit. He would have too, if it weren't for the fact that he'd have to keep Ju with him, so they would have both had to use human forms.' Mew guided him through a few passageways until they reached a tunnel in the roof, and then pulled him closer. 'Hold tight.' She put a small shield around them, and adjusted the levitation affecting the bubble and flew them straight out of the hole. They passed through a small Psychic barrier and came out of the water in the center of the ocean lake, hovering above the dark spot that Ash had noticed earlier. Mew let the bubble burst and let go of Ash.

'Where do we need to go?' He asked. 'Which room would they be in?'

'Oh, Arcy has his own chamber, as does Ju, but they won't be there. They should be waiting for us in the main hall.' She beckoned for Ash to follow her. They flew through a few hallways, before they reached another huge door.

'What's this?'

'The main hall. It's the place where we hold all of our meetings. The hybrids head to their own rooms while we talk. Now,' Mew said, suddenly serious. 'Be on your best behaviour.' He nodded shyly, and Mew pushed open the door and flew in.

AN: In case you haven't noticed yet, I have a thing for leaving off in the worst places.

K: This better not be a thing for the entire story.

P: It's Shadow. It probably will.

T: We'll try and stop her from doing it too often, but cliffhangers are going to happen quite often either way.

SV: Mostly when either the chapter's getting too long, or I don't have a good way to segway into the next part. I apologise for that, but oh well!

K: We'll try and get Shadow to start the story next time, instead of exposition. See you then!

SV: Quick question before ya'll leave. Do you want Ash to still have Pikachu, or a different starter? It's up to you on that one. Bye!