this came up when discussing a universe where Ash and Hilda are traveling together, used as an excuse to get an outsider's reaction to the interesting times Ash lives in

HM=Hilda's mom


HM; Hello, Delia right?

Delia; Yes, that must mean you're Hilda's mom, it's so nice to meet you, how've you been

HM; fine, just a bit stressed, I mean I knew being a trainer would have some danger, but the stories I've heard... *shakes head* but then they must be exaggerated, that's actually part of the reason I wanted to speak with you, I was hoping you knew a bit more
Delia; *slowly* well it's true that the stories surrounding the incidents are likely to be taken with a grain of salt

HM; *suspicious* I'm sensing a but here

Delia; but if anything the stories are a bit downplayed, well that or this was a remarkably quiet year

HM; but... but some of the stories have Ash riding a Keldeo into battle against the other swords of justice

Delia; I believe he was riding with the swords of justice against Kuryem

HM; and some of them have him leading one of the legendary dragons to help free a Victini

Delia; Yes, that was strange, it was somehow both, one at a time, at the same time, and I thought time travel was bad

HM; for pete's sake if you believe the stories they must have stopped world-ending or at least region-ending events every other week

Delia; *frowning* yes, that's why I say it was a slow year, usually it's at least one a week

HM; this has happened before!?

Delia; yes, it seems Ash is present for every disaster and legendary he could come within a few hundred miles of, the people he tends to travel with are similar

HM; similar how?

Delia; well last year he was in Sinnoh traveling with a nice girl named Dawn, I've heard that she's pen-pals with a princess and occasionally has Mespirit drop in for tea, she is also still traveling, and while the amount of disasters she has had a hand in preventing has gone down since Ash left, I am reliably informed they still have happened

HM; that hardly-

Delia; the year before that, in Hoenn he traveled with May and Max Maple

HM; wait, Maple, why is that name...

Delia; she was the one who successfully stopped teams Aqua and Magma, again I might add, when they managed to cause the primal reversion of Groundon and Kyogre last year, she also rode Mega Rayquaza to deal with that giant meteor this year

HM; *weakly*...I suppose I should ask about before that

Delia; before that he traveled with Brock and Misty, in fact this is the first year Brock won't be with him, but they're both gym leaders and considered by many to be on par with the elite four, I believe Misty is considering joining if she can get her sisters to take running the Gym seriously

HM; ...*collapses to table* how do you cope, I mean if this is going to continue... and it's so much worse than...

Delia; It's not all bad, I mean yes they do get into dangerous situations, but never more than they can handle

HM; how can you be so sure though, I mean one wrong move and...

Delia; I know because it has happened before, in fact I have a scrapbook, oh and you just have to join the chat group us parents have, here let's do that now

HM; I get that that must help a little but... are you sure this is the right group?

Delia; yes, quite sure

HM; only it appears most of the champions and elite four are in it too

Delia; yes, well they were tired not knowing what disasters were happening, apparently this has greatly helped with identifying where emergency resources are most needed

HM; ...huh

Delia; are you feeling better?

HM; I'm... I'm just kind of shellshocked right now

Delia; well once you're feeling better I'll have to tell you about the time I was kidnapped by an imaginary Entei

HM; *WHUMP*

Delia; hmm, I guess that was a bit much, I'd better save the Arceus thing for later...


alright, probably not my best work, but oh well