Ash knew his way back to the castle better than anyone. He, Pikachu, Charmander, and Froakie were quickly on their way there. They have heard the news from a couple of gossip girls at an inn where they were staying for the night. The boy wrote a letter to Brock in hopes that he would receive it in time.
Serena, his best friend, was going to be executed along with her friend Clemont. Ash knew none of the reasons why the guards would do that without his consent, or it was from someone he looked up too? Could it possibly be Ben? The raven haired boy silently knew that he never told his butler about Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie. He should've done something.
The stone walls were clearer to see now with no trees for a mile in a half. The prince took off for the wall while trying to get a guard's attention. It wasn't working out for Ash as his voice was raspy from the dry air everywhere. His mind was only set on getting Serena and Clemont safely away from death.
Pikachu's ears perked up as Charmander and Froakie both stopped. They were in combat mode as they created a circle around the prince. Ash was alert as well as he heard fighting in the distance.
"Pikachu, go and find Ben! Charmander, Froakie, and I are going to find where the fighting is coming from." He whispers to his loyal friend as he watches the mouse nod and dash into a bush.
Ash watches the electrical mouse for a few minutes and then straightens his back up. A grin played onto his lips despite having a bad feeling for his friends. He inhales before looking at his two partners who were waiting for orders.
"Let's go." He says running to the eastern side of the wall where the sounds of fighting were heard.
"Charizard, mega evolve!" Alains voice shouts as Calem eyes him warily. The dark and blue dragon appears roaring as they stand in one of the massive training halls. They have been training since Kanto declared war on them.
"Sceptile, mega evolve also!" Calem declares as he sees the amused expression from the other princes face. "Lets start it off! Leaf storm!"
"Tile!" the forest pokemon nods as it spins creating a massive tornado of leaves and debris. Together with Sceptile in the storm, the tornado heads over to Alain's Charizard.
"Smokescreen to escape and then use flamethrower." The black haired prince commanded quietly as he scowls a little. "Show them your speed!"
Calem smirks as his commade got himself confident and could see Sceptile smiling also. It was getting better. They all would be able to fight and win the war.
Charizard was out of sight as smokescreen became effective and the forest pokemon had no clue where it was. But when it depleted its tornado, the dragon type struck, burning the grass type. Calem looks at his partner in shock as Sceptile looks at him for a command.
"Leaf blade to escape!" He calls as his grass types arms turned bright as it energizes its attack. It struck the dragon type as it was powered up, making it draw back with a grunt.
"That was a risky move, Calem. Guess Sceptile was able to escape Charizard's flame." Alain says before smirking as he waves it off then. "Charizard, dragon claw! Lets finish it!"
"RAWWR!" the dragons claws turned bright purple as it rushes over to the grass type.
"Leaf blade, Sceptile!"
"How long have you been in Kanto?"
"I thought I told you already? Two months." Serena spoke timidly as she was standing next to Clemont, their wrists tied up, in front of a man with a butler's uniform on. "I am telling the truth about Ash! He is my friend, who saved me and Clemont from drowning."
"Look, I normally believe people that know my son, but please? The Princess of Kalos is my sons friend? Its just hard to believe. How can I know that you aren't some kind of hookers?"
"Because I believe that Ash could save my kingdom if we work together." Serena argued looking red as she told him everything about Kalos and how her mother wants to spread bloodshed all over the world. She also told him about her father and how he can restore order to Kalos. "Please, I told you everything."
"It's the truth mister." Clemont squeaks out as he trembles as the man looks at them in wonder.
They were so close on escaping the cloaked people. If only this butler that talked about Ash like he was a- a prince. Now it makes sense! This guy must be Ben, Ash's uncle and butler. How did they not notice?
"Please Ben, for Ash and the future of the world?" Serena whispers as tears start to fall from her eyes.
"Well," the man looks at her in pity now as he steps back as if he's in thought.
"Pikapi!" a familiar mouse caught the attention of the butler as he looks up stunned.
"Pikachu," Clemont breaths as he looks at the honey blonde. "is Ash close by?"
"Ash, take me to him!" Ben demands calmly but his eyes said he was keeping the excitement from exploding. The mouse nods and then uses Iron tail to break both teens free. "You two are still under my watch. Stay beside me unless told so!" the man snaps at them as they nod.
Delia takes a deep breath as she throws a pokeball up in the air. Her opponent were two rouge soldiers who are on Team Darkrai's side. They both had Scyther's. That was surprising.
"Hey, look it who we got here Will?"
"Looking good Mistress Delia, but won't be good for long." The guards say smirking as the Scyther's advance towards Ash's mother.
"Scizor!" A bigger bug type, the evolved form of Scyther, called out as it uses it claws to slam the two bug types back into their trainers. Delia smiles as its steal claws returned to their normal red color.
"Good timing, Scizor. Now use night slash!" she calls throwing her hands in front of her as the pincer pokemon nods while rising in the air.
"Both of you, razor wind!" Both gaurds shouted.
Scizor was already there before they could move, slashing them and making them go airborn. It raises its head and performs its very own razor wind, the wind now in its favor. One of the Scyther's plumited down to the earth, knocking its trainer out cold in the process. The other Scyther dodged the attacks but looked really beaten up.
"Char!"
Delia froze at that moment. Even Scizor seemed hesitant at first to look at the Charmander jumping out of the bushes. How could a Charmander wonder in on a battle without its trainer? Unless it was a trainer from the royal guard. But her theory wasn't correct, as a boy with raven hair and brown eyes, wondered into the clearing while looking around.
"Charmander, I thought I told you too- what is going on?" he asks curiously looking at the excausted guards and ex-queen and their pokemon for explanations.
"Young sire, please help a guard out with disposing this criminal! She attacked my brother and I out of nowhere!" The guard who had his Scyther leaning against him shouted pointing accusingly at Delia.
The old queen was too perplexed at seeing her son for the first time, that she had to have Scizor snap at her with his pincers to pay attention. Her son was alive! He has his very own pokemon! Her thoughts ran wild as she could hear his calm inhales of breaths. What is he going to do?
"I wasn't born yesterday. I could hear the battle from a mile away." Ash spoke calmly while taking a glance at Delia before looking back to the now nervous guard. "Who are you working for? Tell me and I may just let you and your friend there go."
"Even when your king, I will never obey orders from the likes of you! Scyther, razor wind!"
"Charmander, flamethrower!" Delia's son shouted as the fire type blew flames from its mouth making the Scyther fall on the ground with a massive burn spot on its chest. It slams his trainer and faints from the impact. The guard glares at the boy, returns the bug type, picks up his fallen friend, and dashes away. "We'll see them again for sure." Ash whispers, thanking Charmander and returning him to his ball, before turning around towards Delia.
"Ben taught you well I see." She whispers as Scizor eyes Ash curiously. "It's a shame I never got to see you grow up."
The raven haired boy looks at her with wide eyes. His body was shaken. How does she know Ben? What does she mean about never getting to see him grow up? The boy had so many questions. Why does this Scizor look familiar?
"W-who are you? How do you know Ben?" he asks as his voice gets dry. He had his hand placed on Froakies, and Charmander's pokeball's just incase this woman tries something.
Delia smiles and looks at Scizor. It nods and places something down by Ash's feet. It was the broken pokeball. "Would a mother ever forget her child?"
A lightbulb lit up in the boys head at that moment. His heart raced as he stares at her for a few seconds. He was still shaking, but tears started rolling down his cheeks. This was his mother! She was standing here, in the flesh. Did she come back from the grave?
"H-how?" Ash squeeks falling onto his knees as Delia slowly walks up to him.
"Your fathers Scyther evolved into Scizor to protect your father and I. Ralph was a brave man, but he died protecting the ones he love. We barely escaped, Scizor was badly injured so I had no choice but to return him to his pokeball. Team Darkrai knew where I was, and knew they needed young blood, so I disappeared into hiding. That's why I was declared dead at the scene." Delia says kneeling down in front of her son. She smiles sadly at him feeling what she felt long ago, pain. "Ben doesn't even know I am alive." She whispers as Ash looks at her in surprise.
"Your not telling me the whole story, but whatever. Its not important, what is important is why didn't you come see at all when we were traveling?" his voice broke as he held back tears.
"It was for your protection, Ash. I couldn't let Team Darkrai capture you. You were just a babe when we let Ben take you."
"Team Darkrai?"
"They are people who wear cloaks all the time to conceal their identity. They are extremely powerful. Anyone, including the guards, could be them. Even the ones closest to you, your friends even. They are very dangerous when together in a group." Delia says. "Look, I can tell you everything when we get to the castle, but we need to make sure no one is spying on us."
"My friends may not be what they seem?" Ash thought as he hears a familiar voice call out to him.
"Its true, Ash." His butler says as he moves aside to let the people behind him through. "We can't trust people anymore."
"Ash, please tell Ben that we are speaking the truth!" Clemont shouted panicking as he looks nervously at the butler.
"We are friends! Let us go!" Serena cries as she tries running over to Ash, but Ben held her back. Her head was covered in a ripped cloth as she tried to run to him. Her lemon blond friend was stunned and unable to move.
"You're not Ben." The boy says blankly as the butler looks at him in shock. "You're not my Uncle Ben."