Chapter-o Four-o of this Fanfic-o is now complete-o. Please-o enjoy-o.
(plays Mother 3 Love Theme from Mother 3)
On a bright and sunny day of Pallet Town, students of Professor Oak's Pokemon Summer Camp were hiking their way through the forest near the town. The students were split into groups. Unfortunately, a girl with long blonde hair ended up lost in the forest due to her fear of Pokemon and the forest that caused her to run away from her group. During their hike, not only did the pressure of being surrounded by some many trees got to the young girl's head, but a flock of Pidgey and a trio of Oddish went by the group and while the other kids were amazed by the sight of Pokemon, the girl got frightened and she ran away, screaming, not even knowing where she was going. And that's how she got lost.
"Where is everybody?" the girl questioned as she stumbled through a small area in the forest. "Where did you all go?"
The bushes next to her started to rustle, causing her to shriek, but when she tried to flee, she only ended up tripping and hurting her knee, leaving the girl with no choice but to quiver in fear as the bushes continued to rustle.
Out of the bushes came a Poliwag, who gave the girl a short, innocent glance before hopping away. While that Pokemon wasn't too frightening, it did gave her the impression that there is more in the forest, and with that in mind, her eyes started to tear up.
"I knew I didn't wanna come to camp. I knew it." Now unable to take anything anymore, the girl screamed to the sky, "MOMMY!"
Just then, the bushes started to rustle again and the young girl fearfully awaited for a scary Pokemon to come out, only to hear a young boy's voice say, "Poliwag?"
The source of the voice came out of the bushes, revealing a young boy about the girl's age, though perhaps a few months older, who had raven-black hair in messy hairstyle. The boy then saw the girl on the ground crying, so he approached and asked, "Hey, are you alright?"
Hearing the voice, the girl looked up, surprised and relieved that it wasn't another Pokemon.
"Hi! I'm Ash," the boy greeted. "Who are you?"
The girl was still too scared to respond.
"What's wrong?"
"I hurt my leg."
The boy named Ash knelt down to the girl. "Don't worry," he then reached to his pocket to take out a blue handkerchief. "See this? This will make it better."
Ash then wrapped the handkerchief around the girl's knee.
"All done!"
The girl tried to stand back up, but the pain still in her leg prevented her from doing so.
"Now watch this," Ash called out as he started doing magical-looking hand motions around the girl's knee. "Feel better, feel better, right away!"
Thinking this worked, the girl tried once again to stand up, but the pain was still there.
"Ow! It still hurts! I can't stand up!"
Hearing this, Ash stood up and gave Serena a confident and motivational look.
"Don't give up til' it's over, 'kay?"
He then politely extended his hand towards the girl to help her get back up on her feet.
"Come on."
The girl looked up at the boy with a touched and speechless expression as she slowly raised her hand for the boy to grab. Upon grabbing her hand, Ash harmlessly brought her up to her feet and the girl ended up leaning against his shoulders. She quickly stepped back, allowing her to face him.
"There you go!" Ash happily chimed before giving her a toothy grin, added with a friendly chuckle. "I think we should be getting back to the campsite, 'kay? Come on."
And with that, the young Ash escorted the girl out of the forest with his hand holding her's. The girl continued to stare thoughtfully at the boy. Not only did he help her when he didn't even know her, but his positivity was something to be admired. She felt strange. She had never felt something like this ever in her life before.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"OH! Um, my name's Serena."
"Serena? Hey, that's a pretty name!"
"Pr-Pr-Pretty?"
"Yep! Pretty awesome!"
Serena smiled. When she first arrived to camp, she was really not looking forward to it at all because how much she feared Pokemon and nature, but now knowing this boy is one of her classmates, perhaps the rest of the session won't be so bad. With him around, there just wasn't a thing to be feared.
She now felt completely safe.
(music stops playing)
Serena soon woke up from her memory dream. She looked outside through the bedroom window. It was still night and Bonnie was asleep on the bed on the other side of the room. Clemont and Jimmy both had separate rooms to give the girls privacy.
Serena happily sighed. Remembering that day years and years ago always brought a smile to her face, albeit, a bittersweet one. Yes, it brought a smile because that was when she met her crush, the one that always inspired her, the one she always looked up to, but now that Ash has disappeared, it was also another reminder of him, causing her to miss him even more.
Her face turned into a sad frown and she quietly stepped out of bed, walked towards the window, and looked up to the moon above, whispering, "Where are you?"
(plays Viridian City from Pokemon (Anime))
The morning sun shined over the quiet Viridian City as the newspaper boy was piling newspapers in the basket of his bike.
"Another day, another paper, and another dollar." he mumbled to himself as he took the newspapers from the bag his boss sent him to his bike, piling up a couple at a time.
After taking another two from his bag, the boy walked towards his bike, only to see a dark blue bird with a red breast on top of the basket, digging its talons through the newspapers.
(plays Hungry Caterpie from Hey You, Pikachu!)
"Hey! Get away from my bike!" the boy shouted as he ran towards the bird with two newspapers in hand.
Upon reaching his bike, the boy swung down a newspaper towards the bird, though the bird easily evaded his swing, causing the boy to swat down the newspapers on his bike, making the boy fall down from the force of his swing and all the newspapers in the basket to fly out and scatter around the ground.
The bird then saw the paper it was looking for, so it flew down and picked it up in its talons. The newspaper boy got up and try to swat at the bird again, only to miss every time as the bird flew to the north-west direction, away from the boy and out of Viridian City.
"You stupid bird! You owe me a buck each for all these newspapers!" the boy yelled at the bird, shaking his fist.
The bird only rolled its eyes and continued its way. How does the boy even think it can pay him back? What an idiot.
(plays Dragon Roost Island from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD)
Up on the tallest mountain of Mt. Silver, Ash patiently waited for his Swellow to return with the newspaper for today. Upon seeing his faithful dark blue bird flying in, Ash smiled and Swellow handed him the newspaper. Ash then raised his left arm for Swellow to perch on and the bird happily nuzzled his head as Ash chuckled and put the newspaper between his pants and cloth like a pocket so he could pet Swellow and stroke his chin.
"Thanks Swellow. You did a great job once again."
"Swell swellow!"
After he was done praising Swellow, Ash walked back into his large crater home.
Inside the crater, Swellow flew off his trainer's arm to rejoin his fellow bird Pokemon in the air, instantly getting into another air race with Staraptor, his best friend and rival.
Ash looked down from where he was at to see Pikachu with Donphan at the coast of the lake. The little mouse was tickling the upside-down armor Pokemon with his electricity. The two always were close like brothers due to how much Donphan looked up to Pikachu ever since he hatched as a Phanpy, especially when he saved him from Team Rocket himself.
Smiling at the two, Ash walked down to them and the two Pokemon, seeing their trainer, happily approached him. Pikachu hopped on his shoulder and Donphan jumped up to him like a dog. Ash chuckled and petted the two, happy to see them as well.
"Hey you guys. Wanna read today's paper with me?"
The two Pokemon nodded and Ash sat on the lake's coast with his legs resting in the fresh lake water. He opened the newspaper and started reading its contents.
"Alright, let's see... Ledian migration over Celadon, Zapdos supposedly spotted in Kanto Power Plant, fisher catches giant Shiny Seaking at Seafoam Islands, same old same old..." Ash muttered as he turned the page, seeing a familiar-looking topic. "Hmm, Pokemon Poacher, Jerry Frederick, captured after being found unconscious in the streets of Viridian City. Gee, I wonder who helped out with that." Ash said sarcastically as he grinned toward Pikachu, who joyfully returned the grin. Turning the page again, Ash noticed another article that caught his attention. "The Ultimate Champion Tournament of Driftveil City, Unova, will begin in 4 weeks. Trainers, REGISTER NOW! Get your tickets ASAP!"
Reading this, Ash's face grew a small frown and Pikachu and Donphan noticed this.
"Pika chupi, Pika Pi?"
"Do Dopha?"
Regaining his smile, Ash chuckled and crumpled up the newspaper, saying, "Don't worry guys, I'm fine. I'm not really interested in it anyway." Ash then threw the newspaper away and stood back up. "Besides, we missed it two times already, so it's really no big deal."
Ash was then suddenly sprayed in the face with a huge torrent of water. After wiping his eyes, Ash stared at the lake to see the one who did that: his Floatzel, who was smirking at his trainer with his arms crossed. Ash smirked back at the weasel.
"Oh, so you wanna go, Floatzel?"
"Floatzel!"
"In that case, bring it on!"
Ash jumped to the lake and swam towards Floatzel and the two started sparring with each other. Pikachu shook his head at the display. Ash always enjoyed fighting with his own Pokemon. Sometimes, he swore Ash was becoming a Pokemon himself. Before he could think any more of this, Pikachu was sprayed in the face with water as well, courtesy of Donphan who sucked up water in his trunk. Donphan laughed at his friend and Pikachu, taking the prank well, laughed too. The two then ran off to eat some berries together as Ash and Floatzel traded fists in the lake.
(plays Chapter 13: Silence of the Moon from Kid Icarus: Uprising (0:00-0:30 loop))
Back at Lumiose City, Bonnie was giving Jimmy the tour of the big city like he asked for, though it was much more energized than he expected.
"And that's the Stone Emporium and you can find a whole bunch of evolutionary stones there! Fire Stones, Thunderstones, Leaf Stones, Water Stones, Sun Stones..."
Behind the blabbing Bonnie were Jimmy (with his Typhlosion and Pichu), Clemont, and Serena (who was in her Serylah disguise) in that order.
Jimmy, while feeling a bit exhausted for all the energy Bonnie was putting into this tour, couldn't help but feel a little entertained by it.
Clemont was holding the invention he created this morning to make the tour more bearable to go through: The Tourist Alarm Mark I. Its purpose was to emit a loud sound to indicate Bonnie that she's wasting too much time on a single area, and he was just about to activate it now since Bonnie was now listing EVERY stone the Stone Emporium had instead of just a few.
Serena was behind everyone else because of how tired she was. She did not get enough sleep as everyone else did since she woke up during the night to think of Ash again. She sighed to herself.
"Ugh, why do I do this to myself?" Serena complained inside her mind as she rubbed her forehead. She was just about to fall asleep on the sidewalk until Clemont activated his loud device, keeping her awake and grabbing Bonnie's attention.
(plays Lumiose City from Pokemon (Anime))
"Alright Bonnie, I think that'll be enough for the Stone Emporium."
"But I haven't even named all the Mega Stones yet!"
"You've named like 21! And the Stone Emporium doesn't even have all the Mega Stones!"
"Ugh, fine, whatever. MOVING ON!"
Continue their way through Vernal Avenue, the group soon came across Cafe Classe.
"And here's one of the many cafes we have here at Lumiose City, Cafe Classe. It's just your plain, old cafe, so let's move on to-"
Before Bonnie could finish, Jimmy, Clemont, and Serena all entered the cafe, wanting to take a break from Bonnie's exhausting tour.
"I forgot to eat breakfast, so I'm kinda hungry." said Jimmy.
"I'm gonna need some coffee. I hardly got any sleep last night." said Serena.
"And I... need a break from my sister in her Tour Mode." said Clemont as he put the Tourist Alarm Mark I away in his Aipom Arm.
"But we're not even halfway done yet!" whined Bonnie.
"Bonnie, don't you want to hear all of Jimmy's cool adventures in the past?"
Bonnie pouted for a bit and said, "Ugh, you're right." She then raised her arms to the air and made her to Cafe Classe as she yelled, "Alright, for a brief time only, the Lumiose City Grand Tour will be on hold! I repeat: ONLY FOR A BRIEF TIME!"
Clemont sighed at his sister and followed her in.
(plays From Shadows (Little Black Bow Remix) from RWBY Chibi)
Inside Cafe Classe, the gang ordered some treats and drinks and sat around a four-chair table. Serena ordered a cream and five sugars coffee, Jimmy ordered three danishes, one for him, one for Typhlosion, and one for Pichu, Clemont ordered a chocolate donut, and Bonnie ordered some macarons that she shared with Dedenne.
As they snacked on, Bonnie noticed Serena almost falling asleep twice as she drank her coffee.
"Serylah, are you okay? You look completely pooped out."
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I had a little bump in the night, so I couldn't get enough sleep."
"What kind of "bump" did you have?" Bonnie asked suspiciously.
"Oh, just a crazy dream!" Serena quickly responded, now feeling little more awake from her coffee.
"Sure..." Bonnie said, already getting an idea of what Serena's "crazy dream" was.
"So Jimmy," Clemont started, "what did you do before you arrived here at Kalos?"
(plays New Bark Town from Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal)
"Heh, might as well go to the way beginning eight years ago. When I was 10, I started my first Pokemon Journey in the Johto Region. I began at my home, New Bark Town, and I went to Professor Elm's Lab to pick my starter." Jimmy then looked down at his Typhlosion, fondly remembering the day they first met. "And for my starter, I chose this guy down here, back when he was a Cyndaquil. The moment I saw his cute little smile, I just knew he would be the perfect choice. Isn't that right, buddy?"
Typhlosion nuzzled his head on his trainer's leg as Jimmy petted him on the head.
"That's so cute!" said Bonnie.
"It reminds me how I first me Delphox as a Fennekin." said Serena.
"Yeah. I wasn't the only one in New Bark Town who started their journey that day. My two close friends, Marina and Vincent, had also picked their starters with me. Marina picked Totodile and Vincent picked Chikorita."
"Oh, where are they at now?" asked Clemont.
"Marina chose to be a Pokemon Coordinator, and she's traveling at the Hoenn region right now to compete in the Hoenn Grand Festival. Vincent has gone to the Sinnoh region to challenge the regional league. I've called him about a week ago and he said he has 6 badges already. Two more, and he's off to the Lily of the Valley Conference. We used to travel together for a bit during our first journey eight years ago, well, mostly Marina, Vincent usually just traveled farther than us when he felt we were too slow. Ironically, Marina and I were able to earn our eight gym badges before he did, so we both took on the Silver Conference, back when it was held at Mt. Silver. While Marina made it to the Top 4, I actually won the whole league."
"That's cool!" said Serena.
"It was! Though, I lost to the final Elite Four member, Karen, disqualifying me from the championships. That didn't, however, stop the people of New Bark Town to outright praise me for how much I accomplished. It was cool at first, but it quickly became overwhelming considering every morning I woke up, there was always someone asking for my autograph at my front door.
"I can understand the feeling." said Serena.
(plays One of a Kind (starts at 0:19) from Bayonetta)
"Totally. So I decided to leave the town for a bit to gain some space. I challenged other trainers for fun and I soon met up with Marina and Vincent again. And then we encountered one of the craziest things in our lives. Y'see, there were these goons from this organization called Team Rocket-"
"Team Rocket?!" Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont repeated, recognizing that team name.
"Do you know Team Rocket too?" asked Jimmy.
"You can say we also had some trouble with Team Rocket when we were on a journey eight years ago." said Clemont.
"Almost every day in fact." added Bonnie.
"Heh, those guys are everywhere. Well anyways, these goons of Team Rocket were trying to capture the Legendary Beast, Raikou, and we went out to stop them. It was a long and tough battle, but at the end, we were able to defeat them and free Raikou, and it was one of the most awesomest things in my life, being able to see Raikou up-close and all."
"It really must be!" said Clemont, looking very enhanced and a bit jealous by the story due to his love for electric-types.
"Turns out Raikou wasn't the only Legendary Beast Team Rocket was after. A year later, when I was revisiting the Ruins of Alph, I saw the same Team Rocket members from before trying to capture Entei. That time, it was only me, so I fought against them myself and I was able to hold them off for a bit until the Unown of the ruins came and magically freed Entei themselves. I have to admit, seeing all those Unown working together was really cool. Those Team Rocket guys were able to get away again, but I encountered them again another year later at the Whirl Islands. This time, they were trying to capture the last member of the Legendary Beasts, Suicune. Once again, it was only me, and it was a bit more tough because of the chaotic storms and dangerous floods that were happening as a result of Team Rocket trying to control Suicune's power. They knew I was trying to stop them though, so they trapped all my Pokemon with some kind of electric containment generator so that I wouldn't be able to use them. It was all up to me now. After I tried to fight off the Team Rocket members myself, I was able to get by them and free Suicune from the containment system it was being held in. Now free, Suicune suddenly scooped me onto its back and we defeated Team Rocket together, this time, once-and-for-all as once they were defeated, I used Politoed to put them to sleep and Suicune then used Ice Beam on them, freezing them in a block of ice. With the two completely immobilized, I was able to turn them in Officer Jenny so they could be arrested. Because of all their actions, they were sentenced to prison for life."
"Well, they get what they deserve." said Bonnie.
"Agreed. But my story with Suicune doesn't end there. After Suicune and the Whirl Islands were saved, I went over to Cianwood City to heal my Pokemon and rest up for the night. But while I slept, I had a dream, and for some reason, it was Suicune telling me travel north of the city first thing in the morning. Once I woke up, I did just as my dream told me to do, and there it was, Suicune at the beach north of the city, and by the way it looked at me, I could tell it wanted to battle me."
"You challenged Suicune?" said a surprised Clemont.
"Yeah I did. It was like Suicune saw something in me when I rescued it from Team Rocket. It was a challenging battle, but at the end, after one last Shadow Claw from Typhlosion, I actually managed to defeat Suicune."
"And that what happened?!" asked Bonnie who was very interested in the story.
"After we defeated it, Suicune stood back and looked at me in the eye with its regular calm-looking face. It then nodded towards me. I was confused at first, but after a while, I finally figured that it wanted me to catch it."
"WHAT?!" the three other trainers said in surprise.
"Hard to believe, I know. But it was all because Suicune saw something in me. Not only did it acknowledged my strength during our battle, but it knew I also helped rescue its fellow Legendary Beasts and how much I loved and cared for my Pokemon. So with all that now settled, I pulled out a Pokeball, and captured Suicune." After saying that, Jimmy took out Suicune's Pokeball from his belt. "I would show you guys right now, but I don't want to cause too much attention."
"That's really cool!" said Serena.
"I really wish I could see it!" said Bonnie.
"It must be a huge honor being able to possess a Legendary Pokemon like that!" said Clemont.
"If I had to be honest, it took some time for him to adjust to the team and, well, get everyone else, um, not scared of him. But with some bonding time, Suicune quickly became a great teammate to everyone else!"
"What did you do after that?" asked Serena.
(plays Cid's Theme from Final Fantasy VII)
"Well, I went back to New Bark Town to cool off for a bit, I mean, challenging a Pokemon League and rescuing three Legendary Pokemon in two years was really something that can tire out a trainer. Two years later though, I decided to travel to the neighboring Kanto region to compete in the Kanto League. That's when I met my biggest rival, Silver Kamon."
"How did your rivalry start?" asked Clemont.
"I was on the S.S. Aqua, sailing towards Vermillion City, to start my second journey. One day, I was exiting my room to use the bathroom, and then suddenly, he ran into me. After that, we just... argued like little kids to the point where we challenged each other to a battle. It was three-on-three, and I used Politoed, Sudowoodo, and Typhlosion while he used Kingdra, Rhyperior, and Feraligatr. The battle ended up in a draw. I tried to talk with him afterwards, but he just ran off again, and for some reason, I couldn't find him anywhere else on the boat the day after. It was like he took off the boat himself because he was in a rush for something. Our rivalry came to be due to how equal we both were. While we both cared for our Pokemon, his style of training and treatment is much more aggressive, something I don't necessarily agree with. We met again a couple more times throughout the Kanto region and every time, we argued and battled each other. Sometimes I won, sometimes he won. One time though, I actually managed to ask him why was he always in a rush, and he replied he was just looking for someone that was none of my business. I respected that, though we still argued time after time due to our different personalities."
"Sounds like quite the intense rivalry." commented Clemont.
"It was, and we had an even win-loss record with each other. After I collected eight Kanto gym badges, I challenged the Indigo Plateau Conference, and that's when I had my final battle against Silver in the final round. It was a long battle, probably one of the toughest I had in my life, but I was able to win. After the battle, I tried to find him, with hopes of now figuring out why he's always in a rush, a maybe a little of his past too, but he was nowhere in sight. Just like always, he ran without a given reason. And I never saw him again afterwards."
"Sounds like quite the mysterious person." commented Serena.
(plays Boss Theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land)
"Yeah he is. Well, after I beat, since it was the finals, I won the league and moved onto the championships. I defeated every member of the Elite Four and I actually got to challenge the Champion of the Kanto League during that time: the Dragon Master himself, Lance!"
"You really challenged Lance yourself?" asked an amazed Clemont.
"I sure did, and let me tell ya, it was one of the coolest battles in my life. With so many attacks back and forward, along with our Pokemon either running or flying everywhere, everything felt so intense. Politoed defeated his Charizard, but lost to his Altaria, Togekiss tied with Altaria, a lot of awesome things happening. At the end, after his Dragonite defeated Suicune, it was now between Typhlosion and Dragonite. We gave that match our very best, blow after blow, dodge after dodge, one strategy after another, and after a huge collision of Flame Wheel and Dragon Rush... we lost.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." said Serena.
"Nah, don't be! I mean, it's great enough to be able to battle the Champion afterall! An opportunity like that is one that I will always treasure!"
"So you won both the Kanto and Johto leagues? That's pretty cool!" said Bonnie.
"And I bet once you returned to New Bark Town, the fans were just crazy, right?" asked Clemont.
"Ugh, yeah. I kid you not, I was instantly mobbed by fans when I arrived back home. Man, I swear I was gonna run out of air when I was surrounded by so many people asking stuff like 'how do I feel winning two leagues' or 'what do I plan to do next'. I think Pichu was almost hugged to death by so many screaming fangirls. Right buddy?"
Pichu nodded, horrifyingly remembering that dreadful experience.
"Have you done anything else after the Kanto League?" asked Clemont.
"To tell you the truth, not much. I just settled down for a while until one year later, Professor Elm called for me to visit his lab. He wanted me to explore Mt. Silver, which by then, had been labeled as the most dangerous area of all of Kanto and Johto."
(plays Thorntail Hollow Well from Star Fox Adventures)
"Y'see, throughout the years, Mt. Silver had gone through things like several avalanches, landslides, Pokemon attacks, so many calamities. Even Silver Town and the Silver Conference was destroyed by the many disasters, causing the Johto League to be moved to a town north of Blackthorn City. Because of all that, Mt. Silver has become a heavily restricted place, with the only people allowed to enter the base are trainers who have been given permission by certain people high in authority like the Pokemon Professors themselves. But even the few trainers allowed to go just come back hours later, with reports saying they were either scared off or wiped out by the wild Pokemon or the disasters that happen there, or in some rare cases, they are mysterious found unconscious near the gate entrances leading to the base. These trainers claim the last thing they remember was being defeated by a powerful, yet unknown trainer at the top of the tallest mountain and then finally succumbing to the strong snow storm. That unknown trainer is called the 'Legend of Mt. Silver," though while many believe in his existence, others don't and claim it's just a rumored myth. Even the trainers who made it to the top say that he was an illusion caused by the effects of the harsh snow storm."
"I heard about the rumored Legend of Mt. Silver too," pointed out Clemont. "I heard recently that a Pokemon Poacher was capturing Pokemon at the base of the mountain range, only to be supposedly stopped by the Legend, along with his Pokemon, though it's unclear whether or not this is true as there were no witnesses during his time at the base."
"Oh yeah, I heard about that too. Plus, when Officer Jenny found the poacher, he had appeared out of nowhere on the streets of Viridian City, unconscious. Going back to Professor Elm, the reason why he wanted me to explore Mt. Silver because he needed someone strong and capable enough to research the landscape and Pokemon."
As Jimmy talked about his time at Mt. Silver, Serena was thinking to herself. Mt. Silver was the only area of all of Kanto and Johto that she didn't search for Ash for as she wasn't able to gain approval of access. Heck, Mt. Silver was the only place of all the Pokemon World she hasn't looked at. While she was disappointed at first, she soon gave up on trying to go there, figuring Ash wouldn't run away somewhere that was close to his home or a danger to his Pokemon, but then again...
"I couldn't turn down the chance of an awesome adventure, so I said yes. I prepared myself by packing up with tons of essentials like medicines, and I was even allowed to bring all my Pokemon with me for the extra safety, but when we got there," Jimmy then turned sadly to his Typhlosion and Pichu, who returned the same glances before he continued on, "it was just too much for us to take. The terrain was hard to go through, the Pokemon were insanely powerful, and the weather conditions were awful! The higher we got, the more worse the snow storms got, and not even Typhlosion was able to take it! I swear I almost got myself killed multiple times due to either Pokemon attacks, or sudden disasters."
"That sounds horrible." said Bonnie.
"Denene."
"How did your research at Mt. Silver go though?" asked Clemont.
Jimmy sighed and said, "Well, I got enough that I could. To sum up everything I wrote down in my journal; large and scary Pokemon everywhere, avalanches are common, the higher you go, the colder it gets. That was pretty all I could get down before I was chased by a wild Steelix. I was looking for some fresh water in a cave and I had all my Pokemon in their Pokeballs for their safety, and then there it was, a humongous Steelix speeding down towards with me with the probable intention of kill. I was too scared and shocked to send out a Pokemon, so I ran for it. It never gave up and eventually, it chased me out of the cave and I tripped on a rock and fell off the mountain side. Luckily, I fell in a raging river below, but the impact caused me to lose all consciousness. When I finally woke up, I was back in front of the gate that led to the base. Thankfully, I didn't had any real injuries and all my Pokeballs were safe, but now that I had a real life experience of the treacherous mountain range, I vowed to never go back. Things like that are just never worth it, it was just that dangerous of a place to go. I went to back New Bark Town afterwards to present Professor Elm my research. He understood what I went through and he apologized for sending me over there, but I told him not to worry about it. Now heavily exhausted, I just went back home and off to bed."
"Aw man, that sounds really rough. No wonder they restricted that place." commented Bonnie.
"I'm thankful to know you were able to survive though." said Clemont.
"Thanks."
"Did you ever see the Legend of Mt. Silver during your time there?" asked Serena, who now had certain thoughts in her mind.
"Nope, nor any hints of him. Heh, I guess it's all just a rumor afterall."
"Oh, okay." said Serena with a small tug in her heart.
"It really was a life-threatening and terrifying experience, but hey..."
(plays Route 29 from Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver)
"I would be lying if I would to say it wasn't fun. And now, two more years later, here I am in the Kalos region, once again off to collect eight gym badges and compete in the league with my wonderful Pokemon." Jimmy said this as he stroke Pichu's head and patted Typhlosion's, who all enjoyed their trainer's affection. "And I met a lot of cool friends too! For example, you guys!"
"That's one of the many great things about adventures," said Bonnie as she hugged Dedenne. "You meet so many friends and catch a lot of cool Pokemon!"
"That couldn't be more true!" Jimmy happily agreed.
By now they were done talking, they had all finished their snacks, or in Serena's case, her coffee, which had made her feel wide awake now. Speaking of Serena though, she now had deep thoughts over what Jimmy was saying. Mt. Silver, the only location of all the Pokemon World she hadn't searched at. Could Ash truly be there, even how dangerous it has gotten? And now that she thought about it, the rumor of the Legend of Mt. Silver started like a year or two after Ash had disappeared. Was it a coincidence, or perhaps a connection? Also, was Jimmy telling the truth about his experience of Mt. Silver? For some reason, deep down, she could sense there was something hidden in his story. Something she had to know...
(plays At Dawn ...for Speed Highway from Sonic Adventure)
After exiting Cafe Classe, the gang resumed on their Bonnie-led tour of Lumiose City. Unfortunately, even with Clemont's device, the tour lasted til' the evening.
"And that's Lumiose City!" said Bonnie as her brother and friends sweatdropped behind her.
"I must say, it's a pretty cool city." said Jimmy.
"It sure is! And if one thing's for sure, many parts of the city wouldn't be possible if it weren't fir the top electrician and inventor of the city, my brother Clemont!"
"That reminds me," said Clemont, "I think it's time for the gym's annual generator check-up."
"Annual generator check-up?" questioned Jimmy.
"Yeah, couple of years, I built a powerful generator within the Prism Tower to serve as a backup power source for Lumiose City in case a problem were to arouse at the Kalos Power Plant again. I built it myself, but I have to check it every so often to make sure there's nothing wrong. Don't want another sudden blackout." Clemont then started his way to the Prism Tower. "This probably won't take too long, so I'll see you again soon!"
Bonnie followed her brother. "Clemont, I'll go with you! If you accidentally hurt yourself, I'll be there to help!"
And with that, Jimmy and Serena were alone. Before any of them could say anything, Jimmy heard his stomach growl, indicating he was hungry. Typhlosion and Pichu sweatdropped at this.
"Heh, guess I'm hungry. I think I'll go over to one of those fancy restaurants Bonnie showed me. What do you guys think?"
"Typhlo!"
"Pichu!"
"Great! Hey Serena, wanna join us?"
"Sure! In fact, I know the perfect place."
"Really now? What is it?"
Serena walked in front of Jimmy to lead the way.
"Just follow me. You'll be surprised in the end, but it'll have a lot of good food. Plus, it's a place I can actually be myself instead of Serylah."
"Alright, sounds great! Can't wait!"
"Good!"
As Jimmy, Typhlosion, and Pichu followed Serena, the girl turned towards to him to ask him a question she actually has been wanting to ask since she met him, especially now hearing what he has doing prior to his Kalos Journey. She couldn't ask him before because Clemont and Bonnie were around.
"Hey Jimmy, can I ask you something?"
"Sure. What's up?"
"Do you know a boy from Pallet Town named Ash Ketchum?"
Woo! Another chapter done! Yays!
In case anyone got the wrong message at the end, Serena and Jimmy ARE NOT dating, this is just a perfect opportunity for Serena to find more clues of Ash now that Clemont and Bonnie are gone.
I apologize if some of Jimmy's stories might be, in a way, off-puting. I'm not really good in explaining backstories like that.
Also, there's a hidden Pokemon XY joke in the last chapter and a RWBY joke in this chapter. First one who gets both gets a cool prize!
Thank you all for reading and please leave a review of your thoughts, ideas, questions, music choices, etc.
Also, HYPE for Pokemon Sun and Moon!
