Royalty in Exile
Chapter 1: Ash Ketchum Reigns
Author's notes: Well, here is where the action of Royalty in Exile really begins. Now, the rest of this story will be told in the POV of my OC Andrew James Ketchum, the younger brother of Ash. Ash won't be around until about Chapter 3, but this will help you get to know Andrew James. This will also explain his hero worship of Ash. Max, the younger brother of May will be Andrew James's best friend and supporting character, so you will see how his life is going after his sister's death.
Disclaimer: I forgot to put this in last chapter, but Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri and Rumble Fish belongs to S.E. Hinton.
Andrew James's POV
It's a nice and sunny day here in Celadon City. But instead of being outside doing stuff, me and my friends were inside Brock Slate's Billiards, playing pool. Brock had opened a billiard house after he had stopped being the leader of the Pewter Gym. I was playing with my best friend, Patrick Peden, who we sometimes call Smokey because of his colorless eyes, was nervous because he was losing to me, since he already owed me money. He was glad when my other friend, Brandon Jones, who we sometimes called Midget since he was almost six feet tall, came in to tell me some bad news.
"Yo, Andrew James," he began. "Gary Oak, he's looking for you, Andrew James." I lined up my shot with the white ball. "I'm not hiding," I replied in a smug tone. " He says he's going to kill you, Andrew James," he said in the same tone of voice. I simply said, "Saying ain't doing." I quickly said "Shit," as I shot the white ball into the hole. Because of that mistake, Patrick won the game.
Patrick laughed at me, saying "Oh that's tough luck man. Maybe we should go double or nothing next time," he joked. He happened to know about the fact that I can't concentrate on two things at once. "Sit down," I rudely said, forcing him back onto the barstool he was sitting on. Brandon laughed, saying " You two are constantly fighting like a couple of brothers, man." He then used the F-word, causing Brock to tell him to watch his language. I sat down next to Brandon. "Hey Brock, give me a chocolate milk, man." I always drink chocolate milk or Pepsi instead of Coke. Coca-Cola tends to tear holes into your esophagus. "So, what's he doing about this," I asked Brandon. "Gary, what is he doing about killing me?" Brandon said, "Look the deal is man, you have to meet him tonight under the arches, behind the pet store at about ten o clock, man." Brock gave me my chocolate milk, telling me to put a little hair on my chest. I ignored him, saying, " So he's coming alone then, huh?" Brandon told me not to count on it as he left.
I walked over to a booth to sit down. "Well, if he's bringing friends, then I'm bringing friends, man," I said. Max, my other best friend, said, "Yeah, but you know how that's going to turn out, Andrew James. You bring people, he brings people, your going to have to fight…" I interrupted him, saying, "Max, if you think I'm going to that vacant lot by myself, man, then you are a stupid dumbass." Patrick and my other friend, Josh Hilton, sat down in the booth with me. We then engaged in a round of dropping F-bombs on each other, while Brock tried to tell us to watch our language. We ignored him, as usual. We were having an argument about why I let Max tag along with us. I finally said "Max goes wherever I go." Then I told Max to sit down in the booth behind us and be quiet. "Dammit, Andrew James, we haven't had this kind of trouble for a long time now," Patrick said to me. " Are you a chicken, Pat," Josh asked with a snide tone of voice. "Oh, Pat is a chicken," Josh said, making chicken noises. I told Josh that Pat didn't want to come, but Josh kept calling Pat a chicken. I finally stopped him, and said to Pat, " If you don't want to come, we don't need you there." Pat said " You know, Andrew James, you know that I'm going to be there. Just remember what Ash said about gang fights." I got pissed off, and said, "Ash hasn't been in Celadon City for about two months, so don't tell me that baloney." Ever since his personality change, Ash had gotten into a bad habit of stealing other people's motorcycles and riding all across Kanto.
Max interrupted me saying, " What if Ash came back and found out?" "What," I responded to him. " What if your brother came back and found out," he repeated.
I slammed my fist down onto the table. "My brother ain't back, all right? I'm sick of hearing this crap," I yelled. Then I continued, saying, " I don't know when he's coming back, if he's coming back, so if you assholes want to sit around the rest of your lives just to hear what he says, then fine, fine man. But the thing is that I am going to kick Gary Oak's ass and I think I should have a few friends with me." Pat looked at me and said, "Look, Andrew James, we are going to be there. Let's just keep the fight between you two, all right." I agreed with him, shook hands with my friends to let them know that I'm still on their side and that I accept their apology. I then apologized to Brock for the cussing. He flicked me his middle finger. I just laughed, and me and my friends got up to leave.
Author's notes: Phew! End of Chapter 1! I really appreciated the support I got from the reviews and would like to thank Falcona, dbzgtfan2004, and Hakki for their support, and to thank Neo Namco for his encouragement to continue this. Because of this, I gave you an early update to thank you for this. Three more reviews until Chapter 2. Until then, this is Zombie Hippie, signing off.