The Arrivals

It was December 31st, 7:45 pm. An antsy Ash was about to explode.

"Where is everybody? I told the 7:30 right?" Ash second guessed himself. He paced all throughout his living room. He then decided to wait outside to see if people were coming here by Pokémon. Brock and Tracey were already there, but he was at the Professor's lab still getting it ready.

"Hey Ash!" Someone screamed. Ash thought that it sounded far away so he looked up into the sky and saw a Hydreigon flying in his direction. He stared at it and wondered who he knew that had a Hydreigon. He then saw a massive amount of dark purple hair.

"Iris!" Ash yelled. He ran to where he thought the Hydreigon would land. He huge dragon and dark type Pokémon landed within Ash. Iris jumped off her Hydreigon and Axew came popping out of her hair.

"Hi Ash. It's been a while." Iris stated. Ash ran up to Iris.

"Yo!" Axew stated while giving Pikachu a peace sign.

"Hey!" Pikachu yelled as he jumped off Ash's shoulder onto the ground. Axew jumped out of Iris's hair and in front Pikachu.

"Uh Iris a little help?" a voice pleaded. Iris looked behind her to see Cilan trying to get off Hydreigon.

"Hold on Cilan." Iris stated. Iris walked over to her Hydreigon and helped Cilan off. After Cilan got off Iris returned Hydreigon to its Poké ball.

"Are you alright Cilan?" Ash questioned. He walked up to Cilan and he was shaking.

"I'm fine now!" Cilan yelled.

"Talk about a fast recovery." Ash was amazed at Cilan's recovery.

"It's great to see you again. It's like the taste of a delicious flavor that can only be tasted once in a life time." Cilan explained.

"Oh boy here comes Connoisseur boy." Iris thought.

"So how have you guys been after I left Unova?" Ash questioned.

"Well I gave up my possession as Gym Leader along with Cress and Chili. But with all the free time I had on my hands I became and S class connoisseur." Cilan answered.

"Cilan that's awesome! What about you Iris?" Ash questioned.

"Well I was the Opelucid Gym leader for about 2 ½ years and then I challenged Alder to a battle and I won so I am now the Unova region champion." Iris answered. Ash was speechless at Iris's accomplishments.

"That's awesome Iris! I need to have a battle with you!" Ash yelled.

"Maybe later Ash." Iris replied.

"Hey what's a party without Gary Oak?" a voice stated from behind Ash.

"Hey it's Gary!" Ash yelled as he looked behind him. He ran up to Gary and gave him a firm handshake. "So how've ya been?"

"I became the Viridian City Gym leader." Gary replied.

"That great!" Ash replied. "Gary these are my friends that I traveled with in the Unova region."

"Hi it's nice to meet you. My name is Iris." Iris stated.

"My name is Cilan a Pokémon connoisseur." Cilan replied.

"Nice to meet ya. Name's Gary Oak. Professor Oak's grandkid." Gary introduced himself. "So Ashy-boy, where's your girlfriend at?" Gary teased. Gary was then hit with a huge mallet. The person who held the mallet was none other than Misty with her Azurill wrapped in her arms.

"Hey it's Misty!" Ash yelled. Misty put her mallet back in her bag and walked to Ash.

"Misty!" Pikachu yelled. He jumped onto Misty and started licking her cheek.

"Hi Pikachu! It's great to see you too. Hi Ash." Misty replied.

"Hey Misty. I want to introduce you to my friends Iris and Cilan." Ash stated.

"It's really nice to meet you. Ash has told us a lot about you." Cilan stated.

"Really?" Misty replied.

"Yeah he said that you carried around a mallet and you are the Gym Leader of the Cerulean Gym." Iris replied. Gary then got back up off the ground.

"Why'd ya hit me with a mallet?!" Gary yelled at Misty getting up in her face.

"Cause you thought that Ash and I were dating when we're not!" Misty yelled back getting in Gary's face. Gary backed away.

"I thought I smelt a dragon type." A female voice complained.

"I thought I smelt the pungent aroma of an S class connoisseur." Another female voice stated. Iris and Cilan looked behind them to see Burgundy and Georgia.

"Georgia it's good to see you again." Iris stated.

"You too Burgundy. You've both grown up so much." Cilan complimented.

"Well don't think that you're ahead of me. I have been training to be a better connoisseur. I have been promoted to an A class connoisseur." Burgundy explained.

"That's great Burgundy! I want you two to meet Gary and Misty. Misty is a friend of my here in Kanto and Gary is my old rival." Ash introduced.

"Nice to meet you!" Misty stated.

"Look out!" a male voice screamed. Everyone was looking the same direction. They saw a young blonde male riding his bike out of control.

"Watch out!" Gary yelled. Everyone moved out of the way but Ash came on a full on collision course with the bike and sent him and the rider flying.

"Ash, are you alright?" Misty questioned as she went to go help her friend.

"Hey Barry why don't you watch were you're going once in a while would ya?!" Ash screamed at Barry.

"For your information Ash, I was driving perfectly until you got in my way!" Barry screamed back.

"Look you two calm down!" Gary yelled at the boys.

"Don't make me get my mallet back out!" Misty threatened. Ash froze.

"Barry! I told you not to run into Ash!" a female voice yelled. Everyone looked in the same direction that Barry came in to see Dawn.

"Hey it's Dawn!" Iris yelled. Dawn pulled up to a stop on her bike.

"Hi everybody!" Dawn yelled.

"Hiya!" Piplup stated as he came out from behind Dawn's shoulder.

"Your Piplup is so cute!" Misty fangirled over the penguin Pokémon.

"Thanks. You must be Misty. Ash told me a lot about you while we were traveling together." Dawn explained

"And you must be Dawn. After Ash came back from Sinnoh he told me that you lost in the Grand Festival final round. I'm sorry about that. I watched a re-run and I thought you should have won." Misty complimented.

"Thanks!" Dawn stated.

"Hey! Up here!" a voice yelled from the skies. Everyone looked around to see where the voice was coming from.

"Up there!" Georgia yelled. She pointed at a Flygon with what looked like had 3 riders.

"Could that be…?" Ash started. "It is! May, Drew, Max down here!" Ash yelled as he waved his arms trying to signal Drew's Flygon. Flygon made a clean landing in front of everyone who was already there. Max and Drew got off first and Drew helped May off his Flygon.

"May!" Misty and Dawn yelled as they ran up and hugged her.

"Hey guys!" May replied.

"Hi my name is Iris. I was the one who traveled with Ash in Unova." Iris explained.

"It's nice to meet you. My name is May. This is my brother Max and my friend Drew." May introduced.

"It's nice to meet you." Drew stated.

"Hey Max it's been a while." Ash stated.

"Ash!" Max yelled. He ran to Ash and started talking to him about his Pokémon.

"Hellloooo!" a male voice yelled. Chills went up May's spine.

"Ash. You didn't invite him did you?" May questioned with fear in her voice.

"Yep!" Ash yelled.

"You who! May darling over here!" the voice stated as the sound came closer and closer. May turned around in horror.

"Hi Harley. It's great to see you again." May lied through her teeth.

"And it's great to see you too May darling! Oh who are your new friends?" Harley questioned.

"My name is Dawn and this is Iris and Misty." Dawn introduced. "It's nice to meet you."

"Well it is fabulous to meet you!" Harley yelled. He walked away.

"What the heck was that all about?" Iris questioned.

"I have been trying to figure that out for years." May replied.

"Hey Ash!" a male yelled from across the group.

"Hey it's Reggie!" Ash yelled. Reggie ran at the group and finally stopped.

"Reggie it's been a long time. How are you?" Dawn questioned.

"I've been fine. What about you guys?" Reggie questioned.

"We've been fine. Everyone this is Reggie. He is the older brother to one of my rivals back in Sinnoh." Ash introduced. "Is Paul not coming?"

"No he is. He's just gonna be late. He has a huge battle that started a little while ago and he won't be here for a while. He said that he would be here as fast as he could after the battle was over." Reggie explained.

"That's alright Reggie. Why don't we all head to Professor Oak's while we wait for everyone else?" Ash suggested.

"I'm up for that." Burgundy replied. Everyone started to head towards Professor Oak's Laboratory. There the party would begin.