(A.N.- This was inspired by another user's story. Sorry about this chapter's shortness and formatting.) Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Brock Harrison and Dawn Berlitz were going to Pallet Town after Ash's loss to Tobias in the Lily of the Valley Conference. "Come on guys! I can almost taste my mom's cooking already!" Ash yelled in delight. "Wait up Ash!" Dawn replied to little effect Soon enough Ash had reached the front door of his mother's house and knocked on the front door. Delia immediately embraced her son as soon as she'd opened the door. "Welcome home honey! Have you remembered to change your 'you-know-what's"…" "Yes, Mom." A few seconds later, Dawn and Brock came running up. Both the coordinator and the breeder had to stop for a few seconds to catch their breath. "Hello Brock!" Delia turned to Dawn. "And you are…?" "I'm Dawn." The blunette replied. "Nice to meet you dear. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Pikachu fried your bike accidently." "How did you know, Mrs. Ketchum?" "Every time Ash gains a female traveling companion, it's usually because of that." Delia explained. "Anyway, come in! Mimey should almost be finished making lunch." When the foursome stepped inside the house, Dawn gasped at all the knick-knacks, souvenirs, and pictures Delia had set around the living room. "Go on and sit down kids. I'll be back in a minute with some sandwiches." said Delia. While Brock and Ash sank to the couch, Dawn went and started looking at the various pictures. "Hey Ash?" "Yeah, Dawn?" replied the black-haired trainer. "How come there's no pictures of your Dad here?" "There aren't? " "Nope." "Let me go and check upstairs in the attic." With that, Ash got up from the couch and went up the staircase to the attic. "Hmmmmmmm? Where would I find pictures of my dad? Let me try this box." Ash turned to a cardboard box labeled "Memories". Opening it he found three peculiar objects; a photo album, a book(?), and most strangely, an cracked eggshell. "What the heck is this doing up here?" Ash turned the eggshell over in his hands. It was scarlet and gold coloured, with black bits and pieces. "Why would Mom save a Pokémon eggshell?" Ash put down the eggshell gently and picked up the photo album. When Ash opened up the photo album, he almost fainted in shock. The picture, which took up the entire page, showed his mother standing in front of a Ho-oh! Ash quickly turned to the second page. This one showed his mom in a dress, standing next to a man wearing a crimson coloured tuxedo. Ash took a closer look at the man. He had golden- orangeish hair, as well as red eyes. "Could that man be my father?" Ash turned to the next page. To his shock, there was a picture that was showing his mom and the man holding the egg that was now before him. "Ash, honey, lunch is ready." Delia's voice floated up the stairs. "Coming Mom!" With that, Ash quickly snapped the album shut and put it back in the box, taking care not to break the eggshell. "I'd better ask Mom about that box." Ash thought. Ash went back downstairs and went into the kitchen. His mother, Brock, and Dawn were already seated at the table. While they ate sandwiches and drank lemonade, Delia asked about their adventures in Sinnoh. After a while, she asked "So… what are you three going to do now?" Dawn answered first. "I'm probably going to head to the Hoenn region and enter their Grand Festival." Brock went next. "I'm going to go back to Pewter City and try to become a Pokémon doctor." Finally, Ash went. "I'm going to call up Scott and see if his offer of becoming a Frontier brain is still open. If not, I may train before entering the next Indigo Conference. Mom, can I ask you a question?" "Yes dear?" "How come in a box in the attic, there's a Pokémon eggshell, and a photo album that shows you standing in front of Ho-oh?" Delia, whose eyes widened in surprise, quick said in reply "Oh no…." "Mom…?" "Ash, I'll be right back." Delia quickly stood up and ran upstairs. "Ash…?" "Yeah Brock…?" "What do you mean that…?" Brock was cut off because Delia entered, holding the book, the photo album, and the eggshell, all of which she placed down on the table. "I didn't mean for you to find out before you turned 18… but… I guess I have to tell you now…. Ash, honey, the truth is… you're not entirely human." "What do you mean?" "Ash, your father is not a Pokémon trainer…. Your father is the legendary Pokémon Ho-oh." With that last sentence, Ash fainted. (A.N.- How's that for cliff hanger? Remember… read and review! Constructive criticism always welcome! ASDFG96 out!)