Hey Everybody!
If you haven't read my message, go back to the previous chapter and read it, pretty please! :)
Chapter One rewrite is here! I promise you it is definitely a bit better than the previous chapters, and this time we don't just follow Ash – we follow everyone's journeys to JAE. Sorry about this annoying change of plan on my part, but please bear with me – I'm only trying to make the reading experience a bit better for you guys.
Here we go…..
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon but I own these story ideas
Chapter 1
Road To Something New
No one saw it coming…but soon enough the unpredictable had happened.
Giovanni had taken over the all of the five regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Team Rockets power had grown to know no bounds and all the other regional groups like Magma, Aqua, Galactic and Plasma had bowed down before Team Rocket's authority.
The thing which shocked people the most…though…was instead of wreaking havoc, he decided that Pokemon Trainers were to exist no more. All the adult trainers were forced into doing day jobs or going to university to study even more. That also meant that every trainer or coordinator under the age of fifteen had to give up travelling around the regions and attend school with their Pokemon.
However, only the best were able to attend Jubilife Academy of Excellence – newly established by Cynthia, ex-Sinnoh champion and one of the strongest trainers known in existence. She'd scoured all the regions for those who were top at their game, and sent them invitations to attend her school. She hoped that if she trained all of them to be the strongest, Giovanni could be taken down one day…
Until then, all that mattered was that a large group of teenagers who would soon be arriving at JAE, were leaving their homes, ready to embark on their long…or short journey to Jubilife City where they would be living on campus, and studying from the very best teachers.
6.05 AM
In front of the Red-Roofed House, 1st Street, Pallet Town
In the real world, all kids go to school, but thanks to his hyperactive, yet supportive mother, he was able to ignore this basic necessity of life and skip straight to living by himself and moving around all by himself with his friends from the age of ten. So basically, the idea of having to live in a dormitory with "rules" and "regulations" did not appeal to him. Not that he even knew what those words meant, because he'd never been to school…
As you can imagine, he was pretty upset, and was haughtily pushed out of his small "cottage" in Pallet Town by the very frustrated Delia Ketchum. He stood outside the door, his face sweltering in the heat with the official Pokemon League cap on his head. Delia gave him a quick hug, and they both shared a small family moment with each other. Pikachu, forever excited, leaped onto his shoulder and held on tight as Ash marched out through the gate and onto the dirt path, retracing the steps of his very first journey – to catch the Magnet Train at Saffron City.
6.05 AM
In front of the Greens' House, 2nd Street, Pallet Town
"Good Morning Leaf," the boy next door politely greeted.
"Hey there, Red! You ready to go?" Leaf asked, as Red nodded.
"We should probably run though. I'll bet you those two went ahead," Red replied.
6.05 AM
In front of Professor Oak's Laboratory, 3rd Street, Pallet Town
"Now, now… I expect top results, you do know that you have a name to live up to. ESPECIALLY, as one of the Oak household," an old man who stood sturdy with a greying hair and an aged complexion preached to the young spiky-haired brunette who patiently listened. "Yes Gramps," he muttered and was caught by surprise when his grandfather enveloped him in a hug. "I'll miss you, Gary!" he said, patting his grandson's shoulder. Meanwhile next to the Professor, his sister, Daisy held out something for him. "Here. It's the latest technology from Unova. It's called an XTransciever. If you ever feel like talking to anyone, video chat me on it." She said with a content smile, before throwing her arms around her brother in a hug. Gary felt hostile, but hugged back. He realised how much his family missed him, while he was away from them.
He waved goodbye and set off towards Saffron City, with his biggest rival, Ash Ketchum in sight. Delia called out from the front door, "Don't forget to change your you-know-what everyday!" causing Ash to protest that he was being embarrassed. Gary smirked, Delia was such an embarrassing mother – but it was better than nothing. He caught up to Ash.
"Hey Gary, having a nice morning?" Ash asked him.
"Hmph, every morning as Gary Oak is equally wonderful. I can't believe you even asked," he retorted which annoyed Ash.
"You guys are at it again? It's six in the morning!" a girl complained from behind them. Their faces were overjoyed to see Leaf, and the silent figure standing next to her.
"Oh my goodness Red! I didn't know you had the red version of the Official Pokemon League Cap! You've never worn it before. Where did you get it? Can I have it?" Ash excitedly asked.
Red shrugged before replying in his low, husky voice, "I got it from Dad, before I left."
Ash, Gary, Red and Leaf had all grown up together as childhood friends. Even though they'd all journeyed around Kanto separately, they had kept in touch and met back every year at Pallet Town. Their friendship had survived this whole time, but would everything change, in high school?
All of their mouths dropped when they finally reached Saffron City. The special superfast magnet train assigned to arrive exactly on the JAE campus had been scheduled on Platform 8, and the platform was swarming with adolescents, around their age, maybe older. "Well it has to be this train, right? I'm surprised that JAE has it's own train." Leaf commented.
"Well it is a school for the BEST trainers in all of the regions," Gary stated, "Which makes me wonder how you got in, Ash?"
Ash fell for the taunt, "Maybe because I am going to be a Pokemon Master one day!" Red chuckled, and Leaf laughed. Ash and Gary had always argued like little children, it was nothing new. They strode forward just as the express came to a halt.
The Jubilife Express was luxurious, well-furnished train. "THIS IS AMAZING!" Leaf shouted absorbing her surroundings. They chose a cabin and settle down with their trunks in hand. Ash and Gary both lunged for the windows, which left Leaf sitting beside Gary and Red sitting beside Ash. There was still room for four more people in their cabin and Leaf especially looked forward to making more friends.
Ash's Pikachu happily hopped off his shoulder and on to his lap for a nap. Meanwhile Ash pigged out on the feast Delia had packed for him to enjoy on the train – without offering it to his friends. Gary looked out the window, Red fiddled with his Pokedex and Leaf had her earphones plugged in.
The cabin door squeezed open, as a tall, tanned boy walked in. "Mind if I grab a seat?" he asked. They all looked towards and shook their heads. "BROCK!" they all then happily shouted.
They'd all beaten the Pewter Gym during their travels, so they were familiar with its Gym Leader Brock. "So you'll be attending JAE as well?" Leaf asked enthusiastically.
Brock's eyes shone, "Well half and half, you could say. I'm a student but I also get to help the world-famous breeder, Suzy teach breeding classes. Aren't I lucky?"
Gary smirked, "I see you still haven't gotten yourself a girlfriend."
Brock cleared his throat, "That may be so…but there'll be TONS of girls just waiting for me in Jubilife City!" He had completely lost it, and was thrashing around.
Eventually three hours passed, with Brock and Red discussing Pokemon types and techniques, Ash grooming Pikachu and giving her some TLC, Leaf finishing ROGUE – the best fashion magazine in all of the regions, and Gary planning out how his high school life would turn out.
Finally they arrived at the only stop along the way, Goldenrod City, in Johto. A separate train had been sent to Hoenn and Unova to pick up all the students in those areas. Just then the door of their cabin opened again.
A girl walked in, with two boys at her side. She had striking aqua hair, in two pigtails, which curved upwards, a grey cap, and a white jacket, under which she had a bright pink t-shirt and grey bike pants.
The boy on her left, was a tall teenager who wore a black and yellow cap backwards, with a small tuft of his black hair sticking out, black t-shirt with a red jumper on top and then yellow shorts, and the other individual had greyish blonde hair which stuck up in three spikes in the middle of his, head and wore a green shirt, brown long pants and green sneakers.
The outburst that followed was absurd.
"Oh fair maiden, how about we enjoy a – "Brock began, after being captivated by Marina's perfect appearance. Marina had other plans.
She stood in front of Gary and blinked her eyes in a flirtatious manner, "Hey gorgeous," she said. Gary simple spiked up his hair more and returned to whatever he was doing. Marina kept trying to get his attention until the black-haired boy snapped his fingers.
After the girl settled down, the black-haired one finally spoke up, "We're so sorry about that. You see, Marina can't control herself when she sees any guy she finds appealing,"
"Jimmy just wishes that she'd lose her cool when Marina saw him…" the other boy said, which Jimmy returned with a punch to his shoulder.
Leaf couldn't hold in her laughter, "Gary? Appealing? Pfft…yeah, right!"
Gary seemed to take offense to this, "Excuse me, Miss Leaf Green? Do you remember my fan club?"
Leaf only laughed harder, "You mean those weird bunch of girls who did the 'Gary Gary he's my man' thing?"
"Every guy dreams of having their own fanclub." Gary finished before returning to his list.
Leaf simply waved her hand, "Whatever you say, Mr Ego. Anyways, I'm Leaf Green from Pallet Town," she introduced.
Marina plopped down next to her, "I'm MARINA FROM NEW BARK TOWN! IT'S SO GOOD TO MEET ANOTHER GIRL!" Leaf was in the same boat as well, so they eagerly chatted away to each other.
Jimmy introduced himself, and his friend, Victor.
Ash, Brock, Gary and Red got to know Jimmy, Marina and Victor a lot better for the next three hours. They all released their Pokemon to meet Jimmy's Typhlosion and Beedrill, and also Marina's Misdreavus called Little Miss, her Jigglypuff and her Croconaw called Wani-Wani. Ash and Jimmy had chatted about battle strategies, and promised each other to have a real trainer battle once they reached campus. Marina had boasted about the radiance and her superior performance skills to Leaf, and Leaf had talked about her successes in the battling front. Then Victor had described his strange experiences at the Violet City Trainer School, as a child, which the other three, who had never been to school before, listened to, with wide eyes.
Eventually Marina pulled out a pack of cards, which resulted in an endless game of Snap, with constant bickering between Ash and Gary along the way.
3.46 PM
Jubilife Station
As the smoke from the train settled, Ash, along with his new friends, stepped down from the train with their luggage. Actually, it was more like Marina with her two suitcases, which were being carried by Jimmy and Victor. Red asked, "Should we get going? If them four, are feeling up to it," He said pointing towards Jimmy and Victor, moaning and wailing – with Leaf and Brock laughing along, and Gary calling Daisy on his XTransceiver to inform them he had reached JAE.
They followed the crowd out of JAE's very own train station and headed towards the large golden electronic gates of Jubilife Academy of Excellence. A statue of a Garchomp (typical Cynthia) greeted them at the entrance as several staff ran about registering students here and there. Each student received a pack containing a welcome letter, handbook filled with school rules, a map of the school and Jubilife City, their timetables, dorm key cards and room assignments.
Once they'd passed the front gates, all of them dropped their luggage to swap schedules (because they'd each chosen different electives) and room assignments. "I'm sharing a room with some guy called Hilbert." Gary read out. It turned out that Leaf was sharing her room with two others – Ursula and Hilda, Ash would be rooming with Richie, Jimmy was with Khoury, Victor with Todd, Brock with Cilan and Red was with Brendan.
"Hey, we'll be heading off to our dorms now. We'll meet up with you guys later during dinner, alright?" Leaf called. The boys waved with Gary replying, "Sure!"
5.50 PM
Front Gates of JAE, Jubilife City
"Welcome back to May's Adventures! The path is twisted, and the people are strange. I wonder where we are. Oh, it's Jubilife City!" May said holding a rectangle in front of her face pretending she was on TV. A boy sighed next to her, "You're embarrassing the hell out of me, May."
"Sorry, Brendan…I'm just excited!"
She heard the squeal of girls to her right as they all ran in one direction. "Oh my gosh! Did you hear? He's here!"
Brendan looked around, "I wonder who they're talking about,"
May nodded in agreement, "Me, too."
Another girl ran past, but Brendan caught her arm, "Who's here?"
"You mean you don't know?" the girl said in shock, "THE Drew Hayden of LaRousse City is here! AH!"
May wasn't surprised, because she knew that JAE only accepted the best – which Drew Hayden most definitely was.
He was the best coordinator in all of Hoenn, and she had heard so much about him. "Hey Brendan, do you think he could help me become a better coordinator?" she asked.
Brendan smiled and nodded, "Sure. I mean he must be a nice guy to be such a hit with the ladies."
"Awww is Brendy jealous?" May pouted. Brendan punched her shoulder and ran off towards the gate.
A few minutes later, they held their trainer packs in their hands. "So, I'm rooming with a Dawn Berlitz and Misty Waterflower. They have really nice names, for sure," May squealed, "This is going to be SO much fun!"
Brendan looked at his slip of paper, "Gee, I don't know. I'm with some guy called Red. Not the most common name in the world,"
"Well, we should probably go to our dorms, right? I'll see you at dinner?"
"Yeah. Have fun, till then!"
"You can count on that, Brendy!"
"Drop the nickname…"
"Stay Tuned to 'May's Adventures', as we walk on the road to something new!" she finished, before walking off towards the dorms. Brendan facepalmed and headed in the other direction. It had been a long day.
So here it is c: The first chapter, completely different. Drew and many others have not yet been introduced, but they will be soon and then all the drama starts! Please keep reviewing, you know you guys inspire me and make me write this. I hope you enjoyed the chappie. Oh – and next update will be next Sunday, so keep your eyes out.
OH. AND FEEL FREE TO KILL ME. I KNOW YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY MAD.
Have a good one,
Rupee xx