AN:/

So I have decided to split up the Holiday's chapter up into different chapters so each region she visits with her family will be a new chapter so you guys can see the updates instead of just adding in on the one chapter all the time,

So here is the first part of the story for when Ashlynn, Family and Friends go to The Kingdom of Rota, so Enjoy :-)

Disclaimer! - In no way do I own Pokemon.

Pokemon Ash gets this Chapter as gifts.
Riolu – From Riley – Given to at Age 10
Elekid – From Volkner – Given to at Age 10
Magby – From Flint – Given to at Age 10

Pokemon to be captured
Pidgey – Captured at Age 10
Rattata – Captured at Age 10
Magikarp – Captured at Age 10
Spearow – Captured at Age 10
Pokemon Attacks to be learnt this chapter

Pichu – Covet, Electro web, endure, helping hand, signal beam and snore
Charmander – Iron tail, endure, fire punch, focus punch, heat wave and snore.
Dratini – Aqua tail, Bind, endure, icy wind, iron tail and snore.
Eevee – Endure, heal bell, hyper voice, iron tail, snore and toxic.
Hoppip – Endure, helping hand, snore, worry seed, toxic and hidden power.

Chapter 2

10 Years have passed since she stated to train, and she was very impressed with her progress, she is slightly taller than most of her female friends but still shorter than her male friends. One more year left and Ashlynn would be able to go on her journey she remembered just before turning 10 years old an unfortunate event happened where a new trainer had been injured critically by the wild pokemon surrounding route 1 which is just outside of pallet town, so the pokemon league officials increased the travelling age from 10 – 16.

"Flashback" Today Is Ashlynn's birthday and also would of been the day that she would of been going out on her journey but that was not to be, whilst she was a bit disappointed that she would have to wait another 6 years before going on her journey but she does not mind, she could learn even more, and train her pokemon, also just because she is not allowed to travel does not mean she can't capture more pokemon friends, that are around the area of pallet town. As they still got their pokemon license at 10, just unable to actually journey on their own til they were 16.

During her training she has gained more knowledge on how to treat and train pokemon, how to cook different foods for the different types of pokemon, how to make and repair clothes, how to fish, and many other things.

Ashlynn was also taught self defense and she remembers how she was taught like it was just yesterday "Flashback aged 7." – Doing her rounds around Professor's Oak's Corral, she heard a noise of what sounded like fighting, upon tracking down where the noise was she saw four fighting types all training and sparring against one another, the four fighting types were a Machamp, a Hitmonlee, a Hitmonchan and a Hitmontop, witnessing them fighting this way made Ashlynn think about her upcoming journey, how much easier it would be for her if she could defend herself as well, just as she was thinking this, she had noticed that the proud fighting types had all stopped sparring one another and bowed to each other in a sign of respect, taking this as a chance she walked up to them, calmly but also making sure she was not going to make any sudden movements but to also let them know she was there, at the sound of her footsteps, all the pokemon turned towards where she was coming from and looked at her, wondering why she was coming close to them, Ash stopped just a few feet away from them, and introduced herself, "Hi there, I'm Ashlynn, but most call me Ash, I'm only Ashlynn when I am in trouble heh –rubs back of head sheepishly- I heard you guys training and when I watched I was amazed, you see, in about 3 years time I am due to go out on a journey and was wondering if you four could take me on as your pupil and teach me how to defend myself, please I will be a good student and won't bother you none" the pokemon all looked at one another and then all together looked back at ash and gave her a thumps up whilst shouting their names, "What? Seriously you will? –insert nod from all pokemon here- Thank you thank you thank you, I promise I won't let you down, I will come here tomorrow after my rounds from professor oak if that will be alright?" Ash said, to which all the pokemon agreed, after finishing her rounds Ash went back into the lab and told professor oak about her learning from Machamp, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan and Hitmontop, Professor Oak was amazed but also thought it was a good idea, he had also told Ash that the four pokemon that she was getting trained by was not just strong but the strongest fighting types in the whole of the corral, due to their trainers also being martial arts masters and the pokemon are even better than them, so she really couldn't of gotten any better tutors to train her how to defend herself. "Flashback Ended" and thus how she was trained in self defense by the four fighting type pokemon that were the best of the best.

As Ashlynn and the rest of the gang weren't able to start their pokemon journey they all decided they were going to go on a Holiday to the kingdom of Rota, Ash was even more ecstatic about this as she has heard that there is a tournament that happens every year, around this time, and due to the fact she has pokemon she will be able to participate, which she really wants to, also Gary and Emerald will be participating as well.

What the gang did not know that there was also a festival going on in the Kingdom, and that all Aura users were going to be attending with friends / family members.

Ash decided before they were going away she would set up a timetable for her pokemon and her own training for the next 6 years to use then she will change it once she is travelling. So the following is the schedule for her training and her pokemon's training.

Monday

6.30am – get up, showered and dressed
7.00 – 9am – pokemon rounds at professor's oaks lab.
9 – 9.30am – breakfast
9.30 – 11.30am – move tutoring
11.30 – 1.30pm – strength and speed training (for both herself and pokemon) & Vitamins for pokemon one of each type.
1.30 – 2.30pm – Lunch
2.30 – 5.30pm – training with mum to make more difficult meals but still able to cook on the road.
5.30 – 6.30pm – Dinner
6.30 – 9.30pm – training with father.
9.30 – 10pm – relaxing time
10pm – bed time.

Tuesday
6.30am – get up, showered and dressed
7.00 – 9am – Studying pokemon behaviour at professor's lab.
9 – 9.30am – breakfast
9.30 – 11.30am – move tutoring
11.30 – 1.30pm – strength and speed training (for both herself and pokemon)
1.30 – 2.30pm – Lunch
2.30 – 5.30pm – training with mum to make more difficult meals but still able to cook on the road.
5.30 – 6.30pm – Dinner
6.30 – 9.30pm – training with father.
9.30 – 10pm – relaxing time
10pm – bed time.

Wednesday
6.30am – get up, showered and dressed
7.00 – 9am – Learning to look after baby pokemon at professor's lab
9 – 9.30am – breakfast
9.30 – 11.30am – move tutoring
11.30 – 1.30pm – strength and speed training (for both herself and pokemon) & Vitamins for pokemon one of each type.
1.30 – 2.30pm – Lunch
2.30 – 5.30pm – training with mum to make more difficult meals but still able to cook on the road.
5.30 – 6.30pm – Dinner
6.30 – 9.30pm – training with father.
9.30 – 10pm – relaxing time
10pm – bed time.

Thursday
6.30am – get up, showered and dressed
7.00 – 9am – Pokemon rounds at professor's oaks lab.
9 – 9.30am – breakfast
9.30 – 11.30am – move tutoring
11.30 – 1.30pm – strength and speed training (for both herself and pokemon) 1.30 – 2.30pm – Lunch
2.30 – 5.30pm – training with mum to make more difficult meals but still able to cook on the road.
5.30 – 6.30pm – Dinner
6.30 – 9.30pm – training with father.
9.30 – 10pm – relaxing time
10pm – bed time.

Friday
6.30am – get up, showered and dressed
7.00 – 9am – Pokemon Rounds at professor's oaks lab.
9 – 9.30am – breakfast
9.30 – 11.30am – move tutoring
11.30 – 1.30pm – strength and speed training (for both herself and pokemon) & Vitamins for pokemon one of each type.
1.30 – 2.30pm – Lunch
2.30 – 5.30pm – training with mum to make more difficult meals but still able to cook on the road.
5.30 – 6.30pm – Dinner
6.30 – 9.30pm – training with father.
9.30 – 10pm – relaxing time
10pm – bed time.

Saturday & Sunday
Relaxation days
Capturing more pokemon
Team bonding with the pokemon.

With the schedule now set, Ash was a lot happier, now that is out of the way, she was now packing for tomorrow for when they go on holiday.

The next day the gang left for the ship from Vermilion City to Rota, it should only take 2 hours to travel there but they still needed to be there early in the morning so the gang left at 5am to be there for 7am to get on the boat for 8am.

They got to rota harbour at 10am and then had to wait for transport to take them into the kingdom which was another hour's journey from the harbour, at 11am they were finally at the kingdom of rota, the kids, were very excited due to the fact this was their first ever holiday and the adults just looked at the kids in fondness and exasperation.

Once they got there, they all split up into their own little groups before giving a time and place to meet up again.

Several hours later and it was lunch time and time to meet up with the rest of the gang, after having food, Ash, Gary and Emerald decided to train their pokemon for a couple of hours whilst the adults watched on, Professor Oak decided he was going to go and find out some information whether they have to sign up to participate in the tournament and when does the tournament actually start. He found out the information rather quickly and found that each person who wishes to participate will have to sign up separately, if they are underage they would have to have parents permission as well, lucky for the three their parents had no problem them signing up an so they all signed up to the tournament, Professor Oak also let them know that the tournament did not start until Saturday as it is now Thursday.

On Friday the festival that celebrates aura users from the ancient times to the present, whilst having some aura users in the actual festival itself.

After looking around for several more hours they decided to get some dinner and then head to the hotel they were staying at to call it a night to get ready for the festival tomorrow.

The next morning everyone got up, started to get ready to go out into the festival, they decided they were going to have breakfast at the hotel first before heading out.

At the festival there were many different stalls, such as food, games and crafts and arts stalls for people. The stalls they had there were ones such as Ring toss game, bean bag toss, fishing, basketball throw game, chuck a ball, food stalls hot chestnuts, candy floss, sweets, doughnuts and chocolate and marshmallows, candy apples / toffee apples, hot drinks, beverages (For adults) hot food, and cold drinks (think of Winter wonderland that's the stalls I pretty much think of for here in the festival :p)

Many different rides were also around the festival and attractions such as pirate ship, swing chair, Horse Carousel, train ride, water rolling ball, water slide, bouncy castle (up to 12 children) Inflatable slide, bumper cars plus loads more.

The children all walked around in their own group whilst the adults did the same, they had to all meet up again in about 3 hours for lunch before exploring the festival even more.

The gang quickly found the game stalls and decided they were going to try a few of them to see if they could win anything at all, the gang tried all the game stalls winning on some and then not on others, they all had though at least 3 prizes each.

During the time of wondering around Ashlynn and the rest of the gang bumped into and made some new friends with some teenagers, they were about 6 years older than them and they kind of thought with the gang being 10 they should hang around and make sure nothing happens to them, they introduced themselves as Riley, Flint and Volkner, Riley then started to explain to the gang that he was an Aura trainee and hence why he was invited to the festival and he brought his two best friends / travelling companions. Ash thought this was cool and had started to ask Riley many different things about aura and what it could do and be used for etc; this somewhat amused him not used to dealing with such questions but tried to answer her to the best of his ability.

After wondering around for a couple of hours the gang noticed it was now time to meet up with the adults, they asked Riley and the others if they would like to tag along, so they did.

They got to the meeting point and introduced Riley, Flint and Volkner to everyone and then went to find somewhere to eat, during lunch, they all chatted and told stories and just generally got to know everyone better, the kids stated that they also wanted to quickly go back to the hotel to drop off their prizes.

The gang with Riley and friends then went back out and decided to spend some time together on the rides, Riley and Ashlynn started talking to get to know one another, she asked him what he liked about being a trainer as well as a trainee aura user, he stated he liked the freedom of travelling with friends both human and pokemon and that he liked training in aura as it made him feel he could do something to help others, he stated that when he is a full guardian, he could either stay here in Rota or still continue to travel which he will do and will be called back for important business which is what he would rather do, than be stuck in one place not seeing his friends for ages til they can come to rota and what not would drive him insane.

Riley asked her if she is excited about becoming a trainer, she stated she is but has to wait for another 6 years due to the fact that just several months before her 10th birthday and the others 10th a young boy had been injured by the wild pokemon just outside of pallet town so the league and the professors and the gym leaders agreed that people had to be at least 16 years old from now on to go on a journey as they should have more common sense but it also means they can train and prepare themselves better for the journey to come.

He then asked if she had any pokemon currently and she stated she did, she's got her Pichu called Thor, a Charmander called Amaterasu, a Eevee, a Hoppip and a Dratini, she explained that all the pokemon excluding the Dratini where birthday presents for her 5th birthday and that the Dratini she had rescued from a wild pokemon and she had became very attached to her, the professor called it imprinting, they believed she had not long hatched and somehow got lost, they believe a poacher might of had her egg and the egg somehow fell off and got lost and she hatched around the area and attracted the attention of the wild pokemon before she was found and taking care of by ash and the professor, Riley was impressed and stated it was an honourable thing to do and that not many little ones would do such a thing in the face of danger, Ash just smiled and stated she would do it all for her pokemon and friends.

They went onto several different rides for a couple of hours before dinner was due, the gang decided they were going to eat again in the hotel and said good bye the boys stating that they will see them tomorrow, Riley just gave them a place where they could meet together again tomorrow and off they went.

Whilst the gang was off having food Riley, Flint and Volkner were talking about Ashlynn and the gang. They were slightly confused as how they ended up hanging out with youngsters as that what they were but at the same time, they seemed more mature for their age and impressed them with their thinking and willingness to learn more before journeying whilst most children would be put out of the fact that their journey had been stopped before it even started, to them that showed a maturity that not many people even their age shows.

Riley also stated he sensed some Aura in them all but the strongest was in Ashlynn, Flint and Volkner asked was that the reason why they felt calm by her, and protective as well, Riley stated yes, as aura has a natural calming effect to those that are untrained in it as they are unaware of the aura that is being leaked out from them unintentional it is also why the others would look to Ash when about to choose a group activity as if she is the leader of the group.

After their conversation they decided to get some food and then rest for the evening, Riley was looking at a pokéball with a thoughtful expression, he had caught this pokemon a while ago, although he has a Lucario, he caught this pokemon and did not know why, but it seems that it was meant for a certain little girl that has captured his attention and has awoken his protectiveness, Flint and Volkner looked to their friend with a smile on their face, and said, well, maybe if she joins the tournament and wins we can give her a gift each as in to say congratulations she has won the tournament, it wouldn't be to suspicious instead of just going up to her and handing a pokéball for no reason other than because.

The next morning all the gang met up with Riley, Volkner and Flint and went to have breakfast, Riley asked if they were entering the tournament, to which the Ash, Gary and Emerald stated that yes they were entering, the adults stated they were not but were going to cheer their children on, Riley looked to his friends and then looked to the adults and stated that if it was alright with them if they could tag along with their group to cheer them on as well, as frankly they have all become somewhat attached to them and already saw them as friends and some even siblings.

So after breakfast the gang went up to where the tournament was being held and was being told the rules and what is to happen if one of them were to win.

(not very good at battle scenes so going to skip most ones only do the more important ones :p)

After being told what the rules and what was to happen if they were to win they went off to the changing rooms where they had to change into a different outfit, Ashlynn's was a female version of the aura guardian outfit, it came as a dress black and blue with a cape and a blue and black fedora, after getting dressed they decided to head to the main hall and await for the names to be called to start the prelims.

Ashlynn was to go first and battled a trainer named Kim 2 vs. 2 match Ash won using Amaterasu and Dratini, then it was Gary's turn and he was facing someone called Paul and used his Growlithe and Elekid after 15 minutes of battling Gary had finally won against Paul and go to go to the next rounds, next battle was Emerald against Trip she battled with her Bulbasaur and Magby and won after 20 minutes, and finally two other trainers went up next and their names were Alian and Cameron, Alian one so the ones that moved to the next round were Ash, Gary, Emerald and Alian.

Ash and Alian were to battle next in a 3vs3 match, for ash's pokemon she used Thor, Eevee and Hoppip whilst Alian used Charmander, Pidgey and a Riolu, first was Ash's Eevee against Alian's charmander after 10 minutes Ash's Eevee beat Alian's charmander, but then fell to his Pidgey, ash then sent out Thor and beat Pidgey within minutes but later fell to Alian's Riolu after 15 minutes of battling, last Ash sent out her Hoppip after 10 minutes she had beaten Alian and his pokemon, and was proud of all of her pokemon doing so well.

Gary and Emerald was to face in battle next and Gary had one but only just, they were both down to their last pokemon but Gary just pulled the win out at the last second where both pokemon were on their last legs.

For the final match it will be between Ashlynn and Gary, in this match they are able to use 4 pokemon each, Ash decided to use Thor, Amaterasu, Dratini and Hoppip whilst Gary used Growlithe, Elekid, Eevee and Pineco.

Gary was to send out his pokemon first and he sent out Elekid, so Ash sent out her Dratini, after 15 minutes of battling Dratini won against Elekid, Ash and Gary then sent out their next pokemon. Ash sent out Thor and Gary sent out Eevee most of the match was to do with speed rather than who could out power one another, Thor finally won against Eevee but was too tired to battle afterwards so Ash recalled him back and sent out Amaterasu against Gary's Growlithe which she won then kept Amaterasu out against Gary's last pokemon Pineco which was rather a 1 sided battle and Ash was named winner of the tournament.

Ash won first place, and got to hold the staff of Aaron, Gary won second place and Emerald was decided to have 3rd place due to the fact she had battled better than that of Alian.

The group were all congratulated and the Queen stated that there was to be a celebration dinner in respect of the winner of the tournament and those who participated and also the prize money to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd to be given to them, Ash had received 40k, Gary received 20k whilst Emerald received 10k they thanked the Queen and got ready for the Dance and Banquet.

After eating the food and dancing some Ash had to sit down whilst the others dance and was supposed to hold the staff, as she had picked up the staff it had glowed which indicated that she was able to use Aura which pleased her and shocked several others those included her mother, professor Oak, the Queen herself and Riley, Riley especially due to the gift he will be giving her for winning is kind of perfect for an aura user.

After the banquet the Queen had asked if she could speak with Ashlynn and her family about Ashlynn beginning to train as an Aura user, ash and her parents we're excited but also nerves about this, Ash explained that she would like to train but she would also like to travel when she is of age to travel as that has been her dream since before she could remember the queen was fine with this, and gave her gifts to help her learn how to use her aura such as books and also an item that allows the person that puts their aura into to find out what type they are suited to, the Queen explained that everyone is either a Aura user or a Physic type, but not everybody knows of this and so alot of people are untrained to this, so the Item would help Ash and her friends know if they are susceptible to aura or not as well.

The item itself was a Colourless Aura Crystal that could be fitted as a necklace, Queen Rin explained that the Crystal will glow different colours to indicate what type she is more suited to.

The crystal will glow the following colour for each type: /

Red – Fire
Blue – Water
Green – Grass
Brown – Rock
Beige – Ground
Light green – Bug
Pink – Fairy
Black – Dark
Purple – Physic
Orange – Dragon
Yellow – Electrics
White – Normal
Acid Green – Poison
Aero Blue – Flying
Silver – Steel
Bronze – Fighting
Light Purple – Ghost
Aqua - Ice

After learning all this information Ashlynn couldn't wait to begin to learn how to use aura and be able to find out what types she and her friends are.

After bidding a good evening to the Queen, Ashlynn went off in search of her friends whilst her parents went off to the other adults.

Ash had quickly found her friends and they were all congratulating her on winning and asking what she got as well, she told them she got an Aura crystal as well as books to self teach herself to learn how to use Aura.

After spending about an hour and half talking about what she will be learning first Riley with Flint and Volkner had asked if they could speak with her for a bit so they went off just around the corner but still somewhat private.

Riley went first and stated to her due to her winning the tournament and also especially finding out that she was an Aura user gave her a pokéball, he stated that in this ball contains a pokemon that will help her with her aura, Ash released the ball mechanism and noticed it was a Riolu but this one was different due to the fact it was all White, Ash thanked Riley and hugged him which seemed to shock him and then laughed stating she was welcomed.

Flint went next and handed her a pokéball as well, he stated that this pokemon was one of his favourites and would suit her due to her fiery type attitude at times, which made her laugh, she opened the ball and noticed it was a Magby, she thanked Flint and hugged him as well, whilst he just waved her off as in saying it was nothing.

Finally but not least Volkner went up, he also gave her a pokéball and stated that he was going to give her another pokemon but seeing as she already had one then he decided to give her his second most favourite type of pokemon, so Ash yet again opened up the pokéball and out came an Elekid, she then thanked Volkner by giving him a hug as well, he just said she was welcomed whilst hugging her back.

Ash told her friends and the parents what the three gave her and they were shocked at the fact those three did this for her.

The rest of the two weeks they were there was spent chilling out and having fun til they were to go back home.

When the gang went back home, Ash decided to set up training for her new friends and asked if they would like any nicknames, only Elekid and Magby did and they were now nicknamed Indra for Elekid and Hephaestus for Magby (after the Greek god)

The moves that Riolu, Indra and Hephaestus that will be learning for now are the following: -
Riolu – helping hand, Ice punch, Iron defense, Iron tail, Low kick and Magnet Rise
Magby – Covet, endure, heat wave, helping hand, Iron tail and Snore.
Elekid – Covet, endure, electro web, fire punch, helping hand and ice punch.

All of Ashlynn's pokemon got along and all loved her very much as well, some looked to her as an older sibling, some looked at her as a parental figure and some as a best friend.

Several weeks after coming back from the holiday and setting up the training regime for her pokemon Ashlynn had caught some more new friends in pallet town, the pokemon she had captured were a Pidgey nicked named Aurae, a Magikarp called Tiamat, a Spearow called Ace and a Rattata that did not want a nickname.

After capturing them she set up their training regime and gave them moves that each had to learn and perfect before the year was over. The moves they were to learn are the following: -
Pidgey – Endure, snore, uproar, toxic, hidden power and sunny day.
Spearow – Endure, snore, tailwind, uproar, toxic and hidden power.
Magikarp – Bounce
Rattata – Covet, endeavour, endure, icy wind, iron tail and snore.

The new pokemon were quickly accepted into the group and also started to train with the others on a day to day basis as well.

This training went on for the year improving their growth and stats as well as increasing their power behind each of their moves and also increasing their stamina as well as how much energy being wasted for each move they use.

"End Flashback"