Book One: Intertwined Destinies

by TranscendingDarkness

Ash Ketchum has always strived to become a Pokemon Master. What happens when his best friend returns and he is forced to battle Team Flare and his own conflicted feelings while the mysterious and dangerous Enigma holds the key to his past? Advance, Geekchic. Slight Amour. Inspired by Testsubject069's 'The Aura is with Me'

2. Story Assumptions and sources

ii. Story assumptions and sources

To fully understand the story, readers are encouraged to be familiar with the materials that this adaptation of Pokemon draws inspiration from.

Inspirations:

Manga: Battle structure, Pokemon can learn more than four moves, six ball carrying limit canonical.

Games: Team Rocket from RGBYFRLG, Team Magma/Aqua from RSORAS, Team Galactic from DPPt, Team Plasma from BWB2W2, Team Flare from XY, and Ranger union from the Pokemon Ranger series is canonical.

Anime: Anime physics applied, anime characters canonical, no blood, Pokemon league structure, Mega Evolution canonical, money is scarcely discussed

Movies: Movies 1-17 are considered canonical.

Our world: Classical physics to explain attacks, quantum mechanics to explain energy and aura, astrophysics to explain the creation of the universe, spirituality to explain meaning of living.

Reader's responsibility:

Entwined Fates begins as Ash attempts to obtain his eighth gym badge. XY episodes 1-50 and movie 17 are considered canon.

Manga: Readers should have read the first chapter of Pokemon Adventures to get an impression of how the Pokemon universe was envisioned to be.

Games: Readers should have played generations 1-6

Anime: Readers should have watched up to XY episode 47, special episodes for Brock, Dawn, Cilan and Iris, and the Pokemon chronicles. Readers must also be familiar with main characters, side characters, regional professors and rivals.

Movies: Readers should have watched up to movie 17.

Character ages

Ash Ketchum: 11 years old. Birthday is May 22nd

Misty Suiren: 13 years old. Birthday is May 13th

Brock Harrison: 16 years old. Birthday is April 29th

Gary Oak: 11 years old. Birthday is May 20th

Tracey Sketchit: 15 years old. Birthday is February 18th

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May Maple: 10 years old. Birthday is November 21st

Max Maple: 8 years old. Birthday is December 5th

Drew Kiritsu: 11 years old. Birthday is July 10th

Harley Kureiji: 16 years old. Birthday is November 18th

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Dawn Berlitz: 10 years old. Birthday is September 18th

Paul Shinji: 11 years old. Birthday is September 28th

Zoey Hageshi: 12 years old. Birthday is June 21st

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Iris Kettei: 11 years old. Birthday is September 21st

Cilan Dent: 16 years old. Birthday is March 5th

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Serena Hana: 10 years old. Birthday is November 21st

Clemont Dendo: 13 years old. Birthday is October 17th

Bonnie Dendo: 7 years old. Birthday is October 31st

Completed: 18/10/14

RE edit: 1/11/14

Revised birthdays/Inclusion of major rivals/Fitting surnames