Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or anything that belongs to the franchise
One year later
As Arceus watched over the universe of impeccable beauty, a specific planet lived peacefully, unaware of the dangers that lurked in the shadows. Strangely, the day where the sun met only a specific region in the world, peace was in reign, no crimes committed, no deaths recorded and no accidents occurred for a whole day.
Why? It's all because of a boy's dream that would come true, that boy's name is Ash Ketchum, the soon Chosen savior and Prophet of Arceus. It had been scripted by Ho-Oh herself that Ash would receive his partner after the day he turns ten.
Pallet town- Morning
I was having a good dream where I was having fun with my future Pokemon. It was very pleasant and I wished it would come true in the future. Unfortunately, my alarm clock woke me up from that dream, darn the alarm clock, I should've thrown it away last night but it was my birthday last night so wait, today is the today I will receive my first Pokemon!
That thought made me energetically jump off the bed and run towards the bathroom, in which I turned the shower at max power but I later wished I didn't since I slipped off my feet and fell on the tub, my butt ached. After that bitter shower, I quickly wore my outfit which consisted of a red jacket, a white T-shirt, jeans and red trainers. Don't forget about my award-winning red hat and fingerless gloves. Once that was all done, I slid down the stairs by the rails and sprinted towards the kitchen and unaccustomedly found it empty.
I stopped confused; mom should have been cooking by now. I looked at the clock and it said '6:59'. I heard a yawn and saw my mother dressed in her cooking attire behind me.
"Hmm, excited dear? It's my first time to see you awake at this hour" She asked, I grinned and nodded happily, my energy still hadn't falter from last night. I sat down the chair and waited for the breakfast to be served. Twenty minutes later, she gave me the breakfast of a lifetime. Two quad stack of pancakes with honey and butter flowing down like waterfalls and sunny side up eggs that surrounded the pancakes.
My eyes literally (but not that literally) turned into plates and I hurriedly sat down the stool and grabbed a spoon and fork then I wolfed down the exquisite cooking of my mother. "How can you make a breakfast this gr-great in twenty… minutes ma-" She shrugged smiling and watched me eat as she sat down and ate her share which consisted of bacon and eggs, quite common for me.
"The question is how to make breakfast that can feed a giant?" She chuckled and took a bite off her bacon. That joke sent my funny bone laughing hysterically in which I choked on the food and spitted out the contents on my plate but I still ate it, even if you thought it was disgusting, I chewed on it so for me it's not.
"Ash, your manners scares me" My mom commented, I just kept on eating. Minutes past, I ate the whole plate without the actual plate of course.
"Ash, you can go ahead to Oak's lab, I'll ready your belongings here OK?" I replied with, 'Yes ma' I kissed her cheek and walked out of the house. Nice fresh air entered my lungs which made me sigh in relief. The flowers were blooming brightly and the air was cool. Pokemon played at the side which tempted me to join them but I still have something important to do.
But as I walked down the road I felt someone watching me from the forestry on my right, the feeling was eerie, almost plain scary. I stared at the woods for a few seconds before I discarded it for a Pokemon and walked my way towards Oak's lab.
Oak's lab- 3rd Person
When Ash arrived in the vicinity of the lab, he saw a crowd of people cheering. He grew curious and slid past the crowd. It was tight but weirdly, the crowd didn't notice it. He unluckily tripped on a foot and landed on the ground where the center is. He looked up and saw Gary's smug face.
"Trip on somethin' Ash?" He nodded and outstretched his arm for help, Gary swatted it away. He stepped on Ash's back in which Ash coughed violently dark blood, his eyes widened as he remembered he didn't take his prescription.
"Oh, seems here Ash forgot to take his medicine, yeah?" The crowd took a stepped back but did nothing, Ash had a better look on the humans that consisted in the crowd, and it was consisted of 'their' friends.
"G-Gaaryy? W-why?" He confusingly asked Gary who just sat on his back, he coughed more blood and his sight faded. A lavender haired girl suddenly stepped forward and shouted,
"Gary stop!" She covered her mouth because of her stupid mistake; he looked at her and stood up. "What did you say to me" He threatened her; she trembled and tumbled on the ground. Ash weakly stood up and stepped towards him. Gary stepped forward with his fist held high and threw his fist towards Anabel.
Ash stepped forward in which he was he hit instead then he held on Gary's wrists and threw him towards the fence. He landed on the ground after but stood up enraged but before he could harm Ash and the girl, he was stopped by Professor Oak.
"Gary! Stop this nonsense! You're a disgrace!" Gary pushed him away and angrily walked without a word, his companions followed him, unsure at what they saw.
"I'm sorry for what happened, please don't tell anyone about this, Gary just have… an issue" Professor Oak stated, the crowd nodded and dispersed at different directions but still that event was engraved on their minds.
"So Ash and Anabel, are you two ok?" She nodded but Ash; he collapsed on the floor coughing blood. Samuel Oak, which was Professor Oak's real name and Anabel, the lavender haired girl carried him to the lab. Samuel injected the medicine in Ash, he screamed in agony as he felt his blood being excruciatingly purified by the serum.
His shouts of pain stopped suddenly as relief flushed in his body. Samuel exited the room to clean the syringe while Anabel looked away in fear and discomfort; she was worried of Ash's sickness. He panted heavily and saw Anabel sobbing softly, he sat up the couch and held her waist and pulled her close, he didn't know what he was doing but he knew this would help, his mother did this to him and it always works.
She blushed red and calmed down; she laid her head on Ash's chest. She sniffled and took his scent unknowingly but she was greatly pleased. "Much better?" The boy asked her, she nodded and looked at his eyes, his brown irises gone but now the color of darkness reigned.
"OK Ash, you're…" Oak looked at the scene and chuckled softly. They saw him and separated with tints of red on their faces.
"I was saying, you're vaccinated, now don't forget next time or you're going to have a bad time injecting it" Ash shuddered. "Now ready to have your first… ahh" He looked at the Professor strangely. "What is it professor?"
"I just forgot, Gary took the last Pokemon" Ash sighed in despair, he have to wait another year then. Samuel then remembered a valuable object he hid; he searched through his lab cabinets to find that specific ball.
"Yo-ou c-can h-have my P-pokemon, A-Ash" She offered her Eevee, it was her favorite Pokemon but when she saw Ash like this, she could give her life she could. He denied the offer and gave the ball that contained Eevee to her.
But suddenly,"Eureka!" They jumped out of their seat and looked at Oak baffled. He sweatdropped but ordered Ash to come. Ash stood in front of Professor Oak and scratched his head.
"Ash, what I will give you today is the dream of anyone receiving, this is supposedly for Gary but I now decided against it. This is for you" He handed a ball with a pure red color; Ash examined it and stepped back in shock.
"A cherish ball?!" Anabel giggled. 'He is so cute' She blushed a deeper shade of red before she sighed in pleasure and silently walked out of the door.
"Yes Ash, this is the rare Cherish ball, given to me by legendary Kurt himself" Samuel smiled at that memory.
"Is there anything in it?" He asked hopefully but Oak's grim face said no.
"I'm sorry Ash but luckily that Cherish ball acts like a Master ball" Ash looked at the ball and grinned widely. This was the happiest day of his life, well even though what he had gone through earlier.
"Thanks Professor Oak, you're the best!" He turned around to show it to Anabel but she was gone. He frowned a bit but kept his posture up.
"Now Ash, you better go now, its lunch" Coincidentally, Ash's stomach rumbled proudly like a lion. He blushed and thanked Professor Oak again before he set off towards his home, feeling a lot better.
Pallet town- Noon
He arrived in his home as he clutched his red ball. A beautiful scent of flowers entered his nostrils and the now calming humid wind blew past his body. If he had brought a camera, he should've shot a picture of the view of Pallet. It's really beautiful if you ask him.
Finally he reached the front door and opened it. Presents were surprisingly placed on the couch, seemingly they were for him. He called out his mom and she went out of the kitchen in her cooking wear.
"Back already, I thought it you would've been longer because of your new Pokemon" He diverted his gaze slightly and placed the sphere on the lamp. She noticed this and embraced her son, she tried to comfort him.
"Is it Gary again?" He knew that he had to say it but he couldn't, Gary was his friend and he couldn't do that to him so he swayed his head. He sat down the couch exhausted and gave mother the ball. She was surprised which was pretty predictable since at least a hundred Cherish balls in the world are only made.
"Where did you get this dear?" She asked curious of where his son retrieved this. "Professor Oak, but nothings in it" He sighed sadly, only if he could find any starter right now, he would be contented.
"You can find a good Pokemon to catch; it's in your father's blood after all" That made him smile as he reminisced the times his father and him would bond, his father was the one who taught him to be patient, kind and determined, he was like a younger clone of his former.
"You're right ma, I need to be more determined about myself" He formed his hands into a fist and punched the air in pride. She patted Ash on his back, "Just don't overdo youself ok? Also you hadn't taken your medicine, are yo-"
"Professor Oak reminded me of taking my prescription" She exhaled deeply in relief. "Speaking of which, these gifts are for you Ash to assist you on your journey" She explained. Ash neared each one, they were quite small but he knew from his father size didn't matter.
"You can open it, also the food is burning be right back dear" Ash nodded unknowingly and sat down. He randomly picked up a gift, he began to unwrap it, and it was… a watch? Apparently, the name was the x-transceiver and it was from a region called Unova.
He unpacked the remaining five which consisted of clothes, a large backpack that seemingly can fit in a foldable bike, a new red with blue striped jacket and a large amount of pokedollars which came with a blue sapphire ring. The last one was interesting, it was an egg. He called out his mother in which she entered the living room and she saw Ash holding an egg.
"Someone sent you an egg, who's it from?" She asked. He looked at the tag it just stated, 'A friend' in cursive writing. He showed his mom the tag and she recognized it.
"This handwriting reminds me of someone, hmm isn't this Anabel's handwriting?" He blushed as she said that, he immediately denied that with the words 'Never gonna happen' and 'we're just friends'. She chuckled at her child's antics and she didn't push the topic further. Actually, deep in Ash's mind he hoped it was her.
He then looked at the tag that sent him the x-tranceiver, he was dumb-founded when the name was Latias in her pretty unrecognizable handwriting.
"That's new, I just hope she didn't steal it" He commented before he looked at the other gift tags, they were from his relatives which were Uncle Lorenzo and Uncle Riley, the last one he didn't recognize.
He sat down and saw his items placed neatly on the kitchen table in the other room. He grabbed the new backpack and brought it in the kitchen where he would transfer his necessities inside it.
He sat down and placed the bag under the stool. A thought desperately creeped itself inside the boy's mind, 'this might be my last meal in my home'. He was taken out of his stupor when her mother spoke.
"So Ash, did you like the gifts?" He replied. "Yes ma, Latias sent me this watch and Uncle Riley and Uncle Lorenzo sent me new clothes and a new bag, the last one was like twenty thousand pokedollars and a ring from a relative I didn't meet yet"
"Oh is that so, what's the name?" She asked.
"A girl named Salvia, do you know her?" Her mother was stunned beyond belief. "Are you sure Ash?" She asked again as she thought she heard different.
"Yes ma, her name is Salvia Ketchum and three letters with like III after it, also her penmanship is gorgeous like one in a princess movie" She turned off the stove and transferred the cooked roast beef to the plate.
"Bon apetite Ash" She said before she walked out of the room. 'My son has a cousin which is a princess? And princess Salvia at that, Delia don't hyperventilate" She huffed and reentered the room again. She saw Ash almost finished with his meal. That was fast. She fixed Ash's items and necessities inside his new bag for a few minutes before she saw Ash finished with his food. The table was a mess that's for sure.
"I'll help you ma" He said before he grabbed some items and the Cherish ball and placed it neatly in his bag. She smiled at her son. Minutes past and Ash was ready to depart, they stood in front of the front gate.
"Be careful out there Ash"
"I will ma" He wore his hat and waved goodbye before he marched away towards his first and last adventure. Her mother smiled sadly before she went back in the house.
'I will miss you Ash'
As he reached the outskirts of Pallet town, he saw a figure whizzed by. He took a stepped back in shock; it was fast maybe even strong. He grabbed his Cherish ball to catch whatever this pokemon was but he didn't expect what he heard next.
"Pika"
"Shoot"
A/N
And cut, this chapter is a bit rushed if you don't mind. Also I am sorry but at the same time not sorry for what I did at the end, the cliffhanger. I am still rusty from not typing for so long! AGHHH! So please forgive me if there is endless grammar mistakes and plotholes that existed. I'll fix them right up.
Anyway we have a guest.
Mew: Hey guys! Long time no see!
Yeah Mew, you were asleep
Mew: Meh, your stories were boring at that time
Don't need to be rude Mew
Mew: It's my opinion
*sigh* K then guys this is where I'll end it now so I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER.
GBYE