Chapter 1 A fresh Start

A/N Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter. Both of these chapters have been edited and improved. Something I forgot to mention, pokemon are thought of as slaves. If this offends you, please leave. Enjoy chapter 1. R&R. Flames will be ignored.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon

Key:
"hi" - human speech
"hi" thought
"hi"-pokemon speech(translated)
'hi' telepathy

Houndour realized it was a lost cause. He and the boy sought shelter. The next 3 days were troubling. Food was scarce, and other pokemon did not like them trying to eat berries that they had "claimed" Just when houndour was about to give up, he heard a voice, "Ash! where are you Ash?!"

Houndour rushed to the voice and saw a woman. She had brunette hair, and looked to be in her 30's. She was wearing a pink short sleeved shirt, and a blue skirt.

When the woman saw him she immediately screamed, "Ash!"

She rushed toward, him picked him up, and started hugging him. She turned to the houndour, "What have you done to him?!"

The houndour let out a quiet growl. That's when Ash said, "Houndour dour".

Delia looked surprised. Then realization struck her like a lightning bolt, "Were you protecting him?"

Delia inquired. The houndour still on his guard, in case she was a fraud, nodded slightly. "Well thank you for taking care of my Ashy," she said as she took her leave.

When she was nearing her house, she noticed the houndour was following her. "Do you want to stay with my Ash?" she asked.

Houndour eyed her wearily, then nodded slightly. Before ash went to his room, he said one thing, "Mama" before promptly falling asleep on houndour's back.

Time skip: 3 1/2 years

"Ash honey, it's time to go to Professor. Oak's ranch!" Delia shouted.

Ash, now, 5, yelled back, "Okay mommy coming!"

Ash had never been to Prof. Oak's place before. Houndour never let him because he wasn't too trusting of humans, but Delia finally convinced him.

Ash and houndour start walking to Prof. Oak's ranch. Once they got there and opened the door, they first saw a kid Ash's age. The kid pointed at houndour and said "Grandpa, what's that pokemon?".

That's when Ash noticed the Professor. "That, Gary, is a houndour. Though I don't know what it's doing in Kanto, they're native in Johto." the Professor responded.

As Prof. Oak pondered this, Ash went up and said, "Well I don't know much about Johto, but this is houndour, he's been with me since I can remember. Are you Prof. Oak?"

The professor chuckled, "Yes I am, and I presume you're Ash. You are welcome to play with any of the pokemon here, just be careful. Let me know if you need anything."

And with that, the Professor went back to work. Ash went to play with the pokemon like Prof. Oak said he could. The ranch was huge! He could so many different pokemon. This got him very excoted as he started to play. He had been out there for about an hour, when Gary came over and said "I challenge your houndour to a pokemon battle! I borrowed my grandpa's squirtal. You can't win!"

Since Ash has never been allowed to go far from home (since houndour wouldn't let him) he was confused. "What's a pokemon battle" he asked.

Gary laughed. "Ha! You don't know what a pokemon battle is? You're so dumb, it's when two trainers send out their pokemon to battle each other. I'm going to be a pokemon master!"

Despite the explanation, ash was more confused than before. "Why would you make pokemon hurt each other forcibly? And what's a pokemon master?"

"Who cares if they get hurt? I want to prove that I'm the best! Pokemon masters are the strongest pokemon trainers in the world!"

Houndour started to sense Ash getting very nervous. And let go a low growl. "Stop growling at me! I'll show you. Squirtal, I choose you!"

"Squirtal squirt!"

"Ash command me an attack"houndour said.

"Umm, okay. Houndour use tackle!"

With that houndour launched forward to squirtal. "Water gun attack squirtal!"

A stream of water pushed houndour back. Before anything else could be done, Prof. Oak appeared. "What is going on here?!" he outraged, "You are battling underage?! And Gary, why do you have my squirtal! That's supposed to go to a new trainer starting in a week!"

Whilst Ash was just confused, Gary answered, "I'm sorry grandpa, I just really wanted to battle Ash's houndour, and I knew water was super effective against fire. I'm really sorry," then he smirked with a quiet remark, "But at least I was winning."

"Well Gary, I'm sorry to say, you're grounded. And you Ash, I'm going to tell your mother."

When ash got home, he asked his mother "Am I in trouble? I barely even know what a pokemon battle is," a few tears fell from ash's eyes.

That's when Delia realized. Houndour never let him leave far from the house, so he wouldn't know much common knowledge. She decided she'd become a better parent and raise her son, instead of houndour. "No Ash, you didn't know what you were doing was wrong. But no more pokemon battles until you're 10 years old. Do you understand me?!"

"Yes mommy."

And although houndour wasn't happy with Ash leaving the house more, he and Delia worked things out.

Time skip: 5 years

"Riinnngg riinnnggg" Ash's alarm clock blared. 'Oh boy! I finally get to become a pokemon trainer. I'm going to meet so many new friends! But what starter do I want?'. Ash was finally 10 years old, and was ready for his pokemon journey. (look up his Kanto outfit for what he looks like, but a bit more muscular) But he had different reasons than other people. Others wanted to become a pokemon master, or breeder, or any other pokemon profession. But Ash just wanted to meet new friends. Both human and pokemon alike. As ash got out of bed, his houndour woke up. Ash started heading down stairs where Delia greeted him. "Good morning Ashy! Are you ready for your pokemon journey?"

"I am mom, I'm going to make so many new friends!"

Delia sighed. She never understood why he always wanted to befriend pokemon. They were tools. The only reason she accepted houndour was because he kept her baby safe. "I hope you catch lots of pokemon!"

And with that, Ash departed for the laboratory. When he was inside, he was awe-struck. There was machines everywhere. He had never seen so much equipment in one place before! Not to mention the abundant amount of research. The thing that stuck out the most though, were the three pokeballs on a pedestal looking thing. Then he noticed the pokemon being tested on. They didn't look very happy. His thoughts were disrupted when her heard Prof. Oak. "There you are Ash! Are you ready for your pokemon journey?"

"I sure am Prof. Oak! Where's everyone else? Am I the only trainer starting?"

"Well they all came and gone, I'm afraid there are no pokemon left."

He had lied. He knew Ash's starter pokemon was a pikachu, from when they saved celebi (move 4). So he made an excuse saying that all the pokemon were gone.

"Aww, are you sure there are no pokemon left?"

"Well, there is ONE pokemon left that I caught chewing on electrical cables, but it's not trained yet."

"I'll take it professor!"

Prof. Oak let out the pikachu. Right as it saw the Professor, it go ready to use it's thundershock. "Wait! Don't hurt him! He was just catching you so you would stop chewing the cables! You see, lots of pokemon in the ranch depend on that electricity. Whether it's to heal them, or recharge electric types. All the pokemon need this electricity for survival and if you chew out a cable, they won't get the energy."

Both Prof. Oak and pikachu were shocked to say the least. Ash just said a series of "pikas" and "pikachus". But pikachu was more than just shocked, he was awestruck! This human could speak his language! Maybe this human wasn't bad like the other ones. It was then that he noticed the houndour. The houndour didn't seem abused. Strange. He decided to go with him; just in case.

Ash noticed pikachu eyeing him, and quickly said, "Hi my names ash, and I'd like to be your trainer. I want to go on a journey and make lots of new friends, just like you. Will you join me?"

Pikachu knew this human was truly special, if he was so fluent in his language, so he decided to stay with him.

As Ash, houndour, and pikachu left (pikachu on his shoulder) they saw Gary. "Hey Ash, did you forget where the lab is? It's the other way, idiot. Maybe you'll make it in time to see my pokemon!"

Ash was about to make a remark until he realized. Flashback. "Where's everyone else? Am I the only trainer starting?"

"Well they all came and gone, I'm afraid there are no pokemon left"

End flashback

'I wonder why he would lie like that. Maybe he just wanted me to have pikachu. I'll have to ask him when I get to viridian city' and they continued on. As they got onto route 1, Ash saw a pidgey. "Hey look, a pidgey!"

The pidgey heard him, and immediately fled yelling "Human! Human!"

At first ash was confused until he saw e flock of spearow flying toward him. 'uh oh'. "RUN!" ash shouted at the top of his lungs.

They were running as fast as they could, pikachu holding on for dear life. He was ducking and weaving though the obstacles in his way. They passed many pokemon who fled at the sight of the spearow flock and human. As they continued running, they got cornered. They either had to jump in the river, or face the spearow. So they jumped in the river. As the rapids were pushing them around, Ash caught sight of a fishing pole line. He grabbed as securely as he could and tugged twice. The fisher pulled them up. When they got out he faintly heard the fisher say, "Oh, it's just a stupid boy".

Ash saw the girl, she had orange hair, yellow shirt, and blue shorts hung by two straps. As ash noticed the bike, he quickly said, "I'm going to borrow this, bye!"

"Hey! Give me back my bike you thief!" the orange haired girl yelled.

Ash didn't though, he pedaled like his life depended on it (Which it did). As a storm struck, the spearow could be seen catching up. Because the dirt road was now mud, the bike slipped and fell. Ash was quick to stand up though, his pokemon were in no condition to run and quite frankly, neither was he. He shouted at the spearow "Don't hurt my friends! hurt me, or even kill me if you want! Just don't do ANYTHING to my pokemon!"

As he said this, pikachu knew what had to be done. He jumped onto Ash's shoulder, and jumped again. Right as he used his thundershock, a lightning bolt struck pikachu and supercharged it. A massive bolt of lightning was seen going at the spearow. When the light died down, ash could be seen collapsed, next to his pikachu. "T-thank y-you" Ash Mumbled.

"Pikapi" "Ash,"pikachu responded. Ash, realizing their situation, picked up pikachu and houndour and ran to the pokemon center. He was very exhausted from all the running and now he was holding two pokemon. As soon as he got to viridian city, a Police officer showed up. "Hold it!" She said as she grabbed his arm.

Remember one of his lessons, he pulled out his pokedex and continued running. When he pushed open the door to the pokemon center, he collapsed.

A/N: And that's a wrap! So ash is at the viridian city pokemon center taking a nap. What did you think? If you have any suggestions, or tips, feel free to give them! Don't forget to review. Jay4921, signing out!