A/N: So yes, last chapter may have just been like a filler to show Ash's pokemon and their current state. Among Ash's team there will be conflict and you can probably guess what it will be. We will touch on that this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Chapter 10- The Birth of the Night Fury!

Pokemon Center Room:

"Pika...CHUUUUUUU!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ash shrieked in pain. It was morning now and he had gone to sleep wanting to stay up late. Sadly, he knew he had to get up.

"Morning sleepy head!" Serena said with a cheerful voice as she stood above Ash's bed."I made us breakfast!"

"Thanks Serena," Ash replied as he went to the pokemon center lobby to eat with Serena. "So Serena, what is it that you made?"

"See for yourself," Serena smiled as she served Ash a Kanto Omelette. Ash went a little wide eyed at noticing the familiar food, but he decided to leave most of his judging of the food on how well it tasted.

Ash took one bite and instantly fell in love as he turned to the honey blonde, "Serena this is amazing! Since when did you know how to cook dishes from Kanto?" Ash asked as he stuffed his face with food.

"I learned from a cookbook, I am glad you like it!" Serena replied with a happy smile. At the same time she looked away and pumped her fist as she thought: 'Reel him in Serena, you can do it.'

"Are you kidding? I LOVE it!" Ash said as he gulped down the rest of the food faster than a fish can fully gulp one bite of fish food.

'Of course he loves the food, but not the person that made it' Serena sighed as she thought this while finishing her own food.

After the duo finished, they hit the road on road go Glorio City.

"Serena, how much until we reach the next landmark?" Ash asked the honey blonde as he and Pikachu walked at the same pace as Serena. The young performer took out her tablet and searched for the landmark and then she found it, but at the same time she noticed that there was a large obstacle in the way.

"Not too far, we have to go through a large valley with jagged rocks though so it may get a little dangerous," Serena replied with a slight panic in her voice. Unfortunately for the duo, they started to feel some rain drops and then suddenly it began to pour making them have to put their back packs over their heads.

"Argh! We gotta find shelter!" Ash exclaimed with panic as he looked around the route. All he saw was a lot of mountains near the route, but other than that, it was a very clear area.

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed while gathering electricity on his cheeks.

"I think I may have found a cave!" Serena shouted with the tablet as she ran towards a mountain side near the route. Ash followed and sure enough, there was a cave on the side of the mountain.

The duo and Pikachu ran into the cave while panting relieved they got out of the rain, but that was not what threatened the group anymore: it was the cold of being damp. Ash noticed Serena was shaking violently and decided to help the blue eyed girl.

"Here Serena," Ash said as he took out Charmeleon from his pokeball. "Let's stick close to Charmeleon to get warm."

"Thanks Ash," Serena responded as Charmeleon heated up both Ash and Serena. Suddenly, from Ash's side, a lot of flashes of light appeared that startled the two humans in the cave.

"Tile!"

"Vern!"

"Goodra!"

"Froga!"

All the Pokemon chanted their respective calls as they stood by Ash and Serena to be warm with them.

Pikachu cuddled up with Ash specifically though as Noivern spread his wings over the duo to keep them warm. Frogadier also stood under Noivern's wings and Sceptile stood near Charmeleon's flame. Goodra though, he liked the cold weather so he stayed a little separated from the group. Despite this, everyone still enjoyed the presence of the large dragon. "Pikaaaaaaa," Pikachu cooed as ash petted him.

Suddenly, a Braixen, Floette, Sylveon and Popplio got out of their pokeballs to join the large group. They all swarmed Serena, who was next to Ash and his pokemon and Braixen helped out Charmeleon in generating heat.

"Ash, this is so nice," Serena said as she cuddled with her own pokemon.

"I agree, just like one big family," Ash affirmed with a bright smile. Ash was happy he was able to spend this moment with all of his pokemon. He was grateful to have them on his side. Serena then took a look outside and noticed that the rain had stopped so she turned to the raven haired trainer.

"Ash, the rain stopped, I think it is safe to go out now," Serena said with a smile.

"I see, ok everyone return!" Ash said returning everyone but Charmeleon and Pikachu. "Charmeleon I am going to need you to light up the tunnel for us."

"Meleon!" The salamander replied as he pumped his fist at Ash. Charmeleon was one of Ash's most battle hungry and burning pokemon, obviously being a fire type has its advantages to confidence according to Ash's reasoning.

Serena recalled her pokemon, but as they walked out of the cave, there was a huge conflict that started when a large fire beam with five prongs was headed for the duo coming out of the cave.

"Pika...CHUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he shot out a beam of crackling electricity to deflect an incoming fire blast. The two moves collided and then turned into a large explosion that made a cloud a smoke in front of the mouth of the cave.

"Serena, run back into the cave!" Ash shouted as the duo and the two pokemon ran back in. Our heroes kept panting since there was a lot of running and urgency. "Serena, let's go that way, there may be another way out."

"Ok Ash," Serena said with a lot of panic as the duo started walking the other way of the cave. The cave was really dark, but Charmeleon kept the light going. Every so often the duo would run into a Noibat thus giving Ash an idea.

"Noivern I need you!" Ash said while throwing out a pokeball which materialized into the sound wave dragon. Noivern appeared in front of the duo and turned to Ash with a questioning look. "Use your echo location so we can find a way out," Ash told the flying and dragon type pokemon.

Every time the group ran into a fork on the cave, Noivern would easily find a way to guide Ash and Serena the right way. The duo found themselves very fortunate for their advantage throughout the cave because of this.

"Ash look," Serena started as she pointed towards something in the distance. It was light… It could easily be an exit. "A way out!" Serena started running with Ash and the other pokemon behind them.

"Serena be careful!"

Somewhere near the cave:

"Ok Lysandre, we have control over Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres," A man said into a holo caster. This man was fat and had some red glasses. He was a scientist as well and everyone respected him on Team Flare.

"Good Xerosic, now make sure that we have a visual for our plans," Lysandre replied as the image on screen left.

Suddenly, a grunt came up to Xerosic. "Xerosic sir, we have a problem," the grunt said nervously while shaking.

"What is it this time," Xerosic spat with crossed arms. Xerosic had no time to waste and it was obvious that he wanted to go through with his own mission at this point.

The man shuddered, "We have a breach, I was easily defeated and we have to attack with all costs using the legendary pokemon."

"Who do we attack?" Xerosic raised an eyebrow and a small facepalm.

"The teenagers that are coming out of that cave right now," the grunt replied as he pointed to the cave. Two teenagers with three pokemon near them came out. Ready to battle.

Xerosic gasped as he saw this and gritted his teeth. With that, Xerosic went to a microphone and began to speak to the other grunts.

At the cave:

Ash and Serena had been cut off by three grunts, "Houndoom use flamethrower!" they shouted with pumped fists.

"Noivern use boomburst now!" Ash retaliated while putting his arms out.

"NoiVERRRN!" Noivern shouted as he took out all three Houndooms in one hit of the tornadic beam. The Houndoom all slumped to the ground with an unconscious expression.

"Houndoom return!" The grunts shouted as they recalled the Houndoom. Then all three took out another pokeball. "Drapion let's go!" they all shouted as they released large scorpion like pokemon in front of the duo. They made a large cry, but Ash did not flinch as he stood his ground.

"Ash be careful as they are poison types," Serena reminded with a panicked voice.

"Right! Noivern immobilize them with supersonic," Ash exclaimed. "Charmeleon take that chance to then use thunder punch on these guys!"

"Noi VERRRRN!"

"Charmmmm meleon!"

The pokemon used their attacks skillfully hitting their targets with ease. The grunts looked baffled and returned their Drapion. After that they left in a hurry leaving Serena and Ash alone.

"Noivern, return!" Ash said as he recalled Noivern.

"Ash, why did you recall him?" Serena asked in a perplexed tone. She did not understand why Ash would have wanted to recall the pokemon despite being able to one shot all the Houndoom.

"He is still not strong enough to take hits, that is why I am having him train sky attack, but I cannot let him battle a lot consecutively, remember he technically is still a baby," Ash explained as the duo walked towards the end of the cave.

"ASH LOOK OUT!" Serena shouted in urgency as a she saw a fire blast come their way from the outside of the cave.

"Charmeleon use dragon claw!" Ash retaliated knowing that there was barely any time to even dodge the attack.

"Charmeleon!" Charmeleon shouted as he got in the way of the fire blast and took the damage with the green claws thus leaving Charmeleon unharmed.

"Now's our chance, we have to run!" Ash shouted to Serena as he started to drag her outside of the mouth of the cave. They looked at where they were and they were on top of a cliff to the left and there was a mountain to the right. The cliff lead go a bunch of jagged rocks which looked like a dangerous territory.

Ash then noticed a bunch more team Flare grunts looking over at then from a distance and near them were three pokemon that were launching attacks. Ash narrowed his eyes and noticed that the attacks were directed at him and Serena.

"Ash, those legendary pokemon are being controlled like the pokemon at Lumiose City when we started our journey!" Serena remarked as she looked at the collars that were causing the three legendary birds to be on a rampage

"Pika...CHUUUU!" Pikachu launched a crackling beam at the team Flare grunts and landed a hit on the computer that was managing all of the controls on Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, but that just made things worse as when the computer exploded, the team Flare grunts began to focus on he duo… and the legendary pokemon lost control.

"SQUAAAKKK!" All three Pokemon yelled launching an ice beam, thunder and fire blast at our duo. Ash and Serena looked as the attack came and gasped knowing there was no possible way to avoid getting hit: unless something took the hit instead.

"Charmeleon!" Charmeleon looked at the scene in horror and saw how it could be devastating.

"PIKAPI!"

"CHARMELEON!" Ash and Serena shouted in panic as they watched the fire lizard jump into the air with a dragon claw to attempt and take the three elemental beams at the same time.

Charmeleon POV:

I have to save Ash, Serena and Pikachu, it does not matter if I die!

I get in the way of the three attacks and unleash my dragon claw. I know that I have to stay as defensive as possible.

The three attacks collide and I instantly feel the searing pain go through me. I feel like I would drop any second, but I have to stay strong.

I won't fail you Ash! I won't fail the one that took me when no one else would. I won't fail the one that made me this strong.

I WON'T GIVE UP EVER!

I ignore the pain and face it with all my might.

"CHARMELEON!" I shout in pain.

Suddenly, I feel a fire start up inside of me, like if I can make myself stronger. I feel myself gaining a pair of wings and stronger claws. Meanwhile, my pendant glows as well.

What is happening to me? LET'S GO!

Normal POV:

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted in amazement watched the white glowing light that was envelopping Charmeleon. It was evident that Charmeleon was also growing bigger, and from the looks of it, more powerful.

"Is Charmeleon…" Serena started.

"He's evolving, awesome!" Ash exclaimed as a Charizard appeared before him. Charizard swooshed at all speed and dodged a thunder charged beam from Zapdos and then landed a strong dragon claw on the amazed Articuno. "He's so fast!" Ash said as he watched in awe at the fire draconic dragon.

"GRAUWWW!" Charizard roared as he looked at Ash and signaled his stone with one arm and pumping his fist with the other.

"Ash, your glove, it's glowing!" Serena said in excitement knowing that this meant.

"... Charizard, let's unlock this, beyond evolution… MEGA EVOLVE!" Ash shouted while putting his index and middle finger on the keystone. Bright light showed as the prongs from the mega stone and keystone began to interact with each other.

Charizard started to glow white, his wings changed shape and there was fire coming out through Charizard's mouth on both sides and the coloration changed to black and blue… Mega Charizard X.

"Charizard use flamethrower!" Ash shouted with excitement, but instead of a jet of flames, Charizard turned blue on fire and charged Zapdos hitting him square hard on the chest thus making the electric and flying type recoil. "No way! He learned Flare Blitz!"

"GRUAAAAWWW!" Charizard shouted as he grabbed Zapdos. Zapdos started struggling to get out so it kept using thunder. To Charizard, his new typing made the move tickle him. "ROAAAAARRR!" Charizard shouted as he nose dived and threw Zapdos on Team Flare's set up causing a large explosion.

Ash stood there in awe, "Charizard also learned seismic toss, awesome!... Look out Charizard, use dragon claw behind you!" Charizard unleashed his green claws and turned around in time to slash Moltres and make it recoiled and hit one of the jagged rocks. The dragon claw was the size that Ash had never seen before… two times larger than usual. "Tough claws, I have to love that ability," Ash smirked while looking at the dragon he was commanding.

"Ash, we need to remove the collars!" Serena ordered with a great amount of stress while looking at the raven haired trainer. "Braixen use psychic and stop Moltres in his tracks!"

Serena unleashed Braixen from her pokeball and the fire and psychic type took out her wand. Her wand waved and made Moltres glow blue on the outlines.

"Charizard use dragon claw on the collar!" Ash ordered with a pumped fist. Charizard was quick to do his work and slashed off the collar making Ash celebrate as Moltres landed to the ground exhausted, but something else caught Ash's attention from the side.

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted in worry as Ash then noticed that Serena was going to be hit by an ice beam from Articuno who was not being targeted by anyone.

"SERENA LOOK OUT!" Ash shouted as a flash of light appeared beside Ash surprising the raven haired trainer.

"FROGA DIEERRRRRR!" Frogadier cried in pain as he took the entire ice beam to the chest and fell back to the ground in front of Ash and a surprised Serena.

"No Frogadier!" Ash grunted as something huge hit him... Ash grabbed his chest feeling a cold and strong pain through him like if he was hit with ice beam instead of the water frog. Ash then took out a pokeball and aimed it at Frogadier. 'What was that? Why did I feel pain?' "Frogadier return now! You are too hurt!"

"Dier," Frogadier winced in pain as he returned to his pokeball. There was quite dissatisfaction on the frog's face and Ash saw it. He felt guilty having to return Frogadier, but there was no way he would allow Frogadier to get hurt like that.

"Ash, get Zapdos now!" Serena exclaimed as she had frozen the lightning bird with Braixen's psychic.

"Pikachu use iron tail!" Ash ordered while putting his hand out. Ash then pumped his fist. "Charizard charge Zapdos and use thunderpunch!"

"Pika pika pika pika… KAPI!" Pikachu shouted as he slashed and broke Articuno's collar thus making Articuno fall to the ground exhausted like Moltres.

Meanwhile, Charizard had his fist crackling. "Grrruuuuaaaawww!" Charizard roared as he got the hit right on the chest of the electric bird. Zapdos fell over wincing in pain and with smoke coming out of its wings which gave Ash the opportunity he needed.

"Now Charizard dragon claw!" Ash shouted. Charizard did what he had to do and slashed the collar freeing Zapdos. "Good job Charizard," Ash praised as his pokemon as the fire and dragon type landed next to Ash.

"Ash, I think it is time we left," Serena said in urgency.

"Pika…" Pikachu agreed panting.

Out in the distance, the Team Flare grunts were running over to our duo with Drapions and Bisharps behind them. They were ready to cause damage to them and Ash knew that the honey blonde was right about leaving.

"Charizard, can you let us ride you?" Ash asked with slight panic.

"Gruaw!" Charizard nodded with a pumped fist.

"Braixen return!" Serena called out as she recalled her fire fox.

"Come on Serena," Ash said as he stuck his hand out. Pikachu had gotten on Charizard's head. They were ready to take off. Serena grabbed Ash's hand and sat behind him.

The Mega Charizard X took off just as the grunts arrived at the scene. The grunts attempted to land toxics and thunder waves to slow the duo down, but Charizard easily dodged them all. Charizard then flew out of sight and up into the clouds.

Ash POV:

Here I was, I have a electrical rodent on my shoulder and a girl behind me. I am on a black and blue dragon with an amazing appearance and power.

"Serena, how do you like how Charizard looks?" I asked the girl behind me with a slight chuckle thinking about how close the situation we just came out of was.

"He looks really cool, I like the way his blue flames resemble your blue scarf," Serena told me with a smile which I could not see, but I could somehow feel.

"My scarf? Wow, I guess trainer and pokemon do look alike!" I replied with a slight laugh.

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.

The view is amazing, I could see all of Kalos from here and the clouds below me look so beautiful. I enjoyed the scenery and I could tell Serena does too as she takes in the view. I could tell she wanted to be closer to me, but obviously she was a bit nervous. I wished she was a little more straightforward, but it is her shy nature… I know her too well, don't I?

"Charizard, I see a pokemon center, let's go down there," I told my fire friend.

"Gruaw!" Charizard responds as he starts to descend.

Glorio City (normal pov):

"So Calem, what gym are you challenging next?" Shauna asked as the duo walked towards the hotel.

"I only have to go to the Snowbelle gym," Calem replied. "I know Trevor and Tierno have their badge and I am not surprised, they are strong battlers and me and Ash don't want to fall behind."

Calem and Shauna made a turn and notice that there are so many performers ready for the masterclass.

"Calem, I hope Serena and Ash are fine," Shauna said.

"They will be, they should make it soon," Calem assured. The duo went back to the hotel, it was late and they needed to go to sleep.

Pokemon Center:

Serena and Pikachu had gone to sleep. Ash has been woken up all of the sudden by a weird sound from inside his room. Ash got up and went to check on his pokeballs when he noticed one was empty.

"Frogadier?" Ash muttered to himself as he put on his scarf and left the room. Ash went outside to the practice field and found him. He was using cut against a decoy made of frubbles. "Frogadier, what are you doing up so late?"

"Dier dier dier!" Frogadier exclaimed as he kept using cut trying to ignore Ash.

Ash sat down watching Frogadier train and said, "You want to be stronger don't you?"

Frogadier flinched and looked at Ash. Frogadier then made his kunais vanish into thin air. Frogadier nodded and said, "Dier."

Ash signaled for the frog to sit next to him. The frog was hesitant at first, but did it. "Look, I can see why this bothers you, Charizard just evolved and he seems strong… so you think you need to be the strongest to satisfy me," Ash said with a bit of a sigh.

Frogadier looked down and nodded a little hesitantly.

"Don't be discouraged, I know we will become stronger together," Ash said with a smile while looking at the water frog. "Frogadier, I promise you that when we reach Snowbelle you will be stronger than ever!" Frogadier nodded his head and stuck out his hand. Ash noticed he wanted to make the promise official so he shook it while saying, "We will reach these new heights together."

A/N: So Frogadier may be a little frustrated with how he is developing. This is how things will get real after some time.

Tell me how things are going so far!

I do have to apologize if this chapter seemed a little… idk: shitty? Is that the right word. I had not used much time to edit it since it was working on some Kalos League Chapters for the later Arcs lol! Yes, I like writing battles, deal with that :P.

Next chapter will be the last chapter I will have up in 2016. Then when 2017 kicks off, we will start off with chapter 12… Which is when things start to get very plot heavy. By the way, just a fair warning. I know you guys are expecting the masterclass next chapter, next chapter is more of a filler, but keep in mind that the masterclass will be EPIC! OK, another fair warning: One of the masterclass chapters might have violence and an extremely dark plot to it… So, either be hyped for that, or be freaking out because I don't know how you guys reacted to my other dark chapters. So yes, the storm is coming right back to our characters!

Hope you guys enjoyed!

Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!

Responding to some reviews:

AmourshippingFan: glad you enjoyed it! And yes, I am glad they are traveling to the Masterclass Tripokalon together… oh, and about Charizard, I like the way the scarf matches. I also think that someone will have a blue tongue as well to make it match his trainer's scarf… wait, what?

Rst64tlc: Hope you enjoyed the holidays! New year's Eve is coming up soon, and I hope you enjoy it!

Guest 1: haha, glad you liked it!

Roger0326: Roger that buddy ;)

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