A Pokémon Center, a staple of the world of Pokémon and seen in nearly every single town possible. As such, seeing a building is the same as breathing air. One can just acknowledge it and sometimes take it for granted.

"FINALLY!" Ash Ketchum was currently not one who would take a place for granted, especially with how as soon as he entered, he fell to his knees and threw his hands into the air as if finding an oasis in the middle of a barren dessert.

Sabrina walked in after Ash did and continued past him, ignoring how many around the center were now staring at the boy who was now gasping for breath. "I'm going to order a room, return here by six." She said as she didn't miss a beat to walk right up to Nurse Joy. Even someone as strict as her would like to rest from the fiasco at Mt. Moon.

The young teen fell into the floor on his back from exhaustion from both travel and punishment from Sabrina. He then did an impressive combination of whining and groaning, a 'whoaning' if one made a habit of combining words. "I feel like I'm going to die..." On the other hand, he was able to better use telekinesis than before, so this wasn't all for naught—not that Ash Ketchum was feeling energized enough to actually be happy, mind you.

While he was laying there on the tilted floor, trying to push away thoughts of how Sabrina would still continue his hellish training, another thought came to his mind: actual Pokémon training.

"I should probably see where Jigglypuff and Nidorino fit in a proper battle.." The boy trailed off and thought back to the day he met Entei and what had happened afterward.

It wasn't the fact he met Entei or the other event of him fighting with Gary as he sometimes did over his life, it was when Sabrina easily questioned why he wanted to be a Pokémon Master. The teen could only say he wanted to be one that it was cool to be one. But… was that good enough? The reason for being one was shallow, even though all goals are in some way selfish. But still, he couldn't help but think about it more.

The raven haired teen's stare towards the roof was interrupted when Riolu tilted his head down in Ash's line of sight. 'Ash? Why are you just looking at the ceiling from there? Is there something about it?'

Maybe he shouldn't be thinking of such a thought provoking question while he was on a floor everybody walked on.

Ash was so focused about his existential crisis that he hadn't realized he was in a booth in the cafeteria and eating breakfast with all his new Pokémon. The young teen must have been out of it he didn't realize he let the others out and got them all food… and did he also miss Jigglypuff hoarding a lot of apple pies?

Also, why was Prince Nidorino staring right into that mirror not to far from them?

'He is so beautiful'. To those who could understand him, Nidorion gave a rather eerie vibe when standing on his hind legs to lean closer in order to stare into the eyes of his own reflection. 'How beautiful...' He breathed closer to the reflective surface that it started to fog up, not that the poison type seemed to notice.

'Wow that looks traumatizing! Yay!' Jigglypuff cried out happily in a sing song tune before devouring more pies.

All things considered, it was a pretty calm morning despite those little new quirks of his Pokémon.

"And we're back with Channel 96 News!" One of the many large screen televisions played out in the cafeteria. "Today we have a very special guest: Alesandro Bemus, the Ambassador to one of the most technically advance regions of the planet, the Mikonik Region." The spokesman turned towards the rather handsome man wearing a very specialized red suit with runic patters across his cuffs. "Thank you for saying yes to our interview."

"It's no problem at all, Simon. You've all been very kind since my arrival here." Ash couldn't tell because of the TV, but this man had very vivid red hair, complexion that could put high end models to shame, and eyes that almost looked like emeralds. The man looked like straight out of those afternoon soap operas from Hoenn that his mom liked to watch to stare at the men a lot.

"So Mr. Bemus, for our audience at home, what can you tell us about your home region?"

"I can imagine that many people don't know much about it. Our region was closed off to the world until around a decade ago. It shares a similarity with both Sinnoh and Hoenn in that Legendary Beasts have helped shaped our land. However, unlike the previously mentioned, our ancestors seemed to have lost information at which Legendaries helped shape the Mikonik Region. The reason why most of our history was lost was because for whatever reason, Mikonik seemed to be the victim of a very, very powerful battle between multiple legendaries. The proof is in our very homes where a mountain with temperatures near zero is a good ten day walking distance from an active volcano, there are many geological impossibilities and paradoxes that exist in our region!But thankfully, we do have..."

Ash looked down when he heard the sound of metal hitting ceramic. It seemed like his spoon just hit an empty bowl with milk. "Huh. Out of food." He stood back up. "I'll be right back guys." Ash told his party before he left.

All four creatures looked up to the screen their trainer was looking at.

'… So… does anyone know what they're saying?' Riolu asked before looking around.

'Wasn't it your job to be a translator or something?' Spearow looked towards the fighting type.

'I translate people, not machines!' Riolu pointed to the square on the wall that played sounds and imagery. 'Can't someone cut me some slack on not understanding what these guys are saying if they're not in person?'

Meanwhile, the television continued on.

"That is very amazing! But now, Mr. Bemus, if I may ask, why did you decide to visit Kanto?"

It was such a shame that Sabrina was sleeping at the time. If she was watching that along with Ash and his Pokémon, she would have noticed that for the briefest of seconds, the ambassador's smile suddenly looked more fake than usual, even by the standards of normal politicians.

'So aren't we going to the gym, Ash?' Riolu began as the two were now walking in Cerulean City.

Ash knew about the water gym in this place. He had just… "I don't actually know."

'What's wrong, Ash?' Riolu tilted his head while sitting on the teen's shoulder. It was obvious something was bothering his friend. 'Are you still upset about Sabrina's training?'

"No, not that. I just… Riolu, what do you want to do?" The raven haired boy turned to his blue partner.

'I like being with you, Ash!' The emanation Pokémon answered easily.

"Well thank you, but I mean, what would you like to do with it? What are your goals?"

The fighting type tilted his head and thought about it for a few seconds. 'I just wanna be with you.'

Ash pressed on. "Is that it? Is there anything more you wanna do? Or have a really good reason for it?"

'No,' Riolu answered fast before pausing to think about it more. 'No, not really. I like what we have now. It's super fun and there's so many cool things we get to do!'

"So, you like everything right now, because it's fun?"

'Yep!' Riolu confirmed with a smile before pointing. 'You also have fun too!'

Ash paused at the last sentence. "What?"

'Whenever we battle, I can feel what you feel! You have this… warm and bright energy whenever we battle! It's like when you're most happy, doing exciting battles!'

Ash thought about that for a second. He did have a lot of fun during his first badge, and now that he thought back…

He remembered the very first Pokémon Battle he ever saw. His mind could play it over and over again: a Rhyorn against a Dragonair. The two creatures and their trainers made amazingly powerful and epic moves that blew away the boy's expectations with each passing second. He remembered that he wanted to be a Pokémon Master because he felt excited by a battle—by the very Pokemon themselves and the trainers giving their all and beyond. He thought that being the best would be fun!

The memory along with the strong feelings returned to Ash. Not only that, all his memories so far came back, some were more dangerous than others, but each and every moment of meeting Spearow, Jigglypuff, Nidorino, and even the three years with Professor Oak, they were all so that he could become the very best, like no one ever was!

And for the first time in a while, Ash felt relieved. "Thanks, Riolu. You are right, I do have a lot of fun in battles." Ash found himself petting the head of his partner, feeling sheepish for dwelling so long on something so simply answered that caused him much grief.

"Right!" He threw his fist into the air. "Let's go challenge the Cerulean Gym! We're going to beat them and win our second badge!"

'Yeah!'

Ash was back to feeling sad as he walked down the park of Cerulean City once more.

This time, the reason why the boy was drained was because he didn't even realize that the Cerulean City Gym also doubled as a water show/aquarium. And it just so happened that today the gym was booked filled with shows and were currently taking no challengers.

Of course his luck would mean that he is unable to go to a gym battle when he was rip and raring to go.

"Man this sucks, I guess this means we can just train the others and see how well they can do in an official battle." Ash in his mind went back towards the fact he was already behind Gary by two badges already. At the rate he was going, he might not even be able to get eight badges in time for the league, let alone take the ten badge challenge for Spark.

While mulling over how he could possibly catch up with everyone, the young teen didn't notice Riolu trying to warn him about…

'Incoming water attack!' Riolu screamed before Ash and he were both literally swept away form a tidal wave that came almost form nowhere and made the two quite drenched.

"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!" As the two got back up, they heard a girl's voice and turned to where it came from.

To anyone else, she was very pretty with straight, golden colored hair that reached down before reaching the top of her stomach, vivd emerald colored eyes, and a nice complexion. She wore a pink wool beret over her head and she wore a long sleeve, white shirt she wears under a stylish, short light brown vest that by itself would have shown off her upper hips/belly button and looks more like a short tank top than an actual vest. She also styled a red skirt with one brown stripe on the side and was wearing long black stockings and wears black rubber shoes with pink shoe laces.

Of course, all of those fashion details translated in Ash's brain as… that is a girl.

The girl in question eventually met up with Ash and Riolu, holding a Togepi in her arms. "I am so sorry! I was just practicing some moves and then one of the Metronome moves ended up being Surf and—"

"Hey, no need to worry. I guess I'll have to get used to water now since I am facing the Cerulean City gym later." Ash easily said before checking his bag pack for anything that might have been doused..

The girl bowed her head. "I am so terribly sorry."

Ash thought she was a being a bit overdramatic about this, but then again his mother told him people have their own weirdness to them. "Like I said, no need to worry. Your were just practicing your moves right? I do things like that too! So are you a trainer?"

The girl did lift her head at that. "Y-Yes! I'm traveling with a friend." She didn't say much more about that.

"Oh that's cool! I'm on my own journey too! Are you training your Pokémon for the gym too?" Ash looked at the happy looking Togepi who was waving at him. It didn't look all that tough though, but then again neither did some of his Pokémon.

"Oh no, I was having Ki, my Togepi, here practice some..." The blonde girl seemed to slow down in her speech and couldn't help but seem sad at what she said next. "Some contest moves. I'm a huge fan of contests."

Ash has heard of that before. Mary and Emily watched some of those on Professor Oak's TV. They were totally not his thing, but the idea of combining some moves together was pretty interesting to Ash, and now that he recalled, he might actually want to try something like that for training in the future.

However, he did recall something else. "Wait a second. Kanto does have contests, but they're not annual like the Pokémon League. I think they have it once every three years, and the last year our Grand Festival ended." He clearly recalled him and his friends watching it last year and how it was special because it wasn't done often.

The blonde girl gave a smile that looked more sad than happy. "Yeah, I know. I missed my chance, but I would like to compete one day."

Ash didn't really think she needed to be sad over something so simple, like he had done just a while ago. "I know I was pretty devastated when I was nine and they bumped up the age for trainers a week before my tenth birthday. But you don't have to wait that long. I'm sure going to Sinnoh or Hoenn would be much easier than waiting here in Kanto."

"That… that's a good idea." Riolu tilted his head after hearing that from the girl. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling from his powers that she wouldn't actually do what Ash just suggested, or more like she couldn't. "Thank you for that…?"

Ash seemed to recognize her asking for his name and he said, "My name is Ash Ketchum. And this buddy here is Riolu!" The fighting type waved his hand.

"Oh my name is... S-Sola Lunarizel! Yes! Sola Lunarizel, but just call me Sola." If anyone sharp was around, they would notice that odd pause before Sola introduced herself.

But if their meeting with Sabrina was any indication, Ash and Riolu were far too trusting. "Nice to meet you, Sola. That is an exotic name."

"Oh uh right. Yes, it's exotic." Sola's eyes shifted around. "I'm from the A-Alamia region."

"That's pretty cool! What's it like there?"

"Uhhhhhhh," Sola stammered as she hugged her Togepi tighter.

"There you are!"

The two turned towards the third voice coming towards them and followed where it came from. "Emily!?" Both Ash and Sola shouted before looking at each other in surprise.

"Ash? What are you doing here?" Just like Mary, Emily has also changed in the past three years. She had grown with a style that just caught people's attention. She was now sporting a leather jacket, ripped jeans, long boots, and had a black T-shirt with an ultra ball symbol that melded perfectly with her black shirt that was located above the left side of her hip. Her hair grew longer too, but if Ash recalled, Mary wanted the two of them to both have longer hair to style with and she couldn't really say no to her. She was still wearing a bandana and had this even louder, tough-girl look.

"Sola, what are you doing?" Emily turned to Sola, "You didn't get hurt, did you? Ash is always known for getting people in trouble that's really annoying." And contrary to her tough girl looks, she was already going to 'Mother Hen' mode when asking questions about Sola's safety and wellbeing. Emily was strange to Ash. Sometimes she would be one of the toughest people he knew, and that was including all the guys he met so far, but then there were times where she acted like his mom when it was just the four of them. It was weird to see the girl sometimes care when it betrayed her tough girl lok she tries so hard to maintain.

"Emily, I'm… there's no need to worry." She copied what Ash had told her and gave a small smile.

"Hey, Emily, good to see you! I've already seen Mary and Gary." It was at that moment Ash finally realized those two have nearly the same nicknames after nearly a decade of being their friend. "What are you doing here?"

Emily relaxed and put a hand on her hip. "Sola and I were just getting ready to take the train station to Diagon City. It was going to be later in the night, but I got separated from her." Sola then laughed nervously at the implication before silently apologizing.

"You're heading to Diagon City, already?" Ash perked up and the mention of that City North of where they currently were.

"Yeah, I already beat the Cerulean City Gym, but the only train ride available was late at night. What about you?"

"I'm..." Ash suddenly recalled his meeting with Gary and their talk about badges and how behind he really was. "I haven't challenged the gym yet."

"Let me guess? Are they still doing those dang shows?" Ash raised his brow before both he and Riolu noticed this thick, menacing aura around the girl.

Sola leaned in closer and whispered, "All the time she was taking their challenge, the Sensational Sisters wanted Emily to dress more girly like, only their youngest seemed to defend her. She was really ticked off about it."

"Hey! Sola, don't just go saying something like that!" Emily snapped before she sighed she then looked over to Ash's Riolu. "So, you were able to get a Pokémon after all."

"Yeah, I got him after you guys left," Ash paused for a second. "That means you've got Bulbasaur right? Gary had Squirtle and Mary was with Charmander."

Emily nodded, "He's actually an Ivysaur now, but yeah."

It was at that moment that Ash realized something. He still needed to start training for his gym battle. "Hey, Emily! Let's have a battle! I have two new Pokémon and I wanna see how they fair in a trainer battle!"

A confident smile appeared on Emily's face. "Oh? Alright, I've been meaning to get more training for some of my Pokémon too. I accept!"

"Great!" Ash cried out before Riolu pointed to how wet the two of them were. "Errr, could you give us a moment to dry off?"

Sola cleared her throat as both Mary and Ash stood on opposite ends of the battlefield they were on. "I'll be the referee for this battle along with Ki here," The blonde looked down to the Togepi in her arms.

'I can't wait to watch this!' The voice of the Togepi was very young, Ash noted. And he then recalled that only he and his Pokémon understood each other. It seemed like the others couldn't understand what their partners were saying as of right now.

"Sure thing." Emily then looked over to Ash and put a hand on her hip with a proud smile. "We actually haven't had a proper battle, even during those practice ones at the ranch."

"Oh right, I mostly battled Gary." The trainer's memories brought up the few battles he had with Emily. Most of them were also losses, and few as they were, Emily tended to be a much harder person to beat than Gary.

So of course Ash would only get more excited battling against her! How could he forget about this experience? The anticipation, the tension before the release of adrenaline! Pokémon were fun!

However, Sola raised her hand to distract the two friends. "Oh wait, is there a limit?" The girl with a beret asked patiently.

Ash thought about it for a second, "How about... two on two, single battle?" Riolu and Spearow had their bout earlier before, figuring out where his newcomers stood in an official battle would probably do him better.

Emily simply nodded. "I'm good with that."

The raven haired boy grabbed a Poké Ball and threw it into the field, "Go, Jigglypuff!"

'Hello, Friendly friends!' The pink puff ball made little twirl as he appeared.

Then everyone turned to Sola, who had just squealed and now looked as flushed as Emily's hair when everyone looked at her. "S-Sorry, it's cute."

Emily shrugged her shoulders, obviously not caring much about the appearance of certain Pokémon, then grabbed a Great Ball from the inside of her jacket and threw it out into the field, "Aero, own the field!" The great ball popped up and a Staravia took to the skies before looking down on the pink puff ball.

Ash was in awe as he took out his Poké to look at the unfamiliar creature. After a brief summary, of the creature was revealed, Ash raised his brow. "Wait a second, Staravia aren't located in Kanto."

"I found Aero while he was migrating." Emily then looked over towards her travel companion. "Now then, Sola?"

"Right! Let the battle begin!"

"Use Quick Attack!" Not even before Sola could finish her announcement, Emily was already on the offensive and Aero blasted off and rammed right through Jigglypuff and sent him bouncing like a rubber ball.

Ash forgot Emily was the most aggressive out of all of them. Her strategy was basically just, 'Take hits well, and hit back even harder.' And it was surprisingly effective.

Jigglypuff seemed not to bothered by the hit and seemed to pout looking up to the flying bird. Ash closed his ears when the normal and fairy type bloated a bit and unleashed a concentrated Hyper Voice towards the flying type.

With an order from Emily, Aero flew with more speed to avoid the attack. Ash knew that was coming and told Jigglypuff to, "Hit the ground!"

For a second, Emily and Sola thought the phrase meant to duck under the attack. They weren't expecting Jigglypuff to punch the ground, and hit it without enough force to actually shake the ground and caused a sizable chunk of earth to lift up and get in the path of Aero's attack.

The Staravia squawked before the boulder was lifted and in that moment, Jigglypuff pushed on the rather big rock, almost hitting Aero and crashing some distance away from the battle field.

Sola was watching with her mouth gaping open while her Togepi actually had a look akin to stars in their eyes.

To her credit, Emily looked on briefly surprised before shaking her head and ordering Aero to get out close range once more.

Ash watched the battle continue. He had to admit, he was usually the one with a speedy Pokémon against a more powerful opponent, but it seemed like the situation was reversed somewhat. Now he had the slower, more powerful ally while his opponent was fast and speedy.

An idea came to the boy's mind. "Jigglypuff, attack the ground!" He gave his first order while giving a secondary order through his link that further explained his plan.

Jigglypuff huffed and attacked the ground with several more Strength attacks, creating rock chunks that scattered the field.

Emily didn't like where this was going, especially when Ash ordered his pink puff ball to grab the largest boulder and throw it into the air at her flying type.

Aero dodged the boulder thrown easily, but the moment he looked back, he and everyone else but Ash, noticed that Jigglypuff was gone. Emily actually looked to Ash and noticed he was looking… up?

"Now Jigglypuff! Use Hyper Voice!"

"Aero, Double Team!"

Emily shouted her command even though she didn't know what was about to happen, and it was a good thing she did. Apparently, Jigglypuff may have thrown the boulder, but the pink puffball never let go of it during the throw! As the boulder spun over in the air, Jigglypuff was seen on the other side already huffing up and unleashing a powerful Hyper Voice that hit Aero and all his doubles. But thanks to Emily's quick thinking, Aero was hit at the edge of the attack and not in the center. Jigglypuff floated off while the boulder started to fall back down into the ground and Emily looked over to Ash with a smile on her face.

"You always did get stuck with all the tricky Pokémon, Ash." The red head began before pointing. "But Aero is faster in the air than Jigglypuff! Quick Attack, Aero!"

Ash tried to counter by telling Jigglypuff to fire another Hyper Voice; however, something else happened.

Now see, Aero was very fast and went in with the attempt to hit Jigglypuff before he could attack and it sorta worked. The Staravia was fast enough to beat the attack, just not fast enough to hit Jigglypuff before he could open his mouth.

Everyone involve could only stare in shock as Jigglypuff accidentally swallowed Staravia whole when his beak should have hit his body and instead went into the inhaling mouth.

"Aero!" "Jigglypuff!?" Both Ash and Emily screamed as the two actually were caught in Aero's momentum and both ended up crashing fast into the ground.

As the dust settled, it seemed like Jigglypuff was knocked out cold, and slowly out of his mouth, Aero pushed his way out and was covered in saliva.

"U-Uh the winner is Emily!?" Sola had her brow raised up in confusion the entire time as she declared such an unusual KO.

Aero squawked indignantly when he realized he was covered in another Pokémon's spit.

"Well, I wanted to win… just not like that." Emily began as she picked up her returned the flying type after promising it a shower.

"That was a fun battle!" Ash found himself laughing and enjoying this battle a lot.

"Glad to see your still yourself, Ash, but there's no way you're going to win the next round." Emily began.

However, Ash's eyes sharpened. "That's where you're wrong Emily! This time, I'm going to win!"

After his proclamation, he then brought out Prince Nidorino. 'Is this the battling I've heard so much about? Well then it's time to grace this with a presence such as myself!' The poison type made a pose as if ready for a fight.

Emily smiled and to Ash's notice, she pulled out a Great Ball and threw out her next partner. Ash wasn't expecting a Dratini to appear.

Ash knew that dragon types were rare and powerful. But he wasn't expecting any one of his friends to get one of them so soon. "Wow, do you all have rare Pokémon?"

"That's a story for another day," She turned towards Sola and the blonde instantly realized she was supposed to call the next battle.

"B-Begin!" The blonde stammered out.

At her call, the battle once again begun. Emily ordered her Dratini to use Thunder Wave. Ash was about to call a dodge but noticed Nidorion firmly standing his ground. In a split instant, Ash decided to trust his new friend as he took the attack head on.

'Wha?' The Dratini looked in shock. 'Why didn't you try and dodge that?'

Even though electricity was coursing through his body, the poison type still kept up his smirk. 'It's only fair to give my opponent an even playing field against me!' The poison type glanced briefly over to Ash. 'Supreme War General, Ash! You have my permission to issue commands!'

The raven haired boy then recalled the prince's move list. When he evolved, he learned a brand new move that wasn't used in the battle with Nidorino.

"Use, Rock Tomb!" Ash cried out by punching the air.

There was a brilliant glow coming from the Life Orb of Prince Nidorino and even the ground started trembling, rocks shot out of the ground and trapped Dratini in a formation of rocks. The Prince Wasn't done as he then stomped his right leg and four moure boulders shot out, and sped right into the tomb with enough speed to cause a shockwave and an explosion of dust on impact.

"Wow!" Ash, and understandably others, were in awe at the display of power. "Prince Nidorino that was..."

It was then he trailed off, when he noticed Nidorino out cold on the ground with his eyes spinning. 'H-how splen...did..'

'You know,' Riolu began, making Ash look down at him scratching his head. 'I was wondering why I suddenly felt Nidorino's aura diminished greatly. I think he poured too much of his energy into that attack.'

"Wait, so the Life Orb translates the power of each attack by how much energy is put into it?" Ash put a hand on his chin. It was a good thing he found that out now than in an official gym battle. He would have to talk with Prince Nidorino to be more conservative with the different Life Orb after this.

"Okay," Ash and Riolu looked over towards Emily who was understandably still baffled. "What the heck was that?! How the heck did you do that!?"

Ash rubbed his head. "Uhh, I got my hands on a Life Orb and I'm still trying to figure out how it works? But I guess this means you win since Aero is still up."

"H-Huh?!" Sola gasped ins surprise and raised a hand. "T-The winner is Emily!"

Emily sighed and put a hand on her head. "Dang it, Ash, even a battle is weird when it comes to you."

Ash recalled Nidorino into his Poké Ball while using his other hand to scratch his cheek lightly. "How is this weird?"

"Your Nidorino just knocked out Tia and himself in one move without using Explosion or Self Destruct!" The girl referenced that her Dratini also had a nickname.

"I think that's a future strategy rather than something weird."

Emily groaned while Sola ended up laughing.

When done with her small laughter, the blonde turned towards Ash. "You really do have some lively Pokémon, Ash. They're also surprisingly powerful."

"They are pretty lively. But I'm really glad to have met them." Ash looked down back at Riolu who was smiling and looking back up at him.

He did end up looking back at Emily. "That was a great battle though! But I'm serious on winning next time!"

"Ha, you wish!" The red head proudly said and folded her arms. However, she did admit in the back of her mind that Ash was certainly better with his own Pokémon now.

"So umm..." Everyone turned to Sola. "What are we going to do about the field?"

As soon as that question came out, everyone realized the entire battlefield was filled with chunks of boulders and uneven and cracked land.

Ash was the one who broke the silence even though he probably shouldn't have. "You know, I don't actually know..."

As Emily and Sola got into the train later that night; the red headed girl couldn't help but notice the huge smile plastered on her friend's face that had been there almost the entire day. "You obviously had fun."

"Your friend is certainly unexpected! His Pokémon are also so kind." Sola admitted as the two went into a private room in the train. "You never said anything about your friends."

As soon as the two sat down, Emily closed the blinds and checked the seats and the area around them. As she did, Sola's smile died down.

When Emily was done, she sat on the opposite side. "I didn't have time to talk about my friends since our meeting was rushed, Princess Salvia."

"P-Please don't call me that." Sola—or Princess Salvia tugged on her blonde hair, revealing it to be a wig hiding blue hair and soon put Ki, her Togepi, down to remove her contacts, revealing eyes as blue as the dark part of the ocean. "It's Sola Lunarizel as long as I'm traveling. Let us please not talk about the circumstances that brought us both together—not that this isn't fun—it's just... "

Emily sighed. "I'm sorry, Princess. I really am. I wish my uncle didn't spring this on me, but we need to keep you safe from the Mikonik Region."

"I know. I-I just wish…" The blue haired princess looked up. "I wish my journey would have been taken on much kinder circumstances."

And with that, the announcement on the train alerted all inside that they were about to move and their next stop was Daigon City.

+Author Notes+

This was the character I was talking about last chapter. Meet Princess Salvia! Some of you super savvy Pokemon Fans will know that this girl is basically a doppelganger of Dawn from the Diamond and Pearl Series: basically think of her as the Richie to Dawn's Ash(Well that sounds ship like). But I'm keeping one thing a little secret about this.

There's more to this 'new' character than meets the eye. And it's not just her, this story has plans on how weird I can make it but still make it cohesive in the future.

But all of that will pay off in the long run, for now, we can all look forward towards the Cerulean City Gym battle next!

Will Ash battle Misty? Or is something different this time just like in the battle for Pewter City's gym badge?

Thank you all for the support this story is getting! I'm surprised you all like this story! I can't thank you all enough for it.