Well after months of starting and deleting stories I have finally got the start of a story I like. Before I get into this story I want to apologize to all this who read my Lion King story before I abruptly ended it. I was completley burned out on Lion King and anything I wrote afterwards would have been terrible. This is a story I've created after reading many great Pokemon fanfics and using some of their ideas plus watching nearly every single Pokemon episode. This is the story of Ash reuniting with Serena right from the start to travel through Kalos. I chose Serena because she is the only one of Ash's traveling companions to know him before the series started and I'm completely swept up in Amourshipping.

Chapter 1

Nidorino and Gengar collide with powerful attacks knocking them both back.

"Gengar Shadow Punch!" Gengars trainer shouted.

"Nidorino dodge then use Shadow claw." Nidorino dodged perfectly before delivering a powerful blow out Gengar.

Miles away two brothers sat in their room watching the battle.

"Wow! That was an incredible strategy letting Gengar get close and then attack it because Gengar has a weak physical defense!" Said Aaron, the older by a few minutes of the two.

"Nidorino is so strong!" marveled Ash the other brother.

"Just think tomorrow we will finally have our own Pokémon!" said Aaron

"I know we can finally start our own journey!"

"Ash! Aaron! Do you know what time it is? You should have been to bed hours ago." Delia Ketchum their mother said entering the room.

"Oh come on mom tomorrow we will be out by ourselves we don't need a bedtime." Ash complained.

"So tomorrow you don't need a bed time but right now your not trainers so go to bed!" She responded before turning off the light and closing the door.

The two boys climbed into their bunk beds. Aaron climbed in the top one while Ash took the bottom. The twins were almost identical. The only difference was Aaron's hair was dark brown and he had blue eyes while Ash had black hair and brown eyes. Tomorrow was a special day. It was the official start of the Pokémon league and for 13 year olds the day they get their Pokémon licenses. Ash and Aaron of course were going to be receiving their first Pokémon from Prof. Oak. While they both hoped to be league champions the two couldn't have been any different. Jack had spent most of his childhood studying Pokémon strategies and different Pokémon and types. Ash on the other hand had spent his childhood playing with Pokémon along side his best friend Serena. Since Serena had moved 3 years ago and yet not a day had gone by that Ash didn't think about his best friend. And tonight he laid in bed and thought about the day they had first met.

Flashback:

"Hello is anyone there!" A young Serena shouted wandering around a forest outside of Pallet town. "Oh where did they all go?" She said with tears forming in her eyes. Suddenly a rustling began in the trees. Serena leaned towards it when all of a sudden a Poliwag jumped out. A startled Serena fell to the ground surprised by the Pokémon. She tried standing up but collapsed in pain realizing she couldn't stand. The girl looked around for somebody in panic but found nobody. "Oh... I never wanted to go to this stupid camp. Is there anybody their? MOM!" She began shouting in pain and fear as tears flowed down her face. Suddenly a boy came out of the bushes looking around curiously.

"Poliwag? Where'd you go?" He then turned and saw Serena in tears. "Are you ok?"

Serena shook her head and said, "My leg hurts really bad."

The boy looked at it and said, "Its fine, just a little bruised."

Serena tried to get up but collapsed back to the ground still crying.

The boy scratched his head thinking of what to do next then said, "I know." He pulled out a white handkerchief and said, "This is really lucky and makes pain go away." He then tied it around her leg and smiled extending his hand to her. Serena although hesitant took his hand and stood up. She then lost balance and fell forward. Fear flew through her head as she closed her eyes but was suddenly caught by a pair of arms. She opened her eyes to see the boy holding her as she blushed deeply.

"See" he said, "I knew you could do it. You can never give up until the end!"

The boy then took her hand and led her out of the forest.

End of flash back:

"Serena" Ash said to himself, "I wish I was there to see you start your journey."

Far away in a distant region a 13 year old girl was about to start her journey. She had just received her Pokémon and was packing her backpack. "Fennekin are you ready to start our journey?" The small fire type barked with happiness to her trainer. Of course Serena was excited to go on a journey, but without Ash she knew it would not be the same. Serena thought back to the day that she and Ash promised to travel together.

Flashback:

Ash and Serena sat watching from afar as trainers came out of Prof. Oaks lab. "Just think Serena in a few years that will be us."

"I don't know Ash. I don't know if I can handle a Pokémon."

"Sure you can. And Ill be with you every step of the way."

"So… are we going to travel together?"

"Of course." Said Ash, "And I promise I'll always be there to help you."

Serena smiled and said, "I'm counting on that."

End of flashback:

A tear formed out of the corner of Serena's eyes. The plan was something she always looked forward to. But then her mother, a world class Ryhorn racer, was invited to enter the Kalos Ryhorn league, the most prestigious and competitive in the world. And soon a 12 year old Serena was taken away from everything she had ever known including her best friend.

Flashback:

The two children sat together in front of Serena's house. They had been together crying all morning. "Don't go Serena! Just stay with me and Aaron and Mom!" Ash cried out.

Serena just cried in pain. All she wanted was to stay with Ash, but she knew her mother would not allow it. "Ash" She said calmly but still crying. "I want to give this to you, I've always meant to give it back." She held out the handkerchief but Ash just shook his head. "No. I want you to keep it to always remember me. To… remember the times we shared."

Serena continued to cry before she heard her moms voice calling for her to come to the car. She turned to Ash and said, "I will always remember you." The kissed him on the cheek before slowly walking to her car. Ash was left watching the car drive away. Aaron came up and put his hand on his brother's shoulders and watched Serena disappear.

End of Flashback

Serena had planned to journey to Kanto and meet Ash to travel together but that plan was soon smashed.

Flashback:

It was two weeks before Serena would get her Pokémon and Serena could not wait for that day to come.

"So have you decided which Pokémon you are going to choose yet?" Serena's mother Grace asked.

"Actually I have!" responded Serena happily "I've decided to go with Fennekin."

"Great choice! It's a really cute Pokémon." Grace said happily.

"And I've also so decided I want to travel through the Kanto region first!" Serena said.

Grace looked down with a sad expression on her face, "I'm sorry Serena I don't want you that far away from me on your first journey, I want you to stay in the Kalos region."

"What!" Serena exclaimed shocked at what her mother said.

"It's just the Kanto region is very far away and I don't want you that far away when you're just starting out."

"But Ill have Ash with me please mom!" Serena begged.

"I'm sorry but you'll just have to wait until your second journey to see Ash."

End of flashback

It was as if Serena had been punched in the gut. All she wanted was to travel with Ash but now she would have to wait and pray Ash waited as well. Serena always wanted to be a breeder and truly did intend to work on learning to raise Pokémon but the idea of doing it alone scared Serena. But it wasn't like she could afford a ticket and even if she could her mother would just drag her back and not allow her to travel at all. So Serena prepared to travel with just her Pokémon, she ran one more check to make sure she had everything she needed and then headed out.

"Well mom I'm heading out." Serena said giving her mom a goodbye hug.

"Wait a second. I think your forgetting something." Her mother said pulling a ticket out of her pocket.

"What?" said Serena confused.

"You know I thought about it and if you really want to travel through Kanto it would probably be safer to travel with somebody anyway.

A large smile crossed Serena's face as she hugged her mother, "So I guess you Ill drive you to the Santalune City Airport!" Her mother said with a smile.

Grace had never told her daughter the real reason she didn't want her daughter in Kanto but as she watched her daughters plane fly off it was the only thing she could think of. "Oh Serena what ever you do, don't find your father."