"And in a land-slide victory the winner is Pokemon Master Ash from Pallet town!"

The roar of the crowd was deafening at the Indigo Championship, everyone cheering for the great win Ash had done against his challenger. Brock and Harry cheered from the stands for their friend, Harry jumping up and down in excitement.

After several months of traveling, Ash finally told Harry why they were going around Kanto again before going to the Pokemon League, it was for Ash to keep an eye on up and coming Trainers going for the League before he himself went as the final challenge for them. Several made it and the two weeks they were there were filled with heart stopping moments in the Pokemon battles.

Even Brock and Harry got in on it as an opening act before the League fully opened, both of them having another rematch with a three on three. With his newly evolved Arcanine, Clefairy and Articuno against Brock's Steelix, Golem and Ninetails, the battle was an explosion of attacks, fire, ice and light. Shocking to Harry though, he had won his first major battle in front of hundreds of thousands across Kanto and beyond.

Ash and Brock were so proud of him as he raced towards Clefairy on the field, gathering her in his arms and crying happily. Even the crowd was happy and excited for the new Trainer.

As Ash gave a speech to the Trainers standing before him, Harry thought back to the past few weeks, sending a mental check on Mewtwo who was still recovering from what had happened. The Trainer frowned in thought, clenching his hand safely around Mewtwo's hand as his thoughts dragged him down in his memories….

Flashback, week and a half ago

It was a beautiful day outside and a great start to the semi-finals of the Pokemon League, when everything went horribly wrong at once.

Harry had been talking with Mewtwo telepathically when the Psychic Legendary suddenly halted in explaining something to Harry, his side of the bond growing cold.

'Mewtwo? Mewtwo are you alright? What's wrong?' Harry sent to his Pokemon in concern, gasping in shock when he felt the other disappear entirely. He instinctively reached out for Ash who had paled at the same time, sensing what happened as well.

"Ash? Harry what's wrong? You both look pale." Brock said in concern, seeing the two having tensed up with looks of fright on their faces..

Emerald eyes met brown in shock and fear but before Ash could say anything to his younger brother the whole arena shook in a terrible explosion.

Everything after that was utter chaos for Harry.

Screams

Fighting

Explosions

People running, crashing into each other, falling over, Pokemon cries echoing over everything.

And the cold, almost frigid, feeling Harry was feeling from Mewtwo's side of the bond was filling him, causing him to shiver.

"Mewtwo, freeze them all in place. The noise is annoying me." A cold, smug voice called out over everything, courtesy of the loud speaker.

Where there was once utter chaos, silence echoed.

No one, Pokemon or Human, could move, with the exception of humans wearing all black with red R's on them somewhere.

"Well well….isn't this a nice surprise." Came the same voice from above everyone.

On some sort of floating machine that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie was Giovanni, smirking at them and petting his Persian. Beside him, colors dulled and eyes emotionless and hazed over, was Mewtwo.

"As I said to you last year, I will get what is mine. The most powerful Pokemon ever created, my property." Giovanni said, gesturing towards Mewtwo carelessly. "It's taken longer than I wanted I'll admit, but thanks to the genius that is Team Rocket, we have our weapon back under our control once more."

"You….give….him…back…." Harry growled out, the Legendary's power was preventing him from moving at all but sheer force of will allowed him to talk. At his voice Mewtwo turned his head and looked at his former Trainer.

His dull purple eyes held no spark of recognition. He was a stranger.

"Oh? That's right, I remember you now. You're that little boy that was traveling with Ash when we met briefly in Viridian. You thought you could protect him? That's the cutest thing I've ever heard." Giovanni laughed at him, the laughter being echoed by the other Rocket Members.

The arena was filled now with Rocket members and Elites going around and taking Pokeballs from frozen Trainers. Beside him, Harry could hear Ash grunting, trying to free himself from Mewtwo's control. He suddenly stopped though and started muttering something Harry couldn't hear.

He did though gasp when Harry was suddenly lifted from beside him and Brock, both men's eyes widening in shock and fear when the teen was placed in mid-air in front of the Rocket Leader.

"Now, usually, Trainers like you are beneath my notice boy." Giovanni started, still with that same smirk. "Usually, I would send one of my Rockets to deal with you, possibly an Elite if I felt the need for it. However, that's what I did with Ash over there. And look what happened, he somehow managed to not only evade the Rocket Team that was sent after him, but every Elite he faced he beat. He somehow freed my weapon from my control and then had the audacity to beat me, nearly destroying everything I have worked to create in my Rocket Empire."

Giovanni stood up and walked to the edge of his platform, staring Harry in the eyes.

Defiant Emerald against heartless black.

"Don't let it be said that I never learned from my mistakes, a mistake I will not be making again. Trainers like you have a habit of ruining things for me. So, to prevent that, I will remove the Trainer. Permanently."

Even though closed mouths, gasps were heard from the frozen audience in shock and fear. Brock was nearly vibrating in effort of trying to move, to do anything. He glanced over at Ash to see him with his eyes closed and still muttering to himself.

"Mewtwo, Hyperbeam your former Trainer, leave nothing remaining."

Not looking at the smug Rocket Leader anymore, Harry turned his gaze towards Mewtwo. The Psychic Type did nothing at first, making Harry hope he had freed himself, but that hope died when Mewtwo raised one of his hands and started to gather energy there. The ball was glowing brilliantly and started to hum louder and louder.

'Mewtwo…please you gotta fight this. You have to stop and let everyone go. Please Mewtwo…' Harry thought desperately.

For the briefest second Harry saw the arm twitch but then steadied again. Whatever was controlling Mewtwo had an iron grip on his mind and wasn't letting go. The ball was growing louder and brighter.

'Mewtwo…I'm so sorry I wasn't strong enough to save you…I hope Ash and Brock are able to…I'm sorry I couldn't be the Trainer you needed right now.' Harry thought sadly, tears falling silently. He closed his eyes, then opened them again, nothing but love and sorrow in his gaze. 'I don't know if you can hear me, but I wanted to thank you for everything you've done for me. Being there for me. And to let you know that I don't want you to blame yourself. I love you Mewtwo…'

'HARRY!'

The former wizard thought he heard his name screamed, but then agonizing pain filled his senses and he knew no more but darkness.'

End flashback

His memories of what happened were dark and fuzzy, but what he was told was at the same time Mewtwo fired Hyperbeam, the platform and been blown up by several Thunders, courtesy of Raikou and Zapdos. Turns out, the platform itself was what was controlling Mewtwo, sending out some sort of signal only the Cloned Pokemon could hear.

Some sort of 'fail safe' that had been designed by the Rocket Scientists when Mewtwo was first created and amplified. In short, a mind control signal only affecting Mewtwo.

The second it was destroyed Mewtwo was freed from Team Rocket's control, releasing everyone in the stands. As the Legendary raced to catch his Trainer and try to help him, Trainers all over the stands were attacking Team Rocket and their Pokemon, capturing them for the authorities.

As for the Elites and Giovanni himself, they were rounded up by the Legendary Pokemon who had been called by Ash thanks to his bond with them all. He had to focus on them to send out his distress call, thankfully they had made it in time.

Harry had been knocked out by the Hyperbeam, it was only thanks to Mewtwo coming to when he did and Mew throwing up a shield as quick as he could that saved the Trainer's life. He was still badly injured though and had bruising to go with it.

Mewtwo had been badly shaken from the whole ordeal, his mind fighting against itself. He wouldn't leave Harry's side for anything, holding his Trainer close and crying. He gave no thought that he should be hidden from other humans, or that all the Legendaries were there. He only cared about keeping Harry safe.

Thanks to a lot of help though, Harry and Mewtwo both pulled through. Team Rocket was disbanded for good with all the Grunts being taken into custody.

The Elites and Giovanni's punishments though were far worse, however Arceus would not say exactly what was going to happen. Ash though had said he saw Giratina and Darkrai conversing quietly, sending evil looks at the Rocket members.

He said he almost felt sorry for them.

Almost.

Because of everyone seeing Mewtwo in the arena, and the cameras still working, the secret was out about the Psychic Legendary. However it turned out he had nothing to fear, everyone was so grateful for his help with Harry (who had become quite popular himself in his travels around Kanto) and sorrow at what he was put through, that no one even thought about trying to take him from Harry. He now happily walked beside his Trainer like his fellow Pokemon.

Arcanine was usually found curled around his Trainer or even giving him a ride, if he could be pried away from Articuno. The Ice Legendary nearly froze the whole arena and more in her fury at what had happened to her Trainer. She didn't let him off of her back for quite awhile, and only through bribery and promises that nothing would happen and he would be carefully watched did she let Harry down.

Clefairy as always was held in her Trainer's arms, bouncing and cooing like normal to cheer him up or doing a Metronome dance to make him happy when she felt his mood go down.

The results from that were….quite funny actually.

Appointing themselves as his 'body guards' Brock and Ash were extremely over protective for several days, much to Harry's embarrassment. However he let them work it through their systems, and honestly felt so much better when he knew the older Trainers were beside him, watching over and protecting him.

Harry's thoughts were interrupted when Ash finished his speech and walked over to where the other two were standing, smiling widely at them. "So? What did you think of it?"

"Eh, you come up with better ones when the world is in danger." Brock said with a smirk, waving his hand. "But pretty good for the masses if that's what you wanted to hear."

Ash just glared at him, eye twitching. "Gee, thanks man. You're the epitome of encouragement right there…." Glaring a second more, Ash shook his head and smiled at Harry, giving the younger a hug. "So little bro? What now?"

The youngest Trainer tilted his head. "What do you mean?"

From beside him, Mewtwo snickered. 'What he means is, what do you want to do now? We've traveled Kanto and seen a lot of what it has to offer. You've even, in a way, participated in the Pokemon League of this Region. There are still many other regions to go through, more Pokemon Leagues to try if that is what you wish.'

"Or, we could head home for awhile, relax and have fun at Oak's Lab, enjoy Mom's cooking again." Ash added.

"We could travel around, there's so much out there Harry you haven't seen yet, or even us." Brock said with a grin. "We've done our journeys, we've walked our paths. Now? Now we walk with you wherever you want to go. My Gym can take care of itself for awhile."

The Pokemon Master nodded and hugged Harry who was surprised that they were letting him choose. "So little bro? What'll it be?"

At all loss, Harry turned to Mewtwo. The Psychic gave a small smile and nodded, "If you want, the offer I made awhile ago is still available. There are worlds belonging to my fellow Legendaries live and rule over. And I know after what happened they all would like to meet you under better circumstances. You, Brock and Ash would see things no other human has ever seen."

The three waited while Harry thought over everything before giving a big grin, "You know me guys…can't keep still for too long, and honestly, hidden worlds? Sounds right up my alley. But…."

"But what Harry?"

"Could we go visit Pallet first? I REALLY miss Mrs. Ketchum's cooking…." Harry said with a sheepish grin.

The small group laughed at the youngest human's blush, and were still laughing when they all vanished in a flash of purple light.

Adventure awaited them.

Well everyone, I know it might not be the best ending, but I wanted to get something out before Christmas for you all. You've all been so supportive and patient with me and the story, I wanted to do something for you all as well. I tried to do my best with it, but to be honest, I lost my muse with this story awhile ago which is why it's taken so long to finish. Hard to write something when you feel no drive to work on it anymore. So for sticking my me, all the encouragement and wonderful reviews, THANK YOU ALL.

It's been a long road, but we're finally finished with the story! Onto new projects! If you're interested, there is a poll with story ideas in the works, see which ones you all would like to read!

To all celebrating it, Merry Christmas! If you celebrate something else, or even don't celebrate anything at all, I hope you all have a great rest of the holiday season and year!