What Legends are Made of

Chapter 1

Prologue

Note: Ello again, it's me Scribe0magic I have been looking at fanfictions that have Ash have a legendary pokemon as his starter, and suffice to say I'm sad that the ones I've seen aren't very long and haven't been updated in a long time. That's why I'm going to take a swing at it, I know so far my pokemon fanfictions seem to do alright with good reviews so I'm hoping that this one is on par and not a flop like A Spur of Pokemon Love, which I'm rewriting and going to post alongside the original

Sidenote: This Ash will also gain certain pokemon way sooner than in the anime. I don't own Pokemon just the story

The world of pokemon is vast with many different regions to explore with endless possibilities. Trainers for years have sought greatness in many ways: some have become world renowned professors, others doctors, or champlions, but the most sought after title is Pokemon Master with only a few having reached it. This is the dream of Ash Ketchum, a lofty goal for sure, but he was determined to reach it

Of course while Ash did want to become a master, he lacked the discipline to study hard or learn anything useful for his journey when he turned ten. Due to this Gary Oak, the grandson of Prof. Oak teased him constantly about his lack of knowledge. Prof. Oak however knew that Ash did in fact have great potential as a trainer and always stood up for Ash as the boy had a knack for befriending any pokemon no matter how hostile it was and seemed to understand what they said

This was very true due to the fact both his parents had either psychic or aura powers, although very weak. Ash's father was a generous man who due to him being a Pokemon Ranger wasn't home very often. While his mom ran a small cafe that turned into a major success with many chains opening all across Kanto, Johto, Kalos as well as Alola, so Ash's parents never had to worry about money. Ash was very much loved and well taken care of by his family and the local pokemon

This did not go unnoticed by the legendary pokemon council, a group of legendary pokemon that contained one member of each species if there was more than one like Rayquaza, Mew, Latias or Latios Etc.. "I've never seen a human with such a pure soul before" said Lord Rayquaza "He must be the Chosen One" said Lord Lugia "The last time you said that Lord Arceus was forced into a slumber" growled Lord Palka "It wasn't the one I said could be, but an adviser" countered Lugia "Enough, I'm interested in seeing if this boy could really be the Chosen One" snapped Rayquaza "Why so interested in him? I thought you disliked humans?" asked Lady Uxie

"Because my brash offspring needs to be taught manners" replied Rayquaza "I don't think sending a shiny rayquaza to him now would be a wise choice, but it does give me an idea of how to test him" said Uxie "How?" everyone asked "There's a poacher near Pallet Town that's captured a rather young legendary, so we'll help it escape and have Ash find it and see what he does" explained Uxie "Good idea" agreed the others

We now go to a five year old Ash who is playing deep in the woods, against his mother's wishes, with the pokemon that live there "Ahahahahah! You can't catch me!" cries Ash with joy as he runs from the group of pokemon he's playing with 'Get back here!' they cry

Suddenly Ash hears a queer cry come from his right causing him to stop, and that in turn gets him glomped by the pokemon running after him 'Why'd you stop?' asks one of the pokemon "I heard a pained cry, but I don't know from what kind of pokemon" answers Ash "I'm going to check it out and see what's wrong" 'We're coming with so nothing bad happens' said the pokemon

It was a good thing to as when Ash came to the clearing where he heard the strange cry from he was horrified to find a strange pokemon that looked like it was made of solid crystal laying on the ground with a electrified net over it and man gloating over it "Thought you could get a way from me did ya?" taunted the man "Well to bad cuz there ain't no one who can save ya now" "Except me!" yelled Ash as he bravely came into the clearing "What the? Beat it kid before something bad happens" scoffed the man "Alright everyone let him have it!" yelled Ash angerly

From the tree line a massive amount of attacks came at the man and his two pokemon that he had with him. The two houndooms tried to fend off the assault, but there were some very strong pokemon living in the woods and they didn't like poachers on bit. Soon with Ash's quick thinking the poacher was caught in thick webbing from head to toe from a large number of String Shots and Electro Webs "Thanks everyone, keep an eye on him while I go help the pokemon he was hurting" said Ash 'Good plan' agreed the pokemon

As Ash got closer to the strange pokemon he saw it was severely hurt and was clearly an ice type that was very agitated and made aggressive noises at Ash "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you" assured Ash in a calm voice as he slowly made his way closer to the pokemon

Ash saw that the pokemon was in severe pain, largely due to the large crack on it's side "Can one of you use Ice Beam to fix this crack? It looks like the worse injury on it" asked Ash 'I can' said one of the older pokemon as he fired a powerful Ice Beam at the crack "Feel better?" asked Ash

The mysterious pokemon managed to get up and made a sound that sounded like it helped "What pokemon are you?" asked Ash "That Ash is a regice" said Prof. Oak "A legendary pokemon from the Hoenn Region" "So that's why that man had it in a net" exclaimed Ash "Man?" asked Prof. Oak

Ash explained about hearing a pokemon cry in pain he went to find it and found a poacher that had regice in a net "So I'm guessing that man all tied up in silk and surrounded by pokemon is the poacher?" asked Prof. Oak "Yep" confirmed Ash "But what about regice? What's going to happen to it?" "I'm not sure, it looks like it needs to heal some more before it can go anywhere" said Prof. Oak "But how?" asked Ash "I can't take it to my lab at the moment, it would cause far to much of a commotion, so I suggest that you help treat it here in the woods until I deem it in good health" answered Prof. Oak "Okay I'll do it" agreed Ash "but I don't know how" "I'll teach you, but know that it'll be very hard" offered Prof. Oak "Alright, plus it'll get Gary off my back" agreed Ash with little enthusiasm

When Ash got home with Prof. Oak, after he called Officer Jenny and told her what happened, Ash's mother was upset that Ash went into the woods again when she told him not to. But once told about what had happened she was just glad Ash was safe and that he saved such a rare pokemon

Over the next few weeks Ash would go into the woods and helped regice recover. At first the pokemon was hesitant to let Ash come near it, but it slowly came to understand that all Ash wanted was to help it so it lowered its guard. Ash quickly realized that regice didn't need to eat, much to his confusion so he asked Prof. Oak about it "Ash some pokemon don't have the need to eat, they get their energy in other ways" explained Prof. Oak "Like magnetmite or other inorganic pokemon" "Oh..." replied Ash amazed

Overtime Ash managed to befriend regice, so when Prof. Oak said it was at full health again it refused to leave "I guess regice doesn't want to be to far from you Ash" noted Prof. Oak "You think it want's to go with me?" asked Ash "I'm sure, but I still have to give you a normal starter pokemon" assured Prof. Oak "But I think regice should be considered your real starter if you practice with it before you start your journey in a few years" "That sounds great!" said Ash happily "Good, now remember to keep studying with me and you'll be well prepared" said Prof. Oak

Over the next five years Ash worked with regice and studied hard under Prof. Oak, much to Gary's ire who didn't know what made Ash suddenly change gears. Ash learned a lot from Prof. Oak and even got to go to other regions and meet the other professors of those regions and learn about both Mega Evolution and Z Moves, as well as all the different legendaries that there were. Ash also learned how to cook, do first-aid, type match-ups, how TMs worked (though they're mostly irrelevant as you can teach the pokemon the move naturally) and other important information he needed for his journey

"Ash honey you need to get up! You don't want to be late do you?" called Ash's mother Delia from outside the door

A raven haired ten year old groaned and rolled out of bed before getting ready for the day "I'm glad mom came to make sure I left on time" Ash said to himself "I accidentally broke my voltorb alarm clock overnight"

Ash soon came downstairs to find his mother making breakfast "Hi honey, sleep well?" greeted Delia "Yeah, but I broke my alarm again" replied Ash "Not again" groaned Delia "You're father has the same problem" "I wish he was here" said Ash sadly "I know dear, but remember the look on his face when he saw regice for the first time" said Delia "Yeah, he completely flipped" chuckled Ash

Ash quickly finished his breakfast and headed out the door "Bye mom! I'll call when I get to Viridian City" called Ash as he went outside "Alright honey! Be safe!" Delia called back

Ash jogged over to Prof. Oak's Lab where he saw that he was the first one to arrive. However the other new trainers, including Gary soon arrived shortly after "Oh come on!" complained Gary "Problem?" asked Ash innocently "Yeah there is" snapped Gary "You were supposed to sleep in and miss getting a pokemon" "Since when?" asked Ash in disbelief "Always! I'm the one that's supposed to be the best trainer around" said Gary

"That's enough Gary" scolded Prof. Oak "Ash worked really hard to get where he is, maybe if you payed more attention during your studies you would be" "Can we please get our pokemon?" asked Ash "Of course follow me" replied Prof. Oak

Prof. Oak led the new trainers into the lab where he gave out the new starter pokemon "Now sadly I only have one of each starter this time" explained Prof. Oak "But since Ash agreed to be the one to wait if that happened, no harm done" "Ha! Then I'll have the advantage" gloated Gary "Like I care Gary, it doesn't matter if you get a head start or not, it depends on how well we do in the Indigo League" retorted Ash "Whatever" said Gary as he picked squrtile's pokeball

The other two trainers picked up their new pokemon and Prof. Oak gave them all some pokeballs and a pokedex "Ash I know want to get started, so I do have a pokemon that you can have" said Prof. Oak "Really? What kind?" asked Ash "It's a pikachu that I caught yesterday" answered Prof. Oak "and it seems to be stronger than most"

"That's cool Professor, but how's his demeanor?" asked Ash "I think he's just upset right now, but I'm sure you can get him to calm down" answered Prof. Oak "Oh, well here goes nothing" said Ash as he let the pikachu out

'Grrr where's that old man who put in that stupid thing?' demanded pikachu "Will you calm down please?" asked Ash in a calm voice 'Why?' asked pikachu angerly "So we can talk" answered Ash 'Wait, you can understand me?' asked pikachu who was now more confused than angery "Yes, I have both psychic and aura powers that allow me to understand pokemon" answered Ash

'So...is there a reason we're talking?' asked pikachu "Prof. Oak gave me your pokeball so you could be my starter" answered Ash "and I wanted to get to know you before we head out" 'As long as I can stay out of that cursed thing I'm game' said pikachu "That's fine pikachu" said Ash 'Yay!' cried pikachu happily as he jumped onto Ash's shoulder

"Here Ash I put together a special starting kit for you for all the hard work you put in to be ready" said Prof. Oak as he handed Ash a small box that had twice the amount of pokeballs than normal, plus some specialty balls, a National Pokedex, and even a pokemon egg "An egg?" asked Ash in shock "Yes, I know you can handle raising a baby pokemon, but I'm not going to tell you what pokemon is going to hatch from it" answered Prof. Oak

"Thanks Prof. Oak, I better head out and pick up regice" thanked Ash as he headed out 'Regice? But that's a legendary from Hoenn' asked pikachu 'so how can one be around here?' "A poacher captured one, but it escaped in the nearby woods" answered Ash "Me and some of the local pokemon helped me stop the man and bring regice back to full health" 'I'm guessing it decided to stick around because you're friends right?' asked pikachu "Yep, that incident made me realize that I needed to improve my skills and knowledge before I begin my journey" answered Ash

Ash soon entered the woods and eventually reached a cave "Regice I'm here" called Ash 'About time' said regice in a monotone voice as it came out of the cave "I said it was going to take sometime, plus I didn't know how long it was going to take to get my pokemon license" explained Ash 'So this pikachu is your starter?' asked regice "Yep" answered Ash 'Hello there pikachu, I hope we can help make Ash's dream come true' greeted regice 'Uh hi' replied pikachu who was amazed that Ash knew a real legendary "Regice is coming with us pikachu, isn't that amazing?" asked Ash

'No duh' replied pikachu 'Any trainer would do anything to get a legendary' "Well I was more concerned with regice's health, not if it would join me or not" replied Ash 'Anything else before we go?' asked regice "Right, Prof. Oak gave me an egg as a way of thanks for helping out in his lab" answered Ash 'Interesting, I wonder what pokemon it will be' pondered regice "Well it's all white, so I'm not sure" said Ash

Soon Ash was on his way to Viridian City and his next step to becoming a Master. In the shadows a strange teen stands watching Ash go by "Hmm I wonder how far he'll go" pondered the teen "You tell me" replied the pikachu on his shoulder "Shush, we don't want people to hear you talking" scolded the teen 'Sorry' apologized the pikachu

Note: Guess who it is? Also no psychic pikachu this time

Listings

Ash:

Regice- Flash Cannon, Icy Wind, Charge Beam, Bulldoze, Hail, Lock-On, Rock Polish, Endure, Rest

Pikachu (M)- Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Thundershock, Nasty Plot, Dig, Thunderwave, Nuzzle, Double Team