*Grammar gets better in Chapter 3!*

Alright people, this is my first fanfiction so play nice! Just know I don't like OC's, that being said the main antagonist is an OC, but the story won't follow him. I got this story in my head one day, and decided to write it out. Not sure how fast updates will be coming out, so you will have to be patient.

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Hope you enjoy!

*Disclaimer* I do not own Pokémon. Enough said?

Chapter size: 5,731 words.

"Leon!" Screamed a man voice, "I will not let you get away with this!" The man was standing at the foot of a colossal staircase. His long jean's were torn and rugged, some places even burnt black. The mans shirt wasn't fairing any better. It had a long slash from the top right shoulder down to bottom. Part's of it had blood dripping out of it. On top of his messy dark black hair stood a red hat. The mans gaze held nothing but frustration and anger, all directed to the man on top of the stairs.

The man - Leon - turned back and looked down, towards the man who yelled at him grinning wickedly "Oh, but Ash your to late, I already have gotten away with this." As he spoke, he lifted his hands to his side. As if to prove his point a dark oval, as black as a starless night sky, started to form behind him, growing in size until it was big enough to fit a Tyranitar. "You see Ash, you have failed the world."

Ash looked up into the man's neon blue eyes, he couldn't believe it. No, it was impossible. He couldn't have failed. It wasn't an option for him to simply fail. Then, what was this strange sense that was washing over him? For the first time in his life, he felt...Useless? No matter how hard he had tried to stop this man, he just could not push hard enough to actually stop him. For the first time in his entire life, he failed the world. He felt a small tear roll down his face.

Leon, seeing the man starting to break down simply smiled. He knew what the boy was thinking, and it made him feel good. The brat had been a pain in his side and though he tried to get rid of him, he was one problem that just kept coming back. He turned back walking closer to the black portal. As he was taking his last step in heard the sound of electricity sparking through the air. He turned back and looked back down. Ash's small companion, Pikachu the little yellow mouse Pokemon stood there shocking Ash over and over.

"Pi, Pika pika pi!" The small pokemon scolded Ash, sending another spark of electricity at the man. Strangely instead of yelling in pain, he did the exact opposite. He laughed.

"Heh, Thanks Pikachu! I needed that." Ash smiled, a look of ferocious determination replaced what once had been despair. "Leon this is not over just yet!"

Leon let out a small sigh, of course the boy would continue fighting, he should have expected it really.

A roar filled with agony and pain cut off his thoughts. Ash turned his attention towards the noise and felt a wave of despair flow through him, doubt once again consuming his mind. How was he supposed to stop a legendary Pokémon on his own? Dialga, the Pokémon of time itself, stood on all four of its legs towering over Ash like a skyscraper. The Pokemon was in pain, whatever Leon had done to it was taking it's toll. Then the battle it was going through with Ash's Pokemon didn't help it heal much either.

"Dialga" Ash heard Leon say "I must thank you, without you, this would not even be possible!" He laughed as if it was some funny joke. "Now finish them." He turned and walked through the black abyss. Almost as soon as he made it through the portal started to shrink. The portal was closing!

Ash had to do something quick, and as his luck would have it Brock, his long time friend appeared from behind him. The mans clothing didn't look much better than Ash's. His breathing was rugged and worn out but he would not let his friend be alone when he needed someone the most.

"Brock, we have to make it into that portal up there!" He pointed. Brock nodded and ran up beside Ash.

"And what about Dialga? How are we going to stop it?" Brock asked, his voice wavering slightly as he spoke.

"It's being controlled by Leon, he is the one we need to stop!" he quickly reached down to his two remaining pokeballs, that were hanging off his belt. The other three of his Pokemon were defeated by the legendary standing before him, and resting back in their own pokeballs. He tossed them both into the air, revealing two more of his faithful companions, Sceptile and Glalie. They both glared at the towering legendary Pokémon, not even wavering at the sight of the magnificent legendary standing before them.

"Alright guys, I need you to distract Dialga for me! I need to make it up to that portal!" They all nodded in affirmation and began a relentless assault on the legendary Pokémon.

"Come on out!" Brock yelled as he through his pokeballs. "You guys help Ash's Pokémon! After we make it to the top of the stairs, try to make it to the portal!" His Pokémon all nodded and joined in the fight. Ash and Brock quickly made their way up the stairs. They were almost to the top when a stray beam from Dialga exploded behind them knocking them both through the air.

"Brock!" Ash could only yell as he and Pikachu flew up the stairs, landing on the top of the platform. The portal was now only a little bit bigger than Ash. Looking down the stairs he could see Brock still attempting to crawl up the stairs, small streams of blood flowing down his face. "Brock! Are you okay? We need to hurry! The portal, it's starting to close!"

"Ash you go on ahead!" Brock said tiredly.

"No! I can't just leave you behind, you will die!"

"We will all be dead any way, if we allow Leon to get away with this!" As he said this, Ash noticed the spear columns behind him started to disappear out of nowhere. "Ash hurry! Don't worry, I will be right behind you!"

Ash gritted his teeth in frustration. Behind Brock their Pokémon were still in the heat of battle. All of their Pokemon were giving it their all. Ash felt a touch of pride in his Pokemon, seeing them fight against an impossible challenge with no fear. Even after the countless of battles that had to make their way to the top of this ancient relic, they still fought with all they had.

Suddenly his Glalie disappeared out of existence. Oh no, it's already happing! The past was being rewritten! "I'm sorry Brock!" He yelled as he turned and ran into the still shrinking portal.

"Ring! Ring! Ring!" The sound of a alarm pierced the silent morning air. Ash's head shot up off the pillow, gasping for air. He quickly looked around, for anything that may be a threat. Instead he took in his familiar surroundings. He was in his old room, from where he used to live before he moved out. This was his old house. He moved to get off the small bed that he was on, but as his legs reached for the ground he immediately fell to the floor.

"What the?" Looking down at his now small body he realized what had happen. He had went back in time! His legs were a lot smaller than they were before; he had misjudged the distance and fallen to the floor. He slowly made his back to his feet, trying to adjust to the knew size of his body. Taking a step forward he stumbled a bit. How the hell did he walk with feet this small!? Looking across his room to mirror, he couldn't help the small smile that appeared on his face. It's hard to believe that I was this small once.

After a few more minutes of adjusting to his body he made his way down the stairs, carefully holding the guard rail to make sure not to fall. So far nothing in house has changed from what Leon had did….Leon! Where is he? I have to stop him from changing the future!

With the new found urgency he rushed through the living room, and stopped completely speechless! He could feel a tear coming down his cheek. Standing before him was his mother. He had not seen his mom for a long while, ever since she passed away. To see her now standing in front of him, it felt like a dream.

"Mom?" he said in a raspy voice. His own voice felt foreign to him as he spoke.

Delia Ketchum turned around and gave a radiant smile, that smile she had always given to him. It made him swell with pride. He could take from that one smile that she was proud of him. Sadly, the smile quickly turned to a worried frown. "Ash, You're up early for once! Is everything okay dear?"

Ash looked at her a little confused. She must not remember anything from the past! Err..mm or future? He had to stop thinking about that, it would defiantly cause a headache. He walked up to her and engulfed her in a hug with his small arms tighten as hard as he could.

"Yeah mom I'm fine, I just had a bit of bad dream, that's all" He said letting out a small nervous laugh.

"Ohh, dear I'm sorry! Don't worry, I'm sure your new Pokémon that you get today will get your mind right off that!" She said grinning. She knew how much her son adored Pokémon, and him starting his adventure will get his mind off anything.

Little did she know, that bringing up Pokémon actually caused an internal war within Ash. What if Pikachu doesn't remember me? Everything that the two of us have been through together, everything that we have done together? No, he has to remember! He went through the portal as well! So, he has to!

"Oh yeah, my first Pokémon!" He feigned his excitement. "Got to go mom! I don't want to be late now do I! I will see you before I leave on my journey!" He yelled. Honestly, he didn't want to leave her so soon. Seeing her again was a miracle, but then again, if he had stayed he was sure she would question him about it. He quickly rushed out of his house into the blistering sun of Pallet town. As soon as he was out of sight from the house, he slowed down. If he still wanted to get Pikachu he had to show up late instead of early.

He made his way up the dirt road and up the hill, very slowly, to the biggest building in Pallet Town, Professor Oak's Laboratory. In front of the building was a large crowd of people cheering the name 'Gary'. Ash let out a sigh, some things I guess will never change.

As he got closer he could start making out the familiar shape of his childhood friend Gary. He was dressed in his blue long sleeved shirt and blue pants. His hands were in his pocket, in his cool-guy pose. His brown hair defied gravity and stood up towards the sky. On his face was an arrogant smirk, that grew into a mocking smile when he saw Ash making his way up.

"Hey Ashie-boy, your running a bit late aren't you?"

"Oh, hey Gary, I am here to get my first Pokémon." Ash looked at him and couldn't help the wave of memories that flooded his mind. "I see you already got yours." Eying the small pokeball that he was tossing up and down in his hand.

Gary held up the Pokeball in his hand "Yep, I got the best Pokémon from my grandpa."

Ash smirked, may as well have a little fun with this. "Oh really!? That means you got the fire type, Charmander then right?" Of course he was kidding, in his mind all the types of Pokemon were the best.

"Eh, well no.."

"Then you must have gotten Bulbasaur, the grass type!?"

"Well, no I didn't but-"

"What!? I thought you got the best one?" Ash exclaimed. He almost started bursting out laughing see Garys frustration.

"Well you know what! The other two have already come by and took the last two pokemon! Their are no longer any pokemon for you to get!" He said smirking widely.

"WHAT!" Ash yelled trying to act as surprised as possible.

Gary smirk widen, he spun the pokeball on one of his fingers before catching it and returning it to his belt. "Well Ash I'll smell ya later, I have fans already waiting to meet me." He smiled arrogantly walking around Ash and towards the group of people waiting at the gate.

Ash sighed and shook his head. How did I ever put up with that guy? At least he become bearable in the future. He thought to himself. He turned back around and made his way into the prof. Oaks lab. The moment he walked in fear filled him, and doubts that Pikachu would remember who he was plagued his mind.

"Professor Oak!" Ash yelled into the empty hall. He could hear someone walking around in one of the rooms in the hall. A few seconds later the door open revealing the old face of professor oak. He smiled kindly towards Ash and made his way down the hall.

"Oh Ash, it's good to see you again my boy." The professor greeted, "But I was expecting you much earlier"

Ash laughed nervously, "oh, I kinda slept in this morning. Last night I was a bit too excited to fall asleep early." He could clearly remember the emotions that were running through him the first time he received his Pokémon. He would still get those feeling when trying to catch new Pokemon. "But now that I am here, I can finally receive my first Pokémon!" He said excitedly, but then noticed the frown upon the professor's face. "I can get my Pokémon, right?"

"Uhh, I am sorry Ash but all the starter Pokémon that I was giving out today have already been taken"

"What!" Ash feigned surprise "But professor, I have to get my first Pokémon today! Please there must be something you can do!'

"Well Ash, I suppose there is one Pokémon that I caught a few days ago. Although it is not a beginner Pokémon, and seems to be quite stubborn about most things. He's also not fully trained yet either."

Ash's smile widened knowing exactly what the professor was talking about. "I will take him! Please professor!"

Professor Oak let out a small sigh, he knew Ash from a young age and knew how stubborn the boy was. So he motioned Ash to follow him. "Right this way Ash, the Pokémon is in this room over here."

Ash followed him into a room that was filled with mechanical machines. He walked up to center pressing a small button on the side, revealing another compartment with a small pokeball bearing a small lightning bolt insignia on it. Ash couldn't stop the fear flowing back through him making his hands shake. Pikachu, you have to remember.

The professor turned back around with the small pokeball in his hand, and noticed the small boy shaking in front of him. He smiled, "I see your quite nervous about receiving your first Pokémon." Ash nodded yes, although that wasn't the reason he was shaking so much, but rather if the Pokémon would remember him or not. "I remember when I received my first Pokémon as well; I was practically bouncing off the walls. Well anyway, here's your first Pokémon!" he said handing the ball to Ash.

Ash snatched the small ball away from the professor Oak and held it preciously in his hands."Is it alright if I release it right now professor?"

"I was actually going to ask you to do that, so please go ahead."

Ash wasted no time and clicked on the small button on the center of the pokeball. A red flash appeared out of the pokeball and out to the ground. Suddenly a small yellow rodent with large, black ears and red cheeks appeared. The small rodent looked around confused for a moment, until it noticed Ash looking at it with a bit of fear in his eyes. The small rodent yelled it name and released a small bolt of electricity that hit both Ash and the professor bringing them down to their knees.

"Whoa, that was a powerful electric attack!" Professor oak yelled.

'No kidding! That hurt a lot more than it did the first time around! I wonder if Pikachu kept some of his strength.' Ash thought.

"Pikachu, what was that for!" he yelled to the small Pokémon. Pikachu glared at him and then pointed to the small ball in his hand.

"Pika! Pi pi chu!"

"Oh I'm sorry buddy, I won't put you in the ball again if you'd like?" Pikachu quickly nodded and smiled and jumped up onto his shoulder.

Professor Oak watched in amazement as Ash could work perfectly well with his newly acquired Pokémon. "Ash, you seem to be a Pokémon prodigy. The entire time I had that Pikachu, I could not get it to listen or stop shocking me!"

Ash let out a nervous laugh and scratched the back of his head; A habit he has had his entire life. "I guess so professor, Anyway now that I have Pikachu I can start my journey right?"

"Oh yes right away, but first let me give you this Pokedex." He said turning towards a desk against the wall of the room. Grabbing a small red object, that reminded Ash of a calculator, and handing it to him. "This will record all the Pokémon that you come across and file any data we have over them. A Pokedex is a trainer's best friend, well other than pokeballs and the Pokémon themselves; it will give you tips and details of Pokémon that are already logged."

"Oh wow professor thanks a lot!" Ash said trying to sound as excited as he was the first time. "So am I good to go?"

"Yes Ash you're good to go, though I suggest going home to see your mom before you actually leave on your journey."

"Yeah I think I will do that sir, thanks a lot for the Pokémon!" Ash said turning to leave from the building.

"No problem Ash, Tell your mom I said 'Hi' would you?" He said to Ash's retreating form.

"Alright Professor I will, Thanks again and see ya later." Ash said walking out the front door. As soon as he was a few feet away from the building Ash looked at Pikachu who was still residing on his shoulder. "So buddy, do you remember everything?"

"Pi!" Pikachu said nodding its small head up and down.

Ash smiled, all his worrying had been for nothing. "What about power? Do you feel as strong as you did before?"

Pikachu's ear fell to the side, and he looked up as if he was trying to think on it. "Pi! Pi ka ka chuuu" He said before jumping off Ash's shoulder and running up the path a little more. He stopped near a big rock, and jumped towards it. Suddenly his yellow and brown tail started shining to a brilliant white color, as he spun around and smashed his tail into the rock. It didn't stand a chance as it became dust by the intense pressure. Pikachu looked back at Ash and smiled, in which Ash returned.

"I guess you're still as strong as ever, that's good. We are going to need you at your best if we are going to beat Leon this time around." Pikachu's face turned serious at the mention of Leon. He nodded his agreement and jumped back up on Ash's shoulder.

"Hmm, I wonder." Ash though before trying something out. "Hey Pikachu, can you hear me?" Ash thought. Beside him pikachu nodded his head

"Pika Pi." Ash smiled. He still had his Aura ability from before. He had learned to use the small form of Aura when he met his Lucario. Though all he ever really managed to do was talk to his pokemon through his head. Though he still could not actually understand their words, except when it came to Pikachu. That was there special bond.

"Alright buddy, we need to find out a plan though, we can think of one while heading to Viridian city, eh buddy?"

"Pi Pi!" was Pikachu's only reply.

"Grandma, these ruins talk about a war that happened long ago in the past." A long blonde hair woman whispered in awe, her smooth fingers tracing the rugged rocks of the ancient wall. She loved ruins and learning about the History of places she visited.

"It tells of how there was a group of men that believed that they could rule better than the current tyrant that was in power at the time." She stopped as she struggled reading the ancient language on the wall. "The tyrant was an evil, horrible man who punished anyone that disobeyed his corrupted plans or went against him. So this group of men went up to what they call the 'Altar of the Gods' and prayed to Arceus to help save them." She stopped again when she heard a loud explosion from outside, a huge cloud of dust shot through the door way.

A man with short gray hair ran in, holding the side of his stomach in pain, blood seeping through the crevices between his fingers. "Cynthia, its Leon! His men are here, we must leave now!"

The woman now known as Cynthia looked towards the older man in worry, "We have to delay him! This may be our only chance to find out what he is up to!" she turned back to the ruins of the wall and started reading with haste. She was the only one that could read the ancient language, and as much as she would rather be outside helping fight, she was need here.

"You must hurry then Cynthia, we will try to stall them for as long as we can! If they get in here do not wait for us, chances are we will be gone by that time. You must escape; you are our last hope in stopping this threat!" The old man said, gasping in pain.

"I will go with him" Said Cynthia's grandma. "My help out there will do more good than in here." She said with tears starting to flow freely down her check. She was not an idiot; she knew that this would be the final fight for her. If it would give her Granddaughter another day of life, she would gladly give up her own.

"And know that we will both always love you." Her grandpa said before both of them turned and walked out of the ruins.

"Thank you grandpa, grandma, I will not let you down!" Cynthia whispered a small stream of tears now flowing down her cheeks. She hated having to stay here while her family was out there protecting her. When Cynthia was young, her parents had disappeared and were no where to be found, no one was ever sure if they were dead or alive. She lived with her grandma and grandpa her entire life, and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. "I will always love you all."

She quickly wiped her tears away and continued reading down the wall. It had to be here! The secrets behind Leon's power had to hidden somewhere in these ruins. Leon had literally come out of nowhere at all. There were rumors of a gang called Team Galactic that was growing in the Sinnoh region. Though as soon as the rumors came, they disappeared with the last being that they were wiped out by a man named Leon. That was over ten years ago when Cynthia was only a little girl. Now just a few months ago Leon remerged, but not as a hero like everyone thought he would be.

It turned out that he did not wipe out team Galactic, but instead he overthrew the powerhouse of the group, Cryus. With him gone, he was able to take complete control over the small group and made them disappear. He played smart, allowing his numbers to grow to an epic proportion all the while keeping it secret. When Cynthia was on her journey as a Pokemon trainer, he finally revealed himself but with his new group of men now know as the Crusaders. He somehow had already known of her, and her abilities as a trainer to know that she was a threat. He forced her and her family into hiding, to wait for the perfect moment to strike.

Of this entire time, Leon had made only one mistake. Cynthia was not sure if it was crucial one yet, but it may have been and the risk was worth taking. He had place a noticeable amount of guards, to protect these ruins that she was now within. Whatever that was in here must be something central to his plan. Something that he must still have need for, or else he would have just destroyed the ruins. Cynthia and her family along with a few friends of theirs led a small raid upon the ruins in hopes to find what exactly Leon was looking for.

She continued to skim through the ancient text until she found a part of that intrigued her. The tyrant ruled with a staff that bended the will of Pokémon to his every command. That must be what Leon is looking for! He forced them to betray their masters and follow his every command. This power allowed him to rule for many years as a king, unchallenged, over all of the land.

The group of men who had went up to pray to Arceus were granted there wish. Arceus appeared into the mortal world, and forced the tyrant to give up the staff. Arceus then stated to the group, that they would become the new leaders of the nation known as Sinnoh. He disappeared with the staff stating that he would hide it somewhere in the world, since it could not be destroyed and was bound to the world itself.

"That was it! It had to be! Leon must be looking for this staff!" Cynthia said to herself. She was about to continue reading the text, but an explosion from behind her caused her to stop and turnaround. Standing on all fours in front of her were two Mightyena's and a Houndoom. All of them growled viciously and bared there feral fangs at her. Behind the three dog-like Pokémon were there two trainers dressed in casual clothing; that was another thing, Leon did not care for the flashy clothing like the other groups, and that allowed him complete freedom of mobility throughout cities and towns. There could be members anywhere and it caused fear in the back of the minds of anyone who tried to stand against him.

"We finally caught up to you." One of the grunts said with a cocky grin. "Surrender and we won't hurt you, at least for now we won't."

Cynthia glared at the man slowly reaching down grabbing the first pokeball within her black cloak. "I won't ever surrender! Come on out Gabite!" She yelled throwing the small ball releasing a medium sized Pokémon. The Pokémon immediately sensed its master's hatred towards the men in front of her, and glared at them.

The three dog Pokémon cautiously moved apart from each other, giving them more room for combat with the dragon/ground-type Pokémon in front of them.

"Mightyena, use shadow ball!" The man that was talking before yelled. Both Mightyena's immediately jumped to action, forming a dark ball in front of their mouths before sending it flying towards Gabite.

"Dodge it!" Cynthia yelled. Gabite did not need to be told twice and immediately jumped back to avoid the flying dark orbs. Both of them smashed into the floor, causing dust to fill the air effectively hiding Gabite for a few seconds. "Use dig and hit Houndoom." Cynthia said quietly in hopes that the trainers did not hear her.

"Houndoom, use flamethrower!" The other man ordered his Pokémon as the dust started to clear. Houndoom was about to follow its command but suddenly the ground beneath it caved in, throwing it off balanced.

"Now Gabite, Dragon claw!" The land-shark pulled back its claw that now had a purple tint glowing around it, before bringing it down hard upon the unbalanced houndoom. Said Pokémon was sent flying back, completely unconscious. "Great job Gabite! Now use Dragon pulse on one of the Mightyena's!"

Gabite opened its mouth a released the blue beam that shot at incredible speeds towards the Mightyena closest to it. The Pokémon had no time to react as it came down crashing into its torso.

"Mightyena use crunch now!"

Cynthia clenched her teeth; she would not be able to dodge the attack. "Gabite block the attack!" The Pokémon quickly moved one of its arms in the way of the dog, letting out a small growl as it felt the fangs piercing down on its skin.

"Now use Dual Chop!" She yelled. Gabite's entire arm glowed a purple hue, as it brought down it's arm to Mightyena's back in one swift motion. The mighty strike caused the dog to lose its grip on the other arm, which was then free to smash down upon the Pokémon as well.

"You won't get away with this!" The grunt yelled reaching down to grab another pokeball from his belt.

"Gabite, dragon pulse now!" Cynthia yelled. The Pokémon complied immediately and shot the blue beam at the grunt, causing him to dive out of the way. "Good job Gabite, return!" She called holding out its pokeball. The blue cave dragon Pokémon disappeared into the small ball. She reached back placing the ball back, and grabbed the next one.

"Come on out Spiritomb! Use teleport now!"A small ghost type Pokémon appeared out of an ancient rock tablet with a wicked grin.

"Toooomb!" it yelled as it teleported itself and Cynthia out of the ruins.

The two appeared in a small shack miles away from their previous location. They had set this up in a hidden ravine, as a small get away in case of any type of emergency. If they were to get split up, this is where they were suppose to come. Cynthia immediately went to grab some notes that they had stored in the shack before making her way back to her Spiritomb.

"Alright Spiritomb, you think you can teleport us one more time?" Cynthia asked the small Pokémon, know how much of a drain teleporting another person could be.

"Tooomb Tomb" Spiritomb gave what looked like a nod, making Cynthia smile.

"Alright, try teleporting us as close to Canalave City as you can."

Once again the two disappeared into nothing, and reappeared leagues away. Cynthia looked around, and smiled to herself. She knew this location. She had crossed it many times while on her journey throughout the Region.

"Thank you Spiritomb, You deserve a nice rest" She said bringing out her pokeball and returning the ghost/dark type Pokémon and beginning her small trek towards Canalave City.

Canalave City was known as one of the only two port cities in the Sinnoh region. It's known to have an exotic air of foreign culture, from Jhoto, Kanto, and Hoenn. Cynthia had loved meeting new people from far away lands. How some of them would tell her about their own adventures with Pokemon that Cynthia has yet to see before. She could remember the battle she had with Byron, the gym leader. He was a tough one to beat, but she had managed quite well.

As she entered the City from the south side, she quickly walked across a bridge into the port dock building. There were many people there, either waiting in line in front of the counter or just arriving from one of the other regions. Noticing how long the line was Cynthia let out a sigh in relief. Her family had already bought themselves tickets to the Kanto region knowing that Leon would not stop until they found her after today. She quickly made her way past the line and onto the boarding dock.

"Hello Miss, may I see your ticket?" The woman asked with what could easily be seen as an false smile. She probably has been here all day and was ready to go home.

Cynthia smiled and held up her ticket. "Very good, please go right on in. This boat doesn't leave for another hour, but your more than welcome to find your room to stay in. The trip to Kanto will take a day and a half."

"Thank you very much mam." Cynthia replied politely and entered the boat. She quickly found a room and put her things down. Lying down on her bed she let out a loud sigh of relief. After she gets out of Sinnoh, It would get a lot easier.

She took a deep breath, as the adrenaline that had built up inside her started to disperse, it was replaced by fatigue. That's when it hit her, a wave of sadness flew throughout her and tears started to leak down her face. Her grandparents were no longer with her, she was alone! With no friends other than her Pokémon, going to a whole new region without anything to come back to frightened her. She had no one else to turn to! Alone in a fight against a tyrant.

With those thoughts in mind, she cried herself to sleep.

The journey to Viridian city turned out a lot better than the first time around in Ash's opinion. On his way he came across the same spearow that he had last time. Instead of hitting the Pokémon with a rock though, this time around Pikachu followed his command and hit the small bird Pokémon with a lightning bolt. The poor pokemon didn't even stand a chance against it. The pokemon immediately fainted, allowing Ash to capture the small bird Pokémon quite easily. He needed to rebuild a team of Pokémon. As strong as Pikachu was, he would not be able to take on everything by himself.

He remembered that this spearow was the same one that would eventually evolve into the Fearow and lead all of the spearows in this area, becoming quite strong for a pokemon that trained itself. Imagine the potential it had if trained by an actual trainer.

The second and last interesting thing that happened on the way to Viridian was him coming across Misty again. It hurt his heart that she did not recognize him, but he pushed through and was able to make good friends with her again. Ash couldn't hold in his amusement when Misty came with him on her bike. He never did pay her back for the bike, but at least this time around he would not have to.

That brings them to where they are right now, which is the small Pokémon center in Viridian. Ash was healing up his small spearow from a hard day of training. He wasn't sure if he was going to keep the spearow on his main team, but for now he wanted it to get stronger. The Pokémon had guts, he had to give it that, it had tried and failed over and over again to defeat Pikachu. Though small, Ash could already see some improvements and would help his Pokémon overcome its flaws. He knew what to work on for this spearow to reach its maximum potential.

Ash was sitting in the Pokémon center next to Misty when Spearow finally came back out looking a bit happier now that it was healed and rested again. That's when the Pokémon center went into a small crisis. Ash let out a small sigh, remembering his first encounter with Team Rocket. He really did not have time to put up with them right now.

The roof window shattered into millions shards of glass, and the trio made up of Jessica, James, and Meowth dropped from the roof.

"Who are you?" Nurse Joy shrieked in fear.

"They are Team Rocket, Nurse Joy, they steal Pokémon from other trainers." Ash said.

"Oh, so a reputation precedes us, I see." James said cockily. He glanced over to Jessica who was also smirking "Looks like the kid knows who we are. Should we tell the rest of them?"

"But of course Jesse." She started "To protect the world from deva-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Ash interrupted glaring at the trio. "I really don't have time for this right now. Pikachu hit them with Thunder!" Pikachu jumped off his masters shoulder and started to let the bolts of electricity flow through him.

"Pikachu!" the small rodent cried as the lighting flew towards team rocket smashing into them causing them to fly out the window to the sky.

"Wow, what a bunch of weaklings if you ask me." Misty said "Getting knocked out by you in one hit."

"Or maybe I'm just really strong?"

"Nah, that's impossible you told me you just started your journey. They were just weak that's all." Misty clarified.

Ash sighed and shook his head. "Well, good job anyway Pikachu. You need a rest? Or are you ready to go to Viridian Forest?" Pikachu shook his head and jumped onto Ash's shoulder.

"Ash we just got to Viridian City, why do you want to leave so soon?" Misty questioned.

"Well, there's somebody I'm hoping to meet someone in Pewter City. I need to get there as soon as I can." Ash looked over at the time. It was about to be 9:00 P.M. So he would be traveling the forest at night, witch didn't bother him, the forest was relatively peaceful. He looked back at Misty who seemed to also realize this. "You can stay here if you want, but I really need to go." Ash finished already walking out of the Pokémon center.

"But Ash the forest is dangerous at night! You could get hurt out there alone!"

Ash gave her a little smile, "Don't worry so much Misty, I will be fine. I really must get there as soon as I can though."

"Alright Ash," She let out a small sigh "it was nice meeting you, maybe we will see each other again?" She said giving Ash a knowing smirk. Ash had told her that he wanted to be a Pokémon Master, so he was bound to be doing gym challenges. I'm sure he will be completely surprise when he gets to my gym.

"Yeah, maybe we will." Ash said still continuing out of the center. "Later Misty."

"Bye, Ash" Misty replied turning back to the center desk to rent out a room for the night.

Ash was in deep thought when he entered the forest. He didn't really need to pay attention to where he was going. As long as he stayed on the path he would be at the end of the forest in no time. Not to mention that the Pokémon around here were particularly weak. The spearow he had caught a yesterday could already handle most of them, due to it's type advantage over most pokemon in the forest.

He desperately held onto the hope that Brock had made it through the portal. Of course he did, he said that he was right behind me. Although Ash was no longer the dense little kid he had used to be, he still was not the brightest tool in the shed. That would be another reason he needed Brock here. He was the smartest one out of the group, and he would be able to help set out a plan to stop Leon.

Leon…He was another mystery to be solved. What could he possibly be planning? Why did he want to go back in the past? 'I'm defiantly going to need to Brocks help, right Pikachu?' Ash said to Pikachu telepathically through the aura.

He felt Pikachu's softly tap the side of his head as he nodded from his shoulder. Ash continued his long trek through the forest until it became too dark to see. He quickly made a small camp off the side of the road behind a bunch of brush. He knew he would be safe here in the Viridian forest, though it was filled with Pokémon most were scared of human or just didn't mind them at all. "Hey Pikachu, wake me up in the morning would you?"

"Pi, Pika" Pikachu said lazily before cuddling into Ash's stomach.

Ash closed his eyes in hopes of falling asleep quickly, but soon found that to be impossible. His mind was too much of a jumbled mess to fall asleep. It kept coming back to Leon. I can't let him get away this time around. He always was able to slip through my grasp every time I had him cornered. This will be the last time!

He pulled his small make shift pillow into his face, trying to clear his thoughts again. Most of his thoughts disappeared this time, all except one. It was the one thought he did not mind thinking about though, in a way it did make his heart ache. It was the one thought that had been nagging at the back of his mind the entire day. It was one that was not important to him right now; yet at the same time it was central to his being. What was that one thought?

Cynthia.

Alright people, that would conclude my very first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it, and yes I know I kind of rushed it at the end. Please, please review, as I'm sure they will make happy.

***Imporant*** I have a poll on my page allowing you all to decide if Ash should get a legendary Pokémon or not. If he does get a legendary Pokémon it will be more of the less powerful legends. Meaning that Pokémon as in Groundon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Jirachi, and some others WILL NOT be the Pokémon he will get.