Pokémon: Unbound Journeys

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Hey there guys, WriterFraz here for my first ever Fanfic! So in my take on the Pokémon franchise, Ash Ketchum, although hilariously stupid, oblivious and fairly successful, has had an epiphany after losing in Unova (I know very cliché but just bear with me please xD) and realises that starting afresh in a new region has its upsides but also has many key drawbacks, cough cough Pikachu getting seriously hurt at the beginning of every new region and Ash has no back-up Pokémon cough cough.

Let's be honest, it's starting to get a bit repetitive and annoying. But at least Pikachu didn't crispify (yes I made up a word) a girl's bike XD and I know the adorable little rodent didn't fry Iris' bike but in my opinion the Unova series was fairly dull despite having some great moments at times. The XY and XY and Z run I found to be my favourite so far and I am very excited for the finale of Kalos league where the writers better not make Ash screw himself over in every league so far barring Sinnoh, which was just outright unwinnable and unfair.

And yes, sorry to any Pokeshippers, AdvanceShippers, PearlShippers, etc. this is an AmourShipping fanfic (eventually not making any promises on how quickly they will get together but it's guaranteed that Serena will tell Ash her feelings- seriously girl, just do it!) I am planning to follow the main story of XY and XY and Z with a few differences. Like Ash actually aging and being older than 10. In this story he will be around 15 as I think that's a reasonable age for him going into the Kalos League.

Sorry about the super long intro, I felt that this explanation of what my plan with this story was necessary, don't worry, it won't happen in every chapter I release…I hope…

Anyway I plan to write as much as I possibly can this summer break and try to get at least 1 or 2 chapters released a week!

DISCLAIMERS:

I do not own anything about my story, all rights are reserved for Pokémon and their writers (Who better let Ash WIN this time…)

Chapter 1: A new adventure! Enter the Kalos league!

Welcome to Pallet Town, a beautiful countryside town in Kanto, home to this young man, 15-year-old Ash Ketchum and his partner Pikachu, who find themselves lying on a nearby hill thinking about their past journeys…

"I just don't get it Pikachu…we should have won at least one league by now y'know…" sighed Ash sadly as he rubbed his eyes

"Pikachuuuu" whimpered his long-time partner

"We need to regroup and re-evaluate our plans, right buddy?"

"Pika! Pikapi pika?"

"Thanks buddy I knew you would agree, and what do you mean? So what if I used a big word? I mean it's not like I'm stupid" Exclaimed Ash finally showing off his famous grin

"Pikaaaa" laughed Pikachu as he bolted down the hill

"Why you sly little- come back here mister, don't think you can get away saying that that easily!" shouted Ash as he raced after his partner. They ran down the hill towards the Ketchum residence at the heart of Pallet town. "Hey mom! We're back!" Screamed Ash as he crashed through the door to his house

"Hi sweetie it's good to see you've finally come back to your old self!" replied Delia from the kitchen, "dinner is almost ready, why don't you get wash up and set the table for 4?"

"Sure thing mom!" said Ash as Pikachu jumped onto his trainer's shoulder, he ran to the stairs and turned back quickly "4 mom? Who's coming for dinner?

"Oh did I not tell you?" Asked his mother, Ash sweat-dropped

"No you didn't"

"Oops, well, Professor Oak and Alexa, the reporter you met in Unova are coming around, they said they wanted to ask you something important" Delia explained. Ash nodded and raced upstairs to wash his hands and ran back down and began to set the table when the doorbell rang. Mister Mime waddled over to the door and opened it "Mime!" greeted the humanoid pokémon when the faces of Alexa and professor Oak appeared in the doorway.

"Good afternoon Mimey! Do you mind if we come in?" Greeted the pokémon professor. Mr. Mime stood aside and held the door open and gestured for the two guests to enter the house each passing with a smile to the pokémon. "Hey Ash! Good to see you and Delia again! You two Pikachu" Smiled Oak

"Yes thanks for inviting us" said the reporter while heliolisk jumped from Alexa's shoulder and ran to play with its electric friend

During dinner Oak broke the silence "Ash" the boy looked up from his plate with a mouthful of food "erm, Ash, Alexa here was just discussing the pokémon found in her home region, Kalos, and suffice to say it definitely sounds like an interesting region with a whole new adventure; and hear this, there is a new type of pokémon there: the fairy type, unusual as it seems pokémon who are native to both Kanto and Kalos have different types, for example, the infamous jigglypuff-"

Ash and Pikachu shuddered at the name- "here in Kanto is just a plain normal type, but in Kalos it seems to be a fairy type! Incredible! Also, there is this new form of evolution only found in battle called Mega Evolution, a subject both Gary and I have found very peculiar, especially as it opens up a whole new field of research that an acquaintance of mine Professor Sycamore is currently the leading expert on it. See I was going to send Gary to this new region with Alexa, however, he seems very preoccupied with his work on fossils in Sinnoh still, so, he suggested I sent you instead, allowing you to compete in the Kalos league and experience mega evolution first hand. So, what do you say?"

All attention now was placed onto the boy who had just stopped eating and was just trying to soak everything in "So, suppose I do go how would I get there, it's not like Kalos is like Johto, right next to us" grinned Ash

"You can hitch a ride with me" Alexa said "I'm heading back home in the next few weeks and I still haven't finished interviewing you yet Ash, so, how about on the journey there I finish that interview and take you straight to Professor Sycamore?" Ash quickly nodded with the biggest grin plastered onto his childish face

"Let's go Alexa, but before that, I need to do somethings first" said Ash cryptically the adults looked at each other confused while Ash just smiled

"Okay… umm, so what, the flight's in a fortnight I hope you're going to be ready by then" replied Alexa while Ash just nodded.

And Done!

Cliff-hangers are fun!

What does Ash need to do to before the trip?

Will I stop making new paragraphs for every new line?

Probably not xD

Anyway, thanks for reading the first chapter of my new story! Constructive critisms are always welcome as I am an English A-level student just trying to improve his writing, but please note the key word is constructive! Please show mercy to this fanfic noob xD.

See you in the next chapter!

WriterFraz is out! PEACE!