Pokémon: Unbound Journeys

Hey guys, WriterFraz here with another chapter I think I've decided what and how I'm going to incorporate Team Flare in this series/run/story(?). I think I'm going to take a route that follows both the game and the anime, mainly the anime in terms of teams and who will catch who. And, instead of Serena battling it out against her mother for her dream, I think I'm going to somewhat follow that and somehow not, I'm still trying to work it out, Really, I'm just writing everything that comes out of the top of my head at the moment! XD

DISCLAIMER:

Unfortunately, I do not own anything about pokémon, all rights are reserved for the Pokémon Company and their writers

"Wow! So this is Professor Sycamore's lab? It's enormous!" exclaimed Ash in complete awe of the building, "Come on Alexa, I wanna go inside already!"

Alexa chuckled to herself, "Slow your Tauros' Ash, the lab isn't going anywhere"

"I know, but I am!" Replied Ash hastily, "Come on! I wanna meet th-" Ash hit the floor, he looked up and what he saw startled him, he just ran into a Garchomp, and the massive land dragon-shark was staring him down, eyeing him and watching Ash's every move "uhhhh, ummm…"

"Sorry about that, Garchomp tends to be excited when meeting new people and can sometimes startle them quite badly" Called a masculine voice from the inside, "Anyway, why don't you come in, you are Alexa, Ash and Pikachu right? I've been expecting you!"

"So you are Professor Sycamore?" Asked Alexa

"Indeed I am, why don't you come inside and get yourself comfortable, we have a lot to talk about"

In a van nearby….

"They've entered the building" Said a voice

"Okay, what do you see?"

"It seems like the Professor casually has a powerful looking Garchomp at his disposal"

"Yes it seems so"

"That could be a problem"

"Or it could be our way in…"

"What are you suggesting?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I've got a fairly good idea on what to do now…"

"WUBBA WUBB-"

"Shhhh!"

Back in the Professor's lab

"Mega Evolution?"

"That's right Ash, I honestly don't know much about it as it seems to still be shrouded in mystery, but in theory when a trainer's bond with their pokémon is at the max, they can achieve a new form, a new evolution that only appears in battle, and once the battle's over the pokémon reverts back to its normal form… It seems like this evolution can only be achieved with a pokémon's mega stone and a trainer's key stone, both very difficult to find."

"I see" says Alexa, "So, which pokémon can achieve this form?"

"Well, it seems that the three Kanto can, as well as the three Hoenn starters as well, along with a few more, but we don't know if every pokémon can actually mega evolve. Garchomp here can, that's why we do tests on him to see what changes in his body and power."

"That's so cool!" "Pika!" Exclaimed Ash and Pikachu, "So Professor, I actually have a few pokémon that-"

A voice was heard from the outside "Hello, Professor Sycamore? You asked us to come in to your lab today and receive our starter pokémon for our journey."

"Oh what? Is today the day? I completely forgot hold on I'll be right out" Alexa, Ash and Pikachu sweat dropped, "You guys can come out and see this too, it's always fascinating watching young people receive their first pokémon!" Alexa, Ash and Pikachu nodded as they followed Professor Sycamore to the main hall and meet the new trainers.

As soon as the professor entered the hall he was greeted by 5 faces "Hi professor, did you really forget?"

"Of course not Calem, I was just teasing" The 5 new trainers face vaulted. Alexa, Ash and Pikachu entered the hall followed by Garchomp. Ash, Alexa and Pikachu were each carrying one pokéball. "Here they are professor!" Said Alexa

"Wow are these the new trainers getting their starters today?" Ash asked as the professor turned back to the 5 new faces.

"So choose a pokéball, Don't worry, I have some more, I knew 5 people were coming today, so as well as the Kalos starters, I have the Kanto starters as well"

"I choose Fennikin!" Said Serena excitedly

"Go Squritle!" Exclaimed Tierno

"I want you, Bulbasaur!" Shauna shouted

"I choose Charmander!" Said Trevor

"And I choose Chespin!" Said Calem calmly, though, he couldn't hide the excitement in his voice

The professor nodded pleased with what choices were made. He turned back around to get something in some kind of case. "These are pokedexs (A/N. is that how you spell it? What is the plural of pokedex?) they all you to document any kind of pokemon you encounter. All you have to do is scan the pokemon in question. Here, try it out on your starters" Professor Sycamore said as he passed the 5 new trainers their new pokedex, "And don't think I've forgotten about you Ash, here's one for you as well."

"Ash" thought Serena "Is it really you?" She didn't notice that she was staring at him when Shauna elbowed her stomach and smirked at her, Serena just blushed

"Ash?" Said Calem "Who are you?"

"Huh?" Replied Ash not paying any attention to anything while he fiddled with his new pokedex; Pikachu just sweat dropped, "Who am I? Oh, I'm a pokémon trainer from Kanto who just arrived in Kalos close to 4 hours ago. I came to the lab to talk to Professor Sycamore about mega evolution and-"

"I'm sorry Ash, but you did promise to show me what kind of errand you had to run before we left, now may be a good time seeing as you seem to have a crowd" said Alexa "Come on! Hurry up, I've gotta see this!" she added turning on her camera

"Ugh fine. C'mon Pikachu, lets show them what we've been up to" Said Ash as he reached into his belt and drew out 5 pokéball "Ready?" The others nodded not really having any idea on what was actually happening "Okay, here goes" Ash walked out into the lab's reserve "Come on out guys! We've made it!" Shouted the teenager excitedly as one by one pokemon appeared out of their balls. First Sceptile, then Heracross, then Pidgeot, then Krookidile, and finally Charizard, who proceeded to roar at his entrance scaring all in the vicinity. "Guys, I'd like you to meet my team of my strongest pokémon! Sceptile, Heracross, Pidgeot, Krookidile, Charizard and my partner Pikachu!" He turned to his pokemon, "Guys, these are Professor Sycamore, Alexa, uhhhh… Sorry not trying to be rude or anything, but who are you?"

"I'm Tierno"

"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Trevor"

"Hi! I'm Shauna!"

"Calem"

Serena was just staring in awe at Ash, unable to move or say anything "uhh uhhh uhhh" Shauna once again proceeded to elbow her while everyone laughed "I'm S-Serena, n-nice t-to m-meet y-you…"

"Cool! Nice to meet you guys!" Shouted Ash as his pokemon roared in approval, while Charizard just flamethrowered him leaving him coverd in ash (A/N lol) and soot.

"Oh no Ash, are you okay?" Asked Serena worriedly

Ash shook of the chards of the flamethrower "Yea, I'm fine, unfortunately, that's the only way my Charizard knows how to say hi to me…" The others sweat dropped. "Hey Guys, why don't yopu roam and check this place out, you can too Pikachu" his pokemon all nodded and started to go off in different directions and explored the indoor reserve.

"Wow Ash, you've got some really strong pokemon!" Complimented Trevor

Ash rubbed the back of his head "Yea, they're pretty strong, huh? These guys have all been with my for a really long time, well, except Krookidile, who was with me in my last region, Unova. See, I've been traveling for 5 years so I've been able to catch and see new incredible things!"

"So, you're from Kanto right?" Asked Shauna "Wasn't Charizard your starter? Why did you say Pikachu was your partner?"

Ash looked back at his pokemon, "well, you see, I overslept the day I was meant to start my journey and ended up with Pikachu, I met Charizard sometime later as a little Charmander who was left abandoned in the rain by his selfish trainer. So glad we beat the crap out of that asshole" Said Ash darkly

"So, where have you travelled?" Asked Tierno excitedly

"Well, I've explored Kanto, the Orange Islands, Hoenn, the Kanto Battle Frontier, Sinnoh and Unova" Ash thought aloud

"Wow! You're so cool!" Exclaimed Trevor, "Can I take a picture of your pokemon?" Ash nodded as Trevor went on his usual obsession with taking pictures while his little baby Charmander happily followed him everywhere. The group sweat dropped at the scene, laughing.

"Wait, you said your name was Serena right? You seem kinda familiar, why is that?" Asked Ash eyeing Serena down

Serena blushed, "um, well, uh, you see th-"

BOOOOM!

"What was that?"

"Professor, something's happened to Garchomp!" Called a voice from the inside

"Maggie, what's happening?" Asked Sycamore worriedly

"There were these three people who said they wanted to see you and Garchomp, then they put a collar around Garchomp and, and, professor he went ballistic!" Explained Maggie the Assistant

Ash clenched his fists and immediately knew who they were "No! Not those guys again!" He recalled all his pokémon, "Come on Pikachu we've got trouble!" Pikachu nodded and ran up to Ash's shoulder and the both of them ran off towards the explosion sight

"Let's follow him!" Said Tierno

"Right" was the response everyone else gave. They ran in, past the lab and went into the hall where three figures stood backs facing them while Garchomp looked menacingly at the trainers' arrival

"Team Rocket!" Shouted Ash, "Why are you here!?"

"Muwahahaha Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite the peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach from the stars above!"

"Jessie!" She turned to face them

"James!" He turned to face them

"And Meowth! Now dat's a name!"

"Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight fight fight!"
"WAAAABBBAA WABBBA!"

"Sorry, who are you?" Asked Shauna

"Is that a talking Mewoth?" Asked Professor Sycamore
"They're bad guys who try to steal other people's pokemon, mainly mine." Explained Ash. He turned to the three villains "Hey, you've been chasing me for 5 years already give it a rest!"
"Nuh-uh twerp, see dat Pikachu is one of a kind and we was gonna steal it, den we saw dis super powerful Garchomp and decided to take dis beauty instead!" Mewoth said

"Hahahaha! Garchomp attack these twerps!" Said Jessie as James fiddled with the remote

"That remote must be controlling Garchomp, James has the remote we gotta…" Ash began when Garchomp turned and looked his attackers in the eyes and roared

"Uhh James, why is Garchomp looking at us like that?" Asked Jessie worriedly

"EEEEE I don't know! Ask Meowth!" Replied James scared

"Why yous askin meee?" Began Meowth as Garchomp readied a hyper beam
"Uh oh…"
"You sure we can't talk about this?"

BOOOM! Garchomp hit Team Rocket with his hyper beam sending them flying

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAIIIN!"

"WABBA WABBA"

Ding.

Ash face palmed at the sight of them "they are so embarrassing" He turned his attention to Garchomp who was starting to go on a rampage. The 5 new trainers looked at Ash scared of what may come if he got too close. "Garchomp, please, let me help you. That collar must really hurt" Garchomp turned to Ash with killer intent in his eyes as he readied another hyper beam. Ash hurriedly took out a pokéball "Charizard cover us!"

BOOOM!

Garchomp flew off into the distance.

AAAANNNNDDDD DONE!

Cliffhangers are cool!

Anyway, I think I have a basic idea on what to do with these characters… I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in the next one!

WriterFraz out! PEACE!