AN: Hello there guys, and welcome to another new story! Welcome… to Guardians of Power! I know, the title doesn't make sense, but it will. Just not yet. Anyway, couple of things. First, this story will be uploaded kinda randomly, as my main focus is on the other stories. Second, this is all one book. I'll go through every region in one. They'll be clearly sectioned off, but there you go. Third, my other friends will be appearing, but the first chapters are solo just so it's more calm. Four, shipping. I'm not a huge fan of most ships, but given the nature of this story, as you can see from the description, I've chose to include Palletshipping! I have something funny planned for that later, so please bear with my horrible writing of a relationship. Five, this Ash is going to be somewhat OP, but for good reasons. And it won't be an 'Ash destroys all' fanfic, as I don't like those much either. There will be a semi decent difficulty curve. Finally, the first bit of this will be pre series, to show a bit of what's going on in the story. Special events will be marked out. Anyway, I've rambled long enough, so let's begin! Ya'll already know I don't own Pokemon.

A young girl of around five waved to her parents as they left. They waved back, before turning and climbing onto a plane. It took off, but the child kept waving until it was out of sight.

"Come on dear, let's head back to mine. Your cousins can't wait to see you again."

"Ok Aunty!" She chirped. She took her aunt's hand, who walked to a car with her. The girls mood suddenly deteriorated. "Aunty, why do Mom and Dad have to leave?" Her aunt sighed.

"Well, you know how important your Mother's job is, so she needs to go to her home often."

"Yeah, but why does Dad have to go too?"

"Because he's needed to represent here." The two had climbed into the car by this point, and were driving away from the central city of the region. They had a long journey to the home of her aunt and cousins, in the cold north. They would be there in about a half day, taking the shortcut through the mountain that her aunt had made. The young girl curled up, going to sleep.

*Timeskip: 3 months.*

The girl from before was looking out of the window of a bedroom at the falling snow. Her parents would be back today, and they would be meeting her at her own house. Both her twin cousins were outside, building in the snow. They were more used to the cold than her, having lived here, instead of in the slightly warmer south east of the region. She heard a knock on the door, and her aunt opened it. She ignored it, knowing how often this happened. People wanting to talk to her aunt when it was her day off was a constant, and something she had gotten used too. The door closed, and her aunt called her. Quickly walking downstairs, she went to the living room, and saw her aunt with a letter in her hand, and a sad look on her face.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's…" Her aunt swallowed, and tried again. "It's your parents."

"Are they back?" She asked, excited.

"No." Handing her the letter, she started to talk. "They were talking to your fathers special friend when some people showed up. We don't know who they were, but they tried to catch his friend. Your parents held them off to let her escape, but…" A few tears slid down her cheeks, and the child's breath caught. "Both your parents… were killed." The letter slid out of her hand, falling to the floor. She shook, tears rolling silently down her face. "They want you to go to your aunt's house, in Kanto." Her aunt wrapped her arms around her, bringing her into a hug, as the tears started falling in earnest. "I'll get it all arranged, and get my aide to close up for a while, but we'll leave next week." Nothing left to say, the two sat in silence, only punctuated by the sobs of the five year old.

*Timeskip: 2 days.*

A car pulled up to a small house. It had been a two day journey, heading for the south east. Three children climbed out, and the driver locked the car.

"Ok dear, we need to get packed for your move. Go to your room and pick up everything you want, and I'll help put it away." The youngest of the three nodded, and silently went up to her bedroom. She quickly gathered her things, looking carefully around the room for the last time. She wasn't sure if she'd ever come back here. At least, she knew she wouldn't anytime soon. She could hear her cousins talking to her aunt downstairs, but brushed it off. It wasn't important. She walked down the stairs again, and put her things neatly into the case that her aunt had found. The younger of her cousins hugged her. "Is that everything?" Her aunt asked. She nodded. "Ok. Let's go to the airport. A friend is going to go with you. I can't hold up any more challengers."

*Timeskip: 2 days.*

Her aunt was handing the suitcase to a tall person with blue hair. He was a friend of her aunt's, and was taking her to Kanto. The twins and herself stood a little ways away, waiting for the conversation to end.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Her cousin said.

"Though not forever!" His sister added. "When we become Pokemon trainers, we'll travel over to you to see you again!"

"Maybe mom will get some time off and bring us over earlier." He continued. "Either way, we'll come visit sometime."

"I'll do my best." Her aunt said, amusedly. "Anyway, it's time for you to go. We'll need to get back to the gym soon."

"I know." The child said quietly.

"Now, we haven't forgotten anything, right?" She said, with a pointed look at her daughter.

"Oh!" She gasped, slipping her backpack off. "We bought you this. As a good luck present." The five year old opened the slim box she was handed, and smiled slightly. She took out a bracelet, a red jewel on a golden chain. She slipped it on.

"Thank you." She smiled, hugging them both. A Pokeball burst open at her aunt's waist, and a small Eevee hugged her leg. She patted it. "I'll come back someday." Eevee let go, and she ran over to the gym aide she was travelling with. They got on the plane, the girl sitting by the window, and waved to her aunt and cousins. They waved back, and kept waving. Even as the plane took off, until they were out of sight. The gym aide next to her pulled out a notebook of some form.

"You should get some sleep." He said, without looking up. "This will be a long trip to Kanto." She nodded, and pulled a small travelling pillow out her bag. As she drifted off to sleep, she looked at the back, smiling as she saw the thing written on the back.

Ashley Ketchum. Sorry to see you go!

AN: Sad starts return! In the others, Ki keeps them from getting too depressing, but this is my show. Ki is still helping, though. Anyway, you might have guessed who that was at the beginning, using the description, but maybe you didn't even read it. So, the next chapter is going to be pre journey, but after that we should be getting started. I don't know, maybe I'll add some more pre journey stuff. If I need to, that is. Also, I know I said this would start to be uploaded when New Beginnings ends, but it's my birthday, so I wanted to start it now. I don't think there's anything else to add, so I'll take my leave here. See everyone next week!