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Backstory: This story is AU, so here's what's changed:

When Ash first traveled to Sinnoh in the anime, Team Rocket didn't capture Pikachu, so Pikachu wasn't found in the forest by Dawn, so Ash and Dawn never met. Ash traveled across Sinnoh with Brock only, and Dawn traveled across Sinnoh by herself. However, both of them still achieved their goals over the years. Ash became a Pokemon Master and Dawn became a Top Coordinator. Eventually, they got married (not to each other!), and had children. Ash had a son named Alex, and Dawn had a daughter named Julia. But six years later, Ash's wife was killed. At around the same time, Dawn's husband divorced her. Both Ash and Dawn were heartbroken and were now left alone to raise their children. A year after his wife's death, Ash and his son left Pallet Town and moved away to Twinleaf Town in Sinnoh, hoping to get a new start.

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A moving van pulled into Twinleaf Town and pulled in front of a small white house with a porch and a wooden fence around it. The doors opened and three people hopped out; one being a child, another was a young man, and the last one being the worker. The worker walked to the back of the truck and opened the doors. Two more workers hopped out and the three workers started unloading the boxes.

The young man had black hair that was wild, dark brown eyes, and he was tanned. He wore jeans and a button up light blue shirt with boots. He removed a key from his pocket and unlocked the door.

"Here's the new house, Alex." he said.

The child known as Alex looked just like his dad. He had black hair that fell into his eyes, dark eyes that were basically black, and he was tanned. He wore white shorts and a black shirt with black sneakers. "Okay. I'm gonna go look around."

"We're done unloading everything, Mr. Ketchum." one of the workers said.

"Thanks, how much?" the man asked as a yellow mouse Pokemon hopped on his shoulder.

"One hundred exactly, Ash." another worker said.

Ash nodded his head and handed the money to the worker.

"Thank you,"

"We hope you enjoy living here in Sinnoh." The workers got back into the van and they were gone.

"What do you think, Pikachu?" Ash asked, rubbing his partner on the head as they looked at the house.

"Chaaa!" Pikachu seemed to like it.

Ash walked into the house to look around. The hall was fairly decent, it would need things on the walls, though. Next was the living room. After the living room was the kitchen with a back door. He walked back to the living room and found the hall and that was where the bathroom was along with his room and Alex's room.

"Hey Alex, we have to get the boxes in now." Ash said once finding Alex.

"Okay, dad." Alex said following his dad.

Ash found his bag and grabbed a Pokeball. "Machamp, come on out." Ash said, tossing the Pokeball.

"Ma!" Machamp cried.

"Think you can help carry the bigger things inside?" Ash asked.

"Ma!" Machamp cried, grabbing a gray couch.

It took nearly all day, but after getting everything into the house and unpacked, the house looked like a home. The living room had gray and black furniture. A black couch, two gray chairs, a desk with a laptop resting on it, and a television had been hung up on the wall.

Ash's room was simple. Black sheets covering the bed, a closet with his clothes put up, a nightstand made of oak beside the bed, and a bathroom connected to his room.

Alex's room was the bigger bedroom since he had toys and other things. He had a Pokeball beanbag chair in the corner of his room, a desk by the window with a photo of him and his parents resting on it, his bed was pushed against the wall with white and red sheets. Along the walls, he had hung up posters of his dad (since his dad was his idol), and Pokemon posters in general. He had shelves with videos of his dad's battles, too. A television hung in the corner opposite of the beanbag chair.

"Where are your Pokemon gonna stay? Uncle Gary's field at the lab isn't here anymore." Alex asked, sitting down on the floor in the living room. Alex had called Gary, "Uncle Gary" because Gary was always around. Gary was actually Alex's godfather.

"Well, the backyard is too small. I'm going to talk to Professor Rowan tomorrow and see if they could stay in his field at his lab." Ash replied.

"Oh, okay. Hey dad?"

"Hmm?"

"Will we ever see Uncle Gary again?"

"Maybe...one day." he said with a sad look on his face. Ash didn't really want to back to Pallet Town. Too many memories there. Not all of them were good.

"Can we watch one of your battles?" Alex asked, jumping up.

Ash nodded his head and Alex ran to his room. Pikachu ran into the room and hopped onto Ash's lap.

"Hey, buddy." Ash said, rubbing Pikachu's head.

"Cha..."

Ash glanced down at his hand and clenched it. Alex walked back in and placed the video in.

"Which one is this?" Ash asked.

"From right here in the Sinnoh Region. It's when you won the Sinnoh League." Alex said, plopping down beside his dad. Ash nodded his head and the video began.

Halfway into the video, there was a knock on the door. "I got it. You watch the video." Ash said, getting up. "Who could that be? We don't know anybody here in town, and we only moved in this morning."

He walked to the front door and opened it. A young woman and a girl stood on the porch. The woman had long sapphire blue hair that reached to her lower back and sapphire blue eyes to match, and she was fair skinned. She wore white shorts, a pink top, and white flip flops. The girl beside her looked just like her except her eyes were silver and her hair was to her shoulders. She wore a jean skirt, a black top, and black boots to her knees.

"Hi!" the girl cried.

Ash smiled and said, "Hi" back.

"I'm Dawn Berlitz, your neighbor. We live in the house across the street from yours." the woman known as Dawn greeted.

"I'm Julia." the girl said, smiling to reveal that her left front tooth was missing.

"Nice to meet you both. I'm Ash Ketchum." Ash greeted.

"Yes, we know." said Dawn. "As the Pokemon Master, you're known all over the world, Master Ketchum."

Ash smiled awkwardly at her, since she had addressed him by his title. "Just 'Ash', thanks." he told her.

"Hey dad w-" Alex started as he approached the door, but then saw Dawn and Julia.

"Come introduce yourself to our new neighbors." Ash said.

Alex walked up and stood beside his dad. "My name is Alex." Alex greeted.

"I'm Dawn Berlitz," Dawn greeted.

"I'm Julia!" Julia cried. Then, she got a idea. "Mommy, I have to tell you something!"

Dawn smiled and knelt down to Julia's level. Julia whispered something to her mom. Dawn nodded her head and whispered something back to Julia, and then stood up. "Julia, insists that our new neighbors join us for supper." Dawn said.

"I don't want to bother you two." Ash said.

"It's completely fine. I was going to make pasta and usually, it goes to waste. We never finish all of it." Dawn said.

"I...I don't know..." Ash said, unsure.

"Please, Mr. Ash?" Julia asked.

"Come on, dad. You like pasta." Alex said, wanting to go.

"Sure, why not." Ash said, clearly seeing that he was outnumbered here.

"Yay!" Julia cried.

"You two can over at around six." Dawn said.

"Okay. Thank you, Dawn." Ash said.

"No problem. See you two later and nice to meet you both." Dawn said.

"Bye, Mr. Ash. Bye, Alex. It was nice to meet you." Julia said.

"Bye, and nice to meet you." Ash said.

"Bye," Alex said.

Dawn and Julia stepped off the porch and started walking to their house. Ash closed the door and looked at Alex.

"We just made some new friends! Right, dad?" he asked.

"I think so, Alex." Ash replied.

Ash grabbed Alex by his waist and slung him over his shoulder. "Ah! Put me down! Put me down!" Alex cried, laughing. Ash walked towards the living room feeling Alex hit his back with his fists. "Put me down!" Alex cried.

Ash dropped Alex onto the couch and he nearly fell off. His face was red since his blood rushed to his head.

"You know, Alex, you're supposed to keep your head up so the blood doesn't go to your head." Ash said, chuckling.

"I know,"

The two finished watching the video. After the video ended, they sat watching some TV. Six o'clock came soon and the two headed over to Dawn's house.

Alex knocked on the door of the white two story house. The door opened and Julia stood there. "Hi! Come on in! Mommy, Mr. Ash and Alex are here!" she cried.

Julia lead them into the living room. The furniture was red and white. A fireplace was in the middle of the wall, a television was hanging on the wall, two white couches, two red chairs, and a table were in the room.

The house smelled like a type of fruit and Ash spotted a candle burning. Julia lead them into the kitchen and Dawn was getting the food set out. "It's ready, so take a seat." she said.

Alex went towards the table and Julia walked over, too. Ash helped Dawn prepare the plates.

"Thanks," she said to him.

Once the four finished eating, the two kids ran to Julia's room.

"I'm glad he's made a friend, being new here and all." Ash said, helping Dawn with the dishes. Dawn had insisted that she could wash the dishes by herself, but eventually gave in Ash's generosity.

"Yeah, I'm glad Julia has a friend, too. She doesn't have many friends." Dawn said.

Ash nodded his head. The two traveled to the living room and sat talking to one another after finishing the dishes.

"So you're really the Pokemon Master?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, it was my dream as a kid and it came true when I traveled." Ash said.

"I recognize your name from the news and newspapers."

"I know your name, too. You're a Top Pokemon Coordinator, right?"

"Yep, it was my dream. It came true."

"I've seen some contests that you've been in. I saw the contest where you were in the Sinnoh Grand Festival when I was traveling here across the region for my gym badges."

"Yeah, that's where it all began."

A silence fell over the two.

"So where did you and Alex move from?" Dawn asked.

"From Pallet Town in Kanto." Ash replied.

"I hear that's a small town like Twinleaf."

"Yes, it is a small town. It's peaceful, though."

"Moving all the way here from Kanto is a very long move. What made you leave and come to live here?" Dawn then noticed that a grief-stricken expression came over Ash's face. She could see that she had intruded into something personal in Ash's life. Mustn't have been a happy memory. She decided to drop the subject. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry. I understand if you don't want to talk about it."

Changing the subject, Dawn asked, "So how old is Alex?"

"He's seven years old and he's in the second grade." Ash replied, regaining his composure.

"Wow, Julia's the same. She's seven and in second grade, too."

"What are some good schools around here? Since they're already friends, maybe they could go to school together."

Julia and Alex were in Julia's room. Julia's room was on the second floor. The walls were purple with a white fluffy carpet. Her bed was covered with purple sheets. She had a computer on a desk in the far corner.

"That's gross!" Julia cried, laughing.

"No, it's actually good." Alex said.

"That sounds nasty!"

"You should try it, it's good."

"No, that's ruining a good milkshake and good fries."

Alex had some very strange ideas when it came to meal combinations, like dipping fries in a milkshake. He had a big appetite like Ash.

"Do you like sports?" he asked. "I play hockey and basketball."

"I love sports. Not very many girls in my grade like them, though. And the boys won't let me play with them. They say that I'm not good enough." Julia replied.

"Well, if I go to the school you go to, I'll let you play with me."

"Really? Cool!"

After an hour or so at the Berlitz household, Ash decided they needed to get home.

"Thanks for letting us come over." Ash said.

"You're welcome." Dawn said. "Come back any time you want."

"Alex, lets go!" Ash cried, not wanting to wander around, trying to find where Alex was.

Alex sat up after hearing his dad yell. "Well, I gotta go." he said, frowning.

"Yeah, I guess so." Julia said.

Alex stood up and held out his hand. "Friends?" he asked.

Julia hopped off her bed and shook her head, "No." Alex looked slightly hurt until Julia smiled. "BEST friends!" she cried, hugging him goodbye.

"Okay, Okay! Best friends it is! You don't need to hug me!" Alex exclaimed. He didn't really like being hugged by anybody except his dad.

Alex walked downstairs and found his dad and Dawn. "Bye, and thank you for letting us come over." Alex said, bowing his head.

"Bye, and you're welcome." Dawn said.

The two left the house and went home.

So what lies in store for Ash and Alex now that they live in Twinleaf Town? Keep reading to find out next time.

Stay tuned for chapter two when Alex begins life at his new school.

Please R&R