Prologue
Pallet town, a quiet town nestled in the peaceful southwest of the Kanto region. It's in this town where we meet aspiring Pokémon master Ash Ketchum.
Ash had arrived home prior to coming in second in the Unova league finals. He had narrowly lost to Trip. His serperior having barely outlasting Ash's Pikachu.
As Ash looked up he saw his awards that marked his triumphs, but to him they just looked like failures.
Kanto top 16
Johto best 8
Hoen best 8
Sinnoh Semi-finals
Unova Finals
He found it hard to believe that after 6 years he lost to a rookie. "What happened? How did I lose to a kid with less than a year of experience? I've been at this for six years and I get beaten like that." He said out loud in frustration.
"Ash, honey can you come down here?"
Hearing his mother's voice he got up and headed downstairs.
When he got downstairs he saw all his traveling companions along with-
"TRIP, what are you doing here?" he asked in surprise and outrage.
"I'm here for the same reason we all are, to lay down the truth." He shot back
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked in pure confusion.
"Ash we're here to tell you that you should give up on trying to be a Pokémon master, it's just not gonna happen" stated Brock coldly
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked shocked and stunned.
"Get it through your head idiot; you're not gonna be a Pokémon master because you suck!" May Misty and Dawn all yelled in unison.
"I can't believe I looked up to a pathetic trainer like you" Max said sneering.
"pika pi Pikachu pika (I knew I was right about you being a weak trainer)" Pikachu yelled at him.
You're a disgrace to Pallet town Ashy-boy." Gary said with a smirk.
"Do all of you feel that way?" he asked quietly and looked around the room, and was shocked to see that everyone seemed to be of one mind.
"If you all feel this way then I don't need you, any of you"
As Ash went outside he saw all his Pokémon from all five regions grouped around him.
All of his Pokémon started staring at him intently until many of them shook their heads and walked away until none were left.
Ash stood in the oak coral for a few moments and for the first time he was alone, completely alone.
He looked in the sky and for the third time in his life he saw the majestic firebird he had come to know as Ho-oh flying across the sky. As he noticed the direction it was headed towards the Sinnoh region.
He decided to head to Sinnoh and start anew. He would leave behind everyone who doubted him, people and Pokémon alike.
"So you finally see what they really think of you" said a soft almost melodic voice in his head.
Ash turned around and as soon as he did he came face to face with a Pokémon he thought he had left in Unova.
"Meloetta, what are you doing here?" he asked clearly shocked to see the affectionate little Pokémon.
"I had a feeling this would happen. As a psychic type I can read others thoughts. Back in Unova I read Pikachu's thoughts and saw it was getting fed up with what it saw as a worthless trainer, so I guess when it lost to that serperior it thought it was your fault, and decided to abandon you." Meloetta spoke with anger and sadness in its musical voice.
"So what are you here for then Meloetta?" he asked angry that was what they thought of him.
"I know what you're going to do and I'm going with you." It spoke with determination in its voice
Ash wanted to be skeptical, because he'd heard that from a lot of his Pokémon, and they all turned their backs on him.
As he looked into Meloetta's eyes he saw a determination to prove all those who betrayed him wrong.
Ash chucked as he pulled out his last pokeball on him and held it up eye level to Meloetta and said" If you're sure" he paused as Meloetta tapped the button on the pokeball was sucked inside and waited for the ball to stop shaking.
When the ball stopped shaking Meloetta released itself and took its spot on Ash's shoulder like Pikachu before it looked at Ash then said psychically as Ash said verbally in sync" Let's do it partner.
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