In The Beginning...

It had been a year since Ash had started his Pokemon training. He left his home at the age of 10 to become the greatest Pokemon trainer! Accompanied by his friends Misty and Brock, Ash's hopes are up and his Pokemon master dream is underway. He had already gotten 8 badges and was on his way to the Pokemon League.

"Hey, Ash! Where is the Pokemon league?" asks Misty.

"Gee I don't know."

"Ha! You got 8 badges and you're finally ready to compete in the Pokemon league but you don't even know where it is?"

"Huh? I know where it is. It's....somewhere."

"Yeah we'll see about that..."

"Wait!" said Brock. "Maybe we can go to Professor Oak for help. I'm pretty sure he knows where it is."

"Yeah good idea, Brock! Let's go!"

So Ash and Company go back to Pallet Town to visit Ash's mother and also visit Professor Oak. Who know what adventures await them? All answers included in the next Pokemon! (Sorry I kinda copied that off of the last few minutes of "Battle of the Badge"

"Well, here we are!"

Ash and his friends have arrived at Pallet Town, where Ash's journey first begun. Who knows what changes have happened during the past year?

"Hello there! Mom! It's me! I'm back!"

"You don't have to be so loud, Ash..." said Misty.

The door opens and a woman probably at the age of 27 pops out.

"Hi, honey! Are you a pokemon master yet?"

"Not yet! But behold! I have all 8 badges! The only thing I don't understand is how Gary got 10 badges."

"Don't worry about him! First let's get you something to eat!"

"Alright I'm hungry!"

"So are we!" cry Misty and Brock in unison.

"Hey Misty! Let me show you around the house!"

"Uhh... okay." she murmured.

"Okay first off is my room!" he says, while opening the door.

"Your room is a mess. I'm pretty sure a pig would live better than this."

"Huh?" Ash turns around and indeed sees that his room is very messy. There were voltorb clocks everywhere and Poliwag dolls all over the floor.

"It wasn't like this when I left!" Ash cried and then you could almost see the spotlight over his head in the darkness....

At this time, Pikachu and Togepi walk in.

"Pika-pi!"

"Briii!"

"Ohhh.. Thanks guys for your support. Not like some people." Ash then looks at Misty. Misty then smiles and walks over to Ash.

"Well, this should make up for it." Misty then gives Ash a quick hug and walks back to the door.

"If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen." She then pulls out the scrunchee in her hair so it will fall down.

"Pika-Pika-Chu!" Ash says.

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

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

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

Ash's mom laughs and almost falls over her chair. Then she says, "Wow. Ash, I didn't know you were good in poetry. And what's with the Team Rocket stuff anyway?" She gasps.

"Oh don't thank me. Thank Team Rocket!"

"Team Rocket is a criminal organization! You're not part of them, are you?"

"No of course not. You have nothing to worry about."

"Yeah that's what I'm afraid of."

"Pika?"

"Brii!"

"Togepi! Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" Misty cries.

"Well, maybe you shouldn't have left it in the room..." Ash then gets a naughty look on his face.

"Oh be quiet Ash." Misty then realizes what is happening and then gets the same look but slightly different.

Ash turns off the light in his room. It was 11:32 PM right now. He wished he hadn't spent so much time cleaning his room. Now he was tired and had a very big urge to drink coffee.

"Oh well. I can wait until tommorow to eat." he thinks.

He climbs into bed and thinks, "Wow. Misty hugged me today. That's a first."

It was rare when Misty had ever done that. Usually Misty was kind of revolting toward Ash but today was different. Ever since Ash was 5 years old, he though girls were not to be messed with because of "cooties". Now he didn't really believe that. He also noticed a change in Misty and himself. When he first met her when she fished him out, he thought that she really wasn't good looking and didn't care for her feelings. But now he did care and he started to like Misty. She seemed more beautiful than before after he saw her as the Princess in the Princess festival and the Mermaid in the show. Misty was also different in the beginning. She always put down Ash but now she supported him but of course there were always some times when she had to insult him for fun. But he didn't mind. Misty didn't really care about her bike anymore and he was pretty sure that even if he paid her back she would still follow him around.

"Ash are you awake?" A voice interrupts.

"Uhhh... Yeah."

"Yeah it's me, Misty."

"You can come in" Ash said.

"I want to talk to you about something."

"Spit it out."

"Okay. This afternoon, remember, when we had that little incident in your room?"

"Yeah, I remember." Ash then smiles.

"Yeah okay. I didn't really mean that. I only did that because I felt sorry for you."

Ash then climbs out of bed. "What? I thought you meant to do that..."

"I didn't, okay. It's nothing personal. You understand, right?"

"Yeah...."

"Okay. Where's Pikachu?"

"He's on the floor somewhere sleeping."

"Maybe you should let him sleep in yours and you can sleep in the guest room where Brock and I are sleeping. It'll be just like old times. Come on!"

"Okay. Pikachu, get up."

"Pika?"

"You can sleep in the bed now."

"Pika-Pika!"

"Okay good night."

"Pika-pi."

Ash then walks into the guest room and carefully trying not to wake Brock, he drifts into a peaceful sleep.

To be continued......

This is my first time writing fanfiction so don't be alarmed! I'll try to make a better story in the next chapter. I know, how could you make the characters so different then the ones in the cartoon? Well first of all I like changing things. And second of all, it's my story! I really enjoyed writing this so I will definitely write more!