Destiny
Part One
Prologue
Written by Krome Angel

Ok, here's the typical disclaimer. I don't own pokemon, i probably won't ever own pokemon. don't sue me, I''m poor, the only thing you''ll get if you sue me is my computer, which happens to be a piece of crap anyway. So it really isn't worth the time.

Prologue:

Ash: 14
Misty: 15
Brock: 17

THEN:

"We are staying here for the night Ash Ketchum!" an irate Misty shouted. "I want to take a nice warm bath, and soak for a good hour, and then we are going to sleep in warm beds in the pokemon center instead of out on the cold hard ground in the middle of a rainstorm!!"

"Come on Misty! If we leave now we can get a head start to the next town, and we can cross the mountains and get there in a little less than three weeks!" a just as irritated Ash yelled back. "If we keep dawdling we'll never get anywhere!

Brock, Togepi, and Pikachu watched the argument, but kept their mouths shut as the rain pelted them, knowing better than to get in the middle of an argument between the two. All of them knowing from experience that such a course of action could be rather painful for anyone foolish enough to step in.

"I said no Ash Ketchum and that's final! We are staying at the center tonight! I don't care whether you like it or not!" Misty shouted stamping her foot with finality.

"Fine, whatever" Ash muttered, deciding that continuing the argument wasn't worth it, and wanting to get out of the rain anyway.

They arrived at the pokecenter, Ash immediately goes to have his pokemon healed while Brock and Misty decide to go wash up and take baths. (NO NOT TOGETHER, get your mind out of the gutter you pervert) After finishing their baths over an hour later Brock and Misty are lying in separate bunk beds in one of the rooms at the pokecenter.

"Where's Ash?" Misty asked.

"He went to the pokemart to get more pokeballs and some potions and stuff. He should be back anytime." Brock replied stifling a yawn.

"I don''t see why he needs more pokeballs any way, he hardly ever catches anything. And even when he does manage to catch something, he always sets it free. I also don''t understand why he is in a hurry to get this next gym, is he in that much of a hurry to lose to this next gym leader?!" Misty huffed, still ticked off at Ash at all the hiking they had done that day, and from their argument this afternoon.

"Cut him a break Misty. I don't know if he'll ever be a master or not, but Jeeze……. He's doing his best, I don't know why you're so hard on him." responded Brock even closer to drifting off to sleep.

"I'm so hard on him cause he broke my bike, and hasn't paid me back!!! He's so annoying sometimes! I don't even know why he bothers, at the rate he's going he''ll never be a Pokemon Master." Misty stated finally, knowing she didn't really mean it but was still angry at him. Silence followed in the room, and they both stopped speaking, and slowly drifted off into a deep restful sleep; Misty cradling Togepi in her arms.
Meanwhile…….

"Here you go, you''re pokemon are all healed up." Nurse Joy said, handing Ash's pokeballs to him.

"Thanks Nurse Joy!"" Ash said, putting his pokeballs back on his belt. "How you feelin Pikachu?" he asked

"PIKA!" Pikachu replied happily munching an apple.
"We'd better go get some sleep Pikachu" Ash said, setting Pikachu on his shoulder. He picked up his backpack and began making his way up to the room Brock said they were staying in.
He was reaching for the knob when he heard Misty''s voice.

"....on't see why he needs more pokeballs any way, he hardly ever catches anything. And even when he does manage to catch something, he always sets it free. I also don't understand why he is in a hurry to get this next gym, is he in that much of a hurry to lose to this next gym leader?!"
Ash froze, and Pikachu stopped munching on his apple hearing this.

Brock's voice responded "Cut him a break Misty. I don't know if he'll ever be a master or not but Jeeze……. He's doing his best, I don't know why you're so hard on him."

"I'm so hard on him cause he broke my bike, and hasn't paid me back!!! He's so annoying sometimes! I don't even know why he bothers, at the rate he's going he'll never be a Pokemon Master." Misty's voice returned.
Ash remained frozen in disbelief and nothing further came from the room.

"Chhuuuuuuu." Pikachu said sadly patting Ash''s head, knowinghis trainer was hurt and trying to comfort him as Ash slowly walked back down the stairs still trying to comprehend what he'd just heard.

"She doesn''t think I can do it Pikachu, .....neither of them do....they don't think I can be a Master……. I thought Misty was traveling with me now because she wanted to, because we were friends……and Brock too... " Ash said near to tears.

After a short pause anger flashed in his eyes "…… but NO!.... she only cares about her damn bike. Forget the fact that I took it to try and save your life Pikachu, no I did wrong because I ruined her bike!………… well fine she can have her damn bike and I'll be out of her life for good…….. out of both of their lives for good"

Ash rummaged through his book bag and pulled out a pencil and paper, and roughly scribbled out a note. He reached back in his bag and took out a small pouch and then walked up to the counter where Nurse Joy sat.
"Nurse Joy, can you do me a favor?" he asked.
"What is it Ash?" she replied,
"Can you give this to my ....friends in the morning?" he asked hesitating on the word friends before handing her the note and the pouch.

"I guess I can, but why don't you give it to them yourself?" she asked tilting her head curiously
"I have something I have to do." He replied slightly more heatedly than he meant to.
"Oh ok, no problem" she said sweetly.
Ash turned and walked outside, Pikachu climbed in his backpack thankful it was waterproof.
"Pika! Pikachu chu chu pika pika chu" (translation: "Where are we going Ash?")

"They obviously don't want me around Pikachu, so I'm saving them the trouble of an awkward goodbye." Ash replied determination creeping into his voice " I WILL be a Master, I do have what it takes. I don't care what they say. I can do it." Saying this, he headed off into the forest toward the mountains, knowing he had to cross the mountain range to get to the next city.
"Chu!"

The next morning……..
"Brock get up." Misty said lightly shaking him.
"Just 5 more minutes mommy" he said turning away not even awake.
"Brock get up." She said shaking him harder .
Getting no response…… she jerked him and pulled him onto the floor waking him up instantly.

"Whaaaa!! I'm up! I'm up!" Brock said rubbing his eyes. "What''s the matter?"

"We must have slept in, Ash is already up and probably waiting downstairs for us" Misty said impatiently.

"Ok ok jeeze……., I'm coming!" he said pulling on his shirt and vest, and following Misty down the stairs.
They got to bottom of the stairs and looked around, not seeing Ash anywhere.

"I wonder where he is," said Misty.

"Lets ask Nurse Joy" Brock suggested, getting a slightly ga-ga look at the even mention of Nurse Joy.

"Good idea" Misty replied, moving toward the counter and ignoring Brock when he went into gaga mode, standing there speechless and staring at the Nurse Joy, slack Jawed.

"Nurse Joy, have you seen Ash by any chance?"
"Not since he left last night I'm afraid" Nurse Joy replied.

"Left?! What do you mean left?" Brock and Misty asked in unison. The confusing news enough to startle even Brock out of his ga-ga mode, however temporarily.

"He left late last night, and told me to give you this in the morning." Nurse Joy said handing them the paper and the pouch. Misty unfolded the paper and scooted close to brock so that theyd at the paper together reading it

Dear Brock, and Misty
I'm sorry to have dragged you all over the place like I did, I know you hate me and I'm sorry. I've gone to continue my training. I no longer care whether or not you think I can be a Master. I will prove you wrong, I will show you that I CAN and I WILL be a Master.
Brock : I wanted to thank you for your help throughout our adventures. I know you didn't have to come with me, but I'm glad you decided to. I thank you for all the knowledge you helped me gain, but most of all I thank you for your friendship. It means the world to me, but now I free you to follow your own dream. I won't forget you.
Misty: I'm sorry for wrecking your bike. I'm sorry for dragging you all over the place and not repaying it sooner. I thought we had become friends, I'm sorry I was mistaken.. Don't worry I won't annoy you anymore. There is enough money in that pouch to buy any bike you want plus money for both you and Brock to take the bus home. That should more than repay you for your bike. You won't have to deal with me anymore. I've gone to continue my journey. You can go home now.
Sincerely
Ash Ketchum.

Brock and Misty looked at each other in horror.
"We've got to find him" they said in unison running out of the pokecenter.

Meanwhile…….

Ash and Pikachu have made it well into the foothills of the mountains, they moved in relative silence. Ash wasn't speaking much, he was too hurt and angry over the betrayal of his friends. Pikachu rode on Ash''s shoulder worrying about his master and best friend. Overhead the sky grew darker as storm clouds moved in and in the distance the rumble of thunder could be heard.

"Well Pikachu, it looks like there is going to be a big storm soon." Ash stated, shaking off his melancholy at least temporarily. Pikachu was so pleased with the fact that his friend was at least saying something, he didn't care that Ash was stating the complete obvious.

"We better look for some place to stay until this storm pa----" Ash said, getting interrupted by a voice from overhead

"Prepare for trouble"

"Better make it double"

Both Ash and Pikachu sighed visibly turning around. Up in the air, in their Meowth balloon, floated Jessie, James and the talking Meowth of Team Rocket.
"To protect the World from devastation"
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"To extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight"
"Meowth! That''s right!"

"I''m not in the mood for this right now" Ash said.
"PIKA!" agreed Pikachu
"We don''t care, give up the Pikachu!" Jessie yelled.
"Why do we go through this every time? You know I''m not going to give up Pikachu."
"Then we''ll take him! ARBOK go! Acid attack!" Jessie yelled, tossing out the pokeball containing Arbok.
"Weezing GO! Toxic attack!" James yelled tossing his pokeball.

Both pokemon came out, and centered upon the Pikachu sitting on Ash's shoulder and shot their attacks at him simultaneously. Acting without thought, Ash turned putting himself directly in line with the attacks. Both members of team rocket gasped in shock as the attacks hit him HARD the impact sending his body rolling along the ground into some rocks. Pikachu, having instinctively jumped off Ash's shoulder before the attacks made contact turned and looked at Ash's prone form. Seeing his master hurt, the electric pokemon retaliated instantly with an angry thunder attack.

"PIKAAAAACHUUUUUU!!!!" The thunder blast shot both of the poison pokemon back up into the balloon, popping a hole in its side and shooting it off into the distance. Team Rocket was still too stunned to even remark about blasting off again.
Pikachu rushed over to the form of his master. He saw his master had been hurt greatly by the attacks.

"Piiiikaaaa" Pikachu said shaking him lightly at first, and then harder trying to wake him up. When that didn't work, he tried waking him up with a light thundershock. Ash remained unconscious, much to Pikachu's dismay. After a few more useless tries, Pikachu began to cry.

No more than a minute later Pikachu heard footsteps coming his way, he turned, sparks coming out of his cheeks, thinking it was Team Rocket coming back to take advantage of the situation, but instead of Team Rocket though it was a tall blond man who stopped and knelt down beside Ash. He reached for Ash, but at a warning growl and more sparks from Pikachu he paused.
"It's ok, I'm here to help.

Pikachu paused a few seconds trying to discern whether or not the man was speaking the truth.... then realizing the blond man did mean to help, his cheeks stopped sparking and he backed off to let the man help. The man looked over Ash noting his injuries. "He's in bad shape" the man said in a firm voice. "Lets get him to my place and out of the storm" he continued looking up noting that it had started to drizzle.

The man gently picked him up, and began to walk deeper into the mountains, twisting and winding his way though rocks and boulders until he came to a well hidden cave, that would only be noticed if someone was right on top of it. He carried Ash inside, followed closely by Pikachu. He laid Ash down on a bedroll carefully so as not to hurt him.

He pulled off Ash's poison soaked shirt and grabbed a cloth and began to wipe the slime off of him, paying special attention to the face where the acid attack had hit him. He then moved over to a pack he had and began rummaging through it. He pulled out a flask and poured some water into a cup, then dropped some of what looked to be a few rushed up leaves into the water.

The man moved over to him and tilted his head forward putting the glass to his lips, making the unconscious Ash take the fluid into his system and not stopping until he got it all down his throat, despite occasional coughs and sputters from the unconscious teen.
"Pika pika pikaaaa chu?" Pikachu asked in an inquiring tone.

The mysterious person, was unable to understand what the little electric mouse was saying, but he had a general idea of what he might be asking. So he replied "That was an antidote for the poison that is in his system. I don't know whether it will save him or not, he's in bad condition. Now all we can do is wait."

It was very late that night (or very early the next morning depending on how you view it) when Ash groaned and began to stir.
"Owww, what happened?" he asked as Pikachu jumped on his chest and hugged him. He opened his eyes.

"You were hit with 2 powerful pois…….." The big man dropped the bowl he had been mixing up as he looked up and stared at Ash's face in shock.

Pikachu looked over at the man and then up at his trainer and let out a loud ""PIKA!??"" of shock as well staring at his trainer. Ash looked back and forth between his best friend and the stranger trying to figure out what they were starting at. The man fumbled and grasped around in his pack and came out with a mirror which he handed face down to Ash, still not speaking.

Ash flipped the mirror around and looked at his face and stared in shock. There were several cuts and scrapes along his cheek from scraping on the ground, there was also major bruising from both the attacks and skidding along the ground. All of this Ash noticed only peripherally, because where his eyes were supposed to be, there was energy pouring out, not enough to blind, but almost like his eyes were on fire. The energy trailed up outside his eyes like wisps of flame.

He ran his hand in front of the mirror, hoping it was an illusion. Then to his further shock while he stared in the mirror, he saw his bruises begin to mend themselves, his scrapes and cuts begin to heal. But the weirdest thing of all was that he seemed to be feeling better by the minute... as if he coudl feel the poisons being leached from his body and the damage repaired. While he watched himself heal and saw and felt the damage fade away, he noticed the energy coming from his eyes begin to die down. He closed his eyes and the fire went out of his left eye and it returned to normal, while his right eye continued to glow, although less brightly and a much smaller energy trail poured from it.
"W…….. wha…….what happened to me…….?" Ash asked the stranger.
"T……t…….the c……chosen one…….." was his response, the stranger seemed to still be in total shock.

END PART ONE

Notes.
DUH!! of course Ash is the chosen one, that''s the way it works!

This is actually the second version of this I wrote. The last one was REALLY rough, this one is just kind of rough. The next part will be in a much different style of writing. This was the prologue to the fic. The next part will take place several years in the future. And will be much more descriptive. I'm working on what way to take this right now. It may even end up being a dark fic, Im not sure. It is almost assuredly going to be an AAMRN unless I come up with something else. (Don't count on that lol, i like them togethor)
If you have comments, criticisms, flames, anything email them to me at supergirl_slave@hotmail.com

I don't care if you just want to tell me I suck as a writer and should shoot myself in the head, so that I don't write anymore trash. All comments are appreciated.
I'm also looking for someone to help me, to bounce ideas off of work with etc. Due credit WILL be given. Anyone want to volunteer for that post? If you do email me! I'll be happy to talk with you on one of a variety of messengers.