Title: Thoughts of a Trainer

By Nephitari Champion

Description: Right after the end of the first movie Ash finds it easy to pretend that he has lost his memory while contemplating why Mewtwo tried to erase all the memories. Championshipping if you squint.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Pokemon.

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Ash blinked in surprise when he saw that he and his friends were no longer on New Island. Had Mewtwo tried what he thought…? But why? Didn’t he know that it took a lot more then a simple Amnesia to make dragons forget? He wanted to use his ability to control the whether when he had seen the storm, but Misty had advised against it. After all no body knew that he really wasn’t from Pallet…

He heard Misty ask why they were there. He shrugged and then winked. He got one in return she hadn’t forgotten either, after all she was a Gyarados really, a more distant part of the clan, but she was also a dragon none the less.

Brock was looking puzzled. Neither Ash nor Misty were going to bring him up to date, he wasn’t part of the clan after all. He looked out the window at the dissipating storm clouds and thought about what Lance would think, would he be proud of the youngest Dragon? He bit his lip, he hoped so…

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Lance watched the far away storm disappear with a smile. If Ash had needed help he would have known.

“Our youngest is getting stronger…”Lance informed his cousin and grandfather as they joined him.

Clair grinned. “Are we going to send him something?”

Lance looked at his grandfather. “I’m not sure Clair, I was planning on it… I’m not sure what though…”

“Why not a dragon?” Lance and Clair looked at their grandfather then each other and grinned.

Clair looked up. “I think I’m going to get him a… Dratini or a Larvitar.”

Lance smiled. “I’ll get him a Bagon then!” Lance turned back to the storm. ‘Don’t worry Ash, we are not leaving you to do everything on your own.’

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Ash and Misty were alone. “I’m glad we were able to go for this walk together.” Ash nodded.

“It’s strange,” he agreed “that Brock will not leave us alone for more then a few minutes. Is he afraid that we will kill each other?”

Misty shrugged. “Maybe. Why do you think Mewtwo tried to erase all the memories of the trainers?”

“Not sure, maybe he was afraid of something?”

“Maybe, I’m sure Lance is proud of you though, you managed to make the pokemon change their minds on fighting and your patience has increased, your becoming a better trainer and you’re maturing.”

“Thanks Misty. On another note, Brock thinks I like you.”

“You don’t like me, you like Lance and you miss him.”

Ash nodded again.

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Lance had been worried about his little Dragon Child half an hour before when he sensed Ash’s presence disappear. But now he could feel the little one again and everything was fine now. “Don’t do that again Ash…” he said quietly

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Ash shivered. “I won’t ever do anything like that again though…” He reassured Misty although he knew that Lance had told him not too… somehow. Then he remembered that he and Lance were connected and though Lance had sent Misty to keep an eye on him, she didn’t need to.

Misty nodded and they returned to camp.

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“Good boy Ash…” said Lance with a proud smile on his face. “And he didn’t even need the pokemon I gave him when we were little…”