A/N:

Hey, everyone. Welcome to my very first multi-chapter story. This is a concept based Pokemon fanfiction that I wrote sometime earlier this year but since I lost the access to my previous account I decided to upload it again here. The 3 chapters long story that I wrote previously and this one are completely different, although the beginning is pretty much similar. With over 100 chapters, this story is going to be the biggest project I would ever do so I will be counting on every single one of you to support me through this ride.

Summary:

Abandoned and betrayed by the world at very young age, Ash Ketchum is now living on the streets of Lumiose City as a typical street thief. But a fated encounter with a group of teenagers changed everything when he was joined by a certain girl on his journey to become a Pokemon Master. With the heart filled with hatred, anger, and regret, the boy could do nothing but hate her while the girl helplessly tries to get along with him. Things take an interesting turn when the ghosts from his past start to haunt him. With a lot of old faces finally showing up to him, the amnesiac boy is dragged into the world that could unveil his past to him. But when an unknown enemy is targeting him from shadows, how would Ash survive is such world and end his redemption once and for all?

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery/Thriller, Romance, Fantasy

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

Chapter 1: The Rough Encounter

A few dotted stars were twinkling with the crescent moon still out. It was early morning and the sun had yet to rise. A cool morning breeze blew through the leaves that were wet from the dew.

Dried leaves were blowing through the air and passed a shadowy figure. Upon closer inspection, there was a boy sitting on one of the branches of a tree. The tree was green for the most parts but one could find a few dried leaves if examined closely.

The boy was staring at his surroundings. Slowly, he turned around and looked at a different part of the city. It wasn't developed, rather it was developing; hence it was in bad shape.

Soon, sunlight entered the area with the pleasant sound of morning breeze and the rustling of leaves. Now the boy could be clearly seen. His hair was messy. His clothes weren't in good shape either. Additionally, he was wearing a heart-shaped necklace.

Turning his gaze, the boy held the necklace in his hand and opened it, only to find a photo in it. It had three people in it. On the left was a young, beautiful brunette wearing a green blouse. She was also wearing a brown straw hat to protect herself from harsh sunlight. Looking at her for the first time, no one could tell that she was in her early thirties. Next to her was a bold-looking man with a red T-Shirt. His raven hair was covered by a red cap. He was smiling brightly. Completing the family photo was a certain raven haired boy with auburn eyes. He was smiling even brighter behind him.

The poor boy ran his fingers softly over the lady and the man.

"Mom, dad," a light but negative voice came from the boy's mouth. "Why did you have to abandon me? Why?" he mumbled. He closed the necklace and held it closer near his heart, letting his emotions flow down his face. As the tears continued to flow, one could see that it was obvious how bad the boy had been hurt.

Slowly, he continued to sob.

Sunlight started to expand, illuminating everything in its path. The sun had finally risen. The boy sat for a long time. His tears stopped but he was still wasn't in good shape.

"AAH!"

The source of the scream was a house in Vaniville Town.

"Good, looks like we are all ready," said a woman in her early thirties from the kitchen. She seemed pleased from the scream. She made her way out of the kitchen and went upstairs, where a room could be found. Its door was open a little and a closer look inside revealed the source of the scream.

"Fletchling, I've told you millions of times not to wake me up like that!" a girl yelled at the tiny bird Pokemon. Its upper body was orange and its lower body a light blue. The girl had honey blonde hair and shining sapphire eyes. She was wearing a pink nightshirt with matching pajama bottoms. She also had a pink bow on her head to complete the look. The woman looking on was the girl's mother, Grace.

She glared at her mother's Fletchling before jumping at it, but to no avail. Fletchling flew up, causing her to jump on the table. Fletchling then landed on her head and the girl was about to attack again when she heard her mother.

"Serena, it's time for morning training," Grace said. At this, the girl now known as Serena sighed.

"Coming," she whined annoyingly. She stood up and walked towards the window. As she opened it, she encountered a breath of fresh (and pleasant) cool air. "Morning Ryhorn," she said with a wave to the spike Pokemon that was in the yard outside the house. The spike Pokemon gave a cry in response. She took a deep breath and stretched her arms out. "Hope today is interesting," she said as Fletchling flew outside.

"Are you ready, honey?" Grace asked. Serena nodded hesitantly. Ryhorn racing was one of the things she hated most, but there was no ignoring it. Grace was a Ryhorn racing champion and she always tried to make Serena like her like the sport.

With a gulp, Serena walked towards her mother's Ryhorn, who was standing in position for Serena to get up on it. She slowly made her way to it and successfully mounted it.

"We can start now!" Grace shouted.

With a sigh, Serena patted Ryhorn on the leg and it worked as Ryhorn slowly started walking.

"Come on, Serena!" Grace yelled, "You need it to run, not walk!"

Serena gulped and pulled the rope in her hands a little, giving Ryhorn a signal to run; which it did. It was going well for a few seconds, but what happened next was what Serena was afraid of, Ryhorn going out of control.

"...M-MOM!" Serena yelled.

"Close your mouth! You don't wanna bite your tongue!" Grace yelled at her daughter.

"Easy for you to say!" Serena yelled back at her mother with hesitation, which was caused by Ryhorn

"I have competed in many Ryhorn races and won them. You are gonna do the same. We won with Ryhorn!" Grace said as she raised her fist. This was followed by Fletchling's overjoyed chirping with excitement. This was cut short when she heard a thud. Upon turning her gaze to the field, she found that Ryhorn had thrown her daughter as usual.

"Mom, I hate this!" Serena yelled at the top of her lungs. Grace could not help but chuckle at her daughter's childish behavior.

It was quarter past eight and the streets of the city were now filled with so many people. Some of them were going for their jobs, some going shopping and there were some as well who were just hanging around. There was a man who was almost too fancy-looking. He was walking across the street on his way to his work. He was humming a tune and continued to walk, but what he did not notice was that a certain young boy was following him for a while now. The man went down through downstairs towards the metro station with the boy following him. It was crowded there and the man accidentally bumped into someone, causing both of them to fall down near the ticket booth. They apologized to each other and picked up their stuff. They also got some help from the people nearby and the boy who was following the one man. Both of them then thanked everyone and went to their respective jobs. The man was now outside the ticket booth and asked for one. He was about to pay for the ticket when he felt something was wrong. His wallet was nowhere with him.

"My wallet? Where is my wallet?!" the man started to yell worriedly, attracting everyone's attention. "My money, I've been robbed! Help me! Police!" the man yelled.

Meanwhile, the same boy from before was walking calmly on the street as he was tossing a wallet in his hand while humming a tune. He was covered by a black jacket and his face couldn't be seen properly due to the sunlight.

"That man was easy to rob," the boy said to himself.

Meanwhile, in the same house at Vaniville Town, Serena was kneeling beside her bed while observing two hats.

"Serena?" a voice called from outside her room.

"Yeah, come in," responded a confused Serena. Grace entered the room and found her daughter staring at several hats in confusion.

"What are you doing?" Grace questioned. Serena shook her head, not taking her eyes off the hats. But then, with an idea, she turned around to face her mother.

"Mom? Which one would look better on me?" Serena asked as she showed her mother two hats. In her left hand was a deep, pinkish-red hat with a cotton ball over it. On the other hand was a pinkish round hat with a black strip over it. Grace observed both hats carefully for a minute before giving her suggestion.

"I will go with that one," Grace said, pointing to the hat in Serena's left hand.

"Huh? This one? Then I will go with this one," Serena said happily as she put the hat that was in her right hand on her head.

"If you already planned on going with that hat, then why did you ask?" Grace asked, annoyed.

"Because the hat you didn't choose was the cuter one," said Serena with a teasing wink. Grace sighed.

"But...where are you going?" asked Grace.

"Lumiose City, with Shauna, Trevor, Tierno and Calem," Serena said happily.

"And why is that?"

"Because I want my own Pokemon, isn't it is obvious?" said Serena before walking past her mother. Her bag was hanging on her shoulders and her long hair bounced as she walked downstairs. Grace followed her.

"Are you sure you wanna go?" Grace asked in a concerned voice as she followed her daughter.

"Yes, mom. I have my friends with me too and I am not a kid anymore," Serena said attempting to assure her mother. But Grace looked at her doubtfully. The two soon made it to the entrance of the house. Serena then ran towards Ryhorn and sat on her knees.

"Goodbye, Ryhorn. Take care of yourself, I will be back soon," Serena said happily.

"Rhy," Ryhorn cried happily as it was saying good luck to Serena. With a giggle, she stood up, adjusted her hat and ran towards the way which would lead her to Lumiose City.

"Bye, mom," she waved for the last time before disappearing around the corner.

"That was...that was...too close," the young boy said between breaths. Right now he was in an alley, standing on the support of an electrical pole while breathing heavily. He was exhausted from running that much. While stealing something, he had been noticed by an officer and then the chase started. Fortunately for him, he managed to save himself after staying there for a moment, which started to feel like an eternity. Soon he started walking deep into the alley. There was now darkness, but he continued to walk there. He picked up his pace when he saw a light in front of him. He continued to walk there. He continued to increase his speed more until he was running again. The intensity of light in front of him was now increasing and within seconds, everything was covered.

When the light faded, the boy found himself in the same place he had been earlier that morning. He walked straight and within a few seconds, he found many people around him. Their similarity was that they were all poor. There were so many kids running here and there. Their clothes were half damaged, but it seemed fine with them. With a sigh, the boy continued to walk and finally made it to a huge tree in front of him. It was the same tree from earlier that day.

Quickly, he started to climb up and showing his skills, he climbed the tree within seconds. He then again sat down on the branch and overlooked the city. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out an apple that he found earlier in a shop and stole it. He took a look at it and found it shining in the sunlight. Without wasting more time, he began to eat it.

"Hmm, well, I think I'm done for now," the young boy said to no one in particular. "I stole money and food today, not to mention I was almost caught," the boy continued eating his apple as he was recalling the day's events. It was almost half past noon and he has nothing to do. "Maybe I will go out and then plan for tonight?" the boy thought with a genuine smile.

Within few minutes, the boy started to feel drowsy. He stood up on the branch and took a step forward, letting himself down with the flow of gravitation. However, before the blink of an eye, he grabbed the same branch with his hands as his arms stretched long. He then let himself down and landed safely on the ground, feeling proud of his agile movements. He then stood up and walked to a small pond nearby to wash his face. After that, he made his way back to the same tree. He lay down on the ground under the tree. The pleasant sound of chirping of bug Pokemon and the cool wind blowing was enough to make him fall asleep within minutes.

"Finally, we are in Lumiose City," Serena said as she exited the bus. Following her was four of her friends. The first was the only other girl in the group: a brunette and Serena's closest friend. This was Shauna. After that, two boys got off. One of them was a redheaded young boy, this was Trevor. The other boy was taller and a little fat. Dancing was his hobby. This was Tierno. The final boy that got off the bus has black hair and gray eyes, making him quite attractive. His name was Calem.

"So, what we have to do now?" Shauna asked impatiently. Everyone looked at her.

"Well, we are here to get our first Pokemon, right?" Serena asked. Everyone nodded. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"I agree. Although only three of us are getting our starters. Tierno and Trevor already have Pokemon with them," Calem said with a slight chuckle. All of them began to walk to Pokemon Sycamore's lab.

Little did they know was that they were being observed by a certain teenager. "Ahem, my next and final target of the day," the boy said to himself, eyeing the certain blonde girl.

"Wow, I can't believe it," Shauna said in disbelief. All of them (save Shauna) sighed. It was not for the first time that she had said that. She had been saying that since they left Professor Sycamore's laboratory.

"I know it's a great feeling Shauna, but please," Calem began in an annoyed tone.

"Please stop it. You are being really annoying," Serena finished. Shauna looked at two and pouted.

It has been a while since they had left Professor Sycamore's lab after receiving their very first Pokemon. They had said their goodbye and the group was now walking down the streets of the city.

"I have an idea," said Trevor out of blue. Everyone stopped and looked at him. "Since the sun is setting down now, why don't we visit my sister? I am sure she will let us stay at her place tonight," Trevor suggested. Everyone seemed to be pleased, especially Serena, who had never dreamed of spend a night in the woods. They all agreed and headed to Trevor's sister's house.

"We will be back soon," said Trevor.

"You guys better be," Trevor's older sister said in a warning tone before smiling at all of them.

"Gotcha! Bye sis," Trevor said and everyone disappeared from the house. They decided to go out for dinner tonight because there were very rare occasions when they would get time together to spend like this.

Their whole night went great. They visited one of the most popular restaurants in Lumiose City. They ordered the best meal there and were left amazed by it. Following that, the group went to the central park. As they walked around, they came face to face with a battlefield. It was all the boys needed to pump up their sleeping trainer and three of them battled one by one. Victory did not matter to anyone tonight as everyone seemed to be more satisfied having their first battle together. However, Calem managed to come out the victor in both of his matches, surprisingly. As they noticed that it was getting late, they decided to head back home. And what was supposed to be a normal walk, soon turned into a race. Little did they know that the race was going to have too much of an effect on their lives.

"Thief! Thief! Somebody help me, he stole my bag! Police!"

A man yelled between breaths as he continued to chase a certain teenager to get his bag back. It was red and had an average size. Unfortunately, he was not fit enough comparing to the teenager with the athletic stamina. He almost lost the track of the boy but luckily, police arrived at the right time.

"Where is the thief?!" demanded Officer Jenny furiously as her bike came to a stop in front of the man.

"There he is," said the heavily panting man and pointed towards the boy in a black jacket. His hair was swiftly moving as he ran. He was running away while constantly bumping into citizens. Officer Jenny didn't take too long to realize his identity. And so her pursuit began.

It wasn't much longer when the group of five heard the siren of Officer Jenny's motorcycle. But they ignored it and continued to run, not minding their surrounding and eventually, calling for a problem to themselves.

"Stop right there!" shouted Officer Jenny, but the boy had something else in mind. He did not stop and continued running. His eyes soon located the group of teenagers unknowingly heading towards him. Clutching the bag closer against his chest, he ran between them and, intentionally, bumped into them. Almost everyone was unaffected by the sudden appearance of the boy, but Serena failed to notice him and the two crashed together. The excessive inertia caused Serena to fall back. The boy too stumbled back and fell down.

"Hey! Watch your way!" yelled Calem furiously at the boy. He knelt next to Serena and helped her recovering. The rest three followed him. The boy noticed this and taking it as his advantage grabbed the red bag nearby before standing up disappearing. Calem noticed him again and yelled after him.

"That's what you get for not paying attention," the boy mumbled back before he too disappeared into the crowd. Calem turned his attention back to Serena right in time when Jenny passed by them.

"Hey Serena, are you feeling okay?" Trevor asked.

"Yeah, I am fine," Serena said, recovering.

"That's a relief," said Shauna and let out a huge sigh.

Serena shook her head and tried to sit up properly. Her hands started to stumble around, looking for her bag. However, she could not find it. Her eyes twitched in confusion and she started looking around but to no avail.

"My bag!" she suddenly screamed.

"Huh?" the group mused in unison and confusion.

Calem noticed the panicked look on Serena's face and he too looked around for her bag. However, what he saw there was another bag that he saw with that boy earlier. He grabbed it and observed it. A man panting heavily soon stopped in front of them and took his time to catch his breath before addressing himself.

"Thank you so much, kids, you just save me. Thanks for getting it back," the man said and addressed the bag, demanding to take it back as it belonged to him. Calem gave it to him without any problem. But then he looked back at Serena. As the events were taking place, everything was getting clear to her. Her eyes widened and her face acquired a stunned look.

"M-My bag. Fennekin…" Serena whispered in a shaky voice. Her eyes nearly filled with tears.

Calem could not help but watch her. His eyes then twitched angrily and he turned into the direction of the boy. Anyhow, he managed to catch a final glimpse of him and from what he could tell; he seemed to be smirking at them. And then he was out of their sights.

"Damn it!" he muttered.

So this was basically a prologue for this story. I hope that it was interesting enough to hook you up and you will support me with this project. Please leave a review and add it to your follow list if you wanna be updated with its every upload first.

Update [April 4, 2017]: This story is currently under the process of heavy edition while continuing forward. To the previous readers, if you find some changes then this news is specifically for you. For the new readers, you will find the story after chapter #6 somewhat shaky since it has not been edited after that point. Please don't panic and abandon this fiction. Keep reading and around chapter #10 you will catch up with the original plot again. Once the process of editing it will be complete, you will be informed. Please have patience until then. Thank you for understanding.

Next Chapter: High-Speed Pursuit