Hey guys! This is my first fanfiction so the writing may be choppy and whatnot. Try not to be to harsh on me lol. To get to the important stuff, I changed the age of starting trainers from 10 to 15. I don't think that 10 year olds should be allowed to go into the wild and train beast that can kill someone with ease. In this story Ash will be smart and he will train. I don't plan on making Ash some super OP trainer because he will definitely still take some L's. I already have six Pokémon planned out for him, I plan on having about four or five more. After reading some of the different docs out there I decided to add different size classes. Bigger doesn't always mean stronger, remember that. But anyways, I don't own Pokémon or anything. I now present The Road Ahead.

It's night time in the quiet little place of Pallet Town. A 7 year old boy was in his second story room watching television with an unimaginable amount of 7-year-olds name is Ashton Red Ketchum, or formally known as Ash by everyone who knows him. Ash has dreamed of being a Pokémon master ever since he found out about Pokémon at a very young age. Ash has always been a sweet little boy with decent manners, except at the table. He scarfs food down messily without thinking about table manners. Ash is kind of tall for a 7-year-old. He stands at around 5'0. Ash has a head of messy raven-colored hair that stops just above his shoulders. Some would say his most distinguishing quality would be his piercing red eyes.

"Look at these Pokémon go!" The TV announcer exclaimed excitedly. Ash is watching a Pokémon league battle. The Pokémon League happens once every year.

"And Gengar strikes Onix with its hypnosis attack!" The announcer announces. "Onix quick use Iron Tail before Gengar can get away." The Onix trainer shouted to the rock snake. The Onix roared at his trainers command and immediately coated its rocky tail in a silver energy.

However the Gengars' trainer wasn't going to let it happen. "Gengar into the shadows and wait for my command!" The Gengars trainer countered.

"Ashton Red Ketchum, why are you still awake? You need to get some sleep so you won't be tired while we are at Professor Oak's ranch tomorrow." Said Ash's mother Delia Ketchum. "Aww mom can't I finish watching this battle? Pleeeeeeease!" Ash begged with his best puppy dog eyes. Delia sighed "After this battle you're going to sleep." "Thank you mom, you're the best!" Ash said as he ran up to his mother and gave her a kiss goodnight. As promised Ash watched the rest of the match and went to bed.

Ash woke up the next morning and went to the bathroom to do his morning routine of using the restroom and brushing his teeth. As soon as Ash came out the bathroom the aroma of breakfast hit his nose. Ash smelled the food and bolted down stairs straight into the kitchen. "Good morning Ashy-dear, I hope you're hungry I made eggs, bacon, hash browns, and oatmeal." "Everything you make is amazing mom!" Ash praised. Delia giggles, "Thank you Ashy, now eat your food while it's still hot. When your done eating we are going to Professor Oak's to visit." "Can I play with the Pokémon at the ranch?" Ash asked with a little bit of hope in his voice.

"You'll have to ask Professor Oak when we get there sweetie." Delia answered sweetly. Ash then gulped down his food in excitement and almost chocked once or twice in the process. When Ash finished getting dressed he ran upstairs to change out of his pajamas and into an outfit that consisted of blue denim shorts, a black T-shirt, and black crew socks with black and white tennis shoes. When Ash finished getting ready he ran downstairs to meet his already dressed mother. Delia wore a light purple skirt that stopped just above her knees, along with a white blouse and a pink sweater over the blouse. We will only be at Professor Oak's ranch for a little while. I have to get to the restaurant soon. Delia runs a successful restaurant right next to the Ketchum residence.

The Ketchum's left their house and began their 10 minute walk to Professor Oak's ranch. They finally get to the steps in front of the door. Ash excitedly rings the doorbell and steps back to wait for someone to answer the door. About 30 seconds after they rang the doorbell they heard a faint voice come from the other side of the door. "I'm coming." The voice said. The door opened and a young girl around the age of 15 opened the door.

The girl had honey blonde hair that was held back with a green headband. She had a slender yet beautiful face, her emerald eyes complimented her face. She wore a green turtleneck and a white lab coat on top of the turtleneck. She had black slim fit jeans with black slip on shoes.

"Delia and Ash! Please come in, to what do we owe the pleasure?" Daisy asked sweetly. "I wanted to take Ashy to visit and was wondering if your grandfather would allow him to play with some of the Pokémon in the ranch."

"It shouldn't be a problem. Let me go find grandpa for you, make yourself at home while I look for him." Daisy told the two. Daisy left to find the elderly Professor while Delia and Ash sat down on the couch. The two waited for about 5 minutes before they heard two sets of footsteps coming from the hallway. "Ah Delia and Ash, how are you?" Asked the elderly Professor. Professor Oak was an elderly man at the age of 62. Professor Oak's has silver hair with small streaks of brown hair. He has a long white coat, underneath the coat is a Red polo shirt tucked inside of khaki pants. He also wears brown colored shoes.

"We are fine Samuel, we came by wondering if Ashy here could play with some of the Pokémon?"

" Of course he can, it's always a pleasure having Ash here, he is always a great help with feeding the

Pokémon and he seems to get along with almost every Pokémon here."

Professor Oak crouched down so he could be at eye level with Ash. "Would you like to help Daisy and I feed the Pokémon this morning? That's if it's alright with Delia." Ash's eyes sparkled with the opportunity to interact with all of the Pokémon. Ash turned to look at his mother with a hopeful look in his eyes. Delia giggled at her child's antics and responded with a smile "I don't see why not Samuel! Just please make sure he is safe."

"Of course my dear, besides I don't think Dragonite would let anything happen to him." Ever since Professor Oak's Dragonite and Ash met they've always had a close bond. Whenever Ash would come over to the ranch Dragonite would fly down from the mountains and to play with Ash despite its lazy nature. "Thank you mom! You're the best!" Ash excitedly thanked his mother while giving her the tightest hug he could muster. Ash let go and turned to the smiling Professor and his granddaughter.

"I'll go grab the food grandpa, I'll be right back." Daisy said. "Thank you dear" said the Professor. "We will go grab the Pokémon's food bowls" the Professor told his granddaughter. As soon as Ash and the Professor stepped outside they heard the sound of something flying. They looked to the sky and saw that it was Dragonite.

Dragonite stood at a massive nine feet tall. He is what scientist call a large sized Pokémon. ( A/N There are different classes of Pokémon sizes: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, Royal.) Dragonite was the second strongest Pokémon on Professor Oak's team from his time as Kanto's champion. The Professor reigned as champion for 15 years before resigning as champion and giving his title of champion to Lance. While Oak was champion he was never beaten. With his ruthless yet calculated battle style nobody ever beat him. His opponents never truly stood a chance, the closest anyone ever came to beating him was making Oak send out his Arcanine which was the Pokémon he always sent out third.

Dragonite came flying towards the group with something in his hands.

"Well well look who decided to make an appearance." The Professor said with a smirk. The dragon landed with a soft thud and a bit of dust was kicked up. The two could finally see what was in the dragons hands. The dragon nodded at the young boy completely ignoring his trainer. Professor Oak deadpanned at the fact that his own Pokémon completely ignored his presence. "Hello to you too Dragonite." The Professor said with a eye roll. The dragon looked at the elderly Professor and smirked and nodded his head at his trainer. "Hi Dragonite! My mom is letting me feed the Pokémon here while she goes to work at the restaurant." Ash said with a smile on his face. Dragonite grunted at the sound of doing work.

"Still as lazy as ever I see." Professor Oak sighed. Dragonite's stomach rumbles deeply. "I don't suppose you're hungry are you?" Asked Ash. Dragonite's eyes lit up and he nodded his head excitedly at the thought of food. The Professor could only shake his head at the dragon.

Professor Oak stepped closer the dragon and took a closer look at what his Dragonite was holding in his hands. "Is this what I think this is pal?" Asked Professor Oak. Dragonite looked at the Professor seriously and nodded his head. Dragonite handed Professor Oak the egg he was holding. "You know out of everyone on the team I have to say I didn't expect you to end up with an egg" Professor said to Dragonite. Dragonite looked annoyed with his trainer but he was proud nonetheless. "Don't worry pal, I'll make sure that they are safe. I'll personally make sure nothing happens to it" Professor Oak said with a smile. The Dragonite smiled at his trainer and gave him a nod of appreciation.

After the egg surprise Daisy came outside with the Pokémon food and they began to feed all of the Pokémon of the ranch. While they were feeding the Pokémon ash got curious and started to ask the professor questions about why some Pokémon live in certain areas and just general questions about Pokémon. Ash was clearly interested in the way Pokémon lived and how they interacted with each other. Professor Oak answered all the questions Ash threw at him with ease, but he answered him in such a way that a seven-year-old would understand. While Ash was asking questions, Professor Oak was beginning to have an interesting idea. The Professor knew how Ash wanted to be a Pokémon trainer when he became of age, so when his mother shows up to pick him up they will have a little 'talk'.

When the two finished feeding all of the Pokémon Ash went off the play with the Pokémon of the ranch. Professor Oak stood outside his lab door where Dragonite was currently laying on his side trying to take a nap. "You feel it too don't you pal" Professor Oak asked his Dragonite while looking at Ash. The giant dragon opened one of his eyes and looked at the Professor and nodded his head. "He is going to be special, I can feel it." Dragonite nodded his head at his trainers sentence and towards the boy. Dragonite sat up and looked at the egg that was in the incubator through the laboratory window and then back at Ash. Professor Oak noticed Dragonites gaze and puts the pieces together. "Are you thinking about giving Ash your child when it hatches?" Questioned the Professor. Dragonite looked at the Professor and showed all of his razor sharp teeth and a big grin. The two then turned to look at the young boy running and playing with a pack of Growlithe. "For some unknown reason he draws in everyone he meets." Dragonite grunted a chuckle in agreement. "I have no doubt in my mind that he will take great care in raising your child pal." Professor Oak turned to look at his Pokémon with a sincere look in his eyes. Dragonite looked at his trainer and nodded his head in agreement.

Later that day Delia came to pick up her son. As soon as she came into the lab Ash ran up to her and gave her a hug. "Hi Ashy! Did you have fun with Professor Oak and all of the Pokémon?""Yes I did mom!" It was then that Professor Oak walked around the corner of his lab. "Ah Delia May I talk to you for a second?" Asks the Professor. "Is there something wrong Samuel?" Asks a concerned Delia. "Oh no" Oak clarifies, "I actually want to talk about Ash for a second." Delia looked at Ash and gave him a look that said 'I'll be right back.' Delia then followed Professor Oak into the back room in his lab. When they got into the room Professor Oak closed the door behind them so they weren't overheard. Professor Oak looked at Delia and explained. "First to clarify everything, Ash hasn't done anything wrong." Delia let out a breath she wasn't aware that she was holding. "Ok then what do you want to talk about?" Asked Delia. "As you know Ash want to be a Pokémon trainer when he becomes of age." Delia nods her head signaling the professor to continue. "Well today while we were feeding the Pokémon I noticed that Ash naturally draws in Pokémon and while we were feeding the Pokémon he began to take interest in knowing Pokémon types, what they like to eat, and a number of other things every good trainer should know. The point I am trying to make is that I would like to teach Ash about Pokémon so he can be as prepared as possible for his journey." Oak explained. Delia thought about it for a second then began to smile. "Thank you Samuel! I'm sure Ash would love this opportunity. I can't wait to tell him!"

Delia excitedly left the room to tell her son. Professor Oak smiled and shook his head. The mother and son were more alike then he realized.

"Ashy! I have good news!" Delia said excitedly. Ash looked towards his mother in curiosity. "Samuel wants to teach you about Pokémon so you can be prepared for his journey!" Ash's eyes went wide and a smile stretched from ear to ear. "YOU MEAN IT! I'M GOING TO BE THE BEST POKÉMON MASTER EVER!" Ash screamed at the top of his lungs. Delia flinched at her sons loud voice but smiled at her sons excited outburst. Professor came into view and smiled. "Now lad I would like to start teaching you tomorrow if that's ok with your mother of course" Ash looked at Delia with pleading eyes. Delia smiled and nodded her head toward Ash. Ash jumped for joy before he ran and hugged both his mom and Professor Oak. "Then i hope you show up tomorrow ready to learn my boy!"

-Timeskip- (8 years)

Ash woke up up bright and early ready to start his journey to become the best. He felt something on the bed toward his feet and a teal colored dragon stretched lazily and then made eye contact with Ash. "Hey buddy! Today's the day. Are you ready for this?" said Ash with a determined fire in his eyes. The Dratini nodded his head with the same excitement as his friend. The two got out of bed and stretched their muscles. The two left Ash's room and went to the bathroom so Ash could brush his teeth and wash his face.

After Ash completed his morning hygienics, he got dressed in black running shorts, a red workout shirt, black ankle socks and black and red two boys the made their way outside to do their morning training. Their training included running for speed and stamina, move training for Dratini, strength training, and evasion training. As the two were training, Ash glanced at Dratini and began to reminisce on the day Dratini hatched.

-Flashback- (2 year ago)

Ash was at the lab studying with Professor Oak as he had been the past year. They were outside feeding the Pokémon with the Professor when they felt a tremor. Ash and the Professor looked at each other and immediately sighed. They already knew what this tremor was, some idiot of a trainer caught 30 Tauros and they always leave all 30 of them at the ranch. 'Some Pokémon must have startled them' thought Ash.

Oak took a deep breath in and made a sharp loud whistle. Within moments they heard something running towards the group. They turned to see a good sized Arcanine running towards them. No matter how many times Ash saw the canine he always got an excited look in his eyes. After the first time Ash saw the canine he immediately knew that he had to have one on his future team.

The canine finally stopped in front of the elderly man. "Hey pal, the tauros are running wild again, can you help us out?" Asked the Professor. Arcanine gave an affirmative bark and ran off to herd the bulls.

While Arcanine was herding the Tauros a single Tauros separated from the group and started heading towards the lab. Ash was first to act on the bull running towards the lab to attempt to stop the bull. "STOOOP!" Screamed Ash towards the charging bull. The yell fell on deaf ears as the bull continued charging towards the lab. The Tauros was about to run into the wall when he suddenly stopped and was encased in a blue glow and began to float. 20 seconds later Ash caught up to the Tauros, another 15 seconds later Professor oak caught up. "Go ahead and send him to the rest of his herd." Said the Professor to seemingly nobody. Ash looked at the Professor in a confused manner. The Professor looked at the boy and saw the question in his eyes. "I was asking Alakazam to return the Tauros back to his herd.

Ash satisfied with the Professors answer. Suddenly they heard a beeping noise come from the lab. The both knew that it had to be the egg as it had been showing signs that it would hatch soon for the past two weeks. They all ran to where the incubator was and saw the flashing egg. "Alakazam call for Dragonite, his egg is hatching" the Professor felt an affirmative in his head. They group all heard a monstrous roar and a sonic boom. Seconds later they heard a loud thud outside. Ash ran to open the door for Dragonite. Dragonite came into the room and nodded his head at Ash and went to where everyone else was. Dragonite and Ash walked forward so that they would be the first thing that the egg saw. They watched the egg flash white for another minute before the egg began to glow a blinding white, the light was so bright everyone in the room had to look away. The egg then began to crack all over. Once the light died down a piece of egg broke off of the egg. More and more pieces broke off until eventually a teal colored Dratini popped his head out of the egg and looked around. His eyes finally landed on Dragonite. The Dragonite looked at his son with such pride it almost brought tears to his eye. The two stared at each other before the newborn Dratini bowed his head in respect of the alpha dragon. Dragonite and Dratini conversed for a minute and eventually Dragonite made a soft bellow and motioned for Ash to come closer. Ash picked up on the motion and walked up to Dratini. Dratini turned his head and stared at Ash in judgment. "Ash be still, he is trying to judge if you are worthy to be his trainer. Pseudo-legendaries are extremely prideful Pokémon and if they feel that you aren't worthy then they won't listen to you whatsoever." Said Professor Oak. Ash nodded his head at the professors statement. Dratini eyed Ash for 30 seconds before putting a smile on his face and coiled around Ash's body and placing his head on his shoulder.

The Professor began to observe the newborn Pokémon with interest. "Your son seems to be very healthy. Judging from his current length he should be quite large by the time he is fully evolved." said Professor with interest. Dragonite looked at his son and could sense a strong power deep inside of his son. Dragonite leaned down to his sons eye level. The Dratini rose his head from Ash's shoulder so he could look into his father's eyes. The two had a silent conversation for about two minutes. "What do you think they are doing Professor?" Asked Ash. "My boy I don't know." Answered the Professor.

After awhile the Dratini bowed his head to show respect to the stronger dragon that was his father.

When the day was over Professor and Dragonite gave the 'ok' to take Dratini home with him.

-Flashback ends-

Since that day the two pretty much became inseparable, Ash and Dratini did everything together. They ate together, played together, trained together, studied together, and like any pair of bestfriends they also argued.

Ash stood at 5'10 and had a rather athletic build from working with the Pokémon at the lab and from training. Ash's hair had grown just below his shoulder blades, he lets his hair fall freely down his back. Although it was still very messy it was at least slightly easier to control. Dratini had grown from birth and was now 6 1/2 feet long. The dragon weighed about 30 pounds.

After The two finished their morning training they made their way back to the house so they could wash up. When the two walked in the house they were welcomed with the sight of Delia making the two breakfast. "Hey boys, breakfast is almost ready. Go shower and by the time you're done breakfast will be ready." The boys nodded and went upstairs. Ash stripped down to his boxers and threw his dirty workout clothes into his dirty clothes hamper for the last time for a long time. He grabbed his traveling clothes that his mom bought for him. Ash then went to take his last shower in his bathroom for a long time. After ash got out of the shower he put on his new traveling clothes. He wore a white t-shirt that showed Ash's well toned body, a black button up jacket that he left unbuttoned, slim fit denim jeans, black crew socks, black and white shoes, and finally his favorite hat. After Ash was dressed and ready for breakfast he and Dratini headed down stairs in which they were met with a hypnotizing aroma of breakfast. Delia looked towards the two and smiled. "The food is finished! Go ahead and have a seat and I'll plate the food."

Ash quickly sat at the table and placed Dratini next to him in front of a empty Pokémon bowl. Delia gave Dratini some Pokémon food and the dragon immediately began to demolish his food. Dratini quickly learned that Delia was an amazing cook when he first came home with Ash.

Delia then gave Ash a plate that had two waffles, eggs, and some sausage. Delia then sat down and began to eat her breakfast. Ash started to demolish his food with vigor. Delia looked at her son and saw how he was eating. Delia then gave a dangerous glare at Ash, "Boys what have I told you about table manners." Ash and Dratini both gulped the food that was in their mouths and shrank back. "Sorry" Ash uttered in fright. His mother was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet but when she got pissed off she was scarier than an angry Hydreigon.

Ash and Dratini immediately slowed down and began eating properly. Eventually everyone finished eating and they sat there in silence. They all know that Ash and Dratini would be leaving for their journey today. Delia then broke the silence. "Are you ready for your journey?" "Yea, I triple checked last night to make sure I have everything that I would need."

"That's good sweetie, you should hurry along so you aren't late to see Professor Oak." Said Delia. Ash looked at his mother for a second before smiling and nodding. Dratini then coiled around Ash's body and finally placed his head on Ash's shoulder. The boy then got up and left to the professor's lab.

"Can you believe that we are about to leave on a journey bud?" Ash asked rhetorically. Dratini shook his head then out his head on Ash's shoulder In an attempt to take a nap. Ash just rolled his eyes at his best friends antics. "You've always been a lazy little dragon haven't you" Ash laughed.

As they approached the professor's lab they saw a crowd outside with a red convertible filled with cheerleaders.

Ash made his way through the crowd to see Gary Oak walking down the steps. As Gary got to the last few steps he and Ash made eye contact and froze. Gary then put an arrogant smile on his face, he knew Ash hated when he made this face. "Well well well, look who finally decided to show up. Unfortunately for you I got the best starter." Gary said arrogantly. Ash and Dratini made an attempt to ignore the boy and began to make their way past Gary. Ash knew better than to let Gary get under his skin. Ash was halfway up the stairs when he heard something that made his blood boil. "You and your pathetic little dragon will always be second rate."

Ash was fine with Gary insulting him, but when he insulted his friends he tended to go a bit overboard. As Ash turned around to do something he heard a voice behind him. "Now Gary that's enough! Just because you are my grandson does not mean you can go around acting however you want to anyone." Professor Oak said sternly. Gary grit his teeth at his grandfather's words and turned away. Gary hopped into the passenger seat of the red convertible with all the cheerleaders and drove off.

Professor Oak sighed, "That grandson of mine is incredibly smart but he lets the fact that he is my grandson get to his head." The Professor looked down to Ash and gave him an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry about his behavior Ash."

"Don't worry about it Professor, let's just go inside." Said Ash. The two walked inside and headed towards the back of the lab. Professor Oak turned to Ash, "According to league policy I have to give you a Pokédex and 10 pokéballs." The Professor turned around and handed him a Black Pokédex with a white trim. He then handed Ash 10 standard pokéballs. "I actually have something else to give you, let me grab it." The Professor said as he left the room. Ash turned to Dratini and asked "What do you think he is giving us?" Dratini tilted his head and made a confused cry telling his trainer that he didn't know either.

The two heard footsteps and looked to see the professor walking back with a small box in his hands. "This is a Transversal Anti-weight Box, or TAB for short. This box allows you to store a vast amount of things into it without weighing a thing." Oak explained. Oak turned to his couch and pressed a button on it and a laser shot towards the couch and it suddenly got sucked into the box as if a Pokémon were being recalled into their pokéball. Ash and Dratini's eyes widened in shock as the couch was now missing. "What just happened Professor?"

"I simply stored the couch into the TAB box, now if I press this button, scroll to where the couch icon is and click on it, the couch will it will reappear wherever I wish." Oak says as he pointed the box in the direction of where the couch previously was. Professor Oak presses the icon and a laser shot out and the couch materialized where it originally was. Ash and Dratini were amazed at the feat of this little box. Oak handed the box to Ash, "I want you to have this as thanks for helping out around the Lab and the ranch the past eight years." Oak says with an appreciative smile on his face. Ash stood there in shock for a second before smiling and accepting the gift. "Thank you so much Professor!" As said as he put the TAB into his backpack.

The two talked for another 10 minutes before Ash decided that it was time to head to his mother's restaurant to say bye to his mother. "Alright Ash my boy, it seems like you have everything you need to go on your journey." The Professor said. "Yup I only have to do one more thing before I go say bye to my mom." Ash then walks out back towards the ranch to see Dragonite outside waiting on him. Dratini uncoiled himself from Ash's body and slithered up to his father.

Dragonite picked his son up and embraced him. Dratini nuzzled into his father's neck. This would be the last time they would see each other for a long while. Dragonite made a soft bellow to his son and made a gesture to Ash implying it is Dratini's job to protect Ash. Dratini got a determined look in his eye and nodded with vigor.

Professor Oak and Ash stood back and watched the precious moment between father and son saying goodbye. Once they were done Dratini slithered up to Ash and looked at him. The young dragon pointed his tail at the empty pokéballs on Ash's belt. Ash fell down anime style because he realized he never officially caught Dratini. Ash then pulled out a pokeball and tapped Dratini on his head. The Dratini was the sucked into the pokéball and it instantly dinged in success. Dratini immediately released himself and coiled back around Ash placing his head on Ash's shoulder. His Pokédex then lit up and processed the information.

Dratini, the Dragon Pokémon. Dratini sheds its skin as it grows, often doing so while hidden behind large powerful : MaleAbilities: Shed Skin, Marvel Scale (Hidden ability)Moves Known: Wrap, Growl, Twister, Dragon Rage, Thunder WaveEgg moves: Dragon Rush, Extreme Speed *Both moves are locked*Size: large

"Looks like the your dream of being the strongest dragon isn't far off" Ash said jokingly with a small smile. Dragonite sweat dropped at the young boys words.

The boys left Professor Oak's lab to head to Delia's restaurant next to the Ketchum residence. Ash walked in the door and a bell jingled signaling someone either can in or out the restaurant. "Welcome to Delia's-" Delia began before she saw who came in. "Oh hey Ashy!" Delia said cheerily, "Im assuming that you're ready to head off?" Delia said in a cheery tone in an attempt to hide that she was going to miss him terribly. She knew that if she showed him how sad she was that he was leaving then he would probably stay with her. She didn't want to hold her son back from achieving his dream of being a Pokémon master. "Yea, I just came by to say bye before I left." As much as Delia tried to hold it in, she finally broke and a few tears managed to escape her eyes as she ran up to hug her baby boy. "I'm going to miss you so much Ashy." Delia said while trying to hold in her tears but failing miserably. "I'm going to miss you to mom" Ash said while on the brink of tears.

"Promise you'll call every time you get to a new city?"

"I Promise"

Delia looked at Dratini and said "Please take care of my baby, he is the only one I got." Dratini nodded his head and allowed Delia to rub his head.

After the the heartfelt goodbye Ash and Dratini began to make their way to Viridian City. The two were on the outskirts of Pallet when Ash looked back one last time before turning around to head into route 1.

The two were walking for about five hours before they came upon small clearing that had a good sized pond near it. "Hey Dratini we should probably start training, if I remember correctly the first gym leader is Brock. From what the pokédex database says he specializes in rock type pokémon." Ash said to his partner. "Let me look at what moves you can learn that will help us against his gym. Ash pulled out his Pokédex and started typing. Ash looked at the Pokédex for about three minutes before deciding what moves would be best for the gym. Ash looked at the dragon in front of him and smiled. "Okay bud I want you to try to start learning Iron Tail. It will be a nasty little surprise for those rocks at his gym." Ash said with a devious smile. Dratini nodded his head. "Now the Pokédex said a good way to begin to harness steel type energy in your tail is to try and break rocks with it." Ash looked around until he found a good sized boulder.

"Alright bud I want you to try and break that rock with your tail. The Pokédex said that after awhile your tail will begin to adapt to hitting the rock and will begin to coat your tail in steel type energy." Dratini nodded his head and slithered to the boulder to begin his training. Ash smiled at the young dragon training. 'As lazy as he is, he is taking this training pretty seriously.' Ash thought to himself.

Ash decided since his Pokémon is training that he should probably train his body as well. So he dropped his backpack near a tree that is within eyesight. He then dropped down to do some push ups and sit-ups. Ash did push ups until he couldn't lift himself up anymore followed by different variations of sit ups. After the sit-ups he decided to work on his cardio and started to run around the clearing. Dratini was busy slamming his tail into the boulder, he beginning to make some progress with his new move. He could see small glimpses of metallic energy forming on parts of his tail. While he was hitting the boulder he caught a glance of Ash training alongside of him. Seeing Ash training next to him lit a fire under Dratini.

From that moment Dratini decided that with Ash is his trainer he will become the strongest Dragonite the world has ever seen. While the two were training a pair of eyes were watching them the entire time trying to decide if they should make themself known to the two.

The two trained for two hours with short breaks every now and then before they decided that it was time for lunch. The two walked (or slithered) to the backpack and plopped down in front of the backpack in exhaustion. Ash began to dig inside of his back in search of some food. He pulled out Dratini's food bowl and grabbed some special food that he learned how to make during his time with Professor Oak. The food Ash pulled out was specifically for dragon types. Oak made sure that Ash knew how to make food nutritious for his future team. Delia made sure to teach Ash how to make food taste delicious. With those two teaching him, there was no way that he could mess up.

Ash pulled out some berries that were in his bag and mixed it in with Dratini's food and gave it to the young Dagon. Dratini dove face first into his bowl and began to devour the food at an insane pace. Ash chuckled at his pseudo-brothers antics. The young dragon had picked up on his trainers horrible eating habits.

Ash pulled out a cheese sandwich and began to eat. The two finished eating and laid down. Dratini coiled in a spot that had sunlight that was near ash and went to sleep. Ash softly smiled at his starter. Ash then noticed that their was a bruise on Dratini's tail. He stood up and quietly as possible, careful not to wake up his Dratini, and went into his backpack to grab the TAB and then walked into the bushes to see if he could find some berries. Oak taught him that berries can be used for a variety of things such as ointments, medicine, and food. Ash walked around for five minutes until he found another clearing that was filled with berries galore. There were Sitrus berries, Oran berries, Rawst berries, Persim berries, Pecha berries, Lum berries, Leppa berries, Chesto berries, Cheri berries, and Aspear berries. There were a number of Pidgey , Caterpie, and Rattata happily eating the berries until they caught sight of Ash and froze. Ash stared at all the Pokémon and they stared back at Ash. Ash slowly raised his hands to show that he meant no harm. The Pokémon eyed Ash for another a couple of seconds before turning back cautiously to continue eating their food. Ash opened the TAB and began to put some of each kind of berry into it. Once Ash felt like he had enough to last him a while he closed the tab and turned to leave. Unaware to him the same pair of eyes that was watching him and Dratini train was still watching him from a distance.

Ash got back to where Dratini was sleeping and sat down next to the young dragon. Ash pulled out a bowl from his backpack and placed an Oarn and Sitrus berry into it. He began to crush the berries until it was a smooth paste. "Hey buddy can you come here for a second?" Asked Ash. Dratini raised his head sleepily and slithered towards his trainer. "Let me see your tail." Said Ash. Dratini complied with a hint of curiosity. Ash put some of the paste in his hands and began to rub it on the bruised area of Dratini's tail. Ash then massaged the berry paste into Dratini's scales. Dratini let out a sigh of pleasure mixed with relief. When the paste wasn't visible on his scales anymore Ash gave Dratini a small pat to tell him he was done.

Dratini gave Ash a look asking 'Where did you learn that?' "Professor Oak showed me that berries can be used for a lot of different things. In this case, I just crushed up some berries and massaged this into the part of your tail that was bruised. I just want to make sure that you stay healthy and in top condition." Answered Ash. After seeing how much care Ash has for Dratini the pair of eyes decided that this human was the one. Dratini raised his head quickly in alert ready to fight whatever was coming out of the bushes. Dratini began to growl threateningly at whatever was coming out of the bushes. Ash stood up and narrowed his eyes in the direction Dratini is glaring at. Dratini tensed up in preparation for whatever was coming.

Suddenly something came out of the bushes.

Well that's the first chapter. I wonder if you guys will be able to guess who will be his second Pokémon. Anyways enjoy your day! Until next time.