They never knew that they were destined to save to world from brink of terror and destruction.

And for some of them, they never could have dreamed of the power that slept, untampered with, inside them.

All they knew, was if they didn't get home in five minutes, they'd be dead.

"Come on! We are almost there!" Ash Ketchum shouted to his panting companions. Ash was your regular Pokemon Trainer, the only difference was that he could kick serious butt. He wore the usual red hat and a spiky black hair revealed itself underneath it. With a green back bumping up and down on his back, a dark blue and yellow vest, white sleeved collar shirt underneath and light blue jeans, he was naturally one of you annoying but favorite hero's.

"Ash, whats the big hurry anyways?" May Maple (Authors Note-a million stars for anyone that can come up with May's real last name.) wined, out of breath. May was the only girl in the group, but she didn't mind. With her red bandanna keeping her two light brown ponytails under control, she could enjoy Brock's cooking, Ash's battling and teasing Max. She wore a red short sleeved shirt, with a white upper circle around her shoulders, a white skirt that flared out some and a yellow pack that strapped around her waist, holding her pokeball's and other useful items.

"Yeah, Ash! Can't we stop for a minute to rest? We've been running for ages!" Max Maple, May's little brother complained. He had grown up since their last year together in the Kanto Region, only a few inches shorter than May. Wearing his green jacket, collars up half way zipped, and mid length sleeves on top of a long sleeved white shirt along with slightly baggy brown shorts. He readjusted the same thick frame glasses and pushed the black hair out of his eyes ass he continued to run. The red backpack that bounced on his back held the few personal belongings Max had instead taking on their next journey together, including the PokeNav that was given to him as a gift, and his first capture Pokemon, Ralts.

"Look! There it is! We're gonna make it, whatever it is!" Brock Rockling cried hopefully, trying to cheer them up. Being the oldest, he felt his duty to look after all three of them. With a couple of inched on Ash, he was also the tallest. He had short brown hair, and tan skin. Wearing his normal dark green polo shirt and a orange and brown vest unzipped and light brown pants, he mentally cursed the load he carried on his back (pots and pans people). He was training, not to be a Pokemon Master, but a Pokemon Breeder. One of the advantages with traveling with two Pokemon Trainers? Can you say a lot of Nurse Joys?

They never knew of the dangers they would have to defeat.

After A year with Dawn, Ash and Brock wished her the best, but were going different ways. But they did leave Dawn in good hands, her number one rival and childhood friend (authors note- don't know who that is yet!). May had traveled with Drew through Johto, and creamed the place, so naturally they got bored. The Ribbon Cup was disappointing, they flew through the rounds, until it was just Drew and her for the final round. In the end, Drew narrowly beat her, but by only one bar. Harsh? Yes, but May was given a smaller trophy for her hard work. On her way back home, May met up with Ash and Brock and talked over their new plans, and decided to travel together. Max caught up with them, finally old enough to start his own journey, and proudly showed them his Ralts, which he had went back for.

They planned on stopping at Ash's house, for his birthday (conventionally, yes. In my story, Today is his birthday but in real life, Ash's birthday is April 1, for real), stop by Cerleane City to see how Misty was doing, drop in La Crosse to pick up Drew, then head over to the newly discovered Ruby Region.

"I home!" Ash shouted, as he burst through his own front door. He looked around expectingly, but the house seemed abandoned.

"Mom? Hey Mom? Its Ash!" Ash yelled, quickly whipping off his shoes and walking into the kitchen, with May following.

"SURPRIZE!!!!!!"

May screamed and fell on her butt, as Ash let out a confused yell and shielded himself from the many people that appeared out of no where. Confetti and strips of paper fell on Ash and May.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!" Ash's mom, Professor Oak, Gary, Misty, Tracey, Drew, Professor Birch, May's mom and dad, Morrison, and Tyson were all there, most of the wearing party hats and laughing.

Brock helped May up as Max laughed at her. "You should have seen her face! It was hilarious!"

May folded her arms across her chest angrily. "You guys knew about this, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me?" May said hotly, embarrassed.

"Because they knew you couldn't keep a secret, May." Drew smirked and flicked his hair. May grabbed his party hat, pulled it back and let go of it, letting it hit his face.

They never knew it was coming, until it was there.

"Happy Birthday, Ash! I'm so proud of you!" His mom hugged him tightly as Ash sniffed the air. "Do I smell... food? Better yet, cake?"

Misty laughed at him. "We can't fool you, can we Ash? Alright, here you go!" She pulled out this huge chocolate cake and they all tried to sing happy birthday to him in tune, but it failed miserably.

"Alrighty then! Blow out your candles and make a wish!" Tracey said, camera ready. Ash took in a deep breath and Tracey got into a good position. Just as Ash was going to blow them out, Gary walked up behind him, and pushed his head into the cake. Gary, being the perfect guy he was, managed to grin and give a thumbs up just as Tracey took the picture.

He smirked. "Now that, was a Kodak Picture Perfect moment." It was dead silent, but then Morrison burst out laughing. Ash slowly raised his head, completely covered with icing and bits of cake and turned to Gary. He raised his hand and wiped the cake off his face, resoluting in a handful of gooey cake. Before Gary could react, Ash stood up and slammed it into his face.

Morrison, by now, was turning a dangerous shade of red and was rolling around on the floor. Ash turned to him, scooped up another chunk of cake in his hand, and threw it at Morrison. Unfortunately for him, he missed and instead, it hit Misty square in the face.

"Oh!!!!! Your in trouble now, Ash!" May giggled.

Professor Oak tugged on Ash's mom's sleeve, and once he caught her attention, he pointed at the back door. Ash's mom tried not to smile, and motioned to the other three adults to take cover outside. They sneakily snook out of the house and into the backyard, where a buffet was already set up, and sat down with their dinner talking about things that grown up talk about.

They never knew it was going to change them forever.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Ash had somehow managed to hit every single kid (9 total not including Ash) and there was a full out war. They had split up into two teams: Gary, Misty, Brock, Max, Morrison, Tyson, May, and Drew on one team, and Ash on the other. Tracey insisted not taking part, claiming that it was a perfect sketching moment. They turned the table over on its side, and grabbed the lids of pots for protection.

"What happens when we run out of cake?" Tyson panted as he threw a handful of cake over to table.

May turned to him and grinned. "We'll find something else to throw." Then, a handful of cake was slapped into her mouth.

"Opps. Sorry about that. I was distracted by that lame solution." Drew smirked, removing his hand from her mouth. May glared at him, and tried to say something, but could only manage to spray cake crumbs everywhere. Before they knew it, May and Drew were fighting each other. And of course, they never hit each other but instead hit everyone else with cake accidentally. So finally, it turned into every man for himself. Most of the time, when they weren't hiding behind the table, they were slipping across the floor.

By the time Professor Oak and Mays dad checked up on them, everyone had cake streaked on the clothes and face, bumps and bruises from slipping on their butt, and had tear streaks down their face from laughing so much. They all went outside, had the adults laugh at them, and chowed down on the rest of the food. ("Hey Ash! I bet I can eat more hot dogs than you!" "Yah right, Morrison!") and the rest of the evening was filled with fireworks, laughing and loads of fun.

They never knew their friendships with one another would be tested to the limit.

-OoO-

"That was so much fun! The best birthday I have ever had, that's for sure!" Ash sighed happily, laying back on the soft grass, and staring up at the stars.

"I'll say! I've never see someone eat all that food!" Max laughed, as Ash turned slightly green. Tyson, Gary, Morrison, Tracey, May's Mom and Dad, Professor Oak and Birch and Misty had all head home, leaving Brock, May, Drew, Ash and Max to do all the dishes and to clean up the kitchen. After a good hour an a half, they finally finished and flopped outside on the grass, before heading to bed.

"Pica! Pica!" Picachu rubbed Ash's cheek lovingly, wishing him a happy birthday in his own way.

"It's beautiful tonight..." Drew said, staring up at the sky.

"Yeah... I know what you mean. We always had trees or buildings blocking our view, but now we can see the whole sky..." May smiled, looking up at the sky with awe.

"We setting off in the mourning, right?" Brock asked, his hands behind his head as he laid back.

Ash looked up at the stars, a determined look in his eye. "Yeah, Ruby Region, here we come!"

They never would get that far.

"I have packed enough food for a long time." Brock said cheerfully.

"Professor Oak upgraded my Pokenav and May's PokeDex!" Max chipped it.

"Me and Ash's too, Max." Drew said lazily.

"And all of our Pokemon are in tip-top shape!" May smiled.

"I'm so excited! Maybe I'll even enter some contests, then May, you and me can face off!" Max grinned.

"Not if I get to her first." Drew smirked and flicked his hair.

"Yeah? Who cares! I'll take you both on! But don't come crying to me when I beat you!" May smiled as Brock laughed.

"This is going to be like nothing else I've experienced having all of these rivals!"

How right he was.

"Come on you guys. We better head to bed before we fall asleep out here." May said, standing up.

"Yeah, she's right. We've got our new adventure starting tomorrow, so rest up!" Brock grinned, standing up also.

Ash yawned. "It'll be nice to sleep in my own bed tonight." He said tiredly, dragging his feet towards his house.

"It'll be nice to be in a bed, period." Drew corrected, stretching out before following Ash.

"Hey, wait up you guys!" Max went running after the boys, as May stayed behind, still looking up at the stars. She was looking at one in particular, it looked way brighter than the others. Then she gasped and frowned up at the now empty spot. The star had blinked out. She shook her head, thinking she was just tired and seeing things, and headed for the house. If only she knew that she had not imagined it...

And that one of their number, would not be returning to Ash's house... one would have to sacrifice their own life, to bring the world out of the dark ages.

But who?

-OoO-

Haha! So, that concludes my intro. I told you before, this is going to be like nothing else I've ever written! It's going to be funny, but full of darkness, danger, love, fights, and maybe a little bit of blood (not too much though, or I'll get sick ) It's also going to be real long!

It's going to be something, I just hope it'll be good.

Please review! I'll need every single one fo them to pull this one off!

And please don't expect it to be update very soon. I've got a lot of stories right now that need my attention.

So... thanks! I hope you continue to read this story!

-Back2Freestyle15