The Hidden Face of: Pokemon World – The Growth of The Chosen One

Hello all, thanks for reading this story. As this story will be the first of many, I have to explain things correctly, so I have to write a rather unusually long Author Note on what this will be about. Sorry for this, but this is needed to make things clear.

DEFINITION: "The Hidden Face of" first began as a RPG in a RP club and was about covering the stories of my avatar who has a special power: he can travel through every world, even fictional ones. He would then influence the worlds where he travels, from minor changes to major ones. His power ensures he can not be "caught on tape" and will then never be shown on TV in the Real World, neither in manga, etc. It turned out that "The Hidden Face of" will eventually be a series of fictions in many worlds, each time covering the stories of my avatar through these worlds, and the stories of the characters he will help (it will often be the main character).

Only little information is known of this avatar: his name is William and his age will vary within the series but it will always be around 15-25, but you will guess yourself depending on the story. Other avatar's information will be disclosed during the series.

The first "The Hidden Face of" will cover Pokemon, and more particularly Ash's quest. There will be at first 4 stories which will all be linked each other. This one will be the "Main" story, it will then be followed by a "First Sequel", then a "Prequel", and then a "Second Sequel". (The "First Sequel" will not wait the end of this story to start though). The "Main" story will follow the Anime.

What I mean is that whatever you see in the Anime happens also in this story, sometimes with some modifications (only minor/medium ones, I won't make Ash winner of a league he lost for example, this will be for the Sequels), but it will cover things that happened in Ash's quest that was not covered by the Anime, and in fact, almost anything can happen (we already see this during Pokemon movies). I will do my best to avoid inconsistencies between Anime and chapters of this story, but it may need a little help from you sometimes. For example, if during a chapter occurring just after a Gym Battle in the Anime, I have Ash use Latias on a battle, this does not mean Ash have caught Latias between this Gym Battle and the beginning of the chapter. He may have had her before but not used her on this Gym Battle. But do not worry, I already have a way to allow Ash use legendaries sometimes without having inconsistencies with the Anime.

In these stories, I will cover Ash being The Chosen One, training with Aura, getting legendaries, forming a Harem and some other things you'll discover later. But those themes will be really stronger in the Sequels, but still covered in this one. The story will alternate between following William and following Ash, but as the two will always meet, this is more a detail.

In these stories, two Pokemon will be overpowered: William's Blaziken and Ash's Pikachu.

This story (the "Main" part of this "The Hidden Face of") will be the only one of this "The Hidden Face of" to not be completely in chronological order. The aim is to add stories between Anime episodes and sometimes replacing a few things in these episodes, so after a Kalos chapter, we could get a chapter consisting of a flashback on a thing which happened in Kanto for example. Due to this fact, this will be the story where I can accept many requests, since we can add many chapters at many moments of Ash's quest, but obviously not all requests may be accepted.

You should also know that theses 4 stories will be a whole, and that the thrust/main plot covering the four is already written. I will not spoil you though, but I will give some hints during the stories.

CONTEXT: This story (the "Main" part of this "The Hidden Face of") will cover the stories of William traveling through the Pokemon World during the Anime plot, and Ash's quest. William will always meet Ash's group and they will interact strongly. In this story, William will be like the player on the games, all games in one, this means that he his the Champion of each region and will have all legendaries, but it won't stop Ash from getting them, you will soon discover what I mean.

The reason of William's traveling through the Pokemon World, why he "took-over" the world and why he always meet Ash will be fully disclosed at the end of the "Prequel", if you have not guessed it before with the help of the hints I will leave in the stories. In order to make the Champion title less useless (due to the fact that William is Champion of each region), there will be a "Champion duo" on each region: the main one and the secondary one (to not have inconsistencies with the Anime, we will simply say people in the Anime always refer secondary Champions as Champions, because the main Champion is the same for each region). Duo will be :

Region : Main/Secondary

Kanto : William/Lance

Orange islands : Ash/Drake (since this is not an official league, William is not the champion of this one)

Johto : William/Lance

Hoenn : William/Steven

Kanto's Battle Frontier : Ash/Brandon (again, not an official league)

Sinnoh : William/Cynthia

Unova : William/Alder

Kalos : William/Diantha

Just before starting, I'd like to thank LiquidPhazon, JTZ29 and BlueKing35, their stories gave me the idea of posting mines here.

Thanks for reading this Author Note, here we start!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Code:

"Speech"

"Thought"

PokeAttack/Narrative important information

"Telepathy"

Prologue: The Fateful Encounter

Pallet Town

"So this is here and now Ash will begin his journey… It has been a long time since I came here. I really hope everything will work as intended" William thought, thinking back to what happened when he last came here.

Flashback, 3 years ago

"What a beautiful day" William said as he walked through Pallet Town, he then stopped in front of a house and came closer to it, but in a hiding place where he couldn't be seen. He then saw a raven-haired boy playing on the garden with his mother, another child and a man.

"I'd like to take a toast to celebrate our friend's 7th birthday, it's a really important date as now he has the age of reason" the man said.

"Happy birthday Ash!" anyone replied, looking at the boy, who was happy.

William kept looking at them as they played during all the afternoon. After a few hours, the man stood up and said "It was a great day, I have to leave know, I have an important appointment in half an hour, I can not stay more. Gary, see you tomorrow, have fun but do not break anything in Mrs. Ketchum house tonight."

"Goodbye Professor Oak" Ash and Delia replied.

"Goodbye grandpa, see you tomorrow" Gary replied.

The man then left the house, heading back to his laboratory.

"Let's get our appointment, Professor" William thought, heading to Oak's lab.

Oak's Laboratory, still flashback

"Good evening, Professor Samuel Oak" William said, greeting the Professor.

"Good evening, William" Oak replied, then continuing "I must say that it's not every day that a Champion comes to visit me in my laboratory."

"What do you know about me?" William asked, confusing Professor Oak.

"Well, I know you were recently crowned Champion of Hoenn. I heard rumors saying that your Blaziken is undefeated yet and there is also rumors saying you caught Hoenn's legendaries" Oak replied, a little confused by the question.

"Well… I have a few things I must tell you Professor, it's really important" William said, knowing that what he was going to say would change Professor Oak's life.

Flashback over

In his room, Ash was dreaming of the Pokemon who was going to be his starter, the one who will accompany him during all his journeys, the one who will be his partner and with who he will win and become… A Pokemon Master. However, he was far from imagining what awaited him.

William, heading to Professor Oak's laboratory, walked over Ash's house and thought "Continue to dream Ash, you will be surprised Squirtle will already be taken, then that Bulbasaur and Charmander as well. You may be disappointed at first to have Pikachu as your starter, but soon you will realize that you would never have wanted it any other way. Your adventures together will create such a wonderful bond, a powerful bond that nothing can ever break it". Then he went to hide in Professor Oak's laboratory to see what will happen.

Oak's Lab

"Good morning Sam, today is the big day" William said.

"Good morning William, you're right, everything should be fine, Ash will most likely come last. Gary should come in a few minutes." Oak replied.

"OK, I will hide in the back room then. See you later!" William told.

10 minutes later

"Hey grandpa, I'm here!" Gary said, with a confident tone.

"Gary! Are you ready to get your first Pokemon?" Oak said.

"Of course! I've already thought everything about this day a long time ago! From my starter choice to the route to follow and even what Pokemon I want to catch!" Gary replied with proud and overconfidence.

"All right, then choose your Pokemon" Oak replied with a nod.

"I thought and thought again about this choice but now I know this is the right choice. Squirtle, go!" Gary said as he took Squirtle's Pokeball and released him.

"Squirtle, my name is Gary. From now on, you're my Pokemon. My first Pokemon. Are you ready to go?" Gary said as he introduced himself to his new Pokemon.

"Squirtle" Squirtle nodded.

"Right, return then, let's start this journey!" Gary replied as he returned Squirtle.

"All right Gary, now here are your 5 Pokeballs and your Pokedex. I suppose I don't have to teach you how they work?" Oak replied, giving the Pokeballs and the Pokedex to Gary.

"Of course not!" Gary replied as he took the items and exited the laboratory. He was then immediately grabbed by journalists who wanted to interview the grandson of Professor Oak, and knew he would have to wait for a while before he could begin his journey.

"OK, Gary done, only two more now before Ash can step in" William thought as he watched the scene, hidden in the back room.

1 hour later

"1 choose Charmander"

"And me Bulbasaur" two young trainers from Pallet said, happy to receive their first Pokemon. They then got their Pokeballs and Pokedex and exited the lab.

"It seems that everything went as planned" Oak said, speaking to someone not in the room.

"Yes, you know what you have to do now. I have to go now, I need to reach Viridian City where I will wait for Ash. Thank you Sam, see you soon!" William replied as he returned from the back room.

"No problem, see you soon!" Oak replied.

2 hours later

We now see Ash getting out of his bed and running to Oak's laboratory in its pajamas but he crashed into Gary. After a short chat with him, he entered the lab. He tried to get Squirtle, then Bulbasaur and then Charmander. Unfortunately for him, all three were already taken, leaving a disappointed Ash.

Oak then gave a Pikachu to Ash, and he soon received his first Thunder Shock from Pikachu. He then got his Pokeballs and his Pokedex, received a second Thunder Shock from Pikachu and exited the lab, to be cheered by Delia, his mother, and a little crowd from his neighborhood. After a little shameful talk with his mother, he prepared to left, but was not able to get his Pikachu to return to his Pokeball. Ash, along with the crowd, received a third Thunder Shock from Pikachu.

"I begin to understand what William meant by 'Having Pikachu will be difficult at first for Ash'" Oak thought.

Ash then left Pallet Town, heading to Viridian City.

Time skip, to Viridian City

Ash, running to the Pokemon Center, was interrupted by Officer Jenny. After a short talk, they headed in bike to the Pokemon Center, leaving an enraged Misty with her broken bicycle just behind. They soon got to the Pokemon Center doing a rather sensational biked-entrance. The Nurse Joy took Pikachu to heal him. Ash then left to the waiting room where he called his mother. After this call, the Professor Oak called the Pokemon Center and had a discussion with Ash, it was a great call, but Oak did not believe Ash when he said he saw a flying Pokemon, pointing a drawing of Articuno. After this call, someone who heard everything went by Ash's side.

"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" William said, with a little smirk.

"What?" Ash replied, confused.

"Nothing, never mind". "I should refrain myself from making those pointless references… Only I can understand them in this world..." William thought.

"Wait wait, aren't you William? The main champion of every leagues? Everyone call you 'The Ultimate Master'! I saw you many times on the TV when you were fighting. It was really impressive!" Ash said with an excited tone.

"Yes, you're right, and you're Ash right?" William replied.

"How do you know my name?" Ash asked, confused.

"I heard your phone call with Professor Oak. You spoke about a flying Pokemon who looked-like this Pokemon right?" William asked, pointing the drawing of Articuno.

"Yes, but it was not exactly like this, he was more like a golden one. But Professor Oak seems to think I was wrong as he said there is no way I could see such a Pokemon, right after the beginning of my journey moreover" Ash replied, still thinking about what he saw.

"Oh, you may have seen Ho-Oh in this case." William replied.

"Ho-Oh?" Ash asked, confused.

"Yes, Ho-Oh, he his a legendary Pokemon from the Johto region. You know, there is an ancient legend which states that someone who see Ho-Oh right after the beginning of his journey is destined to do great things. I think this legend is true. You will become a Pokemon Master one day. Just take the very best out of you!" William replied excited.

"Do, do you really think so?" Ash asked, astonished.

"Yes. You've got something special, I can feel it. In fact, I want to ask you something. Would you become my apprentice?" William asked, setting up his plan.

"What? Me? Your apprentice? I mean, I just began my journey." Ash replied, completely shocked.

"Look, I may be the ultimate champion, I still have many things to do, so I need to travel. I can not travel with you as I'm busy, but I know we can meet frequently when traveling. Then, we can travel together for a short time, and during these times, I can help you to train, teach you a lot of things you will need to know, etc. I think it could really benefit both of us. You will learn many things and I will have the opportunity to share my experience with someone" William replied with an excited tone.

"It would be wonderful! I can't wait to start!" Ash replied, with amazement in his eyes.

"Hmm, Misty will head here soon, then Team Rocket, I should leave by now. It is important that Ash is alone during his first encounter with Misty and with Team Rocket." William thought.

"I'm afraid it won't be for today Ash, I have to go right now, but as I said, we'll meet again soon, and then, we'll start training together." William said.

"Oh, OK, see you soon then" Ash said with a disappointed tone.

"Goodbye, … Chosen One" William said as he exited the Pokemon Center.

"How did he just called me?!" Ash thought, not understanding.

As William exited the Pokemon Center, he knew that his plan was now set up, and that the most important adventure was going to start.

End of prologue.

Thanks for reading this story so far. I know the prologue is a little short and that I skipped most of Ash's POV during this chapter, but we all already know what happened to Ash during these skips as it's the same of the Anime's two first episodes. In other chapters, Ash's POV and William's POV will be more balanced. As we're in Christmas, next chapter will be a chapter about Christmas and will profit to set up an important point of the story which will often be used after. Update should be out soon so stay tuned (you can follow the story to stay tuned).

I'm open to any constructive review, you can also ask me question via PM, and requests via PM/reviews. I put a M rating on the story because Ash will create a Harem and even if it will be more developed in the Sequels, there will still be some lemons across this story.

I may take beta-readers for the story, and I may even choose between beta-readers one or two who will get the entire plot of the four stories so they could beta-read with a more general point of view.