AN: Hello guys, this is my second story and the first with a co-writer! Come and introduce yourself!

K: Hey what's up. This is xKiritox here and none of you will know me. I'm here to help Shadow with this story and maybe I'll be help in other stories *mumbles* well so long as I survive being in the same room as her. Aaannnywwayy let's get going.

SV: Neither of us own Pokemon.

Oh, and so you know, "~~" is speech, '~~' is Pokespeech and '~~' is telepathy. Thoughts are in italics, like this. See you later!

Prologue.

Our story begins with a boy called Ash, and a pretty strange turn of events. Let's start with what happened. Little Ash was around two at the time, so he barely remembers these events. Sad too, as this is the same thing that turned his life completely around. A strange occurrence happened above Pallet Town, and it was one heck of a sight. Out of nowhere, the Pokemon known as Dialga and Palkia appeared and began to fight. The people of Pallet had no knowledge of these Pokemon, but as the town began to dissolve around them, the few trainers there began fighting them. It was barely causing a dent, and they kept battling. As hope was fading, Giratina appeared, again from nowhere, and caught them, making them stop fighting. Sadly, just before they were caught, Dialga used Roar of Time and Palkia Spacial Rend, ripping apart a void in the town. Ash's parents were caught by this and disappeared. At the time, no one noticed, so amazed by the sight before them. Giratina left too, and the rip was fixed by a Mew that had seen the last of the battle from the sky while passing over its favourite town in Kanto. The Mew took the form of Ash's mom, Delia, but couldn't make a replica of his dad, and it was believed, rightly, that he was killed. The Mew went into Ash's home and informed him of this occurrence. He cried for a long time, but eventually calmed down. Mew was hoping that he wouldn't ask who he was going to live with, but he did. Mew looked around the room in despair, because she didn't know. And so, she went with the safest option.

'I'll look after you, little one. Don't worry about a thing. You'll be safe with me.' He nodded.

"What do I call you? What's your name?"

'My name is Mew, but just call me Mom. Come on, go to sleep, everything will be fine in the morning and I'll always protect you. I promise.'

Chapter 1.

It was the evening of Ash's tenth birthday, and he was lying on the settee, watching the huge television set that his 'mother' had created. While his mother had the power to create anything that she wanted, she hadn't wanted to spoil her child. Mew was sure that Delia wouldn't have wanted Ash to grow up spoiled, so she made sure she didn't. She had given him a few things, most notably an extensive knowledge of different Pokemon. Ash was watching the Pokemon league finals, and was excited to see who won. He was so engrossed in the show that he didn't notice his mother walking up behind him.

"Hello Ashy. Having fun?" Ash jumped, then blushed slightly.

"Yeah. I just want to see who wins."

"Ok. I want you to go to bed after this. After all, I'm sure you want to be awake for as much of your birthday as possible."

"But Mom." Ash protested. "It's so early. What would everyone else say if I was in bed at this time?" He was quite conscious of what the others in the town would think, especially if they came to see if he wanted to play around at their houses.

"Don't worry. I'll just tell them that you in bed with a slight fever or something. It'll be fine, and I can always 'convince' them if they seem doubtful. Don't worry your little head."

"Thanks mom." Ash had always had a cool relationship with his 'mother', despite her games that she referred to as Mew Games, and her being a little playful at times. He loved it when they transformed into different Pokemon and played with other ones. Quite often they were out for days at a time, but they always said they went to visit a friend. "I'm wondering which Pokemon to pick tomorrow for my journey. Could you help mom?"

"Oh!" Mew slapped herself on the forehead. "I forgot to tell you that. You won't be starting your journey until next week. That's my present to you. Or part of it."

"What!" Ash exclaimed, shocked. "How is that a present? I've been looking forward to this for months now? How could you do this to me?" Mew giggled lightly.

"Oh, trust me. I have something special in mind for that week, and you'll be happy about it come tomorrow. Now, get back to your show. I don't want to disrupt you anymore." With that, Mew teleported herself to her room, and Ash could hear her getting a book from her shelf. Ash turned back to the T.V, greatful that Mew had paused the show during their conversation. He unpaused the show and finished watching it, but his thoughts weren't really on it. He was lucky it was being recorded, courtesy again of Mew. He was too busy thinking about what Mew had said. What had she meant by it being her present to him? She was stopping him from going on a journey, one that he'd been planning for months. What's worse, she was stopping him from going for a week. He would be spending a week doing Arceus knows what with his mom. From what it sounded like, they wouldn't be home for that week, so they would be doing something, probably in a foreign region. Maybe she would be turning them into different Pokemon to travel around the world. Now excited, Ash turned back to his show to see the ending. He switched off the T.V and went to his room, shouting to his mother as he did so. He found it hard to sleep at first, too excited thinking about what surprise his mother had in store for him. But at last, he fell asleep, and his dreams filled with Pokemon adventures.

Chapter 2.

A few minutes before midnight, Mew floated from her room into Ash's. She smiled at the sight of Ash lying there, smiling slightly. It was a shame to have to do this now, and take away that innocence with the harsh reality that she was going to bring, along with the responsibilities. But with him about to start his Pokemon journey around the world, it was best to give him this now. Hopefully he didn't turn out spoiled like some of the others… Mew forced that idea aside, and promised herself that his last day would be his birthday. And that she wouldn't hesitate when the time came. Floating over with a sad smile on her face, she transformed in Delia and shook him awake.

"Ash. Wake up." He sighed and turned over. "Come on, you don't want to miss your birthday, do you?" After a few moments, Ash looked blearily at his mother, then, realising the date, hopped out of bed. "Come on, you have a few presents downstairs. I'll let you open one now, if you want." A few other legendaries had known about Mew's adopted child, and many had sent presents.

"Ok mom." Ash yawned, walking over to the stairs just outside his room. As he reached the bottom, he shouted back to his mom. "Whoa! Where did all of these come from? Are these from the others in town?" Ash hadn't known he had so many friends here. Mew giggled lightly.

"No, your friends haven't brought anything over yet. They'll be doing that later, when they come for the party. These are from some of my friends." That was the other reason for sending Ash to bed so early. Some of the others had teleported to their house to leave the gifts. Mew was almost as excited as Ash. "Well, which one will you open first?" Ash scanned the room, and picked up the one that was wrapped in little ember patterns, and seemed to glow slightly like a fire. He brought it over, but Mew used Psychic to clear a space in the centre of the room. She brought up some little pink bubbles and took a seat on one, motioning for Ash to take the other. He carefully ripped the paper, and a little card dropped out. Ash picked it up and read it aloud.

"Dear Ash, we hope you have a great birthday and enjoy your time. Hopefully Mew will bring you to meet us soon. Love, Vi and Victoria." He turned to his mom. "Is that what we're doing this week? Meeting some of your friends?"

"Well, that and… other things." Mew shifted slightly in her seat, then looked at the gift. "Well, you going to open that or let it sit there?" He picked up the box that was sitting between them. "It feels quite light." He struggled for a moment, then glanced at Mew. "Can I get a knife or something?" She quickly created a pocket knife and handed it to him. He tore into the box, and looked at what was inside. He pulled them out and laid them on the floor. It was a set of charms, and it looked like there was a hundred of them. "What the heck?" Mew saw another note on the floor and read it aloud.

"These are good luck charms. I hope they help on your journey." Mew smiled slightly. "Typical Vi." Mew muttered. "She would send a good luck charm."

"What do you mean?" Ash said. "Why would she send that as a typical gift?"

"Don't worry about it. You'll meet them later. Tomorrow, after today's party and all that."

"Ok." Ash looked wishfully at the rest of the gifts. "When can I open the rest of these?" Mew was thoughtful for a second.

"You may as well open them now. After all, it'll be easier to move all of the other things instead of moving the boxes."

"Really?" Ash's eyes sparkled, and he grabbed another box. He ripped into it and read out the card. "Dear Ash. Hope that you enjoy your birthday and that you come and visit use soon. Love from, Lena, Lucas and Lillian." He set the card down, and Mew smiled slightly at the front. The Whirl Islands from Johto. That would be another spot they would be visiting soon. "Let's open this box." Ash reached over to the knife again and tore into the box. In there was a Mystic Water. "This will be useful if I pick up a Squirtle." Ash's smile faded slightly as he remembered the delay, but was soon grinning again as Mew pushed another towards him. This was from Rila and Ryan, and had flying and dragon gems in there, which was extremely valuable.

After a few hours later, Ash had opened all of the boxes and was quite pleased at the result. There were cards and gifts all over the room, so Mew began clearing them away, putting the cards on the self and then teleporting the gifts to his room. By the time the cleanup was done, it was around 4 in the morning. Ash yawned tiredly. He didn't want to go back to bed, but he would fall asleep soon. Mew seemed to sense this, and turned.

"Sorry about the early morning Ashy. Let me fix that." Mew tapped Ash on the head and gave him a rush of energy.

"Thanks mom." Ash smiled at his parent. "What are we going to do now?"

"Well…" Mew contemplated for a little while. What should they do to pass the time? "We could watch a movie or two. Sound fun?"

"Sure!" Ash went over to the cabinet and looked over some of the movies.

"Give me a minute, I'll make breakfast. You can start without me if you want. I can watch from the kitchen." Ash nodded, and Mew walked into the kitchen and started cooking having changed to Mew to get everything easier. Ash pulled out a few movies and sat down on one of the bubbles. He chucked one into the player and waited until Mew came in with breakfast before he started. He cuddled up to Mew as the movie began.

At 12 o'clock, there was a knock at the door. Mew was in the kitchen making party food, and quickly transformed into Delia so no one saw a Mew here. She walked over to the door with a pleasant smile on her face. All of Ash's friends from the town had come to celebrate his birthday, and they stayed over. Ash opened up each of the presents, nothing as weird as the things he had gotten earlier. Mew smiled as they played together, and slipped out for a few minutes to regain her composure at his happiness. And to prepare herself for what was to come.

AN: That took a while. Hopefully you all enjoyed this first part of the story and want it to continue.

K: Well I hope you enjoyed this story so far… well I'm just going to say this now. If anyone has read Darkfoxkit's version you should be able to guess what's going to happen, but this story is Shadow and mine's little twist.

SV: And by that, he means we got the idea to do Child of Mew from Darkfoxkit, but it's our own story. We don't steal ideas. Pix and Trix will be here eventually by the way. Anyway, see you guys next time!