PURPOSE

Chapter: 01

"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, and now eat your food while it's still hot. When you're 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.