The Ketchum Cycle

What Now?

A/N: Wow, I have nothing to say at all. To put it simply, I graduated HS and completed my first year of College. Now in the summertime, I have a lot of time, except for summer classes for easy credit, and I should be able to write again. But knowing myself, I will get caught up in school and not even write as much. So expect fewer, if not, no more updates from now. But I will try to continue my writing if I can. Anyway, enjoy the third part of the story.

Also, in this story, I am going to use a couple of references from a TV show that I am binge-watching (Now a personal favorite). Hope you figure it out, it shouldn't be too hard.

Originally 6k words when I first published, now its 7.7k.

Something didn't feel right. The air was cold, his movement was restrained and he couldn't breathe. He was trapped, with nowhere to escape. He struggled and squirmed until he suddenly fell. He landed on the blue carpet of his room and he let out a groan when he landed on his back.

Opening his eyes, Ash found himself on the floor belonging to his room. He'd recognize the blue floor coloring anywhere. Turning to his bed, Ash wondered where his best friend, Pikachu, and girlfriend, Latias, were. Wouldn't they be all over him for the fall?

Concerned by their absence, Ash stood up only to find nothing on his bed. Laid across the bed were stuffed plushies of various Pokemon. But laid on top of the bed was a disheveled blanket, one that Ash hadn't used since he was a small child. But now that he thinks about it, he did seem shorter than usual. His head was a foot taller than the bed. He looked back and gazed at the dark sky, it always made him calm when thinking.

But that didn't matter now, he had to find Pikachu and Latias. He quickly ran to his door and opened it quietly, he didn't want to wake his mom. As he made his way downstairs, he stopped as he noticed the glow of the lamp inside the living room. Peaking out of the stairway, he could see his mom wide awake.

Looking around, he found no sign of Pikachu and Latias. But with his mom there, he could ask where they were. He continued his walk until a knock at the door stopped him mid-step. Who would come over late at night?

Soon Delia walked over and opened the door and behind was Professor Oak. Delia smiled at the professor but his grim and somber expression made it die down.

"Hello Delia, can we talk?" Prof. Oak asked.

"Oh uh... sure," Delia said, worried about his state.

Ash looked on, intrigued by what must have happened to make Professor Oak sad. Hopefully, Delia could comfort him, she was always able to make anyone happy with that smile of hers. Looking at Professor Oak and his mom, he noticed that they looked younger. It was odd.

"What's wrong, what happened?" Delia asked.

Gulping, Professor Oak now looked at Delia with tears collecting in his eyes, threatening to escape. Ash gasped as he was going to walk down and ask what happened. Professor Oak started to hiccup for a bit but continued.

"Delia please listen. Your husband's plane malfunctioned... over the sea of Alola. It spun down *sniff* there were no survivors."

Silence, that's all there was.

Ash stood still as he couldn't believe what happened. He couldn't find the strength to stand anymore so he sat on the stairs. His hands covered his eyes as he wiped away any tears that were leaking. He needed to get out of there before they noticed him. As he walked up the stairs he overheard the conversation going on.

"What are you going to do now?" Professor Oak said.

"I-I don't know," Delia responded before breaking down, "I just don't know,"