What If Ash was in Pokemon Horizons?

Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit?

The Rising Volt Tacklers wait in the Brave Olivine, getting increasingly worried as Liko still has yet to return. "I'll give her a call," Ash suggested, "Maybe she'll pick up and explain what's going on."

"Calling Liko," Ash's Rotom Phone said, "This number is currently unavailable."

"What?!" Ash exclaimed, "But, Liko should still have her Rotom Phone on her!"

Friede's Rotom Phone buzzes as Dot sends him a videocall request, "I found some reports from Artazon, you guys should start there."

Friede nodded as he, Ash and Roy headed out. The three boys search the town to no avail before Wattrel sees a Corvisquire flying overhead and follows it, "Wattrel, come back here!" Roy chased after his Pokemon and Ash followed suit. They follow Wattrel all the way to Levincia, Friede quickly gives them a call, "Iono's helping us out, just stay there and search around for Liko."

"Who's Iono?" Ash asked.

"She's another one of Paldea's Gym Leaders," Friede explained, "Just stay put and search around the city."

Ash and Roy nodded as Friede ended the call, the two boys wandered the city yelling out their friend's name.

"Liko!" Roy shouted, "Where are you?"

"Has anyone seen my friend?" Ash asked publicly, showing his fans a photo of her, "She's gon missing and I don't want Team Rocket getting to her."

"We'll help you, Mr. World Monarch!" one fan shouted.

"With you and Iono looking for her, we'll find her easily," Another fan yelled.

"Pi! Pikachu!" Pikachu called out.

"Fuecoco!" Fuecoco anxiously searched.

"Quaxly!" Ash's Quaxly hopped around, "Quax!"

"Wattrel!" Wattrel searched the skies.

Friede suddenly arrives in front of the trainers as Charizard lands, beside him is a girl with purple hair that's so long it covers her eyes alongside the second Quaxly from the airship. "Friede, I'm so glad you're here!" Roy excitedly said, "And, who is that?"

"That's Dot." Friede explained.

"Woah, you finally came out of your room?" Ash asked.

"For Liko, yes." Dot answered, "So let's focus on finding her.

Ash nodded, "Did Iono find her?"

"A fan spotted a girl matching Liko's description on top of a building." Dot explained, "Butif we can arrive on the roof of the building next door, she'll see us and jump over."

Charizard flies the group to the top of the building Dot was speaking of, they spot Liko and Sprigatito on the roof of the building next door and her eyes beam with recognition as she and Sprigatito take a leap of faith. Liko almost loses her balance as she lands, but her friends and their Pokemon help her up.

"Guys!" Liko beamed at her friends, "I remember everything!"

"What?" Roy seemed bewildered.

"Good for you?" Ash attempted to be supportive.

Liko noticed Dot standing here, "Dot, is that you?"

Before Dot can explain, Iono appears and drags Liko on-camera. "Well, you've given everyone in Levincia a shockingly good time, and you've got a ton of such caring friends..." Iono then spots Ash among Liko's friends, "Oh, my gosh. You're friends with the World Monarch?!"

Iono drags Ash on-camera as well, "Mr. Ketchum, you oughta do the outro with me, it'd be an honor and I'd totes go viral!"

Dot hides away to tune into the livestream as Nidothing and ends the stream alongside Iono, Liko and Ash. Iono departs for her Gym as the others return to the Brave Olivine as Liko explains her memory had mysteriously been wiped. "Dot, thanks for gathering everyone to come find me."

Dot smiled, "It was no bigge."

Liko suddenly recalls a previous encounter that caused her memory to be wiped, she reaches for her neck, "Hey, my pendant's gone!"

Everyone perked up at the revelation, "Where did you last have it?" Ash asked.

Liko thought for a moment, "I ran into a man in an alley when i was gonna buy something for Murdock," she recalled, "But, I don't know what happened after that."

Friede's eyes widen and he gasps before searching up a Pokemon on is Rotom Phone, "Did he have this Pokemon with him?"

Liko was face-to-face with a photo of a Beheeyem, "Yeah, the man had that Pokemon with him."

"Charizard and I fought that Beheeyem earlier," Friede revealed, "I was suspicious he was an Explorers member."

"And he probably was!" Roy exclaimed, "If he wiped Liko's memory and stole her pendant!"

"Well, he's not gonna get away with this!" Ash declared, "We're not leaving until we find that guy and get Liko's pendant back!"