Pokemon X & Y Reimagined

Chapter 1: Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin

The sun rose over Vaniville Town in southern Kalos, and Grace kept one eye on her prized rhyhorn, who had just awoken from his small house in the yard, and the other on the breakfast she prepared. The gentle noise of fletchlings chirping in the distance grew closer with each stroke of her whisk.

"Morning, rhyhorn. I'm glad to see someone can wake up on time." She smiled at her old racing partner, who beamed back and dug into the bowl of feed left for him earlier. However, Grace glanced back at the dark staircase across her living room in annoyance. "Fletchy." At Grace's command, a small Fletchling flew in and landed on her shoulder.

"Morning Fletchy, be a dear and go wake up Serena."

"Fletch!" With a crisp salute, the firebird flew upstairs and squeezed through the doorway of a bedroom. Inside, the dawn crept in and lit up stuffed pokemon, bright posters, pictures, and other bright posters, all done up in a neat fashion. However, Fletchy ignored the decorations and flew over a figure hidden under the sheets with only a red bow sticking out.

"Fletch." Fletchy landed over the covers, but the sleeper only stirred. With a determined expression, Fletchy pecked down and earned a sharp yelp from the young woman underneath.

"Ouch! Fletchy!" She sprung up, her light blue eyes aflame in fury and honey-blonde hair flowing. Serena tried to swipe the fletchling with her hands, but Fletchy evaded until the young woman toppled out of bed.

"Ahh." Serena moaned upon impact, then glared up as Fletchy landed on her head, adding insult to injury.

"Glad you finally decided to get up." Grace's voice reached her from downstairs. "Come down for breakfast. We have a long day of training today."

"Yes, mama." Serena's rage contorted into deep frustration and resentment as she puffed up her cheeks and groaned. With a deep breath, she got up and stretched her arms. However, before heading downstairs, Serena walked over to the window and stared out at the horizon beyond her hometown as the run gifted Kalos with light. Despite how much she dreaded her mother's daily training regiment, something about the dawn gave Serena the feeling that it would be a good day and made her smile.

In Lumiose city, the airport doors opened, and Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town Kanto stepped into the vibrant streets of Kalos's capital city. Atop the young man's shoulder rested Pikachu, his first pokemon and partner, who shared Ash's wonderous expression. Six years had passed since they began their journey, and even after visiting so many incredible places around the different regions, something about Lumiose filled the duo with a sense of enthusiasm and optimism for their latest journey.

"It's beautiful."

"Pika."

"I love people's reactions when they see Lumiose for the first time." The reporter Alexa stepped out beside him, a helioptile beside her. "Welcome to Kalos, Ash. I can see someone's excited."

"Excited!?" Ash laughed. As if to answer her, he took out a pokeball and threw it into the air. "Charizard, take a look at Kalos!"

"Grauu!" The enormous fire-lizard flew out and scattered a flock of fletchlings with his exuberant road. Charizard shared Ash's passionate expression as he flew over the enormous city and took in its majesty.

"The Kalos League awaits, and we're going to take it by storm, right Pikachu, Charizard!?"

"Pika!" Pikachu sparked his cheeks and threw his right paw up while Charizard landed beside them, shaking the ground and heating up the street around them with a jet of fire from his mouth. However, all three saw an amused smirk from Alexa.

"Indeed, any other reason you came here?" At this comment, a thick bead of sweat fell down Ash and his team's heads, followed by sheepish expressions.

"Right." Ash muttered. He remembered why the professor asked him to come to Kalos and took out the small spherical stone Oak gave him before they left. It glowed orange in the sunlight with what looked like a red and yellow flame in its center. "Charizadite Y." That was what Oak called it. A crucial element to a phenomenon called Mega Evolution. The professor asked Ash to meet with his former student, professor Sycamore, who was deep into research on mega evolution, and help him.