What If Ash was in Pokemon Horizons?

Taking the Next Steps

Ash, Liko, Roy, Dot and Uruto wait outside the Brave Olivine, "So, when's she gonna be here?" Roy asked.

"She said she'd be here soon." Liko replied, checking the time on her Rotom Phone.

"Who are we waiting for anyway?" Uruto asked.

Before anyone could respond, the sound of a roaring engine getting louder by the second. The kids look out to the horizon and spot a car with the face of a Pokemon on the front. The car stops right in front of the kids, Diana steps out with her Arcanine.

"Grandma!" Liko ran to give her grandmother a hug.

"That's who." Ash whispered to Uruto before pulling out his Rotom Phone. "Now who's that Pokemon?"

"Revavroom, the  Multi-Cyl Pokémon and the evoled form of Varoom. A Steel and Poison type, It creates a gas out of poison and minerals from rocks. It then detonates the gas in its cylinders—now numbering eight—to generate energy."

The group went inside, sitting down in the RVT meeting room with the other adults.

"So, who's the new guy?" Diana asked, pointing to Uruto with a knowing smile.

"That's Uruto," Roy repiled, "I met him when I went to Lumiose City last year."

"Nice to meet ya!" Uruto fist bumped Diana with a surprising amount of enthusiasm.

"Does he seem, happier to you?" Murdock whispered to Orla.

"It's a long story." Ash whispered, having overheard the conversation.

"So, a lot has been going on in the news." Diana brought up, "The Rising Volt Tacklers destroying Laqua, the Explorers making those Strong Sphere-things, the online drama when Ash spoke out about them, and I think I have a solution."

The others in the room gasped, "You do, how?' Mollie asked.

"Well, I made up with an old friend. You remember Hamber, right?" Diana smirked.

"Isn't he with the Explorers?" Dot asked.

"Yes, but he's not a fan of how the Explorers are now." Diana explained as she pulled out a copy of the Scarlet Book. "He filled me in with what really happened in Laqua I did some research on why Pagogo didn't get rid of all the Laquium, and it may hav been because of the Stellar Form."

Diana laid the book on the table, showing a page of Terapagos's Stellar Form. "See all those gems surronding Terapagos? There's one for each Pokemon type, I was thinking, maybe the six heroes weren't enough, maybe in order to get rid of the Laquium for good, we need a Pokemon of each type. That'll get Pagogo to full power."

"Oh yeah," Dot whispered in thought, " We can use the Six Heroes, plus all of our Pokemon."

"Don't forget all the Pokemon Ash has!" Roy added.

"Speaking of the Six Heroes, Hamber said-"

"We know. Spinel's got five of 'em." Ash cut off Diana. "I was in Rayquaza's cell."

"We found Rayquaza resting in Johto." Dot added, "So we know where all six heroes are."

Diana chuckled, "Seems like you kiddos have been doing more research than I have!"

"It's not just the Explorers we have to worry about though." Ash suddenly said, "Jessie and James, some people from Team Rocket that always try to steal Pikachu, said their boss was acting werid. And then just yestrerday I saw a Team Rocket member work with the Explorers. I think Spinel and Team Rocket's boss teamed up, and only Jessie and James are against it, plus Hamber, Zirc and Onia."