Pokémon: Ash's Dark Destiny (A Pokémon Fan Fiction)

Chapter 1: The Lake of Time

It was a beautiful day on the road to the next town as Ash Ketchum and his friends - Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont - were taking a short detour to a nearby field rumored to hold a magical lake that has a special secret.

"So, Serena," Ash said as they were walking down the path, "what's the secret that this lake has?"

"Well," Serena said, "they say that it has the magical ability to reveal forgotten memories from your past if look into the water's surface."

"Woah, that sounds amazing!" Ash shouted in excitement.

"They also say that it can show you a glance of your future as well." Serena continued.

"Wow! That's awesome!" Ash shouted, even more anxious to arrive at their destination, "I can't wait!"

"Me neither!" Bonnie shouted, as she ran further ahead, "I bet I could look into the future and see who Clemont's wife will be. I bet she'll be a real keeper!" Then Bonnie's two companion Pokémon, Dedenne and Squishy, popped out of Bonnie's bag and made cheerful noises. "Looks like Dedenne and Squishy agree!" Bonnie said with a giggle.

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Meanwhile, in the sky above Ash and his friends in a pedal-powered mini blimp, Team Rocket was listening in on the four friends' conversation.

"Looks like the twerps are headed to a magical lake that's got the power to show you your future."

"Maybe if we looked into the lake we could see how we could actually catch the twerp's Pikachu."

"Or maybe if I looked into the lake I could see what my future as Kalos's best actress will be like!" Jessie said with a smile.

"Don't you think you should get your head out of the clouds before you can look into the lake?" Meowth said, "It's not like you've got two heads like a Girafarig."

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Jessie yelled at Meowth, as her legs stopped peddling.

"Um, guys?" James said, now the only one still peddling.

"WHAT?!" Meowth and Jessie shouted simultaneously, pausing their fight.

"I think we're about to crash." James said pointing to a tree that they were falling towards.

"Oh." Jessie said.

As they crashed into the tree, some Pidgey flew out. Suddenly, the tree started to move on its own.

"What's happening?" Jessie asked.

"I think we just landed on a Trevenant," Meowth shouted, "and now it's angry!"

Then, the angry Trevenant picked up Team Rocket and, as it threw them into the distance, Jessie, James, Meowth all shouted "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!".

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"Did you hear something?" Ash asked as he stopped walking for a moment.

"I didn't hear anything." Serena said, looking around.

"Oh well," Ash said with a shrug, "It was probably nothing."

"Hey guys!" Clemont shouted from up ahead, "I think we're here!"

"Finally!" Ash said.

"Yippee!" Bonnie shouted.

"Wow! It's beautiful!" Serena shouted.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Ash shouted, "Let's go!"

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After a quick lunch and some Pokémon training, Ash and his friends decided to camp out for the night so that they could watch the sunset over the lake.

"Hey guys," Ash said, "I think we should go look at the lake now!"

"Ash is right." Clemont said, "We still haven't actually looked up close at the water to see what it will show us."

"Let's see now..." Ash said as he sat on the shore and peered into the water. Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light and, once it faded, Ash saw only pitch black darkness.

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