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

Chapter 2: Memories of the Past

7 years ago

Ash saw a vertical line of light in the distance. As he crawled towards it, the line grew wider and wider until the figure of a man, silhouetted by the light coming through what ash now saw was a doorway, was visible.

"Daddy!" Ash shouted.

Suddenly Ash saw his mother, Delia, running down the stairs. "There you are!" She shouted, "Where have you been, Giovanni?"

"I'm sorry I'm late, Delia," the man replied, "but I have some important news."

"Really?" Delia said expectantly, "What is it?"

"My mother approached me today... she wants to promote me to boss of Team Rocket."

"What?" Delia shouted, "I thought you said you'd stay away from Team Rocket when our son was born!"

"I was trying to stay away. I have been trying to stay away. But somehow my mother found me." Giovanni said with an expression on his face that meant he was thinking, "and there's something else. She wants Ash to join Team Rocket as soon as he becomes 10 years old."

"What?" Delia shouted in shock, "You can't actually be considering her offer, can you?"

"Think about it, Delia," Giovanni said, "This could be the offer of a lifetime!"

"I can't let them take Ash away!" Delia shouted as tears started welling in her eyes. "Please decline her offer... If you really care about me and Ash, please decline her offer."

"Delia," Giovanni said a he pulled Delia into a comforting embrace, "even if I do accept the offer and become the boss of Team Rocket, it will never change my feelings for you and Ash."

"But think about Ash!" Delia shouted, "Do you really want him to grow up... knowing that his father is a criminal?"

"All I want is for us to be a happy family... to live together, with no secrets between us."

"If you really want us to be happy together," Delia said, "then either decline your mother's offer... or leave us and never come back."

"Let's just sleep on it, okay?" Giovanni said, "then we can figure this all out tomorrow."

"Well... alright." Delia said, calming down.

"Good," Giovanni said. Then turning to Ash and bent over to pick him up, he said "Alright Ash are we ready for lift off? Three... Two... One... Blast off!" Giovanni picked up Ash and held him up playfully as he ran up the stairs.

"Wheeeee!" Ash shouted joyfully, "Rocket ship! Rocket ship!"

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Later that night, Ash woke up to his mother's voice. "Ash honey, wake up." Delia whispered.

"Mommy?" Ash said as he rubbed his eyes, "What time is it?"

"It's time for us to leave." Delia said "Come on, all of our things are already in the car." Looking towards the doorway, she continued to whisper, "but we need to be very quiet okay? Can you do that for me?"

"Okay mommy..." Ash said getting out of his bed.

Slowly and quietly, Ash and Delia Snuck out of the house and got into a car. As soon as they got in and closed the doors, the driver turned around to face them.

"Hello Delia, it's good to see you again." The driver said and, turning to Ash, he continued, "It's good to see you again as well Ash. You might not remember me, so allow me to introduce myself, my name is Samuel Oak, but most people just call me Professor Oak."

Looking around the car, Ash asked "Where's daddy?"

Delia looked nervously at Professor Oak, who started the car. Then she turned back to look at Ash, and said, "Daddy can't come with us right now sweetie."

"Why not?" Ash said as tears started to roll down his cheeks.

"He has to figure some things out, but once he does he'll be able to come see us."

"When did he say that will happen?" Ash said

"He wasn't sure," Delia said, "but he told me to tell you that until then he wants you to be his brave little rocketeer."

"Okay," Ash said, starting to cheer up, "I will."

Finally, they drove away leaving behind Ash's old life and moving on to a new and better life.

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