A New Life

Chapter 2 - New Family and Arriving in Altomare.

Ash, Gary, Paul, Bonnie and Max did not know where they were heading now, all they knew was that they had to get far away from those that betrayed them.

"Hey Ash, where are we going to go?" Bonnie asked.

"I have a place, I went there many years ago and haven't been back since. I met a pokemon there that I grew very close with and I have broken her promise of returning to her soon." Ash said, he remembered the promise he made with the special pokemon years ago and he knew that he had broken it. All he wanted to do was go and see her once more.

"Oh Ash, sounds like someone has a crush." They all said together.

"What are you on about? She is a pokemon." Ash said, although inside he knew they were right. This was why he never liked or loved any girl that had a crush on him, because he knew that the only person for him was the pokemon residing in Altomare.

"That does not matter, come on we are your friends, it does not matter to us if you like a human or a pokemon, if you like a male or female. You love who you love and that is all there is to it." Paul said.

"So what kind of pokemon is it?" Max said. No matter how old he got he was always going to be interested in seeing new pokemon, especially one that Ash feels so strongly for.

"Oh you will see when we get there, but I can tell you that it is going to be one hell of a surprise." Ash said.

This earned some confused but curious looks from the small group. They realised that Max would have to go home and get things from there, Paul and Gary expected this to happen so they had come prepared but it was all new to Max and Bonnie, however she wanted to buy new things and she had her pokemon on her, so Max needed to go and get his pokemon.

They took a boat to the Hoenn region where Max lived with his parents Norman and Caroline, they then walked to the house as it was not far from the docks.

Norman and Caroline were sitting outside when they saw their son and his friends heading to the house. They were surprised to see that they all looked sad and that May was not with them.

"Max honey, what is wrong? Why are you all sad? And where is your sister?" Caroline started to ask questions, she was worried something bad had happened.

"That girl is not my sister any longer." Max said to his parents, with a hard tone to his voice.

"What are you on about? Of course she is your sister." Norman said. He was worried to, his sons behaviour was very strange, especially since he left so happy.

"Not after what she did." Max seethed. He knew that his parents were worried.

"What has she done, she looked so happy when she left here with you? You both did." Caroline asked.

"She betrayed us mum. She said that Ash should give up his dream." Max said, his eyes filling with tears as he looked at his parents.

Norman and Caroline saw these tears and they were shocked, their son never cried in front of them. "What do you mean son?" Norman asked. Max however just shook his head and ran to his parents, both of whom kneeled down to hug their distressed son.

"He means just that, she and some others all said that Ash was a useless trainer and that he should just give up his dream." Paul said, he remembered Norman from when he took this journey through Hoenn and he had a great respect for the man.

"I'm so sorry Ash, I had thought she liked you. And you don't listen to her, you should never give up on your dream, even if everyone else around you believes that you should. My father wanted me to give up becoming a gym leader as I couldn't win leagues, but I never gave up and look where that got me, I have a loving wife, perfect son and a gym that my opponents are proud of." Norman did not mention his daughter, they raised May and Max to be kind to others and that they respected the people they travelled with and she has not.