Differentchoice Stories

He was meant to choose her. Not the witch of ruin. Not the flame-touched seer whose magic tastes of death and destiny. But when Matthew de Clermont looks at Satu Järvinen, he doesn't see the enemy. He sees himself-reflected in obsidian and fire. Dangerous. Eternal. Bound. She was never meant to fall for a creature born of blood and silence. And yet, in his hunger, she finds clarity. In her defiance, he finds obsession. Together, they burn. Fate tried to write them apart. But blood remembers. And fire does not forgive.

What if Ash followed a different route while going on his journey? Instead of following the League route of Pewter city being the first gym what if he chose a different gym as his first? This is my take on Ash making a slightly different choice and how it affects the series.