Ch. 5: Back Again

                                    

                                          
Hey y'all, I'm back again. The AMV above is by Sonji, a channel I recently discovered. Enjoy the chapter! BTW Ash and Serena are 18.
                          
Third Person:
                          
At Pallet Town
                          
After the funeral, everyone had gathered in a circle to share memories of Ash. Once they were about halfway through, they heard an explosion coming from the lab. They all started sprinting over and they could see clouds of black smoke billowing.
                          
Gary was the first by far, and when the others got there, they saw him on his knees punching the ground in the middle of a small crater.
                          
The others soon saw what happened. Right where Ash's Pokemon had been, someone spray painted, 'Thanks for the twerps Pokemon, they will help a lot! 😝- R
                          
~Five Years Later~
                          
Ash's POV:
                          
I was sparing with my Lucario while Riley was doing the same with his.
                          
I had passed him inn terms of power and skill two years ago, when we went to Cameran Palace and became recognized as true aura guardians by Queen Ilene, so we trained against our Lucario.
                          
"Star-Starly" I heard as a Starly landed next to us, an envelope its beak.
                          
I took the envelope from its beak, "Thanks Starly." I said, and it flew off. I take a closer look at the envelope and nearly fainted when I saw who it was addressed to.
                          
"What's wrong Ash? Riley asked coming up to me, and then saw what I was staring at. "Well, seems like someone knows you're alive, why don't we read the letter?"
                          
This its what it read:
Dear Ash, 
Don't worry, no one else knows that you are alive, your secret is safe with me. You have no idea how long it took me to track you down though. Anyway, enclosed along with this letter are two invitations to the Tournament of the Score. I believe you will want to participate along with Riley. The tournament is in two weeks, but you are advised to come asap, because the rooms are first come, first serve. Anyway, I hope to see you two there.
-Scott
                          
I sighed and turned to Riley, "Should we? I will have a chance to achieve my dream, but I have a feeling I will have to reveal myself, but if we don't, I could put Kalos, and the whole world in danger."
                          
Lucario spoke up, "Master, we should go, I know you don't think you are ready, but this threat could become too big for us to handle if we wait longer."
                          
"You know, your Lucario is right, and besides, and I am sure that everyone will be happy to see you." Riley joined in.
                          
"Alright, why not, let's fly Charizard!"
                          
"Come out Skarmory!"
                          
~A few hours later~
                          
Third Person:
                          
Six figures were parkouring across roof tops in Lumiose City, unnoticed, but keeping an eye on the large group surrounded by the press below them. Out of the six, two were humans, both about six feet tall with capes flowing behind them and one had a scepter and was a couple inches taller. Two more were bipedal with jackal-like faces which were about six and a half feet. Another was a bipedal frog about seven feet. The last was a small mouse with a lightning tail just over a foot.
                          
Suddenly, the one with the scepter stopped and turned to the other person. "Riley, look, there seems to be two people following them, and they don't look like part of the paparazzi." He then pointed to two women, the older of the two had a red coat with yellow buttons, red pants, a tall, black boots and green hair. The younger had brown pants, a pink tank, and a pink cap with a blue ribbon around it over her honey blond hair.