Pokemon: I'm Ash, Purifying Dark Arceus

After becoming the Alola Champion, Ash returned to Pallet Town and awoke from a nightmare that had lasted twenty-five years. In the dream, Dark Arceus tore the world apart, and Pikachu took a fatal blow meant for him. The moment Ash woke up, some mysterious force had forcibly changed the timeline, and even Arceus could no longer foresee what would happen.

He immediately decided to set out: retrieve Pidgeot, who had been waiting in Viridian Forest; find Primeape, who was away training; visit Lapras, who had rejoined the team; and bring back Goodra from the wetlands reserve. Even Greninja made the list. A dark entity sealed away in the Flame Mountains for five thousand years was about to break free, and the true Emissary of Light had to awaken before turning eighteen. The top candidate chosen by Arceus was none other than Ash.

A dark remnant spirit used a Dusk Stone to lock onto Ash's presence first. As Pikachu warily raised its tail, Ash, completely unaware, mounted a Tauros and headed for Viridian Forest. Behind him, Team Rocket, the Guardians, and the Sasaki Group were all racing toward his coordinates. Only after all his old friends returned could he face this destiny that had spanned five thousand years.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.