The Aura Awakens

Chapter 1: Beginnings

Pallet Town, Ash's P.O.V

I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock and groaned as I knew my mother had already left for work since today she was needed earlier than usual for some reason. 'I'm actually surprised I didn't break this alarm clock as I had with my previous ones' I thought to myself while getting out of bed as I looked at the peaceful scenery staring at me from my bedroom window and hoped that my day would be just as serene... except 'Unfortunately it's Monday, which means school and that means another horrible day at the one place I don't want to be at'

I hastily walked over towards my wardrobe after seeing the time on my alarm and got the closest set of clothing from the drawer. I put on my light-blue and white jacket with a large red collar over my loose fitting black shirt, a pair of sporting gray capri shorts with a thin white line coming down both sides, and blue sneakers with orange laces. Once done I quickly brushed my teeth and ran down towards the living thinking I was going to be late. However, I slowed myself down as I saw I still had 10 minutes before the bus arrived and calmly walked into the kitchen as I grabbed a bowl from the cabinet and filled it up with milk and cereal

After I finished my small breakfast, I ran back up into my room to grab my backpack and rushed back into the kitchen to grab the lunch my mom made. Once I placed everything inside my green bag, I grabbed the extra pair of keys mom made for cases such as today and locked the door as I walked towards the bus stop a few blocks away from my house

As soon as I got to the bus stop, I noticed none other than Gary Oak sitting on the bench as he too seemed to be waiting patiently for the bus to arrive. I was actually surprised at seeing my childhood friend around the bus stop at this time since he was the grandson of the Principal at Viridian High and as such always got a ride by either his grandfather or older cousins

"Well if it isn't Ashy-boy himself, fancy seeing you here" he said looking at me with a smirk

"I should be saying that to you, after all you barely take the bus to school" I told him as he shrugged in a 'what can you do' sorta way

"Ready for another day at that place we call prison?" he asked me as I sent him a small smile

"Ready as I'll ever be... which means never" I replied which made Gary chuckle in response

A few minutes later the bus pulled up and both Gary and me hopped on inside. As soon as we both got on, it caused the few students to look up at us, which in turn caused us to be sent some glares our way as we made our way towards the back of the bus. I had already gotten use to this sort of behavior having suffered this since grade 3 due to a series of events that happened and because of that many people stared to see me as an outcast or loner with only a few deciding to stick by my side after that; Gary, Red (who unfortunately moved away) and Leaf Green

I was so lost in my thought that suddenly the bus stopped as I saw none other than Viridian High staring at me from the window, its presence bringing me dread for what was to come. I felt someone tucking at my jacket and saw that everyone except for me and Gary had already rushed off to find their friends. I sighed and slowly followed after the brunette in front of me of off the bus and walked into the building before us

Unfortunately Gary had math as his first class of the day and as such had to go another way. He sent me a small smile and left towards the math hallway upstairs, while I made my way towards my locker to exchange my science textbook for my history one and also put away my lunch so it would not be stolen... again

Just as I closed my locker and was about to make my way over towards my first class, just a few feet away, I suddenly saw a purple haired boy, slam a red haired teen into the lockers hard and held him a couple few above the ground