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Hey dudes! I'd really like to get some opinions on this headcanon, and so I thought I'd try it on you guys. If ya can, tell me if you think it's cliche or not. Well I guess this means IT'S STORY TIME!!!

(One of my biggest devART woes is when I have a headcanon and I make a fic of it, but then I get another idea for that character/pairing/whatever an I end up completely rewriting that headcanon, and now it doesn't match the fanfic. But I hope think THIS will be my final draft on Ash's dad's story, headcanon-wise. And another disclaimer is that this hc is one of my rewrites, this one of the first movie. So keep in mind that in this story, Ash has never met Mew or Mewtwo before. )


So as you've probably already guessed, my "Ash & Pikachu vs. Fate" headcanon starts with Ash's dad. And his name is Thorne. Thorne was an Aura Guardian just like Ash is, and one thing I should probably explain about Guardians before I get into this is that Aura Guardians are guardians of aura, which is Energy, which is life. They are servants of the Palace of Stars (Pokemon heaven) and will someday give their lives to the land, sea, and sky just as Fate dictates. It's been this way since the beginning of the Chapter of Darkness, when humans were first born to the world. ANYWAY, (ugh, tangents @__@) one of the most distinctive traits aura guardians possess is a natural instinct to help others. If a (usually young) guardian sees a creature in trouble, they naturally don't think about the danger to themselves. They charge into the situation and help the creature, without a single thought to the consequences to themselves. (Literally, one time a lot later Ash took a trip though the Arkia region with Sycamore and Alexa [again, LONG STORY x__x] Alexa literally had to hold Ash back when a Pokemon fell off the Vat, cause Ash doesn't think about danger to himself by pure instinct of what he is.)

Thorne was one of the few remaining aura guardians left in the world, as the bloodlines for them continue to dwindle. His partner was (by cliche) a Pikachu he named Chiina. He rescued her when she had been experimented on by scientists. They had combined her DNA with that of an Emolga, and by horrid transformation she now had the membrane that the Unova rodents used to glide, though this Pikachu never was able to glide very well. 

So one day long before Ash was born, Thorne and Chiina discovered a secret underground-ish hideout, where Team Rocket was hosting Pokemon pitfights to earn a quick buck. (and BTW, in modern times pitfighting is one of THE most illegal things a person can do.) Anyway, so Thorne (of course) sympathized with the Pokemon forced to fight, and sneaked into the hideout to free them. Weeeellllll..... 

Years before this TR setup, a bunch of scientists had created Mewtwo and yada yada you know the story. But one scientist realized that they had created a monster and tried to shut down the Genesai Project and thus end Mewtwo's creation, but his attempt was thwarted by the other scientists. And when Mewtwo (inevitably) blew up the laboratory, it spared the life of that one scientist who tried to stop the others, due to Mewtwo's incredibly warped sense of the way things are and how the world works. But it was lured in to Team Rocket's grasp by their shared hatred of humanity, but of course TR scientists seized control of it and did some more painful adjustments to make Mewtwo even stronger, and planned to try its power out in the pitfighting ring. But before they could, Thorne broke in and released all the captive Pokemon, including Mewtwo, a choice that ended up disrupting his entire life.

The freed Mewtwo once again blew up the location where the humans had held it prisoner, pretty much killing every person except Thorne, who Mewtwo had respect for for freeing it. Mewtwo told him that the human race had done innumerable wrongs to Pokemon since the beginning of time, (which is true), and only it had the power to make them pay for the sufferings they had caused. Thorne argued with it, insisting that not all humans were bad and that a lot of them truly loved Pokemon. But, of course, Mewtwo's skewed perception of how things are due to have been born in laboratory tube to serve humans, saw Thorne's desperate speech differently.

Mewtwo had respect for Thorne and Thorne alone, and so it settled on what it thought of as a compromise. It told Thorne that if he said on his word that humans were good, then it would believe it to be true. But it vowed that in fifty years it would return, and if things had changed and humanity had corrupted the world, it would hold Thorne himself personally accountable. And then it left. Simple as that.

At first Thorne was horrified, not knowing what it was he had done, but eventually pushed it to the back of his mind and continued his travels with Chiina. When he was eighteen he met Delia, and the rest of the two's story is pretty much history. But, (conveniently) things went wrong.

Thorne had been happily married, yada yada yada, but at one point when Ash wasn't even a year old, his (heavily quotationed) """powers""" backfired and blew up a coffee mug, and Thorne realized something all of a sudden, since he had almost forgotten the incident at Team Rocket's hideout. He could count that Mewtwo would return, but he couldn't count on the fact that it would take in the passing of time. At the time it had known him, Thorne was around fourteen. (Maxx Effect counting ) And since his son looked exactly like Thorne, and had the same aura, being an Aura Guardian, there was a good chance that Mewtwo would mistake a teenage Ash for his father, and single him out instead. Thorne knew he had to do something to protect his son's future, and the best option available was to try and fulfill the "prophecy"-ish thing that had come to light before Mewtwo arose again. 

(BTW, the 'prophecy' is this:

Pikachu, Pikachu
Who could tame the Guardian Mew?
Thundercreature, Thundercreature
The hero's calling cry

Guardian Blue, Guardian Blue
To your world be ever true
Aurorian, Aurorian
With your jagged marks of lightning

The second verse is an ancient Aura Guardian truth chant, but the first came from a prophet in Sinnoh at the time Ash was born, and Thorne had a hunch about what it meant.)

Anyway, according to how Thorne had interpreted the chant, only a guardian and a thundercreature (a Pikachu) alongside Mew could bring peace to Mewtwo's enraged heart. And so, he and Chiina left for Sinnoh. He never told Delia where he was going, just that he would be leaving for a while, because he didn't want her to worry about their son. And besides, it would take a really long time to explain the whole story, and by his calculations he would be back in a week or two.

So he headed to Sinnoh, the first region of the world created by Arceus, and, by ancient legend, where the first Mew resides. He arrived in Celestic Town on time and asked for permission to view the cave mural. Now, Thorne was a lover of legends, and could recite every tale in the Stories About the Dark by heart. He had studied the incredibly old text and found the hidden secret to unlocking Ancient Mew's chamber. And so he descended into Sinnoh's Underground.

The Underground is an extremely dangerous place. In the past the naturally-created tunnels twisting and weaving below Sinnoh were used for mines, or for reckless trainers to play daredevil in. But numerous cave-ins and rumors that a giant, poisonous snake (a Zygarde, in reality) was wandering the tunnels caused authorities to block every entrance and exit to the Underground. So Thorne must have loved Ash a lot to risk his own life in order to secure his son's future. But for all of Thorne's intelligence, he and his mutant Pikachu got lost inside the never-ending tunnels, and didn't find a way out until almost twenty years later.

Back in Pallet, Delia was furious. The fact that her husband had left without an explanation right after Ash had done something incredibly strange was, in her mind, taken as him running away because his son was "different." And for all the years that followed until she told Ash what she thought to be the truth, all she said every time he asked was that his father was dead. 

Fast forward twenty years, where, by the power of the Maxx Effect Ash would be fourteen-and-a-half. It had been well over the five year limit since he had first challenged the Kanto League, so he challenged it again, getting all the badges, and he won the tournament. He could now participate in the Kanto Champions' Tournament, and aim for a shot at being the absolute Champion of Kanto, which would be a huge step forward toward his dream. But, as they always do, things didn't go according to plan. 

Thorne and Chiina had been wandering about the Underground for twenty years, trying desperately to find a way out. Finding food and water wasn't the hardest part of life in the dark; there were plenty of roots to be found in the deep black soil, and they were usually full of the water they needed to stay alive. The biggest challenge wasn't even avoiding the Zygarde, who would kill any trespassers that wandered into its domain. No, the biggest issue was air. Twenty years in a long time to be stuck, especially for someone as intellectual as Thorne. But when your brain can't get enough oxygen, you're not able to think straight. If his head had been clear, he probably could have found a way out within only months. But when you can't remember where you are or why you got there half the time, it's gonna cause some difficulties. 

But after twenty years of starvation and deprivation, the two finally found a way back to the surface. Workers in Oreburgh City were blasting out a new section of the mine, and luckily Thorne and Chiina were far enough away to not be caught in the explosion. But they were near enough to hear it, and out of complete desperation the two ran past the workers (scaring them a little) and got the first breath of clean air they've had in twenty years. Going to the Pokemon Center, he tried to call Delia first thing and explain and apologize, as he knew she would be furious. But she didn't pick up. After both he and his mutated Pikachu were treated for multiple head injuries, improperly healed wounds, complete exhaustion, etc. Thorne fell asleep in the Center, planning to set out to find Ash and warn him of the danger he was in as soon as he woke. He was looking forward to seeing how his son had grown, and was excited to learn what kind of person he had become. But he hadn't yet realized just how much time had passed while he was gone.

Two days later, Mewtwo awoke. It flew across the world, watching humans and how they treated Pokemon, who were the superior ones. (truly) It saw some people treating Pokemon nicely, which pleased Mewtwo. It began to relax, thinking that its friend Thorne had been right all along, and there was no need for punishment. If humans were making up for past mistakes, Mewtwo would respect them as well. But he didn't like how the humans were looking down to the Pokemon. If Pokemon lived in dens, and humans in houses, why were there some Pokemon living with humans in their houses, but never humans living with Pokemon in dens? It was as if these humans thought of the Pokemon as lower life forms, containing them in capsules when no humans were contained by Pokemon. This returned the rage to Mewtwo's heart. Humans could not survive with out Pokemon, yet Pokemon could easily survive without people. And yet it is a human-run world that has been made of a time where both sides were once equal. Some humans may treat Pokemon well, but is this the kind of world that the Pokemon, who have always been superior by design, would want to live in? Perhaps they have no choice. To defy human overtake would cause the Pokemon to be seen as animals in human eyes, a danger to their kind, and a need for euthanization. It was Mew who, back when the world was being created, insisted to Arceus to give humans a chance to do good, and thus He added them to the world, hoping human greed would not overcome their hearts. Was He wrong? Is He powerless to save a world where humans have the technology to destroy it? Will humans someday create a weapon that is stronger than Arceus Himself? An ancient prophet one said that humans and Pokemon will never become one unless the blood of both species ran together. But humans were so far down the evolutionary line that their blood was less than half Energy, compared to that of Pokemon, which is pure. And the percentage just keeps dwindling. Does this mean that humans were slowly losing their right to live on this earth? There were so many questions that needed answers.

But as the failed genetic experiment surveyed the relations between the two species, it saw those like Team Rocket. Though they were few compared to the kind ones, it was enough to make up Mewtwo's mind. Thorne had lied to it. The only human ever to win its respect had failed. There can only be one answer, Mewtwo thought, only one way to restore the balance originally intended for this world. The human race must be exterminated, just as they had tried to do to the Pokemon countless eons ago, back when the world was still young. 

And so, with powers that had been endowed upon it by its human creators, Mewtwo located the boy he knew as Thorne Ketchum, to find he seemed to have changed his name. Mewtwo's laughter ricocheted off the empty ocean water. How cowardly he try to hide. With a simple flick of its finger, it conjured a storm large and powerful enough to encompass the entire world in its wrath. But this was only the beginning of failed creation's fury. The time for revenge was now. Its fun was just starting.

When the storm hit, the world immediately took cover. Trainers scurried to any shelter available; estate owners sheltered forest Pokemon in their doors; and anyone foolish enough to set foot outdoors was in danger of being swept off their feet by powerful gusts of wind, if the brick-sized hailstones didn't get them first. The world had never experienced a storm of this caliber. Scientists and professors (of course) risked the storm to try and find out what was causing this world-wide tempest, and at some point a news crew managed somehow to get a secure location where they could film the center of the storm, and were surprised to see that it was a Pokemon.

And so, because of how TVs in the Pokemon world work (I'll explain it later ^^) every TV in the Leagued world was broadcasting as Lugia, the guardian of the sea, rose to confront Mewtwo. And they also watched as Mewtwo defeated it in a single move. Several other legendaries spoken only of in myths rose to confront this challenger who threatened to upset the balance. But they all were defeated easily. At this point Mewtwo turned to where the either brave or not smart news crew was filming, and with a single swipe overtook the cameras. The whole world watched as it said with red, glowing eyes what it was planning to do, but promised to spare the inferior race "if they brought him Ash Ketchum." Thorne, halfway across the world from his son and stuck inside by the raging storm, felt his heart sink. He had failed. 

As the Forty Day Storm kept churning, Mewtwo destroyed major cities in its rage. Ash, who Mewtwo had mistaken for his father, wasn't going to sit around while the world his spirit was bound to serve was slowly turned to a pile of molten debris. With destiny tugging him forward as it always did, he went to Sinnoh, remembering something Cynthia had said to him about the first Mew slumbering below the first region. He thought that if he brought the Pokemon that Mewtwo had been born of, it might listen. It was extremely slow going as he tried to find a way to get to Sinnoh, as every port had been shut down. The forty day lease that Mewtwo had granted the human race to "bring him Ash Ketchum" was quickly expiring, and the storm was getting more destructive by the day. Finally, Ash and Pikachu made it to Sinnoh, then to Celestic, and when nobody was there to challenge his presence, to the cave mural. He found that the hidden stone staircase that led into the Underground opened upon his approaching the mural, and together the two descended into the Underground to find Mew. He hoped not only that he could make it back out in time to confront Mewtwo, but also that his hunch was correct. He let his subconscious lead them through the tunnels, and it lead him straight to the chamber of Mew. His heart spoke for him, just as heroes were said to have done in ancient legends, and with both Mew and Pikachu at his side, he raced to the island cave where Mew thought its brother would be hiding.

Now... I don't have everything of that final battle planned out, and knowing me, I know that if I told you what I had planned right now tomorrow I'll think of a better idea and completely change up what happens at the climax. (Besides, this is already gonna make my profile page a yard long @__@) But right now I do know that Ash and Pikachu were able to 'restore peace to Mewtwo's heart,' just as Thorne had thought he could have done. Mewtwo flew to Cerulean Cave, where it now resides, and Ash and Pikachu (mortally wounded, of course) both collapsed on the cold cave floor. Ash hugged his best friend in all the world, his partner in battle and out, and the creature he loved the most, hoping that they wouldn't have to fulfill the vow they made to each other years ago, that they were in everything together or not at all. If one of them went down, the other would follow suit. Each would go to the end of the world for the other, and if this was the end for them they would leave the world together. And from their wounds, the bright red blood of humans and the dark blue blood of Pokemon mingled in a puddle around them, the combined colours turned to glowing white. 

But of course Ash never dies. cause he can't When all over the world the storm suddenly stopped and the sky was still, people ventured out to find what had stopped it. And where had the storm's center been? That seaside cave.

Ash woke up in a hospital with Pikachu snuggled at his shoulder, asleep. Smiling, he guessed that it had fought the paramedics to stay beside him, and was now being treated in a human hospital. Only a few days later, a news crew managed to get in to interview Ash. The world was curious to know what had happened in the cave, as the human Mewtwo had called out appeared to have defeated it. And as Pokemon TVs work, everyone in the world was watching the interview, including Thorne.

As Ash began with the story, it was obvious to everybody just how close he and Pikachu were. The yellow mouse would often correct him in the language that only Pokemon spoke. But to the reporter, the story didn't make sense. So Ash started from the beginning, from his tenth birthday, when he first met Pikachu. And at first the stories he was telling seemed impossible.

[Reporter: Wait, wait. You said you met Arceus!?!
Ash: I'm getting to that. First we...]

Ya get my drift? And, again of course, some of Ash's former traveling buddies called the station, saying that they were there and these 'adventures' did in fact happen. And after Ash had finished with the part about calming Mewtwo's rage and the hospital nurse had shooed the camera crew from the room, the world started to see Ash and Pikachu as a hope, in a way. Hope for a world where people and Pokemon are really and truly one. In Ash's own words, human greed will withstand the ages, but all we can do is try to make the world a better place while we're in it.

(I'm almost done I promise ) Okay, so a little afterward, while Ash and Pikachu were staying in the hospital, a lot of people came to visit. Sure, there were the obvious ones like Misty, Dawn, Paul, and the like, but some were people he never thought he would see again. But the visit that stands out was from Sycamore.

Ash was surprised that the Kalos professor had come to visit them, and he brought with him a package. Giving it to Ash, he said that he had been doing some research in Arkia, and a few days after the interview appeared on TV he found this box on his desk, with a note that it was for Ash and Ash alone.

It was about an inch and a half tall, and about the broadness of a hand with fingers splayed. Ash opened it, and the first thing inside was a letter, written in tightly compressed handwriting. And of course it was from his dad. It explained what had happened to Thorne fifty years ago, why he left in the first place, and how incredibly proud he was of him. Throne also wrote that he would 'love to meet Ash again someday.' But perhaps the most intriguing part of the letter was the last two sentences. It wrote: I fear it will not, but I hope this small gift will make up for at least some of the birthdays that I missed. May you get more use out of it than I did. And lying in the box, neatly folded, was what looked like a harness, made of light leather with a stone inside the material. Giving it to Sycamore to look at, the professor was astounded: it was Pikachunite.

The "harness" fit a Pikachu perfectly. Also in the box was a set of worn black gloves, of just the kind Ash preferred. The right hand one had a keystone set into it. They were the perfect size; he had far outgrown his old ones. Ash flipped the letter over, looking for an address or something where he could find his father at. But there was only these words: If you're anything like me, you'll come find me.


And, of course, Ash did.

Hey dudes! I was just on YouTube and saw a video in my subbox that my ALL TIME FAVOURITE youtuber's pet mascot died. I don't know if any of you watch Dookieshed, but he is a true master of Pokemon comedy. Scooter was his rat, and his channel mascot, and recently it passed away. Here's the video: 




WHOA, have I been on hiatus long. I had no idea videos worked here. O_o

So yeah. RIP Scooter. We'll never forget him.

Hey dudes... So just as I came back from hiatus, my stupid router stops working. It's always been wonky, but never this bad. Now the wifi will be perfect about half the time and the other half it won't work at all. It might just be a problem with the computer, but then again we got that problem fixed just this summer... And the funniest part is, we bought new router a few days ago, but to set it up you need to go to a certain website. Well, the setup went fine every time up until the point where it had to contact our "internet service provider," and it would say it couldn't "talk" it the "ISP." Everywhere on the site it said we needed to contact out ISP, but didn't give any help whatsoever as to who ours was or even how to find the number, which I might add we didn't have internet to look it up because we were in the process of setting it up. And I can't find it when I do have internet. Ugh. *hits head on wall*

So yeah! Until we can figure out how the heck to even find an "ISP," we're going back to our old spotty router. Yay.

Hey dudes!!! I just got done watching the movie Holes on TV, and I honestly forgot how AWESOME that book/movie is! I haven't read it since fourth grade, but I think I'll read it again now.  Okay, now on to what this is really about. I really want to share one of the headcanons that I'm working on. So listen, please!   Be warned, though, it leans kind of heavily on the Geekchic side of the argument, but if you're an Amourshipper I think you'll enjoy this, too. ^^ Ready here we go!

Before Clemont/Citron turned ten, ALL he wanted to be a gym leader. His dad, who was a well-known car repairman, took him to the Lumiose gym when he was little, and after that all he ever dreamed about was being gym leader. But things turned out almost the exact opposite of what he expected.

A little after Clemont turned ten, his mom started to get sick. The doctors found that it was the Riktor Virus, (a disease similar to cancer) and she began to get sick. Back then Clemont believed that love could do anything, and he spent those last few weeks at his mother's bedside, talking to her and believing that if he loved her enough it could turn things around. But his dad (a softie) didn't have the heart to tell him that she wouldn't make it. Clemont was the only one with her at the time she died, late at night, and was asleep with his arms wrapped around her. Bonnie/Eureka was only three then, so she didn't remember their mom very well. But Clemont... Well, the day after she died, Clemont and Bonnie's dad needed some time alone (as he was the kind of person who can only concentrate on one thing at a time) and so Alexa, who was a close friend of the family, brought the two over to her place as to give their dad some space. Clemont didn't utter a word for a month and a half after that.

Soon after the death of their mother, Clemont started writing something,  and he wouldn't let anyone see what it was. At her funeral, he read it aloud: it was a beautiful poem for her that he had composed himself. But on the way out of the building, he ripped it up and tossed it in the trash.

And to make things even worse, the day after the funeral the siblings' dad disappeared. Gone. They never saw him again. Clemont never found out if he just went on a journey somewhere or drowned himself or what, but he was gone. Alexa willingly agreed to take care of them until he returned, but it soon became apparent that he wasn't coming back.

Alexa knew them both well, and while Bonnie tried to cover up her sadness by pretending to be happy, Clemont spent almost a whole year lying slouched in his new room, staring at the wall. Alexa did what she could to help them, but she was the head operator and owner of the Lumiose Exhibit, Kalos's biggest newspaper, and she couldn't be with the two broken siblings all the time. Finally, two years after Hera Airgood passed away, Clemont announced that he was going on a journey. He knew that even though Alexa loved them to death, part of her wanted them out of her hair so she could continue her journaling career. Clemont could have done the selfish, older-brotherly thing and not let Bonnie come, but that wasn't who he was. Inside, he felt like Bonnie was the only thing he had left and to part from her would be like losing an arm. He had recovered a lot from the stress of losing both parents in only two years, and so the two of them headed out into Lumiose.  And that's when everyone's favourite lemon-headed boy met Ash.

Yada yada you know the story. The threesome met Serena, and turned into a foursome. Now Serena (obviously) liked Ash. (Btw, my Serena is a bit more of a tomboy. ) But Ash, even though he was almost technical three years older than her, had always been slow-developing when it came to the "feeling" part of his brain. Part of him just didn't get love then, and he sort of subconsciously shut down the part of him that did so that liking somebody wouldn't interfere with his dream and his journey. He sort of knew Serena liked him, he just didn't get how at that point (and to some degree, throughout his entire life. ) But that never stopped Serena from admiring him. (I have to stop on this subject right now, or else I'll never stop fangirling )

Anyway, Clemont and Serena didn't hit it off at first, or at any point at all along that journey. To put it simply, Serena didn't like Clemont that much because she didn't understand him. She thought that he was touchy, paranoid,  and extremely overprotective of Bonnie. She didn't get that he had anxiety, or that he had a good reason for his worrying extensively about his sister: Bonnie would be growing up without any parents, and thus at first Clemont wanted inside to be the only one to influence her. Obviously, the two girls bonded, especially since Serena was so good with children. The main thing that Clemont and Serena clashed over was Bonnie.

[Clemont: I think you're a bad influence on her.
Serena: Me? Who told her she was too young to wear lipstick?
Clemont: That's different, and you know it.
Alexa: You two are acting like a couple already.
Both: STAY OUT OF THIS!!!]

But, gradually, through time and information that was let slip, Serena realized that there was more to Clemont than the shield he put up.

[Serena: Bonnie, where are your parents? You guys never talk about them.
Bonnie: *points up at the sky* Up there.
Serena: Oh. Ohh.]

But she still felt like her heart was with Ash. But surprisingly,  when the four parted and Ash was setting off to whateverregionisnext, Serena chose to stay with Clemont. Not because she liked him, but because he needed her. Bonnie still had four years left before she turned ten, and it was well known that she rarely listened to her brother anyway. Clemont needed Serena's help more than he could ever admit, but still Serena's thoughts were with Ash. Four years later, Bonnie turned ten and set off on her own. But before Serena could make arrangements to leave, she started having problems with her vision.

She'd wake up and be able to see almost normally, but throughout the day her eyesight would deteriorate until she was almost blind by evening. Her eyes got tested at tons of top-name clinics, but none could explain what was happening to her vision, and she was freaking out. Her mom went with her to each hospital and doctor's office, guiding her when she needed it. Clemont was worried about her, and so he tagged along. Serena let her frustration out by snapping at him over everything annoying that he did, but he didn't let it faze him one bit. Finally a test from an eye clinic in the Arkia region revealed what Serena had been hoping against Arceus wouldn't be true: she had a progressive, hereditary eye disease and was estimated to go completely blind in one to two weeks.

Now I should explain something about Vaniville. I changed Serena's hometown to better fit my version of her. My Vaniville is the southernmost town in Kalos. It's so far off the Main Path that it would take two months of walking to even reach Santalune. It's kind of  a hick town, and the people there value physical strength way over intelligence. Do you see where I'm going?

Anyway, Serena and her mom went back to Vaniville. Clemont, still worried about his friend and wanting to pay her back for all her help with Bonnie, asked politely if he could stay for a while. Grace was suspicious of course (partially because he was a nerd ) but she agreed. Meanwhile, Serena locked herself in her bedroom and would not talk to anyone, including especially her mom. Finally, Grace (who's just as proud and stubborn as her daughter) asked Clemont to talk to her. And when she would listen to him, he just said "fine" and pulled up a chair and sat down in her room for three days, counting the ceiling tiles under his breath, until Serena was so irritated with him that she got up, located him by sound and beat the living crap out of him. And he of course let her. Twas all part of his plan. His logic was that Serena was really angry with the world, and she would have to get that anger out before she would listen to reason. So finally she collapses, crying, and Clemont says this one line that he uses twice more throughout the headcanon: "You've never let anything stop you before; are you really going to start now?" And Serena sighs and agrees.

So the next day Clemont sits down with her and says they should make a list. He said that there were a lot of things that she couldn't do now, but there still were plenty of things that she could. So they brainstormed for about an hour, and finally the list was about one sheet long. So he stuck it to the fridge as a reminder.

It actually starts out with a fan. Clemont had fashioned a low power, handheld fan and asked Grace for permission to put it above the stairs, so that Serena could tell by sound wher3 the stairs were. And things sort of took off from there. Clemont came up with invention after invention to help Serena live at least a somewhat-normal life, and the thing was,  they started working. Albeit, they weren't as elaborate at they once were, but at least they didn't blow up in his face! Just using simple household items and converting them into machines that utilized the senses other than sight to help Serena navigate. And slowly, that list on the refrigerator grew and grew, until it was several notebook sheets long (and written in Clemont's tiny, neat handwriting.)

But I don't mean to say that she was helpless. The opposite,  actually. Serena has always been strong, proud, and independent. And you can imagine how going blind would elevate that. One thing about Serena's blindness that Clemont had figured out from the beginning (and people like Ash had to learn the hard way) was that it was important to Serena to be able to figure things out on her own. She would much rather fall and have to pick herself back up than have somebody guide her. If she needed help, she'd ask for it. But she's thankful for everything that Clemont did for her to help her adjust to living without sight.

And so, Serena put aside her dream of being with Ash to help Clemont when he most needed it, and Clemont gave up his dream to help Serena. And in doing that, they both sort of found their niche in the world. It shows in both of their cases how what seems like a tragedy at the moment can lead to something even better. And both of their losses, Clemont’s parents and Serena’s sight, wound their stories together. They (of course) fell in love, and yada yada you can guess the rest. Clemont never actually became a gym leader, and after several years of being beside Serena he realized that it wasn’t even his dream anymore. Bonnie, actually, became the Lumiose gym leader, after an encounter with Max set her on the same dream he had. But that’s another story. ^^

Anyway, so Clemont and Serena got married (as standard rule of my headcanons dictates. ) They moved to Coumarine City to be by the ocean, and a few years later accidentally had one kid. She was a girl (with blue eyes, thankfully) who resembled Clemont in almost every way except for having Serena’s sandy brown hair. They called her Brave.

 

Anyway, so that’s my Kalos headcanon in a quick-ish summary. Whoa, this is a long journal. O_o Please tell me if you liked it, and if you would like to hear more headcanon garbles. Oh, and my good friend   is writing a PMD fic series about Grovyle’s past and it is FAB-ULOUS!!! Just thought I’d let you guys know. Bye!