Gary looked at Austin weirdly before shaking his head. "Well it doesn't matter, I have a journey to start." He said getting in the red car as it showed another person was driving it. "Smell ya later Ashy-Boy."

Austin glared at him. "Man how did Ash stand him for so long?" He muttered unaware of another figure approaching him.

"So you decided to show up after all." Professor Samuel Oak, an old man with greying hair wearing a white lab coat over a red shirt and brown cargo pants.His sudden appearance caused Austin to jump and fall over before he saw the man and he was gaping. "P-Professor Oak?!" He asked in amazement.

Raising a brow at the awestruck look in the kid's eyes, Prof. Oak shook his head. "Well you look like you're ready for bed, not for Pokemon Training." He said in amusement as Austin blinked and looked down before seeing that he pulled what Ash did in the Anime in his panic.

"Uh… I can fix this." Austin said nervously before he realized what was coming next and he grinned.

Since this was a dream, he may as well enjoy it as much as he can.

"But I am ready for a Pokemon."

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Austin couldn't help but look around as he was standing in the lab while a glass panel around three Pokeballs opened up. "Are you alright, Ash?" Prof. Oak asked a little concerned because something was off about him.Eyes widening, Austin lied. "Oh I'm fine Professor, I'm just excited." He said hoping he was convincing because he didn't think he could keep up the act for long.

"Hm… Well alright." The Pokemon Professor decided to drop it for now as he backed up. "So who is your choice?"

Frowning in thought, Austin put on an act. "Well Gary said he got a Squirtle so that's out." He said as he reached for Charmander's Pokeball. "I choose Charmander."Even though he knew it was empty, Austin put on a disappointed face to fool the Professor who chose that time to speak. "That one was also taken by a kid that wasn't late."

"Well that's fine, Bulbasaur is a great Pokemon-." Austin faked another disappointed look as it opened to show it was empty.

" The Early bird gets the worm, or in this case the Pokemon." Prof. Oak said cupping his chin.

"So… There's no Pokemon?" Austin asked knowing the answer as Prof. Oak looked a little conflicted.

"Well there's still one left but I-."

"I'll take it." Austin said a little too quickly.

… What? He wanted to be on his way before his parents woke him up.

A little surprised by the reaction, Prof. Oak pressed a button and a Pokeball with a lightning bolt emblem on it came up.

"I think I should warn you, there is a problem with this last one." Prof. Oak said as Austin fidgeted.

"I'll take my chances."

"Well in that case." Prof. Oak handed Austin the Pokeball.

Grinning as he pressed the button, Austin barely looked away as a flash of light erupted to show the small, bipedal yellow mouse with the red sacs on his cheeks and a lightning bolt tail twitching as he blinked his black eyes.

"His name is Pikachu." Prof. Oak said as Pikachu looked towards them and frowned.

"Pika." Pikachu muttered crossing his arms.

"Hi Pikachu." Austin reached over before he remembered one detail as Prof. Oak tried to call out a warning.It was too late as Pikachu began to electrocute him and Austin began to spasm in pain.… He forgot how much of a dick Pikachu was in the beginning.

As Pikachu huffed, Austin realized one detail.

He just felt pain… Oh shit he wasn't dreaming.Austin probably would've freaked out if it wasn't for the fact that he was twitching a bit from the electrocution.

"Shocking isn't it?" Prof. Oak quipped with a straight face.

'S-S-Screw y-you.' Austin thought with a twitch.

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Once he could move, Austin looked at Pikachu who wouldn't even meet his gaze.Now that he knew for a fact that this wasn't a dream, Austin couldn't help but think.

How did he get here?

And if he was here in Ash's body, where was the real Ash?

Was Ash in his body?

Austin felt some worry because he didn't know how his parents would react to someone in his body claiming they were Ash because he was pretty sure that's what he would do.

'I have to find a way to fix this.' Austin thought as Prof. Oak handed him the Pokedex and Pokeballs. 'Somehow, someway… Knowing my luck I'll probably be in the mental hospital when I get home.'Austin looked at the Pokedex and messed with it to see how it worked before pointing it at Pikachu who finally gave him a look, wondering what he was doing.

"Pikachu the Electric Mouse Pokemon, the red sacs on its cheeks store up energy to equal a lightning bolt, if one finds a charred berry in the woods it is a sure sign that a Pikachu is nearby." The Pokedex said surprising Austin as he wondered how he survived being electrocuted in the first place-... Hell how does Ash survive a point blank Flamethrower in the future?

" This Pikachu is Male and the ability is Static. Currently this Pikachu knows Thundershock, Growl and Tail Whip. The Age of this Pikachu is Two Years and Five Months."

Austin was even more surprised when he saw that the Pokedex also gave him the age of the Pokemon as Pikachu huffed and looked away.

"You may want to return him to his Pokeball." Prof. Oak suggested gaining Pikachu's attention as he tensed.

Remembering that Pikachu didn't like the Pokeball, Austin smiled. "Nah, I think he would like to be out of it." He said surprising Pikachu that he got it. 'Hopefully this will keep him from electrocuting me.' "Besides how can I be his friend if I keep him in the ball the whole time?"

Pikachu shook his head as if to say, 'Yeah, good luck with that.'

Prof. Oak scratched his cheek. "If you're sure Ash."

Austin swallowed a bit as he realized he had to go by Ash to avoid questions now.It'll take awhile before he was used to that though.Closing his eyes as he took a deep breath, Austin began trying to get into the mindset of being Ash as he opened his eyes. "You alright, Ash?"

"Uh yeah." Austin said with a sheepish smile. "I'm just trying to calm myself because I'm so excited."

Prof. Oak chuckled as he heard that.