When one reality ends, another one opens

**"When one reality ends, another one opens"** is the first chapter of *Pokémon Reset Bloodlines*. While traveling through Kalos, Ash Ketchum witnesses the collapse of reality and his traveling companions being erased from existence. After being transported to Arceus's palace, he's sent to the past with his memories intact so he can prevent this, setting up the beginning of his journey across a new timeline.

## Plot

In the Kalos region, Jessie, James and Meowth are riding their hot air balloon over Route 5, trying to spot Ash and his companions. Suddenly, Meowth hears some strange rumbling and asks the other two if they heard it too. They deny it, but upon looking back up to the sky, he quickly regrets having looked.

Meanwhile on the ground, Ash, his friends and Pokémon are enjoying a meal while Clemont tries to test his latest invention, only for it to explode on him. Clemont tries to grab the last remaining cookie, but it suddenly vanishes without explanation. Suddenly, the Pokémon's food disappears as well. Ash wonders there are Kecleon in Kalos, which Clemont confirms but adds that he doubts there's one nearby, as Ash's Froakie would have sensed them.

Suddenly, a tree vanishes and the skies turn dark with thundering clouds, with everything beginning to be erased from existence. Clemont tries to use his gadgets to find out what's going on while Bonnie tries to grab onto him for protection. Serena notices that Ash has a look as if he's gone through something like this before, to which he mentions "Alamos Town". Before she can ask more, the ground below them disappears and they all fall into an abyss of darkness, with Serena, Bonnie, Clemont and every Pokémon disappearing into nothingness until only Ash is left, before a golden light surrounds him and teleports him away.

Ash lands on a strange palace made of gold, silver and multiple colored jewels. He tries to call out to his friends, before a wave of energy hits the place and knocks him to the ground. As he begins to wonder what's going on, Arceus appears before him to explain: the reality and the world as he knew it no longer exists, having been erased by Cyrus. He tells Ash that, after being trapped in another dimension, the former Team Galactic leader eventually learned of a way to manipulate the strands of reality to destroy it, and the only way to save it is to send someone back in time with their memories intact to stop them before he can do so. Ash doesn't believe he can, citing his failures to win in the Pokémon Leagues, to which Arceus replies that he's saved the world many times before, and adding that many of his perceived failures were the result of Cyrus using him to test his reality-warping capacities, including his defeats in the Sinnoh and Unova Leagues, thus fluctuating his levels of intelligence and competence as he saw fit.

Before the place collapses, Arceus explains that he'll send him to the past, specifically to the day he began his Pokémon journey, with his memories intact and a limited ability to restore his friends' and Pokémon memories. However, due to not being able to manipulate time and space as smoothly as Dialga, the transition will most likely alter him and the timeline itself, which might cause unexpected changes (such as Arceus trying to kill him, or Ash becoming a girl). A blue orb surrounds the trainer, and he vanishes just before his palace crumbles down, wishing him good luck.

Ash is sent through an infinite vortex of time and space, while lots of words start assaulting his mind as if whispered by every voice he's heard in his life, and after some time, he loses consciousness.

## Continuity

* This chapter is where The Old Timeline ends, specifically after the episode *The Bamboozling Forest!* of the X&Y series of the Pokémon anime.
* First appearances of Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, Jessie, and James

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash Ketchum
* Serena Gabena
* Clemont
* Bonnie
* Jessie
* James
* Tobias (Vision)

### Pokémon

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket's)
* Dedenne (Clemont's)
* Bunnelby (Clemont's)
* Chespin (Clemont's)
* Fennekin (Serena's)
* Froakie (Ash's)
* Fletchling (Ash's)
* Arceus
* Torterra (Ash's; vision)
* Buizel (Ash's; vision)
* Infernape (Ash's; vision)
* Gastrodon (Paul's; vision)
* Ninjask (Paul's; vision)
* Electivire (Paul's; vision)
* Pignite (Ash's; vision)
* Leavanny (Ash's; vision)
* Lucario (Cameron's; vision)
* Hydreigon (Cameron's; vision)
* Palpitoad (Ash's; vision)
* Emboar (Bianca's; vision)
* Boldore (Ash's; vision)
* Eevee (Virgil's; vision)
* Krookodile (Ash's; vision)
* Sawk (Stephan's; vision)
* Oshawott (Ash's; vision)
* Unfezant (Ash's; vision)
* Snivy (Ash's; vision)
* Serperior (Trip's; vision)
* Vanilluxe (Trip's; vision)
* Conkeldurr (Trip's; vision)
* Jellicent (Trip's; vision)
* Sceptile (Ash's; vision)
* Heracross (Ash's; vision)
* Darkrai (Tobias'; vision)
* Latios (Tobias'; vision)
* Electivire (Gary's; vision)

## Links

1. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/XY011