Ash is now taking a seat in front of his favorite cafe with a cup of hot chocolate on the table, he has been thinking about the current events of the gym battles and how they are going to deal with it.

"Sorry to interrupt, but may I sit here?" A familiar voice asks.

Ash looks up and nearly choked after seeing Serena smiling down at him. Pikachu glares at her, ready to shock her if he must. Lucario frowns as he doesn't like the way things are going. Ash looks around, and sure enough, there is only one seat left - the one in front of him. He can't risk letting her know who he really is, or else she might turn him in. But it is also a good opportunity, he will be able to see Serena's true colors without the incident being in the way.

Ash sighs as he says, "Sure, you can sit here."

Serena's smile grows wider as she sits across from him. Instead of staring at her food, she decides to ask Ash, "So you created the region by yourself?"

"Not by myself, the region is created by all the Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and me." Ash says, still looking at the reports from his subordinates in the company.

"What are you looking at?" Serena notices the file in Ash's hand and asks with curiosity.

"RPA Company's income report. We have a lot of services and each of them has its own income." Ash says.

Serena is now curious, if Ash is looking at a long list, that means he has a lot of wealth. She wonders how much money Ash has in his pocket so that he can afford an island, a castle, and other things.

After Ash finishes his coffee, he bids farewell to Serena as he leaves the cafe. To tell the truth, Ash is a little disappointed that he has to talk to Serena again, his first love and also the one who broke his heart in the past.

"So what does she ask you?" Ash almost trips as he turns to see Alice, who comes with her Glaceon by her side.

"She wants to pry into our lives, but trust me, she lost the chance and there is no way she's going to get it back with you now by my side." Ash says.

"Just give me a reason why shouldn't I kill him right here right now?" Alice asks. "For what she's done to you, she dares to show up in front of you and ask for such things?"

"She is the Kalos Queen, and she still has power. If you kill her right now, it will just bring our region a bad name." Ash says. "Anyway, let's change the mood. I mean, today is the day that we're going to show the others around the region. Starting from this Otem Town."

"I guess you're right." Alice says with a smile.

Thanks to Chloe and Mr. Goodshow, they manage to separate the visitors into four groups. Two groups for Gym Leaders, a group for Elite Four, and a group for Champions and the rest of the people. Eve, Drandon, Mark, and Alice will be the tour guides, but they won't always stay in one group as they will take turns. Unfortunately for Ash and Alice, they are now with the Champions and the rest, which means that most of the traitors are going to be with their group.

Before meeting up with the Champions, Ash and Alice are now at the bay when a Pokemon jumps in front of them. This is Manaphy, a Mythical Pokemon that Ash befriended a lot of years ago.

"Papa!" Manaphy gives Ash a bear hug before switching to Alice, "Mama is here as well!"

"Hello, Manaphy." Alice says, "Do you want a Pokepuff?"

Manaphy nods with delight as Alice gives her a Pokepuff with some ice cream on it. Ash also remembers the time when Alice met Manaphy for the first time.

(Flashback)

When Ash is showing Alice his Pokemon on the ranch, a blue blur just knocks Alice to the ground. Ash says, "Alice, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Ash. But what hit me?" Alice asks with confusion.

Ash notices the blue Pokemon and he sighs, "Manaphy, even you are here. What a surprise."

"Hi, Papa!" Manaphy jumps into Ash's arm as Alice is confused.

"So that's a Manaphy?" Alice asks with confusion.

"Yeah. I met him back in Kanto. That sure has been a long time." Ash says.

After talking to her about the whole story related to Samiya, Alice asks, "So May was the one who hatched this Manaphy, does that mean May is his Mama?"

"No, she's not mama! You're Mama!" Manaphy yells as he jumps into Alice's arm, causing her to blush.

"I guess Manaphy really likes you." Ash says.

"Really?" Alice looks at Manaphy, who is looking cutely at her. Alice smiles and says, "I love you too, Manaphy."

(Flashback Ends)

"So you have finished your swimming around the area." Ash says, and Manaphy smiles.

Alice says, "That reminds me, I think I should give all of our Pokemon some Pokepuffs as well."

"That sounds like a good idea." Ash says as they head to the ranch and gives each of the Pokepuff to the Pokemon.

Mark and Max are staying at the FS Resort, as they are training with their Fighting Type Pokemon. Mark says, "Your Gallade has been improving a lot, I must say I'm very proud of you."

"Thank you, Mark. Your Urshifu is also as strong as always." Max says.

"So this is where you have been..." Max gulps as he turns around, he finds his father standing in front of him. Although he is glad that May wasn't with him, probably because she might be sidetracked by her friends.

"Do I even know you?" Max asks, not wanting to admit that the man in front of him is his father.

"What are you talking about? Max? I'm your father." Norman tries to say.

"You must be mistaken. I don't have any parents in my family but a lot of best brothers and sisters." Max says in a cold tone.

"And right now you're interrupting our training. Can you please leave?" Mark asks.

"Not until I know what's going on here." Norman says. "If you're here, does that mean you managed to escape your kidnapper? Why didn't you bother trying to call us?"

"Who said I was kidnapped?" Max decides not to play more mind games. "You claim to be my father, but you don't act like one. You never listened to everything I said since my best friend is framed for a crime he didn't commit."

"He is not framed, the witness and the evidence show that he's a murderer." Norman says sternly. "Don't tell me you're still hanging around with him."

"As if I can hang out with him considering he's on the run and won't risk anything to get caught." Max says with a cool tone. "He always cares about others rather than himself, he wouldn't want me to put myself in danger because of some lies made by May and the others."

Mark sighs, "That's enough, Max." He turns to Norman and says, "You must be the Petalburg Gym Leader, Norman, right?"

"I've seen you on stage, you're the Elite Four member of the Sevestar." Norman says. "But what I am doing is not your business. This is a family talk and I need outsiders to stay out of this."

Max says, "Then I'm also an outsider because I am not a part of your family anymore. Right now I'm a Gym Leader of this region and you have no authority over me."

Norman has never heard of Max talking like this, he starts to be conflicted as to what makes him change like that. Mark says, "What Max said, and despite me being an outsider, you have to know that the Champion of this region, Red Satoshi, is also my brother. When he found out that Max ran away from home, he brings him here and offers him a role of a Gym Leader. He also gives him protection so that nobody can harm him as you guys have done."

"Messing with me means that you're messing with the Leaders in the region. Surely you don't want that to happen, right?" Max asks.

After thinking, Norman says, "Max, can you tell me everything you know ever since you leave the house? Why are you siding with the murderer and why would Red bring you here?"

Max sighs as he says, "Let's get into the resort, we can talk there."

Ash and Alice are walking around until they hear the traitors chatting with each other, they decide to hide behind the wall and listen to everything.

"I think that the Glaceon that Aurora has is mine! It looks just like it!" May is ranting to her friends.

"I know, and I suspect the other Elites may have our missing Pokemon too. Especially that Mark guy, he has a Starmie and it could have been mine for all I know." Misty says. "We're going to take the missing Pokemon. Even if it's not ours, we'll still take it, since they are Elite trained, and must be powerful too."

"Oh yeah." Iris says.

"But for now, we still have some gym battles we need to test." Kiawe says.

Ash and Alice are angry at what they've heard. They already succeeded in framing Ash for a crime that he didn't commit, and now they are going to steal their Pokemon because they think that they're elite-trained?

"I guess we should get our revenge..." Alice says.

"We're not going to kill them just yet." Ash says.

"Who said we're going to kill them?" Alice says while looking at her shadow. "Their behavior shows that they are not worthy to stay at our hotels. I'm going to take their keys."

"Do you mean all of them?" Ash asks, "I like this plan. It is their fault for dropping their keys. But how are you going to do it?"

"I'm a Ghost Type trainer." Alice says. "I have my ways."

After a while, Alice manages to get 6 keys and locks them inside the castle, when the traitors are back in their rooms, they can't get in. Not to mention that their luggage is shown in front of the fountain.

"Why are our luggage here? What's the big idea?" Misty yells in anger.

"Yeah, and our keys are gone! Just how the hell did you drop all of them?" Clemont asks with anger.

Since there are no rooms for them to stay in, they have to stay in the Pokemon Center rooms. They had just lost a free luxurious place to stay, and they are not in a good mood.

"I bet it is one of those Elites that did it...well, not Alice, though she would never do that."

The boys are drooling just at the thought of the beautiful princess, if either of them had her hand in marriage, Sevestar Region would be theirs to rule. And by merely dating her, they would get attention from the media and they can further their careers. The girls are looking at the boys with disgust.

"But why would they do anything to us? We haven't done anything to them." Mallow replies.

"I say that we get more information. Their taste has a strong flavor, but there is something strange within it." Cilan says.

And I'll end the chapter right here, Norman manages to meet Max, and they are going to have a long talk. Norman is very stubborn and he is not going to give up on finding Max, and Max decides to tell him everything about Ash's murderer. What will happen to them? And also, the common Manaphy's May's not Mama plot, since every betrayal story with May has this part, so why not add it inside this story as well? I hope you like this chapter.