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1. A Courageous Heart by TheSilverboar

   Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Mao | Mallow/Satoshi | Ash Ketchum
   • Satoshi | Ash Ketchum
   • Mao | Mallow (Pokemon)
   • Sakaki | Giovanni
   • Rokon | Vulpix
   • Alternative starter
   • Cross Posted on Fanfiction.net
   • Pikachu isn't nice/good
   • trauma happens
   • overcoming trauma/PTSD
   • OC Gym(s)
   • More complex Giovanni
   • two different Team Rockets

   Summary

   A look at what might have happened if Pikachu chose to abandon Ash during the spearrow incident. Badly hurt and unable to flee, Ash ends up saved by a passing pokemon, a small creature with a courageous heart. This change affects the future of Ash and the world itself. (Warning, beginning is a little dark, even after i toned it down)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   30,862

   Chapters:

   18/?

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