The TV was playing. "Today, may 22nd marks the two year anniversary of world champion Ash Ketchum going missing. It also marks his 13th birthday, happy birthday Ash, wherever you are, and may Arceus watch over you. If anyone has seen anything about the boy please call the authorities or the above—" beep...

Kukui: He had shut the TV off.

Lilly: "Professor Kukui?... Are you alright?" Kukui and his students came here every year to talk about and support each other after what happened... Ash going missing and all.

Kukui: "13... That's a big mile stone..." Kukui mumbled, "I... I need some time. Just to... Think." He walked outside.

Kiawe: "... He's more hurt then the rest of us."

Mallow: "Ash was pretty much his son..." She mumbled sadly.

Professor Brunett: "I didn't know Ash as long as the rest of you... And I'm still hurt by his disappearance as well... I can't imagine what it must be like for the rest of you..." *She looked out the window, to keep a small eye on her husband.

Sophocles: "Remember when he first came to school, and you all trampled him with Tauros?" He smiled.

Lana: "Or the time Ash got stuck in a tree for almost a whole day."

Lilly: "I hope whenever Ash is, he's having the greatest 13 birthday of all time."

Pikachu: "...pika...." The poor Pokemon had laid in the same spot since two years prior, when he came back with a small bandana wrapped around its neck, filled with all of Ash's Pokemon, then Ash just... Vanished. As if he disappeared.

Professor Brunet: "K-Kukui?!- where is he?... ACK-" She shielded her eyes as a blinding flash of light turned everything white for miles. "What on earth?...."