After Ash Ketchum was betrayed by his friends and family, who told him to give up on his dream of ever winning a championship, Ash fled to Mt. Silver. This next chapter starts with a fifteen-year time jump. But, despite more time passing than he had previously been alive for, starting a family, and mastering the use of his "aura" to literally talk to pokemon, that fateful childhood disagreement is still the defining moment of Ash's life… and it's only a matter of time before that wound is reopened.

We also begin a new series this episode: The Neopets epic "Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms," which was published in the Neopian Times. While you can listen to it in the full VODs, the edited version of this one's a podcast-exclusive. The story follows sisters Uriele and Nereza, a Light and Dark faerie, respectively, who are each gifted in different ways and are being trained to one day lead their tribe. The Light faerie Uriele has a habit of disregarding the rules, however, and indeed certain ethical boundaries as well…

Music featured in this episode includes tracks by Beat Mekanik, Komiku, and Jo Wandrini. The Fanfiction Theatre intro and outro music are by Visager. These tracks and most of the other sound effects and musical cues were sourced variously through The Free Music Archive, Freesound.org, and EpidemicSound.

Ultimate Betrayal, Sweet Revenge was deleted from Fanfiction.net years ago, so we have chosen not to reveal the author's username. “The Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms” was written by DrewDrop26.