All it took to destroy Ash Ketchum's life was a single Darkrai, hell-bent on revenge. Aurian Copland came home to wish she hadn't. The duo strike an alliance and shelter with Lance and the G-Men, biding time as the League destroys their reputations. With no other options, they enlist, setting their lives on a collision course with fate as they search for light in the aftermath.

Years after vanishing into thin air, Ash Ketchum and Aurian Copland surface with new identities and a new mission- spying on an interregional tournament for traces of trouble. They're soon thrown head-first into a plot that threatens all they know. Can they keep their primary intentions secret while saving the world? Only time can tell… and the clock's ticking. AU.

Ash Ketchum ran from a false accusation of failure to protect everyone he cared about and found himself forced to abandon all he'd ever known. Aurian Borealis stumbled upon a secret that she was never supposed to discover and started running, leaving everyone she cared about behind. This is how it all fell to pieces... Prequel to Primary. AU.