Hmm, been a while since I read this, but I'll try to leave a review from what I can remember. Sorry for the delay, had some issues on my end lately.

Lots of good stuff happened here. Was a little sad what happened between Lucy and Ash, but at least they managed to work things out. And that Michael Jackson reference was funny. Was kinda hoping they'd confess their feelings for each other finally, but guess they're being careful since they really care about each other. But I'm sure the build-up will be worth it when they finally DO confess to each other.

And so we see Aura again, in quite a different way than she was seen in Forbidden Love. But hopefully, it's not the last we see of her, since she is Ashton's daughter after all. Though kind of curious as to what brought on her change, but hopefully, that'll be revealed next time we see her make her an appearance in this story. Along with her suitor, Rone, from 's pics.

So Pearl has a curse on her, from her days back in the Blackflame Six. Kind of figured that her baby wouldn't be born alive, since it was brought up a few times in the past few chapters. (I also meant to ask why the inconsistency from what I recall, since during the chapter with Ash's battle with Roark, it was mentioned she was a quarter through her pregnancy, but a couple chapters later, she was like halfway through it, unless those were just rough estimates.) Sucks that her child didn't even get a chance at life, which I was also wondering about, with the whole "Ashton revival hand" or the premature death revival, but you already answered that.

A while back, I was wondering about the whole thing with the Lucario and the Mystery of Mew events, if they would play some kind of role in this story. And like someone else pointed out, it DID happen after the Hoenn saga, during the Battle Frontier portion, I know from what Ash's team was at that point. Kinda curious to see what you will do once they're there if you still plan on it and if Aaron's Lucario or Mew will make a re-appearance (assuming they've already been shown, last time Ash was there from how you wrote it), but will wait to find out.

Anyway, hope to see the next chapter fairly soon. Don't keep us waiting much longer!