Here from the review game. Hello Americian-Pi. I don't get much time to come on Serebii anymore as I've been promoted as a head mod on another forum, but I still like to check on Serebii every day and I still enjoy reading the fics here. Now I can't remember if I have read or reviewed this fic in the past, so I'm considering this a fresh start for me and review the first chapter.
I'm going to go straight in with the opening. The large bold text threw me off a bit as it's almost as half the size of the little introduction. Whilst I think the little introduction is a nice touch, I think it would benefit with it being merged with the first chapter cause I think it flows quite well together. But it does make me want to read on. I'm curious to how Pidgeot got the name, Thunder.
The ending was a nice way to end the first chapter. Even though it was shorter than expected, though I think it's fine though. It was short and to the the point. Having Articuno in, made it a really nice touch. I bet Thunder felt honoured to see such a wonderful legendary.
The scene near the beginning where Thunder remembers Ash's promise that he would come back to her, when he never did really stood out for me. It's a shame that Ash has seemed to have forgotten his promise as he is in Alola now. Now I want to read the other chapters to see if they every do reunite in the fic.
I liked the dialogue cause it showed how important Thunder has become since leaving Ash. The fact that Thunder is told that her protection is needed shows to me that Thunder is a very strong pidgeot and that she is highly respected.
I really enjoyed the characterisation in this, especially when they mention Faulkner's pokemon. It makes the relationships between the characters natural and believable. I also think your writing in this makes is easy to read and also easy to imagine the scenes.
So overall, I really liked the first chapter. I liked how Ash's Pidgeot is called Thunder and I liked Sky in this too. It's good that they have names in this. I have a feeling that Zapdos and Moltres will be making an appearance in this fic soon. Especially Zapdos because of Lighting and Thunder.