Okay…random one-shot I made up, enjoy! Cliché one shot I know! But still, I like it :D Oh and HIIIII, lol, my break wasn't very long, but I got this two shot started months ago and I really have enjoyed writing it. It was going to be a one shot at first, but you all know me and my ways XD. I really hope you enjoy it and if there are any mistakes, I'll be looking through this story anyway to see the mistakes and stuff, just decided to tell ya know so… yeah….

Summary: Dawn's lost her contest and from recent criticism about her being 'pathetic', she couldn't take it and decided to travel alone, in hope that she won't keep interrupting Ash's dreams any longer. However, Ash never wanted that to happen, he wanted her around no matter what…

Note: Dawn's POV and Ash's POV (like most of my stories)

Dawn's POV

I was…pathetic, utterly useless. How could I take control of my dream when I couldn't even control myself… I was pitiful…Ursula was right. I wasn't good enough to be a coordinator, all my victories were luck, plain luck. How stupid could I be? Thinking I could do this, when I know I can't…I was so…incredibly…stupid. There was no way I could do this, my Pokemon… they didn't deserve me as their trainer, heck, a little baby could do better then me!

"Dawn?" Ash whispered…I ignored him, I know he would try to tell me all those lies…saying, 'You were great' and 'you'll get them next time.' Oh no, there was no next time for me. I decided. This was the third time in a row I hadn't gotten through the second round. There was no point in trying anymore, I had taken Zoey's advice, it didn't work, May's advice, still didn't work, Ash's…his almost worked…until I messed up, I always messed up, I could never get anything right, I was totally pathetic.

"Dawn.." he whispered again, his soft, toned, caring voice. Why? Why me? Fall for the greatest guy on earth? Fall for his reckless ways, his brown beautiful eyes, his caring gestures, his whole personality…he didn't deserve me…he must think I was totally useless, that he should have gone for someone else…could you blame him? People say to try and try and try.. And then you succeed, but that isn't true, I did try and try, I never succeeded, I never gained anything, I didn't have enough hope and faith and trust and all that. I didn't deserve to own Pokemon. I didn't deserve to have Ash…some other lucky girl out there would die to have him as a partner…and would be worth it too. Unlike me, a small, heartbroken girl.

"No point getting through to her, she knows it's over…" I knew the cruel, cold voice, Ursula, the girl that was always right…right about me anyway.

"Oh piss off!" Ash shouted at her with fury.

"She knows she's no good, she's a useless slut.. everyone knows that." she said proudly, if I wasn't so down I would have hit her by now, but, I hate to say it, but she was right. I was useless, at everything, I can't do anything...I kept my head down, avoiding eye contact with everyone, even though, I felt a small, evil pair of eyes staring at me. I heard her throw some other insults at me, which I tried to block out but couldn't help but listen to. I kind of felt some kind of a rage…something that had been building up for ages. I also felt other people staring at me now, watching me, feeling sorry for me. Except one pair, they were looking down to the ground, piling up their anger, waiting to explode. At one point, he did…

"I SUGGEST YOU SHUT THAT GOB OF YOURS BEFORE YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE A BIG BLACK EYE YOU COW!" He shouted at her, yelling like hell, wanting to get her back for what she had said to me, he was going to say more. I decided to block that out too, I hated it when he was angry, I felt so different…I felt, afraid. It wasn't like him to have a huge tantrum like this. I finally made a movement, I tried hard, trying hard not to cry, trying to make sure I didn't cry in front of him. I put my hand on his shoulder, as a sign to stop, which he did. I tried hard to look him in the eye and tell him that it there was 'no need to worry'. Even though, there was a huge reason to worry. I stared into those eyes of his and whispered.

"It's okay…" I looked at his mouth, partly open, about to say something, but before he could, I walked away. I heard Ursula, crying insults at me shouting,

"That's it walk away from me! A girl like you don't belong here! You should go cry in the corner and never come out!" It was harsh, I know, but true. I should do that, but I won't…because…well, it won't help at all. Not one bit. I turned round slightly, seeing Ash's face…he stared at me, watching my moves, his eyes were wide, clearly saying 'Dawn it's not okay..' I started finding myself unable to look into those desperate eyes and started running out of the building, leaving everything behind, including my badge case, with the ribbon of my mom's in it. I ran out the automatic doors, crying my eyes out. We were in Snowpoint City at the moment, the sun was setting, the wind was pounding against my bare skin, my face felt like cold ice, I was running across the beautiful horizon to the Pokemon Centre. The doors opened, I ran to my room and onto the terrace and screamed…. screamed till I couldn't scream no more, screamed till my throat had gone dry and bent over the bars, feeling like I was going to be sick, but I didn't feel sick…I just cried and cried. Till my eyes hurt and no more tears could fall to the ground. I called out,

"I'M SORRY!" saying sorry to every soul that had to watch me fail, having to say sorry for all those times I acted like I could do it, even though I couldn't, I shouted sorry for all the efforts that everyone put into me being the best, but no, their efforts were wasted…and the two people I needed to say sorry most to, were, of course, my mum, my brilliant, talented mum. The women who inspired me to become a coordinator…I would never walk in the same footsteps as my mum. I was a failure to her…the last person I needed to say sorry to was…Ash, Ash Ketchum, the most brilliant guy out there, putting himself in danger for me, putting his training time on the line for me, having to look after me, having to put up with my complaints, having to look at my worthless face… I went back in and sat on the cushioned bed, looking down to the ground in shame. Why? Why am I even here? I should be running away by now, Ash and Brock would be better without me. If I run…run somewhere new I would be able to redeem myself. I promised myself, I would train till my knuckles bled, run till I would run out of breath. I promise myself, I would become the best…somehow…even if it takes me years or even my whole life, I wouldn't go back to Ash until I had become worth something…until then…

"I quit." I whispered to myself, but I didn't know, Ash was in the door way, eyes wide with disbelief swirling around. I turned and my eyes widened, my eyes felt emotionless. With nothing to say, I picked up my bag and pushed past him. He didn't seem like he was going to say anything for a while. When he heard something he didn't like, he stayed silent for a while and stayed still. When he heard something which he really, really hated he would react in just a few seconds. I guess, the actions he was going to do next, were in between. He grabbed my shoulder and turned me around so our eyes would meet, I stared into those brown eyes deeply.

"What do you mean you quit?" he said, softly,

"I mean I quit, simple, even you know that Ash." I said with a straight face.

"You can't…just because of this little lose…" My eyes raged,

"Little? LITTLE, This was the biggest lose EVER!" I screamed, I pulled my arm away from him and ran out of the room into the cold atmosphere outside. I ran like hell and heard him call my name, pleading me to go back, I wasn't going to go back though no matter what. I could hear him scream,

"PLEASE DAWN, PLEASE WAIT!"

No matter how much he would say 'please' I wouldn't stop, no matter how much he would say 'wait', I wouldn't stop running. The air was getting more chilling by the minute and in no time I was out of the city, in the wild… cold, upset, miserable and knocked down to ashes. Snow was up to my knees, the wind was blowing like hell, I was so upset I didn't care what weather I walked in, I didn't care which direction I went in, as long as I went somewhere worth while. However, I probably would never get there, I was so weak, and scared…I didn't really know what I wanted in life now. I had a blank mind. I kept going forward. The wind got stronger and I was getting colder. Suddenly a red light came from one of my balls,

"Piplup." I whispered, by looking at his face, he wasn't happy, not at all.

"Pip pip pip lup!" he shouted angrily at me, after all these years, I've been able to understand Piplup's actions telling me what he was saying.

"Hey don't shout at me!" I shouted at him.

"Pip pip lup!" he shouted.

"You know as well as I do that I can't do this!!" I screamed,

"Pip LUP!" he squealed.

"STOP IT! WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!" I shouted back, Piplup turned angry and started using peck on me.

"OW! QUIT IT! GET OFF." I pushed him off of me, he landed to the ground with a thud, sinking into the snow. He got up, his eyes annoyed, yet upset at my actions. My heart sank, I never meant to push him that hard. He started walking away from me, a blizzard was forming, I had to get him back in his poke ball or he will get seriously ill.

"WAIT!" I shouted for him, but he would stop, the blizzard had gotten stronger. I ran for him, and looked around in all directions, nothing,

"PIPLUP, I'M SO SORRY, WHERE ARE YOU?!" I screamed, where was he? The blizzard had gotten colder and stronger, almost knocking me off my feet, with a huge gust, it pushed me to the ground. The blizzard made it harder, however I could see a small, bird shaped figure in the distance, I couldn't see the detail, but I knew it was Piplup, since he was walking away from me. So it was obvious. I started walking towards him, it was hard to walk in the deep snow, it wasn't helping that is was cold too. In no time, I couldn't see anything at all, not even Piplup's figure in the dark.

"PIPLUP!" I screamed out, trying to get response, I screamed his name four more times, still nothing, it was hopeless, I didn't even know where I was going! Where is he? Suddenly I heard a blood curdling squeal.

"Piplup?" I called out, he replied again.

"PIP PIP LUPPPP!" He screamed, I could tell he was in danger.

"PIPLUP I'M COMING!" What was wrong with me? How could I say I was coming when I couldn't see where I was going. However, I wasn't thinking about that, I only wanted to know what had happened to my poor Piplup.

"Piplup? PIPLUP!" I shouted a multiple number of times. Oh god, this was all my fault… damn it, what's wrong with me, have I lost it?

"DAWN!" I heard a faint shout from a distance. I didn't have a clue of who it was. I stepped back, not looking where I was going…I was so, deeply scared, I was alone, cold, freezing, to make it worse I had lost my partner, I was hearing voices and I was loosing my mind. What was going on?

"Go away!" I screamed, not wanting to hear the voice again.

"PIKA PI!" I heard a squeal, suddenly, unclenching myself, I started realising who the squeal belonged too.

"Pikachu?" I mumbled under my breath. Another strong gust of old icy wind chucked me to the ground.

"Dawn! Where are you!" the other voice screamed. Wait…if Pikachu was here, that meant…Ash was too. Oh no, no, no! What's he doing here, in this weather? what am I talking about? I should be asking myself the same question. I made sure I was quiet, I didn't want him to know I was here. I got, slowly, trying not to make the sound, wait a second, the rush of the wind of the storm was loud enough to cover my sounds and my sight, which means it's the same for him…

Ash's POV

"DAWN!" I screamed her name, again and again and again, nothing. I knew she was here, I could feel her presents. This wind was too strong and the snow was so thick, I couldn't see a thing, she could be anywhere. Oh man, what if she had hurt herself, what if she had…had frozen to…no, she's strong, I know it, she's strong enough to fight this! Another big blast came through, knocking me off my feet, Pikachu squealed.

"Are you okay?" I got up to find his head had been buried in the snow, I chuckled at the sight. Wait, why was I laughing? This wasn't the time! I popped Pikachu out of the white snow and popped him on my shoulder, his short, yellow fur was cold, very cold. I took my scarf off and wrapped it around the cold Pokemon, smiling at it. I looked up, staring straight ahead into a scene of pure white and grey. I couldn't see any figure what so ever.

"DAWN!" I screamed again, shouting from the top of my voice, I don't know why, but my eyes…they were getting watery, was I really that worried? Of course I would, she could be anywhere, absolutely anywhere, in pain, full of hurt, all because of 'The Cow named Ursula'. How much I wanted to punch the living day lights out of her, but everyone, including me, knew I couldn't do that to anyone. It was violent, it wasn't the right way to solve a problem. I sighed. Yeah Ketchum, keep telling yourself that. I stopped in my tracks. For some strange reason, I felt someone, near, close to me, watching me. I turned, some how, my eyes had gotten used to the storm and I could see a bit more clearly. I could see, a figure, a human one. It had long hair, let loose, crazily riding the winds. It didn't have a coat, and it was clutching itself together for warmth. I could tell…it's eyes were locked out me, staring… suddenly I saw a little twinkle, just near its face, like, in it's eye region. Suddenly it dawned on me, who's eyes twinkled like that when every I saw her beautiful face? Of course…Dawn.

"DAWN!" I started walking slowly to the figure, putting my hand out, suddenly she started walking backwards, ever so slowly, walking away, from me, why was she turning back? I just wanted to know she was safe, I needed to know she was safe. I would never forgive myself if she got hurt. Oh man, please stop Dawn, I wanted to say…

Dawn's POV

"Oh no he saw me!" I thought, putting my head down, battling the strength of the strong wind, blowing me down, while walking backwards. He started getting faster, noticing I was trying to get away. I was too in shock to remember how to run. I giggled to myself about that, but still kept my eyes on the running boy, the storm was pulling him back, but it was doing the same to me. Oh, I despised this feeling, running away, running away from him. It wasn't a nice feeling, knowing that your best friend was coming to get you back and you weren't letting him…but there was no way I'd let him take me back, I was not going to pull him back any longer from his dream. It wasn't right, it wasn't fair. Guess what else I despised…I hated the way I felt about him, I hated knowing that I had… a deep, strong crush on him. I hated knowing that I liked him…no I loved him. It was one of the most sensational, yet agonisingly painful feeling. You either loved it, or you hated it, simple as that. I hated it. The feeling of being loved, it sucked you in a bit, I hear it so many times. Love is simple, Love is great, love is the whole world…but it isn't. Love can hurt, it can make you cry so bad when it's done and I…I don't want that to happen to me. After the state my mum was in after my dad….left me…and her…alone…in the cold world. Nothing was ever the same, sure I looked giggly and happy, but I always felt…lonely, even with company. I would love to be loved, but I'm really not sure. I'm not sure if I can trust anyone, I don't trust Zoey that much, same with Brock and …even Ash and even my own mother. I don't like it when someone gets too close to me….when they get to close, they can get to you, they can use your secrets and gossip about you. People can…knock you down…so easily. It hurts. My head dropped, my eyes gazing downwards…I looked up. I dunno… if I can…trust him. Suddenly I felt a difference in the climate, the wind was starting to clam down…little by little, Ash was getting faster. I panicked. I turned instantly to start running but suddenly…I screamed…landing…darkness

Ash's POV

Was that…Dawn's scream? I looked around, I had lost sight of the figure. Oh gosh, that was Dawn's scream, no one else had a scream that high pitched.

"Dawn!" I shouted as loud as I could. No answer. Oh man, what happened, my heart started thumping, the beat got quicker and quicker. Damn it…I ran forward, screaming her name again and again, wanting a reply. I ran towards the spot I last saw Dawn. Suddenly, crack,

"WOOPS!" I shouted, I found myself on the edge of a … hole. A large…deep...menacing hole. I gulped…I was literally a few millimetres away from falling down into it. Phew…that was so close…I almost …. Wait I got on my knees and looked down….it was deep, you don't think…no…she couldn't of… fallen….into that hole….but it would sure explain the scream…oh god…she could be…d-d…no I'm not gonna say it. The wind came to a halt, I could see things so much more clearly, although the hole was dark…Pikachu moaned in worry.

"Pika pika…"

"No need to worry…I'm sure she's…fine." I said, trying to sound as confident as I could…although, I could tell it wasn't working. Ash, think, think, how do I get down there? Suddenly, an idea popped into my head. I swiftly moved my hand to grab a poke ball.

"Staraptor, come on out!" I threw it high and a beam of red light was revealed, the result was my Staraptor, appearing, cooing it's name again and again.

"Staraptor, I need you to go into that hole and see if you can find Dawn!" I said. I pointed to the hole and Staraptor swiftly entered it…all I had to do was wait…I sat Pikachu down next to and then fell to my knees to look down into the deep hole. I was going to throw something down to see how deep the hole was, then I remembered that Dawn could be down there and the thing I was going to throw could hit her…or even Staraptor for that matter. I sighed…stupid, stupid. It was bugging me, knowing Dawn wanted to quit. I never thought she'd say that, not ever. Quit, how I hated that word, it's another way of saying 'giving up', I didn't like it, not one bit. I never knew…Dawn was that…hurt. I'm surprised I didn't see. Of course I knew it hurt, those comments… Ursula… I a sure you I WILL make that cow pay… I clutched my fingers at my name. Something occurred me…when ever I thought of Dawn… my body relaxed at the name…Dawn, you have to admit, it would relax you a bit. I breathed in and out. I looked to Pikachu, curling up, worry in the yellow mouse's eyes. I had never seen Pikachu so…depressed. He and Dawn…were…so close…always have been and hopefully always do. One thing wondered my mind…why did she run away? The hurt couldn't of driven her away…was it the contest, the pressure, the rush…was it me? No it couldn't be, she knows I will always be there with all my heart, but something said to me that she just…didn't believe that…something told me, she couldn't trust me. My heart sank, and so did my head. Man, why was this so confusing? She is so…complicating, but she's also so…unique. Yeah, that's the word, unique. It may sound out of the ordinary, but it is true. Never in my life had I seen a girl that could change her emotions so quickly and also, I never knew she could be so…talented. I'm not saying just in contest she is talented but in a whole load of other things. I remember when I first met her, I didn't really approve, but then, little by little, I was starting to enjoy her company, way more then with May and Misty. I remembered when she pushed past me to get out of the Pokemon Centre…it hurt…it felt like she didn't want to be around me, and when she was running away from me a few minutes ago, that hurt too, kinda. Suddenly, Staraptor shot up from the hole, giving me (well almost) a heart attack. However I ignored the feeling for the moment. Staraptor started pointing at the hole and nodded it's head, I looked like he was saying that Dawn is down there. Do you know what else told me that she was down there? I looked to the side…and found…her scarf... her pink one. He never took this thing off…Worry crossed Staraptor's face, along with mine…something was wrong. I picked up the scarf. I looked to Pikachu, his eyes…so sad and sorrowful…it hurt to see him like that. He really did care…I gave him the scarf and he instantly rubbed it against himself, feeling the warmth that was once there. I smiled…

"Good work Staraptor," Pikachu instantly climbed up my shoulder with the scarf tied around his neck. I jumped onto the birds back, taking hold of his feathers, "Now take me to her!" with that we swooped down into the darkness. I started rubbing my hands, man it was cold, even colder then it was up there. Damn…I reached into my pocket to pull out my torch that I had gotten from…Dawn. I sighed. I remember, I had forgotten my torch when going through Mount Cornet and Dawn, being the kind one, gave me hers…I never gave it back. Hm, smart me. I switched it on and swung it around a bit. The atmosphere was too tense and the cold made it worse. I hated this…the feeling. I cared too much for her. It was killing me, I hope she's….there. My eyes widened. She's … there! I couldn't believe it, it wasn't hard to find her. Suddenly, I felt my eyes go…dark. Like I dunno how to explain but they went…plain? Yeah, I looked at her…she.. She wasn't moving. I instantly jumped off Staraptors back to land on my feet. I got down on my knees beside her and turned over so her back was facing the ground. Her arm…was bleeding. I felt a alittle sick, what did she hit? I looked around, I had to admit, this place looked dangerous, sharp stones on the floor and some hanging down from what was left of the ceiling. I shook her again, waiting for her to reply.

Dawn's POV

Opening my eyes, slowly, flickering them for a few seconds, before closing them gain to breathe in…what happened?

"Dawn?" I heard a faint, but familiar voice. I some how, felt like…smiling. I flickered my eye lids again. Someone was there, supporting my head in their hands. I fully opened my eyes to see…Ash?

"Ash?" I muttered. I felt a little week. I put my head up to find a blinding light, soon to be found as a hole in the ceiling. Wait…did I fall? From that…how…did I survive that? .

"Dawn?" I looked to the side, to see Ash, grinning. My eyes widened…how did he…why did he. I shot up instantly and shook my head. He looked at me cluelessly. I some what…felt a- a… little scared. Why was I scared. He smiled at me, that big cheerful smile that made my heart skip a beat and made me blush. I loved his smile, yet I hated it. It was strange. I know I've said it before, but I hate this feeling so much…I felt like rushing over and crying in his arms, but I also wanted to push him away too. Why was I feeling like this…damn these stupid hormones.

"Dawn…whats…wrong?" he stuttered a bit, collapsing at the thought.

"N-nothing…what are you…doing here?" I asked.

"I'm here…because…" he dropped his head for a second, something told me, he didn't have a…reason…

"So you're telling me that you just came running out here in a middle of a storm, to find me for no reason?" I frowned, I hated him for coming…the point of unning away was for him NOT to find me. Stupid, stupid.

"Dawn…of course I have a reason." he some what sounded annoyed.

I huffed, I acted kind of like Paul at the moment. I swirled, facing away from him. What was causing me to…act like this? It was like I wanted to run away from him. Suddenly, I felt a gush of pain sweep through my right arm. I clutched it.

"Dawn…your arm…" duh, yeah I know, I squeezed my eyes together, hoping it would calm the pain down. Suddenly, I felt someone grab my arm and pull me towards them. I found myself looking into those brown, wonderful eyes I loved so much, only to find myself a few seconds later looking away from them. I felt him, touch my wound, I winced at the pain, but tried not to make him look at me.

"You do know that this could be infected." he said, I nodded, agreeing with him. He let go for a minute and bent down, I turned to find him on his knees, looking through his bag. My eyebrow rose.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Finding a bandage." I rolled my arms…he cares too much.

"You care too much you know?" I said, sounding serious, but he however, found it funny.

"What's so…"

"Damn it." he interrupted. I frowned.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Can't find them." I rolled my eyes…he does realise that Takeshi used them on Pikachu and Monferno just a few days ago? …I guess not.

"Just leave it…I'll…be okay," I insisted, muttering a bit, "No need to worry."

Suddenly he shot up and grabbed my arm, pulling me into him, "What do you mean, 'No need to worry'?" My eyebrow rose in confusion…what did he mean by that.

"Excuse me?" I asked in confusion.

"You always say no need to worry, but you know what, there is a reason to worry and when you say it's okay, it's not. Like when you said it was okay to me when Ursula the 'Witch of the Web' was insulting you and saying things that weren't true." he frowned at me. I back off a bit, feeling the steam between him and me.

"I'm…sorry… I guess…" I said, not really sure of what to say to that.

"And then, just a few minutes ago, when you ran away from me, or as you would suggest, walking away from me," he pulled me closer, our faces, inches away, "why did you do that?"

"Why would you ask such a question, ever thought I might have been surprised that you actually followed me?" he looked at me, it looked as if he was insulted by what I said…which I don't understand why. He ignored my answer before he let go of one of my arms and reached for his sleeve. His eyes colour softened into that caring shade of brown and his mouth curved into a smile. I suddenly realised what he was about to do.

"Ash…don't rip your shirt…your mum…"

"Will understand." he smiled before ripping the sleeve from his shirt and then ripped it again to make it longer. I frowned…he ripped his shirt? For me? For my stupid wound? He always has known that I hurt myself all the time. He grabbed my wounded arm. He then started wrapping the white piece of cotton around my arm. I blushed…he never really…paid this much attention…to me. I felt my eyes…creating tears. I tried hard not to cry in front of him, not here, not now…

"What's wrong?" he asked, I looked at him, his face was full of worry.

"Pika pi…" I looked down to find…Pikachu, giving the same expression Ash was making. I kneeled and started petting him, trying hard to smile.

"I'm fine sweetie…just a little…down in the dumps." I said.

"Why are you feeling down?" I looked up to find Ash, staring at me with those desperate eyes again. I ignored him. I didn't want to face him…I was about to walk off and he…could sense it… and grabbed my arm before I could take one more step. He spun me, into his arms, soon, I was looking at his face again… he gave me one of the most dirtiest looks I had seen, he was obviously, not pleased with my behaviour, along with a bit of confusion about it. I had to say the same for him.

"What is up with you." next I knew his eyes were like daggers, digging into me, trying to get the truth out of me, but obviously, I was smarter then that. I smirked,

"Why do you care?"

HA, gonna be evil… ya'll will have to wait for the next chappie :D. Yeah, I can say with the up most confidence, that the next chapter will be done this week, and if not… shoot me XD jokes, if u do shoot me, you'll never find out what happens next XD. Today at skool was funny, in maths, we had to draw something, something simple, I drew a cats head! However then we all had to like… transfer it or reflect it… kinda, my friend was finding it hard to pick something and she was like 'What can I draw!!!'

And I just shouted, 'JUST DRAW A RUDDY PIKACHU!'

Her face: O.o 'COOL, I DO THAT' and my teacher was like 'A...Pikachu? Girls aren't you a bit too old to watch Pokemon?' and I frowned at him saying,

'Aren't you a bit too old to know about Pokemon?' and he was like : (angry face) while the rest of the class laughed.

"My son happens to watch it." he said

"And my brother happens to watch it, they can be Pokemon buddies…" ;) I said back, lol, its not something you want to know about but… I wanted to share it :D, surprisingly enough, he didn't give me detention for answering back…but I guess it was a childish argument which no one really cares about XD. Any ways…

HASTA LA VISTA!