I knew who I was.
A monster.
But you told me differently.
No matter how much I denied,
Shouted,
Screamed,
Flailed,
You told me I wasn't.
And that was the thing I desperately wanted to hear the most.
The sun was just about to rise in the Unova region as flocks of flying-type Pokemon scattered from the trees. The grass-types silently woke up while the nocturnal ones went to sleep. The arriving of the beautiful sun in the morning marked the day Ash's life would change in a way no one knew.
The gang was set at a small spot near a lake and just departed from Castelia City yesterday. Of course, Cilan was the first to wake.
"What a beautiful morning!" Stretching his arms, Cilan looked toward the sky. He then turned toward his friends. A purple-haired girl that was just waking and a raven-haired boy who was still sleeping.
"Have a decent sleep, Iris?"
"Yeah." Iris turned to Ash. "Looks like I'm not the only one."
Cilan sighed and stood up. "I'll go make breakfast, try and wake him up."
"Yeah, yeah."
Iris scowled as she went over and roughly shook Ash. Ash woke up startled.
"H-hey! I was sleeping good! What's the deal?"
"First of all, the word is 'well' and Cilan is making breakfast."
All of a sudden, a yell came from Cilan. Iris and Ash ran towards his voice only to see that everything was perfectly right.
"What's up, Cilan?" Iris and Ash said simultaneously.
"I was going to make blueberry pancakes, but I forgot to get some."
Ash put a hand up to his chin and thought. "Well, since wild blueberries don't grow around here, we can find some other berries and experiment."
Cilan thought about it for a minute. "Ah ha! I saw some Porriun berries a while ago. They're purple with yellow spots. Would you mind grabbing some?"
Ash nodded. "No problem. Never heard of 'em but ok."
And with that, Iris and Ash headed into the woods.
After an hour later, a certain someone's stomach began to rumble.
"Oh gosh, I'm hungry."
Iris turned to him. "Well, once we find then, we can eat."
Ash groaned and searched more. At the corner of his eye, he spotted a purple berry.
"I found it, haha!" Ash ran to the bushel of purple berries without thinking.
"Ash, wait up!" Iris yelled, running after him.
Ash's face lit up at the sight of the berry bush. The berries looked delicious.
Ash waved Iris over to him, and they started picking.
After about ten minutes, they picked most of the berries and put them in a self- made pouch using their shirts. "That looks good. Let's go." Ash said. He started jogging back until he suddenly tripped. With that the berries flew everywhere.
Iris sighed heavily. "Really, Ash? Really?"
"Oh man. I'll get them."
"Such a kid…"
He ignored the comment and picked some of the berries. He counted them, but realized he had one missing. He started to look around.
Iris came from behind. "What's up now?"
"I can't find the last…oh wait!" Ash spotted the last berry near a hole in a tree.
He ran to it and started to pick up the berry until it accidentally fell into the hole in the tree.
"My berry!" Ash yelled as he tried to grab it.
"What now?" Iris asked as she came to his side.
"The berry went down this hole. Hold on, I might be able to get it…" Ash reached in the hole but didn't feel anything. Not even a bottom to it. However, he heard a faint some from the hole.
You….
Ash bent down more to understand it and Iris just watched. "What?"
You…ome…
"Hold on, I can hear something…"
"Hear what?'
"Gimme a second…"
You've…
Talking to no one in particular, Ash answered. "I've…?"
You've come. Save Her.
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And with that, a tight force in the hole grabbed Ash's hand.
"Ash?" Iris yelled as she tried to hold Ash from the hole. Half of Ash's upper body was being pulled into the dark hole.
"Iris! Help!" Ash said faintly.
Iris grabbed on for dear life but the force was too strong. All of Ash slid down into the hole where a never-ending blackness awaited him.