Hi, it's Shadierre here. You must be here if you found out that my friend, Zierre, won't be able to update his story anymore. On behalf of him, I'm sorry that he wasn't able to continue it anymore. He's had some trouble and lots of things going on in his life, and I was the one he could turn to. I've been a big fan of his work, and I created an account a couple days ago to prepare writing. I apologize if my writing isn't as good as his, but I tried to imitate it. I've never had any good skills in writing, but I hope I successfully emulate his work and continue the story. As he mentioned, I do have more time than him because I don't have much of a life at home or socially, so I'm bored most of the time, enabling me to write. I think that's all you need to know, but below here might be some possible questions you may have.

1) Why is Zierre unable to write? Again, he has lots of stuff going on right now, and he's barely able to get on the computer, let alone write a chapter for the story.

2) Will you take his other story over? I have no idea, honestly. If I do have the chance, I'll finish this chapter first, then maybe move on to the other story. I actually have an idea for my own story, but out of courtesy, I'll finish Zierre's first.

3) Are you going to follow his plot? I probably will follow the main points of his, but I'll add some stuff to each part so you can understand. You may have not know this, but Zierre didn't have time to write the story to begin with; That's why they were so short. I plan to make it longer, so you guys can enjoy a little bit more.

If that's all of your questions, then that's it. I sincerely hope you appreciate my effort of my attempt to rewrite the story.

Chapter 1: It Always Hurts

In the distant town of Pallet, a boy and a girl were currently being chase by an angry mob of trainers, all having powerful Pokémon in their arsenal. The boy growled and glanced back at Serena, who was desperately running for her life. More attacks were shot out as balls of flames and ice barely managed to hit the two.

"Pikachu, use Thunder!" the boy shouted frantically. The Mouse Pokémon jumped off the boy's shoulder and summoned an extremely large thunderbolt from the sky. The electricity shook the ground as it made contact with the chasers. Pikachu quickly jumped back on the boy's shoulder, who was running faster, along with the girl right next to him. The boy looked back and saw that the chasers were still trying to get over the impact. He took a breather as he pat Pikachu on the head.

"What do we do now?" the girl asked as she panted heavily and tried to regulate her breathing. The boy fumbled around in his thoughts until he had an idea.

"We could fly away somewhere… somewhere far away, where they wouldn't get us." he suggested as he took out a Pokéball, revealing a powerful Charizard that dispelled a wave of heat at its wake. The girl took out her own Flying-Type, a feisty Noivern that sensed its master was in trouble.

"Where would we go?" the girl questioned as she mounted the Noivern. The boy had a determined face.

"Mount Silver." he explained flatly. The girl had a worried look on her face. She knew that Mount Silver was extremely harsh, with destructive snow storms and rampaging wild Pokémon. It would be a nice place to stay at, but would they survive?

"O-Okay. Lead the way, then." The girl offered. The boy nodded and held on tight to Charizard as it nodded and burst into the sky with one powerful jump. Noivern quickly followed after and once again, they were side by side. Until 3 powerful beams rippled near them, almost throwing them of course.

"We won't let you get away!" a voice shouted behind them. The boy glanced and saw a purple-haired girl that was currently riding on a Dragonite, who had a pained expression on its face. The boy had a sad face on. He didn't want to hurt the Dragonite, who had been nice to him during his journey through Unova. He looked at it with a sad smile, and the Dragonite nodded back, accepting its fate.

"I'm sorry, Iris! But I will get away! Charizard, Flamethrower!" the boy shouted. Charizard looped in the air as it released a large and hot stream of flames that glowed brightly in the night as the stream hit its target successfully. A loud scream could be heard as Dragonite fell to the ground and gave the boy a nod.

"How dare you hurt her, you bastard!" another voice shouted. The boy looked back and saw a certain bluenette, riding a Togekiss that seemed to be sad at forcing to hurt the boy. He looked at Togekiss with an affirmative nod, who seemed to also accept its fate.

"Pikachu, shoot a Thunderbolt!" the boy shouted. Pikachu nodded and jumped up as it shot a bolt of lightning that hit Togekiss with extreme accuracy. The Jubilee Pokémon fell to the ground with a large crash as the girl fell down with it. The boy widened his eyes with worry as Pikachu began to fall to the ground. Suddenly, a blur appeared in the boy's face as the girl was able to catch Pikachu in time.

"I was able to rescue Pikachu!" the girl announced as Noivern flew back up with a smile. The boy smiled back as he took Pikachu off the girl's hands. The two flew silently towards Mount Silver. Suddenly, a powerful flap made the two stop in their tracks as they were halfway. The boy turned around to see a Gliscor with a stoic expression.

"Nice to see you, Paul." the boy flatly greeted as he looked at him. Paul shook his head and held his gaze towards the boy.

"What was up with the airborne battle?" he asked curiously. The boy turned away, then looked back with a serious expression.

"Just… some things going on. For now, I'm going to disappear… to train." he replied stoically. Paul met the boy's gaze with his own, the two staring at each other for a few moments until Paul turned away, smirking to himself.

"Hope you prove a challenge this time… Ketchum." Paul challenged coolly as Gliscor rode off in the night sky. Ash looked at at the two as they flew away from him. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see the girl with a sad smile.

"Let's go now… okay?" she said hopefully. Ash nodded.

"I have a question for you, though." Ash said as they started flying. The girl tilted her head, curious. Ash swallowed a lump in his throat, then cleared it as Charizard gave him a thumbs-up.

"What is it, Ash?" she asked. Ash turned away, then glanced back at her.

"During my travels with you, Clemont, and Bonnie… I felt something. Something for you." he started. The girl lightly blushed as she turned away slightly. Ash continued on. "All of my life, I've wanted to feel like this towards someone. All the girls I've met were so nice, but they don't hold a candle towards you. And now, I don't have someone to hold and be with… Except for you." he softly explained as the girl blushed even harder, but was able to hold a straight expression. Ash took a deep breath and looked at her with determination.

"Will you go out with me and become mine… Serena?" Ash finally asked the big question. Serena almost fell off of Noivern, but she balanced herself. She looked at him longingly with a sad smile.

"Of course… Ash." she replied as he seemed to light up just a bit when she said yes. Inside his head, Ash was cheering. It hurts so much to be betrayed… but a ray of hope has appeared in my life, he thought. as the two neared Mount Silver. They would exile themselves in the desolate Mount Silver, but they will come back, stronger than ever.

I lost my friends…
But today was different.
I was able to have someone, by me…
I love her. But the loss will never go away.
Every single day of my existence...
that loss on that day…
It always hurts.

FIN

I hope I did well in the first chapter. I think I did okay. Anyways, expect the next chapter soon. If not tomorrow, then the day after that. Zierre has been giving me tips how to write the parts he has already written, and I thank him for that. Thanks to him, I'm able to better my writing skills. Please read and review, and stay tuned for the next chapter!

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